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Volume 79, Number 10 | August 12 - 18, 2009
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The obsessive linguists of Complete Writer
FringeNYC celebrates lucky year 13
Best bets among a bevy of odd offerings
By Scott Stiffler
What happens every August, exhausts even the most tireless theatergoer, and features more thespians than a barrel full of bloated, budget-busting Broadway babies? FringeNYC.
Taking place August 14 through 30, FringeNYC bills itself as the largest multi-arts festival in North America and backs up that boast with several dozen productions by over 200 companies from all over the world.
Now in its thirteenth year, this wildly uneven, curiously curated fest has birthed many genuine works of genius while bestowing its seal of approval on more than one yawn-inducing, head-scratching debacle. Often rough and frayed at the edges but ultimately elegant in form and noble in function, its $15 per-show ticket price means you can take more than a few chances before your bill totals the cost of just one Broadway show. For FringeNYC tickets and information, visit www.fringenyc.org or call 866-468-7619. Discount passes to multiple shows are available.
Sight unseen, here are our totally biased, not nearly comprehensive picks of likely prospects and unusual suspects.
Its 1914; do you know where your legendary filmmaker is? This new comic thriller is based on the life of early-era cinemagician George Méliès (whose 1902 film A Trip to the Moon has special effects which still amaze). Alchemist combines the tale of a has-been French filmmaker gunning for a comeback with screenings of legendary flicks from the first years of the last century. At The Connelly Theater. At Lafayette Street Theatre.
This serious comedy centers around two obsessive linguists, a determined child and a charismatic guru. Together, this motley crew (each with their own agenda) clash over the power and perversion of language. At The Studio @ Cherry Lane Theater.
In this true story presented as a multi-media drama, a brother and sister salvage pages from their fathers unfinished memoir from the wreckage of a plane crash. Two generations of West Africans become linked by a shamans prophesy. At CSV Cultural and Educational Center.
A thematic companion to the previously listed show, this modern exploration of ancient performance and manipulated perception draws from shamanic lore to tell the tale of Harley Newman named for his uncle (an adopted brother to the shaman in a tribe of headhunters). At HERE Arts Center, Dorothy B. Williams Theater.
A runaway girl and a mysterious stranger roam a post-apocalyptic landscape in search of safety while trying to avoid border patrols and two-headed mutants. At The New School for Drama Theater.
Five NYC choreographers present different perspectives on the struggles of modern life. In the process, they reveal the power of dance as an anecdote to despair. Choreographed by Tina Croll, Heidi Latsky, Maura Nguyen Donahue and Noa Sagie (and, we suppose, a fifth person not listed in the promotional blurb!). At The Robert Moss Theatre.
Old or young, gay or straight, black or white; almost every flavor percolating in the great American melting pot has been fascinated by the trappings of fame. Groupies starts with that pop concept-cum-conceit then branches out with unexpected trips into the minds, passions, and sexuality of four very different people. Central to all of their psyches? Celebrity. Central to the play? Humanity, love, regret, loneliness and unexpected twists. At The Studio @ Cherry Lane Theatre.
Two one-acts by Harold Pinter (The Lover and Ashes to Ashes) ask the respective questions: Can a woman be both wife and mistress to her husband? Can a man reckon with his wifes erotic sadomasochistic past? Discover the answers amongst the angst, the pauses, the menace and the humor that combine to make the signature Pinter style. At The SoHo Playhouse.
Is fiction stranger than truth? This work, much-praised during its Vancouver run, delivers a potentially true story about two days in the last years of the life of a playwright whos grasping at former glories while gasping for a comeback. Is that desperate playwright Tennessee Williams or just based on his persona? The producers arent telling. At the Cherry Lane Theatre.
Its 1986 all over again with a 2009 twist in this updated version of a decades-old work whose theme of financial distress seems depressingly familiar. Musical comedy helps the medicine go down as central character Kate frets over her fiancés decision to delay the wedding until the Dow Jones Average hits 1,000. At Minetta Lane Theatre.
A Long Island girl goes on a 20-year search for truth, love and religion helped along by the omnipresent music of U2. At The Actors Playhouse.
Writer and performer Fernando Gambaronis one-man show turns out to be the tale of every man and woman who has every arrived in NYC, went to sleep, and woke up the next day with an overwhelming sense of being the new kid on the block and a stranger in a strange land. At manhattan theater source.
Alabama-based BAMA Theatre Company takes a stab at Shakespeares perennial summertime tale by having its eight actors magically morph from character to character with only the contents of a single suitcase to help set the scene. At The Cherry Lane Theater.
This modern take on the classic nursery rhyme tells the musical tale of a little barista in love with the Muffin Man. Can Lyla navigate the daily barrage of customers, family and friends in order to tell the Muffin Man how she feels? If you still believe in happy endings, you already know the answer. At The Lafayette Street Theatre.
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The Samurai storytellers of Scattered Lives
Swords rip through flesh in this melding of traditional Japanese Samurai storytelling and revved up rock music. Shido stumbles through drunken battles against countless warriors in search of his way back to Bushido. At the Robert Moss Theatre.
Mortification used to be the normal reaction when somebody sneaked a peek at your diary. This modern trio, however, doesnt mind putting their innermost thoughts on YouTube for all to see. Can they market their online personas while controlling their lives outside of the electronic realm? At The Robert Moss Theatre.
Dirty? Hot? Sticky? Crowded? It can only be the NYC subway system in the summertime. Sit in air conditioned comfort as you hear over 150 true stories culled from people who ride in a hole in the ground. At The Connelly Theater.
This romantic comedy about a woman who falls in love with her husbands mistress is set in Union Square and complicated by the presence of a meddling Jewish mother. At The Players Theatre.
Piper McKenzie (the theater company whose brains are the brawn behind Brooklyns Brick Theater) presents Willy Nilly a musical exploitation timed to coincide with 40th anniversary of the Manson family and the Tate-Labianca Murders. This self-proclaimed tasteless rocknroll spoof tells the tale of a filthy faux-Messiah, his cult of wanton women and high Hollywood murder through copious amounts of gore, gratuitous nudity and cruel stereotypes. The man behind this ambitious affront? Trav S.D. a Villager contributor and prolific renaissance freakazoid. At Dixon Place.
Coming off rave reviews from its Los Angeles run, L.A.s Gangbusters Theatre Company presents their acclaimed production of George Buchners classic about a mentally challenged enlisted soldier who is provoked by his superiors to kill his unfaithful lover. At Lafayette Street Theatre.
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The country is struggling to stem the spread of the drug in its urban slums.
As Brazil's economy expands, so too does its demand for drugs. The world's second largest cocaine consumer behind the United States is struggling against a growing crack epidemic at the same time that it's preparing to host the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Cracolândia (which translates as 'Crack Land'), a roughly 10-block area of São Paulo that amounts to an open-air market for the purchase and consumption of crack, has proved particularly difficult for police to shut down.
But other Brazilian cities, including Rio de Janeiro, are being hit by increased demand for the drug as well. The epidemic has prompted officials to allocate more than $8 billion to fight the narcotics trade while overhauling Brazil's defense strategy, focusing on a strict securing of its borders (unconventional policy among Latin American nations).
Via Reuters, a look at how the reality of Brazil's crack problem is playing out on the streets of its cities. (Warning: Some of these images are graphic).
A man sleeps after smoking crack next to Metropolitan Civil Guards in the Luz neighborhood of Sao Paulo February 1, 2012. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
Crack addicts consume the drug on a street in Sao Paulo March 19, 2012. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker
A youth consumes crack on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro March 19, 2012. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
A drug user smokes crack in the old center of Salvador da Bahia March 19, 2012. REUTERS/Lunae Parracho
A youth consumes crack on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro March 19, 2012. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
Homeless crack addicts sleep along a streetside in Porto Alegre March 19, 2012. REUTERS/Stringer/Brazil
Crack addicts smoke along a bridge in the center of Belo Horizonte March 19, 2012. REUTERS/Washington Alves
A man holding an umbrella smokes a pipe as a group gathers in the Luz neighborhood of Sao Paulo February 1, 2012. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
A woman walks by a graffiti image of "Saci-perere," a character in Brazilian folklore who is often seen smoking a pipe, in part of Sao Paulo's Luz neighborhood, December 8, 2011. The words on the wall read "Not everything is which seems." REUTERS/Nacho Doce
A girl (third from left) deals crack in Sao Paulo's Luz neighborhood, April 28, 2010. REUTERS/Fernando Donasci
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Not that I feel negatively about Starscream's character, but I hate the fact that Megatron kills Dreadwing over Starscream... Starscream should have died then and there, we all know it.


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Visual Learning: To Dye For
Images, photos, and pictures stimulate the mind. For the viewer, they offer a chance to connect and question. They also offer potential for play and imagination, and pulling the observer into purposeful messages.
Most often, newspaper and magazine readers take a quick glance at photos and their captions. With this YES! lesson plan, you and your students can luxuriate—and pause—to truly understand an image, its message, and why it's interesting (or not).
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STEP 1: What do you notice?
Ask your students to make sense of the photograph by trusting their instincts of observation and inference. In doing so, the photograph offers possibilities and interpretations beyond a typical reading where the reader glances at the picture to reinforce their interpretation of the picture's title or caption. Do not introduce any facts, captions, or other written words outside of the image. You may hear: rust- colored crocheted fabric, someone's hands, hanging hair, light brown bulb thing, string.
STEP 2: What are you wondering?
After you've heard what your students are noticing, you'll probably hear the peppering of questions: What is that bulb thing? Why is fabric wrapped around it? When it's all done, what will this thing become? Is this someone's special or traditional process? This is a good time to reveal the photo's caption, accompanying quote, and facts about the actual situation. Watch how the conversation shifts from what they believe to be true to discerning the facts about the photo.
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Untitled, Mike Keefe, 2011. Digital Photo. "Kelp wrapped in a shirt was slowly unwound after being pulled from the dye vat."
Photo Facts
Untitled is part of a series of photos compiled by Rebecca Burgess, depicting the making of a "fibershed." Rebecca tried "the fibershed challenge"—to live for one year, in clothes made from fibers (and natural dyes) that are solely sourced within a geographical region no larger than 150 miles from her front door.
Author, educator, and textile artist Rebecca Burgess was inspired to take on this project because according to her website, "The textile industry is the number one polluter of fresh water resources on the planet." The World Bank has identified 72 toxic chemicals that have seeped into our water source solely from textile dyeing. Also, the average CO2 emitted for the production of one T-shirt is up to 40 times the weight of that shirt. Rebecca's goal is to show that "beauty and fashion can function hand-in-hand with sustainability, local economies, and regional agriculture."
Designers, farmers, ranchers, natural dyers, and ethnobotanists gathered on Drake's Beach in California to dye clothing with local and benign materials. In this particular photo, kelp is used to dip seawater-soaked fabric into a vat of dye. The reddish, orange, and pink tones were created with leaves, branches and toyon, a coastal sage shrub native to California.
Additional resources around the image:
PHOTO ESSAY :: Eco Outfitters: The Making of a Fibershed
VISIT :: Fibershed: Local Fibers, Local Dyes, Local Labor
READ :: Fibershed Moments
STEP 3: What next?
Learning more about a photo leads to bigger questions and an opportunity to discuss broader issues and perspectives.
- Before dyeing the fabric, Rebecca and her friends constructed most of the clothes themselves. How do you think your clothes were made? Has anyone ever made you clothes? Do you know how to sew or make a clothing item out of fabric? Are you willing to learn how?
- In the United States, less than 5 percent of clothing bought here is made here. Why do you think that is? Do you think it's important to know where your clothes are made? Why do you think it's important?
- The Chinese textile industry creates about 3 billion tons of soot each year, and a single mill can use about 200 tons of water for each ton of fabric it dyes. Millions of tons of unused fabric are burned or sent to landfills each year when dyed the wrong color. What do you do with the clothes you don't wear anymore? Have you ever swapped clothing with friends or donated it?
- Kelp is a form of seaweed and is found in large formations—kelp forests or kelp beds—in the Pacific Ocean, off the west coast of North America. Recently, kelp pills have been selling out on the West Coast since the nuclear disaster in Japan. People who are concerned about radiation from nuclear fallout look to kelp as part of their anti-radiation diet. Seaweed contains high levels of natural iodine which, when the thyroid absorbs it, prevents the thyroid from uptaking harmful levels of radioactive iodine.


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September 26. 2013 9:21PM
Bedford radio proposal gets OK
By SUSAN CLARK
Union Leader Correspondent
— A town radio station application, eminent domain, a $30 million road bond, a fire substation and changing from calendar to fiscal year budgeting were some of the top issues addressed at the Sept. 25 Town Council meeting.
The Town Council gave BCTV station manager Bill Jennings approval to submit an FCC license application for a low-power radio station in town.
Jennings outlined the projected costs of the project, which would be paid for by BCTV capital improvement reserves and enterprise fees from Comcast subscribers, with no costs to taxpayers.
Phase 1, which includes engineering assessments and FCC filing, would cost $4,400.
Phase 2 would include remodeling part of the BCTV annex into pre-production and broadcasting rooms, and purchasing studio and transmission equipment for $56,000 to $65,000.
In Phase 3, the recurring studio costs are projected at $31,000, which includes hiring a consultant to run the operation, and training and supervising volunteers; and licensing fees, building maintenance and utilities.
The filing period is from Oct. 15 to 29, and there are no guarantees Bedford will be chosen.
Eminent domain
The council decided to delay a public hearing on taking a portion of a Joppa Hill Road property by eminent domain. The hearing has been rescheduled to Nov. 13, to allow for more negotiation and the signing of a compromise.
The town has been negotiating with Faith and Chris Schuetz, of 306 Joppa Hill Road, to obtain 260 feet of their land to improve the sight distance at the intersection of Joppa Hill and Cider Mill roads. The sight distance at the intersection of Joppa Hill and Cider Mill roads is currently 138 feet, when design standards are 390 feet. The property owners are concerned about losing the historic character of the circa-1880 property, which they have owned since 1980.
Fiscal year
The Town Council has revisited changing from a calendar year budget to a fiscal year to bring spending more in line with voters' approval of budgets in March. Currently, the town begins spending in January, and collects its taxes in July and December. Past councils have discussed the change in 2005 and 2009.
On Sept. 25, the Town Council decided to table further discussions and not change accounting practices. The topic was one addressed at the council's mini-retreat on Sept. 18.
Road bond
The council discussed the financing terms of a $30 million road bond it is expected to bring to voters in March. The consensus of the council is to go with a 15-year bond rather than a 10-year bond. In comparison, a 15-year bond would cost $329 annually for a property assessed at $400,000; a 10-year bond would cost $440 annually for a $400,000 assessed property. The finance charge is greater but the tax rate would be lower.
The town's proposed 2014 budget is scheduled to be presented on Oct. 25.
Fire substation
A professional consultant will present a study to the council on Oct. 9, including the costs, equipment, staffing and site analysis of building a substation along South River Road. Fire Chief Scott Wiggin has said the increase in EMS and fire calls warrants serious discussion for a substation because the South River Road corridor has grown in population and businesses.
If the council approves a substation, it would be added to the 2014 budget, which goes before voters in March.


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ROME (AP) — Italian prosecutors placed the captain of the Jolly Nero cargo ship under investigation Wednesday for alleged manslaughter after his vessel slammed into the dock at Genoa's busy port and toppled the control tower into the harbor, killing at least seven people.
As rescue teams in diving suits searched for two other missing people, officials began piecing together how the 40,000-ton container ship could have sideswiped the port's control tower when weather and sea conditions were "perfect" on Tuesday night. The focus was on whether human error or a technical malfunction was to blame.
The crash occurred around 11 p.m. as the Jolly Nero was backing out of Genoa's port accompanied by two tugboats and with a harbor pilot on its bridge. At the same time, a shift change was taking place among employees at the control tower, meaning more people were in the building than usual.
"This event is unbelievable because we had the best weather navigation conditions," said Luigi Merlo, president of Genoa's port authority.
Transport Minister Maurizio Lupi told Parliament that given the "perfect" weather conditions, possible causes of the crash could include an engine malfunction or problems with the cables between the container ship and the tugs guiding it. He said investigators — both criminal and from his own ministry — were also looking into possible mistakes with the maneuver itself or with the speed in which the ship backed out of its berth and turned around to leave the port.
The Jolly Nero's captain, Roberto Paoloni, and the harbor pilot on board were placed under investigation for alleged manslaughter, Genoa prosecutor Michele di Lecce told reporters. He said other accusations were possible.
Such an investigation is par for the course in Italy.
Lecce said backing out of the port was a frequently used maneuver to get away from the dock.
"Now we have to understand if it was done correctly," he told reporters. "If it was done according to the way it was supposed to, or if something wasn't respected or if something didn't work. It could be an issue that concerns behavior — so a human issue — or a technical problem."
Firefighter spokesman Luca Cari confirmed that seven people were killed, saying rescue crews recovered several bodies near the tower's submerged elevator. There were fears the two still missing might be trapped inside the elevator, he said.
The dead included three coast guard officials in the tower at the time of the crash, a port captain and a tugboat operator, said Cmdr. Filippo Marini, a coast guard spokesman.
Four other people were injured. There were no reports of missing ship crew members.
The Jolly Nero, which belongs to the Genoa-based Ignazio Messina & C. SpA Italian shipping line, is 239 meters (784 feet) long and 30 meters (98 feet) wide, according to the company's website. It is one of Messina's 14 cargo ships.
Merlo declined to speculate on a cause, saying the ship had plenty of room to maneuver in the harbor and shouldn't have ended up so close to the dock. He said the Nero was an unusually high ship so its full weight slammed "violently" into the tower itself, not just the dock.
"The ship directly hit the control tower," he told Sky TG24.
In a statement, Messina said it was fully cooperating with authorities to determine the cause of the "tragic" accident, which it said took place during a normal maneuver to leave the port. It said Messina Line ships perform the maneuver often and are always accompanied by tugboats.
"There aren't words to express the dismay and our profound condolences for the victims of this tragedy and their families," the company said.
Andrea Furgani, a doctor who was one of the first rescuers, said crews brought four injured people in critical condition to hospitals in Genoa.
"They mainly suffered wounds caused by compression, broken bones and wounds on the chest," he told The Associated Press.
The disaster shook a nation that only a year ago witnessed another shipping tragedy when the Costa Concordia cruise ship slammed into a reef off Tuscany on Jan. 13, 2012, killing 32 people.
Parliament held a minute of silence Wednesday for the victims in Genoa, the mayor of Genoa proclaimed a period of mourning and Italian President Giorgio Napolitano sent condolences to the victims' families on behalf of the nation.
Genoa's port, located on Italy's western Ligurian coast, is Italy's busiest in terms of cargo handling, according to the port authority website. It is also a major port of call for cruise ships sailing the Mediterranean.
The control tower contained the radar and radio equipment that the Genoa port uses to communicate with incoming and outgoing vessels. With that equipment knocked out, the nearby port of Savona took over communications, ensuring that maritime traffic in Genoa continued almost unaffected Wednesday, Savona port Cmdr. Enrico Moretti told the AP.
He said about 20 ships move in and out of Genoa's port each day. He expected that Savona, about 34 miles (55 kilometers) to the west, would handle Genoa's communications for the next two weeks or so until its ship traffic control system is restored.
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100 years ago
From the Newport Journal, December 31, 1910
The Christmas tree and entertainment for the Sunday School of the Chapel of the Transfiguration was held Tuesday evening. The chapel was appropriately decorated .
Lighter Archer of Fall River was in Tuesday, with a load of lumber for Mr. P. H. Horgan for the improvements on the Hotel Thorndike.
75 years ago
From the Newport Daily News, December 28, 1935
The fire department responded to two still alarms Friday afternoon, the first to a brush fire at the Watson farm on North Main road, and the second at the home of Mrs. Bruce Page on Howland avenue. The latter fire was cause by the tipping over of a parlor stove. The damage was slight.
(At the School Committee meeting), Mr. Clarke reported that the play ground had been flooded (for skating) in a satisfactory manner and was open to the public as long as it was not misused.
50 years ago
From the Newport Daily News, December 28, 1960
Only 91 species of birds were seen in Newport County during the annual Christmastime census on Monday, as against 111 species last year. … The bird watchers saw 571 Canada geese, not an unusual number, and one rare snow goose, two snowy owls, … and one Iceland gull.
The installation of 70 utility poles in the Sunset Plat area on the west side of Jamestown was reported to the Town Council last night by Francis J. Costa, Council president. . The installation remedies a 20-year deficiency. Costa said most of the homes are occupied only in the summer, but there are homeowners who have had to depend for years on kerosene lamps.
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From the Newport Daily News, December 27, 1987
(Year in review) As 1984 wound down Jamestown offi- cials were becoming increasingly alarmed about the impact of development on water supplies. A year later the concern has not only supplied the Council with an effective method of controlling development, but has provided a new revenue raising tool. Twice during the past 12 months, the town has secured substantial "contributions" to town services in exchange for approving development projects. In the past, councilmen have limited growth by denying water line extensions.
From the Newport Daily News, December 31, 1985
The R.I. Bridge and Turnpike Authority is scheduled to decide Monday whether to install token baskets in the cash lanes of the Newport Bridge.
Although the new Jamestown Bridge will have walkways, the preferred cross-island road will not provide access to those walkways.
15 years ago
There was no Jamestown Press published this week.
10 years ago
From the Jamestown Press, December 28, 2000
(Headline) Gifts to land trust top $2,000,000 for year. (Since 1984 the trust has acquired direct responsibility for the protection of 343 acres and has participated in the protection of about 300 additional acres.)
A cascade of fireworks, fanfare and hope for a brighter future ushered in this, the start of the third millennium, and islanders turned out by the thousands to ring in the new century and to wish each other the best.


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BRISTOL, Tenn. – Kendra Sokol has been selected as the Conference Carolinas Women's Cross Country Academic Athlete of the Year for the 2013 season. Sokol had a stellar senior season for the Tornado, helping lead King to their second consecutive Conference Carolinas title.
At the Conference Carolinas Championship, Sokol finished sixth with a personal record time of 18:47.15 over the 5k distance. Her time was also the seventh fastest time in school history. In addition, the senior holds three of King's top-15 5k times and six of King's top-15 6k times. Sokol was named to both the Conference Carolinas all-conference, and all-academic teams this season. Throughout her academic career, Sokol has carried a 3.84 grade-point average.
The Academic Athlete of the Year is awarded to one conference athlete per sport. Each school submits candidates that are the best of the best for the conference from their sport while meeting certain qualifications for nomination. The qualifications include being a junior or senior student-athlete with a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 or higher on a 4.0 scale in all work completed at their member institution that have played in a conference sponsored sport. The GPA is calculated based on the student-athletes cumulative average through the previous semester and each student-athlete must have attended their member institution for at least one academic year. Additionally, in order to qualify for the award the student-athlete must be a current member of the All-Conference Carolinas First, Second, or Third Team that were recently selected by head coaches from conference member institutions that nominate and then vote upon award winners.


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In the past two years, broker directed rep as portfolio manager (Rep as PM) accounts have demonstrated impressive growth. These are accounts in which the broker manages client monies that can be invested in stocks, mutual funds and ETFs. This can be done on a discretionary or non-discretionary basis.
Cerulli data show that the two-year growth rate for discretionary Rep as PM accounts was 82.3% and 74.6% for the non-discretionary Rep as Advisor. There are $435.5 billion in the former and $516.8 billion in the later, according to Cerulli. I'll refer to both accounts as "Rep as PM."
In contrast, the separately managed accounts, or SMA, business was largely flat from 2009 to 2010, moving up to $615.5 billion by the end of 2011, an increase of only 31%. (There were $535.5 billion in SMA accounts in 2009.)
In a recent Aite study, 42% of respondents said that Broker as PM accounts will be the fastest growing fee-based format for clients with $250,000 to $10 million to invest.
Many brokerage-firm executives are ambivalent about this trend. They feel that only a select group of their advisors are skilled enough as investment experts to directly manage client assets and that most advisors primary strengths are in marketing and client service. They view raising and retaining assets as an advisor's most productive and time efficient focus. Clients are best served with this model as well they proclaim.
Once market conditions get better and outside manager performance improves, these brokerage-firm executives predict that many advisors will abandon these programs and return to placing assets externally.
Nonetheless, brokerage firms recognize the growing interest in these accounts and have made major investments in technology to support advisors who choose to do this business. Merrill Lynch (BAC) for example, just rolled out its Portfolio+ platform to support its 3,800 advisors who manage $88 billion in a Rep as PM format.
In private, execs at asset-management firms express even more skepticism about the long term viability of this trend. How can advisors successfully compete against dedicated portfolio management teams that are supported by CFA-credentialed analysts they wonder?
Unlike advisors, an asset management firm's investment teams can solely focus on managing money, free from the distractions of marketing and client service. Therefore, asset-management firms feel that they are far better equipped to produce superior investment returns. Most view Broker as PM accounts as a trend that will soften as markets improve.
Nonetheless, a number of money-management firms have tweaked their wholesaling efforts to demonstrate to advisors how their firm's offerings can complement an advisor's Broker as PM portfolios.
Rep as PM Trends
What's behind the explosive growth of these programs and can it be sustained?
There are a number of factors that have galvanized broker interest in these programs. First and foremost, the 2008 crash exposed the SMA's relative lack of flexibility as compared to mutual funds, individual stocks and ETFs. Often, it took a few days to sell stock positions and raise cash for anxious clients in gyrating markets.
Even worse, many advisors found themselves in the unenviable position of charging clients quarterly fees for underwater accounts. The oft-repeated mantra that third-party SMA business keeps the broker and client "on the same side of the table" proved (in many cases) to be little more than wishful thinking.
Didn't anyone ever pay attention to the old adage that you can delegate authority but not responsibility?
In the aftermath of the market crash, some dissatisfied clients liquidated their SMA's or even closed their accounts entirely.
The result of these traumatic events was that a wave of advisors stepped up and took direct control of client portfolios. They quickly moved client assets into Broker as PM programs.
We find that advisors who are proficient at running client portfolios are pleased with these programs. They report that Broker as PM programs put them right where they want to be-front and center in quarterbacking the client relationship. They reinforce the advisor's unique brand. In our experience, Broker As PM advisors are remarkably successful in retaining client assets and if necessary, transporting them to new firms. Clients are clear exactly who is responsible for their investment performance.
There are other benefits of Broker as PM programs. Advisors can give themselves a raise by not having to pay an outside manager, for example, 50 basis points to run the portfolio. Most important, advisors who want to be nimble in volatile markets can hold up to 30% cash in some of these accounts and still get paid. In essence, cash is transformed into an asset class.
In short, while SMAs and other investment products surely have their place, many advisors will keep gravitating toward Broker as PM programs. They will continue to view these accounts as offering them an optimal combination of flexibility and control that is especially well suited to today's uncertain times and oscillating markets.


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For 2-3 days i have been playing around with Silverlight 2 to figure out if I can use this slick piece of
new technology into our existing web application. As a proof of concept i needed to create a prototype that would be
able to use data from our exiting ASP.Net and Java web services and display it in cool way. Well, it did not turn out to be
a bad expereince at all and after few road blocks or learning curves i was able to do what i wanted to accomplish. This artcile
is my expereince with creation of Silverlight control that consumes an ASP.Net web service and calls it periodically using
a timer. Yes timer, i had to throw in some fun stuff for me as well.
To get started with Silverlight 2 development you are going to need to install the following development tools on your machine.
After you have installed Silverlight plugin for visual studio, you will see new project types added into your user interface
when you for creating new project. Select "Silverlight Application" project and you will have the boiler plate projects, pages and
code files created for you.
You will see 2 projects have been created for you in the solution tree. One will test web application and other will be
project that contains Silverlight control that you are going to build.
Control user interface layout is done using XAML. Current Beta 1 version of add-in does not allow you to drag and drop
Silverlight controls into design area. But you can do that in XAML view. In my control i needed to display an item's name,
description and price in a vertical stacked form. So my XAML layout for the control looks like following.
<UserControl x:Class="SilverSpice.Page"
Width="240" Height="320">
<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot">
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical">
<Border Background="Blue" CornerRadius="10">
<TextBlock x:Name="ItemName" Foreground="White"
Text="Item Name" FontWeight="Bold"
HorizontalAlignment="Center" />
<TextBlock x:Name="ItemDescription" Foreground="Black"
Text="Description" TextWrapping="Wrap" />
<Border Background="BlanchedAlmond" CornerRadius="10">
<TextBlock x:Name="ItemPrice" Foreground="Red"
Text="Price" FontWeight="Bold"
HorizontalAlignment="Right" />
Right click on "Reference" node in project's tree view and select "Add Service Reference" option. In the
wizard specify location of ASMX file of your web service. Reference to web services will get added to
your project.
Calling web service in Silverlight is slightly different. First all web service requests are asynchronous, so
that means you will have register an event to handle completion of the request. Second, the call to web service
are made throgh SOAP client. You do not have to worry about all the details of constructing bindings etc. When
you added reference to ASMX file using wizard, Reference.cs file was created for you which has the
ncessary code to make simple request to your web service. Following code snippet shows what I did in
my control to call web service.
private KitchenNetMenuService.KitchenNetMenuSoapClient _wsClient =
new SilverSpice.KitchenNetMenuService.KitchenNetMenuSoapClient();
private void CreateMenuService()
// Add event handler for ws call completion.
this._wsClient.GetMenuItemsCompleted +=
new EventHandler<KitchenNetMenuService.GetMenuItemsCompletedEventArgs>
protected void GetMenuItemsCompleted
(object sender, KitchenNetMenuService.GetMenuItemsCompletedEventArgs e)
_menuItems = (SilverSpice.KitchenNetMenuService.MenuItem[]) e.Result;
if (null == _wsCallTimer)
catch(Exception ex)
this._errorMessage += ex.Message;
this._errorMessage += ex.StackTrace;
Next thing i want to add to my control is ability to rotate display
of menu items at specified interval. Create a System.Windows.Threading.DispatchTimer object
and set the interval at which timer will tick and call the tick event handler. In the following code I have
set the timer to tick every 5 seconds.
private void CreateTimer()
_wsCallTimer = new System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherTimer();
_wsCallTimer.Interval = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 0, 0, 5000);
_wsCallTimer.Tick += new EventHandler(GetNewMenuItem);
When you compile a Silverlight application, it generates .xap file that gets streamed down to
client browser. To test the control i started an ASP.Net web application from scratch. Add reference to
System.Web.Silverlight assembly in your application. And then on the page register
tag to use Silverlight control.
<%@ Register Assembly="System.Web.Silverlight"
Namespace="System.Web.UI.SilverlightControls" TagPrefix="asp" %>
Now you can put the control on the page as shown below.
<asp:ScriptManager ID="ctlScriptManager" runat="server"></asp:ScriptManager>
<asp:Silverlight ID="ctlSilverSpiceMenu" runat="server" Source="~/SLControls/SilverSpice.xap" Version="2.0" Width="100%" Height="500" />
You will have to include ScriptManage control on your page because it is required for
asp:Silverlight control to work. If you do not include ScriptManager control
on the page, you will end up with following run time exception.
The control with ID 'ctlSilverSpiceMenu' requires a ScriptManager on the page.
The ScriptManager must appear before any controls that need it.
Now copy .xap file created from your Silverlight application under your web application. And speicfy the location
of that file in Source attribute of Silverlight control. Tada! You are done!
Like any other new technologies in Beta stage, Silverlight also has some quirks that you
need to be aware of. Following is list of some URLs that you should view to get some details on these issues.


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Medical Laboratory Science
Mission Statement
The mission of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Medical Laboratory Science program is to graduate highly competent medical laboratory science professionals with the theoretical knowledge, technical skills, and ethical standards necessary to provide quality patient care.
What is Medical Laboratory Science?
Medical Laboratory Scientists (also known as Medical Technologists) are highly skilled laboratory scientists who perform and evaluate laboratory procedures using a variety of sophisticated instruments. They perform, supervise and provide consultation for laboratory analyses on blood and various body fluids to obtain data on which a diagnosis is made and appropriate therapy initiated. The major disciplines in laboratory science are:
- Hematology
- Immunohematology (blood banking)
- Microbiology
- Clinical Chemistry
- Immunology
- Urinalysis
- Mycology
- Parasitology
An individual may specialize in one of these disciplines or remain a generalist, depending on the type of laboratory and the needs of the facility in which they are employed. A career in medical laboratory science provides opportunities for work that are both personally rewarding and challenging.
As cost consciousness in health care delivery has increased, Medical Laboratory Scientists have become increasingly valuable to the health care system. This is because Medical Laboratory Scientists are knowledgeable about cost effective ways to deliver quality care and are trained to make the kinds of decisions that make effective lab services possible. Medical Laboratory Scientists assume positions of increasing responsibility in clinical laboratories and within institution management structure. Their functions include managing the laboratory and directing the work of others performing complex laboratory analyses and making judgments about the quality of laboratory results before they are reported. Medical Laboratory Scientists must be experts in clinical laboratory science as well as in the administrative and managerial functions necessary to ensure the effective operation of clinical laboratory services.
What Are the Educational Requirements?
Minimum requirements for becoming a medical laboratory scientist includes satisfactory completion of two years of pre-professional college work, including certain prescribed courses. Students may then be admitted to a two-year professional program approved the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS). High school students can prepare for a career in Medical Laboratory Science by taking courses in physical and biological sciences, along with other college preparatory courses.
What Are the Personal Qualifications?
Medical Laboratory Scientists...
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Graduates of programs in Medical Laboratory Science approved by (NAACLS) are eligible to take certification examinations given by several certifying agencies. Individuals certified by the Board of Registry of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP) are recognized as professional Medical Laboratory Scientists by the designation MLS after their names. Those certified by American Medical Technologists are designated Medical Laboratory Scientists (MLS).
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Sarah Jessica Parker is mellow yellow in Chanel as she arrives at the 2010 Oscars with her husband Matthew Broderick held at the Kodak Theater on Sunday (March 7) in Hollywood.
The 44-year-old Sex In The City actress, who wore Fred Leighton's Jewelry and Chanel Couture, will be presenting during tonight's Academy Awards.
Recently Sarah appeared on the NBC show Who Do You Think You Are? where they reveal various celebrities' family trees.
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The Los Angeles Unified School District plans to make more than 1,000 new hires to bolster security at hundreds of campuses in a move some critics have called "security on the cheap."
More than 400 LAUSD elementary school campuses are slated to receive 1,087 campus aides -- a minimum of two on each campus -- as early as March 1, LAUSD school board president Monica Garcia told the Daily News on Friday.
The $4.2 million plan comes a month after the Dec. 14 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. that killed 20 first-graders and six adults.
"Another two people on each campus can help us maintain a safe environment that can ease the minds of our employees, parents and students," Garcia said. "This way we can focus on reading and writing, teaching and learning."
But Scott Folsom, a Mount Washington Elementary School Parent Teacher Association member and state PTA board member, said it's "all smoke and mirrors."
"What they're doing is security on the cheap," he said. "I fear that we will end up having a person with a roll of yellow stickers and a sign-up sheet."
The campus aides will be unarmed but equipped with two-way radios and vests "for high visibility," according to a memo dated Jan. 23 from Senior Deputy Superintendent Michelle King.
Required safety training for these aides will be conducted online and will cover child abuse awareness training; employee duties during an emergency; mediating student conflicts; responding to threats on campus; how to conduct metal detector searches; and what to do if there is a school lockdown, according to the memo.
The aides will work three-hour shifts.
"It shows to me, as far as I'm concerned, a lack of commitment to the challenge at hand. I'm very much aware what happened in Connecticut and a person like that can't do anything to prevent what happened there," Folsom said of the campus aides.
"If we are really concerned about security on campus, which I think we should be, we should at least have trained uniformed, full-time people. They don't have to be armed policemen, but they need to be real security guards."
There are already 1,028 campus aides at middle and high schools but the plan is to create the extra campus aide positions for the elementary school campuses without aides.
School officials plan to fill many of those positions with former LAUSD employees who have been laid off.
"We are reaching out to over 1,000 separated employees to possibly reinstate them to fill many of these positions," the memo stated.
It is uncertain how long the program will run.
"Safety is a priority every single day and I'm so glad that the superintendent has figured out this small but significant strategy," Garcia said.
The campus aides will supplement the dozens of LAPD officers who have been patrolling K-8 school campuses district-wide since Jan. 7.
Los Angeles Police Department Cmdr. Andrew Smith, who recently visited Main Street Elementary School downtown Thursday, said the department plans to continue its patrols for the foreseeable future regardless of the added campus aides.
"We watch kids eating lunch, walk kids to class and talk to them every day," Smith said.
"It's good for our cops to get to know these kids and we think it's great to have the kids feel comfortable with our cops," he said.
"We're really glad that, for the first time in a very long time, that we are able to address a need and not have to shut another program somewhere else down," Garcia said.
While the campus aides won't add teachers cut by the district's budget woes, Garcia said school officials agree that extra security has been a high priority and may be a sign of more positive additions for LAUSD.
"This is the beginning of an increase in staff," she said. "We know we have more to do in terms of restoration (of school programs and staff), but we're optimistic this is the step in the right direction."
Folsom isn't convinced.
"This is just filling in squares in a spreadsheet," he said, "to make it look like there's more security."


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The Congolese army fled and United Nations peacekeepers watched paralyzed as Rwandan-linked rebels wrapped up a stunning five-day offensive Tuesday by strolling into one of the Democratic Republic of Congo's most important cities, Goma, sending shock waves through troubled central Africa.
Goma is the hub for international aid organizations and the region's minerals trade, and few thought it was at risk of falling until just days ago. That's when the M23 rebels – named for the March 23, 2009, treaty that integrated them into the Congolese army – began their lightning advance, easily pushing through the army's weak resistance.
The capture of Goma triggered fears that history would repeat itself, recalling when Rwandan troops occupied parts of eastern Congo in 1998, touching off a five-year war that sucked in eight countries and caused the deaths of millions of Congolese. United Nations reports and Western diplomats accuse Rwanda of heavily backing the M23 rebels, a charge Rwanda fiercely denies.
Congolese officials dismissed those denials.
"Rwanda is blackmailing our government and our country," said Lambert Mende, a government spokesman. He pledged that there would be no negotiations.
The United States, which bases a small number of troops at Dungu, about 365 miles north of Goma, said it was working through the United Nations for a cease-fire and tougher sanctions on the M23, according to State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland. It was far from certain that those efforts would prevent the collapse of the monstrous Democratic Republic of Congo, which covers a vast area with few roads or institutions.
The enmity in this region is fierce among a variety of ethnic groups and interests. Rwanda claims that Congo is a haven for the masterminds of its 1994 genocide, when Hutu tribesmen butchered an estimated 800,000 rival ethnic Tutsis. Critics say Rwanda and its heavy-fisted dictator-president, Paul Kagame, a Tutsi who rose to power after the ruling Hutus were deposed, profit from controlling eastern Congo's mineral trade. The M23 is made up primarily of Tutsis.
Fighting broke out about 19 miles outside of Goma last Thursday, breaking a de facto two-month cease-fire between Congolese troops and the rebels. In just days, the rebels had pushed to the outskirts of Goma as foreigners scrambled to evacuate.
Reports from the scene suggest that the heavy fighting lasted only about three hours Tuesday. The Congolese army folded with little resistance and U.N. peacekeepers remained in their vehicles and watched.
The speed with which Goma fell is sure to raise questions about the relevancy of the Congolese government. President Joseph Kabila already is viewed as ineffectual, and what little political good will he had dissolved following widespread irregularities that tainted his re-election last year. His government now has little choice but to negotiate over its territory after its decisive defeat.
The U.N., meanwhile, has a huge mission designed to help maintain stability in Congo's east and prevent human rights abuses by the armed groups; yet, critics argue, has done neither.
At first, the United Nations peacekeeping mission pounded the advancing rebels from helicopters. But, as the rebels advanced, eyewitnesses say, the U.N. took a different tack. On Tuesday, peacekeepers and M23 rebels patrolled past each other on Goma streets with neither challenging the other.
Goma residents took the brunt of the conflict, according to some reports.
"The looting and pillaging has been very severe," said Tariq Riebl, aid group Oxfam's humanitarian coordinator in Goma. "Our own staff has been attacked. Lots of people have been attacked."
In a statement, the United Nations mission in Congo, known as MONUSCO by its French acronym, said that its troops maintained control of the Goma airport and pledged to "remain actively present in Goma and will continue all efforts within their capabilities to protect civilians from imminent threat."
But the Congolese government and M23 said that the rebels controlled the airport, and the Congolese government announced that it had moved the provincial administration and military regional command to Beni, 150 miles north of Goma.


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I found this site which I'd like to share. It belongs to, I believe, the Austrian Academy of Sciences. they have basic information on history of homeric bards and their performance as well as mp3 recording of the recreation of "demodokos" (performance of the excerpt from Odyssey wih all musical accompaniment ). For those who never had access to college classroom and never knew how greek really sounds, this is a great resource. Some articles are in german as well (but I can't read it).
Also on this page below, they provides samples of Attic and Homeric works in performance.


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What was I thinking?!?! EEK!!
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You are a FABULOUS! I had hermit crabs at my house several years ago that my boys BEGGED for. Not sure I would get them voluntarily:)ReplyDelete
The kids will LOVE them:)
The Resourceful Apple
No creepy crawlers here. I've been toying with the idea of getting a class pet, but haven't bit the bullet yet! {They offer grants for teachers at a nearby pet store!}ReplyDelete
When I first saw your post, I thought, "Hermit crabs aren't that creepy!!!", but then I saw your close-up pictures! I stand corrected.
Will you give them to students after the unit, or at the end of the story?
Across the Hall in 2nd Grade
@Halle, I'll see how long I can stand them!! They will go to my nephew when I am done with them. :)ReplyDelete
No creepy crawlers! Just two kittens :)ReplyDelete
A Cupcake for the Teacher
They're kind of cute! No crawlers here either...just three dogs!ReplyDelete
They will love them! I teach 5th grade, and believe me, I know how crazy awesome it is to have pets in your class. Hermit crabs seem pretty low maintenance too, so that's good.ReplyDelete
You're the cool teacher at the school. I can tell :)
You rock! I think having pets in the classroom automatically makes you a better teacher :)ReplyDelete
We have hermit crabs in class too and my kids LOVE them! They will work very hard with the promise of me letting the hermit crabs out to roam the carpet on Friday afternoons - you have never seen 26 kiddos sit that still and quietly as my group waiting for a crab to decide to crawl around lol!
They are very social and need a lot of moisture in the air and warm temperatures too. If you want to see mine check it out here:
Jennifer @ Herding Kats In Kindergarten
Oh my goodness! You're kids are going to LOVE them! It made me laugh when you said "I'm a first grade teacher. Need I say more?" lol That says it all! :)ReplyDelete
We read that story too and my kids always love it!
Have a great week!
First Grade in Foxwell Forest
Oh my goodness, you are very brave! :) I'm sure your kids will be absolutely stoked though!!ReplyDelete
Smiles from 2nd Grade
You are such a devoted teacher. I actually think HC are really cute. I have 3 living in my bathroom at home. Maybe they will grow on you. :)ReplyDelete
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WOOHOO! Your kids are going to love and thank you so much! They are really cool to watch and just enjoy. I have to small water frogs, as we're not allowed to have "fur" pets on a regular basis. I foster g.pigs, so from time to time, one or two visit our classroom. In the past, I've had rabbits, gerbils, hamsters, an iguana..and yes, a tarantula! By far the tarantula was the easiest to care for. I have a parent who lets me "borrow" her tarantula in October while we study spiders. I don't do snakes though...eeeek. Anyway, I know you will enjoy them and so excited that for your kids! Enjoy!ReplyDelete
I love the idea of hermit crabs, but ended up with Robo Dwarf hamsters. I have two that live in a 10 gallon tank. Easy, peesy! They are so little and FAST that kids aren't allowed to hold them, but they are just fascinated with them. I love class pets! :)ReplyDelete
I love hermit crabs. Did you know they are nocturnal? They will wake up for your class if you spray them with a mist of water. They are so cool!ReplyDelete
A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle is another cute story like that!! There are so many opportunities for writing with little hermit crabs!! They are kind of creepy, but your kiddos are gonna LOVE them :) (What creepy thing doesn't a first grader love??!?!)ReplyDelete
@ miss Ellis, good point! :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 6, 2013 at 5:23 PM
Hermit crabs sound like an awesome class pet. I would love to have one in my room. I bet your kids will love them! Way to go the extra mile.ReplyDelete
Everyone deServes to Learn
two things stood out for me. 1. I love the idea that hermit crabs are in fact social. 2. Who painted them? I had no idea painting crabs was a thing. haha!ReplyDelete
I have no doubt the kids will adore them - what a cool idea!
We are doing the same story this week. I kinda feel like I need to go out and get these little crawlers now. My kids have been begging for a class pet. This might be a nice surprise...I just don't want to take them home each weekend. What do you have to feed them? Can they stay at school over the weekend?ReplyDelete
You're an awesome teacher and the kids are going to LOVE you for bringing these in!
Rambling About Reading
What an amazing idea! You are amazing too! Your students are going to love this week.ReplyDelete
Your kids are going to be so excited! I think they are a little bit creepy too. Eww.ReplyDelete
Yeehaw! Teaching in Texas
I love hermit crabs! I had 2 as a kid. I do HATE it when they are in a shell that is painted though. For some reason, that makes me crazy. Your students are going to love the hermit crabs! I actually considered getting some for my classroom.ReplyDelete
Hermit crabs are very cool creatures. I have owned them, both as a child and as a teacher. (May I suggest that you read up on what happens when they molt, because if you are creeped out now you may want to make sure your nephew gets them before that happens. =D) we have a water frog for our class pet and the kids just love him!ReplyDelete
Good luck!
Think all night…..Teach all day
My nephew got an ant farm for Christmas and I was absolutely enthralled with it when I was visiting. I am thinking I might need to buy one for my classroom and incorporate a nonfiction unit on Ants!ReplyDelete
In the spring when we study the life cycle of butterflys I bring in Monarch butterfly eggs and raise them and release them. My students LOVE it! (I do too!)
Christina :)
Apples, Books, and Crayons
You know your students are gonna love these guys! :)ReplyDelete
Your students will be SO excited! What a fun idea. They look pretty cute... when they are not in my house. :) You are such a fun teacher- way to bring in the New Year with some added excitement for your kiddos! Your unit looks great! I LOVE all of your products!ReplyDelete
Sarah's First Grade Snippets
I had hermit crabs for several years. They are fun to watch. My own children loved having them at home as much as my students enjoyed having them in the classroom. I got frustrated though when they started crawling out of their shells and dying instead of going into one of te shells I had for them! Have fun with them!!ReplyDelete
That's a great idea for a class pet. I used to have a rat, but I had to take it home every weekend and her cage was so big. At least these little friends are easy to transport. Have fun!ReplyDelete
Darling Little Learners
The things I can tell you about hermit crabs :). I used to sell them. I actually worked for the man who originally brought them to the US. He grew up in the Bahamas and remembered playing with them as a child.ReplyDelete
They are scavangers so your kids can give them anything as snacks: popcorn, pretzels and chocolate chip cookies are some favorites.
Fish tank gravel is easier to clean, they need at least 2" of substrate so they can bury to molt (do NOT disturb a molting crab!), they only smell if they die, hypoallergenic, if holding in the palm of your hand- hold your hand perfectly flat, never hold the back of their shell while holding them in your palm, if they pinch- submerge in water and they will release, check to make sure their are no cracks inside replacement shells, they love shells like women love shoes, avoid clorine and cold (they are tropical) and they are nocturnal.
HC races are a lot of fun (stick them in the center of a circle, spray with water, whoever gets to the edge of the circle first wins)
I sold them for 3 years..
How fun!! Talk about bringing real life experience into the classroom! :) Love it!ReplyDelete
Sugar and Spice
I think this is a FABULOUS idea! Kudos to you for braving the creepy crawlers. :)ReplyDelete
My students struggle most with background knowledge & vocabulary & this is the PERFECT example of how we, as teachers, should be providing as much of this as we can. What a great way to have your kids make connections!
Thanks for the inspiration!


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|Up to [NetBSD Developer Wiki] / wikisrc / wiki / todo
2 != 4
1: [[tron]] suggests that non-developers should be able to post content 2: to a staging area, to be approved (possibly after editing) by 3: developers. [[schmonz]] likes this idea a lot. 4: 5: > what about to make a sub-page called e.g. User contributed 6: > documentation an give non-developers rw access there while editing 7: > other parts(TNF contributed) of wiki will require developers account 8: > or possible some sort of bless from a developer. --[[haad]] 9: 10: >> From ikiwiki's PoV, this is equivalent to the Discussion-subpage 11: >> approach (merely a tweak to a PageSpec). From the human PoV, it's 12: >> a tradeoff. If we make a whole hierarchy world-editable, users will 13: >> be able to directly edit any page in that hierarchy, but we'll wind 14: >> up with two pages on every topic of interest and readers will have 15: >> to check both. A discussion subpage isn't the page itself, but the 16: >> relation of the two is never ambiguous. 17: >> 18: >> Neither approach is ideal. A possible improvement: in addition 19: >> to making making Discussion pages world-editable, use the 20: >> [[!iki ikiwiki/directive/inline]] directive on each main topic page to 21: >> include the relevant Discussion subpage below, with a disclaimer 22: >> about the provenance of that content. Then both developers and users 23: >> can effectively edit the page, and the reader can easily discern 24: >> what's what. 25: >> 26: >> Best if this inlining could be automated somehow, rather than 27: >> requiring someone to add a directive to each page. --[[schmonz]] 28: 29: >>> I don't understand why we are making user editing so hard, with 30: >>> discussion pages there will be little or no user contribution which 31: >>> is wrong because main point of wiki is to give users power to share 32: >>> information not give this power to developers. Let's make part of 33: >>> wiki editable by users to let them contribute their documentation. 34: >>> If user will want to make his own page about e.g. using NetBSD as 35: >>> xen server how he will done it with discussion pages ? 36: >>> 37: >>> From other POV I looked at FreeBSD wiki and they have developers 38: >>> only wiki which can be edited by developers and some small number 39: >>> of non developers. --[[haad]] 40: 41: >>>> Sorry, I wasn't clear enough. Each page "Foo" will call `inline` to 42: >>>> insert its Discussion subpage into itself. The Discussion subpage will 43: >>>> continue to exist separately, but its contents will also be included 44: >>>> in the Foo page. The Foo page will then have two sections: one 45: >>>> that's only editable by developers, and another that's editable by 46: >>>> anyone. Developers will use the "Edit" link as normal. For ease of 47: >>>> user editing, we'll want to provide an "Edit" link within the 48: >>>> user-editable section of the page which leads directly to editing 49: >>>> the corresponding Discussion subpage where that content is stored. 50: >>>> Either kind of edit will result in an immediate update of the Foo 51: >>>> page. 52: >>>> 53: >>>> With this approach, once the relevant 54: >>>> [[!iki bugs/anonok_vs._httpauth desc="ikiwiki bug"]] has been fixed, 55: >>>> the `opendiscussion` plugin should suffice to enable users to edit 56: >>>> content in a direct way, while also making clear to readers which 57: >>>> content comes from developers and which does not. 58: >>>> 59: >>>> Things to think about when the time comes: 60: >>>> 61: >>>> * automating the `inline`, disclaimer, and user-edit link (in 62: >>>> [[!iki wikitemplates]]?) 63: >>>> * whether `anonok` is okay or we should require e.g. an OpenID 64: >>>> * treating non-developer edits properly in `log_accum` messages 65: >>>> 66: >>>> --[[schmonz]] 67: 68: _For non-developers using [[anonymous CVS|wiki/todo/push_wikisrc_to_anoncvs]]_: 69: submit a diff to `netbsd-docs@`. 70: 71: _For non-developers using a web browser_: the ikiwiki discussion 72: subpage and/or [[!iki plugins/comments desc="comments plugin"]] may 73: point toward the solution. 74: 75: One of the reasons we [[chose ikiwiki|wiki/todo/choose_wiki_software]] 76: is the ability to edit via CVS directly, as well as via the web. 77: As long as every wiki editor is a developer, controlling access 78: consistently is simple. In order to open up wiki editing to 79: non-developers, we have to think carefully about both the CVS case 80: and the web case. 81: 82: In the short term, to start getting non-developers involved, I intend 83: to [[push wikisrc to anoncvs]] and 84: [[hook up wiki commits to www-changes@]]. 85: 86: In the long term, ikiwiki has a few ready-made web authentication 87: options (a locally managed user database, OpenID, and HTTP auth), and 88: if they don't suffice for some reason, it's easy enough to write an 89: auth plugin. The hard part is deciding the workflow: where is a 90: sensible place for non-developers to make their edits, and what is a 91: sensible way for developers to review and "bless" the changes? Two 92: ikiwiki-native possibilities are listed above. 93: 94: Ideas welcome! Edit this page and add your comments. --[[schmonz]] 95: 96: One idea (which needs to be considered by board@): 97: 98: 7. Enable Discussion subpages. 99: 7. Mark very clearly on the Discussion page template that content may 100: have been written by anyone at all and has not been vetted by any 101: member of TNF. 102: 7. Enable the `anonok` plugin and set the `anonok_pagespec` to allow 103: anonymous editing of Discussion subpages (and of no other pages). 104: 105: > This doesn't actually work, though. Trying to create or edit a 106: > Discussion subpage yields the HTTP auth dialog. And this is 107: > equivalent to the `opendiscussion` plugin. Joey says: 108: > "it's a bug, not sure how to fix it right now". --[[schmonz]] 109: 110: The resulting workflow: 111: 112: 7. Non-developer finds a page to which to suggest changes. 113: 7. Non-developer edits its Discussion subpage and writes the suggested 114: changes. 115: 7. Developer who follows [[RecentChanges]] (or the commit mails) 116: notices the changes. 117: 7. If the changes aren't acceptable, developer edits the Discussion 118: subpage and explains why not. 119: 7. If the changes are acceptable, developer applies them to the 120: page and removes them from the Discussion subpage. 121: 122: > This can be work flow for a TNF contributed pages but as I said 123: > above this is not acceptable for as normal wiki workflow. We had 124: > almost similar discussion about comments on a blog software for 125: > NetBSD. There were developers who thought that there will be too 126: > many comments and we do not have man power to read/approve them 127: > all. After setting blog we have found that we have barely 1-2 128: > comments in every third article. I don;t thing that there will be 129: > too many real editors on our wiki from non-developers and therefore 130: > we need to make it easy not hard to do. --[[haad]] 131: 132: >> And yet, we already had spam on the blog. I'm not much pro 133: >> distributing spam, and would strongly suggest some kind of auth 134: >> that at least brakes spam down a bit. That also speaks against using 135: >> "any verifying OpenID" (ie users may opt to use OpenID but we still 136: >> need to put their ID into some sort of list of good IDs). --[[spz]] 137: 138: >>> This sounds reasonable. Getting oneself added to a whitelist 139: >>> isn't too much to ask a prospective contributor. The whitelist can 140: >>> be implemented using [[!iki plugins/lockedit]]. --[[schmonz]] 141: 142: >>>> spz: How much spam we had there ? Because during our initial 143: >>>> talks about blog there were huge expectations about number of 144: >>>> spammers and comemnters on our blog for now I don't think that we 145: >>>> have more then 30 uniq commenters/spammers that is so low number 146: >>>> that we should block user non auth editing because of it. -- [[haad]] 147: 148: >>>>> Not speaking for spz, but the current holdup is a more general 149: >>>>> interaction with [[!iki plugins/httpauth]] combined with any other 150: >>>>> type of auth (including [[!iki plugins/anonok]]). Once it's fixed, 151: >>>>> it's about the same amount of work for us to whitelist the OpenIDs 152: >>>>> of actual human contributors as it is for us to allow fully anonymous 153: >>>>> editing. So the question becomes, what's best for this wiki that admins 154: >>>>> feel is reasonably manageable and responsible? Even if the risk of 155: >>>>> opening ourselves for editing by the whole Internet is small -- and 156: >>>>> we can't know that -- I'm not comfortable putting TNF at that risk 157: >>>>> unless there's a very compelling argument for it. --[[schmonz]] 158: 159: >>>>>> There's [CAPTCHA](http://ikiwiki.info/todo/require_CAPTCHA_to_edit/) 160: >>>>>> work in progress. That might be palatable, when done, as an option 161: >>>>>> in addition to OpenID. --[[schmonz]] 162: 163: After a bunch of work by Joey, we're much closer: 164: 165: * With httpauth, you can (still) edit any page. 166: * With an OpenID we've whitelisted, you can edit discussion subpages. 167: * Otherwise, you can't edit via the web. 168: 169: What's left: 170: 171: * Extract the OpenID whitelist to a separate file for ease of maintenance. 172: * In `log_accum`, properly parse and display OpenID edits. 173: * In `page.tmpl`, inline discussion (if it exists) into its parent page. 174: 175: --[[schmonz]] 176: 177: ----- 178: 179: Whew, this is a long discussion. To recap, every wiki page will 180: have two sections: 181: 182: 7. Content editable by developers only, followed by 183: 7. Content editable by anyone who has told us their OpenID. 184: 185: This way, every wiki page will be editable (in whole or in part) 186: by everyone, while making the content's provenance clear to the 187: casual reader. 188: 189: I will implement this by abusing any and all of `inline`, templates, 190: and/or Discussion subpages. 191: 192: There were problems combining `httpauth` (how developers log in) 193: and other authentication methods. The ikiwiki author has fixed these 194: problems. 195: 196: I have working code to check OpenIDs against a whitelist. We need 197: to streamline the task of "registering" an OpenID as much as possible, 198: so non-developers can get involved with the wiki quickly and easily. 199: We will also want to delegate whitelist management to `www@`. 200: 201: The wiki copy of `log_accum` needs to be taught to parse OpenID 202: edits. To avoid skew, we should then carefully merge it back to the 203: main `log_accum`. 204: 205: Non-developers will want [[wikisrc in anoncvs|push_wikisrc_to_anoncvs]]. 206: 207: In the future, if and when ikiwiki has more fully baked anti-spam 208: measures, it would be nice to be able to allow anonymous editing. 209: 210: --[[schmonz]]


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A number of conferences important to EDA and IP are coming up over the next 12 months and currently looking for content. If you have an industry-relevant topic you'd like to talk about, the organizers of some of these conferences need to hear from you soon. Various deadlines are looming, most over the next few weeks.
Meanwhile, it's interesting to consider that one of the most thrill- for-your-buck conferences on the list is Black Hat USA 2016 and Synopsys' co-located CodenomiCON, both promising to teach you everything you need to know or are allowed to know about cybersecurity. Synopsys' involvement in Black Hat may validate a comment overheard recently: 'Synopsys is no longer really an EDA company. They've become a software integrity company.'
Also interesting, DVCon in San Jose and Mobile World in Barcelona in 2017 are on the exact same days. Perhaps there's no overlap in the attendee population. But most interesting on the list, the sheer scale of the China International Modern Industry & Intelligent Equipment Exhibition with 500+ exhibitors, over 40,000 attendees, and more topics that you can possibly imagine.


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twisted_steel2 wrote:OkieHawk wrote:I also find it very egotistical to think that we are it, that there is nothing out there in an infinite universe. Maybe that's my faith to a certain extent, but I'm not going to join the Church of Scientology because of it though
I saw they have a booth at Southcenter mall now. Doesnt say Scientology but its the whole 'free stress test' thing.
Just think, $200,000 later and you get to hear a really weird sci-fi story!
If I had $200k I think I could find much better ways of spending it than brain washing


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Aishvarya Arora, the only student from Queens who was named a semifinalist in the Intel Science Talent Search, was presented a commendation by Congresswoman Grace Meng last week at St. Francis Prep in Fresh Meadows.
Out of thousands of students who entered Intel's prestigious Talent Search, only 300 were selected as semifinalists; Arora being the only one from Queens
A senior at St. Francis Preparatory, Arora was recognized for her 23-page research paper on the effect of Body Dimorphic Disorder, a psychological illness that alters the way people view their bodies.
Arora says that she wants to pursue a career in Behavioral Neural Psychology, and has already submitted her college applications to schools such as Vassar, Brown, and Wesleyan.
"Wesleyan is my top choice," said Arora.
Meng, whose younger brother is a St. Francis alumnus, was joined by state senators Toby Ann Stavisky, Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. and Michael Gianaris in congratulating Arora for her outstanding achievement.
"My brother went here when he was in high school, and he just had his ten-year reunion," Meng told students on hand to witness the presentation.
Also present were Brother Leonard Conway, principal of St. Francis, and Arora's research advisor, Mary Ann Spicijaric. Arora thanked both her mentors and her peers upon receiving the award, and showed an even bigger sign of appreciation for her parents, who were sitting directly in front of her.
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Rhonda Morrison, 46 - April 29, 2013Rhonda S. Morrison, 46, of Cozad passed away Monday, April 29, 2013, at the Cozad Community Hospital after a short battle with cancer.
Memorial services took place on Friday, May 3, at the First Presbyterian Church in Cozad with the Rev. Elaine Besthorn officiating. A private family inurnment will be conducted at the Cozad Cemetery at a later date.
Morrison was born June 6, 1966, at Montgomery, AL, to Ron and Judy (Grimm) Wallingford. She attended school in Cozad and later graduated from Summit High School in Frisco, CO, in 1984.
Following graduation, she returned to Nebraska where she attended Mid-Plains Community College in pursuit of a degree in psychology.
Morrison moved around the Dawson County area throughout the course of her life but always remained connected to Cozad through her family, who she cared for deeply, said family members.
She enjoyed 1980s music and loved singing karaoke as well as dancing and spending time with friends at barbecues, according to family. Her favorite past time was sharing quality time with her family, especially her children, nieces and nephews.
Morrison was preceded in death by: her grandparents; a step-brother, Derek Gilbert.
Survivors include: her daughter, Mariah Morrison of Cozad; a son, Jeremy Halbgewachs of Panama City, FL; her fiance, Tony Whiters of Cozad; mother, Judy (Dave) Gilbert of Cozad; father, Bob Dillon of Cozad; two sisters—Kim (Brett) Sassali and Michelle (Cory) Spotanski, all of Cozad; half-sister, Abbi Jensen of Cozad; step-brother, Blake Gilbert of Denver; step-sister, Erin Gilbert of Casper, WY; numerous nieces and nephews.
A memorial has been established.
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