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No prior knowledge of math or science required.
Feb. 3:
Radioactivity and Electric Power
Few things are more frightening than the unknown. Science can bring some understanding of the unknown and thus lessen that fear, or arouse action against a justified fear and provide analysis of the price to be paid for abating the danger. This generality is amply illustrated by the issues surrounding nuclear fuel, compared to coal or other fossil fuels, as a means of generating electric power. The recent events at the Fukushima power station in Japan have again brought the fear of radioactivity to public consciousness. What is radioactivity? What is the mechanism by which it is used to generate electric power, and how does it compare to mechanisms using coal, oil, natural gas, and other fossil fuels? What is the difference between exposure to radiation from a nuclear power station and exposure to radiation from the sun? These and related questions will be discussed, and the basic science presented.
Instructor: Barbara-Ann G. Lewis.
Ms. Lewis is Associate Professor Emeritus, Civil and Environmental Engineering, at Northwestern University and a former Environmental Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory.
When: Sun, 2/3/2013, 12:15 - 2:30 p.m.
Where: Latino/Hispanic Community Meeting Room B, Main Library
100 Larkin St.
This free program is co-sponsored by the Business, Science & Technology Center of San Francisco Public Library and the University of the Commons.
Check uotc.org for a complete list of free University of the Commons classes.
Other upcoming topics and dates for the Sundays With Science series:
- Sunday, Feb. 10 Global Warming and the "Goldilocks Zone"
- Sunday, Feb. 17 How Safe is Safe, and Who Decides?
- Sunday, Feb. 24 What's Scientific About Soil?
List of book titles related to this event that are available at the Library
Próximos Eventos
- Joyce Carol Oates and Jonathan Santlofer
- Martes 23 de Enero de 2018, 6:30 pmBiblioteca Central, Auditorio Koret
- Tony Robles
- Miércoles 31 de Enero de 2018, 6:00 pmBiblioteca Central, Sala Latino/Hispana A & B
- Mission Bay Book CLub
- Miércoles 31 de Enero de 2018, 6:30 pmMission Bay, Mission Bay Program Room


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and the babes were so cool...fun times
and the babes were so cool...fun times
Then, someone would get the bright idea to crash one of the dances being held at some all-girls high school. Invariably, we'd either get into a brawl, pi$$ off the nuns with our antics and get kicked out, or puke all over the one broad who would "dance" with us. Great youth, huh?
My current favorite.
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Pissed enough of these to float a battle ship over the years.
Use to drink this by the truck loads.
This was good.
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I used to drink these when I was younger.
Forgot the Pabst Blue Ribbon, we drank alot of that also
Spent a summer in ND way back when and drank this by the bucket.
And the list goes on and on.
I still drink the sh!t out of PBR. Gimme the 16oz can ice cold. That's usually what I drink when I'm eating wings at Taco Mac.

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HCN asked readers: What do you think about the plans to attempt to repeal the recent overhaul of the healthcare system? Here is what we heard:
"In my view the cost of health care must be addressed, but to pass a monster healthcare bill with over 2,000 pages that almost no one read before they voted to pass it was ludicrous at best and stupid at worst. All the regulations that were woven into the bill will impact every section of our economy. The last time I checked we don't have citizens dying in the streets because they couldn't get emergency health care so the sense of urgency was hard to understand. The politicians need to identify the problems and then come up with the solutions and fine-tune the best healthcare system in the world -- not destroy it. If they want to address the spiraling costs they need to pass tort reform to do away with defensive medicine and the frivolous lawsuits which costs hundreds of millions a year. They need to go after fraud and abuse to recover taxpayer money that shouldn't have been paid out to begin with and make it understood fraud and corruption will no longer be tolerated, and if caught you will do jail time and forfeit any and all assets accumulated with these funds. Our country is on the verge of bankruptcy, and to pass these huge spending bills is irresponsible when someone with common sense could fix what's wrong with the healthcare system for a minimal amount of money instead of the trillions of dollars this bill will cost the taxpayers that we can't afford."
— Bill Bates
R.P. Johnson & Son, Inc.
Andover, N.H.
"Any attempt to repeal health care is short-sighted, anti-people and anti-business. What we need to do is move beyond this first step and quickly move to a single payer system. This will reduce overall costs to both individuals and businesses while extending quality health care to all. Let's stop listening only to the spin doctors and start analyzing the situation and data available."
— Bruce Millar
"I look forward to the conservatives in Congress writing a new healthcare program this year -- one that will work the way it was intended."
— Ted Pecot
"I am in complete support of repealing the 2010 healthcare law."
— Phil
— Name withheld
"Healthcare reform should not be touched except to broaden its scope. I think it is a complete falsehood that people do not want healthcare reform. People did not like the reform in its watered-down form. They wanted single payer and a more overreaching program. True, they did not like the reform, but not because they did not want reform."
— Jim Coretti


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By Ben Golliver
• If a bloody nose and a concussion wasn't enough, Lakers forward/center Pau Gasol found himself the subject of a sappy, lamentative song begging NBA GMs to trade for him. The song was created by YouTube user BallerballFilms.
• The Timberwolves are mired in more bad injury news after this week's revelation that Kevin Love broke his right hand again. GM David Kahn announced Monday that Love will miss "a number of weeks". The Timberwolves' creative response to the "Oh no, not another bad season" vibe that was sure to develop: offering a playoff guarantee to season ticket holders. Jon Krawcyznski of the Associated Press with the details.
The Wolves are promising anyone who renews their season ticket or purchases a new one for next season a 10 percent discount if the team does not make the playoffs this year. The Wolves are currently in ninth place in the Western Conference, one spot out of the playoff field.
''It's sort of a part pledge, part challenge,'' Timberwolves chief marketing officer Ted Johnson said.
''It's just the next chapter in that process,'' Johnson said. ''We were very open and honest with our fans when we didn't think we were going to be as competitive and we were asking their patience to bide their time and join the journey with us. Now that the expectations have changed we're willing to put skin in the game. We know our expectations of ourselves will be to challenge for that (playoff) spot.''
• Nate Taylor of The New York Times talks with Knicks center Tyson Chandler about his tap-out offensive rebounding strategy.
A majority of Chandler's highlights this season have come on alley-oop dunks off pick-and-roll plays. But Chandler said he enjoyed tapping the ball out to an open teammate just as much as dunking because he knows the play is an important weapon for a Knicks team that features a number of strong shooters.
"It's been something that I've kind of just fell into over the course of my career," Chandler said. "I've done it in the past, but now I think me and my teammates are starting to get a rhythm on it. I'm starting to know where they are on the floor. It's an effective play."
Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports reports that Cavaliers forward Omri Casspi has requested a trade.
Dropped out of the Cleveland Cavaliers' rotation, forward Omri Casspi, the NBA's first Israeli-born player, has requested a trade, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.
Cavaliers general manager Chris Grant has been making calls on possible deals for Casspi, but nothing has materialized. The request for a trade was made through Casspi's representatives with Creative Arts Agency (CAA), sources said.
• Justin Verrier of TrueHoop offers 10 things to know about the Warriors, positing that Golden State will get its first All-Star since Latrell Sprewell. The only question: Stephen Curry or David Lee?
Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul, Kevin Durant, Dwight Howard and Blake Griffin are almost assured fan-determined starter spots, and Russell Westbrook, James Harden, Tim Duncan and Tony Parker are safe bets as reserves. But with Kevin Love and Dirk Nowitzki dinged up and Steve Nash and Pau Gasol mired in Lakers muck, and as long as Lin fans don't unseat CP3 in the starting lineup, the final three bench spots are more open than usual in the star-studded West. The coaches, as they tend to do, will surely want to reward the Warriors for their fast start by sending one of their two key players to Houston, and Curry seems a more likely candidate than Lee given the former's more flashy offensive game and noticeable leap forward this season.
The guess here? Curry, Marc Gasol and Serge Ibaka get the final spots.
• David Aldridge of NBA.com reports Bucks management has informed guard Brandon Jennings, set to become a restricted free agent next summer, they will match any offers made to him. He also writes this is almost certainly coach Scott Skiles' last season in Milwaukee.
• Kevin Pelton of ESPN.com (Insider) wonders whether we should have seen the Rockets' surprising season coming.
In hindsight, maybe the Rockets' run should have been more predictable. From the outside, it looked like Houston was headed for a rebuilding season after dumping veterans Goran Dragic, Courtney Lee, Kyle Lowry and Luis Scola during the summer while pursuing young talent. The opportunity to acquire James Harden days before opening night shifted focus, and rookies Terrence Jones, Donatas Motiejunas and the suspended Royce White have barely played. But the Rockets hardly have sold out their youth movement, favoring second-year big men Marcus Morrisand Greg Smith, who have played well off the bench.
Using Houston's actual rotation (including more minutes for starters) for the team's preseason projection in my SCHOENE system would have pushed the Rockets from 29.6 wins to 37.5 -- still shy of their 48-win pace, but good enough to put them in the playoff discussion. Credit the rest of the difference to Houston's efficient shot distribution and the rapid development of young players such as Chandler Parsons, which is a testament to Kevin McHale and the rest of the Rockets' coaching staff.
Houston is sixth in the West and showing no signs of fading; in fact, the Rockets rank fifth in schedule-adjusted point differential since Dec. 1. No wonder the Hollinger Playoff Odds now give them the fourth-best postseason chance in the conference.
• Sixers center Andrew Bynum tells CSNPhilly.com that he's not yet running. Transcript via Pro Basketball Talk.
"I come in, I get on the treadmill for 20 minutes. Right now it is all walking, a fast-paced walk," Bynum explained. "Then I get on the bike and do a bunch of leg stuff with no weights, just all body-weight stuff, just trying to get that cartilage to grind up more and then the better I feel, the more we add."
• Matt Watson has video of Pistons center Andre Drummond battling with a light saber on Detroit Bad Boys.
• Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle reports a new wrinkle to the ongoing Royce White saga. White was suspended over the weekend.
According to a person with knowledge of the talks between White and the team, White has refused to play or practice until the Rockets agree in writing to an addendum to his contract that he has written. That kind of addition to a player contract would conflict with the NBA's collective bargaining agreement with the players' association.
Though White has not publicly specified the conditions he would need to practice or play, he has indicated through his tweets he wants players to be able to choose the doctors who would then be given the authority to determine players' work environment and expectations. If the Rockets agreed to that in writing, it would violate the CBA.
The Rockets have told White and his agent, Andrew Vye, that they want to work with him on a plan he can accept. They have maintained in conversations with White that they have worked with doctors who do not insist, as White has maintained in statements and on Twitter, that doctors should have authority to determine White's work requirements.
• Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau gave the Heat plenty of love in a recent radio interview. Transcript on Deadspin.com.
"I still think they're great defensively, and that organization has been built that way. … When you look at a guy like LeBron, he can guard every position on the floor as well, so he's unique. When you have somebody like that, it allows you to do things like that. And I think winning the championship, that experience helps them. And with the addition of Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis, to me, when I watch them play, they look pretty strong."


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• Trends for A/E firms: Are firms accepting more risk?
• Recommendations for A/E firms.
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2. Arrowhead Design Ins. Div. / Hudson Ins. Group, Jack Doran
3. AVRECO, Linda Deiss
4. Beazley Insurance Company, Dana Hughes
5. Benchmark Professional Insurance Services, Inc., Kitty Dimit
6. Catlin Design Professional, Tom Bongi
7. Euclid Managers - Scottsdale Insurance Company, Brian Van Cleave
8. Insight Insurance Services, Inc., Michelle A. Duffett
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10. James River Insurance Company, Ed Neuberger
11. Liberty International Underwriters, Inc., Robert Cunningham
12. RA&MCO Insurance Services, Jim Bechter
13. State Farm Fire and Casualty; State Farm Specialty, Lonette Pearson
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Heika: Dallas Stars coach Glen Gulutzan has improved a great deal this season
Stars beat writer Mike Heika answered questions in a chat on Thursday. Here are some highlights.
How does a coach improve his coaching skills? The players practice and train, but do coaches have resources to stay on too of their game too?
I think Glen Gulutzan has improved a great deal this year. Good coaches assess, they look at moves they made and are critical of those moves, they become tougher in some areas and softer in others. It's not unlike how anyone does their job. You live it every day and you study the needs of the job every day, and you try different ways to be effective. I was slow to pick up technology with cel phones and Twitter, and I had to adapt. I still have holes in how I do my job. It's a never-ending battle, and I will tell you that the coaches put in an immense amount of time and an immense amount of emotion. The old saying that ``nobody is more critical of myself than me,'' applies to all of them. That said, it is a results-driven industry, and they have to find a way to produce results. That's just how it goes in pro sports.
Does coaching and/or fitness levels factor into the bad record in the second of back-to-back games? This team has an excellent record in all other games...except those!
I don't think it's fitness level, because the Stars are actually pretty solid in that area. I do get a little frustrated when Glen Gulutzan says the team wasn't ready to play last night. I mean that falls directly under the heading of the coaching staff. I know there is self-motivation for the players, but the sneaky coaches find a way to push buttons. That's why psychology buffs are so fascinated by the profession. The players have to accept responsibility, but the coaches have to find ways to push buttons.
Mike, why does this team have such a bad record in back to back games?
It is the million dollar question, and one that a lot of people making a million dollars a year have yet to figure out. Teams do it every day in the NHL. The Stars used to brag about their ability to handle the challenge. Now, they simply dig the hole deeper each chance they get. There is not one reason, but probably a million.


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Some long-range speculations about coal. [CO/sub 2/ problems of greatly expanded use]
Should the world demand for energy increase sixfold within the next 50 years, largely because the underdeveloped countries industrialize, and if half this demand is met by coal, then the estimated world recoverable resource of coal of 4 x 10/sup 12/ metric tons would last at this asymptotic level about 140 years. The carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere is then estimated to increase about threefold. These two eventualities may place limits on our ultimate use of coal. The risk of a CO/sub 2/ accumulation inherent in the widespread use of coal is in a sense analogous to the risk of nuclear proliferation: both problems are global, uncertain, and could pose profound challenges to man's future.
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US stimulus concerns weigh on dollar
The Australian dollar extended losses on Thursday as talk of a hedge fund trouble sent stocks, gold and commodities in a spin, but were still able to hold near recent peaks against sterling.
The dollar edged lower to $US1.0238, from $US1.0258 early, having slipped more than a full cent overnight amid a selloff in copper, oil and gold.
It was closing in on a four-month low of $US1.0227 touched last week. A break below $US1.0220, would open the way to a retracement to $US1.0149, the October trough.
"At the moment, it's solely about US dollar strength," said David Scutt, a trader at Arab Bank Australia.
The dollar index jumped to a three-month high as rumours of a hedge fund forced to liquidate positions gave investors the excuse to cut bearish positions.
The US dollar got a further fillip when minutes of the last Federal Reserve meeting showed some members wanted to scale back bond buying before seeing a pickup in hiring.
However, analysts cautioned the reaction was overdone as the hawks were still a minority in the Fed and the more important board members remained firmly committed to QE.
Adding to the growth-linked currencies' woes were concerns that China's central bank may soon start a tightening cycle.
The dollar, however, found some support after iron ore prices scaled a 14-month high at $US158.90 a tonne.
Prices of the steel making mineral, Australia's single biggest export earner, have nearly doubled since September. The jump augurs well for the nation's terms of trade and so for profits, incomes and tax receipts.
The dollar extended overnight losses against the yen, dragged down by selling in EUR/JPY.
The dollar fell to 95.62 yen and the kiwi to 77.92 yen, both showing a fall of more than 1 per cent since Wednesday.
Arab Bank's Scutt said the pullback was largely due to one-way positioning as investors have been heavily betting on yen weakness.
The dollar, however, were still within sight of four-year peaks touched early this month.
The dollar fared better against the pound on persistent rumours the UK may lose its triple A credit rating. The pound hovered near its weakest since August at A$US1.4846.
Australian government bond futures gained with the three-year contract up 0.04 points at 97.130, while the 10-year contract rose 0.05 points to 96.490, having bounced off 10-month lows.
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Eugene and Daniel Levy Explain Why You Should Go Up Schitt's Creek
Feb 10, 2015 3:31 PM EST
Eugene Levy is heading up Schitt's Creek -- and his paddle is his son Daniel. The father and son created and star on Schitt's Creek, the first scripted series on Pop (formerly the TV Guide Network/TVGN), which premieres Wednesday at 10/9c. "It's alwa… Read more


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The Eagles open their season today against Huntingdon College at the Millsaps College Invitational in Jackson, Miss.
It was a tale of two seasons for Head Coach Jimmy Clark's 2012 club. Ozarks posted a 6-13 record through the first half of the spring and scored 4.4 runs per game.
The Eagles then won seven of their final 11 games and improved their production to 5.7 runs per game over the final 20 games. Ozarks' hit production also increased from 84 total hits to 115 during that stretch. The Eagles finished 15-24 overall and 5-12 in the American Southwest Conference.
It is that kind of improvement Clark said his team can build on.
"I just think we got comfortable and started playing better as a team," Clark explained. "We began playing with more confidence. The hope is we carry that forward into this season. We need to start off a lot better than we did last year.
"We looked like we were dead in the water, but we got to the point in our last weekend conference series where we had a chance to make the playoffs. We battled and played hard until the end. The guys want to continue how we played late last season."
Five of the team's six top hitters return. They combined for more than 60 percent of Ozarks' hit production and 65 percent of its RBI production.
Senior infielders Mitchell Powers and Nick Brill lead the way offensively. Powers, a three-year starter at shortstop, earned All-Conference honors after ranking among the American Southwest Conference's top-10 in walks (26) and on-base percentage (.464), while owning the team's highest batting average (.336) and tying for the team-lead in doubles (9). He finished second on the team in home runs (3), runs (26), RBI (24) and slugging percentage (.500).
Brill is penciled in at second base after a breakout 2012 season. The All-Conference senior led the team in RBI (28), total bases (66) and home runs (4). He tied for the team-lead in hits (46), while finishing second in batting (.331) and doubles (8), and third in runs (25) and slugging percentage (.475). Brill capped his breakout season by hitting safely in 30 games.
"They are both outstanding defensively," Clark said. "Offensively, they can hit for average and power."
Junior Tony Morales has been a two-year starter at first base, but is being pushed by sophomores John Singler, Max Townley and freshman Shawn Shelton. Morales was again one of the most productive players on the team who hit more than .300 for the second straight year. The left-handed hitter finished second on the team in hits (42) and tied for second in RBI (24).
Sophomore Peyton Johnigan is scheduled to be at third base. He hit .310 with 22 RBI and seven doubles in 33 starts. Seniors Zac Mitchell and Ian Bryan, along with sophomore Taylor Parker, can play third.
"Tony and John are the best offensively (at first base)," Clark said. "Max swings the bat well, too. Shawn may be the best defensive player out of all of them. Peyton is the best defensive third baseman we've had. Taylor can play second, third and outfield and swings the bat well. Zac and Ian provide depth at third."
Junior outfielder Freddy Prince, who also pitches, was the team's third-leading hitter with a .323 average, posting a team-high .505 slugging percentage with nine doubles, two homers and 17 RBI in 30 starts. Senior Drew Clark, transfer Jordan Magee, freshman Dean Igert, and sophomores Brandon Brewer and Rodger Montano are in the mix for outfield slots.
The Eagles also return nearly their entire pitching staff. Juniors Tyler Erickson, Jeffrey Works, Bo Thomas and Prince logged a combined 165 innings in 2012. But it was Bryan, the All-Conference senior, who led Ozarks in appearances (14), saves (2) and ERA (3.23). The right-hander tossed 302⁄3 innings and finished with a 2-1 record. Additionally, Montano saw action in 12 games on the mound and sophomore Nathan Cedor made three starts.
The right-handed Erickson led NCAA Division III for much of the season in complete games. He posted a 5-5 record with a 4.48 ERA in 621⁄3.innings of work. Erickson finished with eight complete games in 10 starts. Works, also a right-hander, led the team in innings pitched (62 2/3) and went 2-3 with a 5.74 ERA. Prince made six starts and fanned 20 in 322⁄3 innings.
"Tyler is very serious about being the best he can be," Clark pointed out. "Jeffery has gotten stronger and gives us a chance every time out. Bo and Freddy could be starters or come out of the bullpen. Freddy throws harder than anyone we've ever had.
"Rodger could be a starter or a reliever. Alex Rodriguez has improved, and Ian is probably our most effective pitcher coming back. We are not going to be overpowering, but rather be a staff that can throw a lot of strikes and throw off-speed pitches in fastball counts."
Freshmen Danny Gable and Brian Roberts come in with expectations of helping immediately.
"Danny throws three pitches for strikes. Brian is the only left-hander we have, but has potential," Clark said.
Sophomore Sam Shook, who hit .267 in 15 starts last season, is penciled in as the starting catcher.
"Sam does a great job behind the plate," Clark said. "Offensively, he has made some strides and can run, too.
"Being able to score runs on a consistent basis is an area of concern. We will have to see how well we hit the ball and how consistent we score runs. I think the pitching and defense will be there. There is a lot of upside to this club."
Clark said while the Eagles probably have more depth than the past four years, they have to understand their roles.
"Opportunities will arise, and how they handle their chances is how they will get on the field," he added. "We want to make the playoffs. We need to execute and win those tight ballgames. Those games are usually the difference in making the playoffs."


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The first trailer has been released for the highly anticipated Peter Jackson film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
Set 60 years before the events of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the adventure follows the journey of title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug.
Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakenshield.
Their journey will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Giant Spiders, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers.
Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain, first they must escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever - Gollum.
Here, alone with Gollum, on the shores of an underground lake, the unassuming Bilbo Baggins not only discovers depths of guile and courage that surprise even him, he also gains possession of Gollum's "precious" ring that holds unexpected and useful qualities. A simple, gold ring that is tied to the fate of all Middle-earth in ways Bilbo cannot begin to know.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is directed by Sir Peter Jackson and stars Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins, Sir Ian McKellen as Gandalf, Andy Serkis as Gollum, Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield, Evangeline Lilly as Tauriel, Stephen Fry as Master of Laketown, Lee Pace as King Thranduil, Cate Blanchett as Galadriel, Luke Evans as Bard and Benedict Cumberbatch as the voice of Smaug.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is set for a New Zealand release of December 13, 2012.
Watch the trailer.
Helpful links:
- The Hobbit - RSS News Feed
- Official The Hobbit blog
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey IMDb page
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Wikipedia page
- Sir Peter Jackson's Facebook page
- Google Maps directions for simply walking from The Shire into Mordor
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Discussion in 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' started by CaptainStoner, Aug 20, 2009.
Da Vinci code while downloading Breen pornography.
It appeared that Data was capable of
multi-tasking at a level not seen since
bbailey861 responded to himself on that website
with over 48 hours having elapsed.
Mr. Data," said Picard impatiently, "are you
going to explain how your appearance matches
my arse on a bad day, or
shall I have Worf beat it out
of this filthy carpet under our feet?
The filthy carpet was Geordi's fault. He
had been assigned cleaning duty but refused
because his air filter already needed changing
"I should think a Dyson would work
quite adequately, Mr. LaForge," Picard had admonished.
Riker enjoyed seeing Geordi squirming when
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2016 first rounder and TRob would've been pretty sweet for Bargs
2016 first rounder and TRob would've been pretty sweet for Bargs
And Portland gets ANOTHER young PF who can upgrade their bench (or, in a pinch, start). He'll get burn in Portland he wouldn't almost anywhere else. This is a good trade for both teams.
I agree it's a good trade. It allows Houston to clear the space to sign Howard. I knew about the Euro players, but we also have stashed players that could've sent, I'm not sure if these particular players were coveted or were just thrown in to save cap. TRob would have had a chance to start here. I'm sure Masai will come up with something to shore up the PF position.
ahhh well, I'm just happy Bargs is gone!
PF is a very, very deep position around the league. If Masai wants to compete, he can find a decent one. If he wants to tank, he can probably STILL get a decent one.
Camby is moved by the deadline. Book it.
Good trade by the way.
Seriously I would have given him away. The fact that we got Novak made it cool, Camby made it great, 1st rounder made it awesome and 2 the 2nd rounders made it an absolutely ejaculatory trade.
# Messiah Ujiri
The deal isn't finalized yet so..
If this deal gets crushed I will fucking cry
Masai is gonna have us back under the cap by next week if he keeps this up. Begs the question "what the fak was BC doing"?
any notice that all the leaks are coming from the New York side of things? #tightship
The staff in Toronto hasn't gotten big enough for leaks, but yes, Masai runs a REALLY tight ship. Good news.
btw we really gotta get #MessiahUjiri trending
Trade isn't going through tonight, will have to be restructured.
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Obverse, a bust of Queen Victoria
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Army of India Medal, 1851 (Third Anglo-Maratha War)
The numerous campaigns of the forces of the British East India Company were not officially recognised with a medal until 1851, in the same move as that which created the Military and Naval General Service Medals for service in the contemporary French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. The resulting Army of India medal covered battles from 1799 to 1826, so many of those involved were no longer living. Queen Victoria, by whose order the medal was issued and whose bust it therefore carried, was likewise not on the throne for the actions for which it was awarded.
The Maratha Empire, a Hindu confederacy which began in 1674, had in 1796 fallen into the hands of the Peshwa ruler Baji Rao II. Repeated rebellions against his authority led him to seek help from the British, who used the opportunity to extract considerable territorial concessions. Raiding by Pindari tribesmen which resulted from this became the cause for a new war, and in 1817 British forces set out to arrest Baji Rao. The subsequent chase involved pitched battles at Kirkee and Poona in November 1817, and Baji Rao was eventually captured in 1818, and exiled on a considerable British pension which he lived to enjoy for 33 more years.
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Way back in the 1970's, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak ("Woz") started Apple Computer, Inc. The company produced many units of the new computer called Apple I. It sold without a case, keyboard, or screen – you had to buy your own. Soon, the company started to grow, and made its second computer, unsurprisingly called the Apple II. This machine became really popular.
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Around this time, some new competition started filtering into the market – most notably, the IBM PC. It was cheap – which, of course, people loved. Then, Apple released a breakthrough in personal computers. Most certainly, the biggest new feature was the graphical user interface, where some kind of pointing device moves around and interacts with other objects on the screen. You guessed it: in 1984, Apple introduced the Macintosh.
Almost immediately, it gained lots of fame. But soon it lost its sparkle, it was under-powered and overpriced. Next, of course, Steve Jobs was fired from Apple. This left the door right open for Windows PC makers to become the top personal computer producers. Apple continued to decline, and Microsoft rose to be the king of the personal computer market.
As you may or may not know, Jobs went on to work at Pixar and NeXT. Fast forward a while, and Apple bought NeXT, bringing Jobs back to Apple. He went on to rise to CEO and work with some amazing people to create some amazing products, like the iMac.
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Pilot Point's Becky Phillips has seen plenty of Denton High volleyball teams during her time as a head coach in North Texas, and there's one thing that sets this year's Lady Broncos squad apart from all the others.
"That's the best DHS team I've ever seen," Phillips said Tuesday after watching Denton sweep her team 25-12, 25-14, 25-11 in the final nondistrict match for both teams. "I watched them play at the Ryan tournament and I told [Denton coach] Danielle [Silva] then that I thought they were the best Denton team I had seen."
That's high praise from a coach who led Pilot Point to the Class 3A area playoffs last year and whose team this year won its division in the Ryan tournament, finished third in the Prosper tournament and won last weekend's Whitesboro tournament.
But Pilot Point (17-5) ran into a Lady Broncos team that was impressive in every aspect of its game, particularly at the net.
"They shut us down," Phillips said. "They shut our hitting down. They passed well. Our big hitter got blocked a couple of times. I knew they would come out hungry."
The Lady Broncos jumped on Pilot Point in the first set, opening a 12-3 lead en route to a quick win.
The second set started more evenly. Denton led 8-6 before a kill by Jade Akins started a 6-1 DHS run. Pilot Point took advantage of two Denton errors and an ace from Kirby Smith to spark a 4-0 run to get within 14-11. But Denton took over, outscoring the Lady Bearcats 11-3 the rest of the way.
The third set was more of the same. Denton staked an 11-2 lead and pushed the advantage to 18-5 before closing out the match.
Kendall Wagner finished with 10 kills, Akins had nine kills and Gennifer Holberg had six. Setter Morgan Reese finished with 28 assists.
That's exactly the type of performance Silva wanted to see from her team entering what will be a tough District 5-4A schedule.
"We played cohesive; we played as a team," Silva said. "We played all points of the game and played very, very well. We definitely needed a night like this to start us off right going into district. But we have not peaked by any means."
The Lady Broncos (14-11) open district play Friday at home against Wichita Falls Rider and are looking to advance to the playoffs for the second straight season. Last year, they lost to Dumas in the first round.
Wagner leads the team with 168 kills, while Akins, a 5-foot-10 sophomore with a 26-inch vertical leap, is second with 135 kills. Silva has been especially pleased with the play of Akins, complementing the leadership of veterans Holberg, Reese and Wagner.
"She has really improved her defense," Silva said of Akins. "With experience, she's gotten better at seeing the play after the block and knowing where to go. She has such drive, such a work ethic. She's not even started to play as good as she will by the time her high school career is over."
Akins, who was on the varsity team as a freshman, admits she needed to improve her attitude from last season.
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Acer founder Stan Shih, who helped grow his
company into Taiwan's top computer-maker, said this differential
response is merely a
sign of trouble to come for American companies.
He is
quoted by Taipei-based Commercial Times as saying, "The
trend for low-priced computers will last for the coming years.
But US computer makers just don't know how to put such products on
the market... US computer brands may disappear over the next 20
years, just like what happened to US television brands."
talk may sound like the same kind of tired corporate rhetoric that
executives often spout off. However, one must consider Acer's
impressive performance -- in 2009 the company passed
Dell to become the world's second largest computer maker, and
according to Digitimes, it is projected to in 2011 pass HP to
become the world's top computer maker. That progress has been
heavily driven by aggressively priced PCs, especially netbooks.
odd man out is Apple, Inc. Apple, a U.S. firm based out of
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even HP or Dell, let alone the Taiwanese. However, it continues
to grow
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I too think that no question should be lableled as "easy". There are no stupid questions. I recently went through an issue about a stain that I have been doing for over 20 years. Couldn't figure out what was wrong. Technical services at two companies were stumped until someone came up with a possible answer. I tested it and they were correct. Someone else on the Histonetlist just had the same problem and I responded with what we found to be our problem. Then I got slammed by someone who couldn't have even read the whole message. I was answering someone'e problem about their mucicarmine stain not working. In my response to this person I used the terms Mayer's mucicarmine and Weigert's Hematoxylin. This other person that slammed accused me in living in the middle ages for using Mayer's Hematoxlyin and Weigert's hematoxlyin and said I should try Gill's hematoxylin. I didn't say I used Mayer's hematoxylin, I was referring to the name of the Mucicarmine stain. Secondly I had never heard of using Gill's in place of Weigert's in the Mucicarmine stain. I e-mailed him back I thought maybe he was confused---he said he wasn't and he said that he'd never even done a Mucicarmine stain. I rest my case. Things like that make you want to be a lurker instead of trying to help someone. Dawn -----Original Message----- From: Gudrun Lang [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 3:09 AM To: Histonetliste Subject: Re: [Histonet] RE: IHC on tissues processed for EM Laszlo, I feel about saying some words about your message. You complain, that members of the histonetlist have no basic knowledgment. But what is basic? For me, in a routine surgery histolab, EM is very, very special for example. I belong to those people, that work in a small corner of the whole histological techniques. But I am interested and want to learn. You say, people have to use databases, text books etc. In my case I have no access through my lab to those things and they are'nt cheap (and first you have to know where to look). I am very happy about the histonetlist. Here are specialists, experts from every field and also "workmates". Please be tolerant with "easy" questions and problems, perhaps the person considers the problem more difficult than you know. friendly greetings Gudrun Lang ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laszlo Komuves"
To: Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 8:44 PM Subject: [Histonet] RE: IHC on tissues processed for EM There are hundreds, if not thousands of papers demonstrating successful localization of intracellular antigens at EM or LM level using tissue samples processed conventionally for EM (i.e. PFA/GA fixation, Os postfixation, epoxy resin embedding). Look for the now classical papers by Roth and Bendayan or their early reviews. Also the EM textbooks published in the 80's have plenty of information. And let me also add a personal comment of frustration: Histonet used to be about sharing experience and wisdom, mentoring and teaching those have were (are they still?) eager to learn or perfect their skills. I personally learnt/benefited from many messages posted. Now people are asking advice about coverslip sizes? So thanks to the curse of the Internet, journal articles and text books are used only by a dedicated few, electronic databases (libraries, PubMed, journal archives, reagent search sites, even Google) are not searched, and now even the vendor catalogs are not opened, because on the Histonet somebody will respond? How will users differentiate between solid information (based on scientific knowledge, practical experience) or just plain ignorance? Where is critical thinking? What happened to a once honorable guild of skilled craftsmanship, when members of the community are lacking elementary knowledge (just a few recent hair-raising topics: H&E staining, pH, and the list goes on and on)? And of course we/they are constantly offended/complain about the lack of recognition by our/their peers. Feel free to get angry with me. I certainly welcome arguments and criticism.. As for me, I go back to find something useful in one of my textbooks. Laszlo Komuves FROM: László G. Komuves PhD Senior Principal Scientist, Manager, Microscopy Core Laboratory CORGENTECH, Inc. 650 Gateway Blvd., South San Francisco, CA 94080 Phone: (650) 246-6905, Fax: (650) 624-7540 E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 08:02:24 -0500 From: Michele French Subject: [Histonet] IHC on Sections Processed for EM? To: email@example.com Message-ID: <firstname.lastname@example.com> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=ISO-8859-1 Good Morning Histonet! A colleague of mine did some EM work and found something interesting. Our pathologist wanted me to try to do some IHC to further characterize what is present in the section. Our EM person said it would never work. I did not think it was possible either, but I thought I would ask anyway. Has anyone tried doing an immunostain on plastic (Epon) sections from tissue fixed and processed for EM? I am always up for a challenge, but I am really busy right now and don't want to waste my time if there is really no hope! Thanks in advance, Michele French _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list firstname.lastname@example.com http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list email@example.com http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list email@example.com http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet


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Neighbors Speak Out About Man Accused of Murdering His Brother with a Dumbbell
REDDING, Calif. - Neighbors react to a murder in their apartment complex, allegedly at the hands of the victim's brother.
Redding Police Investigators say 50-year-old Stephen Carver confessed to beating his brother over the head with a metal dumbbell several times after an argument.
Officers found 55-year-old Gregory Carver's body inside his apartment on Churn Creek Road around 8 p.m. Monday night when they were called to check on him.
Stephen Carver was arrested Tuesday afternoon in the 1000 block of East Cypress Avenue after a day long manhunt.
We spoke with neighbors Wednesday afternoon. They are all still in shock.
The apartment manager told us that his wife was the one to call officers and ask them to check on Gregory. He said they normally saw Gregory on a daily basis. It had been few days since they'd seen him and they kept hearing his dog barking, so they knew something was not right.
We talked with a neighbor, Adrienne Emerson. She said she was friends with both brothers and knows that they were close.
She told us they had been fighting over the past few months, so when she heard them arguing Friday night she didn't think much of it. She had no idea it would escalate this far.
Emerson told us, "Greg was the most loving brother who cared about Stephan and Stephan loved his brother and what has happened is a tragedy and we're going to miss Greg very, very much." She also said Gregory had an estranged son that he hadn't talked to in years, but was trying to get back in touch with him.
Another brother and some family members were at the complex, loading everything from the apartment into a U-Haul. We reached out to them, but they didn't want to talk.
As for Stephen, investigators told us he has a criminal history. They wouldn't elaborate on what exactly, but said that he's had some drug problems. He has ties to the bay area and Idaho but had been living with his brother for almost a year.
Stephen Carver is being charged with murder. He should be arraigned sometime on Thursday.


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It seems like the senior test should be updated to reflect contemporary requirements. A skater with Clara Peters' technical skills does not belong in the senior ranks, IMO.
Nevertheless, I do hope she pulls out the program she needs to for the long, and I still want her to win. She's actually in a good position for it. (1) Unlike a lot of other skaters, she has phenomenal drive and is far from a head case. (2) She's frequently had to dig herself out of a hole with a lights-out long program. (3) She's within grabbing distance of the gold.
Go, Mao!
should only go to hip shaking on the move on one blade.
That 3A, for Mao, is her goal. And if it indeed was her mother's favorite jump I can see why she wants to keep working on it.
I think the Japanese media has a lot to do with Mao's chase of the 3A. I've heard "3 axel" in every media clip of Mao I've ever seen. There seems to be a mania about it. JMO.
So far this whole competition has kind of not been so great....lol It all started with the pairs with everyone falling and doubling jumps. The big names aren't doing so great except S/S,D/W and V/M. Im scared for the men now.
I use to really like his skating but we all know what happened there. NM sure likes the hip thing.I will not be surprise if Amadio got sky rocket score tomorrow as well as he is great in shaking hip.
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it is what is it is. with the american ladies.
alissa has to take the blame and not use other excuses for me it is focusing on past not present.
the u.s. ladies will be lucky to keep 2 spots.
we can do would have, could have, should have, but we sent who thought could handle it alissa-2 time natl champ-3 time to worlds, ashley. it isnt over, but it doesnt look promising.
heck we could have sent agnes , caroline zhang-would have at least fought, mirai, rachel, but we let alissa go to show us what she can do. she made mistakes .
alissa is more front end skate


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By Davis W. Campbell
Perhaps the most overlooked participants in the debate over the direction of school reform are the 53 state and territory school board associations in the United States. These nonprofit organizations, which serve individual districts and school boards as members, are active and influential participants in education policy development and implementation across the country.
Every school board association, no matter how big or small, has a significant legislative presence in its state capitol. Aligned with the National School Boards Association at the federal level, they are among the leading voices for public education and local district governance. Their member districts, which represent virtually every community in a given state, provide a powerful grassroots base of support that cannot be ignored by state policymakers.
Notwithstanding the growing federal role and influence generated by the No Child Left Behind Act and the Obama administration's recent initiatives, major school policy and financial support remain focused at the state level. Indeed, over the past 20 years, the state role in education has dramatically increased. Most, if not all, states have adopted academic standards and assessment systems to measure progress. Reform efforts increasingly focus on the state-level policies so essential to their implementation.
The role of state school board associations has expanded at the same time. In every association, legislative advocacy is an important part of the agenda. In virtually every state, school reform discussions include representatives of local boards and state school board associations. In most states, the school boards association is considered one of the "big three," which also includes teachers unions and administrative organizations. In larger state associations, legislative operations are usually as extensive as those of any other major statewide education organization.
Scott Plotkin, my successor as executive director of the California School Boards Association, (CSBA) says state associations "play a vital role representing the needs of our public school system."
"We provide a strong, unified voice on behalf of the entire K-12 system," Plotkin says, "with an emphasis on strong academic achievement for all children and with a goal to ensure that our children are not lost in the political and economic battles currently being waged in statehouses around the country."
Broad grassroots base
To understand the state associations' influence in policymaking, it's important to recognize the importance of their broad, grassroots political base. Like similar organizations that serve cities and counties, state school board associations have local institutions -- school districts -- as members.
Although they clearly represent the board governance perspective, state associations tend to have K-12, system-wide perspectives on education issues. These perspectives, which are reflected in their policy positions, are different from those of other major statewide education organizations whose membership is primarily made up of individuals representing a particular constituency, such as teachers and administrators, or special programs or interests.
Common themes run through state association advocacy that reflect that broader perspective. At the heart is a fundamental belief in every community's right to govern its schools. It's not surprising that positions are based on a core belief that the people who know best are those closest to the child: the teacher, parent, principal, superintendent, and the community's elected representatives. This fundamental position is deeply rooted in public education's history and culture and is reflected in most policy positions adopted by the associations.
Sometimes too simply, this position is characterized as a dichotomy between local and state control of education. While tension clearly exists from time to time, in many jurisdictions state school board associations have endorsed or taken the lead in supporting state academic standards and other statewide reform initiatives.
A second theme in association advocacy is a commitment to improving student achievement for all children. This commitment often leads to strong advocacy for more flexibility for local districts to deviate from state and federal regulations, similar to the flexibility afforded to charters and other alternative school options.
Consider some of the numerous statewide initiatives undertaken by state associations around the country. The CSBA, which has made closing the achievement gap its top priority, is a key partner with the California Department of Education in working to assist low-achievement districts in implementing programs to exit from the "program improvement status" required by the No Child Left Behind legislation.
The Lighthouse Project, a joint venture between the school board associations of California, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Oregon, and Wisconsin, focuses entirely on leadership at the district governance level for school improvement and student achievement. It is both a research project and board development/training effort that develops strategies to "ensure that state associations can say with confidence: 'Our training programs can help you improve achievement for your students'."
Another example is the Alaska School Boards Association's Quality Schools/Quality Students (QS2) initiative. In place for the past decade, this initiative is a partnership between the association and districts that focuses on the achievement gap. QS2 is part of a larger program, the Alaska Initiatives for Community Engagement (ICE), which was created in 2001. Alaska ICE is designed to give local residents the information, tools, and assistance to work together and share responsibility for preparing the state's children and youth for the future.
Community engagement
Given the local school board's role, it's not surprising that community engagement is a major priority for state associations. In 1998, the Arkansas School Boards Association implemented the Arkansas Study Circles Project, a program that engages local communities throughout the state on issues such as student achievement, high school reform, and family involvement. The project also works in areas such as diversity, early care and education, out-of-school opportunities, and children's health.
The Maryland Association of Boards of Education (MABE) sponsors a community engagement program called "What Counts" in partnership with local boards and superintendents. Facilitated by MABE staff, these local district forums provide an opportunity to engage in "kitchen table" discussions with six to eight community members at a table. Working together, participants discuss how they determine a school's effectiveness and/or their expectations for programs and services. The forums are very popular; 98 percent of participants have indicated they would attend again. In addition, many districts have used the process to gather public input on topics such as strategic planning and budget priorities.
CSBA has joined the state's education and public health departments in a project that brings together a diverse group of community leaders who play a role in creating sustainable healthy school environments. Last fall, the partners sponsored the second annual School Wellness Conference, which focused on best practices and resources, statewide success stories and model program workshops, improved access to healthy foods and physical activity opportunities, sample district policies that promote health on school campuses, and strategies to help schools succeed in implementing and evaluating local wellness policies.
Also in California, the state association helped launch a highly successful project that aligns statewide services for children and families. Started in 1997 by CSBA, the League of California Cities, and the California State Association of Counties, the City, County, School Partnership grew out of a highly successful collaboration on a series of children's summits. Based on that experience, the three groups founded a permanent nonprofit organization that focuses on collaborative programs for children and families. The officers and executive directors of the three associations govern the organization.
One by-product of the collaboration has been improved relationships between California's cities, counties, and schools. Today, the groups discuss a wide range of issues and take action on joint projects that have important policy implications. These discussions have bridged potential differences and dysfunctional competition at a time of severe financial crisis that could have had even more extremely negative consequences for all three segments of local government if no collaboration occured.
Continuing education
Training for school board members and superintendents is another major function of state associations. Eighty-one percent provide some direct training, usually in two broad areas. First is a leadership dimension that focuses on governance roles and responsibilities. The second focuses on education issues including school reform, student achievement, assessments, and related pedagogical issues.
At a time when some question the continued importance or even relevance of local school boards, this training is extremely important. The various governance training programs help school board members focus on leadership skills, effective governance strategies and understanding of critical issues of reform and restructuring, and student achievement and accountability. The emphasis on effective, policy-oriented governance is important for local boards to provide the policy leadership necessary to improve student achievement in their communities.
CSBA has a two-year master's degree program in governance that requires nine full days of training for school board members and superintendents in the foundations of effective governance, setting direction for the district, student achievement, finance and budgeting, human resources, collective bargaining, policy, and governance integration. To date, more than 1,500 superintendents and board members have participated in the program, which is widely endorsed throughout the state.
Accountability to the community for successful programs to raise student achievement is a major responsibility of local boards, but their ability to carry out this function depends largely on the quality of the information they receive. Under NSBA's leadership, a number of state associations have developed and are implementing data-based decision-making projects that are helping to define the quality and amount of information needed for these critical policy decisions.
In recent years, numerous school board associations have adopted professional governance standards for board members and boards in their states. These efforts further reflect the commitment of state associations to demonstrate a commitment on the part of local boards to govern at the highest standard possible.
Providing direct services
State school board associations provide much more than legislative advocacy, board development and training, communication, and community engagement services. A number of important programs directly support districts as well as boards.
For example, 84 percent of associations provide policy services to districts. These services provide sample board policies to implement state and federal regulations as well as model governance policies reflecting the board's policy role. Services also include information on court cases that affect schools.
Approximately two-thirds of the associations provide superintendent search services. Many believe that the board's most important job is selecting the superintendent. Having state school board associations provide executive search services makes the association a major partner in this critically important responsibility.
More than half of the associations provide insurance programs for districts, while others provide labor relations, legal, and technology support services.
The policy leadership and advocacy, community engagement, and wide range of support services provided by state and territorial school board associations make them important players in the debate over the future direction of the nation's public schools.
Despite the very visible and dramatic increase of federal influence, public education will remain a fundamental function of local and state governments. Well over 80 percent of the financial resources supporting the K-12 enterprise continue to emanate from local and state taxes.
The local school board will remain an intrinsic component of school governance. As states, with their legal responsibility for education, continue to be the linchpin of our decentralized educational governance structure, the important role of the state school board associations must become better understood and recognized by the general public and policymakers.
Davis W. Campbell (email@example.com) is a senior fellow in the Center for Applied Policy in Education at the University of California-Davis and is the former executive director of the California School Boards Association.
The Turnover Effect: How leadership churn affects school districts
By Joseph L. Natale
A school board's expectations set the stage for its relationship with the superintendent. As board turnover increases, the board's goals and expectations can change and stymie the superintendent's efforts to manage the district's operations. Conflict results when superintendents and boards get into each other's territory. When the board changes, so may the agenda.
Various studies have looked at the effects of superintendent and board relationships. However, the impact of board turnover as it affects the superintendent's and board's ability to govern a school district has not been given sufficient attention, particularly in the areas of goal setting, micromanagement, and governance.
In my role as the director of Advisory Solutions, a district consulting services department of the New York State School Boards Association, I decided to see whether superintendents feel that board turnover affects their ability to meet district goals and expectations. I surveyed and interviewed superintendents across New York state, discovering a number of things along the way that deserve further study and reflection as we work toward the common goal of improving student achievement.
The survey says
The makeup of the survey participants mirrored that of the superintendents in New York state -- 78 percent were male, compared to the state average of 76 percent. Board turnover was broadly defined as a change caused by a defeat in an election, a resignation, or a decision not to seek re-election.
Overall, perceptions about the effects of turnover were very similar. However, women felt much more strongly that turnover results in greater board micromanagement and more greatly affects the superintendent's relationship with the community. Not surprisingly, the greatest impacts of turnover were found in three areas: the board's ability to set long-term goals for the district, board-superintendent relations, and board expectations.
Some of my other findings include:
• Superintendents with six to 10 years of experience in the position have more difficulty with board turnover than those with less or more experience. It raises the question: Is this the period in the superintendent's career when he/she is more likely to move on to another district?
• New superintendents, those with fewer than five years of experience, feel more micromanaged when there is frequent board turnover. Not surprisingly, they also feel more strongly that this affects their ability to run the district.
• Superintendents with more than 10 years of experience feel turnover has a greater negative effect on the board's ability to govern the district.
• Board turnover has a greater negative impact on governance in districts of more than 5,000 students, according to the superintendents. One area that needs more study is why districts with fewer than 1,000 students do not feel as affected. Is it due to a greater board committee involvement in smaller districts?
• Suburban district superintendents did not feel turnover was as likely to cause micromanagement for them as it did for city and rural superintendents.
• Superintendents who had just a master's degree felt the impact of board turnover more directly, especially in setting short-term goals. This could indicate a greater degree of confidence to govern a school district for those with a higher level of education and training. Further study may be needed to determine this relationship, however.
More research needed
Quality district leadership and success requires boards and superintendents to set long-term goals for educational improvement. This study indicates that board turnover inhibits the superintendent's ability to set long-term goals for the district.
As a result, this may have a significant impact on the ability of school districts to strategically plan for continuous improvement. Long-term goals and objectives are critically important in improving the quality of education in a district.
At the same time, what this study shows is that more research is needed on the effects of turnover. Should superintendents in districts that face considerable board turnover focus on short-term goals and professional development for the board? On average, it takes up to four years to fully understand the complex issues that educators face. How will a short-term approach help the district achieve its long-term goals?
There is no question that leadership churn poses potential problems and challenges for school districts. Significant turnover and board micromanagement can cause a district to lose momentum and muddle its mission. That reason alone is enough to study this issue further.
Joseph L. Natale (email@example.com) is a former superintendent and director of AdvisorySolutions for the New York State School Boards Association. He also is an adjunct professor at the State University College of New York at New Paltz.
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Hi Ladies...Weeeeeeek 29...Yikes.. that means for those of you who are up to date should have 58 blocks done and almost ready for the 4th milestone of 60 blocks...realistically...who has all the blocks done????
I have another letter for you...I think I will add another too.
Week 17 Harold Bush, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota
Harold's letter is unusual because he lists so many of his relative's names.
With such a large group of family living nearby, I was surprised to find how
much he and his family moved. Harold's father, Charles was born in Illinois and
his mother, Vivian was born in Iowa. In the 1910 census when Harold was four
years old, he and his sisters Viola (7 yrs.) and Bessie (6 yrs.), and parents
were living in South Dakota. Ten years later, the family was living in Kanabec
County, Minnesota. This, however, is not the same county in Minnesota where he
won his pony "Early Bird." In the 1930 census we find Harold living as a boarder
in Oak Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. There is also a woman living in the
same boarding house, by the name of Helen Bush. Harold is married! However, this
was not the last move for Harold and Helen. I found death records for both of
the them in Los Angeles, California. Helen passed away in 1982 at the age of 70,
and Harold was 65 years old at the time of his death in 1971.
Week 18 Clarence F Busick, Adams County, Indiana
Today I am going to talk about the sidebar story on page 37 from Clarence
Busick. I count eleven people in the photograph besides "Roine" the pony. I
think that I can identify at least half of these people.
Clarence, born in 1899, appears to be about 11 or 12 years old when this photo
was taken. I think he is the boy who is closest to "Roine's" head. I believe
that the four little girls on "Roine" are his younger sisters (he had no
brothers.) From the oldest to the youngest their names are: Della, Alma, Esther
and Ruth. There was a fifth sister (no pictured) born seven years after Ruth by
the name of Helen. It is only a guess, but perhaps his parents, August and Mary
are in the left of the pictures. I have no way of knowing who the remaining
three men and one boy are.
In his letter, Clarence refers to being sick and I am happy to report that he
did reach adulthood. It is known that he registered for the draft in 1918 for
World War I, but it is unknown if he served. By the time the 1930 census was
recorded, he was a married man and father of five children. His wife's name was
Ilo; and his children were: Zatha, Mary, Zora, Arlo and Ruby. Since at this
time, Clarence was only about 30 years of age, and his wife 32, there might have
been many more children. Perhaps I can find them although I must admit I haven't
figured out how to go about that yet. Does anyone have any ideas?
Well, I have answered my own question. Clarence and his wife had 11 children,
and the last and youngest died in 2009. (I'm so sorry I missed them all!) For
those of you who are interested, here is a link to Clarence's youngest child,
Treva's obituary.


text: :huh I bought my new 2012 Wrangler Unlimited Sport for $25,257 out the door. To get an Unlimited up over $40k you would have to add every option, leather, nav, uprated stereo, dual tops, etc. BTW, I love my new Jeep. It rides smoother, and is quieter inside than my other cage. (1990 Miata.) The 3.6 has plenty of power, even with the larger tires (33") I put on. You would want the optional 3.73 gears for towing, especially if you get the manual transmission. As for the tow rating, the Unlimited is rated to pull up to 4400-5000 lbs in just about every other country that it's sold in. IMHO, the 3500 lb tow rating came from the lawyers, not the engineers.


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Hi Everyone,I have a Dell Laptop running Windows XP and Zone Alarm Security Suite version:7.0.337.000.I recently lost the Hibernate and Standby buttons (greyed out) from the shutdown window.I have been searching through the Microsoft discussion groups for an answer.
One message did mention that ZoneAlarm has caused this problem in the past.Anyone with similar problems or a solution?
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Wendy and I took a little day trip to Eureka Springs AR last week end. We had grown tired of the eateries in the 'old' part of town and ventured out for a change of pace. ( We go there alot!)
Well, I never could imagine that behind the frilly, flowery,lace coverd widows of a 'tea room' that I would have one of the most delicious and filling lunches I have had in a long time!
The place is called 'Simply Scrumptous Tea Room'. It is on US 62, its physical address is 185 E van Buren. Not just 'foo foo' finger food, but big hearty sandwiches and soups! They are only open 11:00 am to 2:00 pm though. Worth a try if your in Eureka Springs!
(I am not affililiated in any way with Simply Scrumptious. Heck, I can barely make myself say the name!)


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Aybar on track to return Monday in Oakland
By Brian Hedger / Special to MLB.com
Aybar has been out since July 21 with a broken toe in his right foot, but Scioscia likes what he's seen from his rehab work recently.
"Erick Aybar ran the cuts, feels good and he'll pick up his workouts," the Angels manager said prior to Friday night's game against the White Sox. "Right now, [returning Monday] is a probability. There's still some things he has to do, but he's moving along great."
As for reliever Scott Downs, who recently went on the DL with a strained left shoulder, the timeline isn't as progressive.
"Scott Downs is still just taking it easy," Scioscia said. "He won't pick up a ball until early next week."
Wilson asked to be more aggressive on mound
CHICAGO -- The Angels still have a lot of confidence in starter C.J.Wilson and the deep repertoire of pitches that he brings to the mound.
It's just that manager Mike Scioscia and pitching coach Mike Butcher would like him to work on his strategy a little bit, especially early in pitch counts. Wilson had a meeting with Scioscia at U.S. Cellular Field prior to Friday's game against the White Sox that was deemed a "strategy meeting" by the Angels skipper.
According to Butcher, Wilson isn't being asked to pitch to contact, per se, but the Angels would like him to use his stuff more aggressively to get outs quicker and work deeper into games.
"He has the ability to go deep [in games]," Butcher said. "He's in tremendous shape. He does a lot of work. He's very well prepared. He gets his mind right in the right way. [It's] just trying to really get him a little more efficient with his pitches. I think when he does that, he'll get himself deeper into ballgames. His stuff speaks for itself."
Wilson, who took the loss in a 15-9 defeat at Rangers Ballpark on Thursday night, has gone just 1-5 in his last six starts after winning eight in a row from May 22 to July 1. In the six starts he's made spanning July 6 to Aug. 3, Wilson has averaged 115 pitches and fewer than seven innings -- allowing 25 earned runs and 17 walks.
"Every pitch doesn't have to set up another pitch," Butcher said. "He has enough stuff to where we think he can go out there and be a little bit more efficient early in the count and get some early outs. He's probably got the most quality starts in the American League, if not in baseball. He's done a nice job. It's just looking at it from a different angle of how he's going to go out there and attack."
That different approach?
"You go in there with a strategy of getting a hitter out in three pitches or less," Butcher said. "[It's] throwing every pitch that you throw to get an out. I'm talking about commanding counts, controlling counts and being more efficient. Attacking hitters would be more of having a mindset that we're going to get this guy out on every pitch and try to do it within three pitches or less and trying to do it that way."
It's not necessarily forgoing strikeouts, either.
"If he can strike out every guy on three pitches, by all means do it," Butcher quipped. "The thing about C.J. is he does have dynamic stuff. Everything has great movement. They're not just average pitches. They're all plus pitches. Just use them more efficiently and [get] outs that way."
Walden aims to get back on mound Monday
CHICAGO -- Angels pitcher Jordan Walden continues to play long toss in his recovery from neck soreness and a right biceps strain and hopes to get back on the mound Monday in Oakland to test it further.
Walden said he played long toss from 200 feet on Friday in Chicago with no pain.
"Everything was good," Walden said. "I'll play long toss again [on Saturday] and I should be back on the mound soon. [The test] is going to be getting on the mound a couple days in a row to see how it feels, but right now it's going great."
Angels manager Mike Scioscia confirmed the plan to keep Walden throwing long toss through the weekend series and hopefully get him on the mound Monday. Getting Walden back into a bullpen that's seen a lot of work recently is obviously something the Angels could really use heading into the final two months of the season.
"With Scott Downs and Jordan out, we've had to adjust some things," Scioscia said. "Any depth we get is going to be important and Jordan is part of that."
Brian Hedger is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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i have quite a big list...
sadistic vampires!
ballet studios -since reading twilight they really freak me out
jelly fish!-my skin crawls just typing this!
bugs-i jjust hate them, they are so small and creepy!
the dark used to but (this is weird) SINCE reading twilight i'm not scared anymore
pain doesn't scare me it is the though of the pain of others that does
death doesn't scare me, it's the dea f not being here tomorrow that freaks me
the death of a loved one
this history teacher at my school -i am soo scared!!!
being in the middleof the ocean allone
being the last person alive
being buried alive
screaming somewhere no one will hear you
heath ledger as the joker (he was soo amazing!)
having to kill a lovd one
-this guy is soo freaky!
well that's all i can think of for now


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Widcombe Manor has got some fascinating stories. It was the setting for a popular early 20th Century Family Saga, The Golden House written by Horace Annesley Vachell in 1937.
Local entrepeneur, Jeremy Fry started his highly successful engineering company, Rotork, here. James 'vacuum cleaner' Dyson was an early employee and tested his inventions in the house and grounds. In the Swinging Sixties, Jeremy held wild parties here. Princess Margaret and Tony Armstrong Jones were frequent guests.


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Biblical scholar Krister Stendahl, former dean of Harvard Divinity School and former bishop of Stockholm, died on April 15, 2008. He was 86.
Stendahl's research spanned the Hebrew Bible and New Testament. He advanced the cause of ecumenicism and championed the rights of minorities, including women, gays, lesbians and African-Americans, particularly in the religious sphere. Stendahl was born in 1921 in Stockholm, Sweden, where his father worked as a harbor administrator. His family was not very religious; rather, his faith arose during a painful bout with arthritis when he was 16. His illness informed his later reading of religious texts, leading him to identify with and meditate on Jesus' pain.
Stendahl studied at Uppsala University, where he was ordained in the Church of Sweden (Lutheran) in 1944. He served as a priest and as chaplain at Uppsala until receiving his doctorate there in 1954.
He immediately moved to Harvard Divinity School (HDS), where he was professor of New Testament. Fourteen years later, in 1968, he became dean of the school.
During his tenure as dean (until 1979) Stendahl oversaw a dramatic increase in the diversity of students and faculty at HDS, especially in terms of women and racial background.
As bishop of Stockholm in the 1980s, Stendahl facilitated efforts to end Sweden's state sponsorship of the church.
Afterward, he returned to HDS as the school's first chaplain before accepting an appointment at Brandeis University in 1991 as the first Myra and Robert Kraft and Jacob Hiatt Distinguished Professor of Christian Studies, where he remained until his retirement in 1993.
In addition to his academic positions, Stendahl was chair of the World Council of Churches' Consultation on the Church and the Jewish People and co-director of the Osher Center for Tolerance and Pluralism at the Shalom-Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, both of which he used to develop positive Jewish-Christian relations. Stendahl worked for much of his life to encourage interfaith dialogue among Christian denominations as well as between Christians and Jews. He urged people to see the good in the other's beliefs. He also advocated for the ordination of women in the church. When asked why he had spent so much of his career focusing on the roles of women and Jews, he replied, "The Christian Bible includes sayings that have caused much pain, both to Jews and to women. Thus I have felt called to seek forms of interpretation which can counteract such undesirable side effects of the Holy Scriptures."—D.D.R.
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Name: Olivia/Apollonious
House: Hufflepuff!
Favourite Potterverse Character: Usually Remus Lupin, though it can change depending on the week.
Brawling weapon of choice: A coconut.
Present youd give to the barmaids (be creative): You say you're going to Orlando... well, then, a device to enable you to travel into fictional worlds, so that you and whomever you wish to go with you can go into the Disneyverse and have dinner with your favorite Disney characters. (Or, you know, other characters... )
Oh, and Lavender Brown did not die at the Battle of Hogwarts and was far too good for Ron, anyway. Also, they would have had very strange children.