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The Bush tax cuts expire at the end of the year. For more than 30 years the public has been told that low taxes promote economic growth and jobs, and now we have low taxes, low economic growth and a no job growth. Oh,, and really, really high deficits from the revenue shortfall. The 1%ers, of course, want to extend their tax cuts. Progressives are trying to find ways to overcome 30+ years of economic misinformation when we talk to the public about the need to raise taxes. The 98 to 2: Raising Taxes to Invest in America and Promote Fairness panel at this week's Take Back the American Dream conference discussed the problem.
Frank Clemente moderated the discussion. Frank is Campaign manager for Americans for Tax Fairness, a coalition of 30 organizations who want the Bush tax cuts to expire for people making over $250K. Also on the panel were Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Guy D. Molyneux, a partner at Peter D Hart research, and Ellen Nissenbaum, Senior Vice President for Government Affairs for the Center on Budget & Policy Priorities.
Clemente began by saying that the public mindset has to be changed on taxes, we have a lot of work to do, people have been told for 30 years since Reagan that lower taxes grow the economy.
So this will be a long struggle both at the national and state level. Now is the time to make this a key issue; there is no better time because elections. We will get a chance to debate priority choices. Occupy Wall Street has been successful in framing this issue, so things are better than a year ago. The public is with us in a lot of ways.
Ellen Nissenbaum said that she has worked on these issues for 28 years, and this is a critical moment. The magnitude of the budget decisions that are about to be made will affect every part of society for decades. The tax issue is part of a much bigger debate about who we are and how we want to allocate our resources.
We have an acute short term deficit. But if you care about programs to support vulnerable Americans, you have to care about long-term deficits or yours will pay the price. If you care about income inequality, job opportunities, it's really all of it about revenues. Issues like housing, public safety, etc., are really all about revenues. Without revenues there is no way not to devastate non-defense discretionary spending, which is everything we care about.
History shows that taxes to not cut growth as we learned under Clinton.
If the threshold for these tax cuts expiring is moved from $250K up to $1 million it costs us a tremendous amount, and half of these are already millionaires.
Sen. Whitehouse made "3 quick points."
"An 18th century politician said one ought not to be obstinate unless one ought to be and then be unshakable."
First point: On Social Security and Medicare, we should not yield an inch. Medicare's cost problem is a health care system cost problem, and you don't solve that by cutting what Medicare beneficiaries get and leaving them in this health system. Instead we have to focus on better care at less cost, as in Obamacare. This generates savings in all health systems, Medicaid, Kaiser, everyone.
Second, we have an upside-down tax system, and we need to fix that. Republican nonsense and spin makes it not look that way, but the Congressional Research Service says that 65% of individuals earning $1 million or more pay taxes at a lower rate than median middle-income taxpayers. 2/3 paying lower tax rates, that is a systemic failure, a system turned upside down.
If you go back to pre-WWII, for every tax dollar from individuals, we got a dollar from corporations, a 1-1 ratio. Now it is 1 corporate dollar for every 6 individual dollars, a 600% drop in the corporate share.
Third: Infrastructure matters. We have roads with holes, water treatment plants failing, a lot of infrastructure out there is crumbling. Then on top of that we are now in an electronic age, so now we have to consider modern infrastructure like health information exchange system, other things…
Investing in infrastructure creates jobs. The highway bill is 2.9 million jobs, has been held up 3 months now, the House wouldn't pass it at all.
Guy Molyneux: There are a couple of polling results that show public already substantially understands that tax system is upside down, gives progressives for the first time in 30 years a chance to go on offense on taxes.
Close loopholes that benefit wealthy and large corporations – 61% favor.
Avoid cuts to Medicare, education, etc. – 57% favor.
27% say keep all Bush tax cuts. 45% say keep those below $250K, 20% say end all Bush tax cuts so that is 65% say end them or end them above $250K
A strong majority of Democrats and Independent say this, even Republicans poll even on it.
How do you put the other side on the defensive?
95% favor a minimum tax for corporations.
85% favor changing the tax break for hedge fund managers.
The GOP loses the old "It is Class Warfare if you tax the rich at same rate argument, 62% to 37%.
People do say Republicans side with the rich and corporations over middle class. Romney rates 62%.
Huge majorities say arguments about cuts in investment while cutting taxes for rich and corporations makes them doubt the Republicans in Congress
Messaging to use:
Talk about "Bush tax cuts for top 2% (or richest 2%)"
Use a core message: fairness. "It is time for the rich to pay their fair share of taxes, we cannot afford to keep giving tax breaks to those who need it the least."
Put conservatives on defense. Portray them as defenders of a status quo that favors the rich and large corporations, and rewards them for sending jobs overseas.
Many voters do not see the link between revenue and programs or good purposes. They believe there is a lot of waste in government. So there is work to do to help people see the link between spending and the need for taxes to do those things.


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There are many reasons why Letsrun is not lit up about this high school phenom, and as usual, none of them have to do with the SHE'S NOT WHITE.
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It's unlikely that Ajee will make the Olympic team due to the fact that she already stated, "My main focus is World Junior Championships." She may change her mind; however, I think she wants to improve on her 2010 World Jr finish and compete with athletes her age and similiar ability.
What are you talking about? There are often threads pointing out some recent accomplishment by Ajee Wilson. I remember a lot of excitement when she split 2 flat two years ago.
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There are many reasons why Letsrun is not lit up about this high school phenom, and as usual, none of them have to do with the SHE'S NOT WHITE.
You are correct sir! No one competitor was over the age of 17, (unless you consider the lack of birth certificates from Kenya or Ethiopia).
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I think it was World Youth Championships that Ajee won last year.
Mary Decker never ran a step for her high school (Orange HS), She was attached to The Blue Angels and ALWAYS ran Pro races.
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800 HSR 2:01.8 Mary Decker (Orange, California) San Diego, California 2/17/74
NJ's season is just as tough and just as long and Ajee is also capable of running just as fast in the 400 and XC if she wanted to.
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Amy Weissenbach has a bigger chance of making the team. She ran 2:02.84 last year with horrible splits (57, then ~65!!) when it was wet and had just rained. Ajee beat her at WJC last year because California's competitive season is much longer and Weiss peaked for state, and Ajee was able to peak perfectly for WJC because of a light ankle injury she got. She also has 17 minute 5K endurance and 53 second 400 speed... this all points to her being beaten. I'm not bashing her because she's not white, hell, I'm not white myself, but I just think if Weissenbach peaks perfectly for OT, then she'll win.

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Rear panel was composite glass to allow wireless charging. The renders have aluminium unibody which is not accurate.
The renders were created in the knowledge of the glass back. It is meant to appear that way. Is everything else accurate?
There was one released CNC unit which was the real design. The renders from this unit are accurate.
Are you referring to this unit? https://twitter.com/venyageskin1/status/856088562520948736
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The House Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Subcommittee on General Oversight and Investigations (King) on Electronic Funds Transfer
John Dyer, Principal Deputy Commissioner, testified,
March 2, 1999.
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee:
I am pleased to be here today to bring you up to date on the Social Security Administration's (SSA's) progress in implementing electronic funds transfer (EFT) provisions of the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, commonly called EFT-99. SSA has been very successful in its efforts to expand and implement the use of EFT and to educate the public about the benefits of direct deposit.
What is SSA's Experience With Direct Deposit?
SSA has offered the safety, convenience and reliability of EFT, also known as direct deposit, to our beneficiaries for over 20 years. At the beginning of 1998, there were 33 million monthly payments through direct deposit. An additional 3.5 million monthly payments have been added since then so that by last month, 36.5 million of SSA's 50.8 million payments are through direct deposit. Beneficiaries who use direct deposit have an overwhelmingly positive view of this service. In 16 States over 80 percent of Social Security beneficiaries are paid by direct deposit. It is clear that for the vast majority of Social Security beneficiaries direct deposit is the preferred type of payment.
What are the Advantages of EFT?
Let me say that SSA is a strong supporter of EFT as a service to our beneficiaries. Direct deposit significantly improves payment delivery services. There is an electronic audit trail to ensure that the payment can always be located. Payments can be traced through the banking system and beneficiaries have a permanent record of their payment through their bank records.
There are economic advantages of EFT for beneficiaries as well. Benefits are credited to accounts at the opening of business on the scheduled payment date. Beneficiaries can write checks to pay bills or use automated teller machine cards to obtain money immediately without
the inconvenience of first having to cash a check. Also, direct deposit avoids check cashing fees and fees for money orders and similar charges can be avoided. Many financial institutions offer free services for customers who use direct deposit.
There are also economic advantages to society. Direct deposit avoids the costs included in Secret Service investigations and financial institution liability associated with forged checks. Direct deposit is also more convenient. Beneficiaries are not required to be home to receive their payment, nor do they have to be concerned about their check being delivered during an unexpected absence from home, such as a medical emergency that requires a hospital stay. Beneficiaries can write checks payable to themselves (or use an ATM) to obtain cash immediately and thus are in no different a position than if they are paid by check.
What Have We Done So Far?
The Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 was designed to bring about more efficient and cost-effective Government operations by encouraging Federal check recipients to convert to electronic payment. The legislation called for a phased approach to implementing EFT-99. Under the first phase, new applicants for benefits were paid by direct deposit unless they said they did not have a bank account. In that event, they were paid by check. That phase lasted until January 1999.
In September 1998, the Treasury Department issued a final rule, as required by the legislation, outlining the circumstances under which the requirement for paying by EFT could be waived. Under these rules, SSA implemented Phase two. Our approach now is to request bank account information from applicants for the purpose of delivering their payments. If an individual with a bank account questions why we plan to pay them by direct deposit, our interviewers describe its advantages. If the individual indicates that direct deposit is a hardship, we pay by check.
For those individuals who indicate that they do not have bank accounts, we also describe the advantages of direct deposit and suggest they open an account. For the future, we will advise them of the Treasury sponsored Electronic Transfer Account(s) (ETAs). If these alternatives are not acceptable to the beneficiary, we will make payment by check.
Concurrent with our development of these policy guidelines for the handling of new claims, we have continued our ongoing efforts to increase the number of recipients who use EFT. We have maintained our long-standing public information campaign which partners us with the Treasury Department, the financial community, and the National Automated Clearinghouse Association in an effort to educate the public about the benefits of EFT-99. The campaign consists of printed materials that we make available to financial institutions, check stuffers included with monthly checks, as well as broadcast public service announcements on television and radio.
SSA, in partnership with the Treasury, Financial Management Service, and the contractor, Henry J. Kaufman & Co., developed and conducted a national publicity campaign to encourage the public to use EFT-99. To provide further support for the EFT-99 national campaign, SSA generated additional EFT-99 public information materials directed to Social Security beneficiaries and SSI recipients, plus a complete Spanish public information campaign to be used in Puerto Rico.
We have also initiated projects to facilitate direct deposit enrollments. For example, the Quick$tart program has made it much easier for a beneficiary to enroll in EFT by allowing financial institutions to provide Federal agencies with enrollment information electronically.
We have seen the number of Social Security beneficiaries who receive paper checks decrease from 17 million in August 1996 to 10.7 million as of January 31, 1999. The number of SSI payment check recipients went from 4.9 million to 3.6 million in the same time period.
What are Our Next Steps?
Our next task is to inform our beneficiaries of the availability of ETA accounts. On
November 23, 1998 the Treasury Department published in the Federal Register a notice describing the proposed ETA accounts. These accounts are designed to provide a low cost
account at a Federally-insured financial institution for those who do not have existing accounts. The ETA structure that Treasury has proposed allows any financial institution to participate and to offer a varying combination of service options.
An ETA account, as proposed, generally would:
- be an individually owned account at a Federally-insured financial institution;
- be available to any individual who receives a Federal benefit, wage, salary, or retirement payment;
- accept only electronic Federal benefit, wage, salary, and retirement payments;
- be subject to a maximum price of $3.00 per month;
- provide, at no additional charge, at least four cash withdrawals per month, through the financial institution's ATMs;
- provide the same consumer protections that are available to other account holders at the financial institution, including protections regarding disclosure, limitations on liability, procedures for reporting lost or stolen cards, and procedures for error resolution;
- for financial institutions that are members of point-of-sale (POS) networks, allow POS purchases at no additional charge by the financial institution offering the ETA, as well as cash withdrawals and cash back with purchases, consistent with current commercial practice;
- require no minimum balance, except as required by Federal or State law; and
- provide a monthly statement.
We support the establishment of these accounts and stand ready to work with the Treasury Department to promote them and facilitate the enrollment process once the final characteristics of the account have been determined.
Our plans include notifying each of our check recipients of the options available to them for receiving future payments. Specifically, we will explain that they can receive their payments by direct deposit at the financial institution of their choice, by establishing an ETA account at a financial institution that chooses to offer the account under terms established by the Treasury Department, or by check if either of these alternatives poses a hardship. For those individuals who choose to establish an ETA account, we will help them by providing information about financial institutions that offer these accounts. We will also advise them that there may be other direct deposit options available to them and they may want to contact other financial institutions in their area.
SSA has long been a proponent of EFT as the preferred method of payment delivery . This is both from the perspective of efficiency as well for the convenience and safety of our
beneficiaries. We have historically encouraged and promoted its use. We will continue to work with the Treasury Department to meet the objectives of EFT-99 as well as the needs of our beneficiaries.


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A few weeks ago I baked a cake. I looked at these pans and I thought, "how did I get old enough to have pans older than my mothers?" Then I really started to think, when I started baking I was about 12 years old. By then my mother had been married for 21 years and, of course, 21 year old anything to a 12 year old is really old.
YIKES! My pans are 32 years old. How did this happen?
Remember juice glasses?
They were proper serving size glasses for a 6-8 ounce serving of orange juice. We used them every morning for our perfectly measured portion of juice. Everything is ginormous now, isn't it?
What we used to use as dinner plates when we were kids are now called lunch plates. Cereal bowls when we were kids are now called snack size. But I have news for you, friends. The proper serving size has not changed. We just eat 3-4 servings at a time now because, hey, they call them cereal bowls.
I was at my mom's recently when she was mixing waffles for the kids and had these bowls out on the cupboard.
I even recognized the sound they made when she was stacking them. Just the sound of the bowls brought me back. They were old when I was a kid but they are actually still beautiful today.
Here are my bowls. They were so modern, with their handle and pour rims when I got married back in the day. But looking at them now, heck, they are just old, like I thought my mom's stuff was years ago.
Perspective is an amazing thing.
Wedding season is upon us and bridal showers are frequent. I love to sit up front and watch the bride open all her new things. I really laughed a few weeks when one of my mature woman friends did her own brand of bridal shower stand-up.
"Oh look, matching dish towels. I still have matching dish towels…yeah, they all have faded grey stains on them!"
"Isn't that great? She is starting with a full set of flatware. She should put GPS on her teaspoons. What happens to all of my teaspoons?"
"Oh my God! Someone gave her red towels. I just cannot think about that one."
If youth is wasted on the young, I say bridal showers are wasted on the engaged. It's too bad that by the time all of our teaspoons disappear we cannot grab one of those scanning guns at Bed Bath and Beyond, invite everyone's mothers and throw ourselves a shower.
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During the two weeks after Grenell's hiring was announced the Romney campaign did not put Grenell out to comment on national security matters and did not use him on a press foreign policy conference call. Despite the controversy in new media and in conservative circles, there was no public statement of support for Grenell by the campaign and no supportive social conservatives were enlisted to calm the waters.
Wow. From the Washington Post's conservative blogger, Jennifer Ruben:
Richard Grenell hounded from Romney campaign by anti-gay conservatives
By Jennifer Rubin
Richard Grenell, the openly gay spokesman recently hired to sharpen the foreign policy message of Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, has resigned in the wake of a full-court press by anti-gay conservatives.
Pieces in two conservative publications, the National Review and Daily Caller, reflected the uproar by some social conservatives over the appointment. [UPDATE, 4:30 p.m.: Although Grenell also raised the ire of liberal commentators with now-deleted tweets about certain prominent women, none of the sources I spoke with mentioned the tweets as a factor in his resignation decision.]


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Couldn't agree more, I thoroughly enjoyed it, it has such a gripping atmosphere to it somehow.
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It's a little long to wait, granted, but I'm really looking forward to it!
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WHEELING - West Virginia turns 150 years old today, and to mark the 35th state's birthday Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and state legislators gathered Wednesday at West Virginia Independence Hall in Wheeling.
The event marked the first time in 50 years that a sitting governor and Legislature had convened at Independence Hall, which served as the gathering place during statehood talks in the early 1860s. The group heard speeches from June 20, 1863, the day West Virginia formally was admitted into the Union.
Tomblin told those present West Virginia has "a unique past." He recalled the state's 100th birthday - he was 11 - and the pride he felt during that time.
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"The centennial filled all of us with pride ... all of us West Virginians," Tomblin said. "It's a day I will never forget. Fifty years from now, people will still be talking about this great celebration and all those around the state of West Virginia. Today, everyone in this room is bursting with pride because they can say they are West Virginians.
"And today, I'm proud to be the 35th governor of the 35th state in the Union."
During the event, Travis Henline, Independence Hall site manager, portrayed Francis Pierpont, the governor of the Restored Government of Virginia. Henline presented the farewell speech Pierpont gave in Wheeling on June 20, 1863, when West Virginia became a state. Jeremy Richter of Wheeling portrayed Arthur Boreman, West Virginia's first governor, and presented Boreman's speech from that date.
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Introduced during the event was Wheeling lawyer Harry Buch, who served in the Legislature from 1958 until 1964. Buch participated in the centennial events at West Virginia Independence Hall.
"In 1963, we all had to wear costumes," Buch said. "It was a fabulous time, and one of those things you never forget."
Northern Panhandle lawmakers also presented Wheeling Mayor Andy McKenzie with a check for $20,000 to help defray the cost of the sesquicentennial celebration in the city. City leaders had anticipated the 150th birthday celebration would cost Wheeling about $130,000.
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If I may share something from my experience, it's good to be skeptic and not accept everything that's "thrown at you" (that's how some become fanatic acolytes without much of a reasoning foundation). The thing with lucid dreams involves a bit of a leap of faith and it's useful to have your mind a little bit open, which you already do, since you went for it.
If I were to contribute to this "leap of faith", what I can say is that I have lucid dreams once every 2-3 months (keeping track of them) and they're totally worth it!! They started coming probably due to my meditation practice for the last 3 years or so, as during the meditation, sometime I have what some refer to as "hypnotic dreams".
Other than that I wish you success !
hmm… it seems I can't send you a PM albeit us being on each other's friends list (didn't receive a notification when you accepted that). Oh well … the rest of my posts up to 100 will come in time.
Sorry for adding these to your "visitor messages" wall.
Ozzy, I'm really sorry you're receiving this only now. I haven't reached 100 posts yet, so I had to add you as a friend to be able to send you a message. Here is the reply I prepared for you the day you asked me.
Indeed, I was and still am interested in the course. What happened was that just before acquiring the course myself I realized it would interfere with something I'd already started doing (i.e. listening to certain subliminal tracks during night time). Also, due to the hectic program that was about to follow, I had a realization about not being able to keep up with the tasks (went for the introductory lesson and quantified the amount of time&effort - "no go" for that period). Ultimately I decided to delay the acquisition, expecting to start sometime in August.
I like the guy and I believe he truly knows what he's teaching.
Sorry for not being able to share any kind of progress.
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1 page written 18 Nov 1868 by Sir Donald McLean in Napier City to James Crowe Richmond
From: Superintendent, Hawkes Bay and Government Agent, East Coast - Papers, Reference Number MS-Papers-0032-0021 (68 digitised items). Comprises correspondence, memoranda and reports mainly relating to the military campaign against Te Kooti.
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"It's about helping companies make better business decisions and working more coherently toward better business results. When you do it right, you reduce risk and enhance revenues. We do it right."
You're the global offering lead for Supply Chain BPS. Are you having fun?
I've always believed it's important to do something you enjoy. I'm lucky enough to be able to say that's very true in my case! Over time I've migrated from working as more of a generalist consultant across multiple industries to what you might call an "operational-improvement" specialist.
Define that, please?
I'm in a narrower set of product-oriented industries now. I get to work with companies that "make stuff" and it is a ton of fun. What a privilege it is to help them solve complex problems and create opportunities. We're working with companies that make some of the best "stuff" in any given market—tractors, construction equipment, cars, hi-tech devices, aircraft equipment, energy equipment, consumer products, pharmaceuticals, and more. So this to me is a dream job.
It's a ton of responsibility, is it not?
Offering leads do shoulder a lot of responsibility, and for Supply Chain BPS at Accenture I enjoy the dual responsibility of growing an offering (organically and inorganically) while continuing to solve complex operational issues for clients.
Along with this offering responsibility, I'm also actively engaged as a subject matter expert on several Supply Chain engagements and industry groups. All this while our team works on business turnarounds, outsourcing and the latest technology strategies. It keeps me busy, but I like busy.
What do companies need now and in the near future?
Just look at digital supply chains. Companies need to move to truly integrated digital supply chains, and in most cases the only way to do that is to reinvent and disrupt to a degree. For example, operators must break down siloed information on stock availability, perform real-time analysis and manage a centralized view of inventory.
Details, please.
It's about helping companies make better business decisions, identifying and remedying weaknesses and working more coherently toward better business results. When you do it right, you reduce risk and enhance revenues. We do it right. We bring together highly skilled, industry-specific supply chain practitioners, intellectual property and our Supply Chain Control Tower—a market-leading, cloud-based framework powered by intelligent technology and analytics—to manage complex, global, end-to-end supply chains.
And the results?
By using analytics, mobility, our expertise in specific industries and our leading technology, we can save customers over 25 percent in costs while helping their revenue grow by up to 5 percent. And I love this metric: $5 in benefits for every $1 invested in our service. But it goes much further, like reducing inventory costs by up to 50 percent and logistics costs by up to 30 percent. We've reduced warranty costs by up to 35 percent and improved spare parts availability by over 20 percent.
What were your patents about?
They are Business Method patents for the hearing aid industry. Basically they involve ways to help hearing aid manufacturers improve revenue by identifying hearing loss faster and streamlining the process of acquiring the right hearing aids for patients.
What did you do before Accenture?
Prior to joining Accenture in 2010, I had the opportunity to lead several major initiatives within products and communications, media and technology companies including supply chain optimization, M&A due diligence and post-merger integration. It was a really good foundation for the work here.
Tushar, where were you educated?
I earned my MBA from the University of Michigan and Bachelors in Engineering from the University of Pune, India.
Accenture is a busy place. What do you do to unwind?
I enjoy my time with friends and family. My wife and I enjoy watching movies, our two kids keep us busy and I'm always available for a glass of good red wine with our friends. I do try to golf with my buddies if and when possible.
Your favorite travel destination and why?
The Caribbean. We love going to beaches and spending some quiet downtime. It's become a ritual for us to spend a couple of weeks every year or two at a choice beach destination and enjoying the sun and sand.
What do you enjoy most about your role?
Having access to some of the biggest and best companies in the world. Solving supply chain issues for global Fortune 500 companies is extremely challenging but immensely rewarding personally. There is a tremendous amount of learning in the process and I continue to make some very good friends along the way.


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Ours is a metal, non-stick, electric fondue pot, which provides for very nice control, but ... non-stick interior, sharp metal fondue forks? How is that a good idea? In any event, the cheese fondue was good. Our host's fondue set was made of cast iron, and instead of electricity is heated by the flame from an alcohol burner.
The heat control seemed a bit trickier than on the electric set, but I like the cast-ironness of it. We used his set for the chocolate, coating both strawberries as well as mint-flavored marshmallows that the missus made from scratch (perhaps we can get her to post the recipe in the comments? Hint hint!) (Also, for this blog, we're still waiting on a better name than "the missus.").
This is a recipe for a pineapple cake which our host actually made. And it was good! I'm not so sure I would say the same if he had made the casserole with enormous chunks of (pork?) loin resting in the midst of what seemed to be macaroni mixed with cream of mushroom soup.


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Hi everyone!
We are very happy to announce: ServoyCamp 5.
The last 4 times this event was organised by Harjo and Karel. This year Karel will hand it over to Robert Ivens.
We would like to thank Karel for all his contributions in organising these events!
For all developers, that don't know what ServoyCamp is:
A huge bunch of enthusiastic Servoy developers, users and fans, like to share their greatest tips and tricks, how-to's and techniques in a pleasant meeting environment.
Call for Papers
It is now time submit your (speaker) proposals for talks & classes! This is a great opportunity to share your knowledge and promote your business.
Suggested topic areas include:
- Servoy NG Client
- Servoy Web Components
- Advanced NG Client topics like using third-party JS libraries
- Servoy WAR deployment
- Converting from Smart/Webclient to NG Client
- Securing Servoy
- Working with Git (GitFlow, etc)
- Working with REST
- etc. etc..
We do like to receive proposals for talks on other Servoy related topics as well before due date.
The submission deadline is March 31th. Selected speakers will be notified before April 16th, 2016
Please send your proposals by email to firstname.lastname@example.com. Provide your talk title and a brief description of the content.
Get your Early Bird tickets.
If you haven't registered for ServoyCamp 5 yet, please do so before March 31th, 2018 at servoycamp.com at a reduced rate. After that, the full rate applies.
All sessions and classes will be in English.
Become a ServoyCamp sponsor
We'll offer sponsor-packages. Details will be announced later. If you're interested or like to be part of ServoyCamp, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Date and location
ServoyCamp 5 will be held on May 24-26, 2018 at De Bonte Wever, Assen, The Netherlands. You are welcome to arrive at May 23th (your hotel room for that night is included). We'll supply shuttle service from Schiphol Airport to the conference location on the 23th too.
We like every Servoy Developer to be able to join the event, so we try to keep the costs as low as possible. The full fee for ServoyCamp 5 event, including 3 hotel nights, sessions, meals, drinks and fun accommodation facilities, starts at € 399,- (early bird & excluding VAT and payment fees). Prices on the Eventbrite site are including VAT and fees).
Please checkout the Bonte Wever website to checkout the facilities.
Please also read our Code of Conduct.
We're looking forward to meet you there!
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Property deed transfers as recorded at the Roane County Courthouse March 30-April 4:
From Eather West, Carolyn Roberts and Wayne Roberts to Carolyn Roberts and Angela Bailey by quit-claim deed, Dist. 2, Old Harriman Hwy., $50.
From Mary Lea Byrd Sullivan and Robert S. Sullivan to Robert E. Smith and Donna L. Smith by warranty deed, Dist. 1, 4.186 acres, Heidle Road, $220,000.
Editor's Note: Readers are cautioned that some names may be the same as, or similar to, other members of the community.
April 2 — Edward D. Gibbons, probation violation. Dismissed. Failure to appear misdemeanor. Capias recalled by office.
• James R. Doss, vandalism $1,000-$10,000, two counts domestic assault, theft under $500, setting fire to personal property and probation violation. All abated by death.
• Jason S. Babb, vandalism up to $500. Dismissed.
Property deed transfers as recorded at the Roane County Courthouse March 30:
From Darin M. Bennett to Jennifer M. Dowker by quit-claim deed, Dist. 5, 2 parcels Eureka Road, $0.
From Kelly Denise Pridemore Bunch to Daniel Eddie Bunch by quit-claim deed, Dist. 3, 2 tracts, $0.
From Charles M. Freeman and Shirley J. Freeman to Jake Almond and Sally Almond by warranty deed, Dist. 2, 0.607 acre, Holiday Shores, Lot 39R, $12,500.
Property deed transfers as recorded at the Roane County Courthouse March 14-27:
From Bank of New York Mellon Trust Co. to Brian Eads by deed, Dist. 1, city of Harriman, Lot 606, $12,799.
From Eric Bryan Bannon to Sarah Giles Bannon by quit-claim deed, Dist. 1, Ladd Estates, Lot 52 and 53, $50.
From Dennis Boyd McElhaney, Dennis Bo McElhaney and Dennis B. McElhaney to Dennis Bryon McElhaney by quit-claim deed, Dist. 5, 3 parcels Black Creek Road, $0.
Property deed transfers as recorded at the Roane County Courthouse Feb. 28-March 14:
From John V. Riccio and Deborah A. Zeckser to David B. Vealey Trustee, Mary Ellen Vealey Trustee, David B. Vealey Declaration and Agreement of Trust, and Mary Ellen Vealey Declaration and Agreement of Trust by warranty deed, Dist. 5, Eagle Point Heights, Lots 40, 41 and PT 42, $15,000.
From Roane County to Virgil McNelley by quit-claim deed, Dist. 5, Map 54J Group A Control M, $1,025.
Property deed transfers as recorded at the Roane County Courthouse Feb. 14-March 5:
From Shelia Ann Justice to Luther S. Hall and Dorothy S. Hall by warranty deed, Dist. 2, Hwy. 61/62, $8,000.
From Ola M. Ledbetter to Michael Lloyd Ledbetter by quit-claim deed, Dist. 3, 5.17 acres, Tate Coley Road, $0.
From Julia Patterson and Julia D. Steidle to Jeffery M. Steidle by quit-claim deed, Dist. 4, 6.468 acres, Hwy. 304, $0.
March 26 — Jonathan W. Pesterfield, probation violation. Guilty.
• Jamie L. Pesterfield, probation violation. Guilty.
• Nathan C. Price, probation violation. Guilty.
• Chasity A. Gaines, probation violation. Guilty.
Property deed transfers as recorded at the Roane County Courthouse Feb. 9-13:
From Wilson & Associates PLLC, Wilson and Associates PLLC, Jeffrey M. King and Krista L. King to PNC Bank by trustee's deed, Dist. 3, Villages Center Farm, Newport Village, Lot 102, $120,314.17.
From Patricia Ann Hardin to Markli Construction Co. by warranty deed, Dist 3, 8.092 acres, Ladd Landing Way, $72,828.
March 7 — Christopher M. Cox, failure to appear on citation and driving while license suspended. Dismissed.
• Elker E. Washington, possess unlawful drug paraphernalia uses and activities. Dismissed.
• Timothy R. Wells, failure to appear misdemeanor. Dismissed.
• Elker E. Washington, criminal impersonation. Dismissed.
Feb. 28 — Richard Z. Christian, aggravated assault reckless soliciation. Dismissed, cost to defendant.
• Ricky L. McNeeley, finaincial responsibility law. Guilty.
Feb. 29 — James A. Luffman, registration law. Guilty. Financial responsibility law. Dismissed.
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The Roane County News is your source for local news, sports, events, and information in Roane County and Kingston, Tennessee, and the surrounding area.


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Man Fails to Make Purchase With $1 Million Bill
Who wants to be a fake millionaire?
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports a man in Minneapolis tried to pay for a purchase at a CVS Monday with a $1 million bill. The only problem, of course, is a $1 million bill is about as real Santa Claus.
The man asked for a $50 phone card, a pack of cigarettes and an Almond Joy before handing the clerk the phony money. The employee said the man then disappeared with his merchandise without paying.
The suspect is described as black, around 20 years old with a shaved head. He's about 5 feet, 9 inches tall, and weighs 140 pounds. If you see him, make sure to catch him before he heads off in his fake stretch limousine.


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Andy's fragile relationship with his son is further strained when it appears that Andy is once again putting work before family.
Andy tries to help his neighbor, a surrogate mother for a woman in her mid-50s, after she is ostracized by the townspeople.
Dr. Brown and Dr. Abbott must put their differences aside to educate the town after several teenagers are diagnosed with STDs.
After a lost deer makes the Browns' backyard its new home, Ephram tries to help the animal find its way home to the wilderness.
Amy asks Andy to perform a risky operation on her comatose boyfriend and is stunned by his answer.
Amy leans on Ephram for support as she awaits the outcome of a life or death medical procedure.
As his wedding anniversary draws near, Andy loses all hope and questions whether he will ever feel his life is worth living again.
Andy's parenting skills are questioned when Ephram and Delia's grandparents pay them an unexpected visit.
Bright collapses from a burst appendix and Andy and Dr. Abbott have to improvise an operating room before the infection spreads.
In hopes of raising his little sister Delia's spirits, Ephram does his best to recreate his mother's Thanksgiving traditions.
Andy joins the town debate on medicinal marijuana after a large quantity is discovered in a deceased woman's greenhouse.
Ephram struggles with his emotions when his intense feelings for Amy are complicated by Colin's desire to be his friend.
Ephram serves as a confidante to Amy's boyfriend, Colin, who feels like a fish-out-of-water as he attempts to reclaim his life.
On a church ski trip, Amy and Colin share their first kiss since the surgery while Ephram finds himself intrigued by Colin's sister.
When traveling psychologist Dr. Gretchen Trott comes back to town, Andy is forced to confront his feelings for her.
Dr. Abbot and Dr. Brown team up to investigate a murder that took place 30 years ago and clear Abbot's father's name.
Approaching the anniversary of his mother's death, Ephram confronts a repressed memory of his father cheating on his mother.
Ephram is concerned when he witnesses Colin freaking out and vandalizing the gym teacher's office.
A nervous Ephram feels the pressure of performing his first piano recital in Everwood.
Andy confronts his moral and professional views when a pregnant 18-year-old and her father come to him for guidance.
Ephram takes a small boat out alone and his inexperience leads to a serious accident and a night of terror for Andy.
As Colin's surgery approaches and emotions run high, Andy takes Ephram and Delia on a road trip to to consult with his mentor.
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Wilmington Film Alumni Association: Pilot season edition
In the thick of television's pilot season, when networks produce first episodes of potential new series for the upcoming TV year, prominent actors are sought after and snatched up fast in hopes launching the next buzzworthy show.
With Wilmington's film lineage growing every year, it's only a matter of time before actors who have visited the Port City in the past get called up for new roles on some of the biggest pilots heading into production.
In the latest edition of our newest column, we are going to rundown the most recent casting additions and let you know where you might see some of the biggest stars in the Wilmington Film Alumni Association come next fall.
Katie Holmes: The "Dawson's Creek" alum has signed onto star in ABC's untitled high society drama pilot from Richard LaGravenese, marking her first full-time television gig since the teen drama ended in 2003. On the potential series, Holmes will play Ann, a well-bred and educated woman who runs a philanthropic foundation with her husband. But when Phillip (costar Rufus Sewell, who also visited Wilmington in 2012 to film "Where the Devil Hides") and his wife, Margot, decide to destroy Ann's perfect marriage, Ann and Phillip engage in an obsessive and seductive rivalry that plays out through the manipulation of others. Holmes' character is described as an Audrey Hepburn type.
Mary-Louise Parker: The "Weeds' alum, who spent last August in the Port City starring in the Hallmark Hall of Fame's "Christmas in Conway," has joined NBC's new half-hour comedy pilot "Feed Me." She will play Ellen, a slightly OCD mother of two and accountant who is stuck in her ways, which is a challenge for her family — most of whom are in the restaurant business.
Ashley Judd: Since arriving in Wilmington to shoot "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" in 2001, Judd has gone on to star in such films as "Olympus Has Fallen" and TV shows like the short-lived ABC drama "Missing." Hoping to make a TV comeback, Judd has come on board NBC's provocative drama "Salvation." Set against the backdrop of a Texas church, the show will follow Judd as Jennifer, a pastor's wife and mother of two who must defend herself, her family and her faith when her husband dies under mysterious circumstances. A strong woman, Jennifer must face her congregation and step up to the pulpit to fill her husband's place.
Joshua Jackson: After leaving "Dawson's Creek" behind and tackling the unknown on Fox's "Fringe," Jackson will soon saddle up for a more risque role in Showtime's "The Affair," as Cole, a hardened cowboy who runs his family's ranch on the eastern tip of Long Island. Cole's wife, Allison (Ruth Wilson), soon begins indulging in the show's titluar sin with Noah (Dominic West). Showtime has described the show as an steamy exploration of marriage and relationships.
Terrence Howard: In 2006, Howard played the villainous role in the locally filmed Southern musical "Idlewild." This spring, he will return to the world of music in Fox's hip-hop drama pilot, "Empire." From "The Butler" director Lee Daniels and writer Danny Strong, the pilot will be set in the world of hip-hop and follow Lucious Lyon (Howard), the head of a Empire Entertainment who will protect his beloved business by using any means necessary.
Riley Smith: As the lovestruck gardener pining away for Mandy Moore's affections, Smith held his own against Mary-Louise Parker and Andy Garcia in "Christmas in Conway," filmed last August in Wilmington. This summer, Smith will join HBO's veteran vampire drama "True Blood," for a recurring role in the show's final season. He will play Keith, a rock drummer who becomes quite taken with Arlene (Carrie Preston).
Robert Buckley: This "One Tree Hill" alum will return to The CW with a lead role in the network's pilot "iZombie." From "Veronica Mars" creator Rob Thomas, the pilot will follow a medical student-turned-zombie who uses her job at the coroner's office to feed her uncontrollable cravings, only to obtain all the memories of her dead dinners. Buckley will play Major, a former college football player-turned-environmental engineer who tries to remain friends with his ex-fiancé.


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Yahoo planned to launch a new homepage sometime in December.
Hasn't happened yet.
But a reader in Burlington says she saw a new version today, so it appears testing is still underway.
Here's what Yahoo.com looks like right now for most of us:
And here's what our reader in Burlington is looking at:
Get the latest Yahoo stock price here.


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The Leake site is a Native American archaeological site that is located along the Etowah River southwest of Cartersville, Georgia in Bartow County. The site contains the remains of an American Indian occupation that lasted from approximately 300 B.C. until 650 A.D. These remains include three earthen mounds and a large circular ditch, along with an extensive "midden" that represents a dark soil mixture of decomposed organic refuse and artifacts. The site was excavated in advance of the widening of State Highway 61/113, with over 50,000 square feet excavated.The Leake site archaeological investigation revealed that this site represents a major center during the prehistoric Middle Woodland period, figuring prominently in the interaction among peoples from throughout the Southeastern and the Midwestern United States.
The Leake site was initially recorded in the late 1800s by Smithsonian Institution researchers under the supervision of Cyrus Thomas. James Middleton and John Rogan each produced maps of Leake, depicting three mounds; Rogan also excavated a portion of Mound B. Unfortunately, the earthen mounds at Leake were razed in the 1940s for use as road fill when the Dallas - Rockmart Road (State Highway 61/113) was moved to its present location, so that we know relatively little about the later stages of the mounds. However, the lower portions of the mounds remain, and have provided important information regarding their time of construction and usage. In addition to what has been found through archaeological excavation, historic maps, descriptions, and photographs of the Leake site have been very helpful in reconstructing the layout of the Leake site.
Beginning around 300 B.C., local people began to live at the Leake site, similar to the numerous other villages that dotted the Etowah Valley at this time. During the next few centuries, the construction of the monumental earthworks began. In particular, we know that the early stages of Mound B and at least a portion of the ditch was constructed. It appears that the ditch was an old channel of the Etowah River that was modified by the occupants. While most of the pottery and other remains from the early occupation represent local products, the minority presence of non-local items indicates that peoples from other parts of the Eastern U.S. were visiting the site and/or that locals were bringing back foreign materials from their journeys. We have identified pottery from the Gulf Coast and northern Mississippi/Alabama, while a small fragment of copper may derive from the Great Lakes region. These materials were recovered from an area near Mound B that is indicative of group/communal activities. Such activities appear to have been focused around the construction of the earthworks and the rituals associated with this.
Around 100 A.D., the occupation of the site shifts west/southwest from inside the area created by the ditch to outside of the ditch area. This shift coincides with the appearance of Swift Creek complicated stamped pottery, a ceramic type characterized by elaborate designs that were impressed into the exterior of the vessels (see here for images of this pottery). Swift Creek pottery is found throughout most of Georgia and portions of the surrounding states; Leake is located at the northern edge of its distribution. In addition to the Swift Creek pottery, the amount of non-local and ritual items and raw materials drastically increases at this time. This includes flake blades of Flint Ridge chert from Ohio; pottery from the Gulf Coast; ceramic human and animal figurines; quartz crystals; graphite; copper; galena; mica; and hematite. Many of these items are representative of participation within the Hopewell interaction sphere, in which populations from throughout the Eastern U.S. interacted in social, econonic, political, and religious contexts. Similar to today, people and groups made long-distance journeys and pilgrimages to centers and places imbued with powerful cultural significance. It is generally believed that rituals and ceremonies were conducted at such sites, particularly in relation to the earthworks. Based on its monumental earthworks, Leake was such a place.
By approximately 400 A.D., the Leake site had expanded even further to the west/southwest. A large square structure was built in this area, measuring approximately 35' on a side and encompassing nearly 1200 square feet. The remains in the area suggest that this structure was used for communal/group activities rather than as a domestic house. Nearby was found the remains of a large feast, including deer, turkey, bird, and turtle. Artifacts from this feasting pit include many socially-valuable and exotic materials that indicate a strong connection to the Gulf Coast, such as a shark tooth and pottery from that area. The context of these artifacts suggest that they were used and discarded in a display of the sponsor(s) social connections and prestige. Sometime around 650 A.D., the Leake site was abandoned, not to be reoccupied until circa 1500 towards the end of what archaeologists call the Mississippian period.
Just across the Etowah River on the nearby Ladds Mountain are several significant sites - Shaw Mound, Indian Fort, and Ladds Cave - that were integrally related to the Leake site. All of these sites were also documented by the Smithsonian Institution researchers at the same time as Leake. Ladds Cave was found to have been sealed with stones, and both animal fossils and human bones were recorded within its depths. The "Indian Fort" on the summit of Ladds Mountain was a circular stone wall/enclosure that was mapped and described by Charles Whittlesey in 1881. While the name "Indian Fort" implies that it was a defensive fortification, it rather represented an enclosure that would have served as a place for ceremonial activities. This site was dismantled in 1936 so that the stone could be used for road fill.
The Shaw Mound was a stone burial mound at the foot of Ladds Mountain that was dismantled circa 1940 to collect the stones for road fill and to satisfy the curiousity of the landowner. A single individual was found within, buried with several items of copper, including a celt (axe), breastplate, and a cutout; large sheets of mica atop the face and chest; and stone celts. Scraps from the production of such items are abundant at the Leake site. This burial provides significant information regarding the social system that characterized the local cultures. Buried apart from others in a large mound at the foot of this mountain, this personage was most certainly a prominent leader associated with the Leake site. They may be equated with a "Big Man/Woman", a person who has risen to a position of high social prestige and power through their actions rather than through inheritance. They were probably instrumental in the ceremonial, political, and economic happenings at Leake, such as organizing and supporting the construction of the earthworks.
The presence of Ladds Cave, absent now due to mining, was likely to have been a primary factor in the development of the Leake site; caves are known to have been symbolic of the Lower World to Southeastern Indians, and burials and other evidence for ritual activities during this time have been found in caves throughout the Southeast. Along with this, the geological and geographical setting helped to fuel its rapid growth. Due to the rich and diverse geology, rocks and minerals that were used to create items of high social value - mica, graphite, quartz crystal, hematite, red ochre - were readily available in the area. Furthermore, the physiographic setting near the interface of several major river valleys (i.e., Tennessee, Chattahoochee/Apalachicola, Coosa, Ocmulgee/Altamaha) connected this location to the Gulf Coast, Atlantic Coast, and the Midwest.This setting and the archaeological remains found at Leake indicate that the site was a "gateway" between the Southeast and the Midwest. Leake served as a pilgrimage center, as a staging ground during the preparation for journeys, as a residential village, and as a place of ceremonies and religious worship.
The precise reasons for the abandonment of the Leake site circa 650 A.D. are unknown, although it coincides with a regional shift in settlement and political organization patterns. Swift Creek pottery continues to be made in other areas of the state, such as central and northeastern Georgia, but it is generally lacking in northwest Georgia beyond this date. It may be that the communal ideology of the Swift Creek followers did not fit with the emergence of a more inegalitarian social system that came into full bloom in the Mississippian period, so that this social system based on communal support essentially eroded. It may be that the economic resources necessary to support large gatherings of people were depleted over the several centuries of occupation. It may be due to factors not readily identifiable in the archaeological record. Although the monumental earthworks constructed by these people are no longer visible, the Leake site complex is every bit as fascinating and important as the younger Etowah Mounds that lie 2 miles upstream. The archaeological investigations of the Leake site have provided answers to many questions regarding the activities of people during this period of time; at the same time, they have raised many additional questions which researchers will attempt to answer for decades to come. And like the Etowah Mounds, the significance of the Leake site argues for the protection of its remaining portions so that all people can share in this history.


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My Fundraising Page
Feb 28, 2011
Welcome to Rob and Lynn Smythe's Team In Training fundraising page. We are racing to save lifes, one mile at a time.
After 5 years of participating in century bike rides with our local Team in Training chapter, we have decided to start training for our very first triathlon. Although we have raced in a few duathlons (run-bike-run) over the past couple of years, triathlons are a new endeavour for the two of us. The St. Anthony's Triathlon is an Olympic distance event, which consists of an almost 1 mile swim - 25 mile bike - 6.2 mile run. St. Anthony's has an open water ocean swim, so we have joined our local YMCA, so we can workout in their lap pool, to get a jump on our swim training. Lynn will be keeping track of her journey to become a triathlete on her Bike Diva blog: www.bikediva.net.
Rob is going through his own battle to fight cancer right now. In September of 2009, he was diagnosed with bladder cancer. He had surgery in October, followed by 6 weeks of immunatherapy starting in December. In October of 2010, he went to his urologist for a routine check up, and was hoping to be 1 year cancer free. Unfortunately the cancer was back and he had to undergo a second surgery on December 15, 2010.
Rob begins another round of immunatherapy and interferon treatments starting the end of January. He is in good health, and high spirits. We both enjoy being part of the Team in Training program and staying active, even while we are going through our own personal crisis, is the key to keeping a positive outlook on life. GO TEAM!
We are training to participate in an endurance event as a member of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) Team In Training. All of us on Team In Training are raising funds to help stop leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloma from taking more lives. We am completing this event in honor of all individuals who are battling blood cancers. These people are the real heroes on our team, and we need your support to cross the ultimate finish line - a cure!
Please make a donation to support our participation in Team In Training and help advance LLS's mission. Thank you for your support.0


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Find out about some of the major reading milestones your school-aged child will hit.
By the End of Kindergarten, Your Child Will Be Expected to:
- Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters in the alphabet
- Read basic single-syllable words
- With prompting and support, identify the main topic in a text
- Retell familiar stories
By the End of First Grade, Your Child Will Be Expected to:
- Recognize the distinguishing parts of a sentence including capitalization and punctuation
- Pronounce unfamiliar but commonly spelled one-syllable words
- Read words with inflectional endings (-ing, -ly, -ed, -tion)
- Identify the main idea of a text
By the End of Second Grade, Your Child Will Be Expected to:
- Pronounce unfamiliar two-syllable words
- Recount stories and say what the lesson or moral is
- Identify the beginning, middle, and end of a story
- Identify the points of view of different characters
Don't Be Concerned if These Skills Develop Erratically, Unless Your Child:
- Has trouble remembering new words
- Has trouble blending sounds together to say words
- Says reading is easier for their classmates
- Avoids reading silently or aloud
Reading at School
Decades of research support the fact that parental involvement in a child's school learning will promote that child's success. If you have access to the material your child is reading at school, make time to read it yourself. You can show how important reading for school is by participating in it with your child. By staying on top of your child's school reading, you can avoid the perennial non-conversation: "How was school?" "Fine."
Instead, ask about the book Frog and Toad, "Are Frog and Toad good friends? How do they show that?" and "Do you have a friend who you'd like to have adventures with like Frog and Toad? How is that person a good friend?"
Reading at Home
What part of reading development can you help with most at home? Reading volume. A 1998 study published by the American Psychological Association links reading volume directly with both advancing a student's reading skills and with that child's future academic success.
The key to increasing your child's reading volume is motivation. Choose books that match your child's interest. Or, explore reading with other media your child loves. Is she a fan of princesses? There is a world of online fairy tales for her to explore. Kids who love superheroes can enjoy easy-reader comic books. Don't be too picky about what your child reads at this age. Captain Underpants may be more meaningful than Little House on the Prairie — and that's fine!
Finally, celebrate the fact that you still have a great deal of influence over what your child reads. In a survey commissioned by Scholastic, 81% of kids ages 5-8 say that their mom is a source of information for good books.
Reading Activities for Ages 6-7
Taking Turns
At 6-7, many children are interested in chapter books that are a bit more challenging than they can handle on their own. Let your child pick a book she would love to read and take turns reading paragraphs or pages to each other. If your child gets tired of reading, you can always read aloud as she follows along. You'll enjoy talking about the characters and plot of the story that you are experiencing together.
Shopping Adventure
Shopping with kids can feel like a chore. But if your child feels like he is contributing to a team effort, you may be surprised by his change in attitude. Ask your child to help you create a shopping list. Then, at the store, ask him to cross off each item as it is put in the cart.
Double Diary
As your child's writing skills increase, consider keeping a double diary with her. You can write her a special note every day or every week, and she can write a note to you as well.
Book Review
Make reading rewarding by asking for your child's ideas and opinions about his books. You can even help your child create a video "book talk" about a favorite book. Just turn on the camera, and ask him to say the title and author and to describe the story. Then, ask him to explain what he did and didn't like about the book. When he doesn't know what to say, ask him a question like, "What was your favorite part?" or "What could the characters do if the story kept going?" Grandparents, aunts, and uncles will treasure this video keepsake.
Online Literacy for Ages 6-7
Many of the same technology options that preschoolers love are just as appropriate for children up to third grade. However, as children begin to develop basic reading skills, additional options open to them.
Word Processing
As soon as your child is old enough to write, he is also old enough to peck out letters on a keyboard. These activities will both amuse your child and also educate him on how to use a word processing program:
- Ask him to type his name and other words or phrases he enjoys. He can write "thank you" and "get well" notes, and illustrate them with family photos. Play with text font and size. Practice copying and pasting.
- Name and save documents together, and create and name files to put them in.
- Identify the different parts of the computer and the terms for point-and-click commands on commonly used programs.
- Open an email account for your child. Have her email grandparents, friends, or other people who are close to her, and help her open the emails that come to her.
You should be supervising your child whenever she is online. A child this young should not spend even a few minutes alone in front of an open Internet connection.
Digital Literacy Fun
To build your child's reading skills, try these entertaining games, apps, and activities:
- Scholastic's kids' website is dedicated to books, reading, authors, and games.
- Scholastic's Book and Games Apps are based on popular characters and series that kids love. You might want to try The Magic School Bus: Dinosaurs or The Magic School Bus: On the Ocean Floor.
- Scribble Press (and the Scribble Press app on iTunes) is a multimedia creativity platform for creating, sharing and publishing stories.
- The well-regarded Starfall website has many activities for first and second graders, and your child might enjoy its short, very simple stories that emphasize different letter-sound combinations.
- PBS Kids Between the Lions provides vocabulary activities, games, and stories with some additional scaffolding (vocabulary words, for example) and captions that highlight each word as it is read.
- WordGirl, the companion website to the PBS Kids television show, offers entertaining games with vocabulary development. Kids will barely realize they are learning, they'll be having so much fun!
- Zoodles is a "kid safe" zone which links to many popular games. You can download it, and it help contain your child's web experience to safe sites only.
Recommended Books for Ages 6-7
Try sharing funny books (kids this age love a good laugh!) or classics that are perfect if your child is just beginning to sound out letters and words.


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Sam Adams has a wonderful interview with Bob Balaban over at the A.V. Club.
I like this part:
AVC: Speaking of great directors, your role in Close Encounters was as translator to the scientist played by François Truffaut, and the sense from your diaries is that you played a similar role offscreen.
BB: It was so much fun. You can only imagine [having] one of your favorite directors be absolutely dependent on you for eight months of shooting. I could speak fairly good French, and he really didn't like to speak English. He would bring me scripts, I would translate them, and we would have discussions afterward. He didn't like reading the scripts in English, so I would read them and describe to him what it was, and what was going on. It was great. Truffaut was great with kids, also. At one point—I'm sure I've said this in my book, and three or four thousand times already—Truffaut said for him there were literally two things that interested him in all of his movies. That was it. He said life was short—how prescient he was, because he died eight years later. But he said, "I'm never going to have enough time to make all of the movies I want. So I can only make movies about men and women and their relationships, and children and their relationships. That's it, that's all that interests me." That's everything in the world, but it also rules out a huge amount of things. It mostly rules out anything mechanical. At one point, he was asked to direct Bobby Deerfield, I think. He said, "Too much 'vroom vroom.'" What he really meant was it wasn't about men and women falling in love, or children.
Fascinating. To have such a firm grasp on what you want to make movies about and then to do just that.


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Is your network ready for the KVMoIP revolution?Brian Andrews of Black Box Network Services explains the network requirements of the modern KVMoIP solution, and offers advice on what to look for when specifying switches.
As the use of KVM technology has become widespread, the requirement to provide access to servers across the corporate network has grown. Initially KVM solutions used the physical infrastructure as their communications path, utilising the raw copper or fibre cabling to provide point to point extension.
However, as existing infrastructures have grown to support new types of IP based access - including VOIP phones, media players, and wireless devices - there has been an increasing demand for access to servers over this same IP infrastructure – KVMoIP.
But not every network is ready to provide the kind of low latency, high bandwidth connection that is required for real time KVMoIP. So what needs to be implemented to ensure a successful transition from non-IP to IP based solutions?
Two scenarios for KVMoIP
The first thing to understand is that there are two main scenarios for KVMoIP. The first, traditional requirement is for external access over low speed connections. This is to allow engineers to be able to remotely access servers for maintenance and problem solving, minimising site visits, and allowing engineers to carry out emergency tasks quickly and effectively.
KVMoIP solutions for this use case are designed for high latency, low bandwidth connections, and compress the video as much as possible to reduce bandwidth demands. If they save the time and cost associated with site visits by providing all the access required, albeit with low video quality, then they have achieved their goals. They are not intended as a full time remote access solution.
The more recent use case for KVMoIP centers around the concept of providing an excellent user experience by displaying excellent quality video through the use of high bandwidth links – typically at 1Gbps per connection – running over low latency connections such as a dedicated gigabit Ethernet network. Video is compressed using the latest lossless techniques and often a communication path for interfaces such as USB2.0 is also included.
When using KVMoIP in an extension only mode, there are no real major issues for the Ethernet switches and routers to be concerned with. As long as the switches can handle multiple streams running at full gigabit speeds across their backplane, all is well.
A bandwidth hungry solution
But when switching between multiple sources, or broadcasting out to several users simultaneously, closer attention needs to be paid to ensure a successful roll out. It is possible to run multiple unicast sessions, where each user has their own session set up, but because each individual user has their own session, the bandwidth required is multiplied by the number of users who wish to join.
This is a bandwidth hungry solution and will cause many issues including bad bandwidth utilisation, increased host and routing power consumption and much higher latencies.
A bandwidth efficient solution
Providing a bandwidth efficient solution requires the use of multicast traffic which reduces the session bandwidth required to a single session, which users can then join or leave as required.
Layer 3 switches are typically required for this task, supporting IGMP Version 2 Snooping and Querying. Some Layer 2 switches provide this function as well, and the term Layer 2+ has been introduced to reflect their additional functionality over and above typical Layer 2 switches.
These switches only provide the multicast session to those users who have requested to join. They filter out the traffic from all users not requesting to join and therefore free up a lot of bandwidth. This implementation requires only a single session over a single data stream, rather than one per user.


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This Bryan Chapell collection gathers four engaging studies on understanding the Word and living it out. Respected author, speaker, professor, and pastor Bryan Chapell guides readers through important aspects of Christian living—pointing readers to the beauty and power found in the … more
Dr. Bryan Chapell is the senior pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois and president emeritus at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, where he has served in leadership capacities since 1985. Dr. Chapell is an internationally renowned preacher, teacher, and speaker, and the author of many books, including Christ-Centered Worship, Each for the Other, Holiness by Grace, Praying Backwards, The Hardest Sermons You'll Ever Have to Preach, and Christ-Centered Preaching, a preaching textbook now in multiple editions and many languages that has established him as one of the nation's foremost teachers of homiletics. He and his wife, Kathy, have four children.


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Now you can burn and publish your movies in amazing Blu-ray quality, right on your Mac
Did you get a Macbook Air? Did you get the laptop with no disc drive? Can't burn DVDs or CDs on your current machine? Don't you hate it when that happens? What you need is a lightweight, USB 3.0 slot-loading optical drive with Blue-Ray capabilities. Maybe you should check out the Fovea Extreme 3 May 29, 2015


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Superfight! Card Game
The ultimate game of imaginary fights.
- A hilarious card game based on fights between characters with superpowers and super problems.
- Argue with your friends on which of your fighters would win.
- Then, draw new fighters and powers and argue again!
The ultimate game of imaginary fights.
As soon as you're old enough to understand things like Superman and Wonder Woman and Batman and Wolverine, you're old enough to know the horrible battles which must ensue for total hero(ine) dominance. Who would win in a fight: Batman or Superman? Godzilla or The Toxic Avenger? Bambi or a photography intern? Finally a game harnesses this inborn desire to argue about fictional battles, and this game is called Superfight!
Many times compared to Cards Against Humanity or Apples to Apples, Superfight! is a very very simple game. Each player plays a fighter and two power/problem cards. And then everyone argues on who would win in a fight. Actually, that's just one way of playing; many different games are mentioned in the instructions and you can even make up more on your own! There's nothing more to write - this game is fun, awesome, and will have you peeing your pants in laughter. Here are some of the bajillions of potential matchups:
- Mr. Rogers (who is made of sand and armed with a rotating machine gun turret) vs. Stephen Hawking (who is armed with a baguette and 3 stories tall)
- A Woolly Mammoth (that is literally afraid of its own shadow and throws knives) vs A T-Rex (that uses the force and has one million twitter followers)
- A Senior Citizen Bowling Team (that is on a jet ski and armed with nunchucks) vs. A Kindergarten Class (that just drank 5 energy drinks and sprays neurotoxin)
Superfight! Card Game - just get this game already. Otherwise, your friends will hate you.
Superfight! Card Game
- It's "who would win in a fight" but with cards and arguing!
- New Version 2.0 Rules and Cards
- Customize your deck with many expansion decks.
- Multiple game play options, for even more custom fun.
- Deck Breakdowns:
- Core Game Deck - main starter deck. Includes 160 character cards, 340 power/problem cards, and instructions.
- Blue Location Expansion Deck - adds 100 fight locations, from comic book conventions to oceans of gelatin (and everything in between).
- Green Kiddie Expansion Deck - adds 100 kid-friendly cards to the deck. Some really powerful cards.
- Red Not-4-Kids Expansion Deck - adds 100 definitely NOT kid-friendly, and possibly really rude and offensive, cards to the deck.
- Purple Scenario Expansion Deck - adds 100 scenario cards to the deck, from land mines to kitten stampedes, this deck adds an extra level of hilarious fun to every round.
- Orange Geeky Expansion Deck - adds 100 dorky/nerdy/geeky/awesome cards to the deck.
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Hearing Instruments
Hearing instruments have changed significantly over the past several years. Technology is smaller and more discreet. We are now able to connect your hearing instruments wirelessly to external devices such as the television or your cell phone!
Features on hearing instruments have also improved which leads to better speech understanding, more assistance in background noise, and an all around ease of use. Our goal with new technology is to have the listener wear the instruments and forget about them.
One of the greatest benefits of new technology is we can demonstrate them during the appointment. You will hear the difference in the office. After your in office demonstration, you have the option to 'check out' the instruments to try them in your world for a couple days. This will allow you really hear the difference!


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Nemours' Top-Notch Asthma Plan of Care
As experts in asthma care, at Nemours we know that the condition is the No. 1 reason why kids miss school and visit hospital emergency departments each year. At Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, our goal is to provide the treatment and guidance both you and your child need to successfully manage the disease and avoid asthma emergencies.
Part of that goal is offering top-notch preventive care and education, making sure that if children do have to be hospitalized for asthma that they don't need to be admitted to the hospital again within a certain time frame (this is called "readmission"). That means we send families home with the tools and knowledge they need to keep kids from having additional, often preventable asthma attacks. And we track how we're doing by looking at the number of kids who are readmitted for asthma within 7 days (a week) or 30 days (a month) after they stayed with us overnight.


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Student needs instruction on dealing with her anger
DEAR ABBY: I am 21 and I have an anger problem. Sometimes when my friends, roommates or my boyfriend do something that annoys me, I feel so mad that I can't concentrate on anything I have to get done.
I'm having that problem right now because one of my roommates was mean to me tonight. I think I'm owed an apology, but I know I won't be getting one. I can't talk to her. I know if I do I'll just feel worse and we won't get anywhere. I can't even concentrate on writing my paper because I'm so ticked off!
Is it normal to get this mad? How can I control my anger better? Taking a deep breath and counting to 10 just makes me feel angrier. I'd feel better if I punched the wall, but the last time I did that I bruised my fist. Do you have any guidelines? — CONSUMED BY ANGER IN HERNDON, VA.
DEAR CONSUMED BY ANGER: Anger is a normal emotion. Everybody has experienced it at one time or another. Most people have been trained to suppress anger from early childhood. But it's even more important to learn to express anger in ways that are constructive rather than destructive. Punching a wall falls into the latter category and can result in injury to you and possibly the wall, as you found out.
If it is channeled in the right direction, anger can be a positive emotion. Uncontrolled, or suppressed, it can be extremely harmful and even a killer. The challenge that everyone faces is how not to deny the feeling but to express the anger — or diffuse it — in ways that are productive.
In a situation like yours, saying out loud in a controlled manner that something has made you angry can be like releasing steam from a pressure cooker. It's certainly more productive than making a bullying gesture; hitting a wall with your fist implies that the next punch might land on the person who pushed your buttons. In my booklet "The Anger in All of Us and How to Deal With It," I offer many suggestions that can help you manage your emotions in a more constructive way. It can be ordered by sending your name and mailing address, plus a check or money order for $7 (U.S. funds), to Dear Abby — Anger Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. Shipping and handling are included in the price. Please understand how important it is that you learn to manage and channel your emotions more constructively than you currently do.
Step one in managing your anger is to recognize that the emotion is building before you lose control or become so angry that you can't concentrate on what is most important right now — and that is your academic studies. I know that if you learn to manage and control your anger, you will benefit greatly as you move forward in life. I have faith in you!
DEAR ABBY: If a couple has been dating for a long time and are sexually active, do you think he has a right to have sex with her while she's sleeping? My sister and I disagree about this. I feel it's abuse. My sister isn't quite sure what to think. — CATHY IN KINGSTON, N.Y.
DEAR CATHY: If someone has sex with you without your consent, it isn't abuse. It is rape.
P.S. If the boyfriend in question is so inept at lovemaking that his partner snores right through it, then it seems to me that only the boyfriend is sexually "active."
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.


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(Phoenix, Ariz. – March 10, 2005) The Arizona Attorney General's Office Civil Rights Division, in partnership with the Arizona Supreme Court Administrative Office of the Court, is offering 40-hour basic mediation courses free of charge to train persons to mediate local court disputes. These courses are open to all members of the public. However, in exchange for the free training, those who successfully complete the course must agree to mediate a certain number of court disputes on a pro bono basis. These disputes involve small claims, commercial, and other types of cases. The Attorney General's Office has been training mediators for the courts since 1984, and has its own volunteer mediation program for resolving civil rights cases.
Cheryl Pietkiewicz took the 40-hour basic mediation training two and a half years ago and has mediated cases for the Pinal and Maricopa County Justice Courts and the Arizona Attorney General's Office. "This training has been invaluable to me in my professional life," Pietkiewicz said. "As a trained mediator I have learned how to help people negotiate solutions when miscommunication and conflict occur."
This training will be offered at the following locations and dates:
- Florence School District Office, 350 S. Main Street: March 16, 17, 18, 21 and 22
- Tucson Attorney General's Office, 400 W. Congress: March 31, April 1, 7, 8 and 14
- Apache County – Location to be determined: April 20, 21, 22, 28 and 29
- Tucson Attorney General's Office, 400 W. Congress: May 4, 5, 6, 12 and 13
The training sessions begin each day at 8:30 a.m. with a working lunch and ends at 4:30 p.m. All five days of training must be completed in order to be eligible to mediate for the courts.
If you are interested in registering for one of these training sessions or have questions, please contact Geni Acosta at the Arizona Attorney General's Office. Space is limited and advance registration is required.