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Replicating Success
Following her international visits to Lima, Peru, for the fourth Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Education Ministerial Meeting (http://www.apec2008.org.pe/medianews.aspx?id=116), and Mexico City, where she met with Ministry of Education officials, toured a primary school, and attended a reception hosted by the U.S. Ambassador in honor of Teacher's Day (http://mexico.usembassy.gov/eng/releases/
ep080613education.html), Secretary Spellings participated in several events in San Diego focused on education innovation. The highlight of the trip was a tour of the Gary and Jerri-Ann Jacobs High Tech High School, which is challenging students with rigorous classwork in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). She also hosted the last of four education technology roundtables (held across the nation over the previous 14 months) and delivered the keynote address at the Biotechnology Institute's Education Awards Banquet. "Standards and measurement are helping us map what you might call our country's 'academic genome,'" she explained at the awards banquet. "Now that we're using data to diagnose problems, we're not only solving them, we're also building an arsenal of proven solutions, for educators to share and replicate. As innovation and technology transform the way we live, work, and play, schools must become flexible and agile enough to meet employers'and students'changing needs. To accomplish this goal, we must begin tailoring instruction and using time in more innovative ways, so that every child gets the extra help they need when they need it, as well as the rigorous coursework they need and deserve. And, we must dramatically improve the way we use and share information [at all levels]." For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2008/06/06172008a.html.
NCLB Update
On June 10, Secretary Spellings announced the approval of two additional high-quality, growth-based accountability models. Michigan is immediately approved to use its model for the 2007-08 school year. Missouri's model is approved on the condition that the state adopt a uniform minimum group size for all subgroups, including limited English proficient and special education students. Growth models allow states to receive credit for improving individual students' performance over time but retain the No Child Left Behind principles of annual assessment, disaggregation of data, and grade-level proficiency for all students by 2014. To date, 11 states have been approved to implement their models; Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Iowa, North Carolina, Ohio, and Tennessee already use growth models for Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) purposes. The growth model pilot program was established by the Secretary in November 2005but capped at 10 states. In December 2007, based on the promising results of the pilot, the Secretary opened the program to all eligible states. To ensure both a fair and transparent selection of growth models, the Department utilized a peer review process. A panel of nationally recognized experts reviewed and made recommendations on the states' proposals. This fall, the Department intends to invite more proposals, for implementation in the 2008-09 school year. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/account/growthmodel/.
Speaking of pilots, the agency has invited states to participate in a supplemental educational services (SES) pilot program for the 2008-09 school year. This ongoing pilot allows school districts to reverse the order in which public school choice and SES are offered to eligible students in schools in the first year of improvement, offering SES a year earlier than usual. Or, districts can choose to offer both choice and SES to eligible students during that first year of improvement. To be eligible to participate, states must meet several core requirements. Also, in exchange for this flexibility, districts must agree to a set of conditions to ensure quality SES implementation. The set deadline for state applications is July 2. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/nclb/choice/help/ses/08agreements.html.
Meanwhile, in a recent op-ed picked up nationwide, the Secretary seeks to "set the record straight about how and why Reading First came about and what the program means to the 1.6 million students it serves." For more information, please go to http://www.sltrib.com/Opinion/ci_9512733.
Student Loan Changes
The first of July is an important date for federal student loans, when interest rates and other terms change. This year, besides the drop in costs for many loans, borrowers in public service professions can take a major step toward student loan forgiveness. Among the July 1 changes:
Interest Rate Drop. The fixed interest rate for new, subsidized Stafford loans will drop from 6.8% to 6.0% for undergraduates. Subsidized Stafford loans go primarily to students with family incomes under $80,000, and the government pays the interest while the student is in school (or in deferment). Also, the origination fees for all Stafford loans (subsidized and unsubsidized, undergraduate and graduate) will drop by half a percentage point, to 2% of the amount borrowed.
More Loans Available. Undergraduates can borrow an additional $2,000 each year in unsubsidized Stafford loans at a fixed rate of 6.8%. Therefore, the total amount of Stafford loans (including subsidized and unsubsidized) that undergraduates can borrow increases to $31,000 for dependent students and $57,500 for independent students. Moreover, students who are interested in teaching and have good grades can receive another $4,000 each year for up to four years via the TEACH program. (TEACH grants become unsubsidized Stafford loans if students do not fulfill a teaching obligation.)
Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF). PSLF is a new federal program that will forgive remaining federal student loan debt after 10 years of qualifying payments and eligible full-time employment. The program is designed for borrowers whose income is low relative to their debt for at least some of their time while in a public service job. (Public service includes employment by federal, state, local, or tribal governments, including the military and public schools and colleges, and by non-profit entities.) However, PSLF only forgives debt in the Direct Loan program. Thus, to begin making qualifying payments: (1) borrowers who have already consolidated their federal loans with a private lender can reconsolidate into the Direct Loan program to become eligible; (2) once in the program, borrowers can choose one of three repayment plans to qualify: income-contingent repayment, income-based repayment (available in July 2009), or standard (10-year) repayment; and (3) borrowers who have not consolidated their federal loans can apply for a Direct consolidation loan at any time, and those who already have Direct Loans can switch repayment plans at any time.
All unconsolidated Stafford loans that originated before July 1, 2006, have variable interest rates that reset each year. This year, the variable rate is dropping from 7.22% to 4.21%. And, for Class of 2008 graduates, the news is even better: if they consolidate during the six-month grace period, they can lock in a rate of 3.61%. Remember, only Direct consolidated loans are eligible for PSLF. For more information, please go to http://studentaid.ed.gov/ and http://projectonstudentdebt.org/july1-2008.vp.html.
Symposium: Community Colleges
Yesterday (June 19), the Department's Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE) sponsored a National Community College Symposium. Experts in the field discussed how student support services, career and technical education and workforce development practices, and institutional innovations can improve student transitions at community colleges. So-called "traditional" studentsfull-time undergraduates under age 23 residing on college campusesaccount for just 16% of the U.S. higher education population. Instead, most of today's students are working adults attending community colleges and other institutions of continuing education. Community colleges' equally important dual missions of preparing students for baccalaureate programs and serving those who need to upgrade their skills create challenges to the system and opportunities for research addressing the challenges. For more information, please go to http://www.sei2003.com/OVAE/. (Note: The proceedings were webcast and will be archived on the web site.)
Options for Parents
According to "Evaluation of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program: Impacts After Two Years," being offered a scholarship of up to $7,500 to attend a private school of choice may have improved reading test scores among three subgroups of students (representing 88% of all participating students): students who applied in the first year of program implementation; students who had previously attended Washington, D.C., public schools that were not identified for improvement; and students who scored in the top two-thirds of the evaluation's baseline testing group. The advantage that accrued to these students equates to an additional two to four months of learning. Further, the report found that parents of students who were offered the scholarship expressed greater satisfaction with their children's school and perceived the school to be safer. On the other hand, the report found no statistically significant difference in test scores, overall, between students who were offered scholarships and students who were not offered scholarships (as assigned by a lottery). For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2008/06/06162008.html.
Also: The Department recently announced Florida, Idaho, New York, Oregon, and Utah will receive competitive grants through the Charter Schools Program, which supports efforts to plan, design, implement, and disseminate information about charter schools. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2008/06/06122008.html.
OCR Manual
The Department's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) revised Case Processing Manual (CPM) presents the procedures OCR uses to promptly and effectively investigate complaints and compliance reviews, issue findings, and secure resolution agreements that remedy discriminatory policies or practices identified by the office. The CPM officially replaces the Case Resolution and Investigation Manual (CRIM). For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/ocrcpm.html.
Quote to Note
"If you've been paying attention to what's being said on the campaign trail, you know that continued progress is anything but inevitable. Our job is to make sure improving our schools remains a top priority for the next administration and beyond.... In my time as U.S. Secretary of Education, I've traveled to nearly every state in the union. This year alone, I've been to 22 states. I've met with state and local policymakers, parents, educators, state education chiefs, governors, and members of Congress. Three key areas have emerged as places where we must focus our efforts: removing barriers to reform, using time and personnel more effectively, and empowering families to make the best educational choices for their kids."
|Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings (6/19/08), at Excellence in Action: a National Summit on Education Reform
Upcoming Events
This year's Federal Student Aid (FSA) Conferences are premiere training and networking opportunities for financial aid professionals. Register now for either Dallas (October 28-31) or Las Vegas (December 2-5). The program and session content at each event is similar. For more information, please go to http://fsaconferences.ed.gov/.
Take a deep breath! Over the next two weeks, the Department will be exhibiting at the National PTA's Annual Convention in San Diego (June 20-23), the eighth-annual National Charter Schools Conference in New Orleans (June 22-25), the Federal Asian Pacific American Council's Annual National Leadership Training Conference in New York City (June 23-27), the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials' Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. (June 25-28), the seventh-annual African-American Heritage Festival in Baltimore (June 27-29), and the National Education Association's Annual Meeting and Representative Assembly in Washington, D.C. (July 1-6). If you are attending any of these events, please stop by the Department's booth.
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ESEA Flexibility
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ESEA Flexibility
On September 7, the Department received requests from seven new states (Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Maine, New Hampshire, North Dakota, and West Virginia), as well as Puerto Rico and the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), for waivers from key provisions of No Child Left Behind in exchange for state-developed plans to prepare all students for college and career, focus aid on the neediest students, and support effective teaching and leadership. These requests bring the number of states that have either requested waivers or been approved to implement reforms to 44. "This is a nationwide movement, and the message from coast to coast is clear: America can't wait any longer for real education reform," said Secretary Duncan. "My hope is that Congress will come together to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), but we know states need flexibility now." The new waiver requests are posted online, along with the names of the peer reviewers who will convene next month to review them.
Back To School Tour
Today is the last day of the Department's third annual Back to School bus tour, entitled "Education Drives America." Over the last two weeks, Secretary Duncan and senior Department officials held more than 120 events in 23 cities and 12 states across the country. The Department's blog has a wealth of stories, pictures, and videos chronicling the tour, including daily recaps (September 12 [California and Reno, Nevada]; September 13 [Elko, Nevada and Utah]; September 14 [Wyoming]; September 17 [Colorado]; September 18 [Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri]; September 19 [Columbia and St. Louis, Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana]; September 20 [Kentucky and West Virginia]; and September 21 [Virginia and Washington, D.C.]). Also, the Secretary's signature bus tour speech, delivered at the stop in Topeka, Kansas, is available online.
Throughout the tour, participants have been using social media to record their experiences.
Also, tonight, starting at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time, the Department will host a Welcome Back Block Party at the agency's headquarters in Washington, D.C. On behalf of the President, Secretary Duncan will deliver this year's Back to School speech. The program also includes youth talent and a college access fair.
NAEP Writing
For the first time in history, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) used computers to assess students' writing, with national samples of eighth- and twelfth-grade students. More than 75% of students at those grade levels performed at or above the Basic achievement level, meaning that they have at least partial mastery of the knowledge and skills needed to communicate clearly in writing. However, only about one-quarter of eighth- and twelfth-grade students performed at or above the Proficient level, meaning that they demonstrate solid academic performance.
The "Nation's Report Card: Writing 2011" asked students to write for various purposes and communicate to different audiences. Students were presented with a range of interactive tasks that included audio or video segments, newspaper articles, data from real world settings, and other materials on which to base their writing. Each student was given two writing tasks and had 30 minutes to complete each one. For both grades, students' writing was scored on a six-point scale, ranging from "effective" to "little/no skill." This scoring acknowledges that students were being evaluated on their first-draft writing in an "on demand" situation and not on their final, polished pieces of writing. The assessment measures how well students develop, organize, and use language to convey ideas. The computer-based testing format allowed NAEP to gather data on the extent to which students used commonly available word processing tools, like spell check and copy, cut, and paste.
Among the additional findings:
- At both grades, African-American and Hispanic students had lower average scores than white and Asian students and students of two or more races, and female students outscored male students.
- At both grades, students who used the Backspace key and thesaurus tool more frequently scored higher than those who engaged in these actions less frequently.
- Twelfth-grade students who write four- to five-pages a week for English/language arts homework scored higher than those who write fewer pages. (Note: A recording of the webinar discussing the results will be posted shortly here.)
Grant Awards
This month, the Department has announced grant awards under a number of programs. First, more than $9.8 million in grants were awarded to 16 states to operate 25 Parent Training and Information Centers (PTIs) for parents of students with disabilities, and $1.1 million in grants were awarded to nine states and Puerto Rico to operate 11 Community Parent Resource Centers (CPRCs). With these new grants, the Department funds 101 information centers for parents of children and youth with disabilities. Every state has at least one PTI, and CPRCs provide services in targeted communities throughout the country. Second, $5.4 million in grants were awarded to 14 colleges and universities as part of the Strengthening Institutions Program. This initiative helps schools expand their capacity to serve low-income students by providing funds to improve and strengthen the academic quality, institutional management, and fiscal stability of eligible institutions and build a framework to help students complete college. Funds may be used for many purposes, including planning, staff development, administrative management, establishment of an endowment fund, and the development and improvement of academic programming. Third, $6 million in grants were awarded to 13 states to improve education opportunities for American Indian children and provide professional development for individuals of American Indian descent who serve in the field. Fourth, $227.9 million was awarded to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in 19 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands to strengthen academic resources, financial management systems, endowment-building capacity, and physical plants. And, lastly, $6.64 million was awarded to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to implement and expand its national efforts in arts education and arts integration.
Online Community: Adult Educators
The Department's Office of Vocational and Adult Education recently re-launched the "Literacy Information and Communication System" (LINCS), its first-ever, online professional learning community for adult educators. LINCS provides adult educators with access to resources; on-demand, web-based professional development opportunities, including online courses and targeted, face-to-face trainings; and a connected network of practitioners, called a "community of practice." It also offers specialized tools, including the ability for adult educators across the U.S. to engage in real time discussions. One of the key features of the web site is the "LINCS Community" with 16 topic area groups, providing an opportunity for those in the field and related fields to engage in topic-specific information sharing and networking. By engaging in a group, adult educators may share and obtain real time answers to peer-driven questions based on their collective professional experiences.
Odds and Ends
Following President Obama's recent Executive Order creating a White House initiative focusing on African-American education, the Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS) and the Department held a National Summit on Educational Excellence and Opportunity for African-American Males. The summitwhich was recorded and is available for viewing in three partsbrought together educators, policymakers, researchers, and students for a town hall discussion, presentations, and roundtables to highlight promising practices that are closing achievement and opportunity gaps and focus on new strategies and partnerships to improve the educational, economic, and social outcomes for African-American males.
A Notice Inviting Applications and Notice of Final Requirements for Phase 2 of the Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge were published in the Federal Register this week. The Departments of Education and Health and Human Services are funding down the slate from last year's competition, making awards available to the next five highest-scoring applicants: Colorado, Illinois, New Mexico, Oregon, and Wisconsin. States may apply for up to 50% of their requested amount from last year's application.
In both a statement and video, the Secretary invites the public to participate in International Education Week 2012 (November 12-16, coinciding with American Education Week). This year's theme is "International Education: Striving for a Healthier Future Worldwide."
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) annual "Education at a Glance" report compares education systems in 34 member countries using a range of indicators. The primary topics covered are student participation and achievement, public and private spending, conditions for students and educators, and the state of lifelong learning. Notably, the U.S. ranks 14th in the world in the percentage of young adults (25-34-year-olds) with a college degree, at 42%above the OECD average (38%) but behind leader Korea (65%).
Quote to Note
"The persistence and even the recent expansion of the opportunity gap should be an urgent wake-up call that America is still not a color-blind society that provides equal educational opportunity. That painful recognition is deeply at odds with the American creedthat if you study hard and play by the rules, you get a fair shot at the future, regardless of your skin color, zip code, or size of your bank account. The American dream was never about guaranteeing equality of results, but it has always been about ensuring equality of opportunity. Today, our nation is failing to live up to that core American ideal."
|Secretary of Education Arne Duncan (9/18/12), speaking at the Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Site in Topeka, Kansas
Upcoming Events
September 23-25, NBC News will convene its third annual Education Nation Summit in New York City. Summit sessions will spotlight a series of case studies from communities across the country, providing tools and takeaways for participants and viewers. Secretary Duncan will participate in several sessions.
On October 18, Lights On Afterschool!, a coast-to-coast rally organized by the Afterschool Alliance, will illuminate the nation by celebrating afterschool programs and the need they meet in keeping students safe, helping working families, and improving academic achievement. More than 7,500 communities, including many of the Department-funded 21st Century Community Learning Centers, will host activities.
On October 24, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, the Department's Family Policy Compliance Office will present via webinar a basic overview of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). This one-hour presentation will be geared toward local school officials.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Paying doctors in small practices bonuses for the quality of care they provide leads to a modest increase in the number of patients who get the recommended treatment for their conditions, according to a new study.
Researchers found that doctors who received bonuses had more patients receiving recommended medications, having their blood pressure under control and being given tools to help them stop smoking, compared to doctors not receiving bonuses.
"Payment structures can help people focus on preventive care elements in a setting where patients are sick and there are a lot things going on," Dr. Naomi Bardach, the study's lead author from University of California, San Francisco, told Reuters Health.
The hope would be that focusing on preventive measures, such as blood pressure and cholesterol, would lead to better health for patients and ultimately save money over several years.
Most studies looking at doctor bonuses were conducted in large healthcare systems, but most Americans get their care from offices run by only a handful of doctors, write Bardach and her colleagues in The Journal of the American Medical Association.
For the new study, they randomized 84 small, New York City medical practices that were using electronic medical records to one of two groups, which were followed between April 2009 and March 2010.
One group of 42 practices received bonuses for each patient who was appropriately prescribed aspirin, prescribed a smoking cessation treatment and had their blood pressure and cholesterol under control.
The bonuses did not exceed $200 per patient.
The other 42 practices didn't receive bonuses, but did get quarterly performance reports - as did the practices that received bonuses.
The average characteristics of each practice - such as patients' ages, sex and insurance - were not different between the two groups.
At the end of the study, all practices in the study increased the percentage of patients who met the guidelines, but those people seeing doctors who received bonuses were more likely to be getting guideline-based care than those in the practices without bonuses.
For example, between 53 and 54 percent of patients in all practices were receiving appropriate aspirin therapy at the beginning of the study. That increased to 61 percent in the practices not receiving incentives and about 65 percent in practices that got bonuses.
The proportion of patients with controlled blood pressure increased to about 62 percent in practices receiving bonuses from about 52 percent at the start. That compared to about a 4 percentage point increase in the comparison group.
Practices that received bonuses also did slightly better at ordering smoking cessation treatment for their patients, compared to practices in the other group.
There was no difference between groups for cholesterol control, but Bardach says that may be partially explained by most patients having safe cholesterol levels at the study's start.
Overall, $692,000 in bonuses was paid to the practices. The money could be reinvested into the practices or go home with the doctors.
"I don't think our findings say having a financial incentive cures everything, but it can help people pay attention to things that are easy to miss when there are other things going on in a clinic visit," Bardach said.
While Bardach's study found improvements with incentives over one year, another study published in the same journal had mixed results.
Dr. Laura Petersen and colleagues from the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston found that doctors improved along guidelines measuring how many of their patients got their blood pressure under control and how well doctors responded to uncontrolled pressure.
But those improvements were only found when doctors personally received the bonuses - not when the bonus went to the practice or was split between the doctor and practice.
"I thought if you'd get people's motivations all lined up that they'd work together well… It just didn't happen," Petersen said.
She added, however, that the two studies' findings are in line with each other, because Bardach's study included very small doctors' offices and "the practices are so small that they're like individual incentives."
"These two studies show that, when well-designed, modest incentives can be effective at improving performance," she said.
Her team found, however, that removing the bonuses led to the measures returning to what they were at the study's start.
In an editorial accompanying the new studies, Drs. Rowena Dolor and Kevin Shulman from the Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, North Carolina, wrote that more studies are needed to test whether bonus and incentive programs like these are sustainable over several years.
Dolor also told Reuters Health that allowing doctors to earn bonuses is only part of the solution to the healthcare system's woes.
"The answer is more complex than just studying one (method). There is more coordination needed and the incentives need to be across different levels," she said, adding that incentives could also apply to people other than doctors, such as nurses, health coaches and possibly patients.
SOURCE: bit.ly/JOTmp1 The Journal of the American Medical Association, online September 10, 2013.


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Veteran actor Pran hospitalised
Veteran Bollywood actor Pran has been admitted to Lilavati Hospital in suburban Bandra, hospital sources said today.
"He was admitted to Lilavati hospital last Friday. He had come for a check-up which turned out to be a respiratory problem. He is doing fine and still in hospital. Nothing to worry," Lilavati hospital spokesperson Dr Sudhir Dagaokar told PTI.
The 92-year-old actor is one of the most popular villains of Bollywood and has acted in around 350 films.
His famous films include 'Khandaan', 'Aurat', 'Bari Behen', 'Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai', 'Half Ticket', 'Upkar', 'Purab Aur Paschim', 'Don' and 'Zanjeer'.
In 2001, he was honoured with the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India for his contribution to Indian cinema. PTI


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Studio Ghibli, known for classic anime like My Neighbor Totoro and now PS3 game Ni no Kuni, has a museum. And that that museum, there is beer. And that beer is awesome.
The label reads "Kaze no Tani", a reference to Japanese title of Hayao Miyazaki's 1984 anime Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind ("Kaze no Tani no Naushika"). In the middle, that's Nausicaä, the movie's heroine.
The top of the label reads "Cafe Mugiwaraboushi", with "mugiawaraboushi" meaning "straw hat". In the bottom, there is a shield with a straw hat in it, like the one the character Mei wears in My neighbour Totoro.
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Clone: MM26-2.1.3 Isotype: IgG1Amount: 50 µg in 250 µl at 0.2 mg/ml concentration. Product Description: This mouse monoclonal antibody is supplied as a purified IgG1 in 250 µl of 40 mM MOPS buffer (pH 7.5) containing 0.1% BSA, 50% glycerol, 0.1% sodium azide. Immunogen: Synthetic peptide corresponding to aa 35-42 (MVGGVVIA) of β-amyloid (1-42). Species Reactivity: This antibody will recognize human, mouse, and rat β-amyloid (1-42). Specificity was confirmed using sandwich ELISA and Immunohistochemistry.This antibody does not cross-react with β-amyloid (1-37), β-amyloid (1-38), and β-amyloid (1-40) in sandwich ELISA when used at concentrations up to 50 ng/ml. Application Notes: The following concentration ranges are recommended starting points for this product. Optimal working concentrations for specific applications should be determined by the investigator.
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Back in May, around Memorial Day, I posted about a distant relative who died in WWII. Capt Jerry Roy McDonald's fighter was downed near Munich, Germany on 28 Feb 1945. He was only 21 years old.
At that time, I wrote to the American Battle Monuments Commission and requested a photograph of his headstone in Lorraine American Cemetery in St Avold (Moselle), France.
That photograph arrived today…and it is simply wonderful! I have tears in my eyes as I type this!
A 16″ X 20″ color lithograph of the cemetery, with the Memorial in the center surrounded with the bleached white headstones of many of its 10,489 heroes is accompanied by a very interesting booklet containing a history of the cemetery, a discussion of the battles that went on in the area and more photographs.
(The lithograph as much better than my photograph, believe me! It is too large for my scanner and photography isn't one of my talents! 🙂 )
At the top right corner of the lithograph is affixed a 3″ x 5″ black and white photograph of Capt Jerry R McDonald's headstone:
Thank you, my dear Jerry, for helping to maintain the freedoms that we enjoy today. You are not forgotten.


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If the results of the Fremont mayoral race do not change as votes are counted through the weekend, they will cause a reshuffling of the makeup of the City Council for the third time in as many years.
Now that Bill Harrison appears to be Fremont's mayor-elect, he must vacate his council seat when he is sworn in next month, City Clerk Nadine Nader said. The remaining four council members, including the new mayor, then will have 60 days to choose a replacement to serve the remaining two years on Harrison's council term.
Their two options for that are holding a special election or appointing a new council member after interviewing applicants.
Most cities choose to make an appointment to avoid a costly special election but also to retain control over who they will be working with on the council.
Earlier this year, the Fremont council appointed Gus Morrison to serve as mayor on an interim basis after Mayor Bob Wasserman died.
Last year, the Newark City Council appointed then-Planning Commissioner Bob Marshall to fill the council seat vacated when Alan Nagy was elected mayor.
In 2010, Fremont council members appointed Dominic Dutra, who served on the council from 2002 to 2006, to replace Bob Wieckowski, who resigned after being elected to the state Assembly. Dutra was selected after three council members ranked him first, while Harrison ranked then-Human Relations Commissioner Raj Salwan first and Dutra second.
Who would be the front-runners for appointment this time?
Might it be another Dutra family member, John J. Dutra, who finished third in the council race won by Vinnie Bacon and incumbent Councilwoman Sue Chan? Or will it be Salwan, now a Fremont planning commissioner and still a Harrison ally?
Friday, Harrison said it was too premature to say. Stay tuned.
Walgreens committed to East Oakland
The demise of state-subsidized redevelopment might not spell doom for a long-awaited shopping center in an East Oakland retail desert.
Walgreens on Friday said it remained committed to becoming the anchor tenant at a proposed outlet on the corner of Foothill Boulevard and Seminary Avenue despite a new hitch that likely will delay construction for at least six months.
The redevelopment project appeared imperiled when the state Department of Finance two weeks ago invalidated the city's last ditch effort to push it through before the state legislation went into effect dissolving redevelopment agencies across California.
On Monday, Mayor Jean Quan told the board overseeing Oakland's former Redevelopment Agency that the state action had probably killed the project because Walgreens likely wasn't interested in waiting for the issue to be resolved.
The state is expected to reconsider the matter in April when the oversight board files its property management plan. If the state approves it, the shopping center could be opened in late 2014, developer Sid Afshar said.
The decision to eliminate redevelopment was fiercely opposed by cities, which argued that the program was their only mechanism to fix blight and spur economic development. Redevelopment opponents argued that agencies often didn't spend their money wisely and that redevelopment projects weren't worth the cost to state coffers.
The 27,000-square-foot East Oakland retail project, which includes a Walgreens and several other stores, provided fodder for both sides. Without the nearly $3 million public subsidy, it's unlikely the project would have materialized.
But Oakland's redevelopment agency wound up paying $4.5 million for the parcels, which are valued at only $2.8 million, according to a city report.
For one major parcel, the city in 2009 paid the First African Methodist Episcopal Church roughly the same price the church had paid for the parcel several years earlier during the height of the real estate boom.


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President Barack Obama must have spent summers working in an Alaskan fishery. Experts tell me that it does not take long before the constant daylight begins to affect your performance and judgment. Otherwise, why am I still fuming that Obama's first official act was to order the close of Guantanamo Bay to ensure terrorists' rights were not violated.
GITMO prison guards surely were surprised to awaken from sleep and find that all the cells were empty. Obama let most of them go back home so they can once again work to destroy America.
I'd like to respond to Tish Leonhardt's letter, "Nurse: White Oak cares for its patients," in the June 9 edition of The Lancaster News. I usually write my own letters, word for word, but the letter Mrs. Leonhardt is referring to was written by someone else.
When I viewed the words – sorry, I can't remember where – I thought that it was very relevant to our society today. I wasn't trying to plagiarize. I sent it in liking the thought it laid out.
The Coalition for Healthy Youth of Lancaster County is looking to take a team effort approach in combating teen alcohol consumption and early tobacco use.
The coalition is shooting to have local businesses be a positive force in the fight by doing what they can to do what's right.
The coalition, formerly known as the Lancaster County Prevention Coalition, is seeking support from local businesses to help in the battle to halt the underage use of alcohol and tobacco.
April has come and gone. Getting our income tax worries are behind us until next year. But wait, there is something else going on.
People all over America are frustrated about the lack of jobs, growth of the federal government, lack of transparency and accountability in our state and federal government.
Many of us locally who feel this way have been involved with the Lancaster TEA Party movement for just over a year. Our little town is in step with all of the other TEA Parties statewide and nationwide.
Please vote in the June 22 runoff even if your candidate was not one of the top two vote-getters. The selection of a person to be the governor of our state is a very important one. The person for that job is Gresham Barrett.
Duly elected officials, even when they are running for higher office, must go to their job and vote on legislation, especially their own. I do not want a governor who can't be responsible.
Lynne Carroll
Indian Land
In a recent column, retired Judge Don Rushing correctly stated that it is the people in the judicial system who are the problem, and not the system itself.
However, in that same column, Judge Rushing appears to disparage the people's right to criticize a system that is clearly broken, regardless of the reason.
To emphasize my point, let's take a look at the case that dominated the news in the days immediately following the publication of Judge Rushing's column. It was a case from Utah concerning a murderer named Ronnie Lee Gardner.
Today is a red letter day for all you dads out there. It's Father's Day and, if you're lucky, you can look forward to a special meal, a hand-lettered card from a small child or grandchild and of, course, the ubiquitous necktie.
Since 1966 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the third Sunday of June as Father's Day, Americans have set aside that day to honor their fathers and grandfathers.
Tuesday is a critical day for South Carolina library users and supporters.
Gov. Mark Sanford has vetoed all state aid for public libraries. Library supporters must act now to urge the Legislature to overturn vetoes 31 and 92.
The General Assembly meets Tuesday to consider overriding these and 105 other vetoes.
The governor is working hard to secure the votes he needs to sustain his vetoes. We have never faced anything like this before, and the result will be devastating to library services in Lancaster County.
On June 1, while visiting my parents, we made our usual visit to Walmart. This visit turned out to be anything but usual. After loading our bags in the car, we returned to my parents' house. I then took my mom to the doctor.
As I started to get out of the car, I noticed that my purse was not in the car. I called my dad and he looked around the house with no luck. I then realized I had left it in the shopping cart at Walmart. We returned to Walmart where I looked in the closest trashcans with no luck.
Do we save it or let it go? That's the question Lancaster County officials are facing with the historic jail building on West Gay Street in downtown Lancaster.
The top of the building is sinking and an engineer has told the county the building could collapse. The building hasn't been used as a jail in years, but has housed the county's Emergency Operation Center, Lancaster County Fire Service and Emergency Management. After a structural engineer informed the county of the problem, the operation center was moved out of the building.
I want to thank Faulkner Animal Hospital and all the staff there for their care and concern for my pet poodle, Maggie. My poodle had multiple problems like blindness, along with diabetes. She was like a family member to us. The doctor and staff there treated her above and beyond what most animal facilities would have done. They ran tests and explained to me in layman's terms what they meant and what we could try next.
They watched her constantly for several days and did everything they could for her.
Recently, Dance Works Unlimited held its spring recital at the Lancaster High School auditorium. I attended the afternoon performance at which a selection was choreographed to the song sung at the graveside of Elyse Hardin.
Ashlyn, Elyse's sister, appeared radiant in white as if an angel ascending to heaven. I was moved to tears and felt the pangs of grief my cousins are feeling with the untimely death of Elyse. Elyse was killed in an automobile accident during the past Christmas holidays.
I am an 88-year-old veteran of World War II who served proudly with the 1st Marine Division in Okinawa and China.
After viewing the recent war series, "Pacific," on HBO, I am angry and embarrassed with the constant use of the "F" word while depicting Marines in battle.
I went into the front line on Okinawa on May 9, 1945 with the 1st Marine Division. Fighting could only be described as pure hell. I never heard the "F" word.
As your S.C. House representative for District 45, one of the most important issues I must tackle is the state's budget. Recently, there has been a lot of talk about out-of-control spending and government waste.
Conservative-minded citizens have rallied together to send that message strongly to their elected officials and, as a relative newcomer to the statehouse, I cannot express my thanks enough for your activism.
Bunny was picked up by Lancaster County Animal Control several weeks ago. She was found wandering along the streets of downtown Lancaster. The veterinarian estimated her to be about 11 weeks old.
She had been thrown out to fend for herself with no food or shelter from the elements. That is a cruel and heartless act enough, but Bunny had several strikes already against her.
When I read the headlines, "A call for peace, cooperation," in the June 2 edition of The Lancaster News, I was simply disgusted for the citizens of Lancaster County.
I personally served as the eyes, ears and even hands for law enforcement in Lancaster County. I cooperated fully with Lancaster County Sheriff's Office leading to the arrest of a drug dealer several months ago.
The dealer was arrested with drugs, a large sum of cash and guns.
Mother Sylvia Jones is a lifetime Lancaster County resident who lives in the Southside community. She has had her share of obstacles in her 79 years of life. After her mother died, Mother Sylvia took on the responsibility of raising her three siblings at the age of 17. The youngest sibling was 4 years old.
Mother Sylvia nurtured and cared for her siblings with great pride and joy. She continued the nurturing when she had her own children.
Andrew Jackson High School recently had to drop back and punt, regarding the Volunteers' coaching vacancy.
Thrown for a loss late in the game, AJ's pressing challenge was to salvage the situation as best it could.
Given the situation, AJ officials got off a boomer to get back in the game.
In case you missed the latest saga in the AJ football situation, as the 2009-10 school term wound to a close, school officials were faced with the unexpected situation of filling the school's football coaching vacancy.
The 8 a.m. Econ 101 class that many of us skipped had some very valuable information in its lesson. It would help explain why we are headed to an economic collapse which I believe will arrive next year.
If you get your news and information from some talking head on TV, you are misinformed and uninformed.
The nine states without an income tax are growing faster than the nine states with the highest income tax rates. To quote Gomer Pyle, "Surprise! Surprise!"
We've lit candles. We've held press conferences. We've asked for peace and cooperation from the pulpits. Now what? We've acknowledged that there is an increasing amount of violence.
And that violence has taken the lives of several people just in the last few months. The most recent victim was 3-year-old Jaylen Jackson. Jaylen apparently got caught in the crossfire of a gunfight.
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Open the door of this elegant townhouse and you will be met by luxury and nothing else. It is a delightful stroll to the seafront with restaurants and shops galore. You won't believe your good fortune in finding this gem!
Glan Gors self catering apartment is a pleasant non-smoking, holiday home in the historic town of Harlech in the Snowdonia National Park. Ideal for families and couples the ground floor property sleeps up to five people in 3 bedrooms.
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Located in a beautiful, quiet and rural location between the villages of Aberffraw and Hermon, Penrhyn Halen is a fantastic farmhouse that sleeps 14 comfortably.
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This is a bright and airy ground floor apartment, based in the delightful coastal village of Llanbedrog, Nr.Abersoch It has cosy living areas and comes in an excellent seaside location, making it an excellent place for families to come and discover.
#SBS Business Winner; Chosen by Theo Paphitis of Dragon`s Den The house will accommodate eleven people in comfort and has been sensitively renovated to provide a pleasant bright airy interior while retaining the original character of the house.
A budget bolthole with a simple layout but situated in a stunning part of Anglesey.
Drop into the secluded complex of Tyddyn Adda, a range of former farm buildings with views to fields of horses and woodlands.
Coastal paths radiate from this peaceful hideaway just a strolling distance from a sandy beach with rock pools and views of the lighthouse. One of the emptiest beaches on Anglesey awaits your discovery.
Grade II listed and transformed from an old laundry, this simple loft space sits up among birdsong and the trees next to Carreglwyd, the country house it once served.
Open the door to Apple Tree Cottage and prepare yourself to be spoilt rotten. This cottage has been renovated with so much love that you will feel instantly at home.
Pilot House is the perfect coastal hideout neatly tucked away on the seafront and yet close to the buzzing heart of Beaumaris Anglesey. Pilot House has the added joy of private off road parking – a wonderful extra in Beaumaris!
Set within the grounds of a private working country estate called Carreglwyd, The Stable Loft is completely self-contained and on the first floor of a timeless Grade II* listed building with an intimate feel.
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Village at the edge of Snowdonia National Park. On the Llyn Peninsular with its Dramatic coastline. Beautifull Clean beaches, with plenty of watersports. A short drive from Mount Snowdon. Lots of scenic walks for all levels of ability.
A cosy bolthole nestled in a picturesque country hamlet on the approach to the award winning Church Bay beach. Oozing charm – you will love staying in as much as being out and about exploring the delights of the village and beyond.
Where roads narrow and footpaths spider out over the rugged Cambrian coast, this contemporary barn conversion stands within a cluster of others facing the sea.
Retreat to a hidden treasure of an apartment with view-filled rooms, elegant and peaceful. The sunny south-facing Anglesey apartment to sleep four forms the west wing of Coed y Berclas House on the edge of the Menai Straits.
Shoes off so you can wriggle your toes upon arrival. With views like this you will find yourself lost in happiness with smiles abounding.
Located right by sandy dunes, the beaches are all tantalisingly close. Porth Tyn Towyn is a four minute stroll away along the secret path from Bodwarren.
Oyster Catcher is perfectly named as it sits right by the sandy beach at Borthwen and by the Anglesey Coastal Path– come to spy the curlews and choughs and conquer the sea paths to return to cosy up by the fire.
A pretty converted barn, refreshingly modern and full of colour, The Dog House will charm both you and the dog! Set in velvety fields with the River Cefni a hop away with its otters, this is proper "get away from it all" territory.
Charming unique old Railway Crossing Keeper cottage in North Wales with picturesque views of the Menia Straits out of every window.
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A pretty, Welsh white washed cottage tucked away neatly in the sand dunes with the sea as its neighbour, what a little slice of heaven.
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Originally built in 1885 as an artists' retreat, Pendyffryn is a property of considerable character and has recently been completely refurbished, offering spacious, contempary accommodation.
Big groups of family or close friends will love this large dog friendly holiday house set just on the edge of the village of Newborough with views of Snowdonia.
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Catastrophic Pizza depeeling - could use some suggestions to avoid fire next time
After making a pizza dough and putting all the toppings on it, I could not get it off the peel, despite using lots of corn meal. I tried to do the "wrist flick" thing to get it off the peel onto the stone, but it wouldn't budge. I tried once again and all the toppings went onto the 500 degree stone, and then ignited into smoke. I think my stone is ruined - it's almost black now, and the house filled with smoke despite using a 600 cfm fan. It was an absolute disaster as far as the pizza was concerned, and I fear not a safe situation for me and my guests. The last time I tried to make a pizza, I used a premade crust, which had similar consistency to the one I made tonight. I also had a similar problem, but was able to turn it into a sort of "pizza stew" which tasted just like pizza, but without the crispy crust (we used spoons to eat it). I REALLY would like to make a normal pizza, without ending up with some strange soup or the fire department knocking on the door. I think the whole problem is with removing the made pizza from the peel (a metal one supplied with our Wolf oven). Maybe I should just make it on the stone, then transfer the stone into the oven??? If not, then how do I get it onto the peel, and off the peel into the oven?


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Mike Walker and Lou Sutterfield's Amie's Dini, working in company with the 3-year-old maiden Cahoots, worked five furlongs in 1:05.40 under jockey Jon Court.
Cahoots, ridden by Greta Kuntzweiler, broke a length in front with Amie's Dini finishing in front at the finish. Fractions for the work were :14, :27.20, :40.80, :53.20 and out in 1:18.40.
"Perfect. But everybody says 'perfect,' right?" trainer Ron Moquett said. "But it was. I wanted to go steady 13s and relax. There is going to be a lot of speed in the Oaks and I want to put the race in the rider's hands. She can go :58 or 1:05. I am trying to come in with a fresh horse."
Runner-up to Mamma Kimbo in the Fantasy (Grade II) and On Fire Baby in the Honeybee (GIII), will have some paddock schooling next week but will not visit the gate.
"If it isn't broke, don't fix it," Moquett said of visiting the gate.
AND WHY NOT – Helen K. Groves' And Why Not tuned up for a start in next week's Kentucky Oaks with a four-furlong workout Saturday morning at Churchill Downs.
The daughter of Street Cry, who accompanied stablemate Union Rags to the track, was timed in :46.80 with splits of :12, :23.60 and :35. She galloped out five furlongs in :59.80 under exercise rider Peter Brette. The half-mile move was the best of 47 at the distance.
"I thought the filly worked real well. She looked good. Peter said she worked well and galloped out good," trainer Michael Matz said. "She ran a real good race here in the Pocahontas."
And Why Not, who finished second behind On Fire Baby in the Pocahontas (GII) at Churchill Downs last October, finished seventh in her 3-year-old debut in the Gulfstream Park Oaks (GII) on March 31.
"The filly has done very well. She obviously needed that race and was not fit enough, but we were running out of time," Matz said. "Unfortunately, we used the race as a prep and I think between the race and tracks being different, I think it should help her out an awful lot."
BELIEVE YOU CAN – Fair Grounds Oaks (GII) winner Believe You Can galloped 1 ½ miles after the morning renovation break with trainer Larry Jones in the saddle.
Owned by Brereton Jones, Believe You Can is scheduled to work Sunday morning.
Rosie Napravnik has the Oaks riding assignment.
BROADWAY'S ALIBI/IN LINGERIE – E. Paul Robsham Stables' Broadway's Alibi and Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Gary Barber's In Lingerie each worked a half-mile in :48.40 over a sloppy track at Palm Meadows Training Center Saturday morning.
Following the workout, trainer Todd Pletcher said a decision has yet to be made on whether Broadway's Alibi will join In Lingerie in Friday's Kentucky Oaks (GI). In Lingerie, a six-length winner of the Bourbonette Oaks (GIII) at Turfway Park, is already scheduled to ship from the Boynton Beach, Fla., training center to Churchill Downs Tuesday for a start in the Oaks.
COLONIAL EMPRESS – Bluegrass Hall's Colonial Empress galloped after the morning break under exercise rider Rudy Colon.
EDEN'S MOON/JEMIMA'S PEARL – Kaleem Shah's Eden's Moon breezed six furlongs in 1:14, the fastest of four works at the distance.
"She was by herself, just cruised around there and worked nice," trainer Bob Baffert said.
Jockey Martin Garcia, who will ride the filly in the Kentucky Oaks, was aboard for her first work over the Churchill Downs surface.
Gillian Campbell, R Group Management Ltd. and Greenwood Lodge Farm's Jemima's Pearl galloped 1½ miles. In her most recent start, the Distorted Humor filly was third in the Fantasy Stakes (GII) at Oaklawn Park.
GRACE HALL – Trainer Anthony Dutrow was forced by sloppy track conditions at Palm Meadows Training Center to cancel a scheduled workout for Grace Hall Saturday morning.
"We're hopeful we can get it done tomorrow," Dutrow said from the Boynton Beach, Fla., training center. "It's sketchy. It's iffy. They're talking scattered showers for the next few days. If I'm not happy with the racetrack tomorrow, I won't be breezing her tomorrow."
Grace Hall, owned by Michael Dubb, Bethlehem Stables and The Elkstone Group, is scheduled to ship to Churchill Downs on Tuesday for a start in Friday's Kentucky Oaks.
HARD NOT TO LIKE – Hillsbrook Farms' Hard Not to Like was so full of herself, trainer Gail Cox eschewed the usual walking routine following a workout Friday at Woodbine and sent Hard Not to Like to the track Saturday morning to jog a mile. Hard Not to Like worked five furlongs in 1:01.60 on Friday.
The Kentucky Oaks-bound filly will head to Louisville from her Woodbine base on Tuesday and she will gallop up to Friday's race.
KARLOVY VARY – Alex Campbell Jr.'s Karlovy Vary completed her major preparation for Friday's Kentucky Oaks by working five furlongs in 1:01.20 with exercise rider Marty Metcalf aboard.
Fractions for the work, accomplished at 6:30 over a fast track, were :13, :25.20, :36.80 and out six furlongs in 1:15.60.
"I was going to wait until 8:30 to work, but I ran into some rain coming over here from Lexington, so we went early," said trainer Rusty Arnold, who sent out two winners Friday on the closing-day card at Keeneland. "I told him to go in 1:01 and that's what he did. It was a good work."
Karlovy Vary, winner of the Central Bank Ashland (GI) in her most recent start, had company of sorts in the work in Archetype, a 3-year-old unraced filly. Archetype started about 15 lengths in front of Karlovy Vary.
"She was supposed to start a length or two in front, but everything turned out well," Arnold said.
Some paddock schooling will be on the agenda for Karlovy Vary next week.
"She will go to the paddock Tuesday and Wednesday," Arnold said of the filly who arrived from Keeneland on Tuesday. "She would have gone today, but they are running at night. She went to the gate the day before we left Keeneland."
OAKS LILY – Jonathan Ray, Javier Sarmiento and Dante Zanelli Jr.'s Oaks Lily jogged a mile before the renovation break.
Oaks Lily, who would need several defections among fillies under consideration for the Oaks to make the 14-horse starting gate, had worked a half-mile in :49.40 on Friday.
ON FIRE BABY – Anita Cauley's On Fire Baby walked the shedrow at Barn 37 a day after working seven furlongs in 1:27.
Trainer Gary Hartlage said the Smoke Glacken filly came out of the work well and would return to the track tomorrow.
Joe Johnson has the Oaks riding assignment.
SACRISTY – Peachtree Stable's Sacristy walked the shedrow at Barn 10A a day after working seven furlongs in 1:29.
Kelsey Danner, assistant to trainer Wayne Catalano, said the filly came out of the work well and would return to the track tomorrow.
Mike Smith has the Oaks riding assignment.
SUMMER APPLAUSE – Gillian Campbell, R Group Management, Ltd. and Greenwood Lodge Farm's Summer Applause visited the starting gate and then galloped 1 ½ miles under exercise rider Jeff Lopez before the morning renovation break.
Trained by Bret Calhoun, Summer Applause will be ridden in the Oaks by Garrett Gomez.
YARA – Peras International's Yara, winner of the Davona Dale (GII), walked the shedrow of trainer Jose Garoffalo's barn at Trackside Training Center the morning after breezing four furlongs in :51 at Churchill Downs on Friday.
"She came out of the work excellent," Garoffalo said.
Garoffalo said the chestnut daughter of Put It Back would walk again Sunday and then return to the track Monday. She will be vanned from Trackside to Churchill Downs on Tuesday after morning training.
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In today's news-you-wish-you-didn't-know, there's a vicious rumor circulating that Carrie Bradshaw has swapped her MacBook for a HP netbook (albeit one designed by fashion designer Vivienne Tam). Gasp! Phone the girls! We have a MAJOR situation on our hands!
Of course, it's not surprising, because Sarah Jessica Parker is starring in a HP commercial, and news of a special Vivienne Tam-designed netbook appearing (as product placement) in the movie came out a while ago. What we now know however, thanks to ChipChick, is that in the movie lead character Carrie can be seen with the HP netbook in a scene. Has she given up her OS X allegiance altogether? You'll just have to watch the movie (launching in US cinemas today, UK cinemas tomorrow) to find out 2010's hottest tech-gossip, men. [ChipChick]
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The villain has trapped Superman's mind in pursuit of his fondest ambitions, rendering him complely subdued and vulnerable. While in this state we, Superman's greatest desire is revealed to the audience, but none of the other characters, to have lived as a normal husband and father on an un-exploded Krypton.
Moore and Gibbons spend a good deal of time painting a picture of a domesticated Kal-El with a still-living Jor-El, a wife and a son.
Meanwhile, Batman, Robin and Wonder Woman try, mostly unsuccessfully, to defeat Mongul and rescue Superman.
Eventually, though, it is Kal-El's own mental strength that allows him to turn away from the fantasy and come back to assist his friends before Mongul kills them all.Notes:Reprinted from Superman (1939) Annual 11.
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In the second part of this story, Superman deals with the losses of more of his friends at the hands of the Legion of Super Villains, the Kryptonite Man, and the combined Luthor-Brainiac, who have sealed off the area around the Fortress of Solitude to prevent anyone going in or out. Superman realizes who is really behind all the attacks, and uses the Phantom Zone projector to kill the one being responsible prior to his self-exposure to Gold Kryptonite and his eventual alleged death.Notes:Reprinted from Superman (1939) #423, and Action Comics (1938) #583.
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The character designer Tetsuya Nomura is a little late and it appears he doesn't at all like to be interviewed. Even before the interview start he begins to chain-smoke nervously.
What character was the most difficult and most time-consuming to produce?
Rinoa Heartilly, Tetsuya Nomura answers quickly at the same time as he lights a new cigarette.
Is it more difficult for you to feel content with the character design when it's about creating a heroine?
For it to be fun to watch the game, there must be someone to look at, Tetsuya grins.
So the fundamental criteria for character design in Final Fantasy is that everybody must look wonderful?
I think there was a pair of characters in Final Fantasy VII that had good personalities but that did not look good, says Tetsuya and stubs the cigarette.
Is it not superficial to see it that way? Must everything be beautiful?
To look beautiful is better than being ugly, Tetsuya answers while he takes a deep drag and looks like he hasn't even understood my question.
In Final Fantasy VII was a bigger range of variety. And that character design was too odd, laughs Yoshinori Kitase.
To me the character design of FF7 is not ugly nor odd at all, so what surprised me was that Nomura wanted it to be more beautiful and that Kitase defended that adding it was too odd. Haha those dudes, and were they nervous like written? Maybe cultural clash.
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In the conclusion of my article 'On cryptosystems untrustworthiness', written in 1998, I specified that the using the strong cryptography in application is gradually changing for the better. Lets consider evolution of cryptographic capabilities used by the one of the most popular applications for personal computers – MS Office, šespecially because recently Microsoft has officially opened specifications of this software, including encryption algorithms used. Here below I will speak only about passwords for file opening, because when using any other passwords (read-only access etc.) the text of the document is not encrypted and that is why they can be easily bypassed. Read more »


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Set in Depression-era Maycomb, Alabama in 1935, young Scout Finch lives with her father, Atticus Finch, an attorney, and her older brother Jem.
When Tom Robinson, a black man, is accused of raping a white woman, Mayella, Atticus is asked to represent him and accepts, knowing that that decision will likely make him and his family unpopular in town. Meanwhile Scout, Jem and another friend forge a bond over one of the neighborhood legends -Boo Radley. Jem and Scout have never seen Boo, though they have heard that he is held captive in a house down the street.
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What a good time to start a Blog on BBC institutional Bias what with this whole issue of their supposed impartiality by not showing the Gaza Appeal broadcast.
The BBC make me laugh as they have 20 odd years of 'form' of being bias. In fact the title of my blog calls them institutionally bias - lets look at the evidence in no particular order.
- They are bias against Maggie Thatcher and all she stands for. If they can sneer at her achievements as they do.
- They are biased against the Daily Mail, Britain's most popular daily newspaper, by only occasionally showing it at the end of Newsnight on BBC 2 etc.
- They are bias in favour of the Independent and Guardian by nearly always showing them at the end of Newsnight.
- They are biased in favour of New Labour by giving their politicians an easy ride.
- They are biased against the Tories by attacking their politicians and still dragging up stuff from 10 years ago.
- They are biased in favour of Climate Change seldom showing the either side of the argument despite increasing evidence that the whole Climate Change lobby is based on an unproven science.
- They are biased in favour of the EU, who gives them money in the form of grants, seldom balancing their enthusiasm for the failed experiment of a Federal Europe.
- They are biased against the Establishment, despite having a Royal Charter, never missing an opportunity to poke fun at them.
- They are biased in their recruiting policy by ONLY advertising positions in the Guardian.
- The are biased in favour of Darwin against Creationism and I say that as a Darwinist!
- They are biased on the economic downturn supporting Gordon Brown's mantra of the 'Global problem' when regardless of the worlds problems Brown happily messed things up all by himself.
- They are biased in favour of the dumbing down of quality TV by supporting virtually anything and everything.
- The are biased in favour of swearing by allowing Jonathan Ross to continue in his job at £6 million a year.
- They are biased in favour of youth - when did you last see a really old broadcaster/presenter?
- They are biased in favour of women who for example now routinely interview players at rugby and football matches. Ever seen a man present/interview on a ladies fashion show?
- They are bias in favour of good appearance - when did you last see an ugly presenter?
- They are biased in favour of race integration. The Question Time audience on BBC1 is now so ethnically mixed that it is not a true representation of this country's racial mix.
- They are biased against the Church of England with Songs of Praise on Sunday the rare exception.
Well that is it for starters. I will now add individual examples as I see them, comment on posts if applicable and add other comments as the institutional biased BBC continue to wind me up!


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SURS Director: State Pension Contribution Bill Needs Monitoring
State employees are starting to find out just how a proposed pension reform bill in Springfield would affect them.
People who are covered under the state's traditional pension plan would pay more into their pensions under the Republican-sponsored bill to start cutting into the deep state pension fund deficit. The State Universities Retirement System (SURS) is one of four systems facing scrutiny after years of state underpayments into their coffers.
Speaking on WILL's Focus program Tuesday morning, SURS director William Mabe said state pension benefits are not overly generous to begin with, especially since SURS members don't receive Social Security for their time working in state government.
He said the bill would let people choose a self-managed retirement plan that would let them avoid the increase.
"If they were to remain in the current plan, their contributions would increase, and they could increase significantly depending on how many people move out of the current plan into the new plan," Mabe said. "It's a very complex piece of legislation that's requiring a lot of analysis. We're having our actuaries look at it and our legal counselors heavily involved in reviewing it."
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It's mostly been rough sledding for Danica Patrick in her first full season in NASCAR's premier Sprint Cup Series.
But this Sunday's race at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama offers Patrick a strong opportunity to make history as the first woman to win a Cup event.
Talladega and Daytona International Speedway are the two high-speed venues known as "restrictor-plate tracks," where NASCAR caps the cars' horsepower for safety reasons.
The result is that the cars race in closely bunched packs, making it possible for nearly any driver to take the checkered flag, especially if they couple up with a drafting partner that gives them a helpful push to the finish.
That's what happened in the May race at the 2.66-mile Talladega track, where David Ragan won only his second career Cup race with a push from teammate David Gilliland.
Patrick, a former IndyCar racer, also has shown a knack for restrictor-plate racing. She won the pole for the season-opening Daytona 500 -- the first woman to win a Cup pole -- and she finished eighth in the race, her only top-10 finish so far this season.
Patrick otherwise has struggled to finish in the top 20 each week in her No. 10 Chevrolet, and she's 28th in the series standings.
Of course, Talladega also is known for multi-car wrecks with the cars running so close together, and Patrick finished 33rd in the May race after being collected in a late accident.
Still, "it's a toss-up what's going to happen" at Talladega, Patrick said in notes released by her Stewart-Haas Racing team. "Someone like me has more of a shot there."
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View from the Borderland: Socioeconomic diversity in Vermont schools
The greatest diversity challenge that Vermont public schools face is socioeconomic. I discovered this during my first few days as a teacher at Middlebury Union High School. My senior advisory, which included a random cross-section of that year's graduating class, socialized almost exclusively along class lines: those who were going to college versus those about to enter the workforce. There were other examples as well: the girl who was snubbed by her classmates on a trip to Spain because she ran track rather than competing in the college-prep sports of field hockey or lacrosse; the children who left altogether after freshman year to attend prep schools out of state. Because of Middlebury's rather unique position as an elite college town as well as a county seat, it has more than its fair share of flatlanders in well-paid jobs. Like me, many of these are refugees from the suburban or urban environments where they grew up. Others, due to the system of gaining tenure at top-tier colleges, seize the opportunity to gain visibility, teach highly motivated and well-prepared students, and do research at a well-funded institution even if they ultimately would prefer to leave bucolic Vermont for a larger university or more urban setting. As a result, Middlebury has a rather unique dichotomy among Vermont communities, one in which the non-natives work, socialize, and even worship primarily with others who are from similar educational and socioeconomic backgrounds. When I lived in Middlebury, I could count on one hand the number of people I would have considered friends who were actually born and raised in this state. Most of us who have come to Vermont from areas with far more ethnic, racial, and religious diversity — and most places in the United States are more diverse than Vermont in these ways — have grown up focusing on these categories to define issues of tolerance. Yet for the majority of Americans in the suburbs, our experiences living in communities with a wide range of wealth and income are severely limited. This is self-segregation American-style, as each family buys its way into the best public school district it can afford. I did my student teaching at a large public high school in the Bronx, where the majority of the faculty lived outside the New York City public school system. When I taught in one of the wealthiest suburbs in Westchester County outside New York City, only two teachers could actually afford to live in the community. MUHS was vastly different. In my sophomore classes, I had the children of college professors, attorneys, cafeteria workers. After teaching for eight years in a suburban school whose sole mission, it seemed, was to get every student into an Ivy League school, it was a relief to be in an environment that valued the whole child, and that was willing to devote resources to non-academic issues facing the students. I know that some members of every community — including Middlebury — feel that too many school resources are devoted to the "most needy students," what with all those unfunded mandates around special education, and now the relentless drive to raise the test scores of students who lag behind. But having taught at a school where the guidance counselors were paid to visit colleges in California in order to best steer students to Stanford or Pomona, I can truly appreciate having counselors in schools who address the other needs of students that interfere with learning.When MUHS decided to work on school climate to reduce bullying and promote tolerance, this dichotomy of experience produced a stark contrast in town-gown perceptions about what the underlying issues were. The mostly college educated, mostly non-Vermont-native attendees were concerned about promoting tolerance of constitutionally protected groups — racial, ethnic, religious, gender, sexual orientation. It did not occur to anyone that the real solution to promoting tolerance in the schools would be to invite one's car mechanic or landscaper, or an unemployed single mom on disability, into one's home or social circle of friends.It was only after I moved to Brandon four years ago from Middlebury that I began forging real friendships with people who had not only grown up in Vermont, but had grown up poor. Brandon is a small community of only 4,000 people, and, as a friend described it to me when I first moved here, it is a community with more have-nots than haves. My two young children were the means through which I met most of the people I now consider friends. My children befriended the children of people I would never have met growing up in my ethnically and religiously diverse but socioeconomically monolithic middle class suburb in New Jersey: people half my age who had had kids while still in high school, former heroin addicts, parents who had grown up in trailer parks. Many of my friends have served in the military, whereas my own alma mater sent 80 percent of its graduates to four-year colleges. Thanks to Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union's public preschool program, I have connected with parents of young children across the spectrum, not just those who could afford the pricey day care my kids attended in Middlebury. These connections across class lines have changed my own philosophy about public education. As a teacher, my mission was to empower disadvantaged students by ensuring that they acquired the skills and knowledge that more privileged students already had. Now that I am a parent and community member, I see ways in which poorer students and their families are excluded and made to feel invisible by the middle-class bias of the curriculum and culture of public education. In order for all students to have equal educational opportunities, I believe that schools need to make sure that all students feel equally included, regardless of their families' economic circumstances. This calls for more than teaching one child at a time; it requires systemic self-reflection on the part of school faculty, staff, volunteers, and administrators in order to begin building a more fully inclusive school culture. As a state with so many needy children, we must work together to bridge these gaps — gaps that most Americans spend so much effort and money trying to avoid crossing in their personal lives.Rebecca Reimers is a native of the New York City suburb of Teaneck, N.J., and a refugee of Westchester, N.Y. She has been living in Vermont for more than 13 years, in New Haven, Burlington, Middlebury and now in Brandon. She is a retired high school social studies teacher raising her three young sons with her husband, a native of the Boston area. Her thoughts on her community, and the surrounding towns of Leicester, Goshen and Forestdale, appear in "View from the Borderland," an online feature at the Addison Independent Web site.