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Every Tuesday now through Christmas you will be able to see the Mavens of Money's favorite cookies recipes. Ranging from long held family traditions to brand new recipes to old time favorites they will be given each Tuesday in hopes that you will try a few and love them too!
And the best part?! You can participate as well! Simply post your recipes at the bottom of this post and share with other readers your favorite cookies, bars, or treat recipes! At the end of the four weeks I will showcase a few of YOUR recipes in their own post!
Chocolate Crinkles
by Leandrea at Coupons Are Great
- 1/2 cup Shortening
- 1 2/3 cups Granuated Sugar
- 2tsp. Vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 2 1-ounce squares unsweetened chocolate, melted
- 2 cups flour
- 2 tsp. Baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. Salt
- 1/3 cup milk
- Cream shortening, sugar, and vanilla. Beat in eggs, then chocolate.
- Mix together dry ingredients. Mix into shortening mixture alternately with milk.
- Chill dough for 3 hours.
- Form 1 inch balls. Roll in powdered sugar. Place on greased cookie sheet 2-3 inches apart.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 13-15 minutes
Turtle Cookie Balls
by Brett at Mama Loves Her Bargains
- 70 Nilla wafers
- 3 tablespoons butterscotch ice cream topping
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 2 packages of Baker's Semi Sweet Chocolate Squares (8 squares total)
- Crush the Nilla wafers into fine crumbs (GREAT for kids!!)
- Mix in cream cheese and butterscotch topping. (Soften cream cheese first. Trust me)
- Use a cookie scoop and form into small balls. (Good for kids)
- Place on parchment lined baking sheet and freeze for 10 minutes
- Melt chocolate in microwave.
- Dip the balls into chocolate and place on parchment or waxed paper. Sprinkle with chopped pecans before the chocolate dries.
- Refrigerate and serve! Delicious!!
* Note – I think for more turtle flavor these would be great with crushed up heath bars added to the cookie ball.
*** For easier dipping take a plastic fork and remove the 2 middle tines. Place the balls in the chocolate and roll to coat. Remove using the modified fork and place on waxed paper,


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The Borders Aftermath: Who Falls Next?
Borders filed its long-expected bankruptcy yesterday. Hundreds of its stores will be closing in the next few weeks. Besides Borders employees, two other groups are worried: book publishers, and mall owners.
For publishers, the problem is obvious: they need somewhere to sell their books. If Borders disappears, that leaves Barnes & Noble as the last big national book store with enough shelf space to move physical books in large quantities. (And B&N should come out of this whole thing just fine!) Book publishers are seriously having an existential crisis over this! It's all about e-books now! Kindles! Ipads! What to do? What to doooo?
There's also the matter of the hundreds of millions of dollars that Borders owes to publishers, only a fraction of which will be repaid.
Tell you something you don't know, right? Hey, did you know that this will further screw the poor dying American shopping malls, too? Read the Wall Street Journal, why don't you?
The 4.9 million square feet of store closings will be especially painful for smaller shopping centers anchored by Borders's superstores. Their average vacancy rate will more than double to 9.5% from 4.2%, according to commercial real estate researcher CoStar Group. That's higher than the national average of 7.2%, the firm said.
There are shopping centers "anchored" by Borders? There's the first problem. Hope you're proud of yourselves, aisle-reading non-purchasers.
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Art reveals truth. It makes the invisible visible. It speaks to souls on the level of the imagination, making abstract concepts tangible, helping ideas become things we can see and hear.
In the dramatic arts, that revelation happens through story and speech and song. The true and the beautiful, presented on stage or on film, become windows to God. The tales told and the characters represented move, inspire, and challenge. They also contain within them the soul of a culture, revealing what a culture is and holds most dear. That is why theatre, like the other fine arts, is not a mere adornment to civilization, a nice extra for those who have the time or money to enjoy it. Rather it is an essential part of life, integral to any healthy civilization.
At Franciscan University, that is the vision of the arts that will shape your studies. As you engage in the study of theatre, you will also be engaging in the study of man—of what drives him, touches him, and shapes him. You will learn the craft of performance and production, as well as what Pope John Paul II called "the greatness and wonder of the mystery of the human person." You will also develop the understanding necessary for evaluating works of art, for understanding what makes something good, beautiful, and true.
At Franciscan, you will study under experienced theatre professionals who have made the study and execution of dramatic productions their own art. Your classes will be small, which means you will have ample opportunity for individual interaction with your professors. You will also have the chance to be involved in all aspects of theatre production—writing, producing, directing, designing, and performing—in your classes and in the many productions staged by students and the University faculty every year.
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Required courses include: Theatre History; Stagecraft; Fundamentals of Acting; Design for the Theatre; Principles of Directing; Theatre Literature; Theory of Theatre; and Production. In your final year, you will need to complete a senior thesis, as well as design and direct a one-act play for the University community as part of your Production course.
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The Chinese Takeout Cookbook: Quick and Easy Dishes to Prepare at Home, just released from Random House/Ballantine Books, is an unabashed celebration of Chinese food in America. It features 80+ recipes for making your favorite takeout and restaurant dishes at home, with easy techniques and all-natural ingredients. Read about the story behind the cookbook here.
This is my first cookbook and I'm excited to share my favorite recipes with you in a single, glossy volume!
How to get your copy:
- Amazon
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- Powell's
- Chapters (for our friends in Canada)
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- The NY Daily News
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- Let's Eat in on Heritage Radio Network
- Epicurious
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- The Boston Globe with recipe
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- December 11, 2012 – The Chinese Takeout Cookbook Launch Partyat 61 Local, Brooklyn, NY
- December 12, 2012 –Wontons and Dumplings!at Brooklyn Brainery
- January 13, 2013 – Cooking Demo and Book Signing at BookCourt
- January 20, 2013 – The Chinese Takeout Cookbook Classat The Institute of Culinary Education
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- June 10, 2013– The Chinese Takeout Cookbook Classat The Institute of Culinary Education
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|View Poll Results: Mai Hime or Mai Otome, Which do you like more?
|Mai Hime
|Mai Otome
|Both Equally
|Voters: 355. You may not vote on this poll
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|2006-04-04, 17:56
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Hitsugaya is my hero.
Join Date: Jan 2006
Mai-Hime or Mai-Otome, Which do you like more?
So, which Mai-series do you like overall?
-Mai Otome
-Mai Hime
-Or both equally
I said both equally because there are some things I like and didn't like about both of them. Like Mai Otome felt a bit rushed for one.
|2006-04-04, 20:11
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Holy Beast ~Wuff!~
i would of voted for Mai HiME as i agree it was fantastic, but the ending ruined EVERYTHING.
So i vote for Otome, because th story was great all the way until the end. no crappy u-turns here. >_>
|2006-04-04, 20:22
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Level 5 Haruhiist
I watched Otome first, and thought it was pretty good. Then I watched Hime and was blown away.
Both shows had their high points, but I think Hime pulled off the comedy and dark aspects better as well as had a more enjoyable ending(I know everyone calls it a cop-out, but I liked it).
I think watching Otome first actually made me appreciate Hime more, because in Otome all the of the returning cast are pretty much friendly(except Midori and Nagi of course), so seeing them killing each other in Hime was very startling.
|2006-04-04, 20:39
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Join Date: Dec 2005
From a critical point of view, HiME was the better show. Otome suffers from a bit of sequel lag here and there (that's almost inevitable, of course, few sequels out do their originators). It has a few more art flaws, the story isn't quite as well put together, etc. However, on the whole I enjoyed watching both of them about the same.
|2006-04-04, 20:39
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Tejas
Age: 43
Hime, though I don't really have anything against Otome, it was very watchable.
But Hime took crazy angst to a level rarely approached, and managed the large enough cast (with plenty of symmetrical docking hints) better, thus raising it to heights of 'shipping that will probably never be realized by a show that's only twenty-ish episodes again.
|2006-04-04, 20:46
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
I just finished Otome and loved it! I felt that it really was rushed and I wanted it to be 26+ episodes. Seeing everyones robes for only an episode or two made me mad because I wanted to see more.
I think Hime is a bit better and made me cry a whole lot, where as Otome barely made me cry, though I loved the characters to death . Emotions were flying every which way in Hime and I absolutely loved it and there was alot of fighting scenes.
|2006-04-04, 22:24
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Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
I didn't like HiME's deathmatch system. It brought about carefully orchestraed sadism and really grossed me out. Highlander type deathmacthes don't mix well with cute anime girls to me. But there is a huge increase in such shows after HiME's success.....
Otome had a more realistic setting and a plot that has less holes then HiME. It also didn't have any deathmatches and didn't glorify sadism. It missed out on a resurrection scene but that's acceptable since there wasn't too much suffering like in HiME.
Sally's votes for Otome.
|2006-04-04, 23:53
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Mai Otome was enjoyable in its own right; some awesome new character designs, it made me love certain characters even more, potential for dramatic action and plot on a grander scale... However, numerous little things got to me...the fanservice was a bit more blatant, the music wasn't as moving, the new main characters weren't as endearing, the pacing was a bit off. While I saw both endings as rushed upon first viewing, Otome didn't give me any emotion, wheras HiME gave me a warm fluffy feeling...I was very happy to see the result of Miyu's vortex.
|2006-04-05, 00:31
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Clous Dolch
Join Date: Dec 2005
Humm... Hime got my vote... I can't stand Otome. For the fact that, all Sunrise did is got a better ending in Otome, for the people said the ending for Hime sucked (imo, the ending is more worst for Otome, even though is not a "reset"), but other than that, this show (Otome) is lack of everything else Hime had.... (also I liked Hime's ending, I don't think is bad it was just rushed)
Otome lack of emotion for me, I wasn't sad or mad at things when I watch it, unlike Hime's theme. For Otome at the end where Arika and her mom finally "meet" was over done and couldn't feel true enough (although the only one made me felt something was the scene with Aoi and Mashiro). Then there is the whole Nina thing with the Sergay and Eris thing... those scenes can't get me mad or sad. It made me go wtf the most; wtf as in this show don't make much of sense and lack of creativity.
In the end, I realized that most people watch it for the old casts, because the new ones are not well presented (I.e. Tomoe, Eris, Nina, Arika, Mashiro, and Sergay). So it's kinda painful to watch it.
|2006-04-05, 01:31
|Link #17
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
HiME got my vote.
I have to Agreed Otome is above average anime and is enjoyable.
but not awasome as HiME was. It's not much emotional I don't feel anything when I wacth it
yep except Aoi x Mashiro scene which is only emotional scene in entire series
for me HiME ending is doing good job after all cast past throught all angst to enjoy me
they deserve a prize and got they love one back although I have to agreed
it seem not reasonable and too cheesy but I enjoy it.
for Otome ending yea they don't reset yea they are more reasonable but I don't enjoy it (sen sen)
It seem like they didn't do anything to advance plot. who is the real princess ??
Miyu come and say "u r the real princess" "u r Rena's dauther" "u r just street girl"
the whole ending make me feel hey! u can't end like that!! that not solve anything!!!!
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The CCRI Knights' men's soccer team hosted the Warriors of Massasoit Community College from Brockton, MA for their first Region XXI league game at the CCRI soccer Complex in Lincoln. The Knights lost to the Warriors 6-0. With the loss the Knights fall to 0-3 overall and 0-1 in Region league XXI play.
Today of all days was not an ideal day to have five players sitting on the sideline with injuries. Head Coach Gabe Toro had to redesign the back line and work players into different positions today. If that was not enough the temperature on the field soared to about 90 degrees at kick off. Luis Navas (Pawtucket, RI) and Justin Kue (West Warwick, RI) played solid games, working extremely hard through the heat to try to keep the Knights in the game. Kue was playing a new position to fill in for the injured center backs. He was one of the few players to play the entire game without a break from the heat. Other players needed breaks from the stifling humidity, but the coaching staff had limited options with only three players on the bench dressed to play today. At half time the score was 2-0 and Coach Toro attempted to keep his team motivated by stating "We are in this game!" Just before the half, the Knights had one of their better scoring opportunities in the 18-yard box when Clarence Early (Cranston, RI) left his feet to get horizontal in the air to attempt a half bicycle kick that went towards the Massasoit net but just missed before the halftime break. At that point, the momentum was on the Knights' side however the whistle blew for half time.
In the second half the Knights were not able to maintain the score in the extreme conditions. Fatigue started to set in and because of the lack of substitutes the Knights had to fight through the conditions and finish the game. Coach Toro was proud of his players for working hard and finishing off the game with a good effort. In the second half Massasoit was able to score four unanswered goals making the final score at 6-0.
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The Repository has turned jailhouse letters over to authorities investigating a triple murder. Canton police issued a subpoena to get the correspondence.
The Repository has turned over to investigators two jailhouse letters that appear to be from triple-murder defendant James Mammone III.
Canton police Sgt. Vic George served the newspaper with a subpoena for the letters Tuesday morning.
"I have no objection to turning over this letter to the authorities if subpoenaed to do so," said Jeff Gauger, executive editor of The Repository. "It's in the broader public interest to do so."
The newspaper doesn't want to take sides with either the prosecution or the defense, Gauger said.
Mammone, 35, of Canton, is charged with aggravated murder and other crimes for the June 8 deaths of his two children, James IV and Macy, and former mother-in-law, Margaret Eakin.
If convicted, he faces the possibility of a death sentence.
The Repository received the letters Monday and a jail supervisor confirmed Mammone had sent the newspaper a letter.
"He's a defendant in a criminal action. He wrote a letter from jail; it's important that we review it in detail to see if there's any relevance to it that would pertain to his criminal case," said Stark County Prosecutor John D. Ferrero.
Stark County Public Defender Tammi Johnson, one of the attorneys representing Mammone, said she read only what was in the newspaper concerning the letter and declined to comment on it.
She said she would expect the items turned over to authorities to be provided to the defense before trial.
The newspaper published one of the letters in its entirety Tuesday, in which a writer who claims to be Mammone explains his motivation for the killings.
"While I confess to being totally without just cause for needlessly murdering Margaret Eakin, I still feel as though I did the most merciful thing I could do for my children (based) upon the conditions of their environment, and the bleak outlook of the future they were to face," the letter stated, in part.
Some criticized the decision to publish the letter, and Gauger offered an explanation.
"We published this letter because the crimes Mr. Mammone is accused of committing are a community event as much as a private family event, and I believe that community interest in these crimes was high enough to warrant publication," Gauger said. "Before publishing, we talked at length about the potential impact on the family and made special efforts Monday evening to get word to the Eakin family about our plan so that they wouldn't be surprised."
The second letter offers comments on another, unrelated homicide that occurred while Mammone was in jail.
That letter wasn't published because it didn't involve Mammone's case and didn't offer any new or newsworthy information, Gauger said.
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Darwin Payne, 76, of Dallas, was among the crowd of reporters dispatched to cover the aftermath of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Now a professor emeritus of communications at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Payne discussed his memories of that day with the Los Angeles Times. He recounted the tense atmosphere surrounding Kennedy's visit, seeing Lee Harvey Oswald and interviewing Abraham Zapruder, who with his home movie camera captured the fatal shot.
What did you think of Kennedy before he came to Dallas?
My first vote for president was for Kennedy, 1960. So, I admired him a great deal. My family did — just about everybody I knew did. Most reporters were liberal in their political outlook and so all my fellow reporters thought very highly of the president and anticipated his arrival.
But Dallas was a conservative city at the time, and Kennedy was not popular there, right?
The political climate in Dallas, in part, was an exception to the other Texas cities and was pretty hostile to Kennedy — [in] Dallas most people had not supported him in the '60 election.
Dallas had attracted a lot of extremist right-wing elements. It had people like Edwin A. Walker, the major general in the U.S. Army who had given up his appointment when he was accused of indoctrinating his troops with John Birch Society materials; he chose to come to Dallas and attracted a lot of attention.
H.L. Hunt, the famous oil man and millionaire, was politicizing with leaflets and paperback books, all extremist right-wing documents. The Dallas Morning News [was] a very right-wing, reactionary newspaper. The pastor of First Baptist Church, W.A. Criswell, had said during the political campaign that if a Catholic was elected president, it would mean the end of religious freedom in America.
How did the city's leaders handle that before Kennedy arrived?
Of the cities Kennedy was coming to, Dallas was the only city that had leaders that urged him not to come. They were fearful for what might happen. Not necessarily that he would be injured in any way, but that he would be pestered and bothered...
I was present at that [U.N. Ambassador] Adlai Stevenson event at Memorial Auditorium downtown [a month earlier] and it was quite disgraceful. He, of course, was shouted down by hecklers in his speech and afterward hit on the head with a picket sign and spat upon. That attracted national attention, it was on television, and people wondered what in the world is going on in Dallas, just as they had wondered in 1960 when LBJ and Lady Bird were assaulted at the Adolphus Hotel by an antagonistic crowd.
The mayor, the city manager, the sheriff — they were urging people to be calm, to treat the president with respect.
The day of Kennedy's arrival, you were new at the Dallas Times Herald and initially assigned to stay in the office and handle rewrite for a story about Jacqueline Kennedy. How did you feel about that?
I was a bit disappointed — I would have liked to have been out to see Kennedy at some point, but somebody had to do rewriting. It was an afternoon newspaper and we were right on deadline when he arrived. So my job was to do the story on Jackie. We had two reporters assigned out in the field to see what she was saying, doing, what she was wearing, how the crowd was treating her. One was at Love Field, the other was at the Trade Mart [where the Kennedys were scheduled to attend a luncheon].
The Love Field correspondent had already phoned in her notes to me, and I was working on the story about Jackie. I remember her description of the suit that she was wearing with the pink and some black. And I was struggling on that story when the city editor had heard something happened at Dealey Plaza right at the school book depository. He sort of shouted, "He's been hit!" and I asked, "What with?" I thought maybe a sign, a picket sign.
After the shooting, the city editor sent you and another reporter to Dealey Plaza. What did you find?
There we found a lot of eyewitnesses, of course. And we worked individually, asking people what they had seen — had they heard shots, where did they come from — and talking to police officers and detectives who were around. They were very busy because by the time we got there, they thought the assassin or assassins plural were up in the sixth floor in the school book depository even then. They hadn't apprehended them. There were officers walking around with rifles, pistols, a fire truck was even on the scene. I expected that we might see a shootout.
How did the eyewitnesses react?
All the people were distraught, emotionally upset at what they had seen. The consensus was three shots had been fired .… Then I encountered, must have been two or three women who worked with Abraham Zapruder. They told me as they answered my questions of what they had seen, "Our boss took pictures of it, moving pictures." Of course I was very interested in that so I said, "Well, where is he?"
Zapruder's 8-millimeter film of the assassination later became famous. What did you see when you met him in his office?
He was willing to talk. He had his 8-millimeter camera up on a filing cabinet in the same room and had a television set in that office. We watched the television set and heard Walter Cronkite talking about what he had found out from correspondents and he said that Kennedy had been wounded, perhaps seriously, perhaps fatally and he was at Parkland Hospital. And Abraham Zapruder, who was often in tears when I was there, he said, "No, no, he's dead, I know he's dead, I was looking through the viewfinder and I saw his head explode like a firecracker."
You were trying to get the film. What happened?
We got [Times Herald President James F.] Chambers on the line so I could tell him about the film and see if he wanted to send a Times Herald car down, tell [Zapruder] he would be taken care of, the film was in safe hands.
Zapruder did not want to do that. He wanted to turn the film over to the FBI or Secret Service. Finally, after a while, FBI and Secret Service agents did show up and they took him and the film and departed the scene.
What were you thinking as you looked out of Zapruder's window before you left?
I realized, gosh, this was a president that I voted for, I admired him. And it's a good thing that I'm being busy today, otherwise I'd be mired in grief and not know what to do. I thought the fact that I was active and trying to do things, trying to cover it, was good for my mental health.
You went from there to see Lee Harvey Oswald's "sniper's nest" in the Texas Schoolbook Depository, then to the rooming house where he stayed in the Oak Cliff neighborhood. What was that like?
They showed us the spot where he had thrown the rifle when he went out …. We peered out the window one at a time.
That's when we heard that a police officer had been shot in Oak Cliff.
It was getting to be twilight then, and there were quite a number of reporters there. They were in the room talking to the landlady and tenants who had rooms there .… They all had pretty good information. They didn't know him as Lee Harvey Oswald, they knew him as O.H. Lee, which was the name he had used when he rented a room there about six weeks ago. The landlady, Earlene Roberts, told me yes, she had seen him come in shortly after noon. She told him, "My, you sure are in a hurry!" She said he didn't say anything, went to his little room off to the side of the living room, picked up his gray coat and he left. He also picked up a pistol.
The next day you covered the scene where police led Oswald out. What was that like?
When I got there, all the newsmen, more than a hundred, some have estimated more than 300, were there in the police station .… I thought I might be asked for identification when I went in the building, but no, I wasn't, I just caught the elevator, went up to the third floor and saw this huge crowd .…
There were so many people up on that third floor, even a young guy in a sailor's uniform. I thought, "My, what in the world is he doing here?" So there was no real security up there.
Turns out the police chief and the city manager had determined that they would open this up to reporters as it usually was open to all these reporters because the world should know, the nation should know, that they had in custody the man who was obviously the assassin of the president — that they were interrogating him, that he hadn't been beaten, and that they wanted to have an open communication.
Did you hear Oswald say anything?
I got a glimpse of him, and you could hear him say, which has been quoted, "All I need is a shower."
What was the scene like?
When Chief [Jesse] Curry was out giving one of the press conferences it was so congested that one reporter had a notepad propped on the chief's back, taking his notes …. It was quite a madhouse.
What has stuck with you about that time?
It was very shocking to know, and this is a realization that we've all had, that an individual, a tiny little person like Lee Harvey Oswald, could change the course of history with one demonic act.
What do you think the lasting effect was?
The sense of disillusionment occurred, the fact that things weren't always OK and that the establishment did not have the answers for everything because they could be upset so easily by an individual like Oswald.
What did America lose that day?
Its youthful outlook, its optimism about the future, its hopes that things would be much better in the future. I think all that disappeared and that accounts to a certain degree for all the disruptions that we had that gave impetus to the civil rights movement, people striving to get their just place in society.


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This question might be tautological. It comes from a statement in the proof of the non-emptiness of the degeneracy loci of a vector bundle homomorphism that Prof. Lazarsfeld gives in his book "Positivity in AG II" (Theorem 7.2.1)
Take a homomorphism of vector bundles $v:E\rightarrow F$ with kernel $F=\ker v$ and image $K=Im v$ and consider the short exact sequence $$0\rightarrow N \rightarrow E \rightarrow K \rightarrow 0$$
The surjection $E^{\ast}\to N^{\ast}$ gives an embedding $\mathbb{P}(N^{\ast})\hookrightarrow \mathbb{P}(E^{\ast})$ and we seek to realize $\mathbb{P}(N^{\ast})$ as the zero locus of the section of some vector bundle.
The projectibve bundle $\pi:\mathbb{P}(E^{\ast})\rightarrow Y$ comes with a tautological surjection $$\pi^{\ast}E^{\ast}\rightarrow \mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}(E^{\ast})}(1) \rightarrow 0$$
(given by the identity $E^{\ast}\rightarrow E^{\ast}$) and the composition of its dual $\mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}(E^{\ast})}(-1) \rightarrow \pi^{\ast}E$ with the pullback homomorphism $\pi^{\ast}v:\pi^{\ast}E \rightarrow \pi^{\ast}K$ gives a section
$$s\in \Gamma(\mathbb{P}(E),\pi^{\ast}K \otimes \mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}(E^{\ast})}(1))$$
Then it is claimed that the zero-locus of this section gives precisely the subvariety $\mathbb{P}(N^{\ast})\hookrightarrow \mathbb{P}(E^{\ast})$.
I am wondering whether this is obvious or not, but this correspondence is not apparent to me.
Thanks in advance for any insight.


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From Lamb Ragout to Spring Veggie Whole-Wheat Pasta
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When I tried going vegetarian a year ago, it lasted about a week. I had been reading a lot of Douglas Hofstadter and Richard Dawkins in the weeks leading up to the attempt, and for the first time it occurred to me that the food on my plate each night had once had a soul; that it had once walked, swum, or flown around calling itself "I." Seeing cow skins on a conveyor belt in Fast Food Nation pretty much sealed the deal for me, or so I thought at the time. So for one week I did not eat meat. Not even fish, and certainly not chicken.
There were two big factors that contributed to the quick demise of my noble effort. The first was that I love cooking. Lamb ragout with mint and gnocchi just isn't a meal when you take out the lamb. Maybe for some, but not for someone training for a marathon. And that was the second reason I failed; it was just too easy to say "I have to get protein if I'm running 40 miles a week, no matter how cute baby lambs are."
So the no-meat diet gradually gave way to a no-mammals diet, which gradually gave way to "there are plenty of strips of bacon in a single pig; a little for flavor here won't hurt." But I never did fully go back to my red-meat ways, which I'm happy to report for both ethical and health reasons.
And then two weeks ago my mom and I went to a four-day Tony Robbins seminar. Yes, the big-teeth guy from the infomercials. And from Shallow Hal. I'm not going to try to defend my fascination with Tony's work; just know that I loved the seminar as I knew I would. But I didn't expect to love the last day, titled "The Power of Pure Energy." For starters, Tony wouldn't even be there that day. In fact I almost blew off the last day entirely, figuring that as a runner and already-healthy eater I had nothing to learn from watching video of Tony talking about diet and exercise.
But sure enough, video-Tony hooked me. And then he hammered his point home with a series of other videos showing, among other niceties, dead chickens being mechanically separated and later floating in what is called "fecal soup." By the end of the day I couldn't wait to get started on Tony's "10-Day Challenge" for aiding digestion and maximizing energy. Following his strict orders, when I got home I informed my wife Erin that for ten days I would be eating no meat except a little fish, no dairy products, mostly water-rich foods, no alcohol, no coffee, fruit but only by itself, protein but never with carbs, carbs but never with protein, and lots of water but never during meals. And oh yeah, a two-week total body cleansing pill program, which Erin and I now affectionately call Super Colon-Blow.
I completely acknowledge that this diet sounds extreme, and I'm pretty sure it's not something that I can keep up for much more than ten days. In fact I've already cheated on some of the details, the most egregious offense being the two Guinnesses I had during Day 2 of the NCAA tournament. But I have noticed an increase in energy, psychological or not, and I feel great going to bed and waking up every day (after the colon blow, of course). And I've felt fine after lifting weights, swimming, and doing short runs (more on why they are short in a later post). It's hard to say if my long-term exercise results will be affected, but there are plenty of endurance athletes who successfully train with even vegan diets. So while I'll probably eventually allow myself to drink milk again, mix protein and carbs, and have an occasional beer or six, the experience of these past ten days has shown me that a pesceterian (vegetarian plus fish) diet is one that absolutely fits with the way I want to live, endurance training and all.
So that's why I'm writing this blog. I haven't really addressed the problem of what my inner Bobby Flay will miss with this diet, but I think with a little creativity I can get past that. Erin is on board with the diet, and together we're going to make sure that we make meals each night which meet four criteria: vegetarian or pescetarian, substantial and nutritious enough for endurance training, relatively quick to make, and really good-tasting. Not the salad and plain tofu I have associated with the word "vegetarian" in the past. And I'm going to post them here. All of them, for as long as people are reading this blog and I'm having fun writing it. I'm also going to write about my training, Erin's training, and anything else that I think readers might care about.
What I hope to get out of this blog is manifold (only a mathematician, right?). I want to demonstrate to other endurance athletes that eating less meat doesn't have to mean eating crappy food or risking malnourishment. And on the flip side, to encourage vegetarians who don't exercise to try running or some other sport. It is also my hope that some of you will actually make these meals. How could healthy meal-planning be any easier? Nothing would make me happier than to know that I helped someone I love to change their unhealthy eating habits, even if they don't give up meat entirely. Finally, by writing this and sharing it with friends, family, and hopefully even people I've never met, I'm making a commitment to stick with this diet for a really long time. Tony Robbins would call it "getting leverage." And I won't mention Tony Robbins again for a while, I promise.
Please, if you are at all interested in this blog, leave a comment! Ask a question, suggest a recipe, give me a blogging tip! I would much prefer this to be a multilateral conversation than a boring monologue. I'll try to keep it as fun as possible, but I could really use your help!
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http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canad ... -entrapped
"This was a clear case of police manufactured crime," Justice Bruce said denouncing police conduct.
"The defendants were the foot soldiers while the undercover officer was the leader of the group…. The role police played is even more offensive because they violated the criminal code."
"The world has enough terrorists, we do not need the police to create more," Justice Bruce said.
In a landmark decision, supreme court justice throws out guilty verdict for John Nuttall and Amanda Korody, calling the plot a 'police-manufactured crime'
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/ ... -bomb-plot
Good 5-minute summary:
A 5-month police operation, involving 240 officers with 4000 hours of over-time, to encourage and enable these idiotic drug addicts to take the fall for a terror plot they didn't actually plan or want to enact. I want my tax money back.
Our corrupt media and politicians were salivating about this stuff for 3 years until Justice Catherine Bruce exposed it for the costly nonsense it was.


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As I pulled the lever on the giant slot machine inside the ship's glitzy casino for a chance to win our next cruise for free, my wife and I shared a nervous glance that said -- for once -- we were on the same page about our vacation ideas.
Neither of us wanted to win.
"Oh, you've got to take a cruise!" We had been hearing that for years from friends and relatives, including a few people whose opinions we actually trust. So we eased in last summer, when we took one of the shortest, most middle-of-the-road excursions we could find: a three-night trip from Miami through the Bahamas on Norwegian cruise line, priced at about $280 apiece.
Finding our short test-pattern cruise was easy, because major cruise lines are uniformly trimming back the lengths of some itineraries as customers cut back on their travel budgets. The ship we cruised on, the Norwegian Sky, had been recently reassigned to three- and four-night Caribbean excursions from Miami after a decade of making much longer and pricier sails around the Hawaiian Islands (which explained the gaudy murals of volcanos and hula dancers in the ship's passageways).
In fact, everything about the cruise was easy. It was as easy to do absolutely nothing as it was to always have something going on. Easy to make dinner plans. Easy to not make dinner plans and still stuff your face like Bacchus. Incredibly easy (but not cheap) to get drunk. Easy to have your picture taken with some poor schlub in a puffy sea-creature costume. Easy to hear music that was so apropos for the occasion it made you want to vomit (i.e., "Time of My Life," "Kokomo").
Life aboard the Sky was so easy that laziness spread over it oil after a tanker crash -- infecting us, too. You don't have to think about what food, drink or entertainment you want, it's all right there to consume. This is obviously the main appeal of cruising, but it was part of why, it turns out, cruises are not our thing.
Your mind and taste buds start to go numb after your third trip to a buffet line in two days. And your body and overall sense of ambition can become comatose without the need to walk off any of that food. On our cruise, the same glass elevator carried us to all the wildly different attractions on board: casino, batting cage, "art" gallery (with a Dan Marino jersey as a centerpiece), comedy show, yoga studio and library.
Suffice it to say the wife's yoga class and the library were virtual ghost towns. The bar areas, however, were usually crowded by noon.
Hook, line and sinker
One day we accepted the cruise operators' invitation to their "private island," which is cruise-line speak for "cornering the market." Since Norwegian is the only vendor on the island, we were at their mercy to pay $30 to rent a snorkeling mask, $20 for a floatie mat and $6 to not die of thirst.
The excursion turned out to be one of many clever methods used to milk more money out of us once we climbed aboard. It seemed as if we'd paid less upfront to pay more in the end.
They also employed cheesy and crass sales techniques, such as having a team of Vince Vaughn-like waiters jovially urge us to order another drink every couple minutes, or staffing photographers to snap shots of us every few hours (and then hitting us up to pay $19.95 for each photo).
The most annoying instance of this relentless salesmanship came while we were dining in the ship's frou-frou French restaurant, which turned out to be quite a classy joint and well worth the $15-per-person fee over all the free dining options. Its gold veneer wore off quickly, though, when the photographer yet again insisted on shooting us, followed by a woman hounding me to "buy a rose for the pretty lady" -- the kind of offering my wife associates with cheap, touristy Mexican restaurants.
The most amusing case of the sales gimmickry came when we got back to our room one night and found a bath towel on the bed rolled up to look like an elephant. Next to the big-eared towel was an order form for a $9.99 DVD on how to learn this magical and oh-so-useful towel-rolling technique. We're hoping to Netflix it instead.
Norwegian Sky staffers also milked us the old-fashioned shyster way: by overcharging us for certain things and hoping we wouldn't notice. Twice they did this for wine (once a bottle and once a glass). We also tipped waiters and bartenders, not realizing that a 15 percent gratuity was included in the tab.
We also had to ask the reception desk to remove two $39 charges for a shore excursion on our first port-of-call, Nassau. It was supposed to be a boat tour of the harbor that led to a snorkeling dive at a nearby island, but after a long wait on the pier and a long walk through town, we came upon the boat only to learn it had broken down. That was a major disappointment on such a short trip, as one of our two days at port seemed blown. In the end, we felt like Norwegian owed us. But until we inquired about the botched excursion charges, the cruise staff was saying we still owed them.
Port side, bright side
Lest you think we spent our whole cruise complaining, my wife and I shrugged off that debacle by opting to make our own excursion around Nassau. So we pulled out the map graciously provided by the Norwegian staff.
"There's nothing on here but jewelry stores," my wife said of the map. I laughed, thinking she was tricking me into a shopping trip.
Sure enough, the only thing our cruise staff wanted us to see on Nassau were jewelry and perfume shops, plus the requisite local Hard Rock Cafe and Señor Frogs. The cool little pirate museum wasn't on Norwegian's map. The two historic forts weren't there. Blackbeard's Tower wasn't even on there (I'm still not sure exactly what that is). Forget about finding locally owned restaurants or the less tacky market areas.
So we winged it. We asked around among the locals, who pointed us to a small, rickety city bus with a great sound system (Bob Marley's "Kaya" album out of a cassette boombox). The bus took us to the fascinating Fort Charlotte -- who knew the Bahamas had ties to the American Revolution? -- and then to a cool little beach village on the west side of the island lined with rows of funky seafood joints serving fried conch and whole, eyeball-popping snapper.
Our made-up excursion wound up being better than any experience we had on the ship. Which probably explains why the cruise line avoided pointing us there.
Despite the outrageous charges, we did enjoy the second port-of-call on Norwegian's own Stirrup Cay. A private island is not so private when 2,400 other passengers come ashore, but it was pretty easy to ignore the masses while soaking in the crystal-blue waters and soaking up the surprisingly good reggae band employed by the cruise line.
Shipshape highlights
There were assorted bright spots aboard the ship, too. The food was about 75 percent terrific, even including some of the buffet fare but mostly including that fancy French spot.
We also found cool little alcoves on the ship to get away from the crowds. One of the best was the smaller pool on the top deck (12th floor) at the bow of the ship, which was fun until a group of forty-something women took over the hot tub and lined up their daiquiri glasses like trophies -- right next to the kids' pool, mind you.
And we really enjoyed strolling the sixth-floor outer deck at night after dinner. That's the deck with the white railings and lifeboats overhead and little else, the one that provided the most flashbacks to watching "The Love Boat" on TV as kids. Just try getting that theme song out of your head on a cruise.
Best of all for new parents (our toddler stayed at Grandma's), we slept surprisingly well in our little port-side cabin -- save for the night when a gaggle of drunk women came down our hall tee-hee-heeing as they bumped into our "doorbell," which is actually a bright flashing yellow light. I woke up thinking the ship was going down.
We hated pretty much every form of live entertainment on board. The comedy was incredibly rote. The electronic bingo was as boring as cardboard bingo. And the singers were lounge-act-bad (especially the guy singing Neil Diamond songs with a sharp Filipino accent).
The exception was "The Newlywed/Not So Newlywed" game, in which a couple married 59 years trounced the competition on such questions as the most unusual place they did you-know-what. Their answer (a pool table!) was especially funny, given that their kids and grandkids were there.
In the end, it might take 59 years and a bundle of grandchildren before my wife and I consider taking another cruise. We would certainly never do it by ourselves, but might consider trying it with a group. Nowadays, the major cruise ships are party boats, not love boats.
Our other stipulations: We would probably try a different cruise line. And we would definitely bring our own maps and floaties -- and maybe a T-shirt that reads, "I'll kill you if you take my picture."
Chris Riemenschneider • 612-673-4658


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When the Reagan administration barred critical news media from White House press conferences, liberals quite rightly protested. So where is liberal outrage now that gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett has blocked a reporter from his public events?
Four male Barrett campaign staffers escorted Wisconsin Reporter's Dustin Hurst from a Chippewa Falls rally for Barrett, the Democrat hoping to oust Republican Gov. Scott Walker in Tuesday's Wisconsin recall vote.
Hurst is the Wisconsin Reporter journalist who caught on tape the arrest of a pro-Walker protester at a June 1 Barrett rally featuring former President Bill Clinton.
But limiting Hurst's access to the Barrett campaign was more likely a reprisal for Hurst's reports (here and here), earlier that day, revealing that Barrett, Milwaukee's mayor, hired a convicted felon to work in his administration. That poor hiring decision wouldn't be newsworthy except for the fact that Barrett has accused his Republican rival of employing a staffer charged — not yet convicted, mind you — of committing a felony.
Barrett's ties to felons doesn't end there, as Hurst points out in a June 2 story. Politifact, an online political fact-checking titan franchise of the Tampa Bay Times in St. Petersburg, Fla., found that a former Barrett secretary, Joseph N. Cantu, was charged with two felonies and a misdemeanor in connection with a 2010 assault. Reports say Cantu was accused of suffocating his girlfriend.
Clearly, such revelations undermine the Barrett campaign's central narrative. Barrett has replaced discussion of public-sector workers in Wisconsin politics with feckless accusations about Walker's ex-staffer. Just as clearly, Wisconsin Reporter's Hurst has become an inconvenience to the campaign.
Last summer, following a Wisconsin Reporter story critical of the Democratic Party, state party spokesman Graeme Zielinski threatened to launch an attack on the news organization's subscriber newspapers.
"What happens next is that I contact the publishers and editors of the papers that publish you as 'unbiased,' and let them know our deep concern about the obvious bias that permeates your entire operation," Zielinski stated in an email.
Barrett's decision Saturday to bar Hurst raises additional questions about the Man Who Would be Governor of Wisconsin: If this is how Barrett deals with criticism in the courtship phase of his relationship with Wisconsinites, how would he handle critics if he is given even greater power?


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Update: Higher Education
Practice Guide
Recognition Programs
ARRA Recipient Reporting
Projections to 2018
Odds and Ends
Quote to Note
Upcoming Events
Update: Higher Education
Last week, Secretary Duncan joined Vice President Joe Biden at Syracuse University for a meeting of the Middle Class Task Force, focused on college affordability. Members of the task force reported on some of the work they have been doing, including simplifying the federal loan application process, implementing the new Income-Based Repayment (IBR) plan, and studying ways to improve Section 529 college savings plans. Also, the task force released a staff report on barriers that still block the pathway to higher education.
This week, the Secretary participated in a press conference and the White House issued a Statement of Administration Policy (SAP) in support of H.R. 3221, the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act. The billwhich was just approved by the Houseeliminates subsidies for financial institutions under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program (converting all new federal student lending to the Direct Loan program) and redirects those savings to increasing Pell Grants and funding other early learning, K-12, and postsecondary education programs, including the Early Learning Challenge Fund, the American Graduation Initiative, the College Access and Completion Innovation Fund, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The bill also makes it easier for students and families to apply for federal financial aid by simplifying the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
Meanwhile, the Department announced that the Fiscal Year 2007 national student cohort default rate increased to 6.7%, up from the FY 2006 rate of 5.2%. This default rate is a snapshot in time, representing the cohort of borrowers whose loan repayments came due between October 1, 2006, and September 30, 2007, and who defaulted before September 30, 2008. Some 3.3 million borrowers entered repayment during this time, and 225,300 borrowers went into default. They attended 5,776 participating institutions. As a historical comparison, in FY 1990, nearly one in four borrowers defaulted on their federal loans when rates set an all-time high of 22.4%. The rate dropped to a record low of 4.5% in FY 2003. Schools with excessive default rates (of at least 40% in a single year or 25% or greater for three consecutive years) may lose eligibility from one or more federal student aid programs. This year, two sites are subject to sanctions. (The public can search for individual school default rates online.)
Note: The Department recently published a notice in the Federal Register announcing its intent to establish two negotiated rulemaking committees (Team Iprogram integrity; Team IIforeign schools) to prepare proposed regulations under Title IV of the Higher Education Act. The same notice solicits nominations for negotiators. The deadline for nominations is next Friday (September 25).
Practice Guide
A new practice guide from the What Works Clearinghouse, titled "Helping Students Navigate the Path to College: What High Schools Can Do," recommends steps that educators, administrators, and policymakers can take, beginning in the ninth-grade, to increase access to higher education. Recognizing that simply providing students with information is insufficient, the guide recommends that high schools offer hands-on assistance and guidance in preparing students for college. The guide also acknowledges implementation challenges and suggests solutions for circumventing roadblocks. What Works is an initiative of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES).
Note: The next Scientific Evidence in Education (SEE) forum, scheduled for September 29 (12:00-1:30 p.m. ET) at the Sumner School (1201 17th Street, N.W.) in Washington, D.C., will discuss the latest research on the topic of pathways to college. These forums are free, but space is limited, so please register in advance online.
Recognition Programs
On September 15, at Highland Elementary School in Silver Spring, Maryland, Secretary Duncan named 314 schools as "2009 National Blue Ribbon Schools." This program recognizes high performing schools (whose students, regardless of background, perform in the top 10% on their state assessments [public] or nationally normed assessments [private]) and dramatically improving schools (whose students, at least 40% of whom are from disadvantaged backgrounds, dramatically improved on tests to score in at least the top 40% statewide). Chief State School Officers nominate public schools. The Council for American Private Education nominates private schools. Of the schools nominated by each state, at least one-third must have 40% or more of their students from disadvantaged backgrounds, and public schools must meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) requirements, as defined by their states. All schools will be honored at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., November 2-3. The principal and a teacher from each school will receive a flag and plaque signifying their Blue Ribbon status.
A day later (September 16), the Secretary joined philanthropist Eli Broad to announce Aldine Independent School District as the winner of the 2009 Broad Prize for Urban Educationthe largest education prize in America awarded to the most improved urban district. Aldine, located outside of Houston, TX, where four of five students qualify for free or reduced-price lunches, bested four finalists: Broward County (FL), Gwinnett County (GA), Long Beach (CA), and Socorro (TX). (Aldine had been a three-time finalist. Long Beach won the 2003 prize and is also a three-time finalist. Broward County is a two-time finalist, while this is Gwinnett County's and Socorro's first year on the list.) The $2 million prize goes to graduating high school seniors for college scholarships. Aldine receives $1 million, while the other finalists receive $250,000 each. Scholarships are granted to students who demonstrate significant financial need and have a record of academic improvement. Recipients who enroll in four-year colleges receive up to $20,000 ($5,000 per year). Recipients who enroll in two-year colleges receive up to $5,000 ($2,500 per year).
Also this week, the Intel Corporation named Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA) of Aurora as the "Star Innovator" among six winners of the 2009 Intel Schools of Distinction Awards. Intel sponsors the awards to honor schools for implementing innovative math and science programs and serving as models for other schools. The Intel Foundation and sponsoring companies will distribute to this year's winning schools more than $1.3 million in cash, products, and services.
ARRA Recipient Reporting
The Department has developed new guidance for recipients of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) financial assistance that clarifies and elaborates on the Office of Management and Budget's Section 1512 reporting guidance. The first document addresses reporting requirements as they apply to the Department's direct grantees. And, it addresses the requirements for reporting the grants and contracts that the Department's direct grantees make to other agencies and companies, or subgrantees. The second document tackles job creation and retention estimates by recipients. As the guidance notes, direct grantees and subgrantees must have current DUNS numbers and register in the Central Contract Registration (CCR) database. Direct grantees and subgrantees that will be submitting reports directly into FederalReporting.gov must also register as users online. Reporting starts October 1. Reports will be made public October 30. For more information, please go to.
Note: The Department is conducting a web conference on Department-specific guidance on Monday, September 21, at 2:00 p.m. ET.
Projections to 2018
The National Center for Education Statistics' (NCES) "Projections of Education Statistics to 2018" projects key statistics, including student enrollment, graduates, teachers, and expenditures for elementary and secondary schools and degree-granting institutions. For example: K-12 student enrollment rose 12% between 1993 and 2006 and is projected to increase an additional 8% between 2006 and 2018; postsecondary enrollment rose 28% between 1993 and 2007 and is projected to increase an additional 13% by 2018; and K-12 expenditures (in constant 2006-07 dollars) rose 43% between 1993-94 and 2005-06 and is projected to increase an additional 36% by 2018-19. NCES is a part of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES).
Odds and Ends
In a recent article in American School Board Journal, Secretary Duncan examines the challenges facing urban school districts and calls for school board members to seek active partnerships with city leaders.
On September 11, the Department awarded $12.4 million in Foreign Language Assistance Program (FLAP) grants, aimed at promoting the instruction of foreign languages critical to national security, to state and local school systems in 24 states and the District of Columbia. The funds will be used in elementary and secondary schools to establish or expand programs of study in one or more "critical foreign languages," such as Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Russian, and languages in the Indic, Iranian, and Turkic language families.
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the American Library Association's (ALA) Public Programs Office is now accepting applications for the "We the People" Bookshelf Project. This year's theme, "A More Perfect Union," invites reflection on the idea of the U.S. as a "union," as "one" as well as "many," and will complement library programs observing the sesquicentennial of the Civil War. To stimulate programming, the Bookshelf features a DVD edition of "The Civil War," the award-winning documentary by Ken Burns. Public and K-12 school libraries are invited to apply online through January 29, 2010. In spring 2010, NEH and ALA will select 4,000 libraries to receive the 17 books for young readers, as well as bonus materials for readers of all ages, and the option to receive three titles in Spanish transition. Since 2003, NEH has awarded some 13,000 bookshelves.
Yesterday (September 17) was Constitution Day and Citizenship Day. In support of students and teachers in their studies, online resources are available from the Department's Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE) web site, the National Archives and Records Administration, and the National History Education Clearinghouse.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's "Education at a Glance 2009" enables the 30 member countries to compare performance using a range of indicators.
Quote to Note
"I've given a lot of speeches about education. And, I've talked about responsibility a lot. I've talked about teachers' responsibility for inspiring you and pushing you to learn. I've talked about your parents' responsibility for making sure you stay on track, and you get your homework done, and you don't spend every waking hour in front of the TV or with the Xbox. I've talked a lot about your government's responsibility for setting high standards, supporting teachers and principals, and turning around schools that aren't workingwhere students aren't getting the opportunities that they deserve. But, at the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, the best schools in the world, and none of it will make a difference, none of it will matter, unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities, unless you show up to those schools, unless you pay attention to those teachers, unless you listen to your parents and grandparents and other adults and put in the hard work it takes to succeed. That's what I want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for your education."
|President Barack Obama (9/8/09), from his national address to America's schoolchildren
Upcoming Events
On a weekly basis, the Secretary's public schedule is posted online.
With $150,000 in new grant funding designated for projects that integrate green-related topics and experiences into the classroom, the National Education Association (NEA) Foundation is growing its Learning and Leadership and Student Achievement grants program for individuals and teams of educators. Public school teachers are eligible to apply for individual grants worth up to $5,000 for development and implementation of ideas, techniques, and approaches for teaching green concepts. The first application deadline is October 15, and the first grants are slated to be awarded in January 2010. The NEA Foundation will award two more rounds of green grants in 2010, with deadlines for applications falling on February 1 and June 1.
On October 22, 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. This year, 7,500 afterschool programs, including many of the Department's 21st Century Community Learning Centers, will host activities.
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One of Hood River's long-standing traditions is the Wine and Pear Festival, scheduled for this weekend, May 19-20. This two-day event brings together everything that makes Hood River famous and presents it all in one place. It's easy to attend, and well worth the short drive from Portland.
If you're staying with us here at the Carson Ridge Private Luxury Cabins, you're even closer.
Naturally the Wine and Pear Fest centers around wine tasting. You'll meet many the increasingly popular wineries located here in the Columbia Gorge area. You'll also find plenty of tasty things to eat, presented by local restaurants. The event includes live entertainment, local artisans and of course sampling of Hood River's world-famous pears and other fruit.
The Wine and Pear Festival runs Saturday noon to 8pm, Sunday noon to 6pm, at the Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum. A one-day pass is $20 and includes 5 tasting tokens, museum admission and a complimentary wine glass. The two-day pass is $35, giving you reduced admission for the second day. You can bring the whole family, admission is free for kids 18 and under.
The annual Wine and Pear is just one of many reasons we love living and working here in the beautiful Columbia River Gorge.


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Recession Won't Be Forgotten
A story in the New York Times this week drove home a point about how the recession touched so many Americans' lives.
A study by Rutgers University said nearly 80 percent of Americans say they either know or are related to someone who has lost a job.
And highlights the point I'm making about how the recession (do we call it the Great Recession?) will influence our lives and South Dakota and national policy for a long time.
I grew up as a son of parents who had lived through the Great Depression. My father was a 23-year-old farmer in McCook County, South Dakota when the New York Stock Market crashed in October, 1929..
At the time he was farming with two of his brothers and their father, my grandfather. Their nearest neighbors were family members, families led by my grandmother's step-brothers. Both of those families lost their farms during the Depression, which unfortunately coincided with the "Dirty Thirties," when the central United States became the Dust Bowl. Dad and his family grew some off-beat crops that grew in arid weather, and they managed to hang onto the farm where I grew up.
The Depression and its effects stayed with my parents and influenced their lives--my mother was younger but the impact on her family were felt just as keenly.
And I believe that even if the US economy ever completely turns around, Americans won't soon forget what the Recession did to them, their lives and their families.


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Dobbs Ferry, New York (PRWEB) January 02, 2014
The Mercy College Board of Trustees elected Timothy L. Hall the 12th president of Mercy College. Currently President of Austin Peay State University, Dr. Hall will join Mercy College as President on May 13, 2014.
In making the announcement, Board Chairman and presidential search committee co-chair Gary Brown said: "Mercy College looks forward to working with Tim Hall. His achievements at Austin Peay and the University of Mississippi make him the right person to lead Mercy College. He embraces the College's mission and history, and I am confident he will work collaboratively with our students, faculty and staff to forge a clear vision for the future that maximizes the many strengths and enormous potential of Mercy College."
"President Hall's passion for student and faculty success is a hallmark of his professional career. That, coupled with his leadership experience, will serve Mercy College well," added Edward B. Dunn, former Board Chairman and co-chair of Mercy's presidential search committee.
Under Hall's leadership, Austin Peay State University experienced significant increases in enrollment and funding, and received distinctions in 2012 and 2013 as one of the Great Colleges to Work For by The Chronicle of Higher Education. In fact, in 2013 the Chronicle listed Austin Peay as one of ten large universities in the country—along with Stanford, Notre Dame and the University of Michigan—on the Honor Roll of Great Colleges to Work For.
Hall supervised the opening in 2008 of the Governor's School for Computational Physics, a five-week summer residential program for talented high school students. He also cooperated with the local school system in the fall of 2008 to establish the Middle College at Austin Peay State University, a program for high school students who complete both high school and university credits on the campus of Austin Peay. Additionally, Hall oversaw the creation of a Center for Teaching and Learning as well as the University's expansion through establishing satellite programs and increases in evening, summer and winter term courses.
The institution he currently serves has gained national attention for developing a software program called Degree Compass which uses predictive analytics to provide information to students and their faculty advisors about courses in which they are most likely to be successful. Leaders including President Barack Obama and Bill Gates have both praised Austin Peay's innovation in this area, and publications including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal have spotlighted the University's use of technology to support student success. The institution's reputation for innovation led to Hall being invited to testify in October before the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee about steps his institution has taken to help more students succeed.
The achievements President Hall's current institution experienced during his tenure have been built on a foundation of collaborative efforts by faculty, staff and administrators to support the success of students. The organization Public Agenda recently released a report titled Seven Practices of Enlightened Leadership in Higher Education: A Case Study of Austin Peay State University, which praised the institution's "uncommonly positive and collaborative" environment, and recounted conversations with faculty and staff which "spotlighted high levels of confidence and trust in leadership that they and their colleagues share."
Prior to joining Austin Peay State University, Hall served as Associate Provost at the University of Mississippi and Executive Director of a capital campaign to raise $50 million for a new law school facility. Other professional roles include Professor of Law at the University of Mississippi School of Law, Visiting Professor at the University of Texas School of Law, litigation associate in private practice and as Judicial Clerk to the Honorable Will Garwood, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Dr. Hall expressed his enthusiasm about the College he soon will be heading, saying: "Mercy College's mission and commitment to student success will remain a priority for me. I look forward to collaborating with faculty, staff and students to continue the College's increasing stature and strength."
Hall is active in many community and professional organizations including the council of state delegates for the American Association of State Colleges and Universities and the Tennessee Higher Education Formula Review Committee. He serves on the Industrial Development Board and the Economic Development Council for Clarksville and Montgomery County, Tennessee, and has served on the Board of Directors for the local chapter of the Salvation Army.
Hall earned a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy at the University of Houston, followed by graduate work in the Department of Religious Studies at Rice University and earned his Juris Doctorate at the University of Texas School of Law, where he served on the editorial board of the Texas Law Review.
Hall will replace Dr. Concetta M. Stewart who has served as Interim President since July 1, 2013. Dr. Stewart will assume her position as Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Mercy College which she held prior to assuming the Interim Presidency.
About Mercy College
Founded in 1950, Mercy College is a private, not-for-profit higher education institution that offers more than 90 undergraduate and graduate programs within five prestigious schools: Business, Education, Health and Natural Sciences, Liberal Arts and Social and Behavioral Sciences. Mercy College offers an engaging and personalized learning experience that includes the College's revolutionary Personalized Achievement Contract (PACT) program. The Mercy College PACT is the first program of its kind and now serves as a nationally recognized model for mentoring. http://www.mercy.edu/ 877-MERCY-GO.
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/01/prweb11458205.htm.
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Pippa Middleton at the Club With a New Guy | Pictures
Pippa Hits a Private Club With a New Guy and a Female Friend
Pippa Middleton was out at private club last night with a male friend and another couple. Pippa reportedly stayed out at Loulou's in London until nearly 3:00 a.m. as she celebrated the launch of her new book, and was spotted hopping into the backseat of a cab with her friends after calling it a night.
Pippa's party guide, Celebrate: A Year of Festivities For Families and Friends recently hit the shelves, and she's been keeping busy promoting the title with stops at bookstores around the city. Despite it, it appears she might be taking some time for romance as well. Pippa has been linked to a couple of men since splitting with her longtime boyfriend Alex Loudon last year, including George Percy, who joined her, Kate Middleton, and Prince William on a ski trip this Spring. She's currently said to be seeing James Matthews, though he didn't appear to join her for last night's celebration.


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The days of needing an app, add-on, or extension to make video calls in your browser are numbered. Google and Mozilla, the respective makers of Chrome and Firefox, just demonstrated a new development in HTML5's WebRTC protocol that lets people talk to each other using two different browsers and no third-party apps.
Currently only available in Chrome 25 beta and Firefox Nightly, the change in WebRTC comes thanks to the development work of several groups. These include members of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), as well as engineers at Google and Mozilla.
Serge Lachapelle, Chrome product manager, and Maire Reavy, Firefox Media product lead, wrote in a joint blog post that the point of WebRTC is, "to provide a common platform for all user devices to communicate and share audio, video and data in real-time." They added that, "[t]his is a first step toward that vision of interoperability and true, open, real-time communication on the web."
As noted in a second joint blog post by Lachapelle and Reavy, to start playing around with the WebRTC demo site, you must first change settings in Firefox Nightly's about:config. Go to about:config, then set media.peerconnection.enabled preference to "true".
Interested developers can check out the code published in Mozilla's blog.
One interested party that's probably not as excited as Mozilla and Google are is Microsoft, which has been developing its own real-time communication protocol called CU-RTC-Web (Customizable, Ubiquitous Real-Time Communication). So far, Google has remained silent on CU-RTC-Web, but Mozilla told CNET's Stephen Shankland in no uncertain terms that they were not impressed.
When asked if it would be easier to adopt CU-RTC-Web than to rework the necessary standards at IETF to get WebRTC fully working, Todd Simpson, Mozilla's chief of innovation, said, "We do not believe so. WebRTC has growing support and awareness."


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Congratulations to 1manteam who obtained his 100th find this weekend. I know that he's done a lot more with his dad, but these are his finds that he personally signed in for. He started from scratch when he created his own caching name. That's something to be proud of. Troy I've enjoyed sharing some of the caching adventure with you and I find it quite funny that the name of the 100th find is "Loring Correctional Facility."


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Cpl. Jacob Stroufe was looking forward to having some space.
�It�ll be nice � to spread out and to be able to relax,� said Stroufe, with Combat Logistics Battalion 24 and part of the first waves of Marines returning home Sunday from a nearly 9-month deployment aboard the 24 Marine Expeditionary Unit.
Stroufe, whose mom, dad and sister were waiting with open arms at Camp Lejeune, said being home was great. Being home in time for the holidays, was �awesome.�
�It feels awesome to be back,� he said. �I�m glad I�ll be able to be with my family for Christmas.�
About 1,200 Marines offloaded at the Morehead City Port at 1 p.m. Sunday and then headed to Camp Lejeune where family and friends waited to welcome them home.
The MEU completed an extended expeditionary crisis response force with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, which included Marines and sailors aboard the USS Iwo Jima, USS Gunston Hall, and the USS New York � its first operational deployment.
�It will be nice to be home in time to celebrate the holidays with our family and friends,� said Lt. Col. Aaron Adams, Executive Officer of the 24th MEU.
Serving throughout the U.S. European, Central, and Africa Commands, the MEU participated in a number of exercises and security cooperation engagements. The Navy-Marine Corps team served as a ready crisis response force capable of missions such as embassy reinforcement, evacuation operations, disaster relief, humanitarian assistance and full-scale combat, as well as Exercise Africa Lion 12 in Morocco, the largest bilateral training exercise in the U.S. Africa Command, and Exercise Eager Lion 12 in Jordan, the largest multi-lateral training exercise in the U.S. Central Command, according information from the MEU.
Originally scheduled to return in November, the MEI extended its time at sea while serving in the 6th Fleet area, where it remained on alert in the eastern Mediterranean.
�We kind of knew that there would be a possibility of an extension,� Sgt. Christopher Day, with the MEU�s Charlie Company. �But we�re Marines. We knew that we had job to do.�
Day said that in spite of the unknown return date, he and his fellow Marines and sailors focused on the mission and the tasks at hand.
Day�s new focus was getting to the next stop at Camp Lejeune, where his wife Angela, and daughters, Allie, 7, and Adison, 6, were waiting for his return.
�They miss their daddy,� Day said of his daughters, who sent him several care packages during the deployment. �It�s absolutely amazing to be back after such a long deployment.�
Amazing, but not easy.
�It was tough,� said HM2 Matthew Chesney, with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, who said he was glad to be home and was ready to reunite with his wife, Rebecca, and son, Braxton.
�Everyone kind of came together and we got past it. It�s just a great feeling to finally be back. I�m ready to celebrate Christmas with my family, relax a little, and get back to life in general.�
With only 12 days until their wedding Jessica Emmart anxiously awaited the arrival of her groom aboard Camp Lejeune early Sunday evening.
�We only found out about a week ago that he�d be back today,� said Emmart of her future husband Lance Cpl. Jonathon Shircliffe of 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment. �I planned the entire wedding myself. Now all I need is him.�
As Marines and sailors, bused to the base from off loading at the Morehead City Port, began to trickle in at around 6 p.m., Emmart�s wait was over.
Shircliffe shot through the crowd, lifted her up into the air and said �she�s going to marry me!�
He hugged and kissed his soon-to-be wife. �I�m glad to be home and I�m ready to get married.�
More homecomings are schedule for today and Tuesday.
Contact Reporter Amberly Pozzi at 910-219-8467 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Craven County's agricultural industry ranked it 25th of the nation's 3,000 counties less than a decade ago and it continues to be a major driver for the county and is North Carolina's largest industry.
Craven County's agricultural industry ranked it 25th of the nation's 3,000 counties less than a decade ago and it continues to be a major driver for the county and is North Carolina's largest industry.
But as land-owning farmers age � the average North Carolina farmer is now 58.6 years old� keeping land in agriculture and growing crops that can be used locally has become an economic development focus for the county.
The number of fulltime Craven County farmers and the number of acres declines yearly, according to the N.C. Agricultural Extension Service, with about an 8 percent annual drop between 1997 and 2002. In 2008 there were 70,866 acres in farms, with total cash receipts that year of $60,517,731.
New efforts are underway to get small farms growing edible crops to be sold locally and to spur on specialty farming operations including aquaculture, this week Craven County Agricultural Extension Service Director Tom Glasgow, Crop Agent Mike Carroll, and Livestock Agent Margaret Bell showed county leaders two major operations that underpin the county's traditional agriculture industries � tobacco and swine.
They rounded up county leaders including commissioners Jeff Taylor, Theron McCabe and Tom Mark along with County Manger Jack Veit, Assistant County Manager Gene Hodges, several area farmers for a tour of two northern Craven County farms. Diana Vetter-Craft, a healthy foods systems coordinator nine counties working together on a healthy foods initiative for the area, also came.
The large, complex and highly regulated operations visited represent a huge investment over time and annually with the relatively new swine birthing operation costing $4 million to build and the long existing tobacco operation often requiring a quarter million for just one piece of automated equipment and $30,000 for one new bulk barn.
Jackie Anderson of Vanceboro coordinated a look at the tobacco operation run by his family including wife Della and son Jimmy, one of only eight tobacco operations left in the county.
Carroll said tobacco is now grown on about 3,000 acres in the county but that production has gone down about 20 percent a year since the completion of the tobacco allotment phased-out in 2004.
In terms of pounds grown, Carroll said, �Every year is different� with weather playing a key role. And �it takes a lot of workers for tobacco� even when it is automated.
Many of them are now green card workers, which makes government scrutiny more present, Anderson said, but getting enough qualified local workers just for the season difficult.
He grows his tobacco under a contract and said it has �truly become a global market. There are more people in China who smoke than there are people in the U.S.� Japanese Tobacco International (JTI) is now the largest tobacco company in the world with Phillip Morris the largest domestic buyer and both sell to other markets.
The hog operation by Ricky Anderson, no close relationship to Jackie Anderson, is now a successful farrowing (birthing) operation that takes the piglets of 2,700 sows to about 16 weeks.
He said it was the last facility allowed to be built in North Carolina prior to a moratorium on hog farms and is on a 120-acre farm with about 80 of those acres planted in hay. That doesn't feed the piglets which require tractor trailer loads, 24 tons, of feed each week.
The methods used there for 20 to 25 days results in almost no mortality with 99.44 percent moving on to the next operation, said Ricky Anderson.
State rules on the operation are strict with high fines for any violation, he said. �And you're only allowed three before they shut you down.� The operation requires 24/7 monitoring as a result because �I do not break the law.�
Regulation is so tight that those touring had to put on plastic boots just to get out of their car in the roadway toward the barns and, if they'd toured inside, would have had to wear special covering that would have been disposed of and a shower required before going elsewhere.
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Academic Findings Reports
Count Me In Too has produced a range of publications, some of which give a large amount of detail on the data collected and how it has been analysed.
The documents that you can download from this page are mostly 'additional findings reports', which are organised according to theme. These large documents (beware when printing!) offer a wealth of information including statistical data, comparisons and recommendations. They have been put together following extensive analysis by dedicated teams of stakeholders, community members and academic researchers. Feel free to download these documents and please note the copyright information located at the beginning or end of each report.
Too much information?
These reports are large and you might find our Community Summaries a more useful starting point for your own research, learning and interest.
The Reports
- Initial Findings: LGBT Community Report (PDF 2.3mb) 32 pages - June 2007
- Initial Findings: Academic Report (PDF 700k) 114 pages - June 2007
- Domestic Violence & Abuse Academic Findings Report (PDF 600k) 100 pages - December 2007
- Community Safety Academic Findings Report (PDF 700k) 138 pages - February 2008
- Housing Academic Findings Report (PDF 1mb) 142 pages - April 2008
- Mental Health Academic Findings Report (PDF 900k) 163 pages - May 2008
- General Health Academic Findings Report (PDF 1mb) 221 pages - July 2008
- Bi People Academic Findings Report (PDF 860k) 116 pages - December 2008
- Trans People Academic Findings Report (PDF 800k) 128 pages - December 2008
- Drugs & Alcohol Academic Findings Report (PDF 1.3mb) 190 pages - June 2009