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WASHINGTON (AP) - Take a glance at the anniversary calendar this year and it's clear that in America, racial progress comes in fits and starts.
The Emancipation Proclamation declared slaves to be free 150 years ago. Within a decade, a trio of amendments to the Constitution made them citizens. Over the next century, the Supreme Court and Jim Crow segregation in the South snatched their rights away, Medgar Evers was murdered trying to get them back, and Martin Luther King Jr.'s populist protests yielded laws that restored them before King, too, was killed.
Less than a year ago, the nation re-elected its first black president - a step widely considered the culmination of all this labor. President Barack Obama, the product of integration with an Ivy League education, was sent to the White House by a diverse American electorate, and presides over a country where people are free to live, work, play, go to school and marry regardless of race, things that by no means were guaranteed 50 years ago.
Yet in this week alone, a series of events illustrated just how fragile that progress really is.
The Supreme Court chipped away at that King-inspired voting rights law and others on job discrimination and affirmative action, then punted them to Congress to fix - a very divided Congress that has accomplished little since President Barack Obama first took office and which includes GOP conservatives who want to avoid voting on whether those who came to the U.S. illegally should become citizens.
This and other events percolating in American culture - GeorgeZimmerman's trial in Florida for shooting to death black teenager Trayvon Martin, and celebrity chef Paula Deen's career meltdown because of her past use of the N-word - amounted to a gut punch for many, prompting questions about what exactly is going on.
"It's so troubling for me, who has sort of bridged many, many years of social change, and to not see an end to this, I find it really nauseating," said Suzy Post, 80, of Louisville, Ky., a white woman who has worked for civil rights causes since the 1950s and is now a member of the state's Human Relations Commission.
Those sentiments were echoed Tuesday by a visibly shaken collection of black and Hispanic members of Congress who bemoaned the fresh blows to the laws that helped to put many of them in office.
"The issue of race, slavery - it's our original sin as a nation," said Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., who as a student activist was severely, and repeatedly, beaten in the voting rights struggle of the 1960s. "It's going to take years and maybe a generation before we end it. It's a long, ongoing struggle. It's the struggle of more than a lifetime."
Where strides toward equality once were met by fire hoses or head-cracking blows from billy club-wielding police, now they can elicit racist commentary on Twitter, such as the hateful barrage over the national anthem being sung by Sebastien De La Cruz, a young Mexican-American, during the National Basketball Association finals. Or they generate oddly placed outrage, such as criticisms of a Cheerios commercial that depicted a white mother, a black father and their biracial child.
"What I believe is happening is that while the country's demographic and age is changing rapidly, we as a nation have hit racial fatigue," said Maria Teresa Kumar, co-founder of Voto Latino. "We no longer want to discuss race, and we like to believe that we're above it. We are not."
Briana Bacon, 20, of Philadelphia, put it more bluntly.
"I think they're shutting down opportunities for minorities, and I think minorities are in a (expletive) place to begin with," said Bacon, who is black and recently enlisted in the National Guard.
Civil rights leaders are unwilling to say that things today are as bad as they were in King's heyday. But they acknowledge that there are some uncanny parallels at play. Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League, said that in the first four months of this year, restrictive voting bills were introduced in more than half the states.
"I don't question whether Dr. King's dream remains viable. What one questions is whether the nation has the commitment to freedom, justice and equality of opportunity for all on a broad basis. What we currently see in the country is a tension," Morial said.
Ben Jealous, president of the NAACP, recalled that King's widow, the late Coretta Scott King, once observed that freedom is never really won in full; every generation must win it anew.
"The times we are living in remind us that Mrs. King was right," Jealous said.
The United States has seen backlash against black Americans before. After the passage of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution, which banned slavery, extended blacks equal protection as citizens and granted them the right to vote, respectively, blacks experienced fairly rapid gains in political and economic power. Southern states responded by passing laws that allowed them to circumvent the 15th Amendment.
Enter the Supreme Court in 1896 with its Plessy vs. Ferguson ruling, which declared segregation legal if accommodations for blacks are "separate but equal" to those of whites. Fifty-eight years went by before the high court would change its mind with Brown vs. Board of Education, which declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
While the Supreme Court didn't ban the use of race in university admissions on Monday, it returned the case to a lower court and set a higher standard for the University of Texas to meet before using race in deciding who may enroll. In two other decisions that same day, the court made it harder for employees to sue businesses for retaliation and discrimination.
A day later the high court stopped enforcement of a provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that has kept states and local governments from implementing racially discriminatory election and voting laws and rules.
Between those rulings, civil rights activists stood together across town and announced plans to use the 50th anniversary of the August 1963 March on Washington to renew the push for racial equality.
The times, they said, require it.
"We have a black president and a black attorney general, but that is not achieving Dr. King's dream," said the Rev. Al Sharpton, the civil rights activist. "That may be a means to achieving it. Achievement is when we have one nation with equal protection under the law and equal opportunity."
In some parts of the country, 1960s-style civil disobedience is already underway.
"Moral Monday" protests at North Carolina's General Assembly have resulted in nearly 600 arrests since late April. The protests began over health care access but have grown to include demonstrations over unemployment benefit reductions and proposals to toughen voter identification requirements and other rules for voting.
"It seems as though every time that we start making strides the forces that seek to dismantle any equality or any justice efforts, they rise up and they do all that they can to undermine any progress that's made," said the Rev. Anthony T. Spearman, 62, a small-town pastor and vice president of the NAACP's North Carolina state conference.
Gail Christopher, who has been leading a five-year racial healing project sponsored by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, attributed the cyclical setbacks to the view that the country has yet to deal with its fundamental belief in a racial hierarchy.
"We are being called on as a country to do serious work on this," Christopher said.
While the court's rulings came down, Kellogg announced $3.8 million in grants to community groups in Mississippi that work to improve life outcomes for young men of color. Those monies come on the heels of the state's commemoration of Evers, the state's first NAACP field secretary, who was shot to death on June 12, 1963.
In an interview before that grim anniversary, Evers' widow, Myrlie Evers-Williams, told The Associated Press how she thought her husband would perceive the times he did not live to see.
"I believe he would look at the landscape of this country and realize what so many of us have said: We have made progress but there's still so much to be done, and if we don't guard the progress we've made, that too will slip away," she said.
One thing Evers did envision, his widow said, was the election of a black president. That president, Obama, said Tuesday he was "deeply disappointed" by the Supreme Court's voting rights decision, but it would not stop his efforts to end discrimination.
A day later, he boarded Air Force One and took off. For Africa.
He surfaced in Senegal on Thursday and visited Goree Island, a transit point for the ships that brought African slaves to America. He said the Supreme Court "made a mistake" in gutting the Voting Rights Act, and he looks forward to seeking "potential remedies" that preserve everyone's ability to vote.
"It was the cornerstone and the culmination of years of struggle - blood, sweat, tears - and in some cases, deaths," Obama said. "I might not be here as president had it not been for those who courageously helped to pass the Voting Rights Act."
Associated Press writers Brett Barouquere in Louisville, Ky., Keith Collins in Philadelphia, Henry C. Jackson in Washington, Christopher Kardish in Raleigh, N.C, and Emily Wagster Pettus in Jackson, Miss., contributed to this report.
Follow Suzanne Gamboa on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/APsgamboa
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.


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I just want to say after reading a lot of it, i still think your a hater but your pointing out a lot of obvious ****.
When the Raiders have a bad game.. you feel the need to come in and post your thoughts on the state of the nation... you did come in and give a great warm feeling post about Broncos win and Asomugha becoming a pro bowler... But still i'll call you a hater cause i didn't see any comments about Raiders beating Texans (before i posted the photo of JOEL repping the scoreboard)
I can understand having a hatred for a franchise... i myself dislike the Chargers, Niners and Cowboys, but for the most part you see myself staying out of the NINERS thread because i feel that i am more mature then you when it comes to the term respect... (funny as that sounds)
i created the Seahawks thread because i felt you were negatively running my franchise and our beloved owner through the mud and hopefully with the creating of Seahawks thread you wouldn't be poppin in on a weekly basis and spreading your hate (even though it's true, the nation definately doesn't want to hear it from a stinking hawks fan)
But on the flipside dude, i appreciate your right to post whatever you want, whenever you want in whichever thread you chose (just like the lil tidbit i wrote about Bigsstrad in the random babble thread)
I hope you understand i have dealt with my anger management issues with you in regards to your raiders bashing... i think i've called you previously a dickwad, douchebag and cocksucker but now the term hater is more fitting because we both know you 'hate'
i respect your depth and insight with your posting and your posting style... i just don't like hearing it.
Sorry to bring the Raiders beef into your seahawks thread and posting JOELS ugly mug in the thread, but i just thought you'd appreciate it.
anyways now to some of your posts below.
bada wrote:the stats that illustrate the completele ineptitude of the Raiders in this game are astonishing!
77 total yards?
3 total first downs?
10 passing yards?
14:45 time of possession
-2 yards and 0 first downs in the 1st half?
I admit I LOVE to see the Raiders reach new lows but I feel bad for you guys and all the fans. That is just brutal.
Joel, I commend you bro for staying for the whole game. I did as well at the Hawks game. Not easy.
bada wrote:yes I laugh at al Davis but I feel for my friends that are raider fans
bada wrote:As bad as the Hawks are, they are no where NEAR as bad as the Raiders. It is not even close.
One huge difference is the Raiders are stinking it up with their STARTERS. Their HUGE money guys. The players that are their FUTURE.
The Seahawks are playing without their Pro Bowl QB, 5 WR that were not even on the roster in training camp, 3 backup offensive lineman, their 3 time pro bowl middle linebacker, and last years NFC Sack leader pro bowl defensive end.
bada wrote:PAWNOGRAFFITI wrote:SO THAT JUST PROVES YOU SUCK MORE!@!!
Keep telling yourself that pawno. I am sure if you keep saying it, you will come to actually believe it one day.
One team has won 4 straight division titles and has won more games this decade than every team other than the Patriots and the Colts.
The other has lost 68 of their past 86 games and are the laughing stock of the league.
so, yes, I agree that it is very naive to compare the two
bada wrote:well, gotta love your optimism about your team in the face of one of the most wretched performances in NFL history on your home field against an average at best team flying from across coasts. That is what being a fan is so I respect that.
But if you are comparing the injury situations as equal, then you just dont follow the NFL very closely (or at least teams outside of Oakland).
and by the way, Holmgren SUCKS! Cant wait for the Holmgren era to end. Even if that means taking a step back.
But the future paths of the team are very different. Hawks have the best or one of the best owners in the NFL where the Raiders owner... well, nothing really much more need to be said.
Only reason the Raiders might see light at the end of the tunnel is that it really cant get any worse! You CANT get worse than the worst 5 year stretch in NFL history. Well, I guess it could get worse in that the streak of double digit loses could continue to expand that record of futlity
bada wrote:JOEL wrote:xbay wrote:TMC wrote:PAWNOGRAFFITI wrote:TMC wrote:Er... I don't know what to say, other than you did a great job bashing the Raiders organization (that means, Al) in your 1000th post, Mr. Crackerz. Congrats (on both achievements).
& you have over 13,000 posts of the exact same thing... i think your the one who needs a KUDO
Thanks, Pawno. Always a pleasure to keep spreading the truth.
My friends who are Raider fans tell me that me Raider bashing is fake and annoying. I always thought Raider bashing was the truth and fun.bada wrote:pawno is just collateral damage.... I do it because of my immense hate for the organization and much of that comes from them beating up on us in the AFC West. The rest of it comes from the atrocities that Al Davis has done to my good friends that are loyal Raider fans.
Quite frankly seeing the Raiders bad makes me happy. It is the only organization in pro sports I feel that way about.bada wrote:JOEL wrote:Mr. Crackerz wrote:wow, we look like a football team this week. Even on the two wins, i never felt confident or much hope. Last week, i saw 1 drive that gave me hope on J-Money. This week, more hope! Lets finish strong oakland!
haaaaha even bada might get on board i'll take hime to the SONIC'S game
congrats guys. Even in a disapointing season, I know how big it is for you guys to beat the Broncos... especially in THEIR house. Nice win guys!
Hey and it improves the Seahawks draft position!bada wrote:GSW United wrote:hey Big AL....when is the next press conference???
I assume there will be two more... the day after the season ends when he announces Cable has been let go...
and then about a month later when he announces the hiring of Vallejo's 5th grade Pee-Wee coach as the new Raider head coach!bada wrote:Nice to see that Nnamdi finally made the pro bowl. Glad the ineptitude of the Raiders did not blind people to a very deserving player.


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Moving cross-country can be stressful, particularly when you don't know much about the city where you're moving.
However, a few simple steps can help ensure that your search is successful.
Basic tips
- Panicking won't help. Easier said than done, but take a deep breath and realize that tens of thousands of people move cross-country every year. If you have a plan and you're patient and stick to it, there's no reason you, too, can't make a successful move.
- Use networking to your advantage. Tell your friends, your relatives and your co-workers that you're searching for a place; tell everyone. Asking around costs nothing and may yield immense benefits. In addition, use email, phone and social media to expand your networking reach.
- Time your search appropriately. Different cities have different lead times for finding an apartment. For example, if you're moving to New York City, apartments aren't on the market until a month or less before the move-in date. Conversely, many college towns put apartments on the market three or even five or six months before the move-in date. Go online and look at the listings in the area where you're moving and figure out how far in advance you need to begin your search.
- Research neighborhoods first. Before you start seriously honing in on an apartment, study the neighborhoods in the city where you're moving and get a sense of which ones are right for you. The key categories: the personality of the neighborhood, the price of the neighborhood and the time it will take you to commute to work. Do some research online: Read the local papers and look through brokers' and real estate agents' websites. They'll give you a taste for what each neighborhood is like, as well as approximate pricing. If you're worried about crime, most city police departments will provide crime statistics for each neighborhood. Also use an online mapping website to check the commute times.
Conducting the actual search
- Fly out to hunt (if you can afford it). Nothing beats being there and seeing the apartments, meeting the potential roommates and walking through neighborhoods. But one weekend is a short period of time, so if you're planning to fly out, make sure you're prepared well before you arrive. This means doing research, having neighborhoods in mind, setting up showings and having your paperwork ready.
- Find a short-term sublet. If you can't fly out to look around, or you're unsure of where you want to live even after your visit, try taking a one- to three-month sublet to get your feet on the ground. Then, you can use that as a home base for a proper apartment search once you arrive.
- Do it remotely. Flying out is expensive, and you'll need a place to stay while you hunt. If your employer isn't paying for the move, you don't know anybody to crash with and you don't have spare cash to spring for a hotel room, doing the search remotely is a viable option. You can get virtual tours of places, talk to potential roommates over the phone and communicate with your future landlord online. You need to be doubly careful if you're not planning to search in person, but it's certainly doable.
A few words of caution
- Research the management company. A good management company is a great boon, and a bad management company can cause serious problems. Most management companies are listed with the Better Business Bureau as well as on consumer review sites such as Yelp, and most major cities have listings of known slumlords. Use these tools to do at least a cursory online search to make sure you're not committing to an obviously bad situation. Also, type the address of the building into a search engine to see if it has been subject of any troubling news articles.
- Review everything before you sign. This is just a good idea in general, but you'll be particularly vulnerable if you're from out of town, so it pays to make sure you understand what you're getting into before you sign on the dotted line.
- If something seems fishy, it probably is. This is especially true if you're doing your search remotely. If a listing seems too good to be true, be suspicious. Find someone who's willing to vet the place personally, such as a friend or relative who lives in the area and would be willing to check out the apartment. Better to be patient than find yourself in a bad situation.
If you follow these tips, you'll be on the path to finding the right place. It will take some time and work, but there's no reason a long-distance apartment hunt can't turn into a successful apartment search.


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I am trying to update my FS Ariel Sep 2016 post to the current date.
How do I do that without starting a new post or do I have to start a new post
In some instances, you're not able to edit your posts. In that case, just add a new post, pointing out to what earlier post it relates.
It appears, however, that you're unable to post (you're shown as a "visitor.") If that's the case, you need to join the board. If you have already done that, let me know your user name and I can have the board Email you a password reminder -- actually it's a link to change your password, but then you'll know it . . If you've forgotten your user name, let me know your old and new email addresses and I may be able to find your registration with one of them.
Bill, I am trying to update a posting on the Ariel/Commander site. Can you help me?
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Walking on Urupukapuka Island in the beautiful Bay of Islands
Towards the end of last summer, a friend suggested we take the Explore NZ vessel out to Urupukapuka Island and spend a day exploring the island.
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Coming towards the end of summer, a friend recently suggested we take the Explore NZ vessel out to Urupukapuka Island and spend a day exploring the wonderful walks out there. We waited for a perfect weather day, and jumped on the 9.00am Hole in the Rock Cruise – bonus being we got to get out to the Hole in the Rock, and play with the dolphins in Oke Bay along the way. We arrived at the island at 11.30am and then set off on our adventure.
We took the track towards Urupukapuka Bay from the starting point at Otehi Bay. From the minute you get to the top of the first hill the views are breathtaking. You can understand why this area is so popular for campers throughout the summer months. The first bay has the backdrop of the Albert Channel and Rawhiti in the background and you are also looking straight out towards Cape Brett. We climbed the next ridge line towards the eastern seaward side of the island. Quite a steady steep climb, but worth it because once you get there the views are fabulous. This side of the island is the weather beaten side, with narly rocks leading down to deep emerald green water below edged with white as the swell crashes onto the exposed side of the island.
It took us just under an hour to walk from Otehi Bay to far end of the island at the beginning of the Cliff Pa loop. As we approached the junction of the Pateke & Cliff Pa Loops we were rewarded with the most incredible views back towards the Kerikeri Inlet, Waitangi and Russell overlooking the islands of Motorua and Roberton from a really elevated position. The wonderful jewel colours of the waters of the Bay of Islands were spectacular on such a beautiful day.
The trail then meanders down into Indico Bay. Walking along the beach here, we were the only people there – a total treat. We then climbed back up onto the next ridge and down into one of my favourite beaches in the Bay of Islands – Paradise Bay. The trail from beginning of the Cliff Pa loop to Paradise Bay took us about 40-45 minutes. Again, Paradise Bay was totally deserted. There were a few yachts anchored out in the bay, but we were the only two on the beach. We decided this was the perfect spot to stop for lunch where we enjoyed a break for about 45 minutes whilst we rested and re-energised for the rest of the walk.
The climb out of Paradise Bay is fairly steep with a switch back type of trail that eventually brings you back to join the Urupukapuka Bay loop trail. As we were ahead of the time we expected the round the island walk would take, we decided to explore the Cable Bay Loop and down into the most idyllic small bay with a lovely grassy area well set up again for camping. Up and over a couple more ridges again with more breathtaking views, we headed down into Otehi Bay via the woolshed route with an hour to spare before our boat departed back to Paihia at 4.30pm.
Urupukapuka Island is one of the best day's walking I have done for a long time. Nothing too challenging, but enough to get the heart rate up on the climbs and well rewarded with incredible vistas of our back yard – the beautiful Bay of Islands.
From October – early April this day adventure is possible with ExploreNZ when both their morning and afternoon Hole in the Rock Cruises stop at Otehi Bay.
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It's been a long time since Mick Blue was a twenty-something in Austria trying to break into the porn business by renting VHS tapes and mailing letters to the production companies! It's hard to believe now that it took Mick so long to get his first adult film job. In the years since his debut in the year 2000, he's appeared in over two thousand scenes, established himself as a successful director, and won a whopping 19 AVN awards. Oh, and in 2017, he was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame for his outstanding achievements in the industry. It just goes to show that even the most successful pornstars in the world had to start somewhere, and in Mick's case, all he had when he started out was a love of sex, a huge cock, and an even bigger drive to succeed. These days, it seems like Mick has it all: he gets to travel the world, live out all his wildest, sexual fantasies onscreen, and come home to his gorgeous pornstar wife, Annika Albrite. From his fans' perspective, it might look like there's no heights left for him to climb, but Mick says his porn journey is far from complete: "It feels like every year I gain more knowledge and experience. It's a never-ending progress."
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Listen To This Zine!
Posted by Matthew Moyer on January 21, 2011
It's happened to all of us, you finish reading a zine, and wonder what exactly the band that gave that great interview sounds like? Sure, you could trawl around iTunes, but where's the fun in that? The Zine Collection has teamed up with the Popular Media department at the Main Library to offer you a selection of albums from bands featured in the pages of some of our finest, cutting-edge music zines. They're displayed with the new zines on the first floor of the Main Library, and we think you'll be pleasantly surprised by some of the selections. As always, maximum volume yields maximum results.
Maximum Rock N' Roll Vol. 288
Clockcleaner – "Babylon Rules"
Maximum Rock N' Roll Vol. 278
The Fall – "Hex Induction Hour"
Maximum Rock N' Roll Vol. 278
Thee Headcoats – "Knights of the Baskervilles"
Maximum Rock N' Roll Vol. 308
The Cramps – "Live at Napa State Mental Hospital" (DVD)
Maximum Rock N' Roll Vol. 283
Jay Reatard – "Singles 06-07"
Maximum Rock N' Roll Vol. 191 AND Razorcake Vol. 4
Minor Threat – "Complete Discography"
Razorcake Vol. 48
Otis Redding – "The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul"
Maximum Rock N' Roll Vol. 179
Boysetsfire – "After the Eulogy"
Maximum Rock N' Roll Vol. 289
Southern Death Cult – "Southern Death Cult"
Tail Spins. Vol. 33
Melt Banana – "Cactuses Come in Flocks"
Tail Spins. Vol. 19
Sebadoah – "III"
Many more to come…
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January 31, 2011 at 5:42 pm
Interesting concept. I was wondering how they went about being stored and referenced. You are definitely the right guy for this job.
February 3, 2011 at 5:59 pm
It is indeed, old friend. I have been wondering as to your whereabouts for some time. It's good to finally re-connect. Hit me up on LinkedIn sometime. By the way, what are your thoughts on How to Kill Angels? Married life seems to agree with Trent as does his lady's vocals.


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When you feel at home right from the start, your kids trade their computer for our kiddies, you snuggle up in the shade of an apple tree to read a really good book, then you are very likely on a splendid holiday in Upper Austria.
Witness the farmer´s wife milking the cows and build a tree house with your friends.
Bring your mom eggs fresh from the nest, pluck flowers from the meadow and be sure that the only thing you won´t find around here is boredom.
How about a forest picnic with homemade specialties?
Or how does hiking, cycling or mountainbiking sound? The hosts point out to you the best trails for jogging and Nordic Walking.
There are numerous lakes and outdoor baths in the Salzkammergut region. Some farms even have their private pond for swimming. Horse farms are ideal for all lovers of riding while wellness aficionados find everything they want on one of our many health farms.
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Beware, your children might get hooked on the roast apples they devour each night in the farmer´s lounge.
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Pre-Christmas time is a very special time, particularly when spending it on a farm away from the hectic pace of city life. Kids can experience Santa Claus on the farm, bake Christmas cookies and cakes with the farmer's wife and hand-craft Christmas tree ornaments. Stays over Christmas and New Year are available as well.
Do you enjoy being on ice and snow? Upper Austria's varied landscape provides the ideal setting for winter sports enthusiasts. Many farms are located near ski areas and therefore make an ideal starting point for skiing and snowboarding. Some cross-country ski trails run past the farmhouses. There are plenty of opportunities to enjoy curling and ice skating. You may also try a horse-drawn sleigh ride or a romantic walk across snow-covered hills and meadows.
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America's semiconductor industry — which involves the design and manufacturing of integrated circuits found in everyday electrical and electronic devices — is one of the country's top export industries and a leading indicator of the U.S. economy.
According to the Semiconductor Industry Association, semiconductor innovations form the foundation for America's $1.1 trillion dollar technology industry, affecting a U.S. workforce of nearly 6 million.
UMass Lowell's Distributed Semiconductor Instructional Processing Laboratory (DSIPL) has been providing both undergraduate and graduate students with hands-on training in semiconductor design and fabrication, including photolithography, ellipsometry, mask alignment, etching, oxidation, diffusion and metallization, as well as testing, validation and characterization.
Prof. Kanti Prasad of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering was instrumental in establishing the DSIPL at the University in 1987. He accomplished this in collaboration with Tufts University, Merrimack College and the Massachusetts Microelectronics Center (MMC). The laboratory is used primarily by students from the consortium's electrical engineering, computer science, physics, chemistry and chemical engineering departments.
Prasad was also responsible for developing a comprehensive program on Microelectronics/VLSI (Very Large Scale Integrated Circuits) Technology within UMass Lowell's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, covering such subjects as fundamentals, materials, devices, circuits and systems.
"This educational model has enabled us to place the University's graduates at the most advanced semiconductor manufacturing industries not only in the region, but nationally as well, due to their unique, hands-on experience in VLSI design," he says. "We are preparing them to join the workforce and meet the challenges of the high-tech industry."
In June, six undergraduate students and one faculty member from the Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering & Management in Nagpur, India, underwent intense certificate training in advanced VLSI design under Prasad at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center (ICC). The two-week program was part of the recently forged collaboration between the college and UMass Lowell.
"The training program was a great success," says V.S. Deshpande, Ph.D., principal of Shri Ramdeobaba College. "The participants admired and appreciated the UMass Lowell team, particularly Dr. Kanti and his associates. Our college is excited and looking forward to a mutually beneficial long-term relationship with UMass Lowell."
A Grand Celebration
DSIPL is celebrating its 25th founding anniversary this year. To celebrate the milestone, a get-together was held on Nov. 29 at the ICC, during which Prasad thanked the industry partners who have provided long-standing and continued financial support for the students' research projects, especially after the MMC pulled out of the consortium in 1991.
Executive Vice Chancellor Jacqueline Moloney and Engineering Interim Dean Jack Wilson presented plaques of appreciation to George LeVan, Andy Hunt and Dylan Bartle of Skyworks Solutions and to Robert Meisenhelder, Robert O'Reilly and Michael Walsh of Analog Devices.
"It is the contribution and perpetual support of these companies, and the vision of these individuals, that has kept DSIPL and the microelectronics activities at UMass Lowell so vibrant," said Prasad.
Moloney and Wilson congratulated Prasad on behalf of the University and Chancellor Marty Meehan for his dedication and service.


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The conditional approval vote came at CB5's March 11th meeting, one month after the community board stalled its decision on the project to allow for an additional thirty days of review.
Though the board voted overwhelmingly in favor of the school (33-7), it took the group yet another long bargaining session to hammer out an acceptable list of conditions to be included in the school proposal - plans CB5 hopes will be incorporated into the final plan set to go before the City Council.
The Council's Land Use Subcommittee was scheduled to vote on the school on Wednesday, March 18. If the proposal passes committee, it will move to a full council vote approximately one week later.
CB5's Education Committee chairwoman, Patricia Grayson, criticized the DOE's commitment to working with the community on the school, which is slated for 74th Street and 54th Avenue, even as she issued the board's four-part set of conditions just one week before the subcommittee vote.
"The Department of Education lies like a rug. Everything they promised us in one way or another they reneged, and that's the truth," said Grayson. However, Grayson continued, the board had little choice but to approve the school because "it all still comes down to the education of our children."
The board's first stipulation concerns enrollment priority for local students. The board requested that the new seats go first to Maspeth students from District 24 who live in the P.S. 58 catchment area, or the immediate zone surrounding the proposed school site; second to school district 24 students who live in the following zip codes: 11373, 11378, 11379, and 11385; third to the remaining students in district 24; and finally to students from the rest of Queens.
The community board also stipulated that the new school impose staggered arrival and dismissal times, create a comprehensive academic curriculum (instead of a specialized or "themed" high school), and build a cutout to ease traffic congestion and facilitate safer access to the building for special education students.
The community board and Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley, who spoke at the meeting, have been pushing the DOE for these changes, especially for a smaller, locally zoned school, for the past few months.
In a rare concession, the DOE scaled back its original proposal for a 1,600-seat school to the current 1,100-seat plan, and offered to give students from districts 24, 27, and 28 priority.
Dermot Smyth, speaking on behalf of the United Teachers Federation (UFT), praised CB5 and Councilwoman Crowley at the meeting for their efforts, before cautioning them, in effect, to take what they can get from the City Council this week.
"You've set an example for community groups throughout this city that if you stand up long enough, and fight hard enough, you can get what you want. You've gotten the DOE to compromise," Smyth said. "Now we have to recognize we don't want to push them too far."
However, DOE failed to commit to locally zoning the school, which was a big sticking point for the community board. Without committing to zone the school exclusively for Maspeth students, some board members feel the DOE is ensuring the school will attract students from all over Queens, and quickly become as overcrowded as nearby Grover Cleveland and Newtown high schools.
In an interview after the meeting, CB5 Chairman Vincent Arcuri said he believed the community board had worked hard on the school proposal, but didn't think it was likely DOE would adopt the group's set of recommendations.
"I think from a standpoint of a community doing an in-depth analysis of a school and coming up with a realistic conclusion, [the process] was very good," said Arcuri. "Will that analysis and conclusion be included in the final proposal? I doubt it very much."
Glendale Civic Association President and CB5 member Kathy Masi criticized DOE and the School Construction Authority (SCA) for the way they handled the long and controversial planning process for the school.
"It has been my experience with the DOE that they will try to do whatever they want regardless of our input," Masi said. "We have never meet with any educators, only the SCA, who are basically hired guns for the DOE, who will do anything, even make false promises, to get a school up."
With their role in the decision-making process now complete, and nothing left to do but await the City Council's vote, Masi praised Crowley's work on behalf of the community.
"Elizabeth Crowley has made a maverick effort to get the high school built while trying to protect the community," Masi said. "She has school-aged children and completely recognizes the importance of education."


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Government launches data free-for-all
In the name of fraud prevention
The government has ditched yet more of the protections on personal data contained in the Data Protection Act with new legislation that will allow the sharing of data between public and private sectors.
The move follows the decision by the cabinet to allow data to be "normally shared" between public sector bodies, if the sharing is in the public interest.
The new bill specifically allows data to be exchanged in the name of preventing fraud. Both public and private sector agencies will have access to information about a person's tax, employment, and benefits status, as well as any pensions and other personal financial information.
Medical information is specifically exempted from being shared.
Further, the bill paves the way for personal data from various repositories to be collated and compared, which could reveal suspicious patterns of behaviour. Civil rights campaigners are concerned that these powers could be used without any evidence of wrongdoing against the person being investigated.
But the serious crime bill also contains provisions for function creep: that is for the Home Secretary to extend the bill beyond its original scope. The powers could be used for prevention of other crimes, not just fraud, for tracking missing offenders, and for recovering debt, according to reports.
According to The Guardian, the bill's explanatory notes also set out how the scope of the national fraud initiative will be extended to include central government databases, such as passport office information, and the driving license records.
The bill also sets out new, so-called "super asbos", orders designed to target those suspected of serious organised crime, such as money laundering, human trafficking and drug dealing. Ministers want the orders to be handed out to up to 30 suspected serious criminals every year. If the order is breached, a recipient could face up to five years in prison.
The Tories have been critical of the scheme. Shadow home secretary David Davis told The Times: "If up to 60 per cent of tearaways breach ASBOs, what makes John Reid think an organised criminal will pay attention to one?"
Various reports estimate the cost of each of these orders to be around £40,000. This could be doubled if a recipient elected to appeal the imposition. ®


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Rehabilitation medicine physician Michael Stubblefield says that Memorial Sloan Kettering is working to increase the supply of cancer rehabilitation physicians by offering training and education here and at other locations.
Sharlynn Tuohy, Director of Rehabilitation Services at Memorial Sloan Kettering, says that many people can benefit from some rehabilitation therapy after cancer treatment. Patients are encouraged to continue occupational or physical therapy on their own to maintain the functional goals they have achieved during rehabilitation therapy.


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Well then, it's about time these damned things sped up a bit. I'm thinking about dropping the Keenspace forums and going for something else if this doesn't improve soon!
If you dunno WTF I'm talking about, just ignore this post.
*current GT hopeful launch time: late May to early june*


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With many flowers in bloom, come and visit Oak Grove Plantation for two nights in May and enjoy sumptuous strawberry-centered breakfasts. Try treats like whole wheat strawberry pancakes and chocolate and strawberry stuffed French toast or maybe just strawberries with whipped cream.
Also, you can pick your own strawberries or buy them already picked at Reese's Farm Fresh in Scottsburg. If you'd like to see more of Halifax County, you can also be treated to a tea at another B&Bs as part of a countywide promotion. The total two-day cost is $218 per couple and a bit less for singles.
There is a lot going on in May in Halifax County. Don't miss the Heritage and Antique Machinery Festival plus Noland Village Days in May, and the Virgilina Summerfest also in May. Here is Pickett's Recipe
Strawberries Pancakes
3/4 c all-purpose flour
2 cups buttermilk
3/4c whole wheat flour
1 large egg
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teapoon baking soda
1 cup strawberries
3 tablespoons canola oil
Separately mix the dry and wet ingredients except the strawberries. Combine the dry and wet ingredients, leaving the mixture somewhat lumpy. Stir in the strawberries or add to each pancake while cooking. Pour about 1/3 cup of batter for each pancake into a nonstick skillet and cook for 2 minutes on each side. Serve warm. Makes 10 pancakes.


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A total of 53 Big 12 student-athletes have been named to the 2013 Academic All-Big 12 Tennis Teams, the league office announced.
On the men's side, Ryan Proctor (Oklahoma) and Trevor Horstmann (Oklahoma State) were nominated with 4.00 grade point averages, while Petra Niedermayerova (Kansas State) and Lina Padegimaite (Texas) represent with perfect GPAs on the women's team.
Three Longhorns become three-time honorees, including Chris Camillone, who has been honored as a first team member the past three years. Alex Hilliard and Daniel Whitehead were recognized on the first team in 2012 and earned second team recognition in 2011. For the women, Caroline Starck (Texas Tech) collects her third straight first team distinction.
The TCU men and Texas Tech women led all teams with seven overall honorees. The Lady Raiders had six first team members, while TCU and Texas tied with five first team recognitions on the men's team.
A total of 44 student-athletes earned first team recognition (19 men, 25 women), while nine golfers comprise the second team (six men, three women).
First team members consist of those who have maintained a 3.20 or better GPA while the second team selections hold a 3.00 to 3.19 GPA.
To qualify, student-athletes must maintain a 3.00 GPA or higher (either cumulative or the two previous semesters) and must have participated in 60 percent of their team's scheduled contests. Freshmen and transfers are not eligible in their first year of academic residence. Senior student-athletes who have participated for a minimum of two years and meet all the criteria except percent of participation are also eligible.


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Thanks for checking in someone. :-)
I know...it's been a long time since I posted on this blog. Once I was no longer in rage mode of my recovery, my writing just didn't fit for this blog. However, I know that it helps a lot of readers and I will make a point to come back and write more often about the private side of this personal struggle.
It's going on a year and half since I found out and about two years since the affair started. Today, my husband's aunt said, "I am so glad you guys are doing so well." She then proceeded to tell me about how hard it is to forgive and forget. All I could get thinking was how she was so sure that I have forgiven and forgotten. Then I couldn't help but think that I couldn't believe that she was bringing this up to me. See, we haven't seen her since the affair broke out...so she thought we were still in some chaotic mess of a marriage.
Behind closed doors, we were discussing how I wish he would stop doing some sexual things that I know he got from the affair. He refuses to admit that he did get it from the affair but yet he never did it before her and has done it ever since her.
Mind you, I can talk about this stuff without batting an eye lash now. I used to be full of rage and cry about it. I know talk about it as a fact and have no problems with it. I am in a place of acceptance. I am very strong now with it. I know what I want and what I don't want. I can voice that too. Something I could never do.
Anyway, my husband on the other hand continues to carry a lot of guilt over the affair. He has many anxiety attacks over it and when I bring up things like how I wish he he wouldn't kiss my ear because I know he got that from her - he immediately get's really anxious and is stricken with a sense of utter devastation. He denies it..crumbles...I let him go into his hole of "I want to die" and when he emerges ...we move on to the next thing.
I'll tell you...it's not easy. It's the hardest thing ever. My heart drops every time I hear about someone who is going through what I have gone through and what I am going through. Since I am a counselor, I have started focusing a program that helps wives whose husbands have cheated and trying to save their relationships with their husbands. I am not ready to disclose that here because I have divulged a lot on this blog through my rage. Maybe something I would like to share this...because many of these posts are real raw emotions. They are helpful to those in the beginning stages of recovery. But right now, is not the right time.
As far as the wedding rings - which is the most poplar post here - I still do not wear one and VOW never to wear one again. I look at them and like them but I have no faith in marriage. I have faith in relationships.
Okay, so check back. I will keep you posted more and give you some back information. Feel free to post your experiences... Oh and if you are really curious about my program for affair recovery - email me or comment here and I can share it privately with you.
Stay strong everyone... because it will make you strong... It did for me.
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Still in Affair Recovery
Thanks for checking in someone. :-)


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Part Two in the Lor Mandela Series. When Audril, the heiress to the Lor Mandelan throne, sneaks away to Earth to save one of her dearest friends, she finds that a power hungry tyrant from her own world has begun systematically obliterating towns and cities to get her to turn herself over to him. On Earth, she meets a wildly eccentric old lady named Teedee Venilworth whose imaginary butler/fiance supposedly holds the key to her success. But how can someone help if he doesn't exist? Could it be that creatures who dwell in shadow are not exclusive to Lor Mandela? Book number two in the Lor Mandela Series, FOUR HUNDRED DAYS, is an action-packed whirlwind of intrigue and fantasy. Join the extraordinary characters from the first book, (both the good and the evil), as they traverse the haunted corridors of Alcatraz Penitentiary, travel via portal to an ancient castle on the cliff shores of Ireland, and meet a foreboding race of mystic warriors known as the Solom. Soar on the back of a large horse-like creature to the Northern High Forests and discover that on the picturesque world of Lor Mandela, your friends can become foes, your enemies your allies, and just because someone dies, it doesn't always mean that they're dead. Also Available Book #1 DESTRUCTION FROM TWINS at https: //www.createspace.com/3602036
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Olivia Wilde channels Joan of Arc for 'Tron' sequel
Actress channels Joan of Arc for 'Tron'
At the end of a long press day for "Tron: Legacy," raven-haired beauty Olivia Wilde is still wired. In the sequel to the seminal techie '80s hit, she plays Quorra (KO-rah), a denizen of the digital world that young Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund) finds himself downloaded into as he searches for his long-lost dad, Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges). After facing hundreds of questions that have come at rhythmic 10-minute intervals, what comes out of Wilde is the tao of "Tron."
Q: Quorra strikes me as being in a constant state of discovery. Wide-eyed, literally.
A: (laughs) She has what in Buddhism is referred to as "the beginner's mind": a great sense of optimism and appreciation for all things. I was very much inspired by Joan of Arc; when I made the connection between Quorra and Joan of Arc, it all fell into place. Unlikely warriors. Childlike warriors. Joan of Arc seemed to have one foot in another world. She was led by a higher power, guided by compassion and selflessness. She had this rare combination of a warrior's spirit and innocence. That all made a lot of sense for Quorra. Her devotion to Kevin Flynn is what guides her. The addition of Sam Flynn really rocks her world and energizes her revolutionary spirit.
Q: You had to undergo some physical and martial-arts training, right?
A: The preparation was not just to be able to do the fight sequences and fit into the suit; it was figuring out who Quorra was. And I don't think I could have played her, found her, if I hadn't transformed my body completely. It's a part of becoming a warrior. You have to take on some of the strength a warrior would possess. You don't just learn how to fight with a sword. I wanted to keep her movements clean and simple, as opposed to riddled with quirks that humans have. I'm fidgety. I gesture with my hands a lot, as humans do. I touch my face a lot. I saw footage of me doing that, and I thought, "That's not Quorra."
Q: Kevin Flynn describes a "miracle" that's supposed to change everything -- science, philosophy and religion. I'd wager you put some thought into the film's big ideas?
A: Absolutely. Jeff, our writing team, our creative group -- it's something we all took very seriously when preparing for the film. One person who was very helpful as we were creating that was Jeff Bridges' own Zen master, Bernie Glassman, who is probably the coolest Zen Buddhist alive. He's a social activist. His entire philosophy was so inspiring to all of us.
The film raises so many interesting philosophical questions, it forces you to be constantly discussing this stuff on set. Even artificial intelligence versus humanity. That, of course, comes up in a movie like this or "The Matrix" or "Blade Runner." I was thinking, "What does Quorra, as a form of artificial intelligence, possess that humans do not?"
Q: Is there a hidden, nerdy Olivia Wilde?
A: (laughs) I don't think it's hidden at all. There's one scene -- I'm showing Sam around the safe house and I show him a game of Go. That was my nerdy idea because Go is the one game that humans consistently beat computers at. (Takes on excited nerd voice) "We should have something about Go, because people who know about it will know computers can't beat humans and it'll be this cool reference to what humans can do that computers can't." So we had that line where I say, "Flynn usually beats me." I think that people who know might get a little bit of a chuckle out of that.
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DISTRCT HEIGHTS, MD – Mike Toro couldn't sit at home any longer.
"I started getting bored," the Bishop Ford girls basketball coach said. "I really liked coaching. I really liked helping the kids out."
Toro got his start as a basketball coach through Apache Paschall and his Exodus program. He was a regular on the AAU circuit until two and a half years ago, his final summer with the Exodus Lady Falcons. He decided to go back on the road this year, coaching one of New Heights' 15U teams. He is currently at the U15 USJN/Nike National Championships in Maryland.
"After only coaching in the Rose Classic, I started to get the itch again," Toro said.
He picked New Heights because of the quality of its overall program. The well known organization has always been about more than just basketball, focusing on academics and success in the classroom as well as on the court.
"I felt like it was something new to try," Toro said.
Coaching the younger kids has been a refreshing experience for Toro. It's given him a chance to wor players not currently on his Bishop Ford roster, work on teaching skills and relating to younger and less established kids. Toro's believes that will get him ready for when this group of Falcon seniors graduate.
"It's a challenge for me," Toro said. "I have to really coach more and really teach the kids. They are eager to learn."
He added: "This helps prepare me for what I'm doing for the summer and also in high school."
Toro believes his return to AAU will mark the end of his troubles with anxiety. It hampered him much of last season with Ford, especially after the death of Paschall, his good friend and coaching mentor, from a heart attack on Jan. 3. Toro missed games, made multiple trips to the hospital and even while on the bench often left the bulk of the coaching duties to assistant Scott Wasserfall. Losses aren't bothering him like they used is.
"I can still got home and take a deep breathe and say it's just a game." Toro said. "It doesn't bother me."


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Which is the most open/hackable e-reader?
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I'm interested in purchasing an e-reader of some kind (i.e. must use e-ink tech, no LCD screens) and wondering if anyone has any suggestions about which reader lends itself most to tinkering/extending/hacking? Are there any that make it possible to install your own software? (It would be cool to see i.e. Emacs running on one.)
In a way this is also a question about which reader supports the most ebook formats, and is therefore least likely to become bricked if the manufacturer spots supporting its preferred format. It's also a privacy issue, as some readers (looking at you, Kindle) are so tightly integrated with their sales platform that they seem to overstep a privacy line, in terms of the data they collect about you. The more open the reader, the more likely a user is to be able to control their privacy level.
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Nook Color, hands down. Your eInk criterion limits you to cheap Chinese knockoffs. If you're willing to go LCD, you won't be disappointed with an NC; Cyanogen makes the ROM for it, and they are nearly impossible to brick. Heck, you can run a custom ROM right off the microSD card, never putting your warranty in jeopardy. And, because it's Cyanogen, you can read nearly anything, and have full Android Market access.
The new Nook (just called "nook" though people are nicknaming it the nook "touch" to differentiate it from the original dual screen eink and minilcd nook, the new touch screen nook is a single touchscreen e-ink reader with the same processor as the Nook Color) runs android and is equally hackable. (though obviously the screen refresh is not suitable for animation, the device is lighter and cheaper and has much better battery life and sunlight readability)
Don't think there's a cyanogen for it yet but you can change the launcher and load arbitrary android applications (including the kindle app if you like having choice between the two stores). Also as always, all the Nook readers support ePub book format which is an open format and you can convert just about any other format to ePub via the excellent open source PC app "Calibre".
Stay away from any DRM-like sellers, this is anything but open.
I suggest to try Ony Boox http://www.onyxboox.com/ which runs linux kernel and it is hackable if you know how to do it. There is also an active comunity to support this: http://booxusers.com/
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Teachers walk into their classrooms ready to educate, to lead their students in the right direction; to give them the skills to be good learners and better people. How can using primary source documents possibly enhance those efforts?
When there are primary sources used in the classrooms, students not only learn history, but learn how to do history. In fact, they can often do better history than then learn it.
Recently, Wistariahurst Museum, Enchanted Circle Theater, the Holyoke History Room & Archive of the Holyoke Public Library and the Western Mass Writers Project collaborated to provide local teachers with a summer institute, Living and Breathing History: Creating Student Historians through the Study of Primary Source Documents and the Arts. The institute was a five-day professional development program for teachers in arts integration pedagogy as an engaging technique for incorporating historically sound research methods in the classroom.
This institute brought together teachers, grades 4-12, from Holyoke public schools to explore the vast array of primary source documents housed at Holyoke museums and learn engaging techniques for using these documents in the classroom. Educators explored such topics as immigration, family and cultural life, work and industry while actively designing an arts integrated curriculum unit for the classroom.
Participants took a bus tour of Holyoke, including two new permanent exhibits on opportunity and industry, and family life in Holyoke, at Holyoke Heritage State Park and the Children's Museum at Holyoke.
The institute facilitators were Kate Navarra Thibodeau, Holyoke City Historian at Wistariahurst; Penni Martorell, Holyoke Public Library History Room & Archives; Priscilla Kane Hellweg, Enchanted Circle Theater; and Anne Louise White, Western Massachusetts Writing Project.
Once fully engaged in the workshops, teachers interacted with a variety of primary source documents, explored arts integration techniques which are readily adaptable to changing classroom curricula, and shared best practices to learn from each other.
During the course of the week, teachers were exposed to do what they will eventually lead their students through: the historical process. They were immersed in the historical process. How can we read a historical document? What does it tell us? What does it not tell us? Where else can we go for information? They learned techniques for working with primary source documents and objects of historical relevance. After analyzing several photographs and documents, participants got a chance to work together to analyze other primary sources, thinking about cross curricular opportunities. They also participated in an interactive photo exploration, where they described the photograph to a partner and then find the photograph their partner described to them.
In using arts integration techniques and primary source documents, one teacher said, "any activity that brings smiles and laughter to the participants will make an impression. In this case, the impression is the context. I'll remember both what was being taught and how it was presented."
The Institute also allowed collaborators to create a website www.creatingholyoke.org for teachers to use as a curriculum resource. The website contains downloadable images of primary source documents; creative education templates for classroom projects with step-by-step instructions; links to other sites hosting teacher curriculum resources; and a wiki page for teachers to share ideas, challenges, resources and problem solve together.
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