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I've noticed a couple of trends developing over the past few days, so I'm posting this to address them and hopefully help some people out. When you read thru a thread, pay attention to the date it was posted on. As a general rule, when someone posted a question a month (or longer) ago the odds are they have gotten their answer and don't require assistance anymore. Bringing up old threads is a waste of AO resources 95% of the time.
Don't sit down and answer every thread on the main page with some inane one line post just to build up your number of posts....you expose yourself to the possibility of accumulating negative AntiPoints for making useless posts in this manner. Patience is a virtue.
Try to keep the tone of your posts respectible when reponding to threads...as time passes you will grasp a good understanding of when to 'flame' and when not to...and the flame time here is held to a minimum for good reason. Calling someone an idiot or saying that the software they prefer is stupid and lame when you only have 10 posts under your belt isn't wise. Show intelligence, not attitude, when posting please.
If JP or any of the other senior members object to what I have said here, I will gladly withdraw this thread. I'm only trying to help improve the AO experience for all of us, and I hope that this thread will do just that. If any of you seniors out there have anything to add, by all means please do so!
This one is real important, and I apologize for overlooking it initially. When you are preparing to post a thread, take the time to use the search feature (upper right corner, main page) before you post. If you are wanting firewall or AV info, there have been numerous posts in the past discussing these and many other apps. Threads with repeated subject matter are a horrendous waste of AO resources. If your search yeilds no results, then by all means start a thread and discuss to your hearts content!


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NCLB Update
Paying for College
Veterans Awareness Week
International Education Week
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Upcoming Events
NCLB Update
On October 28, in Columbia, South Carolina, Secretary Spellings announced final regulations to clarify and strengthen Title I of the No Child Left Behind Act. "NCLB has shined a spotlight on schools," she noted. "It is compelling grown-ups to do the right thing by kids. And, it's working. Children once left behind are making some of the greatest gains, but more work needs to be done. That's why I've taken a responsive, common-sense approach to implementing the law with today's announcement." These regulations reflect lessons learned over the past six years and build on work that states have made with their assessment and accountability systems. The Department carefully considered more than 400 comments received after issuing proposed regulations in April 2008 and made some substantive changes based on those comments. The final regulations address: (1) a uniform, comparable high school graduation rate; (2) improved implementation of public school choice and supplemental educational services (SES); and (3) assessments, accountability, and transparency.
A Uniform, Comparable Graduation Rate (http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/reg/proposal/uniform-grad-rate.html)
Uniform and Accurate Definition. For high school accountability, the regulation defines a "four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate" as the number of students who graduate in four years with a regular high school diploma divided by the number of students who enter high school four years earlier, adjusting for transfers in and out, émigrés, and deceased students. Students who graduate in four years include students who earn a regular high school diploma at the end of their fourth year, before the end of their fourth year, and, if the state so chooses, during a summer session immediately following their fourth year. (It does not include students who graduate with a modified diploma or certificate of attendance or through a General Educational Development [GED] program.) To remove a student from a cohort, a school or school district must confirm in writing that the student has transferred elsewhere, emigrated abroad, or is deceased. For students who transfer out of a school, the written confirmation must be official and affirm that the student has enrolled in another school or in an educational program that culminates in a regular high school diploma.
Timeline. According to a 2008 National Governors' Association report, a majority of states will have the capability to implement a four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate by the 2010-11 school year. Therefore, the regulation requires the rate to be reported at the high school, district, and state levels, in aggregate as well as disaggregated by subgroups, beginning with report cards providing results of assessments administered in the 2010-11 school year. For Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) decisions, states must use the rate at the school, district, and state levels, including disaggregated rates for all required subgroups, based on assessments administered in the 2011-12 school year.
Option to Use Extended-Year Rates. To give systems credit for students who take longer than four years to graduate with a regular high school diploma, the regulation permits states to propose, for approval by the Secretary, one or more "extended-year adjusted cohort graduation rates" that take into account such students. Any extended-year rates must be reported separately from the four-year rate. Moreover, states must describe how they plan to utilize one or most extended-year rates, along with the four-year rate, in determining whether their schools and districts make AYP, while holding them accountable for graduating the vast majority of their students within the four years.
Establishing Goals. Currently, to make AYP, most states expect schools to make minimal improvement from one year to the next or meet very low goals. The regulation requires states to submit for both peer review and approval by the Secretary a single graduation rate goal that represents what it expects all schools in the state to meet and annual graduation rate targets that reflect "continuous and substantial improvement" from the previous year toward that goal.
Disaggregating Data. Data shows large disparities in the graduation rates of subgroups of students. The regulation requires disaggregated graduation rates to be reported and taken into account for AYP. Prior to 2010-11, states are required to disaggregate the data by subgroup at the school, district, and state levels for reporting using either the four-year rate or a transitional graduation rate. In 2010-11, states are required to disaggregate the data by subgroup at the school, district, and state levels for reporting using the four-year rate. In 2011-12, states are required to use the four-year rate, disaggregated by subgroups, for all school, district, and state AYP determinations.
Extension. States that cannot meet the 2010-11 deadline for reporting the four-year rate may request an extension of time from the Secretary. States must: (1) submit their requests by March 2, 2009; (2) offer evidence demonstrating they cannot meet the deadline; and (3) provide a detailed plan and timeline addressing the steps they will take to implement, as quickly as possible, the four-year rate.
Improved Implementation of Public School Choice and SES (http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/reg/proposal/strengthening-choice.html)
School Choice Notification. Early notification to parents of their public school choice options is critical for parents to have time to make an informed decision. The regulation requires districts to alert parents about their option to transfer their child and their available school choices as far in advance as possiblebut no later than 14 days beforethe start of the school year.
SES Notification. It is important that a district's communication to parents about SES options be as straight-forward as possible. The regulation requires official notices to explain the availability and benefits of receiving SES, be "clear and concise," and be distinguishable from other information sent to parents regarding school improvement.
Posting Information on the Web. To make information more widely accessible, the regulation requires districts to prominently display the following on the district's web site: the number of students who were eligible for and who participated in choice and SES (starting with data from 2007-08 and for each subsequent year); a list of available schools to which students eligible to participate in choice may transfer for the current school year; and a list of SES providers approved to operate in the district and the locations where services are provided for the current school year. This regulation further requires states to post the following on the state's web site: the amount of funds each district must spend on choice-related transportation, SES, and parent outreach; the maximum per-pupil amount available for SES; and the SES providers that are able to serve limited English proficient students and students with disabilities.
Provider Approval Process. To ensure that states use a rigorous approval process that considers all relevant information before approving entities to serve as SES providers, the regulation requires states look at: (1) evidence from the provider that its instruction methods and content are aligned with the state's academic content and achievement standards and are of high-quality, research-based, and specifically designed to increase the academic achievement of eligible children; (2) information from the provider on whether it has been removed from any states' approved provider list; (3) parent recommendations or results from parental surveys, if any, regarding the success of the provider's program in increasing academic achievement; and (4) any evaluation results demonstrating that the provider's program has improved academic achievement.
State Monitoring of Provider Effectiveness. When monitoring the quality of an approved provider, the regulation requires states examine, at a minimum, evidence that the provider's program: (1) is consistent with the instruction provided and content used by the district and the state; (2) addresses students' individual needs as described in students' SES plans; (3) has contributed to increasing students' academic proficiency; and (4) is aligned with the state's academic content and achievement standards. As with provider approval, states are also required to consider any parent recommendations, results from parental surveys, and other evaluation results demonstrating the success of the provider's program in strengthening academic achievement.
State Monitoring of District Implementation of SES. States have always monitored districts, but the regulation requires states to develop, execute, and report on the standards and techniques for how they monitor their districts' implementation of SES.
Costs for Parent Outreach. The regulation allows a district to count the costs of providing targeted parent outreach and assistance toward meeting the obligation of spending an amount equal to 20% of the district's Title I, Part A funding on choice-related transportation and SES. The actual amount that may be counted is capped at 1% of the 20% obligation.
Maximizing Funds for School Choice and SES. Currently, unspent choice and SES funds may be reallocated for other purposes. Before reallocating any funds, the regulation requires districts to supply satisfactory evidence to the state that it has demonstrated success in: (1) partnering (to the extent practicable) with community-based organizations to inform students and parents of their choice and SES options; (2) ensuring students and their parents have had a genuine opportunity to participate (by offering timely and accurate notices; ensuring that sign-up forms are widely available, accessible, and have been distributed directly to eligible students and their parents; and providing a minimum of two enrollment periods, at separate points during the school year, for eligible students to sign-up to receive SES); and (3) ensuring that providers are given access to school facilities on the same terms as other outside groups.
Assessments, Accountability, and Transparency (http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/reg/proposal/aat.html)
Assessments and Multiple Measures. There is a misunderstanding that accountability must be based on a single measure or form of assessment. The regulation clarifies states may use one test or multiple tests (e.g., reading and writing assessments to measure reading/language arts) and may use one format or multiple formats (e.g., multiple choice, extended response, etc.).
Strengthening State Assessment and Accountability Systems. The regulation requires the Secretary to create a National Technical Advisory Council (National TAC) to advise the Department on technical issues related to the design and implementation of state standards, assessments, and accountability systems, as well as on broad issues that affect all states. The National TAC is subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, which means its meetings are open to the public and its proceedings are available upon request. (Note: The 16-member National TAC, appointed by the Secretary on August 13, met on September 16 and will meet again on November 20.)
Minimum Subgroup Size and Including Students in Accountability. Currently, there are many students and subgroups of students excluded from AYP calculations. The regulation requires states to explain how the minimum subgroup size (N-size) and other components of their AYP definition (e.g., confidence intervals, performance indexes, definitions of "full academic year," etc.) combine to supply statistically reliable information. States are required to ensure the maximum number of students are included in AYP calculations. States are also required to report the number and percentage of students excluded from AYP calculations.
Including NAEP Data on Report Cards. The regulation requires states and districts to report the most recent results on state National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reading and math tests and the participation rates for limited English proficient and students with disabilities on the same public report card they use to report state assessments. For state report cards, data must be disaggregated by student subgroups.
Including Individual Student Growth in AYP. The regulation sets the criteria that states must meet to receive authority (via a flexibility agreement) to incorporate individual student academic progress into their calculations of AYP. The criteria closely adhere to those established in the growth model pilot program.
Identifying Schools for Improvement. The regulation codifies current Department policy that districts may identify schools as in need of improvement if they do not meet annual measurable objectives (AMOs) in the same subject over consecutive years. On the other hand, districts may not limit identification to those schools that do not meet AMOs in the same subject for the same subgroup over consecutive years. A similar provision applies to district identification.
Restructuring. School restructuring must include a significant change in the governance of a school. The regulation requires: (1) interventions implemented as part of a school's restructuring plan must be more rigorous and comprehensive than those implemented as part of the earlier correction action plan; (2) districts must implement strategies that address the reasons a school is in restructuring; (3) when replacing school staff, districts may also replace the principal, although replacing the principal, alone, is not sufficient to constitute restructuring; and (4) the "other" option to restructure may include replacing the principal, so long as this change is part of a broader reform effort.
These final regulations were published in the Federal Register on October 29 (see http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/finrule/2008-4/102908a.html). Generally, they take affect next school year. However, for specific provisions in the regulations, be sure to consult the timeline on pages 64498 and 64499. Also, the Department is preparing non-regulatory guidance that should be published by the end of the year. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/reg/title1/. (Note: On October 30, the Department hosted a live webcast to discuss the regulations. You can watch the archived webcast at http://www.connectlive.com/events/deptedu103008/.)
Also: On November 13, from 2:00-4:00 p.m. ET, the Department will convene a national teleconference to further discuss the regulations and address questions from the field. The Title I Technical Review will feature senior officials who were involved with the development of the regulations and who will be involved with helping states, districts, and schools implement the regulations. The focus will be on regulations related to the high school graduation rate, public school choice, and SES. The review is designed to be interactive. Participants may ask questions during the call or, prior to the call, submit questions to firstname.lastname@example.com for consideration. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/reg/title1/telcon.html.
Paying for College
The next "Education News Parents Can Use" broadcast (November 18, 8:00-9:00 ET) will explore the pressing issue of paying for college and advocate using federal aid first. To sustain our country's economic security and high standard of living in today's global marketplace, we must increase our citizen's access to and completion of a college degree. Yet, for many families, affordability remains the preeminent obstacle. In an effort to help families afford the opportunities of higher education, the Department has spent the past two years implementing many of the recommendations of the Secretary's Commission on the Future of Higher Education and her subsequent Action Plan for Higher Education. Key reforms to make college more affordable include: streamlining the FAFSA application; working with Congress to reauthorize the Higher Education Act; raising the Pell Grant award to its highest level and its largest increase in over 30 years; and ensuring better coordination among high schools and colleges to encourage low-income students to take the rigorous courses necessary to qualify for Academic Competitiveness (AC) and National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent (SMART) grants. In addition, new tools like College.gov, FAFSA4caster, and College Navigator are helping millions of families navigate the process of selecting and paying for college. The broadcast will highlight federal student aid programs, tools, and resources; spotlight schools and districts that are implementing innovative initiatives and programs to help disadvantaged youth succeed in and pay for college; and provide tips to help parents plan for and finance college. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/edtv/. (You can watch archived webcasts at http://www.connectlive.com/events/ednews/.)
Also: The College Board recently released its annual trends reports, "Trends in College Pricing 2008" and "Trends in Student Aid 2008," with new data on the price of higher education and the student aid available to help pay that price. For more information, please go to http://www.collegeboard.com/trends/.
Veterans Awareness Week
National Veterans Awareness Week (November 9-15) reminds schools to invite veterans into their classrooms in the days leading up to and following Veterans Day (November 11). Veterans are asked to share their experiences and teach short lessons about the history and significance of Veterans Day, helping students reflect upon the ideals of liberty, freedom, and democracy. For more information, please go to http://www1.va.gov/opa/vetsday/. (Note: A school kit, with sections for students and teachers, may be downloaded at http://www1.va.gov/opa/vetsday/schoolkit.asp.)
International Education Week
The following week is International Education Week (November 17-21), jointly sponsored by the Departments of Education and State. This year's theme is "Fostering Global Responsibility and Leadership," recognizing that, to meet the challenges of the world, all nations must work to develop future leaders who possess a comprehensive, open-minded worldview. For more information, please go to http://iew.state.gov/. (Note: For a list of planned activities across the globe, see http://iew.state.gov/events.cfm.)
Also: You are invited to attend the kick-off roundtable discussion on school-to-school partnerships on November 17, from 9:00-11:30 a.m., in the Department's auditorium (400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C.). Join representatives from the Embassy of France and Sister Cities for an interactive exchange and participate in real-time digital video interviews with students and teachers across France and the U.S. Please RSVP to (202) 401-0425 or email@example.com.
DataLab (http://nces.ed.gov/datalab/), an exciting new web site from the Department's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) and National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), puts a wide range of survey data collected by these offices at your fingertips. Whether you desire a quick number or an in-depth look at education data, the tools at DataLab are designed to meet your needs. For example, QuickStats, available now, is a guided table generator that allows users to produce a table to answer basic questions. PowerStats, available in spring 2009, will permit users to produce complex tables and run regressions.
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"These final [Title I] regulations build on and strengthen the advances state have made with their assessment and accountability systems. We believe a small number of significant regulatory changes can make a real difference in sustaining and advancing the reforms brought about by the No Child Left Behind Act, pending reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.... In the absence of reauthorization, we believe these final regulations are necessary to further the interests of parents and children and to improve the implementation of NCLB in order to continue progress toward the goal of 100% student proficiency in reading and mathematics by 2014."
|Federal Register notice on the final Title I regulations (10/29/08)
Upcoming Events
Over the next two weeks, the Department will be exhibiting at the National League of Cities' Congress of Cities and Exhibition in Orlando, FL (November 11-15); the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers' Meeting in Phoenix, AZ (November 12-16); the National Dropout Prevention Network's Annual Conference in Atlanta, GA (November 16-19); the National Alliance of Black School Educators' Annual Conference, also in Atlanta (November 19-23); and the National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention in San Antonio, TX (November 20-23). If you are attending any of these events, please stop by the Department's booth.
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Fruit salad © Archivo Paradores de Turismo
Ingredients for 6 people: 2 peaches, 2 apricots, 2 bananas, 6 plums, 200 gm of strawberries, 3/4 l of cream, 6 cherries, 1 glass of kirsch, 1 glass of smooth, aromatic white wine, sugar.
Put the cream and the cleaned and peeled strawberries in the fridge. Peel the fruit, dice it and place it in a bowl. Add the sugar and carefully stir the fruit, this action needs to be repeated four times, placing the bowl in the fridge and removing it.Later add the strawberries, kirsch and white wine. Refrigerate for four to five hours. Divide up over the dessert dishes
Make a well in the centre of each dish using a glass, and place the whipped cream and a cherry in it.
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- Price: Average
- Season: Spring-Summer
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- Energy: High
- Cholesterol: Average
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A "geography of disadvantage" for England's children has been laid bare in a new report which labels a third of Yorkshire's authorities as social mobility blackspots.
While London and the surrounding areas are doing well in giving youngsters a decent education and the opportunity of a good job, other parts of the country, particularly coastal and industrial towns, including Scarborough, Doncaster and Barnsley, are fast becoming entrenched social mobility "coldspots".
The Social Mobility Index ranks each of England's 324 local authority areas on the chances of a poor child doing well at school and getting a good job, based on a series of measures including exam results and the local job and housing market, with the top 20 per cent classed as 'hotspots' and worst performing 20 per cent deemed to be "coldspots".
In total, 33 per cent of Yorkshire authorities were classed as "coldspots", with North-East Lincolnshire, Hambleton, Wakefield and Bradford also among the worst performing.
London and its commuter belt were the best performing, with the majority of local areas within the top 20 per cent "hotspots".
Yorkshire was one of just three regions not to have a single area classed a social mobility hotspot.
Among the very worst performers - those in the bottom 10 per cent for social mobility - over half are in the East Midlands and the East of England.
Former Health Secretary and Darlington MP Alan Milburn, the chairman of the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission, which produced the report, said the findings "lay bare the local lottery in social mobility" adding that it was "shocking" that some of the richest parts of the country are among those that are failing poor children.
Both Oxford and Cambridge were among the places identified as social mobility "coldspots" - alongside West Somerset in first place, and Norwich in second place. Many of these places are in areas which have traditionally been regarded as relatively affluent parts of the country, the Commission said.
The coastal and industrial towns that performed badly, finding a place in the worst performing 20 per cent of authorities include Mansfield in eighth place, Blackpool in ninth, Scarborough 13th, Doncaster 24th and Barnsley at 25th.
Mr Milburn said: "The Social Mobility Index uncovers a new geography of disadvantage in England. It lays bare the local lottery in social mobility. It gets beneath the surface of a crude North/South divide and calls into question some of the conventional wisdom about where disadvantage is now located. It is shocking that many of the richest areas of the country are the ones failing their poorest children the most.
"This report is a wake-up call for educators and employers as well as policy-makers, both local and national. If social mobility is to take off, much more will need to be done if there is to be a level playing field of opportunity in our country. The gulf between the ambition of a One Nation Britain and today's reality of a Divided Britain is far too wide."
Sir Peter Lampl, the chairman of the Sutton Trust and of the Education Endowment Foundation, said the index painted a "bleak picture" of social mobility in some parts of the UK.
He added: "Drilling into this data - and looking at what the best schools in the poorest areas are doing to improve results for their most challenging pupils, and applying what they do to other schools - is vital to ensuring that opportunities are raised in low social mobility areas."


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A team led by a professor in Portland State University's Department of Psychology has landed a five-year, $5 million Defense Department grant to provide training for supervisors of military veterans. Unlike many programs intended to reduce veterans' unemployment, the Portland State study will aim to improve the health and well-being of employed veterans by providing more supportive workplaces.
"I'm very excited," said Leslie Hammer, Ph.D., an occupational psychologist who is Industrial/Organizational Psychology director in the university's Psychology Department. "We want to make life better for veterans as much as possible."
Hammer said the study will focus on Oregon veterans of the National Guard and the Reserves. She has been developing her grant proposal for two years in coordination with the Oregon Guard's Reintegration Team and is collaborating with partners from the Portland VA Medical Center and Oregon Health & Science University.
She said she and her team will spend the next six months developing the study protocol and then will begin recruiting employers who hire veterans. She said she expects to offer them an online training program that could be rolled out nationally.
While veterans of all ages have a lower rate of unemployment than the population as a whole, young veterans are more likely to be unemployed than their civilian peers. The problem may be more acute for members of the Guard and Reserves, who may be pulled from their work in the civilian world and sent to active duty. When their active-duty stints are finished, they may have difficulties finding, returning to and retaining their jobs.
"These are absolutely critical issues," said Hammer. "It is a major concern and it is not going away."


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CALGARY - Pembina Pipeline Corp. announced two deals Tuesday totalling more than US$1 billion that will enable it to export propane from the U.S. West Coast as well as access natural gas liquids from North Dakota's prolific Bakken formation.
In one deal, the Calgary-based company (TSX:PPL) inked an agreement with the Port of Portland, Ore., to develop a 37,000-barrel-per-day propane export facility with a price tag of US$500 million and an expected in-service date of early 2018.
Andrew Gruszecki, vice-president of business development, said Pembina likes how the port operates.
"Pembina is eager to progress the project under the terms of the terminal agreement to bring our plans for a significant investment in the Portland area to fruition, allowing us to provide an exciting opportunity for our shareholders and a market solution for our customers," he said.
"We are excited to work with the people of Portland on investment and employment opportunities for the near and long term."
Tankers would travel about 180 kilometres from the port to the Pacific Ocean via the Columbia River. Land is available to install storage, piping and marine infrastructure.
It's one of several proposals on the drawing board to help connect Canadian natural gas, and products made from it, to lucrative Asian markets.
In a statement, the Port of Portland said the Pembina project would be one of the largest private capital investments in the city's history and a "massive boon for the local economy."
"We have been extremely discerning when considering recent energy sector cargo opportunities, and after saying 'no' to coal and 'not now' to crude by rail, we are confident that we are saying 'yes' to the right partner at the right time," executive director Bill Wyatt said of the proposed facility, which will be served by rail.
"Propane has an excellent track record as a clean and safe alternative fuel, and I am impressed by the level of experience, expertise and commitment to safety that Pembina brings to the table."
The project is estimated to create up to 800 construction jobs and 40 permanent ones once the terminal is built.
Also on Tuesday, Pembina said it is buying a 700-kilometre pipeline system that originates in North Dakota that will give it access to natural gas liquids from the U.S. state's North Bakken formation.
The US$650-million transaction with private equity firm Riverstone Holdings LLC also includes an interest in a Saskatchewan extraction plant for ethane, a liquid byproduct of natural gas production.
Pembina says the Vantage pipeline system links a growing supply of ethane from North Dakota to the petrochemical market in Alberta.
The fee-for-service pipeline, terminating near Empress, Alta., is expected to have an ultimate capacity of about 60,000 barrels per day, up from its current 40,000, Pembina said.
"We have watched the development of these assets with great interest as they represent an excellent opportunity to expand our footprint into one of the most promising hydrocarbon plays in North America and, as such, the transaction is a low-risk, logical step out for Pembina," CEO Mick Dilger said.
Pembina said the transaction is expected to add to cash flow per share in 2016.
The deal includes Mistral Midstream Inc.'s interest in the Saskatchewan ethane extraction plant, which will connect to the Vantage pipeline system.
The deal is subject to regulatory approvals, including from the National Energy Board and the Canada Transportation Act. It is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2014.
Pembina owns and operates pipelines that transport various hydrocarbon liquids including conventional and synthetic crude oil, heavy oil and oil sands products, condensate and natural gas liquids produced in Western Canada.
Pembina shares were up about 2.4 per cent at C$51.18 on the Toronto Stock Exchange Tuesday afternoon.
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jalada Spinball II is a fast-paced breakout style arcade game, which takes you to a new level of skill and reflex action. It extends the well known gameplay with exciting new action elements, such as bumpers, exploding bricks, ships etc.
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LeTourneau University School of Arts and Sciences offers free, weekly science seminars at 11 a.m. Thursdays in the Berry Auditorium of the Glaske Science and Engineering Building, unless otherwise stated. A video of the seminars are available about a week after the event at http://www.letu.edu/_Academics/Arts-Science/chem-phys/
"This semester's seminars offer a spectrum of scientific research efforts ranging from the very small, quantum mechanical properties of electrons modeled with computers, to the very large, geological formations and petroleum products," said LETU chemistry professor Dr. Gary DeBoer, who arranges the seminars. "Presenters themselves range from undergraduate students presenting their summer research to scientists well established in their field. Despite this diversity, they share a common unity of celebrating science through the sharing of discovery. "
The Fall 2013 seminar schedule is as follows:
5 Reduction of metal oxides by heating graphite or multi-walled carbon nanotubes in a microwave oven LETU students Derek and Melinda Hoyt from the LETU Departments of Engineering and Chemistry and Physics, respectively, will present work they did this past summer working at the Ames National Laboratory where they studied the reduction of a variety of metal oxides under various conditions to determine practical limits of the reducing power of graphite and carbon nanotubes under microwave heating. From these studies proposed chemical mechanisms were developed.
19 Experience Mathematica in Education
Brenda Marshall, academic account executive at Wolfram Research, Inc. will present an overview of the latest revision of a software package, Mathematica 9, for education across disciplines from concept to classroom to clusters. All attendees will receive an electronic copy of the examples which can be adapted to individual projects.
3 Wheels
LETU student researchers Matt Sturm, Emily Tutt, Ben M. Jonah, and biomechanical engineering professor Melanie Watson, will discuss the Wheels program which provides research to improve wheelchair design for pediatric patients across the globe.
10 Petroleum Engineering, Opportunities for Chemical Engineers
Chemical engineers are in high demand. Petroleum engineer Solomon Inikori with Shell Oil will discuss the boom in chemical engineering due to recent advances in hydraulic fracturing. Petroleum engineering is a sub category of chemical engineering.
17 Computational Molecular Physics at LeTourneau
Student Josiah Cochran and Professor Edward Hamilton in the Department of Physics will present on rotational quantum states.
24 Computational Chemistry at University of North Texas
LETU chemistry student Ben Hovda spent the summer at UNT working with famed computational chemistry professor Angela Wilson's group working on computational chemistry
7 Drugs and the DEA. Have you been tested yet?
Senior forensic chemist Tamara Dallabetta-Keller from the Drug Enforcement Agency's South Central Laboratory in Dallas will speak on methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin and other newer drugs being abused. She will give insights into the effects and possible long-term issues associated with habitual drug abuse.
14 Water Quality in Agriculture and Its Increased Demand for Food Production
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How to Cope with Job Search Depression
By Angela Rose, Hcareers.com
When you become collateral damage in a merger, acquisition or restructuring, or lose your job due to budget cutbacks, your world is turned upside down. You feel disoriented –perhaps as though you're living in a nightmare from which you cannot awake. You wonder, "How could this happen to me?"
Losing a job is naturally a difficult experience. You're hurt and disillusioned. You're anxious about the future. You need time to grieve and process the experience, but you also have bills that must be paid. As a result, many professionals get down to business, hunting for their next job, and bury their emotions concerning the experience in the deepest recesses of their minds. Unfortunately, as the search stretches from days into weeks, and weeks into months, these emotions fester –and may lead to depression.
If you're experiencing job search depression, there are ways to cope. Consider the following simple things you can do to raise your spirits and find some peace during this difficult transition period.
Create a routine.
After the paycheck, the next most missed aspect of employment cited by job searchers is their former daily routine. A routine yields a sense of structure. There's less to worry about when you know what's going to happen at any given hour of any given workday. If you're missing this structure, you can create it. Get up at the same time each day. Exercise at the same time each day. Shower and dress as you would if going to the office. Set certain hours aside for your job search. Reserve others for relaxation.
Confide in your emotional support network.
You don't have to put on a constant brave face. Talking about grief, anger and anxiety with your friends and family can help. However, do so privately. Don't turn your Facebook page and Twitter feed into venues for negative posts and tweets about your job search. Social media is not private, and you may turn off a potential employer (or someone who could put you in touch with a potential employer). Besides, wallowing in negativity is not the same as coping.
Give yourself a break.
You do not have to search for a job every minute of every day. Your job search does not need to be the topic of every conversation. Give yourself a break, whether a few hours each day or a few days each week, where you put it out of your mind entirely. Participate in activities where thinking becomes impossible. Complete a brutal CrossFit workout. Sprint up a hill. Get lost in a truly engrossing book or movie.
Laugh as often as possible.
A study from Oxford University revealed that laughter actually triggers a release of endorphins in our bodies. Endorphins are chemicals, produced by our brains, that can reduce pain, make us feel happy, lower our blood pressure, and deliver a host of other health benefits. So call your funniest friend. Watch clips of your favorite stand-up comic. Or visit hilarious websites such as cuteoverload.com and icanhascheezburger.com whenever you start to feel depression creeping in.
Mild job search depression is normal and may include feelings of sadness, loneliness, and some difficulty concentrating. However, if these feelings worsen, or begin to affect your ability to function, seek the help of a qualified medical professional.
About the Author
Angela Rose researches and writes about job search strategy, career management, hiring trends and workplace issues for Hcareers.com.
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Jefferson County District Attorney Cory Crenshaw now says the Beaumont Independent School District Board of Trustees' regularly scheduled 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 19, meeting is canceled.
Jefferson County District Attorney Cory Crenshaw on June 19 said the Beaumont Independent School District Board of Trustees still cannot legally discuss a proposed Reduction in Force (RIF) of more than 200 school district educators and employees during their regularly scheduled Thursday, June 19, meeting – not even in open session. Crenshaw sent notice to BISD superintendent Timothy Chargois, BISD trustees and school district attorneys on June 17 advising that the pending executive session scheduled for Thursday, June 19, was contrary to government code in that the elected representatives "may not discuss general policies regarding an entire class of employees in a closed meeting."
BISD attorney Tanner Hunt issued word that the administrators and elected officials would instead discuss the matter in open session of the school board meeting.
Crenshaw did not accept Hunt's offer, however, saying that the proposed change of private to open session was also illegal.
"The statute clearly states a minimum of 72 hours notice must be posted for agenda items, and as such the re-designation of the (RIF) items constitutes the necessity of a new notice with posting requirements," Crenshaw determined. "When notices posted for meetings consistently distinguish between subjects for public deliberation and subjects for executive session deliberation, an abrupt departure from this practice may deceive the public and thereby render the notice inadequate."
Furthermore, "Failure to comply with the proper notice as set forth in the statutes would subject eh actions taken to civil remedies including voiding any actions taken on said agenda items," Crenshaw warned. "We believe it is in the best interests of this community for the school board to be in compliance with the laws of the state of Texas. We reserve the right to further investigate this matter, and bring appropriate action as necessary to ensure all actions are in compliance with the laws of this state."
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Your parents' response to breastfeeding on demand is quite common but inappropriate. A three-week-old baby is incapable of being spoiled and can only benefit from learning that her needs will consistently be met.
You may not be able to change your parents' view, but it is important to express to them that you agree with the mother's decision to breastfeed whenever her child wishes. Your wife will appreciate your support and the fact that you and she are united in your decisions. By backing her up, you are creating a powerful parenting team that will serve the family well in the years to come. Chances are that eventually your parents will see that both of you made the right decision.


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Kim Cattrall's hunt for her grandfather on "Who do you Think you are" mirrored my own hunt for my grandfather.Frank Judson Hildreth who left Mary, Bruce and Jerry about 1926-27. He changed his name to Peter Gilmor, left New York state and went to work in Detroit. Mary and Frank had only been married about 3 years when he left her with two toddlers. My grandmother Mary never remarried.
My hunt began in earnest after my father, Bruce, died in 1990. I didn't want to meet him, particularly, but just wanted to know about his life. The Social Security Death Index showed that he died in 1991--AFTER my father died--but it didn't give the state where he died. About 10 years ago, I was checking Ancestry.com, yet again, and found he had died in Manatee County, Florida. It was a short hunt to find his obituary and contact his survivors. Voila! I found his second family, Keith and Larry Hildreth. Not only that, I met Keith and his wife in Florida and he gave me more information about Frank "Pete", including a couple of pictures about him. Keith and Larry and I are still in touch.
Frank Judson "Pete" was born 9 Feb 1899 in Elmira to Frank Judson Hildreth, Sr. and Myrta Nichols and died 24 September 1991. Before Frank met Mary he enlisted in the army in World War I on May 8, 1917 at the age of 18. He was discharged September 26, 1919. His record stated he was 5 feet 7 ¼ inches tall with light brown hair and blue eyes. Helen Tobey Burr, Mary's sister, remembers that he was very handsome and was an accomplished pianist. In later life he was a painter, eventually moved to Florida where he died.
I may never know why he left the family, but I know this chapter is closed for me. It is interesting that some of us want to know more about our missing grandfathers. I have helped several others find their own grandfathers who abandoned the family. I guess it's our "need to know" the end of the story.


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The Smithsonian Folklife Festival is adding a daylong tribute to the godfather of go-go music, Chuck Brown, to its schedule for the weekend on the National Mall.
Organizers are designating Saturday as "Chuck Brown Tribute Day" at the festival's program celebrating the arts and culture of black neighborhoods in Washington. The tributes will run from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Brown died in May at age 75.
The tributes include musical performances, an hour-long fitness workout to the sounds of go-go, and storytelling on the history of go-go and Brown's music career. At least three bands will perform, including Cold Hearted Band, No Question Band and Junkyard Band.
The festival is free and continues through Sunday. It's held outdoors between 7th and 14th streets on the National Mall.


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The Voice of Sports
- By Marshall Fine
- | From Jim Nantz, May/June 2011
He's known for his ability to spontaneously craft just the right phrase at the crucial moment. But when Tiger Woods won his first Masters Tournament in 1997, Nantz did something he rarely does: He figured out ahead of time what he needed to say.
He knew the night before the final round—with Woods leading the tournament at 12 under par—that he was witnessing history: the first African-American to potentially win at the once racially restricted golf club, with what could be a record low score (Woods' –18 was a tournament low, as was his 12-stroke margin over his closest competitor, Tom Kite) and he was the youngest person ever to win the Masters. So Nantz made a point of being ready with exactly the right line when Woods approached the 18th green.
"I knew, as that final putt was holed, that this clip would be played back in 10 years, 25 years, 50 years," Nantz says. "So I needed a line that was succinct to sum it up. The night before, we were going over notes and choreographing shots for the next day. And we knew this would be the clip that everyone would always go back to.
"I don't normally script my closing lines. On the other hand, if you were dispatched to the Masters by The New York Times or Sports Illustrated, I guarantee that, the night before the final round, you were already thinking about what your lead was going to be on your story the next day. So I knew I would not be prepared if I didn't think of the scene at the end.
"That moment, with the outcome never in doubt, felt as if the voices of my youth were peering over my shoulder. In fact, when I thought about it, I realized they'd actually be listening to me. It was a transcendent point in my career. So I wanted something that was worthy of their level of prose. And what I said was, 'A win for the ages.' "
Nothing, on the other hand, could prepare Nantz for the most memorable—and shocking—finale to an NCAA basketball championship he ever called: the final seconds of the 1993 NCAA final game between North Carolina and Michigan at the Louisiana Superdome, with Michigan's so-called "Fab Five," a team whose games Nantz had called more than a dozen times.
Trailing and desperate, Michigan was bringing the ball up court when its star, Chris Webber, was trapped with the ball by the North Carolina defense. In desperation, he called a time-out—but Michigan had already used all of its time-outs, resulting in a technical foul and free throws that sealed the game for UNC.
"I had just said, 'Michigan has no time-outs left' when he called that time-out," Nantz says. "When they lost because of that, it was a moment with such an air of disbelief and disappointment—to see someone make a mistake that big. Everybody was surprised. It's one thing for the game to end on a missed shot, as it did last year in the Butler-Duke final. But to have it end with something that caused total disbelief—there was so much gloom in the Superdome about that finish."
He's seen it all in the past 25 years, because Jim Nantz is the voice of CBS Sports. He is the network's most prominent and well-known sports commentator. Nantz has been broadcasting for the network since his mid-20s (CBS is the only network he ever wanted to work for) and he shows no signs of slowing down.
On this day, sitting in the lounge of a Manhattan recording studio, where he's been doing voice-over work for a Rolex commercial, he's just days away from the start of March Madness, the annual NCAA tournament that turns college basketball into a national mania (and gambling on tournament brackets into an obsession) for a few weeks. In a couple of days, Nantz will go on the air with his trademark greeting, "Hello friends," doing play-by-play at the Big Ten tournament, then broadcasting the selection show when the tournament's teams are announced.
From there, it's on to the tournament itself: 18 games in 30 days, beginning with four games in a single day and ending with both semifinal games of the Final Four and the NCAA championship game itself.
Which, for most broadcasters, would be plenty. But not the indefatigable Nantz: Within hours of crowning a new NCAA champion in Houston, he'll land in Augusta, Georgia, to anchor CBS's coverage of the Masters—his 26th time broadcasting from Augusta National.
Nantz has one of the most demanding and most prestigious jobs in all of sports broadcasting. Few commentators lead the coverage of two premiere events in two different sports on back-to-back weekends. That's not to mention doing play-by-play for CBS's coverage of the NFL, including play-off games and (in years when CBS carries it) the Super Bowl.
On this day, his back has been acting up—a bulging disc pressing on a nerve will be the eventual diagnosis—but Nantz, who turns 52 this May, has no time for infirmity. Because, bad back and all, Nantz couldn't be happier.
"I love what I do," he says, lowering his 6-foot-2 frame gingerly to a couch. He's less concerned about back pain than the ever-present threat of cold and flu bugs: "The ones that concern me are the ones that involve my throat. That's the most important thing going into this coming stretch: my voice. That's why I'm a compulsive hand-washer.
"I used to battle laryngitis every year around Augusta. The pollen is so thick that week that you need your windshield wipers to clear it after your car has been sitting there for a while. And I always react to it. When Tiger won his first Masters in 1997, I ended up getting some sort of steroid shot in my fanny and by Sunday, I had my whole voice back. I had to call the whole tournament from Butler Cabin, so I wasn't out in the air and the pollen.
"So this back problem is a nonstory. I've had times where I've been so sick that I had to call a golf tournament lying on my back on the floor of the booth while watching a monitor."
To demonstrate, he lays his head on the armrest of a couch, mimicking lying on a pillow on the floor while flu-struck: "I'd lift my head to say, 'Let's go to 18…Tom Watson for birdie…Back to 15.' I was watching this tiny little monitor. The audience at home never knew."
His love for his work keeps him charging forward—and the skill he brings to each assignment keeps him in demand, beginning with a voice that is at once warm, welcoming and authoritative.
"There's something about his voice that is resonant in a way that is captivating and electric," says Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots. "It draws people in. It's calm and it's classy."
Sean McManus, chairman of CBS Sports, says of his star, "You've got to have a certain ability with the right word off the top of your head. You've got to have the presence of mind to say the right thing. You have to recognize the big moments and know how to step up. Every time the pressure has been the most intense, every time Jim has been asked to step up, he's done that. He's not No. 1 just because he's a good guy or an attractive man."
And it doesn't matter which sport he's talking about: Nantz knows what to say, when to talk and when to shut up. That ability has served him well while covering some of the biggest moments in sports in the past 25 years. Still, some events are easier than others.
Nantz recalls calling the final round of the 1996 Masters, when Greg Norman appeared on the verge of winning for the first time at Augusta. Norman came into the final round with a six-shot lead, only to have his game collapse as he lost to Nick Faldo (now Nantz's on-air partner for golf broadcasts).
"That was uncomfortable to watch. All of a sudden Faldo overtook him and defeated him," Nantz says. "For four hours, it was like watching a train wreck. All you can do is tell people what you're seeing."
Nantz has called several Super Bowls and felt a particular kinship to the New Orleans Saints team that won in 2010 because "my father took me to see the very first game the Saints ever played, and on the very first play of that very first game, Jim Gilliam ran the kickoff back for a touchdown." But the most memorable NFL game he has ever called, he says, was the 2007 AFC championship with the New England Patriots playing the Indianapolis Colts in Indiana.
"Indianapolis had never quite been able to get past their nemesis in New England—and at one point in that game, they were down by 18 points," Nantz recalls. "But Peyton Manning and Tony Dungy engineered the largest comeback in NFL history.
They were down 21-3 but won it 38-34. It was a shocking comeback on a Bill Belichick–coached team. The Super Bowl that year was technically Indianapolis over Chicago— but the game that defined Peyton Manning's Super Bowl title, and his remarkable career, was that 18-point comeback. It turned into this wild shoot-out with so much at stake."
Phil Simms, who does analysis to Nantz's play-by-play on NFL games, says, "He looks at a game faster than anybody I know. He's on top of everything and brings out what's important. When people hear his voice on TV, they know it's a special sporting event. Something good is coming on."
The key to on-air success, Nantz says, is attention to detail, preparation—and having a memory that could challenge the IBM Watson computer that won on "Jeopardy."
"That first weekend of the NCAA, I've got to get to know eight different teams. That's 96 players," he says. "So I'm a fanatic about reading; I'm compulsive. I read everything that's written about them—their school papers, their hometown papers—every feature story about them I can get my hands on. I have this ability to recall these things—it's a blessing. When you're live on the air, there's no time to thumb through a stack of clippings."
"He's got total recall," says Ken Venturi, Nantz's former on-air golf broadcasting partner. "You mention a tournament and he'll give you the date and the golf course."
Adds Lance Barrow, coordinating producer for golf and football for CBS Sports, "The thing that's always amazing to me is his retention. He can retain information from years past; there's nobody who studies and prepares the way he does."
Mike Krzyzewski, Duke University basketball coach and a longtime friend of Nantz, says, "Jim's preparation is exquisite. When you listen to him during the tournament, you'd think he lived and died college basketball every day of the year."
Whether it's March Madness or a weekly NFL game, Nantz is always studying, talking to players and coaches, gathering material. He files it away in his mental data bank, looking for just the right moment to pull it out during a broadcast.
Says Simms, "He does his homework and tucks away stories he hears. It might take a year for a story to get out or just a few weeks. Ben Roethlisberger might tell us something before a game and it will be three games later that Jim brings it up."
Nantz is quick to point out that his preparation has nothing to do with memorizing statistics: "Statistics don't tell the story," he says.
"Parents will come up to me and say, 'My son wants to be a sports commentator and he memorizes the box score of every game. How should he get started?' And I always say, 'First, lose the statistics.'
"I tell them that their son should learn how to write and tell a story. Look at the classic form. Listen to the great orators. Listen to the people in your life who know how to tell a story: your preacher, your priest, your rabbi. Listen to people with the ability to grab your attention. How do they build and pay off a story? How do they make it dramatic and thoughtful? It's a tricky thing, to find that sweet spot."
But Nantz has mastered that skill, on and off the air. Paul Marchand, a longtime friend who was Nantz's teammate on the University of Houston golf team, says, "If you sent Jim on a vacation and had him tell you about it after, it would be better than if you went yourself."
Storytelling: That's the way his heroes did it. When Nantz—born James William Nantz III—was a teen in Colts Neck, New Jersey, he idolized the sports commentators who took over his TV set every weekend because of their ability to craft a narrative: Jim McKay, Jack Whitaker, Pat Summerall, Keith Jackson, Dick Enberg.
Yes, Nantz loved sports, playing basketball and golf in high school and golf at the University of Houston. But he was consumed by the broadcasters who chronicled the events on TV.
"They were classical storytellers and I was mesmerized by them—I'm not exaggerating," Nantz says. "I had a strange way of looking at sports, because I was so into the broadcasters."
Growing up in the 1960s and 1970s, Nantz recalls, there were no 24-hour cable networks devoted to sports. Nor were there VCRs or DVRs, and sporting events were generally only broadcast on Saturdays and Sundays. So, to get his daily sports fix, Nantz would spend his weekends recording whatever events were being broadcast—from golf tournaments and NFL games to the long-running "ABC's Wide World of Sports"—on his little cassette tape recorder, winding the microphone around the TV dial so it hung next to the speaker.
"Then, during the week, I would go back and listen to the broadcast over and over, to listen to the excitement in the commentator's voice," he says. "I would play it back over and over. I was probably borderline obsessive-compulsive about it. If I liked the sound of it, I'd practically be hyperventilating about the opening of the broadcast, listening to Jim McKay do the tease before the U.S. Open. The opening tease was just this beautifully written piece of prose, 60 seconds long with striking visuals and a big narration. I'd play them hundreds of times. I'd wear those tapes out."
Nantz began to pursue his dream of becoming a sports commentator after enrolling at the University of Houston. (He makes the distinction between "sports commentator" and "sportscaster," in his best-selling 2008 memoir, Always By My Side, noting that, to him, "sportscaster" refers to someone who delivers the sports headlines on a nightly newscast.)
A member of the storied Houston college golf team (where one of his roommates was future Masters' champion Fred Couples), Nantz spent all his spare time freelancing and stringing for local radio and TV stations, eventually anchoring a weekend sportscast on one of Houston's TV stations—a job that led to his first full-time job out of college at a CBS affiliate in Salt Lake City.
"I had no college life, really," Nantz says. "I wasn't into fraternity parties or hanging out drinking. My goal was to get to CBS. Why would I waste a night at a party when I could be out covering a game?"
Paul Marchand, general manager and head pro at Shadow Hawk Golf Club in Richmond, Texas, says, "He'd come back to the dorms and he was a star already. I thought, This guy's on TV. He'd walk in and say, 'I interviewed Muhammad Ali today.' Muhammad Ali? He was still in college and he was talking to Muhammad Ali."
Though he loved playing golf, Nantz decided quickly that his game wasn't good enough to buy him a future. Recalls Marchand, "Jim tells a story about playing a freshman tournament. He shot a 35 or 36 on the front 9— and on the back 9, he went into broadcasting because it all fell apart."
So, after college, Nantz was recruited as sports anchor for KSL in Salt Lake City, a CBS affiliate where he also did play-by-play for Brigham Young University football and Utah Jazz basketball games. In 1985, he was tapped by CBS to anchor its college football scoreboard show, eventually expanding to cover golf and college basketball for the network.
CBS, Nantz says, was the only network he'd ever wanted to work for because "CBS had the Masters. I always loved the Masters—it was the only major that was contested on the same course every year. I like the feeling of hope and renewal in the springtime, when it's played."
In 1986, Nantz was involved in his first Masters broadcast, standing at the 16th hole as Jack Nicklaus made a historic charge, uttering a line for which he has become famous: "The Bear has come out of hibernation." Eventually, Nantz became CBS's top golf broadcaster, which meant leading coverage of the Masters. His goal at this point in his career? To broadcast 50 Masters' tournaments.
"I'll be 75 if I do 50 Masters," Nantz says. "It would be April 8, 2035. Obviously, a lot of things have to fall into place for that to happen."
Nantz loves to cover golf and still loves to play it, though his game is a hit-and-miss proposition. Says Billy Packer, his former on-air partner covering March Madness, "He's a PGA golfer on the driving range and a 14 handicap on the golf course. It mentally gets to him."
"Believe me, I was masquerading as a golfer at the University of Houston," Nantz says. "But I get a lot out of the game just being on the driving range. I imagine I'm a player who needs to hit certain shots to win a tournament. It's a trick of the mind I used to do as a kid."
He enjoys playing in charity events when he can—and was a regular golf partner of former Pres. George H.W. Bush, once playing a few rounds with Bush and former Pres. Bill Clinton (and New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady). On the course, Bush said in an e-mail interview, Nantz is quick with a quip—about himself and others.
"Jim is good with the 'lip wedge,' needling as we play," Bush observed. "His love of the game comes through. He makes everyone feel included. I just plain like the man."
Not that Nantz gets that many opportunities to actually play a round: "He seems to add club memberships all the time but his time constraints keep him from playing," Marchand says.
Notes Nantz, "I've been the beneficiary of really nice extensions of appreciation by wonderful golf clubs across the country. But I just don't have time to play."
Nantz was invited to speak at the U.S. Capitol for National Golf Day on April 28, and at the World Golf Hall of Fame for its induction day in early May, to present two new inductees: former Pres. George H.W. Bush and Frank Chirkinian, Nantz's former boss at CBS, who was known as the father of televised golf. Nantz spearheaded a move for an emergency
election for Chirkinian, before his longtime producer died in March: "They're both great men who have been father figures to me," he says.
Nantz winces from the back pain as he gets up from the couch and heads into the recording studio to finish the Rolex commercial, focusing on getting the tagline exactly right.
"Rolex. Live for greatness," he says several times into a microphone, then looks up from his script with a question for the recording session director that hints at his attention to detail.
"Do you want a comma after 'Live'?" he asks. "Or is it just 'Live for greatness,' one phrase?" The director offers him a reading of the line and Nantz nods, then says, "You know what? I'll give you 10 of them and you can choose." In less than a minute, Nantz utters the line 10 more times: "Rolex. Live for greatness."
But every reading of the commercial tagline is different: a slight pause here, a change of vocal pitch there, up a shade on this word, a bit more punch on that one. It's not as simple as just emphasizing a different word each time or altering pace from slow to fast; there's a different tone to each version, a shift in shading that changes the feeling, if not the meaning, of the four-word catchphrase.
Then he looks up and says, "You think you've got something you can use?"
The director looks slightly amazed and says, "Oh, yeah, absolutely."
Nantz, who prides himself on not repeating a well-crafted turn of phrase, continues to rack up a record of NCAA tournaments and Masters coverage. After a quarter-century, his schedule may be repetitive but his approach never loses its freshness, curiosity and eye for detail. The rest of it—the travel, the time away from home—is just part of the job.
Between the NFL season, March Madness and his PGA coverage, Nantz is on the road most weeks, estimating that he spends 180 nights a year in hotels ("But there used to be years where that number was a lot higher," he says).
"This counts as a day off," he offers, about the day in the recording studio, because he'll spend the night at his home in New Canaan, Connecticut, and get to spend time with his 17-year-old daughter Caroline (Nantz and his wife Lorrie divorced in 2009). He also owns a residence in the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Deer Valley, Utah: "But I probably had eight or nine days in Deer Valley in December and maybe one night in January," he says. Actual vacation time during the year? "Maybe a week or two in June and July," he allows.
When he's in serious road-warrior mode, he uses exercise as his outlet: "I look for the release of getting some sort of workout," he says. "I go for a run; even if it's a light jog, or even a walk—I need that. I've run or walked through all the great cities. I try to get to know the places I'm visiting. I don't mean touristy things; I mean just dropping in to the vibe of the city. I feel I can make my way around any city at this point. I have favorite restaurants in every city. That's my day: Can I get a workout and a great dinner?
"Travel is all-consuming but I can't forget to look at it in the most positive light. I don't deal in negativity. I've got no margin for complaining. When I was a young boy, I identified what I wanted to do, right down to the network. So I get my dream job—how is there any room for complaint? You've got to embrace it—to look at it with gratitude."
Asked what they could see Nantz doing were he not one of the country's top sports commentators, his friends almost unanimously point to another career: "If Jim was not a top sports broadcaster, he'd be a politician," Sean McManus says. Adds Mike Krzyzewski, "I can see him doing something in service of people or some cause."
Nantz, however, demurs: "I've been encouraged to run for office but I'm not qualified," he says quickly. "I've been around politicians at the highest level. I admire what they do. There's definitely a side of me that wants to be involved because, among the greats that I've met, they're all people who, in their heart, want to do what's best for people. But I don't feel qualified to be in politics."
Instead, he admits, if he had to choose another career, he'd indulge his love for fine wine: "Hopefully, I'd be a vintner. My guilty pleasure is that I love the wine industry. It's a serious business that's very competitive. I do want to get involved in it."
A winner of multiple Emmy Awards and National Sportscaster of the Year awards from the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association, Nantz has always been a much-sought-after speaker for charity appearances. But he took on what he considers his most important charity role this year, with the January launch of the Nantz National Alzheimer Center at Methodist Hospital in Houston, named for his father, who died of the disease in 2008. Nantz wrote Always By My Side to celebrate the influence that his father had on his life and career.
"I'm committed to that for the rest of my life," Nantz says. "That's where my time, my financial resources and a percentage of my future income will go. Every time I do media, every time someone interviews me, I try my best to work the conversation around to it, to mention Nantzfriends.org. It gets a tremendous amount of traffic. People are finding hope with the NNAC.
"I have a full-time life with my work. But the NNAC has become almost full-time for me as well. I really want the Nantz Center to make a huge difference, to be on the frontline of research to find an answer for ways to treat and cure Alzheimer's.
"Ever since puberty, people told me, 'You sound just like your dad.' I've been given my father's voice. Now it's time I took his voice and let it be channeled through me into this research. In a way, I'm keeping my father very much alive because of what I hope to do and the message I'm trying to send. How could I not do that?"
Contributing editor Marshall Fine writes about movies and entertainment at www.hollywoodandfine.com.


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Introduction to the Mental Health and Wellbeing Questionnaire
Dear Friends
We are now in the follow-up to our first Meditatio Seminar on meditation and children led by three dedicated meditators from Australia and the UK. It was inspiring and moving, a success at every level - thanks to good organisation, excellent presenters and the very evident need for what was being presented - and the enthusiasm of our audiences, the teachers concerned for the well-being of children in our pressured and unbalanced world.
The follow-up to each of the Meditatio Seminars will ensure that we can share the fruits of the Seminar around the community worldwide .
The second Meditatio Seminar, which will be on meditation and mental health, will be held in London 4th and 5th May 2011. In preparation for this we would like to invite all meditators - who wish to do so - to make your personal contribution by filling out and returning the enclosed questionnaire. (The contents will, of course, be anonymous and confidential.) Our concern is to be able to show research from those who meditate with a spiritual approach to meditation. We are not competing with the extensive secular research but we do want to contribute the important insight that in addition to the physical and psychological benefits there are also spiritual fruits to the practice of meditation.
I think you will also find the questionnaire interesting for you to fill out, at least I found it so! Your ten or fifteen minutes on it will be a real contribution to our clarity of thinking on this topic and help us all see more clearly how the spiritual and the secular can work together in a modern society. Thank you for taking the time to be part of Meditatio - the outreach of our community - in this way.
Every blessing and good wish,
Laurence Freeman OSB
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DUBOIS – Penn State DuBois students joined students from five other Penn State campuses in Western Pennsylvania on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to volunteer with community service efforts. Each year, the community of one of the campuses is chosen for the MLK Day of service, and students volunteer in that community. This year, the students volunteered with community organizations in New Kensington, home of Penn State New Kensington. Campuses who had students involved in the MLK Day of Service were, DuBois, New Kensington, Greater Allegheny, Shenango, Fayette, and Beaver.
This year, students volunteered with Habitat for Humanity and at day care centers in the New Kensington area. They helped to construct shelving and performed stocking and cleaning duties at the Habitat for Humanity store, and cleaned toys and play areas at day cares, making the space safer for the children there.
Penn State DuBois student Hillary Yarger said, "It was great to see Penn State students from several campuses come together to make a difference. It truly shows what Penn State University stands for."
Campus Student Life Assistant Tasha Gilkes and International Student Services Coordinator Tharren Thompson joined the students during the service day.
"This was a really great day. It was a great opportunity for the students to do something that matters," Thompson said. "They could have stayed at home in bed; they could have taken an extra day for their own studies, but they didn't. They decided to go out and do some good in the world, and that is a great way to celebrate Dr. King's legacy."
In front, left to right: Student Life Assistant Tasha Gilkes, Rebecca Horner, Joey Schaeffer, and Louise Whyte.
In back, left to right: Chris Albert, Patrick Watkavitch, Hillary Yarger, Morgan Lingle, Holly Kiesling, Alice Gyamfi, and International Student Services Coordinator Tharren Thompson.
Steve Harmic, Penn State Dubois


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Every year, hope springs eternal that Seattle's NFL football team might finally make it deep into the playoffs, perchance even win a Super Bowl. I'll share what used to be an incredibly accurate prediction regarding the team's likelihood of clinching the championship below, but first let's get down to the question that probably brought you here: "What kind of bird is a seahawk?"
Seahawk is but one of many nicknames for the awesome Osprey (Pandion haliaetus). This large, long-winged bird of prey cuts a striking figure, dark chocolate brown above and white below with a strong black line through its eye. This color scheme is obviously a bit more understated than the blue, teal, and chartreuse palette favored by the football Seahawks, but seems to work well for the raptor.
Soaring Seahawk by Corey Finger
Osprey attack by Walter Kitundu
Most nature lovers enjoy the good fortune of spotting ospreys with ever-increasing frequency as they progress in understanding and awareness of the natural world. What makes such a common bird so special? Their size, sleekness, and sheer presence have a lot to do with it. But it is also human nature to fixate on those animals fixed firmly atop their respective food chains. Humans are fascinated with raptors like hawks, eagles, falcons, owls, and osprey because they are predators. On safari, you may be pleased to spot a zebra, but admit it…you're there for the lions.
Besides seahawk, osprey may also be referred to as fish hawk or fish eagle. According to the Peregrine Fund, the bird's common name is derived from the Latin word ossifragus, meaning "a bone breaker." A fitting name for a football team, wouldn't you say? Here are some more fun osprey facts:
Even without checking their standings or depth chart, I can say with confidence that Seattle is not likely to win the Super Bowl.
For that matter, neither are Philadelphia, Baltimore, Arizona, or Atlanta. In fact, in the first 47 Super Bowl match-ups from 1967 to 2013, only twice has a football team named for a bird emerged victorious in the championship game. The Baltimore Ravens crushed my beloved New York Giants in Super Bowl XXXV (2001) and also prevailed over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII (2013) to become football's finest feathered franchise.
However… in Super Bowl XLVIII (2014), the Seattle Seahawks bucked this trend along with the Denver Broncos (see what I did there?) in a stunning rout that established, at least for that year, that defense wins championships. But the team's resounding success in 2014 may be the only thing that can stop the Seahawks in 2015: Super Bowl champions very rarely repeat the next year.
But i you're looking to bet based on iconography, teams named for Homo sapiens just do better in this game. In an astonishing 33 of 48 contests, an organization named for a meat (not cheese) packer, chieftain, cowpoke, steel worker, indigenous American, gold miner, U.S. nationalist, servant of a deity, oversized individual, or some species of pirate has won it all.
Actually not. Taima the Hawk, the only true avian attraction on Seahawk Sundays, is not an Osprey. Taima is an Augur Hawk or Augur Buzzard (Buteo augur), a species quite common in Africa but unknown in North America outside of football stadiums and raptor rehab centers. And in case you were wondering, Augur Buzzards aren't sea hawks either: they prefer mountains, savannahs, and grasslands.
Real Seattle Seahawks nesting by the Ballard Locks by Corey Finger
like your site would like to learn more
I am a die hard seahawks fan but i want to know more about the seahawk were it lives and what it eats blah blah good article thogh
Hi Mike,
I really enjoyed your osprey photos. I have been watching ospreys out in Greenport, Long Island NY and was lucky enough to be able to shoot photos from right under the nest platform. I have a slew of photos and wonder if you would like to see them?
Hello, Today 12-7-08 while driving in Brookfield Massachusetts we saw a large bird on the bank of a pond. It then flew to the edge of the ice. We turned the truck around and went back to get photos. I got 5 or 6 good shots. We thought it was just a really big hawk. Tonight while watching the football game with the Patriots ( we won!) and the Seahawks they showed a picture of one. Answer to our question of this morning. Funny how that happens. The first two shots I took, the bird is looking right at me! Then I got some in flight.
Just thought I would share.
hey this page rox
Very informative story about the Osprey, one of my favourites here in Africa as well – and must confess I've never come across somebody who has said 'no' to seeing an Osprey.
Interesting little fact about the nostrils – something I didn't know.
I can't vouch for (and wouldn't advise anybody else to on my behalf) much knowledge on NFL but now I do know about the Seahawks! :))
The Seahawk is also the mascot of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Their logo is clearly based on the Osprey. Recently a 20 foot copper statue of an Osprey (Seahawk) was dedicated on the campus. Ironically, despite having over 11,000 students they have no football team. Real Ospreys are sometimes see around Wilmington.
Like the info and the pictures given re: Seahawk bird. Is there any green on the bird? Wondering how the Seahawks football team came up with their new color scheme which includes that lime green color. My husband thinks there is green on the bird?
Could someone please explain to me why you love bird's so much?
With much misunderstanding
Very interesting and beautiful website. I love all of the birds. They are the decorate of God. And give a happiness to all of the human.
Seattle was not the first pro team to take the name Seahawks. The old Miami franchise in the All American Football Conference was named the Seahawks. It last one season, 1947. The next year, the league replaced the franchise with the Baltimore Colts.
I saw for the first time two Sea Hawks fly on to a palm tree in Mission Bay Park, San Diego, CA. Wow, what beautiful birds. We have many red tail hawks here, but I've not seen Ospreys here, bad non-sightings perhaps. Their marking and black hooked beaks are very cool.
Up until this December in Houston Tx, I had never seen an Osprey, but while walking the dog one cold morning, there it was circling a pond at the park. I new that the military has a plane by the same name but until this beautiful bird hovered over the water before diving for a fish, it never occured to me the reason for naming the plane. I was blown away to see a bird that size stationary in mid air, eyeing prey!
thanks for the logo of seahawks, explained !
The Osprey is my most favorite bird. We live on the Connecticut River and I see them in the summer and fall. My husband just asked me, "what kind of bird is a Seahawk?" I answered, "the Osprey" and he said it didn't look like one. I realized the Osprey is also called the Fish Hawk, that's why I checked for sure, here. Glad I was right the first time.
could you tell me the kind of bird that can be stationary in the mid air
Dear Mike,
A " Seahawk " may be an Osprey, but the Osprey is NOT the mascot of the Seattle Seahawks. Their mascot is an Augur Hawk ( Buteo Augur ) named Taima who leads the team flying out onto the field before games.
When I saw the bird on TV tonight I didn't recognize it and I had to research it – found your site, but I knew the bird was not an Osprey.
Go to http://www.seahwks.com/gameday/taima-the-hawk.html to check it out.
George Layne – 20 years a compiler for the Militia Hill Hawk Watch,
Fort Washington, Pa. – seen a LOT of Ospreys !
Gorgeous birds! Love them!
Wonderful post and photos.
I was lucky enough to see a few while living in South Sinai 🙂
Loved the osprey diving down! They are my favorite bird. I just wrote a post about finding them in Flagstaff, Az on inkspiring19.com
The bird that flies out of the tunnel before every seahawks game is not an osprey. Check out the seahawks web site for the official answer. This doesn't mean you are wrong. An Osprey is obviously a Seahawk, it's just that the seahawks football team didn't use a real seahawk.
As a public sculptor and avid Seahawk fan i am working on completing a welded aluminum sculpture of a seahawk. This work is to be placed on Coeur de' Alaine lake, a home for many Eagles and ospreys. While the teams stylized logo does not portray any exact Seahawk bird…we know our mascot is alive and well …..kicking ass wherever we go. I am portraying the osprey and it is a SEAHAWK…..go hawks
The Seattle Seahawks are going to the Super Bowl this year!!!!!!!
Hahaha about your prediction for the Super Bowl. HAWKS FOR THE WIN!! (Feel free to go eat some crow!)
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No solutions to 'quantitative easing' policy forthcoming
I tuned in to the first debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney wanting to know when the United States would begin to seriously wean itself off its diet of debt.
What a disappointment.
Neither the Democratic nominee nor his Republican challenger had anything compelling to say about the big issue of our times. How a once proud capitalistic country has become so mired in debt, so unprepared to live within its means and so reliant on the iniquitous policies of its central bank to keep it chugging along as it heads towards a financial cliff.
For months the Federal Reserve has been priming the US economy by printing money. In financial terms it's like giving a drunk more booze to wean him off last night's hangover.
In the United States it's called "quantitative easing" - a pernicious policy that is somewhat akin to global financial warfare. A "winner takes all" approach keeps the US dollar artificially low and beggars competing exporters from other economies like ours as the former New Zealand industrialist Hugh Fletcher touched on this week.
There is a real sense of frustration and anger among our own exporting community at the impact of this self-centred US policy on other nations. The US has strongly resisted suggestions that the greenback should no longer be the global reserve currency and that the commodity trade should no longer be denominated in US dollars.
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke has indicated quantitative easing will end soon. But few serious players in the financial markets believe this is a final move.
Veteran US investor Jim Rogers dismisses Bernanke as "just an Ivy League professor" who has set the US economy on a path it might never recover from with the economic patient now heading for the morgue. Rogers believes the US should not have bailed out big banks with government money; he also believes the Fed has set itself (and the US government) on the path to bankruptcy. He has been strident in taking it to US politicians over their combined failure to get their government's accounts back in order.
Romney also dismisses the notion that some banks are "too big to fail". But the regulatory changes he proposed during the debate were quickly picked apart by the financial newspapers.
Personally, I did not feel Romney served up any seriously big hits against Obama. Sure he was commanding compared to Obama's more thoughtful presentation. Aggressive with it, too.
The presidential debate ranged across economic issues, tax cuts, job creation, the sustainability of health care funding and the federal government's role.
Romney also promised across-party collaboration - which the US desperately does need if it is to tackle the snowballing fiscal problems it faces as a result of the Bush tax cuts and Obama's Medicare.
Romney wants to cut taxes by 20 per cent claiming this step will be fiscally neutral as it will be funded by the removal of various deductions. The Obama camp says it will just expand the government's deficit further. The numbers do not add up.
In this environment expect Bernanke to step in again, just compounding the whole dreadful mess.
These issues are of enormous importance to New Zealand.
As China's growth motor slows our export industries are feeling the pressure of trying to compete in an environment where the NZ dollar is artificially high as a result of the deliberate US policy to lower the dollar and make its own exports more competitive.
Rakon chairman Bryan Mogridge spoke passionately about this at the China Business Summit in Auckland this week. Companies like Rakon which are listed in New Zealand receive less revenue back from their overseas operations as a result of the high Kiwi dollar. This means less profits and lower share prices making companies vulnerable to takeovers.
Some companies are considering moving their operations - and their listings - lock, stock and barrel overseas to survive.
If this happens many more New Zealand manufacturing jobs will be lost.
Fletcher also had the guts to speak out about this situation saying the "fatalistic acceptance of a high exchange rate and big current account deficits is not good enough."
Fletcher, who is also a former Reserve Bank director, tends to be dismissed by the "there is no alternative crowd."
But in an environment where our economy is being made more marginal by the inability of Obama, Bernanke and also Romney to really face up to the need for the US to be a responsible player in the global economic environment, New Zealand also needs to pay more attention to its economic survival.
Once he has finished buttering up the Hollywood moguls, Prime Minister John Key might think about giving a serve to the next incumbent in the White House over the current failure of the US to live up to the economic tenets that it has previously prided itself on.


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Two people were killed and three others injured Friday in a three-vehicle accident on east U.S. 54 and 70th Avenue in a highway construction zone.
A multiple vehicle accident Friday morning at a highway construction site east of Pratt has claimed the lives of two Amarillo, Texas men and injured three more.
Killed in the accident was Jose Luis Cerda Salazar, 28 of Amarillo and Jesus Julian Salicido Jr., 39 of Amarillo.
The 8:05 a.m. accident was on east U.S. 54 just east of 70th Avenue at the highway construction equipment-crossing site. A flag crew was present at the time of the accident.
The accident happened when an eastbound 1997 Ford pickup driven by Jose Gerardo Morales-Zavala, 21 of Mexico, failed to yield for a construction sign, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol Crash Log web site.
The pickup broadsided a KOSS Construction Caterpillar water truck as it crossed the highway north bound. The collision caused massive damage to the pickup and minor damage to a 2002 Dodge 2500 that was legally parked at the site. Exactly how the Dodge was damaged was not listed in the KHP report. No one was in the Dodge at the time of the accident.
The water truck suffered some damage but was not towed from the scene.
The pickup came to rest on the north side of the road. The pickup was pulling a flatbed trailer with parts for pole type carport. The pieces were scatted across the highway.
Salazar and Salicido were pronounced dead at the scene. Morales-Zavala was listed as transported to Pratt Regional Medical Center but the KHP report also lists him as "refused treatment."
A third passenger in the pickup, Jose Guadalupe Hernandez-Guzman, 27 of Texas but city unknown, was transported to Pratt Regional Medical Center then an EagleMed helicopter transferred him to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. His condition was unavailable.
The driver of the Caterpillar water truck, Basilio Hernandez, 19 and address unknown, was also transported to Pratt Regional Medical Center then moved to Via Christi St. Francis Campus in Wichita. His condition was also unavailable.
Morales-Zavala and Salicido were wearing seatbelts at the time of the accident. It is unknown if Salazar and Hernandez-Guzman were wearing seatbelts.
The Caterpillar water tank driver Hernandaz was not wearing a seatbelt.


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"Frankie's Friends" is a Charlestown organization dedicated to keeping the memory of resident Frankie Stillman alive through its support of the Charlestown Youth Hockey ("CYHA") program.
Growing up in Charlestown, Frankie was a lifelong and dedicated fan of the Boston Bruins. He played youth hockey for Charlestown and later at Charlestown High School. Frankie started as a wing but was put on defense because he was known as a smart hockey player with great hands.
After he stopped playing, he never left the sport or gave up his love of the game. He worked for many years at the Emmons-Horrigan-O'Neil skating rink in Charlestown, where you could catch him driving the Zamboni or working in the shop.
He attended as many games as he could whether it was youth, high school or college level. And he took great pride in the friendships he had with NHL players who knew him as "Big Frank." Big Frank was really a kid at heart and he would love to know that this group is forming to support kids in his hometown.
The goal of Frankie's Friends is to help members of CYHA who are facing financial struggles and to help the program meet its operating costs so it can continue to deliver a successful, community focused hockey program to the youth of the Charlestown neighborhood.
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