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Violence Against Women: Human Trafficking
What is Human Trafficking?
Human trafficking is a form of modern day slavery. Millions of people worldwide live and suffer in slave-like situations. According to the United Nations, human trafficking is ranked as the third greatest revenue source of organized crime just after narcotics and arms. While the U.S. Department of State estimates that 800,000 – 900,000 people are trafficked across borders annually, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and many other organizations taking the lead to eradicate trafficking put the number above 2 million. Adding domestic trafficking to those numbers, which is defined as people trafficked within the borders of one nation, the number reaches almost 4 million persons trafficked per year.
Trafficked victims are often deceived, forced, or coerced into vulnerable situations that make it easy for the traffickers to hold them in forced labor and/or slavery. The overwhelming majority of victims of trafficking are women and girls. These women are often also victims of war, poverty, discrimination, and violence.
Definitions of Human Trafficking
1) The International Human Rights Law Group defines trafficking as "the recruitment, harboring, transporting, providing or obtaining, by any means, any person for labor or services involving forced labor, slavery or servitude in any industry, such as forced or coerced participation in agriculture, prostitution, manufacturing, or other industries or in domestic service or marriage."
2) The United States' Trafficking Victims Protection Act defines "severe forms of trafficking in persons" as "sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such act has not attained 18 years of age; or the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery".
3) The United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons defines trafficking in persons as:
(a) "the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability [footnote 1] or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation. Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation [footnote 2 ], forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery [with footnote on illegal adoptions], servitude or the removal or organs [with footnote explanation];
Explanation (1): "The travaux preparatoires should indicate that the reference to the abuse of a position of vulnerability is understood to refer to any situation in which the person involved has no real and acceptable alternative but to submit to the abuse involved."
Explanation (2): "The travaux preparatoires should indicate that this Protocol addresses the exploitation of prostitution and other forms of sexual exploitation only in the context of trafficking in persons. The terms 'exploitation of the prostitution of other' or 'other forms of sexual exploitation' are not defined in the Protocol. The Protocol is therefore without prejudice to how States Parties address prostitution in their respective domestic laws." {In other words, the Protocol does not define all prostitution as trafficking and so recognizes the difference between forced and voluntary participation in the sex industry by adults. Voluntary migration for sex work is covered by the Smuggling Protocol, which was developed at the same time as the Trafficking Protocol.)
(b) "The consent of a victim of trafficking in persons to the intended exploitation set forth in subparagraph (a) shall be irrelevant where any of the means set forth in subparagraph (a) are established; [footnotes 4 and 5]"
Explanation (4): The travaux preparatoires should indicate that this subparagraph should not be construed as imposing any restriction on the right of accused persons to a full defence and to the presumption of innocence.***"
Explanation (5): "Paragraph b of this Article should not be interpreted as laying upon the victim the burden of proof, as in any criminal proceedings, it is incumbent upon the public prosecutor to prove the elements of the offense in accordance with domestic law."
Forms of Human Trafficking
The three most common forms of trafficking are labor trafficking, including child labor, child soldiering and sweatshop work; sex trafficking, including child sex tourism and 'mail order' brides; and domestic servitude.


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I've never created a guild before.
- I have been a member of many.
- Officer in at least one and that was pretty big 300-400 members)
- One of my alts was even promoted to Guild Master of one (ok, it is a bank guild, but hey I've held the position before right…)
But I have never started one from scratch, not even one like Armaggedon's Coming which has no purpose beyond appearing in screenshots.
So how was the process?
The Blizzard "paperwork" part was pretty painless. It would have been more painless if I didn't adopt the "male DIY read the instructions as a last resort" method of guild creation.
Sure I checked where the Guild Masters were located… ie: somewhere in Stormwind (and the other major cities)… In the Visitors Centers… Like I had ever been there before in 4.5 years!
But read the guild charter, or even the icon to work out how people sign it…?
Pffff Hahaha… That's for lesser mortals!
I knew the basics. You get the charter, then run toa starting area and spam your
Signature please
request at the hundreds of newbies in the zone.
I would never stoop slow low as to do blind charter signings… I don't like blind dates, surprise birthday parties, blind group invites or blind charter signings.
So I went to the trouble of crafting a polite request for signatures, then I slammed it in /say
Then I spammed it in /yell
Then I added 1 gold to the offer and repeated the process.
It soon occurred to me that the one or two people in the zone (where is all the fresh blood) must be complete newbies that couldn't even move their characters or work out how to chat, because no one responded.
Last Resort
I actually got someone to sign!
Sure I chased him down the road… But he gave in eventually… Almost willingly!
This is where my male DIY failed me and I had to read the instructions.
On my way back after my initial success I managed to score another signature.
This guy even wanted to know the name of the guild and it's purpose… Don't know if you are reading this, but if you are… Hi and thanks!
Then there was the guy that turned up and just stood in front of me… Finally he asked:
10 gold?
Being the kind of Gnome I am, I immediately opened my trade window, deposited 15 gold and went and got a beer, watched some TV, watered the lemon tree and when a group invite appeared from my mate, accepted the summon and disappeared…
Whoops… Sorry, I was just making you earn your 10g… Which I forgot to pay you…
Once the party disbanded I took the portal again. Ran around Stormwind for a while, but only got one signature out of the dozen or so unguilded toons (no I won't hassle guilded folk).
Mr. Tree offered me the soul of his baby lock before he logged for the night (it was getting late by this point), but I decided I needed to troll new and more fertile grounds.
My hearth and Astral Recall were both still on cooldown, so I was forced to take public transport of the Gnomish variety, something I try to avoid.
Ironforge was a little better and soon (ha!) I was only 3 signatures short.
The rest of my whispers fell on deaf ears, so I mounted up and headed to the Gnome/Dwarf starting zone.
I nearly made it before I got a whisper from Ironforge. It was a long way back for one signature, but one signature on the charter was worth two in the starting zone.
This is where total strangers made my day. I was invited to a party with not one, but two total strangers… Both of whom not only signed up, but offered me best wishes!
Yes I am prepared to beg!
Mmmm one short, only one thing to do, totally abase myself and beg Mr. Offspec…
I love you Mr. Offspec. I can't believe I have ever said a bad word about you (Ohhh that's right, it's Gnomer that's got issues… Not Squidly).
He not only signed up, but patiently waited for me to Port to SW to create the guild, hearth back to Dalaran, hand over guild leadership, waited while Squidly logged off, Gnomeaggedon logged on, invited Gnomeaggedon to the Guild and promoted Gnomeaggedon to GM.
We Haz Tabbard kk
So job done… Oh hang on, no self respecting two-bit vanity guild is complete without a tabbard…
Now it was getting late, around 3.30am, but Gnomeaggedon would rest until he was properly attired.
It took a long time before I found that garden gnome. Once found, there were no difficulties with the color scheme. Gnomeaggedon is "green" and he lays waste with fire!
Green Gnome on a Red field… Perfect!
Momentary Regret
There is a little bit of me that feels guilty about dropping my guild, even though they didn't know who I was. Even though I haven't run with them since April.
I know that this is going to make it impossible to join another guild… but the reality is I have been unguilded most of my 80 levels, whether I wore a tabbard or not.
Wanna join my exclusive club?
So now I have my own guild I can start strutting my stuff in trade chat!
We are a non-friendly, non-family,uninhabited, non-raiding, non-progression guild on the Aman'Thul Server playing at times that suit no one. We don't have a guild bank…
But we do have a tabbard!
Seriously, who wouldn't want to be a member of this exclusive guild, with all it's benefits, that only asks for one thing in return from it's members. I mean, come on, what's a 20,000 gold annual membership fee between friends?
What, you thought I was a silly Goblin. I'm far too lazy for that. I'm a smart Gnome!
Don't worry the 20,000 fee gets redistributed amongst the share holders… All two of me!
Guild Master Gnomeaggedon and Out, Raid Leader Squidly and Stout!
PS: I am not specifically promoting Swagdogs gear.. it just seemed like a great way to capture some images, but as I grabbed them from their site, well if you click on them, you will go to Swagdogs.. Of course if they want to give me something out of the generosity of their hearts… well they can click on the link too 😉
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.

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Wednesday, March 3, 2010
134 comments:
- Roxy Te Owens said...
they look like a nuisance! but they're beautiful!
- March 3, 2010 at 1:55 PM
- Peace&Love said...
Lol! I would be giggling with all the pecking. I love it...
- March 3, 2010 at 1:58 PM
I love the birds. You are so creative Katie! Wish I had some on my walls.
- March 3, 2010 at 1:58 PM
- yarnpr0n said...
Ha ha! Fantastic ideas! I love your creativity.
p.s. My friend used to run this blog with someone else. The paper crafts she features made me think it might be something you'd be interested in, or could be inspired by just as much as I was: http://bit.ly/b5NNZ5
- March 3, 2010 at 1:58 PM
- Jaky Astik said...
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- March 3, 2010 at 1:59 PM
- Brittany said...
you are impossibly cool.
- March 3, 2010 at 1:59 PM
- Indie Mom and the Reluctant Banker said...
This looks amazing, I love the idea!
- March 3, 2010 at 2:00 PM
- Little Miss Tiara said...
girly, I adore you and your ideas and your cat and please not forget, your apartment, I love it! hahaha... it looks so colorful! :D just like my dream house :D
- March 3, 2010 at 2:01 PM
- colormekatie said...
haha I love the way you think Jaky!
- March 3, 2010 at 2:02 PM
- April: Modern-Mama said...
I probably say this in every comment, but you are SOOO CREATIVE! These are just beautiful!
- March 3, 2010 at 2:02 PM
- anna Kay said...
love this.
- March 3, 2010 at 2:03 PM
- Frau said...
At least they don't poo on you!
- March 3, 2010 at 2:08 PM
love love love love love it!
- March 3, 2010 at 2:10 PM
- Fa'getaboutit. said...
stumbled on your twitter accnt through the liveintent window on gotham...and now i am addicted! its something simply bright and cheery to add to my everyday :)
- March 3, 2010 at 2:10 PM
- Cella Babee said...
The last picture is so cute!
- March 3, 2010 at 2:11 PM
- Ashley Lynn Fry said...
Oh Katie you never cease to make me smile!
Thanks, I was having a dreary day...
- March 3, 2010 at 2:17 PM
- Mademoiselle C. said...
- March 3, 2010 at 2:18 PM
- Erin said...
How did you cut them out so perfectly??
- March 3, 2010 at 2:19 PM
- Stephanie said...
Birds invaded my room too!
- March 3, 2010 at 2:23 PM
- Kristyn said...
haha that last picture made me smile!
cute house :]
- March 3, 2010 at 2:27 PM
- Sue (Someone's Mom) said...
You just made my day! AGAIN!
- March 3, 2010 at 2:27 PM
- 50centlove said...
New follower alert~~~Lovely birds!
- March 3, 2010 at 2:32 PM
I wish I lived in your apartment!!!
- March 3, 2010 at 2:33 PM
- jillofallcrafttrades said...
hopefully the worms saty out of your home today!
- March 3, 2010 at 2:36 PM
- sweelie said...
apart from the birds...your expression is awesome in the last pic...
wish i had some birds in my room!!!
- March 3, 2010 at 2:39 PM
- Jenny at Dos Family said...
I think you're quite lovely...
- March 3, 2010 at 2:46 PM
- Lady Ren said...
Oh no I hope they did not cause you additional stress!
Very pretty
- March 3, 2010 at 2:58 PM
- TSannie said...
You always make me smile. Thank you!
- March 3, 2010 at 2:58 PM
- Charmalade said...
They're so lovely, and go perfectly with your immaculate white walls! The last photo is like this happier, hopefully less dangerous version of Hitchhock's The Birds. :D
Toast with Charmalade
- March 3, 2010 at 3:06 PM
- March 3, 2010 at 3:07 PM
- Mrs. Adventure said...
I found your blog and I'm hooked! You are the best!
- March 3, 2010 at 3:17 PM
- RMb said...
so so cute!
- March 3, 2010 at 3:20 PM
- Organised Chaos said...
Awwh i love this!
Would you mind if i did this but on a much smaller scale for my art exam?
- March 3, 2010 at 3:22 PM
- racingyogagirl said...
I hope all your technical dilemmas have been solved! Sorry its been a rough week. Don't those times really make you appreciate a "normal" day?!?
Just let those birds fly away with all your stressful thoughts!
Love ya Katie!
- March 3, 2010 at 3:27 PM
- nicole said...
i love your creativity !
- March 3, 2010 at 3:35 PM
- tessaboo said...
Oh my goodness! Could this be any cuter!?
- March 3, 2010 at 3:47 PM
- Anne said...
Katie, these birds are awesome!! But don't let Moo get to them! ;)
- March 3, 2010 at 3:51 PM
- Sunny Brynn said...
Adorable! Love them on the kitchen cabinets! Awesome idea. :)
- March 3, 2010 at 3:55 PM
- mrs mediocrity said...
Phenomenal! What a display, it must have taken forever, but clearly worth the effort...
- March 3, 2010 at 3:57 PM
- the local said...
those birds look like they were a blast to have around...!
- March 3, 2010 at 3:58 PM
- SK said...
aw i'm so glad you got your blog back from those nasty hackers!! love the birds you cut out!!
- March 3, 2010 at 4:01 PM
- Samantha Eynon said...
I love it! So bright and colourful! Really made me smile!
- March 3, 2010 at 4:13 PM
- Brooke Premo said...
How fun!
Just don't let it turn into a scary situation like in that movie!
- March 3, 2010 at 4:27 PM
- melody said...
LOVE❥ everything you create.
- March 3, 2010 at 5:02 PM
- phoebe marie said...
this is so funny to me because i had an actual, live bird trapped in my kitchen today. i have no idea how it even got into our house!!
- March 3, 2010 at 5:14 PM
- Emm said...
haha, so good!
- March 3, 2010 at 5:23 PM
Moo must be exhausted now, with all those birds fluttering about!
- March 3, 2010 at 5:35 PM
- Estrógena said...
So beautiful!!MUA
- March 3, 2010 at 5:45 PM
- Brooke said...
I'm sure a billion people have already said this to you before but I'm going to say it as well... your blog/imagination is amazing and I am in total awe.
- March 3, 2010 at 5:46 PM
- Sarah said...
love! love! love!
- March 3, 2010 at 5:58 PM
- layia said...
amazing! the last photo is made of win!
- March 3, 2010 at 6:07 PM
- Miss Jaster said...
simply beautiful!
- March 3, 2010 at 7:03 PM
- Christina Song said...
i love your narrative qualities!
- March 3, 2010 at 7:09 PM
- Jen said...
This is so cute! I love all the ideas you have on here! You're such an inspiration =)
- March 3, 2010 at 7:21 PM
- Fee-AMore said...
So much fun! Enjoyed the creativity and i love the last shot!
- March 3, 2010 at 7:27 PM
- Sara&Eva said...
jajajaj...This is fantastic! Now, in Monsterscake we love owls too XD
- March 3, 2010 at 7:41 PM
- Arianne said...
Did you trace them out from a pattern / stencil? They're perfect. If you did, care to share them? I wanna make birds too. :D
- March 3, 2010 at 7:42 PM
- n i l e e y said...
beautiful! thanks for putting a smile on my face :)
- March 3, 2010 at 7:48 PM
- tscd said...
Will they be nesting in your house for long?
- March 3, 2010 at 7:55 PM
- Larysse Tavares said...
Thank God Moo wasn't home, right? I guess he would have eaten all them, or he is a vegetarian? Hahaha, you are so lovely. Big kisses :*
- March 3, 2010 at 8:01 PM
- penny threads. said...
i wonder what alfred hitchcock would have to say about this. ;)
- March 3, 2010 at 8:02 PM
- OneCraftyFox said...
Careful, they could be Hitchcock birds! :)
- March 3, 2010 at 8:21 PM
- Adeline said...
I love all the birds! I've been inspired by you to decorate my room. keep on photographing. -Adeline
- March 3, 2010 at 8:43 PM
Beautiful, I want some in my own room too ! Did you use a template to cut these birds out ?
- March 3, 2010 at 11:21 PM
- Nicole Jeannette said...
I LOVE this! I totally am borrowing your idea ;)
- March 3, 2010 at 11:45 PM
- paperseed said...
OMG Katie! Thanks for making me smile. You are simply extraordinary. :-)
- March 4, 2010 at 1:02 AM
- pearls said...
love love love the birds.... this post makes me all kinds of happy. thank you.
- March 4, 2010 at 1:15 AM
- abbeyrose said...
I love your pictures, Im decorating my new home and wish I could do something like that
- March 4, 2010 at 1:26 AM
- jennifer young said...
this is incredible!
- March 4, 2010 at 1:50 AM
- Sini said...
Love this! how you make these, like what kind of paper you use? I just would like to make something funny to my own home if you have hints :)
- March 4, 2010 at 2:58 AM
- Maria-Thérèse afiori.com said...
They are lovely! Hope you have a big apartment though because otherwise I can just imagine the sound level!
- March 4, 2010 at 4:37 AM
- Lilibet said...
I so love your photos.They always make me smile & today was just the right day to click on your blog.
- March 4, 2010 at 5:04 AM
- art.soul said...
i adore your blog.
best one ever seen.
and these birds... teach them to fly to Portugal. i'm glad to welcome them into my home... so lovely indeed!
- March 4, 2010 at 5:17 AM
- Sofia said...
ah ah! you are so funny! :D
you are such an inspiration! :)
- March 4, 2010 at 7:22 AM
- RUBIA ARGYI said...
so cute♥
- March 4, 2010 at 7:54 AM
- rachel awes said...
you take my breath away, ...
maybe because you share your wings.
- March 4, 2010 at 9:37 AM
- Paranka said...
Sooo many colors! My eyes just melted! Good job!
- March 4, 2010 at 9:58 AM
- Raptor Plateado said...
WOW is magic this picture... is so amazing.. i liked!!! congratulation Katie.. you are a genius...
- March 4, 2010 at 9:58 AM
- Priscilla Tan said...
U're so cool katie!!! I posted ur lovely ideas on my blog too to spread the love and your joy!!
- March 4, 2010 at 10:41 AM
- colormekatie said...
Thanks so much for all of your sweet comments! To make the birds I googled "bird silhouettes". I then printed out some shapes, cut them and used them as stencils to trace onto magazine pages and cut them out!
- March 4, 2010 at 11:05 AM
- Michaela Lynch said...
These are wonderful! It reminds me of a less terrifying version of Hitchcock's movie. (But Melanie Daniels is a fun Halloween costume...I would know!)
- March 4, 2010 at 11:20 AM
- Tigerlilly Quinn said...
This is amazing! www.tigerlillyquinn.blogspot.com
- March 4, 2010 at 11:58 AM
- mimoa said...
oh! I just love your photos! really nice, and so much color. Love it! hugs from me :)
- March 4, 2010 at 12:12 PM
- Paulina said...
How do you glue all the paper art on walls so they don't leave marks? I would love to do some of my own, but I am scared I will have to repaint when/if they fall off or I want to do something else...
- March 4, 2010 at 1:05 PM
- look a little closer said...
i love birds and i love these birds especially! so pretty :) thanks for sharing! my apartment is the size of a shoebox, maybe i'll add some color with birds and such! cheers
- March 4, 2010 at 1:09 PM
- colormekatie said...
@Paulina- I just use masking tape to stick them to the wall. It doesn't leave any marks!
- March 4, 2010 at 1:32 PM
- Dominica said...
VERY Hitchcock !!
- March 4, 2010 at 3:14 PM
- KtShortcake said...
Love, love, love! <3 xx
- March 4, 2010 at 3:31 PM
- molly said...
nooooo, i don't believe you have stressful weeks!
from out here, your life looks like pure joy, all the time!
- March 4, 2010 at 4:41 PM
- Nick Claes said...
Damn ! that's some nice pics you got !
I love the colours !
- March 4, 2010 at 5:22 PM
- Chemical Marriage said...
Better then drugs, therapy, or church.
- March 4, 2010 at 8:11 PM
- Paulina said...
@colormekatie Awesome! Thanks! I think you just convinced me to stick stuff all over my walls! I've been craving it for a while!
- March 4, 2010 at 8:26 PM
- sarah said...
my favorite post of your's EVER! so fun and day-brightening!
- March 4, 2010 at 10:58 PM
- Jenny said...
Hi Katie! These birds are lovely, and so much lower budget than the pricey wall decals out there! Do you think you'd be willing to put up a printable version of the different bird shapes so that other people can do their own? (you could even do that and ask people to send in their resulting projects!)
Just a thought :)
- March 5, 2010 at 1:45 AM
- the Pilot said...
Hahaha you are amazing :)
- March 5, 2010 at 3:58 AM
- Mike said...
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- March 5, 2010 at 6:19 AM
I love your artwork...but...do you ever get tired of being "on" all the time? You seem like the classic "manic pixie dream girl" character in a Hollywood movie.
- March 5, 2010 at 6:22 AM
- carly said...
it's good to see that you have your blog back! :) gratz!
- March 5, 2010 at 8:32 AM
- Noelle Boosinger said...
Sweet idea. Love it.
- March 5, 2010 at 10:02 AM
- L-pop said...
Oh those birds are adorable!! I have similar ones flying around in my mind all day, I'd luv to have them in my room! <3
- March 5, 2010 at 12:06 PM
I just spent two hours reading your entire blog. Thank you for the pick-me-up.
Your joy in contagious!
- March 5, 2010 at 12:35 PM
- Manon said...
Oh my.. I love this!
Your blog puts a smile on my face. Thanks so much for sharing all these lovely things.
- March 5, 2010 at 1:14 PM
- 6h057 said...
Between this blog post and your daily craft of paper birds, this has been the most beautiful stuff I've read all week.
- March 5, 2010 at 2:34 PM
- Ruth said...
Just found your blog today from Poppytalk! I just love what you do! Love your mini documentary, love your birds and all that color. It certainly brightened my day today and will continue to. Thanks for being you - a breath of (colorful) fresh air!
- March 5, 2010 at 9:09 PM
- aware said...
I love this! I want birds all over my house too. Thank you for the smiles :)
- March 6, 2010 at 7:40 AM
- Teenage Tri Queen said...
HI Katie! I absolutely LOVE your blog! I am saving up for a camera, and wanted your advice for which one to get. I am 14 so an easy one would be nice! :) Thanks!!
- March 6, 2010 at 7:42 AM
Hi katie, i am SO amazed by your photos and you blog. And those birds are the most cutest things ever.
Greetings form Estonia ;)
- March 6, 2010 at 7:46 AM
- Catherine Hansen Peart said...
you are so funny. you cheer me up.
- March 6, 2010 at 9:00 AM
- Tuesdai Noelle said...
Your blog is so colourfully expressive and prissy :) LOVE The cat! have a groovy weekend!
- March 6, 2010 at 4:47 PM
- Nicole Trundle said...
This is the cutest thing ever, i have just been browseing most of your blog, watching a lot of your videos on vimeo, your actually adorable.
- March 6, 2010 at 7:51 PM
- Maria Baker said...
I just spent several hours reading all your posts. Fantastic. And the birds are awesome. Best.
- March 6, 2010 at 8:42 PM
- Vigdis said...
I stumbled upon your website and love it. Pretty cool pictures. I will visit it again.
Maybe you can have a look at mine as well: www.vigdisheisler.tk
Best Wishes
- March 8, 2010 at 9:54 AM
- Gina Clarke said...
Wow ! I really looveeee your blog. It makes me want to start my own..
- March 8, 2010 at 9:58 AM
- Ama Livia Reynolds said...
oh, you make me so happy!
- March 8, 2010 at 5:49 PM
- D. Marie said...
Well I dont think I have to tell you how cool, creative, and beautiful the birds are after 114 comments! Thank you for stopping by my blog and for your wonderful compliment! I love your blog and your creativity! ♥
- March 8, 2010 at 8:58 PM
- 10Yen said...
how cool is that. Surely a nuisance when they did that to your hair but you gotta love them for all their sweet song. ;) I love this! how long did it take you to post all those up?!
- March 9, 2010 at 12:02 AM
you must have a beautiful soul to create so much magic. thank you for cheering me up today. :)
today was my first time reading your blog but it won't be the last!
- March 10, 2010 at 1:42 PM
- Rinky Dinky Doo said...
awww... you make me happy. I love visiting your blog when I feel down and crappy about grad school. Thank you!
- March 11, 2010 at 2:38 AM
- Jutta said...
Oh my, this is fantastic! You are creative beyond words! Reminds me of Hitchcock's Birds but in a beautiful and colorful way :)
- March 11, 2010 at 2:51 AM
- Lucy Paz said...
Katie, your ideas are outstanding!!! I love the birds though I wouldn't want to go near live ones. I'm scared of getting peck...
- March 11, 2010 at 3:28 PM
- Nashe' said...
i love you
- March 11, 2010 at 10:40 PM
- Stacey Renee said...
Katie, you would make such an amazing children's book author with your whimsicle and creative ideas! Have you thought about this?
- March 12, 2010 at 3:12 AM
- Regan said...
These pictures are great! Did you take them or photoshop them yourself?
- March 14, 2010 at 7:58 PM
- courtney said...
HI Katie,
I love your site and would love to add each other to our blog rolls! here is my creative blog http://inspiredu.wordpress.com/
if you would like to exchange links let me know!
Thanks! Courtney
- March 15, 2010 at 4:55 PM
- Natalie said...
loved the "Birds" moment at the end - almost as much as I loved this whole concept. It's just been added to my "to do" list for the weekend! Thanks so much for the inspiration.
- March 19, 2010 at 7:41 AM
- Lulu said...
Amazing! Can't tell you how happy I am that I discovered your blog, what fun you are! I'm venturing out to Brooklyn this weekend, hope I stumble upon some of your work! Have a lovely, sunny weekend!
- March 19, 2010 at 4:06 PM
- Thalita Dol said...
Wow!!! I love your birdies! Would you please ask them if they can come and visit me here in Brazil??? ;)
kisses to you
- March 22, 2010 at 12:00 PM
- Loren said...
Loved this so much! I had a rainy groggy day and did a similar thing with 3-D flowers all over my walls! Such a cute idea!
- March 22, 2010 at 4:49 PM
- Kat said...
I LOVE THIS. Thank you very much Lovely.
- March 26, 2010 at 1:02 AM
- Jenny said...
You are amazing.
- March 26, 2010 at 12:16 PM
- Design Darling said...
this is incredible. i just found your blog via seesaw designs! you are so talented :)
- March 30, 2010 at 10:07 AM
- Miki's scrapbook said...
I love your ideas! =D
- April 1, 2010 at 9:14 AM
- Zoe said...
This adorable craft made me think of the song Birds by Kate Nash- you should check it out it's beautiful!
- April 15, 2010 at 8:43 PM
- Wedding Cakes Pictures said...
Incredibly cute. The colorful birds looks amazing contrasting the white backgrounds
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The California Environmental Protection Agency (CAL/EPA) is responsible for coordinating and prioritizing the State's efforts to protect the environment.
Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA)
Main Office
1001 I Street - P.O. Box 2815
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 323-2514
Toxic Substance Office
1001 I Street
Sacramento, CA 95814-2828
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 806
Sacramento, CA 95812-0806
(800) 728-6942
See Also Structural Pest Control Board
The Air Resources Board conducts research, monitors California's air quality and sets policies for controlling emissions from mobile sources (cars, trucks, buses and other motor vehicles).
Air Resources Board
(800) 242-4450
(916) 322-2990
Complaint/Compliance Hotline:
(800) 952-5588
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment identifies chemicals that have the potential for adverse health effects and implemented Proposition 65 (Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986).
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
(916) 324-7572
(510) 622-3200
The Integrated Waste Management Board conducts monitoring, research, planning and education programs to address California's solid waste management needs.
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(916) 341-6000
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The Department of Pesticide Regulation evaluates pesticide usefulness and safety and enforces state/federal laws governing the use of pesticides in California's agriculture, industry, business, and the home.
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(916) 445-4300
(916) 324-1452 Fax
The Department of Toxic Substances Control is responsible for overseeing the clean-up of hazardous waste sites and for monitoring and regulating hazardous waste transportation, treatment, storage and disposal for California.
Department of Toxic Substances Control
(800) 728-6942
(916) 324-1826
The Water Resources Control Board is responsible for maintaining water quality in the state. Anyone wishing to divert water from a stream or river not adjacent to their property does so through application to the Board. Issue permits for water rights, specifying amounts, conditions, and construction time tables for diversion and storage.
Water Resources Control Board
(916) 341-5250
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Other Environmental Entities:
The Department of Conservation provides recycle locations, publications, general information grants, operators, retailers, manufacturers, and complaints.
Department of Conservation
Recycling Hotline
(800) 732-9253
The Environmental Health Coalition is an education and advocacy organization dedicated to preventing illnesses resulting from exposure to toxic chemicals in the home, work-place, and community. They provide general information and literature. They do not test toxic sites.
Environmental Health Coalition
401 Mile of Cars Way, Suite 310
National City, CA 91950
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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is a national advocacy, research, and lobbying organization whose work involves the preservation of national resources and the protection of the public's health. It also provides information to the general public on environmental issues.
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40 West 20th Street
New York, NY 10011
(212) 727-2700
(212) 727-1773 Fax
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20460
(202) 272-0167
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San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 947-8000
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I have enjoyed my Surco Roof Rack. It travels quite well and did not hinder the performance of my vehicle. It was easy to assemble and install on my factory roof rails. My sun roof operated as if nothing was over it. When not needed it is easy to remove and takes up minimal space in my garage. The only drawback (does not change my opinion of the product) was that my radio antenna is in the middle over the windshield. I am searching for a shorter antenna.


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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Making Meaning in Literature:
A Video Library, Grades 6-8
Individual Clip Descriptions
1. Introducing the Envisionment-Building Classroom
2. Building a Literary Community
3. Asking Questions
4. Facilitating Discussion
5. Seminar Discussion
6. Dramatic Tableaux
7. Readers as Individuals
8. The Teachers Role in a Literary Community
9. Whole Group Discussions
This Video Clip
comes alive when kids have a chance to interpret and to
interact. It allows kids to not only see themselves as active
readers, but as people who can make meaning."
Barry Hoonan
The Odyssey School
Bainbridge Island, Washington
comes alive when kids have a chance to interpret and to
interact. It allows kids to not only see themselves as active
readers, but as people who can make meaning."
Barry Hoonan
The Odyssey School
Bainbridge Island, Washington
Hoonan believes teaching is much like poetry. It is crafted,
it is magical, and it is powerful when shared. As an act of
creation, teaching illuminates the tiny details of living
and learning. Entering literature discussion groups as a teacher,
Mr. Hoonan sees himself as an improvisational artist, listening
and responding to student comments and questions. He is on
the spot and ready to take the disparate pieces and help students
put them together. Moving in and out of group discussions,
his ultimate goal is to help students become independent thinkers
and learners.
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in students and in their abilities as readers and thinkers
is central to Barry Hoonan's teaching. Understanding that
students come to his classroom with a great deal of knowledge
and information, his approach to literature begins by taking
his cue from the students. Although he makes suggestions and
adds information to a discussion when necessary, he prefers
to have student voices and understandings predominate.
literature group has a facilitator, entrusted with keeping
things moving, making sure everyone has a voice, and getting
the students to develop their insights. However, Mr. Hoonan
has learned that too much structure in such groups can get
in the way of creative conversation that sparks ideas students
may not have had before. Experience has taught him that students
respond to overly structured situations by becoming stiff,
asking questions and answering each carefully in turn around
the circle. The literature discussions portrayed in this video
display the organic, respectful, back-and-forth exchanges
of authentic conversations in which ideas are offered, tested,
and developed.
Hoonan believes strongly in the importance of community, especially
in this multi-age classroom, and feels that literature discussion
groups are an important way to foster classroom community.
To accommodate a diverse range of interests, ages, and abilities,
Mr. Hoonan offers students a choice of 15 titles linked to
the theme, "Life's Not Fair." Students are invited
to read at least two books and form discussion groups based
on the reading of shared titles. In addition, the class read-aloud
book Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli further enriches the
theme. As a way of enriching literary readings, an important
component of the literature discussions involves linking issues
from the literature with the students' personal experiences.
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Posted by R. Berg on March 28, 2002
In Reply to: Balls out posted by DGW on March 28, 2002
: : : : : : : Has anyne heard the term "balls out"? It is often
used in business settings when a company
: : : : : : : decides to change to a new software system. To go "balls out" means to install it and use it without
: : : : : : : worrying about the way we've always done it.
: : : : : : : Does the term come from the way the pendulum swings all the way out?
: : : : : : Um. Well. Ahhh. No.
: : : : : To go "balls out" means to throw caution to the winds and charge full-steam ahead. Without wanting to be too blunt as to the phrase's provenance, it's something which we males could do both figuratively *and* literally (though I can't think of any printable occasions when I'd do the latter), whereas the fairer sex is limited to doing it figuratively.
: : : : I believe that this expression originated with the early steam engines whose governors were a pair of spinning balls, which described a larger and larger circle as the demanded speed, and hence their rotational speed, increased to control the steam valve and hence the flow of steam from boiler to pistons.
: : : Ahahahahah. I can actually call to mind the device you describe - a pair of balls, each mounted at the hinge point that joins two rods of metal, right? So when the rods are spun around their vertical axis, the centrifugal force given to the balls causes them to pull out, thus making the hinges bend? Extremely plausible and actually I really and sincerely hope you're right on this, because it'll be pricelessly funny if you are.
: : Tho I can't give you a definitive source, I can confirm that "balls out" does come from the days of steam engines and their governing devices, just as Mr Barney says. Mr Fallen and Mr Bob too from the look of it can console themselves in knowing that their alternative belief is far more popular than the correct one. And to know this sort of detail about steam engines, you'd have to be kinda geeky about them too.
: This is a difficult question. Is any documentation forthcoming to support either possibility? The dictionaries seem to prefer a derivation from the anatomical balls, but the mechanical-balls story seems believable too. Apparently the expression is only known from WW II times or so. Does anybody have an example of an early (or even late) straight-faced use of an adverb "balls out" referring to that gadget with the balls?
My references don't have this phrase, but my husband says the device was called a flyball governor and it used to be common in discussions of feedback loops. (When it spins faster, it makes the engine slow down.) That might help in searching.


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Recently, Becky shared a post from Stardust Shoes on how to close a softie with a baseball stitch. If you are looking for another way to close a softie or a pillow with hidden stitches, check out this video from my sewing mentor and good friend, Leslie Bonnell. When I gave my monsters demo at Maker Faire last year, I showed how to do this stitch that I'd learned from Leslie herself. Several people came up after the demo and asked me to show them again, up close, so they could see the magic stitch in action. Now anyone can learn from Leslie by watching this short video on using the ladder stitch to close a seam invisibly.
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Jewish quarter in Hervás
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The festivities of the converted Jews, in addition to plays that are staged about Jewish culture and customs, are a testimony of the important legacy that this community left in Hervás. The most significant feature in Hervás' historical heritage is the Jewish quarter. Its narrow, steep streets are lined with houses clustering together like grapes, which were made with adobe and chestnut-wood frameworks, their roofs plastered with Arab tiles to shield the wind. The architectural heritage includes remarkable civil buildings such as the palace of Dávila, a large house from the middle of the 18th century, which at present houses a stately home-museum, and a public library. The religious heritage includes the parish church of Santa María, erected in the 13th century, which exhibits elements that were added from the 16th century thru the 17th; the convent of the Trinitarian Fathers, inaugurated in 1659; the hermitage of San Andrés, from the 14th century, which at present houses the religious image of Cristo de la Salud, patron saint of Hervás; and the hermitage of San Antón. The infirmary of the Franciscan monks, from the 18th century, is currently home to the City Hall and the Municipal Police. In Hervás, we can find beautiful leather and wooden handicrafts, as well as a peculiar collection of classic motorcycles, the first in Spain and the second in Europe.


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Stars trade Derek Roy to Canucks for pick and prospect
The Vancouver Canucks didn't wait until the last second to make a move.
Instead, general manager Mike Gillis pulled the trigger a little more than 24 hours before Wednesday's trade deadline by picking up a much-needed centre. And according to assistant GM Laurence Gilman, the team isn't done wheeling and dealing just yet.
Tuesday, the Canucks acquired Derek Roy from the Dallas Stars for prospect defenceman Kevin Connauton and a second-round pick, giving Vancouver an experienced player who has a solid offensive track record.
The 29-year-old Ottawa native has four goals and 22 points in 30 games this year with the Stars after being traded from the Buffalo Sabres last July. And, aside from a 35-game campaign in 2010-11, he has put up 40 points or more per season since 2005-06, with his best outing coming in 2007-08 when he had 32 goals and 81 points through 78 games with the Sabres.
Although he was looking to re-negotiate his contract in Dallas — one that currently has him in the final year of $4 million per season — Roy was instead dealt to Vancouver.
"Things didn't work out the way we planned here in Dallas," Roy said in a conference call Tuesday. "It's exciting to go to a team with a lot of skill and a lot of work ethic.
"Everything happens for a reason and I'm really excited to just put forth a healthy rest of the season and a healthy playoffs and show people what I can do."
Earlier this season, the Stars put Roy on injured reserve after the forward suffered a groin ailment. But he claims to be 100% now and looking forward to the opportunity with a Cup-contending team — one that is currently fighting for the Northwest Division title with 12 games to go in the regular season.
In Connauton, the Canucks give up an offensive defenceman — albeit one that has gone a minus-12 this season in the AHL with the Chicago Wolves. The former third-round pick in 2009 has yet to suit up in the NHL.
With reports Monday that centre Ryan Kesler could be back skating in about a week, the move now gives Vancouver options moving forward. The team is coming off two losses, struggling offensively as of late due to an injury-depleted lineup also missing wingers David Booth and Mason Raymond.
"I like a lot of things," Gillis said in a conference call about Roy. "I like the play-making aspect and the opportunity to add another layer of offence I thought was important.
"We had a chance to do that deal this morning and we acted upon it to try and fill that hole we had."
The Canucks GM added they expect Roy to be the third-line centre playing between Jannik Hansen and Chris Higgins, who signed a four-year, $10-million contract extension with the club Tuesday. But Roy also brings flexibility and can move up to the second line.
Vancouver lost out on landing Ryane Clowe from the San Jose Sharks, as the big winger decided to go to the New York Rangers instead — a decision Gillis said came down to "geography." On Team 1040, assistant GM Gilman admitted the team is still looking to make at least one more move, potentially two, although Gillis didn't sound as convincing.
"There's not a lot of players out there … so we're going through every possibility and see what it may do to our lineup," Gillis said. "We're still looking to be active but it's a very different year."
Added Gilman on the radio: "We're not done trying to improve this hockey team. We know this is our time and … we're trying to win the Stanley Cup. Are you asking me if we're good enough right now with the addition of Derek Roy? We're certainly competitive enough, we're certainly strong down the middle, our defence is in the upper echelon of the NHL and we have an overabundance of goaltending.
"Could we change the mix and give ourselves a better opportunity? Absolutely. But I rather wait and see what our team looks like after the dust settles tomorrow at noon before I further comment on what our team's chances are."
The Roy trade also seemingly changes the asking price for Roberto Luongo. Having picked up a centre — which the Canucks was clearly coveting — they may be looking for a different piece to their lineup now if they do move the goaltender.
"In the event that we move (Luongo), a centre can easily come but it does provide a flexibility to take back a positional player such as a winger or a defenceman," Gilman said. "We know we have a chance to compete with the teams to win the Stanley Cup.
"In order to do that, we need to have a complete roster … we're out there trolling on all fronts to make it happen. That probably sounds like we're all in, I guess it means we are."
Roy said he talked with former Sabres teammate and current Canuck Zack Kassian, with the youngster offering to give up his No. 9. But the veteran won't take it away from him "because he's a good kid" and is still pondering what number he'll wear. Roy will be at practice Wednesday … Earlier in the day, the Canucks put defenceman Cam Barker on waivers and sent centre Jordan Schroeder down to the minors … Gilman confirmed Booth is on long-term injured reserve and won't be back for the team this season.


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WELLESLEY, Mass. – MIT women's tennis routed SUNY New Paltz 7-2 and then edged Wellesley 5-4 to sweep their matches at this weekend's Wellesley Invitational tournament. MIT got points from their top two doubles and top two singles players in each of the matches to notch their fourth and fifth straight wins of the spring season.
Lauren Quisenberry and Candace Wu won 8-1 against the Hawks of New Paltz and 8-2 against Wellesley at first doubles, while Julia Hsu and Bianca Dumitrascu did the exact same thing. MIT swept the doubles matches in their first contest against New Paltz, with Melissa Diskin and Katie O'Neal adding an 8-3 victory.
Quisenberry had no difficulties at first singles, beating Stephanie Schara 6-0, 6-1. Wu, Hsu and Dumitrascu also easily took care of their opponents, but the Hawks salvaged points in the fifth and sixth singles positions.
The Wellesley Blue put up a closer fight, grabbing a point at third doubles when Erica Choo and Kendall Tada beat Diskin and O'Neal 8-6. Choo took another point at third singles when she beat Hsu 7-5, 6-1, but a 6-2, 6-2 win by Quisenberry, a 6-2, 6-4 victory by Wu and a 6-0, 6-1 thrashing by Dumitrascu at fourth singles was enough to secure the win for MIT. Like New Paltz, Wellesley made the match closer by taking points at the final two singles positions, but the Blue were unable to pull out the win.
The event featured ten tennis teams from either New England or New York, many of them nationally recognized tennis programs. In addition to New Paltz, MIT and the hosts, competing schools included Amherst, Brandeis, Colby-Sawyer, Emerson, Skidmore, TCNJ and Tufts University.
MIT, now 10-4 overall this year, will continue their spring schedule when they host Bates at 3:00 PM on April 9th.


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Will GDP Numbers Influence the Fed?
The U.S. economy expanded at a faster pace than previously estimated, growing at a 2.5% annual rate in the second quarter as exports and business investment were revised upward. Kathleen Madigan joins MoneyBeat to put the numbers into context.
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... ay ay ay mm mm ... welcome to MoneyBeat I'm Steber slow all filling in for Paul vignette ... this morning's second quarter economic data was better than expected with GDP exceeding predicted estimates while this data propelled the Fed to wind down its bond buying program ... Kathleen Madigan joins us now to put the numbers into context ... some two point five percent GDP data surprise that the Afghan much better than expected but I guess the eye of the reasons that it was up ... that makes me worry about the second and third order yet because that well because it was kick in on an errant trade deficit and more inventory to ... now ... the trade up to say I is not can it continue to narrow this quarter ... and into a growth that he had a big buildup of inventory in the previous quarter ... it suggests that ... businesses are not building up inventories that very and very quickly this quarter ... and it's the change in inventory the change in a change in inventory growth that determines GDP growth so ... that's probably going to be a drag and sell overall ... it's ... it was better than expected for the outset that this is the ... third quarter could be worse ... okay so saying this is far worse than expected third-quarter no matter ... how does this play into the Fed's thinking right now when aired as the bigger of what to do with this thing and I'd I think actually today's collector jobless claims numbers might of Claymore into their thinking because ... um the in and they're all the time as for the most part ... they now had GDP gets put together and and they're more interested to see if businesses ... are ... hiring workers even in this ... modest growth environment adding the other thing that we got from GDP ... today was the profits from the euro in the second quarter ... um so companies have the money but are they hiring of them in ... jobless claims fell six thousand that they're willing to stand at three ... thirty ... thousand in India range arrow while now that that that's a good sign right yet but it's hundred and Scion that they're not buying markets anymore but I ... did there's no sign that they're going and ramp up hiring at the cutting tool and re plus pace than what I was a little that should be booked for for jobless claims to like actually start getting exciting ... ay ay ay been closer to three hundred thousand under the acai in only the day I haven't had taken the boom of the nineteen nineties that they go far lower than that ... but it's just this muddling along that I think the Fed ... it doesn't wanna see um I'd I wonder if they might've box themselves and that they have to taper in September ... so we have yet to be sick all the recent data and can only get a weak housing data durable goods born so great although a small town they are ... now jobless claims in the GDP ... thirty seconds capping figured economists had on here do you start tapering in September ... now and I've never thought that the Fed stood to start tapering and decency in September is so unless we get a great number ... I next Friday payrolls ... I just don't seem to just a case in the numbers ... are a Kathleen Madigan folks thank you very much in love


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Published December 23, 2015
The U.S. Department of Education is announcing that two more states have won their bid to be relieved of some requirements of the federal "No Child Left Behind" Law.
Washington and Wisconsin are joining 24 other states that have earned waivers from the federal education law. Washington state education officials confirmed their state's waiver. The Wisconsin waiver was reported by The New York Times.
The department's formal announcement was expected Friday.
The 10-year-old federal No Child Left Behind law requires all students to achieve proficient math and reading scores by 2014, a goal that many educators say is impossible. Last year, President Barack Obama announced an opportunity for states to avoid the law's requirements if they develop their own accountability systems.
The waivers are considered a temporary measure while Education Secretary Arne Duncan continues to work with Congress to rewrite the law, which is formally known as the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Members of both parties agree the No Child Left Behind law is broken but have been unable to agree on how to fix it. While it has been praised for focusing on the performance of minorities, low-income students, English language learners and special education students, it has also led to a number of schools being labeled as "failing."
Critics also say the law has had the unintended effect of encouraging instructors to teach to the test and has led schools to narrow their curriculums.
Washington state schools chief Randy Dorn said the waiver will lift the requirement that all students pass both the state reading and math tests by 2014. It will also give Washington school districts more flexibility about how they spend some federal dollars.
In return, Washington will need to show improvement in test scores for subgroups of students who have historically had lower scores than average, such as those who qualify for free- or reduced-price meals.
In late May, Wisconsin officials said they were modifying some details of their waiver application and expected approval soon.
The federal Education Department earlier wrote to officials in that state, saying Wisconsin had a number of commendable proposals but they were too short on detail.
Other waiver applications are still pending in 10 states and the District of Columbia. Six waivers were approved last month in Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, South Dakota, Utah and Virginia.
In order to get a waiver, each state had to promise to show in other ways that its students and schools are improving, and they were required to more closely link teacher evaluations to student test scores, among other requirements.
Washington's waiver application emphasized its embrace of new national education standards, the state's new teacher and principal evaluations, and its efforts to take a broader look at student achievement beyond reading and math by also testing for writing and science.
The waiver agreement requires that by 2018, Washington cut in half achievement gaps between various ethnic and economic groups, when compared with 100 percent passage rates. For example, if one group had 74 percent passing reading in 2011, that group would need to have 87 percent passing by 2018.
The agreement adds another requirement for Title I schools, which are high-poverty public schools that get extra money from the federal government to help students who are behind academically or at risk of falling behind.
It requires the state education office to annually identify priority schools, which are the 5 percent lowest-achieving of Title I schools; focus schools, which are the lowest 10 percent of Title I schools; and reward schools, the highest performing Title I schools or those making the most progress in a given year.


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History Television Canada completes the season of Ancestors in the Attic on February 4 with two new half-hour episodes starting at 6pm EST, repeated at 9pm.
The episodes are described in a Global Genealogy posting at http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/gazed/gazed192.htm
When she was eight years old, Marguerite Ogilvie, from Lac Du Bonnet, MB, secretly read a letter from her German aunt. In it, she discovered that her grandmother, Minna, had died "a horrible death" during WWII. But Marguerite's mother, Charlotte, would never reveal what happened to Minna, and after WWII ended Charlotte suffered a nervous breakdown. Marguerite's life was never the same again. All her life Marguerite was haunted by the death of her grandmother and the possibility that her mother's illness was brought on by the guilt of being unable to save her.
Now, at the age of 66, Marguerite Ogilvie has finally decided to go in search of answers and discover whether it was her grandmother's "horrible death" that caused her mother's breakdown and the destruction of her own life. To uncover the truth she will have to journey to Denmark and Germany, find her lost family and expose a piece of history kept secret for more than half a century.
At the age of 29, Christiane Weideli, from Vancouver, B.C., discovered that much of her life had been a lie. The people who had raised her were not her real parents, and she was not born in Peru, as she had thought. Instead, she had been adopted as a baby from Switzerland. Now in her forties, Christiane desperately wants to find her biological family. But there is a catch: her adoption may have been illegal and Christiane may be a black market baby.
Undeterred by this enormous challenge, Christiane has decided to return to Switzerland and, with the help of Ancestors in the Attic, search for clues to her hidden past and find, if she can, the parents who gave her up.
As usual, schedules are subject to change.
This is the final showing of new episodes of Ancestors in the Attic. History Television Canada declined to commission a further series last fall. If you enjoy the type of personal investigation human interest stories featured in the series let History Television Canada know. Go to www.history.ca/history/faq.aspx, scroll to the bottom, and leave a comment.
Thursday, 4 February 2010
Ancestors in the Attic - Final Episodes
History Television Canada completes the season of Ancestors in the Attic on February 4 with two new half-hour episodes starting at 6pm EST, repeated at 9pm.
2 comments:
- WJM said...
It's pretty sad when History TV cans real history, and substitutes dreck like CSI.
- 04 February, 2010 22:23
this may fall on deaf ears, but I have to say that I truly miss ancestors in the attic.......please bring it back. I personally had an interesting story for which I was hoping to receive help. this television show opened our Canadian hearts to our beginnings......
- 21 March, 2011 17:18


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Losing The Weak Link In A Vintage Drivetrain
To me, the appeal of vintage engines typically ends at the bellhousing surface—I basically have no use for the accompanying tranny. I know, there are plenty of you who are particular to Top Loaders and the like, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. Unless you're going drag racing or trying to keep up with 65-mph (plus!) traffic on a regular basis, early engines are just fine with early transmissions. Knowing their limitations helps the driver adapt to the particular conditions at hand, but why not do the opposite?
Adapting a vintage engine to a modern transmission is the solution I've come to live by. Whether it's via a four-speed automatic overdrive, or as in this case, a five-speed manual, taking a brunt of the load off an old engine—as well as prolonging its life—ultimately takes some of the load off the driver, and in turn, the vehicle itself. I don't know about you, but buzzing along at 3,000-plus rpm on the freeway and barely doing 55 isn't time well spent behind the wheel, at least not for me. And in a solid front-axle car or truck with all-wheel drum brakes, winding out Third gear is just another downbeat driving factor I can do without. But, throw in an extra gear or two, and keeping up with traffic—and being able to hear yourself think—is no longer one of those negative aspects.
Since all of my recent Chevy inliners got the deserving drivetrain upgrade, I felt the 8BA Flathead going in the '33 Tudor deserved the same. Weighing all of my options—automatic (C4 or Turbo 350) or manual (S-10/Camaro T-5 or Tremec TKO)—I ultimately decided to "stick" with what I knew best: a TKO 500 five-speed. But the decision making didn't end there, and as it would turn out, my next one was by far the most difficult choice to make.
Upon engaging discussions with my contacts at Tremec, I was ultimately faced with deciding on a particular gear ratio for the TKO 500 I was ordering. Sounds easy enough, right? Well, I thought so myself at first … but I would end up changing my mind, oh, at least three times before coming to a "final" decision. You see, there's a lot more to manual overdrives than just the addition of a Fifth—or even a Sixth—gear. Not only do you have a choice in how much overdrive you get (0.64, 0.68, or 0.82), you have the option of how much "off-the-line" gear (First), as well. For instance, both the 0.64 and 0.82 overdrives have a 2.87 First, while the 0.68 has a stout 3.27 First. Now if you're thinking it's all just a matter of picking the right combo simply based on the transmission data, think again—we've still got to factor in a few more very important variables … engine, rearend gear, and rear tire diameter. In my case that equated to a low-revving 8BA Flathead, a Winters 3.86 ring-and-pinion, and a 31.5-inch Coker/Excelsior bias-ply. After quite a few back-and-forth email and phone sessions with my "patient" friends at Tremec, the final-final decision was made to go with the 0.82 TKO 500. With that gear setup, at 76 mph I'd be turning 2,500 rpm (both the 0.64/0.68 ODs would require speeds in excess of 90 mph to attain the same rpm—way too tall for my little Flatty).
But I still had one last component to fill in the blank between the five-speed and the Flathead: the adapter. Thanks to Patrick McGuire, owner/proprietor of Wilcap Engineering, that blank was more than filled. McGuire was gracious enough to send me everything he has and/or makes to mate late-model transmissions with all Flathead models. Whether it's a Turbo 350 or a Muncie, his products are manufactured to exact tolerances, meaning you won't have to do any jimmy-rigging or head-scratching (he also supplies very descriptive instructions with each kit).
So, if you're tired of winding out that ol' Flathead of yours just to keep pace with grandma on the freeway, consider a little modern trans-adaptation. I highly recommend it!


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A colleague asked me to locate the following paper on the web:
Kovalenko, I.N.: On the reconstruction of an additive type of distribution based upon a sequence of independent trials.
Memoirs of the All-Union Conference on Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics, Erevan 1958.
After a few failed attempts, I asked myself, how would I go about locating this paper in the REAL (not virual) world? What library stocks proceedings of the All-Union Conference... in Erevan, from 1958?
Then it occurred to me that of course, the paper had to be in Russian. Being a Russian speaker, it wasn't too difficult to recover the original title: Коваленко И.Н., О восстановлении аддитивного типа распределения по последовательной серии независимых испытаний, Труды Всесоюзн. Совещания по теор. вероятн. и матем. стат., Ереван, 1958, Изд-во АН АрмССР, Ереван,1960.
So if any Russian-based readers out there have access to this archive, I would very much appreciate a .pdf of this paper.
But I am more interested in the process. How does a researcher go about locating such things?


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The Role of Partisanship in the Health Care Reform Challenge
The large interest shown by the public in the three days of oral arguments devoted to the constitutional challenge to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) should be heartening to any fan of the US Constitution. Americans of all stripes listened to the arguments, learned the precedents and constitutional clauses the arguments relied on and engaged with the rich history and philosophy surrounding the Constitution. I doubt Roscoe Filburn, of Wickard v. Filburn fame, would ever have expected his name to be bandied about by so many people 70 years after his case was decided.
On the second day of argument, in which the Court took up the question of the "individual mandate," the conservative justices each showed extreme skepticism that the commerce power gives Congress the ability to force people to purchase insurance. Some academics and commentators had gone so far to predict that the argument for the constitutionality of the individual mandate was so easy that even conservative stalwarts like Justice Antonin Scalia would kowtow to the government's arguments. This was rapidly proven to be untrue. Justice Scalia in particular assailed the solicitor general with questions that demonstrated he understood the finely tuned arguments and subtle distinctions of the challengers.
The general anti-ACA tenor of the arguments has opponents of the act cautiously optimistic that the Supreme Court might actually strike down all or part of it. An argument that once had more skeptics than believers now may have more believers than skeptics, and five of those believers might be on the Supreme Court.
Supporters of the ACA are already upset that the Court was antagonistic to the government's arguments in favor of the mandate. In a number of opinion pieces, the groundwork is already being laid for a fusillade of attacks on a "partisan" and "activist" conservative Court in the event that the ACA is struck down in whole or in part. The general theme of these editorials is the same as it was when the legal attack on the law was initiated — "there's nothing to see here, there are no viable legal arguments against the law and only an ideologically motivated, hyper-partisan Tea Party Republican or Libertarian would strike it down."
If the law is struck down, it will almost assuredly be on a 5-4 vote. As predicted by many, none of the liberal justices seemed inclined to rule any part of the law unconstitutional, yet this presumptive unanimity of the four liberal justices rarely elicits catcalls of partisanship. When the four conservative justices — sans Justice Anthony Kennedy — move in predictable lockstep, it is often sneeringly cited as a product of partisanship rather than a principled constitutional analysis. Such an attitude, if held by someone from either political side, is simply too self serving to be worthy of respect.
The liberal justices are not partisan. They have principles and values that are different from the conservative justices and different from my own. Those principles and values are earnestly held and, moreover, they are within the realm of acceptable, reasonable discourse. For similar reasons, the conservative justices are not partisan. Partisan is an epithet with little descriptive content. It is lobbed back-and-forth between those who disagree on principle and values but would like to believe that their opponents' views are based on something less honorable.
Such ideas of partisanship can infect our brains with self-congratulatory praise and lead us down mistaken lines of thought. It is striking that a coterie of lawyers, law professors and legal commentators — people who should have learned in law school that the hallmark of a good lawyer is the ability understand the arguments of your opponents — regarded, and still regard, the arguments against the individual mandate as barely deserving of scorn. Law professors in particular should remember that a law school exam that does not argue and correctly analyze both sides of the debate usually deserves no more than a C. Many professors deserve a C or less for their inability to engage with and understand the arguments of the mandate's challengers. The American people, however, are not as disconnected from the Constitution's text, history and structure. Polls have shown the percentage of people who believe the mandate is unconstitutional ranges from the upper-50s to the lower-70s. Unsurprisingly, most Americans have a markedly different view of the Constitution than law professors, and they seem to understand that there are limits to what Congress can do.
When US Solicitor General Donald Verrilli was asked by Justice Samuel Alito to "express your limiting principle as succinctly as you possibly can," the answer was in the form of two extremely prolix principles that were actually limiting situations. A constitutional limiting principle requires a generally applicable rule that is rooted in the Constitution, not a mere description of the nature of the health care market, and I think Americans understand this, yet both of Solicitor General Verrilli's "principles" not only raised more questions than they answered, but they elided over the core question at issue, namely "what sorts of behavior are economic activities that Congress can regulate pursuant to the commerce power?"
Nevertheless, oral arguments can only tell us so much, and they probably told us as much about liberal commentators and legal academics as they did about the opinions of the justices. It is entirely possible that the eventual decision will uphold the ACA. Whatever the eventual decision is, however, it will not vindicate the academics who declined to take the challenge seriously.


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Illinois Senate approves ban on ticket quotas
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ Legislation that would ban police departments from issuing quotas on tickets has been approved in the Illinois Senate.
The Springfield State Journal-Register reports the bill prevents any law enforcement agency from requiring officers to write a certain number of traffic citations within a specific time period. Police officers also couldn't be evaluated on the number of citations they issue.
The measure was drafted by Sen. Andy Manar, a Democrat from Bunker Hill.
It was approved Thursday on a 57-1 vote.
The lone vote against the bill came from Sen. Tim Bivins, a Republican who was once the sheriff in Lee County. He argues the legislation would give certain officers permission to slack off.
The measure now heads to the Illinois House.
The bill is SB3411
Information from: The State Journal-Register, http://www.sj-r.com


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Student or Learner
Hello! If the title of an essay "What is the importance of something" e.g. reading books, learning, education etc. - what kind of essay is it? Discursive, opinion or something else? Should I give the opposite point of view?
Please, help
If you are asked to assess the importance of something, it is probably a good idea to consider suggestions that the something might not be important.
Of course, it does depend on what you are being asked to write about. If you are being asked about the imprtance of water, you will probably consider only how very important it is. There would seem to be little point in discusssing the idea of its lack of importance.
On the other hand, if you are considering the importance of western films in American culture, it would be advisable not to start with the idea that everbody considers that they are important.


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This is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
1st Gear: Turbocharge All The Things! According to this report in The Detroit News, Volkswagen is backing away from conventional, naturally-aspirated engines and replacing all of them with turbocharged gas/diesel options.
This means that you'll no longer be able to buy that weird 2.5-liter inline-five that Volkswagen still manages to sell a ton of to people for reasons passing understanding.
Fuel economy is obviously paramount in this decision and, as the article points out, there are some estimates that up to three million turbocharged engines will be sold in the U.S. in 2013, way up from 2.1 million last year.
And that's a good thing.
2nd Gear: Turbocharged VW CUV To be Built In Chattanooga Despite UAW rumblings in the area, there's a report in the Freep today that says their new mid-size CUV will be built in Chattanooga and not Mexico.
Of course, the Freep also says it'll compete with "the Chevrolet Traverse, Ford Escape and Toyota Highlander." Two-out-of-three ain't bad.
It should look just like the CrossBlue Concept and be named after the Māori word for passing gas.
3rd Gear: US Auto Sales Will Probably Slow Down The crazy high that automakers in the U.S. are on can't last forever, and Karl Henkel is here to play buzzkill with a story that's sort of a bummer, but also probably true.
Brian Collie, vice president of consulting firm Booz & Co., said during an automotive panel Monday evening that the auto industry is typically a small-growth industry — with annual gains of about 1 or 2 percent — and that after the industry reaches 16 million or 16.5 million, the growth rate is likely to level off.
And if it doesn't — and if annual sales climb to 18, 19 or 20 million — that could signal that some of the big sales gains have been propped up by external factors like low interest rates and not necessarily product or good economic fundamentals.
"That's when you can start to be concerned," Collie said. "Because that's artificial demand."
4th Gear: At Least We're Not Europe It could always be much worse. And by much worse, it could always be like Europe where Bloomberg reports that August car sales were the worst since they started tracking them in 1990.
Just 686,957 vehicles were registered in Europe according to sources, which is a 4.9% drop from an already dismal August 2007.
In what's going to be a global pattern, mainline automakers were all down whereas luxury brands like BMW and Mercedes were up.
5th Gear: Fisker May Go Up For Auction Again Troubled Fisker managed to blow $1.4 billion, but you can buy the company by purchasing the $168 million loan from the government at auction says the Wall Street Journal.
Basically, the Feds have given up on someone actually buying the entire loan for its entire value, so it's hoping someone will but it at a rate that allows them to recoup some of the investment that was made.
We're curious if Ze Germans are really going to buy it, and since they actually want to build cars it may not be the worst path.
Reverse: Canada mall sets parking-lot record
On this day, the 20,000-car parking lot at Canada's West Edmonton Mall makes the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest parking lot in the world. The mall has held other records, too: At one time or another it's been the World's Largest Shopping Mall (5.2 million square feet, or about 48 city blocks), the World's Largest Indoor Amusement Park and the World's Largest Indoor Water Park (which includes the World's Largest Indoor Lake and the World's Largest Indoor Wave Pool).
Neutral: How Long Before The NA Engine Is Dead? Natural aspiration may not be long for this world. What will the last NA engine be?
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D-backs round out staff with Harkey, Stottlemyre Jr.
PHOENIX -- Mike Harkey's first experience with Kirk Gibson came in 1990 when Harkey was pitching for the Cubs.
"I think the only thing I remember about Gibby was pitching against him and him grounding out to second base and him yelling obscenities at me for not throwing him a fastball," said Harkey, who instead threw a changeup. "I laughed. It was me facing basically a living legend at the time. Gibby was a gamer and I was excited to get him out. It was a compliment to have him screaming at me, because it meant I got him out."
Gibson apparently did not hold a grudge, as he hired Harkey to be his pitching coach and Mel Stottlemyre Jr. as bullpen coach Monday. With the additions, the D-backs rounded out their coaching staff.
Harkey, the Yankees' bullpen coach for the past six seasons, was originally drafted by the Cubs and played in Chicago from 1988-93. In all, Harkey spent parts of eight seasons in the big leagues, compiling a 36-36 record to go with a 4.49 ERA.
Harkey began his coaching career in 2000 with Class A Rancho Cucamonga in the Padres' organization. The San Diego general manager who hired him for that job? Current D-backs GM Kevin Towers.
Towers had initially gotten to know Harkey when the right-hander spent two Spring Trainings with the Padres in 1998-99. In '98, he got hurt and missed the season, and in '99, he was released at the end of camp.
After that, Harkey decided his playing career was over.
"During the middle of that season -- June or July -- I had conversations with KT talking about getting back into the game," Harkey said. "And we actually went to a Lake Elsinore game, I met him up there, we watched the game, talked about it and he asked if I was interested. And the rest is history. I became a Minor League coach that very next year."
One of the main tenets of Harkey's philosophy as a pitching coach centers around the first pitch of an at-bat.
"Strike one is definitely super important for all pitchers, just in setting the tone," Harkey said. "It allows you to work quick. It allows you to follow a game plan a lot simpler. Strike one is huge. It's one of my pet peeves, as a Minor League pitching coach something that I preached upon. And it was something that I preached upon as a Major League coach. That was the biggest thing that I talked about, was getting strike one."
That shouldn't be a problem with his new staff, as the D-backs were tied for second in the National League in throwing 62 percent of their first pitches for strikes.
Harkey takes the place of Charles Nagy, who was dismissed following three seasons as the team's pitching coach. At the time the dismissal was announced, Towers emphasized the fact that he wanted his pitchers throwing inside more often.
Harkey said he believes in pitchers being able to use both sides of the plate.
"When we talk about both sides of the plate, we're talking about the ability to be able to pitch inside effectively, and that's twofold," Harkey said. "One, being able to get outs inside when you need to get outs inside. And being able to pitch inside to be able to get your outs away. I think in Major League Baseball and baseball in general, it's a trend that's kind of gotten lost. It's not something that I'm going to be able to change in a Spring Training. I think it's something that has to go along with the trust and the ability to be able to believe that is the right philosophy, and also be able to identify the guys that need to do it and find out if they're able to do it."
This will be Stottlemyre's second stint on the big league staff. Stottlemyre was the team's pitching coach in 2009-10.
After not having his contract renewed following the 2010 season, Stottlemyre became the organization's pitching coordinator and has received rave reviews from young pitchers coming up through the system.


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First Look At Chris Titus 56
Hobby insiders have been read-ing Spinnin & Grinnin with Christopher Titus in the pages of Goodguys Gazette for many yearsso its gratifying to see one of our own succeed on television. When Tim Allens show Home Improvement closed production in the late 90s, viewers that werent already Fox Network regulars quickly shifted their attention to Titus, another situation comedy that includes hot rods and customs as part of the shows script.
It was especially intriguing to those of us who noticed the unusual automotive props on the setsome of which looked very much like real development sketches and scale models of advanced hot rod and custom concepts. The reason the props look authentic is because they aretheyre created by talented SoCal designer Chip Foose, who has opened his own Huntington Beach design office.
We spotted the chassis on these pages under construction at Foose Design and couldnt resist asking the typical who, what, and why questions. It seems the project started with Titus wanting to freshen up the interior of his 56 Chevy convertible. After several conversations with Chip and Sam Foose (their fertile imaginations fanning the flames), Chris enthusiasm was soon running full-throttle for a very trick 56 ragtop. Shortly thereafter, talent was lined up to make the radical ragtop a reality.
At this point in the project, the custom-designed chassis is well under way at Foose Design and the body is also in-progress at Fooses Fords in Solvang, California. Sharp observers might notice that the custom chassis found under Real Mad and NewMad from Steves Auto Restoration in Portland, Oregon, are quite similar to this onebecause Darryl Schroeder was involved with the design and construction of those two vehicles as well. Darryl hints that a production chassis is being planned in the future for any tri-year Chevy enthusiasts who might want one.
The details for a production chassis will likely vary in minor ways to make them more universal. For example, the production chassis will not be designed for a 2-inch body channel. Nor will the centersection be produced with original rails. The rear portion of the frame-rails will be designed to return to the same width as the centersection of the rails to allow for the mounting of a gas tank between the rails. This will allow the stock body to bolt to the chassis without cutting the bottom of the firewall or the inner panels that form the rear seat braces.
This exciting contemporary custom will very likely see some airtime (if it hasnt already by the time youre reading this) and will keep viewers on the edge of their living-room seats waiting for the next installment. It might even provoke a few viewers to want a similar custom for their very own. If everything works as planned, Foose Design will soon offer a comparable chassis to the owners of tri-year Chevys.
Stay tuned!


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zhouston wrote:I'll be the first to admit my prisoner holding cell is lacking, absolutely. But I don't think it's fair that you've gone to each bracket and advertised for one of the ships, if want to say something specific try and compliment both ships in the bracket (and certainly don't say anything bad about them). Let's keep this a fair contest.
zhouston wrote:you are forgiven, hahahha.
yeah I think it's good people express their opinions, the main point I wanted to make was to not insult any of the builds. I'm happy with how my ship turned out so it's not so much for me, but some people put a lot of work into what they do and nobody likes to hear that they did a bad job. I was also all worked up from the exchanges between rook and the FBTB staff haha.
and feel free to disagree with me as much as you want
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With apologies to our western neighbors in the swing states of Nevada (and more distantly, Colorado), this election is again boiling down to Ohio. Mitt Romney, President Obama and every one of their surrogates west of Toledo is there Thursday. Each of their paths of victory heads through Ohio. And if you've ever been to Cleveland — and I have many times — you know they have our endless sympathy.
From Chuck Todd et al and the deep divers at NBC News:
The one TRUE swing county is Hamilton, which both men won. But just as important are the margins. Note that Obama won the Democratic-leaning Cuyahoga and Lucas counties by wider margins than Kerry did, while Bush was able to minimize his losses in these two counties. So for the president, it's about winning his counties by 2008 margins; for Romney, it's about losing them by 2004 margins. What made Obama's victory margins so impressive in 2008: There were fewer voters in Cuyahoga and Lucas. It's a big reminder that for the Democrats, Ohio defies gravity for them. In just about every other swing state, the president is counting on NEW voters, population GROWTH (particularly among Hispanics) for instance. Ohio is a state that is getting older and smaller; does it also mean it gets whiter? On paper, it should be a state that actually moves away from the Democrats over the next few years, just like Missouri, and yet, it hasn't.
Here, courtesy of Talking Points Memo, is a graphic representation of the Ohio breakdown: