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MILFORD � It is a nightmare scenario � a shooter running around inside a school building, students injured or taken hostage � but Milford�s emergency responders will be ready after participating in their annual active shooter training this week.
On Thursday, dozens of police, firefighters, dispatchers and EMTs gathered at Memorial Elementary School to participate in drills during one of three training sessions held this week. More than 100 first responders working in Milford will receive the training.
For the first time, firefighters and EMS personnel also participated in the normally police-focused training as new tactics for active shooter scenarios now place a higher focus on getting victims medical attention quicker.
"The tactics have evolved over the years as a result of shooting events where police officers are busy with the shooters while victims lay dying," said Police Chief Tom O�Loughlin. "Now, we�re bringing in firefighters and EMTs to �warm� areas to help the victims."
O�Loughlin said training all of the emergency responders together will avoid confusion and delays in a real emergency and make all of those responding comfortable in that situation. Based on that same idea, even civilian dispatchers were included in this week�s training.
"While the police have been training for their part for a while, we�re hoping our guys will continue and advance," said Fire Chief John Touhey. He said the only reason firefighters have not undergone this type of training before is simply because no one had thought of it.
The Milford Police Department has held active shooter training sessions for nearly 10 years, which O�Loughlin notes is ahead of the curve compared to other communities that started this type of training after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012.
The training on Thursday had one officer acting as the attacker, using an Airsoft pellet gun to simulate gunfire, and several volunteer teenagers acting as victims.
"The training includes scenarios where officers have to work in teams of one, two or four as they look for the shooter and clear and hold areas with victims," O�Loughlin said.
Firefighters and EMTs practiced working on patients in the school hallways and transporting them to more secure locations. Police practiced protecting the medical personnel while taking them in to an active-shooter scenario.
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Bartels' XLR 1200
Mile racer for the street
Not many things have stayed the course of American racing for twenty five years - but one of the most successful will soon rack up a quarter century of race wins. That most traditional, most successful racer is the alloy-engined Harley-Davidson XR 750.
The history of the winningest motorcycle in AMA history goes much further back than 1972, really it goes back to the days in the 1930s when the AMA decided to ban factory race specials, and keep the racetracks open to stock-type motorcycles. That's how 750cc Class C racing was born, and from the start, Harley 750cc V-twins raced in it. The XR750, which debuted at the start of the seventies, was just another in a long line of winning Milwaukee dirt trackers.
Only difference, it was matched against BSA, Triumph and Yamaha instead of Indian.
After all those years, and as makers of the winningest motorcycle around, you'd think Harley would market a replica model. Well, you'd think that. They even tried, back in the early eighties, with the XR 1000, a Sportster-based street bike with twin Dellorto carburetors and reversed, reworked rear cylinder head.
Note the size change, that the XR used a Sportster motor with different bore, stroke and engine details from the 'real' XR, and note also that the XR wasn't available in Harley competition colors - orange and black. No, it came only in a single color, with a single seat, and was pretty hard to tell apart from the base model XLH Sportster. Sales stagnated, and somewhere, in some Milwaukee corridor, one sales exec. turned to another and said "told you those damn race replicas wouldn't sell".
And in fact, hundreds remained in the warehouse for months, until word started going around about how well they responded to just a little bit of tuning. With a lot of extra work, they turned into 90 hp monster bikes. Suddenly, they were gone from the showrooms: but then they were gone from the catalog too, and Harley-Davidson has never again sold an XR lookalike. More's the pity, according to many enthusiasts.
Someone didn't forget the XR heritage at There have been XR conversions for the street - but the problem with the XR 750 (and no doubt one of the reasons H-D didn't try too hard to replicate this model) is that it remains a hand-built motorcycle. Though it looks like a Sportster engine at a distance, the XR is a very different animal. Inside the cases, bearings, crank, ignition and top end are all very different from the XL series. So different, in fact, that it takes a competent mechanic indeed to set up an XR. Each pushrod must be adjusted for just the right length and angle of operation; and how many mechanics do you know that make their own pushrods? As a competition engine, oil filtration is minimal, because oil will be changed after every meeting. Similarly, there's no provision for any kind of electrical equipment beyond an ignition system. And of course, no way to start the bike unless you 'run and bump' it into life. Maintenance requirements are constant, and expensive.
The combination of aftermarket cams, carburetor and tuned exhaust give this XL the kind of pulling power you'd expect from 1200cc
Still want to build your own XR? Well, just in case you changed your mind, the XLR 1200, built by Bartels', combines the looks and lightness of the race bike with the practicality and ease of service of the stock Sportster power plant.
It rules at the Sacramento Mile, but how does a dirt track chassis handle the street? We took to the streets and boulevards of L.A. to find out. Starting the beast is little different from any other Sportster: find the side-mounted ignition key and the carb-mounted choke, then hit the button. Instantly, the big V-twin chimes into life with a gurgle-gurgle that's just a wee bit louder than a stock XL, thanks to the Supertrapp exhaust system. The dirt track based chassis sits higher than the stocker, but is considerably shorter. Wide, track style bars give lots of leverage over the massive, inverted fork.
The combination of aftermarket cams, carburetor and tuned exhaust give this XL the kind of pulling power you'd expect from 1200cc. Down low in the rev range, there's enough torque to overcome the fairly high first gear. As you twist the throttle grip further, the power keeps building to the rpm peak (87 hp at 6200 rpm). Without looking at the rev counter (actually, there isn't one) the gear shifting point is easily found: it's time to shift when your feet vibrate themselves off the pegs...
The short wheelbase and steep steering head angle combine to create an instant point and shoot machine. Its handling takes some getting used to, because it's immediate, direct, and a little too quick for some. It's kind of hard to stop yourself from sticking your leg down on turns, because the bike feels like it wants you to just gas it and slide round.
Another characteristic shared with the XR 750 is the vibration level. Yes, like any rigid mounted Sportster, this engine shakes. But there's no means of damping this particular kind of vibration before it hits the rider: it's the price of a race-replica machine (actually, the price is in the region of $18,000, but you know what we mean).


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Tuning The Transitions - Part Three
In the modern short track racing world of both dirt and asphalt competition, shocks have become one of the most important tuning tools we have. They compliment the current setups, especially the radical big bar and soft spring setups. And so, we complete our trilogy of shock technology articles with the final installment on how to tune the transitions.
This information is useful whether you are running more conventional setups or the more radical ones. Think along as we discuss how shocks affect the speed of movement and the load distribution at the four corners of the car as we transition from high speed to minimum and then to high speed again.
We have learned that shocks regulate the timing of movement of the four corners of our racecar. Matching the shocks to the springs on a conventional setup is fairly simple and can be done with off-the- shelf shocks. Matching the shocks to non-conventional setups can be a bit tricky. Let's take a look at how we can improve our overall setup package by helping our car negotiate the transitional phases of the racetrack.
If we split the front shock compression rates with a LF 5/4 (5 rebound and 4 compression) and a RF 5/5, then, while the suspension is in motion due to weight being transferred on to it, then the RF suspension will move slower than the LF suspension. Additional weight will be transferred onto the RF and LR tires causing a momentary increase in the crossweight percent in the car. This obviously tightens the car.
It is important to note that contrary to some opinions, the load transfers almost immediately when a force is presented to enact that transfer. As we brake into the corner, the load transfer happens quickly. If on entry we transfer 300 pounds from the rear to the front, the 300 pounds goes to the front in an instant.
The distribution of that 300 pounds between the two front wheels, while the suspension is assuming a new attitude that will support the additional weight, will depend entirely on differences in stiffness of the suspension systems at all four corners. Stiffness is defined as the resistance to movement influenced by the shocks and springs.
Reasoning out the effect of load transfer onto the front suspensions that are dissimilar in stiffness, the slower moving (or stiffer) corner will momentarily retain more of the transferred load while the suspension is moving to a new attitude to support the added weight. If the RF suspension is stiffer than the LF suspension, then both the RF and LR tires will support more of the total load.
Crossweight is defined in short track racing as the percent of the combined RF and LR weight vs. the total vehicle weight. If the crossweight percent increases, then the car will be tighter on entry and the car might be faster if that is the desired affect. This is exactly why it has been said that a stiffer RF shock will speed up weight transfer to that corner. In truth, some of the momentary load that has been transferred onto the RF due to that corner being stiffer than the LF corner may well return to the LF tire as the car reaches a steady state or a steady ride height at mid-turn.
If the car is already tight on entry, after having eliminated common causes of tight entry such as rear misalignment or brake bias issues, then an opposite effect can be utilized. If we increase the compression of the LF shock and/or increase the spring rate on that corner (which is usually a good idea for flat tracks), then we can effectively reduce the crossweight in the car on entry while the suspension is in transition by loading the opposite diagonal, the LF and RR. As one diagonal goes up in percentage of supported weight the other goes down.
We can also work with the rear shock rebound rates to help effect changes in load distribution and corner entry characteristics. To neutralize a car that is tight on entry, a stiffer rebound setting in the LR shock and/or a softer rebound setting in the RR shock will cause more of the transferred load to be taken from the LR than the RR tire during the transitional period. This too causes a decrease in the RF and LR weight distribution percentage which loosens the handling momentarily while the suspensions are in motion.
Corner exit performance that utilizes the shocks is primarily tuned by splitting the compression settings in the rear shocks and/or the rebound settings in the front shocks. A stiffer compression setting in the LR shock will load the LR and RF corners as load is transferred to the rear while the rear suspension is in motion to tighten the car with more crossweight percent. A stiffer shock in rebound at the LF corner can help accomplish the same effect by causing a slower movement of that suspension and a more rapid transfer of load off of that corner which in turn increases the percentage of load supported by the RF and LR tires.
The term "tie down" is often used to refer to a shock that has a high resistance to rebound. If the rebound rates are higher for both left side shocks than those of the right side shocks, then as the car turns left (especially with quicker turning rates associated with smaller radius turns), the tendency for the left side suspensions to quickly rebound as load is transferred from the left side to the right side is reduced.
If we can stop the sudden motion, then we can keep the left side down on initial turn in and the chances are that the whole attitude of the car through the middle of the turns will be lower. A lower CG means less load transfer off the left side of the car and more retained left-side weight. For asphalt stock cars and dirt cars on higher banked tracks with grip, a higher left-side weight means more equally loaded tires, left to right, and more traction. The opposite is true of dirt cars on slick tracks.
The reverse term, or "easy up" shocks, are used to help raise the suspension quickly which does also raise the center of gravity of the sprung mass and a higher CG promotes more load transfer. Drag cars use this effect on the front of their cars to promote more load transfer to the rear tires for added traction. On dry slick dirt tracks, teams can utilize less rebound in the left side shocks and in the front shocks to promote load transfer to the right side for better side bite and to the rear for better traction off the corners.
In order to utilize the configurations we have discussed here, we must be able to use a range of different rates of shocks in order to find the right combination for our car at a particular racetrack for a particular setup. For a team that races at only one track, the process is fairly simple. You would experiment to find the fastest set of shocks and ones that suit the driver's style and stick to those. For teams that travel to different tracks, some changes will be necessary if the setup needs to change and/or the track layout is different from track to track.
Most shock experts agree with certain basics, such as:
1. The shock package should be softer overall when racing on dirt and when the track is flatter when on asphalt for the conventional setups.
2. Get your basic setup close to being balanced before trying to tune with shocks. Shocks cannot solve basic handling balance problems.
3. Higher banked tracks require a higher overall rate of shock as opposed to flat tracks. This is because of the higher speeds and the extreme amount of downforce.
4. Shocks that are mounted farther from the ball joint should be stiffer than if they were mounted close to the ball joint. That is because with each inch of travel of the wheel, the shock mounted farther away will move at a lesser speed which means less resistance to both rebound and compression.
5. Tune entry performance first. If there are no entry problems, make small changes if you want to experiment to see if entry can be improved. Entry problems include a tight car or a loose car. By far the worst problem would be the loose-in condition. Nine times out of ten this is an alignment problem and not shock related.
6. Tune exit performance last. If there are no exit problems, don't make any significant changes. Exit problems can include a car that pushes under acceleration or one that goes loose under power. Be sure that you do not have a tight/loose condition where the car is basically tight in the middle and goes loose just past mid-turn.
7. On dirt racetracks, reduce rebound settings on the left side and decrease the compression rates on the right side for dry slick surfaces to promote more chassis movement. This helps to maintain grip as the car goes through the transitional phases of entry and exit.
8. On asphalt tracks, once the car has been tuned with shocks for optimum entry and exit performance, increase the overall rebound rates a small step at a time, especially on the left side, to possibly increase overall performance. This is especially good for low to medium banked racetracks. For highly banked tracks, the added rebound is not necessary or advisable.
The suggestions provided here are representative of trends that can enhance your handling package. Before any of this can work, the setup must be balanced, the steering characteristics must be ideal and the car must be aligned properly. If not, you will probably chase the setup and experience a lot of frustration and expense. Shock tuning is the last thing to experiment with in order to try to increase your racecar's performance, but it is nonetheless a necessary step in finding the ideal total handling package.


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Partnerships in Character Education Program
West Virginia Department of Education Abstract
Contact: Lisa Burton-Sites
1900 Kanawha Boulevard, East B-057
Charleston, WV 25305-0330
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Integrating Character Development in West Virginia
Grant Number: R215V010009
Project Period: 5/15/015/14/05
FY 2001 Award: $113,220
FY 2002 Award: $312,260
FY 2003 Award: $312,260
FY 2004 Award: $262,260
Integrating character development in West Virginia is a comprehensive character development program designed to develop in all students of West Virginia the core character traits that are necessary in order to become productive and successful citizens. This K12 initiative is designed to increase student achievement by implementing an integrated and comprehensive approach in the delivery of character development.
All students in West Virginia will exhibit core character traits that are necessary in order to become productive and successful citizens.
Goal 1: Provide extensive professional development in order to develop and strengthen the knowledge of both administrators and teachers regarding the content and integration of character development (as it relates to caring, citizenship, justice and fairness, respect, responsibility, trustworthiness, and other elements agreed upon by individual school communities).
Goal 2: Create and sustain partnerships between schools in order to provide a support network.
Goal 3: Provide technical assistance to allow entire school communities to plan, implement, and assess character development in relation to the National and West Virginia Education goals.
Goal 4: Implement an effective State and Local Education Agency evaluation system.
A character development initiative has become a priority for education in West Virginia largely due to the new leadership of the State Superintendent and newly elected governor. Through statewide educational "forums" the public has communicated the importance of including character education within the public schools. Lastly, the state legislature is currently addressing a senate bill to mandate the integration of character development into the curriculum of all schools in West Virginia.
A Character Development Partnership will oversee the statewide initiative to provide extensive professional development through a sustained state effort. Professional development will be conducted through yearly summer academies and follow up trainings. Twenty pilot schools within the eligible regions, represented by currently established Local School Improvement Councils and School Curriculum Teams, will be the driving force behind planning, implementation, and evaluation of a quality character development program. A mentor teacher who will be responsible for providing direction to plan and implement each school's plan will represent each participating school community. Each of the mentors will receive extensive professional development through state and regional initiatives. The mentors will then provide on-site, on-going, professional development for all teachers in their schools. Mentors will also provide assistance to the School's Curriculum Team in order to develop a character development plan based on the needs of the individual school.
"Integrating character developed in West Virginia" stresses the inclusion of entire school communities (administrators, teachers, parents, students, businesses, and community members) as vital to the state's overall strategy to ensure learning for all students. With special emphasis given to professional development; creating and sustaining partnerships; and providing technical assistance to plan, implement, and assess character development, this project will ensure that all students will exhibit the common core character traits that are necessary in order to become productive and successful citizens.
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Boston loves its Red Sox, but after the team's World Series championship win Wednesday night at Fenway Park, many of the Boston faithful paid tribute to an entirely different sporting event, the Boston Marathon.
Amid the jubilation outside Fenway, which saw fans running through the streets, jumping on top of cabs -- and in some cases smashing car windows -- others headed to the Boston Marathon finish line on Boylston Street, where a terrorist attack sent the city into shock on April 15.
Video from Boylston Street showed fans kneeling and posing for photos at the finish line laid over the street.
At that site just months earlier, two bombs ripped through a similarly jubilant crowd, killing three people, injuring 260 more and touching off a manhunt that nearly shut down the city. (See below for photos of Wednesday night's celebration.)
"Boston Strongest," as the Boston.com homepage put it on Thursday morning, alluding to the "Boston Strong" slogan that the city's residents used to express their unity in recovering from the terrorist attack -- and also illustrating the blurred line between the city's civic identity and its devotion to the Sox.
Which comes as little surprise: Sports teams, as one of the few American cultural entities that can tie diverse city residents together in the 21st century, are also commonly given the role of healers after major tragedies.
After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the New York Yankees -- hardly anybody's idea of a sympathetic underdog under normal circumstances -- led an emotional charge through the playoffs and to the World Series, culminating in a wrenching seven-game loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks that nonetheless offered the city a little catharsis.
And so it went in joyful Boston on Wednesday night, with the city's actual guardians, the Boston Police Department, tweeting out its congratulations -- "Congrats to the 2013 World Champs!!! #BPD reminds all Sox fans to celebrate like champions!!!" It was appropriately followed by a much more sober alert: "#BPD reminding fans celebrating in & around Fenway to be respectful to both people and property."
#BPD receiving reports of unruly fans behaving poorly in area of Mass & Boylston. #CelebrateResponsibly pic.twitter.com/xPmlw7PJy9— Boston Police Dept. (@bostonpolice) October 31, 2013
Towing an overturned car on Boylston. pic.twitter.com/Qg0eA7wLfs— Lauren Leamanczyk (@LaurenWBZ) October 31, 2013
Hordes of people banging on cars as they try and pass through Boylston pic.twitter.com/wr6I1hv4kC— Steve Annear (@steveannear) October 31, 2013
"It's very confusing," said vehicle owner. "The only car flipped in the whole city." https://t.co/33XSXTwyKz pic.twitter.com/gbr8UPkVYW— Andrew Ba Tran (@abtran) October 31, 2013
People climb up and dangle off a traffic light outside Fenway Park (Jessica Rinaldi For The Boston Globe) pic.twitter.com/dDGlJjfYTN— Andrew Ba Tran (@abtran) October 31, 2013
Fans celebrate by jumping on a moving cab on Massachusetts Avenue and Boylston Street (via @AramPhoto) pic.twitter.com/Z3xr31XgvW— Andrew Ba Tran (@abtran) October 31, 2013
Mass ave and Boylston pic.twitter.com/Z2hQYLychH— Terry MacCormack (@terrymaccormack) October 31, 2013
Monte Carlo revving its engine, crowd screaming "USA, USA" pic.twitter.com/IJqGDFGap9— Terry MacCormack (@terrymaccormack) October 31, 2013
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HTC reveals Windows Phone 8X and 8S
HTC held a press event today in New York and we were hoping to see some Android devices, but Windows Phone 8 was the start of the show. CEO Peter Chou introduced two new devices including the Windows Phone 8X and 8S, which feature HTC's iconic design mixed with Microsoft's bright colors.
Both devices will be available beginning in November through more than 150 carriers in 50+ countries including AT&T, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA. Android fans shouldn't be too jealous because these devices are basically the Windows versions of the One X and One S. Hardware specs are pretty much the same across the board, but HTC did include an exclusive built in amplifier for Beats Audio.
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You click into a website or online photo gallery and see all of the photos are watermarked with the signature of the photographer/site owner. Is the first thought that occurs to you that the photographer has a too-high opinion of themselves, or that they are being paranoid about having their work stolen? Maybe , as it turns out, they are just being smart about their online security.
Danielle Smith, who lives outside of St. Louis, found this out the hard way recently. In case you missed the stories on msnbc and other places, here's the highlights:
Smith posted her family's 2008 holiday photo, a classic family portrait of her with her husband and two children, on her blog and several other social networking sites. She didn't think much about it until she was sent some pictures that had been taken by a college friend of hers while he was traveling in the Czech Republic. The pictures were of her family as pictured on their Christmas card, on display in a Prague store window, being used in an advertisement for the store's delivery service.
The storeowner said that he thought the picture was "computer generated", and was cooperative about removing the ad when told the photo was actually of real people. The professional photographer who took the picture is still trying, along with the help of professional photography organizations, to track down how it wound up in use in the Czech Republic when neither she nor the family had given permission to anyone for its use in any manner.
So, now what do you think of people who watermark photos before posting them online? It probably doesn't sound like such a bad idea anymore, does it? And don't forget that scrapbook layouts are images too. Some scrapbookers might want to give serious thoughts to watermarking or putting a digital signature on their layouts. Stories of scrapbook layouts that were posted online showing up in places other than where they were originally posted, and with someone else's name attached to them, are surprisingly common.
If you are thinking you'd like to start watermarking your images, here are some tutorials on how to do it.
- Matt Kloskowski – Lightroom Killer Tips: Video – Watermarking Your Photos
- Lightroom Queen: Watermarking with Lightroom & LR2/Mogrify
- About.com: Add a text watermark to a photo in Photoshop Elements
- Bright Hub: How to batch watermark photos in Photoshop Elements 7 [warning: video autoplays in sidebar]
Although I have used Photoshop Elements for a long time, batch procedures like watermarking images for online gallery posting are especially easy in Adobe Lightroom (especially if you use the Mogrify plug-in). I started using Lightroom a few months ago after getting my DSLR since it's superior to Photoshop Elements for processing and organizing RAW files. (Elements is more of a graphic design program, whereas Lightroom is designed for photographers). If you are dealing with RAW files I highly recommend Lightroom. I couldn't handle my RAW files without it.
If you are a teacher, a student, or a parent of a student, you can do what our family did and purchase Lightroom 2 (MSRP $299) from Academic Superstore for $98.95.


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A collision involving five cars on the M621 east bound in Leeds caused major delays to commuters on the roads this morning.
West Yorkshire Police said the collision occurred before junction 3 at 7.15am.
An ambulance was called to the scene, but police report that it was a "damage only" incident.
The recovery operation caused congestion back to junction 27 of the M62 at Birstall.


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I just finished Andrew Kessler's Martian Summer: Robot Arms, Cowboy Spacemen, and My 90 Days with the Phoenix Mars Mission.
This book gives a peppy, irreverent, and informative inside view of the 2008 mission to the polar region of Mars. There are many books out there on space missions. Like those others, Mr Kessler's book gives a wealth of science information as well as interpersonal exchanges between Phoenix scientists, engineers, journalists, and bureaucrats.
I found his narrative style a bit choppy. The book tends to get bogged down in small details–interesting details certainly, but not always connected to the big picture. The book reads like a series of blog posts. That's not to say they're not well-written; they certainly are. It's just a different style of writing than what I'm accustomed to.
Recommended for Mars fanatics. Otherwise an interesting read, but not absolutely top-shelf.


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Of concern is how information is being exchanged. Too often, business owners/managers are stuck in the mindset of sending business information by email and if it is too big, perhaps by FTP. Neither of these methods are, by any means, safe and secure. As businesses grow and its information relationships become more complex, how do we know who within the office is sending what data to which partners? And who is actually receiving it?
As the demand for data exchange increases, so do the complexity and risk of managing all of these processes.
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As business processes continue to become more regulated and complex, it is critical that these data exchanges are improved.
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Team co-captain ... Finished second in the NCAA championships after falling in the final round, 15-11 to Penn States, Aleksander Ochocki ... Earned first team All-American honors ... Named Academic All-Ivy League ... Took eighth at the Garret Open in the saber hosted by Penn State … Placed second at the 2012 Ivy League championships … named first team All-Ivy … Finished sixth in the saber field at the NCAA NortheastRegional event held by Boston College … Named CollegeFencing360 "Primetime Performer" for week four of the season.
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Team captain ... Garnered All-American honors ... Finished ninth with 13 victories and a +14 scoring index at the NCAA Fencing Championship ... Named second team All-Ivy League ... Winter Academic All-Ivy League ... Tabbed a CollegeFencing360.com Primetime Performer (Jan. 24) ... Earned bronze with a third place finish at the Penn State Garret Open (Nov. 14) ... Went 3-3 at the MIT Eric Sollee Invitational (Feb. 6) ... Owned a 10-5 overall record and finished in a tie for fourth place at the Ivy League Championship (Feb. 12-13) ... Posted an 8-1 mark at the Beanpot (Feb. 16) ... Won silver with a second place showing at the Northeast Regionals (March 13).
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Mother, Marisela Hernandez Staller, graduated from Harvard School of Education in 1981 ... Father, Cary Staller, attended Harvard Law School and graduated in 1980; was also a member of the sailing team as an undergraduate at Penn... Brother, Max Staller, is currently a PhD candidate in systems biology at Harvard Graduated School of Arts and Sciences ... Enjoys cinema and playing the ukulele.


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The Primary Years Programme
The integration of the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (IB PYP) with the New Zealand Curriculum provides the foundation for learning which makes schooling at Kristin so distinctive and unique. The PYP is taught to all students from Kindergarten to Year 6. The programme culminates in Year 6 with the PYP Exhibition where students undertake a comprehensive collaborative inquiry process to identify, investigate and offer solutions to real-life issues in a local and global context.
Our aim is to provide our students with international understanding and with opportunities to practice responsible world citizenship. Our students are encouraged to become critical thinkers, goal setters, and enthusiastic life long learners through the provision of a stimulating and enriched curriculum that is strong in core academic areas and enriched through cultural, physical and artistic pursuits.
More information on specific areas of the curriculum can be found in the Junior School Handbook in our Documents and Resources section.
The Primary Years Programme
In the PYP a balance is sought between acquisition of essential knowledge and skills, development of conceptual understanding, demonstration of positive attitudes, and taking of responsible action.
One of the most significant and distinctive features of the IB Primary Years Programme is the six transdisciplinary themes. These themes provide teachers and students with the opportunity to incorporate local and global issues into their work and help to broaden their understanding beyond individual subject areas.
Who we are
An inquiry into the nature of the self; beliefs and values; personal, physical, mental, social and spiritual health; human relationships including families, friends, communities, and cultures; rights and responsibilities; what it means to be human.
Where we are in place and time
An inquiry into orientation in place and time; personal histories; homes and journeys; the discoveries, explorations and migrations of humankind; the relationship between and the interconnectedness of individuals and civilizations, from local and global perspectives.
How we express ourselves
An inquiry into the ways in which we discover and express ideas, feelings, nature, culture, beliefs and values; the ways in which we reflect on, extend and enjoy our creativity; our appreciation of the aesthetic.
How the world works
An inquiry into the natural world and its laws, the interaction between the natural world (physical and biological) and human societies; how humans use their understanding of scientific principles; the impact of scientific and technological advances on society and on the environment.
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An inquiry into rights and responsibilities in the struggle to share finite resources with other people and other living things; communities and the relationship within and between them; access to equal opportunities; peace and conflict resolution.
Students inquire into, and learn about, these globally significant issues in the context of units of inquiry, each of which addresses a central idea relevant to a particular transdisciplinary theme. Lines of inquiry are identified in order to explore the scope of the central idea for each unit. These inquiries are substantial, in-depth and usually last for several weeks.
Since these ideas relate to the world beyond the school, students see their relevance and connect with it in an engaging and challenging way. Students who learn in this way begin to reflect on their roles and responsibilities as learners and become actively involved with their education.
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COLUMN: Extreme-right Republicans plan more fiscal cliffs
In early December, a CBS News poll found the 112th Congress' approval rating was 9 percent. That's the lowest rating since CBS began measuring Congress' approval in 1977. That 9 percent is so close to the margin of error that it might not be possible to sink lower without a shovel.
On New Year's Day, Congress jumped over the fiscal cliff, trying to pull the nation with it. Like in an old-fashioned serial, though, the Senate grabbed the edge by its fingertips until House Speaker John Boehner was forced by reality to back off and back down, allowing the nation to crawl its way out of immediate danger.
As we begin a new year, a new Congress and a new term for President Barack Obama, we should all look at how we allow ourselves to be governed.
Why did we go over the brink?
The president tried to negotiate with the House speaker. But Boehner candidly admitted he did not want a "grand bargain" -- you know, compromise that might actually help people. Why? Because Democrats wanted it.
Boehner complained that Obama had offered him "nothing" in the grand deal. The "nothing" Obama offered included almost doubling the income level exempt from the new tax rate -- $400,000 is the new middle class -- effectively cutting Social Security payments using a different cost-of-living index, and reducing the rate on estate (inheritance) taxes. The rich would have made out like, well, bandits. Just not robber barons.
Boehner went to "Plan B" and found he couldn't control his own caucus. Even with a solid Republican majority, he didn't have the votes to pass "Plan B." So Boehner passed the buck to the U.S. Senate.
Senate leaders Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell then exchanged a series of proposals until, with the cliff 48 hours away, Reid decided enough was enough and said he was done with counteroffers.
In charged the cavalry -- or even better, Vice President Joe Biden. Negotiating for Obama, Biden put together a deal with McConnell -- a jury-rigged, stripped-down deal -- that pulled us back to solid ground.
A majority of House Republicans still wanted us to plummet into the financial abyss: 151 Republicans, including Minority Leader Eric Cantor, voted against raising taxes on .7 percent of Americans, and against extending unemployment benefits for 2 million Americans.
But don't breathe easy, because we're still not too far from the edge. McConnell announced immediately after the deal passed that there would be more cliffhangers to come. Obama retorted by saying he was done with cliff-hanging.
We'll see.
But what should be apparent by now is that it's the Republican members of Congress who roadblock bipartisan agreements. On the fiscal cliff deal, all but 16 "nay" votes in the House were Republican. In the Senate, McConnell has used the filibuster, or threat thereof, to block countless bills from coming to a vote in the chamber.
I've always told people, "Elections matter."
But, the mantra of the Republican Leadership has been "Election's don't matter." Only the Bush-years status-quo matters, and any tactics were justified -- even if those tactics weakened the public's faith in the legislative branch. That's not a partisan statement, dear reader; it's factual history.
Our two-party system has changed, radically, in the last 40 years. Until Richard Nixon's "southern strategy" and "positive polarization," our two parties were basically centrist. But as modern media psychology gained ground in campaigning and winning elections, both parties have moved from the center-right and center-left to further left and right, respectively. Huddled in the middle, and now constituting the majority, are unaffiliated, independent voters.
Political science research confirms this simple objective description: For every step the Democratic Party has moved to the left, the Republican Party has moved three steps to the right. As a result, a minority of a minority controls the party's primaries. When the general election comes along, the nominees "talk the talk" of moderation, but when it comes to voting, they don't dare "walk the walk" or they'll face a primary challenge.
Now we're coming to more Republican-created cliffs. McConnell announced he plans to hold hostage -- again -- the good faith and credit of the U.S. to slash the social safety net with crippling cuts and force austerity on the American economy.
Anything to avoid giving Obama the minimum revenue he campaigned on, and that which economists say he needs to balance the budget.
Obama was elected -- and re-elected -- because the public wants out of the financial ditch (which became an abyss) of Bush economics. The public wants the American Dream back, achievable through individual hard work and initiative, with mutual support and bipartisan cooperation.
We're in a new year.
We've rung out the old, and rung in the new. We'll soon see if the 113th Congress represents merely, "Out with the old, and in with the old."


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Four Auburn football players—Antonio Goodwin, Shaun Kitchens, Mike McNeil and Dakota Mosley—were arrested today and charged with burglary, robbery, and theft of property, after an incident this morning.
Auburn coach Gene Chizik has "permanently dismissed" all of them from the team. McNeil, a safety, started 7 games as a junior last season and was expected to start this year. Kitchens, Goodwin, and Mosley were all freshmen who played sparingly or not at all for Auburn last year.
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Police say they responded to a report of a robbery on the 2300 block of Wire Road at approximately 12:25 a.m. Friday, where five victims reported that "three black males entered the residence with one displaying a handgun."
Personal property was stolen during the incident, and no injuries were reported.
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Denver mayor dons Patriots jersey to fulfill wager made with Boston mayor
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, who as a teenager worked as the Denver Broncos' mascot Huddle, today made good on a friendly wager with Boston Mayor Tom Menino over the result of Saturday's NFL playoff game between the Broncos and the New England Patriots.
Denver lost the game 45-10 to New England, which meant that Hancock also lost his wager, agreeing to wear a Patriots' quarterback Tom Brady's No. 12 jersey in public. He also secured some Colorado beef for Mayor Menino, according to a press release issued by Hancock's office.
"As a stalwart Broncos fan, it was certainly not easy to put on that jersey, but it was well worth the wager to support such an outstanding season," Hancock said. "The City of Denver was proud to come together to support our team. The Broncos gave us an exciting season and a dramatic playoff victory, and we can't wait for next season."


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If you're planning a car trip for this Fourth of July, be wary: It's the most dangerous day of the year to drive. Driving is particularly perilous if you're in rural Maine, which tops a new list of states that have the highest incidences of crashes on rural roads.
Traveling in a car is one of the most dangerous things most people ever do; the lifetime risk of dying in a motor vehicle accident for U.S residents is 1-in-100.
According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the top two days of the year for motor vehicle fatalities over the years 1986-2002 have been July 3 and July 4.
The danger is even greater when traveling on rural roads, or those located outside of areas with a population of 5,000 or more. The lighter traffic on these roads can lull drivers into a false sense of security, leading them to drive at unsafe speeds, distracted, fatigued, unbelted or impaired, all of which increase the likelihood of a crash.
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Lords of the gourd compete for Punkin Chunkin honors
With teams using more than 100 unique apparatuses to launch globular projectiles a half-mile or more, the 27th annual World Championship Punkin Chunkin event is our pick as November's Weird Festival of the Month.
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Head-on collisions and driving off the road crashes — both of which are disproportionately deadly — are common on the two-lane, undivided highways prevalent in rural areas.
"Millions of Americans will be driving this holiday weekend, and they would be wise to carefully consider these findings before they do," said CERS Director Lee Munnich, Jr., of the University of Minnesota. "America's rural byways seem so tranquil and safe, but the reality is that they can be as lethal as they are lovely."
The University of Minnesota's Center for Excellence in Rural Safety used 2005 U.S. Department of Transportation data to compile a list of states with the most dangerous rural roads. The results were released today.
The top 10 states with the highest proportion of their total traffic fatalities occurring on rural roads include:
- Maine (92 percent)
- North Dakota (90 percent)
- South Dakota (89 percent)
- Iowa (88 percent)
- Vermont (88 percent)
- Montana (86 percent)
- Wyoming (84 percent)
- South Carolina (83 percent)
- Mississippi (82 percent)
- Arkansas (81 percent)
- West Virginia (80 percent)
"All states need to improve rural highway safety, but the issue is particularly pressing in these states," Munnich said. One of the best ways to reduce traffic fatalities is to promote seat belt usage, according to the CERS.
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Climate change is fun! No, wait. Human-induced change of our global climate that threatens all life on earth is shocking and alarming. But, that doesn't mean one can't have fun raising awareness of the looming threat of global warming on a day in which people all over the world come together in like fashion to demonstrate how important this crisis is to them. The day is this Saturday, October 24th, the International Day of Climate Action. 350.org is the day's motivating force, the brainchild of Bill McKibben, renowned activist and author of the first book on global warming, "The End of Nature."
The concept of 350.org is simple: 350 parts per million CO2 in our atmosphere is the limit at which global temperatures can remain balanced and non-destructive; anything beyond and we begin to see far-reaching effects, such as polar melting and erratic weather patterns. And you guessed it: our current CO2 level as measured for 2009 is 387 parts per million, well into the danger zone. 350.org seeks to help reverse this destructive rise by calling critical attention to it through the use of mass demonstration around the world, this Saturday.
"There will be big rallies in big cities, and incredible creative actions across the globe: mountain climbers on our highest peaks with banners, underwater demonstrations in island nations threatened by sea level rise, churches and mosques and synagogues and ashrams engaged in symbolic action, star athletes organizing mass bike rides—and hundreds upon hundreds of community events to raise awareness of the need for urgent action." And the coolest thing is all of these events, largest to smallest, will incorporate "350" as an image, sometimes on signs and banners, sometimes spelled out over large areas with (live) human bodies. These images will then be collected and presented to world leaders as an eye-opening expression of concern before they descend on Copenhagen in December to compose a new treaty on reducing emissions.
The beauty of this combined effort is that it's "open source," meaning you or anyone you know can spontaneously organize an event of any size or join one already planned. International Day of Climate Action is a unique way to get out and help make change happen beyond the normal scope of one's daily life. Take advantage tomorrow and bring the idea of 350 to those who need to recognize it most!


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Why foreign investors should not write off Russia
A postcard from... Russia: We reflect on a recent visit to the country and find plenty of reasons for optimism.
The most surprising thing I gleaned on my recent investment trip to Russia was how calm the business community was.
Calm after the storm
Since my last trip in July, the rouble had fallen 60%, $120 billion of private capital had apparently left the country, oil prices were at $50 per barrel from $110, and the conflict in eastern Ukraine was raging.
Thinking logically about the situation in Russia—and reading the Western press—I had expected a sense of utter panic.
Instead, it felt like the calm after the storm. As a colleague told me, "Russia has just been seriously tested. And we survived. It will still be a very hard year, but we're used to hardship and we're ready." Why?
Whether to invest in Russia
My goal of this trip was to try to reassess our framework for how to invest—or not invest— in Russia after the "Black Swan" events of 2014.
I have travelled to Russia several times a year for 22 years. No one that I know predicted a year ago that Russia would be engaged in a proxy war with Ukraine; that oil prices would have plummeted so far so fast; or that Russia's economy, banking system and asset prices would be so badly impacted.
Foreign stock and bond investors face two basic questions. First, should Russia just be ignored altogether as an investable market? And if not, then when is the right time to invest?
On the first question, it is very difficult to simply ignore Russia's markets. Russian stocks and bonds have significant weights in emerging market indices. Ignoring Russia outright would potentially mean large deviations in performance for fund managers from standardized benchmarks.
It is also difficult to exclude Russia because of disapproval of its foreign policies in Ukraine.
Emerging market indices include many other countries with controversial regimes, such as China, Turkey, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, and Angola.
At least conceptually, the role of foreign capital is to help promote market discipline and good policies everywhere, with the hope that greater economic integration can ultimately lead to stronger economies and more democratic political systems over time.
When to invest in Russia
So, if a foreign investor is willing to invest in Russia, when is the right time?
My meetings affirmed that investors should focus on three areas. The first is oil. Analysts have been warning for years that Russia was vulnerable to a fall in oil prices and that Russia should prepare by diversifying its economy.
This crisis has demonstrated that oil is still the lifeblood of Russia's economy. When prices were high, oil revenue trickled down through the economy via government wages, pensions, credit and large investment programmes. Now that prices are low, the reverse is happening.
Russia's economy is experiencing a sudden stop in easy money. The market knows this: oil prices will have a huge positive, or negative, impact on Russian asset prices for the foreseeable future. Plain and simple.
The second area is geopolitics. During my trip, it was evident that the crisis in Ukraine has become so charged that it is difficult to have a rational conversation.
For Russia, the crisis is about feeling encircled by the US over the past 15 years. For Ukraine and the West, the crisis is about Ukrainian sovereignty. Russia is playing hockey against an opponent who is playing football—they are on the same field but playing different games with different rules.
Because the sides are so far apart, investors should prepare for this crisis to last a long time. Because political decisions are ultimately un-analysable, investors should also prepare for further unpredictable turns.
But the big question is whether all sides will be willing to escalate to the point of severing oil, gas, trade and financial ties? While the future is uncertain by definition, I think the incentives and therefore probabilities ultimately favour them not stepping over the brink.
The third area is Russia's macro-economic policies—fiscal, monetary and banking. These are better than widely perceived. In fact, Russia is financially a good credit. It has both the ability and willingness to repay its debts, and most large public and private companies do too.
Russia's debt backdrop
Russia entered the crisis with one of the lowest levels of sovereign debt globally at 16% of GDP and a fiscal deficit of only -1% of GDP. These numbers would be the envy of most western governments.
Russia also had a substantial stock of foreign currency reserves that it has spent to allow corporates and banks to repay their external debts.
This means that the $120 billion of private capital outflows was not entirely capital flight, as in 1998, but also forced repayments of private external debts funded by official reserves as western credit markets closed to Russian borrowers
This policy demonstrates that Russia is willing to repay its debts. This willingness is actually quite sensible. Since Russia's debts are held by Asian as well as Western investors, a voluntary default by Russia would be a sure path to isolation and a reversal of the path of integration that Russia has pursued over the last 20 years.
Reasons for calm
So what do these three areas—oil, geopolitics and macro policies—tell us about why the business community was so calm? Because over the last six months the country has learned that it "ultimately has a sustainable economic system, even under stress", in the words of one Russian banker.
Russia is ultimately a large, serious country with a government committed to long-term growth.
Therefore, there are value levels at which foreign investors are—and are not—compensated for the probability-weighted risks of oil price fluctuations, geo-political tensions, and the use of foreign currency reserves.
But global investors who seek the risk-return profile of emerging markets should not write off Russia in its entirety as an investment destination.
This article originally appeared in Citywire Americas magazine.


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President Obama is going to visit the pope! He's been to the Vatican before, but not with this pope, who is perhaps the only person in the world almost everybody likes.
Except Rush Limbaugh, which sort of makes it even better.
The president's visit, which is scheduled for March, comes at an interesting intersection in the two men's careers. Pope Francis can currently do no wrong, and Barack Obama can do no right. Recently, his administration decided to move its Vatican Embassy into a more secure building, and the outcry was so intense that you'd think Obama had ordered a re-creation of the Sack of Rome.
"A slap in the face to the 78 million Catholics in the United States," one congressman screeched.
"Why would our president close our Embassy to the Vatican?" twittered Jeb Bush. "Hopefully, it is not retribution for Catholic organizations opposing Obamacare."
As political tweets go, this is a keeper on two counts. First, we can once again marvel at Republican politicians' ability to insert the Affordable Care Act into everything. (Coming soon: How the individual mandate robbed Oprah Winfrey of an Oscar nomination.)
Second, we can mark the official end of the former governor of Florida's career as the safe, sane fallback option in 2016.
But about the Vatican Embassy: the State Department has been trying to move it into a compound that includes the American Embassy to Italy. This will save money and improve security. Instantly, certain parties detected a plot.
Two former ambassadors to the Vatican, Ray Flynn (Clinton) and Jim Nicholson (Bush), penned a blistering op-ed for The Wall Street Journal in which they called the move "a colossal mistake" that would squish the Holy See's separate identity. Diplomatically, they attributed more intense feelings to others. ("... many have seen the move as a deliberate slap at the Catholic Church and the pope; some may even detect veiled anti-Catholicism.")
Fast-forward to many variations on the headline "Obama Insults Catholics." The State Department pointed out that the new quarters would be in an entirely different building, with an entirely different entrance than the Italian Embassy. And that while the new embassy will not be in the Vatican, neither is the current one. Or that of any other country. The Vatican is only two-tenths of a square mile, and more than half of that is gardens.
"In fact, our new location is a tenth of a mile closer," said Under Secretary of State Patrick Kennedy.
"It's a clear diminishment of the importance of the Holy See post," said Nicholson.
Cynics might wonder why we have an embassy for the Vatican in the first place. The total population is about 800 people, which is approximately one-eighth the seating capacity of Radio City Music Hall. It has virtually none of the attributes you find in an actual country. It doesn't even have a cuisine.
But, obviously, nobody is going to disrespect the Vatican while Pope Francis is around. He won the world's heart by quickly doing a few things that were so obvious, it's amazing no previous pontiff figured them out. Such as: if you are going to talk about the poor all the time, you should try to avoid gold furniture.
Without changing any of the Church's reactionary rules on contraception, homosexuality or abortion, Francis changed the tone just by saying that Catholics should stop obsessing about sex. I cannot imagine what the nuns who ran my old high school would have thought about that theory. Really, it's hard to overestimate what an incredible time-saver this is.
And instead of just pleading for greater charity toward the poor, Francis decreed that the world needed to drop the idea that when the rich got richer, everybody eventually benefited. Trickle-down economics amounted to a "crude and naïve trust in the goodness of those wielding economic power." This would have been where he lost Rush Limbaugh.
Ken Langone, the billionaire co-founder of Home Depot, told Cardinal Timothy Dolan that a rich benefactor to a rebuilding project at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York might hesitate to cough up his promised million-dollar donation because of the pope's attitude. Cardinal Dolan said he assured Langone that while the pope loves the poor, "he also loves rich people."
Republican budget guru Representative Paul Ryan said the pope's apparent lack of enthusiasm for the capitalist system was due to an unfortunate upbringing. "The guy is from Argentina. They haven't had real capitalism in Argentina," he told The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Even if Francis was down on capitalism, no capitalists wanted to sound down on Francis. Meanwhile, President Obama has spent the last five years dodging calls for new taxes and protecting the insurance industry from health care reform. Stocks have been at an all-time high, and Wall Street hates him.
The moral is: It's way easier to be pope.


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The incident happened about 4:30 p.m. at the Buc-ee's on Texas 288 near Highway 35, according to the Angleton Police Department.
Police said investigators don't know how or why the woman climbed onto the nearly 25-foot roof and they also don't know why she leaped down.
Police said the woman and her family had driven from Houston to visit the area. When they stopped at the store, the woman climbed into the roof and refused to get down. Police said when officers arrived, the woman still refused to get off the roof.
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Mysore Rasam
I am home alone a lot these days and rarely feel like making something nice just for myself unless it's blog-worthy. I usually make do with leftovers or store-bought frozen meals or even cereal (yes, sometimes I like to have it not just for breakfast, but for lunch and dinner too!). Today I felt like making something special for myself. I was going through my blog list of old favorites and came across Mika's blog. I went through her archives and saw this recipe for Mysore rasam and decided that it just had to be tried out immediately. I make rasam frequently, but this was something I had only eaten at the typical South Indian hotels back home, and had never prepared before. So I got to work in my kitchen.
3-4 Tbsp cooked toor dal (yellow pigeon peas)
1 ball of tamarind (lemon-sized), soaked in hot water and juice extracted
1 tomato, chopped
¼ tsp turmeric powder
Salt to taste
For roasting and grinding to a paste:
1 Tbsp ghee (using oil just will not give you the same taste!)
2 tsp chana dal (split chickpeas)
1 tsp toor dal (yellow pigeon peas)
1 tsp cumin
2 tsp coriander seeds
6-7 black peppercorns
3-4 red chillies
3 Tbsp grated coconut
A big pinch of asafoetida
For seasoning:
1 Tbsp ghee
Cumin seeds
Mustard seeds
For garnshing:
Coriander leaves.
Cook the chopped tomato cubes in tamarind water to which turmeric powder and salt have been added.
Bring to a boil. Season with cumin and mustard seeds. Garnish with coriander leaves. Serve hot.
In a small pan, roast the above mentioned ingredients in a bit of ghee. Cool and grind to a paste.Add the ground paste and the cooked toor dal to the tomato-tamarind mixture. Adjust to the consistency you reqire by adding desired amounts of water.
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Familiar faces to cross paths in Astros-A's series
HOUSTON -- The Astros and A's have only played each other six times in their history, with each team making one trip to the other's park during Interleague Play. They're about to become very familiar beginning Friday, when the A's make their first visit to Minute Maid Park since 2007 to meet their new American League West rivals.
The teams don't have much history against each other, but there will be some very familiar faces crossing paths in Houston this weekend.
Two months ago, the Astros traded shortstop Jed Lowrie and pitcher Fernando Rodriguez to the A's in exchange for pitcher Brad Peacock, outfielder Chris Carter and catcher Max Stassi. Peacock will start Friday's series opener and Carter won the Astros' starting job in left field, while Lowrie is starting at shortstop for Oakland.
What's more, A's infielder Nate Freiman spent most of spring camp this year with the Astros, who took him in the Rule 5 Draft before losing him to the A's on a waiver claim. Freiman had a pair of hits and an RBI in his Major League debut on Wednesday.
"It'll be a little weird, but this is a team I consider having left on the best of terms," Freiman said. "I have nothing but good things to say about [Astros manager] Bo Porter and the entire team. They treated me fantastic, and I couldn't have asked for more from them. I think they're going to do good things there. As long as they're not in the opposing dugout, I'll be rooting for them. It'll be good to see some guys over there."
The Astros wanted to keep Freiman, but couldn't wedge him into their first-base/designed-hitter rotation with Brett Wallace and Carlos Pena. Porter was glad to see him catch on in Oakland.
"I'm happy for Nate," Porter said. "He's a tremendous young man and did a great job for us, and unfortunately it didn't work out here, but that's what happens in baseball. When you're playing, there's another team still watching and scouting you, and Oakland did a good job of grabbing him, and congratulations for him for making their Opening Day roster."
Lowrie, who spent one year in Houston after being acquired in a trade with Boston, has also made an immediate impact in Oakland, hitting a homer Wednesday in a win over Seattle. He hit .244 with 16 homers and 42 RBIs in 97 games with the Astros last year.
"I enjoyed my year there," Lowrie said. "It's a good place to play. Obviously, I know a lot of the guys over there as well, so it'll be fun to see them, especially since we didn't get to see each other in Spring Training, with them being in Florida. It should be fun."
Friday's start is a big one for Peacock, and not just because he'll be facing several of his old friends. He made his Major League debut in 2011 with Washington before being traded to the A's, pitching all of last season in Triple-A. It will be his first big league start since Sept. 22, 2011.
Peacock keeps in touch with Oakland players Tommy Milone, Derek Norris, Josh Donaldson and Dan Straily, who will start for the A's on Friday.
"I've been waiting for this day for a long time, and I'm ready to get going," Peacock said. "I felt like it's been forever since I've been out there. Just getting back on the mound -- I want to have a good game -- and I get to see all my buddies from Oakland. It should be fun."
Carter spent considerably more time with Oakland than Lowrie and Freiman did with Houston and Peacock did with Oakland. He was drafted by the White Sox in 2005, traded to Arizona two years later and 11 days later was acquired by Oakland.
Carter split the 2010-12 seasons between Triple-A Sacramento and the Major League club, hitting 16 homers with 39 RBIs in 67 games for Oakland last season.
"It's always fun playing against the team you came from," said Carter, who's 0-for-11 with seven strikeouts to start the season. "You always want to do good against them, so I'm excited for that. I still talk to A.J. Griffin, Coco [Crisp], Norris and all the guys I came up with in Triple-A. It's different being on this team and playing against them after being on the team with them."
Peacock and Carter are crucial parts to the Astros' rebuilding process, and Lowrie applauds general manager Jeff Luhnow for making such a firm commitment to youth, even if it did cause him to be traded for the second time in 14 months.
"The one thing I can say is that Jeff is very committed to what he's doing, and he's not listening to what anyone else is saying," Lowrie said. "He has a vision, and he's going to follow that. A lot of teams would hedge and bring in a couple of mid-level veterans just to keep the fan base happy, but he is very committed and knows what he wants to do. Whether he's right or wrong, you have to salute him for what he believes in."
Stassi had sports hernia surgery early in spring camp and is expected to return to action soon in the Minor Leagues. Rodriguez, who appeared in 71 games for the Astros last year, underwent Tommy John surgery a week ago and is out for the season.


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The end of the year is a good time to examine the health of the publishing segment of the scrapbook industry for several reasons. First, the end of the year is a natural time to look back on things – especially things that have seen major change in that year. Second, the scrapbook magazines publish their annual ownership & circulation statements that are required by the USPS in their last issue of the year.
2009 saw huge changes in the publishing segment of the scrapbook industry. F+W announced it was shutting down Memory Makers Magazine in May. CK Media shut down Simple Scrapbooks in January (only a short time after shuttering Digital Scrapbooking), ended its major contests, and called in a bankruptcy/turnaround firm to settle its debts for pennies on the dollar before the magazines were sold in July to New Track Media. Over the course of the year, CK lost most of its headline talent as well: Cathy Zielske, Becky Higgins, Ali Edwards, Jessica Sprague, and Lisa Bearnson, to name a few.
Not all the scrapbook publishing changes were that drastic, or even negative, though. In April, Melissa Inman departed Scrapbooks Etc and was not replaced; instead, an organizational shuffle removed her title from the company. That same month, Scrapbook Trends began offering digital subscriptions to its publications. In October, Scrapbooks Etc. unveiled a redesign targeted at attracting news stand customers (among other things).
So, after that year of seismic change, where has that left us? Here's where the three remaining news stand magazines are positioned in total circulation:
|October 2008
|October 2009
|Scrapbooks Etc.
|Creating Keepsakes
|Paper Crafts
- The three magazines are ranked in the same order for total circulation numbers as in 2008.
- Everyone was down significantly in total circulation.
- In 2008, Creating Keepsakes had managed a 5% increase in circulation while everyone else's numbers declined. This year, they fell into the trend of declining numbers with the other publications.
- The gap is closing between Creating Keepsakes and Scrapbooks Etc. In 2008, Creating Keepsakes had 76% of the circulation of Scrapbooks Etc. In 2009, Creating Keepsakes had 83% of the circulation of Scrapbooks Etc.
These circulation numbers seem to reflect pretty much the status quo from the past few years – a segment in decline and dominated by Scrapbooks Etc – until you break them down into subscription and news stand sales.
The largest percentage of the magazines' circulation comes from subscriptions:
|Scrapbooks Etc.
|Creating Keepsakes
|Paper Crafts
|October 2009 Subscribers
|October 2008 Subscribers
|% Change
- Creating Keepsakes actually has more subscribers than Scrapbooks Etc. The difference in total circulation that gives Scrapbooks Etc. its lead comes from news stand sales.
- Creating Keepsakes got this lead by being the best at retaining its subscribers. It had by far the lowest decrease in subscription circulation over 2008 of the three magazines.
The news stand sales numbers also have a lot of information to offer about where the magazines stand:
|Scrapbooks Etc
|Creating Keepsakes
|Paper Crafts
|October 2009 Actual Sales
|October 2008 Actual Sales
|% Change in News Stand Sales From 2008-2009
|% of sales from News Stand in October 2009
|% of sales from News Stands in 2008
- Scrapbooks Etc maintained its sales news stand sales numbers while the other two publications experienced massive losses in that area. Anecdotal evidence suggests this is quite likely due to a smaller number of outlets carrying Creating Keepsakes & Paper Crafts, while Scrapbooks Etc. has maintained its distribution points due to the clout of its parent company Meredith.
- A much larger percentage of Scrapbook Etc's circulation comes from the news stand than is the case with the circulation of the other two publications. This would either explain the new cover design, or was perhaps the result of it.
Overall, these numbers aren't good for the scrapbook magazine industry. They show a continued decline that so far the various efforts have been unable to arrest. This is in line with the experience of other publishing market segments, where publications are rapidly shuttering. Unfortunately, I highly doubt that we've seen the last of the lights going out at publications in the scrapbook market.
For more on why and more talk about the future of scrapbook magazines, watch for the 2009 State of the Scrapbook Magazine, Part 2: Advertising (coming soon)
[Note: All of the above statistics are based on the single issue published closest to Oct. 1st for the magazines. Due to their different business model, publications from Northridge and Stampington were excluded from this analysis – but you will be able to read about them in part three of the series.]


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September 5, 2013, Ottawa – Volleyball Canada is pleased to announce the successful host cities of the 2014-2015 National Beach Volleyball Championships, including Parksville, BC which will host the Western Youth National Championships on August 15th-17th in 2014.
For the first time in eight years, there will be two host cities: Parksville, B.C. on Vancouver Island will be home to the Western Youth National Championships on August 15th-17th in 2014 and August 21st -23rd in 2015; and Toronto, Ontario, will play host to the Eastern Youth National Championships, as well as Senior and 21U National Championships on August 22nd-24th in 2014 and August 28th-30th in 2015.
"The regional format, a first for beach volleyball in Canada, will create new opportunities for young athletes across the country to participate in a National Championships where they may have not otherwise had the means to travel to play," explains David Caughran, chair of Volleyball Canada's National Championships program committee.
"This factor, combined with our marquee players from across the country playing in our Senior National Championships, will see two weekends showcasing the best beach volleyball players in Canada."
There were 229 teams (458 athletes) that participated in the 2013 Beach National Championships, which took place at Spanish Banks in Vancouver, BC.


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Salif Keita gave up a lot to pursue his dreams of a career in music. Born to royal lineage, with ancestral roots going back to Soundjata Keita, the founder of the Malian Empire in 1240, Keita was disowned by his father after announcing his plans to play music. Keita's dreams, however, were too strong to be shattered. Moving to the capitol city of Bamako in 1967, he was soon playing in nightclubs with one of his brothers. Within two years, he was invited to join the Rail Band. A popular, government-sponsored group that played regularly at the Buffet Hotel de la Gare, the Rail Band featured influential Malian guitar player Kante Manfila. Keita's soulful singing soon brought the band to a much higher plateau. In 1973, Keita and several members of the Rail Band relocated to Abidjian, the capitol of Cote d'Ivoire (The Ivory Coast). Renamed Les Ambassadeurs Internationaux, the group continued to attract attention with their lively fusion of Cuban, Zairean, and Malian influences.
In 1977, Keita received the prestigious National Order of Guinea from President Ahmed Sekou Toure. Encouraged to pursue a solo career, Keita moved to Paris in 1984. Settling in the city's Montreuil section, he found a thriving community of more than 15,000 transplanted Malians. Predictions of success proved true with the release of Keita's debut solo album, Soro, in 1987. Produced by Ibrahim Sylla, the album combined African, jazz, funk, Europop, and R&B influences. Keita continued his recording career with several releases for Mango throughout the '90s, including the Mansa of Mali anthology, before moving to Blue Note for Papa in 1999 and then Decca, where he debuted with Moffou in 2002. Moffou was considered some of Keita's finest work to date, and he received a Grammy nomination for the album. Keita then returned to Bamako, Mali, in order to record his next full-length effort, M'Bemba, which came out in 2006. ~ Craig Harris
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