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Hawkes Bay is home to the largest mainland gannet colony in the world.
Bird watching in Hawke's Bay is a thrilling experience. Get up close to these fascinating gannets with a beach tour; a great activity for the family, nature lovers or anybody who is looking for a special New Zealand experience. Found on spectacular Cape Kidnappers, the journey to the colony is almost as exciting as when you arrive - you'll drive past some of the most ruggedly beautiful coastlines in the country. Once there, you'll see up to 25,000 gannets close-up. Marvel at their 2-metre wingspan, and watch them swooping and diving for fish and feeding their young (in season).


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What is Dynamic Typing?
Dynamic typing is the ability of a program to infer, analyze, and manipulate types at run time, dynamically. In other words, dynamic typing allows us to change the way a class (and thus all instantiated objects of that class) operates at run time. This is really powerful because it allows us to have our program adapt, at run time, on the fly, without having to reprogram and recompile the program.
Part of the dynamic type system that lends Ruby its power is a feature called "open classes." This means that classes are never closed to manipulation. We can inject new functionality into a class at run time if we please, and we can keep manipulating the class definition to our hearts content. People coming from explicitly and statically typed languages might be confused at this point. If you change a class definition at run time, how do all the other components in the program know how to interact with the modified interface/type. The answer is: duck typing. In Ruby, there are no explicit types, yet the interpreters will still perform type checking.
In fact, Ruby is a strongly typed language. This may come as a surprise to folks who are used to explicitly and/or statically typed languages. Ruby will not allow incompatible types to interact. But how? In a duck typing system, the interpreter will analyze the object that you are trying to operate on at the moment you attempt to operate on it. If the object does not feature the method you are trying to invoke, then it will throw an error. If it does feature the method you are trying to invoke, then it will allow it and everything continues as normal.
To show the power and simplicity of dynamic typing, we are going to implement our own attr_reader, attr_writer, and attr_accessor methods. For those who don't know, those are all Ruby methods which setup getters and setters inside of a class. They're use looks like this:
class MyClass attr_accessor :var1, :var2, :var3 end
This will add setter and getter methods for all three variables defined. Awesome! But how does this work? Is attr_accessor some fancy keyword in Ruby that gets handled by the interpreter specially? Nope, it is a method, written in Ruby. That means we can mimic its functionality and add functionality at run time.
Here we go. We will add in our methods to the existing class "Class." This will make our methods available to all classes as Class is a super type to all other classes. This allows us to treat classes in ruby as first class objects.
class Class def attr_reader2(*vars) vars.each do |symbol| define_method(symbol) { instance_variable_get "@#{symbol}" } end end def attr_writer2(*vars) vars.each do |symbol| define_method("#{symbol}=") { |value| instance_variable_set("@#{symbol}", value) } end end def attr_accessor2(*vars) attr_reader2(*vars) attr_writer2(*vars) end end
So what did we do here? Let's take a look:
Three functions were added to the existing "Class" class: attr_writer2, attr_reader2, attr_accessor2. They were all suffixed with the number 2 as not to overwrite the existing methods with the same names (remember we were just mimic'ing the existing functionality).
This is dynamic typing in action. The "Class" class has already been defined in the standard library when we load up this script. Because it has already been defined, what looks like a class definition is actually just accessing an open class. That is, we are adding to the class rather than overwriting it an redefining it. So the "Class" class maintains all of its existing functionality defined by the standard library, but this code tacks on three additional methods.
So, to re-iterate, we have modified the class definition at run time. Cool!
But what do these methods do? Well, they themselves do more dynamic typing. In this case they are doing some meta programming. If you aren't familiar with the term meta programming, Wikipedia has a fantastic article about it here. In summary though, meta programming is about having programs write and/or manipulate themselves or other programs.
These three methods we wrote are going to, in turn, define new methods based on symbols passed to them. Specifically, they are defining getter and setter methods for each symbol passed in. They add new methods at runtime using another meta programming method called "define_method" which does just that; defines a new method in the containing class. Let's take a look at an example.
class MyClass attr_accessor2 :var1, :var2 def initialize(var1, var2) @var1, @var2 = var1, var2 end end
Alright, so that doesn't seem like much code, but that's where the beauty lies. The attr_accessor2 method will add 4 new methods to the "MyClass" class. So, at run time, the class is being expanded to look like this:
class MyClass def initialize(var1, var2) @var1, @var2 = var1, var2 end def var1 @var1 end def var1=(value) @var1 = value end def var2 @var2 end def var2=(value) @var2 = value end end
So those meta programming methods did a lot of work for us and shifted the workload of redundant code onto the machine rather than the user (where it belongs). Awesome!
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Cinzia Fossati | costumes |
Polizeiruf | Staatstheater Stuttgart | Schauspiel Stuttgart Nord
Costumes for "Mutter Courage" | director Armin Petras | premiere 27.9.2019 | Staatsschauspiel Dresden
Stage and costume design for "Le malade imaginaire" | director Cyril Kaiser | premiere 24.9.2019 | Théâtre Le Crève-Cœur Genève CH
Costumes for "Rosmersholm" | director Armin Petras | premiere 8.11.2019 | Theater Bremen
Costumes for "Mutter Courage" | director Armin Petras | premiere 20.11.2019 | Hungarian Theatre Cluj Romania
Set design for the shortfilm "Fortissimo" | Director Janine Piguet | Inred production
You can still see some of my productions on stage:
"La Cantatrice Chauve" | director Cyril Kaiser | premiere November 2018 | Theatre Alchimic Carouge CH | reprise june 2020
"MÉLODIE! MALADIE! MÉLODRAME!" | director Sébastien Jacobi | premiere November 2018 | Saarländische Staatstheater
"A View from the Bridge" | director Armin Petras | premiere March 2019 | Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus
I designed the costumes for two productions on board of the cruise ship MSC Meraviglia . The shows will run for the next 5 years.
About a Girl: the film directed by Mark Monheim and featuring Heike Makatsch and Jasna Fritzi Bauer is available on DVD, amazon prime and Itunes. I was in charge of the production design.
Silent River, the short by Anca Lazarescu where I did the production design, premiered at Berlin Film Festival 2011 and has since been invited by over 100 film festivals winning 78 awards.


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Crafting with books
There's nothing worse than waiting for school to start and counting down the last few days of freedom like the last grape Skittles in the bag.
So to keep your mind off the subject, here are some quick and easy crafts (thanks to Pinterest) that you can try at home with materials you can either find at your library, or with books you can check out from your library.
Book page candle holder
Materials: an empty glass food jar, pages from a discarded book, mod-podge or other decopauge glue
Clean your glass jar and soak off the lable in hot water. You may have to scrub to get the last bits of glue off, but usually it will just fall off by the time the hot water gets cool.
Select a page from your book, or some artwork. Use books, not magazines, unless you want to create complete shadows. Magazine pages have clay in them and will block all the light.
Position your page around the glass jar and glue it in place with the mod-podge.
Insert a tea-candle or electric tea-candle and you have a new night light! For step by step pictures, check out this link.
Also check out these books about altered books for more things to do with old books instead of throwing them away.
Angry Birds origami bookmark
Materials: Paper that is red on one side, white on the other (origami paper and some craft specialty paper comes like this). A small piece of orange paper and two small pieces of black paper. Two googly craft eyes. Paper glue.
If it isn't already a square, tTrim your paper to a square. (Directions with pictures!)
This awesome bookmark was created by CraftySoccerMom, and she gives all the steps to fold it so it fits the corner. The other pieces are just glued on. Cheers!
Want to learn more about origami - the art of folding paper? We have dozens of books!
Paint chip bookmarks
Materials: Paint chip sample strips from hardware / paint stores. Assorted stamps, stickers, markers, whatever else you have lying around.
This quick and easy craft can make two things at once: a cute and friendly bookmark and punch outs to use with other crafting projects.
Take one of the multi-colored paint sample strips you find at stores that mix paint (Menards, Lowe's, even some Walmarts will have them). Find a favorite paper punch and punch a shape from each color along the strip except the last one at the top. Punch a hole in the middle of the last color, and thread through a little ribbon or yarn for a tassle.
For ideas of different ways you can make your bookmark stand out, check out this link.
Like working with paper? Try these books about papercrafts and scrapbooking for more ideas!
Have other crafting plans? Tell us what you are working on right now!


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Texas Tech University Daily news
About:The Daily Toreador | La Ventana | New Media
About Student Media
At Texas Tech University, the Department of Student Media produces the student newspaper, The Daily Toreador, web content at and the campus yearbook, La Ventana. Content also is available via mobile applications for smartphones and tablets and through social media. All publications, productions and videos within the department are non-academic, experience-based learning opportunities and considered student activities.
The Department of Student Media operates independently from any academic college as an independent collegiate news-gathering organization. While most of our students are Media & Communications majors, other majors are represented and welcomed on staff. Student Media provides employment opportunities for students to use academic knowledge in journalism, broadcast, design and business in the practical settings of publishing the student newspaper, campus yearbook and digital media.
Student Media employs 50 to 75 students each semester as editors, reporters, photographers, videographers, anchors, graphic designers, print and multimedia advertising account executives and members of the delivery staff.
Operating philosophy
Texas Tech University recognizes and affirms the editorial independence and press freedom of all student-edited campus media. Student editors have the authority to make all content decisions; consequently, they bear the responsibility for the decisions they make.
Texas Tech University believes an independent, robust student press is a basic right in a free and democratic society and necessary for a full and vigorous freedom of expression as well as proper growth and development of students as socially responsible journalists and individuals. It also believes such a student press serves the campus community best. Student journalists should pursue their vitally important tasks within an environment conducive to growth and development and, to that end, the university has assigned responsibility for creating such an environment to the Department of Student Media through the Student Media Committee.
Within this context, the Student Media Committee and the Department of Student Media develop policies and programs to assure adequate financial support for The Daily Toreador, La Ventana and dailytoreador.com to relieve student editors of many non-editorial/non-production business matters; to provide student editors readily available, competent advice and counsel concerning their ethical and legal responsibilities and other professional matters; and to promote on campus an understanding and continuing commitment to student freedom of the press.
The Department of Student Media, under the Division of Undergraduate Education and Student Affairs, is advised by the Student Media Committee. The committee operates under authority granted by the president of the university and is responsible for advising the vice provost for Undergraduate Education and Student Affairs on matters related to student media. In the capacity of advisement to the Department of Student Media, the Student Media Committee exists to support and protect a vigorous, socially responsible student media at Texas Tech University. The committee brings together various elements of the campus community in an appropriate forum to discuss student media issues as they relate to the campus and to advise the vice provost for Student Affairs and the Student Media staffs accordingly.


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Sarasota Antique Buyers. Antique Dealer Buying Collectible Antiques. Fine Art.
At Sarasota Antique Buyers, we are always looking for that one antique item to purchase or may be you have a whole antique collection. Specializing in fine antiques, art, antique furniture, antique porcelain, antique sterling silver, gold and sterling silver coins, and antique gold and estate jewelry, not forgetting costume jewelry. These are our true passion. We purchase single items, but also whole estates. Are you considering "down sizing". Let us assist you in helping you value your sterling silver flatware set, sterling silver tea set, antique jewelry and fine antique art.
Sarasota Antique Buyers – Free Verbal Evaluation
Are you looking for a FREE Verbal Evaluation on your Antiques, please email WITH PHOTOS and a description. This will enable us to respond back to you faster.
At Sarasota Antique Buyers we purchase within the whole state of Florida. Sarasota, Venice, Port Charlotte, Miami, Fort Myers, Naples, Tampa, Largo, St Pete to name a few.
Sarasota Antique Buyers Is Purchasing Antique Silver
OK, antique buyers and silver lovers: Listen up. We're going to talk about the difference between silver plate and sterling silver—two very different things that anyone who buys silver or sells silver should be aware of. Think of it as Silver School, and this class as Silver 101. Antique Sterling Silver. Just click the link. Is it silver plate or silver?
We Are Antique Experts
We Buy Antiques single items as well as entire estates in Sarasota, Englewood, St. Petersburg, Venice, Tampa, and Orlando areas. We love to purchase English and Continental 18th, 19th and 20th century modern and traditional furniture, Oak, Mahogany, Walnut, and rosewood to name but a few. We are interested in all items that are in good or poor condition.
We Buy Antique Items such as Antique Art, Modern Art, Chinese Antiques, Silver, Gold and Jewelry in Every Pattern.


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Wage and Hour Division (WHD)
Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.
Press Releases
Date: Nov. 12, 2013
Contact: Deanne Amaden or Jose A. Carnevali
Phone: 415-625-2630 or 415-625-2631
U.S. Department of Labor
Wage and Hour Division
Release Number: 13-1840-SEA (SF-194CH)
Judge orders Redmond Herbal Spas to pay employees $135,536 in back wages and liquidated damages (Chinese version)
US Labor Department found massage therapists working 54 to 74 hours per week
SEATTLE -- Redmond Herbal Spas LLC, doing business as Asian Miracle Massage, and Mei Zheng, also known as Margaret Sutton, individually and as owner of three area spas, were ordered by a federal judge to pay 23 massage therapists $67,768 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages to total $135,536. The order follows an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division. Investigators found Redmond Herbal Spas misclassified employees, who worked as massage therapists, as independent contractors. It typically paid them on a commission-only basis, resulting in violations of the minimum wage and overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
U.S. Department of Labor releases are accessible on the Internet at www.dol.gov. The information in this news release will be made available in alternate format (large print, Braille, audio tape or disc) from the COAST office upon request. Please specify which news release when placing your request at (202) 693-7828 or TTY (202) 693-7755. The Labor Department is committed to providing America's employers and employees with easy access to understandable information on how to comply with its laws and regulations. For more information, please visit www.dol.gov/compliance.


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1-800-522-0203 (Voice - Toll-free)405-271-5600 (Voice)
The Oklahoma Department of Health provides consultation, information, and diagnostic and treatment services through programs in local health departments and through its central office. The Health Education and Information Service maintains a film library and maintains and distributes a comprehensive library of pamphlets, booklets, and brochures. This service also prepares public service announcements and news releases on Department services and health problems and implements campaigns against health problems. The Information and Referral line answers questions relating to health and provides referrals to the proper agencies and resources; it also administers the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Other programs include Maternal and Child Health Service; Dental Service; Occupational health, domiciliary facilities inspections, chronic disease, and emergency medical care.
The Department publishes a variety of pamphlets and booklets promoting health care and discussing available services. Serial publications: Oklahoma Health Bulletin, quarterly--information on the central health department activities; Perspectives--child guidance services.
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HSBC Settles for $2 Billion Over Money Laundering
HSBC is expected to acknowledge that it ignored possible money laundering as part of a record $1.9 billion settlement with U.S. authorities. WSJ's David Enrich looks at the bank's problems in the U.S. and Central America. Photo: Getty Images
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Mayor's Office
As part of National Burn Awareness Week February 7 through 13, Safe Kids Lincoln-Lancaster County reminds parents and caregivers that fire is just one cause of burn injuries for children. Burns also can be caused by foods and drinks, heating appliances, hot pots and pans, electrical currents and chemicals.
We need to be aware that items we use at home every day - space heaters, curling irons and steam irons, for example - can pose a danger to children," said Brian Baker, a local Safe Kids coalition member with the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department. "We urge all those living in households with children to take steps to minimize the risk of burn injuries.
Among all accidental injuries, fire and burns are the number five cause of death in children ages 14 and under. Each year, about 113,600 children are treated for fire and burn injuries and 518 children die from these injuries. Young children cannot recognize heat-related hazards quickly enough to react appropriately, and children's skin burns at lower temperatures and more deeply than that of older children and adults.
The theme of this year's Burn Awareness Week is preventing gasoline burns. Gas cans should have child resistant caps, and all flammable liquids out of the sight and reach of children. Safe Kids also has the following tips:
Captain Jeff Hatcher, Safe Kids member with Lincoln Fire and Rescue, said Burn Awareness Week also is a good time to make sure you have working smoke alarms on each level of your home and in every sleeping area.
Safe Kids Lincoln-Lancaster County is a member of Safe Kids Worldwide, a global network of organizations dedicated to preventing accidental injury. For more information, visit the City Web site, lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: safekids) or contact Brian Baker at the Health Department 441-8046.


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Library Events are free and open to the public unless noted.
Tuesday, November 05, 2019, 10:30am - 11:00pm
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Spout Springs Storytime Room
Ages 0-18 months. Get ready to wiggle! Enjoy lap songs, felt stories, tickle songs, toy time, and board books with your baby.
All programs are free and do not require an RSVP unless a formal large group (like a daycare or camp). If you need an outreach visit please call 770-532-3311 ext. 143
Please be on time, hold texting and conversations till after storytime.
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Cloud Expo 2011 New York $800 Savings here!
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In his session at the 8th International Cloud Expo, Arun Gupta, Java EE and GlassFish evangelist at Oracle, will provide a brief introduction to Java EE 6 and GlassFish v3. In addition he will talk about what Java EE currently offers for the cloud and the future directions in Java EE 7 in relation to cloud.
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Arun Gupta is a Java EE and GlassFish evangelist working at Oracle. He has over 14 years of experience in the software industry working in the Java platform and several web-related technologies. In his current role, he works to create and foster the community around Java EE 6 and GlassFish. He has participated in several standards bodies and worked amicably with members from other companies. He has been with the Java EE team since its inception and contributed to all Java EE releases in different capacities. You can catch him on Twitter at @arungupta.
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Cloud Expo 2011 New York, June 6-9, 2011, at the Javits Center, New York City, New York, will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading Cloud industry players in the world.
The growth and success of Cloud Computing will be on display at the upcoming Cloud Expo conferences and exhibitions in New York, June 6-9, and in Santa Clara, November 7-10, 2011.
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The four-day New York event will attract more than 10,000 delegates from 48 countries and over 600 sponsors and exhibitors on a 120,000 sq ft show floor!
All main layers of the Cloud ecosystem will be represented in the 7th and 8th International Cloud Expo - the infrastructure players, the platform providers, and those offering applications, and they'll all be here to speak, sponsor, exhibit and network.
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Services Listing - M
MACHINE DEBUG MANAGER - (mdm.exe) [MDM]
Depends on: Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
Required by: N/A
XP Home: Manual
XP Pro: Manual
2K Pro: Manual
This service manages local and remote debugging services for Visual Studio components. Visual Studio components are not only installed by Visual Studio. Some components of MS Office may install this too, so don't be surprised if this pops up in your service list. Use Disabled if you get sick of being asked "do you want to debug the script on this page", otherwise, use Manual.
Guide: Stop, Disabled
MESSENGER - (services.exe) [Messenger]
Depends on: NetBIOS Interface, Plug n' Play, Remote Procedure Call (RPC), Workstation
Required by: N/A
XP Home: Auto
XP Pro: Auto (Disabled in SP2)
2K Pro: Auto
Not to be confused with MSN Messenger or Windows Messenger. The Messenger Service can be just as potent as a backdoor to malicious softwares. It's main purpose is to transmit NET SEND and Alerter messages across a network, however it has been widely exploited and is now a major security hole. Spam and Internet Popups make use of Messenger Service through the following UDP Ports (135, 137, 138) and TCP Ports (135, 139, 445). Close these ports if you wish to block these popups.
The only time this service should be needed is for a protected office network running Win2K/XP systems that utilise NET SEND commands or the Alerter Service. You can also visit www.grc.com for a program called "Shoot the Messenger" which can help deal with the vulnerability of this service.
Guide: Stop, Disabled
MS SOFTWARE SHADOW COPY PROVIDER - (dllhost.exe) [SwPrv]
Depends on: Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
Required by: N/A
XP Home: Manual
XP Pro: Manual
2K Pro: Manual
This service is used for Windows' Backup facilities. If you use these, leave this service on Auto. Otherwise, leave it on Manual. Leaving it on Manual will save from receiving messages in Event Log about it not running. It won't start if you don't need it. See the Volume Shadow Copy Service for more information.
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Spa Valley Railway » Railway Events
22nd February, 14th March, 11th April, 16th May, 13th June, 18th July, 22nd August, 19th September, 10th October 2020
Join us for one of our popular Murder Mystery evenings – 2020 dates now online!
There's been a murrrder... And given that the Police have drawn a blank on apprehending the villain, it's up to you to sleuth it out over a few drinks on the train.
The scene is the sleepy little Cornish village of Morlington Hill during the 1940's and your job is to help the 368 theatre company solve the murder, Christmas 2019 Murder Mystery tickets now on sale too!
Come along to try your hand at solving a murder, it is up to you to find out who dunnit, you might even win a prize! The evening starts at Tunbridge Wells West Station with a briefing at 18:15 sharp, then we transfer to our train where the story gets more interesting as the night draws in. On our way out of Tunbridge Wells West enjoy a Fish and Chip supper as you travel through the High Weald countryside to Groombridge. Upon arrival at our country branch line station more of the story will unfold and you will need to be on the platform not to miss the action, your train will return to Tunbridge Wells West and another trip to Groombridge to follow, giving you time to come up with who you think may have committed the dastardly deed!. Our Bar car "Kate", will be open for the whole journey.
The evening finishes back at Tunbridge Wells West in our shed when all will become clear. These evenings are great fun in groups so why not get a party together for this unique evening?
The Plays:
If you have any special dietary requirements we must be made aware at the time of booking, menu options must be chosen during the booking process which does include a gluten free or a vegetarian option. It is impossible for us to alter the menu on the evening.
Please arrive by 18:15 to start before the train departs at 19:00. You will arrive back at Tunbridge Wells West at approximately 21:30.
We regret that due to the nature of the 1960s carriages we cannot accomodate wheelchair users on these dining experiences.
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A Compilation of Environmental Education News from Across Louisiana
On March 9-10, 2012, the Louisiana Environmental Education Commission and the Louisiana Environmental Education Association will host the 15th Annual Louisiana Environmental Education Symposium – "Our Environment…Our Future" at the Lafayette Crowne Plaza in Lafayette, Louisiana. Early Bird Registration is $35 until February 10, 2012. (Registrations sent after February 10th increase to $50.) We are celebrating 15 years of professional development (lots of CLUs here) and want YOU to join in the fun!!
Friday, March 9th: Optional Short Course sessions will be offered at locations in and around Lafayette. Get a behind-the-scenes look at what goes into coastal restoration efforts and talk one-on-one with the scientists involved! Or take a canoe trip down the Vermilion River to learn about watershed issues and the variety of habitats along the way. You'll then return to Vermilionville for some great watershed lesson activities. Or get ideas on how to "Green Ribbon" your school through the schoolyard garden tour with the "Get Your ROOTS on" session. Lastly, you can choose to participate in a fun-filled day at Acadiana Nature Station. The staff there can't wait for you to experience their take-home ideas on using the outdoors for THE BEST kind of classroom experience! Go to our website for more information & registration forms for these workshops/tours.
Saturday, March 10th: Sit back and enjoy some quality networking while we serve up a continental breakfast to start your day. We'll then offer breakout sessions and plenty of exhibit hall time. Prepare to be entertained with a WOW keynote address during our banquet style lunch! Then it's back to the final sessions before we break and go home. We've designated 2012 as the Year of Outdoor Teaching so many sessions will focus on how to use the outdoors to enhance the classroom experience!
We do offer lodging assistance (1/2 the hotel fee for 1 night) to those with significant drive times while funding is available so apply now! Lodging assistance forms can be found on our website.
All Symposium registration, exhibitor, and presenter forms and related information can be found on our website at www.wlf.louisiana.gov/eec. For more information: Venise Ortego, EE Coordinator, 337-948-0255, firstname.lastname@example.com, www.wlf.louisiana.gov/eec
Spring 2012 Online Course: Environmental Education in Urban Communities
Apply: December 15, 2011 – January 22, 2012
Course Dates: February 6, 2012 – April 29, 2012
Cornell University's Civic Ecology Lab announces an online course offered through EECapacity, the EPA-funded national environmental education program. This 12-week, non-credit professional development course will cover novel practices and conceptual frameworks of urban environmental education. Limited to 20 participants. For more information: www.civicecology.org/course-uee.php
Exciting Summer Program for High School Juniors (June 24-August 4)
The Center for Excellence in Education (CEE) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) co-sponsors of the Research Science Institute (RSI) are looking for talented 11th Grade STEM Students! Interested students should apply to the (RSI) program to be held on the MIT campus June 24 to August 4, 2012. They will meet some of the world's most talented students and have an opportunity to conduct research in amazing labs! Visit www.cee.org for RSI application materials and more information about the program or contact Maite Ballestero, Vice President, Programs, email@example.com. The Center for Excellence in Education can also be found on Facebook.
Oil Spill Professional Development Video conference (January 28)
Through a grant supported by the NOAA Office of Education professional development as a video conference will be offered to teachers at ten locations with an opportunity to earn a $100 stipend on January 28, 2012 in Florida, Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana. Formal and informal educators who teach middle to high school grades or professionals who work with the K-12 community are invited to participate in a three hour training session on topics related to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. The session will be on Saturday, January 28, 2012 9 a.m. to 12 noon (sign in at 8:30 a.m.) at three locations in Louisiana: LSU Baton Rouge; Aquarium of the Americas, New Orleans; Bossier Instructional Technology Center, Bossier City.
For more information contact Dianne Lindstedt at Louisiana Sea Grant, LSU at firstname.lastname@example.com or (225) 578-1558. To register: https://fs9.formsite.com/louisianaseagrant/oilspillpd/secure_index.html
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Call for Proposals: Dedicated Sessions, Presentations, and Posters (Deadline: February 1)
Restore America's Estuaries 6th National Conference on Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration
Restoring Ecosystems, Strengthening Communities
October 20-24, 2012, Tampa, Florida, USA
To Submit a Proposal: program.estuaries.org
The Conference focuses attention on the challenges and opportunities facing the coastal habitat restoration community. Join the restoration practitioners, civic and community leaders, consultants, scientists, educators, planners, engineers, students, volunteers, philanthropists, program managers, field staff, contractors, regulators, and others at this must-attend event.
For additional information about the Conference, please contact:
Sponsorship: Harvey Potts (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Exhibitor and Scholarship Opportunities: Meg Beiter (firstname.lastname@example.com)
General Conference Information: Elsa Carlisle (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Conference Program/Call for Proposals: Suzanne Giles Simon (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Schools Eligible to win $5,000 Awards To Help Save America's Wetland
Annual 'Keep Your Eye on the Prize' Contest (Deadline January 15)
The America's WETLAND Foundation's annual Keep Your Eye on the Prize will award $5,000 to the schools of 10 Louisiana students who are challenged to use their creative skills to illustrate what they feel is the significance of Louisiana's coastal land loss. The Keep Your Eye on the Prize program is designed to encourage students across the state to consider the significance of Louisiana's coastal wetlands to their own lives by writing essays, creating artwork or taking photographs on the topic. The subject of the 2012 contest essay entries will be "How can Louisiana adapt to coastal land loss and what changes should be made?" The subject of the 2012 contest art/photo entries will be, "Why should the area known as "America's WETLAND be saved?"
Students may submit entries online at www.americaswetland.com under the "Get Involved" tab through January 15, 2012. Two winners will be awarded in each age category and two overall winners will be named. Winning students' classes will be awarded a $5000 grant from the America's WETLAND Conservation Corps to be used for a wetland planting project along with a school visit by The Estuarians, the nine action hero mascots of the Campaign to Save Coastal Louisiana.
The LSU AgCenter, the LSU Coastal Roots Program, Louisiana Science Teachers Association and Youth Wetlands Week support the Keep Your Eye on the Prize contest.
Complete contest guidelines available at www.americaswetland.com.
Go Bananas! Challenge (Deadline: January 27)
Take the Go Bananas Challenge! – a competition that challenges schools and scout groups across the country to answer the call, and create campaigns to collect and recycle cell phones to help save gorillas. Collect the most cell phones and win up to $5,000 for your school/scout group. Coltan, a mineral found in cell phones, is mined in gorilla habitat. By recycling old cell phones, you reduce the demand. Join the challenge online and start thinking about a creative campaign. Contest ends January 27, 2012, and the winning group will be announced February 1, 2012. For more information: www.cincinnatizoo.org/savingspecies
Like A Drop of Water Essay Contest
This writing contest encourages youth ages 8-17 to share their ideas on how they and their countries can reduce climate change and pollution. Like drops of water that make up the oceans, millions of people of all ages, can lead the way to creating the positive changes needed to have a sustainable planet. No deadline. Six awards of $50-$100 per month are granted through June 2015.
For more information: http://www.likeadropofwater.org/
Now Accepting Nominations for Coastal Stewardship Awards (Deadline: February 3)
The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana will host the 17th annual Coastal Stewardship Awards Program on Friday, April 13, 2011 at the Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center. Coastal Stewardship Awards recognize the contributions of individuals and groups who demonstrate outstanding commitment to preserving and restoring Louisiana's coastal wetlands. CRCL is proud to honor these leaders in coastal restoration, who share our vision of a sustainable coast for future generations. Nominations are now being accepted for the Lifetime Achievement Award, Distinguished Achievement Award and the Coastal Stewardship Award. Please consider nominating an individual or group who has made an exceptional contribution to protecting and restoring Louisiana's wetlands. To nominate a person or organization for a Coastal Stewardship Award, visit www.CRCL.org. For more information, contact CRCL at 1-888-LACOAST (1-888-522-6278). All nominations must be received by February 3, 2012.
Announcing the Sustainable Energy Award (Deadline: February 10)
NEEF and Samsung are partnering to celebrate those innovative schools from across the country that have used energy efficiency to enhance education, reduce environmental impacts and generate cost savings. The $10,000 Sustainable Energy Award will be presented to each of the top three high schools that can demonstrate how they have engaged students and teachers in school-wide energy savings through the creative and innovative use of technology. Their achievement will be showcased as models for other schools looking to take on this challenge. The national Sustainable Energy Award is made possible through the generous support of Samsung Electronics America. Applications are due February 10, 2012. For more information: http://neefusa.org/energyaward.htm
We Can Change the World Challenge (Deadline: March 15)
The Siemens "We Can Change the World Challenge" involves student teams along with teacher/mentors to solve environmental problems. This collaborative effort of the Siemens Foundation, Discovery Education, the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), and the College Board, gives students the use of scientific investigation and Web-based curriculum tools powered by Discovery Education to create a replicable green solution. Teachers and mentors should register their teams and begin formulating their projects online. For more information: www.wecanchange.com
CWPPRA Goes Live on Facebook and YouTube
The Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) Public Outreach Committee is pleased to announce the public opening of the new CWPPRA Facebook and YouTube Pages. Members of the public are encouraged to visit the LaCoast homepage and click on the "f" icon near the top of the page. This will bring users to the CWPPRA Facebook Page. Once there, please, "Like" us on Facebook. Please invite your friends to also "Like" us on Facebook.
Also, now available is our new YouTube site. Our YouTube site has all of our CWPPRA videos in one location in the realm of social media. The advantage to this is that YouTube is partnered with Google which will add a great search resource for the public to find our informative videos on our coastal restoration efforts.
To directly access these new sites from this page, click on the link: www.facebook.com/CWPPRA and http://www.youtube.com/user/CWPPRAclips?feature=watch
Energy Hog
Energy Hog is an online game developed by the Alliance to Save Energy that allows students to identify and get rid of hogs that pig out on energy, in the process discovering how to use energy wisely. Access the game at http://www.energyhog.org/childrens.htm.
Survival: An Endangered Animal Game
This newly developed free mobile app from ARKive engages students in a series of quick-fire mini-games to reveal the identity of some of the world's most endangered animals. Access the app at http://www.arkive.org/apps/survival.
Find out about wetland outreach activities including symposiums, conferences, meetings, educational opportunities, volunteer opportunities, and related support material at the Louisiana Unified Coastal Community Calendar at http://lacoast.gov/calendar/
Venise Ortego, Environmental Education Coordinator, 337-948-0255, firstname.lastname@example.com
Juliet Raffray, Environmental Education Assistant Coordinator, 225-765-0124, firstname.lastname@example.com
Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries – www.wlf.louisiana.gov/eec


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One of a kind Xob Kids Mitten hand-made from up-cycled natural-fiber sweaters, with a warm soft fleece lining.
Each garment is unique, created by artisans that mix and match used 'natural-fiber' sweaters and suit jackets.
There is only one of these in existence, so if you like it, pop it in your basket before someone else does!
Size: Suitable for 7 - 10 year old
Give new life to clothing that's outlasted its usefulness and reduce the waste stream.
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Variable frequency drives from Trane use Adaptive Control™ to provide safe, efficient inlet guide vane and compressor motor speed control combinations to ensure the most efficient part load operation possible. The portfolio of Trane Adaptive Frequency Drive can satisfy most applications and installation requirements, such as ambient temperature, space restrictions, cooling medium, and harmonic attenuation.
In addition, variable frequency drives can detect surge conditions and actively avoid them to provide solid chiller protection and energy savings. Most importantly for Trane customers, these variable frequency drives are designed for easy retrofit to allow existing chillers to have variable-speed compressor operation.
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One typical application of a Trane variable frequency drive would be in a large downtown hotel with an oversized chiller that requires 24/7 operation, condenser relief, and chiller installation in the penthouse, very close to guest areas. Installation of a Trane variable frequency drive will pay for itself in three years with the reduction in electricity consumption, plus, it reduces compressor cycling and noise in guest areas. Other recommended applications of a Trane variable frequency drive include facilities like schools, hospitals, arenas, office buildings, and other complexes with:
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Lawn fertilizers consist of nitrogen, phosphate, potassium (also called N-P-K) and other important nutrients. Of these, nitrogen is the most important for healthy green growth. But applying too much nitrogen damages the lawn, causes pollution, and increases the need for mowing.
Before fertilizing determine your grass type. Different grasses need different amounts of nitrogen per 1,000 square feet of lawn per year. Blue gramma, buffalo, and centipede grasses need up to 2 pounds. Bahia, ryegrass, fine fescue, St. Augustine, and zoysia grasses need 2 to 4 pounds. Bentgrass, Bermuda, Kentucky bluegrass, and tall fescue need 3 to 6 pounds. Use the upper end of the range in warmer climates that have longer growing seasons, and less in cooler climates with shorter growing seasons.
To avoid lawn damage, apply only 1/2 to 1 pound of nitrogen per 1,000-sq. ft. at a time, making several small applications throughout the growing season. For example, if your lawn needs 2 pounds of nitrogen per 1,000 sq. ft. per year, make four 1/2-pound applications about six to eight weeks apart. If the fertilizer contains a large percentage of water-insoluble nitrogen (sometimes abbreviated W.I.N. on the label), it is safe to apply more than 1 pound of nitrogen in one application. In this case, follow the directions on the label. Here are the steps to follow to fertilize your lawn.
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Calculate Nitrogen on Bag. The numbers on the bag, such as 25-5-5, refer to the percentages of N-P-K in the fertilizer. To calculate the actual pounds of N-P-K a fertilizer contains, multiply the percentage (number) times the weight of the bag. A 50-pound bag of 25-5-5, for example, contains 12-1/2 pounds of nitrogen (.25 x 50).
Calibrate Spreader. Adjust the setting on your spreader to the number recommended on the fertilizer bag. If the calibration setting is not given, calculate it using the following method: weigh the correct amount of fertilizer needed for 100 sq. ft. Using the spreader, apply the measured amount on a 100 sq. ft., hard, clean surface. Adjust the setting as necessary. Sweep up and return fertilizer to the spreader.
Spread Fertilizer. Spread fertilizer around the perimeter of the lawn or section of lawn first. Then move back and forth in slightly overlapping strips to cover the whole lawn evenly with fertilizer.
Water the Lawn. A day or two before applying the fertilizer, water the lawn thoroughly. Apply fertilizer once the grass is dry, then lightly water again to wash the fertilizer off the grass blades and into the soil.
Take a soil sample from your lawn to a garden center or testing lab for analysis every three to four years to find out the correct amount of nutrients and other additives, such as lime, sulfur, or gypsum, your lawn needs.
Fertilize during the lawn's most active growth periods: spring and fall in cool climates and early and late summer in warm climates. Avoid fertilizing during very hot weather, when many grass lawns are essentially dormant.
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Latest Generation of High-Performance Gas Springs
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The spring is offered in four sizes, in strokes to 7.87 in. It incorporates an SAE-4 port to accommodate standard full-size hoses, and has six flanges available for mounting.
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Car brakes got an awful lot of attention during the string of recalls by Toyota and other carmakers earlier this year. So when legislators take up the issue of brake pads, it's worth taking notice. This time, it's to help clean up the environment while maintaining safety.
Senate Bill 346 would eliminate brake pads made with copper, which basically flakes off onto the roads and then gets into the runoff, harming shellfish and salmon.
Sen. Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego) wrote a year and a half ago that "California has the opportunity to again lead the nation in protecting our environment."
Except that, Washington state already beat us to it by passing a similar law earlier this year.
The California bill meantime is stuck in the Appropriations Committee because not everyone can agree. Sound familiar?
Car parts dealers and suppliers are not against saving the environment but argue the dates for compliance need to have flexibility or else driver and passenger safety is jeopardized.
"At the same time we are pleading with legislators to consider driver safety, they brush off our appeals and work feverishly to cram through this bill," argues Steve Handschuh of the Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers Association.
In Capitol Weekly, Handschuh writes that California's bill should now follow the lead of Washington state. The bill calls for an across-the-board ban for copper brake pads by 2025, but the Washington state bill allows for an advisory committee that allows for some flexibility.
The motor vehicle parts manufacturing industry plays an important role in California's economy, providing almost 25,000 jobs and indirectly creating more than 120,000 jobs, says Handschuh. And now is not the time to create undue stress on the industry, he argues.
Manufacturers are confident they can come up with an alternative for the majority of vehicles, but need the flexibility to make sure that the new design doesn't compromise performance and safety and isn't worse for the environment, says Alison MacLeod, a spokesperson for the companies supporting the amendments.
SB 346 sounds like a good bill in theory. Let's see if legislators and the automotive manufacturers can reach a compromise and buck the trend and get something passed.


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Cipro joins the 'black box' club
The club may not be as elite as it once was -- or perhaps, in an ideal world, should be -- but the Food and Drug Administration has decided Cipro and its ilk deserve to be members.
As such, the class of antibiotics known as fluoroquinolones will now bear a boxed warning, also known as a "black box," because of reports that the drugs increase the risk of tendinitis and tendon rupture. The FDA has told the manufacturers that the label, the agency's most serious warning, is necessary to ensure that the drugs' benefits outweigh the risks. Always a good thing. It's also told them, while they're at it, to throw in a medication guide to inform patients of potential side effects.
Most people may remember the drugs from their heady days as simply-must-have protection against a potential anthrax attack. But we've all grown older and wiser and less panicked and are now more worried about simply being able to move about the house without hurting something. Says the FDA's release: "The risk of developing fluoroquinolone-associated tendinitis and tendon rupture is further increased in people older than 60, in those taking corticosteroid drugs, and in kidney, heart and lung transplant recipients."
The prescribing information already includes warnings about the potential problem, but sifting through that material isn't easy even for professionals. They're busy, you understand. And besides, there's just something about that black box label that tends to give prescribers -- and prescribees -- pause.
If you've had problems with the drugs (or any drugs), you can offer your two cents at MedWatch, a more user-friendly way of referring to the FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program. Otherwise, how will anyone know?
For an easy-to-read list of other drugs with black box warnings, go to FormWeb. The information is easier to find than on the government site.
-- Tami Dennis
Photo: When anthrax was discovered at a New York mail processing facility in 2001, workers there were given Cipro as a precautionary measure. Other Americans soon wanted it too.
Credit: Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times


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Is there any way for a Google+ brand page to have more than one admin? I'm sure I can share the Gmail account but I'd rather not do this as we'll be having multiple users from different offices.


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Office 2011 for Mac All-in-One For Dummies
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The 2011 version of the Microsoft Office productivity suite for the Mac sports major changes from what Mac users are accustomed to. This soup-to-nuts guide gets the Mac crowd up to date quickly and easily. Individual minibooks thoroughly cover the Project Gallery, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook (new for Mac), and the Project Center. You'll learn how the new Office integrates with the Windows version, how to use and customize the new Ribbon interface, and much more.
- Office for Mac is the most popular office productivity suite for the Mac, used by 1.5 to 2 million people
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PHILADELPHIA - Michael Vick plopped himself on the bench, a towel on his head.
He was about as mobile watching from the sideline as he was under center, his hamstring acting up again.
"I've never had a hamstring injury this bad," he said.
Vick's first pulled hamstring against the Giants cost him two weeks. This time, he lost most of the game.
Wearing the same forlorn expression as 65,000 Philadelphia Eagles fans, all a helpless Vick could do was watch.
Vick and Matt Barkley combined for another miserable outing, and the once-dynamic Philadelphia offense was held without a touchdown for the second straight game. Josh Brown kicked a career-high five field goals, Eli Manning played error-free and the Giants beat Philadelphia 15-7 Sunday.
The Eagles lost for the 10th straight time at Lincoln Financial Field since a win over the Giants on Sept. 30, 2012.
"I don't care if it's home, away, I just want to win," running back LeSean McCoy said. "I'm more disappointed in losing to them today than keeping that streak alive."
The Eagles (3-5) aren't home again until Nov. 17, plenty of time for that losing streak to hang over the Linc.
But the more pressing concern is, who starts at quarterback next week at Oakland?
Vick, the NFL's career QB rushing leader, tested the hamstring last week in practice and insisted he was ready to play. Coach Chip Kelly gave Vick the bulk of the first-team snaps instead of Barkley, perhaps a mistake with no guarantees Vick could stay healthy.
From the start, Vick never had it going.
He threw an interception on Philadelphia's first drive of the game, fumbled on the second, then came up lame on a sideline run.
Vick rode the stationary bike between drives in the second quarter, and conferred with QB coach Bill Lazor and Kelly.
Much like the bike ride, the Eagles' offense was on the road to nowhere.
"I felt good going in," Vick said. "I felt like I did everything I was supposed to do to reassure myself I could go out and play. But there's just nothing like being in the moment and having to move and having to react. When I did that, that's when I pulled it again. I felt the pop."
Nick Foles was impressive in a victory at Tampa Bay, but was awful in a loss last week to Dallas. Foles sustained a concussion on the final play of the third quarter last week and was inactive.
Vick strained his left hamstring late in the first half of a win at the Giants on Oct. 6. He couldn't spend another week on the sideline.
"Once Nick got hurt last week, I just made up my mind that I was going to try to get out there," Vick said. "I was going to try to rehab as hard as I could all week, and try to put myself in a position where I could get back under center and help our team win."
Again, the Eagles turned to Barkley, who got the call with the Eagles trailing 12-0. Barkley threw three interceptions on all their series after replacing Foles in last week's loss to Dallas. On his first drive against the Giants, Barkley lost a fumble, marking four turnovers on four series to start his NFL career. He had his final pass attempt of the game intercepted, ending a last-ditch effort for a shot at an improbable tie game.
"Matt's been thrown in twice in some tough situations," Kelly said.
Barkley, out of USC, was 17 of 26 for 158 yards. He came in and drove the Eagles 78 yards in just over a minute late in the second quarter. But on first down from the 2, Barkley was sacked by Terrell Thomas and fumbled. Jacquian Williams recovered at the Giants 12.
Trailing 15-0, the Eagles finally scored when Zak DeOssie's snap sailed over punter Steve Weatherford's head and Najee Goode picked it up and ran 2 yards for a touchdown with 4:11 left.
Kelly's high-octane offense was hailed as revolutionary after the Eagles had at least 425 yards in each of the first six games. But the QB carousel has stunted the play calling - the Eagles had just 201 yards of offense against New York and have totaled 479 the past two weeks.
If Vick and Foles aren't cleared to play, Barkley would get his first NFL start against the Raiders.
He'll need help: McCoy, the NFL's leading rusher, was held to 48 yards on 15 carries. DeSean Jackson had 63 yards receiving on eight catches.
Brown kicked field goals of 40, 44, 33 and 46 yards on four straight possessions in the first half to give the Giants (2-6) a 12-0 lead.
The Eagles' D held up its end - but an offense in flux has kept them from a .500 record.
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I have to admit, in elementary school I had some mad Hopscotch skills. I remember this popular recess time game being very intricate and competitive. It was much more than just hopping from square to square. There were certain levels that required you to start by launching from a certain start distance and let's not forget the difficult "washing machine" level that required you to spin 360 degrees block to block.
And, I'm not sure if this was a Hawaii thing, or not, but in the Hawaii version of Hopscotch, you would throw your a slipper (flip-flop) to the closest square first (and work your way to the end). If and only if your slipper lands within the square, you'd then proceed to jump through the hopscotch and then the next person would go. Anyone else play hopscotch this way?Â
In any case, this shirt from Kim & Jason brought back memories straight from my playground days. You can pick up Hopscotch from the Kim & Jason Lemonade Stand for just $18.


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Springside Chestnut Hill Academy filmmakers recently enjoyed a huge thrill when their entry in the Greenfield Youth Film Festival took the top honor in the "narrative" category. Chosen from a field of 107 film entries, "A Good List" was the work of video production students senior Stephen Skeel and junior Harrison Tracy.
Their mentor and teacher is Dr. Ellen Fishman-Johnson, Apple Distinguished Educator, director of the Arts and New Media Department chair as well as an accomplished composer. The duo worked for over three months on the project, which is an adaptation of a poem by Brad Leithauser and features the filmmaker's sister, Winslow Tracy '23, as she considers a list of the things she has never done.
On the film festival, which attracted nearly 1,000 film buffs to its award ceremony, Michael Pladus, superintendent of schools of the School District of Upper Dublin, says, "In my nearly thirty years as a school principal or superintendent, the Greenfield Youth Film Festival stands out as a true highlight, and serves as a reminder of the amazing things that can be accomplished when a vision, belief in students, and a love of the arts is matched with financial support and caring to help make dreams come true."
The Greenfield Youth Film Festival began four years ago out of an effort to give aspiring high school filmmakers an outlet for their work and an opportunity for them to learn from and be inspired by working film professionals, college professors, and other experts in the field.
The ceremony was held at the Upper Dublin High School and the top honor comes with a glass trophy and $500 cash prize. This award is the third in four years for students in the video production classes at SCH.


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DOD Schools Engage Students With Technology
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"It's about 21st century learning," Marilee Fitzgerald said in an interview with American Forces Press Service. "And 21st century learning is infused with technology."
With new initiatives, state-of-the-art equipment and a student-centered model of education, the education activity is entering a new technology-based era, she said, that's aimed at energizing and engaging its students.
DOD schools are moving away from an education model that calls for all children to be on the same page, learning the same information, all at the same time, Fitzgerald said, to a model that is about a child's individual needs and learning styles.
Now, rather than all students being on Page 45 in Chapter 4, they're divided into learning centers. A visitor to a 1st or 2nd grade room may see children at one table working on writing, and others working on vocabulary or reading at another. And at each table, the students are working at different levels based on their ability and interests.
"It's a very student-centered approach," Fitzgerald noted.
The activity also is leveraging virtual technology to further engage students. Virtual classes have been a resounding success, she said, with 1,000 enrollments in its virtual learning program.
The virtual program gives students options based on their interests while also helping them to avoid educational gaps, Fitzgerald said, which is particularly important for military children who may move, on average, six to eight times over the course of their school career.
A student may have taken three years of Japanese at one school, but can't finish a fourth year at another since the language taught there is German. Through virtual classes, students not only can take Japanese, but also can do so with a class in the same time zone or even another, with one-on-one attention from a teacher, Fitzgerald said.
"In the 20th century, you'd be told, 'Love German,'" she said. "'We can't offer Japanese, so fall in love with what we have to offer you.' But we're offering a different approach."
Other classes, whether virtual or not, will reflect the nation's emphasis on the importance of embedding science, technology, engineering and mathematics -- or STEM -- into schools, Fitzgerald noted. Last year, officials launched a new literacy program chosen for its focus, not just on historical figures, but on advances or people in STEM fields.
This year, students will showcase their knowledge of STEM with specific activities, she added, such as simulators or robots being built on a school field.
Technology also is transforming DOD classrooms, Fitzgerald said. In a 20th century classroom, computers are relegated to a lab and, without wireless technology, are spaced at intervals along the wall to plug into outlets and connections.
But today's classrooms include mobile, flexible technology, she said. For example, rather than screens embedded into a wall, teachers have "smart boards" on rollers that can be moved from one classroom to another.
"The 21st century classroom is designed to accommodate learning," she said. "The technology should be almost transparent to the learner."
Even the furniture reflects a new style of collaborative instruction and use of technology, she noted. In the past, students would sit at a desk with a chair that's connected. Now students may sit around tables or at desks that can be shifted to suit the lesson. Or they may sit auditorium-style, surrounded by a panoramic screen and listening to instruction from a teacher who is in another classroom and simultaneously teaching another class. And in either case, they may have a handheld device or electronic reader in their hands, she said.
Fitzgerald said she visited an elementary class that was using a smart board. The teacher, she recalled, was teaching a grammar lesson. A list of nouns and verbs appeared on the board, and two icons became swirling vortexes. Children had to come to the board and drag a noun over. If the noun was wrong, the vortex spit it out, or pulled it in if it was correct.
"They love it," she said. "The teacher could really engage the learner. It's real. It's exciting. It captures their attention."
In another classroom Fitzgerald visited, every child held a clicker. The teacher, she said, would ask a question, and the students would press a button that matched their answer. Through technology, students' responses were plotted into a graph so the teacher could see the number of right and wrong responses. And the students could learn about pie charts and other graphs.
"It's conceptual thinking," Fitzgerald said. "It's not just simply in the old way of taking a sample. It's instantaneous graphical representation."
But this technology doesn't serve a purpose if teachers aren't able to access it quickly and efficiently, Fitzgerald noted. It would defeat the purpose, she explained, if it took teachers 20 minutes to pull down a video clip to show to their class.
To ensure they can use technology in real time, she said, the education activity will be increasing its schools' bandwidth beginning this spring so technology can be used without downtime.
Renovation projects and new construction also will help to ensure technology can be used in a meaningful way. The education activity's schools are older, Fitzgerald acknowledged, and many fall into the lower two levels of quality standards. These issues aren't related to safety, she added, but to issues such as plumbing.
To remedy this, the Defense Department launched a program last school year to renovate or replace 134 of its 194 schools worldwide. The DOD programmed $3.7 billion so the activity can bring all of its schools up to the top two quality levels by 2016, Fitzgerald said, and Congress appropriated nearly $400 million in fiscal 2011 to aid the effort.
This effort is aimed not only at modernizing the schools, but also at accommodating learning. Gone will be the wires and evenly spaced plugs along a wall, she said.
"We've reached a point where we need a purposefully built environment," Fitzgerald added. "We're transforming learning and teaching, as well as transforming the buildings in which we operate."
Whether at work or at home, people's lives are infused with technology, she said, and "our children should be learning in the way we live today."
Fitzgerald said it's especially gratifying to offer these opportunities to children from military families. Military members make great sacrifices, she noted, but their children's education shouldn't be among them.
"When our military members do the very important work they have to do to defend our nation, they want to rest assured their children's education isn't compromised due to their career choice," she said. "I want parents to know that when they come into a DoDEA school we've got it, we can do it. And it will be relevant to them."
*Biographies:* Marilee Fitzgerald [ http://www.dodea.edu/home/leadership.cfm ]
*Related Sites:* Department of Defense Education Activity [ http://www.dodea.edu/home/ ]
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Nunez feels fortunate, could return Sunday
DETROIT -- Eduardo Nunez said that he had just one thought after watching a replay of the pitch that drilled him in the right biceps on Friday.
"I'm lucky," Nunez said. "I was thinking I broke my arm, seriously. I never feel so much pain before."
Nunez was hit by Tigers right-hander Doug Fister in the fifth inning of Detroit's 8-3 win over New York at Comerica Park. Manager Joe Girardi said that he could use Nunez to pinch-run on Saturday, but otherwise did not expect him to play.
Jayson Nix started at shortstop in place of Nunez, who said that he might be able to play on Sunday. Most baseball activities were out of the question for Nunez on Saturday, however.
"I don't think I can throw, but I will try to hit in the cage," Nunez said. "I don't know if I can. We'll see."
Girardi had said that he would use catcher Francisco Cervelli as an emergency infielder if needed, but Girardi said that Cervelli would focus on catching Saturday. Girardi suggested that he could try playing Brennan Boesch at first base if needed.


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CEDAR RAPIDS, IA. (June 26, 2013) – Jerry Ford, President of Perfect Game announced today that the 2013 Perfect Game All American Classic Presented by Rawlings will take place on Sunday, August 11th at Petco Park in San Diego, CA, home of MLB's San Diego Padres. This is the 11th annual edition of the country's premier high school baseball All Star Game.
The East vs. West match-up will feature the nation's best high school players, battling at Petco Park for the fifth consecutive year, providing them with a rare opportunity to create Major League memories. Past alumni of this prestigious event include Nick Adenhart and Gio Gonzalez (2003), Buster Posey, Jeremy Hellickson, Andrew McCutchen and Justin Upton (2004), Madison Bumgarner, Matt Harvey, Jason Heyward and Rick Porcello (2006), Gerrit Cole (2007), Jameson Taillon and Bryce Harper (2009) and Jose Fernandez (2010). More than 67 players from previous Classics have already debuted in MLB. Six players have been selected No. 1 overall in the Major League Baseball Draft including Upton, Harper, and Cole.
The 2013 Perfect Game All American Classic Presented by Rawlings will be televised live nationally for the first time on MLB Network, Major League Baseball's Emmy Award-winning 24/7 cable television network. "Following our telecast of the 2013 MLB First-Year Player Draft earlier this month, we are excited to continue to spotlight top high school talent to baseball fans with the Perfect Game All-American Classic on MLB Network," said Tony Petitti, President and CEO of MLB Network.
The selection show will be streamed LIVE on July 17th, 2013 on www.perfectgame.org
"Year after year I am impressed with the extraordinary high school talent this All American Baseball Classic brings to the forefront of the baseball world," said Jerry Ford, President of Perfect Game. "These young athletes have the ability to become Major League stars of the next generation as many have already done before them."
"We are very proud to be a part of THE PREEMINENT High School Baseball All American Game in the country. Perfect Game is the nation's top independent baseball scouting service and Jerry Ford, and his team, excels every year in selecting the very best players, which is evident by the success the alumni for this game has had in the MLB." said David Gardiner, President of Blue Ridge Sports & Entertainment, Inc. "Also, our game week is a little different than any others with the ancillary outings the players undertake, including a visit to Rady Children's Hospital."
The 2013 version of the Classic will include an even stronger focus on raising money for the event's beneficiary, Rady Children's Hospital. In the weeks leading up to the Classic, two San Diego-based players selected to play in the game—Brady Aiken from Cathedral Catholic High School and Alex Jackson from Rancho Bernardo High School—will conduct an online fundraising contest to raise funds for the Hospital. Also, during the game, a "Stand up for the fight against cancer" will be held during the 7th Inning of the game for the first time. Since the inception of the Classic, more than $700,000 has been raised to help prevent childhood cancer.


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Hearts on the pitch
There were 18 goals scored in the 90 minutes and over 41,000 spectators for this year's Partita del Cuore charity football match. This year, it beat all records and raised around 1.5 million Euros for the Candiolo Institute's work on cancer research, selling about half a million tickets at Turin's Juventus Stadium, while a further million went via SMS. Therefore no losers at the game between the Nazionale Italiana Cantanti and the Team Campioni, made up of personalities from the world of show business, sport, TV and news, in a game where the winners were solidarity and the show itself. Fernando Alonso took part, scoring twice as well as producing a peach of a penalty, while managing to play for both teams, representing Scuderia Ferrari, along with colleague Giancarlo Fisichella.


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EMI Still Trying to Avoid Citigroup's Clutches
Citigroup doesn't own the record label that brings you the Beatles. Yet.
And the company that does own EMI, private equity shop Terra Firma, is trying to keep it that way for a little longer. Terra Firma is appealing a November court ruling it lost against Citigroup, which lent it the money for a terribly conceived $7 billion deal to buy EMI, way back in 2007.
But barring big legal reversal, it's hard to see how the bank won't end up with the keys to the company sooner than later. The U.K. Observer thinks it could happen "within weeks."
If and when it does, I'm not sure it will make that much difference to the label's employees, its acts or its customers, who have been dealing with a company in a state of confused stasis for several years.
And the label is also unlikely to stay in Citi's clutches for long–the most obvious move would be to break the company up and sell the pieces, with Warner Music the logical buyer for EMI's recorded music group.


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Napoli personifies key parts of Red Sox's makeover
Character, characters integral to Boston's immediate clubhouse camaraderie in 2013
BOSTON -- To understand the 2013 Red Sox, maybe all you need to do is understand Mike Napoli.
"The way I look at it is that it'll all work out, if you do things the right way," he said. "That's what I tried to do."
That pretty much sums up the entire club. Napoli arrived at Spring Training after a long, difficult few weeks, and after the original contract he agreed to was never completed. That deal was worth $39 million over three years, but during the pre-signing physical, the Red Sox's medical staff discovered a hip condition it believed could be degenerative.
Napoli did end up with Boston, but with a one-year, $5 million deal that included $8 million in incentives. If he was bitter about the experience, no one ever knew it. When Napoli showed up for Spring Training, he was focused only on being the best player and teammate he could be.
No surprise there. That's precisely the reputation Napoli forged for himself during seven seasons with the Angels and Rangers. He has always been a guy who lost his own ego inside the inner-workings of a team. As he said, he believed that if he did the right thing, everything else would work out.
Napoli was one of the seven free agents signed by general manager Ben Cherington, and like the others, he was sought both for being a good player and a good teammate. Perhaps the most remarkable thing about this team is that despite all the new players, the Red Sox became a team very quickly.
Cherington said he noticed good things happening early in Spring Training when he would visit the dining room and find players staying late to talk baseball, family, whatever.
Cherington had attempted to sign players cut from similar cloth, and he did his job so well that the Red Sox bonded quickly. Playing well is also important, and Napoli did his part with 23 home runs, 38 doubles and 73 walks this season.
Now, with the World Series switching back to Fenway Park for Game 6 (air time 7:30 p.m. ET tonight on FOX; first pitch at 8:07 p.m.), Napoli will be back in the lineup at first base. He served as a pinch-hitter during three games in St. Louis as David Ortiz got three starts at first. Ortiz will be the designated hitter for Game 6.
The Red Sox have been asked again and again how all this happened, how a team that didn't acquire a single star-caliber player has gotten within one victory of a championship.
"I can't say I really know how it happened," Napoli said. "I think it's just the amount of veterans we have on this team. A lot of us have been there before. We've been through some tough times. We've been through good times.
"I think we just know how to deal with it. Everyone just wanted to win. It wasn't about you as an individual. It was about everybody together doing something, winning together. There are a lot of different personalities, but for some reason, it all meshes together."
Nine months later, the Red Sox are close on the field and off. If that sounds like the kind of stuff only the media cares about, virtually any player will tell you that camaraderie and caring about one another is a critical element in getting through a long season with its highs and lows and tests, both big and small.
"We don't just hang out while we're here," Napoli said. "We hang out off the field. Our families get together. It's a group that's so tight. We play for each other. No one is selfish on this team. We play for one another."
And there are those beards, a different kind of team-building experience.
"It started in Spring Training," Napoli said. "Me and Jonny [Gomes] and [Dustin] Pedroia were messing around, saying we're going to grow it out all year. It seems like everyone jumped on it. It's just something we do in the clubhouse. We do a lot of things together. That's how tight we are. We love each other. It's just something fun that we do."
Those beards will be a chapter of New England lore if the Red Sox win the World Series. Fans show up at games with fake beards. T-shirts showing the outline of a bearded face are popular, too.
"Fans jumped on it, didn't they?" Napoli said. "They love it. It's just something that's part of this season. We love it. They love it. It's part of our team. It's just something fun."
Bet Napoli is looking forward to the end of the World Series, so he can get a nice, clean shave.
Right, Mike?
"I'm keeping mine," he said.
Magical seasons are composed of dozens of different things, from young players performing better than expected to the stars playing like stars.
The Red Sox have had all sorts of things go right, but it all began back in Fort Myers, Fla., with a bunch of guys setting their sights on a common goal.
"That's when we began working for this," Napoli said. "Working together. We got here, but we want to win this thing."


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BALTIMORE – The UMBC men's basketball team tied an NCAA Division I record by playing in their fourth consecutive overtime game, but extra time was unkind to the Retrievers as they fell, 89-83, to visiting Loyola at the RAC Arena.
The Greyhounds improved to 4-0 on the season and have won all four games by seven points or less. UMBC is now 2-3 and 2-2 in the overtime games.
UMBC sophomore forward Malik Garner (Philadelphia, Pa./Chestnut Hill Academy) led four Retrievers in double figures with 18 points.
Loyola senior guard Dylon Cormier, who was averaging 28.3 points per game entering the contest, scored 34 in 44 minutes of action. But it was sophomore wing Eric Laster who buried four late treys in a 48-second span to force overtime.
UMBC had staged a 23-point rally to send Sunday's contest vs. Mount St. Mary's into overtime, where the Retrievers prevailed. But on this night, Loyola used some incredible marksmanship down the stretch to erase a 17-point deficit midway through the second half and prevail.
The Retrievers still maintained a 10-point cushion at 73-63 with 90 seconds remaining, but Laster converted his first trey to trim the lead to seven points just seven seconds later. After UMBC junior guard Joey Getz (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Wood) hit one of two free throws, Laster struck again and Loyola was within 74-69 with 1:14 remaining.
UMBC senior guard Quentin Jones (Baltimore, Md./Mt. St. Joseph) briefly stemmed the tide, hitting a long field goal from the left corner, but Laster answered, this time with Garner draped all over him.
The hosts were still up by four, but made the critical mistake of turning the ball over after a Loyola timeout. Cormier made the steal and fed Laster, who swished this shot from the right wing and the 17-point advantage had shrunk to 76-75 with 42 seconds to play.
Both teams then squandered opportunities to win in regulation. After a UMBC missed shot, Cormier was fouled on a run-out, but only converted the tying free throw with 11.3 seconds to play. Retriever freshman guard Rodney Elliott (Baltimore, Md./John Carroll), who excelled in the second half, drove to the basket and was fouled with 3.0 seconds left. But Ellliott, who had hit all four free throw attempts on the evening to that point, missed both and the game went to overtime.
Loyola maintained the momentum and never trailed in the extra frame.
UMBC senior forward Chase Plummer (Plainfield, N.J./St. Patrick) came off the bench to add 17 points to the Retriever cause, while Eliott added 13 points and senior post Brett Roseboro (Quakertown, Pa./Quakertown) scored 11.
Laster scored 15 of his 16 points in the second half.
For the second straight game, UMBC dominated the glass, and outrebounded Loyola, 50-31. UMBC corralled more than 20 (22) offensive rebounds for the second consecutive game. They outscored Loyola, 20-9, on second chance points, but the Greyhounds capitalized on 20 UMBC turnovers, turning those into 30 points.
Loyola shot exactly 50 percent from the floor (28-of-56) for the game, while UMBC slumped after halftime and just managed to stay over 40 percent (28-of-69).
UMBC, which was shooting just 56.6 percent from the stripe, hit 24-of-31 (77.4). The Retrievers made 15 of their first 16 second half attempts, but misfired on four of their final six in regulation.
The other three schools to play four straight overtime games are Jacksonville (1982, 3-1), Illinois State (1985, 3-1) and Dayton (1988, 1-3). Hence, it has been 25 years since the last occurrence.
The Retrievers take on Navy in Annapolis on Saturday evening.


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Cards overpower D-backs for victory No. 1
PHOENIX -- Behind a trio of home runs, a key 94-mph strike from Edward Mujica and an uplifting performance from lefty Jaime Garcia, the Cardinals snagged their first win of the 2013 season, 6-1 over the D-backs in front of 28,387 at Chase Field on Tuesday night.
Though the Cardinals created a comfortable cushion by teeing off against reliever Heath Bell in the seventh, the sixth inning served as the apex of the night for St. Louis, which entered the game attempting to avoid only its second 0-2 start in the last six years.
A tie game tipped the Cardinals' way when Matt Holliday lined an ankle-high pitch from D-backs starter Trevor Cahill over the wall in left with one on and one out in the sixth. The two-run blast, which had hardly a curve in its trajectory, stands as the team's first home run of the year and staked Garcia to a lead -- his first of the night.
"Their starting pitching these first two days has been really tough," Holliday said. "So for us to be able to kind of break through and get some runs, it was good."
It was hardly Cahill's first look at Holliday's power. The two were teammates in Oakland, and since then, Holliday has hit three home runs in nine at-bats against the right-hander.
"I threw it where I wanted to throw it, and he's just really strong," said Cahill. "He's just probably the strongest guy I've seen. If it hits the barrel, it's going to go out no matter if he's on one foot or one toe or whatever. He's just kind of a freak athlete."
Garcia, with a critical lift from the 'pen, would hold that lead, providing the lefty with a performance that should continue to foster the confidence he talked about gaining over the past few weeks. Garcia resembled the pitcher he was throughout spring, garnering several swing and misses on offspeed pitches and pitching low in the zone. One of his few mistakes up was driven by Miguel Montero for a second-inning homer.
Garcia responded by retiring 14 of the next 16 D-backs hitters he faced.
"It wasn't that he was fooling guys with a lot of pitches, he just kept changing speeds with his heater," Arizona second baseman Aaron Hill said. "You hate to tip your cap, but he did a great job tonight."
Garcia's lone speed bump came in the sixth, when he walked three straight with two outs. Manager Mike Matheny attributed the lapse to Garcia reaching a point of fatigue. Garcia countered that assessment, instead crediting Arizona for laying off several borderline pitches.
Matheny chose not to let Garcia attempt to pitch out of the jam. Mujica, the Cardinals' go-to reliever in similar spots last season, was summoned from the 'pen.
A seven-pitch at-bat by pinch-hitter Jason Kubel ensued, one that began with four straight changeups. It's a pitch Mujica favors, but also one that catcher Yadier Molina assumed Kubel would be expecting. So with the count 2-2, Molina called for the fastball, three times in a row, the last one framed the outside corner for an inning-ending strikeout.
"That was the turning point in the game," Matheny said. "No question."
"I just followed Yadi because he had [helped retire] Kubel yesterday," Mujica said. "Yadi was good behind the plate and called that fastball away. I did a pretty good job to put it in the spot. I think he was looking for something slow, like maybe my changeup. I surprised him with a fastball away."
It was the last tight spot the Cardinals would pitch in all night, and preserved the lead for Garcia, whose outing should further quell questions about the strength of his left shoulder.
"When he's pitching like that, he's as good as anyone in the league," Holliday said. "When he's got it going, he's as hard to hit as anybody."
An opportunity for the Cardinals to see how their late-inning sequence of Mujica, Trevor Rosenthal and Mitchell Boggs would fare in the first save situation sans Jason Motte was eliminated when the Cardinals pounced on Bell.
Seventh-inning homers from Pete Kozma and Jon Jay extended St. Louis' lead to five. Bell, who gave up eight runs in four appearances against the Cardinals last year, retired only one of the six batters he faced.
"He didn't locate at all," Arizona manager Kirk Gibson said. "He didn't execute his pitches very well tonight, and if you don't execute against this club, they are very good."
The Cardinals closed the win in impressive fashion, showcasing the firepower they flaunt in the back end of their 'pen. After a scoreless seventh from Mujica, Rosenthal reached 100 mph twice en route to striking out two in a perfect eighth. Boggs retired the side in order in the ninth.