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"Multimode Jahn-Teller effect in bulk systems: A case of the NV0 center in diamond", Physical Review B, vol. 97, p. 165204, 2018.,
"Nucleation of stoichiometric compounds from liquid: Role of the kinetic factor", Physical Review Materials, vol. 2, p. 8, 2018.,
"A self-contained algorithm for determination of solid-liquid equilibria in an alloy system", Computational Materials Science, vol. 150, pp. 353-357, 2018.,
"Novel penta-graphene nanotubes: strain-induced structural and semiconductor-metal transitions", Nanoscale, vol. 9, pp. 19310-19317, 2017.,
"Phase transitions in MgSiO3 post-perovskite in super-Earth mantles", Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 478, pp. 40-45, 2017.,
"Si-centered capped trigonal prism ordering in liquid Pd82Si18 alloy study by first-principles calculations", RCS Advances, vol. 7, pp. 18093-18098, 2017.,


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Despite an abundance of natural resources, especially oil and uranium, Chad continues to occupy one of the lowest positions in the classification of countries created by the United Nations, according to the Human Development Index (HDI). Around 60% of the population of Chad (estimated at 10 million) live on less than one dollar a day.
This contradiction between the significant availability of natural resources and the persistence of high levels of poverty among the population is the reason why civil society in Chad is making efforts to demand and achieve a fair division of the profits from extractive industries.
In addition, Chad is a country in conflict. This conflict, which displays internal dynamics as well as regional ones with Sudan and the Central African Republic, represents a serious threat to the life, security and livelihoods of the population, especially in the east of the country.
Oxfam in Chad
We have been collaborating with civil society organizations in Chad since 1966, to achieve the following objectives:
- Increase the income of the farmers in the south of the country, especially in the regions of Eastern Logone, Western Logone and Mandoul, by improving the production, processing and marketing of cereals, peanuts and cotton.
- Increase the capacity of the communities in the regions of Kanem, Guéra, Batha and Ouadai (Sahel belt) to avoid and/or address the consequences of droughts and floods (climate change) on their livelihoods.
- Increase the capacity of the population to demand greater transparency from the government of Chad with regard to the production and use of resources from extractive industries, especially oil.
- Contribute to the building and strengthening of civil society, particularly in the countryside, in order to increase its capacity to influence local and regional development policies.
- Provide water and sanitation to people housed in refugee camps and those displaced internally in the east of Chad; to take steps to ensure their right to security and to make their own decisions on where to settle. To provide help with food security and/or water and sanitation to cope with current or future crises (such as droughts, floods, cholera).
West Africa crisis
In Chad Oxfam focus is cash distribution, providing tarpaulins for shelter, and supply of clean water to help prevent the spread of diseases.

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Privacy Policy
Kalahari Development LLC, LMN Development LLC, Kalahari Resorts LLC and Kalahari Management Co. LLC (collectively, "we", "us", "our") are committed to safeguarding the privacy of every individual who visits our Internet sites ("Websites"), specifically www.KalahariResorts.com. The following Privacy Policy outlines the information we will collect through the Websites and how that information will be used. This Policy will also instruct you on what to do if you do not want this information collected or further disseminated. Any changes to the Privacy Policy will always be posted on the Websites.
Information We Collect:
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The term 'personally identifiable information' refers to data you voluntarily provide while using the Websites that identifies you and/or the company on whose behalf you are accessing and using the Websites. Examples of personal information may include data in connection with our services, such as your name, e-mail address, phone number, company affiliation, physical address and/or certain other personal information.
Personally identifiable information is never collected through the Websites in a non-obvious manner.
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The term 'non-personally identifiable information' refers to general information collected through technology regarding Websites visitors and users that relates specifically to the Websites. For instance, when visiting the Websites, your IP address may be collected. An IP address is often associated with the portal or service through which you enter the Internet. Standing alone, your IP address is not personally identifiable.
The Websites also use cookies. A cookie is a text file placed on your computer's hard drive that identifies your computer so the site can remember information you have told us before or activities you have carried out on our site. The cookies can only contain data you told us about yourself. They cannot examine your computer or read data from it. Cookies cannot transmit a virus or do damage to your system. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. By clicking on the Help portion of your browser's menu bar, you can learn how to reset your browser to refuse all cookies, or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.
Examples of non-personally identifiable information collected include traffic patterns, number of visits to certain pages, visits from other Internet sites or to third-party Internet sites linked to the Websites, use of particular services and interest in services, information or features of the Websites or other parties made available through or found at the Websites.
The Websites also utilize Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting. Learn more about how you can manage what information Google collects here.
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Your personally identifiable information may be shared with reputable third parties, but only for use in advertising campaign delivery or to provide more relevant advertising. Your personally identifiable information may be combined with additional information provided by you or augmented from other data sources.
We will not sell or rent any personally identifiable information collected with any party not affiliated with us without your express written consent, except as provided below.
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Non-personally identifiable information may be used to provide anonymous statistical analysis of visitor traffic patterns, administer the Websites and servers, to allow for the auditing of our services by third parties and to improve our services.
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We may collect and use personally identifiable information that you submit at the Websites in any manner consistent with uses in this Privacy Policy or disclosed elsewhere on the Websites at the point you submit such personal information.
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The Internet sites owned and operated by Kalahari Development LLC, LMN Development LLC and/or Kalahari Resorts LLC may contain links to other Internet sites. These third party Internet sites may not follow the same privacy practices of Kalahari Development LLC, LMN Development LLC and/or Kalahari Resorts LLC. Therefore, we are not responsible for the privacy practices or the actions of third parties, including without limitation, any Internet site owners whose Internet sites may be reached through any Internet site owned or operated by Kalahari Development LLC, LMN Development LLC and Kalahari Resorts LLC. For this reason, we strongly encourage you to view the privacy policies of these other sites prior to submitting any personally identifiable information to them.
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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
1: Meaningful Interpretation
Analyze the Video
Video SummaryIn "Meaningful Interpretation," Professor Virginia Scott of Vanderbilt University addresses the value of teaching interpretive communication skills. Professor Scott also joins a round-table discussion on effective approaches to teaching interpretation skills, moderated by University of Pittsburgh professor Richard Donato, and including teachers Lauri Dabbieri of Fairfax, Virginia, and Michel Pasquier of New Hyde Park, New York. The video also features excerpts from Ms. Dabbieri's and Mr. Pasquier's classes, as well as other classes across different grade levels and languages.* The video addresses the following questions:
Watch the Video
Watch the video "Meaningful Interpretation," and take notes as you watch. Consider pausing at the end of each section to answer the questions before moving on to the next section. If you are working in a group, discuss your responses; if you are working alone, reflect on them in your journal.
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In the second week of each month, we discuss a particular food or recipe that can help us stay healthy or get healthier. We've had a nice bit of online discussion, so we'll continue with this format.
Last summer, I vaguely recall someone on the blog complaining about having to take some of their meds with food. Being that some of us take our medications throughout the day, this can make for some pretty unhealthy eating habits.
During that discussion, I mentioned that a small low fat/nonfat yogurt could be an answer. Today, I'd like to talk further about this fun (and healthful) food.
Yogurt is an old food. Most food anthropologists believe that it was transported by the Mongols to Turkey a very long time ago. Back then, milk was put into the stomachs of dead animals and carried around. Naturally occurring "cultures" (read as good bacteria) would make something of a fresh cheese of this milk. Bacteria produces lactic acid in the milk as it ferments. This lowers the pH, making it tart and longer-lasting (if good bacteria are thriving in there, pathogenic bacteria cannot – acidic conditions and all). The milk protein thickens but does not curdle like in cheese.
The "partial digestion" of the milk proteins that occurs while the bacteria ferment the milk makes yogurt easy to digest and gives the gastrointestinal tract back some nonpathogenic flora.
Yogurts range in fat content from "full" fat to low and nonfat varieties. The nutritional content may vary some between the choices. Average low fat yogurt has about 150 calories per cup (which may seem like a lot, but it packs a nutritional punch ounce-for-ounce, and a cup is a lot of yogurt). "Full fat" versions can have as many as 250 calories per cup and the nonfat yogurts have under 100.
It's not just a calorie thing. The amount of protein per ounce has serious effects on the calories in yogurt. Fact of the matter, you can get eight to 12 grams of protein per eight-ounce serving of this powerhouse.
Whether it's a morning staple, mid-day snack or a condiment on your evening meal, yogurt is a nutritional heavyweight, which can keep us from becoming one.
Here's a little salad that's easy to whip-up, easily adjustable to your taste and oh, so good for us:
Rita Salad
8 oz yogurt (plain)
1/4 cup milk
1 small onion
1 small tomato
1 small cucumber (pealed and seeded)
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. curry powder(optional)
1/2 tsp. black pepper (ground)
Beat yogurt and milk until smooth.
Chop onion and tomatoes and add to yogurt.
Add salt and pepper and sprinkle with curry (or other spice blend you like) and serve.
Wishing you and your family the best of health.


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PeterLI wrote:rarely notice the hanging note bug with my CTs to be honest.
The story of true horrors of using Creative SB16 family is found This comprehensive study by Queststudios members has it all, thanks to the help of WayBack Machine archives.
Shudder, and behold...
from the first dilemma to the bottom. It deals with Creative Vibra, SB16 and AWE32 bugs.
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old AD&D games said it well,
"The last warning is festooned with dead birds and a broken sword. It reads, "I'd turn back if I were you!"


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Offering Wi-Fi can be a good way to increase return customers and boost revenue in retail stores, hotels, cafes, etc. And it provides convenience for contractors and associates working in corporate offices and conference rooms. Though visitors might have 4G mobile devices or laptops, Wi-Fi can provide a faster, higher quality connection.
We looked at four Wi-Fi hotspot solutions that can be used to offer guests and visitors wireless and wired access. Some offer free access, with the ability to make customers agree to your terms of service before Internet access is given by what it called a captive portal. Others support fee-based access where guests/visitors can purchase access time via their device or from a cashier using a ticket printer.
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Leave your stress behind and immerse yourself in unparalleled relaxation at The Verde River Rock House. You'll be pampered in the comfort and charm of the "Rock House" – leave all your cares behind as we take care of everything! We are definitely not your ordinary Bed and Breakfast! The Rock House offers a unique Retreat - combining modern comforts & warm hospitality in a casually elegant setting. As our Guests you'll experience the warmth of staying with good friends along with all the comforts & privacy afforded by a fine hotel. It is our goal to give you the opportunity to truly experience all that the awesome Payson Rim Country has to offer - making your stay a truly pleasurable, unique and memorable experience! Our Inn is situated on a quiet private road along the banks of the beautiful and scenic East Verde River - Our secluded Hilltop setting (with no visible neighbors - other than the abundant wildlife) features some of the most spectacular views the Payson Rim Country has to offer. We are surrounded by Tonto National Forest - the air is crisp & clean, stars shine brightly and you will fall asleep to the sound of the gently flowing East Verde River - no pollution, noise or traffic - yet we are only 5 minutes outside of "Payson Proper" and within 12-15 miles of the quaint towns of Pine & Strawberry.
The Verde River Rock House is an extremely private, relaxing and personal Bed and Breakfast. During your stay YOU and your guest(s) will be our exclusive guest(s) -- Although our guest quarters features 2 + bedrooms & a private massage studio - we cater to one client at a time to guarantee you complete privacy! There are no guests staying in adjacent rooms (unless they are with your party) - Your accommodations are a PRIVATE SUITE with a Den (with fireplace) and creek side deck (with comfortable gliders, twin hammocks and gas grill). Amenities include a therapeutic Jacuzzi hot tub/ spa, Full size 4 person Canadian Cedar Sauna, private fireplace, outdoor fire pit (weather permitting), Private guest Den features a 42" Flat Screen HD television (premium satellite 250 channel programming including 31 movie channels), Blue-ray DVD player and an extensive movie library for your exclusive use, Guest Gas BBQ (you are also welcome to use the Kitchen area), We feature soft premium linens & SPA Robes and Slippers, Gilchrist & Soames Spa products, In Suite Telephone (free domestic long distance), Wireless High Speed Cable access (guest loner laptop available), Fax/printing services available and courtesy fishing gear on premises (the East Verde River is stocked by Fish and Game so you can literally fish in our back yard). We can also arrange a heavenly & relaxing massage by a licensed Massage/Physical Therapist on site (at the rate of $65 and up per hour with advance notice) and offer complete menu of SPA services available on site by licensed technicians or we can arrange services for you in Payson. Feeling adventourous? We can book you a Four Hour Guided Hiking Tour of awesome Fossil Creek (Strawberry) with your very own pack Llama and gourmet boxed lunch for only $65 per person (advance reservations required and subject to availability) -- call us for details!
Our Rates
Our rates start at $199 per night single occupancy - $235 for double occupancy - with a special rate for each additional guest in your party over 2 (we reserve the right to limit the total number of guests) - our rates are inclusive complimentary evening hors d'oeuvres and beverages (alcoholic or non - your choice) on your private creek side deck in the evening, complimentary snacks and beverages provided 24/7 and a full breakfast in the morning - be sure and check out of Chef's Menu sampling! On occasion we run mid-week special pricing - "packages" or last minute "hot deals" - be sure to check out our posted specials or feel free to call to check on rates and availability. We also offer a multitude of additional services (at an additional cost) including additional meals (lunch, dinners - picnics) and rentals - hourly or daily ATV (Yamaha Rhino or Polaris Razor) or Harley Rental (to qualified licensed drivers & subject to availability), Mountain Bikes and a Whimsical Vintage Schwinn Tandem Bike (Tandem Bike is best to be ridden in town - we can deliver it for you - with advance notice), pedal/paddle boat rental available to fish from or just lazily drift the East Verde River in. Off Road Jeep Tours are also available. CALL FOR LAST MINUTE SPECIALS!
**ANNOUNCING OUR PRIVATE ON SITE CASITA!! La Petite Maison Casita is a separate fully self contained and private Casita that sits on the grounds of the Casita and rents for $185 per night -- click on the "Private Casita tab" to see pictures and information on the Casita and also our separate offsite 2-4 person Chalet or Call Maggie @ 602-696-0213 for rates and availability**
Reservation Deposit:
We request a fifty (50%) deposit at the time reservations are made. Reservation deposits can be made with check or credit card payment.
Because of our intimate and unique accommodations, and the fact that we book only one set of guests at a time, we are required to charge guests the full cost of their stay (plus the cost of any special services ordered) if you fail to arrive as reserved with no notice of intent to cancel.
Provided further your deposit will be refunded or applied towards a future stay if we are notified of your need to cancel (by telephone at 602-696-0213) at least seven (7) days prior to the date of your reservation (14 days for holiday reservations) and/or if we are able to re-book the reserved dates – less a $20 credit card handling fee and travel agent commission, if applicable.
Rather you are looking to simply get out of the Phoenix Heat, wanting to explore and hike the Rim Country (we are approximately 3 miles from Tonto Natural Bridge) or want to Rest/Relax while being pampered & spoiled - you'll find it all at "The Rock House!" We look forward to hearing from you!
Come. Let us Pamper you!
Your hosts - Steve and Maggie Evans
(928) 472-4304 or (602) 696-0213
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More than likely GM NorAm veep for sales, service and marketing, Mark LaNeve never actually saw this dealer bulletin going out today, but damn it, it's even more funny if he actually did. It's a bulletin sent to all General Motor dealerships in the US, letting them in on something so amazing, so killer-cool, so hawt — all dealers have to know about it...and know about it right now. Here's the opening, with emphasis added for your enjoyment, and the rest after the jump.
Dear GM Dealers:
Here's a great opportunity! The date of the Summer 2006 NADA Dealer Attitude Survey administration has been extended through Friday, August 11, 2006. So, if you haven't had a chance yet to submit your feedback, please do so by directly linking to the Web site at...
...http://www.nadasurvey.com. If you've already turned in your survey, thank you for taking the time to do this.
There are a number of third-party sources we here at GM utilize to monitor the company's performance, but there's no better way than reviewing NADA survey results for us to understand how your customers are feeling and how you think we can continue to improve our mutual business. I assure you we take the survey seriously and spend significant time analyzing the results - and then acting on your feedback.
Importantly, remember, the more surveys we get, the more accurate the survey will be. So, I urge you to please take time to let us know what you think. Your feedback matters and will help keep us heading in the right direction.
Thanks for all your continued support.
Mark LaNeve
GMNA Vice-President
Vehicle Sales, Service and Marketing
Yes, we've got to say how sad it is that its so in need of positive reinforcement, the General needs to be upbeat and positive about a "Dealer Attitude Survey." Either that or folks in LaNeves office are all on Zoloft.
Broke? GM Fires Multibillion-Dollar Claim Against Delphi


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Reynolds gets call at first in series finale
TORONTO -- Indians manager Terry Francona has used the same batting order for his team's first three games, but included a slight defensive adjustment on Thursday.
Mark Reynolds, who served as the team's designated hitter in the first two games of the season, was slotted in as the first baseman in the finale of this three-game set in Toronto. First baseman Nick Swisher was moved into the DH role to accommodate the switch.
"I don't want him to just be a DH," Francona said of Reynolds. "One, I don't think it's fair to him. Two, he's a pretty good first baseman, and I think it helps Swish."
Swisher also has the ability to play right field, and Francona said he might make that position change at some point this weekend against Tampa Bay, in order to get right fielder Drew Stubbs off the artificial turf for a day. That said, Francona has loved what he has seen from Swisher to this point at first base.
"Maybe people don't realize what he's capable of doing," Francona said. "I know he has really good actions. He will get better with reps, but we knew when we signed him [he could handle first base]. I remember seeing him and thinking, 'This guy, he's got first base actions.' He's not like a converted guy. His actions have first base written all over them."
During the upcoming road series against the Rays, Francona also plans on working backup catcher Lou Marson and utility infielders Mike Aviles and Ryan Raburn into at least one game apiece. Francona might slot them in on Friday or Saturday, considering Cleveland will be facing lefties Matt Moore and David Price in those games.
"By the time we leave Tampa, everybody will play," Francona said. "I'll spend a lot of time [planning the lineups] on the flight tonight."


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June 27 @ 8:30 am - 9:45 am
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Peace Is Every Step-A contemplative Walking Experience
Thursdays from 8:30 am to 9:45 am
TYPE: Program Contemplative| PACE: Conversational | TERRAIN: Dirt Traiil| DISTANCE: Approx. 2 miles| COST: FREE
Join us for an EPIC Life Walking Experience! Engage your senses on these guided weekly walking meditations that reflect on Sacred Creation as a mirror to our inner life. We reflect on the changing Seasons, the movements of Nature, the creative energy of the Earth, and the Force of Life that unites all things. Sacred readings from different traditions as well as poems, times for reflection, and walking in silence as prayer, move us into becoming Beings of Compassion.
Walking Movement Leader: Maria Rosa Galter, a Walk2Connect Member-Owner, invites you to experience the benefits of walking as a spiritual practice through these weekly guided contemplative walks. Maria, a graduate of Benedictine Spiritual Formation Program and the Bovine Metropolis Theater School of Improv, is an avid hiker who loves to correlate improv, life, and spirituality. She explores those spaces in her organization, EPIC Life Walks. EPIC Walking Experiences are themed walks that focus on expansive, playful, intentional, and creative ways to re"member" ourselves and be present to ourselves, each other, and our vast world of transcendent beauty.
Schedule and Planning: Meet at Alderfer Ranch parking lot (part of Three Sisters Open Space Park) at 8:25 am for check in and to sign waivers if necessary. We will start promptly at 8:30 am. Plan on using the restroom at the parking lot before the hike.
Directions: From I-70, take exit 252 to Evergreen. Stay on Evergreen Parkway past Evergreen Lake. Bear south (right) past the lake to Highway 73. Turn west (right) on Buffalo Park Road from Highway 73, just south of downtown Evergreen, and travel approximately 1.5 miles to the Alderfer Ranch Parking Lot (drive past the Three Sisters lot and past the yellow house and barn to the parking lot by the big meadow). Call me at 720-810-2837 if you can't find it!
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– Dogs are allowed on this one as long as they enjoy contemplative walks! There is a leash law, so please have your friendly faced furry friend on a non-retractable leash!
– Accessibility: This is a dirt trail/off-trail hike on rolling and at times steeper terrain with 400 ft of elevation gain over 3 miles. It is not wheelchair accessible.
– Wear/Bring: comfortable socks & clothing (pref. non-cotton!), light backpack for snacks and water, gloves/scarf, warm hat, appropriate outerwear for weather conditions.
– Restrooms are available at the trailhead before we go. Please plan to use restroom before our hike.
– Cancellation Policy: We only cancel in extreme weather conditions on our path, such as ice, hail, or lightening. Text Maria at 720-810-2837 for the most up-to-date conditions.
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While the main emphasis is on age appropriate technique, we are not a competition school and equal importance is given to providing a fulfilling, fun environment for young dancers. Students are, however, well grounded in formal technique and are fully prepared to go to a competitive program should they choose. An annual recital is held in June. The school also has a summer camp in Los Gatos and participates in various special events.
Mrs.Terry Phillips (or Miss. Terry as she is universally known) is the owner and principal instructor. She has been teaching in the Saratoga area since 1975. Her professional training and performing career includes dancing with the Ballet Tacoma, San Francisco Ballet, and Oakland Metropolitan Ballet companies.
The Saratoga School of Dance is located in the Quito Village Shopping Center at 18778 Cox Avenue, Saratoga. This is just North, along Saratoga Avenue, from the Highway 85/Saratoga Avenue exit. For additional information call the dance studio at: 408-866-4691 or the office at: 831-338-4691.
Nutcracker rehearsal times are on the Events Page. Regular class times remain the same.
Classical art classes in oil painting for children and adult are now available in The Grand View Art School adjacent to Saratoga School of Dance. Classes are taught by Mr. Stephen Baumann, creator of the PBS television show the "Grand View". Stop by for a brochure or contact Stephen at (415) 606-9074 (cell) or 800-511-1337.
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Rocker Adam Levine and his supermodel fiancee Behati Prinsloo have exchanged vows in Mexico.
The Maroon 5 frontman and the Victoria's Secret model wed at Flora Farms in Cabo San Lucas on Saturday evening.
The bride wore a Marchesa gown and reports suggest Stevie Nicks, who will join Levine as an adviser on the next season of TV talent show "The Voice," performed at the nuptials.
The couple will will honeymoon in South Africa, according to E! News.
Levine proposed to Prinsloo a year ago.
The wedding bash began with a celebrity-studded beach party on Friday night. Levine's bandmates, Robert Downey, Jr., Jason Segel, Jonah Hill and models Erin Heatherton and Coco Rocha were among the guests.


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Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Workshop 8: Teaching the Power of Revision
Workshop 8 takes viewers into the classrooms of three language arts teachers—Velvet McReynolds, Mary Cathryn Ricker, and Jack Wilde—as their students tackle the ongoing task of revision.
To Velvet McReynolds, revision is at the heart of the writing process—it's "where the magic happens." Using a student exemplar, class discussion, handouts, and individual and small-group work, Velvet prompts her seventh-graders to focus on revising personal narratives they wrote earlier in the year. The two-day session culminates with a celebration circle where students share "before" and "after" versions of their papers.
Mary Cathryn Ricker's seventh-grade students are beginning work on an autobiographical multigenre project. On the second day of the unit, Mary Cathryn presents a mini-lesson on the Barry Lane revision technique of "exploding the moment." After the students mine their writing notebooks for a piece of personal writing to revise, Mary Cathryn moves around the room helping them come up with details that will expand and improve their writing.
Jack Wilde also is teaching a mini-lesson, this one on leads for persuasive essays. Using models drawn from other students' papers, Jack helps his class generate a list of effective ways to begin their papers. Then, after the students have drafted openings for their essays, they confer with one another and with Jack about possible revisions.
Throughout the workshop, we hear reflections on revision from both teachers and students, as well as discussions among the teachers about dealing with student resistance to revision, planning mini-lessons, and other issues related to the revision process.
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Heard about this rumor, for the record I am 29. i was 28 while doing all the application stuff for the race and turned 29 on the race..get your story straight..and no caite probably just said that in her typical attitude way, CBS did not publish any false information. u guys really need to get your information from a more credible source
no problem..sorry just tired of people and esp the X giving false information about me..hope u all enjoyed the race, def sorry about missing NY, having my surgery tom morning..hopefully will go better this time!
PS: I love ya team, but don't like people who make their girlfriend go to the toilet with them!
Quote from: redskooky on May 17, 2010, 07:23:37 PMPS: I love ya team, but don't like people who make their girlfriend go to the toilet with them!Thank is a production rule, reds. Teams are not allowed to be more than 20 feet (or so) apart during the entire race. SO Caite would have to accompany him to the restroom area.
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The boys at CustomSouth created a "Submit Best Offer" auction on eBay to publicize its upcoming 2006 "General Lee" Dodge Charger R/T conversion, ahead of a proper auction to be held on Friday, August 5, opening day of the "Dukes of Hazzard" movie. The buy-it-now price for the newfangled General has been set at $49,000, which puts the customized version close to $20,000 more than a base R/T's sticker — though an unknown quantity compared to dealer prices. [Thanks to Robert for the tip.]
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A female lobbyist had been turning up with him at fund-raisers, visiting his offices and accompanying him on a client's corporate jet. Convinced the relationship had become romantic, some of his top advisers intervened to protect the candidate from himself — instructing staff members to block the woman's access, privately warning her away and repeatedly confronting him, several people involved in the campaign said on the condition of anonymity.
When news organizations reported that Mr. McCain had written letters to government regulators on behalf of the lobbyist's client, the former campaign associates said, some aides feared for a time that attention would fall on her involvement.
Mr. McCain, 71, and the lobbyist, Vicki Iseman, 40, both say they never had a romantic relationship. But to his advisers, even the appearance of a close bond with a lobbyist whose clients often had business before the Senate committee Mr. McCain led threatened the story of redemption and rectitude that defined his political identity.
It had been just a decade since an official favor for a friend with regulatory problems had nearly ended Mr. McCain's political career by ensnaring him in the Keating Five scandal. In the years that followed, he reinvented himself as the scourge of special interests, a crusader for stricter ethics and campaign finance rules, a man of honor chastened by a brush with shame.Continue reading the main story
But the concerns about Mr. McCain's relationship with Ms. Iseman underscored an enduring paradox of his post-Keating career. Even as he has vowed to hold himself to the highest ethical standards, his confidence in his own integrity has sometimes seemed to blind him to potentially embarrassing conflicts of interest.
Mr. McCain promised, for example, never to fly directly from Washington to
Mr. McCain helped found a nonprofit group to promote his personal battle for tighter campaign finance rules. But he later resigned as its chairman after news reports disclosed that the group was tapping the same kinds of unlimited corporate contributions he opposed, including those from companies seeking his favor. He has criticized the cozy ties between lawmakers and lobbyists, but is relying on corporate lobbyists to donate their time running his presidential race and recently hired a lobbyist to run his Senate office.
"He is essentially an honorable person," said William P. Cheshire, a friend of Mr. McCain who as editorial page editor of The Arizona Republic defended him during the Keating Five scandal. "But he can be imprudent."
Mr. Cheshire added, "That imprudence or recklessness may be part of why he was not more astute about the risks he was running with this shady operator," Charles Keating, whose ties to Mr. McCain and four other lawmakers tainted their reputations in the savings and loan debacle.
During his current campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, Mr. McCain has played down his attacks on the corrupting power of money in politics, aware that the stricter regulations he championed are unpopular in his party. When the Senate overhauled lobbying and ethics rules last year, Mr. McCain stayed in the background.
With his nomination this year all but certain, though, he is reminding voters again of his record of reform. His campaign has already begun comparing his credentials with those of Senator
"I would very much like to think that I have never been a man whose favor can be bought," Mr. McCain wrote about his Keating experience in his 2002 memoir, "Worth the Fighting For." "From my earliest youth, I would have considered such a reputation to be the most shameful ignominy imaginable. Yet that is exactly how millions of Americans viewed me for a time, a time that I will forever consider one of the worst experiences of my life."
A drive to expunge the stain on his reputation in time turned into a zeal to cleanse Washington as well. The episode taught him that "questions of honor are raised as much by appearances as by reality in politics," he wrote, "and because they incite public distrust they need to be addressed no less directly than we would address evidence of expressly illegal corruption."
A Formative Scandal
Mr. McCain started his career like many other aspiring politicians, eagerly courting the wealthy and powerful. A Vietnam war hero and Senate liaison for the Navy, he arrived in
Mr. Keating, a Phoenix financier and real estate developer, became an early sponsor and, soon, a friend. He was a man of great confidence and daring, Mr. McCain recalled in his memoir. "People like that appeal to me," he continued. "I have sometimes forgotten that wisdom and a strong sense of public responsibility are much more admirable qualities."
During Mr. McCain's four years in the House, Mr. Keating, his family and his business associates contributed heavily to his political campaigns. The banker gave Mr. McCain free rides on his private jet, a violation of Congressional ethics rules (he later said it was an oversight and paid for the trips). They vacationed together in the
Mr. Keating had taken over the Lincoln Savings and Loan Association and used its federally insured deposits to gamble on risky real estate and other investments. He pressed Mr. McCain and other lawmakers to help hold back federal banking regulators.
For years, Mr. McCain complied. At Mr. Keating's request, he wrote several letters to regulators, introduced legislation and helped secure the nomination of a Keating associate to a banking regulatory board.
By early 1987, though, the thrift was careering toward disaster. Mr. McCain agreed to join several senators, eventually known as the Keating Five, for two private meetings with regulators to urge them to ease up. "Why didn't I fully grasp the unusual appearance of such a meeting?" Mr. McCain later lamented in his memoir.
When Lincoln went bankrupt in 1989 — one of the biggest collapses of the savings and loan crisis, costing taxpayers $3.4 billion — the Keating Five became infamous. The scandal sent Mr. Keating to prison and ended the careers of three senators, who were rebuked by the Senate Ethics Committee in 1991 for intervening. Mr. McCain, who had been a less aggressive advocate for Mr. Keating than the others, was reprimanded only for "poor judgment" and was re-elected the next year.
Some people involved think Mr. McCain got off too lightly. William Black, one of the banking regulators the senator met with, argued that Mrs. McCain's investment with Mr. Keating created an obvious conflict of interest for her husband. (Mr. McCain had said a prenuptial agreement divided the couple's assets.) He should not be able to "put this behind him," Mr. Black said. "It sullied his integrity."
Mr. McCain has since described the episode as a unique humiliation. "If I do not repress the
A New Chosen Cause
After the Republican takeover of the Senate in 1994, Mr. McCain decided to try to put some of the lessons he had learned into law. He started by attacking earmarks, the pet projects that individual lawmakers could insert anonymously into the fine print of giant spending bills, a recipe for corruption. But he quickly moved on to other targets, most notably political fund-raising.
Mr. McCain earned the lasting animosity of many conservatives, who argue that his push for fund-raising restrictions trampled free speech, and of many of his Senate colleagues, who bristled that he was preaching to them so soon after his own repentance. In debates, his party's leaders challenged him to name a single senator he considered corrupt (he refused).
"We used to joke that each of us was the only one eating alone in our caucus," said Senator
Mr. McCain appeared motivated less by the usual ideas about good governance than by a more visceral disapproval of the gifts, meals and money that influence seekers shower on lawmakers, Mr. Feingold said. "It had to do with his sense of honor," he said. "He saw this stuff as cheating."
Mr. McCain made loosening the grip of special interests the central cause of his 2000 presidential campaign, inviting scrutiny of his own ethics. His Republican rival,
At one point, his campaign invited scores of lobbyists to a fund-raiser at the Willard Hotel in Washington. While Bush supporters stood mocking outside, the McCain team tried to defend his integrity by handing the lobbyists buttons reading "McCain voted against my bill." Mr. McCain himself skipped the event, an act he later called "cowardly."
By 2002, he had succeeded in passing the McCain-Feingold Act, which transformed American politics by banning "soft money," the unlimited donations from corporations, unions and the rich that were funneled through the two political parties to get around previous laws.
One of his efforts, though, seemed self-contradictory. In 2001, he helped found the nonprofit Reform Institute to promote his cause and, in the process, his career. It collected hundreds of thousands of dollars in unlimited donations from companies that lobbied the Senate commerce committee. Mr. McCain initially said he saw no problems with the financing, but he severed his ties to the institute in 2005, complaining of "bad publicity" after news reports of the arrangement.
Like other presidential candidates, he has relied on lobbyists to run his campaigns. Since a cash crunch last summer, several of them — including his campaign manager, Rick Davis, who represented companies before Mr. McCain's Senate panel — have been working without pay, a gift that could be worth tens of thousands of dollars.
In recent weeks, Mr. McCain has hired another lobbyist, Mark Buse, to run his Senate office. In his case, it was a round trip through the revolving door: Mr. Buse had directed Mr. McCain's committee staff for seven years before leaving in 2001 to lobby for telecommunications companies.
Mr. McCain's friends dismiss questions about his ties to lobbyists, arguing that he has too much integrity to let such personal connections influence him.
"Unless he gives you special treatment or takes legislative action against his own views, I don't think his personal and social relationships matter," said Charles Black, a friend and campaign adviser who has previously lobbied the senator for aviation, broadcasting and tobacco concerns.
Concerns in a Campaign
Mr. McCain's confidence in his ability to distinguish personal friendships from compromising connections was at the center of questions advisers raised about Ms. Iseman.
The lobbyist, a partner at the firm Alcalde & Fay, represented telecommunications companies for whom Mr. McCain's commerce committee was pivotal. Her clients contributed tens of thousands of dollars to his campaigns.
Mr. Black said Mr. McCain and Ms. Iseman were friends and nothing more. But in 1999 she began showing up so frequently in his offices and at campaign events that staff members took notice. One recalled asking, "Why is she always around?"
That February, Mr. McCain and Ms. Iseman attended a small fund-raising dinner with several clients at the
A former campaign adviser described being instructed to keep Ms. Iseman away from the senator at public events, while a Senate aide recalled plans to limit Ms. Iseman's access to his offices.
In interviews, the two former associates said they joined in a series of confrontations with Mr. McCain, warning him that he was risking his campaign and career. Both said Mr. McCain acknowledged behaving inappropriately and pledged to keep his distance from Ms. Iseman. The two associates, who said they had become disillusioned with the senator, spoke independently of each other and provided details that were corroborated by others.
Separately, a top McCain aide met with Ms. Iseman at Union Station in Washington to ask her to stay away from the senator. John Weaver, a former top strategist and now an informal campaign adviser, said in an e-mail message that he arranged the meeting after "a discussion among the campaign leadership" about her.
"Our political messaging during that time period centered around taking on the special interests and placing the nation's interests before either personal or special interest," Mr. Weaver continued. "Ms. Iseman's involvement in the campaign, it was felt by us, could undermine that effort."
Mr. Weaver added that the brief conversation was only about "her conduct and what she allegedly had told people, which made its way back to us." He declined to elaborate.
It is not clear what effect the warnings had; the associates said their concerns receded in the heat of the campaign.
Ms. Iseman acknowledged meeting with Mr. Weaver, but disputed his account.
"I never discussed with him alleged things I had 'told people,' that had made their way 'back to' him," she wrote in an e-mail message. She said she never received special treatment from Mr. McCain's office.
Mr. McCain said that the relationship was not romantic and that he never showed favoritism to Ms. Iseman or her clients. "I have never betrayed the public trust by doing anything like that," he said. He made the statements in a call to
The senator declined repeated interview requests, beginning in December. He also would not comment about the assertions that he had been confronted about Ms. Iseman, Mr. Black said Wednesday.
Mr. Davis and Mark Salter, Mr. McCain's top strategists in both of his presidential campaigns, disputed accounts from the former associates and aides and said they did not discuss Ms. Iseman with the senator or colleagues.
"I never had any good reason to think that the relationship was anything other than professional, a friendly professional relationship," Mr. Salter said in an interview.
He and Mr. Davis also said Mr. McCain had frequently denied requests from Ms. Iseman and the companies she represented. In 2006, Mr. McCain sought to break up cable subscription packages, which some of her clients opposed. And his proposals for satellite distribution of local television programs fell short of her clients' hopes.
The McCain aides said the senator sided with Ms. Iseman's clients only when their positions hewed to his principles.
A champion of deregulation, Mr. McCain wrote letters in 1998 and 1999 to the
In late 1999, Ms. Iseman asked Mr. McCain's staff to send a letter to the commission to help Paxson, now Ion Media Networks, on another matter. Mr. Paxson was impatient for F.C.C. approval of a television deal, and Ms. Iseman acknowledged in an e-mail message to The Times that she had sent to Mr. McCain's staff information for drafting a letter urging a swift decision.
Mr. McCain complied. He sent two letters to the commission, drawing a rare rebuke for interference from its chairman. In an embarrassing turn for the campaign, news reports invoked the Keating scandal, once again raising questions about intervening for a patron.
Mr. McCain's aides released all of his letters to the F.C.C. to dispel accusations of favoritism, and aides said the campaign had properly accounted for four trips on the Paxson plane. But the campaign did not report the flight with Ms. Iseman. Mr. McCain's advisers say he was not required to disclose the flight, but ethics lawyers dispute that.
Recalling the Paxson episode in his memoir, Mr. McCain said he was merely trying to push along a slow-moving bureaucracy, but added that he was not surprised by the criticism given his history.
"Any hint that I might have acted to reward a supporter," he wrote, "would be taken as an egregious act of hypocrisy."
Statement by McCain
Mr. McCain's presidential campaign issued the following statement Wednesday night:
"It is a shame that The New York Times has lowered its standards to engage in a hit-and-run smear campaign. John McCain has a 24-year record of serving our country with honor and integrity. He has never violated the public trust, never done favors for special interests or lobbyists, and he will not allow a smear campaign to distract from the issues at stake in this election.
"Americans are sick and tired of this kind of gutter politics, and there is nothing in this story to suggest that John McCain has ever violated the principles that have guided his career."Continue reading the main story


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LA CROSSE, Wis. (Blugolds.com) – Playing in the final game of the 2013 season, the UW-Eau Claire football team defeated UW-La Crosse 24-21 at Veterans Memorial Field in Roger Harring Stadium today.
Eau Claire led just twice the entire day, at halftime and at the end of the game.
After the Eagles scored a touchdown in the first quarter, the Blugolds found the end zone early in the second quarter to tie it up. Joel Sweeney (Sr.-Tomah, Wis.) ended a 14-play, 77-yard drive with a two-yard run and Billy Emanuel (Sr.-Owatonna, Minn.) hit the extra point to tie the game at seven.
La Crosse went back ahead on the next drive with another touchdown but Eau Claire answered again with a three-play drive to tie the game at 14. After a penalty nullified the first play of the drive, Sweeney had a rushes of 10 yards, 40 yards and one yard to get the Blugolds into the end zone with 10:11 left to play in the half.
Eau Claire ended the half with Emanuel hitting a 35-yard field goal with 33 seconds remaining and the Blugolds took a 17-14 lead into halftime.
La Crosse came out in the second half and scored after traveling 72 yards in 11 plays to go back up 21-17. Eau Claire was able to answer at 13:34 in the fourth quarter with Joel Newman (So.-Red Wing, Minn.) finding Nate Piel (So.-Wausau, Wis./West) for a four-yard touchdown to end a 10-play, 30-yard drive. The Blugolds were actually lined up for a field goal attempt but after a La Crosse timeout, decided to go for it on fourth down and were able to score the touchdown. The score remained 24-21 the rest of the way.
Sweeney finished the game with 172 yards on 29 carries, ending his career with 4,021 rushing yards, third on the Blugolds' all-time list, and 861 carries, fourth most in school history. He also finished with 45 touchdowns in his career, tied for fourth in school archives. This season Sweeney had 1,168 yards playing nine games, tied for seventh best in a single season with Blugold Hall of Famer Roger Vann.
Newman finished the game with 90 yards passing, going 16-for-29. The Blugolds finished with 320 yards of total offense while La Crosse had 316.
On defense, Erik Hulman (So.-Milwaukee, Wis./Lutheran) led the Blugolds with 12 tackles while Scott Burzynski (Sr.-Stanley, Wis./Stanley-Boyd) had 11. Colton Ellis (Sr.-Rice Lake, Wis.) forced and recovered a fumble while Hulman also had a fumble recovery. Jayden Dobbs (So.-Athens, Wis.) finished the game with one sack for a loss of one yard.
The Blugolds complete the year 2-8 overall and 2-5 in conference play. La Crosse ends its 2013 campaign 3-7 overall and 3-4 in the WIAC.
Photos by Chico La Barbera - http://chico.zenfolio.com/p725469249


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Project update, September 2012
- To date, over 60,000 cook stoves sold into low-income households in rural Kenya;
- Building on success in Kenya, expanding operations to Ethiopia and the Great Lakes region;
- A new implementation model launched, deploying locally assembled cookstoves and leveraging local business acumen to build profitable home-grown businesses;
- Winner of 2012 America's Most Promising Social Entrepreneur readers poll by Bloomberg BusinessWeek.
Project Background
published: 31.1.2012
Location: Africa, Kenya + other countries
Date project established: 2010
The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves is a public-private partnership with the long terms goals of universal adoption of clean cookstoves and the creation of a thriving global market. The benefits from the universal adoption of clean cookstoves includes the reduction of degraded forests and lands as well as the reduction of black carbon emitted into the atmosphere.
The Paradigm Project is a social enterprise working to create sustainable social, economic and environmental value within developing world communities. The Project intends to implement 5 million stoves in developing countries worldwide by 2020. To date they have delivered 36,340 stoves, most of which is in Kenya.
Mitigation and/or Adaptation
The Alliance is only one year old so the immediate benefits to the mitigation of climate change are not recordable. Some of the partners of the Alliance have been working for a number of years already and the immediate benefit is the reduction of black carbon and indoor air pollution. The number of households that have already adopted clean cookstoves are already benefitting from breathing cleaner air.
The mitigation benefit of the Paradigm Project in Kenya is reducing emissions. They state that their "Rocket Stoves" are 40-60% more efficient than an open fire. Emissions are therefore reduced by 1 to 2 metric tons per Rocket Stove each year. In addition, the change to the Rocket Stove will save 33.6 trees over 5 years.
The Alliance has a target of 200,000,000 metric tons of CO2 equivalents will be avoided upon success of its work.
Other metrics include:
- Target of 100,000,000 for the number of households to have adopted clean and efficient cooking solutions
- 0.05MT is the target amount of black carbon avoided by the 100 million households goal
- It is expected that there will be a 40% reduction in fuel use, GHG and time collecting fuel for affected homes
- It is expected that there will be a 50% or more reduction in emissions (PM2.5, CO, BC) from stoves in affected homes by the adoption of clean cooking solutions.
The Paradigm Project's measurement of mitigation is also the reduction of greenhouse gases. They project that in 2020 1,500,000 metric tons of emissions will be reduced in Kenya if 400,000 stoves are distributed.
Social Benefits
The Alliance's primary goal is to work collectively with its partners to stimulate a thriving global market for clean cookstoves and fuels. This will help it achieve—and ideally surpass—its 100 by '20 target. For the Alliance, a thriving global market is one that consist of a range of organizations—from cottage industries to large-scale companies—that are both sustainably supplying clean, efficient, affordable, and user-desired cooking solutions (stoves and fuels) at greater scale, and that are constantly innovating to improve design and performance, while lowering cost. Success will also mean demonstrating the health, climate, and economic benefits of the solutions through a robust research, monitoring and evaluation agenda.
The targeted market work will include creating local stove testing and design centers, developing local financing tools to facilitate the marketing and scale of stoves and fuels, capacity development, reducing or eliminating local market barriers such as import tariffs, implementing major public awareness campaigns on the benefits of using improved stoves, and rigorous monitoring and evaluation.
500 million people will be affected from the 2020 goal of reaching 100 million households, with an assumed ratio of 5 people per home. These people include the poorest half of humanity which will benefit from reduced ambient air pollution, reduced stress on local resources such as forests, reduced regional climate change, and a thriving global market of advanced cooking solutions that will eventually bring solutions to the entire global population
The use of efficient cookstoves can dramatically reduce fuel consumption and exposure to harmful cookstove smoke. Other steps—installing a chimney, opening windows, keeping children away from cooking fires, and drying wood before using it—can also help reduce direct exposure to smoke, but they do little to mitigate the other air quality, forestry, livelihood, or climate impacts of traditional cookstoves. The development of a thriving global clean cookstove industry that is constantly innovating to improve design and performance, while lowering the cost of stoves, is therefore seen as the most sustainable way to tackle this issue.
We work with the WHO to determine lives saved and with countries to see economic impacts
- People impacted: 144,095
- Trees Saved: 66,647 (this is based on kgs of wood saved per stove converted to a derived average weight of an EA tree)
- tCO2e Avoided: 18,566
- Productive Hours Saved: 2,413,556 (for those who collect wood)
- Income Saved: $57,581 US (for those who purchase wood)
Potential for Scaling-up and replication of project
The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves through the work of its partners can be broadly adopted throughout Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Each project can be tailored specifically to the country involved, based on economic, political, technological, climate and cultural factors.
The Paradigm Project is currently focused in Kenya but are working on scaling up projects in other parts of East Africa.
The project to date has been wildly successful. We doubled expected sales in our first 12 months and are expecting to triple original projections for the next 12 months. We approached the market from a traditional consumer products perspective offering consumers a choice of great products at multiple price points and involving them in the decisions for which product to carry. We worked with local manufacturers to develop and produce a stove in Nairobi and with Envirofit International to import a higher-end stove suitable to the market. We have over 200 exclusive distribution partners locally ranging from very small partners who can purchase only a handful of products at a time to those who can carry 500 to 1000. We work with World Vision, Food for the Hungry, Compassion International and the World Food Programme to serve some of the poorest of the poor and use carbon finance to reduce the retail price of stoves down to achievable levels.
Replication of any project is dependent upon national circumstances and funding. In addition, projects applicable to one region may not work the same in another due to local fuel sources, the political environment and the economic environment.
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Norse Ridge was "born" in 1988 by the Hunderup family, who first became involved in the horse industry in 1978. The business grew from a hobby into the full service racing facility of today through the determination and vision to help our clients reach their own goals of success on the racetrack. Since the beginning, the well being of horses has always been our focus. Darlene Hunderup's dedication to nutrition and education has guided the operation that exists today. It all started with sporting activities such as Dressage, Show Jumping, Cross-Country, Hunt Seat, Carriage Driving and Western Pleasure and since evolved into racing both American Quarter Horses and the classical Thoroughbred.
This evolution has given our business a broad foundation of knowledge with which to develop, maintain and care for every equine athlete at Norse Ridge, specializing in Racehorse Breeding and Maintenance. - More about us here


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McMansions Making a Comeback
The average size of a new home now exceeds the levels reached during the housing boom, another indication that the new-home market is catering more to older, affluent buyers and less to younger and first-time buyers. Kris Hudson explains. Photo: Getty Images.
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... the ... goal is ... bigger today than they were at the peak of the housing bubble ... does the return of the McMansions Shilling new one is fleeting or just that the market is being driven by select group of buyers ... all Street Journal's Kris Hudson joins us now on the phone Chris good morning ... yes ... so first off ... how big are we talking ... only average in the second quarter of this year one of the two thousand six hundred and forty two square feet that they do that as an added ... that it's pretty decent size because the beat driven model to look for ... is still ... open ... call for his book for boys buying these homes what why are they ... why are those of the large ones back back in vogue ... the entry into the story because when you look at it because you know I'm actually really ... go far far away the biggest factors that are not the first time buyers store ... the ... underwriting material in a trend here still free to offer first time ... Paula were all so there are incentives ... that these move up buyers that are ... better credits or where to look for biomarker Holmes and that's why ... that's pulling up the average ... while increased the high cost of land ... please all role in this new explained that ... the other what other smaller factors weigh in on one of them ... are ... the real scarcity of their finish last last ready to do on our ... streets were utilities look extended and ... so hostile and is really high ... in order for builders to cover that cost ... them to cool slightly larger hole as long as there is demand there for that ... it doesn't cost a lot and a few more to make slightly more bedrooms one hundred diamonds ... anything other than extra bathrooms and kitchens isn't the best building in Sharp Salem El workbook or so ... the teachers covered a land far larger ball and other learning ... more profit is all ... there is demand ... and what's really driving the demand ... demand is basically ... when you think about that their credit score ... higher earning move ... higher ... they're going to buy as much houses they can afford right now even though interest rates spiked up for a ... four point six percent ... it's fairly affordable to buy a whole ... so old that we all find you all been having these are still in buying ... houses they want it shown through the decades ... the buyers often stressed by ... larger houses the Shia ... and still versus an ... increase ... in just a woman we have time for one more question there's an interesting ... little tidbit in your story about new home prices ... DeVry technically that they're at a new record ... don't get it cut its trade and part of the scarcity of land scarcity of upbeat on building many new homes that yes they are courting a census data ... they get a record in April three or thirty seven thousand now around three to twenty two thousand but this is a levels the new offer price that in ... a little bit over the two thousandseven ... and then a lot to do ... with scarcity in the fact that the stock slide to below you expect that ... these to lease the little later this year with more supply comes on the progress to be clear this is this just new homes this isn't the overall housing market that's still way below its key rate ... is simply to Will hse ...


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The Ideal First Round Term Sheet
Chris Dixon is killing it on his blog right now. My post on saturday was inspired by a blog post of his and I am going to repeat that today.
Chris laid out the ideal set of first round terms and I agree with them. What's interesting is that Chris is a serial entrepreneur and I am a VC. And yet we agree on what the term sheet should say. That's progress.
In fact, Chris' favorite law firm, Gunderson, has put together a term sheet and a set of documents that we've been using lately to do a "quick closing". We were inspired by a number of people, most notably Paul Graham and Y Combinator who do this as well.
We are in the process of closing our first investment with the Gunderson docs. We (the VCs) don't have a law firm on this investment and we are not negotiating the documents. We agreed on the term sheet and we are closing on a set of documents we've signed off on prior to issuing the term sheet. They are "boilerplate documents."
There are multiple benefits to doing it this way. First, it leads to a very fast close. Second, the legal costs are minimal, certainly less than $10k and they should be less than $5k. And third, it sets the company up well for future rounds of financing because there is nothing funky in the docs.
It certainly doesn't hurt that the company's counsel, Gunderson, is a firm that we have used on multiple transactions as well. We trust them and so does the company.
I'd like to see this practice become standard in our industry. We need to lower the time and cost of raising capital. We need to eliminate a lot of bad terms that have caused a lot of harm (tranched investments, mutiple liquidation preferences, super pro-ratas, etc, etc). We need to converge on a set of standard Series A terms that everyone uses.
I'm really pleased to see that entrepreneurs, VCs, and the lawyers are all coming together on this issue. That's a very good sign


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20 mph casualty figures - another failure to properly evaluate risk
20 mph casualty figures - another failure to properly evaluate risk
In July the Department for Transport published its annual report of road casualties, which revealed startling increases in casualties amongst all road users, including serious injuries to cyclists and pedestrian fatalities.
Buried in that report was a table that revealed the numbers of casualties that occurred on roads subject to different speed limits. Apparently serious injuries on 20 mph streets rose 35%, while all crashes increased 25%.
But what those figures don't show is the number of streets that were designated 20 mph in 2011. If the increase of the length of streets is equal to, or more, than 25%, then all these figures suggest that the risk of injury is actually declining on these streets. Figures on the length of road subject to different speed limits are not reported by the Department.
Many local authorities have been implementing 20 mph schemes - including across whole cities, such as Newcastle, which finished installing the last of 2,758 20 mph streets at the end of 2011. 90% of Newcastle's streets are now subject to 20 mph zones or limits. Even if the risks on lower speed streets are substantially reduced, some injuries will still occur.
Interestingly, the only other category of road that has seen a significant upward increase in all forms of casualty are 50 mph rural roads. Again, like 20 mph, more roads have become subject to 50 mph limits over the last few years as a result of the reviews of speed limits which local authorities have carried out. Many local authorities have been imposing 50 mph limits on rural roads that used to be subject to the national speed limit (60 mph for cars), and, again, even if this makes those roads safer, it transfers the casualties from one road type to another.
These figures - re-released in August - were covered by the press with the erroneous and utterly disingenuous conclusion that 20 mph were unsafe. Many media outlets ran with these conclusions, including taking quotes from road safety organisations to support them.
Only a few commentators have seen through this nonsense. Unfortunately these issues will reoccur as long as the Department for Transport continue to publish data on casualties without regard to the rate of injury per mile, per trip or per hour.
The damage from this episode is likely to be ripple out and used by the small minority of people who oppose 20 mph limits to block further moves to introduce lower speed limits.


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