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Lincolnville to maintain recycling bin
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Lincolnville City Council members agreed Monday to continue to provide recycling to city residents, even if the city has to deliver the items to the transfer station itself.
Council members were upset that the county commission did not give them official notice of the cutoff date before the recycling program stopped. The council found out when it received a two-month bill of $274 from the recycling company.
The council decided to withhold payment in hopes that the county will pay the bill. Commissioner Dan Holub, who attended Monday's meeting, told the council to contact transfer station director Rollin Schmidt about the matter.
Holub said the county hasn't given up on recycling. He said a meeting would be held May 28 with city officials from around the county about possible single-stream recycling (no sorting). He said the transfer station could be scheduled to take the unsorted recyclables once a week or so.
"The transfer station doesn't have the employees or time to sort recyclables," he said.
Councilman Joe Vinduska suggested that the city build its own recycling bin that could be hauled to the transfer station using a city-owned truck.
Ball field getting updates
City maintenance employee Troy Peterson received approval to hire Jones Electric of Herington to replace burned-out lights at the baseball diamond at a cost of $70 for a bucket truck and $60 an hour for labor.
Sherri Pankratz reported she is working on a scoreboard. She received approval in April to spend up to $1,000 for powering and installing it. The exact location has yet to be decided.
Personnel actions
City Clerk Sabrina Carson administered the oath of office to returning mayor Barb Kaiser, returning council member Cristina Peterson, and new council member Jane Pigorsch. Pigorsch replaces Kristen Ebaben, who did not run again.
Kaiser appointed Clay Simons as treasurer and Carson as city clerk for the next fiscal year.
Peterson was appointed to head a joint community building committee and city events/ celebrations committee.
The mayor appointed Pigorsch to lead the city's grant applications and administrations.
According to Peterson, the community building floor was redone by Supreme Floor Company in Hillsboro for $576.
The board approved payment of an insurance premium of $8,499.
They voted to give the Centre Future Business Leaders of America a $500 donation toward their trip to the national convention in Anaheim, Calif., in June. Twelve members qualified.
Streets chairman Mark Pagenkopf received approval to spend up to $500 to purchase four tons of cold mix from the county, to fill potholes in city street.
The next meeting will be at 7 p.m. June 3 at city hall.


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Hey Texans fans…long time reader and guest blog contributor DeadCoach graces our pages here with his look at Andre Johnson's path to the Hall of Fame. Please give him your feedback!!
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A Look At Andre Johnson's HOF Career
Here's something to talk about while we wait for football to start: What does Andre Johnson have to do to make it into the Hall of Fame? I'm not in a hurry for him to get there. I hope he plays for several more years at a very high level for the Texans. But since Andre appears to be the most likely candidate for the first Texans player to join the Hall of Fame, I think it is worth discussing.
One of the first things to review is the players already in the Hall as wide receivers. There are 21 players enshrined who are listed as "modern era" wide receivers. "Modern era" is a term used loosely, as seven of those "modern" players ended their careers before 1970. Another six were done before 1980, which leaves 8 players who I consider recent enough to compare to Andre Johnson. They are:
Fans will want to grab these guys' career stats and compare them to Andre Johnson's, but before I start talking about receiving statistics, let's talk about some big picture things.
1) Championships. All of these guys but two played in at least 3 Super Bowls, and championships matter. Fans often point to Lynn Swann's low stats, but the guy was on 4 Super Bowl champion teams in an 8 year career. What he lacks in stats, he makes up for in rings. Even if you don't win, getting there is pretty good too. James Lofton started for Buffalo in three Super Bowl losses.
2) Records. If you don't have a championship, you need to have some records. Lofton, Largent, and Joiner each held the all-time receiving yardage record when they retired. What they lacked in jewelry they made up for with entries in the record books.
3) Awards. Since nobody is going to touch Jerry Rice's records for a while, receivers will have to show recognition in other areas, like All-Pro or Pro Bowl selections. All of the current members have at least 3 Pro Bowls and 1 first team All Pro selection.
4) Stats. Now I'm ready to talk about statistics. Andre Johnson's career stats:
Johnson is currently 39th in career receiving yards, but only Tony Gonzalez, Reggie Wayne, Chad Ochocinco, Steve Smith and Donald Driver are adding to their stats ahead of him. Johnson's career receptions and yards look to be in line with the guys already in, assuming 3 more productive years. Also, his 2 All-Pro selections will help him. However, look at these guys who have been eligible for the Hall for a few years and haven't been voted in (yet):
Carter and Brown will probably eventually get into the Hall. Ellard might not. He has been eligible for several years, and there are some other big name receivers like Marvin Harrison, Isaac Bruce, and Torry Holt coming up that could lower his votes. The number that hurts these guys the most is the lack of championships. In everything else, their numbers are as good or better than the guys already in the HOF.
The career numbers for everybody except Rice are within reach for Andre Johnson, but what he really needs is a championship. If Johnson can continue to play at a high level, and Houston wins a Super Bowl with him, he should be in, no problem. But if Houston doesn't make the big game, Johnson will have to be Pro Bowl or All Pro level for another two years, because he won't be compared to guys like Swann and Stallworth. He will be compared to guys like Lofton and Largent, and others like Terrell Owens and Randy Moss (second and fifth on the career receiving yards list, respectively). These are all guys without championships, who will have to rely on statistics and awards to get elected to the Hall of Fame.
Of course, none of them have this:
Thanks for reading, I look forward to your feedback!
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Desmond Haymon scored on an improbable four-point play with 3.6 seconds in regulation and hit a big 3-pointer in overtime to lead No. 12 seed Stephen F. Austin to a 77-75 win over fifth-seeded Virginia Commonwealth Friday night in the NCAA tournament's South Region.
VCU (23-10) was firmly in control for most of the second half before SFA (32-2) rallied in the closing seconds.
Haymon hit one of the biggest — and most improbable — shots of what's already been a wild March, knocking down a 3-pointer and a free throw after being fouled by Jordan Burgess at the end of regulation.
Haymon hit another 3-pointer to put SFA up with 2 minutes left, but VCU had a final shot after Thomas Walkup missed 1 of 2 free throws with 14 seconds left. JeQuan Lewis got an open 3-pointer, but it went long and SFA snared the rebound.
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What's Happening at Berkshire?
Warren Buffett's lieutenants are getting into the action a little bit more every quarter..
Having had a chance to take a much closer look at the changes that were made to Berkshire Hathaway's (BRK-A) (NYSE:BRK.A) stock holdings during the second quarter, we continue to view the equity investment portfolio at the firm as a work in progress.
While Warren Buffett has had (and continues to have) an outsized influence on the makeup of the portfolio, as time goes on we are getting more and more glimpses of just how his two lieutenants-Todd Combs and Ted Weschler-will approach their own portfolios.
Buffett noted recently that these two managers will be working with a "bank" of around $4 billion each (exclusive of any gains/losses on capital that already has been put to work), which is up from $1.75 billion each at the end of last year and $2.75 billion each at the end of the first quarter. We are seeing a far greater willingness on the part of the Oracle of Omaha to hand over more and more of the investment portfolio than we would have expected this early in the transition.
The fact that Buffett also has been willing to sell some of his own legacy holdings in order to fund their stock portfolios speaks volumes, in our view, about how much faith he has in these two managers. He even noted in a recent interview that Combs and Weschler have "terrific talent" and that Berkshire feels "very, very, very good about where we are now versus a few years ago in terms of successor investment management."
That said, Buffett continues to hold sway over a meaningful amount of the equity portfolio-something we don't anticipate changing too significantly in the near to medium term. This should not be surprising, given that Buffett (and his sidekick Charlie Munger) has been the driving force behind most of the larger holdings in Berkshire's investment portfolio for the last four decades.
That's not to say that Lou Simpson, the now-retired manager of the investment portfolio at GEICO (Berkshire's auto insurance subsidiary), did not have an influence over the years. It's just that his position sizes tended to be in the hundreds of millions, whereas Buffett's traditionally have gone well into the billions.
At the time that Simpson announced his retirement in 2010, he was managing a total of around $4 billion in equities, accounting for 8% of Berkshire's total stock holdings. This compares to the $8 billion that Combs and Weschler are currently managing, accounting for 11% of the insurer's equity holdings at the end of the second quarter of 2012.
While this means that Buffett continues to manage around 90% of the equities in Berkshire's portfolio, the big positive from a succession perspective is that each of Buffett's two lieutenants is managing about 5.5% of the total equities held by Berkshire. That's much closer to the level that Simpson had managed over the 30 years that he was running the investment portfolio at GEICO, and higher than we would have expected given the length of time that each of these managers has been with the firm.
Here are our key takeaways after spying the latest data:
- Buffett continues to increase the size of the stake managed by Weschler and Combs. With Buffett's two lieutenants now working with a "bank" of around $4 billion each, compared with $1.75 billion each at the end of last year and $2.75 billion each at the end of the first quarter, the two managers are working with as much capital as Lou Simpson was at the time of his retirement.
- Buffett is willing to sell legacy holdings to fund portfolios managed by his two lieutenants. The fact that Buffett has been willing to sell some of his own legacy holdings-like Procter & Gamble (PG) (NYSE:PG) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) (NYSE:JNJ)-to fund the stock investment portfolios that are being run by Weschler and Combs speaks volumes, in our view, about how much faith he has in these two managers.
- DirecTV makes the top ten holdings at Berkshire. With Berkshire's top five stock holdings accounting for 74% of its portfolio and its top ten holdings accounting for 88%, it is difficult for a stock to crack the firm's top ten holdings. That said, Johnson & Johnson, a major holding in Berkshire's portfolio since the third quarter of 2006, fell off the top ten list after Buffett sold close to two thirds of Berkshire's stake in the second quarter. DirecTV (DTV) (NASDAQ:DTV), which was only added to the portfolio in the third quarter of last year, took its place.
- Sales of legacy holdings dominate selling activity during the second quarter. Besides selling J&J, Buffett sold 20% of his holdings in P&G and 25% of his Kraft Foods (KRFT) (NASDAQ:KRFT) position, while trimming down stakes in US Bancorp (UBS) (NYSE:USB) and ConocoPhillips (COP) (NYSE:COP). Berkshire also sold down stakes in GE (GE) (NYSE:GE), UPS (UPS) (NYSE:UPS), Ingersoll-Rand (IR) (NYSE:IR), and Verisk Analytics (VRSK) (NASDAQ:VRSK), most of which were holdovers from Lou Simpson's GEICO portfolio.
- Buffett's lieutenants seem less wed to a buy-and-hold strategy. Looking more closely at the non-Buffett-related selling activity, Berkshire sold off its remaining stake in Intel (INTC) (NASDAQ:INTC), a position that was started during the third quarter of last year. Given this transaction, as well as some of the selling we saw in Visa (V) (NYSE:V), CVS Caremark (CVS) (NYSE:CVS), and Dollar General (DG) (NYSE:DG)-all of which were purchased in the last year and a half- we believe the future will see a lot more buying and selling activity at Berkshire, given the willingness of both of Buffett's lieutenants to move in and out of names in relatively short order.
- Purchases were dominated by additions to existing holdings. Berkshire's only new-money purchase during the second quarter was National Oilwell Varco (NOV) (NYSE:NOV). We believe that Buffett was the primary driver behind the additional purchases of shares of Wells Fargo (WFC) (NYSE:WFC), IBM (IBM) (NYSE:IBM), and Lee Enterprises (LEE) (NYSE:LEE), with his two lieutenants being the force behind the additional buying activity in DaVita (DVA) (NYSE:DVA), Phillips 66 (PSX) (NYSE:PSX), Bank of New York Mellon (BK) (NYSE:BK), DirecTV, Viacom (VIAB) (NASDAQ:VIAB), and Liberty Media (LMCA) (NASDAQ:LMCA).
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Join the league of citizen scientists by helping HMNS track the migratory patterns of monarch butterflies. Taking a page from zoologist and monarch expert Dr. Fred Urquhart's book, HMNS staff caught and tagged dozens of monarch butterflies as part of a national effort to track their migration from Canada to Mexico.
You can help our efforts by keeping an eye out for monarchs in the Houston area with tags on their wings. These small, circular tags were designed for this very purpose, with heat-activated adhesive that responds to the warm touch of gentle volunteers. Pretty cool, huh?
If you spot a live monarch flitting about with one of these tags, give yourself a pat on the back for your excellent eyesight and keep moving. Monarch wings are covered in tiny, delicate scales, so don't try to snatch it. But if you spot a deceased monarch with a tag, stop and pick it up. You may be holding a world traveler.
Every fourth generation of monarch butterfly is a "super generation" that travels thousands of miles and lives 10 times as long as their predecessors. There is no physical distinction that separates these superhero insects from their peers, but HMNS Horticulturalist Zac Stayton recommends looking for extra wear-and-tear on the wings, suggesting these specimens may have traveled farther. He also notes that the super-generation seems less preoccupied with mating.
(And — a testament to our great state of Texas — there are entire populations of monarchs that, once arriving in the Lone Star State, opt never to leave.)
If you find a deceased monarch butterfly with its wing tagged, note the sex and report your keen-eyed sighting to email@example.com or by calling 1-888-TAGGING.
You can tell the gender of a monarch by looking at its wings. The males have two black dots, like so:
To learn more about the advent of citizen scientists and how curious everyday citizens helped pin down the migratory patterns of monarchs, see our Giant Screen Theatre film, Flight of the Butterflies.


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Once you've made the decision to have your prized possessions appraised or auctioned, or require representation in listing and selling your property, you can trust the services of two world-class brands that will attend to every detail with the utmost care: Doyle and Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties.
New York-based Doyle has selected Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties as its West Coast partner based on our company beliefs of trust, strength, and integrity. For more than 50 years, Doyle has set the industry standard for expertise and service.
Doyle's specialists and experienced auction professionals facilitate every step – from the initial consultation to the timely, well-researched fair-market value appraisal, followed by the successful sale at auction for the highest prices possible for your fine art, jewelry, furniture, or other treasured possessions.
For your convenience, Doyle is conducting appraisals and consignment days at several premier Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties offices in Southern California. View upcoming dates below, or to discuss the sale of a single item or an entire collection, contact a Doyle representative at 310.276.6616 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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12/13 Barcelona #21 Adriano Orange Away Soccer Jersey Shirt Replica
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Model Year: 2012-2013
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Type of Team Badge: Printed
Mes que un club is screened on the inside of the collar. Taping in Barca's traditional red and blue run down the sides.Includes embroidered Barcelona team badge and Nike logo with screened Qatar Foundation logo. UNICEF is screened on the back.


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Welcome to Keywin!
The Keywin Pedal System stands alone as the most technically advanced pedal system ever created.
Our goal is to bring every rider the performance and comfort advantages that come along with improved fit. Keywin pedals have the largest platform area of any pedal brand, and our float mechanism is integrated into the pedal—no more cleat changes to achieve a change in float. A low, 14mm stack height improved efficiency by reducing the distance between the bottom of your foot and the pedal axle.
Each model of Keywin pedal is available in five different axle lengths. Many of our customers choose to work with a local fit expert, who has the ability to order a pedal, axle length and float configuration—specific for each customer!
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Welcome to The Golf Club of South Carolina
About the Course
The Golf Club of South Carolina designed by Ken Killian is consistently recognized by Golf Digest in its rankings of the "Best Places to Play" in South Carolina. The course features impeccable conditioning and stunning topography set amidst a tranquil setting creating a spectacular layout for golfers to enjoy each and every time they come to GCSC.
Meet the Golf Shop Staff
Our team of professionals look forward to helping you improve your golf game through individual instruction or group clinics.
Course History
Founded in 1988 as a private golf club, it was originally named Crickentree for its surrounding residential community. The facility was subsequently purchased by The SIM Group of Companies in 1996, renamed as The Golf Club of South Carolina at Crickentree, and repositioned as a golf club open to the public for daily fee play while offering exceptional membership opportunities to golfers throughout Columbia and the Midlands of South Carolina.


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Friday Fluff – December 24th, 2010
1. First, a post from the past: Lions, and tigers, and snow leopards! Oh, my!.
2. Weird search query of the week: "Lions, and tigers, and snow leopards! Oh, my!".
3.Comment of the week, in response to Heritability and genes as causes:
I knew some people thought I had over-reacted to the initial item/press release. And I might have just let it die until Pollan tweeted it so far and wide. Then I knew it required larger damage control.
I'm delighted to have you human genetics folks on board now. But those of us who have been dealing with these folks on plant science issues for a long time know what they are up to. Some of them are even trying to block funding for research training in developing countries because the bill contains the word "biotech". It doesn't matter if you try to explain to them that scientists in Africa need training for managing seed banks, or doing MAS. They use "biotech" as a club to stop research and training. Here's the bill's author trying to straighten them out, to no avail: http://thehill.com/opinion/letters/95017-rep-lugar-no-mandate-for-genetic-modification
They are seriously anti-science. This was just a particularly unusual attack, and I'm glad it caught the eye of the genetics community. They are using the same strategies as anti-vaxxers and creationists. They techniques are getting more refined, I have to say. I'm calling it "crank evolution". It's in linkage with "crank magnetism".
4) Do you like the holidays or hate them?
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Fertility after testicular cancer
Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
I am a 23-year-old man who has been diagnosed with testicular cancer. I know I should be grateful for an opportunity to survive but I am stuck on wondering whether or not I can have kids after treatment. I need surgery and chemo...can you help?
David J Vaughn, MD, Medical Director of the Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute and Associate Professor of Medicine, Hematology-Oncology at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania, responds:
Fertility is an important issue in patients with testicular cancer. Some patients have lowered sperm counts related to the cancer itself, and some will experience fertility problems caused by the medical treatments for the testicular cancer. It is important patients discuss this issue with their oncologist.
About 30% of patients with testicular cancer (post-surgery) will have very low or no sperm as a result of the disease. If a person has adequate sperm counts prior to chemotherapy, at the immediate end of chemo all will have close to no sperm, but 80% will recover to pretreatment levels over 2-4 years. All patients should be offered the opportunity to sperm bank prior to chemotherapy or retroperitoneal lymph node dissection, which in some patients can result in dry ejaculation (unless chemotherapy needs to be emergently initiated and there is not time to sperm bank). Advances in reproductive technology have allowed men with post-chemotherapy non-obstructive azospermia (i.e., no sperm in semen but not because of obstruction) to undergo very complicated but successful extraction of sperm from the testicle, fertilization of the egg in a test tube, followed by implantation of the fertilized egg in a woman. However, this technology is not a substitute for sperm banking.


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Before the holidays, we ran a web special through Living Social. Living Social provides a means to reach hundrends, if not thousands of potential new customers in your area. This special resulted in our photographing over 31 family portraits during the holidays!
The Living Social ad not only resulted in directed sales to new customers, but it also raised awareness for our studio on the web, and we gained several more new customers are a result.
We are also started to receive referrals from our Living Social customers for new portrait sessions and weddings.
In the New Year, we also entered into agreement with a local, private race course to photograph their monthly vintage race series.
This race coverage has opened up a new area of photography for us, and provided us a new customer base. For this clientele, rather than albums or small prints, we're providing large canvas prints and custom prints of their pride and joys.
Since the New Year began, we can't help but feel the that the economy is improving. Our wedding books for 2011 are running well ahead of 2010, and our new customers seem to feel more comfortable in spending more on photography than they did in 2009 and 2010.
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You will probably have noticed by now that there is an abundance of information on Wicca, witchcraft and magic but much of it is incomplete, inaccurate, or contradictory. Part of learning the path is about exploring the different topics, either through research, meditation, practice, application, divine guidance etc, and finding what "fits" for you.
That said, in different traditions of Wicca (as with different denominations in other religions), specific information is taught as being singularly true and correct; however, it should be remembered that while these things may be correct in that particular tradition, many Wiccans are eclectic and/or solitary so have the freedom to determine their own truths when it comes to practical application and understanding of the technical aspects of the craft.
Another point to remember is that several aspects of Wicca are determined by the natural laws of the earth and these are affected by where you physically are on the planet.
Some things are not negotiable, such as the directions of the compass points – north will always be north, but there are some things that have other considerations, mostly being whether you are in the southern hemisphere or the northern hemisphere. This affects things like the seasons and therefore the Sabbats. Another aspect affected by this is the directions to cast and open circle, often referred to as deosil and widdershins. Widdershins roughly means 'against the sun', which is clockwise in the southern hemisphere but anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere while deosil can be defined as 'with the sun', which is anticlockwise in the southern hemisphere and clockwise in the northern hemisphere. Often you will find the definitions of the words deosil and widdershins as clockwise and anticlockwise respectively; however, this is based on the northern hemisphere's viewpoint only and misrepresents the true meanings of the words.
Interestingly enough, the moon phases are the same in both hemispheres although the direction of the crescent when the moon is waxing or waning is reversed. So, in the southern hemisphere, a waxing moon appears are a leftward curved crescent (like the letter "C") and the opposite in the southern hemisphere during the waning moon phase. This is reversed in the northern hemisphere. A quick visual representation of this is (O) for the southern hemisphere and )O( for the northern hemisphere. Check out this very cool animation to help understand what happens with the moon in different parts of the world.
Other things you will often find differ are correspondences. Some of this is due to overlap, for example, the colour purple is often used to represent intuition but it can also be healing, while blue can also be used for both of these purposes. Red can represent love, but so can pink. The heart chakra is usually represented by the colour green but rose quartz can also be used for various matters of the heart, including working with the heart chakra. When looking at correspondences, consider the impact of conditioning, be it social, spiritual, historical, cultural or just personal experience as this may have played part in the accumulation of the different correspondences. In the end, pre-existing correspondence lists can be used as a guide but your choices in how to use them are broad and open to your own preferences and interpretations.
The point of all this is that the best thing to do is to research and explore all of the various aspects involved in Wicca as you journey along your path with appropriate respect to established teachings in order to determine what works best for you.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Different Information in Wicca
You will probably have noticed by now that there is an abundance of information on Wicca, witchcraft and magic but much of it is incomplete, inaccurate, or contradictory. Part of learning the path is about exploring the different topics, either through research, meditation, practice, application, divine guidance etc, and finding what "fits" for you.
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Ancient Roman Imperial coins dating from 27 BC to 476 AD. All coins guaranteed authentic. Ordered in quantities of 10.
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Jill Nicol and Kelly Nissen, both of Estherville, are pleased to announce their engagement and upcoming wedding.
Jill is employed by American Family Insurance and Kelly is co-owner of Excel Plumbing & Heating.
Parents of the couple are Pat and Deniese Nicol and Dale and Barb Nissen, all of Estherville.
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Tca correct
tca_correct is a command-line tool shipped with hugin that can be used to automatically calculate lens chromatic aberration correction parameters. Ideal sample photos would have a lot of contrast over the entire image area, little saturated colour and no blown highlights.
Using with fulla
fulla is a command-line tool for correcting lens distortion, vignetting and TCA (chromatic aberration). It is capable of applying the full panotools polynomial to the red and blue channels.
First calculate some TCA correction parameters for a sample image, notice that I'm only going to bother optimising b and v parameters in the lens correction model, you might get better results with the full abcv set of parameters:
tca_correct -o bv DSC_3194.ppm
This outputs some fulla parameters like so:
-r 0.0000000:0.0001197:0.0000000:0.9997630 -b 0.0000000:-0.0001142:0.0000000:1.0001841
You can now use these with fulla when converting photos from this lens:
fulla -r 0.0:0.0001197:0.0:0.9997630 -b 0.0:-0.0001142:0.0:1.0001841 -o corrected.tif DSC_3194.ppm
Using with dcraw
dcraw is a command-line RAW converter with the ability to apply scaling of red/blue channels at the Bayer interpolation stage. Simple scaling is not as sophisticated as the panotools polynomial used in fulla but is good enough for nearly all purposes. Start by extracting a test image from a RAW file:
dcraw DSC_3194.NEF
Then run tca_correct on this PPM image, but tell it to only optimise v field of view for the red and blue channels:
tca_correct -o v DSC_3194.ppm
After while some fulla correction parameters will be outputted:
-r 0.0000000:0.0000000:0.0000000:1.0005943 -b 0.0000000:0.0000000:0.0000000:1.0008306
The two useful numbers (1.0005943 and 1.0008306) are the inverse of the numbers required by dcraw, so get a calculator and calculate the reciprocal of each:
1 / 1.0005943 = 0.999406 1 / 1.0008306 = 0.999170
Now when converting RAW files from this lens you can use the dcraw -C parameter to correct TCA:
dcraw -C 0.999406 0.999170 [OPTIONS...] DSC_3194.NEF


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A contoured body, comfortable set neck, flawless intonation, and innovative electronics.The legacy of Vox-branded electric guitars goes all the way back to the early sixties. This model continues the Vox tradition of exceptionally well-playing and innovative guitars.
The Vox SDC-33 Double-Cutaway Solidbody Electric Guitar is cosmetically similar to the 55 solid-body guitars, and employs many of the same distinguished components. The 33 instruments represent a dramatic breakthrough in price for a guitar of this quality.
Carved Construction The signature VOX 3-D contoured body of the SDC-33 ensures impeccable comfort and fatigue-free playing, offering a natural fit either seated or standing. Elegantly carved top surfaces result in a distinguished look and a comfortable playing position. Easy access to the upper frets is provided by the deeply cut inverse heel joint. Position dot markers are placed both on the fingerboard and on the side of the neck for fast reference. Quality Components The SDC-33 guitar uses the same MaxConnect aluminum bridge as the Virage, offering extended saddle travel for flawless intonation with any-gauge string. Strings slide in from under the back edge of the bridge to make changing strings a snap. The full contact shape and light weight combine to deliver thick, rich tone with clear, singing harmonics. VOX Super Smooth tuners offer the SDC-33 enhanced tuning stability, so you can play with confidence. The mahogany necks are topped with rosewood fingerboards. Uncompromised Tone 33 guitars offer a deep range of tonal choices. New CoAxe pickups feature two pickup elements; each delivers a unique and sophisticated tone, yet each one remains whisper-quiet. The passive analog tone circuitry offers both a Master Volume and a Master Tone control to refine your individual sound. Logically laid out and easy to use, the controls allow fast changes during performance. Neither a single-coil nor humbucker in the traditional sense, the CoAxe design incorporates a central row of pole-pieces encased in a high-impedance coil that's flanked by two blades. The entire construction is then surrounded by a low-impedance winding, which cancels the hum. Chief designer Eric Kirkland says: "The basic idea is that the coils are coaxial: they're on the same plane, not stacked. The advantage is that the center sensing coil can work like a true single-coil and the outer, noise-cancelling coil is outside the magnetic field, between the central poles and the blades." FEATURES Body Style: Double-cutaway solidbody, Mahogany with bound maple top. Hardware: Vox Super Smooth tuners and MaxConnect bridge Neck Material: Mahogany, glued-in Scale Length: 638mm (25.125") No. Of Frets: 22 Nut Width: 43mm (1.7") Bridge Pickup: Coaxe Neck Pickup: Coaxe Controls: Master volume and master tone, three way pickup selector switch and two way mode selector switch Hardware: Vox Super Smooth tuners and MaxConnect bridge


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June 28, 2007
By MEGAN JAMES
MIDDLEBURY — Five years into his role as president of the University of Vermont, Dan Fogel stressed in an interview this week at the Addison Independent offices that creating jobs for the larger community, including Addison County, is as important to his research university as attracting and retaining students.
The key to achieving this, he said, is to bolster an academic environment that encourages the development of entrepreneurial projects, from students and faculty alike, that fit into "Vermont's environmental brand" and sustainable technology niche.
By CYRUS LEVESQUE
BRIDPORT — The Lake Champlain Restoration Association has been working since 2001 to combat the spread of aquatic nuisance plants like Eurasian milfoil in the southern part of the lake, and they recently got a helping hand. In an unusual partnership, Vermont's Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) is leasing aquatic weed harvesting equipment to the group, a much more effective system than what they have been using.
Chip Morgan, president of the LCRA, said that the project is all the more valuable because the southern end of the lake receives relatively little help.
"There's been a lot of attention paid to the north end of the lake, and not enough to the south, in my opinion," he said.
June 25, 2007
By JOHN FLOWERS
ADDISON COUNTY — What a difference a year can make down on the farm.
Last summer, farmers' finances and collective patience were being stretched to the limit by anemic milk prices and a weather-beaten hay crop.
On Thursday, however, many farmers were making room in their barns for a fast-growing second cut of hay and were celebrating soaring milk prices that Agri-Mark Cabot Economist Bob Wellington said could climb beyond $22 per hundredweight before the end of the year.
"We're right in that transition where milk prices are starting to move upward pretty dramatically," Wellington said. "For farmers in Vermont, the (price of milk) will be well over $22 per hundredweight."
SHOREHAM — Citizens serving on public school boards in Vermont toil many hours for little reward, other than the occasional pat on the back and the knowledge that they are helping local kids get a good education.
But every once in a while a school board member really gets noticed.
Such was the case last week for Bridport Central School board member Sharon Koller, who received a statewide award from the Vermont Board of Education for her many contributions to her district.
June 21, 2007
ADDISON COUNTY — It was in 1988 that the late state Sen. Arthur Gibb, R-Weybridge, became the first Addison County resident to sell the development rights to his property to the Vermont Land Trust (VLT).
Almost 20 years later — and in the 30th year of the VLT's existence — more than 100 Addison County farmers, orchardists and private property owners have followed suit, conserving a combined total of 51,000 acres in 21 local communities.
"I think there is a strong conservation ethic in Addison County," said Allen Karnatz, a New Haven resident and co-director of the VLT's Champlain Valley office.
June 14, 2007
BRANDON — By 9 p.m. Tuesday night, Otter Valley Union High School poll workers had counted enough ballots to know that the school's twice-defeated 2007-2008 spending plan had finally passed. But earlier that evening, it looked as if the vote would have to be rescheduled for the fourth time. Pittsford residents had filled out the wrong ballots.
The final tally to approve the $10,766,837 budget was 1,028-830, including the Pittsford ballots.
About half an hour into counting, poll workers noticed that the Pittsford ballots were marked May 8, the day of the last vote, when the $10,884,962 spending plan was defeated, 587-455. Somehow, Pittsford residents had used the ballots left over from last month's vote.
MIDDLEBURY — School board members and educators in the UD-3 school district have come to terms on a new, three-year contract that provides enough new money for teacher salary increases of 4 percent during each year of the pact.
The new contract — ratified by the UD-3 board on June 5 and by members of the Middlebury Union High School Teachers' Association (MUHSTA) on Monday — will not result in any changes in the length of the academic year. It will also preserve the teachers' current health care benefits, through which they are responsible for a 10-percent co-pay contribution to their Blue Cross-Blue Shield plan.
Union District No. 3 includes Middlebury Union Middlebury School and Middlebury Union High School, which employ a combined total of around 100 teachers. The contract will cover union and well as nonunion members. Those who have chosen not to be a part of MUHSTA will pay a fee for the negotiations/collective bargaining process.
BRANDON — The fields at the Steinberg Farm in Brandon have been mostly fallow for 25 years. But Chuck Johnson and his California-based development firm, Elemental Development, which bought the 103 acres a few years ago, want to see those fields in bloom again.
This Friday at the Ball and Chain Café at 7 p.m., Johnson will present to the public the most current plans for that land just north of the Brandon Medical Center. He's calling it the Neshobe Farm Project, a holistic community complete with varied housing, organic farming, open space, recreational trails and a community center.
"I went from calling it a sustainable community to a holistic community because what I've heard from Brandon is that they need economic development as much as housing, so we're trying to create cottage industry, not leave anything out," Johnson said.
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NEW YORK — In its 14-year history, the website CollegeHumor has accrued 4.7 million subscribers, won 11 Webby awards and drawn more than 2 billion page views in becoming a leader of the digital comedy world.
But it has never attempted one of the entertainment industry's most basic feats: producing and distributing a feature film.
That will change on Tuesday with the release of "Coffee Town," an independent comedy with an assortment of popular young actors including Glenn Howerton ("It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia") and Adrianne Palicki ("Friday Night Lights") and a digital-centric rollout that will test the assumptions of the established film business.
For the low-budget (under-$1 million) film, CollegeHumor is eschewing a traditional theatrical release, instead marketing the film across its own site and social-media venues such as Tumblr — then making it available, for a fee, on iTunes, Amazon, PlayStation, cable video on-demand and other platforms. The hope is that CollegeHumor's online smarts and profile can turn the movie into a hit without a theatrical release.
"We think that there are some movies that need to buy a lot of TV ads and be in 3,000 theaters to be successful," said Ricky Van Veen, co-founder of CollegeHumor and a chief proponent of its feature-film experiment. "But something like 'Coffee Town' we believe can find an audience without those bells and whistles."
Studios routinely spend tens of millions of dollars making a movie, and then nearly as much marketing it. Much of that total is allocated to reaching young consumers. But what if a company with a built-in audience can reach those viewers where they already are, and at a fraction of the cost? Would that simply be a paler imitation of what studios typically do? Or would it prove that shrewd targeting, at least for the right kind of movie, can level the playing field?
Van Veen, 32, is sitting in his Manhattan office overlooking the Hudson River. Novelty items and a sheet proclaiming the CollegeHumor "mission statement" dot the room, which is housed in the building of CollegeHumor's parent company, Barry Diller's IAC. Diller, the former Paramount and Fox chief, has been known for skepticism about the traditional movie business. But Van Veen helped convince him this was a risk worth taking, saying that a film created for a digital audience could be as nimble and popular as IAC properties such as online-dating application Tinder, reaching places where the young and Web-savvy interact.
"Coffee Town," the company hopes, is ideal for finding that audience.
Written and directed by "Wild Hogs" and "Arrested Development" screenwriter Brad Copeland and shot in Santa Clarita, "Coffee Town" examines the life of a young Web manager (Howerton) who telecommutes from his local coffee shop. That's also where he crushes on an attractive customer (Palicki), is visited by his off-kilter friends (Ben Schwartz and Steve Little) and has a running battle with a smarmy barista (Josh Groban).
The story is kicked into gear when Howerton's character and his buddies catch wind of a plan to turn the coffee shop into an upscale bistro, prompting them to stage a fake crime to prevent the changeover.
"I guess the movie everyone was thinking of is 'Office Space,'" said Howerton, who as one of the creators and stars of "Sunny" knows both the value and challenges of hand-made entertainment. "It's about people who are good friends doing some not-so-good — but hopefully very funny — things."
With its bawdy and free-associative banter among disparate male pals, "Coffee Town" won't seem like an entirely new idea to fans of R-rated comedies such as "The Hangover" or "This Is the End."
But filmmakers hope the quicksilver observations, coupled with the relatable subjects of white-collar grunt work and coffee-shop slacking, will help distinguish it. The movie also features several actors going against type: the frequently office-bound Schwartz ("House of Lies," "Parks and Recreation") as the world's worst cop, and the likable Groban as an oily retail-store worker.
"I kind of love playing the jerk in film," laughed Groban, who two summers ago similarly contradicted his public persona as an unctuous lawyer in "Crazy, Stupid, Love." "It allows you to exorcise your demons."
Schwartz, 31, added that he thought the movie tapped into the universal experience of young professionals.
"I think there's a feeling when you're in your 30s that you've done a few things in your life but you haven't yet become who you're going to be. The movie tries to capture that," he said.
Copeland said in an interview that he wrote the script because he had done a fair bit of writing from his local coffee shop in Sherman Oaks and observed the subculture of coffee-drinking and telecommuting up close, noting the funny and at times uneasy bonds customers had both with each other and employees.
He and Van Veen hope that the subject helps creates a viral effect of sorts. "It's the kind of movie I hope people will hear about from their friends and want to discover it for themselves," he said.
CollegeHumor has proved it can attract viewers with young-male comedy programming such as "Jake and Amir," a long-running Web-short series about odd-couple friends.
But turning a 90-minute feature into a hit is exponentially more difficult. Audiences have yet to prove they'll watch previously unknown entities, on comedy sites or anywhere else, in anything more than bite-size chunks.
Drawing media to films that don't receive traditional theatrical openings can also be a challenge. (CollegeHumor will stage a series of theatrical special engagements in the coming weeks.) And though online upstarts frequently like to say they can be more efficient than the studios in their marketing, the splashy rotation of TV and outdoor ads is often critical even in spurring iTunes rentals or Amazon streams.
Van Veen says that sophisticated targeting measures, such as aiming ads at users who have clicked on similar comedy on CollegeHumor or who have Facebook likes for other work of the "Coffee Town" performers, can make up the difference, helping CollegeHumor reach as many people as the studios' all-media broadsides.
He and Copeland also think they have a potent weapon in the film's comedic set pieces and potentially quotable moments.
"It would be great if this became the kind of movie people watch on Comedy Central 10 years from now," Copeland said. Then, realizing his statement contained a less-than-digital idea, added, "I guess a little traditional media isn't bad."


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Comedian Katt Williams was arrested in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
A judge in Sacramento issued a bench warrant for the funny man's arrest on Monday after he failed to show up in court for an arraignment hearing in relation to a police car chase in the city in November.
Just a day after Williams became a wanted man, police in L.A. spotted the star outside his home in the city and placed him under arrest, according to TMZ.com.
He is currently being held on $100,500 bail.
In November, Williams allegedly rode a three-wheeled motorcycle on the sidewalk before speeding off. He was detained a day after the incident and subsequently charged with evading a police officer while driving in a reckless manner.


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SWAT officers converged on a home in the northeast San Fernando Valley late Sunday and arrested a man who police believe was involved with a series of fatal shootings Sunday morning, police said.
The home is in Sylmar near Kismet Avenue and Polk Street, just a few miles from three shooting incidents that left three dead and four others injured.
Police called the shootings, which appeared to be related, "a major public threat."
The three incidents, which were described as having "a similar manner," took place between 5:50 and 6:45 a.m. Sunday in the city of San Fernando and in the Los Angeles communities of Sylmar and Pacoima, Los Angeles Police Department officials said. LAPD Sgt. Frank Preciado said officials were trying to locate a gold or tan SUV that contained two potential suspects, described as Hispanic males, that was seen in at least two of the three deadly shooting incidents. The victims appear to have been randomly targeted, he said.
"Both LAPD Robbery Homicide Division and L.A. (County) Sheriff's Department Homicide Division are working jointly on leads that lead us to believe we have two male Hispanic shooters in a tan or a gold SUV, possibly a (Chevy) Tahoe, a Suburban or something of that nature," Preciado said at an afternoon news conference.
After the man was detained Sunday night, a police spokesman told reporters they were still investigating the case and did not say if they were searching for another suspect.
"I cannot tell you for sure if there was a second individual but we are following up all leads at this time," the spokesman said.
Earlier in the day, police told residents, if they see two Hispanic males, believed to be between their 20s and 50s, in the area to call 9-1-1 and try to get away from the car, Preciado said.
"At any point, until we have the suspects in custody, then yes, there would be a tendency to be somewhat fearful," Preciado told reporters, adding that the public "should be vigilant of their surroundings."
At about 5:50 a.m., a woman in her early 20s described by a police spokeswoman as having "special needs," was killed and another family member was gravely injured in their car as a result of gunfire in the 1400 block of Celis Street in San Fernando. Three other family members who were in the same vehicle were also injured as a result of the shooting, Preciado said.
The family was on their way to church and was pulling over — reportedly because they were concerned about the way the SUV was driving behind them — when the shooting occurred, Preciado said.
The San Fernando Valley Sun identified the deceased woman as Mariana Franco and two of the wounded as her parents, Jose and Beatriz Franco, both Eucharist ministers at Santa Rosa Catholic Church.
At about 6:30 a.m., a male Hispanic, initially described as being between 25 and 35 years old, was fatally shot in a park in the area of the Sylmar Recreational Center in the 13000 block of Borden Avenue "in the same manner," Preciado said, declining to offer further details. Then about 15 minutes later, a Hispanic woman believed to be in her 50s, who was also reportedly also heading to church, was fatally shot while in a stopped vehicle in the 12900 block of Filmore Street in Pacoima, officials said.
The San Fernando Valley Sun identified the deceased was Gloria Tovar, a Eucharist minister at the Pacoima-based Guardian Angel parish.
All three deceased victims died at the scene, officials said. Preciado did not name the victims.
"We're looking for more leads," Preciado said, noting police are soliciting witness accounts as well as any video that may be available of the shootings. "It's a major public threat. At this point, we do have (LAPD's) Robbery Homicide and we have a lot of resources."
Preciado said detectives were on scene Sunday to collect videos from neighboring businesses and intersections to see when the suspected vehicle entered and exited those locations.
Detectives were looking at a few similar shootings in the recent past — including a woman who was injured by gunfire while exiting the 5 Freeway at Colorado Boulevard in Atwater Village on Wednesday — to see if there might be a correlation, Preciado said.
Anyone with information on any of these incidents is urged to call 1-877-LAPD-247.
Staff Writer Greg Cappis and City News Service contributed to this report.


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AT YALE: Hughes, one of the most athletic players in the Ivy League, was seventh in the league in rebounding (5.7 rpg.) last year. He led the Bulldogs in steals (35), was second in rebounding and fourth in scoring (7.7 ppg.). At the team's post-season banquet, he was presented with the George McReynolds Award as the team's best defender. Against Nebraska, he scored 13 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, the first of his two double-doubles. The other came against Wagner when he scored a career-high 22 points and added 11 rebounds. He also made all 11 of his free throw attempts in that game. In the season opener against Louisiana Tech he pulled down a career-high 14 rebounds, which he matched two games later against Longwood. Hughes scored in double figures in eight games and had four double-figure rebounding performances. On the trip to Spain last spring, he averaged a team-best 13.8 points. As a sophomore, Hughes finished sixth in the league in rebounding (6.2 rpg.), which was an improvement of more than four rebounds per game from his freshman year. Against No. 1 Wake Forest, he scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in only 21 minutes. It was the first of his three double-doubles. He had 10 points and 10 rebounds against Fairfield and 14 points and 11 rebounds at Harvard. His dunk at Penn was selected as one of ESPN SportsCenter's top-10 plays of the day. As a freshman, Hughes appeared in 24 games off the bench and shot 50 percent from the field. His 21 steals were fourth on the team, and he was eighth in scoring (4.9 ppg.). He shared the John C. Cobb Memorial Award as the team's top freshman with Sam Kaplan. His top performance came at Dartmouth when he had 14 points, five rebounds and two steals in only 15 minutes. In Yale's 63-58 win over Columbia, he made 4 of 6 shots, including both his three-point attempts, and had 11 points in 15 minutes. BEFORE YALE: Hughes is Hamden Hall's second leading all-time scorer with 2,225 career points. He broke the school's single game scoring record when he scored 50 points in 2002-03. Hughes is a two-time Class D New England Most Valuable Player and was selected as the Fairchester MVP as a senior. PERSONAL: Casey was born on Feb. 23, 1985. He is the son of Chester and Jennifer Hughes. He is a political science major at Yale. He is the first player at Yale from New Haven since Gavin Jackson, a guard from Wilbur Cross High School who played in 1978 and '80. Casey grew up just a few blocks from the Yale campus and used to sneak into Payne Whitney Gym to play basketball.
3PT YearGP-GSFG-FGAPCTFG-FGAPCTFT-FTAPCTREBAVGPTSAVGABS 2003-0424-039-78.50013-25.5206-19.316461.9974.012321 2004-0525-1680-189.4236-36.16729-64.4531566.21957.829930 2005-0629-2880-222.3607-34.20655-96.5731655.72227.7561135 Career78-44199-489.40726-95.27490-179.5033674.75146.6972386
CAREER HIGHS Points: 22 vs. Wagner (12/3/05) Rebounds: 14 twice (most recent vs. Longwood, 11/20/05) Assists: 4 five times (most recent vs. Columbia, 2/10/06) Minutes: 39 vs. Bucknell (12/4/04) Blocks: 3 vs. Brown (2/22/05) Steals: 4 twice (most recent vs. Princeton, 3/4/06)


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Summer Initiative
On June 8, First Lady Michelle Obama and Secretary Duncan joined three other Cabinet secretaries and Patrick Covington, Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), to launch "United We Serve: Let's Read. Let's Move." This new initiativean Administration-wide effort spearheaded by CNCSseeks to combat summer reading loss and childhood obesity by engaging youth in summer reading and physical activity, as well as by providing full access to healthy, affordable food. Specifically, the initiative aims to increase access to volunteer projects around reading, exercise, and healthy eating; provide toolkits and other key resources to help Americans develop high-impact service projects; and build new partnerships to reach youth in large cities and rural communities.
Research shows that a staggering percentage of young people suffer learning-loss and acquire unhealthy eating habits during the summer break. Indeed, young people can lose more than two months of progress in reading achievement over the summer. Also, one out of three children in the U.S. are overweight or obese, and millions of youth go without healthy, nutritious meals over the summer months.
Below are some details on the partnership with the First Lady's Office and each federal agency:
- First Lady Michelle Obama. Nearly a year ago, the First Lady began a national conversation with America's children about proper nutrition and the role food plays in living a healthy life. That discussion grew into the Let's Move! campaign. Let's Move! is combating childhood obesity through a comprehensive approach that builds on effective strategies and mobilizes both public and private sector resources.
- U.S. Department of Education. Reading five books over the summer prevents reading loss. The summer campaign will increase awareness about the critical importance of summer learning and encourage Americans to read to children. Also, the agency's Summer Enrichment Series will invite Cabinet secretaries, Administration officials, and other public officials to read children's books, promote healthy lifestyles, and participate in fitness activities with children in pre-kindergarten through third-grade.
- U.S. Department of Agriculture. Hunger does not take a break in the summer. The campaign will encourage children to plant community gardens through the People's Garden Initiative. It will also use volunteers to connect children with healthy foods and meals as part of the Summer Food Service Program.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Youth need 60 minutes of active play time daily. Through the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, the summer campaign will get more youth physically active. Children will take part in the President's Active Lifestyle program and log their activity online.
- U.S. Department of Interior. One of the easiest and most enjoyable ways to get youth active is by playing outside. The summer campaign, in collaboration with Let's Move Outside!, supplies parents all the ideas, tools, and tips they need to get their families moving outdoors. Families are encouraged to bike through National Parks to improve balance and endurance, explore the nation by hiking a local trail, and set aside time for play to boost children's physical and mental health.
ARRA Outreach
Last week, the Department announced that 35 states and the District of Columbia submitted applications to be considered for Phase 2 of the Race to the Top competition. Race to the Top is the agency's $4.35 billion fund to dramatically reshape America's educational system to better engage and prepare students for success in the 21st century global economy and workplace. States' Phase 2 applications were due to the Department by June 1 at 4:30 p.m. ET.
The Department will select the Phase 2 winners over the summer, using the same process as Phase 1. During the panel review stage, five expert reviewers will read and discuss each application. They will then score and comment on each application independently, and the applicant will be given a score based on the average of the five scores.
Finalists will be selected and invited to Washington, D.C., to make in-person presentations to their review panels. Each reviewer will then submit final scores, and the Secretary will select awardees. Depending on the size of the winning states, 10 to 15 states could win Race to the Top grants.
IDEA Determination Letters
As required by law, the Department has issued determination letters regarding states' implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Each state was evaluated on key indicators under Part B (ages 3 through 21) and Part C (infants through age 2) and placed into one of four categories: meets requirements, needs assistance, needs intervention, and needs substantial intervention. Staff carefully considered states' Annual Performance Reports, information obtained through monitoring visits, and other records. Most states fell into the top two categories; 28 states met requirements for Part B, and 27 states met requirements for Part C. No states were in needs substantial intervention on either part. For states in the lower categories, the IDEA identifies technical assistance or actions which the agency must take under specific circumstances. The agency works with states that need assistance or intervention using its network of technical assistance centers. New determination letters are issued annually.
Commencement Addresses
President Obama and Secretary Duncan recently delivered commencement addresses at high schools. On June 2, the Secretary addressed the 85 graduates of Washington, D.C.'s Benjamin Banneker High School. His address, "Finding Your Passion," challenged graduates to strive for excellence, pursue their dreams, persist and achieve college and career success, and use their great talents to make a positive contribution to their community and the nation. "Finding what you love is one of the core challenges in life," he said. "Some of you have already met that challenge. Some of you may still be looking, and that is OK. When you find what you love, it doesn't feel like work. It's a joy to get up each morning and pursue your passion." Banneker is the District of Columbia's city-wide high school. Then, on June 7, the President addressed the 290 graduates at Michigan's Kalamazoo Central High School, the winners of the President's inaugural Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge. "Together, as a community, you've embraced the motto of this district'every child, every opportunity, every time'because you believe, like I do, that every child, regardless of what they look like, where they come from, or how much money their parents have, deserves a quality education," he said. The President also encouraged all students to take personal responsibility for their successes as well as their failures. "The truth is, no matter how hard you work, you won't necessarily ace every class or succeed in every job," he stated. "There will be times when you screw up, when you hurt the people you love, when you may stray from your most deeply held values. And when that happens, it's the easiest thing in the world to start looking around for someone to blame. This community could have gone down that road. You could have made excuses. You could have pointed fingersblaming parents, blaming teachers, blaming the principal, or the superintendent, or the government. But, instead, you came together. You were honest with yourselves about where you were falling short. And, you resolved to do better." The Kalamazoo Promise provides college tuition and fees for all high school graduates in the school district. (Note: An interactive map details the schools, colleges, and universities where top Administration officials have delivered commencement addresses.)
Graduation and Dropout Rates
A new report from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a part of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), presents findings associated with public high school graduation and dropout rates, for the 2007-08 school year. Nationwide, 75% of public high school students who started as freshmen in the fall of 2004 graduated high school in 2008up from 74% who graduated on time in 2007. Also, the Average Freshmen Graduation Rate (AFGR) increased by at least one percentage point in 16 states and the District of Columbia. In addition, 4% of public high school students dropped out of school during the 2007-08 school yeara decrease of at least a half a percentage point for 14 states and the District of Columbia from 2006-07. (Note: Secretary Duncan's statement on the report is available online.)
Odds and Ends
Secretary Duncan recently taped Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) video messages for school board members and school principals.
Applications under the $10 million Promise Neighborhoods program are due June 25, while applications under the $437 million Teacher Incentive Fund are due July 6.
In May, over 250 parents, grandparents, caregivers, and community members from 17 states gathered at the Department for a dialogue with Department officials.
Last week, the Secretary traveled to Durham, North Carolina, where he spoke at North Carolina Central University's "Setting the Agenda for Historically Black Colleges and Universities" (HBCUs) Symposium and visited Southern High School for a panel discussion on saving teacher jobs.
This week, he traveled to Hampton, Virginia, for Hampton University's Ministers Conference.
In a third blog entry, the Department's Teaching Ambassador Fellows inquire about schools that have successfully turned around low-performance. In what ways have teachers been a part of effective reform efforts at the schools? Where are the examples of teacher-led reforms that have been models of collaborative stakeholder engagement?
The Secretary has announced the appointment of the 15 members to serve on the Committee on Measures of Student Success. Created under the Higher Education Opportunity Act, the committee will develop recommendations for two-year institutions of higher education to comply with the law's completion and graduation rate disclosure requirements. It will also develop recommendations regarding additional measures of student success that are comparable alternatives to the completion or graduation rates, taking into account the mission and role of such institutions.
A new blog post provides an update on the Department's global engagement.
Quote to Note
"The release today of the Common Core State Standards is an important step toward the improvement of quality education nationwide. States have come together to develop standards that are internationally benchmarked and include the knowledge and skills that students must learn to succeed in college and career.... As states move forward to implement the standards, they will need to translate standards into classroom teaching that will help all students master the new standards. The Department plans to support state implementation efforts by providing federal funds for high-quality assessments, professional development to help teachers enhance the knowledge and skills needed to help students master the standards, and research to support continual improvement of the standards and assessments over time."
|Secretary of Education Arne Duncan (6/2/10), in a statement on National Governors Association's and Council of Chief State School Officers' Common Core State Standards
Upcoming Events
On June 15, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, the Department is offering a webinar, "Strategic Use of Title I and IDEA: How to Maximize ARRA, FY 2009, and FY 2010 Funds." With state and local budget concerns increasing, this presentation will focus on the strategic management of Title I and IDEA Recovery Act and regular appropriation grant funds. The primary audience is Title I and IDEA state program and budget/financial staff, although other state and local education officials are also encouraged to participate.
The 2010 Federal Student Aid (FSA) Conference in Orlando (November 30-December 3) is the premiere training and networking opportunity for financial aid professionals.
Over the next two weeks, the Department will exhibit at the Kiwanis Annual Convention in Las Vegas (June 24-27) and the American Library Association's Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. (June 24-29). If you are attending either of these events, please stop by the Department's booth.
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Put it in a nice tin and bring it to your next party!
Happy Thanksgiving! Yes, I know we already celebrated Thanksgiving last month but any excuse to have turkey, right? Here's another pic of me and Monkey this past October.
Another day, another lovely treasury. I love ETSY people. They really know how to search for really cool items. My Josh and Teo stroller bag was included in this treasury of bags. I love love love the grey shoulder bag with the rose detail. Here's a link to ETSY.
It's been a crazy crazy week and I have yet to post some of our adventures. Reason? I just discovered Pinterest and Twitter. More things to distract me :o)
I'm doing a happy happy dance. Why? Because the December 2011 Chatelaine Holiday Issue just came out last week and my internet shop: Josh & Teo was featured!
I love ETSY Treasuries. I don't like making them because there are just too many nice things to choose from. So I'm really happy to be featured by others! My little toy tether is featured amongst a really cool collection of stripes with a hint of red.
Here is a link to the ETSY Treasury. Thank you to Zita!
The last couple of days has yielded me some free stuff. Who doesn't like free stuff, right?
(Actually, one was a replacement item but I'm counting into this happy post)
The kids got some free stuff too. Bubble wrap!


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Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh has quietly emerged as the most important man in Las Vegas.
As he invests $350 million of his personal money in the city, we visited Vegas to see how he's going to change the town—and what it means for his online retail company.
PHOTOS: See how Hsieh is spending his money in Las Vegas >
Hsieh is moving Zappos from suburban Henderson to downtown next fall (into the old City Hall building, which will cost an additional $40 million to renovate), but that's just one part of his vision.
The 38-year-old wants to revitalize the downtown area dramatically, and make the city a place where his employees would want to live and play—and eventually make it one of the coolest, smartest cities in the world.
His $350 million investment all goes back to finding a cool bar downtown. When he first moved Zappos to Henderson in 2004, he spent his weekends on the Strip; but then he discovered the Downtown Cocktail Room. He got to know the bar's owner, Michael Cornthwaite, who says that over several months and some "magical discussions," he convinced Hsieh to move his corporate offices downtown and invest in the city.
"It was almost too good to be true that [City Hall] was a few blocks away from Michael's bar and all of that," Hsieh tells us. "Originally, we were just saying, any plot of land anywhere. We'll just build our own campus like Google or Apple or Nike. Michael convinced us not to do that. Apple and Nike have great campuses for their employees, but they're not integrated [and don't] contribute to the community around them. They're kind of like these little islands."
This all came about in 2010, a few months after Amazon bought Zappos for $1.2 billion.
"Amazon knew we were running out of space, and we had to do something," Hsieh tells us. "What really helped us coincidentally by timing, is that Amazon had just built a new campus and moved in when we started discussions about wanting to move downtown. I think Jeff Bezos thinks this is a really interesting experiment."
And so does Zappos Founder Nick Swinmurn (who left the company in 2006). "Zappos is just a vehicle to further the downtown revitalization," he told us. "I'm guessing 99.9 percent of [Tony's] thoughts relate to downtown now, not necessarily Zappos. I'm not implying that's either good or bad from a Zappos perspective, as I have no idea."
Hsieh lives in The Ogden, a luxury apartment complex nearly across the street from City Hall where he rents 40 rooms, which he uses to host guests from around the world. Most of the Downtown Project team and some Zappos employees live there, too.
The nuts and bolts of Hsieh's $350 million plan include:
- $200 million in residential and real estate
- $50 million in tech startups
- $50 million in small businesses
- $50 million in arts, education and culture
So far, his Las Vegas Tech Fund has already invested in nine startups, with plans to ultimately fund between 150 to 200 startups at up to $500,000 each. The fund is headed up by Andy White, who joined the Downtown Project after leaving his executive director position at startup accelerator BoomStartup in Salt Lake City.
Developer Andrew Donner of Resort Gaming Group brokered the $18 million deal to lease City Hall to Zappos, and now he's handling all the commercial real estate transactions for Hsieh. As of this week, they've acquired around a dozen spaces. Donner says that "the goal is to accelerate what would happen in other cities in 15 to 20 years in 5 to 7 years" in downtown Vegas.
The biggest boost will initially come from Zappos itself moving in, bringing about 1,500 employees into the area. "For a company that's doing several billions of sales in year, driving those people into downtown, and driving other uses that will create jobs for retail, arts, tech — it'll create hundreds and hundreds of millions from food and beverage sales to Zappos employees alone."
An official report estimates that the initial economic impact when Zappos moves downtown will be around $336 million.
"Is this guy really putting $350 million into building around a bar he likes? Is that really it?" says Swinmurn. "Well, yeah, it sort of is."


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Cults have complicated ideologies and practices that mentally or emotionally upset people have difficulty grasping. These structures are what allow the cult to control the person. Cults do not want people who are difficult to control.
Cults seek out strong, intelligent, idealistic people. They also seek out the rich, no matter what their mental status is.
Lansdale made extensive provisions for anti-Castro propaganda in his Mongoose plans; his top secret planning documents, now declassified, detail the use of "all media" in the campaign. Many of Lansdale's propaganda initiatives relied on the tried-and-true techniques of clandestine radio warfare, but some of his more grandiose psywar schemes approached the surreal. For instance, he proposed a campaign to convince Cubans that Fidel Castro was in fact the anti-Christ, and to then spark a revolt by staging Jesus' return from the heavens. Lansdale's plan, which his colleagues dubbed "elimination by illumination," was to simulate the holy event by firing phosphorous shells into the sky above Havana. Though the anti-Castro/anti-Christ plan never came to fruition, the fact that it was considered at all by a U.S. military official is another indication of the important role supernatural themes can take in covert operations.
Using fear or force to manipulate or coerce people into doing what you want them to do should not be considered some kind of sophisticated "mind control". Inquisitions do not succeed in capturing the minds of their victims. As soon as the threat of punishment is lifted, the extorted beliefs vanish. You do not control the mind of someone who will escape from you the moment you turn your back. Some of the more popular misconceptions of mind control originated in fiction, such as "The Manchurian Candidate." In that film, an assassin is programmed so that he will respond to a post-hypnotic trigger, commit a murder, and not remember it later. Other books and films portray hypnosis as a powerful tool, allowing the hypnotist to have his sexual way with beautiful women or to program her to become a robotic courier, assassin, etc. Other fictional fantasies have been created that show drugs or electronic devices, including brain implants, being used to control the behavior of people. It has, of course, been established that brain damage, hypnosis, drugs or electric stimulation to the brain or neural network can have a causal effect on thought, bodily movement, and behavior. [...] There also seems to be a growing belief that the U.S. government, through its military branches or agencies such as the CIA, is using a number of horrible devices aimed at disrupting the brain. Laser weapons, isotropic radiators, infrasound, non-nuclear electromagnetic pulse generators, and high-power microwave emitters have been mentioned. It is known that government agencies have experimented on humans in mind control studies with and without the knowledge of their subjects (Scheflin 1978). The claims of those who believe they have been unwilling victims of "mind control" experiments should not be dismissed as impossible or even as improbable. Given past practice and the amoral nature of our military and intelligence agencies, such experiments are not implausible. However, these experimental weapons, which are aimed at disrupting brain processes, should not be considered mind control weapons. To confuse, disorient or otherwise debilitate a person through chemicals or electronically, is not to control that person. To make a person lose control of himself is not the same as gaining control over him. It is a near certainty that our government is not capable of controlling anyone's mind, though it is clear that many people in many governments lust after such power.
toof u c kin', your post on the other thread ... oh man, it was soooo funny!
The unfinished pyramid means that the United States will always grow, improve and build.


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Famous New Zealand landmarks
New Zealand is rich with scenic views and landmarks. Some of its most famous landmarks are The Sky Tower, One Tree Hill and the Beehive in Wellington.
Tourists are drawn to New Zealand by the country's lush natural splendour. This small country located in the south-western part of the Pacific Ocean has scenic vistas incomparable to any others. New Zealand consists of two large islands; the North and South Island and a handful of tiny sub-islands. Both islands are rich in culture and history and proud of its ruggedly gorgeous terrain. There is a wide range beaches, mountains, volcanoes, waterfalls, forest and subterranean caves.
Aside from its history and culture, New Zealand is home to a number of incredible landmarks which became a favorite among tourists. Here are the top 5 famous landmarks in the country:
Sky Tower – This can be found in Auckland, stands 1,076 feet high and the tallest building in New Zealand. Here you can do a lot of things like take a walk around the SkyWalk at 629 feet or take a glass elevator to one of the three viewing platforms, book a table at Orbit; a revolving restaurant. You can also try bungee jumping off their 629 foot pergola.
One Tree Hill – This is one of the tallest volcanic peaks in the city of Auckland. Known as the This Māungakiekie, it is also a sacred memorial ground for the Maori settlers. It used to have a single totara tree at the top but in the late 1800's it was replaced by a pine tree. In the end of the 20th century the tree was attacked and destroyed twice and currently does have a tree.
The Beehive – This building is located in Wellington and New Zealand's parliament building. It stands as the national symbol of the country. This 10-story building was designed by a Scottish architect in a shape of an actual beehive. Found here are the offices of the Prime Minister and offices of the other cabinet members.
Moeraki Boulders – found on the Otago coast in the South Island. There perfectly spherical rock formations are not boulders technically but concretions exposed by erosion. According to Maori legend, this is a wreckage from a giant canoe. Visitors who came to see this landmark are allowed to touch and climb on the rocks.
Tane Mahuta – The term means 'King of Forest' in Maori and is called to the largest kauri tree in New Zealand. It was estimated to be about 2300 years old and can be found by hiking Waipoua kauir Forest Sanctuary on the North Island.
These are just some of the country's famous landmarks and tourists attractions. For such a small country, New Zealand is packed with beautiful sights and landmarks.


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Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Create a Cupcake
8 comments:
- Love from Poppy said...
Jo these are fab. Love the awning!
- 20 March 2012 at 14:58
- Cindy said...
Love these especially the explosion box. Will you have a tutorial on it?
- 21 March 2012 at 17:06
- Becky Green said...
GREAT WORK!!!!!!! :) This project is SOOOO EYE-CATCHING!!!!! BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!! :)
- 21 March 2012 at 19:05
- sharon said...
Jo, lovely set as always! I have been meaning to make the awning card myself since seeing it on Julie's blog, love your colour combo. Your little cake box is very inspired, how did you think of that?
- 22 March 2012 at 09:09
- Huguenot Girl said...
Good luck with the event! These cards are good enough to eat! Nx
- 22 March 2012 at 19:46
- Jeanne Nielsen said...
Beautiful Jo! May I case? Love the little t-lite box!
- 10 April 2012 at 03:34
- PrinzessinN said...
This is so lovely. The colors are just great!
- 16 April 2012 at 22:42
- Nancy said...
I saw this set on pinterest! I LOVE it! Thanks for the inspiration. I have the stamp and punch set for the cupcakes so I am going to have to case your cards. I absolutely love the cake in the box too! Just fabulous!
- 27 June 2012 at 06:39