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Bill Gates, philanthropist and retired co-founder of Microsoft Corp., urged MIT students on Wednesday to focus their talent and energy on tackling the world's biggest challenges, including global health, poverty and education.
Gates' visit was part of a three-day tour of five universities that was intended to inspire students and faculty to focus on issues of inequity. Although he had completed similar college visits while at Microsoft, this trip marked Gates' first college tour since he assumed full-time duties at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation nearly two years ago. With a $33.5 billion endowment, the Seattle-based foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives.
Titled "Giving Back: Finding the Best Way to Make A Difference," Gates's 30-minute presentation followed a private roundtable discussion with several faculty members about their work to fight global poverty. During that discussion, he also talked about how to expand MIT's OpenCourseWare (OCW), which is a free online portal that provides access to about 1,900 MIT courses, and which Gates uses frequently. He then met with a handful of students to hear about their research in global health, poverty and education.
Gates was eager to learn during his visit, opening his presentation with a two-part question. "Are the brightest minds working on the most important problems?" he asked a packed Kresge Auditorium. "And to the degree that they're not, how could we increase that, which I think could make a huge difference?"
Those questions were inspired by a weekend Gates recently spent with several friends who were eager to talk about two topics they found exciting: the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament and financial markets. That got Gates thinking about how he could shift some of the focus of the brightest minds from these popular topics toward solving problems that plague poor countries, such as health, food, sanitation and governance, as well as more global issues like education and energy. Even in areas of scientific innovation, a lot of the focus remains geared toward the perceived needs of the rich, such as baldness drugs, Gates said.
Tackling vaccines and education
Gates showed only one graph during his talk: his "favorite chart in the world," which describes the decline in death rates of children below age five since 1960, when about 20 million children younger than five died. In 2009, that figured had dropped to about 8.8 million, a decline that Gates attributed largely to vaccinations. Despite the immense health benefit, however, less than one percent of medical spending goes toward funding vaccines, according to Gates.
In addition to global health, Gates talked about fledgling education systems, particularly in the U.S., where he said it would take some type of dramatic breakthrough to make it possible to make a great education available to all who want one, especially as states continue to cut education funding. He praised MIT for being at the forefront of improving access to education through technology, thanks to the OCW collection of online courses. He said he is a "super happy user" of the collection and has watched 11 of the 33 available video courses to date.
But other than improving access and developing a unified system to measure teacher effectiveness, Gates admitted that figuring out how to tackle education remains unclear, partly because the area has received very modest funding, and partly because of bureaucratic resistance to changing the status quo.
Still, Gates remains optimistic. "There are reasons to believe we can make progress, but that rate of progress will be somewhat proportional to how we draw people in," he said, sharing his dream that within a few years, he will engage in conversation with bright minds who are eager to discuss teaching.
"Yes, we might delay the invention of a new financial product by a few years, or we might even delay that baldness drug by a few years, but if it helps on the important problems, I think it's a good thing," he said.
On hamburgers and giving back
Gates answered several questions from students in the audience, including his views on the role of nuclear power, which he believes needs research funding and innovation. In response to a question about how it feels to be the richest person in the world, Gates said he still hasn't "found any burgers at any price that are better than McDonald's," and that after a person attains a certain net worth — a few million dollars — adding personal wealth doesn't mean much. Success becomes, at that point, "all about how you're going to give it back."
That message struck many of the students who attended the talk, including freshman Jason Elizalde, who was impressed with how easily Gates interacted with students before the event. "He was cracking jokes and just seems so down to Earth and like all that money hasn't gotten to him," he said.
Nada Hashmi, a PhD candidate at MIT's Sloan School of Management, was grateful for the feedback Gates gave her when she met with him before the event to discuss her business idea for developing a mobile healthcare system that would send vans to remote villages in Saudi Arabia and other areas in the Middle East and Asia to distribute free healthcare. "He forced me to think of the big picture and challenged me to tackle health issues at a global level," Hashmi said. "It was great to see how people who have made it big concern themselves with giving back. It is something we should all aspire to as we go through our lives."


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Nightly Business Report Tonight on Nightly Business Report, the Dow aims for 10 in a row. The S&P aims for an all-time high. But, even with stocks climbing to unprecedented levels, there is a tug-of-war going on in the economy that could influence which direction the market heads from here. D
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This weekend, the world was struck by the tragic news of 31 year old Cory Monteith (star of hit TV show Glee), being found deceased in his hotel room in Vancouver. People around the world are now grieving about is passing, but also for his girlfriend of over a year and co-star, Lea Michele. It's terrible news, but we would like to honor Lea Michele during this time, not only with praise over her ever-growing talent, but also for her poise and beauty. Let's take a look back at some of Lea's brightest moments.
Lea is definitely graced with natural beauty. Her shiny brown hair and her beautiful olive skin complexion makes for a dynamite combination. Because of this, the starlet can wear virtually any shade or color she wants. We love how often she's spotted in hues of pink. The color radiates off of her tan skin and pops against her brown hair. If you're looking for this hue in your designer swimwear, you could always try Melt Away or Pretty Young Thing. Both have similar pops of pink, while remaining sophisticated and classy, like Lea's looks.
Another favorite bright of Lea's? Teal. Whenever Lea is spotted in this color (as we've pictured) she exudes luxury. Take, for example, her Harper's Bazaar spread, which is the epitome of glam and fashion. To carry this luxurious color over to your luxury swimwear, try the Paradise bandeau. The shine in the fabric makes the suit even more glam than it is with the hardware at the center bust and hips. Just like Lea, you'll be sure to stand out amongst your peers.
Our final spotlighted color of Lea's is a rich, goldenrod yellow. Specifically, we love the gown she wore to the Tony Awards. So classically feminine and rich. For a similar effect, the Still The One bikini features a rich, golden hue mixed with a vibrant magenta. When combined with the gold chains at the shoulders and hips, the suit transforms from playful into glam.
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Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia
VHS Animal Health Advisory August 2014
Viral hemorrhagic septicemia, or VHS, has historically been considered the most serious viral disease of trout and salmon raised in freshwater environments in Europe. Only relatively recently has it emerged in freshwater fish in the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada.
VHS is not a threat to human health; however, it poses a significant economic risk to private aquaculture.
Click here for a list of VHS - Susceptible Species.
A state-issued permit is required to move VHS-susceptible species regardless of origin. Testing for VHS is only required for VHS-susceptible species from the Great Lakes Region which includes: Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Ontario, and Quebec.
VHS is a "reportable disease," which means it must be reported within 48 hours of diagnosis to the Indiana State Board of Animal Health (BOAH).
Since spring 2005, a number of fish deaths have occurred in the Great Lakes Region in wild fish, including but not limited to muskellunge, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, bluegill, crappie, gizzard shad, freshwater drum, round goby and other fish species. VHS has also been detected in samples of walleye, white bass and other species.
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ACS:Law Keeps Sending Out More Threat Letters -- Condemned By Politicians, ISPs And General Common Sense
from the not-bullying? dept
The practice is being condemned widely. UK politicians have called it a scam. Even (believe it or not) the record labels are criticizing the practice, saying that it's not productive (most of the firms that use ACS:Law/Davenport Lyons/DigiProtect tend to be porn studios and small software providers). The latest is that O2, the UK ISP is condemning these letters as being pure bullying for money.
What's amusing is how ACS:Law tries to defend itself:
"Neither we nor our clients threaten or bully anyone. We send out letters of claim to account holders of internet connections where those internet connections have been identified as being utilised for illegal file-sharing of our clients' copyrighted works.... Our letter makes an enquiry in that regard and invites the recipient of our letter to respond to this evidence. In addition they are invited to enter into a compromise to avoid litigation,"This is disingenuous in almost every possible way. Sending a legal letter saying that you've been caught breaking the law, and likely will be taken to court (even though ACS:Law almost never seems to actually follow through on that threat), is absolutely a threat. And notice how he calls it "an enquiry," which is again misleading. It's an accusation, and a typical shakedown offer. It's not a "compromise," and it's not an afterthought as presented in the quote above. It's the key point of the letter, and the entirety of the business model put forth by the companies involved, who describe it as a way to "profit" from people sharing their content.
In responding to the fact that even the record labels (via BPI) have condemned these letters, the guy from ACS:Law responds with more ridiculousness:
"I think the BPI is letting its members down. I think they are scared of alienating their customers. My clients don't have the same fear. They take the view that the people they target aren't their customers because they are stealing from them."Of course, if they were "stealing" from his clients, then it's a criminal, not a civil, matter, and as he must know, the proper response is to go to the police. Not demand they pay up via some sort of shakedown letter.
Finally, the guy from ACS:Law basically admits that he's the one getting rich off of this, noting that he gets more money from this than the copyright holders:
"After my expenses the copyright owner is the largest single beneficiary."Nice little trick there with the "after my expenses." This is a classic shakedown with a weak attempt at giving it legitimacy by using copyright law as a cover.


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This past week saw the beginning of what could promise to be one of the greatest monarch butterfly migrations in a long time. The wind was gentle and blowing out of the southwest and south-southwest on most days after Tropical Storm Irene's passage. At this time of year the monarchs fresh out of their chrysalises are heading south and southwest, into the wind, and following the shoreline. Since before the year 2000 here on eastern Long Island we have seen very little in the way of monarchs come the end of summer.
These brightly colored orange and black butterflies count on two things when they get here after a long flight up in the late spring, not too much inclement weather, especially when they are emerging from their cocoons come August, and a good growing season for milkweeds.
It was a good year for milkweeds on the East End. Common milkweeds, butterfly milkweeds, and swamp milkweeds grew well and flowered well. The monarch caterpillars emerge from eggs laid by the adults shortly after they arrive here, and the caterpillars gorge themselves on the milky juices that milkweeds produce. The juices are not only nutritious but contain a noxious chemical that the caterpillars incorporate into their flesh. It stays with them through the process of pupation and emergence of fresh adults called imagos.
Monarch caterpillars also feed on dogbanes, which, as the name implies, are poisonous, containing the same noxious chemical but in a more concentrated and slightly different formulation.
Birds such as jays and small hawks that feed on butterflies on occasion learn to avoid the monarch after one bite because of that chemical. They are most unpalatable and consequently, they have little to fear, except for strong winds and running out of food on their long daylight flight down to the mountains in Mexico where they overwinter before breeding and giving rise to a whole new generation of butterflies, which instinctively fly north as soon as they spread their wings. Most songbirds migrate at night when they can navigate by the stars and gravitational forces and avoid the predators like hawks, which migrate during the day. The monarchs are safe to go during the day.
However, they are slow fliers compared to birds and don't fly more than 10 or 20 miles each day on their way south. The migratory flights of birds on the other hand can cover hundreds of miles in a 24-hour period if weather conditions are right. Birds store fat and carbohydrates for the long journey; monarchs don't, they feed on nectar as they go.
That is where the late flowering asters and goldenrods come in, especially the seaside goldenrod, Solidago sempervirens, which grows in the coastal dunes and on the back shores of our marine water bodies including the ocean. Everything was hunky-dory in monarch land until Irene came along. One can't help notice how the vegetation along the ocean shore and along some of the North Shore bays turned an unattractive brown right after Irene's blow-by. Thus far, the seaside goldenrods that are just starting to bloom look like they weathered the storm, but it will take a few more weeks before we can know for sure.
Meanwhile, the rest of the wildflower crop is not faring as well as it would have absent a tropical storm's impact. Thus, it will be a bit of a waiting game to see how these fluttering migrants will fare come the end of September.


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United Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday that the use of force is only legal when it is in self-defense or with Security Council authorization, remarks that appear to question the legality of US plans to strike Syria without UN backing.
He also suggested that a US attack could lead to further turmoil in conflict-ravaged Syria, where the United Nations says over 100,000 people have been killed in the country`s 2-1/2-year civil war.
Ban was speaking to reporters after President Barack Obama won the backing of two top Republicans in Congress in his call for limited US strikes on Syria to punish President Bashar al-Assad for his suspected use of chemical weapons against civilians.
"The use of force is lawful only when in exercise of self-defense in accordance with Article 51 of the United Nations charter and/or when the Security Council approves of such action," Ban said. "That is a firm principle of the United Nations."
Obama said on Saturday he was "comfortable going forward without the approval of a United Nations Security Council that so far has been completely paralyzed and unwilling to hold Assad accountable."
Syrian UN Ambassador Bashar Ja`afari had sharp words for the US administration after a closed-door meeting between UN disarmament chief Angela Kane and the 37 UN member states that asked Ban to investigate the August 21 poison gas attack.
"Who asked Mr. Obama to be the bully of the world?" Ja`afari said. He also raised media reports suggesting rebels launched the August 21 chemical attack with the aid of Saudi Arabia.
Ja`afari said any US attack "will kill innocent civilians the way they did it in Iraq in 1991 when they shelled the al-Amariyah civilian shelter and killed 500 kids and women."
Russia, backed by China, has used its veto power in the Security Council three times to block resolutions condemning Assad`s government and threatening it with sanctions. Assad`s government, like Russia, blames the rebels for the August 21 attack.
The United States has bypassed the United Nations in the past when the council was deadlocked, such as during the Kosovo war in 1999. At that time, Washington relied on NATO authorization for its bombing campaign, which forced Serbian troops and militia to pull out of Kosovo.
Ban also questioned whether the use of force to deter Syria or other countries from deploying chemical arms in the future could cause more harm than good.
"I take note of the argument for action to prevent future uses of chemical weapons," he said. "At the same time, we must consider the impact of any punitive measure on efforts to prevent further bloodshed and facilitate a political resolution of the conflict."
"The turmoil in Syria and across the region serves nobody," he said. "I appeal for renewed efforts by regional and international actors to convene the Geneva conference as soon as possible."
The United States and Russia announced in May that they would organize an international peace conference on Syria to revive a stalled plan agreed in June 2012 in Geneva that called for a Syrian political transition and end to the violence. But neither the government nor rebels want to negotiate and plans for a new conference appear dead, diplomats say.
Ban said that if UN inspectors determine that chemical weapons were used in Syria, the Security Council, which has long been deadlocked on the civil war, should overcome its differences and take action.
"The Security Council has a duty to move beyond the current stalemate and show leadership," he said. "This is a larger issue than the conflict in Syria. This is about our collective responsibility to humankind."
Ban also reiterated that the use of chemical weapons of mass destruction is an international crime of the highest order.
"If confirmed, any use of chemical weapons by anyone, under any circumstances, will be a serious violation of international law and outrageous war crime," he said.
"Almost a century ago, following the horrors of the First World War, the international community acted to ban the use of these weapons of mass destruction," Ban said. "Our common humanity compels us to ensure that chemical weapons do not become a tool of war or terror in the 21st century."
"Any perpetrators must be brought to justice," he added. "There should be no impunity."
Ban said samples and other evidence taken at the site of the attack in the suburbs of Damascus that the United States says killed more than 1,400 people, many of them children, would arrive at European laboratories on Wednesday. Ban told diplomats last week that analysis of those samples could take two weeks.
The United Nations has received at least 14 reports of possible chemical weapons use in Syria. After months of diplomatic wrangling, the UN experts, led by Swedish scientist Ake Sellstrom, arrived in Syria on August 18 with a 14-day mandate to look for evidence.
The UN team was initially going to look into three incidents, but its priority became the August 21 attack. The inspectors have also been looking into Syrian allegations that the rebels used chemical weapons three times last month against the Syrian army - allegations that Washington has dismissed.
Ban said Sellstrom`s team would return to Syria to continue its investigation as soon as possible.
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This foreign born Academy Award winner/nominee B+ list mostly movie actor went out on a date with his B list celebrity girlfriend as part of a bet but is still dating her because he says the sex is the best he has ever had.
I have to say she doesn't look the type.
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Matthew Setter has posted another new tutorial to his Master Zend Framework site today showing you how to access ServiceManager services in controller plugins. Controller plugins are a Zend Framework feature that allows certain events to trigger the plugin code during the lifetime of the controller.
I've seen some questions on Google+ and StackOverflow of late, regarding how to get access to the Zend Framework 2 database adapter, along with other ServiceManager-defined services, in a custom controller plugin. This type of setup can come in handy for a number of situations. You may want to access services such as caching, logging or databases and want to provide a simple interface for doing so. People seem really interested in how to do it, but how to get access to services from the ServiceManager doesn't seem to be as clear as it could be. Gladly, there's not much involved in actually doing it.
He shows you how to create a plugin for an existing module, creating the two needed classes and adding a new function to configure it. He starts with the plugin factory that can be used to generate an instance of the plugin. Next is the plugin class itself that extends the abstract plugin and controller plugin classes. The required database adapter is injected into it via a constructor injection. Finally, in the Module.php configuration, he creates a "getControllerPluginConfig" method that registers the new plugin and points to its class. A screencast is also provided showing the active development of the code.


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Chris Brown just got kudos from a judge for staying on track with his probation.
During the brief hearing, Brown's lawyer, Mark Geragos, told the judge his client performed more than 290 hours of community service and is in good standing with the probation office.
Brown -- who copped a felony plea for beating Rihanna -- also completed all but one of his domestic violence classes.
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CRESTVIEW � This year�s Crestview High School prom was free of driving under the influence incidents, the Crestview Police Department, Okaloosa County Sheriff�s Office and Florida Highway Patrol confirmed.
CRESTVIEW � This year�s Crestview High School prom was free of driving under the influence incidents, the Crestview Police Department, Okaloosa County Sheriff�s Office and Florida Highway Patrol confirmed.
An educational program the day prior to the event may have contributed to the safe outcome. Before attending the prom on Saturday night, Crestview High School�s junior and senior classes saw a demonstration on the dangers of driving under the influence.
About 750 students nearly filled the left side of the football stadiums bleachers, while first responders ─the Crestview Fire Department, emergency medical services, Crestview police and the Florida Highway Patrol ─showed the tragic results of driving under the influence.
Emergency crews responded to a call in which two vehicles collided head on. The scenario involved teenagers portrayed by the school's leadership program members.
Authorities discovered several open containers in one of the vehicles and determined that alcohol contributed to the crash. Most of the teens in that vehicle received minor injuries. Police arrested the intoxicated teenage driver and hauled him away in a Crestview Police cruiser after he failed a field sobriety test.
A passenger in the other car was pronounced dead at the scene. Firefighters used hydraulic rescue tools to remove the top of the victim's car and retrieve a critically injured backseat passenger, whom they strapped to a gurney. Medics requested an Air Heart helicopter transported the teen.
Several in the crowd cheered as the helicopter landed on the football field. However, the teen soon went into cardiac arrest and was sent to a trauma center.
Employees from a local funeral home arrived on the scene to collect the body of the teen ─ portrayed by Brittany Agee ─killed on impact. FHP officers visited the girl's parents to deliver the news of her death.
The scenario portrayed a harsh reality, but students needed to understand their actions could have serious consequences, school officials said.
"The only thing you can do is make them aware, educate them, and they have to make them the right decisions," CHS assistant principal Dexter Day said. The Florida Highway Patrol and local first responders brought the program to the school�s attention.
"One bad decision not only affects you but (also) everybody involved," FHP Sgt. Ron Livingston said.
Students grew quiet during the testimonies ofAmy Jamieson and Lindy Bowman,mothers who lost their teenagers in DUI-related incidents.
Corbin Carroll, 17, noticed the crowd's reaction.
"I saw a lot of people upset," he said. "I don't think people should be drinking and driving because you can put other people's lives in danger ... one mistake can change your life."
Livingston has organized several of these mock demonstrations for the past six years, hoping students would learn that lesson. About three years ago, he, along with other agencies, brought the program to Crestview after students died under similar circumstances.
"Our biggest thing is that if we can save just one life, then we have accomplished something out of this," Livingston said.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – In a back-and-forth affair, nationally-ranked No. 1 Springfield College emerged with a 25-21, 21-25, 25-15, 20-25, 15-12 victory over No. 13 MIT in a men's volleyball match on Wednesday night. The Pride improved to 13-3 on the season while the Engineers' ledger lowered to 11-9 for the year.
Springfield opened the match by building an 8-4 advantage and maintained a comfortable cushion throughout the set as its lead grew to 16-11. MIT responded with a 7-2 spurt as a strike by junior Ken Siebert (St. Louis, Mo.) brought it within one. The Pride replied by scoring six of the next eight points with a service error giving it set point at 24-19. The Engineers stayed alive by recording the next two points, the last on a blast by senior Matt Hohenberger (St. Louis, Mo.) off the visitors' block. However, Springfield senior Mike Pelletier (Burnt Hills, N.Y.) thwarted the late rally with a kill of his own.
Like the first set, the Pride established an 8-4 margin in the second stanza but MIT battled back as a hitting error evened the score at 18. Springfield gained some breathing room courtesy of a pair of errors; however, back-to-back Hohenberger kills resulted in six unanswered points and a 24-20 lead. A block by senior Mike Becker (Lancaster, Pa.) and junior Jimmy O'Leary (Reading, Pa.) kept the Pride in the hunt; but a strike from sophomore Andrew Busse (Mount Prospect, Ill.) clinched the win for the hosts.
In the third set, Springfield turned a 5-5 deadlock into a 13-6 lead and never looked back as it cruised to a 25-15 victory. The Pride capitalized on solid hitting and blocking from Pelletier, O'Leary, and senior Greg Falcone (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) to take a 2-1 lead in the match.
The fourth frame was closely played as a kill by Busse evened the score at 12. A solo block from Falcone led to a 4-1 spurt which was capped by a quick hit from Becker. An exchange of points ensued until MIT rattled off seven straight to go ahead, 23-19. A strike by Springfield senior Alistair Matthews (Freehold, N.J.) ended the run; however, the Engineers used a Hohenberger kill and a Pride hitting error to force a decisive fifth set.
After trading serves to start the final frame, Springfield put together a 6-2 run with a Matthews kill giving it an 8-5 lead at the changeover. MIT battled back, using a kill from sophomore Alex Klein (San Diego, Calif.) in addition to a kill and ace by senior Patrick Vatterott (St. Louis, Mo.) to tie the set at eight. The Pride countered by scoring four of the next five points as a block by O'Leary and sophomore Ryan Quesenberry (Kingsville, Md.) put it in front, 12-10. The exchange of points resumed as a Pelletier strike off the MIT block resulted in match point. A kill from Hohenberger extended the set but a back-row hit from Pelletier secured the victory for Springfield.
Hohenberger finished with a team-high 23 kills as Busse generated 11 kills and a .647 hitting percentage. Siebert posted 11 kills while Vatterott registered seven digs and six kills. Junior Paul Syta (Fairport, N.Y.) tallied 48 assists, 20 digs, four kills, and two aces as freshman Brendan Chang (Laytonsville, Md.) collected 17 digs.
Next up for MIT will be a road match on Tuesday, March 5 at cross-town rival Harvard University which is currently ranked No. 14 in the Division I American Volleyball Coaches Association Poll. Springfield returns to action on Saturday, March 2 when it hosts No. 12 Vassar College and Emmanuel College.


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For a variety of reasons, I've decided to head back out on my own. Part of this has to do with my lower output of writing and my inability to share in the duties of maintaining a group site like Scientopia. Scientopia is a wonderful blog community but I don't feel like I have the time to contribute fairly to the management of this site. I'm indescribably thankful for everyone who has put so much work into developing Scientopia.
I hope you will follow me over to the new White Coat Underground (expect some bumps along the way).


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This morning I finally caught up with "To Really Learn, Quit Studying and Take a Test", the The New York Times article discussing the conclusions of "Retrieval Practice Produces More Learning than Elaborative Studying with Concept Mapping," a recent Science article on the advantages of test-taking over studying for comprehension and inference-making.
To quote from the abstract:
The advantage of retrieval practice was observed with test questions that assessed comprehension and required students to make inferences.
Our findings support the theory that retrieval practice enhances learning by retrieval-specific mechanisms rather than by elaborative study processes. Retrieval practice is an effective tool to promote conceptual learning about science.
I wonder about retrieval practices versus meaning-making ones. I'd agree from experience that asking students to do something with new learning is better than asking them to put it away. However, I'm curious about how the learning gains from retrieval practices compare to those from applicative, synthetic, and evaluative practices.
While I'm sure the Times article will stir a little hubbub and give rhetorical weight to the already hefty testing regime, we should remember here that we're comparing the learning effects of note-taking to test-taking. While this is science, it's not rocket science or any kind of higher-order thinking. I am constantly bemused by the tautologies of testing: students who test more do better on tests. Well, yes, of course.
The tests started in the military and now the military bemoans the "products" of a school system built on testing. So does the academy. So do employers. So do we. Paradigm shift, anyone?
In trying to "produce" graduates that do what we want, we're failing. It's time to graduate students who are capable of doing what they want to support themselves, their families, and their communities.
I just deleted a half dozen paragraphs about where I find myself these days. To summarize:
- The decision to follow students' learning is a deliberate one, not without cost.
- School divisions should share that cost with teachers, students, and parents by working to create a system that incubates amazing, joyful, original work.
- School is not a fetch quest.
Retrieval is an appropriate end for viral marketing, but it can't be the de facto end goal of any school system that wants to build happy schools, protect our democracy, strengthen our neighborhoods, or save our planet. If we could just do a better job of protecting kids' curiosity, creativity, and sense of justice, we'd be well on our way to the lives and communities we all deserve.
One suggestion: decentralize big schools into handfuls of inquiry, service, and community-based schools-within-schools that enroll statistically insignificant numbers of students for AYP sanctions. Let teachers, students, and volunteers self-organize by interest, philosophy, readiness, shift, and structure. Let the schools be run democratically and represented by lead disruptors who are otherwise at present siloed in their schools and classrooms. Let the lead disruptors and any interested parties attend monthly colloquia on action-research happening in the schools. Count learning on- and offsite as seat time, since the government has already established that the two are one and the same.
This isn't that big a shift. We already have departments. We already have tracking; all public schools that track have their own internal test-prep charter schools – they just won't admit it. We already have PLCs.
Let's repurpose how we atomize our efforts to better serve students' diverse learning; let's stop insisting that students serve us. Students are not retrievers and should not be treated as such, no matter how cute retrieval classrooms look. Students are us. They are the inheritors of our successes and failures.
We won't move schools out of the failure column by concentrating on the tests. We won't have successful schools by insisting someone fail.


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Oct. 29, 2005
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - St. Francis College and Brown University advanced to the Northern Division III water polo championship after impressive 2-0 starts on Saturday at the Zesiger Sports and Fitness Center. Iona College, Harvard University, Queens College and Connecticut College went 1-1 on the day, while Fordham University and MIT dropped both of their contests.
St. Francis College jumped out to a fast start with a 21-6 rout of Queens before defeating Iona 8-4. Host MIT battled Iona in the second game of the tournament but lost in triple overtime, 12-11. The Engineers were also edged by Queens, 13-11. First place Brown cruised to a 16-0 victory over Connecticut and then edged out Harvard 5-3. The Crimson finished the day 1-1 with a win over Fordham, 10-4. Connecticut College lost to Fordham, 9-6.
Tournament action continues Sunday when MIT meets Fordham at 10:00 a.m. Connecticut College then faces Queens at 11:15 a.m. and Harvard battles Iona at 12:30 p.m. The championship game between Brown and St. Francis is set to begin at 2:00 p.m.


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Beast Mode wrote:CJ for Gortat would be lovely... we'd have to give up more though.. I doubt CJ gets half the contract Gortat has.
That's the beauty of it Beast. Orlando needs to lose some of their salary so they can keep Redick. That's why they are going to wait the full seven days to "determine" if they will match Chicago's offer for Redick. They already know they want to keep him, but they have to lose some of their salary somewhere. They want someone to offer them a good player who has a smaller salary than Gortat for Gortat.
The Warriors have needed an enforcer for a long time now. I think Gortat can be that guy. That and Gortat has been hungry for a chance to start for someone, an opportunity he'll never get in Orlando... unless he gets the Polish Mafia to break D. Howards legs
Even if you have some hope for Biedrins still, which I do, Gortat would still be good to have on the team imho.


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Levi Crowned 2012 Audi Melges 20 Gold Cup Champion
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Napoli, Italy - Strong winds and rough seas in the Gulf of Napoli set the stage for the final day of racing at the 2012 Audi Melges 20 Gold Cup. Congratulations are in full order for 2012 Champion Dario Levi aboard Fremito D'Arja with tactician Andrea Casale and crew Stefano Lagi, who seemed at ease with the every conditions dealt this past weekend. Levi proudly joins the ranks of the elite Gold Cup ring of champions — Francesco Farneti (2010) and Alessandro Rombelli (2011).
Levi's team has been together for a couple of seasons, and in 2012 they never missed an event, and with each performance, strengthened their skills, improved their boat handling and gained the necessary speed and experience required to win such a marquee title.
The Audi Melges 20 Gold Cup was the most important event of the season for Melges, organized by B-Plan Sports & Event in collaboration with Melges Europe, the International Class Audi Melges 20 Association and Circolo Canottieri Napoli. This amazing event closed with a final heat won by Alessio Marinelli aboard Candida Sailing Team, which thanks to this simple success, jumped the second place overall at Gold Cup, grabbing the lead and taking the title of the 2012 Audi Melges 20 Sailing Series. Renato Vallivero's Turnover came second and Levi placed third for the Series. Mirko de Falco on Pecceré took fourth and 2012 European Champion Guido Miani on Audi - Out of Reach rounded out the top five.
Finishing in third overall is Enrico Pegoraro on Karma. He slipped from second to third due to a penalty on the course in the last race. Davide Albertini on Leviathan closed the event in fourth, followed by Achille Onorato's Mascalzone Latino, Jr. in fifth.
The International Audi Melges 20 Class Association looks forward to hosting the 2013 Audi Melges 20 Gold Cup in Key Largo, Florida at Ocean Reef Club on November 7-10. Audi Melges 20 owners worldwide are cordially invited to attend the event at this exquisite venue. In addition, stay close to Official Audi Melges 20 Class Website as another successful 2013 season in Europe is highly anticipated. Dates for each event are posted accordingly at melges20.com.
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1.) Dario Levi/Andrea Casale, Fremito d'Arja; (11)-2-4-3-2-4-10 = 25
2.) Alessio Marinelli/Branko Brcin, Candida Sailing Team; 1-9-(13)-4-10-9-1 = 34
3.) Enrico Pegoraro/Michele Paoletti, Karma; 3-(15)-8-1-7-1-15= 35
4.) Davide Albertini/Flavio Favini, Leviathan; 6-(16)-5-11-3-8-3 = 36
5.) Achille Onorato/Lorenzo Bressani, Mascalzone Latino, Jr.; 5-6-1-5-(23)-20-4 = 41
6.) Alessandro Rombelli/Jonathan McKee, STIG; 9-8-12-7-5-(28)-2 = 43
7.) Luca Domenici/Benedetto Giallongo, Notaro Team; 2-19-2-2-6-3-(dnf) = 44
8.) Mirko De Falco/Guglielmo Giordano, Pecceré; 2-5-(25)-6-14-7 = 34
9.) Renato Vallivero-Marco Perazzo/Enrico Fonda, Turnover; 10-10-7-(29)-1-12-11 = 51
10.) Federico Albano/Giulio Desiderato-Andrea Trani, 3Menda; 8-1-9-(20)-18-18-6 = 60
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WALNUT — Village work and equipment were discussed at the Walnut Village Board meeting on Monday.
Village Superintendent Carl Minks told the board the condition of the village's backhoe is in need of extensive and expensive repairs. Considering the age of the backhoe, he is proposing the village investigate the purchase of a new backhoe or at least a used one that is newer than the one the village currently owns.
The board asked Minks to gather information about different options and bring what he finds back to the board for further consideration.
Minks also proposed some needed concrete work. After discussion and review, the board agreed to have AAA Concrete of Rock Falls replace 83 feet of bridge curbing and also replace several sections of sidewalk that are in disrepair and creating a hazard for pedestrians. These repairs will be performed in the coming months, and Minks assured the board it would be accomplished prior to the village's Fourth of July celebration.
Also at Monday's meeting, village resident Tammy Chamberlain requesting she be allowed to organize and facilitate a 5K run/walk to benefit fellow Walnut resident, Jessie Wallace-Sergeant, who has always been an avid runner and is currently struggling with medical problems. Wallace-Sergeant will be having some upcoming surgery that could preclude her from running in the future.
Chamberlain said the 5K run/walk would be held on at 9 a.m. June 1 and would follow the same route used for the Walnut 5K Run held in conjunction with the Fourth of July celebration. The board unanimously approved the event and suggested to Chamberlain she be in contact with the Walnut Fire Department, police chief and park district as her plans progress. Those agencies will be assisting her with traffic control and course layout. The board wished Chamberlain much success with this charitable effort to assist Wallace-Sergeant with her ongoing medical bills.
Another village resident spoke at the meeting regarding animal control in the village. She has encountered several incidences recently of dogs running loose in town. The resident has personally contacted the Bureau County Animal Control asking if they can help with this situation, however, Bureau County Animal Control currently does not have a contract with Walnut to help with this type of problem. The board voted to contact Scott Robbins at this agency and ask him to attend a future board meeting to discuss what his agency could do to help with animal control within the village.
Also, village President Bob Brasen reported he has received a letter of resignation from village board member Terry Glaudel. Glaudel's seat on the board will be filled by appointment at a future date.
The board then adjourned to closed session to continue discussion of employment matters.
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As far as UFC president Dana White is concerned, the decision to remove TJ Grant and Nate Diaz from the official UFC rankings was a simple one.
They are not currently active.
White, during an interview on "UFC Tonight" Wednesday, discussed the issue. Both fighters were taken out of the rankings earlier this week, while former UFC champion Dominick Cruz remained in the bantamweight Top-10 despite being off longer than either Grant or Diaz.
"Everyone is talking about Nate Diaz being removed and so has TJ Grant, for inactivity," White said. "Early on, we let Dominick hold the title for as long as we did. But it's unfair for the guys who are staying active.
"When you have a guy like TJ and they have an injury, that's pretty serious, so they get dropped. When they come back, they'll get added back. The same for Diaz. He's not taking any fights and we're not sure when he will. When he comes back, he'll be ranked again."
Grant (21-5) has been out of action since a win last May over Gray Maynard. He was slotted for a title shot in the lightweight division, but a concussion suffered in training scrapped that. The Canadian has remained on the sidelines due to lingering effects from that injury.
Diaz (17-9) fought in November and stopped Maynard. He has publicly stated a desire for a new UFC contract, but just signed a deal in 2012 before taking on Benson Henderson for the title.
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In the mid-1960s, the physician shortage in rural areas had reached a crisis. The supply of physicians had become insufficient to meet the demands of many communities, particularly in small, isolated rural areas. To alleviate the effects of this crisis, midlevel health professionals were introduced to serve as physician extenders.
While midlevel providers, such as physician assistants and nurse practitioners, were easily accepted by many communities, their services were not eligible for reimbursement by Medicare (or by Medicaid in some states). For most midlevel providers, third-party reimbursement remained dependent upon them working under the immediate supervision of a physician. This lack of third-party reimbursement from public payers was a substantial disincentive for physician assistants and nurse practitioners to locate in rural areas.
After considerable political mobilization directed toward resolving this issue, Congress passed Public Law 95-210, the Rural Health Clinic Services Act, in December 1977. The act was intended to redress the midlevel reimbursement issue and increase the availability and accessibility of primary care services for residents of rural communities.
The Act authorized Medicare and Medicaid payment to qualified RHCs for "physician services" and "physician-directed services" whether provided by a physician, physician assistant or nurse practitioner. Reimbursement under the Rural Health Clinic Services Act became available to midlevel provider practices, even when services were delivered at a clinic in the absence of a physician, as long as the practice of the physician assistant or nurse practitioner was within the scope of state law and regulations.[1]
In 1977, Congress passed the Rural Health Clinic Services Act (PL 95-210). The legislation had two main goals: improve access to primary health care in rural, underserved communities; and promote a collaborative model of health care delivery using physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants. In subsequent legislation, Congress added nurse midwives to the core set of primary care professionals and included mental health services provided by psychologists and clinical social workers as part of the Rural Health Clinic (RHC) benefit.
Improving access to primary care services in underserved rural communities and utilizing a team approach to health care delivery are still the main focuses of the RHC program. The law authorizes special Medicare and Medicaid payment mechanisms for rural health clinics and uses these special payment mechanisms as the principal incentive for becoming a Federally-certified Rural Health Clinic. For Medicare, the payment mechanism is a modified cost-based method of payment. For Medicaid, States are mandated to reimburse Rural Health Clinics using a Prospective Payment System (PPS). Federal law allows States to use an alternative payment method for Medicaid services, as long as the payment amounts are no less than the clinic would have received under the PPS method.
A RHC may be a public or private, for-profit or not-for-profit entity. There are two types of RHCs: provider-based and independent. Provider-based clinics are those clinics owned and operated as an "integral part" of a hospital, nursing home or home health agency. Independent RHCs are those facilities owned by an entity other than a "provider" or a clinic owned by a provider that fails to meet the "integral part" criteria.
The mission of the RHC program has remained remarkably consistent during the lifetime of this unique benefit. Improving access to primary care services in underserved rural communities and utilizing a team approach to health care delivery are still the main focuses of the RHC program. The information found in this book is geared toward those individuals and organizations that share that mission.
There are over 3,000 Federally-certified RHC located throughout the United States. The RHC community is almost evenly split between independent clinics (52 percent) and provider-based clinics (48 percent). According to a national RHC survey conducted by the University of Southern Maine (USM), independent clinics are most commonly owned by physicians (49 percent) and provider-based clinics are most commonly owned by hospitals (51 percent). Approximately 43 percent of RHCs are located in Health Professional Shortage Areas and 40 percent are located in Medically Underserved Areas.
Also according to the University of Southern Maine, 69 percent of all RHCs are located in ZIP codes classified by the Department of Agriculture as small towns or isolated areas. A small town or isolated area is a community with fewer than 2,500 people. Another 17 percent of clinics are located in so-called "large towns". These are communities with populations between 10,000 and 49,999. The majority of the remaining clinics are located in areas defined as suburban.
Each of these clinics was located in a Federally-designated or -recognized underserved area at the time the clinic was certified. In addition, all of these facilities are located in non-urbanized areas as defined by the Bureau of the Census. Despite the tremendous growth we have seen in the RHC program over the past decade and the considerable contribution RHCs are making towards alleviating or eliminating access to care problems, thousands of rural communities continue to receive the underserved designation.
Rural communities have historically had difficulty attracting and retaining health professionals. For some rural communities, the inability to access the health care delivery system may be because there are no health care providers in the area. The lack of health professionals may be due to the fact that rural communities are disproportionately dependent on Medicare and Medicaid as the principle payers for health services. In the typical Rural Health Clinic, Medicare and Medicaid payments account for close to 60 percent of practice revenue. Consequently, ensuring adequate Medicare and Medicaid payments is essential to the availability of health care in rural underserved areas.
There was tremendous growth in the RHC program through the early '90s. Between 1990 and 1997, nearly 3,000 clinics received initial certification as a Rural Health Clinic. Since 1997, hundreds of new clinics have been certified to participate in the program; however, many clinics approved in the early '90s have chosen to discontinue participation in the program. Consequently, we have seen a slight drop in the aggregate number of clinics.
The year 1997 is considered a threshold year for the RHC community because it was this year that Congress enacted legislation to better target growth in the RHC program. While the growth in the RHC program during the early and mid-90s was not unexpected, there were some in Congress that felt that some of the clinics certified as RHCs during this period were not really appropriate for participation in a program aimed at improving health care in underserved areas.
For example, it was discovered that the Medically Underserved Area list used for participation in the RHC program had not been updated by the Federal government since the early 1980′s. This meant that some communities that may no longer have been underserved were deemed eligible for participation in the program. One of the changes Congress enacted in response to this discovery was that new RHCs can no longer be certified in areas where the shortage area designation is more than three years old.
As successful as the program has been for thousands of rural communities, the fact is that the Rural Health Clinics program may not be appropriate for every rural underserved community. While the payment methodologies available to Rural Health Clinics can be attractive, they are not magical. Indeed, depending upon the payer mix or range of services you offer or plan to offer, traditional fee for service or some other form of payment could be better. It is important, therefore, that you complete a financial assessment to make sure that the methodologies are right for your particular practice.[2]
[1] "The Rural Health Clinic Services Act: Pubic Law 95-210", January 1991, A report of the Office of Rural Health Policy prepared by the National Rural Health Association
[2] "Starting a Rural Health Clinic: A How-To Manual" Winter 2004, A publication funded by HRSA's Office of Rural Health Policy with the National Association of Rural Health Clinics under Contract Number 00-0245 (P).


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Q. Can I access the UAB salary information book online?
The UAB salary book (UAB Expenditure Transactions) is now available online.
There are some differences in the information needed to retrieve results and the results that will be returned. In the printed salary book, you looked for the person's last name and then looked for first name or initial. You could also see their department and position, yearly salary, or hourly pay rate.
In the online version, you can look at the current fiscal year as well as the last few years. Instead of seeing a total yearly salary, you will see what the payee has been paid broken down by payment date. There is no department information, only the payee's Sub Category, such as SALARY -- INSTR/FELL/FACULTY or SALARY -- SECRETARIAL/CLERICAL, etc.
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Massive Military-Wide Healthy Lifestyle Program Announced (every aspect of the military will be affected)
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You might think of people in the U.S. miltiary as the fittest, healthiest people around, but the Pentagon says in many cases the opposite is true, so the entire U.S. military is in for a fitness checkup.
"Active duty and reserve component members, military children and spouses, retirees, Department of Defense civilians, more than 10 million people we have responsibility for," Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Jonathan Woodson told 1200 WOAI news.
He says the massive program, called Operation Live Well, will affect every one of those individuals. He says every single program in the military, from basic training to military hospitals, will be scoured to determine if it is meeting the objectives of creating a healthier fighting force.
Woodson says in many cases, members of the military are actually in worse shape than their civilian counterparts.
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Woodson says a 'healthy and fit force' is essential to national security as service members must be physically prepared to deploy in a moment's notice anywhere on the globe to extremely austere and demanding conditions.
Woodson says encouraging healthy lifestyles, including no smoking, healthy meals, and physical fitness, will also reduce TRICARE medical expenses.
Woodson says the program will take other facets as well, including examining all miltiary training to prevent accidents and injuries.
"Being overweight or obese is one of the leading reasons for early discharges from the active duty force," Woodson said, pointing out that is simply one of the many costs associated with unhealthy activity.
He says the program will focus on 'making informed nutritional food choices, increased physical activity, weight management, and tobacco cessation.
Woodson says this program will not be voluntary, and will not be easily ignored, as it will touch every single aspect of the military.
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