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DES MOINES, Iowa — Overcome by fury after a bitter defeat, Sage Karam started running home.
It was about a dozen miles between Karam's house in Nazareth, Pa. and the gym where he'd just lost with a state wrestling tournament berth on the line. But Karam was so upset about blowing his shot at states that he grabbed his shoes and took off before anyone stop him.
Karam got roughly halfwaybefore his father found him sprinting aimlessly.
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Karam looks back at that day now and chuckles.
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The 18-year-old Karam hasn't even started his senior year in high school back in the hometown he shares with Mario Andretti (Nazareth, Pa.), but he might just be the brightest young American prospect in open-wheel racing.
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Karam grew like many kids in eastern Pennsylvania, wrestling and playing football.
But from the time he could barely walk, Karam has been at his best behind a wheel.
Karam said he's been racing since he was four. By 12, Karam was perhaps the best young karts driver in the country, and the following year he became the youngest winner of the Skip Barber Shootout.
Karam signed with Andretti Autosport in 2010 and won the USF2000 rookie of the year award and series championship before moving up to the Star Mazda series. He spent two seasons in Star Mazda, winning four poles and five races, before Schmidt Peterson Motorsports signed him to run Indy Lights this year.
"Things are going good. I learned a lot in years past that has gotten me prepared for this. I was very prepared for Indy Lights. Sam (Schmidt) saw that and took me under his wing," Karam said.
Karam didn't take long to acclimate to Indy Lights. He qualified first in Indianapolis and finished third, and since then he's unbeaten.
Karam, who to this point is at his strongest on ovals, qualified on the pole the following week in Milwaukee. He was passed on the first lap by Zach Veach, but he maintained his composure — again, a lesson he said he picked up in wrestling — and rallied for a breakthrough victory.
He then moved on to Iowa, where he had already won three times in various events, and led 67 laps en route to victory.
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Karam intends to return to Nazareth Area High once the Indy Lights season is finished. He won't play his senior year of football, but he plans on taking one more crack at the state wrestling tournament next winter.
As for racing, Karam's goal is to win the Indy Lights title and hope that's enough to convince sponsors to pay for a full-time IndyCar ride in 2014.
In the meantime he'll be wrestling — which Karam said has been helped by racing too.
"Race car drivers, you have to have good vision. We can make decisions really quick. Our hand movements are also pretty speedy," Karam said. "When I'm in a match and I need to make something happen fast and I need to make a decision quick, racing gives me that advantage."


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The day after school starts, the Long Term Facilities Planning Committee expects to see a number of possible scenarios from the administration as to how to consolidate secondary school buildings in the coming years.
The committee was tasked with coming up with a five-year plan for the junior and senior high school buildings in the city, and at Tuesday's meeting a motion was made by committee member Mark Carruolo that consolidation at the secondary level is "feasible and necessary" and requested that the administration provide a number of possible configurations for discussion at future meetings. The motion passed unanimously.
"There was at that time, and there is currently, plenty of room for consolidation and within that consolidation, looking at all kinds of configurations," said Carruolo, speaking of last spring when the proposal to close Gorton Junior High was brought before the School Committee.
The committee is required to present a plan by January 2014 and the motion was made to help move the process along.
"We're looking at September, October, November, December," said Patti Nazareth. "These months fly by."
While it appears the future proposal will include consolidation of schools, there was no timeline for closures or suggested buildings to close during Tuesday's meeting. Carruolo suggested the committee move in increments without pinpointing specific details, decide consolidation is the path and continue discussions as to timelines and buildings at future meetings.
"We can recommend what we think is doable," said Robert Bushell, director of elementary education, who has experience with a consolidation process at the elementary level.
Bushell, along with Superintendent Dr. Richard D'Agostino and Secondary Education Director Dennis Mullen, said there are a number of ways consolidation could be implemented and it could take a number of years to phase out one or more schools.
Although the official plan as of Tuesday was to consolidate in general, it appeared during the meeting that the committee was leaning towards moving the district to a two-high school, two-junior high school model.
"Say it came to the point where you closed a high school, you close the two junior high schools and move the kids into that [high school] facility, you would have future expansion if you did decide to move sixth graders out of the elementary schools and make a true middle school," said D'Agostino. "You still have the room to do that."
"I personally like that idea because it doesn't stop if there is a long-term vision," said Committee member Amie Galipeau.
Much of the discussion stemmed off of a review of the data on student population from secondary schools, presented by Mullen. Using data from the 2012-2013 school year gathered on Oct. 1, 2012 and the current enrollment for the 2013-2014 school year as of Aug. 2, Mullen showed a population decline is happening.
Using the weighted enrollment, which consists of the number of students plus 1.5 for special education students who are resource students and 2.0 for special education students who are of an intensive education type, enrollment last year at the junior highs was 605 at Aldrich, 463 at Gorton and 607 at Winman. The weighted enrollments at junior highs for 2013-2014 are currently 508 at Aldrich, 463 at Gorton and 507 at Winman.
At the high school level, last year's weighted enrollments were 1,203 at Pilgrim High School, 1,101 at Toll Gate High School and 1,087 at Warwick Veterans Memorial High School. The weighted enrollment for 2013-2014 is 1,021 at Pilgrim, 977 at Toll Gate and 925 at Vets.
"You'll notice the decline exists throughout," said Mullen
Mullen also pointed out that this decline is in agreement with a projection created by NESDEC a number of years ago. During the meeting, Mullen presented that population projection.
"For our purposes, you can see down the line, 14-15, 15-16, etc., there's really no year, at least NESDEC is projecting, that it goes up. It's a steady decline," said Mullen.
Bushell also pointed out that NESDEC has been within one percent of their anticipated population projection for the past 10 years. This year, the secondary population of 4,400 is only 14 students different from NESDEC's projection of 4,386.
Nazareth attempted to get a general picture of the population during the discussion.
"You're looking at probably 3,000 in 9th to 12th grade. If you went to two schools, it's 1,500. There is still less than 400 per class," she said.
The administrations said in the general sense that would be correct.
"Based on the projections, and those can go either way, but if you look at the projections, I don't see any of our high schools, with the exception of Pilgrim for quite a few more years, being over 1,000. The other two will not be over 1,000," said Mullen.
The discussion also briefly turned towards the reasons for a declining student population in the city. Bushell cited the airport expansion, population changes and the cost to live in the Northeast with a lack of jobs as just a few contributing factors. Committee member Ed Racca also said the live birth rate in Warwick has been on the decline since 2000. Bushell agreed.
"We used to have 11-change. Now we're down in the high nines," said Bushell on the live birth rate, which was also included in the reviewed data.
The discussion also turned to an increase in students attending public schools.
"Well here's some reasons for that," said D'Agostino. "What happens is if you put them in private schools for high school, they're not subjected to senior project, they're not subjected to the NECAP assessment portfolio."
There was also mention of the effect of charter schools, which are championed by Education Commissioner Deborah Gist, on public schools.
"What you have now is not only Providence, but you also have those Providence schools accepting from North Providence, Cranston and Warwick," said Mullen.
Chief Budget Officer Anthony Ferrucci was present at the meeting and took a few minutes to explain the financial circumstances associated with charter schools. When Ferrucci came into his position two and a half years ago, he estimates there were 30 students in charter schools; now he says there are over 105.
"It costs us per pupil, sending a check, $9,000," said Ferrucci. "We also lose $3,000 in state aid. So that's $12,000 per pupil times 100 pupils, that's about $1 million that's going out the door."
D'Agostino pointed out again that Gorton and Aldrich are the two buildings in the district rated a three and in need of close to $18 million in repairs and renovations each to reach a rating of one according to the Department of Education's building assessment.
"Even if we say 'OK, we don't need to bring them up to a one, we bring them up to a two,' that could still cost $10 million apiece," said the superintendent. "I'd rather take $10 million, $20 million and put it into instruction, technology, do those types of things."
D'Agostino said the "drain" on finances needs to be removed so programs such as all-day kindergarten or advances in the Career Center can jumpstart a population return.
The next Long Term Facilities Planning Committee meeting will be on Thursday, Aug. 29 at 4 p.m. at the Administration Building.
This just in, Mr. D'Agostino: No one, and I repeat, No One is attending a Catholic or private high school in order to avoid "senior project" or the NECAP. If you truly believe that, your head is buried far deeper in the sand than many realized.
Mr. Ferucci, the money is going out the door, as it should, because students are going out the door. Money follows the students. Make Warwick schools attractive, and both the students and the money will stay.
How do we make Warwick Schools more attractive? We keep programs other cities have cut due to budget constraints, we celebrate the success of our students and we promote the fact that we not only have the best special education in RI, we challenge the average students but also provide accelerated instruction for our students that need more.
I would like to explain further the problem Warwick Schools have with the
educational gap between Warwick's highest performing students and our lowest
performing students. Warwick schools have received deficiencies by the
Department of Education for multiple years and are in a "Warning" status. I have
talked with several administrators in the last 6 months and they have confirmed this
for me. I first became aware of it while I was on the School Committee. A Jr high
school was placed on warning and if the Jr High school did not close the gap
between these 2 groups the Dept of Ed would take corrective action just as action
was taken in Central Falls. It was explained to me by an administrator that in the
last 2 years not only was the gap not closed but the gap increased because the
lowest performing students did not increase performance, and the highest
performing students (ALAP and Honors students) did increase performance.
Warwick Schools have been under a warning status and according to the
administrator I spoke with, if the gap is not closed by the end of the year, the State
will take corrective action. The schools have the money to keep ALAP. They are
choosing not to keep ALAP.
I find no reasonable explanation why they would not want to keep it. I have heard
that principals have complained that ALAP creates a scheduling issue as they must
use a classroom and there might not be room so they have to work to find a room
for them. This is a complaint that has been forwarded to the Director of Elementary
Ed. I have heard that teachers don't like students being taken out of the classroom.
Karen Bachus is doing interviews with students? She should be talking with the
parents not the students. If you ask any student a question the right way, you can
get the answer you want. Her solution, after school program with stipends for
teachers. More money for teachers? I'm not surprised. There is no reason NOT to
keep this program until a real solution is found. This program has existed for 30+
I believe that Warwick schools has given up on trying to close the gap by
increasing the performance of the lowest performing students and they are
attempting to slow the learning of the highest performing students to correct the
gap. Why would they want to do this? It is simple. According to the administrator
that I spoke with, the Department of Ed will come into the schools that have not
closed the gap and they will relieve all administrators at the school from their job.
The principal will be relieved of their job and will lose their certification in the State
of RI. The teachers can be let go and only 50% will be able to be rehired. It will be
just like Central Falls right here in Warwick.
This is a very real problem for the Warwick Schools. If the lowest performing
students can not increase their scores at the elementary level, then the
Superintendent should be let go. The director of Elementary Education should be
let go, the Principals at those schools should be let go, the teachers should be let
go and the School Committee should take action to NOT renew all of the people I
have listed. Instead, they will attempt to correct the problem by cutting the program
that benefits the highest performing students. It is immoral, and I will not stand for it.
I am surprised that we have not seen a full story on this in the Beacon. It would
take a simple call to the Dept of Ed to ask which schools are under warning and
what the consequences are if they do not improve performance.
It should be noted that all students by RI policy are to be provided a free AND
APPROPRIATE education. This means students at each level of the learning
spectrum. I fought for every special education student while on the committee, I
fought for every accelerated student while on the committee and I will fight for every
student even if I am not on the committee. It is appropriate that these students
receive this instruction. If they do not receive this instruction, I expect each parent
of an ALAP student to go to the school immediately and ask for an IEP for their
student. Request... demand an IEP for your student. The Warwick Schools must
provide a response by law as to why they will not provide an appropriate education
for your student. It will certainly cost much less to provide ALAP to every student
who qualifies than to create an IEP for each student.
I know this seems like a drastic course of action to preserve the program but
administration does not care about the program, finds no benefit to keeping the
program and the program will be lost forever. Switching to an after school program
is a temporary solution as the after school program will immediately be cut.
Finally, Warwick administration insists that the program costs $325,000. The fact is
that outside of the 2.5 Teachers assigned to the program only $2650 is spent on
the program. If the 2.5 Teachers are returned to the regular classroom which is the
plan, only $2650 will be saved. $2650 plus the salaries of the 3 teachers that do
not need to be recalled from the lay off list. Ten of the lowest paid teachers have
been laid off and of these 10, 3 will stay laid off if the ALAP program in not
reinstated. The salaries and benefits of these 3 teachers is approximately
$165,000 at a maximum. So, if the 3 ALAP teachers return to the classroom, the
schools save $165K plus the $2650, a total of $167,650. The school committee
currently has a $170K surplus that must be placed somewhere. They can easily
reinstate the program. In fact, if they take the 2.5 ALAP teachers and place them in
the classroom, they increase costs because the .5 teacher becomes a full time
teacher so they have a net loss because the ALAP teacher is a higher step than the
teacher that would be recalled from the lay off list.
The argument to take the ALAP budget, $2650 for supplies and disperse it among
all the Warwick students is a joke as well. If you take $2650 and divide it amongst
9500 students, that is 28 Cents per student. I believe 28 cents buys a pencil today.
So, we can provide a pencil to each student on the first day of class, let
administrators keep their jobs by closing the gap between our highest performing
students and our lowest performing students by lowering the bar rather than
working harder to prepare our low performing students or we can keep a program
that has served the Students of Warwick for decades. What do you think is the right
thing to do. Please contact your School committee member and let them know
what you think. Jennifer Ahearn and Eugene Nadeau have already voted to keep
ALAP. Contact BEth Furtado, Karen Bachus and Teri Mederios. Contact the
Superintendent too. Let him know you are want this program in the Warwick
Great schools are the back bone of a Great city and many people relocating look at
schools as a primary reason for choosing where to live. When we have a school
system that people can be proud of then people will move here and this will
stabilize our finances by broadening our tax base. I want people to move here and
I don't want people to leave. Cutting this program is a terrible choice and once it is
cut people will chose not to come here and more will chose to leave. Saving this
program is a step in the right direction to making this city stronger.
Former School Committee Vice Chair,
Patrick Maloney Jr.
mr Maloney,
if a scholl is in warning status from RIDE that's public information and sthe info shuold be on RIDE's website. RIDE doesn't keep those statuses a secret. You're speaking cryptically about a Warning status but a Warning stauts can be earned by a numner of things, not just a gap between IEP kids and the rest of the students. In the '10-11 year, warwick met 28 of 29 targets in their AYP at elemtary level, 20 of 21 in junior high, and 12 of 17 in high school. as a District, they did not meet AYP at any level, neither did Cranston and other districts. That Warning staus from RIDE is not that great of a measure because for example, you can not meet the targets for minority students (which Warwick has very few of) and still be put on Warning. Youre a psssionat defender of ALAP and that's good but I don;t think your theory hold that much water.
I want to be clear. I sat in a meeting with a building administrator for 2 hours and discussed this topic at the end of 2011. I went to a central administrator at the beginning of 2012 and made sure they were aware of this and they confirmed they were aware and were trying to come up with a solution. I have heard they have not resolved the issue to raise the performance of the lower scoring students. I am not a conspiracy theorist. I saw decisions from the inside.
Warning according to the RIDE chart for Aldrich: A combination of low achievement in reading and math, unacceptable gaps, little or no improvement in achievement or graduation rates, and/or failure to test enough students
Aldrich: 2013- 8 targets passed out of 12 targets (4 failures to meet objectives). A warning school 2 years in a row, not meeting AYP at Aldrich.
The 2012 Report card shows Aldrich at 7 Passed targets out of 12. http://www.eride.ri.gov/eride40/reportcards/12/documents/2012SchoolClassificationsMiddle.pdf
Aldrich is on RIDE's radar as shown by the number of targets looked at last year compared to this year. Last year 8 targets were evaluated. Aldrich was placed on Warning. This year 12 targets are reviewed and not only did they not improve in the one area, they failed in 4 areas in 2013. Repeating a failure for the goal of closing the gap.
From RIDE: http://www.ride.ri.gov/Portals/0/Uploads/Documents/Students-and-Families-Great-Schools/RI-Public-Schools/accountability-system-fact-sheet-060112.pdf
Gap-closing: Is the school serving all students, including those with disabilities and English Learners? This measure indicates whether student groups in each school are closing achievement gaps. This measure compares the scores of a high-performing group of students within the district against the performance of other student groups within the school.
RIDE:How We Intervene in and Support Schools
On identification as a Priority School, the school and RIDE begin a three- to five-year intervention process:
Diagnosis and planning: The school will undergo a diagnostic screening and develop a plan for improvement that includes a comprehensive package of interventions, including at least nine strategies that respond to the diagnosis findings and are subject to the Commissioner's approval; the district may also opt to close the school or to reopen the school under new education management.
Implementation and monitoring: The district and school will put the improvement plan into action. District leadership will oversee this process, through quarterly performance reviews with RIDE.
Warning Schools will implement a plan for improvement, but on a limited scale and without intensive RIDE oversight. RIDE expects all other schools to focus on meeting all Annual Measurable Objectives and to strive for continued improvement of student achievement.
Winman 2012 Warning 5 of 8 targets met. 2013 Winman Typical 8 of 8 targets met. Gorton: 2013 Typical. 8of 8 met.
AYP, Academic Yearly progress is not the Academic Gap.
School Districts Not Meeting AYP School Year 2010-11
B. InterventionStatus
First Year 2010-2011: Warwick
Next year, Aldrich, potentially in its 3rd year of Warning status, could move from a Warning School to a Focus school. And RIDE could change from a plan for improvement to intensive Oversight. Do you think Administrators want this. What should their solution be to improve things for lower scoring students within one year to prevent RIDE from intruding? If they can't improve the lowest performing students, what should they do. I requested at the last school committee meeting that the school committee follow the progress of the ALAP students to see if their progress improved, stayed the same or fell if ALAP was cancelled. We will wait to see what the results are or if they actually decide to track results of their decision.
Finally, if a Jr high school closes this year, it forces a reboot of the RIDE data. Gorton was the only jr high school that met AYP and met all goals for the last 3 years.
so winman or aldrich should be closed your saying?
I am saying that not everything is being reported. A school needs to close because we do not need the number of buildings for the number of students we have, many things must be taken into account. We currently have a $700K surplus, we would have had a $1.5 Million surplus if a school had already been closed and there would be no need to cut this program... in fact, we could have bought computers or upgraded technology for the students. Please read the information in the links and make a decision for yourself. I didn't sit on the Long term planning committee so the decision isn't mine to make but has ANYONE at the facilities planning committee been given this information? The answer is no. I know because I asked members if they knew this is they did not. Why has administration not told people about this or given us a plan to fix it? They were required to present the plan to RIDE, why don't we know what the plan is to fix it?
Dirty pool, you know who I am. Who are you? I would be happy to sit with you and answer anything in person.
D'agostino complains about the money being lost to charter schools. Does anyone complain of the money spent on kids with behavioural problems? A few years ago, a kid was sent to a private school due to his/her behavioural issues and disruptions of class. Parent couldn't handle her/him. Cost to Warwick: Over $100,000.00. And this is not uncommon. Someone should get the school department to disclose these 'deals' that place problem kids out of city at six figures just to get rid of the problem.

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Mikhail Tal
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NWSB Insider and Seattle Mariners blogger Insider Steve weighs in on the biggest question mark he sees facing the 2012 Seattle Mariners. Namely Ichiro Suzuki. Ichiro has to work even harder to earn the trust back from the Mariners fan base. 2012 will be a season where he cannot get too comfortable. If he doesn't adapt this could be his last season in Seattle.
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Tuesday, April 17, 2007
The Kanu Rooftop Experience
Beautiful but windy afternoon
Pac Heights, Marina, GGB, Marin Headlands
Marina, SF Bay Mt. Tam, Sausalito, North Bay mtns.
SF bay, Tiburon, Fort Mason in foreground
13 comments:
- DC Trojan said...
Crap sound or not, that's a nice view to have. Whose house were you mentioning at the beginning?
- Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at 6:57:00 AM PDT
- Kanu said...
It's called Sprekels Mansion, built in 1913. Author {authoress?} Danielle Steele bought it some years back and lives there. It is ridiculously large and the front yard is literally 1/2 of the city block- crazy.
- Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at 12:50:00 PM PDT
- Peter Bean said...
Hope to enjoy the experience in person this summer sometime...
- Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at 1:31:00 PM PDT
- DC Trojan said...
That's some serious real-estate. Maybe I need to get a pseudonym and start writing bodice-rippers...
- Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at 9:25:00 PM PDT
There are definitely benefits to living in SF huh? I'm definitely hoping to get a job there.
Tangentially (and why I dropped by), Holy mother of God. Is it possible to imitate Maradona better without staging the defenders?
- Thursday, April 19, 2007 at 3:53:00 AM PDT
- Kanu said...
Shit, Moin- that vid has been removed. I've been all over the place for the last 2 weeks, so I'm curious to learn/see what you are on about. Thanks...
DCT- Yes, I often look at her house and think that perhaps college is overrated and trashy novels are the way to go.
- Thursday, April 19, 2007 at 9:09:00 AM PDT
Hmmm seems like Youtube has suddenly got it out against Messi (either that or the new Barca feed on youtube made them extra vigilante against anything other than self-produced stuff with Barca). Anyways, here's the goal not on youtube (and better quality):
On a related note, George Weah:
- Thursday, April 19, 2007 at 12:25:00 PM PDT
- Kanu said...
Yeah, I did some poking around this a.m. and found the "Messidona" goal. It really is remarkable how similar that goal is to Diego's effort against England in 86.
Amazing stuff.
I'm happy that LM19 replicated that one and not the hand of god goal...
- Thursday, April 19, 2007 at 12:30:00 PM PDT
- DC Trojan said...
Re; hand of God - you beat me to it.
Never know what to make of that particular goal. On the one hand, England gets a goal against - plus. On the other hand, cheating Argentine gets rewarded - minus. But when you look at the other goal he scored you can be fairly sure that England weren't going to win that game anyway.
- Thursday, April 19, 2007 at 8:21:00 PM PDT
Well, the first thing that came to my mind about that goal is always that the build up to it was quite spectacular and typical of what Argentina could do, lots of short,incisive passing that just opened England up. Second thing is that I'm always thinking that Maradona was offside because he reacted so quickly to it. True it was cheating, but England didn't deserve to win it anyways. If the ref had saw it, he would have given a yellow, not a red, so the second goal would have happened anyways. It was just Diego's day/year.
Another thing I love about the goal is how Diego never lets an opportunity rub it in England's face pass. "Shilton got cross because of my hand goal. What about the other one, Shilton? Didn't you see that one?"
- Thursday, April 19, 2007 at 10:15:00 PM PDT
And then I go off and find something like this:
That made me feel all warm and fuzzy all over. The only way it could have been better is if the host had been Melissa Theuriau.
- Thursday, April 19, 2007 at 10:31:00 PM PDT
- kleph said...
great view, mate! i saw it on the radio show but couldn't quite figure out where it was given the resolution on the thumbnails. (by the time i figured out they were links to larger images i was umm... distracted by your tv newscaster choice)
gah, frickin soccer. kills me dead. i spend most of the football season here in peru which is, by far, the worst south american country to behold this strange and perplexing game. of course the beer commercials more than make up for it.
- Friday, April 20, 2007 at 5:27:00 AM PDT
Hi Mike,
Great view from your rooftop!
- Friday, April 20, 2007 at 6:37:00 AM PDT


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Sunday, September 11, 2011 - 10 years later
|Entrance fo the Flight 93 National Memorial
Over the years, my parents visited many, many National Parks around the country. I'll have to count them one day. My family and I have visited some of them. But, never on the First Full Day that a National Memorial was open to the public.
Within this past year, I visited "Ground Zero", and in May, visited the Pentagon. Ground Zero has always been a problem for me, as my last memory of that the World Trade Center was a visit that my family had with my cousin Bernice, Jody, Julie, John, and my daughters Carrie and Jennie. It wasn't long after that visit that Bernice died, way too young, of cancer. We had a great day, standing on top of the world, the awesome view of New York City, to the west New Jersey, and it Schooleys Mountain had been a little taller, perhaps we would have seen home. But how the compares to the events that took place 10 years ago is not within my capacity to reason.
It was important for Patti and I to visit this sacred ground, on a field in southeastern Pennsylvania. At the last minute, we decided to "take a trip", first to Gettysburg (another story) and the Flight 93 National Memorial. No planning, not knowing what to expect, nor, for me at least, the significance of the event that took place here.
We drove around for hours trying to find a place to sleep, as we had been on the road all day, with a stop over at the Gettysburg Battle Ground. Very tired, Patti went to sleep and I watch the re-play of the Ceremonies that had taken place earlier in the day. Then the reason for our small adventure became clear. To be part of the many, many people you would be at this sacred place to let the Families and Friends of 40 people know, that We Will Never Forget.
Across the field was where the memorial is located. This place had become familiar from the various TV programs that we on TV, specifically in this area, as this is where it happened.
Arriving at the Entrance, we got word that the Memorial would not be open for a while. Based on what we saw in the area, we knew something special was happening. The TV had said that President Obama would be here, and he was. In a little over 3 months, Patti and I had been "so close" to our president, both times laying a wreath. In May, our trip to DC and the Pentagon, at the laying of the wreath at the Arlington National Cemetery.
As we waited, folks were leaving these sacred grounds. By now, some of the faces were familiar, but many had tags and pictures of loved ones. They were the Families and friend of these 40 Hero's of Flight 93.
Many family members were in the area and at this point were leaving to return to their homes after meeting with President Obama. The clergy person above, had been on the TV earlier in the day offering his prayers for the families.
Sometimes New Media are not helpful, and I am sure they weren't this time either, but thinking about that a moment, they were recording, for us, a way to remember the events 10 years earlier. Not that it will help the Families and Friends, but to help our future generations get a glimpse of what happened 10 years ago, and today.
The Wall:
The Bells that were rung with the reading of the names.
As were hundreds, or thousands of "bikers", paying their respect.
The final landing of this airplane and the Sacred Ground of Flight 93.
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Predictive maintenance (PdM) is the process of using asset operating conditions to predict when and how a failure will occur. This typically requires the use of software, which uses asset condition data (gathered through hardware) to create graphs and reports that managers can use to make informed decisions.
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"Predictive maintenance" is a term easiest to describe in relation to preventive maintenance methods. With preventive maintenance, work is performed based on a schedule, which is usually created using historical knowledge of how—and how often—a particular asset breaks down. According to a 2015 study by Plant Engineering Magazine, preventive maintenance methods are used by 85 percent of maintenance professionals surveyed.
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Ability to stream sensor data. The core promise of predictive maintenance—using live data to make informed decisions—can be achieved through occasional spot readings. However, streaming data directly into the system saves time for technicians and increases the quality of data.
Notifications and work order triggers. Predictive maintenance systems offer the ability to set parameters around asset conditions: For example, when vibration readings on a rotating piece of equipment increase beyond a user-defined range, the software can notify workers and even generate a work order to check out that asset before it fails. Some systems also allow users to define parameters based on runtime hours, temperature readings and number of units produced.
User-defined parameters that trigger notifications in Bigfoot CMMS
Reporting and data graphing. PdM systems can present streaming data in a graphical format, as well as generate reports based on the data to help identify trends or potential problems with assets.
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Broadly, it may be that intervention is a limited and fundamentally flawed approach, but to say that some invented Western Empire marches on Africa to secure its dominance is to simplify a complex internal crisis, and to ignore the appeals of the Malian government for help.
Ten years since the West's intervention in Iraq and in the midst of a new French and British presence in Mali, it is right to emphasise that failing to appreciate the complexities of any international conflict is always costly. Deciding whether or not to commit to military intervention requires extensive deliberation and patience. Whatever one decides, there must be no doubt as to the seriousness of the implications, no question as to the responsibilities assumed as a consequence. Interventionists are often urged to keep these warnings in mind before they choose to support a foreign military conflict, but it should be remembered that this counsel must also apply to those opposed to intervention.
Not long after the French intervention in Mali, a number of voices on the left denounced what they saw as a provocative invitation to Islamist violence and a failure to learn from the West's intervention in Iraq ten years ago. However, it is arguably these voices that appear to be repeating past mistakes. Opposition to the Iraq War, while vociferous, never received the scrutiny and interrogation it truly deserved, and since it so frequently characterised itself solely in terms of what it was against, it is crucial to keep in mind what the anti-war movement was for.
Broadly speaking, we can infer that many of those opposed to the Iraq war would have preferred the continuation of Saddam Hussein's rule over Western intervention. There was little and remains little to suggest that his regime could have been toppled from within the country, and in any case, this was not a hope articulated by some within the anti-war movement at the time. In particular, we should note that George Galloway, one of the most prominent members of the Stop the War Coalition, openly praised the dictator and the operations of insurgent forces in Iraq. The Stop the War Coalition's erroneous unease around efforts to thwart fascism in Iraq and elsewhere have been disappointing, but by failing to offer a credible approach to the tangible dangers of the Islamist influence in Mali, some are perpetuating the notion that to be anti-war is to abdicate responsibility for the consequences of non-intervention. The impact of intervention is important and deserves continuous scrutiny, because this impact is severe and often bloody, but the potentially destructive impact of inaction in the face of the dangers present in Mali are not receiving the attention they deserve.
It would be in error to say that alternatives to intervention do not exist. Here at The Risky Shift, Alex Clackson has identified a number of suggestions, including the provision of development aid and increased support for domestic governments. However, a deeper misunderstanding often characterises opposition to intervention. There is a tendency among many, particularly on the left to locate intervention by the West in general and, in the case of Mali, France and Britain in particular, in a neo-imperialistic/colonialist narrative. Journalist John Pilger has gone so far as to say that 'A full-scale invasion of Africa is under way,' which he compares to the Scramble for Africa of the nineteenth century. This is a limited and ultimately ahistorical view of the kind of Western intervention we have seen in the region.
The sovereignty of Mali is not under threat from 'the West' but from several Islamist groups including Ansar Dine and al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), both of which demand the imposition of Islamic law throughout the country. It is also worth noting that it was Mali's interim president Dioncounda Traore who requested military aid from France in January of this year to counter these groups. Broadly, it may be that intervention is a limited and fundamentally flawed approach, but to say that some invented Western Empire marches on Africa to secure its dominance is to simplify a complex internal crisis, and to ignore the appeals of the Malian government for help.
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by Tazeen Inam in Mississauga
When you think of integrating refugees into a society, providing them with access to higher education is not often considered a priority when compared with food, shelter and medical care. However, some experts believe that it's especially important both for the economy of the host country and for the long-term recovery of war-torn communities and states.
Over the past many years, the conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa have displaced a large number of refugees aged 18 to 25 years old. These conflicts have resulted in crackdowns on universities in Egypt, closures of campuses in Yemen and Libya and bombings in Syria and Gaza, all of which have aggravated the plight of the educated youth.
According to Hans de Wit, professor and director of the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College, higher education for these refugees should not be considered a challenge but an opportunity.
De Wit explains, "Higher education in particular plays an important role in stimulating the possibilities for alternative pathways [for] refugees rather than putting them into camps, where they cannot learn, work or do anything."
He continues, "The alternative is to use their pre-educational skills and educate them further.
"[With] education, you give them perspective. The trauma is worst when you don't give them any hope," he adds. "Many of them have lived in camps for years and the end result is that they cannot go back."
Refugees are an investment
De Wit's report, coauthored by research professor and founding director of the Center Philip Altbach, suggests that politically-displaced victims, unlike economically-displaced refugees, are better educated and potentially easier to integrate in a new society and the labor market in the receiving countries.
This refers to the current refugees escaping Syria, Iraq and Kurdistan, many of whom have been forced out of their countries due to violent conflict.
The report further suggests that while these refugees are often seen as victims and an economic burden, they offer new talent to the host country in the long run.
"Many media reports feature articulate, English-speaking young professionals from the Middle East expressing their hopes to continue their education or obtain skilled jobs and contribute to European economies," it states.
The researchers argue that this is not merely advantageous for the refugees, but for the profile of the university they attend as well. It is a way to internationalize the campus, which would make it more competitive as a higher education institution.
Nadia Abu-Zahra from Ottawa University, while commenting on the impact of Syrian refugees, says that be they students, researchers or professors, they are often top quality academics and calls them an "intellectual wealth"
"Refugees either landing in Norway, Denmark or Canada — whoever gets the highest number of these academics — will have an incredible increase in their intellectual wealth" she says
She insists, "If you are wise you will incur them. Those [academics] fled their home countries, will stay connected to international trends and will not only give back to the host country, but to the world."
Refugees returning home
In a report on Syrian students and scholars in Lebanon, Keith David Watenpaugh describes them as the "lost generation" of college-age students.
The report says that there are up to 70,000 displaced Syrian university-age students in Lebanon and estimates that only 10,000 of them are enrolled in Lebanese universities. Another 60,000 college-age Syrian refugees are living in Jordan and 70,000 are in Turkey.
Watenpaugh highlights the need for international policy changes regarding higher education and its role in the rebuilding of war-zones.
He states that "the war will end, but the young people who would be integral in rebuilding the country are being left behind." Watenpaugh stresses the need for increased research and aid for these populations to help post-conflict countries rebuild successfully.
"The focus on elementary education is important, but we must ask who the Syrian teachers in the future will be if we neglect the university students now," says a UNESCO education specialist in the report.
In their report, Sansom Milton and Sultan Barakat speak about the challenges of restoration and the importance of higher education for refugees: "The severe toll that regional conflicts have taken on higher education is further compounded by a failure to appreciate the strategic role of the sector in stabilizing and promoting the recovery of war-torn communities and states."
Their paper further emphasizes the abilities of the younger generation and says, "Higher education, properly supported, is able to act as a catalyst for the recovery of war-torn countries in the Arab world, not only by supplying the skills and knowledge needed to reconstruct shattered economic and physical infrastructure, but also by supporting the restoration of collapsed governance systems and fostering social cohesion."
Milton and Barakat are advocating for international policy changes regarding higher education. These changes would involve greater protection of academic institutions in times of war, augmented university networks to promote academic solidarity and more funding to rebuild higher education in the aftermath of conflict.
This question will be debated by education leaders at the British Council's Going Global 2016 conference in Cape Town in May.
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This week we've got an extra special race recap lined up for you, because we've now got a World Champion at our Newark, DE store! Katrina Dowidchuk, one of our store associates, won the Womens 40-44 division race at the Masters Cyclocross World Championships in Louisville, KY. We recently caught up with Katrina to hear more about the race, her training, and her advice for those thinking about racing cross.
How long have you worked at Performance Bicycle?
Since August 2008, so almost 3.5 years.
How long have you been racing bikes and what's your current team?
I've been racing triathlons primarily since 2005. Then I started dabbling in road racing, endurance mountain biking and time trialing, but found the perfect fit with cyclocross in 2009. I currently race with Team TBB/Deep Blue which is a local team based out of Wilmington DE.
What was your first bike?
My mom bought me an upright pink bike with a banana seat and coaster brakes when I was about 8 years old. That thing was cool – racing up and down the driveway – I wasn't allowed on the road. My first upgrade was a giant orange flag that attached to the rear wheel. Then I didn't ride again until after college, to rehab a torn ACL , and now I have more bikes than I can count. You can never have too many. For cross, I ride the Fuji Altamira CX. It was a great upgrade this year.
What's your favorite part about racing cross?
Best thing about cross is that it's incredibly hard, but it's only 40 minutes! I give everything (I am not working hard enough if the drool isn't running down my face) – run up some steep muddy hills, leap over barriers – but you finish a race knowing that you got out of it what you put into it. Plus, the cross community in the Mid-Atlantic region is very supportive. You see the same people at every race, and it's so great to cheer for your buddies and have them scream for you.
Let's hear about the race – what was the course like?
Course was perfect cross conditions. I was lucky, it was frozen solid earlier in the morning, but my race was at 2pm, so it warmed to about 33 and sunny. That made it thick gooey mud almost everywhere, at times covering deep frozen ruts, with the steep short climbs becoming muddy frozen runs where it was difficult to get traction. Overall, one of the most challenging courses of the year because of the conditions.
It sounds like you had raced against many of your fellow competitors before – did you have a set of race tactics in mind before the start? Did the race go as planned?
I raced some of them previously at the National Championships in Madison so I knew what I was up against. Louisville was different in that I really wanted to get out in front at the start. I figured if I got caught behind a crash that would be a deficit too much to recover from. So I gave it everything at the start – it was wild, as we turned the corner off the pavement, it was very slick and everyone went for what they thought was the best line. We were all over the place, you could feel racers sliding and swerving, but fortunately I was able to move up to about 2nd wheel. If I didn't get jammed early, I knew I could be competitive. This race, I also planned better knowing when to get off the bike and run versus attempting to power through a technical section – you can lose a lot of time making stupid decisions. And in Louisville, I made much better decisions – I pitted every half lap, which means swapping my heavy muddy bike for a clean one. I kept my outstanding pit crew very busy!
So what did it feel like to win a World Championship & pull on the rainbow stripes?
Coolest thing ever. Although it was so cold I was bundled up like the Stay-Puff Marshamallow man, and when they gave me the jersey I was sure it would not fit over my many layers of clothing. But then I did finally get it on, and they played the National Anthem and people were cheering – it was the greatest! I didn't take it off for at least another 6 hours.
How do you train for racing cross?
One of the great things about cross is you don't need hours and hours of training time. I try to simulate race conditions as much as possible. So I run stair repeats, get on the trainer and do sets of all-out max power for 30 seconds, with 30 seconds rest, and I do sessions of 2 minute race-simulation intervals where I practice starts, sprint, dismount and carry the bike, all at max effort. I don't do any long and slow riding during the season.
What's your best advice for someone who's thinking about racing cross?
Don't stress. There are a lot of local races that are age and skill-level graded – borrow a bike and just get out there and try it. Learn the basics, then laugh as you have to get over a barrier or run through the sand – I guarantee it will be the most fun you'll have in a race.


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