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A Swedish study found that while 46% of participants in childbirth classes are men, most say they're mainly attending for the sake of their partners. (That would explain the curious lack of single men in Lamaze classes.)
That isn't to say that men don't care about the birth. Researchers report the classes are often aimed solely at the mothers-to-be, so guys turn to "other sources of information ahead of childbirth, such as their workmates or relatives."
Study author Asa Premberg says fathers should have opportunities to discuss their concerns with professionals, as goofy coworkers usually aren't authorities on birthing babies. "It's important that men too have an opportunity to talk about their fears and ask the midwife questions if they're to feel it's worth taking part," says Premberg.
Men Go To Birthing Classes For Partner [UPI]
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Starting January 1, 2005, another insurance company will give members a discount for sweating it out in the gym.
Following in the footsteps of companies such as Aetna and Oxford Health Plans, the non-profit, taxable organization Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota will give a $20 credit per month to its fully insured members who work out at least eight days a month at one of their participating fitness centers.
With 2.6 million members across the country, Blue Cross Minnesota has included Select Curves, Gold's Gyms and YMCAs, along with numerous others, on the list of participating clubs for the Minnesota area. Blue Cross Minnesota members who live outside of Minnesota will have access to 1,500 independent clubs nationwide. According to a Blue Cross press release, the list of participating clubs will continue to grow in the coming months.
"We feel that offering our members a choice in fitness centers is the key to making this program successful," Dr. James Woodburn, medical director for Blue Cross, said in the release.
Here's how it works: In January, eligible members will receive a notice in their mail about the program. Then, they can enroll at their participating fitness center. The fitness center credits will be available at no charge to fully insured employer/purchaser groups. Self-funded groups can purchase the program now for a Jan. 1, 2005 start date.
Blue Cross Minnesota is the largest health plan based in Minnesota and is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, headquartered in Chicago.
Health clubs interested in becoming members of the BluePrint for Health fitness discounts program can contact the Minnesota Independent Health Club Association at www.mihca.org.

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mtaus necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 87 diseños de 13 diseñadores freelance.
Code Benders
Code Benders is an agile software development and product incubation company. Our management team combines Internet entrepreneurs with world-class software development.
Our company culture prioritizes:
- Quality of life
- Creative outlet
- Having fun
- Building a strong, cohesive team
- Working on worthwhile projects
- Working with excellent people
Our target audience includes established businesses and start-ups that are looking for expertise in agile technology and business. We will work with client-partners that are passionate about their work and want a development shop that can help harness that passion in to a functional, marketable product.
Our target client would NEVER pick IBM because it is safe. They seek an agile team that can tap in to current market trends and build elegant applications to disrupt the marketplace.
The design will include a home page that features the primary elements (listed below) and a simple internal page design that will be used for all remaining pages. The primary components of the site will include:
** Home page design should include:
- good balance of branding and information;
- Featured Project section
- Summary of Web Services section
- Contact element
- simple tabless navigation
- footer section to accommodate widgets (e.g., tags, etc.)
** Overall site navigation will include:
- Web Services
- People
- Projects
- Blog
** We have a strong preference for an open, "organic" design. Sites that look busy will be disqualified. The home page should not look compartmentalized even though multiple components will be featured; the internal page layout should probably be single column, although a 2-column design would be considered.
The winning website design will have a clean look that pairs well with our company logo. See logo attached below.


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Kile and TeX Live
This article summarizes how to install the Kile LaTeX editor with TeXLive instead of TeTeX (which is no longer maintained). For additional information about how to install TeXLive on Arch Linux, visit the TeXLive article.
Step 1, install TeXLive
The best way to start is installing the texlive-most package.
pacman -Sy texlive-most
Make sure you have enabled the community archives (in /etc/pacman.conf). If you encounter errors during the installation complaining that commands could not be found, try running "export PATH=$PATH:/opt/texlive/bin" before installing.
Step 2, install KPDF, KDVI,..
Those packages have been regrouped under a single packages named kdegraphics, except for gv, therefore, in order to install them, you have to type:
pacman -S kdegraphics gv
Step 3, install Kile
Finally you have to install Kile.
pacman -S kile
Start Kile from you menu and check whether all dependencies are solved using "Settings > Systemcheck". Kile will ask you for the Acrobat Reader (the pacman package is called acroread) but that is optional.
Note that if you installed Kile before installing the required packages (like kdvi), you can still install them and have a fully working Kile install.
Step 4, pdfTeX warnings?
If you get warnings such as 'pdfTeX warning: pdflatex [...] fontmap entry for [...] already exists, duplicates ignored', try to remove the map files pcr8y.map, phv8y.map, ptm8y.map from the updmap.cfg and finally run updmap.
Enjoy Kile and TeXLive.


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Effective Teaching Practices for the Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC)
Download the "Effective Teaching Practices for the Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC)" PowerPoint Presentation. (Right-click and choose "Save Target As.")
Complete Transcript of "Effective Teaching Practices for the Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC)" PowerPoint Presentation
Karen Blankenship
Iowa Department of Education
Mary Ann Siller
American Foundation for the Blind
Please complete these sections:
- K-What you know about effective teaching practices for the ECC
- W-What you want to learn about effective teaching practices for the ECC
Project CRISS (1988). www.projectcriss.org
Session Objective
Participants will be able to articulate examples and rationale for effective teaching practices for the ECC
AER-Division 16 Position Paper
Caseload Based on Student's Assessed Needs: Instructional Continuum:
- Read Silently
- Complete Pair Share
- Report to Group
Components of Instructional Continuum for the ECC
- Functional Vision Assessment (FVA)
- Learning Media Assessment (LMA)
- ECC content areas
- Other Educational Assessment
Functional Vision Assessment
- Observe how a student uses vision to complete daily activities with a variety of materials
- Determine the degree to which the visual impairment interferes with learning
- Identify ways to increase the efficiency of visual functioning
Learning Media Assessment
Process of systematically gathering objective information to provide a basis for selecting appropriate learning and literacy media for students who are blind and visually impaired
(Koenig & Holbrook-TSBVI)
ECC Content Areas
- Accessing Assistive Technology
- Career Education
- Compensatory Skills, including braille, functional academics and communication and tactile graphics
- Independent Living
- Orientation & Mobility
- Recreation and Leisure
- Self-determination
- Social Interaction
- Visual Efficiency
Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC) Content Areas
- Complete assessments identified as priority instructional areas by families, students, and other educational partners.
- Resources
- RECC-TSBVI site
- Iowa ECC Resource Guide
- www.uncc.edu/sdsp/home.asp
Other Educational Assessments
Complete educational assessments in the areas of general education (reading, math, and science, social studies or other areas) that are developmentally appropriate, valid and reliable for students who are blind or visually impaired.
- Goodman, S., & Wittenstein, S. Collaborative Assessment (2003). AFB Press
IEP Development
Section 612
IEP Development:
- Academic Outcomes
- Functional Outcomes (this is the Expanded Core Curriculum for TVIs)
IDEA 2004 language That Supports Effective Teaching and TVIs
- Functional skill areas pulled out for the IEP
- Annual Measurable Goals (for students with alternate assessments they remain with short-term objectives)
- Qualified Personnel in the development of the IEP
- Assessment in functional areas
Instruction and Ongoing Probes
Rigor & Relevance Framework for Student Learning
- A= Acquisition
- B= Application
- C= Assimilation
- D=Adaptation
Rigor and Relevance for Student Learning (Independent Living)
- Feed self using a spoon or fingers
- Use a fork, spoon, or fingers as appropriate for particular foods
- Demonstrate skills in eating unusual or hard to handle foods
- Demonstrate the ability to adjust eating behaviors within a variety of situations
Instructional Strategies That Work (Explicit Teaching)
- Self-monitoring
- Reinforcement
- Self-questioning
- Drill & Practice
- Strategy instruction
- Feedback
- Direct instruction
- Repeated reading
- Error correction
- Formative evaluation
- Peer mediation
- Diagnostic-prescriptive instruction
- Peer tutoring
- Increased time
Kavale (2005), Learning Disabilities, 13 (4)
The empirical evidence demonstrating that interventions developed to define the uniqueness of special education are not effective. Special EDUCATION indicates an emphasis on instruction. The goal is to enhance academic performance. In addition TVIs will need to go beyond the scientific basis of their work...that must be mediated through the teacher's own creative rendering of best practice...because quality education for students with a visual impairment will always be based on the artful application of science (adapted from Kavale & Forness, 1999, p. 93)
Effective Teaching for the ECC
- Project CRISS: CReating Independence through Student-owned Strategies (800-542-6657)
- Classroom Instruction that Works —Research-Based Strategies (www.ascd.org)
- Rigor and Relevance Handbook (www.LeaderEd.com)
- Teaching at its Best: A Research-Based Resource for College Instructors (Anker Publishing Company, 176 Ballville Rd., P.O. Box 249 Bolton, MA 01740)
Effective Teaching for the ECC
- Iowa ECC Resource Guide (being revised--contact firstname.lastname@example.com)
- Learning Media Assessment: A Resource Guide for Teachers 2nd Edition (www.tsbvi.edu)
- The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: A Comparison of IDEA 1997 and H.R. 1350 as passed by Congress on November 19, 2004 (NASDSE 703-519-3800 or www.nasdse.org)
Effective Teaching for the ECC
- Resources for ECC: www.tsbvi.edu/recc
- Self-Determination Synthesis Project: https://www.pepartnership.org/resources/search/transition/self-determination-synthesis-project.aspx
- E-Advisor web site: www.e-advisor.us
- National Longitudinal Transition Study: www.nlts2.org
Please complete the L on your KWL and leave it on the seat
Personal Growth Plan
Please complete after this session to continue your learning
I've come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It's my personal approach that creates the climate. It's my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher, I possess a tremendous power to make a child's life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a child humanized or dehumanized
-- Haim Ginott, child psychologist and teacher
"Be the change you wish to see in the world"
- Gandhi
Contact Information
Dr. Karen Blankenship
Consultant for Visual Disabilities
Grimes State Office Bldg.
Des Moines, IA 50319
Phone: 515-281-7972
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Mary Ann Siller, M.Ed
American Foundation for the Blind
National Center on Vision Loss
11030 Ables Lane
Dallas, Texas 72229
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Arafa needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 81 designs submitted by 27 freelance designers.
Designframe corp
We're a design and communication company http://www.designframe.net based in the US with offices around the world. We're currently revamping our website.
Non profit and for profit clients from all over the world
We're currently revamping our website. It will look like a stage (attached). We want the logo to look as if it's part of the facing wall.
It should look as if it's molded.
Here is a beta version of where is going to go.
The outcome should be a psd file which can be isolated. We also need to have the ability to play with the color/texture.
Also try to have CORP as a separate element
Attached is the stage, the logo, and SYFY logo as an example (but the shadow that is one the bottom left is a bit too much.


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Emerald has lots of options for your catering needs. We offer party trays featuring Sunshine Rolls, Spring Rolls, Emerald Butterflies, Chicken Wings or other menu favorites.
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Sometimes, even the mild Florida weather can necessitate a warm, plush bathrobe for that cozy morning snuggled up with the hubby. But Bealls Florida knows that women's robes need to fit the exact mood and comfort level, and not every occasion calls for a one-size-fits all robe. You're unique. You deserve bathrobes for women that showcase every bit of your personality, even if it's just your kids or your mister that will see it. A comfortable, confident you means happiness for the whole family. If Mom's happy, everyone's happy, right? Get the most for your dollar without cutting corners with Bealls Florida's exquisite offerings of women's robes.
For warm mornings of light-hearted fun, these coast-infused kimono robes provide a blast of color, proving even loungewear and sleepwear can bubble over with pizzazz and allure. While you're shopping for the coziest bathrobes for women online, why not get all your sleepwear in one place? Our silky robe is the perfect nighttime garment, complete with an understated animal and flower print for added sophistication. You can even give yourself the ultimate gift of comfort while giving back – the comfy plush women's robes from Coral Bay feature Breast Cancer Awareness ribbon embroidery, and a portion of the proceeds directly benefits Breast Cancer Awareness.
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text: Beethoven: Complete String QuartetsThe string quartet is often seen as the vehicle for the blossoming of a certain idea of pure music, born during the early years of German romanticism. Beethoven's 16 string quartets, composed between 1798 and 1826, stand today as a cornerstone of the chamber music repertoire. The first six quartets, created early in the composer's life, clearly show the influence of Bach, Haydn, and Mozart. Beethoven continued to expand upon the string quartet form throughout his lifetime as his compositional style evolved. His last five quartets, including the Grosse Fuge, were the final works that he completed and among the most complex and forward-looking that he ever composed. They continue to inspire and influence composers to this day.The Endellion String QuartetAndrew Watkinson, violinRalph de Souza, violinGarfield Jackson, violaDavid Waterman, cello


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Google's Fiber Makes MPAA Skittish. Why Does Hollywood See All Technology In Terms Of Piracy?
from the negativity dept
One of the points we're always trying to make about piracy is that it has less to do with people just wanting everything for free and more to do with people rushing to embrace the possibilities of new technology. The industry has been slow to offer products that take advantage of these possibilities, and when they do they usually cripple them and charge too much for them, because they refuse to acknowledge the impact of better distribution systems on the market. Instead of recognizing that technological capabilities dictate how they should distribute their content, they think they get to dictate how far people should utilize technology. So piracy moves in to fill the gap, offering people the sort of comprehensive, on-demand service which they know is possible but which can't be bought at any price.
An anonymous reader points us to a perfect example of the technophobic attitude that has become so ingrained in Hollywood. It starts with a story in Bloomberg Businessweek about Google's pilot project in Kansas City, where they are laying fiber to bring super-high-speed internet to the community. With 922 Mbps download speeds already available in nearly a thousand homes, the topic of piracy was inevitably raised:
[Google spokeswoman Jenna] Wandres stresses that Google Fiber isn't meant to empower pirates: "We hope higher speeds will actually make it easier to deliver and download more authorized content," she says. Nonetheless, Howard Gantman, spokesman for the Motion Picture Association of America, notes that piracy is always a concern of the entertainment industry. Google Fiber "could be a great opportunity for consumers whose access to creative content is often hampered by slow speeds," he says. But in South Korea, "the home entertainment marketplace was decimated by digital piracy" enabled by the widespread availability of high-speed Internet.
For one thing, the statement about South Korea is incredibly flimsy. The Korean music industry thrives on high-speed internet—it grew into an economic powerhouse while the country had some of the highest and earliest broadband penetration rates (and digital piracy rates) in the world. Smart Korean entrepreneurs have figured out how to succeed in the new market. Moreover, claiming that "home entertainment" as a whole was damaged by broadband is just hubris from an industry that thinks only its own products count as "entertainment".
It seems like every Hollywood statement about new technology follows the same format. "This new thing is great, but... piracy!" The problem is that they refuse to act on the first part until someone gives them a bulletproof solution to the second part—and since such a solution does not and never will exist, they ruin every attempt at a new service with ineffective restrictions and DRM schemes. Ars Technica picked up the story and spoke further to the MPAA spokesman, getting yet another "great, but..." response:
"We want to reinforce that higher speeds could be a great opportunity for consumers, and that's the bottom line," Howard Gantman, spokesman for the Motion Picture Association of America, told Ars on Friday. "There are problems that can, in terms of [an] increase of digital piracy, come with that, but we are hopeful that efforts can be made... to address digital piracy."
Someone should tell Gantman that it's not "the bottom line" if you go on to add caveats and addendums. It's also interesting that he thinks blazing fast internet only "could be" good for consumers—maybe because he knows Hollywood "could" (but won't) offer them a service that fully leverages the technology. Really what's amazing about this is that the MPAA thinks anyone cares about its opinion of fiber broadband, as if the public is going to stop and think, "Gee, I guess I'll just have to wait for faster internet access while Hollywood develops better piracy controls".
The fact that the MPAA can't get through a single statement about something as clearly positive as faster internet without bringing up reservations about piracy doesn't bode well for Hollywood's future. The studios should be getting ahead of the new technology, and making sure that everyone who gets hooked up to a new fiber network is immediately greeted with a well-made, well-priced movie service that gives them a chance to test out their speedy new connection. Instead they're probably going to watch the technology develop with caution, wait for pirates to beat them to the punch, then arrive in the market with an inferior product and complaints about how they "can't compete".
Filed Under: fiber, kansas, piracy, south korea
Companies: google, mpaa


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The Mad Hatter's insanely large eyes are one of the first things you'll notice when "Alice in Wonderland" comes out, but don't worry: Johnny Depp hasn't gone Marty Feldman us.
Depp got a little help in becoming the Craziest Looking Man Alive from movie wizard Ken Ralston. The overall eye look was part wacky make-up and a pinch of special effects. And the eyes were almost going to be even bigger.
Ralston and Tim Burton decided early on to enlarge Depp's eyes to add to the mad look of the famous character. "Some of the early tests were extremely huge," Ralston told Popcorn Biz. "But if they were too big it became all about the eyes."
Eventually they decided on a smaller but very noticeable increase. "We liked the idea of making them slightly larger to add a slight tweak to the character." The tweak works.
Ralston says that the look was so natural that whenever he saw Depp's unaffected eyes "they looked insanely small."
"Alice" is truly a special effects masterpiece. And it was a major challenge for four-time Oscar winner Ralston, who was on set every day and finished the final effects about a week before public screenings. "I don't even know where to start," he says, when asked to name the effect he was proudest of. "The whole movie was so hard."


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One thing I was sad about going gluten free was no more bread. Well thank goodness for all the sites out there providing GF recipes, I found this one and am honestly enjoying it. This is the first GF bread I've baked so I can't compare it to any other recipe. I did buy a big GF name brand's hot dog buns for a sandwich roll, and boy those were just horrible. Stick with this recipe, you'll enjoy it more.
*I just made another loaf, and after slicing it, I placed 2 pieces of bread in a baggie (this loaf gave me 12 slices, + extra end pieces to make bread crumbs) so I just have to grab a baggie out of the freezer to thaw, instead of prying each slice apart when frozen.
1 ½ c. water (105 degrees or a little less than hot)
2 ½ cups gluten free flour mix (see below)
2 tsp. xanthan gum
1tsp. salt
3 eggs (or 9 Tbsp. water and 3 Tbsp. ground flax seed)
1 ½ Tbsp. oil
1 tsp. cider vinegar
1. Start by combining the yeast and sugar in a small bowl. Add the water while gently stirring the yeast and sugar. Let this mixture sit while you mix the rest of the ingredients – bubbles and foam should form if the yeast is happy.
2. Combine the flour mix, xanthan gum and salt in the largest mixing bowl and stir well.
4. By this point the yeast mixture should be foamy, so you can pour the two liquid mixtures into the flour mixture. Blend the dough with a mixer for 4 minutes.
Bread Machine Directions:
Scoop your dough into the bread machine and smooth the top of the dough. I bake my bread using an 80 minute setting that allows for 20 minutes of kneading, 18 minutes of rise, and 42 minutes of baking. However, since I don't use the paddle in by bread machine, I'm effectively doing a 38 minute rise and a 42 minute bake. (The advantage of not using the paddle is that you don't end up with a hole in the bottom of your bread.)
Conventional Oven Directions:
Scoop the dough into a greased loaf pan (I also recommend adding some parchment paper, in case the loaf sticks). Allow the dough to rise in a warm area until is is about 1 inch from the top of the pan. Then bake at 375 degrees for 50 – 60 minutes.
For more notes on this recipe, read her post here.
Gluten Free All Purpose Flour Mix
3 parts brown rice flour (I use Bob's Red Mill)
3 parts corn starch
2 parts soy flour, sorghum flour or garfava flour
1 part masa harina
I used a 1 cup measure, so I end up with 3 c. brown rice, 3 c. cornstarch, 2 c. soy flour and 1. c. masa harina.
Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl and mix thoroughly. (If you're new to mixing flours, then you want to make sure that you don't see any clumps or streaks of indiviual flours. By the time you're done it should be one homogeneous bowl of flour.) Transfer the flour to a canister or other storage container.
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Random House Casual Crosswords is a series of easy crossword puzzles that has been published annually since 2003. Mel Rosen was the editor of volumes 1-6. Victor Fleming and Bonnie L. Gentry were the co-editors of volumes 7-8. In 2007, Random House published an omnibus edition that included all the puzzles of the first four volumes.
Random House has informed us that it intends to publish a second omnibus edition in 2011, which will consist of the puzzles from volumes 5-8 and, as a consequence thereof, has decided not to publish volume 9 of the series in 2011. Random House has not yet decided whether the series will continue in 2012.
Thus, we do not need any submissions for this series at the present time. Stay tuned to this page in the Cruciverb Publishers' Specifications section for more details.
Thanks to all our contributors of the past two volumes!
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The World Council of Churches (WCC) will, for the first time since its founding in 1948, be holding its first meeting in Shanghai and Nanjing in the People's Republic of China, focusing on the unique situation of Chinese churches and ecumenical relations in the region.
The meeting will take place from June 9-16, organized by the WCC Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) and hosted by the China Christian Council (CCC) and the National Committee of the Three Self Patriotic Movement of the Protestant Churches in China.
The CCC, with its 23 million members, is the largest member constituency of the WCC in Asia.
The WCC's general secretary, the Rev. Olav Fykse Tveit will attend the meeting. This will be his first visit to China since he took office in 2010.
The main deliberations of the CCIA meeting will take place in Nanjing. This will include a seminar on "Understanding China," invoking diverse perspectives on market reforms and development in socialist systems, poverty eradication and environmental sustainability, China's religions and religious polices, churches in China and other themes.
"This is the 51st meeting of the CCIA. The meeting will be a historic event as it is the first time since the inception of the WCC that an international ecumenical gathering will take place in China, and will be hosted by a WCC member church in China," said Mathews George Chunakara, director of the CCIA.
The event will begin with meetings in Shanghai, with Sunday worship services in local Chinese congregations, followed by visits to experience urban and rural models of life in the context of modern China.
This final meeting of the CCIA in preparation for the WCC 10th Assembly, which will take place in 2013 in Korea, will discuss future program directions and significance of international affairs in the ecumenical movement. This will also include discussions on priorities for public policy and global advocacy initiatives in the world's emerging geo-political situation.


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We wrote here and here about reports that Democrats will try to rush an immigration bill through the Senate without substantial debate or even, as they prefer, without giving anyone an opportunity to read the bill. The bill presumably would be based on the "Gang of 8" plan; we know that Lindsay Graham, for one, wants to speed the bill to approval rather than "leave it hanging out for two weeks to get shot up" by opponents. Or to get read by voters.
Today, Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee–Senators Grassley, Hatch, Sessions, Cornyn, Lee and Cruz–wrote a letter to committee chairman Pat Leahy requesting that the committee take time to deliberate any immigration bill that may be offered. They begin by noting the same news reports that we commented on a week ago, and then outline a powerful case for reasonable deliberation:
Dear Chairman Leahy:
We write regarding your statement at the March 12, 2013, Executive Business Meeting that the Committee would take up comprehensive immigration reform legislation when the Senate returns from recess in April. We presume this statement was in reference to legislation reportedly being drafted by the "gang of eight" Senators.
As you are aware, this bill potentially could be the most dramatic and consequential alteration of our immigration system in nearly 30 years, impacting nearly every aspect of our legal and economic structure, and increasing entitlement spending to historic levels. Before the Immigration Reform and Control Act was first introduced in the Senate in 1982, the Committee had 100 hours of hearings with 300 witnesses before marking up a bill. Congress continued to debate the bill for the next three years, and even then, the Judiciary Committee spent three months reviewing the bill before it was reported in August of 1985. Accordingly, we respectfully request that the public be given adequate time, consistent with past practice in handling complex comprehensive immigration legislation, to read and analyze the contents of any such bill before it is listed on the Committee's Executive Business Meeting agenda. We further request that during this time, the Committee hold hearings on the overarching issues integral to the legislation.
The Committee has held only one hearing on comprehensive immigration reform on February 13th. While the Committee held a hearing on March 18th regarding the effect of reform on women and families, and a hearing is scheduled for March 20th on American values, we believe that hearings are necessary to examine implementation of the components essential to a workable system, especially given that 43 current members of the Senate were not here during the last debate in 2007. Some of those issues include future flow and a temporary guest worker program; border security metrics and solutions; interior enforcement, including worksite enforcement and employee verification; the impact of a large scale legalization on American workers and taxpayers; and the implementation of a biometric exit system, which the Government Accountability Office has determined to be the only method by which the government can accurately track visa overstays. Moreover, the last Department of Homeland Security Oversight hearing was in April 2012, and members are still waiting for Secretary Napolitano to provide answers to follow-up questions. Members should have the opportunity to question the Secretary on these and other important issues before being asked to cast a vote on such critical legislation.
We believe the process we have set forth is necessary not only to ensure that members are properly educated on this complex measure, but also to ensure a fair and open process so that the American people know what is in any such bill. The last time Congress considered legislation of this magnitude that was written behind closed doors and passed with no process, it resulted in sweeping changes to our healthcare system, the negative consequences of which are only now coming to light. As you have said in the past, if we bring these important issues to the Senate floor without them having been worked through committee, it is a prescription for a real problem.
We do not make this request lightly and hope the Senators drafting such legislation will support our request. If we are serious about protecting our national interest and the best interests of American workers, we must provide all members of the Senate, and, most importantly, the public, a full and fair opportunity to become adequately informed. We believe the process we have described is in keeping with your longstanding commitments to regular order and transparency. We appreciate your consideration and look forward to working with you on this important issue.
The letter is copied to the Gang of 8.
What used to be considered a normal legislative process is completely alien to Democratic rule in Washington. Debate legislation? Forget about it. Amend proposed legislation? Not on your life. Read the bill before we vote on it? No. Allow members of the public to read the bill before we vote on it? Hell, no! If anything constrains the Democrats, it will be public outrage.


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United States GP 2012
Sunday Press Conference
1 - Lewis HAMILTON (McLaren)
2 - Sebastian VETTEL (Red Bull Racing)
3 - Fernando ALONSO (Ferrari)
(Conducted by Mario Andretti)
Q: Lewis, I know you really tormented Sebastian for most of the race but you have the resolve and did a fabulous race. What I'm interested in, give me some reaction, your reaction to the circuit. Obviously everything's new, first winner, first time winner and all of that.
Lewis HAMILTON: First time winner, yeah, I'm so happy. The fans have been amazing this weekend, so thank you so much. The warm welcome we've had has been fantastic and I think this is probably one of the best, if not the best grand prix we've had all year. Especially for me and my team, this is so special. It's been a long, long time since I had a win and I'm just so proud, so proud of the work the guys did, so grateful for the support we've had.
Q: Sebastian, obviously you did everything you needed to do to protect your lead in the championship and as usual you were fantastic with your qualifying and so forth. The obvious question again is your reaction to the circuit.
Sebastian VETTEL: Yeah, I mean first of all thank you very much. As Lewis said, it was incredible. Actually I did my first race five years ago, the last time we were racing in the United States, so it's a very nice comeback today, it was my 100th grand prix, and amazing y'know, the amount of people we had all weekend. It's great for us to have so much support, very happy today for the team in particular. We won the Constructors' Championship so, yeah, thanks to all of you, it's been a great year, now we've got another station coming up in Brazil and as you said, in terms of the Championship it's looking a bit better after the race today. Obviously it was a close fight with Lewis, he had one chance and he took it. After that I tried to stay with him and maybe pass him again but he was probably as quick as I was and there wasn't much in between us. All in all, a great race and a great result for us.
Q: Fernando, as usual, you've been brilliant the entire season, fantastic start, as usual again, you've always done your very maximum and here again you've kept this championship fight alive, fighting to the end obviously. The same question to you, how about this circuit? You like it? You enjoy the ride? What's your reaction?
Fernando ALONSO: Yes, as Sebastian said, the circuit was fantastic but the fans were fantastic all weekend. We really enjoyed and we really have to say big thanks to all the fans coming here, all the Americans, the Mexicans and all the South Americans that came also to support us. So the circuit... basically the layout is challenging for us, challenging for the engine as well. As I said we enjoyed racing here thanks to the fans, thanks to the fantastic facilities and I hope we put on a good show for everybody and people will enjoy even more next year.
Q: Lewis, an absolutely fantastic drive and victory in a straight fight with Red Bull Racing and with Sebastian. How much satisfaction does that give you?
Hamilton: A huge amount. It's been a great weekend, to be able to beat Red Bull and Sebastian is definitely a tough challenge but we managed to do it today. I don't know, we weren't so bad in the first stint but it was very difficult to follow and to get past. In trying to do so I locked... my tyres went off. We pitted maybe two laps before Sebastian, so then he came out quite far ahead but traffic really worked out quite well for once. Traffic usually catches me out, so I was glad that it worked slightly in my favour at some points. But yeah, what a great feeling to win the first grand prix here, back in the States, I won the last one here as well, so I'm massively proud.
Q: Where was the Red Bull so strong? Because it did take quite a few DRS efforts before you managed to make it.
Hamilton: It was everywhere, they're pretty strong everywhere. I think it was more so... the first sector is very difficult to follow through Four, Five, Six, Seven, such high speed it's quite difficult to follow through there. The place where he really extended his gap was the exit of Nine. That was really where, in the most important part, where he made over a second gap, so I was struggling to really get... to remain close. As I said with traffic it all worked out really well. He kind of... I knew that lap would be the lap that I would have a chance, so I turned the engine up and got close.
Q: Sebastian you did all you could and you've extended your championship lead. What are your feelings after second place?
Vettel: I think, as Lewis said, obviously it was close between us, there wasn't much between. I think very quickly we noticed that Lewis is the one we are racing. Obviously, for the rest, I don't know what happened to Mark - he was quite a while in third place. After that, obviously, there was a big gap down to the Ferraris, so yeah, it was clear that we were racing Lewis. Everything seemed to be in control. As Lewis touched on, with traffic it's quite difficult depending where you get it on the track. Surely it didn't work in my favour. Lewis was then close enough, after he tried many times before, to open his rear wing and then down the back straight, it was a bit of an invitation really. It didn't matter which side I would have picked, they were quick enough on the straight and he took the lead fair enough. After that I tried to be as close as I could but, as he said, it was difficult to follow, difficult to get in range. So, bit of a shame to lose first place but as you said I think we did everything we could. Fantastic job for the team today to seal the Constructors' Championship against Ferrari who are now in second. I'm very happy with that and the guys can be, for sure, very proud of themselves. I think we will have a drink tonight, enjoy the time here. All weekend has been incredible, I think, for all of us, for the whole Formula One paddock here. The last race [in the US] obviously, as Lewis said, he won it. It was my first race in Formula One here in the United States and to come back and get so much support, so may fans... The signing session yesterday was absolutely crazy and full grandstands, so full house. It was really, really nice to race today in front of the crowd.
Q: Fernando, really a fantastic start and then it was just a matter of holding station.
Alonso: Yes, we know our championship keeps alive maybe thanks to the first laps. We always qualify around seventh or eighth and we finish the first lap in the first three or four positions normally and then after that the race becomes a little easier when that happens, when you are in the leading group, and today we knew that was a good chance, try to overtake people at the first corner, and then the pace on Sunday normally improves so we knew that if we are in the leading group we can more or less keep the pace. Today not possible to keep the pace with these two guys, that they were too far ahead but enough to keep for the guys behind. And then I think this podium, after all the difficulties we went through this weekend is like a victory for us. Losing three points maybe was in no-one's thoughts I think yesterday night or Friday night after seeing the practice, so we are really happy again to have a very good Sunday and score again good points.
Q: (Michael Schmidt - Auto, Motor und Sport) Sebastian, your teammate stopped with another alternator problem, you probably heard that over the radio. To what extent is that a concern? It seems to be an unsolved problem.
Vettel: I don't know what happened to him, so I need to check, obviously. The first info I only get now, so it's hard to comment but in case it was the alternator, it's not good news but I think we've managed the last couple of races pretty well so I'm sure it should be easy to explain, to find the problem. After Monza, I think we learned the lesson and we should be prepared enough for next week.
Q: (Leonid Novozhilov) To all three of you: with what feelings will you go to the last race in Brazil?
Hamilton: For me, it's excitement that we have a good car and hopefully we can try to compete again with these guys. I'm obviously not fighting for the championship. It's maybe more exciting for these guys but for me, I'm just having fun.
Vettel: I think pretty much the same as Lewis: excited because the car seems to work very well, good enough to fight for a win. We've been very quick in Brazil the last couple of years so plenty to look forward to. On top of that, we increased our lead in the championship today so I think we are in the best possible position.
Alonso: We will try to go to Brazil with the possibility to fight for the World Championship which is something that we fight for all through the year and we arrived in that fantastic position. Only Sebastian is in a better position than us but we should be proud of ourselves so try to enjoy the Brazil race and do our best, fight all the race and see what is the outcome at the end.
Q: (Adam Hay-Nicholls - Metro) Seb, what were you complaining about when Lewis overtook you?
Vettel: I think you misunderstood. I wasn't complaining about Lewis, obviously. I wasn't too happy send a nice big invitation to Lewis when I obviously had to go through Karthikeyan and he was basically right behind at the DRS zone; to do a big difference within one corner is hardly possible and then he took that opportunity - fair enough - down the straight and passed me. I tried to defend, I moved to the inside but I knew that he would have so much more speed that he can pick either side, so it didn't really matter what I was doing and after that, I was obviously not too happy, because on all the laps before I tried to manage the gap to him, tried to manage the tyres until the end of the race, to be able to attack towards the last couple of laps. We had, I think, something like 20 laps, 15 laps to go at the time. It was not targeted at Lewis, it was more targeted at the backmarker which, as I said, gave a nice big envelope with an invitation to Lewis.
Q: (Sarah Holt - CNN.com world sport) It was a similar question, actually, but we don't often see you, Sebastian, being very emotional but we heard you being emotional on the radio there. A question about the pressures you're feeling. You've been in this position twice before, is it harder third time around?
Vettel: I don't think it had anything to do with that in that moment. I was really thinking about the points that could make a difference today or next week or the championship. I wanted to win today. I had a fantastic race, I was very happy, enjoyed the fight with Lewis a lot and obviously through that lost the lead. Equally knew that we can get it back but as it turned out it was extremely difficult. We had the same pace so I think I was probably in the same boat as Lewis, the first half of the race where I was just trying to get close enough to try and get the move done but that didn't happen until the end. I think many times it's difficult for you to judge what's going on because not all the messages get broadcast so we do communicate quite a bit during the race - sometimes calmer, sometimes not so calm so at that moment, obviously, I wasn't too happy to lose the lead.
Q: (David Estrada - Port Arthur News) Lewis, welcome to the United States; you had celebration champagne. Are you going to have a celebration barbecue tonight?
Hamilton: I had a few burgers last night so I was nice and heavy today! I tell you what, I'm so happy to be here. We've had such a great weekend. I actually don't really drink. I had a little bit of champagne, it doesn't really taste that good. Fernando said it was 7-Up or Sprite at the last race, it wasn't the same this time. Tonight, hopefully I can get together with the team tonight. We already did last night but I'm sure we will celebrate tonight.
Vettel: He said earlier he... and I saw him exchanging phone numbers with the girls on the podium. He said earlier we'll have a good time tonight!
Hamilton: I think it was the other way around actually! He stayed behind. That's why we were late here.
Vettel: He was first, you know, not just in the race but also picking up the girls.


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CUMBERLAND, Maine - The Brandeis women's cross country team, paced by junior Grayce Selig (Narberth, Pa./Springside School), finished sixth at the 2009 NCAA Division III New England regional, just missing a shot at an NCAA berth. Selig, as the seventh runner not on a team that qualified for nationals, becomes the first Brandeis woman to reach nationals since 2003.
Selig, competing at the regionals for the first time in her career, finished in 26th place overall, covering the 6K course with a time of 22:33.8. Her finish was the best by a Brandeis woman at regionals since Gretchen Chick '04 finished 22nd in 2003.
Joining Selig on the All-New England team was sophomore Alyssa Pisarik (Chelmsford, Mass./Chelmsford). The team's second runner at the regionals for the second year in a row, Pisarik improved from 58th place in 2008 to 32nd in 2009, an improvement of 26 spots. Her time was 22:48.1. Next across the line for the Judges were junior Marie Lemay (Saco, Maine/Thornton Acad.) and senior Ally Connolly (Concord, N.H./Concord), who were right behind one another in 43rd and 46th places, respectively. They were separated by just over four seconds in 23:04.7 and 23:09.0, with Connolly finishing 42 spots ahead of her 2008 finish. Sophomore Kate Warwick (Boxborough, Mass./Acton-Boxborough) was the team's final scorer, placing 57th overall, two spots better than in her rookie campaign.
Overall as a team, with 204 points and a sixth-place finish, 32nd-ranked Brandeis improved by seven places from 2008. They finished behind fourth-ranked MIT and fifth-ranked Middlebury, who both finished with 63 points and earned automatic bids to the NCAA championships. No. 7 Williams was third with 99 points, No. 10 Amherst was fourth with 116 points, while No. 19 Wesleyan came in fifth with 159 points. Brandeis finished 20 points ahead of No. 28 Colby, who was seventh overall.


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The debate over what is and is not ' the Eastside has landed on the agenda of tonight's Silver Lake Neighborhood Council meeting*. The council's Governing Board is scheduled to take up a motion that would change its standing rules to state "that Silver Lake is not located in the 'East Side' of Los Angeles."
What's prompted the motion? Was it the drawing of Silver Lake on the cover of the new "2014 East L.A. Calendar"? Or was it because, after so many million-dollar home sales and $9 cold-press juices, Silver Lake might be more Westside than Eastside? Neither.
Council member Dorit Dowler-Guerrero said the motion – inspired in part by her husband, Al Guerrero, Jr. – is intended to help inform residents about the city's history. "He grew up in East L.A, and the reason for the motion was to educate folks that Los Angeles has a historic East Side community that is not Silver Lake," she said via email. Calling "Silver Lake the East Side robs the original East Side of their name and history."
Whatever the council decides, Silver Lake will always remain Eastside to The Eastsider.
* Update: Council voted to approve the motion. "Who is going to enforce it?" said board member Rusty Millar, who voted for the measure.


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Those tired of travelling the same old routes from Vancouver to Okanagan fun have at least one exotic option - go through Germany.
Touching down in Frankfurt or visiting Berlin might add too much travel time and cost, but you can get a taste of the old country by stopping off at Harrison Hot Springs and Keremeos/Cawston. Better bring an appetite.
Just 10 kilometres off the Trans-Canada Highway (taking the Bridal Falls exit, through Agassiz) and a little more than 1.5 hours out of Vancouver lies the Black Forest Restaurant in Harrison Hot Springs. A perfect lunch stop to shake the sameness out of the drive.
This almost-kitschy take on Bavaria has been serving up healthy portions of schnitzels, bratwursts, pork hocks and all manner of hearty German fare on the edge of Harrison Lake since 1975.
The patio's the perfect place to dream alpine in nice weather - the lake stretches off across the street toward verdant mountains that could have stood in for Julie Andrews' big scene in Sound of Music.
If the weather forces you inside, the campy interior will support the illusion that you're in the heart of Europe - and the bear at the bar doesn't bite.
Inside or out, "Hanzi" could be spinning a bizarre mix of traditional polka, salsa and metal rock tunes (through the wonders of satellite technology) on the sound system that sound like they've all been channelled through the same oompha band.
The food is good, and there's lots of it, so a walk along the esplanade is recommended before heading back to the car.
By taking the Crowsnest Highway east through Manning Park and Princeton, the alpine sensations last all day. Mountain peaks, shimmering streams - who's to say they don't yodel around here? If you're touring rural-German style, you've got to overnight in a Landgasthof - agri-tourism with the emphasis on clean, simple accommodation with great food and wine. That means you're headed to the Crowsnest Vineyard in Cawston, in the emerging foodie belt of the Similkameen Valley.
Siblings Sascha and Ann Heinecke are front and centre in the warm hospitality offered in this family guest house. Their parents came to Canada "in hunt of a better life," Sascha says, settling first on the Naramata bench, and then acquiring Crowsnest in the late '90s.
Sascha studied hospitality management back in Germany, and Ann is the winemaker - they and their parents, along with a collection of dogs, are key to the warm welcome offered. The bistro's been in operation the whole time, and rooms were added in 2006.
"The regulars know it's always going to be my sister or mother in the restaurant, the same food and always one of us will be around," Sascha says.
That food is, needless to say, very European, plentiful and affordable - and the bistro serves the wine grown just past the patio. Bread is baked here and there's one beer - it's Warsteiner.
The seven upstairs guest rooms are simple and functional in the Germanic manner. An evening walk along the vineyard road reveals acre after acre of grapes or tree fruits with dramatic dry mountainscapes in the background - very much like the Okanagan of years ago.
The family acknowledges that many visitors hail from Germany, but swear a recent evening - five of the six occupied rooms went to German speakers and Mercedes filled the parking lot - was an anomaly.
Sascha assures visitors that his family has, indeed, found the good life the troupe searched for, and that no expansion is needed.
"If I can fill six rooms and feed six rooms of people six months of the year, I'm happy," he declares.
Well, there may be the addition of a hot tub or pool.
"It's hot in the summer and you need something to do with the kids."
For more of that kind of diversion, you'll find plenty of luxury a halfhour's scenic drive to Osoyoos. But you'd be leaving Germany.
If you go
Rooms at Crowsnest Vineyards range up to $150 per night and include a full Euro breakfast.


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(Reuters) - The prospects of NBA fireworks loomed on the Independence Day holiday weekend as speculation grew on Friday about the future of four-time league most valuable player LeBron James.
James, who four years ago left the Cleveland Cavaliers in a messy divorce to join the Miami Heat, is a free agent and his representative has been quietly meeting with select clubs about the future of a player widely regarded as the world's best.
James's agent Rich Paul met with three teams in the past week in his Klutch Sports offices in Cleveland and fielded a call from another to listen to their pitches, according to a report on the league's website.
The Dallas Mavericks, Phoenix Suns, Houston Rockets and Cleveland Cavaliers have all touched base with Paul, and representatives of the Los Angeles Lakers are heading to Ohio for a meeting, according to reports.
Another splash could be even sooner in the making, as high-scoring free agent forward Carmelo Anthony is weighing options including maximum contracts offered by the Lakers and New York Knicks, with whom he averaged 27.4 points last season.
Anthony can earn up to $95 million for four years from the Lakers, while the Knicks can pay Anthony $129 million for a five-year deal under NBA rules.
The developments have turned up the pressure on the Heat to find ways to augment their roster despite severe salary cap restrictions, and encourage James to stay following a humbling loss to the San Antonio Spurs in last month's NBA Finals.
The NBA's balance of power could well be at stake.
In four seasons in Miami along with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, who joined together with the Heat as free agents in 2010, James reached four successive NBA Finals and claimed two rings.
When James first hit free agency four years ago, the process created a media frenzy and the highly publicized sweepstakes led to the versatile forward agreeing to reveal his selection during a 75-minute nationally televised special called "The Decision."
"I'm going to take my talents to South Beach and join the Miami Heat," James said at the climax, setting off euphoria in South Florida and angry despair in Cleveland, where some fans set fire to replica James jerseys.
Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert issued a scathing open letter to fans moments later, calling the move "selfish," "heartless," "callous," and a "cowardly betrayal" - which may require a reconciliation for James to even consider returning to the team near his hometown of Akron, Ohio.
The Cavaliers, who were 33-49 last season, have assembled a promising core of young players on high draft choices accumulated since James's departure, including point guard Kyrie Irving and this year's number one overall pick, Andrew Wiggins.
"I think LeBron made a huge mistake with that 'Decision' crap," said Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley. "He's a great player, a great person. I hope he goes back to Cleveland.
"Those fans in Miami are not real fans, those fans in Cleveland are real fans. I've always hoped he would go back to Cleveland. That would be a great way to finish his career."
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TRAEA's grandpa and grandma hosted three of the grandkids recently, and given the time of year, pumpkin decorating seemed to be a logical art project. The challenge was to find something they had never tried and could accomplish with relatively little mess.
Although this idea, or a variation, has shown up on several web sites, the following was our approach. You will need:
- Newspapers
- 1 pumpkin per child, plus a couple for yourself
- Cans of acrylic spray paint - we used black and champagne
- Container of flat-backed clear acrylic crystals - we bought 1 lb. and had bunches left over
- Additional small holiday decorations (optional) - ours were felt-like decorations precut in Halloween shapes
- Glue dots, about half-inch size, unless your crystals and decor come with adhesive
- Rolls of ribbon
Lay out plenty of newspaper in an area where accidental overspray won't be a problem. Help young hands spray each pumpkin with short, gentle spurts to avoid runs. Let the paint dry - ours was ready in a short 15 minutes.
Spread out all the decor options on a table. Let the participants of all ages go wild with design, attaching each piece to a glue dot before adhering it to the pumpkin. Tie ribbon around the stem as a final flourish.
CAUTION: If they are touched, some crystals may fall off, taking the underlying paint with them. Prepare your young artists in advance for this possibility, but just use another glue dot to readhere.
Note that our youngest artist took a different route - stickers. They worked great!
Now that we've played with descendants, we'll be back to ancestors with the next post!


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text: NFL.com wrote: The SeahawksSalute to Service game, in conjunction with USAA, will be on November 11. There will be a card stunt and flyover following the Anthem. A local soldier representing the Wounded Warriors will lead the team out of the tunnel. WWII veteran Joe Moser will raise the 12th Man Flag. Moser was a P-38 fighter pilot who was shot down during his 44th mission over France. He was imprisoned in the Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald and scheduled to be executed. Joe's story is featured in an award winning documentary the 'Lost Airmen of Buchenwald' and in the book "A Fighter Pilot in Buchenwald."


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The New York Jets have released quarterback Tim Tebow, as first reported by the New York Post.
Tebow spent just one season with the Jets, and served mainly as a backup to Mark Sanchez. He made 12 appearances in 2012, completing six of eight pass attempts and rushing 32 times for 102 yards over the course of the season.
"Unfortunately, things did not work out the way we all had hoped," Jets coach Rex Ryan said in a press release. "Tim is an extremely hard worker, evident by the shape he came back in this offseason. We wish him the best moving forward."
As Tebow watched from the sidelines, Sanchez struggled amid constant questions about Tebow's playing time, and still Tebow remained mostly on the sideline. The Jets and new general manager John Idzik drafted former West Virginia star Geno Smith in the second round of the NFL draft Friday, giving New York six quarterbacks on its roster — and creating uncertainty about Sanchez's future as well.
Tebow led the Broncos to the playoffs in 2011, but became expendable when Denver signed Peyton Manning as a free agent. The popular backup quarterback was acquired by the Jets for a fourth-round draft pick and $1.5 million in salary. He was introduced at the Jets' facility to plenty of fanfare at a lavish news conference, with Tebow repeatedly saying he was "excited" to be in New York.
It turned out to be one of the few high points in Tebow's stay with the Jets. Along with his shirtless jog from the practice field in the rain during training camp, of course.
Owner Woody Johnson jokingly said last season that "you can never have enough Tebow." Well, the Jets apparently had their fill after just one year.
From the day the Jets made the move to bring Tebow in to compete with Sanchez, many fans and media predicted it was only a matter of time before the former Florida star stepped in as the starting quarterback. There were billboards outside the Lincoln Tunnel in New Jersey welcoming Tebow, and sandwiches named after him at Manhattan delis.
Meanwhile, the Jets insisted having both Tebow and Sanchez would not be a distraction. The plan was that the team would benefit from having both players' different skill sets: Sanchez as the traditional quarterback, and Tebow running the wildcat-style offense.
While everyone from Johnson to Ryan to former general manager Mike Tannenbaum to former offensive coordinator Tony Sparano said they were all "on board" with Tebow, it became evident early that he had no clear role.
And Tebow simply didn't impress enough in practice to earn more playing time.
Ryan refused to start Tebow in place of a struggling Sanchez late in the season, choosing instead to go with third-stringer Greg McElroy ahead of him for one game — despite Tebow's multitude of fans taking to Twitter and begging the team to give their favorite player a chance. The since-fired Sparano never was able to figure out a way to consistently use Tebow, who spent most of his time on the sideline during games.
He was solid in his role on special teams as the personal punt protector, but the Jets stopped using him even there after he broke two ribs in a game at Seattle in November. Tebow's overall role diminished greatly after the injury, even after he healed. He tried to hide his frustration, but acknowledged late in the season that things didn't turn out quite how he expected in New York.
"I think it's fair to say," Tebow said, "that I'm a little disappointed."
The Jets appear to be sticking with Sanchez despite his struggles and the arrival of Smith as the future quarterback because he is guaranteed $8.25 million this season. But Idzik made it clear that the team would bring in competition for Sanchez. Tebow, however, is not going to be among the team's options. And, he's free to explore other opportunities - even if there don't seem to be many at this point.
It appeared Jacksonville, the other team to pursue Tebow last offseason, would be an obvious landing spot. But new general manager David Caldwell nixed the idea of a happy homecoming when he declared at his introductory news conference that he couldn't "imagine a scenario in which he'll be a Jacksonville Jaguar."
Many believe Tebow's best chance to stick in the NFL would be to switch positions, but he insists he is a quarterback and just wants an opportunity. Just as the Broncos gave him two seasons ago when he took over for Kyle Orton and led Denver to several comeback victories and into the playoffs.
Tebow was the talk of the country back then, as it seemed everyone - including actor Robert Downey Jr. at the Oscars - was dropping to a knee to do their version of "Tebowing," mimicking the quarterback's prayerful pose.
It was something that was absent all season in his stint with the Jets.
So where might Tebow go next?
Not the Eagles, it seems. The Inquirer's Zach Berman confirmed Monday afternoon that the team has no interest in signing Tebow.
Chicago could be a possibility. New Bears coach Marc Trestman worked with Tebow before the NFL draft in 2010 and in the Senior Bowl and liked what he saw. He'd be a backup there behind Jay Cutler, though.
Tebow could also head to Canada and play in the CFL - taking the route several others before him have, such as Doug Flutie, Warren Moon and Jeff Garcia. The Montreal Alouettes own his exclusive negotiating rights, but whether Tebow would even be open to a move north of the U.S. border is uncertain.
Brett Bouchy, the owner of the Orlando Predators of the Arena League, recently told the Orlando Sentinel that his team would "love to have him," and added that "we have a contract waiting for him to sign."
If Tebow fails to make it with another NFL team, it would be quite a fall from grace. He was a two-time national champion with the University of Florida, and his No. 15 Broncos jersey ranked second in national sales to Green Bay's Aaron Rodgers in 2011.
Tebow remained a model citizen throughout his frustrating year in New York and answered the constant barrage of questions about his role and mindset all season.
Tebow is now a free agent. Whether he gets another chance to play in the NFL - and whether he'd play quarterback or another position - remains to be seen.
This article contains information from the Associated Press.


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quote:Originally posted by Traddy:
How many artists have NEVER practiced or learned their craft using existing music? Yet, apparently it's already illegal to hum a song since that is some sort of public performance.
Completely untrue.
If you hum a song that is part of a paid public performance then, yes, there are mechanical royalties to be paid. The reality is that for most performances this amounts to a mere pittance. FWIW, if you "hum this song" at a bar, the bar owner is responsible for this.
If you are humming for free, you can do that for free all day long. Or until someone decides it crosses the line into disturbing the peace or something. Royalties are only at issue when money is changing hands.
Your point is that you want to be be able to profit from someone else's work without compensating them?


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From the web page for the competition:
New Works Photography Awards Fellowship
En Foco's New Works Photography Awards Fellowship is an annual program selecting three or more U.S. based photographers of Latino, African, Asian, Native American or Pacific Islander heritage, through a national call for entries.
NEW WORKS #13 DEADLINE: July 31, 2009
JUROR: Anne Wilkes Tucker, Curator, Museum of Fine Arts / Houston
New Works helps artists to create or complete an in-depth photographic series exploring themes of their choice, and provides the infrastructure needed for national visibility and a professional exhibition of their new work in the New York area.
Submissions can be in any photo-based style or genre (documentary, autobiographical, landscape, abstract, digital, pinhole, alternative processes, etc).
New Works fellows usually receive:
a $1,000 honorarium;
professional tripods from Bogen;
camera bags from Lowepro;
a feature article in Nueva Luz;
an exhibition in New York;
a photographers page on enfoco.org;
a one-year En Foco membership
Read about prior New Works exhibitions:
New Works #12 (2008-2009)
New Works #11 (2007-2008)
New Works #10 (2006-2007)
New Works #9 (2005-2006)
New Works #8 (2004-2005)
New Works #7 (2003-2004)
New Works #6 (2002-2003)
To learn more, click here.


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Goran has pointed out a plugin for Eclipse that can help those out there wanting to adopt Test-Driven Development into their process - MakeGood (screenshot here).
MakeGood provides a test runner to run unit tests on Eclipse PDT. MakeGood strongly supports Test Driven Development (TDD) by various features.
Features in the plugin include:
- Runs all tests when a file is saved.
- Debugs a test.
- Reruns the last test.
- Can use the system include path when running tests.
It supports both PHPUnit and SimpleTest so you're covered either way. It also supports the Zend Debugger and Xdebug for help with your debugging needs.


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Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Jos, Nigeria, called for calm after a suicide car bomb struck a Catholic church on March 11, taking the lives of three worshipers and provoking retaliatory violence that resulted in seven more deaths. • On March 12 Pedro Pimentel Rios, extradited from the United States to Guatemala in July, was sentenced to 6,060 years in prison for his role in the 1982 killing of 201 people during Guatemala's "Dos Erres" massacre. • On March 13 Cuban authorities granted Havana's Cardinal Jaime Ortega a rare opportunity to address the nation on state-controlled television to talk about the anticipated arrival of Pope Benedict XVI on March 26. • "We can see Jesus taking Marie by the hand and saying, 'Blessed are you, Marie, in your hunger and your thirst for righteousness,'" said the Rev. Dennis Mason of St. Dominic's parish in Oyster Bay, N.Y., during the funeral Mass on March 12 for Marie Colvin, a veteran war correspondent killed in Homs, Syria. • Caritas Internationalis reports that requests for aid are increasing and one million people are going hungry in Spain as the nation's economic crisis continues.
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Richard H. Becker, 85, formerly of Chestnut Hill, a retired principal in the Philadelphia school district, died of cancer Sept. 6 at Foulkeways in Gwynedd, where he had been a resident for the past two years.
Mr. Becker had served in multiple administrative posts in the district, including principal of both George Nebinger School and Franklin School. He also served in the District 3 office in South Philadelphia.
Long active in the Chestnut Hill community, he was the founder of Teenagers Inc. in 1996 and was co-chairman of the organization's board at the time of his death. He was a longtime member of the board of the Chestnut Hill Community Association and had served on many of its committees.
For their work with young people in the area, Mr. Becker and his wife, Jane, were presented with the Chestnut Hill Award in 2000.
Raised in Upper Darby, he was a graduate of West Catholic High School and served in the Army during World War II. After the war, he received a bachelor's degree from what is now LaSalle University and a master's degree from Temple University.
He was a past president of the LaSalle University Alumni Association and a former member of the university's board of trustees.
In addition to his wife of 56 years, Mr. Becker is survived by a son, Richard K.; a daughter, Ann Marie Gross, and three grandchildren.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Sept. 12 at Our Mother of Consolation Church, 9 E. Chestnut Hill Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19118. Memorial donations may be made to the above church or to LaSalle University at 1900 W. Olney Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19141. – WF


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This page contains information useful to committers and contributors to Beehive.
- Building
- More about Subversion and the ASF Source Code Repository
- Build Conventions
- Testing in Beehive
- Coding Conventions
- Source Headers
- Documentation Conventions
- Setting up Beehive in an IDE
- Creating and Applying Patches
- Creating a Beehive Distribution
Below are the steps for building Beehive:
download and install J2SE 5.0 JDK from here. Beehive requires J2SE 5.0 or greater.
download and install Subversion from here
- sync the Beehive tree using these steps
mkdir beehive cd beehive svn checkout https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/beehive/trunk
follow the instructions in BUILDING.txt
More about Subversion and the ASF Source Code Repository
Additional references:
Example operations:
1. adding new files: svn add 2. editing existing files -- just do it, svn doesn't require an "open" or "edit" command. 3. syncing to repository changes: svn update 4. submitting changes: svn commit 5. examining history: svn log
Note that svn treats directories as first class objects, so you need to "svn add" them.
No authentication is needed for read-only access to the repositories. However, you must be a committer and authenticate using your Apache userid/svn password when using svn to do any modifying operations. Set your svn password according to the instructions at http://www.apache.org/dev/version-control.html.
Build Conventions
The Beehive build is structured such that the Beehive components are peers and have a location in which to reference shared components. Artifacts of these shared components are defined as properties in the /beehive-imports.xml file, which can be included by any downstream Ant build file. Some of these artifacts include references to the XMLBeans JAR, the Servlet and JSP API JARs, and the JUnit JAR. The motivation behind this is to minimize the number of properties used to refer to the same resource, and when possible, these common properties should be used in component projects.
The structure of the Beehive source tree from ${beehive.home}/ is:
ant/ -- Ant build files shared among Beehive components beehive-imports.xml -- defines Ant paths, filesets, and macros that are shared among the Beehive components build.xml -- top-level build targets that can be used to clean, build, deploy, and test Beehive components build/ -- a transient top-level directory in which project wide build artifacts are placed controls/ -- the Controls component docs/ -- website and Beehive documentation external/ -- 3rd party libraries / software that is shared among Beehive components installed/ -- installed 3rd party software such as Ant and Tomcat netui/ -- the NetUI component samples/ -- all of the shipping samples system-controls/ -- the Beehive system controls JDBC, JMS, EJB, and web service test/ -- common test code and infrastructure wsm/ -- the Web Service Metadata component.
In order to track dependencies between Beehive components, it's best practice to define resources at the top-level that are shared across components. Otherwise, scoping resources to the components that use them makes them easier to change, and it's always easy to promote resources up the tree but harder to move them down. Generally, one component should never directly reference another for files, properties, etc.
The top-level ant/ directory contains source and Ant files that are shared among components. This includes Ant which can be used to start / stop Tomcat (the default Servlet container for Beehive) and to deploy / undeploy / build a Beehive web application. The Ant files used to perform these operations are:
and are defined as top-level properties in the beehive.properties file so that components need not reference the build files directly.
The component builds should expose a set of common targets that can be invoked from the top-level build. This makes the /build.xml file clean and allows developers to move between targets and incrementally build with the same set of targets.
clean -- clean the artifacts generated during a build build -- build the component's source files into JARs deploy -- deploy the components's runtime bits into a simulated distribution (coming soon) drt -- run the Developer Regression Tests (drt) docs -- build the documentation for a component
In general, Beehive components are structured as:
build.xml -- the component's top-level build file implementing the targets above ant/ -- Ant build files used by a component build/ -- transient build directory that contains build and test artifacts docs/ -- documentation for a component external/ -- external libraries used by a Beehive component. For example, NetUI has the Struts runtime here. src/ -- root source directory <source modules> test/ -- test cases, sources, and Ant files tools/ -- tools used by a component
This project structure can be nested in the tools/ and test/ directories as needed.
General guidelines:
- build/ directories at the top-level and in components should not be checked into the tree
- all artifacts generated during a build should be placed in the build/ directory so that a "clean" of Beehive can easily delete generated files.
Note, philosophically speaking, this build structure isn't meant to be a set of hard-and-fast rules; rather, it's a set of guidelines defined with the intention of making understanding Beehive and its components easier and in keeping the build and test infrastructure manageable and loosely coupled. There are exceptions to every rule. <g>
Testing in Beehive
In general, tests that must be run before every checkin are "drts" (developer regression tests), and longer tests that are run regularly (but not before every checkin) are "bvts" (build verification tests). The "drt" ant target exists at the root of the tree, and in each subproject. DRTs are run in each subproject using the command:
cd <sub-project> ant drt
BVTs are run in each project with a similar command:
cd <sub-project> ant bvt
In both cases, the tests passed when Ant displays the usual BUILD SUCCESSFUL message. When the tests fail, the BUILD FAILED message is shown and detailsa about the failures can be found in each test suite's log files.
Specific information on testing in each subproject can be found here:
To run a full build and test suite against *both* the SVN tree and distribution, run:
cd ant ant -f nightly.xml run
This target can take over an hour to run depending on the computer hardware. It will run all of the DRTs and BVTs for each sub-project in Beehive.
Coding Conventions
Source Headers
Documentation Conventions
Setting up Beehive in an IDE
Each Beehive sub-component has a set of source paths and library dependencies that are needed to develop Beehive from an IDE. Below are the list of sub-components and their source paths and required libraries. In addition, there are (will be) specific instructions for how to setup a Beehive development environment in various IDEs. The paths below are referenced from $BEEHIVE_HOME unless otherwise specified.
- Controls
- Source Paths
- Library Dependencies
- Source Paths
- NetUI
- Source Paths
- Library Dependencies
- Optional Library Dependencies (to include JSF support)
- Source Paths
- Source Paths
- Library Dependencies
- Source Paths
- System Controls
- Source Paths
- Library Dependencies
- Source Paths
Tested with eclipse 3.1.1
You must first setup Eclipse 3.1 to use Java 5:
- Start Eclipse with a Java 5 JVM.
Set Eclipse to use Java 5 compiler settings. You can do this by going to Windows->Preferences->Java->Compiler->Compiler compliance level and setting it to 5.0. You may also want to create a beehive workspace specifically for working with Beehive.
You will need to create three projects in your workspace:
- controls
- netui
- wsm
- system-controls
Each of these projects will have certain source paths, project dependencies, and library dependencies that you need to setup.
Handling XMLBeans
Because Eclipse 3.1 does not have any native or plugin support for Apache XMLBeans, you will need to generate a couple jars from Beehive XML Schemas.
To create the schemas jars, run the following:
$ ant -f ${beehive.home}/netui/ant/build-schema.xml $ ant -f ${beehive.home}/wsm/build-schema.xml
This will generate two jar files, netui-schema.jar and wsm-schema.jar for use with Eclipse. Any time that Beehive's XML schemas are updated, you will need to re-generate these jar files.
Project Setup
Create the projects, controls, netui, and wsm. For each of the projects, setup its source, project dependencies, and libraries path:
Controls Project
Controls Project rooted at ${beehive.home}/controls
Set the source and library dependencies as specified previously.
This project has no dependencies.
Netui Project
Netui Project rooted at ${beehive.home}/netui
Set the source and library dependencies as specified previously. Additionally, make sure that you add the netui-schema.jar which you generated earlier to the library path.
This project has a dependency on the controls project.
WSM Project
WSM Project rooted at ${beehive.home}/wsm
Set the source and library dependencies as specified previously. Additionally, make sure that you add the wsm-schema.jar which you generated earlier to the library path.
This project has a dependency on the controls project.
System Controls Project
System Controls Project rooted at ${beehive.home}/system-controls
Set the source and library dependencies as specified previously.
This project has a dependency on the controls and WSM projects.
Ant Setup
Please add junit.jar in ANT's classpath. (NOT eclipse's classpath) (Window -> Preferences -> Runtime -> Ant -> add ${beehive.home}/external/junit/junit.jar in Global Entries in the Classpath tab)
Tested with IDEA 4.5.x and Irida builds.
No specific settings are required. Please follow the General setup steps above.
Tested with NetBeans 4.0 beta 2
Please use New Project > Standard > Java Project with Existing Ant Script for each subproject. You need to run beehiveCmd.env or beehiveCmd.sh first and start up NetBeans on the same command window or shell.
Creating and Applying Patches
Creating a Patch
- cd to the root directory of the Beehive tree.
Make sure your entire tree is updated to a single revision (preferably the head revision, so you take on the burden of resolving merge conflicts). svn update here will do the trick.
- Create the patch.
svn diff > patch.txt
Applying a Patch
(This section contains at least one nonobvious step.)
- cd to the root directory of the Beehive tree.
- Open the patch file (say, patch.txt) and get two pieces of information:
- The root directory for the patch. You'll need to infer this from the first "Index:" entry. It should be the root of the Beehive distribution, but it helps to verify this.
- The base revision of the patch. Every file entry should look something like this:
--- netui/src/pageflow/org/apache/beehive/netui/pageflow/PageFlowActionServlet.java (revision 149222) +++ netui/src/pageflow/org/apache/beehive/netui/pageflow/PageFlowActionServlet.java (working copy)
- In this case, the base revision would be 149222.
Sync your tree to the base revision of the patch. (this step is non obvious) svn update -r 149222 in the example above. If you don't do this, you risk applying the patch to a different base, with unpredictable results.
Apply the patch. patch -p0 < patch.txt If you use Windows, see below for information on the patch command.
Update the tree to the head revision. svn update. If the patch was based on an early revision, you may end up resolving merge conflicts. But if you do, you can thank your lucky stars that you updated to the base revision of the patch before applying it.
Build, run the Beehive checkin tests with ant drt, commit.
Information for Windows Users
If you're running Windows, you can get the patch command as part of Cygwin (http://www.cygwin.com/). The MKS 6.1 patch command does not work for this -- if you use MKS, download Cygwin, make sure it's on your path, and disable the MKS patch.exe.
Creating a Beehive Distribution
Creating a Beehive distribution is reasonably easy and consists of a couple of basic steps:
Building and testing the distribution archives
Update the Beehive documentation to replace these tokens "Beehive SVN" with "Beehive <version-number>"
cd trunk/
Run this command to build and test the distribution: ant -f nightly.xml run -Dbeehive.version=<version-number>
- Checksum and sign the release
Create these sub-directories: /www/www.apache.org/dist/beehive/<version-number>/(binaries|source)
FTP the distribution's .zip, .tar.gz, .asc, and .md5 files to an ASF server
Copy the appropriate resources to the <version-number>/(binaries|source) sub-directories
Before FTP-ing to the ASF servers, be sure that **all** of the distribution's tests pass by manually verifying a 100% test pass rate in the generated test reports.
Linking the distribution the website
Link the documentation for the release to beehive/site/src/documentation/content/xdocs/documentation.xml
Copy an existing download .cgi script and rename it to release-<version-number>.cgi
Copy an existing download .html file and rename it to release-<version-number>.html
Link the download for the release to beehive/site/src/documentation/content/xdocs/downloads.xml. Be sure to link to the .cgi script
Replace the version number in release-<version-number>.html with the new <version-number> token
Add releases/release-<version-number>.html to site/src/documentation/conf/cli.xconf
Run cd beehive/site && ant clean build site.stage
Copy $FORREST_HOME/main/site/releases/release-<version-number>.html to beehive/site/www/releases to work around a very unfortunate Forrest bug
Replace the download HTML <form> in www/releases/release-<version-number>.html with the <form> templated for the ASF CGI download script from src/documentation/content/xdocs/releases/release-<version-number>.html. This is needed because Forrest mangles the tokens that are replaced when the .html file is used as a template from the download's .cgi script
- Commit the site changes to SVN
SSH to an ASF server and run cd /www/beehive.apache.org && svn update
While this seems like lots of steps, updating the website doesn't take that long. The worst part is working around the Forrest mismatch with the .cgi scripts!


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Jean Edwards
Class of 1962
Major/Minor: Sociology
Jean Edwards has devoted her life to social work and health care administration and to her family.
After graduation I began a social work career with the Baltimore City Department of Welfare but was married soon after and returned to the Eastern Shore, where I have remained. I have three children, five grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren and have loved growing up with them. I was fortunate with my career, first with the City and then with several county Social Service Agencies where I worked as a social worker for foster care, adoptions and protective services until 1972. I then began a second career in health care administration (receiving my Masters in 1997), beginning first at Kent & Queen Anne's Hospital and ultimately with the Delmarva Foundation for Medical Care in Easton where I devoted many hours to help grow a successful health care review organization. One of the highlights of my career was working with researchers from Harvard and John Hopkins Universities to establish the first set of quality assurance standards for the ambulatory setting.
I retired in 2000, and my retirement years have been complete with traveling the globe. I am proud to have made it to five of the seven continents and all but one of the United States. My trips are divided into three parts: the planning, the doing and then the writing about it. That third piece makes it real; now, I just hope some day my descendants will relive those trips through those journals.
I love working on genealogy: creating family histories, planning and participating in family reunions, meeting cousins for the first time, and sharing data and photographs. For the past 15 years, I have met annually with my high school classmates in Southern Maryland and have continued college friendships over the past 50 years… sharing our lives' ups and downs. But mostly I have enjoyed my family, welcoming the opportunity to share in the growth and development of my children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. I love playing cards – especially bridge and poker (though can only go about 3 hours - not like the old college days when we could go all night), and thoroughly enjoy my new home in Laurel, DE where I moved in September 2008. With a big "treeless" yard I have joined the local Garden Club and hope some of their knowledge will rub off on me. Paying it forward is important to me and right now I serve as a volunteer for the Delaware Hospice and Our Lady of Lourdes Helping Hands Ministry. I also serve as a lay Eucharistic Minster. I feel very blessed with the life I have and my experiences at WC certainly helped create it.
- Culture shock coming from small town to 'liberal' arts college – 'those girls are doing WHAT?'
- Rooming in Reid Hall with Dee
- Scrubbing the brick sidewalk with a toothbrush
- Camel hair coats (had to buy one)
- English classes — John O'Hara
- Sorority rush—lovely
- Newman Club
- Chorus with Mr. Forney
- Sticky buns – Ms. Dee – the snack bar
- Talking marathons
- Bridge games
- Cooling beer in the toilet tank
- Anthropology — gotta travel
- Making lifelong friends
- Vita Foods pickle vats
- First trip to NY City
- Finding my major
Retired? Yes
Employer: Delmarva Foundation for Medical Care
Work City & State: Easton, MD
Current or Last Work Title: Dir, Ext & Govt Relations
Home City & State: Laurel, DE