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Faculty Publications
Property Rites: The Rhinelander Trial, Passing, and the Protection of Whiteness
Elizabeth M. Smith-Pryor
University of North Carolina Press (May 2009)
In 1925 Leonard Rhinelander, the youngest son of a wealthy New York society family, sued to end his marriage to Alice Jones, a former domestic servant and the daughter of a "colored" cabman. After being married only one month, Rhinelander pressed for the dissolution of his marriage on the grounds that his wife had lied to him about her racial background. The subsequent marital annulment trial became a massive public spectacle, not only in New York but across the nation—despite the fact that the state had never outlawed interracial marriage.
Elizabeth Smith-Pryor makes extensive use of trial transcripts, in addition to contemporary newspaper coverage and archival sources, to explore why Leonard Rhinelander was allowed his day in court. She moves fluidly between legal history, a day-by-day narrative of the trial itself, and analyses of the trial's place in the culture of the 1920s North to show how notions of race, property, and the law were—and are—inextricably intertwined.
Class and Race in the Frontier Army: Military Life in the West: 1870-1890
Kevin Adams
University of Oklahoma Press (April 2009)
Historians have long assumed that ethnic and racial divisions in post-Civil War America were reflected in the U.S. Army, of whose enlistees 40 percent were foreign-born. Now Kevin Adams shows that the frontier army was characterized by a "Victorian class divide" that overshadowed ethnic prejudices.
Class and Race in the Frontier Army marks the first application of recent research on class, race, and ethnicity to the social and cultural history of military life on the western frontier. Adams draws on a wealth of military records and soldiers' diaries and letters to reconstruct everyday army life--from work and leisure to consumption, intellectual pursuits, and political activity--and shows that an inflexible class barrier stood between officers and enlisted men.
The Urban Roots of Democracy and Political Violence in Zimbabwe
Timothy Scarnecchia
University of Rochester Press (October 2008)
The Urban Roots of Democracy and Political Violence in Zimbabwe details a democratic tradition developed in the 1940s and 1950s, and a movement that would fall victim to an increasingly elitist and divisive political culture by the 1960s. Providing biographical sketches of key personalities within the genealogy of nationalist politics, Timothy Scarnecchia weaves an intricate narrative that traces the trajectories of earlier democratic traditions in Zimbabwe, including women's political movements, township organizations, and trade unions. This work suggests that intense rivalries for control of the nationalist leadership after 1960, the "sell-out" politics of that period, and Cold War funding for rival groups contributed to a unique political impasse, ultimately resulting in the largely autocratic and violent political state today. The author further proposes that this recourse to political violence, "top-down" nationalism, and the abandonment of urban democratic traditions are all hallmarks of a particular type of nationalism equally unsustainable in Zimbabwe then as it is now.
U.S.- China Educational Exchange: State, Society, and Intercultural Relations, 1905-1950
Hongshan Li
Rutgers University Press (December 2007)
U.S.-China relations became increasingly important and complex in the twentieth century. While economic, political, and military interactions all grew over time, the most dramatic expansion took place in educational exchange, turning it into the strongest tie between the two nations. By the end of the 1940s, tens of thousands of Chinese and American students and scholars had crisscrossed the Pacific, leaving indelible marks on both societies. Although all exchange programs were terminated during the Cold War, the two nations reemerged as top partners within a decade after the reestablishment of diplomatic relations.
Remembering the Great Depression in the Rural South
Kenneth J. Bindas
University Press of Florida; First edition (May 27, 2007)
Collected over a period of four years in the late 1980s and early 1990s, these reminiscences from people in rural Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee are primarily concerned with lessons learned. Looking back on their youth, the narrators explore how the Depression defined their lives and their experiences, from subsistence and government assistance, to food and home life, fear and privation. Revealing a common consciousness among people who witnessed profound change and endured, these stories underscore the meaning of collective memory. Their simple tales form the larger story of how the American people continued to rely on the individualistic ethos even as they adopted and accepted the new ideology of social cooperation. Students and scholars of both the 1930s and oral history methodology will welcome this volume.
Satchel Paige and Company: Essays on the Kansas City Monarchs, Their Greatest Star and the Negro Leagues
Leslie A. Heaphy
McFarland & Company (May 15, 2007)
Though Satchel Paige lived into the early 1980s, much of our information about his life and especially his career is the stuff of anecdote. He is nevertheless a central figure-arguably the central figure--in our reconstructions of Negro Leagues history. This collection of papers from the 9th Annual Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference focuses on the celebrity of Satchel Paige and the team he is most closely associated with, the Kansas City Monarchs. Accounts of Paige's exploits are scrutinized and the effects of his fame, on both the contemporary perception of black baseball and its depiction in the years since, are discussed.
Black Baseball and Chicago: Essays on the Players, Teams and Games of the Negro Leagues Most Important City
Leslie A. Heaphy
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers (July 5, 2006)
Founded in 1920, the Negro National League originally comprised teams throughout the Midwest, but the league's groundwork was laid in one city—Chicago. Two of the season's eight inaugural teams were based in the South Side, which was also the adopted home of Rube Foster, the "Father of the Negro Leagues." A former stand-out pitcher in the Windy City, Foster founded the dominant Chicago American Giants. As the first president of the Negro National League, Foster controlled all major aspects of the game, from personnel to equipment and ticket sales, and his influence left black baseball indelibly associated with Chicago. This essay collection presents notable papers delivered at the 2005 Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference in Chicago. With contributions from many Negro Leagues experts, the work offers a cohesive history of Chicago's long relationship with black baseball.
The Papers of Robert A. Taft (Volumes 1 - 4)
Clarence Wunderlin
Kent State University Press (May 31, 2006)
Regardless of his conservative commitments, Taft saw the need for responsible reform. In the immediate postwar years, he recognized the need for federal aid to education, for social welfare legislation that assisted the poor, and for federal support for public housing. Out of political necessity, Taft became more partisan as the 1950 senatorial campaign approached, convinced he had to win reelection in Ohio by a large margin if he was to establish himself as a frontrunner in the primary campaign for the 1952 presidential election. Moderate Republicans spurned Taft and doubted that the serious, partisan senator could successfully head a national ticket. His support, nevertheless, was essential to the 1952 Eisenhower presidential campaign. Taft's service as Senate majority leader proved indispensable to President Eisenhower during the early months of his first term, helping the president navigate the byways of the nation's capital. Even after his diagnosis of cancer in April 1953, he continued to work at his senatorial duties until he died in July 1953.
Robert A. Taft: Ideas, Tradition, and Party in U.S. Foreign Policy (Biographies in American Foreign Policy)
Clarence Wunderlin
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. (May 28, 2005)
In examining the life of former Senator Robert A. Taft, this volume illuminates not only the history of the conservative opposition to liberal internationalism in the 1940s, but tells us much about the contest over America's proper place in the global economy. Through careful research, Wunderlin offers a fresh look at one of the most important Republican Party congressional leaders of the twentieth century.
The Holy Reich
Nazi Conceptions of Christianity, 1919–1945
Richard Steigmann-Gall
Cambridge University Press (July 12, 2004)
Analyzing the previously unexplored religious views of the Nazi elite, Richard Steigmann-Gall argues against the consensus that Nazism as a whole was either unrelated to Christianity or actively opposed to it. He demonstrates that many participants in the Nazi movement believed that the contours of their ideology were based on a Christian understanding of Germany's ills and their cure. A program usually regarded as secular in inspiration - the creation of a racialist 'people's community' embracing antisemitism, antiliberalism and anti-Marxism - was, for these Nazis, conceived in explicitly Christian terms. His examination centers on the concept of 'positive Christianity,' a religion espoused by many members of the party leadership. He also explores the struggle the 'positive Christians' waged with the party's paganists - those who rejected Christianity in toto as foreign and corrupting - and demonstrates that this was not just a conflict over religion, but over the very meaning of Nazi ideology itself.
The Negro Leagues, 1869-1960
Leslie A. Heaphy
McFarland & Company (December 11, 2002)
The Negro Leagues had some of the best talent in the game, but from their earliest days they were segregated from those leagues that received all the recognition. This complete history of the Negro Leagues begins with the second half of the nineteenth century, discussing the early attempts by African American players to be allowed to play with white teammates, and progressing through the creation of the "Gentleman's Agreement" in the 1890s which kept baseball segregated. It then discusses the establishment of the first successful Negro League in 1920 and examines various aspects of the game for the players (lodgings, travel accommodations, families, off-season jobs, play and life in Latin America, difficulties encountered because of race). The history ends in 1960, when the Birmingham Black Barons went out of business and took the Negro Leagues with them. Also included are stories of individual players, owners, umpires, and others involved with the Negro Leagues in the United States and in Latin America.
River of Enterprise: The Commercial Origins of Regional Identity in the Ohio Valley, 1790-1850
Kim M. Gruenwald
Indiana University Press (October 2002)
River of Enterprise explores the world of merchants in the Ohio River valley and the way commerce
underlay the development of a regional identity, before the politics of slavery split the region in two, north and south of the river.
Swing, That Modern Sound
Kenneth J. Bindas
University Press of Mississippi (September 2001)
During the spring and summer of 1935, popular memory has told us, swing was born when Benny Goodman and his band won the approval of the audience at the Palomar Ballroom in Los Angeles after a grueling tour that began in New York City.
Between God and Tsar: Religious Symbolism and the Royal Women of Muscovite Russia
Isolde Thyrêt
Northern Illinois University Press (August 2001)
Challenging traditional interpretations of the roles of royal women in patriarchal Muscovite society, Between God and Tsar opens a new approach to understanding medieval Russia. Drawing upon a wide range of sources in anthropology, sociology, art history, and literature, it sheds light on the lives of the tsaritsy, about which little has been known, and on the culture surrounding them. This pioneering study demonstrates that the wives of the early tsars played complex roles in government, especially during times of crisis, and shows how religious culture perpetuated the expressions of their legitimacy as female rulers. Thyrêt explores Orthodox iconography—such as that of the Golden Palace of the Tsaritsy, which proclaims Irina Godunova's right to act as an independent ruler—and shows how the Muscovite court used gendered images to reveal the spiritual power of female rulers. Myths and legends adapted from one generation to another also underscore royal wives' claim to authority based on their great spiritual power. Illuminating medieval Russia's art, literature, and culture. Between God and Tsar offers stimulating insights into the power of Russia's royal women and how it was manifest in Muscovite culture.
Touguo Lishi Kan Taiwan: Zhanhou Taiwan De Jingji, Zhengzhi, Wenjiao He Duiwai Guanxi
(Taiwan in Historical Perspective: Economy, Politics, Culture and Education, and Foreign Relations in Postwar Taiwan)
Hongshan Li
Hong Kong: Asian Science Press, (1999)
The sixteen essays included in this book represent historical examinations done by Chinese scholars in the United States on the postwar Taiwan. The economic take-off, political reform, and cultural and educational development in Taiwan after World War II , and its relations with mainland China and the United States were all shaped by the Cold War. The Cold War, while presenting Taiwan with a great challenge, provided the island opportunities for the recovery and development after World War II. The successful modernization of Taiwan was made possible by its government and people who took full advantage of the favorable conditions created during the Cold War years. This book helps enhance our understanding of the postwar development of Taiwan and the multifaceted impact of the Cold War.
Image, Perception, and the Making of U.S.-China Relations
Hongshan Li
University Press of America (July 2, 1998)
Image, Perception, and the Making of U.S.-China Relations examines major events in the history of the relationship between the U.S. and China to show the development and effects of national images and perceptions. These essays expose the effects of ideology as represented through foreign policy and the actions of leaders, as well as the role of the media and governments in shaping public opinion and attitudes. They show the evolution of the influential forces from the nineteenth century through the twentieth century.
China and the United States
Hongshan Li
University Press of America (December 11, 1997)
This essay collection presents a new examination and fresh insight into Sino-American relations from the end of World War II to the 1960s. The compilation breaks new ground by exploring some of the untouched Chinese and Soviet Communist sources to document the major events and crises in East Asia. It also identifies a new pattern of confrontations between China and America during the Cold War. Based on extensive multi-archival research utilizing recently-released records, the authors move the study away from the usual Soviet-American rivalry and instead focus on the relatively unknown area of communists' interactions and conflicts in order to answer questions such as why Beijing sent troops to Korea, what role China played in the Vietnam War, and why Mao caused crises in the Taiwan Straits. The articles in the book examine Chinese perceptions and positions, and discuss the nature and goals of China's foreign policy and its impact on Sino-American relations during this crucial period.
Empire and Nationhood
Mary Ann Heiss
Columbia University Press (April 15, 1997)
Diane Kunz author of Butter and Guns-America's Cold War Economic Diplomacy:
An impressive study of the causes, course, and the consequences of the Iranian oil seizure. Using primary and secondary sources in an exemplary fashion, Heiss has explicated the strategic and diplomatic aspects of a complicated triangular balancing act.
The Art of The Possible: Documents On Great Power Diplomacy, 1814 - 1914
Ralph Menning
McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Langua (January 1, 1996)
An anthology for courses dealing with great power diplomacy in the 19th century, this book raises crucial questions in the history of European foreign relations and seeks to address those questions through excerpts from the documentary record. Included are sources from conference protocol, and treaties as well as from previously untapped sources such as speeches, diary entries, and correspondence. Half the documents included have been translated into English for the first time. Each chapter is introduced by a brief paragraph placing that chapter in a larger historical context. Each document, or group of documents, comes with a head note that introduces the reader to the debates that document has generated and provides a point of departure for discussion or independent research. The text includes maps and concludes with a bibliographical essay that discusses issues of historiography and provides an extensive list for further readings.
NATO in the Post-Cold War Era: Does It Have a Future?
S. Victor Papacosma & Mary Ann Heiss
Palgrave Macmillan; 1st ed edition (October 15, 1995)
Established in 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) performed its assigned mission exceedingly well as it secured peace for its member states and avoided military confrontation between the superpowers during the remaining four decades of the Cold War. But with the dramatic changes that began in 1989, an identity crisis has plagued NATO. Whereas the Cold War years had essentially defined who would be fighting whom in a future conflict, the uncertain post-1989 years are introducing new and possibly calamitous variables. Despite the fact that hardly a voice has been heard calling for its dissolution and that states from the former Warsaw Pact are seeking membership, NATO's members face the demanding task of defining the new strategic challenges and formulating appropriate policies and responses. The articles in this volume combine to present a comprehensive investigation of the diverse problems confronting NATO. The contributions each provide relevant historical background before analyzing current conditions and projecting into the future.
All of This Music Belongs to the Nation: The WPA's Federal Music Project and American Society, 1935-1939
Kenneth J. Bindas
University of Tennessee Press (1995, Paperback 2002)
Established in 1935 under the aegis of the Works Progress Administration, the Federal Music Project (FMP) was designed to employ musicians who were hard hit by the economic devastation of the Great Depression. All of This Music Belongs to the Nation is the first book-length study of the FMP and the many paradoxes and conflicts that marked its four-year existence.
Visions of a New Industrial Order
Clarence Wunderlin
Columbia University Press (October 15, 1992)
An examination of the historical debate over US labour relations and the expansion of government agencies that provided the basis for the labour system. The study argues that bodies set up to stabilize industrial relations often acted at the expense of important business interests.
America's Musical Pulse: Popular Music in the Twentieth-Century Society
Kenneth J. Bindas
Praeger Paperback (September 30, 1992)
Popular music may be viewed as primary documents of society, and America's Musical Pulse documents the American experience as recorded in popular sound. Whether jazz, blues, swing, country, or rock, the music, the impulse behind it, and the reaction to it reveal the attitudes of an era or generation. Always a major preoccupation of students, music is often ignored by teaching professionals, who might profitably channel this interest to further understandings of American social history and such diverse fields as sociology, political science, literature, communications, and business as well as music. In this interdisciplinary collection, scholars, educators, and writers from a variety of fields and perspectives relate topics concerning twentieth-century popular music to issues of politics, class, economics, race, gender, and the social context. The focus throughout is to place music in societal perspective and encourage investigation of the complex issues behind the popular tunes, rhythms, and lyrics.


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Troopers: Ky. man stole car, drove drunk, fled from police
Suspect faces 9 charges after two-state pursuit ends in crash
A police chase that ended on Interstate 75 snarled the morning commute for many drivers.
Kentucky State Police were chasing a green Buick that may have been driving in excess of 100 mph shortly before 8:30 a.m.
The chase ended in the northbound lanes between Turfway Road and Burlington Pike.
In the aftermath, traffic backed up across all lanes and slowed to a crawl, but traffic was back to normal by 10 a.m.
State troopers said the chase started when deputies in Switzerland County attempted to stop 19-year-old Derek Snell, of Trimble County.
Deputies ended their pursuit at Markland Dam, and state troopers began their involvement in the pursuit on Interstate 71 north in Kentucky.
Troopers said they tried to use stop sticks to end the chase, but Snell swerved toward the deputy attempting to deploy the device, authorities said.
No injuries were reported in the crash that ended the chase.
Snell was charged with attempted murder of a police officer, auto theft, fleeing and evading, wanton endangerment, drunken driving, driving without insurance, driving without a license, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
He remains jailed at the Carroll County Detention Center.


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How to Take a Vacation on a Budget
There has never been a better time to save money on your vacation than right now. The economy has put the squeeze on household spending and has forced most companies in the travel industry to offer significant savings on rental cars, flights, hotels, and travel packages. It is not difficult to save a bundle on your next trip by following these simple steps:
1. Travel off season: Obviously, taking a trip to Disney World at Easter will be more expensive than going in September when the kids are back in school. Find out what are the peak and off seasons for the destination you are trying to vacation at and travel as close to the off season as possible to get your best deals.
2. Bring a group: Often, planning a trip to some far off exotic place can be cheap or even free for you if you bring a group. Many companies will give you the 10th trip for free if you book 9. So, call your friends, plan a group trip, and save.
3. Eat big meals at lunch: Make lunch your large meal and have a snack for dinner; this can save you hundreds of dollars over your entire trip, as most restaurants offer a much less expensive lunch menu.
4. Register with airlines and travel companies: Getting on the email list of most airline and travel companies will provide you access to all of their discounts and coupons. These discounts and coupons will offer you some of the best deals around on travel.
5. Pack Light: Most airlines are now charging you to check your baggage. These fees can be as high as $50 per bag. Check the airlines baggage policy in advance and make sure that you are considering these fees not only when you book your flight, but when you pack for your trip. Often, a carry-on bag is sufficient.
6. Book your trip either very far in advance or at the very last minute: For the planning personality, book your trip 6 months or more in advance to get a very good rate on your travel and still have 100% control over location, times, days, etc. However, if you really want the best travel deals and are willing to be flexible, book your trip at the last minute. Most travel companies will practically give away trips in order to fill seats and rooms. However, you will need to be a little adventurous and keep an open mind as your choices will be limited when you book last minute.
7. Most importantly, work with a reputable travel agent: Although the deals online can be good at times, studies have shown that a travel agent can offer or even beat those same deals. In addition, you get expert knowledge on travel, booking, and perhaps even the airline or hotel you may be experiencing. This knowledge can be invaluable to you. There is also an expert ready to answer any questions or help you if you have a problem. More information, better service, at a cheaper price. Now that's what I call value!


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Mel and Dan – Behind the Evening
Some of you might have seen some pre-wedding photos of Melanie (aka Beautiful) and Daniel (aka Francis) on my Facebook Page. Wedding photos are gonna come up later. Much later, so hang on for now. Here is what went on behind the scenes on that day when we were by the Mandovi.
The freaks, Francis, Beautiful and Ernest dropped by my place and decided to give me a ride.
We were on our way to Panjim. Beautiful, just back from her visit to the church was complaining about all the crazy questions the priest was asking her. We had a good laugh and then indulged in some banter about the Vatican. Shhh!!
And that's the Ernest we talk about. Ernie the man. All too happy to be sitting around and doing nothing.
We passed by Sangolda.
And in a short while we were passing through Porvorim. The sun was beginning to set. We were racing the clock. Guess who was not too pleased to be losing light. Okay, no points for the correct answer. Me!
Under the Bridge. I always think of RHCP each time I go below the Mandovi bridge. Always.
We zoom past the Panjim jetty.
And then, finally, the Mandovi. The barges had taken over the landscape. Got some test shots though.
You guys might remember this lighthouse from the "Lurking Storm" photo I posted some months back.
There were some birds in the sky.
And an Ernie on the sand.
I told the clowns to take a walk and pretend I'm not there. Told them to indulge in some PG13 activities that would not get any of us arrested. So that's them, taking a walk by the shore.
Ernie on the other hand took a walk with my tripod.
Oh yeah! Ernie and the tripod. So beautiful. Made for each other.
This stray fellow tried to disrupt proceedings. But was scared away by Francis. Who just showed the dog his face. The rest was history.
The clowns headed towards the rocks.
Ernie headed to the shore.
In between all this nonsense, I did manage to get a few decent shots of the clowns. And then we just decided to goof around. Something we are pros at.
Here are Ernie and Francis. This shot was taken so that I could lock focus points. It was pretty dark btw, the autofocus was going crazy when those amateurs (read Francis) tried to use the camera.
Autofocus locked, and this is what Francis managed to click. Ernie parting with the tripod. It was a sad moment, but what was just had to be done.
And then one shot of Beautiful, me and the leaning lighthouse of.. oh wait, the lighthouse is, no way.
Finally, we called it a wrap and headed off towards what we call home. Beautiful punched the air coz I guess she found a keeper. Amen.
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N.M. authorities: 2 boys from youth camp back home
HILLSBORO, N.M. Two of the nine teenagers reported missing from a rural ranch for troubled youth are back with their parents, New Mexico police said Saturday.
The two boys have been removed from an Amber Alert. Police said they believe the seven others are in danger, while an attorney for the ranch said all are safely with parents.
A search warrant was executed Friday as part of the investigation of abuse at the Tierra Blanca High Country Youth Program, located at a 30,000-acre compound in high desert country, about seven miles from Hillsboro. Officials said that the teens, ages 13 and 17, weren't at the property in Sierra County, nor was program operator Scott Chandler, who has been named a person of interest in the case.
The search comes after the Albuquerque Journal reported last week that state authorities were investigating claims that teenage boys were beaten and forced to wear leg shackles and handcuffs for minor violations of rules at the unlicensed program.
Ranch attorney Pete Domenici Jr. said in a statement Friday that the boys had been "on a previously scheduled activity away from the ranch for several days. They are safe and have already been picked up by their parents, or their parents are en route to pick them up."
Domenici accused the state of escalating the situation by failing to agree to an emergency hearing in a lawsuit the ranch filed this week over what the suit contends was an improperly handled investigation.
However, authorities issued an Amber Alert for the teenager minutes after Domenici's statement was released.
Jim Moffat, whose step-son was attending the ranch when he was killed in a rollover accident off the property last month, said Saturday that he has no reason to doubt that the boys are safe.
He said he sent his son - 18-year-old Bruce Staeger - to the ranch after he could no longer deal with him misbehaving at home, running away and getting into trouble with police.
"We didn't know what was going on," he said. "But we saw some great results. He turned into an awesome young man."
Program operators had been ordered to send the kids back to their parents or surrender them to the state after staff members were accused of beating and shackling students.
The operators of the ranch, Scott and Collette Chandler, deny any children have been harmed and filed a lawsuit this week accusing investigators of targeting the ranch for closure following a fatal car crash involving students.
The operators also said investigators have been illegally interviewing students and telling parents to pull their children from the program by Friday or face abuse charges. Their lawsuit said at least one family was contacted directly by Gov. Susana Martinez, a claim her office denies.
During a press conference earlier this week Chandler said Tierra Blanca has been operating for nearly 20 years. Its website promises a program for unmanageable kids that offers a balance of love, discipline and structure.


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The Crimson held NYU to a -.047 hitting percentage thanks to 12 blocks (Gil Talbot).
New York, N.Y. – Led by Nick Madden's 13-kill performance and a combined 12.0 blocks on the defensive side of the net, the Harvard men's volleyball team earned its second win to open the year at New York University Saturday afternoon, 3-0. The Crimson took the victory by set scores of 25-21, 25-13 and 25-22.
Madden led all scorers with his 13 kills as DJ White added nine kills, seven digs and four blocks. Rob Lothman and Derek Jansma directed the offense and dished out 20 assists and 13 assists, respectively. Kyle Rehkemper, meanwhile, turned in a match best five blocks, including two solo, to help Harvard (2-0) limit NYU (0-1) to a -.047 hitting percentage.
Rehkemper got the Crimson off to a strong start with a block for the first point of the night and later added a kill as Harvard opened an early 7-3 lead. NYU came back to tie the score at 9-9 and took its lone lead of the set at 12-11, but Harvard responded with a 6-1 stretch to build a 17-13 advantage. The Violets pulled within two points of the Crimson late, 23-21, before a kill by Branden Clemens and an attack error gave Harvard the 25-21 decision.
It was all Crimson in the second set as five errors by NYU put Harvard in control, 7-0. A combined block by Clemens and Caleb Zimmick followed by a Madden kill moved the score to 12-4, and a pair of White kills put the Crimson on top by 10, 19-9. The teams traded points down the stretch before Michael Owen gave Harvard set point, 25-13.
The third set featured 15 tied scores and six lead changes but the Crimson came on strong late to seal the victory. Madden broke the final tie with his 13th kill of the night for a 23-22 advantage and White put the match to bed with his ninth kill for set point, 25-22.
Harvard will be back in action next weekend as it travels to St. Francis (Pa.) on Jan. 25 and Penn State on Jan. 26.


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Business, General Business Projects in China by Dorothee Garth
Four weeks ago I started working for a Hong Kong based company called "Shui On Land Ltd". It is a development property company, which runs lots of projects in Shanghai and China. The company also runs a little area here in Shanghai called "Xintiandi", where "yesterday and tomorrow meet in Shanghai's today", as one of the seniors explained to me on my first day. Xintiandi, is comprised of ancient Chinese buildings called "Shikumen" which have been restored into a museum, bars, restaurants, clubs, a hotel and a shopping mall. It's definitely a tourist place and you can see plenty of tourists at any time of day.
'Yesterday and tomorrow meet in Shanghai's today'
On my first day I was told that my future task was working for the Xintiandi Operations Department. I didn't have any idea of what to expect, but I found out soon enough that I wasn't there to prepare the coffee. My boss told me about a new project, serviced apartments with a fitness and spa club, which are under construction next to Xintiandi and about to be opened in September 2006. He had a rough idea of what kind of facilities he wanted to be included. I was briefed on the rough structure of the project and it was up to me to sort out the details.
That meant a lot of research and collecting of information as well as editing it all, giving it a nice layout, putting it all together in a folder and finally calling it a concept paper. Sounds simple, I know, but it took me three and a half weeks in total and I was very proud when I had the final result in hands and my boss took it to the director, who actually liked it a lot.
At home in Germany I'm still at university, which is very theoretical and really boring most of the time. If when the club in Shanghai opens I recognise structures that were put in place due to the research I produced - that would be huge! My boss and my supervisor both promised to keep me up to date with e-mails and pictures about how things are going. So I really need to come back some day!
I really have a strange feeling, leaving Shanghai and the project at this point now where there's so much more work to do!
'It's like playing in another league'
The biggest difference between here and a company I could work for in Germany might be, that here, everything is just a little bigger, more sensational and way more posh than at home. It's like playing in another league. Although I spent large amount of work time in the smallest cubicle on earth, working for this prestigious company made me feel like one of the big players. My boss told me several times I should be aware that this was one of the best and most promising areas to work in, in Shanghai and that it would be an excellent recommendation for a possible future career. Funnily, he always mentioned that while handing over tons of new tasks to me and hundreds of pages to work through!
The most exciting thing about my work was that I was so deeply involved and that Xintiandi is such a hot spot in Shanghai! During my four weeks, we had several VIP events with local celebrities as well as government officials from China, Sri Lanka and Denmark. The best thing about working for this company was, that my boss as well as my supervisor always involved me and took me to any business meetings, receptions, tours or whatever was scheduled for that day, so that I made far more of this internship then I ever thought I could.
I did not have any internship experience at home prior to this, so I cannot really compare, but nevertheless I have to mention how comfortable I felt working in Xintiandi, thanks to the big support of my work colleagues and supervisor, and the responsibility, trust and motivation my boss Jan gave to me.
The most exciting thing about Shanghai for me is hard to put in words. When I read through guidebooks before coming here I read things like "...there's not much to see..." or "...not many special sights..." over and over. I disagree though; this city has a special feeling about it. I never experienced a city with such an intense atmosphere that immediately catches you right from the beginning. It is the unique mixture of old and new, of eastern cultural heritage and western modernity that clashes together melting into a remarkably colourful fusion. You walk through the streets with all the shining impressive skyscrapers everywhere you look, and see people standing amongst flying, Chinese kites. You see people in Gucci and Armani bling (albeit fake) while others stick to the old custom of going to the supermarket in pyjamas.
When I finished work I was often very tired. Leaving the office after work, I sometimes crossed the road to the Taipingqiao Park. The park contains a great artificial lake. Most of the time, my feet were burning from having run around in high heel shoes all day. The best feeling was putting my feet in the water and taking in the beautiful atmosphere for a while!
Since Dorothee returned to Germany she has decided to go back to Shanghai with Projects Abroad to work on a journalism placement for six months.
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Deserving Parra lands on All-Star ballot
Gerardo Parra is finally on the All-Star Game ballot.
The D-backs right fielder has missed out in the past few years, because prior to the start of the season when teams submit their lineup for the ballot, he's always been pegged as the fourth outfielder.
Gerardo Parra is finally on the All-Star Game ballot.
The D-backs right fielder has missed out in the past few years, because prior to the start of the season when teams submit their lineup for the ballot, he's always been pegged as the fourth outfielder.
Parra, though, worked his way into an everyday job as the past three years went along, and this year has been the starting right fielder from the beginning.
Fans have the opportunity to vote for Parra and the other seven D-backs players on the ballot beginning Friday.
Fans can cast their votes for starters at MLB.com and all 30 club sites -- online or on a mobile device -- using the 2014 All-Star Game MLB.com Ballot Sponsored by Experian until Thursday, July 3, at 8:59 p.m. MST. The 2014 All-Star Game will be played at Target Field on Tuesday, July 15.
Fans will be able to fill out paper ballots at Chase Field beginning May 12 and running through June 20.
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The 2014 American League and National League All-Star teams will be unveiled on the 2014 MLB All-Star Game Selection Show during the weekend of July 5-6, with further details to follow on MLB.com. Immediately following the announcement of the AL and NL All-Star rosters, fans can begin voting to select the final player for each league's 34-man roster via the 2014 All-Star Game MLB.com Final Vote Sponsored by Experian. Fans will cast their votes from a list of five players from each league over the balloting period.
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The other D-backs that are on the ballot this year include first baseman Paul Goldschmidt, second baseman Aaron Hill, shortstop Chris Owings, third baseman Martin Prado, catcher Miguel Montero and outfielders A.J. Pollock and Mark Trumbo.
Goldschmidt and left-hander Patrick Corbin represented the D-backs at the All-Star Game last year at Citi Field.
The D-backs have not had a player elected by the fans since 2001, when outfielder Luis Gonzalez benefited from large online voting support to beat out the Rockies' Larry Walker.
Gonzalez went on to win the Home Run Derby at that year's game in Seattle.
Steve Gilbert is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Inside the D-backs, and follow him on Twitter @SteveGilbertMLB.


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|HCMC – Experiences from developed countries have shown that renewable energy cannot be developed without a competitive electricity market in place, heard a workshop in Hanoi on Monday.
Experts attended a workshop to make policy recommendations for boosting the development of renewable energy in a competitive power market, the Vietnam News Agency reports.
Building a competitive power market is an important element of institutional reform, Nguyen Dinh Cung, head of the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), told the event held by CIEM.
Pham Duc Trung, deputy head of CIEM's Committee for Enterprise Reform and Development, said producers of renewable energy should be entitled to preferential treatment in terms of tax, land use fee and access to credit.
The domestic power market has not been made competitive while there are no independent agencies monitoring and regulating the market, making it unattractive to investors, he said.
To spur competitiveness, Trung stressed the need to reform State utility Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) and guarantee a level playing field for electricity producers and distributors.
He suggested making the Electricity Regulatory Authority of Vietnam more independent, strengthening the capacity of the Vietnam Competition Authority at the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and applying a competitive pricing mechanism.
Nguyen Van Vy, vice chairman of the Vietnam Energy Association (VEA), said the Government should adopt incentive investment policy for projects generating and using renewable energy, and give financial assistance to renewable energy research projects.
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Did Alaska's Palin try to force firing of her ex-brother-in-law?
He's the governor's ex-brother-in-law, and his job as an Alaska State Trooper is drawing scrutiny in a way rarely seen except in cases of killings by officers.
Legislators are seriously considering hiring an independent investigator to examine whether Gov. Sarah Palin, her aides or her husband pressured commanders to fire Trooper Mike Wooten, and whether she then fired the state's top cop when Wooten stayed on the job. Palin denies anything like that happened.
All that aside, what kind of trooper is Mike Wooten?
The picture painted by the Palins is pretty bad. The trooper brass isn't saying one way or another, citing personnel rules that protect his files. Union leaders defend him as a dedicated trooper who was already punished for his mistakes.
Efforts to speak with Wooten were unsuccessful. He did not return phone calls when the controversy first began two weeks ago. He now is out of the country on a long-planned vacation, said John Cyr, executive director of the Public Safety Employees Association, the union for troopers. They are not in touch. An e-mail to Wooten was answered with an out-of-the-office auto reply.
Wooten is 35, a state trooper since March 2001 and an Air Force veteran. He's a father of young children who has been married and divorced four times.
The accusations are detailed in two thick binders, the result of a nearly yearlong investigation by troopers. When the investigation appeared to stall, Palin — more than a year before she was elected governor, and about two months before launching her campaign — pushed trooper commanders to take action against Wooten. At one point, Palin and her husband, Todd, hired a private investigator.
Wooten recently gave his union permission to release the entire investigative file, all 482 pages and hours of recorded interviews.
"The record clearly indicates a serious and concentrated pattern of unacceptable and at times, illegal activity occurring over a lengthy period, which establishes a course of conduct totally at odds with the ethics of our profession," Col. Julia Grimes, then head of Alaska State Troopers, wrote in March 1, 2006, letter suspending Wooten for 10 days. After the union protested it, the suspension was reduced to five days.
She warned that if he messed up again, he'd be fired.
"This discipline is meant to be a last chance to take corrective action," Grimes wrote. "You are hereby given notice that any further occurrences of these types of behaviors or incidents will not be tolerated and will result in your termination."
It's nearly impossible to know whether other complaints have come in about Wooten in the last two years. His personnel file is confidential. But the fact he remains on the force is an indication that he hasn't had the sort of trouble that Grimes warned against.
Grimes declined to comment, as did various troopers involved in the investigation.
As the investigation got under way in 2005, Wooten was in the midst of a bitter divorce from Palin's sister, Molly McCann. The couple was fighting over custody of their two young children. Accusations flew from both sides.
Troopers eventually investigated 13 issues and found four in which Wooten violated policy or broke the law or both:
-- Wooten used a Taser on his stepson.
-- He illegally shot a moose.
-- He drank beer in his patrol car on one occasion.
-- He told others his father-in-law would "eat a f'ing lead bullet" if he helped his daughter get an attorney for the divorce.
Beyond the investigation sparked by the family, trooper commanders saw cause to discipline or give written instructions to correct Wooten seven times since he joined the force, according to Grimes' letter to Wooten.
Those incidents included: a reprimand in January 2004 for negligent damage to a state vehicle; a January 2005 instruction after being accused of speeding, unsafe lane changes, following too closely and not using turn signals in his state vehicle; a June 2005 instruction regarding personal cell phone calls; an October 2005 suspension from work after getting a speeding ticket; and a November 2005 memo "to clarify duty hours, tardiness and personal business during duty time."
"Mike is not without a blemish," the union's Cyr said. But some of the problems noted by Grimes were small matters, he said. Many troopers were told to reimburse the state for personal cell phone calls, he said. Wooten had to miss work for court during the divorce, he said.
The union president, Rob Cox, is a 17-year trooper veteran who worked alongside Wooten in the Valley. Cox said he never thought of him as a rogue cop.
It's significant that Wooten served for a while on the Special Emergency Reaction Team — like a SWAT team, Cox said. Officers have to be especially cool-headed to perform in crisis situations, Cox said.
Wooten was the first backup officer to arrive at the scene of a standoff in 2006 at the Valley trailer home of Donald Voorhis.
Wooten's history spilled into public view after the July 11 firing of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan. The former commissioner has said he doesn't know why Palin wanted him out but wonders if Wooten's situation was part of it. He has said that members of Palin's administration, and the governor's husband, talked with him about the accusations against Wooten, which he considered improper.
"Never put pressure on Walt Monegan to fire — hire or fire — anybody," Palin responded.
The troopers' investigation into Wooten began after Chuck Heath — Wooten's father-in-law and Palin and McCann's dad — alerted troopers about a domestic violence protective order McCann had obtained against Wooten on April 11, 2005. McCann filed for divorce the same day, according to the court docket.
The trooper had not physically assaulted his wife but intimidated her and threatened to shoot him, Heath told troopers, according to a memo about the complaint.
The same day, a concerned neighbor of the couple called troopers with more accusations, including alcohol abuse, based on what Heath and McCann had relayed to him. Wooten seemed "disconnected" lately, the neighbor said. He told troopers that Heath and McCann were afraid to call troopers themselves.
"Extreme verbal abuse & violent threats & physical intimidation," McCann wrote in her April 11, 2005, petition to the court. He had driven drunk multiple times, threatened her father, told her to "put a leash on your sister and family or I'm going to bring them down," her petition says. A judge issued a 20-day protective order to keep Wooten away.
In written orders to Wooten sent the next day, trooper Capt. Matt Leveque echoed the court's directive. Leveque, now a major, also told Wooten to give up his department-issued guns, badge, credentials and vehicle during his off-duty time, while the order was in effect.
On April 27, 2005, trooper Sgt. Ron Wall began the internal investigation, interviewing and re-interviewing more than 15 people over a period of months. Witnesses included Palin, her husband, Todd, two of their children, Heath, McCann, her son, Wooten, friends, neighbors, a bartender, and other troopers.
Here's what the troopers found out:
In September 2003, Wooten, McCann and a friend who was a Wasilla police officer, Chris Watchus, hunted moose from a boat in the Jim Creek area.
McCann had drawn a permit for a cow moose but had never done that kind of hunting before, she told troopers in the investigation. They brought Wooten's rifle, a .300-caliber Winchester Magnum. Chuck Heath had been riding her to make sure the permit was used, Wooten told Wall. It was the last day for the hunt, McCann said. The Mat-Su lottery tags are highly coveted.
Minutes into the trip, they spotted a cow. "Do you want to shoot the moose?" Wooten says he asked his wife. As he recounted it, she told him that she didn't.
McCann said that Wooten took out the gun and shot the moose.
"I guess I assumingly thought that he would help me sight it in and whatever you do you know to tell me, show me how to do it. Unless he planned all along of just shooting it," McCann told Wall, according to the transcript.
The first shot didn't bring it down, so Wooten fired a second time. During the personnel investigation, Wooten initially insisted there was nothing wrong with killing a moose under his wife's permit. At the time of the interview, he was a wildlife investigator for troopers. He was assigned that job in October 2004, about a year after killing the moose. Before joining the force, he was a wildlife conservation agent on Elmendorf Air Force Base but wasn't responsible for enforcing rules on moose hunts, he said.
The killing of the moose without a permit was a criminal misdemeanor, Grimes wrote in the March 2006 letter to Wooten. He was removed from wildlife investigations.
Wooten was never charged criminally. Troopers say the moose shooting wasn't investigated as a crime.
"Once a complaint is received on a trooper, more often than not it goes into what we call an administrative inquiry, and that's how the discipline is handled," said Col. Gary Folger, now director of the state Division of Alaska Wildlife Troopers, which was formed after Palin took office in 2007. At least that's true for wildlife offenses, he said.
Col. Audie Holloway, director of Alaska State Troopers, said he couldn't speak about wildlife cases in the separate division but said generally, "a trooper has to answer for his crime." He said he couldn't talk specifically about Wooten's situation.
The statute of limitations for shooting a moose without a permit is five years.
One day — maybe a year or two before the investigation — Wooten showed his stepson his Taser. He had just been to Taser instructor school. Wooten told Sgt. Wall that the boy was fascinated and pleaded to be tased.
"So we went in our living room and I had him get down on his knees so he wouldn't fall. And I taped the probes to him and turned the Taser on for like a second, turned it off. He thought that was the greatest thing in the world, wanted to do it again," Wooten told the investigator. The boy flinched but nothing more, he said. The boy was about 11 at the time.
In his interview with troopers, the stepson said it hurt for about a second, according to Wall's report. The boy said he wanted to be tased to show his cousin, Palin's daughter Bristol, that he wasn't a mama's boy. The probe left a welt on his arm, he said. His mother was upstairs yelling at them not to do it, the boy said.
As Bristol remembered it, the jolt knocked the boy backward, the trooper report says. She said she was afraid.
The probes are attached by thin wires to the Taser cartridge. In the field, an officer fires the probes into a suspect's skin or clothing and the suspect receives a jolt of electricity for five seconds, said Steve Tuttle, a spokesman for Taser International, which makes the devices. They are only incapacitated during that time. In demos, the probes might be taped to a person so that they don't accidentally strike an eye or injure the volunteer, he said. If the Taser is fired for just a second, it would feel like your funny bone was hit but the quick jolt wouldn't knock you over, Tuttle said.
Wall evaluated several accusations that Wooten was drinking and driving. He didn't substantiate them. Some came only from McCann and family.
But Grimes re-interviewed a couple who lived nearby and found them believable about an incident that occurred in the summer of 2004. Adrian and Marilyn Lane told her they are friends of the Heaths but wouldn't lie to help the family.
Wooten stopped by their house one morning in his white patrol car and drank a beer from the fridge in the garage, the couple said. On his way out, he grabbed another beer, popped it open, and got behind the wheel, they both told Grimes.
"And I was like 'Whoa!' " Adrian Lane said. They both thought he needed to watch himself.
Wooten contended he never drank in his patrol car. Grimes determined that he did.
Troopers looked into another drinking episode that occurred late one night in March 2005.
Wooten was at the Mug-Shot Saloon with a friend. Wooten got into it with another man, whom he thought was causing trouble for his friend. Wooten's friend had to hold him back, and the bartender held back the other man, the bartender told troopers.
Wooten told the bartender he needed to eject the other man, the bartender said.
The bartender thought Wooten was out of line.
"Then he whipped out his badge and said 'Let me introduce myself. I'm State Trooper Wooten," the bartender said, according to a transcript of his interview.
The other man took a cab.
Wooten and his friend left in a black Audi, with Wooten driving. It belonged to the friend's brother but the friend was drunk, Wooten told the investigator.
Barely two blocks away, Trooper Dave Herrell pulled them over. Wooten jumped out to talk to him. Herrell told the trooper investigator that he "felt kinda weird" when he realized the driver was another trooper.
The bartender had called in to report Wooten as a possible drunken driver. "Said that you guys were severely intoxicated and caused a fight in the bar and then you guys left," Wooten told the investigator, recounting what Herrell said.
As Herrell remembered it, "I was sitting there talking to him and I smelled ... just a faint odor of alcohol that was coming from his breath," according to a transcript.
Herrell, who said he was No. 1 at the Palmer post with more than 250 drunken-driving arrests, didn't think Wooten seemed drunk. He didn't slur, his eyes weren't bloodshot or watery. Herrell didn't ask him to take any field sobriety or breath tests. That's always up to the officer's discretion, troopers say.
Was Wooten drunk?
"No," Herrell told Wall. "I believe that he consumed an alcoholic beverage, but I don't believe that he's intoxicated. Or overly intoxicated above .08."
That's the legal limit for driving.
Still, Herrell, who is now a sergeant, told Wooten to park the car. He gave the men a lift back to the friend's house.
McCann told the trooper investigator that Wooten called her about 3 a.m. to pick him up. They were separated, but he still came to the house to shower and get his things. He told her he and his friend "tore down the house last night" and were pulled over. "Oh I can play a good sober when I need to," he said, according to what she told troopers.
In his investigation, Wall didn't find that Wooten broke any policies or laws that night.
The other incident happened in February 2005. Both McCann and Palin gave troopers detailed accounts of what happened. Wooten was headed home in a rage, McCann said.
She called Palin and put the phone on speaker so Palin could listen when Wooten got there and get help if things got bad. Palin had her teenage son Track listen in, too.
As McCann remembered it, Wooten said if their father got a lawyer for her "he would eat a f'ing lead bullet. I will shoot him."
Palin was interviewed by troopers too.
"Mike in the conversation never did get to the bottom of what, what the foundational issue he was dealing with, he just kept screaming, "I'm gonna F'n kill your dad if he gets an attorney to help you," Palin told troopers, according to the transcript.
Track told troopers he heard the comment, too.
Palin drove over and watched through the window. She and McCann both said Wooten was all wound up. A neighbor who stood watch as well later told troopers that Wooten looked angry but that McCann wasn't cowering or anything.
Wooten told troopers he never said anything like that about his father-in-law.
The investigation concluded he did. It wasn't a crime, because he didn't threaten Heath directly. But it did violate trooper policy, the investigation found.
In August 2005, nearly four months after the investigation began, Palin wrote a lengthy e-mail to Grimes about Wooten that included some new accusations and new witnesses. She wrote that she was writing not as his sister-in-law but to express concern over the lack of action about a trooper whom she said many described as a "ticking timebomb" and "loose cannon."
In October 2005, Palin announced she was running for governor. Sgt. Wall, who is now a lieutenant over patrol in Fairbanks, finished his investigation the same month. The following March, Grimes handed out the punishment.
The union's Cyr says that ultimately Wooten was treated fairly by the Department of Public Safety.
"Clearly the folks have the ability to file complaints, and the state has the obligation to investigate them and that is what was done. He was disciplined, appropriately so we believe in the end. And you know, basically end of story. The only question in our mind would be has this pattern continued and has pressure been brought on anybody, I mean, after this whole sorry mess."
Wooten and McCann's divorce was finalized in January 2006. They continue to have disputes over custody and visitation.
Since that divorce, Wooten remarried and divorced again.
He remains on the force in Wasilla.


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650 South R.L. Thornton Freeway (I-35E), Dallas, TX 75203.
The Zoo is located three miles south of downtown Dallas, on I-35E at the Marsalis exit.
By Car:
Exit Marsalis Avenue from I-35E.
Go 1/8 mile on the north bound service road.
Turn right at the giant giraffe statue marking the entrance to the Dallas Zoo's Parking Lot.
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Take the DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit) RED LINE to the Dallas Zoo Station.


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Well, I've had a nice week off. I hope each of you has enjoyed your holiday and some time off or at least a slow down in work. I encourage each of us to continue capturing images of "Holiday Warmth and Motorcycling." At the same time, we should move on to our regularly-scheduled Photo Assignment Threads. Lest we forget our time-honored parameters, we humbly offer these simple rules:
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- Post only one photo per post, so that commentary can be easily provided for that photo. You may post more than one photo, but try to keep it to a handful.
- Title your photo so it can be referred to later.
- Post your photos in this thread only. Do not start a thread in reply to this assignment. Please post your photos no later than next Wednesday.
- And, the most important rule: have fun! We're looking to spread the joy that many of us derive from taking pictures, particularly ones that tell a story of some kind.
This week's theme: "Three"
Three seems to be a mystical number, the one magic numeral in equations, formulae, Pi, even the holy trinity. How does "Three" inform your photographic aesthetic? Let's see what you've got. I'll offer some feedback on these next year.


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One of the best things about being a speech-language pathologist is the variety of work settings to choose from. Holding the CCC affords SLPs the flexibility to carve out a niche many settings such as schools, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities; private practice, academia and corporate. You can reinvent yourself just by changing where you work.
As an SLP who has worked in many settings. I can attest to the value of change and honing new skills. However, change is always easier when you're equipped with the right information.
If you're making a change to schools, here are 10 things to know to help you get started:
- The federal Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) law and regulations govern special education and related services to all children with disabilities. This includes children with speech and communication disorders. It is important to understand the law and regulations in order to follow the special education process in schools.
- IDEA requires that all students who receive special education have an Individual Education Program or IEP. The IEP is the blueprint for the services that each child receives and should include a statement of the child's present level of performance, measurable annual goals, including academic and functional goals that will help the child to benefit from the educational curriculum.
- It's important to know that there are qualifications for eligibility for speech language services in schools. Check with your local district or state for guidelines outlining eligibility criteria for speech-language services.
- Service delivery in schools is typically conducted through individual or small group sessions, and/or in collaboration with teachers and other education professionals. Tracking goals and collecting data for multiple students in one session is accomplished with preplanning and organization. It is important to develop a method of tracking data for each student goal in order to report progress throughout the year.
- The average student Caseload across the country is 47 according the 2012 Schools Survey. That number will fluctuate throughout the school year. Scheduling and service delivery are key to managing your caseload.
- Response to Intervention (RTI) is a process in which struggling students are provided with alternative interventions in areas of need to determine if their performance is due learning difficulties or faulty instruction. Some schools fully embrace the RTI model while others do not. IDEA allows for RTI but does not require it. SLPs often play a role in the RTI process in their schools.
- The Common Core State Standards have been adopted by 45 states thus far and is an initiative to prepare students for college programs or to enter the workforce. The standards include the areas of reading, writing, speaking and listening, language and mathematics. SLPs should be familiar with the standards in their state to develop IEP goals that complement and integrate the Common Core curriculum for the students they serve.
- Speech-language pathology assistants (SLPAs) typically work in the school setting under the supervision of an SLP. The scope of practice for an SLPA is narrower than that of an SLP and is designed to support, not supplant the work of the SLP. ASHA recommends that SLPs supervise no more than 2 SLPAs at a time.
- SLPs in schools may be subject to state teacher requirements. ASHA's state by state webpage outlines teaching requirements from each state across the country. Learn in advance what you'll need to work in the public schools in your state.
- Salaries in schools vary widely across the country. ASHA's 2012 School Survey provides salary data for public school SLPs in every state. Opportunities to earn additional income may be available by working in after school and summer school programs. Salary supplements may be available to SLPs who hold CCC credential. Schools also offer excellent retirement plans, health benefits and favorable schedules. Read more about the rewards of working in schools.
Of course, there's much more to school based practice than just these 10 points, but it's a start. ASHA is committed to serving school-based SLPs by offering clinical and professional resources as well as professional development opportunities. One of the most popular professional development events is ASHA's annual Schools Conference. The Conference features the best speakers in the field on a variety of topics. In fact, early bird registration is open now!
These resources and opportunities for learning will help to make your transition to schools a smooth one. If you'd like to connect with us about school based practice, please contact us: firstname.lastname@example.com. We'd love to hear from you.
Lisa Rai Mabry-Price, MS, CCC-SLP, is the associate director of School Services for ASHA. firstname.lastname@example.com.


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A few years ago, two friends, Kevin & Mark, were looking for quality Chinese food for delivery in the uptown area. They tried everything from soggy oily rice to overcooked dark meat chicken dishes. Nothing was worth ordering again. Rather than sit around and complain, they decided to create their own restaurant, hence, Hunan Express.
Hunan Express has hired Chef Li from China, who has compiled a menu of true Hunan specialties. All chicken is white meat(1), the pork and beef are the finest quality available. All seafood dishes are prepared with the freshest catches available. All our soups and wontons are made fresh daily. Our fried rice is so light you will not believe it is fried.
Hunan Express' dishes are prepared with a minimum of oil and of course we add NO MSG to any our dishes. Every specialty was tested again and again by Mark and Kevin until they thought they were perfect.
We invite you to try the best in Chinese food delivered to your home or office and also available at our restaurant. We guarantee once you have experienced our food and our service, you will not go anywhere else!
(1) Except Sesame Chicken & Gen. Chow Chicken.
08:18 AM Friday October 18th, 2019


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In the Dark with Melanie Dishman: 'Draft Day,' a touchdown
In short, this is a touchdown with Kevin Costner doing what he does best — a sports movie. Whether it's "Field of Dreams," "Bull Durham" or "The Love of the Game," this is a genre that Costner owns.
The use of actual NFL teams for this movie was smart. It adds realism, and even I know about the famous Dog Pound and the winless Cleveland Browns. Costner plays Sonny Weaver, the beleaguered general manager of this team, as the movie plays out on the most important day of the year — the annual draft day for the NFL.
Weaver, also burdened with some personal issues, is under the gun from Cleveland's owner (played by Frank Langella) and the new coach (played by Denis Leary) to "create a splash" by going big on their first-round draft pick. What follows for most of the film is a detailed, suspenseful account of all the back room negotiating that goes on between team managers leading up to the prime-time draft picks.
It's quickly established that the hottest draft pick is Bo Callahan (Josh Pence), a University of Wisconsin quarterback who is also the Heisman Trophy recipient. But Sonny, burdened with a myriad of distractions he doesn't need today, has his doubts even as he trades away a lot of his draft power to get a shot at Callahan in the first round.
Ivan Reitman, the director, sets a nice pace for the movie as it jumps from team to team and back to New York where preparations for the televised event are be finalized. An onscreen clock notes the time as the day ticks down. For the many telephone crosstalk scenes, Reitman uses some creative camera work with split screens that involve the actors actually crossing over one another in and out of each other's shots. Overall, in what could have been a fairly static movie that has most of the action taking place in phone conversations, Reitman manages to create movement with on-field football action and vintage footage of real NFL games.
Costner shares most of his screen time with Jennifer Garner, who plays Ali, the financial person for the team and his love interest. Mixed in with the actors are some true sports stars including the most famous Cleveland Brown, Jim Brown himself. Also popping up in a small role as Bo's agent is Sean Combs, also known as P. Diddy.
The standout is Chadwick Boseman as Vontae Mack, one of the day's hopeful college players who desperately wants a shot at the big league even though he's way down on the list. After "42," and the upcoming biopic with Bozeman playing the man of soul, James Brown, he's an actor to watch.
Even if you don't know how the NFL draft goes, this is an enjoyable movie. As it is, there are scenes that explain how it all works and you will come away probably knowing more than you ever wanted to know about professional football. As the draft begins and the trading and negotiating reaches a fever pitch when the teams go on the clock, the movie really takes on hectic air of anticipation that rises to almost implausible levels that leave you wondering if draft days are really this dramatic.
Sports movies have their place, and when they are executed as nicely as this one is with the only actor who could do the character of Weaver justice, then I'm all in.
Score for "Draft Day."


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