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Instructional Philosophy
Effective instruction depends largely on setting clear and high expectations, promoting an inclusive and participatory classroom culture, and motivating students to become independent learners. Instruction at Columbia Secondary is Socratic in spirit, with discussions, debates, guided inquiry, and carefully led lectures that focus on key questions, concepts, and theories. Students have extensive opportunities to engage in research, solve real-world problems, and learn experientially through internships and community service.
The school's curriculum is distinguished by:
- science, math, and engineering focus with research and service learning opportunities in NYC and at Columbia University
- a writing intensive and public communications focus. Students learn public speaking, become adept at using multimedia to communicate and become effective writers
- a one in the nation, Philosophy for Thinking program that promotes the development of intellectual skills, argument, inquiry, critical thinking, moral reasoning, and personal and ethical decision-making skills
- A 7 year Engineering program emphasizing teamwork, conceptual development and problem solving skills
- access to parts of Columbia University's vast academic and cultural offerings. (Advanced students, for example, may take courses at Columbia University or other colleges and universities in the area); and
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I whipped up a batch of this simple dough that I used to make for the kids back when I was teaching preschool. You can add a few drops of flavoring extract (orange, strawberry, vanilla) to make scented dough, but my son is young and I didn't want to confuse him ("It smells like food. Why can't I eat it?"), so I left it out.
You'll need:
1 cup flour
1 cup warm water
2 tsp. cream of tartar
1 tsp. oil
1/4 cup salt
food coloring
1. Mix all ingredients together. Stir with a wooden spoon over medium heat until the dough thickens, pulls away from the sides, and forms a ball (about 5-10 minutes).
2. Remove from pan and knead until blended smooth.

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Hutchison's poor command digs hole too deep
Melky continues torrid stretch, but Blue Jays drop rubber match
TORONTO -- The Blue Jays are now officially one week into the regular season, and their offense is still searching for an identity.
Yet to score more than four runs in a game, Toronto's lineup has gotten off to a slow start. The heart of the order has been producing with varying degrees of success, but for a number of spots in the order, the production has been relatively non-existent.
The Blue Jays attempted to make a late comeback during Sunday afternoon's 6-4 loss to the Yankees, but timely hits proved elusive and Drew Hutchison's rough start stood out.
"To have a big year, you've got to start winning some games like this," Toronto manager John Gibbons said. "It's not easy; you can't fall behind and spot them five runs, but there comes a time where you've got to start winning some of these games, especially at home. You've got to find that magic. Hopefully we find that soon."
Toronto finished Sunday's game ranked second in the Major Leagues with eight home runs, but there has been very little in the way of offensive production outside the long ball. The club is hitting just .196 (9-for-46) with runners in scoring position, and it ranks 26th in the Majors with a .209 average and 25th with a .277 on-base percentage.
Melky Cabrera has done his part with three home runs and a .323 average (10-for-31), Jose Bautista has a .636 slugging percentage and Maicer Izturis has been a surprise contributor with four multihit games, but most of the regulars have been ice cold. Center fielder Colby Rasmus has just two hits in 23 at-bats, second baseman Ryan Goins has one and third baseman Brett Lawrie has just three.
Part of that has to do with the level of competition the Blue Jays have recently faced. They opened their season with a four-game series against a dominant Rays pitching staff, while a three-game set against the Yankees included the likes of Masahiro Tanaka, a rejuvenated Michael Pineda and No. 1 starter CC Sabathia.
There's also the fact that Toronto's offensive woes have come in a very small sample size, but it's still not the type of start the Blue Jays were expecting from what's supposed to be a strength of the club.
"I feel good because we've got a few guys in our lineup that are cold right now, we've won a few games, gotten some pretty good pitching, so I'm optimistic [for more wins] once they get going," Gibbons said. "It shouldn't be that far off. Too many of them have proven themselves in the past."
The Blue Jays' offense faced a daunting task on Sunday afternoon when the club fell behind early. Hutchison struggled with his command in the first inning, issuing a pair of walks and hitting a batter. All three of those baserunners came around to score, and Toronto immediately faced an uphill battle.
Cabrera gave the Blue Jays some life in the bottom half of the first when he hit a solo homer to left field. It was the third leadoff home run of Cabrera's career and marked his third consecutive game with a long ball. His three home runs on the season already match his total from last season, and he looks like a new player after undergoing surgery last year to remove a tumor from his back.
Hutchison got into more trouble in the fourth inning, though, and that's when the Yankees gave themselves some breathing room. Brian Roberts walked to lead off the inning, and Yangervis Solarte added an RBI single before Brett Gardner hit a two-run homer to right field.
Gardner's homer was the first allowed by a Blue Jays starting pitcher this season. It was just the second homer surrendered by the club as a whole in 61 innings so far this year.
"We were able to put some pressure on him early and get some runs early in the game," Gardner said. "Especially with CC on the mound, it's important to give the big guy a lead and let him work ahead. We just put together some good at-bats and scored some runs."
Right-hander Todd Redmond came in and pitched 3 2/3 scoreless innings to give the Blue Jays a chance at a comeback, and a rally finally came with two outs in the sixth inning. Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion each singled before Dioner Navarro hit an RBI double down the left-field line. Erik Kratz immediately followed with a two-run single, and it appeared as though the Blue Jays were gaining some momentum.
That ended up being the extent of the offense, though, despite the fact the Blue Jays put runners in scoring position during each of the final three innings. After the game, Hutchison took full responsibility for the loss and the fact that he allowed six runs on six hits and three walks over just 3 1/3 innings.
"It was just execution and not performing," Hutchison said. "When we score four runs, we should win. I didn't even give us innings. Redmond did a great job, coming in and keeping us in there, giving us a chance to win the game and really cleaning up my mess."


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Is this the only stat that matters?
You can look at the Nuggets through different lenses … but the fact is this: When Denver's four horsemen are all in the starting lineup (Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups, Kenyon Martin and Nene), the Nuggets are an astounding 27-6. That's an .818 winning percentage.
If that was Denver's overall winning percentage, that would be best in the NBA. Right now, Denver is 37-19 overall with a .661 winning percentage, which is fourth-best in the league, trailing Cleveland (43-14, .754), the Los Angeles Lakers (42-14, .750) and Orlando (38-19, .667).
Yes, injuries are part of the game, and the fact is, the Lakers have won at times without Pau Gasol and Kobe Bryant.
But that 27-6 by Denver is pretty jaw-dropping.


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Past Imperfect: The Reign of Doughnut ManPosted by JWeill on February 3rd, 2011
Past Imperfect is a new series focusing on the history of the game. Every Thursday, RTC contributor JL Weill (@AgonicaBoss) highlights some piece of historical arcana that may (or may not) be relevant to today's college basketball landscape. This week: the sine-wave career arc of Doughnut Man.
It's still one of the NCAA tournament's most indelible moments: disheveled Princeton coach Pete Carril grinning in disbelief moments after his backdoor-cutting Tigers stunned defending national champion UCLA in the first round of the 1996 NCAA tournament. Replayed over and over through the years, the moment resonates because it captures the essence of what college basketball's great March tradition is all about: little guy beats big guy, Cinderella at the dance, etc. But lost in all those good vibes for the white-haired coaching legend is that the other side in that game, the losing coach seen congratulating Carril on his career-defining victory, in its own way represents college basketball, too. In many ways, perhaps more so.
No one fathomed at the time that the upset loss would be Jim Harrick's last as head coach of the UCLA Bruins. A year removed from the school's first national title in two decades, flush with a contract extension, with a bevy of blue chip recruits on the verge of replenishing his team's talent level for years to come, Harrick looked to have it all working. Then, in the course of a few months, it was all over. Harrick was out. Assistant Steve Lavin, with no head coaching experience at all, was in as interim coach.
How did it all go south so quickly? The answer is a tale of two coaches, of lies and deception, of risks taken and undying myths writ large. It's an ugly story, without much grace and lacking humility. It is, in short, the story of college basketball at the highest levels.
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It is amusing now to go back and look at statements of outrage former coach Jim Harrick made about his abrupt dismissal by UCLA in 1996. At the time, Harrick was the man who'd brought UCLA back from the ether. The West Virginian had been all smiles hoisting the national championship trophy along with Ed O'Bannon, Tyus Edney and the victorious Bruins. And rightfully so. Harrick had taken a job a slew of previous coaches had tried to tame and done the only thing he'd been hired to do: win a national title again. Favorite sons Walt Hazzard, Gary Cunningham and Larry Farmer didn't do it. Future coaching legends Gene Bartow and Larry Brown couldn't do it, either. But the onetime UCLA assistant – the guy who never even played college basketball – did it. And he did it his own way, with style.
Harrick's first task when he got the UCLA job in 1988 was to convince a high school star in his backyard to play for lowly UCLA. Don MacLean was a sweet-shooting high school forward from Simi Valley, CA, and Harrick knew that to get his new school back to the big time, he needed MacLean on board. So Harrick did it.
How Harrick did it, well, that remains a question to this day. This is the way it always was with Jim Harrick. Questions and wins, followed by more questions. All we can safely say is that Harrick got his man, and that it proved to be the beginning of big things for the new regime in Westwood. MacLean was everything Harrick could have hoped for in a recruit: proud, tough, cocky and most of all, dominant. In his four years as a Bruin, MacLean scored a school and PAC-10 record 2,608 points, and led UCLA to the Elite Eight in 1992, the school's deepest trip into the NCAA tournament since 1981. The groundwork now laid, Harrick was only just getting started.
A little-used sub on that Elite Eight team was a skinny but talented kid on a rebuilt knee named Ed O'Bannon. O'Bannon wasn't a nobody. He'd been a McDonald's All-American at Artesia High School in Lakewood, a silky smooth slasher with a thoroughbred's gait who signed with national champion UNLV. Back then, if you were a big deal recruit out West, you looked to Las Vegas, not Los Angeles. But O'Bannon had second thoughts about his commitment after UNLV got hammered by the NCAA. By then, this new guy at UCLA had things looking up so O'Bannon hopped onboard the train. After struggling with playing time as a freshman, O'Bannon popped his ACL. End of season. Some were saying end of his playing days. But one cadaver gift and much pain and rehab later, O'Bannon wasn't just back, he was big time again. But, despite some good stretches, the pieces just weren't there for UCLA in 1993 and 1994. Losses in the NCAA's first weekend were hard to take and, despite the swagger returning to Westwood, the rumblings of discontent started again.
But by the fall of 1994, Harrick was sure he had assembled a team that wouldn't come up short. Adding Ed's little brother Charles, another prep All-American, as well as guards Cameron Dollar and Toby Bailey, Harrick compiled a team that would roll to the PAC-10 title and a No. 1 seed, losing only once in the process. The elder O'Bannon was the team's engine, Harrick its brains. But Harrick also had help. On the bench next to Harrick was an all-star staff of assistant coaches. Mark Gottfried would become a successful coach at Murray State and then Alabama; Lorenzo Romar at Pepperdine, St. Louis and Washington. And then there was the kid with the slick hair, the one nicknamed "Doughnut Man."
Steve Lavin was the last guy. A graduate of tiny Chapman College in Orange, CA, hardly a breeding ground of future Division 1 coaches, Lavin loved basketball and he eventually wrangled his way onto Gene Keady's staff at Purdue, where he soaked up as much as he could from the coaching legend. Offered a chance to return to his home state as an assistant to Harrick — part-time, at just 16 grand a year — Lavin jumped. Now he was soaking up Harrick's basketball knowledge. And the California sun.
But Lavin wasn't the guy. He wasn't ready for a head coaching job like Gottfried or Romar, at least not yet. He was there to learn – the junior assistant, the guy who did the grunt work and the late nights and the go-fer stuff. It was Gottfried and Romar and then Doughnut Man. Then Gottfried left for Murray State after the national championship. Lavin moved over a seat. Then Romar left for Pepperdine after the Princeton game. And Lavin moved over again. And when it all went down, it was just Lavin remaining of the three. When the world as Jim Harrick and Steve Lavin knew it collapsed upon itself, there was Lavin, standing on the threshold.
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Thing was, it wasn't that big a deal. Just a stupid dinner. Didn't guarantee anything; didn't bring the two big twins to campus, or the kid from Kansas City. It was just a dinner. But when the head coach submitted the bill as part of his expense report, the amount shocked everyone, to the point where athletic director Peter Dalis came asking questions. So what? No big deal. Just a dinner. If you want to be big time, you act big time.
"It was significantly higher than any expense report we've ever processed in my 14 years here," Dalis said later.
But the cost wasn't the real issue. It was just how everyone found out there'd been two extra players there, two who weren't supposed to be there by NCAA rules. It was just a dinner. Didn't get the team any better. But the A.D.'s office kept asking, kept interviewing players and eventually things didn't square. Harrick kept telling them what he knew, only what he knew wasn't exactly the truth. And when he told other people to tell the inquisitors that Harrick's version was the version, it only made things worse. Harrick had been caught in a lie and instead of backing down, like the scrapper he was, he doubled down. And that fighter's instinct would eventually cost him his job. Nineteen months removed from bringing back to UCLA what he'd been tasked to do, Harrick's reign was over. The coach himself was ever defiant.
"You know, that dinner was taken care of a long time ago," Harrick told the New York Times. "I'm not saying I'm not at fault. If it was unethical, I apologize. Sometimes I use poor judgment. But it's no violation. I just feel the punishment is too much."
There wasn't time now to get a new coach. It was November 6. Games started in weeks. So Lavin was handed the keys to the Corvette. Two years ago, he'd been a part-time assistant. Now he was the head coach (albeit interim) of the defending PAC-10 Conference champions. And, of course, the first thing he did was up and lose his first game on the job.
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After his inauspicious beginning, Lavin started to show what he had. Riding now-seniors Charles O'Bannon and Dollar, and super sophomore Jelani McCoy, Lavin's first team won the PAC-10 at 15-3 and came within eight points of bringing Lavin and the Bruins a Final Four berth. Not bad for a debut. The results did earn Coach Lavin the job full-time. And he used that security to grab more top-tier high school talent, namely an all-everything guard from right there in L.A. named Baron Davis. Lavin was in the big chair. No more moving over. No more doubts.
But, you see, doubts are endemic to the UCLA fan base. This, after all, is the program of John Wooden, Lew Alcindor and Bill Walton. It's the program that ate up Larry Brown and Gene Bartow and Walt Hazzard. And it ate up Jim Harrick, too. Sort of. Now it was Lavin's turn to prove what he could do.
What Lavin could do best was recruit. So he did it, and he did it well. He continued to bring in All-American high school kids, kids everyone wanted. Three McDonald's All-Americans in 1998 alone: JaRon Rush, Dan Gadzuric and Ray Young. But while the talent was there, there wasn't the same level of winning the program had seen under Harrick. Nine losses each in Years 2 and 3. Twelve in Year 4. And Sweet 16s were nice, but at UCLA they were expected. Where was the progress? Where was the glory? Lavin tried to plead his case, to say that no one not named Lavin or Krzyzewski could claim such a run of tournament consistency. But facts were facts. More was expected.
By 2002, UCLA had fallen to sixth in the PAC-10 and, despite another Sweet 16 showing, the patience of the UCLA basketball family had eroded. Each week, it seemed, the pressure on Lavin rose. And the next year – that last year – the bottom fell out. Losses to San Diego and Northern Arizona at home. Nine straight defeats. This wasn't just more being expected. This was nothing less than unacceptable.
In mid-March, just before an NCAA tournament that UCLA would be sitting out, Lavin got the axe. Maybe it was a mercy killing, because Lavin never really had the fans. He had the job, but he'd walked into it. He was the lucky guy with the slick hair. However hard he'd worked on the recruiting trail, however much he'd sweated and struggled to make things the best they could be, he'd never be more than the Doughnut Man who'd lucked into the job. Harrick had calls of well-wishers on sports talk radio. He had the goodwill of the fraternity of coaches around the country. Lavin had himself, his circle and the confidence that he'd done the best he could.
When the dust settled, UCLA opted for Pittsburgh's Ben Howland, a defense-minded tactician who lacked the flair and brashness and recruiting prowess of Steve Lavin but had the numbers in his favor and, most importantly, had the support of the UCLA fans and administration. For Lavin, it had all happened so fast, he'd never really had a chance to soak it in. Maybe it was time to let it soak in.
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Harrick didn't wait long. Guys like Harrick never do. A year after being unceremoniously canned from UCLA, the coach who'd tamed the untameable resurfaced at Rhode Island. Harrick continued doing what he'd always done – win basketball games by any means necessary.
Harrick took the Rams within two points and a shimmy-shake dunk by Stanford's Mark Madsen of a Final Four, an almost unbelievable turnaround at a place not known for basketball in any way. But that was the kind of job Harrick could do. And he tried again at Georgia, a place where football was king. But things got even messier in Athens than they had in Westwood. People will say it wasn't his fault, that it was the son, or the press or the school president. But trouble followed Jim Harrick, and at some point it caught up to him in a way that wasn't easily dismissed.
In late November of 2009, Harrick's wife of 49 years passed away after battling illness. Harrick had been coaching the Bakersfield Jam of the NBDL. He took a leave of absence when the team was 2-14. He has not yet returned to coaching.
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Lavin spent seven years in the broadcast booth, all told. He was good at it, too. Just like coaching, it was something you felt and learned and worked on. What had seemed awkward at first came naturally after a while. And the things he'd learned helped him be a better color man. He could call a play on the microphone and it would happen in real time. He'd talk to a coach before the game and he'd get answers to his questions. He was, dare he say, good at this life.
So why leave it?
For seven years, Lavin didn't. He resisted the coaching carousel; despite the fact his name came up each year for one job or another. There was no rush. The right job would be available, or it wouldn't. Things were good. Marriage to a beautiful woman, money, respect from the people that mattered. Lavin didn't need more.
Then, in 2010, St. John's called. Norm Roberts was a good man, but not the man to take the program to another level – to return it to greatness. Sound familiar? This time, he wasn't the last man standing, he was the man they looked to. Sure, there were others who'd been asked first. After seven years, who would expect to be the first man asked? But when it came to pass, the job was perfect. New York City. Lou Carnesecca watching. Madison Square Garden. It was the right job.
Steve Lavin was coming back to the sidelines. His colleagues were supportive, on both sides of the lens. There was work to do. It had been a long time. But it felt good getting out there, recruiting again. After all, that had always been Lavin's thing. Only now, instead of being the last man standing, he was the man.
On Saturday, Lavin will return to Pauley Pavilion for the first time as an opposing coach. You can imagine plenty of people will have opinions about the whole thing. If there is one defining characteristic about Lavin, it's that there are plenty of opinions on his tenure with UCLA. That UCLA fans have not been as welcoming to Lavin as they have to Harrick is a shame. But it is what it is.
It was, ironically enough, in 2003, Lavin's final year, that losing year, that St. John's faced and defeated UCLA in Pauley Pavilion the last time, 80-65. The two teams met the following season, Howland's first, with the Red Storm winning at MSG. It's been a long time since then. A lot has changed, for both programs. UCLA went to three straight Final Fours under Howland, but recent struggles have the Bruin faithful questioning things again. Always with the doubts. Meanwhile, Lavin is coming off the first real program-defining win of his new career – a stomping of early-season favorite Duke at MSG.
Despite the teams' records and lack of national clout, the atmosphere is bound to be electric when Lavin arrives with his new identity. Kind of like it was back when he started, when no one was sure what to expect from the slick-haired assistant who'd just walked into one of the top jobs in the country. Things didn't work out, exactly, but that's OK. Lavin survived just fine. UCLA, too. And now, all these years later, it's basketball that brings him back to where it all began.
Long live Doughnut Man.


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HIV Positive, Young, and Outspoken
Paige Rawl is 17 and HIV positive, but while her life has been shaped by HIV it isn't ruled by it.
When Paige Rawl starts her senior year at Indianapolis's Herron High School next month, she'll be cheer captain and a member of the student government and prom committee. This summer, the 17-year-old held down a part-time job at Hollister, hawking the popular Southern California-inspired clothing brand.
The all-American girl — who happens to be HIV positive.
Paige was infected unknowingly at birth by her mother, who wasn't aware of her own HIV status. Paige's mother got the virus from Paige's father, who she says passed away in 2001 due to an AIDS-related illness.
Between 100 and 200 American children are born HIV positive each year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 35,000 people under age 24 live with HIV/AIDS in the United States today.
In addition to teens like Rawl who were born with HIV, a significant and worrisome population of kids have been infected through sex. Starting with middle-schoolers at age 13, teenagers and young adults account for almost 40 percent of all new annual HIV infections in the United States. Every hour, two young people between age 13 to 24 are infected, according to the White House Office of National AIDS Policy.
Born With HIV: A Rough Beginning
Rawl was so unaware of HIV/AIDS as a child that "I'd heard the word HIV at doctor's appointments, and I started wondering why I was taking medication," she says. And then at school, "We started talking about girls and guys, and HIV was brought up a couple of times."
Her curiosity grew, and when was in fifth grade she asked her mom if she was HIV positive or negative. Rawl's mother told her the truth and assured her that as long she kept taking her medicine, she'd be fine. "I wasn't really old enough to completely understand at the time," Paige says.
Her mother never told her she should be ashamed or secretive, so in sixth grade Rawl says she confided to her best friend at the time.
"I still didn't really understand what HIV was yet," she recalls. "To me it was like telling her that I had asthma. I didn't see the big deal.
"That ended up kind of blowing up in my face."
Within two weeks, the entire school knew, Rawl says. People called her "PAIDS." Some students threatened to beat her up.
"That's when I started realizing that not everyone's going to be completely fine with me being positive." Rawl says none of her middle school peers received more than a verbal warning for their bullying and threats.
Students weren't the only perpetrators of ignorance and HIV stigma. Early in Rawl's eighth grade year, she says a soccer coach asked her during a game while they sat on the bench, " 'By the way, I've heard that you have AIDS. Is that true?' "
Rawl told her no. "She didn't ask me if I was positive. She asked me if I had AIDS, and I didn't. I felt like I didn't really owe her an explanation."
Rawl's mother confronted the coach, who Rawl says responded this way: " 'We can use her HIV status to our advantage because players from the other team will be afraid to touch her and she can score a goal.' " Completely aghast, Rawl, her mom, and her doctor met with the school administration to halt the abuse. Instead, Rawl says the principal told her, "I wish you could go here but I can't promise to protect you." Rawl was home-schooled the rest of eighth grade.
A New Start in High School
At Herron High School, the public charter school she entered in ninth grade, Paige says the administration has been extremely supportive. Her sophomore year, she spoke before the entire school, disclosing her HIV status and sharing her story. "The principal ended up going up and saying, 'If Paige has any problems because of her HIV status you will no longer be a student here,' " she recalls.
However, she still has occasional unfortunate reminders that prejudice against HIV/AIDS is alive and well. Outside of a McDonald's, the older sister of her supposed best friend from sixth grade "drove by and ended up throwing a drink at me," Rawl says. In a recent incident at a frozen yogurt shop, Rawl saw a couple of girls from the township where she used to attend middle school. "I heard them say my name and something about AIDS," she says. "I didn't even know these girls. I don't understand why, four years later, they're still talking about it. I don't go to school there. I don't go to the football games there. Why am I still a topic of discussion?"
She is not deterred. Since she was 14 she's been an HIV/AIDS peer educator and speaks regularly on the topic. Last year she joined the Indianapolis Urban League's "I Need You to Listen, Hear and Understand Me" tour, an entertaining and interactive youth empowerment event that visits schools, churches, and other community groups promoting healthy sexual choices and personal responsibility. "Whoever comes to me, and if the timing's right, I'll gladly speak," she says.
But Rawl is also aware that no matter how you pitch the message about the importance of safe sex it can be a tough sell to teens.
"They kind of just brush it off their shoulders," she says. "They're like, 'She might be our age, but she was born with it.' "
Pregnancy Trumps HIV as a Teen Fear
Even among her friends and schoolmates, she says, pregnancy, not HIV, is the main concern. Friends tell her, "Well, I'm not gay and I'm not black," to which she responds, "Well, I'm not gay and I'm not black." When they retort, "Yeah, but you were born with it," she tells them, "But there are other people out there that have it and they might not even know, or might not tell you. There could be someone who looks like me who was born with it who's out there not telling you guys. And you can't always trust what someone says.'
"People are always saying, 'He didn't tell me,' or 'She didn't tell me.' And it's like, well, you have to protect yourself. It's not only about protecting the other person. You have to protect yourself as well."
The risky attitude Rawl sees among her peers is verified by the CDC. The National Youth Risk Behavior Survey from 1991 to 2011 found that the percent of high school students who used condoms "at most recent sexual intercourse" has been stuck at 60 percent since 2003.
From her position on the front line, Rawl says a frank discussion about sex is necessary.
"At my school and other schools they offer pregnancy tests, but they don't offer condoms," she says. Often, when she speaks at a school, administrators will ask her not to talk about sex or how to use a condom. "I understand that you might not want me to get up there and talk about sex, but I get asked questions," she says. "They're teenagers — it's going to come up."
In addition, she says, too many parents either refuse to see the problem of youth HIV/AIDS, or just aren't aware of it. "They don't realize that [HIV] is out there, and that it's better to give kids condoms and have them be safe than not," she says.
Dating With HIV
Rawl has run up against these issues personally in her own dating life, and has found that a little bit of education goes a long way. She says the guys she's dated tend to already know her HIV status, because they're friends before starting to date. "I've never really had a problem with a guy," she says.
A guy's parents, however, are another story.
"I think at first they're just shocked to hear that their son's dating someone that's HIV positive," she notes. "At this age, it's not something that parents hear every day." Still, in her experience, "Once [parents] get that little bit of education behind it, they're fine."
Looking Ahead
As her senior year approaches, Paige Rawl is enjoying the last days of summer, and socking away some money from her job. A year from now she plans to attend college and begin pre-pharmaceutical studies with an eye toward one day becoming an HIV/AIDS researcher. But that's next year.
Before she gets there, she has a cheerleading squad to captain, a prom to help plan, and a lot more speaking and educating to do.


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Residents who enjoyed the speaker phone discussion with author Steven Sorrentino in April are in for a treat—another phone discussion is on the way, this time with New York Times bestselling author Chris Bohjalian. His latest book, "The Double Bind" will be the topic of this author phone chat.
Protagonist Laurel Estabrook begins "The Double Bind" as an outgoing Vermont college student with a healthy social life. After she is brutally attacked while riding her bike down a country road, she withdraws from her friends and family. Three years later, she is employed as a case worker at a homeless shelter near Burlington, Vt.


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Poker132.com necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
2 ganadores han sido elegidos entre 112 diseños de 23 diseñadores freelance.
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Desired Color Scheme:
Black & Silver (Can Be Changed)
Accepted File Formats:
Standard Web Formats (.jpg, .gif or .png); Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff); .HTML & .CSS
Web Design (coded) = $300
Web Design (uncoded) = $250
Poker Table Non-VIP = $100
Poker Table VIP = $100
Chips = $50 - NO MORE CHIPS PLEASE, WE HAVE ENOUGH.
People = $100
If you winner of the Web Design does not code then i will give $50 for someone to code it HTML Valid and CSS.
Web Design – We are looking for a Black/Silver design, our site is where people can play free online multiplayer poker. If you want to change the colors then by all means do so and we will give all entries feedback to give you a better chance of winning. We will want it coded in HTML & CSS Valid 1.0. If you can not code then you will only get $250 for the design. These should be PSD, HTML, CSS and its images.. (The colour does not have to be black/silver, you make it with what ever colour you want, just as long as it looks nice)
Poker Table Non-VIP – We need you to make us a picture of a poker table with seats, it will have 10 seats for players to play at the table. Try make it a really nice design. Also add something like carpet or a rug under the table or something. Make it looks nice. These should be PDF and make it an overhead look of the table. Try making the tabl better looking than this http://www.poker132.com/images/pokertable.gif
Poker Table VIP – This will be very easy if you have done the Non-VIP table, all we need you to change is make it better than the Non-VIP, ie maybe some gold somewhere, cooler seats, better looking table. Just make it look like a 1st class poker room. These should be PDF and make it an overhead look of the table. Try making the tabl better looking than this http://www.poker132.com/images/pokertable.gif
Chips – We need you to make some images of chips, we need $10, $20, $5, $50, $100 $500 $1000. Make them nice J These should be PDF.
People – We need a mixture of people pictures both males and females, 7 males and 3 females. Make them as if there sitting on the seats at the poker table and some with there arms on the table. These should be PDF.they should all be different JPG so in total there will be 10. Examples Of What I Mean By People:
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MP 'devastated' over Facebook profile hack
'Outlawed from cyberspace and unable to communicate with my cyber friends'
A backbench Tory MP was left "devastated" after his Facebook account was hacked.
Michael Fabricant, 58, spoke of his anguish in a posting on his personal website last week. The Lichfield MP's Facebook profile was suspended after his account was pwned by hackers and used to send malicious spam to his 1,500 contacts.
The malicious messages said "Look at this!" and directed surfers to a page containing malware.
"I am devastated," the Boris Johnson lookalike writes. "This has never happened to me before and I can only apologise.
"If any of my Facebook Friends get a message from me called 'Look at this' - Don't! I did when I received a similar message and look what happened to me. Outlawed from cyberspace and unable to communicate now with my cyber friends".
Security watchers at Sophos reckon the details of the attacks fits the pattern of a phishing attack doing the rounds last week.
Fabricant has changed his password and emailed Facebook with a "begging message asking for his account to be restored", according to the MP's own account of the ordeal. The MP's profile from TheyWorkForYou can be found here and more on his enthusiasm for Facebook can be found here.
Despite having a impressive 1,500 online friends, a Facebook group of self-declared Facebook fans of the Lichfield MP numbers just 14. On a more positive note, he's among the MPs that claims the least on expenses, ranking 569th of 645 last year. ®
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Well, what do you know, it's time for Filipino Fridays again! Filipino Fridays is a weekly meme that leads to the Filipino ReaderCon. This year, the ReaderCon will be held on 14 November at the Bayanihan Center, Mandaluyong.
Anyway, the first Filipino Friday has a theme of "Surprise, reader!" Along with this theme is a list of questions that hopes to introduce the person in terms of books that he or she has read. So let's get on with it, shall we?
Tell us about your favorite book discoveries for this year.
Ever since I started my A to Z dead guys challenge, I've been on a high after reading Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. I fell in love with that book.
I'm not done with that particular challenge this year though, so I think I'll have more book discoveries for the last quarter of 2014. Just this year, I read my first Hardy, Kipling (Kim), Austen (Emma), Carroll (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland), and Eliot (Silas Marner).
Any author you started reading this year that you can't get enough of?
Well, aside from Brontë, whose Shirley and Villette I want to read soon, I would have to say Thomas Hardy. I read The Return of the Native this year and I breezed through it. It started out slow, like most classics do, but I learned to go with the pace of Hardy's very moody writing.
I've been slowly building my Thomas Hardy collection. Just this year, I bought Far From the Madding Crowd, Jude the Obscure, and The Mayor of Casterbridge.
A book you think you wouldn't like, but you ended up liking/loving?
Again, it's Jane Eyre. After I turned the final page, I felt bittersweet that it had to end. Such a headstrong character, that Jane Eyre.
I never thought that I'd like Jane Eyre that much, as I thought that it would be like an Austen novel, wherein everyone just gossiped the whole day. I read my first Austen, Emma, and I detested it. Thank goodness that Charlotte Brontë is such a totally different writer.
Any book series that you just have to get your hands on?
Hmmm . . . None of the moment, to be honest. I'm not too keen on the next George R. R. Martin novel, nor the next Brandon Sanderson. I have my whole life for A Game of Thrones!
I guess I am particularly interested in reading the other Brontë sisters. I've always been curious about Wuthering Heights, supposedly the most passionate novel ever written. Also, Anne Brontë, is reputed to be the most realist (most non-romantic) among the sisters. So I'm curious about The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.
Have you discovered anything new from Filipino authors this year?
As part of the read-along for the book club, I read The Rosales Saga of F. Sionil Jose. I thoroughly enjoyed the 2nd book, Tree. It's rich with allegory and symbolism.
Unfortunately, my current worst read for the year is by a Filipino author, Bianca Bernardino, who wrote She's Dating the Gangster. That chick lit novel is hugely popular here in the Philippines, but I found the plot laughable and ridiculous.
So that's it for the first Filipino Friday, dear reader. Till next time!


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George Hincapie's developmental team may be in 2014 Pro Challenge
VAIL — I saw George Hincapie on the podium before the Vail time trial Friday. After 19 years as a pro cyclist, he has resettled at home in South Carolina and started the Hincapie Development Team.
It took third in the first stage of the Tour of Utah two weeks ago and held the Young Rider Jersey for a few days. USA Pro Challenge CEO Shawn Hunter said there's a good chance the team will be in next year's race.
I asked Hincapie why he started the team.
"I grew up in New York and I got a lot of support from local businesses," he said. "Cycling was expensive — it is expensive — and my parents didn't have a lot of money. Without support, I couldn't do what I did. Now doing what I do makes it all worth it."
I asked if he's putting in more hours now than when he rode.
"It feels like it," he said. "Riding is different. You know exactly what you need to do. You train six days a week, then you recover. That's all you have to do."
He said the Vail time trial he did two years ago in the inaugural Pro Challenge was the hardest time trial he's ever done. I asked what the hardest stage he ever did. He said it was a Tour de France stage in the early '90s when he rode 8 hours, 45 minutes into Andorra.
So do you miss this?
"No," he said. "It's too hard."
As he said that, Sky Proracing's Richie Poole launched out of the starting gate and waved to Hincapie hello.


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Any reference to the C64x DSP or C64x CPU also applies, unless otherwise noted, to the C64x+ DSP and C64x+ CPU, respectively.
With performance of up to 4800 million instructions per second (MIPS) at a clock rate of 600 MHz, the C64x+ core offers solutions to high-performance DSP programming challenges. The DSP core possesses the operational flexibility of high-speed controllers and the numerical capability of array processors. The C64x+ DSP core processor has 64 general-purpose registers of 32-bit word length and eight highly independent functional unitstwo multipliers for a 32-bit result and six arithmetic logic units (ALUs). The eight functional units include instructions to accelerate the performance in telecom, audio, and industrial applications. The DSP core can produce four 16-bit multiply-accumulates (MACs) per cycle for a total of 2400 million MACs per second (MMACS), or eight 8-bit MACs per cycle for a total of 4800 MMACS. For more details on the C64x+ DSP, see the TMS320C64x/C64x+ DSP CPU and Instruction Set Reference Guide (literature number SPRU732).
The C6421 also has application-specific hardware logic, on-chip memory, and additional on-chip peripherals similar to the other C6000 DSP platform devices. The C6421 core uses a two-level cache-based architecture. The Level 1 program memory/cache (L1P) consists of a 128K-bit memory space that can be configured as mapped memory or direct mapped cache, and the Level 1 data (L1D) consists of a 384K-bit memory space that can be configured as mapped memory or 2-way set-associative cache. The Level 2 memory/cache (L2) consists of a 512K-bit memory space that is shared between program and data space. L2 memory can be configured as mapped memory, cache, or combinations of the two.
The peripheral set includes: a 10/100 Mb/s Ethernet MAC (EMAC) with a management data input/output (MDIO) module; a 4-bit transmit, 4-bit receive VLYNQ interface; an inter-integrated circuit (I2C) Bus interface; a multichannel buffered serial port (McBSP0); a multichannel audio serial port (McASP0) with 4 serializers; 2 64-bit general-purpose timers each configurable as 2 independent 32-bit timers; 1 64-bit watchdog timer; a user-configurable 16-bit host-port interface (HPI); up to 111-pins of general-purpose input/output (GPIO) with programmable interrupt/event generation modes, multiplexed with other peripherals; 1 UART with hardware handshaking support; 3 pulse width modulator (PWM) peripherals; and 2 glueless external memory interfaces: an asynchronous external memory interface (EMIFA) for slower memories/peripherals, and a higher speed synchronous memory interface for DDR2.
The Ethernet Media Access Controller (EMAC) provides an efficient interface between the C6421 and the network. The C6421 EMAC supports 10Base-T and 100Base-TX or 10 Mbits/second (Mbps) and 100 Mbps in either half- or full-duplex mode, with hardware flow control and quality of service (QOS) support.
The Management Data Input/Output (MDIO) module continuously polls all 32 MDIO addresses in order to enumerate all PHY devices in the system.
The I2C and VLYNQ ports allow C6421 to easily control peripheral devices and/or communicate with host processors.
The rich peripheral set provides the ability to control external peripheral devices and communicate with external processors. For details on each of the peripherals, see the related sections later in this document and the associated peripheral reference guides.
The C6421 has a complete set of development tools. These include C compilers, a DSP assembly optimizer to simplify programming and scheduling, and a Windows debugger interface for visibility into source code execution.
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Hey! I was wondering if there are people who can recommend me nice shoujo manga titles (or even josei) that ARE NOT fantasy or supernatural. just nice realistic love stories..
So far I have read:
Kare First Love
Paradise Kiss
As The God of death Dictates
Asa Mo, Hiru Mo, Yoru Mo
Mucha Kucha Daisuki
Hmm, any other suggestions similar to those titles?
If you liked Paradise Kiss, I'd recommend giving Gokinjo Monogatari a check. It's set before Paradise Kiss and it's aet around Mikako and Tsutomu when they were younger
oh yeah i have heard of that..where can i download it?
I think Shoujomagic still has it listed on their site, but you'll probably have to go to their irc channel for it
How about Hana Kimi? Like Goong, there's also a drama based on the manga. I believe it's kinda popular.
How about Lovely Complex? =D it's a cute story!
Perfect girl evolution
Bokura Ga Ita
kokou debut
my girl
love monster
gakuen alice (alice academy) lol found it pretty funny
ermmm thats all i can think of on the spot :]
i just bought rockin' heaven and i think it's great!! (i live in germany so...)
and shinshi doumei cross is good, too!
you really can laugh when you decide to read gakuen alice!!
Hmm realist stories, that's a hard lol =].
If you're into shoujo and don't mind a little >.> bit on the extra side =] I recommened Forbidden Wedding, and what's good news is it that its complete XD.
Um another good one would be Vampire Knights XD ( you have to read it for the pretty guys hehe XD).
Um another popular shojou series would be Skip Beat, but that's also on going XD.
Have fun reading =].


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north norfolk's official visitor guide
Explore North Norfolk's Deep History Coast
Explore North Norfolk
North Norfolk, home to the Deep History Coast, has a unique coastline of unspoilt, award-winning beaches including Holkham, Wells-next-the-Sea and Brancaster, and Blue Flag beaches in Sheringham, Cromer, Mundesley, Sea Pallng and East and West Runton.
Head inland to the countryside with its rich agricultural roots and discover market towns and villages, home to eateries, shops and artisans, as well as museums, stately homes and places of cultural and historical interest.
Set in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, north Norfolk is home to much of The Broads National Park, Britain's largest protected wetland, salt marshes, as well as several nature reserves of international importance, making north Norfolk a haven for wildlife and birds, and great for walking.
North Norfolk is also renowned for its great local produce, which can be enjoyed at the many pubs, restaurants and cafes. Head to the farmers' markets and local shops to try a variety of food and drink unique to the area including fresh seafood and locally produced beer.
For somewhere to stay, there is plenty of choice to suit need and budget. From camping to boutique hotels, from cottages to holiday parks and boating holidays, there's something for everyone. And as Norfolk is the driest county in the UK, it's perfect to visit all year round.


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A man fatally shot by police in Morrell Park last week refused orders to drop a .357-caliber revolver, according to court records, telling officers, "You're going to have to shoot me."
The man, 22-year-old Bernard Lofton of Parkville, was shot by officers who had been called to the 1800 block of Spence St. for a report that two men wearing police tactical vests had entered an apartment.
Homicide detectives continue to investigate the shooting, and the officers are on routine suspension with pay. The account is contained within charging documents for 30-year-old Brandon Smith, of Owings Mills, who police say was with Lofton and was found hiding in the apartment's bathroom after the shooting.
A witness told police he saw the two men wearing police vests and masks knocking on a side door of the building, records show. They asked him if he knew if a certain person lived in the apartment, then told him that they had a warrant and to go back inside.
The witness did as they said but was suspicious because he did not see police radios or other equipment, and he called 911, police wrote in court records.
The officers who arrived on scene, who all joined the agency in 2012, would later tell a homicide detective investigating the shooting that the door to the apartment had been forced open and they heard noises inside.
Officers Michael McNish and Aileen Villodas encountered Lofton in a hallway near an unopened rear door and saw him holding a revolver, police say. As McNish ordered Lofton to drop the weapon, Officer Hovhannes Simonyan entered through the rear door.
Now surrounded by the officers, Lofton challenged the officers to shoot him, and McNish said he could hear another man yelling for Lofton to drop the gun, records show.
When Lofton turned toward Simonyan, he and Villodas both opened fire, shooting Lofton in the torso, police wrote in court records. He was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he was pronounced dead at 11:45 p.m. Detectives called to the scene found a .357-caliber Taurus revolver on the ground, loaded with six rounds.
Smith was then found in the bathroom, police say. Homicide detectives investigating the shooting said they found a roll of duct tape in a backpack believed to belong to Lofton, along with a PlayStation 3, an iPad, and boxes of jewelry belonging to the resident of the apartment.
A .40-caliber Smith & Wesson handgun, with one round in the chamber and "nine to 10 rounds" in the magazine, was found hidden in the tank of the bathroom toilet, and police also said they found jewelry from the residence on the floor.
Outside the apartment, police found a white 2013 Hyundai, which they believe belonged to the suspects. Smith was taken to police headquarters, where he requested an attorney and declined to answer questions.
Smith has been charged with burglary, conspiracy to committed armed robbery, impersonating a police officer, and other related charges, and was being held on $150,000 bond. An attorney is not listed in court records.


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We've called Xavier Gens's The Divide the most disturbing end-of-the-world movie we've ever seen — and even now when we think about it, we feel like taking a shower. Check out this exclusive clip from the post apocalyptic hellhole, otherwise known as Michael Biehn's basement.
Milo Ventimiglia, Rosanna Arquette and a few other end-of-the-world survivors are trapped in the basement shelter of their freaky apartment building superintendent (played by one insane Biehn). Seeking shelter from the giant blast, days turn into weeks and weeks into months, as the members of the group go full blown Lord of the Flies — only with more sex and gag-inducing hygiene problems. This particular clip is when Ventimiglia slips outside of their basement and into the unknown behind the doors. What he finds is... troubling.
The Divide will hit select theaters on January 13th 2012.


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"The largest diamond so far found in the universe is the size of a small planet and located 50 light-years away in the constellation Centaurus. Astronomers with the Harvard -Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics discovered the gigantic stone a few ears ago and they believe the 2,500-mile-wide diamond once served as the heart of a star. It's ten billion trillion trillion carats. The astronomers named it Lucy in honor of the Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds."
— Smithsonian Magazine, June 2008
|photo credit: Adan Garcia
A ten billion trillion trillion (!) carat diamond, a three-and-a-half-million-year old hominid fossil, and a multi-million-selling Beatles song. How many more awesome things in the universe are named Lucy, anyway?


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Real World article
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(written from a Production point of view)
Kevin Lauderdale was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in English Literature (from UCLA and San Francisco State University, respectively) as well as a master's in Library and Information Science (also from UCLA). He has published essays and articles in The Dictionary of American Biography, the Los Angeles Times, Animato!, and Mcsweeneys.net, as well as poetry in Andre Codrescu's The Exquisite Corpse. He lives in northern Virginia with his wife, two daughters, and a dog.
Star Trek works Edit
- Strange New Worlds VII (anthology)
- "A Test of Character" (TOS)
- Strange New Worlds 8 (anthology)
- "Assignment: One" (TOS)
- Strange New Worlds 9 (anthology)
- "The Rules of War" ("Speculations")
- Constellations (anthology)
- "Devices and Desires" (TOS)
External links Edit
- Kevin Lauderdale at Wikipedia
- Personal blog
- Lauderdale was the writer of "The Kevindex", a book review website, from 1996-2001. That site is now down, and only one piece of content is still available: An Annotated Guide to The Two Georges(X) (an alternate history novel by Richard Dreyfuss and Harry Turtledove).
- Kevin Lauderdale at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
Community content is available under CC-BY-NC unless otherwise noted.


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Error 8AC8000D occurs when you're using Kinect for Xbox 360
You see the following error message when you're using Kinect for Xbox 360:
Couldn't hear the calibration tone
This means that your Kinect microphone is having a problem hearing you. The problem may be that the microphone isn't calibrated correctly or isn't positioned correctly.
Solution 1: Select "More info" and then "Try again"
On your console, select More Info to see suggestions on how to correct the problem. After you make the suggested changes, select Try Again.
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Solution 2: Make sure the Kinect sensor is positioned correctly
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2013 Battle of the Bands
Last year's winner was the Marysville Viking Regiment from Marysville High School.
We'd like to thank our sponsor -- Southeast Michigan Ford Dealers -- for their support!
2013 Marching Bands
Allen Park High School
Belleville High School
Brighton High School
Chippewa Valley High School
Dakota High School
Detroit All City Marching Band
Divine Child High School
Fraser High School
Henry Ford II High School
Lake Fenton High School
St. Clair High School
Waterford Kettering High School
Henry Ford II
Band Director: Matt Schoenherr
Comprised of about 110 members, the marching band performs at all home football games. They march every year in the Peach Festival Parade in Romeo, the Ford II Homecoming parade and the Sterling Heights Memorial Day Parade on alternating years. The marching band competes at the Harper Woods Band-O-Rama and the UCS Band-A-Rama in preparation for the MSBOA Marching Band Festival.
They will be playing Soak Up the Sun by Sheryl Crow.
Participant America's Thanksgiving Parade, Detroit, MI 1988-95, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007. 2009, 2011, 2013
Participant: 2013 Alton, IL Memorial Day Parade, the nation's oldest continuously running Memorial Day Parade
Participant: 2013 River City Music Days, St. Louis MO
3rd Place: 2010 Chik-Fil-A Bowl Parade, Atlanta GA
Participant: 2008 Detroit Red Wings Victory Parade, Detroit, MI- One of only 2 bands invited to participate from across Metro Detroit
2nd Place: 2006 Big Bay Balloon Parade, San Diego, CA
Participant: 2006 Holiday Bowl, San Diego, CA
1st Place: Michigan Peach Festival Parade, Romeo, MI 1993-2006, 2008, 2010, 2013
1st Division MSBOA (Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association) Marching Band Festival 1988-92, 1994-2000, 2002-07, 2010-2011, 2013
Lake Fenton
Band Director: Ryan Gonder
The 2013 Lake Fenton Blue Devil Marching Band consists of 135 members.
This will be the largest audience the band has ever performed in front of. They will be playing a Jerry Burns marching band arrangement of Let It Snow! in America's Thanksgiving Parade.
Since 2002, the Lake Fenton High School Bands have performed in the Magic Kingdom of Walt Disney World three times (2005, 2009, 2013), in a combined performance with the University of Michigan Jazz Ensemble, in a combined performance with the University of Michigan-Flint Wind Ensemble, at the Michigan Association of School Boards Annual Inaugural Conference at the Lansing Convention Center, and performed the National Anthem at a Detroit Tigers Baseball Game (2005). Additionally, the Lake Fenton Blue Devil Marching Band took first place in a Tuscola County (MI) Festival Parade marching adjudication amongst 15 other marching bands. In 2007, on their way to New York City, the bands traveled to Quakertown, Pennsylvania, to perform a concert at their director's high school alma mater. The band also performed in the 2008 and 2010 Tulip Time Festival Muziekparade in Holland, Michigan and the 2009 and 2011 Michigan State University Homecoming Parade. In 2011, the high school symphonic and concert bands traveled to Toronto, Ontario to clinic at the Toronto Centre of the Arts with Dr. Jeffrey L. Reynolds of the University of Toronto. Most recently, members of the high school symphonic and concert bands performed for the Genesee County Association of School Boards in Frankenmuth, Michigan.
Chippewa Valley High School
Band Director: Tim Hoey
The Chippewa Valley "Big Reds" Marching Band has a rich history of competing regularly with the best High School Marching Bands in the State of Michigan. The group performs in many parades, football game half-time shows, and marching band competitions each year both locally and across the nation.
Practices for the Marching band are intense but the rewards and memories are substantial and last a life-time. Last year the band regularly placed in the top group for the competitions they participated in.
Dakota High School
Band Director: Robert Abend
The Dakota Marching Band is an award-winning organization with approximately 130 members in the 2013 season. The group consistently earns Division I ratings at MSBOA festivals and draws a large number of fans to Dakota football games for its halftime show.
This year, the Marching Band show is "A Night on Broadway" and includes pieces from Lion King, Les Miserables and Phantom of the Opera.
Detroit All City
Under the direction of Mr. Willie J. McAllister, Jr., Director of Fine Arts for Detroit Public Schools, the All City High School Marching Band is comprised of students and staff from four Detroit Public School high schools. The schools include Cass Technical, Detroit School of Arts, Martin Luther King and Renaissance High Schools. Additionally, the students received instructional support from three DPS/All City Marching Band and Fine Arts alumni. Presently, the ACMB is comprised of 130 students. The group rehearses 3 hours on Saturday mornings from 9am – 12pm at Martin Luther King High School.
The All City High School Marching Band purposes:
--To expose students to different cultures, environments and educational opportunities through participation in parades, field show contest, half times and pre-game show and concert hall performances; Through travel to other cities, states, and countries.
--To teach students the importance of teamwork and shared responsibility to achieve short and long term goals.
--To prepare students for success in high school, college, the work force and global society.
The All City Marching Band features a high stepping, energetic Drum Major that continues to woo audiences all over. It's the Motown sound the Band performs that impacts audiences wherever they perform. Song selection includes a Motown medley (Get Ready, My Girl, Ain't No Mountain High Enough), Philadelphia Sounds of the O jays, Backstabbers, Hello Detroit, My First, My Last, My Everything, Michael Jackson's Human Nature, Christmas Medley (Joy to the World, My Favorite Things, Sleigh Ride, Angels We Have Heard on High).
The motto of the All City Marching Band is "Excellence in the classroom, Excellence on the Field, Excellence in all that we do."
The Band's most memorable performances nationally and locally include the 2002 Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California, as a featured guest in the "Coming Up Roses" CBS Broadcast in Dec. 2001, multiple performances in America's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Hob Nobble Gobble, Noel's Night, Lake Orion Parade of Lights and a Detroit Lions half-time show appearance.
All City Marching Band Directors:
Sharon Allen (Cass Tech)
Ronald Malabed, Nicole Burrell (Detroit School of Arts)
Victoria Miller, Debra Oleksy (Martin Luther King)
Edward Gooch (Renaissance)
DPS/All City Marching Band Alumni
Shadrick Bowens (Detroit School of Arts)
Kenisha Ingram (Cass Tech)
Kyron McGee (Martin Luther King)
Josh Pittman (Renaissance)
Fraser High School
James E. Rodgers, Director
The 226-member Fraser "Rambler" Marching Band has grown from 50 members in 1999 to being consistently over 220 members since 2006. They have been the largest marching band in the Macomb County area for the past 8 years. The Marching "Ramblers" have enjoyed First Division Ratings at the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association Marching Band Festivals for the past thirteen years straight.
The Fraser Marching Band appeared for the first time in over 25 years in the 2002 America's Thanksgiving Day Parade in Detroit, and they were awarded 2nd place of all the bands that year by the judges. Since then, the band has appeared in the parade in 2004, 2007, and 2010. In 2004, the "Ramblers" were voted as the #1 Marching Band in online voting during the parade. This year's appearance will be the band's fifth time in recent history. The Ramblers have also participated in the Warren-Centerline Thanksgiving Parade in 2000, 2001, and 2003, the Mackinaw City Pageant Parade in 2001, and the Veteran's Day Parade in Detroit in 2009. In 2005, the marching band traveled to New York City and performed at the Statue of Liberty. In 2006, they participated in the Chic-fil-A Bowl Game parade, pre-game, and halftime show, placing 4th among 18 bands from around the country. The "Ramblers" were also voted the #1 Marching Band in the Fox Sports Detroit/American Pizza Pie contest in 2009.
The band will be featuring the song "Sleigh Ride" by Leroy Anderson during the 2013 parade.
Waterford Kettering
Co-Directors: Randall Scott Adkins and Kathryn Stone
Student Teacher: Andrea Woody
The Waterford Kettering Marching Captains have received numerous awards in the past, including Grand Prize in the 2013 Mackinaw City Memorial Parade, the Local 4 "Battle of the Bands" winner in the 2010 America's Thanksgiving Day Parade, first place band in the 2009 Mackinaw City Memorial Parade, and many years of Division One ratings in MSBOA Marching Band Festivals. They have also performed numerous times at Walt Disney World-Florida, the Michigan State Fair, and for the last six years were a featured band at Cedar Point's Hallo Weekends Monster Midway Invasion Parade. The band is 96 members strong and proud that one of our members, Ms. Emily Halls (Senior, Clarinet), was selected to the elite "US Army All-American High School Marching Band," and will perform at the All-American Bowl in El Paso, TX on January 4th, 2014. In addition, Senior Flutist Amanda Juntunen was selected to perform at the 2014 Orange Bowl with the All-Star Invitational Marching Band on January 3rd.
Song Selection: "We Need A Little Christmas"


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Norovirus spreading quickly in Vancouver area
A new strain of norovirus continues to spread in B.C.'s Lower Mainland, now reaching Eagle Ridge Hospital in Port Moody.
Fraser Health Authority officials have restricted access to a ward at the hospital in an attempt to contain the outbreak.Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster has already closed wards in the past week to prevent the spread of norovirus, as has Vancouver General Hospital.
The gastrointestinal virus is highly infectious and causes severe vomiting and diarrhea.
The illness contagion is spreading in daycares and elsewhere, too, says Dr. Paul Van Buynder, of the Fraser Health Authority.
"This is everywhere. I mean, this is not an 'Eagle Ridge outbreak,'" said Buynder. "Next week it will be Boston Bar or Chilliwack or whatever. We're just going to have a bad year with norovirus this year, because of the new strain."
The strain was first detected earlier this year in Sydney, Australia, and has been causing illness in Europe, too.
It's spreading quickly because people don't have immune defences against the new form of the virus, Buynder said.
Buynder said people generally recover in one to two days, without medical treatment.
"But they need to be careful with cleaning and hand washing, because they can spread it to their family and their vulnerable grandparents very, very quickly."
Because this virus spreads so quickly, health officials are asking people with symptoms to stay home from work or school, and avoid hospitals unless treatment is necessary. Even after you feel better, you may still be infectious for another 72 hours.
With files from the CBC's Lisa Johnson


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Patio Fruit Trees
If you only have a small garden but want to grow fruit, you can grow these colourful patio fruit plants in a container on the patio or in the garden.
These small fruit bushes will give you a good crop of nutritious, fresh fruit, straight from the bush. Easy to look after and attractive with pretty Spring blossom and bright Autumn foliage you can't go far wrong with these fantastic little pot grown fruits!


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|This article is about the hockey player. You may be looking for Rick Denham.
Richard "Rick The Stick" Nelson is an alumnus of McKinley High and a former member of the hockey team. He graduated at the end of Season Three.
He is portrayed by Rock Anthony.
Season Three
The Purple Piano Project
Rick leads the hockey team in throwing slushies at Finn Hudson.
Pot o' Gold
Rick, along with the rest of the hockey team, bullies new exchange student Rory Flanagan.
Mash Off
Rick is running for senior class president, saying that because of their parents paying taxes, the teachers should listen to the students. It seems his only supporters are his team mates.
I Kissed a Girl
Rick doesn't appear, but is mentioned by Jacob Ben Israel by saying that he is in a medically-induced coma after being "brutally checked in a hockey game." He is 17 points behind Kurt Hummel in the student president election, however, they both lose to Brittany Pierce.
Rick slushies Sam Evans, laughing at him for joining the synchronised swimming team.
Rick is one of three nominees for Prom King, along with Finn and Brittany. During the announcement of the nominations over the speaker system, he is seen in a classroom, flipping his desk to the floor. He is then seen at prom with a girl, smiling and dancing.
PropsRick provokes a fight with Noah Puckerman, claiming he has fallen from being the top bad ass and is now a "Lima Loser." They fight in the parking lot of the school. Rick starts off with mocking Puck's father and his brewery. He wins the fight and throws Puck in a dumpster. He then proceeds to chant "loser," along with several other students. Rick begins to back away, when Puck brings out a prop knife.
Finn makes a bet with Rick that New Directions will win Nationals. Rick ends up losing and gives Finn the money he owed him. This is the last time Rick is seen in Season Three and on Glee, as in the episode Props, he says he was accepted into a hockey college, therefore implying that he graduates with the rest of the seniors.
- It was stated that he went into a coma after losing the senior class presidency to Brittany in I Kissed a Girl.
- In Mash Off, he is credited as Rick "The Stick" Nelson.
- In Props, he mentions having a brother, whom he says Puck will be begging to take him to a party.
- He got a scholarship to play hockey at Ohio State University.


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Getting Your Bearings Library Tour
Tour/Open House | August 22 – 28, 2018 every day with exceptions | 10-11 a.m. | Doe Library, Tour starts at the north entrance
Join other students and get your bearings with a 3-in-one tour of the Doe Memorial Library, Moffitt Undergraduate Library, and the Main Stacks. See these central libraries and learn about the student services they provide.
Students - Graduate, Students - Undergraduate
All Audiences
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We both graduated from UC Santa Barbara where God captured our hearts for him through Campus Crusade. After spending the last year in San Francisco, he also captured our hearts for the city and the students in it. We believe San Francisco is a city Jesus loves and is beginning to captivate & we are excited to have been called into campus ministry there.
1% of SFSU students claim to be Christian
Half of college students in San Francisco have never attended a church.
Many campuses have no visible Christian groups.
We are passionate about showing the love of Christ to today's post-modern students. San Francisco is a city that desperately needs to see that Jesus has perfect love full of mercy & hope for all people, whether one is black, white, gay, straight, liberal, conservative, atheist, or a churchgoer. It is our hope to welcome students into a relationship with God & empower them with the skills, tools & faith they need to make an eternal impact.
The San Francisco City Limits Team has a vision to blend campus ministry with inner city ministry. Our team's hope is that we will be able to share the love of Jesus with college students & invite Christians & non-Christians alike to join us as we minister to the poor, allowing them to see the mercy & love of Jesus lived out.


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Kingsgate Animal Hospital is seeking a caring Associate Veterinarian (DVM) to join our growing team!
*We are an affiliate of Kings Veterinary Hospital located approximately 20 minutes apart on the north side of Cincinnati. Open to both Full and Part Time applicants!
Kingsgate Animal Hospital was purchased by the owner of Kings Veterinary Hospital in March 2017 and is located in West Chester, OH. We are currently a lower volume clinic with amazing, untapped potential. Also located in a high-end demographic area, Kingsgate has already increased sales 25% in the past year and we continue to grow steadily each month. Future plans for our location include digital radiography, in-house laboratory equipment, and increased days of operation to mirror Kings Veterinary Hospital. Kingsgate is currently a 1-doctor practice, and is now ready to add an additional associate on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays to perform surgery in the mornings and see appointments in the afternoon. Weekend rotation will be every other Saturday appointments.
For more information, please visit our website: https://www.kingsgateanimalhospital.com/
Competitive compensation package to include Medical Benefits*, 401(k)*, Paid Association Dues, Paid Liability Insurance, Paid Annual Licensing, and a Generous Yearly CE Allowance. (*available for Full Time employees)


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Weekend Cook and Tell: Romantic Respites
Welcome to Weekend Cook and Tell. Every Wednesday we page through the food sections of various national newspapers in search of an inspiration for a weekend cooking project. We hope you'll cook along with us and share your experiences, recipes, and photos here.
With Valentine's Day quickly approaching, the food sections of most papers are brimming with ideas for romantic recipes to share with your sweetie. Over at The New York Times Melissa Clark whipped up a batch of gooey Chocolate, Coconut, and Olive Oil Brownies for her husband, The Los Angeles Times is talking chocolate truffles, and The Chicago Sun-Times is creating recipes using ingredients with aphrodisiac qualities. Love is clearly in the air.
If you haven't already guessed, this week's challenge is all about romantic menus for Valentine's Day. We want to hear all about the sweet and loving meals that you're planning on sharing with your main squeeze. Are you planning on shucking oysters or spooning tiny scoops of caviar on blinis? Or impressing them with a special baking endeavor? Certainly we don't mean to intrude on you're intimate moments, but we'd love to hear all about what sorts of edibles you are going to be enjoying come February 14.
Show us photos of your intimate menus and romantic recipes Photograzing (make sure to include "Cook and Tell" in your submission title), and tell us about your recipes here! If you'd like to blog the experience, please leave a link in the comments below. We'll post a round-up of your aphrodisiac recipes, ideas, and experiences next Wednesday.
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I have news that I'm privileged to share; I've written a book.
It's called Allergic Girl: Adventures in Living Well With Food Allergies.
Here's the cover, courtesy of John Wiley & Sons , picture copyright Kenneth Chen:
I wrote Allergic Girl in response to the one question I hear again and again: "How do you do it?"
As Worry-Free Dinners members know, I use teachable skills that make our food allergic lives a little safer, a little easier and a lot more fun.
Now, you can have all of my best tools at your fingertips!
Allergic Girl's a book for food allergic adults (newly diagnosed or old hands like me); the family and friends who love us; and parents who are guiding their children to be responsible and joyful food allergic adults.
Allergic Girl will be published by John Wiley & Sons and will be in stores March 7, 2011 (available for pre-order sooner than that).
Until then, I'll be blogging some updates on here on this blog site and on Allergic Girl, maybe some contests and definitely some stories about writing a book.
Stay tuned for more information about the book and upcoming Worry-Free Dinners events!
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Thyroid Cancer Awareness Week Begins on September 15, 200308/2003
The week of September 15-21, 2003 is Thyroid Cancer Awareness Week. ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Association is the sponsor.
The goal of the week is to increase public awareness and understanding of thyroid cancer, early detection, treatment, and ThyCa's free support and education services. ThyCa also seeks to raise awareness of the need for more thyroid cancer research.
ThyCa's web site has a new section titled Thyroid Cancer Awareness Week. It's linked from the right side of the Home Page. The section has the new flyer, "Yes, it's real," a fact sheet titled "About Thyroid Cancer ", and other materials.
ThyCa's web site has hundreds of pages of information about all types of thyroid cancer, diagnosis, treatment, research, clinical trials, questions to ask the doctor, local support groups, e-mail support groups, a calendar of coming events, the Rally for Research, and the annual conference October 24-26, 2003. Readers can also download ThyCa's free publications, including the Low Iodine Cookbook, fact sheets, and online newsletters, from the web site.


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Great societies rarely fall apart all at once; rather they deteriorate over time.
It's no different with the University of California, the state's network of prestigious research universities.
Like the rest of California's infrastructure, the UC system is crumbling a bit more every year.
U.S. & World
News from around the country and around the globe
At the rate things are going, it won't be very long before UC Berkeley, UCLA and the other UCs are just like any other school.
Here are some of the indicators of the university's downward trajectory:
--The most recent U.S. News and World Report ranking on U.S. universities ranks UC Berkeley at 22nd, a notch down from 21st place in 2006.
UCLA has managed to hold its own at 25th place, but UC San Diego, renowned for its emphasis on the sciences, has dropped three notches to 35th place from 32nd.
These numbers may seem small, but they are powerful evidence of the systemwide decline -- when you're talking about the best schools in America, even one step up or down is important.
--Between the 2005-2006 and 2008-2009 academic years, the percentage of UC tenured faculty dropped from 74 percent to 70 percent, according to a recent study. Why are they leaving? More money and better working conditions.
Here's what the chairman of the UC Academic Sentate said after seeing the data: "My real fear is that as private institutions and endowments recover from the market collapse, those institutions are going to really gear up their recruiting."
--Just a few weeks ago, three prominent biomedical researchers at the University of California, San Diego decamped for Rice University in Texas. Immediately upon their arrival they received a $10 million grant.
Each of these facts might be dismissed as an aberration, but combined they tell us much about the extent to which the UC system is losing its edge as the home of several top-notch research universities.
None of this should be surprising. Over the past twenty years, state support for the UCs has fallen by close to 60 percent.
Unlike K-12 public education, there is no constitutional mandate for any funding level, so that makes the UC and California State University systems ripe targets in tight times.
Less funding translates to fewer research facilities, less staff support, and greater teaching demands, which take away from research time.
In recent years, UC faculty salaries have fallen well below the salaries of competitive institutions, where in addition to more money, the cost of living is almost always less.
All this and more have led to California's slow but steady brain drain.
Some might be tempted to say, "So what? Who cares about exploring the edge of the universe or understanding biomedical remedies for rare diseases? It's all squishy stuff, anyway."
What's "squishy" today, though, often has life-saving applications tomorrow. Moreover, the research conducted by UC professors and others elsewhere often becomes the starting point for commercial opportunities which generate jobs and taxes for the state.
The way to stop all this is for California to reverse the decay and increase its investment in the UC schools.
As long as state policy makers and the public resist the calls for new revenues, UC schools will continue to deteriorate, and with them will go much of California's future.

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