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Each month, Siemens PLM shares a customer-created image from a wide array of industries around the globe.
Congratulations go to Hyodong Machine Co., Ltd. whose NX image of a bolt manufacturing machine is featured for the month of September in the Best in Class Global Image Gallery.
Company: HYODONG MACHINE CO., LTD. Customer: Kyung-hyun Lee Industry: Heavy Machinery Country: Korea
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FIR On Strategy with Andrea Vascellari, Episode 16: April 11, 2014
In this episode we understand what's a strategy, why it's vital for your projects and what methodology you can use to define your strategies.
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The Denver Broncos have yet to finish a deal with first-round pick Bradley Roby. They have taken care of their second selection, however.
The Broncos announced Monday that they have signed wide receiver Cody Latimer, their second-round pick (56th overall) in the 2014 NFL Draft.
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Latimer appears to be locked in as the fourth wideout on the Broncos' roster, behind Demaryius Thomas, Wes Welker and Emmanuel Sanders. Latimer is working his way back slowly from offseason foot surgery.
The latest "Around The League Podcast" breaks down the news and examines developments from the first week of OTAs.


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In the past six decades, Oklahoma Christian has transformed from a two-year college with 207 students in Bartlesville, Okla., to a comprehensive, four-year, accredited university with more than 2,000 students and four graduate programs in Oklahoma City.
Overall, Oklahoma Christian is now home to three colleges (Arts and Sciences, Biblical Studies, and Professional Studies), 14 academic departments, 60 majors plus 30 additional study areas, four graduate programs (Ministry, Divinity, Business Administration, and Engineering), and 20 study-abroad and off-campus learning options.
While the name, location and curriculum have changed significantly in a half-century, the motivation and ideals have remained intact.
Great leadership is another aspect that remains the same. James O. Baird was president of the university during the move from Bartlesville, and was instrumental in the university's success in Oklahoma City.
As OC's longest-tenured president, J. Terry Johnson helped spearhead comprehensive growth that established the university as a major institution with far-reaching impact in the Oklahoma City community and beyond.
President Emeritus Mike O'Neal continued that legacy over his decade of service as Oklahoma Christian transformed lives for Christian faith, scholarship and service.
To see the progress OC has made under the leadership of its first six presidents is amazing. One can only imagine the great strides the university will continue to make under our seventh president, John deSteiguer.
L.R. Wilson, a highly respected minister, served as the institution's first president when it was known as Central Christian College and located in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Under Wilson's leadership, the student population grew from 97 to 175, and many of OC's foundations were established: required daily Chapel, a required Bible class each term, outstanding musical programs, student devotionals, student publications, intramural athletics, social service clubs, a high moral expectation of students and faculty, and a high level of academic excellence.
Dr. James O. Baird became president in 1954, and aided by the generous financial support of the Oklahoma City business community, the institution moved to our current 200-acre campus in 1958 and became Oklahoma Christian College in 1959. Dr. Baird led the effort to move Oklahoma Christian from junior to senior college status and to secure accreditation from the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Under his leadership, the campus expanded and the institution's net worth and endowment soared, making the Baird presidency the time of "the great leap forward."
Dr. J. Terry Johnson, a 1964 Oklahoma Christian graduate, was the first alumnus to hold the office of president. During his 21-year tenure, the longest of any OC president, he led the institution to unprecedented growth in campus development, student enrollment, and institutional endowment. Oklahoma Christian achieved university status on March 28, 1990. By adding more faculty and new degree programs, he strengthened the academic programs. He strengthened ties between the university and both the local civic community and the church constituency. Outstanding on-campus events included visits from the President of the United States, governors, business leaders, and those famous in the arts and media.
Under the leadership of Dr. Kevin Jacobs, a 1982 Oklahoma Christian graduate, the university set enrollment records for five straight years, added an MBA program, had significant fundraising success, and extended our long history of leadership in the innovative use of technology by implementing a wireless campus network and providing a laptop for every full-time student. The improvement of campus facilities included the expansion of the Garvey Center with the McIntosh Conservatory and Recital Hall, and the renovation of the Gaylord University Center.
Alfred Branch served as Oklahoma Christian's president in 2001 and 2002, showing courageous and effective leadership as he guided the university through a pivotal time in its history. He came to OC as its executive vice president and chief operating officer in 1999 and served in those roles following his presidential tenure from 2002 until 2008. He oversaw the development of more than $48 million in student housing, campus renovations, and retail projects.
Mike O'Neal became OC's sixth president on June 17, 2002. He connected OC with leaders from all over the globe, including a partnership with Rwanda that brought some of that nation's best and brightest students here to study at OC. He also established new relationships with alumni, churches, and friends in the local business community. His tenure included vital improvements in the university's financial stability, numerous enrollment records, the construction of many new facilities through the $64.3 million Higher Learning~Higher Calling campaign, the growth of OC's academic programs, and the strengthening of the faith foundation upon which OC was built.


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Two more members of Cuba's team in this year's World Baseball Classic have defected from the island to pursue a career in the majors, according to multiple news media reports.
Erisbel Arruebarruena, Cuba's starting shortstop in the WBC, and reliever Raicel Iglesias are said to be training in the Dominican Republic and Mexico, respectively, according to the Spanish daily El Nuevo Herald in Miami. Both players are seeking to establish residency in those countries so they can apply for free agency and negotiate with MLB teams.
In late October, their WBC teammate Jose Dariel Abreu signed a six-year, $68 million deal with the Chicago White Sox, the largest contract ever given a Cuban defector. Also in October, the Los Angeles Dodgers signed Cuban infielder Alexander Guerrero for four years and $28 million.
Arruebarruena and Iglesias, both 23, are not expected to command those types of figures, but they have drawn interest from big-league clubs.
Arruebarruena, who batted .375 in six WBC games, is known as an outstanding fielding shortstop in the mold of Jose Iglesias. He enjoyed the best offensive season of his six years with Cienfuegos of the Cuban league in 2011-12, when he batted .320 with an .887 on-base plus slugging percentage.
However, noted Cuban baseball expert and author Peter Bjarkman points out that while Arruebarruena has displayed great defensive skills, especially range and the ability to throw from different angles, "he tries to make too many impossible plays and is dubbed Errorbarruena in Cuba as a result.''
And despite the enhanced offensive production, there are major questions about Arruebarruena's ability to hit in the majors. Offensive numbers tend to be skewed in the Cuban league, where batting averages well above .300 are common.
The right-handed Raicel Iglesias pitched in relief both in the WBC and for his Cuban team, Isla de la Juventud, going a combined 4-3 with a 3.71 ERA in 58 games (three starts) in the last two seasons. Bjarkman rates him as a better prospect because of his "very live arm'' and previous success at the international level.
Both Arruebarruena and Iglesias were detained in Cuba in September for trying to defect. If they gain free agency, they may follow in the steps of a string of Cuban players who have reached the majors in recent years, making a strong impression.
Among them, Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez was named last week the National League rookie of the year, with Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig as the runner-up. In the American League, the Detroit Tigers' Iglesias finished second in the rookie voting, the same as Oakland Athletics outfielder Yoenis Cespedes last season.


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Comodo is Creating Trust Online® because none of us can realize the full potential of the Internet unless it's a trusted place to interact and conduct business.
Our dependence on computers and the Internet grows with each passing day, and so, too, does our vulnerability. Daily news reports confirm a clear and present danger confronting all Internet users from ever-growing and evolving malware (a collective term to describe viruses, Trojans, worms, etc.), cyber-crime, cyber-terrorism and related threats. These threats, primarily the work of highly-sophisticated organized crime groups, directly harm millions of Internet users each day and are eroding our trust in the Internet. Every individual or business using the Internet has a role in restoring this trust. The Comodo family of companies is providing the tools we all need to do it.


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The Chemistry Department offers a minor in Sustainability Studies to students from any major.
Sustainability Studies minors will gain interdisciplinary knowledge in ecology, economics and environmental ethics. In this hands-on minor you'll also learn from local organizations that are addressing environmental sustainability challenges through service learning.
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News Headline: Bristol-Myers Squibb Announces Charitable Donation of $1 Million to Support Immuno-Oncology Education for Patients and Caregivers
Date: 3/3/14
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Company today announced donations totaling $1 million in 2013 to four nonprofit organizations that support patients with cancer. The donations will fund the development and availability of educational materials for patients and caregivers about the emerging field of cancer research and treatment called immuno-oncology. Bonnie Addario Lung Cancer Foundation, Cancer Support Community, LUNGevity, and Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer each received a $250,000 charitable contribution to advance their independent educational initiatives.
"Bristol-Myers Squibb is committed to leading advances in immuno-oncology, from early discovery and clinical development to providing education and access to care for patients," said Joseph Leveque, MD, vice president, Oncology, U.S. Medical, Bristol-Myers Squibb. "We are proud to support these organizations in their efforts to help educate patients and caregivers about this rapidly evolving area of cancer research and treatment."
Surgery, radiation, cytotoxic or targeted therapies have represented the mainstay of cancer treatment over the last several decades, but long-term survival and a positive quality of life have remained elusive for many patients with advanced disease. To address this unmet medical need, Bristol-Myers Squibb is leading advances in immuno-oncology.
Immuno-oncology is based on the premise that the immune system is the body's most powerful and effective tool for recognizing and fighting disease. Unlike traditional therapies that target the tumor, immuno-oncology agents are designed to harness the natural capabilities of the patient's immune system to fight cancer by targeting the very same pathways that tumor cells use to evade recognition and distribution. The goal of immuno-oncology is to change survival expectations and the way that patients live with cancer.
Visit www.lungcancerfoundation.org, www.cancersupportcommunity.org, www.lungevity.org, and www.sitcancer.org to learn more about these organizations.
About Bristol-Myers Squibb
Bristol-Myers Squibb is a global biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing and delivering innovative medicines that help patients prevail over serious diseases. For more information about Bristol-Myers Squibb, visit www.bms.com, or follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/bmsnews.


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Berklee Alumni Earn 36 Grammy Award Nominations
The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences nominated 30 Berklee alumni for a total of 36 Grammy Awards. For the third year in a row, Berklee alumni are nominated in the top three categories: Record of the Year, Album of the Year, and Song of the Year. Among the Berklee alumni nominated in these categories are three of the four members of Imagine Dragons (guitarist Wayne Sermon, drummer Daniel Platzman, and bassist Ben McKee), up for Record of the Year for their chart-topper "Radioactive." Other Berklee alumni are nominated in the top three categories for their work on hits like "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell; "Locked Out of Heaven by Bruno Mars; "Just Give Me a Reason" by Pink featuring Nate Ruess; Taylor Swift's album Red; and Kendrick Lamar's album Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City. To date, Berklee alumni have collectively won 231 Grammy Awards.
The 56th Annual Grammy Awards will be held on Sunday, January 26, and will be broadcast on CBS at 8:00 p.m. EST/7:00 p.m. CST
A full list of Berklee alumni Grammy Award nominees follows:
Category 1 – Record of the Year
"Radioactive," artist: Imagine Dragons
Berklee nominees: Imagine Dragons members, guitarist Wayne Sermon '08, drummer Daniel Platzman '09, bassist Ben McKee '09; Josh Mosser '05, engineer/mixer
"Locked out of Heaven," artist: Bruno Mars
Berklee nominees: Jeff Bhasker '99, co-producer; Josh Blair '99, engineer/mixer
"Blurred Lines," Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell
Berklee nominees: Tony Maserati '86, engineer/mixer
Category 2 – Album of the Year
Red, artist: Taylor Swift
Berklee nominees: Jeff Bhasker '99, co-producer; Pawel Sek '00, engineer/mixer
Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City, Kendrick Lamar
Berklee nominees: Anna Wise '10, featured artist; Dawaun Parker '05, co-producer
Category 3 – Song of the Year
"Just Give Me a Reason," artist: Pink featuring Nate Ruess
Berklee nominees: Jeff Bhasker '99, co-songwriter.
Category 7 – Best Pop Instrumental Album
Hacienda – artist: Jeff Lorber Fusion
Berklee nominees: Jeff Lorber '71
Summer Horns, artist: Dave Koz, Gerald Albright, Mindi Abair, and Richard Elliot
Berklee nominees: Mindi Abair '91
Category 12 – Best Rock Performance
"Radioactive," artist: Imagine Dragons
Berklee nominees: Imagine Dragons members, guitarist Wayne Sermon '08, drummer Daniel Platzman '09, bassist Ben McKee '09
Category 13 – Best Metal Performance
"The Enemy Inside," artist: Dream Theater
Berklee nominees: Dream Theater members, guitarist John Petrucci '86, John Myung '86
"In Due Time," artist: Killswitch Engage
Berklee nominees: Killswitch Engage member Adam Dutkiewicz '99
Category 17 – Best R&B Performance
"Something," artist: Snarky Puppy with Lalah Hathaway
Berklee nominees: Lalah Hathaway '94
Category 19 – Best R&B Song
"Love and War," artist: Tamar Braxton
Berklee nominees: Makeba Riddick '99, co-songwriter
Category 31 – Best Improvised Jazz Solo
"Stadium Jazz," artist: Donny McCaslin
Berklee nominees: Donny McCaslin '88, soloist
Category 32 – Best Jazz Vocal Album
After Blue, artist: Tierney Sutton
Berklee nominees: Tierney Sutton '87
Category 33 – Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Guided Tour, artist: The New Gary Burton Quartet
Berklee nominees: The New Gary Burton Quartet members, vibraphonist Gary Burton '62, guitarist Julian Lage '08, and drummer Antonio Sanchez '97
Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue, Terri Lyne Carrington
Berklee nominees: Terri Lyne Carrington '83
Category 34 – Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Wild Beauty, artist: Brussels Jazz Orchestra feat. Joe Lovano
Berklee nominee: Joe Lovano '72
Category 41 – Best Latin Pop Album
12 Historias, artist: Tommy Torres
Berklee nominee: Tommy Torres '94
Category 47 – Best Bluegrass Album
This World Oft Can Be, artist: Della Mae
Berklee nominee: Della Mae member Courtney Hartman '12
Category 56 – Best Musical Theater Album
Kinky Boots, artist: Original Broadway Cast
Berklee nominee: Stephen Oremus '92, co-producer
Category 61 – Best Instrumental Arrangement
Wild Beauty, artist: Brussels Jazz Orchestra featuring Joe Lovano
Berklee nominee: Gil Goldstein '70, arranger
Category 62 – Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
Swing Low, artist: Bobby McFerrin and Esperanza Spalding
Berkle nominee: Gil Goldstein '70, arranger
Category 63 – Best Recording Package
Automatic Music Can Be Fun, artist: Geneseo
Berklee nominee: Mike Brown '99, art director
Category 67 – Best Engineered Album, non-classical
...Like Clockwork, artist: Queens of the Stone Age
Berklee nominee: Gavin Lurssen '91, mastering engineer


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11th September 2017
September is AMEC Measurement Month making today an ideal time to discuss the big question: How do you measure success? It's the question that shows up on every RFP. And the one that the communications field, as a whole, still struggles to answer.
Too often, valiant attempts to show ROI backfire, pulling teams off track from driving real results in order to hit KPIs that are no more insightful than "the thud factor."
Are your KPIs doing what you want them to do? Let's evaluate some classic metrics.
More eyeballs don't always equate to higher value. For instance, a hit in the Huffington Post will bump your numbers up by nearly 200 million. But if your buyers don't read HuffPo, or your coverage merely lists you as company in a certain location – or some such frivolity – those 200 million readers are useless to you.
Top Tier Hits
Appearing in a top tier outlet isn't necessarily what your brand needs. If you offer a product for teens, is a mention in the Wall Street Journal what you want your team focused on? When used correctly, however, this can be a powerful metric. At Grayling, when a client requests a certain amount of top tier hits, we always start by mutually defining which outlets constitute "top tier" for that brand.
Ad Value Equivalency (AVE)
This debate has been going on for so long, it's hard to believe I'm writing about it. Simply put, PR is not advertising and it shouldn't be measured against ad spend. AVE is tempting – so tempting because it's easily digestible, measurable and, on the surface, puts a reasonable dollar amount against efforts. Surely this gives you a true ROI, right? No. Because much like the old thud factor, it considers only outlet and inches. It doesn't factor in tone, message pull through, reader relevancy and – most importantly in today's age of communication – engagement.
So, if those metrics are off the table, how should we measure success?
First, we should stop thinking about quantity and start thinking about quality. At Grayling, we create advantage for our clients. And that's a very different thing than "driving coverage."
Driving coverage means accumulating hits. Creating advantage means getting the right message to the right audience at the right moment. And in today's world of largely on-line communications, we can actually measure that success. Be it click throughs, retweets, shares or likes – we can measure if we're getting through, changing the narrative, and even driving sales. We can measure advantage.
This measurement month, let's demand more from our metrics.
Danica Ross is Grayling's Chief Client Officer
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Danica Ross, Grayling San Francisco US Executive Vice President, on how brands can guide themselves through the 'the new space race' – part of our #7for17 trends series.In an era where brands...Read More
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Here's supermodel legend Naomi Campbell, arriving at JFK in NYC. She's wearing a colorful pair of Nike x Riccardo Tisci Air Force 1 Boots, which were part of the Givenchy creative director's Nike capsule collection that launched earlier this year. The boots are all sold out, but the low-top AF1s are still available in certain sizes for $230 at Barneys.
Supermodels are so easy to spot at the airport sometimes. If you're a fan of celeb airport fashion (and who isn't, really?), be sure to check out "50 Celebrities and the Bags They Carried to Fly out of LAX This Summer" on PurseBlog. It seems slightly absurd to put the following in print, BUT: we could totally have a separate blog dedicated to celeb airport style, and you would love it.


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Timing of radiation after surgery for cervical cancer
Last Reviewed: November 1, 2001
I would like to know the time gap required between radiotherapy and surgery regarding the management of a patient with cancer of the cervix.
Thank you,
Dr. S
Ken Blank M.D., Editorial Assistant for OncoLink replies:
The time interval between surgery and radiation is often at the discretion of the radiation oncologist and gynecologist. In general, at least two weeks allows for adequate wound healing before the start of radiation, although this varies greatly from patient to patient.
For more information, please see OncoLink's section on the treatment of cervical cancer.
Thank you for your interest in OncoLink.


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Democratic senators seemed shell-shocked over Republicans' decision to force a vote on stricter abortion regulations amid shouting from the gallery that made their action inaudible.
Their outrage was heightened when the electronic record of the action changed the date of passage from Wednesday to Tuesday. Democrats had said the vote took place after midnight, when the session was due to end. But Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, said the voting had started before midnight. The Senate still hasn't adjourned.
"I guess when you're determined to have a certain outcome, rules and procedures can just go by the wayside," said Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, a San Antonio Democrat who came to the session after her father's funeral.
Sen. Carlos Uresti, D-San Antonio, said he saw the Senate journal clerk starting the vote at 12:02 a.m.
"It's handwritten and she has it down in her little notebook," he said. "I've seen it."
Sen. Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen, distributed copies of the change, showing both dates. He called the vote "a sham."
It occurred as opponents of the bill shouted and screamed from the gallery, drowning out any chance for the proceedings to be heard. Senators huddled around the secretary of the Senate to cast votes.
"This is remarkable chaos," said Sen. Sylvia Garcia, D-Houston, She noted she is in her first session as a new senator but said, "I've never seen anything ilke this."
Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, in the Legislature for 40 years, said, "No one has ever seen anything like this… It's never happened, anything like this."
When a reporter said he had arrived late as a prelude to a question, Whitmire laughed.
"You missed a hell of a show," he said.
(H/T to my colleagues David Rauf and Lisa Falkenberg for snagging comments)


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The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) has been dominated for its first half century by a hunt for unusual radio signals transmitted by an advanced civilization. Writing exclusively in March's Physics World, Davies, director of BEYOND: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science at Arizona State University in the US, explains why the search for radio signals is limited and how we might progress.
As Davies writes, "speculation about SETI is bedevilled by the trap of anthropocentrism – a tendency to use 21st-century human civilisation as a model for what an extraterrestrial civilisation would be like… After 50 years of traditional SETI, the time has come to widen the search from radio signals."
Questioning the idea of an alien civilization beaming radio signals towards Earth, Davies explains that even if the aliens were, say, 500 light years away (close by SETI standards), the aliens would be communicating with Earth in 1510 – long before we were equipped to pick up radio signals.
While SETI activity has been concentrated in radio astronomy, from Frank Drake's early telescope to the more recent Allen Telescope Array, astronomers have only ever been met with an (almost) eerie silence. Within the next decade, Frank Drake says that the Earth will go "radio silent" due to the advent of underground fiber optic delivery of Internet and wireless traffic and sateliite transmission that beams its signals back to Earth, rather that out to the Milky Way at large.
Davies suggests that there may be more convincing signs of intelligent alien life, either here on Earth in the form of bizarre microorganisms that somehow found their way to Earth, or in space, through spotting the anomalous absence of, for example, energy-generating particles that an alien life form might have harvested.
"Using the full array of scientific methods from genomics to neutrino astrophysics," Davies writes, "we should begin to scrutinise the solar system and our region of the galaxy for any hint of past or present cosmic company."
The Daily Galaxy via the Institute of Physics


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When Sarah and I were first married, we maintained the two separate checking accounts that we had when we were single. Mostly, we kept it this way out of convenience, as we both were in the routine of paying monthly bills.
To keep things straightforward, we divided up the shared monthly bills. We were each responsible for our own bills – the loan on the car we individually drove to work, our own student loans, and so on. The rest were divided between us based on our income level.
We stuck with this format through our years of overspending as well as through the first few years of our financial turnaround. In fact, we only merged our accounts in 2008, well after our financial situation had strongly rebounded.
During the period where we overspent, it was good that we had separate accounts. If our accounts were combined, I am confident we would have overdrafted regularly, something we managed to avoid with separate accounts. Our mistakes were related to not having shared goals and spending for today.
However, when we started to get our financial house in order, we combined our accounts.
The reason is simple. It became really clear to both of us that we are both affected by every financial move either one of us makes. If Sarah spends $20, then that's $20 less available to me over the long run. I might not see the impact of that $20 spent immediately, but I will see it eventually in some fashion, either in terms of having less in our shared savings or having to cover a bill or an expense. The reverse is true – if I spend $20, then that's $20 less that Sarah has.
In fact, this is the approach I would suggest for any couple trying to figure out their finances.
If you're in a position where you both overspend and you're both individually struggling to keep the bills paid, a shared account can be a real problem. It just gives you both a tool with which to blame the other for the financial problems without taking them upon your own shoulders.
If you can look at your account statement and see all of the withdrawals your partner made, it becomes very easy to just blame your partner for everything. It gives you a crutch with which you can avoid taking on personal responsibility for the situation.
Keeping your accounts separate means that you have to take responsibility for your own mistakes. You can't blame anyone else for not having enough money in your account. You made the choices.
When you've reached the point where you can both admit that you have a problem and are working to correct it and you can begin to see those changes reflected in your checking account, merging accounts makes a great deal of sense.
When accounts are merged, the responsibility is shared. Your spending decisions affect your partner more directly than ever, so you have to be more responsible than ever before. If you're in a position where you're spending more than you should out of your own individual account, you're not ready yet. You're still not responsible for your own decisions, let alone those of your partner.
How will you know when that time comes? The best sign is when you're taking care of your own business successfully. Is your balance growing each month, rather than persisting in a paycheck-to-paycheck state? If your partner's money is tight, are you willing and able to help your partner out?
What about individual spending freedom? Our method of doing this is to simply have an informal "allowance" of free spending for both of us each month. Sarah buys things and I don't really question it because I know she keeps a cap on the spending.
Sharing a checking account is a vital step in becoming more responsible for the financial well-being of your partner. If you're not ready for that responsibility – and we weren't when we were first married – then you shouldn't have a merged account. It will end up causing many more financial panics and much more conflict with your partner and if you're not ready to take charge of your money, all it will cause is fighting. Wait until you're both ready to take responsibility not just for your own spending, but for your shared spending.


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Wood storks are again calling the South Carolina coast home
No more than 15 years ago, it would have made a bird watcher's week to see the seldom-seen wood stork.
Today, a daily siting is not unusual.
That development pleases watchers, environmental agencies and wildlife experts who are happy to see wood storks -- and in large numbers -- calling the South Carolina coast home.
As the population has grown in recent years, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources has launched a new wood stork study -- part of a collaborative project throughout the Southeast -- to learn more about their movements, demography and longevity, according to a DNR release.
"These studies are important to help us track the movement of the birds," said Ken Scott, vice president of the Fripp Audubon club and a frequent birder. "We are trying to find out where the wood storks go and which ones come back for nesting."
DNR has banded more than 50 wood storks with easy to spot orange bands with black numbers. It is asking people who see the such storks to report the sightings as part of the project.
Scott said he has called in several sightings in the past month and knows others in the club have, as well.
Just last year, the birds were listed as a federally protected endangered species, but the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed in December to change that status to "threatened."
The growing number of wood storks indicate a healthier environment, Scott said.
Pete Richards, president of the Fripp Audubon club, said the birds are a great success story, especially in Beaufort County along the barrier islands. While he doesn't have specific local numbers, he says wood stork numbers from the club's annual Christmas Bird Count have continued to rise.
The protected habitat here provides wood storks with perfect nesting and feeding grounds and have been a key factor in their growth.
"This data that the DNR is collecting is really important to see trends and any issues these birds are facing and then develop strategies to address them," Richards said. "It's important to ensure these birds can continue to live, survive and thrive."


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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - With the wind gusting to nearly 40 miles per hour, it wasn't surprising that goals were hard to come by on Saturday at Reese Stadium. As a result, Yale and defending Ivy League champion Penn played 110 minutes of scoreless soccer before a soggy crowd of 526.
"The wind was a big factor, especially in the first half," said Yale head coach Rudy Meredith. "It definitely changes the way you play. You really have to be careful."
Nevertheless, the game was well played, despite the conditions. Both teams had a couple of good chances. Penn's Molly Weir floated a ball from the right wing that banged off the crossbar in the 20th minute. Less than 10 minutes later, the Bulldogs had a good chance when Quaker goalkeeper Cailly Carroll got caught out of position. Miyuki Hino had a shot at the empty net, but a Penn defender cleared it away.
Yale goalkeeper Ayana Sumiyasu made her best save of the game early in the second half when she deflected a hard Michelle Drugan shot over the crossbar. Carroll thwarted a Yale opportunity in the 76th minute by racing out to smother a ball at the edge of the box just before a streaking Maggie Westfal could get to it.
With both teams needing a win to stay in the Ivy race, the second 10-minute overtime period was wide open. Westfal had a chance to end it with nine minutes remaining but her header of a Sophia Merrifield cross went wide. With less than a minute remaining, Carroll intercepted a Natalia Mann cross that was intended for Emma Whitfield.
Penn (8-4-3, 2-1-2 Ivy) outshot the Bulldogs 11-8 and had a 10-3 edge in corner kicks.
Sumiyasu finished with four saves for Yale (7-5-2, 2-2-1 Ivy).
"I was pleased with our effort," Meredith said. "It was a very even game. We had a couple of chances but were a little unlucky."
The Bulldogs are back in action on Wednesday night when they host Central Connecticut. Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m.
Report filed by Tim Bennett, Yale Sports Publicity


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Application deadline: November 9, 2018
Read about the 2014 trip on the Earth Institute blog!
Slide show from the 2011 Death Valley trip.
Comments from recent participants.
Read about the 2003 trip in Earth Institute News!
Looking down on Death Valley from Dante's View.
Telescope Peak on the skyline rises to an elevation of 11,049 feet.
Photo: Ji Woon Park (2014)
The excursion is aimed at first-year and sophomore students with little or no prior background in the Earth and environmental sciences, striking a balance between the examination of modern phenomena and examples from the geological record, and with emphasis on developing interpretations from observations. Many of the outcrops are accessible with short hikes. However, days are long, and in the absence of shade, several traverses are physically demanding when the weather is hot (more than 90° F in 2004, 2013 and 2015). In 2018, we experienced persistent heavy rain our first night camping, and required woolly hats and down jackets on two mornings.
The field trip will focus on the geology of Death Valley and adjacent areas in the eastern California desert -- a chance to see geology in action, and to look back more than 1 billion years through geological time, in an area of outstanding vistas and natural beauty. The terrain is spectacular, with more than 11,000 feet of topographic relief due to the uplift of mountain blocks with respect to structural valleys along faults, a process that started some 40 million years ago as a result of stretching and thinning of the crust in this region, and continues today.
Pulling Death Valley Apart
The extreme topographic relief has led to the down-cutting of steep-sided erosional valleys, and to the construction of alluvial fans where streams emerge from the mountains. In places, huge landslides have moved and broken apart the bedrock geology. On the steep, faulted east flank of central Death Valley, once deeply buried metamorphic rocks as old as 1.7 billion years and intrusive igneous rocks as young as 11.6 million years were ductilely deformed at a depth of at least 10-12 km, but they are cut by little-deformed 9 million-year-old dikes and found as fragments in 5 million-year-old gravels as a result of rapid exhumation. While many of the faults accommodate extension of the crust, some allow adjacent blocks to move sideways, a process that is expressed locally by the folding of sedimentary layers and by the lateral offset of stream channels and geological features. Outpourings of lava and ash from explosive volcanoes locally cover the landscape. At an earlier time, some 65 to 300 million years ago, this same region was compressed and shortened by folding and faulting that allowed crustal blocks to be displaced upward and over other blocks, in places causing the sedimentary layers to be turned upside down. Prior to 300 million years ago, the area was covered much of the time by a shallow sea teeming with life. Great thicknesses of fossiliferous carbonate sediments accumulated along the edge of the North American continent, then located at low latitude. We are going to examine examples of these and other features, focussing on the processes at work, the geological history and, in some cases, competing interpretations of geological complexities. Our emphasis in the field will be the observations upon which the interpretations are based. The intent of the excursion is to show you some fabulous geology while you take a well-earned break from spring classes. Among planned diversions, those wishing to do so will be able to take a dip in the hot springs not far from our base in Tecopa.
Geology of Death Valley National Park (Full size version)
The excursion is aimed at first-year and sophomore students with little or no prior background in the Earth and environmental sciences. We are nevertheless going to do real geology -- this isn't Earth science for poets or geotourism. Contrasting vignettes have been selected, striking a balance between the examination of modern phenomena, particularly in the vicinity of Death Valley itself, and examples from the geological record back to more than 1 billion years. Two key localities will be visited each day, with short stops at selected other places. There is so much great stuff to see! Working in small groups, students will make observations/collect data and develop/defend hypotheses (plausible explanations), in some cases in response to specific questions. The instructor and teaching assistant will provide help as needed, and lead discussions aimed at drawing general conclusions from specific examples. Our focus is what you can observe rather than conveying information.
Many participants will be introduced to the world of geology for the first time. For a few students, the experience will reinforce concepts that may have been covered already in formal courses in high school or at Columbia. Those who would like to find out more about the Earth sciences are encouraged to enroll in EESC UN2200, The Solid Earth System, one of three co-ordinated courses dealing with the ocean, atmosphere, solid Earth and life from a systems perspective.
Preparation for the trip will include modest background reading and several sessions to introduce the geology. We have found that such preparation is important to help students to benefit from their experience in the field. Assigned readings have been posted in Columbia University Courseworks. Sessions are provisionally scheduled as follows, at 7:30-9:00 p.m. on Friday evenings in Schermerhorn 558. The day of week and time have been chosen to accommodate the varied schedules of participants.
Friday, January 25. Overview of excursion.
Friday, February 1. Plate tectonics.
Friday, February 8. Sediments and the sedimentary record.
Friday, February 15. Squeezing, stretching, and sliding sideways.
Friday, February 22. The development of Death Valley and the modern landscape.
Friday, March 8. Final briefing on logistics.
The group will fly round trip from JFK or Newark to Las Vegas, Nevada, and travel in the field by van. Overnight accommodation will be split between camping (one night at Red Rock Canyon near Las Vegas; two nights at Furnace Creek in Death Valley) and Cynthia's Hostel in Tecopa (the final four nights). Showers are available in Tecopa (free), and at Tecopa Hot Springs. Use of the hot springs involves a modest charge (to be negotiated; $4.50 in 2018). There are flush toilets and drinking water at Furnace Creek. The nearest showers there are in the pool area at Furnace Creek Ranch ($5 per person, payable in advance at the registration desk before 11 p.m.). The open-air pool is filled with naturally heated spring water. Swimsuits are required at Furnace Creek and not permitted at Tecopa (historically owing to the sensitivity of the wetland ecosystem into which the water drains). Pool bathing at the latter continues to be segregated by gender. The group camping area at Red Rock is equipped with modern pit toilets. No showers at Red Rock.
Most food will be prepared communally. There is a fully equipped kitchen at the hostel in Tecopa. Barbecue grills, camp stoves, lanterns and ice chests will be available for the Death Valley overnights. Large pots, cutting boards, knives, washing-up materials, dish cloths, etc. will be supplied for communal use. Wood should be purchased in advance in Las Vegas, Nevada. Prices for virtually anything are inflated at Furnace Creek Ranch. Students will self-select four teams of five (at least one of which will accommodate vegetarians and others with dietary restrictions). Each team will be responsible for the preparation and clean-up of one evening meal for the entire group. Your other evenings will be free of responsibility. Menus will be co-ordinated in advance, paying attention to dietary preferences. We plan to dine at inexpensive restaurants on our first evening (in Las Vegas) and third evening (in Death Valley). Dinner will be catered upon arrival in Tecopa (day four).
This is a full-immersion experience, with long days in the field. Expect to get tired and to need plenty of sleep. Leave other coursework at home. Bring a novel or self-entertainment (nothing loud). A star chart is useful. The desert night sky is remarkably clear.
(All photos by Nick Christie-Blick except where otherwise noted.)
We plan to depart each day between 8:00 and 8:30 a.m., and to return by 6:30 p.m. (Daylight Saving Time).
Saturday, March 16. Arrival in Las Vegas. Localities in the Spring Mountains, west of Las Vegas, Nevada: Red Spring (lunch); Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area visitor center; Calico Hills; Willow Spring. Principal themes: deformation related to crustal shortening; eolian or wind-influenced sedimentation (Mesozoic). Dinner in Las Vegas. Night at Red Rock Canyon Campground in the eastern Spring Mountains.
Top left: Calico Hills (2013, courtesy Kirsten Arnell)
Sunday, March 17. Localities at Eagle Mountain and in Furnace Creek Wash: Eagle Mountain (lunch); Hole in the Wall; Zabriskie Point. Principal themes: alluvial and lacustrine sedimentation, faulting and Neptunian dikes (Miocene); alluvial fan and lacustrine sedimentation along the Furnace Creek fault (Miocene-Pliocene). Night at Furnace Creek Campground in Death Valley. Barbecue dinner.
Top left: Eagle Mountain (2005, courtesy
Kevin Wheeler)
Monday, March 18. Localities are in the northern Panamint Range and northern Death Valley: Mosaic Canyon (lunch); Ubehebe crater; Old Stovepipe Well. Principal themes: Ductile and brittle fault rocks, and valley-filling gravels; volcanic and eolian phenomena (modern examples). Dinner at Furnace Creek Ranch. Night at Furnace Creek Campground in Death Valley.
Top left: Sand dunes in Death Valley
Tuesday, March 19. Localities in the Black Mountains, and along the east side of central Death Valley: Dante's View; Gower Gulch (lunch); Badwater; Badwater turtleback. Principal themes: extensional faulting and alluvial fan development (Miocene to modern). Night at Cynthia's Hostel in Tecopa. Dinner upon arrival.
Top left: Blooming desert and flooded
playa (2005)
Wednesday, March 20. Localities in the southern Nopah Range and southeastern Funeral Mountains: Emigrant Pass (lunch); Bat Mountain. Principal themes: marine terrigenous and carbonate sedimentation and fossils (Paleozoic). Night at Cynthia's Hostel.
Top left: Emigrant Pass, Nopah Range (2008)
Thursday, March 21. Alexander Hills (lunch); Sperry Wash. Principal themes: marine sedimentation and igneous intrusion, and stratigraphic arrangements at a basin margin (Proterozoic). Night at Cynthia's Hostel.
Top left: Green, brown and white rocks
in the Alexander Hills (2008)
Friday, March 22. Localities in the southern Nopah Range and Resting Spring Range: War Eagle Mine (lunch); Resting Spring Pass. Principal themes: marine carbonate sedimentation (Proterozoic) and volcanic ash flow (Miocene). Visit to China Ranch. The home-made date milkshakes are recommended. Night at Cynthia's Hostel.
Top left: Noonday Dolomite scramble (2006)
Saturday, March 23. Cleaning up and preparing for departure. Transit to the airport in Las Vegas.Flying out of Las Vegas on the red eye (2015, courtesy Ainsley Katz)
The course will be graded pass/no pass. Our intent is for you to have a stimulating experience.
The student contribution to the cost of the week-long excursion, which includes air fare, transportation in the field, accommodation, food, park entry fees, and course materials, is $475 per student (approximately 50% of the actual cost).
Email applications (and queries) should be sent as soon as possible, and no later than November 9, 2018, to Professor Nicholas Christie-Blick (email@example.com). Please include contact information (full name, mailing address, telephone, e-mail); year at Columbia University or Barnard College; a summary of prior Earth science courses or experiences, and why you wish to join the excursion; intended major(s) or concentration(s) if known; how you found out about the trip; and any health, dietary or other concerns. Most of the outcrops are readily accessible with short hikes, but two traverses will require some scrambling over steep rocky terrain.
As a result of heavy demand, the trip is restricted to first- and second-year students from Columbia College/General Studies, Barnard College and the School of Engineering and Applied Science. We can accommodate a maximum of 20 students.
All students must register for EESC UN1010 (2 units).
Each student's contribution of $450 is requested no later than November 16, so that we can go ahead with airline reservations. Checks are payable to the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. These may be taken to the campus DEES office (Room 557, Schermerhorn; note that the office closes at 4 p.m.) or sent by mail to Sally Odland at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY 10964-8000. Please mark checks "Death Valley" to ensure that they are credited to the correct account.
Students will need clothing suitable for warm to hot days (70-90° F, depending on elevation) and cool nights (45-60° F), including sun hat, sunblock, and sunglasses; as well as down jacket or equivalent, woolly hat, and gloves. Bring boots with good tread suitable for clambering over rough terrain (with enough room for two pairs of socks to avoid blisters); a pair of comfortable shoes or sneakers; sleeping bag, insulating pad, ground cloth; a plate, mug, cutlery suitable for three nights camping; two one-quart (liter) water containers or equivalent for the field (Nalgene bottles are good); day pack; swimsuit and towel; and a flashlight (essential). Cell phone reception is patchy in the Death Valley area. There are pay phones at each overnight location. The chance of significant rain is not high (a monthly average of 0.25 inches for March; 2.4 inches annually), but some protection is advised. It can also be windy during the spring season. Standard practice is not to use tents, but to sleep under the stars (literally). However, tents will be needed in case of inclement weather. Some will undoubtedly prefer to pitch a tent even if the weather is fine. It is the responsibility of participants to provide a tent or to make arrangements to share. Space will be limited in the vans, particularly when we are in transit. It will be necessary to be disciplined about luggage. Soft-sided bags are packed most easily.
Students will require a notebook, pencil/eraser, scale or ruler (15 cm). A 10x hand lens will be provided.
Optional equipment includes a geological hammer, a small pocket knife, binoculars (or a monocular), Brunton compass, a digital camera. Estwing hammers are sold at many hardware stores. Both hammers and knives must be placed in checked baggage to prevent confiscation by airport security.
The instructor will be bringing each of these items, along with a whisk broom (to clean off dusty outcrops), a small shovel, and 10% hydrochloric acid (to test carbonate rock samples).
None of the places to be visited is especially unsafe, so long as we follow some rules. To ensure the success of the trip, please observe the following advice and requests.
Follow instructions. While we are in the field, be prepared to reassemble at pre-specified times and places. Do not wander off alone. At best, it wastes time. At worst, it is an issue of safety.
Watch where you put your hands and feet, particularly when climbing. Natural hazards include rattlesnakes, scorpions, and a great many varieties of thorny plants. Snakes like to sun themselves on ledges. Be aware of sharp rocks, particularly carbonates. Gloves are useful for climbing. Do not run down hills. Loose material tends to move in unexpected ways. None of these hazards has proven to be a serious problem on past trips. Insects are generally incompatible with the desert terrain, and they are encountered primarily near stagnant water and vegetation.
On steep slopes, avoid rolling blocks onto those below you. Avoid being directly beneath others on a slope. Be especially vigilant in proximity to cliffs. Never stand close to a cliff edge. You have no way of knowing how stable the rocks are, and every incentive not to find out.
Be careful when using a rock hammer in proximity to others. Shield your eyes. Never strike one hammer against another. They're made of hardened steel, and tend to splinter.
Drink plenty of water to avoid becoming dehydrated, particularly at the beginning of the day. Take at least two quarts (liters) with you on hot days and long traverses. A wide-brim sun hat, sunblock and sunglasses are strongly recommended.
Wear sturdy boots suitable for clambering over rough terrain. They need good tread for traction. Wearing two pairs of socks is the best way to avoid blisters. Moleskin is an excellent solution if you happen to develop blisters.
The desert landscape is very fragile. Please respect it. No collecting of rocks or plants or artifacts is permitted in Death Valley National Park. Leave no trash.
Efforts will be made to take pit stops wherever convenient. Toilets are not widely available once we leave population centers, and there is very little cover in the desert. Please respect the privacy of others. Bury all waste. Do not pollute water sources.
We'll be living and travelling in close quarters. So treating others with respect applies everywhere and at all times. Stay relaxed. Chip in with chores that need to be done, without being asked. Do your part to make the trip a success. Respect quiet hours.
The drinking age for alcohol in California is 21. No consumption of alcohol is permitted during the day. No open (or opened) alcohol containers are permitted in vehicles under California State law. No illegal drugs. The conspicuous display of good judgment will be appreciated. Offenders will be sent home at their own expense.
For reasons of insurance, only the field-trip leader and teaching assistant are permitted to drive the vehicles.
Either of us can be consulted in case of any difficulty.
First aid kits will travel with each vehicle (under the second seat, by the door). In emergency, the nearest medical facility is Desert View Regional Medical Center, as much as 2.5 hours from northern Death Valley. This is located on Lola Lane on the west side of Pahrump. All students should be sure to bring evidence of health care coverage (either Columbia or private plans), along with any medication needed during the excursion.
Nicholas Christie-Blick is a Professor and former Chair of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and has been at Columbia University since 1983. He holds degrees in geology from the University of Cambridge, U.K. (B.A., 1974) and the University of California, Santa Barbara (Ph.D., 1979), and prior to joining Columbia was for three years a research geologist with Exxon in Houston, Texas. He teaches courses in sedimentary and field geology, receiving the Best Teacher Award in Earth and Environmental Sciences in 1996 and 2008 from the department's Ph.D. students, and in 2010 from the undergraduates (the inaugural year of that award). Christie-Blick's research deals with sedimentation processes, crustal deformation, and deep-time Earth history – currently with emphasis on the manner in which continental crust stretches prior to the formation of new ocean basins.
Genevieve Coffey is a fourth-year PhD student in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. She completed her BSc and MSc in geology at the University of Otago, New Zealand, where she focused on describing and dating earthquake deposits along the Alpine Fault. Her PhD research involves using biomarker thermal maturity (alteration of organic material in rocks) to quantify the heating that occurs along faults during earthquakes. By integrating this with field observations, she aims to get a better understanding of the earthquake energy budget and how earthquake propagation is related to fault structure. In addition to participating in a graduate field seminar to Death Valley in 2016, her research has brought her to the Basin and Range region for field work. She is very excited to return for the 2019 undergraduate field trip!http://eesc.columbia.edu/student/genevieve-coffey
Nicholas Christie-Blick
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
Palisades, New York 10964-8000
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Yesterday, at George Washington's Mount Vernon estate, Secretary Spellings announced a bold new approach to implementing the No Child Left Behind Act. Under this approach, which is outlined in great detail in "Raising Achievement: A New Path for No Child Left Behind" (http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/guid/raising/new-path-long.html), the Department is "willing to consider requests [for flexibility], as long as the results for students are there and the principles of the law are followed"what the Secretary refers to as the "bright lines" of the statute (e.g., assessing all students annually in grades 3-8, reporting results by student subgroups, improving the quality of teachers, etc.). As an example, the Secretary proposed giving some states more freedom in how they test students with disabilities. Previously, the Department only allowed states to test one percent of studentsthose with the most significant cognitive disabilitiesat their instructional level, rather than their grade level. Now, some states will be allowed to give alternate tests to an additional two percent of studentsthose with persistent academic disabilities. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2005/04/04072005.html. (Note the resources available in the right-hand column, like the Secretary's Wall Street Journal op-ed from that morning.)
At the same event, the Secretary announced $14 million in immediate support for students with disabilities, including a tool kit to help identify and assess those with special needs. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/guid/raising/disability-alt-assess.html.
Separately, in an April 2 Washington Post op-ed, Secretary Spellings restated the case for expanding the No Child Left Behind Act into high schools. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/news/opeds/edit/2005/04022005.html.
Special note: As the Department's reorganization continues to move forward, Christina Culver has been named Acting Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental and Interagency Affairs.
On March 29, the National Education Data Partnership (a collaboration among Achieve, the Council of Chief State School Officers, Standard & Poor's, and the CELT Corporation, financed by the Broad Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) unveiled www.schoolmatters.com, a web-based service that provides in-depth information and analysis about public schools, school districts, and state education agencies. Online, users will find:
- Student proficiency results on state reading and math tests, disaggregated by grades and student subgroups, for every school, district, and state;
- Student demographic information, including socioeconomic, English language learner, and special education populations at the school, district, and state levels;
- District and state financial data like revenue streams, spending allocations, and staff compensation;
- Community demographic data, such as income levels, household parental status, and adult educational attainment rates; and
- Standard & Poor's unique ratios that examine academic and financial performance in demographic context.
Also, the web site features research tools that allow users to compare student achievement across districts, track schools' and districts' progress in attaining goals established under the No Child Left Behind Act, and identify schools and districts that may be outperforming others.
Early Childhood Development
The next "Education News Parents Can Use" broadcast (April 19, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET) will focus on the years from birth through age five as a time of extraordinary growth and change. Research overwhelmingly demonstrates that children's successes in school and throughout life are tied to their ability to read. However, children do not automatically learn the skills they need to begin readingthey need help and practice. Indeed, children need learning environments rich in sounds and spoken language, with lots of opportunities to learn about books, letters, and numbers. Consequently, the broadcast's panel of experts will discuss, among other items, what activities parents can doin and out of the hometo help lay the foundation for reading; what quality preschool and early literacy programs look like; and what resources are available for parents, grandparents, child care providers, and pre-kindergarten teachers to prepare children to be successful in school. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/news/av/video/edtv/. (You can watch live and archived webcasts at http://www.connectlive.com/events/ednews/.)
IDEA Meetings
In January and February, the Department's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) received comments and recommendations for developing regulations based on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act. Now, with the Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) expected to be published this spring, the same office has announced a series of meetings in June and July to solicit feedback on the proposed regulations. The public meetings will be held 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. in San Antonio, TX (6/6), Nashville, TN (6/17), Sacramento, CA (6/22), Las Vegas, NV (6/24), New York, NY (6/27), Chicago, IL (6/29), and Washington, DC (7/12). OSERS will supply specific location information through the NPRM. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep/idea/public-meetings.html.
Beating the Odds
The Council of the Great City Schools' annual Beating the Odds report compares 2002, 2003, and 2004 test scores in 65 urban districts from 38 states. In both fourth- and eighth-grade reading and math, students improved:
In fourth-grade reading, 51.0 percent of urban school students scored at or above proficient, a 7.9 percentage point increase from 2002.
The percentage of students at or above proficient in fourth-grade math went from 44.1 percent to 55.3 percent, an 11.2 percent increase from 2002.
Students also improved in eighth-grade reading (37.2 percent to 39.9 percent) and math (36.5 percent to 43.8 percent) but at slower rates.
More importantly, 63.8 percent of all grades tested narrowed the size of the gap between white and black students in reading, and 57.5 percent closed the gap in math. Similarly, 53.2 percent of all grades narrowed the size of the gap between white and Hispanic students in reading, and 54.7 percent closed the gap in math. Meanwhile, for all grades tested, 15 to 20 percent of the districts showed greater improvement than their statewide average. For more information, please go to http://www.cgcs.org/pdfs/BTOVFINALFULLCOPY3.30.05.pdf. (Secretary Spellings' statement is available at http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2005/03/03282005.html.)
Dual Credit and Enrollment
Perfect timing! With the President promoting a new $125 million program to help at-risk high school students earn college credits, the Department's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) recently released two reports on dual credit and enrollment. The first, "Dual Credit and Exam-Based Courses in U.S. Public High Schools: 2002-03," provides national estimates of the number of public high schools that offered dual credit or exam-based courses, including Advance Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) classes, and overall enrollments in those courses. The second, "Dual Enrollment of High School Students at Postsecondary Institutions: 2002-03," specifies the prevalence of college coursetaking by high school students during the 12-month academic year, both within and outside of formal programs. More information, please go to http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2005009 and http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2005008.
Quote to Note
"If states are raising student achievement and closing the achievement gapwhich we will only be able to see if they regularly assess their students and report results by student subgroupthen, in exchange, we will apply a more sensible, workable approach on the other aspects of the [No Child Left Behind] law. In other words, it is the results that truly matter, not the bureaucratic way you get there."
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings (4/7/05)
Upcoming Events
Today, at 3:45 p.m. ET, NetDay's new Student Voices Resource Center (SVRC) will host a conversation with Susan Patrick, national director of Department's Office of Educational Technology. For more information, please go to http://www.netday.org/SVRC/.
Remember! Next week is Excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education (ESTEME) Week. Also, be on the lookout for Newspapers in Education's special print supplement on ESTEME Week; introduced by President Bush, it is being published in several regional newspapers and delivered to partner schools for classroom use. For more information, please go to http://www.esteme.org/.
On April 21, the Department's Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives will host a workshop in Phoenix to assist faith-based and community organizations applying to become approved supplemental educational service providers. The workshop is free, although pre-registration is required. The deadline for registration is March 19. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/about/inits/list/fbci/suppserv-workshops.html.
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