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Survey Suggests Hurdles for Math, Science Teaching
Mismatch seen in classroom practices, standards
A rich new set of survey data on math and science teachers highlights some big challenges the nation faces if it hopes to significantly increase student achievement in those disciplines. It also drives home, experts say, the huge need to support teachers as districts begin implementing the common-core math standards, and as an effort to develop common standards for science nears completion.
Just one-third of middle school math teachers have a degree in mathematics or math education, for instance, according to the national survey of nearly 7,800 educators, including elementary teachers as well as secondary math and science teachers, issued last month. Fewer than half of elementary teachers feel "very well prepared" to teach science. And just one in five K-3 educators teaches science every day.
Meanwhile, a lot of teachers don't feel well-equipped to plan instruction that meets the needs of students at varying levels of math and science understanding. Also, many don't place a high priority on asking students to explain and justify their method for solving a math problem, or to supply evidence in support of a scientific claim, approaches emphasized in the new math standards and the ones forthcoming in science.
Those are just a few findings experts are emphasizing in the report, which provides a wealth of information, including teachers' backgrounds, instructional practices, beliefs, and professional-development experiences. The study was conducted by Horizon Research Inc., based in Chapel Hill, N.C., with support from the National Science Foundation. It has been conducted several times since 1977, last in 2000.
"What I took away is that we have a lot of work to do in reorienting what we're doing in the classroom to achieve the [vision] of the common core, particularly the standards for mathematical practice," said W. Gary Martin, a professor of math education at Auburn University in Auburn, Ala. "We're still heavily focused on more procedural goals, more about the content than building the understanding and reasoning abilities."
The common core's eight math-practice standards include making sense of problems and persevering in solving them, constructing viable arguments and critiquing the reasoning of others, and reasoning abstractly and quantitatively.
Fewer than half the teachers surveyed said they feel "very well prepared" to plan math or science instruction so that students at different achievement levels can improve their understanding. Fewer than one-quarter report having high confidence in their ability to teach math or science effectively to English-language learners or students with learning disabilities.
"It sends a message: Let's be aware of the student population, do a better job of preparing teachers to deal with lots of needs," said Francis "Skip" Fennell, an education professor at McDaniel College in Westminster, Md., and a former president of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. "We have to continually attend to those issues in the implementation of a [common-core-focused] curriculum that is deeper, more challenging, and implies that teachers have that content and pedagogical background."
Evidence and Explanations
Brian J. Reiser, a professor of learning sciences at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., said he was especially struck by what the report reveals about how teachers approach instruction.
"There is a lot of explaining science ideas to the whole class, where the teacher is doing the explaining," said Mr. Reiser, who served on a National Research Council panel that crafted a framework for the Next Generation Science Standards being developed by 26 states. "And compare that to requiring students to supply evidence in support of their claims," he said, as the new science standards will emphasize. "That is dramatically different."
Fewer than 20 percent of the high school science teachers surveyed say they require students in all or most lessons to supply evidence in support of scientific claims, while virtually all explain concepts to their students every day.
"The whole point of involving kids in the deeper learning called for in the [draft] science standards is to involve them in constructing explanations and arguing from evidence to tease out scientific ideas," Mr. Reiser said. "I'm not opposed to teachers explaining, but that is not the only thing that should be going on."
Mr. Reiser also was troubled by data showing that fewer than half of teachers at all levels include a "heavy emphasis" on real-world applications of science. At high school, the figure was just 29 percent. "We want kids to understand the basic science, but we want teachers to see the applications as really key," he said.
Auburn's Mr. Martin lamented the emphasis among many teachers on starting a math lesson by explaining a concept and then assigning an activity to reinforce it, a strategy also popular for science.
"It goes back to an approach that goes in the opposite direction of reasoning and sense-making," he said, as the common core promotes.
Another issue the report identifies was how little time science gets in the early grades. Averaged across a week, it amounts to 19 minutes a day in grades K-3, compared with about 90 minutes for reading/language arts and 54 for math.
"We have to get more time for science," Mr. Reiser said.
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Im in a kind of war now; its between negative ways and thinking and positive thinking and a new life!
The problem is; Im a deliberate creator! This means, no one owes me anything; I have to continually learn how to practice the art of allowing good things into my life! I have to be willing to be a cooperative component of my own new positive stories; positive stories over the old negative stories of " I wish I could but its missing" " I wish I had that thing or desire thats missing, I give up". The new story is; Ive already got what I want, l its already on its way and Im excited about it; Thank you universe for bringing me things I dont know about yet!
Its a war! The goal is to create a new story or stories about my life; rewrite my story, that it become a positive story,. dominant positive story over the old negative story of I cant, and the negative limiting beliefs that go with it! Im slowly disrupting that old story and creating new parts of a new story over the top! its not easy! meaning, it takes time and practice! No one owes me anything! I have to do the work myself if I want something! If I want to get this done!
This is a mans job; not a boys!
A gap resides between me and my childhood, or my childhood and me! Im working on this gap; closing this gap! exposing the past; keep exposing it and exposing it, letting the steam out of it! Slowly allow the past to go its way, and have the present take its place!
Its all hard work for me! Ive got a close in mind; literally; dissociative! So, it takes practice to go positive and believe it; it takes more discipline then Ive got; but not for long; Im working on it!
Anything new That I want; I create a visual of it and send it out to the universe with my belief that it will show up down my journey!
A gap resides with lots of PTSD floating around in the middle of it; the PTSD has to be battled through!
The goal is to get control of my mind! Not have it control me or feel like it is thinking me!
The dominant stories in my mind; they must be mine, not my brains!
As for goals; I have to learn how to set them and stick to them!
When one sets a desire; one has to believe in it! And that belief is what Im working on! A pathway is created by the universe, It my job to ask source energy to reveal it to me and then turn and follow the path to my desires!
Trust and allowing and receiving are the biggest issues! I have to keep working at it! over n over n over!
One major goal is visualizing what I really want; learning to accept what I really want! not easy! not easy at all! It pulls me out of my dissociative state!
Art seems to be one of those catalysts for proving myself in the outside world! I have to learn to stick to it! Believe! Its possible; I have to man up on this one and break through the bottle neck!

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I use google apps for domains, the free version, I like to have my accounts setup with nicknames so I can filter off spam services.
E.g. my primary email is email@example.com
I have the following nicknames
email@example.com facebook
firstname.lastname@example.com twitter
email@example.com forumx
This means I can tell, if I get a lot of spam to my forumx nickname then obviously that site has sold my details, or is displaying it somewhere, either way, I can setup a filter to block all email to that nickname.
My next question is SSO (e.g. the stackexchange network).
Can I set it up so I can choose what nickname to give to the site?
I know I could set it up with different accounts and forward the emails, but I would rather use nicknames and just have one username/password!


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Happy New Year!
Another year! Life flies by. I've been enjoying reading your "looking back" on 2014 posts. Seems like an exciting year for all of you. Like last year, I randomly drew a tarot card for this year. The year 2015 is the year of "The Lovers"
No one exists in a vacuum, people can't unsee you or unhear what you've said. You matter and your actions tie you to other humans. So let's love one another, yes?
SORRY ABOUT THE SAPPY STUFF. I got a sappy card this year! It's gonna be a sappy year.
Does the lovers card relate to you?


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A bill that started out as seven separate bills intended to benefit business startups and stimulate job creation has come in for so much criticism on its way to the Senate that opponents may prevail in strengthening consumer protections they say were trashed.
The House passed H.R. 3606, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, with bipartisan support on March 8, in a vote of 390-23, but not without vocal opposition from critics that range from consumer advocates to former SEC officials. After passage, the bill was pilloried in the press, and opponents swung into action to push for changes in legislation they saw as presenting a golden opportunity for fraud and deception.
Provisions of the bill include crowdfunding and substantially lower requirements for SEC registration for companies with less than $1 billion in revenue. On March 14, Majority Whip Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., called the crowdfunding language a "half-boiled concoction of ill-conceived ideas."
Senate Democrats have said they plan to address a number of the concerns voiced by critics in their own version of the bill. The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) said Wednesday that it hoped for additional legislative action in the Senate before the bill is put to a vote, with the possibility of an amendment introduced by Democrats concerned about the lower threshold of consumer protection contained in the House version of the bill.
Bloomberg had reported that Lynn E. Turner, a former SEC chief accountant, said the bill would do away with investor protections that have been in place since the formation of the agency in the 1930s.
Turner was quoted saying, "It won't create jobs, but it will simplify fraud. This would be better known as the bucket-shop and penny-stock fraud reauthorization act of 2012." Others have been critical of the bill as well, despite its support from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, NYSE Euronext, Nasdaq OMX Group and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. President Obama has supported a number of provisions in the bill.
In an opinion piece in The Washington Post, John Coates and Robert Cozen criticized the loosened regulations on crowdfunding, saying they "would make it easier for future Bernie Madoffs to create, say, 50 fake firms, steal $50 million from unsuspecting investors and retire to a tropical island."
John Wasik said in a Forbes piece, "Does unfettered crowd funding and initial public stock offerings open the door to investment fraud? In the immortal words of philosopher Sarah Palin, 'you betcha.' While it sounds like one of those online innovations that may make capital available to a larger number of people, crowd funding could make the boiler room scams of the 1980s look like mere parking violations."
Jesse Eisinger of ProPublica wrote in The New York Times Dealbook that it would provide help "for all the wrong people."
Former SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt has criticized the bill, calling it a disgrace, as has Barbara Roper, director of investor protection for the Consumer Federation of America. John Nester, spokesman for Mary Schapiro, chairman of the SEC, said Schapiro "believes that portions of the legislation either unnecessarily eliminate important investor protections or are not balanced with sufficient safeguards."
NASAA had previously sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., asking that they address a number of what it said were shortcomings in the bill, particularly with regard to crowdfunding, before passage.
NASAA was also critical of provisions that lessen audit requirements as well as the ability of state regulators to oversee companies' efforts to raise capital. In addition, it said that many thresholds for consumer protection were too broad and eliminated important provisions for all but the largest of companies. In the letter, NASAA President Jack E. Herstein urged the Senate to address what he characterized as several critical weaknesses of the House bill.
"While NASAA applauds Congress' desire to facilitate access to capital for new and small businesses, the version of the bill that passed the House is deeply flawed," Herstein wrote. "State securities regulators support efforts by Congress to ensure that laws facilitating the raising of capital are modern and efficient, and that Americans are encouraged to raise money to invest in the economy. However, it is critical that in doing so, Congress not discard basic investor protections. Investment fraud is real, and it can be particularly pervasive in small exempted offerings."


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Bucs hire Cardinals exec Jason Licht as GM
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have hired Arizona Cardinals front-office executive Jason Licht to help coach Lovie Smith transform a team that hasn't won a playoff game in more than a decade into a championship contender.
The struggling franchise confirmed the move Tuesday and plans to formally introduce him as the fifth GM in club history at a news conference Thursday.
Licht has been with the Cardinals for the past two seasons, the last one as vice president of player personnel.
''Jason is a seasoned NFL personnel veteran who has worked with some of the most accomplished individuals in professional football while contributing to success in New England, Philadelphia and Arizona,'' Bucs co-chairman Joel Glazer said.
''His strong player personnel background provides the ideal complement to Lovie Smith's philosophy as our head coach,'' Glazer added. ''We look forward to working with Jason and Lovie as we set the foundation and chart the course for the future of Buccaneers football.''
Licht was Arizona general manager Steve Keim's right-hand man in the overhaul of the Cardinals' roster last offseason, which resulted in a 10-6 record in 2013 - an improvement of five wins over the previous year.
He succeeds Mark Dominik, who was fired after the Buccaneers went 4-12. The Bucs also dismissed coach Greg Schiano after missing the playoffs for the sixth straight season and replaced him with Smith, who won three division championships and one NFC title while coaching the Chicago Bears from 2004 to 2012.
Tampa Bay last made the playoffs in 2007 and hasn't won a postseason game since its 2002 Super Bowl run produced the franchise's only NFL championship.
Licht's challenge in his new position will reshaping the roster and helping Smith improve a team that went 28-52 during Dominik's five years as GM.
Licht also has worked for the Carolina Panthers and Miami Dolphins during a career as an executive that spans nearly 20 years in five different organizations.
The hire was first reported by Fox Sports.
The Bucs have only had one winning season last making the playoffs, however the roster is not devoid of talent.
After years doing little to upgrade the roster through in free agency, ownership spent generously the past two offseasons while bringing in players such as cornerback Darrelle Revis, safety Dashon Goldson, receiver Vincent Jackson and offensive lineman Carl Nicks.
The first major decision Licht and Smith face personnel-wise figures to be determining if Mike Glennon is the team's quarterback of the future.
A third-round draft pick in 2013, Glennon started the final 13 games as rookie, going 4-9 and hardly proving he's the answer to the team's struggles.
The Bucs, who have the seventh pick in this spring's draft, finished last in the league in passing and total offense.
Smith is a defensive-minded coach who plans to bring back a version of the Tampa 2 system that the Bucs popularized during a successful run under Tony Dungy and Jon Gruden in the late 1990's and early 2000's.
Revis and defensive tackle Gerald McCoy were Pro Bowl selections this season, and young linebacker Lavonte David and safety Mark Barron have promising futures.
Smith hired former Minnesota Vikings coach Leslie Frazier as defensive coordinator. Former California coach Jeff Tedford, who coached Aaron Rodgers in college, is the new offensive coordinator.


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It's easy to fall into the trap of thinking what we do online isn't real, and doesn't matter. And it doesn't help that we've developed the acronym IRL, In Real Life, to refer to the offline world.
But why shouldn't we regard our online lives as just as real, just as valid and just as meaningful as our offline ones? That's the question Alex posed a few months ago at TEDx Victoria, proceeding from a blog post she wrote last year for the Harvard Business Review.
The talk, titled "Ten Reasons to Stop Apologizing for your Online Life", just went live. And if you've ever wondered why a valued online friendship doesn't count as "the real world" while a trip to the mall does - and, more to the point, what you can do about it - you'll want to watch.
Jon Leland says
Excellent! Thanks for sharing this. Creating meaning is what it's all about. And that IS real. Bravo!
Nick Chertock says
Great message from Alexandra. I totally agree. No reason to apologize for online interactions. They are real. We interact with those we CHOOSE to talk to vs. a lot of 'real life' situations when we're forced to socialize with people based strictly on proximity.
Ernest says
I really enjoyed your presentation. I totaly agree with your description about the nature of REALITY. From a constructivism perspective we are always constructing our perception of THE WORLD,US and the OTHERS.
And without knowing it we will call our construction REALITY. REALITY as the rest of our conceptual world of representations is an abstraction, a dream...
And what I really liked about your presentation was your way of shaking our illusions about the reel and the non reel our primitive way of splitings the complexity..of our experiences.
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Sunday, 24 February 2013
Suqqu Spring 2013: Face Colour Palette EX-02
Today I will show you the Face Colour Palette, I also bought one of the eye palettes, Sumiredama EX-11, which I'll review after I have tested it some more.
On opening the palette you are presented with two good quality brushes.
The second layer contains the two powder products (one a highlighter and one a blush) and a mirror. The face palette (£50) is inspired by a vintage pearl necklace and the embossed pearl pattern is certainly pretty.
The left highlighter shade is meant to create a pearly glow to the skin, it illuminates well adding a subtle brightening sheen to the skin.
It has a similar effect to the Lumière Sculptée de Chanel Highlighting Powder, though with a cooler tone.
Swatched below with Lumière Sculptée de Chanel Highlighting Powder on the left.
The blusher is a soft warm pink with a satin finish, it gives a lovely fresh glow to the skin.
Both have a soft, smooth texture, feel lightweight and blend beautifully on the skin without any effort. Both of the powders have a slight scattering of sparkle though its barely detectable on the skin.
I wouldn't say either is extremely long lasting and do get a bit of fade after five hours.
They are very pretty and easy to wear, and the quality is very high. I have no regrets over this purchase though I would say that if you have similar colours from a high quality brand, these aren't necessarily going to rock your world.
I bought this from selfridges.com
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The face palette is gorgeous but not sure I could justify £50. xReplyDelete
A palette with good brushes? Good for suqqu!ReplyDelete
My heart jumped a bit when I see this post. I am super lemming for that Suqqu spring eyeshadow because of the purple duo chrome on the bottom left. I cant wait to hear what u say about Sumiredama.ReplyDelete
The face palette is indeed beautiful but didnt really wow-ed me. The eyeshadow palette looks more enticing. :)ReplyDelete
I just had a quick look on Selfridges and I'm going to assume the eyeshadow palette has sold out. You are now duty bound to tell me it's horrible and I don't need it ;)ReplyDelete
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I read somewhere that they put it on the site too early as its not on the UK counters yet, not sure if thats true but if so would explain why it was there and then not on the same day.
As much as I would love to tell you the eye palette is horrid, its not and yes I think you do need it, Bday present perhaps ;) xx
Oh, that makes sense about it being there and then disappearing as I've known Selfridges release things online too early before. I will have to keep my eyes peeled! Do you have a birthday wishlist sorted? I've already placed a small clothes order with Baukjen in anticipation of birthday money. Oopsie :D xxDelete
I've not ordered clothes from there before so will have a look :) there might be a few makeup items on my list... I think husband is going to choose it himself so will see what I end up with ;)xxDelete
OH MY GOODNESS! I've been long wrestling with myself about whether or not to get the face palette. I've passed on it, but it does look so luxe and pretty. AIEEEE.ReplyDelete
I'm really looking forward to how you like the eye shadow palette you've purchased.Replies
They are very pretty. All three eyeshadow pallets have a duochrome shade.ReplyDelete
I hadn't been remotely interested in the face palette. UNTIL NOW, REPLICA. Until. now.ReplyDelete
I adored the Chanel texture but it was too yellow on me. You just had to make that comparison swatch.


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Some of the most popular characters in history are now part of the DreamWorks Animation family!
When DreamWorks Animation acquired Classic Media in June 2012, the media company's robust portfolio of more than 450 characters – including Casper the Friendly Ghost, Lassie, The Lone Ranger and Where's Waldo? – became part of DreamWorks Animation's global brand. Under the umbrella of DreamWorks Classics, the studio will continue to distribute content across multiple markets in more than 170 territories worldwide, as well as produce new content that re-imagines many of these beloved characters for the 21st century.


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In Dead Nation on PlayStation 3 the world has come to an end. Zombies roam the Earth, hungry for human flesh after a viral epidemic has torn through the globe, infecting almost everyone on the planet. Taking on the role of either Jack McReady or Scarlett Blake - two survivors who have somehow managed to remain impervious to the devastating virus - your goal is to battle through zombie infested streets, crumbling buildings and spooky swamps in order to escape the city and find a cure to the deadly disease sweeping the globe.
Along the way you'll not only have to contend with hundreds of zombies, but also various mutated humans that have evolved into hideous creatures of the night. It's not going to be easy, but who said a zombie apocalypse was a walk in the park? Do you think you've got what it takes to take on the undead hordes in Dead Nation, the brand new game from the creators of Super Stardust HD? Then grab your wireless controller and hit the streets of a city in need of cleansing.
Controlling your character in Dead Nation is simple: the left stick controls movement, while the right stick aims your weapon and R1 is reserved for firing. Here's a tip: always keep your finger hovering over the R1 button because Dead Nation throws hundreds of zombies at you during the course of a mission. Thankfully, each mission has checkpoints that offer up a well needed breather and the chance to stock up on ammunition, new weapons and a series of increasingly powerful explosives.
You earn currency to spend at Weapons Shops by taking down zombies. The more zombies you dispose of in Dead Nation the more cash you earn, and for every kill you make your multiplier increases. The goal in each mission is to keep increasing the multiplier and avoid taking any damage in order to accumulate huge amounts of cash and points at the end of each level. You can also find secret cash stashes inside the car boots and containers spread around each level.
While it does pay to explore darkened corners and eerie alleys in Dead Nation, you need to be prepared at all times. A lone crate tucked away in a side street is almost always guarded by a small army of the undead just waiting to pounce. If you find yourself in a jam and surrounded, tap the L2 button quickly to perform a dash manoeuvre. It's the perfect way to smash through a wall of zombies and turn the tables. You also have a melee attack at your disposal, which can be performed by pressing the R2 button. Like the dash, it's perfect for getting you out of tight spots.
Over the course of this epic journey, you'll wield a huge arsenal of weapons including assault rifles, shotguns, machine guns, rocket launchers and a few unique gadgets too. Each weapon can be upgraded to improve reload times, rate of fire, power and the amount of ammo you can carry. The larger the upgrade, the more it costs, so be sure to aim for those big multipliers to earn plenty of cash. Aside from the guns, you also have grenades, mines, Molotov cocktails, TNT and flares. One thing is for sure in Dead Nation - you won't be short on firepower!
Dead Nation features a two player online co-operative mode where you and a friend can face off against the zombies via PlayStation Network. Playing the game in co-operative mode offers a different level of challenge than exploring the ruins of a ravaged city in single player.
Together you can employ various tactics to take out the undead including setting traps with mines and luring them into tight spaces so they can be easily destroyed with a grenade or a few rounds from a machine gun. Co-operative mode can also be played offline, which means you and a partner can blaze through the game from the comfort of your couch!
Dead Nation also includes global and local leaderboards that pit players from other countries against each other. Every zombie you kill is added to your country's total, so make sure you kill as many as you can in each level to reach that top spot. Once an allocated number of kills has been reached in the leaderboards, a brand new Infection Cycle begins and the race for number one begins all over again.
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What to Expect From the Fed Today
The Federal Reserve will release its minutes and economic projections today, followed by a press conference. Phil Izzo reports on Markets Hub. Photo: Getty Images.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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LONDON – The phone hacking scandal rocking Britain extends well beyond the media industry to include law firms, debt collectors and other companies, a newspaper said Saturday.
The scandal has already sent shockwaves across the U.K. with revelations that journalists routinely intercepted voicemails, bribed public officials, and hacked into computers in their search for scoops.
The Independent, citing a leaked report from Britain's Serious and Organized Crime Agency and an unnamed person familiar with its content, said that many others were in on the shady practices — including businessmen, attorneys, and debt collectors.
An unclassified summary of the report was published five years ago, but the Independent provided new details about its content, including the allegation that celebrities, businessmen, and an unnamed "major telecommunications company" had hired corrupt private investigators specializing in such practices. The paper didn't give further details or post the report to its website.
The crime agency said it would not comment on the Independent's report.
British police investigating the phone hacking scandal have made scores of arrests, many of them outside the world of journalism.


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Meet the 2009 Honorary Award Recipients
2009 IT Honorary Recipients Reached Out to Others to Help Themselves.
As the IT Awards celebrate their fifth anniversary, the organization has chosen some esteemed and worthy recipients for its honorary awards. And in keeping the mission of the organization itself, these honorees represent several organizations and individuals who have used their interests to help others and, in the process, fostered a greater sense of community among those who share their passions.
The Stewardship Award goes to an individual or organization demonstrating a significant contribution to the Off-Off-Broadway community through service, support and leadership. The 2009 Stewardship Award goes to Materials for the Arts, a redistribution center for castoff and excess items from businesses and individuals in New York City. It is a place where visual and performing arts organizations can find raw materials to realize their artistic visions.
MFTAs genesis came when Angela Fremont worked for the then-newly formed Department of Cultural Affairs at the Arsenal in Central Park. When she heard that a zoo needed a refrigerator to house medicine for its animals. After a friend advertised the request on a local radio show, the response was overwhelming. This led to the brainchild of connecting organizations with supplies that might benefit arts organizations with a specific need for such items. Early members of MFTA included such companies as Film Forum, Performance Space 122 (PS 122), Black Spectrum Theatre Company, Inc., HADLEY Players (Community Service Council of Harlem), Theatre for a New Audience, American Dance Guild, Brooklyn Children's Museum, and the Vineyard Theatre & Workshop Center
MFTA currently has 4054 active members, according to Harriet Taub, the current Executive Director of MFTA. According to Taub, 1508 are arts groups, meaning that art is their primary focus or mission. Other groups include schools, government agencies and non-arts groups that have ongoing arts programs, such as after-school programs and health facilities. Clearly MFTA is the destination for newly formed and sponsored theater groups, Taub said. It goes without saying that as soon as these new groups get organized, they apply to MFTA for support.
Taub cites MFTAs ability to bridge the artistic community as one of its strongest assets. We pride ourselves on being able to bring people from different artistic paths together under our roof on our shopping days and through our other services, she said. As our membership grows we want to continue to provide quality services, especially during periods of economic downturn when they are needed more than ever. In 2002 we founded our own not for profit, Friends of Materials for the Arts, to help us fund raise for projects that fall outside of those that the City can provide. For example, our late shopping hours are funded through FOMA. This public/private partnership is a model of good government and caring individuals coming together in support of the arts.
The purpose should especially be appreciated in todays current economic climate. When budgets have been cut and everyone is interested in keeping valuable items from entering the landfills, MFTA provides the perfect support service. She added, Let's not forget that the City of NY provides this service for free to the arts community. While it is an essential service to our members, it is not Police, Fire or Sanitation Departments. We remain grateful to the current and previous administrations for their financial support.
I would say that every shopping day at MFTA presents me and the rest of the MFTA staff with the opportunity to assist our members with their needs. When I attend a performance at a theater or a school or visit a recipient's site, I am always blown away by the creativity that results in the set, the costumes, the art projects or the well appointed offices that we have helped provide.
The 2009 Artistic Achievement Award is bestowed upon an individual who has made a significant artistic contribution to the Off-Off-Broadway community. This years honoree is the esteemed Maria Irene Fornes. Fornes, a figure both frequently performed and frequently studied, is a seminal figure in the Hispanic-American and experimental theatre worlds.
Born in Havana, Cuba, Fornes immigrated to the United States at the age of 15, and became a naturalized citizen in 1951. Tango Palace was her first play, performed in 1963. Other works during the next few decades of career include The Successful Life of 3, Promenade, Fefu and Her Friends, Blood Wedding, Sarita,The Danube, The Conduct of Life, Abingdon Square, and Letters From Cuba.
Over the course of her career, Fornes received 13 Obie Awards and assumed a place among the glitterati of the experimental New York theater scene, befriending such other popular figures as Joseph Papp and Susan Sontag. She continues to direct plays and also to receive fellowships and grants from key foundations. Fornes received an honorary Litt.D. from Bates College in 1992, and she continues to nourish the careers of burgeoning playwrights as much as her own. For example, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz (Anna in the Tropics) also studied with Maria Irene Fornes, who recommended him to Paula Vogel, helping give birth to his career.
The third of the honorary IT awards is the Caffe Cino Fellowship Award. Not only does an Off-Off-Broadway theatre company that consistently produces outstanding work receive this honor; they also receive the benefit of a grant to be used toward an Off-Off-Broadway production. The 2009 Caffe Cino Fellowship Award recipient is The Brick Theater Company, a not-for-profit theater company dedicated to nurturing the work of emerging artists at its performance space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
The Brick was the lets build a garage-theater brainchild of Robert Honeywell and myself, said co-founder Michael Gardner. After developing a trusted circle of friends and playmakers in the downtown theater scene of the late 90s, we took inspiration from The Collapsible Hole, Collective Unconscious, The Present Company Theatrorium (among many other grass-roots-begun companies) and commenced a year-long search for a raw space to transform into a performance space.
In fact, Gardner says that the biggest challenge faced by the Brick lay in finding just the right space. Their tenacity paid off. In 2002, after walking the neighborhood and making copious inquiries we lucked into a brick-walled garage in Williamsburg.
The Brick presents world premieres, monthly performance series and seasonal festivals, expanding Williamsburg's profile as a destination for cutting-edge art and entertainment and continues to seek new artists and projects. Our audiences span the spectrum of New York theater audiences, local residents and Williamsburg weekend destination-seekers. One of our largest audience-bases is populated by the creators themselves. As The Bricks informal repertory expands from year to year, emerging artists who work with us regularly find themselves with larger and larger fan-bases eager to support each others work and challenge each others expectations.
This ever-growing group of artists has enjoyed more than just a sense of support, however. In many ways, they have become a veritable family of their own. Gardner mentioned several examples of the camaraderie enjoyed by members of the Brick. He remembered the Clown Funeral Procession that closed The NY Clown Theatre Festival.
We mourned the death of the festival with a funeral procession involving a coffin that clown pallbearers clumsily bore throughout Williamsburg, bumping into streetlamps and stumbling into businesses, he said. A train of clown mourners wept vociferously and offered their teary remembrances during a wake at the theater afterwards. It was endlessly silly and laugh-inducing. The looks on the faces of neighboring pedestrians and storekeepers was priceless. And after a performance on Election night 2008, many audience members and resident artists watched the election night returns live on The Bricks film screen and celebrated the election of Obama. The collective elation in the space was overwhelming.
Of course, the Brick has become a family in an even more literal sense. Gardner also mentions a highlight of his time at the Brick as the marriage of Honeywell to actress-director Moira Stone, who met through productions that ran at the Brick. Their recent wedding was populated and officiated by Brick artists and friends, many of who also met at the theater, he recalled.
There are many things Materials for the Arts, Maria Irene Fornes and the Brick Theater share in common: talent, perseverance, longevity. But beyond all that, these three 2009 recipients prove that the best art can only be created as the sum of many parts working in tandem.
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I've found that God has a Provident Plan for each of our lives. His plan includes four main parts: contentment, hard work, giving, and stewardship. All four of these areas work together to guide our lives as we make financial and spiritual choices every day. You've already discovered a lot about what God says about contentment and how that may affect our lives. I've moved all my posts on contentment to Provident Planning, and I'll be exploring the other areas in time.
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The Double Pendulum model displays the motion of a two-part pendulum and its Poincare map. A double pendulum is a simple pendulum with another pendulum attached to its end and the state of this dynamical system is specified by two angles and two angular velocities. Because there is no friction, the double pendulum is an example of a Hamiltonian system and energy is conserved. This EJS model simplifies the system by using equal length arms and masses. Clicking in the Poincare section sets the initial conditions of the rotor. The user can examine and modify this simulation if EJS is installed by right-clicking within the plot and selecting "Open EJS Model" from the pop-up menu item.
The Double Pendulum model was created using the Easy Java Simulations (EJS) modeling tool. It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive. Double clicking the ejs_lagrangian_DoublePendulum.jar file will run the program if Java is installed. EJS is a part of the Open Source Physics Project and is designed to make it easier to access, modify, and generate computer models.
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Cephalic disorders affect the central nervous system as it develops. They may also affect the brain and the growth of the skull. These disorders can cause a variety of developmental delays, physical handicaps, and threats to a child's life. Cephalic disorders, which may also be called neurodevelopmental disorders, begin during pregnancy early in a baby's development.
One of the most noticeable signs of a cephalic disorder is a head of an unusual size or shape. Problems caused by cephalic disorders are most likely when the head is much smaller or larger than the average for a child's age.
The effect of any given disorder on a specific child may be mild or severe, depending on the parts of the brain and central nervous system affected. Many people with cephalic disorders live relatively normal lives, but some cephalic disorders are so severe that a baby will die within weeks or months of birth.
Here are several types of cephalic disorders:
Anencephaly. This disorder happens when the top of the neural tube doesn't close during the development of the fetus. This results in a baby developing without the forebrain and cerebrum. The baby may be born without any skull covering the remaining brain. These babies are born unconscious, deaf, and blind. Babies with this defect often die within hours or days of birth.
Colpocephaly. This disorder involves an abnormal enlargement of the occipital horns (rear portion of the lateral ventricles of the brain). Colpocephaly is characterized by an unusually small head and mental retardation. Other symptoms may include muscle spasms, motor abnormalities, and seizures.
Holoprosencephaly. During development in the womb, the brain grows into one single lobe instead of two. There are varying grades of severity ranging from severe abnormalities with limited function, to very mild abnormalities with the ability to lead a relatively normal life. Many babies with the severe form of this disorder die before or soon after birth. Others may live, but may have severely deformed faces and profound cognitive and neurological impairment.
Hydranencephaly. Babies born with this disorder have pockets of cerebrospinal fluid in the place of the two separate lobes of the brain. They may appear normal at birth, but within a few months become irritable and do not develop along a normal timeline. Most of these children have profound neurological and cognitive impairment and usually die within several years.
Hydrocephalus. Not really a cephalic disorder, hydrocephalus can cause a large head size because of the buildup of cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricles of the brain. Because the skull plates in neonates and infants have not yet fused, there is little to prevent the head from enlarging significantly with increased internal pressure. Hydrocephalus is caused by either production of too much fluid, poor resorption of the fluid produced, or an obstruction along the normal pathway of fluid flow in the brain. These children usually need the placement of a shunt to drain the excess fluid. The outcome depends on the cause of the hydrocephalus and how early therapy is started.
Iniencephaly. This disorder is a combination of the extreme backward bending of the head and severe spinal defects. The distortion of the baby's body may also present a danger to the mother's life. Babies with this disorder rarely live more than a few hours.
Lissencephaly. Normal brain development requires that the neurons (nerve cells) migrate to the correct part of the nervous system and connect to each other. Lissencephaly and associated disorders happen when the brain neurons do not end up in the proper place during development. This results in an unusual brain formation and an extremely small head, causing a range of neurological disability, from mild developmental delay to severe neurologic dysfunction and even death.
Microcephaly. This means the head is much smaller than average. Many children with smaller than average heads have normal intelligence and develop correctly. However, microcephaly is common in many known disorders such as trisomy 21 (Down syndrome). In addition to intellectual disability, many children with microcephaly have cerebral palsy, sensory disorders including visual difficulties, poor motor skills, lack of balance and coordination, and difficulty thinking and learning as expected for the child's age. Other birth defects, such as lissencephaly or porencephaly, also have microcephaly as a symptom.
Macrencephaly. Also called megalencephaly, this is a disorder in which the head is much larger than average. It occurs more often in boys than girls. The large head size may be caused by a brain that grows unusually large. In the process of brain development, after the nerve cells have migrated and connected to each other, a normal process of pruning naturally removes the cells that are not needed. When this neuronal pruning does not happen, megalencephaly can result. Children may have seizures, developmental delays, and other motor difficulties. This disorder is also related to the cephalic disorder called porencephaly. It is important to distinguish this disorder from macrocephaly, which is benign enlargement of the head without associated brain abnormalities and is usually hereditary and without symptoms.
Porencephaly. During development, a pocket of cerebrospinal fluid forms in the baby's brain, causing this cephalic disorder. This is thought to be related to an infection or stroke, either in utero or during the neonatal period. Some children with this disorder have normal intelligence and few if any developmental problems. Others have motor or cognitive difficulties of varying degrees. This will depend on the location within the brain and the size of the cerebrospinal fluid filled pockets.
Schizencephaly. This rare cephalic disorder results from clefts forming in one or both hemispheres of the brain. Impairment is related to the number and location of the clefts. Some people with this disorder lead relatively normal lives, but others may have severe developmental delays, motor delays or even paralysis, or seizures.
Symptoms vary depending on the type of cephalic disorder, but may include:
Unusually large or small head
Difficulty swallowing or eating
Poor muscle tone
Deformed fingers or toes
Deformed face
Delays in the development of physical abilities or language
Delayed growth
In order to make a diagnosis, the healthcare provider may consider symptoms and medical history, and perform a physical exam of the skull and body. You will commonly be referred to a specialist, such as a geneticist to help make a diagnosis. The healthcare provider may also order tests:
Blood tests
CT scan or MRI scans (MRI scans often show more detail)
Head size is often considered during diagnosis. A healthcare provider will use a measuring tape to measure the circumference of the head. That is the distance around the head. The tape is usually placed just above the eyebrows and around the widest part of the head. This number is compared with standard growth charts.
Head size can change as a baby grows into a toddler or young child. Measurement of head size may be done at every well check or office visit in order to find out whether the head is changing shape. This usually continues until age 3, unless there is a reason to keep track past that age.
Some cephalic disorders are clearly present from birth. Others are not. Call your healthcare provider if you have concerns about your child's ability to meet milestones as expected, such as starting to roll over, crawl, walk, or speak at the expected age. Also call if you are concerned about the shape of your child's face or head.
Treatment for cephalic disorders depends on the type of disorder. Treatments may include:
Physical therapy for motion
Speech therapy for language
Medicines, such as antiseizure medicine, for symptoms
Shunts to drain excess fluid off the brain
Surgery to help correct a deformed skull or face
Comfort care
The true cause of cephalic disorders is not fully known. Experts believe that genes may be a factor. At the same time, events during a woman's pregnancy, such as having an infection or being exposed to toxic chemicals, may also play a role.
Women have the best chance of preventing cephalic disorders by trying to be as healthy as possible throughout their pregnancy. This means avoiding unlawful drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes, and eating a varied, healthy diet. Getting enough folic acid has been shown to reduce the risk for certain birth defects, including some cephalic disorders. Many women, however, take good care of themselves during pregnancy and still give birth to a child with a cephalic disorder, as some of these disorders may be caused by intrauterine infection, trauma, or have a hereditary component. Genetic counseling can sometimes be helpful to determine risks in future pregnancies.
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For more than two weeks now, scientists with doubts about the dangers of global warming have been buzzing about what appears to be a huge admission from the United Nations.
A draft of the UN's next five-year assessment report has been leaked and appears to show what the skeptics have been saying for years: Carbon dioxide has less effect on global temperatures than thought, the sun is a bigger "driver" of climate change, and global temperatures have not risen appreciably in the past 16 years.
We skeptics need to take a breath. I have no doubt the draft of AR5 (Fifth Assessment Report) says exactly what the skeptics claim, namely that the UN and its Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has overestimated the effect CO2 has on global temperatures, underestimated the effects of the giant ball of burning gas in the sky and, as a consequence, incorrectly predicted how much Earth will warm in the coming century.
It's a fact, though, that in the climate change debate, the truth doesn't matter.
In each of the previous four assessment reports, there have been effectively two reports — one for scientists and another for political leaders and the media. The one for leaders and reporters, known as the Summary for Policymakers, has always been far more definitive and alarmist. These sections have insisted the science was settled, even as the main body for scientists has contained a lot more doubt.
Even the scientific sides have made dubious claims, though. In AR2, prominent skeptics who had initially been invited to contribute found their work dropped without notice at the last minute. A "hockey-stick" temperature graph — showing centuries of stable temperatures followed by a sharp upward spike during the industrial age — featured prominently in several places in AR3, even though the data it was based on was highly dubious.
And the scientific sections of AR4 were rife with errors, from unverified claims about disappearing Himalayan glaciers to a sensationalized report on rainforest devastation done by an eco-activist and a freelance journalist.
The point is, UN climate change agencies have always been far more about the politics of global warming and far less about the science. The science typically only figures when it suits the political ends of alarmist scientists and UN bureaucrats.
So skeptics should not hope the latest revelations will stop the constant drumbeat of environmental alarmism emanating from national capitals, enviro lobbies, ivory towers and the IPCC. If this is mostly a political exercise, scientific data will be powerless to derail it.
The leaked copy of AR5 posted on skeptic websites such as wattsupwiththat.com, does indeed show an increasing number of scientists think the effects of CO2 on climate have been overestimated.
The theory to date has been that an increase of CO2 from human sources would raise global temps by around 1C by 2100. This heat would lead to increased evaporation of the oceans that would, in turn, trigger a "feedback" in which water vapour in the atmosphere would increase, trapping still more heat near the surface.
This worked in the elaborate computer models alarmist scientists created, but so far there has been little evidence of the vapour feedback in the real world.
Conversely, the draft AR5 concedes alarmists have been too quick to dismiss the sun's impact on climate change. Also, there is no evidence that the frequency and severity of storms, droughts and floods is increasing globally.
While this should change the debate, it won't. These details will either be expunged from the final report or ignored in the highly ideological summary. The alarmist cause will go on.
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Adding power to speed, Gordon bulks up
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Dee Gordon put on 13 pounds in the offseason. If that doesn't seem like much, it represented an 8 percent jump on the infielder's 162-pound frame of a year ago.
That extra muscle was on display Sunday when Gordon homered off Dodgers teammate Hyun-Jin Ryu on the second pitch of an intrasquad game at the team's Camelback Ranch complex.
"It was lucky. I just put a good swing on it, swung hard and it went where it went," said Gordon, who did not admire his blast and was rounding second base when the ball cleared the outfield fence.
"That's definitely not me; I was looking for a triple to be honest," he said.
Gordon weighed 135 pounds but listed himself at 150 when he signed in June 2008. He worked his way up to 145 pounds in the Minor Leagues.
"But I couldn't get to 150 to save my life until 2012," said Gordon, who played between 159 and 162 last season.
Gordon now sits around 175 as he tries to secure an Opening Day roster spot as a second baseman.
"I hit the ball a lot harder now; it shows," he said.
What would Sunday's home run have been a year ago?
"I only hit one last year, so I don't know," said Gordon, whose lone blast came in May against the Marlins. "It could have been a groundout to second, a double, whatever."
Gordon does not have a specific weight to work toward, and he will not risk any added mass slowing him down on the basepaths.
"As long as it doesn't mess with my speed," Gordon said. "Gaining strength is awesome, but my No. 1 tool is speed, so I want to make sure I'm ready to run. I also want to make sure I play 162 games."
Ryu also gave up a two-run homer to Hanley Ramirez as the White team, drafted by Matt Kemp, won the four-inning game, 3-1 over the Blue team drafted by Zack Greinke. The same two teams were expected to play three innings Monday.
"It was good to get out there, get some live ground balls with your teammates, talk trash," Gordon said.
Gordon came through the Dodgers' system as a shortstop. He was slated to play there every day in 2012 but struggled with a .228 average and .280 on-base percentage in 87 games. He fared a bit better (.234/.314) in 38 games last season.
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"I like it. I'm getting comfortable every day," Gordon said. "The things I'm not as comfortable with, I'm working at all the time. The more comfortable I get, the better I'm going to play."
Being the Dodgers' starting second baseman on Opening Day is not a specific goal, Gordon said.
"My goal is to get on that airplane to Australia. That's it," he said.
It was pointed out that Gordon might be the only one looking forward to the transcontinental airplane ride.
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Cyberbullying statisticsCyberbulllying is probably a lot more prevalent than you think. The statistics are in fact quite shocking. Take a look at these figures:
According to the Cyberbullying Research Center (2014):
And take a look at these additional facts:
A poll conducted in 24 countries by the global research company Ipsos for Reuters News, the results of which were published in January 2012 found the following:
A Consumer Reports survey conducted in the US in early 2011 reveals the following shocking statistic:
One million children were harassed, threatened, or subjected to other forms of cyberbullying on Facebook in the past year!
Cyberbulllying around the world
The following table demonstrates parents' attitudes to cyberbullying in 24 countries, including whether or not their child has been cyberbullied.
Source: Ipsos poll for Reuters News, January 2012
How do cyberbulllying victims feel?
According to the Cyberbullying Research Center both boys and girls are likely to report feeling angry, sad, and embarrassed.
Slightly more girls than boys feel frustrated, while significantly more boys are scared as a result of cyberbulllying.
According to the AP-MTV survey, 56% of those who have been bullied reported that they were "very" or "extremely" upset the most recent time they were targeted. Moreover, young people who have been bullied were twice as likely to have received treatment from a mental health professional and nearly 3 times more likely to have considered dropping out of school!
Cyberbulllying and self esteem
Research done by the Cyberbulllying Research Center shows that victims have lower self-esteem than non victims.
Cyberbulllying and suicide
Middle-school victims of cyberbulllying are more apt to commit suicide. The AP-MTV survey found that 8% of cyberbulllying victims and 12% of sexting victims have considered ending their own life compared to 3% of people who have not been bullied and were not involved in sexting.
But do they think before they act?
It's also interesting to note that according to the AP-MTV survey, only about half (51%) of young people say they have thought the idea that things they post online could come back to hurt them later. In other words – about half of the young people do not think before they post!
Cyberbulllying is a serious issue. Click here to find out what you can do to prevent it.
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- 2009 AP-MTV Digital Abuse Study
- Cyberbullying Research Center
- Ipsos poll for Reuters News, January, 2012
- Cyberbullying, a Pew Internet & American Life Project report, June 27, 2007
- New research on cyberbullying highlights the role of parents in prevention , Anti Bullying Alliance
- Stop Cyberbulllying before it starts – a National Crime Prevention Council publication
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Situated at the southern tip of the Hebrides' The Isle of Islay has a population of less than 3,500 however it is the home to 8, yes 8 of the worlds finest distilleries. The island is covered in peat and the whisky they produce tends to be of the peaty variety. The variation of the whiskies from Laphroaig s medicinal heavily peated to Bruichladdich's creamy light fragrance only strengthens Islay's appeal. The fact that Islay is a whisky region in it's own right shows the regard these whiskies are held by in the industry.
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Return to Steuben and make a right. When you hit 512, turn right, then left on Jacksonville Road. That glow you'll start seeing in the distance is the display at 7475 Arrowhead Road. Take your time to see it all; my judges particularly liked the reindeer in the tree.
Continue to 329/987, make a sharp right and head toward Bath, where you'll jog right to pick up 987 again and head north. You have a long drive here, but you'll be rewarded with displays on each side of the road, which eventually becomes 946/Mountain View. You'll see a terrific display on your right at 3190 Mountain View. When you reach the sign that says "Delps 2," prepare to turn left onto Teel. You'll see Cinderella's Castle glowing above you by this time. From Teel, make your second right onto Wood, park at the turnaround and walk around the Von Blargans' Disney wonderland. See you how many Mickeys your kids can spot, and then have them count the princesses. Aurora has replaced Cinderella and her pumpkin coach in the prime location out front, but you'll find the coach out back -- feel free to go back there -- with some very funny touches. They're collecting for the food bank, so bring some food along for the box.
Back to 946, continuing west. (I tried out a shortcut to this next stop, but it was too complicated.) When you hit 248, turn left. You will pass Becky's Drive-In on your left and begin to go up a hill. On the way up, turn left on Cedar Drive. The display you'll eventually see on your left at 4260 Cedar features synchronized music and lights at 103.3 FM, with shows every 15 minutes. My teenage judge, Adrienne, thought the rendition of Trans-Siberian Orchestra's flashing "Wizards in Winter" was the best thing she saw all night, and she suggested staying for a whole three-song show.
Get turned around, return to 946, turn left and continue into Walnutport. As you cross the bridge, enjoy the Buzzy's display on your left and Slatington's nice decorations. Continue out of town on 873, and as you're heading down the hill, turn right on Friedens Road. Stay on there until you hit the so-aptly-named Christmas Lane on your right, roll your windows down and listen to the music as you cruise under the handmade glowing stars. It seems to snow every year I drive through here, which makes it even more perfect.
Back to 873, turn right and enjoy some nice decorations on your way back to South Whitehall, particularly along Route 309 near Lehigh Carbon Community College. Just past Kernsville Road and before you reach Orefield Middle School, turn right on Sieger Drive. Bear right to see the sprawling display at 2822 Thompson St.
Back to 309, turn right. When you hit Walbert Avenue, turn left and continue to Cedar Crest Boulevard, where you'll turn right. After you pass over Route 22, turn right on Oxford/ Pennsylvania, then bear left on Eton. The display at Eton and 35th gives your tour an elegant finish. Make sure you see all sides.


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Stacked Log Door Contact Paper Peel Stick Covering Paper, this amazing door contact paper gives many advantages that help you can make your home and office more beautiful. it DOES NOT need glue, paste or any special chemicals, and comes with self adhesive backing like contact paper. Also it can be applied to all smooth surfaces, such as doors, windows, tiles, walls and so on.
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Would it be possible to engineer the software so that one is able to preview the animation in a browser and not see layers that are turned off in Sencha Animator?
I know you can click the play button, in the software, beneath the timeline, but it doesn't usually play smoothly----not sure if that's my couple years old computer's processing capability or not----but I usually preview in a browser constantly while working, and it's annoying that I sometimes have to delete a layer or nest of layers, preview it, and then undo that delete.
When there's a lot of stuff going on, it's really helpful to be able to see a particular layer or group of layers solo-ed from the rest of the composition.


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The Good News in Earnings Season
Corporate earnings reports flash a bright spot in an uncertain economy.
With nearly all of the companies in Standard & Poor's 500-stock index having reported, second-quarter earnings season is just about over. When the next round begins the week after the Fourth of July, shareholders should expect festivities but little in the way of financial fireworks.
That's because the stock market forgets its jitters during the weeks when a raft of companies issue their periodic profit reports and comments about the business outlook. During earnings season, stock prices move with corporate news, as opposed to what may be going on in the Middle East or Greece. And the bottom line is that corporate bottom lines represent a bright spot in an otherwise sluggish economy.
See Our Slide Show: 12 Earnings Reports That Always Matter
U.S. corporations are making piles of money. With 96% of S&P 500 companies' first-quarter results in, overall net income is up 17.2% from the same period in 2010, according to Zacks, a firm that tracks earnings numbers. In the first quarter, Zacks says, positive surprises outnumbered negative ones -- the earnings "misses"-- by three to one. Even with the caveat that bosses have ways to fudge the numbers, this was a good quarter.
Provided there's no financial shock over the summer -- one obvious worry is the chance, however slight, that Congress will fail to lift the debt ceiling, forcing the Treasury to default on its debt -- shareholders should make out just fine. (Kiplinger's expects the stock market to continue to rise over the rest of the year and wind up with a low double-digit return for all of 2011).
Switching from the big picture to individual companies, let's take a look at my list of 12 Earnings Reports That Always Matter. So far, the stocks have done okay since the earnings reports they issued in April and May. Intel (INTC), which until this past quarter has disappointed its shareholders, issued an unusually upbeat report on April 19 and has since climbed 14.2% (figures are through May 25), compared with 0.6% for the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index.
Shares of three banks -- BB&T (BBT), PNC (PNC) and SunTrust (STI) -- have held steady since their last reports, which suggests banking in general is in a holding pattern -- out of danger, but not booming. Depressed dividends are still weighing on bank stocks.
Shares of Costco Wholesale (COST), whose results reflect both big-ticket consumer spending and serious economizing on food, gas and staples, fell 1.3% on May 25 after the warehouse giant reported earnings for its third fiscal quarter that disappointed Wall Street. Sales and membership growth were fine, but investors are worrying that rising costs are putting pressure on Costco's profit margins.
The rest of the stocks to watch, including Fastenal (FAST) and Expeditors (EXPD), have mostly been moving sideways, despite good business trends, or have fallen a shade. General Electric (GE) has sunk 3.7% since it issued results on April 21, and is now trading for less than $20.
We'll be back with an expanded forecast before the Fourth of July holiday and suggest a couple of additional companies whose earnings reports beg watching for signs about the condition of the overall economy and stock market.


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My computer is giving me the jitters. I was almost reduced to tears last night. This morning i prayed real hard and at least i could log on. Hope it mends itself and there is no virus inside.professional help is so costly.
On a brighter note. last night after Mama cut her birthday cake I asked her which song would she like us to sing ;Happy Birthday or Nearer My God To Thee (as she keeps telling people maybe its my last birthday). We had a good laugh, she choose Nearer My God To Thee, but we sang Happy Birthday!
Sonia left this morning,Abner didn 't want to leave.
Sunday, 24 June 2007
Cyber Jitters
My computer is giving me the jitters. I was almost reduced to tears last night. This morning i prayed real hard and at least i could log on. Hope it mends itself and there is no virus inside.professional help is so costly.
Posted by Amrita at Sunday, June 24, 2007
Labels: Family
11 Fertilize my soul:
- Carol-Ann Allen said...
Oh dear!
I have no idea what that might be! These computers do give us a headache from time to time! Your situation over there with the unstable power system must be very nerve-wracking! Have you loaded any new programs recently? Do you know how to do a "system restore"? I'm supposing because of your unstable power situation that you have rebooted just by the fact of the power going off.
- 24 June 2007 at 09:08
- pai said...
the site looks great! :)
- 24 June 2007 at 20:31
- Arlene - BY HIS STRIPES!!! said...
Happy Belated Birthday to Mom from Barry & me. Carol-ann sounds like she knows what she's doing. God bless her for helping you. We will keep you in our prayers! Thank you for checking on me all of the time and praying and encouraging me. God bless
- 25 June 2007 at 10:30
- Janet Jeyapaul said...
Dear Amrita, Happy birthday to your Mum..may she have many more...Love the new look of your blogs...mine needs surgery too. Hope I find a cybersurgeon Love Janet
- 25 June 2007 at 11:27
- Jo's-D-Eyes said...
Hello Amrita,
You found my blog tru Rebecca's, so now I'll visit yours. Nice blog you have Amrita,
Thank you for your visit, I hope you feel free to visit my blogger more often , I'll invite you, to comment,or to give your opinion.
Lets read each others bloggers, that looks interesting to me also.
Until our next visit,
Greetings from JoAnn
- 25 June 2007 at 15:44
- Kate said...
Hi, Amrita!
I love the new look for your blog! The green color palate looks bright and cheerful. By the way, this is a game of "tag". I was tagged by one of my blog friends, and now I'm tagging you. You need to share with us 8 facts about yourself. Then, if you want to perpetuate this silliness, you should tag a few more people and ask them to do the same.
- 26 June 2007 at 02:54
- Shari said...
Computers! Tempermental technology! I hope your computer is going to work okay.
I can't believe it's been four years since the Columbia distingerated. I remember that. I think a woman originally from WI died in that.
Time sure flies.
- 26 June 2007 at 08:37
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- 26 June 2007 at 08:41
- Roo said...
i love your new blogskin amrita. snaaaaaazzy!
computers drive me a little crazy too, love em/hate em -- and so very thankful for them!
shalom friend.
- 26 June 2007 at 08:43
- Amrita said...
Thanks folks...my computer is behaving itself...maybe God was testing my faith. When i lose contact with the cyber-world i go into withdrawal symptoms.
- 26 June 2007 at 09:17
- Merriam said...
Thank goodness your computer repaired itself! This happens to me all the time and it's quite annoying, isn't it?
- 28 June 2007 at 17:47


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Warning…if you don't like the flavor of coffee you will not like this bread. I have used coffee in my breads before and usually it is very subtle since I use a higher percentage of whole grain flour and add-ins but since most of the flour in this bake was on the white side the coffee flavor was very strong.
This bread did come out very nicely and the addition of the potatoes in combination with the Durum flour, sprouted whole wheat and dark rye really produced a nice open and moist crumb. As usual I couldn't leave well enough alone and had to add some garlic olive oil, dried shallots, cheese powder and aged balsamic vinegar which really added to the complex flavor profile of this bread.
If you don't like coffee you can replace it with water and you will be very happy with the way this bread turns out.
I was doing some research on the hydration levels of different ingredients and discovered that boiled potatoes are 81% water which really helps create a moist dough but not enough to make this dough unmanageable.
Levain Directions
Mix all the levain ingredients together for about 1 minute and cover with plastic wrap. Let it sit at room temperature for around 7-8 hours or until the starter has doubled. I usually do this the night before.
Either use in the main dough immediately or refrigerate for up to 1 day before using.
Main Dough Procedure
Mix the flours, and 350 grams of the coffee together in your mixer or by hand until it just starts to come together, maybe about 1 minute. Let it rest in your work bowl covered for 20-30 minutes. Next add the salt, starter (cut into about 7-8 pieces), and the rest of the ingredients and mix on low for a minute. Next add the rest of the coffee unless the dough is way too wet. Mix on low-speed for another 4 minutes. Remove the dough from your bowl and place it in a lightly oiled bowl or work surface and do several stretch and folds. Let it rest covered for 10-15 minutes and then do another stretch and fold. Let it rest another 10-15 minutes and do one additional stretch and fold. After a total of 2 hours place your covered bowl in the refrigerator and let it rest for 12 to 24 hours.
When you are ready to bake remove the bowl from the refrigerator and let it set out at room temperature still covered for 1.5 to 2 hours. Remove the dough and shape as desired. I made 2 loaves using my bannetons. Place your dough into your proofing basket(s) and cover with a moist tea towel or plastic wrap sprayed with cooking spray.
The dough will take 1.5 to 2 hours depending on your room temperature. Let the dough dictate when it is ready to bake not the clock.
Around 45 minutes before you are ready to bake, pre-heat your oven to 500 degrees F. and prepare it for steam. I have a heavy-duty baking pan on the bottom rack of my oven with 1 baking stone on a shelf above the pan and one on the top shelf.
Right before you are ready to put them in the oven, score as desired and then add 1 cup of boiling water to your steam pan or follow your own steam procedure.
After 1 minute lower the temperature to 450 degrees. Bake for 35-50 minutes until the crust is nice and brown and the internal temperature of the bread is 205 degrees.
Take the bread out of the oven when done and let it cool on a bakers rack before for at least 2 hours before eating.
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The thumb has a terry cloth fabric for wiping your nose and face.
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Reinforced trigger finger in goat skin leather.
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The glove is closed with a comfortable velcro fastener for a secure and perfect fit.
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Inside is goat skin. Made with comfortable seams with double thumb stitching that follows the hand shape.
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A piping in reflective material for visibility in dark and dim conditions.