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BALTIMORE – The UMBC volleyball team swept past St. Francis (Pa.) in its weekend opener behind ten kills from sophomore Sherelle Walker (New Freedom, Pa./Susquehannock) and then eased by NJIT in straight sets in the night cap by getting 12 winners from senior Emily Witsaman (Medina, Ohio/Medina), Friday afternoon on the first day of the Maddie Bingaman Tournament at the RAC Arena.
Senior setter Mallory McIntyre (Winnipeg, Manitoba/St. Mary's Academy) handed out 31 assists in the opener, and followed it up with 34 helpers against the Highlanders as UMBC (6-4) swept its fourth straight match.
Following the loss to UMBC, St. Francis (Pa.) (0-9) fell in four sets to Howard while NJIT (1-5) only played one match on Friday.
In the opener, the Retrievers held the Red Flash to .074 hitting and recorded 6.5 total blocks. Eight different athletes recorded at least one put-away with senior Ali Goc (Oshawa, Ontario/R.S. McLaughlin) putting down eight and scooping up seven digs. Freshman Casey Griffith (King of Prussia, Pa./Upper Merion) led the Retriever backline with 15 digs in the three-set contest.
After St. Francis (Pa.) jumped out to a 4-2 lead, UMBC ran off 11 of the next 13 points and never trailed again. Back-to-back Red Flash points cut the lead to just three, 11-8, but the visitors never got any closer as UMBC used five Walker kills for a 25-19 first set win.
UMBC squandered an early 3-0 lead in the second frame, but recovered and rattled off five straight after a 5-5 tie for a 10-5 advantage. The Retrievers again stemmed the tide after two Red Flash points with six consecutive points behind the serving of senior Robbin Lee (Olney, Md./Sherwood) for a 17-8 lead. St. Francis (Pa). rallied to cut the lead to five, but UMBC grew the lead steadily and earned a 25-15 set win on an attack error.
In the third set, UMBC never won more than two points in a row until late, but slowly pulled away from the Red Flash. Leading 19-14, though, the Retrievers claimed the final six rallies to win the match with a 25-14 third set victory.
In the final contest of day one, UMBC got on NJIT early and never let up, cruising to a three-set victory after hitting .452 against the Highlanders. Goc nearly picked up the double-double in the quick 59-minute match, sending down ten kills and picking up nine digs. Sophomore setter Paige Miller (Reading, Pa./Schuylkill Valley) helped in the wide-spread offense, sending out five assists.
The visitors won each of the first two points, but never won back-to-back points again, and a 9-0 run gave UMBC the cushion it needed. The Retrievers later strung seven points in a row and won the opener going away, 25-8.
The surge continued in the second set as UMBC won seven straight to open the frame and added three more after a Highlander point for a 10-1 lead. Three consecutive NJIT points trimmed the lead to 10-4, but another 5-0 run all but put the set away for the Black and Gold. Goc recorded six kills on just eight swings in the frame as UMBC took a two sets to none lead by winning the second set, 25-12.
The third set saw more of the same as the hosts won the opening rally, and never trailed, taking the match with a 25-11 win. Seven Retrievers notched at least one kill in the frame, including freshman Zoya Trendafilova (Sophia, Bulgaria/Elisaveta Bagryana), who recorded her first winner since the season-opener versus Ole Miss.
UMBC concludes weekend play on Saturday afternoon with a match against local rival Coppin State. The Retrievers and Eagles are scheduled to hit the RAC Arena court at 2:30 p.m.
- UMBC now leads the all-time series with St. Francis (Pa.) 11-3 and has won eight straight meetings.
- The Retrievers also improved to 3-0 all-time versus NJIT.
- Miller's five assists were her first of the season.
- Freshman Elise Adamson (Bel Air, Md./John Carroll) recorded her first career kill in the sweep of St. Francis (Pa.)

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Paris again! and Art Show soon!
So my art show is coming very soon, september 17 on a thursday starting at 5pm. at the Disney Animation Studios, Every one is invited but need to RSVP you can do so by leaving your name and last name so I can add these on the guest list!
I'm excited for the show, I will be selling all my originals from my european trip, Paris, Rome and Barcelona! and I will have a few canvas prints. Please come buy if you are in the area ;)


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Brothers Osborne just won another ACM Award for 2018 Vocal Duo Of The Year. They're a highly coveted country music duo and their humor is almost as great as their songs. Especially when it comes to their Twitter account.
They tweeted out on April 14th the lyrics to a little parody tune to Toby Keith's "Should've Been a Cowboy" name dropping popular EDM DJ Calvin Harris. Well, Harris happened to see the tweet and responded.
Brothers Osborne were quick to offer up their apologies and respect after Harris proved them how much work goes into being a DJ.
Although Harris never responded again, we're thinking all is still ok in whatever kind of relationship these artists have. Congratulations to Brothers Osborne on their 2018 ACM win!


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Kevin Harvick's car fails postrace inspection
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The car of Kevin Harvick failed postrace inspection after he finished second in the first of two 150-mile Daytona 500 qualifying races Thursday night at Daytona International Speedway.
Instead of starting fifth in the Daytona 500, Harvick had to get in by owner points and will start 38th on Sunday.
His car exceeded the maximum split of separation in the track bar. Teams get 3 inches of split, and Harvick's car had the proper measurements in prerace inspection. The more split there is, the more rear downforce a car could have.
"Everybody in the garage has adjusted their cars during the race, and it's never been an issue afterward. … We need to figure that stuff out on our side and make sure we don't put ourselves in this position again," team competition director Greg Zipadelli said.
The infraction is considered a qualifying infraction and his penalty is the loss of starting position. No other penalties will be issued.


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Elaine Stritch, Broadway and Movie Actress, Dies at 89by Thomas Chau | PopCrush
Elaine Stritch, famed Broadway singer and actress, has died at the age of 89. The New York Times reports that Stritch's passing was confirmed by a friend of hers, Julie Keys.
Stritch was living in Birmingham, Mich., at the time of her death. Before she moved to Michigan, however, she lived at the Carlyle Hotel in Manhattan for many years, where she performed a cabaret show from 2005 to 2013.
She made her Broadway debut in 1946 in the production of 'Loco' and subsequently went on to productions of 'Sail Away' and 'Wonderful Town' before appearing in 'Company' in 1970 before moving to London in 1972. When she returned to the United States after her husband's death in 1982, she performed again on stage in a 1994 revival of 'Show Boat.'
On television, Stritch was the original choice for two iconic roles — Trixie Norton in 'The Honeymooners' and Dorothy Zbornak in 'The Golden Girls' — but lost out to two other actresses. Her most recent major appearance was on '30 Rock' as Alec Baldwin's mother.
As a film actress, Stritch appeared in notable films such as 'Three Violent People,' 'A Farewell to Arms,' 'September' and 'Small Time Crooks.'
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2013 means many Okaloosa County residents will set New Year�s resolutions.
2013 means many Okaloosa County residents will set New Year�s resolutions.
Your library has shelves and shelves of books with expert advice on how to ensure you meet your goals.
See our display featuring books on hobbies, finance, health and diet.
2012 was a memorable year for us as we introduced new programs and events.
Exciting events included the Poetry Jam sessions that we hosted every third Tuesday of the month. Poets and musicians enjoyed the free-form open-mic poetry reading and jam session.
Also, our music in the library performed 6-8 pm by local artists every Monday and Tuesday allowed patrons to relax and enjoy the library as an entertainment venue.
The Northwest Florida Astronomy Association donated a telescope for those interested in stargazing. Tom Haugh, an association member, hosted a question-and-answer program to help novices get started. Haugh�s program continues 6:30 to 8 p.m. every third Tuesday of each month.
We continued our Zumba classes on Friday mornings and knitting on Wednesday mornings.
We hosted several lecturers, with topics from aerodynamics to Tai Chi, the first Tuesday of each month.
Our art gallery and showcase allowed local painters and three-dimensional artists to present their works.
Our Read to a Dog program was a big success. Dozer and Jada visited the library, ready to hear kids read.
The library had many opportunities for patrons to come see, hear and participate in events throughout the year.
So many events happened at the library this past year and all were fun, educational and entertaining. I�m looking forward to welcoming you to the many programs and events we have planned for 2013.
See www.cityofcrestview.org/library.php for a full listing of library happenings.
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Daisy Group has been locked in conversations with 2e2's managed services customers after taking charge of the integrator's data centres, to reassure them there is no need to jump ship.
On Friday morning, Peter Dubens, owner of Oakley Capital and chairman of Daisy Group, took over the Reading and Gateshead server farms and handed a management contract to Daisy.
Leases on the HP and Cisco infrastructure kit in the data centre has been transferred to the new owner, a special-purpose vehicle incorporated by Dubens called Daisy Data Centre Solutions.
Talking to The Channel, Matthew Riley, big cheese at the telco service player, said the 150 data-centre staff at 2e2 would all be kept on board, "the staff are the key to this business".
But on top of assuaging any concerns that workers held over future employment, Riley said it was also working hard to address any customers' concerns.
"We have got some professional staff based at very good data centres," he said, "there is no change other than the fact that there is now a stable financial backer that wants to grow the business."
Last week 2e2 administrator FTI Consulting asked customers using the data centre service to collectively cough nearly £1m to keep the servers powered up.
As a result, the third largest managed services customer, the Atomic Weapons Establishment, walked, and the largest, Sussex Partnership NHS Trust, confirmed it no longer works with 2e2.
The Channel also previously revealed that Marks & Spencers, Kellogg's, RBS, and Vodafone have also switched suppliers.
Riley said some customers were in the process of moving to alternative managed services providers but it was trying to "convince them not to do that."
He said several hundred customers remained on board from hosted web services to larger co-lo deals.
"The problem was that some got nervous because this was dragging on for a long time," Riley said. "We are calling customers today to say the lights are on, staff are paid, and we are open for business."
The financials of the deal were undisclosed, but as TechMarketView stalwart Anthony Miller said in a post on Friday, "I suspect if money changed hands it would more likely have been from seller to buyer".
A spokesman at Sussex Partnership confirmed the deal with 2e2 was null and void.
"As of this weekend we are no longer involved with services formerly provided by 2e2. We were in the early stages of our work with them, which in any case only included part of our overall technology improvement programme." ®
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Will Oldham and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | 04/10/07
Will Oldham on Bonnie 'Prince' Billy: Will Oldham on Bonnie 'Prince' Billy:
Hear my story, stout islanders, for what are you if not my beloved audentia , my "hearers", in the language of the Horace. It is the small kindnesses, the simple offering of doughnuts for instance, that tape us all together through the war and wildlife that blacken our calendars.
My request could not be smaller: to consider the following account before deciding whether you shall place your valued trust in me or in the bitchery of the Bonnie "Prince", for our "curious arrangement" has been rent for ever more and no true admirer will be able to credibly straddle our severed dominions from this point forward. If, after hearing me, his new-age safecracking continues to please, then I will abandon you to the waving signs, confetti and balloons of his new publicity campaign. In the rust belt of my country we have a saying: "You do not see the accordionist beat his son."
To wit: the truth is a hidden thing. When I discovered Billy in 1994 he was just a young headbanging child, a local collector of fantasy statuary, written up in our humble Clarion-Ledger for dashing a medicine ball at the head of another youth. I paid his fine with dues from the Ladies' Tennyson Club, of which my aunt and guardian was the treasurer. I had need of him to be "the face" of my recorded serenades, for, truthfully, I am hairless and horrible to look at. I am not some hail-fellow-well-met who might two-step through the Ark-La-Tex circuit in promotion of my tales of vanished customs and customs yet to be. I needed another to succeed, and though I knew Billy to be the feckless sort of riff-raff that hangs about the Spencerville Gin playing mumblety-peg all day, I also knew him to be a talented mimic whom I could mould into my acoustic likeness.
I would not allow him to do interviews for the first round of albums, for I could not predict what rubbish or tommyrot he might spew into the recorder, but I did send him out as my marionette, to play infrequent concerts, while my first release, under the name Palace Brothers, thrived in the broadsheets under a mantle of bar-smoke. Each time he returned from these performances, though, I noticed an accretion of disdainful hauteur, a dwindling of his already poor notion of thrift, and an increased reliance on magical thinking that should have presaged in me our current estrangement. For the second album, I placed my own darkened visage on the cover to rein in his callous insolence.
When after the fourth release I had our record service place my own name on the new merchandise, he assailed me with threats of arbitration. He threatened to expose our beguiling arrangement unless I put his new and gaudy stage name, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, on the spines of all future releases. Because I was convalescing from a painful cryptorchism at the time, I complied with all his demands. From my attic sickbed window I saw how Billy shouldered former playmates out of the way on the village square. He soon acquired a New York tailor and a team of fast horses that blasted by the salutations of old friends. When I requested that he begin to perform favoured older works such as Silver Threads Among the Gold and Kathleen Mavourneen, he balked and instead added the songs of rude and unscrupulous cads like Kenneth Chesney and Timothy McGraw to his live repertoire. How I dreamed of walloping him with my withered arm!
When, furthermore, he informed me that he had secretly recorded an album of my early compositions in the mode of these Nashvillian omnibus conductors, my dormant brinkmanship was finally aroused. See here, my soi-disant Prince! You'll have no more of my songs to sing! Furthermore, the royalties from your dreadful cover album will only fill my coffers with more gold - gold that will enable me to purchase the plastic surgery that will make our faces and forms indistinguishable from one another! If I could I would conjure a manticore to devour your form, Billy, but instead I shall let ignominy be your penultimate reward and a blank headstone in a dreadful fen your final recompense! And to you, fair England, I shall see you post-operatively anon!
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy on Will Oldham:
Gentle people, you know many things when you see them. I am taking this opportunity to cast some light on one of those many things. It's been 10 years, really more, that I've had to stand in shadows or under painted lights, and now I must rise up vicious and move into what is my birthright. In 1994 I was approached by an odd-looking cripple from two doors down, who had always, somewhat deservedly, been an object of ridicule where we grew up. He was a hairless and shrivelled man that lived with his aunt, an old crone whom nobody liked. Parents instructed us not to stare or pelt them when they hobbled by.
It was a troubling situation around town; still, we didn't like him any more because of it necessarily, although maybe it helped us lend an ear after watching a tolerance movie, like ET. From their house all kinds of racket came - disgusting noises betraying the inhumane and the illegal, by whom and upon whom nobody knew, for our friend's voice was not unlike that of his aunt, androgynous and bad. His name was Will, and still is, down among wherever he sits now, increasingly ill and worried and sweating - so that even though it once seemed impossible for him to appear more sickly and pathetic, it is happening still!
I could hardly stand the odour of medicine and rotting flesh the last time I went there. I went to tell him to "sod off" and that he was welcome to scribble and call and wail all he wanted from now on. For I knew and know what I was and am doing here right now, more than he ever could, and that is positive. What he said back then, when we first met outside the courthouse, was that he was obviously discouraged by God in this world to pursue anything public, to communicate as it were or deliver to any what was truly inside of him. And he asked me, not politely, to be his "face" and do exactly what he said, for which behaviour I would be richly and regularly rewarded. He gave me music, songs, song after song and would then shove me gently stageward saying, "Now fly little bird, fly away with this!" smiling eerily as he shooed me off with his little shrivelled arms. And then I would run from his gloomy parlour out of fear and relief into the hot sunshine.
Once around the corner, out of his eyesight, I'd examine the greasy sheaves of papers and scraps and tapes; I would get feverish and excited, sometimes even so much that my testicles began to retract into my very self. Yes, inside of those screwy packages were the keys to more than one man's destiny, many more in fact. It was always then up to me to follow his damned instructions (I can hear his wheezy nag still, yuck yuck yuck!) about what should be said where, who should be sung to, what girls to kiss and make love to, how to walk, how to dance, how to skip, how to present! Which was fine because I had never thought of any of this before, so.
But he - he always stayed down near where he slept, even after his guardian died a few years into this project. I was honest, for a long time, bringing him reports and most of the monies I collected from the selling of concert tickets. I even offered gratitude (fool!) and brought back to him serious amounts of encouragement and praise. So he continued to pack me off to Australia and Africa, and Florida, too. But here and there I started to grow, as a young man does, and would sometimes kiss a girl that was not prescribed, or shout notes that were not written, and sometimes even then deliver a verse or two of my own, though they are not recorded as yet. It became time, as it will always become time, for a man to do something right and claim his own. What happened then is that I told him (because he didn't know - no he didn't) about foods and sunshine, about good and healthy joyful living, all things that he loathed and was sure were unnecessary but are not, as we know!
Good God and just breathing and sucking a lungful of pure water! God, endorsing the muscles of the leg! Climbing trees, please, and telling her that you love her and asking her, for instance: "Where does this limb go, prithee, please tell me it goes ... right ... there" - and it does! Well, he didn't know any of this. He probably never will. But I do and won't unlearn it. So I will now personify the alleviation of his constant misery. And what I have done is to seal it all beneath my ribs, these baby songs that I have made my own by saying so. They can live more and higher and richer in my throat; finally cleared of his Gollum sputum, they are really very pretty. Finally, I want to make a toast to him inside his private hell: here's to you, Will, and your happiness. You may now bow down, and kiss the boot of Bonnie "Prince" Billy!


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Knocking down microelectronics barriers
The inherent goodness of miniaturising electronics has been key to a wide array of technology innovations and an important economic driver for several decades. For example, the seemingly endless shrinking of the transistor has allowed the semiconductor industry to place ever more devices on the same amount of silicon. Each time the size shrunk, transistors became faster and used less power, allowing increasingly capable electronics in smaller packages that cost less.
In recent years, power requirements, excessive heat and other problems associated with physical limitations have reduced the advantages of continuing to shrink size. For the foreseeable future, industry will continue to decrease the size of transistors, increase the number of integrated cores and improve all aspects of the existing architectures. While challenging problems must be met and the ability to achieve the potential improvements is far from assured, these changes are likely to produce more evolutionary improvements.
Working together, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and key companies from the semiconductor and defence industries are establishing the Semiconductor Technology Advanced Research Network (STARnet). This effort will support large university communities to look beyond the current evolutionary directions and make the discoveries that will drive technology innovation beyond what can be imagined for electronics today. This community of leading academics will be supported by the combined resources and expertise of DARPA and participating companies, including at least $40 million each year in basic research funding.
"STARnet is composed of six collaborating multiuniversity teams taking a fresh look at the challenges we face, to find those ideas that will drive innovation for the next several decades. Each of these six centres is composed of several university teams jointly working toward a single goal: knocking down the barriers that limit the future of electronics," said Jeffrey Rogers, DARPA program manager. "With such an ambitious task, we have implemented a nonstandard approach. Instead of several different universities competing against each other for a single contract, we now have large teams working collaboratively, each contributing their own piece toward a large end goal."
The six academic teams are grouped into the following centres:
- Function Accelerated nanomaterial Engineering (FAME): The FAME Center focuses on nonconventional materials and devices incorporating nanostructures with quantum-level properties to enable analog, logic and memory devices for beyond-binary computation. FAME is hosted at the University of California-Los Angeles with collaborators from Caltech, Cornell, Columbia, MIT, North Carolina State University, Purdue, Rice, Stanford, University of California-Irvine, University of California-Berkeley, University of California-Riverside, University of California-Santa Barbara, and Yale.
- Center for Spintronic Materials, Interfaces and Novel Architectures (C_SPIN): Electron spin-based memory and computation have the potential to overcome the power, performance and architectural constraints of conventional CMOS-based devices. C_SPIN focuses on magnetic materials, spin transport, novel spin-transport materials, spintronic devices, circuits and novel architectures. C_SPIN is hosted at the University of Minnesota with collaborators from Carnegie-Mellon University, Cornell University, Johns Hopkins University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Pennsylvania State University, Purdue University, University of Alabama, University of California-Riverside, University of California-Santa Barbara, University of Iowa, University of Michigan, and University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- Systems on Nanoscale Information fabriCs (SONIC): Explores a drastic shift in the model of computation and communication from a deterministic digital foundation to a statistical one. Many applications such as imaging processing and communications do not require 100% perfectly error-free computation and this centre will produce new strategies and designs optimised with this in mind. SONIC is hosted at the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign with collaborators from the University of California-Berkeley, University of California-San Diego, Stanford University, Oregon State University, Princeton University, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and Carnegie Mellon University.
- Center for Low Energy Systems Technology (LEAST): The overriding goal is low power electronics. For this purpose it addresses nonconventional materials and quantum-engineered devices, and projects implementation in novel integrated circuits and computing architectures. LEAST is hosted at Notre Dame University, with collaborators from Carnegie Mellon University, Georgia Tech, Penn State University, Purdue University, University of California-Berkeley, University of California-San Diego, University of California-Santa Barbara, University of Texas-Dallas and University of Texas-Austin.
- The Center for Future Architectures Research (C-FAR): The scope of C-FAR is to investigate highly parallel computing implemented in nonconventional computing systems, but based on current CMOS integrated circuit technology. C-Far is based at the University of Michigan with collaborators from Columbia University, Duke University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northeastern University, Princeton University, Stanford University, University of California-Berkeley, University of California-San Diego, University of California-Los Angeles, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, University of Virginia and the University of Washington.
- The TerraSwarm Research Center (TerraSwarm): The centre will focus on the challenge of developing technologies that provide innovative, city-scale capabilities via the deployment of distributed applications on shared swarm platforms. Two scenarios are of interest: a city during normal operation and a city during natural or man-made disasters (such as accidents, failures, hurricanes, earthquakes or terrorist attacks). TerraSwarm is hosted at the University of California-Berkeley with collaborators from California Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, University of California-San Diego, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, University of Texas-Dallas, and the University of Washington.
"STARnet is working on tomorrow's technology and also developing tomorrow's technologists," added Rogers. "Today's graduate students are getting the hands-on experience they need to apply these breakthroughs to future defence and commercial systems."
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The day before 'the lads' went over to the Buddhist car free Holy Isle for a few days of reflection – (as previously blogged at https://kevollier.com/2012/10/06/buddhists-peace-and-yoga-turrets/ ) we partook in our annual get together hike – something we've been doing now for twenty years and this year and on that day we all hiked through the mountains of Arran and it was on a day that was the hottest Scotland had witnessed since the days of William Wallace. Something that should have taken reasonable preparation but unfortunately the only preparation had been arriving off the Ardrossan to Brodick ferry the day earlier and hiking off the jetty the full 100 metres to The Douglas beer garden.
just off the ferry, Goat Fell ahead – the Douglas left
The sun had literally come out, (for the first time in 83 years on Arran if a later hired taxi driver was to be believed), as soon as the ferry docked.
And there is no better combination than four men (free of all the shackles of modern life for five days) the sun and amazing scenery for one to be drawn to a nearby, and quite frankly, begging, beer garden.
It was some pints and a couple of ferry arrivals later that we were joined for a few hours by an old friend from Glastonbury who had since moved back to his native Glasgow. So we now had a Scotsman and his bagpipes. At some point we remembered that the next day we were supposed to climb Goat Fell, Arran's highest peak, and we vaguely agreed on a route that we might take. We drank up, eventually, and wandered over to the beach to be treated to some bagpiping. This I remember. We all felt very Scottish watching a piper pipe away the ferry back to Ardrossan and we all agreed that Mel Gibson was indeed correct to sack Carlisle and we then all imagined what it must have been like to have marched with Wallace that amazing distance from the Highlands to Carlisle and with no shops on the way and all the time wearing an itchy skirt and no underpants, walking through waist-high thistles in the most midge infested landscape on Earth. No wonder they were annoyed.
And then someone went to the off licence and introduced us to a Scottish delicacy that ironically is brewed in Devon known as Buckfast Tonic Wine (Toxic more like) and that is approximately where I lost my memory until the next morning.
Bagpiper Craig got the last ferry to the mainland, I wore a hat for the rest of the evening and then went missing at midnight but where to I have no recollection but I did find the hotel – the Ormidale, in a copse and managed to awake hotel staff at 4am enquiring where my room might be and was subsequently helped into bed.
Me – apparently – totally hatted
I was enlightened with this information at the breakfast table by staff who were so nonchalant about it, that it seemed as if someone does this sort of thing quite regularly and possibly on a nightly basis.
The Ormidale
I managed to eat a full Scottish breakfast and get 200 metres into the hike before the hangover kicked in. It was 80 plus degrees and not even a whimsy of a breeze was to be had as we started the slow climb through the beauty that is Glen Rosa. We all had a bottle of water each which we sipped at, as it quickly became evident that one small bottle of water wouldn't be enough. It is here that you have to understand that we are not advisors to Ray Mears or Bear Grylls though I'm sure we have a much better time and don't have to wear make up (It's still a choice). It was quite a busy path as we mingled with day trippers from the ferry as well as local teenage lads, who were heading for a natural rock plunge pool. Something I imagine that only happens on very hot sunny days – so that would be once in a lifetime.
into Glen Rosa
One of our party is terrified of heights and another was already out of water. A debate ensued, considering the temperature, about whether to go up Goat Fell, turn back or take another route. The one terrified of heights wasn't intending to ever go up it, 'if it looked steep' and the one without the water was determined to. Neil and I were not bothered either way but certainly wouldn't be turning back so we strolled onwards and upwards towards' The Saddle' where we would decide a definite plan of action.
The going did get a bit tough as it was so hot and I'd perspired the last drop of Buckfast and was now seriously in need of water. We'd followed a stream all the way up the Glen and we decided we were now high enough to drink straight from the stream. Refreshed by Gaia we continued on and the path veered away from the stream for the first time that day and we suddenly realised that we now had this amazing valley to ourselves. Soon though Robin fell ill with what we expected was heat exhaustion and I was asked to get water for him but as the path had now veered about 100 metres from the river it meant I had to traipse through waist-high thistles in shorts disturbing plagues of sleeping, dusk awaiting midges and then scramble down a gorse cliff, over rocks and hang on by one arm whilst plunging the other into a mini waterfall and then having to make the return journey whereupon I disturbed more midges or maybe the same ones only now more aggravated at a double intrusion. On my bedraggled and sweaty reunion with the lads Robin said he would have to go back to which I said something on the lines of, 'I don't bloody think so'. We had no mobile reception so we couldn't call a helicopter rescue and we were alone but only a couple of hundred metres from the Saddle which was the half way point and for all we know there might actually be a tree over the other side that could afford us some shade as there were none the way we'd come.
We were climbing the last steep bit when some walkers appeared coming our way from over the Saddle. I smiled at this. There were two couples who on traversing the peak came upon us, me topless, legs torn by thistles with my shirt over my head (think Lawrence of Arabia), with a guy who looked as if he'd barely survived a Cessna plane crash in a desert with only mirages for comfort to be confronted by Phil concerned at how steep the other side was. One of the women didn't help one iota when she said, 'that's so dangerous, be careful, you might die' which was rubber stamped by her friend. I actually saw Phil turn grey.
The Saddle however was worth it. The views were immense and the wind that hit over the top was so cooling.
Looking past Robin back to Glen Rosa from The Saddle
and looking down into the future, Glen Sannox
We took rest and convinced Phil to keep going. I volunteered to go first so if he fell I'd break his fall.
And it was steep. It wasn't even a footpath but a scramble. It says so on the map apparently and it's one of the most notorious on Arran but it actually did get the adrenalin going as we had no ropes and it was indeed touch and go dangerous – the one slip and you're dead dangerous – not even a halfway house of an injury – just dead, ex-parrot death.
The scramble…
…and breathe
Suffice to say we got down, we walked the few more miles to Sannox and stopped at the hotel on the beach for an Arran single malt – to celebrate being alive and a large glass of iced sparkling water – bliss. We caught the next packed bus (they're not often) back the 7 miles or so to Brodick to discover that I'd left my phone on the Sannox hotel lawn and there are no more buses today. Hence where the taxi driver came in….


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Rays Pitching still has Question Marks
The only thing right now keeping Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Wade Davis as a question mark entering the final weeks of the Spring is Davis himself. Davis could have made some movement towards silencing his critics, and possibly securing his fifth spot in the rotation with a good outing, but instead Davis stubbed his toes. And that lackluster outing has added fuel to the fire that Davis might not be with the Rays on April 6th for the Home Opener and might be headed down to Durham for a month or so to regroup.
And before his last outing, the idea of the Rays sending Davis down to stop his Major League service clock seemed to be the only logical reason to ship Davis back to the minors until at least the middle of May and sticking with Mr "Plug In", Andy Sonnanstine on the Rays roster. The versatility of Sonnanstine right now might lay heavily on their upcoming fifth rotation decision as Sonnanstine could effectively switch from Bullpen or staring positions as needed until either Davis or J P Howell are again shown to be a positive move for the club.
And it was only last Spring that Davis also took himself out of the thought process for the battle for the Rays fifth spot in the rotation in 2009 with another similar bad outing at the wrong time. But this year, after a great late season campaign up starting games for the Rays, it seems that Davis had his future with the Rays in 2010 firmly in his pitching hands. And with Sonnanstine not flinching at all, but showing his resourceful nature and rebounding effectively from a bad 2009, it seems that the Rays could, should and might send Davis back for a month to push his service clock back a season.
And this move is totally reminiscent of the way the Rays pushed Third Base prospect Evan Longoria back to Durham in 2008 for a small period of time before Longoria was then brought up weeks later due to an injury to Willy Aybar. But with the Rays recent injury bug there is speculation that both could make the Rays roster without incident this Spring and push away the competition for the fifth spot. Which poses a few questions to me. If both starters make the roster, with one pitcher doing spot duty as a long reliever, will that reorganize the overall chemistry and roles of the Rays Bullpen, with the exceptions being closer Rafael Soriano and Dan Wheeler?
And if Sonnanstine is given the additional slot on the Rays 25-man roster, does that mean that Joaquin Benoit doesn't have a realistic chance to make the Rays roster? There have been moments where Benoit has looked like his former Rangers heydays, and others where he has looked like he is still seeking the answers. But Benoit has done exactly what the Rays have asked of him, and is currently tied with several relievers in total game appearances this Spring, plus Benoit has looked extremely good over the last week. Could Benoit be peaking at the right moment to get in the mindset of the Rays Coaches as the clock winds down this Spring?
And with Howell out for at least a month, could fellow lefties Heath Phillips or even Carlos Hernandez get a chance again at the Major League level to occupy Howell's spot in the Rays Bullpen, then bring about some major decisions by the Rays when Howell returns. Or could the Rays take their chances and try to sneak either pitcher through waivers and back to the minors upon Howell's return?
Howell's injury brings up the new thought of both Davis and Sonnanstine staying up with the big club, but could the move compromise the Rays Bullpen's overall integrity a bit. With Sonnanstine joining the motley crew, could the move force former long reliever Lance Cormier into Howell's old role on the short term, or do the Rays hope that Benoit can assume Howell's role of facing hitters from both sides of the plate, and leave Cormier to mostly specialized rightie roles, or as a second possible long reliever?
But then there is another Bullpen question that some people have been mumbling about since late in 2009. Could Rays reliever Grant Balfour be a problem or could he be hiding something? Balfour has been decreasing his overall pitch velocity and looking pretty vulnerable to hitters over the last several months of 2009. Could he just of had a weak arm also towards the end of 2009 from his overuse in 2008 and 2009, or could he just have run out of tricks and the hitters are wise to him now? And again this Spring, Balfour has not had the best Spring again here in 2010 showing either he is a slow starter, or maybe the 2008 season's magic might have finally left his fingers.
There are still many pitching questions left to be answered, but the Rays have said that a definite decision on their 2010 rotation will be coming soon. One highly probable suggestion is to flip-flop current the 3 and 4 starters Jeff Neimann and David Price to break up the right-handed heavy Rays front of the rotation. Something that was unique for the Rays in 2009 was their addition of the second leftie when Price finally joined the Rays mid-season rotation so the Rays could break up the righty-lefty batting order match-ups during every series, but with Scott Kazmir now gone, only David Price remains in the Rays rotation.
The move would effectively eliminate a lefty dominant line-up for an entire Rays opponent's series, and break up any chance of another teams getting into a hitting rhythm against the Rays by possibly facing three right-handers in a row. Big decisions, hard decisions. But then again, that is why the Rays brass get paid the big money.
My personal hopes are that the team uses Benoit effectively in the Rays Bullpen to begin the season, with Sonnanstine as the fifth starter for about a month. That would give Benoit a chance to show he still has the stuff to compete at the Major League level. When Benoit is on the ball, he is simply magical on the mound. And this move could also effectively buy the Rays an added year of Davis's services, plus give the team more time to showcase Sonnanstine's talents if they decide they might want to seek a trade, or they could simply send Sonnanstine back to the minors as a insurance policy against further pitching injuries.
Whatever the Rays decide, the team has to effectively decide what the roles Rays player's like Benoit, Cormier and leftie Randy Choate will perform before they can streamline their thought process and make an adequate and concise decision. This might be the final season the Rays have this much offensive firepower for awhile, so the team needs to make the right adjustments and the right moves to counter that offense with a great pitching staff and effective Bullpen in 2010.
Rays Manager Joe Maddon is famous for using the quote, " Starting pitching sets the tone of the game." If the team doesn't find the right solutions to shore up their back-end of the rotation, it will just fester into a situation every 5 days for the Rays. Davis and Sonnastine have to provide that comfort and confidence level over the next few days for the Rays to begin their final decision process. But with a swift decision, it also sets up the Rays pitchers to get into a rhythm now, even before the season begins and adjust accordingly to their rotation slots.
The Rays had a few setbacks recently on their pitching front, with Howell going down this weekend and question marks still surrounding several Bullpen 2010 roles and abilities. But in the end, the Rays have to do what is right for the team to fulfill their quest to again play deep into October. With both sides of the ball clicking for the Rays, the sky could be the limit in 2010, but quickly even that scenario can falter if an injury bug decides to hit the team, or a starter falters early….but then again, that is why we play 162 games before crowning a Division Champion.
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Our boys are the Triple-A Champions. I am honestly thinking the game in April when Durham and the Rays play might be their best game all Spring based on the talen on both line-ups.
Sonny has adjusted his game well, but only time will tell if the adjustments can get him through even April.
We forget he was on solid ground before he imploded in Cleveland (May 30th) or in the first series at Baltimore with the Orioles.
1-4 needs a little tweaking with Price maybe going between Garza and Neimann, but besides that, all is gravy right now.
Rays Renegade
Hi Cliff,
At least we have the 1-4 guys in place. It's actually a nicve place to be at – having options. Options that work. After last year, Sonny seems to be getting his confidence back.
Also gotta say, every so often I get a chance to see a game, and I'm really impressed with some of these Triple A guys. Makes me wish we still had a triple a teram up here.
Not too many days left to make final cuts! Dodgers still have not named a Starting pitcher for Opening
In the daily grind of the Major League camps, there is plenty of time. But to us layman's outside the process it sometimes looks convoluted and complex.
But there are also things like minor league options, contract restrictions and player opt out dates that we are not always priviledged to know.
I think the Dodgers will make Kershaw the Opening Day starter since he might have the best chance to send the fans home happy the first day.
Rays Renegade
There are still a lot of decisions to be made by the Dodgers. Pitchers are still battling for the 5th spot.
I agree with you that I think Torre will give the start to our young Kershaw. We open in Pittsburgh.
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Are you sure it was a lower and not the upper? The upper on the FAL is the part you need an FFL. Most kits come with a lower. If yours didn't send it back.
I need help finding the best deal on a lower for an FAL.I just orderd a FAL kit from Military Gun Supply and as listed they come with no lower reciever.So where can I oder the parts for the best price? I've still got 4 AK's out of 8 versions built so its not a first. I have a shop with all the needed equipment I just need the parts. I wanted both a G3 and an FAL but I couldnt afford it and they were sold out of G3's so Imbel it is. Im not looking for the best and most expensive reciever out there just one that I can make operational.Thanks.
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Are you sure it was a lower and not the upper? The upper on the FAL is the part you need an FFL. Most kits come with a lower. If yours didn't send it back.
Oh ok.Then I need the "upper" or whatever you call it. I do the AK and G3 thing so there is only one reciever the "upper" and "lower" thing isnt my stuff thats the AR thing. I assume the "lower" is the pistol grip assembly and the "upper" is the true reciever.
Depending on what you are building the "best" receiver is a DSA Arms. Dealers Warehouse has some Imbels. They would be my next choice.
I cant afford DSA and besides why would any of us put a shot out good (nowhere near excellent)condition parts kit on a DSA? That doesnt make any sense at all.So I'll get a Century,I'll have my dealer call them for pricing since I cant find any other vendors on the net or shotgun news,FAC has gone belly up leaving me without a supplier.I hope they sell for a good price,$150+shipping & dealer charges is about my limit.I still need compliance parts and whatever small pins and crap are missing from the kit and magazines.
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I just got two kits myself today in mail. I have been researching these builds and the Imbel is the Best. DSA Arms told me that point blank today on the phone. Problem is they are all gone. Not one anywhere that I have found. I purchased two Century Arms Receivers today.......They are down to less than five in stock and don't plan on getting any more. So move on them quick or DSA is going to be your only option!!!!!!!!!
What part of FLA you from? I'm originally from Ft. Myers area. Still have hunt camp in BIG Cypress
A lot of people use DSA because the kits they get have good barrels. The DSA receiver is as close to the STG58 as you are going to get. As for Imbel the problem is they are foreign and do not help your part count. As for Century well, you'll see.Originally Posted by FLSwampGunner
P.S. sorry about stepping on your post, I clicked on the wrong button.
I thought the DCI was the best for the $$$$...and closer to original than the imbel..
Hopefully FAC will sink very fast and the DCI receivers will be available..
Uh, the Imbels are built in a factory and on machinery set up by FN for the Brazillians, but the DSA receivers are built using factory assistance from Steyr and FN and the blue prints from Steyr. They're also forged.
Nothing usually wrong with the Imbels, but the last couple of years people have reported having to do more work to get them right.....the Belgians set that machinery up almost 40 years ago and it could be wearing out.
I'd avoid the Century if possible.
I'm with Templar, I'd stay away from the Century. I've built numerous fals using DSA,
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going to watch a 20/20 is like going to watch a movie that is shorter than 90 mins, by the time i get out of the ground/theater feel like i got robbed. No problem on tv though.
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going to watch a 20/20 is like going to watch a movie that is shorter than 90 mins, by the time i get out of the ground/theater feel like i got robbed. No problem on tv though.
The main thing is the pitches, really. As I keep saying, as long as the pitches have something in it for the bowlers, Twenty20 matches will always be exciting... Heck, I think even ODIs with pitches which do a little for bowlers produce good matches.
Whats the point in having a contest where most of the bowlers bowl fast to medium but almost never with any slips.
I have a few ideas and will be writingabout it another time. One could surely be allowing a cricket ball with two halves of leather instead of four quarters as we have today. It makes the ball to swing much more. That should make the batsmen think and play instead of the mindless slogging we see today.
With the T-20 game as it is today, we could do without power plays. Its still going to be high scoring as faras scoring rates go.
But I do agree abt that 2 piece ball thing.... Some commentators have been harping on it for years, dunno why the admins don't lend them an ear.
The field restriction is not making for slip fielders, nor is it making for an attack which is using the close in fielders as an attacking force.
All that is happening is that the inner ring of fielders are being spread around to increase the probability of stopping a larger number of shots. Some times fielders outside the circle can also be an attacking option. For example a leg spinner flighting outside the off stump making the batsman hit him with the risk of being caught by a deep cover.
They have to think of putting the fear of losing his wicket back in the batsman's mind. The limited overs format will still continue to make run scoring the major preoccupation of the batsman but knowing the risks of mindless batting he will have to develope the skills to counter the risk
Its that which will make the game exciting as a contest between bat and ball. To reduce it to a contest between bat and bat can never be good for the game in the long run.
So far I have been quite impressed with the format. I agree that the key is a wicket with something for the bowlers. The ideal game is one where the par score is around 150.
20/20 games seem to produce a lot of terrific counter-attacking cricket where a batsman or a bowler can turn around the game in a few overs. Think of Uthappa against Pakistan or Vettori against India.
Relative to ODI's 20/20 may actually see more genuine bowlers compared to bits and pieces players. This is because part-time bowlers are much more difficult to hide and because you would back your top 6 bats to use most of the 20 overs.
Anyway whether or not you like the format, I think 20/20 is here to stay. The India-Pakistan game alone may have created hundreds of millions of fans.
One big benefit I think will be that domestic cricket will become much more viable in the future as a spectator sport . From the commercial point of view, cricket does need a format where spectators can get a result in an evening like most other sports. If domestic cricket becomes financially viable that will mean a better living for a lot more cricketers.
Will 20/20 hurt test cricket? Maybe but test cricket seems to have survived ODI's fairly well and my guess is that it will survive this as well. And we can't rule out some 20/20 fans becoming converts to tests especially as they get older.
well I am glad to see that in general the response to Twenty20 has been pretty positive.
I think this tourny has gon esome way to showing people that there is a place for good bowling in the game, and that good bowling will tend to be rewarded.
I think somewhere someone said it was sad to see Pollock getting whacked about. well for me, one of the good things about this format is that it has no respect for reputation. You perform on the day and you get your rewards, if you dont you get punished. There is nowhere to hide in this format. You bowl a crap over and you have bowled crap for a quarter of your spell. In 50 over stuff you have time to redeem yourself.
For me, this tournament has way way overshadowed the lumbering dinosaur that was the World Cup earlier this year, not only for excitment but in a lot of way, the quality of play. Some of the batting as been amazing to watch, and some of the bowling has been a lesson on really good death bowling
Meh, like you say they only last 180 minutes so you won't have to put up with them very long if you don't like the idea.
Personally this type of cricket is rather bias.
It favours teams with erratic players and big hitters, who are normally unsuitable to play test cricket.
Test cricket is the true gem of cricket in my opinion. A true test cricket legend is a true cricket legend.
I was once one of the most vociferous anti-Twenty20 voices around these parts. But I've come to accept it, as I have been somewhat entertained by this World Cup to date. More so than the 50-over tournament, at least. And I was certainly entertained by the WI-Eng games earlier this year. I still greatly prefer 50-over cricket to Twenty20, but this shorter game does have its merits - economic mostly.
And I have no problem with it, in that respect, once it isn't overdone to add to player burnout. Because it's the most attractive thing about cricket to many people outside of the sport, and I consider that a plus. It's essentially marijuana, a gateway drug.
I don't think it's tainting the sport. Once the statistics are kept separately from ODI stats (and they are), it's fine by me.
As you said, having fielding outside the circle is not necessarily always a defensive move, but having a couple of guys close in has its own advantages. At the end of the day, they do get their fair share of catches, don't they?
Maybe say allow 3 guys in the boundary during the first 7 overs plus two guys catching? That might make it a little more interesting instead of seeing 5 men in the ring on the offside...
The problem with any rules that make speed of run scoring the major criteria for batsmen will automatically make "restricting run scoring" the major preoccupation of the bowlers.
This will lead to defensive bowling and we will lose the skills of attacking bowling. It is attacking bowling of high class that leads to batsmen having to hone their skills to be able to counter this class of bowling.
It is a vicious circle which reduces the skill sets and this is what is the problem with the direction that cricket seems to be taking.
It can be avoided if the focus was not so much on batting.
Why do we need a one day game and noe a 20-20 format. The reasosn are basically threefold
1. Reduce the time taken for a game
2. Always produce a result
3. Provide excitement for the viewer
The first two are understood easily and taken care of in both shorter formats. The third is a problem. Not because excitement is undesirable but because it is undefined.
If we are going to reach a stage where viewers are excited only by the ball soaring out of the ground we would have already damaged the game in a way that will ruin it for good.
Anyone who can think rationally will realise that excitement also comes from a great bowler running through a side and the other side responding in kind and fighting to defend a small total. Unless this is kept in mind we are going to make great bowlers an extinct breed. And those who spend a lifetime sending average bowlers out of the ground are not great batsmen either. Hence we will finally end up devoiding the game of both great bowlers AND great batsmen.
This is what needs to be avoided.
For that ICC has to stop thinking short term.
Paranoia SJS, so far the great bowlers of our time have hit sucess in this format, and the great batsman have too. Look at the records and try and find average players sneaking to the top and you will be looking for a good while.
Everytime we see an average player succeeding at this game we condemn it but in what way is this different from ODI's? If you only took a handful of ODI's as opposed to a large amount of them I'm sure you'd find many 'average' players doing well.
Top 10 Batsman with the most runs and their averages
G Smith 347 @ 57.83
S Jayasuriya 246 @ 61.50
P Collingwood 219 @ 24.33
R Ponting 212 @ 35.33
K Pietersen 212 @ 23.55
B McCullum 195 @ 32.50
C Gayle 193 @ 38.60
A Ahmed 179 @ 35.80
S Malik 171 @ 24.42
M Hayden 170 @ 56.66
Is that a shocking list of dire modern batsman? I don't think so, we do have to change our perceptions slightly though, a good average is no longer 35 and up, it is now more along the lines of 25 and up. Eventually these players averages will go down but these are the ones who have scored the runs so far and in what way are any of them average?
Top 10 Bowlers for wickets, averages, economy
S Afridi 11 @ 13.36 and 6.83
N Bracken 10 @ 12.80 and 6.14
A Razzak 10 @ 14.20 and 5.91
P Collingwood 10 @ 16.20 and 9.00
M Asif 9 @ 16.66 and 7.56
D Vettori 8 @ 7.62 and 5.08
E Chigumbura 8 @ 9.12 and 8.11
C Fernando 8 @ 18.50 and 6.72
S Bond 8 @ 20 and 7.11
S Pollock 8 @ 23.12 and 8.22
Slower bowling is obviously the most effective but many of ODI's best bowlers at the moment, Bond, Pollock, Bracken (Asif needs a little longer at that form of the game), added with a lot of the finest slower bowlers show that average bowlers are hardly succeeding in any particular way, especially considering that the most matches any of these players have played is 9 and that honour goes to Collingwood. Aggressive bowling is hardly dying, which I feel is easy to identify if you consider the likes of Bracken in this list. Economies can no longer be expected to be 4.5 and under, now a good economy is 7 and under, and a good average is 25 and under, a great one being near 15.
All this uproar about average players being made to look better is BS, this is early days in the game, and the best players in the game at the moment being in the top tens is hardly a fluke.
I ever said the good batsmen will overnight become bad.
Same for bowlers.
Read again.:)
If great batsman and great bowlers are the best in the game then isn't that what players would aspire to become?


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I purchased this doll mainly because I love the fashion. She looks exactly like the prototype. I removed the plastic arm protectors and had a little trouble getting the fashion back to the way it was supposed to look. No biggie.
The real problem with this doll is the horrible doll stand. Tonner has been providing this awful stand for the last few years. The doll can't stand with her legs together and in most cases, the saddle that goes between the doll's legs shows through the garment.
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By Laurie H. Rogers
Dear Teachers, Parents and Students in Spokane, WA:
In March 2010, Spokane's high school math adoption committee recommended Holt Mathematics to the school board as its new high school math curriculum. This was based on:
- the adoption committee's work over six months
- various assessments of Holt that had been done at the state level
- feedback from piloting teachers in Spokane
- feedback from students and parents in Spokane
- Holt's superior alignment with the state math standards.
At SCC and SFCC, the remediation rate in mathematics for recent graduates of Spokane Public Schools is 87.1% (verified). Most test into elementary algebra or below (verified). Of those who take remedial math classes in the SCC system, almost 47% do not pass their remedial classes (also verified). Just 42.3% of Spokane's high school students passed the 10th grade WASL in 2009. That test was based on 7th and 8th-grade material, and it required a score of just over 56% to pass. But 57.7% of our high school students couldn't do it. This is not, despite what you've heard, the fault of teachers, students, parents or society. This is a direct result of weak math curricula in Spokane, from K-12.
The adoption committee and the piloting teachers chose Holt because of its order, structure and logical presentation. After we voted, Associate Superintendent Karin Short told us all to support the decision. But a few people – several from Ferris High School – continued to agitate against Holt. As of May 2010, Holt Mathematics is suddenly not the new curriculum in Spokane. Teachers are now being told that the standards are the curriculum, and that Holt Mathematics is just "a resource." Teachers will not be allowed to begin on page 1 of the Holt textbook. Instead, the high school program will start with a later chapter, then skip around the book, along with heavy "supplementing" with a program from some folks at Ferris High School.
The Ferris program was supposedly based on the Washington State PEs and the Common Core Standards. But the CCS weren't released in final form until after Ferris began building this program. Additionally, Washington State has not yet adopted the CCS. And yet, the people at Ferris skipped ahead to plan a program based on these national standards.
This is the district's run-around. They lost the battle, but they intend to win the war. This deceit is supported by curriculum staff and by Superintendent Stowell. They didn't like how the adoption committee chose, so they are changing the rules to suit them. You are the ones who will pay. These people - this rogue element - in the central office and at Ferris High School apparently believe they know better than:
- the publisher and the math professionals who built Holt Mathematics
- the mathematicians who assessed Holt Mathematics
- the adoption committee that chose Holt Mathematics
- the piloting teachers who chose Holt Mathematics
- the students and parents who chose Holt Mathematics
- the school board director who is a physics professor and who recommended the adoption of Holt Mathematics
- the school board that adopted Holt Mathematics
- the state administrators and legislators who have not yet officially adopted the national standards
On May 27, 2010, Dr. Stowell, and Board Directors Sue Chapin, Bob Douthitt and Rocky Treppiedi hosted "Educating Spokane," a call-in show on PBS. Asked about Holt Mathematics being shoved aside, Dr. Stowell said that Holt is not the curriculum. The standards are the curriculum, she said.
Another question was asked: "The piloting teachers recommended a curriculum. The committee recommended a curriculum. The board adopted a curriculum. How is it that Holt is not the curriculum?" The superintendent answered that the Holt book was just instructional material, not the curriculum. It wasn't perfect, she said, and so they were "supplementing" it.
Supplementing?? Is it "supplementing" to pick apart the textbook, skip chapters, cut out chunks and bring in their own materials to replace it?? This "process" was fraudulent, and it's breathtakingly unfair to teachers and students. No longer will it be enough for teachers to just do as they're told. The system is being set up so that ALL teachers are at risk. Because this process will not work for the students, the math remediation and dropout rates will continue to rise. With the new federal, state and local emphasis on firing "ineffective teachers," teachers will be assessed based on how students do on standardized tests for which the students will not be prepared. Many teachers (at least the ones who do not work at Ferris High School) will be at risk of being disciplined, demoted, retired or fired for being "ineffective" or "insubordinate."
This is the school district you have right now. It's embarrassing and shameful. But they are not shamed. Nothing will change for you until we have a new superintendent. This district is corrupt. Teachers, parents, students and taxpayers need to rise up and organize, become our own force. We need to take back the classroom from these cynical, self-centered people. Teachers have no protection, not from the unions, not from administrators, not from their state leaders, and – so far – not from the media. But you can rise up en masse and take the classroom back. You can organize in basements, backyards and living rooms, vote no-confidence in your superintendent, and fight for your right to teach. Please come to the next school board meeting – or write to the school board – and tell them to ensure fidelity of implementation of Holt Mathematics.
Ask them to also investigate this fraudulent process.
Please note: The information in this post is copyrighted. The proper citation is: Rogers, L. (May, 2010). "Teachers and parents: Take back the classroom from those who have stolen it." Retrieved (date) from the Betrayed Web site: http://betrayed-whyeducationisfailing.blogspot.com/


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What happened, first of all: gone is the Securities and Exchange Commission ban on public hedge fund advertising. News here.
Bone up on how hedge funds may change marketing strategies in targeting high-net-worth and other investors (AllAboutAlpha)
Why the masses should ignore hedge funds (The Atlantic)
The Fourth Estate Versus Hedge Funds (Barrons.com)
Investment banks eye hedge funds for the masses (CNBC)
Forbes takes on the Wall Street Journal: "Are hedge funds worth the money?" (Forbes)
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Being consistently productive can be a strain. The brain is already under a constant onslaught of incoming information from the immediate environment, not to mention an incredible bombardment of content from the Internet. Social networking updates, emails, scheduled reminders, new tech articles, bells, whistles -- all sorts of distractions can easily take someone's focus away from work. If technology is an extension of our immediate capabilities, how can we use it to combat the very information overload caused by it?
Evan Peck suggests that we use computers to monitor our brain activity and help filter out unnecessary information. He and classmates at Tufts University are developing a brain-scanning headset intended to "supercharge the way you consume information." The technology was recently shown at the fourth annual Augmented Human conference.
The non-invasive system uses a neuroimaging technique known as functional near-infrared spectroscopy. It beams infrared light at the brain's prefrontal cortex and monitors the light's interaction with hemoglobin, the oxygen-transporting protein found in red blood cells. Hemoglobin comes in two states: oxygenated or deoxygenated. The headset calculates the ratio of oxygenated to deoxygenated hemoglobin. The system uses this information as a direct correlation to the amount of work, or intent focus, being performed by the brain.
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Other researchers have begun to implement this technology in new applications. Ben Willems of the Federal Aviation Administration hopes to use a similar system to help air traffic controllers with their stressful jobs. In this setup, radar systems would automatically reroute flight paths according to the amount of traffic the flight controller would observe on screen. More traffic means more brain activity. Erin Solovey of MIT is adapting the technology to study human cognitive response to in-vehicle features.
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