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I used to sell in Markham, so I know that feeling...

I don't feel like working today either...partly because I didn't get home from the meet until 2:30am (after eating something), and partly because this goddamn insomnia kept me up all night.

i feel like i'm not even awake right now.
Where the heck did you go to eat in such a hurry that you didn't get home until 2:30AM?! LOL

I was so tired this morning that I accidentally spilt hot coffee on my hand, now it's all red and tingly.

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first off you a brave mofo.... I was temped to wash yesterday too but i would be going to petro i don't know how you managed to go to a coin wash.

lucky the doors and locks didn't freeze.

second I think you'll be fine.
It's a catch 22 really...when it's this cold you don't want to stand outside and coin-op it (which is why i didn't dry it), but the temp difference driving in/out of the touchless when it's this cold is just begging for a cracked windshield if there is the tiniest stone chip or pressure edge crack somewhere that is just on the verge of going.

If my car was parked in cold temps, I wouldn't have worried about it, as the salt can't really do a whole lot of rust harm in the cold. It's the fact that it's parked in an +18 degree parking garage that had me not want to wait another 4 or 5 days with caked on salt and dirt everywhere. Since it's a heated garage, I wasn't worried about freezing doors/locks.

You guys have put my mind at ease for now. Biggest concern was I cracked the sunroof or seal ont he rear window or something, because that's what it sounded like. Never had an ice sound that loud and spread out across the roof and rear glass area before. Didn't realize the chassis would twist that much turning into the slight incline of the garage driveway.


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While organizers from the National Union of Healthcare Workers blasted the decision by Corizon -- which also fired 49 vocational nurses in January -- a nurse still working inside the jail described a scene so chaotic she termed it "World War III."

"It's horrible. We have people melting down, we have people sick," said the nurse, who spoke on condition of anonymity because she was fearful of reprisal. "It's a disaster looking for a place to happen."

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The Santa Rita Jail is photographed in Dublin, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group) ( ANDA CHU )

The firings occurred three days after the family of an inmate who died from an asthma attack at Santa Rita Jail sued Corizon for inadequate medical treatment.

Both incidents, as well as other allegations of poor care in Alameda County and across the nation, are leading members of the union to call for Corizon to be booted from the county when a three-year, $100 million contract goes into effect July 1. Corizon, a Tennessee firm, bills itself as the leading provider of correctional health care services in the United States, serving 429 facilities in 25 states.

"The bottom line is that Corizon needs to get out," said Dennis Dugan of the National Union of Healthcare Workers, which represents the nurses. "What they are doing is unsafe and dangerous. It's putting inmates and nurses at risk."

Martha Harbin, a Florida-based spokeswoman for Corizon, said the layoffs are an effort to comply with a 2015 settlement that required registered nurses, not vocational nurses, conduct initial health care screenings for inmates. Registered nurses earn a higher academic degree and have more rigorous training.

The $8.3 million settlement was between the Sheriff's Office, Corizon and the children of Martin Harrison, who alleged their father wouldn't have died during a confrontation with guards if nurses had realized he was suffering from alcohol withdrawal during his intake screening.

Since Jan. 1, Corizon has fired all 65 licensed vocational nurses at Santa Rita and Glenn E. Dyer Detention Facility in Oakland. The two jails combined hold 2,850 inmates.

Harbin denied the layoffs endangered inmates and said the company has hired 25 registered nurses since September, when it began ramping up for the transition, and will soon hire 10 more. Only 10 of those nurses are full-time, according to records Corizon provided the union.

Dugan said the new workers can't make up for the layoffs, and he described a dangerous atmosphere inside the jail, where nurses often work double shifts, and a rotating crew of temporary health care workers fills in the best they can.

The version of events was backed up by the nurse inside the jail, who said she was told that sick calls would be eliminated next week because of the shortage.

Sheriff's Spokesman Sgt. Ray Kelly said that to his knowledge inmate care had not been affected by the staffing changes.

Sheriff Gregory Ahern has touted Corizon's excellent performance in the past and has even appeared in public relations material for the company.

The sheriff has been a beneficiary of tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from Corizon during his tenure.

In an interview with KTVU-TV last fall, he denied those contributions gave Corizon any added advantage when it came to securing contracts and said he mostly used the money for charity golf tournaments.

Though Corizon has held the contract for health care services for eight years, it appears that its work at Alameda County could be in jeopardy.

The death of 29-year-old inmate Mario Martinez from an asthma attack last summer put the spotlight back on the company. Martinez's family alleged he wouldn't have died had he received court-ordered treatment for nasal polyps.

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A staff report had recommended an extension to mid-September. But Councilwoman Sherry McCoy moved to adopt an amended resolution with a less-expansive deadline.

In January 2012, the city agreed to sell the tract, bounded by Sycamore Avenue, San Pablo Avenue and Tsushima Street, for roughly $9.27 million to Property Development Centers, a Safeway subsidiary. Sycamore Crossing has variously been described as being 13.3 acres or 11.44 acres in size.

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Rowsley’s multi-award winning Peak District hotel and restaurant, East Lodge, has numerous accolades and titles to its name, yet the walls at East Lodge keep filling with further certificates and accreditations for excellence. The latest to be added to the already impressive and growing list is the much sought after 5 Star Hygiene Award, awarded by Derbyshire Dales District Council for Food Hygiene.

Having recently undergone a major £250,000 refurbishment, the kitchen at East Lodge has been transformed. Behind the traditional appearance of the country house hotel is now an all new state- of-the-art kitchen, complete with the latest, top of the range equipment and while East Lodge has always scored well for hygiene, they can at last now boast the top rating to match their top notch kitchen.
East Lodge Head Chef, Simon Bradley, knows a good kitchen when he sees one all thanks to his remarkable experience and amazing career so far. Simon has trained as an apprentice chef at the Ritz in Paris before working under Raymond Blanc, honing and perfecting his skills at two Michelin star rated le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons. Simon has also worked alongside the BBC’s Great British Menu critic, Oliver Peyton.

Awarded by Derbyshire Dales District Council, the 5 star award for Food Hygiene is based on the National Guidance and Code of practice. As most people are familiar with the 5 Star concept this allows customers and businesses a quick method of establishing compliance with legislation – and who’s top for hygiene within the industry. Gaining the top 5 star rating is not something easily achieved or that can be boasted by many.

”The success we have generated is testament to the hard work all our staff put in, and the procedures and practises put in place by our Head Chef Simon, who always delivers a dining experience to remember and food to the highest standards,” said East Lodge’s Deputy Managing Director, Iain Hardman. “It is an honour to receive 5 stars for Food Hygiene, and putting this award alongside the others on the walls at East Lodge not only shows to visitors how hard we work, but that we really care about everything we do.”

Owned by the Hardman family, the multi-award winning venue has remained at the top by constantly improving its service and living by the motto that good enough just isn’t good enough. This motivation and determination for excellence has led not only to the development of the new Chef’s Table, but to this former Hotel of the Year to becoming one of only 48 hotels in the country to be awarded a Visit England Gold Award. Recently East Lodge scooped the silver award at the national finals of the Enjoy England Excellence Awards for Outstanding Customer Service and have been voted Readers choice in the Westside Restaurant of the Year Awards 2011.

For more information on East Lodge Hotel and Restaurant and for bookings visit www.eastlodge.com or call 01629 734474.

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Enrollment increases at UT Tyler

The University of Texas at Tyler has recorded a 29 percent increase in first-time undergraduate students and a 37 percent increase in graduate enrollment compared to last fall, President Rodney H. Mabry announced.
Total headcount for this fall is 6,703 over fall 2010 figures of 6,446. The overall enrollment increase is four percent.
“We are very pleased with these figures. Students statewide and across the nation increasingly realize that UT Tyler is a top-flight institution that produces some of the best graduates anywhere. I believe this increase, especially during these challenging economic times, attests to the fact that our academic programs are among the best and are very worthwhile investments for students,” said President Mabry.
UT Tyler welcomed its inaugural cohort of students in its new Global Awareness Through Education program in August. Students enrolled in GATE are from East Texas, areas in and around Dallas and Houston, as well as California, Louisiana, Brazil, Kenya, Mexico and the Philippines.
“This is just one example of the high-ability students we’ve attracted from all over world,” said President Mabry.
GATE is the university’s Quality Enhancement Plan that is designed to increase global awareness among cohorts of freshman and sophomore students.  It will enhance and increase UT Tyler students’ global knowledge and understanding of other cultures and worldviews.
UT Tyler also has implemented new academic programs, such as religion studies, and re-invigorated others, such as construction management.
“Our objective is to offer programs that meet the needs of our students as well as industry—and we intend to provide our students the richest and highest quality educational experience possible,” President Mabry added.

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I was glancing at the slides from from EclipseCon. It one screen-shot it shows that Outlines can be activated from a toolbar. How does one go about adding an outline to the toolbar?

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Hi Rob

In the class AbstractDesktop you can overwrite the method getConfiguredOutlines() to add your Outlines. If you want the creation and adding of an Outline in one go you can use the Scout Perspective:
In the Scout Explorer navigate to your client package which has a child called "Desktop". On its child node "Outlines" is a context menu "New Outline..." which guides you through the process.

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Maybe you want to add a button for your outline as well - you can do this by adding an AbstractOutlineViewButton in your Desktop, e.g.:

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My experience with this one, was of dissapointment of the inability to use solo. It will not stay in for plug use and is too small to manipulate manually. It defintely requires someone else to feel what this toy has to offer. The design, shape and finish of this product was surprisingly high end. I think beginners looking to get into harness play could actually really enjoy this for pegging.
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This toy would best be used as a prostate stimulating dildo. It is very harness capable with its flared base. This toy was definitely designed for use with a partner as solo use is difficult and not that enjoyable.
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Design / Shape / Size

I really liked the design and the quality construction of this toy. I thought it would work as a plug and was dissapointed to find that it did not. The average anal player could easily take this dildo.
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I did not find this toy very easy to use during solo sessions. Often it was more frustrating this way. This toy shines when used with the assistance of a partner. If your partner provides in and out thrusting motions, this toy definitely provides a great amount of stimulation. It is perfect for a beginner to pegging.

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A great find for the money. Despite the small rubber smell, the Manhandler will continue to be a mainstay in our house for role reversal nights and for when Talula just needs to lay back and be pounded.
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It could be enjoyed solo, or with a friend. The handle allows for either very precise movements, or for those time when you really just need to be pounded. For all you people who don't really like harnesses or double ended dildos like the Feeldoe this might be what you're looking for. Confused? Stick with me.

Talula (my wife) and I use the Manhandler in perhaps a different use than the intended; we use it in role reversal. She likes the control aspect and I like the submissive role for a change. But, Talula doesn't like the feel of a harness and the Feeldoe just wasn't long enough for our situation. So, she just puts the Manhandler between the legs right underneath her pussy and bam! Instant cock. No mess, no fuss and the price is right. And, the pressure of the shaft is pleasurable for her. Additionally, while she won't admit to it, LOVED the Manhandler when I used it on her. Though, she definitely had to be warmed up, and in the zone to take it.
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Material / Texture

The material is rubber. That's the biggest let down from this toy. It's a porous substance. Germs and bacteria can get inside. And basically, you should use a condom with it every time, even if you're just using it vaginally. Definitely use a condom on when taking the Manhandler in the backdoor. Even though its not the safest material, the Manhandler is firm to the squeeze. But due to the length, it's a bit floppy. If you're looking for a wand or something "stiff" this isn't for you. You'll need to guide it in; but once the Mandhandler is in, you're good to go. Also. I should tell you it smells. Not real bad, but enough to notice. Enough to notice when you're blindfolded. After four months or so, the smell has died down, but it's still noticeable.

Another reviewer mentioned using the handle for penetration, but we haven't tried that. Though, it stands to reason that the Manhandler is flexible enough for double penetration if you like the "full" feeling.

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Due to the sheer size of this animal, please take your time if you are not an experienced dildo user. It's large for vaginal insertion and huge for anal. She couldn't take the whole thing (though she screamed in ecstasy) and I couldn't get half of it. Sometimes I swear Talula is trying to impale me! If you're going to use it anally, it's probably best to start with something smaller and work your way up during the same session.

The shape of the dildo's head is pretty realistic and you feel small groves along the shaft. Though, they are not nearly as large as the Raging Manhandler. Oh, and if you travel often, it might be best to leave this one at home. The TSA gurads at the airport might think you're sneaking a weapon on the plane.

The best thing about this dildo is the handle. How many times have you been using a wet, lubed up dildo just for it to slip out of you or your hands at that earth shattering moment? No longer a problem! Because of the length and handle, this dildo can do just about anything. With the length and the handle, there's no way you could lose this thing while you're moaning with delight.

Additionally, Talula and I both like the length of this dildo. You don't have to worry about it getting lost, or having to shove it all the way just to feel the right pleasure. The length and the handle make it perfect to hitting just the right spot.

If I could change something about it I'd probably make it just a bit stiffer, or even, just a bit smaller (in girth).

Care and Maintenance

Again, always use a condom with this big guy. We simply store it in our toy chest, and don't worry about starching it, or covering it. Seems to hold up just fine after four to five months of use. For clean up we just remove the condom, wash with hot water and anti-bacterial soap and squirt it with the occasional toy spray.

For lube, we've only used water based and silicon lube with it. I prefer the water based, thicker lube to the thinner silicon. She prefers the silicon. It's really up to you. But really, once this thing is lubed up and ready to slip in, the last thing you'll be doing is arguing over which lube to use next time.

The package from Eden was normal. No one would have known the UPS guy was dropping off one of the largest dildos I'd ever seen. However, the packaging for the Manhandler itself is just cheap, sharp plastic. You *could* open it carefully and save the container for storage. We just threw ours away.

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With the exception of Talula's Hitatchi Magic Wand , this toy probably is getting the most use as of late. We really like it. Using it as a couple in the role reversal situation, she has the freedom of moving about the bed or removing it quickly if she needs to move about the room. The Manhandler is long enough for multiple positions that were not possible with a harness or Feeldoe. It works with the missionary, doggy and cowgirl

And to be honest, when it's her turn to be Manhandled,I really love to watch it penetrate her.
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We still love this toy! We've used it half a dozen times or more and it's holding up just as well as the day it was bought. Oh, and most of the rubber "odor" went away.

I hate to sound completely ridiculous, but because of this toy and this experience (the sexual act and the writing of the review) Talula and I might actually be a stronger couple today.

For the price, how could you go wrong? It's a steal.
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With all the flashing lights and appealing colors, this toy promises a lot but delivers very little. Buzzy, weak vibrations, poor design, and hard cleanup make it very hard to like this toy.
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I originally purchased the Xtreme pack G-spot bullet when buying another product from Eden, and it was a free gift. It comes in a clear plastic bag with the name of the toy and EdenFantasys logo printed on it. It looks great, has nice juicy colors, and I really like the purple/bright green color combo. The toy is a two-part device: a remote control that runs on two AA batteries and a curved pin-pointed bullet for g-spot stimulation with a wire attached to it. The toy is made out of body-safe plastic. The bullet is made from the same plastic but PU coated, which gives it a nice matte velvety feel. This also means that it can be used with any type of lube.

The first thing that caught my attention was that the egg was not permanently connected to the remote by a wire. Instead, it plugs into the remote. The plug-in comes out very easily, at the most important moment. The vibrations stop and it can be very irritating.

I've also heard that the makers claim that the toy is made with a detachable bullet so you can use other toys/bullets that you can plug into the same remote. However, I personally did not see that many detachable bullets on the market and I just don't see why you would want to attach them to the Xtreme pack G-spot bullet remote. This is because the remote is annoying as hell!!!

The first thing that you see when you turn the bullet on is a bunch of bright lights, going back and forth and changing colors. The bullet itself is also very loud, comparable to the sound of an electric razor. Beware! If you live with someone or have a roommate situation, the only message this bullet will send to your friends with its loud noise and flashing lights is, "Hello everyone, I am having a loud carnival masturbation party here!"

The curved and pin-pointed shape of the bullet is supposed to be good for g-spot stimulation, however, I was unable to use this toy for its intended purpose because it is very hard to hold on to the bullet with just your fingertips when inserted. It is just too short. In order to get to the G-spot, it has to be almost entirely inserted. When you do so, the bullet spins and the pin-pointed tip ends up being anywhere but on the g-spot. The bullet is not solid; it has a seam running in the middle of the toy. It cannot be felt when using it, but body fluids get into the seam and it is very hard to clean. You will have to have to use an old toothbrush to try to get all the dirt out of the seam.

When used for clitoral stimulation, it just lucks power. It seems like there are a lot of vibrations going on, considering the noise and the light flashing, but the only place you can feel them is your fingertips. This toy promises 35 different vibration settings, although the only useful setting is highest steady vibration.

The toy is not waterproof at all as there is actually has very big hole on the bullet where the wire is connected. All of the body fluids and water are welcome in there to kill this toy very quickly. Consider this when purchasing because it has to be washed with soap and water to clean the seam, a toy wipe will not be enough.
I tried to give Xtreme pack G-spot bullet a chance, I truly did. I do not understand why a lot of other reviewers say that this toy provides "great vibrations" as I did not experience this at all. Every time I used it, I had to turn it on the highest vibration setting, but it still was not enough. I am not a "vibration queen" at all but even I was unable to orgasm from Xtreme pack G-spot bullet after using it for 30 minutes. It just made me sore and gave me female version of "blue balls," if I can put it this way.

I don't see how it can be used with the other toy or partner just because of its non-convenient shape. I am glad that this was a "gift with purchase" type of thing and I did not actually pay for it. More than likely, it will end up in my junk toy box.
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It has been a year since I got the Xtreme pack g-spot bullet. I eventually threw it away, while doing my pre-Christmas cleaning. In this year, I only used it twice. I tried it when I first received it, and gave it a second chance before writing a review. If had to choose to use this toy or my finger, I would choose the latter. My finger delivers way more than this toy can dream of. The Xtreme pack g-spot bullet is just awkward, loud, powerless, has a weird shape, and is a battery sucker. Therefore, I have no use for it. I think that this toy is the perfect example of what happens when good ideas are not really thought through.
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    The way you described it when turned on sounds like a UFO abduction. It made me laugh!

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    Hahaha! You are welcome RomanticGoth. it just seems that the makers of the toy concentrated all their energy and budget on irrelevant things, the "flair" aka lights and colors and the remote control design instead of just simply putting some effort to think on how the product is actually going to function.
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    Great first review! Sorry the bullet didn't do it for you
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1     Robert Lipsyte, American author and journalist, grew up in Rego Park, Queens, New York City. He wasn't an athletic child, and he felt different from the other kids because he was overweight. He often spent his time reading books and writing stories. Lipsyte grew up as the son of two educators. His father, Sidney Lipsyte, was a principal and later the director of all the New York City schools for emotionally-disturbed children. He died in 2004 at the age of 100. Lipsyte's mother, Fanny Finston Lipsyte, was a teacher and later a guidance counselor, both in the New York City public schools. She died in 1998 at the age of 90.
2     Thanks to his family, Lipsyte knew the importance of education from early on, so upon graduation from high school, he started Columbia College. Lipsyte says he began his "professional journalism life" in June of 1957. At age 19, he answered a classified ad for an "editorial assistant" because he needed a summer job. He later moved on to Columbia College's Graduate School of Journalism. At age 21, Lipsyte became a reporter.
3     In 1964 Lipsyte got an assignment to cover a heavyweight championship fight in Miami Beach. It was this experience that gave him the opportunity to write his first young adult novel, The Contender. When Lipsyte returned to New York from his assignment, he had a letter from Ferdinand Monjo, an editor at Harper and Row (now HarperCollins). Monjo told Lipsyte that he had enjoyed reading his boxing stories and asked Lipsyte if he would be interested in writing a novel with a boxing setting. Lipsyte jumped on the idea. The Contender was published a few years later in 1967.
4     The Contender is about Alfred Brooks, a high school dropout living on the streets of Harlem, New York. While hiding in a gym from street punks, he discovers his goal in life. He wants to become a champion boxer. After rigorous training, Alfred becomes more disciplined and gains confidence in himself. The Contender proved to be an extremely successful young adult novel. It earned numerous awards and recognitions such as the American Library Association Notable Children's Book, New Jersey Institute of Technology Author Citation, One of the 100 Best of the Best Books for Young Adults, and the New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age for the years 2000 through 2006.
5     Although most of Lipsyte's novels come out of his experiences as a journalist, some of his novels are based on his own life. Up until age 14, Lipsyte was very heavyset. He lost the weight, however, when he spent a summer cutting and tending the lawn of "a nasty old man who worked me thin." Ever since that experience, Lipsyte had thought about writing a book about that difficult summer. He was afraid, however, because he was ashamed of himself for being different. Finally, Lipsyte got up the courage to write the book when he saw the words "in the prison of my fat." It took him many years, but eventually he wrote the book, and it became his second young adult book published in 1977. According to Lipsyte, One Fat Summer was "sort of about me." The characters and adventures were fiction, but the emotions were real.

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Last April I asked the question: Is momentum growing for open school union negotiations in Colorado? The results ended up mixed — with Colorado Springs District 11 opening more of their bargaining to public view while Jefferson County redoubled under a veil of secrecy.

Well, tagging on at the end of an Ed News Colorado story about Jeffco school district employees pleading with the Board to stop budget cuts was this little nugget about last night’s meeting:

Shortly before public comment began Thursday, board members voted 4-1 to close employee negotiations to the public. Board member Laura Boggs was the only “no” vote.

Defenders of the status quo learned their lesson from last year. Since the teachers union bargaining agreement in the state’s largest school district says negotiations are supposed to be open, they needed to act early and decisively to keep the prying eyes of taxpayers away from important discussions. Sad. But thankfully, it’s not the only Colorado front in the fight to open union negotiations and bring the public into public education.

You have to go no farther than Douglas County, Colorado’s third-largest school district, where union leaders have lashed out against the reform-minded school board. Rather than sit back and let contentious negotiations fester behind closed doors, or allow the unseemly tactics to continue outside them, a group of local citizens is urging the board to open negotiations and shine the light on the real disputed issues. You can read (and sign, if you support) their petition here. It reads in part:

Negotiated union policies greatly impact how our tax dollars are spent and how our schools and classrooms function. In tight budget times, when we rightly demand greater accountability of our elected school board to make tough decisions, these decisions should be made in full view!

Meanwhile, at the State Capitol, Representative Kathleen Conti has introduced House Bill 1118 with the goal of “ensuring transparency in collective bargaining negotiations.” As my Education Policy Center friend Ben DeGrow explained in a 2010 issue backgrounder, a similar bill was introduced, and very nearly passed, eight years ago (back in the dark ages…).

HB 1118 is slated for a committee hearing later this month, so you can expect to hear more soon about this important issue of public transparency and accountability. As I’ve pointed out before, open negotiations not only would remind union officials who they’re bargaining against (you: the taxpayer), but it also would help clarify who really is in charge of public education.

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Ilya Bryzgalov’s tenure with the Edmonton Oilers has come to an end.

On Tuesday, a day before the NHL trade deadline, the Oilers sent the Russian goaltender to the Minnesota Wild for a fourth-round pick in order to make room for Viktor Fasth, acquired from the Anaheim Ducks earlier in the day.

“It was a great opportunity for me to play here,” Bryzgalov said. “I was very excited to be part of the organization. I met a lot of new, great people here. I can’t say enough good things about the fans and people who live in this city, I really enjoyed my time here.”

Signed as a free agent in November, Bryzgalov, 33, played in 20 games for the Oilers, posting a 5-8-5 record with a 3.01 goals against average and a .908 save percentage.

Bryzgalov had been looking for work after being bought out by the Philadelphia Flyers this summer, two years into a nine-year, $51-million contract.

“In the beginning it was very good,” Bryzgalov said of his play with the Oilers. “Then there were a couple of games in the middle that weren’t very good. That’s probably because of missing training camp and that other stuff. I think my last few of games, the last five or six, were good. I felt sharp and I felt good.”

The Wild were in the market for a goaltender with starter Niklas Backstrom battling a sports hernia and backup Josh Harding struggling with multiple sclerosis. Depending on Backstrom’s status, Bryzgalov could become Minnesota’s new starting goaltender.

“It’s a new challenge, a great opportunity to play for a team battling for a playoff spot,” Bryzgalov said “I’m glad I have the opportunity to be with a playoff team, battling for the playoffs. I hope we are able to make the playoffs and do some damage there and compete for the Stanley Cup. It’s a great opportunity. I will do everything in my power to give the team the best chance to win.”

Bryzgalov became expendable when the Oilers signed Ben Scrivens to a two-year, $4.6-million extension then traded for Fasth, who was on a conditioning assignment with the Northfolk Admirals of the AHL, recovering from a lower-body injury.

“I’m at the age right now where I’m just focusing on my job and am not paying attention too much about the surroundings and the rumours and all that other stuff,” Bryzgalov said. “I had a great conversation with Craig (MacTavish). He’s a very good person. He explained some things to me, I said I appreciated the opportunity for letting me play here, it was a great conversation.

“It’s the NHL, it’s a business and management is doing everything in the best interest of the team. The main reason whatever they do, is because they want to improve the team.”

Bryzgalov was scheduled to back up Scrivens Tuesday. Instead, he’s on his way to Minnesota to join his new team.

“That’s the toughest part right now,” Bryzgalov said. “I have to pack all my stuff, return my rental car and try to reach the owner of my apartment to hand him the keys.”

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Presenting at the 2013 Education Innovation Summit held in Scottsdale, Arizona, Lisa Guernsey took a closer look at what exactly kids are learning when they’re using digital tools like smartphones and tablets. Her results demonstrate that bringing together young children and tech requires caution especially since it isn’t clear that kids truly comprehend the use of these kinds of tools.

The younger the children involved, the bigger the confusion. Guernsey used as an example a recent study of babies who were not yet on the development scale that allowed them to tell the difference between an object and a pictorial representation of the same object.

When shown pictures on a piece of paper, babies in the study tried to pick up the objects on the page. In one case, a baby held a picture of a shoe up to its own foot, as if trying to wear it. This misunderstanding of screens and images continues as children age, and is perhaps most evident when kids ask how people got inside their TVs. For that reason, Guernsey, author of Screen Time, says parents and teachers should become media mentors to children, guiding them toward age-appropriate apps and TV shows and teaching them how the technology works.

Joining Guernsey  for a discussion over the future of education technology were Katherine Mangu-Ward, the managing editor of Reason magazine and Bernard L. Schwartz Fellow at New America. Torie Bosch, the Future Tense editor, served as the moderator for the conversation.

Mangu-Ward agreed that too much technology is adopted in classrooms before figuring out how it teaches kids, but at the same time, many children don’t have anyone who can be an effective media mentor. With bad instructors, limited school resources, and parents who don’t understand technology, she said, we should be able to count on technology to teach kids when the people around them cannot.

The panelists agreed that the edusphere seemed to be in a grip of some magical thinking that just putting technology into the hands of students of faculty was all it was going to take to create academic miracles. But the reality is, of course, much different.

Even if the perfect piece of educational technology were created, however, there would still be significant hurdles to getting it in the classroom. Mangu-Ward cautioned ed-tech entrepreneurs and investors, who made up much of the Education Innovation Summit’s audience, that teachers unions and seat-time requirements keep schools from adopting many new technologies.

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Children create a Memorial Day word web and use it to create a poem about Memorial Day.

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  1. Hold a discussion about the meaning of Memorial Day and why we observe the holiday in the United States. Explain that this is a special day set aside for all Americans to remember those who have died in wars. Originally, the holiday was called Decoration Day because people decorated the graves of soldiers who died in the Civil War with flags and flowers. Today, communities across the nation hold parades and lay wreaths on monuments to honor people who died in different wars and to remember the bravery of soldiers who died fighting for their country.
  2. Have children work in pairs filling in the Cluster Word Web with ideas related to Memorial Day.
  3. They can review the words in the web and underline the best words for their poems.
  4. Have each of the children write a first draft and share it with a partner.
  5. Then they can revise their poems, making suggested changes and checking spelling and punctuation. Remind children that poems can be powerful if they use colorful words, or if they have interesting sounds or rhymes.
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Unlike some of the more complex Barbie sports titles, Barbie Sparkling Ice Show is easy enough to master for a 4-5 year old. The program's three levels (easy, medium, or expert) allow children approximately 4-8 to find derive some enjoyment and challenge from the game.

The graphics are beautifully done and engaging. But be particularly concerned with the minimum system requirements: you will need a 3D graphics accelerator video card with 8 MB of memory and DirectX 8.1-compatible driver. This game wouldn't work on our older test machines.

The basic idea of the game is this: players lead Barbie and/or two of her friends through an international ice tour. There are 5 different themed rinks to master (such as the Rose Garden or Island Paradise), and as each is complete, the next opens up. For each stop on the "international tour", kids must pick a skater (Barbie or either of her two friends), a skating "style" (which actually defines the difficulty level), and a routine (such as the City Girl Twirl). Then they are off to practice on the ice. On the easy level, children need only pay attention to the color of the trail that the skater follows and match the color on the skate meter using the up and down keyboard arrows. Barbie never falls down and always performs the "tricks" successfully on this first level. On the medium level, kids still need to change the skate meter as the trail color changes, but they also need to strategically tap the spacebar as she skates over a large snowflake on the rink. This controls her tricks. Expert level requires the same controls as the medium level but with the addition of left-right arrow keys for keeping the skater on the trails. On this level, Barbie falls down when the spacebar is not tapped at the correct time.

Once players have gone through the practice run successfully, they can pick the skater's costume, the color of the rink (different shades of pastel colors are offered), 3D decorations for the rink (such as harps and unicorns for the Sky rink pictured at left, or polar bears and snowmen for the Winterland rink), and music for the performance. That done, kids control the skater in the performance.

As each new rink is opened up, an Exhibition Area allows players to take part in "encore" performances of previous stops on the tour. The final rink is a "magical" one--Skating in the Sky. This final stop on the tour allows children to create their own routine for the first time.

The game is very easy to understand and control, but it is also exceptionally easy to complete in one afternoon. Although children are free to return to any stop on the tour and select different props, costumes, and difficulty levels, many young players will tire of the game far too quickly. For this reason, children ages 4-6 will likely get the most out of the game, simply because some kids in this age group enjoy repeating activities over and over. Purchasing the game for kids older than 6 may be disappointing. However, for younger Barbie fans, the game is very accessible and quite fun while it lasts.

Note: You will need a 3D graphics accelerator video card with 8 MB of memory and DirectX 8.1-compatible driver.

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A number of nations held "21st Century learning" conferences last fall, including South Korea, Qatar, and Mexico. In October, I attended one in Mexico City called CLASE 2010, (Leaders in Action for Education Summit), which brought together leading educators in Mexico, as well as more than 30 international experts, from Spain, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Finland, India, and Hong Kong.

The Many Benefits of Student Travel

In my presentations, I showed the Edutopia film on the International School of the Americas in San Antonio, headed by then-principal Shari Albright. ISA high school students participate in the Model UN, go on field trips to the local art museum, learn Spanish, and travel to Zacatecas and Mexico City to open their eyes and minds to our important neighbor to the south. Albright now leads the Gates Foundation-funded International Studies Schools Network of 25 high schools at the Asia Society, working with Tony Jackson.

The film shows teacher Kathy Bieser in the bus driver's seat, driving her students to a field trip, recounting how she and other teachers didn't let the cost of hiring a bus and a driver get in the way of transporting their students to other learning places in the community. In the accompanying article, Bieser told how of how her students' first trip abroad, to Mexico City, was also her own, even while the Mexican border was only 150 miles away. She quoted from a student's diary:

I looked out my window at the horizon, the parched ground, the dusty shrubs, and the overwhelming mountains. I thought about how totally hot it was and how it would really stink to be outside. Then it really hit me -- my family. This is where [my ancestors] were. In the 1800s [they] came to the United States -- that's all I know... They didn't have roads, they must have suffered in the heat, no food, no water, many must have died and I don't even know their names. They made this great sacrifice for me, they walked through the desert, they wanted a better life for their children and I don't even know their names.

Travel can be a powerful way of personalizing learning-and motivating future learning-for students.

What We Can Learn from Our Neighbor to the South

I also showed our Digital Generation multimedia portrait of Luis, a high school senior who teaches his parents to do their banking online and younger students about robotics. He's part of a 4-H Tech Wizards project to create a street tree inventory, a database used by his city of Cornelius, Oregon to monitor the variety and health of trees on city property. Luis and his fellow students use handheld devices to photograph and log the geographic coordinates of each tree. His parents emigrated from Mexico and Luis was the first in his family to go to college. I said he represented the type digital learner school systems in both the U. S. and Mexico should be producing.

I noted an odd divide between American and Mexican schools. For two nations that border each other and have a shared history, certainly in the border states of California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, American schools teach remarkably little about our neighbor to the South. American politicians who've sought to erect a high fence between our two nations haven't helped, when we should be overcoming the barriers between our educational systems.

I like to ask audiences of teachers and students in San Francisco: Where is the oldest building in our city? A few teachers and fewer students know the answer, with most believing it must have been built around the time of the 1849 Gold Rush. In fact, it was built in the Presidio-Spanish for "fort" -- not far from Lucasfilm's campus, in 1776 by Spanish explorers who came from Mexico. The site, now part of the Golden Gate National Parks, is the subject of an archaeological dig involving a number of historical societies and universities. American students know that year for the Revolutionary War and Declaration of Independence on the east coast, but few -- even those in California -- know of events during that period on the west coast.

In my talks, I called for greater educational exchange between U. S. and Latin American schools and creation of more International Schools of the Americas in the region. We should have many more Escuelas sin Fronteras, Schools Without Borders. Are you involved in teaching about Latin America in the U. S. or vice versa, teaching about the U. S. in Latin American nations? Does your work involve connecting students across borders online? Travel to other nations? I'd love to hear your experiences.

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I want to know why Edutopia does not want to close the voting and decide who the winner is. Project Explorer does great work and deserves it!

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Hi Natisha - Please check this post for info on the educator poll.

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School without Borders, and What is exactly about? and why the title is in Spanish?

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M.Ed TESOL student wanting to make language learning accessible to all

Schools without borders through technology also. I am a world traveler. I learned and am learning Spanish mostly through direct relationship when I travel in Latin America. The whole concept of learning (especially a language) via exposure and experience is second to none. Sadly Americans (but not only us) are ignorant of other cultures and languages even the ones right next door. But this also extends to those from other lands living in our midst. Your question about connecting students across borders online is very key. Many will never be able to travel but through technology an entire world of virtual travel, experience and sharing opens up to many more. I also believe technology should be used more to connect the immigrants all around us to the language and culture. I believe our TESOL classes may only be reaching a minority of highly motivated immigrants. Can we structure our language learning classes to use technology to include those in the shadows who may never come into the light otherwise?

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