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[JURIST] Two Canadian law professors and human rights activists have written to the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website], asking it to investigate "possible war crimes" by top Canadian defence officials. Michael Byers of the University of British Columbia and William Schabas [university profiles], now at the National University of Ireland, sent a letter to ICC chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo accusing Canadian Defence Minister Gordon O'Connor [official website] and Chief of Canada's Defence Staff Gen. Rick Hillier [official profile] of transferring detainees to Afghan custody despite a strong possibility that they would be tortured. In response to criticism about the transfers, including opposition calls for his resignation [JURIST report], O'Connor Wednesday announced the start of a new arrangement between Canada and Afghanistan that will allow Canadian officials to inspect Afghan prisoners after they had been transferred to Afghan custody to make sure that they have not subjected to torture; Prime Minister Stephen Harper [official website] said Thursday that the new agreement would soon be "formalized."In February the Canadian government ordered an official inquiry [JURIST report] into reported detainee abuse by Canadian troops in Afghanistan. The probe began following a civilian complaint filed by University of Ottawa law professor Amir Attaran [Sourcewatch profile], whose research [Globe and Mail report] uncovered a pattern of suspicious injuries on three detainees captured last April and later released. In 2005, Hillier signed the Canada-Afghanistan Detainee Agreement [text] authorizing the transfers; Attaran said the agreement did not give Canada the power to inspect detainees [JURIST report] after their transfers, thus allowing broad latitude for torture to occur. CBC News has more.
[JURIST] A Utah-based anti-spam technology company filed a lawsuit in US District Court in Alexandria Thursday in an effort to identify the people behind so-called "spambots" [Wikipedia backgrounder], programs that search the Internet for e-mail addresses to sell to spammers. Unspam Technologies Inc. [corporate website] operates a spam harvester-tracking Web site called Project Honey Pot [project website] that has collected thousands of Internet addresses connected to spam harvesters. It has been unable to link those addresses to actual people, but hopes to do so during the discovery process of the lawsuit, said plaintiff's lawyer Jon Praed. Although collecting e-mail addresses is not illegal, using that information to spam is prohibited under federal and state laws. Praed said Unspam can show that the emails were collected for that purpose. AP has more.This is the latest effort to combat the growing problem of Internet spam. In 2004, a Maryland judge struck down [JURIST report] as unconstitutional the state's 2002 Commercial Electronic Mail Act, the first state law to punish senders of spam. Also in 2004, several major Internet companies filed anti-spam lawsuits [JURIST report] under the federal CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 [PDF], which prohibits deceptive or abusive web advertising techniques such as the use of false return addresses or misleading subject lines to trick users into opening messages.
[JURIST] The US Department of Defense (DOD) announced the transfer of two more Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainees Thursday - one to Afghanistan and another to Morocco, reducing to approximately 380 the number of detainees remaining at Guantanamo. According to a DOD press release [text], these latest transfers
are a demonstration of the United States desire not to hold detainees any longer than necessary. It also underscores the processes put in place to assess each individual and make a determination about their detention while hostilities are ongoing an unprecedented step in the history of warfare.The Department of Defense has determined - through its comprehensive review processes - that approximately 80 detainees at Guantanamo are eligible for transfer or release. Departure of these detainees is subject to ongoing discussions between the United States and other nations.
[JURIST] The White House admitted Thursday to holding about 20 briefings throughout 2006 and 2007 for federal agency employees to discuss the electability of Republican candidates, meetings similar to a January presentation that critics allege violated the Hatch Act [OSC materials]. The Hatch Act prohibits the use of government resources for political purposes, and the US Office of Special Counsel (OSC) [official website] has recently expanded ongoing investigations [JURIST report] into a broader probe of "illegal political activities across the executive branch." Similar meetings were also held prior to 2006. A White House spokesperson said that no records were kept of how many meetings were held, but she denied that any laws were broken [transcript], insisting "there is no prohibition under the Hatch Act of allowing political appointees to talk to other political appointees about the political landscape in which they are trying to advance the President's agenda. None." She added that the White House counsel's office had approved the meetings. In January General Services Administration (GSA) [official website] Administrator Lurita Doan [official website] allegedly asked those present at a GSA briefing to consider how the GSA could help Republican candidates in the next round of elections. The OSC is examining whether similar presentations were given at other federal agencies [WashPost report]. The White House has also been criticized in the context of the US Attorney firings [JURIST news archive] after disclosing that at least 21 White House staffers used Republican National Committee e-mail accounts while at work to avoid liability under the Hatch Act. AP has more.
[JURIST] Russian President Vladimir Putin [official website] said in a speech [text, in Russian; text, in English] to both houses of the Russian parliament Thursday that he was putting Russia's implementation of the terms of the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty [text; backgrounder] on hold in the face of what he called a US-led NATO military "build up" in Europe, and would "look at the possibility of ceasing our commitments under the CFE treaty" if there was "no progress in the negotiations" with the US and NATO on deployment of weapons systems. Putin accused NATO countries not respecting the terms of the the treaty, "building up military bases on our borders and, more than that....also planning to station elements of anti-missile defence systems in Poland and the Czech Republic."The CFE Treaty, concluded in 1990 by the 22 members of NATO and the former Warsaw Pact, regulates deployment of non-nuclear forces in Europe. Putin said Russia's moratorium would continue "until all countries of the world [sic] have ratified [the treaty] and started to strictly implement it." Putin's speech, described as "hawkish" by observers, follows a controversial address in Munich earlier this spring in which the Russian leader criticized what he called the "dangerous" use of force by the United States [JURIST report] around the world in defiance of international law. Reuters has more.
[JURIST] The US Environmental Protection Agency [press release] Wednesday proposed a new rule [press release] for the calculation of power plant emissions subject to additional pollution controls, adopting a standard recently criticized by the Supreme Court in a ruling earlier this month. The new Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking or Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Nonattainment New Source Review: Emission Increases for Electric Generating Units [PDF text; EPA fact sheet] indicates that power plants can utilize an hourly emissions rate for pollutants instead of the annual rate traditionally used, a change which critics and environmentalists say allows a plant to pump more pollutants into the air over time. A spokesman for the EPA said that the agency was empowered to use the new standard in the context of a new rule.In Environmental Defense Fund v. Duke Energy Corp. [opinion; JURIST report] the high court said that a lower court had improperly ruled in favor of Duke Energy in its own challenge to the annual standard, although the court did not rule on the legality of an hourly standard as such. AP has more.
[JURIST] Forty top members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood [party website; FAS backgrounder] went before a secret military court in Egypt [JURIST news archive] Thursday on charges of terrorism and money laundering. Defense lawyers announced that they would boycott the proceedings because they were not notified of the trial beforehand and only learned of it from their clients. The defendants 33 of whom are in custody, with seven others being tried in absentia - refused to respond in court without their lawyers present. A civilian court ordered the release of a number of defendants, including Brotherhood deputy supreme guide Khairat al-Shatir [BBC report], in January, several days before Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak [official profile; JURIST news archive] ordered the Brotherhood members tried before the military court. A civilian court issued a second order for their release on Tuesday. AP has more.The Brotherhood has been banned since 1954, but has grown into Egypt's most powerful opposition movement, holding 88 seats in the 454-seat parliament. Egyptian police arrested 31 Brotherhood members in June and an additional 72 members [JURIST reports] in February. Over 700 Brotherhood members are believed to be in police custody. The government accuses the organization of trying to create an Islamic theocracy, but the Brotherhood claims the crackdown was meant to quell opposition to constitutional amendments [JURIST report] proposed by Mubarak last year. The amendments passed [JURIST report] by referendum in March.
[JURIST] The New Hampshire Senate voted 14-10 Thursday in favor a bill allowing same-sex civil unions [HB 437 text], sending the legislation on to Gov. John Lynch for signature. The bill, passed [JURIST report] by the state House of Representatives earlier this month, would authorize same-sex couples to enter into civil unions with "the same rights, responsibilities, and obligations as married couples." Lynch said last week that he will sign the legislation [JURIST report]. Currently, Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, and New Jersey are the only states that recognize full civil unions. The Oregon House of Representatives approved a civil unions bill [JURIST report] earlier this month, and Washington's State Senate passed a domestic partnership bill [JURIST report] last month. New York Governor Eliot Spitzer said earlier this week that he would introduce legislation to legalize same-sex marriage in New York [JURIST report]. AP has more.
[JURIST] Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko [official website; BBC profile] announced in a national address Wednesday that he was postponing until June 24 [press release] parliamentary elections originally scheduled for May 27 to avoid funding problems and allow more time for preparation ahead of a vote. The postponement came as Ukraine's Constitutional Court [official website] completed its public hearings [JURIST report] on the legality of Yushchenko's April 2 dissolution of parliament [decree text; Yushchenko statement] and is seen as a political gesture [JURIST report] towards the government of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, Yushchenko's arch-rival, who has challenged [JURIST report] the dissolution decree with the support of his current majority in the Ukrainian parliament. The 18-member Constitutional Court is slated to deliver its ruling May 5. AP has more.Yushchenko has insisted [JURIST report] that his decree was proper under the Ukrainian constitution [DOC text]. Yushchenko and Yanukovich were fierce rivals in the 2004 presidential election [JURIST report], the results of which were invalidated by the country's Supreme Court [JURIST report] following fraud allegations. Yushchenko was sworn in as Ukraine's president [JURIST report] in January 2005 on the wings of the populist Orange Revolution [BBC timeline] after winning a re-vote. Yushchenko reluctantly accepted Yanukovich as prime minister last June and the two have since clashed over parliamentary attempts to expand the cabinet's power [JURIST reports] at the expense of the presidency.
[JURIST] New York Governor Eliot Spitzer said Wednesday the he plans to submit legislation [press release] that would "establish a fundamental, statutory right to privacy for women in making personal reproductive decisions." Spitzer's proposed Reproductive Health and Privacy Protection Act would revise the state's abortion laws to allow late-term abortions when necessary to protect a woman's health and would "ensure the right of all New Yorkers to use or refuse contraceptives." The US Supreme Court last week upheld [text; JURIST report] a federal law banning so-called "partial-birth" abortion even though the law did not create an exception for the health of the mother. Spitzer said Wednesday:
Basic respect for legal precedent, a sound understanding of scientifically-grounded medicine, and the unequivocal belief that private medical decisions should be left to the women facing them, dictate that we must reaffirm our commitment to a woman's right to choose. In the wake of the recent United States Supreme Court ruling, this legislation is a necessary measure to ensure that a woman's fundamental right to privacy in New York is protected at all costs, and not beholden to either archaic state statutes or an overreaching federal government.
[JURIST] The Iowa House of Representatives [official website] voted 59-37 Wednesday to approve a bill [SF427 materials; JURIST report] that will provide equal opportunity protection to gays and lesbians in employment, housing, and education. The House approved the bill after adding an amendment stating that the state's current definition of marriage as between a man and a woman was not changed by the legislation. The Iowa Senate approved the House amendment by a vote of 34-16.The bill now awaits the approval of Iowa Gov. Chet Culver [official website], who has said he will sign the legislation. AP has more. Radio Iowa has additional coverage.
[JURIST] A ban preventing former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina [Wikipedia profile] from returning to the country and restrictions on Khaleda Zia [Virtual Bangladesh profile], another former prime minister and Hasina's former political rival, have been lifted, according to statements from the interim Bangladeshi government late Wednesday. There are, however, indications that corruption investigations into the two former politicians are continuing, as bank officials said Thursday that they have been told to hand over bank records for Hasina, Zia and their families. Hasina was charged [JURIST report] in absentia earlier this month with four counts of murder arising from the deaths of four protesters during political turmoil in Bangladesh [JURIST news archive] in October. She has denied the allegations and has said that she plans to return to Bangladesh to fight the charges, but was prevented from boarding a plane to Dhaka this weekend after being banned from entering the country [JURIST report]. An arrest warrant was issued for Hasina last weekend, but was suspended [JURIST reports] Monday.Two of Zia's sons have been arrested on corruption allegations, though one has already been released from custody [JURIST reports]. It had been reported that Zia had reached an agreement with the current military-backed government to go into exile if her sons could go with her. The government said Wednesday that no restrictions have been put on Zia's movements and there is not pressure for her to leave the country. AFP has more.
[JURIST] US Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA) proposed legislation [press release] Wednesday that "will allow schools and universities to share a student's mental health information with their parents or guardians if the student is found to be at risk of suicide, or of committing homicide or physical assault." Announced in the wake of the shootings [WashPost coverage; JURIST news archive] at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute which left 33 people dead last week, the Mental Health Cooperation Act for Families and Schools would clarify when schools can release information about a student's mental health to their parents under the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 [20 USC 1232(g) text; Dept. of Ed. materials].Murphy noted that "far too often schools are too worried about litigation rather than the overall well-being of the students on campus" and said that the bill would "remove this fear and allow schools to communicate with parents on the best needs of their child." AP has more.
[JURIST] Lawyers representing Guantanamo Bay detainees urged US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts Wednesday to suspend the Court's order denying certiorari [application, PDF] and allow detainees 120 days to petition the court for a rehearing [application, PDF] in two cases challenging provisions of the Military Commissions Act (MCA) [PDF text; JURIST news archive] stripping the right of detainees to file habeas corpus challenges. The Supreme Court earlier this month denied certiorari [JURIST report] in the proceedings, prompting the Justice Department to seek the dismissal [press release; JURIST report] of all pending Guantanamo habeas cases. In the latest Supreme Court filings, lawyers for detainees argue that if the court doesn't suspend its order denying certiorari, the DOJ's motion will be granted and their clients will suffer irreparable harm. AP has more. SCOTUSblog has additional coverage.4/27/07 - Roberts denied the detainees' requests [in-chamber opinion, PDF] Thursday. AP has more.
[JURIST] The US military announced Thursday that the former commander of the 451st Military Police Detachment responsible for the detention facility at Camp Cropper near Baghdad has been charged [Central Command press release] with multiple offences under the Uniform Code of Military Justice [text], including aiding the enemy, unauthorized possession of classified information, disobeying orders, and various counts of conduct unbecoming an officer, including fraternization with the daughter of a detainee and having an improper relationship with an interpreter. Lt. Col. William H. Steele was additionally charged with possessing pornographic videos contrary to a general order. The charge of aiding the enemy was laid for supposedly "providing an unmonitored cellular phone to detainees." The offences were allegedly committed between October 2005 and February 2007. Steele was arrested last month and is currently being held in Kuwait pending an Article 32 hearing [JAG backgrounder] and possible court-martial.Camp Cropper [Wikipedia backgrounder], located near Baghdad International Airport, is the second-largest US-run military prison [WP report] in Iraq after Camp Bucca in the wake of the closing of the notorious Abu Ghraib [JURIST news archive] prison which the US emptied [JURIST report] and transferred to the Iraqi government in 2006. Cropper currently has some 3000 inmates. For several years previous it held a variety of high value detainees, including former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz, who is still there. A US military spokesman said Thursday that it was not, however, the holding facility for late Iraqi president Saddam Hussein as generally reported in the media; Hussein was brought to the camp for medical checks and was held there immediately prior to his execution but was incarcerated at another secret facility. The Washington Post has more.
[JURIST] Lawyers visiting Afghan detainee Haji Bismullah [Wikipedia profile] at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] should be subject to tightened restrictions [proposed protective order, PDF], including limited access to their client and evidence, the US Justice Department has urged in court papers [motion, PDF; brief, PDF] filed with the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Under the DOJ proposal, lawyers would only be allowed to visit the detainee once in order to obtain authorization for legal representation, lawyers would be permitted only three visits with their current client, and mail sent to Bismullah from his lawyers would be subject to review by intelligence officers and military lawyers not involved in the prosecution of the detainee's case. Under current rules, there is no limit on lawyer-detainee visits and mail is only searched for contraband, but is not read. The DOJ has also requested that government officials be allowed to deny Bismullah's lawyers access to classified evidence used during Combatant Status Review Tribunals [DOD materials] to determine whether Bismullah should be classified as an "enemy combatant." The Justice Department said that the new restrictions are necessary because lawyers have "caused unrest" at Guantanamo, such as hunger strikes [JURIST report] and other protests, have provided detainees with information about events outside the prison, and have provided media outlets information from detainees. Military officials seized legal papers [JURIST report] from Australian detainee David Hicks as part of its investigation into several detainee suicides at Guantanamo last year, and the DOJ later told a US court that paper provided by lawyers may have aided the suicide plot. The papers seized include notes marked "privileged attorney-client material" and suggest that detainees were misusing the attorney-client communication system [JURIST reports] in what Guantanamo commander Rear Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr. labeled acts of "asymmetric warfare." The federal appeals court is scheduled to consider the DOJ's proposal at a May 15 hearing. Thursday's New York Times has more.
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Sigma Xi Postdoc Survey Offers Surprising Insights
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC - The Sigma Xi Postdoc Survey, the most comprehensive of its kind, has provided some surprising insights into this essential tier of the scientific workforce, now occupied by more than 50,000 apprentice scientists nationwide.
Scientific advances in the nation's laboratories have become increasingly dependent on this army of Ph.D. researchers-in-training, to the extent that the difficulties and disappointments they encounter could have profound implications for productivity and the future of science.
A summary of national highlights from the Sigma Xi Postdoc Survey, based on information provided by 7,600 postdoctoral scientists at 46 American research institutions, will appear in a special 16-page insert called "Doctors Without Orders" in the May-June issue of American Scientist, the magazine of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society. A full survey report for publication in a peer-reviewed journal will be produced later this year.
Sigma Xi, which conducted the survey, is the international honor society of research scientists and engineers, with nearly 65,000 members and more than 500 chapters in North America and around the world. The society's administrative offices are in Research Triangle Park, N.C.
Among other findings, postdocs who reported having the greatest amount of structured administrative oversight and formal training were much more likely to say they were satisfied with their experience and to be more productive.
"The postdoctoral experience appears to be at its best when the rules are well defined and spelled out in advance," said Geoff Davis, Sigma Xi Visiting Scholar and principal investigator for the survey.
This was surprising, he said, because one of the primary attractions of a postdoctoral appointment is the freedom it provides to pursue research without teaching or other academic obligations.
"The freedom of the postdoctoral experience appears to be most effective when it is structured," Davis elaborated. "Such simple measures as writing research and career plans, conducting regular reviews and having clear-cut institutional policies that define expectations for both postdocs and their supervisors make a big difference in the quality of the experience."
"Postdocs in positions with this kind of structure," he continued, "give their advisors higher ratings, experience fewer conflicts with their advisors and are more productive in terms of numbers of publications than those with less administrative oversight."
Davis said this suggests that the fastest and most effective way to bring about positive changes would be for funding organizations to require a minimum amount of administrative oversight for postdocs, 69 percent of whom are federally funded.
With funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Sigma Xi Postdoc Survey was designed to improve the training and research environments for postdocs by providing a better understanding of their experiences. Survey results are ultimately expected to enable research institutions to benchmark their policies and practices against those at peer institutions.
The survey comes in the wake of a number of studies suggesting widespread dissatisfaction among postdocs over such things as low pay, long hours and minimal job benefits. Survey questions addressed these and other factors related to postdocs' research activities, career goals and perceptions of the policies and practices at their institutions.
The 46 participating research institutions employ roughly 40 percent of all postdocs working in the U.S. The institutions include 18 of the 20 largest academic employers of postdocs and the largest government employer, the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The summary of survey highlights in the May-June American Scientist considers the career ups and downs of two fictitious postdocs named Bob and Alice, who represent composite sketches drawn from survey data.
Among highlights from the survey:
Despite the obvious attraction of such positions, postdoctoral appointments were relatively rare before the 1950s. Postdocs enjoyed moderate growth in their numbers from the 1950s to 1970s, followed by a rapid rise in the 1980s and 1990s.
But that expansion was not deliberate. Rather, it was driven by economic factors--in particular, the burgeoning number of new Ph.D. scientists at a time when there was only a modest increase in the number of faculty positions.
A National Science Foundation (NSF) study found that only 35 percent of the science and engineering postdocs from the 1960s through the 1980s were in tenure-track or tenured positions in academia in 1995. NSF data also suggest that many of these people are at liberal arts colleges or comprehensive colleges, not research universities.
"If there is any overarching cause for the troubling undercurrent of malaise," Davis observed, "it may be the mismatch between expectations and likely outcomes, which often proves to be the root cause of job dissatisfaction in other spheres."
Partners for the Sigma Xi Postdoc Survey included the National Postdoctoral Association, Science's Next Wave (an online publication of the American Association for the Advancement of Science) and the National Bureau of Economic Research (under the auspices of its Science and Engineering Workforce Project).
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Sigma Xi Postdoc Survey: Participating Institutions
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Set in the mid-80s, at the tail end of Taiwans White Terror period of martial law, the films supposedly inspired by the real-life murders of two pro-independence activists. James Van Der Beek plays an FBI agent sent to the island formerly known as Formosa to observe and assist in the investigation of an assassinated Taiwanese-American professor. Instead of justice, however, he encounters secretive government officials determined to thwart his efforts to find the killers. In true American-movie fashion, Van Der Beek oversteps his authority in an attempt to reveal a government conspiracy and ends up implicating American interests. (In case you miss the point, we see several photos of Mao and Nixon shaking hands.)
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A jet-black comedy about the high wages of mercenary medicine, the film features Jude Law and Forest Whitaker as a death panel on wheels a two-man team of collection agents specializing in recovering human organs. In this vaguely near, dystopian future, the insurance industry is even more unscrupulous than today, pushing artificial organ upgrades on an unsuspecting populace that cant seem to keep up with the payments. Thats where our boys come in, armed with Tasers, scalpels and the usual piles of paperwork, in duplicate of course, ready to retrieve the companys property by any means necessary. This questionable line of work gives Laws character only brief food for thought, until a botched job leaves him with an artificial ticker of his own, and a swiftly growing pile of bills. Faced with his own repossession, he goes rogue, turning the tables on his corrupt bosses and his borderline psycho best pal, played with Whitakers trademark weird intensity.
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A heartsick London gangster, Colin (Winstone), finds out his longtime wife (Joanne Whalley) has been having an affair with a younger man. In a display of loyalty and twisted sympathy, Colins best mates abduct the young lothario, toss him in a van and drag him to a safe house, where hell be anything but. These nasty blokes brim with ill intentions, and they take turns venting lifetimes of frustration on the poor, scared bastard, who sits trembling in silence waiting for a violent end that seems inevitable. They cuss and spit and howl, and smoke countless cigarettes, and, between threats, occasionally hit on a profundity or two about love, friendship and dignity.
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The minimal and inexpensive menu is a loose blend of Eastern European and Middle Eastern, with an emphasis on ground pork dishes. In fact, more than half of the menu items contain ground pork in some form or another. But for a little more than $4, order chicken, beef or vegetarian shawarma wrapped in a pita. A few cents more buy you the enormous Bucharest shawarma, swollen with chicken, cabbage, pickles, tomato and fries, dripping with a delicious garlic sauce. Its a triple-napkin wrap. Bring a pocketful of breath mints if youre club-hopping afterward. An extra $2 gets you that mound of fries. One section of the menu is dedicated to gourmet dogs. Then there is the ground pork patty sandwich served open-faced over a fried egg and Muenster cheese! Open 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Sunday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-2 a.m. Friday-Saturday. Carry-out, limited delivery.


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Brandi Metoyer had a quick answer when asked what makes double chocolate gooey butter cake with bourbon hot fudge sauce an award-winning dessert.
"Well, the gooiness, of course, and the bourbon in the chocolate sauce," Metoyer said.
Metoyer is the program director at College View Manor, 3828 College View Drive, and the award the double chocolate gooey butter cake won was first place in the Chocolate Extravaganza, a contest designed to find the best chocolate creations in the Joplin area.
The Chocolate Extravaganza, held on Oct. 11 at the Holiday Inn Convention Center, was a benefit for the Dream Team of Hospice Compassus.
Borrowing from one of baking's best
Metoyer said the recipe for the butter cake belongs in part to Paula Dean and in part to her. She said when the staff at College View Manor decided to enter the contest, its members culled through a host of family recipes, cookbooks and online sites before settling on a Paula Dean recipe they found on the Food Network's website. But the online recipe did not include the sauce.
"I put that together. I couldn't find a recipe that I liked, so I experimented with a few things and came up with something that I did like," she said.
The gooey part of the chocolate butter cake likely comes from the combination of butter and cream cheese in the recipe. Mix in cocoa powder and chocolate cake mix, and you've got yourself the makings of a chocolate-induced euphoria.
Metoyer said the staff members at College View Manor suspected they had stumbled onto something special. But when staff baker Vicky Sorensen took the cake out of the oven, topped it with sauce and gave everyone a sample, their suspicions were confirmed.
"We absolutely knew then. We considered it to be the winning recipe, but after we tasted the cake we just knew it. It was a no-brainer," she said.
The Dream Team of Hospice Compassus is made up of volunteers who work to turn dreams into realities for hospice patients. It operates much like the Make-A-Wish Foundation operates.
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The first-place trophy also thrilled the residents of College View Manor, Metoyer said.
"The residents think it was the neatest thing that we brought the trophy back. Many of them have brought their family members in to see the trophy," she said.
We have included both the recipe for the butter cake and Metoyer's recipe. The alcohol in the sauce is boiled off during the cooking process.
Paula Dean's double chocolate gooey butter cake
2 sticks melted butter
1 (18.25-ounce) package chocolate cake mix
1 egg, plus 2 eggs
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
3 to 4 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 (16-ounce) box powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chopped nuts
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 13-by-9-inch baking pan. In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, 1 egg and 1 stick melted butter; stir until well blended. Pat mixture into prepared pan and set aside.
In a stand mixer, or with a hand mixer, beat the cream cheese until smooth. Add the remaining two eggs and cocoa powder. Lower the speed of the mixer. Add the powdered sugar. Continue beating until ingredients are well mixed. Slowly add the remaining stick of melted butter and the vanilla; continue beating mixture until smooth. Stir in nuts with a rubber spatula. Spread filling over cake mixture in pan. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes. Be careful not to overcook the cake; the center should still be a little gooey when finished baking. Let cake partially cool on a wire rack before cutting into pieces.
Source: www.foodnetwork.com
Chocolate sauce
8-ounce bar of semisweet chocolate
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
3 tablespoons dark brown sugar
1 cup whipping cream
1 egg yolk
2 tablespoons of bourbon
Put all ingredients, except the chocolate, into a double boiler and whip until it starts to boil. Add chocolate and stir until it becomes really smooth, just a couple of minutes. It should be served over the cake immediately.
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JEMISON — Corner jumped out to an early lead, but homestanding Jemison went on a tear and scored seven straight touchdowns, on their way to a 54-27 win over the Yellow Jackets on Friday night.
The Jackets had the momentum early, with Hunter Doppler finding the end zone from five yards out with 3:55 left in the first quarter. The Panthers answered 81 seconds later to tie the game, but
Corner struck again on a 53-yard pass from Chase Best to Dylan Adamson 74 seconds after that.
But that was pretty much all she wrote for the visitors, as they went on a scoring frenzy despite being outdone on the stat sheet.
Much of the damage came at the hands of Randy Satterfield, who scored on a 40-yard pass from Kevin Nunn, then on two punt returns — one for 58 yards late in the first half, and another for 75 midway through the third.
Nunn also scored on a pair of 1-yard touchdown dives, and John Underwood ran for scores from 10 and four yards. Keyshawn Jemison added a 5-yard scoring dash early in the fourth quarter for the last touchdown of the streak for the Panthers.
Corner posted to touchdowns with the reserves in the game in the fourth quarter. Chase Goodwin had a 45-yard touchdown run, and Chris Huff threw a 33-yard pass to Jacob Manning for the final score of the game with 1:20 left.
Amazingly, the Jackets outgained the Panthers 422 yards to 253 offense from scrimmage, but much of that was offset by Satterfield's kick returns that aren't part of that total. Goodwin led all rushers with seven carries for 71 yards, while Doppler gained 66 yards on 12 carries. Jemison led the Panther ground game with 67 yards on 15 carries.
Best was 9-for-17 in passing for 115 yards.
Corner linebacker Jake Averhart led the defense with 14 tackles and a quarterback sack before leaving the game with an injury in the fourth quarter.
The loss ends the Jackets' five-game spell on the road. Corner (3-4, 2-3 region) returns home for a must-win regional matchup with Carbon Hill next week.


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FRANKFORT — Kentucky Power on Monday accepted the modified Stipulation and Settlement Agreement between Kentucky Power, Kentucky Industrial Utility Customers Inc. and the Sierra Club that allows transfer of a 50 percent interest in the Mitchell Power Plant, located outside Moundsville, W.Va., to Kentucky Power.
With acceptance of the modifications, Kentucky Power is authorized by the Kentucky Public Service Commission to acquire a 50 percent interest in the two Mitchell Power Plant generating units, along with the associated assets and liabilities, from AEP Ohio. The transfer is expected to close Dec. 31, 2013.
The transferred generating units (totaling 780 megawatts) will substantially replace generation currently provided by Big Sandy Power Plant Unit 2 (800 MW), which will be retired in 2015.
In approving the transfer, the Kentucky PSC noted that Kentucky Power's economic analysis demonstrated that over a 30-year period transfer of the Mitchell Plant generation would be $379 million cheaper than the next least cost-alternative, and as much as $819 million cheaper in constant dollars than installing sulfur dioxide removal equipment, "scrubbers" on Big Sandy Unit 2.
In the settlement, Kentucky Power agreed to withdraw its pending $114 million rate case and to freeze base rates. However, the company is authorized to recover a portion of the costs associated with the transfer of the Mitchell generating assets through an asset transfer rider applied to customer bills. Kentucky Power will recover only $44 million of the $138 million in Mitchell-related annual costs.
A residential customer using 1,374 kilowatt hours of electricity per month will see a net increase of approximately 5 percent or $6.70 per month beginning Jan. 1, 2014.
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The settlement agreement includes economic development and job training support for Lawrence County, where Big Sandy Plant is located, and surrounding Kentucky counties totaling $233,000 per year for five years, increase its Home Energy Assistance (HEAP) contribution by 20 percent and supply funding for energy management programs for schools (all of these items cannot be recovered from ratepayers).
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[Omnicat] <Nyaa> Shh, no tears. Only dreams now.
[Omnicat] <Nyaa> We will of course be playing Star Citizen. If you have a game package with alpha access, you can join our subversion efforts right here. See you in the 'verse!
[Sticky] <Daiz> It's all over. This is the end.
[Sticky] <furzee> This website has been sold to the japanese government, data purging will begin in 24 hours from now. RIP NT.
[Sticky] <herkz> rip nt
[08-01, 09:45] <NeVe12p4wNeD> I'll just...go sulk in here and here...
[08-01, 09:45] <NotSoYans> Also concerning "you shouldn't call a racial slur "a silly world."" - I hope you do realize that pretty much any word can have an offensive connotation if used in a right way.
[08-01, 09:43] <NeVe12p4wNeD> This is the end~~
[08-01, 09:42] <NotSoYans> Mojo-x - first of all, I don't condone racism because I simply see no point in it. Second, while it may have been a.. emm.. "bad" word some time in the past I honestly had forgotten about that meaning ever since I learned it. You know why? Because no one in real life situation ever uses it anymore. On the other hand "chink" is widely known and AFAIK it has no other meanings. Besides this is the fucking internet, what you are doing is like trying to prevent someone from swearing on the internet. But because you apparently are black I guess you won that one.
[08-01, 09:38] <KingBumi> obviously not, dont be an idiot. lel
[08-01, 09:34] <Gamec0re> is this even real ?
[08-01, 09:33] <jesujej> you just get banned doe
[08-01, 09:30] <FatAutist> so is everyone going back to circlejerking on IRC now that nyaa is ded
[08-01, 09:29] <HorribleScans> RIP in pieces Nyaa ;_;7
[08-01, 09:25] <Tomonori> I'm sitting here hoping that this is only a troll post by NT :/
[08-01, 09:22] <MoJo-X> Well it looks like I fucked that up pretty bad. I meant to say, "you shouldn't call a racial slur "a silly world.""
[08-01, 09:21] <Mikasa> GG nya
[08-01, 09:21] <MoJo-X> shouldn't say*
[08-01, 09:21] <MoJo-X> Actually I am African American, so your point? And you shouldn't a racial slur a "silly word". So are you going to say that a Chinese person shouldn't rage over the world "chink" when they say it? Come on man, you're smarter than that.
[08-01, 09:14] <NotSoYans> Mojo-x, you do understand that by being butthurt you are basically asking them to.. emm.. "troll" you? Because unless you where alive in the 70s and are of African descent I see no reason for you to rage over such silly word which, by the way, makes way more sense as a term for a spy.
[08-01, 09:14] <ryota_hasegawa> http://mbspro4.uic.to/user/192427.html True that open "Neo Nyaa" soon?
[08-01, 09:12] <nekomahjong> Is this August Fool?
[08-01, 09:08] <Razeth> herkz please... furzee please... Daiz please...
[08-01, 09:08] <MoJo-X> NotSoYans: You can look them up if you want. Even though the trolling level is over 9000, that shouldn't be discussed here. Go and troll yourself by looking them up, lol.
[08-01, 09:07] <hazardous> Nyaa wont shut down. if worse happens, ark it. https://arkos.io/
[08-01, 09:05] <NotSoYans> I guess mods where bored enough to decide to troll the chatbox.. Ehh.. whatever. At the very least it's a bit livelier in here right now. Oh, and on related note - spook seems to be one of the stupidest racial slurs ever. Is there any more stupid ones out there?
[08-01, 09:01] <(⌐■_■)> i guess i`ll have to rely on TPB, kickass torrent and isohunt for my animes from now on......
[08-01, 09:00] <Millhiore-Hime> Nyaa will shut down? srsly? are you going back with new site such as meow.se, or miauw.se? or perhaps change the pace with wang.se?
[08-01, 08:50] <MoJo-X> josfs: Below -9000.* That stinky fucked-up-the-assclown is solid proof of that. And the troll train continues.
[08-01, 08:47] <Zatheyll> CAD*
[08-01, 08:45] <dzn018> щ(ºДºщ)
[08-01, 08:44] <Zatheyll> Why people think that a government sending out COD orders would "buy" it instead of just shut it down blows me away.
[08-01, 08:42] <jofs> @MoJo-X: Average IQ is over -9000
[08-01, 08:37] <Avi1140> The answer why FFF is down is on their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/FFFansubs?fref=ts
[08-01, 08:28] <Avi1140> Why people troll It's BS though I don't know why FFF is down
[08-01, 08:28] <Petey> I wish it was true so I could get away from this destructive hobby.
[08-01, 08:27] <I got DUBS> where were u when nyaa was kill¿
[08-01, 08:25] <Chaoss> you guys must be dumb enough if you believe that sticky notice.
[08-01, 08:20] <sarachikorita> Go ahead and scare the idiots, it's the marginally insane ones to worry about :P
[08-01, 08:12] <MoJo-X> Average QI is over 9000. If you mean IQ, then I have no idea.
[08-01, 08:10] <Koahku> I wonder what's the average QI of this chatbox.
[08-01, 08:07] <Avi1140> From what I know they will just block the websites that is on their list in THEIR country but if your outside then this will still be accessable and working
[08-01, 08:05] <TheCatWalk> fff actually is down...check their fb for info!! rail wars five came out so wtf??
[08-01, 08:05] <xell17> hau~
[08-01, 07:57] <hazeljungle> Trolls stop your trolling, you're scaring the dumb ones. Nyaa won't go down. It's too cool for that.
[08-01, 07:56] <sarachikorita> 2 words: "southern strategy".
[08-01, 07:56] <qashairy> [FFF] site is down already.
[08-01, 07:54] <lukinetto> R.I.P. Nyaa.. You were my best friend..
[08-01, 07:50] <Darrous> The end is near
[08-01, 07:50] <kingtqi> OHMYGOD!!!!!!!!!!!
[08-01, 07:48] <TheCatWalk> i hope nothing will happen..but the japs aint that stupid. they SHOULD have something up their sleeves i guess...and if china actually agrees to help them (some secret deals maybe) the its all over
[08-01, 07:35] <MoJo-X> Well it looks like the conservative is still going full fucktard. U mad bro? :3
[08-01, 07:34] <hazardous> to be serious, nothing will happen period!
[08-01, 07:34] <jofs> live long and prosper
[08-01, 07:34] <stinky> Democrats were all old KKK southern homeboys who wanted to keep blacks slaves. REpublicans are the ones who fought and frred them . Fuckyou you nazi revisionst commie libtard. Children please learn from this. This is all Commitard libs ever do in politics. And they are never wrong!!
[08-01, 07:33] <hazardous> shit
[08-01, 07:32] <hazardous> whati
[08-01, 07:30] <hazardous> spock will deal with them
[08-01, 07:26] <stinky> Spook!!!!! The Cia Spooks are listening!!! They are capturing your keystrokes!!! Do you understand yet maggot shit calling Libtard!?!?!
[08-01, 07:25] <stinky> I sont bother correcting my spelling for shithell like you, caus u are a libtard assclown who is morally superior to everyone on earth.
[08-01, 07:23] <stinky> Raving libtard rants on!!! Osama Obama is your god!!! I heard he sucks off John Baynor or Baynor him. One again do you, or can you even register that "spook" is also a word for a spy, or intelligence gatherer. One a gain you knee jeek libtard assclown, plays the jewbaiting race card to sound like you are some moral superior. Children pay attention here. Don;t be a raving commie Libtard like Mojo Nixon.
[08-01, 07:11] <sillybean> well then....let's stroll in the troll
[08-01, 07:01] <dub> TFW people worried that NT is going to be shut down when it's hosted in the same area as TPB. TOP LEL
[08-01, 07:00] <hazardous> if y'all make same wish, it will come true. Nyaa will not shut in 24 hours. majority rules. ;)
[08-01, 06:59] <allelujahhaptism> that's the best part of no timestamps for stickies, it's never 24 hours from now, it's always now
[08-01, 06:59] <Horuhe-kun> notice*
[08-01, 06:59] <Horuhe-kun> :v I think NT is just trolling with the sticky noticw
[08-01, 06:58] <hazardous> i collected dragon balls. make your wish Now! http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/5/57719/1114013-dragon6.jpeg
[08-01, 06:55] <ratzzo> well, it says 24 hours from now but when exactly is now?
[08-01, 06:49] <TheCatWalk> this is the japs 2nd biggest international screwup since pearl harbor....god i am hating them now sooo damn much
[08-01, 06:44] <anime90> hey guys, you're not serious are you?
[08-01, 06:22] <amegun> what?
[08-01, 06:18] <MoJo-X> To everyone: this is what happens when the internet is plagued by assfucks who can't write for shit like stinky. Now have a nice ride on the Troll Train sponsored by NT. =P
[08-01, 06:16] <TheCatWalk> KILL ME NOOOW!!!!
[08-01, 06:16] <MoJo-X> And don't tell me that your shitarded ass didn't know that spook was a racial slur, you faggotry infested assclown.
[08-01, 06:14] <MoJo-X> Okay, now you just went full conservative fucktard, thus proving that your intelligence is that of a cat fart that was raped buy your wife, oh, I mean sister. So sit down and have a glass of your dogs jizz that you love so much. Happy now? :3
[08-01, 06:13] <sarachikorita> It IS autism. And even I, a textbook aspie, can figure out what's going on.
[08-01, 06:10] <hazardous> so everyone rioting on streets in japan?
[08-01, 06:06] <stinky> Knee jerk libtard trollin whore!!! Did you know the spooks at the NSA are reading all this??? They are laughing at your ignorance!!!
[08-01, 06:03] <stinky> Mojo x you are just a two year old jew baiting troll, who can't understand that I did not mean it as a slur. Libtard, they will ove your ass in college. The "spooks" in my dream were white!!! Moron!!
[08-01, 05:52] <bibokun> احيييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييه
[08-01, 05:48] <Horuhe-kun> Ok, so...let's make a massive suicide. Yay!
[08-01, 05:48] <Genki-Girl24> Is this the new meta?
[08-01, 05:42] <Stefanus_E> This is the end of the universe
[08-01, 05:37] <Horuhe-kun> Yeah man, they'll tentacle rape this site.
[08-01, 05:36] <MasahiroKun> hmmmm is Japanese government buy this site?
[08-01, 05:32] <Mega> ke
[08-01, 05:32] <Frederick888> Putting aside the high price of servers in China, it may be a nice choice ლ(╹◡╹ლ)
[08-01, 05:30] <Horuhe-kun> Move this site to Mexico, no shit is given about piracy in there :v
[08-01, 05:28] <gravediggernalk> All this autism in the chatbox is kinda scary; It's almost like some of you actually believe something is going to happen
[08-01, 05:28] <Proxi> Please don't shut this down! D: T^T :( ... This site is like, half of my life.
[08-01, 05:23] <AChannelSideB> Move the Website to China, and China would be like, "Fuck you Japan, we hate you anyways"
[08-01, 05:22] <Frederick888> They have to gain the support of the local government if they want to close it by force. Even so, NT can just copy all data to another server in another country (this is what happened to pirate bay
[08-01, 05:19] <Horuhe-kun> OMG! That sounds serious...
[08-01, 05:18] <lifebaka> They'll shoot it with the tentacle cannon, Horuhe-kun. Nyaa won't be able to move after the tentacle cannon finishes (repeatedly, all over).
[08-01, 05:16] <Horuhe-kun> Wait but....Nyaa Torrents is not hosted in Japan, can they shut it down anyway?
[08-01, 05:13] <svm> NT it's over? really?
[08-01, 05:12] <Frederick888> "buy" it
[08-01, 05:11] <Frederick888> ↓ I don't really believe it. If the Jap goven's going 2 kill nyaa, they should do this in a "legal" way but not "but" it


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By Tim Graham
New Buffalo Bills coach Doug Marrone has worked fast to hire his coordinators.
Within 45 hours of being named Bills head coach, Marrone hired offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett and, according to ESPN's Chris Mortensen, defensive coordinator Mike Pettine.
Pettine has been New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan's defensive capo the past four years.
Ryan on Tuesday said he didn't want to face Pettine twice a year in the AFC East.
"I hope he doesn't take that job," Ryan said. "I hope he goes somewhere else. ... We had the conversations, and Mike thinks it's best that he go to a different team as defensive coordinator, and I wish him all the best unless he goes to Buffalo."
The Jets' defense ranked first, third, fifth and eighth in yards allowed over the past four seasons.
The Buffalo News reported Tuesday night Hackett was leaving Syracuse for the Bills.
Hackett, the son of former USC Trojans and Pitt Panthers head coach Paul Hackett, was Syracuse's offensive coordinator the past two years under Marrone.
In 2012, Syracuse ranked third in the Big East in scoring offense at 30 points a game and first in yards at 476 a game. It ranked third in rushing offense, second in passing offense, second in third-down efficiency and third in sacks allowed.


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Autumn Laing
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Autumn Laing
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- Format: Paperback, 234 x 156mm, 464pp
- Publication date: 01 May 2012
- Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Autumn Laing seduces Pat Donlon with her lust for life and art. In doing so she not only compromises the trusting love she has with her husband, Arthur, she also steals the future from Pat's young and beautiful wife, Edith, and their unborn child. Fifty-three years later, cantankerous, engaging, unrestrainable 85-year-old Autumn is shocked to find within herself a powerful need for redemption. As she tells her story, she writes, 'They are all dead and I am old and skeleton-gaunt. This is where it began...' Written with compassion and intelligence, this energetic, funny and wise novel peels back the layers of storytelling and asks what truth has to do with it. Autumn Laing is an unflinchingly intimate portrait of a woman and her time - she is unforgettable.


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The city of Port Washington was awarded a $25,000 Forestry Grant from the Department of Natural resournces to help replace trees lost to the Emerald Ash Borer infection discovered last summer.
The gran will also pay for a tree inventory/maintenance software to help officials manage the problem, City Engineer Rob Vanden Noven said. The city will have to spend $25,000 to combat the problem as part of an agreement to receive the grant, according to an Ozaukee Press article.
It's also possible that the DNR will "release wasps — which attack EAB eggs/larvae — this summer in Port Washington if the budget allows," he said. "These wasps don't sting humans or pets. They're only 1/4-inch long."
The city confirmed that EAB was found in the 400 block of North Powers Street on June 15. Port Washington had stopped planting ash trees along city streets in 2005 as a preventative step to the growing problem, a press release from the city said. Since 2002, the city also aggressively planted new street trees, increasing the total number of street trees from approximately 5,000 trees in 2001, to more than 8,000 trees in 2012.


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I cover finance, the law, and how the two interact.
Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, N.Y., has long held the dubious honor of being one of the nation's most expensive colleges. This year, it tops the list for the second year in a row, with an all-in price of $58,334 a year, or close to $240,000 for a four-year course of studies if inflation in higher ed continues on its current course.
We calculated the list of America's Most Expensive Colleges with the help of the Center for College Affordability & Productivity, a Washington non-profit that researches the causes of rising educational costs. The center, relying on data from the government's National Center for Education Statistics, includes not only tuition and room and board, but the cost of books and other costs such as transportation and mandatory computers.
It's those other costs – especially the cost of being in the big city — that help push some new entrants into the Top Ten list, including the New School and Fordham University. Both are located, like Sarah Lawrence, in the ultra-expensive New York City metropolitan area. The New School's emphasis on the arts also pushed the estimated cost of books, supplies and other expenses to $4,300, double the total at many other schools.
The biggest expense at most schools is still salaries and wages, however, and that explains Sarah Lawrence's perennial position at the top. The 2,500-student college, located on a 44-acre tract a short train ride from Manhattan in an expensive area next to Bronxville, has a student-faculty ratio of only nine to one. Unlike the slightly less expensive Ivy League schools nearby, Sarah Lawrence has no vast lecture halls where 300 students listen to an underpaid teaching assistant explain medieval history. "In practically all cases, our classes are seminars with an average head count of 12 students," said Thomas Blum, vice president for administration. "We have five lecture sections this fall, and our largest lecture section may have 75 students."
The estimated cost also represents only what students from relatively affluent families pay. Most colleges operate a very efficient system of price discrimination, offering "grants" and "scholarships" to better match tuition to what parents can actually afford to pay. At Sarah Lawrence, 64% of students get some sort of grant, with the average amount $29,500. But with a relatively tiny $66 million endowment, Sarah Lawrence can't afford the pledges of larger schools like Yale and Harvard to give students from poor families a completely free ride.
Fordham, closer to New York in the Bronx, extends some sort of aid to 93% of its students; the school says even the government-calculated average "net price" of $31,383 for students with some sort of aid gives a misleading picture. The weighted average cost paid by all students is $33,280, compared with $40,000 at comparable private schools where a much smaller percentage of students receive aid.
Parents also have to consider the cost of traveling four or five times a year to a far-flung university, and necessary expenses like laptop computers or art supplies that can increase the overall college bill. Some schools in urban areas have general-purpose dining cards that students can use to rack up large charges at nearby restaurants.
Parents with children a few years away from college can add thousands of dollars to these estimated costs. Higher education expenses rose 2.3% this year, according to the Commonfund, a Wilton, Conn. non-profit that helps universities manage their funds, and studies educational inflation to help schools budget their expenses. The biggest drivers are salaries and benefits, said William Jarvis, managing director of research. While Commonfund estimates supplies and materials will rise 8.1% this year and utilities 4%, Jarvis said, "they don't account for much of the index."
"What we'd seen for the last few years was a disinflationary trend in salaries," he said. "This year that stopped."
Faculty salaries were estimated to rise 1.4% this year, he said, except in some parts of the south and southwest. Disinflation is a scary thing, he said, but the shift to inflation reported by colleges "may be a straw in the wind in terms of other things in the economy."
The average salary for a doctoral-level professor has risen from $16,425 in 1967 to $157,282 this year, Commonfund estimates. The overall cost of four-year colleges, meanwhile, has increased more than eightfold compared with a 6.7 times increase in consumer prices.
You guys always forget the school in my hometown of Cleveland, OH. Case Western Reserve University is very expensive. Grant it, it is not the most expensive but it is up there. They are almost always forgotten in you'll studies. Maybe it is because of a lack of advertizement but I would suggest going to the school itself. The location is safe with many businesses surrounding it. The city of Cleveland always gets a nose turned up at it but give it a chance and you'll come back with your own experience. Just not what people tell you.
Union College in Schenectady, NY … $56,000
I think your missing Emory University in Atlanta.
Sarah Lawrence is not located in Bronxville, NY. It is located in Yonkers, NY but it has a Bronville P.O. . I know because I'm a Yonkers firefighter and we respond to the college numerous times per week. You need to get your facts corrected.
How is New York University not listed? Both the tuition and total cost exceed many of the schools here–something must be flawed in your calculations.
What about Tulane University of Louisiana? Harvard?
Berklee College of Music in Boston is way up there as well.
My school, the University of New England, in Maine, has an average yearly cost(including books and all that) of about $50,000. It is a ridiculous amount, and for some reason, never seems to be on any list. I understand that it's not the most expensive, but it's definitely in the top 50! Its not even on the most expensive Dorms list, even though UNE dorms are from $11,000-$14,000 a year! I'd love for Forbes to do something on the most expensive, non-ivy league, not famous schools! Now that would be interesting!!


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SALEM – A woman had around $300 worth of purchases stolen from her car while shopping in Salem during Black Friday.
Claudia Lamar cautions other shoppers to make sure to take extra precautions when leaving purchases unattended.
She said her car was parked at Marion Parkade in Salem when the thief struck. She was excited about the gifts she'd just bought for her family and may have forgotten to lock her car doors.
"I feel horrible. I am afraid to tell my husband. I feel guilty, and I feel stupid and just don't want anybody else to feel like this because it's the worst feeling in the world," she said.
Police in Salem were investigating but caution shoppers this time of year to be extra cautious about leaving valuables in the car.


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Honoring black Americans in U.S. military history, Thomas Blackshear has created an authentic Buffalo Soldier replica. In 1866, Congress formed the first all-black regiments in the U.S. Army. These men became known as "Buffalo Soldiers" for their courage and tenacity. When not fighting, Buffalo Soldiers built forts and roads, escorted wagon trains, cattle drives, stage coaches and mail runs. They protected settlers from outlaws. Many Buffalo Soldiers earned the distinguished Medal of Honor.
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Joyce Marie Taylor
Suwannee Democrat
Jasper —
The Hamilton County School Board discussed several items at their April 22 workshop relative to future plans.
Relocation of district offices
Public discussion began on the district office relocation to Hamilton County High School (HCHS). Superintendent Thomas Moffses passed out a building plan to the board members and the audience so they could have a better visual of what Building 1,000 at HCHS will look like after proposed renovations are completed.
Building 1,000 is on the right side of the main office, which currently houses the nursing facility.
"The nursing facility will stay in that building and we will re-work some of the entrances in and out of there, so the district office would not be a student haven," said Moffses. "It would be separated from the campus."
Moffses said the one-year savings by making this move is $175,000 right off the bat, factoring in needed renovations at the current district office and overall operating costs. The cost for the renovations at the high school, which include some renovations in the vocational building (900 building), are less than $200,000, he added. "The cost for that would come out of capital and would not affect anything in the general fund," said Moffses.
Then, the following year it would cost roughly $100,000 as a continuing operating cost.
Board member Greg Godwin said he wasn't opposed to the move, but he was confused about the costs, stating that they would actually lose $25,000 the first year.
Moffses said, "Okay," and clarified that the monies are coming from capital improvement funds and do not affect money allocated for teacher raises or steps.
Additionally, Moffses said, the Department of Education (DOE) will be coming out in three weeks. The high school, he said, is geared to handle roughly 1,150 students.
"When this modification takes place, we're asking DOE...they will take out 110 student stations out of that count and we're also going to go around to a couple other locations that have been re-purposed within the school itself and we're going to ask them to take those numbers out of the Florida Inventory of School Houses (FISH) report."
That would bring the student count possibly down in the 950 range, Moffses explained.
"Down the road, if it ever comes the time that they say you need to move students here or there, it will lower the count at the high school, making that a little less attractive to "one site fits all".
SACS Review/Staffing plan
Consolidation of organization was something that was discussed during the recent DOE School Advisory Council (SACS) review, Moffses said.
"What we have is three elementary schools right now and each one of those schools are doing things just a little bit different," said Moffses.
There are currently a little over 800 students in the county at the three elementary schools.
"That would be the equivalent by state standards of one single elementary school of moderate size," Moffses said.
The proposal brought before the board by Moffses is geared toward cost savings when purchasing in bulk from vendors, as well as a benefit to school grades, whereby, he hopes to ultimately have one school number that covers three schools, but yet is just one organization.
There would be one principal over all three schools, an assistant principal at each school, two guidance counselors who would serve all three schools, one dean and one family resource person for all three schools, one media specialist at one school and two media support people at the other two, and each school would have an administrative assistant and a receptionist secretary.
Moffses said he is still working with DOE to work out all the details.
$1 billion for education
Moffses explained the truth about the $1 billion for education that he learned from the lobbyist groups handling their financial interests in the legislative session.
"I want to make it clear to everyone," said Moffses. "Based on everything that has been said, yes, there's going to be $1 billion added to education. Thirty-three percent of that is going to the Florida Retirement System (FRS). Forty-eight percent of that is going to the teacher pay situation that is still being debated how it's going to be distributed."
That makes 81 percent that is already targeted to specific elements of the education system.
"We're looking at some improvement in our finances, but best case, in the categories that we fall into, you're not looking at major increases," said Moffses. "Eighty-one percent of any increase we get is pretty much locked up into some category and not just free money that we can distribute wherever we need to."
Moffses said the legislation is very close to finalizing all the deals.
Loss of SIG funding
School improvement grant funding is coming to an end, which has been benefitting Central Hamilton Elementary and the high school.
"This is the last year for that funding," said Moffses.
The challenge will be to find ways to keep personnel who were hired with SIG funds, but Moffses said he is hopeful things will work out budget-wise, especially if the tax referendum passes, because those positions need to be maintained.
Pearson Common Core System
Pearson, Moffses explained, is heavily involved in the new Common Core Standards program and they selected five sites nationwide, including Los Angeles, Chicago and Hamilton County, as they needed a rural site for the program.
"They have a complete system that they're building from the ground up dealing with common core," he said.
The transformation to mandatory digital instruction isn't far away and Moffses said he is looking into a K-2 program for English Language Arts and math with Pearson and their cutting edge digital technology that is geared to each grade level. Being in the test group, Moffses said, is advantageous cost-wise and less expensive than anything he has seen in previous print versions.
"We're in the final stages with Pearson to get this approved," said Moffses.
Grades K-2 will be embarking on a digital transition this fall, Moffses explained.
"It will give us an opportunity to find out how kindergartners, first and second graders are going to interact with digital devices, it will give a core group a chance to migrate out of normal teaching into digital delivery teaching, and at the same time, find out where we are still having some complications within our structure network-wise."
Any network issues can then be worked out before full digital implementation the following year.
The issue the board faces is the cost of about 440 digital devices that need to be bought for students at a cost of about $250,000 or more. Moffses said there are funds set aside for digital enhancements and he thinks they will be fine as far as budgeting for it.
E-rate funding
According to the Funds for Learning website, the E-rate program provides discounts on certain services and products that are essential for classrooms and libraries to receive voice, video, and data communications. The amount of the discount depends on the level of poverty and location of the school or library receiving service. The discount ranges from 20-90 percent of the cost of eligible services.
Moffses explained that Hamilton County is now in a 90 percent funding for E-rate. The federal government, he said, will fund technology projects at 90 percent of the total cost.
"In other words, 10 cents on every dollar," said Moffses.
This funding will greatly help in the county's transition to digital education, as the total cost from an Apple, Inc. proposal for all the wiring upgrades, all the wireless technology upgrades, new devices for all the instructors, and all the wireless digital devices for 1,650 students throughout the district is about $3.5 million, Moffses said.
"Of that $3.5 million, $2 million of it will be filed under E-rate," said Moffses.
Before the end June, Moffses said they should have a response from E-rate as to whether the Apple proposal is approved.
A school board workshop is tentatively scheduled for May 7 where budget issues will be discussed.


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This class will concentrate on personal pain management such as epidurals and medication. It will also include a wide variety of labor management options including basic breathing techniques, positioning, and using the labor ball. Please bring a pillow. NOTE: There are no classes in December.
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These paintings are far more beautiful in person, than they are in the images. The photos barely capture the subtle beauty of the work, and the mastery of the technique. We offer a money back guarantee on these lovely paintings, however to date, not a single one has been returned.
Some of the images of these painting were taken unstretched, so there is a little distortion that appears on the face. This is not in the painting, but rather a result of some ripples on the surface of the painting, due to it not being tightly stretched.
Ouaichai is not an art star, like Pokpong, but he is very well regarded for his technical mastery. In a region not well known for it's conceptual edge, he has demonstrated an ability to convey ideas which are distinctive, mysterious, and compelling. His technical mastery, combined with his fresh take on everyday life, in this part of the world, combine to make his work stimulating, and gorgeous, while at the same time creating a great deal of intrigue.
These paintings are priced at less than half the price of a comparable work by Pokpong. We still have a few works remaining by Pokpong. If interested please inquire, and we will send you images and details.


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