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Is it right for parents to takeover schools? Should "parent trigger" laws give families the ability to take over and manage schools?
Throughout the United States, there is a movement for parents to take a more active role in their local schools. Actually, a more active role is an understatement. The "movement" is for parents to be able to take-over their local school under what is called a "parent trigger." This happens if their local school is deemed to be low performing, as described by each individual state.
Parents have a right to be involved...any quality school will have strong parent and family involvement. But should parents be able to come in and manage the school?
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What a fantastic conversation and thanks to the TED community for participating. I also want to thank Ben Austin from Parent Revolution for getting involved in the discussion. Your insight was helpful to me, as a school leader.
The reality is, parents should be involved in their schools. They should have a say in the direction of their child's education. How that is accomplished may be a never-ending debate. As a school leader, I want my parents to be active in helping kids read and with their homework, but do to academic level of the family, that may not be an option. I want parents to be in attendance at parent-teacher conferences, football and basketball games, choral and dance recitals and any other activity that involves their child. However, I am also aware that working multiple jobs and shifts may make attending school events difficult, if not impossible. So how do we do this?
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Oct 9 2012: Welcome back Randy. Its been a while. You brought my point to the table with your first response to Fritzie. The involvement of the state and federal lawmakers in the education business. Administrators are often placed in a no win situation due to mandates when the parents want to know the whys and demand changes that are not possible. The state does this through legislation and the feds do it by holding the grants and money guns to the schools head. More demands and less funding are the rule of the day. Common Core Curriculum, STEM requirements, new evaluation demands, and a host of other mandates leaves little choice in the direction we will and must go. Schools have prioritized the classes and the arts will suffer the most. The course syllabus is driven by the textbook developers and the test writers will devise tests based on what the text presents. High stakes testing is the current flavor of the day. At what point have I mentioned the Administrator or the teacher in the process.
I understand and appreciate the parents concerns. I do a lot of volunteer work and often feel like the proverbal red headed step child. The teachers do not have the time or resources to attend to all of the hoops that are required to jump through and just for good measure the state raises the hoop and makes it smaller. The point is that there is frustration at every level. This is not fully understood by the community. The face of the education system is the Super. He smiles and does his best to resolve the issue that is beyond his level. To be honest I think the teachers lounge needs padded walls and a full time psych to treat them and send them back into the game.
We do need to develop a better relationship with the community and a means of conveying the issues and limitations. Should parents take over ... no. But they do need to be better informed.
Again .... welcome back.
All the best. Bob.
Oct 9 2012: Thanks Bob...it's good to be back. I have a lot of well-meaning and heavily invested parents in my district. However, it is hard enough for me to keep up with al of the changes that are taking place in education, both locally and nationally. Schools and school districts have to be better at creating opportunities for parents to be involved...not necessarily in the classroom, but certainly within the schools, or better yet, educating parents on ow they can be involved in helping their kids with homework.
Parents need to/have to be involved...having a successful school is tough enough. Without parental involvement, it is almost impossible. Information about how to be involved in their child's education may be the key to closing the parent-involvement gap.
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Thanks y'all. Sorry I haven't updated. My dr now has me on pelvic rest since dtd makes everything worse. My cervix hasn't changed thank goodness but my dr did confirm all the tightness was contractions. They aren't nearly as bad as they were. I'm just taking it easy and doing as little as possible. I go back for another ultrasound this week and can't wait to see her again.
Oh, we finally have a name for her. Well, I'm about 98% sure we do. It's Maci Samantha. 😊 I can't wait til my little Maci is here, in my arms, safe and sound!
I like Maci!! Sweet name. Hopefully your cervix will stay night and closed until baby is ready to be here...
😄 23 weeks today!!!💃👍
I had an appt yesterday and it went great with the baby and ok with myself. They did a full growth scan and she is 1 lb 8oz and precious as ever. My bs has still been high so they put me on insulin. I take a shot every 12 hours. It's not bad at all. The needle is so tiny, I honestly don't even feel it. I'm used to the ones I use with my Lovenox, which don't feel too good. My bp was a little high but they told me just to monitor it at home and they'll check it in 2 weeks. Unless of course it gets really high. Then they'll see me sooner. It was amazing to see the difference in her from 2 weeks ago. Her little face is more filled out and she actually has chubby cheeks already. I'm so in love!
I'm glad the appointment went well. I'm sorry that you had to be put on insulin, but it doesn't sound like you're too upset about it so that's good! Also super good that the needle is nowhere near as bad as the Lovenox one. I've heard horror stories about the Lovenox needle!
Oh bummer about the elevated bs and insulin , but so glad you're getting it under control, the baby is doing fabulously, and that the injects aren't too bad !!!!! I had lovenox in the hospital....ya, ouch ! It's all going to be so worth it though
Just absolutely over the moon for you still and praying these next 16wks fly by for you !!
I'm 24 weeks today! Holy moly!!!! Not much longer now. I am loving all the kicks and rolls I'm feeling from her.
Thanks Kelly. She's been really kicking up a storm this morning. I guess she's celebrating with me. Lol.
Thanks Kelly! I'm so happy we've finally reached viability. Only 12-13 weeks left. Eeek!!!!!
💃💃 26 weeks today!!!💃💃 I had a Dr's appt this morning. Everything was great. I now start going to him every 2 weeks. Baby was measuring 27 weeks instead of 26, which is nothing unusual. I go to my mfm on the 26th and will have another ultrasound then. I can't wait to see little Maci again!
26 weeks!! have fun at your Sono. Will her full name be Maci or is that a nickname? I love it. I was trying to go back and find your name list and can't.
Maci is just Maci. Not short for anything. 😊 Now I need a middle name!!!!
27 weeks today! Woohoo!!!!
I had a great appointment today with my mfm. Mac is perfect and beautiful as usual. I'm 27 weeks 4 days and she's measuring 28 weeks 5 days. She weighs 2 lbs 10 oz now. My Metformin was upped to 1,000mg before bed before my fastings are slowly creating up again. Overall, everything went wonderful!
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The San Diego Chargers have announced they've signed Danny Woodhead to a two-year contract.
Last year Woodhead filled the third-down running back role that Kevin Faulk had previously occupied for the New England Patriots, with 76 carries for 301 yards and four touchdowns plus 40 receptions for 446 yards and three touchdowns.
But as the season went on and Shane Vereen started getting more touches, it was easy to wonder if Woodhead would be back with New England when he hit free agency.
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Website accumulates a large number of customer reviews for goods and website services. Support vector machine (SVM) is an effective text categorization method, it has strong generalization ability and high classification accuracy which can be used to track and manage customer reviews. But SVM has some weaknesses which slow training convergence speed and difficult to raise the classification accuracy. The paper use heterogeneous kernel functions which have different characteristics to resolve the problem of SVM weak generalization ability to learn and improve the SVM classification accuracy. Through classify customer reviews, online shopping websites resolve issues of critical analysis about mass customers reviews and effectively improve website service standard.
Key words: Customer Review; Text Categorization; SVM; Multiple Kernel Learning
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Emerging markets are likely to lead the global economic recovery, the chief executive of HSBC bank said yesterday as he unveiled a new index aimed at tracking the health of fast-growing developing countries.
Michael Geoghegan said that the 13 largest emerging economies had posted the strongest aggregate growth rate over the summer for more than a year. Emerging markets continue to power growth in the global economy, he said. These economies have real dynamism and momentum today compared with some misfiring economies in the West.
HSBC forecasts that emerging nations will post growth of 6.0% in 2010 compared with an anaemic 1.8% across advanced economies.
Geoghegan, who is CEO of HSBC Holdings plc, said last week that he would relocate from London in February to Hong Kong and become chairman of the Asia business a move the bank said reaffirmed its commitment to the region.
At this mornings launch of the HSBC Emerging Markets Index (EMI) on the fringes of the IMFs annual meetings in Istanbul, the bank said it had compiled data from more than 5000 purchasing managers from 13 countries.
The economies it has picked are: the four BRIC economies Brazil, Russia, India and China plus the Czech Republic, Israel, Mexico, Poland, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan and Turkey.
The outperformance of the emerging market sector over the advanced economies has been a theme of the IMF meetings. In its keynote World Economic Outlook, the Fund forecast that the leading emerging and developing economies would grow by 5.1% in 2010, four times the 1.3% expected in industrialised economies.
The regional breakdown revealed that emerging Asian economies would grow by 7.3% next year, close to pre-crisis levels, while the US would post growth of 1.5% and the euro area just 0.3%.
Stephen King, HSBCs chief economist, said: Although the US remains the most important trading partner for many emerging nations, its relative importance is declining.The HSBC EMI, which is produced using data from the financial information company Markit, surged to 55.3 over the three months to September from 50.7 in the second quarter.
This marks a sharp rebound from the all-time low of 43.8 in the final quarter of last year in the wake of the collapse of Lehman Brothers. Any reading below 50 indicates that output contracted over the quarter.
Stephen Green, group chairman of HSBC Holdings, said the index captured a snapshot of the economic heartbeat of emerging markets. As the worlds economic centre of gravity shifts from West to East, the economic strength of emerging markets will play an increasingly central role. In the development of financial markets, he said.
Last week Mike Rees, head of wholesale banking at Standard Chartered, an investment bank that also has heavy operations in emerging markets, told Emerging Markets last week that the recovery in Asia and Africa would outpace that in the West. The world is moving to a different place, he said.
The decision by a joint venture between Russia and China to invest up to $2bn in key infrastructure projects will relieve the pressure on the Russian government to attract funds to offset the massive flight of capital
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The President, acting through the Administrator, and in coordination with State and local governments, shall establish and conduct a pilot program to—
(A) reduce the costs to the Federal Government of providing assistance to States and local governments under sections 5170b (a)(3)(A), 5172, and 5173 of title 42;
(B) increase flexibility in the administration of sections 5170b (a)(3)(A), 5172, and 5173 of title 42; and
(2) Participation
Only States and local governments that elect to participate in the pilot program may participate in the pilot program for a particular project.
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(A) In general
For purposes of the pilot program, the Administrator shall establish new procedures to administer assistance provided under the sections referred to in paragraph (1).
(B) New procedures
The new procedures established under subparagraph (A) may include 1 or more of the following:
(i) Notwithstanding section 5172 (c)(1)(A) of title 42, providing an option for a State or local government to elect to receive an in-lieu contribution in an amount equal to 90 percent of the Federal share of the Federal estimate of the cost of repair, restoration, reconstruction, or replacement of a public facility owned or controlled by the State or local government and of management expenses.
(ii) Making grants on the basis of estimates agreed to by the local government (or where no local government is involved, by the State government) and the Administrator to provide financial incentives and disincentives for the local government (or where no local government is involved, for the State government) for the timely or cost effective completion of projects under sections 5170b (a)(3)(A), 5172, and 5173 of title 42.
(iii) Increasing the Federal share for removal of debris and wreckage for States and local governments that have a debris management plan approved by the Administrator and have pre-qualified 1 or more debris and wreckage removal contractors before the date of declaration of the major disaster.
(iv) Using a sliding scale for the Federal share for removal of debris and wreckage based on the time it takes to complete debris and wreckage removal.
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Not later than March 31, 2009, the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report regarding the effectiveness of the pilot program under this section.
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(WMC-TV) - The Memphis Pre-K Commission will be in charge of the half-cent sales tax money for pre-K if it passes Thursday.
The pastor at First Baptist Broad, Reverend Keith Norman, now also sits at the head of the table of the commission.
"We are framing our work from the position of trustees, not as pre-K experts at this point," said Norman.
If approved, a half-cent sales tax hike is expected to raise about $47 million. Any excess will be used to reduce property taxes. Norman says the commission has only one intention.
"Our goal most certainly is to use as much of the funds available to us for quality pre-K," he said.
Sales tax proponent and councilman Shea Flinn says all ballot language guarantees all money raised from this tax will go to fund pre-K.
"The mayor has nominated a commission of people that have a tremendous record of success in the faith-based community, the private industry, to Shepard these dollars, to make sure they go where they're supposed to go and if they don't the citizens have the right to sue," said Flinn.
While Flinn backed the commission during a mid-day debate, opponent Kenneth Whalum says the fact that the commission is not elected only raises more questions.
"They'll be able to do whatever they want to do with the money. And the voters don't know how long they're going to be there. What's their term in office? What's their expertise in pre-K?" said Whalum.
Those will be a few details to be ironed out if the referendum passes. Norman says one constraint is the eight-member pre-K commission guarantees public tax dollars are not misspent.
"These trustees were put in place specifically to make sure that does not happen again in any way, shape, form, or fashion. No county commissioner, no city council person will have governance of these resources. They will be governed by the Pre-K commission," said Norman.
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Spicy Broccoli Sprout Sushi
Vegetarian Times Issue: March 1, 2009 p.39 — Member Rating: -
Spicy sprouts, such as broccoli, arugula, or leek, give sushi rolls a delicate crunch and peppery flavor. A sushi mat makes it easy to wrap the nori and rice tightly around fillings, but it's not necessary.
Ingredient List
Serves 4
* 2 tsp. seasoned rice vinegar
* 1/2 cup sushi rice, rinsed and drained
* 2 sheets nori (roasted seaweed)
* Hot sesame oil, for sprinkling, optional
* 4 slices avocado
* 4 slices red bell pepper
* 2 slices baked seasoned Asian-style tofu, each cut into 4 thin strips
* 2 Tbs. pickled ginger, drained
* 1/2 cup broccoli sprouts
* Soy sauce and wasabi for dipping
1. Place sushi rice and 1/2 cup water in small saucepan, and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer 20 minutes, or until all liquid is absorbed. Remove from heat, and cool 20 minutes. Stir in rice vinegar.
2. Place 1 sheet nori on sushi mat or work surface. Spread half of warm rice over nori with back of spoon, leaving 11/2-inch edges on top and bottom to seal sushi, but spreading rice all the way to both sides. Sprinkle rice with hot sesame oil, if using.
3. Lay 2 avocado slices, 2 bell pepper slices, and 4 tofu strips in lines down center of rice. Top with 1 Tbs. pickled ginger and 1/4 cup broccoli sprouts. Brush edges of nori with water. Tightly roll nori around rice and filling, pressing bare edge at top to seal. Cut into 8 pieces with sharp knife. Repeat with remaining ingredients. Serve with soy sauce and wasabi.
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Per 4-piece serving: Calories: 201, Protein: 9g, Total fat: 6g, Saturated fat: 1g, Carbs: 27g, Cholesterol: mg, Sodium: 247mg, Fiber: 3g, Sugars: 2g
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CHICAGO (AP) -- Blackhawks goalie Ray Emery has a lower body injury and will not play against Nashville on Friday. He did not participate in Wednesday's optional practice and missed practice Thursday. Coach Joel Quenneville told reporters he hopes to get Emery back on the ice on Friday but added he will not be available when the Blackhawks host the Predators. It's not clear whether Corey Crawford (17-4-4) or Emery (16-1-0) will be the No. 1 goalie once the playoffs start. The Blackhawks lead the NHL with 70 points and both have played well, with Crawford's goals-against average at 1.92 and Emery's at 1.91. With Emery sidelined, the Blackhawks recalled goalie Carter Hutton from the American Hockey League's Rockford IceHogs on Thursday. The 27-year-old Hutton has a 26-22-1 record with two shutouts, a 2.72 goals-against average and a .908 save percentage in 51 games this season with Rockford. He signed with the Blackhawks as a free agent on Feb. 24, 2012. Forward Patrick Sharp was on the ice Thursday but remains sidelined by an upper-body injury.
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Well I actually hope it gets more use and will last at least until heroic 5-mans in the next expansion. Those that work so hard for this deserve to get more use out of it. I can see Blizz doing another hard gear reset though and having quest greens with ilevel 500 in the next expansion so you never know.


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Roast chicken soup
Cooking timePrep: 15 mins Cook: 35 mins
Skill levelEasy
ServingsServes 4
Use up leftover chicken in this rustic soup with garlic cream and cheesy scones on the side
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Additional info
- Can be frozen without garlic cream
Nutrition per serving (without scones)
- kcalories
- 339
- protein
- 39g
- carbs
- 18g
- fat
- 13g
- saturates
- 3g
- fibre
- 6g
- sugar
- 11g
- salt
- 2g
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 onions, chopped
- 3 medium carrots, chopped
- 1 tbsp thyme leaves, roughly chopped
- 1.4l chicken stock
- 300g leftover roast chicken, shredded and skin removed
- 200g frozen peas
- 3 tbsp Greek yogurt
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- squeeze lemon juice
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Gently fry your onions, carrots and thyme for 15 mins then tip it with the veg into your slow cooker with 1 litre stock. If you're using a chicken carcass, add it now. Cover and cook for 2-3 hours on High until the veg is tender. If you used a carcass remove it now, shredding remaining chicken from bones. Stir back into the soup, or add leftover chicken now, plus peas. Cook for 30 mins more. Remove half the mixture then puree with a stick blender to your liking.
Feta & spinach scones
Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Put 280g self-raising flour and a large pinch of salt into a large bowl and make a well in the centre. In a separate bowl, combine 100g cubed feta, 3 tbsp sunflower oil, 2 eggs, 280ml Greek yogurt and a small handful baby spinach leaves, roughly chopped. Stir into the flour to form a soft dough, tip onto a floured surface and shape into a thick, flattish round. Brush with milk. Bake for 40-45 mins. Cool, then serve in wedges.
- Heat oil in a large heavy-based pan. Add onions, carrots and thyme, then gently fry for 15 mins. Stir in stock, bring to a boil, cover, then simmer for 10 mins.
- Add the chicken, remove half the mixture, then purée with a stick blender. Tip back into the pan with the rest of the soup, peas and seasoning, then simmer for 5 mins until hot through.
- Mix the yogurt, garlic and lemon juice, swirl into the soup in bowls, then serve.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, March 2009
Comments, questions and tips
Used the roast chicken to make fresh chicken stock, but I didn't have enough chicken meat so I made up the rest with barley that I cooked in chicken stock. It was delicious, really hearty and warming, while still being healthy. Making the chicken stock from scratch, and the barley, added to the cooking time but i think it was worth it.
Just made this for a late supper, beautiful. All enjoyed. I also added a small potato to thicken it a little. The garlic cream was a great addition. I wasn't going to make it but it was so simple I thought, why not. I added 2 cloves of garlic rather than one as with one I didn't get any real flavour. Will definitely be making this again 5*****
Lovely soup. As my other half doesn't like carrots I exchanged them for squash. I made my own chicken stock as I had left over roast chicken. I made the scones as directed and made the garlic yogurt, which in my very humble opinion made the soup. I know they say it's easy but, with the scones I think it's a bit harder, especially the first time. Will make again but with a little less thyme, I think I put in a little too much. xxx
Have made this morning as I am getting over illness and needeed something healthy and yummy. This definitely did the job. I didn't use the garlic yogurt and would as suggested use a potato to thicken it up a little but lovely regardless. I chucked a small can of sweetcorn in there. Perfect for using up left overs.


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The Calgary Flames traded goaltender Henrik Karlsson to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for a seventh round pick in the 2013 NHL Draft on Monday.
Karlsson played 26 games over two seasons with the Flames, recording five wins with a goals-against-average of 2.79 and a save percentage of .905.
Originally signed as a free agent by the San Jose Sharks in 2009, the Swedish netminder was acquired by the Flames the following year for a sixth round pick.
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Pot legal? You can still get a DUI
Impaired driving is against the law, even if you're in one of the states where voters legalized marijuana. And it will raise your insurance rates.
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Voters in Washington and Colorado on Tuesday legalized recreational use of marijuana, but that doesn't make drugged driving in those states legal.
Both states -- as well as the 17 where medicinal use is approved -- penalize stoned drivers the same way they do drunken drivers.
Washington's ballot measure establishes a concentration of five nanograms of active tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, per milliliter of blood as proof of impaired driving. Backers of Initiative 502 say (.pdf file) a marijuana smoker who lets several hours pass before getting behind the wheel should fall beneath that standard. But most other states -- where marijuana is still considered an illegal substance -- have a zero-tolerance standard.
Those who are convicted of impaired driving face major legal and financial problems. CarInsurance.com's What's Your Limit? tool, though geared toward those planning to drink, spells out the state-by-state penalties for a DUI conviction.
In most states, a driver convicted of a first-offense DUI is required to spend at least some time in jail -- 24 to 72 hours is common. Fines can reach $5,000. You'll lose your license in many places for a year.
You usually must file an SR-22 form -- an insurance company's guarantee to the state that you are carrying the mandatory coverage. The form is cheap, but the fact that you are required to have one is a huge red flag to insurance companies.
At least you won't face a possession charge.
You will, however, have to pay a huge penalty for insurance. Car insurers don't really care what you ingested, only that you have a conviction on your driving record. You should expect your insurance rates to double for as long as the DUI is on your record; in most states, that's three years.
We ran auto insurance quotes on basic liability and personal injury protection for a 24-year-old woman in Seattle driving a 2005 Honda Accord EX to and from work, with no prior violations. After adding a DUI conviction, the cheapest rate we found rose from $742 a year to $1,608.
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WAY TOO LOW of level for a POT related DUI conviction.
You smoke all weekend at a concert and you will fail on Monday morning on the way to work. We MUST fight this clause of the new law or we will all regret it. Any medical smokers and anyone who is "a couple of times before bed each night" daily smoker will fail on the way to work every morning AND they will fail almost every time tested. They will ALWAYS be at risk of a DUI even with ZERO chance of impairment. NOT A GOOD LAW as written with the DUI clause and I like everything else about it.
Please spread the word on this one thing.
edit: Toke of the Town website has some good info on the level of 5 nanograms issue. It will set us back to have this in place. It will be abused.
I have traveled throughout the continental US of A under the "influence" of Marijuana. Mind you, I utilize it medicinally. Having said that, I have never experienced any troubles driving after a couple of hits.
If I roll a joint, it lasts me nearly a week...not a single "toke" session.
Now having said that, having ingested a single man-made narcotic one time. I couldn't tell you how I managed to make it home from the hospital's pharmacy ten miles away! Luckily no one was hurt during that episode! Never again will I utitilize anything involving man-manipulated substances!
Marijuana isn't as bad as most who have never tried it makes it out to be. Who do you trust more? The power above who provided this plant for our use or mankind who messes everything up when mandating, manufactoring or manipulating things for self-serving interests.
Though I don't agree 100% with this law, it is a start.
Some heavy pot smokers can have 5 nanograms of THC in their system even if they don't smoke that day.
Some pot smokers have a much higher tolerance. Others might take one toke and totally lose touch and be out of control. Just like legal prescription narcotics, tolerances are different for everybody. One person might take a 5 mg percoset and be very messed up, while another person can take 3 or 4 percosets and be completely in control (pain has a way of using the narcotics so they don't affect the mind in some people -this also depends on tolerance and whether a certain narcotic agrees with a patient).
Like I said, we do have to start somewhere and the marijuana DUI laws will change over time just like they have for alcohol.
There are several over the counter medications that also impair one's ability to drive. How do we deal with medicated drivers. I have read a few bottles that simply say "do not drive or operate heavy eqquipment until you no how you react to the medicine" others simply say "you should not drive or operate heavy equipment while under the influence.
I also want to say that if Marijuan was such a hazzard to drivers where are the bodies? Everyday there are thousand of High Schoolers that light up and drive. If they were able to show the Death & Destruction caused by marijuana smokers while driving, we would be drowning in the negative ads from every anti drug group out there.
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The big truck was southbound on U.S.131 slowing to make a left turn onto Eliza. Witnesses say the woman, 60-year-old Anne Daugherty of Three Rivers, who was wearing dark clothing, stepped out in the street and then just stopped in the turn lane waiting for traffic to clear.
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A number of protestors took to the streets in Amarillo Saturday, picketing on various street corners near shops that still sell forms of synthetic marijuana.
Although most of the products being protested are not actually "K2", that's probably what it's most commonly referred to as, as most have effects very similar to K2.The protestors carried signs that said things like "K2 Kills" and advocated against the sale and use of these products that they believe are dangerous.
"What ever we can do to get it off the streets, so that no one else has to watch someone suffer with addiction," said protestor Wendy Vandenboogerde. "Anything you can do to make a difference."


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Hello, I'm Olivia and currently residing in Romania; around the internet, I mostly go by Oli and Pande (from another username), but you can call me however you want. I choose to rant for hours about things like movies, manga or Photoshop and like to make internet jokes, because I'm hip. I also have a tendency to go on unannounced hiatus at random times; however, I'm still around since "hiatus" means "lurking" to me - I couldn't possibly leave TheO for good :P I still reply to PMs, read posts and view artwork, I just don't comment the day they're posted (sometimes it may take up to a month for me to catch up!) Don't take it personally; I have nothing against you, it's just a bad habit of mine that I can't get rid of ^^"
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We have gotten a number of questions about whether we will be supporting arXiv, and we want to assure you that we will be. As indicated in the press release, UC Berkeley was among the first institutions to pledge its support. And, in fact, all of the UC campuses are now listed among the arXiv 2010 Supporters. Since we are providing financial support, we would strongly encourage researchers to submit their preprints to arXiv, whenever possible based on publisher self-archiving policies, to make them freely and widely available. If you have any questions, please contact
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Lastly, with support from Jim Pitman, the library has finished a project to digitize the Statistics Technical Reports series. Most of the historic reports are now available through this library repository, while the most current reports continue to be published on the Department of Statistics Technical Reports website. The library website is a work in progress, but we continue to improve the search capabilities and metadata, and the PDF files are available. The files are also being deposited in the CDL Digital Preservation Repository to help ensure their preservation.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Chamber of Commerce filed a motion on Thursday to challenge President Barack Obama's recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board.
Obama set off a furor in January when he bypassed Congress and installed nominees into politically sensitive jobs at the NLRB and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Critics contend the recess appointments were possibly illegal because they were made while the Senate was still technically in session.
On Thursday, the chamber followed through on January promises to consider legal action.
It asked a Court of Appeals to add the recess appointment challenge to a case brought by Noel Canning, a small bottling company in Washington state, to appeal an NLRB ruling against it over pay negotiations.
The case provides a vehicle for the Chamber to make a larger legal argument that Obama's appointments violate the Senate's constitutional right to review board candidates.
"Appointing three of five members to the NLRB in a legally questionable way casts doubt on the work of the entire agency," said Thomas Donohue, president and chief executive of the Chamber.
The NLRB did not immediately respond to a request for comment. White House officials could not immediately be reached.
Earlier this month, a federal judge denied a similar challenge to the NLRB appointments brought by the National Federation of Independent Business, a small business lobbying group.
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Change Through Imagination and Fiction: we need to communicate our ideas & visions to make them real.
I have been fascinated by the way how ideas and visions, especially related to new technologies, are communicated in real life (TED Talks, scientific conferences, academe) and in fiction (science fiction, cyberculture). I want to explore certain aspects of creativity, fiction, and technological utopia -- visions of the future, fuelled by innovation, new technologies, gadgets, visions, dreams, rumors related to high-tech and small-scale technologies.
One of my hypotheses is that we need imagination and fiction to communicate our visions in order to foster change; for better or worse. Every innvoation starts as pure fiction, so the more we imagine and envision, the more we will be able to innovate and to channel our imagination for positive change.
A commercial example: Steve Jobs had a very particular idea about personal computers and gadgets; the systems he built (as opposed to the ones Steve Wozniak favored) were (and are) "closed" systems, communicating a vision of completedness and a certain digital lifestyle.
A cultural example: TED Speakers use the TED platform -- and bend to the TED rules -- to communicate their ideas. Many Speakers have had special presentation training, many of them have stunning visualizations of their ideas -- impressive slides, fascinating computer animations to communicate their ideas and partly their fiction of what might be possible -- to share their visions and to help them become reality one day.
A scientific example: scientists come up with theories based on observations, then they try to make them real by experimenting, by observing, by comparing, by publishing papers, by talking to peers and eventually by finding evidence (at least in most cases).
Do you think fiction has the power to provoke change? Do you think we need fiction to give our visions more substance and to push them towards reality? Is fiction in everyday life settings powerful? Is fiction dangerous? Can fiction foster innovation and change?
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Oct 16 2011: I again want to insist on the fact that from what I have read, fiction does not equal "lies", because fiction clearly states that it is not real and thus does not try to pretend to be true. I don't think artists use "lies" to tell the truth, but rather "imagination". But maybe the word "lie" has a different connotation in other cultures? For me as a German, it is a very... severe and harsh word with nothing positive about it. What about you?
Steve ChoOct 18 2011: come to think of it... you're right. Lies are employed to get ahead or to get something... as opposed to a joke. This is rather interesting, and we've probably stumbled upon some philosophical realms of the true definitions of reality.
But here's how I think of it: reading about an epic fictional tale of some hero overcoming struggles to save the world or whatever evokes the same emotions of hearing the story of your favorite athlete who became number 1 after all this hard work, sacrifice and whatever. 2 stories... one is real, one is fake, but the end result -- the experience being shared and people reacting to it -- is the same. I don't know, something to ponder about.
Oct 24 2011: The comparision between the epic fictional hero and the real athlete is indeed very intersting, thank you for illustrating it. I think it is a very valuable point of view, stating that everyone can be a hero for his own goals, and sharing this emotion with your surroundings to create a positive atmosphere of empowerment.
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I like them a lot better than the current unis. Apparently that was a concept by a UM student for a class, but supposedly the school is looking into possibly using them.
I don't see a big difference, mabey because my screen is too small though. Can someone point the differences out.
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Any regulation specified in subsection (a) of this section shall not take effect if—
(1) within the ninety calendar days of continuous session of the Congress which occur after the date of the promulgation of such regulation, both Houses of the Congress adopt a concurrent resolution, the matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows (with the blank spaces appropriately filled): "That the Congress disapproves the regulation which was promulgated under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act by the Consumer Product Safety Commission with respect to and which was transmitted to the Congress on and disapproves the regulation for the following reasons: ."; or
(2) within the sixty calendar days of continuous session of the Congress which occur after the date of the promulgation of such regulation, one House of the Congress adopts such concurrent resolution and transmits such resolution to the other House and such resolution is not disapproved by such other House within the thirty calendar days of continuous session of the Congress which occur after the date of such transmittal.
(c) Presumptions from Congressional action or inaction
Congressional inaction on, or rejection of, a concurrent resolution of disapproval under this section shall not be construed as an expression of approval of the regulation involved, and shall not be construed to create any presumption of validity with respect to such regulation.
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For purposes of this section—
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