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In June 68, the emperor Nero was deposed in favour of the elderly general Galba, and committed suicide. Beginning in January 69, Tacitus tells the story of the Year of Four Emperors, as Galba was overthrown by Otho, Otho by Vitellius, and finally, Vitellius by Vespasian. The later books, which originally covered the majority of Vespasian's reign and those of his sons Titus and Domitian, have not survived.
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This course in Jewish Law and Ethics will take a comparative approach to conceptions of law, ethics, and the legal enterprise. By exploring a legal system that adopts a very different notion of the relationship between law and ethics, the course will offer a lens to reflect on the U.S. legal system, as well as the system of regulating the ethics and behavior in the legal profession.
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Campaign Management
DoubleClick Search offers an interface that is similar to AdWords, but there are some key features that are powerful in DoubleClick Search that can help you efficiently manage campaigns.
Editing objects in bulk
Performing changes across multiple objects in DoubleClick Search is simplified using a process called "bulksheet round-tripping". Bulksheet round-tripping allows you to download your objects into an Excel file that is already pre-formatted for upload back into DoubleClick Search. In the downloaded Excel file, you can make multiple bid changes to keywords, budget changes to campaigns, update landing pages, etc., and then simply upload the same sheet back into DoubleClick Search. This is especially effective for making changes across multiple engine accounts.
Refer to this article for more information on how to download a report with Editable Columns (for re-upload). After you have completed your edits, you can then upload the changes.
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When you first import your campaigns into DoubleClick Search, dynamic URL parameters originally on the landing page URL are automatically appended to the end of the clickserver URL directly on the engine. If you would like to add additional dynamic URL parameters, you can do so by adding them in the Keyword landing page column or to the end of the clickserver URL on the engine.
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For tools that DoubleClick Search does not have an API connection with (e.g. Facebook, adMarketplace), you can traffic out clickserver URLs as landing pages for those engines for tracking conversions. Although you will not be able to acquire performance data (clicks, impressions, cost, etc), using this functionality in DoubleClick Search will not only track, but also de-duplicate conversions between the engine accounts and DoubleClick Campaign Manager (DCM) using existing floodlight tags.
Refer to this article for more information on how to create objects in an "Other engine" account.
The DoubleClick Search reporting widget is located on every screen within an advertiser and can be accessed simply by clicking on the Download button.
Setting filters and views
In DoubleClick Search, you can customize columns, sort data and create filters for reporting on specific objects. Once you have the view that you desire, you have two options for preserving the view for future.
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You can create and apply multiple labels to keywords to add another dimension to reporting. For example, you can label certain keywords as your "top performers" or "seasonal" and run reports just against those keywords. Labels are universal across all engine accounts so you can identify keywords that may be competing with each other.
Refer to this article for more information on how to create and manage labels.
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Two advanced reports available in DoubleClick Search include the Conversions report and the Visits report, both of which are accessible by selecting their respective checkboxes under Include types when downloading a report.
Conversion reports provide a breakdown of each individual conversion, including the keyword that triggered the conversion and the date of the click that led to the conversion. This report can be helpful when determining appropriate lookback windows for tracking conversions.
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When creating a bid strategy, it is important to have a descriptive naming convention. This will facilitate campaign management and reporting.
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Applying bid strategies to multiple keywords
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TALLAHASSEE – Florida policymakers are facing a multibillion-dollar dice-roll over whether to capitulate to President Barack Obama and dramatically swell the size of the Medicaid health-care program.
But they'll be in a unique position this spring to make that decision based on the policy's potential economic ripples, not just ideology.
The president's Affordable Care Act calls for expanding the state-federal Medicaid program to people with incomes up to 138 percent of poverty. But the U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding the law last year allows states to opt out of the expansion.
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Unlike other states, Florida policymakers will be able to consider the decade-long direct economic impacts on the industries affected, the ripples through the supply-chain of goods and services and the "induced" spending changes made by households statewide.
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Big Data isn't going to take the politics out of big decisions.
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Roundtable: Sizing up the Finals
Story Highlights
Miami and Oklahoma City both were tested on their way to the NBA Finals
Key storylines: LeBron vs. KD; can Heat D cool off OKC?; Westbrook's PG edge
Three writers like the Thunder to win the championship and two pick the Heat
Miami and Oklahoma City will play for the championship in a series that features the MVP, LeBron James, the MVP runner-up and scoring champion, Kevin Durant, and a host of other stars in the Heat's Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh and the Thunder's Russell Westbrook and Sixth Man Award winner James Harden. The Heat are back in the NBA Finals for the second year in a row as the 27-year-old James seeks his first title to cap his ninth season. Durant, 23, is also looking for his first ring, the five-year veteran having led the franchise to its first Finals appearance since 1996, when the Thunder played in Seattle. What can we expect once Game 1 tips off on Tuesday night in Oklahoma City? Five SI.com NBA writers analyze how each team got this far and what lies ahead in the Finals.
Ian Thomsen: The main thing is that both teams have matured based on their experiences over the last postseason. They can both thank Dallas for that. Miami is a much tougher, more galvanized team because LeBron is playing closer to the basket and posting up to draw fouls when his team needs points. Oklahoma City has had a full season to work in Kendrick Perkins, but the main improvement in the Thunder is that Durant is doing -- in his own way -- what Dirk Nowitzki did for the Mavericks last year, which is to make certain his team wins. Both teams are extremely confident because of the faith the players have in their leaders.
Zach Lowe: Both have shown growth. Miami is a more resilient, flexible bunch than lots of experts suggested. But it's also a team that became prone to strange defensive breakdowns against the Celtics that it cannot afford in this series. In the face of a massive injury to Bosh, coach Erik Spoelstra embraced small-ball, changed his playbook and tweaked his rotations. It didn't always work -- remember Dexter Pittman starting and the team's nightly regression into stagnancy in the half-court? -- but the Heat are here. And James, under enormous pressure, responded with perhaps the best, meanest ball of his life. The Thunder have also proved to be an adaptable lot, with coach Scott Brooks making series-changing adjustments after two losses to the Spurs and the team in general sharing the ball much more than usual in that series. Westbrook has grown as a playmaker, Durant can run a nasty high pick-and-roll and the Thunder are (mostly) running honest-to-god plays in crunch time -- some even featuring Harden, once forgotten, as the orchestrator. Their defense hasn't been great by the numbers, but it has been good enough.
Lee Jenkins: Oklahoma City has grown up and Miami has toughened up. The Thunder have been the most talented team in the NBA for almost two years, but in these playoffs, they have trusted each other and shared the ball in a way they didn't all regular season. Their best scorers, Durant and Westbrook, have evolved into adept playmakers, allowing the Thunder to demonstrate their superior depth. The Heat, on the other hand, responded to series deficits against Boston and Indiana with a completely different mentality than they showed a year ago against Dallas in the Finals. If Game 7 against the Celtics was any indication, the Heat's three stars are no longer taking turns late in the fourth quarter. They are attacking in concert, a sign they might have finally figured out how to play together.
Chris Mannix: Oklahoma City is a juggernaut, one very capable of kick-starting a multiple-title run right here, right now. The Thunder are more poised than anyone gave them credit for, and they are so explosive that no lead is safe. The Heat are similar in that they can erase any deficit if James is feeling it. As much grief as we give LeBron, he is playing perhaps the finest basketball of his career and, with a little help, is capable of carrying Miami to four wins.
Sam Amick: One of them will remain title-less by the time this is over, but both have championship mettle. The Thunder were rolling before they went down 2-0 to San Antonio in the Western Conference finals, and nothing can spark panic quite like needing to take four of five against a team that had won 20 in a row at that point. So what did they do? Rattled off four straight. The Heat, meanwhile, pushed back against the playoff pressure on two occasions: their 2-1 deficit against Indiana in the second round and Boston's 3-2 edge in the Eastern Conference finals. That LeBron played like an absolute force on most nights certainly helped; he is averaging an NBA-high 30.8 points on 50.8 percent shooting in this season's playoffs compared to 23.7 points on 46.6 percent shooting last year. There's plenty of fight in both teams here, meaning we've got quite a series on our hands.
Thomsen: I want to see whether the hard times James has gone through will make the difference. He has had to fight his way back over the last two years and now he looks as if he's ready to deal with just about anything that may happen in this Finals. By comparison, Durant has had a smooth ride to the top, and if things start turning against him will he have it in him to force the games to be played his way? I know LeBron can do that because he has been building up to this point for two years, but can Durant do it? I'm asking the question because I don't know the answer, but in two weeks we'll all know for sure.
Lowe: How efficiently the Thunder scoring machine can produce against Miami's top-level defense. Oklahoma City had the second-best offense in the regular season, and, remarkably, it's gotten even better in the playoffs. The Thunder shredded Dallas, the Lakers and San Antonio, putting up historic scoring numbers through three rounds. Their assist rate jumped dramatically against a San Antonio team that forced them to drive and move the ball, just as the Heat will. With just a few exceptions -- down the stretch in Game 5 against the Spurs, for instance -- they've run solid late-game sets incorporating all three of their stairs, rather than the predictable isolations that doomed them last season.
Jenkins: Westbrook is a tough matchup for everyone, but especially Miami. We saw how Rajon Rondo was able to get inside the Heat's defense, even with Miami playing off him, and Westbrook is more explosive than Rondo. If the Heat sag on Westbrook the way they did on Rondo, he could bury them with mid-range jumpers, and if they do any more jogging back on defense, he will beat them down the court. Then again, when Westbrook makes himself the focal point of the offense, the Thunder lose the ball movement that has been so effective in the playoffs. Westbrook must exploit the opportunities presented to him while maintaining his poise and remembering his teammates.
Mannix: That Perkins-Joel Anthony matchup is ... oh, come on. It's Durant vs. James, the three-time scoring champ vs. the three-time MVP,the (Twitter-announced) decision vs. The Decision, the humble star vs. the attention-grabber. This should be an epic battle, and given the age of Durant and James, we could quite possibly see it many times in the years to come.
Amick: I'll take "the-best-two-players-in-basketball-playing-for-it-all" please, Alex. It's NBA theater at its finest, and I'll elaborate on the head-to-head matchup a bit later here. But the most compelling part of that battle is the question of whether James can exorcise those demons from last year's Finals. Forget about the context of The Decision or the "Not one, not two, not three ..." proclamations that have been his PR burden for two years now. I'm talking solely about Miami-Dallas 2011, and the unmistakable fact that James disappeared too often and looked far too rattled in the six-game loss to the Mavericks. Rest assured, James isn't out of the woods just yet in terms of his legacy.
Thomsen: Apart from the question of which star will seize command, I think it's also going to come down to whether Oklahoma City can play enough possessions in the open floor. Miami's half-court offense has become more effective, and when the pace slows, the Heat's ability to earn free throws via James and Wade figures to be a go-to strength. Can Miami prevent the Thunder from playing in the flow of transition and early offense -- and if so, will the Thunder be able to generate points against Miami's set defense?
Lowe: There are so many possibilities when two top-heavy teams face each other. Fatigue could affect James, who has carried the largest burden of any player in the postseason. There is Wade's on-again, off-again shakiness, and the continued rumblings he may be nursing an injury; he'll spend considerable time guarding both Westbrook and Harden in this series. Turnovers and transition defense could make or break either team, considering the fast-break excellence of each. There is small-ball versus big-ball, and a dozen important rotation decisions for each coach. But if forced to pick one, I'm going with the offensive contributions of the Thunder role players, and the connected issue of whether Durant and Westbrook can continue to make the proper "pass or shoot?" decisions. Miami played Durant to pass and drive in the regular season, pressuring him well beyond the three-point arc and trapping him when he popped off screens. Durant dribbled into a season-high nine turnovers in one game and dished a season-high-tying eight assists in the other. The Heat threw softer traps at Westbrook on the pick-and-roll, containing his drive at the foul line and forcing him into tricky choices. We saw the Thunder passing game evolve against the Spurs. Will that continue against (by far) the best defense Oklahoma City has faced in the playoffs?
Jenkins: Because the Thunder are so much deeper than the Heat, and so much more balanced, James and Wade have to outplay Durant and Westbrook. Wade cannot afford to take off any more first halves. James cannot afford to shrink into the facilitator role. They have to log heavy minutes, and despite difficult defensive matchups, remain as aggressive as they were in closing out the Celtics. The Heat don't have a sixth man like Harden, a rim protector like Serge Ibaka or a bouncer like Perkins. They can win, but James and Wade will have to play their best series yet, and be better than Durant and Westbrook.
Mannix: I've been very high on Westbrook the last few years because inside that erratic, turnover-prone bottle rocket is a superstar waiting to bust out. Westbrook should dominate his matchup with Mario Chalmers. If he plays smart, low-error ball, Oklahoma City can win this series in a rout. If not, he could turn out to be Miami's secret weapon.
Amick: It's not the sexy answer, but it will be the complementary players -- or "others," as TNT's Shaquille O'Neal so respectfully called the Thunder's. For Oklahoma City, it's players such as Ibaka, Perkins and Sefolosha. Their re-emergence in Game 3 against the Spurs started the turnaround, and was aided by Durant's willingness and ability to be more of a playmaker than ever before. The focus this time around will be on their collective ability to contain James, Wade and Bosh to whatever degree that's possible. For Miami, it's players like Battier, Chalmers and Udonis Haslem who need to muck it up defensively while providing some semblance of scoring. I fully expect the stars on both sides to shine, but Westbrook and Bosh are the wild cards of that bunch. Can Westbrook consistently bring that mixture of aggressive scoring and composed floor leading? Will Bosh be an X-factor in this series like he was in Game 7 against Boston, especially if he's able to pull the shot-blocking Ibaka and Perkins outside and open up the lanes for James and Wade? We shall see.
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What do drivers want for Christmas? Birell instead of fruit juice! (Translation)
24 November 2011
Ever growing number of drivers prefer non-alcoholic beer over fruit juices
Praha, November 23, 2011 - During the Christmas time, the demand for non-alcoholic beers is a rise once again. Thirty-nine percent male and female drivers would appreciate this drink most while visiting their families and friends. That is about 7% more than the last year. Less consumers would choose sodas or fruit juice. It is only 16% respondents compared to 19% of those asked last year. These are the results from a survey, conducted by an independent research agency Ipsos, that included 1,064 respondents.
Christmas time is here, and with it comes inevitable visiting friends and families that often involves car transportation. So, what beverages should we prepare for those designated drivers who cannot enjoy traditional liqueurs and sparkling wines? According to a survey of Ipsos agency from October 2011, non-alcoholic beer is the preferred alternative - 52% of male drivers chose it as the most suitable beverage. However, female drivers showed some interest too. Every fourth of them would rather enjoy it. Czechs prefer non-alcoholic beer preferred over soft drinks and fruit juices, which would satisfy only 12% of male drivers and 21% of female drivers, and even over sodas, which would be chosen by mere 11% of male or 9% of female drivers. "Czechs, it seems, are starting to realize the serious consequences of a bad diet, and so they are slowly but surely adjusting their eating habits according to healthier lifestyle not only in terms of foods, but beverages as well," summarised the results Iva Málková Ph.D., founder of STOB association. Non-alcoholic beer Birell namely contains only a half the amount of kilojoules compared to sweet soft drinks and fruit juices. And so Birell is the ideal beverage for those who would love to enjoy their favorite drink without the guilt of gaining weight. Even those who are not the designated drivers at their visiting tours would welcome this beverage in a selection. Every third respondent would choose non-alcoholic beer this year. Last year, it would be just every fourth one.
For those who take Birell as inseparable companion during the downtime with friends not only during Christmas time, there is something new. The brand now displays GDA (Guideline Daily Amounts) on the labels. "By disclosing nutrition values, we would like to make it easier for Birell fans to navigate within the category of non-alcoholic beers, and by doing so we are also joining current trends of healthy lifestyle," explained Martina Kuncová, Brand Manager. Consumers may read energy values, carbohydrates, fat, fatty acids, and sodium amounts on cans of light and semi-dark Birell. "Nutrition values are displayed on most of foods and beverages, but I have never encountered them on non-alcoholic beer. And I must say, that monitoring nutrition values not only pays off, but it should be a routine, and that is not only because of the calories amount, but also sodium, carbohydrates, etc. Displaying nutrition values is surely an interesting step in the right direction," concluded Iva Málková, nutritionist and healthy lifestyle specialist, and the founder of STOB association.
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Calories (kcal):
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Carbohydrates (g):
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Fat (g):
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Sodium (g):
- COntent: 0.0095
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Looking foward to this, of-line play, local co-op, no RMAH.
To bad we have to wait for the ps3 version after the launch of the PS4, so this will be out end of the year. Would be a strange thing and a maketing flaw to bring this to ps3 first and later to ps4.


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MOUNT VERNON The 2012 edition of the Dan Emmett Festival Youth Showcase is looking for performers from Mount Vernon and Knox County.
There will be an informational meeting on Wednesday from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at ThePlace@TheWoodward on South Main Street. Grade school through high school youth are invited to perform their vocal or instrumental talents during the Showcase on Thursday through Saturday, Aug. 8-12, during the Dan Emmett Music & Arts Festival. For more information, contact Susan Kahrl at 740-501-4892.
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William Dranginis is a very good friend of mine who was just recently interviewed by Ed DeWitt of The Hampshire Review. William began his research when a relaxing day of hiking and searching for Civil War artifacts turned into an adventure he would pursue for the rest of his life!
Here is his story, an excerpt from the article written by Ed DeWitt (thank you Ed for permission to post portions of your interview)
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In the late winter of 1995, 2 longtime friends described as "special agents with the government," invited Bill to join them on a trip with his detector near some abandoned goldmines in Culpepper County. After a long afternoon hiking through the forest in the cool with their metal detectors in a quest for Civil War artifacts, Bill and his friends decided to call it quits in the late afternoon. The 3 began the trek back, walking home down a hard-packed logging trail through the spindly boughs and trunks of the leaf-barren trees.
It was a new hobby at the time, metal detecting, something that got him outdoors, and the more Civil War artifacts Bill found under the layers of decomposed leaves and bark, the more his desire kindled to know more about the war.
Then, on the walk home, one of Bill's friends stopped in his tracks and thrust his arms out to his sides.
Quietly, carefully, the agent said, "Follow, from my shoulder to the tip of my finger, 75 feet. There's a man behind that tree."
The friend Bill knew to have served 3 tours in Vietnam as a "point man," nervously drew his 9 mm and aimed it toward the tree.
It's all-too-common, Bill says, that in some parts of those woods, marijuana planters stand guard to protect their gardens. This was not a pot grower.
"A huge, black, hairy head looked out from the side of the tree," he says. "We made eye contact. And within a split second, it ran, from left to-right, with such speed my mind couldn't take it in. My eyes just couldn't take it in."
The 7-foot beast loped deeper into the woods, Bill says, pivoting off a tree with its massive foot and then lumbering down a hill and blinking out of sight.
"As it got away from us, all you could see were these massive shoulders. Huge muscled shoulders moving back and forth," he says.
"Do you know what we just saw?" the agent friend had asked as the trio stood, dumbfounded there in the woods.
"Bigfoot?" Bill said.
They all agreed; what they had just seen could be nothing but the legendary beast.
From its sighting to its disappearance, Bill claims, took all but 12 seconds.
"To look into its eyes" That was all that was needed to propel Bill into spending 18 years and tens of thousands of dollars to once again spot the elusive Bigfoot.
His hunts began with many hikes, he said, which turned up little by way of Sasquatch.
"I would hear calls," he says. "But after some research, those would inevitably turn out to be birds or other animals."
It occurred to Bill that, after these years of bad luck on his own, it was probably a good idea to reach out to others who may have seen Bigfoot themselves. He decided to place and ad in Northern Virginia Electric Co-Op, a magazine that is mailed to all its members throughout Virginia.
"I got a lot of responses the first time I asked, about 25 or 30. State policemen, lawyers, doctors, dentists, hunters, farmers," Bill says. "Many of them wouldn't tell their children or spouses for fear of being ridiculed."
That number soon reached the triple digits.
Bill has since formed the Virginia Bigfoot Research Organization, a group composed of about 40 members of like-minded Bigfoot hunters.
"Hunters," though, may be a bit of a misnomer: Bill makes sure to stress that the group has no interest in shooting or killing a Sasquatch. He carries a pistol on his hunting expeditions, he says, only for self-protection.
"Bears are out there, you know," he says. "And the people you can come across in the woods."
Bill says there are many types of Bigfoot hunters out there – many are trying to achieve stardom or a payday for bagging or photographing the beast once and for all.
It's not fame or fortune that's driving Bill and his crew: He's just looking for validation of that first experience
with another, some confirmation. "All I want," he says, "is to look into its eyes again."
Tools of the trade
And in order to go eye-to-eye with a Bigfoot, Bill's doing just about everything he can.
Since the sighting, his hardware has evolved from a pair of binoculars and his own 2 feet into an arsenal that would make your everyday hunter blush with envy: Bill's equipment includes an RV, more specifically a former mobile veterinary clinic, retrofitted with more equipment than a surveillance submarine. He has dozens of cameras that he's specifically made himself as to not emit any ultrasonic noise. He has that NASA-grade telescope. And infrared sensors. And thermal cameras. And night vision cameras.
His piece de resistance is a $15,000 drone helicopter, like one used in the military.
"It has a GPS-location based system where I can plug coordinates in and have it patrol those areas," he said. "I can also send it out from the RV and have it patrol 100, 150 feet up. I can attach any number of cameras to it, too."
The tools Bill has employed in his pursuit of Bigfoot aren't merely technological in nature, either: He's since taught himself a host of abilities meant to bolster his chances of finding Bigfoot.
Bill said he's studied calls of animals that populate deciduous forests and how to wire, program and create cameras, some of which he's patented and now calls "EyeGotcha." (yep, I was on this story a while back!)
Bill has studied the biological history of mankind and other species closely related to homo sapiens. He's participated in workshops and seminars, too; one of which, he said, involved a Native American tactic of walking through the woods in the
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"I wanted to know how Bigfoot could possibly walk through the forest in the dark," he said. "The Native Americans showed me that they can beat a drum in the distance and the bass sort of shows where the trees around you are. They showed us the next day where we had walked through. It was this dense forest and I hadn't hit a single tree."
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TAU researcher compares US and French models to find varying standards and definitions
Unceasing accusations of media bias surround reporting on controversial events. The last American Presidential election and the latest confrontation between Israel and Gaza are recent illustrations of the phenomenon. This kind of public response seems to demand a better definition of professional journalistic standards, says Dr. Sandrine Boudana of Tel Aviv University's Department of Communications — but geographical implications make that a challenge.
To understand the practical standards of professional journalism, Dr. Boudana surveyed French and American journalists about the values that guided their professional practice, especially regarding war reporting. She then analyzed articles produced in the media in both countries during periods of conflict. While both French and American journalists expressed similar guiding values, including accuracy and fairness, she found that the journalists had different ways of practicing these values, influenced by each country's unique culture and politics.
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Since objectivity emerged as a standard of American journalism in the 1830s, it has constantly been contested and redefined to better serve the journalistic quest for "truth," she explains. Though originally associated with non-partisanship and neutrality, the notion of objectivity has evolved to mean detachment and balance. More recently, journalists have begun to reject objectivity as an unrealistic or undesirable goal, but no consensual standard has emerged to replace it. This is what motivated Dr. Boudana to conduct interviews with practicing journalists.
While journalism in the US is more information-based, French journalism relies on an opinion-based model, she says. For example, American journalists put more emphasis on fact-checking, while their French colleagues pay more attention to writing style and the development of a narrative.
She found that French journalists often employed conventional storytelling methods, including constructs such as heroes and villains. For example, in French articles covering the second intifada, Israel was presented as the villain and Palestinians were presented as victims. The idea of peace became an innocent "princess" that the turmoil surrounded.
This doesn't mean that French journalists are being unprofessional, argues Dr. Boudana. Instead, they adhere to different professional standards rooted in political and literary traditions. In order to evaluate the work of any journalist, it is crucial to understand the professional values they are working to uphold and the culture from which they spring.
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In evaluating bias, readers must approach journalism critically, Dr. Boudana suggests, remaining aware of their own prejudices and those of the media outlets they rely upon. "If you approach an article with an ideological slant similar to yours, it will always reinforce your perspective. If it criticizes people or values you support, you will probably think it is biased. If it supports your views, then you will consider it fair or balanced," she explains. This doesn't mean that journalists should ignore criticisms emanating from the public, but rather that the justice of accusations should be measured by professional standards.
In terms of Israel's recent Operation Pillar of Defense, media analysts believe that foreign journalists showed less bias against Israel, likely due to a change in circumstance rather than a change in ideology, Dr. Boudana says. Because Hamas is not seen as a constructive influence, it's difficult to support the regime — and French journalists were more cautious about naming heroes and villains. If Israel had launched a ground operation, however, journalists might have produced more "biased" articles because of the cultural tendency to favor weaker factions, she suggests.
Next, Dr. Boudana plans to research journalism from the perspective of readers or viewers, determining what their expectations are and what journalism means to them. It's important for the audience to be involved in the journalistic process, she counsels, because the more they are aware of the strategies and tactics employed in contemporary journalism, the better they will be able to view the media with a critical eye.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri education officials are seeking an additional $6.8 million to help an unaccredited school district in the St. Louis area.
The State Board of Education approved the budget request Tuesday for the Normandy district. That's the first step in a process that ultimately requires the support of the governor and Legislature to become a reality.
Students started transferring out of the Normandy and Riverview Gardens districts this year under a state law that requires unaccredited districts to pay the costs for students who want to attend other public schools.
The state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education says Normandy is projected to run out of money in March.
The additional funding recommended Tuesday would come as a supplemental state budget item to be considered after lawmakers convene in January.
Mehlville to provide activity busing for transfer students
Mehlville middle and high school students will have a ride home from after-school activities, even if they've transferred in from the unaccredited Riverview Gardens School District.
The Mehlville School board approved a plan (5-2) Thursday to use district buses to haul students to north county after late activities. The $76,000 needed will come from tuition received from the unaccredited district.
Mehlville Superintendent Eric Knost says he expects at least 15 of the 215 transfer students will need the late ride each day.
Riverview Gardens is responsible for general transportation costs, but it doesn't have to cover after-school activity runs.
New Missouri school ratings will draw distinctions between districts
Missouri school districts and parents are getting a more detailed picture school performance with the release of the state's new rating system today. The new system replaces the old 14 point scale with a percentage score based on test scores, attendance, graduation rates and other criteria.
The changes mean finer distinctions between high-performing districts.
It could also mean more districts lose accreditation, including two local districts that don't quite measure up under the new standards: University City and Ferguson-Florissant. But the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that state officials are not likely to use the scores to take away accreditation until at least 2015, when they have three years of data to consider.
The figures show just how far struggling school districts have to go to become fully accredited again. The unaccredited Normandy district earned just 11 percent. The unaccredited Riverview Gardens district faired a little better at just under 29 percent. And the provisionally accredited St. Louis Public Schools scored just below 25 percent. Districts need 50 percent for provisional accreditation and 70 percent or more to be fully accredited.
Riverview Gardens approve 1/2 million dollar busing contract
The Riverview Gardens School District will pay $3,675 each day to bus about 1,400 transfer students to Mehlville and Kirkwood. That was the winning bid among six companies vying for the contract.
The half-million dollar contract with First Student Transportation was approved Tuesday. The unaccredited district will also pay about $12,000 in annual tuition for each transfer student.
District officials say their finances are stable for this school year, but there could be trouble if the transfers continue next year.
Missouri school transfer ruling opens old wounds
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) - A wave of school transfers spurred by a recent Missouri Supreme Court ruling is opening old wounds and reviving difficult conversations in St. Louis about race, class and equal access to public education.
Nearly 2,600 students from the unaccredited Normandy and Riverview Gardens districts are leaving for better-performing schools in other districts, with the two troubled districts required to pay an estimated $30 million to accommodate the moves. School leaders say it's only a matter of time before they go bankrupt.
Parents, politicians and community leaders in some outlying districts say they worry the newcomers will bring increased delinquency, larger class sizes and lower test scores. Much of the outrage was on display last month at public school board meeting of the Francis Howell district, which begins classes on Thursday.
Kirkwood parents learn details of school transfer plans
School starts in Kirkwood on August 20th and Tuesday night parents in the south county district learned how their schools will be affected by the transfer of more than 150 students from Normandy and Riverview Gardens.
Kirkwood School Board spokesperson Ginger Cayce says class sizes may fluctuate slightly, but not enough to cause concern. Cayce says the $12,000 per transfer student that the district will receive will cover the cost of any extra resources needed. Cayce says the money would be spent on "technology, support staff resources, and any additional teachers or teachers aides we might need in the classroom."
About 650 people attended Tuesday night's meeting at Kirkwood High. There were questions about test scores and athletic opportunities, but most showed support for the students coming from the unaccredited districts. One man even donated money to help cover "incidental costs" for transfer students. He called on others with the means to do so as well.
After lawsuit threat, Mehlville says they're trying to comply with transfer rules
Mehlville Superintendent Dr. Eric Knost says the district is making every effort to place students transferring in from Riverview Gardens without compromising the education of any student in the district.
Knost released a statement Monday evening in response to a lawsuit from the Children's Education Alliance of Missouri on behalf of three Riverview Gardens parents.
Mehlville has limited the number students it will accept from the unaccredited district in an effort to retain current class size limits and staffing levels, but the school-choice advocacy group says there's room for more than the 216 the district has accepted.
Knost says the District will work with legal counsel to respond appropriately to the court action.
Transfer deadline extended for Riverview and Normandy students
As the start of the new school year fast approaches, more than 300 students who want to transfer out of the troubled Riverview Gardens and Normandy school districts still don't know where they'll attend classes. That's because of the limited availability of open seats in some districts they've applied to attend.
Many students didn't get into one of their first three choices of districts, or didn't list more than one choice. So officials with the Cooperating School Districts have extended the application deadline for the still unassigned transfer students.
Families can submit a new list of choices. Those who don't re-apply on the Cooperating School Districts website by noon Monday will not be able to transfer out of the unaccredited districts.
All of the Normandy students transferring to Francis Howell Districts did get their requests filled. About 2,400 Riverview Garden students have also received transfer assignments.
Mehlville sets class sizes, limits number of transfer students
The Mehlville school district won't hire more teacher or enlarge class sizes in order to accommodate students transferring in from the unaccredited Riverview Gardens School District.
The Mehlville school board supported their superintendent's position and set class size limits Thursday night. That will allow the district to accept only 150 of the roughly 450 students who've applied to transfer.
A lottery will be held August 2nd to determine which students can make the switch from Riverview Gardens to Mehlville.
More than 200 parents attended last night's school board meeting at Mehlville High School. Many expressed concerns about the cost of busing and the number of hours students will spend in transit. Others were concerned that the transfer students will put a drain on the Mehlville district.
Mehlville Superintendent Dr. Eric Knost has said that maintaining the district's small class sizes is key to maintaining educational excellence.
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