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Pasadena City College
This article relies on references to primary sources. (March 2013) |
Pasadena City College | |
Student Success, Our Top Priority
Location | |
Pasadena, California United States |
Coordinates | 34°9′N 118°7′W / 34.150°N 118.117°WCoordinates: 34°9′N 118°7′W / 34.150°N 118.117°W |
Information | |
Type | Public Community College |
Established | 1924[1] |
School district | Pasadena Area Community College District |
President | Mark W. Rocha |
Number of students | 26,833 (As of 2012[update])[2] |
Campus type | Buildings |
Mascot | Lancer |
Newspaper | PCC Courier |
Website | Official website |
Pasadena City College (PCC) is a community college located in Pasadena, California. Over one million individuals have taken classes at PCC in its over 75 years.[3]
School history[edit]
Pasadena City College was founded in 1924 as Pasadena Junior College. In 1954, Pasadena Junior College merged with another junior college, John Muir College, to become Pasadena City College. In 1966, voters approved the creation of the Pasadena Area Junior College District. The name was subsequently changed to the Pasadena Area Community College District.[citation needed] Pasadena City College is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges an institutional accrediting body recognized by the Commission on Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation and the U.S. Department of Education.[4]
The school is governed by a nine-member board of trustees. Seven members are elected (each of whom represents a geographical section of the Pasadena Area Community College District); one is a student trustee who is elected by the student body; and one is the sitting college president, who is also the district superintendent. As of 2010[update], the president/superintendent is Mark W. Rocha, former West Los Angeles College president. Rocha assumed the role of president/superintendent on July 1, 2010, when he was chosen to replace Lisa Sugimoto.[citation needed]
Previous presidents/superintendents include Jack Scott (1987–1995), who served as state senator from 1996 to 2008. As of 2009[update], Scott is Chancellor of the California Community College system; James Kossler, 1995–2007; Paulette Perfumo, who held the position from August 2007 until her abrupt resignation in 2009; and Lisa Sugimoto, who served as acting president through the end of the 2009-2010 academic year.[citation needed]
The Shatford Library is a direct descendent of the original Pasadena High School library that originally occupied the campus. The $16.5-million Shatford Library opened in 1994, and holds 133,024 volumes in the general book collection, over 300 periodical subscriptions (plus over two thousand titles in electronic databases) 7,338 audio cassettes, 1,019 paperbacks, 661 CDs and software, 404 volumes in the Special Services collection, and 1,186 videocassettes.[5] Walter T. Shatford II, is the attorney for whom the library was named in recognition of his four decades of service on the school's board and his donations. He was also active in the Civil Rights Movement.[6]
In 2003, voters approved a bond measure for about $150 million that improved campus facilities. A significant portion of these funds were earmarked for the construction of a new building to house the college's art and music departments. The Alumni Commons, the Aquatic Center, the Boone Sculpture Garden, and the Galloway Plaza have all replaced what were once campus parking lots. A new fourth floor parking structure (Lot 5) and a new bus parking area were completed in 2005.
In 2007, many services at the school had to relocate pending demolition of their previous facilities. These included the college bookstore, Student Affairs, Associated Students, the student business services, the campus police and the offices of the school newspaper The Courier. A groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the new Industrial and Technology building, Campus Center and Bookstore took place in October 2007. The Campus Center and Bookstore opened in August 2009. The school is one of the few community colleges with its own observatory and seismograph.[3]
The school attracts students from throughout Southern California, enrolling a large percentage of student from outside the bounds of the Pasadena Area Community College District, which was established in 1966. The district includes the cities of Pasadena, South Pasadena, Altadena, San Marino, Temple City, La Cañada Flintridge, Arcadia, El Sereno, Sierra Madre, and portions of Rosemead and El Monte.[3]
As of 2012[update], there are approximately 26,000 students enrolled in the school. The demographics of the students are: 42.5 percent Hispanic, 23.2 percent Asian or Pacific Islander, 16.5 percent Caucasian, 5.4 percent African American, and 0.4 percent American Indian. 51.2 percent of the students are female, while 48.3 percent are male.[7]
The staff members of the International Student Office assist international students in the application process and support their transition during their time at the school.[8] Before registration, international students are required to pass the English as a Second Language (ESL) and Math placement examinations before being accepted into the school. They are also required to attend counseling to plan for classes.[8] Assistance is available to become familiar with campus resources, i.e., Counseling Office, Library, Learning Assistance Center (LAC), the ESL Center, and Computing Services. It is recommended that all students meet with a counselor to develop a Student Educational Plan (SEP) (L104).[8]
As of 2013, there are 264 full-time professors and 903 part-time professors. They are represented by the Academic Senate and the Faculty Association.
Academic programs[edit]
The math department has won the AMATYC community college mathematics competition numerous times.[citation needed]
Ethnic studies[edit]
Pasadena City College has a long history of teaching Ethnic studies at the community college level. These include courses in Asian American studies, Chicano studies, African American studies, and American Indian studies.[3]
Pasadena City College offers courses in the following languages: American Sign Language (ASL), Arabic (Standard), Armenian (Western), Chinese (Mandarin), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, Spanish and English as a Second Language (ESL).
The music department provides the Pasadena City College Herald Trumpets and the honor band for the Rose Parade. It is also the host of the annual Bandfest, held annually at year's end by the Pasadena Tournament of Roses in the Robinson Stadium.[3] At one time, its applied music staff included John Dearman of the L.A. Guitar Quartet.
Health care[edit]
Pasadena City College is responding to a need in the community and employers in the health care industry by offering a course for anesthetic technicians. In partnership with Kaiser Permanente, the school's anesthesia technician program is recognized by the American Society of Anesthesia Technologists and Technicians. The course is the first such program in the state of California.[citation needed]
Pasadena City College was the first community college in Southern California to offer an approved program for speech-language pathology assistants.[9][full citation needed]
Product Design[edit]
The Product Design Department at Pasadena City College is a premier community college program and is one of only two product design programs in the California Community College System.[citation needed] The curriculum prepares students with a portfolio to enter the industrial design profession as an entry-level designer. The courses develop a broad range of required skills including an understanding of the creative process with emphasis on function, environmental and social concerns, and the art form.[3] Students enroll from around the world to prepare portfolios, many for applications to four-year colleges.[citation needed] The program is the number one transfer program to Art Center College of Design and many other prestigious industrial design programs nationwide.[10][non-primary source needed]
Visual Arts[edit]
The Visual Arts Division has a celebrated annual artist-in-residence program, a sculpture garden, an active gallery program featuring professional artists, and a high transfer rate to specialized art and design schools, including the nearby Art Center College of Design.[citation needed]
Television and Radio[edit]
The Television and Radio Department offers courses in television and radio. There are certificate programs in TV production, TV operations, TV post-production, radio production, broadcast journalism and others. PCC graduates often transfer to four-year schools such as USC, UCLA and CSUN, while others have gone on to obtain employment at NBC, Fox, Paramount, TVG and KPCC.[11]
Students may participate in the student-run radio station "Lancer Radio". PCC owns and leases the FCC license to broadcast on station KPCC 89.3 FM. KPCC is a member station of National Public Radio, managed and operated by Southern California Public Radio from their facility on Raymond Avenue in Pasadena. PCC has no other direct connection to the management or operation of KPCC. Student involvement is limited to a contractual agreement to accept 12 student interns per year.[citation needed]
The Courier is the official student award-winning newspaper of Pasadena City College. It has been honored with a General Excellence Award by the Journalism Association of Community Colleges.[12][non-primary source needed] The students were also honored for their work on the campus newspaper.[citation needed]
Athletic programs available at Pasadena City College include basketball, cross country, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball, baseball, softball, football, and soccer.[13] The sports teams are known as the Lancers, and the school colors are cardinal red and gold. The school's baseball team uses Jackie Robinson Field, located near the Rose Bowl, for practices and home games.[3]
Robinson Stadium is named for Jackie and Mack Robinson, both of whom were PCC alumni.[3] The stadium was completed in 1999, after a renovation to move the stadium from a North-West position to an East-West direction. The stadium's surface is SprinTurf,[14] while the track has been converted to an all-weather surface. In addition to the school students, the stadium is used by local students from Marshall Fundamental Secondary School, Pasadena High School, and Blair International Baccalaureate School for some high school home football games due to lack of resources on the respective campus fields.
Offsite facilities[edit]
Pasadena City College has two offsite facilities, the Child Development Center and the Community Education Center. The Child Development Center, located one block west of the PCC campus, is a childcare center for children of the school's students.[3] The Community Education Center, located two miles east of the main campus, is an offsite facility where vocational training, some ESL courses, American Citizenship (known as "Americanization") courses, and the college's high school diploma program take place. A shuttle service from the main campus is available to the Community Education Center.[3]
Classes at high schools[edit]
Pasadena City College offers courses that can be taken at nearby high schools. Courses are also offered at the Armory Center for the Arts in downtown Pasadena.[3]
- Arroyo High School in El Monte
- John Muir High School in Pasadena
- Pasadena High School
- Marshall Fundamental Secondary School in Pasadena
- Blair International Baccalaureate School in Pasadena
- South Pasadena High School
- La Cañada High School in La Cañada Flintridge
- Arcadia High School
- Temple City High School
- San Marino High School
PCC is accessible by bus, including five Metro Local lines, Metro Rapid, Foothill Transit, and some Pasadena ARTS buses. The school provides a shuttle[15] to and from the Metro Gold Line station (light rail) and the Community Education Center of Pasadena City College.[16]
Student and Faculty Activism[edit]
While at John Muir, Fred Phelps was profiled in Time magazine for preaching against "sins committed on campus by students and teachers ... promiscuous petting ... evil language ... profanity ... cheating ... teachers' filthy jokes in classrooms ... [and] pandering to the lusts of the flesh".[17] Phelps later became leader of the Westboro Baptist Church.
On March 20, 2003, on the day the United States launched Operation Iraqi Freedom, many students led by the Students for Social Justice, protested on campus against the war. Protesters went through the administration building requesting students to join their cause. Three students were arrested by campus police.[18]
On March 7, 2007, demonstrators from Philadelphia-based Repent America demonstrated on campus, leading to tensions between demonstrators and some students. PCC students, some who were journalism students and staff members of the campus newspaper, PCC Courier, were involved in the May Day melee at MacArthur Park.[citation needed]
Students and faculty held a rally in support of the Jena Six on September 20, 2007. Some students were beaten and arrested at the MacArthur Park immigrant rights demonstration on May 1, 2007.[19]
During 2012 and 2013, the school became embroiled in conflict between students and faculty and the campus administration. [20] [21] On August 29, 2012, the PCC Board unilaterally cancelled the subsequent six-week winter session.[22] One student was arrested at this board meeting. Course sections were cut, student transfers to four-year institutions were delayed, overall full-time student enrollments were reduced and Proposition 30 monies allotted to the school were jeopardized.[23] According to the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office, 2012-2013 had the lowest full-time enrollments in 17 years @ 20,219; Spring 2013 had the lowest full-time enrollments in 10 years @ 9838 students. The Faculty Association filed an unfair labor practice on the District for cancelling winter abruptly and won in November 2013. [24] [25] The district filed an appeal to the ruling, thus prolonging the orders to rescind the trimester calendar and return to the status quo while ratcheting up annual 7% compensation to affected employees.[26][27]
In Spring 2013, in an unprecedented move, the Associated Students unanimously censured the administration and passed a vote of no confidence in the school's president, Mark Rocha, and collectively called for his immediate ouster.[28] [29]Separately, a vote among full-time faculty members expressed no confidence in Rocha by a margin of 92 percent to 8 percent.[30] The Academic Faculty Senate also voted 24-0 no confidence in the president. [31]
The Board of Trustees remained firm in their support of the administration, extending his contract another year and giving President Rocha a raise.[32] To date, he remains in office, as well as one of Pasadena Weekly's less-than-stellar local "turkey" leaders of 2013. [33]
Notable alumni[edit]
- Faculty
- Nicholas Martin, Associate Professor of the French department, is a two time Olympic gold medalist with the 1952 and 1956 Hungarian water polo teams
- Hugo Schwyzer, professor of History and women's studies.
- Edward Feser, professor of Philosophy.
- Students
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- ^ "California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office - Data Mart". Datamart.cccco.edu. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Welcome to Pasadena City College - President Dr. Mark Rocha". Pasadena.edu. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
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- ^ "Fact Sheet - About Pasadena City College". Pasadena.edu. 2012-08-11. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
- ^ a b c "Table of Contents" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-03-23.
- ^ Los Angeles Times, January 13, 2002
- ^ "Institutional Self Study Report in Support of Reaffirmation of Accreditation, January 2009" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-03-23.
- ^ "Telecommunications - Pasadena City College". Pasadena.edu. 2009-11-16. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
- ^ "Pasadena City College Student Newspaper Picks Up Journalism Awards - News - Pasadena City College". Pasadena.edu. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
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- ^ "Pasadena City College Football". Pasadena.edu. 2013-03-14. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
- ^ "Police/Safety Services - Shuttle Service - Pasadena City College". Pasadena.edu. 2012-09-04. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
- ^ "Community Education Center - Pasadena City College". Pasadena.edu. 2012-12-07. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
- ^ "Religion: Repentance In Pasadena", Time, June 11, 1951, retrieved December 10, 2012
- ^ Hoffman, Gretchen (March 27, 2003). "PCC students, faculty stage protest". Pasadena Star-News.
- ^ http://www.pcccourier.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=3b330812-69b6-49bc-8307-32dc1749d64e][dead link]
- ^ "Editorial: Damage is done; apology is needed". PCC Courier. 10 July 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
- ^ "Campus Seethes over Administration". PCC Courier. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
- ^ Chang-Chien, Emily (September 5, 2012). "Faculty Dismayed by Winter Cancellation". PCC Courier. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
- ^ http://takebackpcc.wordpress.com/effects-of-winters-mismanagement/
- ^ Poulisse, Adam (13 December 2013). "Accused of Violating Educational Employment Relations Act". Pasadena Star News. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
- ^ http://www.pccfacultyassociation.org/pcc-faculty-association-prevails-at-perb-over-the-cancellation-of-winter-intersession/
- ^ http://www.pccfacultyassociation.org/pcc-faculty-association-prevails-at-perb-over-the-cancellation-of-winter-intersession/
- ^ Staff (4 December 2013). "Editorial: Cancelling Winter Intersession Was Illegal, Judge Finds". PCC Courier. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
- ^ "Associated Students resolution of No Confidence". 27 February 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
- ^ http://takebackpcc.wordpress.com/vote-of-no-confidence-and-censure-associated-students/
- ^ Anthony Richetts (14 March 2013). "Faculty Overwhelmingly has No Confidence in Administration". PCC Courier. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ^ http://takebackpcc.wordpress.com/vote-of-no-confidence-academic-faculty-senate/
- ^ http://takebackpcc.wordpress.com/admin-salaries/
- ^ Coleman, Andre; Uhrich, Kevin (26 November 2013). "Let's Talk Turkeys". Pasadena Weekly. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Gary Wayne. "Celebrity Schools". Seeing-stars.com. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
- ^ Gore, Joe (1989), "Jennifer Batten: Storming the Boys' Club", Guitar Player 23 (7): 92–103
- ^ "George Reeves - Pasadena City College". Pasadena.edu. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
- ^ "Sirhan's Parole - By Victor Davis Hanson - The Corner - National Review Online". Nationalreview.com. 2011-03-02. Retrieved 2013-03-23.


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National Robotics Initiative - New Multi-agency Program of NSF, NASA, NIH, and USDA
National Robotics Initiative - New Multi-agency Program of NSF, NASA, NIH, and USDA
To accelerate the development and use of robots in the United States that work beside, or cooperatively with, people, several federal agencies have jointly announced the National Robotics Initiative.
Innovative robotics research and applications emphasizing the realization of such co-robots acting in direct support of and in a symbiotic relationship with human partners is supported by multiple agencies of the federal government including the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The purpose of this program is the development of this next generation of robotics, to advance the capability and usability of such systems and artifacts, and to encourage existing and new communities to focus on innovative application areas. It will address the entire life cycle from fundamental research and development to industry manufacturing and deployment.
Methods for the establishment and infusion of robotics in educational curricula and research to gain a better understanding of the long term social, behavioral and economic implications of co-robots across all areas of human activity are important parts of this initiative.
Collaboration between academic, industry, non-profit and other organizations is strongly encouraged to establish better linkages between fundamental science and technology development, deployment and use.
The NSF will lead the NRI, with help from NASA and support from the USDA and NIH. Investments in the initiative from NASA, NIH, NSF, and USDA are likely to reach $40 million to $50 million in the first year; funding is expected to grow as other agencies and industry partners join the initiative.
As detailed in the solicitation, appropriate scientific areas of investigations may be related to any of the participating funding organizations.
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Project Leadership: | One or more investigators | Multi-disciplinary teams | |
Project Duration: | Span 1 to 5 years | Span 1 to 5 years | |
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Proposal | November 3, annually | January 18, annually |
One or more collaborative webinar briefings with question and answer functionality will be held beginning in September, 2011 prior to the first submission deadline date. Schedules will be posted on the sponsor announcement web sites.
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Written on April 10, 2012 at 10:23 am , by April Franzino
Spring has sprung— but as the temperatures rise, our complexions start feeling the heat. We thought layering on more makeup or frequent blotting were the only options to counter shine and sweat, but not anymore. Enter the oil-controlling, acne-fighting and SPF-depositing powers of Peter Thomas Roth Oily Problem Skin Instant Mineral SPF 30. Salicylic Acid and willow bark absorb oil and eradicate blackhead-causing bacteria, while titanium dioxide protects from UVA and UVB rays. A stable of antioxidant vitamins (A, C and E) also work to stave off and undo sun damage and nourish skin. Best of all: The convenient, no-spill brush dispenser makes mid-day touch-ups— even over makeup— a breeze.
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The 10 Best College Running Backs in History
Anytime you would like to start a good argument among sports fans, just offer up your list of the Best 10 of anything of all time. I promise at least one person will not agree with your list, and try to top it with theirs. Today I am going to list the best 10 college running backs of all time.
I am a stats guy so I look at yards and touchdowns. But I also look at impact on the game. So here is my own list of college football's best running backs of all time. You may not agree with my list, but just remember I am right and you are wrong!
1- Tony Dorsett was a Heisman winner in 1976 at Pitt. He also was the first college running back to rush for over 1,000 yards in all 4 seasons he played. He had 1,133 rushing attempts for 6,082 yards and 58 touchdowns. Anthony Drew Dorsett was astonishing for a smaller running back at 5-11 and 185 pounds. But he was a speed demon, seldom if ever being run down from behind. After helping Pitt, win a national championship he went on to become a pretty good pro back for the Dallas Cowboys. He is in both the college and pro football hall of fames.
2- Ron Dayne was just a dominating power back for Wisconsin for 4 seasons. When he graduated, Ron "The Great Dayne" owned the NCAA career rushing mark. Ron Dayne is in my opinion the second best college running back ever. He rushed for 6,443 yards and 63 touchdowns. He won the Heisman Trophy in 1999 and is one of 4 players to win the MVP of the Rose Bowl, twice.


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I'm a sucker for award shows. I love seeing who showed up with who, who's wearing what, and of course waiting to see what sort of crazy shenanigans will be caught live on camera. After tonight's People's Choice Awards I'm sure there will be plenty to gossip about tomorrow!
I'm especially looking forward to the performances tonight. My homeboys and (homegirl!) in Cobra Starship are nominated for Favorite Music Collaboration for their irresistible single "Good Girls Go Bad" featuring Leighton Meester of Gossip Girl. If you don't know this jam, you should really crawl out from that rock you've been living under and check them out tonight. Among the other hundred or so nominees are The Hills for Favorite TV Obsession, P!nk and Carrie Underwood for Best Female Performer, and Twilight for Favorite Movie (duh).
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Specializing in outsider and contemporary pop art, Mars Gallery is said to possess a special energy due to its location atop a purported vortex within the earth. Whether you're a believer of the energetic vortex or not, the regular exhibitions are worth a visit to this one-of-a-kind gallery.
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Even if you're not traveling by train, Chicago's Union Station is a destination in and of itself. Originally designed by the celebrated architect Daniel Burhma, the Great Hall, with its 18 Corinthian columns, pink marble floor, and five-story vaulted ceiling, is breathtaking.
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The airy, bright atmosphere of Greektown's Atropolis is a welcome respite from the concrete of the city. Modeled after European cafés and central marketplaces or agoras of Ancient Greece, Atropolis welcomes patrons to shop for the sweets in the bakery and browse through the Greek delicacies, including jars of olives, jam, and olive oil, in ... More
Founded on the principle of supporting local farmers and artisans, the Chicago French Market houses a collection of vendors selling anything from olive oil soap to grass-fed beef. Shop for artisanal goods and grab a snack at one of the several prepared-food purveyors.
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Enjoy great wines and knowledgeable, friendly service in this former warehouse/current wine bar. The warmly lit, romantic ambience, stunning views of the Chicago skyline, delicious cheeses and charcuterie, and, of course, wine make The Tasting Room a fashionable destination.
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Long before The Publican served the first sweetbread schnitzel and hay-smoked "ham chop" from a menu that reads like a map of boutique American farms, Chicagoans were in a tizzy of anticipation. Why? Because this sly tribute to Teutonic beer halls comes from the team behind the wildly popular Blackbird and Avec. Now hordes of beer geeks, oyster... More
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(FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Houston, January 2, 2003) Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council (GSSJC), in collaboration with the Houston Aeros will host the Cookie Sale Kickoff Pep Rally for the 54th Annual Cookie Sale at COMPAQ Center, Sunday, January 5, from 1:30 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. Nearly 4,000 local Girl Scouts, troop leaders, and their parents will participate in fun games and activities in "Cookie Town" around the concourse, to learn how to sell safely door-to-door, how to accept checks from customers, and set goals for the sale. Frost Bank volunteers will provide materials and know how on banking along with an antique teller windows. ABC/Interbake Foods, the Girl Scout cookie baker, will teach "fun facts" about cookies, and provide cookies for tasting. "Cookieville", the suburb for Cookie Town, has refrigerator boxes decorated as houses. Volunteers will be stationed in each box to role-play with Girl Scouts who are learning salesmanship. Other activities include a Cookie Toss, and a Cookie Town Tattoo Parlor, where each Girl Scout will receive a temporary tattoo of Luna the Leopard. The leopard is the endangered species mascot for the 54th Annual Girl Scout Cookie Sale. Everyone will gather in the arena for a giant Cookie Sale Pep Rally. The girls will be treated to performances from the Synchro Starz Intermediate Skating Team from the Aerodrome - Willowbrook Ice Skating Complex, dancing cookies, singers and music videos. The 2002 Council High Seller, Junior Girl Scout Morgan Barton, will drop the ceremonial starting puck at game time and Brownie Girl Scout Chelsee Jernigan, will sing the National Anthem. "The Cookie Sale is about much more than just cookies. It is a quality, no-cost program for any Girl Scout that wants to participate, and helps to teach teamwork, budgeting, presentation skills, and goal-setting," says Mary Vitek, chief executive officer of the San Jacinto Council. "It also fosters an entrepreneurial spirit for our girls, as they decide where and how they are going to sell the cookies, as well as how to spend their proceeds from the sale," she adds. Girl
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[JURIST] The 2008 Crime in the US (CIUS) report [materials; report summary] released Monday by the FBI indicates that the level of violent crime in the US dropped by 1.9 percent between 2007 and 2008. Specifically, between 2006 and 2007, the estimated number of forcible rapes dropped by 1.6 percent to 89,000, the lowest figure in the past 20 years. Murders and non-negligent manslaughters dropped by 3.9 percent, aggravated assaults by 2.5 percent, and robberies by 0.7 percent. Additionally, the rate of property crime, which has decreased each year over the past five years, decreased again by about 0.8 percent. The western region of the US showed the largest decrease in violent crimes.The drop follows a 0.7 percent drop [JURIST report] for 2007. That came after two years of increasing rates of similar crimes, including a 2006 increase of 1.3 percent and a 2005 increase of 2.3 percent [JURIST reports].
[JURIST] The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website] on Monday began the trial [press release] of former high ranking Bosnian Serb officials Mico Stanisic and Stojan Zupljanin [ICTY materials]. Stanisic, former Bosnian Serb interior minister, and Zupljanin, a former regional police chief, are charged [indictment, PDF] with persecution, extermination, murder, deportation, and torture of non-Serb civilians in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992. The two are accused of taking part in a criminal enterprise that also included Momcilo Krajisnik, Radovan Karadzic, Biljana Plavsic, and Ratko Mladic [JURIST news archives]. Stanisic and Zupljanin allegedly had direct control over the Serbian forces that carried out the plan to eliminate Bosnian Muslims, Bosnian Croats, and other non-Serbs from the territory of the planned Serbian state.A prosecution motion to have the cases of Stanisic and Zupljanin joined was granted in September 2008, and both men pleaded not guilty in November. Zupljanin was arrested in June 2008 by Serbian authorities and transferred [JURIST report] to the ICTY for trial. Stanisic surrendered to the ICTY in March 2005. Stanisic was originally indicted by the ICTY in 2005, and Zupljanin was indicted in 1999.
[JURIST] A judge in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York [official website] on Monday rejected [order, PDF] a $33 million settlement agreement [press release] between the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) [official website] and Bank of America (BOA) [corporate website]. The SEC had charged BOA with misleading investors [complaint, PDF; JURIST report] regarding billions of dollars paid to Merrill Lynch [corporate website] executives during the acquisition of the firm. Judge Jed Rakoff rejected the settlement agreement and ordered a trial on the SEC's allegations, finding that it was unfair to shareholders:
It is not fair, first and foremost, because it does not comport with the most elementary notions of justice and morality, in that it proposes that the shareholders who were the victims of the Bank's alleged misconduct now pay the penalty for that misconduct. The SEC admits that the corporate penalties it here proposes will be "indirectly borne by [the] shareholders." But the SEC argues that this is justified because "[a] corporate penalty ... sends a strong signal to shareholders that unsatisfactory corporate conduct has occurred and allows shareholders to better assess the quality and performance of management." This hypothesis, however, makes no sense when applied to the facts here: for the notion that Bank of America shareholders, having been lied to blatantly in connection with the multi-billion-dollar purchase of a huge, nearly-bankrupt company, need to lose another $33 million of their money in order to "better assess the quality and performance of management" is absurd.
[JURIST] US President Barack Obama [official website] stressed the need for stronger financial industry regulations [press release] Monday in a speech [transcript] marking the one-year anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings. Obama warned that signs the economy is beginning to turn around should not cause Wall Street to forget the lessons of the past year, saying "[n]ormalcy cannot lead to complacency." Obama went on to lay out his plans for "the most ambitious overhaul of the financial regulatory system since the Great Depression":
First, we're proposing new rules to protect consumers and a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency to enforce those rules. This crisis was not just the result of decisions made by the mightiest of financial firms. It was also the result of decisions made by ordinary Americans to open credit cards and take on mortgages. And while there were many who took out loans they knew they couldn't afford, there were also millions of Americans who signed contracts they didn't fully understand offered by lenders who didn't always tell the truth. ...Second, we've got to close the loopholes that were at the heart of the crisis. Where there were gaps in the rules, regulators lacked the authority to take action. Where there were overlaps, regulators often lacked accountability for inaction. These weaknesses in oversight engendered systematic, and systemic, abuse. ...Finally, we need to close the gaps that exist not just within this country but among countries. The United States is leading a coordinated response to promote recovery and to restore prosperity among both the world's largest economies and the world's fastest growing economies. At a summit in London in April, leaders agreed to work together in an unprecedented way to spur global demand but also to address the underlying problems that caused such a deep and lasting global recession. And this work will continue next week in Pittsburgh when I convene the G20, which has proven to be an effective forum for coordinating policies among key developed and emerging economies and one that I see taking on an important role in the future.
[JURIST] The International Court of Justice (ICJ) [official website] began hearings [press release, PDF] Monday in a treaty dispute [case materials] between Argentina and Uruguay. Argentina argues [Buenos Aires Herald report] that a pulp mill built on the Uruguay side of the Uruguay river, which divides the two countries, violates the 1975 Statute of the River Uruguay [text, PDF], a treaty calling for consultation and agreement between the two countries regarding activities that affect the river. Argentina claims that pollutants from the plant are causing extreme harm [El Pais report, in Spanish] to the river and surrounding environment and that Uruguay failed to obtain Argentina's approval before starting the project. Transcripts of oral arguments, which conclude October 2, will be posted to the ICJ website daily. The ICJ is not expected to issue a ruling until 2010.In 2007, the ICJ refused [JURIST report] to order Argentina to prevent demonstrators protesting the plant from blocking traffic on roads and bridges into the country from Uruguay. In 2006, the ICJ denied [JURIST report] Argentina's request that Uruguay be ordered to stop construction on the plants.
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[JURIST] Bangladesh's Supreme Court [official website] recommended against military trials for Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) members who took part in February's border guard mutiny [BBC backgrounder], Law Minister Shafiq Ahmed [official profile] announced Monday. President Zillur Rahman [official profile] asked for the court's opinion to determine whether the accused should be tried under the Army Act of 1952 [text] or whether they should face civilian trials. The court took into account the advice of 10 top lawyers and legal experts, seven of whom opposed [People's Daily report] the use of military trials. An inter-ministerial meeting had been scheduled for Monday to decide the type of trials to be used, but that meeting has been delayed [Daily Star report] until Tuesday.Soon after the mutiny, Bangladesh banned a number of websites [JURIST report], including YouTube [website], that featured recordings or could be used to distribute recordings of army officials criticizing Prime Minister Sheikha Hasina's handling of the mutiny, although the ban on YouTube was lifted [JURIST report] quickly. Bangladeshi officials announced in March that the government was considering trying by court-martial [JURIST report] the more than 1,000 border guards accused of participating in the BDR mutiny, which killed dozens of top BDR officials, including the force's commander. More than 40 suspects have been arrested, and Bangladeshi investigators said in March that interviews of the suspects have raised concerns [BBC report] of a possible link to the Islamic group Jamaat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) [SATP backgrounder], an organization previously tied to bombing plots across the country [JURIST report]. A US FBI team sent to Bangladesh to assist in the investigation arrived in March, and Scotland Yard investigators also joined the investigation.
[JURIST] A specially appointed chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website] on Monday found former spokesperson Florence Hartmann [BBC profile; ICTY materials, PDF] guilty of contempt [judgment summary, PDF; press release] for revealing confidential judicial decisions. She was also fined 7,000 to be paid in installments ending in November. Hartmann had been charged [press release, JURIST report] with two counts of contempt for allegedly disclosing protected information of appellate chamber decisions from the trial of former Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic [JURIST news archive] in a book and an article she wrote in 2007 and 2008. The presiding judge said:
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[JURIST] The Seoul Central District Court on Monday found Microsoft [corporate website] in violation of South Korea's antitrust laws for bundling software programs with its Windows operating system. The court found the company's bundling practice to be in violation of fair competition rules and disruptive to the market. The court also dismissed a demand by South Korean software company Dideonet [corporate website] for almost $81 million dollars for damages allegedly suffered as a direct result of the bundling, noting a lack of evidence. This is the second suit within a few months in which Microsoft has been found liable for breach of South Korean antitrust laws. In June, the same court ruled that Microsoft violated antitrust laws [JURIST report] by packaging software with its Windows operating system, also dismissing requests for damages from two Korean software firms on the grounds that the damages were not sufficiently linked to Microsoft's conduct.Microsoft has frequently faced antitrust and unfair competition claims. In July, the company announced [materials; JURIST report] that it would offer European consumers an option to select from a list of several Web browsers "in an effort to address competition law issues related to Internet Explorer and interoperability." In February, Google [corporate website] sought to join a European Commission lawsuit [JURIST reports] against Microsoft, alleging that the bundling of software violated an EC Treaty provision [Article 82 text] that prohibits the abuse of a dominant market position by bundling its Internet Explorer web browser with the Windows operating system.
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In a recent interview with Polygon (thanks VG247), Blizzard executive Rob Pardo has confirmed that their action-RPG Diablo 3 is still being explored on consoles, with "builds up and running on it", however nothing set in stone has been revealed yet. In the interview, Rob reveals that while they are hoping it can be made into an official project, it isn't quite there yet, though it's apparently "looking pretty cool".
While Blizzard Entertainment has been toying at the release of Diablo 3 on consoles, there has only ever been one game in the franchise that has seen the light of console days, the infamous Diablo on PlayStation which was published by EA in 1998. Lead Designer of Diablo 3 Jay Wilson also stated in the Polygon interview that Blizzard are still exploring console options and continuing to "expand and add onto the game." The whole team is essentially working on the next big Diablo thing," Wilson told Polygon during an interview this weekend. "A lot of that stuff will show up next year at some point."Hopefully if a console version of Diablo 3 ever makes the light of day, it will be just as feature rich as the PC version is. For now though, it's simply a Blizzard trademark Soon. Buy now from Games 101 Only AUD$53.95!
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I visited tons of web links and help locations but none had a phone # or a complaint or get us quick anything, it was always just about your account. Oh well those that shut out the world may find out too late that the world has gone away.
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sometimes you need to buy company's with a lot of value, because ones like AMD will roll around in the $1-5 range for decades - buy a big bank, or an index or just wait for next recession coming in a couple weeks
earnings were actually pretty darn good, and it's all perception, can buy it all the way down to next super low and win in the end, imo
except they don' t have the big drop on a miss that GE had
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There have been varied protests and government reactions in all three nations throughout March. Opposition leaders were arrested in Bahrain [JURIST report] after the government, backed by foreign troops from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) [official website], violently dispersed protesters in the capital of Manana last week. Days before, Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa [official website] declared [JURIST report] a three-month state of emergency [decree text, in Arabic] in response to growing unrest in the island nation. The state of emergency came just days after a group of 22 Bahraini lawmakers, part of an independent pro-government bloc, called on the King to impose martial law under articles 36 and 123 of the Bahraini Constitution [text, PDF]. A military court in Syria [JURIST report] sentenced a human rights activist accused of harming the country's relations with Iran to 18 months in prison. Ali Abdullah's sentence was based on allegations that he made critical comments against Iran [AP report], thereby harming Syria's relations with a foreign country. In an interview last month, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad indicated he would push for political reforms including municipal elections and a new media law [Guardian report]. Saleh recently declared [JURIST report] a state of emergency [text, in Arabic] in Yemen. The state of emergency will last 30 days and gives security forces greater powers to maintain order and also includes a ban on citizens carrying arms in public. This followed a promise the week before to create a new constitution [JURIST report] guaranteeing parliamentary and judiciary freedoms. Protests, largely organized by the Joint Meeting Party (JMP), have been ongoing in Yemen since February, calling for Saleh to step down.


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I will try to reduce my Pink October ranting, but I can't go quietly until I have again shared Barbara Ehrenreich's classic essay, "Welcome to Cancer Land." Please read this.
by Barbara EhrenreichHarper's Magazine, November 2001
I was thinking of it as one of those drive-by mammograms, one stop in a series of mundane missions including post office, supermarket, and gym, but I began to lose my nerve in the changing room, and not only because of the kinky necessity of baring my breasts and affixing tiny Xray opaque stars to the tip of each nipple. I had been in this place only four months earlier, but that visit was just part of the routine cancer surveillance all good citizens of HMOs or health plans are expected to submit to once they reach the age of fifty, and I hadn't really been paying attention then. The results of that earlier session had aroused some "concern" on the part of the radiologist and her confederate, the gynecologist, so I am back now in the role of a suspect, eager to clear my name, alert to medical missteps and unfair allegations. But the changing room, really just a closet off the stark windowless space that houses the mammogram machine, contains something far worse, I notice for the first time now an assumption about who I am, where I am going, and what I will need when I get there. Almost all of the eye-level space has been filled with photocopied bits of cuteness and sentimentality: pink ribbons, a cartoon about a woman with iatrogenically flattened breasts, an "Ode to a Mammogram," a list of the "Top Ten Things Only Women Understand" ("Fat Clothes" and "Eyelash Curlers" among them), and, inescapably, right next to the door, the poem "I Said a Prayer for You Today," illustrated with pink roses.
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If you can't run, bike, or climb a mountain for the cure -- all of which endeavors are routine beneficiaries of corporate sponsorship -- you can always purchase one of the many products with a breast cancer theme. There are 2.2 million American women in various stages of their breast-cancer careers, who, along with anxious relatives, make up a significant market for all things breast-cancer-related. Bears, for example: I have identified four distinct lines, or species, of these creatures, including "Carol," the Remembrance Bear; "Hope," the Breast Cancer Research Bear, which wears a pink turban as if to conceal chemotherapy-induced baldness; the "Susan Bear," named for Nancy Brinker's deceased sister, Susan; and the new Nick & Nora Wish Upon a Star Bear, available, along with the Susan Bear, at the Komen Foundation website's "marketplace."And bears are only the tip, so to speak, of the cornucopia of pink-ribbon-themed breast-cancer products. You can dress in pink-beribboned sweatshirts, denim shirts, pajamas, lingerie, aprons,loungewear, shoelaces, and socks; accessorize with pink rhinestone brooches, angel pins, scarves, caps, earrings, and bracelets; brighten up your home with breast-cancer candles, stained-glass pink-ribbon candleholders, coffee mugs, pendants, wind chimes, and night-lights; pay your bills with special BreastChecks or a separate line of Checks for the Cure. "Awareness" beats secrecy and stigma of course, but I can't help noticing that the existential space in which a friend has earnestly advised me to "confront [my] mortality" bears a striking resemblance to the mall.
This is not, I should point out, a case of cynical merchants exploiting the sick. Some of the breast-cancer tchotchkes and accessories are made by breast-cancer survivors themselves, such as "Janice," creator of the "Daisy Awareness Necklace," among other things, and in most cases a portion of the sales goes to breast-cancer research. Virginia Davis of Aurora, Colorado, was inspired to create the "Remembrance Bear" by a friend's double mastectomy and sees her work as more of a "crusade" than a business. This year she expects to ship 10,000 of these teddies, which are manufactured in China, and send part of the money to the Race for the Cure. If the bears are infantilizing -- as I try ever so tactfully to suggest is how they may, in rare cases, be perceived -- so far no one has complained. "I just get love letters," she tells me, "from people who say, 'God bless you for thinking of us.'"
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Moles went to Mason for questions about back pains, while Mason asked Moles medication-related questions.
"It's been really good to have her," Mason said. "It's been fun to compare. It's good to have someone as close as your sister. We were going through the same thing at the same time."
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This May 6, 2013 image released Wednesday, May 8, 2013, by Rio de Janeiro State Health Department, shows the spear that was accidentally shot through the mouth of Elisangela Borborema Rosa, in the coastal city of Arrial do Cabo, Brazil. Brazilian health officials say the 28-year-old woman "miraculously"survived after a harpoon entered her mouth and struck her cervical spine. Officials said that the woman's husband was cleaning his spear gun when it accidentally went off, firing the harpoon that injured his wife. (AP Photo/Rio de Janeiro State Health Department) |
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