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Yesterday Ohio Education Matters (a subsidiary of the KnowledgeWorks Foundation) hosted a forum for Ohio superintendents and district leaders looking to save money. Figuring out ways to ?do more with less? in K-12 education is an urgent matter (especially follow this week's repeal of Issue 2), which is why Fordham has been prodding school districts for quite some time to think proactively on this issue.? (See a summary of our recent event, ?Working Smarter Together?; coverage of our ?doing more with less? events in education from this past spring; or highlights from last year's ?Stretching the School Dollar? event ? or that accompanying book.)
The event featured Fordham friend Rick Hess (director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute) as well as superintendents from districts across Ohio recognized by OEM's benchmarking study for exceptional cost-savings measures.
These on-the-ground ?efficiency experts? included superintendents from several schools districts including Canton City (Michele Evans); Perry Local in Stark County (John Richard); Sandy Valley (David Janofa); Western Reserve (Charles Swindler); and Salem City (Tom Bratten). Except for Canton City, the majority of examples of cost-savings and service-sharing came from districts that are fairly small.
It was apparent by the way superintendents in the audience were taking diligent notes that districts are really on the market for new ideas. Several good ideas emerged:
Ohio's electorate soundly rejected Issue 2 (the referendum on Senate Bill 5) on Tuesday. As almost everyone knows, that statute made significant changes to collective bargaining for public employees in the Buckeye State. The most controversial bits included changes to binding arbitration (to give management the right to impose its last best offer), a ban on strikes by public employees, and the elimination of seniority as the sole factor for determining who should be laid off when cutbacks are necessary.
Though teachers and their unions were most definitely included???both in Senate Bill 5 and in the frantic, well-funded ($30 million) effort to persuade voters to repudiate it???education-policy watchers outside Ohio may not appreciate the extent to which this was really a referendum on policemen, firemen, and other ???first responders??? in the public sector. They and their unions were covered by the measure, too, and played the lead role???and by far the most visible role???in the campaign to undo it. There is, in fact, every reason to believe that if the first responders hadn't been involved, Senate Bill 5 would have survived Election Day.
[pullquote]On the same ballot, Ohio voters repudiated Republican plans to restructure collective bargaining in the Buckeye State and the big plans of Beltway Democrats to reshape the nation's healthcare system.[/pullquote]At their raucous victory party on Tuesday night, union leaders said the vote should send a clear message to Governor Kasich and GOP legislative leaders. ???Their biggest mistake was to think they (Republicans) could come...
A new report from Tennessee's Higher Education Commission shows that Teach For America teachers outperformed traditionally trained teachers (regardless of experience level) in reading, science, and social studies. Tennessee's report card on teacher preparation (which results from a 2007 legislative mandate not unlike Ohio's new requirement to track the effectiveness of teacher preparation programs) examined 21 different programs, only five of which were ?alternative providers.? (Note, this isn't the first such analysis showing that TFA-prepared teachers outscore traditionally-trained peers.)
But the fact that TFA teachers outshined other teachers is actually the less interesting/relevant part of these data. As Education Week points out, there's some clear selection bias in what type of teacher trainee joins TFA versus a traditional program. TFA's pool includes ?only high-scoring college graduates? to begin with. More telling might be a study showing how average-scoring teacher candidates fared under TFA's training module or how traditional coursework offered by universities impacts TFA teachers' effectiveness ? or doesn't. Training between sites, even in the same state, varies quite a bit. For example, TFA teachers in Memphis don't have to take any university coursework while those in Nashville take courses through Lipscomb University; what impact, if any, do those formal courses have?
More important than the TFA-trained v. traditionally-trained teacher comparison is the fact that at a state level, Tennessee is collecting and publishing this data. Over time, this enables the public to glean information about how other (non-TFA) alternatively licensed...
It is never easy to challenge your own friends and colleagues. But Thomas Lasley, the former dean of education at the University of Dayton, does just that in his hard hitting piece in The Chronicle of Higher Education ??? ???Why do Teacher-Education Programs Fear a New Rating System???? I've worked with Dean Lasley for nearly a decade in Dayton and during that time we've argued over many issues around education reform in our community and state, but even in disagreement I came to appreciate that he always had the interest of kids foremost in his mind.??
Lasley is on the side of children and improving education when he defends the efforts of the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) to rate the nation's teacher preparation programs. NCTQ wants to ensure that our nation's teachers are well-trained, and as teachers are the single most important in-school factor for student learning it seems a matter of common sense to try and rate the performance of the programs responsible for preparing future educators.??
But, the education school community is opposed to rankings for their performance and have attacked the NCTQ effort to rate the more than 1,000 teacher-preparation programs across the country. Lasley calls out the education schools in his Chronicle piece and warns, ???the ???circle the wagons' defensive strategy of the card-carrying teacher-education monopoly is impeding further progress toward quality. This is neither in the best interest of teacher-preparation institutions nor, most important, of students in elementary and...
Ohio's airwaves have been abuzz with commercials for and against Issue 2 (the referendum for Senate Bill 5). For those not living in the Buckeye State, SB 5 is the state's highly contentious public sector reform law. According to Ohio's Secretary of State, opponents of the law have raised almost $24 million to shoot it down, while supporters have mustered about $6 million to save it. The Ohio Education Association and the National Education Association together have contributed $4.75 million to repeal the law.??
Despite the heavy spending by the teacher unions most of the anti-Issue 2 commercials have featured first responders, and one of the most effective and widely used spokespeople for We Are Ohio ??? the coalition leading the fight ??? has been a Cincinnati firefighter warning Ohioans about the impact of the bill on the safety of firemen and police. The Columbus Dispatch reported, ???We Are Ohio's campaign has featured heavy doses of police and firefighters, with a sprinkling of nurses and teachers.???
In studying poll numbers around the reform measures in SB 5 that effect teachers it is not surprising that SB 5 opponents have focused their attention on public sector employees like first responders and not teachers. Based on both national and Ohio polls many of the reforms in SB5 that would impact teachers are supported by Ohioans and have been for years. The Fordham Institute, for example, polled Ohioans on education issues in 2005, 2007, and 2009 and in each...
Ohio needs an elementary school ???reading guarantee.??? This was one of several recommendations for improving student achievement in Ohio that were pitched last week by School Choice Ohio at its event highlighting the research of Matt Ladner (senior advisor of policy and research to the Foundation for Excellence in Education). Ladner noted that Florida has embraced a reading guarantee as a key to helping improve student achievement (see Jamie's blog for more about his research and SCO's policy recommendations).
Ladner attributed Florida's success to a set of reforms, one of which was the reading guarantee. In other words, Florida third-grade students cannot advance to fourth grade if they do not pass the state's third-grade reading assessment. The logic behind this policy is that if students aren't competent readers by fourth grade, they will struggle to comprehend tougher subject matter in late elementary and middle school and beyond, and will fall further behind academically. A report out last year from the Annie E. Casey Foundation supports this argument. It stated that while the failure to read is consistently linked to higher rates of dropping out of school, ???of the fourth graders who took the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reading test in 2009, 83 percent of children from low-income families???and 85 percent of low-income students who attend high-poverty schools???failed to reach the ???proficient' level in reading.???
Ohio should embrace Ladner's recommendation, and in fact we already have. We just haven't earnestly implemented it yet.
The State Board of Education has just eight weeks left to develop a model framework for teacher evaluations that will be used or adapted by over 1000 local education agencies (LEA) by July of 2013. (Ohio's biennial budget ? HB 153 ? stipulated that the Board come up with a model by December 31 of this year.)? Skeletal requirements are spelled out in state law. Evaluations must: include measures of student growth (50 percent); be based on multiple measures; rate teachers according to four tiers of effectiveness (accomplished, proficiency, developing, and ineffective); and inform other personnel decisions, particularly layoffs (strict seniority-based layoffs were struck from state law).
But what else will the model framework include, especially for that remaining - and some would argue more important - 50 percent of a teacher's rating? To what degree will districts and charter schools need to enact a replica of the state's forthcoming model, or something closely resembling it, instead of merely repackaging their current systems? And how will teacher evaluations impact other key personnel decisions, if at all? Despite the fact that legislation clearly spells out a handful of requirements surrounding Ohio's new teacher evaluations, the answers to these questions aren't as straightforward as one might think.
In Fordham's analysis of Ohio's education legislation from the first half of 2011 (primarily the biennial budget, HB 153), we observed that when it comes to teacher evaluations, ?the budget leaves many decisions to local districts.? Depending on whom you ask ?...
Ohio currently has a basket full of publicly funded, private-school voucher programs, making it unique in America's school choice landscape. Ohio has three separate programs for students in failing districts, students with autism, and students living in Cleveland. A voucher program for students with disabilities launches next year. Further, the EdChoice Scholarship program (which provides private school scholarships for students in failing public schools) was recently expanded to 30,000 scholarships statewide this school year and 60,000 next year.
A new choice bill is now being debated in the House that would vastly expand the number of students eligible to receive a voucher. HB 136 would create the Parental Choice and Taxpayer Scholarship (PACT) Program and give children who come from families with annual incomes of up to $62,000 a year a voucher worth up to $4,563. Furthermore, 25 percent of families in the state could be eligible for smaller vouchers awarded on a sliding scale for families with incomes up to $95,000. This expansive growth in school choice options via vouchers is contentious to say the least.
A myriad of opinions offering both support and opposition to the expansion of vouchers have been voiced over the past several months (see Terry's recent op-ed here); however, one criticism in particular warrants a response. An October 12 Columbus Dispatch editorial, ?Many Questions,? stated that ?advocates should be able to show that students who go to private schools using vouchers do better than their peers who...
Earlier this year I testified in both the Ohio Senate and the House in support of the education provisions embedded in the highly contentious Senate Bill 5. SB5, now known as Issue 2, is up for referendum next Tuesday and current polls show the bill will very likely be overturned. If that happens, it would be a shame because there are reforms in SB5 that education in Ohio needs to not only become more efficient and sustainable, but to become better for children.
As I shared in my legislative testimony, ???Nothing matters more to student learning than teacher quality. The fact is that highly effective teachers routinely propel students from below grade level to advanced levels in a single year. The significant of this finding can't be understated.??? I went on to argue, ???Ohioans, for the most part, understand that strong teachers and good schools are a critical investment in our children's and our state's future. Consider that in 2010, the state invested more than $18.3 billion in K-12 public education ??? roughly $2,078 for every adult living in the Buckeye State. In fact, school funding in Ohio has steadily increased over the past three decades. Just since 1991, when the first DeRolph lawsuit was filed, per-pupil revenue for Ohio's public schools has risen 60 percent (even accounting for inflation.)???
This growth in spending saw the number of K-12 public employees statewide grow 35 percent (from about 181,000 to 245,250), while K-12 enrollment in the state actually declined...
Yesterday School Choice Ohio held a discussion led by Matt Ladner, a senior fellow with the Foundation for Educational Choice who's conducted a mountain of research on school choice programs nationally and in Ohio. His research on Florida is germane not just for Ohio but for any state wishing to emulate Florida's success in moving the student achievement needle for its low-income and minority students.
You can view the full document here (or skip ahead to Ohio-specific policy recommendations; again, they're useful for other states), but the gist is simple. And impressive.
Over the last decade, Florida has managed to eke out steady improvements to student achievement (measured by fourth-grade scores on the NAEP), specifically for students eligible for free and reduced-price lunch, and for Hispanic and African American students. For example, Florida's FRPL-eligible fourth graders saw a 14 percent increase in scale scores on the NAEP (reading) from 1998 to 2009. In contrast, Ohio fourth graders saw a drop, then a slight increase, and then an evening out such that their scores have gone virtually unchanged in 11 years. (However, despite raw scale scores going up, it was unclear from Ladner's presentation where the proficiency cut-off was and whether/to what extent more at-risk students are reaching actual proficiency.?
Perhaps most impressive is that when you compare Florida's minority youngsters with students statewide (including high-income and white students) in other states, in several instances the former outscores the latter. Florida's African-American students scored...


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Whitney Beach Deli & Wine changes become permanent
Date: October 7, 2009
by: Robin Hartill | Community Editor
Whitney Beach Deli & Wines will not re-open as a restaurant. Instead, owner Andrew Hlywa will focus on expanding the deli concept that he initially developed for the summer.
Hlywa opened Whitney Beach Deli & Wines at 6810 Gulf of Mexico Drive in Whitney Beach Plaza in February, featuring a menu Hlywa described as an "American grill"-style. This included pancakes and omelets for breakfast, sandwiches and wraps for lunch and classic entrees for dinner, along with a full bar and adjacent liquor store. Due to tough economic times and a slow summer, Hlywa closed the restaurant and bar in June, leaving only the liquor store open for business, planning to re-open in October. But a week later, he re-opened the bar and the restaurant portion as a deli, serving a limited menu of doughnuts, muffins and Danish pastry for breakfast and hot dogs, cold sandwiches and salads for lunch and dinner. Hlywa said the changes would allow him to cut costs for the summer.
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2005-06 season was a harsh one for the Knicks and their fans. They finished with the worst record in the Eastern Conference and just two games ahead of the league's worst Portland Trail Blazers. At least they got a top draft pick out of it though, right? Nope. The Knicks unprotected second overall pick went to the Chicago Bulls as part of the Eddy Curry debacle. For what it's worth, the Bulls eased the pain of that robbery by using that pick to take LaMarcus Aldridge, only to trade him down in the draft for Tyrus Thomas. Still, the Knicks owned two first rounders, numbers 20 and 29, and had a roster with more holes than a spaghetti strainer. The first selection was one of the biggest draft surprises in franchise history.
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I would say that Balkman could now be found in the Phillipine Basketball Association, but he was banned this past Spring after an altercation in which he shoved two officials and choked his own teammate, Sprewell style. Can't make this stuff up.
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Funnybunny on 8/26/2004 7:15:00 PM more reviews by Funnybunny
Age: 19-24 Skin: Other Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown
I've been wanting this palette for a year now! I finally had a chance to swap it from the lovely Synda! (thanks girl!) I love this palette! It goes with me everywhere now! I could never bring myself to spend $24 on one lipglaze but i've been wanting to try a lipglaze because of all the pretty colors! This palette comes with 10 and I love each and every single one! Now I can purchase the ones I love the most on ebay! I also love the fruity scents to them especially watermelon! I hope I don't run out of this because I will end up buying another one one ebay soon!
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*TOP REVIEWER* lindsey835 on 6/21/2004 10:28:00 AM more reviews by lindsey835
Age: 19-24 Skin: Normal, Fair Hair: Blond Eyes: Hazel
I absolutely love this palette. Ten colors, each with a distinct shade and scent, that all glide on and last throughout the day. Although the price initially seems steep, it's definitely worth the money. I've had my palette for a year and still have tons of product remaining. The packaging is sturdy and comes with a great lip brush. Plus, you can scoop out colors and insert them into clear wand glosses to create your own custom shades.
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*TOP REVIEWER* baksino on 5/9/2004 11:54:00 PM more reviews by baksino
Age: 19-24 Skin: Normal Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown
got this over a year now, but it's not half gone yet. it's nice sheer tinted for lips. got 10 different shades. look pretty natural, i like how it gives soft sheer transparents color, and a semi-gloss look.
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*TOP REVIEWER* dibble on 5/26/2003 8:09:00 AM more reviews by dibble
Age: 25-29 Skin: Combination Hair: Blond Eyes: Blue
This is great value for money for folks like us who never reach the end of a product cos it allows you to use multiple lipglaze colours without shelling out full size cash. Mirror inside is always appreciated and plastic packagin is nice and sturdy. Like this.D.xx
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*TOP REVIEWER* epheme on 3/2/2003 3:31:00 PM more reviews by epheme
Age: 19-24 Skin: Combination Hair: Brunette Eyes: Hazel
I got this 1/2 price @ sephora, or else I never would have gotten it. It contains 10 1/2 pans of stila lipglaze. 5 of the colors are very pigmented, kind of like MAC lipglass stains, and 5 are sheer glosses. they smell very yummy, but don't last particularly long.
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nikiw on 12/27/2002 12:19:00 AM more reviews by nikiw
Age: 19-24 Skin: Normal Hair: Brown Eyes: Blue
Very little product for the price, two swipes and you're already hitting the bottom.
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bumble on 12/19/2002 1:30:00 PM more reviews by bumble
Age: 25-29 Skin: Combination Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown
I received this in a swap and am having a great time playing with it. The palette itself looks gorgeous and smells great! Unfortunately, I don't find that these glosses last very long on my lips. Maybe I'm afraid to put too much on, since there's so little in there and it costs so much! The colors really are pretty though. I'm glad I swapped for this, but I'm not sure that I would spend $45 on it. But, it's worth it for lipglaze lovers or those that just enjoy a pretty palette!
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Elana24 on 12/7/2002 11:59:00 AM more reviews by Elana24
Age: 18 & Under Skin: Normal Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown
I just received this as a holiday gift (i was DYING for one), and it is even better than I expected it to be! Ten different colors of gloss are encased in the adorable silver compact, and each tastes, smells, and looks fantastic on! They last a really long time on your lips too...I'll apply one at 6:45 in the morning before school, and it always lasts until my 12:00 lunch. I've owned individual lip glazes before, and I think that this palette is by FAR a better deal. Sure, you don't get the cute click-pen thingie, but I personally care more about the makeup inside the packaging...and you get much more gloss for your money in the palette (I mean, two individual lip glazes cost more than this whole palette!). I truly adore this, and will absolutely repurchase when I am through with this one (I am praying that Stila doesn't discontinue these)!
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*TOP REVIEWER* GreeneyedGal on 11/28/2002 1:51:00 AM more reviews by GreeneyedGal
Age: 19-24 Skin: Normal Hair: Brown Eyes: Green
I adore this palette, and I think it very pricey as well, though I received mine as a gift. I've owned it since March of this year and I'm only 1/2 through with it. I was able to try a majority of the lipglaze colors and I learned that I like every color in the palette. I am a big plum-colored lipgloss girl, so grape and berry are gone. I love strawberry and fruit punch for "just drank cherry Kool-Aid" lips, love raspberry and grapefruit for lovely pink lips, enjoy watermelon and apricot for a virtually nude lip and discovered orange and peach, the two colors I was least taken with upon opening the palette the first time, are so sheer and pretty and give my lips a new look. If this palette is still for sale when I'm done, I may consider repurchasing. I love it!
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*TOP REVIEWER* taurusgurl5984 on 10/31/2002 9:27:00 PM more reviews by taurusgurl5984
Age: 18 & Under Skin: Combination, Fair, Cool Hair: Blond, Straight, Fine Eyes: Blue
This is my first lip "palette", it's so great having so many lip colors in one place. I always have something to go with what I'm wearing! Although I like this, I must agree with some of the other reviewers that the brush is a bit cheap for the price that you pay for the palette. Each little half circle of lip glaze can't be worth more than 25 cents. I like the packaging. The texture is nicer than in the pens, not as sticky. I would love to get this as a gift, but most likely would not buy this again as I think it is quite a rip off. I still love the one I have though!
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Our military protects and defends us, but it's a lesser known fact that they also entertain us. The United States Air Force Concert Band and the Singing Sergeants do just that with a free community performance October 25 at ASU Gammage.
The concert is the last of a two-week tour through Arizona and California, with stops in San Francisco, Disneyland, and finally Tempe.
The performance, led by Col. Larry Lang and titled "Airpower!," commemorates the glory of flight and features light-hearted numbers like "Those Magnificent Airmen," a tongue-in-cheek rendition of "Those Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines," alongside more serious pieces examining various facets of flight and flying. Two of the numbers are original compositions by U.S. Airmen.
The "Eagle Squadron March" by Kenneth J. Alford — a tribute to American pilots who fought for the British RAF before the United States entered World War II — is also on the program. Twelve specially selected ASU music students join the band for that number, said ASU Professor of Music and Director of Ensemble Studies Jerry Hill. Because the students have to be able to play at the professional level with minimal rehearsal, they are primarily graduate students and upperclassmen, Hill said.
Playing with a military band has become a popular career choice for students, particularly those who want to pursue music. Each service branch has its own ensembles, including bands at the military academies and premier groups like the Air Force Band, which is comprised of six ensembles, including a jazz band, an orchestra, and a rock band.
"These jobs are well known, especially since there are fewer and fewer regional orchestras," said Hill, who encourages ASU students to audition whenever the military bands have openings. "To make these groups is not easy," Hill said. "These are some of the finest professional musicians around."
One of those musicians is Chief Master Sgt. Jan Duga, who graduated from ASU in 1982 with her masters in tuba performance and will be on stage Thursday — the last tour concert of her 30-year career in the Air Force Concert Band. Her career has come full circle and has allowed her to pursue her love of music and country, while traveling across the United States and around the world, she said.
"When I was growing up, all I knew was the Marine band," said Duga. "When I found out about the other bands, I found there were options to perform as a musician and serve your country. I took it as a one-two punch," she said. "The competition is just as heavy, just as intense as any major symphony orchestra, and it's a wonderful career option."
While most people think of military bands playing primarily patriotic music, they actually play a wide selection of musical styles. "The variety of music runs the gamut and lends to the versatility of what we do as airmen, in over 150 different career fields, throughout the world," Duga said.
Thursday's concert, which also includes Broadway numbers by the Singing Sergeants, reflects that variety and ends with a patriotic tribute recognizing current and former servicemen and women.
"The concerts are designed for a large range of musical tastes," Hill said. "To hear great professional musicians play for free is wonderful. It's going to be amazing."
The concert is sponsored by the Herberger Institute of Music, The Ahwatukee Foothills News and the East Valley Tribune.
What: United States Air Force Concert Band with the Singing Sergeants
When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25.
Where: ASU Gammage, 1200 S. Forest Ave., Tempe.
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Vivek just gave me a documentary film on the history of mathematics. The whole history of mathematics can be said to be the whole problem of the human mind. For two thousand years or more in the West and for five to ten thousand years in the East, mathematicians have been trying to find the ultimate science.
One thing is certain in their eyes, that only mathematics can become the ultimate science, for the simple reason that there are no mathematical things around you. It is a pure science. You don't see mathematical objects: this is a mathematical chair and that is a mathematical house.
Mathematics is just a pure ideological game. It consists not of things but ideas. And because ideas are properties of your mind, you can refine them to their ultimate purity. So it has been an accepted thing that mathematics can become the purest science possible. But there have been problems. Those mathematicians were not aware that your mind itself is the problem, and the mind is going to create a science which will have no problems, no contradictions, no paradoxes.
You can play the game. You can make a great edifice but whenever you look at the base, you will know that at the very base the ultimate problem remains unsolved. For example, Euclid's geometry.. I could not go much into it for the simple reason that I could not agree with the basic hypotheses.
My teacher of geometry simply told me, "Your problem has nothing to do with me. Find Euclid - get out of the class. Find Euclid and settle things with him. I am a poor teacher, I just get my salary; I have nothing to do with his fundamental axioms. Whatever is written in the book, I teach. I am not interested at all whether his fundamental hypotheses are right or wrong. You get out.
He wouldn't allow me in the class. I said, "But how can you go on teaching year after year knowing that the basic points are absurd?"
He said, "I never knew; it is you who is hammering on my mind that they are absurd. I have never bothered; I am not a scientist nor a mathematician, just a poor teacher. And I never wanted to be a teacher, I wanted to be an inspector, but they didn't choose me. I tried to be an inspector, but they didn't choose me. I tried other jobs; everywhere no vacancy. It is just out of compulsion that I am a teacher here.
"Don't torture me. Your problem is with Euclid - don't bring me in. If you want to read what is written in the book, I am ready. But if you tell me that the fundamentals are wrong.."
I said, "I cannot go on unless I am certain about the base, because this is dangerous: the foundation of the house is missing and you tell me to go on up in a skyscraper. I cannot move a single inch. First I have to be certain about the foundation, whether the foundation is there which can support this skyscraper. You are going to fall - that is your business - but I am not going to fall with you. If you want to commit suicide, do it."
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First, let's reflect back to the infomercial you saw with 21DayFix creator Autumn Calabrese. Does she look to you like someone who needs to lose 10 or more pounds? Do you think she has struggled with weight all her life and really understands what it's like to try diet after diet only to gain even more weight back? Do you think she knows what it's like to be in her 40's with health issues that may limit her workouts? I think we all know the answers to those questions but, if you're still here and reading this, YOU probably can relate and would love some sensible and do-able answers.
Is 21DayFix Just Another Celebrity Fad Diet or Does it Really Work?
Advertising and marketing are essential to the success of any new product, especially when associated with a celebrity such as Autumn Calabrese. It's become a part of our society and everyday life. But what is more essential to your health and well being? A true education of what actually has the biggest impact in helping a woman lose weight or a well designed marketing effort full of gimmicks and young hard bodies?
The 21DayFix definitely falls into the "fad diet" category, if for no other reason, it will only be around for a couple years until the creators come up with something newer and more exciting to sell us. As I stated earlier in this post, the 21DayFix is best suited for young, healthy participants that are looking for a quick temporary fix as the name implies.
Is 21DayFix a Viable Option For Women With Health Issues?
As we grow older, ( and not that old really) all of us start to develop health related issues that can either slightly or severely limit what we are able to eat or do. The nutrition part of the 21dayfix is geared towards allowing you to eat what you want in the right portions but the workout part, not so much.
The infomercial for 21dayfix.com says, "no matter what your fitness level just jump in and do what you can). I think you and I both know that to have the program work well, it is very likely we will have to do more than that.
Why Do They Urge You to Call in or Visit 21DayFix.com in the Infomercial?
Simply because that is the only way you can order the product. You have to wait several days for the entire program to be delivered to your home. This can also cause problems with back-orders but even more issues with returns if you are not satisfied with the program. In order to return the 21DayFix for a refund, you will have to pay the shipping cost to return it. If it were delivered to you electronically, (as most things are today) you would be able to return it without a charge and you would have your refund within hours.
These companies know that the harder they can make it for you to return their product, the least likely you will be to do so.
Is The 21DayFix Designed to Help You Fail?
Before you or I can somewhat accurately answer that question, let's first try and understand the thinking of the weight loss industry as a whole as well as the thinking of the creators of many of these type products like the 21DayFix. The weight loss industry is a multi-billion dollar industry. Many of these companies design products that will initially help you but will keep you coming back for more as soon as you hit a snag or plateau which almost always happens.
So instead of spending their profits on research, many times they spend their profits on creating another product that they can sell you that just keeps the corporate merry-go-round going and churning out more profits instead of giving you good scientific information like why weight-loss in women is so different and what will actually solve your weight control issues for the long term.
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Thousands of women have discovered the Venus Factor, and it has been the key to their long term weight loss solution. You won't hear about this revolutionary product on TV simply because it was created by a man trying to help his struggling sister lose weight after child birth.
His name is John Barban and although his discovery was not accidental, he had no commercial intent to sell his new found knowledge at the time he made this amazing breakthrough.
Once the "cat was out of the bag" so to speak, he compiled all of this information into one program that he calls the Venus Factor. It is designed for women only and as you watch his free presentation video you will soon learn why.
NO, it's not about diet pills or magic potions, but about sound scientific information that every woman should know and apply in their everyday lives.
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Danner Light
As far as this boot is concerned, its still the golden era of backpacking. To build it, Danner bootmakers sought out leathers identical to those used on the original model. This reintroduced classic features stitchdown construction and ground-chewing Vibram® Kletterlift outsoles. Full-grain leather and 1000 Denier nylon uppers deliver outstanding protection and support in a relatively lightweight package.
Boot Details
- Made in the USA
- 100% waterproof and breathable GORE-TEX® liner is engineered to keep your feet dry and comfortable - even in extreme conditions
- Full-grain, leather upper offers a classic look with superior waterproof protection and durability combined with 1000 Denier nylon side panels for abrasion resistance and improved breathability
- Danner's hand crafted stitchdown construction provides a wider platform for increased stability underfoot. This construction makes the boot recraftable in our Portland factory
- Danner® Airthotic® a half- length, molded polyurethane instep that cups the heel and supports the arch area of the foot
- Danner's 650 EE last offers a roomier fit without sacrificing support and stability. We recommend sizing down a half size for the best fit.
- Vibram® Kletterlift outsole is specifically designed for comfort and durability. The heel provides lightweight comfort as well as superb shock absorption. The compound guarantees great traction and stability on both wet and dry surfaces
- Fiberglass shank
- 6" height
- 61 oz
- Recraftable
Danner's 650 EE last offers a roomier fit for relaxed comfort while still offering rugged support and stability. This EE is not as wide as others so it offers the most universal fit for casual, everyday wear. We recommend sizing down a half size for the best fit.
Tips for the Perfect Fit
- Measure both feet. If one foot is slightly larger than the other, select a size that fits the larger of the two.
- Consider the type of socks you'll be wearing with your boot. For thicker socks, you may want to select a half size larger than you normally wear.
- When you do receive your boots, we recommend first wearing them indoors for a few hours to ensure they're the right fit.
Free Return Shipping
Rest assured that if the boot you receive doesn't fit correctly, we pay for return shipping back to us. You can order with confidence knowing return shipping is always on us.
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- Comfortable Not Harsh
- Good Leather
- Nice appearance
- 2 Pounds Per Boot Not Go
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- Casual walking
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This is a review for big men. I weigh 300 pounds and have a pronation problem. I have a rather large custom orthotic, and my shoe size is 13D. My foot has more of a straight last shape so I went with a 13 EE to account for the orthotic.
The Danner Light accommodated the orthotic with no problem. No lifting in the heel, or pressure in the instep/forefoot. The boot is firm, but not overwhelmingly so. While it will take weeks to break in, the first few days have not been a problem. I wore them 2 hours the first day, then 3 the next, 4 the next, etc.
They look fine with Khakis/Docker type slacks. The total weight of 4 pounds appeals to me. I am a big tennis player, and have large legs. The weight is good for me, but might not be for someone expecting a "Danner Light" to be light in weight. These are not tennis shoe-like boots. They are heavier and sturdier. The heel counter is firm and needs time to break in. Lacing is important in your first few weeks of wear. Pay close attention to tension.
For a guy my size, the EVA midsole may end up crunching down prematurely, so recrafting is a plus. I would imagine bigger guys might need to take advantage of this service more often than lighter weight folks. I hope to get a minimum of 2 years of wear from each re-sole, based on my weight and usage. I will wear these as my primary casual shoes.
The most important thing I wanted to impart is the sizing issue. If you have a straight shaped foot, go with the EE width. Use your favorite orthotic. It will fit. When you measure your foot length, remember to measure heel to toe length AND heel to ball length. Use the larger number as shown on your store's measuring device (brannock). You'll be good to go. Enjoy your shoes.
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Bought at EMS in 1958 and have resoled 3X, but still going strong. Mostly used in Colorado for everything the Rockies could throw at me, including snow and ice climbing. My feet have spread a bit, but the boots are still OK in fit.
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Bravo, this boot deserves a standing ovation for its ruggedness, dependability and comfort. However, be careful of rodents for they will like your boots as much as you. During a backpacking trip in the Three Sisters Wilderness, I left my boots outside of my tent for the evening. Lo and behold, little critters chewed my boots to smithereens. Hmm, did I get Booted? That was in 94. So I bought a new pair and they have lasted for almost 20 years and still going strong, even though I have resoled them thrice and have used shoe goo to make minor repairs.
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I bought these over thirty years ago as a hiking boot. I am just now looking at something a little lighter for hiking, maybe a little rock climbing, but these still look and feel great. Perhaps not as much ankle support as some backpacking boots and certainly not as light as today's trail shoes, but these will be around when those others are in the trash. These really protect your feet. Not a lot of padding, just good leather, and tough soles.
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Advanced theories and methods of teaching a modern language at grade levels appropriate for State certification requirements; focus on developing reflective practitioners and researchers; developing individualized instruction for all students; using technology for cooperative learning in the classroom and school; developing and evaluating standards-based modern language curriculum and classroom and school cultures responsive to the needs of diverse students and students with special needs, particularly in urban settings; developing advanced methods of teaching English language learners and applying knowledge of language acquisition. Students enroll in safety education workshops in identifying, reporting, and responding to child abuse and violence prevention, and in substance abuse, fire and arson prevention. Students spend the equivalent of twenty days in the schools, during which time they engage in daily supervised student teaching. Students spend the equivalent of twenty days in the schools, during which time they engage in daily supervised student teaching. Support the development of portfolio for state certification.
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Tomorrow Denmark hosts its own Girls Gathering in Copenhagen run by Parkour.dk. Our very own Shirley Darlington will be present at the event which is totally free to girls aged 15 and up. The action starts at 10am at Streetmekka in Copenhagen and will feature plenty of training and hard work to keep you busy until the 4pm finish!
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Financial Advisor Track:
Demystifying Financial Methodology in the Bankruptcy Case
How assets get appraised in various situations in a bankruptcy case is a mystery to many professionals. This panel will discuss the methodologies used in appraising real property, going-concern businesses and other asset classes. The panel will also discuss other financial issues central to the plan-confirmation process, including use of financial testimony in the context of litigation over the § 1111(b) election and the proper application of Till.
Melissa Kibler Knoll, Moderator
Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC; Chicago
Hon. Beth A. Buchanan
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D. Ohio); Cincinnati
Timothy G. Skillman
Grant Thornton LLP; Los Angeles
Sheila T. Smith
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP; Boston
Consumer Track
Consumer Ethics: Balancing Business and Practice, and the Multiple Roles of Consumer Debtors Counsel: Can You Simultaneously Be a Watchdog and Counselor and Run Your Law Practice?
Consumer bankruptcy law is on the cutting edge of current bankruptcy practice. Keeping up with the fast-paced changes in the legal and business environments is challenging. The panel will explore balancing the BAPCPA-imposed watchdog role with the business and professional hurdles faced by todays consumer debtors practitioners.
Claire Ann Resop, Moderator
von Briesen & Roper, SC; Madison, Wis.
Hon. William H. Brown (ret.)
Henry E. Hildebrand, III
Lassiter, Tidwell, Davis, PLLC; Nashville, Tenn.
Karen L. Kellett
Armstrong Kellett Bartholow P.C.; Dallas
Professional Development Track
Evidentiary Privileges in Bankruptcy: Traps for the Unwary
This panel will explore the unique application of a variety of evidentiary privileges in the bankruptcy context, including attorney/client, work product, joint-defense and spousal privileges.
Bruce A. Harwood, Moderator
Sheehan, Phinney, Bass + Green; Manchester, N.H.
Hon. Barbara J. Houser
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (N.D. Tex.); Dallas
Dillon E. Jackson
Philip J. Mohr
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC; Winston Salem, N.C.
Lynnette R. Warman
3:45-4:15 p.m.
Margarita Reception
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4:15-5:45 p.m.
Committee Educational Sessions
Bankruptcy Litigation/Business Reorganization/Health Care
Understanding D&O Issues in a Brave New World: Health Care, Nonprofit, For-Profit and a Bevy of Other Issues
Charles A. DeMonaco
Fox Rothschild LLP; Pittsburgh
Warren J. Martin, Jr.
Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, PC; Morristown, N.J.
Todd C. Meyers
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP; Atlanta
Samuel A. Nolen
Richards, Layton & Finger, PA; Wilmington, Del.
Claire H. Topp
Dorsey & Whitney LLP; Minneapolis
Bankruptcy Taxation/Consumer
Real Estate Partnership Bankruptcies: Effects on Individual Partnersfrom Main Street to Wall Street
Steven R. Schneider - Moderator
Goulston & Storrs; Washington, D.C.
Alan D. Lasko
Alan D. Lasko & Associates PC; Chicago
Robert D. Schachat
Ernst & Young LLP; Washington, D.C.
Commercial Fraud/Financial Advisors and Investment Banking
Liquidating Trustees, Fraud and Computer Forensics: Book em, Danno!
Marion Hecht
CliftonLarsonAllen LLP; Arlington, Va.
Ronald J. Hedges
Ronald Hedges, LLC; Hackensack, N.J.
Jeffrey S. Sabin
Bingham McCutchen LLP; New York
Hon. Shira A. Scheindlin
U.S. District Court (S.D.N.Y.); New York
5:00-10:00 p.m.
Optional Event: MLB Game: Washington Nationals vs. Miami Marlins (transportation provided)
Baseball Game Luxury Suite Sponsored by East West Bank
Transportation Sponsored by Whiteford Taylor & Preston LLP
6:00-7:00 p.m.
Optional Event Womens Roundtable and Networking Reception
Sponsored by SSG Capital Advisors, LLC
6:00-9:30 p.m.
Optional Event: The Capitol Steps Performance at the Ronald Reagan Center (Transportation provided)
7:30-8:00 a.m.
8:00-9:30 a.m.
Committee Educational Sessions
Asset Sales/Ethics and Professional Compensation
The Art and Obligations of the Deal: Obtaining the Most for Your Constituency While Meeting Ethical Demands and Duties of the § 363 Sale Process
Hon. Robert D. Drain
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D.N.Y.); White Plains, N.Y.
Nan R. Eitel
Department of Justice, Exec. Office for U.S. Trustees; Washington, D.C.
William R. Greendyke
Fulbright & Jaworski LLP; Houston
Prof. Jack F. Williams
Georgia State University/Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC; Atlanta
Revisiting Too Big to Fail: U.S. and International Regulatory Responses, Including Broader Application to International Crises
Alexandria S. Barrage
Morrison & Foerster LLP; Washington, D.C.
George B. Bazinas
Bazinas Law Firm; Athens, Greece
Timothy B. DeSieno
Bingham McCutchen LLP; New York
Steven T. Kargman
Technology & Intellectual Poperty/Small Business
Handling IP Asset Issues in the Distressed Small Business
Beverly A. Berneman, Moderator
Golan & Christie, LLP; Chicago
Thomas L. Irving
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
David Peress
Streambank, LLC; Needham, Mass.
Victor A. Vilaplana
Foley & Lardner LLP; San Diego
9:30-11:00 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions
Chapter 11 Track
Is the Chapter 11 Industry Distressed?
The ever-evolving economic landscape has led to dramatic changes in how and when chapter 11 is used to address failed businesses. This panel will discuss the trends in the use of chapter 11 to reorganize or sell troubled businesses and provide their insight into how restructuring professionals can expect to stay busy in the next economic cycle.
Keith J. Shapiro, Moderator
Greenberg Traurig, LLP; Chicago
Daniel F. Dooley
Michael J. Epstein
Rebecca A. Roof
Financial Advisors Track
Whos Afraid of Sovereign Debt?
The global financial crisis has exposed Eurozone risks contained on government balance sheets, including significant proportions of foreign currency-linked and short-term debt. Governments have become guarantors and investors, taking on ownership interests outside traditional risk tolerance. No country is unaffected. The implications for economic growth and debt sustainability are profound. This panel will discuss the new methods of debt restructuring and how to manage public debt in crisis.
Ian G. Williams, Moderator
Jeffrey C. Carhart
Alan J. Carr
Strategic Value Partners, LLC; Greenwich, Conn.
Jo Ann J. Brighton
Dr. Annerose Tashiro
Schultze & Braun GmbH; Achern, Germany
Consumer Track
Beyond HAMP and HARP: What's Next for Underwater Homeowners
Federal foreclosure programs have over-promised and under-delivered, while the mortgage crisis continues under the weight of $10 trillion in debt. Will a comprehensive state settlement with the banks provide relief or are there solutions in the bankruptcy system?
Prof. David G. Epstein
University of Richmond Law School and ABI Scholar in Residence; Alexandria, Va.
Richardo I. Kilpatrick, Moderator
Kilpatrick & Associates, PC; Auburn Hills, Mich.
David P. Leibowitz
Hon. Cecelia G. Morris
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D.N.Y); Poughkeepsie
Professional Development Track
Navigating Ethical Responsibility in a Complex World
This panel will explore the answers to a variety of sticky issues, including: Can a lawyer ethically serve more than one master, and who is that master? What issues are raised by representation of multiple debtors, closely held corporations and portfolio companies of an equity sponsor client? How do you deal with conflicted boards and conflicted insiders who do not have separate counsel, and how do you counsel clients that demand questionable strategies and tactics? How do you deal with a deadlocked board that effectively paralyzes the entitys ability to make any decisions?
James Patrick Shea, Moderator
Shea & Carlyon, Ltd.; Las Vegas
Prof. Nancy B. Rapoport
William S. Boyd School of Law University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Las Vegas
Bradley D. Sharp
Development Specialists, Inc.; Los Angeles
William P. Weintraub
Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman LLP; New York
11:00-11:15 a.m.
Coffee Break
Sponsored by Alvarez & Marsal
11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions
Chapter 11 Track
Bankruptcy Court Jurisdiction and Beyond: Stern v. Marshall and Other Sticky Jurisdiction Issues
This panel will address the practical effects of Stern v. Marshall on the bankruptcy process in the months since the ruling, as well as other jurisdictional issues such as the limits of post-confirmation jurisdiction, remand, abstention and removal.
Paul Steven Singerman, Moderator
Ronit Berkovich
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP; New York
Jeff J. Marwil
Hon. Christopher S. Sontchi
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Del.); Wilmington
Financial Advisor Track
Preparing a Company for Sale: Practical Insight into How to Sell a Distressed Company
The chapter 11 process has increasingly become a mergers-and-acquisitions process. Effectively preparing a company for sale and implementing a robust sale process takes time and expertise, and is extremely challenging especially when the company is distressed. This panel of investment bankers will share their practical thoughts on how to derive value from the M&A process.
Josef S. Athanas, Moderator
Lorie R. Beers
J. Scott Victor
SSG Capital Advisors, LLC; West Conshohocken, Pa.
Robert H. Warshauer
Imperial Capital, LLC; New York
Consumer Track
Section 524(i) and Beyond: The Use of Non-Standard Chapter 13 Plan Terms
Section 524(i) provides that the failure of a creditor to credit payments received under a plan in the manner required by the plan shall constitute a violation of the discharge injunction. This panel will explore plan provisions in this regard and in other areas such as claims disallowance and what the courts allow and disallow in the chapter 13 context.
Rudy J. Cerone, Moderator
McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC; New Orleans
Alane A. Becket
Becket & Lee, LLP; Malvern, Pa.
Hon. C. Ray Mullins
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (N.D. Ga.); Atlanta
John Rao
National Consumer Law Center; Boston
Professional Development Track
Expert testimony can make or break a bankruptcy case
This panel will conduct a mock demonstration of direct and cross-examination of an appraiser.
Patricia A. Redmond, Moderator
Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weissler, Alhadeff & Sitterson, PA; Miami
Mark M. Maloney
Hon. Barry Russell
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (C.D. Cal.); Los Angeles
John Tittle, Jr.
Tittle Advisory Group, Inc.; New York
12:30-2:00 p.m.
30th Anniversary Luncheon: BK 360
A panel of ABI past presidents discuss a range of current topics moderated by William J. Rochelle, Editor-at-Large Bloomberg News; New York
Reginald W. Jackson
Vorys, Sater, Seymore & Pease LLP; Columbus, Ohio
John D. Penn
Haynes and Boone, LLP; Fort Worth, Tex.
Bettina M. Whyte
Deborah D. Williamson
Cox Smith Matthews Incorporated; San Antonio
2:15-3:45 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions
Chapter 11 Track
Tee Up the Lawsuits! Whats Left for Unsecured Creditors after the Sale?
These days, its not uncommon to hear, Its a sale case, and frequently the debtors operating assets are sold for less than the secured debt. Estate claims, which typically are not encumbered, often provide the only meaningful source of any recovery for unsecured creditors. This panel explores theories of recovery against insiders, auditors and others as well as important potential limitations on recoveries such as the in pari delicto doctrine and the insured vs. insured exception in D&O insurance policies.
Scott F. Gautier, Moderator
Peitzman, Weg & Kempinsky LLP; Century City, Calif.
Hon. Nancy V. Alquist
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Md.); Baltimore
James S. Carr
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP; New York
Catherine L. Steege
Consumer Track
Who Should Police the Mortgage Servicers? Should this be up to the states, the new CFPB, or debtor class actions?
The Executive Office for the U.S. Trustees has made it clear that it intends to police the mortgage service industry by, for example, using the Rule 2004 process. This panel will explore these approaches.
Lawrence R. Ahern, III; Moderator
Burr & Forman LLP; Nashville, Tenn.
Thomas M. Hefferon
Goodwin Procter LLP; Washington, D.C.
Hon. Elizabeth S. Stong
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, (E.D. NY); Brooklyn
Clifford J. White, III
Executive Office for U.S. Trustees; Washington, D.C.
Professional Development Track
Dos and Donts of Effective Oral and Written Advocacy
This panel of judges will provide guidance on what worksand what doesntin written briefs and oral argument.
James T. Markus, Moderator
Markus Williams Young & Zimmerman, LLC; Denver
Hon. Jeffery P. Hopkins
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D. Ohio); Cincinnati
Hon. Pamela Pepper
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, (E.D. Wis.); Milwaukee
Hon. Gregg W. Zive
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Nev.); Reno
3:45-4:15 p.m.
Wine & Cheese Reception
Sponsored by Grant Thornton LLP
4:15-5:45 p.m.
Committee Educational Sessions
Labor and Employment/Unsecured Trade Creditors
Intercreditor Conflicts Which Arise Among Unsecured Creditors and the Difficulty that Can Arise in Such Multiple Debtor Cases with the Allocation of the Costs of the Chapter 11 Cases Among the Various Estates
Sam J. Alberts
Charles Finke
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; Washington, D.C.
Hon. Judith K. Fitzgerald
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (W.D.Pa.); Pittsburgh
Dan Winikka
Real Estate/Secured Credit/Young & New Members
Commercial Real Estate Trends, Workouts, and Reorganizations
Lenard M. Parkins - Moderator
Haynes and Boone, LLP; New York
James S. Feltman
Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC; Miami
Robert Radasevich
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg, LLP; Chicago
Troy Taylor
7:00-10:00 p.m.
Final Night Gala Dinner with Corporate Comedian Mark Robinson
Final Night Dinner
Sponsored by Development Specialists, Inc., Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC and NHB Advisors
Final Night Entertainment
Sponsored by
10:00-11:00 p.m.
Endowment Dessert Reception (invitation only)
Sponsored by Markowitz Ringel Trusty + Hartog., Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weissler, Alhadeff & Sitterson, PA
8:30-9:00 a.m.
Sponsored by MorrisAnderson
9:00-10:00 a.m.
Breakfast Session
Circuit Splits and Supreme Court Preview
The judges will discuss issues that divide the circuits including the right to credit bid, now before the Supreme Court in RadLAX Gateway Hotel.
John W. Ames, Moderator
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC; Louisville, Ky.
Hon. Kevin J. Carey
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Del.); Wilmington
Hon. Dennis R. Dow
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (W.D. Mo.); Kansas City
Hon. Margaret M. Mann
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D. Cal.); San Diego
Hon. Robert E. Gerber
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D.N.Y.); New York
10:00-10:15 a.m.
10:15-11:45 a.m.
21st Century Ethics
Judith Greenstone Miller, Moderator
Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer & Weiss, PC; Southfield, Mich.
C. R. Chip Bowles, Jr
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC; Louisville, Ky.
Rob Charles
Lewis and Roca LLP; Tucson, Ariz.
Prof. Lois R. Lupica
University of Maine School of Law; Portland, Maine
Richard M. Meth
Fox Rothschild LLP; Roseland, N.J.
Michael P. Richman
11:45 a.m.
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A rocket-powered, vertical-landing space-access technology demonstrator reached its highest altitude and furthest distance to date March 25 at the Mojave Air and Space Port in Mojave, CA, using a developmental navigation system designed to land a space vehicle on other celestial bodies. Masten Space Systems' XA-0.1B "Xombie" suborbital rocket lifted off the launch pad for an 80-second flight while being controlled by Charles Stark Draper Laboratory's Guidance Embedded Navigator Integration Environment (GENIE) system developed under NASA's Flight Opportunities Program.
This combined capability of a rocket-powered demonstrator and a closed-loop planetary Guidance, Navigation and Control system allows NASA to begin testing prototype landing instruments for future missions to the Moon or Mars under realistic conditions without leaving Earth. "Two hundred meters above the Martian or lunar surface is not the place you want to be using an innovative new sensor or landing algorithm for the first time," explained Christopher Baker of the Flight Opportunities Program at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base. "We are working to create an environment that provides opportunities to test these systems a little closer to home."
Xombie rose 1,626 feet – higher than New York's Empire State Building – moving in a trajectory that replicated the speed and angle of a planetary approach. It landed 984 feet, nearly 300 meters, away from the take off site. The flight established a test-bed capability that will allow for landing demonstrations that start at much higher altitudes—several miles above the ground. "While computer simulations provide some value as systems are developed, testing that system in a relevant flight environment is invaluable," said Colin Ake, Masten's director of business development. "We want our vehicles to facilitate innovation and lower the current barriers to space access. We hope this is just the beginning of many more landing tests for NASA and Draper."
With a growing interest in using commercial suborbital launch vehicles to demonstrate planetary landing technology applications for future space missions, the Flight Opportunities Program funded the development of precision landing technology demonstrations. Draper, based in Cambridge, MA, was selected to lead this engineering and integration demonstration effort. Draper subsequently teamed with Masten, based in Mojave, to provide the vertical takeoff and landing flight vehicle to demonstrate this new landing technology. Flight safety and assurance monitoring was performed by Masten's Sensei software during flight.
"Draper is excited to be a part of a team that demonstrated such a unique capability, combining our guidance, navigation and control technology with a proven test flight platform like Xombie," said Doug Zimpfer, Draper's associate director for human space exploration. "We believe the GENIE and Xombie system provide NASA with the platform necessary to demonstrate a wide range of exciting planetary landing technologies including advanced guidance technology."
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There is a new and strange twist that further complicates the sad DSM 5 saga.
For some time, Bernard Carroll has served as an unofficial conscience of psychiatry, tirelessly exposing scientific sloppiness and ethical laxity. He recently made a new find, documenting that the Chair of the DSM 5 Task Force had failed to disclose a long-standing and significant financial conflict of interest. (blogspot.com)
Here's what happened. While using his DSM 5 pulpit to strongly promote the value of dimensional diagnosis, the DSM 5 Chair (and several associates also working on DSM 5) were secretly forming a company that would profit from the development of commercially available dimensional instruments. And unaccountably, he failed to disclose this most obvious of conflicts of interest while simultaneously lauding the DSM 5 conflict of interest policy.


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And the old global spokesman for Peeing Your Pants. A celebrity gossip blog has photos of Mr. Jackman (X-Men Origins: Wolverine, frequent urinator) on the set of a Lipton Iced Tea Commercial. It is hard to tell from the photos whether or not his pants are actually soaked with urine, or if they are clean, dry pants, into which Hugh Jackman has just now changed after dampening the crotch and legs of another pair of pants with pee. While there is no official word yet as to what the new slogan for Lipton Iced Tea will be for the Hugh Jackman campaign, I suspect that it will be "Decide To Let The Tea Takeover." Other possible slogans include:
- I Drank Too Much Tea, And Now My Pants Are Soaking Wet
- Lipton Iced Tea Gives My Body The Electrolytes It Needs To Pee My Pants
- I Ice Tea'd My Pants
Hugh Jackman is currently working on Happy Feet 2: The Pee Pee Dance. (Via ONTD.)
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Lipton's selling Sun Tea now?
Tea — > Me Pee, See? Tee hee.
You guys ever have post-commenting clarity? Like, you think your comment is funny, then you post it, then you re-read it, then you say, "Good grief that was awful. I must downvote my own comment!"
Yeah me neither.
excellent comment-hedging right there. just when you think it can't get any worse, you totally redeemed yourself.
"Now, imagine this pitcher of Iced Tea is really a gallon of your URINE."
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I feel like I am partly responsible for this post! STOP WITH THE PEE PEE JOKES YOU ARE BORING.
Gabe | Posted on Jan 12th, 2010 +20
Double nope.
I kind of think people misconstrued the tone of this comment. When I use all caps I intend to affect the banal, bleating monotone of the Delta class citizens. In 2010, I am fully on board with PeePants Jackman!
Lipton Iced Tea: It Tastes as good as I am at acting.
"I'm the best there is at what I do. And what I do is convert delicious Lipton Iced Tea into urine then I convert that urine into urine that soaks my pants."
Hugh Jackman seems like a nice guy and lord knows, I've pissed myself…recently! So I'm willing to give this "Lipton" a try.
I still can't get my head around the fact that Lipton didn't choose James Lipton or Mr. T
Don't let class be an im-pee-diment to enjoying new Lipton's Iced Tea!
I'm hoping part of the endorsment requires him to wear a Lipton patch on his red carpet tuxedo right next to the pee stain that started out as a glass of tea.
"Lipton is the iced tea that makes me pee pee in my panties." – Hugh Jackman, professional soft drink spokesman.
is he contractually obligated to tan himself to the color of iced tea?
and doesn't he look like ryan secrest in that photo?
"Lipton Tea, it tastes and smells like piss so I cut out the middle man and just pour it directly into my pants" – Hugh Jackman, 2010
You know, Gabe, you don't put Fergie through these pee-humiliations! Sexism?
"The pee-up gonna be this afternoon, yo." – Stringer Bell (as a child)
In my imagination, I imagine (redundant!) Fergie and Hugh fall in love and get married and make babies. And those babies have no bladder control problems because recessive genes.
"I'm not a real Wolverine, but I play one on movies. One thing we would both agree on though: Lipton makes for one hell of a pee, bub." – Hugh Jackman, Tea Spokesperson
I peed in my pants (a little) reading this post. So appropriate!
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"President Obama can set an example by funding his family vacations and travel out of his personal income (salary, etc.) and not by using taxpayer funds. If he can't afford a vacation, stay home. That's what we, the people, do."
"If teachers have to add expert marksman to their resume, under a GOP budget plan how much will their salaries be cut? And will women receive equal pay even if they are a better shot?"
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Purported gang member charged with shooting, robbing off-duty cop
MITCH DUDEK AND JAMES SCALZITTI Staff Reporters December 15, 2012 9:42AM
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A suspected gang-banger who allegedly shot and wounded an off-duty police officer and sent a bullet through the officer's car window — narrowly missing his 2-year-old son — was charged with attempted murder Saturday.
The officer, 34, had just exited his car and was about to take his son out of a car seat early Monday near 63rd and Nashville when police say Mario Froylan, 27, approached and announced a robbery before a gun battle ensued.
About 10 shots were fired: three of them hit the officer, and police believe at least one hit Froylan, who fled in a car to a relative's house in Westmont. Through information offered by an informant to police in Summit, officers were able to track Froylan down, Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy said at a news conference Saturday.
"It could have been much worse, and in fact, there's a bullet hole in the window of the officer's car, right in the vicinity of where his child was," said McCarthy.
"This offender does not have a violent history, but he apparently made some sort of leap," he said of Froylan.
"This is the eighth officer who's been shot since I've been here," said McCarthy who spoke in frustration about gun violence. "The fact is, something's got to change."
The injured officer was lucky to be alive and wanted to get back to work out of concern for his partner, he said.
Froylan, of Summit, was also charged with attempted armed robbery and aggravated battery with a firearm.


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It may be 2001, but action maestro Joel Silver (''The Matrix'') is making movies like it's 1989. The Über-producer's latest extravaganza, ''Swordfish,'' starring John Travolta and Hugh Jackman (''X-Men'''s Wolverine), marks a return to the bullets 'n' babes formula that made him one of the most successful and reviled producers in Hollywood. Like such Silver staples as ''Lethal Weapon'' and ''Road House,'' the R-rated ''Swordfish,'' which opens June 8, is chock full of explosions, car chases, and an ample amount of female nudity.
The latest body on display belongs to Halle Berry, one of the few big-name stars to doff her top in a Silver picture. Her decision has already raised eyebrows (among other things). Although she played an eye candy role early in her career -- as an exotic dancer in Silver's ''The Last Boy Scout'' -- it's atypical for an A-list actress to follow an award-winning dramatic performance (Berry received both the Golden Globe and the Emmy for her 1999 HBO biopic ''Introducing Dorothy Dandridge'') by agreeing to bare her breasts in an action film.
According to Silver, it was Berry's ''sophisticated'' onscreen image that convinced him she ought to tackle a sensual role. ''I've known Halle for years, and I felt this was time for her to do this,'' he says of the actress' first topless scene. ''I think it's cool for the character and good for the box office.''
And despite some initial trepidation, Berry eventually agreed with Silver's point of view. ''So much of my life I was afraid to [do a nude scene],'' she says. ''With the success of my Dorothy Dandridge project and the critical acclaim that brought me, I finally felt that I didn't have to prove myself anymore.'' But Berry has discredited the widely reported story that she was paid an extra $500,000 for her topless scene (or ''$250,000 per breast,'' as the film's director, Dominic Sena, told the New York Daily News). She says Sena's remark was a joke.
But critics have noted that along with the film's various shootouts and other large scale acts of violence, there's some less than sensitive treatment of its female characters. For example, Travolta's master spy character, Gabriel, tests ex-con computer pro Jackman's mettle by forcing him, at gunpoint, to hack into a complex program within 60 seconds -- while he's being fellated by a nameless blonde woman.