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Have you ever wondered why you should give to Goddard? Listen to what alumni and community members like Jerry Greenfield have to say about why they give to Goddard. By giving, they, and you, can support: "Friendship and love;" "Community;" "Alternative Education based on Progressive values and doing."
"It's relevant…now more than ever…to have a place like Goddard," says one alumnus. "There's no place like Goddard College." What are you waiting for? As our alumni say, "Get engaged;" "Donate!"
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Invitational Summer Institute
Click here to apply to the 2014 Invitational Summer Institute.
Nominate a Teacher for the 2014 Invitational Summer Institutes.
From its beginning in 1978, the Invitational Summer Institute (ISI) has served as the cornerstone of the NVWP's professional development model. The NVWP now hosts Invitational Summer Institutes in three locations: one at George Mason University, one in the Shenandoah Valley at John Handley High School, and one in Spotsylvania County. As many as twenty-five distinguished local teachers attend each intensive four-week institute. Participating teachers across all grade levels (Pre-K through University) and subject matters come from public and private schools throughout Northern Virginia.
View Video Highlights from the 2012 Invitational Summer Institute
The Heart of the NVWP
In its thirty-five year history, over 900 teachers have completed the NVWP Invitational Summer Institute (ISI). During each ISI, teachers examine the most pressing issues related to the teaching and learning of writing across the curriculum. The ISI fellows demonstrate and reflect on their own best practices and strategies, and they study current research in the field. Fellows also develop their own writing lives through participation in writing workshops and writing response groups. Upon completion of the Institute, fellows earn the distinction of being Teacher Consultants. Teacher Consultants are the heart of the NVWP!
Becoming a Teacher Consultant for the NVWP
Institute Details
After completing the Invitational Summer Institute participating teachers gain the distinction of becoming Teacher Consultants for the Northern Virginia Writing Project. These dedicated teacher-leaders facilitate and provide professional development in schools throughout Northern Virginia and the surrounding area, maintain active writing lives, work to make the Writing Project model of professional development available to every teacher, and seek to enhance the learning of students at all grade levels and subject areas.
The Nomination and Interview Process
Teachers from all content areas and grade levels are invited to participate in the NVWP Invitational Summer Institute based on their expertise in the classroom and openness to new learning. To take part in the ISI, teachers must apply and receive at least two recommendation letters from fellow teachers, mentors, or administrators. After submitting their application materials, teachers participate in an interview with the Director of the NVWP and other site leaders.
Demonstration Lessons
During the Invitational Summer Institute, nationally recognized teacher leaders, NVWP teacher consultants, and participating fellows share demonstration lessons. A demonstration lesson is more than a presentation or a talk to teachers; a demonstration lesson makes visible to our peers what we do in our classes. As Jim Gray, founder of the National Writing Project, wrote in his memoir of the early years of the National Writing Project Teachers at the Center, "The most successful demonstrations communicate not only what the teacher does but also why the teacher thinks this particular practice works. The emphasis upon the 'why' as well as the 'what' is important: it provides a theoretical underpinning and it accents a considered approach to writing beyond mere gimmickry" (143). This reflective approach to teaching, combined with the power of peer review, produces new knowledge for all participants and deepens our collective commitment to reflective practice. Longtime Writing Project Director Sheridan Blau explains, "If I tell you my idea, you know only that I have it. If I want you to have my idea for yourself, you need to experience it for yourself and my task as your teacher is to construct a venue in which you are given an opportunity to have an experience that is likely to yield for you an idea similar to the one I would have you learn." Many teachers report that the experiential learning they experience by participating in demonstration lessons provides them with new strategies for their teaching lives. Although the demonstrations come from teachers of particular grade levels and content areas, there are always ways of extending and applying new strategies to our own teaching circumstances. As one 2011 NVWP participant in the Shenandoah Valley Invitational Summer Institute wrote, "I feel that I gained a better understanding of strategies to use with all students in all content areas because of the many demonstrations."
Morning Pages and Writing Response Groups
One of the basic principles of the Writing Project is that to teach writing well, teachers of writing must write. The writing teacher's authority must be grounded in their own personal experience as a writer who knows first-hand the struggles and satisfactions of the writer's task. To this end, teachers write extensively throughout the ISI and provide helpful feedback on each other's writing in small writing response groups which meet at least twice per week. Each morning of the Invitational Summer Institute begins with writing in the tradition of Julia Cameron's morning pages.
For the second year in a row, the NVWP is offering three Summer Institutes; we will hold an ISI in June in Spotsylvania County and two concurrent Institutes in July, one at George Mason University in Fairfax and the other at John Handley High School in Winchester. The three institutes run on the same model. All teachers may choose their site of preference (although we anticipate teachers west of Loudoun and Fauquier counties will prefer to attend the John Handley High School site, and teachers east of Loudoun and Fauquier will prefer George Mason). Teachers should select whichever site is more convenient for them. (Please note the Winchester ISI is dependent upon a minimum number of participants signing up; so, if we don't have that number teachers who apply for the Winchester ISI will have the option to attend at Mason.)
The ISI runs for four weeks in the summer, and fellows attend from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays. Thursday evening seminars run from 4:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Every fellow will be required to attend one session on a Friday morning (9:00 am – 1:00 pm) during the week in which that fellow presents.
The NVWP will hold its second annual Invitational Summer Institute in Spotsylvania County from June 23rd to July 18 (NOTE THIS IS A CHANGE TO THE DATE).
This year's Invitational Summer Institutes at George Mason University and John Handley High School will take place from July 7th through August 1st.
Credits Earned
Fellows earn six graduate credits in either English or Education (equivalent to 180 recertification points) from George Mason University.
The cost of six hours of graduate tuition at George Mason University is $2,000.00. Many schools and/or school districts pay full or partial tuition. Fellows receive a $500.00 stipend for books and travel expenses, paid at the end of the seminar.
Nominate a Teacher for the ISI
We invite all friends of the NVWP (administrators, parents, teacher consultants, and students) and to nominate excellent teachers of writing from grades pre-K to college for the Invitational Summer Institute. A qualified candidate should have at least three years of experience (exceptions are made for strong early career teachers) and demonstrate excellence in the classroom. An ideal candidate integrates a student-centered curriculum in their classroom and has a passion for learning and growth. Nominating a teacher does not obligate them in any way and is as easy as filling out this online form: Nominate a teacher for the Invitational Summer Institute.
NVWP ISI Application
Click here to apply to the 2014 Invitational Summer Institute.
To apply, you must send the following:
- Completed application form (online form available at link above)
- Letter of Intent: one-page letter describing your interest in the Summer Institute and ways you feel the ISI can benefit you. (You can attach this to your application form via the link above)
- Two Letters of Recommendation: one from a colleague and one from a supervisor. (These may be mailed separately from the rest of the application.)
Please mail the two letters of recommendation to:
Paul M. Rogers, Director
NVWP, 3E4 George Mason University
4400 University Dr.
Fairfax, VA 22030
For further information, please call 703-993-1168 or click here to contact us.
Applicants will be invited to interview on an afternoon in March or April at George Mason University after the application has been reviewed. Notification from the NVWP ISI Review Board will be sent in May.


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High School Transfer Enrichment Program
Gavilan College, in conjunction with area high school districts, offers transfer level courses each fall and spring semester at the area high schools, In recent semesters this has included course offerings at Gilroy, Christopher and San Benito high schools. All courses offered in the High Step program are transfer-level courses accepted at most any university or college. This program is coordinated through the office of Outreach and Recruitment. For general information contact this office at 408-846-4993. The courses selected for offering at the high school campuses varies by semester.
The High Step program is designed for high school juniors and seniors. All students are required to take the placement assessment prior to enrolling. All concurrent enrollment documents (high school contract forms and requirements) are required. Please contact the Gavilan Assessment Office at 408-848-4992 or your high school counselor for information or a schedule of the placement assessment tests offered at the high school campuses.
There are many reasons to enroll in the High Step program which include:
The Benefits:
While courses offered through this program are open to all college-aged students, High Step benefits are only included for those who apply through their area high school.
Students must purchase their own textbooks. Visit the Gavilan College bookstore website. If you are unable to afford your textbook please see your high school principal.
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Lonely Planet says Scotland is third best country to visit!Beaten only by Brazil and Antartica, Scotland was voted thrid best country to visit in 2014! We hope you'll visit Ullapool and the north west highlands if you make it here... Click here for mores.
A picture tells a thousand words. Truth is, life is rich where the photographs are best. Ullapool and Wester Ross offer riches beyond your wildest dreams.
There is a wealth of things to do, see, taste and experience in Ullapool, Dundonnell, Achiltibuie and all around this beautiful region of the north west Highlands of Scotland. If yo are looking to visit, pass through or perhaps even work or live in the area then we hope you will take a look around our site and get a glimpse of what we have to offer.
The region is one of the least spoilt natural environments in the UK, if not the world. Famed for our outstanding geology, nature, seascapes and wildlife, there is everything that you can imagine if you like the outdoors and walking, climbing and exploring.
This is is also a great base for touring the Highlands. We are only an hour north of the rail and air links in Inverness but centrally positioned for visiting the surrounding area, taking a ferry trip to the Hebrides, viewing the Summer Isles and much more.
The region has been settled by Picts, Celts, Vikings and various settlers who have sought to establish fishing and crofting communities along the coast and in the hills and glens. We still offer a great opportunity to see, experience and taste traditional fishing, seafood and Highland fare, crafts and culture.
Ullapool, Dundonnell and Achiltibuie also have a great selecton of artists, artistic events, book, guitar, music and beer festivals as well as sporting events, boat trips, will walking/climbing and much more.
A trip to this part of the Highlands won't leave you asking what to do with your time but how to fit everything in! We hope this site helps you plan a visit and if we can help in anyway, please contact us and we will try to assist or point you in the direction of someone who can.
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Ullapool Dance Festival.
March 2014 - a range of events, styles and classes for all abilities and ages.
Ullapool Book Festival: 10th to 12th May 2013.
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Ullapool Guitar Festival
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Jan 13 2007
Cradled In Business Class
It's just after 2AM in Singapore and it's raining. I've crossed several time zones and it's now December 29th.
I'm in the practically empty business class section on a Singapore Airlines flight. It was so empty I have a row to myself so I switched to the window seat. My vacation started to feel more real to me as I looked out the window. I could be at any airport in the world – all tarmacs look alike in the dark but there I was in Singapore. In a cushy high-tech seat adjustable sixteen ways from Sunday. I felt like a kid playing grown up as I was presented with the ubiquitous Hot Perfumed Towel.
I felt like a kid for three reasons. One was because I felt such a sense of fun and adventure and expectation at making this trip. Two was because I'm four-foot-ten-and-three-quarter-inches and was wearing what felt like pajamas. It's difficult to take yourself seriously in pajamas. Three was because I had to jump up on the seat to close the overhead bin. Even with the seat to boost me, I had to stretch up to reach the edge of the bin door. Sheesh.
I'd been looking forward to the Business Class portion of the trip. The timing was great as I could FULLY RECLINE the seat, get some sleep, and be right in synch with my morning landing in South Africa.
I reveled in the experience. I opened the amenities bag. When I was in economy, I received a plastic ziplock bag with terry socks, a toothbrush and a miniature tube of toothpaste. Here in business class I received a cloth drawstring bag containing an eyeshade and thickly padded terry socks. The small pillows had thick cloth covers and firm stuffing.
I played around with the seat controls. I had no idea that the thing fully reclined until I noticed another passenger snuggled in for sleep. Total business class newbie.
It's weird to eat dinner at around 3 in the morning, but when you're in transit, you lose all sense of time. I'm sure I had some type of chicken for dinner. I couldn't drink wine – after my first glass on my first flight I had a headache that would not go away. I stuck with water and coffee. I wasn't missing much. The red wines I had tried were astringent and sharp. I was able to try them again on the return flight and had the same experience – a bit of an eye squint and a mouth pucker. It makes a weird kind of sense, though. Think about it:
Asians: good with rice, noodles, tea.
Europeans: good with bread, wine.
I'm flying on an Asian airline so I get rolls with a dry cardboard texture and wine suitable for cooking.
You didn't think I'd forget to mention the bathroom, did you? After dinner I washed up in the Business Class bathroom. It may have been tiny but it had First Class touches: fresh orchids and real towels.
What I found different was that the bathroom was constantly getting serviced. That is, the toilet paper would get those little triangular folds like they do in hotels and the flowers freshened up. It's difficult to think of the beautiful Singapore Girls and Guys cleaning the bathrooms, but I guess they must be.
I must make a confession: I kept those little white terry cloth towels provided in the bathrooms. I even took some extras. I am obviously not a Jaded International Traveler.
I travel for my job and after a while I stopped taking home the little hotel soaps and lotions. That tells you that you're Over It.
I wasn't over international travel. The business class bathroom didn't even have paper towels. There was a sign that said to dispose of the linen towels in the waste chute. I kept them instead. Hey, they may be made from inexpensive terry cloth, but they were still good!
I washed up and then settled in for the night. The cabin was darkened. I adjusted my seat, fiddled with the pillows, spread out the blankets, put in my earplugs, put on my eyeshade and dreamed.
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# Capetonianon 14 Jan 2007 at 8:56 am
Wow, four-foot-ten-and-three-quarter-inches only! You lucky gal, being able to curl up in the seat on your flight to South Africa.
# MsQon 14 Jan 2007 at 1:22 pm
Yeah, I'm pretty lucky – my lack of height works out well for airplane travel. I checked out your website, you provide some great information! I've even been to a few places you mention. I'll be describing them in the following days and at my current pace, probably the following weeks! Thanks for dropping by.


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Across Texas
- Samsung Electronics is spending $500 million on a major renovation of its chip manufacturing complex in Northeast Austin. The project has employed more than 1,000 construction workers.
- Galveston County has begun a $102.7 million buyout program that will remove homes damaged by Hurricane Ike and convert the properties into open green space.
- In February, Methodist Health System opened the 65,000-square-foot Methodist McKinney Hospital in McKinney, north of Dallas.
- Allstate Insurance Co. has announced plans to open a bilingual customer information center in San Antonio that will employ 600.
- Houston's Griffin Partners has begun building 73,000 square feet of retail space at Nassau Bay Town Square, just south of the Johnson Space Center.
- Kroger Co. will build a 123,000-square-foot Kroger Marketplace superstore in Mansfield, with an expected opening in summer 2011.
- Garment companies Powers Creations of Waco and QTI of nearby Robinson are merging into QTI-Powers Inc. The new business expects to produce about 1.8 million items annually.
Switching Tracks
Texas is growing fast – and growth has made traffic congestion a fact of life on our roadways.
The state's population is rapidly approaching 25 million and will almost double in the next half-century. Existing roads can only be widened so far, and planning new ones is an expensive and controversial proposition.
So the Texas Legislature has told state transportation officials to look hard at an old solution: rail.
By the time the 2011 Legislature meets, the Texas Department of Transportation's (TxDOT's) new Rail Division should have a plan for how passenger and freight rail can fit in the state's future.
"Rail is enjoying a renaissance, not only in the state of Texas but throughout the nation, as an energy-efficient way to move freight and passengers," says Rail Division Director Bill Glavin.
Texas has more than 12,000 miles of rail lines, but today only a handful of trains here carry passengers, and those aren't exactly rapid transit. The single daily Amtrak train between San Antonio and Austin, for instance, needs several hours to make a trip that takes 90 minutes by car.
"Rail is enjoying a renaissance as an energy-efficient way to move freight and passengers."
—Bill Glavin, Rail Division Director,
Texas Department of Transportation
But clogged freeways may lead to better days for passenger rail.
"In the past 20 years, we've seen what has happened with our commutes," Glavin says. "We have built the easy, additional capacity to relieve that congestion. We've got to come up with another solution to preserve the air quality and quality of life for Texas citizens."
Today's Passenger Rail…
Rail travel is already a daily reality for thousands in the Dallas-Fort Worth region, where the 35-mile Trinity Railway Express (TRE) diesel commuter service links Dallas with Fort Worth, and 45 miles of Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) electric light rail lines connect stations within the region. About 75 percent of DART and TRE's passengers are traveling to or from work, says spokesman Morgan Lyons.
Bill Glavin,
Rail Division Director,
Texas Department of Transportation
"Ridership on light rail averages 65,000 to 70,000 on weekdays, and TRE is between 8,000 and 10,000," he says.
Dallas Area Rapid Transit is involved in the nation's largest light-rail construction project, doubling its track length by 2014.
Darting Across the Metroplex
Dallas Area Rapid Transit started its light rail service in 1996 with an 11-mile track and has expanded several times to its current operating service on 45 miles of track. An additional 45 miles of track should be in service by 2013, doubling the number of passengers carried annually.
DART Passenger Volume, 1996 – 2009
|Total Passengers
|System Length
|1.29 million
|11 miles
|7.97 million
|20 miles
|10.94 million
|11.34 million
|11.43 million
|11.51 million
|13.73 million
|Total Passengers
|System Length
|16.97 million
|44 miles
|16.49 million
|17.48 million
|45 miles
|18.58 million
|17.90 million
|19.40 million
|18.96 million
*Opened June 14, 1996.
Source: Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Taxpayers foot most of the bill for DART. In 1983, voters approved dedicating 1 cent of Dallas' and some other area cities' sales tax to fund the transit system, which also includes bus lines and high-occupancy highway lanes. Only 15 percent of DART's $402 million budget for fiscal 2010 comes from rider fares, which start at $1.75 for a single ride, Lyons says.
Karen Rae,
Deputy Administrator,
Federal Railroad Administration
…And Tomorrow's
To provide a viable alternative to air or highway travel, rail has to have a niche, Glavin says.
A formula used by European planners dictates that rail should cost half of the "premium" mode of travel and deliver at least twice the speed of the "less-desirable" mode. Using Austin to Dallas as an example, he says air would be the premium mode and road travel the less desirable option. At the right price, a two-hour trip by high-speed rail could be an attractive alternative for travelers.
Federal Railroad Administration Deputy Administrator Karen Rae told a Texas audience in January that rail has been given a higher profile in national transportation planning, thanks to the October 2008 passage of the federal Passenger Rail Infrastructure Investment Act, as well as $8 billion in federal stimulus funding reserved for high-speed rail. Speaking at the fifth annual Texas Transportation Forum in Austin, Rae said the federal government is creating a national rail plan along with a national transportation plan that addresses the needs of all transportation modes.
To attract high-speed rail funding, Texas needs a unified rail plan supported by officials from all levels of government.
"We want to hear from states and regions," she said. "Putting rail on a level playing field as we design the network for the future is the purpose of this new initiative."
In fall 2009, Texas submitted a $1.8 billion "wish list" for high-speed rail stimulus funding. By far the largest project on Texas' list was a 220 mph high-speed intercity rail connection dubbed the Texas T-Bone, which would run north-south connecting Fort Worth and San Antonio and east-west from Houston to Temple.
"If you are talking true high speed, then you are talking about completely separated, brand-new railroad," Glavin says. "For anything faster than 110 mph, we need new lines."
Texas didn't get any of the $1.7 billion it requested for the T-Bone, which in any case represented only a fraction of the money needed to develop a high-speed rail infrastructure. The state did receive $4 million to fund crossing signal timing adjustments that would permit the Amtrak Heartland Flyer to increase its speed from 49 to 79 mph in Texas. (It already travels at 79 mph in Oklahoma.) Another item on Texas' wish list, $7 million to lay additional TRE track, received funding from the fiscal 2009 federal appropriations bill.
According to state rail officials, to attract significant high-speed rail funding, Texas needs a unified rail plan supported by officials from all levels of government. Many other states, including those that received the rail stimulus funds, are far ahead of Texas in this process.
"The efforts under way by TxDOT's Rail Division to revise the statewide Rail Plan will help better position Texas for success in future funding opportunities," Glavin says.
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While it would take many years for a high-speed express line like the T-Bone to become a reality, the Lone Star Rail District (LSTAR) is being touted as a viable passenger service as early as 2013. Proponents want to use an existing Union Pacific (UP) freight route connecting San Antonio and Georgetown, with about 15 stops for commuters to hop on a train. UP freight traffic would be diverted to other rail lines still to be built.
Ross Milloy, president of the Greater Austin-San Antonio Corridor Council and LSTAR's interim executive director, says relocating the UP line and adding passenger rail makes sense for drivers, rail passengers and freight movers alike – especially because of anticipated increases in traffic prompted by North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) business.
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|Texas Rail Line Statistics, 2008
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Preserving I-35's capacity is one of Milloy's arguments for creating the LSTAR passenger rail line. According to him, 80 percent of Mexico's annual $900 billion NAFTA trade with the United States and Canada comes through Texas; three-quarters of that is trucked up the Interstate 35 corridor. TxDOT studies estimate NAFTA truck miles in Texas will quintuple in the next 30 years, he says.
Milloy says the state's Texas Rail Relocation and Improvement Fund, which received $182 million in appro- priations from the 2009 Legislature, could be used to start relocating UP's freight operations, although he says the ultimate cost could be $1.7 billion.
"To my mind, that is a wise public investment," Milloy says, noting that the proposed passenger corridor would pass through six of the fastest-growing cities in Texas.
LSTAR estimates that 11,000 people would ride the service daily. Milloy says a passenger rail line could increase personal income along the Interstate 35 corridor by $20 billion, and increase property values tenfold in the quarter-mile around the proposed stations.
That would help the rail district and its partners pay for the service, which would probably employ tax increment reinvestment zones to pay for infrastructure. These zones are created to repay the costs of improvements with the increased tax revenue they generate.
The first stage is conducting environmental studies and preliminary engineering on the existing and relocation routes, Milloy says.
Spokeswoman Raquel Espinoza-Williams says UP, which operates more than half of Texas' freight lines, "has agreed with the Lone Star Rail District to study the feasibility of relocating through freight service to a new line to free up tracks for passenger rail.
"The Lone Star Rail District and its consultants are responsible for designing and locating a potential bypass to be built to Union Pacific specifications to mitigate lost capacity and utility on the existing corridor," she says. FN
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South Carolina is one of 14 states that uses an open primary system, in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.[1][2][3]
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Ginny Deerin - Democratic operative and nonprofit consultant[4]
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The Philadelphia lawyer upholds a tradition of representing unpopular clients
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Representing participants in an up-and-coming professional sport presents unique challenges
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Annals of Justice: A Sentence for Structuring
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Obstacles to diversity in law firms are evolving
by Dr. Sean Kathleen Lincoln and Adrienne Cornwall
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The longtime legal aid services advocate becomes Penn Law's clinical program director
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Local Treasures
Philadelphia has an opportunity to refine its cultural heritage policy
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Sticky Buns for Justice Blackmun
A memorable trip to the Supreme Court
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Sustainable Justice
Firms can join the green movement
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The "American Dream" Deferred
The winning essay in the Ruth Bader Ginsburg "Pursuit of Justice" Legal Writing Competition
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Taliban release video of planning for Camp Bastion assaultThe video clip shows a map on a whiteboard that details the location of the security perimeter, aircraft, hangars, and other buildings. Al Qaeda and the Mullah Dadullah Front were likely involved in the assault that destroyed six USMC Harriers.
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TELANDER: Every day brings new — and crazy — development in Manti Te'o story
BY RICK TELANDER email@example.com January 26, 2013 12:34AM
Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o shared his girlfriend-hoax story with Katie Couric, with whom he shares a public-relations agent. | AP
Updated: February 28, 2013 6:43AM
As I type this, I know the voice of Manti Te'o's dead, nonexistent girlfriend — when the fake female speaker
purportedly was alive — was
spoken by a guy.
I can't say much more because the clock is ticking. And when it ticks, Te'o — and his people — spin.
Oops! It wasn't a guy! ABC News says four audio experts have reclaimed that the voice was that of a girl. Likely.
And — you knew it would happen — Dr. Phil is now in the mix. The showbiz shrink will have an ''exclusive'' interview with Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, the apparent mastermind (is that the right word?) behind this whole gone-
girl gig.
What else do I know? Te'o isn't gay. (He says. To Katie Couric.) The truth will set you free. (Some random tweet.) Notre Dame's leprechaun is looking for phone sex with a leprechaun-ette. (Made up.)
Oh, and this Tuiasosopo fellow also clowned Miss South Pacific 2007, beauty queen Tessi Tolutau, a few years back. Pretended he was, God, I don't know, a talking coconut? They never really met (as we used to call human contact), but they talked and texted — girlfriend stuff. Tolutau told the New York Daily News of the faker, who claimed to be a Victoria's Secret model who dated Mark Sanchez: ''She wrote, 'I just wanted to know what path I should take for the Miss Tonga pageant.' ''
OK, I just returned from a warm bath, followed by sedatives and green chai tea. How great is it to be a sportswriter?
† I GUESS I CAN'T BLAME Te'o for getting a disaster-fixing PR agent, Matthew Hiltzik, who also happens to represent cheerleader-sweet, cute-as-a-puppy TV personality Couric. What can you do when you leave campus and Notre Dame isn't there to sell your catfish story?
I have only two beefs.
Just as I-feel-your-pain-and-will-hear-your-sins-and-grant-absolution entertainer Oprah Winfrey deserves no credit for having Lance Armstrong on her weepy show to inform us he cheated — his tawdry, sinister, vicious serial cheating already had been documented by oath-taking citizens, competitors, law-enforcement officials, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and the World Anti-Doping Agency — Couric's ''get'' of Te'o is as fraudulent as her ultra-white teeth.
It was just a brokered deal between — wink, wink — innocent stars.
Oh, and Hiltzik formerly represented Justin Bieber. Enough said.
† THE NEW YORK KNICKS are worth $1.1 billion, according to a recent Forbes poll. That puts them first among NBA franchises. Next are the Los Angeles Lakers at $1 billion. In third position are the Bulls at $800 million, an increase of $200 million from last season. Without Derrick Rose playing a minute.
Way to go, Jimmy Butler!
† JUST CURIOUS: The NCAA pounces with full weight on any poor collegiate mope who happens to get $20 from a booster or a free tattoo or — God forbid! — tries to sell his likeness on a calendar or make a paid appearance.
But where are those dudes in the Te'o catfishing derby? The lunacy here is manifest, complex and lucrative. Think how much a Heisman Trophy for Notre Dame would have been worth in goodwill, reputation, etc. And the Irish linebacker almost won because of his back story.
Where are you, NCAA? Catfish got your tongue?
† ACTUALLY, THE NCAA might be busy doing something it probably should have done many times in the past: investigating itself.
It seems the crazily huge agency — which is made up, supposedly, of its member institutions, doing only what those colleges and universities want it to do, with no other agenda whatsoever — has gone a little rogue in its rules enforcement.
While uncovering corruption at the University of Miami, with slick, big-talking, Ponzi-scheming, partying-with-athletes booster Nevin Shapiro being the main target, the NCAA sleuths apparently went too far, working some deals that were clearly outside their legal authority. NCAA president Mark Emmert called it ''a very severe issue of improper conduct.''
The irony of NCAA investigators having no guns, badges, subpoena power or anything much at all except pretty-please power, while checking out things worth millions of dollars or overwhelming amounts of status, is amusing.
It's actually absurd and ridiculous. And it stems from the notion that big-time, entertainment-driven, money-laden college sports is an amateur thing. Just fun after school. Like clay-making or Cub Scouts. And because it's just funsy-patty-cake stuff, it doesn't need real police.
These enforcement dudes
might find out there's a real jail, however.
† HATS OFF (fedoras, of course) to Bulls players Luol Deng and Joakim Noah for being selected to the Eastern Conference All-Star team. The versatile Deng has done it before, but this is new terrain for the hyperactive, still-maturing Noah.
With the recognition, Noah should realize that with his size, long arms and enthusiasm, nobody should beat him to the boards or outhustle him on defense. You play your game close to the rim and know you're an All-Star? You can own the glass, own the lane.
Noah always has had a touch of Dennis Rodman in him. No, not the wedding dress. The rebounding fool with the silly hair.


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It's well known that Democrats take money from the Unions, get elected, give out sweetheart deals to the Unions at taxpayer expense and then wait for the next election to begin the cycle again. It's crony goverment at it's worst and it's killing our country.
So you think "big deal, NC is a right to work state". True, for now. If you are a North Carolina State Employee then you are probably a member of SEANC. You may not be surprised to hear that it was encourage by superiors at one point (I speak from personal experience). Most employees sign up and let the $4 dues be automatically deducted from each paycheck thinking "whatever it is, it must be good for employees or it wouldn't exist", "it's a club right?".
My guess is you've heard of the SEIU, potentially the most destructive force in America. On March 8, 2008 the SEANC decided to get into bed with the SEIU and currently hands over $300k of dues money. Did they bother asking or even announcing it to their dues paying members…….. nope. And so now we have the State Employees Association of North Carolina, SEIU Local 2008
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Communist and socialist groups — including the Maoist Revolutionary Communist Party, the Communist Party USA, Trotskyist Socialist Workers Party and the Democratic Socialists of America — are voicing their support for the public-sector unions protesting Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker's plans to curtail their collective bargaining abilities.
The communist and socialist groups have parroted many of the union talking points being used by the unions on their websites and in their publications, such as those accusing the governor of trying to break their unions. They have also compared Walker to former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak.
"Egypt, whose revolution has been a constant source of inspiration here, reflected in signs and chants — and Walker's new nickname, Gov. Mubarak," an article reads from the International Socialist Organization's webzine.
The webzine also describes the unions' protest of Walker's plans to force a vote on curtailing public-sector unions as "class war in Wisconsin" and as an affront to "the standard of living of working people."
The formerly Soviet-backed Communist Party USA (CPUSA) echoed similar talking points.
"Using the deficit as a scare tactic, the right-wing corporate Republicans are on a fast track to defeat every initiative of the Obama administration, to destroy unions and public services at the federal, state and municipal level, and at the same time protect tax breaks for the richest few," Joelle Fishman, chair of the CPUSA's Political Action Commission, wrote in an article posted on her party's website.
Fishman went on to call on a "broad alliance of forces for social change (labor, racially oppressed, women, youth)" to reframe the debate for the 2012 elections.
The website of the Socialist Workers Party's newspaper, The Militant, bears a photo of a sign proclaiming "Walker is an enemy of the people."
Over in the Workers World World Party's newspaper Workers World, the presence of the student participants in the demonstrations is described as "as one of the most urgent tasks for young people at the moment."
This says a lot more about the unions' political orientation than it does about these fringe groups that have thrown their support behind the union protesters, according to noted author and former communist-turned-conservative activist Ron Radosh.
Radosh doesn't believe the communist and socialist groups have been orchestrating the protests, but their willingness to speak the same language as the unions shows how far to the left the public-sector unions have moved.
"Their positions are the same as the unions, and that's not surprising," Radosh said. "But if you try to prove or show the level of cooperation there, it is very difficult to show that."
At the same time, Radosh says both the communists and the unions have resorted to trotting out the same talking points communists and other radicals used in the 1930s.
But he cautions against labeling the unions as socialist or communist because they largely do not advocate overthrowing the current system.


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Entergy Corp. to Hold Shareholders Meeting in Little Rock
by Luke Jones
Posted 4/24/2013 09:43 am
Updated 2 years ago
Entergy Corp. of New Orleans will hold its annual meeting for shareholders on May 3 at The Peabody Hotel in Little Rock.
Entergy Corp. is the parent company of Entergy Arkansas Inc. and other regional southern utility companies.
It's not uncommon for a company with several regional entities to hold its shareholders' meeting outside of its home state. AT&T Inc. of Dallas held its 2011 shareholders' meeting at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock. In 2012, AT&T's meeting was in Utah, and in 2013 it will be in Wyoming.
Entergy held its 2012 meeting at its headquarters in New Orleans, but the 2011 meeting was in Texas and the 2010 in Mississippi.
Entergy Arkansas is also celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. Part of that celebration involves illuminating three of the bridges crossing the Arkansas River between Little Rock and North Little Rock with multicolored LEDs.
The lighting will be installed on the Clinton Presidential Park Bridge, the Main Street Bridge and the Junction Bridge and will be completed by the end of the year.
The project will cost $2.4 million and is a collaborative effort among Entergy, the two cities, the William J. Clinton Foundation, the Pulaski County Junction Bridge Authority, Philips of Amsterdam and Koontz Electric of Morrilton.
The lights themselves will be installed by Philips, which has previously performed similar projects on landmarks like the Empire State Building in New York City.
Renowned businessman Harvey Couch founded Arkansas Power & Light Co., which would later become Entergy Arkansas, in 1913.


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