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Welcome to the Open Siddur Project Transcription and Documentation wiki. At this site, our project transcribes and proofreads texts, and drafts documentation.
As part of our mission, the Open Siddur Project aims to produce a free software, web-based toolkit for users to prepare siddurim and other high quality Jewish liturgical works (such as haggadot and bentchers) to be printed out, shared online, or accessed via e-readers. In a general sense, the application we're developing might be called a collaborative publishing platform: collaborative like a wiki but designed with the ultimate goal of generating print media. (Unlike a wiki, individual users are given the choice of which material that they'd like to share that they've modified or authored.) Online, the platform will provide a space for individual users to select from, author, and share all the components of a siddur including prayers, translations, commentaries, art, and layout templates for incorporation in new, custom designed siddurim. Alternately, the platform could be used as a novel educational tool for the study of Jewish liturgy.
Our mission encompasses the values of pluralism (acceptance for the diversity of Jewish cultural expression), historical awareness (the text of the siddur is an aggregate of thousands of years of creatively inspired works), and individual freedom (empowering individuals to design their own tools for developing their spiritual practice). Broadly, the work involved with creating our web application is divided in two parts:
Content gathering and preparation
- scanning books and facsimile editions of manuscripts in the Public Domain,
- transcribing the text of those works by manually typing them out
- proofreading our transcriptions for accuracy,
- and encoding them for our database of text.
- For works that are not yet in the Public Domain, the Open Siddur Project receives and encodes new, original material shared using standard free culture licenses. All encoded content is entered into our open source database, making it accessible through our web application and our API.
and Software development, i.e., the design and coding of the following:
- specifications of the XML-based format in which we archive the project's texts,
- transforms to convert the XML-encoded documents into print- or display-ready formats,
- the eXist-based native XML database that contains the data,
- and the web-based application infrastructure used by developers and end users for editing, retrieving and remixing the texts we provide.
Besides these two great efforts, we also advocate for the adoption of free culture licenses for the sharing of Jewish cultural works. For more information on this, please check out our web page.
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Summary of current development status:
- Development is progressing on the backend technologies and on the end user interface.
- We are looking for volunteer developers.
- We are looking for accurate typists and careful proofreaders for both Hebrew and English texts.
- We have also made progress toward specific development milestones.
- The latest code is available from our github repository.
- Our earliest proof-of-concept (a command line application) is available from our subversion server. Development on this proof of concept is now frozen. All active development effort is directed toward the database/web application architecture.
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This is a free software/open source project. It makes progress because volunteers put their time into making it work.
The first step to joining the project is joining the general mailing list and/or the technical mailing list. Let us know who you are and what you are interested in doing.
Tell us about yourself by filling out our survey.
Check out what we've done so far. A demonstration of our technology is now available.
Got any ideas for new ways to use the Open Siddur? Put them in the Brainstorm session.
- The easiest way to get started immediately is as a text transcriber. To get started click here.
See the milestones page and the links from there to find out where active development is taking place now. All software under development is available on our git repository. The trunk contains the most recent source code; it may be broken at any time. For an introduction to coding for the project, see Intro to hacking.
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The state of Hugo Chávez's health has prompted plenty of speculation and debate across Washington and among the Venezuelan president's universe of Twitter followers, but for some of his regional friends, the stakes are particularly high. For the past decade, Chávez's Petrocaribe program, which provides heavily discounted Venezuelan oil and finances a slew of infrastructure projects around the region-has helped a handful of Central American and Caribbean leaders avoid the kinds of tough economic choices that drive angry citizens into the streets. Yet, with the approach of elections in October, Chávez now faces some tough challenges-to the state of his country's own finances and to his ability to sustain both his political and personal strength.
In the Dominican Republic, the loss of help from Venezuela would put the new Danilo Medina administration in a tough spot, particularly since Chávez's patronage allowed the outgoing Leonel Fernandez administration to avoid painful belt-tightening, in particular, by bailing out the state-owned electricity company and keeping money flowing to privately owned generators who threatened to shut off the lights. If Chávez exits and Petrocaribe is cut off next year, Medina's government will have to finally force consumers to pay for their electricity (or at least stop stealing it), and tap domestic financial markets or turn to international creditors to avoid leaving its people in the dark. Access to foreign financial markets can probably help the new government keep the lights on, but that will leave Medina's government with less of the financial capital it needs to begin building its political capital.
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- 4th (team sprint), 13th (kierin) - 2012 Track World Cup (London, United Kingdom)
- 1st (kierin), 1st (team sprint), 3rd (individual sprint) - 2012 Australian Track Championships (Adelaide, Australia)
- 2nd (team sprint) - 2011 Astana World Cup (Astana, Kazakhstan)
- 4th (team sprint), 11th (individual sprint), 7th (kierin) - 2011 Track World Championships (Apeldoorn, Netherlands)
- 1st (team sprint), 3rd (individual sprint), 8th (kierin) - 2011 Australian Track Championships (Sydney, Australia)
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- Matthew Glaetzer has had a rapid rise to becoming World Champion after only three years in the sport. The recent graduate to the senior Australian team has shone on the world stage despite his short time in the sport, helping Australia to World Championship gold and World Cup bronze in 2012 in the team sprint to go with multiple junior international medals.
- He highlighted his potential as a sprint star when he took out the individual sprint, keirin and won silver in the team sprint at the 2010 Junior Track World Championships in Montichiari, Italy.
- Glaetzer went on to win the team sprint at the 2011 Australian Track Championships and claimed bronze in the individual sprint to signal that he was ready to take on the world's best in the lead up to London.
- Glaetzer and teammates Scott Sunderland and Shane Perkins pulled off a stunning victory at the 2012 World Track Championships with Glaetzer tracking down Frenchman Michael D'Almeida to lead the Australians to gold by one thousandth of a second and set the stage for a classic showdown in London. Glaetzer also lowered the Australian record for the individual sprint with his 9.902 seconds at the meet but failed to go on and win a medal.
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Since I've been talking about beloved 1980s television, do you think there's a chance I'll ever see a DVD set of Probe? It's best known (if at all) today for being co-created by Isaac Asimov, but I quite enjoyed this short-run TV mystery series. There was a two-hour pilot movie, followed by six hour-long episodes. (Judging by the comments there, some people are still bitter it's gone.)
Parker Stevenson co-starred as genius Austin James, who lived in a computer-controlled warehouse kind of like a mad scientist Batcave. This was back in 1988, so "computer-controlled" meant something a bit different than that does now, when you can pop down to Lowe's and pick up a home kit. Although, come to think of it, I'm reminded of the sheriff's house on Eureka.
Wacky secretary Mickey Castle (Ashley Crow, who I've never seen anywhere else but is apparently now appearing on Heroes) balanced his arrogance with clumsy humanity. The mysteries had a strong science fiction twist to them, (as with the computer that tried to kill people by turning both direction's traffic lights green at the same time, an image I don't think I'm ever going to forget due to its blend of normality and morbid imagination), lightened with humor.
Why'd I like it? Because Austin James was one of the very few fictional characters I was exposed to who was valued, respected, and feared for being smart. He lived life on his own terms, and he got away with it because of his intelligence. As a kid who only had that going for me, I loved his smart-aleckness and amazing store of knowledge.
There's an ad-heavy show fan site with an episode guide, fanfic, and best of all, links to youtube clips of the shows. You can also vote for a DVD set at tvshowsondvd.com. Pictures are from this show writeup, which is nicely thorough.
Probe is one of those series that I try to explain to people only to get the most incredulous stare, like I must have dreamed up such a strange-sounding TV show in some delusional dream… then I tell them about Automan from a few years earlier.
What I remember liking about Probe was the imaginative mysteries which offered a puzzle but didn't follow a clear formula (at least not one as clear as traditional mysteries). The early Harry Potter books have a similar appeal to me for mixing mystery with new rules for nature.
Me, I related to Mickey since she had a tendency to notice the important detail (which I frequently did as a viewer) without realizing its importance. I liked that dynamic… Mickey would find the question and Austin would find the answer. (At least, that's how I remember them.)
I think my favorite Probe was the one with the ape that spoke sign language. The revelation at the end was very cute.
Oh, wow, a blast from the past! I adored this show. As a (fellow) geeky smart kid, I loved the idea that it was possible (theoretically, at least) to grow up and someday be admired and needed for your brains. In a world of Monk and Numb3rs, this show would probably do fairly well if reimagined today.
There was a show I watched around the same time, which hasn't aged nearly as well, called War of the Worlds, which of course was based on the Martians taking over and blah blah blah. But one thing that still holds up is Jared Martin's Harrison Blackwood- only rarely did he reveal a beating heart within the cold shell of a man who was very ruthless in his quest to rid the earth of the alien presence. He was a scientist, and approached things as a scientist wood. Martin was never the strongest actor in the world but on that show he was good.
It's been alleged that one of Chris Carter's many "influences" for X-Files, was Probe.
I loved Automan, too! I thought about trying to acquire some of those episodes to see if it stood up as I remembered — all I recall now is his ability to mimic Jerry Lee Lewis. And the inertia-less car and its cornering.
Barry, good point about those heroes becoming more common.
Dan: Interesting X-Files connection. I noticed several of the fanfic Probe pieces were crossovers with that show, so obviously the similarity was noted.
I'd certainly netflix, at the very least, a DVD release of Probe. Didn't it air in a show-killing graveyard timeslot, like 8 pm on Saturdays?
On Automan: A few years ago, a friend gave us tickets he couldn't use for Kiss Me Kate at the Kennedy Center. About halfway through the first act, I recognized Chuck Wagner from Automan and nearly stood up and shouted, "DUDE! It's AUTOMAN!" It's best that I didn't…
Yeah, I think Probe aired on Thursdays at 8 PM, a time slot where ABC has sent plenty of good programming to die until this season. (IIRC, at that time the time slot was dominated by The Cosby Show… with The Simpsons joining the battle a year or two later.)
I remember enjoying it when it first aired, but I was a little baby geek at the time, not even reading comics yet, nor my first Asimov short story. It was only years later that I discovered the show's pedigree. I'd love to see it now on DVD, just to see if it was as good as I remembered at the rip old age of 12.
But I'm not holding my breath. . .
>>Barry, good point about those heroes becoming more
I think it's all part of the "geeks rule the world" vibe that has caught on. Too late to help the teen geek I was, but pretty cool to witness now!
Whoa, and here I thought I was the only one that liked that show…
I never saw Probe when it first aired, but I got into it when it was on Sci-Fi Channel back in the 90s. There was another show that I really enjoyed that was on either before or after it… Otherworld. That was about this family that taken to this alternate universe or something.
Speaking of old sci-fi shows that need to be on DVD… where is my DVD box set of VR-5?
If we're talking shows we want to see on DVD, mine would be Search (its pilot was called Probe too). Burgess Meredith and Doug McClure starred in this spy/technological adventure. As a kid growing up in the early-70s, I loved it.
Or then there was Manimal… Hey – c'mon, it had Melody Anderson in it!
The best part of Automan was when Automan would do a fast turn and it was so obvious they were just having Desi Arnaz Jr. throw himself up against the glass and reversing the film.
Adam Arnold, Otherworld was a favorite of mine when it originally aired, though it shows its age IMO.
Adam – I always hold out hope for VR.5. It was a show that got maligned for far too much far too soon. It was a much better show than its pilot, but most people gave up after that. There was once a DVD solicited — like the VHS releases at the time, it would be 2 episodes per DVD, but on 6 or 7 separate releases. They got canceled before they came out. This was before EVERY TV show and its mother had a DVD release, though, so maybe it's possible someone will give it a shot again.
Sadly, like the VHS tapes, they'd likely get rid of all the beautiful music — Dee Carstensen has the voice of an angel — and replace it with that crappy digital music stuff.
Side note: Two Januaries after VR.5's unfortunate demise, a new pilot premiered on another network starring one of the stars of VR.5. What the heck, I thought, let me give this BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER a shot — it's got Anthony Stewart Head in it!
Side note II: I believe Adam Baldwin, another Whedon actor, was in an episode of VR.5
OK, I'm done with the mundane trivia now.
I was lucky enough to miss the pilot of VR.5 and tuned in with the second episode. That show really charmed me because it essentially was a series about a woman who had a device that let her peek into people's subconsciousness. That show had some interesting episodes that nicely played on how what you see in someone's mind is just their perception of things.
And I, too, remember how in those days ASH was the guy from the coffee commercial couple. (What was the brand… Folgers Instant?)
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In the later part of the 19th century natural materials, such as bone, jet, ivory and tortoise shell were favored by the Victorians. As a more interesting contrast to the machine produced jewelry part findings (O fittings, pin mechanisms and small parts of a piece of jewelry) and metal work, the artisans of this era used these types of organic materials in creative ways to produce a variety of stylistic jewelry.
Making a dramatic visual statement when worn, this large and impressive natural tortoise shell necklace and locket is all original and all tortoise shell. With a texture as smooth as silk and its beautiful array of deep and rich colors of dark coco to burnt sienna, this material makes for a most fantastic showpiece. Versatile as it is original, this antique necklace can be worn in two different ways as displayed in the photos.
The superb chain is constructed of thirteen diamond shapes of finely detailed scroll and flourish open work. The pierced open panels are connected by elongated oval fittings and conclude with a tortoise shell hook on one end and a natural tortoise shell locket on the other. Opening and closing securely, the hinged locket opens to reveal a compartment with its original rim and early plastic cover. Original to the chain, it is attached via a metal pin placed through the tortoise shell to secure the link. If desired, the locket can be removed by cutting the "O" fitting of the piece.
Measurements: Chain is 24-1/4 inches (61.6 cm) in length not including the locket. Locket is less than 2-1/8 inches (5.1 cm) in height including ¼ of an inch (0.6 cm) top "O" fitting by 1-1/2 inches (3.8 cm) in width by ½ of an inch (1.3 cm) in thickness. Together the locket and chain weigh 35.5 grams.
Condition: Very good to excellent; chain and hook are excellent; one minute loss to the end of a scroll. Locket has a bit of minor surface wear; three spots where it almost appears to be small water spots.
Date: 1870 – 1880
Origin: Most likely English
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Cleveland takes a reluctant Cleveland, Jr. to a turkey farm in order to teach him how to hunt the family's Thanksgiving dinner. But Junior refuses to harm the innocent turkeys. So when Cleveland is accidentally shot, he and Junior embark on an elaborate mission to free all of the turkeys before Thanksgiving. Meanwhile, Rallo and Donna build a float for Stoolbend's Thanksgiving Day parade, but Rallo takes matters into his own hands when Donna fails to embrace his artistic vision in the all-new "Turkey Pot Die" episode of THE CLEVELAND SHOW airing Sunday, Nov. 25 (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (CLE-406) (TV-14 D, L, S, V)
Voice Cast: Mike Henry as Cleveland Brown and Rallo Tubbs; Sanaa Lathan as Donna Tubbs; Kevin Michael Richardson as Cleveland Jr. and Lester; Reagan Gomez as Roberta Tubbs; Jason Sudeikis as Holt and Terry
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Jeffrey Bernstein, a political scientist at Eastern Michigan University, describes the central fact about congressional elections: incumbents are re-elected in overwhelming numbers. He also reviews how political scientists have explained this phenomenon and suggests ways for high school and college teachers to teach their students about incumbency. What follows is an excerpt from a simulation of congressional elections Bernstein created for CongressLink, a project conducted with a Robert H. Michel Civic Education Grant [discontinued grants program].
The first, and most central, fact we should know about congressional elections is the incumbency advantage (see the following section for useful tips on how to teach about incumbency). Simply put, what we mean by this is that incumbent members of Congress are at a great advantage when running for reelection; over time, incumbents are reelected close to 95% of the time. Some years, this figure climbs as high as 98%; in 1998, for example, 395 out of 403 incumbents who sought reelection were successful (seven lost in the general election and one lost his primary). Thus, I teach my classes that understanding congressional elections means first understanding the advantages of incumbency; the most important thing to know about any congressional contest is whether an incumbent is running or whether it is a race for an open seat.
The first generation of scholarship on congressional elections took two views of why incumbents possessed such an advantage. The first of these views focused on voter behavior. In this research, incumbents were said to win reelection so frequently because congressional voters were inordinately swayed by name recognition when casting their congressional votes. In a landmark article, John Ferejohn demonstrated that voters were likely to vote against the candidate from their party if the only name they recognized was that of the candidate for the other party. Thus, on average, a Democrat who recognizes only the name of the Republican on the ballot is more likely to vote Republican than Democrat. Since incumbents generally have higher name recognition than challengers, they become more likely to be reelected.
The second view for why incumbents are more likely to be reelected comes from incumbent behavior. This theory, most associated with work by David Mayhew and Morris Fiorina, argues that incumbents take advantage of the perquisites of office to enhance their electoral position over their challengers. Thus, the franking (free mailing) privilege incumbents get helps them maintain increased name recognition. Travel to the district helps incumbents as well. In addition, by performing casework for their constituents (such as by finding lost Social Security checks), incumbents can develop good will, which then translates into votes. Finally, incumbents can skillfully take positions that are in agreement with constituency opinion. They also advertise based on these positions and build a legislative record that the opinion leaders in the district can support. In short, incumbents are doing the things that help them get reelected.
Linked to incumbency (and closely following from it) is the strategic politicians theory most associated with the work of Gary Jacobson and Sam Kernell. Jacobson and Kernell argue that the reason incumbents win so often is because they so often face weak challengers. Because incumbents can do things like advertising, casework and skillful position-taking, and because voters tend to vote based on name recognition, where incumbents dominate, strong challengers tend to avoid running. Why should a state legislator risk her seat to run a likely losing battle against an incumbent member of Congress? Thus, the field is left to the weak challengers, who are usually no match for incumbents. Congressional elections become self-fulfilling prophecies. Good challengers stay away because it seems incumbents will win; when they do, incumbents win.
The strategic politicians theory incorporates money as well. If there is one thing we know about money in congressional elections, it is that money matters most to the challengers. Incumbents already have gotten their name before the voters; things like casework and franking allow them to do so while in office. But challengers tend to be less known. Successful challengers must spend money. But strategic donors avoid giving money to those they perceive as weak; why donate money to a candidate who is likely to lose? Money accounts for even more of the incumbency advantage; most congressional challengers are perceived as so weak that they can't even get their hands on enough cash to run a campaign. Strategic donors also help make congressional elections self-fulfilling prophecies.
Finally, the strategic politicians theory accounts for national results in addition to local ones. We have already seen how the quality of a challenger influences individual elections. But on the national scale, challenger quality is how national factors get linked to individual districts. For example, in 1994, Republicans looked primed to gain House seats. President Clinton was unpopular and the economy was not doing superbly. Thus, throughout the country, strong Republicans lined up to run against Democratic incumbents; while most of these incumbents were reelected, a significant number lost. Few strong Democrats challenged Republicans; that year, no Republican incumbents lost. Thus, although most congressional voters do not directly use national criteria in casting their votes, the strategic politician idea is how these factors get reflected in elections.
Before closing out this discussion on incumbency and congressional elections, I must remind the readers that despite all I have thus far said, members of Congress continue to "run scared." (The phrase is Gary Jacobson's.) Years ago, Richard Fenno argued that even though objective indicators may point to the fact that a member of Congress has little to fear in a reelection bid, all of them act as if they do. Members are always a little paranoid, as losing an election is the worst possible thing that could happen in their careers. Thus, even seemingly safe members are hyper-cautious about the next election. They visit the district all the time, closely monitor prevailing opinion back home, act carefully in their position-taking, and devote their attention to scaring off strong challengers for next time. It is true that in any year's election, very few incumbents lose. But, the fear that defeat may hit them leaves members constantly vigilant about the next election.
Four Central Facts about Incumbency and How to Teach Them
1. Incumbents win an overwhelming proportion of the time because they have significant advantages. These advantages include the ability to send free mail to their constituents and the ability to perform little favors for their constituents.
a. For instance, take the franking privilege (their ability to send free mail to constituents as long as the mail is not campaign-related). Get a copy of a recent newsletter sent by the local member of Congress. Share it with your students. Inform them that most incumbents send something like this to all addresses in their district 2-4 times a year. Is this a powerful advantage they have over their challengers?
b. Or, consider the ability to do casework for their constituents. Make a constituent request of your local member of Congress and save the letter they send you and the envelope. Share these materials with students. Point out that incumbents are provided the staff resources to provide these services to constituents, and are able to use the postal service for nothing in order to do this. This is another significant advantage for incumbents.
2. Incumbents win reelection so often because congressional elections are usually poorly followed by media and by the voters. Voters in congressional elections often vote by simple cues such as party and/or name recognition (incumbents have the advantage because their names are more likely to be known). Issue positions or policy behavior while in office affect few people's votes.
a. See how many students can name their local House incumbent. Then, see how many can name either the current challenger (if it's an election year) or the previous challenger (if it's not an election year). Compare this with how many can name the president, governor, senators, and their current or most recent opponents. There will be a difference.
b. Offer extra credit to any student who can tell you any policy stands taken by their local incumbent. The great majority of congressional election voters cannot do this. Just for the heck of it, ask if any of them can tell you any bills sponsored by the local representative. Trust me, they can't.
3. Congress as a whole is unpopular, but incumbents can nicely weather the storm. An unpopular institution does not affect the reelection ambitions of its members.
a. Ask your students to rate Congress on a scale of 1-10. Most will cluster around 5-7, although your class will have answers that vary. You are very unlikely to have students cluster in the 8-10 range. Then, ask them to predict the percentage of incumbents seeking reelection who get reelected in a given year. Tell them on average this number is 93, although in some years (like 2000) it flirts with 98. How can this unpopular an institution see so many of its members returned? See point #1 - incumbents have many resources at their disposal. And see point #2 - most voters use relatively simple cues in voting.
b. If you can, ask your students to read George Crile's article, "The Best Congressman" from Harper's Magazine, January 1975. This article nicely tells the story of Congressman Dan Flood from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. I won't give away too much J except to say that Flood did everything right for the citizens of Wilkes-Barre even if it meant acting in a way that was contrary to the national interest. I always tell my students that Dan Flood is the kind of person you'd love to have represent you but is also the kind of person you'd hate to see in Congress representing someone else. He explains how Congress can be unpopular but have its members consistently returned to office. (I know there may be difficulty in assigning extra reading like this, but this is a short article, it's fun, and the lesson it packs is well worth it!)
4. Members of Congress "run scared." Even in the absence of any reason to fear for their electoral lives, the worry incessantly about losing the next election. This keeps them risk averse and keeps their behavior in line with what they perceive their constituents want.
- a. I always take my 100 person lecture class and have them all
pretend they are members of Congress. Ninety-five percent of
them will be reelected, so they all have little reason to fear.
Then, I randomly call out names of five who lost. I encourage
all of them to look around the room at those who lost. People
who lose are not just statistics - they may include the person
I eat lunch with, the woman with an office down the hall from
mine, the man who serves on my committee with me. When people
see how defeat can touch those close to them, they get a little
more paranoid about losing.
b. I remind students also that while defeat in any given year is rare, more members leave office due to electoral defeat than any other reason (such as retirement). It is true that most members are likely to win any given election, a long congressional career requires stringing along a large number of wins. This is not always easy.


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Federal financial aid recipients who withdraw from all classes during a semester (or cease attendance without notifying the school) may be required to repay a portion of the federal funds received during that term. According to federal regulations, colleges must determine the amount of federal aid a student earned based on the percentage of the semester attended. Attendance is determined by the earlier of the official drop date, the student's notification of his/her intent to withdraw, or the last date of participation in an academically related activity. Federal regulations specify the calculation used to determine if and how much repayment is required. If a student attended more than 60% of the term, no return of funds is required.
If a student owes a repayment, it will be applied to the following programs in this order:
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If EWC is required to repay any portion of a student's aid, the student is responsible for repaying the funds to EWC. Any unpaid balance must be resolved by the student prior to registering for subsequent terms.
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Fayette BOE have their say in verbal brawl
Schoolyard brawls usually attract a lot of attention. That would have been the case at the May 4 meeting of the Fayette County Board of Education, except that the meeting was sparsely attended, as usual, and
there was no dirt to kick around. But there was plenty of mud to sling.
Board member Bob Todd, perhaps coincidentally while his opponent in the July primary sat in the audience, was taken to task by fellow board members Janet Smola and Chairman Terri Smith for some of his recently published statements that link to previous ones. It is not the first time board members have bantered back and forth on issues but is was the most prolonged.
The board was in the middle of a discussion of the upcoming budget and the millions of dollars of proposed cuts facing board members. A discussion of the significant fund balance now in place was followed by comments from Superintendent John DeCotis on the things parents expect from Fayette schools and the needed cuts that were made by the board last year.
"We will do well if we don't cut our employees anymore, and if we can do more for them I think that's great," DeCotis said. "But what we need to keep in mind is that we were criticized before for having a lower fund balance because we did absorb the cost rather than cut things that we felt were central for students. We have a lot of good things going for us and that's why people come here and have been very supportive of the school system and what we are doing."
It was at that point that Smola initiated a change in the direction of the budget conversation.
"I'm so glad you said that. I really am," Smola said to DeCotis, noting that she was "astonished" to read what she said were comments by Todd in a newspaper article where he said, "'due to a lack of foresight and planning the school system is one the verge of losing its standing as one of the nation's top school systems.'"
"You know that's not true. You absolutely know that's not true," Smola then said to Todd, recounting the school system's many academic accomplishments over the past few years despite the "$40 million in cuts from the state" since 2002 and use of "reserves" to fill in the blanks. "A statement like that is absolutely irresponsible."
Her statements were followed with those of Todd, suggesting Smola re-read the article.
"I was talking about finances," Todd said several times, injecting his comments into Smola's repeated statements of what she said she was reading. "You're diverting away from the issue. I'm talking about the budget, Ms. Smola. Talking about cuts, Ms. Smola. I know what the accolades are for this system. I was talking about finances."
The back and forth continued for a short time, with Todd saying his priority will be to continue funding the classroom and Smola saying his published comments concerning the budget make it appear as if she, Smith and board member Lee Wright are making all the decisions.
The display continued with Smola and Chairman Terri Smith weighing in on Todd's vote last year in opposition to the budget based on an issue with national board certified teachers and the lack of a line item on reserves, which Smith and Smola said are prohibited if a school system accepts federal funds.
Their position on reserves notwithstanding, Georgia law allows a school system, with some conditions, to hold up to 15 percent of its budget in reserve.
The "discussion" appeared to wind down from that point, following comments from Wright that he was glad the "three" had adopted the FY 2010 budget, an apparent reference to the 3-2 split vote that sometimes occurs where Smola, Smith and Wright are on one side of an issue with Todd and board member Marion Key on the other.
Wright, and then Smola, thanked DeCotis for his guidance through the recessionary times.
Apparently believing he needed to drive home another point, Todd referenced comments by school system staff and board members in various meetings about a total of $40 million in state cuts over recent years. Asking when the first year of actual cuts in state funding over the prior year occurred (as opposed to austerity cuts that all school systems experience), Comptroller Laura Brock said that, as far as she recalled, the overall budget went down last year for the first time.
"Everybody in the state got austerity cuts. Right? Poor little Fayette wasn't singled out, right?" Todd asked, rehashing what he said was the point behind his comments on austerity cuts made at previous board meetings and in the recently published account. "We were treated just like everybody else. So when we say we took cuts we took nothing different than anybody else. It was a cut in a projected increase in money."
Todd said he would prepare for the media an accounting of the actual dollar increases during the time that "we have been crying about" the cuts.
Smith and Smola asked that while putting the information together, Todd also include figures on unfunded state and federal mandates, additional reporting requirements, mandated reductions to class size and all the many variables that are figured into expenditures for which the board has no control, such as fuel prices and unfunded salary increases.
Todd responded to both, saying his published comments referenced land and buildings, not the quality of programs.
That did not satisfy Smola or Smith.
"You opened up this creation of a campaign of fear," said Smola. "Is that what you're doing?"
Words between Todd, Smith and Smola continued to be bantered back and forth. Smith proceeded to account for Todd's votes on the land purchase for the Rivers Elementary site, bond resolutions and other items. Smith was also prepared for the occasion, reciting a litany of votes, both during Todd's time on the board and earlier, where there was no 3-2 split vote on issues such as budgets and land purchases.
"You can prepare all you want to for the press about the numbers going up and down, But I guarantee you I'll spend more time digging in the computer because I can and I'm going to call you out on it because it's lies and you know it," Smith said.
"Do you want to talk about the property behind Whitewater?" Todd asked.
"Yeah, let's," Smith responded. "We had an offer from somebody who was willing to buy it, who wanted to buy it for wetlands and it's not sold."
"No, the original proposal was to sell it as swamp land at $2,000 per acre," Todd said.
"So, wouldn't that have been $2,000 an acre that we would have had that we don't have?" Smith questioned.
"The wetland is worth at least $2.5-3 million. Maybe that fits the pattern of why we bought all this extra land. I don't know," Todd returned.
"We bought the land that was for sale," Smith said. "They weren't going to sell us the land in front and keep the swamp land."
"I'm not talking about that. We could have sold it for wetlands but that was not the original proposal," Todd answered, saying later he was referencing the Kiwanis land that was purchased for $1.6 million. "The plot was on giving it away."
Smola and Smith both responded briefly, insisting that such was not the case.
The back and forth conversation continued for a short time until DeCotis essentially ended the verbal brawl with comments on issues like equalization and mid-term budgeting. Aside from general comments from DeCotis and the board the budget discussion ended.
The board at a subsequent meeting will get back to the budget and the millions of dollars in cuts they face. The budget must be approved by the end of June.
A few school system staff after the meeting said they were embarrassed at the board's display. Aside from central office staff and a very small number school system employees, usually the only adults at school board meetings are the parents of children receiving awards. Those presentations are made at the beginning of the meetings, after which the parents and children almost always leave.
But Fayette's school board meetings, in terms of citizen attendance, are no different than most others. Here in Fayette County, as in other locales, the majority of property taxes paid by homeowners goes to the school system, yet school board meetings are the most sparsely attended of any governmental or tax levying body.
You have got to be kidding. Both Smola and Smith are control freaks! Their attitude is that it is their way or no way! They get in a Board Meeting and act like two teenagers in a pillow fight. They can not stand to be questioned and attact fellow board members who dare to question board actions, policy or procedures. They even get Smiley Face to run against Dr. Todd in an attempt to keep control.
Where is their profesionalism? Don't talk to the Citizens of Fayette County about their innocence. They have fractured the trust of the other board members, school employees, parents and citizens.
We voters will remember and take care of this in the 2010 and 2012 elections.
Not sure how anyone could question Ms Smith's or Ms Smola's intentions..if they have ever bothered to check into the back ground of either of these women...What you will find is years and years of dedication and concern for Fayette County's Education system and the children they serve...not those that can vote but those that can't...Ms Smola and Ms Smith have never had any agenda other than the best interest of those they serve....in fact Ms Smith still has children in the school system and it is crazy to imagine that she would want anything but what is best for her children and ours...
Is the Fayette County BOE headed in the same direction that brought down Clayton County? That all began with board members with personal agendas and political axes to grind. Fayette does not need that kind of behavior.
Board members Smola and Smith continue to have personal agendas and use strong arm tactics. Quite frankly they have moved from boardsmanship to back door administration by whatever means are at hand. If their control tactics continue, it ultimately bring our school system.
Board members Dr. Bob Todd and Marion Key are trying to do the right thing by questioning the academic, financial and personnel decisions of the BOE to insure that we have the highest quality school district in Georgia. They are trying to insure that our school district survives the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. It is necessary to reduce cost, salaries, staff and programs under these circumstances. Fayette can make it through these times. Students will learn and good teachers will survive.
Each board member needs to be reminded that the voters of Fayette County are active and very savy. We have long memories when it comes to the election process and will remember the mis-steps and actions of any elected official. That applies to all BOE members.
Concerned, you are absolutely right. I couldn't have said it better. I really am not sure what Smola and Smith have in mind with their tactics but they don't have the parents and students welfare at heart. It seems as though they are on a personal power trip. The "I'm right and you will do as I say" attitude will surely bring the school system down. And, that attitude will surely be noted by the rest of the State just as Clayton County's problems have been publicized.
A lot of people feel Smola and Smith are the main reason that Dr. DeCotis retired. What a shame!
Hopefully, things will start to turn around after this year's election.
Fayette County is not immune because these same narrow minded thinkers are running the BOE across the country. It's not the money stupid...it's where it goes. See the Movie trailer "Cartel" and 'Waiting For Superman" exposing these education czars and how to defeat them at www.SPLOSTPOLL.com
I agree with what you say JeffC, but I'm only 45 and am recently learning the facts about Republicans in hindsight. To me and most younger voters Republican in Fayette meant conservative. It is a fact that a Democrat can't get elected in Fayette. That's why liberals like Smith & Smola run as Republicans. In the last election Smola did not mention her intention to support the Splost, but it was her first act shortly after being elected. I'm just trying to get voters under 50 to pay attention to wolves in sheep's clothing.
The way to at least break-up the terrible threesome is to vote for Dr. Sam Tolbert and Dr. Bob Todd in the upcoming election. That and that alone will cut the terrible threesome down to size. It is rumored that Cave is a close personal friend of Smola. So a vote for Cave will just mean the same old, same old.
You are exactly right on that count!!
I understand the pedigree was checked, and certified by the kennel club 100% Smolite!
We also understand it was there, front row, grinning like a Cheshire, when Smola and Smith pulled their stunt. (Not too classy)
Common sense would tell anyone, VOTE TO BREAK THE TIE! We know what the death grip of the Smolite/Smith/Wright, python has done for us.
Why another cat with Smolite/Smith spots?
The joke in her neighborhood is, if in doubt about your vote ..ride by her house.
Whomever's sign in her yard...VOTE AGAINST!
She seems to has wised up in recent year, (or anyone who wants to win has, and distanced themselves)...then again.. it might be, all her attention is on sitting in the Publix's parking lot watching her own signs across the street!
It would be funny if she wasn't making decisions involving helpless children's welfare!
The voters in Fayette had better wake up. Smith & Smola were elected as Republicans, but they are in fact liberal spending Democrats.
Smola should be a female boxer because she has always been very pugilistic. She is a known street fighter, both to the police and courts as well as a BOE brawler.
Her lack of conservative fiscal restraint on the BOE puts her in the flyweight division. But from her picture it appears that as a pro-boxer, she would qualify as a heavy weight. Look out Mr. Todd, Smola will come after you.
I think there might be some confusion here with Ted Turner's, "World championship Wrestling", or a corn fed heavyweight, laying in the feed trough, who won't go away!
Your comment that "Smith & Smola were elected as Republicans, but they are in fact liberal spending Democrats" made me laugh out loud. Your equating Republicans with fiscal restraint shows that you must be as old as I am. In the far distant past that equation might have been true, but that train left the station in the early 80s.
I believe that the citizens in Fayette county are the top executive according to what Kathy Cox told me the order of authority was. We need to get rid of the 3 musketeers. I think it's very sad that Dr. Todd has someone running against him and the others don't. I say the citizens step in and fire them. This one running against Dr. Todd is probably in with the 3 too - where is that going to get us? In deeper trouble I'm sure. I think it's a shame the board has as much control as they do anyway. I know good people have lost positions in areas at local schools where these members reside, just because they stood their ground on issues too. Shame, that's all it is.
We get a vote at each election. That's about it for us! Seems to me that competition for every elective job would be good. Most things are lost due to the fact that they "stood their ground on issues."
Wow. The cat's out of the bag.."It was a cut in a projected increase in money."
We can stop crying now. Nobody got hurt. I like the guy that wants an honest budget. Another statement stands out "Todd's vote last year in opposition to the budget based on an issue with national board certified teachers and the lack of a line item on reserves, which Smith and Smola said are prohibited if a school system accepts federal funds." Spoken like true government hacks that can't go outside of the Federal box.
I'm guilty as charged. I'm putting some meetings on my calender and looking forward to quoting Mr Todd in our school budget sections at www.SPLOSTPOLL.com
see the CARTEL movie trailer and read "They Spend What?" Very eye opening about our money "for the kids."
Dr. Bob is a good, honest, intelligent educator. I would trust anything he had to say when it comes to the education system in Fayette County. He has had a hard row to hoe when it comes to dealing with the "three muskateers" and a "loose cannon" but the man is still in there slugging away for Fayette County students. Way to go, Dr. Bob. Fayette County parents are behind you. You saw my two through Fayette County High and I was thankful everyday you were there.
I read the article in the Fayette county news too. What it stated was Dr Todd had strongly considered not running for re election because of the strangle hold of Smith, Smola, and Wright. That he wanted more financial planning and a better use of our money.
Dr Todd has a great background, so does Marion Key, but time and again, they have had to watch all their wisdom and knowledge thrown under the bus by the 3 to 2 vote.
Dr Todd said the board's "lack of foresight and lack of planning " has put Fayette on the verge of losing its standing as one of the nation's top school systems.
Smola, always taking the 'bar room brawl' approach, states, she just can't believe Dr Todd is inferring our little Johnie INS't smart anymore, and rattles off all the awards the schools have gotten.
Sorry Janet, Dr Todd never called our kids dummies, or that their IQs were suddenly degenerating. He said, we need the money in the classrooms, not in the cowpastures.
Wake up Smith and Smola, the teachers don't work for free. The money that was spent on extra schools could have done us a lot of good if it was still in the bank.
At the meeting, Smith n Smola go on whining about people just wouldn't sell us the land if we didn't buy it all, I think of how developers DONATE land for schools in Coweta. It is obvious they know they don't have to here.
Here, we are in the land business. We just build schools out in the cowpastures, knowing the developers own most of the land around it. Then the developers build their little developments, and fill up the schools. The extra land we are stuck with? Well they buy that for what they want to pay, and of course, build houses on that too.
So, in the end, we have built a school for future children. Children who's parents, nor the developers, have put a cent into. Our children are no better off for all this. Only the people who move into the new communities and the developers profit from all this, but hey, Smith's husband a developer, she knows all this.
Back to the 'bar room brawl tactics' … no one appreciates watching that. The Citizen stated people said they were embarrassed. I have heard that so many times. People who have come to the meetings telling others how disgusting it is to hear Smola and Smith tear into Ms Key just for meanness.
They aren't fooling anyone, it is obvious to all that they enjoy this kind of behavior. They also enjoy controlling the vote. It is killing them that maybe the voice of reason will soon prevail. I can tell you, it would be a packed house the 1st night the vote swings in the other direction. We would all pay to watch Dr Todd and Marion Key turn the tables on them. The problem is, we will never see that show. Dr Todd and Marion Key, as much as we would like to see them do it, would NEVER stoop to their level when they are in the majority. The reason is something these guys will never understand. It is called upbringing and class!
Dr. Todd's comments in the newspaper were obviously part of his announcement to run for the school board again. He honestly answered that he felt the system needed to handle finances better. What a horrible idea, right? Aside from Smola violating board ethics policies by attacking Dr. Todd in public, didn't she violate the board policy that prohibits campaigning on school grounds?
somehow, Smola and ethics, don't belong in the sentence.
As far as Dr Todd trying to have a 'campaign of fear', he wasn't one of the two, raving like loons! He was the only voice of reason, in a 'bully pulpit'!


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