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While some female bullfighters were viewed as little more than novelty acts, Patricia McCormick had fans among aficionados. (Los Angeles Times) |
When Patricia McCormick realized she didn't have a future in music, she chose a career as filled with drama, passion and death as any of the operas she longed to sing.
She became a matadora, breaking long-standing barriers against women and Americans in machismo-saturated Mexican bullrings and performing before enthusiastic crowds in more than 300 fights. In 1963, Sports Illustrated wrote that McCormick "may well be the greatest woman bullfighter who ever lived."
Over more than 10 years, she was gored six times, once so brutally that a priest administered last rites over her mangled body. But she recovered and fought a few more years before finally exiting the arena in the early 1960s, complaining, among other things, that the bulls had become too small.
Patricia McCormick obituary: The obituary of bullfighter Patricia McCormick in the April 14 California section said that she was trained by Alejandro de Herrera. It was Alejandro del Hierro. —
She spent the rest of her life far from the public eye, pouring herself into her watercolors of horses and bulls and working as an administrative assistant at Pasadena's Art Center College of Design.
In failing health for several years, McCormick died March 26 at a care facility in Del Rio, Texas, her cousin Thomas McCormick said. She was 83.
Although a small number of women had been drawn to the bullring over centuries, McCormick was among the first in Mexico who were allowed to perform in much the same manner as men — on foot, rather than horseback, and with bulls that were fully grown. But for all her skills, the tall, elegant, Missouri-born McCormick never was allowed to take the alternativa — an initiation ceremony that would have signified parity with the top male bullfighters of her day.
She couldn't afford the steep fees, and no man then in the ring would endorse her bid.
"It would have become a vicious circle in the end," she once said. "For once I became a full-fledged matadora de toros, the recognized matadores would have refused to appear with me. I couldn't win for losing!"
Still, she fought on the same bill as some of the arena's most accomplished men, facing more than 600 bulls at dusty rings in Mexico and Venezuela. While some toreras were viewed as little more than novelty acts, McCormick had a legion of fans among aficionados, said Fred Renk, a breeder of fighting bulls in Texas.
"She was prestige," said Renk, whose matador son David is one of only a handful of Americans to have taken the alternativa. "She was real prestige. When she walked into the bullring, people cheered and she'd just bow her head."
Patricia Lee McCormick was born in St. Louis on Nov. 18, 1929, and moved with her parents to Big Spring, Texas, when she was 13. The only child of a petroleum engineer, she graduated from high school in 1948. After a discouraging time studying music at the University of Texas, she took up painting at what was then Texas Western College in El Paso.
For McCormick, El Paso's secret allure lay just across the Rio Grande in Ciudad Juarez. When she was 7, she had attended a bullfight with her parents in Mexico City and it stuck with her. Later, she recalled "falling in love" that day with a matador who lost his shoes in the mud but continued to fight.
Never repulsed by the ring's raw violence, the 20-year-old art student persuaded Alejandro de Herrera, a Juarez bullfighter, to train her.
Realizing that news of the gringa's upcoming appearances would be broadcast, she reluctantly told her parents. They were appalled, and they rushed to El Paso for a meeting with her school's president
"Mother was all in tears: 'How could you? How could you have kept this a secret?'" she said in a 2006 interview for an oral history project in Del Rio.
But McCormick was adamant. "I had a manager, I had a sponsor, I had an impresario and a contract with nine fights," she said. "That's hard to beat."
It was the start of a brilliant career that in some ways was doomed from the outset.


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About BaliSpirit Festival
The BaliSpirit Festival - 8 years of magic!
As the BaliSpirit Festival celebrates its sixth year, news of this gathering of world-renowned musicians, yogis and dancers from every continent has spread across the globe. The BaliSpirit Festival has become a magnet for fans, students and followers of every yoga, movement, healing and music calling. Weeks before the Festival, Ubud begins to fill with a colorful, international tribe of conscious travelers, gathering in anticipation of one of the world's most inspiring events.
The first Festival in 2008 was pulled together in just three months—an incredible achievement for the Festival's founders, as well as a dream come true: They shared a vision to create a Festival that would both build and support community through the full spectrum of yoga and a rich diversity of world music and dance.
In 2008, Bali's tourism industry had not yet recovered from the devastating social and economic impacts of the 2002 and 2005 bombings. Building upon their love for the island and creative passion for yoga, dance, and music, the founders pooled their resources to develop an economically and environmentally sustainable annual event that would become a beacon for the burgeoning market of holistic travelers and attract domestic and foreign visitors back to the hills of Ubud. In 2012, the festival attracted 6,000 guests during its five days of festivities, including visitors from 50 countries and 1,000 Balinese and Indonesians.
Set in the spectacular grounds of the Purnati Center for the Arts in Batuan, just 10 minutes south of Ubud, the Daytime Workshops and Dharma Fair enjoy an open-air venue unmatched for its inspiring, tropical beauty. Styles of yoga and movement have included Hatha, Vinyasa Flow, Yin, Laughter, Power, Anusara, Ashtanga, Silat, Capoeira, Poi, Qi Gong, and Juggling. Dance styles draw from Mandala, Javanese, Balinese, Indian, and West African traditions.
The "One World Stage" evening concerts take place in the heart of Ubud, at the Agung Rai Museum of Art (ARMA) outdoor stage, allowing easy access for both visitors and Ubud residents. This unique series of concerts knits together the distinctive traditional and contemporary musics of Bali and greater Indonesia with visiting artists from every world genre and every of the globe.
Over the past six years, the BaliSpirit Festival has worked alongside partner organizations in Bali, as well as international yoga teachers and musicians, to raise more than USD $65,000 for the Festival's annual Karma (Giving Back) outreach initiatives. Funds have contributed to children's programs, multicultural education & performances, health clinics, HIV & AIDS awareness, & environmental protection. The BaliSpirit Festival currently operates two outreach programs annually: The HIV & AIDS education program Ayo! Kita Bicara HIV & AIDS and the reforestation initiative, Bali ReGreen.
The BaliSpirit Festival is indeed a celebration—of the richness of culture, the sanctity of the environment, and harmony between people of all nations. Celebrate with us, and in doing so, help us to make the world a better place.
Our Mission and Vision
Tri Hita Karana: Harmony with God, Harmony in Community, Harmony with Nature
Our Mission
The goal of the BaliSpirit Festival is to awaken and nourish each individual's potential for positive change within, leading to positive change in our homes, in our communities, and around the world. Through beneficial and inspirational traditions of Yoga, Dance, and Music, the BaliSpirit Festival illustrates the Balinese Hindu concept of Tri Hita Karana: living in harmony with our spiritual, social, and natural environments. Committed, particularly, to nourishing our own home in Bali, the founders of the BaliSpirit Festival pledge to provide financial, logistical, and organizational support to local charities, with a special emphasis on children's programs, multicultural education and performance, healthcare, HIV& AIDS awareness, and environmental conservation in Bali and greater Indonesia.
Our Vision
The BaliSpirit Festival was founded as a premier international and holistic wellness and world music destination event that contributes positively to the ecological health, cultural vibrancy, and overall vitality of Bali and greater Indonesia.
The Founders
The BaliSpirit Festival is a leader among a new generation of festivals for the rapidly growing holistic travel marketplace. It was first conceived through a creative collaboration between three dynamic co-founders, who each bring a unique perspective to the Festival's programs.
I Made Gunarta, Kadek Gunarta, Festival Co-Founder and Cultural Liaison, has been a fundamental component of the BaliSpirit Festival's vision to connect with the community. Kadek comes from a long lineage of socially minded Balinese; his great-grand father, the head of The Sacred Monkey Forest restoration project in the early 70's, and his mother, a school principal for over 30 years, are just two of his role models. Starting in 2010 Kadek took revitalization of the popular Monkey Forest into his own hands and launched a reforestation project in the forest, planting hundreds of trees and creating a safer and leafier home for the indigenous long-tailed macaque monkeys of the forest, whom the Balinese regard as sacred. The Monkey Forest is now adding a wood seated amphitheater, which Kadek plans to utilize as a performance space for traditional Balinese arts in the future. Kadek is the founder of Yayasan Kryasta Guna, a non-for-profit arts and culture organization with a mission to inspire local youth in Ubud to invest in and learn about their own traditions—and aspire to perform in the Monkey Forest Amphitheater one day.
In addition to community projects, Kadek is head designer of Dek's Studio, a wooden furniture restoration business, as well as an inspiring natural architect, who handles a number of green building projects in the Ubud area. In 2013 he will open a new restaurant called ASAP (the word smoke in Balinese) on Jalan Gootama, Ubud, serving a menu of traditional Balinese foods like smoked duck and banana leaf stew and featuring monthly youth gatherings and live music.
Robert Weber, Co-Founder and Musical Director, is a musician, music producer, and documentary filmmaker, operating a recording studio from his home of Ubud.
A student of shamanism, permaculture, and sacred arts for almost twenty years, he leads healing sound journeys and is a leader in the earth-reverent spirituality community on Bali.
Rob is also founder of the tribal dance band, Susu Ibu, which has performed at major international festivals in Indonesia, and recently co-produced and produced the soundtrack for the feature documentary film "Bali: Life is an Offering." Since the birth of BaliSpirit Festival, Rob has curated the festival music lineup with the intention of bringing forth spiritually inspired musicians from every continent to join in a collective offering of universal love, peace and harmony.
Meghan Pappenheim, Director of the BaliSpirit Group & Executive Producer of the BaliSpirit Festival, is originally from New York City, where she started her first business at the age of 9 selling plant seedlings to her neighbors and handcrafted silver and beaded jewelry to the mothers of her friends.
Meg came to Bali in 1992 to complete her BA in Art History, Anthropology and Asian Studies with a focus on Indonesian Arts and Culture and the Indigenous Folk Art of Bali. That year, she met the man who became her life partner, Kadek Gunarta. During their 20-year relationship Meg and Dek (as they are known by friends) have welcomed two adorable children developed a vibrant group of companies based in Ubud, including Balispirit.com, the definitive website for Bali's growing holistic scene and the internationally known BaliSpirit Festival. Although certified to teach yoga in 2002, Meghan never materialized as a yoga instructor; but she feels strongly that the practice of yoga greatly enhances people's lives on every level. This realization was a driving force behind the creation of the annual BaliSpirit Festival.
Meghan's list of projects goes on and on. A true social entrepreneur, the companies and non-for-profits she and her husband include BaliSpirit and BaliSpirit Festival; Tegun Folk Art Galeri, The BaliSpirit Yoga Shop, The Yoga Barn, and Kush Ayurvedic Rejvenation Center; as well as the restaurants Kafe (a health food restaurant) and Kebun (a Bistro inspired by the South of France). Meg's non-for-profit endeavors include the creation Bali ReGreen, a bamboo reforestation program in East Bali; Ayo! Kita Bicara HIV/AIDS, an awareness program for Balinese youth that focuses on the realities of HIV and AIDS; the Say NO! To Plastics Campaign, Ubud. Meg serves on the board of directors for Yayasan Cahaya Pelangi, better known as Pelangi School, and on the board of Yayasan Kryasta Guna. Meg also has a reputation for producing unique and fun fundraising events for a variety of organizations around Bali, including Bumi Sehat, the Rotary Club, and more.
Meghan believes wholly in the theory that one should make money in order to give it away, or, rather, invest it in others who have the need. She believes that generosity makes the world go round and that people who practice the art of giving will always be rewarded, in kind. For more information about Meghan, Google her and find out what crazy stories pop up!
This cohesive group of visionaries manifested The BaliSpirit Festival. All three strongly believe that the ongoing outreach and education programs funded and fueled by the Festival have an immeasurable impact on communities throughout Bali and beyond. For the founders, this is the greatest accomplishment of all.
Read more about the Festival Team Here...
Testimonials from our friends and the media
"As Balinese person, I am proud to have an international festival here. I believe if the spirit of the festival spreads, so will peace." - Gede Robi Supriyanto, Musician (Bali), 2012
"I see the BaliSpirit Festival as a cultural crossroads, an intersection point for all these cultures to create harmony. We are all different threads that make up the same cloth." - Rocky Dawuni, Musician (Ghana), 2012
"One of the top 5 yoga festivals in the world!" - South China Morning Post, 2012
"The brainchild of co-founders Meghan Pappenheim, Made Gunarta, and Robert Weber, the BaliSpirit Festival was launched in 2008 with the intention of creating a global village community that nurtures creative and spiritual diversity through yoga, dance and music. Merging East and West, the Festival's spirit-nourishing workshops lure practitioners and soul-searchers from all over the world to the shores of beautiful Bali." - Rebecca Walker, Asia Spa Magazine, June 2010.
"In just a few years since its birth, the BaliSpirit Festival has quickly become one of the premiere lifestyle festivals in the world. In the 'yoga and wellness world, this is the festival that everyone is talking about!" - Ciaran Caulfield, owner of Body in Balance SKYTV, Europe's leading Wellness channel, April 2009
"The BaliSpirit Festival successfully captures the essence of Bali's magical culture, its spirituality, and its thriving sense of community. BaliSpirit Festival is an experience to be savoured for many years to come!" - Coral Brown, Yoga Instructor, July 2009
"When people gather together for an unconditional experience there are no limits to what the collective gathering can manifest. My experience at the BaliSpirit Festival has always turned into sacred space, which allows our birthright of being beautiful, bountiful and blissful to Divinely unfold!!! Thank you for making this creative, crazy carnival!" - Rebecca Pflaum, Yoga Instructor, August 2009
"BaliSpirit Festival adalah ajang perhelatan spiritual yang meriah... a festive spiritual celebration." - Kompas, June 2009
"BaliSpirit Festival lebih dari sekedar perhelatan akbar yoga, tari dan musik. Begitu banyak keindahan yang diberikan sebagai wujud apresiasi budaya, spiritualitas, dan kreatifitas untuk dunia yang damai dan penuh cinta… more than a grand celebration of yoga, dance and music. There is so much beauty raised in a manifestation of cultural appreciation, spirituality, and creativity for a peaceful world willed with love." - Fit Magazine, May 2009
This cohesive group of visionaries have manifested The BaliSpirit Festival. All three strongly believe that the ongoing outreach and education programs funded and fueled by the Festival will have an immeasurable impact on communities throughout Bali and beyond. For the founders, this is the greatest accomplishment of all. This image was taken on stage at the 2011 event.


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- To insure compliance with this policy, all University of Missouri prospective or enrolled students shall have available to them this student discrimination grievance procedure for resolving complaints and/or grievances regarding alleged discrimination.
- This grievance procedure neither supersedes nor takes precedence over established University procedures of due process for any and all matters related to Academic Dishonesty, Grade Appeals, Traffic Appeals, Disciplinary Appeals, or other specific campus procedures which are authorized by the Board of Curators and deal with faculty/staff responsibilities.
- These proceedings may be terminated at any time by the mutual agreement of the parties involved.
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- Actions of fraternities and sororities
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- A student is any person who has applied for admission or readmission, or who is currently enrolled, or who was a student of the University of Missouri at the time of the alleged discrimination.
- Persons with disabilities -- For the purpose of this student discrimination grievance procedure, a "person with a disability" has been substituted for "handicapped individual" (Section 504, Rehabilitation Act of 1973) and shall be defined as "...any person who
- Has a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more of such person's major life activities.
- Has a record of such impairment, or
- Is regarded as having such an impairment."
For purpose of this definition, "major life activity" means any mental or physical function or activity which, if impaired, creates a substantial barrier to employment and/or education.
Any reference in this document to written materials or to written oral presentations within the student discrimination grievance procedure may be adjusted to accommodate persons with disabilities for whom the stated materials or required presentations would not be appropriate. Cost of such accommodation will be borne by the University, with no charge to the individual.
- Appropriate Administrative Officer -- The primary administrative officer on the staff of the Chancellor (in the area of Student Affairs/Services, Administrative Services, Development, and Academic Affairs) having administrative responsibility for the unit in which the discrimination is alleged to have occurred.
- Grievance Consultant -- At any step the Director of Equal Opportunity or of Affirmative Action may be asked to serve as a consultant by any of the parties involved in this grievance procedure.
- Complaints
- Policies and Procedures -- A student with a complaint will be provided with copies of appropriate policies and procedures pertaining to student complaints and grievances, and the Chief Student Personnel Administrator or his/her designee and the Officer or Equal Opportunity or for Affirmative Action shall be available to assist the student in understanding the opportunities afforded through such policies and procedures. The student may choose to have an advisor participate in any stage of the grievance procedures, subject to the restrictions of the hearing procedures set forth in Section 390.010 F.
- Joint Complaint -- If more than one student is aggrieved by the same action, these students may, by mutual written agreement among themselves, file with the Chief Student Personnel Administrator a complaint and pursue their complaints jointly under this grievance procedure. If the number of students in such a case is os large as to make it impracticable for them to be heard individually in a joint proceeding, they may, by mutual agreement, elect one or more of their number to act on behalf of them all.
- Students may informally discuss a complaint with the relevant supervising administrator. Every reasonable effort should be made to resolve the matter informally at this administrative level. If a satisfactory resolution is not reached, the student may pursue the matter through each level of administrative jurisdiction up to and including the Appropriate Administrative Officer, or file a grievance within the time specified in D.1.b.
- Complaints Involving Recruitment
- Undergraduate applicants must first present complaints about recruitment to the Director of Admissions. If a satisfactory resolution is not reached, the applicant may appeal the matter to the immediate supervising officer of the Director of Admissions.
- Applicants for graduate study may request a meeting with the academic department head and the Dean of the College for those campuses having schools or colleges, or their designees, who are actually involved in the recruitment effort to discuss the matter informally. If a satisfactory resolution is not reached, the applicant may appeal to the Dean of the Graduate School/Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and finally to the Appropriate Administrative Officer.
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- Undergraduate and professional student applicants shall present complaints to the Director of Admissions or to the Dean of the School or College, depending upon where the application was originally filed.
- This University official shall compare the person's academic qualifications against the official University admissions criteria and review the denial. If the denial is sustained, officials' immediate supervisor or to the appropriate admissions committee.
- Complaints Involving Admissions (Graduate) -- Applicants to the Graduate School may ask for a meeting with the academic department head of the program to which the applicant was seeking admission. This official shall explain the reasons for the denial of recommendation for admissions. If a satisfactory resolution is not reached, the applicant may then appeal to the Dean of the Graduate School/Vice Provost for Graduate Studies or to the appropriate admissions committee. If the denial is upheld, the applicant may appeal the decision to the appropriate administrative officer.
- Complaints Involving Admissions to or Treatment in an Educational Program or in the Granting of Assistantships -- An undergraduate or graduate student enrolled at the institution who has a discrimination complaint involving admission to or treatment in an educational program or in the granting of assistantships may request a conference with the appropriate department head and with the Dean of the School or College (or the Dean's designee) on those campuses having schools or colleges to discuss the matter informally. If a satisfactory resolution is not reached, the student may present a grievance pursuant to Section 390.010 F.
- Complaints Involving Nonacademic Matters Related to Campus Living and Student Life -- A currently enrolled student who has a University-related complaint concerning discrimination in nonacademic matters including but not limited to assignment of roommates, actions of fraternities and sororities, membership in and/or admissions to clubs/organizations, student health services and financial aid awards may request a conference with the appropriate administrative supervisor, department head and/or director to discuss the matter informally. If a satisfactory resolution is not reached, the student may present a grievance pursuant to Section 390.010 D.
- Complaints Involving Student Employment on Campus -- A student enrolled at the University who alleges that discrimination occurred either in applying for work or while working as a student employee at a University job may request a conference with the supervisor, department head or director of the employing unit to discuss the matter informally. If a satisfactory resolution is not reached, the student may present a grievance pursuant to Section 390.010 D.
- Complaints Involving Financial Aid (Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional):
- Undergraduate, graduate, and professional student aid applicants shall present complaints to the Director of Student Financial Aid where the applications was originally filed or the award originally made.
- This University official shall compare the person's financial and academic qualifications against the official University financial aid criteria and review the award, amount, or denial of the aid. If the original judgment is sustained, the applicant may appeal this decision to the official's immediate supervisor or to the appropriate financial aid committee.
- Initiating a Grievance
- Policies and Procedures -- A student with a grievance will be provided copies of appropriate polices and procedures pertaining to student complaints and grievances, and the Chief of Student Personnel Administrator or designee and the Office for Equal Opportunity or for Affirmative Action shall be available to assist the student in understanding the opportunities afforded through such policies and procedures. The student may choose to have an advisor participate in any stage of the grievance procedure, subject to the restrictions of the hearing procedures set forth in Section 390.010 F.
- Joint Grievance -- If more than one student is aggrieved by the same action, these students may, by mutual written agreement among themselves, file with the Chief Student Personnel Administrator a grievance and pursue their grievances jointly under this grievance procedure. If the number of students in such a case is so large as to make it impractical for them to be heard individually in a joint proceeding, they may, by mutual agreement, elect one or more of their number to act on behalf of all of them.
- Regardless of their nature, all discrimination grievances are to be filed with the Chief Student Personnel Administrator. A grievance must have been filed by a student within one-hundred-eighty (180) calendar days of the date of the alleged discriminatory act.
- Filing a Grievance
- All grievances must be presented in writing and contain the following information:
(1) A clear concise statement of the grievance which includes the name of the person(s) against whom the grievance is made, the date(s) of the alleged discrimination and a statement describing the specific supporting evidence;
(2) A brief summary of the prior attempts to resolve the matter which includes the names of persons with whom the matter was discussed and the results of those previous discussions;
(3) A specific statement of the remedial action or relief sought. - Within seven (7) working days, the original grievance form with an explanation will be returned to the student if, in the judgment of the Chief Student Personnel Administrator, the statements are vague or do not meet the above requirement. The student may make the necessary corrections, and resubmit the grievance within seven (7) days.
- All grievances must be presented in writing and contain the following information:
- Any grievance not filed within the time limits specified in Section 390.010 D.1.b shall be deemed waived by the grievant. The Chief Student Personnel Administrator may extend the time limits only if adequate cause for an extension of the time limits can be shown by the student.
- For informational purposes, copies of the grievance shall be forwarded to the Appropriate Administrative Officer and the Director of Equal Employment and/or Affirmative Action.
- Within fifteen (15) working days of receipt of a grievance that satisfies the requirement of Section 390.010 D.1.b, the Appropriate Administrative Officer with the consent of the parties involved may establish an informal hearing with the aggrieved student, the responding faculty/staff/organization, the respondent's supervisor and the Appropriate Administrative Officer's designee. The Appropriate Administrative Officer shall not involve himself/herself in this meeting. If the informal means of resolving the grievance fails, a grievance committee will be impaneled as called for in Section 390.010 E.1.
- Policies and Procedures -- A student with a grievance will be provided copies of appropriate polices and procedures pertaining to student complaints and grievances, and the Chief of Student Personnel Administrator or designee and the Office for Equal Opportunity or for Affirmative Action shall be available to assist the student in understanding the opportunities afforded through such policies and procedures. The student may choose to have an advisor participate in any stage of the grievance procedure, subject to the restrictions of the hearing procedures set forth in Section 390.010 F.
- Formation of Grievance Committee
- It the Appropriate Administrative Officer's responsibility to initiate the selection of the grievance committee within fifteen (15) working days after the request for the formation of a grievance committee or after the completion of the informal hearing provided for in Section 390.010 F.5 without satisfaction to the grievant.
- A grievance hearing panel shall be established by October 1 of each year from which a grievance committee should be constituted. The panel shall consist of ten (10) faculty, ten (10) staff and ten (10) students. Selection of the panel will be made by the Chief Student Personnel Administrator from recommendations by the appropriate faculty, staff and student associations. Selection of membership will consider sex, race, disability, academic rank, student classification and employee classification. Membership on the hearing panel shall be for two years. A member's term shall expire on September 30 of the second year unless he/she is serving at that time on a hearing committee still in the process of reviewing an unresolved grievance. In such case, the member's term shall expire as soon as the committee has submitted a written report of its findings and recommendations to the Appropriate Administrative Officer.
- A hearing committee shall be composed of five (5) members. The grievant shall select two (2) members from the grievance hearing panel provided by the Chief Student Personnel Administrator. The responding faculty/staff/organization shall select two (2) members from the grievance hearing panel. Both parties should have their selection made within 15 working days of the receipt of the request. The four committee members shall then select an additional member from the grievance hearing panel to serve as chair. Neither members of the immediate departmental unit nor student members of pertinent student organizations involved in the grievance shall be eligible to serve on the committee.
- Any person selected to a grievance committee will be expected to serve on such committees and to be present at all sessions. If a member is absent from a single session, he/she will be required to review all tapes or transcribed proceedings of that session prior to the next meeting of the committee. Should a member be absent from two sessions or should a member request to be excused from service for reasons of illness, necessary absence from the campus or other hardship, then the member shall be replaced in the same manner used in the original selection (see Section 390.010 E.3). If a member is unable or ineligible to serve for whatever reason, the replacement shall review all tapes or written transcripts and all submitted evidence prior to service on the committee. Five members of the hearing committee, duly selected as in Sections 390.010 E.3 and E.4 must attend the opening and closing session of the hearing.
- Hearing Procedures for Formal Grievances
- It shall be the responsibility of the Appropriate Administrative Officer to coordinate the procedure contained herein, to make provisions for hearing rooms, to coordinate secretarial and recording services and to otherwise serve the grievance committee as needed.
- At the first organizational meeting of the grievance committee, the committee shall elect a chairperson from among the members to preside over subsequent meetings. Then the chairperson shall schedule a hearing at the earliest convenient time when all affected parties can be present.
- A quorum consists of a minimum of four members of the committee except as provided by Section 390.010 E.4.
- The grievance committee shall invite the grievant and the responding person to all hearings. Attendance at the hearings shall be limited to persons who have an official connection with the case as determined by the chairperson. The grievant and the responding person may choose to be accompanied by an advisor. Others whose participation in the hearing is considered essential in order to assist the committee in establishing the facts of the case shall appear before the committee only long enough to give testimony and to answer questions of committee members.
- It is within the duties and responsibilities of all members of a grievance committee to commit themselves to observe procedures consistent with fairness to all parties concerned. For example, it is a matter of principle that members of the grievance committee will not discuss a case with anyone outside of the hearing process and that their finding will not be influenced by anything other than the evidence presented to them in meetings in which all affected parties are present.
- The grievance committee shall set forth the rules of procedure for the hearing within the guidelines set forth herein. The chairperson may, for good cause and with the concurrence of a majority of the entire committee, authorize deviation from the suggested format, in which case the principal parties shall be notified.
- The grievant shall be heard first in all phases of a grievance hearing and shall be primarily responsible for the presentation of his/her position.
- The advisor of the grievant or respondent may advise that person and may briefly explain his or her position but shall not be permitted to testify or to cross-examine.
- A reasonable time limit should be established for opening and closing statements and shall be announced prior to the hearing.
- Length of hearing sessions may be established in advance; every effort should be made to conduct the hearing as expeditiously as possible, with equal fairness to both parties.
- The interested parties shall provide the chairperson with the names of the advisor and potential witnesses at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the hearing. It is the responsibility of the interested party, working with the chairperson, to ensure the presence of these individuals in a timely manner.
- After initial witnesses for both parties have been heard, such witnesses may be recalled for additional questioning if requested by either party or the grievance committee. The committee may call new witnesses whose testimony it deems relevant or helpful.
- In order to promote the truthful, unfettered exchange of information and ideas, all testimony pertaining to the grievance hearing shall be held in confidence.
- Only evidence relevant to the grievance may be introduced. Questions regarding the admissibility of evidence shall be decided by the chairperson.
- At any point in the proceedings prior to the time at which the committee reaches its final decision, the grievant may withdraw any portion or all of the grievance with the consent of a majority of the committee members and of the respondent. In all cases of withdrawal at the consent of the committee and of the respondent, the grievant shall not have the privilege of reopening the same grievance at any time in the future. In the event that the student refuses to participate further in the committee hearing, the committee may choose to continue the case or to move to closure with an appropriate closing statement as per Section 390.010 F.9.
- A confidential tape recording of the grievance hearing shall be made and will be accessible to the parties involved, the committee, the Appropriate Administrative Officer, the Chancellor, the President, members of the Board of Curators and authorized representatives on a need-to-know basis. Either party to the grievance may request that the committee provides a written transcript of testimony. The cost of preparation of such a transcript is to be paid by the party making such request unless Section 390.010 B.4 is applicable. After the report of the grievance committee has been prepared, the tapes and relevant materials will be sealed and filed in the Appropriate Administrative Office. Unless extraordinary circumstances apply, these materials will be destroyed at the end of five years.
- At the conclusion of the grievance hearing, the members of the grievance committee shall meet in closed session to deliberate upon their findings. A majority vote of the entire committee shall be required on all decisions. The grievance committee shall make a written report on findings and recommendations to the Appropriate Administrative Officer of the University, with copies to the grievant(s) and the responding person(s). The written report will contain:
- A statement of the purpose of the hearing,
- Issues considered,
- A summary of the testimony and other evidence presented,
- Findings of fact as developed at the hearing, and
- Recommendations for final disposition of the case.
- The Appropriate Administrative Officer will make his/her decision. This decision and the actions that have been taken shall be presented to both parties in writing. If the administrator officer does not accept the recommendations of the grievance committee, a written statement of the reasons for so ruling must be given to both parties and to the chairperson of the committee.
- If requested by the grievant or the responding party, normally within seven (7) calendar days of the notification of the decision, the decision of the Appropriate Administrative Officer may be subject to a review of the records by the Chancellor. Any review and decision by the Chancellor shall be made normally within thirty (30) calendar days. The decision of the Chancellor can be appealed to the President, who shall have thirty (30) calendar days in which to make a decision, which shall be final.
- Grievances shall receive prompt attention. The hearing and the report of the grievance committee shall normally be completed within sixty (60) calendar days of the formation of the grievance committee, and a final decision shall be made by the Appropriate Administrative Officer normally within ten (10) calendar days thereafter. In any case in which these time schedules should prove to be inadequate, the committee shall present, in writing, an amended time schedule to all parties involved.
Student Discrimination Grievance Procedure Form
(Use additional sheets if needed)
- Your Name
Check One ................Male: Female
Student I.D. No. Mailing Address
City State Zip Code
- Submitted to (Campus specific title for Chief Student Personnel Administrator) on:
Month Day Year
- The basis for the grievance is alleged discrimination on the basis of:
Race Color Religion Sex Sexual Orientation Gender Identity Gender Expression
National Origin Age Disability
- University official or unit against whom this grievance is filed:
Name Department
- Explain in a clear and detailed statement the following:
- The nature of the grievance and a description of specific supporting evidence:
- The specific remedial action or relief sought:
*For grievances alleging discrimination to admission and/or treatment while enrolled in an educational program, employment on campus, or other matters of consequence relating to campus living or activities.
- A summary outlining with whom the point(s) of dissatisfaction were discussed and with what results:
- Date you consider the "Informal discussion" ended:
I have read and understand the above grievance form and grievance procedure for students. This grievance I am filing to the best of my knowledge, information or belief.
Signature Date
This form forwarded to (Appropriate Administrative Officer)
on by Month Day Year (Campus-specific title for Chief Student Personnel Administrator)
(Campus Address)
cc: Director of Employee Relations/Affirmative Action
Suggested Format for Hearing
I. Opening remarks accompanied by written submission of parties' outlines of relevant, non-redundant evidence to be offered to committee.
1. Grievant
2. Respondent
II. Consideration of any decision on objections to acceptance of items of evidence.
III. Presentation of relevant, non-redundant evidence.
a. Grievant (with additional questions from Respondent and/or committee)
1. Witnesses
2. Non-testimonial evidence
b. Respondent (with additional questions from Grievant and/or committee)
1. Witnesses
2. Non-testimonial evidence
IV. Opportunity for presentation of any rebuttal evidence.
a. Grievant
b. Respondent
V. Presentation of additional evidence requested by committee.
VI. Summation of case
a. Grievant
b. Respondent


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Electrochemical aptasensor for the determination of bisphenol A in drinking water
- Feng Xue,
- Jingjing Wu,
- Huaqin Chu,
- Zhanlong Mei,
- Yongkang Ye,
- Jian Liu,
- Rui Zhang,
- Chifang Peng,
- Lei Zheng,
- Wei Chen
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We present an electrochemical aptasensor for rapid and ultrasensitive determination of the additive bisphenol A (BPA) and for screening drinking water for the presence of BPA. A specific aptamer against BPA and its complementary DNA probe were immobilized on the surface of a gold electrode via self-assembly and hybridization, respectively. The detection of BPA is mainly based on the competitive recognition of BPA by the immobilized aptamer on the surface of the electrode. The electrochemical aptasensor enables BPA to be detected in drinking water with a limit of detection as low as 0.284 pg mL−1 in less than 30 min. This extraordinary sensitivity makes the method a most powerful tool for on-site monitoring of water quality and food safety. Figure
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- Title
- Electrochemical aptasensor for the determination of bisphenol A in drinking water
- Journal
Microchimica Acta
Volume 180, Issue 1-2 , pp 109-115
- Cover Date
- 2013-01-01
- 10.1007/s00604-012-0909-z
- Print ISSN
- 0026-3672
- Online ISSN
- 1436-5073
- Publisher
- Springer Vienna
- Additional Links
- Topics
- Keywords
- BPA detection
- Electrochemical aptasensor
- Ultrasensitive
- Water quality
- Food safety
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- Feng Xue (1) (2)
- Jingjing Wu (1)
- Huaqin Chu (1)
- Zhanlong Mei (1)
- Yongkang Ye (1)
- Jian Liu (1)
- Rui Zhang (2)
- Chifang Peng (3)
- Lei Zheng (1)
- Wei Chen (1)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. School of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, 230009, People's Republic of China
- 2. Animal, Plant & Food Inspection Center, Jiangsu Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Nanjing, 200001, People's Republic of China
- 3. School of Food Science & Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, People's Republic of China


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Very fine-grained quartz, a silica mineral with minor impurities. Flint is gray to black and nearly opaque (translucent brown in thin splinters). Opaque, dull, whitish to pale brown or gray specimens are called simply chert. Chert and flint provided the main source of tools and weapons for Stone Age people. Flint is used today as an abrasive agent on sandpapers and in mills that grind raw materials for the ceramic and paint industries. Considerable amounts of chert are also used in road construction and as concrete aggregate. Some chert takes an excellent polish and is used as semiprecious jewelry. Seealso siliceous rock.
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Chert is a fine-grained silica-rich microcrystalline, cryptocrystalline or microfibrous sedimentary rock that may contain small fossils. It varies greatly in color (from white to black), but most often manifests as gray, brown, grayish brown and light green to rusty red; its color is an expression of trace elements present in the rock, and both red and green are most often related to traces of iron (in its oxidized and reduced forms respectively).
Chert occurs as oval to irregular nodules in greensand, limestone, chalk, and dolostone formations as a replacement mineral, where it is formed as a result of diagenesis. Where it occurs in chalk, it is usually called flint. It also occurs in thin beds, when it is a primary deposit (such as with many jaspers and radiolarites). Thick beds of chert occur in deep geosynclinal deposits. These thickly bedded cherts include the novaculite of the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas, Oklahoma, and similar occurrences in Texas in the United States. The banded iron formations of Precambrian age are composed of alternating layers of chert and iron oxides.
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When a chert stone is struck against steel, sparks result. This makes it an excellent tool for starting fires, and both flint and common chert were used in various types of fire-starting tools, such as tinderboxes, throughout history. A primary historic use of common chert and flint was for flintlock firearms, in which the chert striking a metal plate produces a spark that ignites a small reservoir containing black powder, discharging the firearm.
In some areas, chert is ubiquitous as stream gravel and fieldstone and is currently used as construction material and road surfacing. Part of chert's popularity in road surfacing or driveway construction is that rain tends to firm and compact chert while other fill often gets muddy when wet. However, where cherty gravel ends up as fill in concrete, the slick surface can cause localized failure. Hauled prices for chert of less than $10 - $15 per ton are not uncommon in many parts of the U.S.
Chert has been used in late 19th-century and early 20th-century headstones or grave markers in Tennessee and other regions.
Other lesser used terms for chert (most of them archaic) include, firestone, silex, silica stone and flintstone.


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Hailed as one of the most important singers of our time, Diamanda Galás has earned international acclaim for her highly original and politically charged performance works. Notable among these are Plague Mass, Defixiones: Orders from the Dead, Vena Cava, Schrei X, and The Refugee. Most recently, her performance work has concerned the musical setting of texts written by exiled poets and writers worldwide.
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By: want2cbetter on December 12, 2008 - 8:25pm - Add new comment
The BHS wrestling team is at the North Myrtle Beach Outback Classic tonight and tomorrow. Its a 24 team tournament with top ranked 3A and 4A teams (Bluffton is a 3A team for those of you who don't know).
Its a double elimination tourney. Rounds 1 and 2 of the Championship Bracket will be wrestled tonight while the Consolations will start in the morning.
By: want2cbetter on December 10, 2008 - 10:11pm - Add new comment
Bluffton faced off against James Island first. We ended up winning 72-12.
Bluffton wrestled Beaufort in the 2nd match. The results: 54-20.
By: want2cbetter on December 9, 2008 - 10:28pm - Add new comment
BHS wrestlers took on Stall tonight. Bluffton was expected to win, although probably not as handily as they did.
Most of the matches did not even make it past the first round. Every BHS wrestler except for one recorded a pin (or a forfeit)tonight. Even the wrestler who did not pin his opponent recorded a major decision win.
The final score was 82-0. It was two points shy of another perfect match.
By: want2cbetter on December 6, 2008 - 9:37pm - Add new comment
Here's a brief update on the two day South Effingham wrestling tourney:
Many teams showed up including Hilton Head, Battery Creek and Bluffton from our region alone. South Effingham, Effingham and Benadictine showed up from GA along with others.
Bluffton had a very strong showing placing wrestlers in twelve of the fourteen weight classes as follows:
103lbs - 1st place Ryan Solomon
112 - 5th place Christian Farmer
119 - 6th place Jake George
125 - 3rd place Lincoln Joly
By: want2cbetter on December 2, 2008 - 10:58pm - Add new comment
I just got back from a very nice trip to BHS Wrestling's first meet in the Charleston area. It was a quad meet (meaning that each of four teams wrestled each other once).
We started by wrestling North Charleston (a region foe). While I don't remember the final score, the Bluffton wrestlers came out strong and won handily.
By: want2cbetter on August 21, 2008 - 8:19pm - Add new comment
I had the pleasure of going to the new Publix on Buckwalter twice today. Once this morning and again with my wife (shopping) tonight.
IMO - they did a great job. It's real nice to have a grocery store along Buckwalter so we don't have to leave the neighborhood to go shopping.
I noticed a Chinese Restaurant coming too (is that some rule Publix has?)
I can't wait to see what comes next in there.
Did anyone else check it out? What did you think?
By: want2cbetter on June 4, 2008 - 7:30pm - Add new comment
You killed my oldest son's dog today. You were in such a rush to get wherever you were going that you whipped around that corner and never saw him. Your right side tire crushed him and you kept going - leaving a trail of tire shaped blood patches down the road. You kept driving away even when my neighbor - who saw the whole thing - ran after you screaming for you to stop. That's what bothers me by the way - that you didn't have the compassion to stop. You just kept going.
By: want2cbetter on June 4, 2008 - 9:20am - Add new comment
As some of you know, we are having the discussion in Bluffton Town Council of whether or not we should expand to 7 Council members from the current 5. I initially brought this issue up last year after hearing people say that we were getting big enough that we should do it. People have mentioned this desire at various meetings for the past 2-3 years that I've heard. So I thought it was time to address the issue.
By: want2cbetter on April 16, 2008 - 3:10pm - Add new comment
I was asked by a couple of bloggers to repost the following:
(Many (but not all) of you know that I (Want2CBetter) am Charlie Wetmore, a local citizen and Town Councilman in Bluffton)
Now that the Council meeting has happened, I have posted what I said in that meeting below.....
By: want2cbetter on March 11, 2008 - 9:45pm - Add new comment
Here is a breakdown of how many voted in each area of town:
1a (Old Town & along Goethe): 155 voters (31% turnout)
1d (Bluffton Park, East Simmonsville Rd, Schultz): 89 votes (12% turnout)
2a (West Simmonsville, East Buck Isl): 68 votes (40% turnout)
2b (West Buck Isl, Pinecrest South, Farm, Pine Ridge): 116 (10% turnout)
2c (Palmetto Bluff, Lawton Station, Mill Creek): 10 votes (3% turnout)
4b (Shell hall, Pinecrest North): 11 votes (6% turnout)


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I knew 'True Blood' wasn't going to hold back in its final season, but I just never expected the show to actually kill off a main character so terribly. Yeah 'True Blood,' I'm side-eyeing you right now.
On the season seven premiere of True Blood, we had to say goodbye to one of our favorites characters since season one. Unfortunately, it was Tara (Rutina Wesley) who met the true death and was reduced to a gross pile of vampire goo. So why am I mad? 1) It's Tara and 2) Her death was so unfair to the character arc True Blood had been building for her.
'True Blood': Killing Off Tara Was A Terrible Idea
I just can't deal with the fact that Tara is dead right now. She was Sookie's (Anna Paquin) best friend, Lafayette's (Nelsan Ellis) cousin and Pam's (Kristin Bauer van Straten) progeny, and now she's just gone.
Tara was an integral character to all these characters and more. She had been a major piece of True Blood since the beginning and her death was seriously a slap in the face to the character.
Yes, she was an angry ball of fire, but she was sassy and didn't take crap from anyone. In my opinion, her transformation into a vampire was one of the best things to happen to her character.
After trying to save her mother Lettie Mae (Adina Porter) from the Hep-V-infected vampires, Tara's immortal road was cut short. Seven seasons of character building for Tara was destroyed when she was reduced that disgusting vampire goo.
Seriously?! She couldn't have at least died in Sookie or Pam's arms? Tara had a horrible relationship with her mother and I just can't believe she was the one who got to see Tara last before she bit the dust.
There's always a part of me when dealing with supernatural shows (i.e. The Vampire Diaries, The Originals and Supernatural) that believes "death" doesn't really ever mean truly dead and gone. However, I don't think that's the case with Tara. I think the True Blood writers were going for the jugular and wanted to kill off a main character who they could technically live without. (Dear True Blood writers, if you go after Jason (Ryan Kwanten) I will never forgive you.)
There was so much more story to tell with Tara. Her vampire life was just beginning and I really just wanted to see her get some real lovin' so she would loosen up a bit.
All I'm saying is if Tara was going to die, I would have preferred she met the true death in a bigger and even more heroic way.
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Posted at 2:51 AM on July 22, 2014
I don't know why but iv got a really strange feeling about why her death was off camera.
We know she is dead as in episode 3 pam tells Eric that she could feel tara meeting the true death, which throws all of them 'saved last minute by fairys' theories.
I have a nasty feeling, and by nasty I mean ' its a good twist, please let me be right' that it may not have been the vampire she was fighting that killed her, wouldn't it be an interesting thing if she was intact ended by her own mother?
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I loved Tara from the 1st episode of True Blood. The writers never did her character justice. Nothing good that came into Tara's life lasted long – she was always made to suffer and I hated that for the character. I'm hoping that Tara is not really dead. The idea that she glamoured her mother into thinking she died is interesting speculation.
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Personally, I do not think she is really gone. 1. Pam didnt have any ESP of the event which surely would've happened, and it was off screen- Tara is an integral character and I just have a hard time believing they would kill her off like one of the extras… same goes for Eric… he's around somewhere – I hope Pam finds him fast!! I was looking forward to a few weeks of lusting after him :)
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I was mostly upset that the death happened "off camera " you see her fighting and then it cuts away to more fighting then cuts back to her mom yelling covered in blood. makes me wonder if maybe the actress contract was up and perhaps they had to kill her off instead of recasting the character? because even in the fight scene she was in, it was shot awkwardly in a way that it could have been body double. either way ill let them have tara if i can have Eric Back. LOL


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Switching from alfalfa to corn isn't likely for two Lakefield, MN, hay growers. Unless 80 acres of their established alfalfa, seeded with orchardgrass just last spring, has winterkilled after a heavy December rain caused ponding.
"With what we have invested in the crop and in equipment, we can't afford to be in and out," says Jerry Ackermann. Ackermann and his wife, Nancy, raise 370 acres of alfalfa and 30 of native grasses for local dairy, beef and sheep producers, as well as stable and horse owners. They also grow 300-plus acres each of corn and beans and are Bale Skiis dealers who frequent forage meetings around the Midwest.
"At different shows and in visiting with people, we hear that commercial hay producers are not cutting back," Ackermann adds. Small-operation growers, however, especially those with older stands, will probably plow them up and plant corn. "I'm not hearing of a lot of people putting in new stands this year, either. They're keeping what they've got."
The Ackermanns have been getting calls from customers asking if they'll have enough hay available this coming season. "We're planning on it," he says. "The prices might be slightly higher, but I've got to treat them well because they've been with us for seven to eight years."
The growers have all the hay business they can handle and have had to turn people away since December. This past season, they wrapped around 500 bales of "sweet hay." Considered too dry for haylage and too moist to bale as dry hay, sweet hay has a moisture range of around 20-30%. "It's gone quite well," Ackermann says of the sweet hay sales made to dairies and a few sheep producers.
Even with a probable $4 corn price, Ackermann is most hopeful that the flooded 80 acres of alfalfa and orchardgrass will come out all right. "We do all strip-tillage for corn, so all my fertilizer is already down. I'm not set up to do new corn seeding as we no-till all our soybeans into standing cornstalks."


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When it's hot and sticky in Florida, which it often is, there's nothing like a water ride to cool you off. Congo River Rapids is a good family adventure (42 inch height minimum) that accommodates groups in circular rafts for a white-water expedition along a river and through caves; plan to get totally wet. And for something that will really delight the kids, when you're off the ride, ask someone to point you to an overlook where you can pop quarters into a machine and have your turn spraying other guests as they float past.
Stanley Falls is a log-flume-style ride (48-inches-height minimum).
And for a more intense water ride experience, there's the Tanganyika Tidal Wave ride which makes a 55-foot drop that results in a drenching tidal wave at the finish (for kids not old enough to ride, take them to the bridge overlook where they can get splashed).
Consider bringing a change of clothes along for the kids, as getting wet on all of these rides is pretty much guaranteed.
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