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When Anita Hill reluctantly appeared before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in October 1991 charging that Supreme Court Justice nominee Clarence Thomas had sexually harassed her, she did more that force the re-opening of Thomas' Senate confirmation hearing. Her allegation was also the catalyst for what would become a unique and extraordinarily complex moment in U.S. history-immediate and wide-ranging debate and discussion across racial, gender, and class lines about gender issues in the workplace, sexual stereotypes, white male political hegemony, and the tensions of class and race in the U.S. women's movement. Though central to the controversy, the voices of African American women could barely be heard. African American Women Speak Out on Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas contains reflections as well as in-depth analyses by African American women scholars and writers on the confrontation and its broader meaning for the African American community.
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NBA Player Combinations
Last night I made some changes to the player lineup pages, team lineup pages, and Lineup Finder, so I'd like to take a minute to describe them here.
On both the player and team lineup pages I have added tables for 2-, 3-, and 4-man player combinations in addition to the table for 5-man lineups. I also added a row at the bottom of each table listing the season average for the team/player, so when you sort the table you can see how the performance of a particular combination compares to the team/player average.
On the Lineup Finder I added an option to select 5-, 4-, 3-, or 2-man combinations. Adding this option made it necessary to restrict the searches to one season at a time (as opposed to five before), but I think the benefits of this change far outweigh the costs necessary to implement it.
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1. in the future, will it be possible to search multiple seasons using player combos?
2. in the player lineup pages, can you put that lineups o rating and d rating in the tables? would it fit on the tables?


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|GA Child Welfare Legal Specialist Attorneys hold first meeting
Blue Ridge, GA — Twenty-three Child Welfare Legal Specialist (CWLS) attorneys met in Blue Ridge on June 6-7, 2013, to review and comment on the current state plan for the Supreme Court of Georgia's Committee on Justice for Children. The plan is a requirement for the application process for the federal Court Improvement Grant; this grant comes to the state of Georgia through the Supreme Court solely for improving the process of civil child abuse and neglect cases. The CWLS attorneys were invited to review the plan as a group and give suggestions for improvement for the upcoming years remaining on the plan and the grant.
Attorneys participating in the review included Judge Cassandra Kirk, Juvenile Court, Atlanta Judicial Circuit, Judge Willie Lovett, Juvenile Court, Atlanta Judicial Circuit, Jamie Averett, Wenona C. Belton, Pat Buonodono, Jen Carreras, Laurie-Ann Fallon, Wendy Furey, Darice Good, Karlise Y. Grier, Nathan Hayes, Diana Rugh Johnson, Kristi Lovelace, Robin McCallum, Faye McCord, Kimberly Puckett Mullins, LaMia Saxby, Leslie Stewart, Katherine Terry, Marie Watson, Vicky Wuesthoff, Ashley Willcott, and Stephany Zaic.
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The Bianconeri captain has been left fuming at the attitude of 'the Duck' last night...There were fractious scenes at Artemio Franchi after the final whistle last night, and a number of Siena players have criticised Milan hero Alexandre Pato for his role in the Rossoneri's 2-1 win.
The 19-year-old insisted that he did a trick with the ball, but opposition players felt that the Milan star was goading them and tempers boiled over at full time.
"OK, he is Brazilian but he can't make fun of us like that," Simone Vergassola told Sky Sport Italia after the game.
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The amount of water required to hydraulically fracture oil and gas wells varies widely across the country, according to the first national-scale analysis and map of hydraulic fracturing water usage detailed in a new study.
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Large-scale storage of low-pressure, gaseous hydrogen in salt caverns and other underground sites for transportation fuel and grid-scale energy applications offers several advantages over above-ground storage, says a recent Sandia National Laboratories study.
Wind energy reaches greater heightsNovember 6, 2014 3:14 pm | by Rob Matheson, MIT | News | Comments
Wind turbines across the globe are being made taller to capture more energy from the stronger winds that blow at greater heights. But it's not easy, or sometimes even economically feasible, to build taller towers, with shipping constraints on tower diameters and the expense involved in construction.
Leading the charge for a panel-powered carNovember 6, 2014 10:08 am | by Queensland Univ. of Technology | News | Comments
A car powered by its own body panels could soon be driving on our roads after a breakthrough in nanotechnology research by a Queensland Univ. of Technology team.
After Fukushima, Japan gets green boom … and glutOctober 30, 2014 3:01 pm | by Yuri Kageyama, AP Business Writer | News | Comments
Traumatized by the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl and encouraged by the highest rates for renewable energy in the world, Japan has been undergoing a green boom. It's now rapidly turning into a fiasco as the cost proves prohibitive and utilities anticipate putting some nuclear reactors back online. The utilities say they can't accommodate the flood of newcomers to the green energy business.
Electric-car drivers trading gas for solar powerOctober 28, 2014 5:33 pm | by Dee-Ann Durbin, AP Auto Writer | News | Comments
Owners of electric vehicles have already gone gas-free. Now, a growing number are powering their cars with sunlight. Solar panels installed on the roof of a home or garage can easily generate enough electricity to power an electric or plug-in gas-electric hybrid vehicle. The approach is not cheap, but advocates say the investment pays off over time and is worth it for the thrill of fossil fuel-free driving.
NIST releases final version of Smart Grid Framework, update 3.0October 3, 2014 11:51 am | News | Comments
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published its NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 3.0, a document that reflects advances in smart grid technologies and developments from NIST's collaborative work with industry stakeholders. Revisions to its guidelines for smart grid cybersecurity are available as well.
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Penn State Univ. said Wednesday that General Electric Co. will give the school up to $10 million to create a new center for natural gas industry research. GE said the money will support research projects, equipment, and undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral fellowships at The Center for Collaborative Research on Intelligent Natural Gas Supply Systems. the money will be donated over the next five years and earmarked for different uses.
Wind energy proposal would light Los Angeles homesSeptember 24, 2014 10:59 am | by Michael R. Blood and Mead Gruver, Associated Press | News | Comments
Finding an economical way to store renewable energy from wind or the sun has proved challenging. An alliance of four companies say they have found an answer and are proposing an $8 billion power project that would start with turbines on a huge wind farm in Wyoming and end with enough electricity for over 1 million households in Southern California. The key link is an underground energy storage site carved out of a massive salt formation.
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Coming to Nevada's high desert: A massive, $5 billion factory that will pump out high-tech batteries for hundreds of thousands of electric vehicles. That's assuming state leaders deliver on the economic incentives they packaged to entice Tesla Motors to Nevada rather than four other states competing for the factory and the economic jolt it promises to bring.
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According to Univ. of California Irvine and Princeton Univ. scientists, existing power plants around the world will pump out more than 300 billion tons of carbon dioxide over their expected lifetimes, significantly adding to atmospheric levels of the climate-warming gas. The findings are the first to quantify how quickly these "committed" emissions are growing.
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As the oil and gas drilling technique called hydraulic fracturing (or "fracking") proliferates, a new study on the contents of the fluids involved in the process raises concerns about several ingredients. Scientists say that out of nearly 200 commonly used compounds, there's very little known about the potential health risks of about one-third, and eight are toxic to mammals.
Ohio water crisis: Threat isn't going away soonAugust 6, 2014 10:06 am | by John Seewer, Associated Press | News | Comments
The threat of toxins contaminating water supplies along western Lake Erie is far from over even after Toledo, Ohio, declared its water safe again. That's because the algae leaving behind the dangerous toxins each summer aren't supposed to peak until September. The chances of another water emergency over the next few months will depend on the winds, rains and temperatures that dictate how large the algae grow and where algae blooms end up.
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Developed in the U.K., an innovative "trigeneration" system fuelled entirely by raw plant oils could have great potential for isolated homes and businesses operating outside grid systems. the small-scale combined cooling, heat and power system has been designed to utilize its waste heating by storing it through measures such as batteries and supercapacitors.
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As the Obama administration weans the U.S. off dirty fuels blamed for global warming, energy companies have been sending more of America's unwanted energy leftovers to other parts of the world where they could create even more pollution. This fossil fuel trade threatens to undermine the president's strategy for reducing the gases blamed for climate change and also reveals a side effect of countries acting alone on a global problem.
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New Stanford Univ. research outlines the path to a possible future for California in which renewable energy creates a healthier environment, generates jobs and stabilizes energy prices. Among other metrics, the plan calculates the number of new devices and jobs created, land and ocean areas required, and policies needed for infrastructure changes.
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GE to be lead research sponsor at new Notre Dame tech centerJune 27, 2014 3:03 pm | News | Comments
The University of Notre Dame, along with GE and four other public entities, are collaborating on a $36 million project to create a research and testing center to advance the technology of gas turbine engines used for jet aircraft, power generation plants and the oil and gas industry. GE has committed $13.5 million over the next five years to fund research at the Notre Dame Turbomachinery Facility, which was unveiled this week in Indiana.
Hundreds of sensors packed into a single optical fiberJune 26, 2014 2:37 pm | News | Comments
By fusing together the concepts of active fiber sensors and high-temperature fiber sensors, a team of researchers at the Univ. of Pittsburgh has created an all-optical high-temperature sensor for gas flow measurements that operates at record-setting temperatures above 800 C. The new technology should be ideal for use in deep drilling operations, nuclear reactor cores and outer space.
Study shows greater potential for solar powerJune 23, 2014 9:43 am | News | Comments
Concentrating solar power (CSP) could supply a large fraction of the power supply in a decarbonized energy system, according to a new study of the technology and its potential practical application. For this research, scientists simulated the construction and operation of CSP systems in four regions around the world, taking into account weather variations, plant locations, electricity demand, and costs.
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Researchers in Europe have designed a new type of fuel cell that is much simpler and can be mounted on a wall and used in a home. Designed with heater manufacturer Vaillant, the compact and safe system is based on solid fuel cell technology and generates electricity and heat from natural gas. With an output of 1 kW, it provides the average current consumption for a four-person household.
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A Swiss-made solar-powered aircraft has made a successful inaugural flight as its makers prepare for what they hope will be the first round-the-world solar flight. The aircraft spent 2 hours and 17 minutes in the air above western Switzerland early Monday. The Solar Impulse 2 is a bigger and better version of a single-seat prototype that first took flight five years ago and can theoretically stay airborne indefinitely.
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Sega has begun teasing the Castle of Illusion game with a new silent-area trailer. The re-release of the popular game features marching nutcracker dudes, a lady, and an apple. Check out the trailer past the link.
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**** the ostrich!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will eat an ostrich egg the first time I get a chance! I have already eaten ostrich meat!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Is there a no ear morph for Genesis? I thought I saw one once but I cant remember where.
There's a EarGone morph in Xena's set here:
It's a good set overall, I'd recommend it.
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There's a Genesis Creature Creator Heads Set that includes Ear Morphs (on sale at the moment):
Also bundled with the bodies for a little more:
The Tamesis bundle appears to have a couple of ear morphs and says it applies to both V4 and Genesis (also on sale - although I've not tried it on Genesis. You might want to ask first if interested.):
With that bundle separated I'm under the impression it's the Otherworldly Wonders: Tamesis that has the couple of elf morphs:
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Thanks, Looks like Xena's is the only one that actually has it. The creature one looked like it was part of a whole head morph. I thought I had seen a freebie one floating around out there somewhere. Guess it's gone now. Oh well.
Here is one for free
Thanks. I had done a search on Rendo and for some reason this item didnt show in the search. I guess I wasnt using the right search criteria.
Yes, I've only found it, cause I had it in my collections and could look there who it makes ;o)
Just remember that any "no ear morph" only works on whatever head morph it was designed to work with. If it was designed for the V5 morph, f'rex, then when you shift to M4, you'll have a cluster of seemingly random geo where the ear is. Unless, of course, it takes those other morphs into account with MCM's.
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'Lincoln,' 'Les Mis,' 'Playbook' lead SAG awards
Nicole Kidman earned two individual nominations, as supporting film actress as a woman smitten with a prison inmate in "The Paperboy" and best actress in a TV movie or miniseries as war correspondent Martha Gellhorn in "Hemingway & Gellhorn."
Bryan Cranston had three overall nominations, as best actor in a TV drama for "Breaking Bad," an ensemble honor for that show and a film ensemble honor for "Argo."
Along with "Breaking Bad" and "Downton Abbey," best TV drama ensemble contenders are "Boardwalk Empire," "Homeland" and "Mad Men." TV comedy ensemble nominees are "30 Rock," "The Big Bang Theory," "Glee," "Modern Family," "Nurse Jackie" and "The Office."
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The Sims are off on an adventure to famous destinations around the world! The EA Play Label of Electronic Arts Inc. today announced that The Sims 3 World Adventures is in development and will ship to retailers worldwide the week of November 16, 2009.
Scott Evans, General Manager of The Sims at EA notes "Players will be able to take their Sims on the adventure of a lifetime and explore lands outside of Sunset Valley and Riverview, pursue thrilling new life destinies in locations around the world inspired by famous destinations and immerse themselves in the open-ended game play where they'll discover new cities in China,France, Egypt and share new stories."
Additionally, players will receive 1,000 SimPoints to be used online in The Sims 3 Store for the PC/MAC versions of the game. Exclusive online content, available only for the expansion pack at launch, will be revealed soon.
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2nd July 2015 – SPECTRUM Announces THREE competitions with BIG prizes.
Want to win £50 or a tablet computer? Details are in our latest newsletter.
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1st July 2015 – ULO Mentors wanted
SPECTRUM is looking to recruit organisations or individuals with suitable expertise to provide mentoring support to new and developing User Led Organisations and community groups in Hampshire. If you are interested please send an expression of interest by 5pm on 28th July.
For further details and Expression of Interest forms email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Download a copy of the tender specification by clicking here
Download a copy of the ULO Mentoring Expression of Interest form by clicking here
1st July 2015 – SPECTRUM announces website and Learning Centre launch event on 28th July 2015
SPECTRUM is hosting an event to launch our new website and the opening of our new 'Your Way' IT and Learning Centre in partnership with Diversity and Ability
Come along and be the first to see and try out our new professionally designed website, with a host of new accessibility features and extensive information resources for Disabled People and other users.
There will also be an opportunity to visit our new Your Way Learning Centre, offering a range of Information Technology and Assistive Technology training and support. You can try out the new equipment – and surf our new website while you are there. There will be people around to assist you.
Plus, you can find out about our new employment training and support services aimed at helping Disabled People to get into and stay in work. You will be able to meet our staff teams, who will be happy to answer any questions.
There will be guest speakers, light buffet lunch and refreshments and opportunities for networking.
So put the date in your diary –Tuesday 28th July (Launch from Midday till 2.30pm, followed by an 'open house – drop-in and try' until 6pm). We look forward to seeing you there!!
(Please RSVP by downloading and returning the return form here)
SPECTRUM has produced a Special Website Edition of our Newsletter to tell you much more about our plans for improving the way we provide information and SPECTRUM's two exciting new projects.
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Finally, if you would like to see advance information about the training courses planned from our IT Learning Centre:
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Thank you, I look forward to seeing you on the 28th.
Ian Loynes
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FEBRUARY 2015: International recognition for SPECTRUM CIL's User Led Organisation Project
We are proud to announce that SPECTRUM CIL's User Led Organisation Project, funded by Hampshire County Council, has won an award from the Essl Foundation/United Nations sponsored Zero Project, which held its annual awards ceremony and conference in Vienna in February 2015. We were one of 39 innovative practices recognised with an award and we showcased our ULO project at the United Nations Headquarters in Vienna in February.
The Zero Project awards are made to organisations demonstrating innovative practices, which, in 2015, are focused on the theme of Independent Living and Political Participation. User Led Organisations (run and controlled by people who use local services) are at the heart of developments to extend community participation in decision making, both in Hampshire and nationally. The finalists were selected by an international panel of experts from a total of over 230 nominations from 58 different countries.
You can read SPECTRUM's Zero Project ULO Project Presentation here
You can read the Zero Project 2015 report here
For more information about the User Led Organisation Project, see: http://www.spectrumcil.co.uk/ulohome/
The Zero Project also recognised Disability Rights UK's innovative practices in relation to their self directed support helpline and platform on personalised care – See more at: http://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/2015/february/new-zero-project-report-recognises-dr-uk-helpline
DECEMBER 2014: STOP PRESS – SPECTRUM Centre for Independent Living has won the Overall Independent Living Initiative award at the 2014 Independent Living Awards run by Breakthrough UK. Baroness Jane Campbell DBE said 'We need to recognise the important role of Disabled People's Organisations (DPO) in 2014, a time when independence for many is under threat. Over the last 30 years Spectrum CIL have played a pivotal role in delivering Independent Living opportunities and influencing social policy. They have grown and developed whilst always keeping true to their values and objectives.'. For more information about the awards, check out the Breakthrough UK awards page.
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The Jones Group Inc. Announces Strategic Plan To Improve Profitability REPORTS PRELIMINARY 2013 FIRST QUARTER RESULTS AND UPDATED GUIDANCE PR Newswire NEW YORK, April 24, 2013 NEW YORK, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --The Jones Group Inc. ("Jones Group," the "Company") (NYSE: JNY) today announced a series of actions designed to improve profitability. The Jones Group is committed to improving its direct-to-consumer business, achieving operational excellence and enhancing profitability through strong cost discipline and careful inventory planning. Accordingly, the Company's plan will reset its domestic retail business through the reduction of approximately 170 underperforming stores and will streamline certain wholesale divisions and the supply chain. Wesley R. Card, The Jones Group Chief Executive Officer, commented: "We are focused on significantly improving margins in both the retail and wholesale channels and delivering outstanding products. In early 2013, we marketed a refocused sportswear product offering for fall 2013, which we believe will resonate with our core Jones New York customers. Given the impact it will have on our associates, our decision to streamline operations was difficult. However, we believe these actions will position the Company for maximum operating leverage and improved profitability as our businesses recover and grow." "We remain focused on our mission to create the leading global fashion company defined by premier brands and driven by exceptional talent, and have achieved success in diversifying our portfolio from a category, geographic and distribution perspective," Card continued. Actions to improve profitability include: oClosing approximately 170 underperforming domestic retail stores by mid-2014. This plan is already underway and includes the 50 store closings announced in the fourth quarter of 2012. Upon completion, The Jones Group expects to operate a smaller and more productive chain of domestic stores, with outlet stores comprising a significantly higher percentage of the overall retail portfolio. oContinuing critical assessment of individual store profitability on an ongoing basis, including consideration of converting certain stores to brands that offer the greatest opportunity for revenue growth and profitability. oOptimizing the wholesale channel, with a focus on sportswear, through a more streamlined structure to support a brand-focused organization, including the consolidation of certain production, design and selling divisions, and consolidation of distribution and supply chain facilities. oReducing domestic retail staff by approximately 18% and corporate, support and supply chain staff by approximately 2%, for a total headcount reduction of approximately 8% upon completion. Retail staff reductions and termination notifications began this month and will continue through the first half of 2014. These actions are expected to generate approximately $40 million in annualized pre-tax savings and reduction of operating losses by mid-2014, with the benefit to fiscal 2013 expected to total approximately $11 million. Savings will be generated through the reduction of the Company's workforce and other selling, general and administrative expenses to reflect the Company's smaller domestic retail footprint and more streamlined operations. The Company expects to incur costs of approximately $40 million to $60 million over the next 15 months to achieve the plan. The costs to be incurred relate primarily to severance, store closures and non-cash asset write-downs (approximately $6 million). Preliminary First Quarter Results The Company today also announced that it expects to report 2013 first quarter adjusted earnings per share ("EPS") of approximately $0.15, compared with 2012 first quarter adjusted EPS of $0.31. Included in the results will be charges totaling approximately $0.05 per share related to changes in foreign currency exchange, primarily pertaining to the British pound. The adjusted results exclude charges related to impairments of assets, the impact of severance and other costs related to restructuring activities, certain acquisition-related costs and other costs not considered relevant for period-over-period comparisons (see reconciliation of adjusted earnings in the accompanying schedule). As reported under generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), the Company expects to report 2013 first quarter EPS of approximately $0.01, compared with a 2012 first quarter loss per share of $(0.01). The Company expects to report 2013 first quarter adjusted and GAAP revenues of approximately $1 billion, compared with 2012 first quarter adjusted and GAAP revenues of $936 million. Card commented: "First quarter revenues were in line with our expectations, with the exception of our sportswear business and retail channel, which remained challenged and highly promotional. This resulted in a higher than anticipated level of markdowns during the quarter for our wholesale customers, and deeper promotions required in our own retail doors. Additionally, the unusually cold weather in the first quarter had an impact on sales of seasonal products. As a result, we expect gross margins for the first quarter of 2013 to be approximately 90 basis points below our estimates. We also anticipate continued margin pressure in sportswear in the second quarter, as we clear the spring merchandise in anticipation of the new fall product. We anticipate we will achieve improved performance in fall 2013 with our new and refocused sportswear product offerings." Second Quarter and Full Year 2013 Guidance Inclusive of the strategic actions to improve profitability, the Company estimates that 2013 second quarter and full year adjusted and GAAP revenues will be in the ranges of $820 to $850 million and $3.80 to $3.95 billion and gross margin will be in the ranges of 35.2% to 36.0% and 35.9% to 36.1%. Selling, general and administrative expenses are estimated to be in the ranges of $290 to $305 million and $1.20 to $1.25 billion, on an adjusted basis, while in the ranges of $300 to $315 million and $1.23 to $1.28 billion, on a GAAP basis. First Quarter 2013 Earnings and Conference Call on Wednesday, May 1 The Company noted that these 2013 first quarter results and guidance are preliminary and therefore subject to the Company's completion of its customary quarterly closing and review procedures. The Company will provide an update on these matters when it announces final 2013 first quarter results as scheduled, on Wednesday, May 1, 2013. A conference call with management will be held on May 1, 2013 at 8:30 am Eastern Time, which is accessible by dialing 412-858-4600 or through a web cast at www.jonesgroupinc.com (under Investor Relations/Conference Schedule). The call will be recorded and made available through May 9, 2013 and may be accessed by dialing 877-344-7529 (International 412-317-0088). Enter account number 10026948. A slide presentation will accompany the prepared remarks and will be posted with the webcast on the Company's website. Presentation of Information in the Press Release Financial information discussed in this press release includes both GAAP and non-GAAP measures, which include or exclude certain items. These non-GAAP measures differ from reported results and are intended to illustrate what management believes are relevant period-over-period comparisons. A reconciliation of the GAAP measures presented to the comparable non-GAAP information appears in the financial tables section of this press release. About The Jones Group Inc. The Jones Group Inc. (www.jonesgroupinc.com) is a leading global designer, marketer and wholesaler of over 35 brands with product expertise in apparel, footwear, jeanswear, jewelry and handbags. The Jones Group has a reputation for innovation, excellence in product quality and value, operational execution and talent. The Company also markets directly to consumers through branded specialty retail and outlet stores, through concessions at upscale department stores and through its e-commerce sites. The Company's internationally recognized brands and licensing agreements (L) include: Nine West, Jones New York, Anne Klein, Kurt Geiger, Rachel Roy (L), Robert Rodriguez, Robbi & Nikki, Stuart Weitzman, Brian Atwood (L), Boutique 9, Easy Spirit, Carvela, Gloria Vanderbilt, l.e.i., Bandolino, Enzo Angiolini, Nine & Co., GLO, Joan & David, Miss KG, Kasper, Energie, Evan-Picone, Le Suit, Mootsies Tootsies, Grane, Erika, Napier, Jessica Simpson (L), Givenchy (L), Judith Jack, Albert Nipon, Pappagallo and Rafe (L). Forward Looking Statements Certain statements contained herein are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements regarding the Company's expected financial position, business and financing plans are forward-looking statements. The words "believes," "expects," "plans," "intends," "anticipates" and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements also include representations of the Company's expectations or beliefs concerning future events that involve risks and uncertainties, including: othose associated with the effect of national, regional and international economic conditions; olowered levels of consumer spending resulting from a general economic downturn or lower levels of consumer confidence; othe tightening of the credit markets and the Company's ability to obtain capital on satisfactory terms; ogiven the uncertain economic environment, the possible unwillingness of committed lenders to meet their obligations to lend to borrowers, in general; othe performance of the Company's products within the prevailing retail environment; ocustomer acceptance of both new designs and newly-introduced product lines; othe Company's reliance on a few department store groups for large portions of the Company's business; othe Company's ability to identify acquisition candidates and, in a competitive environment for such acquisitions, acquire such businesses on reasonable financial and other terms; othe integration of the organizations and operations of any acquired businesses into the Company's existing organization and operations; oconsolidation of the Company's retail customers; ofinancial difficulties encountered by the Company's customers; othe effects of vigorous competition in the markets in which the Company operates; othe Company's ability to attract and retain qualified executives and other key personnel; othe Company's reliance on independent foreign manufacturers, including political instability in countries where contractors and suppliers are located; ochanges in the costs of raw materials, labor, advertising and transportation, including the impact such changes may have on the pricing of the Company's products and the resulting impact on consumer acceptance of the Company's products at higher price points; othe Company's ability to successfully implement new operational and financial information systems; othe Company's ability to secure and protect trademarks and other intellectual property rights; othe effects of extreme or unseasonable weather conditions; and othe Company's ability to implement its strategic initiatives to enhance profitability. A further description of these risks and uncertainties and other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations can be found in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, including, but not limited to, the Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Disclosure and Item 1A-Risk Factors therein, and in the Company's other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, such expectations may prove to be incorrect. The Company does not undertake to publicly update or revise its forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. THE JONES GROUP INC. Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures to GAAP for the quarters ended April 6, 2013 and March 31, 2012 (UNAUDITED) All amounts in millions, except per FIRST QUARTER share data 2013 2012 Operating income $ 17.0 $ 40.2 Adjustments: Items affecting segment income: Expenses related to retail 8.5 0.5 store closure plan (a) Charges related to acquired 1.8 (0.9) businesses (b) Other business development - 0.2 costs (c) Present value adjustments to lease liabilities for properties 0.2 - not in use (d) Severance and other charges related to executive management - 3.7 changes (e) Other restructuring expenses 6.9 8.9 and certain other charges (f) Total adjustments to operating 17.4 12.4 income Adjusted operating income $ 34.4 $ 52.6 Income (loss) attributable to Jones $ 0.6 $ (1.2) Provision (benefit) for income 0.5 (0.6) taxes Adjustments to operating income, 17.4 12.4 from above Adjustment of remaining consideration payable related to acquisition of Stuart Weitzman (g) (0.4) 27.7 Adjusted income before provision 18.1 38.3 for income taxes Adjusted provision for income taxes 6.8 14.3 Adjusted income attributable to 11.3 24.0 Jones Less: adjusted income allocated to (0.4) (0.4) participating securities Adjusted income available to common $ 10.9 $ stockholders of Jones 23.6 Earnings (loss) per share - diluted $ 0.01 $ (as reported) (0.01) Provision (benefit) for income 0.01 (0.01) taxes Items affecting segment income: Expenses related to retail 0.11 0.01 store closure plan (a) Charges related to acquired 0.03 (0.01) businesses (b) Other business development - - costs (c) Present value adjustments to lease liabilities for properties - - not in use (d) Severance and other charges related to executive management - 0.05 changes (e) Other restructuring expenses 0.09 0.11 and certain other charges (f) Adjustment of remaining consideration payable related to acquisition of Stuart Weitzman (g) (0.01) 0.35 Adjusted income before provision 0.24 0.49 for income taxes Adjusted provision for income taxes 0.09 0.18 Adjusted earnings per share - $ 0.15 $ diluted 0.31 (a) 2013 and 2012 include severance, fixed asset impairment and other charges and credits related to the closure of underperforming retail locations. 2013 and 2012 include the adjustments of the contingent consideration (b) payable for the Robert Rodriguez acquisition and the amortization of certain acquired intangible assets related to the acquisition of Kurt Geiger. 2013 and 2012 include investment consulting fees, legal fees, accounting (c) fees and other items related to acquisitions and other business development activities. (d) 2013 includes present value accruals and adjustments for liabilities related to leases on properties currently not in use. (e) 2012 includes severance and restricted stock charges related to executive management changes. 2013 and 2012 include severance, occupancy, and other costs related to the (f) exit from certain product lines or restructuring of corporate and business support functions and other charges not considered by management to be part of ongoing operations. 2013 and 2012 represent the fair value adjustments in accordance with GAAP (g) of the remaining consideration payable related to the acquisition of Stuart Weitzman. Estimated 2013 Q2 Q2 Full Full Year Year Amounts in billions Low High Low High Range Range Range Range GAAP Selling, General & $ $ $ Administrative Expenses 0.30 $ 0.32 1.28 1.23 First quarter 2013 adjusted amounts from - - 0.02 0.02 above Estimated adjusted amounts for the remainder 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 of 2013 (h) Adjusted Selling, General $ $ $ & Administrative Expenses 0.29 $ 0.31 1.25 1.20 (h) Additional costs are expected for severance, asset impairments, costs to consolidate facilities and other expenses. SOURCE The Jones Group Inc. Website: http://www.jonesgroupinc.com Contact: Investor Contact: John T. McClain, Chief Financial Officer, The Jones Group, (212) 703-9189; Media Contacts: Joele Frank and Sharon Stern, Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher, (212) 355-4449
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This is a plausible enough lie except that now that Hank has found a connection between those whom he thinks should have no connection, it surely wouldn't be enough to throw him off the scent.
Yeah, Hank will definitely be going back over all the old case files now. The question is what physical evidence is there left to actually link Walt with?
Probably the only option he'll have is to try drawing Walt out through a sting operation of some sort, possibly by having Lydia convince him to start cooking again.
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This is a great 45-min video of Steve Ballmer talking about some of his life lessons to the CS50 class. If you can handle his antics, there's a lot of great entrepreneurial nuggets in here.
This is a great 45-min video of Steve Ballmer talking about some of his life lessons to the CS50 class. If you can handle his antics, there's a lot of great entrepreneurial nuggets in here.
Would you ever consider marrying someone after the first date?
Thought so.
Since we are on the topic of Founder Sins (you can read my first one here) let's talk about the second one real quick. Another very common thread I see fraying from the rookie founder sweater is how quickly they are considering whom to choose as their cofounders.
"I met this developer at a networking event and I think we're going to build something together."
"Do you know anyone who codes? Do you think they could help me with my idea?"
"The six of us started a company at a Startup Weekend!"
I hear these all the time. It's not a bad idea that people are "hustlin" and looking for skilled people to build out their team. It's just that it ain't easy.
Just as dating the right person takes time for the relationship to develop into a marriage, so does a business partnership. I am not saying you need to "court" the person for years on end, but I am saying it takes more than one event, one week or a few short meetings to grant a random person a large stake in your future company, basically legally binding the both of you.
Here's why I know. I have lost a cofounder myself.
In the fall of 2011 I was approached by an awesome developer – whom I didn't know at the time – about joining the founding team of his newly forming startup. He read an article I had written, emailed me and said we should meet. When we met for coffee he showed me the prototype of the mobile ordering/payment stystem he was building and said he was looking for a CEO. I was impressed and intrigued. We booked another meeting or two and within 2 weeks we were talking "marriage", better known as personal responsibilities, founder equity and company formation. Before I knew it I was CEO of a tech startup (Seconds) and diving into leading a founding team I did not know two weeks ago.
But unfortunately, 6 months after that initial meeting he was on a plane moving down to SF to do contract work, leaving me to find another CTO.
What happened?
I am forever grateful for Jacques to have sought me out and single-handedly placing me on this path I am today. Yet, in hindsight it's clear we jumped in too quickly. We were excited, thought time was of the essence and needed to get to work today! Within a week or two of knowing each other we were having the "how much percentage of the company do you get and how much do I get" conversation. I was immediately in charge of estimating product timelines, leading a team of developers, laying out our fundraising strategy, talking with the media and figuring out how we'll make it to the next phase of the company.
All this and I didn't even know who these people were!
I didn't know how they handled stress (although I found out pretty quickly!) I didn't know how they had performed in the past on other teams and projects. Did they run from challenges quickly or where they the ones to stick it out and find a solution? I was not aware of their tell-tale signs of when things weren't going right. And I hadn't learned how to best approach them to talk over difficult situations and touchy subjects.
In the end, I didn't know them at all.
And now I know why investors ask about the backgrounds of the founders and how long they have known each other. It's very important you take the time to get to know people you want to work with in the future. If you have a long view on your career – your entrepreneurial journey – you will see there's decades of time for you to work on various projects and many different people you will work well with.
The thing is it's very hard to determine that after one or two meetings.
Take it from me, it's best to start laying the foundation for your future cofounder relationships now so that when the time comes for you to form your dream team you will already know who you will pick.
That, or get used to signing divorce papers…
I have noticed a trend recently as I help founders wrap their arms around their ideas and how to best get started.
They come to me with an idea – a problem they have observed in the world – and are devising a unique solution and hopefully in the process attach a kick ass growing business to it. The problem starts when they try to get too tricky – maybe even too complex – and add all these extra functions and features to their solution.
They create Product Bloat.
This is not good. It's the number #1 founder sin. Yet it's so easily avoidable.
It's the number 1 sin because people think too deeply about what they are trying to do. Thinking to deeply is not actually the problem; implementing too much and attacking the entire vision right out of gate is. They also want to be different than others in the market, so they think "well, what if we put this into the app?" Or "such and such is doing X so we'll just do Y so we can be different."
The issue with that type of thinking is it takes you farther and farther away from "problem solving" thinking and puts you closer to "creating something new" thinking. This is wrong because trying to launch a successful product without solving a clear problem in the world is very difficult, if not impossible.
But back to simplicity. As a founder you need to think about your entire vision as a large iceberg. The challenge is to find the tip of the iceberg and only release that as the first version. The rest of the iceberg is under water and very large, just as your entire vision is in your head and not visible to the rest of the world. Some think of this as an MVP (minimum viable product) and I concur, I just like the illustration better.
Most founders make the mistake of not finding (or determining) the tip of the iceberg and thus end up building the whole iceberg, resulting in lost time, a bloated product and a lost value proposition.
For every Uber – a very simple and easy to use app – there's thousands of apps that get it wrong and initially build a too complex product. They end up confusing users and not even getting to the point of an exponential user growth curve.
Twitter was simply a status update and following what others were updating. That's it and people could easily talk about it and share it with their friends. YO was absurdly simple, yet at least it was simple enough where millions of people got it and downloaded the app to mess with friends.
The key is to break down your complex problem into its essence. Know the end game and the large vision but find the simple starting point where millions of people will understand what to do with the app. Find the least amount of features and code possible to solve your initial problem.
And then release it and gain users.
Once you have your users you can then figure out the next few things to place in the app experience. But take it from me, don't commit the number 1 founder sin right out of the gate.
Hang around the startup community long enough and you'll no doubt hear a saying like "oh yea, that guy? He's a Hustler."
What does it mean? And is it a good thing?
Some may have a negative connotation to the word since it can be used to describe a shady character. To me, being a hustler is a good thing since I think about it in terms of action, of doing things each day and of getting results.
To fully understand what a hustler is and why it's important, I'll quickly describe a well rounded startup founding team:
First – and especially if you are starting something in tech – you'll need a technical person. This individual is the one who architects the product and who writes the code. This is the engineer.
Second, you'll need someone who makes the code look pretty, readable to the layman allowing for a great user experience. This is the designer.
Lastly you'll need someone who can sell your product, or the one who understands how to get it in the market and found by people. This is generally the business person, the CEO, and the Hustler.
All three are important in their own way but today I want to address what it takes to be an authentic Hustler.
Hustlers simply get things done. They are not satisfied with just sitting around, they must be moving – and moving forward. They get up each day knowing that they have things to accomplish, fights to win and deals to close. They subscribe to the JFDI mentality. (go ahead, click it and read all about it!)
They also are very social and tend to "know a lot of people". This important because at its core, business is simply a collection of random people interacting and transacting with each other (hopefully) for benefit of all parties involved. Given that, it's important a Hustler knows a lot of people in a number of different industries so they can sell their product or service to them, or conversely, so they can buy from others. It's also important a Hustler understands how to treat people right, meaning they are genuine in their dealings with them and unequivocally treat them fairly.
If you know a Hustler, you'll find they are confident in their dealings with people. They understand Alpha is the one who generally leads the team and determines the outcomes of meetings and thus, for better or for worse, they tend to take control of the situation.
Hustlers are never satisfied. Although that statement can be taken as "I never have enough" I tend to think about it more as "never rest on your laurels." The pursuit of perfection for the sake of working to get better each day is what being a Hustler is all about.
Although the above comes naturally to me, I am intent on working to become a better Hustler. Why? Well, I am not a coder. And trust me, I can't design websites or apps. But I am pretty damn good with people, business and product markets, and intuitively understand my future success will be determined by how much better I can be in those areas.
But good is not Great! I want to be great at these things and I am now paying close attention to improving my skills with people, business intelligence, leadership and how to market a company.
If you are non-technical I hope you are paying attention to those areas as well.
A few months ago my friend Kyle announced he was moving himself and his company to Las Vegas. It was a sad day for us here in Seattle – since we were losing a staple of the Seattle startup community – but he received a huge outpouring of support for his decision and ultimately made the move down in September.
Kyle recently sent out a message saying he was going to be in town this weekend and was planning a brunch gathering, and of course I jumped right on it. It was great. Here we are as a group…
Although I could write much more on this topic, I want to touch on what I have observed (learned) from Kyle and his approach with the people in his life.
Friendship is not simply treating people the way you would want to be treated, it's also being genuinely interested in them and present when you are around them. Kyle does an amazing job of treating each and everyone in his life with authenticity and respect. It isn't fake or half-hearted. He is genuinely interested in you, your life, your company and the people you are sharing your life with. I admire this about Kyle and actively try to live this way in my life as well.
Do yourself and your friends a favor and treat them with the love and respect you would wish to be treated, and genuinely work towards being present when with them.
Awesome Experiences
Creating awesome experiences is Kyle's Modus Operandi. He isn't just concerned with seeing you, he's all about experiencing life WITH you. Earlier this year, Kyle started sending emails to a large group of his friends simply stating "Brunch this Sunday at such-and-such diner, first 12 that respond get a seat!" How cool is that? Things as simple as organizing a group brunch on a Sunday takes an average drizzly November Sunday morning and creates long-lasting memories for everyone involved.
Do yourself and your friends a favor and start creating unique experiences to share with others. It's better than sitting on a sofa by yourself!
Rose Colored Lenses
If you follow Kyle on any social media, you will see he has an incredible eye for photography and uses a lens to capture life's beauty to share with his network of friends. I admire this quality and talent since I am not the most creative and talented in the world of visual art. But what I can do is start to view the world like Kyle does, keenly observing its uniqueness and beauty from every angle imaginable. Ya know, it's kind of our generations "stop and smell the roses" perspective, except the difference is today we pretty much don't ever stop for anything anymore, and just snap it and send it off to our friends without blinking an eye. Kyle's approach is a lot more meaningful, introspective and thought provoking. I like that.
Do yourself and your friends a favor by taking a breath, looking at the world's details from a slightly different viewpoint, and fully appreciate its beauty.
Sometimes it takes a good friend visiting from out of town to remind you how to (better) live your life each day.
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This year has been a turning point in mobile payments, as Square, Paypal, along with Apple and others like SoftCard (formerly ISIS) have all made strides in their digital payment offerings, finally achieving top of mind with tech executives and media coverage. Yet for all these updates and enhancements, these companies are barely cracking the shell on everyday mobile payments, and most have not built a scalable system to reach the millions of small businesses in the U.S.
In the fall of 2011, I cofounded a mobile payments startup originally targeting local businesses so they could easily accept mobile payments. Here we are three years later – and after ultimately failing to crack the code myself — I now stare at three big issues that still apply today, and are the main reasons we will not be paying with our phone in everyday retail stores for a long time to come.
Merchant Hardware Challenges
The first issue has to do with the point-of-sale and hardware challenge that the average SMB faces. Mostly running outdated Windows terminals, Verifone or other proprietary card-swiping hardware virtually impossible to integrate with, these local merchants are constantly operating behind the technological curve. Their machines are difficult to update with new software and are expensive to replace, meaning the update/replacement cycles tend to be measured in decades, not years. And when they do update to new and enhanced hardware, it still ends up being closed and proprietary (Square, et al) meaning it works only with that specific company's app, but of course no one else's. Simply put, the current POS market is fragmented, expensive, outdated and local merchants are offered little help in getting things up to date and working together.
Also, once the updated hardware is implemented and mobile payments are available within an SMB's operations, there is the issue of employee education on how a mobile transaction actually works and how the merchant verifies the payment. Let's remember, the concept of someone walking in and paying with their smartphone — not cash or physical card — is still foreign and hard to comprehend for most people.
What I found is that merchants just want to get paid, and anything getting in the way of that is discarded — fast. Their business is not technology, it's servicing their customers in a timely manner so any employer struggling to educate their staff will simply revert to what they know best, which is cash and credit card swiping.
Until a majority of US local merchants are running 21st century POS systems with mobile payment capabilities, we will not be paying with our mobile device.
OS Compatibility
"I'm sorry, you have an Android phone…. We only accept Apple phones!"
Imagine hearing those words Monday morning when you just want to pay for your latte and get on with your day. Sounds ridiculous – yes – but it also looks to be a possible result of the ever growing war between Apple and Android operating systems. Looking at currentglobal mobile shipment numbers reinforces the issue, as Android continues to dominate the global smartphone market, with over 255 million units shipped and nearly 85% of the market share (shipments) in the second quarter of 2014.
iOS experienced a slight drop in market share, down to just 11.7% from 13.0% in the same quarter last year. As for general marketshare, Android hovers at more than half of all mobile devices operating in the world.
What happens to Apple Pay when that number gets even higher as the years go on?
Fragmentation and lack of interoperability cuts like a knife in the back of the mobile payments market. Our mobile payment utopia is being threatened by operating system lock-in, where both Apple and Android hope to give merchants "the best deal possible" for exclusivity and end up elbowing each other for mobile dominance.
More likely, Android will release its own version of Apple Pay and most of the market will be covered with some sort of mobile payment option. Awesome! Yet, aren't we now back to the issue above, where the merchant must purchase multiple hardware systems so they are compatible with both Apple and Android?
And how are we – the end consumers – supposed to know what to do, what to use, when to use it, where to use it and where it's accepted within this exclusivity war?
It's all a big mess right now and it's getting frustrating for all involved. Things will not move forward until something or someone finds a way for these separate platforms to work together in some sort of local cloud.
User Experience Issues
Assuming the first two issues can be addressed and both the hardware and OS compatibility issues are taken care of, there's always the user experience challenge to overcome.
What user experience issue? Well, it takes only a few seconds to pull out a credit card, hand to the cashier, have them swipe it through the reader and hand it back to you. Simple as 1-2-3.
Humans are lazy. Unless the time it takes to pay using a mobile device in the retail store isequal to or less than the time it takes to pay with cash or credit card, it's game over. Plain and simple. People will not put up with fumbling on their phone in line, opening an app, needing to input security pins and other codes – all of which take many seconds to complete. And that's assuming everything works correctly.
From early research of Apple Pay, it looks like they are really attacking the challenge of minimizing the amount of time from grabbing the phone to completion of transaction – especially with Touch ID – which is encouraging. But again, since we are only now seeing it live in the wild one can only expect a bumpy road while early bugs are worked out of the system. Until then, I am not a believer retail mobile payments will save any time for the merchant or the customer.
These issues may seem obvious but they are the exact reasons we are not using our mobile device to pay for everyday things at the register of our local merchants, and should not be overlooked. Because of these and the slowness at which local merchants adopt new technologies, it will sadly be years before we see any significant uptick in retail mobile transactions.
Here's to hoping I am wrong!


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The Olympic sailing events that recently took place south of London were not of particular interest to Alex Thomson, a British sailor who lives nearby. "Too many fishing boats," he says, of sailing close to land. Thomson is one of the world's best solo open-ocean sailors. His sport is not an Olympic one, in part because it would be impossible to stage within a host country's waters. His races—cross-Atlantic, cross-Pacific, around the world—require that Thomson spend six months a year at sea, much of it alone. To stay on course, he sleeps twenty to forty minutes at a time, every three or four hours. Whenever the sea gets rough, which happens often, and he starts to get lonely, which happens often, too, he closes his eyes, pinches the bridge of his nose, and channels happy thoughts. He knows that things are going to be O.K. when goose bumps cover his arms.


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Official MPAA Rating: Inglourious Basterds is rated R for for strong graphic violence, language and brief sexuality.
- Frequent graphic violence, including gun and weapons use, and hand-to-hand confrontations (blood and detail shown).
- Some gory and grotesque images and disturbing scenes.
- Brief graphic portrayals of torture.
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Badge - Australian Railways Union, Podger & Simpson, 1921 Reg. No: SH 920087
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- Badge made for the Australian Railways Union by Podger and Simpson. This is one of a series of badges collected over a fifteen year period, when the donor undertook much research in the field of Trade Union material culture, and had extensive contact with the Trade Union Movement Australia wide. The Australian Railways Union was formed in 1921. In 1993 the ARU merged with other unions to form the Australian Rail Tram & Bus Industry Union.
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- Circular gold metal and enamel button with a crown at the top, with a ring through it, and a tail opposite the crown. Raised metal border, band of red enamel with gold lettering in it. At the centre there is a map of Australia, with gold lettering and white enamel, surrounded with blue enamel. On the back the manufacturers name is in raised lettering and there is a number stamped above it. Button is slightly convex.
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- Cultural Gifts Donation from Mr Andrew Reeves, 1991
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- Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
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|Podger & Simpson, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1921
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Thousands of Mount Pleasant elementary and middle school students could be affected by new attendance zones that would go into effect next year, but details of those proposals won't be made public until Thursday night.
It was unclear Tuesday how many students the changes would affect, but more than 7,800 students are enrolled in those schools, and officials said every school will be involved.
While the timing of the release of the rezoning proposal troubled some, others said they're more concerned about the lack of opportunities to give input to create these options.
"Nobody has seen anything," said Howard Chalmers, chairman of the School Improvement Council for Laurel Hill Primary. Chalmers has two children in Park West neighborhood schools and a third who will enroll next year. "I understand that there's a process to gather information and put together options and then vet those options with the public. I get that. But why didn't they work harder to get input earlier in the process before coming up with the options?"
Marty Belk, chairwoman of the Mount Pleasant constituent school board, said the board has been working for 18 months on redrawing attendance lines for the elementary and middle schools to address overcrowding and ensure all schools offer comparable curriculums.
It has come up with options that could go into effect for the 2013-14 school year, but officials are refusing to release details about those until a Thursday night meeting.
"It is the view of the constituent school board and that of the school district that the process would be better served by having the opportunity to present the proposals to the public in an organized fashion with all of the necessary materials available at one time on Thursday night," said John Emerson, the district's attorney. "It's public information that will be made public Thursday. I think it's perfectly reasonable for us to maintain control over the presentation of these plans."
Chalmers said he was only asked once — in May — to comment on rezoning priorities. When he found out about the meeting, he had no idea whether it was a request for initial input or the unveiling of a plan. He said he wished parents would be given some time to study the proposal and digest it before being asked for feedback at the only scheduled public hearing.
"No one has time to prepare," he said. "The only thing people have time to prepare remarks for is the process to this point, which has been completely hidden from everyone."
No decisions will be made Thursday, and officials said the public will have an opportunity to give written feedback that night and later.
Jay Bender, the attorney for the South Carolina Press Association, said the district might not be violating the Freedom of Information Act, but it seemed to be a violation of the public's trust.
"I've never understood why public bodies jerk their constituents around by making them wait when the information is readily available," he said. "From a public relations perspective, they've already blown it by saying, 'We don't trust you to understand this when we give it to you.' If they had any sense, they would put it online (now) so when people come Thursday, they'll have context to understand their remarks."
Belk said she understands everyone wants to see the options, but she wants to distribute the information in a way that wouldn't lead to misunderstandings. She said principals and School Improvement Council chairs were asked for input, but they haven't seen the proposals.
"If we did that, we would never have an orderly meeting, and there would be all kinds of calls," Belk said. "We've gone through this before. I know what can happen."
The proposals that will be presented aren't set in stone, and they could change depending on public feedback, she said.
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