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The Chapel Hill-Carrboro school system is saying "thanks, but no thanks" to a proposed school site offered by Obey Creek developers.
The proposed Obey Creek site was marked as a potential school location several years ago on Chapel Hill's land use plan.
Todd LoFrese, assistant superintendent for support services at Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, noted that in April 2014, the Board of Education approved a resolution for the Town Council to recognize that potential site, and to include that as party of negotiations with developers.
Later, the Council asked CHCCS if the school site offered by developers should be reserved.
The Board of Education has now come to a decision regarding Obey Creek.
"At a recent board meeting, the board passed a resolution thanking the Town Council for honoring that process," said LoFrese. "The next was to communicate that we weren't in reserving a school site. There are some challenges with the proposed area that was offered to the district as a school site."
One of those development challenges, said LoFrese, is that the school would be difficult to access.
"There'd be an extensive bridge that would need to be constructed to cross over the creek," said LoFrese.
In the final part of the resolution, the Board of Educations expressed that the Chapel Hill- Carrboro school system has other facility needs to address.
"We would be open to looking at other potential locations for where a school could be built," said LoFrese. "We didn't specify that it would be in the area that is currently proposed for development by Obey Creek. And the board also communicated that we have 10 older school facilities that have a lot of financial need."
LoFrese said that it's too early to estimate the impact the development will have on the school system, without a hard number of residential units to consider.
Right now, however, there are some spot-crowding problems that could be fixed, he said.
"Smith Middle School rises to the top of the list in my mind," said LoFrese. "We had to close the school this year to new enrollment, even if you lived in the Smith zone. So we have some families who are being transported to either McDougle or Phillips, or Culbreth."
LoFrese said there is still some breathing room at the elementary and high school levels. The next projected need for a middle school is in 2023.
In the meantime, said LoFrese, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro system would like to expand older schools, while performing long-needed renovations.
That, he said, would further put off the need for new schools. He added that it could also create the equivalent of an entire new elementary school.http://chapelboro.com/news/pre-k-12-education/chccs-takes-a-pass-on-proposed-obey-creek-school-site/
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools officials want to move away from longevity bonuses for teachers to a pay scale that rewards professional development. While that might mean more money for some educators, it could come at a cost to others.
"Some will be very upset, yet I think it's the best thing to do, in the long-term, for teachers, so that you don't have to go be an assistant principal in order to make more money," said Chapel Hill-Carrboro school board member Jamezetta Bedford, speaking at a board meeting last week.
Last year the North Carolina General Assembly passed a budget that requires school systems to submit a plan for differentiated teacher pay. But CHCCS officials say they want to make sure the pay plan the district adopts will support the progress of all teachers, not just the top performers.
Board Chair Mike Kelley said the plan under consideration now meets that goal.
"A possible alternative that the state legislature could impose on us might look very ugly, but this to me seems like its homegrown- it comes from our professionals and it's been developed and thought out in a way which is very careful, deliberative and not reactionary," said Kelley.
A committee of teachers, staffers and advisors from UNC's School of Education recently sat down to evaluate options for reconfiguring teacher pay.
They came up with a plan in which teachers would earn points for participating in professional development and get credit for rising student test scores. These points would then translate to salary increases.
But this could mean those teachers who don't invest in professional development might lose out on potential pay raises, as longevity bonuses would no longer be guaranteed.
Still, given that many teachers have seen their compensation levels frozen for years, Assistant Superintendent Todd LoFrese said the new plan might be better than the status quo.
"Their current reality is they've been standstill for six, seven years, and now the new model that the state has in terms of the salary schedule shows that raises come every five years," LoFrese told the board. "So we're trying to change that and we think this is a positive step in that direction."
Superintendent Tom Forcella told the board last week the full financial details are not yet available, but administrators want to make sure it doesn't cost the district more, or cause those currently employed as teachers to lose ground. Board Chair Kelley warned it might be tough to do both.
"Unless there's new money for salaries- and that would probably have to come from the state in some fashion, because it is probably not likely going to come from the district- then there may have to be some redistribution of the funds that are available," said Kelley.
The school board will discuss the plan further at the district's planning retreat in February. Administrators will present a final proposal to the board in March.http://chapelboro.com/news/pre-k-12-education/chccs-looks-revamp-teacher-pay-plan/
The Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools System is taking applications to replace outgoing member Mia Burroughs, who was elected Tuesday to the Orange County Board of Commissioners.
Board of Education Chair Jamezetta Bedford began Thursday's meeting at Town Hall by congratulating Burroughs on her election to the Board of Commissioners.
She added that the Board of Education has accepted Burroughs' resignation, effective Nov. 30. Burroughs' opponent in the race, Gary Kahn, also congratulated her during public comments.
Now begins the process of finding her replacement.
According to a North Carolina statute and CHCCS policy, the remaining members of a board must appoint a new member when there is a vacancy caused by resignation, death or other reasons.
The appointed person serves until the next board election.
A timeline for the selection process has been proposed, and it begins with advertising the position – on the CHCCS website, in a press release, in PTA newsletters, and among school improvement teams and community groups such as El Centro.
An information session for applicants will be held at 4:30 p.m. at Lincoln Center on Nov. 17. The board seems to be anticipating a big response, enough to raise concerns that the brevity of the meetings may not allow members to learn as much as they'd like to know about applicants.
"It's really hard to get to know someone, even on a superficial level, when you're across the room from them, asking these stilted questions," said Board Member Mike Kelley.
Bedford assured everyone that additional insight would be provided by "a set of eight, in-depth questions for them to respond to, that we will have in advance to read, too."
The deadline for submitting applications, to be delivered to the superintendent's office at Lincoln Center, is Nov. 19.
Interviews will be held at Lincoln Center at 6 p.m. on Nov. 24.
Board of Education Member Michelle Brownstein said she hopes there can be some flexibility in the timeline, in case a small handful of finalists happens to present a tough choice.
"You have to do it publicly," said Brownstein, "where you're saying we're actually going to delay doing anything, because we need to have more information, just like you might have to do for a superintendent search, or whatever."
According to the timeline, Burrough's replacement will be selected at the 7 p.m. Board of Education Meeting on Dec. 4 at Lincoln Center, and sworn in on Dec. 18.
The state constitution requires the appointee to be an eligible voter and resident in the district. He or she may not be otherwise employed by the board.
According to an agenda abstract for Thursday's meeting, the school system is looking for someone with either professional or volunteer experience in education, preferably in the district.
Community volunteer work, knowledge of local school issues and flexibility to attend meetings are also considered important.
Convicted felons are ineligible, unless their rights of citizenship are fully restored. Applicants must also be upfront about potential financial conflicts of interest.http://chapelboro.com/news/pre-k-12-education/search-burroughs-replacement-board-education/
The new sustainability coordinator for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools told the Board of Education on Thursday night how his environmental efforts are saving the school system more than $100,000 this year.
Sustainability Coordinator Dan Schnitzer said he analyzes three elements every time he starts a program or collaborates on a program – academic impact, environmental impact, and financial impact.
Schnitzer said he's implemented measures to make schools more cost-efficient, including "literally rolling up sleeves and getting into some dumpsters."
At the Board of Education meeting, Schnitzer said cost-cutting measures include reducing the number of dumpsters and frequency of dumpster pickups. "It's one of those areas where no one complains and so we assume it's not a problem," said Schnitzer. "But we can probably do better, and we've been able to do that."
Schnitzer also cut costs by upgrading from incandescent bulbs to more energy and cost-efficient LED bulbs. He said that all together these efforts resulted in $128,000 in savings.
He's the first person to hold the job of sustainability coordinator, which is funded through a permanent utility budget reallocation. Assistant Superintendent for Support Services Todd LoFrese said the savings from Schnitzer's work exceeded his salary.
Shnitzer supported a composting program at Phillips Middle School. It was started by a group of students who call themselves the "Trash Terminators." Now, students all across the school system compost their food scraps after lunch.
Superintendent Tom Forcella talked about eating lunch at Phillips last year.
"It was interesting seeing how the kids were very seamless in knowing where to put stuff," said Forcella. "But I was really nervous because I was afraid of putting my container in the wrong place."http://chapelboro.com/news/local-government/environmental-measures-help-schools-save-money/
The Orange County Board of Commissioners met with the two local school boards Tuesday night in Hillsborough to discuss, among other things, moving forward with plans for a 2016 bond referendum.
"We can do things with alternate financing, and we've been doing it for a decade now," said Orange County Commissioners Chair Barry Jacobs, near the end Tuesday night's genial joint meeting between the BoCC and the Boards of Education from Chapel-Hill Carrboro and Orange County.
"But we're going to go to people, and we're going to say, 'Are you with us?'" he continued. "And if they say 'yes,' they'll help us pay for it. That's about as democratic a way to do it as I know."
The combined school renovation needs of the two districts make up the bulk of identified projects that could benefit from a bond that may go on the ballot, either in May or November of 2016.
"We have currently, approximately between the county and the school system, about $500 million in projects, you know, that could potentially be on this bond referendum," said Orange County's Chief Financial Officer Clarence Grier. "We can't fully fund all those. Schools alone have $330 million of outstanding deferred maintenance projects – older capital needs projects that need to be addressed."
At a Commissioners meeting on Sept. 11, 2014, it was decided that the range would be between $100 million to $125 million. Orange County holds a AAA rating, and at current interest rates, Grier calculated the debt service at the lower figure to be 6.1 percent, or 4 cents on the property tax rate.
For $125 million, the debt service would be 4.67 cents on the tax rate.
Grier said borrowing would be staggered in amounts of $40 million, then $35 million, and then a final $35 million, issued biennially over four years.
He said that would make the debt more affordable, and lessen its impact on the budget each year.
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Assistant Superintendent Todd LoFrese noted that, in his district, 10 school facilities have been identified as potential renovation projects.
LoFrese said that by adding capacity as part of renovations, getting the projects done could actually save some money by delaying school construction.
"If all of our projects were able to move forward, we would be able to pick up 555 seats at the elementary level," said LoFrese. "That's nearly an entire elementary school. Chapel Hill High would increase by 105 seats, a total of 660 seats in our school system."
The total recommended cost for all the projects, said LoFrese, is $160 million. He added that getting all of them done in the next five-to-10 years would delay the cost of building a new elementary school for about 15-to-20 years.
After the meeting, LoFrese told WCHL that one of three schools would likely be prepared for shovel-readiness in 2016 if a bond referendum passed.
"Either Ephesus Elementary School, Seawell Elementary School, or the creation of a pre-K center," said LoFrese. "Each of those would create a hundred additional seats of student capacity, which would push off the need for Elementary 12 by two years."
Grier recommended starting the process of educating the public in August 2015, to get the referendum on the ballot in May 2016.
But others at the meeting recommended getting started much sooner, in the process of explaining to voters why taxes may go up again.http://chapelboro.com/news/local-government/oc-commissioners-school-boards-talk-bond-referendum/
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro and Orange County school districts are moving toward sharing educational resources across schools.
In other words, students from one district could take courses in another district.
Members of the Orange County Board of Commissioners, Chapel Hill–Carrboro Board of Education, and Orange County Board of Education discussed the possibility Tuesday night at the Whitted Meeting Facility in Hillsborough.
The two districts have attempted cross-district enrollment in the past but factors like different schedules and travel distances led to low participation.
"I am extremely concerned about . . . equal educational opportunity and access," said Commissioner Mark Dorosin. He expressed concern over one pubic school offering courses that another public school does not offer. He said schools should make certain courses available over the internet to give students in other schools an opportunity they would not otherwise have.
"I know there's a multitude of AP courses that are only offered at Chapel Hill High, and that could be made accessible via internet to other students," said Dorosin.
Members acknowledged that not all courses could be taught remotely. Orange County Board of Education Chair Stephen Halkiotis discussed the agriculture program at Orange County High School.
"There's a quality group of teachers teaching the program," he said. "It's hard to do that online. To get the smell of a barn, to understand weighing a pig, you've got to get right in there with your rubber boots where the rubber meets the road or in this case, the rubber meets the pig poop."
Members from each district agreed to keep the conversation moving forward.http://chapelboro.com/news/local-government/school-districts-discuss-cross-district-programs/
Northside Elementary School in Chapel Hill holds the distinct honor of being the first elementary school in North Carolina to receive LEED Platinum certification with the Green Building Certification Institute.
"This is LEED Platinum," said Project Manager Ashley Dennis of Moseley Architects, during the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education meeting Thursday night. "What I want you to remember is that this is the first elementary school in the state; the second school in the state; the 20th in the nation; and only five percent of schools that achieve LEED achieve platinum. This is a big deal."
Dennis and two of her colleagues presented a big round glass LEED Certification trophy to the Board of Education for their mutual achievement in building Northside Elementary School, which opened in 2013.
LEED stands for Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design. The green certification program rates building projects on a point system for utilizing the best green-building practices.
Platinum is the highest level of certification, for building projects that earn 80 points or more.
Construction Administrator Steve Nally of Moseley Architects thanked the Board for its support and partnership in designing the sustainable 100,000-square-foot school, which reaches three stories.
Nally told the board that the old site of the Orange County Training School had all the "intangibles" he was looking for during a site search for Northside.
He said he wanted to help the neighborhood remain a place for families, and not just renters. He wanted to partner with alumni from the original Orange County Training School, and show that Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools was ready to re-commit to the site.
He said he's glad that Moseley could partner with the Town of Chapel Hill to extend the Greenway Trail.
"When you think about sustainability, partnering with the community, walkability, all of those things are a part of it," said Nally. "all those intangibles of Northside – that's what made it great."
Moseley Architects Energy Analytics Specialist John Nichols reviewed some of the "tangibles" of the project.
"What you may not have have noticed at the school is that very interesting underground rainwater system that saves about a million gallons of water every year," said Nichols. "And so, that amount of water is actually the same amount that 10 U.S. households use in a year."
Therefore, said Nichols, the system effectively offsets the water use of 10 households.
Nichols said that the deconstruction strategies used for existing buildings on the site during the construction process diverted 400,000 pounds of waste from the regional landfill.
He mentioned the school's interior, which is lit by natural daylight, and added that the indoor air quality is "excellent."
Before the Moseley folks posed for pictures with members of the Board of Education – and of course, the certification trophy – Ashley Dennis reiterated her company's excitement about the achievement.
"You guys don't do this every day," said Dennis, "but we do, and we know what a big deal this is, and so, we're very proud of you."http://chapelboro.com/news/pre-k-12-education/northside-elementary-earns-top-rare-certification-green-building/
NAACP members and local pastors are backing the angry mother of a 16-year-old boy in calling for the ouster of an assistant principal at Chapel Hill High School.
They're calling Assistant Principal Julie Hennis "reckless" and "irresponsible" for the way she allegedly handled an alcohol-poisoning incident during summer classes.
"Had my son died, and I'd not even known it, what would they have been able to tell me?" asked Susan Headen, the mother of a 16-year-old African-American male high school student who, until recently, attended Chapel Hill High.
Headen told WCHL that on July 18, she arrived at Chapel Hill High School at 12:30 p.m. to pick up her son from summer school and take him to his part-time job at a veterinarian's office.
She said he sat in the parking lot for about 20 minutes before she went inside to look for her son. There, she heard some frightening news from a school resource officer. Headen said the officer seemed surprised that she hadn't received a call.
The officer told her that her son had suffered a seizure and bumped his head.
"I just stood there for a minute, and then I left and went to the hospital, where I found my son, with no name," said Headen. "He was like a John Doe. They didn't even know his name."
She said she arrived at the Intensive Care wing of UNC Hospital to find her son unconscious, and attached to a ventilator. He had serious alcohol poisoning.
Even so, Headen said she had to drive back to Chapel Hill High School to pick up an incident report to bring back to hospital staff.
She said that when she arrived at the school, she spoke to Assistant Principal Julie Hennis, who was reportedly in charge that day.
Headen told WHCL that Hennis informed her that her son would probably be expelled for having alcohol on campus.
The worried mom spent the next 29 hours at the hospital, not knowing whether her son was going to make it. He did regain consciousness and recover, and has since transferred out of Chapel Hill High to Phoenix Academy High School.
Details have emerged since July 18. The student was reportedly found passed out in the school at around 9:50 a.m., three hours before his mom went looking for him. He was transported to the hospital by EMS technicians.
According to Headen, Assistant Principal Hennis did not notify her of the situation, but instead left a message with her other son to have his mother call the school. Hennis provided no details, said Headen.
Headen said that when she went back to Chapel Hill High days later for some explanations, she was told that that there was "no protocol" for handling such a situation during the summer.
News of the incident has outraged members of the local church community, and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP has gotten involved. They're asking for Hennis to be fired.
Ten pastors recently signed a letter to that effect that was sent to the CHCCS Board of Education. One of the signers was Minister Robert L. Campbell, president of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP.
The letter also demands an investigation into the school resource officer on duty that day. According to Headen, the officer told her that "if this were a real emergency I would have gone," when she asked him why he didn't accompany her son to the hospital. The unconscious boy reportedly arrived there without an adult from the school.
At Thursday night's meeting of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education, two members of the public spoke out about the incident.
One speaker, former Board of Education member Greg McElveen, adhered to the Board's policy of not naming administrators, faculty or students during comments.
He made it clear, though, that he was criticizing Hennis, and he expressed disappointment to his old colleagues that she still has her job.
"There were clear standards of behavior and conduct that, no one disputes, were ignored and not followed," said McElveen. "So, many of the facts are not in dispute. And despite that, it appears that that staff member may still be considered a valued employee in the district."
Another speaker at the meeting, NAACP member Michelle Laws, spoke to WCHL outside the meeting room after she made her comments to the board.
She said she wanted to go on record to say this about the incident:
"Had this been a white child, and a black principal, without question – or assistant principal – without question, she would have been fired on the spot."
Chapel Hill High School Assistant Principal Julie Hennis is white.
WCHL has reached out to Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools for comments about the issue, and we'll keep you informed about any developments, as they happen.
UPDATE: Executive Director of Community Relations for CHCCS Jeffrey Nash told WCHL in an email that the school system declined to comment on the matter "to protect the names/reputations of the student and others involved."
UPDATE:The News & Observer reported Friday that Hennis has been removed from Chapel Hill High School and will be reassigned.http://chapelboro.com/news/pre-k-12-education/naacp-calls-ouster-assistant-principal-chapel-hill-high/
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education resumes meeting Thursday after a short break to discuss plans to promote and enforce academic honesty throughout the system.
According to a report via Schools Superintendent Tom Forcella's office to the Board of Education, "the need for cultural change at the district's high schools is urgent and apparent."
That conclusion is at least partly based on the findings of a committee formed last year to focus on academic integrity throughout the school system.
The committee, which is co-chaired by an assistant principal from each high school, met frequently last year, and its work with concerned stakeholders to implement Strategy 3.4 is ongoing.
Strategy 3.4 is part of the school system's Long Range Plan 2013-2018, which is posted on the CHCCS website. The plan is separated into five goals, and Strategy 3.4 states that the school system should "foster a renewed emphasis on academic and personal integrity."
That item is listed under Goal 3, which reads: "The culture of CHCCS will be one that encourages innovation, risk taking, excitement for learning and personal growth in a trusting partnership with the community."
The committee conducted nine focus groups during the spring semester. The groups consisted of students, staff and parents.
They were asked four questions: What is an appropriate consequence for violating the honor code? What is the desired outcome for disciplinary consequences? In what ways do consequences lead to desired outcomes? And: On what other aspects of the academic experience should integrity policies focus?
Parents and educators offered a variety of answers to each question, and some key themes emerged.
Academic integrity is an issue of culture, as much as it is an issue of learning, according to teachers, who offered that breaches of academic integrity can be caused by many factors. They mentioned peer pressure, competitiveness, stress and apathy, among others.
They also said that policies should be clear and consistent throughout the school system.
Some themes that emerged from parents who responded include the importance of communicating to students that cheating is "not a winning solution to the academic rigors of high school"; and that assignments should encourage critical thinking.
In June of 2013, a student-led survey of juniors and seniors shed light on academic pressure in the district's high schools. Responders to the survey recommended dropping class ranking, holding students more accountable for online courses, and offering stress-reducing activities throughout the school day.
Cheating at Chapel Hill High School made national news back in 2008. Four students were suspended as a result of two cheating incidents. One involved the use of a master key that had apparently been passed down by graduating seniors for years, for the purpose of secretly entering a teacher's office.
This week's meeting of the Board of Education takes place at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Lincoln Center in Chapel Hill.http://chapelboro.com/news/pre-k-12-education/academic-integrity-chccs-board-educations-agenda-thursday/
Members of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education expressed anger toward the Republican leadership of the North Carolina General Assembly Thursday night, before voting five-to-zero to approve a budget that cuts 22 teacher assistant positions.
"This is the first time in the 10-and-a-half years that I've been on the Board that there is significant job loss," said CHCCS Board of Education Chair Jamezetta Bedford. "And also, some of our classes will not be taught."
CHCCS Board of Education Chair Jamezetta Bedford did not hide her unhappiness regarding the budget she was about to vote for, and neither did her four voting colleagues at Thursday night's Lincoln Center meeting.
"It's an outrage that this is completely self-inflicted," said Board member Mia Burroughs. "The state government reduced their amount of money they had to spend, with unnecessary tax reductions."
Board member Mike Kelley made similar comments.
"I think the leaders of the North Carolina General Assembly are taking this state in the wrong direction," he said, accusing those legislators of "shenanigans."
Two school board members – James Barrett and Michelle Brownstein – were absent. So it was up to the remaining five to vote for cuts that included what Bedford called "the least evil choice" for trying to deal with a $911,000 budget shortfall.
With classes starting August 25th, the vote came just about down to the wire after the state legislature finally passed its budget a couple of weeks ago, in a drawn-out summer session that had even Republicans from the House squabbling with Republicans in the Senate.
In its $21 billion budget, the General Assembly moved $800,000 out of funding for teacher assistants, and will use that money to pay for more teachers.
For Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools, that means cutting 22 teacher assistants in grades 4 and 5 from its budget.
Assistant Superintendent for Support Services Todd LoFrese said that while the state budget would allow Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools to shift some money back into hiring TAs if so desired, the legislature slipped in some additional rules that would have resulted in eight more teacher losses than the school system could handle.
LoFrese also poked holes in what he called the "rosy" picture of long-overdue teacher raises touted by legislative leaders.
Under the General Assembly plan, teachers with less than 10 years of experience could get raises as high as 18 percent. But teachers with 30 years of experience would get raises of .03 percent.
"Some teachers may get an additional six thousand dollars next year," said LoFrese. "Other teachers may only get an additional 150 dollars."
To lessen the pain for teachers on the low end of that deal, the CHCCS budget includes a one-time three-percent bonus.
Four-and-a-half gifted specialist positions will be cut in the upcoming school year, and some custodial positions will be transferred to contract work.
As bad as this all seems, Bedford said she fears more for what a school budget might look like next year.
"Depending on what the General Assembly does, it could be worse next year – far worse," she said. "Because this is an election year. This is what they do to us."http://chapelboro.com/news/pre-k-12-education/chccs-school-board-cuts-custodial-gifted-specialist-ta-positions/


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Little is known about OnAir3G but its description on Quintura as a "voice-enabled mobile social networking platform" ticks the right boxes for a start-up in the mobile-data-hungry, social-media crazy Russian market.
Its CEO (and co-founder) is Andrey Vasilevskiy, who had co-founded mobile navigation software developer SmartCom and sold it to Russian search engine and portal Yandex. Vasilevskiy's LinkedIn profile also indicates that he also held roles as the head of mobile for Yandex; and director of Mail.ru.
Meanwhile, Runa, which started up only in August, 2010, is run by "serial entrepreneur" Serguei Beloussov, who has made his name in enterprise startups. The company has a $30 million seed fund, according to TechCrunch, that it will be investing in early-stage technology companies in areas such as internet, mobile computing and cloud applications.

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Detox Your Writing
Strategies for Doctoral Researchers
By Pat Thomson, Barbara Kamler
Routledge – 2015 – 208 pages
Routledge – 2015 – 208 pages
There are a number of books for doctoral researchers which aim to help them. Unfortunately, many of the texts that most directly address questions of doctoral writing offer a rigid model of the dissertation that follows a set format and style. Their style consists largely of tips and tricks – do as I say and it'll all work out. This book offers something completely new to help those undertaking postgraduate research.
The authors distinctive approach to doctoral writing mobilises the rich traditions of linguistic scholarship, as well as the literatures on scholarly formation. Building on years of expertise they place their emphasis both on tools and techniques as well as the discursive practices of becoming a scholar.
Here the authors provide a wide repertoire of strategies that doctoral students can select from rather than a linear lock step progression through a set of exercises. The book is a toolkit but a far from prescriptive one… as they show, there are many routes to developing a personal academic voice and identity. With exercises and points for reflection alongside examples from a broad range of disciplines the book offer thinking tools, writing tools, linguistic tools, and reading tools which are relevant to three stages of doctoral research:
This structure is also designed to support writing throughout the doctorate rather than seeing it as an ending stage of 'writing up', which is the general position taken by many advice books. Here the authors do not to tell doctoral students what to do, but rather offer sets of strategies and let then try them out.
This practical text can be used in all university doctoral training and composition and writing courses. However it is not a dry hand-holding guide that ignores debates or focuses solely on the mechanical at the expense of the lived experience of doctoral research. It provides a practical, real-world, guide to postgraduate writing.
Barbara Kamler is an Emeritus Professor at Deakin University and an Honorary Professor at The University of Sydney. Thomson is Professor of Education and Director of the Centre for Advanced Studies at The University of Nottingham, a special Professor at Deakin University and an adjunct Professor at the Free University, South Africa. She blogs regularly on doctoral education on wwwpatthomson.wordpress.com
Kamler and Thomson have an established reputation in the field. Thomson is an active PhD supervisor and both conduct writing workshops for universities in a range of locations. They have written a number of articles, book chapters and two other books together: Helping doctoral students write: pedagogies for supervision (2006) and Writing for peer reviewed journals: Strategies for getting published (2012). Kamler is co-editor of Publishing pedagogies for the doctorate and beyond (2010). Thomson is co editor of The Routledge Doctoral Students Companion and The Routledge Doctoral Supervisors Companion (2010). The books are all published by Routledge.
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December 25, New photos coming shortly. Back on match after 4 weeks off. Met somebody awesome here. While it did not work out, it gives me hope that there are more great people out there. Moved back to California after 12 years on East Coast. As we go through this crazy search for each other, I thought I would change my profile to a list of why I rock as a boyfriend and how my hopeful girlfriend might feel so we make something incredible. Why I make a good boyfriend: I do not sweat the small stuff. While I care about a lot, I enjoy serenity more than being right (without being spineless or a pushover). Your friends will be envious when they see and you tell them how I listen to what you say and am actually interested. I can take charge without being controlling. We will never compete on anything other than a board game. I will kiss your forehead or hand in public just because I am happy to be with you and the world should know. I won't ask you to go to martial arts with me and give you time for you and your girls without jealousy. Even with my demanding schedule, you will always know you are on my mind. I give awesome massages and will cook you breakfast. I already unpacked my emotional baggage. I have a pretty darn good idea of who I am and hold no apologies for that. I actually like to communicate and parents love me. I am the kind of guy that will get you flowers or do a surprise dinner just because it's Tuesday I do not own any tighty-whities, speedos or man-thongs. No unseemly embarrassment for you at the gym or beach. What I hope my future wife thinks: Having it all requires hard work and if I want certain things, work will run past 5pm A restaurant should be judged on its food, not who I will see or see me Sometimes going out is awesome and sometimes so is cooking at home It is all about us, not all about me Men are not psychic, I should share what I am thinking I don't have to compete with my girlfriends in every way, I have it together and have a great guy I really want to travel more but know that my job or my boyfriend's may not let me right now Drama is best left for television and movies Wow he looks good in candlelight...
Coffee and conversation , Cooking , Museums and art , Music and concerts , Performing arts , Playing sports , Religion/Spiritual , Travel/Sightseeing , Wine tasting
Cycling, Martial arts, Swimming, Walking / Hiking, Weights / Machines, Yoga
I exercise 3-4 times per week.
Don't display my sign
I like Birds, Cats, Dogs, Fish
I grew up with pets and love animals. Schedule allowing I dream of a Neapolitan mastiff one day or irish wolfhound.
Middle of the Road
Big fan of little coffee places, bookstores, the Huntington Library, Salt Creek Beach, all wine tastings, and really, really want to share Caribbean beaches with the right person
I just re-entered martial arts and will be shooting for 3-4 times a week. I love to walk, great coffee, a solid massage, craft beer, learning something, the arts, wine tasting, and cooking for friends.
Just finished the worlds worst schedule. Rediscovering what I love: lots of the arts, wine, martial arts, a great book, coffee, and spending time with good people.
I usually read several books at a time. Current list is: Wrath of Angels (Connolly) , Armed Martial Arts of Japan (Hurst), and Poems of Cold Mountain
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|What he is looking for
|6'1" (185cms)
|3'0" (91cms) to 8'0" (243cms)
|Body type:
|About average
|Slender, About average, Curvy, Athletic and toned, Full-figured, A few extra pounds
|Black, Blue, Brown, Grey, Green, Hazel
|Dark brown
|Auburn / Red, Black, Light brown, Dark brown, Blonde, Dark blonde
|No Way
|No Way, Occasionally, Cigar aficionado, Yes, but trying to quit
|Social Drinker
|Never, Social Drinker, Moderately
|No preference
I work as an attorney in a Big 4 firm. Its like being a rock star without the money, fame or groupies.
|I'll tell you later
|No preference
|Never Married
|Never Married, Widow / Widower, Divorced
|Have kids:
|Wants kids:
|Definitely, Someday
|White / Caucasian
|Asian, Middle Eastern, White / Caucasian
|Agnostic, Atheist, Buddhist / Taoist, Jewish, Spiritual but not religious, Other
Internally focused and connected but individualistic. Organized religion leaves me wanting. More spiritual, not religious. If you are very Christian, we won't match. Not judging, but certain items never reconcile. I want to raise Jewish children.
|Graduate degree
|High school, Some college, Associates degree, Bachelors degree, Graduate degree, PhD / Post Doctoral
2 undergraduate degrees from UCLA, Law Degree and Masters of Business Taxation. I still love learning and try to soak up all I can. I am working on reacquiring Japanese (honest) and learning Hebrew.


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Soloist (Blu Ray) (2009)
Director: Joe Wright Starring: Jamie Foxx Robert Downey
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|Academy Award nominee Robert Downey Jr. and Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx star in an extraordinary and inspiring true story of how a chance meeting can change a life. The Soloist tells the poignant and ultimately soaring tale of a Los Angeles newspaper reporter who discovers a brilliant and distracted street musician, with unsinkable passion, and the unique friendship and bond that transforms both their lives. The remarkable performances make for an unforgettable experience in what is hailed as "a courageous and uncompromising film"
"A triumphant movie about failure. Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Editor's NoteDirector Joe Wright (ATONEMENT, PRIDE & PREJUDICE) brings the true story of an unlikely friendship to life in THE SOLOIST. An award-winning columnist with the Los Angeles Times, Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr.) ultimately becomes an advocate for L.A.?s homeless population when he meets Nathaniel Ayers (Jamie Foxx), a talented musician who's been playing a two-stringed violin while living on the streets and battling mental illness. Struck by Ayers?s passion for music, Lopez begins to write a series of columns about his new acquaintance while attempting to get him off the streets and playing music again. Amidst numerous achievements and setbacks, Lopez and Ayers develop a friendship based on mutual respect despite their many differences, and Lopez rediscovers his humanity.While the focus of the film is the relationship that develops between the two men, the film also tackles the harsh realities of homelessness and the plight of the mentally ill. Lending authenticity to the story, a number of L.A.?s homeless population were cast as extras in the film. An additional subplot is the quandary that daily newspapers face as the world and the news increasingly go electronic, and popular news becomes more sensationalistic. Foxx is both heartbreaking and life-affirming as Ayers, whose undiagnosed schizophrenia drove him away from Juilliard as a young man, and whose fierce independence keeps him on the streets. Downey Jr. turns in a nuanced performance as Lopez, who finally realizes that while he may not be able to save Ayers, he can accept him as he is. Catherine Keener, Lisa Gay Hamilton, and Tom Hollander appear in supporting roles.
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The Soloist - Blu-Ray DVD Review
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Published on: 8/6/2009 9:16 AM
|Sometimes a movie is just a movie, and that's just fine. There's absolutely nothing wrong with a movie being a simple tale with interesting characters. However, a problem can quickly develop when the movie in question does everything it can to destroy its simple tale by trying to be more – by trying to paint a larger picture, talk about society in general, and to generally "raise awareness" about an issue. When that happens the tale sometimes disappears and all the audience is left with is two hours of unenjoyable preaching. Such is certainly the case with The Soloist, which is coming to Blu-ray this week....read the full review
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|Tom Hollander
|Jamie Foxx
|Lisa Gay Hamilton
|Robert Downey Jr.
|Catherine Keener
|Jeff Skoll - Executive Producer
|Gary Foster - Producer
|Dario Marianelli - Composer
|Steve Lopez - Source Writer
|Eric Fellner - Executive Producer
|Patricia Whitcher - Executive Producer
|Susannah Grant - Screenwriter
|Tim Bevan - Executive Producer
|Seamus McGarvey - Director of Photography
|Russ Krasnoff - Producer
|Joe Wright - Director
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Fallen Marines sought dangerous job
Bomb disposal techs were from close-knit community stunned by stateside loss
Retired Marine Gunnery Sgt. Brian Meyer was drawn to the elite field because of the challenge and found it exhilarating.
It requires math, problem-solving, and quick thinking.
Some use bomb suits to protect themselves, but the suits pose their own risk because they are cumbersome and easy to trip in. And they cannot save one from a direct explosion.
Meyer was injured trying to dispose of an IED in Helmand province in Afghanistan on March 14, 2011. The homemade bomb blew off his right hand, right leg and three fingers on his left hand. He's lost more than a dozen fellow bomb technicians and knows about 15 others wounded like himself.
Explosive materials are highly volatile, sensitive to heat, static electricity and friction.
"With unexploded ordnance, you can do everything right and stuff can still go sideways only because it's all so unpredictable," Meyer said.
The lifestyle is also rough on military families, because of constant deployments and training. The joke is that EOD stands for Every One Divorced. To deal with the stress, many turn to drinking or running.
Once they earn the right to wear the crab-like badge, with its wreath, lightning bolts, bomb and shield, few exercise their right to turn it in at any time.
Tackitt graduated from EOD school in 1998 and retired from the Navy in 2009. Even now, "I sure do love that boom when it goes off. Oh my goodness. It still gets me giddy. It's like the bass drum that goes by in a parade. The vibration, the air being pushed, the energy, the force. It is just such a powerful feeling."
Job opportunities in the highly specialized field are lucrative. But the transition to civilian life can be rough after the adrenaline rush and go, go, go tempo of constant deployments and changing enemy tactics.
"As sad as it sounds, we have had our fair share of suicides, our fair share of car accidents," Tackitt said. "I cannot recall the last (death) that happened in the United States just because of training or an actual (work-related) evolution."
Most people who know anything about military bomb disposal learned it from The Hurt Locker, the 2008 Academy Award-winning movie set in Iraq.
Based on the lead character, "they all think that we are some wild, single guy out there looking cool, rogue and loving it. But we're not. A lot of us are mothers and fathers. We belong to somebody. We are not just hooligans out there going 'whoo hoo.'"
Her fiancé, another EOD technician, died in a car accident shortly after their daughter was born.
Unlike the Hollywood movie, "If an explosion goes off and a guy goes flying through the air, that's it. If a real explosion goes off and you're that close, you're done.
"You only get one 'aw, (shoot.)' We only get one mistake."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Fallen Marines
Staff Sgt. Mathew R. Marsh, 28, of Long Beach, Calif., was an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton. He joined the Marine Corps in July 2003, and was promoted to his current rank in May 2009. Marsh's awards include the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, three Marine Corps Good Conduct Medals, National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and NATO Medal-ISAF Afghanistan. He deployed twice to Iraq in 2005 and 2008 and twice to Afghanistan in 2010 and 2012 as a team leader.


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This thread is a counterpoint to another thread: Rides you used to like, but now avoid for some reason.
For me, one was Star Tours. I was just so scared of it when I first went on 1989 (I was four years old) that for years thereafter, I absolutely refused to go on it whenever we went to Disneyland. But when we went again in 1995, my parents coaxed me into going on again, and I wasn't scared anymore. I've been going on with no problem ever since.
Another ride I once disliked was Splash Mountain, mainly because of the huge drop. Again, I refused to go on the following year. But then after that, I started going on again, and now, it's become one of my most favorites in the park. Go figure.
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The homeless animals in Los Angeles won a great victory when the City Council passed a proposal by Best Friends Animal Society in an 11-1 margin!
"Our goal in the first year alone is to place 3,000 homeless pets from the other city shelters in good new homes and to fix 6,000 dogs and cats," writes Francis Battista Co-Founder, Best Friends Animal Society, "That's 3,000 fewer animals who will die in the L.A. shelter system and 6,000 pets who won't have babies going into the community."
The proposal was to utilize a boarded-up building as a high volume adoption and spay/neuter center. The Northeast Valley shelter, which was sitting vacant due to lack of budget funding will now become a fully functional center.
While this is wonderful news for the homeless animals in the LA area, the proposal did not come easily. The first time it was voted on it didn't pass. Without the actions of animals lovers in the area, this center might not have had a chance to serve the people in the city.
For full information about the center, and to read more about getting the proposal approved, click here.
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I love Best Friends. They are the best and should do this to save animals everywhere. Please come to New York City.
Great news and congratulations.
Sounds Wonderful, nice to hear good news for the animals. Thank you Best Friends, you are the best!
that is wonderful news, I cannot imagine why the city council initially was against it-
Now if only Best Friends could open a shelter to save the cats and dogs from the Southern and midwestern states,that continue to gas their animals.
that is wonderful news, I cannot imagine why the city council initially was against it-
Now if only Best Friends could open a shelter to save the cats and dogs from the Southern and midwestern states,that continue to gas their animals.
Always great news when something new helps animals.
This is excellent news and makes me VERY happy! I love the animals and pray for them every day!
Good news for the strays of L.A.
Thank you Best Friends!!!!
This is good news and I praise those who tried so hard to get this going. Thanks.
Don't forget the education of children to what you are achieving and why. It will encourage them tell their parents and hopefully have them thinkg and acting to assist the shelters (money or work) or spay their own pets.
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Almost sounds like a Monty Python kind of sketch..... Heh,heh,heh...
The real enemy is always ignorance. Transgendering is not new, but recognition of how many are affected…
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Presenting the real first baby of the New Year
Mix-up at hospital puts wrong infant in spotlight
What Cindy Mills' parents might not have in money they make up for with love.
Brittany Huffman and Nick Mills became the proud parents of the first baby born in Warrick County this year when Cindy was born at 12:04 a.m. at Deaconess Women's Hospital.
"They are pretty crazy about each other," said Laura Thomas, Huffman's aunt.
The Courier & Press reported in Wednesday's edition that Michelle and Benjamin Bloodworth gave birth to the first baby of the New Year. But that was a mistake. As it turns out, the staff at the hospital directed a newspaper reporter to the wrong room.
Deaconess spokesman Sam Rogers called it a "giant comedy of errors that turned out not to be so funny."
When the parents of the Mills baby saw the morning's headlines, they felt cheated out of the recognition that comes from having the New Year's first infant.
Thomas found out her newest great-niece was a New Year's baby just a few minutes after the birth, but because of a mix-up, it took a while before other Courier & Press readers knew.
Huffman and Mills named their daughter after Huffman's birth mother, Cynthia, who died when Huffman was young. At 7 pounds, 1 ounce and 201/2 inches long, she is a healthy baby girl.
"I always told myself that if I ever had a girl that I would name it after her," Huffman said.
Huffman and Mills met through their MySpace pages on the Internet. It didn't take long to discover, through their instant message conversations, how much they had in common.
"We had a connection right away. We started dating two weeks after we started talking and we have never left each other," Mills said. "Most couples don't work out that way, but we did."
The couple have yet to marry because of financial constraints, Mills said, and they have been living in the Arrowhead motel on Fares Avenue, one of four motels at which he does odd jobs and landscaping.
"It's hard, very, very hard. I'm just making enough to pay rent," he said.
When the couple leave the hospital this morning, they will return to their room at the motel, Mills said.
Huffman, a 2006 Reitz High School graduate, said she worked at a McDonald's restaurant until part way through her pregnancy.
But Mills said he is just happy Huffman and their daughter are OK. Huffman has had several seizures in her sleep since becoming pregnant.
"I don't remember them, and I wake up in the hospital," she said.
She doesn't know why, but said she believes they may be linked to a car accident she was in a couple of years ago.
The couple had lived with Huffman's aunt and uncle, Laura and Randy Thomas, until recently. Laura Thomas said they raised Huffman after her mother died shortly after Huffman's first birthday and her father was no longer able to care for her.
"They stayed here for quite a long time, but they wanted to be on their own. They wanted to be independent," Laura Thomas said.
Mills said he is hopeful other family members will be able to help them find an apartment soon.
Thomas said her niece's attitude has always been sunny, no matter what else is happening her in life.
"When she was a baby, she always woke up with a smile on her face and she has always been happy. The teachers always said at school that she always came to class with a smile on her face. She has always had a good attitude," she said.
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Appeal Board
Federal Circuit supports patent office on standard used in proceedings
In its majority opinion, the Federal Circuit ruled that the PTAB has the right to apply the broadest reasonable interpretation (BRI) standard to patent claims as opposed to using the narrower standard found in federal district court.
Caution flag's up, Racegirl!
As we often discuss, the factors in play in these cases do not offer a rigid scorecard. A registrant or applicant can win on six of them, but lose the seventh and see that seventh one carry the day.
Biltmore's mark gets lost in traduzione (translation)
Biltmore's application was rejected — with the TTAB ruling that the mark was likely to cause confusion with the mark Secolo, already used as a brand name for wine by California vintner Sebastiani. In Italian, secolo means century.
Trademark issues get attention from Supreme Court
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A few of my draws..SergioPeñayLillo Sketchbook UPDATE!!!
Hi , Im Sergio , im from Chile and i draw since i have 5 (really!!!)
well, this is a few of my draws , mostly i draw for i posterior panting on pc, i hope you like it and all kind of critique is very welcome!!!!!
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i like the last 2
hi there
i like the last 2 sketches than the others.
as i told u before, we both hav to learn the basics of anatomy first. may be it will take few weeks of hardwork, but our sketches will improve a lot after that. and then there will be next phase like understandin light and shadows and then the last thing will be to render them......
seems like a lot of things to do.... but i am sure u can do it with all the inputs and guidance these guys can giv u...
good luck!
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I agree with Ns_sunilkumar that some of the figures lack accuracy of anatomy... In the first image the heads look good but the closer arm of the second guy from the left looks like it was disjointed or something. Also, though I like the sturdiness, their stomach area should be more defined. On the third pic, the woman's left arm looks really weird.
I suggest just plain simply copying a muscle reference pic so many times that you can draw it without peeking. So I did, anyway...
Love the ink portrait!
April 7th, 2006 #4
Thanks buddys!!! I follow your direction..soon as possible i post another work ..
(^_^)/ May the force to be with you!!!
April 8th, 2006 #5
nice stuff........very interesting drawings.....please keep posting buddy....
April 8th, 2006 #6
First is first.. Thanks to Arya, to Smuli and ns_sunilkumar for the tips...
Yesterday i checked the book of anatomy of Loomis....and heres is the result
2 news!!!
i hope you like it
All draws with no ref pics...
April 8th, 2006 #7
No image ref....only mind....(like yoda)
April 9th, 2006 #8
The last image in both your first and last posts are the best. Your crosshatching is well improved with the last image. The basketball player also shows some nice contour.
Well done so far, don't stop!
April 9th, 2006 #9
Thanks Revender, ill try to make my best job...i hope put other draws soon as i can!!!!


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Why can't he fly to Knoxville's airport? It's served by a number of major airlines, like American Eagle, Delta, and United (see http://www.tys.org/).
Having asked that, I will admit that the University does not make it easy on you, as all directions to the school assume that you have a car.
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Obituaries: 05.16.07
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Hector Alvarez
KINGSVILLE -- Hector Alvarez, a Korean and Vietnam War Air Force veteran, died May 10, 2007. He was 69.
Survivors include two sons, Roy Alvarez of Loma Linda, Calif., and Daniel Alvarez of Mentone, Calif.; four brothers, Samuel Alvarez Jr. of San Antonio, Jose Alvarez of McAllen, Robert Alvarez of Ben Bolt and George Alvarez of Kingsville; two sisters, Ana Williams of Bishop and Hilda Ramirez of Hebbronville; and a grandchild.
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HEBBRONVILLE -- Russell C. Box, an Army veteran and a university professor, died May 12, 2007. He was 72.
Survivors include a son, Kelvin Box of Hebbronville; a daughter, Darcy Bowman of Augusta, Ga.; and three grandchildren.
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Billy J. Gunn
Billy Joe Bill Gunn, a heavy equipment operator and a member of Corpus Christi Altar of Prayer Church, died May 15, 2007. He was 79.
Survivors include his wife, Nola; a daughter, Reba Christene Logan; two sons, Billy Dene and Ronnie Gunn; 10 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. May 18 at Corpus Christi Altar of Prayer Church. Burial will be in Seaside Memorial Park.
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Ola Lee Pearson
KINGSVILLE -- Ola Lee Pearson, a member of First United Methodist Church of Bishop and a Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. employee, died May 14, 2007. She was 94.
Survivors include two sisters, Helen Buck of Corpus Christi and Julia Jane Bartine of Katy.
Services will be at 11 a.m. May 18 at Restland Cemetery, Bishop.
Turcotte-Piper Mortuary
Raul A. Rangel Sr.
ROBSTOWN -- Raul A. Rangel Sr., a member of Templo Jerusalem, died May 14, 2007. He was 78.
Survivors include seven sons, Joel, Isaias, Saul, Samuel, Ruben and Raul Rangel Jr., all of Robstown, and Isaac Rangel of Corpus Christi; three daughters, Esther San Miguel of Corpus Christi and Rebecca and Abigail Rangel, both of Robstown; four brothers, Ruben Rangel of Laredo, Manuel and Jose Rangel Jr., both of Anáhuac, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, and Ramiro Rangel of San Antonio; three sisters, Yolanda Rinan and Lydia Barrientos, both of Port Arthur, and Maria Rangel of Monterrey, Mexico; 26 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.
Prayer services will be at 7 p.m. May 16 and May 17 at Ramon Funeral Home. Services will be at 10 a.m. May 18 at Templo Jerusalem. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Carlos Rojas Sr.
Carlos Rojas Sr., a retired construction worker, died May 14, 2007. He was 84.
Survivors include two daughters, Dolores Castellano and Valeria Gonzalez, both of Corpus Christi; two sons, Carlos and Manuel Castellano, both of Corpus Christi; a brother, Agapito Rojas Jr. of Corpus Christi; 12 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. May 16 at Cantu Funeral Home. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Robstown.
Elvira S. Solis
GREGORY -- Elvira Salas Solis, a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, the Altar Society, Sacred Heart, choir, prayer group and a eucharistic minister, died May 14, 2007. She was 89.
Survivors include four daughters, Narcedalia Roblez, Rosalinda Lozano, Evangelina Flores and Azucena Maria Solis; a son, Mario Solis; three sisters, Felicita Moreno of Robstown, Otilla Salas of Texas and Andrea Ortegon of Dallas; two brothers, Jesus Salas of Robstown and Issaac Salas of Corpus Christi; 23 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. May 16 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Burial will be in Gregory Cemetery.
Limbaugh Funeral Home, Portland
Joyce L. Tong
SANDIA -- Joyce LaVon Gran Gran Gabby Tong, a Baptist, a member of the Eastern Star and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary 3837, died May 13, 2007. She was 75.
Survivors include her husband, E.S.; a daughter, Peggy Foreman of Sandia; a son, Ronald Tong of Sandia; a sister, JoAnn Pounders of Magnolia; seven grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. May 16 at Sawyer-George Funeral Home, Corpus Christi. Burial will be in Robstown Memorial Park, Robstown.
Oscar T. Treviño
ALICE -- Oscar T. Treviño, an Army National Guard veteran and a retired truck driver for Alamo Concrete, died May 13, 2007. He was 61.
Survivors include his wife, Yolanda; three daughters, Nora Cavazos of Agua Dulce and Melissa Ramirez and Judy Rivadeneyra, both of Alice; his parents, Pablo and Sara Treviño of Alice; three sisters, Olga Lerma of Alice, Janie Lopez of Phoenix and Ramona Villarreal of Kingsville; and a brother, Marcos Treviño of Kingsville.
Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. May 16 at Walker-Mora Funeral Home. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. May 17 at St. Francis of Rome Catholic Church, Agua Dulce. Burial will be in New Collins Cemetery.
Eva A. Valadez
Eva Alaniz Valadez, a homemaker, died May 13, 2007. She was 79.
Survivors include four daughters, Yolanda Garza and Gracie Benavidez, both of Corpus Christi, Gloria Stephenson of Vinita, Okla. and Irma Peña of Peoria, Ill.; two sons, Rolando and Rodolfo Valadez Jr., both of Corpus Christi; a brother, Adan Alaniz Jr. of Corpus Christi; 21 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. May 16 at Seaside Funeral Home. Burial will be in Seaside Memorial Park.
Deborah Yeager
ARANSAS PASS -- Deborah Yeager died May 11, 2007. She was 48.
Survivors include her husband, George Robles; and a daughter, Erica Antolick of Pennsylvania.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. May 16 at Charlie Marshall Funeral Home.
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