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Who is the course for?
Our excellent reputation for quality Early Years training has been built up over the past 30 years and our multidisciplinary staff are well-qualified, up-to-date with recent developments and engage in research. Teaching takes place in a purpose-built building and students have access to the on-site Childcare Centre, which Ofsted designated as Outstanding in its 2012 inspection. The Early Years curriculum has an excellent reputation, both nationally and regionally, for innovative teaching and learning. It provides a unique setting for training for excellence in the early years, dissemination of practice and clear progression routes to employment and further and higher education.
You will have the opportunity to enhance your cultural awareness of the industry by participating in residentials if you so wish, to locations such as China. New modules being introduced on this course will allow you the option of choosing to study 'International Perspectives in the Early Years', where you will be able to organise your own international placement for a period of between four and six weeks.
Awarding body: Plymouth University
What will I study on the course?
The modules you will study will include:
- Professional Practice
- Child Development
- Child Protection
- Working Together with Children, Families and Other Professionals
- Early Years Project
- Supporting Children's Learning (3-8 years)
- Concepts of Inclusion in the Early Years Setting
- Child Health
- Promoting Positive Behaviour
- The Role of the Early Years Professional
- Option module: Current Curriculum Issue/International Early Years Education.
What makes this course special?
Our excellent reputation for quality Early Years training has been built up over the past 25 years. Our multi-disciplinary staff are well qualified and keep up-to-date with recent developments in Early Years practice through regular professional development. Tutorial support is offered together with appropriate level study skills and additional support if required.
We have been awarded Beacon status for our work in the integration of theory and practice through our partnership with the Early Years Centre
At our last OFSTED inspection the Section was rated as Grade 1, outstanding, with 'excellent teaching and learning.'
It is a Sector Endorsed qualification, designed to enhance career prospects for those already working with young children. It provides an opportunity to develop professional understanding, knowledge and key skills whilst still working.
Entry Requirements
You will require a minimum of 120 UCAS tariff points from a full Level 3 qualification in a relevant subject area and at least 4 GCSEs at grades A* – C including Maths and English or Level 2 equivalent.
You will need to be currently working or volunteering in an early years setting and to have at least one year's experience in the field. Have to demonstrate evidence of workplace support and to undergo an interview and enhanced CRB check before entry.
Mature applicants with relevant experience who do not have the stated entry requirements are encouraged to apply.
How will I be assessed?
The course is taught through lectures, seminars, workshops, guided learning, practical sessions and tutorials. you will complete assignments, presentations and projects throughout the programme. It is crucial that you have the support of your line manager, mentor and colleagues.
How long is the course?
The course is delivered full-time on one extended day each week for two years.
Please note this is a two year course and there will be additional fees in the second year.
Are there any additional costs for the course?
Successful holders of the Foundation Degree will be awarded 240 credits.
You will also be eligible to continue your studies to obtain a related honours degree through Plymouth University. On achieving a full degree you will be able apply for a place to work towards Early Years Professional Status and/or progress onto a further year's post graduate study in order to gain qualified teacher status, subject to successful interview.


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The Chapmanville Police Department recently received a complaint about an intoxicated man causing a disturbance at an apartment.
The criminal complaint filed in the Logan County Magistrate Court says when the officer arrived on scene, he observed the man staggering around and talking to himself. It goes on to say when confronted, Elba Ray Workman, 54, of Chapmanville, had the odor or alcohol on him and his demeanor was that of someone intoxicated.
The officer noted his receiving a call on Workman the previous day for disturbing the peace outside the same apartment, where the resident had asked Workman to leave and never return.
According to the officer, Workman started screaming, cursing and took an aggressive stance, refusing repeated orders to calm down. Workman told the officer he would be "out of jail before he finished his paperwork" and the "magistrates would dismiss everything like always."
Workman continued his disorderly behavior, exposing himself and saying he was going to urinate and defacate on the floor, spitting on the handcuffs and attempting to get out of them.
Charges of trespassing (61-3B-3), disorderly conduct (61-6-1B), obstruction (61-2-17) and public intoxication (60-6-9) were filed against Workman.


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Went to Coppelia for the first time yesterday. The environment is really nice and the service was great. I sat at the bar with friends and we all tried different cocktails-- each were delicious. The food on the otherhand is so-so. My friend is a vegetarian and so I didn't get to taste any of the meat dishes (except for the empanadas with picadillo). Nothing really stood out-- we had fish tacos, quesadillas and the calamari. Needless to say this not "authentic" Cuban food. The calamari were actually kind of unappetizing-- with a thick cornmeal crust-- and my beef empanada had almost no meat. It was like an empty dough pocket. The tacos and quesadilla were ok. Having said all that, I do look forward to going back and trying some other things -- especially the mac and chicharron.
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The food was really very good. The tostones were the best I have tasted in NYC-right up there with my sister-in -laws! Service was great and the waiters pleasant. The price was very good as well. I really recommend this place.
Posted by anonymous on 09/18/2011
Loved the Cuban Chicken soup with lots of chicken and vegetables. That was in the beginning. Now there's microscopic chicken, tons of potatoes and suddenly rice in lieu of tasty vegetables! A case of starting off with good food and then slowly watering it down.
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Bus service hits funding speed bump
By: Tyler Koester
Students who are frequent riders of the PACT bus can expect minor route and schedule changes this year. This comes as a result of the Kansas Housing Services Corporation initiating cuts to the Community Services Block Grant that has been supporting the transportation service.
Although 70 percent of state and federal funding is in effect to preserve existing services, the remaining 30 percent in matching funds is left in the breakdown lane.
"Our actions result from a local match funding shortfall," said Steve Lohr, SEK-CAP executive director. "We planned for it and were successful in maintaining our state (20 percent) and federal (50 percent) funding. Because we cannot immediately generate the local match, we're in a tough position."
Changes to the service, which went into effect July 1, include the curtailing of service to one bus instead of two and the operation of the service in a more concentrated area of southern Pittsburg 11 hours a day Monday through Friday. On top of this, late afternoon and evening runs will be in effect from the southern route to Wal-Mart in north Pittsburg by means of the U.S. 69 bypass.
But all is not lost, since Lohr says that those wishing to schedule rides 24 hours in advance can still do so, as he and the organization continue to sniff out the remaining matching funds to reinstate full service.
Among the students affected by these changes are frequent bus riders Mariana Berselli and Ana Ayres, exchange students from Brazil. Despite these challenges, the two had nothing but good things to say about the service.
"The experience has been good," Berselli said. "The driver always helps when I ask where the nearest stop is or where I should stop to go somewhere."
Berselli and Ayres ride the bus mainly to get their groceries and other necessities from Wal-Mart and other places, but there's no limit to where a student may want to go in Pittsburg. The best part about the service is that it's free – just familiarize yourself with the schedule to find where the nearest stop is and what time the driver will be there.
Berselli has a few words of advice to incoming freshmen and others new to the service: Don't buy products that are too bulky since the bus is not that big. Also, pay attention to when the driver has his breaks so you don't need to get out of the bus and wait outside while the driver takes time off.
About the curtailment of the service, Ayres assures freshmen that they have nothing to fear.
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The Carl Albert State College Lady Vikings softball team began the season Tuesday afternoon, now it's the Vikings' turn to hit the diamond.
The CASC Vikings will begin the 2012 season in a home doubleheader against the University of the Ozarks junior varsity beginning at 12:30 p.m. this afternoon at Ival Goodman Field.
espite having three double-figure scorers on the night, it wasn't enough for the Carl Albert State College Lady Vikings in their 71-59 loss to the Murray State College Lady Aggies Monday night at Gene Robbins Arena.
Behind a 10-point halftime lead, the Murray State Aggies came away with the 74-61 win over the Carl Albert State College Vikings in the second game on Monday night.
The Carl Albert teams will return home Thursday night to face archrival Eastern Oklahoma State College at Mick Thompson Fieldhouse. The women's game will begin at 6 p.m., followed by the men's contest at 8 p.m.
ARKOMA — Thanks to a strong second half, the Arkoma Lady Mustangs ended the regular season in fine fashion with a 64-48 win over the Wister Lady Wildcats Monday night at the Arkoma Gym.
Down 23-20 at halftime, the Lady Mustangs opened the second half with an 8-0 run to take a 28-23 lead.
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Arkoma went on a 15-0 run to take a 58-43 lead with 2:28 remaining in the period.
PANAMA — Just one week ago, the Panama Razorbacks lost 53-34 to the Cameron Yellowjackets at the Cameron Gym. Monday night, the Hogs avenged that loss at the Panama Gym.
Thanks to a strong third quarter, the Razorbacks upset the 'Jackets 59-51.
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- Willamette
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- 2010
- Chapman Scores in First Half, Holds Off Bearcats, 1-0
Women's Soccer | Friday, September 3, 2010
Chapman Scores in First Half, Holds Off Bearcats, 1-0
SALEM, ORE. -- Chapman University scored a goal 20:46 into the game and held off Willamette University the rest of the way for a 1-0 victory in women's soccer action at Sparks Field on Friday, Sept. 3. Chapman was playing its season opener and is now 1-0 on the season. Willamette dropped to 0-2, with each loss by a single goal.
Chapman's goal was scored by Aimee Evans. Evans took a shot from 21 yards out that went just over the hands of WU goalkeeper Kelli Gano (Sr., Damascus, OR/Cleveland HS). Gano did not give up a goal the rest of the way and earned five saves in the game.
Willamette had multiple good scoring opportunities late but could not capitalize. Stephanie Skelly (Jr., MF, Poulsbo, WA/North Kitsap HS) took five shots, including two on goal. Her shot with 17 minutes remaining in the game was one of Willamette's best of the night.
Each team attempted ten shots in the game. Willamette earned six corner kicks during the contest.
The Bearcats will play at home again on Sunday, Sept. 5 at 2:30 p.m. against Bethel University (Minn.). This is a time change from the original schedule.
BOX SCOREChapman University 1
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Ads that make it easy for people to install apps on their mobile devices became a surprise cash cow for Facebook. The ads reversed the social network's dismal mobile ad situation, which was blamed for helping tank its initial public offering almost two years ago, and prompted rivals such as Twitter and Yahoo Yahoo recently to announce their own mobile app install ads.
Now, Google Google has upped the ante, announcing enhancements coming over the next few months to its own version of app install ads introduced a year ago. "From a consumer perspective, people aren't necessarily looking for apps. They're looking for solutions to their problems," Jerry Dischler, vice president of product management for AdWords, said at a livestreamed customer event in Half Moon Bay, Calif. (the archive of which you can view below). To help advertisers provide solutions rather than just point people to apps, Google plans to offer advertisers more ways to run those ads and then prompt people to actually install and use them.
For instance, the ads now will be able to run in search, on Google's display-ad network, and on YouTube using its TrueView format, which allows viewers to skip ads and advertisers to pay only for ads people watched. Ads also will be able to be targeted based on what other apps people have installed on their smartphones and how often they use them. For instance, Dischler wrote in his blog post, "if you exercise regularly and use an app to measure how far you run, you might see an ad for an app that helps you measure the foods you eat and calories consumed."
Also, Google will provide what's known as deep linking, so that if someone does a search for a hotel room, for example, Hotel Tonight can run an ad that links into an app's reservation page if it's installed on that person's phone. Finally, Google is providing app developers with more ways to measure not just app installations but in-app purchases and other app activity.
Ad firms said the mobile app install announcements cement the utility of search as a way for app developers to find and retain users. "We're seeing an escalating war between Google and Facebook on mobile," Matt Ackley, chief marketing officer at digital ad firm Marin Software, said in an interview. Especially with the deep linking, he said, "there's now an opportunity for search to play" more effectively in that game.
"Google is trying to be a trailblazer in the app space – they know apps are where it's at in mobile, and this positions them at the front of the industry in terms of ad targeting and analytics for mobile apps," Larry Kim, founder and chief technology officer at search marketing firm WordStream, said in an email. "The new app features will make it easier to serve up apps to consumers as well as to increase engagement within those apps."
Generally, Google at the event emphasized the need for marketers to reach people wherever they are. "It's not really about mobile, it's about consumers," said Dischler. "It's no longer about devices, it's about connecting people to the content they want."
The company also announced better ways to measure conversions, marketing-speak for sales or other actions such as installing an app, on mobile devices and in physical stores. For instance, in one pilot, agency Rimm Kaufman Group did campaign for retailer Express Express that resulted in a 102% increase in return on ad spend from in-store sales.
In addition, Google promised it would deliver in coming months a couple of new software tools to make it easier to measure the impact of campaigns and to experiment with and test changes to AdWords campaigns.
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Yesterday the EEOC issued its updated guidance on the use of arrest and conviction records in employment related decisions. The new guidance does not fundamentally change the EEOC's position, but it does provide more in depth analysis incorporating case law and statutory developments, sociological and criminal research and other information regarding the use of criminal records in employment decisions. While the updated guidance is rather lengthy, among the significant changes in the updated guidance are:
- Discusses application of disparate impact principles related to the use of qualifications and criminal records
- Explains how EEOC analyzes the "job related and consistent with business necessity" standard for excluding applicants or employees with criminal records and gives hypothetical examples
- States that federal laws and regulations that restrict or prohibit employing individuals with certain criminal records provides a defense to a Title VII claim
- Provides that state and local laws or regulations are preempted by Title VII if they "purport to require or permit the doing of any act which would be an unlawful employment practice" under Title VII
- Provides "best practices" for employers to consider when making employment related decisions based on criminal records
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Been coming here for the great food and visit with one of the best cook's in the world! You get bang for your buck here. We'll keep coming for another 33 years if possible.
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Little Henry's is one of San Francisco's best kept secrets, a true family run restaurant with consistent quality, large portions, & reasonable prices. A great mix of "regulars" and cops, helps keep the place hopping. Henry takes pride in the food he prepares and the place is clean, service is sporadic at times, but you will always be greeted with the signature "Howareyou".
Posted by Anonymous on 04/16/2009
I've been going here off and on for over 15 years. No pretense to this place but I have to say that it ranks as one of my Top 10 favorites in The City for honest food and VERY reasonable prices. Best item on their menu is the fettucini carbonara which is great. Food is served right out of the kitchen and has ALWAYS been piping hot. Beer selections are limited but if you want an honest meal with great prices, good servic and friendly staff I recommend it highly.
Posted by confetti on 03/12/2006
Located in one of the seediest, but most adventurous corners of San Francisco, Little Henry's has been in business over 20 years. the Chef deserves the title: He makes delicious and attractive dishes that are reasonably priced. The food is fresh and the resataurant is warm and inviting-- no hurried meals here. The service too is always warm and prompt.. Ever get sick of waiting for a drink refill? Or tired of trying to unjam the parmesan cheese shaker? Forget it here-- they take care of the details. The window view is fantastic-- passerbys are almost always "characters".


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Three Texans in House see security progress in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq
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By Brian Paglia
Friday's meeting between No. 6 Eagle's Landing and No. 1 Columbia in the Class AAA semifinals was already well-stocked with compelling storylines — from the re-re-match, to another DeKalb vs. Southern Crescent showdown, to the individual match-ups between talented players — before Eric Wortham Jr. had a seizure last Friday.
Despite numerous tweets to the contrary, Wortham Jr., the Region 4-AAA Player of the Year, is all but ruled out of the Golden Eagles' 8:30 p.m. game Friday at the Macon Centreplex as he continues to recover and doctors search for answers to why he had a seizure Friday afternoon during school lunch and went into cardiac arrest.
"We know he won't play this weekend," his father, Eric Wortham Sr., said. "He still believes in his mind he's going to play. Right now we're trying to find out why this happened so we can prevent this from happening again."
Indeed, Wortham Sr. said all MRIs, including one early Monday morning, have come back normal. Doctors are expected to have an answer for the Wortham family Tuesday.
Some of Wortham's classmates thought he'd simply passed out Friday, but it was far worse. He required CPR, was shocked twice, stabilized at Henry Medical Center and air-lifted to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Wortham didn't open his eyes until 1:30 a.m., Saturday morning. He didn't fully wake up until 4 a.m.
"It was about as bad as you could imagine," Eagle's Landing coach Clay Crump said.
And yet, 16 hours later, the Golden Eagles — many of whom spent hours at the hospital Friday night waiting for news about their teammate — had a basketball game to play. Crisp County waited, hoping to avenge its loss to Eagle's Landing from last season's state tournament.
Crump said he hoped the shock of the previous hours wouldn't spill over to the court, and it didn't — save for this Eagle's Landing team's penchant for last-minute dramatics. The Golden Eagles let a 13-point third quarter lead slip away, and needed, yet again, some heroics from Marquis Griffin.
Against Central-Macon in the second round, Griffin hit back-to-back 3-pointers in overtime to spur Eagle's Landing to a 67-65 win. On Friday, he made a fourth-quarter 3 to bring the Golden Eagles back against Crisp County.
Without Wortham Jr., Crump knew his team needed to raise their performance collectively. And so Keith Colquitt, the team's lone senior, carried Eagle's Landing offensively in the third quarter against Crisp County. And Jordan Sessions, the 6-foot-8 sophomore called upon to replace Wortham Jr., finished with a team-high 15 points.
"That was huge," Crump said. "Eric is such a huge player for us — I mean, he's the region player of the year — and to get scoring out of that position was just huge."
But, undoubtedly, Wortham Jr.'s rapid recovery has been even bigger for Eagle's Landing's peace of mind. He is back to walking and maintaining conversations. A stress test Monday came back normal. Playing in Friday's game against Columbia appears doubtful, but Wortham Sr. said they hope to attend the game.
Just four days ago, Wortham Sr. had the shock of his life. Speaking on the phone Monday, he sounded calm and reflective.
"We're getting better," Wortham Sr. said, "because as he gets better, we get better. Now it's just wait and see, trying to see what caused it."
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ELIZABETHTOWN - Essex County DPW superintendent Fred Buck will retire at the end of 2009, giving way for his deputy, Anthony LaVigne, to succeed him.
The Essex County Board of Supervisors voted on a resolution Dec. 7 to appoint LaVigne as DPW superintendent effective Jan. 1, 2010.
The resolution was met with some opposition, however, as some supervisors made a last-ditch effort to trim the salary of the position.
As part of the resolution, LaVigne was set to make an annual salary of $85,640 as superintendent; the same salary Buck was allotted in 2009.
"I support Tony one hundred percent. I think that he has the ability and the experience, and he will be an excellent candidate for Essex County," said Lewis Supervisor David Blades. "What I do not support is the salary."
Blades suggested the salary be reduced to $80,000, arguing neither of the appointments to department heads for Real Property and Personnel received the outgoing salary of their predecessors.
St. Armand Supervisor Joyce Morency argued that the higher salary was justified, however, noting that LaVigne has been working as second-in-command of the DPW for the better part of two decades.
"If we were going out to look for someone else they wouldn't know dittily squat about any town or any roads or any jail in Essex County," Morency said. "You have a man here that knows every pot hole in Essex County on county roads in every town. The fact that he has all this knowledge and he has earned it while working for us I think he is entitled to this amount of money."
Elizabethtown Supervisor Noel Merrihew argued in favor of the amendment, noting that it would be consistent with the salaries granted to the other incoming department heads, both of whom had several years of prior experience.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- St. Paul police officers have been hitting the streets and protecting the public for 11 months, without a new labor contract.
"We've been through mediation, now we're slated for arbitration," St. Paul Police Federation President Dave Titus told KARE 11.
Titus thinks binding arbitration will begin in January or February.
"The issue is wages," Titus said.
The Federation is asking for a 10.7 percent raise over three years while Mayor Chris Coleman's office is offering a 5.5 percent raise, noting that other city employees have taken similar wage increases.
But Titus says St. Paul police officers don't compare their situation to other city workers. They look at the wages other officers around the Twin Cities Metro are earning, saying they're far below average.
"St. Paul is not competitive in pay. We're going to soon become a feeder program for all the higher-paying agencies and our citizens deserve better than that," he explained.
Titus says in 30 years, his officers will be 22nd in officer wages when compared to the 27 largest police forces in the state.
The Mayor's office says that's not true. The office says when looking at "overall compensation" 30 years out, the city's cops are third from the top of the list. The Police Federation says "no way."
"Mayor Coleman has prioritized police officers," Coleman's spokesperson Joe Campbell said.
He says a 3-year, 10.7 percent increase is unreasonable.
"No, the city can't afford to do this. It simply does not make any sense. It's unfair. It's well outside the mainstream and quite frankly, it's not something that the mayor or the city council believe is fair or is in the best interest of St. Paul taxpayers," Campbell noted.
Even though there is time to negotiate, it looks like the next time the two sides will sit down face to face will be through binding arbitration early next year.
The St. Paul Police Federation will start airing radio spots in conjunction with TV spots that feature officer Dan King, who was ambushed and shot before other officers came to his aid and saved his life.
"Call Mayor Coleman and tell him to keep St. Paul's finest ... the finest," King says in the commercial.
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Immigration Law (U.S.) Research Guide
This resource provides information on locating sources of U.S. immigration law.
Immigration Law, specifically the enforcement of this law, changed dramatically after the attacks of September 11th and the subsequent passage of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, which created the Department of Homeland Security. Where this responsibility had previously been that of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) within the Department of Justice, it is now the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) who is charged with enforcing this law. Particular divisions of the Department of Homeland Security are responsible for administrative and enforcement functions for immigration.
One division of DHS, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), carries out the administrative functions involved in immigration.
The other two divisions, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), enforce the laws and protect the U.S. borders.
The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), a division of the Department of Justice, plays an important role in the administration of immigration law (see Administrative Materials).
The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) provides the foundation for immigration law. It was passed in 1952 and has been amended several times since (The USCIS wepage provides a list of amendments to the INA by public law number since the 99th Congress). The INA is found in Title 8 of the United States Code.
The following is a guide to finding the Immigration and Naturalization Act and other applicable statutes.
United States Code
- Official and annotated codes in print available in the Law Library: USC, USCA, USCS
- Lexis (Legal > Area of Law-By Topic > Immigration > Statutes & Legislative Materials > USCS - Immigration - Titles 8, 18, 29 and 42)
- Westlaw (USCA)
- United States Code: from the US House Office of the Law Revision Council or Cornell Legal Information Institute .
- Laws, Regulations and Guides - from the USCIS webpage (The site collects law, regulations and interpretations relating to immigration and the work of the immigration-related bureau of the Department of Homeland Security.)
This guide makes no attempt to detail proposed immigration bills. Rather, a search for "immigration" in Thomas' Legislation in Current Congress database will retrieve these bills and provide their status. Additionally, here are other that monitor proposed legislation:
- Thomas: from the Library of Congress (search Legislation in Current Congress for bills from the 111th Congress; search Find More Legislation; Multiple, Previous Congresses for earlier bills and laws.)
- CRS Reports on current immigration legislation: available from ProQuest Congressional (Complete an Advance Search, specifying CRS reports, and search on keywords including immigration).
- Lexis (Legal > Legislation & Politics - U.S. & U.K. > U.S. Congress > Congressional Full Text Bills - Current Congress)
- Westlaw (database: BILLTXT)
- National Journal's CongressDaily: subscription accessed through Law Library.
For many federal immigration laws, there are compiled legislative histories available in the Library. These compilations usually include bills, Congressional Record debates, reports and hearings. To find a compiled legislative history, try a keyword search in GULLiver, such as immigration and nationality act and legislative history. For complete legislative history information, read our Legislative History Research Guide. Good starting places for legislative history research include:
- USCCAN (KF48 .U54); also available on Westlaw, database: LH
- CIS Legislative History Indexes (Reading Room and 1st Floor, Media Services)
- ProQuest Congressional (formerly Lexis Nexis Congressional): do an advanced search and specify Legislative Histories
- Thomas: recent legislation only
- Hein Online: provides compiled legislative histories for the following immigration statutes:
- Department of Homeland Security
- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services USCIS
On March 1, 2003, the responsibility for providing immigration-related services and benefits such as naturalization and work authorization were transferred from the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) to USCIS.
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: responsible for enforcing immigration and customs laws.
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection: primarily responsible for keeping terrorists and weapons out of the U.S., also facilitates trade and travel and enforces other administrative regulations.
- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services USCIS
- Department of Justice
- Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR)
The Attorney General of the United States delegates authority to EOIR to administer and interpret Federal immigration law and regulations through the conduct of immigration court proceedings appellate reviews, and administrative hearings.
Three components:
- Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) hears appeals of decisions made in individual cases by Immigration Judges, DHS District Directors, or other immigration officials.
- Office of the Chief Immigration Judge (OCH) oversees all the Immigration Courts and their proceedings
- Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer (OCAHO) adjudicates cases concerning employer sanctions, document fraud and immigration-related employment discrimination
- Office for Special Counsel for Immigration-related Unfair Employment Practice: responsible for enforcing the anti-discrimination provisions of the INA; enforces laws related to national origin discrimination, unfair documentary practices relating to the employment eligibility verification process, and from retaliation.
- Office of Immigration Litigation (OIL): has jurisdiction over all civil immigration matters and coordinates immigration matters before federal district and circuit courts.
- Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR)
- Department of Labor
- Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA) (Office of Administrative Law Judges):jurisdiction over the alien labor certification process and appeals.
- Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA) (Office of Administrative Law Judges):jurisdiction over the alien labor certification process and appeals.
- Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children and Families
- Office of Refugee Resettlement: provides resources to newly arrived refugees in the United States.
- Office of Refugee Resettlement: provides resources to newly arrived refugees in the United States.
- Department of State
- Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM): provides aid for refugees, victims of conflict and stateless persons around the globe.
- Visa Information Center: responsibility for handling visa requests (both of a temporary and permanent nature) from abroad falls with the U.S. Department of State.
The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), a division of the Department of Justice, plays an important role in the administration of immigration law. The EOIR supervises both the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) and the Office of the Chief Immigration Judge.
The following is a guide to finding administrative regulations and rulings.
Code of Federal Regulations: Title 8 of the CFR deals with "Aliens and Nationality". Title 8 is available in full on the USCIS website. However, many other sections of the CFR also deal with immigration issues and are also available on the USCIS website.
- CFR - Reading Room
- GPO Access: also provides the e-CFR
- Lexis (Legal > Areas of Law-By Topic > Immigration >administrative Materials & Regulations > CFR-Immigration Titles)
- Westlaw (CFR)
Federal Register
- FDSYS: 1994 - present (searchable and browseable).
- Hein Online: 1936 to present
- Lexis (Legal > Areas of Law-By Topic > Immigration > Administrative Materials & Regulations > Federal Register and CFR-Immigration): July 1980 to present
- Westlaw (FR): January 1981 to present
Board of Immigration Appeals Decisions
- Board of Immigration Appeals: rulings available from vol. 8, 1955; includes cumulative indexes for all volumes as well.
- Lexis (Legal > Areas of Law -By Topic > Immigration > Administrative Materials & Regulations > Agency Decisions > Immigration Precedent Decisions): August 29, 1940 to present.
- Lexis (Legal > Areas of Law-By Topic > Immigration > Administrative Materials & Regulations > Agency Decisions > Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) & AAU Non-Precedent Decisions)
- Westlaw (FIM-BIA) : August 1940 to present
- Administrative Decisions Under Immigration and Nationality Laws (1940 - 2006, publication ceased) KF4812 .A2
- Hein's Cumulative Index to Interim Precedent Decisions of the Board of Immigration Appeals KF4812.7 .H45
Decisions issued by the U.S. Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) (formally the Administrative Appeals Unit (AAU)).
- On the USCIS website - provides Administrative Decisions from 2005 - present. The decisions are organized by subject area, and are available in PDF format.
- Lexis (Legal > Areas of Law-By Topic > Immigration > Administrative Materials & Regulations > Agency Decisions > Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) & AAU Non-Precedent Decisions)
- Westlaw (FIM-AAU): 1989 to present
OCAHO EFOIA Decisions (Immigration-related decisions issued by the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer of the US DOJ)
- Available from the OCAHO webpage - arranged by volume number
- Lexis (Legal > Areas of Law-By Topic > Immigration > Administrative Materials & Regulations > Agency Decisions> Office of Chief Administrative Hearing Officer Immigration Review Decisions): March 1988 to present
- Westlaw (FIM-OCAHO): March 1988 to present
- Cumulative Index of Administrative Law Judge and Chief Administrative Hearing Officer Decisions KF4812.7 .U5 (Law Library has 1991 - 1997)
Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals Decisions
- Lexis (Legal > Areas of Law-By Topic > Immigration > Administrative Materials & Regulations > Agency Decisions > Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals Decisions): Feb. 1987 to present
- Westlaw (FIM-BALCA): Nov. 1987 to present
- OALJ Law Library Immigration Collection (Office of Administrative Law Judges, Department of Labor): includes BALCA decisions and BALCA en banc decisions.
Looseleaf Services and Current Awareness Services
- Austin T. Fragomen et al., Immigration Law and Business KF4819 .F7 (Law Library cancelled print subscription in 2009); Available on Westlaw (database: IMLB)
- Charles Gordon and Stanley Mailman, Immigration Law and Procedure, Rev. ed. KF4819.G62 1988; Available on Lexis (file IMMLAW)
- Immigration Law Service KF4815 .I45 1985 (Publication date: 1985 - 2003)
- Immigration Law Service, 2d KF4815 .I45 2004 (Law Library cancelled subscription in 2009); Available on Westlaw (database: IMMLS2d)
- Interpreter Releases KF4700 .A15 A54 (1985 -); Available on Westlaw from January 1987 (database: INTERREL)
When you begin a research project, it is often helpful to have an overview of the topic, to familiarize yourself with the issues, and to learn what words are commonly used to describe them. This will aid greatly when searching for more specific information later. The following sources are good for background and overview. Other titles can be found by searching on GULLiver under the following subject headings:
Aliens - United States
Citizenship - United States
Emigration and Immigration
Emigration and Immigration Law - United States
United States - Emigration and Immigration
T. Alexander Aleinikoff, David A. Martin & Hiroshi Motomura, Immigration and Citizenship Process and Policy KF4818 .A43
Richard A. Boswell, Essentials of Immigration Law KF4819.B67
Austin T. Fragomen, Immigration Fundamentals: A Guide to Law and Practice KF4819.F725 (updated regularly)
Ira J. Kurzban, Kurzban's Immigration Law Sourcebook: A Comprehensive Outline and Reference Tool KF4819.3 K87
Richard D. Steel, Steel on Immigration Law, 2d. ed. KF4819 .S74 (1992 -2010) and KF4819 .S742 2011 (Law Library ceased subscription in 2012); Available on Westlaw (STEEL)
David S. Weissbrodt, Immigration Law and Procedure in a Nutshell KF 4819.3 .W4
For recent articles, online sources are the most effective. You can use Lexis or Westlaw, for the full text of many (but NOT all) law journals, or you can use online indexes from the Library's homepage to get citations for articles in just about all legal journals. For a complete guide on how to find journal articles, consult "Using Journal Articles for Legal and Non-Legal Research " research guide on the Law Library web site.
Lexis and Westlaw
Both Lexis and Westlaw include selected immigration law journals in full text. Generally they do not have articles before 1985, but coverage varies by journal. The advantages of searching on Lexis and Westlaw is that you can access Lexis or Westlaw from anywhere and have the full text of the articles right there. The main disadvantage is lack of coverage: you will not find articles more than 20 years old, and you won't be searching in all journals, just selected ones.
Law Journal Indexes
- Index to Legal Periodicals and Books: 1982 to present
- (Index to) Legal Periodicals Retrospective: 1908-1981
- Legal Trac (Legal Resource Index): 1980 to present
Availability: Electronic (links provided in Articles for Legal & Non-Legal Research Guide); Print: Index to Legal Periodicals KF8 .I4 (1926 - 1994) Legal Trac KF8 .C8 (Law Library cancelled print subscription in 2008)
How to Search: You can search by keywords - just enter them without connectors. You can also search for a specific author if you want, and if you know the title of an article you can search that way, too.
Advantages and Disadvantages: The main advantage is coverage: you are searching all journals, back to 1908. The drawback is that you don't have the full text, just citations.
How to Access the Articles
If you are using an index that includes only citations, you will need to get the full text of your articles. Check the list of major journals below. This indicates what the Library has for each journal and where to find it. If your journal is not on the list below, search GULLiver, under the journal title to see if we have it. We have almost all scholarly legal journals.
The library also subscribes to many mega-databases which include full-text journal articles, some even in pdf format. You may use the E-Journal Finder (Tutorial) to find electronic journals available either in various mega-databases or directly through different publishers. You can type the title of the journal (not the article) you wish to retrieve, click the resulting search results to connect to the electronic version of that journal and open the right issue to retrieve your article.
If you need an article from a journal that the Library does not have, contact the Reference Desk. We can help you find a library that does have it. You can also request the article on Interlibrary Loan.
Major Immigration Law Journals
- Georgetown Immigration Law Journal
- Print: K7 .E44 (Subscription v. 1- , 1985/1986 - )
- Electronic versions (1985 - )
- Immigration and Nationality Law Review
- Electronic version (1976 - )
- Electronic version (1976 - )
- PolicyFile: Public Policy Research and Analysis
Abstracts of data from public policy think tanks, university research programs and publishers, with coverage from 1990. Links to organizational home pages and to full text documents, where available.
- Academic Search Premier
Provides full text for 3,467 publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. A total of 4,425 titles are abstracted and indexed, of which 2,591 are peer-reviewed.
Forms and Guidelines
Immigration Forms: Online and available from the USCIS website (Includes immigration forms for employment based, family based, green card based, humanitarian based, citizenship and naturalization based forms. Forms are freely available and in a PDF downloadable format.)
Immigration Handbooks, Manuals and Policy Guidelines:includes a link to the full Adjudicator's Field Manual.
Immigration Policy and Procedural Memoranda: From the USCIS, this memoranda gives guidance to adjudicators who process applications and petitions. This webpage also allows you to view memoranda in categories by subject.
Immigration Statistics
- U.S. Census Bureau
- Data by Subject: http://www.census.gov/population/www/index.html
- United States foreign-born population: http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/foreign.html
- Immigration: http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/immigration.html
- Geographical mobility/migration http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/migrate.html
- Data by Subject: http://www.census.gov/population/www/index.html
- Office of Immigration Statistics (USCIS)
- ABA Commission on Immigration Policy, Practice and Pro Bono
- American Immigration Council (formerly The American Immigration Law Foundation)
- American Immigration Lawyers Association : The AILA homepage offers commentary on immigration issues, a bookstore of AILA publications, news articles, hot topics, access to congressional testimony and statements, in addition to links other immigration related web sites.
- Center for Immigration Studies : A think tank devoted solely to research and policy analysis of economic, social, demographic, fiscal and other impacts of immigration on the U.S. This site provides full-text access to its monthly publication The Backgrounder (formerly, Immigration Review). The Backgrounder offers commentary, reports, studies, and statistics on U.S. immigration.
- Immigration and Ethnic History Society
- National Immigration Forum
- U.S. Committee for Refugees
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Even after 20 years of legal wrangling, admission to the University of Texas — and what role race plays — still has its mysteries.
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Affirmative action proponents took a hit Monday as a federal appeals court panel upheld California's ban on using race, ethnicity and gender in admitting students to public colleges and universities.
The voluntary poll would come in response to a law that seeks to gauge the size of LGBT populations and whether they are being adequately served. But some question how the data would be used.
About 50 protesters, many of them University of Michigan students, have gathered outside a federal appeals court taking another look at the state's ban on affirmative action in college admissions and government hiring.
The number of Chinese students enrolling at Michigan State University has soared by more than 400% during the last four years, mirroring a national trend that experts say is attributed to increasing personal wealth and limited higher education opportunities in China.
Students and faculty at Harvard University are calling on the school to award posthumous degrees to seven students expelled nearly a century ago for being gay or perceived as gay, and they're timing a rally for their cause to coincide with a visit by Lady Gaga.
After spending most of his career as an executive at Ford Motor Co., Wayne State President Allan Gilmour knows plenty about retooling. Taking a redesigned car from the drawing board to the showroom can take three or four years.
Tufts University is pushing to address race, ethnicity and diversity on campus in an effort to provide a more inclusive environment for diversity.
The news that the Supreme Court is revisiting the use of race as a factor in admissions decisions, just nine years after upholding it in a University of Michigan case, has admissions officials worried about maintaining diversity and confounded that the question is being reconsidered so soon.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a major case on affirmative action in higher education, adding another potential blockbuster to a docket already studded with them.


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UB law student Kush Patel receives instruction on how to build a gravel pathway from Dave Landymore of the 6th Branch. Check out more photos from the Human Rights Alternative Spring Break Project at the UB School of Law's Facebook page.
Over spring break, a group of UB law students got together to help improve the quality of life for Baltimore residents, especially those in the neighborhoods around UB. As part of the Human Rights Alternative Spring Break Project, the law school team volunteered more than 325 hours toward several projects.
On Sunday, March 16, more than 50 law students, staff members and School of Law Dean Ronald Weich joined with the 6th Branch to clean up Ambrose Kennedy Park, which is only a few blocks from the University. In four hours, the volunteers completely transformed the park—building a path, creating green spaces where trees and shrubs will be planted, and helping to assemble a tire pyramid for kids to play on. A big thank you to Phi Delta Phi for co-sponsoring the event!
On March 18, more than 29 students and staff volunteered at several Baltimore City food pantries, including Our Daily Bread, the Helping Up Mission and the Maryland Food Bank, preparing, serving and packaging food for those in need. The organizations were impressed with the work ethic of the students and invited them to return.
The University of Baltimore Law Review co-sponsored the week's final event, a partnership with Baltimore's Safe & Sound Campaign, which works with recently released prisoners as they reenter society. Students and staff sat down with Safe & Sound's clients to review their resumes and to hold mock interviews. It was a rewarding experience for the students, and Safe & Sound and its clients much appreciated the help. The law school is now exploring a partnership that would allow students to regularly assist Safe & Sound clients.
For more information about the University of Baltimore School of Law's Human Rights Alternative Spring Break Project, contact Emily Rogers at email@example.com.


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Meet the 'Patriots'
Of Government and Guillotines
Ted Gunderson, 81
Ted Gunderson seems never to have heard a conspiracy theory he doesn't believe. What makes this remarkable is that he was an FBI agent for nearly three decades, even heading up large bureaus in Los Angeles and Dallas.
Gunderson, who did not respond to a letter sent a month before this writing, has warned for years that Satanists have footholds from the White House and Congress to the media. He claims a shadow government is targeting thousands of citizens, him included; its methods include the Internet, electronic energy beams from a satellite, hidden cameras and wiretaps in homes. A few of his other claims: There are 1,000 internment camps in the United States, and 30,000 guillotines stored in Atlanta to use on dissident patriots. Children were taken from Boys Town in Nebraska in the 1980s and flown to Washington, D.C., "for sex orgies at private parties with U.S. congressmen and Washington dignitaries." Sonny Bono didn't die in a skiing accident; he was murdered to stop him from blabbing about drug trafficking by CIA operatives.
Being privy to so many conspiracies has resulted in repeated attempts to assassinate him, Gunderson complains.
Some of Gunderson's fellow conspiracy theorists spin their own tales — about him. One claims that the real Ted Gunderson committed suicide in 2002 and that this Gunderson is an imposter. Another claims that Gunderson supplied terrorists with stolen Stinger missiles in return for drugs, and was forced into early retirement in 1979 because he performed Satanic ceremonies in his FBI office.
Last year, Gunderson said he was planning to move to Panama, where he would help Americans "flee the ever-growing Totalitarian Police State and economic chaos in this country." Since then, he has been diagnosed with bladder cancer, friends say.
The Unnamed Co-Conspirator
John Hassey, 60
John Hassey was the public face of Alabama's militia movement in the late 1990s, but he faded from the public eye following the high-profile arrest of a close associate who was accused of plotting several terrorist attacks.
Hassey gravitated toward the militia movement in the early 1990s in reaction to the Clinton administration's gun control policies. He rose through the ranks of the Alabama Constitutional Militia, becoming public information officer and finally executive officer.
In 1995, he explained the group's mission to a reporter from theMontgomery (Ala.) Advertiser: "We're not plotting or planning to overthrow the government. We just want the government to abide by the Constitution."
Two years later, however, he struck a very different posture during a protest in Southaven, Tenn., for a couple being evicted to allow the construction of a park. "If they take the man's house, they're gonna start a war here in these United States," he said.
In 1999, Hassey's superior officer in the Southeastern States Alliance was charged with planning to steal explosives from National Guard armories. Officials said Donald Beauregard planned to blow up utilities and government facilities in Florida and Georgia. Hassey wasn't arrested, but Beauregard's indictment stated that the stolen munitions were to be stored on a "co-conspirator's farm in Alabama." Hassey has said he believes he was the unnamed co-conspirator.
In October 2004, Hassey filed for bankruptcy, but he still lives on the parcel in Elmore, Ala., that his neighbors call "The Militia."
Today, he's active again. Life in a militia, he said in a brief interview, is something "you just can't leave."
Telling Tall Tales
Alex Jones, 36
Alex Jones is out to save the world.
From his perch as a radio talk-show host in Austin, Texas, he outlines the forces that threaten to enslave every man, woman and child on the planet. In his narrative, a cabal of wealthy corporations, the United Nations and government leaders are complicit in a fiendish plot to dominate the world.
Or something like that.
He's the host of "The Alex Jones Show," which airs six days a week on more than 60 radio stations and streams live on the Internet. His website is chock full of apocalyptic headlines and ads for products like "recession-proof coins" and manuals on "How to Survive Martial Law in America."
If Jones' ramblings were shaped into a screenplay, the resulting movie would stretch credulity to the breaking point. But Jones, in his booming radio voice, takes to the airwaves to sound the alarm with the earnestness of a true believer.
Jones believes, for example, that the federal government had a hand in terror attacks aimed at swaying American public opinion. "There was government involvement with the Oklahoma City bombing," he said. "There's a lot of evidence with 9/11 being staged."
Jones said the main goal of his show is to expose listeners to the truth. "At my core, I have a drive to expose evil and corruption," he said. "We have a dictatorship on the planet. The entire planet is being enslaved by global, dominant corporations."
Jones ran for a Texas House seat in 2000 as a Republican but said he doesn't follow the platform of either of the two major American political parties. "I'm a freedom lover, and someone who loves the truth."
The Red-Hot Patriot
Devvy Kidd, 60
Devvy Kidd is a prolific columnist, blogger and public speaker whose incendiary prose helps fan the flames of the constitutionalist, or Patriot, movement. Based in Big Spring, Texas, she bills herself as the "Dynamite Redhead" on her website, where she writes about everything from "Cap and Trade rape" to "Homosexuals 'born that way' – A con job."
Kidd gained popularity with an anti-tax message and by writing two booklets that she claims have sold more than 2 million copies. She ran for Congress in 1994 and 1996, and she says she has appeared on more than 2,500 radio broadcasts.
Like many Patriots, she despises President Obama, referring to him in one recent column as the "Marxist Barack Obama." She believes citizen militias are necessary to defend freedom. She declared in a November 2008 column for NewsWithViews that "Barack Hussein Obama is dangerous to freedom and liberty and your gun rights," and "Our very survival depends on the states of the Union revitalizing the constitutional militias. ... We the people are now the enemy."
Kidd, who declined to be interviewed, didn't start out as a writer. Her website bio says she worked in construction and finance for almost two decades before taking various positions with the Defense Department, where she says she became a federal whistleblower after filing a "fraud, waste and abuse" complaint against her own job.
Her writing frequently invokes what most Patriots see as key events in recent American history. "Most Americans not walking around in self-induced comas still remember how the FBI, the ATF and our military gassed and burned to death almost one hundred adults and children, some babies, at WACO [Texas]," she wrote at one point. "We remember how the FBI and U.S. Marshals shot a young boy ... and then put a bullet through his mother's head while holding her infant daughter at Ruby Ridge."
Apostle of Disunion
Larry Kilgore, 45
If Larry Kilgore ever got his way, Texas would be the Lone Star Country. The Christian activist's goal is an independent Texas governed by biblical law. His ideal community "would be where folks look to God's word, the Bible."
Secession alone is not enough, though. Kilgore would like to see Texas further balkanized into smaller countries or counties, each one catering to a different religious or personal belief. "There's so much cultural diversity and religious diversity," he said. "I think that the tension we feel when we are all forced to be together is difficult."
Kilgore, a telecommunications consultant, said he doesn't support or oppose armed resistance against the U.S. government. He has invested his own efforts in the political process (he's a perennial candidate for public office) and is willing to work with any organization, no matter their politics, in order to escape what he calls an oppressive federal government.
At an August 2009 secessionist rally in Austin, Kilgore left no doubt about his personal feelings. "I hate that flag up there," he said, pointing to the American flag. "I hate the United States government. ... They're an evil, corrupt government."
Apparently, Kilgore's secessionist talk didn't play well in his initial, quixotic campaigns against better-known, better-funded candidates. In a 2004 run for the Texas House, he received just 474 votes.
But he may not be tilting at windmills these days. In 2006, he challenged Gov. Rick Perry and captured more than 50,000 votes. Two years later, Kilgore lost a bid for a U.S. Senate seat, but not before sweeping up 225,649 votes.
Though he recently bowed out of the 2010 gubernatorial race, his influence lingers. Perry has begun courting the antigovernment vote and recently even suggested Texas might be wise to consider secession.
Writing Right
Cliff Kincaid, 55
Whether he's sounding the alarm about the Vatican's role in the "New World Order" or the prospect of the U.S. military becoming a sinister gay fighting force, Cliff Kincaid persistently churns out columns savaging liberals, making groundless claims, and trumpeting far-right conspiracy theories.
The longtime far-right polemicist is the editor of AIM Report, a twice-monthly publication of the group ironically named Accuracy in Media. He is also the founder and president of America's Survival Inc., a group that says it monitors the United Nations in order to "expose the influence of global institutions" on people's lives.
In recent columns written for AIM, the dour Kincaid questions who's behind the financial crisis and rails against "the homosexual lobby." He warns that allowing gays to serve openly in the military will lead to "a homosexualized military [that] could itself become a threat, just like it was in the Nazi period." His warning of the impending gay blitzkrieg links to a column written by Scott Lively, co-author of The Pink Swastika, an unhinged and defamatory history that makes the entirely false claim that gays helped orchestrate the Holocaust.
At the America's Survival website, Kincaid promotes "The Religious Face of the New World Order," a report that claims to examine the Vatican's role in the plot to create a one-world government. Kincaid also has written columns about the Catholic Church's role in health care reform, including "Blame the Bishops For Health Care Debacle."
Kincaid has been a part of Washington's right-wing idea factory since the early 1980s. He's written for the highly conservative Human Events magazine and has been an editorial writer for Oliver North at the Freedom Alliance, a group founded by the former National Security Council staffer at the center of the Iran-Contra scandal.
Last year, as conspiracy theorists questioned President Obama's citizenship, Kincaid stepped up to the plate by publicly releasing his own birth certificate. The president took no apparent notice.
Swim for Your Life
Mark Koernke, 52
When it comes to spotting "black helicopters," few have an eagle eye more focused than Mark Koernke. But it was the green one that did him in.
Koernke was wanted for skipping bail on an assault charge in 1998 when he spied the helicopter. Police later said Koernke wouldn't have been noticed at all if he hadn't scampered into the brush, then tried to swim across an icy lake. Turns out the green chopper was part of a routine marijuana-eradication patrol. Koernke – who had shaven off his mustache, dyed his hair orange and worked up a bad Irish brogue – was taken into custody.
By that time, the tough-talking former janitor known as "Mark from Michigan" had risen to prominence within the Patriot movement by serving up heaping helpings of dark government conspiracies and "New World Order" warnings on his short-wave radio broadcasts. He produced a series of antigovernment videos, including one in which he alleged that Hong Kong police were being sneaked into the country as part of a U.N. takeover. He also garnered attention when false reports linked him to Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. Before his capture in 1998, he continued broadcasting from secret locations, prompting an FBI terrorism investigation.
The assault charge was eventually dropped, but Koernke landed in prison a few years later anyway. In 2000, he happened to be sitting in front a Michigan bank that had just been robbed. When police tried to question him, he led them on a 50-mile chase before crashing into a tree and then jumping, as it happened, into another lake. Convicted of fleeing police and resisting arrest, he went to prison in 2001. Not to be deterred, he even broadcast to other Patriots from a prison pay phone.
Released in 2007, Koernke is now back on the air with his show "The Intelligence Report" and is still raising the alert to his fellow militiamen. "Somebody's gonna pull a trigger and it's going to be one hell of a popcorn exchange," he calmly warns in a recent audio clip from his show. "From a distance, it's going to sound like somebody opened up the popcorn pan from hell. OK? And when it's all said and done, there will be no turning back. I want you all to be ready for that."
A Sheriff of Their Own
Richard Mack, 57
It seems hardly a day goes by without another Mack attack on the evils of the federal government. This one-time sheriff of a rural county in Arizona and present-day icon of the Patriot movement has parlayed his antigovernment ardor into a full-time job doing speaking gigs at county fairgrounds, high school auditoriums and hotel banquet rooms. He even has a sponsor.
Richard Mack is introduced — often to standing ovations — as "Sheriff Mack." His website calls him that too, even though he hasn't been the top cop of Graham County since 1996, when its population was around 30,000.
Mack's mantra is this: The federal government is too big, too corrupt and too oppressive. "The greatest threat we face today is not terrorists; it is our federal government," he warns on his website. Some agencies, including the "Gestapo" Internal Revenue Service, should be eliminated, he says.
Mack has also acted as a key transmitter of such Patriot ideas to Tea Party groups, to whom he now regularly speaks.
He regularly rips undocumented workers and the "socialist" and "Marxist" policies of the Obama Administration. He assures his nearly all-white audiences that neither he nor the Patriot movement is racist (although he did once co-author a book with white separatist Randy Weaver). Had it been his call, Mack would not have made Rosa Parks get off that bus back in 1955, he says. She was merely disobeying a bad law, and cops waste time "enforcing stupid laws all the time."
Mack became a hero of gun-rights advocates after he won a U.S. Supreme Court decision with a few other sheriffs that weakened the Brady gun control bill in the 1990s. Now, he maintains that county sheriffs are the highest legitimate law enforcement authorities — an idea also pushed by the violently anti-Semitic Posse Comitatus in the 1980s — and he relentlessly hawks his latest self-published book, which makes that argument. Its 50 simplistic pages represent "decades of research." Even the president of the United States, Mack tells cheering audiences, "cannot tell your sheriff what to do."
Facts and Fiction
Jack McLamb, 65
Listen to some of today's popular voices in the Patriot movement, like Stewart Rhodes (see profile below) and Richard Mack (see profile above), and you hear echoes of Jack McLamb, a prominent figure in the militia heyday of the 1990s.
Like Mack, McLamb is a former cop — he was a Phoenix police officer. Like Mack, he contends that county sheriffs have enormous power that they foolishly yield to federal agencies. Like Rhodes, he suggests that Americans must be prepared to defend the Constitution from the "New World Order." Indeed, McLamb once produced a 75-page report, Operation Vampire Killer 2000: American Police Action Plan for Stopping World Government Rule.
McLamb believes lots of conspiracy myths. In 1996, he said that government officials were smuggling drugs into the country in an attempt to incite racial rancor, an idea repeated in certain far-left venues. He claimed that then-Vice President Al Gore intended to reduce world population by 90% through an end-of-the-millennium "Y2K" plot.
McLamb is more of a fringe Patriot player nowadays, but still pipes up from time to time on various conspiracies. He thinks the day will come when true patriots are murdered or placed in detention camps by their government. He said in an interview last year that he believes that President Obama is "an illegal alien president. He's also a hard-core communist, and probably a Muslim."
When John McCain was running for president in 2008, McLamb claimed the senator was never tortured while a POW in Vietnam, and in fact made 32 propaganda videos for the communist North Vietnamese.
McLamb says he, of all people, should know: "I'm a police investigator and I know what a fact is."
Railing About Reds
John F. McManus, 75
John McManus is the president and longtime public face of the secretive John Birch Society (JBS), the now fading anti-Communist organization founded in 1958. The former public relations director was named president in 1991 after working for many years alongside founder Robert Welch. He has spoken in public extensively in recent years to boost dwindling membership and funds even as JBS has worked to link arms with the Patriot movement and others with similar ideas.
McManus, who joined the society's staff in 1966, has continued to promote its founding principles. The central thesis is that a sinister cabal of politicians, bankers, globalists and other elites throughout history – including the Illuminati, every U.S. president since Woodrow Wilson and the Council on Foreign Relations – have worked to peel away the rights of individuals and put the U.S. on a path toward a totalitarian one-world government.
The often-lampooned group, which reached its zenith in the 1960s, has been anti-immigrant, anti-United Nations and even anti-Newt Gingrich. It once suggested that Dwight D. Eisenhower was a "conscious agent" of Communism.
McManus, who didn't return phone calls for this story, hates the Federal Reserve, which he blames for the stock market crash of 1929, the current recession and other calamities. "The combination of the government and the Federal Reserve are destroying the dollar and setting us up for world currency, world control, world government," he told his hometown Appleton, Wis., Post-Crescent last April.
An ultraconservative Roman Catholic, McManus has been accused of anti-Semitism, a charge he has denied. In 2005, according to The New York Times, Birch staffers who were ousted amid internal turmoil leaked recordings of McManus saying that Judaism was a dead religion and that militant Jews have influenced the Freemasons, who were "Satan's agents" and part of the Illuminati conspiracy to cause world upheaval.
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Frank Lewis
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A former President of Portsmouth City Council has died. Edith Brisker Biggs, 96, of Hill View Retirement Center, died Wednesday afternoon. She was appointed to Portsmouth City Council from the Fourth Ward in 1991 and elected in 1992. Biggs was President of Council from Jan. 3, 1994, through Dec. 31, 1995.
Biggs became president when her name was drawn during the organizational meeting on Jan. 1, 1994. At that same meeting, Lisa Mamas of the Third Ward, was selected as vice president. The choosing of the two positions by lot was made necessary when Council split 3-3 in voting for the nominees for each office.
Biggs was a retired school teacher from the Ohio and Kentucky school systems. She taught for 40 years. In her early years as a teacher, Biggs taught in the Valley School District, but most of her teaching career was in the Portsmouth City School District. After retiring from teaching in Ohio, Biggs taught in Kentucky.
Prior to teaching in Kentucky, in her then-35 years of teaching, she had never taught in a one-room school. But in her new job, she taught 29 seven- and eight-year-old students in Lewis County Elementary School.
In addition, Biggs was also the state president for Ohio Alpha Delta Kappa (AΔK)—Alpha Delta Kappa is an international honorary organization of women educators dedicated to educational excellence, altruism and world understanding.
She has one son, Jay D. Biggs, and one grandson, Hunter Biggs, who survive her. She also has one sister, Charlotte J. Buckler of Lucasville, who survives her. She was preceded in death by her parents, Harry Brisker and Margaret Brisker; and her brothers, Harold R. Brisker, Gerald A. Brisker, Edwin E. "Bob" Brisker, and Harry L. Brisker, Jr.
Biggs' nephew, Scioto County Domestic Court Judge Jerry Buckler said funeral arrangements are pending at the McKinley Funeral Home in Lucasville.
Frank Lewis may be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 252, or at email@example.com. For breaking news, follow Frank on Twitter @FrankLewisPDT.


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Originally posted by Chett
Before you get too choked up might be good to find out what 'poor' actually means.
In 2005, the typical household defined as poor by the government had a car and air conditioning. For entertainment, the household had two color televisions, cable or satellite TV, a DVD player, and a VCR. If there were children, especially boys, in the home, the family had a game system, such as an Xbox or a PlayStation.[4]
I dont have a car, or tv, or air conditioning ...
I am not poor, I have all the basic needs met and many of the extras I want. I take no help from the gov. and pay taxes to boot.
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Man, have you ever left the US of A?
Have you ever been to Africa, or even Mexico?
As for telling me how much it costs to live In downtown Mass and that you can't grow food there - then move...


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Ashland Inc. planning to cut 800 jobs
COVINGTON, Ky. — Ashland Inc. has announced that it will cut 800 jobs by the end of the year.
The Kentucky Enquirer reports the 5 percent workforce reduction will come through a voluntary severance program or layoffs.
The chemical company, which is based in Covington, Kentucky, has 15,000 employees at 29 facilities around the world. The company didn't disclose where the cuts would be made.
According to the newspaper, Ashland reported a $44 million loss for the second quarter, a sharp drop from the $53 million profit it reported in the same quarter a year ago.
CEO James J. O'Brien said in a statement that the cuts are part of the company's global restructuring.
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Today I had the best PSC Visit ever It was at a very small school only 15 students at Cook Hills Newcastle What awesome kids and staff They asked great questions told me about themselves their likes and dislikes I saw their artwork all I can say is WOW The best thing about this school was that these kids were all autistic some could talk some couldn't some would talk and some it took a little bit of encouraging but all of them sat listened and made me feel so welcome they were so well behaved and interesting I could have stayed all day They looked at the medal and said they were going to follow me on my travels. These kids are living proof that as I always say there is no such word as CAN'T. Some great photos below
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