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Monica Sweet Masturbates Outdoors
Petite pornstar Monica Sweet has a great knack for getting herself off. She has no inhibitions about using her fingers, toys, sometimes both.
Whatever it takes to throw herself right into a frenzy of heavy breathing pussy grinding orgasms. I just love when a woman can let herself go like that and get herself off. I have to admit that if I was her I couldn't resist touching myself either. She is one fine blonde babe. I have never seen such a cute little snatch. So pink and looks so soft. I could lick it all day for her if she wanted.
Monica Sweet Sunbathing Poolside
I saw a photo set of one of my favorite blonde babe, Monica Sweet showing her sunbathing out by a huge pool. It kind of makes me made that Summer is just about over where I'm from. Her body seemed to just soak up the sun's rays and it highlighted her little pink nipples and neatly trimmed bush. That wasn't all, she did an entire solo act masturbating herself on the stone patio. How I wish I was a neighbor with a view of that backyard. I'd never take my eyes off the pool. Monica Sweet has to be one of the cutest all natural babes I have ever seen.
Shower Time With Monica Sweet
Monica Sweet is such a cutie. She packs so much fire into one little body. I'm kind of like women with smaller breasts rather than big heavy hangers. Monica surely fits into the "itty bitty titty committee" but she makes up for it with pure sex appeal and well, her ass isn't all that bad. In fact its my favorite thing about her. Its just so nice and round and can take a pounding, either by some stud or her doing it solo like she does in these hot videos, getting herself off in a hot steamy shower.


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Art & About: Summer Guide 2015
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It's an event that's almost as rare as Halley's Comet: an entire museum picks up and moves downtown. But just in time for summer, the 85-year-old Whitney Museum, which has occupied the Breuer building on the Upper East Side since 1966, is opening its doors at the base of the High Line, not far from its original West Village brownstone. Now blessed with more than 50,000 square feet of light, airy gallery space (plus additional exhibition space outside) designed by Renzo Piano, the museum relaunches in style, pulling more than 600 works by around 400 artists from its 22,000-piece collection to provide one of the broadest, widest-ranging surveys of post-1900 American art imaginable. Entitled America Is Hard to See, the exhibition applies the label to an array of artists: Europeans who lived briefly in the US, such as George Grosz, coexist with era-defining painters like Keith Haring and Jackson Pollock, while works by contemporary artists Dana Schutz and Jordan Wolfson hang near those from icons like Robert Frank and Grant Wood.
A different kind of survey—one that pulls from all over the world—begins on May 14, as Frieze New York takes over part of Randall's Island with more than 190 contemporary art galleries (63 from New York City alone); it's one of the premier events on the City's art calendar this spring. But it's the interactive pieces that make it worth the ferry ride: Bangkok-born artist Korakrit Arunanondchai installs a series of massage chairs upholstered in bleached denim, and Japanese artist Aki Sasamoto will build a three-dimensional maze that doubles as a personality test, giving the weekend a truly fair-like quality.
Where Frieze's activity is highly concentrated, the events that make up NYCxDesign, which runs from May 8–19, sprout up all over the City. Kicking off with BKLYN Designs, at the Brooklyn Expo Center, the expo will comprise massive trade fairs such as ICFF, at the Javits Center, which will host around 700 brands exhibiting the latest in furniture, lighting and fabrics; talks and exhibitions at places like the Center for Architecture, Pratt Institute and Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum; and small-scale affairs at studios around town. Don't miss the Collective Design Fair, at the Skylight Clarkson Square in West Soho, which will run from May 13–17. The fair's 30 galleries—from Madrid, Paris, Milan, Mexico City and NYC—are exhibiting some of the most intriguing design pieces in the world, from midcentury classics at R & Company to contemporary pop works repped by J. Lohmann.
New York City's original King of Pop, Andy Warhol, is the subject of an in-depth survey featuring what is arguably his most famous work, the Campbell's Soup Cans, at the Museum of Modern Art. Unveiled April 25, it's a rare opportunity to see the entire series of 32 paintings, painted in 1962, hung side by side rather than in grid formation. But the show also includes the artist's little-seen commercial work from the 1950s, before he became a defining figure of the 1960s and '70s. Meanwhile, on the sixth floor of the building, One Woman Show (opening May 17) traces the early work of Yoko Ono, from 1960–71. Though Ono may have achieved fame as the wife of John Lennon, the exhibition illustrates how she was already a pioneering artist by the time they met, and the show chronicles her early conceptual pieces like Painting to Be Stepped On and 1964's Cut Piece.
Other trailblazing women get their due in exhibitions throughout the summer. Opening at the New York Botanical Garden on May 16, Frida Kahlo: Art, Garden, Life will show 14 original paintings and drawings that illustrate the famed Mexican artist's lifelong fascination with plant life. But perhaps the best part is the museum's reimagining of the artist's garden and studio at La Casa Azul, her home in Mexico City, within the Haupt Conservatory. Meanwhile, uptown, the Museum of Arts and Design hosts Pathmakers: Women in Art, Crafts, and Design, Midcentury and Today, a sprawling, 100-piece show that tracks the careers of women who rose to prominence along with the museum itself, from insider favorites like Eva Zeisel and Ruth Asawa to ceramist Edith Heath and Sheila Hicks, known for her cascading fabrics.
Sun worshipers should head to Madison Square Park, which will host its largest-ever outdoor exhibition, Fata Morgana, beginning on June 1. Artist Teresíta Fernandez has fashioned a 500-foot-long sculpture of golden, mirror-polished discs that will create canopies above the central lawn. And until May 24, the Bronx's Wave Hill presents The Lightening,
a site-specific installation by artist Chris Doyle that will turn its pool into a reflective surface using three faceted structures that hang over the water with mirrored facades that glow and animate when night falls.
Brancusi: Pioneer of American Minimalism
Paul Kasmin Gallery
Through July 10
Two rarely seen sculptures by Constantin Brancusi are on view: a bronze rendition of his 1924 walnut sculpture Le Coq, in which the rooster's comb is reduced to a series of angled corners; and Jeune Fille Sophistiquée, a more curvaceous piece from 1928. To help prove the point of the exhibition's title, the duo is surrounded by first-generation American minimalists who were influenced by the Romanian master, including Donald Judd, Carl Andre, Dan Flavin and Ellsworth Kelly, whose 38-foot four-panel sculpture entitled Eastmore Mural is on view as well.
Gail Albert-Halaban: Vis-à-Vis
Edwynn Houk Gallery
Through July 10
This collection of photographs appears to be a voyeuristic look through the windows and doorways of the courtyards and apartments of Paris. But look closer: the residents are knowingly photographed and complicit in their behind-closed-doors moments—which range from raucous birthday parties to quiet moments alone in meditation.
Hello Walls
Barbara Gladstone Gallery
Through July 31
How much changes when you put works on the walls instead of behind glass frames? Sixteen artists, including 1960s conceptualists Sol Lewitt and Lawrence Weiner along with later-era folks such as video and installation artist Douglas Gordon, cut-paper muralist Kara Walker, painter and illustrator Raymond Pettibon and Ugo Rondinone, the mixed-media artist and sculptor, are grouped together for a show that begs to be touched.
Lee Lozano: Drawings & Paintings
Hauser & Wirth
Through July 31
She was punk before punk was cool. Lee Lozano's famously snarly attitude returns to Chelsea gallery Hauser & Wirth with five large-scale paintings, executed in energetic dark tones with sexually charged imagery, all made using regular housepainter's brushes to give everything the rough-hewn quality that defined the artist's life. Some preparatory studies round out the show.
Math Bass: Off the Clock
MoMA PS1
Through August 31
It's easy to fall in love with Math Bass' pictograms that are up now at MoMA PS1. Her abstract canvases and sculptures may look very simple on the surface, but in reality are complex, M. C. Escher–like systems of forms that playfully interact with the other shapes nearby. They're the closest thing the art world has to emojis.
Russian Modernism: Cross-Currents of Russian and German Art, 1907–1917
Neue Galerie
Through August 31
Of the 90 images on view at the Neue Galerie right now—some of them all-time classics from Kazimir Malevich and Vasily Kandinksy; others less-heralded works from the likes of Robert Falk and Natalia Goncharova—the clearest picture that emerges is that of two countries, Russia and Germany, caught in the looming shadow of World War I.
One-Way Ticket: Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series
Museum of Modern Art
Through September 7
This hugely significant series of 60 paintings—completed by Harlem artist Jacob Lawrence in 1941—documents the mass movement of African-Americans from the rural South to the urban North after the Civil War and throughout the 20th century. The bright colors contrast with the sparse, sometimes desolate, imagery and are accompanied by captions that are by turns historical and poetic.
Albert Oehlen: Home and Garden
The New Museum
Through September 13
Though he has usually been eclipsed by his friend and frequent collaborator Martin Kippenberger, German artist Albert Oehlen gets his moment to shine with one of his largest shows ever in New York City: a nonchronological, semi-retrospective of the artist's career, covering his early self-portraits through to his fully abstract canvases that incorporate inscrutable computer graphics, fragments of language and advertising motifs interlaced with paint by hand.
Pierre Huyghe: The Roof Garden Commission
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Through November 1
A massive fish tank on the roof of the Met is the big draw for this year's Roof Garden Commission. In it floats a boulder of lava, around which lampreys and tadpole shrimp swim. Elsewhere on the roof, paving stones have been upturned, as if under construction, and a boulder of Manhattan schist has been installed, an allusion to the rock on which the skyscrapers off in the distance are built.
Life at the Limits: Stories of Amazing Species
American Museum of Natural History
Through January 3, 2016
Need a biological introduction to spring fever? Stop by the American Museum of Natural History for a peek at the strategies that animals and plants will resort to in order to fight off predators, find food and reproduce at the edges of the plant and animal kingdom.
Jeppe Hein: Please Touch the Art
Brooklyn Bridge Park
Through April 17, 2016
This cheeky series of three installations in Brooklyn Bridge Park play off their views of the City: an arrangement of mirrors mimics the shape of the Manhattan skyline across the river, while fire-engine-red benches and other assorted seating arrangements twist, cartoonishly, encouraging interaction. On warm days through September 28, join the packs of children in the fountain, a responsive water sculpture that, when you enter, sprays geysers of water upward—everywhere except where you're standing.
Picasso's Le Tricorne
New-York Historical Society
Through Summer 2016
If you've never been to the Four Seasons restaurant (and, really, who hasn't?), you might have missed a chance to see one of Pablo Picasso's most interesting works: a theater curtain he painted in 1919 for the influential modernist dance company Ballets Russes. For 55 years, it hung in the Philip Johnson–designed power-lunch spot favored by the likes of Warren Buffett, until last year, when the owner of the building donated it to the Landmarks Conservancy, which then loaned it to the New-York Historical Society for public viewing.

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If this project was announced by Tulane to be placed in New Orleans East (the bed sore of New Orleans) or if it Dillard said they would like to start a foot ball team and build a stadium in Gentilly, the city council would be saying "WE GOTZ TO HAVE IT". It's apparent that there are council members who are not graduates and therefore have an anti-Tulane mentallity. It's so sad. Again, shame on the council aand Susan Guidry for wasting the tax payers time and money on suc an absurd road block. Mitch, if the council gets their way, the people are looking to you to vetoe this ordinance
P.S. I'm not a Tulane Graduate!
I'm for the Tulane Stadium project and I know people who live on Audubon Blvd. and are for the project. Tulane is one of the crowne jewels of New Orleans and anything can be done to accentuate it, I'm for it. The City Council will lose this one as the IZD was set up to derail the Tulane Stadium Project. It's quite suspicious that council introduced this ordinance AFTER the Tulane Stadium Project was announced. The City Council has traditionally been a backwwards thinking body, always throwing road blocks in face of economic development. Look at Chicago, that's a forward thinking city when it comes to economic development and public transportation. Whereas if it was up top the city council we would all be riding in horse and buggies and sipping mint juleps. All I can say to Tulane and their lawyers ROLLLLLLLLLLLLLL! GREEN WAVE!!!!! and CRUSH the City Council in their efforts to quash this great project and shame on the city council and Susan Guidry for causing an unnecessary delay in this project.
Leave Jackie alone. However, She should have allowed the councilmers 3 minutes too. I miss the days of when Peggy Wilson and Dorothy Mae Taylor used to fight on the council. Dorothjy slamming her gavel on Peggy's hand when she went to reach for something. Dorothy Mae now that was a piece of work who ruined Mardi Gras and then there's Cynthia Willard-Lewis who tries to sound articulate but really sounds like a fool.
Leave Mitch Alone. He's doing the best he can. He's been too busy the first two years of cleaning the mess that the piece of a crap of mayor we had before him left behind i.e the City's budget and Armstrong Park. Mitch is doing a GREAT job.
When is all this "political correctness" going to stop. These girls did nothing wrong. No different than paintin a blackface for Zulu. Would the same thing been said if black girls "white faced" and dressed up as the girls from "The Facts of Life". Again, PC needs to be reigned in
GET OFF YOUR HIGH HORSES! Gov. Edwards did the crime and time. I wouldn't have a problem if he spoke at my child's school (I don't have one). I'm sure he was mindful as to who he was speaking to and taylored his remarks accordingly. In my lifetime, Gov. Edwards was the the best governor this state has ever had. Though he made money through his political connections, he never violated his oath of office. He was the last "do something" governor we ever had unlike his successors, Treen, Roemer, Blanco and Jindal. Despite his conviction (one he shouldn't have had because of a crooked federal judge), he offereed sound advice to the children as he did as a child from Crowley, LA. He didn't come from a weal;thy family. He worked hard when it came to his education and used his charasmatic personaality when it came to politics. I applaud the school administrators for showing the courage in allowing him to speak even though I'm sure it raised a few eyes. I appluad the parents who allowed their children to be present.
Congratulations Gov. Edwards. You were the best governor in my lifetime (unlike the "do nothing" governors we had since him. He has done his time for the crime and now he's entitled to live his life anew. Love his since of humor and political saviness. He may have done wrong but he did alot of right for this state. As far as the Chief Justice Kimball officiating? "SO WHAT".
Congatulations to the monks but more importantly, this is a victory to those who wish to support their faith via purchasing a monasteric casket. I'm a funeral director and as long as a casket is made to industry standards and the person who is selling a casket is trained in the unusual burial customs we practice (the reusing of burial spaces and the smallness of vaults in older cemeteries), they should be allowed to sell caskets. Their should be some governmental oversight to those who wish to sell caskets and are not funeral directors. But, for the state to require the abbey to be licensed as a funeral establishment is onerous.
What is the big deal here? Commander Selby called it as it was. Majority of the crimes in the quarter are committed by young black males. The stats speeak for themselves. When it comes to talking about the "African American" community in this city, we have to handle them with kid gloves...That's BS. I'm sure if it were young white boys comitting crime in the quarter and Commander Selby said that, no one would raise caine. Officers in the 8th district know the MO of the criminals in the quarter and I'm sure they too would agree that the majority of the crime in their district are comitted by young black males. Whoever alerted the media or whomever about his "racially insisitive" remarks, had some kind of beef with him. His comments i'm sure were blown out of proportion and context. He called it like he saw it and I applaud him for doing so. So all you PC'ers out there, get off your PC high horse and the person(s) who caused his abrupt retirement...SHAME ON YOU....Good luck Commander!
I belive he did nothing wrong. He made millions for the PBR during his tenure. If he got out of hand with the spending or PBR credit cards etc. Where was the PBR Board of Commsioners during all this? They knew exactly what was going on when it was going on and did NOTHING. When he purchased the the three Pullman cars to refurbish and spent $3M on them, where were the commissioners oversight? In the corporate world, if a chief executive got out of line with spending, the Board of Directors would real him in and have a little chat. I guess the PBR commsioners were too busy using their PBR credit cards too. Leon Canizarro and Jim Letten should hold the Board of Commsioners responsible and accountable too. The Board of Commissioners did not uphold their oath and fidiciuary responsibilities. Mr. Bridger is being made a scape goat for the incompetence and lack of oversight of the commssioners
Get off you high liberal horse. I'm sure commander Selby was presenting the facts as they are to the rank and file. Why can't anyone accept that the majority of the crimes in this city are committed by African-American thugs who have no regard for life of property. It's a classic case of the good has to suffer with the bad. I was in the quarter on Bourbon St. Saturday night and the crowd was well behaved where I was. Do you think anything would have been said if he had said that "White youths do this and that in our city". Let the police police and if there's a certain amount of racial profiling that has to go on to police and keep vistors and residents (black white etc.) safe, then I'm all for it. The PC factor has gotten out of control. The police knows what the real deal is.
So far, I am pleased with the job that the mayor and chief are doing. Keep up the good work
Frank Minyard is not the issue. The third-world conditions are historical in nature and were around way before Dr. Minyard took office in 1974. So get OFF Dr. Minayrd's back and get ON the back of the current administration and council and demand that they treat our dead with the dignity and respect that they deserve and not like some junk yard dog.
Conditions at NOCO can only improve if the citizens of New Orleans will fund the office properly through taxes etc. After all would you want to claim a love from a frozen 18 wheeler truck? It's disgusting. I know because I'm a funeral director and have claimed many bodies from NOCO in adverse conditions over the years.
FEMA has allocated money for a new coroner's office but this administration and I know the beloved "Nagin" administration has not laid the brick-and-mortar for a new coroner's office. Why in six years has construction not begun? The excuse is that "plans are being finalized". Does it take six years to do so? The answer is "NO".
Mr. Mayor and City Council in the 2011-2012 budget hearings this fall, please fund this most needed office properly and let the pile-driving begin. PLEASE!!!!!
This is a good idea. But, I have to agree with others that a light rail between New Orleans and Baton Rouge (with a stop at the airport) makes greater sense. It would bring $$$$ to both cities. There should also be a light rail to Mandeville and Covington. Why Gov. Bobby "on the road again" Jindal doesn't endorse a light rail system between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, I don't know.
When they do put the Loyola Spur, the UPT needs some serious attention both inside and out.
Cities like Chicago are so far superior to New Orleans because the powers-of-be in Chicago know how to run and invest in their transit system because they know that a good mass transit system means $$$ and jobs.
So, I ask the City Council to get on the light rail band wagon and tell Gov. Jindal he's wrong and even enlist lobbying efforrts from the New Orleans and Baton Rouge (and any town / parish in between) legislative delegations to get a light rail system. Unil then, New Orleans will continue to be in economic straits, backwards and a one horse town.
Walmart sells caskets online only and not in their Louisiana stores that's the difference. The sale takes place out of state and not in state as in the case of the abbey. I support the abbey in what they're trying to do (and I'm a funeral director too). Their caskets are well constructed, dignified and are built with quality materials and quite old world. By the grace of god, they will prevail and those who oppose and trying to close them down, will have egg on their face. Again, good luck to the monks at the abbey.
I support the Monks and I'm a funeral director. I've seen these caskets and they are simple and dignified. The law was created to restrain commerce and trade and to protect the funeral industry. Times have changed and so should the industry. It needs to be more tolerant and realize that these monks are doing god's work and should be treated with respect and acceptance. Good luck Benedictine Monks.
Ryan needs to calm down. If he's all cool, open minded etc, he would have taken a kiss from Dreux a/k/a Persona, host of Oz's drag shows and special events, in stride and not gotten his panties all twsited. But, then if I got kissed by Persona, I too would be reaching for the sani-wipes.
Well written and spoken Mr. Fielkow. That's all I can say. Glad to have you on the council and keeping them honest. I just hope this oil disaster doesn't turn this city into an "oily city".
Good job Bobby. Just slow down in speaking and quit using index cards so much when speaking. It comes acrosss as being a robot or mechanical. Other than that Bobby, you're doing a great job in handling this crisis. On a sperate note, I hear you don't back the proposed rail service between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. If this is true, you should reconsider because it would be great for both New Orleans and Baton Rouge.
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Boeing had a very small presence at the Air ForceAssociation's Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando. But the company did bring thismodel of an upgraded F-15E Strike Eagle to the show.
Most immediately noticeable is that the aircraft has its twoouter-wing weapons stations activated (which the F-15 always had, but aren'tnormally used)–something that'll be featured in Saudi Arabia's advanced F-15SAaircraft. A Boeing representative at the show said that the USAF's StrikeEagles would also eventually have those weapons stations activated.
Other features noticeable on the model are the aircraft'sactive electronically scanned array radar and what appear to be GeneralElectric F110 engines, which would seem to indicate it's supposed to berepresentative of a Saudi Arabian F-15SA. Boeing, however, says it's just ageneric representation of any upgraded Strike Eagle. Whatever the case, it'sstill pretty damn cool.
Now if only there was some way I could get a hold of thatmodel, I think it would look awesome in my living room.


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The big frou-fraw the last few days has been over the "WikiLeaks" of State Department cables.
This incident proves once again what so few seem to recognize: First, there are no secrets, government or otherwise, (if two people know it, sooner or later one is going to let it out) and second, everyone is placing too much reliance on computers and the Internet to do their business.
I'm a sucker for a good quote.
I often call them "quotable quotes." And I'm not picky. I bounce from the profound to the ironic to the offbeat to the humorous to the colorful ... and then back again.
My passion for words probably plays a big part in it. Combine that with a journalistic mind, and you have someone who is constantly milling through life looking for someone to utter memorable phrases and/or sentences.
Folks here at the newspaper get called some interesting names other than the ones our parents gave us.
We accept this as an occupational hazard.
But a couple of times a year, we don't mind it so much.
That's because we turn into bonafide ding-a-lings.
Yep, you got it. For those who might enjoy critically pointing out that we don't have a clue, I say here's your chance.
Regular reader, you will recall that in the column entitled "Social Security not to blame for deficit or debt", published 19 November, we wrote at length on the fact that the Social Security programme does not contribute to the deficit nor to the debt, and explained how the so-called "Unified Budget" caused many to be confused about this fact.
We're slipping, sliding and rolling headlong into the holiday season.
Let's make sure as many of our friends as possible grab onto a piece of the Yuletide spirit!
Mother Nature is cooperating.
Our recent dustings of snow certainly got me in the mood.
Shoot, one morning I stood quietly in the parking lot well before sunrise and savored the tiny flakes falling from the heavens.
Gentle reader, there comes a time when repeating oneself is no longer repetition but instead tradition.
Thus it is with our annual holiday column about our beloved Tennessee Apple Stack Cake, also known in this area as "Fruit Cake."
As we have said many times before, what is being offered in some grocery stores as apple stack cake is not our Tennessee Apple Stack Cake.
When my youngest brother, Rick, was in the first grade, and I was in the sixth, his teacher tapped on my classroom door and called me into the hall.
Rick hovered behind her.
She opened her palm, revealing an impressive pebble. I say impressive, because she said it came from Rick's nose.
"He says he didn't put it in there," the teacher said.
I stared at her a minute, wondering if she had rocks in her head, then pulled Rick aside.
Ages ago, Santa brought me one of the most wonderful Christmas presents.
Actually, I'm pretty certain he had some help from the cutest elf ever to work in his toy shop at the North Pole.
Most times my darling wife, who happens to be height-challenged because she stands several snowflakes shy of 4 feet, 11 inches, would take offense to being referred to as an elf.
But when we tear off the November calendar and start marking up December, well, she turns into one of Santa's most energetic helpers.
By Gerald Largen
Last Sunday evening, in the warm company of friends, I realized what I like best about winter.
Friends Steve and Helen, who live on the edge of Catoosa Ridge, had cooked up a big pot of Mexican hominy stew and issued an all-call to their friends.
Later, on their deck, the group of us admired the bare and twisted chestnut oak that dominates their viewshed and then turned a telescope up to the heavens to marvel at the moons of Jupiter.
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Flight trials have begun in the latest phase of the primary Eurocontrol programme investigating the possibility of shifting air traffic control functions into the aircraft cockpit.
The third stage of the FREER programme (FREER-3) includes the pioneering step of trialling an airborne conflict-detection and resolution system in-flight.
It is being conducted in partnership with Lufthansa, SAS, the German air traffic control authority DFS and the Swedish CAA.
At next month's IATA Global Navcom conference the team plans to give a live demonstration of the conflict-resolution software at work using a Lufthansa Boeing 747 en route from Frankfurt to Vancouver and a Fairchild Metro of regional carrier OLT.
The demonstration will show a quasi-simulated conflict in which the aircraft will actually be at different flight levels, for safety purposes, but the software will ignore the vertical separation and generate a solution to ensure horizontal separation.
Eurocontrol project manager, Vu Duong, told the Flight International Air Navigation Conference in Amsterdam today that the project team completed the third test flight on Sunday following an initial flight in the first week of September and a second soon after in which unspecified equipment problems were encountered.
The FREER programme officials work closely with the team running the related North European Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (NEAN) project and uses the same Lufthansa 747-200s, SAS Fokker F-28s and OLT Metro aircraft involved, among others, in that programme.
In the first phase - FREER-1 - air traffic control was "fully delegated" to the aircraft in an area of low-density traffic and no ground infrastructure.
FREER-2 examined the concept of partial delegation of air traffic control to the aircraft in high-density airspace with final responsibility for separation staying with the controller - a key element in Eurocontrol's transition strategy.
FREER-3, which uses the same Carmenta MMI5000 cockpit display used in NEAN will incorporate the world's first known aerial demonstration of conflict resolution.
The avoidance manoeuvre will undertaken by the Metro and devised by an upgraded, on-board version of the highly interactive problem server (HIPS) software tool used in earlier Eurocontrol programmes to generate automatic conflict resolution solutions for air traffic controllers.


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Ahman Green is my #1 guy. My choices for second running back are as follows:
* Lamar Gordon (vs. Atl)
* Michael Pittman (@ Was)
* Anthony Thomas (@ No)
I've been using Gordon since Faulk went down, but I'm leaning toward putting Thomas ahead of him. What do y'all think?


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Angela's: A Coal-Oven Pizzeria in Massachusetts
I am a devoted slice eater and pizza worshiper from Providence, Rhode Island. I am writing to you from the state of Esprito Santo in Brazil. Before I left for my trip, I had the pleasure of dining at Angela's Coal Fired Pizza in Saugus, Massachusetts (actually, immediately before leaving from JFK, I stopped at L&B Spumoni Gardens, Nathan's, and Di Fara within a two-hour period). Angela's opened in November, I believe. As far as I know, it's the closest coal oven to my Providence home. It may be the only one in Massachusetts as well.... More


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two space walks. He was a member of the NRC Panel on Earth Science Applications and Societal Needs of the Survey Steering Committee for Earth Science and Applications from Space: A Community Assessment and Strategy for the Future.
JAMES B. ARMOR, JR., retired as major general from the USAF in 2008. His last position was as director of the National Security Space Office (NSSO) in the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). There he led efforts to align and architect all military and intelligence space activities, and to coordinate with those of civil space. He jointly coordinated with the Department of Commerce to understand the adverse impact of U.S. import and export regulations on the space industrial base. Prior to the NSSO position, he served as director of Signals Intelligence Acquisition and Operations at NRO, as director of the NAVSTAR Global Positioning System, and he was a NASA astronaut who participated in a number of military missions carried by the space shuttle. Major General Armor is an elected associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). He is currently founder and CEO of the Armor Group, LLC, a space consulting firm.
WANDA M. AUSTIN is the president and CEO of the Aerospace Corporation. She previously served as a senior vice president of the company's National Systems Group, which supports the national security space and intelligence community in the acquisition, launch, and orbital operation of advanced technology space systems and their ground data stations. She was elected a corporate officer of the company in 2001 and served as the senior vice president of the Engineering and Technology Group. She is internationally recognized for her work in satellite and payload system acquisition, systems engineering, and system simulation. Her numerous awards include the National Intelligence Medallion, the Air Force Meritorious Civilian Service Medal for her service on the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, and the 2009 Black Engineer of the Year award. She is a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), a fellow of the AIAA, and a member of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA). She has served on the NASA Advisory Council, the NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP), and NRC Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable.
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Hm, when I went to college in Boston they had a BJJ club(well, MMA but it was mostly BJJ stuff) and had guest instructors come in whenever they could to get a little better instruction in.
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Thursday 14 April 2011
1:30 - 6:00
West Hall 135
To view films online prior to the April 14th symposium, RSVP on the ticket request page and follow the instructions on the confirmation page.
Films will also be screened on campus at the following times and locations:
"In the Name of God" Tuesday, April 12, 9 - 10:15am, Coor 195
"Little Town of Bethlehem" Tuesday, April 12, 4 - 5:15pm, West Hall 116
"Pakistan's Taliban Generation" Thursday, April 14, 9 - 10:15am, Coor 195
At the end of colonialism in the mid-20th c. secularism, along with universalistic ideals such as human rights, was adopted as one of the main principles guiding the political ethos in decolonized and newly emerging independent states. Maintaining a secular identity was viewed as a vital link to the survival of democracy and the maintenance of peace in India, a nation of plural religious identities. Pakistan's founding father, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, declared that the state would not have a religious identity and would maintain an equal distance from all religious groups. Likewise in Palestine, the leaders of the Palestinian Liberation Organization saw in secularism the possibility of binding the Arab Palestinians - Christians and Muslims - together in a common national cause.
Nearly eight decades later, secularism in India, Pakistan, Israel and Palestine is increasingly contested by the rise of religious fundamentalism and the emergence of new forms of religious extremism and violence. The politicization of religion in these regions provides us with a deep lens through which to examine the implications and influence of secularism and explore whether new articulations of religious tolerance and religious diversity are also emerging. In the film festival and symposium "Living Conflicts" we will address the issue of the growing disenchantment with secularism as a path to peace on the ground in India, Pakistan and Israel/Palestine. Why does secularism appear not to be working in these spaces, and why has religion become the source of the conflict? What are the best ways to articulate the challenges to secularism in India and Pakistan? Will Palestine emerge as a secular or religiously divided country? Is secularism the only means through which to guarantee ideals such as peace and human rights? How do we make sense of the role of religion in civil society as a response to these questions?
Alongside watching the documentaries, we will have a symposium to discuss with filmmakers, historians, and film studies scholars the importance of the visual medium in forming public opinion, as a critical space of public debate and for asserting religious or secular ideals. Do people respond and react to what they see and act out their violence? Are the images we see on film representing reality? Should filmmakers play a role in reorienting the public away from violent religious nationalism and towards secularism as a politically and culturally acceptable public project? What part can film and other forms of media play in expressing these tensions or providing a vision of what is possible?
This documentary film festival and symposium will provide an opportunity to engage with and reflect upon life and the struggles of people living in conflict zones and the art of representation for deepening awareness of the contestation between secular and religious forms as pathways to peace in the 21st century.
1:30 – 3:45pm Session I: India and Pakistan - "In the Name of God" and "Pakistan's Taliban Generation"
Anand Patwardhan, filmmaker
Fazeelat Aslam, filmmaker
Furrukh Khan, commentator
4:00 – 6:00pm Session II: Israel and Palestine - "Little Town of Bethlehem"
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Issam Nassar, commentator


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The following is a list of steps and requirements that need to be met in order to become a real estate agent and get that much needed license. Note that these requirements may vary from state to state, so make sure you check out the specific regulations of the state you live in.
Before we proceed to the first step, check out this property records database.
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Make sure that you have completed specific pre-licensing courses, because most states require you to do so. These usually amount to 40-50 hour courses held in a facility which is accredited by the state. These courses are not free, and you need to complete them before your license can be issued. Again, this is not the case in all the states, as there are a few states that require credit hours in a college that offers real estate courses.
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The following article is by guest contributor and Country Universe commenter, Craig R.
My Start in Country Music
By Craig Ross
My memories only started collecting at age four. That year, 1969, my uncle was shot and seriously wounded in Vietnam. I had just started eating hamburgers for the first time. During the summer I saw Neil Armstrong walk on the moon on my parent's bedroom black and white television set. And I knew the entire lyrics to only two songs, which I sang over and over again: "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" by B.J Thomas and "King of the Road" by the great Roger Miller. But growing up in a Baltimore suburb in a middle class, college educated black American home placed me in a rare position. My cousins listened to Motown, R&B, and some pop. The adults listened mainly to jazz. My parents were open to all types of music, and the one I fell in love with was country music.
In 1969 they still called it country-western music. And at that point in time it seemed to be everywhere. On the radio they played Roger Miller, Johnny Cash, Glen Campbell, and Eddy Arnold on pop stations. On television country music was coming into its own. In 1969 alone we watched Hee-Haw, The Porter Waggoner Show, The Johnny Cash Show and The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour. The first time I ever saw the great Louis Armstrong was on Cash's show.
And of course, every sitcom seemed to be about the country living in 1969: Green Acres, Petticoat Junction, The Beverly Hillbillies and Mayberry RFD. It may have been the perfect time to fall for country music. At four I liked the finger snapping of "King of the Road", the cowboy hats, and the pretty lady singers in their wigs and gowns on television. I wasn't dreaming of being a bull rider, a farmer or honky- tonk singer. But music defines you in some way. And at forty-four I realize now that I was being converted to a sound that would anchor the rest of my life. Country spoke to me in way no other music of my youth did. The very nature of the raw storytelling was addictive. Truth undiluted, unfiltered, uncalculated – can be a drug like no other.


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The start of the 2012 College Football Season is underway as far as I'm concerned. This week marked the annual SEC Media Days in Hoover, AL, and as proof of SEC power, nearly 1100 media credentials were handed out for the event. The addition of Missouri and Texas A&M to the conference brought a little extra excitement to Media Days, as it was...
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This 2 day course provides students with an up-to-date
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Scarinex: Named Number One Pick by Health and Skin Experts
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Featuring more than 120 works, this definitive mid-career survey of the work of celebrated American artist Nicole Eisenman charts the development of her practice across painting... Read More
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WVU business school to get major gift
Nov. 28, 2012 @ 07:38 AM
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia University's College of Business and Economics is set to receive a major gift as part of its fundraising campaign.
Officials with the Morgantown school are scheduled to hold an event Wednesday afternoon at the Erickson Alumni Center to announce the gift.
Speakers at the event are to include WVU President Jim Clements, Business and Economics dean Jose Sartarelli and others.
The donation is part of West Virginia University's "A State of Minds," comprehensive private fundraising campaign.


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There are a few important details to attend to when buying ski goggles. One of the main things to make sure of is whether or not the goggles you choose are actually comfortable to wear.
In order to ascertain this you will likely need to try on a fair few pair of goggles. Don't choose something that's uncomfortable. When you're out on the slopes, ill fitting goggles will make your skiing experience very unpleasant. Take the time to choose wisely. Get something that fits well and doesn't cause you any discomfort.
Choose the color of your lenses according to where you will be skiing:
- If you're skiing in low to moderate light or in fog, choose gold or amber lenses.
- Low-light, grey days? Go for rose colored lenses.
- Skiing in bright sunlight? Choose darker lenses, green is a good choice.
- Skiing at night? Only clear lenses please. These give the best view.
- Ultraviolet light protection is important! Make sure your goggles protect against both UVA and UVB rays. Over-exposure to either one can cause cataract formation on your eyes.
- Make sure you can see a full 180 degrees around you. Less than that can result in accidents and injury!
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Whenever I have a chance, I turn into ABC's The Chew (weekdays 1e|12p|c) for a little foodie inspiration. It's one of my favorite cooking shows since it's informative, fun, and not a cooking competition. (I'm a little burnt out on that type of cooking show.) The cooking by Carla Hall, Mario Batali and Michael Symon is practical, affordable and something just about anyone can make in their kitchen, like Carla's recipe for Summer Berry Pudding – take a peek below!
Since I wanted to make something special for Fourth of July entertaining, I took Carla's Summer Berry Pudding and turned it into a trifle so I could include a blue and white layer to match the red one. Due to my food sensitivities, I also made it gluten free, used stevia and coconut palm sugar instead of white cane sugar, and used a non-dairy whipped topping instead of regular whipped cream. The topping I used, Trader's Joe's House Whip, has a tiny bit of milk in it that I can tolerate. If you have to stay away for even small amounts of milk, you may want to skip the whipped topping altogether. Or you can try making whipped cream from coconut milk. Another idea for the white layer would be vanilla coconut ice cream or a layer of coconut, vanilla or lemon sorbet.
What I especially like about trifles, aside from the cool presentation, is that if you have a trifle bowl with a lid, it's very portable (great for parties and picnics!) and it's easy to store leftovers right in the bowl.
Summer Berry Pudding Trifle
- 1 loaf of gluten free raisin bread
- 1 cup low sugar apricot preserves
- 2 cups raspberries
- 2 cups blackberries
- 4 cups blueberries, divided
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons coconut palm sugar (or brown sugar)
- 2 tablespoons powdered stevia (I like Stevia Extract in the Raw.)
- 1 (10 ounce) tub non-dairy whipped topping
- Spread the apricot preserves on one side of each of the slices of bread.
- Line the trifle bowl with the slices of bread, jam side in. If needed, cut bread into smaller pieces to make a solid wall. Leave a few inches at the top for whipped topping and blueberry layers. Reserve a few slices of the bread to use as the top layer.
- Combine the raspberries, blackberries and 2 cups blueberries in a saucepot over medium heat with lemon juice, palm sugar, and stevia. Cook until the berries begin to burst, about 5 minutes, then remove from heat.
- Pour the berry mixture into the well in the bread-lined trifle bowl. Cover the top with the reserved slices of the bread.
- Place a layer of plastic wrap over the top of the cooked berries and bread layer. Place a few plates on top to weigh it down. Place in refrigerator and chill overnight.
- Add a layer of whipped topping. Then carefully add the remaining 2 cups of blueberries.
- Spoon trifle into small bowls and serve.
- Serving size: 1 bowl
Take a summer time break with The Chew
ABC's The Chew comes on at 1 pm ET, which is why I try to take my lunchtime break when the show's playing. (I also DVR it!) I've been a fan of the show from the very beginning. (Read my review of The Chew from October 2011.) I originally started watching The Chew because I adore Mario Batali and Michael Symon. I soon grew to love the other cast members like Carla Hall because her recipes are so good, Clinton Kelly because of his entertaining ideas, and Daphne Oz since she gives good health and wellness advice. I also enjoy their money saving tips and the banter between the hosts and their guests. I'm sure the cast is also why The Chew is one of my mother-in-law's favorite shows. We often watch the show together when she visits.
Here's a recent The Chew episode you can watch FREE on Hulu for a limited time. If you're growing a garden this summer, The Chew's "Field of Greens" episode should prove inspirational! Curtis Stone guest co-hosts and whips up a delicious dish straight from the garden. Michael Symon and Clinton Kelly team up for a garden inspired recipe of their own. Also, the show visits the rooftop garden of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York City, which is fascinating!
I'm always looking for new ways to spice up my Summer dishes, and ABC's The Chew serves up everything from grilling and outdoor entertaining to road trips and picnics. Watch weekdays 1e|12p|c on ABC to see what celebrity chefs Mario Batali, Michael Symon, and Carla Hall, lifestyle expert Clinton Kelly and fresh face of healthy living Daphne Oz are dishing out to inspire you this Summer.
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text: If you are into tilling your backyard flower or vegetable patch, you definitely don't want to miss the Northwest Flower & Garden Show at the Washington State Convention Center in downtown Seattle beginning Wednesday February 3 and running through the weekend. Some two dozen different display gardens from different landscape firms, non-profits and professional organizations showcase a wide variety of planting selections and landscaping styles. Weekend gardeners are sure to glean some ideas for their own backyards from perusing the displays--and can get lots of free expert advice from vendors along the way. The show is open Wednesday through Saturday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sunday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. A half-day ticket (for admission after 3 p.m.) is $10, and kids under 12 get in free.


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National Alliance testifies before Congress on the importance of the federal Charter Schools ProgramEarlier this month, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce held a hearing, "Raising the Bar: The Role of Charter Schools in K-12 Education," to highlight the growth of charter schools, their positive impact on K-12 education across the country, and the role of the federal Charter Schools Program. The hearing allowed members of the charter school community to showcase the ways federal policy can impact charter school growth, encourage best practices, and foster district-charter collaboration. Five charter school leaders from across the country were invited to testify, including the National Alliance's Chair of the Board, Dr. Deborah McGriff. In her testimony, Dr. McGriff stressed the importance of the federal Charter Schools Program. "I don't believe the public charter school sector's growth to meet parental demand for educational options would have occurred the way it has without the presence of dedicated federal funding. Let me say that again to be perfectly clear: while public charter schools are inherently local, the movement would not have achieved its current success had it not been for the federal Charter Schools Program." Dr. McGriff was joined by other charter school leaders and advocates who added unique perspectives to the hearing discussion:
- Board Chair of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) Lisa Graham Keegan focused on they ways the charter school authorizing process has improved, as authorizers build and identify best practices. Keegan emphasized the key role authorizers play to ensure quality, and close low-performing schools.
- Alan Rosskamm, Chief Executive Officer of Breakthrough Schools, highlighted the organization's collaboration with the City of Cleveland to strengthen public education for all students. As the highest rated charter network in Ohio, Rosskamm attributed much of Breakthrough's success to their strong partnerships with families—a defining characteristic behind the mission of public charter schools.
- Alyssa Whitehead-Bust, Chief of Innovation and Reform at Denver Public Schools, provided the perspective of a school district administrator who works to ensure that district schools and charter school collaborate and complement each other to provide families with quality public school options.
- David Linzey, Executive Director at Clayton Valley Charter High School, spoke of his work in converting a district public school to a charter school and the high demand for this school – with a waiting list of nearly 400 students for the upcoming school year. Last year, the school experienced the most academic achievement growth for a large high school in the state of California, with a 62 point jump on the state's API in a single year.
To view an archived webcast and all witness testimony, click here. Kim Kober is the federal policy and government relations coordinator for the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.
5 reasons to support charters schools in 2014Right now, members of Congress are deciding how to spend money for the upcoming fiscal year and we need to make sure they know that public charter schools are a priority. That's why we're asking you to contact your members of Congress, tell them that the federal Charter Schools program is important to you. Need some motivation? Here are my top five reasons to support public charter schools in 2014:
- Growth. The federal Charter Schools Program (CSP) has helped open more than 90 percent of new charter schools in the past five years. There are now more than 2.5 million students attending nearly 6,500 schools.
- Innovation. Public charter schools have the freedom to find new and creative solutions to meet the unique needs of the students in their communities. In Santa Ana, California that means students at El Sol Science and Arts Academy can learn easier through a dual language immersion curriculum. In Wichita, Kansas agriculture is incorporated into the curriculum at the Walton Rural Life Center.
- Academic Performance. Fifteen out of 16 independent studies published since 2010, four national studies and 10 regional studies all found positive academic performance results for students in charter schools compared to their traditional school peers. Last year, CREDO released a study that found that a charter school education had a positive impact for many subgroups, including Black students, students in poverty, English Language Learners (ELL), and students in Special Education. For ELL Hispanic students, attending a charter school resulted in 50 additional days of learning in reading and 43 additional days of learning in math.
- Geographic Reach.The federal Charter Schools Program serves students in all educational settings–55 percent of the nation's charters are in urban areas, 21 percent in suburban, and 16 percent in rural. Public charter schools serve a high percentage of students in a diverse array of cities including large cities such as New Orleans and Detroit as well as rural Hall County, Ga.
- Demand. Across the nation,public charter school waitlists approached one million names during the 2012-2013 school year. Families looking for options within the public school system are turning to public charter schools to find the best fit for their child's education, but without additional funds charter schools are unable to meet parental demand.
State charter school leaders visit Capitol HillLast week, more than 25 charter school leaders from across the country convened in Washington, D.C. for a day-long meeting to share best practices for growing sustainable charter support organizations, and to meet with their congressional delegations. The meetings, with more than 100 congressional offices, are a critical part of educating members of Congress and their staffs about the importance of the federal Charter Schools Program. Congress is starting the process of determining its spending priorities for Fiscal Year 2015, so it's important that they hear from their constituents–charter school leaders, teachers, and parents–about the ways public charter schools provide great learning opportunities for children in their communities. Building these relationships will help ensure federal funding and policies that support charter schools. It is important that our nation's elected officials hear from more than just our state leaders. That's why, this week we are calling on parents, teachers, school leaders, and charter school supporters from the across the country to reach out to their members of Congress. Here are two ways you can help:
- Invite your members of Congress to visit your school. Our state leaders began the work of extending these offers last week, but members like to hear from many of their constituents. Consider inviting your members of Congress to an event at your school such as a school play, spelling bee, or science fair. For assistance scheduling a school visit with your member of Congress, contact Pam Davidson at email@example.com.
- Send an email! Another way to stay in touch is through email. Right now, members of Congress are making decisions about what federal programs are important to them and their constituents. The state leaders paved the road during their in-person meetings last week, but this week we have a great chance to remind them that they have a charter school supporter back at home! Join our efforts by clicking here to send a letter to your members of Congress and ask them to support charter schools in the upcoming year.
Public Charter School Events Receive Attention from Federal LawmakersOver the past two weeks, the National Alliance has coordinated several events to give federal lawmakers the opportunity to learn more about the public charter schools. Here are just a few key highlights: Members of Congress Celebrate School Choice Week at D.C. Charter School During School Choice Week, the National Alliance hosted members of Congress at DC Prep's Edgewood Elementary Campus to celebrate National School Choice Week. Congressmen Erik Paulsen (R-MN), Tom Petri (R-WI), and Jared Polis (D-CO) toured the school's Pre-K to 3rd grade campus and observed teacher-led classrooms, small group learning, and students engaged with tablets and computers. DC Prep CEO Emily Lawson spoke with the congressmen about the importance of federal support for charter schools. DC Prep has been named Washington, D.C.'s highest-performing network of public charter schools for the second consecutive year. Network-wide, the school serves roughly 80 percent students from low-income backgrounds. Photo: Emily Lawson, Rep. Paulsen, and Rep. Petri speak with a third grade student. Photo credit: Nora Kern Senate Charter Schools Caucus Hosts Panel on Special Education in Charter Schools On Tuesday, January 28, the Senate Charter Schools Caucus, co-chaired by Senator Landrieu (D-LA) and Senator Alexander (R-TN), hosted a panel on special education in charter schools. National Alliance President and CEO Nina Rees moderated the panel that featured school leaders and a parent from Bridges Public Charter School, a public charter school in Washington, D.C. Nina was joined on the panel by Paul O'Neil with the National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools (NCSECS) and Alex Medler with the National Association of Charter School Authorizers. For more information about the work of the National Alliance and NCSECS, see Improving Access and Creating Exceptional Opportunities for Students with Disabilities in Public Charter School. Photo: Keesha Blythe, Bridges Public Charter School Director of Student Support Services, explained the challenges specific to classrooms that serve children with high-level special education needs. Photo credit: Nora Kern. National Alliance Organizes Day on Capitol Hill for State Charter School Leaders On February 11th and 12th, 25 state leaders from charter support organizations across the country met with more than 100 U.S. senators, representatives, and their staffs to educate them about public charter schools and to advocate for increased funding for the federal Charter Schools Program. During the visits, the state leaders encouraged members of Congress to visit a public charter school in their state. To learn more about this day of advocacy and how you can ask your members of Congress to support charter schools, sign up to receive our newsletters. Kim Kober is the federal policy coordinator at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.
The Federal Budget: What it Means for the Charter Schools Program
Yesterday, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) released their topline budget agreement for Fiscal Year 2014, and the House and Senate are scheduled to vote on it in the coming days. While the specifics for programs funded through the Department of Education are not available yet, here is a short summary of what's at stake and why we must protect funding for charter schools.
The new FY2014 budget will include overall spending levels for the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE). Funding for USDOE is critical, since so many charter schools receive Title I and IDEA funds. And of course, new and expanding charter schools have prospered under the federal Charter Schools Program (CSP), which provides start-up funds and facilities support for new and existing charter schools.
While we wait for more details about how the funds will be allocated in FY2014, the Obama administration is already at work on its FY2015 budget request, which is due the first Monday in February. In November, the National Alliance joined with a coalition of charter support organizations, charter school operators, and national partners and advocacy groups on letters requesting $330 million for the CSP in the president's FY 2015 budget.
In the coming months, the charter school community will play a critical role in educating members of Congress about the importance of the CSP. The CSP, which is currently funded at $248.1 million, serves several functions, including new school start-ups, the replication and expansion of successful charter schools, support for facilities, and dissemination activities.
This chart provides an overview of each of these grants within the CSP, their current funding levels, and their purpose:
- SEA Grants & Non-SEA Grants: Competitive grants are awarded from the U.S. Department of Education to State Education Agencies to make subgrants to charter schools. When SEAs do not apply or are denied, individual charter schools can apply. Funding is used to help cover charter school start-up costs.
- Replication & Expansion Grant: Grants are awarded on a competitive basis to nonprofit charter management organizations that have demonstrated success, including improved academic achievement.
- National Leadership Activities Grant: Competitive grants provide funding for projects of national significance to improve charter school quality, as well as money to disseminate information about the projects.
- State Charter School Facilities Incentive Grant: Grants are awarded on a competitive basis to states to help cover charter school facilities costs.
- Credit Enhancement for Charter Schools Facilities Program: Grants are awarded on a competitive basis to public and nonprofit entities that enhance the ability of public charter schools to raise private capital to acquire, construct, renovate, or lease academic facilities.
Federal funding for the CSP is essential in order to ensure new charter schools can open and meet current demand. With nearly one million student names on waiting lists for charter schools, a strong federal investment is critical for the movement. As we continue our work advocating for charter school funding, we urge the charter school community to join our efforts to educate their members of Congress about the importance of the CSP.
Pam Davidson is senior director of government relations at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. Kim Kober is the federal policy coordinator.
Two Charter Management Organizations Named Race to the Top-District FinalistsLast week, the U.S. Department of Education announced the 31 Race to the Top-District (RTT-D) competition finalists, including two charter management organizations (CMOs). The 2013 competition will provide nearly $120 million to support strategies developed by school districts (including charter schools that are their own district) that have a direct impact on improving student learning and closing achievement gaps in schools serving high populations of low-income families. The RTT-D's focus on classroom activities, personalized learning, and the relationships between educators and students is similar to the priorities of many public charter schools—to improve student achievement through innovative learning strategies and engagement between teachers, parents, and students. Two CMO's, Rocketship Education and the KIPP Foundation, are listed as finalists in the competition. It's no surprise given that these organizations easily meet RTT-D's top criteria for strong vision, proven track records, and successful college preparation for students. Rocketship's elementary schools in the Bay Area, Milwaukee, and Nashville are already making progress closing the achievement gap. The Rocketship model promotes individualized student learning and their efforts are paying off. In California, Rocketship continues to be in the top five percent of school districts serving low-income children. The model rotates students through a learning lab each day where students use online adaptive software to tailor their lessons. The Rocketship proposal includes a plan to provide students with computers so that they can work at home and over the summer to prevent learning loss. KIPP's TEAM Academy, with schools in Newark and Camden, was also selected as a finalist. At TEAM Academy, everything is earned. Students start each year earning their chair and uniform for doing the right thing, and they soon move on to earning trips and activities. The Academy's founding principle—that together, everyone achieves more—has become a reality in student achievement. If selected to receive the grant, their plan will allow the charter to develop a personalized college readiness plan for each student to help families manage the path to and through college. ` While the final list of this year's RTT-D awardees has not yet been announced, last year three CMOs–Harmony Public Schools,IDEA Public Schools, and KIPP DC–were awarded funds and set a strong precedent for the inclusion of public charter schools in the grant competition. By the end of the year, the list of 31 finalists will be narrowed down to five to ten winning applicants for the four-year awards. Funding will range from $4 million to $30 million per awardee, with the amount determined by the population of students served. View the full list of finalists for the 2013 Race to the Top-District competition. Kim Kober is the federal policy and government relations coordinator.
Charter School Partnerships among Highest Rated i3 Grant ApplicantsLast week, the U.S. Department of Education announced the top 25 applicants of this year's Investing in Innovation (i3) competition, which will award more than $135 million to expand innovative practices designed to improve student achievement. The focus on innovation makes the i3 competition a logical fit for charter schools. Funding can provide development for smart ideas that need further research, validation for programs to assess effectiveness and build capacity, or scale-up grants for programs ready to expand at the national level. Previous years' charter recipients have included the KIPP Foundation, New Schools for New Orleans, The AppleTree Institute for Education Innovation, Aspire Public Schools, the Alliance for College-Ready Public Schools, and IDEA. This year, two charter-focused programs made the i3's top 25:
- The San Francisco Bay Area Seneca Family of Agencies, a nonprofit, special education and mental health services provider, proposes to partner with a mix of charter and district schools, including Education for Change, a charter management organization, and the Lighthouse Community Charter School to implement their Unconditional Education program. Rather than focus efforts on a single counselor or only a handful of staff, the program provides academic, behavioral, and social-emotional intervention training to the entire school community and will serve schools with large percentages of high-risk youth.
- The University Public Schools, a network of charter schools affiliated with Arizona State University, applied for i3 funds to expand their Gathering, Reflecting, Owning our Work (GROW) project that provides STEM immersion for K-12 students. GROW will give students portable technology for use both in the classroom and at home, and provide meaningful data on the effectiveness of mobile learning.
- The Children's Aid Society (CAS) in New York City is proposing a parent engagement program partnership with schools located in the South Bronx—including the Children's Aid College Prep Charter School. Schools in this area are often characterized by high levels of poverty, school failure, and crime. CAS's Parent Leadership Institute will encourage parents to build peer networks, workshops, and one-on-one training sessions to help families find schools that best meet their child's needs.
- Expeditionary Learning partners with schools, districts, and charter boards to boost student engagement and achievement. Their i3 application outlines a program to deliver resources, support, and professional development to teachers at select middle schools in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York. With an emphasis on both school culture and academic success, their model has a proven track record to markedly improve student achievement in as little as two years.


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Midwife Shares Shocking Facts About C-Section Epidemic
Consumer reports discusses what procedures to avoid when your expecting. Read more >
The truth about the growing trend of cesareans from Natural News. Read more >
Find out where your state and local hospital stand on the VBAC ban. Read more >
Some helpful tips in this article – How to Avoid an Unnecessary Cesarean. Read more >
Great tips on coping with an unwanted cesarean. Read more >
And check out one of the FREE Choices in Childbirth workshops. (NYC area)
Babies Take Longer To Come Out Than They Did In Grandma's Day… From NPR
The Pitfalls of 'Going With The Flow' in Birth… from Birth Trama Truths
VBAC after 3 prior cesareans
New research to be published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology has found that women with three or more prior caesareans who attempt vaginal birth have similar rates of success and risk for maternal morbidity as those with one prior caesarean, and similar overall morbidity (adding vaginal births and emergency caesareans together) as those delivered by elective repeat caesarean.
The findings indicate that women with three or more prior caesarean deliveries did not experience a difference in morbidity based on whether they attempted VBAC or elected for a repeat caesarean. The 89 women with three or more prior caesareans who attempted VBAC were as likely to be successful as women with one or two prior caesareans, 79.8% compared to 75.5% and 74.6% respectively. In addition, none of them experienced significant maternal morbidity such as uterine rupture, uterine artery laceration, and bladder or bowel injury. Read the article here…
New Research From the Midwifery Today Newsletter
According to a study published in the June issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology, babies born via vaginal birth after a prior cesarean section (VBAC) have lower rates of respiratory morbidity and intensive care admissions compared with babies born by repeat cesarean section.
The retrospective cohort study was comprised of 672 women with one prior c-section in a singleton pregnancy at 37 weeks or more gestation, and compared both neonatal outcomes and monetary costs of the procedures.
Researchers found that babies born via repeat c-section had higher rates of intensive care admission and higher rates of oxygen supplementation for delivery room resuscitation than those babies born by VBAC. Read the rest of the synopisis at Midwifery Today.
Jerusalem doctor describes c-section risks
Dr. Glazerman, a doctor located in Jerusalem, describes the risks involved in elective c-sections and repeat elective c-sections:
Damaging other organs during the operations, greater risk of hemorrhaging and infection, maternal death rate is 2.5 to 3.5 time higher than natural birth, dangers associated with anesthesia, chance that internal organs eventually adhere to one another due to membrane damage, 20% increase in extra-uterine pregnancies after a c-section, increase chance of miscarriage after a c-section, increase problems with placenta in future pregnancies after a c-section, risk of uterine rupture in future pregnancies, babies born by c-section are more likely to have respiratory problems, and problems bonding with baby after a c-section.
Hospital Bans Don't Add Up
VBAC Community would like to extend the very best wishes for Joy Szabo, mother of 3 with a fourth on the way. All of Joy's children, so far were delivered at Page Hospital in Arizona, but hospital policy has recently changed to prohibited VBACs.
Joy had her first child naturally, her second was an emergency c-section because of a placental eruption and her third was a VBAC. Now Page Hospital is forcing her to have an elective C-section. The hospital claims it does not have the staff to handle an emergency C-section, but any labor has the possibility of necessitating an emergency cesarean.
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From the North American Registry of Midwives:
Outcomes of planned home births with certified professional midwives: large prospective study in North America
Conclusions: Planned home birth for low risk women in North America using certified professional midwives was associated with lower rates of medical intervention but similar intrapartum and neonatal mortality to that of low risk hospital births in the United States.
Babycenter Has rewritten their article!!
Shocked! A response to ABC.com article weighing 'pros' & 'cons' of elective c-sections.
NOTE! The original article critiqued on babycenter has been rewritten. The pros and cons of a VBAC vs. a repeat C-section are much more equally debated. Although I'm still not sure why fear of childbirth is a given 'con' and fear of major surgery is not.
The first portion of the article, which is recapping a recent study, is very reasonable. The second part of the article contains a list of 'pros' and 'cons' for both a vaginal birth and an elective c-section birth. This list is taken word for word from http://www.babycenter.com/. The article posted on Babycenter.com is said to be "a physician panel-reviewed list of 'pros' and 'cons' of both vaginal birth and c-sections." I am reluctant to believe any respectable physician reviewed… read more at wordpress…
Vaginal Birth After Cesarean: The basics.
Lear the definitions of VBAC, HBAC, Trial of Labor, Doula and more. Find out what certifications a midwife can have and what it means for you. read more…
Posterior vs anterior birthing positions
I've enjoyed the experience of fully dilating and pushing both posterior and anterior positioned babies. My first child, Kai, was in the posterior position, meaning his spine was lined up with my spine. In this position, the back of his head pushes against my spine during labor. It was my first labor and it ended in a c-section (although i had fully dilated and had been pushing for hours.) My second child, Madison, was in the anterior position, so her spine was lined up with my belly and her face pushed against my spine during contractions. (She was delivered vaginally) Having labored both posterior and anterior, I'm in a good position to describe and compare them. read more…


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The "Clinch Pick": Bad News 4 Grapplers...
This crafty sticker is made for one purpose only: ramming into a grappler before he even realises you have it.
The size comparison between the knife and a pen.
The way it's most commonly carried.
And at last, I've been saving you a lil' treat: how to deploy it from the seated position.
1) The blade pops up and nicely indexes the wielder's center line. Just thrust from here as soon as it's in your hand, don't cock back for more power.
2) A short and powerful arcing thrust to the abdomen drives the blade home. The wielder rips upward while still raking the attacker's face.
3) & 4) The finish consists of grabbing the attacker's closer arm with the raking hand to keep it from getting in the way and thrust upwards to his chin.
Does anyone own this little devil? If so, write back about your experiences ( the way it lies in your hand, pros and cons about the steath etc.). If anyone has a knife similar to this one, just less expensive, post about that too. This one costs $240. Thanks in advance.
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Something I don't quite get about "specialised self defense tools" such as this one - why pay 240 dollars for something that doesn't really do anything a regular pocketknife can't?
I own a Gator, by the way. Nice, solid knife for outdoorsmansy stuff, but illegal as hell to carry. http://images.backcountry.com/images...um/GER0008.jpg
meh.. its been around for a while.. I don't really see what makes it any more dangerous than any other knife in a street fight. Bottom line is don't bring a fist to a knife fight."The hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero projects his fear onto his opponent while the coward runs. 'Fear'. It's the same thing, but it's what you do with it that matters". - Cus D'Amato
Uh . . . it's just a knife. It's not a particularly new or different design, either. Cold Steel's "Roach" is similar (but bigger and with a less narrow "wasp") for a lot less money . . . I believe they're under $30, but mine was a gift.
Grappling against a guy with a knife you didn't see is indeed a bad thing, but it can often be defeated with the most basic method of self-defense:
"Don't go to stupid places with stupid people to do stupid things."
One other advantage of the Roach is that it's sold as a hunting knife (and I've field dressed whitetails with one, as well done a lot of the butchering, and it's a pretty good cheap hunter.)
Whether there's a difference between explaining to a prosecutor or a jury why you were carrying a "Clinch Pick" as opposed to a "Roach" is up to you, but the State's Attorney won't be able to Google up many online tutorials on gutting a man with a Roach or a Schrade Sharpfinger because he put you in a side headlock.
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If you ever grapple with a friend with you both having training knives, you're in for a treat. It's a lot of fun, and a very different game in my opinion than just grappling with a friend.Best Vietnam War music video I've ever seen put together by a vet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDY8raKsdfg
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I used to carry a SOG pentagon clipped to my left pocket. I jokingly referred to it as my "wrestling knife," though I was in no way kidding.
While knife deployment is the better part of handgun retention, I'm not sure that this particular blade offers any advantage over a craftily concealed paring knife.
Hilarious that they've obfuscated the model's faces, by the way. They're top secret. You do not know them. If you do discover their (secret!) identities, you are to be killed.Originally Posted by Cullion


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(WHNT) – Regardless of the weather on Thursday, you can bet lots of people will be shooting off fireworks in celebration of America's birthday.
And that has authorities — and farmers — worried.
Nothing says Fourth of July like fireworks, but nothing will ruin it faster than an accident involving fireworks.
"You could have a short-burning fuse and not get away quick enough," said George Daigle, Assistant Fire Marshal for the Huntsville Fire Department. "They have the potential to burn. Anything that you ignite or has any type of small explosion can hurt a child."
He emphasizes fireworks of any kind are illegal within the city limits and police will be looking around for violators.
"It's illegal to possess, use or discharge any fireworks. so that means you can't even have them on your property by city ordinance."
But in the county, where farmers grow fields of wheat, authorities know shooting off fireworks is legal.
"The fields are dry," said Chief Tony Kirk of the Athens Fire Department. "All it takes is just one item of fireworks going into that wheat field and you've got a fire. It is so easy to start those up."
Firefighters beg for people to be careful, to be aware of the direction of the wind, to watch out for where the firework may land. And they say parents should always monitor their children using fireworks.
But the fear goes further for authorities, because the most popular ways to prepare food for the holiday can also pose fire hazards.
"It is against the law to have a grill on or under a balcony with any type of combustible material.. plastic, wood, anything on the balcony, under the balcony, you cannot have those grills on there," said Kirk.
He recommends having a metal pail of water closeby where hot coals can be dumped after grilling to make sure there are no hot pieces that can turn into fires.
There is a public fireworks display set for Wednesday night at Joe Davis Stadium at 9:00 p.m. and then two more Thursday night at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center and at Hampton Cove.


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