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These two Flash applets allow students to work through simple exercises involving permutations and "cycle notation" for the teaching of elementary concepts in Group Theory or Discrete Mathematics. The applets are entirely browser-based and require only a browser with the (free) Flash Player plugin, v9 or higher.
Clicking a link (or thumbnail) below opens a page with instructions, suggestions, and the applet itself in a separate window.
Cycle Notation - This applet allows a user to input a one-to-one and onto function and generate the cycle notation. It can also generate a random function and the corresponding cycle notation.
Cycle Composer - This applet allows the user to see how the product operation works in Sym(4), the symmetric group on 4 symbols.


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heyy guys i got a question for and zeppelin fanatic. probably one of my favorite songs is good times bad times just for the intense drumming, but ive never found or heard a live version, did they play this live and are there any live recordings?? if so let me know
According to Dr. MustardPie, there are a couple recordings of GTBT in circulation.
Sources for Rare Performances of LZ Songs
Good Times Bad Times
AUD 1970.09.04 Inglewood, LA Forum - In Communication Breakdown medley. Best source.
AUD 1971.09.23 Tokyo, Budokan Hall - In Whole Lotta Love medley.
I have the LA forum recording someplace on a CD and will post it later as an attachment (if I can find it and if it is permitted in this forum).
From what I remember listening back to it months ago, the sound quality is not bad to crappy and the tempo is clipping along pretty well - faster than the studio version. Bonham is playing a pretty basic, sturdy, arena version of the studio groove (none of the triplet and 16th note bass drum embellishments).
Listening to old shows, I've noticed alot of the studio stuff is streamlined and simplified when it's played in a large arena (or at quicker tempos than the studio version). So, that kind of embellishment on Zep I's GTBT, played live even at a slower tempo, might have even been ditched by Bonham if he were playing a 3+ hour show at maximum volume and intensity in a large area.
Here's alot of VERY nice info about Zep concerts, recordings, rare performances and such:
I was getting into this stuff alot a while back, but it's very addicting. I had to stop completely because it was leaving no time to actually play drums. However, I collected a decent amount of good material beforehand and still enjoy peeking at it from time to time.
Some of the video stuff is really cool. Foreign performances, interviews - even a clip of Page playing in a skiffle band at 15 years old on a British talent program. He said he wanted to be a chemist or engineer or something like that when asked about his future.
Another interesting video clip has the pre-Zeppelin Yardbirds (with Page) playing Dazed and Confused - no Plant, no Bonham, no Jones. The singer doesn't quite make the grade at all when compared to Plant's treatment of the tune, but the drummer plays alot of the things we hear as Bonham-esque on this tune. I mean, when you hear that tune today played by Zep and the fills on it and such, you pretty much say, "Yep, that's Bonham. That's Bonham's tune." But when you consider the fact that a guy was already playing that tune before Bonham with very similar kicks and fills and such, I think you have to conclude that Bonham was either instructed or took it upon himself to play the tune close to the "original" drummer's take on it. Of course, he didn't play it exactly as the Yardbirds' drummer did, but still he played it with an informed knowledge of the other guy's playing at least. I find this fact kinda interesting and cool too...
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Candlewood Suites Montreal Downtown Centre Ville
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Candlewood Suites Extended Stay Hotel Montreal Downtown
The Candlewood Suites Hotel is a member of the IHG family of brands, which includes InterContinental, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo, Holiday Inn and Staybridge Suites. The Candlewood Suites Hotel Montreal offers apartment like suites to government, business, relocation , training & extended stay hotel guests requiring long or short term hotel or real estate accommodations.
The Candlewood Suites Hotel Montreal is within walking distance to the Old Port of Montreal, Chinatown, Place des Arts, Contemporary Art Museum & St. Catherine Street Shopping. Walk to nearby businesses including Bell Canada – BCE, CGI, Bomardier, Hydro Quebec, Desjardins Financial, SNC Lavalin, Complex Guy Favreau, IBM, CBC, Alcoa, Alcan, ING, VIA Systems Standard Life, London Life Power Corporation & CHUM Hospital Project.
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Appartement spacieux. Mobilier un peu obsolète. Cuisine dispose de peu de matériels. Lit 2 personnes trop petit. Sur un séjours d'1 semaine, le ménage n'a jamais été fait (1 fois normalement). Les appartements proches du boulevard sont bruyant. Le personnel de l'hôtel est disponible et très attentionné. Félicitation pour la qualité du personnel qui travaille dans l'hôtel.
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I decided to book this hotel based on past experience with Candlewood Suites. The most important thing is the bed, and the bed was very comfortable. However, there were enough things wrong with the room that I'm not sure I would stay again. The room wasn't exactly a "suite," but a room with a kitchen, a desk, two queen beds, and a sofa sleeper that we couldn't use because there were no sheets on it.
I noticed an old and musty smell as soon as I walked into the room. The carpet looked dingy and dirty, and the bathroom smelled stale. One of the bedside lamps was out. The temperature control knob in the shower was loose, so we had trouble controlling the temperature of the water. The air conditioner controls were also loose and it didn't work from time to time. The kitchen supplies were sparse; no forks, only one pot, just a few dishes and cups, and the coffee maker didn't work. Although nothing was a total deal breaker, I would expect a little better state of things from Candlewood Suites.
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We are smokers and look for hotels that offer smoking rooms, which are few and far between. This hotel offers smoking rooms, so we chose to stay here. Our stay was not terrible - our visit was not to stay in a hotel room, but to have a place to sleep and keep our belongings while we visited Montreal. Based on that, we got exactly what we needed. If you're looking for a hotel that offers smokers a decent place to stay, give them a call. If you're looking for a sparkling room with a restaurant, room service, etc, look elsewhere. Would we stay here again? - As long as they continue to offer a smoking room, then yes, we will.


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I can't wait to return to Shabu-Tatsu. Eating Shabu Shabu with friends was such an enjoyable experience and everything was delicious. I especially liked cooking and eating the rib-eye beef. I gave atmosphere a 4.5 only because it is a small and crowded joint. Otherwise, everything was great! Be sure to go early or get a reservation.
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I went here with my sister and had the sukiyaki...and my my, it was great!! i was able to control how salty/sweet i wanted my broth to be, the food (beef, noodles, veggies) were awesome! I would not recommend getting an order of seafood because the portion is very small and not worth it. the staff was wonderful in making recommendations and attentive whenever we needed something extra. The price is very decent and well worth it for the location and the type of food. will definitely go back there again! also, try to come a lil early. i got there with my sister at around 5:30-6pm and the place was empty. Once 7pm hit, it was packed!!
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I've eaten here twice, he food is delicious, the atmosphere is great as is the service. The food and cooking style is very korean inspired. instead of grilling the food you boil it. Delicious bi bim bop! Would recommend.
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I went here with a large group of friends for my birthday. The restaurant was accommodating and the food was good. A very fun experience.
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i've been to this restaurant many many times and i still love to go back. i always order the shabu shabu which is always great and the sauces for it are so yum. i always leave very full, but not in a "i feel disgusting" way. their shabu shabu is very healthy...just don't forget to keep skimming away the fat from the meat. also, don't forget to drink the broth at the very end~ it's like the asian style chicken noodle soup feeling.
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I have been going here for years. Its best to go in the fall and winter because the steam from the tables warms up the place beautifully. Staff is warm and prompt, especially the charming Yoshi. It can fill up quickly as the spot isn't big so I suggest calling day of and reserving a table. I stick with the rib eye shabu and a bottle of cold sake. Great place for first date, make that second date...because the meal is involved (you prepare it yourself) if the date isn't going well you have plenty to distract you, Ha! Also, great table with two burner for larger groups...had a few bdays here. In closing, love it.


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Below is the poem entitled Surrender which was written by poet
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Those wicked looks you give me, those crazy things you say,
Would melt any other girls heart into disarray.
But we all know I'm not some kind of fool and will only lead the way,
If what is waiting for us is some freaky catnip play.
I will ball you up just like a woollen swab,
And chase you around like some deranged Domme .
Whether you have been naughty, whether you have been nice,
There would be no safe word to rescue you tonight.
Just the imprint of my hand and the echo of its sound,
Leading the way to our imprisoned playground.
Hush now, don't make a sound,
Just keep on purring hard into the ground.
Wriggle and squirm right into my palm,
To set the night alight with your futile gnawing call.
I won't relent, I will not pause,
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A whole lot of people bought iPad Minis last weekend, when they became available to consumers. So many people, in fact, that Apple is running low on supplies of the new 7-inch tablet. All those people who got their hands on the launch day supply are probably pretty pleased to have the newest and shiniest gadgetry from Apple…but their elation may be short lived.
Just like Apple sprang the 4th generation iPad on unsuspecting iPad 3 buyers so shortly after the previous model's release, it looks like an iPad Mini 2 is already in the works. Apple is really cranking their immediate planned obsolescence knob up to eleven with their recent product releases, and they may be in danger of disgruntling some of their consumers.
A Chinese-language tech site called DoNews has published a report that indicates an iPad Mini 2 with Retina display is already being prepared. The second generation of the mini-tablet will sport a 2048 x 1536, 7.9-inch display, giving it an impressive 324 ppi. Apple's hardware partners in China are already working on the display for such a device, and mass production is expected to begin next year.
While this seems like a bit of a premature move on Apple's part to replace their brand new tablet, by the time all the preparations for the new model are completed, it may well be almost a full year before it launches. That's still an incredibly short window of non-obsolescence for the current iPad Mini, but the annual release cycle is at least in line with what we've come to expect from Apple. In other words, there probably won't be any early surprises like there was with the 4th-gen iPad.


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Dana White on Fights Going All 3 or 5 Rounds: 'As Long As They're Exciting Fights'
As the UFC prepares for its next event, UFC on FOX 8, Dana White explained during a conference call that finishes are not the only way to put on an exciting fight. Case in point: UFC flyweight champion and UFC on FOX headliner, Demetrious 'Mighty Mouse' Johnson.
By Christopher Murphy @MurphMMA
There is a reason the UFC gives out three post-fight bonuses at each event. Each award- KO of the Night, Submission of the Night and Fight of the Night- highlights a different aspect of what makes MMA the most exciting sport in the world. Fans love to see devastating knockouts and incredible submissions; and while they make an exciting finish for any fight, they are not necessarily indications of a truly exceptional fight.
Look at Dan Henderson's fight with Mauricio "Shogun" Rua at UFC 139. That is easily one of the greatest fights there has ever been in MMA; and the two men fought for the full 25-minutes without a KO or submission.
If you ask UFC president Dana White, excitement is just as important, if not more, than a definitive finish. With UFC on FOX 8 coming up next Saturday, White expects nothing short of excitement from headliner and UFC flyweight champion, Demetrious Johnson.
"What we have to do is, 'Mighty Mouse' has been on a lot of big cards, he's going to fight on FOX again. We're in the building phase of that division. I think that Ben Henderson has fights that have gone to decisions, controversial decisions. Demetrious has gone to decisions. You know as long as they're exciting fights, there are all different types of fighters. Some guys go in and they knock people out. Some guys pull off submissions, some guys go to decisions and have exciting fights. The last fight with Demetrious was an exciting fight."
Indeed, 2 of his past 4 fights have earned FOTN honors- a fact that speaks to Johnson's action-packed style of fighting as much as his skills.
While we can never know the result of a fight before it happens (hi, Chris Weidman), looking at UFC on FOX 8, we do know one thing: 'Mighty Mouse' Johnson will put on a hell of a fight.
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Not sure who's more boring MINI Mouse or GSP is what Dana really wants to say and if he was willing to ever admit he was wrong he would admit it was a huge mistake ever signing Jake Sheilds
Flipside Dana deserves a lot of credit for doing fans and MMA world a huge favor by firing the most boring fighter to ever set foot in a cage or ring one Jon LAY N PRAY Fitch
What about Nate?
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Land Between the Lakes Dual-Sport Ride
One of my riding buddies in the Volunteer Riders Club has been hounding me forever about how great the annual Land Between the Lakes dual-sport ride is, and how I had to go. "The trails are great! The camping's great!" Brian said year after year after year, so I finally decided to make the drive to LBL. Like so many other things in life, it took the stars getting in perfect alignment, and schedules being made well in advance, but I was able to pull off the rare Three-Day-Free weekend pass. In fact, we ended up having six guys from Knoxville make the trip, three of us for the first time.
This dual-sport ride is the oldest-running one in America. The event was started by local off-road enthusiast and racer Jesse Thomas in 1987, and from the very beginning it was a success.
"We had over 150 riders the first time out," Thomas says. "We originally wanted to do have an enduro or hare scrambles off road race, but they slammed the door on that idea pretty quick. At the time, TVA operated the property and they were firm about no racing of any kind. However, the day I went to talk to them about an event that wasn't a race, there was a letter on the man's desk suggesting that they close the hiking trails due to disrepair, and lack of volunteers to help maintain them. I proposed a "Trail Ride," not a race, and said that if they would permit it, we would clear the trails."
After hearing this, TVA gave Jesse a one-year trial run. "It took us a year to get all the paperwork submitted and approved, and after that we cleared trail, marked trail, and fixed bridges all over the place," he says. "That first event went so well, and they were so pleased, that they changed the rules to allow for 'Special Events,' and that's how we got started."
The U. S Forest Service took over the operation of the Land Between the Lakes area in 2000, and thanks to Jesse Thomas and the K-T Riders' efforts, the event has been allowed to continue. "Lots of these trails wouldn't be cleared or maintained if it wasn't for this ride," Jesse says. In fact Jesse and the KT Riders have officially "adopted" 12 miles of single-track trail that they built just for this ride. When you turned onto the trail and you saw the sign that said it was adopted by the K-T Riders, or Jesse Thomas, you knew it was going to be sweeeet!
Part of the AMA/KTM National Dual Sport/Trail Ride Series, the LBL 200 is a true dual-sport ride that requires street legal, off-road capable bikes. This ride consists of paved back roads, gravel roads, and wonderful sections of single track/hiking trail. You could do all of the gravel and asphalt sections on your adventure bike, and maybe the single track, but you probably wouldn't want to. Every bike on this ride was a dirt-bike-based dual sport on DOT knobbies.
When you sign up for the ride you get an enduro style roll chart that gives you the directions. You really need a roll chart holder for your bike, or at least a friend with one. You also need to make sure that at least one person in your group has an odometer that works, preferably the same guy with the roll chart holder. If you've never seen a roll chart, the directions read like this: 1.5 LGR, 3.2 RWT, etc., etc. That translates to 1.5 miles, turn Left on Gravel Road, 3.2 miles, turn Right on Woods Trail. It's really pretty simple; you just have to pay attention, or do like me and just ride with someone who can.
Jesse did a great job laying out the route, so you never had too much asphalt or gravel in one stretch. You may run down five miles of gravel road, then turn off on six miles of trail, and pop out on three miles of asphalt. It was pretty much like this all day, so you always had a good variation. Let's be honest: the less asphalt the better.
The "trail" sections are what make this event. The Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area covers 170,000 acres between Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley on the Tennessee-Kentucky State line, and the North South Hiking Trail runs the entire length of it.
For this event only, once a year, sections of the North-South trail are open to motorcycles. What you find is an incredible, gently rolling trail that passes through hardwood forest and alongside beautiful lakes and shoreline. You could see that this trail doesn't get nearly the use of say a hiking trail in the Great Smoky Mountains, and the bikes were basically being used to beat back the undergrowth in places. If you've ever hiked in the Smokies and thought to yourself, "This trail would be great on a dirt bike," this is as close as you'll ever come. Maybe we need to "volunteer" to "maintain" some trail in the Smokies once a year. Hmmm…..
The gravel roads on the other hand were just that, gravel roads. Sort of hard to make them sound too cool, other than they passed through some beautiful territory. Unfortunately for us it hadn't rained in the past 20 years at LBL, or at least it seemed that it hadn't, and the dust was pretty tough for those in the rear of the pack. We took turns riding in the back, but it really didn't matter. By the end of the day I believe I could have planted grass on my air-filter and it would taken root.
The ride was held over two days, the first day being 180 miles, the second day around 70. I don't know how many riders rode on Sunday, but after 180 miles on a KTM, I had all I wanted on Saturday. Of course, I had the legitimate excuse that I had to be back for work on Sunday, but it didn't matter, I still caught flack from the guys who stayed.
I was told that Sunday's ride was mostly roads, and not as much good trail, but it did feature a ferry trip across the lake that sounded really neat. That's something you don't get to do on your dirt bike very often, and I hate I missed it. That would have made a good picture.
This annual event is limited to 250 riders, and that's what it had this year. In anticipation of the attendance, a large section of the Piney Campground was reserved just for LBL 200 riders. It was wonderful seeing a really nice, lakeside campground that actually welcomed you coming in on your dirt bike. I thought to myself, "This is how it's suppose to be!"
It was a beautiful thing! I'll be back next year.
Russ Townsend has been riding on and off road motorcycles for over 25 years, and is currently secretary of the Volunteer Riders dirt-bike club.


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NEW YORK (AP) - Here's a list "Fifty Shades of Grey" was destined to make: The books most likely to be removed from library shelves.
On Monday, E L James' erotic trilogy placed No. 4 on the American Library Association's annual study of "challenged books." Those are works subject to complaints from parents, educators and other members of the public.
No. 1 was a not a story of the bedroom, but the bathroom: Dav Pilkey's "Captain Underpants" books. They're followed by Sherman Alexie's prize-winning "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" and Jay Asher's "Thirteen Reasons Why." Also on the list at No. 10 is Nobel laureate Toni Morrison's "Beloved."
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Taylor Scout Smith, 12 years old, resident of Johnson City, TN danced into heaven on January 5, 2014. She was born in Portland, Oregon on March 6, 2001. She attended Liberty Bell Middle School. She was a part of the EPIC club at Grandview Elementary School. Also, she was a member of the scholar bowl with Washington County 4H. She had been an actress at the Jonesborough Repertory Theatre, and presently active in her church youth group, Nameless, from Hosanna Fellowship in Johnson City. Above all else, she was in love with Jesus and all of his creation; including you.
Her father: Tim Smith aka "Cha-Cha", mother: Ellen Smith aka "Cha-Ma-Haw" and brother Judah as well as a large family of grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends remain to honor Taylor's life and memory.
There will be a Memorial Service at Hosanna Fellowship on January 8, 2014 at 715 Sunset Dr. Johnson City, TN 37604 at 7PM. Receiving of friends will start at 6PM. In lieu of flowers there can be donations made to a memorial fund established in Taylor's memory care of Hosanna Fellowship at the address above. For more information please call the church office at (423) 477-0774.
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Located in central Minnesota, College of Saint Benedict, for women, and Saint John's University, for men, are nationally recognized Catholic liberal arts colleges and ranked as two of the top three Catholic colleges in the nation. They share one academic program, and students attend classes together on both campuses. This integrated learning experience combines a challenging academic program with extensive opportunities for international study, leadership, service learning, spiritual growth and cultural and athletic involvement. The combined enrollment of more than 3,800 students makes CSB and SJU the largest of the nation's liberal arts colleges. The College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University, are located four miles apart in Central Minnesota just outside metropolitan St. Cloud and 70 miles from Minneapolis. Both are Catholic colleges in the Benedictine tradition, which emphasize quality teaching and a commitment to intercultural learning. For further information, see http://www.csbsju.edu [1].
The Nutrition Department at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University, invites applications for a full-time, one year, term position beginning mid-August, 2013. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, teaching the comprehensive introductory nutrition course and related laboratory sections. Full time instruction includes the equivalent of 3 course sections in both the fall and spring semesters. PhD in Nutrition preferred, Master's degree in nutrition required. Candidates with previous college teaching experience are preferred.
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A fire that gutted a James Island house Tuesday night affected hundreds of people all over the Charleston area.
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The Lighthouse Point Neighborhood Association has set up a fund for the Hyams family at First Federal. Donate to the family or the dance company through Paypal by marking it firstname.lastname@example.com.
Lola McDonald is raising money through her website at mythirty one.com/lolamc. Profits from all purchases through March 28 will be donated to the family, she said. Click on "My Parties" and select "Hyams Family Fundraiser."
Beth Hyams, costume designer for the Charleston Youth Company, lived in the single-story brick house on Starboard Road with her family. She was working on costumes for a production at the Sottile Theatre next month.
The costumes were all lost in the fire, as well as her fabric, sewing equipment and most of the family's personal possessions. Two cats also died in the fire. The family dog was found later, rescued by a neighbor.
"I am picking up the pieces," Hyams said by telephone Wednesday night.
The Charleston Youth Company involves about 100 dancers and singers, plus a wide network of alumni from its 35 years in the community.
A number of parents and supporters were talking about the loss at a rehearsal Wednesday night.
"She is wonderful," board member Judy Long said of Hyams. "The kids love her. She is such a positive person."
Hyams grew up on James Island, and three of her five children are in schools there. Several schools are already planning fundraisers to help the family rebuild.
Hyams spent countless hours making costumes, and everybody was always amazed how she came up with them, choreographer Lola McDonald said. Hyams was also making a first communion dress out of McDonald's wedding dress for her daughter. The dress was also lost in the fire.
"That's just a small piece of all the heartbreak," McDonald said. "Everything is gone. It was devastating for so many families."
But the show must go on. The production at the Sottile is still set for April 25-26. Parents will hold sewing parties to recreate costumes the best they can before the show, under Hyams' oversight.
"Not a stitch can be sewn without her," McDonald said.
Nobody was home when the fire was spotted about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.
The blaze appeared to have started in an add-on sunroom, and heavy flames were visible in the rear of the house when firefighters arrived, James Island Fire Department Battalion Chief Shawn Engelman said. There was no immediate indication of what caused the fire, he said.
Reach Dave Munday at 937-5553.
Beth Hyams, volunteer costume designer for Charleston Youth Company, lost her house in a fire Tuesday.×
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United Faculty of Florida-Florida Atlantic University Chapter
FAU Faculty and Students In Large Show of Unity Outside Administrators' Offices
April 18, 2012. FAU community voices concerns over M J Saunders administration's arbitrary decisions on summer classes, increased class sizes
UFF-FAU Chapter President Chris Robe begins rally to "Save Summer" Outside Williams Admin Building
Numerous students addressed rally participants on how the summer cuts have affected them
FAU Faculty donned their regalia to express concerns over administrators' heavy-handed approach to summer
Sun-Sentinel: FAU Students Find Budget Cuts Hit HomeFiled under: Home; Tagged as: Administration, Budget, corporate university, education quality, education reform, FAU, Florida Atlantic University, Florida budget, higher education, Mary Jane Saunders, students, summer classes
April 13, 2012. Nearly a third of summer session classes have been canceled
(April 12, 2012)
College students in Florida are getting a real-world lesson in economics as the effects of $300 million in budget cuts are starting to hit home.
At Florida Atlantic University, nearly a third of classes in the normally bustling summer session have been canceled, after the school took a nearly $25 million hit. Florida International University is deferring some maintenance projects and delaying hiring while the University of Florida has asked its departments to cut about 5 percent from their budgets.
At the same time, state universities are expected to increase tuition by 15 percent for the fourth year in a row.
"To have 15 percent increases year after year is unfair to students," said Ayden Maher, president of FAU's student government.
Read more and watch video report at sun-sentinel.com
Students Protest FAU Budget CutsFiled under: Home; Tagged as: Administration, administrative accountability, corporate university, FAU, Florida Atlantic University, Florida budget, Mary Jane Saunders
April 13, 2012. CBS News 12 reports chanting students storm administration building with bullhorn
(April 12, 2012)
BOCA RATON, Fla. — Students at Florida Atlantic University gathered today to protest against budget cuts that are forcing some of their classes to be cancelled.
Students protested outside the administration building Thursday afternoon. They're angry over what they call unfair and arbitrary reductions in summer courses. Almost 1,000 courses have been cut this year.
Protestors held signs and chanted "cut our courses, cut our future." They stood on the administration building steps and at one point even went inside to confront school officials, but they got kicked out by FAU police.
The Florida Legislature hit FAU with an unprecedented $30 million in budget cuts for the coming year. For some students the cuts will delay graduation by a semester or a year because a required course is not offered in the summer. They also say classes were slashed by administrators with no input from students or faculty.
"It's really depressing, it's sad. I got my undergraduate from FAU and I decided to come back here. It is just a shock the university wouldn't go through their own staff, let alone their students," said Monique Paramore, FAU graduate student.
Read more and view video report at cbs12.com
FAU Faculty and Students Rally Against Slashed Summer Course ScheduleFiled under: Home; Tagged as: Administration, corporate university, education reform, faculty, faculty salaries, faculty unions, FAU, Florida, Florida Atlantic University, Florida budget, higher education, MJ Saunders, National Education Association, Rick Scott, tenure
April 11, 2012. Chorus grows stronger over MJ Saunders' high-handed style and forced austerity
Responding to deep cuts in the summer course schedule at Florida Atlantic University, faculty and students are planning protests against what they call unfair and arbitrary reductions which will hurt students, faculty, and academic programs.
In response they are planning protest rallies on the west steps of the administration building on the Boca Raton campus. The first, organized by students, will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 12.
The second, organized by the UFF-FAU and supported by students, will be held on Wednesday, April 18 at 12 noon. In addition, everyone is invited to make protest signs in the lobby of the Culture and Society Building at 5 on Monday, April 16.
Administrators have cut almost a thousand courses from 2011, about a third of the total.
FAU was hit by the Florida Legislature last month with an unprecedented $30 million in budget cuts for the coming year. In all, the eleven public universities have lost $730 million in state funding since 2008, and will lose another $300 million this year, half from appropriations and half from their own reserves.
This last legislative move prompted Moody's Investors Service to take the unusual step of publicly criticizing the Legislature for damaging the universities' credit. Meanwhile, the Legislature and Governor gave corporations another $80 million in tax breaks in addition to the billions they've received in recent years, while cutting hospitals and nursing homes in addition to universities. State colleges have endured similar cutbacks.
"It's bad enough that the Legislature and Governor are undermining our state's future by slashing higher education. But the university is compounding the problem by using a top-down, one-size-fits-all approach to summer cuts," said Chris Robe, president of the faculty union, the United Faculty of Florida – FAU.
Robe points out that cuts have been imposed unilaterally from the provost's office with virtually no regard for students' needs or faculty advice in particular programs. The cuts are also insensitive to the needs of FAU students, many of whom are non-traditional students who have jobs and families, and cannot afford to delay graduation for a semester or a year because a required course is not offered in the summer, and who are thus more likely to drop out.
In her message to students and parents on the front page of FAU's web site, President Mary Jane Saunders says that "the most important thing you need to know is that nothing has changed for you at FAU. Students are still our first priority, and we remain committed to helping you progress steadily toward your degree. As in the past, we will continue to offer all courses needed for graduation." http://www.fau.edu/explore/homepage-stories/2012_03budgetcut.php.
However, a March 21 memorandum from Provost Brenda Claiborne instructs deans and chairs to cut all courses from the summer 2012 schedule which during summer 2011 did not enroll at least 24 students in undergraduate courses or 11 students in graduate courses. While the provost leaves room open for exceptions, some programs have been hurt very badly, others not at all.
According to faculty and students in various departments, this edict ignores the need for small classes in lab and studio courses with prerequisites, many of which have simply been cancelled because they did not enroll 24 students last summer. While some programs have accreditation requirements which protect their course sequences from arbitrary disruptions, some of these programs were cut anyway, while others were not.
Students in Education, Business, Science, the Visual Arts and elsewhere have had their progress toward graduation interrupted and their lives put on hold. In other departments, students and faculty have had their class sizes arbitrarily increased, with little regard for academic quality, to accommodate the smaller course offerings, and the problems promise to compound themselves in the fall and spring terms because of delays to student graduation.
In a follow-up memorandum dated April 10, the provost appears finally to begin to listen to faculty and students and add some courses, but much unnecessary damage has already been done. Many students have already opted to enroll elsewhere this summer, and faculty summer plans have been disrupted. Faculty and student leaders remain determined to keep the pressure on until their voices are heard.
Monique Paramore, a graduate student in Education who is organizing the protest to be held April 12, also created a petition to FAU administrators at http://www.signon.org/sign/students-in-opposition/. In addition to attracting over 700 signers so far, the petition contains comments from students in numerous programs describing the negative consequences of cancelled courses. Ms. Paramore describes her protest in these terms: "I and several other students are concerned with the university's decision to cut certain courses necessary to our graduation. On Tuesday the 27th, I created a petition concerning this matter. I currently have 723 signatures and comments. I/we understand the need for certain cuts but I feel that when this decision was made the university failed to take into consideration the differences among departments, the different class schedules, and the specific needs of each program.
I received my undergraduate degree from FAU and have continued to be a dedicated Owl. I am hurt and upset at the way the university has handled this matter. I created this petition to bring attention and awareness to this situation. Even after the petition gained several hundred signatures, the administration refused to answer our questions, listen to our suggestions or simply apologize. So I decided to continue my protest by leading my fellow students in a rally against the course cuts. All I/we want is the opportunity to get some questions answered and to figure out our options as it pertains to future class offerings and graduation. We simply want the chance to suggest other options and to have our voices as well as those of our department leaders heard!"
Pension Plan Change Would Seem Like DefaultFiled under: Home; Tagged as: Florida, Florida budget, public employee pensions, Rick Scott, state employee pensions
February 10, 2011. "Gov. Rick Scott's proposal to change the FRS for current state employees is the same as defaulting on those obligations to the employees."
(February 08, 2011)
By Stanley Smith
As people discuss the Florida Retirement System, they should differentiate between current employees and future employees.
Gov. Rick Scott's proposal to change the FRS for current state employees is the same as defaulting on those obligations to the employees. Investopedia describes default as follows: "Default occurs when a debtor is unable to meet the legal obligation of debt repayment. Borrowers may default when they are unable to make the required payment or are unwilling to honor the debt."
The state employees accepted, as part of their compensation, a financial obligation from the state identifying what payments the retirees would receive if they put part of their compensation with the FRS instead of in a defined-contribution plan with different investment companies.
Those employees who chose the FRS did not expect the state to default on its financial obligations to the employees when they were counting on those payments to have some dignity in their retirement years.
Read more at orlandosentinel.com.
Red Sky in Morning …
December 6, 2010. The fall semester has been positive for FAU in many ways, but stormy weather lies ahead
This week we conclude a very noteworthy semester that has seen the installation of Florida Atlantic University's new president, Dr. Mary Jane Saunders, the beginning of a search for a new provost, ratification of the 2009-2012 Collective Bargaining Agreement between the University' Faculty and Trustees, and the renewal of UFF's Consultation with the President.
Close to 300 Bargaining Unit members cast ballots for ratification, with 97% voting in favor of the new CBA. The Board of Trustees vote was unanimous. And, in mid-November, President Saunders and Interim Provost Diane Alperin met with UFF representatives to discuss several issues of mutual interest proposed for consideration by UFF's Executive Committee. Matters that both sides saw eye-to-eye on included having at least one faculty-administrator on the BOT's Bargaining Team that genuinely understands faculty life, as well as establishing a task force to look at ways in which the status of FAU's instructors might be addressed.
The Consultation with the President, provided for in Article 2 of the CBA, allows for one visit per semester. However, the practice was stopped abruptly several years ago during Frank Brogan's administration, and the controversy that ensued during and after Mr. Brogan's departure made it difficult to renew regular meetings. With this in mind, UFF-FAU sees the November meeting as an important step in renewing and strengthening relations between the University's Faculty and Administration.
FAU faculty will likely need administrative leadership that recognizes the significance of professional autonomy and academic freedom, particularly over the next few years. Faculty members must also be more engaged than in the past, and their voices must be heard regarding FAU's imminent plans for reorganization, now well underway. In contrast to our recent past, the administration and Trustees are encouraging active involvement in the process. This degree of involvement has never been more important than now, since the forecast for Florida's higher education system is hardly as rosy as things have been this fall at FAU.
By a narrow margin Florida voters elected Rick Scott as governor, while strong Republican majorities were returned to the state's legislative chambers. Many of these new leaders are not the moderate Republicans that recently populated the House and Senate–those who appreciated the arguments made by Florida Education Association, United Faculty of Florida, as well as the Board of Governors, that investing in education was tantamount to investing in Florida's future economic viability. Rather, these individuals will likely be moving to initiate strict programs of "accountability" and "austerity" (read: undermining state employees' benefits, job security, and professional autonomy), and there's little reason to believe that such measures will be restricted to K-12 teachers although, as the passage of Senate Bill 6 last spring suggests, they are especially vulnerable.
The available evidence of the new Republican leadership's extreme agenda for state employees and Florida's already beleagured education system is not comforting. As Florida Republican Party Chair and State Senator John Thrasher recently remarked, "There is no way in our state right now that the dadgum unions are going to agree with this kind of stuff. So you either bring them to the table and tell them what you're going to do, or you run over them." The Republicans' plans were also recently on display with governor-elect Scott's appointment of Michelle Rhee to lead the Education Transition Task Force.
The Trustees of Florida's colleges and universities will also likely be called on to prove their mettle in the fight to dictate workplace conditions in no uncertain terms or, as Senator Thrasher so eloquently put it, to "run over them." This is because each Trustee's individual (re)appointment must be approved by the new Republican governor and senate. Therefore, faculty should be vigilant over the next several months on campus matters, as well as those taking place in seemingly distant Tallahassee. Regular updates from Florida Education Association on how the Republican legislature is proceeding will be made available at this website as quickly as they are received.
Faculty members are also encouraged to become more proactive in affairs of faculty governance and observing how the University is managed. Trustees and administrators who see faculty members as detached and uninvolved conclude (perhaps quite rightly) that they care little about their workplace conditions and professional autonomy. At the same time, however, we are also well aware that there are clear limits to what faculty will tolerate, as suggested last spring when the legislature proposed sticking its hands in the FRS cookie jar to balance the budget. There will likely be similar provocations in the coming months, and they will surely come to pass in the 2012 session.
Now more than ever it is time to become involved in the truly independent voice for faculty at FAU and across Florida's higher education system. It's time to join UFF and have the piece of mind of standing together as one while we have a profession we are still able to believe in and defend. "We can accomplish together what we cannot accomplish alone."
James Tracy
UFF-FAU President
How FAU Faculty WonFiled under: Message from the President; Tagged as: Budget, faculty, FAU, Florida budget, Salaries, tenure
September 9, 2010. On overcoming challenges to tenure, truth, and what the profession at FAU is worth.
It is not entirely good form to "toot one's own horn," especially when victory or defeat are undecided. Yet if one doesn't take a bow once the final whistle has sounded those in attendance may not recollect what parties, if any, deserved recognition. This is especially the case for FAU faculty.
To sum things up, it has been we have been through a great deal over the past sixteen months. You will recall that in the spring of 2009 under the tutelage of former Republican Lieutenant Governor and FAU President Frank Brogan, the FAU Board of Trustees spurned a modest salary increase recommended by an impartial arbitrator. "The University can't afford it," the already demoralized faculty were told. "After all, times are tough and we all have to pull in our belts." Also at the time, there seemed to be no prospect of Brogan departing FAU anytime soon. Let's not kid ourselves. It's difficult to beat a $340K-per-year gig that comes with free rent.
The following month, as if to add insult to injury, the Brogan administration terminated five tenured faculty members. The firings were justified under a shotgun reorganization of the College of Engineering and Computer Science. In terms of publicity and any semblance of professional decorum, the terminations were a colossal blunder for all involved–including administrators. Less than one week after they occurred, the Faculty Senate held an emergency meeting condemning the actions. A week before they took place, concerned about the administration's opacity and evasions, I made numerous public records requests to find out more about Engineering's alleged reorganization and what this meant for faculty in the College and the University as a whole. UFF subsequently filed grievances on behalf of the faculty and chapter, and the entire affair was watched closely by the local press. In two subsequent Trustees' meetings the Faculty Senate President struck poignant (though arguably too short-lived) stances opposing Engineering's reorganization.
I also wrote angrily about the salary decision and firings on the "pages" of this blog. Both actions were personal for me as they were for many other faculty members. They were also wrought with professional implications. But to paraphrase a political figure whom I've seldom felt much affinity with, Extremism in defense of the profession is no vice. In other words, to accept the severe potential compromises to academic freedom and free association symbolized in these actions would be to turn one's back on what we as faculty have essentially devoted our professional lives to, regardless of our discipline. And, if the move to render tenure meaningless was not vigorously contested, the damage to the institution would be immense since an FAU faculty position would be perceived as an increasingly empty promise, subject to the unchecked designs of those who are often far-removed from the everyday task of carrying out the University's instructional and research missions.
Along these lines, another thing that stuck in my craw was the University's alleged budget crisis–a crisis under which broad reorganization of colleges and departments was proposed (and which may still proceed under somewhat different auspices). There was no question that FAU and other state universities have lost some funding from the state. Yet the University also possesses many millions in reserve assets, stocks, and other securities that could have been utilized to shore up certain shortfalls, particularly as these related to instructional quality, while providing much-needed salary increases for faculty.
My suspicion that something was rotten in the state of Denmark was confirmed in the release of FAU's 2008-09 Financial Audit, which revealed that when the administration and its attorneys were busy pleading poverty and dismissing tenured professors, FAU's unrestricted net reserve assets increased by twenty percent. This canard endured through April and May of 2010, when a few professors even proposed forfeiting a portion of their retirement benefits to bolster the University's coffers. Lo and behold, the following month the sea parted and faculty and staff were informed of potential 3% salary increases.
So, how much has changed since last year? Perhaps a great deal more than we realize (or wish to fully acknowledge in polite company). The five professors who were stripped of their tenure and shown the door have since been given new appointments with their seniority and tenure intact. Because of these actions UFF has chosen not to proceed with filing Unfair Labor Practice charges and a lawsuit to compel arbitration. We may safely conclude that the re-appointment of these professors was done with the prompting of some very "squeaky wheels" from both UFF and a handful of those in faculty governance.
Although painful, the past year's events also led to a positive outcome in terms of restoring FAU's leadership and direction; the Board of Trustees embarked on a painstaking process to appoint a new university president. In fact, the Trustees' lengthy and careful discussion on the final candidates' merits and drawbacks for FAU should be considered among the University's finer moments. They acted independently and impartially to conclude the process that at least some of us were skeptical about from the start.
As noted, when the Trustees' choice took the reins in June there was almost immediate movement on faculty and staff salaries–in other words, an attempt to address what UFF had been pointing to in its newsletter, at the bargaining table, and on this blog for the past three years. We regret that there was not a greater effort to distinguish between the less-well-paid faculty and already highly-compensated administrators. Yet as things proceed further we remain hopeful that this may be a step in the right direction toward not only more equitable corresponding pay scales with our peer institutions, but also renewing and strengthening relations between FAU's faculty, administrators, and Trustees.
In solidarity,
James Tracy
UFF-FAU President
The View From Underneath My DeskFiled under: Home, Message from the President; Tagged as: corporate university, faculty, faculty union, FAU, Florida budget, higher education, Pritchett, tenure
May 1, 2010. Time to hunker down! FAU Administrators appear to be laying groundwork for reorganization and faculty layoffs.
"'Knock-knock-knock!' Professor Tracy, are you in?" someone calls outside my office door. "Oh, yes," I reply. "But like most other faculty, I'm hiding underneath my desk, waiting for FAU's reorganization, where I may or may not find myself booted from the the University plane and careening toward earth with little-if-any parachute."
These are, after all, tough times, or so we are told. Faculty and staff must once again pull in their belts, our well-compensated leaders tell us. Pay no attention to that pesky 2009 Financial Audit that shows the University's $20 million increase in unrestricted net assets as it proceeded to terminate tenured faculty. That's a tidy sum that would easily allow for a much-needed salary increase for Florida's most poorly paid professors who reside in the state's highest cost-of-living region. In fact, the administration is moving in the opposite direction, opening what will likely be a costly medical school and anxiously looking to place a whopping $60 million for a football stadium onto the University's credit card. This is not to mention that administrator positions have grown far beyond those of instructional faculty since the early 2000s.
Augustine once remarked that hope has two beautiful daughters. One is anger and the other is courage. For most FAU faculty faced with the facts yet also demoralized and dealing with "battered faculty syndrome," it is understandable to be hope-less. In fact, staying underneath one's desk in these turbulent times certainly isn't courageous, but it's not entirely unwise either. Heck, it's gettin' ugly out there.
Consider the pronouncements of Interim President John Pritchett, who at a forum on the budget on April 5 told faculty that "layoffs are still on the table." Such threats will likely be repeated at the May 3rd forum. Last October, however, Pritchett remarked in the College of Arts and Letters Faculty Assembly that if you "were to read a certain blog" (the one you're presently reading, by the way) you'd think layoffs were right around the corner. What a bunch of alarmists—those union folk! The Interim President continued to emphasize to those gathered that there would be no layoffs. Instead, administrators simply wanted to reorganize the university with the faculty's helpful feedback and guidance, "from the ground up," as they say. This was to be a collective "visioning" process, you will recall, done with the assistance of efficiency expert Susan Clemmons–"a fresh set of eyes." We are now told by the same individual that layoffs are essentially not a matter of "if," but "when."
The threat of a substantial reorganization of the University leading to faculty terminations was again expressed in no uncertain terms by Pritchett at the College of Arts and Letters Faculty Assembly on April 23. At that time the faculty from that venerable FTE-generating dynamo—which, given this status, you may also recall , was to be "defended" from such personnel reductions—were told of forthcoming programs where professors would be offered "retirement incentives." On a less generous note, the President remarked, it would be a priority to allow terminated faculty "more than 30 days notice" to find another job, short-sale their home, pull their children out of school, load up the car and Tom Joad-it out of South Florida. Yes, the unnerving prospect of being wheeled out to the curb is one of many endearing feature of "belonging" to the "FAU family."
It is probable that such plans for reorganization and additional layoffs have gone forth in stealth form since mid-2009. You may recall that at that time the administration had to back track and regroup after the seriously botched attempt to layoff faculty in the College of Engineering. Not surprisingly, given the University's considerable resources, administrators miraculously "found" the money to rehire these colleagues and avoid costly extralegal and legal actions. With Pritchett's probable reappointment as provost it is almost a certainty that this planned reorganization and set of layoffs will be carried out like clockwork by FAU deans. And such a set of events, my dear colleague, may also tell us a great deal about FAU's new leadership.
If you are an in-unit faculty or staff member I encourage you to review Article 13 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement: Layoffs. This article is by no means perfect. However, it does require that administrators follow certain procedures if layoffs are to take place, the most important of which is the matter of rank and seniority. When administrators and their highly-paid attorneys laid off faculty in Engineering in 2009 they set up bogus "functional units" to get around this element of the CBA. This was obvious even to the casual observer, and may be attempted again, so for the foreseeable future please be especially attuned to any abrupt changes in the organization of your department, unit, and/or college.
The continued planning of any reorganization resulting in layoffs will likely ensue over the summer and be implemented in fall. I encourage you to become a member of UFF-FAU for assistance in the grievance process should that avenue be necessary to protect your position and contest any wrongful termination. Please remember that you need to be a Union member for at least thirty days prior to any incident. If you choose not to go that route and you have reason to believe you may be targeted by the administration for layoff, it may be appropriate in the near future to consult with an attorney who will be able to act swiftly and vigorously on your behalf should such an unfortunate sequence of events come to pass.
In solidarity,
James Tracy
UFF-FAU President
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FAU's Assets Swell to Almost $1 Billion: 2009 Financial Audit Now Available!
FEA Frontline Report: Week of March 22Filed under: Home; Tagged as: Budget, Charlie Crist, corporate university, Florida, Florida budget, HB 1319, higher education, Jeb Bush, SB 6, State pensions, teacher tenure
March 27, 2010. SB 6 passes Senate while House counterpart HB 7189 begins ascent, Assault on Florida Retirement System stems from legislators' burning desire to balance budget without raising taxes.
(Received March 26, 2010).
Quote of the week:
"Every success in our public schools is credited to some program with a tortured acronym crafted in the halls of Tallahassee…while every failure is laid at the feet of our hard working teachers," Senator Charlie Justice (D-St. Petersburg) in Floor debate before casting his vote against SB 6.
Week four of the 2010 legislative session
This is how Week Four started out: "In a galaxy far, far away, a psychopathic emperor and his most trusted servant – a former Jedi Knight known as Darth Vader – are ruling a universe with fear. They have built a horrifying weapon known as the Death Star, a giant battle station capable of annihilating a world in less than a second. When the Death Star's master plans are captured by the fledgling Rebel Alliance, Vader starts a pursuit of the ship carrying them… the Rebels must quickly find a way to eliminate the Death Star before it is too late!"
Ok, the Star Wars comparison might be a bit over the top… Jeb Bush (the brains behind SB 6) is not a psychopathic emperor and Sen. John Thrasher (RPOF Chair and sponsor of SB 6) is not Darth Vader— and SB 6 and HB 7189 are not the plans for a Death Star. But we could have sworn FEA President Andy Ford and attorney Ron Meyer were a little like Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi wielding light sabers against a never-ending battalion of Storm Troopers… and FEA and the locals are looking a lot like the Rebel Alliance these days!
Next week will be a short week for the Legislature due to observance of religious holidays. The Senate and the House will be in session on Wednesday and Thursday to pass the budget bills. We'll let you know how that goes in next week's Frontline.
In this issue:
SB 6 passes Senate – starts House journey as HB 7189
SJR 2 Class Size passes Senate
Retirement bills starting to move
Member lobbyists visiting Tallahassee
SB 6 passes Senate – starts House journey as HB 7189
The venomous SB 6 sponsored by the chair of the Republican Party of Florida, Sen. John Thrasher (R-Jacksonville) went to the floor of the Senate this week for a full Senate vote. The bill passed by a vote of 21 to 17.
Voting against the bill were Senators:
Aronberg (D-Greenacres), Bullard (D-Miami), Dean (R-Inverness), Dockery (R-Lakeland), Deutch (D-Delray Beach), Gelber (D-Miami Beach), Hill (D-Jacksonville), Jones (R-Seminole), Joyner (D-Tampa), Justice (D-St. Petersburg), Lawson (D-Tallahassee), Ring (D-Margate), Smith (D-Oakland Park), Siplin (D-Orlando), Sobel (D-Hollywood), Villalobos (R-Miami), Wilson (D-Miami) (Sen. Nan Rich was absent this week).
The House version – now filed as HB 7189 — was heard in the House Education PreK-12 committee on Thursday – passing by a vote of 9 to 6. Republican Rep. Mike Weinstein (Jacksonville) was the lone Republican casting his vote against the bill with the Democrats. The next stop for this bill has yet to be determined – it could go straight to a full vote of the House or it could be referred to a committee or two, or it could sit in limbo as a negotiating tool for the House to get something in return from the Senate.
SB 6 and HB 7189:
· Eliminates due process and places all new teachers on annual contracts – these contracts may be non-renewed for any reason or no reason without recourse.
· Permits non-renewal of a teaching certificate if a teacher cannot demonstrate student learning gains in 4 of the preceding 5 years.
· Links learning gains —measured by a means yet to be determined and end of course exams that don't yet exist— to teacher pay and recertification. Performance appraisals will be required to be based upon 50% student learning gains.
· Prohibits recognition of years of service or advanced degrees in determining teacher salaries.
· Ensures that the National Board Certified Teacher program will end in Florida by requiring individuals to be NBCT certified by July 1, 2010 and stipulates that bonuses will be paid if funding is available and if they are continuously employed in a public school.
· Ends college grant and loan forgiveness programs for critical need areas.
· Will lop off 5% of districts' state funding to be held for performance pay, but first the funds will be used to develop the tests and processes to determine learning gains. It amounts to about $900 – 950 million. In essence, all teachers are paying for the cost of test development and performance awards which may become due under SB 6.
· Shifts more and more control away from local school districts to the state, removes local decision-making by elected school boards or through collective bargaining on matters which relate to wages, hours, terms and conditions of employment.
· Carves out any school district receiving $75 million or more in private grants so they are exempt from complying with the provisions of the bill until July 1, 201.6
In previous alerts and Frontlines, we did not adequately thank those who testified against SB 6/HB7189 – they all did a fantastic job! Our thanks to:
· Ron Meyer for his impassioned testimony against the many ill-conceived premises of SB 6
· Rich Templin from the Florida AFL-CIO speaking as a parent against the bill
· Candace Gautney – a 5th grade Science teacher from Ruediger Elementary School in Tallahassee
· Melissa Olson – a 5th grade Writing teacher from Ruediger Elementary School
· Jennifer Barnhill who teachers in Tallahassee at the PACE Alternative Center, Special Education/Emotionally Handicapped
· Jason Flom from Cornerstone Learning Community
· UTD President Karen Aronowitz and her many members who were part of UTD's Target Tallahassee group
· The many teachers and parents who turned in speaker cards to the committee from all around the state, but we were not able to get all their names
There is no way to adequately describe what they said and the intellectual and emotional impact their words had on that committee and those who sat in the audience!
SJR 2 Class Size passes Senate
The Senate passed SJR 2 – the 2010 legislative scheme to renege on class size reduction. The House version HJR 7039 could be placed on the House session calendar at any time. A 3/5 vote of the full body (all 40 members), or 24 votes was required for passage of SJR 2 to place the proposal on the November 2010 ballot. The final vote was 26 to 12; one Democrat voted for the Amendment – Senator Ring (D-Margate) with the Republicans… and one Republican – Sen. Alex Villalobos (R-Miami) voted against the bill with the Democrats. Note: two Democrats were absent – Rich and Bullard.
Voting against SJR 2 were Senators:
Aronberg (D-Greenacres), Deutch (D-Delray Beach), Gelber (D-Miami Beach), Hill (D-Jacksonville), Joyner (D-Tampa), Justice (D-St. Petersburg), Lawson (D-Tallahassee), Smith (D-Oakland Park), Siplin (D-Orlando), Sobel (D-Hollywood), Villalobos (R-Miami), Wilson (D-Miami) (Sen. Nan Rich was absent this week).
The proposed amendment would keep class-size caps at the school average and then allow schools to add three extra students in the kindergarten to 3rd grade level and five extra students at grades four through 12.
Here's what the bill could do to our classrooms:
· In 2002-03 Pre-K-3 averaged 23 students. Now 16 students. If the amendment passes classes may have 21 students.
· In 2002-03 Grades 4–8 averaged 24 students. Now 19 students. If the amendment passes classes may have 27 students.
· In 2002-03 Grades 8-12 averaged 24 students. Now 22 students. If the amendment passes classes may have 30 students.
That moves past the sought-after "flexibility" right on over to "gutting" the class-size provisions voters approved eight years ago.
Retirement bills starting to move
As the 2010 Legislative Session begins to hit its full pace, we're starting to see only a few of the 29 filed retirement related bills – plus a few more committee bills – pick up traction. The really bad bill HB 1319 has fallen by the wayside – although we have to be on the lookout for any of its provisions popping up in other bills through the amendment process.
These changes to FRS are prompted by the legislature's burning desire to find more ways to balance the state budget without raising taxes. As you well know, to balance the budget over the past 3 years they have been making huge cuts to state funding for education, public safety and human services … the one thing they haven't touched is – you guessed it – the Florida Retirement System (FRS). So get ready for another promise to be broken by our elected leaders. Here's a quick rundown on one moving through the process:
SB 2022 by Sen. J.D. Alexander (R-Lake Wales) was voted out of the Senate Ways & Means Committee Thursday. FEA opposes this bill. The bill changes the FRS from a non-contributory system to a contributory system by requiring each active member of the FRS to contribute 0.25% of gross salary to fund retirement benefits, effective January 1, 2011.
This bill impacts every active member of the FRS, the Senior Management Service Optional Annuity Program, the State University Optional Retirement Program and the Community College Optional Retirement Program.
Senators voting in opposition to the bill were: Gelber, Hill, Justice, Lawson, Lynn, Sobel, Wilson, and Deutch.
This contribution rate applies to both FRS defined benefit plan participants and investment plan participants. Public testimony in opposition to the bill emphasized the points that the 0.25% contribution rate is merely the camel's nose under the tent, and the employee contribution will, in effect, be a tax free loan to the state.
After Sen. Evelyn Lynn (R-Daytona Beach) asked the bill sponsor "what does this bill do for teachers?" Alexander responded: "It requires them to make a 0.25% of gross pay towards their FRS retirement plan which means that if they make $45,000 per year, their annual contribution would total $112; and if they make $75,000 per year, their annual contribution would total $187.50."
Senator Gaetz (R-Niceville) insisted that this was the only way to raise funds to make FRS actuarially sound. Senator Alexander replied that he wished they didn't have to make these tough decisions — but the Legislature has to balance the budget.
Member lobbyists visiting Tallahassee
Big thank you to all our visiting member lobbyists! It was quite a week! If this was their first time in Tallahassee they certainly got a view of the legislative process they won't soon forget! Thanks to: Alachua, Brevard, Miami-Dade, Hillsborough, Lake, Leon, Martin, Orange, Pasco and Pinellas!
Questions? Call FEA Public Policy Advocacy at 850.224.2078
Thanks to all those who contributed to this report: Debi McDaniel, Pat Dix, Kevin Watson, and Ron Meyer.
Message From UFF President Tom Auxter on HB 1319 & SB 6Filed under: Home; Tagged as: corporate university, faculty union, Florida, Florida budget, HB 1319, higher education, Salaries, SB 6, standardized tests, teacher tenure, tenure
Thursday, March 18, 2010, 4:05 PMDear Colleague:
Legislative leaders are moving rapidly to pass a bill, HB 1319 (Grady), that could cut your Florida Retirement System pension in half. By changing rules about how pensions are calculated, they can cut your average yearly pension from $30,000 to $15,000, for example. Tell your legislators to vote against HB 1319.
(See pdf of HB 1319 below for details.)
Legislators are also preparing to destroy tenure (continuing contracts) for K-12 teachers when they vote on Senate bill 6. (See link to FEA analysis of SB 6 below.) This bill abolishes continuing contracts for teachers (earned after a probationary period), places them on annual contracts, and makes both reappointment and pay raises contingent on test scores of students. School boards will actually be punished in funding if they pay teachers more for earning advanced degrees rather than rewarding teachers for test scores of students. Tell your legislators to vote against SB 6.
Over time, the economic effect of SB 6 will be to eliminate graduate programs in education when funding is taken away for advanced degrees, and make it impossible to adequately fund undergraduate education degrees by imposing unfunded mandates (expensive reporting mechanisms) to check on test scores of graduates. In other words, it is an attack on the funding and potential enrollment in public universities and colleges at the same time that it is an attack on teacher tenure and professional achievement. It severely jeopardizes recruitment of both faculty and teachers when legislators strip away professional compensation and restrict the academic freedom of educators by abolishing tenure.
Moreover, if legislators abolish tenure for K-12 now and get away with it without resistance, we can expect higher education will be next — losing tenure and finding ourselves subjected to the latest testing scheme to decide if we have the professional standing to continue. Contact legislators now to stop attacks on the conditions of employment of educators. The loss of professional standards now will make it impossible for us to retain and recruit both teachers and faculty in the future.
Tom Auxter
President, United Faculty of FloridaClick here to view pdf of HB1319 (Grady)Click here to link to FEA analysis of SB 6.Read and Sign Defend Tenure Now Petition, by Henry Thomas, UFF-UNF President
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Greg KH Self-Professed Email Junkie
Novell kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman has released statistics on his personal email activity.
Kroah-Hartman writes in his blog, "A few years ago, when one of my kids was asked what their dad did for work, they replied, 'Sit in the basement and write email.' It's not that far from the truth."
He analyzed his server log data to find out how many emails he wrote in 2008 and came up with 19,057, an average of 52 per day. Not that unusual these days, but the frequency is. The busiest day had 600 emails, which meant one per minute in a normal 10-hour day, although it's clear that Kroah-Hartman regularly puts in longer days.
He mentions in his blog that he sends out a lot of patch mail to the kernel list and replies to find out where patch originators work. The spike of email activity is at 10 in the morning and again around 4 in the afternoon. His statistics show peak activity over the year in June and August.
Kroah-Hartman says, "it's no wonder that Google thinks my email address is a spam-bot and refuses to let me sign up for any Google groups with it."
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By Master Sgt. Stephen Barrett, USAAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9, 1996 Air Force officials said they hope to provide service members in Bosnia the best spacebased support during their yearlong peacekeeping mission.
"The bottom line of all of this is we are trying to make space a routine part of military operations," said Maj. Gen. David Vesely, who commands the 14th Air Force at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The organization runs Air Force space support operations.
The 14ths mission includes launching and controlling satellites, space access, and denying spacebased information to enemy forces. However, its main role in Operation Joint Endeavor is in force enhancement ensuring those in the Balkans have spacebased communications, navigation support, weather forecasting, surveillance and, if needed, ballistic missile warning.
"Military forces rely upon communications, and spacebased communications are critically important to any operation not the least of which is this one," said Vesely. "During Desert Shield and Desert Storm, it became very clear that space was an important part of military operations."
Although senior military officers recognized use of spacebased systems gave them military advantages, Vesely said officials didn't realize the extent of the advantage until the Persian Gulf War. Since the war's end, Vesely said, U.S. Space Command began focusing its efforts toward better using resources invested in space and space systems.
"We have a number of commercial, military and, in fact, NATO satellites involved in this operation," said Vesely. "We have done some minor repositioning of those satellites to make sure that we are providing the support."
Part of that support is troop navigation. A 24satellite network known as the Global Positioning System continuously sends navigational and timing systems. Troops with the systems receivers will know their location coordinates within 15 meters a fact Vesely said is critically important when patrolling specific areas.
"You must know exactly where you are to navigate through very difficult terrain with marginal weather and road conditions," he said. "So all of our forces have learned to use the GPS receivers for precise navigation to a great extent."
Vesely said the Global Positioning System is now in use by virtually every military unit requiring navigation data on the ground in Bosnia or on the waters of the Adriatic or the skies above the former Yugoslavia. "We've become far more adept of being able to exploit space systems, and I think it's going to turn out to be extremely important in certain operations there," he said.
For example, Vesely said, the Global Positioning System will play a key role in countermine operations. "Knowing precisely where you are with respect to those mines is critically important," he said. "Being able to precisely navigate, precisely locate systems is going to be important, and GPS is going to provide a great benefit in doing that."
Another improvement comes in Space Command's survival radio system an improvement since Air Force Capt. Sean O'Grady's rescue from Bosnia last year. "He [O'Grady] had with him a small GPS receiver, which would tell him his location. He also had with him a survival radio, and he was able to talk to rescue forces on that radio," said Vesely. "But he had to transmit to them what his precise location was using the voice transmission."
Vesely said a new survival radio now in production will combine both functions into one. The device is a normal survival radio that incorporates a GPS receiver. The user turns it on, hits a button to get his precise GPS coordinates and pushes another button transmit that location to rescuers in less than a second."
Another area Vesely said DoD is improving is multispectral imagery. Using satellite information, Vesely said, imagery interpreters can give unit commanders and pilots detailed graphics of areas in Bosnia such as railroad yards, roads and populated areas. "That gives us a broad area coverage, which, in fact, we were missing to a great extent in Desert Shield and Desert Storm," he said.
Vesely referred to early humanitarian missions when pilots were dropping cargo to Sarajevo residents. "When the initial air drop crews were planning those missions, they were looking for a suitable drop area," he said, "and spent literally days planning those missions to find a suitable drop area."
Now it only takes minutes. Vesely said they first take the image and break it into multispectral data plotting forested areas, urban sites and wetlands. They then overlay information to pinpoint areas where pilots can drop cargo.
Vesely said getting information directly into small aircraft is a problem, but feeds to cargo pilots have been successful. "We now have a system called the multisource tactical system, which is today flying on command and control aircraft," he said. "It is flying on the airlift aircraft that are going into Tuzla. It has been flying on the C130s, the C5s and the C141s flying into Sarajevo for some time."
Multispectral imagery is also important in helping predict weather for those in Bosnia. Officials said the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program is DoD's most important source of weather data. The satellites record cloud cover and measure atmospheric moisture and temperatures. They then send multispectral imagery useful in planning theater operations.


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Thomas Prior photographs New York Handball playersPhotography // Saturday, July 25, 2015
New York has been described as the "World's Capital" for one-wall hand ball and spending time around the city you can see why, with every park having at least a couple of walls dedicated to the sport. Brooklyn-based photographer, Thomas Prior who has shot a range of subjects over the years has recently taken interest in its participants, photographing them action in part of an ongoing series.
Thomas Prior documents Willets Point, QueensPhotography // Sunday, April 20, 2014
The 62 acres of auto repair shops and salvage yards that make up Willets Point, Queens has changed very little over the past few decades unlike much of everything else in New York. Many people would like to see Willets Point stay that way but a 3 billion-renovation effort geared towards the area says otherwise. PhotographerThomas Prior (featured in our current issue) has been visiting Willets Point since going to Mets games as a kid and began documenting it's grimy conditions and community starting in 2012.
On Sale Now: May, 2014 with Alexis Ross, Nick Cave, Chris Johanson, Winston Smith, and MoreJuxtapoz // Tuesday, April 08, 2014
All year long, Juxtapoz is celebrating its 20th Anniversary by showcasing the pivotal figures in contemporary art over the past two decades. Some artists are blue chip, some are underground heroes, others are behind-the-scenes legends. This month, we honor one of the great artists from Los Angeles during our existence, Alexis Ross, who has been monumental in various landmark exhibitions including "Street Market" at Art In the Streets. From working with ESPO, TWIST, and REAS, or working on his own paintings, Ross' story is one of history, frankness, and colorful nostalgia.
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We are pretty sure, from these photos, that the National Pyrotechnic Festival in Tultepec, Mexico does not have any safety standards. The nine day festival features rides, food, music, and of course fireworks. New York-based photographer Thomas Prior travelled down to the festival to document the chaos, excitement, explosions, and fun?


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Kate Middleton's due date has apparently come and gone. Or has it?
Sure, while some (OK, make that everyone) pretty much expected the Duchess of Cambridge to give birth to the royal baby last weekend, it turns out there's actually a bit of flexibility when it comes to a child making its grand entrance.
"A woman's due date is plus or minus two weeks," Dr. Peter Weiss, Director and Founder of The Rodeo Drive Women's Health Center, tells E! News. "If Kate's due date is July 14, then she realistically can wait until the 28th. There is a 28-day window (2 weeks either side) in which a woman can give birth and technically not be overdue. A woman's due date is also known as an EDC, which stands for estimated date of confinement. Note the word 'estimated.'"
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What's more, when a woman is near her due date, Dr. Weiss says "she will see her physician twice a week," during which time "a non-stress test and other tests (i.e. fluid evaluation) are performed to ensure mom and baby are healthy. A non-stress test essentially monitors the heart rate of the baby."
As for inducing labor, Dr. Weiss notes that "doctors try not to induce a woman before 39 weeks unless there's a medical indication to do so. Most doctors try to avoid inducing if at all possible, preferring the process to happen naturally. A woman can be induced any time after the 39-week mark, but that decision will be made by the parents and the doctor. There are also a number of scenarios as to why a doctor will induce due to complications of either mom or baby."
Dr. Weiss adds that a mom-to-be can experience prodromal labor, which Weiss likes to call "little labor but not enough to put you into labor." The parents and doctor, though, may wait a few days, then decide whether to induce.
Then there's the million-dollar question—Is Middleton having a boy or a girl?
Well, according to Dr. Weiss, at this point "it's still 50/50."
As for the belief that firstborns are simply never on time, Dr. Weiss shoots down that theory.
He also insists that while London is going through a bit of a heat wave right now, a rising thermometer "is not a factor" when it comes to the stork's arrival.
Here's hoping that stork is getting closer!


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I tracked what I ate for over a week to give people who were interested an idea of the kinds of meals and snacks I eat frequently. My diet is not perfect and I am NOT advocating that this is the right diet or telling anyone they should eat like I do. Believe me, I'm aware my diet could use a lot of improvement.
I simply recorded what I've been eating to give people an idea of what my daily meals look like (and to show I actually uh, do eat.)
I'm working on adding more veggies to my diet right now and more protein as well. You'll also notice I tend to eat the same thing for breakfast almost every morning: oatmeal with cinnamon and blueberries. I just love it and can't help myself. I've also included my workouts on any given day so that you can see what I did that day, in addition to my eating.
Morning workout:
1 hr, cardio and core focused
Breakfast: two cups of green tea with mint (I drink the bigelow brand or Zen green tea by TAZO)
1/2 cup or so of quaker oatmeal (plain, the quick cooking ones)
1 cup of blueberries (mixed in with oatmeal)
Two chicken roll-ups from Zoe's Kitchen (leftovers from dinner)
small seving of Zoe's mayo-free coleslaw
About 7 pieces of honeydew melon
1 cup of green tea with mint
Oatmeal with strawberries, blueberries and cinnamon
Pre-workout snack:
- Recently, I've been trying to add more protein to my breakfast to keep me full until lunch. In addition to my oatmeal with fruit, I am now eating 2 turkey breakfast sausages (Jennie-O brand, 90 calories for 2 links). My coworker also suggested eggs and egg whites so I will try to add those in some days as well instead of the oatmeal to mix it up a little!
- Eating more veggies---period! I need to eat more vegetables. I've been eating more salads lately and have been buying veggie trays with dip to keep at work for snack time
- I would like to eat cleaner---more fresh, less processed
- I would like to eat more protein in general, not just at breakfast
- Drink lots of green tea---studies prove green tea lowers cortisol levels and that green tea drinkers tend to have less belly fat
- Drink a lot of water
- Buy "fun size" treats so you don't go overboard
- Grocery shop on Sunday and buy healthy foods---cut all fruits up and take them to work in GladWare so there are no excuses for bad snacking!
- Buy pre-made veggie trays so you always have accessible veggies that you can eat at work or on the go (no excuses since it's already cut up into bite size pieces for you!)
- Skinny cow ice cream sandwiches are huge, satisfy ice cream cravings and are only 130-140 calories---I like to have one after dinner sometimes
- If you have trouble understanding how much you are eating (like I did) use www.dailyplate.com to track calories
- Eat smaller portions---I used to eat until my stomach hurt because I thought that's what you should feel to be "full"---STOP before your stomach hurts---I promise if you give your stomach a little more time to tell your brain you are full, you will feel satisfied even if you stop eating before that "full" feeling
- Read Bethenny Frankel's "Naturally Thin" book---seriously---it made me think differently about food
- BBQ Pop Chips
- Fun Size Butterfingers
- Homemade strawberry banana smoothies
- Quaker oatmeal raisin granola bars
- Plain almonds
- Skinny Cow cookies and cream ice cream sandwiches
- Reeces Pieces bites (you can have like 55 of them for 160 calories!)
- Kashi crackers with peanut butter
- Brocolli, cauliflower and baby carrots with ranch dip
- Cereal- honey nut cheerios, fruit loops, Kashi Go Lean, frosted flakes (all in moderation, of course)
- Starbucks's low fat very berry coffee cake
- Teddy Grahams in "cinnamon" or "honey"
- ShaSha ginger snap cookies (addicted to these!)
- Sour Patch Kids (but I hardly eat these anymore...they are too good to eat in moderation)
I realized I didn't post about water intake---I drink a TON of water everyday.
I also have been really loving a lot of different fruits lately---watermelon, honey dew, cherries and raspberries galore---I am often eating these as snacks after lunch.