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Parenthood is not the end of the road for teen moms. Quite to the contrary, motherhood can serve as an educational motivator for many young women. Unfortunately, educational barriers and discrimination often thwart this drive and determination. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is the landmark law that bans sex discrimination in federally funded education programs and activities. Every pregnant and parenting student should know that Title IX regulations require that pregnant and parenting students have equal access to schools and activities, that all separate programs for pregnant or parenting students be completely voluntary, and that schools must excuse absences that are due to pregnancy or childbirth for as long as is deemed medically necessary by the students physician. Despite Title IX's prohibition against sex discrimination, there are schools across the country that continue to bar pregnant and parenting students from activities, kick them out of school, pressure them to attend alternative programs, and penalize them for pregnancy-related absences. NWLC is working to ensure that Title IX's mandate of equal treatment for pregnant and parenting students is enforced and to encourage schools to help them graduate ready for college and careers.
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42 U.S. Code § 14012 - National baseline study on campus sexual assault
(a) Study
The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, shall provide for a national baseline study to examine the scope of the problem of campus sexual assaults and the effectiveness of institutional and legal policies in addressing such crimes and protecting victims. The Attorney General may utilize the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, and the Office for Victims of Crime in carrying out this section.
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Based on the study required by subsection (a) of this section and data collected under the Student Right-To-Know and Campus Security Act (20 U.S.C. 1001 note; Public Law 101–542) and amendments made by that Act, the Attorney General shall prepare a report including an analysis of—
(1) the number of reported allegations and estimated number of unreported allegations of campus sexual assaults, and to whom the allegations are reported (including authorities of the educational institution, sexual assault victim service entities, and local criminal authorities);
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(E) the ability of educational institutions' disciplinary processes to address allegations of sexual assault adequately and fairly;
(F) measures that are taken to ensure that victims are free of unwanted contact with alleged assailants, and disciplinary sanctions that are imposed when a sexual assault is determined to have occurred; and
(6) in conjunction with the report produced by the Department of Education in coordination with institutions of education under the Student Right-To-Know and Campus Security Act (20 U.S.C. 1001 note; Public Law 101–542) and amendments made by that Act, an assessment of the policies and practices of educational institutions that are of greatest effectiveness in addressing campus sexual assaults and protecting victims, including policies and practices relating to the particular issues described in paragraph (5); and
(c) Submission of report
The report required by subsection (b) of this section shall be submitted to the Congress no later than September 1, 1996.
(d) "Campus sexual assaults" defined
For purposes of this section, "campus sexual assaults" includes sexual assaults occurring at institutions of postsecondary education and sexual assaults committed against or by students or employees of such institutions.
Source(Pub. L. 103–322, title IV, § 40506,Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1948.)
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CHAFFEE, NY --Since 1956, Earl's Restaurant on Route 16 had been a Western New York institution.
Its venerable owner, Earl Northrup, closed it a while back....and on Wednesday an auction was held for the contents of the landmark drive in.
There were no shortage of those, who once sought a slice of mouth watering pie, seeking a lasting slice of Americana.
"There are probably about 350 registered bidders," said auctioneer Cash Cunningham, as he took a break from his duties during the four hour event which attracted perhaps another hundred or so curious on lookers, jammed inside the restaurant.
"I've never seen this many people for an auction ever!" exclaimed Joe Gargano of Uncle Joe's Diner, who was among many restaurateurs seeking to bid on equipment.
"In terms of monetary value, it's the equipment that will bring in the highest bids," remarked Cunningham. "But there are an awful lot of people here who are here for memorabilia."
One item of particular interest were the fabled "cowboy legged" tables.. a couple of which fetched top bids of $160.
Debbie Mattle traveled from Darien in Genesee County to bid on one of several posters of the many musical acts that entertained generations at Earls.
"This is the anniversary of my father's passing seven years ago, so and this was one of his favorite places to eat, so we wanted to get a memento in his remembrance of the place," Mattle told WGRZ-TV.
The only thing missing,.. was Earl himself. A relative told us he is in frail health and infirmed.
Before the bidding began, Cunningham informed the crowd that Northrup would not be present stating, "in some ways, Earl probably wouldn't want to see this (auction) happen anyway," before adding, "although I'm sure he would like to see all of you."
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KylieSmylie wrote:MissVicky wrote:Houdini has parvo. He's not looking so great. We are feeding him pedialyte and we have to force feed him. Vet said to give him bland food, chicken with rice and gatorade. I'm thinking we are going to have to force feed him that too. He growled at us when we were giving him pedialyte, just once.
The vet said he's going to survive. He's going to worse before he gets better.
I'm so sorry it is a very tough thing to get through.It is hard when there is not a 100% that they pull through. My aunt had three dogs with parvo at the same time. We hospitalized and they thankfully got through it. If he is not holding anything down there are anti nausia injections that the doctor can give.if he is not vomiting then he can be force fed easier. Also ask if u can take home some fluids and start giving sub q at home. They can also add additives to the fluids such as vitamins and anti nausia additive as well. Giving fluids regularly will make a HUGE difference!
that's what I am hoping but we might not be able to afford it. Yeah, we got the anti-nausea pills. My boyfriend and I got over out fights about Houdini and decided that Houdini is our main priority and there's nothing more to that. So we are working as team to help Houdini fight it. Uh, the BF hates needles so I'll be doing the injection, if we can afford it! Hopefully we can.
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Corvallis head coach Ron Sather added, "I never saw him get down about it. He was always like, 'Ok, I got the next chemo, I'm going to do that, I'm just going to keep going, I'm going to get through this.'"
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(a) The Office of Personnel Management, from time to time, shall review such number of positions in each agency as will enable the Office to determine whether the agency is placing positions in classes and grades in conformance with or consistently with published standards.
(b) When the Office finds under subsection (a) of this section that a position is not placed in its proper class and grade in conformance with published standards or that a position for which there is no published standard is not placed in the class and grade consistently with published standards, it shall, after consultation with appropriate officials of the agency concerned, place the position in its appropriate class and grade and shall certify this action to the agency. The agency shall act in accordance with the certificate, and the certificate is binding on all administrative, certifying, payroll, disbursing, and accounting officials.
Source(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 455; Pub. L. 95–454, title IX, § 906(a)(2), (3),Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1224.)
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By JASON BAILEYSun Advocate/Emery County Progress
What is the Internet? Technical explanations aside, it really depends on who is answering the question. Tech professionals see it as a massive, global data network comprised of varied components that speak the same language. Others see it as a fast and convenient way to share data and other bits of information. But for many, the Internet is just that big blue "e" on their desktop.
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Contrary to it's name, Internet Explorer isn't an Internet exploration tool, but rather a web browser. Like any web browser, it is designed to display web pages found within the World Wide Web - a subset of the Internet often referred to simply as the "web."
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⢠Mozilla Firefox. Mozilla Firefox is the proud offspring of the Mozilla Foundation, a company that America Online (AOL) decided to spin off a decade ago not long after they had acquired the leftovers of the once renowned Netscape corporation. Netscape fought voraciously against Microsoft in the 1990s for dominance of the web browser market and ultimately lost.
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⢠Apple Safari. Safari is Apple's flagship web browser, which until recently was only available on Macintosh systems running Mac OS X. Apple has recently made a Windows version of Safari that has a bit of a Apple look and feel to it.
⢠Google Chrome. Google Chrome is a relative new comer to the world of browsers that hasn't entered the arena quietly. Chrome has amassed a very large following in a very short period of time.
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Three years after the Civil War ended, on May 5, 1868, the head of an organization of Union veterans, the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), established Decoration Day as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the war dead with flowers.
At the time Maj. Gen. John A. Logan declared that Decoration Day should be observed on May 30. It is believed that date was chosen because flowers would be in bloom all over the country.
The first large observance was held that year at Arlington National Cemetery, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.
The ceremonies centered around the mourning-draped veranda of the Arlington mansion, once the home of Gen. Robert E. Lee. Various Washington officials, including Gen. and Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant, presided over the ceremonies. After speeches, children from the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphan Home and members of the GAR made their way through the cemetery, strewing flowers on both Union and Confederate graves, reciting prayers and singing hymns.
However, that was not the first ceremonies of their kind. Many local observances claimed to be the first springtime tributes to the Civil War dead.
One of the first occurred in Columbus, Miss., April 25, 1866, when a group of women visited a cemetery to decorate the graves of Confederate soldiers who had fallen in battle at Shiloh. Nearby were the graves of Union soldiers, neglected because they were the enemy. Disturbed at the sight of the bare graves, the women placed some of their flowers on those graves, as well.
Today, cities in the north and the south claim to be the birthplace of Memorial Day in 1866. Both Macon and Columbus, Ga., claim the title, as well as Richmond, Va. The village of Boalsburg, Pa., claims it began there two years earlier. A stone in a Carbondale, Ill., cemetery carries the statement that the first Decoration Day ceremony took place there on April 29, 1866. Carbondale was the wartime home of General Logan. Approximately 25 places have been named in connection with the origin of Memorial Day, many of them in the south where most of the war dead were buried.
However, Congress and President Lyndon Johnson declared Waterloo, N.Y., the "birthplace" of Memorial Day in 1966. There, a ceremony on May 5, 1866, honored local veterans who had fought in the Civil War. Businesses closed and residents flew flags at half-staff. Supporters of Waterloo's claim say earlier observances in other places were either informal, not community-wide or one-time events.
By the end of the 19th century, Memorial Day ceremonies were being held on May 30 throughout the nation. State legislatures passed proclamations designating the day, and the Army and Navy adopted regulations for proper observance at their facilities.
It was not until after World War I, however, that the day was expanded to honor those who have died in all American wars.
In 1971, Memorial Day was declared a national holiday by an act of Congress, though it is still often called Decoration Day. It was then also placed on the last Monday in May, as were some other federal holidays.
Many southern states also have their own days for honoring the Confederate dead. Mississippi celebrates Confederate Memorial Day on the last Monday of April, Alabama on the fourth Monday of April, and Georgia on April 26. North and South Carolina observe it on May 10, Louisiana on June 3 and Tennessee calls that date Confederate Decoration Day. Texas celebrates Confederate Heroes Day January 19 and Virginia calls the last Monday in May Confederate Memorial Day.
General Logan's order for his posts to decorate graves in 1868 "with the choicest flowers of springtime" urged: "We should guard their graves with sacred vigilance. ... Let pleasant paths invite the coming and going of reverent visitors and fond mourners. Let no neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten as a people the cost of a free and undivided republic."
The crowd attending the first Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery was approximately the same size as those that attend today's observance, about 5,000 people. Then, as now, small American flags were placed on each grave, a tradition followed at many national cemeteries today. In recent years, the custom has grown in many families to decorate the graves of all departed loved ones.
To ensure the sacrifices of America's fallen heroes are never forgotten, in December 2000, the U.S. Congress passed and the president signed into law "The National Moment of Remembrance Act," creating the White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance. The commission's charter is to "encourage the people of the United States to give something back to their country, which provides them so much freedom and opportunity" by encouraging and coordinating commemorations in the United States of Memorial Day and the National Moment of Remembrance.
The National Moment of Remembrance encourages all Americans to pause wherever they are at 3 p.m. local time on Memorial Day for a minute of silence to remember and honor those who have died in service to the nation. As Moment of Remembrance founder Carmella LaSpada states: "It's a way we can all help put the memorial back in Memorial Day."
(Source: United States Department of Veterans Affairs)
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Himantura toshihttp://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T161505A14793379.en
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|Himantura toshi
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|Whitley, 1939
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|Taxonomic Source(s):
|Last, P.R. and Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Second Edition. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia.
|Taxonomic Notes:
There have been recent taxonomic name changes within the genus Himantura due to access to more specimens (Last et al. 2008). The Brown Whipray (Himantura toshi) had previously been confused with the Blackspotted Whipray (H. astra) and the two forms had been considered to be a single species, however they are now known to be two morphologically distinct species. Himantura sp. A (sensu Last & Stevens, 1994) has been named H. toshi (Last and Stevens 2009) and Himantura toshi (sensu Last & Stevens, 1994) has been renamed H. astra (Last and Stevens 2009).
The two species differ in dorsal colouration, adult tail colouration and squamation: the Brown Whipray is plain brownish when young while adults often have white spots on the disc; the Blackspotted Whipray has a strong colour pattern of black spots in both juveniles and adults. The post-sting tail of the Brown Whipray has blackish dorsal and ventral surfaces whereas in the Blackspotted Whipray it is black and white banded dorsally and pale ventrally (Last et al. 2008)
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|Least Concern ver 3.1
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|Rigby, C. & Pierce, S.J.
|Kyne, P.M. & Ebert, D.A.
The Brown Whipray (Himantura toshi) is a medium-sized whipray endemic to subtropical and tropical northern and eastern Australia. Its current known distribution ranges from northern New South Wales to the Northern Territory and possibly extends to Western Australia. The species appears to mainly occur in shallow inshore habitats, and is most commonly reported from mangrove flats and muddy substrates. In eastern Australia its preferred habitats have been considerably degraded in urban areas, which are mostly restricted to the southern part of its east coast range, i.e. south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales (NSW). There is concern that this habitat degradation and their capture as bycatch in net and trawl fishes are threatening processes, particularly as the species has not been recently collected from NSW. Populations of two sympatric batoid species, the Estuary Stingray (Dasyatis fluviorum) and Green Sawfish (Pristis zijsron), have significantly declined in the same habitat. The Brown Whipray, however, remains common in the urbanised Moreton Bay area of south-east Queensland and the majority of its habitat across eastern and northern Australia is not heavily urbanised. Accordingly, the Brown Whipray is currently assessed as Least Concern, though the lack of knowledge of both its population status and its distribution in tropical waters (which needs to be clarified), together with the potential for increases in urbanisation over parts of its range, are of concern.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
The Brown Whipray is endemic to inshore waters of eastern and northern Australia from Darwin (Northern Territory) in the north to the Clarence River (New South Wales) in the south. However, its distribution across northern Australia is not well defined and requires clarification and it possibly extends to waters off north-western Australia south to Shark Bay (Western Australia) (Vaudo and Heithaus 2009). In recent years it has not been recorded from its most south-eastern limits (Last and Stevens 2009).
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Native:Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland)
|FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Indian Ocean – eastern; Pacific – southwest; Pacific – western central
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The Brown Whipray is common near the coast over muddy substrates and mangrove flats (Last and Stevens 2009). It has been recorded as common in intertidal sandflat habitats in Moreton Bay, Queensland (Pierce et al. 2011). There is no other information on its population sizes or trends.
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|The Brown Whipray is most common in shallow inshore waters from 0 to 10 m, but has been recorded to 41 m (based on museum collection records and field observations; S. Pierce unpubl. data 2011). Little is known of its biology. It attains at least 74 cm disc width (DW) (Last and Stevens 2009). Male maturity occurs at approximately 53 cm DW in Moreton Bay, Queensland (Pierce et al. 2011). Tagging studies in Moreton Bay have shown that some individuals show high short-term site fidelity to intertidal sandflat habitats, with small (<30 cm DW) juveniles particularly common within these environments (Pierce at al. 2011).
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|This species is not known to be utilised commercially.
|Major Threat(s):
The Brown Whipray is most common in shallow inshore environments. These habitats have been subject to substantial modification and degradation on the highly urbanised eastern coast of Australia. Populations of some sympatric elasmobranch species utilising these habitats, such as the Green Sawfish (Pristis zijsron) and the Estuary Stingray (Dasyatis fluviorum), have been substantially reduced. The Brown Whipray is likely to be affected by many of the same threats as these species.
Specific assessment of the threats affecting the Brown Whipray is hampered by the recent re-description of the species, as much of the existing literature appears to pertain to the related species now known as the Blackspotted Whipray. Habitat modification of mangrove-fringed sandflats is likely to have reduced the carrying capacity of preferred habitat in some areas, and the Brown Whipray is regularly caught as a bycatch of inshore net and prawn-trawl fisheries in south-eastern Queensland. Most large rivers in New South Wales are utilised by estuarine prawn-trawl fisheries and the Brown Whipray is a likely bycatch of these fisheries. The Brown Whipray is caught in the Northern Prawn Fishery (NPF), a fishery that operates in the Gulf of Carpentaria and across northern Australia. Among the NPF elasmobranch bycatch, the population of this species was considered to have a moderate sustainability to the impacts of trawling (Stobutzki et al. 2002). The introduction of Turtle Exclusion Devices (TEDs) in 2000 and other bycatch reduction devices has significantly reduced the bycatch of rays, though more so for large individuals greater than 1 m DW and to a lesser degree for animals smaller than this, such as the Brown Whipray (Brewer et al. 2004).
|Conservation Actions:
|There are no conservation actions currently in place for this species. It is a bycatch species, and research is required to improve knowledge of its population size, life history characteristics and to confirm its distribution.
Brewer, D.T., Heales, D.S., Eayrs, S.J., Taylor, B.R., Day, G., Sen, S., Wakeford, J., Milton, D.A., Stobutzki, I.C., Fry, G.C., van der Velde, T.D., Jones, P.N., Venables, W., Wang, Y-G., Dell, Q. Austin, M., Gregor, R., Pendrey, R., Hegerl, E., Carter, D., Nelson, C., Nichols, J., Gofton, T. 2004. Assessment and improvement of TEDs and BRDs in the NPF: a co-operative approach by fishers, scientists, fisheries technologists, economists and conservationists. Final Report on FRDC Project 2000/173. CSIRO, Cleveland.
IUCN. 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2012.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 19 June 2012).
Last, P.R. and Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. First Edition. CSIRO Division of Fisheries, Hobart.
Last, P.R. and Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Second Edition. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia.
Last, P.R., Manjaji-Matsumoto, B.M. and Pogonoski, J.J. 2008. Himantura astra sp. nov., a new Whipray (Myliobatoidei: Dasyatidae) from northern Australia. Pp 303-314. In: P.R. Last, W.T. White and J.J. Pogonoski (eds), Descriptions of new Australian Chondrichthyans, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper No 022.
Pierce, S.J., Scott-Holland, T.B. and Bennett, M.B. 2011. Community composition of elasmobranch fishes utilizing intertidal sand flats in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Pacific Science 65: 235-247.
Stobutzki, I.C., Miller, M.J., Heales, D.S. and Brewer, D.T. 2002. Sustainability of elasmobranches caught as bycatch in a tropical prawn (shrimp) trawl fishery. Fishery Bulletin 100: 800-821.
Vaudo, J.J. and Heithaus, M.R. 2009. Spatiotemporal variability in a sandflat elasmobranch fauna in Shark Bay, Australia. Marine Biology 156: 2579-2590.
Whitley, G.P. 1939. Taxonomic notes on sharks and rays. Australian Zoologist 9:227–262.
|Rigby, C. & Pierce, S.J. 2012. Himantura toshi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T161505A14793379. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T161505A14793379.en . Downloaded on 14 October 2015.
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Seven years after the tragic death of her brother Donnie, Samantha Darko is still mourning him and the loss of the loving family that fell apart after he died. Her home life in shambles, 18-year-old Sam impulsively decides to join her rebellious best friend Corey on a cross-country drive from Virginia to California in the hope of becoming a professional dancer. Sam and Corey have a bitter falling out that ends in catastrophe. Without realizing it, they become links in an invisible chain that connects them to a missing child, a disturbed Gulf war veteran and a dangerous hole in time and space. Only a sacrifice of the highest order will return the universe to its proper time and place, and the clock is ticking.
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