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The he said/she said appears to be over as a rep for Melanie Brown has confirmed to People magazine that Eddie Murphy is the father of the former Spice Girl's baby.
Results of the DNA test taken by Murphy on June 11 were reportedly received by Brown on Thursday.
"He's the baby's father, it's official. The baby is undoubtedly, 110 percent his," a source told People. "There was no doubt in people's minds anyways, least of all [Brown's]. It wasn't a surprise to her. She knew all along."
The 32-year-old singer gave birth to Angel Iris Murphy Brown on April 3. On the birth certificate, Brown listed the childs last name as Murphy.
Brown also has an 8-year-old daughter. Murphy has five children from his marriage to Nicole Mitchell Murphy and one from a previous relationship.
When asked about impending fatherhood in December, Murphy told a television reporter: "And I don't know whose child that is until it comes out and has a blood test. You shouldn't jump to conclusions, sir."
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MARK OF THE VEIL is the start of a story that's been with writer/director Brandon Freeman for 14 years. It's the story of a young man's destiny to become a powerful world figure. His quest to learn the truth of his origins. His strife when he realizes what those origins mean. His ultimate question, "Is this all I am? Is there nothing else?", which will resonate with an entire generation of movie viewers.
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The money we're raising here will have to stretch to meet all of our needs: cast and crew compensation (because people are IMPORTANT), production expenses and gear, craft services (because food is REALLY IMPORTANT), location expenses, vehicles (both on camera and for transportation), post-production (special effects, sound mastering) and film festival submissions/self-distribution expenses.
$50,000 honestly is the absolute bare minimum for what's required, so we're hoping to push past our goal, but even if all we get from this run is the bare minimum, a $50,000 success warrants a level of publicity that will push us into that much needed spotlight.
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The EPS of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans - a model for structure-function relationships of attached bacteria and their physiology.
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To dissolve pyrite or sulfur, leaching bacteria like Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans attach to these substrata by extracellular polymeric substances (specifically, lipopolysaccharides). The primary attachment to pyrite at pH 2 is mediated by exopolymer-complexed iron(III) ions in an electrostatic interaction with the neg. charged pyrite surface. Cells grown on sulfur exhibit a different compn. of the extracellular lipopolysaccharides, namely with increased hydrophobic properties, and do not attach to pyrite. Thus, the cells adapt the chem. compn. of their exopolymers to the substrate/substratum. It is concluded that the mechanism of bacterial pyrite oxidn. is basically indirect. The actual corrosive agents are iron(III) ions. Preliminary data indicate that active strains complex more iron(III) ions in their EPS than less active ones. Obviously, the exopolymeric layer comprises a reaction space for the regeneration of these ions by the activity of the iron oxidising bacteria.


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Design of allosteric pathways in caspases and phosphatases; x-ray crystallography
Many biological responses are triggered when small chemical moieties bind to cavities or surfaces of proteins. Attention typically focuses on small molecules binding to the main functional site, which is termed the protein active site. In other cases, binding of small molecules to external sites, called allosteric sites, dramatically influences the activity of the protein. Some well known allosteric sites like those in hemoglobin, citrate synthase and glycogen phosphorylase were discovered many years ago; however, new allosteric sites like the one in caspase-7 (right, red) are being uncovered serendipitously all the time. We aim to understand and exploit allosteric regulation by designing allosteric binding sites for alternative small molecules. We redesign both known and novel allosteric sites to be controlled by the small molecule of our choice. In the figure at the right a novel allosteric site cavity in caspase-7 (red) is occupied by a small molecule we chose based on its size, solubility and exceptional drug-like properties (yellow sticks). Redesigning this novel allosteric site to bind to an alternative small molecule will allow us to regulate caspase-7 activity independently of all other caspases.
Designed allosteric proteins are of great utility because of their exquisite innate specificity. Very often new small molecules that interact with protein active or allosteric sites have a broad specificity because identical sites exist on other members of that family of proteins. The diagram at the left illustrates the situation where all of the family members have identically shaped active sites. Thus active-site inhibitors typically interact with all the members of a family of proteins. Designing allosteric sites to bind to the small molecule we choose allows that small molecule to serve as an exquisitely specific switch to turn on or turn off activity of the designed allosteric protein independent of any related family members. Because none of the wild-type family members contain the designed site, they have no affinity for the designed inhibitor, and thus are unaffected by the presence of the novel inhibitor.
We use computational protein design methods to engineer new allosteric sites, molecular biology to introduce these sites into proteins of interest, biochemical and cell-based assays to determine the inhibitory ability of our designed small molecule-protein pair, and x-ray crystallography to determine that our designed mode of binding occurs. Once we are convinced that we have designed an optimal pair, we use the small molecule as a chemical genetics agent in any relevant biological situation.
In principle, designed allosteric sites can be engineered into proteins in any family in any biological system. Apoptosis (programmed cell death) is a fascinating biological system of great therapeutic importance. Blocking apoptosis is a useful way of treating cells that are routed to death following ischemic events such as stroke or heart attack or in long-term diseases such as Alzheimer's Disease. Activating apoptosis is the best known way to induce proliferating cancer cells to die, and many of the best known cancer therapies work via this mechanism. While a great deal of research effort has focused on the regulation of apoptosis, many important details remain to be discovered. Designed allosteric sites will allow us to understand the precise roles of caspases, phosphatases and other large families of proteins involved in apoptosis. This understanding will lead us to discover new drug targets and give us new methods of controlling apoptosis and treating disease.
Representative publications:
Caspase Papers:
Velazquez-Delgado, E. M. and Hardy, J. A., 2012. "Zinc-Mediated Allosteric Inhibition of Caspase-6."Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(43), 36000.
Huber, K.L. and Hardy J.A., 2012 "Mechanism of zinc-mediated inhibition of caspase-9." Protein Science. 21,1056-1065.. Article featured as cover illustration.
Huber, K.L., Ghosh, S. and Hardy J.A., 2012. "Inhibition of caspase-9 by stabilized peptides targeting the dimerization interface."Peptide Science. 98(5), 451–465.
Velazquez-Delgado, E. M. and Hardy J.A., 2012. "Phosphorylation regulates assembly of the caspase-6 substrate-binding groove." Structure. 20, 742–751.
Vaidya S., Hardy J.A., Caspase-6 Latent State Stability Relies on Helical Propensity.
Vaidya S., Velázquez-Delgado E.M., Abbruzzese G., Hardy J.A. Substrate-Induced Conformational Changes Occur in All Cleaved Forms of Caspase-6. Journal of Molecular Biology 2011, 406(1):75-91.
Witkowski, W.A., Hardy, J.A. "L2 loop is critical for caspase-7 active site formation" Protein Science, 2009, 18, 1459-1468. Article featured as cover illustration.
Hardy, J. A. and Wells, J. "Dissecting an Allosteric Switch in Caspase-7 using Chemical and Mutational Probes." Journal Biological Chemistry 2009, 284(38):26063-9.
Hardy, J. A., Lam, J., Nguyen, J. T., O'Brien, T. and Wells, J. "Discovery of an allosteric site in caspases." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A. 2004, 101(34), 12461-6.
Protein Design Papers:
Wu, P., Nicholls, S., and Hardy, J.A. 2013 "A tunable, modular approach to fluorescent protease-activated reporters." in Press Biophysical Journal.
Nicholls, S. and Hardy, J.A. 2013 "Structural Basis of Fluorescence Quenching in Caspase Activatable-GFP." Protein Science. 22(3), 247. Article featured as cover illustration.
López, G.E, Colón-Díaz, I., Cruz, A., Ghosh,S., Nicholls, S.B., Viswanathan, U., Hardy, J.A. and Auerbach, S.M. 2012 "Modeling non-aqueous proton wires tethered to helical peptides: Biased proton transfer driven by helical dipoles." The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 116(4):1283-8.
Nicholls, S., Chu, J., Abbruzzese, G. Tremblay, K.D. and Hardy, J.A. "Mechanism of a dark-to- bright reporter of caspase activity."Journal of Biological Chemistry, 286 (28), 24977-24986.
Witkowski, W. and Hardy, J.A. "A designed redox-controlled caspase"Protein Science, 20, 1421-1431. Article featured as cover illustration.
Huber, K.L., Olson, K.D. and Hardy, J.A. "Robust production of a peptide library using methodological synchronization" Protein Expression and Purification. 2009, 67,139-147.
Hardy, J. A. and Nelson, H. C. M. "Proline in an alpha-helical kink is required for folding kinetics but not for kinked structure, function or stability of heat shock transcription factor" Protein Science, 2000, 9(11), 2128-2141.
Hardy, J. A., Walsh, S. T. R., and Nelson, H. C. M. "Role of an alpha-Helical Bulge in the Yeast Heat Shock Transcription Factor" J. Mol. Biol., 2000, 295(3), 393-409.
Protein Design Papers:
Hardy, J. A. and Wells, J. "Searching for Allosteric Sites in Enzymes." Curr. Opin. Str. Biol. 2004, 14(6), 706-715.
Hardy, J.A. "Discovery and exploitation of allosteric sites for control of protein function." Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine 2006, 2(4), 291.
Hardy, J. A. "A Link Means a Lot: Disulfide Tethering in Structure-Based Drug Design" in Computational Approaches to Structure Based Drug Design, publishers Royal Society of Chemistry, 2007, 318-347.


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- Receives packets from NFQUEUE
- Apply a decryption algorithm to packets
- Issue an ACCEPT verdict for decrypted packets
These packets are destined to another box behind the firewall running the above mentioned application.
I intend on siphoning out network packets at the PREROUTING chain of the Mangle table by using
iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -j NFQUEUE
1) I would like to know if the PREROUTING chain in the mangle table is an appropriate place to pick off the encrypted packets ?
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Promising Practices: APA Education Leadership Conference 2009
Preparing Tomorrow's Health Workforce
During the 2009 Education Leadership, working groups focused on promising practices for teaching, research, practice and policy for not only future psychologists, but in the preparation of the broader health workforce as well. There was considerable redundancy in recommendations across group, which has been synthesized below and presented as a "living document" for the field. Basic themes included the need to:
Articulate psychology's role and potential role in health.
Market psychology as educators of the health research, practice and policy workforce on a more global platform.
Articulate context of healthcare and health research systems for psychology.
Ensure exposure to faculty and student researchers, practitioners and administrators in other disciplines relevant to health.
Foster interprofessional education.
Teaching Psychology
- Develop curricula/courses specifically for students in other health professions (as has been done for medicine).
- Use more health examples in Intro Psych courses.
- Offer certificate programs for students in the health professions who take interdisciplinary courses that include psychology (e.g., aging, health policy).
- Offer certificate programs for students in the health professions who want to "minor" in psychology.
- Offer health psychology courses, learning communities and linked courses to foster interdisciplinary models.
- Advise students about applications of psychology for careers in the health professions, not just careers as psychologists.
- Dialogue with educators of other health professions. Explore what they want their students to know about psychology.
- Develop assignments to that get students to think about the applications of psychology to health care.
- Develop assignments that get students to experience knowledge, (e.g., devise a health inventory regarding stress and health, stress that might be related to chosen profession, etc.).
- Infuse diversity issues into the teaching of all courses.
- Assign a paper that encourages students to think about the applications of psychology to their chosen career field.
- Assign personal statements to examine behavior and health.
- Develop modules for applied health science labs (e.g., 1 credit add-on for allied health courses).
- Develop and offer modules/courses on "psychology in X" to other majors.
- Create a database of examples related to health that could be infused into teaching of various topics in the introductory psych course.
- Disseminate resources through the Psychology Teachers' Network and the On Line Psychology Laboratory.
Education and Training of Psychologists
Develop certificate programs in areas related to health.
Use faculty from other disciplines for teaching/supervision.
Guest lecture to other disciplines.
Role model respect of other disciplines/professions.
Combine resources from various programs to do regional education and training on selected topics.
Encourage and participate in development of interdisciplinary courses.
Create resources to promote an interdisciplinary "language" as well as verbal and written communication skills (e.g., glossaries, mock reports/articles).
Have students prepare a lecture on the role of behavior in treatment adherence they would give to a class of physician assistants and another that they give to hospital administrators.
Involve students in interdisciplinary societies/conferences.
Create debate experiences on topics related to behavior and health.
Include focus on health information technology.
Create more intensive professional development mechanisms for working researchers and practitioners.
Develop follow-up mechanisms for professional development opportunities.
Create updates/annual reviews of topics relevant to health (e.g., neuroscience, public health, decision-making).
Examine evidence base for education and training methods.
Have students design a health care quality improvement project.
Promote evaluation research including program evaluation.
Ensure exposure/interaction to students in other disciplines relevant to health research.
Ensure participation of faculty from other disciplines in research training (e.g., dissertation committees).
Ensure participation in interdisciplinary research teams.
Start a journal club with other disciplines.
Make assignments to study interdisciplinary research teams (e.g., assign papers to examine experiences).
- Assign students to a clinic/service or specific health professions for a shadowing experience.
- Teach screening as part of assessment training.
- Train to provide services through other health professionals.
- Ensure exposure to other disciplines/professions and interdisciplinary teams.
- Ensure interaction with students in other health professions.
- Make assignments to study other health professions (e.g., assign papers to examine issues in interdisciplinary team functioning).
- Create debates/discussion boards for translational research.
- Ensure training in leadership and management, program evaluation, outcomes measurement.
- Ensure training in evidence based practice, not just evidence-based techniques.
- Provide exposure to integrated care models.
- Maintain focus on broad and general training in scientific psychology.
- Provide clinical experiences in primary care teams/settings as well as specialty care.
- Provide didactics on health care policy.
- Share policy alerts about current advocacy issues.
- Assign students to experiences such as time in a claims unit of a local insurance company, the back office of an independent practice.
- Assign exercises such as preparation of a one page briefing paper, or 3 minute testimony related to psychology and health topics.
- Require attendance at public advocacy events.
- Utilize guest speakers from state health and mental health services, insurance industry, health coalitions, consumer groups, etc.
- Create a debate format for a policy topic regarding behavior and health.
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Zacks, who has been a member of the Binghamton faculty since 1980 and previously taught at Kansas State and Case Western Reserve universities, has made trips to Israel each summer for the past several years to conduct graduate courses in statistics. The honorary degree, the highest award the university can give, recognizes the impact his work has had on the fields of science and engineering.
"The recognition means a lot to me and my family. I was told that the competition was very, very tough and was happy to be chosen," he said. "I've been working in statistics since 1955 when I was a graduate student in Israel."
Zacks is the author of six books and numerous papers reflecting his interest in solving applicable problems. He is a fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, the American Statistical Association and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.


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Her sultry good looks and flawless acting style have resulted in Marion Cotillard being dubbed France's answer to Angelina Jolie. She won praise the world over for her Oscar-winning portrayal of Edith Piaf in La Vie En Rose, with Cate Blanchett describing her performances as "astonishing and inspiring".
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A program for at-risk Gwinnett County Public Schools students in eighth grade got a recent boost. It was named as one of 11 winners of state Innovation Fund grants.
The STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Targeted Education Program Academy is an accelerated coursework, mentoring and biotechnology research and development career pathway serving at-risk eighth grade students in Gwinnett County Public Schools.
The initiative works through a partnership with Gwinnett Technical College and the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce.
Gov. Nathan Deal announced on Wednesday 11 winners of Innovation Fund grants, a $19.4 million competitive grant program created through Georgia's Race to the Top Plan.
Through the grant, the state awards funds to partnerships between local education authorities or charter schools, institutions of higher education, businesses and nonprofit organizations that develop or implement innovative and high-impact programs aimed at producing positive outcomes for students.
"The Race to the Top Innovation Fund provides a unique opportunity for communities to collaborate and leverage their expertise to develop innovative solutions in education," said Gov. Nathan Deal. "We set the bar high in the first round, and applicants selected for round two awards rose to the challenge. These projects provide big scale potential for developing our greatest resource and ultimately ensuring Georgia's competitiveness."
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|Sex & Intimacy / 5:39 AM - Sunday July 03, 2011
Mentally, emotionally, and spiritually attracted to a woman, but not physically attracted to her...
This is my dilemma. I'll just cut straight to the chase here. We're both 28 years old. I've known her for almost 4 years now. She has always been a somewhat close friend, and we pretty much have the same ideology on 99 percent of all issues and topics. We post the same type of things on face book. We believe the same things in regards to spirituality. Even my best guy friend described her as being 'WONDERFUL.' I agree with that assertion. The woman is amazingly awesome.
- Asked by markusseven77, A Jock, Male, 29-35
I don't think you should go for her right now, it will show that it's forced. Maybe u just need sometime to see her in a different perspective. Maybe u should spend more time with her just to see if your feelings will change. If ur feelings don't change, it's probably best to stay just friends.
- Response by A Thinker, Female, 29-35, Other Profession
If you are NOT physically attracted to her, it's not going to happen. Men cannot GROW physical attraction to a woman. We either like what we see or we don't, and no amount of personality can make up for it. I think that if you try to force something like this, it leads to straying later on. And, when you're out with her, you're probably looking around at other women you find more attractive. Right?
- Response by awsum1, A Life of the Party, Male, Who Cares?, Chicago
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I think that if the physical attraction hasn't developed after 4 years, its not going to. :(
- Response by mamom04, A Sweet Sarah, Female, 56-65, Phoenix
You are smart to know attraction is a big part of a relationship.Enjoy your friendship with her and you will find some one you have a deep attraction to.
- Response by frenchkiss49, A Thinker, Female, 66 or older, Tampa, Who Cares?
if u 'want' to be physically attracted to her, change ur view. all the other stuff that u think is wonderful about her will change ur view. i wasn't all that attracted to my bf at first, i mean he was far from ugly, but just wasn't someone i would find hot in a bar setting. but as we hung out, i got more attracted, now i think he's the hottest sexiest guy ever!!! but its up to u, if u just want to be friends, so be it, is she trying to get with u in a sexual way? if so, just tell her that u prefer to be friends. but, besides the attraction, she sounds like she could be ur true soul mate.
- Response by nicky711, A Thinker, Female, 36-45
The question IS if she wants you more than friends?, if she does feel the same way then let's talk Babe
- Response by azianchemistry, A Player, Female, 46-55, San Francisco, Who Cares?
...sometimes, love can come softly!
- Response by kismet331, A Thinker, Female, 36-45
Now is not the right time. Who knows if this time next year you might see her in a new light, or meet a woman who fits neatly into your heart as well as your bed.
- Response by alex86, A Hippie Chick, Female, 29-35
So how/why has the question even come up? Is she making noises about getting horizontal with you? If yes, then say you love your friendship so much that you want to keep it and if she isn't giving you signals then don't worry about it....
- Response by englishrose4945, A Life of the Party, Female, 66 or older, Miami, Alternative Medicine
I agree with Awsum1. The attraction is not going to come. I have a friend married to a great woman right now and yet he does not have the factor of burning attraction for her and it's becoming evident. I don't know how long it'll be before he strays but he's in that battle right now of looking at more attractive Women even though he really likes and loves his wife. She is a good person and he had solid logical reasons for marrying her but that's not always enough.
- Response by thottienc, A Career Woman, Female, 36-45, Who Cares?
Unfortunately if the chemistry isn't there even knowing her very well for the past 4 years, it doesn't sound like it's going to happen since you consider her in the close friend zone. You said you can't even imagine her as your mate but more like a relative.
- Response by hulagirl55, A Sportif, Female, Who Cares?, Who Cares?
If you are not physically attracted to her I'd stay away from trying to establish a romantic relationship with her. Because to do that and it not to pan out would end your friendship for sure. If you want her to remain in your life as a friend then keep that way. I know they say friends make the best lovers and the best mates but if in your mind she is totally in "friend" zone nothing good I feel will come of going the other way.
- Response by phenomenal1woman, A Thinker, Female, 46-55, Chicago
I'm in a very similar position although I wouldn't go as far as to say the attraction is zilch but it's certainly not strong or consistent. But in ALL other aspects, as with yourself, she is perfect for me and we are soul mates. I find myself trying to encourage the physical attraction, with varying degrees of success and sometimes helped by alcohol, which is not the right route and I know it, but the feeling never lasts.
- Response by A Thinker, Female, 46-55, Dublin
you're gay. you just don't know it yet.
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School finance will top legislative agenda
Polk County Enterprise - November 2008
LIVINGSTON — Trustees for the Livingston Independent School District held a special workshop meeting with Rep. John Otto (R-Dayton) to discuss the worsening fi nancial crisis facing Texas public schools. Otto served on the Appropriations Committee in the Texas House of Representatives last session and was assigned to the Subcommittee on Education. He told LISD board members that public school fi nance has been targeted as a major focus for the session set to begin in January, but the devastation of Hurricanes Ike and Gustav may diminish that slightly. Those storms arriving just three years after Hurricane Rita have bankrupted the Texas Windstorm Insurance Pool, according to Otto. As a result, the legislature will be required to take action to replenish that fund. The Texas "rainy day fund" has a current balance of $7 billion and the general revenue fund has about $3 billion, Otto said. Initial damage estimates to UTMB facilities in Galveston are $600 to $700 million, he added. Meanwhile, Texas public schools have been forced to "compress" local tax rates by two-thirds since the passage of SB 1 which drastically overhauled funded for all Texas school districts. That legislative changed locked in Livingston ISD at a total revenue $4,700 per weighted average daily attendance (WADA). Some Texas school districts have current revenues of $6,800 per WADA. "For a conservative district that does the best they can with their tax money, they got the short end of the stick," LISD Superintendent Darrell Myers said. Otto said he hopes to see legislation passed that will take care of the demands on school districts created by population growth and another $1-$2 billion allocated to help bring up the districts with a below average WADA. "I'm not naive enough to believe that Austin (ISD) and people like that are going to let the playing fi eld get leveled all at once," Myers said. Otto responded that he hopes to create a fi ve-year plan that will bring those districts at the bottom up more than those on top and eventually even it out. Myers and the other board members told Otto that the legislature also needs to look at some type of funding that will allow for inflation. "My budget is bare bones this year," Myers said. "There are no contingencies and we had no opportunity to give any of my people a (cost of living) raise." In fact, to fund the mandated step raises for certified teachers, the board opted to forego the planned bus purchase. Myers added that he has asked all department heads in the district to hold back 10 percent of their budget because there are no contingencies built in. The budget was balanced when the board adopted it, but days later Hurricane Ike roared through the county. "None of us when we left the session in 2007 saw what diesel was going to do," Otto said. At that time property insurance was the major cost increase. Hurricane Rita drove up insurance prices about 300 percent in the Gulf Coast area and has a disproportionate affect on budgets in those school districts. The changes brought about by H.B. 1 included changing from a funding formula commonly referred to as the Robin Hood that took property tax revenue from wealthier districts and gave it to poorer districts. The current funding plan uses target revenues and "hold harmless" funding levels, but doesn't account for mandated teacher salary increases, utility and fuel cost increases. H.B. 1 also mandated four years of math and science courses for all high school students, whether they plan to attend college or go directly into the work force. Although the legislature did allocate some funds for those upgrades — the effectiveness of which is still under debate — it did not cover the actual costs. At Livingston High School it forced the district to purchase two additional portable buildings equipped as science labs in addition to hiring additional teachers certified in areas that already had shortages before the additional courses were mandated. "At the state level, we gate property tax relief and put it back on the local school boards — the responsibility that if you want extra dollars you can go out and ask voters for a rollback, knowing it puts them on the hook with their local taxpayers," Otto said. Trustees also suggested the legislature look at the available school fund. Those funds go to 10 to 15 percent of the districts — many of which are already classified as Chapter 41 or wealthier districts. Otto said a number of school superintendents said they would like to see more funding plans that come from those "enrichment pennies" from the available school fund and the high school allotment. The high school allotment is targeted to reduce dropout numbers, increase enrollment in advanced courses, increase the percentage of students graduating on the recommended high school program and increase the number of students who achieve the higher education readiness qualifying scores on English, language arts and math sections of the exit-level TAKS test. Myers also cited unrealistic aspects of the legislatures 65 percent rule that requires districts to spend 65 percent of their budget on direct instructional expenses. Two areas that are not designated as instructional expenses are transportation and food service, but they do include football and that boggles the mind, Myers said. "Once they get here we have to have lights. We have to have transportation or we're not going to get the kids to school," Myers said. Otto said the attempt to do something that's one size fits all doesn't work. "Trying to set some arbitrary 65 percent number for over 1,100 districts that are not the same — it's not realistic." Myers said he believes the financial accountability system has work, but doesn't agree with what is included as instructional costs to meet the 65 percent. Otto said he was more in favor of a system that compared districts against their peers in size and wealth. Otto said he is not in favor of the mandated four-by-four math and science courses. In meetings of the Select Committee on Education during the legislative interim, Otto said officials have been discussing a dual track option that allows students to focus on job skills and career prep. The Lamar Institute of Technology has implemented a work force academy that is an example of a very successful program. Graduates that complete that academy are going into jobs that pay $25 to $50 per hour, Otto said. He added that he will work to create policies that encourage similar programs. 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MUNCIE - Norman L. Jeffers, 85, of Muncie passed away on August 12, 2012 with his family at his side.
Norman was born on March 29, 1927 in Oneida, TN to the late Lawrence and Mary (Chambers) Jeffers.
He was a Golden Gloves Boxer, U.S. Army Veteran and Reserve Police Officer for seventeen years. Norman married Faye Phillips on June 5, 1948 in Dalton, GA. He retired from BorgWarner in 1989 after thirty-nine years of service and owned several businesses. Norman was a member of the Sympathy Club and Grace Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Faye Jeffers; children, Peggy Ann (Bryan) Ciula of Warsaw, Norman L. Jeffers, Jr. of Liberty, IN, Steve (Vicki) Jeffers of Muncie, Scottie (Jenny) Jeffers of Muncie; sister, Monese Lewis of Chattanooga, TN; brother, Lindal (Juanelle) Jeffers of Indianapolis; nine grandchildren; eight soon to be nine great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Norman is preceded in death by his parents; three brothers and a sister.
A funeral service will be conducted at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 16, 2012 at Elm Ridge Funeral Home with Dr. Collins Glen officiating.
Family and friends may call from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home.
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Its a good pick, and he will fit well in Hasletts system
sort of a surprise pick, but could be a pleasant surprise :)
I love this pick. This has got to be my favorite pick of the draft so far. He has great value where we got him and will be a stud at DT.
Wroten has the talent of a first round player, and if he can straighten up his off the field issues, this will be a great pick.
Hopefully he has the brains to stay off the pot.
I dont know enough about him, but im glad we picked up a DT, that most seem to think he has promise
Being that I am a big time LSU fan.....I know a little about Clude Wroten....This is a great pick...I jumped out my seat when I saw this pick.......He was quite an impact player on LSU's defense.....always made big plays, this also is when LSU's defense was ranked in the top 5 for the past two years......absolute steal of the draft for the rams.....only if he can keep his personal life straight.....He should be able to start this year!!!!!
i would of chosen Gabe Watson from Michigan! but i guess Wroten is a good choice
wroten`s off field issues are minor IMHO his on field upside is huge,love the pick for what some could say was a "freebie" pick,defo worth the gamble and as i dont get everything right im gonna point out that,i picked him a few picks before he was taken!:tongue:
Great point. Getting a first round talent by trading down a few spots for a guy we were probably targeting anyway was nothing short of brilliance by the Rams War Room.Quote:
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I remember another DT that had similar off the field issues. Goes by the name of Warren Sapp.
I love this pick! This totally makes the trade worth it IMO...
Ah good. Our hemp smoking friend.
Jokes aside, if he can get high on life, and moreover on football, he could be a great addition. Anyone noticed how the last 2 years we've spent a 3rd on a troubled lineman?
If he plays anything like Sapp, he'll be a steal.
This is the pick that stands out a little to me as being the indicator of where Haslett sees the defence going.
Along with Alston,Hill and to a certain extent Witherspoon, you have smaller, faster high motor players with a bit of mongrel in them. Not afraid to mix it up, and have the speed to compensate for mistakes.
As for him being a risk, a 3rd rounder doesn't represent a huge contractual risk, it's a no-lose situation for us.
Good pick up by the Rams, like this choice, good value, could be a steal if he stays of the pot...


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On his last record, 2010's Up On The Ridge, Dierks Bentley went Appalachian while pursuing his love for bluegrass, amidst earthy tones and Americana-influenced songs. Though the album was critically acclaimed and garnered Country Album of the Year nominations from both the Grammys and CMA, the singles didn't achieve quite the same success at radio as his previous releases. On Home, his first mainstream set since 2009's Feel That Fire, Dierks returns with 12 contemporary songs that showcase the singer/songwriter firmly entrenched in his element and building on established strengths.
With the album's first single, "Am I The Only One," already reaching the top spot on the country charts, and follow-up single "Home" currently in the Top 10, it's clear the new work is already connecting. These two songs also highlight the diversity of Dierks' songwriting and continued artistic drive. "Am I The Only One" is a rowdy stomp through a wild night that has Dierks seeking out someone to party with, while "Home" is an introspective and vast power ballad celebrating our differences with elegant patriotism. Dierks' ability to maneuver between lighthearted and openly emotional from song-to-song has been a key aspect to his career — and he continues to execute it flawlessly here.
Songs like the quick "5-1-5-0," punctuated by sharp acoustic riffing and tight banjo, illustrate Dierks' sense of humor and penchant for entertaining twists. 5-1-5-0, just this side of loco/ I'm goin' crazy / Think I love you, baby, he sings through lyrical dips and dives. On the hard-driving "In My Head," distorted guitars roll along while Dierks shows off his ability to develop engaging melodies over an entire song. Flowing through verse and chorus, melodies build to a powerful refrain complete with rhymes inside rhymes. You're still in that t-shirt on my bed/ You're every song that's on, you're gone, but you're in my arms in my head, he sings with an emotional punch.
On the swaying "Tip It On Back," Dierks cleverly alters the carefree nature found in other songs on the album with a desire for being free from troubles when faced with tough struggles. With epic-sounding production supplied by Brett Beavers and Luke Wooten, ringing guitars and twinkling mandolin lay a foundation for forgetting about Main Street closing and miles of "for sale" signs with a good old-fashioned night at the bar. It's a smart emotional swap that gives the song extra depth.
Home features guest spots from bluegrass players Sam Bush and Tim O'Brien on "Heart of a Lonely Girl," and Little Big Town's Karen Fairchild adds beautiful dynamics to the bluesy "When You Gonna Come Around." However, it's Dierks' three-year old daughter Evie who provides the most touching collaboration, singing the final chorus of "Thinking Of You" and creating the album's most tender moment. On Home, Dierks masterfully pulls these different elements together, creating an album that succeeds in both its artistic vision as well as its mainstream appeal.
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On the strength of their defense, the #10 Oregon Ducks rolled the Texas Longhorns 30-7 in the Alamo Bowls in San Antonio, Texas. The Ducks enjoyed 2 TD's on defense, while Quarterback Marcus Mariota handled the offense with 133 yards on the ground and 253 through the air.
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Catholic World News - June 13, 2012
At the close of his regular weekly public audience on June 13, Pope Benedict sent his greetings to participants in the 50th International Eucharistic Congress, taking place in Dublin this week.
Calling the meeting "an important opportunity to reaffirm the central place of the Eucharist in the life of the Church," the Pope asked the faithful to "remain spiritually united to Christians in Ireland and the world, praying for the work of the congress, that the Eucharist may always be the pulsating heart of all Church life."
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Lee County's million dollar drug bust
LEE COUNTY, Fla.-- A major drug bust by the Lee County Sheriff's Office tonight.
Deputies seizing more than 1.5 million dollars in cocaine, marijuana, and ecstasy pills. It's all part of a two-month long investigation into doctor shopping rings in the county.
Deputies rounding up 18 people in connection with the sting. They're facing charges ranging from trafficking to distribution. Sheriff Mike Scott, saying this bust will put a major dent in the tough battle against drug abuse in Southwest Florida.
"It's all a quality of life issue every day," said Sheriff Mike Scott. "Our kids don't deserve this crap in their schools. Like I said, the retirees and all of the men and women that work here in law enforcement, the media, wherever they work- if they're working diligently we love them to death. If they do something illegally like this, they're gonna end up with a big red 'arrested' written all over their face."
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As previously mentioned, last week Smalltown America invaded Radio 1's plush Maida Vale studios in West London for a double-header live session from Alan MX and Fighting With Wire. Both sets were recorded for Huw Stephens' In New Music We Trust show, and will be aired sometime next month.
Oh, but there's more! We're also going to be their DIY Label of the Week!
What does that mean? Well, not only will listeners be gifted with some brilliant live session tracks, you'll also get to hear Ferris and Daniel talking about STA's past, present and future whilst spinning some tracks from some of our forthcoming releases!
Of course, Aaron Connolly was on hand to document the afternoon for his forthcoming documentary about the label. Check out some stills from it, all of Alan MX hard at work:
STA would like to extend a massive "thank you" to Huw and Louse @ Radio 1 for having us down for the afternoon, and another "thank you" to everyone who came down to watch the session! While we're not sure of the exact airdate(s) just yet, we'll keep you all posted and let you know the date(s) closer to the time.
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Longtime RedHawk fans Bart Cooper and Steve Knapp of Oklahoma City were grazing along the concourse at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark on Thursday night, letting their noses guide them to the new delicacies the ballpark had to offer.
RedHawks: Food options are a grand slam with fans
"We are like vultures right now trying to pick up the best pieces of meat," Knapp said. "It's all tantalizing."
The two Oklahoma City men were more interested in the food than the game.
"Baseball is just an inconsequential part of the entire event for me," Cooper said.
The RedHawks opened the 2012 season Thursday night at their newly named ballpark, losing 4-3 to the Memphis Redbirds, but the biggest hit of the night was the food.
The RedHawks introduced and entirely new menu of food items with promises it would be better and fresher than in the past. All of the fans interviewed by The Oklahoman on Thursday night gave the new ballpark food a thumbs up.
Jim and Cheryl Sanders of Midwest City have made six straight opening nights at the ballpark and noticed an immediate difference upon arriving Thursday night.
"You can smell the food now," said Jim Sanders, who selected his own ingredients for a burrito at the new "Salsa" kiosk. "It's hot and fresh."
His wife agreed that the new ballpark food was better than in the past.
"I think it's definitely an upgrade," she said. "You have a lot more choices."
Other fans also had trouble choosing what to taste. Steve Tanner of Oklahoma City and his buddies couldn't decide between the Salsa and the "Smokies" kiosks where foot long hot dogs and brats were being grilled with fresh peppers and onions.
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Oklahoma opened the softball season like a No. 2-ranked team probably should — with two dominating wins.
Keilani Ricketts threw a no-hitter and the Sooners' thumpers accounted for four homers as OU whipped Stanford 6-0 on Friday at the Kajikawa Classic in Tempe, Ariz. In a second game later in the day, Lauren Chamberlain hit two home runs to lead the Sooners to a 14-2 rout of Oregon State.


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Summer of the Shark
Head to Adventure Aquarium to celebrate the official Summer of the Shark. Explore the aquarium's impressive collection of sharks, the largest on the East Coast and learn facts from shark experts, watch dive shots and take a selfie with shark during the family-friendly summer event.
For more information on the Summer of the Shark at Adventure Aquarium, click the button below.
Get up close and personal with the underwater world at Adventure Aquarium. Located on the Delaware River Waterfront, just minutes from downtown Philadelphia, visitors of all ages can walk through a tunnel of sharks, meet a hippopotamus and explore one-of-a-kind exhibits.
Since 2005, Adventure Aquarium has offered moments of magic to visitors with more than 8,500 aquatic species on display in two-million gallons of water. Adventure Aquarium is home to the largest collection of sharks on the East Coast—including a Great Hammerhead Shark—and is the only aquarium in the world to exhibit hippos.
Adventure Aquarium is an accredited member of the American Zoological and Aquarium Association, holding the Aquarium to the absolute highest standards in animal care and exhibition.
Adventure Aquarium is open 365 days a year, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Find yourself in a world of fun at Adventure Aquarium's Hippo Haven. The engaging, colorful exhibit will allow you to come nose-to-nose with the Aquarium's two hippos, Genny and Button, as you experience a day in the life on an African river. Get a clear view of Genny and Button, both above and below the water, as they enjoy their renovated, 60,000-gallon pool.
Dinosaurs Of The Deep Exhibit
January 16 – July 5, 2015
Learn about the powerful marine animals that ruled the water during the time of Tyrannosaurs Rex in Dinosaurs of the Deep, a new temporary exhibit at the Adventure Aquarium.
The exhibition is set to feature a variety of replicas, fossils, hands-on exhibitions, artifacts and instructional pieces to help visitors understand the marine creatures and also learn about the prehistoric animals that are still living today. Dinosaurs of the Deep will also put the spotlight on a 34-foot replica of a Liopleurodon, one of the ancient oceans' most dangerous predators with four-inch-long teeth.
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Immerse yourself in the underwater world of Adventure Aquarium's 760,000-gallon Ocean Realm, the largest of the Aquarium's underwater exhibits.
Wander among the seriously impressive collection of fish and aquatic animals, including iconic sea turtles, graceful stingrays and rarely exhibited sharks. In one second, watch a Loggerhead sea turtle glide past a massive Roughtail ray, then come within inches of sharks including Silky, Blacktip, Blacknose and Zebra. While you're at the aquarium, don't miss the opportunity to see the only Great Hammerhead Shark on exhibit in the country.
Shark Realm
Come face to fin with more than 25 sharks and 850 sea creatures in the Aquarium's 550,000-gallon Shark Realm. Get a 360-degree view of shark-infested waters in the 40-foot, underwater tunnel or venture into the Shark Den, a massive floor-to-ceiling viewing window offering spectacular view of the impressive ocean creatures.
Penguin Island
Adventure Aquarium offers 15 African penguins a piece of paradise at Penguin Island. With a 17,000-gallon pool, the cute, flightless residents have plenty of room to frolic and swim and the 20-foot underwater viewing area ensures you can watch all the fun.
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What makes a political winner? Ideology and party platforms are overrated.
May 13, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 33 • By NOEMIE EMERY
The GOP may have a problem, but few seem to know what it is. Such appeal as the party had, it seems to have lost. In the later-stage Cold War, between 1968 and 1989, it won five out of six presidential elections, four of them with more than 400 votes in the Electoral College. Since the Cold War ended, the party has won two elections and lost four, lost the popular vote in five of these contests, and never took more than 286 votes in the Electoral College—while the Democrats four times have won more than 300 votes in the Electoral College.
One can look at this history and see two liberals, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama (of different stripes, but still liberals), pounding on or hemming in the conservatives, and decide that ideology must be the trouble. Or one can look through an alternative prism and see something different: two extravagantly gifted liberal candidates, who each ran two times against four poor politicians, bracketing one good but slightly less gifted conservative, who also ran twice against poor politicians, making the issue less one of theory and more one of candidate skills.
This isn't to say that party and platform don't matter. They do, as do a number of other disparate factors, among which are timing and luck. But since 1980, winners have come from the left, right, and center; been rich and poor, young and old, black and white; been fatherless waifs or children of power; and through it all, there has been only one constant: Each time, the prize has gone to the better political animal. Let us go back and examine each contest to see how this pattern played out.
Early in 1980, Democrats believed they had found their dream candidate, or rather, the candidate they'd dreamed of running against. This was a 69-year-old, over-the-hill former actor who had worked with a chimp in one of his movies, was far to the right and a Goldwater backer, had lost two prior runs for the GOP nomination, and had been known to say some odd things. This partly described Ronald Reagan, but there was more. He was also a two-term governor of one of the biggest states in the union, and had been a political animal all of his life: a class president, head of the Screen Actors Guild in California, head negotiator for that union in battles with management; a campaigner and spokesman for Roosevelt and Truman, and later spokesman for General Electric on national issues when his screen career ended. Endorsing Goldwater in 1964—in a speech that was more widely praised than any the candidate himself uttered—he shunned the Goldwater bluntness for the more soothing style of Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was his model of leadership for all of his life. Though he left the party of Roosevelt, "he refused to abandon the words and phrases which provided a shared language and a common bond with his fellow citizens," as his biographer Lou Cannon put it. This greatly helped him attract Reagan Democrats and, from his first race for governor, stymied the many attempts of his rivals to define him as a menace or "mean."
"Reagan almost always refuses to be threatening or to let his opponent make him look threatening," an aide for Pat Brown is quoted as saying in Michael Barone's Our Country. "He doesn't attack head-on very often. He . . . makes wisecracks, or pokes fun." Meanwhile, Jimmy Carter, who had his incompetence going against him, managed to make his own "meanness" an issue, and to cite his 13-year-old daughter as an expert on the nuclear arms race in the one debate of the season, while Reagan, using the FDR tactic of framing huge themes in commonplace language, probably won the election by asking voters if they felt better off than they had four years before. Four years later, people were better off than under Carter, and Reagan made short work of Carter's vice president, Walter Mondale, a stolid, mundane, and conventional liberal who clung to FDR's remedies years after they ceased to be relevant, while Reagan dazzled with FDR's savvy and skills.
But if Reagan was a political talent second to one in his century, his vice president, the elder George Bush, was the perfect example of the good public servant who loves to hold office but basically hates to campaign. An Eastern aristocrat whose transfer to Texas had not made him folksy, he struggled to connect with the average voter. He performed well in the high-ranking posts that he held by appointment—CIA head, RNC head, ambassador to China—but had won only two races for office (for a House seat from Houston) before losing a Senate race to Lloyd Bentsen and then the nomination in 1980 to Reagan himself. His bad luck was that he wasn't a very good politician.
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Michelle Williams Confirms Split From Spike Jonze
Michelle Williams confirms she split from director Spike Jonze in the October issue of Vogue.
"The timing was impossible," she admits. "I thought falling in love again was the only thing that was going to save me from the pain. This erroneous idea: It just makes things more complicated."
Jonze is the first man Williams dated after the devastating death of ex Heath Ledger, with whom she shares a three-year-old daughter, Matilda.
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Williams says dating as a single mother played a part in the breakup.
"I obviously don't know how to do it," says Williams, who began dating the Where the Wild Things Are director in July 2008.
Jonze and Williams worked together on indie flick Synecdoche, New York in the summer of 2007. In September of the same year, Williams and Ledger called it quits.
Ledger died in January 2008 of an accidental drug overdose, which Williams still struggles with.
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"I was holding it together by a string and a paper clip in the fall and winter," she tells Vogue. "I didn't know if I could keep it all together … You console yourself by saying it's all a deepening process. But it's weird. After the first year, the pain is less intense -- it's less immediate. But the magical thinking goes away too. And that's a whole new reckoning."


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Grand Rapids, MI - June 17, 2013 -- There is so much to love about Michigan in the summertime! It's no surprise that as the weather warms up, the community blood supply experiences a "summer-slump" as many people are out and about enjoying all that Michigan has to offer. That's why several Michigan based businesses are teaming up with Michigan Blood to give people a chance to show their state pride while boosting the local blood supply.
Anyone who attempts to donate during the annual Love Michigan blood drive at Michigan Blood donor centers throughout the Lower Peninsula will receive a thank-you gift bag with Michigan-made products. The reusable bag provided by Meijer will include a special-edition retro "Say Yes to Michigan" t-shirt (a $28 value from The Mitten State) along with other donated products from Old Orchard Juice, Better Made Potato Chips, and Country Fresh Ice Cream. (Photo attached)
"We're thrilled to be a part of the Michigan Blood summer blood drive for a third consecutive year," says Will Bransdorfer, Co-Founder of The Mitten State. "It's a pleasure to see the event grow in popularity each successive summer and to see our fans get excited to give back to the community. It's an event that makes us proud to be from Michigan."
"We know how much people treasure this state and the local communities," said Jim Childress, Vice President of Community Relations at Michigan Blood. "Love Michigan is a fun way to bring people together for a common cause to support more than 40 Michigan hospitals, and all the patients who are counting on lifesaving blood donations."
It takes more than 2000 donations to Michigan Blood every week to support local hospitals including Spectrum Health, Mercy Health St. Mary's, and Metro. The Love Michigan event will help assure that those numbers stay strong even in the heart of the summer season. Dates and times vary by location. Appointments are strongly recommended.
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CLOSED July 4
July 5 from 8 A.M. to 4 P.M.
Any healthy person 17 or older (or 16 with parental consent) who weighs at least 110 pounds may be eligible to give blood every 56 days. Blood donors should bring photo ID (or two forms of non-photo ID). For additional information on donating blood, check out www.miblood.org
Appointments are recommended for donor convenience. Walk ins are welcome. To schedule an appointment, call 1-866-miblood (642-5663) or click https://donate.miblood.org/portal/
Courtesy: Michigan Blood