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An agenda-setting model of electoral competition
This paper presents a model of electoral competition focusing on the formation of the public agenda. An incumbent government and a challenger party in opposition compete in elections by choosing the issues that will key out their campaigns. Giving salience to an issue implies proposing an innovative policy proposal, alternative to the status-quo. Parties trade off the issues with high salience in voters' concerns and those with broad agreement on some alternative policy proposal. Each party expects a higher probability of victory if the issue it chooses becomes salient in the voters' decision. But remarkably, the issues which are considered the most important ones by a majority of votes may not be given salience during the electoral campaign. An incumbent government may survive in spite of its bad policy performance if there is no sufficiently broad agreement on a policy alternative. We illustrate the analytical potential of the model with the case of the United States presidential election in 2004.
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MIDLAND CITY, Ala. — After four anxious days, only the slimmest of details has come to light in a police standoff with an Alabama man who is accused of holding a 5-year-old boy hostage in a bunker, a sign of just how delicate the negotiations are. But one local official admitted that the child had been heard crying for his parents.
Police have used a ventilation pipe in the underground bunker to talk to the man and deliver the boy medication for his emotional disorders, but they have not revealed how often they are in touch or what the conversations have been about. And authorities waited until Friday — four days after the siege began — to confirm what so many in this age of instant communication already knew: The man accused of killing a school bus driver and abducting the boy Tuesday was 65-year-old Jimmy Lee Dykes, a Vietnam-era veteran who was known to neighbors as a menacing figure.
While much of what is going on inside the bunker remains a mystery, local officials who have spoken to police or the boy's family have described a small room with food, electricity and a TV.
Meanwhile, Midland City residents held out hope that the standoff would end safely and mourned for the slain bus driver and his family. Candlelight vigils have been held nightly at a gazebo in front of City Hall. Residents prayed, sang songs such as "Amazing Grace" and nailed homemade wooden crosses on the gazebo's railings alongside signs that read: "We are praying for you."
"We're doing any little thing that helps show support for him," said 15-year-old Taylor Edwards said.
Former hostage negotiators said authorities must be cautious and patient as long as they are confident that the boy is unharmed. Ex-FBI hostage negotiator Clint Van Zandt advised against any drastic measures, such as cutting the electricity to, or putting sleep gas inside, the bunker because it could agitate Dykes.
The negotiator should try to ease Dykes' anxieties over what will happen when the standoff ends, and refer to both the boy and Dykes by their first names, he said.
"I want to give him a reason to come out," Van Zandt said, "and my reason is, 'You didn't mean that to happen. It was unintentional. It could have happened to anyone. It was an accident. People have accidents, Jimmy Lee. It's not that big a thing. You and I can work that out.'" Police seemed to be following that pattern. At a brief news conference to release a photo of Dykes, they brushed off any questions about possible charges.
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The organizer of Ni'ilin's Popular Committee against the Separation wall and two other members were released from military prison yesterday after serving jail sentences in Israeli military courts for organizing unarmed resistance to Israel's separation wall. The men, Ibrahim Amireh, Hassan Mousa and Zaydoon Srour, had been sentenced to eleven months in Israeli military prison on draconian charges aimed at crushing non-violent protest in the West Bank. The charges included participation in an illegal demonstration, presence in a closed Israeli military zone, incitement of violence, harming the public good, and paying teenagers to throw stones at Israeli soldiers during demonstrations. Ni'ilin held a celebration in the honor of the Popular Committee members upon their arrival home. Throughout the streets of the village, children ran with flags and blow horns to signal the excitement of having the leaders home safely.
The incarceration of Popular Committee members is part of a broader Israeli strategy of repressing the popular struggle and crushing all aspects of non-violent resistance to Israel's occupation and separation wall. Coupled with negligent use of violence in demonstrations and mass arrests, Israel has used the incarceration of popular struggle leaders as a tool for stopping demonstrations in Bil'in, Nabi Saleh and Beit Ummar. However, the strategy has largely failed as the demonstrations continue on a weekly basis.
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Malawi's presidential elections were free, fair and credible despite irregularities, the electoral chief declared on Thursday as he prepared to release results of the disputed vote.
"I can comfortably say this election was free and fair... It was also transparent, it was also, in my assessment, credible," electoral commission chief Maxon Mbendera said.
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We eat pretty healthfully at my in-laws, which is always a nice thing to NOT have to worry about when you're dieting, right? So, I had salads and filled in my food journal and was doing great! Then I weighed in this morning and about kicked the thing across the room. Plateaus are such a royal nuisance. I drank water, had tea, ate salads, ate chicken and turkey, chose healthy snacks, and still… nothing on the scale. Not even a wiggle. Of all the cycles to plateau on during the 17 Day Diet, Cycle 1 is not the one to do it in. I mean, I'm already carb free, so that's fun (for masochists), add to that the fact that I feel like I'm chewing all day because salads take me a lifetime to eat, and I'm pretty frustrated. I'm still retaining water from last week, so hopefully that will take a hike by next Monday, too. I'm not going to give up though, my body has to respond eventually. It's science! I also started the Couch to 5 K last week, and even though I skipped Saturday and Monday, I was still well within my calorie range, which isn't that high to begin with.
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BJ'S BLOG 04/17/13 "Friend's with the Ex's Family"
by BJ Shea
posted Apr 17 2013 6:59AM
Earlier this week during Group Therapy, we read an email from a Rock-A-Holic named Erin who wanted to know if it was wrong for her to tell her husband that he can't go to a certain person's birthday party.
Her husband has maintained a relationship with his ex's father and even visits from time to time. They were friends before he started dating his friend's daughter and he sees him as a fatherly figure.
He was recently invited to his birthday party but it's going to be at his ex's house. Erin doesn't think it is appropriate for him to go to this party. She understands they have a strong bond but she also thinks that a line needs to be drawn since he is now married to her.
She told him that when he decided to date this man's daughter, he took the risk of losing their friendship if the relationship didn't work out. "
Erin wanted to know if her husband was out of line for keeping this friendship and wanting to go to the party of if she was for having a problem with it.
This is a tough one in my eyes because I see both sides of this situation.
On one hand, it can be viewed as disrespectful to have reminders of an ex around once you enter a new relationship. On the other hand, we don't know this guy's story; he says this man is like a father to him which makes me think that maybe he didn't have one around and really looks up to him.
I'm not going to trash this guy because I would be a hypocrite.
To this day, I have stayed friends with one of my brother's ex girlfriends. She was very good to us, my family loved her very much and at first it made my brother uncomfortable but it's been decades since they dated.
If they were friends before the relationship and it has truly had a positive impact in his life, maybe an exception can be made.
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Wayne Tinkle's Grizzlies took down arguably the nation's top point guard, Weber State's Damian Lillard, to earn a trip to the NCAA tournament.
This Montana-Weber State championship contest wasn't quite as electric as the last time the two teams met with everything on the line, when Montana's Anthony Johnson went for 42 points, but the result was the same.
Montana is led by junior guard Will Cherry, but Tinkle has plenty of weapons.
The Grizz had all five starters reach double-figures in the championship game. Sophomore Kareem Jamar and junior Mathias Ward, who each had 18 in the semifinal win, led Montana with 23. Cherry had 13, senior big man Derek Selvig had 16 points and nine boards and Art Stewart finished with 10 points and seven rebounds.
The Grizzles, who won their first outright regular-season crown since 1991-92, trailed by five at the break -- but outscored Weber State, 54-30, in the second half to blow the game open.
Player to know: Will Cherry - The 6-foot-1 junior guard leads the team in scoring at 16.1 points per game, but he's versatile and is also one of the nation's top defenders. He's topped 20 points on 10 separate occasions this season, and has dramatically improved his outside shooting since last season.
The Vitals:
- Record: 25-6 overall, 15-1 in Big Sky
- Most recent tournament appearance: 2010
- We're thinking: 15
- KenPom ranking: 97
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- Best wins: Long Beach State, Weber State
- Worst losses: North Dakota
- Notable stat: The Grizzlies enter the game on a school-record 14-game winning streak.
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[741] Intralymphatic Tumor in Duodenal Biopsies: Clinicopathologic Features
Stuti Shroff, Melissa W Taggart, Susan C Abraham, Asif Rashid. MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Background: Duodenal biopsies are occasionally taken for suspected metastases or identification of nearby tumors (e.g., pancreatic, ampullary). Rarely, metastatic tumor cells are identified only in lymphatic spaces of the biopsy. The clinicopathologic features of this unusual phenomenon have not been described.
Design: We searched the computerized pathology database at our institution from 1992-2012 for duodenal biopsies containing distant or loco-regional metastases. Cases in which neoplastic cells were only present in lymphovascular spaces were selected and the histologic slides were reviewed. Clinical data (gender, age, symptoms, and history of malignancy) and endoscopic appearance of the duodenum were collected from electronic medical records.
Results: Thirty-three patients (18 M:15 F) ranging from 26-75 (mean 60) years had neoplastic cells exclusively in duodenal lymphovascular spaces. Endoscopy reports were available for review in all but 3 patients (91%). Endoscopy was performed on 13 patients (43%) to evaluate gastrointestinal symptoms (nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, early satiety, new onset reflux and/or bleeding/melena). In the other 17 patients (57%), endoscopy was prompted by clinical and/or radiologic suspicion of a duodenal mass. Endoscopic appearance of the duodenum was variable and included mass (9), nodularity (6), ulcer (6), stricture (5), "thickening" of duodenum or thickened duodenal folds (4), edema (2), erythema (2), and mucosal friability (1). The primary tumors were all carcinomas with the exception of one (3%) metastatic melanoma. Eleven patients (33%) had loco-regional primary sites (pancreas-8, extrahepatic bile ducts-2, duodenum-1), 19 (58%) had metastases from distant primary sites (colorectum-4, kidney-3, lung-2, ovary-2, breast-2, skin-2, uterus-1, bladder-1, gastroesophageal junction-1 and small intestine-1), and in 3 patients (9%) the primary site remained unknown. In 10 patients (30%), the duodenal biopsy provided the first diagnosis of malignancy.
Conclusions: Exclusive involvement of lymphovascular spaces by metastatic tumors in the duodenum is a rare finding, with only 33 cases identified over a 20 year period at a busy cancer center. This phenomenon occurs almost exclusively in carcinoma, rarely in melanoma and never in sarcoma. In nearly one third of such cases, the duodenal biopsy served as the initial diagnostic material for identification and classification of malignancy. When a neoplastic process is suspected endoscopically but the low power appearance of the duodenal biopsy is unremarkable, close attention should be directed lymphovascular spaces for evidence of microscopic disease.
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In December 2010 videographer Robin Piree was asked to film a local DJ; that evening ended up in a 3 year journey around the world. During that time, Piree had been extensively filming the 25-year-old DJ/Producer's exponential growth from being an upcoming artist to becoming an international superstar. The documentary provides a captivating inside-look on Hardwell that is just as rare as the story behind the dance music phenomenon.
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?The Senate?s top tax writers have promised their colleagues 50 years worth of secrecy in exchange for suggestions on what deductions and credits to preserve in tax reform.?
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Obviously,our Senate is so corrupt its members don?t want their name connected with the sordid ?tax deals? they have made in the past. It can?t be because they would be embarrassed or ashamed. They are incapable of such. They are afraid that we, their voting constituents, might find out just how corrupt they are and vote them out.
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Patriarch off 'Duck Dynasty' after gay comments
LOS ANGELES • "Duck Dynasty" patriarch Phil Robertson is off the hit A&E reality series indefinitely after disparaging gays as sinners akin to adulterers and swindlers, the network said.
A&E announced Wednesday what it called a "hiatus" for Robertson, 67, after he disparaged gays in the January edition of GQ magazine. He also said that, growing up in Louisiana before the Civil Rights movement, he never saw mistreatment of blacks.
In a statement, A&E said it was extremely disappointed to see Robertson's anti-gay remarks, which it said were based on his personal beliefs and do not reflect those of A&E Networks or the show. A&E called itself a supporter of the lesbian and gay community.
The channel's move was lauded by the gay and lesbian media advocacy group GLAAD, which had quickly condemned Robertson's comments.
"What's clear is that such hateful anti-gay comments are unacceptable to fans, viewers, and networks alike," said GLAAD spokesman Wilson Cruz. Robertson's removal "has sent a strong message that discrimination is neither a Christian nor an American value."
Robertson and his extended family became wealthy manufacturing duck calls and were turned into TV and pop culture stars by "Duck Dynasty," which has set cable ratings records for a non-fiction series. Several family members appeared in this year's Macy's Thanksgiving parade.
In his GQ interview, Robertson was asked his definition of sinful behavior.
"Start with homosexual behavior and just morph out from there," such as bestiality, he said.
GQ said he then paraphrases a biblical reference: "Don't be deceived. Neither the adulterers, the idolaters, the male prostitutes, the homosexual offenders, the greedy, the drunkards, the slanderers, the swindlers they won't inherit the kingdom of God. Don't deceive yourself. It's not right."
Robertson and his family had no comment on his hiatus, A&E said on their behalf. He may be in some previously taped scenes when the show returns Jan. 15 for its fifth season, a network spokesman said.
Robertson did respond to initial criticism of his GQ remarks.
"I myself am a product of the '60s" who indulged in sex and drugs until hitting bottom and accepting Jesus as his savior, he said in a statement. Although his mission is to teach people that men and women are meant to be together, Robertson said he "would never treat anyone with disrespect" because they are different.
In the interview, he also said that in his Louisiana youth he picked cotton with African-Americans and never saw "the mistreatment of any black person. Not once."
"We're going across the field.... They're singing and happy. I never heard one of them, one black person, say, 'I tell you what: These doggone white people' not a word!" Robertson told the magazine.
A&E said it had received no complaints about those remarks.
La. gov. critical of A&E over Robertson 'hiatus'
The A&E cable television network's suspension of "Duck Dynasty" patriarch Phil Robertson from the hit reality show has drawn criticism from the governor of his home state.
The network says Robertson was placed on "hiatus" after he gave an interview in GQ magazine disparaging gays as sinners akin to adulterers and swindlers.
Governor Bobby Jindal issued a brief statement on the matter Thursday.
Jindal didn't offer an opinion on Robertson's comments but said everyone is entitled to express a view. He added: "It is a messed-up situation when Miley Cyrus gets a laugh, and Phil Robertson gets suspended."
The show is produced around the Robertson family's home base in Ouachita Parish.


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WILKINSBURG, Pa.—Two 19-year-old men are jailed on charges they robbed and killed a western Pennsylvania jitney driver who suffered such grievous shotgun wounds to the face police couldn't initially identify her.
Online court records don't list attorneys for Timothy Brock, of East Liberty, and William McGraw, of McKeesport, who remained jailed Wednesday on charges including criminal homicide and robbery.
Allegheny County homicide detectives say the men conspired to call and rob a jitney, which was driven by 28-year-old Monica Proviano, of Wilkinsburg. Her body was found in the street about 3 a.m. April 10, in the crime-ridden Pittsburgh suburb where she lived.
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A private graveside service will be held celebrating the life of Helen Frances Arledge Hanson of Camden at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
Mrs. Hanson, widow of Charles Parker Hanson, Sr. died Monday, March 17, 2013. She was born in Bishopville, SC on May 18, 1923 and was the daughter of the late Celena Brown Arledge Sharpe and Isaac Arledge. She was a member of McRae Road Church of Christ, Camden, SC
She is survived by her daughters, Celena Hanson Jones of Camden, SC and Cynthia Hanson Mathis (Doyle) of Cleveland, SC and sons; Charles Parker Hanson, Jr. of Elgin, SC and Craig Dean Hanson (Pam) of Mt. Juliet, TN; granddaughter; Megan (Justin) and grandsons Scott Hanson, CJ Hanson (Dana), Ryan Mathis (Lindsey) and David Mathis; great-granddaughter McKenna and great-grandson, Daniel, sister-in-law Wilma Harris Arledge.
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This country should be ashamed of itself. How in the name of all that is holy has President Obama been allowed to do all the damage he has incurred?
Where is the fighting spirit we Americans had when World War II broke out? We were confronted with an enemy who was hellbent on destroying us. We garnered our people, strength, and patriotism and fought off not only one enemy but three. We now have in our midst a man who has risen from the neighborhood ghettos to become the most powerful man in the world. He has seen to it that our Constitution is merely a piece of paper on which to wipe his feet.
The saddest part of this is the following of people who either do not realize what he is doing. Those who defend him have become the laughingstock of the country by their words of praise and defense of this man.
Nancy Pelosi's famous quote, "Let's pass it to see what is in it," will go down in history as some of the most pathetic words ever spoken. Our representatives in Washington fail to realize they are where they are because of we the people.
The majority of people by and large do not want Obamacare. He himself using the term Affordable Care because the term Obamacare is a disgraceful failure thus far. With its mass confusion and unreasonable cost, he has returned the medical profession back into the 19th century. He has destroyed medical care as we know it.
For those who had no insurance the government could have and should have offered those individuals the purchase of an affordable health care plan. The money used to untruthfully promote the plan could have been better spent helping those without medical insurance.
Far too many Americans have been conditioned to believe there is a "free lunch" provided by the government. They fail to realize that we and they are the government. We are merely robbing Peter to pay Paul. To quote Thomas Jefferson: "Democracy will cease when the government takes from those who earn and give it to those who do not."
The redistribution of wealth was tried by Josef Stalin, Karl Marx, and Nikita Khrushchev, and others said it was a dismal failure. Do not the Democrats realize that history is doomed to repeat itself if they follow the president's course of action?
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One of the more heated rivalries in the NHL will be showcased on national television Tuesday night.
The Pittsburgh Penguins, who have won 12 straight games, will face the Philadelphia Flyers at the Wells Fargo Center. Game time is slated for 7 p.m. ET and can be seen on Versus in the United States, as well as TSN2 and RDS in Canada.
Pittsburgh's remarkable run has allowed it to seize control of the Atlantic Division, although the Pens enter with just a one-point lead on the Flyers (19-7-5). Sidney Crosby enters with an 18-game point streak that has seen him tally 20 goals and 16 assists.


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A cancer vaccine containing a mixture of killed bacteria with potential immunostimulatory and antineoplastic activities. Mixed bacteria vaccine (MBV or Coley's toxins) consists of a pyrogenic bacterial lysate derived from Serratia marcescens and Streptococcus pyogenes; the active components in the lysate may be lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a component of the Gram-negative bacterial cell wall of Serratia, and streptokinase, an enzyme produced by Streptococcus pyogenes. LPS has been shown to stimulate the host humoral immune response and induce the release of various antitumor cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and interleukin-12 (IL-12). Check for active clinical trials using this agent. (NCI Thesaurus)
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As the school year approaches, your child may have some anxiety about going to school. This could happen even if your child is not going to school for the first time. The idea of new experiences away from their parents or other loved ones can be quite frightening for children. Complaining of an upset stomach, headache, or something else is often how a child shows his or her anxiety and fear. Separation anxiety is a normal part of development for all children.
The anxiety may not only be related to school. It can happen before other separations like a sleepover at a friend's house, or a parent's business trip. Your child may be afraid that something bad will happen during the separation. And, clingy behavior, pleading, and tantrums are common just before the separation. Your child may also have nightmares, refuse to sleep alone, or need frequent reassurance that everything is OK.
The best way to deal with your child's fears is to be supportive, yet firm. For example, you might say, "I think you're feeling nervous, but you do have to go to school. Tell me what you're worried about." You may find that there is a real problem causing the anxiety. There may be a bully, a difficult teacher, or a test or assignment. If there is a problem, work with your child towards a solution.
Don't give in to arguments or tantrums. That teaches your child that those things will work. Be sure to tell the teacher about your child's worries. Most teachers are experts at handling separation anxiety. Most important, reward your child with praise every time he or she goes to school and stays at school without much difficulty.
Most of the time, school separation anxiety end quickly. Children who are anxious may have other problems, both currently and in later life. Sometimes separation anxiety is a reaction to a recent event like the illness or death of a family member or friend, divorce or remarriage, or moving somewhere new. Children whose families have histories of panic disorder, phobias, depression, or alcoholism may be more likely to have separation anxiety. Contact your child's health care provider if the behavior lasts for more than a few days or if the symptoms seem severe.


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Ways to Assess Student Learning During Class
It's important to have evidence of student learning during class as well as through assignments, and exams. These short student engagement activities will provide this evidence. Many take 5 minutes or less to complete.
Brainstorming Steps:
1. Present an open-ended question for students to discuss or solve.
2. Students can work individually, in pairs or small groups, or as a class (or combination of these).
3. Have students share ideas with class, making notes on the board.
4. Challenge their responses or have other students challenge the responses on the board.
5. At the end, correct any misconceptions, note opposing points of view, and summarize main points.
Value: promotes critical and creative thinking and imagination
Concept Map Steps:
1. Provide students with a list of terms relative to their course work (either from the previous class, last several classes or most recent lecture segment). Terms may be provided as a list or given out as a stack of cards.
2. Ask students to create a meaningful pattern with these terms (i.e. food web—how are different organisms linked, cardiovascular system blood flow, etc.). There may be one "right" answer or the concepts may promote creative exploration of the topic.
3. If time allows, ask one group to share concept map with the whole class. Or alternatively, ask groups to explain their pattern to another group in the class.
Value: promotes integration of ideas, provides immediate feedback about student understanding,
Decision Making Steps:
1. Provide students with problem that they need to work on for example "Imagine you are the director of the antibiotic discovery unit in a major pharmaceutical company and you are asks for a five-year plan to develop new antibiotics. You are told that the plan will be funded only if you can convince your managers that you will be able to develop the five new drugs with entirely new modes of action. Can you do it? What is your plan and how will you defend it?"
2. Ask students to work in group (2-4 students) to develop a plan based on what they have learned in class.
3. Have students share ideas with class, making notes on the board.
4. Ask other students in the class to comment on each group's proposal and suggest changes.
Value: promotes integration of ideas, critical, creative thinking, and provides immediate feedback about student understanding
For a full list of examples see Interactive Teaching and Learning Activities ( PDF file)
And for more ideas on quick ways to assess student learning during class see our Classroom Assesment Techniques (CATs) resources page.


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When Gov. Terry Branstad's black Chevrolet Tahoe was clocked at 84 mph in late April, it was among only about 1 percent of vehicles traveling that fast on Iowa highways posted for 65 mph, state records show.
Electronic monitoring devices installed on the state's highway system show that most Iowa motorists drive faster than posted speed limits. But records maintained by the Iowa Department of Transportation also show only a small minority exceed the speed limit by more than 15 mph.
The governor's sport utility vehicle -- driven by a state trooper - carried Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds on ...


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|It is customary at Allerton Park conferences for one of the members of the faculty or the staff to give a summary of what transpired, and this time this happened to be my job. You can well understand that this isn't a very enviable position. In the first place, you have to go to every one of the meetings to hear what takes place. Also, you have to stay awake at the meetings you attend, which sometimes is a little difficult. Then you get up and try to tell the people, who are intelligent, and who went to the meetings and stayed awake, what they heard, when they already have a pretty good notion of what they heard anyway. As a result, a summary like this satisfies absolutely no one. Half of the people will wonder where in the world you heard what you say you heard, because they didn't hear it, and the other half will wonder why in the world you didn't hear what they heard. Nevertheless, we have this little device, and this is like a social institution once we have it, we can't get rid of it, and I suppose we'll go on forever having these summaries. It was apparent from the outset that this group was different from many groups that have arrived at Allerton Park. They were experienced conferees. They had been going to conferences for a long time, they had actually many times been at conferences together because the state librarians get together in an organization and they had met on several occasions in respect to the Library Services Act. Consequently, in a way more was expected of them than might have been expected of a less sophisticated group. And they responded. They responded well and they responded quite accurately.
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Prep football: Cottonwood hires ex-Dixie State coach Croshaw
After two turbulent years at Cottonwood High School, the Colts football program can only hope they have found some stability with the hiring of a new football coach.
Mesa Community College head coach Greg Croshaw became the program's fourth head coach in little more than two years Monday. He previously spent 24 years as the head coach at Dixie State
He was hired to lead one of the state's elite programs in the wake of a two-month period that saw a scandal in which coach Josh Lyman resigned amid allegations of "inappropriate contact" with a female student. Additionally, one assistant coach resigned amid assault charges and another was killed on Saturday when he was rear-ended by an alleged drunken driver. Lyman became the head coach in 2010 after first-year head coach Teko Johnson died of a heart attack while on vacation.
Croshaw, 63, said he understands the delicacy of his new job.
"It's going to be a tough situation on everybody," Croshaw said. "On the administration, the kids. The kids are the ones I worry about. They've worked hard trying to get ready. Now, you're down basically to a month."
Croshaw leaves Mesa C.C. after one season, a decision that he said was tremendously difficult. It was made easier, however, by the fact he has three sons who live in Salt Lake City.
"Even though it's going to be a huge challenge," he said, "it just felt like something at this stage of my career that I needed to do."
He inherits one of the state's most talented teams, although he said he was not aware of the level of talent when he applied for the job. Among the Division I recruits at Cottonwood is quarterback Cooper Bateman, who has committed to Alabama.
"It's like opening a Christmas present," he said. "You're expecting a bicycle and you get a porsche. It's a pleasant surprise."
Croshaw was the head coach at Dixie State from 1982 to 2005, and later served as defensive coordinator at Pine View High School from 2007 to 2010. He inherits a team that went 5-5 last season.
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Luna ate all your cookies. What are you going to do about it? That's right, give her more cookies. You couldn't hurt Luna if she accidentally destroyed your uninsured Ferrari.
Welovefine has another swarm of shirts added to their shop, along with some new tank designs for those of you that aren't into the shirt thing!
You probably know the drill at this point, full listing is here, and more images after the break!
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"Fee free" sites where no fees will be charged on Saturday include:
Lake Roberts: Mesa and Upper End Campgrounds
Quemado Lake: Piñon and Juniper Campgrounds
Due to the Whitewater-Baldy Fire, closures are in place that affects some developed campgrounds, picnic areas, trails, and backcountry areas. Some of the more popular developed areas that are not open include Dipping Vat Campground at Snow Lake, Willow Creek Recreation Area, the Catwalk National Recreation Area, and Upper and Lower Scorpion Campgrounds.
An area closure is in effect on portions of the Black Range, Glenwood, Reserve, and Wilderness Ranger Districts. The National Park Service has closed the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument and the Gila Visitor Center.
"There are forest areas away from the vicinity of the Whitewater-Baldy Fire to be enjoyed by campers, picnickers, hikers, bird watchers, wildlife enthusiasts and horseback riders," said Recreation Staff Officer Pat McKee. However, due to the number of areas closed, forest visitors are urged to contact the local Ranger District office or the Supervisor's Office in Silver City for updated information on recreation opportunities and fire activity. Not all offices are open on weekends so requests for information should be made between Monday through Friday.
As a reminder, Stage 1 Fire Restrictions have been in place as of this past Monday, June 4th due to very high fire danger. Campfires are allowed only in designated developed campgrounds and picnic areas, and must be in a Forest Service provided grill or fire pit. Fires in rock rings are not permitted. The uses of petroleum-fueled stoves, lanterns, or heating devices are acceptable, provided they meet underwriter's specifications for safety. Smoking is limited to a vehicle or building. As always, fireworks are prohibited on National Forest System lands.
Help protect the Gila National Forest from human-caused fires, abide by the fire restrictions, and practice aggressive fire prevention!


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While Ecorazzi's Michael d'Estries, Thomas Farley, and Christine Pettrozo were typing, interviewing, and video'ing at the speed of light on Saturday, yours truly was in the stands of Live Earth enjoying the show as a fan.
As recommended by the Live Earth organizers, my husband Edmundo & I took the NJ Transit to Secaucus Station where there would be shuttle buses awaiting to take us to the stadium. After arriving, we were all discouraged to see at least 1,000 people already in line for the buses. The line was quite organized, however, and it took us only about 30 minutes to get through.
Outside the stadium, TRASHed had seemingly teamed up with Pepsi to encourage fans to recycle their bottles in exchange for a bracelet. (Want one? Email us with your mailing address…we've got a few.) The Pepsi "Sculpture Garden" was also cool – though I'm a fan of trash art – 10′ x 10′ figures made from cans & bottles. Though the coolest thing that Pepsi did all day was provide a person to stand next to EACH and EVERY trash / recycling / compost area to instruct people on how to properly dispose of their waste. Huge success.
Green clothing was the color of choice for Live Earth concert goers. Fans donned anything from a "More Trees Less Bush " shirt to "Green Shirts Are For Pimps". In fact, it seems that green was the popular color of choice. This is where we get into troubled waters. Green has become the marketing color & term of choice for eco-friendly. However, most green clothing items themselves are not all that good for the environment using traditional dyes & cotton grown with pesticides. We should consider using an organic, hemp or bamboo shirt instead of simply the color green. (Though I can't say that I went eco-either. My tank was just a tank, though I nearly wore my "Plastic Bags Blow" organic top.)
Of course, if you want to be eco and wear green – just don't buy new clothes…dig into the back of your closet (I did see several St. Patty's day shirts that look like they've seen many winters now.) or buy second-hand.
We entered the stadium and went right to our seats – just in time for Kevin Bacon to kick it off.
Stay tuned for my next post that will cover my "during concert" thoughts and experiences!
About Rebecca CarterRebecca Carter is the Co-Founder of Ecorazzi. Rebecca was recently featured in the book Hot, Rich, and Green. She is one of 70 eco-achievers featured in Glamour magazine in April 2009, named Best of Green 2010 by Miami Magazine and Best Environmentalist by Miami New Times Best of 2008. She's raising a couple of little boys in Miami and speaks English & Spanish. Find out more at www.RebeccaCarter.net. Follow Rebecca on Twitter: @rebeccacarter
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Album Rating: 3.5i love tmv but octahedron is LEGIT FALSE PROG
Album Rating: 4.0I would agree that is a strange opinion.
Album Rating: 3.9 | Sound OffIt was so cohesive, complete opposite of the album that preceded it..
Album Rating: 3.0amputech is way better js
Album Rating: 3.5amp is barely a 3
Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Offstupid album
Digging: Laura Stevenson - Cocksure
Album Rating: 3.5better than wildlife
Album Rating: 3.0amp is better stop trying so hard volta newb
Album Rating: 3.5lol k
Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound OffNice rec box. Have a pos.
Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound OffDon't hate people. Well, it's Neutral so it's fine.
Album Rating: 2.5im thinkin
deloused > frances > noctourniquet > Bedlam = Octahedron > Tremulant >>>Amputechture
Digging: Vicious Embrace - The Heavens Tremble
Album Rating: 3.0deloused > amp > don't care anymore
this is new tho so it's alright
Album Rating: 3.5lol frances shits on amp
Album Rating: 4.0but that bass line halfway through Zed is too sick. from like 3:20 to the last chorus saves the song for me. so good.
the only songs im not currently digging are imago, molochwalker, and lapochka
and ya, trinkets live >>>>> trinkets studio
Album Rating: 2.5lapochka and especially molochwalker are great
Album Rating: 4.0eh.
great thing about this album (and band) is how varied people's opinions are on it...
Great review, still need to get this.
Album Rating: 3.9 | Sound OffThanks Luke, and everyone else.
Yeah, there definitely isn't a unanimous opinion on this one. It's pretty extreme in its approach.
Album Rating: 3.9 | Sound OffPretty much.
Bands: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


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Retired Tennessee Supreme Court Justice William C. Koch Jr. was honored Thursday night by Lipscomb University's Institute for Law, Justice and Society as part of its "Conversations of Significance" series. During the event, Koch commented on the judicial retention elections and judicial independence in general. When asked why the retention election was so contentious this year, Koch replied "absolute power corrupts absolutely … Today, we have some at the levers of power who want more power. They have said 'I want judges who think just like me.' Is that the system we really want?" Read more from the conversation with Koch and see photos from the event.
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Court: TN Court of Appeals
W. Gary Blackburn, C. Dewees Berry IV, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Jane Field
Robb S. Harvey, Mark M. Bell, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellee, The Ladies' Hermitage Association
This is the third round in a battle between these parties over the terms of a deed requiring certain payments to the heirs of the grantor. The property at issue is the historic Tulip Grove Mansion near The Hermitage, in Nashville, Tennessee. The deed conveying Tulip Grove to the Ladies' Hermitage Association required payments to the heirs of the grantor of one-third "of all gate receipts received by [the LHA] from visitors to Tulip Grove House[.]" In a prior appeal, we held that "the term 'gate receipts' in the deed includes the rent paid to LHA for use of the property for special events." The parties now dispute whether the LHA can deduct expenses from the special event rental fees prior to calculating the heirs' one-third share. The chancellor held that such a deduction is permissible. We hold that it is not. We therefore reverse and remand for further proceedings.
Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals
Jeffrey A. DeVasher (on appeal), Gary Tamkin (at trial), and Kristin Neff (at trial), Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Timothy Howard Cunningham.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Benjamin A. Ball, Senior Counsel; Victor S. Johnson, III, District Attorney General; and Lauren Spero and Jeff Burks, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.
Judge: OGLE
A Davidson County Criminal Court Jury convicted the appellant, Timothy Howard Cunningham, of reckless endangerment by use of a deadly weapon, namely a motor vehicle. The trial court sentenced him to four years in the Tennessee Department of Correction. On appeal, the appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence sustaining his conviction. Upon review, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.
FedEx has named two law firms as its representatives in its coming drug trafficking case, the Memphis Business Journal reports. Both of the firms — Arguedas, Cassman & Headley LLP and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP — have offices in Northern California, where the charges were filed. The company was indicted last week for allegedly having lax controls on pharmaceutical shipments.
The Hamilton County Juvenile Court initiated its first video hearing this week, Chattanoogan.com reports. Officials said the new technology will save the sheriff's office and juvenile corrections staff both time and fuel costs and will increase security of the court by not moving prisoners through public areas. Juvenile Court Clerk Gary Behler proposed the idea and Judge Rob Philyaw signed off on it.
Some domestic violence suspects in Nashville are no longer being arrested, being ordered to stay away from victims or being subjected to 12-hour "cooling off" periods, the Tennessean reports. The reason, according to the paper, is a change in state law that went into effect on July 1, which has led judicial commissioners to begin issuing court summonses instead of warrants to domestic violence suspects. It is unclear who is responsible for the shift in how the suspects are being managed. A spokesman for the commissioners blamed the new law. The legislator who wrote the law says the magistrates are not following it properly. Meanwhile, prosecutors warn that victims may be in danger as there are no meaningful consequences for ignoring a summons.
The Nashville Bar Foundation (NBF) has named 28 attorneys to the inaugural class of its Leadership Forum program. The nine-month professional development program will kick-off in September and run through May 2015. Class members are Jeffrey Allen, Laura Baker, Rebecca Barnett, Joshua Burgener, Grover Collins, Alicia Cottrell, Jeff Gibson, Allen Grant, Sheryl Guinn, William Hicky, Lauren Kilgore, Whitney Henry Kimerling, Emily Lamb, Jennifer Lankford, Joseph McKinney, Josh Mullen, Tony Orlandi, Bart Pickett, Rachel Rosenblatt, Lindsay Schenk, Rebekah Shulman, Elizabeth Sitgreaves, Lauran Sturm, Taylor Sutherland, Jennifer Wade, Dannelle Walker, Charlotte Wolfe and Gulam Zade. The NBF also is seeking lawyers to serve as mentors for class members. Download an application or contact Traci Hollandsworth for more information.
Mike Tant, a citizen member of the Tennessee Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission (JPEC), writes in the Tennessean this week about his experience serving on the commission. He explains the evaluation process and says allegations that JPEC is just a "rubber stamp" commission "is a shamefully uninformed statement." He points to several judges who have decided to retire rather than face negative evaluations but says commission members are bound by an oath of confidentiality against releasing that kind of information. With regard to the current slate of judges, he says, "I have interviewed each of the appellate judges at least twice, and I can confidently report that these individuals are some of the hardest-working people in Tennessee. Their integrity rises above partisan politics."
The Tennessee Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates today released a statement supporting the retention of Supreme Court Chief Justice Gary Wade and Justices Connie Clark and Sharon Lee. The statement calls recent attacks on the justices a "smear campaign" and "blatant misrepresentation" of their rulings. A story from News Channel 5 also reports that the group gave $25,000 to the Tennesseans for Fair Courts PAC to help fund a television ad countering claims that the justices support Obamacare and are soft on crime.
The McMinn County Bar Association recently passed a resolution supporting retention of the three Supreme Court justices on the general election ballot, the Daily Post Athenian reports. "Some [of our members] are Republicans, some Democrats, some moderates, but we all felt strongly there should be no political involvement in judicial races at the appellate and Supreme Court levels," said McMinn County Bar Association President Sarah Kennedy. "We wanted to pass a resolution to show our support of the justices and our current system." In addition, the DeKalb County Bar Association adopted a resolution supporting all judges standing for a retention vote. General Sessions Judge Bratten Hale Cook II, president of the association, presented a copy of the resolution to Justice Connie Clark during her visit to the area yesterday, WJLE Radio reports.
A spokeswoman for the campaign of three Supreme Court justices is now citing the case of David Scott Blackwell as backing up the contention, made in TV advertising, that the court has supported Second Amendment rights, Humphrey on the Hill reports. In that particular case, Blackwell sued for his right to own a gun after he received a pardon for a drug crime. The Court of Appeals ruled in Blackwell's favor and the Supreme Court let that ruling stand. Blackwell's attorney, David Raybin, says the justices "functionally upheld" his client's Second Amendment right. News Channel 5 has more on the story.
The East Ridge Ruritan Club will be sponsoring a judicial forum next Thursday, Chattanoogan.com reports. The event will be held at the East Ridge Elementary School Gym from 6 to 8 p.m. and feature candidates for city judge and court clerk. Attendees will be allowed to ask questions of the candidates. Local attorney Kellyann Mulroony Johnson will moderate the forum. Three candidates are running for judge: incumbent Arvin Reingold, Ryan Hanzelik and Cris Helton. For the first time the city also choose between two – Patricia Cassidy and Richard "Cubby" Owens – for the newly elected position of court clerk.
The Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (TACDL) will hold its 41st Annual Meeting Aug. 1-2 at the University of Memphis School of Law. Speakers include TACDL President Mike Whalen, 30th Judicial District Criminal Court Judge Lee Coffee, Kansas District Court Judge Joe D. Johnson and U.S. District Judge John Fowlkes, who will give a presentation on the importance of judicial independence. Learn more on the association's website.
Nashville lawyer Peter Halverstadt, a member of the TBA's Government Affairs Committee, has died. A graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Law, Halverstadt worked for both the Davidson County district attorney and public defender while in school. Following graduation, he opened a solo civil and criminal defense practice, which he maintained from 1994 to 1998. He later joined the Workers' Compensation Division of the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development, and most recently was serving as assistant administrator of the division and legislative representative for the office. Halverstadt is a past president of the Guardianship and Trusts Corporation, a non-profit organization that provides financial management services for those unable to make informed decisions on their own behalf. Obituary and funeral information is not yet available.
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I personally prefer facebook. This is my reasoning.
Pros:More mature than myspace (most of the people on myspace are immature).More of my adult friends and family are on facebook.
Cons:No music player or background system
The Pros and Cons are fairly vice versa for Myspace.
I think FaceBook is enough.
I do have an account in Facebook, and I think its enough for me.