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The San Diego County Regional Airport Authority is governed by a nine-member Board, with three additional members serving ex officio. Board members serve 3-year terms and may be reappointed.
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Board Member Bios (in alphabetical order)
Laurie Berman, Ex-Officio Member | District 11 Director CEA, Caltrans
Laurie Berman was appointed in November 2009 as the District Director for the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) District 11, encompassing San Diego and Imperial counties. She has more than two dozen years of experience with Caltrans and is responsible for the daily operation of 1,300 employees and more than 1,000 highway lane miles. Ms. Berman oversees $1.3 billion worth of highway construction projects and programs throughout the two-county area. Prior to her appointment to District Director, Ms. Berman served as the district's Chief Deputy Director of Project Delivery.
Ms. Berman earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering at Michigan State University in 1983 and began her career with Caltrans as a Junior Civil Engineer in bridge construction in Santa Barbara. Later, she worked at Caltrans Headquarters in Sacramento, and transferred to District 11 in 1994 to manage the seismic retrofit of the district's bridges. Ms. Berman is a member of the Transportation Research Board's Project Delivery Methods Committee and also serves as an Ex Officio Member on the San Diego Association of Governments.
C. April Boling | Appointed by Mayor, City of San DiegoEmail - 619.400.2408
C. April Boling owns a private accounting practice that specializes in taxation of closely held businesses and multi-state taxation, as well as provides campaign and political committee accounting and reporting services. She began her long-standing budgeting and accounting career as a civilian employee at the Department of the Navy where she was a supervisory Budget Analyst responsible for internal budgeting and involved in external workload negotiations with a multi-million dollar budget. She maintained a small tax practice serving individual clients for several years and then worked for the San Diego office of Price Waterhouse as a tax manager, primarily in the areas of real estate development and emerging technologies.
Ms. Boling received her Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of San Diego and is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of California.
Ms. Boling has a long history of civic service and involvement, having served in leadership positions on various boards and committees. Currently, she is a Board member of the San Diego County Taxpayers Association and the Lincoln Club of San Diego County. She has previously served as Chair of the San Diego Convention Center Corporation, the City of San Diego Pension Reform Committee and Orphan Kids, Inc. for which she received the 1994 Channel 10 Leadership Award for her service. The Mayor of San Diego appointed Ms. Boling to the Board for a term ending on January 31, 2018.
Greg Cox | Appointed by San Diego County Board of SupervisorsEmail - 619.400.2408
Greg Cox joined the San Diego County Board of Supervisors in 1995. He began his public service career as an educator in the Sweetwater Union High School District. He was elected to the Chula Vista City Council and later served two terms as Mayor of Chula Vista. The Governor of California appointed him Director of Local Government for the Office of Planning and Research from 1991 – 92. Mr. Cox also built successful businesses in the private sector.
Mr. Cox is the only elected official in California to have been elected by his peers to serve as both the President of the California State Association of Counties and the League of California Cities. Mr. Cox has also been acknowledged as "Legislator of the Year" by a number of state and local organizations throughout his career, and was recently appointed by California Assembly Speaker to the California Coastal Commission. The Chair of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors appointed Supervisor Cox to the Board for a term ending on January 31, 2019.
Jim Desmond | Appointed by North Inland area mayorsEmail - 619.400.2408
A fifteen year resident of San Marcos, Mr. Desmond was elected mayor of San Marcos in November 2006. Active in his community, he served as a San Marcos City Council member, Planning Commissioner, Chamber of Commerce Board member, and as President of the San Marcos Economic Development Corp. He is currently on the Board of the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG).
Mr. Desmond is a Federal Aviation Association (FAA) Certified Flight Instructor and a Pilot/Captain for Delta Airlines based in Los Angeles International Airport. He has flown Boeing 757s and 767s for 20 years. He is a U.S. Navy veteran with two letters of commendation and an honorable discharge. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from San Diego State University. The mayors of the north inland San Diego County cities appointed Mayor Desmond to the Board for a term ending on January 31, 2018.
Robert H. Gleason, Board Chair, Executive Committee Member | Appointed by Mayor, City of San DiegoEmail - 619.400.2408
Robert Gleason is president and chief executive officer for Evans Hotels, which owns and operates The Lodge at Torrey Pines, the Catamaran Resort Hotel & Spa and the Bahia Resort Hotel, where he has been employed for nearly 30 years. In addition, he is a former adjunct faculty member in the L. Robert Payne School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at San Diego State University.
Mr. Gleason is a long-time San Diegan who has played a leadership role with many community agencies and organizations, primarily in the areas of economic development, the arts, and civil rights. He is currently a Director of the Los Angeles Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, a Trustee of Francis Parker School, and an Executive Committee Member of the Princeton University Alumni Council. Previous positions include service as Chair of the City of San Diego's Commission for Arts and Culture, Vice Chair of the Old Globe Theater, Chair of the San Diego Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Community Center and the San Diego LGBT Community Leadership Council, and Vice Chair of the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund.
He received an A.B. in Economics from Princeton University and a Juris Doctor (summa cum laude) from the University of San Diego School of Law. Mr. Gleason was originally appointed to the Board by City of San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders and confirmed by the City Council in 2009, and reappointed in 2010. He was reappointed in 2014 by City of San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer and confirmed by the City Council for a term ending January 31, 2017. He was named Chair by Mayor Sanders in January 2010 and reconfirmed to that position in 2014 by Mayor Faulconer.
Lloyd B. Hubbs | Appointed by North Coastal area mayorsEmail - 619.400.2408
Beginning his career with Caltrans more than 40 years ago, Lloyd Hubbs brings an extensive planning background to the Airport Authority Board. As the Director of Public Works for the City of Carlsbad for 19 years, Mr. Hubbs worked on many transportation projects in close coordination with Caltrans, North County Transit District and SANDAG. During this time he also participated on many boards and commissions, including serving as Chairman of Encina Waste Water Joint Powers Agency Technical Advisory Committee. He most recently served as the Commissioner of Public Works for the town of Greenwich, CT.
Mr. Hubbs received his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from California State Polytechnic University – Pomona. He is a member of the American Public Works Association, the American Society of Civil Engineers and the League of California Cities – Public Works Institute. The mayors of the north coastal cities appointed Mr. Hubbs to a term ending on January 31, 2017.
Jim Janney | Appointed by South County area mayorsEmail - 619.400.2408
James Janney is a 23-year resident of Imperial Beach. He served on the Imperial Beach City Council for 12 years and as Mayor from 2006–2014. He has previously served on the board of the San Diego Association of Governments and the Metropolitan Transportation System. He has been a board member of South County Economic Development Council since 2002, previously serving as its President and currently serving as Treasurer.
Since 1997, Mr. Janney, together with his wife Deborah, have owned and operated O.A.P. Packaging Inc.
Mr. Janney served six years in the Navy and worked for Naval Air Engineering Center/Naval Air Warfare Center for more than 15 years providing technical support for Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment (ALRE). During his appointment as the Interim Pacific Air Program Manager, Mr. Janney was responsible for the administration and finances of ALRE throughout the western hemisphere.
The mayors of the south San Diego County cities appointed Mr. Janney to the Board for a term ending on January 31, 2018.
Eraina Ortega, Ex-Officio Member | Chief Deputy Director, Policy at the California Department of Finance
Eraina Ortega serves as Chief Deputy Director, Policy at the California Department of Finance. In this capacity, Ms. Ortega represents the Department of Finance on more than 100 boards and commissions. From 2008 to 2013, Ms. Ortega worked at the California State Association of Counties (CSAC) as a Senior Legislative Representative in the area of labor and employee relations. Prior to joining CSAC, she served for six years as a legislative advocate for the Judicial Council of California in a number of areas, including the state budget, court facilities, and employee relations. Previously, she was a fiscal and policy analyst for the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO).
Ms. Ortega earned a Master's Degree in Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from the University of California, Irvine.
Paul Robinson, Vice Chair, Executive Committee Member | Appointed by the Chair of the San Diego County Board of SupervisorsEmail - 619.400.2408
Since 1982, Mr. Robinson has served as partner for the San Diego law firm of Hecht Solberg Robinson Goldberg and Bagley, where he was also an associate from 1980 to 1982. Previously, Robinson was assistant to San Diego Mayor Pete Wilson from 1978 to 1980 and was deputy city attorney for San Diego from 1973 to 1978. He is a member of the Real Property and Public Law Sections of the California State Bar and of the Real Estate and Land Use Sections of the San Diego County Bar Association.
Mr. Robinson is a member of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, Partners for Livable Places/San Diego, the Mission Bay Park Committee (Chair) and the City of San Diego's Parking Advisory Board. He is active in the San Diego Chamber of Commerce and the San Diego Downtown Partnership. The Governor of California appointed Mr. Robinson to the Airport Authority Board for a term ending June 2011. He was reappointed by the Chair of the San Diego Board of Supervisors. His term expires on January 31, 2017.
Mary Sessom | Appointed by East County area mayorsEmail - 619.400.2408
A 26-year resident of Lemon Grove, Mary Sessom was elected Mayor of Lemon Grove in 1996, and still serves in that capacity. Not only is she the City's first directly elected mayor, but also its first female mayor. Prior to her election to the Lemon Grove City Council in 1994, she was active in her community, serving as PTA president and vice president of the Lemon Grove Education Foundation.
During her 20 years as a practicing attorney, Ms. Sessom served as a Judge Pro Tem of the Superior Court (1990–91), Past President of the Foothills Bar Association (1995) and Trustee to the Board of Trustees for the San Diego County Law Library (1995–96). She served as a Board member of the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority (2003–2006; 2013–) and as a member of the Salvation Army Ad Hoc Committee for the Kroc Community Center.
When not working at City Hall, Ms. Sessom is coordinator for the Business and Professional Studies Department at Cuyamaca Community College. She also serves as a director on the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) Executive Board and is one of the organization's past chairs. Currently, she serves as that agency's chair for the Regional Planning Committee. The mayors of the east county cities appointed Mayor Sessom to the Board for a term ending on January 31, 2019.
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Thella F. Bowens | President/CEO Email In March 2003, Thella F. Bowens was appointed President/CEO of the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority, the owner and operator of San Diego International Airport as of January 1, 2003. As President/CEO, Ms. Bowens is responsible for management oversight of the Airport Authority and the Airport Authority's annual operating budget and five-year capital budget. According to the most recent economic impact study, San Diego International Airport generates more than $9 billion annually in economic impact for the region.Prior to 2003, when the San Diego Unified Port District operated the airport, Ms. Bowens was the Port's Senior Director of Aviation for seven years. From September 2001 through December 2002, simultaneous with her position at the Port, she served as Interim Executive Director/President of the new San Diego County Regional Airport Authority, as required by the state legislation that created the Airport Authority. In that capacity, she performed the monumental task of planning and implementing the transfer of the airport to its role as an independent entity.Prior to coming to San Diego, Ms. Bowens served as the Deputy Executive Director of Kansas City's Aviation Department, which included Kansas City International Airport and the city's two general aviation airports. She previously served as Budget Administrator for the Dallas/Ft. Worth International Airport in Texas. She has acquired 30-plus years of experience in public administration, with the last 25 years in the aviation field.Ms. Bowens holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Barnard College of Columbia University and has done graduate work at the University of North Texas and the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She is also a graduate of the Executive Leadership Institute sponsored by the National Forum for Black Public Administrators.Ms. Bowens is a member of the California Airports Council Board of Directors, a member of the World Governing Board of Airports Council International, and a board member of the American Association of Airport Executives Policy Review Committee. In 2010 she served as a member of the Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood's Future of Aviation Advisory Committee, and in 2012 she was the Chair of Airports Council International – North America (ACI-NA).Locally, she is a member of boards of the San Diego World Trade Center, San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation, San Diego Tourism Authority, San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce and Kyoto Symposium Organization.Ms. Bowens has previously served on the boards of the San Diego United Way, the San Diego Symphony and the National Conflict Resolution Center.


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INT 110 - Pneumatic and Mechanical Measurements
General classes of pneumatic/mechanical transducers are studied with particular emphasis upon fundamental physical principles upon which operation depends. Laboratory problems involve transducers in pneumatic/mechanical measuring systems. Pneumatic transmitter mechanisms and sub-assemblies are also studied. Three class hours, three laboratory hours.
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WMD or "What are Derivatives?"
The most interesting debate was between two giants of American capitalism – Warren Buffet and Alan Greenspan.
In 2003, Buffet took aim at derivatives calling them "financial weapons of mass destruction" ("What Worries Warren" (3 March 2003) Fortune). He was joined in this crusade by a few notable figures. Their complaint seemed to be that derivative contracts had hidden losses that would eventually emerge. This would affect the banks and insurance companies who traded in these instruments. They were concerned that derivatives allowed companies and investors to gamble with other people's money. I have always naively assumed that gambling with other people's money was part and parcel of capitalism. The catchy line with its characteristic homely wisdom and the fact that it was Buffet ensured immediate airplay.
The major defender was Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, effectively America's central bank. Its responsibilities include ensuring the integrity of the financial system and stability of banks. The head of the central bank's role as cheerleader for the derivatives lobby was curious.
Greenspan had succeeded Paul Volcker in the late 1980's. Volcker had embarked on an unpopular strategy of high interest rates that had ultimately proved successful in beating inflation. There had been collateral damage. The entire US Savings & Loan Industry had ended up as road kill. But the high interest rates opened up la Belle Époque - an era of low inflation, low interest rates and rising stock prices. Chairman Greenspan found himself in command of the ship just as it sailed into calmer waters. Woody Allen observed that 80% of success in life is just showing up at the right time. The Maestro, Greenspan's nickname, had immaculate timing.
The tennis playing, jazz saxophone loving Greenspan has presided over an unparalleled period of prosperity, the bond market collapse of 1994 and several asset price bubbles and collapses. Greenspan is famous for two other things - prolix sentence construction and an unfettered belief in new technology.
Greenspan's regular congressional testimony attracted financial analysts, journalists and linguists in equal numbers. An industry in interpreting Greenspan's prognostications has developed. Without a hint of self-parody, Greenspan himself provided guidance to interpreting his pronouncements. "I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant," the Maestro once offered as explanation. He further clarified his position with unusual directness. "If I have made myself clear then you have misunderstood me." (David James "Wot's all this then, Alan?" (10-16 July 2003) BRW)
Now, Greenspan turned his considerable elocutionary powers to the defense of derivatives. During the height of the Internet boom, he held forth lyrically and at length on the impact of technology on productivity. Greenspan's infatuation with derivatives appeared no less intense.
"By far the most significant event of finance during the past decade has been the extraordinary development and expansion of financial derivatives….. As we approach the twenty-first century, both banks and non-banks will continually reassess whether their own risk management practices have kept pace with their own evolving activities and with changes in financial market dynamics and readjust accordingly. Should they succeed I am quite confident that market participants will continue to increase their reliance on derivatives to unbundle risks and thereby enhance the process of wealth creation." Remarks at the Futures Industry Association, Boca Raton, Florida (19 March 1999).Thus spake Greenspan.
But who is right? What are the WMD – "derivatives" - they were referring to?
During the Iraqi conflict, Donald Rumsfeld, the US Defense Secretary, inadvertently stated a framework for understanding the modern world (12 February 2002 Department of Defense News Briefing). The framework perfectly fits the derivatives business. There were "known knowns" – these were things that you knew you knew. There were "known unknowns" – these were things that you knew you did not know. Then, there were "unknown knowns" – things that you did not know you knew. Finally, there were "unknown unknowns" – things that you did not know you did not know.
In most businesses, the nature of the product is a known known. We do not spend a lot of time debating the use of or our need for a pair of shoes. We also understand our choices – lace up or slip-on, black or brown. I speak, of course, of men's shoes here. Women's shoes, well, they are closer to derivatives. Derivatives are more complex. You may not know that you need the product until you saw it – an unknown known. You probably haven't got the faintest idea of what a double knockout currency option with rebate is or does – a known unknown. What should you pay for this particular item? Definitely, unknown unknown. Derivatives are similar to a Manolo Blahnik or Jimmy Choo pair of women's shoes.
And do derivatives relate to other known financial "things"? Bonds, stocks etc. The "physical" markets. Commissioner Sharon Brown-Hruska of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission framed the definitive formulation: "The physical markets are like the body of the dog in that they contain the fundamental information about the market. The tail is composed of trading markets like futures markets. It is connected to the dog but one of its primary functions is to tell us about the dog: is he happy or mad? Does he need to be fed? Or should we put a collar on him?" (see FOW (May 2006) at 62). Derivatives, it seems, are a strange combination of knowns and unknowns and canine appendages.
Derivative professionals deal daily with combinations of knowns and unknowns. This was even before the Defense Secretary articulated the principles. They had not known that they had known all along – an unknown known. The unknowns, both known and unknown, create fear and suspicion. The knowns are synonymous with greed.
Derivatives are a known known - known to be WMDs (weapons of mass destruction). After all, the august figure of Warren Buffet said so. There was no doubt that they existed. The results of the use of WMD littered financial history – Barings, Proctor & Gamble, Gibson Greeting Cards, Orange County, Long Term Capital Management (LTCM). A known unknown is why people dabble with WMD. What could they hope to gain? It is definitely a known unknown.
The unknown known is also self evident. Derivatives are a simple case of greed and fear. Clients use these instruments to make money (greed) or protect them from the risk of loss (fear). Frequently, they confuse the two. Clients are fearful that they will miss out on the promised bonanza – fear of losing out on greed. Dealers also use these instruments to make money, primarily for themselves (greed). They frequently deal in WMD because they fear that if they did not then their competitors will (fear). They too it seems fear losing out on the proceeds of greed. The dealers also fear that in trading derivatives their greed will lead to losses (more fear). No one in the derivatives industry really wants to admit this. Most of all they do not want to admit this to regulators and politicians. They just might do something about it (the sum of all other fears).
The unknown unknowns are more difficult. There are probably many of these. But no one knows them, of course, at least not yet.
The above is an edited extract from Traders Guns and Money: Knowns and Unknowns in the Dazzling World of Derivatives by Satyajit Das (2006, FT - Prentice Hall, London, ISBN 0273 70474 5) available at all good book stores or online at www.pearson-ed.com.
Satyajit Das is a specialist in the area of financial derivatives and risk management. He is the author of a number of key reference works on derivatives and risk management. His works include Swaps/ Financial Derivatives Library – Third Edition (2005, John Wiley & Sons) (an 4 volume 4,200 reference work for practitioners on derivatives). He is also the author of Credit Derivatives, CDOs and Structured Credit Products –Third Edition (2005, John Wiley & Sons) and Structured Products & Hybrid Securities – Second Edition (2001, John Wiley & Sons). He is the author of Traders, Guns & Money: Knowns and Unknowns in the Dazzling World of Derivatives (forthcoming, April 2006, Pearson Education), an insider's account of derivatives trading and the financial products business filled with black humour and satire. He is also the author (with Jade Novakovic) of In Search of the Pangolin: The Accidental Eco-Tourist (forthcoming, June 2006, New Holland), an unique travel narrative offering passionate and often poignant insights into the natural world and the culture of eco-travel.


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The men's tennis team fell to 14th-ranked Vanderbilt, 4-1, on Sunday at the Currey Tennis Center. With the loss, the Crimson Tide moves to 12-9 on the season and 3-6 against Southeastern Conference opponents, while the win brings the Commodores to 14-7 overall and 5-4 in the league.
Alabama had a dominant performance in doubles, earning wins on courts two and three to take a 1-0 lead. The Tide's Becker O'Shaughnessey and Daniil Proskura were first to finish, posting an 8-2 victory on court two over Vanderbilt's Gonzales Austin and Anton Kovrigin. Alabama's Stuart Kenyon and Philippe Tsangarides followed that up on court three with an 8-4 win over the Commodores' Rhys Johnson and Kris Lee to award the Tide the point.
Vanderbilt would come back in singles, winning four consecutive matches to take the overall victory. The Commodores clinched the win on court one as 17th-ranked Ryan Lipman won in three sets over No. 49 Botha, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2. The remaining two matches were suspended once the fourth point was clinched.
Next up, Alabama will take on SEC newcomer Texas A&M in the Tide's final home match of the regular season on Sunday, April 7, at 1 p.m. CT.
RESULTS Doubles 1. No. 49 Botha/Vieyra (UA) vs. Lipman/van der Merwe (VU) 7-7, unf. 2. O'Shaughnessey/Proskura (UA) def. Austin/Kovrigin (VU) 8-2 3. Kenyon/Tsangarides (UA) def. Johnson/Yee (VU) 8-4 Order of Finish: 2,3
Singles 1. No. 17 Ryan Lipman (VU) def. No. 69 Jarryd Botha (UA) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 2. No. 62 Gonzales Austin (VU) def. No. 91 Becker O'Shaughnessey (UA) 7-5, 6-4 3. Jeff Offerdahl (VU) def. Daniil Proskura (UA) 6-3, 6-3 4. David Vieyra (UA) vs. Kris Yee (VU) 1-6, 6-3, 1-2, unf. 5. Marc van der Merwe (VU) def. Stuart Kenyon (UA) 6-4, 6-1 6. Philippe Tsangarides (UA) vs. Rhys Johnson (VU) 4-1, unf. Order of Finish: 3,5,2,1*


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Heading to Angel Fire for the USA Cycling Gravity Mountain Bike National Championships, Aug 2-4?
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Photographer's Note
Churches are a very important part of community life in Samoa, and this small village of Safotu on the island of Savaii is no exception. Two large churches dominate the centre of this small village. Taken on Fuji slide film with Nikon F-401 camera. Image scanned & digitised.
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jadesgran (5423) 2014-05-06 13:26
Hello Neil
I love this kind of image. It reminds me of hot sun , best hotels, having a good time relaxing.
A well composed picture clarity good and a very pleasing picture.
Best Wishes
holmertz (52064) 2014-05-07 1:44
Hello Neil,
An interesting picture from a country rarely seen on TE. The excellent scan seems to have fully retained the quality of the colours. It's interesting to see two such totally different looking churchs side by side. Different congregations and totally different expressions.
Silvio1953 (142131) 2014-05-17 9:00
Ciao Neil, great view of beautiful architectures, excellent clarity, good perspective, wonderful colors and splendid light, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio
amaryllis (36895) 2014-05-31 7:18
deux styles d'église différentes sous une belle luminosité, une belle végétation, la Nouvelle Zélande est un pays splendide et de belles choses à découvrir
merci de ce partage
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- Date Taken: 2001-04-00
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Apalachee High School teacher Ashley Payne recently resigned in a controversy over her Facebook page. The teacher had posted pictures from her summer trip to Europe, a handful of which portrayed her drinking alcohol, and a status that she was going to play "Crazy Bitch Bingo," a weekly event held at a restaurant in Midtown.
Payne believed her Facebook page was private. The controversy began when the Barrow County superintendent received an anonymous email allegedly from a parent of a student who saw Payne's Facebook page.
Payne maintains that she had never interacted with students or parents on Facebook, and according to her privacy settings, only her Facebook friends could access her page. Some people, pointing out that the tone and syntax of the email is more consistent with that of a professional educator, have suggested that the anonymous email was sent by a jealous coworker.
Barrow County does not know who sent the email.
Payne and Apalachee principle David McGee also disagree over her resignation, which Payne claims was forced. Payne is currently suing to regain her teaching position.
Of the 700 pictures Payne posted from her trip, only 10 contained alcohol.
Payne graduated from the University of Georgia in 2007 and has taught at Apalachee for two years.


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When we started coming to SICFIT Scottsdale as a family in November 2011, neither of my kids had ever been involved with any sort of organized exercise program. Well, a year and a half worth of SICFIT Scottsdale Kids Classes has provided both my kids (now = 7 year old boy and 5 year old girl) with way more strength, stamina, coordination and confidence than could have been possible otherwise.
For example, my son Garrett was only 5 when we started and, like most of us when we first start performing FUNctional movements, he struggled with some of the movements. Specifically, he was nowhere close to being able to do a basic air squat. Now, fast forward a year and a half and these are pictures of Garrett playing catcher during a couple of his recent little league games.
He is the only catcher in his entire division who actually gets into and holds the catcher's squat for every pitch – all the rest of them start off kneeling or are kneeling after one or two batters. Garrett LOVES being the catcher and this simply would not have been possible without the SICFIT Scottsdale Kids Program. Garrett and his best friend Kanon are already making plans when Kanon is pitching for the Yankees and Garrett is the catching for the Orioles – big dreams that Garrett never would have started dreaming if SICFIT Scottsdale hadn't enabled him to be his best.
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Bob Dorough & Dave Frishberg: I'm Hip
I'm Hip
Bob Dorough (vocals, piano) and Dave Frishberg (vocals, piano)
Who's on First? (Blue Note 23403)
Bob Dorough (vocals, piano), Dave Frishberg (vocals, piano).
Composed by Dave Frishberg & Bob Dorough.
Recorded: live at The Jazz Bakery, Los Angeles, CA, November 5-7, 1999
Rating: 93/100 (learn more)
Dave Frishberg became a big Bob Dorough admirer when he heard Bob's first album, Devil May Care, around 1956. When they met in New York several years later, they aspired to become a songwriting team, but little came of it except for an engagingly witty tune that has stood the test of time. "I'm Hip," with Dave's lyrics set to Bob's music, became an obvious choice for their first recording together in 1999, by which time they had each sung it separately countless times.
In his spoken introduction on the CD, Dorough proudly remarks that "I'm Hip" even made a New York Times crossword puzzle (clue: "tune by Frishberg & Dorough"). Dorough takes the vocal to begin, singing a few stanzas before veering off into a scatted interlude that is soon interrupted by Frishberg calling out, "Wait a minute, you think you're hip. Dig on this, homey," and then proceeding to play a bombastic piano figure that sends them both into mock ecstasy. Frishberg vocalizes his remaining lyrics, and, as always, the line that draws the biggest laugh is this: "Now I'm deep into Zen, meditation, and macrobiotics, and as soon as I can, I intend to get into narcotics." At one point Frishberg starts uncontrollably repeating the words "I'm Hip" in a foggy overdone baritone, only to crack up the audience even more by admitting to be doing "a little Arthur Prysock." To hear either one of them sing this tune is worth the price of admission. Together, they are unbeatable.
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Although mindfulness has been around for centuries, Western research now "proves" how mindfulness works in the body and brain to help change our brain chemistry and increase healthy living. From daily stress to high levels of anxiety triggered by traumatic events, to chronic pain and physical ailments, mindfulness approaches are being used to help increase effective ways to cope in life. Ms. Jensen will share ways parents can teach children to be mindful and practice self-compassion in the midst of daily pressures. An outpatient therapist at the Lindner Center of Hope, Ms. Jenson also has served as supervisor and clinical therapist for Family Services of the Cincinnati Area.
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"I feel sorry for Tiger Woods," Gibson told Britain's Daily Mail. "Why are we talking about this when we're sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan? You've got this history-changing event going on and we're talking about Tiger's private life and golf injuries.
"He's being used as a diversion and it just drives me crazy. You come out savaged. I just think, 'Who cares?' "
"Nobody is without sin," he says. "You have to try to make amends if you can. You have to shut up and move on and not whine about it. And you have to deal with it like a man. … You've just got to accept your own culpability."
In the interview, Gibson says he's been sober now for 3 1/2 years. "It's cool," he says. "But I put some time together before that — one time it was eight years, one time it was five years. I have to be vigilant about these things or it will creep back in."
According to MSNBC, he also takes responsibility for the failure of his marriage. He and wife Robyn separated in 2006 and were officially divorced in 2009, after seven children and 28 years of marriage.
"When all's said and done, I did a pretty good hatchet job on my marriage," Gibson says. "I'm to blame, if you're inclined to judge."
Gibson is now in a relationship with musician Oksana Grigorieva, with whom he has a baby girl.


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The students in the nursing lab studied the effects of disease using a mannequin that electronically simulates real medical conditions. They also took vital signs, bandaged injuries, practiced using a syringe and learned about infection control.
And they had a pizza party.
These weren't the usual nursing students at Moraine Park Technical College. Seventeen members of the Boys & Girls Club (BGC) of Fond du Lac signed up for a health care mini-camp offered by Moraine Park and the BGC. Another mini-camp was offered in August at the West Bend campus, in conjunction with the Boys & Girls Club of Washington County.
The mini-camps were part of a bigger picture that is made possible by a three-year, $1.7 million Community Based Job Training (CBJT) grant that was awarded to Moraine Park earlier this year by the U.S. Department of Labor. According to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development and Economic Modeling Incorporated, more than 1,700 additional registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and nursing assistants will be needed from now through 2018 in southeastern Wisconsin, which includes Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake and Washington counties, for a 19 percent projected growth rate.
The CBJT grant will provide resources for Moraine Park and its partners in the new Regional Health Care Talent Development Partnership Project to engage in health-care training and capacity-building activities, with the goal of serving nearly 1,300 students. The project benefits workers who are unemployed, underemployed, incumbent or dislocated, as well as youth. In addition to Moraine Park and the Boys & Girls Clubs, partners include the Wisconsin Technical College System, Cedar Community, Marian University, St. Joseph's Hospital, the Waukesha-Ozaukee-Washington (W-O-W) Workforce Development Board and the West Bend Joint School District.
"The CBJT grant includes several strategies, all focused on increasing the number of skilled health-care workers in the region," said Kathy Van Eerden, Moraine Park dean of health sciences. "One strategy includes increasing the exposure of youth and adults to the continuum of education and health career ladders. The summer health career academy, or mini-camps, which we are offering through the Boys & Girls Clubs, are one way to accomplish that goal." Van Eerden said the grant also provides funding for a health sciences afterschool tutor at each club starting this fall.
Kathleen Christensen, operations director for the Boys & Girls Club of Washington County, said, "Getting the youth in our community enthused about the health sciences field is something we look forward to doing through the CBJT grant."
Stan Kocos, then chief professional officer of the Boys & Girls Club of Fond du Lac, agreed. "It is a well-known fact that as the baby-boomer generation ages, current shortages in the health-care workforce are becoming even more critical," he said. "The CBJT grant is an excellent example of a coordinated effort to address this shortage by supporting young people in developing an interest and pursuing a career in the health-care field."
In addition to the BGC activities, career academy planning is under way for high school students in the West Bend School District. Moraine Park is now offering a Nursing Assistant course at West Bend High School. Thanks to the grant, more individuals will be successfully prepared for rewarding careers in the health-care field, and the funds will also help the College renovate the Nursing facilities at the West Bend campus and add a high-tech clinical simulation lab.
Several of the 17 students from the Fond du Lac BGC who attended the mini-camp want to be nurses or doctors and help people, and numerous hands-on activities throughout the day kept the class engaged and intrigued.
Melanie Tousey, 12, of Fond du Lac, who was learning how to use a stethoscope, wants to be an RN. Alexis Jefferson, 12, also of Fond du Lac, wants to be a doctor. Other students, like Monica Flores, 11, of Rio and Caitlin Fellers, 12, and Malik Richardson, 11, of Fond du Lac were there because they were interested in how the many systems of the human body work. As he practiced wrapping ankles in bandages, Jered Doylen, 12, said he would like to help people.
The mini-camp finished up with a tour of Agnesian HealthCare in Fond du Lac.
"For some, learning the Heimlich maneuver, or how to remove a bee sting with a credit card, was the highlight," said Barb Brown, the Moraine Park Nursing Assistant program instructor who led the mini-camps, "while for others it was interacting with the Sim Man. They could watch what happens when the heart stops, feel the pulses disappear, then hear the heartbeat restart after interventions."
Said Christensen of the mini-camp held in West Bend, "Our hope is that this will inspire just enough enthusiasm for them to take the next steps and pursue a class or two that will help them succeed in a health sciences field of study."
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IPOs Gear Up But See Tepid Pricing
A slew of companies went public this week, but had a hard time selling shares at the valuations they expected.
Nine of this week's 10 U.S.-listed IPOs fetched a price at the low end of the company's projection or below it. The outperformer was Mexican-inspired restaurant chain El Pollo Loco Holdings, which sold shares at the high end of expectations to raise $107 million and rallied 52% in midafternoon trading Friday.
The generally weak pricing results mark a speed bump for IPO market, which is gearing up again after a pause in activity around July 4, when investors' holiday vacations make bankers reluctant to schedule deals.
The stock-sale calendar remains active, helped by persistent demand for equities that has kept share indexes near record highs and volatility at historic lows. But the past three weeks, shares of small companies and upstart drug development firms have pulled back, a sign investors have lost some appetite for the type of early-stage, relatively risky prospects that often characterize much of the IPO calendar.
Half this week's debuts were small healthcare companies raising less than $100 million, such as eye-care development company Ocular Therapeutix, which sold 5 million shares for $13 each, below the $14-to-$16 forecast it had given in a regulatory filing.
But the weakness wasn't limited to the healthcare sector. Chemical company Orion Engineered Carbons, which staged the week's largest IPO—raising $351 million—saw its shares fetch $18 apiece in its debut, below the $21-to$24 range it had forecast.
Next week will bring another busy week for IPOs, including the spinoff of General Electric Co. consumer-finance arm Synchrony Financial Synchrony's expects its offering to raise as much as $3.25 billion, which would mark the largest U.S.-listed IPO since that of Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico SAB de CV, which listed both in New York and Mexico in September 2012.


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After a string of hits in the 90s and then suddenly breaking up in 1998, SWV is back with their new reality series "SWV Reunited" (Thursday night 10 pm ET/PT on WE tv) and an opening slot on the February 1st Charlie Wilson concert at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. The Sisters With Voices--Cheryl "Coko" Clemons, Leanne "Lelee" Lyons and Tamara "Taj" George hope their reunion is permanent, depending on public reaction.
Lelee says, "If people want us to stay together we will, but people are so fickle."
From 1992-1998 SWV was on fire selling 15 million records, however jealousy and financial disputes led to their breakup. The trio reunited for their fourth CD I Missed Us in 2012 which earned a Grammy nomination in the Best Traditional R&B Performance category for their rendition of Patti LaBelle's "If Only You Knew." The CD was recorded two decades after their 1992 debut album It's About Time was certified triple-platinum featuring the hits "Right Here," "I'm So Into You" and their number one smash "Weak." They won thirteen Billboard Music Awards and were nominated for a Grammy for Best New Artist.
Since SWV broke up, each member has become a mother with two children. Coko released one solo R&B CD and two solo gospel albums, including the Grammy-nominated Grateful CD. Taj starred with her husband, former NFL running back Eddie George, in their reality series "I Married A Baller." She also appeared on "Survivor" as well modeling and writing three books.
Lelee started her own music production company and is an advocate for the prevention of teen pregnancy. She is also attending school, majoring in accounting with a minor in communications.
At their "SWV Reunited" launch party at The Jazz Room at The General in Manhattan, the ladies reminded the packed audience of their impressive vocal skills, rockin' the house with a live performance of their hits "Right Here," "I'm So Into You" and "Anything." Coko, Taj, and Lelee were thrilled to be back on stage again in their native city, but their joy did not disguise the fact that after being best friends growing up, they've been divided by business disagreements.
Taj blames the breakup on lead singer Coko. "She wanted more money and was greedy." Coko says all three members are responsible for the breakup which left them broke. "Lelee was always late," she states. "The label didn't want her in the group anymore, and Taj and I were not speaking to each other."
Taj remembers, "We absolutely could not stand each other anymore. Things ended ugly." After being on top of the music business, she was financially devastated. "I sold my house to survive. I was living in a cheap apartment with roaches."
Lelee, the youngest member of the group, became depressed and admits she contemplated suicide. "I was living in my car. I was going to end my life," she remembers. "I felt I had nothing to live for."
Now the ladies live in different cities: Coko in Virginia Beach, Taj in Nashville, and Lelee in Atlanta. When doctors discovered a lump in Coko's breast and scheduled tests to determine if it was cancerous, she refused to tell her group members. "We are not close like sisters like we used to be," she reveals, "so I chose not to tell them until I knew whether I had cancer or not. I did not trust them anymore."
Her decision to keep the cancer scare to herself infuriated her fellow group members. "We have been friends since we were nine years old," says Taj. "We were angry that she did not talk to us about it."
Tensions continued to flare up when Taj and Lelee decided they wanted to fire their manager Cory Taylor who is Coko's long time friend. Naturally Coko did not agree with their decision to work instead with Alicia Keys' former manager Jeff Robinson.
Looking back at their career, SWV remembers when they began in 1992 it was a completely opposite situation. They were carefree. "We were three teenagers from the hood (Coko and Lelee from the Bronx and Taj from Brooklyn) who got a break," says Coko. "We just wanted to be famous. I remember the first time I heard our music on the radio, I was on the subway at Prospect Avenue. I heard 'Right Here.' I was screaming 'that is me' and I was singing the words. People did not believe me. Later they knew."
The teenagers were not prepared for their overnight success. "We became instant stars," Coko remembers. "We had to move immediately. Kids were banging on our door. I had to call my mom and tell her we have to move."
Now over 20 years later, as the ladies observe the current music landscape, they are upset that hip-hop has taken the spotlight away from R&B.
"R&B is lost now," comments Lelee. "It is so disappointing. We neglect R&B and real singers are overlooked. Fortunately there are still some women holding it down like Chrisette Michelle, Ledisi, Fantasia, and of course Mary J. Blige. Mary J. is keeping R&B alive."
As SWV looks forward to opening for Charlie Wilson on the eve of the Super Bowl, Taj and Coko are extremely excited to be performing in their hometown, but Lelee has more personal thoughts. Taj says, "Lelee is our little freak." Coko adds, "Although she's the youngest, she taught us everything about sex." Lelee is the only unmarried member of SWV, and she's constantly trying to convince her singing mates to find her a husband. Her ideal man is Barack Obama, but of course, he's not available. She is the flirt of the group, so it does not surprise them when her comments about performing at The Theater at Madison Square Garden are more personal than professional. "Opening up for Charlie Wilson, he is so sexy," says Lelee. "That voice is like butter. I love the way he's transitioned himself from The Gap Band to his solo career. God, I want to bone Charlie Wilson!"
Maybe that explains why security always stops SWV from visiting Uncle Charlie backstage. His wife Mahin would certainly not approve. Looks like that Lelee's lust could provide another dramatic episode if "SWV Reunited" comes back for a second season.


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