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On Saturday, Politico's Byron Tau said reporters attempting to cover the riots and looting in Ferguson, Missouri, were "aggressively" harassed and threatened by rioters, many of whom carried Molotov cocktails.
Friday's protests were initially peaceful, the New York Times said. But things began to get out of hand around midnight, when authorities released a small amount of tear gas. Protesters threw rocks and other objects, the Times said, adding that others fired weapons into the air.
But Tau presented a different picture, telling of looters vandalizing stores, pulling merchandise off the shelves along with alcohol and lottery tickets. Multiple reporters, he added, were "repeatedly and forcefully" told to put their cameras ont he ground and leave.
Reporters were also threatened by protesters who claimed to have weapons, he said, but no one reported actually seeing a weapon. The Washington Post's Wesley Lowery said on Twitter that one protester "just threatened to pull knife" on him and another reporter outside a liquor store being looted. Tau also made a number of observations on Twitter.
"Protestors are now threatening reporters with violence for recording," he said in one tweet. A few minutes later, he said there was "[m]assive looting at the store where Michael Brown was accused of stealing. Media have been repeatedly threatened while recording."
A post at the Gateway Pundit said news crews from CNN and Al Jazeera America were reportedly threatened by protesters. Unfortunately, Kristinn Taylor said, "there was no outcry from the media of Hamas-like treatment by the Ferguson looters." As we reported in July, journalists in Gaza reporting that Hamas uses human shields were targeted with death threats.
As a result of being targeted by looters, reporters huddled in small groups away from the riot, Tau said. Some reporters, he added, wore gas masks while veteran photographers wore helmets as protection from flying objects.
"It's a marked change from earlier in the week, when it was police officers who demanded that the media stay out of the area of the protests," he added. Earlier in the week, two reporters were briefly detained by officers after disobeying orders against making video recordings of the police.
"Imagine the outrage by the media and political elites if this were done by Tea Party activists," Taylor added. According to the Times, the crowd had "mostly" broken up by 4 a.m. Saturday morning.
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If I were, this would be a savage, obscenity-laced condemnation of the play - and that would be wrong, just as the play is in many ways. This is a rare, surprising misstep in the Playhouse's exceptional run of hits.
As portrayed manfully by Charles Shaw Robinson, Leonard is a caricature of a literary bad boy, a famed, unhappy editor, who is giving a private seminar in writing to a select group of four, at $5,000 a pop. Assuming that there are struggling young writers who could (and would) put up the money, would they also put up with Leonard's endless vitriol about them, everybody, and everything?
Mildly amusing and catching fire only a couple of times during its 90-minute run, "Seminar" presents what is supposed to be an insider view of literature and writers, but on what planet?
The four victimized and hapless "students" are mostly cardboard characters, the actors - just like Robinson - doing their best to put some flesh on the formula skeletons.
The biggest challenge is for Natalie Mitchell, whose role as Izzy, a none-too-bright nymphomaniac, seems to have remained half-written before the production opened. There is much more life - although no real substance - to Kate (Lauren English), who has some surprises up her sleeve, but the character makes no lasting impression.
The most shaded character is Martin, played by James Wagner, whose childish histrionics and participation in the play's hollow happy ending require great effort.
Patrick Russell's character as Douglas begins with spouting generalities to a supposedly comic effect, and "develops" into nothing much at all.
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The discovery of a decomposing human body in a Rubbermaid container presents a challenging case for Kelly Siegler and Yolanda McClary as they roll into Aurora, Colo. on episode nine of season two of the TNT Cold Justice series. The fact that the victim Carolyn Jantzen was a drifter who had lost contact with her family and friends further complicates the case.
How can a body decompose for three years in a container in someone's backyard and no one discover it?
Richard Johnson is the person who discovered her in a box in his backyard and calls 911. McClary is skeptical of his story at first. She believes the foul smell of a decomposing body would be overwhelming and should've been discovered long before three years.
Siegler, who skyrocketed to national fame with the Susan Wright case as a Houston prosecutor, explains the previous district attorney had concerns Carolyn may have died from accidental injuries. She poses the question, "How did Carolyn die? We need a determination of this before we can go forward with this case."
The former Harris County prosecutor further says, "We need to clear up if this was an accident or a murder."
In looking at the history of the case, Siegler says that the previous DA for Aurora was concerned that it was an accident, and the case died. So the case was closed. However, there is hope of reviving the case since the medical examiner ruled it was a homicide.
When the TNT team of Siegler, McClary and detective Alan Brown visit with the Aurora coroner he is still adamant it was a homicide so they have a green light to proceed further. Kelly and Yolanda meet with the victim's daughter Victoria Baker Wilford. She discloses to the team that at age 15 she started searching for her mother.
Victoria says, "My mom died night before I found her."
Kelly and Yolanda pledge to Victoria that they will do everything possible to determine what happened to her mother. McClary, who made her name as the real-life model for Marg Helgenberger's character on CSI, says that "with only skeletal remains, all we kow for sure is she suffered a fracture of her skull and a broken nose."
The former Las Vegas Police Department detective further says, "With no weapon, her head could've been slammed against the wall."
Kelly says, "With blunt force impact injuries to the head it is homicide."
They determine the body was folded into a fetal position when it was placed in the box in the backyard of Richard Johnson's house. But when did the box become a weapon?
Deciding they must do further testing on the box, they decide to focus on the sticky side of the of the tape which was used to enclose the body in the box. They want to do testing on the sticky side as well as the smooth side. There is already mixed DNA of Richard and a female.
Siegler and McClary determine they need to obtain a DNA sample from a second man who lived with Carolyn when she went missing. This second man told police during the original investigation the box actually belonged to him. When Carolyn disappeared, he enlisted the aid of friend Richard to move the box to Richard's place.
Yolanda says, "We don't know for sure where the murder case. We need to look at the apartment Richard and Carolyn lived in before she disappeared."
A theory is evolving in Yolanda's mind that possibly the man who lived with Carolyn killed her in their apartment and took her with him when he was evicted. The murder could've happened in their home because the man had no car. So the only way he could've removed her body, was to place her body in the box and recruit Richard to help him move the box along with his other stuff.
When the TNT van rolls over to this man's house to obtain a buchal swab of his DNA, he is reluctant to co-operate. Not only does he refuse to answer his door, he yells down at them, "Why don't I call you later?"
As Brown persists, he says only, "I'll call you Monday morning."
When they visit with Richard again, he is co-operative and says, "We had Carolyn's purse and wallet. The purse was without a strap."
Yolanda wonders, "Why would she leave her purse behind?"
The further question raised is, "Why would Richard leave her body in the box if he did it? Wouldn't he dispose of the body instead of leaving it in his own backyard?"
The other question though, is why would her roommate leave her body in the box if he did it?
In 2005, Richard's house was searched. Kelly and Yoland decide it's time that they take a look at his place. When they ask Richard if he remembers what happened he is very open, "How can I forget? I'll follow you over there."
Richard recalls for Kelly and Yolanda that, "He (Carolyn's roommate) had all his stuff in boxes. We lifted the box her body was in together. It was heavy. It took two of us. Probably a hundred pounds."
Richard tells them he didn't realize Carolyn's body was in the box at the time they moved it to his place. Over the years, Carolyn's roommate would "keep asking about his stuff on the patio."
"The only reason I finally opened the box up was because something made a crack in it. When I peeled opoen the lid, I saw a foot. When I opened it more I saw two feet. It sunk in.....I yelled to my brother who was there. I said to him, "I have a body here."
Alan explains most of the junk Richard stored in his backyard was still there. The box containing the body was outdoors.
Yolanda says, "It's tightly sealed. We can understand now why he didn't smell the body for three years."
The undefeated prosecutor of sixty plus murder cases, Kelly says, "It's plausible to believe Richard is not the murderer."
There is now only one suspect left, according to the TNT team. They obtain a court order to obtain Carolyn's roommate's DNA. When they enter his new residence, they note he's been researching DNA on his computer. The DNA sample is obtained and sent to the lab.
Carolyn's roommate then surprises Siegler and McClary by showing up at the Aurora Police Department.
He says, "I don't want to answer anything. If I were you I'd be looking at someone who has a problem with women. I never argued with her. Richard offered to store her stuff."
He departs the station after this time saying he doesn't know if the box was his or not which contradicts his original statement to police that it was his box.
Siegler and McClary feel he has been evasive and don't like the way he pulls his ballcap down over his face when being questioned.
Kelly comes on the screen and says, "We will continue to track this case when the DNA results come back."
Only two weeks later the DNA comes back and it matches to the roommate on the sticky side of the tape which was used to secure the box in which Carolyn's body was placed after being murdered.
In possibly one of the fastest turnarounds in criminal justice history, the ex-roommate of Carolyn is arreested on March 10, 2014 for murder. As he is handcuffed, Siegler sayd he's looking at 24-48 years incarceration under Colorado law.
The victim's daughter says, "I got to sign my name as my mother's daughter" on the documents. It is a heartwarming conclusion to the brutal murder.
Kelly was raised in Blessing, Texas, of Matagorda County and continues to pursue justice in her own law firm located in Houston, Texas where she zealously fights for justice for her clients. She represents victims as part of her clientele. A successful prosecutor for many years in Houston, she tried more than 200 jury trials against some of the best defense attorneys of the Lone Star State.
McClary assembled an incredible record of solving cases while with Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. In some cases she has even been able to prevent crimes before they occur. "I believe in a pro-active approach toward crime whenever possible," she said in an interview with me.
The only disappointing fact from this show is Cold Justice fans will have to wait two weeks to see Siegler and McClary pursue justice on another murder case. People can then tune in at the regular Friday time at 8/7 CST on TNT to catch up with the most recent expoits of the crime-busting team.
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"Daily, physicians strive to comfort, diagnose, treat, cure, and extend life with quality. Yet, we must recognize when to shift to palliative care. Patients expect, hope, and trust that their physicians are versed in dealing with end-of-life issues, but physicians need to learn and practice these skills. How ironic it is that as physicians, we rarely talk about dying amongst ourselves - even though our patients expect us to be in expert in such care." - Richard Parker, M.D.
In his 12 years as a primary care practitioner at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Parker has been chronicling the deaths of nearly 100 patients, gaining insights into the importance of palliative care. He focuses on the end-of-life experiences of six of these patients, describing his reactions to each of these cases, in the January 2002 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.
"Very early on, even as a medical student, I saw that many patients suffer at the end of their lives, and I didn't understand why," says Parker, who has made a conscious effort to find ways to alleviate the indignities so often associated with the end of life. "I've come to the conclusion that any resistance to taking action (to ease patients' end-of-life experiences) comes from a doctor's purely human impulse to avoid death and dying."
The need to address this issue is growing: According to the American Medical Association, 78 percent of people in the U.S. live past their 65th birthday, of which more than three-quarters will contend with cancer, stroke, heart disease, obstructive lung disease or dementia during their last year of life.
"I have learned that good palliative care usually circumvents requests for euthanasia or assisted suicide," Parker writes. This perception is supported by a study in the November 2000 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), which found that of 1,000 terminally ill patients questioned about physician-assisted suicide, only 10 percent said that they would seriously consider it an option, although they supported the idea in theory.
To help doctors and medical personnel in approaching this subject, Parker recommends that we take a look backward. "One hundred years ago, death was a different topic. People were born at home, and they died at home, and as a result, doctors were good at keeping people comfortable in their final days. We can learn how to do this better by emulating these practices.
"In order to perform end-of-life care, I have had to explore my own feelings about death so that I could be open to my patients' anxieties, ideas, and questions," he says. "When doctors are willing to confront the subject, and are willing to do the hard work that goes with it, the experience can be very rewarding for them and for their patients."
Parker's article can be found at www.annals.org/issues/v136n1/toc.html
An experiment currently aboard NASA's International Space Station could yield important information about the effect of gravity on the body's immune system, as well as on the bloodstream and bone marrow. The experiment, conducted by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) hematologist Arthur Sytkowski, M.D., is expected to return to Earth on the Space Shuttle in late April.
"We've known for some time that astronauts become anemic when they're in space," explains Sytkowski. "We're hoping that by studying cells growing in a microgravity environment, we will learn more about human physiology and disease."
Microgravity is the low gravity environment inside spacecraft orbiting the Earth - commonly referred to as "weightlessness." This environment offers an important advantage to scientists because unlike on Earth - where cells that are cultivated outside the body form flat, thin specimens - cells that are grown in microgravity can be cultivated into healthy, three-dimensional tissues that closely resemble our bodies' own cells. Consequently, microgravity research provides scientists the opportunity for important findings in the study of human diseases, including various types of cancer, heart disease, and AIDS.
"The goals of this experiment are three-fold," explains Sytkowski. "First, it could have an impact on human factors of space travel. If you fly a person to Mars, will their bone marrow and immune system become suppressed during the journey?" Second, he adds, "we hope to answer questions of fundamental biology. Living things have evolved on our planet in the presence of gravity, light, and oxygen. When light and oxygen are removed, life doesn't do well. But what if gravity is removed? This experiment charts the effect on individual cells to help determine if they have a means of 'sensing' gravity.'" And last, he explains, microgravity research shows promise in the eventual development of new therapies.
The experiment was completed during 12 days in December, and has been in refrigeration. After its return to earth in late April it will be compared with a control experiment conducted at Johnson Space Center in Houston. Sytkowski's research is funded by a grant from NASA's Office of Biological and Physical Research - Physical Sciences Division.
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A silent auction will also be held during the evening organised by the five-star hotel, which is surrounded by the magnificent 500 acres of Capability Brown landscaped grounds near Melton Mowbray, to support the charity.
All money raised from the auction is vital funds that will help Sue Ryder continue to provide quality care for people living with end of life and long-term conditions including; Cancer, Stroke, Brain Injury, Multiple Sclerosis, Dementia, Huntington's Disease, Parkinson's Disease and Motor Neurone Disease.
Zak Welch, Head of Sales at Stapleford Park said, "We chose to support Sue Ryder as they do magnificent work for people with so many conditions. Everybody will know somebody who has been effected by a condition the charity cares for and will be able to make a connection to the cause".
Tickets for the event are £70 and will include arrival drink, three-course meal and entertainment; Stapleford Park members will be eligible for a 10 per cent discount. To reserve tickets or to donate an auction prize, call 01572 787019.
Emma Long, Regional Corporate Fundraising Manager for the East, at Sue Ryder said, "It promises to be a great day evening with auction items to appeal to everybody. By coming along to the event and supporting Sue Ryder in this way, you can help us raise much needed money that will go directly to help the hundreds of people we care for each year."
For further information on how you can support Sue Ryder call the team on 0845 050 1953. For more information on Sue Ryder visit www.sueryder.org.
PHOTOCALL OPPORTUNITY: To arrange a photo call please call the Stapleford Park sales and marketing team on 01572 787 000.
For more information please contact Emma Long, Regional Corporate Fundraising Manager at Sue Ryder on 07768178831 or email email@example.com or Rebecca Collin, PR & Marketing Manager, at Stapleford Park on 01572 787 000 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Notes to editor:
1. About Sue Ryder
Founded in 1953 by Lady Ryder, Sue Ryder is a national charity providing health and social care services in local communities. It provides compassionate and expert care to people with long-term and end of life needs in 7 hospices, 7 residential care centres and people's homes. The charity also supports families, friends and carers.
Sue Ryder is evolving its care offering in line with what people want and changes in health and social care funding. Sue Ryder is changing because it knows public sector funding for quality compassionate care will reduce and the need for support closer to home will increase. It is responding to this by expanding quality homecare and community services that will reach more people.
Sue Ryder is committed to improving standards in long-term and end of life care and has an ongoing programme of innovation and research.
Sue Ryder's retail and fundraising activities raise vital voluntary income to support Sue Ryder provide care from current services as well as expand and develop more community-based services. Sue Ryder relies also on volunteering support and has over 8000 volunteers supporting its cause.


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Policy 2310 - University Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines for Graduate Assistantships
Revision Date: 2/15/2013
Original Effective Date: 9/3/2003
Responsible Office: Dean of the Graduate School
PDF Version: University Policies, Procedures and Guidelines for Graduate Assistantships
Graduate Assistants and Teaching Assistants are vital components of the graduate programs at Louisiana Tech University. Their assistance is essential to the fulfillment of the role, scope, and mission of each of these programs. It is an honor to be selected as a Graduate Assistant. Students who serve in this capacity are recognized for academic achievement and professional promise. They serve in a supervised setting while also pursuing an advanced degree. Acceptance of an assistantship is a professional commitment for the time stipulated. Graduate Assistants serve in variously assigned administrative, teaching, assisting, or clerical capacities.
The Graduate School offers the administrative structure, leadership, and guidance necessary to support graduate education at Louisiana Tech University. The staff members of the Graduate School work with the Vice President of Academic Affairs, the Graduate Council, the academic deans, and the graduate programs and faculty to help provide students with a superior educational and research environment within which to pursue rigorous, challenging, and relevant graduate and professional degrees.
The Dean of the Graduate School administers and coordinates the graduate programs of the University. Graduate instruction is supervised by the appropriate academic deans, directors of graduate studies, department heads, and graduate faculty under policies set forth by the University of Louisiana System and the Graduate Council chaired by the Dean of the Graduate School. The President of the University is the final local authority in the operation of the graduate program. The Graduate Council chaired by the Dean of the Graduate School and composed of representatives from each College and the Student Government Association, recommends policy requirements and identifies issues that pertain to graduate/teaching assistants. The Graduate Council relies upon each College to establish specific policies within the framework established for the University. The policies established by each College must be in writing and recommended for approval by the Graduate Council. It is the responsibility of each College to implement, monitor, enforce, and file for review the guidelines set forth in this document.
Student Responsibility
It is the responsibility of students receiving graduate assistantship funding to be knowledgeable about all policies and procedures regarding compliance with the awarding of and retaining eligibility for a graduate assistantship. Individuals appointed with the title of graduate assistant, research assistant, or teaching assistant must be admitted to and enrolled in a graduate degree program.
Appointment and Reappointment Criteria
Graduate assistantships are normally budgeted to a College. The University also provides a number of University Assistantships. Applications for an assistantship may be obtained from the Associate Dean/Graduate Director of each College, or from the Graduate School Office, or online from the Graduate School website at http://www.latech.edu/documents/grad_school_assistantship_application.pdf. Completed application forms are to be filed with the academic or administrative unit/department in which the services are to be performed.
A completed application and all necessary transcripts are required before a student can be considered for an assistantship. Certain units/departments may also require letters of recommendation. Students whose first language is not English and who are seeking graduate teaching assistantships must demonstrate English language proficiency.
Applications for assistantships beginning in the Fall Quarter should be received by the appropriate College by the deadline set by each unit. Students are responsible for becoming aware of the deadline dates for their specific program.
Applications for assistantships other than in the Fall Quarter
should be received by the appropriate College at least one month prior to the first day of classes of any quarter other than Fall.
Offers of assistantship for those students applying for admission to the Graduate School in quarters other than the Fall are subject to the same selection criteria and availability as those students applying for Fall selection.
Graduate assistantships are limited in number and awarded on a competitive basis, subject to criteria such as grade point average, test scores, skills offered by the applicant, needs of the College or Unit/Department, and order in which the assistantship application was received. Each assistantship applicant may be asked to complete a skills inventory form in order to determine what qualities the applicant has to offer. Colleges may impose additional eligibility criteria. To be eligible for a graduate assistantship, a graduate student must
- meet Graduate School admission requirements
- meet the requirements of the individual College
- must submit satisfactory standardized test scores.
Students admitted to the Graduate School in non-degree programs will not be considered for a graduate assistantship. A Graduate Assistant who becomes ineligible for continued enrollment in the Graduate School is ineligible to hold an assistantship. Students on assistantship and placed on academic probation may be terminated at the discretion of the funding department/college, and students will lose any benefits associated with the assistantship, such as the out-of-state fee waiver. Students leaving the campus for reasons other than approved University-related business will lose their assistantship immediately on the last work date and will lose any benefits associated with the assistantship, such as the out-of-state fee waiver.
Graduate assistants employed under either Federal or Institution programs are covered under Workman's Compensation laws. It is therefore imperative that the proper hiring procedures are followed to ensure that the University and/or its agents are not in violation of any rules or statutes.
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, prohibits employers (including schools) from accepting voluntary services from any paid employee. Any graduate assistant employed under work-study must be paid for all hours worked.
Length of Appointment
In most cases, appointments are made for an academic year, but occasionally an appointment is made for one or two quarters to meet special circumstances (for example, Library appointments are made on a quarter-by-quarter basis). Reappointment or continuation is contingent upon the following:
- continued eligibility for graduate enrollment,
- satisfactory progress toward meeting degree requirements, and
- satisfactory performance of assigned duties as determined by the faculty mentor and the appropriate unit/department head.
Graduate Assistants appointed during the quarter in which the graduate degree will be conferred cannot work beyond the last day of classes for that final quarter. Students pursuing dual degrees simultaneously and awarded assistantship funding during the final quarter when one of the graduate degrees will be conferred may continue working beyond the last day of classes for that quarter as long as the student continues enrollment in the second graduate degree program.
A Graduate Assistant who becomes ineligible for continued enrollment in the Graduate School is ineligible to hold an assistantship. Students on assistantship and placed on academic probation may be terminated at the discretion of the funding department/college, and students will lose any benefits associated with the assistantship, such as the out-of-state fee waiver. Students awarded graduate assistantship funding must be on campus during the period of assistantship appointment. Students leaving the campus for reasons other than approved University-related business will lose their assistantship immediately on the last work date and will lose any benefits associated with the assistantship, such as the out-of-state fee waiver.
Part-Time Assistantships
Students can also be offered part-time assistantships. An assistantship is considered to be part-time if the pay and time/teaching requirements are less than that of a full-time assistantship (maximum of 20 hrs/week) offered by that unit/department and cannot be less than 5 hrs/week. A student must meet the same eligibility criteria for a part-time assistantship as for a full assistantship. Part-time Graduate Assistants are expected to enroll in not less than six (6) hours of credit on their graduate Plan of Study during a regular quarter (Fall, Winter, Spring). Summer quarter is exempt provided the student was a full-time student in the previous Spring Quarter AND has pre-registered for full-time in the upcoming Fall Quarter during the early Fall registration period.
All new Graduate Assistants must attend an orientation session at the beginning of the Fall Quarter. The Director of Graduate Studies of each College will be responsible for conducting this orientation session. The Director of Graduate Studies will ensure that each new assistant receives a copy of the "Graduate Assistant Guidelines" and that each new teaching assistant also receives a copy of applicable guidelines from the Manual of Policies & Procedures (Policy 2108, "Faculty Evaluation;" and Policy 2200, "Policies and Procedures Pertaining to Instruction"). These policies are also available online at http://www.latech.edu/administration/policies-and-procedures/. All applicable College policies, supervision, in-service training, and evaluation procedures will be explained, as well as any other expectations of the individual College.
Course Load Requirements
Graduate Assistants are expected to earn not less than six (6) hours of graduate credit on their Plan of Study during any regular quarter (Fall, Winter, Spring). Summer quarter is exempt provided the student was a full-time student in the previous Spring Quarter AND has pre-registered for full-time in the upcoming Fall Quarter during the early Fall registration period. In that case, a Summer enrollment of three (3) graduate hours is sufficient to retain an assistantship.
If the student was not full-time during the previous Spring Quarter and will not be full-time during the upcoming Fall Quarter, the student must be enrolled in a minimum of six (6) hours of credit on the graduate Plan of Study during the Summer Quarter to retain eligibility. If undergraduate courses have been stipulated to fulfill deficiencies in the Plan of Study, those courses must be listed on the Plan of Study. Courses being audited do not qualify.
A Graduate Assistant who is registered to graduate may receive an assistantship for the quarter in which the student is scheduled to graduate, but must be enrolled in at least one graduate course (3 credit hours) for credit listed on his or her graduate Plan of Study. NOTE: This exemption from the six (6) hour enrollment requirement may be used only once during a student's graduate program. Students who postpone graduation cannot re-use this category in a subsequent quarter and must be enrolled full-time for the remainder of the graduate program in order to be eligible for an assistantship. Exceptions, for unusual circumstances, must be recommended in writing by the appropriate Director of Graduate Studies and approved by the Dean of the Graduate School or the Graduate Council.
Graduate Assistants who reduce their course load below full-time graduate status (6 graduate hours) may have their assistantship cancelled and may be required to repay the out-of-state tuition waiver, and/or other fees received as part of the assistantship, to the University. According to the Department of Civil Service, "a student employee dropping from full-time status to part-time status...MUST TERMINATE University employment immediately." The student will be responsible for reimbursing the University for those funds received while ineligible to do so.
Stipend Amounts
Stipends for Graduate Assistants are established by the department or unit in which the assistantship is offered and must meet the federal minimum wage requirements. Partial assistantships may be available.
Out-of-State Fee Waiver
All out-of-state tuition is waived for those students holding graduate or teaching assistantships requiring at least ten (10) hours of service per week. Those students holding graduate assistantships during the nine-month term will also receive out-of-state tuition waivers for the summer term immediately preceding or following the academic year in which an assistantship is held. Students must receive an offer letter from the unit/department granting the assistantship before the beginning of the quarter in question in order for the student to receive a fee waiver. A student whose offer was made after the 9th class day of any quarter will not be eligible for an out-of-state fee waiver until the following quarter. Appropriate appointment forms must reach the Graduate School prior to the 9th class day of any quarter. Out-of-state fee waivers must be posted to the student account prior to the 9th class day of each quarter.
A student whose assistantship starts in the Fall Quarter and who wishes to claim the out-of-state fee waiver for the summer preceding the appointment must be offered the assistantship by July 1st of that summer. Out-of-state fee waivers are not retroactive.
Resigning from an Assistantship
Graduate Assistants who resign from the University in accordance with University regulations can expect a reduction of the out-of-state tuition waiver received as part of the assistantship to be calculated as part of the resignation calculation.
Graduate Assistants who resign or abandon an assistantship but who remain enrolled at the University will be required to repay the out-of-state tuition waiver to the University.
A student is to be notified in writing if the assistantship is to be terminated. Students wishing to appeal an assistantship termination may follow the appeal procedure outlined in this document.
Appeal Procedures
Graduate Assistants who have grievances involving their work requirements or performance will follow the procedures established in the Manual of Policies & Procedures (Policy #2310- http://www.latech.edu/administration/policies-and-procedures/2310.php).
Graduate Assistants must present grievances in writing to appropriate University personnel detailing the issue to be addressed and a proposed solution to the grievance of the individual Graduate Assistant.
An individual Graduate Assistant must initiate a grievance with an administrative superior to whom an appeal of a grievance decision may be made. Grievances must be appealed to all administrative responders in a progressive order.
- Immediate Supervisor
- Budget/Unit Head
- Director/Associate Dean/Area Head
- Dean
- Vice President
- President
An initial grievance or an appeal of a grievance decision must be made to the appropriate appellate authority by notification in writing via a current Notification Of Grievance form which may be obtained from the Office of Human Resources.
A grievance must be submitted and will be considered only on an individual basis. All information that is to be considered during the grievance process must be provided during the initial grievance submission. No appeal to a higher appellate authority may be considered until an appeal has been made to all lower appellate authorities (administrative respondents). All administrative personnel who are affiliated with Louisiana Tech University and who are named in a Notification of Grievance as being individuals against whom a grievance has been filed should be afforded, in an administratively progressive order, the opportunity to respond orally as well as in writing to the grievance.
The initial grievance must be filed with the proper appellate authority/administrative respondent within thirty (30) calendar days or twenty (20) Louisiana Tech University "class days" (i.e., classes are in session and held) from the date of the announcement of the administrative decision at issue. Any subsequent appeal to an appellate authority relative to the grievance must be filed with the proper appellate authority within fifteen (15) calendar days or ten (10) Louisiana Tech University "class days" from the date the Graduate Assistant is notified of an adverse decision of the appellate authority/administrative respondent. Failure to initiate a grievance or to appeal a decision relative to a grievance within the applicable prescribed time period will result in the waiver of the Graduate Assistant's right to initiate the grievance or to appeal a grievance decision to an appellate authority.
All appeals to higher appellate authorities should be accompanied by a copy of the Notification of Grievance form initially filed with an administrative respondent, indicating the date the grievance was formally filed with the appropriate appellate authority, the subsequent date(s) of appeal, and the respective response of each appropriate appellate authority for each subsequent appeal.
The Honor Council is authorized to hear, mediate, and advise on an individual Graduate Assistant basis with respect to adjustment or resolution of the grievance of a Graduate Assistant whose grievances were timely filed and proceeded through the appropriate appellate authorities. The authority of the Honor Council shall be solely to hear presentations by the grievant and the appropriate appellate authorities, to mediate voluntary adjustment or resolution when possible, and to make recommendations to the administration when deemed appropriate.
The Honor Council will determine if the hearing request identifies a specific grievance issue that warrants a hearing, and the Chairperson of the Honor Council shall inform the Graduate Assistant in writing of the following:
Approval of a hearing
- the date, time, and place of the hearing, and
- The issue(s) to be considered at the hearing.
Denial of a hearing which is final.
The academic or administrative unit/department to which the Graduate Assistant is designated is responsible for determining and assigning appropriate duties, for providing in-service training, and for evaluating performance. Generally, there are two categories of graduate assistantships:
- Non-teaching assistantships and
- Teaching assistantships.
Non-Teaching Assistantships
Non-teaching Graduate Assistants are normally master's degree candidates not assigned classroom teaching responsibilities.
Graduate Assistants may be assigned to a unit/department or to a faculty member who will define the specific duties of the Graduate Assistant. These duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:
Assistance in administering and grading objective exams or the objective questions included in exams.
Preparation of demonstration materials, displays, or audio-visual materials.
Maintenance of classrooms, laboratories, equipment, and storage areas in good order; reporting needed repairs and problems to their supervisor.
Library research.
Computer assistance such as data entry, spreadsheets, statistical packages, and word processors; and assistance in conducting literature searches.
Office assistance such as typing, copying, and filing.
Assistance to the Library in the conduct of its circulation, inter-library loan, reserves, and related business.
Each Graduate Assistant is expected to keep a daily log of time worked and type of work undertaken during that time.
The Graduate Assistant is an extension of the permanent teaching faculty and staff and as such must meet certain expectations:
Assuming duties assigned, and reporting to appropriate faculty and staff members promptly and regularly.
Maintaining a professional attitude towards students, staff, and faculty.
Maintaining a standard of personal appearance and personal hygiene, which reflects a professional demeanor.
Handling confidential information in a professional manner.
Representing the College and University to others with whom the assistant has contact.
Normally, the academic unit/department head/coordinator by whom the assignment is made shall designate, subject to the approval of the Dean of the College, faculty members holding full-time appointments to supervise and coordinate the work of the Graduate Assistant. Graduate Assistants are expected to report to appropriate faculty and staff members promptly and regularly.
Teaching Assistantships
A Graduate Teaching Assistant is defined as one who teaches a course and/or assigns the final grade for such a course.
A Graduate Teaching Assistant should not be assigned primary responsibility for a class until he/she has earned at least eighteen (18) graduate semester hours in the field being taught and demonstrates satisfactory language proficiency. Graduate Teaching Assistants are required to maintain office hours. Office hours requirements are determined by the unit/department in which the assistant is teaching. Both teaching and service assignments are made at the unit/departmental levels. Some variations in assignments and duties will occur.
English Language Proficiency
Students for whom English is a second language may be appointed to Graduate Teaching Assistantships only after having demonstrated proficiency in English. Such Graduate Teaching Assistants, in addition to having achieved the required minimum TOEFL exam score of 550 (paper-based), or 80 (internet-based); or IELTS exam score of 6.5 (over 4 modules), must also achieve the following, in this order:
- A score of 2.3 on the SPEAK testing instrument.
- Satisfactory completion of a lecture/presentation given to a four-person committee.
The four-person committee is composed of the unit/department head, a senior faculty member from the unit/department in which the student is applying for a teaching assistantship, a faculty member from outside the unit/department, and an undergraduate student from a related discipline. The committee shall then render a decision. If a negative decision is rendered, the student will be required to seek additional language instruction to acquire the necessary language skills. The unit/department will maintain a record of the committee's recommendation.
The Teaching Assistant is an extension of the permanent teaching faculty and staff and as such must meet certain expectations:
Assuming duties assigned, and reporting to appropriate faculty and staff members promptly and regularly.
Maintaining a professional attitude towards students, staff, and faculty.
Maintaining a standard of personal appearance and personal hygiene, which reflects a professional demeanor.
Handling confidential information in a professional manner.
Representing the College and University to others with whom the assistant has contact.
Normally, the academic unit/department head/coordinator by whom the assignment is made shall designate, subject to the approval of the Dean of the College, faculty members holding full-time appointments to supervise and coordinate the work of the Graduate Teaching Assistant. Graduate Teaching Assistants are expected to report to appropriate faculty and staff members promptly and regularly.
In-Service Training
A Graduate Teaching Assistant shall meet with his or her supervising faculty a minimum of three (3) times during each quarter. The first meeting shall be held before classes begin to discuss such topics as instructional strategies, testing and grading, student counseling, attendance regulations, academic misconduct and plagiarism, course content and syllabus, and discipline. The second meeting is to be held approximately three (3) weeks after the term has begun. Discussion at this meeting should focus on any problems that the Graduate Teaching Assistant may have encountered. Although this meeting is primarily designed to provide possible solutions to these problems, other relevant matters may appropriately be considered. The third meeting with the Graduate Teaching Assistant will provide an opportunity to discuss the preparation and submission of final grades and other end-of-quarter activities. The mentor will help the Graduate Teaching Assistant take a retrospective look at the quarter's work and make plans for improving the instruction and conduct of future classes.
Class Visitation
The mentor shall conduct a pre-announced visit of at least one entire class period to each class taught by a Graduate Teaching Assistant. The mentor shall then hold a follow-up conference to discuss the performance of the Graduate Teaching Assistant. This conference may be incorporated into the second meeting discussed under "In-Service Training."
Evaluation Procedures
In addition to class visitations, evaluation of the Graduate Teaching Assistant will follow the same procedures as the evaluation model for regular faculty. This activity includes self-evaluation, student evaluation, and administrative evaluation.
Academic Regulations
It is the responsibility of each Graduate Teaching Assistant to be familiar with the regulations in the University Catalog, the Manual of Policies & Procedures (Policy #2108, #2200, and #2310) and other relevant materials concerning
- course requirements,
- class meetings,
- class attendance and records,
- absences and make-up work,
- grading policies,
- academic misconduct, and
- the student appeal procedure.
Discussion of each of these topics is outlined below:
Course Requirements:
Each Graduate Teaching Assistant is expected to have clearly defined requirements for each course. These requirements should be detailed in writing, filed with the unit/department head, and distributed to each student at the beginning of each quarter. The statement should cover such matters as attendance; the number and type of tests, projects, and reading; and other requirements as well as an explanation of the grading system to be used and the policy for making up work. The statement should agree with the course description given in the University Catalog and comply with college/unit requirements.
Class Meetings:
Classes are to be met and dismissed on time. Food or drink is not allowed in auditoriums, classrooms, laboratories, and other instructional support areas. Any change in class time or location must be requested through the unit/department head, the academic dean, the Vice President of Academic Affairs, and the Registrar's Office where the change will be recorded on the master room chart. In no instance should a Graduate Teaching Assistant change the meeting place or time for a class without following this procedure. When the request is approved, a notice of the change should be posted by the Instructor on the door of the regular meeting place.
Class Attendance and Records:
In accordance with the policy established by the University of Louisiana System and Board of Supervisors for State Colleges and Universities, each Graduate Teaching Assistant shall keep a permanent attendance record for each class. The names, attendance records, and grades of students shall be permanently recorded in the class record book in such a self-explanatory manner that a third person (perhaps an attorney or a judge) should be able to interpret the records and understand exactly how the final grade was determined. When class record books become filled, the books shall be kept in a locked filing cabinet either in the teacher's office, or in the unit/department head's office. At any time, the unit/department head must be able to obtain a class record from previous years.
Graduate Teaching Assistants separating from the University or not teaching during any quarter must leave record books with their unit/department heads.
Absences and Make-Up Work:
To derive optimal educational benefits from their collegiate experiences, students must attend classes regularly and take examinations on scheduled dates. In the event that students must miss work (exams, reports, etc.) for valid and verifiable reasons, the students shall be given some fair and appropriate means and times for making up this work. All University excuses must be accepted; the policy for the acceptance of other excuses is left to the discretion of the instructor and shall be announced at the beginning of each quarter.
Students are responsible for all academic work missed during their absences, whatever the reasons. Students shall keep their instructors informed about anticipated absences, especially when examinations are scheduled on these dates, and shall make prior arrangements with their instructors regarding assignments and examination in conformity with the instructor's announced policies. In the event of emergency absences, students shall initiate such arrangements immediately.
Graduate Teaching Assistants must submit, in person, final grades to the Registrar's Office on the "University Report of Grade" form which is distributed to units/departments prior to the announced deadline. The University's system of grading is traditional:
A - grade given for the highest degree of excellence that is reasonable to expect of students of exceptional ability and application.
B - grade of superior performance.
C - grade of average performance.
D - grade given for a quality of work that is considered the minimum for receiving credit for the course.
F - grade given for a failure, and the work must be repeated to receive academic credit.
S - grade given to indicate satisfactory completion of the course. The S grade increases hours earned, but does not affect hours pursued or quality points.
Some other grades given by the University need more explanation.
I - grade (Incomplete) given to denote failure to complete all assigned class work and/or exams as a result of conditions beyond the student's control. It is the responsibility of the student to initiate a request with the instructor that a grade of I be issued. If the student's work is of passing quality, the instructor may approve the student's request and will assign a grade of I plus the letter grade on all work completed to that point (e.g. IA, IB, IC, or ID). A grade of IF cannot be issued. If the instructor agrees to issue an I grade, he/she will complete a standard contract with the student detailing requirements for course completion and specifying the date those requirements must be finished. Instructors then provide a copy of the contract to the student and a copy to the department head/director. Students will receive a grade of IA, IB, IC, or ID for that quarter. Incompletes are factored into hours attempted and quality points awarded. Therefore, they impact a student's quarter and cumulative grade point averages and are a factor in academic probation or suspension decisions. The maximum amount of time allowed for a student to finish incomplete assignments is Friday of the fourth (4th) week in the following quarter, with one exception: students receiving an I in the Spring Quarter have until Friday of the fourth (4th) week in the following Fall Quarter to complete their work. A reminder of this date is published in the academic calendar each quarter and can also be found on the academic calendar at Tech's website (www.latech.edu). If the student does not complete the required work within the contract period, the instructor will change the I grade to an F grade by delivering a final grade change to the Registrar's Office by Friday of the fifth (5th) week of the quarter. The final grade replaces the I grade on the student's permanent record (transcript); attempted hours, earned hours, quality points, and quarter/cumulative grade point averages are recalculated applying the final grade. A student may be placed on or removed from academic probation or suspension based on the recalculated GPA at the time an I grade is cleared. I grades are cleared only by completing the required course assignments, and not by registering for the course again. A student will not be permitted to graduate unless all grades are cleared.
NOTE: Students registered for approved graduate research, practicum, dissertation or thesis courses requiring multiple quarters of the same course registration to complete the research receive an I grade for each attempt until the research or practicum is accepted as complete by the advising faculty member. At that time, the graduate student's I grades are changed to S on his/her permanent record (transcript).
PI - grades of I awarded for Research & Thesis, Research & Dissertation courses will be automatically converted to PI (permanent incomplete) grades by the designated College representative (i.e., Assoc Dean of Graduate Studies, Research Advisor, Instructor of Record, etc.) under the following circumstances:
Student resigned from the academic program without completing the thesis or dissertation.
Student changed from a thesis track to a non-thesis or practicum track within the same Master's program.
Time limitation for the degree has expired.
Thesis and dissertation course attempts with I grades changed to PI grades will remain on the student's graduate transcript. The attempted hours will continue to be tracked in the cumulative attempted graduate semester hours statistic. As the basic I grade is not calculated into the cumulative or quarterly GPA, there is no effect on GPA. The legend on the transcript will instruct the recipient that the student's thesis or dissertation is no longer in progress and will not be completed at Louisiana Tech University.
Thesis or dissertation I grades changed to PI grades are not eligible for use toward any future academic program, or a future return to the initial program at Louisiana Tech University.
W - grade (Withdrawn) issued when a student withdraws from a class (drops a class) after the final date for registration has passed and before the end of the first seven (7) weeks of a quarter. The W grade will appear on the student's grade report and permanent record (transcript), but is not included in computing the student's GPA. Students who stop attending class(es) without following proper drop/withdrawal or resignation procedures (walk away) will receive an F grade for each class affected.
Grade reports are posted on the Tech website at the end of each quarter by the Registrar. Quality points indicate the quality of a student's work.
A grade of A receives four quality points per semester hour,
A grade of B receives three quality points per semester hour,
A grade of C receives two quality points per semester hour,
A grade of D receives one quality point per semester hour,
A grade of F receives zero quality points.
Disabled Students:
Students requesting accommodations based on a disability should provide appropriate documentation and requests to the Office of Disability Services (Wyly Tower 318) so that a determination of reasonable accommodations can be established and services scheduled. Faculty should refer students to the Office of Disability Services and make classroom accommodations in accordance with notification from the Office of Disability Services.
Academic Misconduct:
Academic misconduct at the University is determined by the faculty member, committee, or other supervisor(s) under whom such misconduct occurs. The misconduct may occur in an individual class, a comprehensive exam, a practicum, an internship, a thesis or dissertation, a research project, a multi-quarter sequence of courses, or any other academically related matter or setting. Sanctions may range from dismissal from the University or an academic degree program to a failing grade or other penalty as determined by the faculty member, Plan of Study committee, supervising authority, or judiciary. The student has the right to appeal the charge of academic misconduct in accordance with the procedures contained in the Academic Honor Code (Section Eight: Appeals) paragraphs of Chapter 4 of the University Catalog.
Final Grade & Academic Appeals Procedure:
A final grade in a course represents the cumulative evaluation and judgment of the faculty member placed in charge of that course. If a student feels the final grade in a course was not determined in accordance with University policies or was determined arbitrarily, the student may appeal by adhering to the Final Grade Appeals Procedure as outlined in the University Catalog.
Upon receiving a graduate assistantship appointment, a student is responsible for ensuring that the faculty supervisor has completed all paperwork by the appropriate deadlines. Failure to have an appointment form completed and posted may result in a student not receiving his/her out-of-state tuition waiver for the current quarter, or not receiving a paycheck. Questions concerning the procedures should be addressed to the appropriate Unit/Budget Head or Director of Graduate Studies in the college.
Appointment Request Forms
Graduate Assistants are appointed after the submission and approval of an Appointment Request Form. Appointment forms must be completed every fiscal year by the Director of Graduate Studies in each college. Amended forms need to be completed if there are changes in any of the following:
- the stipend amount,
- the position,
- the budget account code, or
- the award period.
No appointment is final until approval has been received from the President and the Appointment Request Form is filed in the Office of Human Resources. Forms must be received in the Office of Human Resources by the 15th of the month in order for a paycheck to be issued for that month. Graduate Assistants whose appointment forms are received in the Office of Human Resources after the 15th of any month will be paid the following month for the hours that were worked. Appointment forms must be received by the Graduate School for posting by the 9th class day of any quarter to generate an out-of-state waiver for that quarter, if applicable.
Attendance Reports
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Richard Rightmire 08-27 12:20
There's a convention coming up *cough cough SacAnime* and i needed to know when this would arrive if i ordered the whole set today.
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Hello Richard Rightmire, if you order standard size now (about 2-3 weeks making costume time) and use the fastest shipping method (Premium Express, 3-6 days shipping time), it will reach you around in 3-4 weeks, in late September. n_n
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*Please remember to mark down the date (you need it) in the order form when you order it. :)
John Empoules 05-24 05:38
how much would it be just for the Top Coat
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Audio Ease has been in touch to tell us that Altiverb 7 is now available for use on Windows. They say that this new version for Windows is 32 and 64 bits, AAX & VST
Altiverb 7 for Windows is fully backward compatible with Altiverb 6 and exchanges settings with Altiverb 7 on Mac.
A spokesperson told us, "Altiverb 7 is the industry standard convolution reverb plug-in for Mac OS X and Windows. It uses top quality samples of real spaces to create reverb, ranging from Sydney Opera House to the cockpit of a Jumbo Jet. Altiverb 7 is efficient on the cpu, offers many parameters to tweak reverb, is total recall automatable, and has 64 bit support. Every month Altiverb 7 users receive new impulse responses for free."
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$1595... I don't think so!
11-Apr-14 03:11 PM
Looks very good, and when it was only Mac I always hoped it would get to be for PC too. However a major sticking point for me would be the ilok key. This feels so much part of the dark ages, where a piece of hardware sucks at a USB port indefinitely just to say yes I really did buy this. There must be a better way of protecting it. If the brains behind it can instantaneously transform a click into an impulse response, presumably they could figure out something less intrusive. Otherwise there`s always Reverberate for £50, obviously not in the same league but great value and sound none the less.
12-Apr-14 03:06 AM
I started using Altiverb way back on Mac OS9. But Audio Ease has since effectively priced themselves out of the market. There are other convolution reverbs that compete, use less CPU (some of them even come with certain DAWs). I cannot justify spending 1600 on a reverb plugin, I don't care how good it sounds...They could get away with it when they were the only game in town, but now it's a different story. I'll spend my money elsewhere.
16-Apr-14 07:05 PM
Handled automatic tuner gets you in key and keeps an eye on yr strings
Reverb and chorus inside the body of this acoustic guitar!!


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Traffic engineers are up in arms about a Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) proposal to require 12-inch-diameter signal indications in virtually all new installations.
"This code change would make it impossible for cities to continue using historic signals in their historic districts," says Barry Williams, founder of the American Streetscape Society.
No one knows how many of the nation's 272,000 traffic lights use 8-inch lamps, but they're not just specified for historic districts. More than 90% of New York City's 12,000 intersections, for example, have 8-inch lamps, according to New York City DOT Director of Signal Engineering and Street Lighting Alan Borock.
FHWA says that doubling the size of the lamps will make them more visible from a greater distance, thus lowering the likelihood of accidents—a belief that research supports. Right-angle accidents, for example, fell 47% after the city of Winston-Salem, N.C., replaced 8-inch with 12-inch signal indications on at least one approach at 55 locations throughout the city, and many departments have eliminated the smaller indications entirely.
However, replacing the lamps has implications beyond the cost of new equipment. Because moving from 8- to 12-inch lamps lengthens the signal head by 1 foot, mast arms may have to be raised to accommodate clearance requirements. With signs competing for space and placement at complex intersections, even a slight change in signal size may require the rearrangement of visual prompts.
As a result, at least one city is going to propose allowing the smaller lamps in certain speed limits. The FHWA requires 12-inch lamps whenever speeds are 40 mph or higher. Brian Kemper, signal engineer for Seattle, may recommend sticking with the 30 mph required in the city's historic Pioneer Square district.
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November 12, 2004
Citizen groups who protested the flagrant conflicts of interest of several appointees to the National Academy of Sciences committee studying the health effects of Mine Placement of Coal Combustion Wastes welcomed yesterdays announcement that coal industry lobbyist Edward Green is no longer a member of the committee and that Dr. Patricia Buffler, who frequently consults for the Electric Power Research Institute, has resigned.
Its imperative that this committee, which will evaluate the harm this practice is doing to coal field communities across the nation, carry out its mission in an open and unbiased way, said Lisa Evans, senior attorney for the Clean Air Task Force. To improve the panels make-up and comply with federal law, the NAS must add scientists who acknowledge the environmental damage resulting from the dumping of coal combustion waste in mines. There are still four committee members with direct conflicts of interest and other ties to the coal and utility industries.
Were glad the NAS moved quickly to correct one flaw in the panels make-up, said Merrill Goozner, director of the Integrity in Science project at the Center for Science in the Public Interest. The Federal Advisory Committee Act prohibits professionals with direct conflicts of interest from serving on advisory committees. Appointing a coal industry lobbyist to serve on a committee studying the health effects of dumping coal combustion wastes in abandoned coal mines was an obvious violation of the law.
On October 26, 2004, 42 citizen groups wrote to National Academy President Bruce Alberts protesting the conflicts of interest and lack of balance on the Mine Placement of Coal Combustion Wastes study committee. The committee was commissioned by Congress to study the health effects of this practice, and thus comes under the rules of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. FACA precludes professionals with conflicts of interest from serving on federal advisory committees and requires that panels be balanced with regards to points of view expressed.


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Floyd Mayweather put on a thoroughly masterful showing Saturday night in Las Vegas, I dare say surprising a ton of folks who thought that he'd deteriorated with age. No, he made a darn fine fighter like Robert Guerrero miss like a Golden Gloves neophyte time and again, and again proved to me that there is nobody from 140-154 who can beat or maybe even truly test him. I'd love to see him tell us all to go to hell for critiqueing him, and shut our smart mouths once and for all by challenging Andre Ward at a catch-weight, and fighting and beating him...though I know the chances of this are the same as me waking up tomorrow with a full head of hair and a 30 inch waist. Keep on dreaming, cueball...
The nattering nabobs and gleeful jackals have been out in force since Sunday morning, taking to Twitter to dissect every aspect of the Mayweather-Guerrero promotion, from the buildup to the actual scrap and now the numbers. Word leaked out that the fight might come in under expectations, perhaps doing less than 1 million buys. I called Showtime boxing boss Stephen Espinoza (seen flanked by Leonard Ellerbe and Floyd Mayweather in above John Filo-Showtime photo) to see if he had some numbers, on the record, to share with us.
"The bottom line is we don't have enough information to estimate meaningfully," Espinoza told me. "We have partial numbers, in far less than half the total market. I'm not prepared to project, all of this speculation and doom and gloom is premature. It's ridiculous."
And when will us jackals, I mean journos, get our grubby fingers on the numbers? Thursday or Friday, Espinoza said.
And what about those stories and Tweets which talked about the potential impact if May Day did under a million buys? "The speculation about what the ultimate number is and what the financial impact is, is completely unwarranted at this point," he said. He said only a tiny handful of people within the realm of the promoter and fighter and network coterie know the true structure of the deal: "I can assure you none are writing media stories."
So, is he happy with the affair as a whole? "Absolutely, I'm happy with the programming, how the company as a whole activated all platforms, happy with the event itself, happy with the fights we gave to those who bought the pay-per-view," he said. "We're happy with the result. And we're pleased with the numbers we've seen so far.
I'm not a huge numbers guy, as I think that obsessing over monetary figures plays into our lesser traits. We in this nation tend to equate money with value, with success, and tend to ignore traits that are more admirable. Kindness, and compassion and empathy are values which heighten someone in my eyes; Donald Trump is a world class deebag, no matter what his net worth is. End rant...But sometimes I do indulge. I was wondering myself, if Mayweather doesn't net that 1.2 million PPV number of hardcore fight fans in the US who can be relied upon to pony up, what does it mean? Well, Floyd nabbed 1.2 buys against Victor Ortiz, who might have been more well known than Guerrero leading up to his Mayweather fight. Floyd got roughly the same when he met Juan Manuel Marquez, who had the benefit of being a known PPV draw from his bouts with Manny Pacquiao. Floyd got 1.5 for Cotto, who is the third largest PPV draw in the game, and a shade under that for Shane Mosley, who is known to even a casual boxing fan. Yeah, I don't get the sense that Showtime goes into panic mode if Mayweather-Guerrero doesn't do as well as Mayweather-Ortiz. My guess would be that they'd tweak some things, including solidifying Mayweathers' next foe quite soon, to give a bit more time to build the PPV audience for his next fight, which we still presume to be Sept. 14.
In the days after the Mayweather win, I confessed to Espinoza, I didn't envy him. He chuckled and I told him why. One, because expectations for him, for the deal, are so high. Two, because I wonder if he isn't in a tough spot, stemming from the return of Floyd Mayweather Sr. to Junior's corner. I think a less defensive oriented Floyd leaves happier buyers in his wake, because defensive prowess is most appreciated by purists, not the mainstream. A Roger-cornered Floyd might be a more offensive minded boxer.
"I think it's one hundred percent good, Floyd Senior being with Floyd," Espinoza answered. "It can prolong his career and as the most skilled and accomlished fighter of his generation I'd like to see him perform at a high level as long as possible. I think some of the fans being dissatisfied with his performance Saturday had more to do with his hand than his dad returning. Everyone saw how swollen it was after the fight. If that doesn't happen I think we see a more aggressive second part of the fight, and he gets a KO, and everyone goes home happy."
Espinoza said x-rays showed there was no break in the right hand, and Floyd is still on track to fight in September. Against who?
"The obvious matchup is Mayweather-Canelo, and I believe both want the fight," he said, "though as usual we know it's not as easy as it seems to get things done. He wants to get in the ring quickly."
When will we know his next opponent? "We should know in the next couple weeks, next two to three weeks."
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What is it about ellerbe's face that makes me want to punch it ?
Can't stand that guy.
He's always in the back ground barking like he can fight.
He's a leach with a loud mouth, after his cowardly attack on Rosado at the final press conference I wanted to 2,3 him and come back with an elbow
His goatee is hilarious looking . Looks like someone took a black piece of felt ...cut it out to look like a goatee ...then dipped it into some extra rich black Just For Men then stuck it back on his face Mr Potato Head style .
Also, Floyd don't need to do 1.2 million buys to be successful . He can come in lower and every one is still getting paid, Including Showtime. Win win...
Showtime better pressure his arse to fight Canelo
numbers matter. if Floyd doesn't hit the projected numbers then it is a loss. honest weights and measurements are very important. people are employed and make money around this game. showtime is a business,it employs people . if it loses money it has to let people go. so it matters. it also matters that you think trump is a douche. wonder if its because of his big mouth or that he schooled the God awful bill maher the hater of woman and the buyer of prostitutes. Floyd schooled Robert but the guys at my fight party started playing cards around round 7. so who wants to pony up $70 a time. even tho it seems you hate money, I am sure you like getting those paychecks. money is an object. a unit. a medium of exchange. oh yeah its funny how you talk about kindness and compassion but call that trump a feminine cleansing product.end rant.
I love your rants, Deep. I don't entirely agree but nevertheless they're usually comical. A hybrid of boxing and politics in just about every post. Lmfao. Good stuff. Unless I am late to the game...I say this cause I've never realized till now...but the PPV is still being offered by my satellite provider ....and for the same amount . Really? Wtf? Who is gonna order it at that price after the fact? Nuts!
The fight did more the a mil
They're both douches
Carmine, Manny and Floyd?
Thanks doc lol
Bill Maher and Donald Trump, I used to like Bill Maher but he's starting to get on my nerves, he's def getting the lesser of the two evils though. Manny seems like a good guy, Floyd we all know his caliber lol
I think what it is that is a little unsettling about Ellerbe, is the fact that he seems to be having an exceptionally good and easy ride without any of the issues and constraints that others whom have walked a similar path may have had to endure.
It all seems to have fallen into place for him, and he can at times come across a little smug about that - almost like it was meant to be and/or divine intervention.
In fact, it is almost as if he has played by a different set of rules, and still fast tracked to success - all without having to comply with the typical promoter or manager policies; because he is an "advisor".
Who will win the Sergey Kovalev vs Andre Ward fight?


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Do Some Canadian Governments Have a Pinocchio Complex?
By Paul Vieira
Just in time for the 2013 budget season, one think-tank's analysis suggests some Canadian governments have developed a "Pinocchio" complex.
The Toronto-based C.D. Howe Institute Thursday released fiscal accountability rankings, which try to measure how well Canada's federal and provincial governments have lived up to the projections in their annual budgets. It found governments tended to overshoot their own spending promises so frequently — by a cumulative 53 billion Canadian dollars ($52.1 billion) over a 10-year period, ended in fiscal 2012 — that it was "too common to be accidental."
The study found policymakers "deliberately might under- or overstate certain spending and revenue items in budgets to manage expectations." As a result, spending estimates presented to lawmakers are often are inconsistent with budget projections, and lawmakers are left scrambling in efforts to scrutinize how things changed.
The commodity-rich western provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta – which like all other provinces have control over resource-royalty revenue — took the top two spots on C.D. Howe's Pinocchio Index, which ranks which governments were poorest in keeping the spending promises contained in their budgets.
Program spending in Saskatchewan over a 10-year period exceeded budget projections by a cumulative C$4.2 billion, or 38% of planned current-year provincial expenditures. In Alberta, overruns totaled C$11.07 billion, or 27% of planned spending this year. In third was Manitoba.
The federal government, along with the governments of Ontario, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador, had the best records in terms of keeping overruns to a minimum, the study found.
Alberta's public finances in particular have come under heavy scrutiny of late, with the province saying this week that its budget deficit for this fiscal year could be up to four and a half times bigger than it had previously projected. The government said the deterioration is due primarily to unexpectedly lower prices for Alberta crude oil – its key export.
Revenue surprises unfold for several reasons, C.D. Howe said, including an unanticipated boom or bust in resource revenue. And it said governments may sometimes deliberately budget conservatively to leave room for in-year spending sprees, especially should there be an election in the offing.


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Oil cleansing for the face could be described as almost "homeopathic", because you're basically curing "like with like", as you do with all homeopathic therapies.
So just how does the oil cleansing method even work? Simple, you just take an oil such as extra virgin olive oil or apricot seed oil and wash your face with it. You've heard the saying oil and water don't mix, however oil and oil obviously do, therefore oil attracts oil, makes sense right? When using the oil cleansing method you are sure to remove every trace of oil based makeup and dirt and grime from the skin. It will not leave your face feeling stripped and dry afterward like most acne medicated cleansers would. Using this method actually will help balance your skin properly to where you're not producing excess oil anymore. Those that use harsh cleansers are only stripping their skin of natural oils, so the skin over compensates by producing even more oil! Not what you want. When using oil to cleanse the face your skin has no need to compensate and will actually balance out.
This method of cleansing your face is also very safe and inexpensive. You don't have to worry about nasty ingredients like PEG's or Parabens. Initially a bottle of extra virgin olive oil will be expensive but look at how much you get! It will last a long while. You can also remove your eye makeup with a cotton pad and olive oil as well. The omega 3's in the oil are incredibly nourishing to your skin and will help you with aging which is a double plus! If you'd rather go with a less expensive oil, apricot seed oil in a 4-6oz bottle will run you around $4 at a health food store.
Both oily skin and dry skin will benefit from the oil cleansing method. Try it just for a week and you will see the difference!
Until next time, stay beautiful Jackson!