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AUSTIN - The social studies, history and government books being
considered for Texas' 4.1 million students should be more accurate,
more balanced and do a better job instilling U.S. values and
freedoms, speakers told the State Board of Education on Wednesday.
Others stressed that textbooks must properly portray the roles
women and minorities have played in the nation's history.
Nevertheless, many speakers at the board's first public hearing
on proposed textbooks said the texts should remain on the state's
"acceptable list" so individual teachers and school districts can
choose which ones best suit their classrooms.
They did ask for changes, however. And in most cases, they
complained not about what was in the books, but what was left out.
The board can only reject textbooks if factual errors are found.
State board member Mary Helen Berlanga, who helped organize
symposiums on the inclusion of Hispanic history in the textbooks,
said omissions of minorities could be considered errors, because
such omissions give students an incomplete understanding of history.
"If they go back and make the additions, of course I would be
satisfied," Berlanga said.
Board Chairwoman Grace Shore said she believes the board will
approve the proposed textbooks.
"The public hearing gives parents the opportunity to interact
with the publishers," Shore said during a break. "It also gives
teachers as much information as possible when choosing textbooks
for their class."
The state is updating textbooks for a variety of high school
subjects under the broad heading of "social studies," including
U.S. history, comparative government and politics, human geography,
psychology and sociology. English and Spanish textbooks for
elementary and middle school students also are being reviewed.
Publishers eager to earn the $344.7 million Texas will spend on
textbooks this year have already been working with some concerned
groups to correct factual errors and consider possible revisions.
And because Texas is the nation's second-largest purchaser of
textbooks, the board's decision will affect the education of
students throughout the nation.
Sixty-seven individuals and organizations signed up to speak at
Wednesday's hearing, including state representatives and members of
foundations and organizations that reviewed the texts. In the past,
groups have complained about the ways textbooks portray a variety
of subjects, including God, sex, slavery, evolution, patriotism and
gender bias.
State Rep. Rick Green, R-Dripping Springs, began the hearing by
refuting the Texas Freedom Network's claim that right-wing
conservatives are censoring Texas' textbooks while attempting to
instill conservative values.
Green said a majority of Texans believe that instilling values is
the primary purpose of education.
"If our people don't know their freedoms, how can they know if
they have been violated?" Green asked. "You are literally on the
front lines of freedom today."
The Freedom Network, which started the "I Object" campaign
against textbook censorship, did not have any speakers at the
Most speakers said they wanted to add material to the books
rather than remove offensive text.
"My request would be that no book be approved for any grade that
does not ... explain that the foundation for our republic is the
biblical principle that our rights come from our creator," said
Margie Raborn, with the Citizens for a Sound Economy.
Other speakers said they wanted the books to properly portray the
role minorities and women played in history.
For example, one text does not recognize early Hispanic settlers,
saying instead that Stephen F. Austin brought the first 300
settlers to Texas. Anthony Quiroz, assistant professor of history
at Texas A&M University in Corpus Christi, said the omissions could
have long-range repercussions.
"I encourage you to seek out books that tell a thick story that
involves the historical actions of all Americans, including
Mexican-Americans," Quiroz told state board members. "If we settle
for this type of history, we will be doing our children an
unforgivable disservice."
Because it has been 10 years since Texas classrooms have had new
social studies and history books, Linda Massey, a 31-year Dallas
school district teacher, said that the new texts are needed and
that teachers and districts should be allowed to choose which best
serve their teaching style.
"We are really looking forward to having new textbooks," said
Massey, president of Citizens for Sound Economy. "They are getting
bigger, and they are getting better. If there is a mistake after
adoption, the teacher will correct that."
Public hearings
Three more public hearings on proposed textbooks will be Aug. 23,
Sept. 11 and Nov. 14 in Austin. A final decision is expected after
the last hearing. To register to speak or for other ways of giving
input, go to the State Board of Education Web site,
AUSTIN - Some simply want Texas towns, rivers and regions marked correctly when mentioned in school textbooks. Others find the scant references to women's rights - and other civil right struggles - deplorable.
And then there are those who seek the inclusion of little-known facts so obscure and trivial - such as San Antonio supplying meat to patriots during the American Revolution - that they are probably better suited for a board game about trivia than a young Texan's mind.
Throughout Wednesday, teachers, citizen groups and public citizens sounded off on what they thought should be included in social studies textbooks during a hearing before the State Board of Education.
"Citizens have pretty much been asleep at the wheel. We've complained a lot after the fact, but only a few citizens have over the years rolled up their sleeves, reviewed the textbooks and weighed in," said Peggy Venable of Texas Citizens for a Sound Economy.
Concerns ranged from omissions to misrepresentations, especially about the cultural, political and racial landscape of the state.
Texas, which has about 4.1 million students in its public school system, adopts new social studies books every eight years. The state will spend $ 344.7 million on the textbooks, which will be used in classrooms in 2003.
The elected State Board of Education has no say over textbook content but can reject books because of errors or failure to follow the state curriculum. The board is scheduled to make its final decisions in November.
Tony Bonilla, a Corpus Christi attorney and former League of United Latin American Citizens president, said state history textbooks were "woefully inadequate" when it came to depicting the role Hispanics played in state and national history.
The list for public testimony included a contingent from the University of Texas-Brownsville that left the Rio Grande Valley at 3 a.m. to attend Wednesday's hearing.
Venable said her group is focusing on ensuring that textbooks teach patriotism, free market and democracy in a favorable light. During the last round of hearings, her group sought the rejection of one textbook, but will not make such recommendations this year.
An example of someof the problems, she said, was a reference in a sixth-grade textbook claiming that socialism and communism were good for all citizens.
"We believe strongly that those are failed systems . . . and that sixth-grade students need that explained to them," she said.
Two political groups debated the selection of public school textbooks Wednesday outside the Texas State Board of Education hearing on social studies texts.
Groups that support the ban on the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools should not be involved in the selection of textbooks, said Peggy Venable, director of Texas Citizens for a Sound Economy. TCSE is a conservative activist group that claims to have found errors of omission and propaganda in textbooks.
"We are here today as proud Americans who support teaching patriotism, democracy and the free market, as required by state law," Venable said. "We support the Pledge of Allegiance in our schools and stand in stark contrast to the so-called Texas Freedom Network, who has publicly opposed the pledge in schools."
The Texas Education Code includes a provision that states that textbooks should promote democracy, patriotism and the free-enterprise system. That statute has served as the base of the TCSE's argument over textbook content.
Samantha Smoot, the executive director of the Texas Freedom Network, arrived to defend the organization after Venable had stopped speaking. TFN, an organization that describes itself as fighting for freedom from the religious right, agrees with the recent ruling that bans the pledge in public schools.
"I denounce that this group of self-appointed would-be censors are trying to inject their narrow political ideology into textbooks," Smoot said.
Smoot said local school boards should be allowed to decide what textbooks are viable for use rather than censoring the books beforehand.
This debate took place outside the day-long meeting with the Texas State Board of Education, which heard more than 100 speakers from organizations such as Daughters of the American Revolution and the Texas Justice Foundation. The speakers had reviewed textbooks that were up for approval by the board, and they argued for or against different textbooks. Each year, the board compiles a list of qualified textbooks for local school systems to choose from.
Venable said textbooks should not contain favorable views of communist and socialist ideology and should instead promote patriotic and democratic ideals.
Smoot said TCSE is a group made up of "extremists who want to decide for themselves what the rest of us have access to."
Debate over the content of textbooks has happened before in Texas. In 2001, the debate over textbooks resulted in the removal of two science textbooks after conservative groups criticized them in front of the board.
Venable also said the Texas State Teachers Association should end its "cozy relationship" with the TFN.
"We further call on the Texas State Teachers Association-PAC [political action committee] to demand return of the thousands of dollars they have contributed to the Texas Freedom Network," Venable said.
Richard Kouri, a spokesman for the TSTA, said the TSTA will not consider asking for the return of the donations.
"What we do with our PAC money is none of TCSE's business," Kouri said. "[Texas Freedom Network] is an organization that we do agree with most of the time."
Kouri also said the State Board of Education is responsible only for the factual accuracy of textbooks.
"We'll be watching to see if the Board of Education is doing what they're legally bound to do," Kouri said.
Education process
It is interesting to note that those checking for flaws in potential textbooks are themselves flawed ("New books, another battle," July 10). Their claim that Rosa Parks did not sit in the middle of the bus is inaccurate.
According to the Rosa Parks Library and Museum, Parks sat in the front row of the "colored" section of the bus, which was behind the whites-only section. She was arrested when she refused to give up her seat in the colored section to a white man after the whites-only section filled. She did not sit in the front of the bus and the front of the colored section is arguably the middle of the bus.
If the fact-checkers of our children's textbooks cannot get the facts correct, is there any real purpose to this process? The focus of improving our school systems should not be on minor errors in one tool of education, but the broader education process itself.
Get computers
I read that the state of Texas will, over the next two years, spend more than $700 million on textbooks for public schools. Why?
Hundreds of thousands of dollars are spent every few years trying to decide which texts will be purchased. These books presented for consideration are filled with errors, omissions or worse. These same books must be replaced even more frequently now in selected subjects. These proposed texts are squabbled over, lobbied both for and against, perused by educators, hawked by publishers and yet still found to exhibit problems.
I think it is time we moved the school systems in Texas in the 21st century. Schools should have a computer for every child in school, and those computers should contain their textbooks. Textbooks could consist of the same text and graphics they do now. The big plus is they could be as extensive or as brief as the educators so desired. They could continually be improved and or updated as needed.
Let's get our legislators to make an investment in education of our children that will keep on paying off in years to come.
Unhealthy connection
In the July 10 American-Statesman are two more baffling examples of the connection between right-wing Christian conservatives and anti-environment sentiment.
One, a story regarding textbook selection in Texas discusses how in the past, conservative organizations previewing books have wanted to omit references to environmental degradation and endangered species, etc.
In the second article, Marvin Olasky describes his trip (no doubt paid for by the oil company) to a refinery in Alaska and was pleased to find it wasn't nearly as dirty as he expected. He urged us to "dig in" and begin drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge soon.
These same conservatives don't want their children polluted by any discussion of evolution but have no problem with their children drinking polluted water and breathing dirty air. The conundrum that these people should be facing is how they reconcile their stated love of God and God's creations, while bashing any attempt to educate this generation and the next about just how dire the state of this planet has become.
Keeping our rights
It is good that our federal and local governments are taking steps to prevent another terrorist attack. However, our civil liberties are slowly being taken away in the name of security.
Our government should not have the power to hold military tribunals where defendants who are U.S. citizens cannot appeal decisions to a civilian court. Our government should not be allowed to hold military tribunals in secret. Our government should not be holding the alleged "dirty bomb" suspect in custody for an indefinite amount of time.
The federal government has given enormous power to itself since Sept. 11. We need to try our best to prevent another attack. But this does not mean we should throw the Constitution out the window. And we should not throw out our system of checks and balances, either.
We are made to feel unpatriotic or divisive if we bring up things like this to the government, but it is our responsibility to stand up for our rights.
Price for security
Marvin Olasky's June 26 column about the privatized social security system in Chile fails to inform us that it took a bloody military coup, thousands of deaths and hundreds of thousand exiled citizens like myself for Augusto Pinochet and others to impose such an "independence from government control."
Olasky also fails to tell us that the funds in those private "libretitas" are guaranteed by all Chileans whether or not they choose to participate. For the operators of those funds, it is a profitable, risk-free business.
I have lived and worked in the United States for 28 years. I own one "libretita" from 14 years of service with the Texas Employee Retirement System that will pay me a fixed pension guaranteed for life. The other half of my work life is invested in a well-managed, nonprofit mutual fund. That fund has lost about one-third of its book value in the past five years.
At the rate we are going, we may get the autocratic government needed to impose such a system.
Podiatrist power
Re: July 2 article "Orthopedists denied a chance to go toe-to-toe with podiatrists":
In 1986, I incurred a fracture to my left lower extremity. Various orthopedists, including an ankle specialist treated it as "a classic sprain." Their therapies included an air cast and my being told the pain was normal.
In 1995, I was living in Corpus Christi and had the good fortune to become the patient of podiatrist Dr. Donald Rhodes.
Based on the extensive X-ray series that he made, the fracture was at long last detected. He stated that there were also two bone chips, one the size of his thumbnail. I was casted to the knee until I healed.
I will never let it be said that a foot doctor does not know enough to treat the lower ankle. More power to the podiatrists.
AUSTIN - Their line-by-line review is done, and textbook critics say they want these "facts" added to proposed history books for Texas students:
*Indian tribes were as much to blame as fur traders and tourists for wiping out the great buffalo herds of the Plains by shooting the animals for sport.
*John and Robert Kennedy did very little to help the cause of civil rights in the early 1960s - and actually took actions that undermined the movement.
*All prayer in public schools was not really banned by the U.S. Supreme Court decades ago. Students still can pray in school.
Those and hundreds of other changes should be made to new social studies books that will be used in Texas schools over the next six years, say conservative textbook reviewers who will press their arguments at a public hearing Wednesday.
Their opponents are marshaling forces as well, saying groups seeking the revisions are trying to inject political biases into the books by misusing a state law that requires all textbooks be "free from factual errors."
"These are groups that are determined to control what Texas kids are taught, based on their own personal beliefs and political ideology," said Samantha Smoot of the Texas Freedom Network, an organization that frequently squares off with social conservatives on textbooks and other education issues.
Wednesday, the State Board of Education - made up of 10 Republicans and five Democrats - will hold the first of three public hearings this year on textbooks, and the proceedings are drawing national interest.
That's because textbook decisions in Texas reverberate across the country.
Among the states, only California buys more textbooks, and publishers whose books are adopted in the Lone Star State market them in dozens of other states.
Lots of money is on the line. Texas alone is scheduled to spend nearly $ 345 million on social studies and other textbooks that will be adopted this fall and used in classrooms beginning in the fall of 2003.
Ms. Smoot's group is leading a statewide campaign to urge the education board to leave the new textbooks alone - except for correcting what members call real factual errors - when they come up for final adoption in November.
That would be a mistake, say conservative groups such as Texas Citizens for a Sound Economy, which has called on its members and other residents to pore over the new books, seek out mistakes and take their findings to the state board.
"I think there has been a general frustration with the liberal academia who are writing our textbooks," said Peggy Venable of Texas Citizens for a Sound Economy. "This is one way for people to get involved and also express their frustration."
Textbook battles were commonplace in Texas through the 1980s and early '90s when special-interest groups and board of education members argued over evolution, sex education and other politically sensitive subjects.
But the Legislature stepped in and sharply limited the board's authority over textbooks in 1995, shifting more responsibility to local school boards.
"I never believed that all the wisdom on textbook selection was embodied in these 15 people [on the State Board of Education]," said acting Lt. Gov. Bill Ratliff, a Republican who as a senator in 1995 wrote the massive school reform bill that stripped much of the board's power over textbooks.
Then last fall, members of the board's GOP majority took a step to restore some of their authority by rejecting an environmental science book targeted by social conservatives. The book, given good marks by a review panel of professors at Texas A&M University, was criticized over passages that praise the Endangered Species Act and warn about global warming.
History repeats
This year, board members scheduled extra hearings, and with scores of textbook critics and supporters ready to testify - 70 have already signed up for Wednesday's hearing - it seems like old times have returned.
State board members such as Republican David Bradley of Beaumont contend that the panel has always had broad authority over textbooks despite the 1995 law, which says the board can reject textbooks only for factual inaccuracies, not meeting physical specifications or not covering the required curriculum in a subject.
"We're winning the battle," Mr. Bradley said recently, referring to those who want to see the board take a more active role in reviewing textbooks.
Mr. Ratliff, who has been at odds with Mr. Bradley on the issue, said he is increasingly concerned about misuse of the law to "police" textbooks for political correctness.
"The language in the law was not intended to allow these groups to police opinions," he said. "The law refers to factual errors - and that is meant in the true sense of the word. For example, if a book says the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1775 instead of 1776, that needs to be corrected."
Perhaps the most ambitious review of this year's textbooks was performed by the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a group founded by San Antonio millionaire businessman James Leininger, a big GOP contributor and supporter of social conservatives on the state board.
The foundation spent nearly $ 100,000 to hire 16 textbook reviewers - mainly college professors and classroom teachers - who examined 28 social studies books up for adoption.
They say they discovered 533 factual errors in the books and also cited the publishers for hundreds more omissions - facts that the reviewers say should have been included.
"Finding factual errors was a secondary mission of the project," said Michael Quinn Sullivan, a foundation spokesman. "Our primary mission was to find what the textbooks are lacking, what they are missing."
Clinton vs. Nixon
The group's review of one high school history book accused the publisher of showing favoritism to Democrat Bill Clinton when comparing his presidential impeachment proceedings with those of Republican Richard Nixon.
The foundation did not give high marks to any of the proposed social studies books, but did indicate it will not seek to have any of the books rejected.
"We have not, and will not, ask for content to be removed. Rather, we want content added to ensure that every topic is treated fairly and presented accurately," said Chris Patterson, director of education research for the group.
Opponents said the group's suggestions, such as those dealing with the Indians and buffalo and the Kennedy brothers, are off base.
The Texas Freedom Network also is having its members, including parents and teachers, review the textbooks so they can answer the criticism of the conservative groups.
One of those is Phil Durst, an Austin laywer who said he is concerned that the critics are using their political clout to censor viewpoints they disagree with.
"My children assure me that their textbooks can be made long and boring enough without the religious right's dogma on evolution, gender roles and their view of Christianity," Mr. Durst said.
Publishers are sensitive to the criticism, but they contend that the books up for adoption this year have a high level of accuracy, particularly when one considers how much information they include.
"We are always willing to correct any errors that are discovered," said Joe Bill Watkins of the Association of American Publishers. "But sometimes there is a difference of opinion about what constitutes an error."
The Senate-passed bill to crack down on corporate auditing abuses has been condemned by a bipartisan group of economists, who say it will result in regulatory overkill that will enrich trial lawyers and heap huge costs on U.S. firms "with little likely benefit."
The bill, which passed the Senate on Monday 97-0, "goes far beyond what is necessary" to prevent corporate fraud, the economists said in a lengthy study of its impact that was conducted for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
A copy of the study, which has not been made public, was obtained yesterday by The Washington Times as the House reversed itself and passed criminal penalties for corporate fraud in the aftermath of the Senate's action.
The House bill, overwhelmingly approved in a 391-28 vote, calls for criminal penalties and jail sentences for executives of publicly traded companies who deceive investors. The criminal-penalties provisions were not in the original bill the House passed in April. Yesterday's action was seen as a move by House Republicans to strengthen their hand when differences between the two bills must be ironed out in conference, which could happen by the end of the week.
However, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's study questioned the effectiveness of recent legislation, saying that many of the provisions in the Senate bill authored by Sen. Paul S. Sarbanes, Maryland Democrat, "go well beyond what is truly required to stem accounting and auditing abuses."
While some aspects of the regulations "are advisable on economic grounds," many of the reforms "will likely impose significant new costs on American firms with little likely benefit. In addition, the new rules may significantly increase the exposure of firms and, particularly their managers, to litigation," the report said.
In a separate broadside against the Senate bill, Paul Beckner, president of Citizens for a Sound Economy, said the Sarbanes bill was "a giveaway to a major financial backer of the Democrat Party - the trial lawyers."
"All the Sarbanes legislation does is make it easier for class-action lawsuits to be filed against corporations," Mr. Beckner said.
As for improving the ability of the government to uncover further corporate fraud, the chamber study said that "there is a strong possibility that the new rules will provide little help in sorting out the bad apples, in which case these extra costs would have little benefit."
The Senate bill passed Monday would ban personal loans from companies to their top officials and directors, and would require company insiders to notify the Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC] more promptly when they buy or sell stock.
The measure creates a new private-sector oversight board for the accounting industry with disciplinary powers, to replace the system in which the industry polices itself.
The chamber study was written by economists Kevin A. Hassett and Peter Wallison of the American Enterprise Institute, and Robert J. Shapiro, a former Democratic Leadership Council economist.
Among their chief conclusions:
*"The bill imposes potentially large ... costs on U.S. firms, costs that Congress has to date made no attempt to quantify."
*"The bill could introduce new inefficiencies into the normal operations of businesses and potentially new distortions into the reporting of their financial condition."
*"The bill would create a largely unprecedented and unconstrained bureaucracy, with unlimited taxing power and authority when what is required is to allow the SEC to pursue the authority it already has."
*The bill "would enhance the power of Congress to influence the establishment of accounting principles - a route that will lead to far greater lack of investor confidence in the securities markets than we have seen thus far."
The study concluded that "the Sarbanes bill - in the tangible and intangible costs it will impose on the economy - goes far beyond what is necessary to address the significant questions about the quality of accounting and auditing raised by the collapse of Enron and other companies."
The White House opposes the Sarbanes bill in its present form, charging that the new auditing oversight board it would create will overlap with the regulatory jurisdiction of the SEC.
"What you would end up with is turf wars, finger pointing and things falling through the cracks," said White House economic adviser Lawrence Lindsey.
Under the Sarbanes bill "the board would have much broader jurisdiction that would include getting involved in securities fraud, and we think the SEC should be the one that handles that. The Sarbanes bill muddies the waters," he said.
Because Republicans have been reluctant to discuss the issue of Social Security reform – particularly in the context of the 2002 midterm elections – the relationship between the declining stock market and proposals for personal retirement accounts has been an afterthought. Democrats may incorporate the supposed dangers of Social Security "privatization" into their "Republicans are too cozy with corporate crooks" election theme, but beyond that scarcely a word has been spoken about the relation between the two.
For the first 18 years of his congressional career Dick Gephardt (D-MO) served in the majority. According to Gephardt's own official web site, "as a House freshman, he was given the rare opportunity of serving on both the Ways and Means and Budget Committees, where he quickly became a national leader on health care, trade, and tax fairness." Apparently, Gephardt considers himself something of a leader on national economic policy.
This week, the Senate passed a bill creating more layers of oversight for corporate accounting while President Bush has announced tough new standards of corporate accountability. Unfortunately, the current rush for more regulation and increased federal oversight of market activity raises a number of questions while offering few solutions. It is not likely that political wrangling will have much effect on stock market jitters. If anything, excessive new regulations could hamper the workings of the equity markets without generating new information that is useful to investors or that boosts confidence in markets. Rather than more legislation or regulatory controls on accounting practices, a better approach would examine the fundamentals of the current market.
The Washington Times (7/16, Hudson) reports, "The gridlock over President Bush's judicial nominees eased yesterday with the confirmation of Judge Lavenski R. Smith to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the first action growing from a deal struck last week between Republicans and Democrats. Judge Smith of Arkansas was confirmed by the Senate on a voice vote, after senators backed a measure to vote on his confirmation by a 94-3 margin. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, South Dakota Democrat, tentatively agreed to hold votes on judges in exchange for Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott, Mississippi Republican, releasing his hold on the nomination of Jonathan Adelstein, an aide to Mr. Daschle, for the Federal Communications Commission. . However, the objections of Sen. John McCain over a particular nominee are forcing Republicans and Democrats to proceed at a snail's pace to confirm 70 stalled candidates. . While Judge Smith was confirmed without conflict, the nomination of Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla R. Owen to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court came under fire yesterday. Her first committee hearing is set for Thursday. . Liberal special interest groups held a press conference criticizing the nominee, immediately followed by conservative groups defending her as a fair and qualified candidate. . The groups, which include the National Organization for Women, the AFL-CIO and Planned Parenthood, want Democrats to reject the nomination."
Coalition Decries Liberal Groups' Criticism of Owen.
The Houston Chronicle/AP (7/16) reports, "The U.S. Senate should not allow any 'left-wing activist groups to hijack' the confirmation process of Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen, President Bush's nominee for a federal appeals court, several groups said Monday. 'She's just, very simply, an excellent, an extremely well-qualified and a very liked judge,' said Kelly Shackelford, chief counsel of Liberty Legal Institute, which says it specializes in the defense of religious freedoms and First Amendment rights. . Bush has nominated Owen for the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, which decides appeals from federal courts in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. A hearing before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled for Thursday. Shackelford made his comments Monday as his and other groups pledged their support for Owen after a coalition of labor, consumer and women's rights groups last week labeled Owen an 'ultraconservative activist' who opposes consumer and reproductive rights. The groups last week pledged to battle Owen's confirmation. . Among the groups Monday that held the news conference in support of Owen's nomination were the Texas Justice Foundation, Free Market Foundation, Liberty Legal Institute, the Texas chapter of Concerned Women for America, Texas Eagle Forum, the Texas Home School Coalition, the Texas Christian Coalition, the Young Conservatives of Texas and Texas Citizens for a Sound Economy."


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Children's Literature - Lauri BerkenkampThe life and adventures of Luke Skywalker, famous Jedi warrior, is told in this fictional biography by Ryder Wyndham. The book begins with a conversation between Skywalker and his sister, Princess Leia, as they discuss their relationship with their evil father, Darth Vader. Luke struggles with his identity and that of his father, and asks himself, "How can I know myself if I never really knew my father?" This is the question that sparks Luke's book-length flashback into his life story. The novel begins with Luke's childhood on his uncle's moisture ranch on the planet Tatooine and follows Luke's adventures, first as a young boy interested in fast-flying skyhoppers and laser rifles, and then as a warrior and Rebel fighter. Throughout, Luke wrestles with his conflicted feelings regarding his father. The book ends with Luke and his pal, Han Solo, defeating a mind witch and Han giving Luke the good advice that knowing himself is more important than knowing who his father was. Fans of the "Star Wars" series will undoubtedly enjoy reading the life story of the young hero, but readers unfamiliar with the movies and Star Wars fan fiction will likely be confused by the complicated relationships between planets, cultures, spaceships, people, and even animal-like creatures portrayed in the book. Reviewer: Lauri Berkenkamp
A New Hope: The Life of Luke Skywalkerby Ryder Windham
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The complete biography of a celebrated character.
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It is good
It how luke came to know obi wan and luke was scared of the dark side and how his life was it also tells you how luke got firends should read
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Heres the story.....luke is talking to lei about there dad(darth vader)because he's dead.lei does not care. (Later in the story).......luke has a freind named bings. This guy named windy(later in story)asks luke for his...........(buy and read to find out more about luke).
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Dont buy this book! I dont know why this author came up this title but luke is not dead yet. He to strong with the force. The point is,that if you want to be stupid and buy it then go right ahead. (On the right is a little frowny face) ):


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Chopin Technologies Joins KPM Analytics Family with Process Sensors Corp. & Unity
Milford MA, June 30, 2016 – KPM Analytics announced today that it has acquired CHOPIN Technologies, based in France. CHOPIN is a world leader in providing quality testing solutions to the grain and flour markets. Throughout CHOPIN's long history, the company has focused on solving difficult challenges faced each day by customers involved in grain and flour production. The company's more than 100 employees work from the headquarters in France as well as from subsidiaries in China and the United States.
KPM Analytics (formerly Statera Analytics) was formed last year with the acquisitions of Unity Scientific and Process Sensors. The company's premium brands provide instrumentation solutions for many industries and markets, from food quality and safety to environmental and agriculture.
"The addition of CHOPIN Technologies to the KPM Analytics group of companies demonstrates KPM's focus on strong brands that bring a unique, application-focused set of solutions to customers. CHOPIN brings a particular strength in both the grain and flour production markets. This deep, market-specific technical strength is a perfect complement to the offerings of KPM's other portfolio companies, Unity Scientific and Process Sensors. The combination of these 3 strong and well regarded brands positions KPM Analytics as a key provider in the global Food, Environmental, and Agricultural instrumentation markets.," said Chris McIntire, CEO of KPM Analytics. "CHOPIN will continue to serve grain and flour customers as it has for decades, using the well regarded CHOPIN Technologies brand." said Mr. McIntire.
"Joining the KPM Group is a great opportunity for CHOPIN Technologies," says Marc Dolige, CHOPIN's CEO, "Bringing effective and innovative solutions to our clients is and will remain our focus." Marc Dolige will continue as CEO after the acquisition as will the entire CHOPIN management team. "We are thrilled to be adding Marc and his team to the group and look forward to continued innovation, growth and success" says McIntire.
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CHOPIN Technologies is specialized in methods and equipment for the quality control of cereals, flours, and their by-products. The company offers products and services to cereal industries needing to carry out analyses to satisfy operational requirements and current regulations and to meet customer specifications. For more information, visit www.chopin.fr.
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At KPM Analytics, we take great pride in what we do. Our premium brands provide instrumentation solutions for many industries and markets. From food quality and safety to environmental and agriculture, our customers turn to us for their advanced scientific instrumentation needs. Its market-leading brands include Unity Scientific, Inc. (Connecticut, USA), Process Sensors Corporation (MA, USA), and CHOPIN (France). For more information, visit www.kpmanalytics.com
Reverse Roll Coating Measurement
Reverse Roll Coaters have a metering and applicator roll. Often there are 3 or 4 roll configurations. Coating is applied through the gap between the metering and applicator roll where the nip pressure and gap control the specific coat weight. The applicator roll runs in reverse direction of the web transferring the coating onto the web. Reverse Roll Coaters are capable of producing highly polished surfaces and are more expensive than some other coaters such as slot-die that can't always achieve that level of polishing. If a Converter operates a Reverse Roll Coater a Cross Direction Web Profile System is a good investment to maintain uniform coat weight on high end products. The Guardian Cross Direction Web Profile System meets the application needs for film, foil and paper coat weight and moisture measurements on Reverse Roll and other coaters.
Sand Moisture Control
Sand Moisture Control is important in the manufacturing and processing stages. Giant sand piles may sit exposed to the weather rain or shine impacting the moisture content of the whole pile and external versus internal moisture profiles. It rained for 3 days and yesterday it was hot bright sunshine, then the exterior is dryer than the interior. Near Infrared Moisture Transmitters provide an immediate measurement of sand moisture on the belt. The transmitter is mounted between 8 and 18" (200 – 450 mm) above the product with an air purge of 3 – 10 psig to keep the sight lens clean. Large digital display, proportional analog output (4 – 20mA) and Ethernet communications are available.
Sand is sold by weight and specification, meaning that there is range of acceptable moisture level in the sand upon delivery. If the sand moisture exceeds that moisture level it can be rejected or purchased at a significant discount. If the sand moisture is lower than that specification the supplier is leaving money on the table by not adding water to increase the weight while still being in specification.
Sand moisture can be controlled by dryer temperature, throughput and re-moisturizing. Dryer Temperature adjustment may be used if a known incoming run of sand is high in moisture. As a practical process control option dryers have too slow a response time for minor variations that still need to be optimized to maximize efficiency (profit). Dryer throughput is the best control parameter as it can increase or slow throughput through the dryer based on moisture. When raw product is over dried or oven has over dried a moisture spray station may be triggered by the PLC. Moisture is money for Sand Suppliers. An upper level in-specification sand moisture allows End User to optimize for specific application and maximize profits for supplier.
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Lamination is essentially marrying two or more layers of materials together to obtain superior performance characteristics for specific product applications. Near IR Transmitters are well established to measure moisture and coating thickness in the lamination process. Cross Direction Web Profilers greatly assist in producing an even in-specification profile of adhesive thickness. The resulting composite may be designed as a superior moisture or odor barrier, to highlight/protect appearance or gloss, reduce sound transmission, to increase strength or structural stability and many other applications.
Auto windscreens (windshields) laminate two pieces of glass with a layer of PVB (polyvinylbutyral) or other suitable polymer to prevent or minimize sharp glass shards from showering on driver and passengers on impact by wrapping the glass surfaces with the polymer. Near IR can measure the film moisture and thickness.
Converting industries such as Tag, Tape & Labels, Packaging & Release Liners, Textiles and others operate Near IR to measure the adhesive coat weight applied and the moisture after unit operations such as dryers, re-moisturizers and final windup for QC and Process Control. For converting applications a two roll laminator is often employed with one roll made of neoprene or other suitable rubber and the other roll made of steel or chrome plated. The rubber roll applies pressure to the adhesive but also allows for compensation of caliper variations. Nip roll pressure and skew assist in optimizing the process.
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10 Step Near IR Calibration Procedure
Calibration Procedure for New Products
MCT Moisture Analyzer
This procedure is outlined for snack foods that may or may not be ground in the lab for analysis or powder and bulk solid or similar applications. Double-Blind Samples are recommended for calibration and validation. This allows the sensitivity or span (linear regression slope) to be accurately determined in the laboratory to speed up the calibration of on-line transmitter when it's difficult to create a range of process moisture samples on-line.
Step 1: Collect sufficient product for about four or five samples of 200 grams each.
Step 2: Measure 100 grams +/- 2 grams and place into a sealed Bag or container.
This will be sample 1.
Step 3: Measure 100 grams and spray about 2 grams of water on the sample. Mix
the sample and place into a sealed bag or container. This will be sample 2.
Step 4: Measure 100 grams and spray about 4 grams of water on the sample. Mix
the sample and place into a sealed bag or container. This will be sample 3.
Step 5: Measure 100 grams and place in an oven with a temperature of 100 degrees C.
Leave this sample in the oven for 10 minutes*. Remove from the oven and
Place into a sealed Bag or Container. This will be Sample 4.
Note: If a fifth sample is used repeat Step 5, but keep in oven for 20 minutes*.
Step 6: Leave these samples in the Sealed Bag or Container for at least four hours to equlibrate.
Step 7: Take Sample 1 and place under the MCT. Record the moisture measurement.
Step 8: Do the Normal Lab analysis for this sample. A Confection Oven or
Vacuum Oven is recommended.
Step 9: Repeat Steps 7 and 8 for the remaining samples. When all the samples are
Analyzed, we can begin the MCT Calibration Routine. This can either be performed
via the MCT Operator Interface panel or by using the PSC Viewer Suite software. Entering the Lab vs. MCT Near Infrared Transmitter Data allows for a linear regression to be performed and the new Span/Sensitivity (Linear Regression Slope) and Zero/Offset (Linear Regression Y- Intercept) to automatically be generated for correct calibration.
Step 10: Confirm calibration by collecting sample on-line within target set point values and only make a zero or offset adjustment based on double-blind lab sample. Congratulations!
* Theseare variable.
Some products may need more or less water. Some products may take more or less time. Please contact PSC to discuss any questions or to request our assistance.
Sample Collection Procedure for Calibration and Validation
Most companies outline sample collection procedures in a Best Practices write up. Consistency in sample collection and sample processing is the most important variable for good sample analysis.
Samples should be collected and immediately taken to the laboratory or packaged for shipment to an outside lab in a sealed moisture barrier container or bag. If sending samples to an outside lab an additional moisture barrier tape should be applied around container lid. If samples are delivered to an in-house lab the procedure must outline for lab personnel the time to grind or process sample prior to measurement.
Calibration samples should be done individually meaning that sample one is ground, weighed, placed in oven for specified time interval at specified temperature for that product and weighed again for moisture determination. At that point the next sample is processed. Grinding all samples initially introduces an opportunity for increased variation while they await analysis unless all samples can be placed in the same oven immediately.
Consistency is the key to this process. If the first shift collects samples and the lab analyzes these samples when received, results are good. If another shift or operator collects the samples in a different manner or lets them sit for a while before bringing to the lab, or the lab lets samples accumulate before processing, variations can occur. Consistency is important for successful calibration.
Alternatively, samples can be created in the lab and allowed to equilibrate. These samples can be used for calibration. A final double- blind target set point sample should be analyzed and averaged to determine any offset (zero) adjustment on-line.
Other parameters such as fat and oil are subject to stratification and a well-mixed double-blind sample analysis is even more important for these constituents during calibration.
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Pressure Sensitive Tape Council is a highly technical conference featuring world class presentations on current and emerging technologies that benefit the tape manufacturing process. PSTC also has a very collegial feel with technical people who know situations change and friendships remain. Our Near Infrared Calibration Procedures Poster was featured in the afternoon session.
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- 1.San Miguel
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Personnel: Bob Montgomery (trumpet); Willie Hill (tenor saxophone); Allen Hermann (trombone); Jeff Jenkins (piano); Ken Walker (bass); Todd Reid (drums).
Recorded at Greywood Studio, Denver, Colorado from May 15-17, 1997.
Personnel: Bob Montgomery (trumpet); Willie Hill (tenor saxophone); Allen Hermann (trombone); Jeff Jenkins (piano).
Recording information: Greywood Studio, Denver CO (05/15/1997-05/17/1997).
Photographer: David Budd.
Arranger: John McNeil .
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Reflecting their inquisitiveness as both professional jazz artists and members of the education community, this group offers a varied program. They cover the spectrum of Montgomery originals, through Horace Silver funk and Joe Henderson bop to classics by Duke Ellington, the Gershwin boys, and Ferde Grofe. Both as solists and in ensemble, the playing on this session exceeds the ordinary. The melding of Hermann's trombone and Montgomery's trumpet is attention getting on Grofe's pseudo classical, "On the Trail." On this tune and on "Recorda-me," the strong influence of Carl Fontana on Hermann is apparent. This Joe Henderson piece also allows Willie Hill to indulge in the kind of gruff and virile but tender tenor playing Henderson's compositions call for. Horace Silver's "Strollin" is the vehicle for an extended piano solo by Jeff Jenkins. Bop, combined with a flirtation with avant-garde, highlights Montgomery's "San Miguel." It all comes to together on a lengthy exposition of Silver's "Nica's Dream." All the players get a chance to show off their wares, but it is Willie Hill's tough, probing tenor playing which steals the show on this track.
Although the major musical protagonists are top flight educators, this album is anything but an academic exercise. This CD is filled with good bop-based music by top flight exponents of the art of jazz and is recommended. ~ Dave Nathan
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The quality of these tales varies widely, from the plain awful to the remarkably good. I'd say the majority of them are nice little appetizer-sized helpings of cleverness, charm, humor (or melancholy) and sexiness. A few soar above that modest level of success, and a few fall short of it.
"The Obedient Wife" by Delilah Devlin: One of those modestly successful stories. Nicely written, clever and sexy.
"How the Little Mermaid Got Her Tail Back" by Andrea Dale: Rather rambling and unfocused, and while it may seem odd to say this of a story that's a retold fairy tale, its believability is ruined by a glaring hole in the description of a central scene.
"Ducking" by Craig Sorensen: A well-intentioned retelling of The Ugly Duckling, wherein the protagonist comes to realize that she's suffering from a distorted self-image, and in fact is a Total Hottie. Rather unsophisticated writing compared to the better stories in this book, and what are those references to ninjas doing in here?
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As mentioned earlier, these stories are not what I expected. Most of the stories are set in modern times and loosely have a sort of fairy tale twist. I thought the stories would be based on common fairy tales set more in a `fantasy' world. (I think, Enchanted: Erotic Bedtime Stories For Women by Nancy Madore did a better job of fairy tale erotic romances) Because of this I felt the shorts were not as interesting as I thought they could be especially since the stories were very short stories and therefore the plots are not very complex.
I think if you are looking for vignettes that are kinky (shocking and titillating) and for the most part set in modern times, then you will enjoy this book. But if you expect stories that really follow a fairy tale theme and have more a plot this book may disappoint. (Although there are a few which do such as a Beauty and the Beast type story by Delilah Devlin.) Because I like the emotional connection between 2 characters and these shorts were brief. I couldn't get into the stories as much as I hoped. But if you are just looking for some inventive and erotic sex stories that are quick `flings' then this book will satisfy.
My favorite short story of this collection- nay, of both collections- was Gingerbread Man. Here, elements of love and grief born by the loss of a companion mix extremely well with the general erotic theme. The fairy tale dimension works very well here, as the reader gets both a love story and a good slug of erotica within the context of a timeless tale of transmutation.
This go round, I read each of the stories without my customary glass of wine. I then returned to the collection, wine in tow (a delicious Oregon Riesling no less), and read Gingerbread Man a second and a third time. Each reading brought out more of the layering and texture within the story, and I especially liked the juxtaposition of kneading of the dough and infusion of emotion with love-making. After reading the story, I made a point of seeking out more of the author's (Carol Hassler) work, and moving it to the top of my reading list.Read more ›
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A year ago, the Ephrata golf team made the transition from Section Two to talent-rich Section One, and many felt the Mounts would have a difficult time adjusting to the change.
However, to their credit, that certainly didn't happen. Ephrata went on to finish a respectable 19-23 overall to place fourth in the seven-team section.
With a season under their belts, the Mounts will look to take that proverbial "next step" in a typically loaded Section One field in 2014.
The Mounts officially kicked off the season last Thursday at Conestoga Country Club in the Section One opener. And while their 2-4 record on the day was not quite what they were looking for, there are signs there that bigger things could be on the horizon for the Mounts.
Junior Matt Kreider led Ephrata's top four with a round of 79. Nick Hatch was next at 81, followed by Mitch Storb, who carded an 87. All three of those player are veterans in the lineup, while newcomers Chase Weik and Lauren Moyer tied with a pair of 99s a the Mounts finished with a team score of 346.
"To some extent it played out very predictably," Coach Ed Gambler said of his team's play in the opener. "(Kreider, Hatch and Storb) all have a lot of match experience, and all three scored pretty well. They scored in the range of scores where I would expect them to be. Anytime you have new players break into the lineup there is going to be some inconsistency there for a while. Hopefully we'll see those scores come down and we'll see the overall match results get a little better."
Manheim Township ran away with the opener, going a perfect 6-0 with a team score of 299 as all of its top four finished in the 70s or lower. Ryan Dornes, the Streaks' top player, finished a medalist as he carded a round of 69.
Penn Manor was a distant second at 335, with Hempfield (339), CV (343), Ephrata, Cedar Crest (351) ad Warwick (369) rounding out the field.
While Gambler believes Manheim Township is the class of the section, he feels his team is on par with all of the other squads.
"I'm hoping we can compete with pretty much everyone in the section," he said. "Township is going to be out there and will be very difficult to catch for anybody. They are probably looking at another State championship. We are certainly competitive with all of the other teams. I'm hoping once we get some experience under our belts we can consistently look at 5-1 or 4-2 in our matches."
Certainly he has a good core in Kreider, Hatch and Storb, who all were key contributors a year ago. Both Kreider and Hatch were selected this summer to compete for Lancaster in the annual Jr. War of the Roses Tournament vs. York County's best.
"For us to have two players on that team was a real honor and really speaks to the level of devotion those two have put into the game," Gambler said. "They both really worked at their games and both really are at an advanced level."
Kreider, in particular, has made terrific strides in his game since playing at three or four for most the year last season.
"Matt is obsessed with golf," Gambler said. "It's everything to him right now and it has been for about a year and a half now. When you are so single-minded you put the time in that is required to get this kind of improvement, and that's what we are seeing. He really has taken huge steps forward. He not only has made himself into a very good player physically, but also really studied the game and really understands course management and how to work his way around a course. He's a very seasoned player at this point and very confident, and he really has all his ducks in a row as far as being a real, quality player."
While Kreider, Hatch and Storb are the returnees, several players are vying to contribute out of the fourth and final spot in the lineup. Gambler said he expects Wike, Moyer, Tommy Mull, Zach Frantz and "a couple freshmen" to battle for that slot in the coming weeks.
"We are very solid through the top three, and then we do have a number of kids who are talented and will be pushing (for that final spot)," Gambler said. "And it all speaks well for the future because (Hatch) is the only senior."
What also should help the Mounts this year is switching its home venue from Galen Hall, which was about a half hour car ride to neighboring Foxchase.
"That really should help," Gambler said. "(Foxchase) is always in immaculate condition. They really take care of the place so it's nice to be there. It also has great practice facilities which is a big bonus. We have the driving range, practice bunkers and a practice green…we will be able to do a lot more work, especially on days when we can't be on the course itself because there is still a real good practice facility to use."
Ephrata will be quite busy over the next week with three matches on tap. Hempfield will host a Section One match Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Four Seasons. Then Ephrata will host a shotgun start at Foxchase on Thursday, beginning at 7 a.m. The teams will then close out this busy stretch with a match at Overlook next Tuesday, beginning at noon.
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