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Awesome. They give the token Italian guy here a column called "Hail Mary."
Anyone out there remember the last time you saw an Italian and "Hail Mary" together in popular culture? On a boat? Fishing? Being killed by his own brother? That's right; I've become the Fredo Corleone of ESPN. This is not a good omen for me, on a personal level.
But I will take it anyway.
So welcome to Hail Mary. It's a fun column to add to your weekly reading schedule: a virtual circus of the week's best sleepers, most elaborate reasoning to play these sleepers, and logical proofs as to why they might net you some fantasy points. What does it all boil down to? Basically, this column is your personal panic button. Did you lose your flex player to plantar fasciitis? Need a tight end because yours is on a bye week but only have four guys you've never heard of in your free agent pool to replace him with? Well, friend, this is your column.
Each week, Hail Mary is going to explore some players who the rest of the world has yet to discover as "sleepers;" we're going to dig a wee bit deeper and try to be a little smarter than your average column. You will see no Jerious Norwoods here. In the Hail Mary universe, he is LaDainian Tomlinson. Think smaller. Like Sidney Rice. Or David Boston. In fact, if you finish reading a Hail Mary column and don't think to yourself one of the following thoughts, then Hail Mary (and yes, as an homage to any athlete you can think of, Hail Mary will refer to Hail Mary in the third person) has failed you:
"He still plays?"
"Wasn't he in Sesame Street's 'Follow That Bird'?"
"The guy with the purple contacts?"
So let's dive right in, and start this week off with a few players who encapsulate the spirit of Hail Mary. I give you
Some Guys You Possibly Can Brag to Your Friends About on Monday Night Over Wings and Possibly Beers (But Only if You Are 21 and Don't Have to Work Early in the Morning, Otherwise You Can Just Brag To Your Wife or Girlfriend) (Who Will Not Listen)
Sidney Rice, WR, Vikings: Fine, NFL. You go ahead and put him wherever you'd like on the depth chart, but you're not going to be able to control where Tarvaris Jackson throws the ball. Don't believe me? Let's take a look at who is ahead of the rookie wide receiver (out of South Carolina) on the Minnesota depth chart:
Troy Williamson: Also, ironically, a product of South Carolina. Williamson has two total touchdowns in two seasons with the Vikings. He has yet to hit 1,000 receiving yards in his career, much less in a season.
Bobby Wade: After five years in the NFL, Wade is on his third team, and is currently being bothered by a sore ankle. He has caught no more than 42 passes in a season, and never had more than 481 yards.
Robert Ferguson: After being released by Green Bay, he passed up a chance to be on Houston's practice squad for Minnesota's greener, carpeted pastures. The injury-plagued wideout -- who has played in all 16 games only once in five seasons -- obviously saw a better chance to compete on the Vikings than anywhere else in the NFL. He is now also bothered by a sore ankle.
Which brings us to our man, Rice. Second-leading Minnesota receiver in the preseason, with eight catches for 53 yards and a touchdown. He caught 142 passes for 2,233 yards and 23 touchdowns in just two seasons under Steve Spurrier at South Carolina. And he's coming into a situation where the quarterback doesn't have any receiver he likes to throw to, since they're all new to him (I am somewhat discounting the four games Jackson saw action in last year).
So why Rice?
Why not?
Mike Williams, WR, Oakland: Mike Williams can blame his lack of success in the NFL on two things: Maurice Clarett and fatty foods. See, back in 2004, when Clarett declared for the NFL draft after his freshman year, Williams thought it was a good idea to forego his last two seasons at USC and followed suit (and, eventually, filed suit). Both eventually were denied entrance to the NFL by a federal judge and basically lost a season of football, waiting to get old enough to be drafted.
When 2005 rolled around, Williams was selected by the Detroit Lions, who already had drafted Charles Rogers and Roy Williams as No. 1 picks to be their wide receivers. What followed were two seasons of weight issues, as Williams remained inactive and benched for, ostensibly, eating too much and not shedding weight quickly.
And that brings us to NFL draft day, 2007. The Lions, fed up with Williams, sent both him and Josh McCown to Oakland for a fourth-round pick. Williams was then reunited with Lane Kiffin, the new head coach of the Raiders, who also served as wide receivers coach for Williams at USC.
So you see where we're going with this, right?
The best freshman receiver in USC history reunites with the man who helped him achieve those numbers. And then Doug Gabriel, ahead of him on the depth charts in Oakland, is released at the end of August. Currently ahead of Williams are Jerry Porter, who was active for only four games last year because he butted heads with former coach Art Shell, and Ronald Curry, who... well, he's pretty good, actually. But Williams is the solid No. 3, and don't discount the fact that Kiffin knows Williams.
In other words, if you drafted Kevan Barlow or Gabriel, or the autodraft you set up for the last three rounds (so you could appease an angry girlfriend) stuck you with two defenses or kickers, consider stealing Williams or Rice off the waiver wire, and stashing them on your bench for the first few weeks. You might be happy you did so.
Which brings us to our favorite part of Hail Mary: The fun kicker fact of the week. We take a stance here that, after the first seven kickers, it's all pretty much a wash. So, in lieu of actual advice, we want you to get to know your kickers on a much more fun, intimate level. Therefore:
Fun Kicker Fact No. 1
Matt Bryant, Buccaneers: Drinks a chocolate shake every Saturday night before a game.
And thus, we are through with the first Hail Mary of 2007. In the future, we're going to be offering you deep sleeper ("comatose"?) picks at the three major positions with the occasional tight end and defense/special teams thrown in for good measure. You don't really need that panic button until after we've seen a full slate of games, so we kept it simple for Week 1.
Best of luck this week to all your fantasy teams, and if your entire starting lineup ends up limping into Week 2, you know where to come looking.
Nando Di Fino writes about Fantasy Sports for ESPN.com


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A Cassatt woman died after she was hit by a train four miles north of Camden near Sanders Creek Road.
For more than two months, the S.C. Highway Patrol (SCHP) sought the driver of an unknown vehicle that fatally struck and killed a pedestrian on Blaney Road during the early morning hours of March 1.
The body of a man killed in a single-vehicle accident Saturday was discovered Monday.
An Elgin woman's daughter-in-law allegedly approached her with a knife because she was angry that the Elgin woman's son was on the brink of losing his job.
Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) narcotics agents arrested two men Monday after discovering a fully assembled methamphetamine lab in an outbuilding on Cricket Hill Drive in Lugoff.
A Lugoff man died after traveling up to 100 mph Sunday morning around 3 a.m.
A man wanted in connection with an August 2011 east Camden home invasion is now in jail thanks to a tip that he was running a club there.
The Camden Police Department (CPD) is looking for three black men who robbed an Ohio man on West DeKalb Street.
A 15-year-old Kershaw County girl who went missing Friday turned up in Texas Sunday afternoon.
(This story was sent for publication prior to the C-I learning that authorities had located Kerrigan Parker in San Antonio, Texas. The C-I will have a follow up story Wednesday with further details.)
The Lugoff Fire Department (LFD) responded to an April 30 accident in Lugoff that resulted in U.S. 1 being blocked off for several hours.
Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) deputies arrested a 40-year-old Fairfield County man Thursday night following a two-hour stand-off with Kershaw County deputies in the cemetery of a church on Springvale Road.
The Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) made no arrests and no one was hurt in a possible recent case of road rage on Dry Branch Road.
The Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) arrested a 35-year-old Lugoff man Tuesday on charges he had sexual relations with a 15-year-old girl. A KCSO press release identified the arrested man as Jonathan Wade Ray, and that investigators charged him with second degree criminal sexual conduct.
Following a joint investigation between the Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) and the Elgin Police Department (EPD), officers arrested David Allen Richardson, 26, and Haley O'Ryan Pearson, 19. Investigators from both agencies identified the pair as having broken in to nearly a dozen vehicles in the town of Elgin and Kershaw County.
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After a recent Insurance Services Office (ISO) evaluation, Buffalo-Mt. Pisgah Fire Department's current ISO rating of 7 will be dropping to an ISO rating ...
Camden Police Department officers responded to an armed robbery call at about 1:45 p.m. July 13 at a laundry located at Chesnut and ...
A Camden man has died after an early morning single vehicle accident on U.S. 521 North.
On July 15, 2016 Deputy John Carter graduated from the SC Criminal Justice Academy Basic Law Enforcement Class 650 where he received the Clifford A ...
Three people were arrested on drug charges in two separate incidents on the same day.
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By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 2:24 PM GMT on November 19, 2007
The Atlantic hurricane season officially ends on November 30, but unofficially, it is probably over. While ocean temperatures are still plenty warm to support tropical cyclone formation in the Caribbean and the Bahamas, wind shear has become prohibitive across the entire tropical Atlantic, and is forecast to remain so until early December. It is possible wind shear will fall low enough over the mid-Atlantic in early December to support tropical storm formation. Any such storm would be far out at sea, and not threaten any land areas. Ocean temperatures are continuing to cool, though, and I put the odds of such a development at 20%. In the recent active Atlantic hurricane period that began in 1995, five of the twelve years have had a named storm form after November 18. With the exception of Tropical Storm Odette of December 2003, none of these storms hit land. Odette hit the Dominican Republic as a 50 mph tropical storm, and triggered flash floods that killed eight people. Late season storms typically form in the Western Caribbean or in the open Atlantic (Figure 1). Due to the frequent number of strong troughs of low pressure marching across the Atlantic this time of year, most tropical storms move north or northeast as soon as they form.
Figure 1. Path of all Atlantic named storms that formed between November 16 and 30, 1851-2006.
Tropical Cyclone Sidr's death toll at 3,000 and rising
Tropical Cyclone Sidr's death toll has risen above 3,000, making the storm the deadliest tropical cyclone the world has seen since Hurricane Mitch hit Honduras in 1998, killing over 9,000 people. The Red Crescent aid agency is estimating that Sidr's toll could reach 5,000-10,000, based on their experience with previous cyclones in Bangladesh. Thousands of people are still missing, and communications to many hard-hit outlying islands remain difficult.
Landmark IPCC report issued
The Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released their final "Synthesis Report" Saturday. This massive effort, repeated just once every seven years by 2,000 of the world's top climate scientists, summarizes the current state of scientific knowledge on climate change, the likely impacts, and options for how to respond. All literate citizens of the world should at least skim the 23-page report. For those of you unwilling to do so, I'll give you a 4-sentence summary:
Human-caused climate change is very likely already occurring, and will get much more significant over the coming decades. While some regions will experience benefits, most regions will experience costly and dangerous climate change. Developing nations will suffer the most. Strong action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2015 is needed to prevent the worst impacts.
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Children's LiteratureThe life cycle of a green bean is described in detail and illustrated with excellent color photographs showing the various stages of development. Oval seeds containing tiny plant embryos are encased within the pods, or fruit of the bean. Each seed has two seed leaves which provide nourishment. Moisture causes the seed to swell and germinate, bursting from its coat and sending up a green seedling plant, which uses water, light, and carbon dioxide to grow. Its flowers contain tiny eggs which are fertilized by pollen carried by insects and become new seeds with pods forming around them. The flowers wither, but the pods enlarge to form vegetables and seeds for future plants. A series of pictures showing the developing bean tests the reader's ability to put them in the correct order. A glossary, reading list, and index are included. Activities to identify various bean species, dissect a lima bean, and sprout bean seeds in a glass jar are suggested. It is part of the "Springboards into Science" series. 2001 (orig. 1999), Gareth Stevens,
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The gas-producing bacilli, now commonly spoken of as B. welchii, occur in a variety of lesions, but their chief hold on our interest lies in their connection with gas gangrene, that dreadful complication of wounds, especially those received in modern warfare. The effects of gas bacilli have been explained in various ways, most often as due to some form of intoxication, either from the products of the decomposition of infected tissues or through the generation of fatty acids as well as in other ways, but it has not been thought that the effects were dependent on true bacterial toxins. Bull and Pritchett,6 however, report highly interesting experiments, the results of which indicate that, under suitable conditions, cultures of gas bacilli produce true toxins to which their pathogenic effects, at least in certain animals, may be ascribed. There are produced at least two distinct toxins, one of which is hemolytic
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Donations of Kleenex, hand sanitizer, and Clorax wipes would be greatly appreciated.
I can be reached by calling the school at 412-824-2450 or by email email@example.com. Please don't hesitate to call me with any questions or concerns. My web page is a work in progress and I will be adding information throughout the year.
Subject Content
A. Math – (Text is Everyday Math) Note book, weekly quizzes, unit assessment, workbook pages, and handouts. Math homework is given Monday – Thursday.
B. Language Arts
Spelling – weekly spelling tests, workbook pages, strategies, and word sorting. Spelling homework is given Monday and Tuesday.
Differentiated Reading – (Text is Storytown) Literature groups, story tests which include comprehension, vocabulary, skills grammar and written response to text, theme tests, word study, partner reading, 25 Book Standard, small group instruction, and oral presentations.
Writing – creative writing (personal, informative, and persuasive). All writing assignments will be kept in a portfolio for the school year and will not be sent home.
Grammar – workbook pages, quizzes, and tests. English homework is given occasionally Monday - Thursday.
C. Science – Foss/Asset Science kits are used, which consist of experiments, demonstrations, observations, scientific drawings, cooperative learning, worksheets, quizzes, and tests. For the majority of tests/quizzes students are given a study guide to help them prepare for the test.
D. Social Studies – Pennsylvania history, vocabulary, map skills, study guides, quizzes, and chapter tests. For the majority of tests/quizzes students are given a study guide to help them prepare for the test.
In order to keep parents informed of grades, all D and F papers are stamped and returned to the student with the request of a parent or guardian signature. It is the student's responsibility to bring ALL graded papers home. After signing please return papers. All students will receive a mid-term progress report. Grades are updated weekly on Edline.
Homework policy
Homework is to be turned in the day it is due. If it is not turned in on the due date, it should be turned in the following day. I expect all homework to be completed and turned in. Homework assignments are recorded on a classroom homework chart for students to copy into their planner.
All students are encouraged and should use their planner for all homework assignments, upcoming quizzes/tests, and communication between parents and teachers. If you write a note in the planner, please ask your child to show it to the teacher.
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Positive choices are encouraged throughout the school year. Class incentives are offered to students in various forms.
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When a student is absent from school, please call to get class work. Please give a 24-hour notice. Send in an absence excuse on the day your child returns to school. An absent note must be turned in the day a student returns to school stating the reason for the absence and the date.
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Joseph Sparano is Professor of Medicine & Women's Health at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Associate Chairman for Clinical Research in the Department of Oncology at Montefiore Medical Center, and Associate Director for Clinical Research at the Albert Einstein Cancer Center. He also serves as Vice Chair of ECOG-ACRIN, Vice-Chairman of the AIDS Malignancy Consortium, and Vice-Chair of the NCI Breast Cancer Correlative Science Committee. Dr. Sparano's research has focused on developmental therapeutic approaches for breast cancer, lymphoma, and HIV-associated cancers, and therapeutic applications of genomic profiling in cancer. He is the chair of the TAILORx clinical trial in breast cancer, an NCI-sponsored trial designed that is integrating multi-parameter gene expression profiling in clinical practice (http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/noteworthy-trials/tailorx). He is also the recipient of funding from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation that is supporting creation of a biospecimen bank designed to identify determinants of late relapse.


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1) What functions does Congress perform? Have the functions of Congress changed over time? How?The Constitutional powers of Congress are to make laws by passing bills, declare war, raise an army and a navy, coin money, regulate commerce, establish federal courts and their jurisdiction, make rules of immigration and naturalization, if necessary impeach the president or other officials, and approve appointments. While those are still the functions, some aspects have changed. For example, changing a court jurisdiction is mainly used today to send a message, and approving the appointments is more of an assertion of power of Congress over the other branches. Also, now with law making, there are many committees and subcommittees that review the bills and an elaborate structure has been formed.
2) What contributes to the incumbency advantage and what are the consequences for the US political process?The factors that add up to the incumbency advantage:
- Incumbent already is a household name
- Incumbent can use government money to finance reelection campaign
- Incumbent already knows who their supporters/volunteers are
- People know what incumbent has done; if they did an okay job, why risk swiching...?
3) How is each house of Congress organized, and what influences have led to these kinds of organization? What are the consequences of this organization and what process results from it?The House of Representatives has 435 voting members, with each member representing a congressional district and serving a two-year term. Seats int the House are apportioned among the states on the basis of population. The Senate has 100 members serving six-year terms. Each state has two senators, regardless of population. Every two years, approximately one-third of the Senate is elected. Both the House and the Senate are responsible for different things in Congress. The consequences of this organization are that the two parts are not equal so there may be advantages that one hold over the other.The senate, because it has a much smaller number of people, is much more personal. Debates are less structured, more discussion is allowed, and generally everyone knows everyone better. In the house, debate time is much more limited per person, and formalities are much more strictly observed in order to maintain a sense of order.
4) What are the differences in the Senate and House norms? Explain these in terms of outcomes.
The senate and the house are represented differently from one another. So in turn, turn out comes harder in the house than in the senate because more members the more people to please or views to incorperate when deciding on something.
5) What kinds of informal and formal linkages are there between the legislator and constituents?Legislator makes up the laws that go into the constituents. They supervise over the president so he doesn't do anything invalid.
6)Name and discuss the roles of the leaders of both houses of Congress.In the House of Representatives, a speaker of the house is elected at the beginning of each new congress and is usually a member of the majority party. The speaker of the house is the most important followed by the majority leader. The majority leader has a certain level of control and can help the speaker of the house. There is also a minority leader who speaks on behalf of the minority party. Lastly there are whips who are people who are assigned to take notes, count votes, write summaries, etc.
In the Senate, the Vice President is the most important member but only can vote in the case of a tie. A pro temp. is elected in case the vice president can not be there.
7)How have the House and Senate changed in recent years?House:
- Power is now centralized in the speaker's inner circle of advisers.
- Procedures are becoming more efficient.
- Turnover is relatively high, although those seeking reelection almost always win.
- Workload is increasing and informality is breaking down; threats of filibusters are more frequent than in past.
- It is becoming difficult to pass legislation.
- Turnover is moderate.
8)What roles do political parties play in Congress? Give specific examples.Political parties effect the way each house is organized.
They also have a big role in the commitee system. Commitees are controlled by the majority party.
Members of congress look to their party leaders for indicators of how to vote.
If members don't vote with the party they risk losing campaign support from the party.
9)Discuss the importance of conference committees.Conference committees are important because leaders in congress (often) don't always agree on the specifics of legislation. In fear that a bill might not be passed in the other house, the Conference committee would convene and members of both houses would bring the concerns of their respective congressional bodies to the table to discuss and compromise on.
10)What is pork barrel and how does it affect legislation?Pork barreling is when spending is tacked on to
a bill to help those who may have helped a public official get into office or pass another bill. This practice is seen as corrupt and a misuse of American lawmaking by some. Others believe that it is a good thing because it helps bills get passed and things get done for the people that representatives represent.
11)Discuss the powers of Congress and the differences between the House and Senate.
-less formal
-unlimited debates
-Filibusters- to block or delay legislation---can be avoided by compromise
-able to add amendments at any time
-6 years in term- gives you time to slow down and get it right
-each person represents a state
-more personal- better relationships
-more formal
-more organized- (Rules committee- sets rules on bills, sets a time limit, amendments)
-more party influence because it is bigger
-2 year term- more urgent to get things done
-less time to please the constituents
-represents 650, 000 people
-for the most part they vote on party lines
-have same number of committees
-party leadership decides who sits in which committees
12)How representative is Congress? Discuss both the theories of representation and the demographic make-up of Congress.It depends on the senator/representative. A trustee listens to his/her constituents but makes the choice on how to vote based on their own judgment. A delegate votes exactly how his district wishes him to vote. A politico is what most senators are; they will go either way (trustee or delegate) depending on the issue at stake.
13)Discuss congressional committees.Committee members play a key role in floor debate in the House or Senate. They are especially important to the House due to its size. There are 4 types of congressional committees:
Standing committees: the committee that proposed bills are referred to for consideration
Joint committees: Are set up to expedite business between the houses and help focus attention on larger topics such as the economy or taxation. (Include members from both houses.)
Conference committee: a joint committee that was created to settle differences between the Senate and the House over a specific piece of legislation.
Select or Special committees: a temporary committee that is appointed for a specific purpose. They are generally started to conduct special investigations or studies and are to report back to either the House or the Senate.
14)Discuss the law-making function of Congress, including how a bill becomes a law.Bills begin when they are proposed by a sponsor or co-sponsors. The bill is then introduced to the house where it is sent to a specific committee. The committee then sends it to a subcommittee where it is scrutinized and perfected. The bill is then sent to then sent to the House and voted on. It is then sent to the senate and when passed goes to the president to be signed or vetoed.
15)Describe the general characteristics of the members of Congress and their average daily activities. What are the attractions and benefits of being a member of Congress?Members of congress are usually, rich, male, white, and educated. 170 members are millionaires, the majority are male and white, and 2/3 of each houses have advance degrees and only three senators have not gotten a college degree. The average age is 60 and many are lawyers. Many members want to make a difference but once they have retired the benefits are nice too. Once you have retired a memeber can make a lot of money in provate sectors, like lobbying firms. Others want to win respect in the houses and wish to be party or majority leaders. Even minority leaders are wanted.
16)Describe how Congress is demographically atypical of the United States population. Does this present a problem for legitimate democratic government? Why, or why not?Congress is made up of white, highly-educated, rich males, and this is not the norm for the United States. It can be argued that this proves problematic for a legitimate democratic government if a representative votes the way he was raised. The counter-argument is that if he legitimately listens to his constituents and strictly represents their views, it shouldn't be a problem.
17)Comment on the representativeness of Congress. Are the members of Congress truly representative of the American people and the overall needs of the nation? What effect do PACs and interest groups have on the representativeness of Congress?
Congressional representative are elected into office by the people. They also follow a delegate model for making decisions in office, when they follow the opinions of their districts. However, they also frequently use the trustee model, when they factor in what they want out of legislation when voting. They also are frequently swayed by the majority party and leaders in Congress so they sometimes go against their beliefs in order to secure themselves amongst fellow reps. One major issue dealing with Representatives in Congress is their drive to get reelected. For the most part they will vote for what will keep them in office, thus they are easily influenced by PAC's and interest groups, which supply them funds, and the views of their districts, even if it isn't for the best of the country.
18)Describe the advantages of incumbents in congressional elections. What reforms has been suggested to limit the effects of incumbency? Would you support such reform?
Members of Congress are reelected because their constituents have not been provided with a compelling reason to vote for someone else. Also, incumbents are able to raise more money from trusted constituents if they have been doing a good job. By being in office for 2+ years, constituents know the name of the incumbent, and have much more incentive to vote for that person. Some reforms that have been suggested: term limits; others include matching funds for political candidates, mandated air time for television advertisements, and reforms to campaign finance laws, which are intended to make incumbency less advantageous. It seems more fair to have this kind of reform, but it also appears very unconstitutional to limit one person in such a way.
19)Explain and evaluate the role of money in congressional elections. Give examples to illustrate your===
In the world of politics, money = power. Many times, Congressional candidates drop out of the race solely because they don't have enough money to keep up with expensive campaign costs. Also, many candidates are considered for possibly entering a race (e.g Mayor Bloomburg for the Presidential Election) only because they have a ton of money.
20)Describe the structure of power and decision making in the Congress and evaluate the impact of that structure on policymaking.Congress has the power to make bills into laws, declare war, and control the armed forces. They are the firm metalworkers who put proposals into action. Because all proposals need to be passed through Congress before they are turned into laws, Congress is a main factor in the policy making process. Also, they are given the power to enforce the policies that they have passed. Congress is the creator and the support of laws.
21)Describe the powers of the Speaker of the House, the majority and minority leaders, and the whips. What limits are there to their leadership powers in their respective parties?The Speaker of the House: presides over the House, is second in line to the President, is the spokesperson of the house, and basically smoothes out legislation
Majority Leader: second most important in House, helps organize the Speaker, helps to get legislation on the floor
Minority Leader: used to have power but lost most of it after the 108th congress limited its power
Whips: in both Democrats and Republican parties, whips are elected by caucuses and help aid the majority leader, minority leader, and speaker. Whips try to keep leader and party members in line.
22)List and briefly describe the different types of committees in Congress. What role do the committees play in the Congressional process?There are four types of committees in Congress. They are:
-Standing Committees- The committees to which bills are referred for consideration.
-Joint Committees- Committees set up to expedite business between the houses and to help focus the publics attention on major matters (including taxation, scandals, and the economy). These committees include members from both houses of Congress who conduct investigations.
-Conference Committees- special joint committees that reconcile differences in bills passed by the House and the Senate. Conference committees are made up of the members of the House and the Senate committees that originally considered the bill.
-Select/Special Committees- temporary committees appointed for specific purposes. They are generally established to conduct special investigations or studies and to report back to the chamber that established them.
These committees have about 86 subcommittees and act as the eyes, ears, and hands of the House. Some committees even posses the power to kill bills, amend bills radically, or hurry them through the process.
23)Explain how the system of committees and subcommittees works in Congress. Give examples to illustrate your answer.
24)What is a congressional caucus? What role do they play, and how much influence do they have? Give examples to illustrate your answer.===
A congressional caucus is a group of members of Congress who join together for a common purpose, to reach a common legislative goal. They can have significant influence depending upon their success. A few examples include the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressional Hispanic Caucus which works to promote ideas for the advancement of the Hispanic society as well as the Congressional Internet Caucus which promotes advancement in the internet industry.
25)Compare and contrast the different types of staff that work to support Congress. How large are these staffs? What services do they provide?Each member of Congress has staff to assist him/her during a term in office. There are three types of staff positions in Congress: personal staff, committee staff and staff offices
Personal Staff - Representatives and senators have their own personal staffs. These usually consist of administrative assistants (AAs), legislative assistants (LAs), and field staff. These staff members help expedite a congressperson's extremely heavy workload.
Field Staff- Field staff members work in a representative's home district offices or in a senator's home state offices. They work on constituent services.
Committee Staff- The second type of congressional staff positions are associated with particular congressional committees and subcommittees. Committee staff usually work for the committee chairperson.
Staff Offices -The third type of congressional staff position consists of the three congressional offices which have been set up in our national legislature: the General Accounting Offices, the Congressional Research Service, and the Congressional Budget Office.
The staff people serving congressional committees and subcommittees, as well as in the congressional administrative offices, often serve in their positions far longer than do representatives or even senators. These congressional staff people, therefore, often have far more knowledge and connections both inside and outside of government than do many elected representatives and senators. Thus, although these staff people are appointed rather than elected, they usually have far more power than the general public ordinarily realizes.
26)Explain the legislative process and the relative importance of key individuals and groups in that process. What happens to most bills? Describe the procedure by which a bill becomes law.
How a bill becomes a law:Any member introduces the bill and it is labeled with his name. The bill is then referred to an appropriate committee and can be assigned to a subcommitttee. Then the bill is marked up and sent to the rules committee. Then the bill is voted on and is sent to the president to be passed or vetoed.
27)How can the President influence congressional action? Do you think the President is too powerful or not powerful enough in dealing with Congress? Explain.The president can influence congress by vetoing or threatening to veto. The president may also propose legislation. The president is not too powerful, I believe what is in place now is as close to an equal balance of power between legislative and executive as can ever be reached. Neither branch can single-handedly pass legislation without some involvement of the other branch.
28)Identify the sources of influence on members of Congress and evaluate their impact on policymaking.Lobbyists, population of representation, the internet, and party/majority leaders. Lobbyists bring new ideas in and try get the Congressman to get behind their issue(s). The demographics of the area represented sway the decision. The internt has allowed each congressman to become more personalized messages to the public. The view of your party of is greatly influenced on a higher status offical than a lower one.
29)How important is party membership to a senator or member of the House in casting a vote? Are votes on some issues more or less likely to follow party lines? What other factors influence how an individual legislator casts a vote? Party loyalty is usually a large factor in a member of congress's vote. Although the member may sometimes disagree with the party, it is necessary for them to vote along with the party as to not be punished by not being put on a committee that he/she may want. Also the member does not want to upset other party/committee members. Sometimes if a vote hits home on a particular for a certain state, the member may go against the party with his state's best interest in mind. If a member is elected by a citizens of one party, the citizens will not want to see him vote other than their views, considering he/she was elected to represent them. If the member does decide to vote against the party of the majority of people, he/she may not be re-elected.
30)Explain how members of Congress reconcile the conflicting jobs of representing constituents and making effective public policy. In your answer, be sure to discuss the committee system, congressional elections, and the role of political parties and interest groups in Congress.
31)Describe the conflicting concepts of members of Congress serving as trustees versus as instructed delegates. Which role does a legislator most frequently play? Which concept most appeals to you? Explain.As an elected member of Congress a Senator or Representative have a duty to represent their constituents. They do this through two different methods, the trustee and delegate method. The trustee method is that a Congressman will listen to the views of his voters and then vote as he thinks best. In the delegate method a Congressman votes as his voters wish. I think the delegate method is more democratic because it is closer to the actual views of the people.
32)Evaluate Congress as a democratic institution. What reforms democratized Congress? Evaluate whether there is a trade off between representativeness and effectiveness.Congress is a vital institution in practising democracy because it is the place where elected representatives work, collaborate and make decisions which will better serve their constituents.
One reform that democratized the Congress was increasing responsiveness by imposing term limits on the Speaker and committee chairmen and providing for consideration of a measure to apply federal laws to Congress as the first legislative vote in the 104th Congress. Another was to Promote accountability by requiring that committee meetings be open to the public and to the broadcast media, requiring roll call votes on major legislation, prohibiting changes in debate transcripts, and conducting a comprehensive audit of House finances.
Yes there is a trade off. House members may be serving the interest of his/her own people, but by doing this, they often ignore national interests. So representating a certain community can sometimes reduce the overall or global effectiveness of congress.
33)The authors note that "some argue that Congress is too responsive to constituents, and, especially, to organized interests....(while others) argue that Congress is too insulated from ordinary citizens. Evaluate the evidence for each view from throughout the chapter.Congress is most likely citizen's voice. It is impossible to not be influenced by citizens because it is directly elected by citizens. Even though it is influenced by people, there is a president who chooses final choice. So, I don't think people are too influenced with that.
34)Discuss aspects of congressional membership, elections, organization and decision making that might lead the public to be critical of Congress as an institution. To what extent is such criticism well-founded?The congress can be easily criticized for using ear marking, it basically means that before legislation is passed they slip in a law or bill that will generally help the people in their district. The only reason this is passed is because it has a log rolling effect, "I'll Scratch your back, if you scratch mine." So in a sense they will pass the bill even with that ear mark but only if they promise to do that for them the next time. This can be highly criticized because it wastes tax payers money and helping a orange farmer is CA will not help us here that much...so why do we have to pay for it. But on the other end it is good because it shows that people back home that they are getting something for their money.
35)What is the relationship between Congress and the president? Be sure to discuss the balance of power and oversight.Congress is able to formally write out bills. The president votes on them. He has the option to veto the law. Congress is then able to over throw the veto and make the bill into a law if they believe the president is wrong. As for war the president had the power to wage war and negotiate treaties while Congress has the power to declare war and Senate ratifies treaties. Congress also has the power to impeach the president.
36)How has the balance of power shifted between the president and Congress?After the assassination of president Lincoln, the Congress tried to assume many executive powers, but were denied by the new president in office, Andrew Johnson, who they tried to impeach, but fell short by one vote. Other presidents in the 20th century, especially Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, and Lyndon B. Johnson, acted in a similar manner as the post-Civil War Congress, in taking over legislative powers. Now the Congress seems to find itself responding to many proposals of the executive branch, but still holds the main authority because it has increased oversight, since the 1970s and 80s, and ultimately has the power to impeach the president.
37)Discuss the War Powers Act. When and why was it created?The war powers act of 1973 is also called the war powers resolution. It allows the President to exercise his commander in chief power for 60 days without Congress' formal declaration of war. Another 30 days can also be alloted to allow removal of troops. This Act was passed in light of unofficial conflict without regard to congressional authority in the Korean and Vietnam Wars under President Nixon. One example of this Act in effect was its invocation in the Multinational Force in Lebanon Resolution, which provided the Marines authority to stay in Lebanon for 18 months.
38)Discuss the efforts of some members of Congress to remove the Supreme Court from issuing opinions on social issues.The US Congress passed its own version outlawing partial birth abortion even though the Supreme Court had declared that it was unconstitutional for Nebraska to to outlaw partial birth abortion. Some Congressmen tried to pass a bill that wouldn't allow federal courts from hearing challenges to the federal Defense of Marriage Act, the Pledge of Allegiance, or other social issues.
39)Discuss the merits of a representative acting as "trustee" or "delegate."Trustee: A trustee must listen to the opinions of his/ her constituents but also is expected to use their best judgment to make the final say. In this case, a trustee could make an independent decision even if it means going against the short-term concerns of his/her own constituencies.
So a congressman following the trustee model may make a decision that does not exactly reflect what the people of his district think, but a decision will be made that is in the best interest of the congressman, and hopefully, his district as well.
Delegate: A delegate's role is to reflect what their district or state represents – without bringing their opinion into the decision.
So no matter what the people of his district want, a congressman following the delegate model will do anything in his power to get the people what they want. This method is helping when reelection season comes around and the congressman can say "I did exactly what you wanted."


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Blue Slime Sipper (Kid's Halloween Favorite)
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Prep 4 hrs
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This make about 12 cups of a blue kid friendly slimy drink, which makes it perfect for a children's Halloween party or any children's party --- you might want to give this a try using different flavors of gelatin powder :)
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 (6 ounce) packagejello blueberry gelatin
- 3 cups chilled prepared lemonade
- 3 cups carbonated lemon-lime beverage
- 2 cups boiling water
- 4 cups cold water
- In a large mixing bowl combine the gelatin and two cups boiling water; stir until dissolved, then add/stir in 4 cups very cold water.
- Cover and chill at least 4 hours (gelatin will be partially set).
- To serve; stir gelatin with a large spoon or whisk until gelatin is broken into small pieces.
- Place 1/4 cup lemonade in a large clear glass or plastic tumbler; add 1/2 cup gelatin to the lemonade, then add 1/4 cup lemon-lime carbonated beverage.
- Stir slightly and your ready to slurp some slime!
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I made this drink this last Halloween and it truely is a fun kids drink!! Pretty tasty too.
The kids woiuld give this 6 stars if they could! They even wanted some in their lunch bag for the next day! I think we are going to try this with different flavors of jello and see what we can come up with! Thanks a berry blue bunch!
I just made this with 18 soon-to-be 5th graders for a summer school activity. They LOVED it! We quadrupled the recipe and used Berry Blue Jello, too. They each got seconds and were disappointed when they couldn't get thirds. As they were drinking it they were also brainstorming about how it would work with other kinds of jello (lime, strawberry, etc.).


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Respiration vs Photosynthesis
By Celine Leong, Marion Bregiannis and Laura Mason.
^^ is the link to our presentation.
* Give the equation for each with a detailed explination.
Chemical equation:
6CO2 + 6H20 + Energy -----> C6H12O6 + 6O2
Worded equation:
Carbon Dioxide + Water + Sunlight ----> Glucose + Oxygen
Photosynthesis is the process of converting light to chemical energy and storing it on the bonds of sugar.
Chemical Equation:
C6H12O6 + 6O2 -------> 6CO2 + 6H2O + Energy
Worded Equation:
Glucose + Oxygen -----> Carbon Dioxide + water + Energy
Respiration is when plants and animals convert starch that has been stored into energy. It is the process where organisms release energy from food.
*Some numbers in the chemcial equations could not be written in correct format.
Though the equations for photosynthesis and respiration are similar, the processes for the two differ immensely. They both use a different sequence of steps, different enzymes and different locations of occurance.
* Use labelled digrams to explain where and how the reactions occur in a plant.
Photosynthesis can only be carried out in plants. It is when the plant makes its own food, called glucose, by combining carbon dioxide from the air and water from its roots. It also must include chlorophyll, the green pigment in plants, which is also the cause of most plants to be green. Photosynthesis is split into two reactions; the first being the light reaction and the second being dark reaction. In the light reaction, the lights energy is changed to a chemical energy. In the dark reaction, glucose is formed by an enzyme-controled reaction when carbon dioxide and hydrogen ions combine.
In respiration, plants (and animals) convert the sugars back into energy. The chemical equation for respiration is the opposite of the equation for photosynthesis. It shows that the sugars from photosynthesis are combined with oxygen instead of using carbon dioxide from the air and water from the soil react with the sun's energy to form carbohydrates (sugars and starches).
*Explain how each of the reactions occur-ie factors affecting their rates.
The availability of carbon dioxide, the amount of light available, the amount of availability of water, the amount of nutrients available and the temperature can all affect the rate of photosynthesis. If any of these factors are increased or decreased, then the same would generally happen to the rate of photosynthesis. The photosynthesis rate rises quickly if the light intensity is raised as there is more energy accessible. However, once it reaches a certain point, the increasing of the rate of photosynthesis is halted; and this leads to carbon dioxide limiting the reaction. The carbon dioxide then decides the maximum rate of photosynthesis after levelling out the different rates of photosynthesis. Once the temperature reaches 30 C, the rate of photosynthesis is decreased as enzymes are affected by higher temperatures and therefore cannot function properly. The rate of photodynthesis is highest during the day (with sunlight) and lowest at night. Photosynthesis may occur up to ten times faster than respiration on sunny days. In comparison, the photosynthesis rate at night is severely less than the respiration rate at night as there is no sunlight to help photosynthesis


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Cooke struggles to gain traction in race against governor
Democrats have been largely focused on the state's most competitive races, for the new 4th District seat in Congress and for Salt Lake County mayor. Both races are seen as too close to call.
State GOP Chairman Thomas Wright said Cooke is making the same mistake Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon made two years ago when he ran against Herbert in a special election for the remainder of former Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr.'s term.
Corroon lost decisively to Herbert after running what was widely criticized as a negative campaign centered on questions about the connection between the governor's donor list and state contracts.
"It's been disappointing to watch Peter Cooke do nothing to put forward a plan of what he would do as governor and just criticize the governor," Wright said. "I guess they didn't learn their lesson."
He said Cooke would have been better off coming out in favor of a tax increase to fund education.
"At least he would have mobilized his base and energized his base, and gotten some positive traction for an agenda," Wright said. "I have respect for any Democrat who comes up with a message."
This election, Herbert didn't even hit the campaign trail until just over a week ago, when he made a swing through much of the state over several days.
Is that a sign of confidence in the election results?
"Well, I've always said good government and good governing is good campaigning. It makes the messaging a lot easier," Herbert said. "You don't have to go out and campaign for the job of coach if your team is winning."
Herbert said education has always been a priority in his administration. He also supports local control for schools and accountability within the system.
"Evidence suggests that spending money on education is not enough," the governor says on his website.
The governor said while this has "been a much more pleasant race" than he faced in 2010, his campaign was compelled to contact Cooke's about the tone of recent advertising.
"We did what he invited us to do. That's all we have to say about it," Herbert said, noting a meeting he had with Cooke early in the race where keeping campaign advertising was discussed.
Cooke's campaign responded by issuing a press release saying their efforts were "hitting a nerve" with the governor. Herbert stopped short of commenting on how Cooke was running his campaign.
"Campaigns are tough," the governor said. "It's a tough thing for me, too. You do what you think is in the best interest of getting your message out. … I understand, he and his people need to do what they think is the best thing."
Cooke said he doesn't believe his campaign has been successful in focusing attention on the issues he believes are important. He blames a lack of resources for not being able to get his message to voters.
"They don't hear it because I have $350,000. He has $2 million," Cooke said, adding he expects the governor to spend five times as much in advertising.
He started to talk about more money being the answer, but stopped himself mid-sentence. "This is whining. It is what it is, the campaign is. You run against an incumbent, you're going against a huge organization."
Quin Monson, director of the BYU Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy, said Cooke doesn't have a strong enough message to attract the kind of campaign cash he needs to reach voters.
"He's doesn't have the 'silver bullet,' and that keeps him from raising the money that allows him to deliver his message," Monson said. "That's a tough spot to be in. It doesn't mean he's not a good candidate."
Whatever happens Election Day, Cooke said, he's had a fair shot.
"Whatever I've done as a campaign, I'll take that on me. I don't blame others," he said. "I'm frustrated because I just want to do what's good for the state."
TOMORROW: Read about the high-profile race for Salt Lake County mayor, in Monday's Deseret News.
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Kaylee Gleason, Mary-Claire Jones and Morgan-Taylor Thomas are very special fifth-graders. They have exhibited academic ability, civic and scholastic responsibility and involvement, and maturity far beyond their tender years. The Longview Independent School District has taken note of their gifts. They spent spring break in Dallas/Ft. Worth at Education in Action's Lone Star Leadership Academy …
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Left to right: Daylon Saldana, Shawndrell McGhee, Chris Buckstaff, Verkessia Skinner, Baughn Welch, and Quan Nguyen pose with their medals at Texas State Technical College- Waco. The students this past weekend competed in various drafting contests for the right Cialis Without Prescription to represent Longview High School in the state competition.
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2008 Clinton's Gender Politics
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Hillary Clinton has a problem.
Her campaign believes that women are going to be key to helping her win the Democratic primary and the general election. Her guru, Mark Penn, likes to remind reporters that women now make up about 54-percent of the electorate, and recently Penn suggested that in a general election, Clinton could win over as much as 24-percent of the Republican female vote based on the "emotional element" of potentially having the first female president.
Hence, the Clinton campaign is trying to stir up emotion among women. That's why Clinton was at her alma mater Wellesley yesterday, telling undergraduates that "in so many ways this all-womens college prepared me to compete in the all-boys club of presidential politics. That's why her campaign released it's "Politics of Pile On" video in the wake of Tuesday's debate and went about suggesting that a bunch of men had been mean to Clinton, as usual.
The Clinton campaign is trying to push women's buttons, getting them to rally around Clinton out of a sense of shared victimhood. Maybe she'll be effective in this. No doubt there are a lot of women out there who feel like they have to play in an "all-boys' club." No doubt there are a lot of women who have experienced something akin to "the politics of pile on" at work or in social settings. And no doubt there are a lot of men whose sympathies can be pricked with the image of a bunch of guys "piling on" one womanan image that, taken to its logical extreme, brings up images of gang rape and its attendant male responsibilities (the responsibility to protect the woman, the responsibility to punish the male aggressors, the responsibility to make life better for the woman going forward).
But Clinton is also contending that she's not running because she's a woman. And she's trying to show that she's tough enough to defend herself (and the country) in a world full of bad men. Hence, on Wednesday, the day after the debate, when Clinton got the endorsement of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the union's president presented her with a pair of boxing gloves and said of the debate: "Six guys against Hillary. I'd say that's a fair fight."
Well, but: Which is it? A fair fight or not?
Right now the Clinton camp wants to have it both ways. It wants to say Clinton is strong enough to take on six men, and it wants to criticize those six men for taking on one woman.
This creates an opening for people to accuse Clinton of selectively playing the gender card, as Barack Obama did this morning. It gives grist to opinion writers, male and female, who think Clinton isn't being sincere. And it also creates a danger that her posture will turn off men who find the back-and-forth extremely manipulative.


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ST. LOUIS - Truth is, there is more than one way to build a World Series contender in the new economic landscape of major league baseball. A quick look at the Cardinals' 4-1 dispatching of the Phillies at Busch Stadium last night might have tempted you to conclude otherwise, but the easy narrative is not always the proper one. Or, at least, not the complete one.
Without a doubt, the method behind the Cardinals' considerable success this season offers a convenient and not altogether inaccurate contrast to the roster with which the Phillies have attempted to compete. In Allen Craig, Matt Carpenter, Jon Jay, Daniel Descalso and Matt Adams, the Cardinals feature five regular contributors who were drafted in the second round or later, each of them after a successful collegiate career. Against Jonathan Pettibone and the Phillies, they combined to go 6-for-16 with two runs and two RBI.


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I uninstalled and re-installed the theme to try to track where things break, but I'm not following what is happening.
I active the theme and click on "theme options"
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If I go to "Techozoic Settings", select "color options", choose a pre-built from the menu and Save it, I get:
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"Norman" tells the story of a high school senior who finds too great a burden of challenges piling up all at once. His mother has died in a car crash. His father is dying of stomach cancer. This is all made known to us at the outset. The film will not be about these tragedies happening to him, but with how he deals with them. That's a worthy change from a more ordinary teen movie.
Norman (Dan Byrd) is quiet and private, with a way of hesitating before speaking as if he can barely find the will. His father, Doug (Richard Jenkins), is a doctor who understands his son's condition all too well. He also has made a decision to refuse one more round of chemotherapy and essentially supervise his own hospice care at home.
He and his son love each other, they argue only about his decision to end care, and Doug is painfully aware that he will be leaving behind an orphan. He treats Norman like an adult, inviting him to discuss with an attorney how he wants to live after his death, but Norman is unable to even listen to such questions.
Norman is smart, and therefore a loner in school. In his English class, he makes an ironic comment at a moment when no one else in the class can supply a definition of irony and is spotted for his intelligence by his English teacher (Adam Goldberg).
At tryouts for a drama club, Norman applauds an offbeat audition by Emily Parrish (Emily VanCamp), after they've earlier had an ancient classic Meet Cute (they collide in the hall, and he helps pick up her books, not awesomely original). She sweetly reveals that she likes him, and he confesses he's never been out on a date.
All of this could be in a conventional film. It is impending death that gives this one depth. In a foolish attempt to explain his behavior, he tells his best friend, James (Billy Lush), that he has cancer, and soon the whole school and especially Emily and the English teacher have the news. When Emily insists on meeting his father, that creates an obviously insoluble dilemma, not least because of the way his lie would make his father feel.
The film, directed by Jonathan Segal from an original screenplay by Talton Wingate, has the nerve to play this plot straight. The high school, in Washington state, seems relatively free of the cretins inhabiting most high school movies and avoids many opportunities for cheap laughs.
Dan Byrd, who you may have seen on the TV series "Cougar Town," is a dead ringer for Bud Cort, but sidesteps the danger of excessive cuteness. Emily VanCamp (a longtime regular on TV's "Brothers and Sisters") has a standard role, the friendly girl, but she handles it with delicacy and doesn't overplay; her performance depends above all on her ability to project empathy. When she learns Norman doesn't have cancer, that takes the need to empathize to another level, and the movie widely finds a way to communicate that without the risks of dialogue.
For me, Richard Jenkins is the heart of "Norman." How often I've admired him; even in unworthy roles, he has such strength, he never seems the need to try.
Note: "Norman" won the Silver Hugo (top prize) in the New Directors Competition at the 2010 Chicago International Film Festival.
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Published: Friday, November 21, 2008 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, November 21, 2008 at 8:45 p.m.
The Polk County Democratic Executive Committee nominated former Polk County Sheriffs Office Major Donald Hill to be the next sheriff of Polk County Thursday night.
Hill, 39, began his career with the Polk County Sheriffs Office in 1991 serving under the late Sheriff Boyce Carswell.
I want to thank you for this nomination, he said. I have spent many years working here in Polk County and look forward to serving you. I can assure you that it will be a rough start taking off, but I will do the very best for you.
Hill was fired by former Sheriff Chris Abril in August along with two other deputies.
Reasons why Hill and the other deputies were fired were never made public by the former sheriff citing personnel matters being confidential.
Since Hill left the sheriffs office he has been working in landscaping and catching up with work around his house.
I love being back, he said. I just didnt know it was going to be in this capacity.
Hill was considered Thursday night along with former Polk County Sheriffs Office Sgt. Ronald Smith. Smith retired from the department in 2004.
Democrats and residents packed the Democratic headquarters in Polk County Thursday to watch the executive committee make their choice.
We are here today to fill the vacancy in the Polk County Sheriffs Office and give a recommendation to the county commissioners, Democratic Chair Margaret Johnson said.
Smith told the committee before making their decision that he felt it was time to restore order and consistency to the office of sheriff.
The sheriff has the responsibility to focus on crimes against citizens, namely assaults, drugs, breaking and entering, larceny as well as domestic violence, Hill told the committee. Our officers and employees under my supervision must communicate with the public in a cordial and civil manner, understanding that citizens provide an extra set of eyes and can provide crucial information that result in arrests and convictions.
During his time with the Polk County Sheriffs Office Hill received many recognitions including the Region C Officer of the Year in 1999, Region C K9 Officer of the Year 2001 and 2005, Region C Citation for Outstanding Leadership and Achievement 1995 and 2000, Crime Stoppers Distinguished Service Award 2007 and he received his N.C. Advanced Law Enforcement Certification in May 2004.
Hill will take over after Abril resigned prior to pleading guilty in court to two counts of soliciting indecent liberties with minors stemming from incidents that occurred in 1988 and 1989 with a 10-year-old girl and 12-year-old girl.
Abril was sentenced to five years probation, three of which will be supervised, and 120 days of house arrest.
Abril announced his resignation last Thursday, effective Sunday at midnight, before he was set to go to trial. He said that the then pending trial had become a distraction that prevented him from meeting the high standards I have set for myself as sheriff and that I have set for myself as sheriff and that I have required of my employees.
Abril, a Democrat, was arrested on Aug. 28, 2006, but wound up winning the election over incumbent David Satterfield 10 weeks later.
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ArvinMeritor in Fletcher will lay off employees for the first time since the company was founded in 1982.
The company will reduce its hourly workforce by 47 employees effective Monday, according to company spokeswoman Krista Sohm.
The cause for the layoffs is the global economic state that every industry is facing currently, she said.
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The layoffs were announced despite an announcement last June that ArvinMeritor would invest $33.7 million to expand plants in Henderson and Scotland counties, adding 13 jobs at the Fletcher plant and 54 jobs in Laurinburg.
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