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Stocks to Watch: MetroPCS, McGraw-Hill, ADM and More
By Corrie Driebusch and Caitlin Nish
Some stocks to watch this morning, including Texas Roadhouse and MetroPCS Communications.
Texas Roadhouse's second-quarter earnings rose 6.9%, but the chain of casual-dining steak restaurants said Monday that inflation pressure would push earnings growth this year to the low end of its guidance. Shares dropped 9.8% to $15 premarket as the latest results were also shy of analysts' expectations.
MetroPCS's second-quarter earnings rose 5.6% as the prepaid wireless-service provider continued to add subscribers, though margins declined on higher costs. Shares fell 12% to $14.30 premarket as second-quarter results missed analysts' expectations and MetroPCS recorded a sharp slowdown in growing its subscribership.
Two big investors have increased their stake in McGraw-Hill in an effort to push a break-up of the conglomerate, known as much for its financial data and bond ratings as its textbooks for school children. Shares rose 4.8% in premarket trading to $43.40.
Archer Daniels Midland Co.'s fiscal fourth-quarter earnings fell 15% mostly on higher tax expenses as the company saw earnings growth at most of its businesses. The corn-processing unit was an exception as it was hit with significantly higher commodities costs. Shares fell 4.4% to $29.13 in recent premarket trading.
Herbalife Ltd.'s second-quarter profit jumped 35% as the maker of nutrition and weight-control products reported a double-digit increase in volumes, helping sales improve across all global markets. Herbalife also issued a strong outlook for the current quarter and raised its expectations for the year. Shares jumped 8.4% to $60.21 in premarket trading, as the results easily topped analysts' expectations.
Radian Group Inc. swung to a second-quarter profit on large derivatives gains and a smaller provision for mortgage insurance losses. Shares jumped 13% to $3.49 premarket as the company said it also experienced a continued drop in mortgage insurance delinquencies in the quarter.


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I have to admit that I've been eagerly awaiting the arrival of Madonna's latest album, Hard Candy, but after downloading it on Tuesday, boy was I disappointed. The reviews have been almost across-the-board positive — or at least thoughtful, referencing Madonna's influence and stature in the pop culture world — but I found myself fast-forwarding through repetitive choruses ("get stupid get stupid get stupid" — argh! — on "Give It 2 Me") and, frankly, not quite getting the album.
Perhaps, as the Houston Chronicle noted: "As a sit-down listen (in the car, through headphones or via a computer), Hard Candy doesn't have the same immediate spark or insightful lyrics as 2005's gorgeous Confessions on a Dance Floor. …
Under the disco ball, however, Hard Candy proves a sparkling after-hours soundtrack."
Maybe my problem is that I've been listening to it while at the office rather than out at a club. If that's the case, it's gonna be a long time before I "get" this album, since my club-going days have dwindled down to, oh, a couple of times a year. I suspect that most of Madonna's die-hard fans also long ago stopped loving the night life (Madonna, after all, is turning 50 this year), and I'm not sure if those longtime fans will get this album, either.
I do like a few songs on the album, including "Dance 2night," which is way more of a disco track than a hip-hop one, and "Miles Away," a melancholy song that sounds like it belongs on Confessions on a Dance Floor.
Most reviews also mention that Madonna has made a concerted effort with this new album to attract younger fans, especially by working with current hit-makers such as Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, Kanye West and others. The funny thing is, I personally really enjoy Justin, Timbaland and Kanye. The problem, in my opinion, is that Madonna's somewhat cold, emotionless voice just isn't suited to hip-hop — and Hard Candy is a total wannabe hip-hop album, right from the start of its first single, "4 Minutes" (which I think is the best track on the whole thing).
I'm far from a hip-hop expert, but the melding of Madonna and hip-hop beats just doesn't seem quite right to me. Especially in comparison to another recent album released by a pop music icon, Mariah Carey's E=MC2, which melds hip-hop and pop almost perfectly.
Mariah has also received a ton of praise for her latest CD, which was released on April 15 and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard charts. Back in the 1990s when Mariah was all about music boxes and butterflies, I admit I kept the fact that I actually owned a Mariah CD a secret, but after The Emancipation of Mimi (and getting 10 years older), I decided it was fine to like her songs — and about time to acknowledge that she knows how to make a hit. Plus, anybody who watched her week on American Idol also saw that it's really hard for anybody else to sing a Mariah Carey song.
Though E=MC2 has some weak points (the sing-song melody of "O.O.C." just annoys me), the album has several truly addictive tracks, including "I Stay in Love," which is a worthy successor to her hit "We Belong Together," and "Side Effects," which could be the most Mary J. Blige–like song Carey has ever written. I even like the booming, bass-heavy "Migrate." Its simple lyrics draw a surreal picture of a group of friends moving from club to after-party to hotel as if they were part of some vast wildlife migration.
But I shouldn't compare Madonna to Mariah. There's just no comparison; both have carved out their own pop music kingdoms on their own and quite separately. One artist who does compare to some extent to Madonna, though, is Swedish pop star Robyn, who just released her self-titled CD in the U.S. on the same day that Hard Candy came out.
Robyn's eponymous CD was originally released in Sweden in 2005 and came out in the U.K. in March 2007; many of the songs that Americans are only now getting to hear have already been hits across Europe and Australia, including "With Every Heartbeat." If her voice sounds familiar, that's because you may remember her 1997 pop-dance hit, "Show Me Love."
Now, it's not Robyn's early years that I'm comparing to Madonna — it's her new stuff. Many of the songs on Robyn remind me of very early Madonna, like from 1982. Maybe it's because that early '80s synth sound is back, but Robyn also has some of the same attitude, especially on songs like "Handle Me" ("It's a simple fact that you can't seem to handle me/No matter how you act with them
To be fair, there are a couple of duds on Robyn. I thought the opening track, a recitation of Robyn's (false) qualifications, "Curriculum Vitae," is a bit self-indulgent, and I'm not a big fan of "Robotboy" because it's, well, a bit too boppy. But 90 percent of the CD is brilliant, from Robyn's hilarious lyrics and infectious beat on "Konichiwa Bitches" ("Right now you probably thinking how she get in them jeans/Well I'm gifted all natural and burstin' the seams") to the moody, ethereal "Eclipse" ("There's an eclipse in your eye/where I used to shine").
Robyn is currently touring the U.S. in promotion of her album, and she's got the attitude and the androgynous haircut that I think will make her quite a hit with lesbians.
Is it enough to make her a gay icon in the mold of Madonna and, even, Mariah (come on, gay men love the diva)? Have you had a chance to listen to the new albums from Madonna, Mariah and Robyn? What did you think?

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First of all name .. second he is in clan and got 0 fighting … this isnt alt ??? i wonder .. he just won a legentary CC and try to pass on the main char throw trade and got sniped (as some ppl say ) … i wonder what IGG will do about this..
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2 Charged In Theft of Items from Fire Truck in Lake Wales
Equipment used to extract victims from traffic accidents.
Published: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 12:38 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 12:38 a.m.
LAKE WALES | Two people arrested over the weekend are accused of stealing tools from a Polk County Fire Rescue truck, police said.
The tools are used by firefighters during crashes when motorists become trapped and are worth more than $10,000, Lake Wales police said.
The firefighters were eating dinner Saturday evening at the All Star Grill at 2019 U.S. 60 in Lake Wales when they were told two men were taking the items.
"That equipment was rather heavy," said Lake Wales Deputy Police Chief Troy Schulze. "That's not equipment that you just pick up."
The firefighters confronted the men and took the keys out of their truck.
Both took off, but Timothy P. Daly, 27, walked back to the scene just before officers arrived. Christopher B. Carnley, 28, was found by police on a nearby road.
Daly and Carnley were charged with burglary and grand theft and booked into the Polk County Jail. Bail was set at $2,000 each and both were released Sunday.
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Exclusive First Look: Lara Stone Does Krav Maga in V's Sports Issue
Styled by Carine Roitfeld.
For V magazine's forthcoming sports issue, Lara Stone got a Krav Maga lesson, made extra tricky by Prada heels and a Balenciaga pencil skirt. (A Reed Krakoff bag makes a very effective weapon, apparently.) Carine Roitfeld styled the editorial, which raises yet more questions about what exactly is going on between her and V's publishers.


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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 2:35 pm
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lol your going to regret saying that to me! How old are they? i can't imagine my little tadpole ever actually being a fully grown little person lol Its actually making me worry something will go wrong because i can't imagine them as a new baby if ya know what i mean! did u ever feel like that?
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Hiya Zee
I have 2 children aged 15 and 18, wanting another but awaiting sterilisation reversal
Hi amy
hey Im open to any advice i can give, yea its weird that alittle tadpole can grow to a baby, dont worry bout things happening, just look to what you will be holding at the end, every new mum worries, n yes i did, had my probs too, but still kept going xx
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 2:43 pm
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hiya slummy mummy,
Im open for any advice i can help you with, Ive had epidural with m first and cesarian with 2nd
Also experienced miscarriage and enduced labour, lost 3 babies, one at 26 week due to spondulosis/anacephlic
So if I can help any one pls feel free to ask me xx
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my kids are 15 and 18.
got appointment on the 21st july to c consultant, hope they can do something for me
im 37, and got rare disease bechets syndrome, I dont work, tho I make cards in my spare time, birthday etc. hoping for help on the nhs....fingers crossed
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Email me if you need cards, dont know if im allowed to give email addy...
Bechets syndrome is a mixture of complaints, affects your immune system, like athritis, my bones and muscles seize, im in pain alot of the time, have severe headaches, best if you look it up on the net, its complicated to explain, I have msn too, if thats allowed.
pls look it up be easier for you to read urself
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aww you poor thing! my aunty makes home made cards as her hobby, she doesn't work as she has MS so i get them from her when i see her and i try not to buy any from clintons (unless its a last min thing!) there so much nicer hand made! Wow your a physic! I was thinking about seeing my friends one, she charges £25 per hour to give ppl readings, do u do that?


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Del Mar Heights students tour the town
Third-graders from Del Mar Heights School recently had a chance to learn about local history during a tour sponsored by the Del Mar Village Association of some of Del Mar's iconic sites, including the Del Mar Library, the 17th Street Lifeguard Tower and train station. The field trip ended with lunch at the Powerhouse Park, where the kids were also treated to a rescue-at-sea demo by a helicopter. Photo: Marlena Medford


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Celebrity Constellation Cruise Review by DangDane: Great Itinerary & Nice Ship
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Great Itinerary & Nice Ship
Destination: Southern Caribbean
Embarkation: Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades)
We spent 2 days at the B Ocean Hotel in Ft. Lauderdale prior to embarking. Nice location on the beach, beautiful sunrises from our 12th floor room, friendly staff, decent food (& free morning coffee) in the Bistro. No airport or cruise shuttle. Taxi fare was about $20-$25.
We'd cruised on "Connie" in 2006 (Baltic) & the recent renovations are nice. One issue was the curtain was too thin to keep out any daylight, so I found it difficult to sleep in. Plenty of storage for a 14 day cruise, fridge in room, etc.
We enjoyed the entertainment & enrichment speakers. Didn't partake in too many activities. Preferred to relax, read, watch the wildlife, etc.
We never went to a specialty restaurant & only ate at the buffet when the MDR (Main dining room) was closed. We were disappointed in the MDR food. The menu selections were unusual, like trying to imitate an upscale restaurant, but without the knowledge/expertise to make it work. The biggest waste of More food, time & money was the "brunch" that was offered on 2 of the sea days. Unorganized, lots of passengers & waiters wandering around looking for places to sit, dried out "mystery" food. We ended up leaving & going to the buffet!
We only took 1 shore excursion through Celebrity & it was very good.
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AUSTIN (April 11, 2013)--The Texas Senate approved a bill Thursday that would require drug tests for some people applying for unemployment benefits.
State Sen. Tommy Williams, R-The Woodlands, authored the measure, which would require state workers to ask applicants for unemployment benefits a series of questions regarding drug use.
If an applicant appears to have a drug problem, the state would then require a drug test.
Democrats signed on to the bill after adding provisions for retesting and drug treatment programs.
An applicant will have 10 days to request a retest or seven days to enroll in a drug treatment program.
The state will continue to provide the benefits during the retesting period or while the applicant is undergoing treatment.
State Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr., D-Brownsville, called on senators to submit to drug tests, as well.


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Findings for PPC in Arlington
Arlington Ranks Amongst Least Expensive Markets for Google Adwords in USA
SEP's ongoing research into PPC Campaigns has revealed that Arlington was the 77th least expensive city in USA in keyword bids in Google Adwords for the month of August 2016. Arlington also ranks amongst the least expensive cities in Texas, ranking as number 9th. In the study, San Buenaventura ranked as the most expensive city in the country, while Manchester ranked as the least expensive city.
Month over Month Google Adwords Prices for Arlington Rise in August 2016
SEP's research shows that the average price of a click to advertisers targeting Arlington keywords increased by 12% in August 2016.
Not surprisingly, the month over month price increases for Arlington Google Adwords terms helped increase prices (yr./yr. price increase)% higher than the same period last year.
Google Adwords Keyword Prices 6% Higher in Arlington than Grand Prairie
SEP's research also tracks Google Adwords price changes and trends in cities across Canada and the U.S. Recent data shows that average prices in Arlington are 6% higher than in Grand Prairie. The average price of a click in Arlington is $15.27.
This price difference is understandable though, given the population of Grand Prairie is less than Arlington, which generally means less competition and therefore lower prices.
To get a better sense of relative prices, we also compared prices with another city of equal population, New Orleans, and found the average price of a click in Arlington was 9% lower than in New Orleans. This suggests that perhaps prices in Arlington are relatively low.
The Price Rank shows how expensive keywords are in certain industry and segment relative to other cities in a country, region and province.


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Vicki Sherman starts her day with a cup of Folgers and a glance at her to-do list, even though halfway through the morning, the list will fly out the window.
The phone keeps ringing. Three students wait their turn outside her door. And she's running late for a meeting.
"It's always something," says Sherman, the principal at Todd County High School.
In many ways, Sherman's school could be anywhere. The successes and challenges here are similar to those at schools across the country: The debate team just won a state medal; mandated content standards don't always match what students need to learn.
The difference, Sherman says, is that Todd County High sits on the middle of an Indian reservation, tucked in the hills of rural South Dakota.
'We need to bring them back'
Todd County, S.D., is synonymous with the Lakota Rosebud Reservation. It stretches across the state's south-central edge, bordered on one side by the better known Pine Ridge Reservation, where the American Indian Movement got its start, and on another side by Nebraska.
Todd County is the fifth poorest county in the nation. According to the U.S. Census, the per capita income for Native residents, who comprise about 87 percent of the population, is $5,875. For white residents, it's $17,932.
Todd County High, one of two high schools on the reservation, draws about 480 students from 22 communities. It's located in Mission, S.D., a town of almost 900 people that once prospered, locals say, with a movie theater and restaurants, hotels and appliance stores. Now, it's a row of mostly boarded-up storefronts, a town where the gas station doubles as the local coffee shop, and pickup trucks rumble past the ramshackle drive-through burger place.
Darrin Big Crow, a senior at Todd County High, sounds a lot like any teenager in rural America. "There's not a lot for kids to do around here," he says. "I'm always trying to find something to do to keep myself out of trouble."
For many teens, drugs and gang activity fill the void. Last year, threats from rival gangs prompted a lockdown at Todd County High. At the time, the school reported at least 77 active gangs on the reservation.
Other challenges here mirror those too common in Indian Country: 58 percent of the students qualify for ESL classes, even though English is their first language; teen pregnancy and dropout rates surpass national averages.
"These behaviors are taking our kids farther away from who they are," says Denise One Star, Lakota studies coordinator for the Todd County School District. "We need to bring them back."
'Genocide of a culture'
Until the 1970s, generations of Indian children were forced from their homes and placed in schools run by the U.S. government and later by Christian missionaries, where they were beaten for speaking their language, their traditional clothes and hair were stripped from them, and they sometimes were given new Judeo-Christian names.
"It was complete genocide of a culture," says Dwayne Hollow Horn Bear, a Lakota Studies professor at Mission's Sinte Gleska University, one of about 35 Native colleges and universities in the country. "They would carry a Bible in one hand and talk about God. Then they would carry a stick in the other hand and beat them with it."
The schools were designed to systematically destroy the passage of cultural identity from one generation to the next. The goal was clear, as Richard C. Pratt, who founded the first boarding school in Pennsylvania, infamously stated in 1892: "Kill the Indian, and save the man."
"My father was whipped every time he spoke Lakota in school, so he never taught us the language. It was painful for him, and he didn't want that pain passed on to his children," says Bob Boyd, who was born and raised in Mission and now teaches history at Todd County High. "I learn everything I can about my culture; and what I learn, I pass on to my students. Because the same thing has happened to a lot of their families, too."
Another teacher said virtually all of her students had at least one grandparent who had gone through the boarding school system.
Educators here see the connection between this cultural loss and the poverty and substance abuse issues affecting their students' lives. And they argue that for many students, an improved sense of what it means to be Lakota is the jump-start they need to steer clear of drugs and alcohol and stay on track in school.
"We have kids who identify more with the gang culture they see on TV than with their own culture," says Sherman.
Adds senior Marjorie "Jorie" Lunderman, who plans to enroll at Sinte Gleska next year: "If you don't know your history, it's hard to be proud of where you come from."
A cultural disconnect
Sometimes, the people in charge of what students learn can be part of the problem.
Sherman says many of the challenges at Todd County High are exacerbated by a disconnect between her mostly Native students and her mostly white, middle-class teachers.
Almost all of her students live on the reservation, while many teachers commute from border towns just outside the reservation's boundaries. Most students are enrolled tribal members, yet most teachers don't speak Lakota or understand Lakota customs.
Sherman is only the second Native administrator in the school's history. A former principal, a white man, once rejected a teacher's request to start a Lakota literature class. Sherman winces when she recalls what he said: "We don't need that here."
"We deny these are Indian kids." she says. "We have teachers that don't connect with the students or where they come from. I think it's extremely vital that if we want our kids to learn, that connection needs to happen."
The Todd County School District increasingly promotes culturally responsive curriculum to make that connection stick.
Culturally responsive curriculum represents a radical departure from the usual approach to multicultural education. Instead of tacking cultural information onto existing curriculum, it calls for embedding it into everyday lessons, building on students' experiences and making lessons relevant to what students already know.
Making the case for it has not been easy in Todd County.
Last fall, Sherman started the school year with a training for her staff. She showed them the research: When teachers demonstrate knowledge and respect for their students' cultures — and when traditions and experiences rooted in those cultures are infused into the curriculum in meaningful ways — student achievement skyrockets, according to studies from the Northwest Regional Education Laboratory, Western Washington University and elsewhere.
But some Todd County teachers worried that addressing Lakota studies in the classroom would detract from the basics that some students desperately need.
"What I got from that meeting was a bunch of defensive teachers," Sherman says. "I showed them the data that backs this up, but a lot of them didn't want to believe it."
Making connections
To Frank Baca, an American literature teacher at Todd County High, culturally responsive curriculum means starting the semester with books written by Native authors, before moving on to Hemingway and Twain.
"I teach all of that, too," Baca says, "but I start with Native literature to connect it to their lives."
This is one of the tenets of culturally responsive education: that teachers should build meaningful bridges between what students experience at home and what they're taught in school.
Another tenet is the recognition of multiple truths — that there's more to history than what's in the textbooks, which traditionally have been written from white, English-speaking perspectives.
"With textbook learning, you have to have a teacher who knows our history, so that they can add to the book and even correct it," says senior Francis Krug, whose mom is a history professor at Sinte Gleska. "Sometimes she'll look at my book when I'm doing homework and go, 'That's wrong, and that's wrong.'"
According to Geneva Gay, author of "Culturally Responsive Teaching: Theory Research and Practice," weaving information about a variety of cultures into the curriculum improves students' interpersonal skills and deepens their intellectual curiosity.
Brent Larvie, a junior, wishes more classrooms across the country approached history and culture this way. "Other kids learn stereotypes about us from the movies," he says. "It's important to teach about Indian cultures so that we're not portrayed as savages and alcoholics."
Teachers who believe
Billie Jean Felix and her four younger siblings are among the 120 or so Todd County students who live in dormitories on the school's sprawling campus. The Felix kids grew up in Winner, S.D., a border town just east of the reservation with a reputation for being an unwelcoming place for Indians.
Unlike the boarding schools of the past, these dormitories are for students whose families live too far away to drive them to school every day, or who live in towns like Winner, where the school district is under investigation for discriminatory treatment of Native students.
For the Felix siblings, it's a little more complicated. For eight months last year, the Felix family was homeless. The dormitory guaranteed a place to stay and meals to eat five days a week. On the weekends, when the dorm was closed, the kids slept with relatives and friends, or sometimes in the family van.
As a result, Billie struggled with depression and got into fights with other girls. Joining the school's hand-stick team, a traditional Lakota sport, and participating in sweat lodges and sun dances is helping her change course.
"The Lakota ways are slowly fading, because the generation that knows them are dying," she says. "When I try to talk to other kids about our history, they're not really interested. They don't think it affects them."
Last fall, Billie attended a conference in Denver sponsored by the National Indian Education Association. Students from Native American tribes across the United States were there, sharing experiences and stories and discussing strategies for improving their campuses.
"To hear other people talk about their experiences makes you want to learn more about your own culture and tell your story," she says.
But when she returned to campus, there were few outlets for the kind of cultural sharing that had occurred in Denver.
"We need more teachers who think we Native kids can succeed," Billie says. "A bunch of teachers here, they think they know what's wrong with us. But they don't know. If people want to help us, they have to see what we've been through, not from what their own experiences tell them."
Grieving history
Every semester in his Lakota Studies class, says professor Hollow Horn Bear, some of his students will ask, "Why weren't we told these things?"
"They respond with a lot of anger," he says. "To deal with that, I encourage them to go through a grieving cycle."
On a windy day in January, his students pile into a van and drive a few miles outside of town, to a rolling expanse of grassland owned by the university. A herd of buffalo roams below, dark specks against the wheat-colored prairie.
The students are here to witness a ceremonial buffalo kill; the tribe's Founders' Day Celebration is next week, and they need buffalo meat to feed the expected crowd.
"This is the way our ancestors lived," Hollow Horn Bear tells the group, "yet most of you have probably never witnessed this."
The ceremony begins. Someone kneels down to light a bundle of sage; smoke rises and drifts toward the herd, as Hollow Horn Bear lifts a hide-covered drum and begins a solitary beat.
The group moves closer to the buffalo. Two men with rifles take aim. When the first shot rings across the field, Hollow Horn Bear and the other bystanders can almost feel the vibration.
Then something surprising happens: When the buffalo falls, the rest of the herd doesn't run. Instead, they circle the fallen animal and let out low, plaintive cries. With their noses, they try to lift him. When it's clear he isn't going to stand, they slowly walk away.
"Watch what the buffalo do when one of their own is wounded," Hollow Horn Bear says. "Watch how they grieve and then move on."
It's a lesson he wants his students to learn.
No more shame
This semester, Vicki Sherman hopes to make strides with her staff. "I ask them to include with their lesson plans how they plan to incorporate Lakota language and culture," she says. "The problem is most of them don't really know how. We just have to keep showing them that it's possible."
Until then, smaller gains will have to do.
Before she leaves for the day, Sherman gives a visitor a tour of the building. "Look around!" she says, pointing to the institutional, pink-and-white tiled walls. "Do you see anything that tells you this school is in the middle of an Indian reservation? My goal is to change that."
A recent art contest was a start. From dozens of submissions, the artwork of a handful of students was chosen to decorate the entryway: a vibrant, multi-colored star quilt; a drawing of the sacred medicine wheel.
"My parents never felt comfortable going into my school," Sherman says. "Those were the years when they made you feel ashamed of who you were. I want to make sure no one feels that way today."
This sequester is hitting the Tribal schools hard. The budget cuts were very deep, due to these cuts many of the Tribal schools will have to reduce staff/hours in some manner. Supplies are always in demand, schools need to be updated, but the cuts aren't going to allow any of the necessary needs to be met. Poverty has always been high on reservations, this sequester makes it even harder for the tribal kids and their families.
I haven't even gotten very
I haven't even gotten very far reading this article. I know a lot of Lakota people. I rode my horse with several Lakota and Dakota folks across Minnesota last summer for World Peace and Prayer Day.
I have a hard time continuing to read articles when I see gross inaccuracies, so I'm just sharing this here.
The history of the American Indian Movement is a very complex and interwoven one. It actually had its start on the streets of Minneapolis, MN, with a combination of Ojibwe and other peoples. The Lakota, though very much involved in the early movement, were not the ones who started it all by themselves. The Wounded Knee occupation in the early 70s brought AIM to the attention of a lot of people, but when you're writing about race, culture, and culturally relevant teaching, it is extremely important to have facts like this straight.
I don't know all the details of its beginnings, by my husband was there when AIM was born. Some people attribute its inception to the Bellecourts, a pair of Aanishinaabe (Ojibwe) brothers who did participate in the early movement. However, they did not found it.
There are a lot of very noble, active participants in AIM from all different groups, and there was a multi-tribal tone to it from the very beginning. The oral history of the movement that I have been given is that on Franklin Ave. in Minneapolis, a "grandmother" (if you know Native American culture, you understand that word isn't just someone's mother's mother)saw some drunk Indians sitting around and whapped them on the head and told them to start acting like warriors again.
For me, I tend to believe a story like that. I actually met the man whose head she whapped and who got up and did something about it. His name was George Marshall. You won't see that in any of your books, either, but I believe it's the real story.
I would give anything to be
I would give anything to be able to teach in such a school district.
I am considered "white" because that's the way I look, my Grandmother was fullblooded Cherokee. My Grandfather was Scotch-Irish and I got his genes, as appearance goes, but my heart is completely Indian. I teach in a small school in central, Mississippi and the only Indians near are the Choctaw. All my students know about them is that they have the casino.
I understand about the tv induced drug culture's popularity as we have the same problem here with our students.
I hope with teaching traditional Lakota culture many of these students can be brought back to the path and their lives and futures will be brighter.
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You are needed! Cultural competency is necessary for student success. I hope you pursue becoming an educator where you know the culture/traditions best. I know that each tribe is different and if you are Indian at heart you may be more familiar with a specific tribe's traditions but if you have a HEART that is always a beautiful place to start! (Of course we all have hearts but it is who we choose to love sometimes differs)
I have heard that there is a
I have heard that there is a great need for teachers in reservation schools due to the high turnover rates. So if this is something that is truly in your heart, it might be easier than you think to make that happen. Good luck to you and thanks for your willingness to step up. :)


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Apple observers noticed that CEO Steve Jobs' health dramatically decreased in 2008. Mr. Jobs reportedly has received a liver transplant and is currently recovering, eagerly awaiting a return to Apple at the month's end.
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Founding one of tech industry's biggest players -- Apple -- and personally turning the company around in the late nineties was nothing compared to the challenge that Apple CEO Steve Jobs faced in 2004. Battling a rare and deadly form of pancreatic cancer, Mr. Jobs recovered thanks to surgery and reassumed his leadership role at the company, integrally helping to conceive, develop and release hit products such as the iPhone and MacBook Air.
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I think reality is somewhere in between your post and what I mentioned in a prior message. Not every hospital is equal, nor is every physician. For that matter I have no idea what state you live in, but all the laws are different.
Also, the teaching hospital in your city might not be as good as a private institution, but generally if I pick any major city in the US, the teaching hospital(s) in that city are always superior to anything else. Many/most seem to be public, which was a huge surprise since I'm a "pro free market" guy and I assumed private would beat public by a huge ratio... Instead state med-schools generally seem to have the best care with the big-name private schools mixed in. Almost none of the best appear to be traditional, non-teaching, private hospitals.
(compiled by 3-year statistics of doctor/peer surveys)
I still stand by my assertion that you could still get comparable care sans insurance, -- because the ER and clinics at public hospitals won't deny treatment (even those same top-notch places in the US News section). For example, another young guy down my street went to M.D. Anderson, without being covered, and they saved his life. I'm not blind, I think a person without insurance will have huge hurdles to cross, but I think those can be overcome with assertiveness.
As for Jobs. I think it's totally unfair to assume money had anything to do with it. His case could have been critical (he literally was wasting away in photos) and he could have been bumped ahead of all those people who had much longer to live. As someone else said (med student below), livers tend to have a shorter waiting period than other organs. Plus he was physically in a state that had fewer organ recipients, which made getting a quick match much easier.
He is fortunate enough to pick up his life, move to the state most likely to have high availability of transplants. I wouldn't say wealthy people get better care, but wealthy people can go out of their way to find it (without risking career, etc).
Anyway, I'm willing to give Jobs a pass and assume everything was above-board. If reporters discover this was a corrupt shambles, then I'll be the first person to be upset.
Why am I giving him a pass? We're in the same fraternity. No one wants to be in the cancer club, but I choose to think that facing death makes someone turn to faith and find goodness.
Is that naive? Perhaps, but I still don't know if I'm going to make it. Rather than dying a cynic, I'd prefer to believe that good people win, and the will to live will beat unbeatable odds. Insured, not insured... I don't think it matters as long as you fight like heck to stick around.
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Sterling Forest State Park is a 17,953 acre (71.8 km˛) park located in the Ramapo Mountains in Orange County, New York established in 1998; it is the largest addition to the New York state park system in the last 50 years. Its forest habitat is important for the survival of several species, including black bear and fox, timber rattlesnakes, a variety of raptors and songbirds and many rare invertebrates and plants. Hunting, fishing (including ice fishing), hiking and snowshoeing opportunities are available.
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Sterling Lake Concentrating Mill?
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The good ore came out of the mine first. After that, the ore needed more and more processing. According to another nice kiosk, the Ramapo Ore Company constructed these buildings in 1918 to get the good stuff out of the rock. The building furthest away is where rock was crushed after it came out of the mine. It was then conveyed to the concentrating mill, where magnets separated good ore from bad. (I think the actual mill is gone, and the closer building is just where they kept the good ore.) Good ore got loaded onto a railroad, where today's road is. Waste rocks got dumped in the woods nearby. Some of it is on the facade of the hoist house in the previous photo. According to the kiosk, most of the rest of it got used as ballast in Liberty Ships during WWII. Visit Sterling Forest State Park
Scott Mine Gravity Railroad
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After ore was removed from Scott Mine, it was transported by a narrow gauge gravity railroad to the processing plant in Lakeville, about a mile from the mine. This well preserved section of the old ROW is built on a stone lined berm cutting through a small pond. Several sections of the old ROW can be seen in the woods, but none as well preserved as this section. Many of the small gray rocks you see on the ground are Magnetite Ore, haven fallen off the skip cars over the decades. An interesting side note. This is a shot I've taken several times over the years with film, and digital, and never have I been able to get a good result. The reason was the lighting. Heavy shade and bright sun. Technology marches on, and now HDR to the rescue to create a perfect exposed image. This is a 5 exposure stack and tone mapping.
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I read a fascinating study that found that dogs can be either optimists or pessimists. They then went on to find that the pessimistic dogs had a greater incidence and severity of separation anxiety. download.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/PIIS096098221001020... I think my cousin Rodger's dog Dotty is an optimist. They found her abandoned in the woods, debilitated and nearly starved to death. She is now a healthy, well-cared for, intelligent, and cheerful dog. Rodger said, I agree she falls into the category of optimists, but with a hint of skepticism. She certainly doesn't smile all the time like some kind of goofball. My kind of dog!
Second Sterling Furnace Reconstruction
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Last used in 1804, the second Sterling furnace was built on the site of the first Sterling furnace, which is where the Great Chain across the Hudson was smelted to keep the British from going too far up the Hudson during the Revolutionary War. (The first furnace was built in 1751.) By 1808, the furnace was in ruins. Reconstruction was completed in 1959 by City Investing Corporation as an icon for their proposed development, according to the kiosk. This ruin is located right next to the road to the visitor center. You don't even have to hike to get here. Visit Sterling Forest State Park
Lake Mine Shaft
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According to the kiosk, the Lake Mine was worked from 1843 to 1923, producing 2.5 billion tons of high-grade iron ore. Like most mines around here, the water was pumped out, which meant you needed a power supply nearby to keep it dry. The kiosk goes on to say the shaft is 2/3 of a mile long and more than 1000 feet wide at some points. It's located 1100 vertical feet below the surface of Sterling Lake. It's one thing to have tons and tons of rock above you as you desend into a mine. it's another to have a lake over your head. Visit Sterling Forest State Park
Lake Mine - Lakeville NY
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You are looking at the entrance to the Lake Mine. Notice the original rails still on the ground for the skip cars. Do not be fooled by the small puddle you see in the photo. This is a huge iron mine. This mine extends downward at an angle approximately that of the rails for about 2500 feet. Along the way there are multiple levels to this mine, and at it's widest section, this mine was about 1000 feet wide and about 1/2 mile long. The reason for the name, Lake Mine, is that the entire mine is underneath Sterling Lake which is about 300 feet forward in this picture. See the satellite map, the mine is under at least half of the lake area.
Sterling Lake Hoist House
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The Sterling Iron & Railway Company built this to house the steam engine that was hoisting the ore-filled carts out of the shaft below. It's faced with ore tailings--extra rock from mining that didn't have any ore in it. You can see more of it scattered in the woods like reverse deterioration--they didn't fall off the building; the building sucked them off the ground. This is a good time of year to go hunting for mines and ruins, before the foliage covers everything. Visit Sterling Forest State Park
Hours For Sterling Lake Visitor Center
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Sunday, April 24, 2011: The visitor center at Sterling Lake is pretty awesome. It has a topographic map model that lights up to show you the various hikes in the park. You can get free guides describing individual trails, and you can buy official maps. And it's staffed by real people who can answer your questions. I looked all over the Web for these hours, so I thought I'd get them online for other folks searching for them. Visit Sterling Forest State Park
The Smelting Process
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A great illustration that puts these great furnaces in context. Always notice that furnaces are positioned below some high ground, where the charging bridge came out from, because they had to be top loaded. Imagine all these contraptions and activities going on right here. Will the places we do business at today become ruins in the woods? Visit Sterling Forest State Park
Earth Gouge
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Here is a mine along the mine trail. You could hear water trickling beneath where I'm standing on the trail. There was no kiosk, so maybe people wouldn't know to step off and explore a bit. The sunlight reflecting on the water as drips fell into it made firework shadows on the rocks above...but they didn't photograph well. Visit Sterling Forest State Park
Lake Mine - Lakeville NY
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It's hard to visualize these were large buildings at one time. In between the two structures was once a large wooden building. In the distance was the crusher and dryer, and the closer structure was the sorter and storage bins. Rail cars entered the structure to be filled with ore for shipment to the forges and furnaces. These structures were built around 1915, and only used for about 5 years before the mine closed down.
Sterling Lake Iron Mining Timeline
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All these educational kiosks around the ruins at Sterling Lake are AWESOME. It's like...having the Internet on a hike. Whoever crafted them did an excellent job distilling and presenting such intriguing information. OK, I've spent 45 minutes going barely a mile. Now it's time for the actual hike. Visit Sterling Forest State Park
Sterling Lake Power Line View
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Saturday, September 11, 2010: Haven't hiked in a while, and it is a beautiful day. Doing a loop to the west of Sterling Lake. Here, the a powerline breaks the forest for a nice view. There were shy butterflies everywhere enjoying the sun. Hike the Sterling Lake & Fire Tower Loop.
Sterling Furnace Reconstruction, Lakeville (Tuxedo) NY
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On the site of the original furnace, Citi Investing Company reconstructed Sterling Furnace #2 as part of a proposed development in the late 1950s, and then covered it with a neo-classical dome to protect it and give it prominence. No development ever occurred, and while the furnace has stood well, the dome is gone and the wooden structure has fallen into disrepair.
Track For A Short Roller Coaster?
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A dome had been built over the reconstructed furnace to preserve it. I don't know when the dome deteriorated, but the reconstructed furnace is now over 50 years old. It's a wonder the furnace hasn't eroded from ice and foliage between the cracks. Visit Sterling Forest State Park
DAR Commemorates Sterling Furnace
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Wow, the first anchor in New York was made here! Nice chain detail going around the plaque. The kiosk says that when George Washington ordered the Great Chain, he demanded that it be made from Sterling iron and none other. Visit Sterling Forest State Park
Tree Volvariella Mushroom
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Tree Volvariella Mushroom -Solitary, Not common - Grows in wounds in trees stumps and logs - especially maple, beech, oak and elm. Cap 2 - 8 inches. Edible usually found in July - September into October Found this one in Early October - growing out of a downed elm tree IMG_2509_0269_edited-1 mushroom 4 flickr rzernitsky 1.psd
Floating Column Supports
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I don't know what's going on here. How are these suspended, and why didn't they just put them on the ground? Did they initially, and it eroded away? Need to go back and get a shot with someone lying under that... Visit Sterling Forest State Park
Abandoned Gravity Railroad
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Abandoned Gravity Railroad in Lakeville, Sterling Forest, NY. Gravity line took iron ore from the Scott Mine to the furnace at Lakeville, about 1.5 miles. Abandoned late 19th century. ROW is littered with iron ore chunks, which are easy to collect since they stick to a magnet. ROW built on a stone lined embankment.
What It Used To Be
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By 1923, just 5 years after constructing all these buildings, the Ramapo Ore Company was out of business. The ore they were finding by that time needed too much processing to be profitable. Visit Sterling Forest State Park
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Variations on a Theme from 'Armide', Op.57 (Hummel, Johann Nepomuk)
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Louis Köhler (1820-1886)
Adolf Ruthardt (1849-1934)
Sonaten und Stücke für Pianoforte von J.N Hummel, vol.3
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Think about how you listened to music at the turn of the century; how you learned about new music and acquired it, how you thought about it. Depending on how old you were in late 1999, and how plugged in to the Internet you were, you may have already had some MP3s on your hard drive (probably not many yet, unless you were an early adopter to Napster, which launched in the second half of that year). You probably owned a lot of CDs, and bought new ones regularly.
A Discman was the cutting edge of your portable listening experience. Your headphones were probably a flimsy headset with felt-covered earpieces—neither the compact 'earbuds' nor the big bulky Beats headphones that are popular today. And of course, the Discman was worthless outside the house unless you had a binder of CDs, removed from their jewel cases and tucked into plastic sleeves.
You were probably deciding what CDs or tapes or records to buy, with whatever cut of your allowance or your paycheck you cared to spend on such things, based on what you heard on FM radio. Or maybe what you read about in Spin, or The Source, or your local alt-weekly, or underground zines that somebody stapled together at Kinko's (remember Kinko's?). Maybe your friends turned you on to new music with handmade mixtapes, on gray blank Maxell cassettes. Maybe you'd begun exploring the world of newsgroups, message boards, and e-mail listservs.
In the 14 years since the new millennium arrived, your habits have almost definitely changed, a lot.
In the 14 years since the new millennium arrived, your habits have almost definitely changed, a lot. If you weren't glued to the Internet every day back then, you definitely are now (or, at least, enough that you're reading this instead of those zines). If you're still clinging to physical media, you're probably not relying entirely on brick-and-mortar record stores to buy them—the ability to search the 'net for the best price or the most obscure artifact has in and of itself helped rescue vinyl from the brink of extinction. But more than likely, you're downloading everything—or you're already so done with file storage, and are enthusiastically embracing streaming and cloud services. You amass thousands of plays on YouTube and follow your favorite artists' social media channels to stay up on their latest news. Instead of buying the best speakers for your CD player, you're saving for Beats, because you do most of your listening on headphones, plugged into your iPod or directly into your laptop.
The 20th century was full of incredible advances in recorded sound, amplified sound, and electricity itself. The victrola, the electric guitar, the sampler, the MP3—new, paradigm-shifting inventions seemed to come along at an alarming clip, many of them rendered irrelevant by the next big thing within a generation, if not a decade. But by the end of the '90s, things seemed to have plateaued, if not slowed down a bit. You could argue there were more technical advances during any given decade of the 20th century than were made in the last 10 years. Yet, it's important to look at how music's role in our daily lives and habits changes even more rapidly than new inventions are created.
You could argue there were more technical advances during any given decade of the 20th century than were made in the last 10 years.
Now, progress is a more slippery, nuanced process. A piece of technology becoming available to the public, or cheaper, or smaller, or faster, or sometimes all at once, is often the earth-shattering event. But obviously, no one object has changed more than the iPod. Taking MP3s out of the computer and into a portable device with headphones didn't just put a nail in the CD's coffin, it killed the Discman and the Walkman instantly. And the store Apple used to sell music for your iPod, iTunes, completely revolutionized the business, doing major damage to physical music stores in the process.
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Pasta with Clams and Mushrooms
Pasta Con I Porcini E Le Vongole
3 quarts water (salt optional)
4 tablespoons olive oil
4 garlic cloves, sliced
6 ounces fresh or fresh-frozen porcini mushrooms, cut into 1/2 inch dice, or 1/2 ounce dried, softened in 1/2 cup hot water fo 30 minutes, drained and chopped
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 1/2 pounds fresh clams, preferably Manila, well scrubbed, in their shells
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup white wine
1 1/2 cups clam juice
1/2 cup Tomato Sauce
3 tablespoons chopped fresh Italian parsley
1 pound pasta -flinguine or spaghetti
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Pour the water into a large pot with or without the optional salt and bring to a boil.
While the water is heating, pour the oil into a large saute pan set on medium-high heat and cook the garlic, mushrooms and red pepper flakes until the garlic starts to sizzle, about 2-3 minutes. Add the clams and salt, stir until well coated and cook for 2 minutes. Pour in the wine, raise the heat to high and cook, covered fo 3 minutes. Remove the clams and set them aside in a bowl. Discard any clams that did not open during cokking. Add the clam juice, tomato sauce and parsley, bring to a boil and simmer, covered, for 10 minutes.
While the sauce is simmering, remove half the clams from their shells, chop fine and set aside along with the clams still in their shells. Return the clams to the sauce about 3 minutes befor the posta is finished cooking.
Cook the past in the boiling water according to package directions until just tender. Drain and return to the pot. Add the sauce, turn the heat to medium-high and cook the pasta until it has absorbed most of the juices, stirring continuously until well coated, about 2 minutes. Remove the posta from the heat, pour into a lrge bowl and let it rest for 1-2 minutes. Bring it to the table and serve it family style wirh lots of bread on the side.
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The recent digitization of cassettes from the Clayman Institute for Gender Research was a reminder of the wide range of collection sizes preserved by SMPL. This entry will give a brief description of why this collection is interesting and how it relates to the multiple workflows of the Stanford Media Preservation Lab.
Over on the Library of Congress Digitial Preservation blog, the Artifact Atlas, our crowdsourced effort to document audio-video related artifacts experienced during digitization, was given a flattering profile. In this interview with Hannah Frost, Digital Library Services Manager here at Stanford, and Jenny Brice, Preservation Coordinator at the Bay Area Video Coalition, we learn about the origin of the resource, its governance, its role in the Quality Control Tools for Video Preservation project, and new developments. Check it out!
During the fall of 2013, Stanford University Libraries (SUL) convened a working group to investigate the current state of access to audio and moving image materials held within its various collections, notably rare materials within its different special collections departments, along with those held at the Hoover Institution Library and Archives.
Following many weeks of investigation, the Media Access Working Group (MAWG) produced a report in December 2013 outlining its findings, along with various recommendations to help tackle the issues discovered. The group considered issues relating to use cases, copyright status, available technologies - including media streaming, and content usage.
Fred J. Buenzle papers. circa 1870-1946 (M1983)
Just after the earlier article announcing the opening of this collection came out, a photograph album in the collection was digitized. It contains eighty fading silver gelatin prints which include images of Naval training in Guantanamo Bay and other images in and around Havana, Cuba.
Recently a film director from the BBC visited the Stanford Libraries while seeking content for a documentary related to the noted cetacean researcher and activist John C. Lilly (1915-2001).
Stanford University Library's (SUL) collaboration with the California Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP) has yielded two more preserved objects on the Internet Archive:
The Stanford Media Preservation Lab (SMPL) has completed installation of audio and video digitization equipment in its new facilities at 425 Broadway in Redwood City, and has resumed all services. We're 100% back to work, supporting researcher access to SUL's world-class collections of sound recordings and moving images.
During the week of November 4th, Julie Sweetkind-Singer hosted the California Rare Book School (http://www.calrbs.org/) with several sessions held at Stanford University Libraries. The CalRBS is an ongoing program founded by UCLA that educates students interested in the field of rare books. This specific course was designed to provide a general overview of the history of maps in the western world, as well as their use in modern-day teaching and research.


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Can Judgment Creditors Go After My Retirement Accounts in New York?
In New York, for the most part your retirement accounts (like 401(k)s and IRAs) are safe from judgment creditors.
If you live in New York and a creditor gets a judgment against you, that judgment creditor will probably not be able to collect from your retirement account. Retirement accounts are exempt (with a few with limited exceptions) in New York regardless of whether they are ERISA retirement accounts (such as 401ks and profit-sharing plans) or non-ERISA accounts (such as IRAs).
(Learn about other ways that judgment creditors can collect from your income and assets.)
Federal Protection for ERISA-Qualified Retirement Accounts
Federal law prohibits judgment creditors from going after money in a pension plan that was set up under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). To be protected against creditors, your ERISA account must be either a qualified retirement plan or an employee welfare benefit plan covered by ERISA.
Examples of ERISA-qualified pension plans and benefit plans covered by ERISA include:
- 401(k) accounts
- pension and profit-sharing plans
- group health and life insurance plans
- dental and vision plans, and
- HRAs, HSAs, and accidental death or disability benefits.
There are circumstances when a judgment creditor may be able to get to your ERISA account, such as for a domestic relation order for spousal or child support (called a "QDRO"), or an IRS tax garnishment.
To learn more about ERISA-qualified retirement accounts, their protection from judgment creditors, and the exceptions to that protection, see Can Judgment Creditors Go After My Retirement Accounts?
New York Law Also Protects Non-ERISA Retirement Accounts
In many states, judgment creditors can get money in non-ERISA. That is not the case in New York. New York exempts "all trusts, custodial accounts, annuities, insurance contracts, monies, assets or interests established as part of, and all payments from, either any trust or plan, which is qualified as an individual retirement account" by IRS tax-exemption law. This language is quite broad. New York's protection can extend to accounts inherited by other persons, even those who were not the spouses of the original account owner.
Common types of non-ERISA accounts that are usually exempt from collection by New York judgment creditors include:
- IRAs, Roth IRAs and SIMPLE IRAs
- SEP and Keogh Plans
- owner-only or single-participant retirement plans rolled into an IRA
- 403(b) plans for employees of a public school or university
- plans that do not benefit employees, or "employer-only" plans, and
- government or church plans
Exceptions: When a Judgment Creditor Might Get Your Non-ERISA Accounts
As with many laws that seemingly offer blanket protection, there are some exceptions.In this case, your IRA or other non-ERISA account may be subject to attachment by a judgment creditor in the following situations:
- contributions you made into the IRA within 90 days before the creditor filed a claim that resulted in a judgment against you (called interposition), or
- contributions made with the intent to keep that money away from a judgment creditor (called a fraudulent transfer or fraudulent conveyance).
In addition, as with ERISA accounts, your IRA may not be exempt from claims for child or spousal support under a QDRO.
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If you're confused by the difference between a "lie flat" seat and a "fully flat" bed, you've good reason: many airlines boast about their lie-flat business class, but don't mention that it's actually on an angle.
You hear "lie-flat bed" and have the logical expectation of a seat which converts into a bed and lets you lie flat, so you can stretch out for a sound sleep on an overnight leg.
Not so: while a lie-flat seat might extend to be flat rather than just reclined, it won't be parallel to the floor.
Instead of a true 180 degrees, they're positioned somewhere between 150 and 170 degrees, as shown below. The seat is flat, and you can lie down in it, but you'll be lying at an angle.
A fully-flat bed reclines all the way down so that it's horizontal rather than angled. That's the difference, and it looks subtle enough to let many airlines indulge in the lie-flat lie.
To confuse matters, some airlines have different seats on the same route.
Fly from Sydney to Hong Kong on a Qantas Airbus A380 and you'll find the 180-degree fully flat beds, but a Qantas Boeing 747 on the same route has angled lie-flat beds. To make things worse, both Qantas products are called Skybeds –- but only the A380's second-generation Skybed is a fully-flat seat.
Similarly, Emirates' flagship A380 has fully flat beds with aisle access for everyone, but its Boeing 777-300ER planes have angled beds at a 2-3-2 layout that's much less convenient and comfortable.
Here's a basic guide to which airlines and flights actually provide a flat bed:
The fully flat bed
For flights when you want to get some sleep, a fully flat bed in business class is a real bonus. It won't feel like home -- unless you do actually live in a plane -- but there's something about being properly horizontal that really makes sleep restful.
The most common arrangement for these seat is to have the backrest slide backwards and down, and a legrest come up and out, so you're sleeping on the seat cushion.
However, some fully flat beds fold forwards so you're actually sleeping on the padded back of the seat: Virgin Atlantic and Air New Zealand have these beds. (See the photos below for a better idea of how this works.)
As a general rule, fold-forward seats are great for a really long flight where you want to get some sleep, but sliding backwards is better for daytime flights or if you only want to nap.
On flights from Australia, the airlines with flat-bed seats in business class are:
- Air New Zealand (Business Premier on Boeing 747 and 777 aircraft)
- British Airways (Club World on Boeing 747 and 777 planes via Singapore and Bangkok)
- Cathay Pacific (both new herringbone-layout business class and the older "cubicle" pods)
- Delta (to Los Angeles on Boeing 777s)
- Emirates (to Sydney and Auckland on the Airbus A380 only, not 777 flights)
- Etihad (to Abu Dhabi)
- Qantas (second-generation Skybed on the Airbus A380)
- Qatar (to Doha)
- Singapore Airlines (on A380 and some Boeing 777 flights)
- United (to Los Angeles and San Francisco on Boeing 747s)
- Virgin Atlantic (to London via Hong Kong)
- Virgin Australia (to Los Angeles and Abu Dhabi)
The angled lie-flat seat
The alternative to the fully-flat business class bed is the lie-flat or "angled-flat" bed.
The angle is irritating if you're trying to get some sleep, particularly if you're wearing suit trousers, a skirt or any sort of smooth fabric. You'll end up sliding to the bottom and inching yourself up the seat all night.
However, they are sometimes better for daytime flights where you only want to nap or relax. That's especially true in comparison with the fold-forwards beds seen on Virgin Atlantic and Air New Zealand, where the sitting part of the seat doesn't have as many position options as the recline-to-flat beds on British Airways or Qantas' second generation Skybed.
You'll find lie-flat seats on Qantas' Boeing 747 and Airbus A330 long-distance flights, on Emirates' non-A380 planes serving Australia, on all Malaysia Airlines aircraft, and widely across routes other than the ones listed above as having fully flat beds.
The recliner
Reclining seats have thankfully been relegated to short hops on most airlines, although you may see them on longer regional routes that don't have a large amount of business traffic or where the flights aren't long enough to justify a proper bed.
There's not really much to say about these: they recline, and sometimes they have a footrest if you're exceptionally lucky.
Since recliners tend to be older models or on second-tier planes (the ones that used to be state of the art but are now on the less lucrative routes), they're also less likely to have decent in-flight entertainment or at-seat power.
Qantas' domestic fleet is a good example, as are most of Air New Zealand's trans-Tasman 767 flights. Just about any USA-based airline's domestic first class will be a recliner style. Singapore Airlines' regional flights from Singapore to Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and even Hong Kong often have recliners too.
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About John Walton
Aviation journalist and travel columnist John took his first long-haul flight when he was eight weeks old and hasn't looked back since. Well, except when facing rearwards in business class.
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