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I have to say that on nights like last night, I love twitter! It was like watching the GOP convention with a few hundred of your closest friends! I love the interaction and the jokes. You should hop on if you haven't already. Follow me @KatMcKinley. Anyway, let's get to it. Let me start by saying that whoever decided that Clint Eastwood should speak should be dragged to the woodshed and whipped. How bizzaro was that? I know many in my timeline thought he was hilarious, and just simply showing age at times, but I'm not fond of celebrities to begin with, so I think a better "mystery speaker" could have been found. By the way, I liked the tribute earlier to Ron Paul. There are so many things I love about Ron Paul, but his supporters are not one of them.
But let's get to the meat of it. I knew Marco Rubio would be fantastic because I had just heard him speak in Houston a few weeks ago, and he was amazing. But he was beyond amazing last night. His story is so inspiring, and he is such a great speaker. One of the pleasures of twitter is that I got to see the reaction of the Cuban descent blogger Babalu, who I have followed for years. His dedication to the Cuban people, and highlighting the oppression in Cuba, cannot be measured. I hope he will not mind me telling you that as Rubio spoke, he private messaged me and wrote, "I'm in tears." It was a touching moment. At the heart of our party, the very heart of it, is a deep and abiding love for freedom. It is this that binds us all together.
Great excerpts from Rubio:
"Our problem is not that Obama is a bad person. Our problem is that he is a bad President."
"As for his old slogan, under Barack Obama, the only change is that hope is hard to find. Now, sadly, millions of Americans are insecure about their future. Instead of inspiring us by reminding us of what makes a special, he divides us against each other. He tells Americans that they're worse off because others are better off, that richer people got rich by making other people poor. Hope and change has become divide and conquer. But in the end of this election, it doesn't matter how you feel about President Obama. This election is about your future, not about his."
"You see, for most of our human history, almost everybody was poor. Power and wealth only belonged to a few. Your rights are whatever your rulers allowed you to have, your future was determined by your past. If your parents were poor, so would you be. If you were born without opportunities, so were your children. But America was founded on the idea that every person has God given rights. Founded on the belief that power belongs to the people, that government exists to protect our rights and serve our interests, and that no one should be trapped in the circumstances of their birth. We should be free to go as far as our talents and our work can take us."
"Yes, we live in a troubled time, but the story of those who came before us reminds us that America has always been about new beginnings, and Mitt Romney is running for president because he knows, if we are willing to do for our children what our parents did for us, life in America can be better than it has ever been."
Read the full speech here. The whole thing was so inspiring.
The video showing Mitt's family as the boys were growing up was truly adorable. They really are such a great family.
Then came Romney's speech. I was nervous for him. I can't imagine the pressure on someone when so much depends on one speech. I wondered after Rubio, how he could compete with that charisma. But Mitt hit all the right notes. He was Presidential, he was funny at times, and he was tough enough on Obama without being mean-spirited. The most touching part was when Mitt described how his Dad always left a rose on the nightstand for his Mom every day. His speech wasn't about showing off, or being some new hope for America. It was plain spoken and straight forward:
"What is needed in our country today is not complicated or profound. It doesn't take a special government commission to tell us what America needs. What America needs is jobs. Lots of jobs."
Romney said that his plan would create 12 million jobs. He would keep our taxes low. He would cut the deficit, he would fight for free trade, lead us to energy independence, and help small business by getting rid of needless regulation.
Mitt Romney showed us who he was; a smart hugely successful man in his business and personal life, a man of faith, and a man who loves this country.
The undecided voter saw a man ready to lead, ready to do the hard work, ready to bring our country back again.
Here is a transcript of Mitt's speech, if you missed it.
I'm not one to get my hopes up, but after seeing Romney's speech, I truly felt this was his time. A lot of conservatives weren't happy with our pick. But I always understood why it needed to be Mitt Romney. He isn't the most conservative nominee, but he is the most ready to be President. If being a good President is measured by how well this country prospers, and how well we lift people out of poverty, I predict that he will be one of our best Presidents.
I hope that the one take away that the independent voter got from our convention is how the other side lies about the GOP being anti woman or anti minority. I think Marco Rubio, Susana Martinez, Condi Rice, Artur Davis, Nikki Haley, Kay Alieanos, and Ted Cruz, among many others, laid rest that lie.
Cardinal Dolan gave the benediction. He will as well at the DNC Convention. Here is his prayer.


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Brett Eldredge Is Ready to Ride in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
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Brett Eldredge has been spending plenty of time in New York this week as he gets ready for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. In the famed New York tradition, Brett will be joined by many of entertainment's biggest stars as they float down the streets of Manhattan for the annual festivities.
Monday night (Nov. 25), Brett decided to give his fans across the country a little glimpse into his rehearsals for the parade in a candid video posted to his Facebook page.
"Rehearsalizing for the @macys Thanksgiving Day Parade," he wrote as the caption to the video. "This is unreal!"
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A beautiful Sunday out there today, and another beautiful day lies ahead for our Monday. Two main things you will notice as we move through the beginning of the week: it's getting humid and it's warm! Winds will be from the south pumping in warmer and more humid air to start the week and temperatures will respond by pushing 80 Monday and getting there Tuesday and Wednesday ahead of our next system.
Our system for late Wednesday into Thursday looks very powerful as a strong area of low pressure will move into region. This low will have plenty of dynamic lift (support from the jet stream) and instability to work with as our dew points will likely be near 70 and temperatures having been in the low to mid 80s. Really the question that is left unanswered is what mode of severe weather we will see. Models at this point are mostly painting a very powerful squall line or squall line feature of supercells moving across the area late Wednesday into Thursday. There also is the hint with some models of supercells ahead of this line, which would pose a major tornado risk. These questions will likely not be answered until Tuesday or even Wednesday as we see what the atmosphere will allow, but you will definitely want to be weather aware starting Wednesday.
Once this system passes, temperatures cool back into the 60s for a day or so before we start to rebound right back toward 80 for the end of next weekend.
I will also note there is a very, very small chance of an isolated storm each day Monday and Tuesday afternoons, but I will leave those out of the official forecast because we most likely will not be able to get storms to form either day, but a very small chance (less than 5%) is there.


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South Korea Signals Discomfort With Won's Rise
South Korea's new-found status as a relative safe haven from market turbulence comes with a cost: a rising won that eats into the profits of the nation's all-important exporters.
On Tuesday, the government showed its nervousness—and issued a warning signal to the market—by holding a rare meeting with major corporations to discuss the foreign exchange market, after the won touched an eight-month high on Monday.
Officials confirmed that Choi Heenam, director general of the finance ministry's International Finance Bureau, met local exporters in central Seoul to discuss the latest market situation. Such meetings, generally held twice a year, are also viewed as an indirect intervention in the market because of the potential influence that policy makers have on local exporters, who regularly sell the dollars they have earned, pushing the local currency higher. The last meeting was held in February.
"Local exporters are one of the important foreign-exchange market participants, and such meetings can serve as a good channel for communications with markets," said Kim Seong-wook, director of the ministry's Foreign Exchange Market Division, who accompanied Mr. Choi to Tuesday's meeting.
Mr. Kim said the latest meeting was aimed at gathering the opinion of local exporters about market developments after the Federal Reserve's surprise decision last week to leave its bond-buying stimulus program unchanged. A delay in the Fed's planned tapering of its easy money policy has pushed the won higher by sustaining foreign capital inflows to the relatively strong South Korean economy.
The won has risen more than 3 percent against the dollar so far this month, and more than 6 percent so far in the quarter that began in July.
Chief finance executives of six to seven South Korean companies in the automobile, refinery and heavy industries sectors took part in the meeting, Mr. Kim said. Further details of the meeting weren't available.
The won was a little weaker in early trade on Tuesday, on concerns that authorities could intervene by buying dollars to prevent the local currency from gaining too much. The won was hovering around 1,075 per dollar, after closing at an eight-month high of 1,073.9 on Monday.
The Kospi also fell 0.7%, tracking overnight losses in U.S. stocks on uncertainty over the Federal Reserve's next policy move.


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BPC announces New Student Registration Day for new Barons
MOUNT VERNON—Brewton Parker College will host New Student Registration Day Saturday, August 7 on the main campus in Mount Vernon.
This event is for new students who plan to enroll in classes for the upcoming Fall 2010 semester. At this event students will be able to meet their faculty advisor, take a tour of the campus, and best of all, should end the day knowing they are ready to start classes this fall. The event will begin at 9:30 a.m.
If you have applied but you have not been accepted yet, you can bring a copy of your SAT/ ACT scores and your high school transcript, and you we will be able to give you an admissions decision on the spot.
If you would like to attend this event, please RSVP by calling our admissions office at 1-800-342-1087; ext. 3265. You can also email an admissions counselor at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Brewton-Parker College is the only accredited four-year Christian college in south Georgia. With its main campus located in Mount Vernon, the college also offers bachelor's and associate's degrees at its external site in Newnan.


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German Celebrity Chef on School Meals: 'Many People Don't Care Enough about Nutrition'
A recent outbreak of illness among German schoolchildren has highlighted the questionable quality of meals served in schools. German TV chef Cornelia Poletto says that one way to improve nutrition is to get parents involved in preparing lunches -- and to teach children what they are eating.
Professional chef Cornelia Poletto: "It is an enormous challenge to provide decent meals for very large numbers of children."
Cornelia Poletto, 41, is a well-known German chef and the mother of a 10-year-old daughter. She owns a restaurant and specialty food shop in Hamburg and appears regularly as a professional chef on television.
SPIEGEL: Ms. Poletto, you have tested many school cafeterias. What experiences have you had in doing so?
Poletto: Very different ones! But I can say this: It is only in places where parents actively volunteer that truly good food is provided.
SPIEGEL: Does it upset you as a professional chef when you find out just what children are being served for lunch?
Poletto: Of course I am serious about making sure that my child gets healthy meals not only at home, but also at school. If something is bad, then you need to react and get together with the teachers and other parents. Of course, even then failure is still possible given how many people just don't care enough about healthy nutrition.
SPIEGEL: For many parents, school lunches are simply too expensive. Will it only be the children of wealthier parents who are provided with quality meals in the future?
Poletto: That doesn't have to be the case. The type of parental volunteering I am talking about is not contingent on the parents' financial status.
SPIEGEL: In many cities, school lunch prices are capped at 2 ($2.60). Is it even possible to serve quality food at that price?
Poletto: I have done that calculation. And, yes, it is possible to serve wonderful, balanced meals for 2 per person. But that's not the problem -- the problem is that you have to add personnel costs to that amount.
SPIEGEL: Why is it proving so difficult to ensure that quality food is provided in schools?
Poletto: It is an enormous challenge to provide decent meals for very large numbers of children -- and I am speaking of hundreds if not thousands. Keeping pre-cooked meals in large quantities warm is both complex and risky. There's no sugar-coating it. The food loses its flavor and just about everything good that is in it. My experience has shown that food is much better in places where a real cook is in place or where parents help out. A professional, for example, wouldn't just turn ground meat into a mediocre hamburger, but would produce something more nutritious.
SPIEGEL: Despite the fact that so many people are preaching how important good school meals are, they are far from becoming a part of everyday reality.
Poletto: It is important. Everyone deserves good food. Healthy nutrition is important for each of us.
SPIEGEL: What has to change in order to guarantee better quality food?
Poletto: It begins with education, particularly among children themselves. We need to teach them about carbohydrates, fat, protein and sugar. And we also need to teach them the rule of thumb that the more they are able to recognize what is in the food they eat, the better off they will be. Spaghetti with fresh tomato sauce and parmesan cheese, for example, is much better for them than the typical cafeteria lasagne, which has so much in it that is more or less an indescribable mass.
Interview conducted by Susanne Amann
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PARKERSBURG - Area children got a chance to interact Sunday with officers from a number of local law enforcement agencies as they were able to shop together for toys and other holiday gifts.
Around 101 area children had a chance to shop for Christmas toys and more Sunday with the help of officers as part of the Shop With a Cop program held at local Wal-Mart stores.
About 50 children visited the south Parkersburg Wal-Mart, which has been assisting with the holiday gift program, on Sunday evening. The others had gathered earlier in the day at the Vienna Wal-Mart store with the help of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 79, which sponsors the program in Wood County.
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Angel Collins, of Wirt County, shops Sunday at the south Parkersburg Wal-Mart store with State Trooper J.M. Demeyer as part of the annual Shop With a Cop program.
Through funds raised by the FOP and other donations, around 100 at-need children each received a $100 gift card and was able to go shopping with a law enforcement officer to buy something for themselves or for someone else. The officers kept track of the gift card and made sure the child stayed within their budget. A sizable amount of the funding came from the Wal-Mart Community Grant, organizers said.
Locally, the project is done with the cooperation of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, which coordinates the names of the participating children. Some of the children are in need, others are housed at a domestic violence shelter and some may have had bad dealings with the police in the past, said Laurea Ellis, Social Service Coordinator with the WVDHHR.
"It is a good concept for kids to be able to see police officers in a friendly way," she said. "We want our kids, if they are in trouble, to seek out law enforcement.
"Here, they get to see them in a very friendly atmosphere," she said of Sunday's shopping trip. "Hopefully, they will build a rapport with the police officer."
The law enforcement agencies work hard to raise the $10,000-$15,000 every year to do the Shop With a Cop program, said Chris Morehead, president of FOP Lodge 79. Wal-Mart also contributes financially and with the use of their stores, he added.
"We all come together and make sure these kids have a good Christmas," he said. "It is a lot of people coming together to take care of kids at Christmas time."
There were around 25 officers participating in Sunday night's shopping, representing the Parkersburg Police Department, the Vienna Police Department, the Wood County Sheriff's Department, the West Virginia State Police, the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Corrections.
"All of the officers here are here voluntarily," Morehead said. "They don't get paid to be here. They donate their own time.
"It is just a rewarding experience. I think everyone who is in police work got in it to help the community. What is more important than kids at Christmas time? That is why we do it," he said.
Many of the officers have done it annually every year and are always excited to do it again. The generosity of the community in donating to the program every year is touching, Morehead said.
"These are hard economic times," he said. "People don't have a lot to give, but they still give to make sure these kids have something for Christmas."
Those who participated were thankful for the chance to participate and to the officers for giving of themselves.
Randy and Pam Robinson, of Wirt County, watched as family member Angel Collins shopped with State Trooper J.M. Demeyer.
"I love it," Pam said. "I think it is wonderful."
Randy was thankful the officers took the time to do it. He hoped that the kids being around the officers in that setting will help them see the officers differently and not be apprehensive around them.
"It is good for the kids to get used to them and be comfortable around them," he said. "It is good for the kids to realize (the officers) are people, too, and they have a job to do."
Many of the officers are always touched by the children who are shopping for a brother, sister or other family member to make sure they have something for Christmas as well, Morehead said.
"It is always amazing," he said. "These kids might not have much but they still think about their siblings and others to make sure they have something for Christmas too."


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While Marc Brown ("Vt. Yankee closure and the energy cliff," Commentary, Sept. 4) acknowledges the New England ISO identifies overdependence on natural gas as a "strategic challenge," he ignores a readily available solution -- more wind power.
Wind provides more than 20 percent of the electricity needs in several states, and the main grid in Colorado has relied on wind for up to 55 percent of its electricity. While transmission upgrades in New England are needed to accommodate wind resources of similar scale, other regions are adding new power lines to get the benefits of wind.
Wind power is making headlines for its increased affordability (costs have dropped more than 50 percent over the last four years) and because it offers long-term, stable prices, which act as a hedge against fossil fuel prices in the same way a 30-year mortgage provides protection from interest-rate spikes.
Oklahoma Gas & Electric (OG&E) says adding "wind energy provides OG&E customers with a hedge against higher and volatile fuel prices...[A newly planned wind project] will provide an estimated $268 million of production cost savings over the first five years."
Those savings are passed on to ratepayers. For example, a 2010 New England Wind Integration Study found that wholesale electricity prices would decline anywhere from $5 per MWh to $11 per MWh if the region generated 20 percent of its power from wind, depending on which sites were used for wind production.
Because of the reliability and affordability wind power provides, it's the right solution right now for New England.
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The writer is senior director of federal regulatory affairs for the American Wind Energy Association.
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DWP refuses to disclose universal credit alternative payment figures
The Department for Work and Pensions has refused to disclose figures relating to the number of alternative payment arrangements made under universal credit.
Responding to a freedom of information request, which also wanted to know how many people were receiving UC payments more frequently than once a month and the number who were having their rent paid direct to their landlord, the DWP said official statistics would be published "in due course" and wanted to ensure that it was a "properly planned and managed process".
The DWP said: "There are public interest arguments against disclosure of this information at the present time. These arguments include that it is in the public interest to adhere to the existing publication process for official statistics, which includes time for the data to be collated and properly verified.
"It is also in the public interest to ensure that the publication of official information is a properly planned and managed process, to ensure that the data is accurate once placed into the public domain.
"It is also in the public interest to ensure that the information is available to all members of the public at the same time, and premature publication could undermine the principle of making the information available to all at the same time through the official publication process.
"On this occasion, the balance of the public interest test falls in favour of withholding this information. As explained above, statistics on this issue will be published in due course.
"The department is working to guidelines set by the UK Statistics Authority to ensure we are able to publish statistics that meet high quality standards at the earliest opportunity."
The most recent DWP figures for universal credit show that:
- Between April 2013 and 28th February 2014, a total of 5,910 people have started on universal credit
- Gender breakdowns of starters to universal credit show that the majority are males, with a male to female ratio around 7:3
- The majority of new claims are for unemployed people aged under 25.
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Property Transfer Tax is a land registration tax. It must be paid when an application for a taxable transaction is made at any Land Title Office in British Columbia to register changes to a certificate of title. Property Transfer Tax is payable on the fair market value of the property being transferred.
You are required to pay Property Transfer Tax unless you qualify for an exemption such as the First Time Home Buyers Program.
The amount of tax due depends on the fair market value of the property that is transferred:
General property taxation is the single most important source of revenue for Local Governments. Each year, Council must project the net amount of funds required through property taxes to support local services. General municipal tax rates are set once the budget is approved. Property tax notices are mailed in mid-May for the calendar year of January 1 to December 31 with payment due July 1st. The general municipal tax rate, together with the assessed value and classification (property use – i.e. residential, commercial, industry, farm etc.) of the taxable property, determines the taxation for each property.
Property taxes cannot be appealed. Only property assessments, on which taxes are based, are subject to appeal through the B.C. Assessment Authority. Therefore, it is important to review your annual assessment notice when you receive it from the B.C. Assessment Authority and report any concerns to them by January 31 of each year. Annual assessments notices from the B.C. Assessment Authority are mailed on December 31 for the subsequent year. In British Columbia, property assessments reflect market values effective July 1st of the preceding year. For a summary of how this is done check out the First Time Home Buyers Fact Sheet.
Rural Property Tax applies to land outside cities, towns, districts and village boundaries in British Columbia. Rural property makes up 99.6% of British Columbia's land area.
You pay Rural Property Tax if you own land or occupy Crown Land outside a municipal boundary. Both the land and any improvements on it, including residences, manufactured homes, and commercial or industrial buildings are taxed.
Taxes are also billed and collected on behalf of local service areas, regional districts, improvement districts and other local government agencies with taxing authority.
The purpose of the home owner grant is to help reduce the amount of residential property tax British Columbians pay. The home owner grant applies to taxes paid by British Columbians to their municipality or to the Surveyor of Taxes for rural areas.
To be eligible for the home owner grant, you must be a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant and ordinarily reside in British Columbia. This means you
You must be the owner or occupant of an eligible residence and live in it as your principal residence. You must qualify at the time you submit the signed application form.
It's important to note that in BC you are still required to qualify when assuming an existing mortgage just as you would if applying for a new mortgage.
If you purchase a newly constructed home, you may be subject to GST on the purchase price. There may be some rebates available depending on the value of the home. For further information visit the Service Canada site
British Columbia boasts one of the most progressive land title systems in the world. It is very efficient and very secure. For further information visit BC Land Title & Survey online.


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Establishment of Branch/Liaison/Project Offices in India is regulated in terms of Section 6(6) of Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 read with Notification No. FEMA 22/2000-RB dated May 3, 2000 as amended from time to time.
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Flying pretty much anywhere these days is expensive. And it's almost twice as expensive when I travel with my daughter.
And the reason is simple: The route from airport security to the departure gate is littered with opportunities to spend money. There are stores that sell expensive clothes, jewelry, electronics, duty-free goods, food and tacky tee-shirts that announce to the world that the wearer has spent time in the City of Atlanta. (The "I'm a Georgia Peach" key ring complements the tee shirt nicely, by the way.)
Traveling to see family in China once, my daughter and I had too much time to kill in the airport. And, like a wasp to blueberry jelly, she was immediately drawn to the most expensive items for sale in the retail area.
She couldn't contemplate such a long journey without the latest iPad, she explained to me. She'd never be able to sleep on the aircraft unless she tired herself out with the latest hand-held game console, she advised. And there was no possibility of looking chic in China unless she purchased (meaning, unless I purchased) a couple of new outfits. Oh, and incidentally, expensive UGG boots are "in" this year.
One hand tightly gripping my wallet, I used the other hand to steer her away from purchases that I'd need a second mortgage for, and propelled her instead to a flu shot station. Our trip would be short, and I didn't want either of us to spend four or five days in bed feeling like death warmed over. Flu, as I discovered several years ago is no fun at all, so a convenient flu shot at the airport seemed like a quick and convenient preventative.
At the flu shot location, I asked a few questions before releasing my grip on my wallet and rolling up my sleeve. Flu vaccine, you see, is temperature-sensitive and needs to be kept at between two and eight degrees Celsius. Outside that temperature range, the vaccine quickly loses its potency. And one of the challenges is that there's no way of telling visually that the vaccine has been compromised by heat or cold. You'd need the facilities of an advanced lab for that—something that you're unlikely to find even at the world's busiest airport.
So I was keen to know about the logistics behind these flu vaccines. It was easy to see that they were kept in a fridge at the airport facility, but what was the story before they arrived? The answer I got was reassuring; none of the frequent errors in temperature-sensitive shipping appear to have been made. Here are a few.
- The packaging is insufficiently insulated to maintain the correct internal temperature for the duration of its journey from manufacturer to the point of care.
- The material used to maintain temperature on the journey (for example, gel packs) have been conditioned by freezing them to minus twenty degrees Celsius, and the frozen material comes into too-close proximity to the vaccines.
- The package itself is exposed to temperature extremes. It's important to plan for ambient temperatures. Atlanta in winter may present no problems, and the same would go for Chicago in summer. But reverse the seasons in each location and you're up against extremes. In the case of flu vaccines, therefore, which typically begin to be administered in September, the challenge as the winter progresses will be Chicago's temperature extremes.
In our case, the administering nurse explained to me that flu shots arrived in packages with temperature indicators. These are small paper cards with chemicals embedded that will change color if the package has been in conditions that are beyond the desired range. For manufacturers, the use of these is definitely worth it: for about a buck, you can show that their products are in optimal condition on arrival. And so, content with the explanation we were given, my daughter and I each rolled up a sleeve, looked away from the needle and were very brave.
If you choose to have a flu shot this winter, I recommend you ask the person administering the shot a couple of questions before you grin and bear it.
- In what kind of packaging did the shots arrive at the point of care?
- Where was it shipped from and how long was the time in transit?
- Was the vaccine in direct contact with frozen gels? (This is crucial: Frozen gel packs help reduce the inside temperature of the package. They also create, however, a risk of coming into direct contact with the vaccine and destroying its potency.).
- How is the vaccine stored at the point of administration?
If the answer to any of these questions concerns you then you might derive greater peace of mind by getting your shot from an alternative source. Remember: The supply chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
"I've been extremely brave," my daughter announced as a Band-Aid was applied to her upper arm. "I totally deserve a reward." And off she ran to press her nose against yet another store window, her eyes wide and her mind full of expensive possibilities…
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Facebook Absorbs Team at Mobile Software Firm Pieceable
By John Letzing
Facebook said Monday it has absorbed the small staff at software app service firm Pieceable Software Inc., adding more engineers to its efforts in the mobile-device market.
Terms weren't disclosed.
Pieceable was created last year as a way to see software apps developed for Apple's iOS mobile platform through an Internet browser, rather than having to download and use them separately in a device.
Facebook has hired the staff of three engineers behind the young start-up, which says it has so far served up demonstrations of more than 800,000 apps.
"Facebook is not acquiring the company, technology, or customer data," Pieceable said on a company website, adding that its service will continue running in its present form until the end of this year.
Facebook, which now boasts more than 900 million users and had a flawed initial public offering last month, relies on online advertising for most of its revenue.
However, the company has been widely seen as lagging behind in the mobile-advertising market, where it has yet to start realizing significant amounts of revenue.
This is the company's latest talent purchase, the type of deal the company tends to make instead of splashy acquisitions like its Instagram purchase.
Facebook shares slipped again Monday, down 0.4% to $27.


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Poppin' The Green Collar
December 12, 2008 8:42 AM
America is in one hell of a funk. Unfortunately, it has nothing to do with the sweet sounds of James Brown. With the current economic downturn and crisis on Wall Street, coupled with environmental devastation, leaders are looking for a solution that will kill both birds with one stone.
Environmental activists, community leaders and even Barack Obama think the answer to our biggest problems lies within the creation of "green-collar jobs." Believers in the shift toward a green economy are saying that green-collar is the new blue-collar.
A concerned Al Gore, the 2008 presidential race and fearful citizens in general have set the green movement ablaze. Obama has created a "New Energy Plan for America" and has promised the nation that he will spend $150 billion in the next decade on green-collar jobs.
California, more specifically the Bay Area, is emerging as a juggernaut in the green revolution. In 2007, San Francisco became the first city to ban the use of plastic bags in large supermarkets and drugstores. Berkeley proves to be about as granola as it can get--most recently when a gaggle of protesters silently, and more notably, stark-nakedly opposed the removal of oak trees on the UC Berkeley campus. Despite the "tree hugging" reputations of these cities, Oakland is the prevailing green giant in the Bay Area.
"We can't drill and burn our way out of this economic crisis. We can, and must, invest and invent our way out," says Van Jones in a recent press release. "Six hundred thousand jobs have been lost this year alone. We need to free ourselves from our dependence on foreign oil, and instead invest in jobs in sustainable industries--wind and solar, among others. Only then will we be able to fight poverty and pollution at the same time."
Van Jones, an Oakland resident and author of New York Times bestseller "The Green Collar Economy," is taking advocacy to a new level, not just by creating awareness, but by making true changes to his community. He is the president and co-founder of both Green For All and The Ella Baker Center For Human Rights.
Based in Oakland, Green For All is a national organization which advocates for the creation of green collar jobs that, in turn, lift people out of poverty. Their mission: "We believe that the national effort to curb global warming and oil dependence can simultaneously create well-paid, green-collar jobs, safer streets and healthier communities."
In September 2008, more than a hundred thousand people rallied nationwide for "Green Jobs Now: A Day to Build the New Economy." Confident in their power to make change, San Francisco, Berkeley and Oakland residents gathered together with protest signs that read "GREEN JOBS NOW" and "I'M READY."
"Green-collar jobs are the kind of jobs where we get our hands dirty. Where we're putting up solar panels, building wind farms, making our homes more energy-efficient and making the way we live our lives. Doing the work to retrofit our lives so they're more at harmony with the planet and making it possible for us and all future generations to be cool," says Ian Kim, the Green Collar Jobs campaign director for the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, as he addresses the crowd at the Green Jobs Now rally.
The Ella Baker Center fights for community justice through its programs "Silence the Violence" and "Books Not Bars," which provide opportunities for youth that lead away from incarceration. Teaming with Green For All, they are making large strides in the community.
San Francisco State University Professor Raquel Pinderhughes, Ph. D., also believes in the shift toward green-collar jobs. Her latest case study of Berkeley, funded by the City of Berkeley Office of Sustainable Development, explores how the green-collar economy is affecting the lives of Berkeley residents in twenty-two different green job sectors.
Pinderhughes has found that employers are willing to hire employees with barriers, but the training needs to improve. Thus, steps are being made in that direction.
Last year, Van Jones encouraged Oakland to pass a "Green Job Corps" proposal, which is a green-collar job training ground for youth and residents. Nationally, he has contributed to the passing of the Green Jobs Act of 2007. This legislation allocated $125 million to train 35,000 each year for green collar jobs.
In addition, The Cypress Mandela Training Program, Inc. is a non-profit organization located in Oakland which prepares students over the age of eighteen with skills for the construction industry. Upon completion of the sixteen-week courses, students are provided with internships and job placement.
"Typically, we have always been on the cutting edge of history. We had the Panthers, the Pointer Sisters and Tom Hanks," says Executive Director Art Shanks. Tom Hanks may have absolutely nothing to do with green collar jobs, but he's so gosh-darn likable that it can't hurt to mention him.
Shanks sees what he calls "the corridor through Oakland and Berkeley" as a launching pad for the rest of the nation. The Cypress Mandela Training Program is "a multifaceted program for people who have been underemployed and left behind."
In just sixteen weeks, participants learn necessary life skills, math, nutrition, time management and even how to deal with chemical dependency. After the foundational training, participants go on to learn in detail about skilled trades like construction and plumbing.
"It's a holistic approach to green construction. Phase two is for students who want to proceed in solar installation, green construction building and weatherization," says Shanks.
Upon completion, trainees are equipped to handle jobs like "energy auditing." They are able to look at properties and buildings and make recommendations to install green weatherization and solar panel systems that will benefit both property owners and the environment. With a 90 percent placement rate and 80 percent retention, the program is thriving, but Shanks believes there is still room to improve.
"We are making sure we are training our youth about taking care of the future and about work making sure people have careers," says Shanks.
The battle has just begun. To learn more about the green-collar movement, visit www.greenforall.org.
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We have to give Khan a lot of credit for fighting someone who possesses a 60% KO ratio in Julio Diaz. As we all know,
Khan has the worst chin in boxing
, and has even had his legs stiffened by strong gusts of air, so I don't see any problem with him taking a supposed 'lesser challenge' in Diaz. I really wouldn't want to stay up all night just to see Maidana, Matthysse, Peterson, or Garcia blow him out in 30 seconds. It's just not worth it! By my reasoning, Khan - Diaz should at least go 6 rounds if Khan can backpeddle enough, though he'll probably be KO'd by the first big shot that lands. Make no mistake,
Diaz is the huge favourite going into this fight
- with a 60% KO ratio you just can't dispute that he has the tools to beat Khan quite comfortably.
Good luck to Khan in surviving till the bell ends. That alone will be a victory in itself. Can't wait!!!
I don't agree. Plus after Saturday, I think Price has the worst chin in boxing tbh.
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My daughter won one of the guided fishing trips in the annual "Why I want to take my father fishing for Father's Day" contest put on by Ken Perrotte in his outdoors column for the Free Lance Star. I was pleasantly surprised to get the phone call from Perrotte informing my daughter of her win. Up to that point I could count on one hand the number of times I had been fishing all year to include shad fishing. That figure is depressing.
We fished with Captain Tony Harding on his boat out of the East River south of Saluda. Saluda is close to two hours south on Rt.17 and then Rt. 33 and is the hometown of the legendary General "Chesty" Puller of the United States Marine Corps. I love the area and the drive through Essex and Middlesex Counties. That area is what King George once was when development was yet to come.
When we arrived at the landing it was deserted with the exception of our truck and Captain Harding's truck and boat. He uses a 19-foot Pathfinder with a Yamaha 4 stroke. That motor was so quiet, as are most of the 4 strokes, that we were able to ease up on our spots pretty easily.
I had never fished the East River before but it appeared to be a typical briny tributary to the Chesapeake Bay with a spattering of houses along its shores, fishing boats tied to weathered docks and marsh grass along the small bays of the tidal area. The weather was forecast to be 100 degrees that day and the weatherman was on the mark. Even the early AM when the sun was creeping up had a sticky feel to it and the haze foretold of the heat to come. However, we were on the water just prior to 6 AM and the fishing was pleasurable until lunch when the heat really cranked up and we called it a day and headed in.
Capt. Harding armed us with St. Croix spinning rods. The lines were baited with a jig and Bass Assassin plastic, which we were directed to cast toward the shoreline and hop it back to the boat. Within a few minutes of starting to fish I missed a few. I think I tried to set the hook too hard. Speck fishing is a bit different from many other types of fishing and I was rusty anyway from not fishing much. The fish have soft mouths and need little setting of the hook.
However, my daughter was able to hop her brightly colored jig enticingly enough to hook a nice, fat croaker. That one and one other that I picked up later with the same type of retrieve graced our grill the following day sprinkled with Old Bay and bathed in some butter and a bit of cooking oil.
It was the speckled trout fishing that I was most interested in as I had gotten the bug while down in New Orleans fishing several years ago. My daughter landed a nice speck that was close to the legal size limit but we put it back without measuring it. The beautiful purples, blues and silvery colors were an amazing sight. It was her first speck so she was thrilled with the hook up as was I.
Our good captain moved us around when action slowed down and we continued to get hits, pick up specks and croaker and so on for the next few hours. At one point during the morning I kept missing a number of fish and something kept tickling my brain telling me that there was something familiar about the way the fish were hitting. I kept thinking I was in a school of small specks. I finally let the fish have the bait and was surprised to find a flattie on my line. Yes, I learned that flounder can be caught on artificials fairly easily. Unfortunately the flounder was a bit short so back it went into the stained, salty water. My recasts to the same line of dock pilings continued to get me in the action, which was quite fun. However, the fish seemed to be the same short size class so we moved on.
During our morning trip I asked Capt. Harding about the speckled trout run. He informed me in the 30 some years he has been guiding he has not seen the run as good as it appears this year. The fish have spread out over the lower bay and even up above the Potomac River in some marshy areas.
If you have a hankering for some speckled trout fishing you can give Capt. Harding a call. He specializes in fly fishing tidal waters but is willing to do spinning trips too. Our experience with him showed that he was knowledgeable and runs a very clean operation. His boat is immaculate. His gear is in great shape, he takes very good care of his boat and he is particular about the quality of the gear he uses. Last, and probably most importantly, he cares deeply about the environment and the fisheries of the bay. We watched as he carefully revived each fish we turned back and saw it swim off without a problem. Some of the guides I have been with simply hurl the fish overboard. Capt. Harding can be contacted at 540-848-3770. His website is wwwflyfishtidalva.com.
Speckled trout setups
Some anglers use bait shrimp under a popping cork to simulate the sound a speck makes smashing into a school of shrimp. Others prefer casting to them with jigs and plastics. We used jigs and plastics. A medium action spinning setup with enough weight on the jighead to get it towards the grass will work well. Use bright colors on both the jig heads and the plastics you tip the jig with. Don't be afraid to change colors to find what the fish are after that particular day. Hop your jigs back and vary your retrieve until you find the right combination. Watch out for the teeth and fangs these predators have. If you decide to keep a few for the grill or pan do keep them on ice. They are a soft fish. Any fish you are not keeping please revive and avoid hanging them out of the water too long.
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Since then, he's made a career of playing darker characters in movies such as Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Wild at Heart (1990), Light Sleeper (1992), Clear and Present Danger (1994) and The English Patient (1996).
Dafoe earned his second Best Supporting Actor nomination playing actor Max Schreck in Shadow of the Vampire (2000). He later played the villainous Green Goblin in his most commercially successful film, Spider-Man (2002).


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Mark Hosenball
Mark Hosenball is an American investigative correspondent at Reuters. Prior to joining Reuters in September 2010, he worked for Newsweek. He started there in November 1993, after working at Dateline NBC as an investigative producer. He also worked at The Sunday Times, the Evening Standard, Time Out, and contributed articles to The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and The New Republic. He has also done commentaries for American Public Radio.[1]
Early life and education[edit]
Hosenball, an American, moved to the United Kingdom at age 17 and attended Leighton Park School in Reading, Berkshire for one year. Afterwards, he lived for three years in Ireland, where he attended Trinity College, Dublin for three years.[2][3][4]
After completing his education at Trinity College, Hosenball returned to Britain, where he found work as a journalist. In 1976, while working for Time Out, he and Duncan Campbell wrote a story entitled "The Eavesdroppers", which mentioned the existence of Britain's Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). It is widely believed that this was the grounds on which the British Secretary of State ordered his deportation later that year, in secret proceedings. Hosenball challenged the order in court, but was denied,[5] and was deported to the United States in 1977.
Hosenball began working for Newsweek as an investigative correspondent in November 1993. Here he covered a range of issues for the National Affairs department. He has also written a number of stories on terrorism and the September 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S., campaign finance, the Monica Lewinsky controversy, the death of Princess Diana, Whitewater, the crashes of EgyptAir Flight 990 and TWA flight 800, and related air safety issues. (<-- this is plagiarized from http://www.pbs.org/weta/crossroads/about/show_the_brotherhood_film.html )
Prior to working for Newsweek, Hosenball worked for Dateline NBC as an investigative producer and print journalist. As a print journalist, he contributed to many British and American publications.
Awards and honors[edit]
Hosenball has won a number of awards and honors, along with a team of Newsweek correspondents,[clarification needed] which include:
- Overseas Press Club's most prestigious honour[which?]
- 2002 Ed Cunningham Memorial Award for Hosenball's reporting on the War on Terror
- National Magazine Award for General Excellence in 2002 for its[clarification needed] coverage of September 11 and its aftermath
- 2002 Edgar A. Poe Award for Excellence for a story he co-authored
- 7 d'Or[when?]
- 1991 Peabody Award for his contribution to NBC News coverage of the BCCI scandal[6]
Personal life[edit]
Hosenball is married, has a son and currently resides in Northern Virginia.[citation needed]
- ^ "Mark Hosenball". Newsweek. Archived from the original on 2008-01-09. Retrieved 2008-06-27.
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The anticipated rematch between RING light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal and former champ Bernard Hopkins is getting closer to being finalized, Hopkins' promoter Richard Schaefer told RingTV.com.
Pascal-Hopkins II would take place in May at a location to be determined and televised on HBO (in the U.S.), according to Schaefer, the CEO of Golden Boy Promotions. Due to the controversial nature of the first fight, the site of the rematch is one of the final sticking points in the negotiations between Golden Boy Promotions and Pascal's promoter, Yvon Michel.
Hopkins, who turned 46 in January, almost became the oldest boxer to win a major world title when he held Pascal to a majority draw in December in the champion's home province of Quebec, Canada. Hopkins (51-5-2, 32 knockouts) got up from two early knockdowns to soundly outwork Pascal (26-1-1, 16 KOs) over the second half of the bout and win the Showtime-televised fight in the eyes of most observers, including official judge Steve Morrow.
However, two judges scored the bout a draw, including Claude Paquette of Canada. Hopkins was upset with referee Michael Griffin, also of Canada, who counted the first knockdown after the veteran took a blow to the back of the head.
"Bernard is on board with the terms (of the rematch), as is Yvon Michel; everybody is on the same page, but the location of the bout still has to be settled," said Schaefer. "We are willing to go back to Canada for the rematch if the Canadian boxing commission agrees to have neutral judges and referee.
"Bernard doesn't mind going back to Canada. He was warmly welcomed there, and the fans treated him well after the fight. However, Bernard is a legend and with his quest to become the oldest lineal champion in boxing, maybe in all of sports, we think the rematch would sell well anywhere."
Given the drama and controversy of the first fight, a rematch was a natural conclusion. However, Pascal owed Chad Dawson a return bout.
The 28-year-old Haitian won the vacant RING title with an 11-round technical decision over Dawson last August. But there was a rematch clause in their contract. Pascal was allowed to have one interim bout (Hopkins) but then he had to tangle with Dawson once more provided HBO, the network that televised Dawson-Pascal, was interested in the rematch.
It turns out HBO is more interested in Pascal-Hopkins II, as was Showtime. HBO had an earlier available date for the match.
"Showtime had no dates available for the fight until late July," said Schaefer. "Hopkins is at a stage in his career where he doesn't want to sit around and wait."
HBO also had a slot for Dawson, who is tentatively scheduled to fight in the televised co-feature to Pascal-Hopkins II, Dawson's promoter, Gary Shaw, told RingTV.com.
Dawson's purse and opponent still need to be worked out but Shaw is confident that a deal will be reached with the network. The two front runners to be Dawson's opponent are super middleweight contender Librado Andrade, who is well known in Quebec, and former light heavyweight beltholder Adrian Diaconu, according to both Shaw and Schaefer.
Both Schaefer and Shaw say the winners of Pascal-Hopkins and Dawson's fight will face each other.
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Matt McCutchen wrote:[color=blue]
> I'm surprised that the exclude doesn't work. Could you post your whole
> rsync command line so I can see if anything else might be interfering?[/color]
Keep in mind that this is the Win32 ported version (cwRsync) that
I'm using.
"C:\Program Files\cwRsync\bin\rsync.exe" -arvz --progress --partial \
--delete --delete-excluded --exclude="Network Trash Folder" \
--filter=". C:\Program Files\cwRsync\filter.txt" \
--log-file="C:\Program Files\cwRsync\AbyssI.txt" \
/cygdrive/f/ /cygdrive/y/
I've tried adding it to the command line (see above), and when that
failed, I moved it into the filter.txt file instead:
C:\Program Files\cwRsync>type filter.txt
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- System Volume Information
- Temporary Items
- TheFindByContentFolder
- TheVolumeSettingsFolder
- Network Trash Folder
- msdownld.tmp
C:\Program Files\cwRsync>
I'm not using both at the same time, it's either the command line,
or filter.txt file. Neither seem to work. What rsync is telling me is
that it wants to DELETE the copy that's on the Y: drive (since it
doesn't exist on the F: drive). However, I need it to ignore that
folder all together, don't bother copying, don't bother deleting. But I
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ACCORDING TO A ACCORDING TO A SURVEY BY THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION BETWEEN 8-AND-19 PERCENT RECENT MOTHERS REPORTED HAVING FREQUENT POST POSTPARTUM DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS. WHILE POST PARTUM DEPRESSION IS NOT OFTEN TALKED ABOUT.. IT CERTAINLY IT NOT UNUSUAL. HOWEVER THOSE WHO SUFFER FROM IT.. OFTEN FEEL ALL ALONE. CASSANDRA GRANTHAM SAYS FOR HER.. HER EXPERIENCE AT BECOMING BEING A MOM WASN'T AT ALL WHAT SHE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE LIKE. CASSANDRA SAYS WHILE SHE DID EVERYTHING RIGHT TO MAKE SURE HER NEWBORN DAUGHTER WAS WELL TAKEN CARE OF.. áSHEá DIDN'T FEEL QUITE RIGHT. WHLE CASSANDRA MAY HAVE FELT ALONE.. DOCTOR'S SAY HER STORY ISN'T UNUSUAL. DOCTOR ERIN DAWSON-CHALAT IS WITH COASTAL WOMEN'S HEALTHCARE IN SCARBOROUGH. SHE SAYS SOME OF THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF POST- PARTUM DEPRESSION INCLUDE WITHDRAWAL FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS, DIFFICULTY BONDING WITH BABY AND A LACK OF HAPPINESS AND JOY IN LIFE. DR. DAWSON-CHALAT SAYS IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW FEELS THIS WAY THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO GET HELP ..SO YOU CAN START FEELING YOURSELF AGAIN AND ENJOY MOTHERHOOD. AND THAT'S EXACTLY CASSANDRA GRANTHAM DID. ON SATURDAY COASTAL WOMEN'S HEALTHCARE SPONSORED A 5K RUN/WALK TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR POST PARTUM DEPRESSION. NEARLY 200 PEOPLE TOOK PART..HELPING TO RAISE 6- THOUSAND DOLLARS...AND WMTW NEWS 8 WAS PROUD
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Tuesday was the first time 19-year-old Ashley Esselink has been in the Kalamazoo River since the night of the oil spill in July 2010.
She's missed kayaking, but she's especially missed the wildlife.
"That was nice to see coming down this river, I was like 'Oh! There's geese!'" Esselink said.
Many signs of life on the river on the same day the NTSB reports the damage could have been avoided if Enbridge didn't neglect safety and emergency response procedures two years ago.
Enbridge says they were expecting this.
"We are not surprised by it," said Enbridge spokesperson Jason Manshum. "We have been working collaboratively with the NTSB for the past 23 months, and you know, we're looking at these recommendations as an opportunity to learn from this. We don't ever want this to happen again."
Manshum said Enbridge has already made changes to the operations and maintenance of their pipelines. Their main areas of focus for improvements are also leak detection, public awareness, emergency response time, and safety. Those are items mentioned in the NTSB report, too.
"This is our responsibility, and we have committed since the first day to get this river and this community back to its pre-existing condition," Manshum said.
Enbridge has built parks near the river, making access easier, but residents say it will never quite feel the same.
"All the trees they cut down, it's sad," said Deb Esselink, Ashley's mom. "I go running and ask if they'll replant them, but I don't think they are."
Enbridge has begun planting small trees in yards of homes within neighborhoods most affected by the oil spill. They also repaved some of the roads, both efforts to boost property values.
Esselink said there's been tension in the neighborhood ever since the spill, and Ashley isn't surprised.
"We like our roads, we love our trees, but at the same time we're just like, I mean in the grand scheme of things, it's stuff," Ashley Esselink said. "It's just stuff. Like 'We're sorry oil spilled in your river, let us give you stuff to make you not as mad.'"
Enbridge said the current clean up is a lot more passive than it was in the past. They're letting mother nature take her course in order to remove any leftover oil sediment.
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Happy New Year Dave! what a great post…
Last year we did some resolutions here on Good enough mother…I would go back and check to see if I was keeping mine…the ones I wasn't I got my butt in gear and started tackling.
Love good enough mother and what it stands for and look forward to another year learning and growing with some of the best on the net!
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SIKESTON -- The atmosphere in the Sikeston R-6 School District is mostly pleasant for teachers, students and parents, according to the district's latest school climate survey.
This year 61 percent, or 194, of the 318 eligible teachers, library media specialists, counselors, speech pathologists, administrators and directors participated in the survey, said Joyce Mays, human resources director, as she briefed school board members during Tuesday's regular meeting.
"Overall, we had positive results," Mays said. "Eighty-nine percent were at the agreeable level at 75 percent and above."
And those items included a school having parent involvement, improved communication, being supportive, safe and orderly, promoting a drug-free environment and having challenging work for students.
"This was the first year we could compare data from previous year," Mays said. "In looking at last year, there were some more positive improvements, and those were that classrooms and schools are safe, orderly and neat as well as clean and well-maintained and also seeing improvement were schools providing teachers with resources and offering a strong academic program."
Graduation preparation is moving right along, said Sikeston Senior High School Principal Tom Williams.
About 220 graduates, including both senior high and New Horizons students, are expected to graduate during the 7 p.m. ceremony May 23. Doors will open at 6 p.m.
"As far as reserved seating, parents have been issued 10 tickets -- four on the floor and six for in the bleachers," Williams told the board.
Police have been contacted and are ready to assist in any way they can in supervision, Williams said.
Several teachers and elementary principals will also be supervising the event. Other technical and security measures have also been taken, such as exit signs placed in the Field House in case of emergency procedures, he said.
Lori Boardman, business services director, said she is working on the district's budget to be approved next month.
"The expenditures have fallen in place pretty well," Boardman said. "The biggest challenge at this point will be projecting revenues which we've started working on now. We have information now from DESE (Department of Elementary and Secondary Education) that shows how to use the new formula."
The board will see the complete budget June 13, Boardman said.
Also on Tuesday, the board renewed its service agreement policy with the Missouri School Board Association for another year. The board agreed to pay a fee of $1,950 for the "full maintenance plus personnel" policy, which includes keeping the district up to date on board policies.
The following people were hired by the board for the 2006-2007 school year: Ashley Ford, Gennice Gipson, Penny Hale, Sarah Meyers and Amber Vaught, elementary instructors; Adrienne Francis and Ginger Schwab, middle school instructors; Melody Green, secondary science instructor; Kay Kimball, nail tech instructor at Sikeston Career and Technology Center; and Shelia George and Jean "Michele" Manning, practical nursing instructors for the district's practical nursing school.
Dr. Larry Bohannon, assistant superintendent of professional development and secondary grades, noted the last day of school is May 26 with dismissal at 10:30 a.m. High school finals will be during fifth period May 24; sixth, seventh and eighth periods May 25; and first, second and third periods May 26.