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The Elegance of the Hedgehog tells the story of a life spent in hiding. Madame Michel is the concierge of a luxurious Parisian apartment building, tending to the plants, signing for packages, and polishing the brass, retreating when she can to her rooms on the first floor. She keeps a television blaring where the tenants can hear it; she zealously polices her speech and gestures to keep from giving herself away. What is the secret she hides? Madame Michel is an intellectual. She knows Kant, but she's separated by class from other people who do, so she discusses his work with herself while we listen in. Her musings are voiced by Barbara Rosenblat, who lends an air of theatrical irony an auditory raised eyebrow to her descriptions of class blind spots and philosophical rabbit holes.
The other pole of the story is Paloma Josse, a 12-year-old tenant in the building, voiced by Cassandra Morris with an appropriate measure of sarcasm and outrage. Paloma is a wildly precocious girl raised in privilege who has all the gifts of intellect and all the faults of a pre-adolescent. She's grandiose she favors us with excerpts from a journal titled "Profound Thoughts". She's happy to throw stones at glass houses, and even plans to burn hers down, with the aim of teaching her family a pithy lesson about deprivation. She describes the currently deprived in terms that, while well-intentioned, condescend and distort. She is, in other words, a burgeoning intellect in serious need of the influence of an adult she can respect. An adult, perhaps, like the 54-year-old concierge on the first floor. But it takes more than a ride in an elevator to truly meet a woman who has spent her life in hiding. The novel takes two world views, both meticulously constructed from sound philosophical materials, and happily pulls them apart. Rosalie Knecht
Renee Michel is the 54-year-old concierge of a luxury Paris apartment building. Her exterior (short, ugly,and plump) and demeanor (poor, discreet, and insignificant) belie her keen, questing mind and profound erudition. Paloma Josse is a 12-year-old genius who behaves as everyone expects her to behave: a mediocre pre-teen high on adolescent subculture, a good but not outstanding student, an obedient if obstinate daughter. She plans to kill herself on the 16th of June, her 13th birthday.
Both Renee and Paloma hide their true talents and finest qualities from the bourgeois families around them, until a wealthy Japanese gentleman named Ozu moves into building. Only he sees through them, perceiving the secret that haunts Renee, winning Paloma's trust, and helping the two discover their kindred souls. Moving, funny, tender, and triumphant, Barbery's novel exalts the quiet victories of the inconspicuous among us.
©2006 Editions Gallimard, Paris; (P)2009 Highbridge Company
"Gently satirical, exceptionally winning and inevitably bittersweet." (The Washington Post )
"An exquisite book in the form of a philosophical fable that has enchanted hundreds of thousands of readers." (Italian Elle)
"Kinetic minds and engaging voices." (New York Times Book Review)
"By turns very funny and heartbreaking". (Publishers Weekly)
"Life-affirming." (Time)
This is an absolutely charming and wonderful book that I'll be recommending to lots of people. It is told in the first person by two narrators, both of whom are very intelligent intellectuals who are constantly evaluating the psychological and philosophical nuances of everything. While that sounds like it could be unbelievable dull, it isn't. I laughed so hard at one point, I had to stop the recording.
Cassandra Morris is very good, but Barbara Rosenblatt gives an award winning performance. It is one of the best narrations I have heard not just from Rosenblatt, but from anyone.
"Characters to Love"
Delightful rendering of a wonderful set of characters. Provocative in its reflection of literature, art and the meaning of life. Fun, though, and not too heavy. Full of fantastic language even though a translated work. In fact, I have ordered a print copy to review in addition to this pleasant listen.
"It surprised me"
I would not have had the patience to read this book with my eyes. I used it as a companion for pulling weeds and I must report that the garden and I are both the better for it. It was a very good listen. I'll not forget these characters anytime soon.
"Touching and Moving"
I did not want to like this book, selected by book club. 15 minutes into it, I was hooked - it made me laugh and cry. I wanted to know these characters more and will listen to this audiobook again and again.
Although it took a bit of time, perhaps one hour of listening, to "get into" the personalities of the story, I found this to be a completely beautiful and thought-provoking novel. Barbara Rosenblat is a genius storyteller. She is funny, sublime, and absolutely perfect in her role. Honestly, this is one of the best books I have ever had the pleasure of reading (listening) and I highly recommend it. It is a literature that makes you think about it for days as well as cry when you think about the characters. If I could give this 6 stars, I would!!!
"Thoughtful and engaging"
This story grew on me the more I listened. You have to some patience, however, since most for most of the story you are listening to the two main characters talking to themselves - thinking out loud. Both characters are amazingly smart and insightful - the young girl preternatually so. A touching but improbable ending is a bit of a disappointment. Fun if you enjoy learning more about class struggles in France.
"An " Elegent" Novel"
I'll admit at first I was frustrated by The Elegance of Hedgehogs. The plot took a long time developing and the two main characters spent a lot of time pontificating on heavy themes. I love philosophy as reflected by fiction, but I felt the author spent much too much time on heady intellectual theories and not nearly enough time in the forward action of the story. However this was all absolved as I learned to understand them. One is an older woman in her 50s, a concierge in a rich apartment building who has been stunted by class expectations of her childhood and tries to hide the fact that she is an intellectual so as not be seen as putting on "airs". The other is a 12 year old girl of parents who pretend to have socialist aspirations but are really bourgeois, aloof and unfeeling. The girl is of extraordinary intelligence and can see through the facades maintained by her parents, older sister and adult society at large. She is disenchanted with the idea of growing up and living a "fish bowl" existence. Thus she has resolved to kill herself on her 13th birthday. As the story progressed I realized that to truly understand these characters and the boxes they put themselves it was important for the reader to endure the various wonderings, profound thoughts and journal exaltations, otherwise the resolution when they discover that their fates are not predetermined would not have been nearly as satisfying. It is an all together "elegant" novel filled with minute perceptions and sensory satisfactions.
"Absolutely beautiful!"
I loved this book. So thought provoking and you instantly care about the characters. I listened to it twice to absorb all the beautiful details and observations about life. A definite read!
I focus on fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, science, history, politics and read a lot. I try to review everything I read.
"This book is not what you think..."
I liked this book quite a bit. The book, the story, and the characters are all simple, yet satisfying. The writing and language are superior. The meaning was, in my opinion, the key and was not overt. This seems to lead to strong feelings, both positive and negative about this book. I thoroughly enjoyed the narration and the humor, but mostly I enjoyed the spirit.
I worked hard to finish. But when I did, it was worth it.
"Awful narration"
The book is fabulous - it was read abysmally
Someone who can do a French accent
"Elegance of the Hedgehog"
Lovely book but it's set in Paris, so why not have French readers, instead we have the most awful screechy voiced American child that ruined the story - ugh.
"Cannot have enough of it!"
There are books we enjoy, but also ones that we learn from and re-discover time after time.
I have this book in print, bought the film and also in audio format. Never got bored of it and always want to read some parts over and over again.
Simply great!!
"Wonderful wonderful book"
This book came highly recommended and it exceeded my high expectations.
The story went right into me and I was very moved by it.
Yes, it is a great book.
Wonderfully narrated, The Elegance of the Hedgehog took my breath away. Funny, charming, sad & poignant all at once. The story is simple but profound and the characters are delectable.
"First book I've ever left unfinished"
I have tried this book over and over again, not willing to admit I couldn't finish it but in the end I gave up, not even halfway through. The story did not grip me at all and the narrator, especially the concierge, annoyed me intensely. It's all so presumptuous. I feel disappointed that I'll probably never know the story that others seem to like so much but reading - or trying to read- this book was nothing short of a burden.
"A great book, well worth it"
Just a great book from start to finish with interesting characters and storyline, kept me interested all the way through. I would suggest the others by Barbery too.
"Such a pity you couldn't have found French narrators"
The story is excellent and I really enjoyed it, insightful with out being dogmatic. The narration was not bad but the actors don't speak French . It was a little incongruous to listen to critique of the different character's accents in American. Bilingual actors who would really improve this story.
"Life enhancing"
Gosh this is marvelous. Great performances doing justice to a beautiful, moving story. French, philosophical, elegant, funny and inspiring. Hope it works for you too.
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Disappointing. Wasn't able to finish this book. Both the main characters a difficult to like and get quite irritating at times. The story feels like it meanders on and on without any purpose apart from showing that the author has read widely and understands difficult philosophical concepts. Might just be me (I'm not too bright!) but I just like a good story. I didn't think this was.
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We have entered into partnership with USAID and the government of Sri Lanka. Currently in dialogue with volunteer associations (i.e Rotary Club, Scouts, Girls Guide and several schools) which are all looking positive. We are very excited about this year's celebration given its importance five years after IYV and the event itself would strategically outline the role of volunteerism for development and peace building while positioning UNV as the lead agency for volunteer promotion.

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Adopting open source solutions for libraries
Why libraries are intrinsically open and should adopt open source solutions
Sharing is a fundamental part of the open source philosophy, and the same goes for libraries. Spreading, disseminating, and breaking down barries to gaining knowledge is a core mission of most library systems and their staff.
That that end, libraries—which are essentially hubs of knowledge and gathering places for learning and continuing daily education—may choose to implement open source tools and software.
An advocate for "open libraries," Nicole Engard, is one of our new opensource.com community moderators, a long-time contributor, and a 2013 People's Choice Award winner. She has a passion for libraries and wants libraries' core operations to run on open source.
Let's find out how some of the open source tools like Koha and Zotero are changing the future of libraries and learn more about Engard's open source passion.
The Basics
- Name: Nicole C. Engard
- Opensource.com username: nengard
- Location: Philadelphia Area, PA
- Occupation/Employer/Position: VP of Education, ByWater Solutions
- Open source connection: I learned about Koha while working in my first library and I was hooked!
- Favorite open source tool or application: Koha and Zotero
- Favorite opensource.com channel: Education (and Life)
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Open up to us
I am lucky to live and work at home, north of Philadelphia, with my husband Brian and my two shelties (Coda and Beau). What's better than a comfy office at home with a dog on either side of you? I started out in libraries right out of college as web developer. While I was there I didn't know much about what it meant to use and participate in open source, but I did use PHP and MySQL to write our library's intranet and several other applications (I just didn't share my code).
Eventually news of the Koha open source ILS (integrated library system) reached me and caught my interest. After years of fighting with a woefully outdated and closed library system, I loved the idea of a library system that was open and flexible and modern! I contacted some libraries who were using it and brought the stories to my library, but the staff there felt that it was too much of a risk, so I tried to help make the software better by participating in the community. I eventually got a job working as a Koha trainer and decided that working as Documentation Manager for the project was the perfect fit. After writing the first ever manual for Koha I got my current job at ByWater Solutions where I now educate libraries all over the world about open source and Koha specifically.
Since finding Koha in 2003 I have written numerous articles, given several presentations, and written a book about open source software for libraries. In addition to Koha I love teaching libraries to use WordPress and I promote Zotero at every conference I attend/speak at. I always try to talk about how open source can make our libraries better and try to dispel the misconceptions about what it means to use and participate in open source software projects.
What open tools and data help you get things done, and how do they help you?
Being a writer and a researcher, I couldn't live without Zotero and WordPress. I use Zotero daily to save articles I find in all of my areas of interest. I also use it to generate bibliographies for my books and share what I'm finding with anyone interested in following me. WordPress, on the other hand, is my daily publication platform. I use it to share my rants, my passions, or just something fun I learned today. It also helps me manage information from and the promotion of my books.
As for data, I am in love with open access journals like Code4Lib, D-Lib, and Collaborative Librarianship. I hate to leave out others, but these three are journals that I visit monthly to see what's new and search through the archives to see what I might have missed in the years before I became so active in open source and library education.
What do you wish were more open?
Library software! Even though Koha is great, there are still so many locked down systems in libraries—and so many libraries still using closed-source integrated library systems. I think it's very telling when you do a training at a library on how to use Koha and telling them that their overdue notices will be generated automatically (no need to manually generate them daily) makes people stand up and cheer (I kid you not, this happened at a training I did a couple months back).
When we (the public) think of libraries, we think of openness, places where we have free access to information and so much more, but what might surprise the public is how restricted things are when it comes to the technology libraries are using to do their jobs. It's not that there aren't open source options available to/for libraries, it's that there is a lack of education on the matter (which I'm working to fix) and a comfort in "the way it has always been." The most costly option, or the option they have always used, isn't always the right option.
Too often I hear stories of layoffs and cutbacks in libraries that are proudly stating that they use the 'Cadillac of integrated library systems' (yes, I've heard these exact words used), but why, if a Ford still gets you from point A to B and saves you enough money to keep on at least one more staff member. Now, I don't know much about cars, but that's the best comparison I can come up with. It's this sense of cost = value that we need to change in some people's eyes to get them to see open source for what it is and how it can continue to grow when we apply our resources (knowledge and funds) to it.
What are the biggest challenges to openness that you encounter, either at work or in your life?
Fear. Fear of change, fear of becoming obsolete, fear of the unknown. It's no surprise that we're always talking about FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) when it comes to open source, because it's everywhere. Too many people are scared to share what they know or what they have because it might then mean that they're no longer special. In the library world (and everywhere else I'm sure) jobs are scarce and people want to hold on to their way and their knowledge so that they can't be replaced by technology or by their colleagues.
When it comes to open source software specifically, I've had trainees get upset with me, and with Koha, because it makes procedures that used to take 10 minutes take 1 minute. This isn't because I just made their lives easier (who'd be mad at that?) it's fear that by making the process work better their job might become unnecessary—or worse yet—they might have to learn to do something else to fill the time.
Often people who are new to the field ask me how I can stay so positive while training when everyone around me is being so negative: it's because this is the only way I can think of to combat the fear. Put on a happy face and hopefully people will start to see the good that open source can do. And if that doesn't work, you just have to accept that sometimes it takes more time to change the world.
Why choose the open source way?
It just makes sense. Two heads are better than one: "given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow." I'd rather work with a team of great people and share the results of our work with the world than work solo and have no one to share that success with. I accept that I don't know everything and can't possibly know everything and that I like working with others who have different viewpoints—it makes me better at what I do and makes what I produce that much stronger.
Someone tweeted at me regarding my post about developing open source openly to tell me that he/she didn't agree that open source could be successfully developed in the open. I replied quite simply, "What's the point of OSS then? Why not just develop proprietary software?" I think that sums it up quite nicely.
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Nice to read how you got involved in the Koha project. And thumbs up on your positive mindset and persistence when it comes to your training and being an 'ambassador' to open source.
Thank you!
I wish this was true of NZ libraries, they are going to DRM protected E Books
That is true in the US too, open source adoption is going slowly, but that's why I'm out there educating people!
Great article. I wonder what advice you would have for people wanting to approach their local libraries to support more open solutions. I know my local library has ten computers running Microsoft Windows operating system and old Internet Explorer browsers and their ILS software has one of the worst search features I've seen. It's so bad that I end up using WorldCat just to find things in my library.
What a great question! First I would make a meeting with the director or head of technology (maybe the systems librarian). I would talk to them about your problems with their systems and findability. I would bring in suggestions for better options. If they're resistant I would remind them that you pay their salary with your taxes. Also, I offer free webinars for libraries all the time on Koha and open source in libraries - almost always free of cost to attend - that you can share with them if they want to learn more.
In the end, if you have the time, you might even volunteer to help the staff learn to use Firefox or Chrome and/or LibreOffice or something else open source. Libraries also like facts and research, so bringing in the research that shows that IE is horrible for security and Koha great for usability might help your cause as well.
Let me know how it goes!! and if I can help.
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- Art designed for everyday living
- Showcases six of your favorite vintages in an eye-catching cascade
- Designed by Lou Henry
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- 13½" x 14" x 5¾"
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Showcase your favorite vintages on a stunning work of art. Designed by Lou Henry, this handcrafted wine rack suspends your reds and whites in an eye-catching cascade on a table, sideboard or counter – instead of being hidden away. It's an invitation for your guests to pick their favorite – an excellent icebreaker before sitting down to a meal. Crafted from richly grained acacia wood, the rack rests on a bowed base of Nambé's signature eight-metal alloy, providing sturdy support as well as a pleasing counterpoint to the color of the wood. Nambé has been handcrafting, high-quality, functional designs for the modern lifestyle since 1951. Each exceptional museum-quality piece is designed by an esteemed artist and handcrafted from fine materials with usefulness in mind. Hence the company motto: Nambé is art designed for everyday living. Many Nambé designs are made from its own signature eight-metal aluminum-based alloy, which possesses the beauty and luster of sterling silver, the durability of iron and the unique ability to retain temperature – hot or cold – for an extended period of time. What's more, this alloy won't crack, chip, peel or tarnish as it does not contain silver. Completely food-safe, withstands freezer, oven, stovetop and grill temperatures. Each Nambé piece goes through a series of shaping, grinding, buffing and polishing steps. Slight imperfections found on the brilliant finish are characteristic of the sand casting process, and because Nambé is handcrafted, no two pieces are exactly alike.


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I am into books about vampires, samurais, geishas, action, women in the lead roles. I need suggestions of some Manga that fit into these categories. Or anything really that is interesting...Thanks -~Nickiebllu
vampire hunter D or Trinity blood"Simon, don't belive in me that believes in you, believe you that believes in me that believes in you!!!"
go with Trinity blood.<~~Im the mysterious girl of your dreams~~>
you might want to look into vampire knight and 7 samurais.
trinity blood, vampire knight and dance in the vampire bund for vampire manga. samurai you could read rurouni kenshin or samurai 7. girls in lead roles you could try wild ones and well vampire knight and dance in th4 vampire bund have girls in lead roles. action manga you could try D. gray man or Nora. Bleach is good and so is Black Bird. Hope i helped a little."Long is the way, and hard that out of hell leads to light."
m into books about romance, and definately VAMPIRES!
Vampire Hunter D, Trinity Blood, Blood + (has women as lead roles), Rosario Vampire, Hellsing are some vampire related manga. Rurouni Kenshin is a good samurai manga, samurai champloo might have a manga. Ghost in the Shell, Elfen Lied and Moribito have women in lead roles.
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ALBANY – Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo made repairing the upstate economy a theme in his latest State of the State message last week, yet his administration has been slow to implement a job-creation program designed specifically for the Buffalo area.
It is a program he signed into law last March.
More than $20 million in economic-development funds is on hand in a New York Power Authority account, but slothlike disbursement of the money is being criticized by state legislators and the region's largest business advocacy group.
"This is a big deal for Western New York," said Assemblyman Robin L. Schimminger, D-Kenmore, who last week wrote a letter to Cuomo on the matter. Cheektowaga Assemblyman Dennis H. Gabryszak, who sponsored the legislation creating the fund, also signed the letter.
"We've been concerned and have been constantly trying to get this thing moved along since the end of March 2012," said Andrew J. Rudnick, president of the Buffalo Niagara Partnership, which spent a decade lobbying for the creation of the special Power Authority funding source.
What has his group been told about the reason for the delay?
"I don't know," Rudnick said. "We've been told they just haven't gotten to it."
The Cuomo administration said Sunday that the program is close to getting under way.
Besides the Power Authority program, business groups and lawmakers say the Cuomo administration also has been slow to adopt rules for a $25 million tax break program targeting manufacturers located in high-unemployment areas. That tax incentive was approved 13 months ago – December 8, 2011 – during a special session that also saw passage of income tax hikes on wealthy New Yorkers and tax breaks for middle-class residents.
But it took the Cuomo administration until Tuesday to issue formal guidelines describing what kinds of manufacturing companies will be eligible to apply for the tax breaks being offered to firms with 100 or fewer employees.
Cuomo administration officials dismissed the criticism, saying that the rules and guidelines for the program are now in place in plenty of time for companies to apply for the incentives in the upcoming tax-return season. Administration officials stressed that publication of the guidelines last week will not prevent any company eligible for the credits in the 2012 tax year – the first year of the program – from receiving them.
But companies were only able to tell last week whether they might qualify for the $25 million program.
Insiders say the delay was, in part, due to the vagueness of the December 2011 legislation that did not more clearly set parameters for the program.
The issue in the Power Authority funding involves a program that provides low-cost hydropower to companies within a 30-mile radius of the Niagara Power Project in Lewiston. Not all of the available power is used by local companies in a year, so the new program – passed with the state budget last March – calls for translating any unused power into a cash-grant program for job creation in the area instead of funneling the power's proceeds into the Power Authority's general budget.
The money can go to those projects that "support the growth of business"and can include investments in buildings, equipment, land purchases, research and development, and tourism ad campaigns.
The money cannot go to certain establishments, such as sports venues, certain retail outlets as determined by the local board or entertainment-related ventures.
The fund now has $20 million waiting to be distributed, and Schimminger and Gabryszak estimated that as much as $17 million a year could be available once the program is under way.
The problem is that the law requires creation of a five-member Western New York Power Proceeds Allocation Board to distribute the money. The Assembly and the Senate each gets an appointment, and the governor gets three, including the panel's chairman.
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan, named the Assembly's choice last year, and Senate co-leader Dean G. Skelos, R-Rockville Centre, has submitted a nominee to the governor on the Senate's behalf.
But Cuomo has yet to appoint his three selections, so the board, 10 months after the law's approval, is still not created.
"We've identified several individuals for these positions, all of which are undergoing the same rigorous background checks that all gubernatorial appointees are subject to, and we anticipate appointments to be made soon," Richard Azzopardi, a Cuomo spokesman, said in a statement Saturday.
"The significance is the amount of money that can come back to Western New York to help in the economic-development process, be it jobs, infrastructure or whatever," Gabryszak said. "So we want to get the board in place so we can begin the process so we can try to get money flowing."
Schimminger and Gabryszak, both Democrats, praised the Democratic governor for focusing efforts on the Buffalo area.
"We're seeing some good things. This is an added step to help," Gabryszak said of the still-dormant power proceeds board.
The $20 million that has accumulated has been kept in an escrow account by the Power Authority, lawmakers say. Still, it is money that could have been spent to help create job opportunities in one of the economically hardest-hit areas of New York, they say.
"As we say in the business," Rudnick said, "that's real money, and it's cash."
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STATE COLLEGE - Penn State football coach Joe Paterno says he's shocked by sexual abuse charges brought against former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky and deeply saddened by the allegations.
In a statement issued by his son, Scott, on Sunday, Paterno said he's troubled that someone he thought he knew may have harmed young people.
Paterno referred to his grand jury testimony in which he testified that he was informed by an assistant coach in 2002 that he had witnessed an incident in the shower of the team locker room. Prosecutors have said Paterno had passed on the information to athletic director Tim Curley.
The grand jury report refers to the assistant coach as a graduate assistant, and the Harrisburg Patriot-News has been reporting that the coach is Mike McQueary, the Nittany Lions' current receivers coach and recruiting coordinator.
Paterno says specific actions alleged to have occurred in the grand jury report were not relayed to him.
Paterno said he understands people are angry, but he asked to also let the legal process unfold.
The entire text of Paterno's statement follows:
"If true, the nature and amount of charges made are very shocking to me and all Penn Staters. While I did what I was supposed to with the one charge brought to my attention, like anyone else involved I can't help but be deeply saddened these matters are alleged to have occurred.
"Sue and I have devoted our lives to helping young people reach their potential. The fact that someone we thought we knew might have harmed young people to this extent is deeply troubling. If this is true we were all fooled, along with scores of professionals trained in such things, and we grieve for the victims and their families. They are in our prayers.
"As my grand jury testimony stated, I was informed in 2002 by an assistant coach that he had witnessed an incident in the shower of our locker room facility. It was obvious that the witness was distraught over what he saw, but he at no time related to me the very specific actions contained in the Grand Jury report. Regardless, it was clear that the witness saw something inappropriate involving Mr. Sandusky. As Coach Sandusky was retired from our coaching staff at that time, I referred the matter to university administrators.
"I understand that people are upset and angry, but let's be fair and let the legal process unfold. In the meantime I would ask all Penn Staters to continue to trust in what that name represents, continue to pursue their lives every day with high ideals and not let these events shake their beliefs nor who they are."
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Several of the Stetson women's basketball players have experienced both the highs and lows that postseason play can offer.
Six Hatters still remain from the 2011 squad that captured the Atlantic Sun Championship in dramatic fashion, and 10 current players experienced last year's run to the title game that ended in disappointment.
"We feel like we have some unfinished business," senior Shanasa Sanders said. "Last year we came up short and this year we don't want to leave without the championship. That is our main goal."
Second-seeded Stetson (21-8) will begin its quest for a second title in three years at 6 p.m. Wednesday evening against seventh-seeded ETSU (8-17) in the quarterfinals of the General Shale Atlantic Sun Conference Championship in Macon, Ga. The game can be seen on ESPN3 and the WatchESPN App on mobile devices.
"I think we had a chance to learn from both experiences, both winning and losing," junior Sasha Sims said. "Being on each end of the stick allows us to come in this year with an open mind and a readiness to play hard."
The Hatters produced one of their finest regular-seasons in school history, posting their third-straight 20-win season, a record 14 conference wins, and an all-time best 11-game winning streak during the season.
Stetson head coach Lynn Bria expects her squad will benefit from having deep runs in each of the past two conference tournaments.
"We have done it before," Bria said. "We have a veteran group, so that's encouraging. They know how to win, but it is a new season. Anything can happen and anyone can win."
While the Hatters are hoping for another run that gets the team to championship Saturday, Stetson must first focus on its quarterfinals match-up with ETSU. The Hatters swept the season series from the Lady Bucs, winning by 16 points in Johnson City in January and nine points in DeLand in February.
"It's not the just the next game on the schedule, it's the only game," Bria said. "I told the players we are 0-0 now and starting the third season. In March, no matter how long you play, you are only guaranteed one game. It really narrows your focus. It's difficult to win, it's difficult to advance. You have to execute on every play to be successful."
If the Hatters advance to the semifinals, they will have a day of rest before facing the Jacksonville-Mercer winner on Friday at 2:30 p.m.
The championship game will take place at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday.
"Clearly we have something to prove," senior Victoria McGowan said. "Everybody better be ready for us. We are just taking it one game at a time, and right now we are preparing for ETSU. We are all anxious to get started."
In addition to the ESPN3 broadcast, Wednesday's game can be heard live on WSBB, 1490 AM DeLand, 1230 AM New Smyrna Beach, and on the web at www.myam1230.com. Live stats, the Stetson women's basketball twitter feed, and Hat-Alerts text messages are also available for in-game updates.
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Celebrate AU at Nationals Park
With the rising temperatures of summer, baseball season is in full swing, and at Nationals Park, American University is once again front and center. On Friday, August 30, the entire AU community will celebrate the university's two-year partnership with the Washington Nationals during AU's Night at Nationals Park, an evening full of Nats baseball and WONK fun. Eagles who joined in last year's celebration know to get their tickets early this year, as it's an event not to be missed!
Before the Nats take on the New York Mets in the 7:05 p.m. game, alumni, students, faculty, and staff will gather for a picnic dinner in the Family Picnic Area, inside the stadium on the main concourse. Guests will enjoy burgers, hot dogs, salad, kettle chips, and watermelon, along with visits from Clawed Z. Eagle and Skreech, the Nationals' mascot. Everyone will also take home a free Nationals WONK t-shirt (also given out to the first 20,000 fans to enter the stadium that evening).
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The picnic will start at 5:30 p.m., with the game at 7:05 p.m. Tickets are $25 per person and include both the picnic dinner and a seat in the Left Field Reserved section. Guests will pick up game tickets at a will-call table outside the stadium.
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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - It is without hesitation and controversy that America is more divided today than when Obama first took office in his first term. Religious freedom, the constitution, 1st & 2nd amendment rights, entrepreneurship, demonization of prosperity has come under attack and is on the upsurge. It seems as if, that those Americans that have a job, own a gun and adhere to the constitution are first and foremost the head of the attack.A recent commentator on Greta Van Susteren, On the Record, stated, "Obama may have won the election but did not win America," actually said it all. The 51 percent vs. the 47 percent is where the battleground is drawn in Obama's America today.I, being one of many, am finding the R&B Classic vocabulary of the left, Racist & Bigot, redundant and mundane. With no facts or justice to proclaim they continually rely on the monotonous and generic. The liberal media who continually feasts at the trough of Obama scourges, demeans, distorts and demoralizes any conservative who dares speak, act or proclaim the injustices implemented by the Obama regime, regarding the before mentioned list in this letter.Cop killer, Dorner, was not disclaimed for being a lover of the left and possibly mentally deranged because of this fact, but gathered supporters and compassion e.g. Jesse Jackson, Chris Mathews. However, the Batman shooting got focus, as this might be a member of the "Tea Party," and the Gifford shooting, Plain, was vilified for her cross-hair statement, to name a few disparaging and distorting acclaims.One of the most recent is the Rubio "Watergate," occurrence where a drink of water superseded the President's message, as well as Rubio's stellar rebuttal. These distractions continually nullify and deflect from the essence of a message or the truth. The misdirected, misinformed and uninformed lap this up as they accept this as truth or are entertained by it, naively skipping along in their mesmerized life like lambs to the slaughter of their free-thinking liberties ... pathetic.The GOP, on the other hand, needs to share the blame of the continual spiraling of a great nation. They need a man like Carney or a PR firm to get their message across, as noted in a recent Wall Street Journal article. The tepid and timid will not stop the deficit or the blame game continually articulated from the left. Especially, when you have a president pandering to the entitled, illegal and all that "free stuff," you better be up on your game. Caving and submitting rhinos are not supporting their constituency and are failing. The rhetoric and posturing against spending cuts, Kerry, Benghazi, has proven to be impotent, as I am sure it will be with Hagel.Yes, "The Emboldened" has surged. Political correctness is the method to stifle and shame. Ms. Soto, who flipped off the judge and later apologized, is what has been nurtured in our classrooms and is now prevalent in our society. NY public schools, no longer will discipline a student who cusses out a teacher in the classroom, accepted but the Bible is not. Islam is taught at great length, but Christianity lessened. Saturday Night Live can mock Jesus in a skit ... acceptable comedy. Why not Mohammed? Diversity training is merely retraining white people not to think white ... USDA, Samuel Betances.In conclusion, a breath of fresh air has risen; Dr. Benjamin Carson, who states that people are listening and starting to think for themselves. It will take a few brave people to stand up and do the job. Yes, the he time has come for We The People, to take back our country. Time to get off the couch, out of pews, and stand up for Our God, Our Country and Our Constitution. I am ready ... are you?- Lynette Cardinale is an Incline Village resident.
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When will it end?
April 16 I coined a new word: Tragedarian: "One who participates regularly in the rites and rituals following a tragedy."
I feel like I've become a professional tragedarian —Oklahoma City, 9-11, Aurora, Virginia Tech, Sandy Hook, Boston. We watch 24-hour coverage and endless stories, light candles, post prayers on Facebook, buy teddy bears and flowers, read People magazine coverage and then — we finally let it go. Just to wait for the next tragedy.
I am sick of it, worn down by it all. I try to see the good in people and the world around me, but sometimes I feel that evil will ultimately prevail in this world. When will it ever stop?
Eileen Hoffman
Avondale Avenue
All for money
I was shocked to be deprived of the peaceful enjoyment of my home by yet another fund- raiser gone bad, the April 11 concert at Patriot's Point.
As for Mac Burdette's concerns about not "risking the friendship and support of our neighbors," he already risked and lost it last July 4th when he charged neighbors $10 to attend a barely visible fireworks display.
When Mr. Burdette became executive director I was expecting innovative administration that would transform the facility from financial morass to a dignified future. Instead Patriot's Point has devolved into anything-for-money hucksterism.
What a sad way to celebrate the Fighting Lady's 70th.
Donald Eaton
Harbor Pointe Drive
Mount Pleasant
Picking winners
In an April 13 letter titled "Mark's mistake," the writer takes Mark Sanford to task for opposing federal funding (read "our money") for a wind turbine project at Clemson. In doing so, he likens this project to Thomas Edison's many inventions.
The writer fails to mention, however, the fundamental difference between Edison's work and the turbine project.
Edison's work was funded by himself and like-minded private investors, not by some federal bureaucrat using taxpayer money and attempting to pick economic winners and losers.
Tom Secrest
Lark Hill Road
Pawleys Island
'Zero concern'
I have read about Mark Sanford's continued follies and I am just horrified that a man like that is even attempting to re-enter public service. To hear that he was caught trespassing on his ex-wife's property again quite frankly makes me concerned about his mental status. I mean, he states he was concerned that his 14-year-old son was home alone watching the Super Bowl so he violated a court order to be with him — what was he thinking? If he was really concerned, why not pick him up to watch it?
He showed zero concern when he decided to go out and have an affair. He showed zero concern when he disappeared for days pretending to be on the Appalachian Trail, when he was really in Argentina. He showed zero concern when he publicly declared his love for another woman. He showed zero concern when he decided to have his sons meet the woman at a public event. He showed zero concern when he made a mockery of South Carolina by spending our money in such a reckless and irresponsible way.
Mark Sanford deserves nothing but South Carolina's scorn. Any vote for this man shows that South Carolina belongs in the Dark Ages.
Wynnefield Drive
North Charleston
Dirty tricks
I am appalled that a Dirty Trickster and now the news media are exploiting Mark Sanford's innocent Superbowl watching with his son in an attempt to sway the May 7th election.
Granted, he should not have been at his ex-wife's home without her permission, since he could not reach her.
However, it pales in comparison at what is at stake in reversing the near $17 trillion of national debt, repealing the disaster of Obamacare, 47 million citizens on food stamps, and no jobs for the millions of unemployed.
Are we going to give up Mark's leadership in shouldering these problems that are destroying our country because he watched a football game with his son at the home of his ex-wife? Heaven help anyone who feels this way.
Deer Point Drive
Seabrook Island
Turn lights on
I would like to see the TV and radio stations, during their weather and traffic reports on rainy days, remind drivers of the wipers/lights law as a public service. During some downpours, it's hard to see other cars that don't have on their lights.
Paul Krechman
Jasmine Court
Jobs needed
We can only hope that Republicans in Congress are not elated at the poor jobs report for March. They would do anything to keep good news from happening under Obama's watch.
Of course because they have scared everyone about spending, deficits, etc., the government is unable to get any jobs started at all.
What we really need is investment in jobs, as in the country's infrastructure with private and government working together. But Republicans will do nothing until they have dismantled Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
Meanwhile, we are held hostage in the slow destruction of the actual strengths of this country — workers, including government employees, and government services.
Bonnie Seabright
Groves Manor Court
Mount Pleasant
Sex education
As chairperson of the Health Advisory Committee (HAC) for Charleston County, I am writing to stop House bill 3435. The curricula promoted by this bill have a predominant message encouraging sexual activity. The message of abstinence is virtually non-existent.
Among proponents' demands are removing the message that marriage is the healthiest context for sex ed and mandating certification of sex educators by systems they would control.
This is in the face of recent data showing the issue of unwed mothers is much bigger than teenage pregnancy.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, 20-plus year olds account for 60 percent of single parent births, which are associated with poverty, increased drug use and crime, emotional harm and low education, for parent and child.
We see that Planned Parenthood and comprehensive sex ed is not comprehensive at all. It promotes sex before marriage and the pop-culture depiction of sexual encounters, which statistics contradict. The results are broken lives and families and hundreds of billions of dollars in annual costs to the country.
This bogus legislation will remove local control and put more money toward a dishonest curriculum.
Teach condoms, of course, but, for goodness sake, we need curricula that support marriage. Give the full truth about the mental, social and physical harm resulting from risky sexual behavior. Our youths' lives and futures are at stake.
Al Schirduan
W. Hudson Avenue
Folly Beach
Obamacare foes
Recently, Brian Hicks lamented the S.C. Legislature's plan to nullify Obamacare. Those clowns, "the ones in the Statehouse," should consult with "constitutional scholars" rather than behave like "the townfolk from Rock Ridge in 'Blazing Saddles'."
He could have directed his diatribe toward the Neanderthals in Iowa, Kansas, Indiana, Oklahoma and New Jersey who have their own nullification plans. Or maybe toward the 26 (so far) states that have elected not to implement critical insurance exchanges, effectively hamstringing Obamacare. (Where will the funding come from?)
Seventeen states have decided to buy in. The rest are obviously a little dubious.
But wait, maybe they, like South Carolina, are playing, "simple, very simple political theater."
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September 5, 2012 - Cory Giger
Jordan Hill vowed it would not happen again, that no other offense would do what Ohio did to Penn State's defense.
"You won't see that all season again. I'll tell you that now," the defensive tackle said.
Hill had better be right. If he's not, and PSU's defense can't stop the run or the pass like in Saturday's 24-14 loss, then the Nittany Lions will have a tough time beating anyone.
"We have to have a chip on our shoulder and come through and respond this week," safety Malcolm Willis said.
The Bobcats piled up 301 of their 499 yards in the second half, and they threw for 324 overall while also running for 175 and getting 25 first downs.
"The idea is to stop the team on third down," PSU linebacker Michael Mauti said.
The Lions didn't do that, either, as Ohio converted 11-of-12 third downs to control the second half.
"That's definitely something I have taken pretty personally, and I know our defense has, as well," Mauti said of Ohio's offensive efficiency.
Penn State has long taken pride in having a great defense. But many members of this defense have been on the field getting roughed up in the past three games, going back to last season, so collectively they have something to prove.
Wisconsin scored 45 points, had 27 first downs and 450 yards in the 2011 regular-season finale. Houston then torched the Lions for 600 yards -- 532 through the air -- while scoring 30 points and getting 25 first downs in the TicketCity Bowl.
So in the past three games, PSU has allowed an average of 516 yards, 33 points and 26 first downs.
"It's upsetting just because as a defense you never want to see that happen," Hill said. "That's one of the goals is to not to have the offense put up numbers on you."
The Lions also forced only one turnover in those three games (versus Wisconsin), and Mauti said that is the most important aspect of any game.
New defensive coordinator Ted Roof was expected to implement a more aggressive scheme that would lead to more blitzes and man-to-man coverage. Roof hasn't been made available to comment this week, but he cannot be happy with his defense's performance in the opener.
"We have to buy into it, and we have to make the plays when we're there to make them," Willis said of Roof's schemes.
Three things stood out against Ohio that will come into play the rest of the season.
First, the Lions managed virtually no pressure up front as the defensive line struggled getting off blocks against smaller linemen from the MAC opponent. Quarterback Tyler Tettleton followed a similar formula to what Wisconsin's Russell Wilson and Houston's Case Keenum did by getting rid of the ball quickly.
The Lions have a strong front seven and questionable secondary, so one way for teams to counter that is with three-step drops.
"When it's a three-step drop, it's almost impossible to sack the quarterback," Hill said. "So when you notice that they're doing three-step drops, you have to stop your rush and get your hands up and try and bat down balls. That's the biggest thing because once you start doing that, then they have to focus on getting into a five-step and maybe into a seven.
"We're trying to rush so hard that ... the ball would get up while we're still fighting with the offensive line," Hill added.
If you couple the three-step drops and quick throws with defensive backs not getting tight enough coverage, the result is what has happened to PSU in the past three games.
"We just have to play tighter coverage," Willis said. "It all works hand in hand. If we get a lot of plays that game, the defensive backs in the secondary and the linebackers have to play tighter coverage and force the quarterback to hold the ball ... to allow our front four to get to them."
A third thing also happened against Ohio -- or didn't happen, as the case may be. The Lions didn't play any nickel coverage, and surprisingly, Willis said they hadn't even worked on a nickel package going into the game.
Much of that is a product of having so little depth in the secondary. But having no nickel package puts a lot of pressure on the linebackers in coverage, and when a team is throwing a lot of short, quick passes, the receivers typically have a big advantage over the linebackers.
The Lions have gotten good news this week as cornerback Stephon Morris has been recovering from his ankle injury suffered Saturday. He practiced Wednesday and would appear to be good to go against Virginia.
Coach Bill O'Brien said Tuesday he has no plans of moving anyone else from another position to help out in the secondary.
"The depth is the depth," Willis said of the secondary. "We have to deal with what we have."
What Virginia has is a solid quarterback in Michael Rocco, two good running backs in Perry Jones (915 yards last season) and Kevin Parks (709 yards) and a huge offensive line (four measuring 6-foot-6, the other 6-5 and bookend tackles weighing 325 and 310 pounds).
The Cavaliers have as many -- if not more -- weapons on offense than Ohio, so PSU's defense will have to make big improvements over last week to stay in the game.
Whether they'll match up physically against Virginia remains to be seen, but the Lion defenders also know they can't let the struggles from the opener bring them down mentally.
"We don't want Ohio to beat us two times in a row," Hill said. "By that, I mean basically coming out and laying an egg this week."


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The 6 Stupidest Internet Reactions To Shocking News Stories
#3. Creatively Filling In Details
A lot of stories hit the press with very few details at first. Say a cop tazes a student at X University. It happened near the cafe. That's all we know. The rather irresponsible student paper publishes it immediately. Soon it's on blogs all over the country.
One group of people will imagine this poor student just having a cup of coffee at the cafe when the cop came by and tazed him because he "looked at him funny," while another group of people will imagine the student walking around stone-faced, throwing grenades left and right until the cop heroically stopped him by nonlethal means. Then they'll jump straight into arguing.
To lighten the mood, imagine him launching the grenades from this old-fashioned contraption.
"So you're saying it's OK for a cop to taze someone sitting peacefully at a cafe just because he's nearsighted?" "So YOU'RE saying the cop should have just lay down and let him grenade the whole campus, so he wouldn't hurt his feelings?" "It's an outrage this cop got off scot-free!" "Scot-free!? I'm sure he was executed."
Either of those scenarios are theoretically possible given the lack of facts, but not very likely. People can be very creative on the internet, which is sometimes a good thing and sometimes creepy. I think the imaginative details are filled in from two sources. One is fiction -- movies, books, TV, etc. People might explain how this person can't be convicted because of such-and-such law, and then if you ask them if they saw that on Law & Order they will cough a lot or whatever the Internet equivalent is.
The other source is their personal experiences. A setup for a news story might perfectly mirror some experience the reader had, like a bicyclist getting hit by a car might remind them of when they were run over by a road-raging maniac. Their first inclination isn't to ask if the bicyclist ran a red light or if the driver saw them, because their intuition will tell them this is another one of those maniacs. If it was a really personal experience, they might see any doubts about the victim as attacks on themselves.
Even if you're not that emotionally involved, there are all kinds of assumptions about people who live in certain areas or dress a certain way or own certain things that lead you to assume more facts than the story contains. "Well, this took place in a trailer park, so I really doubt he bothered to wrap up his wiring. I'm sure the fire was his fault."
#2. Knee-Jerk "We Have To Make A Law!"
When Casey Anthony was acquitted, people were hopping mad, because well, she probably did kill her daughter. The problem was that the prosecution couldn't prove it. Wait, no! The problem was that we didn't have enough laws.
In response, a shit ton of people are getting behind "Caylee's Laws" all over the country, laws that would totally have put Casey Anthony in jail, if we could go back in time and pass them before Caylee Anthony died.
Damn time cops, what we really need are time legislators.
But time travel hasn't been invented yet, so the new laws, which would charge parents with a felony if they failed to report a child's death after one hour or failed to report a missing child after 24 hours, would not be able to catch Casey Anthony (unless she was stupid enough to do the exact same thing again the exact same way) but would catch parents who first notice a crib death when checking in on the napping child 70 minutes after they died, or parents who spent the first 24 hours after their teenager was kidnapped assuming she was at the friend's house she said she was going to.
It's like after failing to see O.J. Simpson convicted of murder, we tried to make up for it by demanding a law that would have made it a felony to co-star in Naked Gun movies. Sure, we would have "got" O.J., but Leslie Nielsen didn't deserve to spend the rest of his life in jail.
We didn't sell out justice and common sense for emotion, and 12 years later O.J. robbed a hotel room and put himself in jail. And Leslie Nielsen died peacefully in his sleep, surrounded by family and friends, and not in jail.
See, this could have imprisoned Wilford Brimley.
Sometimes the answer to a perceived injustice isn't "We need a law!" but taking some time to study and figure out what's wrong with the system and where you can work to fix it. Or just praying desperately that the acquitted criminal will rob a hotel room someday.
#1. "This Just Shows You ..."
Like the "Why is this even news?" people, every story fits into a pattern for these people. Only for them it's not a pattern to be ignored, but a terribly important pattern that is key to What Is Wrong With Our Society.
A weird story about a child setting fire to his teacher? "How long are we going to let these crazy out of control kids continue to maim our nation's teachers until we finally do something?" A psychotic woman cuts off her husband's penis? "It's just shocking to me how women continue to get away with this, no man is safe anymore, and won't be until we fight back." A fruit vendor attacks a woman after she refuses to buy an avocado from him? "Women just aren't safe anymore! Don't trust anyone."
Some people manage to relate every news story, every discussion, every YouTube cat video, back to their pet cause. You probably won't have to look through too many failed skateboarding stunt videos to find comments about how the injured skater will be taking his chances under Obamacare.
They see their particular issue everywhere because to them, it is everywhere. Women conspiring to emasculate men, or men conspiring to crush women, or minorities overwhelming the white race -- to them, these are national, maybe even worldwide, problems. Sure is a lot more comforting to believe you're part of a big problem that's happening to everybody than to realize your hangups come from a couple of bad relationships you had, or bad bosses, or that you feel threatened by not being able to read all the signs in the new Mexican supermarket down the street.
"These potholders ... they're insulting me, aren't they?"
Seeing it in the news helps confirm the broadness of your issue. "See? It's even happening in Florida!" you can say, even if the story (Florida governor gives new cat Spanish name) is only tenuously related to your cause.
I know this is a lot of "don'ts" that make it seem like there's pretty much nothing you should say in response to a shocking news story. But there's plenty to say. Why not ask questions? Even better, why not go on a magical journey with Mr. Google and find some answers to those questions? See if anyone else has better answers? Maybe it's not all about winning or arguing or telling people things, maybe it can be about learning, and thinking.
Nah, I know, that's crazy. Go out there and win that next news story.
For more from Christina, check out A History of Pop Culture's Obsession with Human/Cat Hybrids and 6 Bizarre Ways Architecture Is Designed to Ward Off Ghosts.


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Ex-EPISD Superintendent Garcia Enters Guilty Plea, Cries In Courtroom
Lorenzo Garcia, the former superintendent of the El Paso Independent School District, pled guilty to federal charges in court Wednesday afternoon.
Garcia pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit mail fraud contained in two separate charging documents. The first charge, count one of a federal grand jury indictment returned in July 2011, alleged that from February 1, 2006, until March 11, 2007, Garcia and others conspired to defraud EPISD by securing a $450,000 sole source contract under false pretenses.
According to court documents, the government has agreed to a recommended sentence in this case of three-and-a-half years in federal prison and restitution in the amount of $180,000 to EPISD. Judge David Briones has scheduled sentencing for September 14, 2012.
"I am devastated that the students and the community have been defrauded this way," Isela Castañon-Williams, El Paso Independent School board president said in a phone interview. "We expect that there is always going to be honesty and integrity when students are tested and the results are going to be true and correct. So this is very sad and disappointing for me."
By pleading guilty, Garcia admitted that he had provided $5,000 in "start up" money to a woman with whom he had a personal relationship, for her consulting firm called IRA, according to a U.S. Department of Justice news release.
The second mail fraud conspiracy charge stems from an Information filed by the United States Attorney's Office this morning alleging that Garcia directed staffers to manipulate state and federal mandated annual reporting statistics in order to keep EPISD compliant with requirements of the No Children Left Behind Act.
Garcia's contract with EPISD stipulated that he would receive annual performance bonuses if the District achieved one or more District-wide Board-approved goals on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) Test and/or other state or federal student performance accountability measure(s) including Federal Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) standards for accountability.
By pleading guilty, Garcia admitted that in order to achieve his contractual bonuses, he caused material, fraudulent misrepresentations regarding EPISD's AYP to be submitted to the Texas Education Agency and the U.S. Department of Education in order to make it appear as though the District was meeting and exceeding AYP.
Garcia also admitted manipulating EPISD data for the 2006-'07 school year by implementing a reclassification program designed to evade 10th grade testing and accountability requirements. Garcia directed others to reclassify student grade levels using partial course credits; require that all transfer students from Mexico be placed in 9th grade, no matter whether they had sufficient credits for the 10th grade year; change passing grades to failing grades in an effort to prevent qualified students from taking the 10th grade TAKS test; and, implement course credit recovery programs to help intentionally held-back students catch up prior to graduation, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Garcia was placed on unpaid administrative leave last August, shortly before the start of the school year. He resigned late last year.
Check kvia.com for more details as they become available.
Related Link:U.S. Department of Justice News Release On Lorenzo Garcia News ReleaseCanutillo ISD Superintendent Questioned About Grade Manipulation Allegations While He Was At El Paso ISD
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At lot has changed with the Chevrolet
Volt since it was first
shown in concept form at the Detroit Auto Show in early 2007.
Gone is the swoopy bodywork (which was deemed elegant, yet not
aerodynamic enough), support for E85 fuel (the Volt now requires
premium), and the gas tank was cut in size from
12 gallons to less than 8 gallons.
One thing that remained constant
through this constant state of change with the Volt program over the
past three years has been the electric driving range of the vehicle.
General Motors has always stuck to a 40-mile range for the vehicle on
battery power alone. Now, however, GM has revised the battery range
to "25 to 50 miles" according
to the Associated Press.
GM spokesman Rob Peterson says that the
revised range figures come as a result of extended testing including operating the Volt in extreme
temperatures. Other factors that will come into play include
whether the driver is traveling on flat or hilly roads, whether the
HVAC is operating, or if the driver has a lead foot.
By stating this change now, GM may
avoid complaints from customers in the future who don't achieve the
previously stated 40-mile battery range. On the flip side, Volt
owners who drive on absolutely perfect/level roads, don't run the AC,
and drive miserly can at least be delighted at the potential for 50
miles of battery-only travel.
The additional driving range provided by the gasoline
engine/generator remains the same at 300 miles.
GM expects to build 10,000
Volts by the end of 2011 at a cost of $41,000
each (before a $7,500 tax credit). The company hopes to boost
production to 30,000 the following year.
The Volt will be joined at a later date
by the Volt
MPV5 which offers a crossover body style and seating for 5. GM
stated that that the vehicle would have an electric driving range of
32 miles at its announcement – there's no word on what the revised figure will be once it reaches production.
quote: or just in time for the battery to die (electric vehicles batteries are generally being designed with a 10-year typical lifetime in mind).
quote: However until they can get the cost of batteries down (and ideally the energy density up) this sort of vehicle is going to remain a real niche product.


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The Wikimedia Foundation: doing strategic planning the open source way | Opensource.com
The Wikimedia Foundation: doing strategic planning the open source way
Earlier this week I wrote a post about some of the cultural challenges Wikipedia is facing as its contribution rate has slowed. The comments you made were fantastic, including one by Dr. Ed H Chi (the PARC scientist who published the study I referred to in the post) linking to a prototype dashboard his team created to showcase who is editing each Wikipedia page (totally fascinating—you have to go try it!)
Another interesting comment was made by my good friend Paul Salazar, who pointed us to this page where the Wikimedia Foundation (the parent organization that runs Wikipedia, among other projects) is showcasing their exhaustive, happening-as-we-speak strategic planning process in all of its transparent, open glory.
From the main page, you can read the entire strategy memo that was presented to the Wikimedia Foundation board just last month. The memo itself is stunningly smart. Google must have thought so too, because they made a $2 million donation to the Wikimedia Foundation, announced a few weeks ago.
But it doesn't stop at high-level strategy for the eyes of muckety-mucks. From this page you can find proposals (hundreds were submitted, and just like on Wikipedia, anyone could contribute), background research, and task forces that have come together to discuss some of the major strategic challenges outlined in the initial strategic plan.
For instance, I found the task force looking at community health, a subject I addressed in my original post. The #1 area this task force suggested be addressed is recognition, and they've created a full page of recommendations on how to do just that.
I've gotta say. I've seen strategic planning, but I have never seen strategic planning like this before. Open, transparent discussion. Broad collaboration. Deep analysis, insight, and research from the people who care most and are closest to the issues and challenges being addressed—meritocracy in action.
It is revolutionary and amazing. It will be fun to see (and hopefully participate in) where this goes.
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I notice that any comments left here that might be critical of the Wikimedia Strategic Planning process are promptly deleted. What does that say about the principals of "open" and "transparent"?
Hi Gregory:
I did remove your comment yesterday. I did not remove it because it was critical of the Wikimedia strategy. That is fine and we definitely want to encourage different opinions.
It was removed because it seemed to violate the Community Behavior Rules that are part of our Terms of Use: https://opensource.com/legal.
If you would like to discuss further please shoot me an email: mackanic(at)redhatdotcom.
Thanks for your participation and helping to create a lively dialogue.
I'm sorry, but the way the Foundation is doing this isn't the "open source" way. And I say that as an open source developer myself. I've never worked on an open source project that let just anyone commit to the code repository; that privilege had to be earned by convincing the rest of the development team that you weren't completely incompetent by, at the very least, demonstrating that you had some clue about what you're doing and usually by actually offering useful improvements to the code.
Wikipedia's "anybody can edit" model is not, and never has been, comparable to the open source development model; it is and always has been lacking the principle that the privilege of publication is earned based on merit. as a result, the cultures are totally different, something which is painfull obvious to anyone who stops and looks for more than a moment (at least without the rose-colored glasses that seem to be de riguer with Wikimedia fanbois).
In the particular case of the strategy wiki, the "any idiot can edit" principle has led to a great heap of garbage with a few semi-precious gems buried within. Of course, confirmation bias on the part of said Wikimedia fanbois means that the semi-precious gems are all that gets attention; nobody talks about the smelly heap of garbage in the back room or the huge amount of volunteer effort that is wasted on shoveling it away.
Nice metaphor, but damn, if I knew there was a pile of precious gems hidden in some garbage, I'd be seeking them out.
Your comparison with open source code misses a key point. On wikis, people will revert the content that's not good enough. On wikis, all code compiles, but some content is more buggy than other content. The procedural difference is pointless. If anyone can post patches, anyone can post patches. 'Sides, people can always compile their own versions.
The procedural difference totally matters. On an open source project, entry to the community (that is, commit access) is earned by merit, and because it has to be earned and can be taken away if abused, it is thought to be of value, is treated with respect, is not lightly squandered, and can therefore form the basis a bond of trust.
On a wiki, entry to the community is a presumptive right, and so none of the above obtains. Most notably, this means that there is no bond of trust between editors on a wiki. The notion that there is an inherent "right to edit" is endemic at Wikipedia and is the source of a great deal of its internal sociological difficulties.
that everyone can have their opinions heard, as the above comments show.


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SALEM - Even with the temperatures rising into the upper 70s, Girard's Neco Maderitz made sure to bring the heat.
Using a powerful fastball that left Salem's bats floundering, Maderitz and the Indians shut out the Quakers, 9-0, Wednesday.
"She's the best pitcher I've ever coached," Girard coach Renny Paolone said. "She has three or four pitches, including that fastball. She's the most coachable pitcher I've ever had."
Maderitz struck out 14 Quakers while allowing just two hits in a complete game effort. Not a single Salem player advanced past second base. Salem falls to 2-14 with the loss.
"We weren't doing a very good staying off the high ones," Salem coach Jodie Hippely said. "She would start low, then come up high to get our hitters to chase. We didn't show a lot of bat speed either. She blew it right by us."
Maderitz was dominant for much of the game, including a streak of nine consecutive Quakers retired stretching from the third to the fifth inning. Of those nine, six were retired via strikeout.
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G - Nico Maderitz, wp (7ip, 2H, 0R, 14K, 2HBP) and Annie Parillo.
S - Courtney Waters, lp (7ip, 16H, 9R, 2K, 1BB) and Kari Seddon.
"It's really a work ethic thing," Paolone said. "She works year round. She's not one of those girls who starts practicing in February. When the season ends, she will be playing summer ball. She never quits."
Maderitz also provided crucial offensive production for Girard (10-7) at the plate. She hit a pair of doubles and had three RBIs. Girard accumulated 16 hits as a team, including five for extra bases. The Indians used their extensive bat power to find gaps in Salem's outfield, advancing runners and bringing runs around to score.
"We made some really good plays defensively," Hippely said. "They were just hitting the ball so well. We've had some games where we have shot ourselves in the foot with errors, but this wasn't one of them."
Salem had just two errors in the contest, both coming in the four-run third inning that gave Girard its first lead. Besides that, the Quakers were simply overmatched by Girard's stellar offense.
"There's always that one inning in these games that we just can't get out of," Hippely said. "In all of our losses, we've had that one inning where it all falls apart. If we stop those innings, we can compete against anybody. We still have a young team."
Girard also received major contributions from Kylie Kulon and Mackenzie Oesky. Each went 4-for-4, including a pair of triples and two RBIs from Kulon. Callie Jay added two hits and an RBI.
Paolone hopes that this season will provide a successful launching pad for both the team and the individual players.
"(Kylie) Kulon is going to Gannon," Paolone said. "Nico (Maderitz) is going to play ball in college too, but she's only a junior. We want all these girls to go to college. For the time being, we got to district finals last year. Hopefully we get to regionals this time."
Salem's two hits came from Kristen Brown and Sarah Smith. The Quakers' only runner in scoring position came in the first inning, when Maderitz hit the first two Salem batters with pitches.
After two scoreless innings, Girard opened up the third with four hits, a walk, and a Salem error to plate four runs. The Indians would score two each in the fourth and fifth innings to double their lead. Their ninth run was brought around by an Justine Boccieri RBI single in the seventh.


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quote: Would you buy a xx year old Prius or a VW Golf?
quote: If congress is giving tax credits to hybrid buyers, even your average Joe can purchase them, get the tax savings, without having to drink the Koolaid.
quote: I know plenty of Prius drivers that bought them on on the recommendation of their accountants.
quote: where u got that from? out of your ass ?
quote: most people in the US feel exactly the same way
quote: My guess is they don't pass our nanny-state safety regulations.
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quote: Your link somewhat contradicts you, while you are making a claim based on volume we don't necessarily care about that, gas is higher based on weight though they are very close.


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There is a fundamental connection between technology, physical reality and nature. And the parallels between technology and nature are astounding.
Smolka's Postulate reveals that cars have systems that match that of animals; ie: gas tank - stomach, catalytic converter - liver, carburetor - lungs and so on. A computer hard drive needs to defrag every so often, like a mind needs to dream(believing that doing so consolidates information in the brain).
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There's a reason you don't see Lea Michele stumbling out of clubs. After her grueling days on the Glee set, the actress prefers to hit the couch with her cat.
"Do I have a wild side? Well, I do have 14 tattoos," the actress tells Prestige Hong Kong.
"But I also do come home every single night and watch reality TV with my cat. I'd say for the most part I'm a very outgoing person. I have a lot of energy. I love being around people. But I'm not wild in the sense of 'going out' wild."
It seems the 25-year-old star, who has a cat named Sheila, would much rather put her energies toward something meaningful, like animal rescue. Recently, she took it upon herself to reach out to PETA in hopes of being useful in some way.
"I was just living in New York and went onto their website one day and said I would like to help and they contacted me," she says. "The point is that anyone can do it. I have such a passion because I adore animals so much."
That passion can't help but spill over elsewhere in her life. She's helped match Glee castmates Harry Shum and Heather Morris with loving furry companions.
And, she's even got a knack for names. When Mark Salling introduced his new Australian cattle dog Noah Saw Salling last September, she Tweeted, "I helped Mark pick the name."
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