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Legislative Alert
House Appropriations Votes to Eliminate COPS Program
By Meredith Ward, Manager, Legislative and Media Affairs, IACP
n mid-July, the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations voted to eliminate the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program and the COPS office.
Additionally, the committee voted to slash funding for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) Program by nearly 17 percent to $357 million. This proposed cut comes on top of a nearly 20 percent cut to the program in the current budget.
The COPS program seeks to fund critical programs for combating methamphetamine production and trafficking; for tribal law enforcement; for fighting gun trafficking and reducing gang violence; for hiring school resource officers and establishing school-based partnerships between local law enforcement agencies and local school systems to combat crime, gangs, and drug activities; for paying for officers hired to perform intelligence, antiterrorism, or homeland security duties; and for the recruitment of inactive military personnel to pursue the law enforcement profession.
Byrne-JAG provides funds to assist states and units of local government in controlling and preventing drug abuse, crime, and violence and in improving the criminal justice system. The value of this program can be seen by examining the success of one of the most popular uses of Byrne-JAG funds: multijurisdictional drug task forces. These multijurisdictional task forces help reduce the impact of drug and firearm traffickers, gangs, pharmaceutical diversion, and organized crime on U.S. communities.
These programs—COPS and Byrne-JAG—are valuable and critical resources to the state, local, and tribal law enforcement communities. Both significantly strengthen the ability of law enforcement agencies to combat crime and violence in our communities. Eliminating or reducing either of these programs will be devastating to the nearly 18,000 law enforcement agencies in the United States.
Therefore, it is imperative that all IACP members contact their members of Congress and urge them not to cut or eliminate these critical resources to the state, local, and tribal law enforcement community.
IACP members can visit the IACP Legislative Action Center to quickly and easily send a message to their members of Congress. Included in the Legislative Action Center is a sample letter and contact information for each member of Congress. Please visit the Legislative Action section of the IACP website at www.capwiz.com/theiacp/issues/alert/?alertid=51130136&type=CO.
House Introduces D-Block Legislation
Congressman John Dingell (D-MI) and Congressman Gene Green (D-TX) recently introduced D-Block legislation in the House of Representatives, H.R. 2482, the Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act. The legislation, a companion bill to Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson's (R-TX) Senate legislation, is strongly supported by the IACP. The introduction of H.R. 2482 follows the passage of the Senate companion bill in the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Since 2009, the IACP has been working toward having the 700 megahertz (MHz) D-Block reallocated to public safety for an effective, nationwide, public safety wireless broadband network. S. 911, sponsored by Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and cosponsored by Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), would achieve this goal.
H.R. 2482/S. 911 would provide law enforcement and other public safety agencies with an additional 10 MHz of spectrum that is necessary to support a nationwide, interoperable, wireless broadband network that will help them fulfill their mission of protecting lives in communities throughout the United States.
Law enforcement and public safety must have a minimum of 20 MHz of broadband spectrum to meet current and future needs and must have access to new technologies to perform increasingly complex duties. These technologies must have adequate and dedicated spectrum that is managed and controlled by public safety to ensure that they will be more secure and reliable than commercial broadband systems. The D-Block allocation to public safety and federal funding are essential if technology is to accommodate the critical needs of the U.S. law enforcement and public safety community.
All of the major national public safety organizations support this legislation, including the National Sheriffs' Association, the Major Cities Chiefs Association, the Major County Sheriffs' Association, the International Association of Fire Chiefs, the Police Executive Research Forum, the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International, the National Association of State EMS Officials, the National Criminal Justice Association, the National Emergency Management Association, the National Association of Police Organizations, the National Troopers' Coalition, and the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives.
Additionally, many state, local, and tribal government organizations support it, including the National Governors Association, the National Association of Counties, the National League of Cities, the United States Conference of Mayors, the Council of State Governments, the International City/County Management Association, and the National Conference of State Legislatures.
The IACP will be working toward passage of this bill in the full Senate and the companion bill in the House of Representatives. The IACP requests that all IACP members contact their senators and state representatives and ask them to support S. 911 and H.R. 2482, respectively. Thanks to the hard work of the IACP membership, several letters have been sent and several members have indicated they will send letters.
For more information on the D-Block legislation and to receive assistance in sending a letter to members of Congress, contact Meredith Ward at email@example.com. ■
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Meredith Ward, "House Appropriations Votes to Eliminate COPS Program," Legislative Alert, The Police Chief 78 (August 2011): 8.
From The Police Chief, vol. LXXVIII, no. 8, August 2011. Copyright held by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, 515 North Washington Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 USA.


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For My Home Energy-Saving Facts & Tips
In the summer, keep your thermostat at 78 degrees or higher to save money. You use 3 to 5 percent more energy for each degree the air conditioner is set below 78 degrees.
Set your thermostat 5 degrees higher when leaving your home for an extended period of time. Overall, however, keep the temperature fairly constant. Frequent changes will use more energy.
On hot days, close window shades and drapes to keep out the heat of the summer sun.
Be sure your air conditioner is properly sized and installed correctly for optimal energy efficiency and comfort. (Remember: a bigger unit isn't always better.) Check with a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) professional to determine the proper sized unit for your home. Learn more about new heating and air conditioning equipment.
Shopping for a room air conditioner? Consider an ENERGY STAR® qualified model. They use at least 10 percent less energy than standard models.
Adequate insulation in your attic, ceilings, walls, floors and crawlspaces can reduce your energy usage by up to 30 percent. In the Midwest, experts recommend 9 to 15 inches of blown or blanket insulation in an attic. If you are building a new home this spring and summer, follow the ENERGY STAR construction guidelines.
Call a BPI certified specialist to check your insulation.
Clean the air vents regularly. Make sure drapes and furniture do not block the air vents or returns.
Set your ceiling fan to blow air downward. This cools the air, allowing you to set your thermostat higher to save on cost. It costs only $2 a month to use ceiling and other fans to circulate air.
Plant shrubs, bushes and vines next to your home to create dead air spaces that will help insulate exterior walls in the summer. Make sure to leave at least one foot of space between the wall and the fully mature plant.
Shade trees shield your home from the hot summer sun. Be sure to plant the right tree in the right place to avoid potential tree and wire conflicts as the tree matures.
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Registration open for EMR course
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— January 19, 2013
Goshen, Ind. – Indiana University Health Goshen will offer an Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) course beginning Feb. 18 and continuing through April 27. The course covers basic airway techniques, patient assessments, and patient stabilization.
Classes are held Mondays and Wednesdays from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. The cost for the course is $325 and includes textbooks.
Participants must be 16 years old or older, and must have tested negative for TB within the past year and been vaccinated against Hepatitis B.
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How to Calm Recital Jitters
For many children, especially those about to experience their first dance recital, nerves and jitters on the big day can be difficult to overcome. Some nervousness is actually a good thing. Adrenaline pumping before taking a step onto the stage can keep a dancer's energy up throughout the performance. However, being too nervous can make it difficult for dance students to cope. It is important to talk to dance students about what to expect, before they venture to the performance space, to help them adjust to their first stage experience.
Trying on the Costume
Usually, about a month before the show, a dance student will receive their costume at the studio. Some studios may send the costumes home for the students to try on, but most will try them on with their class to make sure everything fits correctly and no alterations are needed. Once at home, the costume should stay on the hanger, in a garment bag, to keep everything together for the show. It is a good idea, though, to have the dancer put the costume on at home, in a comfortable environment, with the parent. This helps him or her to feel more at ease in the costume, especially hearing how great it looks from mom or dad.
Explain why dancers wear costumes and make-up on stage, and how much fun it will be to wear this very special outfit on their very special day. This is also a good chance to see if anything needs to be sewn or pinned for the performance, and what accessories are needed.
Makeup and Hair Preparation
Most studios will prescribe a certain "look" for the recital, which includes hairstyles and appropriate stage makeup for girls and some form of makeup for boys. Nervous students may find some comfort in doing a dry run of their hair and makeup before the dress rehearsal day.
Sometimes, studios will hold a picture day where a professional photographer comes in to take pictures of the students in their costumes. This is a good thing for first-time students to participate in, since they can see the rest of their classmates in the same costume, hair and makeup. This also allows one more chance for the students to be dressed up in a comfortable setting before the day of the show.
Talking Students through Nervous Times
Each student will probably receive a recital handbook or guide with details on rehearsal times, dress requirements, dressing room numbers, and much more. This is a lot of information to take in, but it is a good idea for a parent or guardian to review everything with a dancer who may be getting nervous a few weeks before the show.
Knowing where they need to be, and at what time, will soothe the students who are afraid of the unknown. If the studio doesn't have a chance to have a rehearsal at the performance venue, it is a good idea to arrive early to make students familiar with the building, entrances and exits, dressing rooms, and where they can meet back up with you after they are done dancing.
No matter what, a small amount of nerves, anticipation and excitement are normal and necessary for dance students. For dance parents or guardians, teachers and studio owners, it is important to build up these rituals of rehearsal, dry runs, and preparation so that students can feel more at ease.


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Published May 15, 2014
The amount of time it takes to mathematically simulate the path of ash from a volcano eruption or a satellite collision can be hours, even days.
However a new method, the Conjugate Unscented Transform (CUT), has shortened the process to minutes.
The approach was created by Nagavenkat Adurthi, a UB mechanical engineering doctoral candidate, while completing a homework assignment as a master's student. Adurthi found taught methods too inaccurate or time-consuming, so he designed his own.
"I thought, 'Why do we have to put points on these axes? Why don't we put them somewhere else?' So, I introduced new axes," says Adurthi. "I reduced the number of evaluations required to get the same amount of accuracy. Once I got fewer points than the regular methods, I found out CUT's real potential."
Because conditions that lead to natural disasters often are unknown, researchers run multiple simulations using different variables, or points, to more accurately predict events. The uncertainty is overcome by taking an average.
Under the direction of Puneet Singla, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, Adurthi tested the new approach against existing methods.
The Monte Carlo method, often used to predict space collisions, requires at least 2 million to 3 million random points, which take more than a week to simulate. CUT reduced the number of needed points to 745, requiring fewer than 10 minutes.
Adurthi's approach also lowered the required trials of the volcano ash propagation model from 6,500 simulations over several weeks to 161 simulations over one week.
CUT, detailed in Adurthi's master's thesis, "The Conjugate Unscented Transform: A Method to Evaluate Multidimensional Expectation Integrals," was awarded the Outstanding Master's Thesis Award for 2014 by the Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools.
Adurthi also won two best session presentation awards for CUT during the 2013 American Control Conference, has six peer-reviewed conference publications and plans to submit two journal manuscripts on the method.
"Nagavenkat is one of those rare researchers who, with great ease, can tackle and solve with little supervision complex, interdisciplinary problems and produce publications of the highest quality," says Singla. "It is important to mention that the computation of probabilistic hazard map for volcano ash advection would not have been computationally tractable without making use of his work."
CUT also can be applied to sensors, GPS tracking and tsunami simulation. Adurthi plans to propose the method to NASA scientists as well.
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Friday, June 27, 2008
Will these Loins bear Fruit?
A couple of weeks ago I came into possession of two factory-farm produced loins of pork. For reasons that should be obvious to regular readers of my blog, I could not market them to my regular customers who come to the farm specifically because it is NOT a factory farm.
So, after knocking heads with Trent Hendricks, the farm's owner and prime mover, we decided to use them to test a question that has been bothering us for a long time: What would happen if we cured and air-dried pork loins in the same manner that one might cure a ham or beef (e.g. bresaola)?
On it's face the question seems pretty easy to answer. Unlike ham, the loin is skinny and has not got much intramuscular fat, so it should dry out fast, be a bit tough to chew. And, forgive me for suggesting the obvious, but if loins of pork were fit to air dry, then why is it that we've never seen them before? Could it be that air dried loin of pork has been tried many times before and rejected because it always sucks?
Although my gut tells me that that an affirmative answer to the last question is -despite it's reductive nature- the right answer. I decided to try air-drying the pork loins anyway.
In the slide show below you will see two loins of pork that have been cured for ten days (until they were very firm) in a mixture of salt, sugar, garlic, sodium nitrate and lots of thyme. They were amazingly fragrant when I took them out of the cure box yesterday and rinsed them off under cold water. Then, after seeing again how skinny and lean they were, and worrying anew that they would dry so fast that they would not have time to develop the kind of flavor that I have learned to lust for in meat that has been cured and aged for a long time, I decided to sheath one of them in a beef casing, age both for the same amount of time under the same conditions, and compare the results.
Update: A few of you have pointed out that loin of pork is indeed air-dried in Italy. That it escaped my attention is probably a a function of the fact that the practice does not seem to be widespread. As of this writing I'm not sure that it is very common anywhere but in Sardinia. In any case, my bad, for not doing my homework before writing this up.
In additioned to be slightly chastened I am also, thanks to your comments, a lot more optimisitc about the outcome.
Posted by Bob del Grosso
Labels: charcuterie, farm stuff
2 comments:
- Chris said...
I am itching to know the results.
Or that might just be the chiggers.
Either way I want to know.
- June 30, 2008 at 9:27 AM
- michael said...
aren't dry-cured loins called lonza?
- June 30, 2008 at 3:13 PM
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Mr. and Mrs. John (Elena) Melancon of Rayne are announcing the birth of a daughter, Kora Lea, born Wednesday, February 19, 2014, at Women's and Children's Hospital in Lafayette.
At birth, she weighed 7 pounds 11 ounces, and measured 20.5 inches in length.
Mrs. Melancon is the former Elena Marie Kibodeaux, daughter of Ida Kibodeaux of Rayne and the late Russell Kibodeaux, maternal grandparents.
Paternal grandparents are John and Connie Melancon of Church Point.
Godparents are Matthew Richard and Rusti Richard, both of Rayne.
Kora is also welcomed by two brothers, Julian and Cullen, and one sister, Eva.


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Private equity deal volumes staged something of a rebound in the first quarter of this year, as secondary buyouts drove the market to its highest level since Lehman Brothers collapsed in 2008.
According to research published by KPMG, there were 36 buyouts worth a total of £5.14bn (€5.6bn) in the first three months of the year, the highest by volume and value for seven quarters.
However, the figures were still well behind the levels seen at the top of the market in 2007, when quarterly figures regularly topped £50bn.
Notable deals included KKR's £950m acquisition of pet accessories chain Pets at Home from Bridgepoint, and Warburg Pincus's acquisition of safety equipment manufacturer Survitec from Montagu for £280m.
According to the Financial Times, the biggest jump in buyout activity was in deals worth between £100m and £400m, which benefit from being substantial enough to attract big-name firms, but small enough to make debt financing possible.


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Personal Attendant Coalition of Texas, PACT is having its 5th Annual Attendant Appreciation Awards and BBQ on Saturday, October 17, 2015, from 4PM to 6PM at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, 1206 East 9th Street, Austin, TX 78702. PACT needs you to nominate a deserving attendant for our 2015 Attendant of the Year Award. PACT will be selecting up to six exemplary attendants for this award and nominations are due by October 2, 2015. For more information, please contact Cathy Cranston at 512-442-0252. Click here for the nomination form.
PACT is a project of ADAPT, and is a grassroots coalition of attendants who work in home and community-based services programs and their supporters. PACT provides a voice for the 275,000 statewide attendants to strengthen salaries, benefits, dignity, position in the community and independence of aging Texans and persons with disabilities.
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A reject of society, one who lives in the shadows of his imagination, a failure when judge even by his peers
The Truth ALRによって 2010年09月13日(月)
someone who you wouldn't mind making their intestines look like a f*cked up balloon animal.
OMG! That Ass Clown Totally Cut Me Off!
KillerAceによって 2008年11月02日(日)
The feces that results when shame gorges itself on too much stupidity. A person who consistently disappoints in the most dramatic fashion they can manifest...in other words, at the crucial moment - he/she HAS to fuck everything up.
Of course Rudy burned the house down...what else would you expect from such an ass clown?
hoity-toityによって 2008年10月29日(水)
someone with no talent
1)Michael Bolton is a no talent assclown.
Jonnyboy88によって 2006年12月27日(水)
an ass clown is someone who is normally male, they are full of aids. an ass clown is easily amused by cheap ipod apps. they usually spend their time facebook creeping, smoking cigarettes or just simply being an asshole. normally goes by the name of Mike or Joey
person #1; "i am an ass clown"
person #2; "yes, yes you are"
person #2; "yes, yes you are"
canadatarjによって 2010年07月25日(日)
a talentless, overly dramatic hack who pretends to know it all and wants to it off.
that no talent ass clown is a black hole of time.
betherzによって 2010年05月13日(木)
Someone who wastes the time of two or more people due to their inability to see what is obvious to the other two.
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by badboy 20 Replies latest jw friends
I think they are on Spring Break.
they are still in Bethel!
Nathan Natas
This should clarify it:
"The Jonadab class are of those who 'hear' the message of truth and who must say to those in their hearing: 'Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.' (Rev. 22:17) Those of the Jonadab class must go along with those who are of the antitypical Jehu company, that is, the anointed, and announce the message of the kingdom, even though they are not the anointed witnesses of Jehovah." - The WATCHTOWER, August 15, 1934, page 249, paragraph 31.
Personally, I am convinced the Jonadab class got together with the Jethro class and the Ebenezer class and are running some moonshine through their still down in the holler.
yadda yadda 2
They are all dead or close to it
It is the same as the Abraham class, the John class (John the Baptist, not the apostle John), the Gideon class, and so many other "classes" that they have made up. And they are about as real as the Flying Spaghetti Monster Class and the 679shkjgfnio8 Class. All made up--all a scam.
wha happened?
I like Spaghetti, where's the class?
My grandparents, father and uncles all went to that convention in a handbuilt trailer, and I remember my Grandmother telling the story about how they all were delighted to realize they were of the Jonadab class! This was shortly after they officially named themselves Jehovahs Witnesses! Wow, a real religion with a pecking order! At least they could dedicate their lives for the cause of an official JW sub catagory.
The Witness dogma asserts that for every part, there is a counter-part. There is a typical type, and an a-typical type. Virtually every Bible character, pattern, dream, event, and prediction has a significant (to them) second meaning only known by the Watch Tower Publishing Corporation's owners.
And they have the exclusive ability to change their minds any time they want. The Jonadabs were the immortal race of Witnesses. Then they became the mortal, "other sheep", and now, since the other sheep won't be identified until Armageddon, they are the "sheeplike ones".
That's the beauty of religion, nothing has to make sense.
Which reminds me - whatever happened to the Dag-nabbit class, red-haired step-brothers to the Jona-dab class?
The Dag-nabbits kind of faded after the death of Walter Brennan
good question....another is "how many dubs would you have ask before you found one that knows what a jonadab is, much less what the jonadab class even means????".....oompa
If my memory serves me correctly, the Jonadabs were to form the "great multitude". That may mean that they have morphed into the "great crowd", or should I say future "great crowd", since the "great crowd" don't exist till after the "great tribulation". So I guess the Jonadabs are the "other sheep", who will form the "great crowd". Thank goodness I no longer care beyond my usual interest in religion as a social force in society. All their terms and classes are headache inducing.
Isaac Carmignani
Garybuss hits it on the head - everything has a type and antitype.
Did you know that the camels carrying Rebecca to Isaac are a prophetic type pointing to the Watchtower litterature carrying the message of Salvation? (yep - its in the Witchtower)
I wonder what the camel DUNG typifies - what the litterature ACTUALLY is??
Another question - when this tale was supposed to have happened the camel had not yet been domesticated by the Shemitic races. So does this picture the fact that the WTBTS is not yet carrying the actual message of salvation at this time??
The Witness dogma asserts that for every part, there is a counter-part. There is a typical type, and an a-typical type. Virtually every Bible character, pattern, dream, event, and prediction has a significant (to them) second meaning only known by the Watch Tower Publishing Corporation's owners.
This was one of the first things to really frustrate me over doctrine when I was a teenager. It seemed like there was some new class every month. Even at that stage (being several years from leaving), I saw it as a bunch of BS that could no-way be derived from the Bible and decided I wasn't going to bother trying to learn it.
Wasn't it Freddy Franz that loved to invent these things? He may have invented the Jonadab class too. My understanding is that he was around influencing doctrine for quite some time before his days as president.
The dog ate their homework so that class never got to graduate.
Wasanelder Once
Class was canceled due to low attendance. W.Once
Last mention on my WT-CD from a biography from an old jw.
***w07 9/1 p. 9 With Jehovah's Help, We Survived Totalitarian Regimes
A few months after Father's conversation with the priest, we attended the Memorial of Christ's death, during which Father was introduced to a group of 30 with the words, "This is a Jonadab." I soon learned that "Jonadabs" were Christians with an earthly hope and that their ranks were to grow.—2 Kings 10:15-17.
***w99 3/1 p. 27 Over 40 Years Under Communist Ban
There, in the midst of a great crowd of prisoners, I heard a man say in a loud voice: "Who here is of the family of Jonadab?" The term "Jonadab" was used at the time to identify those with the hope of eternal life on earth. (2 Kings 10:15-17; Psalm 37:11, 29)
*** w98 2/15 p. 20 par. 8 Glorious Freedom Soon for the Children of God ***In 1932 it was concluded that such present-day sheeplike ones were prefigured by Jehu's associate Jonadab (Jehonadab). (2 Kings 10:15-17) In 1934 it was made clear that "Jonadabs" should "consecrate," or dedicate, themselves to God.
*** w97 9/15 p. 18 par. 11 Who Will Survive "the Day of Jehovah"? ***Those hoping to survive "the day of Jehovah" and live forever on earth must wholeheartedly support true worship. They must be like Jehonadab, or Jonadab, a non-Israelite worshiper of Jehovah. As Jehu continued to fulfill his commission with zeal, Jehonadab wanted to show his approval and support. So he went out to meet Israel's new king, who was heading for Samaria to execute the remaining ones of Ahab's house. Seeing Jehonadab, Jehu asked: "Is your heart upright with me, just as my own heart is with your heart?" Jehonadab's positive reply moved Jehu to extend his hand and invite Jehonadab into his war chariot, saying: "Do go along with me and look upon my toleration of no rivalry toward Jehovah." Without delay, Jehonadab accepted the privilege of showing his support for Jehovah's anointed executioner.—2 Kings 10:15-17.
:Wasn't it Freddy Franz that loved to invent these things?
No. It was Chuck Russell himself. Read his writings: he had literally hundreds of "classes" picturing everything to everything else. Da Grudge only followed in Chuckie's footsteps with that tradition. By the time Freddie became powerful enough to exert influence, all 2,745,821 possible "classes" that could be extracted and invented from the Bible were already taken! Of course, there are still zillions of prepositions, definite articles and adverbs left in the Bible, so perhaps even more "classes" are possible: the "Of" Class, the "An" Class, the "The" class, the "very" Class and the "a" Class are still up for grabs.


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> I need to test an internet radio site before I decide to buy a Handheld.
> Can someone here with a Palm TX let me know if the internet radio on this
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> Go down to the audio vault and click the "Go" button and it should start
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You won't be able to use a Palm TX to listen to this site as it uses WMP.
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Charleston Southern has signed three basketball players for the 2013-14 season, coach Barclay Radebaugh announced today.
The Bucs signed 6-8 forward Ty'Quan Bitting of Winston-Salem, N.C.; 6-6 wing player Bakari Copeland of Lithonia, Ga.; and 6-7 forward Will Saunders of London, England.
"This is a terrific recruiting class and will add significant size, talent and ability to our team," Radebaugh said.
Bitting averaged 13 points, 10.3 rebounds and 6.8 blocks as a senior at Mount Tabor High School, leading his team to the Class AAAA Final Four in North Carolina.
Copeland scored 23.5 points per game as a senior at Arabia Mountain High School, making second-team all-state in Georgia. Saunders shot 40.8 percent from 3-point range while averaging 10.2 points at College of Central Florida.
The three signees will join Tre' Smith, a 6-3 guard from Hillcrest High School, in the Bucs' recruiting class.


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GRAND RAPIDS -- Science and technology is part of the mission of The Geek Group in Grand Rapids.
So it's no surprise that staff there is using the latest in surveillance video technology to try to stop copper thefts from a generator and transformers behind the organization's building at 902 Leonard Street NW.
Recently installed cameras captured two thieves vandalizing the equipment on Monday.
The Geek Group staff soon after posted the video on YouTube and asked the public's help to identify the thieves.
The Geek Group is a non-profit agency that serves student groups, inventors and others by offering lab equipment and tools.
Anyone with information about the thieves can call Grand Rapids police at 456-3400. A reward for their arrest and conviction is being offered.
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Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba
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Memorial to the Duchess of Alba, Seville
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|Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Alba
|Carlos Fitz-James Stuart, 19th Duke of Alba
|Luis Martínez de Irujo y Artázcoz (m. 1947; dec. 1972)
Jesús Aguirre y Ortiz de Zárate (m. 1978; dec. 2001)
Alfonso Díez Carabantes
(m. 2011)
Carlos Fitz-James Stuart, 19th Duke of Alba
Alfonso Martínez de Irujo, 15th Duke of Aliaga
Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 23rd Count of Siruela
Fernando Martínez de Irujo, 11th Marquis of San Vicente del Barco
Cayetano Martínez de Irujo, 13th Count of Salvatierra
Eugenia Martínez de Irujo, 12th Duchess of Montoro
|Full name
María del Rosario Cayetana Paloma Alfonsa Victoria Eugenia Fernanda Teresa Francisca de Paula Lourdes Antonia Josefa Fausta Rita Castor Dorotea Santa Esperanza Fitz-James Stuart, Silva, Falcó y Gurtubay
|Noble family
|Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Alba
|María del Rosario de Silva, 9th Marchioness of San Vicente del Barco
28 March 1926
Liria Palace, Madrid, Spain
|18 April 1926
Royal Chapel, Royal Palace of Madrid
|20 November 2014
(aged 88)
Palace of the Dukes of Alba, Seville, Spain
|Roman Catholicism
Doña María del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y de Silva, 18th Duchess of Alba de Tormes, Grandee of Spain (28 March 1926 – 20 November 2014), was head of the House of Alba and the third woman to hold the title in her own right.
Born at Liria Palace on 28 March 1926, she was the only child of the 17th Duke of Alba (a prominent Spanish politician and diplomat during the 1930s and 1940s) by his wife, María del Rosario de Silva y Gurtubay, 9th Marchioness of San Vicente del Barco. Her godmother was the Queen Consort of Spain, Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, wife of Alfonso XIII de Borbón, King of Spain.
As head of the dynasty, she was styled by her most senior title of Duchess of Alba, whilst holding over 40 other hereditary titles.[1] According to Guinness World Records, she was the most titled aristocrat in the world.[2]
Via her descent from James FitzJames, she was King James II of England's senior illegitimate descendant.
She was inducted into Vanity Fair's International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame[3] in 2011.
Life and family[edit]
On 12 October 1947, the Duchess married Don Luis Martínez de Irujo y Artázcoz (1919–1972), son of the Duke of Sotomayor.[4] The wedding in Spain, just after the Second World War, is considered to be one of the last great weddings of European nobility and attracted the attention of the international media. The New York Times called it "the most expensive wedding of the world."[5] It was reported that 20 million pesetas (€7,644,678 equivalent in 2014) was spent at that time. Six children were born of this marriage, who were all conferred noble titles by their mother, in accordance with Spanish Royal protocol, including the rank of Grandee of Spain.
- Carlos Fitz-James Stuart, 14th Duke of Huéscar, later 19th Duke of Alba (born 2 October 1948, Madrid). In 1988, he married Matilde Solís-Beaumont y Martínez-Campos, but they later divorced. Together they had two children:
- Fernando Juan Fitz-James Stuart y Solís (born 14 September 1990 at Madrid).
- Carlos Arturo José María Fitz-James Stuart y Solís (born 29 November 1991 at Madrid).
- Alfonso Martínez de Irujo y Fitz-James Stuart, 19th Duke of Híjar (born 22 October 1950, Madrid). On 4 July 1977 he married Princess María de la Santísima Trinidad of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (born 8 April 1957), whom he later divorced. Together they have two children:
- Luis Martínez de Irujo y Hohenlohe-Langenburg (born 29 May 1978), 19th Duque of Aliaga.
- Javier Martínez de Irujo y Hohenlohe-Langenburg (born 9 January 1981), 19th Marquess of Almenara. He married sherry heiress Inés Domecq y Fernández-Govantes in 2008.[6] They have two children.
- Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart y Martínez de Irujo, 23rd Count of Siruela (born 15 July 1954, Madrid). On 1 November 1980, he married María Eugenia Fernández de Castro y Fernández-Shaw (born 15 October 1954), but they later divorced. He remarried journalist, editor and writer Inka Martí Kiemann in April 2004. Jacobo and María Eugenia have two children:
- Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart y Fernández de Castro (born 23 January 1981). He married Asela Pilar Pérez Becerril on 14 May 2011.[9] Co-owners of an art gallery. They had a daughter and a son.
- Brianda Eugenia Fitz-James Stuart y Fernández de Castro (born 11 April 1984).
- Fernando Martínez de Irujo y Fitz-James Stuart, 11th Marquis of San Vicente del Barco (born 11 July 1959).
- Cayetano Martínez de Irujo y Fitz-James Stuart, 4th Duke of Arjona, 13th Count of Salvatierra (born 4 April 1963, Madrid). In October 2005, after a five-year relationship, he married Genoveva Casanova y González from Mexico (daughter of Kenneth Larry Casanova and his first wife Mariana González y Reimann). They separated in 2007, but have twin children:
- Luis Martínez de Irujo y Casanova (born 25 October 2001).
- Amina Martínez de Irujo y Casanova (born 25 October 2001).
- Eugenia Martínez de Irujo, 12th Duchess of Montoro, born 26 November 1968. On 23 October 1998, she married bullfighter Francisco Rivera Ordóñez of the Ordóñez bullfighting dynasty. The couple divorced in 2002. They have one child:
- Cayetana Rivera y Martínez de Irujo (born 16 October 1999).
After becoming a widow, the Duchess remarried on 16 March 1978 to Jesús Aguirre y Ortiz de Zárate (1934–2001), a Doctor of Theology and a former Jesuit priest. The wedding caused shock; Aguirre was illegitimate, which was scandalous in 1970s Spain.[12] Eight years younger than the Duchess, he maintained a good relationship with her children. During their marriage he administered, with his stepson Carlos, the Alba estates.[13] Aguirre died in 2001.
Details emerged in 2008 regarding the Duchess's intention to marry Alfonso Díez Carabantes, a civil servant who also runs a public relations business, 24 years her junior. It was reported that there were objections from her children and from King Juan Carlos, and the House of Alba that year issued a statement saying that the relationship "was based on a long friendship and there are no plans to marry".[12][14] The duchess decided to proceed with the marriage, overcoming her children's opposition by giving them their inheritance in advance. The duchess's fortune included ancient palaces throughout Spain, paintings by old and modern masters (from Fra Angelico, Titian and Goya to Renoir and Marc Chagall), a first-edition copy of Cervantes's Don Quixote, letters written by Christopher Columbus, and huge tracts of land; her wealth was estimated at between €600 million and €3.5 billion.[1] Díez formally renounced any claim to her wealth.[12] They married on 5 October 2011 at the Palacio de las Dueñas in Seville.[15] The Duchess, whose passions included flamenco, performed a quick few steps of the dance in front of the crowds that had gathered outside the palace on the day of the wedding.[16]
As a socialite, the duchess met famous VIPs from Spain and abroad. Jackie Kennedy visited her Seville palace, as did Wallis Simpson, Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier of Monaco. In 1959 the duchess hosted one Dior show for charitable purposes in her Liria Palace in Madrid, together with designer Yves Saint Laurent. Movie stars such as Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren, Audrey Hepburn and Raf Vallone visited Liria Palace. In her youth the duchess posed for Richard Avedon and Cecil Beaton and she appeared on the cover of Time and Harper's Bazaar.
The Duchess's titles included that of Duchess of Berwick and she was a direct descendant of King James II and a distant relative of Winston Churchill and Diana, Princess of Wales.[16] The mother of the first duke of Berwick was Arabella Churchill, sister of the first duke of Marlborough, John Churchill. In 1802 after the death of the 13th duchess, who was childless, the dukedom passed to her relative, the duke of Berwick, a Spanish nobleman.
The Duchess died in the Palacio de las Dueñas on November 20, 2014, at the age of 88. She was survived by her last husband, her six children, nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.[17] She was succeeded by her son Carlos Fitz-James Stuart, 14th Duke of Huéscar, who thus became the 19th Duke of Alba.
After her death the Duchess' body was laid in repose at the Town Hall, where thousands of Sevillans paid their last respects. Pictures of the Duchess with her family were placed at her coffin. The King of Spain telephoned her son to pay his respects and sent two flower crowns to Seville. The Lord Mayor said that the flags of the city would be lowered in mourning. Msgrs. Juan José Asenjo and Curro Romero, and Mr. Rajoy also formally paid their respects.[18] Her funeral was held at Seville Cathedral by Msgr. Carlos Amigo Vallejo where the Royal Family were represented by the Infanta Elena.[19]
Titles, styles and honours[edit]
- Dukedoms
- 18th Duchess of Alba, Grandee of Spain
- 15th Duchess of Aliaga, Grandee of Spain -Ceded to her son Don Alfonso
- 13th Duchess of Almazán, Grandee of Spain -obtained in 2013
- 4th Duchess of Arjona, Grandee of Spain -Ceded to her son Don Cayetano[20]
- 11th Duchess of Berwick, Grandee of Spain
- 17th Duchess of Híjar, Grandee of Spain -Ceded to her son Don Alfonso[21]
- 11th Duchess of Liria and Jérica, Grandee of Spain
- 11th Duchess of Montoro, Grandee of Spain -Ceded to her daughter Doña Eugenia
- Count-Dukedoms
- 12th Countess-Duchess of Olivares, Grandee of Spain
- Marquessates
- 17th Marquise of the Carpio, Grandee of Spain
- 10th Marquise of San Vicente del Barco, Grandee of Spain -Ceded to her son Don Fernando
- 16th Marquise of La Algaba
- 16th Marquise of Almenara -Ceded to her son Don Alfonso[22]
- 18th Marquise of Barcarrota
- 10th Marquise of Castañeda
- 23rd Marquise of Coria
- 14th Marquise of Eliche
- 16th Marquise of Mirallo
- 20th Marquise of la Mota
- 20th Marquise of Moya
- 17th Marquise of Orani -Ceded to her son Don Alfonso[23]
- 12th Marquise of Osera
- 14th Marquise of San Leonardo
- 19th Marquise of Sarria
- 12th Marquise of Tarazona
- 15th Marquise of Valdunquillo
- 18th Marquise of Villanueva del Fresno
- 17th Marquise of Villanueva del Río
- Countships
- 27th Countess of Aranda, Grandee of Spain -Ceded to her son Don Alfonso[24]
- 22nd Countess of Lemos, Grandee of Spain
- 20th Countess of Lerín, Grandee of Spain, Constabless of Navarre
- 20th Countess of Miranda del Castañar, Grandee of Spain
- 16th Countess of Monterrey, Grandee of Spain
- 20th Countess of Osorno, Grandee of Spain
- 18th Countess of Palma del Río, Grandee of Spain -Ceded to her son Don Alfonso[25]
- 12th Countess of Salvatierra, Grandee of Spain -Ceded to her son Don Cayetano
- 22nd Countess of Siruela, Grandee of Spain -Ceded to her son Don Jacobo
- 19th Countess of Andrade
- 14th Countess of Ayala
- 16th Countess of Casarrubios del Monte
- 16th Countess of Fuentes de Valdepero
- 11th Countess of Fuentidueña
- 17th Countess of Galve
- 18th Countess of Gelves
- 16th Countess of Guimerá -Ceded to her son Don Alfonso[26]
- 21st Countess of Modica (Kingdom of Sicily)
- 24th Countess of Ribadeo -Ceded to her son Don Alfonso[27]
- 25th Countess of San Esteban de Gormaz
- 12th Countess of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
- 20th Countess of Villalba
- Viscountcies
- 12th Viscountess of la Calzada
- Manorial lordships
- 29th Lady of Moguer
- 28 March 1926 – 11 January 1935: The Most Excellent Doña Mª del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y Silva
- 11 January 1935 – 28 January 1947: The Most Excellent The Duchess of Aliaga
- 28 January 1947 – 18 February 1955: The Most Excellent The Duchess of Montoro
- 18 February 1955 – 20 November 2014: The Most Excellent The Duchess of Alba de Tormes
- National honours
- Spain: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic[28][29]
- Spain: Knight Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise[30][31][32]
- Spain: Knight of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Hermenegild[33]
- Spain: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Alcántara[34]
- Spain: Knight Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Charity[35]
- Spain: Knight Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Agricultural Merit[36]
- Spain Recipient of the Medal of Andalusia[37][38]
- Spain: Recipient of the Medal of Concepción[39]
- Spain: Recipient of the Medal of Línea[40]
- Spain: Recipient of the Medal of The Community of Madrid[41]
- Spain: Former Grand Master Recipient of the Medal of The Spanish Red Cross[42]
- Spain: Recipient of the Medal of Suffering for the Motherland
- Foreign honours
- Greek royal family: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Beneficence[43][44]
- House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies Dame Grand Cross of Justice of the Calabrian Two Sicilian Order of Saint George[43][45][46]
- Japan: Wisteria Dame of the Order of the Precious Crown, 4th Class[47]
Honorary appointments[edit]
- National honorary appointments
- Castilla-La Mancha: Marshal of Castilla-La Mancha[48]
- Aragon: Constable of Aragon[49]
- Llíria: Honorary Mayor of Llíria[50]
- Seville: Knight of the Royal Cavalry Armory of Seville[51][52]
- Spain: Honorary President of the Spanish Red Cross[53]
- Spain: Honorary President of the Spanish National Orchestra[54]
- Spain: Honorary President of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando[55]
- Foreign honorary appointments
- United States: Member of the Hispanic Society of America[56]
- United States: Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
|Ancestors of Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba
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- ^ "Más detalles de la boda de Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart y Asela Pérez Becerril en el palacio de Liria". Hola.com. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
- ^ M. Bolonio (25 February 2015). "Nace el que sería el cuarto bisnieto de la duquesa de Alba". El Confidencial.
- ^ "Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart y Asela Pérez Becerril, padres de nuevo". Mujerhoy.
- ^ a b c Stephen Burgen in Barcelona. "newspaper: Spanish duchess gives away fortune in order to marry civil servant, 8 August 2011". Guardian. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
- ^ Algorri, Luis (21 May 2001). "Jesús Aguirre Ortiz de Zárate, Duque de Alba". Personajes Cántabros (in Spanish). Retrieved 2007-04-29. (Spanish)
- ^ "The duchess with everything (except the right to marry)". The Independent. London. 29 September 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ Galaz, Mábel (5 October 2011). "Cayetana ya es señora de Díez". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-10-05. (Spanish)
- ^ a b Ashifa Kassam. "Spain's eccentric Duchess of Alba dies aged 88". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "Duchess of Alba dies". Mail Online. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ EL PERIÓDICO / BARCELONA. "El Rey y Rajoy dan el pésame por la muerte de la duquesa de Alba". El Periódico.
- ^ "DUQUESA ALBA. LA INFANTA ELENA REPRESENTARÁ AL REY EN EL FUNERAL DE LA DUQUESA DE ALBA". teinteresa.es. 20 November 2014.
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- ^ Boletín Oficial del Estado– website BOE.es
- ^ Decree 1079 of 1 April 1964 – website BOE.es
- ^ http://cdn.revistavanityfair.es/uploads/images/thumbs/201139/cayetana_alba__el_cambiante___lbum_de_la_duquesa_864641999_530x398.jpg
- ^ Royal Decree 1432 of 14 December 2001 – website BOE.es
- ^ EFE/Rafa Alcalde. "Despedida a la duquesa de Alba en el Ayuntamiento de Sevilla". rtve.es.
- ^ http://www.larepublica.ec/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Duquesa-de-Alba.jpg
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- ^ Donovan Longo. "Spain's Duchess Of Alba Funeral Photos: 88-Year-Old Eccentric Aristocrat Remembered By Family And Dignitaries". Latin Times.
- ^ Decree 753 of 5 April 1962 – website BOE.es
- ^ Decree 889 of 29 March 1974– website BOE.es
- ^ "Unos 200 jornaleros protestan por el título de Hija Predilecta de Andalucía para la duquesa de Alba". elmundo.es.
- ^ "El Sindicato de Obreros del Campo reclama a la duquesa de Alba que "pida disculpas"". 20minutos.es.
- ^ "El equipo de Gobierno recuerda en este día a la Duquesa de Alba, medalla de oro de la ciudad - Radio Bahia Gibraltar". radiobahiagibraltar.es.
- ^ "Grupo Diario Area » Último adiós a la Duquesa de Alba, Medalla de Oro de La Línea". grupodiarioarea.es.
- ^ Nacho Fresno. "Los hijos de la duquesa de Alba, unidos en la Medalla de Oro de Madrid". Revista Semana.
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- ^ a b "Ortiz de Pinedo". Ortiz de Pinedo. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
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- ^ "20/11/2014". constantinianorder.org.
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- ^ Europa Press (20 November 2014). "Llíria (Valencia) muestra sus condolencias por la muerte de la Duquesa de Alba, alcaldesa honorífica de la ciudad". europapress.es.
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External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba.
- House of Híjar
- Euskomedia
- The Late Duchess of Alba audio clip of name.
- Obituary in The Independent by Marcus Williamson
|Spanish nobility
|Preceded by
María del Rosario de Silva
|Duchess of Aliaga
11 January 1935 – 23 April 1954
|Succeeded by
Alfonso Martínez de Irujo
|Marquise of San Vicente del Barco
11 January 1935 – 26 January 1994
|Succeeded by
Fernando Martínez de Irujo
|Preceded by
Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart
|Duchess of Montoro
28 January 1947 – 24 November 1994
|Succeeded by
Eugenia Martínez de Irujo
|Duchess of Alba de Tormes
Duchess of Berwick
18 February 1955 – 20 November 2014
|Succeeded by
Carlos Fitz-James Stuart
|Countess of Siruela
18 February 1955 – 9 June 1982
|Succeeded by
Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart
|Preceded by
Alfonso de Silva
|Duchess of Híjar
31 December 1957 – 2 April 2013
|Succeeded by
Alfonso Martínez de Irujo
|Countess of Salvatierra
31 December 1957 – 26 January 1994
|Succeeded by
Cayetano Martínez de Irujo
|Italian nobility
|Preceded by
Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart
|Count of Modica
18 February 1955 – 20 November 2014
|Succeeded by
Carlos Fitz-James Stuart
- 1926 births
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Not lost on Chuck Reedy and Ray Stackley is their responsibility to do what they can to help their schools athletes springboard into a better future.
Theyre reminded of that on days like Feb. 5. A total of 15 student-athletes from the two rival schools were honored for their achievements by the Berkeley County School District at an athletic scholarship signing ceremony. The ceremony was held at Berkeley Middle School.
Certainly we want to win football games but the No. 1 priority is to change kids lives and help them be the best they can be they be in all areas of their lives, Reedy said. This is a special day. All of their hard work over the last five or six years is being rewarded. It doesnt matter if its South Carolina, Georgia, Clemson, Limestone, Tusculum or USC Beaufort. Whats important is they can get an education while continuing their athletic careers.
Two of Goose Creeks football players are headed to major universities. Running back Caleb Kinlaw signed with Wisconsin and defensive end Kalan Ritchie inked with the University of South Carolina.
Its always nice to have guys that are recruited at the level, Reedy said. There is a correlation to the success you have on the field and the number of guys you have recruited. Those are guys that are impact players for you.
The other college bound Goose Creek athletes honored were football players Jordan Barnes (Tusculum) and Evan McField (The Citadel). Baseball players Chris Singleton and Cody Smith are headed for CSU, while softball player Bailey Craven is headed for USC Beaufort.
Stratford had eight student-athletes recognized at the ceremony, including quarterback Jacob Park.
Park was an early enrollee at the University of Georgia but returned home for the event. Five other Stratford football players made official commitments on Wednesday: Jordan Johnson (Ga. Military), Sheldon Reid (Limestone), Tyree Scroggins (Limestone), Michael Simmons (CSU) and Cecil Smith (Limestone).
Softball players Kayli Miles (Florence-Darlington Tech) and Madison Ryan (Columbia College) were honored too.
This is a great group, Stackley said. Thats one our of main responsibilities as an athletic director and football coach, to help our athletes use sports to become a vehicle for them to earn a scholarship.
The five football players signing gives the Knights 161 in Stackleys time at the helm.
We keep track of it and try to put it in our program, he said. We want our young kids to see it to show them what can be done. Were very proud of our kids that use sports to get an education.
Both Stackley and Reedy expect to have more student-athletes ink scholarships before the school year ends.
Hanahan had six athletes recognized, including five football players. Wide receiver Terrell Green signed at the highest level, inking with East Carolina. Linebacker Lyndon Young signed with Brevard, while fellow defensive players Andrew Conyers and Dominique Lucas inked with Limestone.
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FEBRUARY 7, 2013 - Principals' Biweekly Message
Last week, North Carolina was recognized for being ahead of the pack at the halfway point for the Race to the Top grant. The US Department of Education gave our state praise for accomplishments in the following areas, in particular:
- Transitioning to College and Career-Ready Standards through professional development and diagnostic assessments for teachers.
- Supporting Great Teachers and School Leaders by adopting a statewide growth model for tested subjects and online evaluation across all districts; engaging educators in developing statewide growth measures; training teachers through the new Teacher Corps program; and completing training for principals in Leadership Academies.
- Turning Around Low-Performing Schools. Since the beginning of the grant, 84 percent of NC's low-performing schools have increased their performance; 39 are performing above the target of 60 percent proficiency; and five of seven that had graduation rates below 60 percent are now above that mark. This has been accomplished in part by 72 coaches dispatched to these schools.
- Building Better Data Systems through the design and shared services via the NC Education Cloud, and through the development of Home Base, the state's new technology-based tool to manage all professional resources and student data.
- Enhancing Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education through serving students in three anchor and 12 affinity STEM schools across the state, along with the development of new, virtual STEM courses.
Our progress has been a collaborative effort with you and your colleagues. Thank you for your dedication and focus over the past two years, in particular. I look forward to continuing the momentum in the second half of the grant. For a copy of the full report, please visit ncpublicschools.org/rttt, and scroll down to Second Annual NC Report from USED.
June Atkinson
In this Biweekly Principals' Message:
- State Board Meeting Highlights
- Gov. McCrory Proclaims Feb. 11-15 "School Bus Driver Appreciation Week"
- Comment Period Extended for Policies Governing Services for Children with Disabilities, Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act, Part B
- Reminder: Online Module for Scoring the Performance Items on the Measures of Student Learning - NC's Common Exams - Now Available
- Online Professional Development Modules: Information Page
- Phase 2 Professional Development Online Modules: Exploring the Possibilities
- Mathematics Common Core State Standards Webinar
- NCVPS Teacher Finalist for National Online Teacher of the Year
- Students Selected for US Senate Youth Program
- Burke County Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children Benefit from Grant
- Step up to STEM
- Jay Robinson Leadership Award Nomination Reminder
- The National WWII Museum Essay Contest
State Board Meeting Highlights
Among the items today approved by State Board of Education members were the Driver Education Strategic Plan as outlined in the Driver Education Reform Report, various charter school renewal and amendment requests, and recommendations from the Public Charter Schools Advisory Council. Members also received a report on the ACT's 2011-12 pilot year administration and approved resolutions opposing corporal punishment and recognizing the service of outgoing State Board of Education Chairman Bill Harrison and Board member Jean Woolard. A summary of Board action items is available online at http://stateboard.ncpublicschools.gov/highlights/2013 .
Gov. McCrory Proclaims Feb. 11-15 "School Bus Driver Appreciation Week"
Gov. Pat McCrory has proclaimed Feb. 11-15 School Bus Driver Appreciation Week in North Carolina and urges schools and citizens to "Love the Bus" and recognize the excellence of our state's school bus drivers and their record of safety. Every day across North Carolina over 13,000 school buses carry more than 790,000 students to and from school.
Comment Period Extended for Policies Governing Services for Children with Disabilities, Individuals with
Disabilities Education Improvement Act, Part B
The NCDPI Exceptional Children Division is providing additional time for receiving comments from interested persons regarding the Department's proposed amendments to specific sections of Policies Governing Services for Children with Disabilities (Policies) pursuant to Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA).
The amendments to the North Carolina Policies are available for public review and comment through Feb. 28. The amendments may be reviewed at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Exceptional Children Division office (Education Building, 301 N. Wilmington Street, Raleigh) and on the web at http://ec.ncpublicschools.gov.
Interested citizens are invited to comment on the proposed amendments to the Policies. In making comments, please give the citation for the Section(s) on which you are commenting (e.g., NC 1504-2.9); and provide comments in the form of statements. Comments may be submitted via e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com or mailed to: North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, Exceptional Children Division, ATTN: Valerie Herndon or Ira Wolfe, 6356 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-6356.
Reminder: Online Module for Scoring the Performance Items on the Measures of Student Learning - NC's Common
Exams - Now Available
The online module on scoring the performance items on the Measures of Student Learning: NC's Common Exams is now live in NC Education at https://center.ncsu.edu/nc/course/view.php?id=167311. Clicking on that link will take the user to NC Education, but he or she will need to sign in to access the course. Another way to access the module is to log into NC Education, then search using the title "MSL Grades 9-12."
The module includes a general section that all teachers should complete and then a specific section for each content area: English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies. A teacher can print a certificate of completion after each section. Prior to the release of the module, the NCDPI recommends that districts consider how teachers should complete the module. Some districts may want teachers to complete all of the sections, while others may only require them to complete the section on their own content area. Please email firstname.lastname@example.com with questions.
Online Professional Development Modules: Information Page
There's now a single source for information about online professional development modules created by the NCDPI. Go to http://rt3nc.org for an overview of options for administrators and teachers, descriptions and links to modules, and instructions on registration. You'll also find an implementation guide with detailed suggestions for using these modules in LEAs, with or without a professional learning community, online or face-to-face. For more information, please contact Lynne Johnson at email@example.com.
Phase 2 Professional Development Online Modules: Exploring the Possibilities
This webinar will give you an overview of the Phase 2 online professional development modules that were released by the NCDPI on June 30, 2012. We will discuss various ways these modules may be implemented to best serve your needs, at an individual, school or district level. The webinar will provide an opportunity to learn about the current modules, explore flexible implementation methods, review strategies to facilitate blended learning, and ask questions and provide feedback. The webinar will be offered - Feb. 12, 1:30-2:30 pm. - Reserve your webinar seat now at: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/191274280- Feb. 20, 10-11 a.m. - Reserve your webinar seat now at: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/807763673For more information, please contact Lynne Johnson at email@example.com.
Mathematics Common Core State Standards Webinar
The next webinar in the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics Common Core State Standards Mathematics series will be on Using Functions to Build Models. In this session, participants will explore a hands-on problem that is accessible to students in a variety of math courses from Math I to Calculus. Participants will use a physical problem to explore creating a mathematical model and then consider the domain and range of the model in the real-world context. The task will engage students and help them make important connections across mathematical subject areas. The webinar will be held, Wednesday, Feb. 27, from 3:15- 4:15 p.m. To register please visit http://tinyurl.com/UsingFunctionsToBuildModels
NCVPS Teacher Finalist for National Online Teacher of the Year
Congratulations to NCVPS English teacher Jennifer (Jen) Currin for recently being named one of three finalists for the 2013 National Online Teacher of the Year Award. The award recognizes exceptional quality in online K-12 education. This is the third year in a row that North Carolina has had a finalist for National Online Teacher of the Year. Last year's finalist, Leslie Fetzer, was named the 2012 National Online Teacher of the Year. Emily Parrish was named a finalist in 2011. The winner will be announced March 7 during the Southern Regional Education Board's Education Technology Cooperative's Symposium on Virtual Teaching and Learning in Atlanta. Ga.
Students Selected for US Senate Youth Program
Congratulations to Aditya Garg (Early College at Guilford, Guilford County Schools) and Noah Ponton (Isaac Bear Early College High, New Hanover County Schools) for recently being selected as delegates to the 51st Annual United State Senate Youth Program that will be held March 9-16 in Washington, D.C. The USSYP was created to "increase young Americans' understanding of the interrelationships of the three branches of government, the caliber and responsibilities of federally elected and appointed officials, and the vital importance of democratic decision making not only for America but for people around the world." Chosen as alternates to the 2013 program were Alexander Werden (Chapel Hill High, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools) and Elizabeth Grady (Western Guilford High, Guilford County Schools). While in Washington, the student delegates will attend meetings and briefings with Senators and Congressional staff, the President, a Justice of the Supreme Court, leaders of cabinet agencies, an Ambassador to the United States and top members of the national media.
Burke County Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children Benefit from Grant
Children in Burke County who are deaf or hard of hearing soon will have access to resources to increase literacy thanks to a grant from the American Library Association and Candlewood Press. Receipt of the $5,000 grant is the result of a partnership between the Burke County Public Library, the Burke County Public Schools, and the North Carolina School for the Deaf at Morganton. Staff with the Burke County Public Library will use the funds to organize weekly story times at the Morganton and Valdese Public Libraries and facilitate the checking out of books and other materials. The funds also will be used to help the adult deaf and hard of hearing population and caregivers of deaf and hard of hearing individuals by providing information on academic achievement, social development, read-aloud strategies and literature selections for their children. Programs will be offered monthly and interpreters will be in attendance.
Step up to STEM
The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (NCSSM) will offer a new and exciting summer program for rising ninth grade African American, Hispanic and Native American students (current eighth graders) called Step Up to STEM. This free statewide residential program, which will be held July 7-19 at NCSSM's campus in Durham, takes an innovative interdisciplinary approach that uses exciting real-world subjects to challenge students and build their skills in science, math and communications. Students can find more information, including an application, at www.ncssm.edu/stepup . If you have questions, please e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Jay Robinson Leadership Award Nomination Reminder
Just a quick reminder that the Jay Robinson Leadership Award nomination period ends at midnight Saturday, March 1. Contact Debra Jordan (firstname.lastname@example.com) or Pat Franklin (email@example.com) for more information and a nomination form.
The National WWII Museum Essay Contest
The National WWII Museum is sponsoring its annual essay contest for middle and high school students. This year's essay asks students to answer the question, "How can people who disagree work together for victory?" In order to fight - and ultimately win - WWII, the United States allied itself with countries it had political, economic and strategic disagreements with - both small and large. This contest gives students an opportunity to express themselves creatively while focusing on the meaning and legacy of the WWII years. One middle school student will win $250; high school students can win as much as $1,000. The entry deadline is March 29. Complete contest information is available online at www.nationalww2museum.org/essaycontests .


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Your standard monthly payment to your lender is composed of principal and interest. Principal is the amount that will reduce your balance, while interest is the cost of borrowing the money. To calculate principal and interest, you need the principal amount of the loan, the interest rate and the term. You can plug this information into an online loan calculator to get your exact payment. For example, a $250,000 mortgage at 4 percent for 30 years carries a monthly principal and interest payment of $1,193.54
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GLENGARY - Tommy Thacker sat in an airplane seat with his father last January as they headed to Las Vegas for the finals of FNH USA 3 Gun Championship and pulled out a bracket and started scribbling.
The 38-year-old Thacker, who hails from Winchester, pointed out the pairings of the eight-man field and predicted round by round which shooter would advance.
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Thirty-two shooters will move on to the finals this time around.
Defending his title, one that came with a $50,000 payday, has been difficult for Thacker, because, he hasn't had the time to put in.
"You can't hone your skills when you're sleeping and working," said Thacker, the director of product management for FNH who represents the company team as a shooter.
"If you're not practicing once a week, if not more ..."
Three-gun competition involves shooting with a pistol, a shotgun and a rifle at different stages, which, in essence, provide different scenes at which to shoot.
Accuracy is important, but so is speed.
"You got to be a really good shot and really fast," said said Ken Pfau, an FNH employee and shooter.
"It's like in a real-life situation, where you're setting up different scenarios. When you walk a course in golf, it's different each day."
It's different from stage to stage.
Thacker had just come off a stage where he fired at targets in a wooded area, first win a shotgun and then with a pistol. After that, he raced up a slight hill and then into position where his rifle was positioned to fire at some long-range targets, one more than three football fields away.
"This sport is not just a shooting sport," Thacker said, "It takes a lot of athleticism.
"I got lots of natural speed and agility. That comes into play. And I like to shoot."
Three-gun came into existence in the mid-1980s in California as an offshoot of simple target shooting when some shooters simply got bored by standing there and firing at objects as static as the participants. They wanted more excitement.
Being fast and being able to shoot different weapons captivated its developers. It's been catching fire elsewhere in the country, though it's still been a little slow to grow on the shooting landscape on the East, many said.
"It was kind of an underground thing," said Mike Voigt, an employee of SureFire who was one of those tired of just standing around and shooting, and helped get it going.
"This is almost like UFC as shooting sports go."
Voigt came from Southern California to compete on Saturday.
"This is more athletic, and it takes speed," he said. "It's good for law enforcement, the military and people who have different purposes."
Many of those competing over the three days were folks who handle firearms in their duties daily. There were more than a fair share of simple gun enthusiasts, too.
A total of 319 competitors registered for the event that wrapped up Saturday night with a banquet at Heritage Hall. There were 120 guns presented as prizes to the best marksmen and women in different divisions.
Thacker belongs to the top tier, the exploits of which are followed by a television production company for a show called "3 Gun Nation" and shown on NBC Sports.
Pfau explained that scoring is based on a percentage system that gravitate down from how the best shooter performs.
For example, Pfau said the best shooter might complete a particular stage in 50 seconds. "If I shoot it in 60 seconds, I get a lower percentage of the point."
There a maximum of 900 points available, which almost sounds like a perfect, three-game bowling series. In both cases, it's unheard of.
"This is the fastest growing shooting sport in the country," Pfau said. "It's really starting to take off in parts of Europe."
While any given stage at Peacemaker might've lasted at most a couple of minutes, Pfau talked about a three-gun competition in Idaho that lasts some nine minutes and includes a segment where the shooters ride a zipline and shoot at targets on either side as they speed through the air.
"There's so many three-gun shooters in West Virginia and Virginia," Pfau said.
Most of its devotees expect it to grow.
Jeannette Hanfling, public relations manager for FNH USA of McLean, Va., said she expects her company to come out more often to host shooting competitions at Peacemaker.
She said FNH, a subsidiary of a Belgium company, produces Browning rifles and has rights to Winchester rifles, as well as its own product line.
Peacemaker, which celebrated its first anniversary earlier this month, is the creation of Cole McCulloch as a way to alter a farm that's been in the family since the early 1800s.
Gens. George Washington and Edward Braddock crossed the property during the French and Indian War, McCulloch said, and a father and son, veterans of the Revolutionary War and War of 1812, respectively, are buried there.
Now the property serves as a training area and a competition zone.
"This is like the Super Bowl of shooting for this sport," McCulloch said.
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Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and film actor. Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed… Read More
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1915 Birth Francis Albert Sinatra was born on December 12, 1915, in Hoboken, New Jersey, the only child of Italian immigrants Natalina Garaventa and Antonino Martino Sinatra, and was raised in the Roman Catholic religion. … Read More
1935 19 Years Old 1 More Event
Sinatra got his first break in 1935 when his mother persuaded a local singing group, The Three Flashes, to let him join. … Read More
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On March 18, 1939, Sinatra made a demo recording of a song called "Our Love", with the Frank Mane band. … Read More
1940 24 Years Old On January 26, 1940, Sinatra made his first public appearance with the Dorsey band at the Coronado Theater in Rockford, Illinois. … Read More
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Sinatra's relationship with Tommy Dorsey was troubled, because of their contract, which awarded Dorsey one-third of Sinatra's lifetime earnings in the entertainment industry. In January 1942, Sinatra recorded his first solo sessions without the Dorsey band (but with Dorsey's arranger Axel Stordahl and with Dorsey's approval). … Read More
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When the recording was re–released in 1943 with Sinatra's name prominently displayed, the record was on the best–selling list for 18 weeks and reached number 2 on June 2, 1943.
1946 30 Years Old Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, this film on tolerance and racial equality earned a special Academy Award shared among Sinatra and those who brought the film to the screen, along with a special Golden Globe for "Promoting Good Will". 1946 saw the release of his first album, The Voice of Frank Sinatra, and the debut of his own weekly radio show.
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By the end of 1948, Sinatra felt that his career was stalling, something that was confirmed when he slipped to No. 4 on Down Beats annual poll of most popular singers (behind Billy Eckstine, Frankie Laine, and Bing Crosby). … Read More
1949 33 Years Old Starting in September 1949, the BBD&O advertising agency produced a radio series starring Sinatra for its client Lucky Strike called "Light Up Time" http://www.watertownology.com/lightup – some 176 15-minute shows which featured Frank and Dorothy Kirsten singing – which lasted through to May 1950.
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After two years' absence, Sinatra returned to the concert stage on January 12, 1950, in Hartford, Connecticut. … Read More
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… On January 27, 1961, Sinatra played a benefit show at Carnegie Hall for Martin Luther King, Jr. and led his fellow Rat Pack members and Reprise label mates in boycotting hotels and casinos that refused entry to black patrons and performers. … Read More
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In 1962, he starred with Janet Leigh and Laurence Harvey in the political thriller, The Manchurian Candidate, playing Bennett Marco. … Read More
1965 49 Years Old In June 1965, Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Dean Martin played live in St. Louis to benefit Dismas House, a prisoner rehabilitation and training center with nationwide programs that in particular helped serve African Americans. The Rat Pack concert was broadcast live via satellite to numerous movie theaters across America. Released in August 1965 was the Grammy Award–winning album of the year, September of My Years, containing the single "It Was a Very Good Year", which won the Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Male in 1966.
1966 50 Years Old A career anthology, A Man and His Music, followed in November, winning Album of the Year at the Grammys in 1966. … Read More
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… In 1967, he recorded one of his most famous collaborations with Tom Jobim, the album "Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim" which was nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. … Read More
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… In July 1972, after a lifetime of supporting Democratic presidential candidates, Sinatra announced he could not support the left-ward turn of the party and its candidate, George McGovern, and would therefore support Republican U.S. President Richard Nixon for re-election in the 1972 presidential election. … Read More
1973 57 Years Old In 1973, Sinatra came out of his short-lived retirement with a television special and album, both entitled Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back. … Read More
1974 58 Years Old 1 More Event
In January 1974, Sinatra returned to Las Vegas, performing at Caesars Palace despite vowing in 1970 never to play there again after the manager of the resort, Sanford Waterman, pulled a gun on him during a heated argument. … Read More
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… He was honored at the Kennedy Center Honors in 1983 and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Ronald Reagan in 1985 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 1997. … Read More
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In 1984, Sinatra worked with Quincy Jones for the first time in nearly two decades on the album, L.A. Is My Lady, which was well received critically. … Read More
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In 1990 Sinatra was awarded the second "Ella Award" by the Los Angeles-based Society of Singers, and performed for a final time with Ella Fitzgerald at the award ceremony.
1993 77 Years Old In 1993, Sinatra returned to Capitol Records and the recording studio for Duets. … Read More
1994 78 Years Old 2 More Events
At times during concerts his memory failed him and a fall onstage in Richmond, Virginia, in March 1994, signaled further problems.
1995 79 Years Old In 1995, to mark Sinatra's 80th birthday, the Empire State Building glowed blue. … Read More
1997 81 Years Old 1 More Event
In recognition of his many years of association with Las Vegas, Frank Sinatra was elected to the Gaming Hall of Fame in 1997. … Read More
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The FBI's secret dossier on Sinatra was released in 1998 in response to Freedom of Information Act requests.
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