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CLINTON TWP. — An inquiry into North Hunterdon-Voorhees bullying policies and procedures criticizes the district for its limited definition of bullying and finds that a Voorhees head baseball coach accused of bullying a student ballplayer may not have received harassment, intimidation and bullying training as required by North Hunterdon-Voorhees policy and state law.
The school board is to discuss on June 18 a state Department of Education inquiry into its handling of a series of bullying complaints — and what the department wants the district to do about its findings.
The report identifies some areas in which the district fell short of policy or law and sets forth "required responses" and recommendations.
Former school board member Colleen Ingram filed a complaint with Gerald Vernotica, interim State Superintendent of County Schools, on March 20, alleging that the district had not complied with harassment, intimidation and bullying policy and practice.
Among other incidents, Ingram alleged that the district had failed to properly address a series of allegations of bullying against Christopher Mattson, Voorhees head baseball coach.
The inquiry was conducted by Vernotica and Beverly Hetrick, a state education specialist based in Somerset County. The pair scrutinized district policies, codes of conduct and required training of personnel. They also tracked the district's response to the alleged incidents to determine whether the district followed its policies and procedures in investigating them.
The report faults the district for adopting a policy that was "limited" in its definition of harassment, intimidation and bullying and recommended it review other districts' policies for suggestions on how to expand it. It points to a March 8 Facebook incident involving a ballplayer and another student that was improperly investigated as bullying by the district because the characteristics of the incident fall outside the scope of bullying as defined by the policy.
In fact, according to the report, none of the incidents alleged by the ballplayer ought to have been investigated as bullying because, according to the district's policy, the ballplayer did not fall into what the state calls, "a protected class."
But in his June 7 response to Vernotica's report, Superintendent Charles Shaddow wrote, "we are gratified to learn that the investigation revealed no substantive statutory or policy violations."
Moreover, the district's HIB policy is identical to that used by 440 others in the state, according to Maren Smagala, district spokeswoman.
"There were no violations with regard to the policy," Smagala said on June 12. "There's nothing here that we did something wrong and had to fix."
Among the report's findings:
There was no record of Mattson attending any district HIB training.
The district had not sought community input before adopting its HIB policy and it adopted changes to the policy without getting state Department of Education approval.
"No documentation was provided showing that the varsity baseball coach, who is not a district employee during the regular school day, received the required HIB training."
No documentation provided showed that school board members were getting the training within a year of joining the board.
According to Smagala, Vernotica never asked for that last documentation. All board members, other than those who took their seats this year, have received training, she said.
The report and a "corrective action plan" are to be the subject of discussion at the next board meeting, at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 18, at the district office on North Hunterdon High School campus.
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Still white noise for sleep and for how long?
We use a sound machine all night every night. We have the Graco White Noise machine--it has heartbeat sounds, ocean sounds, rainfall sounds, etc. We just keep it on the white noise setting.
We still use one too...all night. We have this one by Conair: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000F54AN8/ref=oh_details_o00_s01_i01
It has the optional automatic shut-off or it can remain on all night. DS can't live without it!
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I bought a $3 album of ocean sounds on iTunes because I kept having to re-set the sleep sheep. I haev the album play on repeat all night and for any naps. It's pretty soothing and I can stand it when we travel and have to be in the same room as LO. I have it play on a speaker dock in LO's room and then it's also on my phone for travel and I just play it through the speaker on the phone. Worked great even camping. We still bring the mini sleep sheep as well in case we need extra noise coverage.
I assume we will be doing it for a while. Our house is very open and all sound travels upstairs very clearly. If we didn't have it I assume LO would be waking constantly.
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We use a white noise mashine by First Years. LOVE it! Have been using it since my Aiden was a new born.
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we use our white noise machine as well.. I think it will be in use as long as it lasts. DD doesnt hear the dogs barking at every little noise or the movies we might watch after she is in bed. Its excellent.
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We bought this one for LO's room. I guess just plain white noise is supposed to sound like the womb (?). Anyway it drowns out most other household noise as well. I think a fan would do the same thing. We also sleep with white noise in our bedroom and the baby monitor to hear LO in the event that he needs us. My mom had one for me when I was a kid, which is why we bought this one.
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By Blake Long/Special to the Journal
TUPELO – A young Tupelo High defense stepped up last week against two-time defending Class 4A champion Lafayette in the season opener.
Golden Wave head coach David Bradberry is looking for a repeat performance a week later in his team's first home game of the year. Tupelo hosts Center Hill, located in Olive Branch, at 7:30 p.m. today.
Bradberry praised the effort on the defensive side of the ball in week one, even though the Golden Wave lost 8-3 to Lafayette.
"I was tickled to death with the effort they showed," he said. "The defense talked about how you're going to handle quick change. Well right off the bat we give up six (points) on an interception and the defense, it's like they didn't waver."
Tupelo had two goal-line stands in the game, the first on Lafayette's opening drive. On 4th-and-goal from inside the 5-yard line, States Norman and Ashton Wedel stopped running back D.K. Buford just short of a touchdown.
Holding a 5-point lead, the Commodores quickly drove into Tupelo territory in the middle of the fourth quarter. The Golden Wave stopped three straight rushes in the red zone for no gain to give the offense a last-chance scoring opportunity.
Character counts
"They just bowed up and said we're not going to let them in the endzone," Bradberry said. "That's character and hopefully something we can build on."
The Golden Wave also found its way into the Lafayette backfield on a consistent basis. Justin Clifton and Demarcus Rogers both had sacks while James Gilleylen was among those who recorded tackles for loss.
Center Hill is coming off one of the best seasons in the school's short history. The Mustangs, who had a bye during week one, won the Division 1-5A championship last year and finished with an 8-5 record.
Near 2,000-yard rusher Richard Hampton has graduated, but Jacob Marsh returns for a third year as the go-to quarterback. D'marius Gillespie is Marsh's top target at wide receiver.


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EUGENE, Ore. - Happy M. McCormack, 74, died Sunday, Dec. 10, 2000.
Services will be at 11 a.m. today in England's Eugene Memorial Chapel. Burial will be in Sunset Hills Memorial Gardens.
Mr. McCormack grew up and worked in the cotton fields near Snyder, Texas. He served in the Army during World War II and received the Purple Heart.
After the war he lived in Long Beach, Calif. He moved to Seattle in 1949, to Portland in 1971 and to Eugene in 1976. He was co-owner with his son of All American Steel Fabricators.
He was a member of Northwest Steel Association and the Elks Lodge. He was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Eugene.
He married Erlene Moore in 1948 at Las Vegas. She died in 1993.
Survivors include a son, Tom McCormack of Eugene; a daughter, Susan Wirth of Eugene; two sisters, Opal Blakeley and Lois Nichols, both of Hereford, Texas; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to American Diabetes Association, 2350 Oakmont Way, Eugene, OR 97401.
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"Things fall apart,"
Tide not turning.
Melting away profoundly
In darkness
The sun.
And I,
Like every other day
A global world-sized wreck
Glaring white,
A hollowed art
Flattened pastures,
Facing an abandoned cave
Where a tear is
The only water
Spilled into
And I
Said to be a big star
Whom night made sunset
Believe in
So what?
A mere light gleam
Where fate
Grins its last laugh?
And I
What if I had not been,
My parents' sculpture
And was expecting my shadow
To change its direction
Running over my euphony
Eclipsing me
And what if l jump over obstacles
In the eclipsed noon
Into darkened sea waves
To see terror in your
Blindfolded eyes
And what if,
Oh trembling ones,
Coming out
In mid-eclipse,
Purified my soul of you?
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2. Score designs and critique well.
3. Get printed!
4. Take over ze world! :D
What's yours? :)
1.Submit more designs here at DBH.
2. Score designs and critique well.
3. Get printed!
4. Take over ze world! :D
What's yours? :)
Nice to see you back.
Very inspiring! I have the same plan of attack! :P
Take over ze World- WoW?
- Substitute one addiction for another. – To finish up my 2nd Ipod. – To run more. – read more poetry and maybe retain some of what I'm reading.
HOMAYGAWD!!!! the doctor is back!!!!!!!!
It's nice to be back, well i just realized that the world maybe big enough but i know where my home is :D and it's time to make a comeback :D
get printed at DBH yeeeaaaahhhh!!
1. Design more
2. Smoke Less
3. Eat healthier food
4. Run/Exercise more
-be productive
-Always strive to accomplish something.
-more prints
-relax and reduce daily stress.
btw, glad your back bro!
-meet a lot of DBH Friends
-design more!
-continue my signature style
-and most of all More Prints on DBH!
Thanks guys! I have been making some polishing with my style, and perhaps create something new. lots of new artist making it big here now! wow! :D
wow! you're back man!
- design more – vote more – sleep more – strive to have another DBH print! (but with zero coming back, it will be a harder task hahahaha!)
Cheers master!
1.Print this year.Dreaming of 3-5 prints this year :) COMMON...
2.Make design everyone will love
3.Good health and good art :)
Ingkong in your list:
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Glad to c u back ZB! – More print for my ka FOTAH group! – more time to do more tshirt designs – more blessings to come : D
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This review is from: SYBA SI-PEX40064 PCI-Express 2.0 Low Profile Ready SATA III (6.0 Gb/s) Controller Card
Pros: It's a cheap ($11 AR) and fast little SATA expansion card that does the job well. I've got two Toshiba 3TB 7200 RPM drives working off the same card while the PC serves as a file and media server. On average, transfer speeds were ~175-180 MBps for a mix of music files, movie files, and documents. Not bad at all.
Cons: Two sticking points for me:
1) To reach the above mentioned speed of ~175-180 MBps, it seemed the device needed to "ramp up". There is a pronounced data rate curve as the device warms up. Maximum speeds were not attained until around 100MB or 10-15 seconds into the transfer. Initial transfer speeds are really slow, like 8-10MBps.
2) It will sometimes stop transferring files during a large transfer. Over the course of transferring ~1.5TB worth of data over the card, the transfer speed would dip to 0 for 2-3 seconds, and then resume transferring. This would happen every 3-4 hundred gigabytes transferred, so it wasn't a big deal and the transfer would still complete with human intervention. Maybe the device is buffering?
Other Thoughts: I found the drivers on Syba's website. However, you'll need to point Windows to the driver files folder. No executable installer or setup wizard, which is kind of disappointing.
Windows Server 2012 R2
AMD Athlon 5350
Toshiba HDKPC08 7200 RPM SATA III 3TB HDD
8 GB DDR3 1333 Patriot Viper RAM
Atto Disk Benchmarks:
Transfer Size: 0.5-8192.0KB
Total Length: 256 MB
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2.0, 22016, 25088
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64.0 182004, 182457
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2048.0 173184, 179355
4096.0 181375, 179755
8192.0 178956, 179755
This review is from: EnGenius EPI-3601S PCI Wireless Adapter
Pros: It's stable and fast enough for web surfing and YouTube. Windows 7 and 8 drivers automatically install. Uses a PCI slot so it'll help keep your PCI-E slots open for other expansion cards.
Cons: Not "long range" as advertised, compared to other WiFi cards.
Other Thoughts: I have this and an AWUS036h on the same tower (I'm usually using the Engenius with Connectify to rebroadcast WiFi). When compared to the AWUS036h, there is a noticeable drop in signal (5 bars vs 3 bars) and web browsing speed. I would definitely recommend the AWUS036h over this device, especially since they can often be found at the same price. Get a PCI to USB card instead of this one, and buy an AWUS036h. Then you'll also have additional USB ports in addition to stronger signal!READ FULL REVIEW
This review is from: MSI R7970 TF 3GD5/OC BE Radeon HD 7970 3GB Twin Frozr OC Boost Edition 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
Pros: *This card can max out BF3 and the BF4 beta on ultra easily, which are pretty much the only games I play. I don't have FRAPS numbers but it's smooth enough that if you die, it's your fault. Expect speed boosts when Mantle comes out.
*I've OC'd the card to 1100mhz core and 1500mhz VRAM without touching the voltage. This exceeds Ghz Ed. card performance. Bumping the voltage could yield more performance but I don't want to mess with it.
Cons: *This card runs very hot at 80C in a Fractal R4 with 3 140mm fans; one of which blows directly on the cooler. VRM's go as high as 120C until I stopped benchmarking. The stock cooling is completely inadequate for the power that this card has.
*Paired with an FX-8350 and 8 GB DDR3, along with 2 HDD's and one SSD my setup pulls 455W from the wall at load. Ouch.
*My card has coil whine, but most of it is masked by the sound-proofing of the case. Nowhere loud enough to be annoying, but loud enough to notice. The coil whine is softer than a case fan on 1200RPM.
Other Thoughts: *I replaced the cooling with an Accelero 7970 Xtreme. Note that by doing this you may void your warranty (there's a warranty sticker over one of the screws), but it brought my temps down to 60C max core, and 90C VRM's. Other forums indicate that MSI will still honor the warranty as long as you return the card to its original configuration.
*If you go with the 7970 Xtreme and you own a Fractal R4, you will have to remove the middle HDD cage or it won't fit.


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University completes property swap with Chi Omega
SMU has made a property trade with one of its sorority chapters to take effect Monday, April 1, 2013. The Iota Alpha chapter of Chi Omega at SMU will build its new house at 3034 Daniel Avenue, while the current … Continue reading
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Students and holiday stress: Coping and helping
As SMU enters both the holiday and exam seasons, the Office of Student Affairs is asking that all University community members be aware of signs of stress in themselves and those around them. "The holiday season brings with it a combination of … Continue reading
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$5 million gift will help renovate SMU's Memorial Health Center
SMU's 52-year-old Memorial Health Center is set to receive a major upgrade, and it will be renamed in honor of the distinguished Dallas pediatrician and University alumnus whose foundation is making it possible. The Dr. Bob and Jean Smith Foundation … Continue reading
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SMU VP Lori White appointed to national sustainability board
Lori White, SMU's vice president for student affairs, has been appointed to the board of directors of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) – a national organization that provides sustainability resources for campus engagement, education … Continue reading
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Tune In: Keeping the dream alive at Unity Walk 2012
SMU President R. Gerald Turner and Vice President for Student Affairs Lori White joined student leaders, faculty, staff and administrators for SMU's 2012 Unity Walk on Wednesday, Jan. 18. The walk is an integral event in the University's annual Dream Week, … Continue reading
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Extra: SMU honors outstanding achievement in 2010-11 awards ceremonies
SMU faculty, staff, administrators and students were recognized with teaching awards, service honors and the University's highest commendation, the "M" Award, at the 2011 Awards Extravaganza April 11. On the same day, the University honored its best students at the … Continue reading
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SMU students stand up for Texas Tuition Equalization Grants
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SMU joins partnership for West Dallas redevelopment
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SAE fraternity placed on deferred suspension
After two years of investigation into the tragic death of Jacob Stiles on Dec. 2, 2006, in the SAE fraternity house, SMU has concluded that the use of illegal drugs by members of the fraternity was not isolated to the … Continue reading
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text: Gate Gourmet Wash. High Court: Sea-Tac Airport Workers Unknowingly Fed Pork Can Sue Over Lunch By Austin Jenkins & The Associated Press • May 22, 2014 Cacophony / Wikimedia Commons Washington employers must "reasonably" accommodate the religious practices of their employees, according to a ruling issued by the Washington Supreme Court Thursday. The case involves four men employed by a company that makes meals for airline passengers at Sea-Tac Airport. State High Court Hears Airplane Meal Workers Case By Austin Jenkins & Paula Wissel • Oct 22, 2013 David Kohl / AP Photo/File Image Listen Listening... / 0:54 Washington's Supreme Court will decide whether employers must accommodate the religious practices of their employees. Justices heard oral arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit that involves four men who makes meals for airline passengers. Because they are not allowed to bring their own food to work, their employer, Gate Gourmet, provides them lunch. The men allege the meal choices did not accommodate their religious dietary restrictions. Workers who prepare specialty meals for airlines say their own dietary needs are ignored By Paula Wissel • Jun 11, 2013 Listen Listening... / 2:06 Workers near Sea-Tac Airport, who prepare the meals served on many airlines, say their employer is failing to accommodate their religiously-based dietary needs. Gate Gourmet provides meals for employees who are not allowed for security reasons to bring their own food into the facility or to eat lunch off-site.


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Minutes of the Meeting of February 22, 2013
The February 22, 2013 meeting of the Texas Woman's University Board of Regents was called to order at the appointed time and place by Mr. Mike McCullough, Board Chair and Presiding Officer. Present were Mr. McCullough, Mrs. Sue Bancroft, Ms. Adriana Blanco, Ms. Lola Chriss, Mrs. Debbie Gibson, Dr. Ann Scanlon McGinity, Dr. Cecilia Moreno, Mr. George Schrader, Dr. Melissa Tonn, and Mrs. Mary Wilson, constituting a quorum.
There was no executive session.
The first item of business was the election of Officers of the Board. Mrs. Wilson nominated Mrs. Bancroft as Board Chair and Presiding Officer. Mrs. Bancroft nominated Mrs. Wilson as Board Vice Chair and Assistant Presiding Officer. There being no further nominations, Mrs. Bancroft was unanimously elected, and there being no further nominations, Mrs. Wilson was unanimously elected. Mr. McCullough nominated Mr. John Lawhon as Secretary to the Board. There being no further nominations, Mr. Lawhon was unanimously elected. Mr. McCullough congratulated each of the elected officers and handed the gavel to Mrs. Bancroft. He stated that he wanted to take this opportunity to tell each of the Regents that he saluted their dedicated service to TWU, that it was an honor to serve this University and distinguished Board, and that he appreciated their confidence in him to serve as Chair of the Board. Mr. McCullough said that the success and national recognition of TWU is due to the leadership efforts of Chancellor and President Ann Stuart and the Board, including the Student Regent. With appreciation, he said, he leaves this Board, who is now in the hands of the astute and charming Mrs. Bancroft. Mrs. Bancroft thanked Mr. McCullough and stated that it was a pleasure having him as Chair of this Board; that his leadership represented the University very well all over the State, but especially in Dallas; and that there was not a better example of a Board Chair.
Next, the Board considered approval of the minutes of the Board of November 16, 2012. Upon motion by Mrs. Gibson and second by Mrs. Wilson, these minutes were unanimously approved.
Mrs. Bancroft noted that no registrations of public testimony items were received for this Board meeting.
Mrs. Bancroft then called for the Finance and Audit Committee items. Ms. Chriss made a motion for approval of the personnel report (Exhibit 2199), the acceptance of grants (Exhibit 2200), and the contracts and agreements (Exhibit 2201). The motion was seconded by Mr. McCullough and all voted in favor. A motion was made by Mr. McCullough for approval to enter into an agreement with LOGIC (Local Government Investment Cooperative) and to approve the Resolution in Exhibit 2202 for the purpose of investing funds in a state-approved investment pool for Texas government entities, which was seconded by Dr. Moreno and unanimously approved. A motion was made by Mrs. Wilson, seconded by Mrs. Gibson, and all voted in favor, for approval to expand the Depository Banking Agreement with BBVA Compass to include the option of a stand-alone public money market account (Exhibit 2203). After motion by Dr. Moreno and second by Ms. Gibson, the Board voted unanimously for approval to increase Board Designated Tuition by $8.36 per semester credit hour from $121.84 per semester credit hour to $130.20, effective immediately (Exhibit 2204). Mrs. Gibson made a motion for approval to increase Differential Tuition for Dental Hygiene and Nursing; to begin charging Differential Tuition for the School of Management, Department of Health Studies, Department of Communication Sciences, School of Library & Information Studies, and the Department of Fashion and Textiles; and to add a Personal Music Lesson Fee as set out in the corresponding Exhibit 2205, effective Fall 2013. The motion was seconded by Dr. Scanlon McGinity and all voted in favor. Dr. Moreno made a motion for approval of an increase in the Housing Room Rates as set out in the corresponding Exhibit 2206, effective Fall 2013, which motion was seconded by Mrs. Wilson and unanimously approved. A motion was made by Dr. Moreno and seconded by Mrs. Gibson, and all voted in favor, for approval of an increase in the Meal Plan Rates as set out in the corresponding Exhibit 2207, effective Fall 2013. Mrs. Wilson made a motion, which was seconded by Mr. Schrader and unanimously approved, for approval of a decrease in the Fitness and Recreation Fee as set out in the corresponding Exhibit 2208, effective Fall 2013. A motion was made by Mrs. Gibson, seconded by Dr. Moreno, and all voted in favor, for approval of an increase in the Student Union Fee as set out in the corresponding Exhibit 2209, effective Fall 2013. In an effort to facilitate going forward with the presidential search, Mrs. Bancroft stated that Item VI.J. of the Agenda will be considered by the full Board at this time; therefore, a motion was made by Mr. McCullough to authorize the Vice President for Finance and Administration to enter into a contract with a vendor to provide search assistance for the position of Chancellor and President, which was seconded by Mrs. Wilson and unanimously approved. Mrs. Bancroft noted that Item VI.K. of the Agenda had been removed from consideration at this time. Next, Dr. Scanlon McGinity moved for approval to authorize the Vice President for Finance and Administration to enter into a contract with Quality Excavation, LTD for repaving of Old Main Drive at a cost not to exceed $536,000, the funds to come from Board Designated Tuition Fund Balance (Exhibit 2210), which was seconded by Mrs. Gibson. All voted in favor. A motion for approval of the Audit Charter of the Office of Internal Audits (Exhibit 2211) was made by Mr. McCullough, seconded by Dr. Scanlon McGinity, and unanimously passed.
Mrs. Bancroft called for consideration of the Institutional Development Committee items. Dr. Moreno made a motion, seconded by Ms. Chris, for acceptance of the gifts to TWU (Exhibit 2212). All voted in favor.
Mrs. Bancroft next called for consideration of Academic Affairs Committee items. After motion by Dr. Moreno and second by Mrs. Gibson, the Board voted unanimously to approve the proposal from the School of Occupational Therapy for a Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) degree, authorizing the courses to be taught in a hybrid format, that is, by distance and face-to-face delivery, subject to approval by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (Exhibit 2213). Mrs. Gibson next made a motion for approval of the proposal from the Department of Teacher Education for distance delivery of the Master of Education (M.Ed.) in Special Education, subject to approval by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (Exhibit 2214). The motion was seconded by Dr. Moreno and all voted in favor. A motion for approval of technology projects listed in Exhibit 2215 in the amount of $550,000, to be funded from Technology Fee Fund Balance, was made by Mrs. Wilson, seconded by Dr. Scanlon McGinity, and unanimously passed.
Mrs. Bancroft called for consideration of Student Life Committee items. A motion was made by Dr. Moreno and seconded by Mr. Schrader, and all voted in favor, for approval of an expenditure of up to $188,540 from the Pledged Auxiliary Fund for the purchase of furniture for overflow housing. After motion by Mr. Schrader and second by Mrs. Wilson, the Board voted unanimously for approval of a Hubbard Hall Project to be funded from Pledged Auxiliary Fund Balance in the amount of $473,000 as set out in Exhibit 2216.
In the report from the Chancellor and President, Dr. Stuart began by stating that she had three brags that are reflective of the University's aspirations. First, she said, Texas Woman's University was invited to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, where TWU was recognized for excellence on the TWU Institute of Health Sciences – Houston Center and the TWU T. Boone Pickens Institute of Health Sciences – Dallas Center. She said that she and Mr. Harold Johnson, Associate Vice President for Facilities Management and Construction, gave a presentation on the energy efficiency of the two centers and TWU's continued efforts to increase partnerships, develop collaborations, and secure other sources of funding to extend and maximize limited resources. Second, Dr. Stuart commented that she and Dr. Brenda Floyd, Vice President for Finance and Administration, provided testimony before the House and Senate Higher Education Committees last year and said that legislators responded in a nice way with touching and reaffirming comments being made about the University during the last decade, and that TWU is well-positioned with legislature. Third, she mentioned that The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum is presenting a multi-part lecture series featuring Texas women describing their impact on the State. Dr. Stuart said that she is thrilled to be the inaugural speaker during the exhibition entitled, Women Shaping Texas in the 20th Century, where she will give a presentation and hold a discussion about the importance and challenges of educating future generations of Texas women. She added that an invitation will be sent to all the Regents.
Dr. Stuart then announced that every TWU Regent whom she served under, starting in 1999 and including the Regents just going off the Board, were invited to a luncheon during the regular Board of Regents meeting of June 7, 2013 at the TWU T. Boone Pickens Institute of Health Sciences – Dallas Center, to reconnect.
In appreciation of Regents going off the Board, Dr. Stuart recognized Mr. McCullough, Dr. Moreno, Mr. Schrader and Ms. Blanco and thanked them for their special relationships and service on the Board. She presented each with a gift, which was a mesquite wood box with turquoise inlays. Dr. Stuart noted that she found a wood maker in Bastrop, Texas that makes these boxes and started a tradition a decade ago of giving each outgoing Regent a box. She said that legislators are given these boxes as well, adding that, as she visits legislators, she is very proud that they display these boxes in their offices. Dr. Stuart also presented each of the outgoing Regents with a framed Resolution, signed by Governor Rick Perry, for their contributions as a TWU Regent.
Regarding the Senate Finance Committee testimony, Dr. Stuart stated that a committee is being formed on governance in institutions of higher education. She said that, as has been reported in newspapers everywhere, Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst defended The University of Texas - Austin President Bill Powers before the Senate. Dr. Stuart commented that this committee will look at the relationship between Regents and the administration of institutions of higher education, where Regents oversee policy decisions without micromanaging an institution. She thanked the TWU Regents for the wisdom they provide TWU. Dr. Stuart stated that problems arise when Regents step over to look at operational issues instead of the vision of an institution. She said that TWU's administration depends on its Board to help the University stay on course, to be aspirational in the goals and vision of the University, and, lastly, to trust the administration to do their jobs in moving the University forward.
With regard to the upcoming Legislative Reception, Dr. Stuart distributed the invitation to the Board members that was sent to many important state leaders, including Senators Judith Zaffirini, Royce West, Craig Estes, and Representative Myra Crownover. The reception, she said, would be held on Tuesday, February 26, to thank state leaders for their support of TWU as she prepares to retire in 2014. Dr. Stuart noted that 54 individuals had already responded, stating that that the reception will be held in The Read Room of The Headliners Club in Austin and will be hosted by Regent Wilson.
Next, outgoing Regents made a few remarks. Dr. Moreno thanked Dr. Stuart and commended the work that is being done to promote TWU. She said that being on this Board has been a unique experience for her, starting at TWU as a student, continuing to receive benefits from the University throughout the years, and now as a Regent. Dr. Moreno stated that TWU's uniqueness provides many opportunities and good programs for students, but only wished that more students from Laredo had the chance to attend TWU. Mrs. Bancroft thanked Dr. Moreno for her service on the Board and said that the Board was very fortunate and grateful to have her, Mr. McCullough, and Mr. Schrader and that much has been learned from their participation. To Mr. Schrader, she said, it was only "arrivederci." Mr. Schrader stated that it was a pleasure to serve on this Board and that he takes pride in being associated with the University. Mrs. Bancroft noted that his experience and knowledge in the business world is very good for the University and prays that the governor will reappoint him to the Board.
In closing, Dr. Stuart brought the Board's attention to the brochures at each of their places. The brochures, she said, are entitled, TWU Alumni Connection Guide, and called upon Ms. Anne Scott, Director of Alumni Relations, who explained that during the summertime the structure of the Alumni Relations and the Former Student Association (FSA) changed. She mentioned that the model, now in place, provides a strong central office that has numerous ways to reach a diverse population. Ms. Scott indicated that these brochures are placed on each students chair during commencement along with an alumni decal. The brochure, she said, gives students information on how they can connect to TWU after graduation by providing the web address for the TWU Alumni Relations Office, which gives them opportunities to connect on the web to develop professional networking through Linkedin and social networking on Facebook, to connect in person through alumni networks and chartered alumni groups, and also provides a form to update addresses and to indicate their interests. Dr. Stuart thanked Ms. Scott for her update and also acknowledged Dr. Patricia Edwards, President of FSA. She noted that the FSA Charter approved by the Board during the last meeting has allowed the Alumni Relations Office to make great strides by combining efforts to reach as many alumni as possible. Mrs. Bancroft commented that an important part is that students can participate electronically, from networking to finding jobs nationally to supporting the University. Mr. McCullough stated that, as a University of Texas alumna, he is often approached to attend and to donate gifts during class reunions and asked if alumni at TWU are invited back to the University by hosting class reunions and soliciting gifts. Ms. Scott responded that FSA has been coordinating class reunions for years in five-year increments up to 50 years.
As she brought the meeting to a close, Mrs. Bancroft thanked Dr. Stuart for her reports. There being no other business, the meeting concluded.
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These stages are not always sequential. For example, many websites are never decommissioned but are instead redeveloped (many agency corporate websites are seen as permanent and will be required for as long as the agency exists).
During each of the stages of website development and management project managers should stay alert for opportunities to consolidate. Consolidation can improve the user experience by simplifying resource discovery while also lowering development and maintenance costs.
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The Website Lifecycle is separated into six stages. The lifecycle starts with investigate, then through the stages 1 – plan, 2 – design, build and test, 3 – operate, maintain and evaluate. The optional stage, 4 – redevelop, leads back to the planning stage. The lifecycle finishes with decommission.
In this stage, the website takes form as an idea. This idea is tested through assessing its business case; in particular, the level of demand from users and the value of the benefits to be delivered. The outcome is a business case that describes the rationale, benefits and value for the proposed website.
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Knowing is the latest "sci-fi" film to hit the cinemas, and then repeatedly hit audience members in the crotch to the point that genital mutilation will seem like a day at the park. After the shenanigans director Alex Proyas pulled with I Robot, I truly hoped that he had had his fill of artistic shame. Clearly not. In fact with Knowing, it seems that the man is something of a masochist and out to prove, yet again, that all a movie needs is a famous face, an old theme and a fresh coat of paint. To hell with the incomprehensible plot, to hell with the suspense – we have Nicholas Cage.
Knowing begins when John Koestler's (Cage) son is given an ominous envelope that was buried 50 years ago in a time capsule. Alas, he did not get a picture of a rocket ship like the other kiddies, instead he gets a series of numbers written on both sides of a piece of paper. Now of course John finds this letter and sees patterns in the numbers, for what he lacks in hair he makes up for in brains. Suddenly the end of the world is nigh. Baton down the hatches, flee for your life - a solar flair will incinerate all things on earth.
I went in thinking Knowing was a sci-fi flick. The truth is that Knowing is a disaster movie dressed in the pretentious dialogue of a movie that thinks it's way smarter than you, interchanged with some other nonsensical sci-fi elements. On one hand we have Cage bounding about trying to save the planet, and on the other hand a host of weird semi-unrelated scenes from an alien movie.
I would have mustered up the energy to try and figure out how it all fits together, but I had already spent a lot of time chewing a large hole in my cheek. I'm sure there will be people who discuss this movie on internet forums and try to debate what the real meaning is. These people are idiots. Knowing doesn't mean a damn thing, it doesn't teach us anything, and there is no great underlying mystery, except perhaps that Proyas switched his medication from Zoloft to Paxil.
The storyline is so incredibly contrived that the two hemispheres of my brain felt like they were being held together by Joan Rivers. The result is that you hear the creepy suspense music but it has nothing to do with what is rolling on the screen. There is a religious undercurrent in Knowing that makes less sense than deep fried celery. First of all the 'angels' are clearly aliens, though they look like ghosts. Their supernatural powers constitute shining light out of their gaping mouths and whispering to children. In their true forms at the end of the movie, Proyas has a nice lethargic jaunt back to I Robot as the aliens take on almost the exact shape of his previous movie's machines.
If Knowing is really about religion then according to the storyline God is a master pioneer of interstellar space travel, he has a seriously kick ass space ship and enjoys long walks on the incinerated beaches of earth. I'm starting to suspect the scientologists had something to do with this movie. God as an alien? Being incinerated for the good of the world? Sounds like some crack-pot warning that they would give people, and then charge them $3500 for it.
If Proyas and his team have crossed into the scientology inferno then all it proves is that the damn scientologists are taking over Hollywood. We can therefore look forward to more viscous and ultimately globular items of waste being dangled ahead of us in future. And what in their alien god's name was going on with those black pebbles? The world is in danger, black pebble on the couch. His son is hearing whispers, black pebble on his bed. The leading lady dies, black pebble in her hand. Why the hell do aliens need to leave pebbles everywhere that look like rabbit shit?
Now that I think about it some more, Knowing must be the product of Proyas' hobnobbing with the cream of the scientology crop in Hollywood. How else could such crazy, maniacal, frenetic crap make it to production level? Now here is the highlight of the movie – everyone dies - except the two kiddies who run off to procreate together in an alien paradise. And this is supposed to be a happy ending, if the music is any clue. A rusty nail in each of my shins would give me more pleasure.
Nonetheless I was not to be driven out of the cinema by the cultish indoctrination, or the increasing distance growing between each neural lobe in my brain. Unfortunately catalepsy had set in by then and all they could find four days later was a small black pebble on my chair, which they later discovered was, indeed, rabbit shit. Which means it had more artistic merit than this movie.
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MY GOSH...my dear friend,there are so many meanings in this movie..firstly, I think is related so closely with 2012 and with the 26 000 y cycle which will end in 2012....other thing which you might learn is that we don t have any proof that the humans have developed in milions of years...did u think that it might be possible in each 26000 y cycle a civilisation rise to the level we know it today and then suddenly dissapear? messages from pleiades...there are true..check the web...you might find it intresting...is not the lack of knowledge which is the problem..is the ignorance...be well friend
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Wow, I don't know if you are trying to be funny (which if you are then kudos, hilarity achieved). If not then perhaps it is time you changed the tin foil you have wrapped around your head.
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Why is the movie's title bolded throughout the article?
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Alien Jesus?
The one thing I liked about this movie was the continuation of Nic Cage just not giving a shit. Seriously, the airplane crash scene was the best comedy scene of 2009. All it needed was a few more people running by in flames for it to be the next version of Airplane!
Cage knows he sucks as a serious actor and is this close to getting the Zucker Brothers to put him into the next Scary Movie as the lead. He's just welcoming the burning inferno of his career and now is just riding it to the bitter end.
Other than that, the film is a serious atheist movie. The Jesus nonsense was just there to mask that the aliens have a Greenpeace organization and have picked out something from Digital Blasphemy to place the two new human exhibits so they can run around, reproduce, and enjoy the intergalactic version of the Galapagos Islands.
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The author of this article goes on and on with remarks he thinks are clever and intelligent, bashing the movie and whatnot. But he is clearly a slow individual as he failed to see there were MANY ships leaving the earth, not just the one with the two children. Also these GROUPS of people were taken because they 'heard the call'. The beginning of the movie the boys asks his father if humans are all THE LIFE there is, to which the father says we are all there is for now. The boy believed there was more out there, and the father didnt, hence the reason the father wasnt chosen/heard the call. Just because it has "Aliens, which clearly turned into pure light" and they came down in a ship doesnt justify it being tied to SCIENTOLOGY. I myself dont follow ANY Religion as i prefer to think for myself instead of being told what im supposed to believe. I personally AGREE that Scientology is completely BONKERS so no im not trying to defend them. What im getting at is this movie simply makes you think about where we REALLY came from. Maybe god, maybe evolution by coincidence, maybe aliens/far more advanced humans, technologically & spiritually.
I think about these things all the time and no i do not wear a tinfoil hat. I think for myself while people like the author are set in the way they were told. He criticizes the movie because he doesnt undrrstand it. He was all about the explosions and death, while those of us who stay openminded were pondering the symbology in the story, and the question of why Cage takes roles in these movies. Can you say "Illuminati."
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Why has'nt anyone read the
Why has'nt anyone read the bible..its based on the book of ezekiel
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The owners of a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house in east Phoenix set a new deadline to sell the property after a prospective buyer backed out of a deal to acquire and preserve the residence.
The company that owns the house, which is considered a significant work by the legendary architect, said Monday that it must sell the property by Dec.4, a day before the Phoenix City Council is expected to grant it historical status. The company, 8081 Meridian, said the city's pending action will severely diminish its ability to market the property.
The scuttled sale again threw into uncertainty the future of the David and Gladys Wright House and signaled a return of the contentious relationship between the owners and city over the pending historical designation.
"We are committed to finding a buyer on or before Dec.4, because once the City Council votes for historic overlay, a significant component of the owners' property rights will have been confiscated by the city, and our ability to market the property will be diminished significantly," 8081 Meridian said in a statement. "As a result, a buyer's ability to negotiate with the city regarding preservation will be hampered. A buyer will not want the city as their partner, and we are not willing to put a buyer through that."
The prospective buyer reversed course days before Wednesday's deadline to drop out of the deal.
In a statement Sunday to Robert Joffe, the real-estate agent for 8081 Meridian, representatives of the potential buyer, real-estate agent Johnathon Randolph De Young and attorney Grady Gammage Jr. said: "While the prospective buyer strongly supports efforts to preserve the David and Gladys Wright House, he has concluded that for personal and business reasons, this is not an opportunity he will pursue at this time. He has every confidence that a preservation-minded buyer will be found and that the house will be preserved."
No further details were offered on the buyer's motives for dropping out of the sale or the buyer's identity, which has remained a mystery since the deal was announced two weeks ago.
The move also comes less than a week after the Phoenix City Council voted to delay a decision on designating the house as a historical landmark, which would prohibit demolition of the house for three years.
Wright built the house for his son and daughter-in-law in 1952.
The current owners had intended to tear down the house and build two new homes on the site. However, advocates of Wright's legacy lobbied the city to pursue the historical designation and stave off its destruction, saying the house is an important work that needs to be preserved. The house's fate has since drawn national attention.
The council will reconsider the proposal Dec.5.
Joffe said that he could only speculate on the reason the deal fell through but that the house itself most likely was not the issue.
"Unfortunately, I don't think we will ever know the true reason. His attorney is telling him not to say anything," he said. "Hopefully, we can find a new buyer."
Mayor Greg Stanton said he never spoke directly with the buyer but did speak with the buyer's lawyer and architect.
Stanton said the representatives had wanted to proceed with the preservation process and continue with the three-year stay of demolition that would come with historical designation of the house.
"It's a little disappointing because of the national and international media the case has gotten," Stanton said. "But I believe others will be significantly interested in this house and believe the right thing will happen in the end."
Joffe said that once a buyer has signed a contract, the buyer typically has an inspection period to conduct due diligence on the property, which usually consists of a home inspection to see what might be wrong with the property and how much it will cost to repair.
It also allows the buyer to check with the city to see if there are any restrictions that the city might be imposing on the property, he said.
"The buyer can cancel at anytime during this inspection period for any reason they desire, and that's what happened in this case," he said.
Janet Halstead, executive director of the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy, which is devoted to preserving Wright's works, said several sources had confirmed the buyer was committed to saving the house.
"Circumstances do change, and sometimes overnight, especially in real estate, and that's another reason why it's so important for the City Council to take action to approve landmark designation for this property, giving it some protection if faced with a future unexpected turn of events or another demolition threat," Halstead said.
The search for a preservation-minded buyer has been ongoing since the historic house was bought by 8081 Meridian on June20.
Principals John Hoffman and Steve Sells of 8081 Meridian had purchased the property, near 56th Street and Camelback Road in the Arcadia area, with the intent of splitting the lot and developing new homes on the site.
However, the city, which had granted the lot split and a demolition permit, also moved to designate the home a historic property, which would prevent the redevelopment for three years.
The company purchased the house for $1.8 million.
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Writing about a book is like singing a song about a song: It rarely works. Yes, there are a few exceptions to the latter, the "American Pies" and "Singing in the Rains" and a few other classics. Book reviews, however, lose their effectiveness after grammar school.
Essays about books tease with a few excerpts that make you think you've read the book when you have not. Authors are grateful for the mention, but it might be best to point and leave, to direct your readers to someone else's writing by simple mention of a title. Here goes: " Bylines: Writing from the American South 1963 to 1997" by Joseph B. Cumming Jr.
I'm hereby pointing, hoping you'll order the book, buy it, read it. I never understood, by the way, why pointing is considered rude. The world would be a quieter, less confusing place if people were allowed to point.
It's easier to tell you about the man than the book, a story which, in this case, cannot be told without including a woman, Joe's wife Emily, who is as much a part of Joe as yellow is butter.
For decades Joe was Newsweek's Atlanta correspondent, covering the civil-rights movement in the Deep South, Ground Zero. " We learned to spot the smell of fear and courage, to feel the sting of tear gas, the shock of armed troops in American towns, and occasionally, we heard the sickening clunk of blows," Joe writes.
Later, ready for a quieter life, Joe moved to nearby Carrollton, where he taught college journalism. By the time he and Emily befriended me – such a fine and unexpected miracle, to have them " adopt" me – Joe had retired again, from teaching, but not to sit by the fire and muse. He was the busiest retired man I've ever met, busy reading and singing and acting and writing plays or love poems to his wife each Valentine's Day.
Theirs is a timeless love story, in the tradition of E.B. and Katharine White, who seemed, at least from a distance, perfectly suited intellectually and emotionally. And as White did in his introduction to Katharine's gardening book, Joe excels at describing his lively wife.
In a 1977 essay for Esquire called " To Love One Woman," he makes his point simply by watching her kneading dough and rhapsodizing about the process. He quotes an unaware Emily directly: "This – this unselfconscious hum of humor and poetry that flows from her when we are private – is part of the stuff that wholly glamours my heart. It comes out irrepressibly – the other day listening to music she began to laugh at the cellos that sounded like 'old men at their club, smoking their cigars, deep in their dewlap (here she acts the part), harrumphing profundities'; or hearing a soprano so awful she said it was 'like someone at an audition where even her mother is squirming.' She has a gift that only I receive; it brings from the day's doings, the supermarket and city sidewalk, Chaucerian tales of characters so vivid they remain in my head for years."
To have a man, a husband even, appreciate your patter about a routine day is, well, a lot like a song: Percy Sledge crooning "When a Man Loves a Woman," or Kris lamenting losing Bobby McGhee somewhere near Selena.
Joe is enthusiastic about all kinds of things, not only his wife, and that passion is palpable. Until you've been awakened on New Year's Day with Joe on your porch blowing "Auld Lang Syne" on saxophone, you haven't felt loved.
I rarely break my rule about writing about writing, but, in this case, the pure poetry of a kind and exceptional man demands I do.
Rheta Grimsley Johnson is a syndicated columnist. She lives in the Iuka vicinity. Contact her at Iuka, MS 38852.


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NHL Cancels Two Weeks, Attention Shifts to Rivermen / Abroad
The first two weeks of 2012-13 have been cancelled. All games through October 24th have been wiped clear from the schedule. Hope remains that they might return later in the year but, more realistically, is the fact those games are probably gone for good. What's a guy writing about the Blues to do when there is no Blues news to write about? Simply, turn the attention to the AHL and abroad.
I've voiced my opinion more than enough about the NHL lockout. If you follow me on Twitter, you're well aware that I blame both sides at this point and that I think the ends won't justify the means. Check your egos at the door and get something done for the good of the game. It won't matter what percentage you walk away with in revenue sharing if you miss out on an entire year worth of paychecks and if the game shrinks because of it.
I digress.
What's a site like this one supposed to do during the NHL lockout? It's tricky. This site is a hub for all things St. Louis Blues. While there won't be much to talk about involving the Blues, the site simply won't go idle – I have far too few things to do for that to happen.
Obviously, I'll cover the lockout in how it impacts St. Louis and the Blues. Nothing will change there. For a wider scope on hockey coverage, you can follow what I do over at Puck Drunk Love. Aside from the occasional lockout update I'll probably stick to doing some Rivermen news and analysis while also keeping an eye on the St. Louis players currently in Europe.
The NHL might be locked out but this site will still try its best to remain as active as it has been. Here's to hoping you continue to follow along.


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Joe Danger special edition spotted for Xbox 360
Joe Danger, released as a PSN exclusive in 2010, appears to be on its way to Xbox LIVE Arcade.
Hello Games taking Joe Danger: The Movie to gamescom
Hello Games has today announced Joe Danger: The Movie, a sequel of sorts to last year's PSN platformer, Joe Danger.
World's first stunt 'em up revealed
First title from ex-Criterion, Kuju, EA, Sumo and Climax developers.


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LISBON - U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson joined with the majority in passing a bill last week that delays implementation of new IRS regulations drafted in response to the controversy over some conservative groups being subjected to extra scrutiny in the run-up to the 2012 presidential election.
Johnson, R-Marietta, voted in favor of the bill, which would delay for one year proposed new rules that would apply to quasi-political groups seeking tax-exempt status. The congressman who introduced the bill said the new rules are an attempt to "legalize and institutionalize targeting" of conservative groups by the IRS.
Johnson, in a news release, said the delay is to "protect the American people from the IRS specifically targeting them based on their political beliefs. This common-sense legislation would simply require the IRS to use the same standards for processing applications for tax-exempt 501 (c) (4) organizations that it used before the IRS began targeting conservative groups for surveillance. No American should ever be targeted or harassed for their personal political beliefs. I urge the Senate to take immediate action and pass this important legislation."
In related news, Johnson also issued a news release saying he voted for the the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act that passed the House. He said many of his constituents have complained their flood insurance premiums have increased dramatically, pushing some to the brink of defaulting on their mortgage or closing their small business.
"The legislation protects the solvency of the flood insurance program and protects homeowners and business owners from unreasonable rate increases. If it were up to the House we would privatize flood insurance, just like car insurance or homeowners insurance, and get the government out of the market. However, the goal will take time. Meanwhile, this legislation provides relief to those hit hardest by FEMA's flawed implementation of flood insurance reform," he said.
According to the Associated Press, the government-funded flood insurance program has a $24 billion deficit, mostly from claims paid to cover losses resulting from superstorm Sandy in 2012 and Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The 2012 reform law required flood-zone maps be updated, which are used to determine insurance premiums.


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What happens at a bachelor party stays at a bachelor party.
That was the plan and – so far, at least – that is how it has worked out for Prince Harry, who organized his brother Prince William's secret, men-only bash over the weekend.
Unfortunately for those eager for a glimpse of the fun and games, few details have emerged, beyond official word from the princes' office that the get-together occurred.
"I can confirm that Prince William's stag party has taken place" is the extent of the message. Given that it was "an entirely private event," the office has no plans to comment further.
Close friends of William left London for a country estate for the weekend of fun. The guest-list, reported to be around 20 strong, included close friends Thomas van Straubenzee, James Meade, nightclub owner Guy Pelly and any number of the four van Cutsem brothers.
The most widely speculated site for the venue, reports the Daily Telegraph, was a country house close to the van Cutsem family base in Norfolk.
Also, the princes apparently switched the party theme once word got out that it was to center around watersports.
Meanwhile, it remains unknown when (and certainly where) Kate Middleton will have her bachelorette party. She's been heavily involved in the organizing of the April 29 wedding, including taking charge of plans for the spectacular wedding cake.
Prince Harry Throws Prince William's Top-Secret Bachelor Party
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October 9-11, 2015
Abstracts: January 31, 2014 The School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University is pleased to announce a call for papers to be presented at an international conference on Capital, Labor and South-South Development, to be held at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, on October 9-11 2015.
The dynamic of global development in the 21st Century differs from the historically unidirectional North to South flow of capital, technology, and models of development. Rising economies from the Global South, most prominently China, India, Russia, Brazil and South Africa, have become major sources of foreign direct investment, international aid and loans, and technological and managerial know-how, especially in many developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. South-South development poses new questions and possibilities for the scholarly and policy communities. This conference seeks to explore major processes and institutions related to capital, management, industrial relations, labor politics, and state policies constituting and shaping this monumental transformation.
We are interested in original research papers on the following (and other related) themes within the context of South-South development:
nature, structure and sectoral distribution of global capital flows
the role of international or regional financial institutions
labor market development and job creation
characteristics of production regimes and management and labor relation practices set up by Southern capital
dynamics of internal and international labor migration
unionism, patterns of industrial conflict, labor law reforms
new forms of domestic and transnational labor activism
national industrial or investment policies and politics
paradigms and ideologies of development
We welcome submission of abstracts by scholars at all career stages, including graduate students, from within and outside the United States. Abstracts should include authors name, institutional affiliation, contact information, and a 200-word summary of the planned paper. Send abstract via email to: firstname.lastname@example.com , with South-South Conference on the subject line. The deadline for submission is January 31, 2014.
Organizers of the conference will cover round trip air tickets from authors home base to Ithaca, New York, meals and local accommodation during the conference.
For further questions, please contact any of the organizers: Sarosh Kuruvilla (firstname.lastname@example.com), Eli Friedman (email@example.com) and Ching Kwan Lee (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Capital, Labor and South-South Development
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New York, USA
October 9-11, 2015
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70 Fresno kids walked away with a free bike
Kids are gearing up for the start of summer and at one Fresno Unified school, students will be riding in style.
Jim: Has anyone else noticed how quickly stories about Monday nights debate have disappeared? I mean throughout the coverage of primary debates, on both the right and on the left, stories persisted for days. But not after the first presidential debate. I wonder why? Could it be that the liberal mainstream press did not get the resounding Hillary Rotten Clinton victory it fully expected? Yes, there were a few pundits that said Hillary Rotten Clinton crushed Trump, but overall most of them, if they said, anything at all, said at most she 'appeared' to win. I think I know why stories about the debates disappeared so quickly. The liberals in the liberal mainstream media did NOT see the support among the voters they expected. Yesterday morning YaHoo had a story up briefly that said this: "Donald Trump Won Last Night's Presidential Debate, According to Unscientific Snap Online Polls" A slew of unscientific online snap polls are painting Donald Trump as the winner of the first presidential debate Monday night. A Time.com poll has the Republican nominee leading Hillary Clinton by four percentage points – 52 percent to 48 percent – after more than 1,300,000 votes were cast. As usual, and as expected, the liberals in the liberal mainstream media called the debate wrong. The fact is that the liberals in the liberal mainstream media are WAY OUT OF TOUCH with main street America.


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COLUMBIA,- The Senate passed a bill Wednesday aimed at boosting students' chances of success through an expansion of 4-year-old kindergarten and early intervention in reading.
Senators voted 36-6 on a compromise of the "Read to Succeed" bill, which united the agendas of the chambers' Republican and Democratic caucuses. After its passage, Senate Majority Leader Harvey Peeler gave a tearful speech at the podium.
"We're not doing it for us. We're doing it for the children in this state," said Peeler, R-Gaffney. "To the thousands of people in South Carolina who don't read too good, this is for you!"
The effort was personal, he said, though he declined to be specific.
The compromise combined Democrats' push to make 4-year-old kindergarten available to all at-risk students and Peeler's bill aimed at ensuring students can read by fourth grade. His called for a coordinated focus that includes reading coaches, summer reading camps and teacher training.
Beginning with the 2017-18 school year, students still struggling to read by the end of third grade would be held back for intensive help.
Democrats had refused to let the retention bill advance without the expansion of 4-year-old kindergarten, which they deemed essential to putting children on a path to success.
"This is a very, very proud day in this Senate," said Senate Minority Leader Nikki Setzler, D-West Columbia. "We're doing something right for future generations in South Carolina."
The bill would not immediately expand full-day 4-year-old kindergarten statewide.
All of the bill's provisions would be subject to funding by the Legislature. Last year, the Legislature put $26 million toward extending state-paid, full-day 4-year-old kindergarten to 17 additional school districts, increasing access to needy children in 53 districts statewide. Democrats have pushed for an expansion ever since legislators created a limited pilot in 2006 in response to a court order over education funding.
Setzler said the bill means the state will eventually further expand the program to cover the remaining 24,000 at-risk 4-year-olds.
"The earlier you invest in a child's education, the better equipped that child is for success and the more bang for the buck the taxpayers get," said state Sen. Vincent Sheheen, D-Camden.
How much the Legislature may spend to further expand access next school year is unclear. The Senate Finance Committee began its 2014-15 budget debate Tuesday.
As for the reading piece, the bulk of that funding is already in the House's budget plan, which adopted Gov. Nikki Haley's education recommendations. That includes $29 million for reading coaches in elementary schools, $6 million for summer reading camps and $2.5 million for testing the language skills of 4- and 5-year-olds to identify problems as they enter school.
The bill also requires public colleges to add courses in literacy instruction and require them for education majors. All current elementary school teachers would have to take graduate courses to earn a literacy credential. The courses could fulfill continuing-education requirements for recertification, so they wouldn't add to teachers' workload.


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Diehl-Armstrong: 'Miscarriage of justice' in Erie pizza bomber case
Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong has taken her appeal in the pizza bomber case into her own hands.
Claiming the witnesses in her trial "used the same script" and that the U.S. Attorney's Office asked too many leading questions, Diehl-Armstrong wants U.S. District Judge Sean J. McLaughlin to set aside her conviction and sentence of life plus 30 years.
Diehl-Armstrong filed the appeal a week ago, despite her court-appointed trial lawyer filing an appeal with the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, seated in Philadelphia, on Nov. 4.
Diehl-Armstrong in her appeal claims the lawyer, Douglas Sughrue, of Pittsburgh, was ineffective.
She claims his failure to object at trial contributed to her wrongful conviction in federal court in Erie in the bank-robbery plot that ended in the death of pizza deliveryman Brian Wells on Aug. 28, 2003. He was killed when a bomb locked to his neck exploded after he robbed a bank in Summit Township.
"The defendant was convicted on the prosecutor's narrative, plain error and which makes the trial fundamentally unfair with a resultant miscarriage of justice," Diehl-Armstrong said in a 14-page typewritten appeal mailed from the State Correctional Institution at Muncy.
McLaughlin denied Diehl-Armstrong's appeal in an order docketed Monday.
He said her appeal is premature because her other appeal is still before the Circuit Court. Only after that appeal is over can Diehl-Armstrong raise issues on her own.
In the initial appeal, Sughrue did not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence against Diehl-Armstrong, but questioned several pretrial rulings from McLaughlin.
Among them was the decision in 2009 to find Diehl-Armstrong, who had been diagnosed with a bipolar disorder, mentally competent to stand trial.
A jury on Nov. 1, 2010, convicted her of conspiracy to commit bank robbery as well as aiding and abetting an armed bank robbery that ended in a death and aiding and abetting the use of a destructive device in a crime of violence.
Diehl-Armstrong during her trial made a number of outbursts in front of the jury, and psychiatrists have said incessant talking is a symptom of her mental illness.
Her appeal reflects that personality trait. It rambles on for page after page. Diehl-Armstrong supplemented it with a two-page handwritten letter to McLaughlin that is jammed with small print.
As she did at trial, Diehl-Armstrong in her appeal claims she was framed in the Wells case, and that the government witnesses were lying.
She discounts the statements she gave to the FBI, in which she said she was duped into being at any locations critical to the pizza bomber plot.
"It is unclear how police decided that this defendant was involved with the bank robbery," Diehl-Armstrong said in her appeal.
She also claims the prosecutor, Assistant U.S. Attorney Marshall Piccinini, erred when he referred to "this woman" when questioning witnesses about her.
When the witnesses responded to Piccinini, Diehl-Armstrong said in the appeal, "one cannot assume that the answer refers to the defendant."
Diehl-Armstrong, 62, is also serving a state prison sentence of seven to 20 years. She pleaded guilty but mentally ill to third-degree murder in 2005 in the mid-August 2003 fatal shooting of her boyfriend, James Roden, 45, whose body was found in a freezer in the garage of William A. Rothstein, Diehl-Armstrong's former fiance.
Rothstein, who died of cancer at age 60 in July 2004, was an unindicted co-conspirator in the pizza bomber case. The U.S. Attorney's Office said Diehl-Armstrong killed Roden to keep him quiet about the plot.
In a telephone interview from state prison, Diehl-Armstrong said an inmate friend helped with her appeal and typed it for her. She said she is sure the appeal, which she called "brilliant," will succeed.
ED PALATTELLA can be reached at 870-1813 or by e-mail.


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Newton County Tornado
Event Summary
This tornado started just to the south of Newton on Highway 15 near the South Main intersection. There was major tree damage here, and amazingly, the north end of the concrete bridge was lifted up, causing damage to the concrete sides, guard rails, and asphalt. The tornado then traveled east- northeast with more damage to trees and several homes. One mobile home and two wood frame houses were destroyed on Corinth Road. It then continued east-northeast crossing Highway 80, severely damaging the roofs of two homes and also destroying a travel trailer. It proceeded east-northeast and dissipated just south of I-20.
Radar Imagery
These images from the Brandon, MS Doppler radar show the tornadic thunderstorm at 5:13 pm when it was located between Newton and Hickory, just to the south of I-20. The image on the left shows 0.5° base reflectivity data, and the image on the right shows 0.5° storm relative velocity data. Click on the thumbnail below for a higher resolution image:
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