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The Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) Program in Lesotho is working to improve literacy education by establishing five district teacher libraries.
Teachers throughout the district have expressed a strong desire to use books in their preschools. They have requested a self-reliance workshop on literacy because the ECCD curriculum provides no guidance on how to teach this topic. These self-reliance workshops are being organized by the District Teacher Trainers and Area Resource Teachers who receive no financial remuneration but are very committed to their work. They use personal time and funds to attend meetings and organize events. The workshops are paid for by the teachers themselves, who attend regularly because they are still hungry for more training to improve their preschools. These women will sacrifice their weekends, spend their own money, bring blankets and sleep on the floor of an ECCD center in order to receive this training. They continually show a high level of support and commitment to this project. The ECCD leadership has formed a Library Committee in preparation for the arrival of the donated books. They worked with area chiefs and school committees to scout library sites in their areas, and are committed to maintaining records and managing their local library branches.
In order to successfully implement this project, the ECCD program needs assistance to build shelves, purchase labeling stickers and transport materials to library sites.
Note: This summary was provided by a Peace Corps Volunteer and the community administering this project.


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- Droughts reign as deadliest weather disasters
- Droughts are deadliest
- The deadliest weather disasters are droughts followed by famines.
- During 2011, 820 natural catastrophes were documented around the world, resulting in 27,000 deaths and $380 billion in economic losses
During 2011, 820 natural catastrophes were documented around the world, resulting in 27,000 deaths and $380 billion in economic losses, according to data compiled by Munich Reinsurance Company and analyzed in the Worldwatch Institute's Vital Signs series. The number of natural catastrophes was down 15 percent from 2010 but was above the annual average of 790 events between 2001 and 2010, and considerably above the annual average of 630 events between 1981 and 2010.
"The influence of La Niña from January to May and August to December was a major cause of many of the extreme weather events in 2011," said report author Petra Löw, a geographer and Munich Re consultant who focuses on natural catastrophe losses. "In 2011, 91 percent of natural disasters were weather-related."
(For more, see: La Nina predictions a high-wire act)
The report found that only 9 percent of natural disasters were geophysical events, but these events, which include the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, accounted for 62 percent of overall fatalities. Japan suffered 15,840 fatalities from the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.
"The steady increase in losses from natural catastrophes around the world demonstrates the need for preventative measures to the world's poorest and most vulnerable communities protect themselves," said Worldwatch President Robert Engelman. "These communities often have little beyond their own wits and meager resources to help them recover from a crop failure, the destruction of a home, or the tragic loss of a family's breadwinner."
The report analyzes natural catastrophes by their geographic location, type (geophysical, meteorological, hydrological, or climatological), deadliness, and costliness. Most natural disasters in 2011 occurred in the Americas (290) and Asia (240), while fewer occurred in Europe (150), Africa (80), and Australia (60). Of the weather-related natural catastrophes, 37 percent were caused by storms (meteorological), 37 percent by floods (hydrological), and 17 percent by climatological events such as heat waves, cold waves, wildfire, and droughts.
In 2011, 27,000 people died in sudden-onset natural catastrophes----63 percent below the annual average of 73,000 fatalities between 1980 and 2010. (These figures exclude slow-onset famine victims, discussed below.) In contrast, in 2010, the deadliest year recorded in the 30-year period, 296,000 people died from natural catastrophes. The report found that 38 percent of all victims of such catastrophes died from weather-related events, the rest being caused by geophysical events.

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The meal sounds simple enough — a chicken club sandwich with turkey, bacon, avocado, tomatoes and grilled chicken on homemade bread. But for Austin Simmons and Andrew Vanover it was another chance to make a new friend.
Simmons (a rising senior at NC State) and Vanover (a recent NC State grad) are traveling the world this summer. They have a specific goal in mind for their travels — to make new friends in each country by asking strangers to join them for a meal. They even have a name for their journey — 50 days 50 meals.
And so, while in Capetown, South Africa, they enjoyed a chicken club at The Green Room, a small surf shop owned by a man named Ollie. "He started his own shop six years ago after being a waiter for 15 years in various locations around the globe," Simmons wrote in an email while on board a plane destined for Turkey. "He decided he wanted to do something on his own and opened The Green Room. We hung out with him for a bit and got to hear his story! Fantastic stuff."
Simmons, a Caldwell Fellow, says that he and Vanover wanted to take a trip where they could tap into their shared passion for photography, film and graphic design. But they also wanted the trip to have purpose or, as Simmons says, "something that had some backbone to it." They offered further explanation for their journey on their blog.
"We both had a love for food and people, so we came up with the concept of engaging with at least one person a day on a personal level," Simmons says. "We wanted to just love them. We thought, what better platform to reach people than through food. We wanted to engage individuals from multiple socioeconomic backgrounds using the bistro table as common ground. We wanted to hear their stories, hear a their perspective on various topics, learn from different cultures."
Their travels will ultimately take them to 19 different countries, including Peru, India, China and New Zealand. To pay for the trip, Simmons and Vanover worked for almost six months to get sponsors for each day of their journey. Given the trip's focus on food, it's not surprising that many of the sponsors are restaurants in the Triangle — places like Humble Pie, Elmo's Diner, Vin Rouge and Amante Gourmet Pizza. Other business sponsors include High Rock Partners, Southern Rail and, fittingly, The Globetrotter Luggage & Gifts.
Simmons and Vanover typically arrive in each country with no plans and no place to stay. Their goal is to meet a stranger, offer to buy them dinner and then get to know them over a meal. They take photos and videos of their new friends, and share their experiences on a blog and Web site they are maintaining for their trip. Simmons says the craziest meal they have had so far was a South African sandwich known as a "Gatsby" that is stuffed with different meats, french fries and a special sauce.
"It is important to note that the conversation is the MOST important part," Simmons wrote. "The paying for the meal is just something we try our best to do to show the true nature of our hearts."
The two are a couple of weeks into their journey, and Simmons says they have already met dozens of "amazing people."
"The most exciting thing is knowing that every day is a surprise," he says. "We have learned to expect the unexpected, let the place we are lead/guide us in whichever and whatever way it wants. And when we don't understand someone, just smile and say hello!"
Simmons says they hope to turn their journey — and the photos and videos they have taken along the way — into a publication, a documentary and "hopefully" an exhibit at the Contemporary Art Museum in downtown Raleigh.
"We're not changing the world," Simmons says, "but it is really rewarding to leave a place with new friends and stories to tell."


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- Tax planning for 2010 is confusing
- Small Business Job Act (SBJA)
- Tax Breaks Expired
- Standard deductions remain
- Tax planning recommendations
- Tax cuts expiring
- Concentrate on what's known
Year-end tax planning appears confusing as the political climate in Congress changes and Congress remains in a stalemate over extending tax cuts scheduled to expire on December 31, 2010.
Generally, year-end tax planning involves finding ways to accelerate or defer income and/or deductions based on this and next year's potential tax liability. However, because most of the tax cuts authorized by Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA), are scheduled to expire on December 31, 2010, unless Congress acts soon, tax rates will automatically go up for all individual taxpayers, including those subject to the lowest tax rates.
While Congress may not act until next year, tax planning now must concentrate on what we know.
Since the tax cuts enacted by the EGTRRA expire at the end of this year, the income tax rates and other provisions for 2010 will be very similar to last year, except for cuts that expired at the end of 2009.


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Moody started singing gospel music at the age of six when he was placed on a chair so that he would be as tall as the rest of the "men" he filled in for his dad's quartet in singing "I'll Fly Away" in church. In 1986, he went to Iraq where he shared his music and the message of Jesus Christ to soldiers around the country.
Skillfully blending gospel music with Christian entertainment, Moody has become a favorite at concerts, county fairs, picnics and churches across the country.
"We've received cards and letters from all over the country saying, 'I've never had that much fun and cried so much,'" he says.
Over the years, Moody has recorded many songs that have become highly requested every time he arrives in town. Among those are songs like the classical "Elijah." Springing from a rich patriotic family history, songs like "If I Die Before You Wake" have stirred the hearts of our countrymen from shore to shore. "You're the Only Little Girl In My Heart" will move the hearts of parents everywhere.
All are invited to come for a time of praise and fun. Admission is free, and a love offering will be taken.


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This almost A list mostly movie actor had a great year
. He also finished in the top 10 of People's sexiest man alive. Oh, and he has three women who are all expecting babies with him right now. The guy gets around.
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I seriously can not believe some of these idiots…getting a serious STD is the only way they will learn…I don't wish that on anyone, but seriously?!ReplyCancel
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So he took the entrance ramps with top down on his convertible?ReplyCancel
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idris elba is in the top ten ..
ben affleck
denzel washington
idris elba
richard gere
bradley cooper
luke bryan
jimmy fallon
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chris pine
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Not the first time you've heard that. Won't be the last.ReplyCancel
We need People's actual list is that 2013 right they usually do that issue in November right?
I don't see a list that is only 10 names.ReplyCancel
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As you may have read recently, the Global Leadership Forum has been in progress all week and all the "big-wigs" are in town talking about . . . stuff. I don't actually know what they are talking about because I wasn't invited. But I'm pretty sure that my lunch on Tuesday was better than any silly forum 🙂
When I walked into the New Delhi Café (get it?), I was startled to see most of our tables occupied by little boys and girls . . . FROM AFRICA! A group of about ten kids, roughly eight to twelve years old, from Tanzania were all sitting down having lunch and drinking Cokes. They were bright-eyed, big smiled, beautiful kids.
As I filed in with many others for what we thought would be a normal lunch, I overheard someone say that they were all Compassion sponsored children.
"What an awesome reminder," I thought to myself. "I'm working for them, their friends, and families." Despite the fact that they were all well and healthy, I still found myself pitying them because they had to be "sponsored."
But then, all of the sudden, they stood up, gathered together, started swaying in unison . . . and started singing.
I have never heard anything like it. Besides being on perfect key, they sang in harmony with one another. I can't begin to tell you just how moving it was to listen to them to sing praises to the Lord. More powerful than their voices, though, were their hearts behind it.
As they sang and swayed, they all either had their eyes closed or their eyes wide open and hands raised to heaven. I never knew the power of a child's faith until that moment.
And yet these are not just any children.
They are from parts of the world and circumstances that, from my perspective, would hardly move me to recognize and respond to God. The beauty and conviction for me lay in the fact their faith was not based upon their homeland or family circumstance.
Their faith and reason for worship was based on the condition and circumstance of their heart. I then realized it was not them who were in need or pity, but me.
While I appear healthy, I am actually quite diseased. I have the disease of greed, materialism, and — worst of all — selfishness. Things that have manifested themselves and festered not from need but overabundance. At some point, I don't recall when, those thingsthat which were provisional blessings from the Lord stopped being blessings and became entitlements, in my mind.
As I sat listening to the kids singing "We worship you Lord, for you are good," my heart broke. They sing those words because they know His goodness and faithfulness in another way: the provision they receive is unknown day to day, but still it comes.
Their gratitude stems from hearts that do not expect what they receive; rather, they are grateful because they know they can not provide for themselves, and so in the midst of their dependence, they are humbled. But they are not ashamed.
On the other side of the world lies another mindset completely.
In stark contrast, I find myself thinking and feeling as though I deserve all that I have. And the magnitude of my gratitude is dependent on how productive I am at work or how good my service was at the restaurant of my choice.
The bigger issue is the state of our hearts (I'm taking the liberty of speaking for all us, hope you don't mind). Instead of rejoicing in our inability to provide for ourselves in the way that our souls need, we are afraid to be dependent on anyone, so we choose to be dependent on things. We are afraid to ask for help and receive assistance. In our culture, the only glory is in being self-sustaining.
Isn't it ironic that even when we are successful in this, we still feel like failures?
As the kids continued singing, I found myself wishing I was more like them. Free from the world but enslaved to Christ.


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This week's tech news has featured a wide range of subjects, including Sony's possible foray into the set-top-box world; dazzling smartwatches; and, oh yeah, there's a new iPhone. Remember when new Apple iPhones__or Apple iAnythings__used to dominate the business news once released? This week, the announcement of the faster iPhone 5S and cheaper (and more colorful) iPhone 5C left the public free to wonder about the next big smartphone evolution.
Monday, Reuters featured "Smartphones Try Fashion Makeovers to Stand Out from the Pack." "Since the first touch-screen iPhone hit the market in 2007, software features have become easier to replicate and improvements in speed, weight, display size, and resolution have become routine," write Alexei Oreskovic and Poornima Gupta. The article highlights how Apple, Motorola, Nokia, and others now are leaning on external phone makeovers to stand out.
While phones are getting more stylish, delivering those phones requires some basic concepts long known to those in the APICS world: keeping production costs down, managing inventory, and accurately forecasting demand.
"Success in the fashion game requires mastering new supply chain and manufacturing skills," Oreskovic and Gupta write.
In addition, it requires building smartphones to order. The article quotes David Simchi-Levi, a professor from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who says the make-to-order model must focus on speed. If it's done right, make-to-order can generate richer margins and provide flexibility to respond to demand.
In the end, smartphone manufacturers can't take their eyes off of innovation. They "ultimately need unique technology to maintain a long-term advantage." Setting up manufacturers for success
Consider the following definition of make-to-order (MTO) from the APICS Operations Management Body of Knowledge Framework: "In MTO environments, products are made entirely after the receipt of a customer order. The final product usually is a combination of standardized and custom items to meet the customer's specific needs. MTO environments are more prevalent when customers are prepared to wait in order to get a product with unique features__usually customized or highly engineered products."
As the Reuters story demonstrates, business success often depends on a blend of innovative ideas and core APICS body of knowledge concepts. One of the forces that drive us at APICS is to provide our community with the resources to pursue both of those meaningful, important endeavors.
In addition to its world-recognized certifications, APICS also offers the Principles of Operations Management program, which includes five foundational and customizable courses: inventory management, operations planning, manufacturing management, distribution and logistics, and managing operations. Think about how one or a combination of these courses could jump-start your company's operations management processes. For more information, visit http://www.apics.org/principles.
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Our name, bambeco, celebrates bamboo, a plant that is often cut down and removed because it can be invasive and crowd out native plants. But in its native environment, bamboo is one of the most sustainable crops available and it can be made into an amazing array of products.
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Local High School Students Enjoy a Week of Discovery at Fisher
Dozens of students from the East Rochester School District and the Rochester City School District's "Horizons" summer camp program recently spent a week on the St. John Fisher College campus for "Discover at Fisher" week, learning about a variety of career options and more. The weeklong program took place July 21-25.
"Discover at Fisher" week was hosted by Meg Bain, wife of President Bain. While this was the first time the program was spread out over a week, it was the seventh year that Mrs. Bain hosted a discovery event on campus. This year's program was made possible thanks to funding provided by the Glover-Crask Charitable Trust.
Mrs. Bain welcoming the students for the week.
Students traveled to each of the College's five schools throughout the week to participate in daily sessions that were led by Fisher faculty, Bills staff, and members of the Rochester community.
The students kicked off the week with a day in the Wegmans School of Pharmacy. While there, they worked with pharmacy faculty to learn more about careers in pharmacy and participated in a hands-on activity in the School's compounding lab. At the end of the day, they were treated as VIPS at the Buffalo Bills' Community Relations tent, where they took in the afternoon practice and enjoyed a meet and greet with several of the players.
On Tuesday, they moved on to the Wegmans School of Nursing where they learned about healthy habits and healthy eating. Joel Kraft, Executive Chef for Lackmann Culinary Services, led a session on healthy eating, while local fitness expert, Wanda Miller, worked with the students on creating healthy habits. Students also had an opportunity to work in the School's state-of-the-art Simulation Center where they learned CPR and how to take blood pressure, and worked with the interactive simulation robots, putting them in a real-life emergency room scenario. Andy Major, Buffalo Bills' Vice President, Event Operations and Guest Experience, presented "Discover Careers in Sports: Chalk Talk," where he talked about all of the career opportunities that exist with sports teams – for both minor and major leagues.
Wednesday's session brought the students to the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. School of Education where they participated in sessions about college readiness, what role math plays in a football game, and a literacy journey. All sessions were led by education faculty. In addition, Yantee Slobert, Director of Fisher's Office of Multicultural Affairs and Diversity Programs and a first generation college student, shared his story with the students and gave an overview of the diversity programs offered at the College. Students also heard from Sally Vaughan, Director of the Community Service at the College.
President Bain welcomed the students to Thursday's session which took place in the Victor E. Salerno Center for American Enterprise. "Discover Business: Financial literacy, managing money, and investments" was led by faculty in the School of Business and students learned about making good credit choices, keeping a balanced budget, and other money tips.
Students also participated in a calisthenics session lead by some of Fisher's football players and head coach, Paul Vosburgh. Orientation leaders and members of the Office of Campus Life also worked with students on team-building activities.
On the final day of the week-long program, students spent the day in the School of Arts and Sciences discovering science and technology. Faculty introduced students to the science labs where they learned about nanochemistry and held worm races. They also has an opportunity to work in the Media and Communication Department's TV studio. To close out the week, the Zoomobile paid a visit to the campus.
Students in the Buffalo Bills' Hospitality Tent.
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The 2014 "Discover at Fisher" group.
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Under the leadership of Jan Fitzsimmons, executive director of the urban education laboratory at North Central, the new curriculum will be developed through a collaboration of higher education, high-need schools, business partnerships, the Associated Colleges of Illinois (ACI) and the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA).
A grant of $140,000 awarded to North Central College by the Illinois State Board of Education will fund an in-depth summer professional development experience for 50 teachers from three regions in Illinois. Teachers design and test new lesson plans and later share their experiences through online networking. Additional expertise will come from Illinois College, McKendree University, ACI's Center for Success in High-Need Schools, IMSA and business partners that can offer input on how their employees use practical math applications and best practices in instructional delivery. The collective partnership is called the Math Learning Collaborative Network (MLCN).
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After keeping our clothes in suitcases for way too long, we took the dresser from my old room, and one from my parents. However, it wasn't enough to hold my overflowing wardrobe, so I took a trunk that I used for storage to use as a makeshift dresser. The extra bedroom is the music room and there is also a piano in the living room. (It came with the apartment.)
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Moving is the perfect opportunity to go through your things and sort out what you really want, and get rid of things you don't. Moving into a new place gives you a clean slate, so go in with few possessions and an open mind.
Look through your storage or family and friends' storage to find things they don't use anymore. Also, make a list of what you need and ask them if they have anything lying around. You'll find that they'll be happy to help (and to get rid of things).
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Last week I promised to use this week's message as an opportunity to discuss the specific amendments we are seeking to make to Illinois' NCLB Accountability Workbook. State Board staff will be traveling to Washington D.C. this week to discuss those amendments with representatives from the U.S. Department of Education.
But if I could beg your indulgence, I would like to wait until next week's message to discuss the proposed changes. At that time I will also be able to share general information regarding our visit to Washington. Instead, I would like to use this week's message as a venue for discussing yet another timely issue that affects many Illinois school districts.
As such, my missive to you today seeks to share progress on our efforts to meet the needs of English Language Learners (ELLs) by standardizing the English assessment of our Limited English Proficient students. I wanted to focus on this issue in today's message as we are about to take a major step forward in this area—one that I believe will be highly beneficial in the long run.
As you know, the No Child Left Behind Act (Title III) requires that all K-12 English Language Learners be assessed annually for English proficiency and growth, as well as academic progress (per Title I). Additionally, those assessments must be aligned to the State's academic content area standards. As a member of a ten-state consortium known as WIDA, last year Illinois adopted the new English Language Proficiency Standards, which were developed in conjunction with the other member states. These standards, developed and adopted for all classroom teachers' use, should help you develop district curriculum and improvement plans to better target and meet the needs of this student population.
We are also ready to move forward in fully implementing our new English language proficiency test, ACCESS for ELLsTM (Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State-to-State for English Language Learners). A bridge study for ACCESS is already underway. I do want to take a moment to thank the 5,000 students and their schools, test administrators, and cooperating districts for participating in the study. This bridge study (which is a required component of NCLB) compares the previous English proficiency standards with the standards designed to correlate with this English language test. A work product of the bridge study will include a conversion chart that allows ISBE to compare ACCESS scores to current State-approved English language proficiency tests.
Starting this fall, ACCESS will be the test given to all ELLs identified as Limited English Proficient, and will serve as our only state-approved English Language Proficiency test. Adoption of this test will benefit schools and districts as the cost of assessment will now be borne by the State and data quality for this important student population will be more consistent.
In July we will begin providing "Train the Trainer" sessions on ACCESS for district-level facilitators; these facilitators will then train your district's actual test administrators. All of this training must be completed in time for testing to begin this fall. It is critical that facilitators attend one of the five regional sessions below to complete their own ACCESS training:
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July 11-12
College of Lake County, Grayslake
July 13-14
Lewis University, Romeoville
July 15-16
Harper Community College, Palatine
July 18-19
Lincoln Land Community College, Springfield
July 21-22
Carterville Community College, Carterville
As applicable, please make sure that someone in your district is assigned to participate in a "Train the Trainer" session. Your program directors will also be receiving this information along with instructions for registration. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact our Division of English Language Learning at 312-814-3850.
I would also like to draw attention to one aspect of the rule changes in today's message that have been proposed in Parts 1 and 25. An earlier decision to leave certain middle-grades requirements in place will be reversed by these amendments. The requirements for a middle-grades endorsement for "reading teacher" or "library information specialist" are being changed to 24 semester hours in order to match the increased requirements instituted for those fields in last June's rulemaking.
To be sure there is sufficient notice, and to resolve any remaining confusion surrounding the implementation of the reading change, the timeline for these changes has been significantly extended. Reading teachers at all levels will now be able to qualify for that endorsement on the basis of the "old" 18-hour requirement, provided that they apply for the endorsement by June 30, 2006 (not 2005), and have completed the 18 semester hours either by that date or within one year after the issuance of a deficiency statement. As is currently the case, teachers who meet these criteria will not be affected by the increase to 24 semester hours. Please refer to Sections 1.720, 1.745, 1.755, and 25.100, and do feel free to send us any comments you may have.
Finally, a reminder that the State Board of Education meets in Springfield on Wednesday and Thursday, April 20-21.
Have a great week!
Randy Dunn
Randy Dunn
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Invitation to comment on rules
Six sets of proposed rules that were reviewed by the State Board of Education at its March meeting are now available for public comment. These items have been posted on the agency's web site at www.isbe.net/rules; choose "Proposed Rules and Amendments." Please submit any comments or suggestions you may have to email@example.com .
Part 1 (Public Schools Evaluation, Recognition and Supervision)
Two separate aspects of Part 1 are involved in the present set of amendments.
Existing Section 1.510 is being expanded to encompass nearly all of the current material in Part 275 of the rules (Pupil Transportation). A new Section 1.515 is also being added to set forth the training requirements for individuals who train school bus drivers. Insertion of this material will allow ISBE to repeal Part 275 in its entirety and include all district transportation-related requirements in one location.
All the revisions in Section 1.630 are being made for technical reasons only. Since this Section was amended last year, it has been clarified that individuals who only conduct parental involvement activities and do not perform any other paraprofessional duties are not required to be qualified as paraprofessionals; that illustration will be struck from subsection (b)(1). At the same time, we think it advisable to insert into subsection (b)(3) some additional language that conveys specific federal requirements for the work of individuals who provide instructional support (paraprofessionals). Finally, there will be new material in Part 25 setting forth requirements for educational interpreters; accordingly, subsection (e) will be incomplete without the insertion of a reference to those provisions.
Most of the changes in Sections 1.720, 1.745, and 1.755 will eliminate a discrepancy in requirements that resulted from the comprehensive changes that took effect June 1, 2004.
At the time of that rulemaking, it was our intention not to change the requirements for teachers in the departmentalized middle-grades because other work on middle-grades credentials was in progress. Therefore, the existing requirements in Section 1.720 were stated to remain in place and to apply as exceptions to the new provisions for endorsements that are found in Section 25.100 of the rules for certification. The subject-area requirement for a middle-grades endorsement involves 18 semester hours of college credit, and the requirement for reading at all grade levels was also 18 semester hours until the rules changed in June of 2004. As a result, 24 semester hours are now required for reading at the elementary and high school levels, while the number of semester hours required for a middle-grades endorsement has stayed the same. The same changes were made with respect to library information specialists, and we know that the 24-18-24 "hourglass" is leading to confusion in the field. Because the generally applicable requirements for these two fields have been increased, it seems far preferable to make the requirements for these fields uniform across all grade levels.
With this in mind, new language is being inserted into subsections (a)(4) and (5) of Section 1.720, which deal with these two fields in the middle-grades. The effect of these changes will be to institute the 24-semester-hour requirement at the middle-grades. By extending the time period during which applications for endorsements in reading based on the 18 semester hours can be accepted, we will give adequate notice of the change. The same extension will also be afforded to those at other grade levels. Like deficiency statements for endorsements in other fields, the rule is also being changed so that these endorsements will be honored for one year after their date of issue.
The new subsection (b)(4) in Section 1.720 is intended to clarify the fact that assignment based on meeting minimum requirements is also available in the middle grades.
The amendment to Section 1.737 makes clear that for teachers of Safety and Driver Education, the "minimum requirements" for the endorsement are the same as the long-standing requirements. There is no content-area test in this field, so there is no feasible way to set minimum requirements that differ from the full set of requirements for that endorsement.
Deadline for public comment: May 23, 2005.
This set of amendments addresses a number of disparate issues that have been identified within the rules and makes several technical corrections.
Accessibility of Special K-12 Certificates and Supervisory Endorsements
(Sections 25.37 and 25.497)
Section 25.37 sets forth the method by which subsequent certificates may be issued. An amendment making the special K-12 certificate available to certain teachers as a subsequent certificate via a streamlined procedure will serve to address a shortage of teachers who are able to serve as department chairs and supervise other staff. Section 21-4 of the School Code authorizes special certificates to be endorsed for supervision, but that authorization is not provided for early childhood, elementary, or secondary certificates. However, few preparation programs lead to the issuance of a special certificate in various subject areas. Consequently, many high school teachers hold secondary certificates, and high schools may lack sufficient personnel authorized to perform certain supervisory functions.
An individual who holds a secondary certificate has completed a great deal of the requirements for the special certificate in the same subject area: an approved program, the coursework required in a major field of specialization, the pre-student teaching clinical experience, and the student teaching (and, in all recent cases, the Basic Skills test and Content-Area test). We believe that the "gap" between the secondary certificate and the special certificate can adequately be filled by requiring passage of the Assessment of Professional Teaching (APT) test that is relevant to the special certificate; that test encompasses the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards, technology standards, and English language arts standards that apply to all teachers across the full range of grades.
Therefore, we believe ISBE can reasonably facilitate secondary teachers' access to supervisory endorsements by enabling them to attain K-12 certification. If a secondary teacher meets the additional requirements for supervision that are imposed by Section 21-4 of the School Code, he or she can then acquire that endorsement.
Section 25.497, which currently discusses only supervisory endorsement of the school service personnel certificate, is being revised to acknowledge the availability of this endorsement on teaching certificates as well. The relevant sections of the School Code establish the same requirement for graduate-level coursework in each case, and that requirement does not need to be restated in the rule. The rule need only establish the content that the coursework is required to address.
Requirements for Teachers in the Middle-Grades
The revision to Section 25.100(k) will eliminate a discrepancy in requirements that resulted from the comprehensive changes that took effect June 1, 2004.
At the time of that rulemaking, it was our intention not to change the requirements for teachers in the departmentalized middle-grades because other work on middle-grades credentials was in progress. Therefore, Section 25.100(k) stated that the existing requirements in Section 1.720 would remain in place and would apply as exceptions to the new provisions for endorsements. The subject-area requirement for a middle-grades endorsement involves 18 semester hours of college credit, and the requirement for reading at all grade levels was also 18 semester hours until the rules changed in June of 2004. As a result, 24 semester hours are now required for reading at the elementary and high school levels, while the number of semester hours required for a middle-grades endorsement has stayed the same. The same changes were made with respect to library information specialists, and we know that the 24-18-24 "hourglass" is leading to confusion in the field. Because the generally applicable requirements for these two fields have been increased, it seems far preferable to make the requirements for these fields uniform across all grade levels. The revision to Section 25.100(k) corresponds to other changes being made at this time in Part 1 of the rules.
Requirements for School Social Workers and School Counselors
The changes in these two Sections represent a technical correction only. Section 25.720 has recently been revised to reflect the legislative changes that affect testing for out-of-state candidates, and the internal cross-references need to be updated. This correction is also being made at this time in Sections 25.245 and 25.252, whose substantive aspects are discussed below.
Requirements for School Nurses
The current rule for school nurses requires an evaluation of the preparation of out-of-state applicants with respect to the relevant content-area standards. Rather than requiring these applicants to seek certification through Illinois-approved programs, the certification staff recommends a simpler method relying upon the existing degree and licensure requirements, the completion of an out-of-state program or certificate, and the Illinois standards-based examination. This change requires a corresponding change in Section 25.425 (Individuals Prepared in Out-of-State Institutions), which will make school nurses subject to that Section's general provisions rather than providing for an exception.
It has come to our attention that the list of entities given in the introduction to this rule omits regional offices of education. The point of the rule is to permit short-term authorization to be issued to any entity that is required to employ certified staff. So that no entity will be unintentionally left out, we have determined that the list should be replaced with a statement to that effect.
The change to this Section is a technical one, reflecting the recent proposed repeal of Part 480 and the inclusion of its remaining distinctive provisions within Part 475.
Public Act 90-200, enacted in 1997, established requirements for individuals who wish to represent themselves as interpreters for the deaf; the Act exempted educational interpreters, among others, from those requirements. Instead, the Illinois Deaf and Hard of Hearing Commission was established and required to work with ISBE to develop recommended requirements for interpreters who serve in schools.
The content of new Section 25.550 conveys the requirements that have been developed under P.A. 92-200. There are two types of interpreters: sign language interpreters and cued speech interpreters. Approval for each type will be available at the initial, standard, and master levels. Emergency approval will also be available. Although the levels are modeled on the teacher certification structure, there is no requirement that an individual progress through lower levels to reach higher ones. Each applicant can be approved to reflect the level of educational attainment and interpreting skill that he or she has demonstrated. Standard and master approval will be renewable based upon evidence of having completed specified continuing education.
Requirements for Approved Providers of Continuing Professional Development Activities
Section 25.855(c)(1) currently requires that approved providers notify the State Board of Education in advance of the first offering of any new activity in the fields for which the providers are approved. This requirement has proven cumbersome in that it results in a large volume of paperwork without any substantive value in terms of quality. Consequently agency staff recommends its deletion.
Deadline for public comment: May 23, 2005.
Part 120 (Pupil Transportation Reimbursement)
These amendments result from the comprehensive review of the agency's rules. In addition to streamlining and general technical updating, these changes include elimination of the requirement for the "Resident Pupils Transported Work Sheet" from Section 120.110.
Deadline for public comment: May 23, 2005.
Repeal of Part 275 (Pupil Transportation)
Existing Section 1.510 within the rules for Public Schools Evaluation, Recognition and Supervision is being expanded to encompass nearly all the current material in Part 275. A new Section 1.515 is also being added to set forth the training requirements for individuals who train school bus drivers. Insertion of this material will allow ISBE to repeal Part 275 in its entirety and include all district transportation-related requirements in one location.
Deadline for public comment: May 23, 2005.
Repeal of Part 1100 (Procurement by the State Board of Education)
New Part 1105 (Procurement by the State Board of Education)
This rulemaking effort results from the comprehensive review of the agency's rules. When the Procurement Code was adopted in 1998, the State Board of Education was directed by the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules to adopt administrative rules implementing the new Code. JCAR's Executive Director outlined two options for ISBE: (i) adopt rules naming the Chief Procurement Officer for the Board or naming the CMS CPO as ISBE's Chief Procurement Officer, and then cross-reference CMS rules in their entirety, or (ii) develop totally separate rules. ISBE chose to develop totally separate rules, although these rules do not differ in any substantive way from the procurement rules adopted by CMS. As a result, ISBE staff and Board time must be spent adopting amendments to ISBE's procurement rules to reflect changes in law to the Procurement Code. In addition, the General Counsel believes that the incorporation of CMS' rules is more consistent with the Procurement Code's structure and intent.
Therefore, existing Part 1100 is being repealed at this time and replaced with a new, much shorter Part that relies upon the rules of the Department of Central Management Services
Deadline for Public Comment: May 31, 2005
Release of the 2005 School District Financial Profile
At this week's Board meeting, Board members will be reviewing the 2005 School District Financial Profiles. The Profile, which gives each district a designation of Financial Recognition, Finance Review, Financial Early Warning or Financial Watch, is based on the Annual Financial Reports (AFRs) from Fiscal Year 2004.
If the Board approves the 2005 Profiles on Thursday, details will be available on our website at http://www.isbe.net/sfms/P/profile.htm on Friday, April 22. For further information, please contact Lou Ferratier or Ken Wargo at firstname.lastname@example.com or email@example.com respectively, or by calling 217-785-8779.
SCHOOLHOUSE reminder from Student Assessment
Please note that all 2004 assessment reports will be removed from the SchoolHouse web site at 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, April 30, 2005. It is necessary to remove the 2004 assessment reports before the 2005 data correction windows for grades 3 through 8 open on May 2, 2005. If your district would like to retrieve these reports from SchoolHouse, please download them prior to this date. Pearson will charge districts to retrieve the reports after that date.
If needed, follow these steps to download your 2004 assessment reports.
Go to www.ncschoolhouse.com; log in by entering the User ID and Password sent to you from Pearson; click on the REPORTS tab; from the Test drop down menu, select "Reports-Demographics Spring 2004;" select the reports you would like to save or print
(.PDF reports require Adobe Acrobat to open .CSV reports can be opened in Excel).
Please visit http://www.isbe.net/assessment/htmls/schoolhouse_data.htm for detailed descriptions of the 2005 data correction windows and activities.
Schools that have been identified as piloting the new ISBE Student Information System are advised to attend a half-day session designed to demonstrate the features of this system and provide hands-on practice for school staff who will be managing it. Each participating school district should send one or two participants. The training will be offered at four locations around the state. Registration and logistical information is included.
The next ISBE SIS Pilot Conference Call is scheduled for April 20th, 2005. The calls will take place between 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. The call-in number is 1-800-640-0097. The confirmation number is 1 1 1 9 5 0 9 3. You will be asked to give your name and school district or company.
Professional Development Needs Assessment Survey
In conjunction with our efforts to prepare an application for a federal special education grant for State Personnel Development, the Illinois State Board of Education is seeking your input on the professional development needs of school personnel and parents in the state. The grant is designed to support "projects that assist state education agencies in reforming and improving their systems for personnel preparation and professional development in early intervention, educational and transition services in order to improve results for children with disabilities." ISBE is interested in focusing the grant application on establishing a regionalized system of professional development that will ultimately help school districts better meet certain NCLB and IDEIA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act) requirements, particularly those related to student performance.
In order to prioritize the areas in which professional development will be provided, we are asking that school administrative, instructional, and related services personnel, along with parents, complete a Professional Development Needs Assessment Survey. The survey may be accessed at http://webprod1.isbe.net/SpecEdProfNeedsSurvey and will be available from April 18 through April 30, 2005. It will take approximately 10 to 15 minutes to complete. Questions about the survey may be directed to Kathryn Cox at email@example.com or 217-782-5589.
State TBE/TPI and federal Title III consolidated application workshops
The Division of English Language Learning (DELL) is offering a series of five, free workshops to facilitate submission of the State Transitional Bilingual Education (TBE)/ Transitional Program of Instruction (TPI) and Federal Title III Consolidated Application for FY06. Please be aware that there are several changes to the FY06 electronic document.
The five workshops include three in the Chicago area, one in Springfield and one in Carterville. All registrations must be made through the Illinois Resource Center and mailed in to the Center. DO NOT FAX OR SEND REGISTRATIONS TO ISBE. To download information and the registration form please go to http://www.thecenterweb.org/irc/pdf/consol-wksp.pdf.
For questions about the workshops or the application please call DELL at 312-814-3850.
The sessions are scheduled as follows:
Palatine - Thursday, April 28, 2005; 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Location: Harper College, Wojcik Conference Center Auditorium
1200 W. Algonquin Road, Palatine, Illinois 60067, 847-348-5100
Maps: http://www.harpercollege.edu/contact/index.shtml
Springfield - Friday, April 29, 2005; 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Location: Lincoln Land Community College, Workforce Development Resource Ctr., Classrooms 2-3 5250 Sheppard Road, Springfield, Illinois 62794, 217-786-2200
Maps: http://www.llcc.cc.il.us/masterplan/
Elgin - Tuesday, May 3, 2005; 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Location: Elgin Community College, Segal Auditorium
1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin, Illinois 60123, 847-697-1000
Maps: http://www.elgin.edu/facilitiesindex.asp
Lake County - Wednesday, May 4, 2005; 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Location: College of Lake County, High Schools Technology Campus facility
19351 W. Washington, Grayslake, Illinois 60030, 847-543-2430
Directions: http://www.clcillinois.edu/maps/direct.asp#Grayslake
Maps: http://www.clcillinois.edu/maps/pdf/graycamp.pdf
Carterville - Thursday, May 5, 2005; 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
John A. Logan Community College, Workforce Development Building, Room H127
700 Logan College Road, Carterville, Illinois 618-985-2828
Maps: http://www.jalc.edu/Online_Student_Handbook/Maps/
Illinois Learn and Serve America grants awarded
Forty-five Illinois school districts and regional programs have been awarded K-12 School-Based Learn and Serve America (LSA) two-year grants to support incorporation of service-learning into their local schools and regional special education, vocational education, and alternative education programs.
The State Board's Learn and Serve America program is designed to enhance student academic learning, social-emotional development, civic responsibility and leadership, and student volunteer service to their communities by encouraging the use of service-learning as a teaching methodology in all Illinois K-12 elementary and secondary schools. This approach combines meaningful student service to the community with inquiry-based learning, aligned with Illinois academic and social-emotional learning standards.
The recipients of the grants include: Chicago Public Schools 299, Elgin U-46, Sangamon County ROE 51, Community Unit School District 300, Thornton 205, South Cook ISC 4, Berwyn South 100, Newark 18, Sesser-Valier 196, South Holland 150, Knox County ROE 33, West 40 ICS 2, Charleston 1, Iroquois-Kankakee County ROE 32, Park Forest-Chicago Heights 163, North Suburban Special Education District, Waukegan 60, Homewood 153, Oak Grove 68, Sterling 5, Community High School District 94, West Northfield 31, Adams/Pike ROE 1, Cornell 426, Alden-Hebron 19, Rural Champaign County Special Education, Wabash 348, South Holland 151, Lewistown 97, Atwood-Hammond 39, Special Education District of Lake County, Sparta 140, Norris City-Omaha-Enfield 3, Carmi-White Country 5, Jersey 100, Tazewell County ROE 53, Iroquois West 10, Mannheim 83, Plainfield 202, Vermillion Vocational Education Delivery System, Des Plaines 62, DeKalb County ROE 16, North Shore 112, New Trier 203, and Bushnell-Prairie 170.
The grants are provided through funding from the federal Corporation for National and Community Service, under Title B of the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993 (P.L. 103-82). Illinois' appropriation for 2005 is approximately $800,000.
Video tool kit for Refugee and Bilingual Program students
Two videos that premiered last fall at the "Challenges and Opportunities in Educating Refugee Children Conference" are now available as part of a video tool kit. The videos, "Welcoming New Learners: A Professional Development Tool" and "In Our Country: Educating Newcomers in American Schools," were developed by the Illinois Refugee Children School Impact Grant (RCSIG) program (comprised of the Illinois State Board of Education, the Illinois Department of Human Services and the Chicago Public Schools). The productions are based upon conversations with newcomer refugee children and parents, refugees who have been in the United States for some time, and their teachers (including some teachers who themselves had been refugees).
These videos generated a very positive response from conference participants representing educators and refugee social service agency staff from Illinois and 16 other states. Both videos are part of a tool kit that includes:
While created for use with refugee students and their parents, these videos also have value in assisting non-refugee immigrants to understand life in American schools. The professional development video provides valuable background about the lives of newcomers and relates life experiences to pedagogic concepts of educational and social integration of new students into school life.
For further information about the Illinois RCSIG Video Tool Kit, please contact Sherry Johnson, RCSIG coordinator for the Illinois State Board of Education, at 312-814-3850 or firstname.lastname@example.com . The videos and study guide are also available at. http://www.isbe.net/bilingual/htmls/refugee_services.htm.
"Compendium of Measures to Prevent Disease Associated with Animals in Public Settings"
Schools frequently offer opportunities for students and staff to learn more about animals that involve contact with those animals (e.g., field trips to petting zoos or farms, animal exhibits that visit schools, and animals housed in schools). A recent outbreak of an intestinal, bacterial infection due to Escherichia coli O157:H7 is probably linked to petting zoos in Florida. This outbreak illustrates one of the risks associated with public contact with animals.
In an effort to reduce such risks, the National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians, Inc. (NASPHV) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have issued the annual "Compendium of Measures To Prevent Disease Associated with Animals in Public Settings" for 2005; that document is attached.
The Compendium considers the various human health risks associated with contact with animals. Risks include intestinal disease infections, injuries, and exposure to rabies and other infections (including those caused by bacterial, viral, fungal and parasitic agents). The report outlines recommendations for managing public and animal contact, and guidelines for visiting animals and bringing animals into the school building. It also contains recommendations for animal care and management. The single most important disease prevention recommendation from the report is simply to wash hands after exposure to animals.
Schools are encouraged to review the information in the report and use the guidelines to minimize risks due to animal contact. IDPH understands the benefits of human-animal contact and hopes this information will be useful in continuing to provide these opportunities to students while minimizing any heath risks involved.
This week's clips may be accessed at http://www.isbe.net/news/2005/newsclips/050415.htm.


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Information for Families, Individuals, and Caregivers
This section has links to different types of emergency planning information, whether you are planning for your family, for yourself, or those you care for. Take some time to explore this information and print it to use for your family's emergency planning.
What will I find in the Information for Families, Individuals, and Caregivers section?
This section has fact sheets on different kinds of emergencies and tells you how to make a disaster plan for your family.There are information and resources for parents and caregivers and even some coloring and activity books to help kids learn how to prepare for emergencies.


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Summer Reading!
Hello everyone,
As it is the middle of summer and most of us have a bit more free time, I have a few interesting suggestions that you might like to read. Each was recommended to me by friends at Haverford House which is another project sponsored by Haverford's Center for Peace and Global Citizenship (the same that helped me design this internship). Basically, six recent Haverford graduates are selected to live together in Philadelphia and are partnered with non-profit organizations devoted to various social causes where they work four days a week. On the fifth day, they design their own project to relate their work to Haverford and the greater community. If you get the chance, you should read their blog, which is both captivating and illuminating. (blogs.haverford.edu/haverfordhouse/)
Knowing that I am passionate about raw milk and its rejuvenative properties, Joe Anderson first suggested this article from Harper's Magazine (www.harpers.org/archive/2008/04/0081992). It tells the story of a Canadian Farmer who sold raw milk illegally to eager consumers, got caught, and fought back in court hoping to end the raw milk ban. It does a great job of addressing the various arguments for and against the unpasteurized product and like many of Harper's articles, is a fun read.
The next two suggestions came from Mary Welsh, a close friend who will be working on the Witnesses for Hunger project next year. Interested in the juxtaposition of the United States' cracked agricultural system and its effect on urban nutrition, she will be designing a curriculum of readings meant to empower single mothers in "food insecure" households, essentially homes where hunger is an everyday reality.
Mary's first suggestion, "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" by Barbara Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, and Camille Kingsolver, is the true story of a family that decided to live for an entire year consuming food produced solely within a one hour driving radius. The book recounts both the joys and difficulties of living locally and is hard to put down. In addition to the main narrative, Steven Hopp (Kingsolver's husband) adds short essays on the problems of the American food system, and Camille Kingsolver (their daughter) provides recipes and short stories. Overall, it is an enjoyable summer read because it introduces the reader to some of America's issues while maintaining interest with a great stroy.
Mary's second suggestion is a New York Times article that examines how the bulk of European farm subsidies have been devoted to rural developement instead of going to the farmer's themselves. (www.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/business/global/17farms.html?_r=1&ref=business) The article, like many of Alain Blancart's insights on French subsidies, underscores how the subsidy systems in the United States and Europe have grown to the point that they no longer accomplish their original goal of helping the farmers but instead, aid larger, industrial firms.
Whether or not you have the time to take a look at the readings, I strongly suggest that you visit the Haverford House blog. All six individuals are working on fascinating projects and going out of their way to let us read (and see with photos) what they are doing.
Otherwise, life continues to go well here at the Moulin Ruel. More to come later this week on the progress in the garden and on the chevrarie.
Thank you to Mary and Joe,


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Early Childhood Education
Kathy Barclay
Dr. Barclay is a Professor of Reading and former department chair of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Western Illinois University where she has taught for over twenty years. She is author of ISBE's Meeting the Challenge: Professional Development in Reading series, and co-co-authored the Illinois Reading First Professional Development Modules for grades K-3. During her tenure at WIU, Dr. Barclay has authored over seventy-five professional publications, including four textbooks. She currently serves as the Editor for the Illinois Reading Council Journal.
Language Literacy and Play
Kathy H. Barclay, Ed.D.
Professor, Dept. of Curriculum & Instruction,
Horrabin Hall, 56
1 University Circle
Western Illinois University
Macomb, IL 61455


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Samplings of recent calls made to Portales law enforcement, according to police reports:
- At 10:51 a.m., an officer responded to North Chicago Avenue in reference to a commercial burglary. The officer made contact with a man, who told him between the hours of 6 p.m. the previous night and 10 a.m. that morning, someone broke out a plywood panel of the bottom corner of the west facing garage door and gained entry, taking a plastic jar containing approximately $40 in change.
The officer was unable to dust for fingerprints and there were no shoe imprints. The officer did locate a black baseball hat four feet west of the entry point. The man said the cap was not there when he closed the business the night before. The hat was logged into evidence.
The case is inactive.
- At 12:13 a.m., an officer responded to North Abilene in reference to a domestic disturbance. A woman told the officer a female relative came to her house and asked her to watch her child while the relative went somewhere with a man.
The woman said she heard a loud crash and looked outside to see two vehicles had hit each other. She saw the man hit her relative as they began walking down the street and the woman kept screaming for him to stop hitting her.
The officer drove in the direction the man and woman had gone and found two women and a man arguing outside a residence on North Main Street.
The man, who the officer recognized as being wanted ran into the house and locked the door. The officer could hear scuffling and a woman screaming as if a fight was going on inside. The officer gained entry and saw two men wrestling on a bed as the man who had run inside tried to hide beneath the bed. The man who had run was taken into custody.
The woman who had left her relative's house with the man said nothing had happened between her and the man and she did not want to press charges.
The relative the officer had spoken to previously told the officer she did not actually see the man hitting the woman; she just heard the woman scream for him to stop hitting her.
— Compiled by PNT staff writer Alisa Boswell


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Guest Speaker Jim Hahn
Wed, 6 Feb 2013 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
4-5:30 p.m.
Room 302, Taylor Hall
Jim Hahn, an economist and specialist in health care financing in the Domestic Social Policy Division at the Congressional Research Service, presents "Red Faces and Blue Faces: Policy and Politics under Divided Government." As an expert resource on health economics and health policy, Hahn helps to ensure that Congress makes informed decisions on legislative matters regarding health and health care.
Hahn works with members of Congress and with Congressional staff to analyze policy options and helps to draft legislation to address health policy issues. Hahn also served as senior health policy analyst to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (the "Super Committee") in the fall of 2011, where he advised and assisted the committee on health policy issues.
Sponsored by the JMU Honors Program and the Department of Political Science; free.


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First Friday: Eco-Buddhism and Mindfulness: Building a Climate Justice MovementFriday, December 6thMain Reading Room - 7pmWine reception at 6:30pm for pre-registered guests.
For adults and high school students only. No one younger will be admitted.
*Registration will be open on November 15th, and is strongly recommended.
For climate change to become a national priority, a stronger connection must be made between global warming and people's daily lives. Dr. Akom, green economy/climate change expert and award-winning educator, will discuss how social justice influences environmental issues and how we can achieve a sustainable, socially just, and spiritually fulfilling world.
Click here to register.
Call (415) 389-4292 x3 for more details.
This event is free and open to the public.
What are First Fridays?Debuting in January 2011 in celebration of the Library's centennial year, the ongoing "First Fridays" series presents different narratives, ideas and presentations that an audience might otherwise not consider or experience. First Fridays are for adults and high school students.
The Venue:The Library's Main Reading Room is transformed into a beautiful venue for First Friday events. Built in 1966, the Library is nestled among the redwoods in an award-winning building and reflects the diverse intellectual interests of the community.
The Experience: Programs typically last 90 minutes (includes Q&A). First Fridays feature a wine reception before and after our program. Patrons enjoy the intimate atmosphere and ability to meet our presenters. Attendance ranges between 115 and 260 people per event.
Thank you to the Mill Valley Library Foundation and the Friends for their generous support of Library programs and services. Click here to support Library events.
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Music & Cultural History Option
The Music and Cultural History Option provides students with an opportunity to deepen their knowledge about musics connection to the field of cultural history. The option is designed both for Music majors interested in contextualizing their studies in history and theory and for non-Music students seeking to enhance their musical appreciation and understanding.
Music majors shall be permitted to apply MU121 and MU274 toward completion of this option; music majors may not count any other MU courses towards completion of this option.
Senate/Editorial Changes
Senate Addition May 28, 2013: New Option; effective September 1, 2013.
Academic & Related Dates 2013/2014
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OK I need ideas ladies.
I get up 2-3 times a night to breastfeed and I've learned to do it lying down so it helps a lot with how tired I am in the day.
But how do you manage to have your little one burp without waking him up before putting him back to bed?
After his drink, baby is all sleepy and I could put him right back to his crib without a problem, but when I try to burp him he gets all fussy and it takes SO much time for the burp to come out (walking around, patting his back, etc for 15-20 minutes sometimes) that I'm exausted the next day.
If I don't have him burp at all, he wakes up much too early for his next meal and is so bloated and cranky and it's even worst for us both then.
Any tips?


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The Oven Mitt Edition
As in: Approaches the hot stove with extreme care.
Rumors are fun and all, but I just can't get that excited until we've actually got some deals in place. Word is we aren't as close to signing Glavine as it seemed, which is a shame.
But until we've got some actual news to gab about, I can't help but post these adorable pics of our boys David Wright, Jose Reyes, and John Maine (who looks mighty handsome in his spiffy suit!) meeting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe–and giving him a prized Mets jersey!
After this meeting, David knocked out a 2-run homer…as we can see, with facial hair intact. So that's one check for scruff.
Check out the full story, with some great quotes, here. (Thanks to Hot Foot for the heads-up.)
Also, in blog "heard it from who heard it from" news, make sure to click Hot Foot's link to some hilarious (and in some cases, very politically incorrect, be forewarned) photoshopped Jose pics.
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Hey Zoe…
Not great quotes from Pedro today! Hopefully Omar can find us an ace this winter!
~ Eddie @ Willie Ball
Hey do you have a youtube or afile from the show today?
Couldn't go see it😦
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Dear members,
Thank you, NarutoBase Staff
I bought that episode in a boxset recently. (:
roy is a bamf i wish that woman would have let him finish the job all bamf buuuuuuut no
Mustang is damn epic!
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No, actually, it kinda balances things out, useless on rainy days, überpower alchemist any other day!
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