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Your membership has been cancelled." Also 2-day shipping doesn't show up on the right and I don't have the "prime" logo anymore.
Worked for me on 5/27/11
If you CALL Amazon to CANCEL, YOU CANNOT RE-SIGN UP using the same e-mail.
For Alumni emails simply capitalize your email so that "alum" is not included: firstname.lastname@example.com => email@example.com
australia emails don't work
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Don't try to click on the confirmation link using a Blackberry device. You will get a message from Amazon saying the confirmation link was not valid if click on the link through your Blackberry
I used google chrome as I don't have IE installed
FYI - I have an Amazon Prime account through my daughter who is a college student. She cancelled her account then signed up again. It automatically extended my Prime account until 2/28/2012 also
you will not received the e-mail confirmation until your previous entered personal information matching with your current entered personal information. It happend to me just now. I hope this would help.
Gonzo380 - Anyone that was previously an Amazon Student Prime member that cancelled but could not re-register for it, try finding your original email when you first signed up for it in your .edu account and click on the verification link. Worked for me.
In a follow-up to Gonzo380's suggestion, I didn't even wait for Amazon to send a new confirmation link. After submitting my .edu email address, I immediately used the confirmation link from the time I signed up previously. Worked perfectly. - Gizmotoy
If you accidentally cancelled and could not re-register for it and you do not have your original confirmation email. You can submit a request directly to amazon and they will re-enable your prime account starting from today for an additional year! - dsp9753
If you're using rockmelt and use autofill to fill in your e-mail address and state, don't use autofill - put in your e-mail address and state manually. Otherwise the list of schools doesn't pop up and an error occurs. -adidabiking
*If you use the alumni.school.edu and don't receive the email instantly, just click on the link requesting another copy and it will be sent over "IMMEDIATELY", then click on link and you are gooood - llfe
-- Works fine in Chrome, browsers aren't the issue anymore. Canceled membership, logged into australia.edu, used old email link, signed me back up right away. 2012 exp.
I had to cancel old student membership and sign up for a NEW account using different caps on the .edu e-mail address... if you only cancel your student membership and reapply without signing up for a NEW Amazon account your PRIME membership does NOT renew, only student membership does. Your Amazon Prime Membership Membership dates: March 5, 2011 - March 5, 2012
(Gigahertz21) - I can confirm the above, if you cancel your current membership and try to extend Amazon student prime for another year using the SAME Amazon account, it will not work. The only way to try and get another free year of Amazon prime on the SAME Amazon account is to talk to a CS Rep. using the right language and they might do it. Go to page 116 of this thread and read the replies for some info on how to do it. If you don't want to bother talking/lying to a CS Rep. then just create a new Amazon account and then it's trouble free.
6/12/11: also confirm still working (same .edu/same account) - jeremym
7/4/11: worked for me to sign up new. yay for lifetime email forwarding from my undergrad and grad school.
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Megan Gaitan, a previous A.C. Jones High graduate, jumped at the chance. And what was better is that she had the educational backing of the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio where she is working simultaneously to obtain her bachelor's and master's degrees in communication.
"I grew as a person," she said. " I realized there is more out there in the world. It was a great experience."
Beyond that, there are many stories to be told.
During the week, she would attend classes at John Cabot University, but on weekends she would spend her time touring the countries with other college students.
On those weekends, she made the memories that now fill her Facebook page.
Some are funny now—like being on the wrong train in Germany and discovering that the temper of that nationality is not just a stereotype.
"He was yelling at us in German," she said, adding that she still doesn't know what he said, other than they didn't have the ticket they needed.
Which brings up the other point—not everyone speaks English, which for this communication major made conversing considerably more difficult.
Fortunately, the Italians say more with the hands than their mouths.
"I didn't really know that much Italian, but I learned to read their hand gestures and body language," she said.
Well, she did learn a few phrases, including the one she used most frequently—"non parlo italiano."
Following her major, she was interested in both verbal and nonverbal customs across the ocean. The most interesting, albeit a stereotype, was the kiss on the cheek.
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She saw the traditional Eiffel Tower, the city of Florence and Interlaken in Switzerland.
Photos show her at an Easter Mass being given by the Pope in Vatican City. Indeed, she was only a few rows back from the front.
Other photos show her smiling as she looks out at the coastal town of Nice, pronounced "niece," in France.
There was the leather worker who made her a pair of shoes. He was the same one who made shoes for Jackie Onassis.
And that's not to overlook the vast culinary experiences that so many of the countries can provide.
"Everywhere I went had a unique feel to it," she said.
While she talks fondly of the run for buses and trains and the sights and sounds of the London and France, it was her tours of the small towns that put a sparkle in her eyes.
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Massage therapy means many things to many people. In fact, a recently published scholarly article identifies more than 80 different styles of massage, many of which have been developed in the past 30 years! But to start, let's simply define massage as the manual manipulation of soft body tissues (muscle, connective tissue, tendons, and ligaments) to enhance health and wellbeing [7].
This definition excludes some kinds of bodywork, such as craniosacral therapy [8], Traeger, and Feldenkrais. While they are sometimes called "massage," they don't use manipulation of soft tissue as the main therapy. This definition also excludes therapies that are primarily energy work, such as Healing Touch [3], Reiki [4], acupressure, and reflexology [5].
Massage is often used for specific reasons, such as relief from pain, stress reduction [9], or enhancement of athletic performance. But whether there is a specific goal or not, massage therapy tends to increase the general health and wellbeing of the recipient.
As the profession of massage therapy has grown, and more people are investing time and money in feeling better, many new terms are being used to market massage. As a result, it can be hard to understand just what is being offered.
To try to reduce the confusion, we have created two tables that explain various terms. The first table lists commercial names that are often associated with relaxation styles of massage; the second lists names associated with clinical styles. (A style of massage uses a set of specific techniques for a specific outcome. In a typical massage session, a therapist often uses more than one style to address different health goals.)
Relaxation styles of massage offer gentle techniques. The goal, or intention, of relaxation massage is to reduce stress [9], promote overall wellness, relax muscles, diminish pain, and move body fluids (such as blood) to nourish cells and help remove waste products.
Specific goals for relaxation massage include:
(If you want to see videos of specific techniques, go to What Can I Expect in a First Visit? [10] and scroll down to "Some typical techniques.")
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Clinical styles of massage differ from relaxation because they focus on therapeutic goals (for example releasing muscle spasms or strengthening or stretching specific muscles affected by an injury). They use more specific manipulation of the muscle and/or surrounding connective tissue and may address other systems in the body such as the lymphatic, circulatory, and nervous systems.
Specific goals for clinical massage include:
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December 18, 1988 - January 7, 1989: "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" by Poison
January 8-14, 1989: "My Prerogative" by Bobby Brown
January 15-28, 1989: "Two Hearts" by Phil Collins
January 29-February 4, 1989: "When I'm with You" by Sheriff
February 5-25, 1989: "Straight Up" by Paula Abdul
February 26-March 18, 1989: "Lost in Your Eyes" by Debbie Gibson
March 19-25, 1989: "The Living Years" by Mike + The Mechanics
March 26-April 1, 1989: "Eternal Flame" by The Bangles
April 2-8, 1989: "The Look" by Roxette
April 9-15, 1989: "She Drives Me Crazy" by Fine Young Cannibals
April 16-May 6, 1989: "Like a Prayer" by Madonna
May 7-13, 1989: "I'll Be There for You" by Bon Jovi
May 14-27, 1989: "Forever Your Girl" by Paula Abdul
May 28-June 3, 1989: "Rock On" by Michael Damian
June 4-10, 1989: "Wind Beneath My Wings" by Bette Midler
June 11-17, 1989: "I'll Be Loving You (Forever)" by New Kids on the Block
June 18-24, 1989: "Satisfied" by Richard Marx
June 25-July 1, 1989: "Baby Don't Forget My Number" by Milli Vanilli
July 2-8, 1989: "Good Thing" by Fine Young Cannibals
July 9-15, 1989: "If You Don't Know Me By Now" by Simply Red
July 16-29, 1989: "Toy Soldiers" by Martika
July 30-August 5, 1989: "Batdance" by Prince
August 6-26, 1989: "Right Here Waiting" by Richard Marx
August 27-September 2, 1989: "Cold Hearted" by Paula Abdul
September 3-9, 1989: "Hangin' Tough" by New Kids on the Block
September 10-16, 1989: "Don't Wanna Lose You" by Gloria Estefan
September 17-30, 1989: "Girl I'm Gonna Miss You" by Milli Vanilli
October 1-28, 1989: "Miss You Much" by Janet Jackson
October 29-November 4, 1989: "Listen to Your Heart" by Roxette
November 5-18, 1989: "When I See You Smile" by Bad English
November 19-December 2, 1989: "Blame It on the Rain" by Milli Vanilli
December 3-16, 1989: "We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel
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Quarterback Keeper Overviews (Updated: 2/18/09)
In years past, we would produce these massive keeper overviews, yet I don't think people even noticed them or if our work (probably 200 hours worth of it) was truly worth it, especially since our regular player previews for the upcoming season, to be released this year in late May, contained much of the same information and analysis. By the time things got busy in June, July, and August, we're unable to update these massive overviews, anyway, so I'm trying to streamline things a little.
This year, I'm going to try to approach the off-season keeper coverage in this blog, and I'm going to approach it differently. For one, I'm going to approach each position similar to how I approach the Draft Plan, going over the various tiers of players and cover how I view them for the long-term. In addition, I'll chime in here at least once a week with a keeper thought or two, typically covering a player who is in the news currently. So instead of us spending time writing about Drew Brees and how he's a desirable keeper, which is beyond the obvious, we'll have more time to discuss the merits of, say, Kellen […]


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Canterbury Heritage Museum
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Displays at the Canterbury Heritage Museum includes Anglo-Saxon treasures, Oliver Postgate's Thomas Becket story, the Tudors, Joseph Conrad's study, the Blitz gallery, Stephenson's original Invicta railway engine, Rupert Bear and the real Bagpuss.
Around Canterbury Heritage Museum there are over 30 exciting hands-on activities for families - you can write your name in Viking runes, sniff medieval poo, investigate finds like an archaeologist, try on Elizabethan costume and listen to wartime memories.
Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin created their much loved children's programme just outside Canterbury. See the real Bagpuss in Emily's shop window, original Clangers, Ivor the Engine and Noggin the Nog. And discover some Bagpuss secrets!
Rupert Bear was created by Canterbury-born Mary Tourtel. Discover his fascinating story, join in his adventures, see inside his house, and enjoy lots of fun activities including a giant snakes and ladders game.
Built in 1373, the museum was originally a medieval hospital for poor, sick and retired priests. Explore this magnificent timber-framed building to discover fascinating stories of former uses from medieval hospital, to workhouse and World War Two ambulance station, and marvel at its magnificent crown post roofs blackened by centuries of smoke.
Spend some time relaxing or picnicking in the medieval herb garden.
Free Digiguide Tour - see and listen to animated stories about famous Canterbury characters, key artefacts and aspects of the building's history on the museums hand-help computer guide. A highlights tour in English, French, German and Japanese.
Party size
Group rates apply to 10 or more. Large groups may have to be split into smaller parties to ease congestion around the museum.
Duration of visit
Allow plenty of time to enjoy your visit: 1.5 hours for the Canterbury Heritage Museum. Allow 20 minutes from the coach park - also add in some extra time for delays, which may occur on your journey.
Planning a visit
Teachers and group organisers are welcome to make a preliminary visit free of charge and to discuss with staff the practical arrangements for a group visit, and how to link to other attractions.
Booking service
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Entrance through Stour Street, which is 5 minutes walk from the City Centre. 10 minutes walk from Canterbury West or 15 minutes walk from Canterbury East train station. 10 minutes from the City's Park and Ride terminal and bus station.
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Jimmy Rollins
Career w/Phillies: .277 AVG / 125 HR / 544 RBI / 295 SB
No player has personified the fighting city of Philadelphia quite like Jimmy Rollins. The scrappy but wildly athletic Oakland, Calif., kid came to Philly after being selected in the second round of the 1996 amateur draft. He played sparingly in 2000, but became a full-fledged regular during the 2001 season. Instantly he found himself thrown into a Wild Card race, and though the Phils didn't win, Rollins quickly learned he was coming into an organization on the turn forward. Hitting .274 with an NL-best 46 stolen bases, Rollins finished third in Rookie of the Year voting to two fellow living legends: Roy Oswalt and Albert Pujols. Rollins suffered a sophomore slump in 2002 but improved in '03 despite lower homer and stolen base numbers. He finally came into his own in 2004, starting a string of strong seasons that was capped by an otherworldly 2007: 30 HR, 94 RBI, .296 AVG, 139 R, 38 2B, 20 3B, 41 SB. The main reason for the Phils first division crown in 14 years, Rollins had his best Phillie moment on clinching day — a triple that sealed a monumental 20-20-20-20 MVP campaign. Despite an injury Rollins turned in another strong season in 2008, stealing a career-best 47 bases. A four-time triples leader, a three-time All-Star, a two-time Gold Glover and a one-time MVP, Rollins is one of the great leaders in Phillies history, and a downright tremendous player.
Comment: One of the toughest battles in ranking the Phillies was between Rollins and No. 20, Johnny Callison. I ultimately went with Rollins because of the accomplishments at a defense-first position, the MVP and the leadership of a world championship team. It was very, very close. A few more strong seasons and Rollins is a top 10 player, and maybe a Hall of Fame consideration.
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I'm in my forties, so I've been watching the Phillies for over three decades and can appreciate the team's long history, and I know that many players on the current squad are far from completing their careers.
Still, I find it surprising that, for a franchise that has won the World Series only twice, no members of the second championship team are included in the list of top ten Phillies of all time.
I hear ya, Good Night Joe Carter.
Jimmy's the untitled captain of the second championship team, providing nothing derails his career as a Phillie, he'll retire up there rubbing shoulders with Schdmity and Carlton on future lists.
j-roll. the heart and soul of this phillies team. one of the best leaders in baseball. if he played for the yankees, he'd be one of the biggest stars in all of sports
Well there goes my top ten…..
i had him at #9 i think lol
All the accolades mentioned in the write-up are quite true. However, of the current Phillies, he doesn't have the marquee star power of an Utley, a Howard, or even a Hammels. He is definitely not top 10 and he probably never will be if the pitchers learn how to more carefully intimidate him at the plate. How does Rollins compare to a world class MVP shortstop like Ernie Banks (1958 & 1959 NL MVP)?
Glad I didn't enter the top 10 contest cuz I would have had rollins as like 7 or 8ish… He is personally one of my favorites and I would have ranked him much higher (but I am only in my teens) so I don't know many of the older Phils before like 2000 except like schmidt, carlton, etc. The big names.
Rollins will climb the list as he gains more stats and successes. He definitely deserves to be ahead of Johnny Callison (no disrespect for Callison intended). Jimmy will be known for his leadership and the fact he is a run-producing machine who has power and speed and a golden glove and rifle arm. Plus the media and fans love him.
great player at a bargain price.
I disagree with this. Jimmy Rollins should be in the top 10. He's among the top 5 in a ton of statistical categories and shouldn't be penalized because he still has a long way to go yet….
I beg to differ on the star power comment that James Kay said, Rollins is the face of the team, and when people mention the Phillies they always mention Rollins, hes the leader, best overall player IMO, when he hits, the phillies win, simple as that
Maybe in the Philly market Rollins and the Phillies are usually mentioned in the same breath. But in the enemy markets he is viewed as a criminal uneducated housing project home boy (albeit an athletically talented one) who is viewed as a secondary threat after Utley, Howard, & Hammels. As an example, the Mets announcers routinely diss Rollins in favor of Reyes. My comment was directed at National not only local exposure.
criminal uneducated housing project home boy? are you serious?
if that wasn't the most racist thing ive heard in awhile, i dont know what is, have you been watching the WBC? Sutcliffe is all over his cock, because he is an absolute beast
James , you are crazy man. Rollins is definitely the face of the team. He's on ESPN constantly. and i've never heard a peep about him being a criminal type.
and need i remind you, that jimmy rollins already has won and MVP award. you spoke as if he hadn't.
How does someone viewed as a secondary threat win the NL MVP? He is undoubtedly the catalyst of the phils.
Criminal?!? Post about a team you actually know something about and stop wasting your time
How can people say that Jroll is a top 10 Philly ever? I mean no disrepect to him, love the player, but he isn't as good as Schmidty, Ashburn, Carlton, G. Alexander, Bunning, Delahanty, Cy Williams, Klein, and Roberts.
I don't think Utley is a top 10 yet, but he is ahead of Jroll, and the same goes for Schilling. It will be interesting to see where Abreu ends up, I am thinking 12th-ish. He has VERY impressive all around numbers that few players can compare with.
Those 9 above are top 10 locks. Have to be because all are or close to HOFers. #10 will be intersting.
Sam Thompson and Billy Hamilton are HOFers as well.
I'll never forget his triple in 07 on the last day. I would love to see Rollins named the captain of the Phillies for the 09 season. When was the last time the phillies had a captain?
What would be the function of a captain in today's clubhouses full of independent millionaire stars? A tuned in manager & coaching staff should be all that is necessary.
Hey James, This is how Rollins compares to Ernie Banks of 58 and 59
Banks and Cubs 0 championships
Rollins and Phillies 1 Championship
Griffin – Forgot about Hamilton, good catch, I think I had him in my top 10. Didn't know about Thompson.
So there you go. Throw in Schilling and that's your top 12.
Sure, I like Rollins–now. But doesn't anyone remember the original Rollins? The Rollins who wanted to be Rickey Henderson but didn't have the talent? The Rollins who wanted to hit home runs? The Rollins who refused to put the ball on the ground more to raise his pathetic OBP because "that's not my game"? Rollins' OBP (.333 career, an almost ok .349 in '08) is terrible for a leadoff man, but God forbid hurting his self-esteem by moving him down in the order.
Yes, he's improved somewhat, but the most important part of the improvement is in deciding to become the team leader and (relatively) elder statesman. His public predictions and "team to beat" statements have been invaluable in holding his teammates' feet to the fire and bringing the team together.
I'm glad he's come around, I'm happy to have him as the team leader. No doubt a couple more good seasons will move him further up the list, but Hall of Fame, I don't think so.
I'd like some of what this James guy is smoking!!!!
I am perfectly straight. I don't even drink alcohol. I am merely energized with opinions (sometimes abstract) about the top 20 countdown.
Way too low for Rollins. I had him around #10.
The best SS in franchise history with an MVP, multiple Gold Gloves and All-Star appearances, and the leader of a WS championship team (with good lifetime stats that give him a good chance at being in the HOF if he stays healthy) deserves much higher.
T-Mac: I just don't see how you can compare Jroll to some HOF short-stops. He won't eclipse 3,000 hits and his career AVG and OBP won't get any better.
He does have alot of steals and is a top Defensive short stop. Jeter was/is a better hitter and will get to 3,000 hits. Nomar in his prime was better than Jroll, though Jroll has had a better career because he has stayed healthy. I just don't think you can throw a HOF tag on a plyer like JRoll so casually becasue it's really hard to get in unless you were the best at your position defensively or offensively. And Jroll is kind of in between.
It helps he's a leader and maybe if the Phills win several more pennants he might get recognition, but he isn't Ozzie Smith and he isn't Yount, so he would have to end up like a Pee Wee Reese to have a shot and I just don't see that happening.
rollins is on pace for 700 steals 3000 hits and 300 homers from short stop. if he reaches the 3k hit plateu he will be in the hof for sure
hey albert, the last time the phillies had a team captain was probably Dutch Daulton. who basically was the real manager of the 93 team. a shame he's bat$#!t crazy now
Phil- He would have to get at the very least 154 hits over the next 10 years. I doubt that he is going to last that long. Even if he lasted 8 seasons and avg. 192 hits he'd still come up short of 3,000.
He'll end up with 700 steals, but there's 2-3 guys behind him that will pass him in no time so he ain't ending up in the top 10, I doubt even the top 15. And all these steals don't clinch HOF status at all. Coleman and Raines are #5 and #6 respectively and neither are or will be in the HOF.
His best shot is winning more Pennants and MVPs and Gold GLoves. That's hs best shot, not 3,000 hits or 700+ steals.
Rissuto wasn't that amazing of a short stop, but he was a winner and a sure hand. If Jroll keeps his name at the forefrunt of his position, he'll be there. But I doubt he can last that long to do it.
He's already 30. His stats are going to start dropping off in a couple years, even if he stays healthy. I'd love to be wrong, but there's no way he reaches 3000 hits or 700 SBs (even if he matched his career high for SBs every year for the next 8 years, he'd still be short of 700).
I do agree that accumulating various honors and makes a difference, but he's gonna have to get cracking: two Gold Gloves, one Silver Slugger, one MVP, and one WS championship are great, but not good enough for the HOF.
Rizzuto is easily one of the worst players ever to be inducted into the HOF, and yet another reason to revile the Veterans Committee. Yes, he was a good player, but he made the HOF solely on the basis of having been on the great Yankees teams and after an in-frigging-terminable campaign to get him in through the back door. Anyone who lived in the NYC area during Phil's wretched broadcasting career remembers the endless get-Phil-into-the-HOF nonsense.
If we're seriously comparing Rollins to Rizzuto (and there's the big problem of letting mediocre players into the HOF: it lowers the bar for everybody else), the Rollins is closing in; his stats are already better in a shorter career.
Should be higher for the amount of time he has put in and his resume.
We are truly watching some special times in the Phillies infield. Jimmy has gone from a frustrating player to a truly special one that was a key component in getting us our championship. If the guy helps the Phils get us a second one in a row this year forget the Hall of Fame, they should elect him to sainthood!
his 2007 was out and out maybe the best year i ever witnessed for a phillie, that year alone put him in my top 10. when you factor in the positive influence he has on ryan howard who might be the closest thing any of us see to babe ruth. you just cant measure that kind of worth. he looked like he was going to emulate his boyhood hero ricky henderson, nothing wrong with that except there is only one ricky. and there is only one jroll, and he adapted (i think chase utley may have had an influence on him) and has become a complete player.we phillie fans are really blessed. this nucleus really looks like a dynasty for the next 5 years. thanks be to god, we suffered long enough.
Ed- I totally agree with you, I was just using Rizzuto as the "best case" scenario for Jroll getting in the HOF. I don't think he's getting in though.
I do have to say that he's a special player that every championship team needs.
ALso, I hate when people use the age of 30 as a mysterious plateu that players suddenly fall off at. I think it depends on the hitter and their built. PEDs aside, there were alot of players who won MVPs in their mid 30's and alot who won in the early or mid 20's and never won another. I am not saying you said this at all, just that in general 30 doesn't always fit. We tend to just round to nice even numbers.
So at 30 Jroll might not really be going down hill but has most likely peaked. I could totally see a .285 avg/.345 OBP (being kind)/20 HRs/40 SBs
I'd take that in a heart beat.
Honestly, I think Jimmy is a bit low on this list. MVP? Gold-glover? Almost certainly the best SS in team history. Team leader on and off the field. The guy is a brilliant ballplayer, on of the best defensive SS's I've ever seen. And despite all the whining about his leading off, he's consistently in the top of the NL in runs scored. The guy is just a run-MACHINE!!! Not to mention, of course, being the leader of the WORLD-F-CKING CHAMPIONS!!!! He deserves to be in the top 10!


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It proved to be a big job removing a big Japanese fishing bin rolled into Lanikai beach recently.
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Now, state officials have enlisted the help of local groups across the state to help cleanup marine debris in organized cleanups.
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The Surfrider Foundation's Oahu and Kauai chapters have been awarded grants to help with community outreach.
"The others that won it are KUPU and Sustainable Coastlines so we are working with them to make sure we don't overlap," Coleman said.
The possibility of more marine debris washing up on our shores is something that officials say is a reality we will have to deal with unless more is done to prevent it from collecting in the oceans.
The Surfrider Foundation hopes to raise the profile of the problem.
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The Surfrider's next major cleanup is June 15 at Diamond Head.
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Ellen McDonah's drawing of a white cat with green eyes won first place and a $75 cash prize.
Second place went to James Dunkley with the ship's anchor. He completed his artwork with the help of his four-year-old son Alex. Third place went to Christine Hlvacka for a colorful ocean life drawing.
Artists paid an entrance fee and then chose a block of pavement to transform.
People voted for the artork they liked best.
Event organizer Nicole Prigam said it's a neat way for the community to show off its talent.
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Author: Joseph S. Nye, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
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Last year, the leaders of all five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council visited India, accompanied by delegations of business leaders. The Indian economy has been growing at more than 8 percent annually, making it increasingly attractive for trade and investment.
When U.S. President Barack Obama visited in November, he supported permanent membership of the U.N. Security Council for India. So did British Prime Minister David Cameron, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev. But the last to visit, Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, said nothing at all about it.
Official pronouncements stress friendly relations between India and China, and some trade analysts argue that the two giant, rapidly growing markets will become an economic "Chindia." When Premier Wen visited several years ago, he signed a comprehensive five-year strategic cooperation pact. As Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh put it at the time, "India and China can together reshape the world order."
Such statements reflect a considerable change from the hostility that bedeviled Indian-Chinese relations following the two countries' 1962 war over a disputed border in the Himalayas. Nevertheless, strategic anxiety lurks below the surface, particularly in India.
China's GDP is three times that of India's, its growth rate is higher, and its defense budget has been increasing. The border dispute remains unsettled, and both countries vie for influence in neighboring states such as Myanmar. And, in recent years, China has worked behind the scenes to prevent permanent Security Council membership from conveying great-power status on India.
But talk of India as a future great power is unavoidable, and some Indians predict a tri-polar world, anchored by the U.S., China, and India, by mid-century. India's population of 1.2 billion is four times that of the U.S., and likely to surpass China's by 2025. Vijay Joshi of St. John's College, Oxford, argues that, "if we extrapolate present trends, India will have the world's third largest national income (after the U.S. and China) within 25 years."
For decades, India suffered from what some called the "Hindu rate of economic growth" of a little over 1 percent per year. After independence in 1947, India followed an inward-looking policy that focused on heavy industry. But it turned out that the rate of economic growth owed less to Hindu culture than to imported British Fabian (and other) socialist economic planning.
After market-oriented reforms in the early 1990s, growth rates soared, with projections of double-digit growth in the future. Martin Wolf of the Financial Times calls India a "premature superpower" a country with low living standards but a huge economy.
He thinks that the Indian economy will be bigger than Britain's in a decade and bigger than Japan's in two. India has an emerging middle class of several hundred million, and English is an official language, spoken by 50100 million people. Building on that base, Indian information industries are able to play a major global role.
India has significant hard-power resources as well, with an estimated 6070 nuclear weapons, intermediate-range missiles, a space program, 1.3 million military personnel, and annual military expenditure of nearly $30 billion, or 2 percent of the world total.
In terms of soft power, India has an established democracy, and a vibrant popular culture with transnational influence. India has an influential diaspora, and its motion picture industry, "Bollywood," is the largest in the world in terms of the number of films produced yearly, out-competing Hollywood in parts of Asia and the Middle East.
At the same time, India remains very much an underdeveloped country, with hundreds of millions of illiterate, destitute citizens. Around one-third of Indians live in conditions of acute poverty, and India accounts for roughly one-third of the world's poor.
India's GDP of $3.3 trillion compares to China's $5 trillion, and is 20 percent that of the United States. As a result, India's per capita income of $2,900 (in purchasing-power-parity terms) is one-half of China's and one-15th that of the U.S.
Even more striking, while 91 percent of the Chinese population is literate and 43 percent is urban, the numbers for India are only 61 percent and 29 percent, respectively. Each year, India produces about twice as many engineering and computing graduates as America, but The Economist reports that "only 4.2 percent are fit to work in a software product firm, and just 17.8 percent are employable by an IT services company, even with six months training."
A symptom of this is India's poor performance in international comparisons of universities: the 2009 Asian University Rankings, prepared by the higher education consultancy QS, shows the top Indian institution to be the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay, at number 30. Ten universities in China and Hong Kong are ranked higher. High-tech exports are only 5 percent of India's total exports, compared to 30 percent for China.
India is thus unlikely to develop the power resources to become an equal to China in the next decade or two. And, while the two countries signed agreements in 1993 and 1996 that promised a peaceful settlement of the border dispute that led them to war in l962, it is worth noting that, just prior to India's nuclear tests in March l998, India's defense minister described China as India's "potential enemy number one." More recently, in 2009, the border issue flared again.
Indian officials are generally discrete in public about relations with China, but in private their concerns remain intense. Rather than becoming an ally, India is more likely to become one of the Asian countries that will tend to balance China's strategic rise.
Joseph S. Nye, Jr., is a professor at Harvard University. His new book, "The Future of Power," will be published in February 2011.
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For centuries, the beauty of the natural world has inspired artists to put paint to surface. Pittsburgh artist Jessica Langley fits loosely into this category, but her view of the landscape is as critical as it is reverent, as hinted at by the title of her new show, "Killin' It."
The exhibition of paintings and mixed-media works coincides with Langley's month-long artist residency at Skylab, the first in a new program launched at the DIY arts space with support from the Greater Columbus Arts Council.
As Langley explained during last Friday's opening reception, the new body of work was colored by a project her husband, artist Ben Kinsley, was working on in her studio space.
"It's called 'The End is Nigh.' It resonated with me, this impending sense of doom, and that's what the show is about," she said.
A selection of large oil paintings created from Langley's own travel photos features the standard landscape elements of trees, waterways, mountains and skies. But the works fix on signs of human-wrought destruction — a lake left dead by acid rain in the Adirondacks and marked by Langley in DayGlo and black, or a teepee of twigs in a Rocky Mountains landscape made barren by a pine beetle population that has exploded thanks to rising global temperatures.
Small, mixed-media works cover swirls of color and cutouts of imagery from outdoor sporting goods catalogues with drips of black, slurry-like goo and painted phrases that project apathy. Langley also experiments with sculpture in the "I Don't Know" series, in which splashy paper forms of black and neon green swallow postcard-perfect images of the American West.
"Even though they're pretty, the material is very sad," Langley said, but the beauty of her brushwork — and Langley's acid-dipped sense of humor — drive her point home with extraordinary force. During a walk-through she dropped references ranging from the Romantic landscape painters of the Hudson River School to the green slime flung on Nickelodeon's "You Can't Do That on Television."
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NEW YORK Sergei Bobrovsky made 40 saves through overtime and two more in the shootout in his first action in over a month, and Brandon Dubinsky had a goal and assist against his former team in the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3 victory over the New York Rangers on Monday night.
Bobrovsky stopped Mats Zuccarello and Rick Nash in the tiebreaker, and Mark Letestu and Ryan Johansen scored against Henrik Lundqvist to win it.
Nash had tied it with his second power-play goal of the night, and ninth tally this season, at 6:55 of the third period as David Savard served a penalty for delay of game.
Defenseman James Wisniewski also had a goal and assist, and Cam Atkinson scored on a second-period breakaway to help the Blue Jackets win for the second time in five games.
Bobrovsky shined in his return from a 14-game absence caused by a strained groin. The reigning Vezina Trophy winner had been out since Dec. 3 but showed no rust in a matchup with Lundqvist the Vezina winner in 2012.
The Rangers came away with a point because of Nash, acquired in the deal that sent Dubinsky to Columbus in 2012. Brian Boyle cut the deficit to 3-2 at 4:53 of the third, and Lundqvist made 36 saves through overtime for New York, which had won three of four on the road before returning home.
The game took a noticeable turn just 21 seconds into the second period when Rangers forward Chris Kreider drove Columbus defenseman Fedor Tyutin into the left-wing boards with a shoulder-to-shoulder hit that left Tyutin down on his stomach. Dubinsky skated over to challenge Kreider, but a fight didnt ensue.
Kreider was given a major penalty for boarding and was ejected. Dubinsky received a minor penalty for roughing. Tyutin left the bench soon after and didnt return to the game.
With the teams skating 4-on-4, Atkinson stole the puck from defenseman Anton Stralman at the New York blue line, and raced alone the other way. He received little resistance from Stralman and beat Lundqvist between the pads to restore Columbus lead at 2-1.
Columbus didnt take further advantage of the three-minute power play they received when Dubinsky left the box. However, he made his mark later in the period.
Just 27 seconds after Columbus killed a penalty, Dubinsky made a perfect pass from the left-wing boards across the Rangers zone to a streaking Wisniewski on the right side. Wisniewski fired a rising shot that got past Lundqvist under the crossbar to make it 3-1 with 3:13 left in the second.
Bobrovsky stopped 15 shots in each of the first two periods. He denied Brad Richards at the right post with his pads when Richards took a pair of whacks at a loose puck. Benoit Pouliot was stopped earlier in the period on a breakaway during a power play.
Nash tied it 1-1 when he snapped a rising wrist shot from the left circle that caromed in off the left post with 52.8 seconds left in the first.
Dubinsky had staked Columbus to a 1-0 lead with 2:53 remaining when Wisniewskis shot hit him in the leg and deflected in.
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In addition to a strong performance from their captain, highly touted rookie center Ryan Strome scored the first goal of his NHL career.
With the Islanders on the power play early in the second period trailing 2-0, Strome got his squad on the board by putting a wrist shot past Dallas goalie Kari Lehtonen one of four Islanders goals in the frame. That goal opened the floodgates for the Islanders, who went on to score six goals over a 24:38 span. Peter Regin, Brock Nelson, and Brian Strait also scored for New York.
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The Justice Department's Executive Office for Immigration Review has been slowly moving into the digital age over the last several years. But as they enter the fourth phase of their E-World Initiative, the agency is about to embark on a key piece of the effort.
Richard Chandler, the chief information officer of EOIR, said one of his biggest priorities is the iterative roll out of capabilities for private bar attorneys to register and file documents and forms electronically through the court system.
"There's process issues associated with us trying to figure out how to move our paper-based processes into the digital world. There have been budget issues over the last decade, and also the interaction with our customers. There are a lot of reasons. We have to make sure we do it right."
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He said the goal is to use an agile approach for E-World and deliver capabilities every 3-to-6 months.
EOIR will finish implementing phase 3, which is e-transcription, this summer of E- World.
"We record all of our hearings in our immigration courts. We don't have stenographers or transcribers in the court rooms during a hearing. We record them digitally and in the past, we'd sent out the CDs with recordings to a transcription company and get those back in paper file," he said. "Now we are working with our vendors to digitally send the file to the vendor and receive electronic copies of the transcripts back. We are finding that is a real way to improve our business processes, both in quality assurance in reviewing our transcribed files when they come back as well as automating our invoicing processing for that work."
The first phases of E-World was to build an online case management system and implement digital recordings across all 330 courtrooms nationwide.
Chandler said he's also focusing on improving the agency's infrastructure, including upgrades to mail servers, database servers and even office software.
"We are getting to roll out Windows 7 later this year," he said. "We know that somewhere down the road we need to be going to a departmentwide commodity system for email. But we know we can't stop what we are doing now. What we are doing now must be inline with the path we think we are going to go with the DoJ."
EOIR is taking a long look at shared services for commodity IT. Chandler said DoJ is holding PortfolioStat sessions and will figure out a path forward to consolidate redundant investments in July.
Last year, he said all the courtrooms received voice-over-IP (VOIP), and now they are implementing video-over-IP.
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He was born Nov. 17, 1969 in Karnes City to Alton Randy Hartman and Evelyn Henke Hartman. He graduated from Karnes City High School, Class of 1989 and began his career as a truck driver. On March 2, 2013, Perry married Agnes Rakowitz in Kenedy.
Survivors include his wife Agnes Rakowitz Hartman of Karnes City; his mother, Evelyn Henke Hartman of Karnes City; his son, Scott Hartman of Falls City; his 2 step-children, Kolt and Kacey Ziaontz; his sister, Sandra K. (Russell) Chesser of Kenedy; his brother, Presley R. (Jamie) Hartman of Portland and his three nieces and two nephews.
Visitation was held from 6 - 8 p.m., Thursday, June 6 in the Eckols Funeral Home Chapel, Kenedy.
Funeral services were conducted Friday, June 7 at 9 a.m., in the Eckols Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Wally Schievelbein officiating.
Interment followed in the Fashing Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers were Peter Rakowitz, Robbie Busselman, Steven Bednorz, Gary Bednorz, David Crews and Russell Zimmerman.
In lieu of flowers, the family request that memorials be made to the Perry B. Hartman Fund, c/o Karnes County National Bank; P.O. Box 98, Karnes City, Texas 78118.


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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Name of Product: Loyal Bedding Mattress Sets (Mattresses and Mattresses with Foundations)
Units: About 2,700
Distributor: Guaynabo Industrial Inc., of Puerto Rico
Manufacturer: Loyal Bedding Inc., of Miami, Fla.
Hazard: The mattresses sets fail to meet the mandatory federal open flame standard for mattresses, posing a fire hazard to consumers.
Incidents/Injuries: None reported.
Description: This recall involves all Loyal Bedding mattress sets (Mattresses and Mattresses with Foundations). They were sold in twin, full, queen, and king sizes. "Loyal Bedding" and "Classic Rest", "Designer Collection", or "Smart Loyal" are printed on a label at the foot of the top of the mattress.
Sold Exclusively by: Mattress retailers throughout Puerto Rico from July 2007 through February 2009 for between $165 and $300.
Manufactured in: United States
Remedy: Consumers should immediately contact Guaynabo Industrial for a store credit or a refund.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Guaynabo Industrial Inc., at (877) 888-2552 between 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. AT Monday through Friday or visit the firm's Web site at www.guaynaboindustrial.com
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Whiteway's Seven Goals Lead UMass by Providence
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AMHERST, Mass. - Grant Whiteway scored seven goals and assisted on one other to spearhead the No. 14/15 UMass men's lacrosse attack during its 16-11 defeat of Providence at Garber Field on Tuesday afternoon. Connor Mooney surged on offense as well as the senior produced seven points through three goals and four assists as the Minutemen improved to 5-1 on the season.
Joe Calvello controlled the faceoff X for the Minutemen as he won 21-of-30 attempts and scooped up a single-game program record 18 groundballs to help secure the victory.
Andrew Sokol netted a pair of goals for the Minutemen while Calvello, BrendanHegarty, Brendan Schroeder and Matt Whippen scored once each. Hegarty's goal was the first of his collegiate career.
Andrew Barton earned four points on three goals and an assist while Sean Wright also tallied three times for the Friars. Greg Fitzmaurice added two goals and one helper for three points.
Whiteway opened the game with back-to-back goals in a span of 51 seconds to put the Minutemen in front, 2-0. The Billerica, Mass., native broke the scoreless tie at the 13-minute, 33-second mark following a pass from Mooney. He added an unassisted tally with 12:42 remaining in the first quarter to double the UMass advantage.
The Friars tied the contest up with goals from Fitzmaurice and Barton only 16 seconds apart, with the second tally coming with 10:46 left in the frame.
However, the Minutemen answered with four consecutive goals to close the quarter. Jeff George found Mooney during a man-up chance to make it 3-2 UMass before Mooney helped Sokol put the Maroon and White back in front by two tallies. Whippen pushed his way through the Friars defense with 1:03 remaining in the first to earn an unassisted goal, his seventh of the year, as the Minutemen jumped back up ahead by three, 5-2.
To end scoring in the first quarter, Mooney sent a shot into the back of the net with one second to play on the Garber Field scoreboard to give Massachusetts its 6-2 lead heading into the break. To create the play, Zach Oliveriearned one of his 12 saves in net with 31 seconds to play in the half and UMass cleared the play up field. The ball rotated around the cage until Grant Consoletti sent a pass from behind the Providence goal to Mooney, who put a shot low and in from 18 yards out.
The Friars chipped away at UMass' lead during the second quarter as the visitors scored the only two goals of the frame to drop the Massachusetts lead to 6-4 at halftime.
However, Whiteway gave UMass its four-goal cushion back with two tallies to open the third quarter. Mooney found the junior attackman at the 13:58 mark while Whiteway added another - his fourth - with 13:07 left in the stanza.
Fitzpatrick brought Providence back within three at 8-5 only 53 second later; however, the Friars were unable to drop the deficit further during the contest as the squads traded goals back and forth throughout the remainder of play.
Sean Cleary facilitated Whiteway's fifth goal to make it 9-5. After Wright scored one for Providence, Whiteway answered for the Minutemen. Barton found the back of the net with 1:38 left in the third to cut the UMass lead to 10-7, but the Minutemen rattled off three straight goals from Mooney, Hegarty and Sokol.
After the UMass lead grew to 13-7 following Sokol's strike, facilitated by Mooney with 12:52 remaining in the game, the Friars earned three goals of their own to again pull within three.
Whiteway stopped the Providence scoring streak with his final tally of the contest on a feed from Nick Mariano. Sean Wright added one last goal for the Friars as the visiting side pulled to within 14-11 with 5:27 left, but Schroeder and Calvello earned opportunistic goals for the Minutemen to close scoring.
Schroeder took advantage of a vacant Providence net with 2:24 left in the game, scoring from midfield on an arcing shot after Friars goalie Peter Badgley shifted out of the cage on defense.
Only six seconds later, Calvello scored after he won the faceoff that followed Schroeder's goal. The Woodridge, Ill., native clamped down on the ball and raced unabated toward the net, where he bested Badgley as the defense closed on him 10 yards away from the cage.
Badgley replaced Providence starter Tyler Himes at the start of the second quarter and totaled 42:42 in the cage before being pulled for Max Huber at the end of the fourth. Badgley finished with seven saves against 10 goals allowed after Himes gave up six tallies and recorded a trio of stops in the first quarter. Huber did not face an on-target attempt during his 1:43 of action.
Shots were even at 35-35 between the sides, but the Minutemen scooped up 35 groundballs to just 23 for Providence while Calvello won 21 of the 30 faceoffs taken. Ryan Shaw was 8-of-23 for the Friars while Jake Newman won one in seven attempts.
The Minutemen were 10-for-12 on clears while Providence finished 11-of-16. Each side had seven caused turnovers during the game.
Massachusetts opens Colonial Athletic Association competition at No. 5/7 Penn State in University Park, Pa., on Saturday, March 15.
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On Saturday, the General Assembly finalized an FY04 education budget totaling $6.56 billion in General Funds – an increase of $330 million over FY03 for programs, not including retirement. Until the Governor signs the appropriation bill, the budget items are subject to his line item veto power.
In a year when this
state and many others are facing multi-billion budget deficits, one must
conclude that at a funding level of $330 million more than last year,
You will find a comparison of the final FY03 education budget and the final FY04 version passed by the General Assembly at: http://www.isbe.net/news/pdf/04_Final_Budget.pdf. And you will find a summary of program increases, decreases, eliminations and transfers at: http://www.isbe.net/news/pdf/04_Final_Budget_Summary.pdf.
The budget passed over the weekend was similar to the version the General Assembly had passed on May 23 before addressing the question of providing revenue to pay for the programs it had approved.
However, in an action taken last Friday on a supplemental appropriation for FY03, the General Assembly also added $100 million to the FY04 budget that will be used to provide additional funding for Special Education Transportation and Personnel reimbursement ($57 million) and for the ADA Block Grant ($43 million.)
Obviously, it was not
a year in which it was politically feasible to address the overall issue of how
we fund public education in
For FY04, the poverty
count will be calculated using a two-year average of "snapshots" of the DHS
numbers taken on
General State Aid and poverty payments are included in the same appropriation, and in establishing this new process, the General Assembly gave priority payment status to GSA. After GSA has been calculated at the $4810 level, then poverty payments will be calculated.
If what remains in the appropriations is sufficient to make all payments, that will be done. If not, the poverty payments will be pro-rated. ISBE will calculate what is owed district in poverty money under the new formula. The General Assembly decided that, during a three-year phase in, no district will receive less than it receives in FY03. Further, no district will receive an increase of more than 25 per cent over FY03 in the first year of the phase-in, no more than 50 per cent in the second year and no more than 75 per cent in the third year. Thereafter, districts will receive their full poverty payments, given sufficient appropriations.
It must also be noted that in order to provide some of the money for the increase in General State Aid, twelve valuable programs totaling about $44 million were eliminated, and whether many districts will be able to direct local resources to these areas may be problematical.
But the final budget does include $5.2 million in transitional funding to guarantee no district receives less state funds in FY04 than it received in FY03. Here is how this money will be distributed: in April, 2004, ISBE will calculate which districts received less in FY04 than in FY03 and announce those numbers. If the appropriation is sufficient to pay all districts fully, that will be done. If the appropriation is not sufficient, the payments will be pro-rated unless the general Assembly takes further action.
In all, three
programs received funding increases – Early Childhood, Bilingual and ROE
salaries. Eight programs received decreases – ADA Block Grant, Technology for
The final budget passed by the General Assembly resembled in many significant ways the budget proposed in January by the State Board of Education. I believe the Board's voice in support of the work of local school districts was heard more clearly this legislative session than in many recent years.
In January, the State Board called for directing new funding to the two areas most important to local districts – GSA and the mandated categoricals. The Governor saw fit to propose an increase of $250 in foundation level, and it was approved. The Board urged 100 per cent reimbursement for the mandated categoricals, and, unfortunately, the final General Assembly flat-funded those programs at last year's 91 per cent level. But the State Board also urged increases in spending for early childhood and bilingual programs, and both were increased in the final budget.
Two other high-profile items in budget discussions were the ROE appropriation and the Truant Alternative program, both proposed for elimination in the Governor's April budget. In this weekend's budget document, the ROE's are funded at $17 million (instead of the ISBE proposal of $22 million) and Truant Alternative receives $16 million instead of the $21.4 proposed by ISBE.
The Governor had
proposed transferring several programs from ISBE to other agencies – including
Agricultural Education and the
Significantly, the ISBE administration budget line was funded at $16.5 million – down more than 30 per cent from last year's $25 million. As we have told our employees since April, the cuts contemplated by the proposed budget – and now approved in final form -- will require layoffs here at the agency, re-evaluation of all the contractual agreements we maintain and a prioritization of the services we provide to school districts. I will keep you fully informed regarding changes in agency operations as we analyze fully the impact of the budget.
In non-budget activity, the General Assembly passed and sent to the Governor the legislation revising the state's assessment and accountability program to improve it and to bring it into alignment with requirements of the "No Child Left Behind" legislation. All of us owe a debt of gratitude to my Task Force on Assessment and Accountability, co-chaired by Bob Nielsen, which spent many hours developing recommendation that became the basis for this legislation.
Also passed by both Houses was HB 765, which allows school districts to transfer funds among the O and M, Education and Transportation funds for a period of two years and removes the one time, non- recurring expenses restrictions for this two year period.
The General Assembly did not take action on proposed legislation that would have created a new "independent" Teacher Certification Board.
I will send you a more complete summary of "non-budget" education legislation from this session shortly.
Robert Schiller
State Superintendent
of Education


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Ronn Torossian: Celebrate Heroic Sheldon Adelson & Miriam Adelson
Sheldon Adelson: is a great entrepreneur, philanthropist and patriot.
- What does President Obama say about a man who grew up dirt poor, slept in the same room as his parents and whole family and has by his own hard, honest work taking risks and making many sacrifices today become one of the wealthiest men in the world?
- What does the American President say about a man who not only embraces equality— but his wife owns 26.9% of his company? (He owns 26.3% and his wife is involved with all aspects of his business. One wonders how many of Obama's liberal donors embrace these values — surely not uber-Obama donor, 82 year old George Soros who recently married a 40 year old.)
- What does Obama say of a man whose medical foundation donates hundreds of millions of dollars annually to: a model of open: and highly integrated collaboration research projects dedicated to healing cancer research, immunological diseases, neural repair and rehabilitation?
- What does the American President say of a man who says as his country is threatened: "I really don't care about Iran — I care about the future of my country"? (Contrast that with Obama's billionaire Soros who said recently:: "The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States."
- What does Obama say of a man who is the largest private donor to the Holocaust Museum in the world?
This week in a disgusting, unfair and inappropriate gesture the Obama campaign issued a statement against Sheldon Adelson. Adelson is a patriotic hero who should be celebrated for all he has done for this great nation. Adelson is also a private citizen — should private citizens expect to be attacked by Obama if they "dare" to oppose him? Will he next sentence people to Guantanamo Bay if they oppose him?
Adelson once asked as his wealth increased,: "Why is it fair that I should be paying a higher percentage of taxes than anyone else?" Is there something wrong with a hard-working man wanting to pay less taxes? Adelson donates hundreds of millions — shouldn't he be allowed to pick his charities in a world of free enterprise?
In their fundraising material,: the Obama campaign said: "We don't have Sheldon Adelson, and with all due respect, we don't want him." Can anyone believe they don't want his money?
Sheldon Adelson is a hero who should be thanked by all Americans for everything he does and has done for our great country.
Ronn Torossian: is CEO of a leading: PR firm, and Author of "For Immediate Release: Shape Minds, Build Brands, and Deliver Results with Game-Changing Public Relations" which is available at bookstores nationwide.
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Well, it seems so, at least in most cases. Feathergrass actually grows wild in the mountains of West Texas as well as in adjacent Mexico. And the oregano is found in dry scrubby areas of the Trans-Pecos and along the Rio Grande, both on the Texas and Mexico sides.
The other four are all exotic (foreign) species that have been brought from the more tropical areas of Mexico and Central America. With adequate moisture and some protection from frost, all of these exotics thrive in our South Texas landscapes.
An exotic species that survives in its new home is usually called an "introduced" species.
If the introduced species grows or reproduces rapidly, establishes itself over large areas, and persists, then it may become "invasive." An invasive species "causes or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm."
Economic harm results from an introduced plant out-competing other plants, to the extent that it causes considerable expenditures of time and money. For example, King Ranch Bluestem, an introduced grass, grows extremely well in South Texas, but it was found out to be of poor nutritional value. Better quality grasses are squeezed out by the highly competitive KR Bluestem. Controlled burns, herbicides, and plowing are costly and are only partly effective .
Likewise, some introduced plants result in environmental damage. This is the case with the Chinese TallowTree. It was brought in to provide fall color here in the South, where very few native trees turn red and gold. Sadly, it spread rapidly into natural wetlands and crowded out much of the native vegetation, eliminating food sources for birds and wildlife. Tallow trees also sucked up much of the water.
Invasive species do not have to be plants. Among the top 10 invasive species in Texas are feral hogs, red fire ants, Africanized bees and zebra mussels. Most of us in South Texas have at least heard of these creatures, even if we haven't actually had a run-in with them. (Who hasn't had a run-in with fire ants?)
Most of us are pretty careful not to introduce animals to areas where they do not already exist. We know not to let exotic reptiles loose into the wild (think of those monster pythons in the Everglades of Florida!) We are aware that House Sparrows, introduced to the United States in the 1850s, have become pests. But plants are another story.
For decades in this country, we have brought in exotic plants for the horticultural trade. Those plants that do well, we propagate, we share and we sell. Unfortunately, a few of these plants have gone on to be harmful invasives in some areas.
A website called www.Texasinvasives.org maintains a database of plants in Texas that are economically and environmentally harmful. In the South Texas Plains eco-region the worst offenders include Salt Cedar, Chinese Tallow Tree, King Ranch Bluestem, Guineagrass, Water Hyacinth, Brazilian Peppertree and Giant Reed. If you know these plants, you are probably not surprised that they are considered invasive.
As I glanced through the list of species "suspected of causing invasive problems", I found several surprises: Elephant Ears, Mimosa, Japanese Honeysuckle and Chinese Wisteria. (Not surprisingly, I also found Bermudagrass—the bane of every gardener!) But the biggest shock was seeing Mexican Petunia on the list!
Mexican Petunia (Ruellia brittonia or Ruellia caerula) is a horticultural superstar. It grows 3 to 4 feet tall, has daily blooms of purple or pink and attracts butterflies. It also reseeds heavily and spreads eagerly by rhizomes. And that's the problem: It can get out of hand very easily and take over your garden—and the neighbor's garden, and the woods, the parks, and fields.
But I helped plant it in the Butterfly Garden! What should I do? Happily, I found another website which has some tips for us gardeners. One tip is to contain it (or control it) by using root barriers, trimming regularly and by harvesting seeds and fruits before they are spread.
Better still, the website said, is to use non-invasive alternative plants. So I checked and there are other Ruellia species. In fact, in this part of South Texas, two native Ruellias grow. I even found one in my own Brush Country backyard! It is called Ruellia occidentalis, or Wild Petunia, and its flowers are almost exactly like the Mexican Petunia. The only difference I can see is that the leaves are a bit greener and rounder.
Wild Petunia is just starting to bloom here in South Texas. It will flower from now through the fall. Look for it in areas of part shade such as along the edges of brush and under live oaks. It can be seen along rural roads in most parts of Bee County. Enjoy this quiet but pretty native plant!


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Who Is In; Who Is Out
Cole Hamels, the "IN" man of the hour, may be in trouble with the little wifey after she sees this photo; Hamels is on the cover of the April edition of Access Magazine from Direct TV, along with Fox sports reporter, Charissa Thompson. Ok, well, maybe not so much trouble. After all, he spends most of the interview talking about his wife, Heidi. She apparently taught him everything he knows, from dealing with "celebrity" to how to entertain his teammates. You will see a few photos from that article throughout today's blog. All photos were taken by Jim Wright. Enjoy!
Kyle Kendrick was sent to the minors today, as many anticipated he might be after a very rough spring that has ended with a 9.20 ERA. Kendrick had an outstanding rookie season with the Phillies in 2007 when he went 10-4 with a 3.87 ERA; then in 2008, he began to have trouble, and he finally lost the starting job after a 6 game stretch with an 11.35 ERA beginning in August. The race for the final starting position is now down to JA Happ, Chan Ho Park and possibly Carlos Carrasco.
Curt Schilling, who spent more than 8 years with the Philadelphia Phillies, has officially retired. From playing baseball, that is. No word yet on if he plans to retire from publically voicing his opinion on everything from steroids to which former teammates annoyed him. Phillies fans adore Schilling if not for his fearless opinions, but for his pitching and dedication to his job. With a career record of 216-146, plus 3,116 strikeouts, he will be missed in the baseball world.
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I'm glad to see your post today. lol the Curt Schilling part. I have been saying on comments that I don't care for him. He was a good pitcher but wasn't well liked around the league. He opens his mouth to much so I'm glad to see him gone. lol I think I might have pissed some people off but just voicing my opinion. =)
~ King of Cali
I pretty sure King is making these pronouncements just to annoy me! grrrrr… Anywho……loved the pictures and I will miss Curt – the mouth and the pitching!