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There's an old saying in Washington: A gaffe is when a politician accidentally tells the truth. Recently President Barack Obama made a new kind of gaffe when he told the truth on purpose.
"If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life, somebody to help create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive," Obama said at a speech he gave July 13 in Roanoke, Virginia.
Obama's argument is that your success also owes some debt to the systems and infrastructure that was created to support your endeavor. It's a pretty unremarkable observation about life in a society. But, here's the gaffe:
"Somebody invested in roads and bridges; if you got a business you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen," Obama said.
Is Obama saying that people who built businesses didn't really build that business? Are you inexplicably and un-presidentially delivering a nut punch to small-business owners? Is that your point, sir?
"The point is that when we succeed, it's because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together," Obama said.
When someone says, "The point is," the next thing they say, usually — nine times out of 10 — is the point. But what happened here is when Obama used the phrase "you didn't build that," he created confusion by using the demonstrative single pronoun "that" instead of the plural anaphor "those," which would of course be referring to the antecedent "roads and bridges."
In politics never say "that" because the singular demonstrative pronoun points too specific a finger. Always use the plural "those." Instead of saying "I did not have sexual relations with that woman" — because that specific woman could be found and talked to — what former President Bill Clinton wanted to say is "I did not have sex with those women."
Given the surrounding context of Obama's remarks, including his "the point is" discussion, to make willful hay out of this rather common singular, plural demonstrative pronoun snafu is irresponsible.
"This is just grade-school Marxism that he's uttering," CNN's Erick Erickson said.
Yes, grade-school Marxism, or as your second-grade teacher might have referred to it — sharing.
Besides, this isn't a gaffe, and Republican nominee Mitt Romney isn't having a little fun with it. This deliberate misstatement and misrepresentation of Obama's position is now the centerpiece of Romney's entire campaign. He's got signage, T-shirts and an unrelenting TV advertisement. Do conservatives really want to hang their entire campaign on a willful out-of-context misunderstanding?
Hanging your attack on someone's slight grammatical misstep is what people do in an argument when they're completely screwed and they know they have no argument. I know Romney would like this election to be a stark choice for the American people between Obama's vision of a Marxist, state-run oligarchy and your simple ode to the freedom our founders envisioned because given that choice, Romney would … come really close to winning.


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Home List of Titles Fabrication and characterisation of three-dimensional passive and active photonic crystals
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- Fabrication and characterisation of three-dimensional passive and active photonic crystals
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- Ventura, Michael J.
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- The ability to fabricated highly correlated structures in one, two and threedimensions with a periodic variation in dielectric contrast comparable to optical wavelengths has allowed for the experimental realisation of the 'photonic crystal ' (PC). Proposed independently by Yablonovitch and John over two decades ago, PCs are analogous to semiconductor materials in which photons are scattered in a similar way to electrons in a crystalline array of atoms. Resonant scattering results in gaps opening up in the electromagnetic spectrum which are referred to as photonic band-gaps (PBGs). These novel materials allow for the microscopic engineering of light and may provide a platform for the realisation of the integrated optical circuits of the future. Furthermore the electromagnetic density within PCs can be manipulated towards wavelength selective modification of spontaneous emission of embedded emitters. The initial validation of the PBG effect was conducted in the microwave regime where three-dimensional (3D) PCs were easily fabricated using simple millimeter machining. However it has only been in recent years that experimental verification at optical wavelengths have been achievable. This has been due to the global development of new state-of-the-art micro and nano-fabrication techniques. Despite the wealth of experimental results into the fabrication of 3D PCs, there has been little research into exploiting these materials towards spontaneous emission control. Although early work towards this topic was conducted with spectral changes noted as a function of PBG, researchers were limited to using non-ideal optical wavelength emitters including dyes and ions. In recent years the exciting field of semiconductor nanocrystal synthesis has yielded new nano-materials, quantum dots (QDs), that possess narrow-band, stable emission throughout the visible and into the infrared wavelength regions. These materials unlike dyes and ions can closely resemble two-level systems with near unity quantum effciency. By combining these once unrelated fields, it is only now possible to draw valid conclusion towards the investigation of spontaneous emission control of embedded light sources within 3D PCs. Experimental investigations into combining QDs and 3D PC towards spontaneous emission control was recently achieved at visible wavelengths using cadmium-based QDs in 2004. Although wavelength dependent emission control was noted as a function of the PBG position, this is not necessarily amenable towards practical implementation. Furthermore cadmium-based QDs do not exhibit emission at infrared wavelengths. This thesis addresses the development of a more robust PCs towards the control of spontaneous emission at infrared wavelengths. In particular 3D polymer based PC are to be investigated towards emission control at infrared wavelengths, a region of interest in the fields of telecommunications, biological imaging, quantum systems and terahertz devices. Towards this goal a fabrication technique is required that can produce high-quality, 3D PCs with PBGs at infrared wavelengths. Furthermore the fabrication technique has to allow for the introduction of localised defects within these lattices, a particularly important aspect that is required towards full control of spontaneous emission. The latest state-of-the-art fabrication technique, direct laser-writing of void channels using tightly focused femtosecond pulsed laser light within solid polymers has been used in this thesis. Unlike other fabrication methods, this technique allows for the rapid fabrication of multi-dimensional PCs. Furthermore the exibility afforded by this method allows for designed defects to be readily integrated within fabricated PCs. Theoretical predictions of PBG positions as well as localised defect modes are first calculated using a commercial eigen-solver program (RSoft Design Inc. Bandsolve). Furthermore mode density maps of the electric field within PCs obtained from this software is used towards a further understanding of localised defect fields as well as modal distributions at PBG edges. The introduction of infrared wavelength emitting QDs within 3D PCs is achieved by the synthesis of high-quality QDs in solution followed by direct doping within a polymer matrix. The development of this novel homogeneous QD-doped polymer nanocomposite allows for a material that possesses emission characteristics unchanged for that of QD in solution and still be amenable to direct laser fabrication of high-quality PCs. This material, consisting of a dispersion of QDs is then used to fabricate 3D PCs, resulting in a random distribution of QDs throughout the lattice. Changes in fluorescence lifetime of embedded QDs is then used to directly validate the hypothesis that 3D polymer based PCs can be used to selectively change the rate of spontaneous emission of embedded light sources. An infrared sensitive, time-correlated single photon counting system was developed in conjunction with a home made confocal microscope. This system will allowed for fluorescence lifetimes to be measured from QDs inside fabricated 3D PCs. The work presented herein is a step towards the development of new photonic materials. The control of light emitters using materials with features comparable to the wavelength may potentially hold the key to photons replacing electrons in the devices of the future. This technology, the combination of infrared wavelength emitting QDs and polymer based 3D PCs may in the future allow for the manipulation of photons with as much finesse as electrons in the semiconductor devices of today.
- Publication type
- Thesis (PhD)
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences. Centre for Micro-Photonics
- Publication year
- 2008
- Keyword(s)
- Fibre optics; Photonics; Crystal optics
- Coverage
- Australasian Digital Theses collection
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- Copyright
- Copyright © 2008 Michael J. Ventura.
- Thesis Supervisor
- [Min Gu]
- Thesis Note
- [A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Swinburne University of Technology, 2008.]
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His hiring was announced Friday by the school.
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Updated 8 p.m. ET Sunday: A two-year international effort to save Lennox, a Belfast, Northern Ireland, death-row dog whose owners say was mistaken for a pitbull, moves to New York on Monday as protests in his homeland appear to be going nowhere.
An international protest Saturday in Belfast, where the animal is slated to be euthanized this week, according to media reports, included demonstrators who flew in from the U.S., England and Dublin, UTV in Belfast reported.
Victoria Stilwell, host of "It's Me or the Dog" on the Animal Planet network, offered to find Lennox a new home in the United States, all expenses paid, but on Sunday she told msnbc.com her quest went unanswered.
Protesters organized by No Kill New York animal-saving group plan to target British and Irish consulates Monday in New York to prevent the dog's killing.
The Belfast City Council declared Lennox had a severe personality disorder, but his owners, the Barnes family, say he is a well-handled family pet.
The 7-year-old dog was seized in 2010 as a breed banned under the UK's Dangerous Dog act.
The dog's owners say he is an American bulldog-Labrador cross, but dog wardens after measuring his legs and snout declared Lennox a "possible pitbull type."
No complaints had been made against the dog, according to media reports, and the Barnes family has been unable to see the dog.
The Court of Appeal last month rejected a plea spare the dog, being held in a secret location, the Belfast Telegraph reported.
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Protesters say theyare trying to raise awareness not only about Lennox but also to show that "breed specific legislation" is unfair.
Lennox's plight is documented on a Save Lennox website and on a Facebook page with more than 75,000 fans. Expressions supporting the dog are also posted on Twitter.
The dog's cause also is championed by Stilwell, who traveled to Belfast last week to consult with the Barnes family and with Belfast officials to stop the euthanizing and allow the dog to be brought to a new home in the United States.
"It is important to understand that every possible legal avenue to release Lennox back to the family has been exhausted, and that result is no longer an option," Stillwell posted on her website. "Indeed, the latest news is that he is scheduled to be euthanized next week. My heart goes out to Craig, Caroline and Brooke [Barnes] for what they are enduring."
On Sunday, she told msnbc.com in an eamiled statement:
"Despite my repeated public and private requests for a meeting with the Belfast City Council to discuss positive alternatives to the euthanasia of Lennox, they have inexplicably refused to even discuss these possibilities with me, the family or their legal team. Although I've previously given the benefit of the doubt about the BCC's motives, I now fear that their collective decision-making has been clouded by personal and potentially vindictive reasoning while exhibiting an unreasonable obstinance to even exploring positive solutions. I sincerely hope they relent and accept my offer of an all-expenses paid, face-saving rehoming process for this poor dog."
The Barnes family, in a statement posted on Facebook and the Save Lennox website, earlier wrote, "the fight to spare Lennox's life may well be over. It has been almost impossible for us to accept that we have to admit defeat."
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Transportation money in doubt
MONTPELIER State transportation officials say they may have to cut back on projects unless Congress acts soon to replenish the federal fund that provides the lions share of money for state work.
U.S. Rep. Peter Welch was at the State House last week to meet with the Senate Transportation Committee and discuss the concern shared by lawmakers and Shumlin administration officials over uncertain federal funding. The third-term Democrat said a multiyear bill setting federal transportation priorities appears likely but a parallel plan to replenish the trust fund and cover costs remains questionable.
The Federal Highway Trust Fund, supported by a tax of 18.4 cents per gallon on gasoline and 24.4 cents per gallon on diesel, is projected to be insolvent by the fall as demand grows and project costs soar. A proposal to raise the federal gas tax, which hasnt been raised since President Bill Clintons first term, has gained little traction.
The funding is a tougher issue because the funding is scheduled to be exhausted in (2014). Theres real resistance to the gas tax, Welch said Thursday. I think its more politics than it is policy.
That resistance is creating headaches for states trying to plan their own transportation budgets. Vermont Transportation Secretary Brian Searles said the trust fund is the major source of money for the states projects and programs.
Without money in the fund, the (federal) money will not flow to states and we wont be able to obligate coming construction projects, Searles said.
Sue Minter, deputy secretary of transportation, said the agency is unable to commit to projects in the 2015 fiscal year and will soon have to decide whether to put projects out to bid for the coming summer construction season.
For us, a risk starts to build in spring, she said. Were looking at May saying, Well, if we dont know what the future is, we may have to delay. Thats what were trying to avoid.
If Congress opts not to raise the gas tax, Searles said, it could decide to transfer money from elsewhere to refill the trust fund. Congress has done that to the tune of about $40 billion in recent years to keep the trust fund afloat, he said.
Short of that, well have to delay the advertisement of some projects this spring in anticipation of running out of money at the end of the federal fiscal year, he said.
Because of its small tax base, the impact in Vermont could be even more harmful, he said.
Were probably more dependent on federal funds as a smaller state than some of the larger ones, Searles said.
The state may have to reduce its transportation budget by as much as $60 million. Minter said officials would look to scale back new projects rather than affect ongoing ones.
Senate President Pro Tem John Campbell, a member of the Transportation Committee, said the panel may have to start creating a fallback plan.
I think we have to either do a parallel budget, in a way, or actually start canceling some projects, or else were going to be coming back for a special session, and I dont want to do that, Campbell said.
Welch told the committee that Congress is aware of the potential fiscal crisis brewing in Vermont and other states. House Transportation Committee Chairman Bill Shuster, a Pennsylvania Republican, has a bipartisan reputation, he said.
Still, despite some signs of cooperation between the two parties in Congress, including a recent bipartisan budget deal, obstacles remain that could prevent action on restoring the trust fund, Welch said.
Theres an element in the Congress that will not consider (raising) any kind of revenue under any circumstances. Theres another element in Congress that is arguing that the states should bear much more of the burden, in effect, of the transportation policy. Thats not realistic. There has to be a significant federal participation here, Welch said.
State Sen. Dick Mazza, the Democratic chairman of the Transportation Committee from Colchester, was incredulous that Congress wont consider raising the gas tax a few pennies.
We bit the bullet last year and we raised the gas tax, Mazza said of the state-level hike last year.
Welch, a former member of the Vermont Senate and its Transportation Committee, noted that Vermont lawmakers have been willing to take the plunge together when raising the gas tax to help the states infrastructure.
The only way it worked was when we held hands and jumped off together, he said. Its tough on people that are driving in rural areas and theyre having a hard time paying their bills. Its tough on folks who are living paycheck to paycheck, and that happens to be the majority of Vermonters and the majority of Americans.
If the gas tax is raised it will be only a temporary fix, Welch said. As cars become more fuel-efficient, the tax revenue will decline.
Its just not a revenue model that continues to work, he said.
Welch offered no real assurances to assuage the concerns of legislators or administration officials. But pressure from states and constituents, who are all seeking needed improvements to infrastructure, may help, he said.
The best argument that we have for some kind of optimism is that once you get past the political rhetoric and the ideology and the positioning, the bottom line is that Americas roads and bridges need help, Welch said. Whether youre a Republican or a Democrat in the Congress, youre hearing from folks back home, What are you guys doing?
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..being the breadwinner may cost you your health!
The percentage of American wives who out earn their husbands has grown from 4 to 22-percent in the last 2 decades
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On the other side, wives who out earn their husbands were more likely to suffer from insomnia...and to use anti-anxiety medications.
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Mark Pillow is suspected of being involved in the killing of 65-year-old Dorothy Pillow and burning of her home. The victim's body was discovered Saturday afternoon after members of the Beeville Volunteer Fire Department extinguished a fire inside her home at 708 N. Jefferson St.
Investigators with the Beeville Police Department have not yet said what the suspect's relationship is to the victim.
According to Detective Lt. Eddie Garcia, the 24-year-old suspect was arrested following an autopsy of the victim Monday.
The autopsy was performed at the Nueces County Medical Examiner's Office in Corpus Christi.
Local firefighters were called to the scene at 4:16 p.m. Saturday.
According to deputies at the Bee County Sheriff's Office, the man had been arrested for possession of marijuana in a drug-free zone on May 5, the day after the woman's body was discovered.
Bonds set by Justice of the Peace Abel Suniga were $1.5 million on the murder charge, $1.5 million on the arson charge and $2,000 on drug possession charge.
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It will begin at 10:30 a.m. following St. Peter's 9 a.m. worship service and is free and open to the public. St. Peter's is located at 1545 E. Farm-to-Market Road 1961 in Ander.
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CNJ staff photo: Kevin Wilson Hank Baskett watches his putt on the 10th hole during Saturday's Tee'd Off About Child Abuse charity golf tournament. The annual tournament was the first held since Baskett took over running the event, which benefits the Oasis Children's Advocacy Cen
By Kevin Wilson: CNJ staff writer
When the National Football League draft started in 2006, Hank Baskett III waited at home for a phone call that never came.
This time, the veteran Philadelphia Eagles receiver was getting plenty of calls and text messages, but none as important as a good day of golf.
The Clovis native came back home to take over the Tee'd Off About Child Abuse tournament from his father, with proceeds benefiting the Oasis Children's Advocacy Center.
When Baskett started his career with the Eagles, he designated Oasis as his charity. He said the NFL encourages each player to designate a personal charity, but doesn't require it.
"In our situation, you should do it," Baskett said. "You've gotta give back."
The center's services include safe house investigative interviews and forensic services, along with a neutral setting for interviews of child abuse victims and children who may have been witness to serious crimes.
The tournament has traditionally done well, but Baskett's presence helped increase exposure and sponsorship opportunities. That made for more work, but Baskett thought it was worth it.
"I'm having to do the work on the East Coast while my dad and everybody are working here," Baskett said. "Adding the professional athlete aspect made it rougher. It started out a little rough, but it turned out good."
With about 36 teams competing, the tournament made nearly $12,000 in registration fees ($320 per four-person team), and there were fund-raising chances at each hole with corporate sponsors and helpers selling drinks and mulligans.
Some expenses never materialized, however, as some of the winning teams gave their prize money back to Oasis. In fact, the winning team traded its money for first dibs at a pile of Philadelphia Eagles cheerleader calendars.
Other prizes included power tools, golf gear and memorabilia signed by Eagles players. A ball signed by the 2006 Eagles team was also up for raffle.
The previous event organizer, Hank Baskett Jr., was overjoyed at how everything worked out.
"My back isn't too good, but … suck it up," he said to a cheering crowd. "My son tells me that, because he knows those words."
During the tournament, the youngest Baskett received text message updates from the clubhouse about who the Eagles were picking. He said the tournament falling on draft day was a coincidence.


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Last spring, a doubleheader loss at fifth-ranked Abilene Christian on the final day of the season prevented Eastern New Mexico University's baseball team from posting the program's first winning record since 2000.
Gone off that squad are five seniors, all of whom received Lone Star Conference South Division postseason recognition.
Still, coach Phil Clabaugh enters his 15th season at the school with veterans in a number of positions, including catcher and all three outfield spots.
"We've got a group of kids that have quite a bit of experience," Clabaugh said as the Hounds (26-27, 10-10 South in 2004) prepare to open the season with a four-game series this weekend against Sul Ross State at Alpine, Texas.
The Hounds were picked fifth in the six-team South in preseason, but senior right fielder Justin Gee of Clovis said he's used to that.
"Every year I've been here we've been picked fourth, fifth or sixth," Gee said. "It's just going to be up to us to change that. We lost five good seniors, but we've got some good guys coming back."
ENMU will likely start an all-senior outfield that includes Gilbert Alvarado (.247) in left, Ryan French (.281) in center and Gee (.302) in right field.
"That's probably the strength of our team defensively," Clabaugh said. "Our outfield played well defensively last year; they just didn't hit very well. But they all had very good (fall seasons), and they've played well since we've returned."
Clabaugh said Gee, a three-year regular in the outfield, will be counted on for a big year.
"This is the year that Justin Gee needs to have an all-conference year for us," Clabaugh said. "When he allows himself to be a 'wristy' hitter, then he's pretty good.
"Gilbert has made himself into a good player. He's just got to cut it loose a little at the plate."
Gee's role should also increase this year. For one thing, the Hounds have him penciled in as the cleanup hitter, and for another he may see a little spot duty on the mound.
"It'll be something new, but wherever coach wants to put me is fine," Gee said. "I'm pretty confident with (hitting fourth); I hit their all fall, and the guys in front of me did a good job of getting on for me."
Pushing for time in the outfield will be junior college transfer Tim Crafton and Portales grad Seth Clabaugh, the coach's son who redshirted in football his first year at Angelo State. The younger Clabaugh, a lefty, is also penciled in as the team's No. 4 starter on the mound.
ENMU has experienced catchers in seniors Brian Green (.263) and Tyler Brown (.370), also giving them a right-left combination at the plate. But Green, who missed almost the entire 2004 season with an injury, is currently sidelined by a knee injury and could be out about three weeks.
On the infield, where ENMU led the LSC in double plays (53) a year ago, sophomore Derrick Kennedy (.346) is ticketed for third after seeing time at both third and designated hitter last year while junior Mike McDuffie, who played third as a freshman and a utility role last year, will open at second base.
Matt Hinojosa, who saw time at third in 2004 but did not play last season, will move in for the graduated Josh Kuchta at shortstop. Kuchta, a Clovis High grad, is serving as a student assistant under Clabaugh this spring while completing his degree.
Other candidates in the middle infield are senior Micah Bernhardt (.268) at second base and redshirt freshman Steven Lopez-Barela at shortstop. "Our middle has actually been a little better than I anticipated," Clabaugh said.
Matt Roemer, a 6-foot-5 junior from Minneapolis who transferred from a Minnesota junior college, is slated to play first and may also see some time on the mound. Backing him up at first is 6-4 freshman Casey Bigham of New Deal, Texas, and 6-3, 290-pound junior college transfer Kelton Hayes.
The Hounds have a solid 1-2 punch on the mound in senior right-hander Kelly Crain (6-8, 6.31) and senior lefthander David Swinconos (5-3, 6.79).
Other mound help should come from redshirt sophomore Keith Baldarez, sophomore transfer Charlie Ward and freshman Evan Orsak, all righties, along with Roemer and Gee.
"I've got nine arms I'm not afraid to run out there, but only two of them have seen the mound in the LSC," Clabaugh said.


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June 26, 2013 —
ALBANY, NY — The last time it seemed that a casino would open in Sullivan County, the hurdle standing in the way was the Bureau of Indian Affairs within the Department of the Interior. This time around, the potential hurdle is the voters of New York State.
Now that Governor Andrew Cuomo and the legislature have reached an agreement about a constitutional amendment to allow non-Indian gaming in the state, the voters will be asked to decide the matter through a referendum, most likely in November.
While Cuomo has structured his upstate economic development plans around gaming, there is no guarantee that the voters will agree with him that gambling is the way to go.
According to a Quinnipiac University poll released on June 6, "forty-eight percent of voters say changing the state constitution to allow casino gambling is a good idea, while 45% say (it's a) bad idea. In upstate communities, support for the change is 49% in favor, and 43% opposed. In New York City, the margin is 46% support the change and 47% oppose it."
And voters oppose 55 to 41% having casino gambling in the town or city where they live. Opposition to a casino nearby is 50 to 46% among upstate voters, 53 to 44% among New York City voters and 67 to 28% among suburban voters.
The legislation calls for the creation of up to four casinos in three regions: the Capital Region, the Catskills and the Eastern Finger Lakes, and one of those regions will be permitted to have two casinos; most people think that would be the Catskills. Those would be the only casinos to be built for five yeas, after which three more casinos could be built in the counties closer to the city and in the city itself.
According to information on Cuomo's website, "eighty percent of state revenues from the casinos will be used statewide for elementary and secondary education, or property tax relief; 10% will be split equally between the host municipality and the host county; and 10% will go to other counties in the region of the destination gaming resort to provide tax relief or educational assistance. The educational aid will be additive and will not be part of the state's existing education formula."
As part of the process of coming up with a gaming plan, Cuomo settled long-standing disputes among state and local government and three separate Indian tribes. The website says, "The state and local governments will receive a total of $438 million as a result of the settlements of all three disputes."


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A boy warms himself around a fire during cold weather in Aleppo, Syria, on Jan. 5.
About 1 million Syrians are going short of food, most of them in conflict zones, due to government restrictions on aid distribution, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
The U.N.'s World Food Program is handing out rations to about 1.5 million people in Syria each month, still short of the 2.5 million deemed to be in need, WFP spokeswoman Elisabeth Byrs said.
Bread and fuel particularly are in short supply.
The WFP is unable to step up assistance as only a handful of aid agencies are authorized to distribute relief goods in Syria, where more than 60,000 people have been killed during 21 months of conflict.
Assad defiant as rebels edge closer
"Our main partner, the (Syrian Arab) Red Crescent, is overstretched and has no more capacity to expand further," Byrs told a news briefing in Geneva.
Long lines in front of bakeries are now normal in many parts of Syria and there are reports of shortages of wheat flour in most parts of the country due to damage to mills, most of which are located in the embattled Aleppo area, she said.
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"WFP is making arrangements to import fuel for humanitarian use, to resolve the impact of a significant fuel shortage throughout the country that has been affecting the agency's ability to move food on time -- from the port to packaging facilities -- and to find trucks to dispatch food for distribution," she said.
The United Nations last month appealed for $1.5 billion to help save the millions of Syrians suffering from what it called a dramatically deteriorating humanitarian situation.
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An estimated 4 million people in the country need urgent humanitarian aid, including an estimated 2 million displaced from their homes by fighting between the forces of President Bashar Assad and rebels trying to topple him.
The number of registered Syrian refugees has leapt from 500,000 to nearly 600,000 in the past month, U.N. figures show.
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- 1 cup quinoa
- 2 cups vegetable stock or water
- 1/2 pint cherry tomatoes
- 1/2 T olive oil
- 3 cups spinach, roughly chopped
- 1 (14-oz.) can garbanzo beans
- juice of 1/2 lemon (about 1-2 T)
- 3 T olive oil
- 1 t minced garlic
- 1/2 t dried basil leaves
- pinch of crushed red pepper flakes
- sea salt + pepper, to taste
- Optional additions: roasted chicken, goat cheese, walnuts, red onion
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cook quinoa according to package instructions.
Meanwhile, halve the cherry tomatoes, toss in 1/2 T olive oil and a sprinkle of sea salt. Roast for 10 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. Take out of the oven and let cool.
For vinaigrette, whisk together lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, basil, crushed red pepper and salt + pepper.
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Friday evening, a performance is expected from Hidalgo ballet folklorico dancers at 7 p.m., with live music to begin at 8 p.m. featuring David Valadez y La Guerra Musical.
At 10 a.m on Saturday, an official ceremony will be at the site of the Zaragoza Statue. Former Goliad Mayor Hernan Jaso is master of ceremonies and Mayor Eliud Alberto Lozano Cisneros of Hidalgo, Nuevo Leon, sister city of Goliad, will also be featured, along with Mayor Jay Harvey of Goliad and Goliad County Judge David Bowman.
Food vendors, cold drinks and an array of arts and crafts booths will be on hand. No fee will be charged to enter the Fiesta grounds or for all the musical entertainment.
The Zaragoza Society will celebrate its 68th anniversary along with the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Puebla (May 5, 1862) and the 50th anniversary of the Churubusco Club runners of soil from Goliad, Texas to Puebla, Mexico.
In 1962, young runners brought soil and an eternal flame from La Bahia to Puebla, Mexico. Some of the original dignitaries and runners will be on hand for this year's Fiesta.
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Students majoring in occupational therapy spent a day at Indian Trails Camp teaching camp counselors how to care for campers with disabilities.
Jeanine Beasley, associate professor of occupational therapy, said Grand Valley students have helped Indian Trails counselors for the past three years. Indian Trails, on Lake Michigan Drive, provides overnight camp experiences for people with disabilities. About 50 camp staff members are hired for the summer.
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Night 3 — I Can't Believe It's Cairo IIMonday, January 26th, 2009 by Michael Novinson '10
The Office of Residential Life organized a Bedouin Night on Sunday, where those who were willing to pay 100 Egyptian Pounrds (about $17) could enjoy dinner, horseback riding by the pyramids, and a Bedouin dance show. The Bedouin are a predominantly Muslim, desert-dwelling nomadic group, akin in societal stature to the Basque or Native Americans.
While waiting for dinner, the DJ played a partially Arabic-language remix of the 50 cent song "Candy Shop." If you're how aware of how sensual the lyrics are, the chorus goes "I'll take you to the Candy Shop, I'll let you lick the lollipop, Go 'head girl don't you stop, Keep going 'til you hit the spot, whoa."
I realize that is certainly a trivial observation that might not having any greater purpose than provoking laughter amonst me and my friends (which it absolutely did). Yet at the same time, an Arab-language remix of such a lewd song is indicative of the complexities surroudning the practice of Islam in Egypt.


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The professional advisers, peer advisers and office secretary are all committed to helping you understand the University system.
With this solid foundation, the Watson School approach to student advising assures maximum potential for students to seek needed assistance from a variety of knowledgeable sources.
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Watson Advising is happy to assist instructors, RAs, DAs and anyone from the Binghamton University Community with events, programs, classes, and workshops. Please fill out the Watson Advising Outreach Request Form to get started. We kindly ask that you complete this form at least two weeks before your proposed program date.
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The Watson School has a two-tiered advising structure, with faculty serving as the primary program advisers and the Watson Advising Office staff providing school and University-wide information and addressing various other advising and referral issues.
Computer science freshmen are advised by their department's program coordinator in addition to being assigned to an individual faculty adviser in their program. Engineering freshmen connect with the Engineering Design Division (EDD) director along with additional EDD faculty during their first year in the Watson School.
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Career Clinic: Bullying in the workplace
I regularly get shouted at in the office by my boss. I am not alone but it really gets to me and I'm wondering whether it constitutes workplace bullying. Might I have a claim?
There is no legal definition of bullying, and what may be regarded as firm management by some will be regarded as bullying by others. Most people can agree where the behaviour is extreme but it's the grey areas that are more difficult.
That said, getting shouted at in the office should never be regarded as acceptable behaviour and if you feel like you are being bullied then there is an issue that needs to be addressed.
While bullying in itself won't necessarily found a legal claim, if the behaviour is enough to make you feel you have no choice but to resign then you may have a constructive dismissal claim, the value of which may be increased if the bullying is because of your sex, race, pregnancy, religion, sexual orientation or age, or because you have blown the whistle. And if it causes you a psychiatric injury, then you may have a claim in personal injury.
Eight years ago there was a claim against Deutsche Bank by Helen Green. That case involved quite subtle but persistent examples of bullying by her team over a number of years and resulted in her being awarded £800,000 in compensation from her employer after she suffered a nervous breakdown.
No one wants to run a legal claim through unless there really is no choice, and the best bet in the first instance is to think about how to resolve the matter informally. Most large employers will have bullying and harassment procedures that identify the sort of conduct they regard as bullying, and will set out the steps that should be taken to address it. The first step would usually be to talk to the person concerned, point out what behaviour you don't like and ask that person to modify it.
But that is obviously easier said than done. This can sometimes be a situation where it's easier to have a quiet word with a colleague who might be able to have a quiet word in your boss's ear – a mentor or a friendly director maybe.
If that doesn't work then the next step would be an informal chat with HR and possible mediation. And if those routes don't work or don't seem worth trying, then a grievance is the next way to try and address it.
If you are raising a grievance then it's always helpful if you can get others to support your version of events. It's easier for an employer to say that you are being oversensitive if you are the only one complaining, but as soon as others admit that they also regard the treatment as bullying, it's harder to ignore. If you can get a group together to raise a joint grievance then this is even more powerful and tends to force action.
You should also provide clear examples of the conduct you regard as bullying, with dates, details of exactly what was said or done and documentary evidence (emails or diary entries) in support if possible. It's impossible to investigate a vague allegation that your boss shouts at you – far easier to investigate a complaint that he or she shouted at you on a particular date, in front of particular people and said particular things.
The reality is that a grievance often brings things to a head, and tends to force an outcome, whether that be to address your boss's behaviour, or to negotiate a settlement for you to leave and be able to find a pleasanter working environment.
Being shouted at in the office is not enjoyable and if it's something that's getting to you and affecting your health, my strong advice would be to do something about it. Life's too short not to.
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Commonly referred to as simply The Paseo, this meandering pathway serves as the central walkway of the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden.
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Soref Planetarium offers special 'Doomsday 2012' program
If the world ends on Dec. 21, the Milwaukee Public Museum will cancel the last special showing of "Doomsday 2012: Ancient Skies, Ancient Mysteries."
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Our elegant bed and breakfast is located in Volcano Village on the Big Island of Hawaii, two miles from the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Volcano Village Lodge is for people who want more out of life than a whirlwind tour of the island.
Volcano Village is a top destination for travelers with it being located only one mile from Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and close to popular places such as the green and black sand beaches. Rising nearly 4,000ft above the sea level, Volcano Village offers travelers a chance to experience a native Hawaiian rain forest, active volcanic eruptions, and cooler climates. Since the town of Volcano Village is better situated for travelers wanting a quiet and relaxing stay there's no night life. However, with that said there are a few convenient stores, restaurants, a local farmers market, and other attractions.
Even more, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is comparable in size to the Island of Oahu. It can take days to explore its' treasures. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park encompasses the majority of the south, east side of the island, all the way from the coast to the summit of Mauna Loa. When visiting Hawaii Volcanoes National Park it is best to prepare for many climates. The coast can be hot, dry, and offer little to no shade. Meanwhile, near the summit of Kilauea, one can expect cooler temperatures and rain. We highly recommend our guests to bring warmer clothes, such as, pants and a light jacket or fleece.
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HERE WE go again. Hope surfaced this week that the Bellaire Interstate Toll Bridge will be finally razed.
Benwood and Bellaire residents have heard that refrain all too often and always in vain. But hope springs eternal and that may be the time needed to demolish the deteriorating span.
Various owners have all vowed to take down the bridge. And for countless reasons, it has never come to fruition.
We again see a slight glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel.
It comes as a result of a decree from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District, ordering the current owners of the Bellaire Bridge — Krystal and Lee Chaklos of KDC Investments and Delta Demolition — to secure a performance bond needed for the permit to take down the span by June 20.
Should the owners fail to secure the bond by that time, they will have to pay a $1,000 per day fine. Also, once the bond is secured and a permit granted by the city of Benwood, demolition work must start within one week, according to a ruling issued by Judge Algenon L. Marbley.
Such a stern edict may prove the needed stimulus to get the project finally moving. Time will tell.
The ruling comes on the heels of another financial blow incurred by the bridge owners.
On Feb. 26, the judge ordered the bridge owners to pay a fine of $5,000 as a sanction for what he termed "prior conduct" and misleading the court into thinking they were taking appropriate actions in their efforts to take down the bridge. The $5,000 was to be paid by Feb. 27, but the check was received two days late, according to court records. The Chakloses were fined an additional $1,000 per day for the late receipt of the check.
If the bridge owners cannot pay a $5,000 fine on time, it remains to be seen if they have the ability to undertake a project the magnitude of the bridge demolition.
We are pleased to see that Judge Marbley is holding the bridge owners' feet to the fire in regard to the razing.
Facing a substantial fine may spur the bridge owners to finally do what they should have completed long ago.


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Want Lin????
YES!!! Let Ray take us home..Melo is Icecold...
Want Lin????
As i stated earlier. Everybody loves raymond.
Melo's still gonna bring this one in.... Felton holding the fort down!
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For **** sake! Give up the ****ing ball!
Melo went cold for quite some time now...
So, we either lose or go to the OT? Damn...
Un****ingbelievable....what kind of clock management was that???...we had the chance of going 2 for 1 and we totally screw that up,,,,
Live to die another day
What's the foul situation on our guys?
overtime - overtime
Attack, attack, attack..stop shooting jumpers..Celtic are in foul trouble so take it to them...
Just imagine if Melo would have made those FT's. OMFG
Melo is missing so easy shots.


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Tiger of the Week: Susan Mango *90
Consider the week that was for Susan Mango *90: First, the biologist from the University of Utah published a paper in Current Biology, showing how a gene can be manipulated to extend the lifespan of C. elegans, a small worm commonly used as a model organism in biology labs. Then, she was named a professor of molecular and cellular biology at Harvard, her undergraduate alma mater, effective July 1, 2009. And finally, on Sept. 23, the MacArthur Foundation chose her as one of its 2008 fellows, an honor that comes with the five-year, $500,000 "genius grant." That morning Mango told The Salt Lake Tribune, "It's such a surprise. I'm still kind of speechless." What's left to say? The Princeton Ph.D. is our Tiger of the Week.
Two other graduate alumni also were selected as MacArthur fellows: John Ochsendorf *98, a structural engineer and architectural historian at MIT, and Marin Soljačić *00, a theoretical physicist at MIT. Oschendorf, Soljačić, and Mango will be spotlighted in a future issue of PAW.
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The Affordable Care Act promised that people no longer would have to choose between lifesaving treatments and bankruptcy, but many still could face this choice.
A good number of the nation's top cancer hospitals, along with the advanced treatments and access to clinical trials they provide, are off-limits under the new marketplace insurance plans, the Associated Press reported last week.
Before the Affordable Care Act, insurers could control their costs by denying coverage or charging more to those with a cancer diagnosis. Now, costs will be contained by putting the best care out of network and forcing those who want it to pay the higher out-of-network costs.
Of 19 nationally recognized comprehensive cancer centers surveyed by the news service, just four reported that patients have access through every insurance company participating in their state exchanges.
For many people, access is spotty. MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston is an option under just two of 11 exchange insurers in Texas. Memorial Sloan-Kettering in New York City is included by only two of 16 exchange insurers in New York.
In Ohio, just three of the 12 insurers in the Ohio's marketplace exchange include the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center — Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital & Richard J. Solove Research Institute. The cancer center still is talking with other health-exchange carriers.
"There is a marked deterioration of access to the premier cancer centers for people who are signing up for these plans," Dan Mendelson, CEO of the market-research firm Avalere Health, told AP.
Those with money still will have access to the premier care at a comprehensive cancer center. Meanwhile, the less well-off will go to the general hospitals that insurers are willing to cover in narrow networks designed to keep premiums low.
Comprehensive cancer centers are more expensive for a good reason: They have multiple missions, focusing on education and research along with clinical care. Cutting-edge treatments and top experts don't come cheap, but they are a bargain if one's life depends on access to them.
There is another problem: For someone shopping for a policy on the exchanges, it's not easy to tell if these top cancer centers are included in the plans offered there. Consumers have to dig to find out.
While this access problem initially is limited to Affordable Care Act exchanges, it could spill over to people with employer-provided insurance if company health plans narrow their networks to offset costs imposed by Obama's law.
AP notes that leaving cancer centers out of network could become a favored strategy for insurers: "Insurers can drive away higher-cost cancer patients by not offering this access, driving patients to other higher-cost plans."
Bit by bit, Americans are learning that the Affordable Care Act is loaded with unpleasant surprises. Stuck with an expensive mandate whose promises are fast unraveling, consumers now must be vigilant when purchasing these plans.
Meanwhile, state regulators should press for clearer disclosure — spelled out in simple language — so that people understand what lifesaving options they are giving up for their "affordable" premiums.


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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center offers a four-year fellowship that prepares trainees for certification and an academic career in the subspecialty of gynecologic oncology.
Designed within a multidisciplinary setting, the fellowship program provides fellows with the most effective education and training to ensure the development of the skills necessary to practice gynecologic oncology. In addition to time spent on the Gynecology Service, rotations are available on the Urology, Colorectal, Gastric and Mixed Tumor, Radiation Therapy, and Chemotherapy Services.
Fellows are responsible for preoperative and postoperative patient care, and they will perform surgical operations under the attending surgeon's direction. Fellows will help supervise and instruct the residents on the Gynecology Service, as well as participate in outpatient clinics, rounds, lectures, and weekly treatment planning conferences.
The first year of the fellowship will be dedicated solely to basic science or clinical science research, pending review of a research proposal submitted by the fellow. During the second year, the fellow will either continue basic science or clinical science research and participate on the Medical Oncology Service, as well as participate in some clinical care. The third year is comprised of clinical rotations on the Gynecology Service for nine months with two months of elective time spent in Radiation Oncology. In the final year, the fellow will rotate for seven months on the Gynecology Service; the other five months will be spent rotating on the Colorectal Service (two months), Genitourinary Service (two months), and elective time (final month).
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Length of Program
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Applicants must have completed their core residency training in obstetrics and gynecology prior to beginning the gynecologic oncology fellowship. The residency program should be an approved program in the United States or Canada, and applicants must be eligible for American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology certification. Foreign medical graduates with equivalent qualifications are also eligible to apply and must have completed all three of the USMLE examinations.
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The start of the school year is rapidly approaching, and so is the time to review safety tactics with your children who may be either walking to school or riding the school bus. Develop a guideline checklist to review and help your children develop safe habits at this important stage in their lives.
Here are some tips that can help your children stay safe while traveling before and after the school day:
1. Create a safe walking route with your child: Plan a path that your child can take to school that is the most direct way to reach their school, and be sure to practice walking the route with your children beforehand. Children should never be walking alone, and should avoid speaking to strangers.
2. Remind children to obey all traffic signs and personnel: Explain how important it is follow the rules of the road, especially as a pedestrian. Crossing guards are there to monitor everyone's safety, so your children should look to them for guidance if they are unsure in a situation.
3. Tell children to remain seated while riding the bus: To avoid injury or accidents while riding the school bus, children should stay seated and keep limbs out of the windows. Children should wait to move until the bus has come to a complete stop. They should also avoid blind spots while boarding the bus — always cross at least 10 feet in front of the vehicle and NEVER behind. Practice the correct way to board and exit the bus with your child.
4. Teach your child their contact information: Make sure that your children have their address and phone number memorized, as well as your work number or the number of a trusted adult. Also, teach them how to dial 911 in the case of an emergency.
5. Demonstrate proper street-crossing etiquette: Before stepping off a curb, have all pedestrians, especially children, look in all directions before crossing the street. Looking left-right-left is always beneficial. Children should also never run in front of a parked car because the driver will not be able to see them.
Start the school year off safely for you and your family. These steps will help ensure that the children in your life are remaining safe and developing life-long habits. Take the opportunity to review all of these tips with your loved ones and make it a tradition to do so at the beginning of every school year.
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Sweet talkFebruary 22,2013
The case against the tax on sugar-sweetened beverages is rife with contradictions.
The House Health Care Committee approved the tax earlier this week in the belief that a 1-cent-per-ounce tax would be an important step in the battle against obesity.
But opponents include an influential grocers group and other businesses that stand to lose if Vermonters buy less soda and other sweetened drinks. Opponents also include Gov. Peter Shumlin, who has shown he is able to say contradictory things almost at the same moment.
Shumlin said he did not believe a tax on sugary drinks would be effective in changing peoples behavior. Then in almost the same breath he said he feared the tax would cause Vermonters to drive to New Hampshire to buy their soda. But driving to New Hampshire is a change in behavior. And if you dont happen to live close to the New Hampshire line, it is conceivable the tax could cause another change: It could discourage you from buying the drink at all.
That is what supporters of the tax believe it will do, especially among kids, for whom soda is a clear and present health threat, and also among low-income Vermonters. They point to the effectiveness of the tax on tobacco in causing a major decline in tobacco use.
Representatives of business argue that the tax would hurt business, causing a decline in sales. At the same time, they argue that the tax will not be effective in causing a decline in sales because it will be spread over a distributors many products and will not be felt by consumers. Which is it? Will the tax hurt or wont it? And if it wont be felt, wouldnt that be a good way to raise more than $20 million?
The industry is fighting this tax in a big way because it is the opening salvo in what could be an important war in the fight to free Americans from the allure of foods that harm us.
Mark Bittman, the New York Times food writer, has been scathing about the industrial food business, which he charges with purveying poison and using politics to discourage criticism or even scientific discussion. Sugary drinks, especially, act like poison, particularly as they affect children. They have no nutritional value. They contain such a high concentration of sugar that they can upset a persons metabolic and hormonal balance, leading to obesity, which causes heart disease and cancer, among many other ills.
Shumlin argues that the tax on sugary drinks is regressive because it would affect poor people most severely. But according to the Vermont Low Income Advocacy Council, that effect will mostly be good because it will discourage poor people from buying so much soda. It is in the interest of poor people that soda be priced out of their budget. By levying a tax by the ounce, it will also have the benefit of discouraging the purchase of larger drinks.
It is natural to resist the demands of people who think they know whats better for you. If you have a predilection for a nice cold Coke, its annoying for the nanny state to chide you that you shouldnt indulge.
But long ago our state and nation assumed a role in promoting public health. We police the food and drug industry against impurities and phony marketing. We require safety of auto manufacturers. Notably, we have taken on the tobacco industry, which was proven to have mounted a campaign of lies and manipulation to sell a product that was designed to be addictive and was known to be lethal. These are all measures that a civilized nation takes to protect its citizens from industries that profit from the sale of products that do harm.
We are waking up to the harm of high fructose corn syrup, which is evident in the widening girth of Americans and the ill health that is a consequence. That the food industry is fighting this tax in Vermont with such vehemence is a sign of the good it could do. It will cost the industry business. That is the point. Vermonters need to drink less soda, and a tax is one way of helping them do so.MORE IN EditorialsProtesters converged on a bank in Montpelier early this week to show their solidarity with the... Full StoryPhil Scott will take office next month after winning with a margin of 51.11 percent to 43. Full StoryIdeologues and partisans work from the outcome backward. Full Story
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State Board of Education Meeting
via video conference
Thursday, August 16, 2012
10:00 a.m.
View Packet (Updated 8/15/12)
Chicago Location:
ISBE Video Conference Room, James R. Thompson Center
14th Floor, 100 W. Randolph, Chicago, IL
Springfield Location:
ISBE Video Conference Room, 3rd Floor
100 N. First Street, Springfield, IL
This meeting will also be audio cast on the Internet at: www.isbe.net
- Roll Call/Pledge of Allegiance
- Consideration of and Possible Actions on Any Requests for Participation in Meeting by Other Means
- Public Participation
- Superintendent's Report - Consent Agenda
All action consideration items listed with an asterisk (*) are considered to be routine and will be enacted in one motion and vote. Any board member who wishes separate discussion on any item listed on the consent agenda may remove that item from the consent agenda, in which event, the item will be considered in its normal sequence.
- *Approval of Minutes:
- Plenary Minutes: June 20-21, 2012
- *Rules for Initial Review
- Part 25 (Certification)
- Part 75 (Agricultural Education Program)
- Part 140 (Calculation of Excess Cost Under Section 18-3 of the School Code
- *Rules for Adoption
- Part 475 (Contested Cases and other Formal Hearings) NEW PART
- Part 475 (Contested Cases and other Formal Hearings) REPEAL
- Part 485 (Appeal Proceedings before the State Teacher Certification Board)
- Part 650 (Charter Schools)
- *Contracts and Grants Over $1 Million
- Request to amend contract with Franczek Radelet PC
- Request to extend agreement with Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin-SALSA Grant
- Other Contracts & Grants to be determined
- *Approve NASBE Dues for 2013
- *Statewide Single Audit
End of Consent Agenda
- Appointment of State Educator Preparation Licensure Board Members
- Parent Mentor Program / Illinois Coalition for Immigration & Refugee Rights
- Superintendent's Contract Renewal
- Discussion Items .
- Budget Update
- District Oversight – Monthly Update (Superintendent Koch)
- Other Items for Discussion
- Announcements
- IBHE Liaison Report (Dr. Proshanta Nandi)
- P-20 Council Liaison Report (Joyce Karon
- Superintendent's/Senior Staff Announcements
- Chairman's Report
- Member Reports
- Information Items
- ISBE Fiscal & Administrative Monthly Reports (available online at http://isbe.net/board/fiscal_admin_rep.htm)
- Closed Session (as needed)
- Adjourn
This meeting will be accessible to persons with disabilities. Persons planning to attend who need special accommodations should contact the Board office no later than the date prior to the meeting. Contact the Superintendent's office at the State Board of Education, Phone: 217-782-2221; TTY/TDD: 217-782-1900; Fax: 217-785-3972.
NOTE: Chairman Chico may call for a break in the meeting as necessary in order for the Board to go into closed session.


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By Curtis Swift, Colorado State University Cooperative Extension, Horticulture
Dodder (Cuscuta and Grammica), is a twining yellow or orange plant sometimes tinged with purple or red. Occasionally it is almost white. The stems can be very thin and thread-like or relatively stout.
Dodder is classified as a member of the Morning-Glory Family (Convolvulaceae) in older references, and as a member of the Dodder Family (Cuscutaceae) in the more recent publications.
Dodder parasitizes various kinds of wild and cultivated plants, and is especially destructive to alfalfa, lespedeza, flax, clover and potatoes. Ornamentals attacked included chrysanthemum, dahlia, helenium, Virginia-creeper, trumpet-vine, English ivy and petunias.
The seedlings must attach to a suitable host within a few days of germinating or they die. Once the Dodder seedling finds a host plant, it quickly twines itself around the plant's stem. Dodder always twines in a counter-clockwise direction. Next, Dodder will lose its connection to the ground. It now totally depends upon its host. The basal part of the parasite soon shrivels away so that no soil connection exists. Its water, minerals and carbohydrates are absorbed from the host through haustoria that press up against the stem of the host plant and penetrate the tissue. In dodder the haustoria are modified adventitious roots. Dodder rarely kills its host plant, although it will stunt its growth.
The flowers are numerous, white, pink or yellowish, small (2 to 4 mm long depending on species), and can be borne in tight balls or in a loose cluster (again depending on species). Flowers normally appear from early June to the end of the growing season.
The fruit is about 1/8 th inch in diameter, with thin papery walls and contain 1 to 4 seeds. The seeds are yellow to brown or black, nearly round and have a fine rough surface with one round and two flat sides. These seeds drop to the ground and germinate the next growing season if a suitable host is present. If no suitable host is present, the seed may remain dormant for five years.
Other names of this parasite include love vine, strangleweed, devil's-guts , goldthread, pull-down, devil's-ringlet, hellbine, hairweed, devil's-hair, and hailweed.
Dodder as a vector of disease
Phytoplasma, the cause of more than 200 so-called yellows diseases (previously thought to be caused by virus) are spread by several different vectors to include leafhoppers and dodder. Dodder has been shown to spread the yellows disease pear decline, aster yellows, tomato big bud, vinca virescence and elm phloem necrosis. In addition, phloem-inhabiting `rickettsialike' bacteria have been found to be present in dodder.
Allowing dodder to spread in a field or garden area is asking for an increase in the plant diseases this parasite is capable of spreading.
Its wide host range and the long life of its dormant seeds make dodder hard to control and nearly impossible to eradicate. Dodder seed can be spread by irrigation water, in the manures of livestock that have eaten infested alfalfa, or along with the seed of crops that were infested with dodder.
Pulling and destroying dodder infected plants is recommended. Dodder must be destroyed before it produces seeds or infestations will spread.
Preemergent herbicides such as DCPA (Dacthal), applied to the soil in the spring prior to seed germination will prevent this pest. The use of a 2,4-D type herbicide or contact herbicide directed at infected hosts and dodder plants is effective in killing established parasitic plants (as well as the host). Always read and follow label directions when using herbicides.
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