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June 2007
Limits on Charter School Growth
Despite their successful track record, several of these authorizers are unable to charter any more schools because their state has reached its statutory cap on the number of charters that can be awarded. According to the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, state-imposed caps severely constrained charter school growth in 10 states* in 2006.21 Five of the authorizers in this guide are located in one of these 10 states. (The chartering caps identified below were in effect at the time of this study, in the summer and fall of 2006.)
In Massachusetts, there is a limit on the total number of schools that can operate, the percentage of the state's public school population that can attend charter schools, and the percentage of funding that districts can provide to charter schools relative to their other funding. A maximum of 30 charter schools can operate in Chicago, and 27 were open in 2006. In New York, a total of 100 charters can be issued, and both SUNY Institute and the New York State Board of Regents authorized their fiftieth charter in 2006. State universities in Michigan, the most active type of authorizer in the state, reached their cap in 1999. Because of a special modification in the law, these universities can still authorize 15 charter high schools in detroit, but are otherwise restricted from approving any new schools. While the overall situation is less restrictive in Indiana, the mayor's office operates under a cap as well—it can approve no more than five charters per year.
Caps in these states were included in the original charter legislation in order to appease opponents of charters or to limit charter schools' growth until they showed some success. They are still in place despite these authorizers' demonstrated ability to open and support charter schools that consistently outperform traditional district schools. Aside from narrow exceptions, several of these authorizers can open new schools only if another school closes. According to the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, 39 percent of charter schools surveyed in 2002–03 reported having a waiting list, averaging 135 students. This translates to thousands of families who would like to enroll their children in a charter school and cannot.
It is important in every state to ensure that growth in the charter school movement leads to more high-quality schools, not just more schools. But external limitations upon charters' growth, such as caps, do not ensure charter school quality. Other methods that have proven to be effective include providing adequate resources, improving how authorizers themselves are held accountable for results, and allocating charters among authorizers based on performance outcomes similar to the performance outcomes that authorizers set for their schools. Authorizers that open successful schools (as judged by a common measure, such as AYP, or by comparison to traditional district schools) could "earn" the authority to charter additional schools. Those authorizers that continue to approve failing schools or neglect to intervene in or close such schools could forfeit their ability to approve any additional schools.
* The 10 states mentioned in the report are Connecticut, Hawaii, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, Illinois, and New York.

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Aldrovandi Dog, c. 1625
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri called Guercino
Italian, 1591-1666
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Time: 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Teacher: Staff Educator
Type: Family Art Night
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Java programmers know that they can change the behavior or extend
functionality of a class by extending the class. This is called inheritance, and is an
important feature of object-oriented programming. For example, if you want a
Swing label that draws a border, you can subclass the
javax.swing.JLabel class. However, subclassing is not always
appropriate. Sometimes inheritance is impractical and you have to resort to
some other way, such as using the Decorator pattern. This article explains the
Decorator pattern and when to subclass and when to decorate. The classes used
in this application reside inside the package called
decorator and
can be downloaded here.
The Java language provides the keyword
extends for
subclassing a class. Those with enough knowledge of object-oriented
programming know how powerful subclassing, or extending a class, is. By
extending a class, you can change its behavior. Take, for example, the
JBorderLabel class in Listing 1. The new class, called
JBorderLabel, extends the
javax.swing.JLabel class. It
has same look and behavior as the
JLabel class, with the addition
of a border.
Listing 1 -- the
JBorderLabel class, an example of
package decorator;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.Icon;
public class JBorderLabel extends JLabel {
public JBorderLabel() {
public JBorderLabel(String text) {
public JBorderLabel(Icon image) {
public JBorderLabel(String text, Icon image, int horizontalAlignment) {
super(text, image, horizontalAlignment);
public JBorderLabel(String text, int horizontalAlignment) {
super(text, horizontalAlignment);
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
int height = this.getHeight();
int width = this.getWidth();
g.drawRect(0, 0, width - 1, height - 1);
To understand how
JBorderLabel works, you need to understand
how Swing draws its components.
JLabel class, like all Swing components, derives from
javax.swing.JComponent. Swing calls the
paint method to draw its user interface. To modify the way
a component paints its user interface, override its public
method. Here is the signature of
public void paint(Graphics g)
Graphics object that the
paint method
receives represents its drawing surface. To optimize painting, the
paint method is divided into three protected methods:
paintBorder, and
paint calls these methods, passing
Graphics instance it received. The signatures of these three
methods are as follows:
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g)
protected void paintBorder(Graphics g)
protected void paintChildren(Graphics g)
You can customize the painting of a Swing component by overriding any or
all of these methods -- or even the
paint method.
JBorderLabel class overrides the
paintComponent method of
javax.swing.JComponent. The
paintComponent method in
JBorderLabel first calls the
paintComponent method of the parent class, in effect drawing a
JLabel. It then obtains its own height and width, drawing
a rectangle with the
drawRect method of the
java.awt.Graphics instance. Figure 1 shows an instance of the
JBorderLabel class as the first component of a frame. As you can
see, it looks like a
JLabel, but with a border.
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While subclassing works fine here, there are cases in which it is not
appropriate or practical. If you want this behavior (i. e., drawing a border)
for other components, then you end up with many subclasses. In Listing 1,
subclassing looks simple because you only override one method. However, as
your code grows more complicated, having too many subclasses creates
maintenance problems and makes your code more error-prone. (You must also
reproduce all of the parent class constructors that your subclass needs to
support, just like the
JBorderLabel class.) In cases like this,
it is better to use the Decorator pattern.
The book Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software, by Erich Gamma et al, classifies the Decorator pattern as a structural pattern. This pattern offers a flexible alternative to subclassing. The main difference between subclassing and the Decorator pattern is this: with subclassing, you work with the class, whereas in the Decorator pattern, you modify objects dynamically. When you extend a class, the change you make to the child class will affect all instances of the child class. With the Decorator pattern, however, you apply changes to each individual object you want to change.
When writing a
decorator class for modifying the user interface of Swing
components, it is very important to understand the
class. I have explained how
JComponent paints its user interface
in the previous section, and you can look up the documentation for all of the
members of this class. Be aware that a
JComponent can have child
components; these children will be painted when the
JComponent is
Create a Swing decorator by extending
JComponent with a
constructor that accepts a
JComponent. Pass any Swing object whose
behavior needs to be changed to the decorator. Inside the decorator class, add
the component as a child component. Instead of adding a Swing component to a
JFrame or
JPanel or other container, pass it to the
decorator then add the decorator to the
JFrame or
JPanel. Because a decorator is also a
the container will not know the difference. As a result, the decorator is now a
child component of the container. When the container gives the decorator a
chance to draw itself, the decorator's
paint method will be
For example, suppose you have a
JLabel that you want to add to
JFrame called
frame1. Use code similar to the
frame.getContentPane().add(new JLabel("a label"));
To decorate your
JLabel with
MyDecorator, the
code is similar. (Remember that the
MyDecorator class' constructor
accepts a
frame.getContentPane().add(new MyDecorator(new JLabel("a label")));
This article demonstrates two examples of the Decorator pattern. The first
one is called
BorderDecorator. This class is used to decorate a
JComponent so that it has a border. When added to a
JFrame, a
JLabel that has been decorated using
BorderDecorator looks the same as an instance of
JBorderLabel; however, no subclassing is necessary. Better
still, you can pass any Swing component to
BorderDecorator and all
of them will be given a border. In this example, you create one class
BorderDecorator) to change the behavior of instances of different
The second example is
ResizableDecorator. This decorator adds
a small button to the left-hand corner of any Swing component passed to it.
When the user clicks the button, the component will be minimized to the
Let us start with
BorderDecorator. This class represents a
decorator that adds a border to a Swing component. See Listing 2 for its
Listing 2 -- the
BorderDecorator class
package decorator;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
public class BorderDecorator extends JComponent {
// decorated component
protected JComponent child;
public BorderDecorator(JComponent component) {
child = component;
this.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
public void paint(Graphics g) {
int height = this.getHeight();
int width = this.getWidth();
g.drawRect(0, 0, width - 1, height - 1);
First note that
BorderDecorator extends
JComponent and that its constructor accepts another
JComponent to be decorated. The
BorderDecorator class
also defines a
JComponent called
child to reference
the decorated
The constructor assigns the decorated component to
child and
adds it as a child component of the decorator. Note that here we use a
BorderLayout as the layout for the decorator. This means the added
JComponent will occupy the whole area of the decorator.
Now, take a look at the
paint method. It first calls the
parent class'
paint method. This will paint the decorator as well as
all of its children. We then draw a rectangle around the decorator area, after
first getting the height and the width of the decorator.
Figure 1 shows a
JFrame with three components:
Figure 1 -- comparing subclassing and the Decorator pattern
As Figure 1 shows, there is no difference in appearance between an instance
JBorderLabel and a decorated
JLabel. This
demonstrates that the Decorator pattern can be used as an alternative to
subclassing. The third component proves that you can use the same Decorator to
extend the behavior of an instance of a different class. In this sense, the
decorator is superior, because you only need to create one class
BorderDecorator) to extend the functionality of objects of many
different types.
Listing 3 gives the the code of the
JFrame in Figure 1.
Listing 3 -- using the
BorderDecorator class
package decorator;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class Frame1 extends JFrame {
JBorderLabel label1 =
new JBorderLabel("JLabel Subclass");
BorderDecorator label2 =
new BorderDecorator(new JLabel("Decorated JLabel"));
BorderDecorator checkBox1 =
new BorderDecorator(new JCheckBox("Decorated JCheckBox"));
public Frame1() {
try {
label1.setBounds(new Rectangle(10, 10, 120, 25));
this.getContentPane().add(label1, null);
label2.setBounds(new Rectangle(10, 60, 120, 25));
this.getContentPane().add(label2, null);
checkBox1.setBounds(new Rectangle(10, 110, 160, 25));
this.getContentPane().add(checkBox1, null);
catch(Exception e) {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Frame1 frame1 = new Frame1();
frame1.setBounds(0, 0, 200, 200);
ResizableDecorator is a different type of decorator. It
does not override the
paint method of its parent class; instead,
it adds a small button that, when clicked, resizes and restores itself. Listing
4 presents the code of the
ResizableDecorator class.
Listing 4 -- the
ResizableDecorator class
package decorator;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
public class ResizableDecorator extends JComponent {
// decorated component
protected JComponent child;
private JButton button = new JButton();
boolean minimum = false;
private Rectangle r;
public ResizableDecorator(JComponent component) {
child = component;
this.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
button.setBounds(0, 0, 8, 8);
button.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
void button_actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if (minimum) {
else {
r = this.getBounds();
this.setBounds(r.x, r.y, 8, 8);
minimum = !minimum;
First note that this decorator also extends
JComponent, and its
constructor accepts a
JComponent. In addition to a variable called
child to reference the decorated component, it also declares a
The first three lines of its constructor add the decorated component as the child component of the decorator.
child = component;
this.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
It then adds the
JButton as a child component of the decorated
component. The child's layout is null. The
JButton will have a
dimension of 8 x 8 pixels and is added to the left-hand corner of the decorated
button.setBounds(0, 0, 8, 8);
Finally, it adds a listener to the
button.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
When added to a container, the component decorated using
ResizableDecorator will have a small button on its left-hand
corner. When clicked, this button will execute the code inside of the
button_actionPerfomed method. First, the method checks the value of
minimum. This boolean indicates whether or not the decorator size
is at its minimum. Initially, the value is false, so the else block is
else {
r = this.getBounds();
this.setBounds(r.x, r.y, 8, 8);
It assigns the current dimension to the
Rectangle r and sets the bounds to 8 x 8, with the left-hand corner remaining at the current position. Then, it toggles the value of
minimum = !minimum;
When the
JButton is clicked for the second time, the value of
minimum is true. This time, the if block is executed:
if (minimum) {
The code will restore the decorator to its previous size.
Figure 2 shows a
JFrame with three decorated components, and
its code is given in Listing 5.
Figure 2 -- three components decorated using
Listing 5 -- using the
ResizableDecorator class
package decorator;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class Frame2 extends JFrame {
ResizableDecorator label1 =
new ResizableDecorator(new JLabel(" Label1"));
ResizableDecorator button1 =
new ResizableDecorator(new JButton("Button"));
BorderDecorator label2 =
new BorderDecorator(new ResizableDecorator(
new JLabel(" doubly decorated")
public Frame2() {
try {
catch(Exception e) {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Frame2 frame = new Frame2();
frame.setBounds(0, 0, 200, 200);
private void jbInit() throws Exception {
label1.setBounds(new Rectangle(10, 10, 120, 25));
label2.setBounds(new Rectangle(10, 60, 120, 25));
button1.setBounds(new Rectangle(10, 110, 120, 25));
this.getContentPane().add(label1, null);
this.getContentPane().add(label2, null);
this.getContentPane().add(button1, null);
Note that you can decorate a
JComponent using one or more
decorators, just like the
label2 in Listing 5.
Also, if you need to work with many decorators, you may want to consider having
an abstract
Decorator class from which all decorator classes
derive. This way, you can put the common methods in the abstract class.
This article has compared subclassing with the Decorator pattern, giving two examples of decorators in Swing. While the use of the Decorator pattern is very common to change the visual look of a Swing component, its use is not limited to changing the user interface.
Budi Kurniawan is a senior J2EE architect and author.
Return to ONJava.com.
Copyright © 2017 O'Reilly Media, Inc.


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Sustainability expert talks on strategies of greening
Posted on May 01, 2014
Author and sustainability expert Stuart Hart said sustainability is all about "creative destruction."
Hart, founder and president of Enterprise for a Sustainable World, was the guest speaker for the Peter F. Secchia Breakfast Lecture, sponsored by the Seidman College of Business May 1, at the L. William Seidman Center.
Hart, author of "Capitalism at the Crossroads" and S. C. Johnson Professor of Sustainable Global Enterprise at Cornell University, said there are two levels of business sustainability: strategies for greening and strategies for beyond greening. "Strategies for greening include product stewardship, energy reduction, conservation and reducing our carbon footprint," said Hart. "We must begin strategies for beyond greening which include a new focus on emerging technologies."
Hart said people have been brainwashed into thinking going green is expensive. "We must get past that and compete in price," he said.
Hart added, "The single biggest business opportunity is, 'How do we lift the poor without destroying the natural capital that supports all life on earth, and make money doing it?'"


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INGREDIENTS:Ginger Teriyaki Sauce: 3 cups teriyaki sauce 3/4 cups chicken broth 3/4 cups mirin 2 Tbsp. garlic, minced 1 Tbsp. ginger, grated 1½ cups brown sugar 3/4 cup orange juice 12 lbs. beef loin, strip loin steak, boneless (IMPS/NAMP 1180), 1-inch thick 72 green onion pieces, 1½ inches long 72 wooden skewers, 6-inch, soakedDIRECTIONS:Combine soy sauce, broth, mirin, garlic and ginger in heavy saucepan; bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium; cook until reduced by half, stirring ...
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Uterine Sarcoma
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Find out how documents held by The National Archives can reveal a fascinating picture of the domestic lives of ordinary people living through the Second World War.
Highlights of Security Service Files Released at The National Archives
This is the twenty-fourth Security Service records release and contains 196 files, bringing the total number of its records in the public domain to more than 4,300. As with previous releases, around 80% of the records are personal files relating to individuals (KV 2), with a small number of subject files (KV 3), policy files (KV 4), organisation files (KV 5) and list files (KV 6). The files cover subjects from the pre-war period, the Second World War and the post-war period, dealing with a range of groups and subjects. We apologise for the poor sound quality during the first few minutes of the recording.
Nineteenth Century Soldiers: Getting the Most from Online Resources
This talk aims to explain the intricacies of soldiers' service records online, in record series WO 97, and how using the records of the First World War is something which should be considered when researching nineteenth-century soldiers. William Spencer is The National Archives' principal military specialist, and has worked for The National Archives for the past 17 years. He is the author of a number of books including 'Army Records: A guide for family historians'.
Royal Hospital Chelsea: Soldiers' Service Documents
Military records specialist William Spencer talks about WO 97, one of The National Archives' most popular record series. This series holds detailed and comprehensive military records of over 1.5 million soldiers who served in the British Army between 1760 and 1913. This talk reveals the enlightening information found in the records, for anyone with ancestors who served in the army during this period.
Tracing Ancestors in Nelson's Navy
An overview of the essential finding aids and documents held by The National Archives which can be used to trace ancestors who served in Nelson's Navy.


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The Greenwich Point Conservancy's annual Beach Ball held at the treasured Tod's Point is hands down one of the best nights on the summer social calendar. Steel drums and a spectacular sunset provided the backdrop for the event, which is held high on a bluff.
No venue in town tops this view. Upon arrival, guests were greeted in the beach lots by golf carts that whisked them away to the event that included a rum shack, surf and turf dinner, dancing, and silent and live auctions.
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Desiree Grove
Desiree Grove, 35, of Martinsburg, passed away Saturday, April 13, 2013.
Born Aug. 10, 1977, in Jacksonville, Fla., she is survived by her mother, Sharon Noerr Scholz and stepfather, Herbert Humbertson and father, Frederick Scholz.
In addition to her parents, she is survived by her husband, Steve Grove; two sons, Brady G. and Nicholas J. Grove; two daughters, Brittany E. Crouse and Kaitlyn L. Barr; two brothers, Shawn Roush and Brandon Humbertson; and two sisters, Christine Roush and Stacey Humberston Whitfill.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, April 19, 2013, at Brown Funeral Home with the Rev. William C. Crowe officiating. Interment will be private.
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Rams Clinch Playoff Berth With Win Against Adirondack
A 3-1 home victory against the Adirondack Trail Blazers Thursday night clinched a playoff berth for the Watertown Rams.
That, with a a little more than a week to go in the regular season of the Perfect Games Collegiate Baseball League.
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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size ½ of recipe
Calories 205
Total Fat 5 g
Saturated Fat 1.5 g
Sodium 607 mg
Total Carbohydrate 11 g
Dietary Fiber 0.5 g
Protein 28 g
Ingredients and Preparation
Ingredients Measures
Low-fat buttermilk ½ cup
Chicken drumsticks, skin removed * 4
All-purpose flour ¼ cup
Salt ½ teaspoon
Freshly ground pepper ¼ teaspoon
Dry mustard powder ½ teaspoon
Onion powder ½ teaspoon
Paprika ¼ teaspoon
Cooking spray
* Tip: Use kitchen scissors to easily remove the skin from the chicken.
- Place buttermilk and chicken in a resealable plastic bag. Toss to combine and place in the refrigerator to marinate for 1-2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 450˚F.
- Combine flour, salt, pepper, dry mustard powder, onion powder, and paprika in another resealable plastic bag; transfer chicken to this bag, discarding excess marinade, and toss to coat with the flour mixture.
- Place chicken on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or treated with cooking spray. Bake for 35 minutes, or until cooked through, turning half way through.


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Matthew F. Powers, MS, BSN, RN, MICP, CEN, is currently serving as Immediate Past President on the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) Board of Directors. ENA is the specialty nursing association serving the emergency nursing profession through research, publications, professional development, and emphasis on quality and patient safety. Powers' term ends December 2016.
Powers began his career in nursing and emergency medical services immediately after high school. While studying for his pre-nursing courses, he attended Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital's Paramedic School and worked full-time as a paramedic from 1989-1995 while attending San Jose State receiving his bachelor's degree in nursing in 1995. Powers worked full-time as an emergency department nurse in Northern California.
After five years as an emergency department nurse, charge nurse, and clinical preceptor, he returned to pre-hospital arena servicing as the Clinical and Educational Services Coordinator in San Mateo County with the task of overseeing clinical competence, protocol development and instituting clinical oversight to American Medical Response and county-wide fire paramedics. While working for American Medical Response, he continued to work as an emergency department nurse, flight nurse, and critical care transport nurse part-time.
Since 2000, Powers has overseen operational and clinical services for the North County Fire Authority in San Mateo County. He covers EMS services for four fire departments as an EMS Battalion Chief.
While working for the fire service, Powers also works on-call as an emergency nurse manager for Kaiser Permanente and is a community college faculty member. While this keeps him busy, he also has served on several pediatric committees and has taught the Pediatric Provider for Pre-hospital Professionals course and is a course coordinator and both American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Pediatric Advanced Life Support course instructor.
As a registered nurse, Powers has experience in emergency, critical care transport, flight nursing, management, and legal nurse consulting.
In addition, he has served on several county and state committees. Powers served as the chairperson for the San Mateo County Quality Leadership Council, Medical Advisory Committee, Clinical Electronic Data Group, Personnel and Clinical Quality Redesign Committee and Joint Powers Agreement ALS Operations and Executive Steering Council and leads one of eight Critical Incident Stress Teams.
He was the 2003 President of the ENA East Bay Chapter and represented ENA on the Paramedic Critical Care Transport Task Force and EMS Authority Directors Advisory Group. Powers was President of the California ENA in 2007 and 2008, directing the future of emergency nursing through collaboration and education and is the 2003 recipient of the National Rising Star Award.
Powers completed his Masters of Science degree in emergency services administration from California State University-Long Beach. He received an academic achievement award and has also been published in the Journal of Emergency Nursing.
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I love this quilt. It is easy to see why it is a customer favorite. Use your own color selections to make it your own. This was my second quilt ever and it came out beautifully. I made mine a lap quilt in earth tones to match my family room furniture and now my husband wants me to make a king size for our bedroom. The instructions are clearly written and easy to follow. I will use this pattern again.


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At a special meeting held on March 13, the board of trustees had approved Phillip Zwicke for the new position of elementary school principal. Zwicke is currently with the district as a junior high social studies teacher, as well as an athletics coach.
Zwicke will assume the position and responsibilities of elementary school principal at the beginning of the 2013-2014 school year. The board discussed Zwicke's new responsibilities and the possibility of him staying involved in coaching football after hours on a certain basis, if time permits.
"He does want to, as well as Coach Marbach wants him to, assist in football after 4:30 or 5 p.m., if he's available," said Superintendent Linda Bettin. "He would like to keep his hands in it, but it has nothing to do with his work day or what he needs to do as principal."
Also at the meeting, the board accepted the resignations of retiring FCISD staff. High school English teacher Debbie Wiatrek will be retiring after the current school year. Wiatrek has taught at Falls City High School for 33 years.
Cafeteria staff member Brenda Stanfield has retired and has given her two-week notice. Replacing Stanfield will be Darby Myhre, who has been working as a substitute cafeteria staff member for the district.
"Myhre has been subbing for us all year long," said Bettin of the new hire. "We hired her to take Stanfield's place. She worked in the La Vernia school district for awhile and she is trustworthy. The kids and fellow cafeteria workers like her. She's pleasant and smiling, and so we're glad to get her."
Bus driver Josie Alwine will also be retiring after the current school year; however, Alwine will still be available as a substitute bus driver when needed, but will not have a full-time route.
Towards the end of the meeting, the board moved into a closed meeting session to discuss the ongoing process for selecting a new superintendent, as Superintendent Linda Bettin will be retiring after the current year.
The board has reviewed applications and six finalists have been chosen out of 21 applicants for the superintendent position. Interviews for remaining qualified applicants are planned for April 10 and 11.


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Home List of Titles 'I've never clicked this much with anyone in my life': trust and hyperpersonal communication in online friendships
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/88
- Title
- 'I've never clicked this much with anyone in my life': trust and hyperpersonal communication in online friendships
- Author(s)
- Henderson, Samantha; Gilding, Michael
- Abstract
- Earlier research on online communication has observed how its distinctive characteristics (such as limited cues and potential asynchronicity) facilitate online communication notably 'hyperpersonal communication'. Yet these distinctive characteristics do not explain the development of trust in online communication. This article uses qualitative interviews with 17 internet users to explore the foundations of trust in online friendships, drawing on Piotr Sztompka's theoretical framework. It concludes that there are four main sources of online trust. First, reputation, whether grounded in a pseudonym or offline identity. Second, performance, due to the scope for enhanced performance in online communication. More than this, performance plays an especially important role in the building of online friendships, following Giddens' model of the pure relationship (1991). Third, pre-commitment, through self-disclosure, which in turn encourages a 'leap of faith' and reciprocal self-disclosure. Finally, situational factors, especially the premium placed upon intimacy and the pure relationship in contemporary societies.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Life and Social Sciences
- Source
- New Media & Society, Vol. 6, no. 4 (2004), pp. 487-506
- Publication year
- 2004
- Keyword(s)
- Computer-mediated communication; Friendship; Hypersonal communication; Risk; The pure relationship; Trust
- Publisher
- Sage
- 1461-4448
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- Copyright © 2004 SAGE Publications.
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The sheriff's department responded to 87 calls; the Refugio Police Department, 41; State Troopers, 12; Woodsboro Marshal, 11; medics, 17; Refugio VFD, one; animal control, 13.
Deputy Shelly Haertig reported a possible bailout on U.S. 35 near the Austwell turnoff as she was following the vehicle at 9:20 a.m. on May 6. The driver drove through the fence and continued to drive around out in the pasture. A 911 caller reported that he saw the deputy attempt to pull that vehicle over and watched the driver go through the pasture. The driver pulled back on the roadway and headed westbound on Hwy. 239 going towards 59. Deputy Jason Maley reported the vehicle went through another fence. Trooper Cesar Villarreal set up a strip. Chief Sheldon Wiginton requested that Sgt. Jeremy Rowland contact DPS Corpus to get a helicopter to launch if available. The vehicle was located in a field and all the passengers, including two adults and one child escaped.
Foot pursuit
A DPS trooper pursued suspected illegal aliens on foot approximately one mile north of Refugio on May 7 at 12:59 a.m. Deputy Daniel Beltran and Officer Bill Schaefer were dispatched to assist the trooper who advised three suspects were in custody and others were being pursued. One of the suspects was taken to Refugio Memorial Hospital and was bleeding from the mouth. He was also pepper sprayed. Two illegal suspects were taken to the county jail and DPS Sgt. Villarreal advised they had one more in custody and two were still in the brush, including one pregnant female. The two subjects were found and both were transported to Refugio County Jail. The female was taken to the hospital to be checked out.
The suspect in an assault causing bodily injury on May 7 around 2:54 a.m. fled the scene before officers arrived. A caller advised that her boyfriend punched her in the face. Dispatch dispatched Deputies Daniel Beltran and Phillip Ruiz. The caller reported that the male subject was leaving her residence on foot. Deputies Beltran and Ruiz checked the brush around the area, but were unable to find him.
Deputy Ronald Ramirez recovered paraphernalia at a residence in Woodsboro on May 13 a 8:45 p.m. A caller reported that she had been looking after some property that belongs to her brother. She reported that the people who rented the property were supposed to be moved out and the new renter was there to look at the property. The new renter reported damage to the property and paraphernalia at the residence. Deputy Ramirez located the paraphernalia and stored it at the sheriff's office. Sgt. Glen Grasham reported he went by the residence and located more paraphernalia.
Car crash
A two-vehicle accident was reported by one of the victims on May 14 around 5:33 p.m. on FM 136. The caller advised she had rear-ended another vehicle. Deputy Ronald Ramirez, medics, Bayside Fire Department, and DPS Trooper Francisco Hosking were dispatched. Another caller reported that another vehicle may have caused the accident. The caller said he was fishing and saw the vehicle turn into Bayside. The third vehicle was located at Bayside Grocery. Deputy Ramirez reported the passenger of the vehicle was a 16-year-old who does not have a license.
Deputies were dispatched to the Mission River Oaks Apartments where a female victim was reportedly assaulted by her boyfriend on May 13 at 2:21 a.m. The alleged assailant had left the residence when officers arrived. Deputy Beltran advised dispatch that the female had a broken nose, her eyes were bloodshot and her face was swelling. Medics were requested.
Domestic disturbance
A domestic disturbance was reported on May 11 at 9:34 p.m. in Refugio. The caller reported that she and her husband were arguing and she feared he may take their three-week-old baby. Deputy Danny Beltran was dispatched and the parties were separated for the night.
A no trespass warning was issued to a Woodsboro resident on May 11 at 3:45 p.m. The caller reported her brother's ex-girlfriend, also the mother of his child, was at her mother's residence attempting to gain access to the home. The caller reported that she, her brother and her mother reside at the residence. The ex-girlfriend does not reside there and is not wanted there. Woodsboro Marshall Rey De Los Santos reported previous complaints were received regarding the ex-girlfriend blocking the doorway. Marshall De Los Santos escorted the female to the city hall.
Phone harassment
A Refugio parent reported on May 15, at 4:27 a.m. that her son was being harassed by phone. Officer Peter Silvas contacted the female suspect and warned her to stop calling.
Car accident
One subject was taken to Refugio Memorial Hospital for injuries received in a car accident on FM 1360 on May 10 at 5:59 p.m. The caller reported the accident just south of the high school and both vehicles were off of the roadway and that the subjects in the other vehicle were out and walking around. Chief Sheldon Wiginton and Deputies Jeff Raymond and Jamie O'Reilly were dispatched and medics were also paged.
Officers were dispatched to a Woodsboro residence at 2 a.m. on May 8 to investigate a fight. Witnesses at the scene reported a male subject showed up at the caller's residence with a bat and attacked two victims, his ex-girlfriend and a male at the residence. The caller requested medics for a female subject that was pushed and hit her head. Officer Ray De Los Santos, Deputy Daniel Beltran and Trooper Kolton Kendall were dispatched to the residence. Deputy Beltran advised that the male suspect hit a vehicle before leaving the scene. The deputy repored blood at the scene and asked dispatch to alert the local hospital that the male suspect may require medical attention for a head injury.
Intoxicated employee
Deputy Jeff Raymond detected the smell of alcohol on an employee at the Shell station on May 2 around 12:07 a.m. Deputy Raymond advised that he came in contact with the subject and advised that the subject was intoxicated and was also drinking alcohol on a licensed facility. The subject was arrested and taken to Refugio County Jail.
Domestic disturbance
A male subject was arrested on an outstanding warrant and taken to Refugio County Jail on May 7 around 1:21 a.m. following the report of a domestic disturbance. The 911 caller reported that her daughter had phoned her crying and asked her to come pick her up. The caller advised that she could hear a male subject yelling and screaming in the background, and advised that she believed the male subject had hit her daughter and then took her phone away from her. The caller advised that she is headed to the house and would like an officer there. Deputy Daniel Beltran, Trooper Ryan Chambers, and Trooper Kolton Kendell were dispatched to the scene where the male suspect was arrested and taken to jail.


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Elk River, TN
Hello all,
I will be moving to the Jackson, TN area later next week. I have done all of my trout fishing trips in the last 7 years in east Tennessee, and mainly in the SMNP. I have been during a little research and the closest TN tailwater to where I will be moving is the Elk River, south of Nashville. I read a report on the TN Game & Fish page that said this fishery receives less pressure than most of the TN tailwaters. I don't get into crowds, so the Elk sounds like it might be my kinda place. I appreciate any info on the Elk and any other trout fishing opportunities in Central TN. You can IM me if you don't want to reveal any secrets on the board.
Thanks in advance for any info you might be willling to share.
Re: Elk River, TN
There is a book that is a fairly basic overview of Tennessee fly fishing broken down by type of water: Tailwaters, Taliwater Lakes, Freestone Streams & Rivers. A quick glance at the opening spread on pages 6-7 shows 4 tailwater streams within easy reach of Nashville. There's Caney Fork, Duck River, Elk River and Obey River. Each of these is given a fairly comprehensive write-up. While I've not fished any of these, I have fished a number of the other streams written up in the book and I've found his appraisal helpful. Nice color photography too. Makes everything look very inviting!.
Hope this is helpful
"I've since learned to use the best knot rather than the one that uses the least line. I go through more tippet material but compensate by drinking cheaper whiskey. One must have priorities." ... Art Scheck
Re: Elk River, TN
I live in Huntsville, AL, and the Elk is the closest trout water to me. Don't expect a Hiwassee, Holston, Watauga type tailwater. The river is fairly narrow, and cannot be fished if TVA is generating any water. When the water is off, there are a few good runs that can be worked, but nothing in the sense of classic trout water.
The main public access points are at the Dam at Tim's Ford, Ferris Creek Bridge, and Old Dam Ford. Most of my success has come at the dam, probably because that's where most of the fish are stocked. There's a bridge that crosses the river at the dam, maybe Hiway 53? below the bridge is a gravel bar with about a 100 yard pool. People stack up on this bar and it gets lots of pressure. If you walk down the river about 1/4 mile, you will come to a big turn hole in the river. It's deep and generally holds better fish. After you go around the turn, the river rapidly becomes deep and difficult to fish.
Do a search on Google for Tim's Flies and Lies. This is a fly shop in Lynchburg. He posts a fishing report every month or so.
In my limited experience, two flies have been the biggest producer: (1) olive woooly bugger; and, (2) small (size 22 or smaller) midges. I've caught plenty of fish on other flies, but these have been the best producers.
I once paddled from the dam to Ferris Creek Bridge. At points the water was very still, very deep and very clear. We could see some nice size trout as we paddled over them.
Good luck and let me know how you do.
Re: Elk River, TN
Thanks for the info rlockwood and Gerry. I want to learn as little more about Caney Fork as well, sounds like it has some good flyfisghing, but can get a little crowded sometimes in the popular areas. I look forward to flinging a fly in TN in the near future.
Re: Elk River, TN
The Elk has less access than the Caney, hence less pressure. If you're ever headed through Nashville, give me a shout & i'd be glad to point you in some directions on both streams.
Re: Elk River, TN
Another great resource for me has been my East Tennessee Fishing Map Guide. It's a comprehensive map book published by Sportsman's Connection of Superior, Wisconsin, that I picked up at my local Wal-Mart in the sporting goods department. I checked tonight on my way home and they also carry separate guides for Middle and East Tennessee. Where Rudter's book is long on photography and editorial, these guides are long on exremely detailed maps and short on editorial and photography. They're broken down by Regional Lakes and Regional Streams and Watersheds with very concise overviews of each area and tons of charts and stats. If your local Wal-Mart doesn't stock them you might find a retailer through the publisher's website: www.sportsmansconnection.com
Hope this helps.
Gerry *
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Re: Elk River, TN
There are supposedly stocked water for primarily winter fishing on Fort Cambell military reservation, which will be north of Jackson towards Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley.
Re: Elk River, TN
the caney is the river i fish most of the time and some spots i wold reccomend would be happy hollow, if you fish here *pm me and ill tell you were to go. two others would be the i-40 pulloff and bettys island. pm and ill tell you were to go at these areas. sorry but i guy like me doesnt find to many spots in the 1.5 hours i get to fish when i go. its a pretty good fishery and only getting better. in the winter they stock below nicest mill dam right outside of murfreesboro and it can be pretty good.
Re: Elk River, TN
You're about 3 1/2hrs from the Elk if you're in Jackson. About the same for the Caney, which is a much better river to fish. I've had some real good days on the Elk, but generally you're going to catch smaller fish and they are usually harder to catch than the Caney. But in all honesty, I would leave the Mid TN rivers as a back up and head to the Little Red. Its about just as far away and a much better fishery. A lot more milage of trout water and bigger fish. Cow shoals and Swinging Bridge are my favorites. Plus you can rent boats and take those up river to islands/shoals that arent accessible any other way, then drift back down.
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SOS is right the little red or white river is going to be better than any tailwater in tennessee 9 out of 10 times. and if youve got kids you can take them to dry run creek which flows into the white. its a 16 under managed trophy stream and there are trout in there as long as your leg. hope this helps.
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how can u call Derrick Rose a bust based on 1 summer league game?
Im sure he will be a good player. Im very sure u would have been happy if the Knicks drafted him.
Beasley will be a beast and was the best player in this draft.
Watched the Bull v. Heat game today.
Derrick Rose struggled mightily while Mike Beasley put up big numbers in minimal time.
Well, I said Rose was a bust before the draft, lets see if it carries over into the NBA and happens. Just remember I predicted it...
how can u call Derrick Rose a bust based on 1 summer league game?
Im sure he will be a good player. Im very sure u would have been happy if the Knicks drafted him.
Beasley will be a beast and was the best player in this draft.
LOL...exactly what Pricey said.
Demetris Nichols was a prodigy in summer league, what has he done in the NBA?
Greg Oden struggled in the summer league, is now he going to be a bust?
LMAO...I don't even like Rose or the Bulls, but he has zero bust potential. Too much skill, leadership, work ethic and ability.
No, see you misunderstood me. I said he was a bust pre-draft. I still think he is over rated and may indeed be a bust. ****, everyone thought Kwame was the ****. Or Tractor Traylor. Or the Candyman.
I'm just saying that I'm predicting him to be all hype and bust out.
you have to remember, rose has the hype of a seasoned vet coming in, he might possibly be a bust, based on one factor most people forget, he was only a freshman. but then again, you also have to pull for him not being a bust based on the fact he lead his team all the way to the NCAA finals as a freshman. (carmelo anthony ? ) so either way, hes too young to judge as being a bust or not, will he be a chris paul or deron williams I doubt it. I cant even say he will be a kidd, or nash type. But he will be decent. hes a kid.
According to this website: [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] Rose only has a 30 to 1 bust potential-about 3%. That means that he most likely isn't going to be a bust. I haven't really watched Rose play, so I can't give my personal opinion, but from the highlight videos Ive seen on youtube, and from what everyone has been saying, and from the above website, he's unlikely to be a bust.
These are the bust potentials for other players, according to the above website:
OJ Mayo-15 to 1(6.6%)
Michael Beasley- 10 to 1(10%)
Brook Lopez- 6 to 1 (16%)-selected by New Jersey
Danilo Gallinari- 4 to 1(25%)-selected by New York
Kevin Love-2 to 1 (50%)
Anthony Ranolph- 1 to 3(33%)
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tuneradict, what channel did you watch the game on.
I thought this was a knicks forum who cares what them other players did and why has there been so much talk about Rose. he is not a knick move on discuss team chemistry, lack of, Potential etc. etc. it is no wonder this site is going down and you dont know why. i am a KNICKS FAN THIS SITE IS CALLED KNICKS ONLINE YET YOU KNOW WHAT FORGET IT IT IS NOT EVEN WORTH THE TIME.
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LIBERTY TWP. – Although the Waxler Church closed nearly half a century ago, people are still laid to rest in its cemetery and the building is maintained by a local family whose ties to the church go back four generations.
"My family just always had something to do with this," said Judy Mercer, 50, of Dalzell, explaining why she continues to care for the church that closed when she was just 4 years old.
The church is located on one of the highest points (1,145 feet above sea level) in Washington County, atop a hill near the intersection of Dalzell and Stanleyville roads. The white, one-story building with a bell tower is surrounded by the cemetery, in which 150 to 160 people are interred, including Mercer's parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. Among the most recent was her mother Kathryn Booth, who passed away in 2009.
"That's just where she knew she wanted to be," Mercer said. "This is where she grew up."
Mercer and her husband have purchased plots in the cemetery, as have Richard and Joyce Gill, who live down the hill from the cemetery. The Gills live in the house that once belonged to Richard's mother, who is buried in the Waxler Cemetery along with other members of his family.
The family wasn't connected to the church itself, but has long lived in the area.
"We liked the church, we like the area, and we just decided we wanted to be buried there," said Joyce Gill, 67.
The cemetery itself is maintained by Liberty Township. Mercer said she, her husband, sister and brother-in-law take care of the church not only to honor their family but also to share some of its history with others who might visit loved ones' graves there.
Inside the church are a dozen pews, the platform from which the minister preached and a piano purchased by church members in 1906 for $65. Mercer and others have also hung photos of students from the nearby Waxler School and other documents pertaining to the church inside, including some original records in German.
Among the items on display is a history written of the church in 1948, when it had about 40 members.
The land was deeded to the church in 1853 under the name "Paw Paw Presbyterian Church," apparently derived from the nearby Duck Creek tributary of Paw Paw Creek and the denomination to which the justice of the peace recording the deed thought the church's founders belonged.
"How this happened, we can only guess," the history says. "But one thing is certain, these people were never Presbyterians, but were Lutheran and Evangelical."
The writer of the history theorizes that the church founders, who arrived in the area from Germany, spoke no English and the justice of the peace spoke no German.
In 1868, the church was officially named St. John's Evangelical Protestant Church, according to church records passed down through Mercer's family. In 1923, the name was changed to St. John's Evangelical Reformed Church, with Mercer's great-grandfather, W.H. Payne, among the trustees listed on that incorporation document.
Other documented names for the church over the years were Schramm Ridge Evangelical Lutheran Church, Waxler German Lutheran Church and St. John's United Church of Christ, according to Millie Covey Fry's publication detailing German communities and churches in the area.
Eventually, the name was changed to Waxler, for Sam Waxler who owned the property after one of the church's founders, Peter Gruber. That's the name Mercer has always associated with the cemetery and church, although when it closed in 1966 due to declining membership, it was known as St. John United Church of Christ.
The families of members continued to care for the church over the years. In 1994, donations from people whose relatives are buried in the cemetery allowed Mercer and company to have the inside and outside of the church repainted and new Amish-made windows installed.
Around that time, something broke in the belfry and the bell came loose. It lay on its side in the tower for years, and Mercer said her mother always wanted to do something with it. In 2009, the 500-pound bell was removed and placed in a display built by Mercer and her husband, which was then dedicated to her mother's memory.
Removal of the bell helped relieve pressure on the tower, but repairs are still needed to the building's roof and gutters. That would have to be accomplished by donation again, and anyone wanting to contribute can contact Mercer at 585-2675.


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Glendale resident files lawsuit to have Comfort Women statue removed
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Somebody needs to tell Michiko Gingery that the statue highlights the obtuse moral depravity of Imperial Japan and its military industrial complex during the first half of last century. So tell me Michiko, are you Japanese ... or American?
Because if you're American, then I don't even see why you should feel assaulted, unless of course you (and/or maybe your family) were conspiring participants in that particular tragedy. If that's the case, then I can understand why you would want to hide your prevailing guilt from the rest of society by removing the offending reminder.
But you shouldn't even worry, because everybody has some cultural shame to hide. I mean, Caucasian America was the first racist element of our species to use a nuclear weapon against a functionally conquered population that was begging the rest of the world to let it surrender. We all got skeletons.
I hadn't thought about it, but it would seem that Michiko Gingery has a point.
The statue is about something that happened in another country and by another country. It does uncomfortably emphasize Korean women, when it wasn't only Korean women who were enslaved.
Are there any former Korean comfort women living in that city?
The majority of women, I understand, were Korean AND Chinese, but women forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese Imperial Army included women from Japan, the Philippines, Taiwan, Burma, Indonesia, Netherlands and Australia. So the statue is exclusive rather than inclusive.
The 1940s was a time of great racial prejudices so it should come as no surprise that only one war crimes trials looked into the comfort women situation and that was concerning the Dutch women, not non-European women. In that case, while there were non-European comfort women in that colony, the tribunal did not care to bring the case.
Further, Japan is not the only country that has taken women and forced them into sexual slavery. This often happened in colonized countries and during wars with countries that are not predominately white.
It is unfortunate that the statue in question doesn't look at the long history of sexual enslavement of women and include all women of all cultures and nationalities. Even as a reminder of World War II, it only looks at one nationality and not the many that were victimized by the Imperial Army of Japan AS WELL AS the European and Western armies during the same time period (e.g. Jewish, Polish, Russian and Norwegian women under Germany).
Why did the city care so much about Korean Comfort women and not the women of other nationalities who were similarly exploited during the same time period?
122 Korean women claimed that "we were the U.S. military comfort women", and sued the class action lawsuit on June 25, 2014. If the issue is not a diplomatic one about history, but a human rights concern for the future of all nations, Glendale should englave the phrase on the statue " We were the U.S. military sex slave too." All comfort women were the victims of human trafficking. Glendale should stand for justice and human right, not be a hypocrite. The USA itself is concerned very deeply in this Korean "comfort women" matter.


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Education has announced awards to Illinois schools and
organizations through the 21st Century Community Learning
Centers Program for Fiscal Year 2007. A total of $6.1
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among the 16 successful bidders.
The 21st CCLC Program, a key component of the No Child
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In January 2006, the Illinois State Board of Education
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Seventy-three proposals totaling $26 million were received
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faith based organizations throughout Illinois.
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