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|Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
United States
|Fox 23 (general)
News 10 ABC on Fox 23 (newscasts)
|Dedicated. Determined. Dependable.
|Digital: 7 (VHF)
Virtual: 23 (PSIP)
|23.1 Fox
23.2 Capital OTB TV (horse racing)
23.3 Laff
|Shield Media, LLC
|Media General
|First air date
|July 30, 1982
|Sister station(s)
|Former channel number(s)
|Former affiliations
Independent (1982–1986)
Variety Television Network (2007–2009)
Untamed Sports TV (2009–2011)
TheCoolTV (2011–2012)
ZUUS Country (2012–2015)
|Transmitter power
|10 kW
|434 m (1,424 ft)
|Facility ID
|Transmitter coordinates
|Licensing authority
|Public license information:
WXXA-TV is the Fox-affiliated television station for Upstate New York's Capital District and Western New England. Licensed to Albany, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 7 (or virtual channel 23.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter in the Helderberg Escarpment southwest of New Scotland's Voorheesville section.
Owned by Shield Media, WXXA is operated through joint sales and shared services agreements by Media General. This makes it a sister outlet to ABC affiliate WTEN and the two outlets share studios on Northern Boulevard in Albany's Bishop's Gate section.
WXXA was signed-on July 30, 1982[1] and aired an analog signal on UHF channel 23. It was the first new commercial station to launch in the Capital District in 28 years. A construction permit had been issued for channel 23 in the 1950s with the calls WPTR-TV; that permit was canceled in 1960. Rumors had previously abounded that NBC would move its programming to the new channel 23 after WRGB switched to CBS in 1981. However, the network ended up affiliating with WNYT.
The station's original owner was Albany TV 23, Inc. which in turn, was owned by a group of investors led by Founding President and Station Manager Jim Boaz, Hollywood director Arthur Penn, and former FDIC director William Seidman. Through Penn, it was able to secure financing from movie production company Orion Pictures. On October 9, 1986, it became a charter affiliate of Fox. Shortly afterward, Albany TV 23 sold the station to Heritage Broadcasting. The station picked up programming from the Prime Time Entertainment Network (PTEN) block in 1993.[2]
In 1994, Heritage sold the station to Clear Channel Communications, predating Clear Channel's sizable expansion of television assets in the Northeast in the following years. Clear Channel soon moved WXXA from its original studios on Central Avenue/NYS Route 5 in Albany (now a car dealership) to an expanded facility on Corporate Circle in Albany's Dunes section).
When UPN launched on January 16, 1995, WXXA dropped PTEN and aired programming from UPN off-hours on weekends. Cable viewers in virtually the entire market were also able to watch UPN in pattern on WSBK-TV in Boston, which had been available on cable in the area for decades. WXXA's secondary affiliation ended in 1998, when UPN signed WYPX as its new secondary affiliate and low-powered WVBG-LP as a primary affiliate. The network was picked up again by WXXA after this station, in partnership with Time Warner Cable, launched cable-only affiliate "WEDG-TV" in January 2000. Eventually known on-air as "UPN 4" after its channel location, the station signed-off in August 2003 concurrent with the sign-on of over-the-air UPN affiliate WNYA which was operated by WRGB.
WXXA-DT began airing on VHF channel 7 on December 20, 2005. A combination of objections from analog co-channels WABC-TV (in New York City) and WWNY-TV (in Watertown), whose signals reach the fringes of the Albany area, was the primary reason for the late and delayed sign-on. On April 20, 2007, Clear Channel entered into an agreement to sell its entire television station group to Providence Equity Partners' Newport Television (the deal closed in March 2008).
On July 19, 2012, Newport Television announced the sale of 22 of its 27 stations to the Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Sinclair Broadcast Group and Cox Media Group.[3] While most of WXXA-TV's New York State sisters were sold to Nexstar, that company opted not to buy WXXA because it already owns or controls 10 stations there. Sinclair could not purchase WXXA-TV because it already owned CBS affiliate WRGB and The CW affiliate WCWN. While Nexstar and Sinclair passed on buying WXXA, the station eventually found a new owner on July 27, 2012 when Newport Television announced the sale of the station to Shield Media, LLC (owned by White Knight Broadcasting Vice President Sheldon Galloway) for $19.2 million.
Shield then entered into certain shared service and joint sales agreements with Young Broadcasting, owners of ABC affiliate WTEN.[4] The FCC granted the transaction on October 23,[5] and it was finalized on December 14.[6] After consummation of the sale, WXXA moved from its Corporate Circle facility into WTEN's studios on March 23, 2013. On November 8, 2013, Media General shareholders approved the company's merger with New Young Broadcasting, which was completed on November 12.[7] The merged company kept the Media General name, and will continue its shared service and joint sales agreements with Shield Media.
More than two years later, on January 27, 2016, it was announced that the Nexstar Broadcasting Group would buy Media General for $4.6 billion. The operations of WXXA and outright ownership of WTEN will become part of "Nexstar Media Group."[8]
Digital television[edit]
Digital channels[edit]
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
|PSIP Short Name
|Main WXXA-TV programming / Fox
|Capital OTB TV (streams online)
The station's DT2 service has had a number of affiliations over the years. In January 2007, Clear Channel launched a digital-only network known as The Variety Channel. The service aired classic television shows (similar to the Retro Television Network), auto showcase programming and various home improvement programs. The service was shut down on January 5, 2009, with WXXA switching over to Untamed Sports TV. This was followed by a switch on April 15, 2011 to the music video network TheCoolTV, which was then dropped sometime in 2012 for ZUUS Country. Finally on January 1, 2015, Shield leased the channel to Capital District Off-Track Betting for their internally originated network, Capital OTB TV.
Analog-to-digital conversion[edit]
WXXA-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 23, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition VHF channel 7.[10] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 23.
Syndicated programming on WXXA includes The Big Bang Theory, The Simpsons, Family Guy, Judge Judy and The People's Court among others.
News operation[edit]
On October 7, 1996, the station established a news department and began airing a nightly half-hour prime time newscast known as Fox News at 10. It was not the time slot's first show in the market, as WMHQ (now WCWN) launched a WNYT-produced broadcast earlier in the year; in 1998, that production was canceled due to a lack of support, leaving WXXA as the only outlet for a prime time show.
Filling a niche in local newscasts, its prime time broadcast was expanded on weeknights to an hour in early 2000 and renamed Fox 23 News at 10. Since launching the newscast, WXXA has been very successful in the time slot with high ratings and viewership. This cannot be said for other local news offerings from the station, which have consistently struggled against Albany's big three stations.
In late 2000, the station took on the area's big three outlets for the first time with the launch of Fox 23 News at 6:30. This show offered a local alternative to the national news broadcasts seen in the time slot. This was followed by another show weeknights at 6 that directly competed with the other stations. Right from its start, the broadcast struggled to gain ratings and viewership from the Capital District's other long-established news departments.
A change in upper management led to a realignment of early weeknight shows with the 6:30 broadcast moving to 5 in September 2002 and an expansion to an hour. Fox 23 News at 6 would eventually be dropped in July 2003 due to poor performance against its competitors. WXXA re-focused its efforts to improve its popular prime time newscast at 10 by putting a significant investment in its news operation beginning in late 2003. The biggest move was the signing of former WNYT news anchor John Gray. Additional resources and capabilities were added to the station behind the scenes as well as on-the-air.
On April 17, 2006, it was announced WNYA would begin airing an hour-long extension of WRGB's weekday morning show from 7 until 8. This action could be seen as a preemptive move by WRGB to fend off a challenge by WXXA which had announced its own plans to launch a weekday morning newscast two weeks earlier. The actual launch of Fox 23 News Mornings occurred September 25, 2006 and it initially ran for three hours from 5 until 8. WRGB subsequently moved the sixty-minute extension of its morning show from WNYA to WCWN, and in 2008 began producing a 10 p.m. newscast for that station, giving WXXA its first challenger in the time slot in a decade. WXXA reduced its weekday morning broadcast to a two-hour format (from 6 until 8) in Summer 2009 due to low viewership.
A final addition to newscast offerings on WXXA occurred June 29, 2009 when it launched a half-hour broadcast weeknights at 11 following a national trend by other Fox affiliates. Although Fox 23 News at 10 has remained popular with viewers, its weekday morning show and Fox 23 News at 11 continued to struggle in the ratings against long running newscasts on competing stations. Fox 23 News at 5 (seen on weeknights) was eventually cut to a half-hour for that same reason. In 2012, Fox 23 News A.M. was moved to the 7 to 9 time slot. WXXA was the last remaining news department in the Capital District that continued to broadcast local news in 4:3 standard definition, and it never upgraded to high definition or 16:9 widescreen during the time that the newscasts were produced in-house.
With the consolidation of WXXA with WTEN, the ABC affiliate took over production of channel 23's newscasts. The two stations' reporting staffs were merged immediately following Shield Media's purchase of WXXA was completed.[11] On January 24, 2013, WXXA discontinued its weeknight 5:00 and 11:00 p.m. newscasts, in order to focus more on the morning and 10:00 p.m. newscasts; in an announcement on its Facebook page; the station redirected viewers of the canceled newscasts to the WTEN newscasts in those time slots. The weekday morning (7:00-9:00 a.m.) and nightly 10:00 p.m. newscasts, which do not compete against WTEN's newscasts, remain on the station.[12][13]
On March 23, the consolidation was completed when all newscasts began originating from WTEN's studios produced in high definition. WXXA simulcasts WTEN's weekday morning show from 5:30-7:00 a.m. During weather forecasts, the station features live NOAA National Weather Service Doppler radar data from four regional sites including one locally on Woodstock Road south of East Berne.
- ^ "In Brief" (PDF). Broadcasting. August 2, 1982. pp. 87–88. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
- ^ Whiteside, Lee (1995-04-06). "B5: Babylon 5 TV Station List/Times updated!". rec.arts.sf.tv. Google Groups. Retrieved 2006-11-27.
- ^ Newport Sells 22 Stations For $1 Billion, TVNewsCheck, July 19, 2012.
- ^ Shield Buying Newport's WXXA For $19.4M, TVNewsCheck, July 27, 2012.
- ^ (PDF) http://licensing.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/Auth_Files/1509776.pdf. Retrieved December 6, 2012. Missing or empty
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- ^ FCC Internet Services Staff. "Application Search Details". Licensing.fcc.gov. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
- ^ "Media General, Young Now Officially One". TVNewsCheck. November 12, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
- ^ http://www.mediageneral.com/press/2016/jan27_2016nexs.html
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for WXXA
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Lombardo, David (December 19, 2012). "WTEN, WXXA share staff under new plan". Schenectady Gazette. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
- ^ McGuire, Mark (January 24, 2013). "Fox 23 cuts newscasts at 5 and 11". Albany Times-Union. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
- ^ McGuire, Mark (2013-02-14). "Ann Hughes out in Fox 23 layoffs". Times Union. Retrieved 2013-04-22.


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2 Teens Accused Of Stealing Vehicle
A teenager, who robbed two stores in Cape Vincent in January, has been arrested again - this time for allegedly stealing a vehicle with a friend.
The next day, the teen's parents told 7 News their son needs psychiatric help.
Friday, December 9, 2016, Watertown, NY
On Wall Street


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Service Economy Taking Over U.S.
High-paying manufacturing jobs are rapidly disappearing, only to be replaced by low-paying, and oftentimes menial, service sector jobs that produce absolutely nothing of value, according to the U.S. Labor Department's 2009 Occupational Employment and Wages report.
The report found that retail sales, cashiers, general office clerks, food preparation and service workers, and nurses were the occupations with the highest levels of employment in 2009.
In fact, nine of the top 10 jobs in the survey pay such low wages that they put a worker supporting a family of four in near poverty.
While the fast food, health care and financial services industry has been booming, the manufacturing sector has not. The U.S. had just 8.9 million workers in what the report refers to as production occupations. Workers in those occupations average a salary of over $33,000 per year. By comparison, there were 11.2 million workers in food preparation and serving related occupations in 2009, who made just a little over $18,000 per year, on average.
Employment for layout workers dealing with metal and plastic numbered just 9,020; bookbinders totaled just 6,430; jobs as tailors, dress makers and custom sewers employed only 6,020; and timing device assemblers, adjustors and calibrators employed just 2,260 in 2009, the report found.
The findings are symptomatic of America's failed trade policy, which has allowed the nation's manufacturing base to be gradually offshored to low-wage nations, leaving only low paying service sector jobs in their wake.
"With a more open economy and trade, we get a lot of our manufactured goods produced overseas where it is cheaper to produce, rather than producing it here," Lynn Karoly, a senior economist with Rand Corp, told The Pittsburgh Post Gazette.
The Post Gazette studied the report, comparing it to the same research from 10 years earlier, and the results were unsettling. While millions of manufacturing jobs were disappearing, fast food workers increased by 43 percent. Child care employment increased 68 percent over the decade as the number of one-income households dwindle due to the lack of jobs that pay well enough to support a family.
At the same time, education, which Americans were told was the cure-all for the changing economy has not paid off for many. The health care sector may be growing rapidly, but most of the jobs created are the more lower paying jobs in the field. The number of nurses, who make roughly $25,535 per year, stayed relatively stable. The number of home health care aids and medical assistants, who make an average of $25,535 annually, exploded over the past decade.
Once the engine that drove the nation's powerful economy, America's manufacturing base has been drastically reduced through failed trade policies. In 1980, around the time that globalization exploded and free trade agreements became more prevalent, the U.S. had 19.2 million manufacturing jobs. Since then, the sector's total employment has fallen to just 11.6 million as jobs are outsourced to low-wage nations, like Mexico and China.
Because free trade agreements knock down trade barriers, Americans are now forced to compete with China's 113 million strong manufacturing workforce, each of whom averaged a wage of 81 cents-per-hour, just three percent of their U.S. counterparts pay, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Mexico, whose 10.7 million industrial workers average just $2.92 per hour, is only slightly better.
Even though other Western nations have liberalized their economies and experienced some structural change as a result, most have not been affected as adversely be free trade policies as America.
"They have not seen the same rising in inequality or hollowing out of their middle class," Heather Boushey, a senior economist with the Center for American Progress, told the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, pointing specifically to Germany, Japan and other European nations.


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Secretary of the Interior discusses work to strengthen Insular economies
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell joined Governors and Congressional representatives from each of the U.S. Insular Areas this week at the annual meeting of the Interagency Group on Insular Affairs (IGIA), hosted by the Department of the Interior, to discuss how the Obama Administration can support Insular Area governments' efforts to grow their economies, create jobs, increase skills training and improve education.
The IGIA 2014 Senior Plenary Session, co-chaired by Secretary Jewell and White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs David Agnew, focused on a wide range of challenges facing island territories and provided an opportunity for further discussion on initiatives meant to strengthen energy, health systems and tourism marketing in the insular areas. The island governors were also in Washington to attend the annual National Governors' Conference, and the Western Governors Breakfast.
"The Obama Administration knows that engagement with the elected leaders of the governments of U.S. Insular Areas is one of the most important intergovernmental relationships we have as a nation," Secretary Jewell told island leaders. "The federal family is committed to working collaboratively with the islands' Chief Executives, Members of Congress, and other elected officials to carry out the initiatives needed to improve the lives of our fellow Americans living in American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands."
The IGIA meeting seeks to showcase the work of the various federal agencies in the Territories, further build on interagency collaboration and efforts spearheaded by the Department of the Interior, through its Office of Insular Affairs, and helps to facilitate dialogue on critical policy issues identified by the insular area Governors and Delegates.
Island leaders participating in today's discussions include US Virgin Islands Congresswoman Donna Christensen; Governor of Guam Eddie Calvo; Guam Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo; Governor of Northern Marianas Eloy Inos; Northern Marianas Congressman Gregorio Kilili Sablan.
The American Samoa's Attorney General, Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale, attended on behalf of Governor Lolo M. Moliga, who fell ill while in Washington DC. Chief Counsel Ta'afili Sagapolutele Jr. from the Office of American Samoa Congressman Eni Faleomavaega represented the Congressman.
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Senator Inhofe has been one of the most conservative members of the Senate since his election in 1994. He is very religious and has based his support of Israel on God's word in the Bible. His opposition to climate change is also Biblically based—he thinks it is arrogant for humans to believe they can influence the climate while God is still in his heaven. The man is stupid beyond belief—even for a Republican senator.
Senator James Inhofe, famous for denouncing Climate Change as a hoax, admits that he used to believe Climate Change was true, until he learned how much it would cost to fight it.
Inhofe: Global warming too costly to be real
In short, learning about the (supposed) high cost of the solution is what turned him from a believer in climate science to a denier.
Would he also decide that a cancer diagnosis is wrong if the treatment was too expensive?
Ruth, that's a great table. It really shows the impact of some of our choices. Cars and homes are such a big deal, it makes some of the other choices seem minor. But it all adds up.
I like to think about some of the other side of it too - getting some carbon credits. Planting trees. Changing lawns to trees shrubs and xeroscapes. Painting the roof white. Moving closer to work.
I would multiply the "one vegetarian meal per week" by 21, so it's 3 meals daily, 7 days a week. But that's just me. It would make it >8,000 pounds, if the math translates (breakfast is different from supper). Also, eat home prepared vs. driving somewhere to eat.
The table at this site helps you to compare CO2 production from routine choices.
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NLL: More Wheeling, Dealing in Colorado
from press release
DENVER – The Colorado Mammoth announced
today a pair of trades that result in the acquisition of veteran
forward Chad Culp. The Mammoth traded forward Ryan Powell to
the Edmonton Rush in exchange for Callum Crawford. Colorado
then traded Crawford to Minnesota in exchange for Culp.
Culp, originally from Owen Sound, Ontario had been Minnesota's all-time leading playoff scorer with 11 points in three games. In 91 regular-season games, Culp has amassed 255 career points. Twice the lefty has boasted eight-point nights, with the most recent coming on February 28, 2009 when he scored two goals and assisted on six others against Buffalo. Culp was also a member of the Owen Sound Woodsmen team that won the 2008 President's Cup. "Chad is a very gritty ball player that will be a welcome addition to our young offense," added Mammoth president and general manager Steve Govett.
Following the Portland dispersal draft on July 7, 2009, the Mammoth acquired Ryan Powell in a trade with New York for the rights to Matt Danowski.
Colorado hosts Minnesota at Pepsi Center on Friday, December 18 in preseason action. The Mammoth opens the 2010 regular season on the road against the Washington Stealth on January 9. The home-opener is one week later as Colorado hosts the Edmonton Rush at Pepsi Center on Saturday, January 16. 2010 Mammoth season tickets are on-sale now. Single game tickets for the Mammoth go on sale Friday, December 18.
Swarm Also Signs Three
SAINT PAUL, Minn. -- The National Lacrosse
League's (NLL) Minnesota Swarm have announced that the team
has acquired forward Callum Crawford from the Edmonton Rush.
As part of a three-team trade, the Swarm sent forward Chad Culp to
the Colorado Mammoth who traded forward Ryan Powell to
Crawford, 25, recorded 41 points (19g, 22a) and 48 loose balls in 13 contests with the Edmonton last year. Prior to his time with the Rush, Crawford spent the 2008 season with the Chicago Shamrox and finished with 27 points (14g, 13a) along with 37 loose balls. The native of Calgary, AB has tallied 99 points (47g, 52a), 27 PIM and 142 loose balls over his four-year career in the league with Edmonton, Chicago, San Jose, and Calgary.
"Trading Chad was one of the hardest moves I've ever had to make in my career. He brought a ton of character to our team and contributed a lot on the field whether it was scoring goals, hustling, or making plays on special teams," said General Manager Marty O'Neill. "Basically we needed to add some insurance to our right side and we had seven left-handers fighting for five spots in camp. It just made sense for us to go out and get another quality right-handed forward in Callum."
Culp, 27, was one of the original members of the inaugural Swarm team in 2005. Last season the native of Fergus, ON appeared in 15 contests for the Swarm tallying 35 points (12g, 23a), 7 PIM and 87 loose balls. Culp finishes his tenure in Minnesota ranked third in team history in points (223), goals (86) and assists (137).
Minnesota also announced the signings of defensemen Noah Talbot and Richard Morgan as well as forward Alex Turner to one-year contracts for the 2010 season. Talbot, 29, recorded two points (2a), 7 PIM and collected 62 loose balls while appearing in all 16 contests for the Swarm in 2009. The native of Victoria, BC will be entering his fifth season with Minnesota in 2010 and has played in all but two games with the team the last four years.
"Noah was one of our best defensive players last year and he has been a model of consistency for us," stated O'Neill. "We are excited to have him along for another season."
Morgan, 30, was acquired from Edmonton in exchange for the ninth overall selection in the 2009 NLL Entry Draft. The 6'8" 260 lbs. native of Boise, ID spent the last four seasons with the Portland LumberJax. In 16 contests with the LumberJax in 2009, Morgan finished with 16 points (7g, 9a), 40 PIM and collected 68 loose balls.
"We made it a goal this season to add some size to our roster. Richard gives us that and a lot more," said O'Neill. "He can play on both sides of the ball and he is also great on special teams."
Turner, 22, was acquired from the Washington Stealth along with goaltender Aaron Bold in exchange for the 13th and 23rd overall selections in the 2009 NLL Entry Draft. In his rookie season last year, the 6'0" 200 lbs. native of Kamloops, BC recorded 16 points (7g, 9a), 4 PIM and collected 21 loose balls in seven contests with the Stealth.
"We looked at drafting Alex two years ago," stated O'Neill. "He's an evolving player with great size and offensive abilities."
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Wings (disambiguation)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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|Look up wing or wings in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Wings are appendages used to create lift.
Wings may also refer to:
- 1 Music
- 2 Films
- 3 Television
- 4 Publications
- 5 Digital media
- 6 Sports teams
- 7 Military
- 8 Transportation
- 9 Other
- 10 People with the given name Wings
- 11 People with the surname Wings
- 12 See also
- Wings (band), the 1970s band led by Paul McCartney
- Wings (1968 band), an American folk rock band
- Wings (duo), a South Korean duo
- Wings (Mark Chesnutt album), a 1995 album by Mark Chesnutt
- Wings (Skylark album), a 2006 album by the Italian band Skylark
- Wings (Bonnie Tyler album), a 2005 album by singer Bonnie Tyler
- Wings (BTS album), a 2016 album by Korean pop boy band BTS
- "Wings" (Birdy song)
- "Wings" (Delta Goodrem song)
- "Wings" (Little Mix song)
- "Wings" (Live song)
- "Wings" (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis song)
- "Wings" (Ringo Starr song)
- "Wings", by Haerts
- "Wings", by Soulfly from their album Prophecy
- "Wings", by Tim Buckley from his eponymous debut album
- "The Wings", an instrumental by Gustavo Santaolalla from Brokeback Mountain: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- The Wings (film) (Swedish: Vingarne), a 1916 Swedish silent film
- Wings (1927 film), a 1927 film about World War I fighter pilots
- Wings (1966 film), by Soviet filmmaker Larisa Shepitko
- Wings (2012 film), Russian animated film
- Wings (BBC TV series), a BBC drama which ran from 1977 to 1978
- Wings (Discovery Channel TV series), documentary show about aircraft
- Wings (1990 TV series), a sitcom which ran on NBC from 1990 to 1997
- "Wings", an episode of The Protector
- Wings (Kuzmin novel), a 1906 novel by Mikhail Kuzmin.
- Wings (Pike novel), a 2009 young-adult faerie novel by Aprilynne Pike
- Wings (Terry Pratchett novel), the third in The Nome Trilogy of children's books by Terry Pratchett
- Wings (magazine), a Japanese shōjo manga magazine
- Wings (Canadian magazine), a bimonthly Canadian magazine
- Wings (US magazine), a magazine about the history of military aviation
- Wings (play), a 1978 Arthur Kopit play
Digital media[edit]
Video games[edit]
- Wings (1990 video game), several World War I computer flying games by Cinemaware
- Wings (1996 video game), a computer game with space ships
Development tools[edit]
- WINGs, a Widget toolkit used by Window Maker
- WINGs Display Manager, for the X window system
- Wings 3D, an open source computer graphics modeling program
Sports teams[edit]
- Dallas Wings, a WNBA (women's basketball) team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex
- Kalamazoo Wings, an ice hockey team based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
- Philadelphia Wings, an NLL lacrosse team
- Detroit Red Wings, an NHL ice hockey team
- Wings Gaming, a professional Dota 2 eSports team based in China
- Wing (military aviation unit)
- "Wings", a colloquial term for Aircrew Badges (US)
- "Wings", a colloquial term for aircrew brevets (UK) worn by military fliers (pilots) and crew members
- "Wings", a colloquial term for technical badges such as the Parachutist Badge worn by paratroopers
- "Wings", a colloquial term for United States Aviator Badge
- Fender (vehicle), or wing, the automobile panel which surrounds the wheel
- Wing (automotive), an aerodynamic device intended to generate downforce on an automobile
- Airfoil or aerofoil (British English), shape of a wing or blade (of a propeller, rotor or turbine) or sail as seen in cross-section
- Wings Air, a scheduled commuter passenger airline based in Jakarta, Indonesia
- Wings Alliance, a former proposed airline alliance
- "Wings", shorthand for backplate and wing, a device worn by scuba divers
- Wings (Chinese constellation)
- Wings (cigarette), a brand of the Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
- Wings (haircut), a haircut style
- Buffalo wings, a spicy preparation of fried chicken wings
- Wing, any of several botanical meanings
- The wings, an area of a theatre stage, hidden from the audience
- WINGS, an international camp organized by Girlguiding Royal Berkshire and Berkshire Scouts
- WINGS: Women IN Great Sciences
People with the given name Wings[edit]
- Wings Hauser (born 1947), American actor
People with the surname Wings[edit]
- Mary Wings (born 1949), American artist, writer and musician
See also[edit]
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Firefighters are working at least eight different grassfires today in the Texas Panhandle.
According to DPS spokesman Wayne Bieghle:
Two fires are burning in Gray County one 10 miles south of Pampa on Highway 70 and one northwest of Pampa. Residents of Lefors and Bowers City have been evacuated. Residents should go to the Knight of Columbus building at 318 N. Cuyler St. in Pampa.
A fire in Oldham County, south of Interstate 40 near Everitt Road, has been contained.
A fire on the Crawford Ranch in northern Potter County, threatened the Fain Natural Gas Plant but has skirted the facility.
A fire southeast of Allison in Wheeler County is still burning but has moved across the Oklahoma state line.
A fire is burning near Loop 335 and Eastern Street, threatening structures and burning at least one home.
A fire at Bushland Road and Hollywood Road northwest of the Amarillo city limits has been contained.
A fire in the vicinity of Highway 287 and Mobley Street caused the evacuation of residents in an area defined by Givens Street on the north, Highway 287 on the east, Mobley on the south and Arlie on the west. Residents have been directed to a crisis evacuation center at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church at 555 E. Hastings St.
Road closures:
Northbound Highway 87 is closed near River Road High School at Mobley Road, though the line might be moving, as needed, due to fires.
Southbound Highway 87 traffic is stopped at Four Way.
Highway 273 from Lefors to McLean and Highway 152 between Borger and Skellytown are closed due to low visibility caused by blowing dirt and ash left by previous fires.
Price Road northwest of Pampa, Farm-to-Market Road 2375 near Lefors and Highway 749 between Bowers City and Lefors are closed due to smoke caused by fires.Texas Forest Service has been called in to help. Two TFS strike teams are out in the area.
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Brent Kovar's Next Big (Imaginary) Thing
Brent Kovar got investors and employees to believe his invention was the next big thing, but nobody's ever seen it. Mister Kovar had also been appointed in 2003 to the Business Advisory Council of the National Republican Congressional Committee by then-Congressional Majority Leader Tom Delay. Apparently, a DC-9 they co-owned (painted to resemble aircraft from the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security) was busted in Mexico with 5.5 tons of cocaine on board. First link via fark
... Karl Rove, a handful of the party's most tech-savvy computer gurus and the former Republican Ohio Secretary of State, created, owned and operated the vote-counting system...
Network Hosting Attorney Scandal E-Mails Also Hosted Ohio's 2004 Election Results --...more than ample documentation to show that on Election Night 2004, Ohio's "official" Secretary of State website -- which gave the world the presidential election results -- was redirected from an Ohio government server to a group of servers that contain scores of Republican web sites, including the secret White House e-mail accounts that have emerged in the scandal surrounding Attorney General Alberto Gonzales's firing of eight federal prosecutors. ...
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Oh conservatism, thou art sick!
Becoming what you hate : Nathan Sproul, case study in moral relativism on the Religious Right "former head of the Arizona Republican Party and of the Arizona Christian Coalition....Sproul is connected with the Republican National Committee-funded voter registration organization, Voters' Outreach of America Inc." - Sproul's firm is accused of fraud and the destruction of voter registration forms. He also failed to pay his workers and his office rent. Rick Perlstein, in the Village Voice, comments on the Sproul scandal : "Both sides are not equally bad, and any reporters who don't recognize that conservatism's very core has become shot through with a culture of mendacity should turn in their press badge..... It used to be that we could count on the conscience of conservatives to protect our democratic institutions."
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Range and Habitat in Illinois
Garlic Mustard has been reported primarily in NE and central Illinois, where it is locally common. In other areas of the state, this plant is apparently less common or absent, however it is rapidly spreading. There is little doubt that it is more common than official records indicate. This plant was introduced into the United States from Eurasia. Habitats include moist to slightly dry deciduous woodlands, woodland borders, semi-shaded areas in gardens and along fence rows, and partially shaded waste areas. This plant rarely strays far from the shade provided by woody vegetation and it is intolerant of regular mowing. At the present time, Garlic Mustard is the worst exotic invader of deciduous woodlands in Illinois as it has the capacity to crowd out and destroy all of the native wildflowers that bloom during the spring. Effective measures of control include pulling the plants by their roots and spraying the foliage with herbicides. Cutting the flowering stalks from their stems is not an adequate method of control because Garlic Mustard is capable of regenerating new flowering stalks from its side stems.


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A contest determines whether Steve or Sears leaves the fraternity; David takes drugs to crunch for mid-terms.
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David's drug use begins to cause problems; Andrea experiences flulike symptoms; the gang heads for the ski slopes.


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Energy | Article | Jan 21, 2013
Emergy: you spelled energy wrong!
EMergy–yes, that word is spelled correctly. Emergy with an EM, means the Energy Memory of something. What is Emergy, and how do I learn more about it? I have been getting requests for suggested readings about EMergy–so here is a brief explanation and some suggested links.


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Data Reliability Audit Requirements for the Fiscal Year 2006 Reporting Period
ATTACHMENT: FY2006 Audit Trail Specifications
DATE: September 8, 2006
RE: Data Reliability Audit Requirements for the Fiscal Year 2006 Reporting Period
Dear Colleague:
Attached to this letter are the data submission requirements for the Federal fiscal year 2006 Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) data reliability audits, as required by Section 452 (a)(4)(C)(i) of Part D of Title IV of the Social Security Act. Although the required submissions are not due until January 16, 2007, we are providing the specifications as early as possible to assist States that may need the extra time to coordinate and schedule these needs with their Information Technology Departments.
These data submission requirements now also address medical support-related data that States are required to report on Lines 2e, 21 and 21a of the OCSE-157, as required by OCSE-AT-05-09, "The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) Annual Data Report: Form OCSE 157," dated September 6, 2005. These data will be used in the development of the proposed medical support establishment and enforcement performance indicators addressed in the National Child Support Enforcement Strategic Plan for Federal Fiscal Years 2005 through 2009. Since medical support performance indicators are not currently part of the incentive payment system, we will audit medical support data for management purposes only.
Because of the medical support requirements and the changes, primarily to the paternity lines, resulting from the implementation of the revised OCSE-157, we are, for this year only, going to audit the medical support and paternity data for each State. This will cause States that would normally be subject to a Data Reliability Review (DRR) to undergo a "Modified Data Reliability Audit" (MDR). Under the MDR, we will audit Lines 1, 2, 5 and 6, or 8 and 9, in addition to the medical support Lines 2e, 21 and 21a. We will also conduct the analytical procedures on Lines 24, 25, 28 and 29 that we would normally do in a DRR.
Additionally, we have revised the data submission requirements for the Child Support System Universe to delete the "CP SSN" and "NCP SSN" fields from the audit trails. We have made this change because or our determination that the custodial parents' and non custodial parents' social security numbers are not essential to conduct the DRA. The "State of Birth" field was also deleted from the audit trails for Lines 8 and 9 because it is no longer needed as a result of the revised OCSE-157 instructions.
As in prior years, the OCSE Office of Audit will continue to evaluate the completeness, reliability, security, and accuracy of performance indicator data reported by the States. This requires electronic files from each State that contain the complete child support case universe as of September 30, 2006, including all open IV-D cases, closed cases, and non IV-D cases and the audit trails for each line on the OCSE-157 used in the computation of performance indicators, as well as the medical support lines. The specifications for these files are attached. We encourage States to comply as closely as possible with these standard specifications because, like early submission, getting the data in a standard format expedites the audit work. Time spent validating data, querying, sampling and matching sampled records will be shortened considerably if the audit trails supporting the performance indicator data are submitted uniformly by all 54 States and Territories.
We encourage you to compile and submit your data to the appropriate Area Audit Office as soon as possible. Submissions are required for both Data Reliability Audits and Modified Data Reliability Audits. Early submission has a number of important benefits. It affords you the opportunity to review and make corrections to the OCSE-157 at any time prior to the December 31st reporting deadline. Any inconsistencies between the audit trails and the OCSE-157 that your staff can identify and correct prior to the audit should not only expedite the audit but also result in fewer reportable audit findings. Early submission also helps expedite the detailed audit work because many preliminary steps can be completed prior to January. Ultimately, an early start should result in more timely incentive payments and more time to correct data reliability problems for the subsequent audit period.
I urge all States not yet providing read-only systems access to the auditors to do so as soon as possible. Read-only remote access to a State's child support system allows the Office of Audit to review sample cases in the data-testing phase of the audit more efficiently and effectively. It enables a better allocation of scarce resources and results in less disruption of State and local child support operations. Read-only access is a requirement detailed in the OCSE "Certification Review Guide" issued under Action Transmittal OCSE AT-00-07, dated August 28, 2000.
As in prior years, we are requesting that States that elect the Statewide Paternity Establishment Percentage (PEP) measured by Lines 8 and 9 also submit audit trails for Lines 5 and 6. The additional information should be of assistance to State officials continuing their deliberations on which paternity measure to elect: it will not be used for data reliability for States using the Statewide PEP. The audit trails will also enable us to continue the testing we began in prior years for inconsistencies between State Departments of Vital Statistics and IV-D caseload data. This testing is being performed for management purposes only, to help States improve the information received from State offices and not to measure compliance with the data reliability standard.
We hope that you will be able to provide us with the audit trails in the suggested format as early as possible and before the deadlines for data submission for the reasons previously identified. Again, you have until December 31, 2006, to submit the FY 2006 OCSE 157 report, and January 16, 2007 to provide the associated audit trails. Additionally, revised OCSE-157 reports for prior periods must also be received by December 31, 2006, and the associated audit trails by January 16, 2007. States that are submitting revised data from prior periods may want to refer to DCL-05-33, "Submittal of the 2005 OCSE 157 Report and Resubmission of FY 2004 Data Found to be Incomplete or Unreliable," dated November 9, 2005, for more information on this topic. OCSE-157 reports for both the current and prior periods must be submitted to the OCSE Division of Planning, Research and Evaluation, while the audit trails must be provided to the appropriate Area Audit Office.
Your timely cooperation is greatly appreciated. Please feel free to consult with our audit staff if you have any questions or need our assistance as you work with systems staff to develop the audit trail file in the suggested format.
Margot Bean
Office of Child Support Enforcement


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KAYSVILLE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE AND AGENDA Notice is hereby given that the Kaysville City Planning Commission will hold their regular meeting on Thursday, June 13, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. in the Municipal Center. The agenda shall be as follows: 1. Opening and approval of minutes of the May 23, 2013 meeting. 2. Conditional use permit for residential child care services at 538 East 1310 South – Wendy Thomas. 3. Conditional use permit for farm animals at 478 North 250 East – Benjamin Pace. 4. Conditional use permit for a model home and low profile sign at 1266 South Sunset Drive – Brighton Homes. 5. Conditional use permit for an animated sign at 100 East 350 South (Kaysville Junior High School) – Davis School District. 6. Public hearing and request to rezone 0.50 acre at 1773 West 200 North from A-5 (Heavy Agriculture) to R-A (Agricultural Residential) – Jason Bingham. 7. Public hearing and preliminary plat approval for Harvey Subdivision at 1773 West 200 North – Jason Bingham. 8. Public hearing and preliminary plat approval and planned residential unit development overlay zone for Larsen Subdivision at 277 East 100 North – Jerry Larsen. 9. Public hearing and request to amend Title 17 Planning and Zoning, Title 18 Building Regulations and Title 19 Subdivisions of the revised ordinances of Kaysville City to conform the provisions to State Law and make technical corrections. 10. Call to the public. 11. Other matters that properly come before the Planning Commission: a. Reports. b. Correspondence. c. Calendar. 12. Adjournment.
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This charming perfume bottle was Imported from Japan by I W Rice Imports and was part of the Irice bottle line. Irice imported bottles from around the world from the 1920's through the 1960's. The bottles that are marked Japan on the label are from the 50's and this one definitely looks like it stepped out of the I Love Lucy show with it gold shaped cone design filled with bright green balls and accented with a large green glitter ball.
The center of the bottle is clear glass while the edges are a combination of clear and frosted glass.
The bottle is free of any nicks, chips or cracks but the pump is frozen and will not pump.
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One of the 12 jurors that found Jeffrey Lepsch guilty of the May's Photo double murder is talking for the first time.
Juror #1081, also known as Darrick Moe, says he is 100-percent sure they convicted the right man. Moe says the jury carefully weighed all the evidence, and in the end he felt no one else could have committed the crime.
Moe says there are no winners in this trial, and being a part of it will be something he will never forget.
He is talking about the case because he knows how big it is for the La Crosse community and he wanted everyone to know the jury worked hard to carefully consider all the facts before making their decision.


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It�s for her protection that he keeps the secret, but inside he�s dying to tell her.
He'll challenge the ultimate evil--for the woman he loves.
A second chance...to steal her heart.
The Marquis of Wythebury is expecting an ordinary Christmas�until he meets the mischievous Miss Prim
A crippling fear of the future is rooted in the past.
Their beautiful love and marriage will be tested to the limits through twists and turns before the dramatic final outcome readers will love.
It�s for her protection that he keeps the secret, but inside he�s dying to tell her.
He'll challenge the ultimate evil--for the woman he loves.
A second chance...to steal her heart.
The Marquis of Wythebury is expecting an ordinary Christmas�until he meets the mischievous Miss Prim
A crippling fear of the future is rooted in the past.
Their beautiful love and marriage will be tested to the limits through twists and turns before the dramatic final outcome readers will love.
Revenge, August 2013
The Faces of Evil #5
by Debra Webb
Featuring: Jess Harris; Dan Burnett
384 pages ISBN: 1455527580EAN: 9781455527588Kindle: B00A2D7MSIPaperback / e-Book
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Posted June 30, 2013
Romance Suspense
Former FBI Special Agent Jess Harris is settling down into
her new job as Deputy Chief of the Special Problems Unit in
her hometown of Birmingham, Alabama. Her romance with Police
Chief Dan Burnette is moving forward, if not yet out to his
family and the police community they both work with. Jess
is still dealing with some of the issues from her past life
as a Special Agent. Serial murderer Eric Spears is still at
large; and it is tormenting Jess that he is 'the one that
got away' just before she left the FBI. On her last case
with the Birmingham Police Department, a colleague accused
Jess of screwing up a big case. Now the police co-worker in
question, Ted Allen, has gone missing.
Jess has just received a new murder to contend with. As Jess
begins to investigate the case, the coroner shows Jess an
unusual tattoo of the number '5' with flowing lines around
it. After doing some research, Jess comes up with the
connection to a suicide from twelve years before. It seems
that Baker was part of the 'Birmingham Five', a group of
rich and upwardly mobile teens who had been involved with
the suicide after consistently bullying two young men. When
no evidence could be produced against them, the case was
closed. One of the youths committed suicide, and the other
disappeared. Now the second man is back in town and is
immediately a suspect in the death. When the second of the
'five' turns up dead from blunt force trauma, the hunt to
capture the suspect heats up before more can be murdered.
Problem is, Jess can't get the remaining members of the
'five' to tell her the truth about what actually happened
the night the young man committed suicide, much less help
with the current investigation.
Jess also has a number of personal issues to deal with.
She's having problems with both her own family and her
relationship with Dan Burnette; and is having difficulty
getting her own investigative team to work together as a
cohesive unit. She is also being blamed for the
disappearance of Ted Allen; and having problems with another
Deputy Chief. Just when Jess thinks things could not
possibly get any worse, her on-the-lam serial killer Eric
Spears ups his text mail torment of her into full-blown
stalking. Spears is now leaving special 'gifts' for her,
sometimes within the confines of her own apartment.
REVENGE is book 5 in Debra Webb's fascinating 'Faces of
Evil' series. While the immediate case to be solved in this
story is self-contained to this book, there are ongoing
cases and personal issues that spread across the series arc.
The story can be read standalone, however; and is a
riveting and intriguing murder investigation.
The desire for revenge can never be sated . . .
When her beloved high school teacher appears on her
doorstep, Deputy Chief Jess Harris is flooded with fond
memories–until the woman says she's about to be
charged with murder. Called to the scene of the crime, Jess
learns the victim of the bizarre and brutal slaying was a
member of Birmingham's famed "Five."
Twelve years ago, the Five were rich, popular high
school seniors who threw one wild last party. Two social
outcasts were invited to play in the "loser games." The
next morning, one player killed himself. Now Jess fears
that an invitation to an upcoming class reunion may have
forced the Five to play a new deadly game. As Jess fights
to keep her former teacher from suspicion–and her
relationship with Chief Dan Burnett separate from her work
life–she knows she is caught in a vicious cycle of
vengeance. And the killer is far from finished . . .
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Non Campus Based Instruction Code
The 300 Campus - Course Section record is used to capture the complete course offerings for a particular campus. This information is then used for translating the data submitted for staff and student course participation in order to identify the classes enrolled in by students and classes taught by teachers.
Business Rules
INPUT-RECORD-TYPE-CODE (E0755) identifies the type of data on a PEIMS data submission record.
DISTRICT-ID (E0212) indicates the district identification number registered with the Texas Education Agency.
DISTRICT-ID on the 300 Course Section records must match the value for DISTRICT-ID on the LEA 010 District record.
CAMPUS-ID (E0266) indicates the unique campus identification number registered with the Texas Education Agency. It is the linking of DISTRICT-ID with the campus identification number.
An instructional campus: 1) has an assigned administrator, 2) has enrolled students who are counted for average daily attendance, 3) has assigned instructional staff, 4) receives federal and/or state and/or local funds as its primary support, 5) provides instruction in the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), 6) has one or more grade groups in the range from early education through grade 12, and 7) is not a program for students enrolled in another public school.
An alternative instructional unit: 1) is an instructional site, center, program, or arrangement that is not governed by an individual campus organization, and 2) does not meet the above standard definition of an instructional campus.
The last three characters of CAMPUS-ID must be in the range of 001-698.
CAMPUS-ID must match CAMPUS-ID on a 020 Campus record.
CLASS-ID-NUMBER (E1056) is a number identifying a unique course section that is unique for a particular school year, Campus, and SERVICE-ID.
The CLASS-ID-NUMBER may be any 14 character district defined identifier comprised of letters and/or numbers.
The CLASS-ID-NUMBER and SERVICE-ID must be unique for a particular course section at the campus level and match an entry on the 300 Course Section record.
SERVICE-ID (E0724) refers to the services supplied by staff.
For the 300 Course Section record, do not include courses with SERVICE-IDs that begin with SA, SE, SR, SS, 01, 8, or 9. Additionally the SERVICE-IDs for Prekindergarten and Kindergarten that begin with "02" cannot be reported on the 300 Course Section record. This rule is enforced by a fatal edit.
SERVICE-ID 02000000, Elementary, Grades 1-6, should be used only when a teacher is serving multi-grade or ungraded student populations, typically in a pullout program. It is not used for those situations where a district assigns a teacher two contiguous grades of students because neither grade has enough students to allow for a single classroom.
For elementary school courses, districts have the option of using either the generic elementary SERVICE-IDs (02010000 - Grade 1, 02020000 - Grade 2, 02030000 - Grade 3, 02040000 - Grade 4, 02050000 - Grade 5, 02060000 - Grade 6) for the core curriculum or the subject specific Service IDs in the student and teacher scheduling system(s). However, the district should make the decision to report these elementary Service IDs based upon how the students will be reported on the 415 Course Completion record in the summer submission. A school will not be able to report teachers using one method and students with the other as the data will not pass the fatal edits in the summer submission for the Classroom Link data reporting.
CLASS-PERIOD (E1074) is the class period identifier that illustrates the time of the school day that a particular class was offered.
The value reported for CLASS-PERIOD may consist of any combination of letters (A – Z) and/or numbers (0 – 9). The value reported for CLASS-PERIOD is useful to school teachers and administrators who review classroom performance data in the Student Assessment Data Portal.
COURSE-SEQUENCE-CODE (E0948) indicates which portion of a course that is more than one semester in length is being reported.
The COURSE-SEQUENCE-CODE identifies the order in which the course was scheduled in the class scheduling system.
NON-CAMPUS-BASED-INSTRUCTION-CODE (E1072) indicates that a course was offered for class credit or student achievement, but 1) was not taught by a school district/charter school employee or a contracted teacher, or 2) was taught by a school district/charter school employee or a contracted teacher at a facility other than the campus where the student is enrolled.
NON-CAMPUS-BASED-INSTRUCTION-CODE Reporting Guidelines
01 - College Campus Based Course - College course (usually a dual credit course) is taught either on a college campus or a high school campus by an instructor not employed by the LEA. College courses taught on a high school campus by a LEA teacher with college credentials cannot be coded with NON-CAMPUS-BASED-INSTRUCTION-CODE 01.
02 - Electronic/Internet/Correspondence Based Course – Any course that is taught not using an actual teacher (ROLE-ID 087 or 047) in the classroom where the student(s) meet for the class. Examples include internet delivered curriculum, academic instructional software programs, video instruction (live or recorded), online courses, etc…
03 - Non-District Teacher Providing Classroom Instruction Services – This course is taught by a teacher that is employed by another school district/charter. The "classroom" could be at any suitable location. Do not use this code for reporting college instructors.
04 – Texas Virtual School Network (TxVSN) Online Schools program (Formerly Electronic Course Program (eCP)) – This is a full-time virtual program available only to eligible students in grade levels 3 - 12 who are enrolled in an eligible LEA participating in the program. For additional information and rules refer to the Student Attendance Accounting Handbook. In order for a school to receive state funding for students enrolled in the TxVSN online school, all TxVSN Online Schools program course sections offered to students must be reported with this code.
05 - Texas Virtual School Network (TxVSN) Statewide Online Course Catalog – This program provides a supplemental statewide online course catalog of high school, advanced placement, and dual credit courses to eligible students in grade levels 9 - 12 who are enrolled in the LEA. For additional information refer to the Student Attendance Accounting Handbook. In order for a school to receive state funding for students enrolled in courses offered through the TxVSN statewide course catalog, all TxVSN Statewide course catalog course sections offered to students must be reported with this code.
06 - Non-Campus Teacher Providing Instruction at Another District Facility – These courses are taught in the district at a location that does not have its own campus number. An example of this would be when the CTE program courses are all taught at a central CTE location that is not eligible for its own campus number. These teachers are not associated with any other campus in the LEA.
07 - Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program (JJAEP) - TEC 37.011 – These courses are always taught at a JJAEP that has been established in accordance with TEC 37.011, and are taught by teachers that are hired or are paid for by the JJAEP.
08 - Credit by Exam – This code reflects those courses for which a student earned credit through the official "credit by exam" process.
09 - Out of District DAEP Program – This code reflects those courses that a student is assigned to while placed in a DAEP that is physically located in another school district or charter school. While this code is similar to the "Non District Teacher "code 03, it is limited to those instances of a student attending a DAEP that is physically under the control of another school district or charter school.
10 - Non-District PE Substitution Program (Limited to Service IDs PES00008 - PES00011) – The use of this code is limited to those cases where the LEA has authorized a student to earn PE credit by participating in a physical education activity that is not offered by the LEA. These include such things as gymnastic organizations, etc…
99 – Other - The use of this code is limited to those situations where no other Non Campus Based Instruction code listed above applies and the teacher, if applicable, in the classroom is not employed by or under direct contract to the LEA. The use of Non Campus Based Instruction Code 99 should be rare.
Reporting Requirements
One 300 Course Section record must be submitted in submission 3 for each reportable unique class (course section) that was offered during the school year. Report all courses offered through a campus regardless of the method of instructional delivery. If a student is being instructed in a particular Service on or through a campus, then the information for that SERVICE-ID should be included on the 300 Course Section record. Each LEA must begin tracking the course sections for reporting purposes as of the PEIMS fall snapshot date and for any course sections that were completed prior to the PEIMS fall snapshot date.
For each 300 Campus - Course Section record reported there must be a matching 305 record where CAMPUS-ID, SERVICE-ID, CLASS-ID-NUMBER, and COURSE-SEQUENCE-CODE is the same. This rule checks the data key between the 300 Course Section and the 305 Teacher Class Assignment record and is enforced by a fatal edit.
For each 300 Campus - Course Section record where NON-CAMPUS-BASED-INSTRUCTION-CODE is "00", there must be a matching 305 record (DISTRICT-ID, CAMPUS-ID, SERVICE-ID, CLASS-ID-NUMBER, and COURSE-SEQUENCE-CODE, where CLASS-ROLE is '01' (Teacher of Record). This rule ensures that each course section offered at a campus that should have a teacher assigned to it, does indeed have a teacher reported for that section. This rule is enforced by a fatal edit.
For each 300 Campus - Course Section record, there must be a matching 415 Student - Course Completion record where CAMPUS-ID-OF-ENROLLMENT matches CAMPUS-ID, and SERVICE-ID, CLASS-ID-NUMBER, and COURSE-SEQUENCE-CODE is the same. This rule ensures that each course section offered at a campus has at least one student assigned to that course section. This rule is enforced by a fatal edit.
For students that are placed in or are expelled to a DAEP program, or expelled to a JJAEP, the campus that enrolls the student during these disciplinary removals is responsible for creating the 300 Course Section records that reflect the new course sections to which the student has been assigned while attending a DAEP or a JJAEP.
Special Reporting Requirements
Texas School for the Deaf (TSD) and Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI), and Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD) (formerly TYC) must report the 300 Course Section record.


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#113131 - 10/04/03 12:47 PM I'm a peasant!?
Carpal Tunnel
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For obvious reasons, Gurunet's word of the day caught my eye: Jacquerie.
Jac·que·rie (zhä-krē')
1. The uprising of the French peasants against the nobility in 1358.
2. jacquerie A peasant revolt, especially a very bloody one.
[French, from Old French jacquerie, peasantry, from jacques, peasant. See jacket.]
[Middle English jaket, from Old French jaquet, diminutive of jaque, short jacket, tunic, from jacques, nickname for French peasants (from the name Jacques; see jack) or from Old Catalan jaco (perhaps from Arabic akk, mailcoat).]
[From the name Jack, from Middle English Jakke, possibly from Old French Jacques, from Late Latin Iacōbus. See Jacob.
[Late Latin Iacōbus, from Greek Iakōb, from Hebrew yaăqōb, (God) has protected.]
#113132 - 10/04/03 01:05 PM Re: I'm a peasant!?
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And (God) has protected you (and all of us fellow peasants) by letting us have mind enough to sew jackets to keep us warm in winter.
I get it.
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Millions of South Africans took part Thursday in hundreds of events nationwide in honor of revered ex-President Nelson Mandela, who remains hospitalized on his 95th birthday.
Nine of every 10 youths in this country of 50 million inhabitants will dedicate 67 minutes of their time on Thursday to charity or community-service work, according to a survey released Wednesday.
That in homage to the 67 years Mandela devoted to fighting against South Africa's apartheid regime and upholding human rights.
The United Nations officially declared Nelson Mandela International Day - celebrated on July 18, the birthday of the "father of the nation" - in November 2009.
The Nelson Mandela Foundation and the South African government expect the largest-ever turnout for this year's edition since it comes at a moment when the former president remains hospitalized with a recurring lung infection.
President Jacob Zuma delivered some good news to his compatriots on Thursday, saying in a statement that Mandela, who was reportedly critically ill late last month, was steadily improving.
Authorities and relatives of Madiba - as he is affectionately known in his homeland - have said Mandela Day should be a time for celebrating his legacy and the fact he is still alive as opposed to an occasion for lamenting his illness.
One of the biggest tributes outside South Africa will take place at the United Nations' headquarters in New York City, where a special session will be held to pay homage to Mandela and commemorate the 50th anniversary of the start of the Rivonia trial, in which Mandela was charged with sabotage and conspiracy to violently overthrow the government.
He was sentenced to life behind bars in June 1964.
Mandela's lung problems are a legacy of the tuberculosis he contracted during the 27 years he spent in prison.
After his release in 1990, Mandela and the last president of apartheid-era South Africa, F.W. de Klerk, led the process of peacefully dismantling that system of racial segregation.
They jointly received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 for their collaboration in that effort.
Elected president in 1994, Mandela's leadership was credited with helping to avert widespread racial violence in post-apartheid South Africa. EFE


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The Future of Energy: There is No Silver Bullet
by Tania Tauer
The future of the U.S. energy industry was under scrutiny during a panel discussion at the University of Colorado Boulder last Tuesday, during the 64th annual Conference on World Affairs.
The need for the U.S. to formulate an alternative energy strategy in order to reduce carbon dioxide emissions was a key concern for Larry Schweiger, president and CEO of the National Wildlife Federation.
The Earth has recently entered the Anthropocene era, marking a new period where human activity has begun to influence the planet's ecosystem, said Schweiger.
Human-induced global warming has already led to devastating losses in Canada's boreal forests and the Arctic's glacial ice, he explained.
"We need to move very quickly to a carbon neutral [energy] strategy," he said.
Schweiger encouraged greater investment and installation of renewable energy technologies, such as solar, wind and tidal energy. He also highlighted the importance of energy efficiency and explained that it's possible to cut about 30 percent of energy use by being more efficient.
Douglas Ray, associate laboratory director for the fundamental and computational sciences directorate at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, agreed that improving energy efficiency is the most viable short-term plan to decrease global energy demands. However, he expanded on Schweiger's ideas by further encouraging the development of a national carbon policy, such as a carbon cap and trade or a carbon tax system.
Pricing carbon would be a good way to transition to an energy system that is much cleaner than the one we currently have, said Ray.
While it will take decades to replace carbon dioxide-producing energy technologies, Ray urged investment in carbon capture and storage systems. Although this is not a long-term solution for curbing carbon dioxide emissions, it would provide necessary relief in the short-term while more efficient renewable energy technologies are developed, he said.
The last speaker on the panel, Sidney Perkowiz, a physics professor at Emory University and a prominent science writer, discussed his concern over the ability of nations to produce enough energy for the estimated 9 billion people that will inhabit the Earth by 2050.
Every country will have to develop a unique energy generation portfolio that will fulfill its own energy demands, he explained.
To illustrate, Perkowiz explained that the U.S. currently generates about 70 percent of its electricity from fossil fuels and 20 percent from nuclear energy, whereas France fulfills over 75 percent of its electricity demands from nuclear plants and just nine percent from fossil fuel sources. As a result, France emits a small fraction of carbon dioxide compared to the U.S.
While Perkowiz did not focus on the need to mitigate carbon dioxide emissions, he stressed the importance of developing a robust mixture of energy generation technologies to fulfill the world's growing energy demands.
"The only possible answer is a mixture, and the mixture is going to have to be different for every society," said Perkowitz. "The thing to get away from is that one single [source], like solar or wind or geothermal, is the whole answer."


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A group that advocates for the victims of sexual abuse by priests wants a more thorough investigation of a Greek Orthodox priest who pleaded guilty last week to seeking sex with boys.
The case of Patrick N. Hughes, known as Father Nicholas, deserves closer scrutiny in light of concerns expressed by a fellow cleric in Ashland County, according to members of the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP).
The group's Columbus director, Carol Zamonski, hand-delivered a letter to Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien today, asking him "to seek out and offer encouragement to others with knowledge of or suspicions about Hughes' misdeeds or the Greek Orthodox hierarchy's complicity."
She also released a copy of a recent letter in which a Greek Orthodox priest told a church official that he and others have been worried about Hughes for years.
The letter was sent on Sept. 22 by Ambrose Young, chaplain for a woman's monastery in Hayesville, to George Callos, the chancellor for the Metropolis of Pittsburgh, which oversees the region that includes central Ohio.
"We have been for a long time very concerned and troubled about Father Nicholas and his behaviors and the kinds of things he was saying to laypeople and even to brother monastics in the past, all of which was reported" to the metropolis, Young wrote three days after Hughes' arrest.
O'Brien said today that he reviewed the letter last week and told SNAP in an email that it contained no evidence of a felony crime.
Hughes, who was the acting dean of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral in the Short North, was sentenced to six years in prison on Thursday after pleading guilty to one count of attempted rape. He admitted that he ran an Internet ad seeking "taboo sex with no age restrictions," then agreed to meet an undercover deputy posing as someone who would provide two boys, ages 9 and 14, for sex.
When Hughes was arrested and when he was sentenced, law-enforcement officials in Franklin County encouraged any victims to come forward, O'Brien said.
Sheriff Zach Scott, whose Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force arrested Hughes, said his office made repeated requests, through the news media, for anyone victimized by Hughes to contact them.
"We got no phone calls," he said. "None."
A search of Hughes' laptop and his motel room also failed to reveal evidence of any victims, he said.
Father Ambrose Young told The Dispatch that his concerns about Hughes began four years ago with comments from monks at a Galion monastery founded by Hughes who "saw signs of possible Internet porn and other indications of a secret life" by the priest.
But he never heard allegations that Hughes had sexually assaulted anyone or had an interest in boys, he said.
Dispatch reporter JoAnne Viviano contributed to this story.
A group that advocates for the victims of sexual abuse by priests wants a more thorough investigation of a Greek Orthodox priest who pleaded guilty last week to seeking sex with boys.


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By Tony Parra
Portales High School Choir Director Franklin Smith said Portales students represented the high school well for All-State.
Portales high school choir and band students performed in Albuquerque on Jan. 8. Seven members of the Portales High School choir were able to travel to Albuquerque for the 61st annual event.
Smith said there were 250 high school students from around the state selected for the mixed choir and 140 for the treble choir. Smith said one of the highlights of the All-State weekend was when four Portales High School students were selected to a 16-person quartet to perform in Pope Joy Hall at the University of New Mexico campus on Jan. 8.
Smith said the 16 members were selected from the 250 participating after tryouts. It meant that 25 percent of the quartet was made up of PHS students.
"It's quite an accomplishment," Smith said. "It's the highlight of a high school choir career. It's the top recognition, especially for the size of the school. It shows that if you apply yourself, you can do it."
Smith said Portales students competed against larger schools such as La Cueva High School, West Mesa High, Clovis High, Las Cruces High and Roswell High.
"My heart stopped when I heard I was selected," Charles Britton, PHS senior, said.
There were four students picked for tenor, four for alto, four for bass and four for soprano. Britton sang tenor, while senior Janelle Henry sang for alto, and senior Jason Dictson and junior Chris Jarvis sang bass.
"It was amazing," Britton said about singing in front of a packed Pope Joy Hall. "Everyone had their eyes set on us."
Henry said she wasn't going to audition, but that Britton convinced her to do it.
"I'm glad I did," Henry, who was making her second trip to All-State, said. "It was worth it. You realize that you're just as good as any of the other students from around the state."
It was the first time Jarvis made the trip to Albuquerque for All-State. He said he tried out last year, but was not selected.
He felt he wasn't prepared enough last year, so he practiced more. In the first day of the school semester, he already had his solo act chosen.
"It's been a lot of fun," Jarvis said about choir. "It was a great experience going to All-State."
Senior Kristi Arnold went as first alto, while junior Christopher Esparsen went as first tenor.
"I plan on making it next year," Esparsen said about All-State. "It's a musical experience I'll never forget. I learned a lot while I was there."
The youngest of the seven who went, was Tamara Stroik, a sophomore, who was first soprano. Stroik said her goal is to continue singing and try to make it to All-State the next two years.
All-State band took place during the same weekend and three members of the Portales High School team were selected. Senior Megan Brunson, freshman MacKenzie Kennedy and senior Tyler Owen made the trip to participate in the All-State weekend. Brunson was chosen for All-State band for the second year in a row and this year she played the timpani and euphonium.
"I've been doing music all of my life," Brunson said. "My musical talent comes from my mother's side. My great, great grandmother played the piano. My mother inspired and influenced me."
Smith said approximately 50 Portales High School choir members on April 28 will be making a trip to New York City to perform. They will compete against other groups from the United States. Smith has been director of the high school and junior high choirs for the last six years.
"I've learned all kinds of stuff from him," Henry said. "He always goes to workshops to learn more. He brings back new techniques and he makes sure we know how to sing correctly."
The selected choir students will have another major event with the district festival in Clovis on April 14.


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To this day, he is the only French Olympic swimming champion. He won the title for the 400 m free-style event at the 1952 Helsinki games. Immediately after his victory, Jean Boiteux's father, jumped fully-dressed into the pool, to the delight of the photographers and reporters, who sent the picture all over the world.
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For the third year during D-Term, students travel to Titanyen, Haiti, Dec. 1-12, to work with Mission of Hope, tackling work projects, serving in the medical clinic and reaching out to children in the organization's orphanage, school and church. Assistant Director of Ministry and Service Whitney Roberts '08 will lead nine students.
From Dec. 4-12, another 16 students head to Jonesville, Va., to work with Appalachia Service Project (ASP), a Christian volunteer organization that repairs homes for low-income families in rural central Appalachia. Anthony Ardolino, network and computer systems administrator, and Brandon Kurzweg, graduate assistant for student involvement, will serve alongside teams of students at different build sites to repair and add new structures to homes. A normal day starts with a common breakfast, followed by six to eight hours of work, which may include fixing leaky roofs or building disability-accessible porches. Volunteers often eat their boxed lunches with family members who live in the home. Evening activities vary, but typically include learning local history, attending an informal concert by a local bluegrass band, staging a talent show, or spending reflective time either alone or with other volunteers.
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Magic Hat is one of those breweries whose stuff I like but when it comes around to doing a review folks come over and drink all the beers I have and there is nothing left to review. So I have only reviewed one to date - Revell porter out of the winter 12 pack. This time it will be different. I am going to defend the stash against perps and foist paper and pen upon them.
What I like about Magic Hat is that they do light ales well. Not thin - light. It is easier to make a big beer than a small one and in this biggie world there is a mad rush to bigosity. This summer 12 pack says no. It says I will not bow to loud Lord Big. There is the lightly fruity #9, the gentle wheat beer Hocus Pocus, their wit by name of Batch 370 and Fat Angel which is something of a rich malty ale...but an unbig one. All displaying a deft hand. Their website displays something of a daft hand, by the way. One of the guys who started it is now a baker of treats near a pal of mine's place. I will have to interview him one fine day on the whole nuttiness thing.
- #9: Effervescent orange ale spewing masses of tiny white bursting bubbles. Peach juice. Aroma and taste of peach juice. In the mouth it morphs into a bit of grainy wheat or pale ale maltiness and twiggy hop. Not too far off the idea of a dry Irn Bru, the Scottish soda pop. Light not too sweet, quaffable and refreshing...but lots of peach. If you are against it, as some 12% of advocates are, you are really against it.
- Batch 370: White foam and rim fed again my a very active carbonation, this time in a Belgian wit...but the BAers say it is a version of a German hefe! Hmmm...no banana or clove to hand that hat on. How odd. Amber with a bit of orange. Cloudy with yeastie floaties. Dry and orange peely over lemon. Again, twiggy drying hops. There is lots of yeast tanginess and nice spice. Not a real corriander or other spice presence but the raw wheat gives a flour-dusty and creamy effect that sets it apart and is quite likeable. Is this an ok US version of a wit...or a hefe...or what? I dunno. It is a light summer ale and in itself it is not neither wicked or the other sort of wicked. I'll have another if that is the way the guest grabbing plays out.
- Hocus Pocus: again a highly active ale, this time light straw under white foam. A bit grassy nicely offset by a touch of twiggy and metallic hops. The center is somewhat vegetative - not fruit but faintly like the green of celery or broccoli. Underneath milky yeast but still a dry beer. I think of the four this is my favourite. I am surprised that 21% of BAers do not like this as I find it a simple but clean balanced summer wheat ale with true real flavours.
- Fat Angel: Again light but the least of the four. A hint of crystal malt and maybe even a hint of smoke. Reddish amber with a white rim. Quite still unlike the other three. The same signiture grassy tang. Like the Hocus Pocus I would call the light touch on the hops twiggy and metallic. I don't think I like this one that much though I have been far more offended by ales in my life. There is again that dry heart that I would think is wheat malt but it does not meet well with the sweeter notes. The advocates rate it positively but with a low average.