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Skip to comments.Gays and lesbians keep pressure on Boy Scouts to let them be members
Posted on 07/17/2012 7:52:09 AM PDT by scottjewell
LGBT advocacy groups are continuing to pressure Boy Scouts of America, which applies a dont ask, dont tell policy on sexual orientation of its youth members and its adult leaders.
This morning, a press release from change.org landed in our in-box announcing that Jennifer Tyrrell, a gay mom who was removed as a den leader by the Boy Scouts of America, will deliver 300,000 petition signatures to the Boy Scouts of Americas national headquarters. The petition calls on the Scouts to reinstate her and end their policy prohibiting gay scouts and scout leaders.
Deron Smith, a Boy Scout spokesman, said this morning that that plan is puzzling because the gay and lesbian groups already presented their petition to the Boy Scouts during an annual Scout meeting in Orlando in May.
Its the same exact petitions as far as I know, Smith said.
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Tyrrells campaign recently convinced another Boy Scout board member, Ernst & Young Chairman and CEO James Turley, to publicly oppose the organizations ban on gay scouts and leaders. Turley announced last month that he intends to work from within the Boy Scouts of America Board to actively encourage dialogue and sustainable progress on ending the ban on gay scouts and gay scout leaders. Tyrrell has also collected more than 75,000 signatures on a petition to AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, rumored to become the President-elect of the Boy Scouts of America Board of Directors. AT&T is also headquartered in Dallas.
Tyrrells campaign has earned the support of numerous celebrities as well, including Julianne Moore, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Hutcherson, Ricky Martin and others, and Tyrrell has been featured at the GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles and San Francisco for her work to end the Boy Scouts ban on gay scouts and scout leaders.
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Scout ping.
More homo nonsense...
BSA is on my donate list every year,
why dont the libs just create their own GSA and LSA (Gay/Lesbian Scouts of America) instead of ruining a great institution that helps boys become responsible men??
Fing libs! Won't hear Republicans talking about this either, too scared.
If the BSA "caves", it's dead.
Which is all part of the plan anyway.
The BSA is one of the last nationally recognized bastions teaching and instilling positive values and morals to young men.
In a queer's mind, it needs to be destroyed, it is the antithesis to queerdom, liberalism and godlessness.
Unfortunately, that is the study by Mark Regnerus. The gay advocates had a hissy fit, and now the University of Texas is investigating Regnerus for misconduct with the study, and for receiving funds from anti-gay groups:
"U. of Texas Investigating Mark Regnerus for Scientific Misconduct Over Flawed, Anti-Gay Parenting 'Study'"
Change.org "petitions" are meaningless. You can "sign" 10,000 times in a row from the same PC if you wish. Try it. Can't do it on a site like GoPetitions, which blocks repeat emails addresses and IP addresses.
Agreed, caving = death, which is the goal. Notice how as others have said, they are fully free to form their own Gay Scouts association. But no, they seek to infiltrate and change the rooted, traditional one. I hope the BSA do not waver on this.
I know, which is why I hope BSA stand their ground here.
Last I heard - right now this is a non-starter with the BSA. I figure they are going to keep it that way for the time being. I'm a Scout Master - and likely will quite the organization. If they are willing to change their values on this - then they are willing to devalue other aspects of the organization too, like the Eagle award.
Importantly, if you give to the BSA, give directly to them, and not through an umbrella organization like the United Way, which is now giving to a lot of questionable causes.
I have never seen arguments over the advantages of giving to the national organization, the local council, or both. I can well imagine that the local councils vary tremendously in both character and the personalities involved.
It would probably serve the national well, were they to create a separate, legal branch, to take on those that attack the BSA. When Pat Robertson did this by creating the American Center for Law and Justice, it became hugely successful, fighting "brush fire" attacks and judicial activism all over the US, and usually winning.
This study is the most thorough and comprehensive study of it's kind. The facts counter the 'just a normal lifestyle' arguments of the past few decades.
It is actually a shame that we have to have a debate about how kids raised by their two biological parents have the best chance of survival.
I don't think they will.
There's way too much money coming in from church sponsored/affiliated Troops, who do have a lot of influence.
Liberalism is a deadly, infectious disease. It ultimately destroys anything that is good.
I loathe and despise liberalism, thus, I loathe and despise liberals.
A friend scoutleader told me that about a decade ago.
Another reason to avoid middle organizations like UW is like the feds they a non-profit have a huge very costly administration that eats up the money, and they cant tell you exactly how much of your donation gets to the real charity.
I always try to explain this to kids out of college who are taught that non-profits are more efficient than profits.
SM here as well.
They would have to redefine the Scout Oath and the Scout Law.
If the BSA did cave on this, our Troop would probably fold. In addition to the many church sponsored/affiliated Troops as well.
I will not endorse, support or participate in any organization that allows Scouts to become prey for queers.
I'm glad our son is on the cusp of earning his Eagle Award. Just completed his Eagle project, 2 MB's and BoR left.
P.S. I saw in another thread you were at EB this summer. Which week? Our Troop went there week 4. Took lots of pics of the USS Iowa on the way out.
Good for the Boy Scouts standing their ground. The LBGT's can **** off as far as I am concerned.
Yes, it is a shame, and a commentary on our era, that common sense would be hailed as a shocking and possibly flawed study!
Let the LGBTetc start their own scouting-type organization. Then let the kids and their parents decide where they want to go. I'm confident in the result.
The Scouts won't be safe until they kick-out those corporate executive board members who are supporting gay scouting.
BSA is a private institution. If they don't want the deviants around the kids, that's their prerogative and their right.
"...ruining a great institution that helps boys become responsible men..."
You just hit the nail on the head, right there. Ruining another American institution, intentionally.
Good related news:
It is a free country let them start their own groups and see how many parents let their kids join
The Catholic Church has had to pay about one billion dollars to compensate children who were victimized by church-provided "authority figures".
So maybe it is time for the adult leaders of the Boy Scouts of America to tell all the "Progressives", who think that sexual deviants somehow "deserve" to have free and easy access to innocent young boys, to either "put up" or "shut up".
By "put up" I mean that — before approval of that policy-change is even discussed — the change-seeking "Progressives" must legally agree to indemnify the Boy Scouts of America from the costs of any sex-abuse-related compensatory judgments that result from that policy-change. IMHO, such indemnities need to be PERSONAL obligations and such indemnities need to be "joint-and-several".
Then, if the policy-change is made and some poor boy is molested by a deviant scout leader, and if compensatory damages of, say, $10MM are awarded to that child, the end result would be that Mr. Tyrell, as a joint and several indemnitor, would have to write a personal check — up to full value of the $10MM judgment to indemnify the Boy Scouts for their financial loss.
Mr. Tyrell would have to pay his "share" of a second judgment — and a third judgment and so on.
Why should the Boy Scouts of America be driven into bankruptcy by the costs of the policy-change that Mr. Tyrell is so vigorously promoting?
So, let's see how quickly Mr. Tyrell is able to turn his "petition" into a "Joint-and-Several Contract to Indemnify the Boy Scouts of America".
If Mr. Tyrell can sign up enough wealthy people to actually PAY a liability of one billion dollars, then the discussion can proceed.
If not, then Mr. Tyrell should just "shut up"....
Scout Ping
Why dont these fags and Queers start their own scout group?
"Why dont these fags and Queers start their own scout group?"
I suspect at least one attempt has been made to do so and it probably failed for the obvious reasons.
Years ago, the subject came up among some of the senior scouts about what would make a good adult version of the Scout rules, and one kid came up with the fictionalized version of Robert Robers' 28 Rules of Ranging, from the novel Northwest Passage. We agreed that it made much sense.
That's the only sane fix to this contrived problem, but as you mention, don't expect the Ds or R's to speak up.
corruptio optimi pessima (The corruption of the best is the worst)
The homo lobby* isn't interested in scouting. They're interested in destroying scouting.
*If there is a `vast right wing conspiracy, there must be a
left wing conspiracy, and the homosexual lobby is a part.
Went just last week (week 5). It was interesting because the place got rained on just at dusk, and they weren't ready for it.
One of my parents had independently asked our ranger to H2O proof her tent, so as soon as the rain began he showed up with Duct tape and began repairs for the whole camp (Oceanside - farthest up the valley). This service wan't provided for the other sites, and lots of pissing and moaning by SM's ensued ;-) The poor troops out at War Canoe really had a bad time. They had to walk back in the rain, and their gear was soaked!
We did a tent check as soon as it started raining, and as our campers started returning to camp and it looked like we were one short, so I got to walk all the way down to the office to get a search started... I was in the middle of this little exercise (and admittedly scared to death inside) when two of my adults showed up and told me the boy was fine! He had been in a tent playing cards and hadn't answered to his name being called! Otherwise, we came through that with flying colors.
The food is marginal - but that isn't why you go there!
Most of the boys had a great time. I had a very young SPL who was being to much the martinet, and thus he got lots of negative feedback, i.e. I could do the job better than you. I've been trying to get him to tone it down all week, but he just didn't have the skills yet (Even though he served as NYLT staff this year). He was ready to quit! My son ( an Eagle just a year ago, and 19 now) helped talk him down a couple of times. When we got back I found some good articles on "Servant Leaders" and also about "herding cats" that I sent him. He seems to get it - but he is going to have to figure out a new style. Such is the trials and tribulations of being an SM ;-)
How was your experience there?
Ours was good, my first time. Cloudy for most of the week, helped keep the temps down, but the waterfront cold. Just a light sprinkle once, nothing major, but those tents worried me.
We were at Big Sur, last site on the left as you went up towards the last sites. Tents were in terrible shape. I had the "Frankenstein" tent, terrible "repair" jobs.
You're right about the food, nothing to write home about, then again, I haven't seen too many camps that do. ;^)
Our SPL, young as well, was the exact opposite of yours. Could hardly get him to do his job. Doing his own thing when not attending classes, not attending to his duties. Forgetful, not prepared with notepaper, etc. during the SPL meeting, etc. He made his job tougher than it needed to be. The ASPL was doing all he could to cover for the SPL. Good kids, just need to keep reminding myself that they're 14, not 40+.
War Canoe was ok, really enjoyed the snorkeling. Lots of wildlife, seals swimming around us, lobster, fish of various kinds, rays, etc. I didn't like that logistics was a bit lacking to support meal prep, cook, clean-up. CRAPPY charcoal, had to ensure the entire briquet was lit up before you moved it off the pile. We got sand bagged by it because one of our adults was so used to using Kingsford. Took twice as long to cook the meal.
The dive outfit there was ok, one of the boys going out on on Discover SCUBA had a bit of a time with his tank constantly sliding out of its harness and mask leaking. They didn't replace his harness or mask which didn't build his confidence in the equipment at all during the in water training. He bailed out and no refund or discount given.
Too much to tell, but all in all, not a bad trip. The Staff were excellent, especially the Field Sports folks on the ranges. Extremely patient. All the boys completed their MB's and were praising EB during Rose, Bud, Thorn.
And a shoutout to Gene, one of the adult volunteers who was kept busy at the adult coffee bar. Did a great job keeping it going and making good coffee.
Thaks sickoflibs.
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Margaret met her future husband Sgt. Francis Casperson, USAF, at Manston R.A.F. Station in Manston, England. They married May 17, 1952, and for the next 60 years Margaret lived and traveled the world with her husband until their retirement settling in Arizona. Margaret was a wonderful wife, mother and home maker raising their five children. She also loved to travel, enjoyed music, cooking and spending time with her family. She had a great passion and love for animals. She cared for many family pets over the years and any animal she found in need. Margaret Joyce Casperson is survived by: husband, Francis W. Casperson (Retired TSgt. USAF); Four daughters, Sherry (Roy) Nelson of Cornell, Terry Lynn (Gordon) Byrn of Glendale, Ariz., Michele (Murphy) Pruesser of Lakeside, Ariz., Jackie (Gary) Lindmark of Glendale, Ariz.; two sisters, Peggy and Greta, both of Canada; two brothers, Norman and Ralph both of England; eight grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
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Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. to noon Friday, May 17, 2013, at the Anderson Funeral Home in Escanaba. Funeral services celebrating the life of Margaret Joyce Casperson will be held at noon Friday at the Anderson Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Ben Fox officiating. Burial will take place in the Gardens of Rest Cemetery. A luncheon will be served following the burial services.
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BEIJING (AP) Three European clubs won an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Wednesday to keep their players out of the Olympic football tournament. Two, however, will still play, and the other might.
Sport's highest court ruled Argentine forward Lionel Messi, Werder Bremen's Diego and Rafinha of Schalke can be kept out of the Beijing Games by their clubs.
Despite the ruling, Messi still wants to play for his country instead of returning to FC Barcelona, according to Argentina coach Sergio Batista.
Barcelona postponed making a decision on whether to demand Messi's return until its coach talked to the star. Team officials were unable to contact Messi in China, club sporting director Manel Estiarte said in New York.
Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola planned to call Messi again either before or after Wednesday night's exhibition game against Major League Soccer's Red Bulls in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Barcelona was scheduled to return home to Spain immediately after the match.
After the ruling, Schalke and Werder Bremen offered to let Rafinha and Diego stay with Brazil for the Olympic tournament.
However, both demanded the Brazilian football federation quickly "create the conditions" for the players' involvement - for example, by providing evidence of insurance coverage in case they are injured.
"We are pleased that CAS has confirmed our legal interpretation," Schalke manager Andreas Mueller said. "It is laid down quite clearly in the FIFA statutes."
Bremen manager Klaus Allofs said the club's preparation for the beginning of the German season, "which, because of the legal dispute, largely had to be conducted without Diego, is so far advanced that a recall at this point in time would no longer make any sense in sporting terms."
Schalke's Mueller echoed that.
"We don't feel we're the big winners because an impossible situation has arisen as a result of the delay," he said. "Five minutes before the Olympic football tournament kicks off we now have to decide whether to recall the player or not."
"Our decision would have been different if the legal position had been clarified earlier," Mueller said. "In that case we wouldn't have let Rafinha go under any circumstances."
"FIFA and the CBF were aware of the situation months ago. I believe the matter was deliberately delayed until just before the Olympics to put the clubs in an awkward position."
Argentina opens Thursday against the Ivory Coast in Shanghai and Brazil plays Belgium in Shenyang.
CAS secretary-general Matthieu Reeb said the three-member panel ruled in favor of the clubs because the Olympic tournament is not on FIFA's match calendar, and because there was no evidence that the football body's executive board obliged the clubs to release the players.
FIFA ruled on July 30 that the players must be released for the Olympic tournament because they are under 23.
Batista said Messi and the team were relaxed despite the apparent setback.
"He (Messi) told us he wants to stay," Batista said. "He's relaxed and asks the people at Barcelona to understand his situation. The club is relaxed, and I was figuring to put Messi in the starting 11."
The ruling in sport's highest court could be bad news for countries relying on young talent.
"Theoretically the clubs could ask their players to go back to Europe because they would be entitled to do so," Reeb said. "And if the players do not come back there could be a case of a breach of contract."
Reeb said the case was narrowly focused on the three under-23 players and did not address the question of the over-23 players who are playing in the Olympic football tournament.
"This decision does not affect the eligibility status of the players who have been validly entered by their national Olympic committee and who remain fully eligible to compete in Olympic Games of Beijing 2008," CAS said.
The three-member panel consisted of Efraim Barak of Israel, Michele Bernasconi of Switzerland and Ralph Zloczower of Switzerland."FIFA is surprised and disappointed by this decision, but we respect it," FIFA president Sepp Blatter said in a statement.
The men's Olympic football tournament is for players 23 and under, with three exceptions for older players.
Both Barcelona and Schalke are scheduled to play Champions League qualifying matches during the Olympics, and they could lose out on millions of euros (dollars) if they fail to reach the group stage.
AP Sports Writer Ronald Blum in New York contributed to this report.


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Robert E. Lee and a black community volunteer are lauded in Hillsborough.
By BILL VARIAN
Published January 19, 2007
TAMPA - Hillsborough County commissioners proclaimed Thursday the bicentennial birthday of Confederate commander Robert E. Lee.
Then they officially commended James A. Hammond, a longtime community activist who is African-American and who recently had a soon-to-open elementary school named after him.
Lawyer Clinton Paris, who was in the audience to witness Hammond's recognition, was flabbergasted. So he signed a speaker slip and told commissioners so.
"It is absolutely appalling that this County Commission repeatedly talks about its progress, its ability to be inclusive and to move Hillsborough County forward," Paris said. "And we stop and we recognize somebody who, frankly, committed treason, somebody who would ensure that I wouldn't have an opportunity like this to stand before you."
Paris noted the presence, too, of County Attorney Renee Lee and Commissioner Kevin White, both of whom are black. Had the Confederacy prevailed, he said, neither would be so employed.
He said afterward that there was symbolism in the commission's decision to recognize Robert E. Lee first. And he likened the recognition to honoring Japanese military leaders for a crafty invasion of Pearl Harbor.
Commissioners didn't react to his comments. All seven commissioners - including Kevin White, who had asked for the commendation of Hammond - signed the proclamation.
White said afterward he thought the timing of the two honors peculiar but he didn't have strong feelings about it. Renee Lee offered, "I think there's some merit in Mr. Paris' statement."
Commission Chairman Jim Norman, who asked for the proclamation on behalf of Robert E. Lee and read it, left County Center after the meeting and didn't return a phone message that included the topic.
Commissioners have issued similar proclamations in the past on behalf of groups that honor the Confederate army, with an occasional board member objecting. This one was requested by the Sons of Confederate Veterans and Daughters of the Confederacy.
Dean Leferink, a Pasco County High School social studies teacher who addressed the board in favor of the proclamation, said afterward that no offense should be taken by the pairing of the two honors. He said history shows Lee abhorred slavery, was a champion of the Constitution and a man of honor.
His legacy is misrepresented because the prevailing side in war gets to write the history books, he said.
"I mean no offense to this guy," Leferink said. "I'm convinced I will never convince this gentleman otherwise. But I'm also convinced he's never done any research on Robert E. Lee."
Hammond, 77, was more circumspect than Paris. He has spent decades as a champion of education and as a volunteer for many community service groups.
"I can understand his comments about his feelings to the commission," he said of Paris. "But basically I was very pleased to be honored by the commission. And nothing is going to rain on my parade."
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The residency supports all stages of the creative process from research through to the realisation of finished artworks. When on residency an artist has to manage their time at IMMA in order to prioritise what would be most beneficial for the development of their overall practice, taking into consideration timing, location, resources and what the artist themselves wish to achieve. An important dynamic to the programme is that the artist gets an opportunity to engage in a dialogue with their peers and the visiting public through facilitating access to their studio practice during their time at IMMA, this is a defining factor to living and working at a location which is providing a public resource where the studio practice is in such close proximity to this public presence. There are many layers of response open to participants during their time spent at IMMA and ARP Projects illustrates the range of engagements and display made by artists while on residency.
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Kim Cox (Clinical Coordinator, Physical Therapist Assistant Program)
Rick Jones
Dr. Vernon Leggett
Charles Reed (Academic Coordinator, Respiratory Therapy)
Al Smith (Program Director, Surgical Technology Program)
Pam Tully (Program Director, Phlebotomy Program)
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Kenneth Franks
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Roishene Johnson
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The Division of Science and Allied Health offers 17 programs: 6 associate degrees, 2 certificates of technical studies, 2 technical diplomas, and 5 technical competency areas.
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Surgical Technology
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The mission of the Division of Science and Allied Health is to provide quality educational opportunities in science and allied health through excellent classroom, laboratory, and clinical instruction, and to provide service to the citizens of Northwest Louisiana.
Associate of Applied Science in EMT Paramedic
Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Profession (CoA-EMSP)/Commission for Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP).
Associate of Applied Science in Medical Assistant
The Bossier Parish Community College Medical Assistant Associate of Applied Science Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org)upon the recommendation of the Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB), Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, 1361 Park Street, Clearwater, FL 33756, Phone: 727-210-2350.
Associate of Applied Science in Pharmacy Technician and Certificate of Applied Science in Pharmacy Technician
The BPCC Pharmacy Technician program is accredited by the American Society of Health System Pharmacist (ASHP) and approved by the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy (LABP).
Associate of Applied Science in Physical Therapist Assistant
Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE)
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Clinical classes are those taught in off-campus locations including hospitals, physicians' offices, clinics, and EMS services. The Division of Science and Allied Health programs listed below include a clinical component or clinical classes.
Admission to the clinical program component is restricted to students who have completed all qualification courses with a C or higher, minimum cumulative GPA of 2.000 (2.500 for PTA and RSTH), submit a completed program application packet by the published deadline, and meet all other specific program requirements. (See program specific requirements in each degree section for additional information).
Admission to a program with a clinical program component is competitive and dependent upon availability of clinical sites, local employment statistics, and established faculty to student ratios. The Division of Science and Allied Health strives to administer the selection process fairly and consistently.
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All programs with a clinical component have established "Essential Requirements," which identify occupational specific technical standards required of students in the program. Students are strongly encouraged to review the Essential Requirements for the program prior to application. The request for any necessary accommodations must be submitted with the program application. This document will be released to the clinical sites at the time of placement and students should be aware that some clinical affiliates may deny placement to students who are not able to meet these requirements. A copy of these essential requirements is included in the application packet, is available from the program director, and on the BPCC website.
Students are strongly encouraged to routinely meet with the program faculty or program director specific to the program in which the student is enrolled. The program faculty provides valuable information regarding the appropriate sequencing of qualification courses, program application process, and program deadlines.
Depending on the program and the assigned clinical sites, the student may be required to submit the following upon selection into the clinical component:
A clinical fee is charged in addition to regular tuition for each program with a clinical component. This fee is required each semester that a student is scheduled in program classes. The fees are listed in the BPCC Academic Bulletin.
It is the responsibility of each student to become familiar with the rules and regulations outlined in the Code of Conduct of Bossier Parish Community College. In addition, each student selected for a program with a clinical component will be responsible for reading and abiding by the academic and conduct policies established by the program and those of the clinical affiliation site(s) to which he/she is assigned. All program students must adhere to the substance abuse policies of the College, program, and clinical affiliates. Programs require drug/alcohol screens and criminal background checks for participation. Further details may be found in the BPCC Student Handbook, BPCC Catalog, and the Program Handbook, which is issued to the program students at the beginning of the first clinical semester. Violations of academic or conduct policies of the College, program, or clinical affiliate can result in immediate dismissal from the program.
Upon acceptance into a program with a clinical component, each student will be required to sign an Authority to Release Drug and/or Alcohol Testing Records release form and is assessed a non-refundable drug screen fee. Drug testing can be performed randomly, selectively or as a group. Refusal of the program student to submit to a drug test or a positive drug screen indicating alcohol or drug use will result in the student's immediate dismissal from the program.
A student who has been dismissed from a program for a positive drug screen indicating alcohol or drug use may reapply to the program from which he/she was dismissed or to another clinical program after a period of one year with the understanding that the positive drug screen will remain on his/her record. Should a student have another positive drug screen, the student will be dismissed from the program immediately and shall not be permitted to apply to any Bossier Parish Community College allied health program.
Upon acceptance into a program with a clinical component, each student will be required to sign a Consent/Release for a background check. This screening process is to ensure the student is not included on the OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities, GSA List of Parties Excluded from Federal Procurement and Non-Procurement Programs, clear of a criminal history, and that the student meets all clinical training site or regulatory agency requirements. Additional types of background checks may be performed per the request of the clinical affiliate, such as National Registry of Sex Offenders and US Department of Treasury - Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN List). Due to the inability of a program to place a student with findings from these searches, the student may be immediately dismissed from the program.
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Help kids cultivate an enchanting garden of their very own, filled with spectacular colors and sweet scents. This kit comes with everything they need to grow a magical medley of long-blooming annuals.
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In addition to our strong academic curriculum the students at Holy Rosary also receive an equally strong education in the Fine Arts. Beginning in our 3K preschool class and continuing through middle school the students attend Art, PE, Music, Computer and Library weekly. In addition the middle school students have the opportunity to have an elective and add an additional specialty class to their schedule.
Art: Students participate in local art contests within the community and Holy Rosary can boast that we have some talented artists within our walls.
PE: The students participate in the President's physical fitness challenge each year.
Music: The Music department puts on three shows a year that includes all students from Kindergarten through 8th grade. The final program of the year is a play put on by our Middle School Students.
Computer: The Holy Rosary computer lab was updated with 32 new Dell computers for the 2012-2013 school year. Students attend computer lab once a week beginning in Preschool. The students also have access to the computer lab throughout the day for additional research and taking Accelerated Reading exams.
Library: The Holy Rosary Library strives to promote a life-long love of reading for the students. Each fall the Library hosts the Scholastic Book Fair which is a very popular time in the library. The Library at Holy Rosary does provide a collection of instructional materials that support and contribute to the curriculum as well as class assignments, homework, and individual personal growth. Students in Preschool through sixth grade attend Library once a week. The seventh and eighth grade students utilize the Library as needed for additional support for their classwork and studies.
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A quick link dump here. I don't spend enough time promoting the other fans and bloggers out there that deserve mentioning. First up we've got an article in the Daily News about Darren Meenan, the creator of The7line who's making all the cool Mets gear MLB is afraid to print. I met him at the Apple tailgate on Opening Day when he was sporting his "Even Lesbians Love Dickey" shirt.
Joe Janish, working off an interview on Sirius, decides to analyze which Mets are playing over their head this year, if any.
JD at section 518 shares more than we need to know about one-out wins, but it's still a good read. Ryota Igarashi almost got two consecutive one-out wins last week, but the Mets squandered the opportunity in the bottom of the inning.
This isn't a blogger, it's actually about Bartolo Colon, but it's interesting. He got a stem cell treatment this offseason in his shoulder, and so far it's been working wonders.
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Michael and Mary Farrington of Dublin announce the engagement of their daughter, Catherine, to Mario Garcia, son of Mario and Maria Garcia of Los Angeles.
The bride-to-be received a bachelor's degree in theater from the University of Southern California. She is employed as an actress.
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Hey there,
Do the Vintage X-Bridge and the Standard X-bridge have the same range?
I m talking about the pitch range between the note of an open string (say a G on the G string) and the lowest note produced when the bar is fully engaged (pressed down to the max).
I m about to get an X-bridge to install on my Strat HM to replace those impossible double-locking systems (Kahler Spyder with 2 poles):
- since the distance between the 2 poles is not standard, i m gonna have to drill new holes for the new bridge.
- since the body is routed around and below the Kahler block, i m gonna have to fill it up with wood.
I therefore can choose to fit a Standard (2 poles) or a vintage (6 screws).
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Elvis Presley's airplanes, the Lisa Marie and Hound Dog II, are for sale and are expected to go for $10 to $15 million.
March 18, 2015
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March 12, 2015
Some of the world's best hotels and resorts have joined the farm-to-table movement, growing and producing food, wine and beer right on their property.
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Residents of the tropical Indonesian islands Bali and Sumba tend to live in the moment. For visitors to their five-star resorts, the moment can be just about perfect.
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Beech Trees
Beech Trees masting in large numbers is enough to get many anglers excited. Often the season after a hot summer can mean beech trees mast, dropping huge numbers of seed on the forest floor. The off shoot of this is a rodent problem. Stoats, rats, weasels and of course mice can go to plague like proportions. A percentage of mice end up in the river often trying to get from an area that has been cleaned out of seed into an area where there is still seed available and some just fall in. This is when anglers get really excited as our trout love to devour them. These trout eating mice do of course put on weight just as we do if we eat too much. They become Fat Trout. These fat trout can often weigh about 1.5 – 2lbs than above normal and give the angler higher opportunities for catching big fish.
Many anglers ask about the famed mouse eating trout but really a better question should be, are the any beech trees and when should I get there to have the best opportunity to exploit? Beech trees masting seems to occur about every 3-7 and usually the season after a hot summer. Right now here are a few places around New Zealand that could produce some interesting results in the next few months. It doesn't mean by any stretch that all beech trees in New Zealand are masting, just semi isolated pockets.
Night fishing seems to be the way to catch these fish on actual mouse patterns. I have offered trout mice during the day and watched them take a semi interested look but have yet to see one commit to eating in the daylight hours. I always keep a mouse pattern handy just for test purposes should an opportunity present.
Videos have been made and stories are told of these fish that become large from the food chain that stems from New Zealand's beech tree filled forests.
There is the other not so great offshoot of the masting beech trees and that is after the seed runs out New Zealand's native birds take a real hit due to the large numbers of rats, stoats, possums and weasels…..lets introduce Taimen that should help… nah just kidding but not so long in the past it probably would have been considered a great idea. Buy some possum fur products while you are here chasing those elusive fat mice eating trout… that will help!


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China's annual consumer price inflation accelerated to a seven-month high of 2.5% year over year in December, from 2% in November, much of it due to a sharp rise in food inflation during the month.
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Wells Fargo reported better-than-expected earnings of $5.1 billion on revenue of $21.9 billion, beating adjusted estimates of $4.82 billion and $21.3 billion, respectively. However, net interest margin fell 10 basis points, missing some estimates.
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The house where I had my secret places. No photos of the closet that challenged my climbing abilities.Yep, that's me and our dog, Smokey.


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European Post-Graduate College "Language Technology and Cognitive Systems" Saarbruecken - Edinburgh Saarland University is pleased to announce the availability of four doctoral scholarships, beginning October 1st, 2001, in the above programme. Doctoral degrees may be obtained in computational linguistics, phonetics, and informatics, from Saarland University. Each scholarship will be funded for two years initially (extendable to three years). The European Post-Graduate College has been established in cooperation between Saarland University and the University of Edinburgh (Division of Informatics) - two leading institutions in the fields of computational linguistics, artificial intelligence and cognitive science who are collaborating in offering a joint post-graduate education programme. The cooperation includes * a six to twelve months research stay in Edinburgh * joint supervision of dissertations by lecturers from Saarbruecken and Edinburgh * an intensive research exchange programme between Saarbruecken and Edinburgh (including, for example, an annual two-week forum attended by college members and lecturers from both centres) The college focuses on the computational and cognitive foundations of human language processing, particularly emphasising the following research areas: * language understanding (including spoken language processing and psycholinguistic modelling) * inference and reasoning * knowledge representation, lexicon, and ontology * data-intensive language models (including corpus-based and statistical language modelling) * dialogue and language generation (computational and cognitive models) Lecturers in Saarbruecken are M. Pinkal, H. Uszkoreit (computational linguistics), W. Barry (phonetics), M. Crocker (psycholinguistics), M. Kohlhase, J. Siekmann, G. Smolka, W. Wahlster (informatics/AI). In Edinburgh, lecturers include M. Fourman, E. Klein, A. Lascarides, C. Mellish, J. Moore, J. Oberlander, M. Osborne, M. Pickering, M. Steedman, P. Taylor, B. Webber, and C. Williams. The scholarship provides up to DM 2,870 per month. Additional compensation includes family allowance (where applicable), travel funding, and an additional monthly allowance of approximately DM 1,410 for the stay in Edinburgh. Applicants should hold a strong university degree in one of the relevant areas, and they should not be more than 28 years of age. Female scientists and international students are particularly encouraged to apply. Applications should include 1. a curriculum vitae (including a list of publications, where possible) 2. a sample of written work (e.g. research paper, or dissertation, preferably in English) 3. copies of high school and university certificates 4. two references (to be sent directly to the college speaker) 5. an informal cover letter specifying interests, previous knowledge and activities in any of the relevant research areas. The letter should indicate the area in which the dissertation is to be conducted (computational linguistics/psycholinguistics, phonetics, or informatics/AI): where possible, it should include a brief outline of research interests to be pursued within the scholarship. Applications should be sent to the speaker of the college (see address below). Closing date for applications is May 31st, 2001. Prof. Dr. Matthew Crocker (Speaker) Department of Computational Linguistics Saarland University P.O. Box 15 11 50 D-66041 Saarbruecken, Germany Tel: +49 (0)681 302-6560 E-mail: egk-admincoli.uni-sb.de Fax: +49 (0)681 302-6561 Internet: http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/egkMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue


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In short: No complaints apart from the weather!!In full: Agree with previous comments, more toilets required on London Road, and PLEASE can i have a t-shirt that fits could get two of me in the small, wish they would cater for ladies!!Apart from that thought it very well organised, workers and supporters outstanding and finish area much improved. Praying for rain next year.Date of review: May 29, 2012
In short: Small, friendly 3 in 1 event in the beautiful north of ScotlandIn full: I have run all 3 of the races over the years but this year I tried the marathon for the first time. It was a small friendly event much more enjoyable than the big city marathons. The marathon runners pick up the half runners just after half way so you won't be running on your own. Great organisation and value for money.Date of review: September 6, 2011
In short: I got a PB so can't be that bad!In full: Agree with all the complaints but thought Saturday races (other members of the family were doing them) very well organised. Big shame the marathon couldn't have started and finished in Hollyrood Park as well. However thought the whole event poor value for money and a month after doing the kilomathon as well feel I have given GSI events far too much money for not much return.Date of review: May 25, 2011
In short: Fantastic well organised raceIn full: A fantastic race along the Moray coast. Good value for money, fast flat course, hot showers and food afterwards - a perfect race!Date of review: February 21, 2011
In short: My favourite race!In full: Fantastic organisation, couldn't fault a single thing. Magnificent route, fantastic crowd support and hot showers and free food afterwards.Date of review: October 4, 2010
In short: Fantastic well organised raceIn full: Great, well organised race along a mostly flat course along the beautiful Moray coastline. a race worth travelling for!Date of review: June 7, 2010
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Cerebral_DownTime wrote:Who cares about this crap?WE GOT A MUTHA FUCKIN EARTHQUAKE MACHINE!
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by Crash Davis » Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:22 am
justmebd wrote:I had no problem with the ending of the show, it was how they got to that ending.Out of 38,000+ people, not one of them raised their hand and said, "Excuse me, I like flush toilets and weatherproof walls. You go be a farmer, I'm building a modern plumbing town right here."It's not like there's a military left to stop them. It was stupid. It's an easy fix, which is what made it even more frustrating for me.Easy fix: "Sir, our technology is about worn out and we don't have the facilities or the raw materials to replace it. We better teach everyone how to become farmers because all our tech is toast in about six months." (By the way, Galactica can't have been the only ship just about ready to fall apart after all the jumps and abuse of the last few seasons)As for the final five, that was retconning at its worst and I doubt "The Plan" will be able to fix that. But no big deal, the show's legacy is secure. I put this show just below B5 on my all time favorite sci-fi show list. B5 gets the nod because it had the better ending (to me) and because the Londo/G'Kar stuff is endlessly watchable.
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justmebd wrote:You're correct on B5 and Lost. JMS knew the entire story from beginning to end and how long it would take to complete when they started production on the Pilot. He even left himself a bunch of trapdoors in the event there were changes in the cast (which there several).I recently re-watched some 1st and 2nd Season Lost and listened to commentaries, and the writers had a pretty good idea of the whole mythology from Episode One, but I don't believe it was all fleshed out until Season Two, and some of the lackluster episodes in the middle of Season One are evidence of the "wandering." They didn't know when it was going to end, and then you got the first six-episode of arc of Season 3, which even the producers admit is horrible. So they got their end-date and the show has been awesome ever since.As for BSG, Producer Ron Moore admitted in several interviews the changes they made along the way at the last minute and how they started writing the show in arcs, with no idea of how they were going to end it. (Unsaid: How they kept contradicting earlier plotlines and character arcs, but why get nitpicky now)To sum up BSG seasons for the unitiated, I've put it like this:Season One and Two: Awesome, some of the best sci-fi ever committed to film.Season Three: Uneven, cracks in the facade starting to showSeason Four: Ran completely off the rails. Very disappointing finish for a once great storyline.The Final Five story arc was not necessary as depicted, it felt like it was hammered down our throats for no good reason. My personal view is that once the stunt casting was done with Lucy Lawless and Dean Stockwell, they felt like the final five had to be "Big." Truth is, they didn't. It just needed to be good, which it wasn't.I hope that all made sense.
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Topic: RSpec: calling original method from within a stub
I need to stub a method on a model instance that is going to be fetched by the code I'm speccing. I think I need something like this to implement it:
@original_object = ... #initialization code
MyModel.stub!(:find) do |*args|
obj = yield(*args)
if obj == @original_object
obj.stub!(:my_method).and_return ...
Tho I ain't sure what yield does when called inside the block passed to stub! method. Any idea?
Or probably something like MyModel.any_instance.stub!(...) (like mocha's any_instance method) would work for me. But as far as I know rspec doesn't have similar functionality, and it is not going to ever appear there...
I'll appreciate any help with that.
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hi! I'm birgit! I'm going to volunteer at the forest from January on - I'm already quite excited about it --- only about 2 months until then!!!
But the reason I'm writing is because I haven't received the activity agreement yet... my sending organization coordinator seems to be kind of concerned about that and that's a little contagious ...we both tried to contact you via mail but didn't get an answer.. veronika (the coordinator of my sending organization) got another job now so there's a new coordinator from november on so I guess things here will also be a little chaotic...
It would be great if you can tell me when you will send it to us!