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ESPN's Adam Schefter is reporting that Schaub's
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In most situations, a black, numbered T-shirt would hardly be enough to lure someone to push themselves toward their physical limits. But when that shirt symbolizes a top-35 finish in the Dipsea, runners can be prompted to make an exception.
That was clear Sunday, when runners such as Ross teen Trevor Reinhart found the reserves to run hard all the way to the finish line at Stinson Beach.
"I really had no sense where I was (in the field) coming down," Reinhart said. "Luckily, I had my dad perched up about a quarter of a mile from the finish. He yelled that I was in 38th place, and right there I was struck. It was, 'OK, I've just got to finish strong."
Reinhart did just that, pushing himself to a 32nd-place finish to claim his first black shirt. Behind him came Rocklin resident Chris Knorzer, Orinda's Alison Zamanian and Kentfield's Mimi Willard.
The runners who followed, led by 36th-place finisher Daniel DiMeo of Sacramento, went home with only the clothing that they brought with them.
Among those who did earn a black shirt, some might be considered surprises. Mill Valley's Ashley Sternfel, for instance, rose from 591st place last year to 25th this year. And Belvedere's Nancy Simmons improved from 588th place in 2012 to 27th this year.
But a list of runners who surprised themselves the most would have to include Kentfield's Mimi Willard, who finished 48th last year but didn't decide to run this year until very recently.
"I actually didn't have any expectations because this year I didn't train," Willard said. "I just decided last weekend to run. I signed up (to race), but I've mostly been in the swimming pool the last few months. I've been kind of injured and I just decided, 'I'll go out and I'll just see what happens.'"
What happened is that Willard grabbed the final black shirt available with her 35th-place finish.
"I was pleasantly surprised," Willard said. "When you come up to the top of Cardiac, they're calling out the numbers. And then you're watching how many people go by you and how many people you reel in. Then they tell you again at the top of Insult where you are. So I knew it was close. But I actually kind of lost track so I thought I was about 37th. ... Then I did my best to sprint into the finish and I was pleasantly surprised."
So, too, was Zamanian. She thought that she had held on for the 35th spot, but a technical issue had resulted in an extra runner being counted along the course and she instead took the 34th slot.
"I was feeling a lot of pressure," said Zamanian, who finished 18th last year. "Last year, I was running more because I wasn't working full time. So I thought, 'Oh my God, I'm only running two to three times per week.' Then I was looking at the numbers and at one point I was 31st and then 32nd and I knew the herd of 40-something guys was coming. ... So I was kind of stressed. I wasn't sure how this was going to turn out."
As it turned out, Zamanian, Willard and Reinhart were among those who left wearing symbols of their success.
"It was a great race," said Reinhart after his fourth Dipsea run. "This is my first black shirt. I got 40th last year and I was extremely frustrated about that — five places off. ... And next year, I believe I can do a lot better."
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Maybe there is Evil Intent, bad advice + dead plants = more plant sales
Definitely Evil Intent!
Originally Posted by drewsuf82 View Post
So I was at the LFS today getting .....so while I was there he asked how I was feeding and I told him that I had root ferts for my vals and my swords and that I was using liquid ferts for the rest and he told me that all of those ferts are a waste and that it was all for algae.....I just want to make sure I'm on the right path here with the high tech setup
You are on the right path so don't allow that LFS "expert" to mislead you.
I suggest you give that LFS plant "expert" the link to the TPT Fert and Substrate Sub-Forums and politely suggest those are studied. If for no other reason than respect for the hobby.
Maybe there is Evil Intent, bad advice + dead plants = more plant sales
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There are tons of things that induce algae, but I believe that tom has shown that excess ferts by themselves do not induce algae.
LFS Guy = uninformed windbag.
Some plants are heavy root feeders and benefit specifically from root tabs otherwise they are likely, at best, of secondary importance if not wholly unnecessary.
The plants that do benefit from them crypts, swords, vals, etc will definitely do much much better with root tabs than without.
|There are tons of things that induce algae, but I believe that tom has shown that excess ferts by themselves do not induce algae.
Freph, Hoppy, thanks for confirming what I thought was true xD
Hoppy The Rooted plants are the only ones which benefit from this am I correct (the water column and rooted ferts) or would there be a sizeable benefit from throwing a few root tabs on that side?
Jeff - Whew I had a time of it there for a while, I battled it when the tank was lo-tech and when I started transitioning to high tech it really took off >< after a lot of research I did a MASSIVE trim and anything which was covered in it leaf wise i trimmed off, anything with some light remnants there I left. I then took the affected driftwood and rocks out of the tank and put them into a large pot with de-chlorinated water and took out a baby dosing syringe and started dosing anything with algae on it...let it sit for 30 min, returned it to tank and rinse and repeat. After about 24 hours any left algae turned bright red/pink to white and is now gone. I noticed a few small spots tonight in my xmas moss that I had missed so it's going to be getting the excel treatment again here pretty soon if it doesn't turn around. Then for about a week I double dosed with the excel in the tank every day (which will kill your vals so if you have them don't dose so heavily I found out the hard way). I was having some light green algae on the glass as well but thanks to an awesome RAOK a week or so back those little bristlenoses have been very very busy and keeping the tank spotless!
I did one more heavy trim tonight to make sure all of the affected plants were bba free and will excel dose the xmas moss again tonight but so far I'm out of the woods. I have also adjusted my fert dosing to a slightly modified (smaller) amount because of the reduced plant mass and changed the photo period to 4h on, 4h off, 4h on, 8h off and it's seemed to be doing alright
|Wait, how did you beat BBA?!?!?? Help!!!
|It isn't a mystery, nor a theoretical idea, that plants can gain nutrients from both their leaves and their roots. You can grow aquatic plants with either substrate nutrients or water column nutrients, and better still, if you fertilize either the substrate or the water, both will have nutrients. But, you can get a higher concentration in the water by fertilizing the water and a higher concentration in the substrate by fertilizing the substrate. It does no harm to fertilize both, and it gives the plants two good sources of nutrients.
|Plants absorb nutrients from both their leaves and their roots. That worker appears to be uneducated as far as plant nutrient uptake is concerned. You should show him some of Tom's tanks and blow his mind that they're fertilized via dosing the water column and using aquasoil.
SO LFS guy says "column fert = waste" ??
So I was at the LFS today getting some stuff to replace the plants that I melted with excel in my war on BBA (woot I beat the BBA though.....) so while I was there he asked how I was feeding and I told him that I had root ferts for my vals and my swords and that I was using liquid ferts for the rest and he told me that all of those ferts are a waste and that it was all for algae.....
Now I'm thinking hmmmm hes tryin to sell me something but he didn't....
Correct me if I'm wrong but I was under the assumption that java fern, xmas moss, flame moss, and others feed from the water since there's nothing in the line of a root system there?
My other reason for asking this is I'm getting close to being ready to re-up my ferts here in about a month.
For those of you wondering the last batch I got from colin and I felt that they have done a wonderful job (much better than the leaf zone I was using) I just want to make sure I'm on the right path here with the high tech setup
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Dylan Cleaver laments the shrinking playing fields of Auckland's primary schools.
The saddest sports story of the summer was one you may not have even read.
Forget the Taylor-Hesson imbroglio or Zac Guildford's alcohol-fuelled regression, the unhappiest sporting news was the Herald on Sunday's report on the city's shrinking primary school playgrounds.
They noted that kids at Pt Chevalier Primary were using the local tennis club carpark as a lunchtime playground. They reported that Northcote Primary had lost a huge chunk of playing fields and courts to prefab classrooms.
Not included in the report is Mairangi Bay Primary demolishing its swimming pool for a carpark. Already that school has prefabs encroaching on fields.
These travesties are being repeated all over the city. It's a simple equation: as rolls increase, fields decrease.
Even those schools with a decent sward of grass choose to put the "Fields Closed" signs up for the bulk of winter because they lack even rudimentary drainage.
Says Dr Kirsten Petrie of the University of Waikato's faculty of education: "It raises questions about education funding and what counts as valuable learning opportunities.
"Children learn through play... fields provide a space where they can learn about themselves. They provide an opportunity for curricular and co-curricular learning opportunities."
Petrie questioned what the attitude would be if the ministry took the same attitude with numeracy and literacy, if schools decided to cut the journals on those disciplines by half?
Put simply, kids and parents are being shafted. Even if they're not losing their grounds and pools, they're finding basic, yet important, activities like swimming and sports are being outsourced.
Surely it is not too long a bow to draw that increases in rates for child obesity and a decrease in the basic motor skills of students entering high school can be partly attributed to this national shame.
Physical educators have always recognised the need for space. In 1877, clause 85 of the Education Act made provision for a quarter acre playing field to be attached to every school.
"Even then, educational administrators understood that children needed room to move," said Associate Professor Lisette Burrows, president of Physical Education New Zealand. "One of the defining features of primary schools has been the learner swimming pool - many of these are gone now - and the playing fields and courts available for free play and physical education.
"It is ironic at a time when various agencies and the public are suggesting that children need more fundamental motor skills and need to be 'more active', that yet another barrier to kids moving comes in the form of diminished space available to move.
A ministry spokesperson told the Herald on Sunday they could not rule out the time when some schools are housed in buildings with no playing fields.
That's a frightening prospect, but not a far-fetched one.
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"Every day we see the power of sport to change the lives of young people and to help them succeed in other aspects of life. This project will harness that power for schools to get the results they want in their communities" - Peter Miskimmin, Sport NZ chief executive
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Regulators Soon To Release Reports On Yellowstone River Pipeline Break And Oil Spill
(Helena, MT – Yellowstone Public Radio) – The US Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) told Montana officials the agency expects to release a report soon on last summer's crude oil pipeline spill into the Yellowstone River.
The update was delivered to the February meeting of the Montana Oil Pipeline Safety Review Council.
PHMSA is wrapping up its Corrective Action Order against ExxonMobil, owner of the Silvertip Pipeline. The CAO essentially tells the company to make the pipeline safe and get rid of systemic problems.
On July 1, 2011, that pipeline broke and spilled 1,500 barrels of crude into the Yellowstone River near Laurel in South Central Montana.
Chris Hoidal is regional director for PHMSA in Colorado. He told the Montana Oil Pipeline Safety Review Council that PHMSA is waiting for the test results of the broken piece of pipeline removed from the Yellowstone River.
"It's our intention to close the order as soon as the metallurgical testing is done and we complete the accident investigation," he says.
The forensics on the broken section of pipe could shed light on what specifically caused the break. Investigators suspect scouring caused by the flooding Yellowstone River contributed to the pipeline break.
Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer created the Montana Oil Pipeline Safety Review Council following the oil spill to investigate pipelines that cross waterways and make recommendations on how to prevent future spills.
The panel is chaired by the Montana Department of Environmental Quality Director (DEQ) Richard Opper. He says the council plans to release its draft report by the end of April or early May.
Some members of the public would like absolutes that there will be no future oil pipeline spills in Montana in the future. "I would have say I am one of those people who would like an absolute," Opper says. "There are no absolutes. As long as we're going to use oil in this country there are going to be spills occasionally. There are going to be accidents. There are also going to be things that we can do minimize the risk to make sure that the product that does flow - underneath our landscape and across our rivers – we can take steps to make sure that they're safe."
ExxonMobil recently made upgrades to shore up its Silvertip line. The company also spent an estimated $115 million to clean up parts of the Yellowstone River, the shoreline, and adjacent lands contaminated with crude following the pipeline break.
The Montana DEQ, meanwhile, is taking public comment until Feb. 21, 2012 on a proposed legal settlement with ExxonMobil Pipeline Company over the oil spill. The Administrative Order of Consent covers monitoring, remediation, as well as penalties and the cost of the cleanup.


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With teammate James Harden sidelined with a sprained ankle, Houston guard Jeremy Lin had his best game as a Rocket, scoring a career-high-tying 38 points.
But it wasn't enough to keep the host Rockets from losing to the San Antonio Spurs 134-126 in overtime Monday night. Spurs guard Tony Parker made sure of that.
Parker had 27 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists for his first career triple-double, and Gary Neal scored 29 points to spark San Antonio to its fifth straight win and second over Houston in three days.
"I was like: 'Man if we lose, nobody is going to care,' " Parker said with a laugh about his triple-double. "Now that we won the game, it makes it even better, because at the end of the day people only care about wins."
Parker's outing complemented Neal's 7-of-10 performance from 3-point range.
"All night long, he kept us in the game," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said of Parker. "With his play on both ends of the floor, he was magnificent."
Heat 101, Hawks 92: LeBron James scored 27 points, Dwyane Wade had 26 and the Heat pulled away in the second half to beat Atlanta, improving to 10-1 at home this season.
James (10 for 16) and Wade (11 for 13) made 21 of 29 shots for Miami, which shot 58 percent as a team.
"Just trying to be as efficient as I can," said Wade, who is 20 for 25 in his past two games. "Shooting 13 shots, it's nothing I'm used to. Some nights you go for 11 for 13. Some nights you go 3 for 13."
Josh Smith scored 22 points and Al Horford had 20 for Atlanta, which has dropped both games against Miami this season and is 1-7 against the Heat since March 2011.
"We gave LeBron and D-Wade some opportunities to be able to get some layups early on, and whenever you give a great player opportunities to get layups first, the rim gets that much bigger," Smith said. "And they started hitting all kinds of shots."
Mavericks 119, Kings 96: O.J. Mayo scored 19 points and Dallas took control with a 31-3 run in the first half to win its 17th consecutive regular-season home game against Sacramento.


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The Pequot Lakes Patriots boys' basketball team finished 0-2 at the Little Falls Holiday tournament on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 28-29.
But there were signs of optimism playing against a field of three teams all with winning records, including Upsala which eventually defeated Little Falls 71-67 for the title while improving to 7-0 overall.
On Friday, the Patriots opened with an 84-58 loss to Upsala, which is ranked No. 7 in Class A. Pequot Lakes then battled back before losing to Sauk Centre 69-60 in the third-place game on Saturday.
But despite dropping to 4-5 overall, a young Pequot Lakes' squad continues to develop and learn while facing talented opponents.
"Upsala is one of the better teams that we will face all year," said Pequot Lakes coach Garry Grewe. "They were quick and they beat us off the dribble. And (Sauk Centre) also had a nice team. We had trouble with their pressure.
"But we made some nice adjustments (against Sauk Centre) in the second half. We're starting to develop offensively, and we're getting better at not only breaking the press, but turning it into points. I was very pleased with our effort."
The Mainstreeters came after the Patriots early, using full-court pressure to force three turnovers in the opening minutes and build a 16-5 advantage. Patrick Knoblauch scored five of his game-high 29 points to spark Sauk Centre. At the other end of the court, Pequot Lakes couldn't get close-range shots to fall.
But that changed as the Patriots rallied with a 12-0 run to grab their first lead of the game. The run was sparked by six points from Jordan Redmond. The senior, and only returning starter for Pequot Lakes, finished with a team-high 19 points before fouling out with 8:15 remaining.
The Patriots grabbed a 21-20 lead with eight minutes left in the opening half. But that's as close as they would come as the Mainstreeters began to build a lead, outscoring Pequot Lakes 18-7 before intermission. The rally was sparked by Knoblauch, who finished with 20 first-half points.
Pequot Lakes cut the deficit to 43-38 in the opening minutes of the second half after a pair of baskets by Tyler Tappe, and layups by Travis Jacobson and Redmond. But Sauk Centre gained a double-digit lead for most of the second half. The Patriots did have a 32-31 scoring edge in the second half.
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Redmond was selected to the all-tournament team after scoring 28 points in two games. Jacobson finished with 32 points, including 18 in the third-place game.
The Patriots return to action with a Mid-State Conference game at Staples-Motley on Friday, Dec. 4.
The Pequot Lakes junior varsity team finished second in their tournament after defeating Upsala 50-45 but losing to Sauk Centre 50-46. Against Upsala, C.J. Borleis led the Patriots with 16, followed by Connor Davich with 12, Jack Kreitz 10, Hunter Larson six, Brandon Heihir four and Jackson Goerges two.
Against Sauk Centre, Borleis had 12, Hehir 11, Davich 10, Kreitz six, Goerges three, and Erik Elverum and Jon Bocklund each had two.
Pequot Lakes 28 32 – 60
Sauk Centre 38 31 – 69
Brett Peterson 5, Kevin Beltz 6, Wes Mumm 5, Jordan Redmond 19, Tyler Tappe 7, Travis Jacobson 18. FT 10-18 (56 percent). FG 23-46 (50 percent). 3-point baskets: Beltz 2, Mumm, Peterson.
Patrick Knoblauch 29, Austin Landkammer 9, Matthew Moritz 4, Josh Buschette 13, Nick Adams 10, Adam Jensen 2, Casey Weber 2. FT 18-32 (56 percent). FG 23-46 (50 percent). 3-point baskets: Knoblauch 3, Buschette 2.
Upsala 84, Patriots 58
The Cardinals assumed a 50-36 halftime lead before outscoring Pequot Lakes 34-18 in the second half for a convincing win.
Christian Pekarek finished with a game-high 21 while teammate Dylan Zimmerman added 18 for Upsala, which made 20 of 30 free throws.
Tappe led Pequot Lakes with 15 points while Jacobson added 14, including 12 in the first half.
Upsala 50 34 — 84
Pequot Lakes 36 18 — 58
Eric Frieler 7, Matt Abeler 6, Christian Pekarek 21, Avery Smieja 14, Andy Nelson 6, Garrett Wolf 3, Nick Frieler 9, Dylan Zimmerman 18. FT 20-30 (67 percent). 3-point baskets: Frieler 3, Pekarek, Nelson, Zimmerman.
Peterson 7, Mumm 5, Michael Ryan 6, Redmond 8, Tappe 15, Brandon Hehir 3, Jacobson 14. FT 5-8 (63 percent). 3-point baskets: Peterson, Tappe


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How many of them 750 pounders fit on one B-52? I am with logistics, and I need to know.
How many of them 750 pounders fit on one B-52? I am with logistics, and I need to know.
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Still the most feared weapon in the world. Expected to last in operations until 2040..
"Man needs but two things to survive alone in the woods. A blow up female doll and his trusty old AK-47" - Thomas Jefferson 1781
My uncle used to take me and my cousins to watch them take off. Some folks don't think about how big they are.
Not just old Nancy.. But she did kind of overdue it..
All these gun ban issues, are sure doing a great job of keeping the people minds off the "Fiscal Cliff" debate and financial $$ problems our country has..
Not just our country, the whole damn world is days away from a monetary disaster..
Cut Govt. spending, raise taxes.. Sadly to late.
Politicians do not run for office for that peanuts pay check they get..
From our local county commissioners, all the way too D.C.. They become instant lottery winners, with the perks grafts and corruption dollars handed too them.
With all due respect for anyone reading this, who lost loved ones in the recent terrible incidents..
The Govt. does not want guns out of the peoples hands because they are worried about us shooting each other.. They have no hearts or souls, they could really care less.
The SOBs know the "Fiscal Cliff" world wide dollar collapse is coming..
They want them gone, to save their sorry asses when it does happen..
Their passing these illegal confiscation laws and will probably expect Law Enforcement and our Military to go collect them..
Well they might want to reconsider.. They not us, may be the first ones smashing the gates.
Police lay offs, Military cut backs, Border Patrol Agents put in jail for doing their job..
Their reading about Nancey's flights, and they are not happy..
"Man needs but two things to survive alone in the woods. A blow up female doll and his trusty old AK-47" - Thomas Jefferson 1781
yep some of the loony toonies are saying it is some kind of government mind control --and it is all a conspiracy of some sort.
personally i don't think that the government is competent enough to pull off such an elaborate scheme. look how the gun running operation to mexico backfired--
i do believe that the government will take advantage of every thing that comes along .
the mass shootings and the gun control fight is a "golden diversion" while the big shots loot the treasury, give the enemy weapons of mass destruction, and cover their asses.
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|Bruins looking for win first, Cooke second
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There is blood in the water.
The Bruins know it. The fans know it. The media especially knows it. When Matt Cooke and the Penguins take the ice Thursday night at TD Garden, the entire NHL community will be watching to see how the Bruins respond. The situation has become serious to the point that NHL vice president of hockey operations Colin Campbell and director of officiating Terry Gregson will be in attendance at the game and will address both coaches before the puck drops.
The players are not saying all that much though. Really, there is not much they can say. The instigator rule and prevents them from saying that they are going to go out and take Cooke down and purposefully going after specific players for vigilante justice has become a sensitive topic in the league. Either way, the eyes of Boston will be on Shawn Thornton, Mark Stuart and Milan Lucic to step up against Cooke early and often.
Thornton knows there is hype coming in but he is just not buying it.
"You [the media] are the ones that keep hyping it," Thornton said. "Obviously we are not happy with [Savard] being hurt but we need the two points, we are scraping for a playoff spot."
Do not get Thornton wrong. He is an old school type of player and understands his role on the team. At the same time, he is not looking for his own suspension and is not a fan of the instigator rule though he understands why it is in place. The letter of the law (rule 47.11 in the NHL rulebook) defines an instigator with the following criteria — "distance traveled; gloves off first; first punch thrown; menacing attitude or posture; verbal instigation or threats; conduct in retaliation to a prior game (or season) incident; obvious retribution for a previous incident in the game or season."
That last part would definitely apply in the case of Cooke v. Bruins.
"I am not a big believer in this [instigator] rule anyways," Thornton said. "We also have guys in this league who aren't as honest anyway so I understand why it is there."
Every Bruin is more or less saying the same thing — we need the two points tonight because we are fighting for a playoff spot. That is the bottom line.
"The focus is on the game, we have to have two points," Steve Begin said. "It is very close right now for the playoffs. That is all that matters, that is how we are thinking this morning. I don't know what is going to happen, what he [Campbell] is going to talk about."
The media dug at Begin and Thornton, asking about Cooke and the Penguins with variations of the same question (ie, what are you going to do tonight?) but the answer was just about always the same — we want the two points.
"We are just approaching this game as one where we need the two points," Tim Thomas said after deflecting a question on how the Bruins dealt with instigators like Sean Avery last year. "We are on that border for the playoffs so the most important thing is the two points."
The game in question from last year was against the Stars in early November. The Bruins, with Marc Savard leading the way against Avery, got into a brawl that ended up sparking the team on a run from November to February last season and was one of the defining moments of the year. Thursday's game has a chance to be a defining moment for Boston if they can deal with the Cooke issue on the ice and register a convincing win against one of the top teams in the conference. At the same time, no one can plan a defining moment.
"Those type of games, you can't plan them," Thomas said. "If you plan them and try to make it into a game like that then it hardly ever works. So, it could be a big win for us to make sure that we are in the playoffs. Beyond that, who knows? You just have to play."
On the other end of the aisle, the Penguins have their own problems to deal with. They are coming to Boston on the back end of a back-to-back after being dropped 5-2 by the Devils last night and are now tied with New Jersey at the top of the Atlantic division with 87 points.
"I don't know, I am not on their side and I don't know how they are going to react," goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury said. "You never want to see a guy get injured like that, it is very sad. But hockey happens fast, everything happens fast and it sucks to see [Savard] go down like that and it looks like the rules are going to change a little bit and hopefully we can prevent stuff like that from happening."
Cooke's teammates know that he will be looking out for himself come game time.
"[Cooke] is going to come out and play the way he plays," Eric Godard said. "He always shows up and plays the same way every night. So, I would not expect anything else tonight … [Cooke] always has his head up. He is more than able to take care of himself.


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[quote user="MattMeyerBud"]so I think i'm only going to be at my job for a few more weeks.
Let me run it by you and you guys tell me what you think:
-promised a raise after 3 months, didn't get it
-asked for a raise after we lost a man and I carried the workload, denied because I left an hour early Labor Day weekend when there was no work on the shelves and half the company was out
-2010 we had a record setting year financially but they took raises away from the company because the forecasted a bad year
-They didn't pay us the day before Thanksgiving like they always do and they direct deposited on friday without telling anybody in the whole company
-2011 forecast a good year for 2012, but rumor has it they are not only taking away raises but their small bonuses that they at least threw at us last year. But I have a feeling they won't tell us until the week of Christmas
I think im going to go out with a bang here. Let them lats minute **** me like that. We are all already underpaid at our positions. Im pretty amped. I don't think theres anyway I can bite my lip and if I go, im ****ting on all of em publically
Don't quit unless you have something else set up. Momentary satisfaction isn't worth it when you are hurting yourself in the long run. And all it takes is one bad report from a previous employer to ruin a good job opportunity down the road.

You have to handle these things tactfully.

I wouldn't want to see my buddy in one of those "Occupy Wall Street" demonstrations because he's got no job.

Plus it would take away some of the joy of beating you this week.


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MISSOULA, Mont. - Nearly all of Montana businesses are defined as small.
In fact, one statistic at the state of Missoula commerce report said, 65% of our businesses have fewer than five employees.
The chamber's state of Missoula conference is to give small business information and help to grow and prosper.
Montana Department of Labor senior economist Barbara Wagner said most of Montana is coming out of the recession very well.
But, she said, western and northwest Montana are much slower.
She expects sluggish growth there through 2014.
It is hard to replenish the huge numbers of good paying jobs lost in the timber and construction industries.
But the economist does see growth, different growth maybe, but growth.
"The health care industry has been growing throughout the recession, and a lot of businesses that tie into that service and manufacturing and the machinery involved in the health care industry," said Wagner, "is likely to be positive in the future. We've also seen a lot of green businesses particularly in the Missoula area."
The economist went onto say " we will have manufacturing but it's more than likely going to be found on high tech manufacturing, which revolves around highly educated workers."
Some super bullets offered as tips for small business at the conference.
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text: Municipal Partnership bill includes misguided GIC penalties Governor Deval Patrick is proposing to reduce state aid to municipalities if they do not join the state Group Insurance Commission system or adopt changes that result in comparable cost savings. The MTA opposes this proposal, which is included in a Municipal Partnership bill submitted on January 28, the same day he filed his budget for fiscal year 2010. "We believe there are better ways to encourage communities to reduce costs for health insurance than threatening to slash local aid funds at a time when local aid already has been severely cut," said MTA President Anne Wass. Recent MTA reporting clearly refutes the claim that unions have been instrumental in blocking entry into the GIC. Of approximately 300 teacher locals for which data was collected, roughly 80 percent indicated that the employer has not pursued entering the GIC. In those entities that have joined or are considering joining the GIC, the local unions have initiated the process more often than the employers. The MTA believes that municipal and school district officials need more education about various ways to reduce health care expenses. Those strategies may include, but are not limited to, entering the GIC. Also in the legislation accompanying House 1, the governor proposes a combination of strategies to address a budget gap that he estimates at $3.5 billion. They include generating additional municipal revenues to help offset the impact of the local aid reductions. The legislation contains a number of revenue-raising proposals that the MTA supports, including: Eliminating the property tax exemption for telephone poles and telecommunications switching stations. Allowing cities and towns, at local option, to levy an additional 1 percent tax on meals and hotel stays. Seeking a statewide increase of 1 percent in taxes on meals and hotel occupancy, generating about $150 million to be redistributed to all cities and towns. There are also numerous other proposals in the budget and accompanying bills that affect MTA members and seek additional revenues to address the economic crisis. These are currently being analyzed by the MTA Governmental Services Division. Please visit massteacher.org regularly for updates on these issues.


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Cold snap hits the lakes area
Below-zero temperatures and far below-zero wind chills met the lakes area Saturday, Jan. 19, with the Pine River dam temperature hitting 21 degrees below zero and the Brainerd Airport measuring 22 below zero Tuesday, Jan. 22. The wind chill reached 35 degrees below zero Monday morning, Jan. 21, at the Pine River Regional Airport.
Kevin Kraujalis, meteorologist at the National Weather Service (NWS) in Duluth, said this is the coldest weather the area has seen in four years.
However, it isn't in the record-setting range. The NWS reports that temperatures at the Pine River dam plummeted to 53 degrees below zero on Jan. 12, 1912.
Kraujalis said the cold weather is caused by a jet stream that dipped south over the north central part of the United States, allowing an Arctic high pressure system to move over the state.
Pine River-Backus Schools had a two-hour late start Tuesday morning, and early childhood classes were canceled. Pequot Lakes Schools had no morning delay.
Kraujalis said that prior to the cold temperatures that rolled in Saturday, Jan. 19, the month was averaging nine degrees above average. The normal high is around 20 above zero, he said.
"You need to wear a hat and gloves out there, where earlier you could get away without it," he said.
A hazardous weather outlook issued by the NWS Tuesday said that very cold temperatures would persist in the northland through Thursday.
The cold snap will break this weekend, Kraujalis said, when temperatures will actually go above average to 25 above on Sunday, Jan. 27.


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I know how down we all get when the Giants lose. Takes a big person to come back on here after a loss.
MUCH RESPECT to those who came back!!! No respect to those who understood the meaning of getting OWNED but won't admit it! I hope your team the best and we will see you again in the playoffs.
Well we at least have to say thank you to the niners fans for coming back and giving the Giants props.
Respect for showing up. It shocked me that the Giants looked so dominating, but you guys have nothing to worry about. The Niners are virtually a lock to make the post season. Good game!
I knew the game was over when Rob Riggle picked us to win in the FOX pregame show. He's 0-2 when picking us and the 49ers won all the games he picked against us.


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Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience. MB Rule # 1
Here's the highest paid this season:
Vick at 9 for almost $14 mil and Rivers at 6 for a little over $15 mil, both with no Super Bowls.
Well he's not taking a pay cut so we better hope he does play like a top 5 QB next year.
People want to win Super Bowls and not pay while other teams have been paying more obscene money to other players while not winning one.


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Understanding the role of replication in research is crucial for the interpretation of scientific advances
Howard Wainer
Science is designed to be self-correcting. Attempts to replicate provide evidence of when it has gone astray. Or at least that's the theory. The real world, filled with fallible people and institutions, practically guarantees that the path toward progress meanders, sometimes massively. But this is not all bad. As physicist David Deutsch has emphasized, the evolution of a scientific idea is different than the Darwinian evolution of an organism in at least two important ways. First, ideas evolve in ways that are directed by the intelligence of the investigators. In contrast, biological evolution has no goal other than maximizing the likelihood that a particular mixture of genes will spread. Second, if a particular phenotype emerges that cannot survive, it becomes an evolutionary dead end, but an idea that is a failure can still have parts that can be retrieved and used subsequently.
The story told here provides some compelling examples, if any were needed, that the road to improvement is fraught with potholes of misinformation and twists of political intrigue. But as long as we maintain a healthy skepticism and remain free to publicly question the status quo, we will continue to advance—at least for those disciplines for which the direction of an advance is known. In a 1966 American Scientist article, Princeton University psychologist Julian Jaynes offered an evocative metaphor to delineate what he saw as the differences between psychology and physics. I would apply Jaynes's words more broadly to the differences between the hard sciences and the humanities—and, to some extent, the social sciences:
Physics is like climbing a mountain: roped together by a common asceticism of mathematical method, the upward direction, through blizzard, mist, or searing sun, is always certain, though the paths are not. . . . The disorder is on the ledges, never in the direction. . . .
[Psychology] is less like a mountain than a huge entangled forest in full shining summer, so easy to walk through on certain levels, that anyone can and everyone does. The student's problem is a frantic one: he must shift for himself. It is directions he is looking for, not height. . . . Multitudes cross each other's paths in opposite directions with generous confidence and happy chaos. The bright past and the dark present ring with diverging cries and discrepant echoes of "here is the way!" from one vale to another.
The pitons and cleats so critical for ascending a mountain, Jaynes continues, are replaced with blinders and earplugs as people wander the forest. This passage may help explain why the scientific method, so powerful in the hard sciences, fails when applied to subjects in which there is no broad consensus of what constitutes an advance.
In the world we inhabit, the rules of science interact with the foibles of scientists. What we see should not be taken at face value—even "objective science." Every scientific study carries along with its results some sense of its own credibility. Studies with larger sample sizes are more credible than those that are smaller, ceteris paribus. If those doing the study have a great deal riding on the result, credibility suffers. We must always be vigilant. But the current, flawed system, in which independent studies are used to test results obtained by someone else, is the best available. As flaws are detected, we can institute reforms. Such reforms should always move in the direction of greater openness and greater accessibility to the raw data from which the conclusions are drawn.
The success of the scientific method relies on the continued existence and prosperity of researchers who relentlessly fit experimental data to theory. The validity of science depends on the survival of the fittists.
I am thankful to David Donoho who, over dinner one evening, told me about the results of a meta-analysis of Chinese medical research, thus instigating the writing of this essay.
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City planning commission approves phase one of Waterfront and 12-story apartment buildings
Phase one of a multi-building project overlooking the Lehigh River won final approval from the Allentown Planning Commission Wednesday afternoon.
The commission also approved two 12-story apartment buildings that will overlook Lehigh Parkway in another part of town.
Representatives of both projects said construction should begin next year.
No one from the public objected to either project during the 12:15 p.m. public meeting.
The first phase of the high-profile Waterfront project will include four buildings and a parking garage, built on former Lehigh Structural Steel property just south of the Tilghman Street Bridge that spans the Lehigh.
The Waterfront is part of Allentown's Neighborhood Improvement Zone.
Zachary Jaindl, spokesman for the development team, called the planning commission's final approval "a very big step" for the project.
Work on the property should begin in the first half of the next year, with construction of the site's first building starting in May or June, predicted Jaindl.
That first building will be eight stories tall, with retail space and a restaurant on the first floor and offices on all the upper levels. It should be completed in 2015.
Jaindl said the developers already are in negotiations with potential tenants.
Three of the four buildings constructed in phase one will be offices, with retail space for stores and restaurants on their street levels. The fourth building will be an apartment complex with about 80 units.
Jaindl estimated completing phase one will take three to five years.
Ultimately, the Waterfront's buildings will rise on both the north and south sides of the west end of the Tilghman Street Bridge – transforming a total of 26 acres of former industrial property into gleaming commercial and residential structures facing the river.
Jaindl explained the development team first will focus on construction of phase one before returning to the planning commission for approval of plans for phase two, the section of The Waterfront that will be north of the bridge.
The developers have predicted it may take 10 years to complete the entire $300 million project, which will put nine buildings and two parking decks on the site.
In addition to buildings, phase one will include construction of the southern portion of Waterfront Drive, the development's main street.
It also will include the first section of a River Walk along the Lehigh, a public plaza where an extended Allen Street will meet the river and part of what ultimately will be a mile-and-a-quarter-long jogging path around the entire property.
Public access to those areas, and the impact of increased traffic generated by the Waterfront, were major issues of concern for the planning commission.
Michael Hefele, Allentown's planning director, reported the city's traffic engineer is satisfied that the traffic impact of phase one "meets the level of service requirement" in the city's zoning ordinance.
Elaborating after the meeting, Hefele explained all intersections impacted by the development will operate at a "D" level of service, the minimum rating required by city law.
In May, Hefele warned the planning commission that several existing intersections in that part of the city already get failing grades for their ability to handle traffic and would have to be improved by the developers.
On Wednesday, he said the developers have agreed to make those improvements, including adding traffic signals at Front and Allen streets and coordination of other traffic signals along Front Street.
He said those improvements will be made without eliminating parking or widening roads, which might have involved buying and demolishing buildings at key intersection.
The planning commission unanimously agreed to give final approval to The Waterfront's phase one final approval, with some conditions. One of those conditions involves public access to the River Walk and other public areas of the development.
Hefele said the city and developers have met several times to hammer out a public access agreement to ensure that the River Walk is open to the public.
He said issues that still need to be resolved in that agreement include maintenance, liability and rules and regulations for use of the area.
Hefele told the commission: "That agreement is more of a city administrative matter than a planning commission matter. We recommend your approval be conditioned on the developers resolving those issues with the city."
The Waterfront project is being done by Waterfront Redevelopment Partners, a partnership between Jaindl Properties and Dunn Twiggar Company,
Apartments in the Parkway
Apartments in the Parkway, which will have a total of 170 units, will be built on the opposite side of Little Lehigh Creek from the intersection of Martin Luther King Drive and Lehigh Parkway East.
They will rise at 1605-1626 Lehigh Parkway East, on about four acres of undeveloped land just east of where that road bends and drops down the hill toward the humped bridge over the creek.
The triangular "island" where Lehigh Parkway East meets Lehigh Parkway North near the north end of another nearby bridge will be eliminated, replaced with a T-shaped intersection.
The new buildings will be just below the Regency Towers high-rise apartment building that stands above that narrow section of the parkway.
Jeffrey Ott, engineer for the project, predicted construction of the two buildings might begin in spring. He added completion will take at least 12-18 months.
A condition of the planning commission's final approval will be that the developer and city administration must reach an agreement involving a drainage easement for a swale that will carry storm water run-off from the apartments across a narrow section of Lehigh Parkway and into the creek.
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With its commitment to nurturing the creative, sustainable, progressive, and enlightened practice of communications in all its forms, the Park School is a leader in preparing students not just to get a job -- but to create the future of communications.
The communications industry is constantly changing. Many of the traditional jobs in the field are being eliminated or altered, while new opportunities are emerging. Journalists now need to be able to create news on all platforms: print, video, audio podcasts, infographics, and blogs. Films, record albums, and TV shows that could only be produced in big studios a decade ago are now being created and distributed on laptops. Today you can make a living as social media strategist, a media analytics specialist, a multimedia arts festival mashup coordinator, a writer or animator for online multi-player immersive games, an independent media artist selling microstock images online, or a freelance corporate virtual event planner – occupations that we didn't even have words for a few years ago. You'll need to prepare yourself to work in careers that have not yet been invented – and hopefully to be one of those futurists and leaders who creates sustainable and imaginative new programming and platforms. Yet, you'll want to leave with the skills and connections that will land you an immediate job or a spot in a top graduate program. We're the place for you.
Innovation is in our DNA: our alumni have been among the first to invent new TV and film genres, new media platforms and cable channels for entertainment and education, new economic models for journalism, and new strategies for promoting products and social initiatives. Whether you're interested in photography, cinematography, television, audio production, instructional technology, print journalism, emerging media, documentary production, international communication, scriptwriting, strategic business communication -- or all of the above -- the Park School offers you the seamless blend of theoretical and performance-based learning that is the hallmark of excellence in communications education. In fact, we have a broader and deeper range of communications courses -- all under "one roof" -- than any other college.
We were the first college with a cable TV channel over 50 years ago, the first to offer professional workshops in interactive media in 1980, and the first to sponsor a contest for short films produced entirely on cell phones. Contemporary courses, immediate hands-on media experience, international travel opportunities, the opportunity to create your own shows and films, community service and consulting projects, internships, and networking with thought leaders in communications all combine to give you the immediate skills and intellectual flexibility to build a career for a lifetime. But the Ithaca experience is not just about job preparation: courses within the Park School and the other four schools on campus will give you the kind of well-rounded education that is the foundation for a fulfilling personal life. Taking advantage of a world-class music conservatory, a business school focused on sustainability, nationally-recognized theater and science programs, leadership opportunities in campus clubs and residence life, and classes and team opportunities in health and sports, our students cultivate their passions, health, and perspectives on the world.
Our professors are effective and dedicated teachers whose first priority is students. You can take advantage of opportunities to work with them outside of the classroom on their research, their media projects, and in service to the community both locally and internationally. They'll know you on a first-name basis and can guide you through your academic and professional explorations. Because of their diverse backgrounds and passionate engagement in their respective fields, you'll be inspired to explore aspects of the dynamic communications field that you may never have considered.
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text: So glad we have until July for this swap! I was finishing up on a quick project for my daughter and about to start sewing on the border for my partner's quilt and my sewing machine started acting up. It was making funny Loud noises and my stitches were skipping. I was able to take it in to the shop and they will look at it Monday and hopefully find out what is wrong. So I guess I will catch up on my reading.


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ETA: I just read the corresponding thread on Ragin Pagin. Looks like some Iberia parish coaches were against the split, but their principals voted for it. I wonder how many schools had a similar situation?
How many D1 players have been put out by Vandebilt Catholic? ED White?
Would the legislature allow public schools to join a different org than the LHSAA? I don't know how far they can reach with their powers. Generally, they don't like to cede control to anyone else, thus them getting involved with the LHSAA in the first place.
If the Legislature wants to blow the whole thing up they certainly can.
My guess is they would chop off the head and get rid of the Commissioner and get rid of the Exec Committee.
this is all speculation at this point but obviously we are entering uncharted territory.
uh, not even close. Legis action or court action is a fantasy. This has been implemented in multiple states, and hasnt been reversed yet
uh, not even close. Legis action or court action is a fantasy. This has been implemented in multiple states, and hasnt been reversed yet
Its over. get used to it. And its coming to other sports near you
So you blindly trust that the principal from Winnfield worded the thing in such a way as to stand up in court?
Sorry it took so long for me to post on this but it has been kind of hectic. Anyway, I did vote for a split, not because I think schools recruit or cheat or any of that other non-sense. I just feel that SOMETHING had to be done to send a message to the LHSAA that they need to get busy and do what is right for everyone. We have been over this crap for years because of 2 schools. I could name you 20 private schools right now that have never won a district or sate title. JC and e have D-1 recruits on the bench. With all that being said, I still feel that a parent has a right to send their child to any school they want to. Like Coach Cook told me Thursday," I promise you if we recruited I would do a much better job of getting bigger and faster kids." What a guy. Let's see where this takes us, and if it doesn't work we can change it. I sure did hate being compared to Hitler and the Holocost by the principal form Karr.
So you blindly trust that the principal from Winnfield worded the thing in such a way as to stand up in court?
Does the LHSAA receive State Funding?
No - We are a voluntary organization and do not receive any funding from the state government.
Who should contact the LHSAA directly?
We are a principals' organization and only deal directly with our member schools. Please contact the principal at any member school, and he/she should be able to assist you.
Who makes up the LHSAA rules?
Many of the present articles in the constitution were part of the original LHSAA constitution adopted in 1920. Today, through the LHSAA's legislative process, rules can be added, deleted and amended by member school principals. Each year, member school principals can propose changes to the Constitution or By-Laws
LHSAA Executive Committee grappling with new landscape
Ted Lewis/The Times-Picayune, June 07, 2012 9:11 p.m.
BATON ROUGE – Vouchers. Charters schools. Site code changes.
It's a rapidly shifting world of education in Louisiana, one that the LHSAA often has trouble adapting its rules to, especially concerning eligibility, where guidelines, some of which were adopted decades ago, are in conflict with laws of the state.
Throw in the fact that this is a reclassification year and that for the first time since 2005, schools will be allowed to play up one class instead of being restricted to the one their enrollment dictates and there's even more consternation.
It all made for lengthy discussion on issues both large and arcane by the association's Executive Committee at its summer meeting here over the past two days.
"We want to treat every school the same," LHSAA Executive Director Kenny Henderson said. "But it's getting more and more difficult to."
Case in point – vouchers, or more properly the Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence Program passed in the recent legislative session.
Designed to provide tuition assistance at private schools for students from low income homes who are attending poorly-performing public schools, there is apprehension in some quarters about the potential for abuse – attracting star athletes with their tuition in essence paid by the state – even though the State Department of Education has said there are strict guidelines for the program – including a lottery for those applying for spots.
"We're not the watchdog in this," Henderson said. "We're only the watchdog for athletics."
However, the actual number of athletes involved could be small.
Statewide, there are 367 slots for voucher recipients, 70 of them at Ascension Christian in Gonzales and 50 at New Living Word, a Class C school in Ruston which has declared itself to have 315 available spots in grades K-12.
Of the LHSAA's 88 non-public school members, 25 declared they had slots for voucher students and only 16 of them have football
Not on the voucher list – perhaps to the surprise of some – is athletic powerhouse John Curtis.
"We just felt like there was not enough regulation placed on how selective you could be about your admission standards," school headmaster J.T. Curtis said. "There are just too many unanswered questions."
And that seems to be where the LHSAA is with the issue at present.
After voting on Wednesday to reject a proposal by Henderson to grant eligibility to all voucher students even if they were crossing attendance zone lines, the group on Thursday took up a revised proposal which would apply only for this school year until the entire membership can vote on it at the annual association-wide meeting in January.
The group adjourned Thursday, putting off its final decision until today, although Henderson acknowledged going against the desires of the Department of Education in the matter might ultimately be doomed to failure. At the same time, the program may have no more effect than the state-mandated eligibility for home-schooled students, which has been negligible.
"We don't know how many of these 367 students will actually enroll and how many of them actually play sports," he said. "But if we're going to fight this at some point, we need some data.''
The basic objection from the group has been that other students entering the ninth grades at schools outside their home attendance zone are ineligible for varsity sports for a year.
But the entire notion of home attendance zones is changing.
They were done away in Orleans Parish after Hurricane Katrina and Rapides Parish followed suit a few years later.
The rise of non-traditional public schools – magnets, dual-curriculum and charters as well as a growing number of church-affiliated private schools has blurred the lines even more.
"Kids have a lot more options," said Executive Committee President Brett Vidrine, the principal at Monroe Neville which itself is transitioning to a charter school. "What we're trying to do is prevent chaos."
Charter schools, some new, some reorganized after others in the same facilities have failed and some longtime existing schools such as Neville seeking to take control of their affairs are a different issue.
Two charter schools in New Orleans – Lake Area New Tech Early College (commonly called LAN Tech) and Sci Academy were admitted to the LHSAA earlier this year, although they will not be able to compete for team and individual honors until 2013-14.
That rule, amended down from two years, was approved because some charters which had declared they would field football teams found that the expenses and other infrastructure issues made becoming competitive in team sports, especially football, more difficult than they anticipated and some dropped the sport, leaving holes in the schedules of others.
"Some of these schools just didn't realize how much funding it takes to field teams, especially when you have school boards providing the services any more," Henderson said, "You want kids to be able to compete, so you don't want to deny them eligibility or opportunities.
"But they're not going to go out and start winning state championships the first year either."
Even acknowledging that reality, most of the new charters have not been competitive against more established schools in their districts.
At least for some, the LHSAA is offering relief.
Carver and Cohen are both being phased out for the Recovery School District to become charter schools. This school year Carver will have grades 10-11-12 while its as-yet unnamed successor is ninth-grade only but occupying the same building with some students taking classes under both administrations.
Cohen High has juniors and seniors only this year while Cohen College Prep has freshmen, sophomores and juniors.
While the Department of Education recognizes the schools as separate and has assigned them different site codes, the official way all schools are identified, the executive committee on Thursday voted to allow them to field cooperative teams until the phase out is complete.
Otherwise, officials from both schools said, they would have been unable to field football teams as well as some other sports.
"This is huge for us," said Isaac Pollack, principal of the charter element at Carver. "The athletic legacy of Carver High is very important to us.
"So maintaining that image without interruption was very important."
Cohen College Prep Athletic Director Paul McCarty said while education is the primary emphasis for the switch to charter status, the belief is that the school can also be competitive in all sports.
However, McCarty is a first-hand witness of the perils of charter school sports. He was the athletic director at Sojourner Truth, which is closing its doors. However, the football equipment donated to the school by the Saints will go with McCarty to Cohen.
Henderson also pointed out that the average size of the charter schools – about 400 students which would put most of them in the Class 2A range, could also skew reclassification numbers this year, meaning a big bulge in the middle and increasing the enrollment gap between the top and bottom on Classes 5A and 4A, which has been a concern in the past.
Henderson said he is in favor of simplifying some of the eligibility rules, such as making parish lines a student's attendance zone, but thus far the association has not gone along.
"We could rip out about half of our eligibility rules if we did that," one member the association's schools relations committee said, "But this association is always going to move very slowly to do anything."
All that needs to happen is a 3A private school and a public select enrollment join together and sue and the thing wont make it a day in a court of law.
Also in the "What next?" category is, will the state legislature or judicial system get the last word on this issue?
"They might try to get involved," said LHSAA executive committee member Tommy Hodges of Doyle High. "I'd rather not speak on that."
According to Lafayette state Sen. Page Cortez, "It's absolutely a possibility."
Cortez was an athlete at Lafayette High, later a coach and also a father of a high school athlete.
"Personally, I think it's a sad day in the history of Louisiana high school football," he said. "My phone has been ringing off the hook all day. I represent parents from St. Thomas More, Ascension Episcopal and even ESA and Westminster. If the phone calls I've received today are any indication, I would be obligated as their state senator to give them their day in court. So I'd say, yes, that it's very realistic that there would be legislative action on this vote."
Moscona mentioned the private schools breaking away and refusing to take Curtis with them
Louisiana High School Football will split Public/Private. **Edited with Yes/No**
Moscona mentioned the private schools breaking away and refusing to take Curtis with them
That would get really interesting ...
Back in the bad old days of Tommy Henry there was a strong movement to get the Legislature involved in the business of the LHSAA. Henry fought this off by allowing a politician to be named a liaison to the Executive Committee. There were a host of politicians state wide that were ready to get into the LHSAA and tear it apart but they missed their chance.The fact that the State pays the school bills and doesnt have a say in the LHSAA has stuck in the craw of several politicians for a long time. The vote on Friday and the inevitable court cases will open the door for those politicians to step in.
I believe if there is a full public/private split it will be the privates leaving to get away from the cumbersome and biased Political oversight heading the LHSAA's way from the capitol.
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