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New Web Resource Designed for School Emergencies
Spreading the "Gospel of Achievement"
Close-Up: No Child Left BehindTroops to Teachers
Tips for Educators
Helping Your Child Booklet
New Web Resource Designed for School Emergencies
In an effort to provide school leaders with more information about emergency preparedness, U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge on March 7 unveiled a new section on the U.S. Department of Education's Web sitewww.ed.gov/emergencyplandesigned to be a simple resource to help school officials plan for any emergency, including natural disasters, violent incidents and terrorist acts.
"The midst of a crisis is not the time to start figuring out who ought to do what. At that moment, everyone involvedfrom top to bottomshould know the drill and know each other," Secretary Paige said.
In addition to unveiling the Web site, Paige announced that $30 million is available in FY 2003 to help school districts improve and strengthen emergency response and crisis management plans. Funds may be used to train school personnel, parents and students in crisis response; coordinate with local emergency responders, including fire and police department staff; purchase equipment; and coordinate with groups and organizations responsible for recovery issues, such as health and mental health agencies. An additional $30 million is included in the proposed FY 2004 budget.
Applications for this program will be available in early spring 2003. Funding decisions will be made in the summer.
The Education Department has been working with the Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies on school preparedness. In addition, the Department along with experts from around the country has developed a model emergency response and crisis management plan, which is available at the new Web site.
No Excuses
Spreading the "Gospel of Achievement"
National Urban League's President Hugh Price and Vice President of Education Velma Cobb last month spoke with ED's Beth Ann Bryan, senior adviser to Secretary Paige, about the Urban League's plans for reaching out to families on the key role reading plays in a child's achievement in school. The National Urban League received a $500,000 grant last October to develop Reading Information Centers nationwide in the Urban League cities of Cleveland, Ohio; Houston, Texas; Miami, Fl.; and Washington, D.C. For this campaign, the Urban League has published a resource guide in partnership with Scholastic, Inc., entitled Read and Rise.
Bryan: What is the Urban League doing as a result of No Child Left Behind?
Cobb: We've been training our affiliates about the law, especially the provision on parent engagement. We want them to hold similar kinds of workshops in their communities to make sure that parents know how to talk to the people in their child's school.
Price: There are three basic components of the Campaign for African-American Achievement. First, to spread the gospel of achievement in the African American community. Second, to create materials and venues where parents can get specific information about how to help their children become good readers; that's where the Read and Rise guide comes in. Third, to interface with schools. A number of our affiliates are getting into that area.
Bryan: How did the idea come about for Read and Rise?
|"The phrase 'scientifically based research' appears 111 times in the No Child Left Behind Act. It is there with good reason. If teachers, schools and states are going to be held accountable for raising student achievement, they need the tools that will allow them to identify and utilize effective practices and programs. The only tried-and-true tool for generating cumulative advances in knowledge and practice is the scientific method."
Grover J. (Russ) Whitehurst, director of the Institute of Education Sciences at the Education Department, in a statement before the House Subcommittee on Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations.
Cobb: In 1997, when we started the Campaign for African-American Achievement, we set out to support the academic and social development of students of color. And as we looked across the country at our affiliate networks, results in those cities were comparable to the results of the NAEP tests: many African American children were reading below basic level. What started out as a one-pager on what parents could do to improve their child's language and pre-reading skills grew into a full-fledged parents' guide to reading development from zero to nine years of age.
Bryan: Can anyone order one of these Read and Rise booklets?
Cobb: Absolutely, they're free. We have already disseminated 700,000 copies. They are available online at www.nul.org. You can also call 212-558-5471 or drop by your local Urban League.
Bryan: Tell us more about the Reading Information Centers in Cleveland, Houston, Miami and Washington?
Cobb: The Reading Information Centers are a key part of our grassroots campaign to drive home the message that parents and caregivers must be active participants in their children's learning and that our children must be able to read in order to achieve. The centers will be a great community resource for information about reading and will help families to help their children improve their reading and language skills. The centers also will help community-based organizations that offer after-school programs, such as churches and non-profits, to design activities that will improve and enhance children's reading skills.
Bryan: When will the centers open?
Cobb: The centers are scheduled to open toward the end of March. They will be staffed 20 hours a week. Parents will be able to borrow books and other information from the centers. The centers also will offer children story hours and training for caregivers on how to incorporate reading into their care sites. We want people to see the Urban League as a clearinghouse for information on reading and literacy.
Bryan: Are you seeing a change in the communities where you work?
Price: Definitely. Our campaign and No Child Left Behind, as well as many other measures, have helped to create what I call a "grassroots academic achievement movement." There was a perception that our children weren't into academic achievement, that their parents weren't aware of the issues. But I think we're seeing that turn around. Many parents are overcoming their own instinct that this is the school's business, not their business. We've had a consistent message that achievement is everybody's business.
Close-Up On: No Child Left BehindTroops to Teachers
In her role as first lady, Laura Bush has championed the Troops to Teachers program as a part of her Ready to Read, Ready to Learn education initiative and in her visits to military bases in the United States and abroad. The Troops to Teachers program encourages former military personnel to become classroom teachers. The program recruits eligible participants and provides them with referral and placement services as well as financial assistance for teaching in high-need schools. The purpose of this program is to help relieve teacher shortages, especially in high-need areas such as math, science and special education; provide positive role models for public school students; and assist former military personnel in making the transition to teaching as a second career. To date, more than 4,300 teachers have been hired through the program, in every state and in more than 2,000 school districts.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics, Third International Mathematics and Science Study???Repeat, 1999.
Troops to Teachers is funded through the U.S. Department of Education, which transfers the funds to the Department of Defense through the Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES) office. Troops to Teachers itself does not provide participants with preservice training to become certified teachers; rather, the program provides guidance on how to obtain certification, maintains a nationwide teacher referral system, has placement offices in 40 states and provides participants with lists of district vacancies. Participants may receive a stipend of up to $5,000 to pay for certification costs or a bonus of $10,000 if they teach full time in a high-need school as an elementary, secondary, vocational or technical teacher for at least three years.
According to a Troops to Teachers survey conducted in 1998, the program has successfully recruited significant numbers of men and minorities to teaching. For example, 90 percent of Troops to Teachers participants are male and 29 percent are minorities, compared to 26 percent and 13 percent, respectively, among all teachers.
State education agencies may operate Troops to Teachers recruitment offices, identify and coordinate activities with high-need school districts.
For more information, visit www.proudtoserveagain.com or call 1-800-231-6242.
Tips for Educators
If you don't have a school crisis plan in partnership with public safety agencies, develop one. Or if you do, review it. Ensure that your plan addresses issues related to terrorism, such as biological, radiological and chemical attacks, and includes the following four major areas:
- Ensure a process is in place for controlling access and egress to the school. Require all persons who do not have authority to be in the school to sign in.
- Have site plans for each school facility readily available and ensure they are shared with first responders and agencies responsible for emergency preparedness.
- Make sure every student has a secondary contact person and contact information readily available. Remember that during a crisis many parents and guardians may not be able to get to the school to pick up their child.
- Develop a command structure for responding to a crisis. The roles and responsibilities for educators, law enforcement and fire officials, and other first responders in responding to different types of crisis need to be developed, reviewed and approved.
- Identify and approve a team of credentialed mental health workers to provide mental health services to faculty and students after a crisis. Understand that recovery takes place over time and that the services of this team may be needed over an extended time period.
New Release! Helping Your Child Booklet
Just added to the 12-booklet Helping Your Child series is a publication that looks at the values and skills that make up good character and citizenship. Helping Your Child Become a Responsible Citizen suggests activities that parents and their school-aged children can do to put those values to work in their daily lives and provides tips for working with teachers and schools to ensure that family members act together to promote the basic values that children can learn and use. Finally, the booklet provides an extensive list of books and other resources with character-related themes that can be read and discussed with children to encourage character and citizenship development.
The Helping Your Child series aims to provide parents with the tools and information necessary to help their children succeed in school and life. These booklets, which feature practical lessons and activities to help both school-aged and preschool children develop the skills necessary to achieve, are available in both English and Spanish.
For an online copy, visit www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/hyc.html or call the Department of Education's publications center at 1-877-4ED-PUBS with identification number EK0540B to place an advance order.
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Please share this weekly fact sheet with your colleagues
Edited by Ellen Kelly-Holland
Fact Sheet to Undergo Changes
This weekly fact sheet, Perkins, Education and Technology, will be undergoing several changes shortly in terms of content, format and message to reflect the scope and mission of OVAE's newly formed Division of High School, Postsecondary and Career Education. While the flow of information to readers will continue uninterrupted, please look forward to these changes occurring in the weeks ahead.
June Calls to States
America's Career Resource Network (ACRN) is the topic of the June phone call to State Directors of Career and Technical Education. Questions to frame the conversation include:
- How is ACRN supporting comprehensive career guidance and academic counseling programs in the state from the State Directors' perspective?
- What are some suggestions on successful/effective strategies to implement Section 118?
- What changes/improvements could be made to Section 118 in the upcoming legislation?
- What is the evidence that ACRN products and services are making a difference?
ACRN Directors may be available to help answer these questions
Incentive Grant Review
OVAE is meeting with DOL-ETA this week to jointly review the 12 state application for incentive grants and provide comments back to the states.
Upcoming Events
- Regional Technical Assistance in Kansas City
A regional technical assistance workshop will be provided to Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska July 9-10, 2002, on the topics of accountability, governance structure and reporting changes, consolidated applications, performance data as used in local applications, and fiscal issues such as maintenance of effort. This assistance will also include dealing with budget cuts affecting both maintenance of effort and governance structure related to loss of employees that cannot be replaced.
WHERE: Kansas City, MO, Community College Business and Technology Center, 6899 Executive Drive, conference room #248
TIME: Tuesday, July 9, 8:30 to 4:00; Wednesday, July 10, 8:30 to noon.
The States will furnish material to presenters in advance that will help tailor the presentation to fit the four states. Len Lintner and Andrew Johnson of DVTE will conduct the presentations. Following the meeting, the state liaison will conduct on-going technical assistance for the specific concerns of each individual state. This is a pilot project designed to develop regional technical assistance for other parts of the country.
- Train-the-Trainer Institute, Atlanta, August 8-9, 2002
Information and Registration materials are available on http://www.edcountability.net under "Upcoming Events"
- HHS's National Youth Summit, Washington, DC, June 27, 2002
Gail Schwartz and Sharon Belli will make a presentation on the No Child Left Behind Act and OVAE's High School Excellence activities.
Opportunity for Input on Accountability Measures
OVAE is providing the opportunity for you to take a role in shaping the accountability measures for reauthorization. Please review the questions from the recent Jacksonville Listening Session posted on the web at: www.edcountability.net and check out the message board. Some of your colleagues have already provided input. We look forward to hearing from all of you.
Grant Awards to Expand Counseling Programs
The grant competition to support the expansion of counseling programs in elementary and secondary schools will make awards in September, 2002. Section 5421 of the No Child Left Behind Act, 2001, provides for the Secretary of Education to award grants to local education agencies (LEAs) that have an extremely high counselor-to-student ratio, propose innovative programs, and show the greatest potential for replication and dissemination. For more information, visit the following website: www.ed.gov/legislation/ESEA02/pg68.html. After the awards are made in September, a list will be posted on the SDFS program web site: www.ed.gov/offices/OSDFS in late September.
Reminder for State CRN Offices
Applications for a third year extension will need to be turned in ASAP. To date only six applications have been received.
Research Findings to be Presented at Upcoming Conferences
Reports from the National Research Center for Career and Technical Education will be presented at the following conferences:
June 30-July 2, 2002, Connection Classrooms, Communities and Careers. 10th Annual International Conference, Beaver Creek, CO
From Research To Practice: The Latest Findings from National Centers for Career and Technical Education. Presenter: James R. Stone III Research You Can Use: How Current Research Can Improve Your Programs. Presenter: James R. Stone III Unlocking the Potential of Low-Income and/or Minority Students Through Partnerships, Portfolios, 9th Grade Programs, and More. Presenters: Marisa Castellano & Sam Stringfield
July 11, 2002, High Schools that Work Conference, Louisville, KY The Quantity of High School Vocational Studies Matters: Increasing High School Completion Rates. Presenter: James R. Stone III
July 21, 2002, Georgia Career Technical Education Annual Conference From Research To Practice: The Latest Findings from National Centers for Career and Technical Education. Presenter: James R. Stone III
Did You Know?
- Please visit the new location for program memoranda, which provides guidance and other information issued by the Department related to the implementation of the Perkins Act.
- In an effort to keep our office informed about any changes in contact information, title changes, address changes, email changes or telephone numbers, please submit your changes to Carole Gisriel.

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Jesse 'The Body' Wants to Give Money Away!
During his campaign for governor of the State of Minnesota, former professional wrestler Jesse "The Body" Ventura, promised to return to the taxpayers of Minnesota the budget surpluses that had been accumulating in the state. Upon assuming office, Ventura revealed that the budget surplus had been spent. Governor Ventura has vowed that future surpluses will be returned to the taxpayers and not be consumed by increases in government spending. There are three competing proposals that might be considered for dealing with the budget surpluses. Prior to discussing the issues surrounding both Governor Ventura's plan and the other's, some background information on income distribution, the nature of taxation, and related issues is important.
Budget Deficit, Budget Surplus, Government Expenditures, Government Revenues, Taxation
- Describe Governor Jesse Ventura's attempt to return Minnesota's budget surplus to its citizens.
- Describe and analyze the effects of progressive, proportional, and regressive taxes on the distribution of income.
- Identify and apply criteria for judging what constitutes a fair tax.
- Evaluate arguments for alternative means of using the surplus.
- Recognize the nature of philosophical differences among politicians and the difficulty of achieving a consensus on public policy.
During his campaign for governor of the State of Minnesota, former professional wrestler Jesse "The Body" Ventura (later to become Jesse "The Mind" Ventura) promised to return to the taxpayers of Minnesota the budget surpluses that had been accumulating in the state.
Upon assuming office, Jesse "The Gov" Ventura (another adopted name) revealed that the budget surplus (taxes being greater than government spending) had been spent. Economic forecasters, however, predict that other surpluses will occur in the near future.
The forecasters base their predictions of huge budget surpluses on a booming state economy and a tax system that generates large tax revenues. They assume, of course, that spending will not increase and wipe out the new surpluses. Governor Ventura has vowed that he will not allow this to happen and that new surpluses will be returned to the taxpayers. Not all legislators agree with governor's proposal; and even some that agree differ with the specifics of the proposal.
The governor's proposal is one of three proposals that might be considered for dealing with the budget surpluses. The first, and one that will not be dealt with directly in this "Economics Minute," concerns itself with unsolved problems in Minnesota. The argument is that surpluses present a unique opportunity to deal with problems of poverty, low agricultural prices, education, road construction, and other unmet needs in the state. Consequently, surpluses should not be returned, but used to meet these needs. At the start of the debate, this option was not considered in the Minnesota legislature. Recently, it has appeared in the form of tax reductions and rebates to particular groups.
The other proposals call for returning excess tax revenues to the public. One of these is Governor Ventura's proposal to give the taxpayers back their money. The other is to return the money to those most "needing" the money, without regard for the amount they paid in taxes. Both of these proposals raise issues concerning the distribution of income and the nature of taxation. Both are concerned with issues of "fairness." Prior to discussing the issues surrounding Governor Ventura's tax rebate plan, some background information on income distribution, the nature of taxation, and related issues is important.
Share of Aggregate Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of Households: This U.S. Census Bureau spreadsheet provides aggregate income information dispersed amongst all U.S. households.
Remarks by Chairman Alan Greenspan: This site provides the speech given by Alan Greenspan at a symposium sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, August 28, 1998.
The Tax Foundation: The Tax Foundation's web site provides information about who pays income taxes.
Understanding Taxes: This site provides information and lessons on taxes.
Minneapolis Star Tribune: This site provides articles related to Minnesota news releases.
Activity 1
Income Distribution
For reasons such as differences in education, age, skills, workers' preferences, heredity, marital status, and luck, incomes among individuals and households differ. The Bureau of the Census periodically publishes data on income distribution. The Share of Aggregate Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of Households is shown in this PDF of Table H-2.
If all households were to receive exactly the same income, each 20 percent (one fifth or quintile) of households would receive 20 percent of the national income. This clearly is not the case. For example, in 1997 the proportion of income received by the lowest 20 percent of households was 3.6 percent; the proportion received by the top 20 percent of households was 49.4 percent. The richest 5 percent of households received 21.7 percent of the national income.
For teachers interested in exploring issues concerning income inequality, such as the causes of changes in the distribution of income, consequences of these changes, and economic efficiency and income equality, see the following website from the Federal Reserve Bank. It contains the Remarks Made by Chairman Alan Greenspan at their 1998 conference on Income Inequality: Issues and Policy Options.
Based on what they have learned about income inequality from this web site, students should answer the following questions.
Why is the distribution of income in the U.S. becoming more unequal? [Returns to education and occupation have changed. Computer skills, work-place training, and academic achievement have been important causal factors. The increase share of two income families, especially the tendency for high-income earners to marry high-income earners, contribute to this change.]
What are the consequences of these changes? [Some argue that greater inequality brings higher levels of entrepreneurial activity, work effort, and capital accumulation. All lead to higher rates of economic growth. Others argue that greater income inequality brings forth political activity leading to a redistribution of income, greater rent seeking, and more political decision making in society.]
- Is the U.S. experience different from that of other industrial countries? [The pattern is mixed with the United Kingdom and New Zealand also showing large increases in income inequality and Canada, Australia, Japan, and Sweden showing moderate increases in income inequality, France and Italy had a narrowing of the income gap in the 1980's; however, inequality expanded in both countries in the 1990's.]
It is interesting to note what it means to be rich in the United States, and who pays the taxes. Two web sites provide this information. Table H-1 on the Bureau of the Census web site shows the upper limit of income for each 20 percent of households. Note that you do not need an extremely high income to be in the top 20 percent of income earners. A 1997 income of just over $71,500 puts a household in the top 20 percent of all earners, while an income of $126,500 puts a household in the top 5 percent of all income earners.
The Tax Foundation 's web site provides information about who pays income taxes.
The Tax Foundation reports that Internal Revenue Service (IRS) data show that in 1985 the top one percent of income tax-filers earned 10 percent of the total reported income and paid 21.8 percent of the federal income tax. They had a tax rate of 29.9 percent. In 1995, the same group earned 14.6 percent of the total reported income, paid 30.2 percent of the federal income tax, and had a tax rate of 28.5 percent. The lowest 50 percent of income earners in 1985 earned 17.3 percent of the reported income, paid 7.2 percent of the tax, and had a tax rate of 5.7 percent; the 1995 figures for the lowest 50 percent were 14.5 percent, 4.6 percent, and 4.4 percent, respectively. Clearly, the wealthier pay more income taxes and face a higher tax rate.
Is the income tax a fair tax? What is a fair tax? A tax is classified as progressive, proportional, or regressive depending upon the taxpayer's income level and the taxpayer's tax rate. The federal income tax is a progressive tax; i.e., the tax rate increases as incomes increase. A proportional tax is one in which all income groups face the same tax rate. A regressive tax is one in which the tax rate declines as incomes increase. The IRS has a terrific web site on tax fairness, along with exercises about the nature of taxation. Students, access Understanding Taxes , read the discussion of the nature of taxation, and complete the multiple choice tests at the end of the lesson.
Scroll to the banner at the bottom of this site. Start learning about taxes at Outer Mongolia. Proceed through Dead Man's Gulch, and Hamalot City. Complete the Detective's Challenge, and end the lesson at Solving the Case. By now, students should have a good understanding of the nature of taxes. Another excellent source for learning about taxes and a discussion of the fairness issue is: John Morton, Advanced Placement Economics: Student Activities . "Activity 72: What is a Fair Tax?" Council for Economic Education, 1996, p. 257.
What does all of this have to do with Jesse Ventura's plan to give tax revenues back to the citizens of Minnesota? The debates raging over the plan revolve around fairness. Initially it was assumed that the budget surplus in Minnesota resulted from income tax collections being greater than projected. But increased sales tax collections also added to the surplus, as did a settlement with the tobacco industry. Philosophical differences among the liberal Democratic-Farm-Labor (DFL) party, the conservative Independent Republican (IR) party, and a governor belonging to neither party also have affected the debate.
Newspaper articles relating to the governor's tax rebate plan can be found on the Minneapolis Star Tribune 's web site.
Scroll to the SEARCH segment at the bottom of the home page and search the archives for "rebate." Of particular interest are five articles dealing with Governor Ventura's tax rebate plan.
March 5, 1999: Ventura's revised rebate plan
Activity 2
If progressive income taxes are ones in which the tax rate increases as income increases, then progressive tax rebates are those in which the rebate rate increases as income decreases. The March 5 article contains data on income levels and rebates under the governor's initial and revised rebate programs. Is the initial rebate progressive, proportional, or regressive? Provide evidence defending your position. (Hint: compute the rebate rate at the mid-point of each income category.) Is the revised rebate more progressive or less progressive than the initial rebate? Provide evidence defending your position. The revised rebate plan is more proportional because the dollar amounts rebated to lower income taxpayers (those with taxable income less than $40,000) increased while the dollar amounts rebated to higher income taxpayers remained the same. However, the total amount rebated to higher income taxpayers increased significantly more than to lower income taxpayers because more of the increased number of taxpayers that became eligible under the new plan and the wide disparity of income between the lower and higher income groups.
April 12, 1999: Editorial: Tax cuts: Working poor need permanent relief also
[NOTE: This editorial places in context the philosophical debate that is occurring in the state legislature. It emphasizes the progressive nature of Minnesota's income tax and the regressive nature of its sales tax. It notes the fact that while the poor pay no income tax, they do pay the sales tax. Finally, the Working Family Tax Credit is essentially a negative income tax. The editorial advocates an expansion of this program as part of the Minnesota tax cut, tax rebate debate. The editorial's importance is that it provides valuable background information.]
April 14,1999: House unites, overwhelmingly passes bill with tax cuts, rebate
April 15, 1999: New house tax-cut plan
Activity 3
From the April 14 article, students should recognize that the rebate debate has expanded to include tax cuts and reforms and that the two political parties differ with respect to who should receive the greatest benefit. The second article contains data relating to this issue. Is the sales tax rebate plan progressive or regressive? Have students compute the rebate as a percent of taxable income in various income groups (use the midpoint of the taxable income range). The sales tax rebate plan is progressive: the lowest income group receives on average a rebate of 3 percent of taxable income, the highest income group receives on average a rebate of .9 percent of taxable income.
Do married couples and heads of households benefit more than single individuals? No major difference. The percents rebated to singles is approximately identical to that for married taxpayers.
Have students determine whether the proposed reduction in income tax rates will benefit high, middle, or low income groups. Do the benefits of the proposed tax reductions affect married couples, single individuals, heads of households differently? The percent decreases in income tax rates are presented in this article. They are heavily weighted toward benefiting middle income groups while the highest and lowest income groups receive smaller reductions in their income tax rate. For example, married couples with a taxable income of $25,000 will have their income tax rate decline by 8.3 percent. Married couples with a taxable income of $500,000 will receive a 7.7 percent reduction in their tax rates. Married couples with taxable incomes of $50,000 and $100,000 will receive 11.3 percent and 14.1 percent decreases in tax rates, respectively.
April 28, 1999: Senate Democrats release tax plan
Activity 4
The IR party controls The Minnesota House of Representatives; the DFL party controls the Senate.
- Which political party has argued for more progressive tax and rebate programs? What evidence can you provide supporting your position? [The DFL party. They will decrease tax rates for the lowest and middle tax brackets and widen the brackets for these two groups of taxpayers. No relief is provided for higher income earners, although the DFL maintain it will give an income tax cut to every tax payer. There is no indication that the highest income groups of taxpayers get any tax rate reduction.]


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Trevor 'Turbo' Brown, born in 1967, is a Latje Latje man from Mildura, Victoria. His nickname Turbo is derived from one of the central characters of the 1984 film Breakdance. Brown's breakdancing ability was renowned in the 1980s and 1990s, and it could be said that his idiosyncratic painting style shares much with breakdancing's immediate and highly kinetic properties. The fast-paced, fluid brushstrokes speedily block in the form and colour of his subjects, followed by a subsequent layer of studied detail. The combination of his spontaneous application of thick, unmixed acrylic paints in vibrant colours and his engaging pictorial style make his work pulse with an irresistible and syncopated beat.
Brown's use of pictorial narrative reflects what he refers to as his 'Latje Latje Dreaming'. He says,In Dreamtime kangaroo and bird 2006 Brown seems to conjure up an Aboriginal arcadia, a time before night and day, when all animals lived in unspoiled harmony. Within this stylised representation of refreshing simplicity and co-existence is an unexpected statement of cultural defiance and presence. The intense repetition of line and expressionistic dotting in the recognisable colours of the Aboriginal flag immediately politicise the painting, giving it a contemporary edginess. The message is matter-of-fact. The land that nurtures these animals is and has always been Aboriginal.
Nestled beneath a canopy of interlocking branches with emerald green leaves are the silvery-grey coats and the intense red-eyed gaze of two inquisitive sugar gliders. In Sugar gliders 2006 Brown captures the greedy nocturnal feedings of the tiny marsupials as they gorge themselves on the sweet sap of the eucalyptus trees – they look not unlike mischievous children being caught with their hands in the lolly jar. The features of the sugar gliders are flourished to reveal the keenly observed details of their soft, plump underbellies, their big rounded eyes for night time foraging, and their specialised wing-like flaps that extend down either side of their bodies. Their razor-sharp claws grip the tree boughs intuitively, poised at any moment to fly away from predators or fly towards prey.
Unlike koalas, sugar gliders from Victoria are not currently endangered, but their habitats are nevertheless continually under threat from human activities. Broad scale clearing of the land not only increases soil erosion rates in forests, but displaces the animals it shelters and devastates their natural habitat. This threat of dispossession is particularly painful for Brown, who has experienced first-hand the sting of homelessness. Despite these hazards, sugar glider populations continue to thrive and Brown celebrates the remarkable resilience of
these small, vulnerable animals.
Although Brown is only in the formative stage of his career, he has already received much acclaim for his innovative and bold style, and has carved out a significant exhibition history. Training his perceptive eye on the animals of the Australian bush, Brown images and celebrates a world of unabashed loveliness. Demonstrating his illustrative flair for striking compositions, split colour harmonies and abbreviated symbols of line and texture, Brown's studies of lifelike animals in their environment evoke the distinct fauna of north-west Victoria. The oblique environmental and political dimensions add substance to his disarming oeuvre, painted fluently from the heart.
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Wow, this is pretty amazing and if we face Tebow in the SB, we'd really better make the Pope (or other religious) figure an honorary captain.
In the Bronco's win over the Steelers, Tebow threw for 316 yards at 31.6 yards per clip; Steelers time of possession was 31:06 minutes; T.V. ratings for the OT was 31.6.
In his college days, Tebow used to reference the biblical passage "John 3:16" in the black under his eyes (forgot what that stuff is called).
I'd better start going to church more than twice a year. And if the Broncos win the SB by a score of 31-6, I'd better go once a day.


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Lawrence Williams, UTSA vice provost and dean of undergraduate
studies; and Lee Gildon, chief operations officer, UTSA Office of
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Front row: April Alcorta, laptop award winner, and Lorena Blanco,
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April Alcorta receives laptop award, earns diploma
By Tim Brownlee
Assistant Director of Public Affairs
(June 24, 2008)--April Alcorta, a May graduate of the UTSA bachelor of arts program in interdisciplinary studies, is the Spring 2008 winner of the UTSA Office of Information Technology Laptop Award. The winner is selected from graduates of the Academic Development Program (ADP) in UTSA's Tomas Rivera Center for Academic Success.
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The ninth recipient of the Gateway laptop award, Alcorta is the first in her family to receive a bachelor's degree. During most of her time as a full-time student, she worked 35 hours per week. She plans to teach on the elementary level and will pursue a master's degree.
"We are proud of April and wish her success," said Rosa Garza, ADP adviser. "On behalf of UTSA and our collaborative partners, we also would like to thank April's family and friends for their continuing support."
A Gateway laptop computer and an award certificate were presented to Alcorta by Garza; Lawrence Williams, UTSA vice provost and dean of undergraduate studies; Lee Gildon, chief operations officer of the UTSA Office of Information Technology; and Fred Sleezer, MPC-Gateway account executive. The program is co-sponsored by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU).
A winner is selected each fall and spring semester from ADP students who apply for the award. ADP students are admitted to UTSA on a provisional basis; laptop awardees are selected from participants in the program who have developed their academic standing and will graduate with a minimum 2.50 G.P.A. Applicants must submit an essay detailing their academic and work experience.


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Grand jury investigating fate of Bethlehem Steel museum donations
17 yrs and $19 million later, but no museum
EASTON, Pa. - A grand jury has been investigating why money was raised for a Bethlehem Steel museum, but there is no museum.
Bethlehem Steel wanted a museum, so it donated a building, and a board was appointed to make it happen, but after 17 years and as much as $19 million in fundraising, there is no museum.
Now, a Northampton County grand jury is recommending Stephen G. Donches, president and CEO of the National Museum of Industrial History, resign or be fired and the Pennsylvania Attorney General's office step in.
The grand jury could find nothing criminal but said efforts to build a museum on the old Bethlehem Steel site were not handled properly and donations for the project went mainly to operational costs and salaries for former Bethlehem Steel employees.
"Do I think that when they started this thing they were well intentioned? Yes, I do," said Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli when he announced the grand jury report Thursday. "What the grand jury did was they put a big spotlight on this operation."
After a yearlong forensic investigation, the grand jury is recommending Donches resign or be fired and that the board consider taking civil action against Donches for failing to turn an estimated $19 million of donations into a museum.
"Here we are $19 million and 17 years later, and quite frankly the building was given to them day one and to put a new roof on and do the exterior and to move the artifacts. That's not much work done in 17 years," Morganelli said.
The grand jury said only $3 million was spent on repairing a building donated for the museum on the former Bethlehem Steel site. The grand jury found the rest of the public and private funds were spent on operational costs and salaries.
"When Mr. Houser, the auditor, looked at where all the money went over 17 years, the number one expenditure was for Stephen G. Donches, who raked in $2.4 million between 2002 and 2012 of both salary and benefits, his pension and health care," said Morganelli.
The grand jury also recommended the board be evaluated for conflicts of interest as some members reportedly did business with the project. The grand jury also asks that the report be sent to the Pennsylvania Attorney General's office to see if the nonprofit museum should be involuntarily dissolved.
In addition, the grand jury is asking legislators to consider laws that would protect the public from donating to nonprofit organizations that "exist primarily for the benefit of the officers and their business friends and who fail within a reasonable period of time to complete the nonprofit mission."
Again, the grand jury said there is nothing criminal about what happened but is recommending action.
"The public can make their own judgments and is it reasonable for some people to conclude, as the grand jury mentioned, that this became a resting place for soon-to-be unemployed Bethlehem Steel guys who could continue to draw a salary after losing their jobs and a pension and more benefits? Yeah, I think the grand jury came to that conclusion to a large degree," Morganelli added.
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Today on Underwire, we ran an interview with Back To The Future's original Jennifer Parker – Melora Hardin. She might've just missed on her first big break, but Hardin's career has been full of brushes with lost pop culture.
Prior to her role as Jan Levinson on The Office, Hardin says she did "something like 12 or 13″ pilots or short lived series. Acting since childhood gave her many opportunities to see projects with potential that never fully realized it. She says she was even the last person on the set of The Office to believe they had a hit. "It wasn't until we won the Emmy and SAG. Then I had to carry that thing around with a sore bicep."
One of Hardin's favorite lost projects was a show she did in the 1980s called The Family Tree. It was about a blended family: a divorced man with a son and a divorced woman with three kids remarry then have to find a way to make it work. The show featured Anne Archer as Hardin's mother, James Spader as her new step-brother and even a deaf character (another sibling for Hardin) played by Jonathan Hall Kovacs (who you might recognize from appearances on Airwolf or Little House on the Prairie) .
"There were so many great things about this show," Hardin says. "One of the only deaf characters on TV, two hunk guys with gorgeous parents – it was an amazing cast with amazing writing. But not the right time. It was the early 80s, it just wasn't what people did - heartfelt conversations about family. TV was about Dynasty, Dallas, greed, cars."
Hardin says for any project to really take off, even things beyond your control need to go right. It's not only about a great cast, script and director, but a project needs the right timing, set atmosphere and more. She mentioned that even a show like The Office might not succeed during any given time period.
"The Office wouldn't succeed like it did, in my opinion, if reality shows hadn't paved the way," Hardin says. "Mockumentary comedy was ready because people wanted sort of real life. We were willing to go along because we watched reality TV. Ten years ago people wouldn't have bought it, they'd dismiss it as just weird. Everything has a special time."
For now Hardin's working on her upcoming TBS series, The Wedding Band, plotting a new album for 2012 and making a possible directorial debut in 2013. Hopefully the timing for all will be just right, but if not, she always available for Office guest appearances.
"I haven't really talked to them about it, it's not really a Jan-thing now that Michael is gone, but you never know," Hardin says. "She's a funny character and could pop up, seduce someone else. I'm busy doing another show but I'd love to keep Jan alive for the fans, she's a wonderful character. If they asked me to come back to do an episode or two, I'd definitely breakout my Jan strap-on chest."


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Newlywed accused of killing husband remains under house arrest
MISSOULA, Mont. - The Kalispell woman accused of pushing her husband off a cliff will remain under house arrest after a court hearing Friday.
Jordan Linn Graham appeared in federal court in Missoula on a motion from U.S. attorneys asking that she be detained after she was released to the custody of her parents Thursday afternoon.
District Judge Donald Molloy upheld Judge Jeremiah Lynch's order to release Graham.
Graham stands accused of pushing her husband of just eight days, Cody Lee Johnson off a cliff in Glacier National Park in July. She was arrested and held on probable cause Monday after a federal investigation.
Graham remains on home arrest at her parents house in Kalispell.


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Iran recruiting hackers
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Iran is gearing up for a cyberwar campaign after being hit with coordinated, sophisticated cyberattacks last year that reportedly crippled its Natanz nuclear enrichment facility.
Part of the plan involves actively recruiting hackers, who will likely earn top toman (Iranian currency) for their work.
Sazegara said he has heard the regime pays up to the equivalent of $10,000 per month for computer experts. That's small change for a government compared to the cost of waging military warfare


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Top Floor Apartment in Oberkampf Area
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Floor No.5
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|Rue Saint-Maur, 75011 Paris, צרפת
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Note : there is no elevator...
Everything is very functional (kitchen, bathroom, ...) because this is our main home!
For this reason the apartment is available during the holidays and some weekends.
Note: there is a videoprojector facing the large living room wall which allows you to view movies almost like in the theater. We have also a large collection of DVDs.
The neighbourhood is very lively and popular.
We are 5 min. walk from Oberkampf Street, with its many bars and restaurants and its lively atmosphere.
Several good bakeries at 2 steps and supermarket in front of the building.
Note: A very good Italian caterer at the foot of the building.
Several metro stations: at 5 minutes walk : Goncourt (line 11) and Parmentier (line 3), at 10 min: République (lines 3, 5, 8, 11).
Bus stations at 5 minutes walk : 46 and 96.
כללי הביתNo smoking.
Cleaning service fee included in the total nightly price.
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Our evaluation,
we enjoyed very much the 4 days stay in Antoine apartement.
It is a very coisy.clean and pleasant apartment with a bright and
nice atmosphare. Enough place for a family of 4 persons.
The comminication with Antoine was very friendly, intensive and helpful.
A shopping center is near by, also different restaurants
and it is only 5 minutes to the next metro station.
Thank you Antoine, it was a great pleasure to stay in
your apartrment and to communicate with you.
We fully recommend your apartment!!
.Hans Joachim and family
Very nice appartment with all amenities, you feel there like at home. Antoine is very helpful. There is a supermarket big enough to find everything just across the street. The area is a mix of cosmopolitan and serenity which make it so pleasant. It's linked directly by subway to the center of Paris.
The apartment was great. Spacious, cool and well equipped, suitable for our family of 4. With the authentic Parisian atmosphere we enjoyed being high up in the building, where it was quiet. Antoine was a forthcoming host, the location is in a lively neighbourhood. 5 minutes from Goncourt metro station, an ideal start for our jolly days in France's capital.
I will surely recommend this apartment to others. We lived there for a week this July - two adults and two children aged 16 and 12. The apartment is very charming and has everything you need. We all felt at home at once.
The neighbourhood is very interesting and full of life. There are a lot of different ethnic restaurants. You can walk to several metro stations - one is only a few minutes away.
There are also several supermarkets within walking distance (one right across the street), very good and cheap bakeries as well.
The information we got before arrival was very good and precise. The communication was also good and always with a fast reply.
We were her with 2 kids, 12 and 8, The appartment was good, Antoine arranged everthing well. Also the communication was well.
The neighbourd is very nice. Lots of food and drinks and other shops.
And every kind of food out of the world you can find here.
But also a supermarket is at the other side of the street.
The appartment is good equiped, with everything you need.
A very nice and comfortable apartment, in a -relatively- low profile and pleasant part of Paris. Antoine had taken care of everything, and showed great hostmanship at distance: he was in Orleans, but was still able to help us out when we locked in the only available key, we all standing at the wrong side of the door! Sanitary rooms could use a little attention.
All amenities at very close distance, including fantastic bakery on Parmentier, wine merchant, nice restaurants, supermarket at spitting distance.
It was my first experience with Wimdu and Antoine was the perfect host!
He provided us with all the necessary information beforehand and made our stay in Paris perfectly smooth.
We were very happy to stay in his lovely and spacious apartment in the 11th Arrondissement in Paris. The connection to the international train stations (e.g. Gare du Nord), as well as the airport and all the important Metro Lines is perfect. We had no trouble to get to any of the famous sights that Paris has to offer.
There are supermarkets and bakeries right across the street and around the corner, so we could make good use of the well equipped kitchen.
Thank you for everything, It was great!
It was a great appartement. A supermarket right in front of the appartement and public transport is very close. The apartement itself is lovely!
We travelled thru Paris by bike wich was great.
Antoine was a very nice host. He answered all of my questions quickly (this were a lot of questions) and he made sure to check if everything was alright for us.
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by Stephen C. Nickerson
The author is a professor of dairy science at the University of Georgia.
To comply with global quality standards, consumer demand, and exportation requirements, the dairy industry is striving to improve product quality.
To make this a reality, it is likely that the legal limit for somatic cell counts (SCC) in raw milk will be reduced in the near future. Already, milk purchasers are requiring milk with lower SCC from their suppliers.
In May 2011, a proposal to lower the legal SCC limit from 750,000 to 400,000/ml sequentially over a three-year period was submitted to the National Committee on Interstate Milk Shipments (NCIMS). This proposal was turned down by a very narrow vote. However, similar proposals will be submitted to the NCIMS in 2013, and it is very likely that one will be approved, thereby lowering the legal SCC limit.
The question becomes, "Why lower the limit? Somatic cells are not a human health risk." True, somatic cells, per se, which are mainly white blood cells or leukocytes are not detrimental to human health. But, elevated bulk tank SCC are almost always associated with poor milk quality as a result of management deficiencies. So, it is important to improve milk quality for several reasons:
- improved consumer confidence
- harmonization of standards
- improved competitive position in the global marketplace
- reduced risk of residues
- reduced risk of human bacterial pathogens and their toxins
- greater profits through reduced mastitis and elevated SCC
In addition, it must be emphasized that elevated SCCs indicate poor farm hygiene practices, improper sanitation, and mastitis, as well as the potential antibiotic residues. High SCCs are always associated with reduced milk yield, while low SCC milk has a longer shelf life, better taste, and greater cheese yield. Processors shipping to Europe already must prove that each supply farm's SCC is less than 400,000/ml.
Complying with a legal limit of 400,000/ml for the vast majority of U.S. dairymen would not be a problem, even if it was imposed now. In 2008, a U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) survey found that the average SCC was 245,000/ml and, at the time, about 90 percent of U.S. bulk tank SCCs were below that level. The Dairy Herd Information Association (DHIA) also found that the SCC of herds on test dropped from 276,000/ml in 2007 to 228,000/ml in 2010. Moreover, a 2010 Hoard's Dairyman survey showed that over 95 percent of U.S. bulk tanks had SCCs of less than 400,000/ml.
It appears that the 5 percent of farms that would have problems complying are those that are located in the southern states. Dairymen in this region will have to adopt stricter methods of mastitis control in order to reduce mastitis and successfully lower bulk tank SCC.
To improve SCC, it is important to understand how somatic cells function and why they are so important to udder health. One major role of somatic cells (leukocytes) in milk is to identify bacteria and kill them; otherwise, these organisms would grow unrestricted in the mammary gland and probably result in gangrenous mastitis.
Good guys and bad guys
To understand this relationship, we need to review the anatomy of the udder and how milk is produced. Just as nutrients are transported from the bloodstream into mammary tissues to be converted into milk, leukocytes are also transported into milk as a surveillance mechanism to look for bacteria. In the typical uninfected mammary quarter, the leukocyte (somatic cell) numbers remain less than 200,000/ml.
Keep in mind that each mammary quarter is composed of millions of microscopic alveoli. Each alveolus is a three-dimensional sphere composed of a layer of milk-producing cells that surrounds a lumen, or collecting space, which drains milk to the gland and teat cisterns before exiting through the teat duct during milking.
In order for leukocytes to migrate from the bloodstream into milk to look for bacteria, they must cross the layer of milk-producing cells surrounding each alveolus and move into the lumen, and this is where they become detrimental to milk production. In the figure, the circulating somatic cell (1) crosses the bloodstream (2) and heads toward the layer of milk-producing cells (3) that lines the alveolus so that it (the somatic cell) can eventually move into the alveolar lumen to look for bacteria (4).
But to access the lumen, one of the milk-producing cells is sacrificed to accommodate the migrating somatic cell. The milk-producing cell may be displaced or killed, or it may be unproductive for a period of time.
Through physical pressure exerted by the somatic cell, the milk-producing cell may be displaced into the alveolar lumen, and, thus, lost to future production. So, as more somatic cells move through an alveolus, more milk-producing cells are lost or become unproductive, and milk yield decreases. Even at a SCC of 200,000/ml in milk from an uninfected udder, cows experience loss in yield of approximately 2.6 pounds per day. This is all due to the normal movement of somatic cells into milk to guard against any potential bacterial growth.
Now, consider the case in which the somatic cells cannot prevent bacterial growth and have to call in recruitments to fight the infection. In this scenario, the SCC is usually millions/ml, so many milk-producing cells are lost due to somatic cell migration. Also, in the case of infection, the bacteria produce toxins that are harmful to milk-producing cells which further reduces yield. Lastly, in the process of killing bacteria, the somatic cells release chemicals that are not only harmful to bacteria, but are also deleterious to milk-producing cells, yet again reducing yield.
Despite their harmful effect on milk production, somatic cells are very beneficial and absolutely necessary because they do prevent mammary gland infections . . . most of the time.
This article appears on page 14 of the January 10, 2012 issue of Hoard's Dairyman


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[QUOTE=Ted Kretschmann;621511]Jim, you have seen as much change as I have---does that not make you feel like one of the ancients in this business??
No not really Ted but it does give me a little more confidence I know what I am talking about if you are challenged. I don't expect the younger guys to listen to me any more than I would listen to the older folks when I was their age (which wasnt very much). When asked for advice I usually say I can tell you a lot of things not to do and I can tell you what I do but there is no substitute for experience. Oh and by the way sometimes I actually pick up some new ideas from some of these folks. Of course they were things I had been planning to do all along.


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He will still call out "Omaha," only now it will mean something completely different! OOH, how mysterious and secret. And once defenses starts to figure it out, they will switch it over to "Talahassee."
Do not feed the trolls.
it is identifying the Mike backer... which is not necessarily the MLB.... it is just the "free man " to be picked up in the particular blocking scheme that is in place on that particular down
and Omaha is not really system based either .... simply a cadence call to alter the call to go on one
both are universal football calls
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"Measure Twice......Cut Once"
You couldn't be more full of **** if you were break dancing in a Port-a-Potty.......Kruunch
Not all system or QB's do it the extent that we have and it will be somewhat interesting to see how these things change if at all.
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Going to send more food to the assholes!
It seems that North Korea and the USA have been having secret meetings. I wonder if they planned the current "Sitzkrieg" at that time?
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Going to send more food to the assholes!
i can see obummer now ? obummer to NK--
now many billions do you need? how about 13 billion us -- i can send kerry next week!
YOU want 23 billion and a squadron of f22s a flight of stealth bombers , 500 ah64s and 2,000 m1 tanks? that a little steep partner i' don't know if china will loan us that mych, lat me make a phone call to peking and se if we can get approved---
The Norks up the rhetoric when they get hungry..... and the US ALWAYS submits.
" The world is a very dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who do nothing about them." - Albert Einstein, 1879-1955
Im sorry But the first thing that would be onthe table is where are our P.O.W.'s ? and remains of those that have died in your camps at your hands. As a show of good faith you release all of our remaining Military personal and any all known remains of any American Soldier shall be turned over to the United States Department of Defense and then we will talk until then short round you have been warned and notifed you send up one Rocket and we will send more than you can count!!!!...Doc
Fiscal Cliff, collapse of our monetary system world wide.. It is coming..
Not much in the news about it lately.
Nothing like a good war, or threat of war, to get peoples minds off the coming collapse..
The FED, International monetary fund "IMF and the "New World Order," run the world..
Things get a little rough out there, $$ they rattle sabers.. Things get real rough out there, they start a war..
Damn, I want to work for these people bad.. Any links on an application?
One war was enough, now I want to make some monies..
"Man needs but two things to survive alone in the woods. A blow up female doll and his trusty old AK-47" - Thomas Jefferson 1781
My Bro recently took a tour too Vietnam.. Part of the tour was a visit to a joint center, made up of U.S. Military personal and other allied countries involved in the war.. Their trying..
Vietnam, while still very much staunch commies, are watching the economic and financial growth of the entire Orient.. They want in on it. $$$..
Part of the problem is the difficulty of DNA testing.. Plus people are paid for any type of remains or info they bring in.. Their bringing in anything they can find, war related.. The POW center has their work cut out for them.
What happened to our live POWs.. That is a story for another day.
"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
scuse me but,,, haven't we already been there for the last 60 years doing these "talks" already,,,,,whats different other than up dated weapons?
just saw a news piece on tv about brainwashing in n. korea. the girl was heavy set and talking good about north korea after her so-called escape. my problem is what she said , her weight, and she escaped to easily. everybody starving over there and she looks way to over feed.tv news has to be controled by gov. no biase there is there?tv is a new political party i think.DONT YOU?????


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UTSA's Jessica Rogers and Jennifer Davis
Southland Conference softball showdown this weekend at Roadrunner Field
(April 26, 2005)--The Southland Conference regular season championship will be on the line as first place Sam Houston State (26-20, 19-4) visits defending champion UTSA (37-16, 18-5) for a three-game series this weekend at Roadrunner Field.
A doubleheader on Saturday begins at 1 p.m., followed by a single game on Sunday at 1 p.m. in which UTSA's senior class of Jennifer Davis, Jessica Ellison, Krystal Gibson and J.J. McQueen will be honored beforehand.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for children. UTSA students are admitted free with a valid UTSACard.
For live stats and audio for all three games, go to the UTSA Athletics Web site.
The Roadrunners, who have a 14-2 record in the month of April, can clinch a share of the crown and the No. 1 seed for the SLC Postseason Tournament with two victories and win the title outright with a sweep of the Bearkats, winners of 11 straight games.
UTSA claimed both the conference regular season and tournament titles last year en route to appearing in the NCAA Regional in Waco, a first for the program.
The series will pit Sam Houston State's team earned run average of 2.13 against UTSA's team batting average of .342, both conference-leading marks. UTSA has won six of the last 10 contests with the Bearkats, including a 6-0 blanking at the 2004 SLC Tournament in the last meeting, and leads the all-time series, 23-20.
The Roadrunners, who lead the NCAA with 94 home runs, are paced by Davis' .405 batting average, 12 home runs and 42 runs batted in and junior third baseman Jessica Rogers' .400 batting average and SLC single-season records of 22 home runs and 62 RBI.
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#1 Sat 29 Jun 13 4:09pm
Wiltshire Cured Bacon: Recipes???
Hey Everyone,
I'll cut right to the chase, I don't know why, but I've got a big thing for 'heritage' foods at the moment and one of things I would most love to do would be to cure/brine/pickle (which ever word best describes what I am doing) my own, authentic, Wiltshire Cured Bacon.
Here's my dilemma:
First, I've never done this before (and so need to absorb as much information and advice that anyone is willing to pass on) --- Please pass on as much as you can
Secondly/Lastly and Most Importantly --- I'm looking for either "THE" or, at least, "A" recipe for Wiltshire Cured Bacon (if such a recipe indeed exists).
Plenty of sites will either explain what they do and/or what the general process is (examples as at the bottom of my post) but I cannot find anything which really get's to the 'meat and potatoes' of what, where, how much, long long, etc, etc on HOW to make it...
The very best of my efforts to search came up with an article on which allegedly is an authentic Wiltshire Cure recipe contained in a book named "Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management" - though I am hesitant to believe this, as reading it's contents mention nothing about a brine or wet-cure of any sort...
So, anyways, there's my story in a nutshell. I'm looking for any and all information ANYONE can provide on this subject. Has anyone got any authentic recipes referencing Wiltshire Cured Bacon that has any/all of the qualities of the four examples at the bottom?
Oh, and one last question: Just what IS "useful salt tolerant bacteria"/"a special live brine"??? I'm assuming this should be an important step in an authentic recipe but Who, What, Why, When and Where?
Sincerely, thank you to everyone in advance for your help! Again - any replies are appreciated - even it is to empathise that I'm not the only one searching...
(1) "Sides of pork are immersed in Brine (a salt and saltpetre solution containing useful salt tolerant bacteria) for 3 to 4 days, then stacked in a cool cellar for two weeks to mature. Following the Traditional Wiltshire method, we do not add any water to the bacon."
(2) "In the 21st century the process still involves the side of pork with its bone� in and rind� on being
immersed into a special recipe brine for up to two days. But now the cold storage is rather more high
tech! In accordance with the traditional Wiltshire method the bacon is given a fortnight to mature, and
time – after salt – is the most important ingredient."
(3) "Our traditional Wiltshire Cure recipe dates back to the 1840s and is a "wet-cure" which means that the bacon is immersed in a liquid brine (a salt and saltpetre solution containing useful salt tolerant bacteria) for 3 to 4 days."
(4) "Traditional Wiltshire Cure bacon, dates back to the 1840s. The pork loins are immersed in a special live brine or 'pickle' which contains curing salts, and salt loving bacteria, for up to two days. The unique flavour developed depends upon the action of these bacteria.
The bacon is then given a fortnight to mature as next to salt, time is one of the most important ingredients."
#2 Sat 29 Jun 13 10:24pm
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Re: Wiltshire Cured Bacon: Recipes???
I am not sure , but I am interested enough that I will try and find some information for both of us. I have made Peameal bacon before so the brine process is not new to me . The live bacteria element is something new to me in bacon process but I have seen it mentioned in other processed meat applications. I think the idea is that the benificial bacteria thrive and will fight off / kill any bad bacteria that trys to set up shop during the aging process after the brine. As to a source for the benificial bacteria I don't know yet but will look around for it. I am also in Ontario so I will see what I can source locally .
Edit with what I have found so far.
an old online book about heritage pork topics. I wouldn't recommend using all the info in it , as new techniques have been developed since that make things safer. The barrel smokehouse design is pretty cool though.
youtube video about the only place still making the traditional wiltshire bacon.. unfortunately it has confirmed that the real way to do it is to have some of the living brine to start with.
the very bottom of this webpage explains the wiltshire cure process and explains how and why the living brine works. http://www.meatsandsausages.com/sausage … ng/methods
I did find reference to a wiltshire style cure on a uk sausage making supply website but nothing so far for Canada. Wiltshire style I believe means it has the typical spicing .
All that being said , making your own brine and using good pork to start with to make your own back or side bacon will give you something way better than anything you can buy. It is also extremely easy once you have run through it a few times. I can make 4 or 5 lbs of peameal bacon with about 30 mins total active time over 7 days including cleanup time. . first day takes most time. about 15 mins.. making brine and injecting the piece of loin, about 5 mins on the third day, turning in the soak brine and reinjecting , 10 mins on the 5thday, rinsing, put into a fresh water soak for about 4 hrs , then drain and dry , back into fridge overnight, 10 mins on the 6th day to roll in the cornmeal or peameal and back in fridge to set up .
Last edited by Ashen (Sat 29 Jun 13 11:15pm)
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#3 Sun 30 Jun 13 6:51pm
Re: Wiltshire Cured Bacon: Recipes???
Hey Ashen,
Thanks for your reply and investigations... Yea, I was totally perplexed... I was almost expecting to see a dozen or so variant recipes - but to find none seems a little bit odd in itself.
I'm gonna keep on trucking, because there just has to be some information out on the vastness of the internet... The tricky part is where, LOL!
Thanks again for your input and please continue to keep looking -- the answer has to be out there, somewhere... :P
Best of Luck
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Re: Wiltshire Cured Bacon: Recipes???
bactoferm CS-300 sounds like a promising starter culture for making a living brine to do a wiltshire style bacon . The problem I have run into is that although it seems to be approved by Canada customs for importation , I can't find anyone who is selling it. I am still looking though.
CanadaCompound dot com seems to have starter cultures as well but I can't find info on one that would be suitable for a wet brine for bacon.. They do have an inquiry field on their site if you wish to follow up that lead.
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#5 Mon 01 Jul 13 1:42pm
Re: Wiltshire Cured Bacon: Recipes???
Brilliant Ashen!
e-mail sent to inquire about this product and/or their advice and guidance on anything else they may suggest in the same context.
Happy Canada Day fella. Hope you're enjoying the holiday!
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Re: Wiltshire Cured Bacon: Recipes???
what exactly is 'Pea Meal' bacon? I've seen it mentioned in several recipes but - going by the pictures - it doesn't look much different to other bacon.
#7 Tue 02 Jul 13 1:57pm
Re: Wiltshire Cured Bacon: Recipes???
A small find there Ashen ---- not sure if this is useful or not - but I found this on my searching --- its from a site called onlinelibrary(.)wiley(.)com...
Matured Wiltshire bacon normally carries 10(5)–10(6) viable bacteria/g when sliced, predominantly salt tolerant micrococci and lactobacilli."
No idea what this means in real terms, but I do wonder if these are the cultures... Quite literally, food for thought...
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Re: Wiltshire Cured Bacon: Recipes???
Karenlesley.. Peameal Bacon seems to be a Canadian-centric form of bacon.. It is wet brine cured pork loin. Once it has been cured it is rolled in CornMeal..
The history of why this is done is interesing. Before refrigeration it was a way to preserve the pork . The pork was cured but not smoked, and then packed in casks or barrels with yellow pea meal(ground up yellow peas) as a drying agent. Less moisture , less spoilage. Cornmeal took over for peameal a very long time ago. . My mother who is mid 70's has only ever seen cornmeal used.
CanadianBacon... That is funny, I had actually wondered if it was possible to culture the appropriate bacteria from a piece of real wiltshire bacon.. I wonder if anybody in the UK would like to try?
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Re: Wiltshire Cured Bacon: Recipes???
Ashen wrote:
I wonder if anybody in the UK would like to try?
Wiltshire (The county) isn't that far from me...
so if some-one can find a supplier of this mystical ingredient, I would be happy to ship it to Canada....
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Traditionally, a Wiltshire brine for bacon is a live brine. What this means is that having made the brine, it can then be kept for years with a healthy population of bacteria. Each time it is used, it has to be adjusted so the levels of salt and Nitrates / Nitrites are replenished to replace those taken up by the bacon. By doing this a natural flora of bacteria develops over time. The exact range of bacteria can vary - curers have jealously guarded their brines, which are as unique as sourdough cultures, brewing yeasts etc. The bacteria bring about many benefits, including a distinctive mature flavour to the meat. However they also serve a vital role in promoting the conversion of Nitrate (traditionally added as saltpetre) into Nitrite. Think of Nitrite as the principal fast-acting curing agent that gives the meat its distinctive pink cured colour and the preservative qualities, and think of the Nitrate principally as a reservoir of slowing acting preservative that can be broken down into Nitrite. Nowadays this bacterial breakdown isn't so vital, as modern curing salts include plenty of Nitrite anyway. However, that doesn't overcome the flavour benefits of having a natural flora of bacteria. There are some commercially available cultures for replicating this - I know that in the UK Fibrisol market a product called "Biobac" (not sure of the spelling, sorry!). Alternatively, you could just start a brine with no culture, chuck in some meat, and use it a few times. A natural flora WILL develop. The danger here is that in the absence of a lab and full titration testing kit you will also lose control of the levels of curing salts. However you could then use some of this culture as a method of "seeding" future fresh brines with some friendly bugs. Bear in mind, that live brines don't work well at really low temperatures - about 6-7°c is where you need to be.
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