text:
|When we take a closer look at MASA, even though typically in
most states school district taxpayers fund not only supes'
membership dues and conferences, such organization actually
appear to chiefly exist to champion not public schools and
schoolchildren and taxpayers and staff but instead superinten-
dents and other top administrators. As one example, look what
comes first on MASA's guide to negotiating supes' employ-
ment contracts, prepared by their director of legal services:
|Former Pittston Area School
District Superintendent Ross
Scarantino agreed Wednes-
day to plead guilty to accepting
a $5,000 bribe and to cooper-
ate with a federal investigation
into local school districts.
Mr. Scarantino would likely
face 18 to 24 months in prison
under federal senten-
cing guidelines, according to
his plea agreement. But the
sentence could be reduced
depending on his cooperation
and acceptance of
responsibility in the case.
Federal prosecutors maintain
the right to seek the maximum
penalty of 10 years in prison
and a $250,000 fine under the
He is free on bail pending a
plea hearing, which has yet to
be scheduled.
Court documents filed
Wednesday in U.S. District
Court in Scranton allege Mr.
Scarantino accepted $5,000 in
cash in February 2008 from an
unnamed person in
connection with school district
Efforts to reach Mr. Scarantino
were unsuccessful
Wednesday. His attorneys,
Frank W. Nocito and Philip
Gelso, declined to comment.
Mr. Scarantino is one of three
public school officials charged
in an ongoing federal probe
into alleged bribery connected
to contracting and hiring.
The individuals who paid the
alleged bribes have not been
identified by federal
prosecutors, who have
secured court orders sealing
some documents to protect
witnesses' identities.
U.S. Attorney Martin C. Carlson
said it was "impossible to
speculate" when or if the
names of those individuals
will be made public.
"We aren't making those
names public at this time.
This remains an ongoing
investigation," he said.
Mr. Scarantino, who worked for
Pittston Area for 42 years, took
a leave of absence from his
$115,000-per-year job April
16, the day the charges
against him were announced.
He continues to collect his pay
by using up accumulated
vacation time.
Mr. Scarantino, 63, submitted
a letter of resignation to the
district May 5, announcing his
retirement effective Aug. 3.
He is the second Luzerne
County school official to agree
to plead guilty to federal
bribery charges this week.
Former Wilkes-Barre Area
School Board President
James Height, 53, will plead
guilty to accepting $2,000 from
a district contractor, federal
prosecutors announced
Monday. Mr. Height, who
resigned from the school
board last week, is free on bail.
Another member of the
Wilkes-Barre Area School
Board, Brian F. Dunn, also
faces charges of accepting
bribes in connection with
contract and employment
decisions. Mr. Dunn, 45, is
also free on bail.
|Mr Martin stood for the old ways.
The former sheet metal worker
may have risen from the housing
projects of Glasgow to become
the highest commoner in the land,
but he presided over an institution
that had grown dangerously
remote from the people it served.
The Speaker defended the
lifestyles, privileges and
allowances of the UK's 646 MPs,
fighting an ultimately futile court
battle to stop details emerging of
how they spent taxpayers' money
on allowances intended to cover
the cost of living in London and
their constituencies.
As Gordon Brown observed, this
most humble of Speakers
presided over a system "more
reminiscent of the gentlemen's
clubs of the 19th century".
When the story over expenses
broke the same MPs who once
urged the Speaker to protect
them, turned against him,
desperate for somebody to blame.
The MPs, whose
predecessors once
determined the fate of an
empire, were shown to be
filling in chits for chocolate
bars and sanitary products.
Those on country estates billed
taxpayers for everything from
fighting moles to clearing a moat.
The story hit home because it
illustrated a wider truth. The
standing of parliament has
diminished as power in the UK
has shifted to the executive, or
away from Westminster
altogether to Brussels or to
devolved administrations in
Scotland and Wales. On top of
that, the ideological passion that
once drew people into politics has
been diluted. In its absence, the
public has started to ask: what
are they really in it for?
1. The software and hardware constantly need to be updated, costing
thousands of taxpayer dollars. Laptops become obsolete after three
or four years of use.
2. The equity issue would be a possible lawsuit waiting to happen.
How could Texas make sure that the laptops and technology
equipment in Highland Park ISD are equitable to the laptops in
Edgewood ISD?
3. How can 49% of the student population who is considered
"disadvantaged" pay for broken or missing laptops? (Withholding a
report card for missing or destroying a textbook is one thing, but
replacing a $700 - $800 laptop would be another.)
4. What does the school/teacher do when a parent reports that a
student's laptop is missing?
5. What about students carrying laptops back and forth to school?
Isn't this an open invitation for robbers to hit on students?
6. Laptops and backpacks are heavy. Students would have to bring
them home nightly if all of their textbooks were digitized. Students
also would have to recharge laptop batteries at home. How durable
are lightweight laptops that must endure hard student use? This is
not the same type of careful use that an adult would give to a laptop.
7. How about the child who accidentally damages his laptop by
dropping it out of his unzipped backpack? I wonder how durable
these laptops would be if they were accidentally dropped down a
flight of stairs?
8. Parents object to laptops because they feel they limit oversight of
their children's activities.
9. A publisher somewhere with the click of a mouse could
theoretically change the outcome of the Civil War! Who could and
would keep track of changes in all textbooks? Who and what kind of
a publisher is behind the mouse?
10. School computer labs are constantly having to rewrite codes to
block more and more porn sites, yet students find ways to slip around
the system. In fact, many students enjoy the challenge of finding
backdoors to school computer systems.
11. If everyone had laptops, the chances of online bullying and
mischief would be greatly multiplied.
12. Laptops on every desk put a barrier between the student and the
teacher. Laptops become the "authority" rather than the teacher.
13. Students' attention is needlessly distracted.
14. Teachers cannot monitor every student and every screen.
15. Cheating is increased.
16. Individual student progress is hindered because they become
dependent on online sources instead of capturing information in their
17. Providing a class set of hardcover textbooks per classroom
means that only a few selected students per class could take their
textbooks home to study and do homework. If storms should knock
out the Internet or other problems should occur, students would not
come to school having finished their homework.
18. What would a teacher do if a student said his laptop froze or
malfunctioned last night? How would a teacher be able to hold
students accountable for finishing their homework when such
excuses would obviously be used by irresponsible students?
19. Student laptops would of necessity cause students to read
sophisticated text much less because they are simply not going to
read classic pieces of literature nor other pieces of lengthy text on a
computer screen.
Clearly this strange stew of pricey laptops and taxpayer dollars needs to
be taken off the Lege's stovetop and allowed to cool off for a while.
|See what politics are all
about! The Texas Lege:
|SITUATION: Steve Atkins, a member of the regional anti-gang task force
who "took over and transformed" the "lackluster" Chelsea High School football
team as their coach, was charged with mishandling booster money; took a job
as Medford's head coach, denied the Chelsea allegations.
|Following the money in
our vendor-driven schools
15 vendors & other special
money interest groups at
school meetings--know 'em?
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"Walk softly
and carry a big stick."
-- Teddy Roosevelt
"Trust but verify."
-- Ronald Reagan
|Just because you can
doesn't mean you should.
|H o w w e t a k e b a c k o u r c h i l d r e n ' s e d u c a t i o n: o n e p e r s o n , o n e q u e s t i o n , o n e s c h o o l a t a t i m e.
Best Practices
Commentaries FOIA
Good Question
|Check Registers US TX Flyer
Ask your district Set goals/organize
Ask questions
School Board Ethics Pledges
Watchdog? AngryActivist Alert PR
|ERDI supe
Alton Frailey (Katy ISD / Texas)
versus public freedoms
|First They Came
First they came for the communists, and I did not
speak out -- because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak
out -- because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not
speak out -- because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out
--because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me --
and there was no one left to speak out for me.
-- Pastor Martin Niemoeller
|"Gloria from Luling" on
sidewalk outside
Walsh Anderson party at
Austin's Iron Cactus
with unnamed man who
was shy about
revealing his name
(TASA Mid Winter, 2007 )
|Soghra Najafpour (L) was
sentenced to death at age 13 for
the first time in Iran; she's now
31 -- more here. Did principal
Robin E. Lowe (L) mention
Soghra during her 'Islam 101'
day May 22 at Friendswood JH?
Will she mention Soghra at her
new gig running Houston ISD's
Pershing MS? Wouldn't that be a
step towards "raising [her
students'] awareness of the
culture" -- of the true culture -- in
Iran? That perhaps Robin's
invited speakers from CAIR might
have forgotten to mention?
UPDATE: As of today no
response yet from Robin to
telephone and email queries.
|School News Quick Links
Jan.-Sept. 2008 here
Oct.-Nov. 2008 here
|The American Superintendent
(Leonard Merrell) as Allan
Ramsay's King George III
(Mixed-media collage by Peyton
Wolcott, Copyright 2008)
|May 1 - 14, 2009 commentaries
|1. End discretionary
Set an example for your staff; let
them know you mean business
about running a tighter ship:
No trips, no conferences, no
meals, no credit cards. If you
want to learn more about
something, use Google. Do a
webinar. Read a newsletter.
No golf games with vendors,
ever. No chauffeurs, no rental
cars. Stay home, do your work
and keep your nose clean.
2. Reduce administrative
Go through your administrative
staff roster and cut every other
job, starting with getting rid of all
PR and marketing. No advisors,
no consultants. Learn how to
really read a budget. Put your
check register and all wire
transfers online.
3. Ethics.
No nepotism. Let your wife and
kids earn a living in a field other
than education. No board
members' spouses working in
the district. Conduct all
discussions with vendors and
potential vendors in the open;
invite your public to watch and
ask questions. Throw away
your contract and work year by
year. Move your chair off the
dais at board meetings. You're
not a team member with your
elected trustees. You're not
equal to them. They're your
4. No construction.
If you're the rare district truly
experiencing sufficient growth to
justify building new schools,
splinter off that population and let
them start their own new school
district or charter school. They
might be able to take over an
abandoned church or office
building for much less than the
Taj Mahal you had in mind.
5. Back-to-basics curriculum.
Math table (1st grade: add, 2nd
grade: subtract, 3rd grade
multiply, 4th grade divide) daily
drill. You made sure your own
kids learned the basics at home
or with tutors; why shouldn't all
children have that same
opportunity? Ditto for phonics.
Classical literature. History, not
social studies. No more block
scheduling. Daily P.E. for all.
Emphasize individual effort and
6. Attitude.
You're a public servant, not a
Third World dictator. Practice
humility and gratitude.
Remember when your
employees laugh at your jokes or
tell you you're cool or vendors
marvel at your every utterance
that they're all sucking up to you.
Remember why you got into
education to begin with. Sell
your house in the gated
community and buy one in the
middle of a real subdivision like
your average parents and
taxpayers can afford. Let
yourself be driven not by the
latest platitude you picked up at
the latest education conference
but by the same wonderful noble
desire to educate kids that got
you into this field.
|More "Best Practices"
2000-2001 $ 121,951,145
2001-2002 $ 137,745,786
2002-2003 $ 169,103,740
2003-2004 $ 188,618,903
2004-2005 $ 188,838,330
2005-2006 $ 215,068,567
2006-2007 $ 217,970,686
2000-2001 $ 204,116,731
2001-2002 $ 180,097,229
2002-2003 $ 254,465,426
2003-2004 $ 199,905,502
2004-2005 $ 199,940,243
2005-2006 $ 198,907,113
2006-2007 $ 305,839,277
|Best Practices Ethics pledges
Transparency Lax oversight
San Antonio Triple Crown
Team of 8
Pass the trash 1 (soon) 2
|Edu-Monopoly Education,Inc Tech
Audits ERDI Financial Exigency
Credit cards TX supes travel/meals
Edu-Conferences TASA MidWinter
Supes/Golf/Vendors 1 2 3
|When I first saw the headline yesterday morning that
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich had just been
arrested along with his chief of staff, John F. Harris,
on charges of among other things trying to sell Barack
Obama's U.S. Senate seat, my first reaction was
probably not that different from yours, "Oh. Illinois."
You know, as in the 3 R's: prior governor George
Ryan, former Congressman Dan Rostenkowski, and
long-time Obama supporter Tony Rezko. As in, to
quote Matt Drudge, "Crook County." As in, "Chicago,
|Arne Duncan (L) and Rod "Even My Hair's For Sale"
Blagojevich (R) (GRAPHIC IMAGE--Peyton Wolcott)
|What's Arne Duncan's track record on financial
Given that getting rid of corruption in public education
must be job one for the next US DOE secretary, and
given that Chicago Public Schools CEO Arne Duncan
has deep ties to Chi-Land (he's from there), and given
also that he's a front runner for the post, a good
question to ask is, "How transparent has Arne been
during his tenure as supe of Chicago schools?"
Meaning, how much has he opened up specific-dollar
CPS actual financials to the public in the cheapest,
easiest and fastest way possible, by putting checks
online? No pie charts, no percentages, no
aggregates, but real checks-to?
When I went looking on Chicago Schools' website and
couldn't find their checks, I called the CPS PR
department and asked whether Arne had made any
plans to put their check register online. After
explaining to the fellow with whom I spoke what a
check register was, he said he'd look into it and get
back to me. Shouldn't be that hard; even though
Florida's Miami-Dade County Public Schools has
fewer students, if we can believe Chicago Public
Schools accounting over Miami's M-DCPS spent a lot
more money last year, $6.7 billion for all expenditures,
all funds as opposed to the $4.6 bilion CPS will admit
to. I sent the PR guy a helpful link to Miami's check
register so Arne could see for himself.
Oh, wait! Miami-Dade's check register is online
because Marta Perez, an elected trustee, pushed for it
last year -- but all seven Chicago Public Schools
trustees are appointed by Mayor Daley. D'ya think
they'd risk losing their appointments by pushing for
financial transparency with a Chicago mayor who
controls all of Chicago public ed?
No response yet from CPS
Perhaps that was the famous "I'll get back to you when
Hell freezes over" time frame. Or, maybe what the
CPS PR guy really meant was, "It's a long way to
Tipperary which is where we hid the check register
|Corruption Capital" and the "Chicago Machine." As in,
apparently anything goes in Chi-Land and surrounds
that's not nailed down.
Graft, graft everywhere and not a drop to drink
Chicago's suburbs have not been immune from graft
and corruption. It was just over three years ago -- a
year after Gov. Blagojevich appointed Thomas Ryan,
then-supe of Community Consolidated School District
168 in Sauk Village (a half-hour south of Chicago) to a
task force of school administrators to help shape
Blagojevich's new Department of Education -- that
investigators raided Ryan's home and hauled off a
|Left: Thomas Ryan (center) in his garage. Right: Investigator carrying
laundry basket filled with cash. (PHOTOS--Southtown Star)
|laundry basket filled with cash, ten years of financial
records, computers and a collapsible metal billy club.
Ryan was eventually indicted, tried and sent to a
minimal-security prison where, presumably without
the asp, he served only a few years of his eight-year
Role played by investigative journalists
A shout out to the Daily Southtown: The Illinois State
Attorney only began looking into Sauk Village
schools' finances after The Daily Southtown
published stories by reporters Linda Lutton and Kati
Phillip regarding questionable payments made to
Thomas Ryan, his family and school district vendors.
|And earlier this year it was reported that "former
Hoover-Schrum Elementary District 157 administrator
Rosemary Hendricks was paid as superintendent for
the Calumet City school system and another suburban
Cook County school district." Two months ago, the
suburban Cook County district, Bellwood SD 88,
accepted Hendricks' resignation and appointed an
interim supe. (SOURCES--Joan Carreon/ Northwestern Indiana
Times; David Pollard/Proviso Herald; and Proviso Insider Blogspot)
|While a former Chicago Public School
manager remained jailed on felony
theft charges Tuesday, the high school
that entrusted her with its finances is
struggling to recover from a loss of
nearly half a million dollars. Marilyn
Jenkins-Evans, 47, was ordered held
on $200,000 bail by Criminal Court
Judge Thomas Hennelly, a day after
|Closer to home, Tracy Dell'Angela and Jeff Coen of
the Chicago Tribune reported on something that
occurred on Arne Duncan's watch as CEO at Chicago
Public Schools:
2006 mug shot
|she was arrested on allegations that she stole
$457,000 from Simeon Career Academy High School,
where she once worked as business manager.
Investigators alleged that she wrote herself 319
checks, forged the former principal's signature and
deposited them in her personal accounts over more
than five years at the school. "How is this school going
to recoup that money?" asked the interim principal of
the South Side school, Leonard Kenebrew. "That's
$90,000 a year for five years. That could have been
novels. Or microscopes. Or training for the teachers.
Or field trips for the students. It's so depressing."
|and when we get it cleaned up I'll get back to you." In
any event, at press time there was still no response
from Chi-Land Schools about Arne's intention (or not)
to put their check register online.
Here's hoping Mayor Daley will let Arne put CPS
checks online whether or not Arne makes US DOE
secretary; specific-dollar transparency in the form of
online check registers is a terrific way for honest
Illinois administrators and politicians to separate
themselves from the Blagojevich / 3R's crowd.
|Terms & Conditions
Sorry to have to include this; some
groups--God bless them--have
copied my research and
published it as their own.
|Robin Hood & 22 'equity'
failures: MALDEF's 22
Edgewood districts cost
Texans billions in failed
academics & extravagance.
|How to persuade your
district: The friendly
approach--take the Golden
Rule with you when asking
your schools to post their
check registers. Testimo-
nials (issues & concerns).
|Are there enough degrees of
separation between Arne and
Blagojevich for Arne to be
the next US DOE secretary?
By Peyton Wolcott
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 / 12:02 a.m. - Updated Wednesday,
December 10, 2008 / 9:59 a.m.
|Transparency history
Llano ISD FOIA conviction
Edgewood ISD PD re FOIA
Progress by March 2007
1st year ann'y: Oct. 2007
Gov.Perry & Comm.Scott
|Dec.2008-Jan.2009 here
Feb. - Mar. 2009 here
April - May 2009 here
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|Yolanda Larkin of Brownsboro ISD (left, standing) facilitated this table's
group consensus statement regarding their Harvard experience at the
"Raise Your Hand" January 28, 2009 conference at the Austin Hilton.
|A teacher among
teachers: Rafe
of The Hobart
|Rafe Esquith (L) with
|The Hobart Shakes-
peareans believe "There
Are No Shortcuts."
These 5th grade children
begin to arrive in class at
6:30 a.m. and by 7:00
a.m. are solving complex
math problems a full
hour before traditional
school begins. They stay
until 5:00 p.m. or even
later, and voluntarily
come to school during
their vacation periods.
They read high school
level literature and devour
United States History,
learning how to be good
Most important of all,
these children are recog-
nized around the world
for their outstanding
character. In addition to
scoring extra-ordinarily
high on standardized
tests, these students
feed the homeless, raise
money for the Red Cross,
and give performances to
support AIDS research.
These students receive
over $1 million each year
in scholarships to attend
first-rate schools.
Oustanding prep schools
know these students are
a sure thing.
|The Hobart Shakespearans
performing in Texas
(Summer 2008)
|Leonard Merrell Center
Katy ISD, Texas (PHOTO--Peyton Wolcott)
Tom Harmon
the Rapids"
|Tom Harmon
(Photo courtesy U-M
Bentley Historical Library)
|Real life people, real-life
problems for real-life students
to help solve: President Barack
Obama (L); White House Chief
of Staff Rahm Emanuel (R).
President Obama's
brother Malik in Kenya has
come down with cholera.
|PHOTO CREDITS: Problem 44,
Boniface Mwangi/Bloomberg
|Orange County
Weekly: Capistrano
USD supe
Woody Carter at
edu-conference spa
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|Antioch supe & 2005 Broad
Inst. grad Deborah Sims (L),
attorney Marleen Sacks (R)
Apr 25, 2009: Antioch
school district hides
information on child porn case
Mar 16: Law firm to look into
district's handling of child
porn case. Live coverage:
Antioch school board
approves independent inquiry
into child porn case
Mar 13: Live coverage
Monday: Antioch school
board meeting on child porn
Mar 12: Antioch school
board considers inquiry into
child porn case
Mar 11: Dr. Deborah Sims:
AUSD answers questions
regarding porn case
Feb 25: Antioch school
trustees ask for timeline on
pornography incident
Antioch police unsure
whether child pornography
was viewed during school
Feb 23: Antioch police,
school officials hold second
parent meeting about
teacher's child porn arrest.
Antioch district, police to talk
with parents tonight about
music teacher's arrest.
Editorial: Antioch community
deserves complete
explanation of teacher's
Feb 20: Document: Carmen
Dragon Elementary letter to
parents. Contradictions arise
in accounts of Antioch child
pornography investigation
Feb 19: Press release:
Antioch teacher arrested on
child porn charges. Music
teacher arrested in Antioch
child porn investigation
|James Carlile (APD mug shot)
|ANTIOCH — An elementary
school music teacher has been
arrested after an investigation
found he downloaded "significant
amounts" of child pornography
onto his work computer, police
James Carlile, 52, a teacher at
Carmen Dragon Elementary
School, was arrested Feb. 10, a
week after the pictures depicting
naked children were first brought
to the attention of Antioch police,
said Investigations Lt. Leonard
Inappropriate materials were
discovered Jan. 15 by school
computer technicians servicing
Carlile's work terminal, said
Deidra Powell-Williams,
spokeswoman for the Antioch
Unified School District. Police
and Powell-Williams said Carlile
had told technicians he was
having trouble accessing
specific Web sites. Carlile has
been on paid administrative
leave from the school since the
discovery, Powell-Williams said.
A forensic computer specialist
determined that Carlile was the
only person who had access to
the terminal when the illegal
photos were downloaded,
according to police. Orman said
there is no indication so far that
any of the photos depicted
students at the school.
Carlile was arrested at a boat in
Antioch where he resides during
the school week, Orman said.
On Feb. 11, Antioch police and
sheriff's deputies from Calaveras
County searched his Valley
Springs home — where he
keeps a permanent residence —
and seized at least one
computer, which is currently
being examined.
Carlile posted $10,000 bail.
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problem preview is here.
|Craig Lazzeretti
|"Michelle & Andres have a talk" by Peyton Wolcott
|Michael Shields
|Hats off,
St. Cloud ISD (MN)
Wire transfers included
in online check registers
|May 7, 2009
|(L) Bruce Watkins,
Steve Jordahl
|St. Cloud's Apollo HS (above);
Lincoln ES (below)
May 10, 2009
|Fred Zipp
|New Austin ISD supe
Meria Carstarphe
|Frederick Charles Deussing
|o KY: Mr. & Mrs. PTO to stand
trial for stealing $19,000
|Vincent Aufiero
|SITUATION: After a 9-month investigation, Vincent Aufiero was charged in November 2007
"with four counts of official misconduct today for allegedly remodeling his kitchen at taxpayers'
expense and hiring his own company to do work for his school district. . . . .Aufiero bought Home
Depot kitchen cabinets under a purchase order he submitted for bleacher repairs to the Somerville
Board of Education, and also got approval for a custom-made apron front sink worth more than
$1,100, said Somerset County Prosecutor Wayne J. Forrest.
Investigators filed additional misconduct charges after learning Aufiero was a principal in
Mechanical Plumbing Services, a Wall Township firm that bid on plumbing projects within the school
system." Aufiero hired his own non-disclosed business to do work for Somerville schools.
OUTCOME: After pleading guilty in February, sentencing has been delayed to allow Vincent to
first repay the district the $45,995.63 to which he has admitted.
|Steve Atkins
|duty and let go from MHS last year, used his position
as a head coach and president of the Chelsea High
School football team to embezzle almost $10,000
from a bank account meant to support the team's
expenses—funds that had been raised in large part
by the young players' families. 'Over the course of
2005, they entrusted thousands of dollars to the
defendant,' Beagan said. 'Unfortunately, they didn't
ask for a receipt.' Instead, Beagan said, Atkins
would put the proceeds from raffles, concession
stands, and other fundraising activities 'in his
pocket' and, when pressed, even told the
fundraising parents that 'You're not raising enough
|TRIAL: Atkins was accused of withdrawing thousands from Chelsea High School football team's
bank account "in the dead of night near a strip club, a racetrack, a casino and a downtown Boston
sports bar, a Suffolk County prosecutor said during opening statements of the 43-year-old's trial.
'This case is about arrogance,' said assistant DA Edward Beagan, chief of the trial team.... 'It's about
deceit. And it's about the compulsive behavior of the defendant, James Atkins.' Beagan told a
Suffolk Superior Court jury. And it's that Atkins, a Chelsea Police sergeant currently suspended from
|"You're not raising enough money," Coach Steve
Atkins told Chelsea parents, (PHOTO--Boston.com)
OUTCOME: After being tried and convicted, Steve is now no longer
Chelsea High School football coach although he is still a city police sergeant.
He was "sentenced to 90 days in home confinement and ordered to repay
$12,900 he stole from the team's booster club. A judge on Friday ordered
James Atkins to begin serving his sentence on July 1 and to pay $500 in
restitution each month until his dues are settled." He no longer has his job at
the police department, either.
FOLLOW UP ASSIGNMENT: Internal controls as regards
cash-handling in Chealsea and Medford schools. Without proper controls, no
telling how much Steve really took.
|Peggy Kaufmann
|SITUATION: Even though 2009 Illinois "Superintendent of the Year" Mark Friedman of BWP &
Associates charged Mt. Prospect ESD $2,000 for a superintendent search which resulted in his
bringing Peggy Kaufmann to their schools, he did so without doing a criminal background check.
Turns out Kaufmann, assistant supe at Shaumberg SD 54, pleaded guilty to a DUI in 2002 and again
last month was also charged with driving under the influence.
Was Mark too busy with his day job as full-time superintendent of Libertyville Elementary
District--including "community involvement" with LED's "Partners for Excellence in Education" and
also sitting on the IASCD board ?
|Mark Friedman
|OUTCOME: Peggy has submitted a letter of resignation and Mark Fredman's looking for another
candidate for Mt. Prospect at no additional charge; presumably this time he'll include a criminal back-
ground check -- and now Mt. Prospect board president Joseph Leane, a 6-year board veteran, will
know to ask for one. (Don't they teach due diligence at IASB trainings? Oops. School board associ-
tions promote team building, not anything as unpleasant or mean-sounding as accountability.)
According to Mark, Peggy's "career has been destroyed."
Bruce Brown, Mt. Prospect's retiring supe, joins BWP & Associates' "consultant teams" next month.
|o FL: School cop charged (theft).
|Reservoir belonging to
San Juan School District (1997)
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Try here and here.
Thank you for reading, and thank you
for your interest in our schools
and our schoolchildren.
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|Educator sentenced on child
porn charges
Juneau Empire - Oct. 21, 2007
ANCHORAGE - A longtime
educator in Alaska was
sentenced to three years in
prison on child pornography
charges after thousands of
images and videos were
discovered on his computers.
Frederick Deussing, 64, pleaded
no contest and was sentenced
Friday. He will be on probation
for five years when he is
released and will have to register
as a sex offender.
Deussing had worked in village
schools in several parts of rural
Alaska and most recently was
an assistant principal at Heritage
Christian School in Anchorage.
He was employed by the Kenai
Peninsula School District from
1995 until 2000.
Investigators found no indication
that Deussing had molested
children, assistant district
attorney Trina Sears said Friday.
The images appeared to have
been downloaded from the
Internet, police said at the time of
Deussing's arrest.
The investigation began after a
computer technician found child
porn on a laptop Deussing had
taken in for repair last November.
|PHOTO CREDIT: AP/Matt Dunham
|(L) Heather Brooke, Michael Martin
|Steve Jobs of Apple
(IMAGE by Peyton Wolcott)
|"The TTIP study says repeatedly that students made no
statistically significant academic progress in TAKS reading,
social studies, and science; TAKS writing even went down.
TAKS math showed small improvements among Cohorts 2 and 3
but none in Cohort 1.
Even though students were heavily immersed with expensive
laptops ($1,100 - $1,600 per student) and teachers were trained
extensively in immersion strategies for over four years, little if
any positive student academic achievement was attained.
|Donna Garner
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|o PA: Joe Valenti's blog proves
demand exists for tell-it-like-it-is
local political news.
|A Michigan man was arrested at
one of the Gasparilla Inn and Club
cottages on Sunday, May 3 after
he allegedly struck a sheriff's
deputy and was drunk in public.
According to Lee County Sheriff'
s Office reports, Kenneth C.
Watson Jr., 66, of Livonia, Mich.,
was intoxicated and being
escorted to his cottage by a local
firefighter when he began to
Police said that when deputies
arrived at the location, the
suspect was told he could either
go to the cottage or be arrested.
He told the deputy he would
rather go to jail.
Police said he then punched one
of the sheriff's deputies in the
He got his wish.
Watson was charged with
battery on a law enforcement
officer and disorderly
intoxication/public disturbance.
He was taken to the Lee County
Jail and released on bond.
|Ross Scarantino at board meeting
|Ross Scarantino
(PHOTO--Scranton Times)
|Kenneth C.
Watson, Jr.
FL mug shot
|Monday, May 25, 2009
|(L) Missouri's 1996-97 "Superintendent of the Year" Scott
Taveau outside courtroom where he pleaded "not guilty."
Center, his wife Eva, a former Liberty employee; at right, his
attorney. (PHOTO--Kansas City Star)
How can we improve
school board trainings?
So that elected and appointed
trustees can independently
and credibly review the finan-
cial reports they're handed for
their approval each month at
board meetings?
Although the seven-member
elected Liberty Public School
District Board of Education in
Missouri has responsibility for
the "proper management of
tax dollars" look at the mess
Liberty PSD taxpayers are in --
on the board's watch.
|Practical ramifications
What will have to come out of Liberty
schools' budget to cover the $78K?
Does Scott Taveau have a stash of cash
somewhere? Like, $245,245.43 worth?
Or will he be forced to sell one of his two
homes? There's the primary residence
in Liberty and the second home in the
golf community in Florida.
|Bottom line
This ruling in Missouri appears to
be another instance of district
taxpayers having to foot the bill for
their too-willing school board
members' rubber-stamp approval
of district financials.
|You have worked hard to form a relationship with the board
and now you must shift mindsets and consider what is
best for you and your family's needs. A few thoughts to
consider as you enter these negotiations.
|The case against Scott Taveau --
and Liberty Public School
District taxpayers
|Golf tourney's on tap for Missouri School Board Ass'n
annual convention October 2009 at Tan-Tar-A resort
|Scott Taveau mug shots;
post-arrest in Florida (L) and
post-extradtiion in Missouri
|1. Advocate
for yourself
and your
family. You
must protect
yourself and
the interests of
your family.
No one else will
be looking out
for your best
interests. . . .
|Scott Taveau's
Liberty, Missouri residence
|Taveau & Liberty PSD made national
news in 2005 when a Liberty school bus
driver veered suddenly, killing two in
the other vehicles and injuring the 23
schoolchildren on board her bus. (CBS)
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- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 1⁄2 lbs boneless beef chuck, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 1 cup onion, coarsely chopped
- 1 cup green bell pepper, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 (28 ounce) can Italian plum tomatoes, broken up and undrained
- 1 cup water
- 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
- 3 tablespoons chili powder
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1⁄4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
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House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman John Dingell (D-Mich.) says he will propose a carbon tax program to satisfy those who are calling for higher fuel economy standards and for the U.S. to do more about global warming. The measure, he said on C-Span's Newsmakers TV program, will include a 50-cent gas tax. But the Congressman, who has been representing Southeast Michigan since the 1950s when he took over the seat held by his Father, is cynical about the bill. Indeed, his reason for presenting it, he says, is to expose how unpopular the measure is with the public.
"I sincerely doubt that the American people are willing to pay what this is really going to cost them," Dingell said in the interview. Dingell is hoping to quiet members of Congress and environmentalists who want much higher fuel economy standards for automobiles or an energy policy that will incent Americans to demand vehicles that great much higher fuel economy.
The dance that is going on between automakers, Dingell and other members of Congress is disheartening to anyone looking for a meaningful energy policy that will make the U.S. less dependent on foreign energy sources and for the the U.S. to finally act like a world leader when it comes to energy consumption and pollution generation.
His proposal would boost the federal gas tax by 50 cents a gallon and establish a "double digit" tax on carbon dioxide emissions. The fuel tax is now 18.4 cents, unchanged in 14 years.
The contribution of automobiles to the U.S. total carbon footprint is arguable. Some estimate it to be between 15% and 25% of the total output. Houses, office buildings, farms, utility companies, coal plants, etc make up the rest.
There are two issues at hand with the arguments over vehicles and fuel economy. One is that Americans should live cleaner and greener in general to begin to reduce global warming. The other is that it is a measure to get us off Middle East oil, a dependence that constantly gets the U.S. involved in Middle East religious wars and other conflicts. It's been pointed out that if the U.S. adopted the smaller vehicle market and culture that exists in Europe, driven by high fuel taxes, to raise the average fuel economy of the new-car fleet to 40 mpg, we could get off OPEC oil together.
President Bush and other politicians frequently flick at the message that if the U.S. were independent of Middle East oil, the U.S. would not have to fight costly wars like the one in Iraq. Most politicians only flick at this idea, though, for short-term political reasons. But the message, the idea, is not consistently hammered at. Without a sustained communications commitment, most Americans just won't get the fact that we are already paying huge gas taxes to protect the source of Middle East oil. It's being sucked out of our taxes already to pay for the War in Iraq and other foreign interventions. That is adding to the deficit, and costing thousands of American lives.
Dingell is right. When the 50-cent gas tax, which would have the effect of driving greater demand for more fuel efficient vehicles, is presented, there will undoubtedly be a public backlash that will be fueled by talk radio numbskulls like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. It will be presented and sold as nothing more than higher taxes at a time when gasoline already costs more than $3.00 per gallon. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy that most Americans will rebel. The ones most in love with their SUVs will write and e-mail their Congressional offices, egged on by ads, no doubt, from the auto industry lobby and the auto labor unions.
No politicians with big voices will attempt to educate the public about the effect of a carbon or gasoline tax on the country's total fuel consumption. We hear quite often that the U.S. is the "leader of the free world." But if we can't even lead ourselves to more realistic and less selfish consumption of energy, and develop a policy that makes the country less interventionist in order to protect oil supplies, then how do we expect developing countries like India, China and Indonesia to listen to us when we tell them that a new coal plant every week in the region is bad for the planet.


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More T-shirts had to be ordered, a shiny premiership ring was lost, and nothing was more obvious in Penrith than that a grand final had been won.
Fans were still celebrating at Panthers leagues club yesterday and their footballers partied on through Mad Monday.
Wearing caps, baggy shorts, gold chains and rings, the Panthers danced and chatted at the Peachtree Hotel.
Prop Ben Ross, who had misplaced his premiership ring while acting as a DJ at the leagues club after the win, said the city had an amazing feeling.
"I've always liked Penrith as a kid - to win a grand final out here with the community behind you, is a great feeling," Ross said. "At the club last night it was absolutely packed. It's something you dream of and it came true for me."
His teammate and housemate, Joel Clinton, had also barely slept and said the win was still sinking in.
"Me and the boys have been out all night, ripping into it, just soaking it all up," Clinton said. Players will be presented to fans at Penrith Stadium at 1pm today.
About a kilometre away at the leagues club merchandise store, events manager Gai Lambert was furiously selling grand final T-shirts with "Been there, won that" on the back, for $30.
"We opened at nine and they were waiting outside," Ms Lambert said. "We started at 2000 and we are up to three or four [thousand] now. It's amazing."
And while the Swans may have been the sporting darlings of Sydney this year, the ratings for the NRL and AFL grand finals show that the city still firmly prefers watching rugby league.
Over three times as many Sydneysiders tuned in to watch the Panthers upset the Roosters on Sunday evening - averaging 1.15 million people - than the 352,000 who saw Collingwood collapse against the Brisbane Lions last month.
While league dominated in Sydney, the national figures were reversed, with the AFL taking the five main capitals by an average of 2.97 million people to 2.35 million.
Channel Nine said 170,000 more people tuned in to this year's NRL final than saw the Roosters' victory in 2002. The network said the 2003 final was easily the best result since 2000 and data from regional stations would show if it provided its best ever viewing figures.
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Re: Titusville to Jax
Originally Posted by kentemay View Post
It's a labour of love, this boat chose me, not the other way around. I'm enjoying the slow motor. When I get her to Fleming Island I'll get this innards squared away then take her to Green Cove and do the bottom work. She's sound but I'm a new sailor so I'm comfy motoring in a straight line alone, just not sailing alone yet.
Great attitude!
Re: Titusville to Jax
I'll be going down Friday to do some work on the boat. It's the Utopia Too. Jack Mooney's old boat, he's written about it in Southwinds back in 2009. I love her although she needs some TLC, no inboard at the moment etc... I actually went from Riviera Beach to Ft. Pierce on an 8 hp shortshaft yamaha at almost 4 knots but switched it out for the 15 hp Mercury long shaft. I have the 8 hp as a back up packed in a quarterberth. I have a new battery bank and solar panel, I have a 32k generator although that's a bit of overkill. the autotiller was aboard although the channel is a bit narrow for it to be effective. I'm still working on the head, it's a type III with macerator. It's a labour of love, this boat chose me, not the other way around. I'm enjoying the slow motor. When I get her to Fleming Island I'll get this innards squared away then take her to Green Cove and do the bottom work. She's sound but I'm a new sailor so I'm comfy motoring in a straight line alone, just not sailing alone yet.
Re: Titusville to Jax
That's good, you have been shaking her out and it sounds like your outboard is dependable.
Be careful of all the Container Ships above the city; Ask Sailhog about this someday. It is a memory I will never forget.
Wish I could offer more help. I have family in Green Cove and would have been nice to visit. We will be in the area in mid March. Best of luck to you.
Re: Titusville to Jax
I actually bought the boat in Riviera Beach and went outside at Jupiter Inlet for the night but decided to come back in and take the leisurely motor up the ICW. Illness in the family and weather caused me to dock at Ft. Pierce then in Titusville. I'm a new "sailor" and didn't want to try to singlehand on my first trip on a boat I hadn't checked out properly. I have a 15 hp outboard that pushes me at about 4 knots against a North wind but I wasn't in a big hurry. The Hwy 17 bridge is 37 ft clearance on paper and that's right at my height above the water. I've spoken to the marina's and they said they are familiar with my make and model of boat and I should be fine at low tide. Worse case scenario is I de-step the mast before heading under the bridge. I have anchored off the channel at night when not stopping to refill the gas cans.
Re: Titusville to Jax
That is a long way to motor up the ICW. Are you sure you don't want to go outside at
de Leon and up to Mayport? At least you would be sailing the entire time and not motoring and you can do overnights on the outside. Looks like over 130Miles on the ditch.
Wouldn't you have to drop the hook at sunset? I would think it would be three days motoring the ICW and than another good day to Doctor's Lake.
BTW, what is the bridge clearance on the highway 17 bridge?
I can look it up, I don't remember. I thought all the sail boats stayed on the river side of that bridge.
Is the boat sound? Have you spent anytime with her? You said you recently purchased the boat, I highly recommend some "Shake Out" time on board before taking off from Titusville. Even if you just plan on motoring, get familiar with her before you depart.
I actually would be interested in this trip, but I can't meet your time frame.
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I've recently purchased a Westerly Centaur and am moving it from Titusville to Doctor's Lake on the St. Johns. I'm motoring up the ICW leaving on Jan 17th and could use someone to travel with and handle watchs and the helm. No navigation necessary as we'll be staying between the channel markers. Non smoker and bring your own beer. Male or female as long as you are emotionally mature. Age not an issue, I'm 53 going on 16.
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GREENVILLE — With spring just around the corner, the Greenville Downtown Development Authority (DDA) is planning ahead to spruce up the flower beds downtown.
During its meeting on Tuesday, the DDA discussed what it would like to see done with the flower beds throughout downtown Greenville.
Last year, the DDA teamed up with students from the Montcalm Area Career Center (MACC) to give the planter beds a make over. The planters have not been redone since they were created 10 years ago.
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ELK GROVE, Calif. - The Nevada men's golf team had three players finish in the top-20 as Nevada finished fifth on Tuesday at the Sacramento State Invitational.
Nevada was led by senior Ryan Mulvany, who finished tied for 16th with a four-over 220. Freshman Rhyne Jones and sophomore Kit Carson finished tied for 20th with a six-over 220. Junior Nicholas Smits finished tied for 31st, and senior Brian Knoll finished tied for 38th.
Nevada also had three players competing as individuals with senior Josh Baskins finishing tied for 27th with a seven-over 223. Junior Gustavo Chuang finished tied for 50th and freshman Zach Berhost finished in 52nd.
Northern Colorado won the tournament with a two-over 866. Northern Colorado's Ben Krueger and Loyola Marymount's Lawrence Ree won the individual tournament with a four-under 212.
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Giant Food Appoints New Director of Pharmacy Operations
Gayle Shields Joins Neighborhood Grocer to Lead Pharmacy Initiatives
Landover, Md. (August 31, 2012) – Giant Food of Landover, Md. announced today that Gayle Shields has joined the company to serve as Director of Pharmacy Operations. Shields will work closely with Giant leadership team to develop a proactive operational approach for pharmacy operations.
"We're excited to welcome Gayle to our Giant family," said Shane Sampson, senior vice president of store operations, Giant Food of Landover, Md. "Our leadership team is gaining an employee with great knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry. With 24 years of pharmacy experience and five years of experience in a director position, we know Gayle is a great fit for this job and for our team."
Within her role, Shields will collaborate with Giant's regional pharmacy managers to deliver a superior customer service experience and ensure that programs are implemented consistently across all stores. In addition to her previous role as Director of Pharmacy Operations for Albertson's/Save Mart, Shields comes to Giant with nearly 25 years of pharmacy operations experience. Her passion for pharmaceuticals began during her time at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa and continued on as she earned an MBA from the University of South Africa.
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Giant Food LLC, headquartered in Landover, Md., operates 171 supermarkets in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia, and employs approximately 22,000 associates. Included within the 171 stores are 157 full-service pharmacies. Giant opened the first supermarket in the nation's capital on February 6, 1936. For more information on Giant, visit www.GiantFood.com.


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Posted Tuesday November 2, 2010 8:57 AM GMT
Stepping out for a doctor's appointment, Kate Hudson was spotted at a medical building in Los Angeles yesterday (November 1).
Joined by her boyfriend Matthew Bellamy, the "Fool's Gold" actress looked lovely as she strolled back to the parking lot as the nearby paparazzi looked on.
Over the weekend, Kate threw a fabulous Halloween party in Pacific Palisades with a guest list that included some of Tinseltown's biggest names.
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The Kirtland's Warbler in Michigan
Watch a video of the Kirtland's warbler in its wintering habitat in the Bahamas.
The Jack Pine forests of northern lower Michigan boast a rare and beautiful species of bird, the Kirtland's warbler. To catch a glimpse of the bird with its dark striped, bluish gray back atop its yellow belly and speckled sides is as moving as hearing its unique song. For those who have followed the history of the bird, that song is a reminder that this little bird came close to being tuned out.
The Kirtland's warbler has made its summer home and breeding grounds in the Jack Pine Forests of Michigan since before the 1900's.To escape the frigid Michigan winters, the bird travels to The Bahamas for eight months until returning in the late spring. Favoring young Jack Pine and dense canopy cover, the bird finds Michigan suitable to its nesting habits. According to Les Line in Audubon's March 2004 issue, the warbler once favored the area because its natural wildfires could occur unchecked by human interference. A necessity to the youth of the trees, the fires clear the area of other plant life, regenerate the soil, and force the pine to release its seeds making room for new Jack Pine growth.
The natural cycle of the forests so favored by the warbler could not remain untouched forever. Human interference and parasite species proved daunting to their habitat and life-cycle. The young pines provide a suitable home for the bird at about age 6 and remain suitable for about 10 years. Modern fire control measures began changing natural regeneration and young growth and, "by the 1950's warbler habitat had become scarce." In addition to human interference, the brown-headed cowbird which lays its eggs in the nest of the Kirtland's warbler, parasitized the nest. As a result the successful fledgling per nests dropped to less than one. The all time lowest population totaled a mere 201 in 1971.
Starting in 1957 action was taken to preserve the Michigan habitat of the Kirtland's warbler. According to Harold F. Mayfield's 1992 article in The Birds of North America, the total area owned today by the state of Michigan and set aside for the Kirtland's warbler is 51,700 ha in 16 areas. Controlled fires, logging practices and methods to stimulate new growth through fire simulation techniques have begun to restore the warbler's population. In addition major action has been taken to remove the cowbird from warbler's nesting areas. In the latest study of 51 nests, rearchers found no trace of the cowbird.
The restoration of the Kirtland's Warbler has been so successful that from 2002 to 2005 alone, the total Michigan population increased by almost 400 for a Michigan total of 1,415 in 2005, (2002-2005 Census Results).
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We said a few kind words this morning as we burried his tiny body in the cold ground. He really didn't stand a chance..his little innards strewn about the living room floor...his now silent sqeeker lay by his side. Yep that baby hippo didn't stand a chance.....his murderess watchin nearby, tail wagging happily..you see, my sis Toffi, well she is a de- stuffer. Oh yes she is just a baby but she is off to a rousing start. Mom chooses toys wisely with thick stitching, squeekers buried deep within...doesn't matter. All her toys have rips already. Oh the damage she will do as she gets older- i shudder to imagine. Just can't have nice things...
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T'was the night before Christmas and all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse
The stockings where hung by the chimney with care
In the hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there
But at the North Pole sudden changes arose
All down to Rudolph and his ruby red nose
Clipboard in hand, a breed expert arrived
He motioned to Santa saying," please step aside".
A smooth haired coat and a muscular build
A broad deep chest our Rudolph did yield
The breed expert's pen, created pages of ticks
Then he suddenly called out "good lord, we've been tricked!"
"This creatures no donkey and clearly no horse!
I know these things! I've attended the course!"
Look at my clipboard the boxes are full!
It's very obvious to me: Rudolph is a pit bull!
Out with the measuring sticks, he explained to Santa the law
And he measured poor Rudolph from shoulder to floor.
As the spectacle continued Santa said with a sigh
He's a reindeer you fool! Why must he die?
"The law is the law" the expert said standing tall,
Then picked up his mobile and made a quick call
The sound of sirens filled the peaceful night air
and Rudolph removed ...to who knew where?
Days turned too weeks and confused and alone
Rudolph pined, for the place he called home
As the first snow started falling Rudolph gave up the fight
And he took his last breath on a cold winters night
You may think this is funny, if a little untrue.
But how would you like it, if it happened to you?
If your dog was taken because of its look...
Because it ticked enough boxes in some silly book?
Regardless of parentage it doesn't matter what breed
If it ticks enough boxes then it's a done deed
So humor me here and pretend this is true
Think how you would feel if it happened to you.
Cuddle your hounds while you have them close by
For some spend this Christmas, waiting to die.
Now back to the story, it doesn't end there
One more short verse I need to share
Santa fetched Rudolph's body and cried for his friend
And swore to himself, this would not be the end
And I heard him exclaim as he drove out of sight
"The law is wrong, please help us to fight!"
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Author: Let's Do More For Top Students
The author of a new book on academically selective public high schools said Thursday that educators need to identify and nurture bright students long before the ninth grade.
Speaking on WNYC's The Takeaway, Chester Finn Jr., former assistant secretary of education and co-author of "Exam Schools: Inside America's Most Selective High Schools," said public high schools that depend on test scores to decide admission are one way to serve strong academic students. But he would like to see more done for them, and earlier, starting in elementary school.
"The larger policy point is that the country has not been doing well by its high-ability kids, those who are likely to be tomorrow's scientists and inventors and entrepreneurs and technologists," Finn said. "We've been working real hard to pull up the bottom under low achievers, which is a good thing to do, but we've been letting languish many kids at the top."
He said giving special attention to high-achieving students at a younger age was another way to support children who are at the head of their classes.
"A lot of them need to start before high school by finding these kids in the third, fourth grades, and having suitable schools, teachers, classrooms for them," Finn said. "If we did that better there would be tens of thousands of more applicants for these high schools."
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(Scriptural references are noted in parentheses in the text itself. References to the Catechism of the Catholic Church are footnoted and found at the end of the text as "CCC.")
Opening Statement
The following is true. It is the most important thing I have to say. This Testament will speak to the Church, which is the only means given us by God to reach His Kingdom.
Preliminary remarks
- Jesus spoke often of His Kingdom. It is my mission to give testimony to this Kingdom, though I have neither arrived there fully myself nor can claim any authority with regard to it. I did not merit this mission, nor did I even seek it. It was handed to me to simply fulfill. It comes as a duty born of gratitude for the journey on the trail of the Dogmatic Creed with Sts. Thérèse and Joan of Arc to the Heart of Mary, which is the Kingdom where the true Jesus is found. It is also born of love that is the direct result of being confronted by Jesus Christ, Who challenged my self-made opinions, life style, and philosophy for living and whose challenge kept motivating me to move forward on the trail with my saintly sisters and heavenly Mother.
- Furthermore, by virtue of the earthly measures of wealth, prestige, power, and influence, I confess that there is no reason at all that you should pay attention to me. I have none of these attributes and can do nothing to help you acquire them. Even within the spiritual and religious realm, I have no authoritative credentials, being neither priest, nor pastor, nor theologian. Finally, none of my academic credentials relates to this subject matter. Nevertheless, though I stand with no credentials or authority, like a bystander witnessing a magnificent event, I offer this testimony to you now. It is simply what I am supposed to do.
- The only person, power, or sovereign in my life to be perfectly faithful to His words, claims, and promises without any deception whatsoever is Jesus Christ. He claimed to be God ("The Father and I are one." John 10:30), and, after voluntarily and innocently suffering a brutal execution for the redemption of mankind, He proved this claim by rising from the dead. He was seen alive in resurrected glory by hundreds of eye witnesses after His death (1 Cor 15:3-6). He ascended into heaven and is now seated at the right hand of the Father (Mk 16:19). He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead. His Kingdom will have no end.
- While with us in space and time, He founded neither a merely "man-made" religion nor a purely spiritual movement. He did establish an institutional Church (Matt 16:18-19; Acts 1:20-26; 1 Tim 3:1; 1 Tim 3:15; Titus 1:7 and 2:15), founded on the Apostles (Eph 2:20), which is authoritative (Luke 22:29-30), dogmatic (Mark 16:15-16), with singular teaching authority (Matt 16:19; John 21:15; Acts 15:7-12 and 23-29; Titus 1:9-13), administrative and disciplinary authority within its domain (Matt 18:15-18), seven sacraments[1] (e.g., 1 Cor 11:23-27; John 20:23; James 5:14-16), and a priestly hierarchy[2] (Isa 61:6; 1 Pet 2:5; Rev 1:6 and 5:10; Heb 5:4) through which he would maintain a sacramental (a visible sign of a spiritual reality) presence on earth until the end of time. Through this sacramental Church, He would give us His real and substantial Presence in the Eucharist[3] (John 6:51-56; 1 Cor 11:23-27), instituted at the Last Supper and handed down to each generation through this priestly hierarchy in the sacrifice of the Mass (Luke 22:19-20; 1 Cor 11:23-27).
- The Mass makes the one, and only one, sacrifice of Christ on the Cross present to each generation.[4] God is beyond space and time. This one sacrifice is eternally present to Him (Heb 7:25-27). The Mass brings each generation into that same, one, glorious, eternally present reality of the sacrifice at the foot of the Cross.[5] The Mass is the most glorious privilege we can fathom. It is through this Mass alone, along with the Church alone who prays it, that the Kingdom can be found. This is most important.
- One of the first actions Jesus took after His resurrection from the dead was to offer Mass (Luke 24:27-32). This is an astonishing fact for many who do not understand the early Church. Jesus opened the disciples minds and hearts to the Liturgy of the Word in Scripture (Luke 24:32) and then demonstrated His Real Presence in the bread through the Liturgy of the Eucharist (Luke 24:30-31). He "vanished from their sight" after the breaking of the bread. That is because He is now to be found really and substantially in the Bread itself just as He proclaimed in the sixth chapter of John. And, as a side note, this claim of Real Presence is what led many to turn away from Jesus out of disbelief (John 6:66). On any account, the first Mass was offered by the High Priest Himself. If you wish to be in His Real Presence, go to the nearest Catholic Church you can find and kneel before the tabernacle which holds the Sacred Bread.
- Anyone who says that the Mass is merely an errant, man-made doctrine seeking to sacrifice Christ over and over in opposition to the clear proclamation in Scripture that His sacrifice was made one time, either does not understand the true faith, refuses to listen due to an obdurate heart, or does know better and is a liar.
- The description above is how the early Christians practiced Christianity. To say otherwise demonstrates little understanding of history, Scripture, or of Christianity itself. As early as the 2nd century, St. Justin Martyr wrote to the pagan emperor Antoninus Pius explaining the celebration of the Eucharist which has stayed the same in substance throughout the ages.[6] The early Christians were, as a historical, Scriptural, and Traditional fact, Catholic. If you seek the Kingdom and the true faith of the early Church you must follow the Catholic faith.
- This Church was first called "Catholic" by the 2nd century martyr Ignatius of Antioch who was a Bishop of the early Church and a personal disciple of the apostle John.[7] This makes him what is known as an Apostolic Father. He was among the first line of the Church's apostolically-based hierarchy after the original Apostles. He exhorted Christians to obey Bishops and the Church hierarchy in general as they would obey Christ. The Roman Catholic Church today is the only institution on the face of the earth to have maintained this authentic apostolic succession while adhering to proper obedience to its head (Peter). Eastern, Orthodox Churches have authentic succession but do not submit to the Pope's authority. Protestants, as a matter of historical record, have no such apostolic authority.
- This is important. Jesus did not found a Bible. He wrote nothing for posterity and did not even instruct the Apostles to write. He instructed them to teach (Matt 28:20). The Bible, while being the true Word of God,[8] was born from the Church over the first few centuries, not the other way around.[9] Nor did Jesus found a mere "spirituality" that is "not religious," for He came not to bring souls to some form of relativistic nihilism but to save them. He commanded ritual ("Do this in memory of me" Luke 22:19-20; 1 Cor 11:23-26). Divine revelation through the Church is taught through both Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition[10] (2 Thess 2:15; 1Cor 11:1 and 15: 3-6). To think otherwise is to demonstrate little understanding of history, Scripture, or Christianity in general.
- Jesus founded a Church. This Church is His own institution and Body (Eph 2:19-22; and 1:22-23; 1 Cor 12:27-31). To lose the Church is to lose the fullness of Jesus Christ and His Kingdom. This is precisely why every person on earth needs the Church. "No one can lay a foundation other than the one that has been laid, namely Jesus Christ" (1 Cor 3:11).
- Only in this Church, with Peter as its head, do we have the fullness of God's revelation to man in Jesus Christ. Salvation can come only through the graces flowing from this divinely founded Church (John 14:6; Matt 16:18-19; Luke 10:16). Thus, the rightful perspective of the teaching authorities in the Church is, "Hence, they could not be saved who, knowing that the Catholic Church was founded as necessary by God through Christ, would refuse either to enter it or to remain in it."[11]
- The Church and her sacraments are necessary for salvation, i.e., for our transformation in grace that allows us to enter the Kingdom.[12] This is an astonishing and even incredulous fact for Protestants who are subjected to modern day defective and schismatic doctrines born particularly over the past five hundred years since the Protestant Revolution (Reformation).
- Those outside the Church can enter the Kingdom only by virtue of the power of sanctification and truth flowing out from Jesus' Catholic Church. "Christ's Spirit uses these Churches and ecclesial communities as a means of salvation, whose power derives from the fullness of grace and truth that Christ has entrusted to the Catholic Church."[13] Therefore, if one outside the Church receives graces, they are effective due to the grace that overflows from Christ through His Church. If you are blessed in your local, independent Bible church, thank Christ in His Catholic Church. This astonishing prerogative of the Church comes not from any mere mortal, be that Priest, Bishop, or Pope. That prerogative comes directly from Jesus Christ as the Divine Founder who promised to never abandon her through the ages (Matt 28:20).
- This is why Jesus founded the Church; that is, to save souls for eternity. This is why the Church is so important. It is Christ's own institution for salvation. There is no other. This is why the world hates her (John 15:18-21). This is why Satan never ceases to attack her. The evil one knows where the heart and soul, the real Body and Blood (John 6: 51-56) of Christ is found. He knows that those who faithfully follow the Church will reach the Kingdom.
- Jesus Christ is true man and true God, the Second Person of the Holy Trinity. He is the Savior of the human race. His Church is the only fully authentic and authoritative institution and system of belief in the world. There is no other Savior. His Church has no equal. Through Him we can find the heavenly Kingdom, while without Him we end up in hell by our own free decision and our own willfulness to refuse God.[14]
- There is an important caveat. Just being a "card-carrying" member of the Church and kneeling in the pew each Sunday is not sufficient. To be truly Catholic one must have a change of heart in accord with the "obedience of faith" (Rom 1:5; 4:3; and 6:16) that sanctifies (Rom 6:22). Mortal sin separates us from Christ, and we must not be thoughtless with regard to sin or presumptuous about our ability to stay free from it. Being a routinely careless "drunk on Saturday night, in confession on Sunday" Catholic is not an advisable life style for attaining heaven (1 John 2:15-16).
- My life's testimony is that this, and more, is all true.


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Baked Chicken Fingers
Michelle McCusker Wolff from Grand Rapids, Michigan won over finicky eaters in her house with these healthier chicken fingers.
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- 1/2 cup wheat germ
- 1/2 cup unprocessed bran
- 1/4 cup plain dried breadcrumbs
- 2 tablespoons ground flaxseed
- 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- Coarse salt and ground pepper
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 pounds chicken tenders (about 16)
- Barbecue sauce, for serving (optional)
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. In a food processor, combine wheat germ, bran, breadcrumbs, flaxseed, Parmesan, onion and garlic powders, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper; pulse to combine. Add oil; pulse to combine. Transfer crumb mixture to a large bowl.
Set a wire rack on a rimmed baking sheet. In a shallow bowl, lightly beat eggs. Dip chicken in eggs (allowing excess to drip off), then dredge in crumb mixture, patting to adhere. Place on rack, and transfer to oven.
Bake until chicken is opaque throughout, 12 to 14 minutes. Serve with barbecue sauce, if desired.


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Laurie E. BlackHoop, 53, of Poplar, died Thursday, March 7, 2013, at her home in Lawton, Okla.
She was born Sept. 11, 1959, to Darlene Longee and Lee BlackHoop Sr. She was one of seven children. She attended school in Poplar.
In 1976, she met Richard Cantrell Sr. of Poplar and to this union three children were born, Nina N. BlackHoop, Richard R. Cantrell Jr. and Billie Jo BlackHoop.
She worked at various jobs in her lifetime.
She enjoyed singing church songs, reading, watching movies, listening to music, visiting her family and friends.
She never turned anyone away, if they needed help or just a talk of encouragement. She loved Jesus and always encouraged her family to pray and lean on him no matter what the situation was.
She was preceded in death by her brother, Brian BlackHoop.
She is survived by her companion of 17 years, Frank Buckles; mother, Darlene Longee of Poplar; father, Lee Paul BlackHoop of Phoenix, Ariz.; daughters, Nina Prichard and Billy Jo BlackHoop, both of Wolf Point; a son, Richard Cantrell of Lawton, Okla.; brothers, Lee BlackHoop Jr. of Great Falls and Rodney Ernest BlackHoop of Poplar; sisters, Liza BlackHoop of Poplar, Tiny Cody of Glendive, Francine of Fort Kipp and Brandy Longee of Poplar; and numerous grandchildren.
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Application and games can run in full screen mode (if supported by app)and you will not feel any pixel deterioration.The free version comes with 10 pre installed apps and you can install up to 26 apps.The pro version which lets you enjoy unlimited apps and lets you sync application from android phone is still not launched.
Download the app player from HERE and double click on installer and install the app player .
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- What should I do if there has been a bioterrorism attack?
- How do I know if I have been exposed to a bioterrorism agent?
- Should I have some antibiotics on hand just in case I get exposed?
What are the warning signs of a bioterrorism attack?
Although the government continues to search for an early detection system for biological, chemical, and radiation terrorist attacks, none of these systems have been perfected. The medical community is advised to look out for unusual diseases not typically seen in the area. Other potential clues that raise suspicion for a bioterrorism attack include new types of antibiotic resistance in bacteria, because some biologic agents are modified (weaponized) to make them more lethal, unusual numbers of cases of a disease, and atypical presentation of diseases.
The general public should constantly be vigilant for bioterrorism. Events that might suggest an attack include a large number of ill or dead people in a small geographic area, multiple dead animals of different species, and patients with multiple different diseases, indicating a mixed attack.
What should I do if there has been a bioterrorism attack?
If you think that you have been exposed to a biological agent, the most important thing to do is to quickly remove your clothing and wash off your skin. Most biological agents cannot penetrate intact skin. Showering with soap and water will remove most agents from the skin. If you have already inhaled or ingested the agent, decontamination using soap and water may not help you but might help prevent exposing other family members or coworkers.
If the biological agent has been released into the air but you do not believe (or do not know) you have been exposed, you can utilize masks to help prevent inhalation of the agent. The problem is that standard surgical masks offer little protection. Specialized high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) masks are available that offer better protection; however, they are more expensive, not easily found, and should be fitted to the person using them.
The two most important tools used by public health officials will be isolation and quarantine. Isolation is keeping people known to be ill away from other people. Quarantine is keeping people who may have been exposed away from other people. The problem is that many times we may not know who has been exposed. In these cases, the public health officials will likely recommend that everyone stay in their homes and avoid all public gatherings. By doing this, we will isolate those sick and quarantine those infected but who do not yet have symptoms. Those cities that utilized this technique during the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 had much lower rates of death than did cities that did not practice good quarantine procedures.
If there has been a bioterrorism attack, the first important step is to get information immediately from the news media as to the right course of action. For some terrorist attacks, it may be correct to try and leave the area; however, for other events, it may be more appropriate to shelter in place. With bioterrorism, there may be the possibility of transmission of disease from one human to another (for example, measles, influenza, avian flu, smallpox, plague, and viral hemorrhagic fevers). In the case of either a bioterrorism attack or just a natural outbreak, it may be necessary to avoid contact with infected people or just remain inside for a period of time until the infected people are no longer contagious. Again, the key action is to understand the recommendations from public health officials as delivered through the news media.