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UTSU agenda voted down at annual general meeting
Surprise failure to approve agenda emboldens opposition
Reforms absent from AGM agenda
Union opts to hire lawyer to conduct review of electoral policies
Several proposed reforms to the University of Toronto Students' Union electoral policy were quashed Sunday after it was announced that the amendments had been submitted past the deadline — a deadline that, according to some, was intentionally obscured to prevent the proposed changes from coming before next week's annual general meeting.The UTSU found itself on the defensive after student co-head of Trinity College Sam Greene charged that the union "deliberately attempted to stifle proposals and amendments" that he believes should be discussed during Thursday's high-profile meeting. Trinity College will vote Monday on a motion calling for the resignation of union executives.All UTSU constituents are eligible to attend the annual general meeting, to be held this Thursday. In recent years, the AGM has served as a de facto battleground for pro- and anti-union groups. (for more, see pg 5)The amendments, which were developed by Greene in conjunction with other college leaders, were not added to the AGM agenda because they were submitted too late to be vetted by the Policy and Procedures Committee and the Board of Directors.Some of the changes proposed by Greene included removing the ability to use proxies in voting at AGMs as well as reducing the minimum number of nominations needed to run as a candidate in future elections.The amendments were developed in part to operationalize changes initially proposed by a non-binding, non-partisan declaration circulated by the St. George Round Table. Various campus groups have endorsed the declaration, including the Trinity College Meeting, the University College Literary and Athletic Society, the Engineering Society and most recently, the St. Michael's College Student Union.Instead of entertaining the reforms at Tuesday's AGM, union executives moved late last week to allocate $17,000 to hire a lawyer to perform an "independent and bipartisan review of elections procedure." UTSU president Shaun Shepherd said that the review will be completed prior to the next election.Absent Greene's amendments, the union will discuss a largely uncontroversial agenda that tinkers with several components of UTSU bylaws.Last year's AGM mandated that the UTSU would be required to advertise future meetings in vaguely defined "campus publications." This year, it is being proposed that "campus publication" be clarified to mean The Varsity and the newspaper.The role of the vice president– campus life is also to be altered. The job currently calls for "one clubs day and at least one clubs resource session each semester." The proposed change will describe the job as "chief liaison with union-recognized campus groups."Angered by the what he calls the union's "obfuscation," Greene took to Facebook, claiming that he had specifically emailed UTSU vice president-internal and Elections and Referenda Committee (ERC) chair Corey Scott to ask if there was a deadline for proposal submission to the AGM.The response, according to Greene, "was not forthcoming."In an interview with The Varsity, Scott maintained that he responded to Greene's request by informing him about the policy for proposal submission, and specifically that "unfortunately, he would be unable to submit proposals to the AGM [this year]".Greene rejected Scott's claims as a "lie", saying he hadn't received a response. Greene also noted that even if Scott had responded when Scott claims he did (allegedly on November 7), it would have come too late for Greene to have the time to react."Due to the nature of the bylaws surrounding reform, it is unlikely Sam would have been able to get his proposals in anyways," Scott says. "Something that wasn't understood is that the firm deadline for submitting proposals comes way in advance of the AGM and that [the proposals] need to be vetted by the Policy and Procedures Committee first."There is no malicious intent anywhere. In fact, I would say the approach that Sam took is disingenuous and a bit offensive."When pressed on the allegation that he had responded late to Greene's email, Scott did say that "the end of October and early November is a hectic period, where we're finishing up our budgeting cycle and we're trying to get international student identity cards. So, I made it a priority to get those done and while I try to get to emails as fast as I can, I don't have hordes and hordes of executive assistants working behind me."Greene believes the email conflict speaks to a larger issue."It's obvious that the UTSU executive is deliberately trying to conceal information. They're working as hard as they can to ensure that students' voices aren't heard," says Greene. "I don't see the point in having an AGM if its only purpose is to rubber stamp pre-approved Union policy. What Corey has done in this case is indicative of a broader culture of paranoia and non-transparency where requests for basic information by students are ignored or denied, and opposing voices are marginalized."Mike Cowan, president of the St. Michael's College Student Union (SMCSU), agrees. He believes the UTSU had a duty to publicize the deadline and procedures to the general public in order to ensure all prospective issues could come to light and be discussed at the AGM.Asked about Cowan's concerns, Corey Scott said: "Should we add that to the website? Sure. I think we can add that but people need to let me know what most of the concerns are."Cowan said he finds it difficult to believe that Scott hasn't heard any of these concerns before. "The by-law amendments that Sam sent were not rooted in partisan-politics. [Our] amendments were drafted with the intention of bettering the system the UTSU works in, and they were shot down evidently out of spite for anyone who wants to do something productive for this university's students, and to do it with legitimate representation of the general student voice."An "extremely frustrated" Cowan maintains that he is "not just expressing [his] personal views, but the opinions of the SMCSU.""Whatever we say, it's going to be interpreted as something that is partisan," Scott says. "It is going to be interpreted as the most evil thing ever. That's why I think the best thing to do is get a legal opinion on it to make sure we have strong election procedures."Rishi Maharaj, president of the Engineering Society finds the move to hire legal counsel unconvincing. "The refusal to even discuss the most patently reasonable reforms to the UTSU — such as requiring sitting executives to actually be students or to institute preferential voting so that voters' intentions can be captured more accurately — demonstrates that the current executive opposes anything that would dilute their power. Their defense is singularly shallow: it is not illegal for them to do this."They may very well be right about that, but it is certainly unethical, and most importantly, destructive of the aims that the UTSU was founded to promote."
Naylor defends Access Copyright agreement
Student unions call for university to reject agreement come 2013 renewal
U of T president David Naylor defended the controversial Access Copyright agreement at a Governing Council meeting Tuesday, saying the university's early ratification of the agreement, which has been widely criticized, gave it more flexibility on copyright issues."We adopted the [agreement] early on to see if we could be first movers," Naylor said. "We sought first mover status to see what we could do to secure a reasonable price and to make sure we had an early exit."Access Copyright is a Canadian non-profit collective representing copyright holders and publishers . The terms of its 2011 agreement with the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada would raise the annual fee universities pay for copyrighted material from $3.38 to $26 per full-time student .The University of Toronto and the Western University both signed the agreement in January . Other Canadian universities have opposed the new agreement, and over a dozen have refused to sign it, including UBC, York, and Queen's .Opposition among U of T students and faculty has also been considerable."Student unions stand united with faculty and with student unions across the province in our criticism that Access Copyright has no legal basis, as we saw in the recent Supreme Court ruling," said Erin Oldynski, external commissioner of the Graduate Students' Union, during the Governing Council meeting.Oldynski expressed concerns about the agreement's potential impact on academic freedom, and criticized the university for its failure to consult students and faculty before signing the agreement."The student unions recommend that Governing Council move a motion for U of T to reject Access Copyright when it comes up for renewal in 2013," she concluded.A Supreme Court of Canada ruling in July expanded the definition of materials considered "fair dealing" and therefore exempt from copyright . Interpretation of the Supreme Court's ruling has been mixed to date."There can be no question the Supreme Court's rulings are a serious blow to Access Copyright," wrote Ariel Katz, an associate professor at the Faculty of Law. "The message from the Supreme Court to users is clear: Fair dealing is real; fair dealing is important; do try it at home!"Access Copyright disputed the significance of the ruling in a July press release, claiming it would have a "limited impact on the importance of the Access Copyright license.""The Supreme Court was only looking at about seven per cent of the copying done in schools," said Maureen Cavan, executive director of Access Copyright. "The decision absolutely does not mean a free-for-all on copyright-protected materials. On the contrary, it leaves copyright licensing in the education sector alive and well."With the current status of the Access Copyright agreement in flux, Naylor said the university's long-term goals were to widen the interpretation of "fair dealing" and to reduce costs."This is a very fluid and quite contentious playing field," Naylor said later in the Governing Council meeting. "The view that this was somehow a done deal when the Supreme Court ruled is not true, I'm afraid: this will continue to evolve, and the key right now is to have an aggressive but principled approach to fair dealing.""We certainly have some sympathy with those who argue that it would be ideal for the university to go at this alone at some point. But let's watch and see how this unfolds in the months ahead."
Conflicting visions, no solutions
The Ontario government's discussion paper on education fails to address our real challenges
Since its release in June, the discussion paper "Strengthening Ontario's Centres of Creativity, Innovation and Knowledge" has generated significant controversy and criticism. Groups representing students, faculty, and university administration have voiced their concerns about its proposals: the limitations imposed on students by three-year degrees, the dubious substitution of online courses for those taught in real classrooms, the challenge of transferring credits between institutions, the possibility that standardized assessments will be used to measure university outcomes, and — most importantly — a tacit but clear focus on the commercialization of research.
Amidst the outcry, it is important to understand that discussion papers are supposed to set out potential policies and attract input from those affected. Despite this consultative purpose, Minister for Training, Colleges and Universities Glen Murray has, on Twitter, attacked student leaders and faculty who have offered informal criticism of the paper. Murray called the UTSU-organized town hall to discuss the paper a "festival of misinformation" and characterized his critics as being against innovation. The minister's vitriolic criticism is inappropriate in the context of a paper that is supposed to attract suggestions, not offer ironclad policy. Murray's behavior seems to suggest that the government is committed to the vision for education set out in the discussion paper; if that is true, students and faculty have a right to be concerned.The central problem of the discussion paper is that its policy proposals do not further its stated vision for higher education. The government's purported goals are outlined under the heading "A Vision for Ontario's Postsecondary Education Sector," and are worth quoting in full:"The vision presented by our government is: Ontario's colleges and universities will drive creativity, innovation, knowledge, and community engagement through teaching and research. They will put students first by providing the best possible learning experience for all qualified learners in an affordable and financially sustainable way, ensuring high quality, and globally competitive outcomes for students and Ontario's creative economy."It is difficult to disentangle a meaning from this barren collection of platitudes. But stripped of rhetoric, it is a shockingly simplistic idea: colleges and universities will continue to give students the best education we can afford in the hopes that the results will be good for students and the economy. It is hard to imagine that a statement so banal, so devoid of innovation and leadership, is truly our government's plan for such a vital area of public policy.It seems, instead, that the government is using this jungle of jargon to distract public attention from their unstated vision: the government hopes to make post-secondary education do more for less, and does not seem to see the value of an idea beyond its ability to make money. No matter what shape they are presented in, shorter degrees and online classes are cost-cutting measures that will inevitably decrease the quality and value of an undergraduate degree.Meanwhile, the paper largely ignores graduate programs and research in favour of entrepreneurship and vocational training. The government, it seems, would encourage programs that have the most obvious and immediate economic benefits at the expense of styles of education that take longer to produce a return on the public's investment.The government is asking universities to be too many things to too many people. Job training and entrepreneurship have never been more than side-benefits of a university education. If those are the government's priorities, it should advance them through institutions focused on training, rather than tacking these demands onto a university's mandate. Our leading universities should be centres of excellence — institutions intended to produce new ideas, creative thinking, and capable graduates through unprescribed learning and innovation.This may not be a vision with which everyone agrees. But at the moment, any attempt to discuss the merits of any plan for higher education is hopeless, since the key actor in this question refuses to state its position outright and attacks anyone who tries to voice an opinion. Students need to see a single, clear and comprehensive statement of their government's vision for post-secondary education because that would be something worth discussing.Previous coverage:Students, staff critique provincial plan at emergency town hall
Boycott of publishing giant Elsevier gathers pace
Frustrated by what they call an exploitative business model and unreasonable prices, researchers at U of T have joined a growing movement asking: how much must we pay for knowledge?
Over 12,000 academics, including 55 from the University of Toronto, have signed a petition to boycott Elsevier, a leading academic publisher in the scientific, technical and medical realms. The Dutch corporation has come under fire in recent months for its controversial business model, sky-high prices, and lobbying efforts to restrict academic freedom."Elsevier is based on a business model in which academics do almost all the work for free," explains Dr. Rachel Barney, a philosophy professor at U of T.Academic publishers like Elsevier do not pay the academics and researchers who submit papers for publication, nor those who peer-review the papers to ensure their accuracy. Much of the research in papers published in journals distributed by Elsevier is funded by taxpayer dollars, enabling the company to keep expenses low.Elsevier sells these journals back to public institutions like the University of Toronto for tens of thousands of dollars, frequently bundling together different journals to justify raising the sticker price.Under this arrangement, Elsevier reaped profits of approximately $1.2 billion in 2010, a 36 per cent profit margin that is almost unheard of in the publishing industry."We've been talking about the astronomical journal price increases for quite a long time," said Caitlin Tillman, head of collection development for the University of Toronto's library system. "What's interesting about this Elsevier boycott is that it comes from the faculty, and not the libraries."The boycott began with Cambridge professor Timothy Gowers. In a January 2012 blog post, Gowers vowed that he would not publish, peer review, or serve on the editorial boards of any of the over 2,600 journals Elsevier publishes.In an official statement released in response to the boycott, Elsevier explains that they do not force libraries to purchase their journals. But librarians say that the journals are so prohibitively priced when purchased individually that they have no choice but to buy in bundles."They'll bundle five or 10 together so that if you want one, you need to buy the whole set," said Julie Hannaford, Associate Librarian for the Social Sciences and Humanities at U of T.Journal prices have been rising for over 25 years, says Tillman, adding, "I would say the average price increase was four to five per cent."U of T's libraries receive a yearly two per cent funding increase to cover inflation costs. But the price of journal subscriptions, particularly in science, technology and medicine, have outpaced this allowance, rising by around seven to nine per cent every year explains Tillman.As a result, journals eat up more of libraries' budgets, both at U of T and abroad. One survey found that in Britain, school libraries were spending an average of 65 per cent on subscriptions alone.Last year, the University of Toronto cut all of its print subscriptions to journals that offered digital subscriptions. Tillman warns that "sooner rather then later" the library will have to make cuts that effect content.Some suggest that part of the problem is the broader structure of academia. In some fields, a publish-or-die mentality has allowed publishers such as Elsevier to entrench their position. Publication credits in certain reputable journals are a key metric for hiring and promoting professors, and it increasingly serves in admissions processes to competitive research programs. Elsevier publishes some of the largest and most well-known journals including The Lancet series of journals."This has very little to do with academic publishing," says James Romanow, co-chair of Access Copyright "All they've got to do is stop subscribing and stop using [journal articles] as a metric for hiring and promotion."Elsevier is one of the three large commercial publishers in the industry, which together account for approximately 42 per cent of the academic journals printed worldwide. By limiting their boycott to Elsevier, academics can register their objections, while retaining the opportunity to publish their work elsewhere."Pretty much across the board Elsevier is the most expensive" says Tillman. She stresses that large academic publishers strictly enforce confidentially agreements, so it is difficult to know for sure. COPYRIGHT LOBBYING CEMENTS FRUSTRATIONA growing sense of frustration with Elsevier was further cemented when the company last year announced its support for controversial American copyright laws including the Stop Online Piracy Act, the Personal Information Protection Act and the Research Works Act.Elsevier lobbied heavily in favour of the Research Works Act, which would have restricted open access for federally funded academic research in the United States.If the bill had become law, academics would no longer have been allowed to share their own work publicly on personal websites or in an email to friends or colleagues. Publishers would have been granted complete control over anything printed in their publications. Elsevier withdrew its support for the measure in February of this year.Steve Easterbrook, a computer science professor at U of T and a signatory on the petition, says he joined the boycott because of rising costs and bundling practices, but "above all [because of] their attempts to restrict open access journals.""When I publish something, it's because I believe it's worth sharing. I want anyone who wants to read my work to be able to read my work," says Easterbrook. Easterbrook now publishes his work on his own website under a creative commons license, as well as through traditional print publications. A CHANGE IS COMING Open access efforts such as Easterbrook's are on the rise worldwide. At U of T, a self-archiving system called T-space allows academics to make their work available online.Others have taken matters into their own hands, creating not-for-profit journals that anyone can access and read.In 2006, the entire editorial board of Topology, an Elsevier-owned mathematics journal, resigned in protest. The next day, the same board members formed a not-for- profit journal called Journal of Topology, which continues to publish today.Cases like the Topology resignation are rare, but for many, they represent some hope for the future. Still, these open access journals are not a perfect solution. "Some of these journals have no status, because they're putting up unreferreed work," cautions Romanow.The open access movement is also beginning to receive some legislative support. The European Commission announced this summer that all research published from 2014 through 2020 that is funded by the Commission's more than $100 billion in grants must be made freely and openly accessible.The commission's decision followed on the heels of an announcement in the UK, committing to making publicly funded research freely available by 2014.Despite advancements in open access, the problem of cost remains. In April, the Library Advisory Committee of Harvard University, the most affluent post-secondary institution in the world, published a report calling the rising price of journals "fiscally unsustainable" and "academically restrictive." According to the report, Harvard spends $3.5 million annually on subscriptions to corporate publishers like Elsevier.Elsevier claims their business model makes it possible for researchers "to have their work efficiently reviewed, enhanced, validated, recognized, discovered and made highly accessible." But as library budgets tighten and the boycott gathers steam, Elsevier's grip on the world of academic publishing grows looser each day.
Supreme Court rulings undermine Access Copyright
July decisions prompt renewed calls to void controversial U of T agreement
A Supreme Court of Canada ruling has left a controversial agreement between the University of Toronto and Access Copyright largely intact, although the UTSU renewed its calls for the university to pull out of the agreement.In July, the Supreme Court delivered a series of rulings that dealt a serious blow to Access Copyright's business model, generously expanding the definition of the fair use of copyright materials for educational purposes, but only, it appears, for grades kindergarten through 12."The Supreme Court decision against Access Copyright gives students hope that the collection of these fees will be halted," said Munib Sajjad, vice-president, university affairs for the University of Toronto Students' Union. "Students' access to necessary material should not be burdened by unfair, unnecessary fees for Access Copyright."Access Copyright, a non-profit collective that represents copyright holders and publishers, signed an agreement with the university last January. U of T was one of only two universities (the other being the University of Western Ontario) to sign the contentious agreement, which drew swift condemnation from students, faculty, and copyright experts.Under the agreement, U of T students must pay $27.50 (up from $3.38) to digitally access copyright materials as part of their education; the deal also introduced invasive restrictions on sending emails with links to such materials. Fourteen other universities, including Queen's, UBC, Waterloo, Guelph and Carleton, refused to sign the agreement."Students rely on access to content for the purposes of education," said Sajjad. "The Copyright Act allows students to access content for educational purposes — there should be no fee. Access Copyright is scamming students. We hope the University of Toronto joins its peers across the country and reconsiders its agreement with Access Copyright."When the agreement was signed, Cheryl Misak, vice-president and provost, stated that the university believed the agreement was "fair for all the parties — those who create the materials, as well as students who gain access to copyright materials through the university." Since Access Copyright has demanded $45 dollars per student from other universities, it is possible that U of T, by agreeing early to the terms of the deal, may have saved U of T students some money.
City council torpedoes proposed student residence
The standoff over approval for an off-campus residence has reduced university-neighbour relations to their lowest point in years.
Toronto City Council voted Friday to oppose the development of a privately-run residence for U of T students, to be located on College Street. The vote is yet another setback in the university's efforts to meet burgeoning demand for housing spaces on its St. George campus.City councillors, who declined to approve the zoning amendments necessary for construction on the project to begin, opted to dispatch city staff to speak against the project when it comes up for appeal at the Ontario Municipal Board in the fall.Although the proposed residence would house U of T students, Toronto developer Knightstone Capital Management has been pursuing approval for the project at City Hall, as well as hosting the requisite community consultations on behalf of the university. The land on which the proposed residence would be built was leased to Knightstone by the university in 2010.Knightstone initially proposed a 42-storey residence of glass and steel, later scaled back to 24 storeys after the degree of local opposition to the development became clear.Ralph Daley, president of the Grange Community Association, said his main concern was that the residence was a poor fit for the surrounding neighbourhood."We're in favour of students, we're in favour of student residences; we are not in favour of this building," said Daley. "It has to fit into the community."Although Daley, who spoke at the council meeting Friday, and other community leaders stress that their concern is limited to the Knightstone residence, U of T and its neighbours have been at odds over development beyond the university's perimeter for several years. The Knightstone proposal appears to have brought these simmering tensions to the fore."We're going to war," threatened Rory (Gus) Sinclair, a board member of the Harbord Village Residents' Association, to The Globe and Mail in June. "Co-operation is over."In a June op-ed in the Toronto Star, Daley and the letter's co-authors allude to a history of conflict between U of T students and the communities surrounding campus. Last year, the Annex made headlines over a plan to license and regulate fraternity and sorority households in the neighbourhood, after repeated complaints about unruly student behaviour.City Council considered the proposal late in session July 13. Following the unanimous approval of an amendment introduced by councilor Adam Vaughan, intended to close off a legal loophole concerning boarding houses, Council again voted unanimously to reject the Knightstone proposal as it stood, and instructed city staff to oppose it in the fall.Vaughan, whose constituency includes a substantial portion of the St. George campus, has been a particularly vocal opponent of the Knightstone plan.Vaughan expressed concern several times in the spring that the university has persistently "refused to divulge" information on the development. The university released its contract with Knightstone Capital in May, after initially withholding the document because of a non-disclosure clause that has since been mutually waived by Knightstone and U of T.Relations worsened when the university, in a statement, charged that Vaughan had "uncharacteristically threatened to use his office to damage the University's interests in various ways." Vaughan denied these accusations in an interview with The Varsity on Friday."I've tried in the last six years to work well with the university," said Vaughan, referring to his efforts to ease the development of university projects such as Rotman Central and the Mining Building. "But this is a terrible housing proposal. It's warehousing of students in substandard housing."Vaughan has met with U of T president David Naylor twice in the last year, in an attempt to find an acceptable solution. Both the university and Vaughan expressed a desire to return to a more "positively collaborative" relationship.The University of Toronto is not the only Canadian university looking at private sector solutions to its student residence problems. Trent University entered into an agreement in 2011 that would see Residence Development Corp., a private real-estate concern, own and operate a new student residence.Under the terms of the lease the university stands to receive an annual fee of $350,000 for 99 years, adjusted for inflation. The money would be directed to Student Life programs and services.But council's opposition to the proposal leaves the university in a difficult position. Demand for affordable student housing has increased significantly in recent years as the student population on the St. George campus has continued to grow.Currently just one in four St. George students can be accomodated in university housing. Internal university reports have suggested that the best solution to the housing crunch would be to construct high-density residence towers like the exisiting Chestnut Residence on Dundas Street. But with local residents riled up, and city council seemingly unwilling to approve the construction of any such towers, the way forward for the university remains unclear.
Ontario budget cuts angers students
Government will discontinue some grants, bursaries, and study-abroad scholarships, place a cap on extra credits, and decrease international student funding
As part of an effort to eliminate Ontario's $16 billion deficit, finance minister Dwight Duncan tabled the 2012 provincial budget Tuesday, which included holding annual education sector spending to 1.7 per cent and other cost-cutting measures that will affect postsecondary students."The single most important thing is to balance the budget," Duncan told the assembled media on Tuesday.Among other cuts to the education sector, the government intends to "scale back or discontinue non-core grants and bursaries" to compensate for the 30 per cent Ontario tuition grant, place a cap on extra secondary school credits, eliminate study-abroad scholarships, reduce funding to institutions for non-PhD, and decrease international student funding.Cancellations to the non-core grants, which are expected to save $84.2 million over three years, will apply to the Ontario Textbook and Technology Grant and the Ontario Trust for Student Support. The Queen Elizabeth II Aiming for the Top Scholarship will be gradually withdrawn over three years. The Small, Northern, and Rural Grant will also be discontinued.Duncan said the primary aim of the budget is to reduce the deficit in order to stimulate the economy and produce jobs."The budget takes strong action and makes the right choices to protect the results we've achieved in health care and education," he said.Despite economist Don Drummond's recommendations, the budget will keep funding for full-day kindergarten — to be implemented by 2014 — maintain a cap on class sizes, and continue the 30 per cent tuition grant for eligible college and university students.However, Sandy Hudson, chairperson of the Canadian Federation of Students, Ontario, said the budget was further evidence of "a broken promise" to students after the Liberals campaigned on a pledge to reduce tuition fees by 30 per cent."Students are very frustrated about the budget right now," she said.Hudson was critical of the fact that only one-third of students — 300,000 Ontario students — are eligible for the 30 per cent tuition grant, while tuition fees have increased by five per cent, and nine financial assistance programs will now be cut."For every dollar that's been invested in student financial aid, $1.20 has been clawed back through the cuts, and so students feel that they've been betrayed time and time again by this government," Hudson said.The budget also proposes a cap on excess secondary school credits — at 34 beyond the requisite 30 — which executive director of People for Education Annie Kidder said will limit students' ability to plan effectively before attending university."I was really seriously surprised to see a cap on high school credits," Kidder said. "[The budget] says it's going to give them an incentive to plan well, but I've had teenagers and they don't plan well… They need to have that flexibility in high school."Study-abroad scholarships and funding for non-PhD international students are also on the chopping block. This could mean that institutions will be forced to charge higher tuition fees for international students in order to eliminate the provincial deficit, said a former CUPE Local 3902 Unit 1 bargaining team member."We are already in a situation which is viable for only the richest international students or those willing to take on a huge debt sentence, and this will be further off-loading the provincial deficit onto those same students," said Ashleigh Ingle, who is also running for a position on the Graduate Student Council. "The exclusion of working class people from an educational institution, no matter where they are from, is a sign of an unhealthy system."She added that the cancellation of study-abroad scholarships would constrain students' university experiences and global perspectives.U of T spokesperson Laurie Stephens said they can't comment on the budget or its contents at this moment."There are a number of measures in the provincial budget that will have an impact on Ontario universities. The university is examining those measures to ensure it has a full understanding of what they mean to the U of T," she said.A spokesperson from the admissions and awards office could not be reached for comment on Friday.


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When my husband and I had a chance to attend a First Profession at the Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary, in Summit, we saw that the professing nun, Sister Mary Magdalene was radiant with joy, but one impression that remained with me for a long time after was her small but constant smile of delight.
To me it seemed eloquent of the intimacy of this moment of espousal to Christ. The declaration of vows is public, and yet it is all interior, as well. As I wrote, then:
One expects a first profession to be beautiful and joy-filled, but I was surprised at how moving it was; to watch this radiant young woman pronounce traditional Dominican vows and then have her prioress and novice mistress lovingly dress her in the black veil of a professed nun gave me goosebumps. Ancient tradition, the renunciation of the world to be only for Christ — a holy continuum, through the ages.
Yesterday at the monastery (which has since seen the first profession of another young nun, Sister Mary Cecilia) they celebrated the First Profession of Sister Mary Veronica of the Cross, OP, and when you click over there, you know what you'll see?
That same, small, secret smile of joy. The sisters promise more pictures later, but in the meantime they have just posted some video! (Looks like the sisters could use a donation for a new camera! I'm just saying!)
In just about 9 days, they will receive the vows of yet another novice, Sister Mary Jancinta, and then there will be only one white veil left, after that, I think.
And in May they will celebrate another Final Profession, and again in November.
So, a few rooms in their novitiate are opening up. Just sayin'. In case, you know of a young woman discerning a life like this one.

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August 20, 2012
Northwestern Foundation Release
The Northwestern Oklahoma State University Alumni Association is offering a special weekend getaway package for Northwestern football fans wishing to see the sights of San Antonio and cheer on the Rangers as they take on the University of Texas at San Antonio Roadrunners Sept. 22.
The group will leave from Alva by bus Friday, Sept. 21 at 6 a.m. and depart at 6 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 23 from San Antonio to return. The Alumni Association has reserved a 29-passenger bus through Red Carpet Charters. The cost is $150 per person. To reserve a seat by Friday, Sept. 7, please contact Lizabeth Richey, alumni director, at 580-327-8594 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Fans traveling with the Alumni Association will receive free tickets to the Rangers vs. Roadrunners game at the Alamodome in downtown San Antonio. Kickoff is at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 22.
Rooms, each with two queen beds, have been held for Friday and Saturday night at the Drury Plaza Hotel San Antonio Riverwalk. Located at 105 South St. Mary's St. on the Riverwalk, the Drury Plaza Hotel offers free hot breakfast, free wireless Internet access, and free snacks and beverages in the evenings.
The Alumni Association has secured a group rate of $125 per night plus a 16.75 percent occupancy tax. All Ranger fans are invited to join in on the fun and book on the block of rooms. To make reservations, visit www.bit.ly/OmR3I9 or call 210-270-7799 and use the group name Northwestern Alumni Association with group number 2157320. Room reservations must be made through the hotel by Sept. 7 to receive the group rate.
In order for the bus to travel, all 29 seats must be sold. The Alumni Association encourages all Ranger fans to wear red and black and show their pride by supporting the Rangers on the road.
MISSION STATEMENT: Northwestern Oklahoma State University provides quality educational and cultural opportunities to learners with diverse needs by cultivating ethical leadership and service, critical thinking and fiscal responsibility.


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text: Steve Ritz, of Discovery High School in the Bronx, took a visit to our greenhouse this past weekend. His students grow an amazing bounty of food inside their school, enough to feed 450 students! On top of that they run a profitable community based farmer's market. His work and enthusiasm is remarkable and inspiring. We can't wait to get to work collaborating with him and his team. Check out the video below that got them invited to the White House.


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What do you think of Vivienne Tam's design for HP's special edition notebook, out early next year? I want to like it, but don't.
This is a good sign, though, as it means we've finally gotten to the point where artist-sourced laptop designs are no longer so rare that all of them seem intrinsically wonderful.
via Design Boom.


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"Simply put, MLS currently serves as a nursery for the next generation and a retirement home for the previous." And it's not just the league's top players who are leaving -- the likes of Pat Noonan and Andy Dorman left MLS over the summer for bigger paydays at small European clubs. Hush says the player exodus is brought on by a combination of greater worldwide visibility for the league (thanks to our friend David Beckham) and poor pay. Ultimately, money talks, and MLS simply doesn't pay comparatively well.
MLS needs to increase its salary cap, which currently stands at $2.3 million per team, in order to adequately compensate its better players, Hush says. It could also stand to increase contract lengths, as many players are asked to operate on a year-to-year basis, encouraging them to look for steadier work elsewhere.


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Steve Jobs, Money Cult Rapped by Soloist Daisey: Berkeley Rep
"We talk about money as if it's a natural force," the engaging storyteller Mike Daisey says in one of his two solo shows at California's Berkeley Repertory Theatre.
He deconstructs this force in "The Last Cargo Cult," the more far-reaching of the monologues. (The second carries the intriguing, if slightly misleading, title, "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs.")
"Cargo Cult" is a meditation on money told like a travel story with side trips. Daisey, whose lefty, anger-fueled perorations are familiar to audiences at New York's Public Theater, flies to the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu and then the island of Tanna, where money has never caught on.
Instead, the locals barter and practice a "cargo cult," he tells us, in which a U.S. soldier from World War II named John Frum is worshipped as a god. (They hope he will shower them with Western goods.)
Dressed in black and sitting at a plain wooden table, Daisey speaks for two hours without intermission. He's funny, smart and profane, using weird voices and improvised sound effects to make his points. Behind him is a gigantic wall of cardboard boxes printed with the consumer product names that the people back in Vanuatu dream about.
Lots of Zingers
He offers a clever assortment of anecdotes and zingers to convince us that money is powerful and not to be trusted. ("The most interesting thing about money is how it's corrosive of human relationships," is his somewhat banal mantra.)
Daisey recalls growing up poor in Maine, where the summer visitors looked down on the townies. He admits to renting, rather than owning, his Manhattan apartment. He performs in the Hamptons, where "the public beach costs $40." (Actually, it's the parking sticker that costs $40. Walkers swim free.)
"We love money," he says, "because we can use it to draw a line in the sand and say, 'This is mine.'"
"The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs" dissects another cult -- the one surrounding Apple Inc. and its sexy product line -- and features another trip, to the Chinese city of Shenzhen, where the iPhone is made. The show also tells the story, now legendary in Silicon Valley, of the rise, fall and ascension of co-founder Steve Jobs.
Daisey is an Apple fanatic who can rave about the kerning of type fonts. At the same time, he calls Jobs "the master of the forced upgrade," or what we used to call "planned obsolescence."
Factory Suicides
Things turn darker when Daisey gets to Shenzhen, where Foxconn International Holdings Ltd. operates a factory complex with 430,000 workers.
Daisey explains that Foxconn employees work 12- and 14-hour days, that some stressed-out workers committed suicide and that in response, the company offered employees a significant raise. Daisey describes the nets that were installed to thwart leapers. He interviews employees who are still children.
"I talked with workers 12 years old," he said, pausing before his punch line: "And do you think Apple doesn't know?"
"Cargo Cult" runs in repertory through Feb. 20 and "Steve Jobs" through Feb. 27 at 2025 Addison St. in Berkeley. Information: +1-510-647-2949; http://www.berkeleyrep.org. Rating: ***
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Weekly Rant: WBC, Boston Redsox and Tim ReddingJanuary 11, 2009
It was a quiet week in baseball but here are some thoughts on a couple things that popped up:
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MIWD Supplies MI EnergyCore Windows for Net-Zero Vision House Tucson
March 27, 2013
MI Windows and Doors―along with Green Builder Media, green building expert John Wesley Miller, and architect Hank Krzysik―is participating in the Vision House Tucson, a sustainable demonstration home under construction in Arizona's Armory Park del Sol neighborhood, which includes more than 90 single-family, energy-efficient homes. The project focuses on green design; advanced technologies; and the utilization of innovative, site-specific solutions to enhance the home's overall sustainability. On average, homeowners at Armory Park del Sol pay only $300 per year to heat and cool their homes, and use less than half the water of a standard Tucson home, according to a MIWD release.
Vision House Tucson is expected to be the first net-zero energy house using the City/County Net-Zero Energy Building Standard. MIWD is furnishing the home with MI EnergyCore windows with high-performance low-E glass and patented AirCell frame technology. The Environmental Protection Agency recently recognized MI EnergyCore windows as Energy Star Most Efficient for 2013.
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We have a large Scotch Pine windbreak (about 70 trees) several have died from pine wilt but some seem to have been "skipped" by the wilt. All the trees are over 10 years old. Could it be that these trees will end up living? Or will the wilt get all of them? I notice one a tree is infected it dies rapidly, and it seems to move from one tree to the next. It's just odd that there are random trees that show no signs of dying. We plan to remove the dead trees with a dozer all in one shot but don't know if we should also removed the living Scotch Pines or leave them be and see what happens. Hate to tear out good trees. Thanks for any knowledge you would like to impart on us! :)
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They look like they belong in the creepy frontier town of Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man and sound like they should be the house band for the vampire casino in From Dusk Till Dawn. They're Ghoultown—one of the few bands that can rock the house AND supply a convincing musical answer to the nagging question, "What if Glenn Danzig and the Reverend Horton Heat decided to stake it all on mariachi music as the next big thing—and let Cormac McCarthy write their lyrics?"
KISS to King Diamond, GWAR to Slipknot, there's always been a seller's market for bands with the chutzpah and/or theatrical pretensions to put the music itself second to just getting paid to play dress-up. In fact, it's probably just that micrometer-thin coat of greasepaint that stands between the Insane Clown Posse's improbable stardom and their rightful outing as just a couple of pathetic, middle-aged guys from Michigan.
What really sets Ghoultown apart from the pack is that the music they're playing isn't quite like anything else out there right now. Sure, the Texas six-piece has a yen for the cartoonish trappings of Misfits-style horror business, but don't let the creepy necro-dude-ranch getups fool you: They're not doing it to compensate for something lacking in the tunes. While it's probably not going to compel you to throw out your Misfits albums, the band's most recent release, Give 'em More Rope, is at least more weirdly compelling than most of the rest of the current crop of over-moussed and under-talented bands that make a fashion statement out of showing up for the gig looking like they slept in a coffin at a rendering plant.
Set to the horn-laced rockabilly beat that calls to mind a younger, rawer Reverend Horton Heat, here's a lyrical sample of the Ghoultown spaghetti-western Goth ethos, from More Rope's kickoff track, "Fistful of Demons:"
"I was born without a face/on some forgotten Halloween/In 13 rusty mason jars my mother buried me/in some old shack behind the woods where no one ever goes/But a soul don't rest in the devil's arms/Cuz no one really knows. Chorus: I got a fistful of demons/I got some boots made of lead/The grave may cool my rotting bones/But it won't cure my head."
Juvenile rubbish? Maybe. But it's apparently all in fun, and it is pretty irresistible. The band has been around since 1999, formed when guitarist/vocalist Count Lyle (yes!) left after an eight-year hitch in Solitude Aeturnus. Serious perusers of underground metal mags might remember the name (Solitude Aeturnus, that is, not Count Lyle) as one of the flagship doom-metal bands on the Roadrunner label, and one of the few serious American pretenders to the throne of suffer-the-children metal bombast best exemplified by European (thank heavens) tights-wearers like My Dying Bride. No? Not tolling any nostalgic bells of despair for you? Well, then, there's this: Count Lyle also toured with the late GG Allin, and surely even the most benighted among you must remember the name of shock-punk bad lieutenant GG Allin. Count Lyle's stint with GG seems to have been a rather undistinguished one, but then, it's tough to steal the spotlight from a guy who routinely pelted audiences with his own feces.
In any event, the Count's new thing is more to rockabilly tastes than it is for bereft GG Allin fans and, as near as I can tell, practically feces-free. The band also includes other Lizard Lazario (also on guitar and vocals), Jake Middlefinger (lead guitar), X-Ray Charles (drums and percussion), and Santi—just Santi—on bass. Trumpet duties on the album were performed by one J. Luis (Right, right, where's his funny name?), who, according the band's Web site, was replaced by hornslinger Dez Black when the former's responsibilities outside the band began to outpace his ability to tour. It was an amicable split, at least according to the Web site. Somewhat disappointingly, it seems they didn't string him up, dismember his lifeless corpse or bury the pieces at a crossroads.
For all the more obvious comparisons to the Misfits and the Rev, what Ghoultown really reminds me of more than anything else, at least in spirit, is the Plugz, members of which band later became the Cruzados ("Hanging Out in California," cf. MTV circa 1987). If you liked the Plugz on the Repo Man soundtrack ("Hombre Secreto," et al.) but crave the spaghetti western visuals of Sergio Leone, you might have your new favorite band.


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HARRISBURG (AP) — A Republican Party-backed effort to disqualify the lone primary challenger to Gov. Tom Corbett is headed to the state Supreme Court.
Lawyers filed the appeal Wednesday to a lower court decision that ruled that suburban Philadelphia businessman Bob Guzzardi can stay on the May 20 primary ballot.
The Guzzardi campaign says it will vigorously defend the lower court decision.
In a Tuesday decision, Commonwealth Court Judge Mary Hannah Leavitt ruled that Guzzardi had met the requirement for petition signatures, accurately represented his occupation on his nomination petition and wasn't to blame for failing to file certain paperwork by the March 11 deadline.
Corbett is endorsed by the state Republican Party and is running for a second four-year term. Guzzardi is an outspoken Corbett critic who's said he's running to give party conservatives an alternative.


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Cannes is a very prestigious non-public film festival that is held every year in France during the month of May. No "Killa Season" type of movies here folks. During this time movie producers premiere upcoming movies and attempt to pitch their films to different distributors from around the world.
One would easily assume that Fiddy would be out of his element among the over pampered movie crowd, but they would be wrong. True, he may be the only rapper in attendance but he's far from being another melanin-rich servant.
Fiddy is currently busy promoting the upcoming movie "Home of the Brave" where he plays an soldier trying to adjust to life after a long tour in Iraq. A majority of his critics (myself included) thought that "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" would be the last time we saw him on the big screen but we were wrong. His acting abilities obviously impressed director Irwin Winkler enough to cast him for this project. When the movie is released next year I will probably go and see it though. For whatever reason I just can't pass up an opportunity watching 50 looking like Ned the Wino from "Good Times".
But its not all work and no play with Curtis.
Yup, that's ya boy hanging out with America's favorite dead eye socialite at a party held for De Grisogono. I'm sure he had lots of fun networking with her. I wouldn't be surprise if he ends up on her new album. Sexual favors can get you a lot of places in life. Ask Superhead. But the randomness doesn't stop here.
Now I'm not that nice in photoshop to put these four together. Before you laugh at Tommy Hilfiger you may want to check pump ya breaks. Tommy recently bitch slapped rocker Axl Rose at a nightclub in Manhattan for moving his girlfriend's drink, nigga. He don't play that shit. Kimora Lee Simmons is probably out trying to fuck everything moving before she gets back with Russell.
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Still no word on when filming will begin or how in the world he plans to pay for production, so no real update. lol Of course he'll have to film Majestic first since that cast is still waiting on when filming will begin with that movie. *** Now he says the Majestic filming will be delayed to film Candles. I bet that cast is happy they went through casting first just to suddenly be put to the back. lol ***
Here is the cast listing though. Since he doesn't even put one of these out on the internet I thought I'd help him out. All names spelled wrong are his spellings, so I just left them from the cut and paste.
Funny how his rant is 90% about Ottawa County officials he won't name and then his cast is 90% Girl Scout related names and some make-believe ones to fill in as needed.
Sad most of these people probably believe they are fighting for the truth, when in reality they haven't even been told what that truth is at all.
306 cast so far...
Alexis Smith as Doris Milner;
Rachel Adkins as Michelle Guse
Addison Schofield as Lori Farmer
Nick Herra as Karl Lee Myers ---------------------------->>>>>> GONE, now it's Brian Rattlingourd as the Karl Lee Myers
Megan Ellis from Nashville, Tennessee as Patricia Evans (Tulsa World Reporter)
Delno Ebie of Wichita, Kansas has been cast in the role of Gene Leroy Hart.
Spencer Horn as Sheriff Pete Weaver
Barbana Lee McCarty as Camp Director Barbara Day
Keno Shrum as OSBI Agent Ted Limpke;
Cy Morgan as OSBI Agent Larry Bowles;
Victor Pongonis as Attorney Ron Stockwell;
Debbi Tucker as KVOO Reporter;
Wilma Rhames as Ella Mae Buckskin
David Lee as OSBI Agent Mike Wilkerson; -------------------------->>> Gone, now it's David Brendan Hunt as OSBI Agent Mike Wilkerson
James Haw Zip Ta as OSBI Agent Harvey Pratt;
Jennifer Schue as Carla Sue Wilhite;
Sam Bayouth as OSBI Agent Jack Lay
Dustin Tulmeson as Larry Dry
Aaron Marciniak as Young Deputy Sheriff.
Teresa Leach as Wilma Mankiller;
Christopher Akers as KOTV Reporter Clayton Vaughn;
Karie Sill as OSBI Agent Joan Harris
Shannon Knopke as Joan (1st pregnant woman);
Susan McFee as Barbara (2nd pregnant woman) ---------> one of these LEFT and is replaced by Kristy Wright as pregnant woman;
Terri Barbera as Janice Davis (OSBI Forensic Chemist)
Patricia Eakin as Sheree Farmer
Dale Whisman as Ron Grimsley;
William Phenix as Jack Shroff;
Robert Pyle as Attorney Gary Pitchlynn;
Bob Sanders as Deputy Sheriff Billy Joe Johnson
Robert Knutson as Judge William Whistler
Kevin Daugherty as Harts Grandfather;
Rich Zvosec as Chief Ross Swimmer;
Steve Caviness as Dr. Charles Farmer;
Neva Hames as GeorgeAnn Guse;
Mark Adam Goff as Dick Wilkerson;
Danny Grumich as Deputy Arless Perkins
Jamie Custer as Cherokee Advocate Reporter;
Jamie Harris as Gloria Byars;
Yolanda Hankins as Cafe Waitress Corrine;
Jehnene Washington as Eva Smith;
David Brendan Hunt as FBI Agent Mark Stroud
Crystal Shinn as Ron Stockwells Receptionist Jean Bayfield
Denise Davis as Camp Nurse;
Kendall Schoennekase as Funeral Singer
Brenda Marie Whitehead as Harvey Pratts wife
Michael Lewis as D.A. Buddy Fallis
Daniel Fugatt as OSBI Director Ted Kennedy
James Bowie as Deputy Gephart
Bryan Gentry as Darnell Sheppard
Lynn Garlow as Ed Byars
Randy Whalen as Deputy Allen
Kirk Forthman as FBI Agent Ken Haven
CJ Johnson as A.J Chapman Okla. Medical Examiner
Jackie Wagner as Court Reporter
Chuck Murdock as Tulsa World Editor Lloyd Jones
Kesha Yond as Bettye Milner
Paul Hatley as Garvin Isaacs
Earl Gregory as Richard (Dick) Guse
Steve Matlock as Walt Milner;
Brian Shoop as Jury Foreman.
Barbara DeMarais as Psychologist Kathy Bennett;
Rachel Foreman as Karen Mitchell;
Brenda Luper as OSBI Agent Patty Vaught
Greg Caldwell as OSBI Agent Gary Dill.
James Bargsley as Victor Auxier
Russ Roberts as OHP Harold Berry
Craig (Doc) Morey as Dr. John Mcleod
Rebecca Horsechief as A.I.M. Member
Tim Sprague as Deputy John Ross
Ray Ferguson as FBI Agent Mark Stroud
Jack White as D.A. Sid Wise;
Erik Pratt as Bobby Cole;
James Barlow as Sam Pigeon, Jr.;
Gavin Graham as Mike Guse;
Charli Dressen as Misti Farmer
Jordan Stephens as Minister Patrick Mays
Blake Morton as OSBI Agent Roger Crisco
Larry Jenkins as Rev. Darius Hall;
Aaron Davis as Pastor Ray Conklin
Matthew West as Richard Day
Blake Duncan as Cary Thurman
Steve Alberts as Court Bailiff Bob Welsh
Annie Goforth as Daily Oklahoman Reporter
Mike Apidgian as Highway Patrolman Newton
Matthew West as Richard Day
Rob Kernodle as Assistant D.A Ron Shaffer
Nick Weir as Richard Dowdell
Willioam Sturgeon as OSBI Agent Jack Grimes;
Tim Russell as OSBI Agent Arthur Linville;
Brian Younger as OSBI Agent Bud Ousley;
Tim Ash as Ben Woodward (Camp Ranger);
Larry Jenkins as Oklahoma City Times Reporter
Bill Hineman as D.A. T. Jack Graves.
Now FOUR Medicine men have been cast:
Jeff Anderson as Crying Wolf;
Wes Studi as the Medicine Man
SB Hons'sa as 1st Medicine Man;
Vance Horsechief as 2nd Medicine Man
A.I.M. (American Indian Movement) members (10)
Vance Horsechief; Jennifer Simpson; Sue Hammer; Will Hill; Sandy Sullateskee; Kathy Simpson; "Chummy" Shotpouch; Mellissa Billy, Molly Martinez, Kourtney Vann, and Victor Martinez.
;Juror members (11)
Julianna Voth; Debra Summers, Mary White; Fred Peters; Julie Meyer; Sarah Gooldy; Cathleen Butler; Kern Braswell; Denise Evans, Tom Clayton and David McClary.
Counselors (11):
Kelsey Ketzner; Kristine Ortiz; Ashley Klinck; Rachel Foreman; Ashton Terhane; Madison Lasiter; Branda Reynolds; Megan Porter; Olivia Bird; Kesha Yond; Melinda Johnston
Kiowa Unit Counselors (4):
Justus Barham
Alice April.
Rachel Spencer as Kiowa Counselor DeeAnn Elder
Kaitlyn King as Kiowa Counselor Susan Emery
Kiowa Unit (14):
Isabella Avila, Alexis Price; Kyila Green; Emily McDonald; Taylor Burnett; Kerrigan Hall; Darienne Hall; Chloe Stevenson; Paxton Brown; Katie McGuffin; McKinley Price, Charlie Dressen; Madison Nichols,and Makayla Chancellor
Camp Scott girl scouts (23):
Emily Rhodes, Morgan Masterson, Chloe Bayouth, Caitlin Rhodes, Madison Shrum, Avery Ibison, Elizabeth Rackstraw, Faith Carl, Alexy Schofield, Marissa Locker, Tiffany Stephens, Alexis Robinson, Houston Jennings, Karina Rex, Micah Summers, Rachel Renfro, Ryleigh Brewer, Zoe Stoermer, Averi Smith, Pearl Smith, Taylor Perez, Annabelle Dodson, and Adalia Hope Estes
Other girls cast, but no role listed (33)
Averi Smith, Hannah Weaver, Annabelle Dodson, Mekaylah Fideline, Emily Skidmore, Abyni Always, Hannah Raymer, Victoria Fideline, Kylie Shinn, Katy Bass, Kiernin Lewis, Hannah Morris-Voth, Chloe Bloss, Brielle Laster, Jasmine Littleton, Marleigh Allwelt, Cassydie Berry, Vanessa Fideline, Sarah Raymer, Amara Link, Hannah Summers, Samantha DeCanio, Chloe Gann, Kalyn Kuehne, Monet Peterson, Leah Back, Cora Avlos, Sami Stover, Heather Remington, Rachel Wallis, Madeline Slack, Cori Mancini, and Caitie Gann
Locust Grove local children (41):
James Murphey,Parker Slack, Cassie Luton, Erika Pimentel. Messina Daniels, Libbey Stephens, Tyler Cornell, Whitney Mitchell,Isabella Bird, Kiana Hall, Brytni Cheek, Mollie Lloyd, Larin Tucker, Hailey Kissee, Margaret Bond, Brianna Renton, Riley Kennard, Ashtyn Marshall,Kelsie Livingston, Kalie Smallwood, Carissa Erivin, Sarah Pennington, Ryan McCall,Yuliana Ahaisse, Jala Kidd, Tabitha Patton, Drake Brown, Cammeron Phenix, Jai'Lynn Whitaker, Sequoyia Farr, Aspen Reither, Kelly Larson, Amber Robinson, Lisa Spencer, Kara Williamson, Sohia Schippers, Chelsea Bunch, Janie Kay, Cheyenne Hammonds, Madison Davis, and Symphoney Peterson.
Pryor local children (23):
Brooklyn Hancock, Afton Locker, Kailyn Howard, Katelynn Mayfield, Jaden Crawford, Sierra Farr, Lydia Schippers, Daythan Hitcher, Rose Davis, Jay Mancini, Sydney Jennings, April Wright, Brooke Renfro, hannah Phenix, Hannah Carl, Macie Sullateskee, Kaitlyn Major, Annie Coggins, Sara Moore, Braylin Kidd, Tess Upton, Chy Erivin, and Corvin Barlow.
native American roles (35):
SB Hons'sa, Will Hill, Teresa Leach, Joshua Buzzard, Molie Martinez, terri howard, Vance Horsechief, Kate Teehee, Darian Claybrook, Tamra Samuels, Durwin Shotpouch, Paula Rowell, Angela Soldier, Okcate Smith, Ashley Turner, Emma Lucas, Myranda Wall, Dailyn Rollins, Bailey Hinson, Kyra Hartley, Emily Procter, Maggie Welsh, Sydney Johnson, Rachel hays, Elaine Hays, Mellissa Billy; Sandy Sullateskee; Jennifer Simpson; Brian Rattlingourd; Carissa Cudjo; Leatha Hammer;Kimberly Panther; Rebecca Horsechief; Jamie Loy; and Jehnean Washington.
Chance Film Productions has hired Morgan Graham ( Graham Entertainment of Nashville) as Casting Coordinator
Chance Film Productios would like to welcome Kevin Weaver on board our staff as consultant for the film. Please give him a hardy welcome.


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I searched the forums and can not find a post stating where to place the jack stands after jacking up the car. Can someone point me in the right direction?
And please dont flame, i have searched, and all i can find is people yelling at others for the crap spots the chose to put the jack stands.


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The MOSFETs on this chip are rated 50V max. Can this handle a 12V - 3.3V conversion? I could do the math, but I bet someone already knows the answer :D
I haven't had this long. I used a fish inverter for a project I'm working on. Everything worked great until one channel broke so it's always on. Then another channel broke so it's always off. This sucks because I was originally planning on using all 8 channels and now I'm down to 6. It seems like the TRIACs are capable of handling a voltage higher than the recommended inverter's output.
I think tying logic GND and HVGND might cause a major problem for you. I'm pretty sure the reason you can't have more than 2 on at any given time is that 3 or more on at once be too much for the driver and you won't get good/noticeable lighting on your EL wire.
The TRIAC looks like it's voltage controlled, kind of like a MOSFET, so there's no need for there to be a GND coming from the Arduino pin because there is almost no current actually drawn (there will always be some tiny amount, but in this case it's negligible.)
If you want to drive more than 2 wires, but not all of them at once, write something in software that looks like the "all_on" function, but limit it to the number of wires you want.
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Dale Hightower of Sand Springs, Okla., is on the road to the Bassmaster Classic once again.
Hightower qualified for the 2011 Bassmaster Classic by being the best angler of 2010 in the Central Division of the B.A.S.S. Federation Nation. This week he is competing on Missouri's Table Rock Lake in the B.A.S.S. Federation Nation Central Divisional presented by Yamaha and Skeeter Boats, hoping he can fish his way once again onto the sport's biggest stage.
"The Classic was such an experience that I'll spend the rest of my life trying to get back," said Hightower, who finished 15th in the 2011 Classic.
Out of Kimberling City, Mo., the divisional tournament will begin Wednesday and conclude Friday. Although all anglers fish against each other for the overall champion trophy, anglers compete only against others from their states for the right to advance to the B.A.S.S. Federation Nation Championship presented by Yamaha and Skeeter Boats. At the championship, only six will end up with a Classic entry.
On Table Rock Lake on Monday, the first of two official practice days for the 96-angler field, Hightower said the lake was not fishing like it had last year when it was the site of the 2010 Central Divisional. Post-flood conditions are making a big difference, in fact.
"The lake is 14 feet above normal," said Hightower. "A lot of fish are in transition, trying to move to summer patterns, but with the water being up, it's keeping a lot of the fish up shallow. It's been good fishing."
Hightower likes his chances to advance to the championship. "I feel like I've been doing better (than other Oklahoma anglers), but then again, it's only practice. Things could easily change," he said.
Any experience he gains on Table Rock could help him later this year in the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Central Open (the tournament was rescheduled from April to October because of Table Rock floods). He said he entered the 2011 Opens as another possible avenue into the 2012 Classic as well as with an eye on qualifying for the Bassmaster Elite Series.


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Williams Arcade Classics Credits (Dreamcast)
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Critic Score
100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
User Score
5 point score based on user ratings.
Williams Arcade Classics Credits
Midway Games Team
|Marcus Lindblom
|Associate Producer
|Zach Wood
|Assistant Producer
|Jason Barnes
|Technical Director
|Scott Maxwell
|Print Design & Production
|Midway Creative Services -- San Diego
|Testing Manager
|Hans Lo
|Testing Supervisor
|Seth McNew
|Lead Product Analyst
|Eric Narvaez
|Product Analysts
|Jim Dunne, Steve Cupp, Robert Parnell, Brian Piper
|Technical Standards Analysts
|Shon J. Flannagan, Jason Dickson
|Product Marketing Managers
|Phil Marineau, Dean Schulte
|Special Thanks
|Deborah K. Fulton, Kathy Schoback, Izora Garcia de Lillard, Teri A. Higgins, The Original Game Creators
Digital Eclipse Team
|Lead Programmer
|Dale Van Mol
|Library Programmer
|Craig Stewart
|Emulation Programmer
|Jeff Vavasour
|Bert Monroy, Sebastian G. Hyde, Boyd Burggrabe
|Technical Director
|Jeff Vavasour
|Michael Bilodeau
|Executive Producer
|Andrew Ayre
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Jeff Vavasour, 74 other games
Andrew Ayre, 71 other games
Deborah K. Fulton, 64 other games
Teri A. Higgins, 64 other games
Boyd Burggrabe, 46 other games
Hans Lo, 34 other games
Kathy Schoback, 27 other games
Scott Maxwell, 27 other games
Sebastian G. Hyde, 24 other games
Jason Dickson, 22 other games
Phil Marineau, 22 other games
Marcus Lindblom, 21 other games
Eric Narvaez, 21 other games
Zach Wood, 21 other games
Michael Bilodeau, 17 other games
Jim Dunne, 15 other games
Seth McNew, 14 other games
Craig Stewart, 14 other games
Shon J. Flannagan, 13 other games
Dean Schulte, 12 other games
Jason Barnes, 12 other games
Izora Garcia de Lillard, 10 other games
Robert Parnell, 6 other games
Steve Cupp, 3 other games
Dale Van Mol, 3 other games
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Army Men: Sarge's Heroes, a group of 8 people
Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits Volume I, a group of 8 people
Gauntlet: Legends, a group of 7 people
Arcade Party Pak, a group of 7 people
Toobin', a group of 6 people
NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC, a group of 6 people
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing, a group of 6 people
Rampage 2: Universal Tour, a group of 6 people
Rampart, a group of 5 people
Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 2, a group of 5 people
NBA Hoopz, a group of 5 people
Spyro: Season of Ice, a group of 5 people
Hydro Thunder, a group of 5 people
Jackie Chan's Stuntmaster, a group of 5 people
NFL Blitz, a group of 5 people
Atari: 80 Classic Games in One!, a group of 4 people
Atari Arcade Hits: Volume 1, a group of 4 people
Atari: Anniversary Edition, a group of 4 people
Rampage World Tour, a group of 4 people
Spy Hunter, a group of 4 people
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2, a group of 4 people
Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 2, a group of 4 people
Fireblade, a group of 4 people
Phantasy Star Collection, a group of 4 people
xXx, a group of 4 people
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This lesson is created to have students compare themselves to Michael Phelps and the features that make him such a good swimmer. Students will measure their height and arm span and graph them on a coordinate graph. Students will then compare their height and arm span to their classmates' to see who might be the best swimmer in the class! This is a College- and Career-Ready Standards showcase lesson plan.
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A Day at a Theme Park (Mathematics, 6th grade, Coordinate grid)
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You WANT me to make a paper airplane?
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Trading and Tracking Stock Portfolios Online
Student teams will trade stocks and track the progress of their Alabama Stock Market Simulation portfolio by using spreadsheet software and the Internet. They will relate the information to a previous social studies unit on economics and will be utilizing math concepts they have learned. The Internet will be used to research stock trends.
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Food Fit for a King?
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Today I've got another Samsung phone review for you, this time it's the Eternity II that was just released for AT&T. It's a multi-media and social centric phone with a 3" touch screen. The Eternity II features a full HTML browser, access to FloTV mobile TV, YouTube, music, movies and games and quick access to your favorite social networks so you can keep in touch with a tap on the screen. It has a 2mp camera, but sadly it's missing a flash and there's no wi-fi either. On the outside the Eternity II seems much more than a basic phone but it still is at heart really, the interface is easy to use and it's customizable with widgets panels similar to Android.
The Eternity II comes in the familiar AT&T orange and white box.
The Eternity II comes with USB style AC adapter, UBS cable, documentation and an inline microphone so you can add your own headphones.
The phone itself is small and portable, it's a full touch screen phone, no hardware keyboard. The phone should easily just slip right into your pocket, it only weighs a few ounces so you won't even notice it really. Below the screen you'll find three buttons for answer, end call/power and a back button in the center.
There's not many buttons on the Eternity II. On the left you'll find the volume buttons and then on the right is the task manager, lock and camera button along with the USB port.
The back is smooth with a bubble design near the bottom, and then there's the 2mp camera.
Taking the cover off you'll find where the microSD card and sim card go.
There's no end to what you can do with the Eternity II. Experience non-stop entertainment on the 3.0″ touchscreen – from live mobile TV to your favorite social networks to thousands of apps from the Samsung Widget Gallery. Plus there's a 2.0MP camera / camcorder and music player, along with an expandable memory of up to 32GB that lets you store a seemingly infinite number of pics and MP3s.
Full Touchscreen Phone
Your whole world is just a touch away with the sleek and stylish Samsung Eternity II. Everything – from your favorite social networks and personal contacts to live mobile TV and shopping – is all at your fingertips. All easily accessible via optimized widgets you can play with on three scrollable (and customizable) home screens.
Complete Multimedia Package
Downtime is your time. Surf the Web with a Full HTML browser and listen to your fave MP3s with the Music Player. Snap loads of pics with the 2.0MP camera (plus videos with the camcorder) and upload them for family and friends to see on Facebook, YouTube, wherever. Do it all with a memory capacity that's expandable up to 32 GB.
High-quality Mobile Television
Take television with you anywhere (but leave the couch and cables at home). AT&T Mobile TV is on the air and available on the go with the Samsung Eternity II. Tune in 24/7 for live and time-shifted programming and catch everything from CNN and Fox to Comedy Central and MTV: all full-length and broadcast quality, brought to you by FLO TV.
Widgets Galore
The Eternity II offers access to tons of widgets (financial, gaming, music, and way, way more) that help you organize your life and keep you entertained. Some come pre-loaded, and you can find plenty more at the Samsung Widget Gallery. Manage your widgets at a touch by arranging them in the order you like within the expandable menu.
Social Apps A-Plenty
Live the social life. AT&T Social Net gives you a live connection to popular social networks like Facebook and Twitter, and PicDial lets you update your status with photos. Loopt is a location-based social-mapping tool that shows you where your friends are hanging; find your way there with other great apps such as AT&T Navigator.
Weight: 3.2 ounces
Dimension (HXWXD): 112.00 x 53.50 x 12.70 mm
Size: 3″
Technology: 262K color TFT
Resolution: 240 x 400 Pixels
Talk time: Up to 5 Hours
Standby: Up to 250 Hours
Camera Resolution: 2.0 Megapixel camera
Digital / Optical Zoom: 2x digital zoom
No Commitment Pricing: $219.99
2-yr Contract Price: $119.99
Online Discount: – $50.00
Total Due Today: $69.99
(Price from AT8T Wireless site at time of review)
The interface is a little similar to Android in that it uses panels, three of them on the home screen.
On the left side is a pop out menu that is full of widgets for many things that you can just drag and drop onto the panels of the main screens.
I tossed a few on the screens to give you an example:
Pushing the task manager button on the side brings up the task manager, imagine that right?!
The dialer takes up half of the screen. It's on AT&T so I had no problems with signal strength, in Pittsburgh AT&T works fine. Call quality is very good. In fact Samsung sent me an already activated sim card and it turns out that it was someone elses number and apparently they owe some money so I got quite a few calls from collection agencies and Spanish speaking people, which was interesting to say the least.
Battery life is great, but then again it's not a smart phone so I expected it to be good.
Pressing the menu button brings up three panels with a lot of stuff on them including a lot of AT&T junk on it.
Pressing the Applications buttons brings up a list of them and you'll find a lot of them are AT&T branded.
Under games you'll find plenty, and of course the option to buy more.
One of the features of this phone is Mobile TV, but you'll have to pay extra if you really want to use it.
The screen is great looking, even though it's a rather low resolution. Watching videos is fine really, there's no lag and it's smooth.
Web browsing is a unique experience, the keyboard looks like a regular phone keypad when in portrait mode, but in landscape it looks like a regular keyboard thankfully. It also has handwriting recognition to enter a web address. The browser doesn't rotate automatically which feels odd, you have to go into settings and set it to landscape mode.
There's something called Powerchat on the Eternity II that costs $2.99 per month, I'm guessing it's like a chat line.
Some of the more useful apps are weather, sketchpad, and calculator.
I tried the maps but the Eternity II doesn't have actual GPS, so it wasn't even close to my position, it was actually about 5 miles off. The maps were also very slow to load and refresh when you moved around them, just a horrible experience overall.
Here's all of the settings and the tools included:
The camera is only 2mp, but the pictures aren't horrible but they aren't great either and there's a ton of options.
On the viewfinder you'll see two menus on each side.
On the sides you can quickly access resolutions and shooting modes including frames and mosaics and white balance along with brightness.
Under the settings there isn't much there, just the basic stuff really.
There is no macro mode and it doesn't do well at very close ups at all. These were taken indoors with bright lights and the sun coming in through the windows.
Here's some of the effects, mosaics and frames.
The mosaics add a creative touch to things, and so do the frames I guess. I really like the mosaics actually, at least to play with for a few shots. The only issue is that when you use mosaics or frames it drops the resolution down to 320×240, so they're cute but not very useful.
The Samsung Eternity II isn't a bad little phone, but it's not a great one either. I don't mean that really in a bad way, it's just that it has it's little quirks and there are things missing that I think should be in it. Take auto-rotate for instance, every touch screen phone I've used will auto-rotate, especially for web browsing, but this one doesn't and I just can't figure out why Samsung would make it that way. It does rotate for other things, just no the browser and that makes no sense to me seriously.
The maps are virtually useless, in the time it takes them to update I could have driven another mile and then it has to figure out where you are and it's not even close.
Battery life is very good, and so is call quality actually. It would be nice if it wi-fi and real GPS, but we don't live in a perfect world and this isn't exactly a high end phone. On contract it's only $70 and I think it's worth that, though I wouldn't pay much more.
The junk included is just that, junk, and it seems it's multiplying. Seriously why do they feel the need to up-sell me everywhere. I know why, they want money, but it's just damn annoying anymore and frankly it's takes the fun out of phones anymore. You'll go and click something thinking it sounds interesting only to find out that if you actually want to use it you have to pay more money. AT&T though is by far the worst at this, their phones are just full of this bloatware. AT&T why can't you let your customers choose things they want instead of shoving it in their face, or at least separate the junk from the real stuff on the phone.
+Nice little phone
+Decent battery life
+Easy to use
+Nice looking display
-No wi-fi
-Interface can be slow at times
-Browser doesn't auto-rotate
-Camera could be better
-AT&T junk installed
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Location: Dale Bumpers Small Farms Research Center2012 Annual Report
1a. Objectives (from AD-416):
The objectives are to examine farm management systems for year round gastrointestinal nematode control, identify resistant animals to minimize problems with nematode infection, conduct on-farm studies on the feasibility of techniques developed from research studies, and educate outreach professionals and producers on adopting available organic gastrointestinal nematode control strategies in small ruminants by disseminating state-of-the-art knowledge and procedures.
1b. Approach (from AD-416):
The impact of continuous use of integrated methods that have been developed by these investigators previously will be examined using a systems approach on farm by producers who will submit information on the success of approaches employed. Development of decision tools for producers will occur and teaching modules for farmers, educators and students will be developed and implemented.
3. Progress Report:
Technology transfer of organic methods of parasite control developed from research studies for farmers occurred in the form of two technical reports: Tools for Managing Internal Parasites in Small Ruminants: Animal Selection; Tools for Managing Internal Parasites in Small Ruminants: Pasture Management. These publications will be available on the NCAT (www.ncat.org) and ACSRPC (www.acsrpc.org) websites to producers.
4. Accomplishments