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By Praveen Pereira – Konkani Friends Team, Bangalore.
Bangalore 23rd Feb: A workshop on HR management in nursing was conducted by 2nd year M.Sc Nursing students of oxford college of Nursing, J.P.Nagar Bangalore On 21st and 22nd February 2008.
The inauguration of the workshop commenced with the supplication hymn by Dinesh.M followed by the welcome speech by Metilda.V. The lighting of the lamp was done by the honourable chief guest Prof. Sridhar.K.V, the principal of the Wockhard Institute of Nursing along with Sri.S. Ramesh Raju, Executive director, of the Oxford group of educational institutions, Dr. G. Kasthuri, Principal, Professor B.B. Bhavani, Thilagavathy, Vice Principal, Professor Babu D, Mr.Veeranna, Administrator, of Oxford College of Nursing, J.P.Nagar. Bangalore,
The initiation of the theme was given by Dr. G. Kasthuri and the Objectives were clearly explained to the audience by Professor B.B.Bhavani.
The Inaugural speech was given by Prof. Sridhar K.V and the presidential address by the "Dynamite" Sri.S.Ramesh Raju followed by a Tea break and a pre test to the audience.
The first section was on HRM - Intro by Prof. G. Thilagavathy followed by a group activity. The later part of the session was on HRD and effective utilization by Mr. T. L. Laxman, Senior Manager of the Apollo Hospital.
The two day programme was concluded by Prof B.B.Bhavani with thought provoking assessment on manpower planning. Vote of thanks was given by Delima.D. The entire event was well compeered by Sunitha.R who lead the role of a MC.
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New Awards Program Focuses on Inclusivity
Jan. 27, 2014
Last week, Lori Gentles, vice president for human resources, diversity and inclusion, announced the University Awards Program that will be presented this spring to outstanding faculty and staff.
The theme — Celebrating the Spirit of Excellence — will feature three new award categories:
- Leadership
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- University Teamwork and Collaboration
The Titan Excellence Award also will be presented this year.
"The University Awards Program is intended to be more inclusive, acknowledging the contributions and behaviors of both faculty and staff that align with and advance the university's strategic goals," said Gentles. "We are one university – with faculty, staff and administrators supporting each other as we serve our students. It is befitting that we celebrate our excellence together."
Nominations for the three new awards may be made by faculty, staff or administrators at any level. Completed forms must be received by Friday, Feb. 28, no later than 5 p.m. Nomination forms are available through the HR website under the "Awards" listing. Forms are also available in the Office of Human Resources.

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The head of BBC comedy recently came out and admitted it's hard to find rightwing comics these days. Not that they are looking, of course, or, indeed welcome at the BBC. You have to go right back to the 1970s sitcoms and working men's club stand-up to be able to hear that stuff. Most would agree that we don't need to ridicule people purely for the color of their skin or send up their sexuality anymore and happy that's gone but just as many people are fed up on how feeble our comedy has become because of that fear and political correctness. The last stand up I really laughed at was the great Bill Hicks and the loveable Peter Kaye, about it for comics to get you holding your sides, neither doing blue stuff, one now dead and the other increasingly scarce on our TV screens.
Because of the lefty legacy we have an endless stream of tedious young men wearing gingham shirts and jeans trying rather too hard not to be controversial and upset anyone with their comedy and so nobody really laughing, just polite applause from the predominately white middle-class audiences, the modern comic more interested in getting lucrative voice over work or corporate gigs over actually bringing the house down. I really do think they write stuff to get money, not laughs. Don't get me started on young female comics coming through. Listening to shrill Sarah Millican doing her Geordie Mrs Merton impression is excruciating as someone running their nails down the blackboard to me. Sarah Silverman is the ONLY young female funny stand up out there.
Apart from Ricky Gervais acceptable edgy humor to the middle-class it's the guys and girls who do impressions who are the last bastion of comedy where you could be subtly right wing and get away with it, the characters you mimic the conduit for, brilliantly done in Spitting Image. Stand ups like Steve Cogan tried to make it work but most surrendered to comedy characters and the art seemed to die and become corny again. The impressions genre simply tanked in the 1990s as Rory Bremner got all satirical and boring and so the bar set at the wrong height, the genre hitting rock bottom last year with the dreadful 'Impressions Show' on BBC 1, the script seemingly written on the back of a fag packet by a 12-year-old. Classy mimics like Ronnie Ancona and john Culshaw surrender to those politically correct scripts and impressions and we stopped marveling at their obvious talents.
It may be extremely unfashionable to like impressionists these days but as mimic myself I watch what I can n search of new talent. But Channel Four may be our savior, the fresh faced talents of Morgana Robinson and Terry Mynott unleashed on the alternative channel to do their thing, the mimics coming up with a mixture of impressions we may not have expected to be sent up, including the unusual site of a female mimic doing male characters, Morgana's Frankie Boyle and Russell Brand inspired. There has always been something of the bitchy girl about Brand and so why not? Morgana also does a fabulous and energetic Ferne Cotton, a rather cruel Natalie Cassidy and a boozy Adele. Another female mimic chips in (Francine Harris) with a rather excellent Katy Price and her star turn. Terry Mynott's are more conventional, like Simon Cowell and the airhead Dr Brian Cox, but as bold and brave as Morgana, fellow mimic Matt Morgan also chipping in with characters. The lists they do are not that conventional. Ok, some are not so goo and should have been left alone, like Cheryl Cole, but the cast cutely aware they have to tease that younger audience in with characters they can relate to. I much prefer Morgana's Christine Bleakley to the real one.
Characters in the show include: Adele, Jennifer Aniston, David Attenborough, Christine Bleakley, Frankie Boyle, Russell Brand, Charlie Brooker, Alan Carr, Natalie Cassidy, Amy Childs, Cheryl Cole, Fearne Cotton, Simon Cowell, Brian Cox, Sophie Dahl, Danny Dyer, Noel Fielding, Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher, Nick Grimshaw, Bear Grylls, Perez Hilton, Jessie J, Christian Jessen, Tom Jones, Kerry Katona, Martine McCutcheon, David Mitchell, Barack Obama, Katy Perry, Katie Price, Kate Middleton, Gordon Ramsay, Jonathan Ross, Mickey Rourke, Charlie Sheen, Stacey Solomon, Vince Vaughan, David Walliams, Kimberley Walsh, Owen Wilson and Terry Wogan.
The attraction of VIP is the weld of clever writing with the often obtuse characters, as sharp and cheeky stuff as we have seen since Spitting Image, the impressions fresh and not just about the send up of our gormless celebrity culture but giving them a narrative. The impressionists are able to satirize with a freehand because of their late night slot on a less conservative channel and so room for plenty of cynical observation and biting jokes, but done in a fun way to draw that wider audience, a show you can watch with your granny. It's laugh behind your hand stuff at times.
Because of the success of the show Mynott has been awarded his own pilot called 'Mimic', which was also rather fun. Morgana had her own show back in 2010 called; you guessed it, The Morgana Show. These are two young talents you need to keep an eye on and Mynott, an enjoyable mix of Steve Cogan and Rob Brydon, sure tog o far, as is Morgana Robinson and equal to Ronnie Ancona.
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Gateway freshman achieves rare feat in match with Fox Chapel
Freshman Collin McCune had only two varsity matches under his belt entering Monday's match against Fox Chapel at Murrysville Golf Course.
But he did something during the match that is far more than an extremely rare occurrence.
McCune aced the 160-yard No. 4 hole at Murrysville en route to a nine-hole score of 40. Before his hole-in-one on No. 4, he holed out for a birdie from about 100 yards on No. 3.
"I don't remember hearing anyone doing that before on any level, amateur or professional," Gateway varsity boys head coach Jason Tyska said.
"He made two full swings and holed out on both. That just doesn't happen. The percentages are so small for something like that. I don't think I will ever see it again, and I know he won't do that again. It was so exciting to see."
McCune finished in the second spot behind senior Bobby Guiliani, who carded a score of 37.
Gateway fell to the Foxes, 190-209.
Senior Ian Kirkpatrick (43), sophomore Ryan Skladany (44) and senior Stephen Reber (45) also contributed to the Gators score on Monday.
"There will be several teams fighting for that No. 2 spot in the section," Tyska said.
"Fox Chapel is just too deep. Their one through 12 golfers could start on any other team in the section."
Gateway fell to 2-1 in Section 4-AAA play with the loss to Fox Chapel.
The Gators began section play last week with victories over Penn Hills (209-221) and Woodland Hills (205-250).
Kirkpatrick led Gateway's win over Woodland Hills at Grandview Golf Course with a team-best 39. Reber, Guiliani and Skladany added rounds of 40, while McCune tallied a 46.
The win had added meaning, as the Wolverines nipped the Gators by two strokes at Grandview last season.
"We left no doubt this time," Tyska said.
Michael Love is a staff writer with Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412- 388-5825 or at email@example.com.


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Oh this is just too funny, hilarious even. Under FEC laws if you run a campaign you must have a campaign treasurer to manage campaign spending. This just keeps getting better and better, Sarah Palin and the GOP really have their hands tied with this one.
The way Christine O'Donnell has been making her living is by campaigning, 3 months after her campaign last year she made a 475 dollar check labeled as mileage reimbursement. 600 bucks for her utility bill, she even went out to eat at Ruby Tuesdays and charged her campaign $26.
Christine O' Donnell was her own campaign treasurer . . . Oops!
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River Tourism
Bruce Prideaux, Malcolm Cooper
CABI, Jan 1, 2009 - Business & Economics - 269 pages
Rivers constitute a major tourism resource, providing spectacular settings, recreation facilities, a means of transport, a sense of heritage and adventure, and links with the environment and natural world. River tourism accounts for a significant proportion of the world's tourism consumption, with activities such as Nile cruises and rafting holidays making it an economically important area of tourism demanding in-depth analysis. This book explores river tourism from a range of perspectives including uses, heritage, management, environmental concerns, and marketing.
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Rafting in Nepal
Nepal has earned the reputation of being one of the best places in the world of rafting. It mountain scenery has drawn trekkers as well as climbers for many years; these same mountain shape an incredible variety of white –water challenges for paddlers.
A series of the world 's most outstanding river journeys are found here, ranging from steep, adrenaline –charged mountain streams to classic big volume wilderness expedition . The combination of spectacular rivers, mountain scenery and a rich cultural heritage make Nepal an obvious river-runner's destination.
No other country has such a choice of trips on Wild River with warm water, a subtropical climate (with no bugs) and huge beaches with white sand that are ideal for camping.
Nepal is a river runner's paradise - no other country has such a choice of multi-day trips, away from roads, in such magnificent mountain surroundings, with warm rivers, a semi tropical climate, impressive geography, exotic cultures, wildlife and friendly welcoming people! But it's not just the rivers - as anyone who has been there will tell you, Nepal is a magnificent holiday in its own right - a fairy tale land of temples, mountains, dramatic festivals, exotic culture, colorful people, medieval villages, superb craft shopping, great food and sights - the bonus is some of the World's best rivers! Rafting in Nepal is usually a 'wilderness' experience in that most rivers don't have highways alongside them - but it's a soft, tamed, wilderness with white beaches for camping, clean blue rivers, friendly locals and few 'nastiest - someone described it as 'blissful escapism'! Incredibly inexpensive, Nepal is a peaceful democratic country where rafters and kayakers get a warm welcome as one of the best forms of ecotourism. White water rafting means cruising down a rushing river in an inflatable rubber raft or white water kayak over crashing waves and swirling rapids for the excitement of a lifetime. Nepal has earned a reputation as one of the best destinations in the world for white water rafting. Nepal's thundering waters, coming from the glaciers of the mighty Himalaya, provide unmatched thrills for rafting and immersing oneself in the landscape. A rafting trip is bound to be the highlight of your stay in the country. Rivers are graded on a scale of one to six, with one being a swimming pool and six a one-way ticket to your maker. Four is considered to be quite challenging without being exceedingly dangerous to the novice rafter. Five requires some previous river experience. Here are some of the popular rafting trips:
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Jay Bruce has been named the Cincinnati Reds' nominee for the 2013 Hank Aaron Award. The award recognizes the most outstanding offense performers in each league.
Major League Baseball and MLB made the announcement on Monday.
Fans can vote exclusively online at MLB.com and the 30 Club sites. For the fourth straight year, a special panel of Hall of Fame players led by Hank Aaron will join fans in voting for the award, which is officially sanctioned by Major League Baseball and has recognized the most outstanding offensive performer in each League since it was established in 1999.
Bruce was the only player in the Major Leagues in 2013 with at least 43 doubles, 30 home runs and 109 RBI. He ranked among the National League Top 10 in HR (3rd), RBI (T2nd), total bases (4th), doubles (T3rd), extra-base hits (2nd) and outfield assists (13, T3rd) while leading all Major League right fielders in HR, RBI, doubles and extra-base hits.
Over the last 3 seasons Bruce produced 105 doubles and 96 homers, numbers matched only by Detroit's Miguel Cabrera. Bruce's 208 RBI the last 2 seasons lead all National League batters and tie for sixth-most in the Major Leagues. He is 1 of only 15 players in Major League history to produce at least 20 HR in each of his first 6 seasons and is only the sixth player in Reds history to produce 30 home runs in 3 straight.
The Hall of Fame panel led by Aaron includes some of the greatest offensive players of all-time –Roberto Alomar, Johnny Bench, Tony Gwynn, Paul Molitor, Eddie Murray and Robin Yount. These Hall of Famers – who combined for 17,629 hits, 8,278 RBI and 1,723 home runs – have all been personally selected by Hank Aaron to lend their expertise to select the best offensive performer in each League.
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2010: Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team for the second straight year...Came off the bench in all 16 games...Notched two goals, two assists and four ground balls...Posted two points (a goal and an assist) in the 12-9 win over Sacred Heart on March 6...Had an assist in the win over Detroit on March 20...Scored a goal in the home win over Saint Joseph's on April 24.
2009: Selected to the MAAC All-Academic Team...Came off the bench in all 18 games...Tallied four goals, two assists and 11 ground balls...Recorded a goal and an assist in the win over Detroit on Feb. 28...Scored a pair of goals and picked up a ground ball in the win at Presbyterian on March 17...Collected two ground balls in the win over Air Force on March 24...Tied a career-high with three ground balls against Canisius on April 18...Registered a goal in the win over Providence at Gaelic Park on April 22.
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27 February 2009
Jackson Attacked At McDowell
This seems to becoming more common, doesn't it? Fellow CW blogger, Michael Aubrecht, recently posted on another act of vandalism in Fredericksburg. Personally, I think these defacing of monuments are just random acts of vandalism (& stupidity) and not really some type of political statement.
This photo was just sent to me last night by reader and friend, Doug Hill. He took the photo yesterday. (Click image for larger view.)
Posted by Richard G. Williams, Jr. at 6:00 AM
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- Jubilo said...
Dear Old Domonion,
I agree this is probably just a youngster's idea of a good time. Actually deafacing monuments is a time honored college prank tradition . Remember last year in Alabama when the white Confedetate soldier statue was painted in back face? I enjoy most statuary but it does smack of idolatry don't it?
David Corbett
- 27 February, 2009 10:23
- Justin said...
I doubt this political. This kind of "tagging" has become an epidemic in more suburban areas.
Whether gang related or personal, you find them now in the most mundane places. It is a shame. My town is home to some great small businesses and cafes, many of them have had to repaint multiple times because of the tags.
It would be refreshing if it was political. Or something in Latin. "Frodo Lives". Anything. But this has no meaning. Public places are ruined for no more than for the immediate gratification of some ignorant child's ego.
Forgive my rant.
- 27 February, 2009 11:20
- cenantua said...
You beat me to it. I just got back from Shenandoah Mountain, McDowell, and Monterey (doing some photo-documentation on all of the markers over in that area for HMDB) and I saw this. It irks me to no end.
However, I was surprised that whoever did this didn't go full blast and attack all of the other signs. I guess we're lucky. I took the "death march" hike up Sitlington's Hill and all of the other CWPT signs are ok.
- 27 February, 2009 11:34
- Richard G. Williams, Jr. said...
Hey Robert, thanks for the update. Yes, it really ticks me off. I hope they catch the little twerps and make them work it off by cleaning the signs, keeping up the trails all Summer, and attending a WBTS seminar for educational purposes.
I'm in that area right often - beautiful, isn't it?
- 27 February, 2009 11:40
- cenantua said...
It's a beautiful area, but that drive over there has got to be about one of the most unnerving that I know of.. not as bad as the Rt. 33 drive west of Harrisonburg, but it is hairy enough.
Ever walk that Sitlington Hill tour? If not and you want to try it, be well prepared before you do it.
- 27 February, 2009 11:43
- Richard G. Williams, Jr. said...
Yes, rather curvy. There was some discussion a few years ago of straightening the road, making Highland County "more accessible." Actually, keeping it less accessible is why it is still so beautiful - no interstate, no rail, no Wal-Mart, thank God!
I've done part of that walk, many years ago with my children, but its been a while. Have you ever visited the home that houses the historical society over there? I used to be a member, but I've never been to the house or the reenactment either.
- 27 February, 2009 11:48
- Richard G. Williams, Jr. said...
Justin - no need to apologize. Its worth ranting over. I have a cat named "Frodo" - so he DOES live.
He's gray. I wanted to name him Mosby, but my daughter protested, so Frodo it is.
- 27 February, 2009 11:53
- Richard G. Williams, Jr. said...
Not idolatry, "honour thy Father."
- 27 February, 2009 11:54
- cenantua said...
I'm actually trying to figure out which house is the Hull House. There is the house that is immediately behind the marker, and then there is the house where the historical society is housed in.
Also, have you taken the Ft. Edward Johnson walking tour as well. That is extremely well laid out. Too bad the Sitlington's Hill walking tour doesn't have as much signage appearing as regularly as that at Ft. Johnson... too many steps between markers and it makes the walker think he/she is never going to see another marker along the way.
On another note, that Confederate monument at Monterey is unique. I've never seen that pose before in a monument. The work, however, looks like that done by a Georgia company back around the 1910s. I'm going to have to look it up to see where the piece originated.
I met someone a few years ago who spoke of going into a barn over in Monterey and finding US cavalry saddlebags hanging in there. I'm surprised the leather was in good shape, but I can see how it would be possible considering that area was frequented by Union forces looking for a way into Staunton.
- 27 February, 2009 11:54
- Richard G. Williams, Jr. said...
I'm not sure either. The County sponsors "McDowell Heritage Days" every other year, 2010 is next, see:
I hope to go. I really love that area and the people. Very little has changed over there as far as the landscape is concerned over the last 100 years. It truly is a unique corner of Virginia. I'd like to know more about the monument as well. The barn story would not surprise me. I believe there is still a lot of hidden history yet to be discovered.
- 27 February, 2009 12:00
- cenantua said...
Alright Richard... take a look at the latest post with the YouTube clip... and the attached link to the terrain map for Sitlington's Hill.
- 27 February, 2009 14:17
- S. Campbell said...
About 5 years ago the Confederate monument in Portsmouth Virginia had all four of it's soldier's faces painted black. It took a really long time for them to get the paint off. The kids had to climb over a 5 or 6 foot wrought iron fence in downtown. How nobody saw them is beyond me. It's all ridiculous. If kids were taught history like they should be they probably wouldn't be doing this kind of stuff. Also, if they had the right kind of parental guidance.
Mosby would have been a great name. My neighbor used to have a dog named JEB Stuart.
- 27 February, 2009 22:14
- Richard G. Williams, Jr. said...
Yes, educating properly would eliminate some of this but, again, I think most of it is just teen-age rebellion and immaturity.
- 28 February, 2009 12:24


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As part of his ongoing efforts to improve health and wellness in Illinois, Governor Pat Quinn today signed a law to raise awareness of diabetes. Under the new law, every Nov. 14 will be "Diabetes Awareness Day" in the state of Illinois. November is American Diabetes Month, and more than 800,000 Illinois residents are living with the disease, double the number 20 years ago.
"In order to prevent diabetes, we must continue to raise awareness and educate people about the importance of leading a healthy, active lifestyle to lower the risk of diabetes," Governor Quinn said. "I would like to thank Leader Cross for his longtime commitment to increase awareness and prevention of diabetes."
Sponsored by House Minority Leader Tom Cross (R-Oswego) and Sen. Mattie Hunter (D-Chicago), House Bill 5003 is designed to increase awareness of diabetes and educate Illinois residents about how to live healthier and prevent the disease. The governor signed the new law at Edward Hospital, which has provides counseling and extensive education for individuals living with diabetes.
"We've had tremendous support in the legislature and from our local and state diabetes communities to make today's law a reality. It is so important to know the risk factors of diabetes and to consult your doctor if you are experiencing them," said Leader Cross, who founded the Illinois Diabetes Caucus and is a member of the board of directors of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's Illinois Chapter.
"As a member of the Illinois Legislative Diabetes Caucus, I have led the effort to designate November 14 of each year as Diabetes Awareness Day in Illinois," said Sen. Hunter. "This and other initiatives, such as my work to reinsert the Diabetes Research Check-off Fund into next year's income tax form and exempt the check-off from being removed from the form in the future, helps to raise awareness of this dreadful disease while providing resources to combat it in the future. I applaud the governor for his leadership in signing this legislation."
Governor Quinn has long worked to encourage Illinois residents to adopt healthy lifestyles, which can help prevent diabetes from developing in some cases. Last year, he launched the "Walk Across Illinois Challenge," a program that aims to improve the health of Illinois residents by increasing walking exercise. "Diabetes Awareness Day" will help remind residents to make decisions -- healthy eating, exercising and not smoking -- to lower the risk of getting diabetes.
According to the Illinois Department of Public Health, the number of Illinois residents who have diabetes has more than doubled over the past 20 years, reaching approximately 800,000 in 2011. The department also estimates that an additional 500,000 people are unaware they have the disease. Of Illinois adults with diabetes, 18.6 percent are 65 years of age or older. Diabetes-related care in Illinois costs around $7.3 billion each year.
Individuals who have diabetes have too much glucose in their blood, which can cause serious cardiovascular and nervous system problems. Although Type 1, or insulin-dependent, diabetes can occur at any age, the most commonly diagnosed form of diabetes is Type 2, formerly called "adult-onset" diabetes. Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure, non-traumatic lower-limb amputations and new cases of blindness among adults in the United States and is a major cause of heart disease and stroke.
The Illinois Department of Public Health offers programs aimed at preventing diabetes, such as the Illinois Diabetes and Prevention Control Program and the Illinois Tobacco Quitline. For more information please visit: www.idph.state.il.us. The new law goes into effect immediately.
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FEW issues surrounding football are debated without Gordon Taylor, the Professional Footballers' Association passionately committed chief executive, making one of his constructive contributions.
His 30-year-old involvement with the players' union, among the most turbulent in English football history, has been characterised by a fierce determination to do right by the players and a flair for negotiation that has enabled him to take on the role of trouble-shooter in many of the disputes that might have otherwise wrecked the game.
But if Taylor was granted one wish today, it would be for the spin cycle of frustration, disillusionment and anger surrounding the club he supports to end.
Once Taylor had a touch of Blackburn in his life as a rampaging winger at Ewood in the late 1970s and that enduring passion has never left him.
Taylor admits the rapid decline of the club closest to his Ribble Valley home has left him feeling devastated.
"Like many thousands of fans I'm bewildered at what's happening, it is like the owners have a death wish for Blackburn Rovers," said Taylor.
"I feel a great deal of loyalty towards Blackburn, but all this chaos and disruption at Ewood is very upsetting.
"Blackburn's always had a very proud name, well run and a respected club throughout England, but nothing that has happened since Blackburn Rovers were sold to the new owners makes any sense.
"Too many good people were allowed to leave the club, not because of a lack of ability or what they had to offer, but seemingly for the sake of change and those decisions have proved catastrophic ones.
"Blackburn Rovers has become a prime example of how not to run a football club."
Blackburn were comfortably placed in the Premier League when Sam Allardyce was sacked in December 2010, and a month later former boss Steve Kean was handed a three-year contract.
"The owners, seemingly, have dismissed the very formula you need for success in football and nearly every move they've made has accelerated Blackburn's demise," added Taylor.
"Allardyce's sacking, for example, was absolutely baffling.
"Then, seeing John Williams and Tom Finn leave was a tragedy for Blackburn because they were such good football men.
"They had a great ability to communicate and that was probably the most bewildering decision of all.
"What on earth the late Jack Walker would think I really don't know.
"Jack was a wonderful guy, Blackburn's greatest fan, and he gave the club he loved a magic carpet ride to the Premier League title.
"It would break his heart to see them in this mess."
Owners Venky's have endured a torrent of criticism since Michael Appleton's sacking after just 67 days in charge.
Angry League Managers' Association chief Richard Bevan described that decision as 'nonsense' while David Dunn, Blackburn's long serving midfielder, admitted that the first team squad had been left stunned by his removal, the third Ewood Park managerial casualty this season.
But while Blackburn's global advisor Shebby Singh this week insisted that Venky's remain committed to Rovers Taylor, like many supporters, remains sceptical.
"Sacking Michael Appleton was an embarrassing decision," said Taylor.
"What the supporters need is a serious statement of intent from the owners, outlining their plans for the next few years.
"Nobody is saying anything and that's fundamentally wrong for a club that plays such a significant role in the town.
"The fans, who are the lifeblood of Blackburn, need to hear from them because there's no transparency.
"Do the owners really want to see Blackburn going forward?
"Without a clear direction and little or no respect shown to the supporters I really fear for Blackburn's future.
"I don't want to see Blackburn become another Portsmouth, but they desperately need stability."
Taylor, who made nearly 100 appearances for Rovers, added: "The supporters are desperate for something positive to cling on to and that lack of trust and disillusionment in the owners is certainly reflected in the attendances at Ewood.
"Only 8,000 saw the FA Cup quarter-final replay against Millwall and if anything reflected the demise of Blackburn that attendance did.
"What is happening at Blackburn has left a black cloud hanging over the town and the fans don't deserve that."


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About the Book
These photos in this publication are unique. They're not from LIFE magazine. They are not a part of a government funded project of documenting the Army of the United States. They are not an attempt to affirm democratic ideals or cultural values. They were not created to challenge political or social policies or to question the nation's values. Nor are they the product of War Correspondents or Signal Corps professionals. They are not the product of any official arrangements to manage, or restrict the distribution of all their content. They weren't intended to raise civilian morale, well, morale beyond that of "Mom and Pop, brother and sis, and maybe Aunt Bea."
Enough about what they weren't. What they are, are historic personal documents and as such, they present a far different dynamic to the books of WWII photographs of paratroopers we have become accustomed to.
These images are snapshots taken by two or three of the paratroopers of the Second Battalion of the 503d Parachute Regimental Combat Team who managed to carry cameras with them through their time in the SWPA. They weren't assigned to tell photographic stories, and their photos were not intended to do anything other than to provide them with images of what they had seen and done, lest there be no other means to record their actions, or for their families to know. They had another job to do, which was to follow orders and to fight a war. Thus many of the images are an afterthought, or are of what happened in their off hours. Some images have them holding a bottle of beer. Let me assure you, the thieves in the distribution chain ensured that such an instance was so rare, it practically required photographic evidence.
The publication follows the war of Sherman L. "Bull" Durham.
Features & Details
- Category History
Standard Landscape, 10×8 in, 25×20 cm
200 Pages
- Publish Date Nov 17, 2011
- Tags Rock Regiment, New Guinea, WWII, 503d, 503rd, PRCT, PIR, Airborne, Paratroopers, Papua, Noemfoor, Mindoro, Corregidor, Negros, GI's, Philippines
About the Creator
Through the Corregidor Historic Society and, more recently the 503d PRCT Heritage Regiment., Paul presents thirteen publications, all connected in some way with Corregidor and the US Armed Forces in the SWPA during WWII. He started developing the Corregidor.Org website about the 1941-42 siege and the 1945 retaking of Corregidor as a penance for being an insolvency lawyer. Now retired, he has produced ten websites, more than a dozen Military History books, and has co-produced, with Peter Parsons, the documentary of the 1945 retaking of Corregidor - "CORREGIDOR - THE ROAD BACK. He married Rosie in 1980, has three adult children, and hates cats. He lives between two shores, Corregidor and Brisbane, Australia.
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Wilson was stellar in both of his outings for the week of June 11-17, going 1-0 and posting a miniscule 0.69 ERA, allowing just one earned run in 13.0 innings pitched. Wilson also struck out 11 opponents across the two starts.
In his first start of the week, Wilson picked up his fifth win of the season, tossing 7.0 innings of scoreless baseball, allowing just four hits and zero walks while striking out five Red Wings in a performance that was overshadowed by the Tribe's 16-run offensive explosion. It was Wilson's longest outing since throwing the first 7.1 innings of the no-hitter in Durham that garnered his first Pitcher of the Week award.
The southpaw was perfect through three innings of his second start of the week, eventually allowing just one hit and one run in a no decision in Charlotte that the Indians won on a Jeff Clement home run in the top of the ninth inning. Wilson struck out five Knights across 6.0 innings in the start while allowing just three walks. It was the first time Wilson had tossed at least 6.0 innings in back-to-back starts since combining for 12.2 innings pitched between starts on April 11 and 17.
In 14 starts this season, Wilson is 5-4 with a 3.62 ERA and a team-leading 73 strikeouts. Opponents are batting just .206 against Wilson, the third-lowest average against any International League pitcher. The southpaw is expected to make his next start on Friday, June 22, when the Indians return to Victory Field to begin a four-game series against the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees at 7:15 p.m.


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August 27, 2013 – Yoga On 3rd opened for business at 301 Atlantic Ave., Suite A, in July and held a grand opening ceremony on August 17. Danielle Morrill, "big boss lady" of Yoga On 3rd, has been doing yoga for 10 years. She graduated from the Bikram Yoga College of India in the fall of 2007 and has been helping friends open studios in Phoenix and Southern California. Though she just recently moved back from Phoenix, Morrill has been working on opening a yoga studio in Long Beach for a year. "We're here to make the community a more healthy and prosperous place to be a part of," Morrill told the Business Journal. Yoga On 3rd offers a variety of yoga classes, including: slow flow, flow, core, restorative, Vinyasa, Hatha and "wildcard," a mix of different types of yoga. Morrill hosts community donation-based classes and kids' yoga classes once a week. The schedule of classes is subject to change, and Morrill plans to add an aerial yoga class in September. The space is also available for hosting social events. Learn more by calling 562/546-3012 or visit www.yogaon3rd.com. (Photograph by the Business Journal's Thomas McConville)


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Marat Safin may be this year's player to watch, reports Linda Pearce.
Marat Safin has just finished a thunderous practice session overseen by his latest coach, part-time Russian tour player Denis Golovanov.
The performance is imposing, an effortless service action pounding one last basket of balls. Safin may be the world's 77th-ranked player, but he also intends to return to No. 1 before the year is out.
Which may sound optimistic, but Safin has never been one for restraint. The past season, in which he won only 12 matches in 23 tournaments, was the most difficult of his career. Safin spent months able only to rest and hope, waiting for his damaged left wrist to heal. No doubt he also enhanced his reputation for party-boy behaviour during his time away, but more significant is his post-sabbatical vow to change his erratic, undisciplined tennis ways.
Indeed, one former coach, Mats Wilander, has said that "if Marat had the head of Jim Courier, he would be unbeatable".
So, are we seeing the new, calm, committed Marat at last?
"I'm trying, I'm trying, I'm really trying," said Safin, whose 2002 Australian Open finals loss to Thomas Johansson was most notable for his busty blonde "entourage" and carefree - almost careless - demeanour. "I had six months off, so I've been talking to people, and they give me good advice, so at least I can understand a little bit myself and I can understand a little bit what I need to do.
"It has to work. I have no other option. I have been out for basically almost a year, so I have a lot of time to think about my life, about my tennis life, and make some good decisions and that's why I decided to prepare myself quite seriously for this year, because it's time.
"I'm going to be 24, so time to do something big, and life is moving, so you have to hurry up. Otherwise, it's going to be too late."
Marat Safin
Born: January 27, 1980, Moscow
Lives: Monte Carlo
Turned pro: 1997
Career: 242-142 win-loss record; 11 career singles titles.
Career prizemoney: $US8,640,150.
2003 in review: Limited to 14 tournaments by wrist injury, outside top 50 for first time since 1997.
Australian Open: Played five times, runner-up in 2002.
French Open: Five times, semi-finalist in 2002.
Wimbledon: Four times, quarter-finalist in 2001.
US Open: Five times, won in 2000.
Safin will never be a Courier, or Lleyton Hewitt clone, and has only recently been struck by the radical idea of trying, really hard, until a match is over. Yet he is not one for if-onlys, despite his performance against Pete Sampras in the 2000 US Open final prompting the towering 20-year-old to be hailed as the prototype of the next generation. Somehow, more than three years later, the rising 24-year-old is still waiting for major No. 2.
"It comes with time. It's coming at a certain age, but for some people that's very early, and for some people that's 23, as it happens to me," said Safin of his new-found resolve. "But I also don't regret anything I did in the past. I mean, maybe I had to change something, but it was OK.
"You have to go through the periods of time, the periods of life, the directions. You have to find everything and put it in order."
Still, the present world order is horribly unflattering among a peer group that includes Roger Federer, Andy Roddick, Juan Carlos Ferrero and Hewitt. While Federer, Roddick and Ferrero won singles majors last year, and Hewitt led his country to a Davis Cup, Safin tumbled from No. 3 to 77th.
Injury was the major factor. The Russian arrived here last January fresh from his country's Davis Cup win, only to withdraw before his Sydney quarter-final with a shoulder injury, and then tear ligaments in his left wrist during his first match at Melbourne Park.
"Basically I was in great shape, I came here, I got injured and then all the year was screwed up," he said.
Safin tried twice to return to the court, but it was soon clear that a long break was needed, and the semi-final defeat of Ferrero in Barcelona on April 26 was his most recent tour victory. Five demoralising first-round losses prompted one last withdrawal, from the Paris Masters, to prepare for 2004.
Safin spent a solid month training in Monte Carlo under fitness adviser Walt Landers and Golovanov, his sixth coach in three years. "He's the person that he can travel with me for 42 weeks a year, he can be for me 24 hours available and he knows me since I was 12," Safin said.
Safin believes he belongs in the company of Roddick, Federer, Ferrero et al. "I think there will be times that they will beat me, that I will beat them, so it's going to be a competition like it was before with Becker, Sampras, Agassi."
Who, then, is the next Pete? Safin himself? "No, it's Federer. Federer I think is Sampras. He has the potential. He's very talented and he has more or less the same game. he needs more improve(ment), but he plays as nice as Pete. He is very talented, definitely. Very good hands, very good serve.
"But I think for me the most talented of all times was (Marcelo) Rios. But unfortunately he doesn't want to continue his tennis career, because when it's too easy for you, then it's boring."
The same, perhaps, could be said of Safin. "For me, tennis is not so easy," he insisted. "But I've been working really hard, I've put in a lot of time and a lot of dedication, and I'm trying to make it easier."
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The moon may contain a lot more water than previously thought. But don't pack your swimsuit. It's preserved in tiny bits of volcanic rock trapped in crystals called melt inclusions.
Researchers used an ion microscope to measure seven samples of magma trapped within such crystals collected during the Apollo 17 mission in 1972, the last time humans set foot on the surface. The crystals were believed to have been created "within a matter of minutes after their eruption," the researchers say in their article in this week's edition of the journal Science Express.
The samples contain tiny bits of water that did not evaporate away because they were encased in crystals that protected them when volcanic eruptions brought them from the moon's depths to its surface eons ago. In fact, the researchers found up to 1,410 parts per million water, which is about 100 times more than anyone expected would be there.
Their findings could change how we think about the way the moon was formed.
There wasn't much water and nor many volatile elements in the inner solar system when Mercury, Venus and the Earth were being created. The fact that even smaller amounts were found on the moon has been thought to show that our satellite was formed by a high-temperature, "giant impact collision between a Mars-sized object and an early-formed proto-Earth," they write.
However the researchers suggest their findings could mean that the theory needs to be reevaluated. It could either be that the molten Earth and proto-moon exchanged more material during the collision than believed, or that parts of the lunar interior somehow escaped the widespread melting that happened afterwards.
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My Unforgettable Jazz Friends
By Claire P. Gordon, with a foreword by Benny Carter
- In this book you will find out
- About my being Duke Ellington's secretary
- When Norman Granz borrowed my booking license
- About the night I almost killed Dizzy Gillespie
- The facts behind Nat Cole's recording "Unforgettable"
- How often I was in the right place at the right time
- Many other stories you've never heard before about jazz greats of the 30's and 40's
About Claire P. Gordon
Nothing in her middle-class Los Angeles childhood suggested that Claire Gordon would form an abiding interest in jazz. But by the age of 14, the signs were there. She discovered the music of Duke Ellington and other jazz artists while in her teens.
The first major artist to enter her life was singer Maxine Sullivan, who became a life-long friend. Others followed - Nat "King" Cole, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Carter, pianists Art Tatum and Mary Lou Williams, disc jockeys, song writers, more artists, and other jazz buffs.
She was Duke Ellington's band secretary, married songwriter Irving Gordon ("Unforgettable"), and was a friend of Norman Granz - the list goes on. She has written about the people she knew with a light touch and a smile. Through her eyes, a picture is drawn of this jazz era - the way it was in the 1930's and 1940's (and onward) in the United States.


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The NSW Liberal Party will be forced to vote on a plan to allow members to decide by direct election the candidates for state and federal seats, in a challenge to the power of top Liberals including Premier Barry O'Farrell to control preselections.
The NSW Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that members of the party's state executive, including Mr O'Farrell and Senator Arthur Sinodinos, were wrong to leave a proposal for direct elections off the agenda for the annual general meeting on Saturday of the party's controlling body.
The meeting of the Liberal Party state council will have to be postponed or adjourned to allow for a vote at a later time on the proposed amendment to the party's constitution.
If the vote is successful, it would strip the state executive of the power to exercise "special powers" to impose their preferred candidates on electorates and delay preselections for the remaining 12 NSW seats that are being contested by the Liberals at next year's federal election.
The ruling is a victory for the party's hard right faction, led by NSW Resources Minister Chris Hartcher, which had pushed for direct elections or plebiscites to be considered at the meeting and adopted before candidates for the remaining federal seats for next year's election are decided.
It deepens the rift between the hard right and the rival centre right and left factions, which control the state executive and dominate the O'Farrell government.
The centre right and the left factions fear direct elections could lead to branch stacking to force out MPs who are not supported by the hard right.
The state executive could not reach an agreement yesterday with the hard right on whether the annual general meeting would go ahead on Saturday to deal with other issues – with an adjournment to deal with plebiscites about three weeks later – or rescheduled to deal with all the issues.
Justice William Nicholas said it was "in everybody's interest to keep what's already been arranged on foot" to the extent it was possible.
The state executive rejected an earlier written offer for the meeting to proceed with an adjournment, in a move that could have costs consequences.
"These are aspirants for running the country so I'm sure sorting out something like this can't be beyond their capacity," Justice Nicholas said.
The hearing continues on Friday.
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A DORCHESTER artist has been commissioned to create a piece for the Weymouth Gateway site.
Andy Kirkby, who lives in Moreton near Dorchester, fought off competition from 38 other UK and international artists, with five being shortlisted to attend interviews at New Look's new offices on Mercery Road.
The public art work will sit at the new gateway site and welcome people to the development.
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6 key takeaways about the world's emerging middle class
During the first decade of this century, the world experienced a dramatic drop in the number of people living in poverty and a significant rise in the number who could be considered middle income, according to a new Pew Research Center report. But the majority of the global population remains low income.
Our analysis includes 111 countries, which accounted for 88% of the global population in 2011, the latest year that could be analyzed with the available data.
Here are six key takeaways from the report on how these big global changes have played out recently:
1The world's middle-income population – people living on $10-20 per day – nearly doubled, increasing by 386 million from 2001 to 2011. In the 111 countries included in the report, some 783 million people were middle income in 2011, compared with 398 million in 2001. Looked at by share, the global middle class increased from 7% of the world's population in 2001 to 13% in 2011.
2The emergence of a truly global middle class is still more promise than reality. The growth in the middle-income population was concentrated in particular regions. China, South America and Eastern Europe are home to some of the biggest increases. China alone accounted for more than half the additions to the global middle-income population from 2001 to 2011, with 203 million. Countries in South America and in Eastern Europe added 50 million and 39 million to the global middle class, respectively. By contrast, Africa and much of Asia, including India, have lagged behind.
3The standard of living of the global middle class is modest by Western norms. The $10-20 a day that qualifies people as middle income globally translates to $14,600 to $29,200 annually for a family of four. Much of the global middle class would officially be poor in the U.S., where the poverty line for a family of four was $23,021 in 2011. That year, only 16% of the world's population was living on $20 or more a day, a little higher than the U.S. poverty line.
4While the global middle-income population has grown from 2001 to 2011, the largest increase is in the world's low-income population. The share of people classified as low income ($2-10 per day) increased from 50% of the world's population in 2001 to 56% in 2011, and the low-income population increased from 2.7 billion to 3.4 billion. Overall, the vast majority of the world's population (71%) was still either poor or low income in 2011.
5The number of people in poverty – living on $2 or less daily – plunged from 2001 to 2011, falling from 1.6 billion to 949 million. The share of the world's population that is poor dropped from 29% to 15%. But in most countries, the majority of those emerging from poverty took only a modest step up the income ladder, changing their status from poor to low income. That has been the case in India and African countries, where poverty rates fell significantly since 2001, but most of the movement there was from poverty to low-income status.
6Only 7% of the global population was high income in 2011, with $50 or more at its disposal daily. Europe and North America dominate the topmost rung of the world's income ladder, with some 87% of the global high-income population living there in 2011. That share is down only slightly, from 91% 2001. Within this group, Western Europe gained on the U.S. with respect to the shares of their populations that are high income. The role of advanced economies in the growth of the new middle classes is limited, because most residents in these countries were already either upper-middle income or high income by global standards in 2001.
Correction: This post was updated Aug. 13, 2015, to reflect changes to some aggregated data as a result of corrected estimates for Iceland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Taiwan.
Topics: Europe, Income, Poverty, North America, Middle Class
Rakesh Kochhar is an associate director of research at Pew Research Center.
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$ 20 /day goes a lot further in India than California. Hence, this is not informative. What matters is the buying power & standard of living. This point is so far off the mark I cannot fathom what is going on at Pew research.
Dear Mr. Rakesh, you have done a great service to those ground level activists around the world, who were arguing the same but empirically, but we were being lambasted with glitzy "figures" of growth and gaiety by the apologists who are nothing but economic Ostriches.
Any way it would be great, if you can point to more detailed analysis on countries such as India, where we are still suffering from "growth talk", which has just touched a minuscule percentage of the Creamiest layers.
While interesting, the combining of all the data from all countries, muddies the usefulness of the information. Averaging across all countries when it is likely that rather extreme and meaningful differences exist between these groups, seems a concern. For example, if we study aggression, combine the scores of males and females, and for all ages, and find that aggression is down, or up, or whatever. (It is down in males and up in females, by the way.)


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Producer S Narayan has released his latest film Veera Parampare, which has his story, screenplay, dialogues, lyrics, direction and music. The movie has all the mass entertainer values. He could have done it more effective by cutting down the length. Anyway, Ambi and Sudeep rocks the screen!
Veera Parampare is a good family entertainer. The highlights of the film are sentimental sequences between Sudeep and Ambareesh, comedy scenes between Sharan and Sudeep, S Narayan's music, punch dialogues, Sudeep's action scenes. Editing work is the main drawback of the film.
The film is all about the family tradition of Varade Gowda and his effort to save it. S Narayan has penned wonderful story for it and he has highlighted how the life of farmers is ruined in the name of industrialization. He even condemns the present political situation of occupying the farmers' land to build factories, roads and airport.
The director has nicely blended this burning issue with mass elements in Veera Parampare. But the story is predictable in a few sequences and the slow paced narration makes it a boring watch. The very beginning of the film appears to be very dramatic and dragging at least for 15 minutes.
Moreover, the director has love and comedy and sudden switching over to love-comedy-seriousness is quite irritating. The story turns serious at the end of first half. The second half has a few sentimental scenes, but narration turns slow again and tests the patience of the audience.
Varade Gowda is a village leader. Since his grand father's age, his family has considered land as a god and safeguarded the interest of farmers. Byregowda wants to occupy the land of farmers by killing Varade Gowda. But Teja (Sudeep), whose father dies while protecting varade Gowda, takes the responsibility of protecting him. What kind of trouble Teja faces in order to protect Varade Gowda and his family tradition forms the story of the film.
Sudeep rocks as angry young man. His performance in action as well as sentimental sequences impresses the audience. As Varade Gowda, Ambareesh has delivered brilliant performance, but he lacks energy in a few sequences, especially in the very first scene. Aindrita Ray does not have much scope in the film and director could have saved the movie by chopping few of her sequences. Sharan's comedy is good. Vijaylakshmi Singh, Kote Prabhakar, Shobhraj have also done justice to their respective roles.
S Narayan's music is good. Songs like 'Tangali Teli...', Ayyayyo Ayyayyo Ishtane...' and Nanna Mannidu are wonderful and haunt the mind of listeners. Instrumental music of the song Tangali Teli, which is used in a couple sequences as background, touches the heart of the audiences. R Giri's cinematography, S Narayan's dialogues, costumes and choreography are also commendable.
Overall, Veera Parampare has a wonderful story and director could have done it more interesting by chopping the unnecessary scenes. It is good entertainer, which the members of a family can sit together and watch it.
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Pennsylvania formula for special education funding unworkable, experts say
More than 46,000 Western Pennsylvania special education students are on the losing end of a state funding formula that dumps their education costs onto school districts inequitably, educators and some lawmakers say.
The state formula distributes aid on the assumption that 16 percent of students — the state average — will need services such as speech therapy, tutoring and devices to accommodate physical and intellectual disabilities. But the formula shortchanges districts with higher-than-average percentages of special education students, experts say.
Even districts with fewer special education students than the state average lack state resources to meet needs, school officials say.
"What we have now makes no sense," Acting Secretary of Education Carolyn Dumaresq said. "Students with multiple physical handicaps don't require the same amount of funding as kids who need speech language therapy, and everyone is paying more than they should."
Of 117 school districts the Tribune-Review evaluated in nine Western Pennsylvania counties, 80 percent support student populations well above or below the average. Expensive equipment, facilities and tutors drive costs thousands of dollars above the typical cost per student. Costs to districts above what the state provides range from $2,378 in Jefferson-Morgan in Greene County to $21,038 at Duquesne in Allegheny County.
Taxpayers in Washington County's Avella School District spend the least to cover special education costs regionally: $450,000 annually. Pittsburgh Public School residents pay $54 million — more than twice what the state contributes — for the district's 4,482 special education students.
Districts have to reallocate local taxpayer money, Burgettstown School District Superintendent David Palmer said. Administrators at the Washington County district pulled $2 million earmarked for technology upgrades to provide services for the district's special education students, who account for 20 percent of the enrollment, Palmer said.
That's why a district's socioeconomic status should be a factor in determining special education funding, said Ron Cowell, president of the Harrisburg-based Educational Policy and Leadership Center. A former state representative and chair of House education committees, Cowell said the formula shifts most special-education costs onto local taxpayers — more than $1.5 billion statewide.
"That gap, if you will, is aggravated further in many instances by a school district that doesn't have any resources to begin with," Cowell said. "We're furthering the trend of shifting more and more of the financial obligation from the state to school districts."
Cowell represented Braddock, Swissvale and Forest Hills when the funding formula changed from 100 percent reimbursement to the current formula in 1991. Cowell doesn't suggest going back to the old formula, but he wants the state to take on more financial responsibility for special education costs.
The state pays about 38 percent of districts' actual costs, budget figures show.
Last week, the state Senate Appropriations Committee moved legislation that would establish a three-tier funding system that considers the severity of student disabilities and districts' actual costs. The bill could come to a floor vote soon.
Dumaresq called the proposal a "long-awaited answer" to an "obvious problem."
Jonathan Cetel, executive director of Philadelphia-based PennCAN, an education advocacy group, said it's clear some districts are overpaid.
He estimated more than half the state's 500 school districts have a special education population less than the Department of Education's assumed 16 percent average. Though PennCAN "strongly supports the concept of a tiered, weighted funding formula," the organization has serious concerns about how legislation would divvy up tax dollars, particularly to charter schools.
Similar to its Senate counterpart, House Bill 2183 includes a "hold harmless" provision for traditional public schools but would implement cuts immediately for charter schools.
In his February budget address, Republican Gov. Tom Corbett proposed the state's first increase in special education money in six years. Lawmakers have until the end of June to approve the $20 million line item.
Richard Regelski, director of special-education services at Franklin Regional School District, said it's difficult to put a price on educating a percentage of the population. His students are more than just a number.
"It's not about the money — it's about making sure that student needs are met," he said.
Megan Harris and Daveen Rae Kurutz are Trib Total Media staff writers. Staff writer Patrick Varine contributed to this report.


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Some guy has written a book entitled Why We Love Sociopaths. That intrigued me immediately, as I see that Hillary and Bill Clinton are once again voted among the top tier of the people we most admire. So I went to the Last Psychiatrist to see what he had to say about the book. He didn't disappoint:
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Natural Gas Pipeline Incidents in NY Soared in 2011, Led By Alarming Increase in NYC Pipeline FailuresFeb 16th, 2012 | By Mark | Category: Gas Pipeline Expansion NEWS, Lead Articles
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The number of natural gas pipeline incidents — natural gas leaks or natural gas explosions — in New York City shot up dramatically in 2011, increasing by 400 percent compared to the previous year, according to documents obtained by NaturalGasWatch.org.
According to records obtained from the Pipeline & Hazardous Material Safety Administration (PHMSA,) the federal agency charged with regulating natural gas pipelines, there were only two serious or significant incidents in New York City's natural gas distribution pipelines in 2010. In 2011, that number increased to eight, accounting for nearly half of the distribution pipeline incidents that occurred statewide.
All of the 2011 distribution incidents detailed in the PHMSA records occurred in pipelines operated by the Consolidated Edison Co. of New York.
The increase in New York City pipeline incidents mirrors a similar increase in natural gas pipeline incidents across the state.
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According to PHMSA records, the number of natural gas pipeline incidents that occurred in transmission pipelines throughout the state doubled, from three incidents in 2010 to six incidents in 2011, and the number of incidents related to distribution pipelines more than tripled, from five in 2010 to 18 in 2011.
Four of the six transmission incidents were attributed to pipeline connection or coupling failures, or other equipment failures.
Seven of the distribution pipeline failures were attributed to "miscellaneous or unknown" causes.
A natural gas transmission pipeline moves natural gas from a gathering line or storage center to a distribution center, while a natural gas distribution pipeline moves the product from the distribution center to residential and small business consumers.
The State of New York has 53, 674 miles of natural gas pipeline, which includes about 4,500 miles of natural gas transmission pipelines and more than 47,000 miles of natural gas distribution pipeline.


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pH Changes upon Mixing of Single-step Self-etching Adhesives with Powdered Dentin
Iwasa, Mika / Tsubota, Keishi / Shimamura, Yutaka / Ando, Susumu / Miyazaki, Masashi / Platt, Jeffrey A.
Purpose: Single-step self-etching adhesives have been developed as a bonding material that adheres to the tooth surface. The adhesives contain acidic resin monomers that penetrate the dentin but can be neutralized to stop the reaction. This study aimed to improve understanding of the pH changes that occur when self-etching adhesives are mixed with dentin powder. Materials and Methods: Dentin disks obtained from extracted bovine incisors were milled and pulverized into a fine powder. The powder was mixed with diluted self-etching adhesives, and pH changes were measured by a solid-state pH sensor connected to a pH meter at various time points after the start of mixing. Data were analyzed by Tukeys Honestly Significant Difference (HSD) test and Dunnetts test at a significance level of 0.05. Precipitates from the adhesive/ dentin powder mixture were observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Results: The baseline pH values of the self-etching adhesives ranged from 0.97 to 2.83. After mixing with the dentin powder, the pH values significantly increased, ranging from 6.30 to 7.11 at 180 s after mixing. SEM observation revealed products of the reaction between dentin powder and self-etching adhesive which indicate a chemical reaction between the functional monomer and dentin. Conclusion: Dentin has a strong modulation effect against the acidity of self-etching adhesives.
Keywords: dentin, functional monomer, pH, self-etching adhesive, insoluble precipitate
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