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Even though Auburn didn't win, the effort the team gave and the home crowd support the Tigers received had to be impressive to the recruits who were at the game. On a beautiful day in Auburn weather-wise, the fans came early and stayed late trying to help their team pull out a victory.
The Auburn team fought hard until the final seconds. Like I mentioned in the Dye-Log column earlier this week, it was one of those games full of plays that had the potential to change the outcome. That was the case even in desperation time on Auburn's last possession when the Tigers got the ball back at their own 20-yard line with no timeouts and 39 seconds left.
Emory Blake broke open deep into the LSU secondary. If the Tigers could have completed that pass Blake had plenty of room to run after the catch and could have run the football close enough to the LSU goal line to give Cody Parkey a chance to attempt a game-winning field goal.
If LSU proves to be as good as its national ranking, the fact Auburn had a real chance to win that game is a sign that the Tigers are improving and that October could be a better month than September was.
Looking at the college football scene as we head into week five, something we talked about as coaches from around the country on our conference call for the Legends Poll this week was the Oklahoma Sooners. That was of interest to me because the last four or five years the Sooners haven't performed as well as I expected. It is hard for me to believe Oklahoma doesn't have enough athletes to win big.
From what I have seen from the Big 12 conference this year, Texas is a team to watch. The Longhorns look to be a legitimate, downhill, hard-nosed running football team. Texas also has great speed at the wide receiver spots and on defense. R.C. Slocum, the former Texas A&M coach who is part of our Legends Poll group, said that he really likes what this year's Texas team has been doing.
It won't be long before we know for sure how good Texas is because the Longhorns play West Virginia on Oct. 6th and a week later they face Oklahoma. That would be a tough back-to-back challenge for any team in college football to handle.
With Texas A&M moving to the Southeastern Conference this year, the Longhorns and Aggies won't play their traditional game late in the season, which is really different. It is a rivalry game a lot of fans looked forward to watching around Thanksgiving every year.
On the subject of Texas A&M, the Aggies along with the Tigers of Missouri are still looking for their first SEC victories. Both have interesting games this week.
The Aggies will be at home to take on an Arkansas team has really struggled this year. These teams know each other well. Last year the Razorbacks won a shootout game vs. the Aggies. Over the years these two have played each other many times from their days in the old Southwest Conference.
Something to watch is what kind of effort the interim coach of the Razorbacks will get out of the Razorbacks the rest of the year now their hopes of competing the SEC and national championships are gone.
The Tigers of Missouri aren't playing an SEC opponent this week, but could have their hands full as they travel to Central Florida, an opponent that could have enough athletes to give them a real battle on Saturday in Orlando.
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By Cheryl Wittenauer, Associated Press
ST. LOUIS The founder of the online gambling site BetOnSports.com was sentenced Monday to more than four years in prison, ending a lengthy investigation and prosecution into one of the world's largest offshore sports gambling companies.
Gary Kaplan, 50, must also forfeit $43.6 million in illegally obtained revenue as part of a plea agreement. He also has agreed not to block another $7 million being forfeited by associates. Prosecutors said Tuesday that Kaplan still has tens of millions in Swiss bank accounts.
Kaplan pleaded guilty in August to racketeering conspiracy, violating the Wire Wager Act and conspiring to violate it. Prosecutors had been investigating offshore sports gambling since 1997, and BetOnSports since 2001.
Kaplan, sentenced to four years and three months, could end up spending another year behind bars. He has been jailed for two years and seven months since his March 2007 arrest in Puerto Rico.
Kaplan's attorneys had argued for leniency, including home confinement, and said he would like to pursue charitable projects to help the community.
But U.S. District Judge Carol Jackson said Kaplan's two prior felonies, bookmaking and forgery, and a misdemeanor showed her he "continued to disrespect" the law. She said he broke laws he didn't agree with, knowing his activity was illegal.
"Mr. Kaplan made an educated decision, a gamble if you will," she said. "Now, here's the payoff."
She also ordered him to substance and mental health counseling, and to earn a high school diploma. And she said Kaplan may not launch or run a business without the permission of the probation office.
Online gaming is illegal in the U.S., and in 2006, a federal grand jury indicted Kaplan, his company and several associates. Three other former executives, including two of Kaplan's siblings, have pleaded guilty and will be sentenced Tuesday. A fourth will be sentenced later.
Kaplan, a high-school dropout who started out as a New York bookie, founded the offshore betting company in 1995, setting up entities in Aruba, Antigua and eventually Costa Rica. The firm solicited U.S. citizens to place sports wagers by phone and over the Internet directly from their accounts.
In his guilty plea in August, Kaplan said BetOnSports had 1 million registered customers and accepted more than 10 million sports bets worth more than $1 billion in 2004 alone. His company, by then based in Costa Rica, employed 1,700 people.
Kaplan took BetOnSports public on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market in 2004, which netted him more than $100 million that was deposited in Swiss bank accounts. For the next two years, he served as a BetOnSports consultant.
Prosecutors said the company falsely advertised that its gambling operations were legal, and misled gamblers into believing that money transferred to BetOnSports was safe and available to withdraw at any time. Instead, investigators said, the money was used to expand operations, including purchase of a rival betting firm.
When BetOnSports ceased operation in 2006, customers lost more than $16 million.
Kaplan told Jackson in August that he initially believed that adhering to the laws in Aruba, Antigua, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic and the United Kingdom kept him in good stead with U.S. laws. But he said he became aware as early as 2000 that such dealings violated U.S. law, and got confirmation in a legal opinion in 2002. Yet, he kept operating.
Kaplan apologized to the judge Monday for the "pain and embarrassment" he caused to his family, and said he'd "paid a monumental price for poor decisions." His attorneys said that Kaplan, from his jail cell, has made six-figure contributions to St. Louis-area charities in recent months.
The case could have been filed anywhere in the U.S., but the Eastern District of Missouri's former U.S. Attorney, Catherine Hanaway, was aggressive in going after online gambling operations.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven Holtshouser said the case sends a message that the government is serious about enforcing sports-betting laws, tracking violations "even when they're carried on off shore, and especially when U.S. citizens are trying to evade them."
U.S. attorneys in New York, Pennsylvania and California have pursued other lesser figures in sports booking. A Kaplan business partner, Norman Steinberg, fled to Costa Rica after pleading guilty in Pennsylvania. Another associate, Gregory Haggard, is a fugitive, Holtshouser said.
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Every time you stifle a sneeze, the force of the sneeze cannot simply disappear from existence. It must manifest elsewhere, often causing a small creature to explode or a chefs hat to fly off into the air.
La toque blanche. The chefs hat. Why is it shaped like a mushroom cloud? Because they both sure can cook. And why is a mushroom cloud shaped like a mushroom? Not many people know this, but out in the forest, right where every mushroom grows, there used to be a tiny Japanese city, so tiny that even David the Gnome could commit accidental genocide just by taking a poop without looking.
Ironically, Gnome Poop is highly sought after in Japan, because of its mystical properties and because it tastes good on sushi, for people who cant handle wasabi. Here in America, Gnome Poops mystique is somewhat overshadowed by that of Unicorn Seed! the hip new soda pop that all the kids are guzzling on the street corners. Its popularity has been hugely fostered by product placement in popular films. For instance, in the film Muscular Hooker 2, Will Smiths character takes a dramatically-framed swig of Unicorn Seed! and then suddenly grows a CGI erection which extends into infinity, and then Will Smiths mind explodes, and the movie ends.
For that scene alone, Roger Ebert gives the film 3 and a half stars. Not many people know this, but movie critics have a finite amount of stars they can award in their lifetime. They are often kept in a vault, heavily secured to prevent a senile Scrooge McDuck from wandering in, mistaking the stars for gold coins, and swimming in them. This is for Scrooges own protection, as the stars have sharp edges and would lacerate his body into a bloody feathered pulp.
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Indeed, cannibalism of the dead is a cherished custom in Scotland. When a Scottish boys coming of age is celebrated (a ceremony known as the Scot Mitzvah) he is forced to consume his own great-grandfather, bones and all, in just 24 hours, or else the local Shaman will hit him on the head with a magical stick that stops him from ever becoming an adult.
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Business & Media Institute Director Dan Gainor appeared on the Fox Business Network October 25 to talk about business contributions to victims of the Southern California wildfires:
Every time there's a disaster, when we had Katrina and now with this disaster - [Businesses] immediately take out all the stops. Already I've seen at least $4 million contributed from charity from Wal-Mart, from Bank of America, from Disney, from Target, the business community steps up right away. When we had Katrina, there was like $70 million contributed within days ... and almost no coverage at all.
A few might be starting to catch on - CNN did mention contributions of Home Depot, MasterCard, Verizon, Sprint and Wells Fargo on the October 26 "American Morning."
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Some aspects of wildfire coverage are already starting to echo Hurricane Katrina. Back in 2005, BMI found that business contributions were underreported in television coverage:
Hurricane Katrina received nearly 24-hour TV coverage in the past week, from rescue tales to the horrors of flooding, crime, and people struggling to find food and water. Then demands for accountability started pouring in - but so did private donations to the relief efforts. While print outlets like The Washington Post, USA Today and The Wall Street Journal detailed more than $500 million given by American individuals and businesses, network news focused on pleas for giving with passing coverage of those who answered the call.


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Thu May 30, 2013, 04:42 AM
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Steve Schmidt sure has been down to earth lately. (with a Bachmann aside)
Saw him twice in the last couple of days on MSNBC. Rachel had him on and gave him the business regarding Bob Dole's rather blunt assessment recently of the state of the Republican party. Just an observation of my own about Schmiidt's demeanor. What do you all think of 2014/16 at this time? Also, regarding Bachmann's departure, do you suppose the state of the Republican party is such that they will field someone equally as extreme or even more so for that race? I just don't see how the Republicans can possibly coalesce around anything meaningful or solidly centrist anytime soon. Thoughts?
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Thu May 30, 2013, 06:55 AM
Cosmocat (9,941 posts)
1. They will continue to devolve
They tend VERY strongly to wear out past practices, so they will continue to do what has worked for them in the past ...
Scream about the liberal boogyman.
Wave the flag.
Pose false choices.
Lie, cheat, steal, do ANYTHING to win.
They also are repeating Clinton with Obama, so it will continue to be a desperate and never ending attempt to destroy him.
They will go god, guns and gays, cause that is who and what they are.
The Scorpion and Frog, they just are who they are.
THAT SAID, does not mean they can't win.
People are people, and while they decry negative campaigning, it wins more often than not. Further, they have VERY SUCCESSFULLY gerrymanded congressional and state level districts.
I suspect we will continue to see the general trend - they say and do a lot of things that hurt them in the Senate and state wide races, but because it won't be an epic turnout they will hold the House ...
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Thu May 30, 2013, 09:19 PM
silvershadow (10,336 posts)
3. Gerrymandering needs to be dealt with, somehow. It is utterly absurd the ways it used as a cudgel
(if I understand that word correctly). The campaigning rhetoric has devolved, as has campaigning in general. Do they not know that they breed radicals among us? Or care? Shaking my head.
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Fri May 31, 2013, 08:57 PM
Cosmocat (9,941 posts)
4. no
They don't care one bit. The average republican 1) truly believes in the liberal boogyman. They very much believe what has been LONG driven home in talk radio and just generally have an us v them mindset. 2) has a moral superiority that justifies all actions and thoughts. There is nothing they can do , say or eben think that is not perfectly acceptable in trying to defeat Democrats.
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Thu May 30, 2013, 11:59 AM
Major Hogwash (17,656 posts)
2. They are going to fight to the death . . of the Republican party.
Schmidt isn't stupid.
But, what we are witnessing here is the end of the Republican party, as we know it.
They have already broken into 2 major camps of thought.
However, the tremendous amount of racism that exists within the Tea Party faction of the Republican party is going to cause them to split completely into 2 separate parts -- until one is no longer able to get any more support from their base.
The Tea Party faction was based on racism, hating on the fact that a Black man was the President in the White House.
5 years later, and their hate is just as fiery today as it was back in 2008.
If the Republican party can not channel their hate into some kind of workable agenda -- other than just repealing Obamacare -- the GOP will lose power.
Which is basically what Schmidt said this week.
I think he underestimates the level of radical hatred caused by racism in this country . . it is systemic, in other words, it is "built into" the political system itself.
It is easy for (some) white people to hate people of other colors, or other creeds, or other religions, because a lot of them did it silently and quietly in their homes for the last 50 years.
They were raised as racists, so they don't think it is wrong.
They were taught that white people are better than anyone else, especially since they are Christians.
It's a really warped concept to begin with, but that is what they believe.
They eat, drink, and dream about it every day of their life.
So, what has happened in the last 5 years, is that some of them got elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
And that threw the doors open just enough to be able to see what they were saying and thinking for all of those years.
The Republican party can't shame them into silence, because they are a larger part of their base than they first realized.
When Mitt was trounced in November, hardly any people of color, or creed voted for Romney.
And that panicked the shit out of the Tea Party coalition.
So, now they are on "a crusade" to save "White America", as was first suggested by noneother than Pat Buchanan.
They have their cause, but they haven't been able to put together a workable agenda yet.
At least not one that will sway enough Americans to keep electing them in to office for very long.
Bob Dole was right about the state the Republican party is in today.
But, whether anyone from the Republican party was paying any attention to him, is a whole 'nother ball game.


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GM has also replaced the hydraulic steering pump with an electromechanical belt driven motor, replaced the steel hood with an aluminum one, and carved weight from the seats to offset the overall Two-Mode Hybrids' 400 extra pounds versus the conventional truck.
What you finally end up with is a V8 hybrid powertrain that's optimized to perform at low and high speeds. And it returns over 40-percent better fuel economy in the city and up to 10% more on the highway, compared to a 5.3-liter equipped Tahoe.
Gary White, GM's vice president and vehicle line executive for full size trucks, says the Two-Mode Hybrid will only be available on Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra Crew Cabs at Job 1 next year. The truck team still hasn't finalized the trim package, but it will probably be the LT level pickup.
One potential drawback for work truckers - the new pickups won't be quite the mobile power plants the Parallel Hybrid Silverados were. They'll be giving up the PHT's pure generator mode, that provided 1,400-watts of power for heavy tools plugged into the truck's four 110-volt outlets."These (new) trucks will have a 110-volt outlet to run a computer or small SkilSaw, but they're not going to have as powerful a generator as was on the last truck," says Mr. White.
I drove the GMT 900 truck for about 20 minutes in fast and slow driving conditions. At low speeds, the big SUV drove golf cart quiet and smoothly fired up the V8 as velocity increased or power was needed quickly.
It was an eerie feeling driving something so large yet stealthily quiet. However, I found starting and driving the Tahoe in electric mode at commute speeds to be easier to get used to than my experience driving the old PHT Silverado, where you could feel the V8 rumble to life as the truck moved away from every stop. Motion and road feel from the low rolling resistance tires dampen the rumble effect in the Two-Mode Hybrid.
The standard navigation display in the Tahoe has the hallmark Prius-style monitor, which shows you the mode the truck is operating in and what engine components are being blended together during driving. Mr. White says it's likely that half-ton hybrid buyers will be given the choice of ordering the navi-unit as optional equipment because of price sensitivities in the segment.
Other expected differences between the Tahoe/Yukon and Silverado/Sierra. The pickups won't get the lower ride height and front clip mods the SUVs have, but the haulers will get the full-on hybrid badge treatment and low rolling resistance tires.There's also no tow/haul mode for trailering and moving heavy cargo. Instead, the EVT constantly adjusts RPM to pick the optimal load and speed combination depending on load conditions.


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The wreck on 95 north near Bells Road has been cleared, but it caused major backups all afternoon and into the night.
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The car's driver suffered minor injuries. He has been charged with reckless driving.
There was no spill but crews had to pump fuel from the wrecked tanker into another one. That took several hours and shut down all but one lane of 95.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 26, 2014) — During its Summer of Discovery the Space Foundation Discovery Center is presenting two weeks of activities and special events that focus on the theme of "Astronomy," culminating with star gazing with the Colorado Springs Astronomical Society, starting at 8:00 p.m. on July 3. The star gazing and most other "Astronomy" activities at the Discovery Center are included in the price of admission.
The Discovery Center is located off of Garden of the Gods Road at 4425 Arrowswest Drive, and is the region's first and only space, science and technology attraction.
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6PRDMD9 wrote:The other album threads should be stickied too, so they don't get lost. The updates for these things are few and far between, so the threads sorta slide down the page. Da Brigade's album's probably not getting any updates until midway next year.
That's true, sticky the important threads.
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Friday, 15 June, 2001, 18:34 GMT 19:34 UK
Losing faith in Faithless
By BBC News Online's Chris Charles
Things are not what they seem.
If you've ever been to Cuba you will have seen the wealth of classic American cars dotted around Havana.
Cadillacs, Chevys, Corvettes - you name them - it's like walking onto the set of a James Dean movie.
You could probably snap one up for the price of a pint, but cries of "Let's see what this baby can do" will invariably be drowned out by the splutter of the lawnmower engine used to power it.
Which brings us nicely on to Faithless.
Instead, Outrospective comes bearing gifts of slippers and cocoa, with the odd nip of whisky to remind us what this band can do when they can be bothered to shift out of second gear.
The broody Not Enuff Love invites you to "think of those in the cold and dark", with the unhurried words of Maxi Jazz falling over shimmering beats.
More lazy mutterings attempt to make themselves heard above a throbbing bassline on the outstanding Giving Myself Away, while Machines R Us pits bongos with bleeps from raves gone by.
Mundane moments
To be fair, some of the chill-out stuff is top drawer and serves as a water-carrier for the more mundane moments, of which there are several.
This dreadfully dire ballad is only upstaged by Miss Bliss herself on Crazy English Summer - a song tailor-made for Elaine Paige.
When Faithless turn it on, they do so in style - like a cat that has been toying with a mouse before suddenly springing into action.
Muhammad Ali is the Fun Lovin' Criminals spinning Philly Soul tunes at the local disco and the mighty We Come 1 is to this summer what Groovejet was to last.
With a little cosmetic surgery, Outrospective could have been a great album.
Instead, Faithless find themselves floating in stagnant water - too strong to sink, too tired to swim.
Outrospective is released by Cheeky Records on 18 June
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How to Lower Your Website's Bounce Rate
After your business has put time, effort and money into a website, you want people who land on your website to stay a while so that they can get pricing information, shop for products, sign up for email updates, or even just learn more about your business.
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Last year I came across an interesting book as I was browsing through Amazon looking for an e-book to load on my Kindle. An intriguing title in historical fiction, which is one of my favorite genres, sounded like might be worth a read, and the fact it was free at the time was an added attraction.
As is my habit, I will read through the reviews, although I wouldn't necessarily say they have much to do with whether I will choose a book or not. I find other people's opinions interesting, sometimes insightful and generally entertaining.
This particular book had five reviews, all 5 stars. As I read through them, I realized there was a striking similarity in the reviews. In fact three of them used the exact same phrasing in several of the sentences. I probed further and checked out the reviewers' profiles: not too much creativity there, either. All five had only reviewed the self-published author's two books, the reviewers listed a similar first name and all came from the same part of the U.S. It was obvious: the author had written her own reviews. I chalked it up to a desperate author who wanted to sell her books and moved on.
Unfortunately, we found out that authors can go beyond writing their own book reviews under aliases. Novelist RJ Ellory was outed recently as not only writing reviews under pseudonyms but attacking competing authors under those same pseudonyms.
Novelist RJ Ellory Caught Praising His Own Books On Amazon
Why not take a bigger step into murky waters and hire out fake reviews? John Locke left this out of the strategy he shared with readers in How I Sold One Million E-Books, but admitted he bought fake book reviews to make his books more popular.
Buying Book Reviews – Still Admire John Locke? by Porter Anderson
The Best Book Reviews Money Can Buy – New York Times
And in a scandal that recalls James Frey's A Million Little Pieces, there's Jonah Lehrer, a writer hired at The New Yorker, who fabricated material in his popular book published this year Imagine: How Creativity Works.
NPR's 'The Lies Are Over': A Journalist Unravels
Maybe it's my recovering pessimist raising her suspicious eyebrow, but I'm not that surprised.
You can buy fake Twitter followers to make you and your brand look more popular than you really are. Fake strength (steroids), fake boobs, fake butt, fake tan. Cheating politicians, cheating students and cheating spouses. Scripted 'reality' shows.
'Everybody's doing it'. Are they?
Some people suggest that it's that evil corporate behemoth Amazon's fault, and they should be doing more to stop fake reviews. Just want we need – book review police. How about people taking responsibility for their own integrity? Novel idea, I know.
I think what's happening in publishing is just a symptom of what's happening in our culture. When the borders of integrity have been penciled in, it's easy to blur the line or erase it altogether when the possibility of fame or money comes into play. Integrity boundaries need to be written in ink when it doesn't matter so they stay intact when it does matter.
Reminds me of an ancient saying:
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TITLE: Club and Programs Specialist
CLASS: Academic Professional
EXEMPT STATUS: Exempt
Under the general direction of the Student Leadership Coordinator, the Club and Programs Specialist (CPS) provides a support system to encourage student involvement through multiple clubs at Portland Community College. Incumbents in this classification are responsible for training student club organizers and faculty advisors on the procedures for becoming a chartered club, access to funding, and programming for club events. Additional duties include leadership training for club coordinators, officers and members, such as the Get out the Vote and Stop the Hate programs, in conjunction with ASPCC. The CPS will assist the club advisors and student organizers with large events involving many PCC departments, such as international education week. The CPS helps plan and organize special ceremonies, service projects and some club functions.
- Coordinate and oversee the student clubs and their leaders. Advise leaders on methods and processes for chartering clubs and working within the PCC system. Assist in problem solving a variety of issues. Teach student club leaders program planning, managing timelines, and mentor them throughout the academic year. Design and implement leadership development programs to assist students in gaining the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform leadership functions. Serve as supervisor to students seeking credit for their experience on campus. Develop a reward system for student club organizers and club advisors. Track club funds.
- Teach faculty club advisors on methods and processes, and assist them in problem solving. Inform faculty on expectations of club advisor role and financial and human resources available to them. Provide club advisors with information on liability issues and insurance procedures for club events. Help club advisors develop an appropriate feedback mechanism for evaluating their student leaders.
- Serve as club advisor to Phi Theta Kappa. This entails submitting paperwork for membership, goal attainment and year end reports as well as submitting budget requests, processing travel forms and accompanying or driving students to conferences. This may include teaching the Phi Theta Kappa course on Leadership through the Classics.
- Assist student club organizers and staff/faculty advisors in fundraising procedures and money management through the guidelines set forth by the State of Oregon and PCC policy. Help students manage their student activity funds and fundraising accounts.
- Serve as liaison between clubs and organizations and PCC administration. This may entail developing policies, guiding organizer through systems to access facilities, Facilities Management Services, Audio-Visual needs and other campus resources. Mediate disputes between clubs, organizations and other PCC offices.
- Develop a planning handbook for student club organizers and faculty/staff club advisors that includes relevant policies, procedures and resources. Interpret and apply program rules and regulations.
- Develop a leadership training program to help clubs recruit members, advertise effectively, plan events, and resolve conflicts. Serve as the liaison between state, regional and national organizations that may offer appropriate student leadership experiences for the clubs. Participates in the planning and training of ASPCC student leaders.
- Help clubs develop marketing brochures, web pages and Portals chat rooms.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Work is performed in various settings, both on campus and off. The position requires flexible work hours including evenings, weekends and some holidays. Frequent travel with student leaders is required and travel between campuses may require the use of personal vehicle. Work often involves extensive use of a computer requiring long periods of time sitting and viewing a monitor. Significant time is spent using the telephone.
This position requires lifting of office supplies, training materials such as projectors/screens, computer equipment; using a ladder at times for advertising events; driving students to events. Frequent walking, lifting, bending and pulling of equipment is required in the process of setting and taking down equipment used for special events.
Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Student Development, Counseling, Communications, Social Science or related field. Experience performing the duties of this job may substitute for the degree requirement on a year for year basis.
Demonstrated experience in public speaking. Demonstrated experience in conducting student leadership training programs, program planning and development, and needs assessment in a college environment is required. A working knowledge of word processing, data base and/or spreadsheet applications is required. Experience facilitating, mediating and problem solving in a group environment with a diverse student population. Driver's license and good driving record required.
Considerable knowledge relating to Student Development and Student Life
Knowledge of current management and supervisory techniques
Knowledge of group dynamics, problem solving, and student development theory
Knowledge of proper meeting procedures and skill in effective time management techniques
Skill in delivering training presentations
Ability to effectively communicate in oral and written form
Ability to demonstrate cultural sensitivity and diplomacy, and work with students from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds
Ability to diffuse an emotional or tense situation and offer viable solutions
Ability to work as part of a team
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Saturday's matchup will mark Saint Leo's third consecutive NCAA appearance
LAKELND, Fla. – The No. 2 seeded Saint Leo University men's basketball team took to the floor at Florida Southern College's Jenkins Fieldhouse on Friday for a light shoot-around practice to prepare for its NCAA Tournament South Regional matchup on Saturday with No. 7 seed West Alabama (17-10). Game time is slated for 2:30 p.m.
The Lions (23-8), who are appearing in their third consecutive NCAA Tournament, practiced Friday morning on campus at the Marion Bowman Activities Center before heading to Lakeland to become more familiar with Jenkins Fieldhouse.
Seniors Spenser Mitchell, Jerrel Harris and Chim Kadima, and junior Cale Girten, spoke about Saturday's game with the Tigers.
For more on the Saint Leo University men's basketball team visit SaintLeoLions.com. Also be sure 'Like' the Lions on Facebook and 'Follow' the Lions on Twitter and Instagram.


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Discover the diversity of Christchurch, just a 3 hour flight from the Australian eastern coast. Then take an easy 2.5-hour drive along the scenic coastline to Kaikoura for some dolphin and whale watching. Next stop, wine country. Linger in the picturesque Marlborough region, enjoy a sauvignon blanc or two, and relax in the Marlborough Sounds waterways. Explore the artisan haven of Nelson and the world-famous Abel Tasman National Park. On the way back to Christchurch unwind in the natural thermal pools and spas of Hanmer Springs.
Get up close to marine wildlife in this coastal town
Start your journey exploring the stunning gardens and parks of New Zealand's "garden city" before heading north to Kaikoura. Few places in the world can boast of such natural wonders as those offered in Kaikoura, take time to experience giant whales, playful dolphins and marine birds up close.
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Secluded golden sand beaches and native forest
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by Staff Writers
Rehovot, Israel (SPX) Jul 15, 2014
Weizmann Institute scientists have demonstrated for the first time a photonic router - a quantum device based on a single atom that enables routing of single photons by single photons. This achievement, as reported in Science magazine, is another step toward overcoming the difficulties in building quantum computers.
At the core of the device is an atom that can switch between two states. The state is set just by sending a single particle of light - or photon - from the right or the left via an optical fiber.
The atom, in response, then reflects or transmits the next incoming photon, accordingly. For example, in one state, a photon coming from the right continues on its path to the left, whereas a photon coming from the left is reflected backwards, causing the atomic state to flip.
In this reversed state, the atom lets photons coming from the left continue in the same direction, while any photon coming from the right is reflected backwards, flipping the atomic state back again. This atom-based switch is solely operated by single photons - no additional external fields are required.
"In a sense, the device acts as the photonic equivalent to electronic transistors, which switch electric currents in response to other electric currents," says Dr. Barak Dayan, head of the Weizmann Institute's Quantum Optics group, including Itay Shomroni, Serge Rosenblum, Yulia Lovsky, Orel Bechler and Gabriel Guendleman of the Chemical Physics Department in the Faculty of Chemistry.
The photons are not only the units comprising the flow of information, but also the ones that control the device.
This achievement was made possible by the combination of two state-of-the-art technologies. One is the laser cooling and trapping of atoms.
The other is the fabrication of chip-based, ultra-high quality miniature optical resonators that couple directly to the optical fibers. Dayan's lab at the Weizmann Institute is one of a handful worldwide that has mastered both these technologies.
The main motivation behind the effort to develop quantum computers is the quantum phenomenon of superposition, in which particles can exist in many states at once, potentially being able to process huge amounts of data in parallel.
Yet superposition can only last as long as nothing observes or measures the system otherwise it collapses to a single state. Therefore, photons are the most promising candidates for communication between quantum systems as they do not interact with each other at all, and interact very weakly with other particles.
Dayan: "The road to building quantum computers is still very long, but the device we constructed demonstrates a simple and robust system, which should be applicable to any future architecture of such computers. In the current demonstration a single atom functions as a transistor - or a two-way switch - for photons, but in our future experiments, we hope to expand the kinds of devices that work solely on photons, for example new kinds of quantum memory or logic gates."
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From: Peter James <>
Subject: [BLANTON-L] BLANTON, William H. of Clark Co., AR
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 14:30:37 -0500
I'm search for any information on the following BLANTON.
2>William H. BLANTON b: July 25, 1811 in VA
d: December 27, 1875 in Clark
Co., AR
Mary R. ??? m: bef 1845
Children of William & Mary
Martha Ann Blanton b: Abt. 1845 in VA
married Theodore RICHARDSON on December 25, 1867 in
Clark Co., AR
William James Blanton b: Abt. 1849 in TN
married M. F. THOMPSON m: August 10, 1871 in Clark Co.,
Virginia Blanton b: Abt. 1850 in Cappo Twp., Clark Co., AR
d: Abt. 1882 in AR
married John Ransom BLANTON on August 02, 1869 in
Arkadelphia, Clark Co., AR
George Blanton b: Abt. 1856 in AR
married (1st) Mary HAWKINS on October 09, 1883 in Clark
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married (2nd) B. J. BRIDGES on January 12, 1891
John A. Blanton b: Abt. 1856 in AR
married Martha BUCK on January 07, 1886 in Clark Co., AR
J. David Blanton b: Abt. 1862 in AR
married Fanny SHACKELFORD on December 12, 1886 in Clark
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Eltham and Kaponga residents' rates will, on average, increase 4.7 per cent in the next financial year and they can expect an average 4.8 per cent increase over the next ten years, as proposed in the South Taranaki District Council's draft 2012-2022 Long-Term Pan.
The plan, now open for public consultation, shows 63 per cent of total expenditure over the next ten years is on roading (24 per cent), water (21 per cent) and waste (18 per cent).
South Taranaki mayor, Ross Dunlop, says the council has taken a prudent and conservative approach in planning for the next ten years.
``Over the last five years the council has invested heavily in improving the district's water and wastewater infrastructure and community facilities. Because we are now in the enviable position of having completed many of the costly upgrades that many councils are still faced with, the next ten years will be largely about consolidation and maintenance.''
He says as a result of the global economic uncertainties and in an effort to keep a tight rein on expenditure the council proposes to reduce some previously budgeted expenditure, increase its level of debt repayments and
trial new technology at Hawera wastewater treatment ponds which has the potential to save $3 million.
``The council's key focus over the next three years is on completing our district water infrastructure upgrade programme and planning for our future waste disposal needs.''
Proposals in the draft plan include completing the Eltham water and wastewater infrastructure upgrades ($3.3
million), upgrading Kaponga swimming pool ($505,000), and preparatory work on a regional landfill at Eltham ($310,000).
The Eltham Community Board at its meeting on Monday said they would weigh the local capital projects to determine whether it really is needed and the cost justified, before making their submission.
Public meetings will be held at the Eltham Town Hall on April 23 at 7.30pm, and at the Kaponga Town Hall May 1 at 7pm. A summary and full copies of the plan can be viewed at any LibraryPlus centre, on www.southtaranaki.com or call 0800 111 323 for a copy to be sent to you.


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Chicken Asparagus Pasta Salad
Recipe by Jociecee
This recipe is adapted from the "Simply Down Home Cookbook' that I received from Studentchef in the Spring 2009 Cookbook Swap. It uses some of my favorite ingredients and I can not wait until late Spring when fresh, local asparagus is in season! A neighboring town, Hadley, Massachusetts is famous for its asparagus and I eat more than my fill every year!
Top Review by KerfuffleUponWincle
A very nice blend of flavors! This would make a HUGE amount as written ~ I used 1 pound of chicken, 8 ounces grape tomatoes, 1/2 pound pasta, and 1 pound oven roasted asparagus, with the basil, feta, and olives, as written ~ And, I'll be eating it for days! Made for my Preemie Orphanage Adoption Spring PAC 2011.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 lb penne rigate or 1 lb rotini pasta
- 6 -8 ounces of fully cooked boneless chicken, seasoned to your own taste (Italian seasoning, salt, and garlic work well in this recipe and I use leftover roast chicken)
- 1 lb fresh asparagus
- 16 ounces fresh grape tomatoes
- 2⁄3 cup fresh basil, chopped
- 1⁄2 cup pitted coarsely chopped olive (kalamata or the olives of your choice)
- 1 cup crumbled feta or 1⁄2 cup shredded parmesan cheese
Italian Dressing
- 1⁄4 cup lemon juice
- 1⁄4 cup balsamic vinegar
- 1⁄4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
Directions See How It's Made
- Bring 4 quarts of water to boil in a stockpot.
- Cook pasta according to package directions until al dente.
- Drain pasta and keep warm.
- Wash asparagus and remove and discard tough ends.
- Slice asparagus into one inch pieces.
- Cook asparagus in a large skillet in shallow water and steam for 1-2 minutes until crisp tender.
- Drain well and reserve.
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iOS Apps to Discover Great Literature
Back in the early days of personal computing, the promise of interactive, multimedia, hypertext books was exciting, notably with Voyager's Expanded Books. But in those days, the limits of technology prevented those "books" from gaining a foothold. You could have links and unlimited text content, but the size of videos was just slightly larger than a postage stamp, and audio codecs weren't as advanced as they are today. Also, you had to read them on a computer screen, with the limited resolutions of the time.
The iPad offers such powerful features—and excellent resolution—that truly enhanced books are possible. Here are six apps for the iPad that have popped up in recent years that look at great literature, paying homage to fantastic works while adding new layers.
Read about six great literary apps in my latest Tech Hive article, Brush up on classic literature with these immersive apps.


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The World Health Organization says the world faces a huge public health threat as bacteria and viruses become increasingly resistant to antibiotic drugs, putting people of any age in danger. The need to develop new drugs is urgent, the organization states.
The Guardian reports:
The report published Wednesday is the first to collect comprehensive data from the WHO on antibiotic resistance, containing information from 114 countries. The data are more complete in some regions than in others, but "it is clear that drug-resistant strains of bacteria and viruses are common and that trying to preserve the efficacy of current antibiotics is a losing battle," The Guardian says.
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A little over two hours ago Limbaugh went off on another of his infamous rants. This one is beyond the pale.
He asked - The President does not respect the laws on the books re immigration or DOMA, why would he respect election law?. What if he were to decide the 22nd Amendment is not relevant?
This is his newest conspiracy theory - President Obama Might "Dispense With Elections"
Limbaugh: Obama to 'Dispense with Elections'
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The numbers don't like, and what they're saying is that Fredi Gonzalez is exactly right in playing Jordan Schafer in center field over B.J. Upton in the Atlanta Braves' starting lineup.
Simplistically, Schafer is producer, and Upton isn't.
Upton, who went 10-for-21 in his first five games off the disabled list earlier this month, has since crashed to an 0-for-19 slump. That has once again caused his average to plummet to .186, which is down from a season "high" .198 at the height of his five-game run.
Schafer has instead been a model of consistency, hitting .291 with a team-leading 13 stolen bases while playing part time and missing a month with a broken ankle.
And Upton and his $75.25 million contract has been on the bench for three of the last six games.
"I'm just rolling with it," Upton said on braves.com. "If I come in and I'm in the lineup, I'm in there. If I'm not, then I'm not. I really don't have an argument. What's my argument? He's going to play who he wants to play and that's fine with me, as long as we win. I'm going to support my teammates. We all have the same goal, and that is to win a championship, get a ring."
Gonzalez's words were even more telling.
"I'm just trying to get a matchup for both of them and see what Schafer can do a little bit," Gonzalez said. "I think B.J. is going to help us big come the next five to six weeks. We'll try to get him a good matchup and get him going. I think he's going to be a big part of this run we've got."
It seems that, at least for the rest of this season, Upton is being relegated to a platoon role, and no complaints will be heard here.
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Anyone know if there are Sata drivers for this board to run on Vista?
At the moment I have to enable the drivers in the BIOS otherwise Vista
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From: "Vera Reeves" <>
Subject: [ARIZARD-L] Pope Co. AR obits
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 09:58:52 -0700
References: <email@example.com> <00eb01c1a5c9$bb397900$6e8f8ed1@computer> <005b01c1a5cb$32387730$49deabd0@pavilion>
> > I have two books on Pope Co., Ar. if you need a lookup. They are
> > obituaries and death notices from 1875 thru 1893.
> > Betty Mc
Could please see if you can find my Cromer Family members.
I think they were mostly in Johnson County.
I understand there is a Cook cemetery on the Pope / Johnson County line and
some of them are buried there. If I'm correct this cemetery is listed in
Pope County.
The names are
Elizabeth Cromer Lothridge
Barbara "Babe" Cromer m. J. G. Moad
one of them d. in 1928 which one ?
When I placed queries about these people. Someone saw them and sent an
e-mail asking for money for the up-keep of this cemetery.
They just thought since I was interested I might be interested in helping. I
have enough to take care of up here. The people buried there would be my
great grandmother's cousins.
Also it made me wonder how many people might try something like that to get
money for theirself. You know who do you make this check out to ??????
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Prospect Profile: Dante Exum
Comprehensive look at NBA Draft Prospect Dante Exum.
|East Melbourne, Australia
|July 13, 1995
Draft Predictions:
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NBA Combine Stats:
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|10.75 Seconds (Rank: 2)
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Exum is best known for his play in the 2013 U-19 World Cup Tournament. Exum scored 20 points and dished out six assists against Russia in an elimination game. He then had his best game on the international stage, helping his U-19 Australian team upset top-ranked Spain, 87-76, on July 5. At the time of the tournament, Exum was just 17, but that didn't stop him from scoring a game-high 33 points on 9-for-18 shooting, going 12-for-13 from the free-throw line. Exum averaged 25.5 points per game, 44.6 percent shooting, 4.8 assists, 4.0 rebounds in the final four games of the tournament.
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"He is skinny, but he is explosive, possessing a dynamic first step that will allow him to get into the lane. He's already an extremely creative passer. His shot is a work in progress, but scouts said it has improved in the last year, to the point where he could be a combo guard in the pros." - David Aldridge, NBA.com
"Exum has the potential to be a dynamic defender. His quickness and lateral movement enables him to stay with smaller point guards while his size gives him the versatility to defend at the two or three. His size also helps him rebound the ball well at both ends of the court." - Jim Coughenour, SB Nation
"If you're an NBA general manager with an Exum fascination, you're no doubt more fascinated by the idea of what Exum could be, with his 6-6 frame and 6-9.5 wingspan, than by what you've actually seen." – Sean Deveney, Sportingnews.com
"An athletic and intelligent guard with great size, Exum has drawn comparisons to Penny Hardaway and Rookie of the Year Michael Carter-Williams of Philadelphia. Though there's been speculation about his NBA position (largely because of his size), those familiar with his game -- and Dante himself -- are adamant that he's a point guard." – Jeremy Woo, SI.com
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Raimondo releases plan for manufacturing jobs
SMITHFIELD, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island gubernatorial candidate Gina Raimondo has released a plan she says would increase manufacturing jobs in a state with one of the worst unemployment rates in the nation.
The Democratic general treasurer's plan released Monday includes fostering innovation by partnering with universities and businesses to create "innovation institutes" where schools can develop new ideas for products and bring them to market.
She wants to improve workforce training at the Community College of Rhode Island and help manufacturers to navigate regulations.
Raimondo says her plan would grow advanced manufacturing in a state that was once a manufacturing powerhouse.
Raimondo is running in the Democratic primary against Clay Pell and Providence Mayor Angel Taveras. Republicans Ken Block and Cranston Mayor Allan Fung are also running to replace Gov. Lincoln Chafee.


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Following disappointing results during the first quarter of fiscal 2014, which were consistent with the company's expectations, American Eagle Outfitters has decided to close 150 stores in North America during the next three years, including nearly 100 AE stores.
For 2014, the company plans on closing approximately 50 AE and 20 aerie stores in North America. The store closings will translate to annualized after-tax savings of between $10 and $15 million beginning in 2015.
Net income dropped 86% to $3.87 million from $27.98 million, and total net revenue fell 5% to $646.13 million from $679.48 million. Same-store sales fell 10%. A significant decline in pretax income drove the company's net income drop.
"Results were consistent with our expectations," said interim CEO Jay Schottenstein. "The quarter reflected weak sales and increased markdowns. We are committed to improved profitability and are working hard to implement our plan to strengthen our brands, channels and operations. Specific actions underway include continuing to build strong omnichannel capabilities, rationalizing our store fleet, reducing expenses, growing international licensed stores, and most importantly, delivering great merchandise and customer experience across our brands. Our focus is on leveraging our strong brands and talented team in order to deliver long-term profitable growth and enhanced value for our shareholders."


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* Egan Jones revises flawed revenue figure in JEF report
* Gimme Credit upgrades Jefferies' long-term debt to "buy"
* Shares climb as much as 8.6 percent
* Bank is still at risk of junk rating from Egan Jones
By Lauren Tara LaCapra
Nov 23 (Reuters) - Jefferies Group Inc JEF.N won a small victory in its battle to improve market perceptions after Egan Jones corrected a flaw in a controversial report that raised the possibility the investment bank's bonds could be downgraded to "junk."
Jefferies shares rose as much as 8.6 percent on Wednesday and ended 4.5 percent higher at $10.51, on a day that the S&P 500 and other major indexes fell more than 2 percent.
On Tuesday, Egan Jones cited weak revenue and high leverage as two main factors in its analysis, but the agency incorrectly said Jefferies' 2010 revenue was $524 million, when it was actually $2.4 billion on an annualized basis.
As a result, the report showed Jefferies' revenue declined by 75 percent from the prior year when it had instead increased by 15 percent.
In response to questions about the figures on Wednesday, Egan Jones co-founder Sean Egan directed Reuters to a new report that corrected the revenue figure and cited "skewed financials" related to Jefferies changing its fiscal reporting year in 2010.
While the agency stood by its main contention that Jefferies must raise $1 billion in equity capital and deleverage its balance sheet by $5 billion to avoid a downgrade of its current "BBB-" rating, other analysts jumped to the company's defense after catching the Egan Jones error.
"All analysts make an occasional numerical mistake, but these numbers are so grotesquely wrong they should immediately jump off the page to anyone remotely familiar with the numbers," Oppenheimer bank analyst Chris Kotowski said in a note on Wednesday morning that ridiculed Egan Jones' report as incorrect and unsophisticated.
Another ratings agency, Gimme Credit, upgraded its rating for Jefferies' long-term debt to "buy" from "underperform," saying its bonds had become cheap on overblown concerns.
Kathleen Shanley, a Gimme Credit analyst, noted that the investment bank has reduced its holdings of European debt and said it is not highly leveraged or overly reliant on short-term funding, three reasons Egan Jones has said investors should be worried.
At the crux of Egan Jones' thesis is the argument that, as a mid-sized investment bank, Jefferies is a risky bet for bond investors because it will not receive the same level of support from the government as large Wall Street rivals like Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) and Morgan Stanley (MS.N).
It initially downgraded Jefferies to just a hair above "junk" after mid-size brokerage firm MF Global Holdings Ltd filed for bankruptcy protection on Oct. 31.
But within the Egan Jones analysis of Jefferies' financial position, Jefferies defenders say it has made some other mistakes along the way, and Jefferies officials have castigated Egan Jones for causing what they say are unwarranted fears about its financial health.
In a sharply worded public letter on Monday, top Jefferies executives criticized an unnamed analyst for having "misled the public" with inaccurate statements about Jefferies' financials. The letter strongly implied that the analyst was Sean Egan. [ID:nN1E7AK0NG]
For example, the analyst "omitted the material fact" that Jefferies had offsetting positions against its sovereign debt holdings that would profit if the value of those securities declined, Jefferies said.
In a report on Nov. 2, Egan Jones said Jefferies' sovereign debt exposure represented 77 percent of shareholder equity, a calculation that did not factor in hedges.
To combat a crisis of confidence that was bolstered by the Egan Jones reports, Jefferies moved quickly to sell large chunks of its European sovereign debt and hedge remaining positions.
By Monday, Jefferies said, it had reduced gross exposure by 75 percent and had a net short position of $134 million to Greek, Irish, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish sovereign bonds.
Jefferies shares had declined an average of 1.6 percent on each trading day since MF Global's bankruptcy and were down 24 percent since then as of Tuesday's close.
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 27/4/2014 (1187 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
An annual year-end kindergarten show has been cancelled at a New York school because the kids have to keep working so they will be "college and career-" ready.
That's what it says in a letter sent to parents by Ellen Best-Laimit, the interim principal of Harley Avenue Primary School in Elwood, N.Y., and four kindergarten teachers. The play was to be staged over two days, May 14 and 15, according to the school's calendar.
One mother who received the letter, Ninette Gonzalez Solis, wrote on Facebook parents learned recently the play was being cancelled and started calling the principal, leading the school officials to send out the new missive. Solis wrote she was very upset about the cancellation.
All but one of the people who signed the letter were unavailable for comment. One asked me to call back but then didn't answer the phone. District Superintendent Peter Scordo declined to discuss it. Michael Conte, a spokesman for Scordo, said in an e-mail on Saturday:
"Yes, the letter is authentic. As it states, the Harley Avenue Primary School educators believe that this decision is in the best interest of students. I don't have anything more to add for your consideration. Thank you for reaching out."
This didn't come out of the blue. Kindergarten (and even preschool) has increasingly become academic -- at the expense of things such as recess and the arts -- in this era of standardized test-based school reform. In most states, educators are evaluated in large part on test scores of students (sometimes students they don't have) and on showing their students are "college- and career-ready," the mantra of the Obama administration's education initiatives.
Earlier this year, Rob Saxton, Oregon's deputy superintendent of public instruction, and Jada Rupley, the early learning system director in the state's Education Department, wrote an op-ed in the Oregonian that was published online with this headline: Kindergarten test results a 'sobering snapshot'. What was it about? Kids hadn't done well on a standardized reading-readiness test.
-- Washington Post


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"PadiTrain" is a 3rd party application for Kereta Api (Train System in Indonesia) Mobile Online reservation made by Padicon Teknologi Informasi.
There are some features to help you to make online reservation directly from your Nokia Lumia Windows Phone 7.x & 8 such as searching your train schedule, book your ticket, booking history, etc. There is also multi-channel payment for purchasing the ticket.
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