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14 Year Old Tasered by Police at San Diego Middle School
A 14-year-old student at Correia Middle School, in the affluent San Diego neighborhood of Point Loma, was tasered twice by police officers as he was arrested on suspicion of possessing of a stolen iPod. According to police, they had been alerted to a theft of $5000 worth of iPods and were questioning several students when one of them began to resist. The teen is being charged with theft and assaulting a police officer.
The 5-foot-10-inch, 150-pound teen produced two of the stolen iPods during the questioning, according to the OB Rag. When an officer told him he was under arrest, he refused to cooperate, telling the officers, No, youre not putting handcuffs on me. Police say he thrashed and kicked so much that one of them was hospitalized with a knee injury.
School administrators were present during the questioning and the incident is being investigated to determine if the police used excessive force.
It reminds me of the time when I was a teenager and a cop accused me of resisting arrest, hit me in the head, and then sued me because his finger broke.
These were supposedly professional cops and a scrawny 150 pound teen. They couldnt get cuffs on him without resorting to weapons?
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Posted by Modern School | Fri Feb 17, 2012, 11:17 PM (5 replies)
The Sky is Not Falling After All: US Schools Rank High Internationally
It is commonly believed that public education in the U.S. is in miserable shape, with terrible teachers causing high dropout rates and worse educational outcomes than our trading partners. There are test scores (PISA) that confirm this, with the U.S. ranking lower than countries like South Korea, Finland, Japan and Hong Kong. And Ed Deformers have glommed onto such data as proof that the system needs a dramatic makeover and use the data to justify everything from privatization schemes to the dismantling of teachers unions.
A new analysis of international data by Tom Loveless of the Brookings Institution suggests that the U.S. may not be as far behind their counterparts as previously thought, according to U.S.A. Today.
The rankings tend to be given in raw numbers such that countries with statistically indistinguishable scores appear to have different rankings. Thus Hong Kong (607) and Singapore (599) were listed has 1st and 2nd place for fourth-grade math scores in 2007. This is misleading, as their scores were virtually indistinguishable statistically. By grouping together in first place, all the other nations would move up in rank.
Loveless examined the scores and rankings more closely and grouped nations together that had statistically indistinguishable scores. By doing so, Hong Kong and Singapore were grouped together as tied for 1st, while Netherlands (535), Lithuania (530), U.S. (529), Germany (525) and Denmark (523) were grouped together in fifth place.
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Posted by Modern School | Fri Feb 17, 2012, 01:45 AM (10 replies)
Virginia House Approves Abolition of Teacher Tenure
The Virginia House of Delegates voted to end tenure-related job protections for public school teachers on Monday, the Washington Post reported, a measure that was pushed by Gov. Robert F. McDonnell in order to improve public education. The Senate, however, rejected the measure on Tuesday. The Senate could still vote on the Houses version of the bill, but approval would be unlikely without garnering more votes.
Virginia teachers currently must work for three years without any job security or due process rights. After three years on probation with good evaluations, they can earn tenure and receive continuing contracts which guarantee due process hearings before they can be dismissed.
Under the new bill, probation would be extended to five years and continuing contracts would be replaced with three-year contracts. Any teacher could be let go at the end of a three-year contract for any reason, even a good teacher who consistently has good evaluations, thus obliterating due process and job security. The new rules would only apply to current first-year teachers and future hires, according to the Post.
One consequence of laws like this will likely be a worsening of the teacher shortage. Teaching is already a difficult and stressful job. It also does not pay very well. Why should young people want to invest two or more years into a credential and masters degree and then work for five years at low pay with no job security, without any confidence they will have a job at the end of the five years?
Another consequence is that administrators will be able to use their new leeway in firing to get rid of teachers who are active union members, who disagree with them or who advocate too strongly for their students. It will stifle dissent and squelch free and open dialogue and collaboration. Workers who can be fired for any reason have to be extra cautious of what they say publicly and how they say it, even when it is for the safety and wellbeing of children. However, when someone has invested so much time, money, heart and soul into obtaining a teaching job and becoming part of a school community, they may be even less willing to risk it all by speaking out.
Twelve states have enacted tenure reforms linking teachers employment status to student achievement since 2009. Tenure reform laws are also being considered in Connecticut, New Jersey, Missouri, South Dakota and Louisiana this year.
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Posted by Modern School | Fri Feb 17, 2012, 01:44 AM (8 replies)
Tech Giants Take On Publishers for Control of Education
In a rare moment of lucidity and honesty, the Los Angeles Times published a piece last week criticizing tech giants play for billions of federal and state K-12 public education tax dollars. Reporting for the Times, Michael Hiltzik attended a Digital Learning Day Town Hall meeting sponsored by Google, Comcast, AT&T, Intel and others, with speakers that included Education Secretary Arne Duncan and FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski.
Duncan and Genachowski called for laptops for every child because textbooks will ostensibly soon become a thing of the past. While there are certainly benefits to switching to digital textbooks, like allowing students to write in the margins or to interact with multimedia presentations, the real driving force, not surprisingly, is the huge profits to be made by tech giants like Apple, which announced last month that it dreams of a world in which every pupil reads textbooks on an iPad or a Mac, according to Hiltzik.
In reality, the medium makes no difference to education outcomes, according to Richard Clark,
from the Center for Cognitive Technology at USC. And with school districts already incapable of retaining teachers and purchasing printed textbooks due to budget cuts, the idea of buying $500 ipads for every child seems outlandish (unless they are donated by Apple in order to get school districts hooked on their software and support services, for which they could collect hefty yearly fees).
This possibility is not just Luddite paranoia, but standard business practice. Consider the desktop publishing app iBooks Author, which allows users to create textbooks. While the software is free to use, products made with iBooks Author can only be sold through Apple's iBookstore, with Apple keeping 30% of the purchase price. And since the books are only readable on an Apple device such as an iPad, the software also helps guarantee more Apple hardware sales.
It is also questionable whether digital books will actually save school districts money. If the laptops or ipads are donated or purchased by parents and the districts only have to pay for subscriptions or site licenses, then maybe they will save money, as digital copies are not subject to ripping, graffiti, water damage or getting lost. However, the notion that ipads are somehow more durable than textbooks is absurd. If students treat their digital hardware as cavalierly as many treat their textbooks, many will destroy all of their textbooks simultaneously with a single toss, instead of just one at a time as is currently the case.
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Posted by Modern School | Wed Feb 15, 2012, 11:08 PM (0 replies)
Extrinsic Motivation: Chitown Charter Implements Stiff Fines for Student Infractions
The Noble Network, which runs 10 charter high schools in Chicago, raised nearly $200,000 last year (and $400,000 since 2008) from discipline penalties, the Chicago Tribune reported this week. The Network, which has been praised by Ed Deformer Mayor Rahm Emanuel, has been charging students $5 per violation for such trivial infractions as having untied shoelaces, bringing chips to school or dozing off in class.
Critics are accusing the network of using the fines to cull low performing (and lower income) students in order to boost graduation rates. Last year the network lost 473 students, more than twice as many as the previous year.
The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves
Noble CEO Michael Milkie believes that by enforcing all rules, even the little ones, he has made the school safer. He has also said that students who behave poorly should be forced to pay, arguing that bad behavior takes away teacher attention and resources from those who are behaving appropriately, thus justifying the fines to recoup students costs to the school.
In addition to the fines, students must serve three hour detentions, even for little infractions like not having their shirts tucked or being caught with potato chips or energy drinks. Furthermore, if behavior doesnt improve, the costs go up. Students with more than 12 detentions must pay $140 to take a discipline class. One student was forced to take a night behavior class for not shaking a visitors hand.
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Posted by Modern School | Wed Feb 15, 2012, 11:06 PM (1 replies)
LA Teachers Drink Kool Aid, Trade Souls For Layoff Moratorium
Los Angeles teachers have approved an initiative calling for a new teacher-evaluation system and a moratorium on layoffs, the Los Angeles Times reported this week. The initiative was approved by 56% of the vote. However, only 11,412 teachers voted, or roughly one-third of the membership.
The initiative was sponsored by Teachers for a New Unionism (TNU), who immediately claimed that the vote indicated growing support by teachers for using student test scores to evaluate them, despite the low turnout. TNU, it should be pointed out, is not a true grassroots opposition movement within UTLA, but an Astroturf opposition supported by the Future is Now Schools projecta spinoff of Steve Barrs Green Dot charter management organization that receives funding from the Gates Foundation and New Schools Venture Fundand by NewTLA co-founder Mike Stryer (see Our Place in History and LA Teachers Seek to Put Evaluations to Referendum, for more).
Additionally, the initiative made no direct mention of student test data. The actual text was:
"Shall UTLAs contractual negotiations with LAUSD include a moratorium on all RIFs (Reduction in ForceAKA layoffs) for all UTLA bargaining unit members through June 30, 2014, as part of a revised, phased-in, teacher-driven evaluation system mutually agreed upon by UTLA and LAUSD?"
United Teachers Los Angeles president Warren Fletcher endorsed the initiative and the union declined to submit a statement in opposition. Though Fletcher has opposed using student test scores to evaluate teachers, the union leadership has supported using such data to help teachers improve instructionan irrational, copout position intended to mollify those who call the union an impediment to progress. Standardized test scores and improvement on the tests are dependent primarily on students socioeconomic backgrounds and provide very little data on the quality of teaching.
While it is true that teachers can sometimes help some students improve their scores, this cannot be considered improved instruction. On the contrary, the biggest gains in test scores can be made by teaching to the test and giving students repeated practice with standardized test questions. This does little to improve students critical thinking, literacy or mathematical skills. It takes away class time from other types of learning and curriculum. It is also tedious and mind-numbing and could contribute to students alienation from learning and school.
Several Important Unanswered Questions
---What will a teacher-driven evaluation system actually look like, especially one that is mutually agreed upon by a district that has been pushing for the use of student test scores and a union that is so conciliatory?
---If LAUSD lacks the funding to retain all its teachers (a prerequisite for the moratorium), how will it resolve its deficit? Pay cuts? Furloughs? Shortened school year? Benefits cuts?
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Posted by Modern School | Wed Feb 15, 2012, 11:05 PM (0 replies)
Obama Throws More Money at the Wrong Problem 1digg
President Obama has unveiled a plan to spend $100 million to train 100,000 new science teachers over the next decade, according to the Washington Post. During his State of the Union speech he said that Growing industries in science and technology have twice as many openings as we have workers who can do the job, a problem he blames on the dearth of quality science teachers.
Huck/Konopacki Labor Cartoons
Yet training is only a tiny piece of the picture. With low (and declining) pay for teachers and difficult (and worsening) working conditions, why should science majors want to go into teaching in the first place when they could earn so much more with so much less stress and aggravation working as scientists?
Standards Undermine Scientific Inquirey and Comprehension
At the same time, what are we doing about the poor state of science education among existing teachers? Even the best science teachers are hamstrung by an overwhelming number of standardsmost of which emphasize rote memorization of facts over actual scientific inquiry and analysisand high stakes exams that dictate a narrow curriculum and limit depth. Consequently, many good science teachers rely on the expedients of multiple choice exams, worksheets and cookbook, proof-of-concept labs which allow quick and easy assessment of the standards, but which also dull students curiosity and turn many off to science completely.
Huck/Konopacki Labor Cartoons
This is true even in states like California, which was the only state in the nation to earn an A for its science standards by the Thomas B. Fordham Institutes The State of Science Standards 2012. In many states, the science standards go much further to undermine students understanding of science concepts and their ability to develop their critical thinking and analytical skills. Ten states, including Alaska, Oregon and Wisconsin, earned an F in the survey
Many states earned their Ds or Fs because their content was minimal, poorly written and/or contained errors. Some states, like Louisiana and Texas, have undermined or discredited solid science with legislation requiring the teaching of creationism or mandating that teachers provide both sides of the evolution or climate change debate. Others failed to emphasize the link between math and science.
No Child Left Behind and the accountability mania that has swept the nation over the past decade have also contributed to the poor state of science education in the U.S. Many schools have forsaken science entirely at the K-5 level either to make room for more test preparation and English and math support, or because the multi-subject credentials required for teaching K-5 do not emphasize science standards, labs, and inquiry-based activities sufficiently for teachers to feel confident and competent teaching them. Some middle schools have also jettisoned science curriculum for similar reasons. Every year I get a handful of 9th graders who say they never took science in 6th-8th grades and their background knowledge and success in my class often reflect this.
Poverty Undermines Academic Achievement in All Disciplines, Including Science
The biggest cause of U.S. students poor showing in science has little to do with the quality or quantity of science teachers. U.S. students rank poorly compared to students in most other wealthy nations in numerous disciplines, not just science, while their poverty rate is among the highest. Placing more good science teachers in the classroom will have little benefit for students who come to school hungry, homeless, sick and several years behind their affluent peers in literacy and prerequiste skills.
A class-based achievement is already firmly in place before kids have entered kindgergarten, (see Burkam and Lee and Hart and Risely) and it worsens over time. This leads to significant differences in vocabulary and pre-reading skills which can reduce childrens self-efficacy and confidence and limit their ability to access high level content, especially science.
Though good science teachers can make science engaging, fun and tangible, even to students with low literacy and prerequisite skills, they will have only limited effect on students perseverance, ability to concentrate for sustained periods and study habits, all of which are correlated with social class.
Obamas plan is just another example of blaming teachers for low student achievement while ignoring the larger societal causes. Students are struggling in science primarily for the same reasons they are struggling in other disciplines, with teacher quality being one of the least significant causes.
Nevertheless, more money for the training of good science teachers is not a bad thing. On the contrary. We should be spending more to train teachers in all disciplines and especially in science, but not at the expense of other investments that could provide a bigger bang for the buck in terms of educational outcomes for children, like programs and policies that reduce poverty, support low income families and promote early childhood education.
We should also make sure that once we have invested millions of dollars into training new teachers we also encourage their continuation in the profession with generous pay and benefits packages, on-site mentoring, professional development, respect and academic freedom. Otherwise, high attrition rates will continue and the investment will be a waste. Likewise, we need to give these professionals more autonomy and decision-making authority and not quash their motivation and creativity (nor that of their students) with high stakes exams and lousy standards, or their expensive training will be for naught.
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Posted by Modern School | Fri Feb 10, 2012, 10:36 PM (2 replies)
Breaking News: Union Membership is Rising, Declining or Remaining Constant
Unions and union busting are big news lately. Thus, it should be no surprise that much of the media jumped upon a recent report by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on the state of union membership in America. The only thing surprising about the report was how differently it was parsed by various news sources.
The Los Angeles Times excitedly proclaimed that Union membership grew nationally in 2011, with unions picking up 49,000 new members. However, before you crack the champagne, the New York Times gloomily declared that Union Membership Rates Fell Again in 2011. The NY Times went on to say that the decades-long drop in union membership continued in 2011, falling to just 11.8% of the American workforce, a 0.1% decline from 2010. Life, however, saw this 0.1% as a sign that things were becoming less bad, posting the following headline: Union Membership Rates Are No Longer Falling.
Of course all three conclusions can be true. A drop of 0.1% may indeed be a leveling off after years of sharper declines (after all, 1.4 million union jobs were lost between 2008 and 2010). And if the number of total number of workers increased by more than the number of new union members, then the 49,000 increase reported by the LA Times could still result in a net 0.1% decrease overall, which was in fact what happened.
So is there any real news here at all?
Not really.
Union membership is still the lowest its been in decades and the reasons for the decline have not substantively changed. The biggest recent drops in union membership resulted from the massive layoffs and cuts that accompanied the recession, while the longer term trend has been driven largely by downsizing and outsourcing, combined with union busting, none of which shows much sign of abating. Furthermore, even if the decline has leveled off for the moment, continuing state and local budget crises will likely result in more waves of public sector layoffs and consequently more declines in union membership.
It is not just the vagaries of capitalism that have caused the decline in unionism. Unions themselves must take much of the blame for clinging to antiquated, nationalistic and selfish tactics and perspectives that alienate younger workers and divide the working class. The AFL-CIO, for example, has consistently jumped on the nationalistic and racist bandwagon accusing China and other countries of stealing our jobs, rather than working in solidarity with international unions to improve wages and working conditions worldwide.
Or consider the Keystone XL Pipeline that has pitted environmentalists against unions. Why should anyone support a pipeline that will carry crude oil from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico? It is dangerous, dirty and will actually increase oil prices because the oil is so expensive to extract from the Canadian tax sands. It will run through one of the richest agricultural tracts in the world, placing the water and food for millions of Americans at risk. Meanwhile, it will worsen climate change by increasing the amount of petroleum being extracted and consumed.
Of course the economy sucks and people want jobs and this project could provide some. But this is like saying that gangs provide jobs and should be encouraged or that child pornography creates jobs and should be promoted.
This brings up another backwards union perspective: Jobs trump all else.
Jobs are a means to an end: getting food into ones mouth. Good jobs are good only in so much as they provide material security at minimal costs to ones health and wellbeing and even this is an expedient. Many jobs are simply not worth preserving at all. Banking, insurance and real estate speculation serve no common good, while the automotive, petroleum, coal, tobacco and nuclear industries actually cause millions of deaths each year. To demand more jobs in these fields is to demand the proliferation of homelessness, pollution, warfare and preventable deaths, not a very compelling platform for attracting new members.
It is understandable that people are demanding jobs and that the unions want to preserve them. There is no hope in the foreseeable future that the state or society will adequately provide for the unemployed, or pay to retrain them, while the Protestant Work Ethic and American Dream mythology are so deeply embedded in our culture that many people feel degraded, useless or bored when they dont have a job.
But there is another reason for unions obsession with jobs: it is a cheap and easy way for union leaders to win points with their members. Union bosses are constantly making compromises and deals with corporate bosses, like the UAW recently did in Detroit, to save a few jobs in exchange for pay and benefits cuts. The corporate bosses get increased profits by spending less on their employees, while the union bosses get to hold onto their cushy six-figure salaries and suit-and-tie lifestyles, free from the dirt and grime of the shop floor or classroom. By keeping their members on the job, unions can continue to collect dues that go to the salaries of their officers, and to lobbying and litigation. By ending conflicts quickly and cheaply through compromises and sellouts, unions reduce their bureaucratic and legal costs, leaving more money for their officers salaries.
This also helps to explain why unions have engaged in fewer strikes and labor struggles in the past three years than at almost any other time in the past 80 years. On the one hand, strikes are risky and can be expensive if members are jailed or the union is fined, as the ILWU in Longview, WA can attest. Lobbying, politics and litigation are also expensive, but they are easily outsourced to professional hacks, helping to keep the rank and file under control with promises that our guy will change things once elected. It is certainly much easier than organizing, which requires large numbers of well-trained organizers to go out into the field and actually listen to workers, something that bosses of all varieties, including union bosses, are loathe to do. Who knows, they might hear something they dont like.
Lastly, mainstream trade unions benefit from the capitalist system and have no interest in challenging it. Indeed, they are dependent upon it. While they may challenge the bosses now and then, they will always send their members back to work under the belief that ruining the boss means their own ruination. Thus, it becomes imperative to union leaders that peace is maintained between workers and employers and that bosses continue to be permitted to earn huge profits on their backs, because this is seen as the source of jobs and potential raises. This perspective makes the boss out as the workers friend, which any worker can see is patently false.
Oh I love my boss
Hes a good friend of mine
Thats why Im starving out on the bread line
Hallelujah Im a bum,
Hallelujah, bum again,
Wont you give us a handout to revive us again
First printed by the IWW, 1908, becoming the anthem of the Spokane free speech fight
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Posted by Modern School | Wed Feb 8, 2012, 09:37 PM (0 replies)
Collective Punishment For LAUSD Teachers
In a phenomenal case of collective punishment, Los Angeles Schools Superintendent John Deasy is firing the entire staff of Miramonte Elementary School in response to two of its teachers being charged with lewd conduct. Miramonte is one of the largest elementary schools in the U.S., according to the Los Angeles Times, with over 150 teachers and administrative staff.
In the wake of the accusations, parents kept more than 25% of the student body home from school on Monday. Parents also held a demonstration at the school.
It is certainly understandable that parents would be scared and iratethe two teachers were accused of some absolutely dreadful behavior. LAUSD emphasized that the allegations have placed a cloud over the campus that can be lifted only with a drastic response, the Los Angeles Times reported. However, no other teachers have been accused of any misconduct or are under investigation. Therefore, firing them does nothing to lift this cloud. On the contrary, it creates a bigger cloud that makes the innocent teachers appear to be part of the scandal, tarnishing their reputations in the process.
The mass firing is not only unfair and abusive to the innocent teachers, it does nothing to make the school safer or heal the wounds. Firing just the administrators, however, who are responsible for ensuring the safety of the school and for hiring and firing teachers, would have been much simpler and cheaper for the district, which must continue to pay the salaries of the displaced teachers. John Deasy, himself, ought to step down, since he is ultimately responsible for what happens in LAUSD schools.
Deasy continues to claim that student safety is districts first priority. However, there had been numerous student and parent complaints against one of the accused teachers, Mark Berndt, over the past 20 years which some parents claim were either ignored or not taken seriously. One student was transferred from the classroom of Berndt to the classroom of the other accused teacher after the family complained about him. The L.A. county district attorneys office also refused to bring molestation charges against Brandt in 1994 due to insufficient evidence.
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Posted by Modern School | Tue Feb 7, 2012, 11:56 PM (13 replies)
Jerry Brown: Friend to Teachers Dumb Enough to Believe It
Despite ample evidence to the contrary, Jerry Brown continues to be called a friend of labor. This is probably because big unions like the California Teachers Association invested so much money into his campaign for governor that they cant afford to criticize him out of fear that he wont pay them back in kind (as if this were ever a possibility).
Some will say that Browns attempt to raise taxes and funnel the bulk of the new revenue into K-12 education is a form of payback. However, his plan, even if it is approved by voters, will not restore the more than $21 billion that has been slashed from K-12 education in California over the past three years, let alone bring annual revenues up to the level necessary to hire more teachers, reduce class sizes, offer raises, or rehire counselors, librarians and nurses.
At the same time, Brown has quietly been pushing a pension reform plan that will raise costs and slash benefits for thousands of public sector workers. He has joined the growing chorus of right wing ideologues, fiscal conservatives and millenarian Chicken Littles who are all screaming that the pension sky is falling and workers themselves must pay for it.
According to John Fensterwald - Educated Guess writing in TopEd, the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), the nations largest public pension plan, reported anemic returns of 1.1% last year, while the California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS), number two behind CalPERS, reported a slightly less anemic 2.3%. Both of these are far below the 7.75% rate of return needed to meet payouts to retirees. Furthermore, CalSTRS 10-year return was only 5.4% and many financial analysts believe the next decade will be just as bad.
While the economic crisis can certainly be blamed for much of the problem (30% decline in the value of the CalSTRS portfolio), the state itself has failed to make its required payments to the pensions or to responsibly manage them, thus exacerbating the problem. In either case, it is not the fault of public sector workers that the pensions have so much unfunded liabilities (most teachers receive only $3,000 per month), yet they are the ones who will be forced to pay for it by being required to work longer before retiring (the retirement age will increase to 67 for new employees), paying more into the system and accepting smaller payouts.
Thus, in addition to accepting stagnant wages over the past three to four years (most teachers, for example havent seen a raise in that time) along with furloughs, layoffs and increased out-of-pocket costs for healthcare, public sector workers will see their paychecks shrink even more, with increased deductions for their pensions.
Virtually absent from the fear mongering and blaming is the fact that CalSTRS is 71% funded, which is actually pretty good compared with other pension plans. Furthermore, only if large numbers of teachers were able to simultaneously retire would the underfunded liability even matter. Only those near retirement age are in any position to take advantage of their pensions and they make up a small minority of those still paying into the system. CalSTRS is not in any danger of going belly up. In fact, it is not projected to become insolvent until 2042, leaving plenty of time to deal with its unfunded liabilities. Even CalSTRS CEO Jack Ehnes criticized the Little Hoover Commissions recommendations to slash CalSTRS and called many of its suggestions naïve or impractical. He also pointed out that many of its premises are wrong.
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Posted by Modern School | Tue Feb 7, 2012, 11:55 PM (1 replies)


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Concrete firm proposes quarry in Spring Lake
TOWN OF SPRING LAKE --- County Concrete has proposed developing a new quarry in the Town of Spring Lake.
The proposal, which calls for eventually altering 129 acres over two parcels of property, was discussed by town board members and a large group of residents who voiced concerns Tuesday. Another meeting on the plan is expected before the board makes a recommendation to the county.
"Since the town has adopted the county zoning ordinance, the county has the final decision," Supervisor Dwight Johnson said Thursday, indicating the town board doesn't vote on the permit, but recommends either approval or denial.
Geologist Jim Small of County Concrete explained the company is seeking a conditional use permit for non-metallic mining at the site, along Hwy. 128 southeast of Spring Valley. The firm makes concrete products from aggregate, requiring the best quality rock available. Finding suitable locations to do the mining is difficult, Small said.
The company has an option to buy approximately 200 acres in two parcels, he said. Between 30 and 50 acres will be open at any given time during the mining process, with reclamation work following behind. The area being left is sloped back and seeded.
Small estimated it would take more than 40 years to completely mine the 129 acres targeted for altering. The permit being sought here is renewable every two years, he said. Therefore, it behooves the firm to be "good neighbors."
Among the concerns he said he's heard are noise generated by the crushing equipment. This equipment would initially be situated behind a berm to reduce such noise and moved as soon as possible to the floor of the quarry. Blasting would be necessary, but he said such activity and noise go on at other approved sites with little public awareness.
Significantly fewer people live in the vicinity of the proposed quarry site than elsewhere in the area, the geologist said. Access to the highway is an advantage of the location for the company, as is close proximity to its manufacturing facility in Roberts.
Company officials had met twice with the town board about the proposal as of last week, Small said, and although the members appear to be divided as to whether it will be approved, he was optimistic. The firm would like to begin developing the quarry this year, but will need to secure permits from the Department of Natural Resources, too, besides getting approvals from the town and county.
Johnson said concerns expressed by the public Tuesday ranged from the quarry's effect on water quality to its potential interference with lights at night (he understood it would be allowed to operate during daylight hours only, if it succeeds). Town board members will need to provide the county with legitimate reasons for whether they approve or deny and can interject some reasonable conditions if the go-ahead is given.
Another meeting on the project will probably be held within the next month, depending on the availability of board members, Johnson thought.

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The NSW Government needs to provide resources for local communities to respond to planning decisions at a strategic level rather in a knee-jerk way to individual proposals, according to submissions on its Green Paper on the state's new planning system.
The Department of Planning has released a 76-page summary of feedback on the Green Paper, along with 1200 submissions.
The need for resources for local community participation was one of four themes "consistently mentioned" in the responses, according to the department.
The others were the need for "legible policy and legislation" to focus on strategic planning; streamlined decision making at the development assessment level; integration of land use with infrastructure; and for the Department of Planing to take the lead in empowering planners to take a "can do" attitude.
Planning Minister Brad Hazzard said the "unprecedented community input to the process" – with over 1200 submissions – gives "widespread support for the proposed overhaul of the state's planning system".
He said the next phase in the process, the government's white paper, would be released earlynext year but not before further consultation, particularly with local government.
Almost three-quarters of submissions came from residents and community organisations, with 9 per cent from local government and the rest from peak bodies, private sector planners, business, industry and government.
The Australian Financial Review


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Crotec EC Capsule contains Alpha-tocopherol, Lycopene, Selenium, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, and Zinc.
Role of Active Ingredient:
Lycopene is allegedly a more effective antioxidant than other of its carotenoid cousins which include beta-carotene. Its powerful antioxidant actions are effective in maintaining the strength, thickness and fluidity of cell membranes. Cell membranes are the guardians of cells. They are responsible for screening what goes in and out of cells. They allow good nutrients in and remove cellular junk and prevent toxins from entering the cells. Strong healthy cell membranes are vital in the prevention of many diseases.
Selenium and Zinc Sulphate have been added in Crotec EC because they are important constituents of natural antioxidant enzymes found in the body.
Vitamin E is an antioxidant which fights the free radicals & reduce its damaging effects, thus exhibiting positive effect on growth, energy and appetite.
Crotec EC Capsule helps in preventing cholesterol deposition and helps in countering free radicals. It acts as an antioxidant and may help in countering stress. Crotec EC Capsule is a multivitamin supplement intended to promote overall health. It supplements the nutritional deficiencies due to poor diet, or increased needs during pregnancy or illness. Vitamins are essential for healthy hair, skin, liver, and eye.
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SpreeConf NYC 2014
Spree Commerce
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at 8:30 AM - Thursday, February 27, 2014 at 5:00 PM (EST)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
SpreeConf NYC will include two days of training and talks. The speakers will share stories about their experiences with Spree Commerce and provide valuable insights about how to optimize both the technical and business aspects of an e-commerce store.
The two day event includes:
- A full day of training on Spree, Rails, and other topics
- A second day of speakers from the e-commerce and Ruby space
- Coffee, snacks, and lunch provided both days
- Conference t-shirt
- A happy hour and after party with the Spree team and conference speakers
When & Where
New York
333 W 23rd Street
New York,
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at 8:30 AM - Thursday, February 27, 2014 at 5:00 PM (EST)
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Spree Commerce
Spree began in 2008 as an open source e-commerce platform based on the Ruby on Rails framework. Our mission is to empower the world's sellers.
Our vibrant community of worldwide developers has been an important factor in the success of the Spree project. Almost 500 developers have contributed more than 10,000 contributions to the platform. Spree is now one of the largest open source projects in the world.
The Spree Commerce hub was launched in October 2012. It automates backend logistics for stores. Since its launch it has processed millions of dollars in revenue for storefronts around the world.


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I am Intelligent, Funny, and Adventurous
Movie: Mr. Hollands Opus, My Fair Lady, Leap of Faith, Empire Records, Footloose, Evita.
Music: Rockapella, German and Russian Operas(because of the low Bass parts), Wired Al,Peter Hollens, though I will tolerate most music.
Food: Pretty much anything though I have little care for Sushi.
Challenges-what is life without them?
Variety-The only thing constant is change.
Games- Can't really think of anything witty for this one.
Food- Nourishment
Water- Absolute Must.


text: Hi everyone, I saw this article today....I am not trying to cause panic I just would like to confirm if this applies to the 8v. I am thinking of buying the 8v a3 1.8tfsi 7dsg (no manual available in my country) Drive - Audi Recall | Volkswagen DSG Recall Extends to Audi it follows from this article : Volkswagen Australia recalls 25,000 cars over DSG defect | CarAdviceVolkswagen Australia recalls 25,000 cars over DSG defect | CarAdvice Thanks for your assistance. Karl.


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Lacoste Piqué Polo with Tonal Croc
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AMERICAN NEEDLE Brass Tack Chicago Cubs T-Shirt
A cool vintage logo adds a splash of team spirit to this faintly striped T-shirt cut from soft cotton. Color(s): cream/ navy. Brand: AMERICAN NEEDLE. Style Name:American Needle Brass Tack Chicago Cubs T-Shirt. Style Number: 5352367. Available in stores. Learn More
AMERICAN NEEDLE Hillwood Chicago Cubs T-Shirt
A vintage team logo distinguishes this laid-back T-shirt cut from a supremely soft heathered cotton blend for easy comfort. Color(s): heather navy. Brand: AMERICAN NEEDLE. Style Name:American Needle Hillwood Chicago Cubs T-Shirt. Style Number: 5352362. Available in stores. Learn More
BILLY REID Rev. Arnold Raglan T-Shirt
Two tones of heathered Peruvian cotton-blend jersey create sporty color blocking on this casual staple T-shirt. Color(s): hunter green, light grey heather, navy. Brand: BILLY REID. Style Name:Billy Reid Rev. Arnold Raglan T-Shirt. Style Number: 5349994. Available in stores. Learn More
BOBBY JONES R18 Pocket T-Shirt
A soft stretch-jersey T-shirt naturally keeps you cool and comfortable while contrast stitching adds visual interest to the classic design. Color(s): charcoal heather, heather grey, white. Brand: BOBBY JONES. Style Name:Bobby Jones R18 Pocket T-Shirt. Style Number: 5278947. Available in stores. Learn More
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A simple logo at the chest and ribbing at the sleeves and collar give classic casual appeal to a soft heathered cotton T-shirt. Color(s): heather blue/ navy. Brand: BRIXTON. Style Name:Brixton Merced Ringer Logo T-Shirt. Style Number: 5361631. Available in stores. Learn More
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Show off your huge heart in a trim-fitting T-shirt cut from soft cotton and fronted with a bright Comme des Garçons PLAY logo. A smaller embroidered heart reinforces the brand-defining style. Color(s): blue, green, pink, purple, white. Brand: Comme des Garcons. Style Name:Comme Des Garçons Play Heart Print T-Shirt. Style ... Learn More
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Fred Perry's iconic laurel wreath-awarded to him after his third successive Wimbledon victory in 1936-brings his enduring sportsmanship to a soft cotton T-shirt that's at home on the court, in the gym or anywhere you want to relax. Color(s): navy, steel marl. Brand: FRED PERRY. Style Name:Fred Perry Logo Graphic ... Learn More
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Jessica Simpson Goes Goofy For Ear-Candling!
No, Jessica Simpson hasn't (completely) lost her mind and isn't sacrificing herself to the hair-extension gods. Rather, the ditzy blonde had friend and hairdresser Ken Paves film her as she gives herself a little ear-candling treatment. Supposedly, the process is a natural way of clearing out the nasty wax and gunk that clogs your ear canals. You buy the candles at a health food store, stick 'em in your ear and light the top on fire — the smoke is supposed to travel down the ear canal and then suck out the debris. I've done ear candling a few times (with the assistance of friends) and have found it to work — the best part of the whole process is cutting open the candle at the end and seeing all the crap that was sucked out. It's really satisfying if you're into nasty stuff like I am. However, our lovely style editor, Erin, has informed me there are some who think that the process could damage the ear drum or something, so either go to a professional or, you know, avoid it entirely and just watch this vid. [via Jessica Simpson's TwitVid]


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I am looking for something real, and i dont like long distance relationship or feeling like i am in a long distance relationship.
I am pretty good at bowling (i have bowled a 298), pool, and kickball, cards, and mario kart.
Movies- I own way too many and of almost any genre. If I have a list of genres I can write out my favorite to each. Each has a very specific emotion attached really depends on my mood.
Music- Pretty much top 40, and country music, any thing i can understand the words too.
Food- SUSHI. I also love hibachi grills. and i love Mexican. and my favorite fast food is actually Taco bell or Qdoba. Italian is always a good possibility as well. Again I also love to cook in the kitchen, just about anything, but I prefer to cook for someone else.
In no particular order.
Family/friends... my life line. This group is small, and becoming a part of it is rare, but I am open to the possibility.
Sushi... best food ever- I could eat every day the rest of my life and not get bored with it. Thank goodness I work at a sushi restaurant.
Cards... easy fun... simple, they can cut boredom when there is nothing else.
Cell phone... connection, it is the technology age unfortunately.
Car... to get around, it is the commuter age unfortunately, and we live in oklahoma without a strong public transportation system. And i have lived in vegas for 4 months without a car, and all i ever thought was the 18 miles to and from work would take me 25 min in my car instead of 2 hours.
The last one will be reserved for my life love
Do not take life too seriously...
*Side note please don't message me if...
1. Your message is "Hey what's up?" or anything similar. I realize that I should be a gentleman and message you first, but I don't message everyone, only ones I think I would match well with, but it doesn't mean that didn't think about messaging you first. (At the very least tell me why you wanted to message me.)
2. You live more than an hour away from me.


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Police warn online buyers after eBay fraud
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NSW police have warned internet shoppers to be careful with their cash after international fraudsters fleeced online bargain-hunters of tens of thousands of dollars.
Four people from the Coffs Harbour area in northern NSW have fallen victim to overseas fraudsters in the past fortnight after trying to buy items on the internet auction site eBay.
Detective Acting Sergeant Michael Dowden of Coffs Harbour police said yesterday it appeared to be a coincidence that four people from the same area had been defrauded, and it was likely there were others around Australia.
Together the four had lost "tens of thousands of dollars", he said.
People had paid for items such as motor vehicles - often at very low prices and through specific websites - and the products had not been delivered, leaving the buyers out of pocket.
Act Sgt Dowden said it appeared the fraudsters were professional operators based overseas, possibly in Greece and France.
There was little the NSW Police could do to prosecute people.
"It's hard to get the money back if it goes overseas," he said.
Police said online shoppers should check sellers' contact details, consider using a payment holding service, use a traceable form of payment such as a credit card and be wary of high-value goods with low prices that were hosted overseas.
"The bottom line is buyer beware," Act Sgt Dowden said.


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It was wonderful meeting many of my online colleagues face-to-face, especially for the first time! It's an amazing feeling to meet someone you've been working with for years, and to meet them and give them a hug is indescribable.
My goal is to not only keep the connections I have, but also to deepen what we do with our students to make our connections stronger.
Attending many sessions and also presenting at a few confirmed my belief of the importance of collaborations with students and teachers. I will continue collaborating with colleagues on HLWSkypers, Twitter, Google+, etc. We've added a few more skyper friends and hope they will be another great connection and collaborator! I want to concentrate on projects through Flat Connections and The Global Classroom Project as well as a few made up along the way!
I want to concentrate on these areas with myself and staff:
- Edmodo
- Google Drive
- Chromebook Resources
Now that we have been a GAFE school for several years and our students are using Chromebooks in the classroom, the teachers need to learn not only the basics, but more advanced features in Google Drive, like, the apps add ons. Tammy Worcester showed us some great tips and tools we can use with students. We will be using Synergyse to keep up with the latest features of Google Apps. We'll also be using Hapara to share docs and stay on top of student work real-time. The teachers will use Edmodo to create classes and groups to share information and stay on track with assignments.
During ISTE I attended a great BYOD session on Chromebooks and got some wonderful resources for my students and staff. Thanks to Dr. Draper and PJ Giles!
More Ideas...Wiki Writing
Cool Apps!
Teachers to Follow
Global Education Day - awesome ways to connect with the world!
More to come!


text: Arkansas Entertainment Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival To Take Place After Shortage Scare By Bekah Hall • Jun 14, 2013 In South Arkansas, the Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival will indeed take place this weekend. The festival honors the pink tomato, Arkansas's official fruit and vegetable, in a week long celebration complete with live music, games, and contests. Arkansas tomato fans had a scare when the tomatoes were said to be in short supply just weeks before the festival. Low temperatures in April stunted the progress of the tomatoes. Puppets Provide Laughs In "Avenue Q" At The Arkansas Rep By Malcolm Glover • Jun 6, 2013 John David Pittman / Arkansas Repertory Theatre Comedy is often the vehicle that inspires people to have crucial conversations about important issues. Through the month of June, the Arkansas Repertory Theatre is relying on the humor and outspokenness of foul-mouthed puppets to bolster dialogue about racism, sexuality, and almost every aspect of the human experience. "Jazz In The Park" Begins This Week By Maggie Carroll • Jun 4, 2013 River Market Info Jazz enthusiasts, and people just looking for something to do, can check out the new "Jazz in the Park" series starting this Wednesday at 5:30 in the evening. The weekly music event will take place at the History Pavilion in Riverfront Park. Dianna Long, Director of River Market Operations, says many different types of jazz will be featured. "It is a really good opportunity for somebody that thinks they might like jazz...and its for jazz lovers too, we encourage everybody to come and try it," said Long. Hope Rising In Helena-West Helena, Arkansas: Part Three By Malcolm Glover • May 20, 2013 Malcolm Glover / KUAR Communities throughout the Arkansas Delta often battle against a rising tide of economic woes. As factories close and labor-intensive jobs leave small towns, populations dwindle in many rural cities. For decades, outside investments from banks and charitable organizations helped stimulate marginal growth, but most of the heavy lifting necessary to revitalize communities must be done by the people who live there. In downtown Helena, a building that was once a post office is now a hub for various programs that provide important services to women and families. Hope Rising In Helena-West Helena, Arkansas: Part Two By Malcolm Glover • May 13, 2013 Malcolm Glover / KUAR Helena-West Helena is part of Phillips County in the Arkansas Delta. According to U.S. Census data, the county's population decreased over 17 percent in the last ten years, which means by some estimates the population is less than half of what it was in the 1950s. However, new community-led efforts in Helena-West Helena seek to make the area's history and culture a catalyst for investment and growth. Johnny Cash Home In Dyess Set For 2014 Opening By Associated Press • May 7, 2013 Organizers haven't set a date yet but the restoration of the Johnny Cash home in Dyess is on track to open in 2014. The project by Arkansas State University also includes restoration of a nearby theater and the Dyess Colony administration building. The structures should be ready for visitors in fall of next year. The home is being renovated to look as it did when the Cash family moved to the Dyess Colony in 1935 in the middle of the Great Depression. Hope Rising In Helena-West Helena, Arkansas: Part One By Malcolm Glover • May 6, 2013 Malcolm Glover / KUAR The City of Helena-West Helena in Phillips County, Arkansas is no stranger to the hardships that have plagued many communities across the country during the economic downturn. High unemployment, a struggling education system, political upheaval, a crumbling infrastructure, and even unresolved racial inequalities were once the hallmarks of this unified city in the impoverished Arkansas Delta. However, new research findings show some positive demographic trends and community development projects have some residents saying Helen-West Helena is finally making a comeback. Toad Suck Daze Opens This Weekend; Proceeds Go Toward College Scholarships And Pre-K Program By Kezia Nanda • May 2, 2013 toadsuck.org The annual Toad Suck Daze festival will be open on Friday in Central Arkansas. Organizers say each year there are over 160,000 people attending the event in Conway. Event Director, Mary Margaret Satterfield, said the festival is fun and beneficial. Take Your Dogs To Little Rock's New Unleashed Dog Park By Kezia Nanda • Mar 29, 2013 MacArthur Unleashed Dog Park's Facebook Page Starting Saturday, Little Rock will have a second dog park. MacArthur Unleashed Dog Park, located between 9th Street and Interstate 630, will hold its grand opening Saturday, March 30, at 12:40 p.m., rain or shine. Leland Couch, with the Little Rock Parks & Recreation Department, said the park has various fun features that both small and large dogs will enjoy. Free Performance By The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra This Friday By Kezia Nanda • Mar 27, 2013 arkansasarts.org Little Rock's Robinson Center Music Hall, home of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, will undergo a renovation and be closed between June of 2014 until September of 2016. The symphony is planning to use the Wally Allen Ballroom at the State House Convention Center as a substitute during the renovation. 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There are only 10 more days before the Australian Public Service [APS] says goodbye to the 1999 public service values and hello to the new ones whose signature acronym is ICARE.
This stands for "Impartial, Committed to service, Accountable, Respectful and Ethical". Geddit?
They are backed by an explanation of each, a set of employment principles and a whole lot of regulations.
It is all part of the major overhaul of the Public Service Act 1999 that began under
And on Tuesday the latest public service minister,
The event was held at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forests, whose secretary,
You might think such a significant event might have been the occasion for some fun.
Did nobody think of commissioning a new song from those chroniclers of APS traditions, the well-known a capella choir, the Shiny Bum Singers?
They are the well-known creators and performers of such parodies as "White 'Straya", "Throw, throw, throw the kids", "The Lobbyists' Picnic", "The Senate Estimates Haka", and the classic "Save Your Arse".
They also have a song about the old public service values, sung to the tune of "Model of a Modern Major General" from The Pirates of Penzance, which begins:
"We are the very model of a service apolitical / Professional in practice and in matters theoretical / We perform our work impartially, we're openly accountable / Which during an election is not easily surmountable."
Not, of course, that many of today's graduates might be familiar with Gilbert and Sullivan. Perhaps the next version could be to a Coldplay number (Paradise suggests itself).
Public service ministers come and go
It's easy to lose count of public service ministers. There have been three since the 2007 election.
Dreyfus, who carries a massive workload as Attorney-General and Special Minister of State, seems unfortunately destined to be another ship that passes in the night at the fag-end of the 43rd parliament.
But his speech was a solid narrative of the so-called public service integrity reforms achieved over the troubled five and a half years of Labor in power.
Much can be attributed to Rudd's first Special Minister of State and public service minister,
Dreyfus's list included the then new standards of ministerial ethics; the first code of conduct for ministerial staff (which, alas, was never legislated); the lobbyists' register; merit-based selection processes for agency heads and statutory office holders and subsequent reforms to the appointment and dismissals of department secretaries in the Public Service Amendment Act 2013 as well as the upgrading of the role of the Public Service Commissioner; the introduction of the ethics advisory service; the guidelines on advertising campaigns; the 2010 reforms to the Freedom of Information Act and the establishment of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.
Then there was the recent decision to join the Open Government Partnership; Dreyfus's long-awaited introduction of the new whistleblowing legislation, the Public Interest Disclosure Bill (which still has significant problems to be ironed out, although he didn't mention that). There is also the work being done by the Attorney-General's Department and the Australian Public Service Commission on developing Australia's first National Anti-Corruption Plan.
It is a significant body of work even if it is coming to fruition amid all the chaos of a dying government.
Public must have trust in government: Dreyfus
Returning to the new values, Dreyfus said, "Good public administration is a protection not only against inefficiency and poor performance, but also against fraud, corruption, inequity, inability to conduct business confidently and infringement of human rights.
"A democracy cannot function without public trust in government nor without a system of public administration in which the community can have confidence. From the perspective of government and the community, the public service is only as trustworthy as each of its employees.
"In adhering to these values in its work, the APS will ensure that Australians can trust that our government is conducted to the highest ethical and performance standards. Australia will have a public service where its staff can be proud of their work and have confidence that they have delivered professional and impartial services to the very best of their ability."
By the time ICARE comes into effect on July 1, the curtain will have effectively dropped on the 43rd parliament and, if the election proceeds as expected on September 14, it will soon be the coalition's turn to espouse those same principles.
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Steve Barnes
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- (703) 993-1247
Steven A. Barnes joined the George Mason University faculty in 2004. He received his Ph.D in Russian, Soviet, and East European history from Stanford University in 2003. His dissertation, entitled Soviet Society Confined: The Gulag in the Karaganda Region of Kazakhstan, 1930s-1950s,reconsiders the history of the Soviet system of forced labor concentration camps and internal exile through memoirs and recently opened archives of the Gulag system. He has done field research in Russia and Kazakhstan. Dr. Barnes's research has been published in the journals Slavic Review, Kritika, and International Labor and Working Class History. Dr. Barnes is currently writing a book on the history of the Gulag. Additionally, with the National Parks Service and the Gulag Museum in Perm, Russia, he is working on a traveling museum exhibit on the history of the Gulag opening at Ellis Island in May 2006. With support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and working with the Center for History and New Media, Dr. Barnes is building a website on the history of the Gulag. Information on both these projects can be found at www.gulaghistory.org.


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Terrain:Grassy plain w water source in the form of a pond mid ranged from the both of us
All you know
Rei's R&R
Post your bio and since I am the challenger here, you can either post your move or ask me to go first.
Wish me luck
Side Note: Rp a bit if you can. I like RP lol


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In the early-morning hours of March 15, Cristian was arrested.
He was arrested multiple times holding a can of spray paint with his hands and mouth "smeared with the stuff."
One said Israeli forces on Monday busted "a secret shoe factory belonging to Hamas in Gaza and arrested several shoe-makers."
Then, in September 2010, he was arrested under dubious circumstances and charged with possession of ecstasy.
With 15 arrested near the scene of the attack for alleged questioning, students are paying an immediate price.
The grace of the speaker, and the mystic quality of the thing spoken, arrested him.'
Between whiles she arrested her labours to think of something else.
What if he had made us pay for the damage you did, or had had you arrested?
There he had Pratt arrested, but there seemed to be no law under which he could be held.
And the man you have arrested, do you think he is connected with the men who were fighting in the Museum?
1610s, past participle adjective from arrest (v.). Arrested development is first recorded 1859 in evolutionary biology.
"to cause to stop," also "to detain legally," late 14c., from Old French arester "to stay, stop" (Modern French arrêter), from Vulgar Latin *arrestare (source of Italian arrestare, Spanish and Portuguese arrestar), from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + restare "to stop, remain behind, stay back" (see rest (n.2)). Figurative sense of "to catch and hold" (the attention, etc.) is from 1814.
late 14c., from Anglo-French arest, Old French areste, from arester (see arrest (v.)).
late 14c., from Anglo-French arest, Old French areste, from arester (see arrest (v.)).
arrest ar·rest (ə-rěst')
v. ar·rest·ed, ar·rest·ing, ar·rests
To stop; check.
To undergo cardiac arrest.
An interference with or a checking of the regular course of a disease or symptom, a stoppage.
Interference with the performance of a function.
The inhibition of a developmental process, usually the ultimate stage of development.


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Submit your contest to Canadian Free Stuff.com
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Include the following information
1. A well written out description of prize(s) and value of prize
2. Is Quebec Excluded. ( Please include this – as it frustrates our Quebec folks if this is not listed before trying to find the information.
3. The Link to the contest ( very important)
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At The Bonnie mob we are happy to both exchange items and refund if you are not satisfied with your order within 28 days of delivery (consistent with current distant selling laws).
Important information
- Fill in the returns/exchange form as necessary. Your order number, name and address are important so please include this.
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- Bonnie baby Ltd does not cover the cost of return delivery.
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What's better than one classically-trained actor, also noted for his later life geek-friendly roles, who enjoys posting odd pictures online? Why, two such actors, of course, so thank goodness for Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen, who can be relied upon to brighten up the internet on a regular basis. And now they've finished their long run on Broadway, and X-Men: Days Of Future Past is just around the corner, we thought we'd gather their best online moments in one handy spot.
For something similar in honour of Bill Murray, click this way...
If you have ventured onto the internet in the last year, you'll know that Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, two knights of the realm noted for their serious dramatic heft, have become a fixture of New York. While performing Waiting For Godot and No Man's Land every evening (hence their frequently-used #TwoPlaysInRep hashtag), they made the most of their time in the Big Apple to take a series of joyous holiday snaps, as posted onto their Twitter profiles – bowler hats at the ready…
1) On a ferris wheel:
2) Meeting Elmo:
3) Teaching the Americans the true meaning of football:
4) Enjoying the finest of ales:
5) Meeting Father Christmas (or "Santa"):
6) Taking in the sights:
7) Having a banger. (And some corn):
8) Meeting Spock himself, Leonard Nimoy:
9) Phoning home:
10) Posing in front of a cheeky bullock:
11) Getting into tramp-like character for Godot in front of a pile of rubbish:
12) Giving thanks for Thanksgiving:
13) Getting into the Christmas spirit:
14) And, to herald in 2014 (and Patrick Stewart's new Instagram account), the most glorious rendition of Auld Lang Syne:
The two knights are big-hearted people, and there is an abundance of romantic examples of their exploits to be found…
15) When Charles Xavier got married last year, there was really only one mutant who could officiate: Magneto. He was also a very useful person to have around in case the rings got lost:
It's not everyday you see one of your photos on the telly. Thank you @theviewtv for yesterday's show. pic.twitter.com/W5cdnYyNP2
— John von Pamer (@vonpamerphoto) November 15, 2013
16) At a convention, one Star Trek fan made the most of Sir Pat Stew's presence to ensure his proposal to his girlfriend had the full authority of Jean Luc Picard:
17) One of Patrick Stewart's greatest moments was his appearance in Frasier, where the titular radio psychiatrist can't admit to himself that this handsome bald man may want more than just friendship…
18) This one's slightly less obvious. Patrick Stewart and James Corden had a very awkward public bickering at an awards ceremony. It's extremely uncomfortable, but thankfully, it all worked out between the two:
A staple of any respectable actor is the double-take, but that's not the only possibility. With many decades of practice on stage and on screen and with the benefit of classical training, it's possible to ascend to the heights of a quadruple-take. P Stew demonstrates to his wife, Sunny Ozell:
19) Sir Ian is also a fountain of acting wisdom, and in Extras, he gave the clearest breakdown of exactly how he embodies Gandalf:
20) He may be a respected veteran of the Shakespearean stage, but it was not until he trod the boards at Sesame Street that Patrick Stewart gave the monologue he'd been preparing for his whole life: "B, or not a B. That is the question."
21) Long before he was hidden by enormous beards and a big shiny helmet (steady), Sir Ian made his first screen appearance back in 1964. He plays a stiff-upper-lipped colonial soldier very proud of having shot a tiger in The Indian Stories Of Rudyard Kipling:
22) Sir Patrick's played some famous parts, but one of his most prolific performances is an entirely unseen one, playing the CIA chief in American Dad. In fact, it's one of his favourite roles…
23) One of the stories Sir Ian is fondest of telling is exactly what went down when filming the Bridge of Khazad Dum…
24) You may not have realised it, but cows have regional accents when they moo. Sir Patrick explains all, with some extremely convincing impressions:
25) Undoubtedly the most convincing performance Sir Patrick's ever given was last Halloween, when he embodied a lobster in his bathtub with grinning aplomb (with help from his wife):
As Sir Ian's Twitter bio ("actor and activist") suggests, performance isn't the only thing he's good at. The same goes for Sir Patrick, who campaigns for charities such as Amnesty International proudly. They're also (as their Twitter use suggests) thoroughly tech-savvy and good cooks to boot.
26) Back in 1995, Sir Ian met Nelson Mandela to campaign for the South African constitution to explicitly prevent discrimination on the basis of sexuality:
The final photo is a lovely bookend to the meeting, and the campaign was successful:
27) In a particularly honest and moving Q&A, Patrick Stewart speaks out against domestic abuse, and comforts an audience member:
28) According to Sir Patrick, Sir Ian makes a mean risotto:
Last night, Sir Ian prepared for us a fortifying risotto in preparation for Comic Con. @IanMcKellen #SDCC2013 pic.twitter.com/zpdUBQrhsb
— Patrick Stewart (@SirPatStew) July 21, 2013
29) Ian McKellen is very proud of having (apparently) been one of the first ever bloggers in Hollywood, and you can find his very first entry ("Thoughts prior to the beginning of filming X-MEN") by clicking the picture below:
It recounts some of the scheduling dramas between X-Men and The Lord Of The Rings, and gives a nice glimpse into Sir Ian's reason for playing a mutant: "I certainly like Magneto's awareness of his body. Maybe I'm doing this movie in praise of sexy 60 year olds."
The two sirs aren't liable to take themselves too seriously, and have proved their comedy chops repeatedly over the years. They've both done the SNL monologue, online skits, and even the odd song and dance…
30) Sir Patrick famously appeared in Extras, where he saw everything. Though having seen the final result, he wasn't too happy:
31) Sir Ian isn't averse to showing the odd bit of skin, and it was a lucky audience who got a glimpse of his very special pants last year.
32) No matter the time of year, Jean Luc Picard can always help you get in the Christmas spirit with the Enterprise's rendition of Let It Snow, "Make It So":
33) However, Sir Patrick doesn't need fancy editing to sing his heart out – this clip proves he makes a glorious song and dance man, complete with hat and cane:
34) Making the most of his great big bushy beard, Sir Ian got mistaken for a tramp in Melbourne, and took the chance to gather up some change:
35) In 2012, Sir Patrick starred in an utterly bizarre Olympic-themed sketch on Funny Or Die, playing a cockney ticket touter. He's joined by Simon Pegg, Ryan Lochte and Maisie Williams:
36) Individually, the two Sirs have each had the uniquely American honour of hosting Saturday Night Live, and each gave the requisite monologue to an adoring audience:
37) Disappointing viewing for anyone hoping they might be secret soul-mates, here the two sirs get tripped up when playing the Newlyweds game.
38) As a Star Trek veteran, it's not too surprising that Sir Patrick has an action figure to play with. Unfortunately, it's slightly outshone by Liam Neeson's Qui-Gonn.
39) If you've ever wanted to see Sir Ian McKellen playing with himself, today's your lucky day:
40) The two knights were glamorous, handsome young men in years gone by, and let us never forget it.
41) When talking to Empire about The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Sir Ian McKellen provided a steady, reliable naming of all the dwarves:
42) The pair do their best impersonations of each other. They aren't that good, but are adorable:
43) The twosome interview each other, and reveal their first meeting… Watch out also for Sir Ian's glorious and very cosy-looking Ugg boots:
44) Patrick Stewart is keen to remind the world that he is NOT AMERICAN, with a little help from Stephen Merchant.
Me and @StephenMerchant at the #AmericanComedyAwards tonight! WE'RE NOT AMERICAN! pic.twitter.com/dun9XSLrzd
— Patrick Stewart (@SirPatStew) April 27, 2014
45) Finally, Patrick Stewart might have a new project for us all to look foward to.
Bald is the New Black. season 1 @SirPatStew pic.twitter.com/oBJKwaXO1K
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With word of Kendrick Lamar's sophomore album on the rise, many are wondering how far along K Dot is on the highly anticipated LP. XXL recently had the pleasure of speaking with the label's co-president Punch and obtained a brief update.
According to Punch, Kendrick's as-of-yet untitled LP does have a concept but they are still in the process of defining the project's actual sound. "That's a good question. I don't know if it has a particular sound yet," Punch told XXL. "It's process that we go through when we're recording a project. I don't want to give too much away but there's certain steps that we take. I don't think it's to the point yet where we have the actual sound of what it's going to be but the idea is there for sure, the whole concept and the different songs that he wants to make."
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What is the main source of inspiration for your recipes?
Color inspires me. The experience of walking through a market and seeing all the different fruits, veggies, and other foods…well, when they visually jump off the shelf, I'm inspired to take them home and cook! I love food with bursts of color. Another inspiration for my recipes is the "title" of the dish. I'm a literary nerd, so alliteration and word play makes me excited to create new recipes (for example: parmesan parsnip potato puree, B.L.Brie, etc). I'll raid the pantry/fridge, see an ingredient, think of what words sound good with it, and then experiment with those flavors. It sounds dorky, but that's what gets me inspired.
If you could have one food while stranded on a desert island, what would it be?
At first I was going to say chickpeas (since I eat some kind of chickpea dish daily), and although I can't get enough of those little guys, I wouldn't last long on a deserted island without some great quality bread. My entire life I've been a HUGE bread-fiend. The crunchy exterior and soft, pillowy center makes my mouth water. It's basically a way of life for me! Hello, my name is Stephen, and I am a bread addict!
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The first fuel-cell powered police car was delivered Friday by DaimlerChrysler, offering a boost to the emerging technology being developed by several automakers. The car will serve in the Wayne State University Police Department as a prototype that could aid in research for fuel cell technology.
"We're pleased to be a driving force in this team effort to develop zero-emissions transportation," said Mark Chernoby of the advanced engineering division of Chrysler Group, the US unit of the German-US automakers.
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Companies such as GM and Toyota are also experimenting with fuel cell technology.
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Vengeance Blasts Enterprise on IMAX 'Star Trek Into Darkness' Poster
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Experienced it in IMAX 3D! Arriving in theaters in 17 more days is J.J. Abrams' sequel Star Trek Into Darkness, bringing back the crew of the USS Enterprise for a bout with the deceptive John Harrison, played by Benedict Cumberbatch. Earlier this week we featured the exclusive IMAX midnight poster, with art by Mark Englert, but IMAX has another poster up their sleeves. This new banner shows the Enterprise being dwarfed and attacked by the humongous-looking USS Vengeance ship, which we ran a good photo of last week. This is a nice compliment the other final poster with the Enterprise on it, a big step up, I dig it.
Here's the newest IMAX poster for Star Trek Into Darkness found via ComingSoon from @bad_robot:
When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated everything the fleet stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a "one man weapon of mass destruction."
Star Trek Into Darkness is the sequel to the J.J. Abrams-directed reboot of Gene Roddenberry's original science fiction series. The screenplay this time was co-written by Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman & Damon Lindelof. Most of the crew is back, including Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin & John Cho. Paramount is bringing Into Darkness to theaters May 17th this summer.
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In an almost serendipitous way, I saw these shots of a braless Rihanna sitting courtside at a basketball game almost immediately after reading about the Donald Sterling fiasco. So, I humbly ask, do you exist, God? Are you using Rihanna's nipples to tell us something? What's that boy, Timmy fell down a well? Oh shit, sorry, I get popular fiction mixed up all the time.
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