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TOP STORY >> District seen as racial
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It is the Joshua Intervenors turn in court, as they opened the third week in the hearing on whether Pulaski County Special School District has complied with its desegregation plan and is ready to be released from federal court oversight.
John Walker, attorney for the group representing the interests of the black students in PCSSD, on Monday and Tuesday honed in on school board machinations, decisions about school construction and the districts performance on compliance with Plan 2000 requirements for reducing racial disparities in academic achievement, discipline and school attendance.
Monday morning proceedings began with a wrangle between Sam Jones, attorney for PCSSD, and Walker, who only that morning had sent new evidence to Jones, an e-mail string among white members of the districts school board and interim superintendent Rob McGill. Walker sought to demonstrate that board president Tim Clark, board member Charlie Wood and former board member Shana Chaplin were engaging in back-room meetings via e-mail, a violation of school board policy, to advance an agenda that had a racial intent if not effect, Walker said.
Walker presented e-mails showing that Wood was pushing others to say that the district had achieved unitary status and that board members needed to make sure that Brenda Bowles, assistant superintendent for equity and pupil services, was in agreement. Walker said that white board members bought off black board member Gwen Williams with offers of trips on behalf of the board.
U.S. District Judge Brian Miller commented, I am not going to make a determination based on internal fights, but the facts.
Ultimately my decision is not going to be based on feelings or who bought who off.
Witnesses on Monday and Tuesday included McGill; assistant superintendent for learning services June Elliott; former assistant superintendent over secondary education Bill Barnes; school board member Bill Vasquez, and a former Northwood Middle School student who was shoved several times by a teacher, according to a school security tape. The boys mother also took the stand.
Walker sought to demonstrate that construction of Maumelle High School, to replace Oak Grove High School, was a racially motivated move by the school board that wasted district funds.
Several witnesses McGill, Elliott and Barnes admitted that the demolition of Oak Grove High School was never in the district building plan nor in any consultant recommendations.
McGill, in answer to Walkers query about whether the districts strategic plan or any consultants report called for replacement of Oak Grove High School, admitted that it did not, then added in frustration, But it doesnt say we cant, though.
McGill said that the decision to build a new high school in Maumelle was already in the works when he came on board as interim superintendent a year ago.
Elliott, also a new hire to the district in July 2009, said that Oak Grove High School had a current enrollment of 400 and 700 openings. She said she knew of no study that projected high school enrollment in the area served by Oak Grove High School to exceed 1,100 in the next few years.
When asked if she knew of any written report calling for the demolition of Oak Grove High School, she replied, No, sir.
Barnes said that he thought the decision to replace Oak Grove rather than fix it up was not based on growth, but rather how the facilities looked, as well as the desire to break the 7th-12th grade school into a middle school and high school.
Oak Grove has its negatives, but so do all the schools No one liked all the grades there. Barnes said.
Walker told the court that the decision to not repair Oak Grove High School, but rather build a new school in Maumelle was the result of an effort by some board members to re-segregate the district.
Walker contended that other schools, such as College Station and Harris elementary schools, that are located in areas predominantly populated by blacks have been passed over for repairs while west Pulaski County, Sherwood and Maumelle are getting new schools built.
Walker asked Vasquez how Chenal and Maumelle would feel about a school like College Station in its midst. Vasquez replied,
Would anybody like to have a 50 year-old-school transplanted to their neighborhood? The answer is no.
Barnes recalled that when his son, now 29, attended College Station Elementary School, it was in good repair, but said, It is probably now the worst elementary school in the district. It is probably a waste of money to fix it up.
Walker tried to prove that the expansion of Pine Forest Elementary School, estimated at $5 million, was a racially biased decision on the part of the school board to cater to Maumelle constituents. He presented 2000 census figures showing that Maumelle has a 5 percent black population. On cross examination, Sam Jones, attorney for PCSSD, presented 2006 census data showing that the black population in Maumelle has increased to almost 10 percent.
Pine Forest Elementary School is 30 years old. Thirty-one percent of its students are black.
In regard to the condition of district schools, Vasquez said, Twenty-five schools are over 50 years old; 13 are over 40 years old, and five schools have been built in the last 15 years. The schools need a very comprehensive building and renovation plan.
Barnes, who worked for the district 26 years before being terminated in January, said, At a time, Jacksonville (High School) was premiere, but weve lost control of repairs, as we once did. Schools have kind of gone down.
Walker hammered on McGill and Elliott about how their knowledge of the court-ordered Plan 2000 desegregation plan, what they or others have done to comply with its requirements and how well district programs were being evaluated for their effectiveness in reducing racial gaps in academic performance, discipline rates and other mandates.
McGill and Elliott said that the district has numerous initiatives and strategies in place to meet Plan 2000s requirement that the educational achievement of all students is improved, with special attention to African-American students and those at risk of academic failure due to socioeconomic disadvantage and other factors.
Elliott cited daily enrichment periods at the schools that are tailored to individual students gaps in skills, based on assessments that occur throughout the school year. Other initiatives reported include the STAR Academy to help students recover credits and graduate with peers, after-school programs, building audits and professional learning communities to help teachers focus on students individual needs, literacy and math intensive programs, freshman academy and Odyssey of the Mind.
Enumerating something is not the same thing as an evaluation that looks at outcomes, Walker said.
While the schools and district collect and report data on a plethora of indicators on student academic performance, school attendance, dropout rates, participation in advanced studies and gifted and talented programs, and discipline, neither McGill nor Elliott could point to any analyses of data to tell the district if the programs are making a difference.
Nor could they give evidence that disparities in academic performance or discipline are the focus of cabinet meeting discussions, written memos or other directives from central office.
Elliott said the data show that the racial disparities in academic achievement are narrowing.
Barnes said that the district has lost the momentum of the 1990s and efforts to comply with the desegregation plan are slackening. He said with changeovers in central office personnel, history had been lost. There was re-focus in 2000, but since then, Weve kind of drifted, he said. It seems like we are going backwards in all areas. It seems like we are not focused like we were then.
Barnes recalled the glory days of Mills High School when he was the principal for 19 years. The school garnered national attention as a top-flight college preparatory high school numerous times, the number of minority teachers exceeded the district average and special efforts, such as Saturday and after-school tutoring, were made to help minority students succeed in advanced courses.
That went by the wayside, Barnes said.
Barnes, who started with the district in 1983 and was the director of secondary education from 2006 to January of this year, said he knew of no effort on the part of the district to establish a biracial committee for scholarships.
At one point, Jones took issue with the reports from the Office of Desegregation Monitoring, calling them hyperbole.
I am not disputing their authenticity, but some portions are not supported by the evidence, Jones said.
During a court recess, Barnes that he was terminated because he backed Mike Nellums, former principal of the Jacksonville Boys Middle School, rather than agree with the school board that Nellums should be fired.
I didnt want to be raked over the coals in the paper, Barnes said. I spoke at his hearing at the Oct. 6 board meeting. The next day, it was go after old Barnes because we cant get Nellums. I wasnt planning on retiring early.
McGill conducted an investigation into accusations leveled at Nellums by teachers. Walker charged that race was the motivating factor in the superintendent taking on an investigation of a secondary-level principal rather than leave it to the director of secondary education, who was Barnes. Both Barnes and Nellums are black. McGill is white.
I thought the information was serious enough to keep confidential to protect him and the school, McGill said.
The board voted 4-3 to terminate Nellums, but later transferred him to Mills High School, where he is now the principal.
A former Northwood Middle School honor student took the stand to talk about an incident in which English teacher Melissa Moore shoved him several times after he talked back to her when she called him psycho as he and friends danced in the hallway. The incident was caught on security tape.
The boy is black, the teacher is white. McGill said that the boy was big and the teacher very small.
The boy testified that he is 55 and weighed 100 pounds at the time of the incident.
The boys mother testified that she had had her son removed from Moores class earlier in the year after she had mimicked him, when he put his head down on his desk and cried during a writing exercise. At the time, he was grieving the death of his cousin and was on the counselors watch because he had shut down after the loss.
The Northwood principal, who sought to have the teacher disciplined, was transferred the next year to serve as principal at Jacksonville Girls Middle School. The school board unanimously voted against McGills recommendation that the teacher be terminated.
The incident inflamed white teachers and the teachers union. Thirty white teachers rallied in support of Moore.
McGill said he transferred the principal so faculty could put it behind them (and) so students could concentrate on their studies.
Doesnt this send the message that when a black principal disciplines a white teacher that the black principal is mostly likely to be disciplined? Walker asked rhetorically.
Walker contended that school board member Charlie Wood tried to influence McGill with petitions from white teachers before Moores personnel hearing, prompting this commentary from Judge Brian Miller:
Charlie Wood is the district busy-body. Every district has one. We all know those people, and he is that person running around, doing investigations, sending e-mails, trying to get everybody to do what he wants them to do.


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japanese white bread
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My family love the airy, moist, soft and fluffy texture very much.
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bread flour (or all purpose) 100% 250G--for a 450G loaf pan
instant yeast 1.2% 3G
water ≥76% 190G+
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salt 2% 5G
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unsalted butter 4% 10G
You can use vegetable oil instead of butter to make a vegan bread.The percentages of sugar and butter are much lower than the normal recipes, but the milk powder give enough helping for its fermentation.
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Proximal renal tubular acidosisRenal tubular acidosis - proximal; Type II RTA; RTA - proximal; Renal tubular acidosis type II
When your body performs its normal functions, it produces acid. If this acid is not removed or neutralized, your blood will become too acidic. This can lead to electrolyte imbalances in the blood.
Your kidneys help control your body's acid level by removing acid from the blood and sending it into your urine. Acidic substances in the body are counteracted by alkaline substances, primarily bicarbonate.
Proximal renal tubular acidosis (Type II RTA) occurs when bicarbonate is not properly reabsorbed by the the kidney's filtering system, leaving the body in an acidic state (called acidosis).
Type II RTA is less common than Type I RTA. It most often occurs during infancy, and may go away by itself.
Causes of type II RTA include:
- Cystinosis
- Drugs such as ifosfamide (a chemotherapy drug), outdated tetracycline, aminoglycoside antibiotics, or acetazolamide
- Fanconi syndrome
- Inherited fructose intolerance
- Multiple myeloma
- Primary hyperparathyroidism
- Sjogren syndrome
- Wilson's disease
- Vitamin D deficiency
- Confusion or decreased alertness
- Dehydration
- Fatigue
- Increased breathing rate
- Osteomalacia
- Muscle pain
- Rickets
- Weakness
Other symptoms can include:
- Decreased urine output
- Increased heart rate or irregular heartbeat
- Muscle cramps
- Pain in the bones, back, flank, or abdomen
- Skeletal deformities
Exams and Tests
Arterial blood gas and blood chemistries may suggest metabolic acidosis and electrolyte imbalances, most often low levels of potassium or bicarbonate.
Other tests that may be done include:
- Blood pH level
- Urine pH
- Urinalysis may show abnormal levels of phosphate, calcium, glucose, and amino acids
This disease may also change the results of the following tests:
The goal is to restore the normal pH (acid-base level) and electrolyte balance to the body. This will indirectly correct bone disorders and reduce the risk of osteomalacia and osteopenia in adults.
Some adults may need no treatment. All children need alkaline medication to prevent acid-induced bone disease, such as rickets, and to allow normal growth. The underlying cause should be corrected if it can be found.
Alkaline medications include sodium bicarbonate and potassium citrate. They correct the acidic condition of the body and correct low blood potassium levels. Thiazide diuretics may indirectly decrease bicarbonate loss but may worsen the low blood potassium levels.
Vitamin D and calcium supplements may be needed to help reduce skeletal deformities resulting from osteomalacia or rickets.
Outlook (Prognosis)
Although the underlying cause of proximal renal tubular acidosis may go away by itself,the effects and complications can be permanent or life-threatening. Treatment is usually successful.
Possible Complications
- Electrolyte imbalances, such as hypokalemia
- Osteomalacia
- Rickets
When to Contact a Medical Professional
Call your health care provider if you have symptoms of proximal renal tubular acidosis.
Get medical help immediately if you develop any of the following emergency symptoms:
- Decreased alertness or orientation
- Decreased consciousness
- Seizures
Most of the disorders that cause proximal renal tubular acidosis are not preventable.
Seifter JL. Acid-base disorders. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds.Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 120.
Review Date: 12/19/2011
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Herbert Y. Lin, MD, PHD, Nephrologist, Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.


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Philadelphia, Pa., Oct 1, 2012 / 03:52 pm (CNA).- A Philadelphia judge stayed the execution of Terrance Williams last Friday, and his case will now go to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.The Pennsylvania bishops wrote to the Board of Pardons regarding Williams in September, saying that "the modern penal system provides alternatives to taking the lives of guilty persons, alternatives that break the cycle of violence in our society."On Sept. 28, Common Pleas Court Judge M. Teresa … [Read more...]
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Set It Off
1996 (1999) - New Line
review by Dan Kelly of
The Digital Bits
Film Rating: B+
Disc Ratings (Video/Audio/Extras): A-/A-/C
Specs and Features
123 mins, R, letterboxed widescreen (1.78:1), 16x9 enhanced, full-frame (1.33:1), single-sided, RSDL dual-layered (no layer switch), Snapper case packaging, theatrical trailer, music video for Ray J's
Let It Go
, cast and crew biographies and filmographies, film-themed menu screens, scene access (24 chapters), languages: English (DD 5.1 and 2.0), subtitles: English, Closed Captioned
I remember rolling my eyes during the theatrical trailer for
Set It Off
. It seemed that Hollywood was once again trying to do a modern day updating of the old
Bonnie and Clyde
formula that has worked so well for them in the past. After all, Hollywood can bank on moviegoers flooding theaters to see a glamorized, brainless shoot-em-up. A serious, thoughtful drama about four desperate women driven to robbing banks to survive is a different story and a harder sell. The truth is,
Set It Off
is a social drama dressed up as an action picture. There is a lot of action in the movie - good, heart-pounding action - but it's a by-product of (and is secondary to) the drama.
At the start of the story is Frankie (Vivica A. Fox), who is unjustly fired from her job as a bank teller after an armed hold-up leaves several employees dead. In need of money, she reluctantly takes a job alongside her friends as a janitor in a downtown LA high-rise. Stony (Jada Pinkett) is dead set on getting her younger brother into college. She wants so badly for him to get into college that she makes an extreme personal sacrifice to make money to put toward his tuition. But in a reckless attempt by the police to find a suspect in the bank robbery, Stoney's brother is murdered, and her world falls apart.
Helpless and despondent, the two decide with no remorse to join two of their friends, Cleo (Queen Latifah) and Tisean (Kimberly Elise), in robbing banks. After all, what harm could come from taking from the same system that robbed them of their futures? Frankie's knowledge of bank procedure makes it that much easier and they pull the robbery off without a hitch. After scoring a small fortune their first time out, they get a little more confident and a little cockier, taking on bigger, more lucrative banks. The quicker they get the money, the faster they can get out of Los Angeles - a city they both despise and love.
What worked for me in
Set It Off
are the performances. The acting is first-rate and brought a certain level of believability to the material. Without strong performances, the story could have fallen flat on its face. Queen Latifah is starting to really make her mark in films, and she is good here as the ebullient, trigger-happy Cleo. It's a shame that she followed this up with the abysmally bad
. Vivica A. Fox and Jada Pinkett are effective as well, but the real find in this picture is Kimberly Elise. As single mother Tisean, she is both heartbreaking and touching as she tries to cope with losing her child to the system.
The one thing that doesn't work is an implausible love story between Stony and a rich banker (played by Blair Underwood) that needlessly clouds the story and keeps it from developing. Nothing would have been lost from the movie had they left this part on the cutting room floor. Also, Cleo's confrontation with the police near the end of the story becomes somewhat of a parody and is drawn out just a few critical minutes too long. Those complaints aside,
Set It Off
is still a commanding film that is well worth viewing.
On DVD,
Set It Off
is a fine looking film. A clean, defect-free print was used for the transfer to DVD. There is some occasional color bleed and a few instances of digital noise in some of the darker scenes, but otherwise this is a good-looking anamorphic picture with a lot of detail. In the film's original theatrical release, it was matted at an aspect ratio of 2.35:1, as is the case with the laserdisc release. The packaging states that the film is now shown "preserving the 1.78:1 aspect ratio as specified by the director." There are two English language sound mixes - a Dolby 2.0 surround mix and a Dolby Digital 5.1 mix. The 5.1 mix, of course, is much more dynamic and encompassing than the 2.0 mix. Dialogue levels are always clear and accurate without ever being drowned out by effects or music. There's a fair amount of gunfire in
Set It Off
, and both front and rear surrounds are put to good use to enhance the soundfield during these scenes. My only quibble with the audio is with the bass levels. For all the movie's action scenes, the bass doesn't seem to be as deep and active as it should be.
The extras are pretty standard. You get the theatrical trailer (anamorphically enhanced and in Dolby Digital 5.1), some fairly extensive cast and crew biographies and a music video. En Vogue had a big hit with
Don't Let Go (Love)
, one of the songs featured on the soundtrack and the song used to promote the movie. You'd think that would be the video New Line would include. Instead they chose (presumably for contractual reasons) the little known
Let It Go
by Ray J.
Set It Off
is one of their DVD catalogue releases and was not a huge hit in theaters, so the lack of extensive extras is more than excusable.
Director F. Gary Gray showed that he has staying power with
Set It Off
. His first film, the Ice Cube and Chris Tucker cult hit
, put him on the map. But this one really showcases his dramatic talents and knack for framing action films. He developed that talent even further by following this film up with the savvy hit
The Negotiator
. In any case, home theater enthusiasts will find this DVD a great way to experience a solid, action-oriented drama.
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Bill Introduced For National Paid Family Leave Policy
It's about damn time.
The United States is one of only a few countries in the world that does not provide any sort of paid maternity leave. In fact, it's the only industrialized nation not to do so. All that could change with the Family And Medical Leave Insurance Act, a bill introduced today by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D -
CT NY) and Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT).
The Family Act, as it's being called for short, proposes an insurance plan that would provide paid family leave and paid sick leave for all workers: public or private, self-employed or full- or part-time. Workers could take time off for their own illness or that of a child, parent or spouse; it also includes both newborn and adopted children coming into the home. As described in The New York Times, the funding would be from both employers and employees. The benefits would be capped at $4,000 per month, covering 12 weeks/60 "caregiving days," a year.
In other words, it is three months paid leave.
Currently, some families are only protected by the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), which provides leave without payment. While it ensures time off without losing your job, employees who take it miss out on much-needed income. It also only covers employees who have worked for their employer for at least one year (or 1,250 hours) and only includes companies with 50 or more employees, which means employees at small businesses do not qualify.
We might want to look to our friends Down Under for a even better plan: Australia has paid parental leave with 18 weeks of paid leave at minimum wage to one parent. In 2012, Aussies enacted the Dad And Partner Leave plan, which guarantees two weeks of paid leave at minimum wage for the father or same-sex partner after a baby is born. Although the minimum wage is not ideal, it is certainly better than nothing.
Currently, only New Jersey, Rhode Island and California have paid family leave laws on the books. Something better is desperately needed nationwide for working families. Maybe this could be it. Much respect to Sen. Gillibrand and Rep. DeLauro — this is a truly pro-family piece of legislation!
[New York Times]
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I am trying to open the directories which I have paths in the links. When I click on the link I can see the path at the current page's bottom left corner, but nothing happens. When I typr or copy paste same path in the browser address field I can open the directory. Do you have any idea what I can do to open the directory by clicking the link. Here are the codes for it.
I am adding file:// to the query. So I create a field with the neccessary path.
string sql = string.Format("SELECT *, 'file://'+ path AS filePath FROM SLM_Directory WHERE visible = '{0}' ORDER BY path;", true);
Then in the aspx file:
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="View">
<a runat="server" href='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container, "DataItem.filePath")%>'>view
When I click, what I see is file:///C:/MKS but it is not opening.
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Apr 29, 2012 03:24 AM|basheerkal|LINK
To Open a sub folder 'Yourfolder' in your site
Use a hyper link as follows
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This is not a subfolder of my site. That's why I have to open it with full path. This may be a folder on the network drive or a folder on my local drive. In this example in C: drive.
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May 01, 2012 11:26 PM|Dino He - MSFT|LINK
Do you want the user in client side open your folder in server side?
I don't recommand you do that, because when you publish your project, it will hosting by IIS, and all your source folder will change the path.
So your programe will fail that time.
If you now develop the programe in local you can convert the path to C:/MKS it will work(Make sure you have the admin permission).
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May 02, 2012 12:32 AM|basheerkal|LINK
If I am not wrong, I dont think it is possible to open a folder in client machine from server.


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The 5-year-old boy who allegedly started the house fire in McKeesport late Sunday night that killed his 2-year-old cousin cannot be charged with any crime, according to a statement released Friday by the office of Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr.
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Specialist university tutors are experts in their field and lead dedicated subject programmes. In some subjects a field course, involving work with children, may replace a number of single days in the year. Assessment is based on coursework undertaken during the year. There are specialist teaching facilities within the School of Education including a specialist Education Library, laboratories, student study areas and online facilities. The 'whole school issues' part of the programme is concerned with aspects of education that are of importance to all intending teachers, irrespective of their particular teaching subjects. It is designed to provide a breadth of awareness, depth of insight and development of skills through a range of themes studied by all students. Themes currently include Managing Inclusion, Monitoring and Assessment, and Pastoral Care and Citizenship. Course detailsEmployability School Direct students enter their training with an expectation that, if they are successful in their training and achieve QTS, they are likely to be employed within the schools in the School Direct training alliance in which they have trained. School Direct students studying with the University of Birmingham and its School Direct partner schools can expect to be highly employable. Success in finding first teaching posts for students on the university's postgraduate programmes is very high – and substantially above national averages. In addition to this, teachers educated with University of Birmingham partnerships typically remain in the profession and build excellent careers in teaching with progression on to leadership and management roles in schools where that is their desire. 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After working in a school for one year after my undergraduate degree, the course appealed to me because of the "on the job" training element to it. Additionally, it was one of the only courses in the country which allowed me to complete the majority of my training in an SEN school. I also completed one placement in a mainstream school which I believe helped me to develop into a well-rounded and flexible practitioner. I have been fully supported by both my University tutors and my mentors in school who have worked together effectively. As well as the teaching element, the course included specialist training in school covering various areas of SEN and university sessions covering national curriculum subjects and professional development. I cannot fault the course and would highly recommend it to anyone wishing to gain a PGCE and develop a teaching career within SEN. I have also made lifelong friends along the way! 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National Guard Unit From Toccoa Armory Going to Afghanistan
The Georgia National Guard unit based out of the Toccoa armory is headed to Afghanistan this summer.
The 876th Engineer Company is scheduled to deploy there in July for a nine-month deployment in the country.
First Sergeant Danny Williamson heads up the unit, which includes soldiers from Georgia, as well as places like South Carolina, Tennessee, and Florida.
He said the 876th Engineer Company is a vertical construction unit. That means they go build things the Army needs where the Army needs them.
Williamson said the unit will do that and more during its deployment.
"We are going to help train some of the Afghan National Army engineers," said Williamson. "We will also be taking some stuff down, turning some equipment in, things like that, wherever we are needed."
The unit currently is training in Toccoa at the armory on Savannah Street to prepare for its deployment.
Williamson said the unit appreciates the reception it has gotten and all of the support it has received from the community so far.
"Folks that came by the other night brought us a hot meal," said Williamson. "It was phenomenal. The guys were just really tickled to death about it."
He also said people will see the unit around town while they are training and encouraged people to say "hi" or even stop by the armory to wish them well.
The National Guard did say that they have heard there is a flyer circulating the community expressing concerns about the ability of the Army National Guard to feed the soldiers at the armory.
Williamson said they do have what they need, including sometimes eating MRE's, or Meals Ready to Eat.
"They are field rations," said Williamson. "We normally have those for lunch. We have cooks here that will cook hot meals for us also. Sometimes it appears it is not the most homely environment, but we are trying to get the soldiers prepared to go to a third world country. Sometimes we have to rely on those field rations."
The unit will remain in Toccoa at the armory through the end of the month, then head to Fort Stewart for more training for a couple of weeks before returning to Toccoa for a few days.
A departure ceremony will be held on May 29 at the Georgia Baptist Convention Center and on May 30, the unit will depart for Fort Bliss before heading to Afghanistan in July.
For more information on how to help the unit or the soldiers, especially while they are deployed, people can contact the unit's Family Readiness Group is 706-685-7530.


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Having learned nothing from his midterm drubbing, President Obama is reportedly considering making JPMorgan Chase executive William Daley his chief of staff. Because what this administration needs is more sympathy for the hooligans on Wall Street.
Daley, one of a seemingly endless supply of think-small corporate Democrats, is the founder of a think tank that goes by the unfortunate name of Third Way. —PZS
Los Angeles Times:
Daley, 62, would bring a strong business resume to the White House. He is an executive with JPMorgan Chase & Co. and a prominent figure among centrist Democrats.
In 2009, Daley was one of the first high-profile Democrats to urge Obama to move toward the political center. In an op-ed piece in the Washington Post, Daley said the party must either "plot a more moderate, centrist course" or risk major losses in the midterm congressional election and future campaigns as well.
In July, Daley joined the board of trustees of Third Way, a Democratic think tank whose agenda he characterized as "moderate, pro-business and pro-growth."
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Lisa Phillips Visca's writing of Raise Me Up is touching, heartfelt, and even comedic.
This is a true story of love at first sight and a love that rises above some cultural and social obstacles of the time to ensure its fruition.
In the journey the audience is treated to a "moonstruck" couple's forbidden love, and the hilarity and drama from their deeply passionate Italian-Greek families.
Set with a backdrop of slides of photos and words for transition, the production is spiced with wonderful thematic and period music. Starting with a simple set, the play focuses on the easy and the complex meaning of life that comes full circle.
Director Chris DeCarlo brings a strong cast to the stage who each lovingly gets in touch with their characters while embracing the tender and the funny with equal relish.
The cast includes: Marla Adams, John Del Regno, Serena Dolinsky, Ben Feuer, Mitch Lerner, Michael Marinaccio, Lenora May, Stuart Pankin, Evelyn Rudie, and Joey Shea.
Raise Me Up is Lisa Phillips Visca's joyful and touching tribute to her parents, Louis and Daphne Padula, capturing their eternal passion and the surreal ending to their classic love story. Raise Me Up will lift your spirits and touch your soul. I know it touched mine.
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In this episode we learn that Ratchet suffers from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). PTSD is an anxiety disorder that one develops after being exposed to a terrifying event, which is often war. Those who suffer from it often experience flashbacks or nightmares as Ratchet does in this episode.
Professor Sumdac and Captain Fanzone do not appear in this episode.
Lockdown's chest symbol resembles the heat sensitive symbols on the Classics toylines.
When Arcee's name was used in any closed captioning, her name was spelled "R.C." rather than "Arcee"
Character(s) Introduced:
Arcee makes a brief appearence in this episode.
This is the first episode since Transform and Roll Out, Part I in which Sari doesn't appear.
Susan Blu reprises the role of Arcee from The Transformers (aka Generation One). However, she is credited as "Sue Blu"
Blitzwing appears on a video screen, speaking to Lockdown in this episode.
In this episode, we learn that all Decepticons are aware that Optimus Prime ended up defeating Megatron. However, they still don't know it was Starscream who planted the bomb on Megatron's back.
Ratchet: I guess it never occured to you that the EMP generator wouldn't work on the one Autobot it was designed for.
Ratchet: You'll never take another trophy from an Autobot again.
Lockdown: No? Who's gonna stop me?
Ratchet: I am.
Lockdown: You couldn't stop an oil leak.
Ratchet: Time was, I'd use my EMP generator to do this painlessly... too bad I don't have it anymore.
Lockdown: I'm impressed. It's been eons since anyone's got the drop on me.
Prowl: The next time will be much sooner!
Lockdown: Is that all you got? You're puttin' me to sleep.
Ratchet: Oh, I'll put you to sleep, alright!
Optimus Prime: How many more self-diagnostics are you going to run Ratchet?
Ratchet: As many as it takes.
Optimus Prime: Old war wounds acting up again?
Ratchet: Still don't wanna talk about it.
Optimus Prime: (Babbling) But you know you can talk about, to me, about anything; anytime, just bot to bot. If there's anything you need to get something off your chestplate.
Ratchet: Are you finished?
Optimus Prime: Apparently I am.
Bumblebee: Is it just me, or is that a very bad sound? (Looks up and sees the ship ready to leave) Yeah that's bad.
Lockdown: (sees Ratchet) Hey I know you. EMP Generator, right? I'm not good with names and faces but I never forget a trophy. How's the old bucket? (Chuckles) Still dented? Maybe I should pound the other side to even 'em out.
Bulkhead: (Gets hit with a hardening agent) That stuff can't hurt me!
Lockdown: Don't need to hurt you. (walks away while Bulkhead tries to get free)
Bulkhead: Hey! No fair!
Bumblebee: (While running from the lasers) Ow, ow! Watch the racing stripes!
Bulkhead: Hey, Doc-bot! Didn't you hear Prime? We're going after that punk in the muscle car.
Ratchet: Ok, ok. Don't throw a rod!
Optimus Prime: Ratchet, you can monitor us from here if you're not up to it.
Ratchet: I'm fine. (Transforms) Let's roll.
Ratchet: Stay with me now. What's your name solder?
Arcee: ... Arcee, sir.
Ratchet: Don't call me 'sir', I work for a living. (Laughs) Call me Ratchet, understand?
Arcee: Yes, sir. Yes, Ratchet.
Optimus Prime: Next time, you might wanna look both ways before you cross.
Bumblebee: You can hide, but you can't run! (Sees Lockdown pull out Optimus Prime's ax) That's Prime's ax!
Lockdown: (After knocking Bumblebee down) Prime's ax and pretty soon, I'll have your stingers.
Lockdown: (After hitting Optimus Prime with the EMP device) That was a low-level EMP pulse just to quiet you down. Don't make me wipe your memory core. (Takes back the ax) Gotta hand it to ya, you're good. That ax is the first thing I've ever seen slice through those cables. But nice as the ax is, I'm really impressed by those graplers. Guess I'll just have to take them both.
Optimus Prime: My Autobots will find you before you can even get off of this planet!
Lockdown: Bring 'em on! I can use some spare parts.
Lockdown: No, no, no, don't get up Optimus Prime.
Optimus Prime: How do you know who I am?
Lockdown: It's my business to know. There's a hefty bounty on the Autobot who destroyed Megatron.
Optimus Prime: But I didn't destroy Megatron, it was Star-
Lockdown: Not my problem, all I know is when I turn you in, I'm looking at the best upgrades of my career.
Optimus Prime: You've done enough damage for one night. Now please step out of the vehicle, sir.
Lockdown: Just one problem... (Transforms) I am the vehicle!
Optimus Prime: Who are you?
Lockdown: You can call me Lockdown... (Fires on Optimus Prime using Ratchet's EMP device) though you probably can't call me anything until you reboot yourself.
Bumblebee: This place has the greatest stuff! (Pulls out a pair of fuzzy dice) Fuzzy cube thingies. (Pulls out a Hawaiian girl bobble head) Miniature human female replicas. (Pulls out an air freshener) And I don't know what this thing is.
Ratchet: It's primitive, it's barbaric... There oughta be a law against it!
Optimus Prime: It's just an Auto-Supply store, Ratchet.
Ratchet: You mean they actually sell spare parts on the open market? What kind of malfunction would be crashed enough to buy this stuff?
(Bumblebee rides out of the store)
Bumblebee: Hey guys, check out my new horn.
Optimus Prime: Sorry if I scratched your vehicle sir. I understand a thing called: 'Insurance' will take care of that.
Lockdown: No way, I shut you down!
Rathcet: Humans call it "playing possum." Don't ask me what a "possum" is.
Derrick J. Wyatt originally designed Lockdown to be a more Frankenstein-like creature, due to his nature of using another Transformer's parts. He would be eventually redesigned to the character seen on the show.
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Ratchet: Don't call me sir. I work for a living.
Often given by sergeants and other non-commisioned officers in the armed forces in response to being called sir.
Ratchet: I'm a Medic bot, not a field commander!
This line is a homage to the Doctor in the Star Trek series.
Car horn music: "Robot's In Disguise"
The new car horn Bumblebee got at the beginning of the episode played a part of the Generation One intro, which is also the intro to the Animated series.
Lockdown appears to be a mix between Boba Fett, the bounty hunter is the Star Wars original trilogy, and the monster of the Predator films. His appearance is also reminiscent of the Marvel character Death's Head, who originated in Marvel's UK Transformers comic.
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An Indian business school has announced it will spend $45 million setting up a residential campus for international students in an inner-western Sydney suburb. The SP Jain Centre of Management will open the campus, which is likely to be located at Sydney Olympic Park in Homebush, in 2012. It will be the educational company's third international campus after Dubai and Singapore, and the management centre is in the final stages of negotiation over the location.
A court case involving Hollywood star
Locusts in plague proportions forecast for eastern Australia posed a threat to aircraft, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority warned. Much of south-east Australia faces the worst plague locust menace since the 1970s. The spur-throated species is already forming swarms in central Queensland. A notice issued by CASA to pilots said swarms of adult locusts could pose a direct threat to aviation. AAP
One of the largest non-residential solar projects will be undertaken by the City of Sydney in the next five years. The local government authority plans to install solar panels on more than 30 council-owned properties. The $12.3 million project will cut greenhouse gas emissions by about 3000 tonnes a year and supply enough electricity to meet the needs of 400 homes. AAP
Fifty new Melbourne trams will hit the network from 2012 under a contract that has been awarded to transport manufacturer Bombardier. Public Transport and Industrial Relations Minister
Efforts to curb Australia's rising rate of obesity will not be helped by a forecast rise in fresh food prices over the next decade. Prices could increase by as much as 45 per cent, say professors Geoffrey Lawrence and Michael D'Occhio, co-leaders of food security at the University of Queensland. The reasons were complex and global in reach, they said. AAP
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A corruption trial for former Queensland government minister Gordon Nuttall, due to start yesterday, has been delayed because of a medical issue. AAP
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You have made a nice map in Matlab using M_Map by Rich Pawlowicz.
Now you're thinking of putting on some names of countries or other landmarks. Then maybe it strikes you that you've done this many times for this area, using text or gtext until your fingers get numb.
No more! :-)
M_Map now has an addition called M_Namebox, a toolbox
keeping and letting you keep a database of names and their positions.
contents.m The matlab helpfile for the toolbox
The files
The help sections of the following files are better maintained than this html-page, so please refer to the Matlab online help (or look into this list) for updated and detailed instructions.
m_names.m Puts names of places on M_Maps
m_movetext.m Customization of text objects in figures
m_newname.m GTEXT-type function for adding names to an M_Map
m_savename.m Save names on an M_Map to a database
m_name_demo.m A demo of the m_name-toolbox
m_namebase.mat The main database of names and their positions
m_name_cities606.mat Database of 606 cities worldwide*
m_name_political.mat Base of 194 political place names and 318 names of populated places*
m_namebox.html HTML-documentation (this page)
Download and installation
The M_Namebox-specific site is
www.nersc.no/~even/matlab/m_namebox/m_namebox.html (this page),
and the files on this site will be the regularly updated. The
"standard" distribution of M_Map will include
M_Namebox (in the future), but not as regularly updated
as here.
M_Map now has an addition called M_Namebox, a toolbox keeping and letting you keep a database of names and their positions.
contents.m The matlab helpfile for the toolbox
All files are packed into each of the file-alternatives m_namebox.zip and m_namebox.tar.gz, or you can download the files listed above, one by one (it's not that many).
The files can be put anywhere in your matlab-path since there are no references to specific directories in the code*. The best is to but them in a sub-directory since there is a contents.m-file, and this directory is best placed among the other M_Map files since this toolbox is a part of the M_Map package.
m_names;puts names from the database in their right place on the map. The names might not be placed perfectly, but now you can control the positioning, size and other aspects of the strings by simple keypress:
NUM-PAD arrows - move text Home,End,PgUp,PgDn - move in larger steps + - increase font-size - - decrease font-size / - rotate anticlockwise * - rotate clockwise 5 - toggle object (in)visible b - toggle bold i - toggle italic c - toggle case w - word case l - toggle listbox-visible (should be off when printing) n - add new name e - edit name s - save this name to mapname-base a - save all visible names on map h - helpThe keys work on the current text object, which in matlab is selected by mouse-clicking on it.
The function m_names also gives a listbox where you can choose names from all available names in the area, including the invisible ones (those too small for m_names' size-limit).
After running m_names, M_Namebox primarily works as a keypress controlled "suite", but the functions are stand alone functions and have more utilities than those accessed from keyboard. Please see the documentation (help) of the functions for details, and to fully understand this toolbox.
Although you can make several m_name-databases, it is recommended that you keep a well maintained default (main) database, since this is what you probably will be using every time you start putting names on a map. See m_savename for detailed instructions on building databases.


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Small businesses created 15,000 new jobs in February, totaling 75,000 new jobs added since February 2012. The Intuit Small Business Employment and Revenue Indexes showed that U.S. Small Business employment increased by 0.07 percent in February while overall small business revenues dropped 0.6 percent in January.
Construction's Impact on Small Business Employment
While small business employment is up slightly, the number of jobs gained is still less than its proportionate share of all employment, according to Susan Woodward, the economist who worked with Intuit to create the indexes. If small business employment were growing at its usual proportionate rate of 15 percent of national employment, those 75,000 new jobs would be 300,000, a 400 percent difference.
Ask Woodward which industry is most vital to small business employment and she'll tell you it's construction. "The housing bust that was at the center of the economic collapse hurt small business much more than it did big business," said Woodward.
"In non-recession times, construction industry jobs make up about five percent of all employment, but it comprises nearly 20 percent of jobs in the small business and self-employed segment. Single-family home construction, which was at 2 million houses per year in 2006, is now below 900,000 per year. Until construction truly recovers, we will not see robust recovery in small business employment."
Fortunately, the sectors with the smallest revenue declines—almost a recovery by comparison to other sectors—are the construction industry and the real estate services sector, down less than 1 percent each over the past year. This is encouraging for small business employment, for which construction plays a central role, according Woodward.
On a state-by-state level, there is no clear geographic pattern in this month's data. Thirteen states showed employment increases, three remained flat, and 18 showed decreases. In line with January's findings, Utah and Nevada again saw the largest increases this month, while Indiana was one of the three states that saw the greatest declines.
Hours worked per employee were up slightly at 109.4 hours in February, but below where they were a few months ago. Average monthly compensation increased $12 in February and has not fallen since mid-2009. The fraction of people working full time is down slightly, and lower than it has been at any time since 2006.
The employment index is based on data from Intuit Online Payroll and QuickBooks Online Payroll, covering the period from Jan. 24 through Feb. 23.
January Revenues Decline
Small business revenues continued their downward trend, according to the January Small Business Revenue Index, which showed a 0.6 decline on a per business basis. This index is based on data from QuickBooks Online and covers the period from Jan. 1 – 31.
The sector hit hardest was retail, which saw a 1.3 percent decline for the month and a 5.3 percent decline since its peak in February 2012.
"Even big business retail is hurting," said Woodward. "Holiday retail sales overall were up only 0.7 percent in 2012, and the rate of inflation for 2012 was 1.6 percent, which means that in inflation-adjusted terms, retail sales actually declined slightly. One potential reason is the migration of retail sales to online. Online holiday sales were up 8.4 percent for the year."
When small business revenues began to drop in early 2012, the health care sector and accommodation and food services industry were the first to decline. Health care revenues dropped 0.5 percent in January, and 3.7 percent since its peak in March 2012. The accommodation and food services sector was down 0.3 percent in January, a 2.2 percent decrease since its peak in March 2012.
And That's Not All
If you're interested in finding out more about small business employment and revenue, check out index.intuit.com to see historical results and to download the full report.
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Blue mountains to the north of the walls,
White river winding about them;
Here we must make separation
And go out through a thousand miles of dead grass.
Mind like a floating wide cloud,
Sunset like the parting of old acquaintances
Who bow over their clasped hands at a distance.
Our horses neigh to each others
as we are departing.
Poet: Ezra Pound
Poem: Taking Leave of a Friend
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