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One of the things I enjoy most about my job as executive director of Friends of Georgia State Parks & Historic Sites is the chance to visit many of our state's most important, unique treasures. When our kids were growing up, our family spent a lot of our recreational time in our state parks, especially those with lakes or rivers we could enjoy as a family. Now that the kids have grown, my wife and I especially enjoy kayaking, boating and fishing all around the state.
Kayaking on the Little River into the Reed Bingham State Park lake is one of my favorite activities. The chance to see the alligators along the river adds excitement to the beautiful vegetation. Winding through the maze of cypress and tupelo trees in the mill pond at George L. Smith State Park is another personal favorite. The cacophony of thousands of frogs on a summer's night is simply incredible.
Another special characteristic of our parks are the people who volunteer to support and preserve them. Our Friends volunteers and park staff all come from diverse backgrounds but all share a passion for the parks they support.
This Saturday, Friends invites all Georgians to get out and experience some of these treasures on us. We will be providing free parking and free admission at participating parks all over the state for Your State Parks Day. I hope that some new visitors will get out to explore some of the amazing sites that make up some of Georgia's greatest places. At the same time, we are inviting everyone to participate in volunteer projects to help preserve the legacy that is Georgia State Parks & Historic Sites. Please join us!
About the Author
Andy Fleming serves as Executive Director for Friends of Georgia State Parks & Historic Sites, a 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to partner with, promote and protect Georgia's system of state parks and historic sites. He currently resides in Marietta with his wife Marina. They both enjoy Georgia's outdoor spaces and share that love with their 2 grown children, Tommy and Katie.
Image of Magnolia Springs State Park Courtesy Georgia Department of Natural Resources, State Parks & Historic Sites
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A South American plant believed to kill animals with its spikes is set to bloom for the first time since it was planted in England 15 years ago.
The Puya chilensis blossoms annually in its native Chile, but this is the first time it will show its greenish-yellow flowers at the Royal Horticulture Society's garden in Wiley.
The plant, which emits a "gruesome scent," uses a towering spire of spikes to trap sheep and other animals for food.
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Following the wettest year on record, 2013 started with a month that saw little more than half of the usual precipitation.
According to its monthly roundup, the Southeast Fire Centre's weather office in Castlegar received 2.4 millimetres of rain and 41.9 centimetres of snow in January, which was 54 per cent of normal.
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Rosemarri Klamn's curator insight, July 22, 1:12 PM
Thank you Susan Bainbridge for the tip - OER resources are valuable to share enriched learning experiences. I will check it out.
David Kinnear's curator insight, July 13, 8:15 PM
New research by scientists at Michigan State University suggests that laptops do not enhance classroom learning, and in fact students would be better off leaving their laptops in the dorm during class
Joey Clarito M. Semilla's curator insight, July 23, 3:12 AM
An article worth reading to find out why digital media and tools are wrong for teaching and learning. This opposed to the subject that I will be teaching this first semester. Find out!!!
Ivon Prefontaine, PhD's curator insight, June 8, 1:49 PM
Actually, handwriting does matter, but not in the most direct way, producing. There is evidence that handwriting helps develop the creative side of the brain.
From a phenomenological perspective, writing also produces text to be re-interpreted continuously over time. Certainly, digital tools can do the same, but is it the same?
Ivon Prefontaine, PhD's curator insight, June 8, 1:41 PM
Having a platform that allows teachers to experiment and learn about new digitial tools is essential. When we learned new tools in staff meetings, I withdrew from active conversation until I played with the new tool and learned how to use it. Usually, I was the first one who had success.
Aoife Moore's curator insight, June 1, 6:09 AM
A great video both educational and exciting for students. Could be implemented in a history lesson for older, more mature age groups.
Heidi Ellis's curator insight, May 21, 3:11 AM
Action and consistency key in online learning
Some really interesting thoughts in here. I can see how it might be tempting to simply drop students into an online environment and let them run loose, but it's important for them to know why they are doing this; and what's the learning outcome? Consistency would certainly help them to feel supported and more in control too. I feel that authentic context which delivers a learning outcome that is far beyond a simply alternative to a worksheet/text book is essential for online learning - just because it's on a computer/device doesn't instantly make it more engaging than a paper-based task!
Robert Heyman's curator insight, May 25, 7:30 PM
This article, rescooped via classmate Heidi Ellis' curated collection, is written jounalist for 'The Guardian', Leonard Huox. The article discusses way in which delivering teaching online needs to be more than just a 'content dump', and the need to add value and avoid the risk of miscommunication in distance/online learning.
Several techniques are explained to engage students in online study, including keeping it simple (bullet points, small paragraphs, brief sentences etc., maintaining consistency in terms of style, due dates, formats and criteria.
Digital tools and modified and redefined learning tasks can be very successful in helping students stay switched on, and engage them in active learning by adding meaning to the way they learn. Through audio and visual learning, teachers can ensure information presented online is not just a 'content dump' and presents opportunities for students to learn new information in exciting ways.
Katelyn Muller's curator insight, June 1, 6:37 AM
A very worthwhile read! This artefact provides numerous points on how to keep students engaged and provide meaning to their learning. The clear concise way this text was written made it easy to understand and establish key take home messages. Definitely an artefact that I would recommend all teachers to read, new and experienced.
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This is a pretty awesome one-stop "shop" and it's free! Not only children's books either. Lectures by Campbell, Foucault, Russell, Sagan, etc. For grownups too!
Ines Bieler's curator insight, August 9, 1:45 AM
What a super resource for kids and grandchildren, not to mention parents and grandparents.
Carol Isakson's curator insight, August 9, 12:28 PM
Exciting collection of books. Look into the openculture.com site too! It has ads but is an amazing collection. From About statement: "Open Culture editor Dan Colman scours the web for the best educational media. He finds the free courses and audio books you need, the language lessons & movies you want, and plenty of enlightenment in between."
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I couldn't agree more with this post. I feel that there has to be more to the behaviours and excuses that are more evident now-a-days. Respect and responsibility is being pushed aside for rights and no responsibility. There is no such thing as a pecking order within the family unit any more and that includes the parents. Majority of the time it is the younger child who seems to wear the pants in the family and gets away with so much more, all while calling the shots. I think as parents become busier, the easy option is to say yes or opt to quieten the child down with some sort of gadget to play with. These failures are starting with the parents but it is the teachers at schools who are left to pick up the pieces to try enforce some kind of rules and routine. Often the schools are then not supported by the parents in these matters. There is also a lack of consequences for bad choices. Children need to be held responsible for their actions or otherwise they miss the life lesson. Children think they are equal with the parents but this is not the case. Parents have a job to do when raising children and that is to be a good role model and guide their children through life. By letting the child do what they want , when they want and how they want does not do the child any favours.
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The most important part of the day is when you connect with your children. Make the time relevant and focus on what is meaningful to them and their future. This is a great article about kids and parents today.


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Orange County's Clerk-Recorder's Office failed to keep sufficient records about how it spent $6.8 million in public fees during two recent fiscal years, according to an internal audit.
The office mingled some of the money – which can only be spent on a limited list of expenses – with money in a general account during 2010-11 and 2011-12, the audit found. Then the clerk's office failed to denote which expenditures it made with the fees, which came from a special account known as Fund 12D, the audit states.
But former clerk-recorder Tom Daly, who led the office during those years, has challenged the audit, saying "everything was done according to county procedures."
Fund 12D collects about $5 million in fees each year for recording real estate liens, copying birth certificates and other department functions. Money from the account can only be spent on new technology to process records and other certain expenses.
Officials started asking questions about Fund 12D after it was used to finance $2.1 million of a 2008 bungled real estate deal.
"It became sort of a slush fund," said county Supervisor John Moorlach, who requested the audit, the second to find financial irregularities in the Clerk-Recorder's Office.
Orange County has about $1 billion in similar funds, which restrict how money is collected and used.
"These side funds need to have better budget and accounting policies and procedures," Moorlach said.
The latest audit, which recommends better oversight and accounting controls, identified 12 "critical" problems and seven less serious issues. Among the findings:
- The clerk's office had no experienced accounting managers, or a written policy governing Fund 12D.
- The office overcharged the public $97,000 for government lien releases and map filings.
- The office lacked a strategic spending plan for the fund, which as of June 30, 2012, had a $14.8 million balance.
Internal Auditor Peter Hughes couldn't determine if some of Fund 12D's money was later transferred into the county general fund, the report states, where it could have been directed to the Sheriff's Department, foster care and other unrelated services.
The clerk's office transferred a total of $4.9 million from its general fund to the county general fund during the two years.
Daly, now a state Assemblyman, said in an interview Monday that the challenged expenditures were on salaries, equipment and other "routine needs for the department." The elected auditor-controller, whose office is separate from Hughes', was fully aware of the accounting methods, Daly added.
Daly represents Santa Ana, Anaheim, Garden Grove and Orange, and serves on the Assembly subcommittee on budget process oversight.
Clerk-Recorder Hugh Nguyen, appointed in April after Daly left for Sacramento, said he is trying to trace the two fiscal years' expenditures.
"We believe we can hopefully justify where all the funds went," said Nguyen, who concurred with all the audit recommendations.
Nguyen has hired two accounting managers and has developed a system to double-check and track expenditures.
Hughes will conduct a follow-up audit in six months.
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ORLANDO, Fla. - Police have released the video of the arrest of the UCF announcer as he was pulled over near the Mall of Millenia and charged with driving under the influence.
Deputies say that Erik Kohler, who is the announcer for UCF football, baseball and basketball games, was going 58 miles per hour in a 35-mile-per-hour zone. The 43-year-old said that he had not been drinking while he was playing golf with friends at Isleworth and that he needed to be released.
"I've got a baseball game to call at 12 o'clock tomorrow," Kohler told deputies in the video. "I'm the UCF announcer, man."
According to deputies, Kohler failed his sobriety test and his blood alcohol content was twice the legal limit when he was booked into Orange County Jail.
As he was taken to the jail, Kohler repeatedly mentioned his work for UCF and other sports teams.
"Seriously, man. I really am the announcer for UCF," he said in the video. "The Nationals. Spring training. The Astros. I have commitments, my friend."
Kohler's attorney, Mark Longwell, issued a statement on Thursday, strongly denying any suggestion that Kohler tried to use his position as a sports announcer to try and influence law enforcement during the DUI arrest, which he referred to as "a minor charge."
"However, it is clear that Mr. Kohler was simply asking to notify his employer that he would not be available the next day to fulfill his professional responsibilities," said Longwell.
Longwell stressed that Kohler has no prior arrest history and is presumed innocent unless he is found guilty.
"It is important to keep in mind that the arrest involves an allegation of a non-violent misdemeanor, for which Mr. Kohler has not been convicted," said Longwell. "The allegation is based on the very low legal threshold of 'probable cause.' Anyone who understands and believes in the constitutional rights that define our freedom and liberty, that we as Americans all enjoy, must respect that Mr. Kohler is presumed innocent of any wrongdoing."
Longwell went on to say this case will be resolved through the court system and said his client is asking for privacy at this time.
There are reports that Kohler will keep his job with UCF.
This is Kohler's first drunk driving arrest, and he has entered a plea of "not guilty."
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Welcome to the Informed Consumer, providing the latest tips and tools to assist consumers in making informed decisions, from the Fairfax County Consumer Affairs Branch.
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5. Claims that they can remove accurate negative information from your credit report.
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Yes, you may hear this referred to as "the CITI course." That's because it's offered by the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI), a non-profit training organization. "Working with the IACUC" is one of a number of courses the University subscribes to.
If you are submitting a protocol for IACUC approval and you have not completed the training, or your former training completion has expired, you have to take the course.
If you are a student, staff, or faculty member working on research involving care and use of animals and which must be approved by the IACUC, you have to take the course.
If you are uncertain whether you have to take the course, contact your supervisor, your faculty member, the IACUC Chair, or the RIC Director.
Texas State uses the CITI program for training but we can accept proof of current (within 2 years) training from a comparable source or from another institution, as long as it meets the requirements set forth in the federal regulation. If you have proof of training (CITI or other) from another institution, send it to Becky Northcut in RIC
The basic course of training on use of animal subjects and working with the IACUC is required of all personnel every 5 years. In the case of a change in regulations or some other event that substantively impacts research with animals, researchers may be required to take an update sooner.
There are brief quizzes after each module in the course. You need to achieve a cumulative score of 85 to pass the course.
That depends on whether the training is related to one of your classes or academic projects, or if you are taking it because you are involved in wildlife research that requires an approval by the IACUC. If you are required to take it, your supervising faculty member, the IACUC chair, or the RIC will contact you.
Yes. You have to score at least an 80 on the quiz.
No. The IACUC has access to the TRACS Gradebook.
As many times as you need to. Your highest grade will be the one saved and recorded.
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Yes. You have to score at least a 70 on the quiz.
As often as you need to. TRACS will retain your highest grade.
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TRAINEE Ross Bickerton scored the joint eighth best score in the whole world in his chartered accountant exams.
Ross, 24, an accounts senior in Taunton with Francis Clark, sat six papers in the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales 2013 Annual International Order of Merit tests in the professional stage of the ACA qualification.
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Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange at the close on Tuesday:
AIO - ASCIANO - steady at $5.40
Australia's only combined ports and rail operator Asciano plans to more than double dividends by 2016 as it frees up cash.
CCV - CASH CONVERTERS - up 6.5 cents, or 6.3 per cent, at $1.095
A surge in demand for so-called "pay day" loans has driven Cash Converters' quarterly revenues significantly higher.
EGP - ECHO ENTERTAINMENT - down five cents, or 1.75 per cent, at $2.81
Casinos operator Echo Entertainment Group has appointed gaming veteran Greg Hawkins as managing director of the group's biggest asset, The Star in Sydney.
HZN - HORIZON OIL - down 1.5 cents, or 4.05 per cent, at $35.5 cents
ROC - ROC OIL - down 0.5 cents, or 1.1 per cent, at 45 cents
Oil and gas players Roc Oil and Horizon Oil have struck an $800 million deal to merge their Asian assets and produce up to 20,000 barrels of oil per day.
LEI - LEIGHTON HOLDINGS - up five cents, or 0.3 per cent, at $19.30
German based and Spanish owned construction company Hochtief will pay Leighton shareholders sooner than previously expected if they accept its takeover offer.
OSH - OIL SEARCH - up nine cents, or one per cent, at $8.89
STO - SANTOS - up three cents, or 0.2 per cent, at $13.55
Liquefied natural gas production has started early at the $US19 billion Papua Guinea LNG project in which Australian companies Oil Search and Santos are partners.
WES - WESFARMERS - down 88 cents, or two per cent, at $43.01
The retail giant's third quarter sales, including a 3.9 per cent rise in sales from Coles supermarkets and liquor stores, fell short of market expectations.
WHC - WHITEHAVEN COAL - down 2.5 cents, or 1.7 per cent, at $1.48
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Nice courtyard, and good neighborliness.
Centrally located in the friendly and cozy Gamlestaden (Old Town). Very good communications to the city, only one stop by tram from central station. The apartment is situated only a few hundred meters from the tram/bus station Gamlestadstorget. A lot of different food options (thai, indian, chinese, kurdish, vegan, american pizza and more), just around the corner.
Grocery store (Coop) with a good range of ecological food only two blocks away. In week ends there are two well known big flee markets in the neighbourhood - Bellevue market and Kviberg market, open 10-15.
I care about to make your stay in Gothenburg as pleasant as possible and I am happy to give you good advice on nice activities in the area. For example go paddle in Vättlefjäll natural reserv with magical scenery, not too far from the settlement.
From June-August the apartment is always available. The rest of the year, I need to know a little in advance in order to make the apartment available for you. Please write me a message before booking, asking if the apartment is availiable your choosen period. Make sure you write the dates in letters (not figures), otherwise the booking system of Wimdu read it as phone number and delete it. Also write a few lines about yourself, your proffession, age and what brings you to Gothenburg.
I look forward to hear from you!
House rulesNo smoking. Pets not allowed. Perfume of all types are strictly prohibited (hair spray, deo spray etc included).
It is a quiet area, parties are not allowed.
Only indoor shoes are allowed in the apartment, no outdoor shoes.
Heating is included up to 20 degrees (Celcius). If you prefer more than 20 degrees it will be extra charged.
We expect you to leave the apartment in the same condition as it was when you arrived.
I follow the recommendation of Wimdu to ask for a security deposit of 150 Euro, which is collected at arrival and refunded at departure if everything is in order and the apartment is well cleaned. A list of all that is expected to be included in the cleaning (eg mopping of all floors, washing of bed linen, etc.) are provided on site. If cleaning is not properly conducted a cleaning fee of 110 Euro will be deducted from the deposit. Please let me know whether you prefer to do the cleaning yourself or not.
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Reviews of this property
Stina is a lovely host, I am sorry we could not meet. But our communication online was nice. The house is perfect for a short stay in the city. We were with 2 children it was good. But for 2 persons it will be perfect! Everything is very clean and Stina helped us finding our way in the city.
Några kompisar besöker Göteborg och detta boende passade oss perfekt. Trevlig och flexibel värdinna. Bra förbindelser in till Göteborg.
Charmigt ställe med vad man kunde se en god och öppen grannskap. Kan inte annat än ge boendet högt betyg.
Väldigt mysigt och funktionell lägenhet i Gamlestaden. Perfekt med spårvagn så nära också. Kan verkligen rekommendera!
En otroligt mysig lägenhet i ett trevligt område. Nära spårvagn, mataffär och restauranger. En mycket tillmötesgående och hjälpsam hyresvärd. Vår tid i lägenheten kunde inte varit bättre.
När vi anlände blev vi mycket väl bemötta av Stina. Vi gick igenom hur allt funkade och fick beskrivningar hur vi skulle gå tillväga med kollektivtrafiken. En väldigt mysig lägenhet som inte ligger för långt bort från centrum. Bra läge och enkelt att ta sig med kollektivtrafiken! Rekommenderar verkligen Stinas lägenhet och henne som värd! Detta gjorde vår vistelse mycket bra!
En väldigt mysig, konstnärlig lägenhet. Vi var två vuxna och två ungdomar och alla sov bra - i den sköna sängen och även i bäddsoffan.
En väldigt trevlig hyresvärd som höll god kontakt hela tiden och som även ringde för att förvissa sig om att vi hittat rätt.
Nästa gång ska vi ta reda på mer hur en kan ta sig kommunalt till stan, spårvagnen går ju precis utanför lägenheten.
A very homely and nice flat. Stina is easygoing and was flexible with time of arrival, as we arrived late!
Stina's apartment was very close to major tram lines which was very convenient, but not exactly what I would call central. It was clean and colourful and the beds were comfortable. But it wasn't what I would call a two bedroom apartment. The second bedroom was in fact a living room divided from the kitchen by a curtain, and the bed was a sofabed. Our friends who used this room were upset that they couldn't draw the curtain on the window which looked out onto the tram stop close by. The apartment block is about 100 years old, but there were no built-in storage spaces, which made the apartment feel cluttered although everything was tidily put away. We had to live out of our suitcases, as there was no obvious place to put our clothes.
Stina was attentive as our host and checked up a couple of times to see if everything was OK.
For a couple with a young child this apartment would have been fine, indeed fun, but for two older couples, it wasn't quite what we were led to expect.
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PICK up the phone, hand over warm blankets or offer to help clean up - this is the rallying cry of a former flood victim who wants to organise people to help out flooded homes and businesses.
After facing two floods and a devastating fire at her former home in Windermere Drive, Warndon, Jayne Johns said it was the help of the community which helped to get her through it.
Now she wants to help people whose homes and businesses have been flooded during the recent bad weather and is hoping others will join her.
Mrs Johns would like to see a band of volunteers formed which can be called on to help wherever it is needed.
Though she did not live by a river, her home was flooded twice as it was based in a dip in the road and water and sewage from the drains flooded her home on two occasions during extremely heavy rain.
In April 2007, she managed to save two of her young children after a fire broke out in her living room destroying the house and all of the family's property.
After the community stepped in to help her replace everything she had lost, Mrs Johns placed a giant banner on her garage thanking them.
The 47-year-old, who now lives in Lilac Avenue, Tolladine, said: "When you lose everything, it is psychologically and emotionally draining.
"Everyone should be rallying around to help everyone who has flooded, if you've got a car you could take some food over or help with some washing.
"People should be doing it now at this devastating time for many people because you can't imagine how devastating it is."
She has already managed to speak to family members who have offered to help people in need and hopes to hear from others who would like to volunteer.
Having lost lots of special mementoes in both of the floods and fires, she advised others at risk of flooding to move anything sentimental upstairs.
"It's not just about what you lose, you have to move out of your home and if you haven't got family or friends or you're lonely or old - where do you turn?"
"If people can help out they should even if it's only giving someone a lift somewhere.
"It might just be one person helping another it will help them get through the devastation.
"There are lots of ways to help - whatever it takes."
Anyone who needs help or would like to offer help should email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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This article was published 21/9/2012 (1798 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
IT took years of training, discipline and a complete lifestyle change for Winnipeg's Eddie Steele, a defensive tackle with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, to earn his way to the Canadian Football League.
Now Steele, 24, is sharing what he knows by remembering where he came from.
Steele, a former University of Manitoba Bison, is in his third CFL season with the Ticats, who drafted him in 2010.
He'll be on the field tonight when the Bombers host the Tiger-Cats and expects to have about 30 members of his family and friends out to watch at Canad Inns Stadium.
The 6-foot-2 Steele weighed 340 pounds when he graduated from the Kelvin Clippers high school program in Winnipeg and joined the Bisons program. During his three seasons there, he quickly realized he was too slow to play at that weight in the CFL. He embarked on life-changing exercise and nutrition programs.
"I worked very hard and I do feel like that hard work has paid off. I'm living my dream of playing professional football," said Steele, who has held steady at 273 for the past three years.
He and four Bisons teammates -- Brad Black, Blair Atkinson, Will Sheils and Bobby Reist -- started a company in Winnipeg called Recruit Ready which now handles all the strength and conditioning programs for the their alma mater Bisons.


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Phoebe Philo (that's her, left) is in New York thanks to Celine's support of the MOMA's Isa Genzken retrospective, which opens tonight, and we were chatting about it when she revealed some exciting news: she had decided NOT to bring her pre-collection to New York, but was just going to show it in Paris, and she had decided NOT to post it immediately on-line on such sites as style.com, but to keep it behind the scenes until just before the clothes actually were delivered to stores. That's some pretty active swimming against the tide there. Read more
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A student film shoot was canceled by the city after an official discovered the scene would contain nudity and simulated sex.
A student film shoot planned for this past weekend near Wilmington's Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard was canceled by the city after an official discovered the scene would contain nudity and simulated sex.
The city of Wilmington had approved permits for a group of University of North Carolina Wilmington film students to shoot overnight scenes Saturday, Sunday and Monday at a dead-end portion of Cornelius Harnett Drive near the Isabel Holmes Bridge, according to city film liaison Tammy Skinner.
Skinner said she pulled the permit after reading that the scene would contain nudity in a report on Friday by the StarNews.
"We weren't made aware of the content of the scene by the students," she said on Monday. "It was conveyed to us that the scene would be a dream sequence and contain a bed, but the request didn't raise any red flags."
The movie, "Little Death," is an experimental short film created by students of UNCW's Film Studies Department for a senior seminar class.
According to its prospectus, the 12-minute film features a bedroom sex scene that takes place in the middle of an urban street. The city's permit described the shoot as a "mock bedroom scene."
The material is not appropriate for a city street, Skinner said.
The students' instructor, Andre Silva, an assistant professor at UNCW, agreed.
"I was unaware that the scene was being filmed outdoors," he said. "I have a 4-year-old, and I told them that if I was driving by on MLK while they were shooting the scene I would have had a lot of explaining to do."
Silva said he knew the film contained nudity, but he didn't know specifics about the bedroom scene.
"We try not to censor student films," he said. "Because of the experimental nature of the film, there's a lot more improvisation. It's not a narrative. We also try and encourage them to not stage things quite as much. But sometimes, students give too little information."
One of the film's producers, UNCW senior John Lopez, said on Friday that he wasn't aware of anything that would prohibit the group from filming.
He said the permit's cancellation was "a blow" to the young filmmakers.
"The city's position that there shouldn't be student art films with some simulated sex is ridiculous," Lopez said on Monday. "There was not going to be any intercourse happening or genitalia showing. It may have looked like a simulated sex scene, but people wouldn't have been able to see anything. I'm not sure the city has a clear-cut policy on this. It seems like they were trying to err on the side of caution."
The filmmakers were looking for a new location for the scene on Monday, Lopez said.
Silva said he spoke to Skinner and the filmmakers about the project on Monday. He also granted the group an extension on the project.
"That's another thing about experimental film – I've told them that they need to be malleable and be able to adapt," he said. "We're going to frame this as a lesson learned."
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This article was published 7/1/2013 (1689 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
God's Lake First Nation residents gathered to pray today on a trail in the bush, the scene of a grisly discovery of human remains Sunday.
RCMP have confirmed a death occurred in the fly-in Cree First Nation, 550 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg.
But Mounties were not giving any details about the deceased person, neither gender nor age. RCMP in Winnipeg confirmed remains were to be flown south for an autopsy after the prayer service.
"The post mortem should be completed soon," said RCMP spokesman Cpl. Miles Hiebert said. "We can't even have a positive ID until the post-mortem is completed."
It's not unusual for investigators to allow family and friends time to hold a short service at the scene of a death before the remains are removed for autopsy, particularly in northern, rural and remote areas where the remains must be transported over great distances away from grieving family and friends.
"I can confirm that prior to the deceased being removed, that out of respect some community members were afforded an opportunity to hold prayers at the site," Hiebert said.
Meanwhile, community members say a well-liked teen girl has been missing since Friday night. She wasn't found when the First Nation asked households to account for all family members on Sunday.
This latest death is the sixth in the past week in rural Manitoba that is under investigation by the RCMP. Mounties have confirmed the previous five as homicides but they are not ready to rule on the one in Gods Lake.
Community leaders could not be reached for comment today. But residents said the remains were discovered by a teenage boy early Sunday morning on a snowmobile trail. By most accounts, the boy spotted a pack of dogs surrounding something and, when he scared them off, saw there were remains on the snow-covered ground.
Calls to the band office were not answered and residents said the school and government offices were closed Monday and expected to reopen Tuesday.
There are approximately 1,500 people living on the First Nation, a federal Aboriginal Affairs website says.


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Team Building Articles
Which Bird Are You? Taking Flight with the DISC Styles
Matching the DISC personality styles to eagles, parrots, doves, and owls is an easy and memorable way to help learners connect with what they represent and remember it.
Team Building? 12 Questions to Help You Make the Right Decision
Matching the DISC personality styles to eagles, parrots, doves, and owls is an easy and memorable way to help learners connect with what they represent and remember it.
Team Building? 12 Questions to Help You Make the Right Decision
There's no such thing as "the perfect team." But, wouldn't it be great if you could help your team on their journey? There are many types of team building interventions and like a carpenter, you need to select the right tool for the job.
Lee Iacocca was fond of a quote relating to working in a business. It was, "Lead, follow, or get out of the way." This is fine when applied to employees of an organization. However, executives and managers within your organization don't have the luxury of making a choice. Your role and your challenge is, quite simply, to lead.
Fostering teamwork is a top priority for many leaders. The benefits are clear: increased productivity, improved customer service, more flexible systems, employee empowerment. But is the vision clear? To effectively implement teams, leaders need a clear picture of the seven elements high-performance teams have in common.
Using Appreciative Inquiry with teams creates a climate that sustains synergy and collaboration. The principles and steps of appreciative inquiry are presented and compared with traditional teambuilding initiatives. Shame and pride are discussed as emotions with pivotal effects on individual and group development. We then examine how sharing stories of success builds team cohesion.
I recently attended a team building program in Chicago. 130 participants from a major financial lending institution came together to take part in a team building activity to help build teamwork, relieve stress, and give back to the community.
In general, the idea behind brainstorming is to have each person in the team offer ideas that pertain to a given topic. Simply sitting together and sharing thoughts is good, but using a good brainstorming process is better.
Through the years that I have been working with organizations, I have always been fascinated by the power of events and celebrations to pull people together. Since we spend our days working together and focusing on the business at hand, the work becomes our primary medium for interaction. As such, its character is formal, serious, important, necessary, technical, and administrative.
In sports, teams have coaches. They recognize the importance of the role and working with individuals in order to improve performance. It is presumed that the professional coach knows more about the subject matter under discussion, than the player.
Spring training has ended (in baseball, not corporations) and the season has begun. Throughout Spring Training, baseball players most likely heard one of the most repeated expressions stated by managers and coaches: "We need to work hard on the fundamentals.
What began simply as quality control circles in Japan in the 1970's has blossomed into a full-blown trend toward greater collaboration in the workplace. In reality, the movement began much earlier when psychologists began experimenting with work groups in the early 1900's.
The Saratoga Institute recently reported that 85% of people are dissatisfied enough to change jobs in the next year. Is it just me, or wouldn't it be better to ask people what you need to do to keep them working for your organization, rather than ask them why they no longer want to work for you?
Last August I taught a weekend course on team building to about 25 people participating in A Systems Approach to Quality Improvement at Madonna University in Detroit. Sponsored by the Association for Quality and Participation (513-381-1959), the six-month course leads to a certificate in quality and attracts management personnel who want to expand their knowledge of contemporary workplace concepts.
Recently I have been engaged in an Internet discussion with some people about the difficulties in reaching a team consensus. It seems that most teams will struggle with this once in a while. Some of the people felt that one reason we fail to reach a consensus is that much of the discussion is based on opinions rather than facts.
One year ago I wrote an article called "Empowerment in a Cookie." I don't like to repeat myself in these pages, but I can't help revisiting this subject again in light of a recent experience.
Because the WaWa, the Canada Goose, flies in formation,it is freedom tempered by responsibility. The leader must keep the group on course and look ahead for danger. The others must look around, to the sides, to each other.
When I first saw a decision being made without any decision-making, I was trapped with hundreds of my fellow community members in a fertilizer factory in Western Colorado.
This is the story of an idea so powerful that management couldn't kill it. An idea rooted in a factory that four different companies have owned, enjoyed great results from, and then tried to shut down---only to have the idea bite management back.
When I began working with employee involvement concepts in 1980, I was unbelievably ignorant of the human dimension of organization performance. As a degreed engineer, most of my training had been in the "hard" sciences and left little time for other subjects.
In Part I issue, I discussed how my work in the employee involvement field over the last 20 years has changed me. This work has significantly altered my thinking about organizations, performance, and people. What I attempted to share was what I called "Key Learning Points"
In my previous two articles, I related some of the key learning points that have been pivotal to my understanding and application of employee involvement and teambuilding concepts. These are the basics that, to me, make it work.
According to workers, the number one factor negatively affecting productivity is poor management (Society for Human Resource Management, 2004). Another study found that 72% of companies predict that they'll have an increasing number of leadership vacancies over the next three to five years.
You are manager, supervisor, or team leader attempting to move your team or your organization toward a more empowered behavior, meaning, people take more independent action to make things happen. A team member comes to you with a question, the kind you have been expected to answer many times before. After all, this is the role of the leader isn't it...to answer questions and give direction?
Executive Coaching can measurably improve the business performance and professional growth of senior executives. The Manchester Survey of 140 companies shows 9 in 10 executives believe coaching to be worth their time and money with the average return being more than $5 for each $1 spent.
Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa, something else, or nothing at all, you can't deny that at this time of year, the feeling of giving is in the air. We see it under a Christmas tree, in a barrel filled with toys for those who can't afford them, or in a box filled with bags of food for animals that have not yet found a home.
Fact #1 – As each bird flaps its wings, it creates uplift for the bird following. By flying in a "V" formation, the whole flock adds 71 percent greater flying range than if one bird flew alone.
Performance/Management Consultants have heard all of the jokes about consultants. Some of these jibes even make me laugh. Perhaps the most enduring criticism is that of referring to seminars regarding Individual/Team Development Communications Training as "Soft Skills" training.
When we picture the Heroic Leader, we see a manager putting on the cape to save the team from impending doom. They put on their cape and come to the rescue. But in the end, only the leader's ego is saved.
I am quite certain that coworkers rarely utter the following words: "I don't like that person, she listens too much."
Last July I spoke at the World Future Society's Eighth General Assembly in Washington, D.C. I was asked to address how work might change in the future, looking at the year 2010 and beyond. The following is the text of what I related and what I sincerely believe will occur, given what we know today.
Black and White are commodity products, but Red is a specialty product. The sales force is meeting its targets on Black and White, but sales of Red are low.
The Oscars are months behind us, and I'm still steamed. Clint Eastwood's "Million Dollar Baby" was a fine, worthy film, with guts, grit and pathos – but best movie of the year? C'mon! There was only one truly great film in 2004, and it was all about teambuilding. Yes, dear reader, I'm talking about "The Incredibles".
Do you remember that trembly feeling you had in the 4th grade when Mrs. Smith warned you about cheating? You know, looking off another's paper, talking about the answer, or working with someone else outside of class?
The company has spent a good amount of time and effort, and paid a hefty commission to an executive recruiter to find the perfect candidate to fill an important leadership position. The new person is accomplished, experienced, and confident. However, within a few months, and maybe even weeks, there is a visible degree of friction between the new boss and the people who he or she is expected to lead.
As an owner, principal, or executive of a business you recognize that you have authority over those who work with you. You may refer to yourself by your title, but you have a more important job; that of a leader. Leader -- this conjures up visions of power, charisma, and great people.
Recently I was asked a question by one of my clients that sent me into a state of contemplation. The question asked if by changing an organization's leadership style to one of greater participation, would the leaders be handicapped when they find themselves in other, more "aggressive" business environments?
During January, we will witness the quadrennial inauguration of the President of the United States. History tells us that the ideas, perspectives, and decisions of each President make a difference.
While there are many factors that drive a leader's success, style plays a key role in effectiveness. In the 1920's William Marston created the DISC behavioral model in which he described four styles of behavior. Each style embodied a specific set of behaviors, as follows:
As business continues to expand the use of workteams, the need to enhance leadership skills to guide them becomes of paramount importance. Leadership of a highly involved, empowered workforce contrasts sharply with the command and control structures of hierarchical systems.
In our popular Personality and the Team program, we have the opportunity to show people how many of their behaviors can flow from their personalities.
Have you ever been to a meeting that has spiraled out of control? You had an agenda. You defined a meeting leader and a scribe to take the minutes. You even had donuts (always a powerful draw to get people there). And yet, the meeting did not accomplish its intended objective.
How does a service provider in the health care business expand market share when they are, already, the leader of the pack? That was the question challenging a firm that does the lion's share of the business within their industry.
In ancient times, it wasn't hard to motivate workers. A ship's captain, for example, could stick a crew below deck, chain each man's hands to an oar, and start cracking the whip—literally. Chances are, the captain got where he wanted to go.
What is the subject of an interview? Most people say, "I am." This makes sense because the interviewer surely wants to know about the interviewee. Why should the company hire this person (let's call him Bob), as opposed to someone else?
A few years ago I was asked to speak to a gathering of engineers of the three western regions of the Federal Highway Administration. The 175 engineers were convened for a 5-day conference.
While managers may have a strong sense of their organization's strategic direction, they often lack a fundamental understanding of the perceptions, feelings and attitudes of their employees. This lack of understanding often leads organizations to waste their most valuable resource...their people.
You are preparing for an interview with your top company prospect. Wouldn't it be ideal if the most updated intelligence on their needs and issues were available? Not the generic, bland requirements listed in the job description, but the salient, pressing issues your potential boss is facing right now?
There is a key moment in many interviews – typically towards the end – when the interviewer asks, "Do you have any questions for us?" This represents a tremendous opportunity that is often missed. Here's the chance to surface liabilities about your background that have not yet been discussed.
It seems that this topic just never goes away. I have just returned from New Orleans where I conducted a seminar on overcoming resistance to employee involvement (EI), and was once again surprised (and dismayed) that we are still struggling with moving it forward in our organizations.
When it comes to using our strengths, too much of a good thing is not a good thing. How can this be? Shouldn't we focus on strengths, capitalize on them, and use them every chance we can? Of course, but when our strengths are exhibited at extremes, they become our weakness.
One of the reasons I got involved in 360-degree feedback technology over ten years ago was the frustration I experienced as a management consultant. A typical assignment had me creating and presenting a customized leadership development program.
As organizations struggle to keep up with the demands of a changing world economy, people at all levels of the organization are being called upon to make presentations, conduct training, and influence others to make changes.
According to a popular newspaper, the number of business meetings is on the rise. What makes this significant, however, is that much of the time spent in meetings is unproductive.
Let's begin with a concept of which most of us would agree -- Positive and constructive feedback, if presented respectfully and with helpful intent , benefit both the individual and the organization. And yet, studies on turnover reveal that lack of feedback and recognition are often cited as a key reason why people leave organizations.
In 1981, I was working as the project engineer on a construction project to modernize a silicon wafer manufacturing facility in St. Louis. We, as the project's management, had begun an employee involvement process (although we didn't call it that back then) to involve the trades people in ways to improve performance.
As the "Restructuring, Reorganizing, Downsizing" craze continues, I thought it might be appropriate to write a sample letter that organization heads might send to their people as they embark on this journey.
The absolute best and surest way to teach somebody something is to provide a metaphor or in some way link the new concept to an already known concept.
Corporate teams are jumping at the chance to explore next-generation treasure hunts rather than old-fashioned scavenger hunts.
Over the past 15 years, a growing number of American companies have participated in a grand experiment: self-managed work teams (SMWTs). These are production or service-delivery groups that operate without direct supervision—an idea almost unthinkable a generation ago.
As the concept of self-direction continues to grow, it helps to look at the basic principles involved. Sometimes this is best served by listening to the people who are actually living it.
Stress has become so prevalent in the workforce that a recent study by CareerBuilder.com found that 68% reported feeling burnout at work. While there are many causes of workplace stress, there is something that people can do about it. The best part is that this strategy requires very little effort.
Once, economists studied physical capital--the bricks and mortar of economic life. Then, they studied investment capital--the financial resources that provide the wherewithal to build industry. More recently, economists have explored the role of human capital--the endowments of education and health that individuals possess.
Not long ago, a question appeared on the Internet asking how one evaluates the "soft" costs associated with empowering employees. I responded with the following thoughts and was surprised by the positive responses. Maybe the ideas below will be of help to you.
Is it just me, or are we all beginning to notice a growing interest in the relationship between work and the human spirit? It seems my desk is surrounded by books, newsletters, and even corporate memos that in some way discuss this.
Organizations today seem to be accelerating the pace of change. Everywhere there is experimentation with new work concepts such as quality management, re-engineering, process improvement, employee involvement, self-directed work teams, worker empowerment, statistical process control, just-in-time inventorying, quick changeover concepts, and more. Increasing competition has proven to be a strong motivator of change.
Did you ever wonder why adults seem to struggle when assigned to a new workplace team of some kind? As organizations increase their use of teams, the "new"skills and behaviors required seem to challenge everyone.
Thousands of organizations are eagerly creating empowered work teams in an effort to boost productivity, enhance quality and bolster employee morale. As more and more organizations move closer to full empowerment, however, they hit an obstacle that is becoming self-direction's most burning issue. Sure, you can hand-off management responsibilities and vest teams with the authority to act, but aren't managers really still accountable?
We have been talking a lot about team measures with our clients over the last few years. The reactions we get to these conversations have been interesting. Sometimes when we introduce the subject of measures we see eyes glaze over.
The Team Start Up guide has been prepared to give some guidance to team leaders and/or facilitators working with newly-formed teams. These steps have been used successfully, in part and in their entirety, with different types of teams, including labor-management partnership teams.
Have you ever heard someone say this when you even mention team building? It's even the brunt of TV humor. An episode of "The X-Files" started with Mulder and Skully in their car driving to a team building session, with the implication that there are much more important things to be done.
Motivation. We hear the term often. Generally we associate the word with human behavior, meaning, a state of mind that moves us to action. And even though few of us have had formal training in it, it's one of those characteristics of life that seems to fit the old adage, "I know it when I see it."
Little has been written about the behavior of teams at the tops of organizations. This group of senior managers, most notably the Chief Executive Officer and his or her direct reports, holds a unique position at the top of the hierarchy.
Small-company executives tell how team development improves productivity and profits.
This issue of Employee Involvement Network marks the 60th time---10 years---that I have put my thoughts into words in this newsletter. Over the last month I have found myself reflecting on this, seriously contemplating what I have learned in the process.
When I ask people if they provide as much coaching to their staff members as they should, they almost always say, "No." Then, when I ask them why they don't coach their people as much as they should, they inevitably reply, "I don't have the time."
Without a doubt, teams are hot! Organizations can't seem to expand them fast enough. I just received a conference brochure through the mail entitled The Best of TEAMS 97 to be held in Chicago in June---an entire conference dedicated to making teams work.
Look around you at work and ask yourself how many of your coworkers are really enjoying their work or the work environment. Something is changing, and it doesn't seem to be for the better.
Imagine your team racing through the streets of New Orleans, wandering Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, treasure hunting in the Museum of Natural History in New York City or exploring the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta.
A few months ago, my friend Ray Martin, Chief Operating Officer at Camden County Health Services Center told me of a man who has spent his entire adult life working to instill such a belief in work organizations. Ray was attempting to bring him to the center to work with his people.
A global New Product Development Team was launched by a major software development company with an aggressive completion date as well as specific performance expectations driven by the market.
Most people know what makes a good meeting, yet so many meetings are unproductive. So if we understand that efficient and effective meetings require preparing and sticking to agendas, starting and ending on time, and keeping minutes, why do meetings go awry?
When I speak at conferences about retaining winning talent and the problem of turnover, I often ask attendees to raise their hands if their fathers worked at three or fewer companies throughout their careers.


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text: NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Apple ( AAPL) may well have something like real magic up its sleeve regarding iTV. But I doubt it.I think instead that the product and its support will be a mildly positive addition to the company's fleet of slick personal technology. The stock will sink immediately as disappointed investors looking for surprising vision get angry and try to walk away. But they won't walk away. On the whole, the Apple story is still too compelling. In the end, most investors will nod and voice approval, however muted, like Saturday night party goers at a Sunday morning church service. Like Republicans at President Obama's State of the Union speech. But let's, for a moment, suppose I'm wrong about that. Let's say the magic appears. What kind of shape would that take? Hypothetically -- only hypothetically, mind you -- if you wanted to make iTV not a simple new gadget but a completely disruptive suite of business strategies, this is what you could do: 1. Hardware: A TV device that builds on Apple's successful interfaces, is slim and in one piece (that is, any control box is built into the screen) with no DVD slot or other inputs, only Internet connectivity. The only way to put your content on the device or record content is through a dedicated Apple Web site portal or hookup to your computer. 2. Distribution Platform: The Web site lets anyone with content upload it to be sold and viewed by all the world. This would take the functionality of the best video sites, like YouTube, and make it a potentially profitable affair, in the same way iTunes captured much of the functionality of Napster-style sharing sites and turned it into a dependable revenue stream. 3. Content Pipeline: Deals to generate original content for that platform, only viewable on the Apple TV. The more the merrier. 4. High-Profile Exclusives: Among those deals should be exclusive contracts with everyone who has ever screened successful films at Sundance and the Sundance Channel itself, plus a handful of big directors who want to screen smaller projects or have agreed to produce a series or two, a couple of renegade cable-stuffers such as perhaps Discover and SyFy and a cartoon channel, in an agreement with Walt Disney ( DIS). Add into that agreements for the music videos already available through iTunes.


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HOUSTON - A new strain of swine flu has emerged, with 29 cases in humans since last summer.
Experts are saying there's no need to panic over the potential for a pandemic -- at least not yet.
The new flu has hit children, mostly, and people with underlying health problems.
The illness is treatable with medications if needed and most patients have not been hospitalized.
The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention said in the last three weeks they have detected 16 cases. Recent human cases have been found in Indiana, Ohio and Hawaii, mostly after direct contact with sick pigs at county fairs.
The new strain is different from the H1N1 Swine Flu that circulated in 2009. This strain is called H3N2. The most notable difference is that it does not appear to spread very well from person to person.
This year's flu shot does not protect against H3N2.
Experts said the best way to avoid it is to wash your hands before and after contact with animals.
Doctors said people do not get swine flu by eating pig products.
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I'm just re-reading Deathly Hallows and I realised, despite all the specualtion about Umbridge belonging in Slytherin House she couldn't have been because Phineas Nigellus says that Snape was the first Slytherin to be Head of Hogwarts since himself. So where does she belong? Certainly not Gryffindor given her hatred for them, which leaves either Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw. I'm guessing Hufflepuff assuming she was the sort of student that most people associate with that house, that is not being talented enough to belong anywhere else. I think that is more likely given her ineptitude which is shown throughout the fith book. What does everyone else think about this? Jayce Carver Talk 08:23, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
- It may be a technicality, but Umbridge never had access to the Headmaster's office. Phineas may not have considered her a "true" headmaster because of this. - Cavalier One(Wizarding Wireless Network) 08:41, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
Hufflepuffs aren't students that just aren't talented enough. You make it sound like Hufflepuff is for the misss-fits, those who couldn't find their place in the other houses, but they had to put them somewhere. Wrong! A hufflepuff's main qualities are his/her high sense for justice, loyalty and kindness. Just because a student isn't in Gryffindor does not mean he is not brave. Take Luna's example for that. Or just because a student is in Hufflepuff does not mean he "is not talented enough": take Cedric Diggory's example.--Ohmbun 09:11, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
But doesn't she say to McGonagall, at least in the movie, "I'm sorry dear, but to question my practices is to question the ministry, and by extension, the minister himself. I am a tolerant woman, but the one thing I will not stand for... is disloyalty." My vote goes in for bad Hufflepuff. --Guelta
I didn't say it applies to all Hufflepuffs, it's just how most people view them, which is true, as the Sorting Hat said Hufflepuff took what was leftover because they didnt posses any of the qualites valued by the other founders. Jayce Carver Talk 09:48, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
- Either way, it is unlikely that Umbridge would be in Hufflepuff anyway. She was neither kind or just. No true loyalty is shown during the series either. So, that leaves Ravenclaw. It is possible given Umbridge;s theoretical side but it seems unlikely. ShirleyA(The Quibbler) 10:58, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
- I don't think it's even mentioned she studied at Hogwarts... -- Seth Cooper (Owl Post) 00:40, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
The text mentioned by Jayce above is found in DH16: "He venerated Snape, the first Slytherin headmaster since he himself had controlled the school, and they [Harry, Ron, and Hermione] had to be careful not to criticise, or ask impertinent questions about Snape, or Phineas Nigellus would instantly leave his painting."
I, too, took this to mean that Umbridge wasn't in Slytherin. Even though Hogwarts castle didn't consider Umbridge to be a "true" headmistress, Phineas Nigellus may very well have done so on a personal level, especially since he seems to have shared her views on education and blood status. Since Phineas Nigellus is described as "venerat[ing]" Headmaster Snape for being a Slytherin, wouldn't he have had the same praise for Umbridge, if she had also been in Slytherin? Of course, from a purely semantic perspective, Snape would still be "the first Slytherin headmaster since [Phineas Nigellus]" even if Umbridge was in Slytherin, because Umbridge was a headmistress. I do think the comment definitively establishes that Headmasters Dippet and Dumbledore weren't in Slytherin.
I once asked myself what a bad Hufflepuff would be like and decided the answer was Umbridge. Her homey office decor — dried flowers, doilies, decorative kitten plates — reminds me a little of JKR's description of the Hufflepuff common room: "It is a very cosy and welcoming place, as dissimilar as possible from Snape's dungeon. Lots of yellow hangings, and fat armchairs, and little underground tunnels leading to the dormitories, all of which have perfectly round doors, like barrel tops." Plus the affected sweetness in the way Umbridge spoke could be interpreted as a corrupted form of Hufflepuff kindness. Yes, she was a truly horrible person as an adult, but there's nothing to suggest that she wasn't kind, just, and loyal when she was Sorted at age eleven. People change, after all, often for the worse. Also, Zacharias Smith was in Hufflepuff, but he wasn't exactly kind, nor was he particularly loyal. Of course, this is just speculation of my part. :) ★ Starstuff (Owl me!) 03:56, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
That was my line of thinking too. She definatley went to Hogwarts as a kid, as she mentions something about her childhood in her start of term speech I think. There seems to be "best and worst of" examples of students from all houses. For example, Cormac McLaggen was the worst example of a Gryffindor and Slughorn was probably the best example of a Slytherin. I've yet tofind a bad Ravenclaw however. Jayce Carver Talk 07:08, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
One of Hufflepuff's distinguishing features is the value of "fair play". Umbridge's treatment of her students was distinctively UNfair. 126.96.36.199 13:02, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
Cormac McLaggen wasn't the worst Gryffindor, Peter Pettigrew was =/. And the worst Ravenclaw so far is Cho's friend Marietta 126.96.36.199 21:44, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
I believe the worst Ravenclaw was the Grey Lady, the ghost of the Ravenclaw house. As I remember it, she was the daughter of Rowena Ravenclaw and she stole her mother's diadem in her desire to outwitt her mother. As she tells Harry in the battle of Hogwarts, Rowena Ravenclaw died shortly afterwards.--Ohmbun 09:10, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
- Yes, you are right. The grey lady, Helena Ravenclaw was a nasty piece of work. But, Umbridge still goes WAY beyond ber in evilness. Ravenclaw is still the most fitting house though.ShirleyA(The Quibbler) 10:16, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
I always assumed that Umbridge was a Slytherin because she was horrible but there is good and bad in any house just look at Cormac McLaggen and Pettigrew. The description of her office does sound a bit like the Hufflepuff Common room but she could be a Rvanclaw because she must be intelligent to work for the Ministry of MagicHermione821 15:55, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
I know I am not a proper user, but as a fan passing by who is very interested in Umbridge, I do think that she is a Slytherin but she could be a Hufflepufff. She used Zacharias Smith a spy for the DA at one point becuase she was very interested in the Dark Arts. Phineas could have meant that Snape was the first HEADMASTER.
First, wouldn´t this be considered an off-topic forum, which is not allowed here? and Second, When did Umbridge have Zacharias spy on the DA? And third: I think we could add "possibly not Slytherin" to Umbridge´s infobox, based on Phineas´comment.--Rodolphus 18:19, October 28, 2009 (UTC)
I, like so many others, had always considered this evil woman to have been a part of Slytherin, though I must admit the "dark Hufflepuff" theory is most intriguing. When it comes to Phineas Nigellus's comment he, as a proper Headmaster, may have seen her appointment as a professor and her position as High Inquisitor as an encroachment upon the school's independence by the Ministry of Magic. Phineas would have had to ask himself where his loyalty lied, to a single person formerly of Slytherin (if such were the case) and an increasingly intrusive Ministry, or to the school itself as an independent institution. Her appointment by the Ministry, NOT through [| Hogwart's Board of Governors], may have been the tipping point. What Fudge was attempting to do was usurp the power and independence of Hogwarts School by decree. The rest of the staff (except Filch) saw her as an interloper, an outsider who had invaded the school. Real world history is littered with this kind of dispute. In 1209 Oxford University was in a disagreement with the City of Oxford, England and decided to move the school. Yes, the entire school. It packed up and moved to Cambridge and founded that university there. The City of Oxford soon relented and asked them to come back. The strength of the university on the medieval economies were so great that Oxford had to agree to pay the university a large sum of money every year that followed. That practice lasted uninterrupted for almost 800 years. When it comes down to a dispute between an educational institution versus a civil government it's almost guaranteed that even Phineas would have seen Umbridge the same way as the rest of the school and thus would've refused to see her appointment as Headmistress as legitimate. Mr Norrell 12:03, December 19, 2009 (UTC)
Another random user here, not registered but I still think Slytherin. Mostly because Phineas Nigellus, though sympathetic with the pure blooded superiority ideas, did still seem to respect Dumbledore and I think someone like him would reject Umbridge on a personal level anyway, as she was such a fool going along with the 'close your eyes and pretend Voldemort isn't alive' approach. This, along with the castle not accepting Umbridge as Headmistress, might mean he didn't consider her the school's real head. Also, depending on which time period he was from, Phineas Nigellus could consider women inferior to men anyway because they were in the time he lived. So he might only consider the Headmasters of Hogwarts important and disregard all the Headmistresses.
Umbridge could, very well have not gone to Hogwarts, but another wizarding school somewhere else in the world...
This reader is not sure why the idea of Umbridge as 'dark Ravenclaw' is dismissed out of had at the beginning of this section. She is obsessed with order and rules, as would befit a Ravenclaw. While she hides her true intentions under a veneer of kindness which leads many to think she is Hufflepuff, she is extremely smart and cunning. No other teacher could bend the entire castle to their will while still sticking to the letter of the law. In fact she is so smart that the only person who can pull one over on her is Hermione who would certainly have been in Ravenclaw if her brazen, unapologetic disregard for the rules when it is necessary hadn't made Hermione more of a Gryffindor. Umbridge, at least to me, will always be the embodiment of Amoral Ravenclaw. She sticks to the rules and makes her own rules without regard for moral consequences which is why she appears evil. I think her saccharine nature and kitty motif office is a misdiretion to make you think she is 'evil Hufflepuff', as all of the DAtDA's teachers are not quite what they seem. I think the biggest clue is when she screams at Harry, Hermione and the centaurs 'I WILL have order!' This seems to scream Ravenclaw.


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There are many fishing activities in South Africa. As you drive around our coastline, especially down in the Western Cape and up the West Coast, you'll see fishing villages gleaming white in the afternoon sun. These are communities that have lived off the bounty of the sea for centuries.
It is said humans may have had their brain power radically upgraded on a diet of seafood gleaned from the ocean's edge.
Matching that, wildlife experts believe the seafood-eating baboons of Cape Point are smarter than their inland counterparts. Fish equals brain food.
In South Africa, fishing also equals fun. Hundreds of tour operators offer some form of sport fishing, be it in the deep blue seas around our country, standing knee-deep in the water and casting a fly into the ocean, or just being at one with a flowing river in the hope of outwitting trout, catfish or carp.
Each fish species has its own traits, spawning habits, feeding preferences and level of awareness when it comes to being caught.
Fishermen revel in this, study them, come up with lures and bait to match them – and then talk about them at length at night, with a whisky on the rocks and something fishy sizzling on the grill.
A variety of deep sea fishing expeditions can be undertaken along South Africa's east coast, with species such as Marlin, tuna and Dorado among the thousands that anglers can land.
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WARREN, Mich. - Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder can face different challenges learning in a traditional classroom setting, but a local expert is trying to help.
More than five million children in the US have ADHD. The disorder affects an estimated ten percent of school-age children, and boys are about three times more likely than girls to be diagnosed with it.
Kevin Roberts is an ADHD expert, author and former educator. He works with students who have ADHD, holding study groups to help them with their school work. He also travels around the country helping teachers better reach out to children with ADHD.
Local 4 spoke with him during a recent seminar with teachers at Carleton Middle School in Warren.
"An ADHD student will often feel something is wrong with me, I'm not good enough, I'm stupid," said Roberts.
Kids with ADHD can act without thinking, are hyperactive, and have trouble focusing.
"Drumming, with the pencil drum or just outbursting or getting out of the seat," said Rick Palo a school counselor at Carleton Middle School.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is not caused by poor teaching, or poor parenting. It has biological origins, but it can be hard not to take the disruptive behavior personally.
"A lot times you can get drawn in and see these behaviors as negative or see these behaviors as disruptions or distractions, you know to try to deal with it in a positive way, try to understand it better, has really helped a lot with me," said Carleton Middle School science teacher Jason Kuszpit.
Roberts said teachers can reach children with ADHD in a way that the students will respond.
"Making activities that have humor, hands-on learning experiences, project-oriented experiences," said Roberts.
"I try to get out of the classroom, maybe go to the computer lab or working in groups, doing stations just so they're not just constantly sitting in their seat listening to me talk the whole time," Natalie Basilico, a teacher at Carleton Middle School.
Roberts said with proper treatment, kids with ADHD learn to successfully manage their symptoms and what happens in the classroom can go a long way toward that success.
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ORMOND BEACH, Fla. - Ormond Beach police officers said they arrested a 19-year-old woman after multiple calls came in about someone who crashed into property and attempting to flee.
Police said they started to get the calls around 10:20 p.m. Friday night after a car crashed into a home at 10 Arbor Lake Park and the female driver, later identified as 19-year-old Amber Fazal tried to flee.
Police said many people reported the car had crashed into multiple fences, screened patios and A/C units at several adjacent addresses on Arbor Lake Park.
Police said a witness tried to block Fazal while waiting for police.
Fazal crashed into the witness' car as she fled from the scene in her 2012 Honda, police said.
Police said an officer spotted the crash vehicle near Granada Boulevard and Nova Road and attempted to make a traffic stop.
Police said Fazal was weaving all over the road and attempted to negotiate a turn at Granada Boulevard and Old Tomoka Road when she struck a curb.
Fazal continued and crashed through some hedges at the Tomoka United Methodist Church at 1000 Old Tomoka Road where the car finally stopped, police said.
Police said Faza jumped out of the car and tried to run away, but an officer tazed and wrestled her to the ground.
Police said a passenger, 18-year-old Manali Parekh was unharmed and remained at the scene to talk to police.
Fazal took a breathlyzer test and police said she blew twice the legal limit and was arrested.
Fazal was taken to the Volusia County Jail.
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On teenagers growing up in Hollywood today: "When I was younger, I was a little bit more restless, but there weren't as many eyes. There weren't as many tabloids or the number of cameras that everyone's armed with. I feel huge sympathy for teenagers who have suddenly found themselves as public figures now, because it just sucks for them."
On her relationship with husband Hugh Dancy: "Hugh was just the right partner for me. I got very, very lucky. There's only so much credit you can take when it just sort of works, you know? And obviously we work hard at maintaining our relationship—that is central to both our lives—but at the same time, it's just this kind of ease that I can't really account for."
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