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Discussion in 'Fan Zone' started by tecolote, Dec 7, 2012.
Don't waste our time with some common sense.
I thought this team was put together by coach Garrett. I thought no one was on this team without his stamp of approval. He is responsible for the mess on the line along with Mr. Jones. Try again. He has the team unprepared cant excuse it because now you think a player sucks, when the coach was responsible for him being on the team.
toughest schedule really.
Noticed you have no evidence
This team has not made fewer mistakes; had fewer penalties; has shown not a bit of difference as regards playing consistency and is hovering at .500 as it has been for years.
No improvement in any form that shows.
But come on with your EVIDENCE.
Not that I expect you to answer
Here here.
Exactly. We honestly shouldn't have 6 wins with all these injuries.
The first 8 games of the season we played against 5 teams that lead the division and 7 games that were against teams in the playoff picture still today. And we've also played Washington who is still in the playoff picture since and still play Cincy, Pittsburgh, New Orleans, Washington again, all still fighting for playoff spots.
Very easy schedule huh?
I'll just assume you know little about the history of the NFL and the Cowboys in general.
Hasn't even been 2 full years yet friend. Roster is being changed if you haven't noticed.
You guys are funny. I just gave you evidence. There are two kinds of blindness... the kind you can't help.... and the kind you choose.
The first 8 games of the season our opponents had a winning % of .640 and that was by far the toughest schedule in the NFL at that time. I do not have it calculated since then. For reference though, last year the team with the toughest schedule was was between .560 and .570 if I remember right.
Which of the NFCE competitors with the better OLs and better coaches are reaping all the benefits of these advantages? Since we're playing similar schedules to the Giants, Sk*ns, Eagles, it should be showing up in the W/L column someplace, right? Or do those guys need to be looking to upgrade their coaches this offseason, too?
Its been a tough season for the Cowboys..... The Sky was the limit on opening day...great game against the Giants but it has been a constant struggle from there.
Owner/GM Jerry Jones over hyped the Cowboys
It actually rained on the Cowboys in Cowboy stadium on Thanksgiving
Garrett's game management issues
Romo 5xINT games
The OL is horrid...and its in constant flux
Felix Jones fumbling /out of shape/always hurt
Ratliff always hurt
lousy start to of games with last minute heroics's to try and get the win
Fan's actually started/signed a national petition to get rid of Jerry Jones
Now this Brent situations
Whats next.....The 2012 Cowboys are a hard team to understand. Its been a constant emotional toll for the fans....its ranged from humiliated and embarrassed to setting on the edge of the seat cheering the team on.
For the first time in years, I think the owner Jerry Jones knows things are just messed up....but he does not no how to fix it or what to fix.
Based on results you cannot name one worst coach in Cowboys history, the only one you could argue is Campo, then again he didn't have Romo, Witten, Dez, Ware, Ratliff etc... Just look at his teams. So I guess the OP does know his Cowboys history.
He is 4 games away from completing 2 1/2 seasons as the Cowboys head coach. The team has regressed and it isn't even close. I don't put it all on him it is the Culture Mr. Jones has created and the staff he and Coach Garrett have assembled.
Well you know what they say about assumptions.
Just think how great it will be when we hear the words of the protege, " don't eat the cheese."
Cannot wait.
When the team actually quits on him I will join in on the chant but we have been in almost every single game to the very end.. Can't say that about a lot of other coaches we've had...
He has not been the head coach, in charge of roster decisions and draft, for 2 and 1/2 years. Just not true. This is his second year as non-interim head coach.
Jerry Jones- "You've got to realize that Jason has been the key guy with Romo for five years. The facts are that Jason, for the last five years, has been very influential with how we drafted and how we picked up offensive football players. Very influential for five years. Because Wade was a real delegator. So he had a lot of input in where we are. I like that. That's a big plus for us."
Read more here: http://sportsblogs.star-telegram.co...s-a-real-del.html#storylink=cpy#storylink=cpy
Don't bother. That has been posted at least three times in response to Garrett lovers claiming he hasn't been able to get his kind of guys to run his kind of system.
He's a terrible head coach and the team is handicapped because of him.

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I'll be playing cards at the cabin, most likely.
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The New Hampshire Institute of Art is pleased to announce the Ceramics Biennial Exhibition 2012, a national juried exhibition for clay artists. This exhibition will be on display in the Amherst Street Gallery.
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James Lawton is currently a Professor of Ceramics and Chair of the Artisanry
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March is National Craft Month, and we could not be happier to celebrate!
March is National Craft Month, and we could not be happier to celebrate!
This month, try giving your kids less TV time and more crafting time. They will love working with their hands and getting creative! Check out our favorite craft ideas for you to try out with your kids this month.
These Owl Pillow Boxes from Kerry's Craft Blog are so adorable and cute. We could see these making really cute party favors for a 1st birthday party!
You have to be really handy with a power saw for this Dr. Seuss Activity Block craft from Sugar Bee Crafts, but how sentimental would it be to make these blocks for your children?!
The Idea Room created this Easter Bunny Gift Bag with patterned paper and even a button nose! This unique gift idea can be easily stuffed with candy or a fun toy for Easter morning.
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Finger puppets are always a fun activity, so why not try this tutorial from The Frugal Crafter?! They are really easy to make and kids can get creative by making their puppets different faces. We love the rosey cheeks!
Make your own homemade playdough and add some sparkle with this glitter recipe from The Savvy Moms Guide's Amy Kelly and Brianne Van Lierop. Your kids will love helping you make this in the kitchen and they will learn how to make their favorite play toy!
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The Deputy President and Chair of Committees is the President's deputy and may take the chair in the Senate when requested by the President to do so, and is also the presiding officer in committee of the whole, presiding over committee proceedings in the chamber whenever a committee of the whole Senate is constituted (SO 11). Such a committee is formed for several purposes, but particularly for the detailed examination of legislation (SO 115(1)). When the committee is formed, the President leaves the President's chair, and the Chair of Committees takes the chair at the table below, between the Clerk and the Deputy Clerk. The composition of the committee is the same as that of the Senate.
The Deputy President is also deemed to be the President for the purpose of the statutory functions of the President in the event of the President's death, absence or incapacity (Parliamentary Presiding Officers Act 1965, ss 5-7).
The Deputy President and Chair of Committees exercises the same authority when presiding in the Senate or in committee as the President, but any disorder in committee may be dealt with only by the Senate, on receiving a report from the Chair (SO 144(7)).
The Deputy President takes the chair of the Senate whenever requested to do so by the President during a sitting of the Senate, without any formal communication to the Senate (SO 15(1)). The Deputy President must not remain in the chair of the Senate after the President enters the chamber (ruling of President Givens, SD, 24/6/1915, p. 4312). When the President is in the chamber the President must be in the chair, and cannot, in order to take part in debate in the Senate, put the Deputy President in the chair (ruling of President Givens, SD, 18/4/1918, p. 4021). Similarly, the Deputy President and Chair of Committees must be in the chair when in the chamber in committee of the whole.
The term of service and method of appointment of the Deputy President and Chair of Committees are the same as for the President (SOs 9 and 10).
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The standing orders make no provision for the resignation of the Deputy President and Chair of Committees. Resignations in writing have been directed to the President (16/3/1965, J.222; 19/2/1980, J.1129; 9/5/1995, J.3235; 6/5/1997, J.1829). There is no reason for a resignation not being made orally in the Senate, but in some past cases the senators concerned have been appointed as ministers and it is obviously undesirable that a Deputy President should also hold ministerial office for a period until the Senate next meets.
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On Judicial Nominations, Media Should Focus On Vacancy Crisis, Not Thurmond "Rule"
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The Senate is scheduled to consider the nomination of Paul Watford, one of President Obama's stalled judicial nominees, on May 21. Journalists covering the debate on the nomination would do well to consider the judicial vacancy crisis that is denying many Americans their day in court, Watford's record, and the bipartisan support his nomination has received. They need not, however, devote much attention to the so-called "Thurmond Rule." The "rule," which some have argued is a reason for the Senate to slow or even halt the confirmation of judges during a presidential election year, turns out to have been so inconsistently applied over the years that it is less a rule than a free-floating excuse for obstruction. In the face of a judicial vacancy crisis, such a vague and standard-free "rule" deserves little weight.
There is a real judicial vacancy crisis in the federal courts, with more than more than 75 judgeships currently vacant. Over 30 "judicial emergencies" exist, in which vacancies leave courts so understaffed that cases pile up and people and businesses seeking justice are faced with lengthy delays in having their cases heard. The crisis is in large part the result of unprecedented obstruction President Obama's nominees have faced. Presidents Clinton and Bush had just over 200 lower court judges confirmed during their first terms, but after three and a half years of the Obama presidency, the Senate has confirmed only 145 of his judicial nominees. The vacancy crisis will persist, and deepen as a result of additional retirements, unless the Senate picks up the pace.
The vote on Paul Watford's nomination could say a lot about whether it will do so. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has broken a threatened filibuster of Watford's nomination, and a vote will take place today. Journalists covering the vote might want to look into to Watford's record as a former Supreme Court clerk and the endorsements he has received from leading conservative and libertarian lawyers, including leaders of the Federalist Society.
Some have also raised the so-called Thurmond Rule (attributed to former Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Strom Thurmond) as a factor to consider regarding nominations. Already in January 2012 Senator Charles Grassley, the ranking minority member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, invoked the rule as a justification for an even slower pace by the Senate on judicial confirmations. Journalists need not, however, spend much time puzzling over the so-called rule in trying to understand either Watford nomination or the Senate's broader role in the nominations process.
The rule (which seems to have a different meaning for everyone who cites it) stands for the general proposition that at some point in a presidential election year, the party opposed to the president will begin to block nominees it believes to be controversial. The goal is to leave judgeships vacate in the hope that the opposition party's candidate will win the upcoming election and thus be in a position to fill the resulting vacancies. That does not mean that the Senate has consistently stopped confirming judges in presidential election years; for example, ten of President George W. Bush's district court nominees were confirmed on September 26, 2008, quite near the end of Bush's second term.
Experts from the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service who have studied the issue have concluded that although confirmations have tended to slow in presidential election years, there is neither a written rule regarding the practice, nor an informal consensus regarding how it should be applied. Most importantly, over numerous election cycles from 1980 to 2004, there was "no consistently observed date, or point in time, after which the Senate Judiciary Committee or the Senate ceased processing lower court nominations." Even conservative commentator Ed Whelan of National Review has observed, the Senate has confirmed numerous nominees after July 4 in each of the last four presidential election years.
Whatever the Thurmond "rule" might mean, in light of its murky nature it is difficult to see how it provides adequate grounds for the Senate to abandon its constitutionally-mandated duty to provide "advice and consent" on judicial nominees, especially during a judicial vacancy crisis. Only action, not more delay and obstruction, can address the crisis. The vote on the Watford nomination will go far in determining which path the Senate, and especially the opponents of President Obama's nominees, will take.
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Dunn attended his son's wedding at Winterbourne on the St. Johns River in Orange Park. His son, Chris Dunn, married Cinder Turner, now Cinder Dunn.
On Michael Dunn's Facebook page, there are pictures of him with his girlfriend, Rhonda Rouer, who police said was inside the Gate store at the time of the shooting.
There are also indications on the page of Dunn's political views, what some might call anti-government. In his "favorite quotes" section of his personal profile page, one quote is from Judge Andrews Napolitano from Lies the Government Told You. It reads:
"We should abolish the federal income tax, prohibit eminent domain, impose term congressional limits, make Congress part-time, return the power to elect senators to State legislatures, abolish the Federal Reserve system, and prosecute for malfeasance any member of Congress who cannot articulate where the Constitution authorizes whatever he or she is voting for."
Dunn has also "liked" a controversial page titled "F*** the Government."
Ron Davis said he does not desire revenge against the man accused of killing his son. Right now his focus is on his family and trying to move forward with a missing piece.
Jordan Davis' family will receive family and friends on Friday night at the West Cobb Funeral Home in Marietta, Ga. He will be buried after services at noon Saturday at Trinity Chapel Church in Powder Springs, Ga.
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Topic: Still missing you, my daughter, Harmony
It has been 2 years, 6 months and 17 days since this awful cancer took you away. I still can't believe it sometimes. Your voice is captured on my cell phone and I let your son listen to it so he will not forget the sound of you. I hear you call me "Mama" at times when I am half asleep. God gave me one beautiful dream of you to ease my broken heart. This is how I know HE lives, and so do you.
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Season 8: Episode 144: The Andrea DoriaAs quickly as he finds a great new apartment that will get him out of his parent's house, George loses it to an elderly tenant who's given preferential treatment because he survived the shipwreck of the Andrea Doria. Unable to persuade Clarence to give up the apartment, George sets out to convince the tenant's association that he has suffered far worse hardships than a shipwreck. Meanwhile, Elaine ponders keeping a boyfriend with a reputation of bad break-ups.
Although reluctant to see a doctor to treat a nagging illness, Kramer borrows a dog with similar symptoms in order to get a vet's diagnosis. As Kramer gets some animal antibiotics to treat himself, Elaine claims not to be fazed by Alan's farewell observation that she has a big head. Meanwhile, Jerry discovers that Newman has been keeping undelivered mail in his storage space to protest not getting ajob in Hawaii.
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If you had asked me ten years ago where I saw myself today, I probably would have told you sledding with huskies in Alaska or tracking down wolves in Yellowstone . . . after all wolves were my first love and that would have been my dream job at the time. Although they still have a place in my heart, African Elephants trumped those mysterious and elusive carnivores long ago. After my first day as an intern here at Oakland Zoo, I knew I was where I belonged and that was nine years ago.
There are so many things that make my job special . . . the first obviously is that I am privileged to work with these majestic
and profound giants. At the end of the day I'm exhausted . . . the job isn't glamour and all fun like everyone may think it is. The majority of our day is spent cleaning up poop, moving bales of hay, loading tree branches, and feeding. It's a dirty job but I wouldn't have it any other way and I'm now more of a tomboy then I've ever been (coming from the girl that grew up with Barbie). There's something special that happens on a daily basis that I like to call "the moment of the day". The elephants teach me something new all the time, a constant reminder of why they are so extraordinary and why I am here to stay.
My favorite "moments of the day" with Donna, Lisa, Osh, and M'Dunda:
- Did you know that elephants yawn? I don't see this very often, but sometimes at night and early morning, I get to see a stretched trunk and yawn, one of
my very favorite behaviors.
- In moments of protectiveness or just sweetness, Donna will drape her trunk over Lisa's head or body.
- Elephants use "tools" to help themselves. M'Dunda and Donna will pick up sticks to scratch their ears. Osh will stand on a log to reach a pumpkin hanging up high in a hay net.
- As part of their greeting ceremony, the females will rumble, throw their ears out, heighten their heads, then urinate and defecate simultaneously.
- Donna enjoys her time "sunning". Just today I saw her drift off into a cat nap soaking up the sun.
- M'Dunda snores!
- Lisa and Donna love to sleep together, and sometimes with their behinds touching.
- Sometimes they all get something stuck up their trunks and will contort the base of their trunk in a funny way, just like when we scrunch our faces.
- Lisa will flip upside down in the pool and scoot her body around with all four feet in the air!
- Last week, Osh dropped a caterpillar out of his trunk!
- They all like to scratch their sides and bellies on the rocks.
- Donna especially enjoys tactile touch and walks through her hanging enrichment every day.
The list could go on and on.
Second most importantly, Oakland Zoo allows me to be directly involved in conservation. Through WCS's 96 elephants campaign (www.96elephants.org) we are getting youth involved, signing petitions, and increasing awareness of the ivory trade. This is a brand new campaign that started in late 2013, symbolic for the 96 elephants a day that are being poached in Africa for their tusks (see my blog for more information, http://www.oaklandzoo.org/blog/2014/02/10/96-a-day-96-await/). We also recently began supporting a local grassroots organization, March for Elephants, that we marched with through San Francisco last year to raise awareness of the ivory trade. This passionate army of volunteers dedicate endless hours of their time and are dedicated to promoting global awareness about the elephant crisis, advocating for cessation of poaching in all regions where elephants live, and fiercely working to shut down the ivory trade. Please visit their website (www.marchforelephants.org) for more info and join us in the upcoming march on October 4th!
For the last eighteen years we have been the proud supporters of Amboseli Trust for Elephants in Kenya. Through our Celebrating Elephants Events (check out www.oaklandzoo.org/Events.php), we have been raising advocacy awareness (for both captivity and the ivory trade), through the hearts and minds of hundreds of thousands of visitors. To date we have raised over 250,000 dollars which goes directly to Amboseli to protect the elephants that live in Amboseli National Park through their forty year research project. Celebrating Elephants is a lot of work and it takes a great team to pull it off, but in the end it's more than worth it knowing that we are working to protect what elephants remain in the wild. Knowing that we had a hand in making even the smallest change for one elephant or 450,000 is conservation at its finest. So please come join us on May 17th (evening event) with special guest speaker Vicki Fishlock, Resident Scientist at Amboseli Trust, and May 24th (day event) . . . learn a lot about elephants and the way we manage them here at the zoo, see an animal-free circus, get your face painted, and eat cotton candy . . . all in the name of elephants!


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Justin Timberlake: Britney's a Madonna wannabe
Justin Timberlake took a pot-shot at Britney Spears last night while inducting Madonna into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Us Magazine reports:
Timberlake punctuated his remarks with, "The world has always been full of Madonna wannabes and I might have even dated a couple."
Justin Timberlake, we're not so different, you and I. We both like to have sex with Jessica Biel and enjoy a good Britney Spears joke. Listen, I know I'll get the short end of the stick on this deal, but if you want to make fun of Britney some more, why don't you do my job for a day? As for me, I dunno, I guess I could have sex with Jessica Biel for a day. It'll be tough, but, I respect you as an artist so I'm willing to make the sacrifice. I'm like a beacon of the human spirit and generosity and stuff. But, really, how soon could you get her here?


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The older of two sisters, Helga was raised by prosperous, non-religious Jewish parents in the small Catholic town of Duelmen in western Germany. Her family owned a linen factory. Before marrying Helga's much older father in 1927, her mother had been a Dutch citizen. As a child, Helga looked forward to vacations in the Netherlands with its comparatively relaxed atmosphere.
1933-39: At age 6 I began attending a Catholic elementary school. Antisemitism wasn't a problem till the night of November 9, 1938 [Kristallnacht, Night of Broken Glass], when Nazis from a nearby city vandalized our town's Jewish properties. Father raced downstairs and was arrested; four days later, he committed suicide in his prison cell. Mother regained her Dutch citizenship and emigrated to the Netherlands. With my grandfather's help, my sister and I joined her.
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AFC Wimbledon caretaker manager Simon Bassey was delighted with the players' reaction to Terry Brown's sacking as a week to forget culminated in three League Two points at Wycombe Wanderers on Saturday.
Bassey said that Sammy Moore's solitary strike gave the Dons "just what they deserved" and summed up the "professional attitude of the players".
Brown was sacked as manager on Wednesday, leaving Bassey to take first team training on the Thursday morning.
Bassey said: "Thursday was a difficult day – the chairman came and addressed the players and told them what the situation was.
"I just asked the players to remember that they are professional footballers and they have jobs to do.
"As much as everyone loved Terry and enjoyed working for him, life goes on and we had to put an end to a bad sequence of results.
"I have asked them to work hard and stay positive and they have done that. They showed a great attitude in training and we got our just rewards on Saturday."
He added: "Today the place is a different place and everyone is looking forward to this weekend. Everyone was really pleased and the players are smiling this morning and obviously I am really pleased we got a win."


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When AC Milan director Adriano Galliani remarked that incoming manager Clarence Seedorf would "give a jolt" to the slumping Serie A side he wasn't exaggerating.
Just four days removed from his retirement as a player and yet to oversee his first match in charge of the Rossoneri, Seedorf's return to the San Siro has nevertheless been all that anyone around the team -- players, administrators, reporters, fans -- has wanted to discuss.
And that, at least in the mind of club owner and former Italian president Silvio Berlusconi, will have already helped justify the somewhat controversial appointment of a long-time Milan midfielder without either coaching experience or the credentials typically required by the Italian Football Federation.
The sports dailies, of which there are many in Italy, have been plastered with pictures of Seedorf since his Tuesday exit from Brazilian side Botafogo, and everyone from current player Nigel de Jong to iconic striker Andriy Shevchenko to Juventus boss Antonio Conte has been quick to offer their best wishes to the likeable Dutchman.
Even Russia manager Fabio Capello, who worked at the San Siro in a trio of stints between 1987 and 1998, seemed to back off previous statements in which he advised Seedorf against jumping straight into the Milan job when, in a Friday interview with the club's official television channel, he expressed his belief that the 37-year-old had everything it would take to succeed.
"(Seedorf) has always had a great deal of character, and that's something you never lose -- no matter the role," Capello added.
Character, incidentally, is something Milan have quite clearly been lacking through what has so far been a disastrous campaign.
The seven-time European champions have won just twice in Serie A since the third week of October, and coming into Sunday's match at home to Hellas Verona -- which will be Seedorf's first as manager -- they sit 10 points back of their promoted opponents, 20 adrift of the Champions League places and 30 in arrears of table-toppers Juventus.
As far as performances are concerned Seedorf's "jolt" had better translate into improved results, and to that end it seems the four-time Champions League winner is planning a tactical shake-up intended to accommodate Milan's attacking strengths -- lining up Keisuke Honda, Kaka and Robinho in support of Mario Balotelli in a 4-2-3-1 formation.
"Seedorf will shake up the team," Galliani confirmed on Friday. "I have only had positive vibes about him so far. He is very motivated for this adventure."
Of course, motivation will take a rookie manager only so far. But this isn't the first time Berlusconi has played a hunch in his appointments.
In 1987 he hired former shoe salesman Arrigo Sacchi to coach Milan and was repaid with a Scudetto and two European Cups.
Only time will tell if Seedorf can deliver similar success, but for the moment at least the critics have been appeased.
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- AC Milan-Hellas Verona kicks off Sunday at 1:30 p.m. and can be seen on beIN Sports.
In a Friday interview with atopmercato.com, Milan midfielder Nigel De Jong sounded confident of an immediate turn-around under Seedorf, saying, "We will try to climb back up the standings and return to the European places...We have the elements and the talent to have a great second half to the season.
- Projected AC Milan lineup: Abbiati; De Sciglio, Rami, Zapata, Emanuelson; De Jong, Montolivo; Honda, Kaka, Robinho; Balotelli
- Projected Hellas Verona lineup: Rafael; Cacciatore, Moras, Maietta, Agostini; Romulo, Frello, Hallfredsson; Iturbe, Toni, Taleb
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THOUSANDS of children will miss lessons next week when teachers walk out of their classrooms for an unprecedented third time in a year.
The National Union of Teachers is taking strike action to protest against proposed government reforms.
They will be joined in a day of act-ion by other public sector work-ers who are members of Unison Head teachers across Bourne-mouth, Poole and Dorset have warned they will not know how many teachers are taking part in the strike until the day itself, Thursday July 10.
But some are already urging parents to make alternative plans for their children in case they have to close.
Amanda Jones, head teacher of Hill View Primary in Bourne-mouth has told parents: "The decision to close the school or send pupils home is never taken lightly but, in this instance, where staff have elected to take lawful industrial action, I will have no choice but to take appropriate steps to ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of all pupils."
At Christchurch Infant School, parents have been warned Foundation classes and one Year 1 class will be closed with the rest of the school open as normal.
Dorset divisional secretary of the NUT, Geoff Cooke, said members are also concerned about increasing size classes, redundancies, competition for school places and changes to the curriculum.
He added: "Strike action for the third time this school year is unprecedented and reflects teachers' anger over the refusal of tMichael Gove to have proper discussions about divisive reforms."
Bournemouth NUT chief David Morgan said: "We are heading for a catastrophe in the future because we won't be able to recruit and retain teachers unless conditions improve.
"Children will be taught by people who are not qualified for the job and that is not what we want. The main areas for concern are pay, pensions and workload."
COUNCILS in Dorset are reassuring residents that they will do all they can to maintain services during next week's public sector strike.
Tony Williams, chief executive of Bournemouth council, said: "It is difficult to gauge how many staff will strike as they are not obliged to inform us whether they intend to strike or not.
"However, I would like to assure residents we will be doing everything possible to maintain council services.
"In particular, we will do our utmost to ensure that vital front-line services such as day care, domiciliary care and child protection are running as normal in order to protect the most vulnerable."
Carl Wilcox, Head of Human Resources, Borough of Poole, said: "We anticipate that the majority of council staff will be working normally next Thursday. Our priority is to minimise the likelihood of any impact on residents but unfortunately we cannot rule out the possibility of disruption to some local services on the day. The council is continuing negotiations with local union representatives in an effort to ensure essential services for the most vulnerable are maintained during the industrial action."
A spokesman for Dorset County Council said: "We will be doing everything we can to maintain essential services. Our priority will be to continue to provide services for the most vulnerable. We will be regularly updating residents via dorsetforyou.com. Schools should be informing parents directly if headteachers and governors decide to close."


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Gov. Rick Scott has called for a review of leadership from "the top down" at Florida State College at Jacksonville after an audit released last week revealed several issues.
Scott's concerns come after Sen. Steve Oelrich called for an investigation to look closer at the leadership of FSCJ President Steve Wallace and the thousands of dollars worth of perks he has received.
Scott's office sent Channel 4 this statement:
"I have reviewed key findings associated with recent audits of FSCJ and am concerned that lack of management and financial oversight has hurt students at the college. Such findings negatively impact the school, the taxpayers and the programs necessary to help student find the best jobs in the workforce. Based on these facts and in order to ensure the greatest possible confidence in such an important educational institution, the leadership of the college, from the top down, must be seriously reviewed."
Scott went on to say he knows the board is taking the matter seriously.
FSCJ's board plans to meet Tuesday.
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Portrait of Joséphine Gaujelin
Edgar Degas, French, 1834-1917
Oil on canvas, 61.2 x 45.7 cm
Genre: European Art, Paintings
Location: Yellow Room
Accession Number: P1e4
Signed upper left: Degas. 1867.
Joséphine Gaujelin (or Gozelin) was a dancer at the Opéra in Paris and later an actor at the Théâtre du Gymnase. Degas used her as a model on several occasions, for example as a ballerina in his Classe de danse (Metropolitan Museum of Art). In this portrait, she appears in street clothes, sitting in her dressing room. Wrapped entirely in black, she sits rigidly, with arms clenched to her sides. The dour expression and reserved demeanor belie her reputation as a charismatic beauty. The portrait is almost deliberately unglamorous, although the intensity of the sitter's gaze is compelling, if not disconcerting to some viewers. Gaujelin, who had commissioned the portrait, rejected it. However, Degas exhibited it in the Paris Salon of 1869 (titled Portrait de Mme G…). Mrs. Gardner heard that Gaujelin was angry that it was coming to America.
Isabella Stewart Gardner was not a collector of Impressionism, but Degas was an exception, undoubtedly because of his serious attention to historical painting. She may have seen his paintings at the Chicago World's Columbian Exhibition in 1893. In addition to this portrait, Mrs. Gardner also owned a drawing of a ballet dancer and four other drawings.
Source: Richard Lingner, "Portrait of Joséphine Gaujelin," in Eye of the Beholder, edited by Alan Chong et al. (Boston: ISGM and Beacon Press, 2003): 195.
The recent refurbishment of the Yellow Room afforded the museum's conservation department the opportunity to examine and conserve several important paintings. Among them, Edgar Degas' Portrait of Joséphine Gaujelin was the subject of a meticulous conservation treatment. Acquired by Isabella Gardner in 1904, the painting is prominently displayed on the east wall alongside two seascapes by James McNeill Whistler. Though Degas employed thin paint layers to create the image and the surface texture is smooth, layered paint strokes are evident over much of the surface, resulting in his characteristic blurred softened forms.
The first documented treatment of the painting at the Gardner Museum occurred in 1934–35 when the painting's surface was lightly cleaned and waxed to reduce bloom in the natural resin varnish. In 1976 the painting was more thoroughly cleaned, re-varnished, and in-painted to correct abrasions from previous restorations. Over the last thirty years the varnish and wax coatings had yellowed and dulled considerably, necessitating the present restoration. The before treatment image illustrates the dulling effect of the aged varnish coating on the paint layers. The sitter's black dress was particularly dull and gray in appearance.
Examination of the paint surface under ultra-violet light illumination revealed an opaque, pale yellow fluorescence typical of an aged natural resin varnish. The darkened varnish and wax coatings were thinned and removed from the paint surface with cotton swabs dampened with mild solvent. The photograph taken during the conversation treatment documents the lighter areas along the left side of the painting where the varnish was in the process of being removed.
After cleaning, the painting was varnished with a stable and reversible synthetic varnish and minor abrasions were retouched with conservation-grade pigments. The after treatment image illustrates the dramatic improvement achieved through cleaning and varnishing. Note especially the deep saturated appearance of the black dress and reappearance of the white sequins as well as the heightened contrast between the light and dark passages.
Purchased in 1904 from Eugene Glaenzer and Co., New York.


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This past Saturday, UCSF's Parnassus Heights campus welcomed 200 high school students from throughout the Bay Area to UCSF's 11th Annual High School Outreach Conference (HSOC).
Students spent the day rotating through presentations led by student volunteers from each of UCSF's schools, giving them direct experiences with the everyday activities of dentistry, medicine, pharmacy and nursing students, as well as other health professions and sciences represented at UCSF.
"The conference strives to educate the students interactively, and each school offers a hands-on, often one-to-one learning experience for each student" explains D2 Valentina Zahran, HSOC Chair.
The high school visitors learned, among many other activities during a busy day, how to use crutches with physical therapy students; how to triage patients with medical students; how to perform CPR with nursing students; how to drill and take impressions with dental students; and how to evaluate medications with pharmacy students.
Adds Zahran: "The conference was a resounding success, and we look forward to the continued support and involvement of the UCSF community as we plan for next year!"
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Vince Vaughan to star in, produce Triple Time
The comedian will star in Triple Time as a US Marshall who must race to solve a conspiracy when the plane he travels in with a prisoner explodes.
Scott Pictures' Scott Steindorff acquired Michael J Wilson and Peter Billingsley's spec script in a preemptive move. He will produce alongside Vaughn and Victoria Vaughn of Wild West Pictures Show.
Billingsley will direct and reprises his association with Vaughn following their collaboration on Couples Retreat.
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Harry sees Crouch junior disguised by Polyjuice potion in Snapes office. Why wasnt he possible to reveal Crouch jrs coverup through seeing both crouch and moody at the same time in "moodys" office, with the original moody being held captive in the box?
- Moody's case may have some sort of protective magic that hides its contents from the Marauder's Map.--Matoro183 (Talk) 16:46, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
but, i thought any type of magic had no affect on the map? maybe he just was not looking at the defense against the dark arts office. -meena96
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AN 87-YEAR-OLD driver was taken to hospital with serious injuries after a crash which closed a road in North Dorset.
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Ambulance crews called for Dorset Fire and Rescue to help free the Jaguar driver from the car.
The man, from Wareham, suffered serious injuries and has been taken to Dorset County Hospital in Dorchester.
The A350 was closed between Drones Lane and the A30 Christy's Lane/B3091 Salisbury Road.
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(Reuters) - The Cincinnati Bengals overcame a lackluster spell in the middle of the game to keep their playoff hopes alive with a 34-13 road win over the slumping Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday.
With the victory, the Bengals improved to 8-6 on the season to climb up to second place in the AFC North and, more importantly, into the second wildcard position.
Having capitalized on Eagles errors to forge a 10-0 lead within seven minutes, the Bengals lost their focus and intensity as Philadelphia hit back with 13 unanswered points to take a three-point lead into the halftime intermission.
However, the Bengals pounced on a number of Eagles (4-10) turnovers in the second half to compile a 24-point winning run that condemned the hosts to a ninth loss in 10 games.
Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton shook off six sacks, the most in his two-season career to date, to throw 13-for-27 for 127 yards.
He also rushed for one touchdown and threw to fellow second year player A.J. Green for another, continuing the young duo's impressive chemistry.
With games against division rivals Pittsburgh and Baltimore to come, Cincinnati remain in control of their own destiny as they fight to reach the playoffs in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 1981.
"The next two are really important. A lot of people throw the history of the organization out there and talk about the fact we haven't had back-to-back playoffs in 30 years but we don't know any different," Dalton told reporters.
"We (Dalton and Green) came in our first year and made the playoffs so that's what we expect, to make the playoffs every year.
"History is history but we weren't here for that, now it's time to change that."
Bengals coach Marvin Lewis was just happy to escape the road trip with the win.
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Running back Benjarvus Green-Ellis admitted the side had taken their foot off the gas after making a quick start.
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I'm always in search of a good piece of Red, White & Blue flair to show off my American pride- especially on the 4th of July! Nothing caught my eye this year so in true Sharpie fashion, I took it upon myself to DIY the colors of the flag…
In just about 5 minutes, you too can sport team USA and be the envy of all your friends! All you will need to make these American flag Sharpie shades is:
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- Start out by drawing an outline of half of a blue box on the left eye with a blue Sharpie paint marker. Color in the "L" shape you've made while drawing star outlines as you go.
- Next, draw red stripes with a red Sharpie paint marker across the remaining area. If you are worried about drawing straight lines, just do as I did and cut thin strips of tape to lay across the rim. This will also ensure that the white stripes are even with the red.
- Lastly, (this may not apply to everyone) if you smeared any red or blue marker onto the white space use a cotton swab to wipe of access ink. Wet one side with Rubbing Alcohol then wipe off the paint, then dry that spot off with the other end of the cotton swab.
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