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5 seek 4 Connellsville Area School Board posts
Three incumbents and two challengers will be seeking the four open seats on the Connellsville Area School Board in the general election on Tuesday.
They are incumbents Paul Means, Gary Wandel, P.J. Carte, and challengers James Duncan and Jay Fox III. Means, Wandel and Fox will appear on the Democratic and Republican tickets. Carte will appear on the Republican ticket only, while Duncan will appear only on the Democratic ticket.
Means, 44, of Bullskin; Carte, 45, of Bullskin; and Wandel, 63, of Connellsville, are seeking second terms. Fox III, 45, of South Connellsville, and Duncan, 67, of Connellsville, the former superintendent of schools, are seeking their first terms.
Each seat is for a four-year term.
The candidates were asked a series of questions.
What is the role of a school board member?
• Means: "I feel the school board's most important role is to ensure that all our children receive a quality education, which will help them succeed later in life. This is done by the board making policies, hiring the best administration and staff, ensuring our students have the necessary technology, equipment and supplies, maintaining our buildings and grounds, and managing our budget to ensure the viability of our district, along with many other areas of oversight of the district."
• Wandel: "I think that the public would be surprised to learn that the job is very diverse, one that involves many hours of work without compensation. I have been very proud to serve as a member of the Connellsville Area School Board for the past four years. Working together with eight other community-minded citizens in the best interests of the students as well as the taxpayers requires a delicate balance. It requires working together to do the best job of providing a quality education for our children. I remind myself that decisions I make affect the future of this community and of our nation. An important job of a school board member is the work that occurs in committee. There are 17 committees that deal with all aspects of running a school district — from athletics to transportation. The members of the board also make decisions involving policy, hiring of staff and administrators, adoption of a budget, levying taxes, textbook adoption, and collective bargaining. We are the voice of the community, and we must always be aware of their wishes regarding the education of their children. We have adopted a new hiring policy which helps us to hire the best possible candidates as educators for our children."
• Carte: "Even though it is a volunteer position, I take my role as a school board member very seriously. As a board member, I have the responsibility for ensuring that all students receive a quality education. An essential role of the board is to hire employees. During our second month in office, we established a new hiring practice and put hiring guidelines into place. The primary goal of the new process was to ensure that the best and most qualified person is always hired. It doesn't matter who somebody knows or to whom they are related, that will not get them a job. Instead, we are looking at qualifications and ability. First, we look to see if a person has all of the qualifications required for the job that is open. If they meet the qualifications, they can move on to the interview process. Interviews are done by a team of people including central office administrators, principals and board members. When a job is highly complex or specialized, we will also include a content expert as part of the interview process. The superintendent also participates during the interview process. For teaching jobs, the candidates who have the best interviews are then invited back to teach a lesson to a class of students. Following the teaching lesson, the interview team discusses the candidates. Then, the superintendent makes a recommendation to the school board for our action and vote.
"Another important role of board members is to help parents and students when they need help. It is important for board members to remember that they are there as representatives. As such, it is important to listen to parents and students. A key role that I have as a board member is to be a conduit for parents and students. I am able to help make sure that their concerns and issues are shared with the administration and teachers.
"Additionally, the previous board had planned to close several schools in May and have all the students moved to new schools by the beginning of the new school year just three months later. So far, all of the feedback that I've received from parents, students, teachers, the school administration, and district administration has been positive.
"Furthermore, my fellow board members chose me as their representative to run for the Intermediate Unit 1 board. I'm hoping to be re-elected to make sure that I continue to represent Connellsville on the IU1 board.
Another important role of the board is to establish a good working relationship with our teachers, paraprofessionals and other staff members."
• Duncan: "I feel that a school director is a very important position, and that they must find a balance between what the children need and what the taxpayers can afford. They can levy tax, hire and fire, and it is truly a very powerful position and one that must always carry the best interests of the students. A director should be someone with an educational background as well as background in dealing directly with members of the community so that they are able to see situations from both angles."
• Fox III: "The role of the school board member is to make policies for the school district and to oversee the operation of the school district and its many aspects and to help the administration with their job of running the school district."
What areas of the school district need improving?
• Means: "I feel that any district has room for improvement and we are certainly trying to do this by investing in new technology, supplying new textbooks, upgrading our facilities and constantly assessing our curriculum and improving this to meet the students' educational needs. These are all areas that we will continue to improve upon and monitor in the future."
• Wandel: "One who serves the community should never be completely satisfied with any aspect of being responsible to our young people and taxpayers. There is always room for improvement. However, I am very proud of the accomplishments of this board since my election four years ago. The high school renovation is something that has been talked about for many years, and has come to fruition under this board. We have looked at areas of concern and addressed them, making sure that our curriculum is aligned to state standards and Common Core. We have data-driven instruction that evaluates each student's weaknesses and tailors instruction to target those weaknesses. Since reading and math are central to the understanding of all subjects, we are working hard to make sure our elementary students are performing at or above grade level in these areas.
"We are proud of the partnership our technical education departments have with the community, but are always working to improve our graduation rate. None of our schools are in school improvement, but we are continuing to insure that all students are given an opportunity for success. Technology is central to our students' learning. Therefore, we continue to provide the latest technology for them. After much consideration, study and listening to the community, we were able to close a junior high and an elementary school, thereby saving considerable taxpayer money.
"I am very proud of our success in getting a Junior ROTC program in our high school. It is a great program that is teaching our children values and discipline."
• Carte: "Over the past four years, as a school board, we have continually focused our efforts on continuously improving. Working in conjunction with our teachers, administrators, and paraprofessionals, we have made great strides in improving. We have focused on the data and made data driven decisions. For instance, on the elementary level, we discovered that most of our textbooks were written back in the 1990s. Our students and teachers hadn't been given the right tools to use. Before buying new textbooks, the curriculum was revised for each subject. We wanted to be certain that our curriculum matched the state standards. Also, instead of waiting on things to happen, we took a proactive approach. We started changing our curriculum to be in alignment with the Common Core a few years ago. We have taken a much more proactive stance in the last four years. Before we came on the board, our students were being tested on the PSSAs; however, most of their textbooks were published before the PSSAs had even come into existence. Upon discovering this after we first elected, we, as a school board, decided that our students needed new textbooks. Consequently, we have adopted many new textbooks over the past four years. Our elementary students now have new textbooks for language arts (reading, English, and spelling), math, and social studies. In math, we purchased consumable textbooks so that our students will receive new books every year; as standards change from year to year, our textbooks will change with them, and we won't have to buy new books to make sure that our students have the newest standards being taught to them. This year, we just added new social studies books. Additionally, in science, we are now utilizing science kits so that our elementary students are getting hands-on experience in science. As teams of administrators, teachers, and board members saw the need for new textbooks, those were purchased in a variety of subject areas.
"We have also begun to use the data that we have available to us as a school district. Our students were given different tests to assess their performance throughout the school year. Instead of just having them take the test to assess the school's overall performance, we are now making extensive use of the data for each student. We now have data teams that are looking to see where individual students have weaknesses. In order to help our elementary students, we started intervention periods. During that intervention, teachers work with individual students on their specific needs.
"We also need to continue monitoring our performance in our elementary schools and ensuring that all of our students are on grade level or above in reading. We also need to continue improving our high school graduation rate and our technical education programs."
• Duncan: "In general, I feel that the Connellsville school district is doing well. But I do feel that some concentration should be made in the technical programs to assure that they are supervised and maintained. We did all those renovations at the technical school and now they are selling off equipment and dropping programs and in my opinion, that is not what this district needs. Technical jobs are a major part of our area and there is a lot of need for people to get their technical skills and training and not just students-there is also a need to offer training to adults-this all needs to be looked at more closely as I don't feel that all of the students are getting everything that they can. We need to look at what our students need and what the general public needs such as training programs that can be used to fill various areas for jobs."
• Fox III:"The school district can always continue to improve by updating technology, making sure we are teaching the students what they need to be successful and also keeping our building updated and well maintained."
What can the district do to help students with the various testings that are required?
• Means: "I feel that we are being very proactive in improving our tests scores and are providing resources to help the students continue to move the district forward on our goal of all our students meeting the current standards. We have instituted tutorials, adjusted our curriculum and have put together teams of our administration and teachers to continue to stay ahead of the curve as new core requirements are released. We are constantly assessing our areas of deficiency and then utilizing our resources to correct these areas."
• Wandel: "Our administration and teachers are already working very hard to make sure that our students do their very best on these tests. More importantly, our teachers are helping them to a better understanding of these subjects. Simply teaching to a test is not productive or helpful to our students. What is important is making sure that our students are good thinkers and problem solvers. This will help them to be better able to compete in our technology driven world. We also have tutorials that provide individual help for any student who needs help."
• Carte: "Connellsville Area School District has been very aggressive in helping students improve their scores on various testing that is required. We have already implemented many different strategies to help our students improve their test scores. As a starting point, the curriculum has been re-written to make sure that it is aligned with the state standards.
"On the elementary level, we have added intervention periods where teachers work with students to address specific skills with which they need help. Data teams are meeting and continually monitoring student performance to determine areas of strength and weakness. Then, students receive instruction that is specific for them. They are provided with additional help in the particular area where they need it. Several different computer programs have been purchased to help students with specific skills. The programs are geared toward the students' specific needs. After school tutoring has also been offered.
"On the secondary level, we are also using data driven decisions. Using student specific data, we are able to tailor the education to each individual student to meet their needs. Tutorial classes are also being offered in all of the subjects that are tested. During the tutorial classes, teachers are able to provide individual instruction in the area where the students are struggling. After school tutoring has also been offered to students.
"A lot of emphasis has been placed on helping students improve their scores on various testing, and we just need to make sure that we continue provide those resources to our students. We must continue to monitor the data to see if we have a need to do anything more than we are already doing. If the data show that we have such a need, then, we'll look at adding more resources for our students."
• Duncan: "I think that the Connellsville School District like any other district is trying to improve testing in all the schools. Studies show that there is a close correlation to social economics and test scores Not everyone is the same and not everyone is going to be able to meet the same levels in proficiency. Having everyone score at the same high levels is not realistic. I think that our staff is doing an excellent job and our top students are getting into top schools. Our teachers need to work with the students and I think that they are doing that and they can always do better. It is good for everyone to have goals, and most of our students will move on to higher levels of education, but to say that everyone is ever going to be at the same level is not a realistic expectation."
• Fox III: "The district should focus on where we are deficient and adjusting our curriculum and courses to best prepare our students."
Marilyn Forbes is a contributing writer.


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Do you doubt that the coaching staff will do what they say? Do you doubt their commitment to doing those things? Do you doubt their ability to do those things? If not, relax, let them do their job, and enjoy the ride. If they continue doing what they've been doing, I guarantee that the sky won't fall. The Packers lost 6 games last season. The sky didn't fall then.<quoted text>The important thing is coach Mc and the players know they are not playing at their best and can improve and need to clean it up ( ive heard coach Mc. mention many times,need to clean it up,so its not me) so they will keep working on it and try to improve at every aspect and take nothing for granted!
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There are 36 comments on the PageantCast News Desk story from Nov 8, 2011, titled Packers' porous defense not relishing 8-0 start. In it, PageantCast News Desk reports that:
Green Bay Packers strong safety Charlie Peprah, left, intercepts a pass thrown by San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers in the final minute of the fourth quarter during an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov.
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#22 Nov 9, 2011
GBPfan...I firmly believe your a closet Viking fan. Go Pack. Knucklehead.
#23 Nov 9, 2011
I believe in the PACKERS as a team. They have the Lombardi Trophy and 8-0 record to prove they have earned that confidence. If you don't like that, we true Packer fans can do without you. Knucklehead.
#24 Nov 9, 2011
d is bad
#25 Nov 9, 2011
What does that make all of the defenses in the NFL that are worse?
#26 Nov 9, 2011
I dont doubt them at all.In fact i put up with your holier then thou bs defending them.I also remember the 09 season ( which this defense is familiar) and the Packers lost 51-45 in OT vs Arizona if you remember.
Alls im saying is the Packers need to play better defense,its not a big deal,its not complicated,Defense wins SB's simple as that.
#27 Nov 9, 2011
worse (duh)
#28 Nov 9, 2011
Tater is slang for potato and Tots may have been derived from their diminutive size, or because they are often served to children...like hairy candy at a Penn State game...
#29 Nov 9, 2011
Aaaaaaah, potatofarts, it's "TATOR", the name given my dog when I got him from the humane society. AND...to make comments "like hairy candy at a Penn State game..." shows your maturity level is at ZERO. GBPackerfan, I bleed Green and Gold and ALWAYS will. Please cross over to the Purple team and take your childish ignorance with you. You are the definition of a KNUCKLEHEAD...knucklehead. Go Pack. And maybe you should go to the Packer site and check out the multiple articles where the players for the PACKER DEFENSE state over and over that they NEED TO SHORE UP THE DEFENSE immediately...or are they just KNUCKLEHEADS as well? Go Pack...let's give it to the Vikes on Monday Night...are you ready for some football?
#30 Nov 9, 2011
And GBPackerfan...that makes all the defenses in the league that are worse than the Pack...(how many is that anyway....) REALLY REALLY BAD DEFENSES...I'm mean, really, do I have to get out some crayons and some construction paper and draw you a picture? It's been my experience that those who make in-depth theoretical comments like you do, should probably stop smokn reefer when your posting comments...Go Pack. Please...post some more and let's see just how high you can get.
#31 Nov 9, 2011
I would bet that not many, if any, SB winners had a defense ranked as low as the Packers are currently ranked. The Packers can score with anybody in the league. But, like you, I agree that the defense needs to step up shut somebody down for a complete game. Thought they had done it against San Diego and in a matter of 67 sec. they cut the lead down to 7. Won't be able to get away with that in the playoffs. Do you suppose that if the Packers don't win the SB this season that GBPfan will be calling for TT's and MM's head?
#32 Nov 9, 2011
Haha i would hope not,but, who knows and God forbid if we didnt agree with him,then the TT lover,loser GM bs starts again.I never once said they wouldnt win it,Alls i said was the defense must play better and last year the defense stepped up at the end of the season,so it can happen again and they have the talent but at times guys are looking at eachother like who was supposed to cover the guy or there was a guy or 2 out of position,which happens,they are only human,but, week in and week out,it has to be cleaned up and im confident Mc and the coaching staff and the defense will do what it takes to clean it up ect.Charles Woodson stated Capers should come up with more plays for C.M. which is very cool.There is a star ( C.W.) who is calling for more plays for a team mate,hes giving up the spot light so to speak,very unselfish of him and a guy who wants to win and sadly not every super star would do that.
#33 Nov 10, 2011
Why? How much better does the Packer defense need to play to improve on being undefeated? Outscoring your opponent wins SB's simple as that.
#34 Nov 10, 2011
You already have drawn me a picture with your crayons. I'm not impressed. There are 15 teams with worse defenses if you base it purely on the amount of points scored by opposing offenses. So you are claiming that half the league has really, really bad defenses. If you can't accept how good the Packer TEAM is, then STFU and let the TRUE Packer fans do the commenting. You can stick to your crayons.
BTW the stats are always skewed a bit AGAINST the defense of the league's highest scoring offense. The PACKERS play a disproportionate amount of time with a large lead. Other teams are playing from behind, passing a lot, and the Packers are often in a prevent defense which allows scoring that otherwise would not occur. If you knew anything about football, you would know those things. In other words, the defense really is better than middle of the league as the stats indicate.
#35 Nov 10, 2011
Time to feed tator tots hairy candy coated in peanut butter...
#36 Nov 10, 2011
I'm sure he would go for it. He's obviously gullible enough.
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FINAL: SOUTH 53, MARTINSVILLE 51. Great game. Gage Rogers with the winning free throws. Aaron Tincher again had a chance to beat Bloomington basically at the buzzer with a wide-open 3 and the score tied, but this one rimmed out from the top of the key, and when Rogers rebounded, he was fouled by Martinsville's Noah Davis at 0:03.5 to set up the decisive charities. Keaton Hendricks had 18 to lead South and Troy Spears 27 for Martinsville,
0:03.5: South 52, Martinsville 51. Gage Rogers just hit a free throw to put South ahead, and will shoot another after the timeout.
0:36.1: Martinsville still 50-49, with ball. Jager 3 rimmed out, Hendricks follow hung on rim and fell off, and after a Winters board, a Hendricks pass for Martindale went out of bounds. Artesians will be shooting bonus.
1:13: Martinsville 50, South 49, Panther ball with timeout after a Winters deflection of a Spina pass leads to a Rogers steal.
2:38 to play: Tie, 48-48. Great game, but refs have taken over, blowing a whistle every time down. Blackwell and Gooch already fouled out for South, and both calls were bogus. Calling cheap ones on Martinsville, too.
END THIRD QUARTER: TIE, 39-39. Troy Spears now has 27 points and is obviously a big reason the Artesians have played right with South,
2:07: Tie, 37-37. Troy Spears continues to have a phenomenal night for Martinsville with five 3s and two dunks and 25 points so far.
5:03: South 32, Martinsville 30. Keaton Hendricks has made two straight steals and already has five points this period as South, down by 9 briefly in the second quarter, now leads.
HALFTIME: MARTINSVILLE 27, SOUTH 25. Good one, with good shooting by both sides. Park-Tudor transfer Troy Spears has 17 points for Martinsvile on 5 of 7 shooting (3 of 4 from 3). Keaton Hendricks and Johnny Jager have 6 apiece to lead South. South is 10 of 17 and Martinsville is 8 of 16 from the field, overall. South has eight turnovers to Martinsville's six.
6:17. Martinsville 19, South 15. Hendricks and Gooch have 2 fouls apiece for South now.
END FIRST QUARTER: Martinsville 13, South 11. Troy Spears scored the first 10 Artesian points. Martinsville is playing a box-and-one defense on South freshman scoring leader Tucker Blackwell, who got a 3 late in the period off a Keaton Hendricks steal.
PREGAME: I'm pretty bummed, actually. I ate fast food on the way up here but, had I known any better, I'd have waited till I got to the John R. Wooden Gymnasium, where "Beyers Burgers" are available. They apparently involve burger AND pulled pork AND extra cheese. I presume former South assistant and first-year Martinsville head coach Criss Beyers is personally responsible for the recipe.
Otherwise, it's a fine Friday night for a little fraternal rivalry. South Hall of Fame coach J.R. Holmes will guide his 6-5 Panthers against the host Artesians of Beyers, off to a strong 7-4 start in his first season at Martinsville. But an even more brotherly element of the battle will pit Panther freshman guard Tucker Blackwell up against a Martinsville club that has his brother, Tanner, on the bench as an assistant coach.
Story-lines aside, it shapes up as a good ballgame. Martinsville already collected a Bloomington scalp earlier this month with a dramatic overtime win at North, decided by an Aaron Tincher buzzer-beating 3 pointer. South, led by 9 points from Keenan Franz, just closed out a good, competitive 40-33 win in tonight's JV game. As always, we'll have varsity updates here on Quickhits as time and opportunity permit and will have quarterly scoring updates via Twitter at htograham.


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The Killeen City Council is preparing to undertake a review of the city's charter — and the time is right to do so.
It's been seven years since the city last revised its governing document. State law allows municipalities of at least 2,500 residents to review their charters every two years.
Several areas will be up for discussion, but the main focus likely will be on council members' terms and revising the charter's recall language.
Increasing council members' terms in office from two years to three was a subject of discussion during the last charter review, but ultimately it failed to gain enough support to go before voters.
Switching to three-year terms would have some benefits. Newly elected members would have more time to become knowledgeable about the workings of the city and gain insight into local issues. A longer term also would remove the need for council members to be in campaign mode after only 18 months in office.
But with the change, a council member or mayor would be term-limited after two terms in office, instead of the current three, as required by state election law.
State law also would require a runoff election if the leading vote-getter fails to receive more than 50 percent of the vote. Currently, district and mayoral candidates can be elected with a plurality of the vote. Of course, each required runoff would be an added expense to the city.
Changing the charter's language regarding recall elections likely will receive more consideration, in the wake of last year's successful recall that removed five council members from office.
During the course of the recall process, several questions arose, including how petition signatures were gathered and who was eligible to sign the petition.
One discrepancy was the fact that all registered voters were allowed to sign the recall petition for council members representing specific districts, even though the petition signers didn't all live in those districts. Yet, when the recall election was held, voters had to live in a district to vote on the recall of their respective representatives.
Part of the confusion stemmed from a switch to single-member districts after the 2005 charter review — a change that has produced mixed results and could be up for reconsideration by the current council.
Another topic likely to generate discussion is the threshold for petition signatures needed to authorize a recall election. The current charter calls for signatures equal in number to 51 percent of the people who voted in the last election in which four council members were elected. Unfortunately, that number can vary widely with voter turnout, as well as the number of contested races.
City officials likely will recommend the charter tie the signature requirement to the number of registered voters in the city — a more stable figure that is likely to rise slightly as the city's population increases. Copperas Cove made such a change in its 2010, following its own recall election in 2007.
The council is right to examine these and other potential adjustments to the charter now, since any proposed changes likely will go before the voters next May. If the council chooses to form a 15- to 20-member charter committee to review potential changes, as the mayor has proposed — it could be a protracted process.
But anything worth doing is worth doing right.
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At Salado, Meredith Ward scored 14 points and the Lady Eagles dominated the glass to cruise to a victory in their District 22-2A opener.
Led by Taylor Atwood (11 rebounds) and Jaylee Sebek (10), Salado (6-8, 1-0) finished with a 38-11 edge on the boards. Atwood added 11 points, and Sebek contributed nine.
Rogers fell to 7-6, 0-1.
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Many of the tests your doctor arranges for you today are less intrusive and more comfortable than in the past. A variety of specimen collection equipment has been designed with patient comfort in mind.
Understanding what will happen, communicating your needs to the health care professionals assisting you, employing simple relaxation techniques, and knowing how to take care of any minor physical pains will help the apprehensive individual be most comfortable and prepared for a medical test. Now, the next time your doctor requests some "routine tests," you can take comfort in knowing the routine.


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Nic Fanciulli's showcase returns to matter with another showcase of dance music pioneers on Saturday September 12th…
Headlining this time around will be Trentemoller who'll be making his third appearance of 2009, having previously packed out the venue with his DJ performances in March and June. This year has seen Anders Trentemoller make an impact as a DJ of note, building on his already stellar reputation as a producer and live artist. His first DJ mix compilation Harbour Boat Trips 01: Copenhagen was released in June, showcasing his influential style with a blissful drift through acoustic-led electronica and the dubbier reaches of his own production work. His Poker Flat album The Last Resort still stands as one of the decade's most important electronic records, with the accompanying Trentemoller live show being widely regarded as one of the best around. A matter favourite, his DJ sets are always a special occasion.
It wouldn't be a Saved session without an appearance by a genuine legend of electronic music, and so it is that Kevin Saunderson will be on hand to make his matter debut. One of the original Detroit innovators, Saunderson started shaping the future of electronic music in the mid-80s, alongside Juan Atkins and Derrick May as one of the originators of the Detroit techno sound. With a far-ranging influence on everything that's comes since, there's not a techno producer around who isn't in some way indebted to Saunderson. His new album History Elevate, a joint release by Saunderson's KMS Records and fabric recordings, stands as testament to this, with the first CD bringing together the diverse array of acts he's remixed, from Pet Shops Boys, Cameo and Cerrone to Hercules & Love Affair, The Presets and Simian Mobile Disco. Disc 2 sees some of his best-known disciples rework Saunderson's biggest tracks, with Luciano, Claude Vonstroke, Carl Craig, Jesse Rose and Joris Voorn all on hand to turn in remixes.
With Saunderson joining Trentemoller and Nic Fanciulli in Room 1 for a DJ set, he'll also be appearing in Room 2 on the night for a live Inner City performance. One of the biggest and most beloved dance acts of all time, Inner City had worldwide smashes with Big Fun and Good Life, twelve UK Top 40 hits in total, two top ten albums and combined worldwide sales topping 6 million. Saunderson and vocalist Paris Grey made a return to the live stage with their Eastern Electrics warehouse party in July to celebrate History Elevate's launch, and now come to matter to perform once more in the capital and share the Good Love.
Also featuring on the bill will be matter resident Paul Woolford - as busy as ever, this season's Ibiza residency has been one of his best yet, while his production work is as prolific as ever, with a string of releases on his Intimacy label, and production and remix work in high demand.
They'll be joined by Spanish duo Uner & Coyu - who've been making a splash recently with some incessantly funky house grooves released on Systematic records - and Mark Fanciulli, who'll be illustrating that DJing talent is in the blood.
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Exxon to Sell Most Virginia Sites to Local Operators
Stations selling for $500,000 and up, depending on location.
HAMPTONS ROAD, Va. -- The faces of 48 dealers operating Exxon gasoline stations across Hampton Roads probably won't change, but the name on the pumps will, reported the Hampton Roads Daily Press.
"When we assessed the market in Hampton Roads last year to see how we could be more competitive, we determined that customers wanted larger convenience stores," said Patty Delaney, spokeswoman for Exxon in Fairfax, Va. "The company-operated stations offered larger stores."
Delaney said the company plans to continue operating all company-owned gasoline stations and convenience stores in Hampton Roads. Delaney says Exxon has 23 such stations in the area.
In an effort to become more competitive, Exxon will shed its 48 dealer-operated stations by allowing local dealers to buy the sites. Of the 48 sites in Hampton Roads, only eight have yet to go through the process of rebranding.
James City County Exxon dealer and station operator Melvin Washington is in the process of selecting a new brand for his station now. He says his Exxon sign should change by the end of November. "Overall, it's going to be a better deal to own the station," Washington says. "I've been paying rent for years, and now I have a chance not to pay rent, and the station becomes an asset."
Washington says the stations are selling for $500,000 and up, depending on the location. If a dealer doesn't want to buy a station, Washington says Exxon is still putting the station on the market, but dealers have the first chance to buy the site.


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Berlin - A bomb threat in Germany forced the evacuation of a luxury hotel during a 70th birthday party for former chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, media reports said on Tuesday.
Police late on Monday searched the venue, the Kronberg Castle hotel and golf resort near Frankfurt, with sniffer dogs after a phone call threatening a "harmful incident" at around 17h30 GMT, they said.
Spiegel Online and other media said it was a bomb threat.
Social Democrat Schroeder sparked controversy recently for defending his confidant, Russian President Vladimir Putin, amid the Ukraine crisis and publicly embracing him late last month at an earlier birthday party for Schroeder in the Russian strongman's hometown of St Petersburg.
Among the invited guests at the latest party, hosted by a banking group, were Russian ambassador Vladimir Grinin and business leaders including Deutsche Bank co-chief Juergen Fitschen, reports said.
The guests were taken by shuttle bus to another venue, but were allowed to return after police gave the all-clear at 21h20 GMT, police told reporters. - AFP


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Criminal Minds/The Tribe
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The Tribe is the sixteenth episode of the first season of Criminal Minds.
Starring: Mandy Patinkin (Jason Gideon), Thomas Gibson (Aaron Hotchner), Lola Glaudini (Elle Greenaway), Shemar Moore (Derek Morgan), Matthew Gray Gubler (Dr. Spencer Reid), A.J. Cook (Jennifer "J.J." Jareau)
Also Starring: Kirsten Vangsness (Penelope Garcia)
Guest Starring: Gregory Norman Cruz (John Blackwolf), Chris Ellis (Sheriff Rhodes), Robert Curtis Brown (Peter Greisen), Eric Johnson (Sean Hotchner), Chad Allen (Jackson Cally), Skyler Shaye (Ingrid Greisen)
Co-Starring: Geoff Meed (Eugene Leland/Unsub #1), Sky Soleil (Kyle Van Owen/Unsub #2), Sonya Stephens (Jane Bear), Aaron McPherson (Deputy #1), Josh Duhon (Rammy), Dagger Tompkins (Samuel)


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A stealthy release that latches onto your attention
The latest in the PlayStation's popular ninja series is soon coming to the Xbox 360, and Tenchu Z looks to be taking advantage of the 360's hardware in the upcoming sequel. Named Tenchu Senran in Japanese markets, a playable demo was recently released on Xbox Live accounts for Japanese players.
The Tenchu series is all about stealth, with your character skulking through the shadows of various 17th century Japanese locales stabbing enemies in the back and generally making an unseen nuisance of yourself. Add in the ability to dive indefinitely by using a bamboo reed, and being able to sheathe your weapon in order to free your hands.
What separates Tenchu from other ninja games, even more than the emphasis on stealth instead of action, is the ever present grappling hook that the main character wields during the game. That, and the level of gore.
Battered and bloodied
The weapons list in Tenchu Z stays more or less the same as in the others, with the aforementioned grappling hook used to navigate the levels, but the game also sports explosives as well as daggers and katanas, to name a few. And while these weapons all come in handy when dealing with enemies and the expected strategy elements, it looks like you can make your way through the earlier levels without using many items against enemies.
The AI so far does not look that impressive, with enemies quickly forgetting about your existence if you run around a corner or hide behind some boxes. This will prove helpful for gamers who aren't familiar with stealth-based games, but for those more mature gamers who want a realistic ninja experience, it can be a point against Tenchu Z.
But in order to counter the apparent lack of difficulty, developer K2 LLC has raised the gore level to outstanding heights. Blood spurts from open wounds, limbs fall off, and mayhem is released when you attack from the shadows that are your second home. This also increases the age rating of the game, though it hasn't be set as of yet.


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Children's Aid to Receive Pro Bono Consulting Through Morgan Stanley's Strategy Challenge
Morgan Stanley is lending a helping hand to The Children's Aid Society and fourteen other nonprofit organizations by providing pro bono strategic consulting as part of its fourth annual Strategy Challenge. Over the course of eight weeks, CAS will work with a team of Morgan Stanley volunteers to review the current business model and growth strategies. This wonderful opportunity will benefit CAS in a multitude of ways and will further our mission to assist children and families in need throughout New York City.
As part of this exciting program, Morgan Stanley volunteers will present their recommendations to experts from both the private and nonprofit sectors. Chairman and CEO James Gorman will present awards to the top teams. Click here to view the official press release.


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Where can I find the API key so that a client can use the Worpress plugin on their site?
Many thanks
Which one are you looking for? Your API key is located in the "Account Settings" menu which is accessible from the top navigation in the CampaignMonitor interface.
The list_id key for adding subscribers to a specific list can be found by clicking the "Edit List Name / Type" button when you're viewing a subscriber list.
Finally, the client_id key can be found clicking the "Client Settings" tab when you're viewing a client's page.
It was the client API key I couldn't find, because it seems it only displays once I create my main account API key.
Makes sense now, but not at the time. :-)
Not sure now if I'd want to recommend the WordPress plugin by Instinct to cliients as we'd have to give clients our main API key as well. Any security issues with that?
From the readme file:
"3. Goto Campaign Monitor and get/Create your API key,, create a client and get the api key for that too."
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thanks for posting your finding. i couldn't find the API key either! ;)
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There are a broad range of dyslexia treatments.
Because dyslexia's most salient symptom is childhood difficulty with learning to read, the most common form of treatment is through specialized tutoring or teaching tailored to meet the particular learning characteristics of the student. Most teaching is geared to remediating specific areas of weakness, such as addressing difficulties with phonetic decoding by providing phonics-based tutoring. The most common form of treatment for dyslexia in English-speaking countries is through educational tutoring, often using an approach based on Orton-Gillingham, which provides systematic, multisensory teaching geared to building phonetic decoding skills. It is important to note that there is no cure for Dyslexia. As a dyslexics brain processes information in a different way to the majority of people they must learn strategies to cope in the world as their brain allows. Once strategies have been learnt, for problems such as reading, spelling, memory and comprehension speed, it can be perceived that the person is not longer dyslexic. However the individual is still processing information in the same way, but has learnt how to overcome difficulties they may be faced. Strategies may be different for each person.
Some teaching is geared to specific reading skill areas, such as phonetic decoding; whereas other approaches are more comprehensive in scope, combining techniques to address basic skills along with strategies to improve comprehension and literary appreciation. Many programs are multisensory in design, meaning that instruction includes visual, auditory, and kinesthetic or tactile elements; as it is generally believed that such forms of instruction are more effective for dyslexic learners.[1] Despite claims of some programs to be "research based", there is very little empirical or quantitative research supporting the use of any particular approach to reading instruction as compared to another when used with dyslexic children.[2][3]
Remedial efforts focusing on phonological awareness training (often involving breaking words into their basic sounds and rearranging these sounds to produce different words) can improve reading decoding skills. The earlier the phonological regimen is taken on, the better the overall result.
Other popular educationally-based methods include Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes, which provides extensive tutoring geared to developing precursor and ancillary reading skills, such as Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing (LiPS) Program, to help develop phonemic awareness [1]; and Phono-Graphix, which is an alternative multisensory approach to teaching phonetic skills, designed to be faster paced and to avoid the repetition and drill associated with traditional tutoring methods.[2]
There are also a number of therapeutic approaches which focus on providing treatment for underlying cognitive, neurological, auditory, or visual impairments thought to underlie dyslexia. These include the following: Davis Dyslexia Correction, which is a comprehensive, counseling-based approach combining mental techniques to overcome disorientation associated with dyslexia with the use of clay modeling to learn the alphabet, words and concepts; Fast ForWord, a software training program geared to improving children's ability to distinguish the sounds of language; the Dore Program (DDAT), a system of balance and coordination exercises designed to increase cerebellar function; Auditory integration training; and Neurofeedback.
There is also some evidence that musical training may provide a further avenue of remediation for dyslexia.[4][5]
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|Although there are no treatments or quick cures for dyslexia there are several techniques that can be used to cope with the struggles of dyslexia.
1. Over-learning or repetition is necessary to reinforce new material.
Recent DevelopmentsEdit
Accessible publishing works to make reading easier for all that struggle with the standard one-size-fits-all method of book publishing. Accessible publishing works with publishers and Print on Demand technology which allows the reader to choose how the books will be published. Available format variations include choosing the font size (from 11 point font through to 28 point font), whether the font is bold, italic or regular, and choosing the amount of line spacing[7]. There are also a variety of special fonts being developed for dyslexia, eye tracking problems and other conditions[8]. Accessible publishers, such as ReadHowYouWant, also work to make books available in Braille, e-books, audiobooks and DAISY. Context sensitive spell checkers combined with text-to-speech and aimed for dyslexia assistance, such as Ghotit Dyslexia Spellchecker, are the new directions in making writing easier [9]
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- ↑ Henry, M.K. (1998). Structured, sequential, multisensory teaching: the Orton legacy. Annals of Dyslexia 48: 3–26.
- ↑ Ritchey, K.D., Goeke, J.L. (2006). Orton-Gillingham and Orton-Gillingham Based Reading Instruction: A Review of the Literature. The Journal of Special Education 40 (3): 171–183 http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/proedcw/jse/2006/00000040/00000003/art00005.
- ↑ Connor, C.M.D., Morrison, F.J.; Fishman, B.J.; Schatschneider, C.; Underwood, P. (2007-01-26). THE EARLY YEARS: Algorithm-Guided Individualized Reading Instruction. Science 315 (5811): 464.
- ↑ Overy, K (2000). Dyslexia, Temporal Processing and Music; The potential of music as an early learning aid for dyslexic children. Psychology of Music 28: 218-229.
- ↑ Miles,Tim: Music and Dyslexia: Opening New Doors, Whirr Publishers, London UK 2001
- ↑ Reid, Gavin. Dyslexia 2nd edition. New York: Continuum International.(2007).Pages 41-95
- ↑ http://www.readhowyouwant.com/Format/index.aspx
- ↑ http://papercuts.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/20/making-reading-easier/
- ↑ http://speedchange.blogspot.com/2008/02/ghotit.html
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Pirates notebook: Walker's razor a right-handed swing solution
CINCINNATI — When examining competing theories for a solution to a problem, sometimes the simpler choice is best.
Neil Walker went into the offseason well aware of the criticism regarding his right-handed swing. He knew he hit .225 with no home runs right-handed last season. Some suggested he retire from switch-hitting. Instead, Walker resolved to fix his right-handed swing, traveling to Bradenton, Fla., in mid-January to begin the search for an answer.
Walker's solution seems obvious. He has raised his hands to more closely resemble the starting point of his more successful left-handed swing, shortening the bat path. He then took hundreds of extra right-handed reps in Florida batting cages and batting practice sessions this March to develop muscle memory, also focusing on beginning his swing earlier.
The early results have been excellent. Walker hit his fifth career right-handed home run Tuesday off Reds left-handed pitcher Manny Parra. Walker entered Wednesday batting .375 right-handed, albeit a small sample size. He also demonstrated improvement in March. Walker hit .353 in 17 spring at-bats right-handed, including a home run against Phillies' lefty Armando Bastardo on March 16, his only homer of the spring.
"I've worked on so many different things mechanically over the last several years but the only thing that I worked on this offseason was getting my hands into a little bit better hitting position, similar to my left-handed swing," Walker said. "That was my focus. I wanted both my sides to be somewhat similar. It makes maintenance easier, understanding what my body is doing, what is going on if things go haywire."
Walker said one of the difficulties in maintaining a right-handed swing as a switch-hitter is there are fewer left-handed pitchers, meaning fewer in-game reps. The issue is exacerbated with the Pirates as the only left-handed coach available for batting practice is pitching coach Ray Searage, whose time is more wisely spent working with pitchers.
"Once spring training started I made sure we had a guy over there who was left-handed," Walker said. "One of the minor league guys would come over and work with us, he would throw (batting practice) in the morning."
Walker said the club is working on finding another left-handed batting practice arm.
Pirates manager Clint Hurdle sees a right-handed Walker that looks more like the left-handed Walker, who has a .799 career OPS and 54 homers against right-handed pitching.
"The swing is different. The swing is improved," Hurdle said. "It's just hard work. It's commitment. It's believing in him."
Tabata injured, status unknown
Pirates outfielder Jose Tabata slammed into the left-field wall in the fifth inning while making a catch Wednesday. He held on to the ball but lay on the warning track in pain for several minutes. He slowly walked off the field and did not return.
The Pirates announced Tabata was dealing with "mild" concussion symptoms. Hurdle said it was too early to tell if Tabata would miss significant time.
"I'm glad he was able to walk off. We'll see how he feels tomorrow. He was responsive," Hurdle said. "I'll probably have more information (Thursday)."
Hurdle also declined to address who would replace Tabata as a fourth outfielder if Tabata qualifies for the seven-day concussion DL.
"It's too early to tell," Hurdle said. "I'd like to see Tabata (Thursday)."
Mental day for Marte
With just two hits through the first eight games of the road trip, Starling Marte was scheduled for an off-day Wednesday to regroup, Hurdle said. Marte entered the day second in the NL with 23 strikeouts. He had to replace the injured Tabata in the fifth inning.
"The swing doesn't look right to me," Hurdle said. "It's been too soft at the top of the order. I just think he needs a day off to rest himself mentally."
Marte entered Wednesday hitting .259 with a .348 on-base percentage.
Stewart plan in place
Hurdle said the club has finalized a plan for backup catcher Chris Stewart's return to the major league club, though Hurdle was unwilling to share the time line. Stewart, who is rehabbing a torn meniscus, is eligible to return from the disabled list. He was scheduled to catch Jeff Locke in a start with Triple-A Indianapolis on Wednesday.


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From Our ReadersI read the article, "A Force to Reckon With," in the July/August 2003 issue with interest as I know Lisa Whited and was affiliated with the Boston Architectural Center (BAC) for several years. I am impressed with Lisa's energy and commitment to interior design licensing. She deserves to be commended for her contribution to interior design education and the profession. I noted, however, a factual error in the article that I feel needs to be corrected.Lisa Whited was not the first interior designer to sit on the board of directors at the BAC. I was the first interior designer to be elected by the general membership to the board of directors in 1993. There were before me at least two other interior designers that served on the board as faculty representatives.During my two-year term I sponsored a proposal to amend the institution's bylaws. The new amendment requires that there is always interior design representation on the board from both the profession and the student body. At the time this was a big step for an institution that was often referred to as an "old boys' club" among female designers and architects. It also marked the beginning of a change in direction as the BAC initiated its first degree program in interior design and abandoned the Interior Design Certificate. The proposal was actively supported by the former president, George Terrien, and the first interior design chair, Faith Baum. I share the credit for its passing with them.


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With Melbourne Cup day at Flemington near capacity on Tuesday, the Victoria Racing Club is making the autumn one of its target areas for improvement.
"In terms of the racing, our autumn is very good but the emphasis is on sprinting," VRC chief executive Dale Monteith said.
"We are doing some work with Racing Victoria to introduce a world turf sprint championship in the autumn, linking with Ascot in England following the success of Choisir last year."
Flemington on Tuesday produced Melbourne Cup day firsts, headed by the attendance, a record 122,736. The English Derby and certainly the Kentucky Derby may get bigger crowds but the overall VRC effort in organising the masses this year was at least as good as, if not better than, any other major meeting in the world.
Perhaps this led to the charging of only nine racegoers for absorbing more than the normal nutrient on a thirsty occasion, while only four were interviewed for being a tad too aggressive.
On the other side was the milestone of Clare Lindop who became the first Australian female to ride in the Melbourne Cup. So she rode only an also-ran, Debben, but her personality and charm added much to the occasion.
On the racing front, Bart Cummings gave a special award to Shane Dye, rider of his stayer Frightening, for the longest after-race explanation, while his son Anthony maintained Cummings had turned out Frightening looking better than any other of his Melbourne Cup runners and that's going back to 1965.
Alas, it was to no avail because Frightening failed to stay the 3200m under the pacemaker-induced conditions and finished 11th, which no doubt flamed Cummings's ire because the 10th placegetter received $90,000 "appearance" money. The Cups King figured Frightening should have been ridden more quietly.
Also the long last placing of the shuttle-service stayer Mamool, carrying the Godolphin colours, was the first favourite for many decades to fail to beat another home, prompting the question of the visitors' worth to Australia's greatest race.
But the failure of Mamool hasn't dampened the VRC's enthusiasm for their involvement.
The antics at Sandown of Holy Orders, something of an Irish joke, may have diverted the attention from Mamool.
"Looking at the coverage of Holy Orders this week, and the Godolphins when they arrive, another dimension is added to the marketing and publicity we receive," Monteith said. "I don't think we are looking to lose what we have in terms of the international focus."
Holy Orders received more in media coverage with his track antics than he did in the cup, when he finished 17th.
Obviously the internationals' presence added spice, if considerable disappointment if you backed anything other than minor placegetter Jardines Lookout, which has more staying power than charisma.
The dashing ride of Glen Boss on the winner Makybe Diva and David Hall's astute conditioning process were commendable, but the day, aided by the weather, was brilliant.
"I've been in racing for many years and still marvel at events like Tuesday," Monteith said.
"We want to ensure that the Melbourne Cup carnival stays in the forefront of people's minds at this time. Early this year we went through a two-day strategic planning meeting with our committee and looked at all sorts of different things people could do, racing and non-racing activities.
"But it certainly was very much in our thinking that we have this wonderful carnival and must do everything to nurture it and not take it for granted."
But Monteith said Flemington couldn't hold many more racegoers on Melbourne Cup day, and the VRC was looking for growth at other race meetings. "I think 125,000 is maximum for the facilities we have the moment," he said. "Mind you, this year we created an extra reserve for the public behind the Hill Stand that was fully serviced. We will look at others but we don't have much left.
"It always seems a great shame to me that we spend time, resources and money to set the Melbourne Cup carnival up for only four days and then close it down until the next year.
"On Emirates Stakes day [on Saturday] there is scope as far as the carnival is concerned. We had nearly 50,000 last year and are looking to grow that up to 70,000 in future, maybe even 100,000. I get the feeling that when people come to the Oaks and have to wait another year for it, they haven't had quite enough."
Thus the attempt to extend cup fever.
"Our membership base is a VRC strength with 21,000 members," Monteith said. "Members are the core of our Flemington attendance. For the Turnbull Stakes we had 17,000. I can't see why we shouldn't improve on that and on Ascot Vale Stakes day also."
Tuesday reaped a very bountiful harvest for the VRC at the right time, considering the downturn in Tabcorp revenue to the industry.
"We are committed to growing racing in Victoria and Australia," he said. "The nett results of our efforts ensure that people who make a living out of racing continue to do so."
And Tuesday's bottom line?
"We try to budget conservatively every year, going into a carnival without getting carried away," Monteith said. ". . . This year was well above budget expectations. The crowd was up 20,000, most of those people paid through the gate [$40 admission], then our on-course tote increased by 16.6 per cent to massive figures - $10.6 million - with off-course turnover up 10 per cent on the Flemington meeting."
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After a decade of work on the Newport Ship specialists are sharing their wealth of information with the world. But with funding cuts planned a council officer says a trust is the best way forward for the project. DAVID DEANS reports.
AFTER years of endeavour, specialists working on the Newport Medieval Ship are sharing their wealth of information on the archaeological find on the internet.
Later this year the project faces moving from its home in Maesglas to a yet unknown location, with the lease on the unit set to end in October.
But with plans to end the scheme's funding on the horizon, the future of the project is uncertain – with a council officer saying the best way forward could be a proposed trust.
Last week the Argus revealed that supporters of the ship were mulling over whether to set up a charity to take the project on.
It is the aim of many of those backing and involved with the ship to see it reconstructed and displayed in a museum in the city.
Experts have been working away for years at Maesglas Industrial Estate on recording and conserving the find, which was discovered in 2002 at the location where the Riverfront Theatre was to be built.
Inside the unassuming unit are four tanks of material stood next to three humidity-controlled shipping containers which contain artefacts and timbers.
Standing next to the containers is a large silver freeze dryer, where the remains are being preserved.
Some 3,000 parts of the ship were found – some tiny fragments, some that are enormous. So far between 400 and 500 timbers have been preserved in the freeze dryer over the last 18 months, meaning the conservation project is a quarter of the way through.
The work is taking the project longer than anticipated, thanks to the fact that the timbers are so well preserved, but it is hoped that conservation will be finished around 2017.
This part of the project Newport council has committed to, having entered into a contract with York Archaeology Trust to complete the job.
But the lease on the Maesglas unit ends in October, and museum and heritage officer for Newport City Council, Mike Lewis, says they are currently looking for alternative premises.
It is thought the unit at Maesglas is too big for what the project needs.
On the archaeological side of the project, two-peer reviewed academic journal articles have recently been published, while preparations have been made for 12,500 files of data gathered by the project to be posted on a website.
The online archive, made possible thanks to a grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council, is now available to view.
"Everything we produce here, we want to get it out," said project curator Toby Jones.
"We don't want to hoard or hide anything.
"It belongs to the public, if they are interested."
A further internet article is planned, linking to the archive, as is a traditional book.
The website platform will allow the project to exhibit what the ship might have looked like in 3D.
Mr Jones said a virtual Newport ship will be accessible online, allowing people to explore every single nail and scratch mark of the ship over the internet.
Finds from the ship point to strong connections to Iberia – Spain and Portugal – with some timbers on the ship thought to have been harvested in the Basque region after 1449.
Mr Jones said there was an established trading route between the southern coast of Iberia and the Bristol Channel, with a "huge demand" in Britain for wine, with a big call for English cloth in return.
The ship is not a true shipwreck, however, and Mr Jones said there had been an "obvious decision to repair" the structure.
"Anything that was in the way of them working on the ship they took out. It wasn't a true shipwreck. It's been purposely cleaned out," he said.
"They were missing all these things that you would normally find on a ship wreck, like all the big blocks, the big rope, the masts and everything."
Mr Jones says the ship was put on a cradle structure in Newport: "Before they can take the ship back out again, it looks like that cradle structure collapses on the lower side."
This would have caused the vessel to fall over, leaving the ship to fill up with water.
"They've drilled all these little holes through the planking in the lowest part of the ship. They are trying to carefully drain it so they can patch the holes up," Mr Jones explained.
But he said: "It still doesn't matter, 12 hours later it's going to fill with water again.
"I think they give up trying to save it even though it's hugely valuable."
The Newport Ship project is facing having its budget cut to nothing by 2016 – losing £105,000 in 2014/15 and £145,000 in 2015/16 – if proposed cuts are passed at full council later this month.
Over the years the project has received around £8 million, with around £4.5 million coming from external grants.
Mr Lewis said the council's position was that this is an internationally important project. "The council has been able to take it so far that we need some help now," he said.
The Argus asked if the budget for 2014/15 would cover the sought after new premises. "We're looking at how we can work that out," said Mr Lewis.
He said there was a "measure of uncertainty over this", as there was in lots of areas in the council at the moment.
But he said the timbers "will be housed. We're working on a basis that we will find a solution."
Mr Lewis said a trust "is the way forward" with funding opportunities open to charitable trusts that are closed to councils.
The council officer added: "It's unusual for local government to be involved in a project like this. It's not something that local government does.
"We have done remarkably well as a council in supporting the project to this point. We need to think about the next step."
There are examples of other maritime heritage ship projects that have been led by trusts, such as the SS Great Britain in Bristol and the Mary Rose in Portsmouth.
Mr Jones suggested that the project could be kept going with a modest amount of cash.
He said: "We're looking at, can we say, five figures? We're not looking at a colossal amount of money per year to run the project."
A trust would need to be viable, however.
Peter Hayward, chairman of the Friends of the Newport Ship, said no one would provide funding unless it can be shown that it is.
The Friends of the Ship are currently looking into the idea and Mr Hayward says he wants to have an answer to the question within the next six months.
"The Heritage Lottery Fund won't fund something unless it's going to be viable," he said.
Presuming it would be viable, a future trust could look at many different sources of cash – commercial sponsors, European funding, charitable grant-giving organisations.
"We have to look at every opportunity to raise funds," he said.
Putting the ship in an industrial shed-like building could be a cheaper option, perhaps costing around £4m, Mr Hayward suggested.
But he said that would be "limited in what we could do" and wouldn't be "much of an iconic building."
The latter could have a museum with a wider scope but the cost would go up and up.
"It depends how iconic you want it to be," he said.
He added that previous council's proposals for a new museum, including the whole of the existing city museum, may have been looking at £30 million.
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Wills and Kate could take on Newport ship project - Newport councillor
The politician who oversees culture and leisure at Newport council says that the Newport Ship would be a great project for Wills and Kate to take on.
Newport Council's cabinet member for culture and leisure, Debbie Wilcox, said the ship trust proposed by the project's supporters is a very good option. However, yesterday's council meeting over the 2014/15 budget saw no mention of the Newport Ship – meaning plans to cut the budget down to zero are to still go before councillors later this month.
Cllr Wilcox said: "I would like to see it as a project for, lets say, William and Kate. Prince Charles is very involved in the Mary Rose. I think it would be an ideal project for a significant, but senior royal, to get involved.
"Prince William of Wales and the Newport Ship. What a great combination."
"The way that they operate with their patronage charities, the whole charitable trust idea would bring those levers in," she argued.
Cllr Wilcox said that as the Newport Ship was such a unique project "a trust is a very good option", agreeing that a trust may have access to funds that the council does not.
"What's important is that we continue to discharge our responsibilities towards the ship and do what we can to enable the trust to be set up by this very committed group of people," she said.
Ship supporters have been critical of Newport council budget proposals for a zero budget for the ship, with planned cuts of £105,000 in 2014/15 and £145,000 in 2015/16, and have questioned how storage costs can be met in such circumstances.
But the second proposal is in the medium term financial plan and not next year's budget, which Cllr Wilcox says there are areas that can always be revisited.
Cllr Wilcox said they would not do anything that would harm the preserved Newport Ship timbers.
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Faced with the potential loss of a telephone users' tax worth $65 million a year, Los Angeles County supervisors are asking voters to approve a new measure in November that would preserve the tax at a lower rate - but also expand it to include new technologies.
Supervisors voted unanimously last week to place the measure on the Nov. 4 ballot, reducing the tax individuals and businesses pay on phones, natural gas and electricity from 5 percent to 4<MD+,%30,%55,%70>1/<MD-,%0,%55,%70>2 percent in unincorporated areas, affecting more than 1 million people.
But the measure also would expand the types of communications that could be taxed, including text messaging on cell phones, paging, conference calls and other new technologies.
The move comes just months after Los Angeles city leaders - faced with the same potential loss of a city-levied telephone-users' tax - got voter approval for a measure that reduced the city tax from 10 percent to 9 percent, but also expanded the tax to new services.
"The reservation we have about these taxes, like with the city of Los Angeles, is that they have tried to broaden them extensively to include new forms of communication," said Kris Vosburgh, executive director of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association.
"The city of Los Angeles, in their campaign, was saying they were cutting the tax when, in fact, they were broadening it. In fact, there will be little or no savings to taxpayers, and ultimately it will be a tax increase."
The Board of Supervisors' vote follows a long-standing legal battle over the county tax, which was first imposed in 1991.
The board is still in negotiations regarding the settlement of the lawsuit but a final decision is expected soon, said Senior Assistant County Counsel Steve Carnevale.
"There are still a few issues to be decided," Carnevale said. "The board accepted the parameters. But it's probably not going to be finalized until after the election. It's hard to do it without knowing where voters are on the tax."
The lawsuit, which sought to require the county to place the tax on a ballot for voter approval, alleged that the supervisors had illegally approved the tax in 1991 without voter approval.
The county has argued that the board didn't need voter approval to pass the tax.
"When the tax was first enacted in the early 1990s, the law that said you need a vote of the electorate to enact it had been declared unconstitutional," Carnevale said.
"So the county enacted the tax at that time without a vote. Several years later, the California Supreme Court said the law was constitutional and it left open the question of the status of the law enacted."
One of the issues left to be settled is how much the county might have to repay in taxes already collected.
Debbie Lizzari, senior assistant chief executive officer, said the new measure that will appear on the November ballot was designed to retain county revenue while being fair.
"I think that because the definition has been broadened - it will pick up more of the new technology - so in order to not reap a huge amount of excess money, the sense was it would be fairer to lower the tax and broaden the definition of what is taxable," Lizzari said.
While some are concerned that the measure opens the door to also taxing Internet access, an amendment by Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich exempts Internet service.
"I believe keeping faith by not taxing the Internet would be in the best interest of helping to ensure this proposal was adopted as a reduction of the tax that is going to be on the ballot in November," he said.
While federal law currently prohibits taxes on Internet access and e-mail, that law sunsets in 2014, and some watchdogs say if broadly written, such tax measures could allow taxation of Internet access without additional voter approval.
Lizzari acknowledged that if the federal government changes the law, the board could vote to tax Internet usage.
"So, ultimately, the county, along with the city, is looking for a windfall if Congress should eliminate barring of taxing Internet communications," Vosburgh said.
The county's current tax is used to pay for law enforcement and code enforcement services in unincorporated areas and for parks, libraries and street repairs.
If approved by voters, the tax collected would be reduced by $6.5 million, but the expansion of the types of technologies that could be taxed would increase the amount of revenues to the current level of about $65 million, Lizzari said.
"What we have been advised is we are going to get more money on the 4<MD+,%30,%55,%70>1/<MD-,%0,%55,%70>2 percent tax than we're getting on the 5 percent tax," Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky said.
Donald H. Maynor, a Northern California attorney who worked on drafting the ordinance, said cities throughout the state have placed similar utility user taxes before voters.
"We've been doing this with cities for the last two years, and we haven't seen much more than a 5 percent (increase). We anticipate a 5-10 percent increase, but we're not seeing major increases," he said. "The problem with telecommunications, in measuring the increase in revenue or decrease, is that they keep changing the product."
County Chief Executive Officer Bill Fujioka said he believes the reduced tax measure will actually generate less revenue than it does now.
"So in effect, when the day's over, we'll be collecting, in my mind, less than what we've been collecting," he said.
After making some calculations, Yaroslavsky said he agreed that the county would generate about the same revenue it does now.
But Vosburgh maintained voters will ultimately pay more if the tax is approved.
And he notes the timing of the tax couldn't be worse as the state Legislature is imposing $9 billion in new taxes, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is asking voters to approve a half-percent sales tax increase, the city of Los Angeles wants a $36 parcel tax for gangs, the Los Angeles Unified School District is considering placing a $3.2 billion bond measure on the ballot and the community college district also is considering placing a bond on the ballot.
"People are already insecure," Vosburgh said. "The price of food and gasoline is going through the roof and many people are struggling to hang onto their homes.
"All of this is combining to drive the middle class out of Los Angeles."
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