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As California colleges and universities slash classes, trim services and raise tuition to make up funding shortfalls, the cherished institution of faculty sabbaticals has largely escaped cuts at North County campuses.
With labor negotiations under way, there appear to be no serious moves to end the long-held privilege of academia. But some officials say the stark state of higher education funding could force a harder look at sabbatical leave.
Sabbaticals, through which professors receive paid leave for research, publication or training, are still a priority at Cal State San Marcos and Palomar and MiraCosta Colleges, where officials say the periodic breaks from teaching help make professors better teachers.
"I think it's an opportunity for faculty to explore areas of their specific discipline, to obtain new strategies in teaching, and bring things back to the classroom while on their sabbaticals," Palomar College President Bob Deegan said.
Both community colleges and CSUSM permit sabbaticals every six years, allowing professors to take a single semester's leave at full pay, or a full academic year at half pay.
Between 2008 and the upcoming 2012-13 academic year, Palomar Community College has granted 101 sabbatical leaves, at a cost of $1.515 million, according to documents provided by the college.
Cal State San Marcos paid $1.266 million to provide sabbaticals to 81 professors during the five year-period between 2007 and 2011, university documents show.
And MiraCosta records show that the college granted 39 sabbatical leaves at a cost of $1.217 million during that time, but will temporarily halve the maximum number of leaves to trim expenses.
The cost figures reflect the expense of hiring temporary instructors to "back-fill" professors' course-loads during their leave, and do not include salary or benefits to the professors taking the sabbaticals.
Sabbatical projects at the three campuses included technology training, continued education, creative writing and fine art, development of curriculum and lesson plans, and sociological or scientific research.
Topics for the last academic year ranged from an analysis of homicide statistics to study of plant mitochondria and a photo essay on bristlecone pines.
"The sabbaticals have been part of the history of academia for many years, and within the CSU, they're particularly important, because we have fairly high teaching requirements, so it's pretty hard for you to stay up to date in your field," said Don Barrett, a sociology professor and California Faculty Association chapter president at CSUSM.
"It's important for you to take time every six years to re-energize, re-invigorate, get in touch with what's happening in your field, do some research, and find out what are the latest technologies in teaching."
A long tradition
Sabbaticals are a time-honored academic institution, reflecting the philosophy that professors should be lifelong learners themselves, continually honing academic skills and advancing their disciplines.
A portion of professors' workload is devoted to professional development, but faculty say their typical teaching schedules only allow them to skim the surface of those topics.
"With that kind of time restriction, you're not able to work on it as deeply as if you had a semester to work on it exclusively," said Greg Larson, faculty senate president for Palomar College.
For teaching institutions such as the Cal State campuses and California Community Colleges, the in-depth scholarship completed on sabbatical translates into improved instruction, officials say.
Professors who update their skills and knowledge teach more effectively and introduce the most current material to their students, they say.
"It does in fact provide academic renewal," said MiraCosta President Francisco Rodriguez. "It allows the individual to maintain their currency in their discipline, and to learn new tools, strategy and pedagogy."
Intangible benefits
The catch, however, is that it's tricky to measure those benefits to students.
Numerous higher education experts contacted for this article said they knew of no research on the costs and benefits of sabbaticals, or on their effectiveness at improving classroom instruction.
"It would be a tough study to do, because of the variety of sabbatical opportunities that are out there," said Martin Snyder interim executive director for the American Association of University Professors.
"Sometimes people are on the brink of burnout, and they may come back refreshed and reinvigorated in the classroom," Snyder said. "They might be better teachers, but it might be hard to measure that. Some of these things are going to be intangible."
Neal McCluskey, higher education analyst for the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank that advocates a free market approach to higher education, said opinions on sabbaticals vary widely, but data to support them is almost nonexistent.
"Academics will tell you that sabbaticals are almost uniformly good ... that the research allows them to become better teachers, better experts at their subject matter," he said. "The other school of thought would be, this is just another unnecessary perk, which costs the schools money. You'd have a hard time finding any meaningful, concrete data that proves it one way or another."
Snyder said the dual role of college campuses as both intellectual incubators and engines of job creation also complicates the equation.
"It makes absolute sense to say the public invests a lot of money in education, and there should be a way to measure the value of that dollar," he said. "It always comes down to what your values are and what you think the value of education is."
Accountability required
While it's hard to quantify the long-term effects of sabbaticals, local campuses say they do require faculty to set and achieve concrete goals.
To qualify for leave, faculty members must submit proposals to a sabbatical committee, then present their completed project when they return.
"They do get vetted, and they do get returned and they do get revised," Palomar College Governing Board member Darrell McMullen said of sabbatical proposals. "It's not a rubber stamp."
MiraCosta and CSUSM also require faculty members to post bonds or file statements of assets at least equal to a semester's pay before they approve sabbaticals ---- proving professors have the means to refund their salary if they don't complete their projects.
Palomar has similar bonding requirements, but typically waives them, college spokeswoman Laura Gropen said. Professors, however, must agree to continue teaching at the college after their sabbatical, and can be subject to discipline if they fail to finish their sabbatical project.
Outside earnings
Some California institutions, including CSUSM, prohibit faculty from earning outside pay for sabbatical projects, except with special permission from the university president.
Earlier this year, UC Riverside fired finance professor Sarkis Joseph Khoury, saying he accepted outside income during three sabbaticals.
However, MiraCosta College specifically allows such earnings, saying that in addition to receiving salaries during sabbaticals, professors may also earn wages from outside employment.
"These additional wages may be earned in the fulfillment of approved sabbatical leave activities," the college stated.
In its list of approved sabbatical projects, Palomar College includes, "Temporary research or work in private business/industry or government substantially related to the faculty member's field(s) of study."
So long as professors complete their approved projects, there are no rules governing whether they may receive additional pay for it, college spokeswoman Laura Gropen said.
Productivity focus decried
Some in academia decry those kinds of requirements, saying that the focus on productivity betrays the origin of the sabbatical as a period of rest, and the role of the university as a refuge for thought.
"This talk of 'productivity' is just another sign of creeping privatization," University of Massachusetts architecture professor Max Page wrote in a 2010 issue of Academe Online .
"The students we used to treat as citizens-in-training are now called 'customers' by an administration keen to attract more of them. ... The fight for the original idea of a sabbatical is, therefore, a fight for high-quality education, top-notch research, and a long tradition of academic freedom."
For some local officials, however, shrinking higher education budgets call for practical sabbatical standards and a clear return on investment.
"I think sabbaticals should be used for the professional development of the faculty that has a direct correlation to improving the learning environment of the school," said Palomar College Governing Board member Paul McNamara.
Few sabbatical cuts
Although administrators and professors have bitterly argued about added faculty workloads, rising class sizes and reduced course schedules, the opportunity to take time out from those teaching duties has mostly escaped debate.
Only MiraCosta made official cuts, temporarily reducing the number of faculty members that may take sabbaticals at any given time. While the college previously allowed up to 8 percent of its faculty to take the leaves during an academic year, it reduced that number to 4 percent for the next two years. That will bring sabbaticals down from a maximum of 14 per year, to just seven.
"It's something I feel and the board feels, that continues to derive benefits that ultimately benefit students and their learning," Rodriguez said. "That's why we support sabbaticals, albeit at a reduced level."
CSU spokesman Mike Uhlenkamp said changes to sabbatical policy are not among the remaining points of dispute in Cal State faculty contracts, but said contract negotiations remain in flux.
Negotiations under way
"There's always a concern that the CSU is going to try to take away sabbaticals, or try to reduce the number of them dramatically," said Barrett, the faculty association chapter president. "In this contract negotiation, there isn't a lot of challenge to the sabbaticals."
State officials say those choices rightfully belong to colleges and universities. Although Gov. Jerry Brown slashed funding to higher education as part of his budget reforms, his administration has refrained from targeting specific programs such as sabbaticals.
"Our cuts to higher education were very tough and deep," said Elizabeth Ashford, a spokeswoman for the governor. "But they were not prescriptive, in terms of how the university systems and community colleges would achieve it. ... We did not want to dictate to universities how to achieve these cuts."
Faced with cuts to sabbaticals about five years ago, the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges issued a 2007 report defending the practice.
"By virtue of its traditional benefit to professors, institutions and students, sabbaticals may appropriately be considered as a 'right' by the professoriate," the report stated.
Amid California's bleak economic climate, however, officials say few entitlements are off the table.
Palomar College allows up to 5 percent of its faculty to take the teaching breaks each semester. But in the midst of dragged out labor talks and state funding cuts, it could reconsider the number, funding and criteria for sabbaticals.
"Everything's being reviewed," Deegan said.


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Pinworms have the most efficient life cycle of all the parasites that infect the horse. They don't migrate through any organ tissue, and they have developed a means of reproduction by which the eggs don't leave the herd of horses.
While the horse is relaxed or sleeping, female pinworms crawl out of the horse's rectum, deposit eggs and a sticky substance on the perianal region of the horse, and crawl back into the rectum. Infective pinworm eggs are ingested orally and, once in the colon, the larvae develop through various stages before becoming sexually mature in about five months. As horses migrate, they take the eggs and adults with them.
Fortunately, about the only damage that pinworms cause is itching of the tail head. This annoys the horse but doesn't threaten its life. Because pinworms spend their entire lives in the lumen of the intestine and don't migrate, they cause very little physical damage to the horse. Horses can have massive pinworm infections without exhibiting significant health problems.
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Op-ed: Don't turn U.S. embassies into bunkers
A knee-jerk bureaucratic overreaction that results in further security restrictions on U.S. diplomats will make it more difficult to do their jobs, writes guest columnist Kenneth Torp.
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HE spectacle of seemingly endless second-guessing about presumptive security lapses in Benghazi is more dangerous to the conduct of our foreign policy than the events themselves. A knee-jerk bureaucratic overreaction that results in further security restrictions on our diplomats is all too likely to make it much more difficult for them to do their jobs.
I am a retired U.S. Foreign Service Officer. I served as a Greek-language economic-commercial officer at our embassy in Cyprus where U.S. Ambassador Rodger Davies was assassinated. I also worked in Mali, where the northern half of the country is now a complex battleground. My foreign service classmate, Ambassador Arnold Raphel, died along with Pakistani President Zia-ul-Haq in a plane crash in 1988.
Like most Americans, I was appalled and saddened by the murder in Benghazi of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. I am equally appalled by the spectacle of exploiting this crime to score partisan political points. There was a time when the murder of a U.S. ambassador united us as Americans to confront a common foe. The poisonous politics of division has, sadly, overturned the long-standing tradition that partisanship stops at the water's edge.
I fear that hypervigilant security considerations will further vitiate the ability of our professional diplomats to do their job. Many of our embassies have already decamped from historic buildings in central locations to fortified bunkers on the edges of foreign cities. I worry that our diplomats won't get out enough.
My ambassador in Mali, Robert O. Blake, used to say that when he found me in my office I wasn't doing my job.
He was right. My job was to meet and talk with government officials, business and labor leaders, nongovernmental organizations, journalists, artists and other diplomats. It was also my job to get out of the capital and to talk with merchants, taxi drivers and farmers.
I worry that our Foreign Service officers will be so cosseted in their new chancery bunkers that it will be impossible to do the job. Done properly, the job gives our diplomats that invaluable understanding of a country that is often simply called "feel."
You can't get that hiding in the bunker.
For example, in 1972 in Mali the U.S. Embassy began to hear accounts of a dramatic drought parching the already dry Sahelian region of sub-Saharan Africa. I was dispatched to survey the region in northern Mali, including the area around Timbuktu, Gao and Goundam.
While this area was never risk-free for foreigners, it was, at that time, reasonably safe if one traveled with a modicum of prudence and common sense. I spent a couple of weeks alone, driving the embassy's Land Rover through the desert stopping to talk with Tuaregs, Maurs and Fulani herdsmen and counting dead animals every few hundred meters.
It became tragically clear that the nomads' sole source of nutrition was dying for lack of water and forage. It was painfully clear that the people would be next. The result of that mission was a U.S. emergency grain-relief operation that delivered sorghum via U.S. Air Force C-130 cargo planes to northern Mali.
Many nomads starved to death during that great drought; but many were saved. I am convinced that my ambassador's commitment to doing the job and timely and reliable information from a Foreign Service officer in the field made an important difference. This is the kind of diplomacy that is now threatened by a timid overreaction to recent events.
The job of diplomacy involves risk. And, since the 1979 Iran hostage travesty and Sept. 11, 2001, the job has become even more fraught with peril.
In Benghazi, Ambassador Stevens was apparently one of those committed professionals who made it a priority to accept that risk, to do his job, to get out of the embassy and out of Tripoli, and to get the feel of Libya during its time of upheaval and transition.
I do not suggest that Foreign Service officers throw caution to the wind. Nor do I suggest that northern Mali is currently safe enough for our diplomats to travel freely there. But, I do believe that a zero tolerance for security risk will jeopardize our ability to find out what is going on in the world.
With Senate and House committees pummeling former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about Benghazi, the security mavens at the State Department will undoubtedly tilt even more dramatically toward the zero-risk end of the spectrum. This is a mistake.
Foreign Service officers are quite capable of assessing risk and gauging their behavior accordingly. After all, our presidential commissions start with the words: "Reposing special trust and confidence in your integrity, prudence, and ability ..." They are also a quietly patriotic and courageous lot.
I would urge our new Secretary of State, John Kerry, a Foreign Service "brat," to upgrade personal-security training for all Foreign Service personnel while firmly and publicly holding the line against counterproductive restrictions that pose a substantial threat to the conduct of U.S. foreign policy.
Kenneth H. Torp of Seattle is a retired Foreign Service officer. He now does consulting for international clients on public financial management.


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Owl is the brainchild of German multi-instrumentalist Christian Kolf and drummer Patrick Schroeder, who have both been involved with various projects throughout the years; most notably Valborg. Since their 2010 formation, Owl has released two full length albums, Owl (2011) and You Are the Moon, I Am the Night (2013), and has now dropped their first EP, Into the Absolute in 2014. I was immediately interested in how Owl's formula of long and drawn out progressive and doomy death metal would translate onto a shorter format, because prior to this EP, most of Owl's songs were over ten minutes and here we have four tracks accounting for less than twenty minutes.
Into the Absolute has similar vibes to its predecessor, but it's streamlined into an easier pill to swallow. You Are the Moon, I Am the Night was an excellent album full of doomy death metal, progressive song structures and atmospheric ambiance but it required patience and concentration. Into the Absolute takes the same formula, but drops a lot of the simmering song structures and slow-building crescendos in favor of more straight forward approach. That is, if you can still consider this straight forward, as this EP explores everything from dredging doomy death metal to post-rock melodies and ambient interjections.
Pinning down Owl's sound is rather difficult. Take "Unearthly Aracana" for example, as scratchy growled vocals and light keyboards soar over blasting drums and a crushing riff which somehow morph into spiraling melodic guitar patterns mimicking the atmospheric sludge scene that are juxtaposed against rollicking double bass beats and strained, hollow baritone vocals. "Into the Absolute" takes rhythmic old school death metal riffing and runs, eventually building into a segment of dreamy post-rock, of all things. "We Ascend the Fall" kind of fills in the remaining gaps between the staunch death metal with keyboards and almost haunting atmospheric sludginess. And I guess a band who gave us a thirty minute ambient piece on their last album couldn't completely steer clear, as "Apparition" is a short three minute piece exuding darkness and melancholy.
Despite how much is going on underneath the surface, Owl is able to keep Into the Absolute a flowing piece. Like I said, Owl is a many headed beast that is difficult to pigeonhole, but they lie somewhere in the realms of doomy death metal and atmospheric sludge. Much like their earlier work, the songs will require focus and concentration, but not nearly the devotion that those albums required. I'm not suggesting that any ADD folks with the attention span of a flea should jump in because the many layers still require multiple spins to fully develop. Take your time and test the waters, because Into the Absolute is a great addition to Owl's arsenal.
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Scots would give up travelling and their social life first, if forced to become carers for a family member or friend, a poll has found.
In the survey carried out for the Carers' Trust, 21% of adults in Scotland said they would sacrifice a social life and 25% would give up going on holiday if they became an unpaid carer.
The Trust has now launched a new website for young carers who do just that, finding it hard to maintain their social activities. Matter is styled as a Facebook for young adult carers aged 16-25 to counter the isolation of caring and also provide a trusted source of advice.
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The Trust says young carers are overlooked, with only 11% of Scots surveyed thinking of carers as being 25 or under. Estimates vary, but the Scottish Government believes there are in fact tens of thousands, possibly even 100,000 in Scotland.
Michele Lambert, Head of Digital at Carers Trust said: "Support is not always available for younger carers, who are leading stressful and demanding lives."
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For this writer, there's no denying it anymore: SALEM is by far the most satisfying horror show on television. Episode by episode, the insane writing, incredible SFX and generally perfect performances combines the individual satisfying aspects that made AMERICAN HORROR STORY, THE WALKING DEAD and BATES MOTEL so successful on their own accord. Yet SALEM has one thing those shows lack, and it's consistency, infusing their particular brand of horror and shock value storytelling with the organic character development and satisfying reveals of a masterful drama. And even better is SALEM's refusal to draw a line on the show either: incest, torture and stomach-turning gore have become staples of the second season, served with an unabashed and maniacal grin.Read more »
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"The Sun is actually cold! It's cold and empty, and all is lost! Greetings from Night Vale," chimes a voice that is instantly recognizable as James Urbaniak, the VENTURE BROS. alum playing the part of senior Night Vale radio personality Leonard Burton as he dives us right into a clip show consisting entirely of clips we've never heard before. And as a result, we get a fascinating glimpse of Night Vale's ancient and mysterious history. I do remember writing in the last review that I expected another interesting format tweak, and "[Best of?]" definitely lives up to those expectations.Read more »
Etheria Film Night 2015 Announces Official Short Film LineupBooks/Art/Culture,News Ken W. Hanley
For female directors in the horror genre, misrepresentation, discrimination and gender-driven obstacles have long been both the bane of their efforts whilst also a motivation to go above and beyond expectations. Said motivation has born many efforts to curb those mindsets, but above else, it's led to more independent female filmmakers than ever exploring the dark recesses of their artistic sensibilities, allowing endeavors such as the annual Etheria Film Night to exist. And now, the 2015 edition of the event, which will be held at June 13th, 2015, at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, California, has announced it's official short selection, which will lead to the North American premiere of Ursula Dabrowsky's INNER DEMON.Read more »
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The race for Dallas County's 292nd District Court pits a veteran prosecutor against a two-term incumbent whose law license is on probation after decades of legal experience.
Prosecutor Brandon Birmingham said he decided to run against state District Judge Larry Mitchell because of the judge's law license troubles with the State Bar of Texas. The probation doesn't affect Mitchell's ability to serve as a judge, and he remains on the felony court bench.
"That shows poor judgment and poor decision-making. You can see that same poor decision-making in some of the cases and rulings he's handled recently," Birmingham said. "My law license is free and clear."
The State Bar has censured Mitchell four times in his more than three decades as an attorney — but never for his work as a judge. He said he wants to be measured by his work on the bench, not for reprimands over his communication skills before he took office.
Mitchell, who was an appellate lawyer in private practice before becoming a judge, was put on probation in 2012 for not adequately communicating with a client convicted of aggravated kidnapping and aggravated sexual assault. He also did not file certain legal documents as instructed by the client.
"I did not believe that there was anything that could be done for him," Mitchell said. The judge said he could have filed a document that would "look pretty" to the client or write and say that there was nothing to be done. Mitchell said he chose a third option and waited in case a change in the law would allow a challenge to the conviction.
Mitchell, 66, said his only "negative" against Birmingham is that he believes the 36-year-old prosecutor needs more legal and life experience.
Birmingham said he can't do anything about his age. But he noted that he has supervised other attorneys as a chief felony prosecutor and has a wide array of experience trying cases as the lead prosecutor, including successful death penalty trials.
Birmingham is one of six Dallas County prosecutors running for a felony court bench with the blessing of their boss, District Attorney Craig Watkins. Birmingham, like the other prosecutors, said Watkins did not ask him to run.
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Birmingham said rulings Mitchell has made are "a reflection of his problems with the state bar."
Birmingham said one such ruling involved the guilty plea of a man in a dog torture case. The man agreed to plead guilty to a felony but the judge questioned whether a wording difference between the confession and the indictment made the crime a misdemeanor.
"The state of the law didn't change from Wednesday to Friday. What changed was public outrage," Birmingham said. "There was no reason for him to decide the way that he decided on Wednesday, and the best evidence I have that decision was incorrect is that he changed his mind by Friday."
Mitchell said he didn't change his mind or his ruling. The judge said he halted the proceeding because he wanted to research the law. He said he had concerns about the man pleading guilty to a felony when the wording change made the crime a misdemeanor.
Mitchell said he resumed court two days later and accepted the guilty plea without arguments from the attorneys because his research found no problem with the wording change.
"They didn't have to convince me of anything," Mitchell said. "I did it all on my own."
Birmingham also questioned Mitchell's judgment in the case of a man accused of shooting an 8-year-old boy in the face in September. Mitchell raised or lowered Brian Cloninger's bond three times. There was an issue about how much Cloninger and his relatives could afford and testimony changed.
But Birmingham said Cloninger, who was on probation for DWI in Travis County at the time of the shooting, should never have had his bond lowered.
"If somebody is accused of shooting a little boy in the face and they have a warrant out in a different county, I'm not going to let them out on a bond," Birmingham said.
Mitchell said he could not discuss the Cloninger case because it is pending in his court. He did say judges can't discount new information simply because it could lead to altering a previous ruling.
"Consistency in the law is a good thing. Rigidity in the law is a bad thing," Mitchell said. "When the facts lead me to a different conclusion, I change my mind."
Campaign finances
Mitchell had about $500 in cash on hand, according to the most recent campaign report, after spending $10,000 on consulting fees. Earlier finance reports show that attorney Anthony Lyons donated $1,403.31 to Mitchell. Attorneys Doug and Chris Mulder jointly donated $1,000.
Birmingham had about $2,100 in cash on hand, according to a finance report due 30 days before the election. According to previous reports, the Dallas Police Association donated $1,000 to Birmingham. Justin Fourton, the owner of Pecan Lodge, donated $1,000. Birmingham has been endorsed by state Sen. Royce West, U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson and County Commissioner John Wiley Price.
The winner of the primary will face Republican attorney Janet Cook in the November general election. Cook is a former Dallas County prosecutor and public defender. She also was a staff attorney who advised Dallas County's judges. She is now a prosecutor in Collin County.
Follow Jennifer Emily on Twitter at @dallascourts.
The candidates
The Dallas Morning News is previewing the seven contested Democratic felony court races in the March 4 primary. Today, it's the 292nd District Court matchup between incumbent Larry Mitchell and his challenger, Dallas County prosecutor Brandon Birmingham.
Brandon Birmingham, 36, is a chief felony prosecutor at the Dallas County district attorney's office, where he has supervised other prosecutors and served as the lead attorney in more than 200 trials, including where the death penalty was sought. He is also the chief of the DA's cold case unit. He earned his law degree from South Texas College of Law in 2002.
Larry Mitchell, 66, is the state district judge for the 292nd District Court. He was elected in 2006 and is seeking a third term. Mitchell was an appellate lawyer for more than 30 years before taking the bench. He graduated from Southern Methodist University's law school in 1972.


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Very soon Lithuania will be commemorating the 20th anniversary of its accession to the European Union, reports ELTA.
"The progress achieved by the country is obvious, still Lithuania should not rest on its laurels, one of the major objectives of the next decade of EU membership is transparent and efficient distribution of financial support for 2014-2020," says Chief Economist at Swedbank Nerijus Maciulis.
"Lithuania's economy is entering a mid-life crisis: easy sources of growth are already exploited, demographic trends will be increasingly unfavorable, and, therefore, the economy in the coming decade will slow by almost half. To achieve growth solely by importing new technologies will be difficult; increasingly more domestic creative potential will be needed. To achieve this it is necessary to improve the functionality of the education system and business environment that would help reduce structural unemployment and exclusion," said Maciulis in a statement.
According to the economist, the greatest achievement of the first decades of EU membership was the growth in the economy and the effectiveness of the private sector. Yet it seems that this won't be enough in the coming decade. Still, the country may achieve progress in another dimension: in a focus of attention on the effectiveness of the public sector and reduction of social and regional exclusion.
Maciulis underlines that from the beginning of the next decade, EU financial assistance will substantially decrease, and therefore, it is necessary to distribute the last 44 billion litas (12.7 billion euros) allocated to Lithuania for 2014-2020 in as much a transparent and effective way as possible.


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ELYRIA - Elyria school officials have etched out a list of proposed projects they hope community organizations, corporate donors and philanthropists might be willing to fund as a way to enhance the new Elyria High School.
|Proposed enhancements
Athletics and recreation
Educational space
Arts and culture
The cost of the $68 million high school is being share by the state - about a 60-40 split on the co-funded portion of the project - but school officials and community members have been hoping to add a little pizzazz by drumming up support from private donors.
Board member Holly Brinda, who has taken the reins on the issue, on Tuesday presented a comprehensive list of possible enhancements to the new Elyria High, namely items that aren`t covered under the main project plan, to the school board.
Superintendent Paul Rigda has stressed that the proposed improvements are beyond what the district has ironed out.
They would simply be added bonuses - not "needs," per se, but certainly nice to have if the money can be found.
As such, the proposals wouldn`t cost taxpayers a dime, and they`d be funded entirely by donors.
The proposed enhancements - about 20 total - are in the areas of technology, educational space, arts and culture, athletics and recreation and beautification.
Brinda said she created the list with staff and employees of Elyria High School, and she asked her fellow board members to rank the items by various criteria, such as overall importance and importance in their respective category.
Additionally, the items will be chosen based on such things as: where they fit in the school`s master plan, how they impact safety and security, their long-term implications and other issues.
Once the list is whittled down, the district will submit what`s left to the project architects to determine how much they might cost, and whether they`re feasible for the EHS project. The school district will also retain or scrap proposed enhancements based on the amount of interest they receive from possible funding sources.
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I am devastated! Some of the best conditions of my surfing life are happening RIGHT NOW by my house .but I am 70 miles inland at work. I have tried to call 3 different people to cover but no one can make it .they are out of town, no car, or at a doctors appointment. If I had realized earlier I would have gotten up at 5AM and hit it or even better called someone in last night.
Its making me sick to my stomach. I feel like my man cheated on me or my dog is sick ..Im having trouble just functioning and counting money .It feels heavy just doing my job.
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yup happened to me back in april during that nor'easter. seriously felt sick for missing that day. it's okay momma. there will be other days
Aren't there plenty of things at your office that can help you relax and make you feel better?
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Express this to your boss. You never know...
Jun 28, 2012, 02:51 PM #5
Ummm welcome to being an adult? We all miss great days due to our need to earn a living. I really wish these treads gave a preview of the post before clicking it. I thought this was going to be a thread with a gnarly wipeout or a video of smoeone going over the falls on a big day or something entertaining at least.
Jun 28, 2012, 02:52 PM #6
Dude I was stuck inland for Barrel too!
Damnn these ovaries, they make me want to cry......I'm so sick I feel like someone just told me I was pregnant....scared, lost and screwed.
Thanks for your compassion 757......It is a little bit of comfort. (But nothing short of an employee walking through the door can bring me real relief.)
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THE MOUSETRAP celebrates its 23rd Birthday on 1st March 2014 at the same venue with the same owner which is an incredible feat in the fickle World of club land the friendly and family atmosphere at MOUSETRAP is something we are very proud of here so expect a warm welcome. Huge thanks to the regulars and thousands of visitors over the years who will testify that MOUSETRAP generates an atmosphere like no other. For those who have never been here is a little bit about the venue, a basement club with low ceiling, kicking soundsystem, wooden dancefloor with seating booths around the edge, a cloakroom and in more recent years air conditioning.
The club started life in the basement and quickly moved onto two floors with the SOUL LOFT and BEAT BASEMENT with its checked dancefloor and spiral staircase connecting the two floors. The club prospered for over a decade in this format before the ground floor was sold and we returned to the basement with alternate dances for the different music style once a month to this present day.
Over these two decades the Mousetraps music has been prolific with an abundance of new scene discoveries filtering up to the scene weekenders and festivals with global appeal, sometimes filtering into the mainstream media via TV and Radio adverts.
In 1997 the MOUSETRAP label was born with a free 45 for each customer every anniversary. On one side of the disc from the black music policy of the club and the flipside from the Freakbeat/Garage/Psych playlist and nearly always a record that has been a big spin at the club. Some of these early releases are now commanding big money in their own right and almost as much as the original release.
See below a list of all the MOUSTRAP releases.
A special thanks to all the regulars who supported us down the years and huge gratitude must go to the resident DJ's who helped me shape the MOUSETRAP soundtrack SPEED, CHRIS DALE, LEE MILLER, GAV EVANS, NICK HUDSON, PID, JACK WHITE and the many quality guests from all over Europe who have played a blinder over the last twenty years.
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1998 RNB001 – Jean Dushon – Second Class lover/ Afex – She's Got a Time
1999 RNB 002 – Roy Roberts – Got To Have Your Love/ Richard Kent Style – All Good Things
2000 RNB 003 – Larry Trider – Carbon Copy/ Mike Proctor – Mr Commuter
2001 RNB 004 – B.B. King – Heartbreaker + Dusty Wilson – Can't Do Without You/
Hopscotch – Look At The Lights Go Up + Randy & The Radiants – My Way Of Thinking (10th Anni E.P)
2002 RNB 005 – Cliff Nobles – My Love Is Getting Stronger/ Jigsaw – One Way Street
2003 RNB 006 – Lorenzo Holden – The Wig/ Callum Bryce – Lovemaker
2004 RNB 007 – Vernon Harrell – Slick Chick/ Gene Latter – Holding A Dream
2005 RNB 008 – Steve Aldo – You're Absolutely Right/ Erick Saint Laurent – Le Temps d'y Penser
2006 RNB 009 – King Size Taylor – Somebody's Always Trying/ The Dream – Can I Ask You One More Question
2007 RNB 010 – The Latin Dimension – Mr Mod/ The Raven – Calamity Jane
2008 RNB 011 – Tony & The Showmen – Try My Love/ Suzi Jane Hokom – Need All the Help I Can Get
2009 RNB 012 – The Sugar Lumps – Won't You Help me/ Ron Gray – Hold Back The Sunrise
2010 RNB 013 – Jack Hammer – Down In The Subway/ The Dukes – I'm An Unskilled Worker
2011 RNB 014 – Knut Kiesewetter – You were Born For Me/ Mike Leslie – Right Or Wrong
2012 RNB 015 – Isonics – Sugar/ Satrycon – Leave it
2013 RNB 016 – Darrell Glenn – Born St Louis/ Knightsbridge – Make Me Some Love


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I intend to upload linux version 3.2.21-2 to unstable tomorrow (Monday). This should fix the FTBFS of 3.2.21-1 on various architectures, missing dependencies in some udeb packages, and the recent regressions in the wacom driver. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Lowery's Law: If it jams, force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.
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It's quite strange to hear a device being manufactured by an unknown manufacturer. Some might guessing it has a low quality because of the unknown origins and some might just ignore the product. However, This X10 is something you certainly want to check out although it's manufactured by anonymous company. This X10 is an Mobile Internet Device (MID) that promises 1080p output although it just cost $179.99.
X10 MID is running Windows CE 6 OS instead of Android, has an HDMI output, featuring 256MB RAM, 2GB flash storage, WiFi and GPS also available. It has 7-inch touchscreen where you can display up to 800 x 480 pixel resolution. The biggest downside of this X10 MID is problem the anonymous company. You'll literally get no customer support at all if you buy it, and I'm confused where can you get one either.
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Watch Ezra Koenig, of Vampire Weekend, and both of The Black Keys slug it out for Stephen Colbert's "Best Alternative Music Album" vote; the dubiously titled Grammy category introduced in 1991 to recognize the section of the music industry that existed "outside of the mainstream music consciousness". Past winners include 7x platinum Parachutes and 8x platinum A Rush of Blood To The Head, both of Codplay's wins to date, UK Albums Chart #1 Icky Thump, the third of three wins in five years for The White Stripes, and Radiohead's 3x platinum OK Computer, platinum-within-a-week Kid A, and the self-released, 3,000,000+ units sold In Rainbows, amongst a host of other obscure, mega-selling worldwide phenomenons.
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whatnauts, they're encased in the bees' hive! They better be able to reach them. ;-)
The pretty flowers look like they are encased in something. I do hope there is a way for the bees to reach them :))))
Absolutely, Dagmar!
Doing new things and experimenting is a lot of fun, don't you think so?
Dagmar, you're not a bee? Well, your puzzles create lots of buzz. ;-) I'm pleased that you enjoyed this one....and thank you for stopping by. You also come up with something new all the time.Karen- I'm disappointed that I missed your top spot, but you are correct. If you can be the first to solve, chances are you can get lots of top spots. :-)
I've discovered the secret to being on top of the leader board--solve the puzzle early. By the time many have solved it, I'm not as likely to even be in the top ten. But it's fun while it lasts. Another fun puzzle, Wendy. Thanks.
I was just signing in and I couldn't resist them even though I'm not a bee. This is a lovely colourful design. You always come up with something new. :))


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Sep 04, 2009 - 4:39 pm
Hi everyone,
I have some good news. When we got to Hillman for Al's appt. on Wed. the Doc said that he
The PET scan is scheduled for Wed. the 9th & the appt is on Thurs. the 10th. If all goes well we would be scheduling his surgery. William may I tell Dr. Luketich that I have met
I will keep everyone posted as things progress but, for now we are just relaxing and trying
Extra prayers would be greatly appreciated. Like I even have to ask. You all have been so wonderful.
May God Bless and Keep everyone.
Sep 04, 2009 - 5:38 pm
Sep 04, 2009 - 6:05 pm
It sounds like things are really looking up for you and Al. My prayers will be with you that the PET turns out well!
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Sep 06, 2009 - 7:18 pm
I'm already gettin antsy, all of the what if's are going thru my head, it doesn't stop. Im trying so hard not to think about things, but the what ifs take or what if the scan is'n
I need this surgery to happen I think i'm ready for it. I want it over with I just want that tumor the hell out of there and to get on with the rest of the treatments. I know that
I guess it's normal.
Thank for listening
Sep 06, 2009 - 9:03 pm
If anyone understands it should be me "MOE" i have been through it all, from starting at the bottom of chemo, wondering are we going to get there, then halfway up we had surgery, and look at us, I had to see 14 tubes, not knowing "IF" he was going to make it, not knowing "IF" he was coming off the ventilator, "IF" he comes home I will never fuss again, there was always "IFS IFS IFS" but those "IFS" finally got out of the vocabulary, and I was able to stand on top of the mountain and yes "WE ARE CANCER FREE" remember that mumphy, cause someday you will be too, it is a great feeling, I know you will be able to do that to.
You have too keep your faith, and know all your cancer friends here will be saying special prayers for you, and we will all be thinking of you.
Know I am here and please read your e-mails
Take care
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Sep 07, 2009 - 7:57 pm
Thanks for your wonderful words, support and prayers. I truely don't know what I would do
Sep 07, 2009 - 8:40 pm
Good luck tomorrow I will be thinking of you and keep me posted, and get those WHAT IF"S out of your mind and listen to William sounds like you will be in good hands.
Prayers and HUGS
Jeff and Lori
Sep 08, 2009 - 7:17 am
Hi Kathy!!
I'll be saying extra prayers for you and Al tomorrow and Thursday!! William couldn't say it any better!!! I can't wait to hear from you. I hope you had a good restful weekend and that Al was able to eat as well!!
Hugs and EXTRA prayers coming your way!!!


text: So I recently picked up a used MIM Fender Precision Special, deluxe series (the passive VVT type) from GC. It seems there have been a few mods done to this thing, and I have yet to commit to keeping it. I have always liked the idea of a P/J, as I own a P and a J. But I am thinking the output on this bass is on the low side. If I were to replace the pickups, what would be your suggestion, keeping it passive of course. My initial though was to use whatever the Fender Custom Shop Precision Closet Classic Pro has loaded in it. I am not having the easiest time running this configuration down to ballpark a price. So, do you feel that this would be heading in the right direction, or do you think something else would work better? I get the concept of an over wound J and an under wound P pickup was the compromise that a lot of these passive P/Js were loaded with, I am just not sure if that is tried and true logic that should be considered if I end up replacing the PUs.


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After starring and scoring for England at France 1998, Korea/Japan 2002 and Germany 2006, David Beckham has told FIFA.com that he is relishing the prospect of appearing in his fourth FIFA World Cup™ in South Africa in June and July.
The 34-year-old midfielder's chances of being in the Three Lions' 23-man squad were recently discussed by Fabio Capello, who said: "Of course he will be included, if he plays [for AC Milan] and is well physically," he said. "I don't look at ages. I look at skill and Beckham has a lot. He's serious, a real professional and he's really dedicated to making the World Cup squad."
In FIFA.com's first Interview of the Week of what promises to be a special year, one of world football's highest-profile players speaks about the highs and lows he has experienced at FIFA World Cups, his thoughts on current FIFA World Player of the Year Lionel Messi and his hopes for Africa's legacy post-2010.
You can watch a video of the interview by clicking on the link on the right hand side.
FIFA.com: David, you recently helped to launch adidas's Jabulani, the Official Match Ball for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ in Cape Town. Have you had a chance to practice with it yet – and what do you think of it?
David Beckham: Yes, I had a chance to practise with it a few months ago. It's always nice to see adidas's ideas before everyone else does and I think it's great. The movement, the accuracy, the feel, the look of the ball is perfect – it's really for the World Cup.
With 115 caps for England over the past 13 years – what changes have you noticed in international football during that time?
There have been many changes over the years: the game has got faster, the technology has got better. You obviously see changes in the play in terms of tactics, the boots and balls, but football's all about development and change.
Football changes lives. It changes people's attitudes and I think this World Cup will bring exposure to certain things. To some extent it already has.
What does playing in the FIFA World Cup mean to you?
It's the biggest footballing competition in the world, so any player who is lucky enough to be part of a World Cup knows how special it really is. I've been lucky to have played in three and hopefully I'll be luckier still to play in a fourth. It really is an incredible feeling.
What are your first recollections of watching the FIFA World Cup as a boy?
My first memories are of watching Bryan Robson score goals [against France at Spain 1982] and be as brave as he was on the pitch. He was my hero and everything he did in his career, I wanted to emulate – and I've been lucky enough to do that.
The World Cup also been a tournament which has given you some lows. If you take a moment to consider England's exits to Argentina in 1998, Brazil in 2002 and Portugal four years ago, which one hurt the most?
Every one. You can't describe the feeling when you get knocked out of a competition. The expectations are so high on us as a country and as a team, so when you do get knocked out it's so disappointing. So, every single time hurts the same.
You've played and scored in three FIFA World Cup finals so far, but which match holds the best memories for you?
On a personal note I'd have to say the game against Argentina in 2002, where I scored the penalty. It's always special to beat your rivals, but obviously four years earlier I got sent off against them and we were beaten on penalties. To score the winning goal against them four years later was extremely special.
He's one of the best players I've played against and also one of the finest players I've ever seen. He's the closest player to Maradona that you can get.
Argentina now have a player in their ranks, Lionel Messi, who has recently been voted as the FIFA World Player of the Year. What are your thoughts about him?
Without doubt, he's one of the best players I've played against and also one of the finest players I've ever seen. For a little player, he's so talented. He's the closest player to Maradona that you can get, and he even plays in a similar passionate way too. He's successful and a really good person as well. I'm sure he'll go on to be even more successful in the future.
Who do you think will be the key man for England this year, and why?
I think we've got many key players in our team: Wayne Rooney, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, John Terry, Rio Ferdinand – we've got players all the way through our team who are exceptional. We're lucky to have such a talented group of players.
It will also be the first taste of a FIFA World Cup for Fabio Capello. After working with him both at Real Madrid and now England, how do you think he'll enjoy the experience?
Fabio Capello is a special manager. He has so much experience. He knows how to win games and he knows how to win competitions.I'm sure he'll relish the time when he walks out as England manager to take charge of the team for his first match at a World Cup. To sit on the sideline and watch his team, I'm sure will be a proud moment for him.
You're involved with a number of charity campaigns such as UNICEF and Malaria No More, which have huge links with Africa. What do you hope this FIFA World Cup will bring to South Africa and the African continent?
Football changes lives. It changes people's attitudes and I think this World Cup will bring exposure to certain things. To some extent it already has. In Cape Town I visited a hospital where I met women and children with HIV – and that really touched me. So I hope that the battle against diseases like that will be in the public eye. The World Cup will also bring a lot of money to South Africa, which may help to regenerate certain parts of this country.


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Looks like they are doing something about this despite what the vocal minority have been saying.
The blacklist system seems to be particularly effective and I suggest we all heed to Mr. O'Brien and do what he says about changing passwords.
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EAST HARTFORD — Henry Price, a convicted murderer-turned-preacher-turned-pimp, is facing new charges of promoting prostitution.
East Hartford police on Tuesday charged Price, 63, with two counts of promoting prostitution and held him on $25,000 bail. At his arraignment Wednesday in Superior Court in Manchester, his bail was increased to $500,000.


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- Moments from an Interactive Exhibition.
// Humanities; Sep/Oct2000, Vol. 21 Issue 5, p12
Answers several questions regarding the masks and culture of the Yup'ik people in Alaska. Masks that were developed by Alaska natives as a result of their interactions with Klondike gold miners; Meaning of the stripes and colors on the Yup'ik masks and sculptures; Impact of television on Yup'ik...
- On Top of the World.
Millbrooke, Anne; Wilmore, Kathy // Junior Scholastic; 12/11/2006, Vol. 109 Issue 9, p12
The article presents information about the life style of Yupik Eskimos on Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska.
Fienup-Riordan, Ann // Arctic Anthropology; 1998, Vol. 35 Issue 2, p49
Describes efforts begun in 1994 to bring Yup'ik elders in direct contact with museum collections gathered from their region 100 years ago to simultaneously preserve their knowledge and make it available to scholars and Yup'ik community members. Yup'ik reaction to learning about the existence of...
- Apart of the world.
Miller, Julie A. // Education Week; 05/28/97, Vol. 16 Issue 35, p28
Examines the education of the Yupik Eskimos in Alaska and the life of teachers working with them. Question on the relevance of some subjects to the fishing and hunting life of the natives; Educators' difficulties in responding to state initiatives encouraging school-to-work programs; Culture...
- Both Worlds.
Power, Matt // Green Builder Magazine; Aug2009, Vol. 4 Issue 8, p15
The article focuses on the sustainable housing being developed by the Cold Climate Housing Research Center (CCHRC) for the Yu'pik people of Western Alaska.
Morrow, Phyllis // Ethnology; Fall2002, Vol. 41 Issue 4, p335
Discusses the mentrual traditions among Yupik Eskimos of southwest Alaska. Nature of prohibitions; Details on the menstrual regulations; Conclusions.
- Eroding AK village documents relocation.
Morrow, Phyllis // Confederated Umatilla Journal; Nov2012, Vol. 17 Issue 11, p26
The article reports on the newtokmoves.org website created by the Yup'ik Eskimo community of Newtok, Alaska to document relocation efforts.
- Contemporary "Traditional" Cultures of the Peoples of the North.
Funk, Dmitri A. // Anthropology & Archeology of Eurasia; Winter2013-2014, Vol. 52 Issue 3, p8
The article discusses various reports published within the issue including one on beliefs among Evenki and the Yup'ik Eskimos and another on Evenki language.
- The Commemoration Rite of Asiatic Yup'ik [Eskimos] and the Contemporary Ritual Space of Novoe Chaplino and Sirenkiki.
Oparin, Dmitri A. // Anthropology & Archeology of Eurasia; Winter2013-2014, Vol. 52 Issue 3, p59
The article examines the practice of feeding ancestors and spirits, widespread among the Asiatic Yup'ik. The most organized and ritualized way of feeding can be seen in the commemoration of the dead. The author describes in detail the contemporary commemoration rite of the Asiatic Yup'ik; he...
- Hypertension and diabetes among Siberian Yupik Eskimos of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska.
Schraer, Cynthia D.; Ebbesson, Sven O.E. // Public Health Reports; 1996 Supplement, Vol. 111 Issue 6, p51
Studies the prevalence of hypertension and diabetes among Siberian Yupik Eskimos in Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska. Blood pressure levels; Correlates of hypertension.
- Cutting meat, sewing skins, telling tales: Women's stories in Gambell, Alaska.
Jolles, Carol Zane // Arctic Anthropology; 1994, Vol. 31 Issue 1, p86
Explores the construction of ethnographer/consultant relationships and the nature of narratives which develop in the context of data collection. Major concerns in anthropology; Presentation of three women narratives tied to the Yup'ik Eskimo village of Gambell, St. Lawrence, Alaska; Examination...
- Academic and practical intelligence: A case study of the Yup'ik in Alaska.
Grigorenko, Elena L.; Meier, Elisa; Lipka, Jerry; Mohatt, Gerald; Yanez, Evelyn; Sternberg, Robert J. // Learning & Individual Differences; Jun2004, Vol. 14 Issue 4, p183
We assessed the importance of academic and practical intelligence in rural and relatively urban Yup''ik Alaskan communities with respect to Yup''ik-valued traits rated by adults or peers in the adolescents'' communities. A total of 261 adolescents participated in the study; of these adolescents,...
- 21st-century Eskimos.
Grigorenko, Elena L.; Meier, Elisa; Lipka, Jerry; Mohatt, Gerald; Yanez, Evelyn; Sternberg, Robert J. // Storyworks; Jan2014, Vol. 21 Issue 4, p25
The article gives information on the Yup'ik which is now commonly known as 21st Centaury Eskimos. They are a group of indigenous peoples of the western, southwestern, and southcentral Alaska and a part of Russia which is now called as Serbia. Further the article cites that now Yup'iks live...
- Needlefish and the Two Grandmothers.
Conway, Diana C. // Highlights for Children; May95, Vol. 50 Issue 5, p16
Presents a Yupik Eskimo knife story, retold by the author, `Needlefish and the Two Grandmothers.'
- Rescuing Alaska Artifacts.
Williams, A. R. // National Geographic; Oct2014, Vol. 226 Issue 4, p33
The article discusses the excavation of the Nunalleq archaeological site in Alaska, focusing on the recovery of artifacts from the Yupik Eskimo culture as the terrain thaws due to climate change.
- Village Voices.
Vanasse, Deb // Faces; Jan2009, Vol. 25 Issue 4, p22
The article profiles the Yup'ik people, meaning "real people" who live in southwestern Alaska. It states that Yup'ik people are among the three Alaskan native groups commonly know as Eskimos who are originally nomadic and harvested fish, moose, and berries with the seasons. Accordingly, dancing...
- Minuk (Book).
Sherif, Sue; Jones, Trevelyn E.; Toth, Luann; Charnizon, Marlene; Grabarek, Daryl; Larkins, Jeanne // School Library Journal; Oct2002, Vol. 48 Issue 10, p164
Reviews the book 'Minuk: Ashes in the Pathway,' by Kirkpatrick Hill and illustrated by Patrick Faricy.
Shaw, Robert D. // Arctic Anthropology; 1998, Vol. 35 Issue 1, p234
Presents a regional overview of the Central Yupik, the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Northern Bristol Bay and Nunivak Island. Basis for grouping the three islands; Cultural history; Expansion of coastal residents onto the delta; Effect of technological innovation and population growth.
- "Kenekngamceci Qanrutamceci (We Talk To You Because We Love You)": Yup'ik "Culturalism" at the Umkumiut Culture Camp.
Fienup-Riordan, Ann // Arctic Anthropology; 2003, Vol. 40 Issue 2, p100
Discusses the role of culture camps that have emerged in rural Alaska. Concern for the widening gap between the older and younger generations of Yupik Eskimos; Formation of the Calista Elders Council; Opportunity for elders to transmit subsistence skills, oral history, and cultural traditions...
- Serologic and Clinical Outcomes of 1536 Alaska Natives Chronically Infected with Hepatitis B Virus.
McMahon, Brian J.; Holck, Peter; Bulkow, Lisa; Snowball, Mary // Annals of Internal Medicine; 11/6/2001, Vol. 135 Issue 9, p759
Determines the incidence of and risk factors for adverse events and clearance of hepatitis B e antigen and surface antigen in carries of hepatitis B virus (HBV). Population-based cohort study of hepatitis B carriers in Yupik Eskimos in Alaska; Increased risk for hepatocellular carcinoma with...
- Exuberant Complexity: The Interplay of Morphology, Syntax, and Prosodyin Central Alaskan Yup'ik.
Mithun, Marianne // Linguistic Discovery; 2012, Vol. 10 Issue 1, p5
Written varieties of many languages show greater syntactic complexity than their spoken counterparts. The difference is not surprising: writers have more time to create elaborate structures than speakers, who must produce speech in a steady stream. As documentation grows of the effects of...
- The Eye of the Dance.
Gill, Michael // Humanities; May/Jun96, Vol. 17 Issue 2, p19
Highlights the exhibition `Agayuliyararput: The Living Tradition of Yup'ik Masks' at the Anchorage Museum of History and Art in Anchorage, Alaska. Importance of masks making to the Yup'ik people of Alaska; Culture of the Yup'ik people; Description of the style of the masks.
- Soldier Brings Eskimo Culture to Iraq.
Noggle, Michael R. // Soldiers; May2006, Vol. 61 Issue 5, p48
This article features Sergeant Paul Bavilla of the Alaska National Guard's 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry. Bavilla is a Yupik Eskimo. He is known as an Eskimo Scout, a title refering to an individual who is an expert at living and surviving in harsh weather conditions in Alaska. Bavilla can stay...
- Mountain Village Youth Heads to UN In Geneva.
Noggle, Michael R. // Alaska Business Monthly; Jun2005, Vol. 21 Issue 6, p9
Reports that Trina Landlord, a Yupik Eskimo and employee of First Alaskans Institute, has been chosen for the Indigenous Fellowship Programme at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights at the United Nations (UN) in Geneva, Switzerland. Opportunity for Landlord to study international...
- Digital Dermatoglyphic Patterns of Eskimo and Amerindian Populations: Relationships between Geographic, Dermatoglyphic, Genetic, and Linguistic Distances.
Crawford, M. H.; Duggirala, R. // Human Biology; Oct92, Vol. 64 Issue 5, p683
Dermatoglyphic traits have been used to assess population affinities and structure. Here, we describe the digital patterns of four Eskimo populations from Alaska: two Yupik-speaking villages from St. Lawrence Island and two Inuit groups presently residing on mainland Alaska. For a broader...
- Hard Times Along the Kuskokwin.
Mason, Lynn D. // Natural History; Aug/Sep75, Vol. 84 Issue 7, p66
Describes the social and economic problems being faced by the Kuskowagamiut Eskimo of Alaska as a result of their transition to modern life. Kuskowagamiut's struggle to retain their cultural identity; Debilitating effects of disease and economic hardship resulting from Western contact; Erratic...
- Complex Mask, Yup'ik.
DORFMAN, JOHN // Art & Antiques; Mar2011, Vol. 34 Issue 2, p96
The article focuses on the Yup'ik Eskimo mask. The mask sold for more than 2.5 million U.S. dollars at the Winter Antiques show at the Park Avenue Armory in New York in January 2011. The mask was collected at the beginning of the 20th century by Adams Hollis Twitchell, a trader who took notes...
- Southwest Alaska: A Vastly Remove Region.
Barbour, Tracy // Alaska Business Monthly; Nov2010, Vol. 26 Issue 11, p38
The article offers information on the economy, employment, health care, culture and living conditions in Southwest Alaska. It mentions that the region is dominated by an assortment of smaller and rural communities with underdeveloped infrastructure and industry. It mentions that the area is home...
- Adventures in Alaska.
RADICH, KATHLEEN MARY; Rattey, Julie L. // Catholic Digest; Sep2008, Vol. 72 Issue 10, p92
The author focuses on her experiences as a Franciscan Sister assigned to minister the rural villages of western Alaska. She recalls that she encountered several challenges upon her arrival in 1997 such as the lack of running water and adjustment to the Yup'ik life. She notes that she visits the...
Scarborough, Jessica // Fiberarts; Sep/Oct84, Vol. 11 Issue 5, p50
This article features the experience of Patricia Bulitt teaching dance in schools in Hooper Bay, Alaska. According to the author, Bulitt's impressions of Alaska and her encounters with the Yup'ik people inspired many of her dances. She claims that the interest of Bulitt in Eskimo dress led her...
- Safe Water?
Tirado, Michelle // American Indian Report; Jan2004, Vol. 20 Issue 1, p18
Discusses the sanitation systems in Hooper Bay, a Yu'pik village in rural Alaska. Commitment of Governor Tony Knowles of Alaska to give rural Alaskans access to safe water; Information on the water and waste management systems of Hooper Bay; Amount of monthly interim fee per family for the...
- Oomingmak.
Berlo, Janet Catherine // Piecework; Jan/Feb96, Vol. 4 Issue 1, p50
The article traces the history of the founding of the Oomingmak Musk Ox Producers' Co-operative, a society of Yupik Eskimo women who sells their hand knitted scarves, hats, tunics and articles. The crafts being sold by the women are made from qiviut, the fine underwool shed by the musk ox. The...
- Indigenizing CBPR: Evaluation of a Community-Based and Participatory Research Process Implementation of the Elluam Tungiinun (Towards Wellness) Program in Alaska.
Rasmus, Stacy // American Journal of Community Psychology; Sep2014, Vol. 54 Issue 1/2, p170
The process that community based participatory research (CBPR) implementation takes in indigenous community contexts has serious implications for health intervention outcomes and sustainability. An evaluation of the Elluam Tungiinun (Towards Wellness) Project aimed to explore the experience of a...
- Feasibility of a Community Intervention for the Prevention of Suicide and Alcohol Abuse with Yup'ik Alaska Native Youth: The Elluam Tungiinun and Yupiucimta Asvairtuumallerkaa Studies.
Mohatt, Gerald; Fok, Carlotta; Henry, David; Allen, James // American Journal of Community Psychology; Sep2014, Vol. 54 Issue 1/2, p153
The Elluam Tungiinun and Yupiucimta Asvairtuumallerkaa studies evaluated the feasibility of a community intervention to prevent suicide and alcohol abuse among rural Yup'ik Alaska Native youth in two remote communities. The intervention originated in an Indigenous model of protection, and its...
Jordan, James B. // International Review of Modern Sociology; Spring97, Vol. 27 Issue 1, p1
A cross-cultural psychological investigation of the historical factors that have influenced personality features of the Yupik (Siberian) Eskimos of the St Lawrence lsland, Alaska area Discussion centers on the cultural shift that has occurred from the 1880's to the present, including traditional...
Leete, Art; Vallikivi, Laur // Folklore (14060957); Sep2011, Vol. 49, p131
The focus of this article is on different adaptations of Christianity by the northern indigenous peoples of Russia in the early Soviet period. We shall examine the community of Yup'ik Eskimo maritime hunters who experimented with Christian ritual forms in order to overcome the crisis caused by...
Leete, Art; Vallikivi, Laur // Alaska Almanac; 2008, Issue 32, p160
Information on native arts and crafts in Alaska from a section of the book "The Alaska Almanac," 32nd edition is presented. Traditional arts and crafts were created for ceremonial and utilitarian purposes. The Natives are known for their use and manipulation of natural materials, such as roots,...
- Commonalities in coping with stressful situations across Alaska Native culture, geography and context.
Lopez, Ellen D.S.; Rivkin, Inna D.; Johnson, Samuel // Circumpolar Health Supplements; 2013 Supplement 1, Vol. 72, p391
The article focuses on the findings from two interview projects conducted by the authors within a community-based participatory research framework to understand the coping strategies reported by participants dealing with stress. The Yup'ik Experiences of Stress and Coping Project explored how...
- Disseminating research in rural Yup'ik communities: challenges and ethical considerations in moving from discovery to intervention development.
Rivkin, Inna; Trimble, Joseph; Lopez, Ellen D. S.; Johnson, Samuel; Orr, Eliza; Allen, James // Circumpolar Health Supplements; 2013 Supplement 1, Vol. 72, p409
Background. The native people of Alaska have experienced historical trauma and rapid changes in culture and lifestyle patterns. As a consequence, these populations shoulder a disproportionately high burden of psychological stress. The Yup'ik Experiences of Stress and Coping project originated...
- The Yup'ik way of making prayer.
Rivkin, Inna; Trimble, Joseph; Lopez, Ellen D. S.; Johnson, Samuel; Orr, Eliza; Allen, James // Natural History; Aug96, Vol. 105 Issue 8, p12
Reports on the prayer ritual of the Yup'ik people of southwestern Alaska. Abandonment of dance rituals; Gathering after freeze-up in winter villages; Preparation for the Agayuyaraq winter ceremony; Effect of arrival of Christian missionaries in the 1840s.
- Clearing the Path: Metaphors to Live by in Yup'ik Eskimo Oral Tradition.
Fienup-Riordan, Ann // American Indian Quarterly; Winter94, Vol. 18 Issue 1, p61
Introduces the Yup'ik Eskimo oral tradition and the metaphors central to it by comparing two tales. Focus in Yup'ik narrative on the acts of "clearing path" and "creating a barrier" to teach about the Yup'ik view of the world; Role of narrative in communicating the view in western Alaska;...
- Needleworkers of the North.
Druchunas, Donna // Piecework; Jan/Feb2005, Vol. 13 Issue 1, p42
The article presents information on the needleworkers of the Inupiat and Yup'ik of Alaska. It is noted that Alaskan Eskimo women have been deservedly renowned for their skills in stitching parkas, frocks, boots, gloves and mittens for the long Arctic winters. In spite of the fact that Yup'ik and...
- In a Different Light: Growing Up in a Yu'pik Eskimo Village in Alaska (Book).
Deering, Andy J. // Multicultural Review; Dec96, Vol. 5 Issue 4, p90
Reviews the book "In a Different Light: Growing Up in a Yu'pik Eskimo Village in Alaska," by Carolyn Meyer.
- In Two Worlds: A Yup'ik Eskimo Family (Book).
Schuller, Susan // School Library Journal; Sep89, Vol. 35 Issue 13, p264
Reviews the book "In Two Worlds: A Yup'ik Eskimo Family," by Aylette Jenness and Alice Rivers.
- Keeper of the Sacred Bundle-- Alaska.
Schuller, Susan // Whispering Wind; 2012, Vol. 40 Issue 6, p26
The article discusses Elaagna mallra, also known as Sergie Nick, a teacher that functioned as a keeper, one who keeps and tells stories important to a Native American tribe, clan or village's culture, at Pitka's Point, a village in Alaska. Elaagna told stories and taught students the Yup'ik...
- Embodied Knowledge, Relations with the Environment, and Political Negotiation: St. Lawrence Island Yupik and Iñupiaq Dance in Alaska.
Ikuta, Hiroko // Arctic Anthropology; 2011, Vol. 48 Issue 1, p54
This article explores how Alaskan Eskimos' relationship with the environment is recapitulated in their indigenous forms of dance and what roles these dances play in political discourse. Traditional dance has been a means by which Alaskan Eskimos express their sentiment about the environment. It...
- A Whalebone Mask from Amaknak Island, Eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska.
Rogers, Jason S.; Anichtchenko, Evguenia V. // Arctic Anthropology; 2011, Vol. 48 Issue 1, p66
In August 2007, a whalebone mask was excavated from a 3,000-year-old settlement site in the eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Although wooden masks are ethnographically common and well-documented from most other regions of coastal Alaska, examples made from bone or other materials are quite...
- Yup'ik Cosmology to School Mathematics: The Power of Symmetry and Proportional Measuring.
Lipka, Jerry; Andrew-Ihrke, Dora; Yanez, Eva // Interchange (0826-4805); May2011, Vol. 42 Issue 2, p157
This article shows how Yup'ik cosmology, epistemology, and everyday practice have implications for the teaching of school mathematics. Math in a Cultural Context (MCC) has a long-term collaborative relationship with Yup'ik elders and experienced Yup'ik teachers. Because of this long-term...
- We Are All Paddling a Kayak Through Open Tundra.
Lipka, Jerry; Andrew-Ihrke, Dora; Yanez, Eva // Place of the Pretend People; 1996, p109
The article discusses the author's experience as a teacher in the village of Tununak in Alaska. She noticed when people in Tununak talked about money. Yup'ik Eskimos had lived on or near the site of Tununak for two thousand years, but cash had not come to the village until 1930, when the...
Lipka, Jerry; Andrew-Ihrke, Dora; Yanez, Eva // Place of the Pretend People; 1996, p225
The article discusses the author's experience as a teacher in the village of Tununak in Alaska. She recalls a Yup'ik Eskimo boy who sat beside her during her flight from Anchorage to Bethel. She looked at the boy's arm and managed to read the village name typed on the bracelet. She had been to...


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\title{THIRD ANNOUNCEMENT}
Paul Erdõs and His Mathematics Budapest, July 4-11, 1999.
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest V., Roosevelt tér 9. (Roosevelt square 9)
It is a great honour that we have the opportunity to hold our conference in the newly renovated, splendid, historical building of the Academy. You can see pictures of the building and the conference rooms on our homepage at http://www.math-inst.hu/~erdos99
All participants are kindly requested to register at the Conference Reception Desk in the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The Reception Desk employs a multilingual staff and will be open throughout the conference with the following hours: from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m on July 4th, 1999, from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on July 5th and during the working hours of the conference on all other days. Participants will receive a complete set of conference documents, a name badge and the "Participants Pack" including other documentation and information. Participants are kindly requested to wear their badges when attending professional and social activities. All sessions of the ``Paul Erdõs and his Mathematics'' conference will be held in the building of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Roosevelt sq. 9., District V.)
The opening ceremony will be held on July 5th at 9.00 a.m.
Plenary lectures will take place in the mornings from Monday to Friday. Thirty minute talks in five parallel sessions will be given in the afternoons from Monday to Friday and on Saturday morning, with the exception of Wednesday afternoon. The scientific program of the conference ends on Saturday, July 10, before 2 P.M. The detailed program can be downloaded from our homepage (http://www.math-inst.hu/~erdos99).
A Poster Session is planned for Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 12:00 to 14:00. All participants will have the opportunity to present their mathematical work in the form of a Poster -- provided they have indicated their intention to do so before the start of the conference (via e-mail), they have submitted an abstract or at least a title by Saturday, July 3rd 24:00pm and their contribution has been accepted by the Scientific Committee. Only one poster is allowed per member. Authors are asked to send us their name, the title and the approximate category of the topic of their poster (say Analysis, Combinatorics, Number Theory, Probability Theory and Set Theory) in order to allow us to make the correct schedule. Send the requested information to Laszlo Szekely:
Each Poster Session is 120 minutes long, during which period the authors should stand by their posters and be available for questions and discussion. Authors presenting a poster are advised to bring the material of the poster with them when they come to the Conference since no facilities for preparing posters are available on site. Because of the large number of applicants we have to limit the size of posters to TWO A3-size pages (40 x 60 cm; 17' x 24'). The contributors of the poster session will receive a schedule of their presentation at registration.
The Welcome Party will be held on July 4th from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the conference site. A boat cruise is scheduled from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 7th. The Conference Banquet will take place on Thursday , July 8th, from 7:30 p.m. Information booklets listing optional cultural programs and excursions will be available at the registration desk. This information will also be posted on our web page. The registration staff will be happy to assist anyone in choosing additional programs.
If you wish to make international calls we advise you to buy a telephone card (120 units costs 1800 forints, 50 units 800 forints). Card operated phones can be found all over the city. When making calls abroad, first dial 00, then at the long distance dial tone dial the country code, area code and phone number.
There are two on-site possibilities for lunch. Full course lunches are available at the Club of the Academy for HUF 1500/day. Tickets will be sold at registration. Because of the limited size of the Club, participants wishing to use this service should notify us in advance via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com Light lunches (sandwiches) will also be offered for HUF 450/day. Complementary coffee, refreshments and small cakes will be served during intervals. Also, the "Participants Package" will include a map showing nearby restaurants.
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We highly recommend the services of the Airport Minibus Company, organized on a car-pool principle, rather than taxis. It costs HUF 1200/person from the Airport to anywhere in Budapest, and for HUF 2000 one can buy a return ticket valid for 3 months. You will have no difficulty finding their representative upon arrival. An airport shuttle bus is available to the city center. Using public transportation you can reach the nearest metro station (the final stop of the blue line, station Kobanya-Kispest) from the airport by taking bus number 93(red number). "Taxi 2000" has a service HUF 2400/cab from the airport to anywhere in Budapest. If you decide to take a taxi we strongly advise you to check the price in advance as foreigners are often taken advantage of. Car rental services are available at the airport and all major hotels.
Public transportation is fast and efficient in Budapest. Weekly tickets, which cost Huf 1750 can be bought at major stations, which are valid on all buses, trams, trolley buses and metro lines in Budapest. One ticket costs 90 forints, a block of tickets: 10 for 810 forints. Since a number of reconstruction projects are going on in the city coinciding with the Erdõs Conference participants are advised to rely on directions provided at the Conference Reception Desk or their hotels in addition to their maps. The Conference Site is in Pest, at one end of Lánchíd (Chainbridge). It is at an about 10 min. walk from the Vörösmarty tér station (the final stop) of the yellow metro line. If you take the red metro line to the Conference Site, you should get off at Kossuth tér and change to tram No. 2 for one stop (or take a 15 min. walk). Taking the blue metro line one should get off at Deák tér and walk about 10 min. Note that Deák tér is a station on all three metro lines. >From Buda one should take bus No 105 or No 16, which stops near to Roosevelt tér, or bus No. 7 across Erzsébet híd (Elisabeth bridge) and then walk or take tram No. 2 for two stops. Maps showing the suggested routes between hotels and the conference site will be put up on our homepage. Taxis: All taxis must have a working taximeter and taxi drivers are compelled to give an official printed receipt (fare costs approx. 110 Ft/km). Tipping: If a tip is not included in the bill, it is customary to give 10-15%. We advise you to use taxis operated by larger companies such as Citytaxi -- phone: 211-1111, Fõtaxi -- phone: 322-2222, Taxi 2000 -- phone: 355-5000.
The official currency in Hungary is the Hungarian Forint (Ft or HUF). Foreign and Hungarian currency can be brought into or taken out of Hungary without restrictions. Currency exchange facilities are available at the airport, at major banks, in hotels and downtown. (At present one USD is approximately 240Ft, one Euro is 250 Ft, one DM is 130 Ft, and one FF is 40 Ft).
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The climate in Hungary in July is usually warm and sunny with the the possibility of showers. The anaverage daily temperature is 25--30 C (77--86 F), sometimes even higher, and the relative humidity is below 50%. The evenings, however, might be cool, so you may find a pullover, a light coat.
In Hungary, electricity is suppplied at 220 V, 50 Hz. The 2-pin plug is different from those used in some other countries.
In case of problems upon arrival, feel free to call the numbers listed on our homepage for assistance.
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No Child Left Behind has seen better days. Under attack from both the right and left, President Bush's signature education achievement might not survive if some members of Congress get their way.
House Education and Labor Chairman George Miller (D-Calif.) offered a 435-page legislative draft last month that rewrites several provisions and guts the few measures in the law that limited-government conservatives support.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) wants to go one step further and rename the law to something other than No Child Left Behind.
So not only does the Bush administration face the prospect of significant policy changes, it could also lose the marketing appeal of the law's name.
Education Secretary Margaret Spellings, who last week fought back against the proposed changes, might be better off with the status quo than trying to reauthorize the law in a hostile Congress. Her biggest gripe was Miller's attempt to water down the penalties schools face for failing to live up to the law's testing requirements, but it's just one of many differences that need to be addressed.
Meanwhile, conservatives who are seeking to trim government bureaucracy, end ineffective programs and restore state and local control in education won't find much to like in Miller's 435-page draft. His other changes include new regulations, more programs and fewer options for school choice. Miller has also made no attempt to fix No Child Left Behind's structural problems.
Changes to the school-choice provisions are particularly troublesome given the large number of congressmen who support private schools in their personal life. A report from The Heritage Foundation last week revealed members of Congress send their kids to private schools at a rate nearly four times that of the general population.
Two notable examples are Sens. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.). But they're not alone. More than 37 percent of House members and 45 percent of senators have sent their children to private school. Meanwhile, 52 percent of Congressional Black Caucus members and 38 percent of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus have had at least one child in private school.
Despite those surprisingly high numbers, Miller's proposed changes to No Child Left Behind gut its school-choice provisions. It seems some members of Congress--who are paid $165,200 per year--have no problem personally taking advantage of school choice, but they are willing to reduce the school-choice options for those without financial means to afford it on their own.
As Democrats push for these changes, conservatives have taken the opposite approach. Led by Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.), a group of Republicans are pursuing legislation known as A-PLUS. Their bill attempts to bring greater transparency to No Child Left Behind and reduce the additional 6.7 million hours that school officials are spending to comply with the law.
"No Child Left Behind originally sought to return some education policy-making authority to the states, but in its current form the legislation is a massive spending bill filled with federal mandates that increase the presence of federal bureaucrats in our classrooms," Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.), a co-sponsor of the A-PLUS Act, said last week on the House floor.
It's too bad Spellings was so quick to reject the conservatives' ideas earlier this year. While their proposal might not have been exactly what she wanted, it would be a significant improvement over the big-government solutions that Miller hopes to pass into law.
At this point, no conservative could support what Miller has proposed. If liberals are serious about the changes they want to make, it's only a matter of time before the Bush administration realizes it won't get anything good from this Congress on education policy. The status quo just might be a better option.
Robert B. Bluey is director of the Center for Media & Public Policy at The Heritage Foundation and maintains a blog at RobertBluey.com
First appeared in Townhall.com


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Usher's Stepson Declared Brain Dead after Accident
Usher's stepson Kyle Glover, 11, was declared brain dead following a jet ski accident on July 7th.
Sources at TMZ have stated that young Glover, son of Tameka Farmer Usher's estranged wife, has had no brain activity since his admission to the hospital. Sources say he had been floating on an inner tube in Lake Lanier near his Atlanta home when a jet ski struck him in the head. The jet ski also injured his 15 year old female friend who also went to hospital with serious injuries.
There has been no news on if the family will continue life support or not at this time.
Officials have ruled out alcohol involvement in the accident, but will continue doing a complete investigation into the accident.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to Usher, Tameka and Kyle while they go through this terrible tragedy. It is a reminder for those on the water to be careful and mindful of others at all times, accidents can happen so quickly!