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I don't understand what John K. thinks is so bad with this cartoon. I think it's pretty good, if not totallly funny.
Sylvester's expressions & poses throughout this cartoon are priceless. It's stylized, but it's a good kind of stylized.
So, is it cool-looking?
This is an excellent commentary. In fact, I think I'll hereby altogether reject the John K./Eddie Fitzgerald commentary on LTGC3 and substitute this as the official one in my mind. It's far more deserving of it, anyway.
The thing that gets me about John K's commentary is he says how Chuck Jones was "one of the fathers of limited animation", and how Chuck hated it, and John K doesn't understand that. The thing John doesn't realize is he's "one of the fathers" of the infamous flat Genndy Tartokofsky (sp?) style that's been in cartoons the past decade. John hates this style, but he started it! Genndy has even said his style is inspired by John K!
John fully acknowledges that he started the Genndy fake 50s style, dude. Listen to his commentaries on the R&S Season 3 DVD or read his blog.
Well, I've never listened to his R&S commentaries before, let alone actually own any of his R&S DVDs. But what I was getting at is he's said on his blog that he hates those sort of designs, but he himself still uses them! I just think it's pure hypocrasy.
BTW, great commentary Matthew! Keep 'em coming!
Jorge: Yep, John did it right then the immitators did it all wrong.
Good commentary overall Matthew.John K. and Eddie's commentary prety much hit the nail right on head in my opinion.John properly pointed out how Jones's toons became far too talky and how the images were strictly and there just tell move the story along, not nessecarily to entertain. "Scaredy Cat" is a million times funnier, lot's of funny drawings,gags,and far better timing.


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The Commerce Department reported Friday that America's GDP (Gross Domestic Product) grew at a 2.5 percent pace in the first quarter but don't break out the champagne. Several one-time factors contributed to this seemingly robust performance.
The economy is already slowing and new crises threaten. Most of first quarter growth likely was concentrated in January and February and the economy slowed, and it may have actually contracted, in March.
In the fourth quarter, inventory investments and defense purchases were uncharacteristically weak—the former rebounded and the latter declined much less in the New Year. Also, extraordinary year-end corporate bonuses and dividend payments, intended to soften the blow of higher 2013 taxes, pushed up consumer spending early in the first quarter.
Those factors will not repeat in the second quarter, and January tax increases are finally starting to bite—consumers appear are hunkering down, and their confidence about the future is waning.
Higher payroll taxes and income taxes paid by the wealthy took away $165 billion in purchasing power. Working- and middle-class families adjusted spending to accommodate higher taxes, but with a lag, because they must keep driving to work and feeding their children—now car dealers and shopping malls report slowing sales.
For upper income families, changes in the tax code were extraordinarily complex, and many pay taxes on a quarterly basis on self employment and investment income. The full impact of higher taxes on their after-tax income was not reckoned until their accountants computed their first quarter payments due April 15—now they will be trimming purchases.
Along with sequestration, higher taxes are subtracting more than $200 billion from household purchasing power and government spending—that is slowing demand for what Americans make and makes jobs tougher to find.
A key element of the tax changes—reduced mortgage interest deduction—is dampening existing home sales. Holding up purchases are speculators, aided by the Federal Reserve's easy money policies, and wealthy investors from continental Europe's troubled economies who are parking capital in U.S. real estate.
They are scarfing up properties in choice markets in Florida, New York City and elsewhere with cash offers that frequently squeeze out ordinary homebuyers seeking a primary residence.
In several markets, prices have zoomed past what these ordinary buyer's incomes will support; hence, speculators bets require that somehow after-tax household incomes will somehow surge permitting them to unload at a profit.
Slow growth and higher taxes on upper middle income and wealthy households makes that a dubious strategy, and the speculative surge cannot end well—housing price increases will slow, plateau or could crash all together.
The housing market bump to household wealth that has supported consumer spending growth in recent months will relent.
Similarly, the Fed's low-interest policies are boosting stock and agricultural land values—at a pace beyond what future profitability of either asset class can sustain. Either slower growing values or outright adjustments appear inevitable, and the resulting drag on consumer spending will slow the recovery.
The continuing surge of Chinese exports onto American store shelves, and weakening demand for U.S. products in recession torn Europe are dampening demand for U.S. manufactures.
Japan's weak yen policy is imposing tougher competition on U.S. automakers and other manufacturers of technology-intensive products. Already, the Commerce Department reported durable goods orders fell 5.7 percent in March, indicating much slower sales going forward.
The bottom line: most forecasters expect growth to slow to less than 2 percent in the second quarter and to remain below 3 percent through the end of 2014.
Peter Morici served as Chief Economist at the U.S. International Trade Commission from 1993 to 1995. He is an economist and professor at the Smith School of Business, University of Maryland.

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The entire Oldsmobile brand gets laid to rest this year, and right along with it, its two door Coupe/four door Sedan Alero. The 2004 Oldsmobile Alero is available with either a 4-cylinder or a V6 engine, in either GX, GL1, GL2 or GLS configurations. The GX and GL1 models feature 140 horsepower while the upper-end GL2 and GLS feature 170 horsepower. Both the Coupe and the Sedan seat up to five passengers, with a nice list of standard equipment that includes driver and passenger-side airbags, ABS brakes, air conditioning, cruise control and front bucket seats.


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Finally! Got it with NOD32, downloaded the 30d trial and the virus was recognized as Win32/Mebroot trojan.
Analog = Classical
Digital = Techno
SANS Internet Storm Center just posted the following:
system restore ......... turn it off
get system clean, and then pop it back on
lots of the bad stuff is capable of doing things that were outside the imagination of Hollywood a few short years back
but now, it is fairly safe to assume that if you do get bit, it's gonna hurt
Nihil has a point re:- CCleaner, and SpyBot in safe mode, and in that order too, as it is best to drop the sludge out of the PC before trying to clean it up a little
I also like Malwarebytes
not forgetting CWShredder, what the hell, run it anyway, when you are in a world of hurt, it doesn't really matter what you do to sort it, just get it sorted :P
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Murdoch's Metastasizing Migraine
New phone-hacking-scandal evidence surfaces.
How will Rupert Murdoch's minions—including his son James—wriggle out of this one?
Today, the Guardian's mighty Nick Davies presents additional evidence of a cover-up in the News Corp. phone-hacking scandal. In March 2007, just after News of the World reporter Clive Goodman got out of prison for hacking the phones of the "royal" family staff, he protested his dismissal from his job for "alleged gross misconduct" in a letter to the company's HR department.
Appealing his dismissal, Goodman stated that the phone-hacking practice was "widely discussed in the daily editorial conference, until explicit reference to it was banned by the Editor [Andy Coulson]"; that "other staff members were carrying out the same illegal procedures"'; and that the actions that led to his criminal "charge were carried out with the full knowledge and support" of superiors—whose names have been redacted from the document by Scotland Yard because they are under investigation.
The letter, culled from documents collected by the House of Commons committee investigating the phone-hacking scandal, makes potential liars out of Andy Coulson, who was News of the World editor when Goodman got caught (and who recently left Prime Minister David Cameron's service as communications director) and Les Hinton, the News Corp. executive who resigned last month after the phone-hacking scandal reignited. Hinton, Davies reports, was sent a copy of the Goodman letter but did not give it to police. Hinton also told Parliament that Goodman was the lone News of the World reporter to hack phones.
Previously, News Corp. told Parliament that it had paid Goodman £60,000 upon his dismissal. But new evidence obtained by Parliament shows that he was paid £230,000 in compensation in 2007 and £13,000 in legal expenses by News Corp. after his dismissal. Goodman's HR letter stated that he was promised his job back by News of the World's then-editor and itslawyer, so these payments are looking like hush money to Member of Parliament Tom Watson, who told the Guardian, "I think they tried to buy his silence."
If Goodman is on the level, he can testify that Hinton lied to Parliament and that Coulson has consistently lied about the scale of phone hacking at News of the World as well as his knowledge of it. This would put Hinton and Coulson at par with James Murdoch, who was essentially caught lying last month when the outgoing editor of the shuttered News of the World and its staff lawyer contradicted his Commons testimony about phone hacking.
"The Murdoch Corp's circular firing squad now pulling triggers," former Sunday Times Editor Andrew Neil summarized the every-man-for-himself quality to the scandal's latest ripple in a tweet today. "Casualties likely to be high in hail of bullets."
A new round of Commons phone-hacking hearings has been announced, with former News of the World Editor Colin Myler and News of the World lawyer Tom Crone—the men who contradicted James Murdoch—being invited in for questioning, as well as a the head of HR and its former legal director. Presumably the principals will be given clear shots at one another—and not with shaving-cream pies. James Murdoch and others are likely to be invited, too.
Also released by the Commons committee was a letter from the Harbottle & Lewis law firm, which accused the Murdochs' company of misrepresenting its work for News Corp. The firm denied having given the Murdochs' company a "clean bill of health" and denied having been hired, as Rupert Murdoch put it, "to find out what the hell was going on."* When your own lawyers start pissing on you, you're in big trouble.
Obviously, a whole passel of phone-hacking lies have been spilled, and the scandal has grown too large for one or two willing Murdoch lieutenants or employees to stanch it by taking the fall. Reading Goodman's letter and his payouts with a jaundiced eye, we can see that that was his original role. Likewise, that huge settlements paid to prominent phone-hacking victims in 2009 were supposed to bury the scandal.
The journalistic orthodoxy requests that I type that "it's always the cover-up that gets you," the suggestion being that it's always better to get the scandal out in front, confess, and cut your losses. But I won't. It's my hunch that the scandal would have been equally devastating to the Murdoch empire had it not commenced its sloppy cover-up of lies, settlements, and other payouts when the original phone hacking of the "royal" staff broke in 2006. Back in 2006, so much of the phone-hacking evidence was still green and the damage done to victims still fresh.
Just think about how close the genocidal tyrant and his staff came to getting away with it. If not for Nick Davies and reinforcements from the New York Times, the News of the World would still be alive, Rupert Murdoch would have purchased the remainder of BSkyB, and instead of being measured by his tailor for convict stripes James Murdoch would be selecting carpet and drapes for his new News Corp. CEO office.
Worthy commentaries on today's phone-hacking story: Brian Cathcart, Ryan Chittum, Michael Calderone, and others. I especially enjoyed ProPublica's comparison of News International's redaction of the Goodman letter with that of Parliament. Send letters to email@example.com and watch my Twitter feed for redactions. (Email may be quoted by name in "The Fray," Slate's readers' forum; in a future article; or elsewhere unless the writer stipulates otherwise. Permanent disclosure: Slate is owned by the Washington Post Co.)
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Krzysztof Wilkowski said he was hit so hard by a baseball, it knocked his motor-scooter helmet off.
"The next thing I know is I'm being hit by the helmet, then being dragged into the street," he said this morning.
Police believe Wilkowski was one of the victims of one of four reported mob attacks in the downtown area that resulted in the charging of five youths early today. Police say they were part of a group of about 15 to 20 in their mid-to-late teens who made attacks near or along the lakefront. The problem has been growing there as well as Streeterville, the Gold Coast and the Magnificent Mile.
Wilkowski said he decided to drive downtown from his northwest suburban home because he wanted to get some shoes and "take a ride."
He said he was sitting on his bike, checking his cell phone around 7:30 p.m. on Chicago Avenue just east of Michigan Avenue when he was attacked.
"I couldn't believe it. It was broad daylight outside, there were people around, and this happened," he said. "There were about 20 guys surrounding me. I saw one guy running after the ball, I guess they didn't want to lose it. Then I saw a bunch of people coming after me."
Instead he found himself in the middle of Chicago Avenue trying to kick and punch his way out of trouble.
Wilkowski said he was bruised and scratched but was otherwise all right. He said he didn't hurt anyone either.
"I wasn't going to give them my cell phone," said Wilkowski. "Then I remember fighting only one guy. We were about the same size and wrestling. He had no fighting skills, though, and then they all scattered," he said.
Police responded after the fight was over.
"I went around in a squad car up and down the area, but they (the mob) went in all directions," he said. "I ended up having some food in Bucktown and then got home around midnight."
An insurance broker in the suburbs, Wilkowski joked, "Maybe if I told them to buy some insurance, they would have run off to begin with."


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SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A controversial plan to power central Chile by damming Patagonian rivers is doable, the project's head said Monday, dismissing criticism from leading presidential candidate Michelle Bachelet that HidroAysen is not viable.
Chile is strapped for energy, but most Chileans oppose the proposal to tame two of the world's wildest rivers and build more than 500 miles (800 kilometers) of power lines linking hydroelectric plants to the grid that powers the nation's capital. Some mass marches against the project have turned violent.
"It's easy to say no to a project," HidroAysen Executive Vice President Daniel Fernandez told foreign correspondents. "But I'd like see the energy policies that candidates have planned for the years to come for Chile."
Fernandez added that the $8 billion project is feasible as long as there's "nationwide agreement" that the planned transmission line must go forward. The project has been approved by the Supreme Court and is now under review by a special Cabinet committee.
Bachelet, a center-leftist who ended her 2006-10 presidency with high popularity ratings, is leading in polls ahead of the Nov. 17 presidential election. Her opposition to HidroAysen could kill the project if she returns to office.
"It's not viable. It shouldn't go on," Bachelet said late Sunday during a televised debate with other candidates who are competing to represent the center-left coalition in the election.
With its energy-intensive mining industry demanding more power, Chile must triple its power capacity in just 15 years, despite having no domestic oil or natural gas, experts say. The dams together could generate 2.75 gigawatts, almost a third of central Chile's current needs, within 12 years.
Chile imports most of its fossil fuels and depends largely on hydropower for electricity. This creates a crisis when droughts drain reservoirs or far-away disputes affect fuel imports.
HidroAysen supporters say the economic benefits of the project in southern Chile justify carving access roads through an area of Andean glaciers and deep green valleys and fjords and running transmission lines through national parks and private properties all the way to the capital, Santiago.
Environmentalists say construction of the transmission lines could open remote Patagonia to much more development, and they fear the area's abundant water could attract even more dams once the lines are built.
The HidroAysen venture is 51 percent owned by European energy generator Endesa and 49 percent owned by the Chilean company Colbun SA. Endesa is a Spanish subsidiary of the Italian energy company Enel SpA.
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An independent British medical watchdog says the first treatment proven to help people with the deadliest form of skin cancer is too expensive to be used by the U.K.'s health care system, a recommendation critics called a potential death sentence.
The drug, Bristol-Myers Squibb's Yervoy, has offered some hope to people with advanced skin cancers, though a study of patients with advanced, inoperable melanoma showed it extended survival only four months on average.
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence, or NICE, advised Friday that at a cost of 80,000 pounds ($126,600) Yervoy "could not be considered a cost-effective use" of health funds. A final decision is expected next month after a public consultation.
In the U.K., most medicines are paid for by the government, as long as they're recommended by the cost-efficiency watchdog. The agency commonly rejects expensive drugs, including recently advising against new treatments for prostate cancer, breast cancer, and multiple sclerosis, though patients and doctors are increasingly protesting the decisions.
The government usually adopts NICE's recommendations, meaning doctors in the government-funded health service cannot prescribe Yervoy without NICE's approval.
In its decision, NICE said it was not convinced by the evidence, saying the data for Yervoy, which works by stimulating the immune system to fight cancer, did not compare it to older drugs used to treat melanoma. NICE also said the trial was too short to know how long the drug's effects would last and raised concerns about the drug's side effects, including diarrhea, rash, fatigue and nausea, which they said could affect a patient's quality of life.
"We need to be sure that new treatments provide sufficient benefits to justify the significant cost (the health care system) is being asked to pay," said Sir Andrew Dillon, NICE's chief executive, in a statement.
Patient groups and charities slammed the decision, labeling it a "death sentence" for people with advanced skin cancer.
"The breakthrough that patients and clinicians throughout the U.K. have been waiting for arrived in the form of this drug," said patient advocacy group Factor 50 and the skin cancer charity SKCIN, in a statement. "To have come so close to a breakthrough and to be told no at this stage is truly devastating."
Drugmaker Bristol-Myers will provide additional evidence in hopes that the agency "will reconsider this decision so that all patients with metastatic melanoma can access this potentially life-extending treatment," European vice president Amadou Diarra said in a statement.
NICE does not usually approve any treatments that cost more than 30,000 pounds (US$47,492) to buy an extra healthy year of life, though it does occasionally make exceptions for lifesaving therapies.
In recent years, NICE has been forced to overturn a number of its original judgments after public outcry. "They actually reverse their decisions quite a lot," said Aparna Krishnan, a senior health care and pharmaceutical analyst at IHS Global Insight in London.
In 2005, the agency refused to recommend Alzheimer's drugs including Aricept. Public protests forced a reconsideration, and the drugs were finally recommended to all Alzheimer's patients last year. In addition, NICE has reversed its decisions on drugs including the kidney cancer drug Sutent, the flu drug Relenza, Velcade for blood cancer, and Herceptin for stomach cancer.
NICE has also been criticized for taking too long to recommend drugs. After Herceptin was first approved for breast cancer, the agency had to scramble to speed up its evaluation process after several women sued their hospitals to get treatment before advice was issued.
Some analysts said the spiraling cost of specialized cancer drugs would mean fewer hospitals and insurers willing to pay for them _ particularly those with cash-strapped public health systems.
"Drug companies, meet reality," said Erik Gordon, an analyst and professor at University of Michigan's Ross School of Business. "There isn't enough money to pay $100,000 for therapies that don't show massive benefits, unless there is a politically powerful patient advocacy group behind it."
Analyst Krishnan said she wasn't sure if patient and doctor protests would ultimately convince NICE to recommend Yervoy, but acknowledged it was a possibility. "They are in a very difficult position," she said. "They are increasingly just looking at the cost, but the pressure from the public can be very powerful."
AP Business Writer Linda A. Johnson in Trenton, New Jersey, contributed to this report.


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GPSolo Magazine - January/February 2004
Our Diverse Section
As the managing partner of a small law firm, I can attest to the fact that a diverse clientele is good. As a general practioner I can attest to the fact that representing clients who have a wide range of diverse legal issues is good. As the chair of the General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Section, I can attest to the fact that having a diverse membership is great.
As I was thinking about my comments for this issue of GPSolo, I was reviewing the latest statistics regarding the Section's membership. There is no question that the GPSSF Section is one of the fastest growing in the ABA. But if you look at the membership statistics, you will find that our membership is not only growing in numbers—it is also becoming more diverse. The Section has a diverse ethnic and cultural membership, and it is also diverse in age, gender, and areas of practice. Half of our members are law students and a third of our members practice in government/military or in-house settings. The number of women members is increasing as well, especially in the law student category.
For the past three years this Section has sponsored a Diversity Fellows Program. The focus of the program is to welcome three Diversity Fellows into our Section. Each Fellow is appointed to a position on a committee and each is assigned a mentor. The mentor's charge is to promote the Fellow's active participation in Section activities. The program has been extremely successful. The Section has been able to increase membership as well as attract new leadership. Currently there are two former Fellows sitting on our Council, and several hold leadership positions on key committees.
Let me introduce you to this year's Fellows. William E. Brown hails from Forest Park, Georgia. He is currently Chief Military Justice for the First U.S. Army at Fort Gillem, Georgia. Olu Stevens hails from Louisville, Kentucky, where he operates a general civil practice. Edd Vasquez hails from Washington, D.C., where he is a sole practitioner specializing in intellectual property.
As you read this issue of GPSolo, you will be presented with different opinions and visions of diversity in the practice of law. Certain authors advocate for specialization of practice area, where others promote the benefits of a diverse practice. When it comes to the General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division, however, I think we can all agree on the benefits of having a diverse membership—everyone fits within our Section.
Paul G. Hearne Award for Disability Rights Call for Nominations
The American Bar Association Commission on Mental & Physical Disability Law, in conjunction with the National Organization on Disability, is pleased to announce that it is now accepting nominations for the sixth annual Paul G. Hearne Award for Disability Rights.
Each year, a $1,000 cash award and a commemorative plaque are presented to an individual or an organization that has performed exemplary service in the furthering the rights, dignity, and access to justice for people with disabilities. The 2003 award went to the Disability Rights Advocates, a nonprofit law firm that works to end disability-based discrimination in many areas, including employment, education, and housing.
Please note that self-nominations are not accepted. The deadline is March 31, 2004 (postmarked).
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May 27: Actor Christopher Lee is 91. Actress Lee Meriwether is 78. Musician Ramsey Lewis is 78. Actor Louis Gossett Jr. is 77. Country singer Don Williams is 74. Actor Bruce Weitz is 70. Singer Cilla Black is 70. Singer Bruce Cockburn is 68. Actor Richard Schiff ("The West Wing") is 58. Singer Siouxsie Sioux of Siouxsie and the Banshees is 56. Singer-guitarist Neil Finn of Crowded House and Split Enz is 55. Actress Peri Gilpin ("Frasier") is 52. Actress Cathy Silvers ("Happy Days") is 52. Comedian Adam Carolla is 49. Actor Todd Bridges ("Diff'rent Strokes") is 48. Drummer Sean Kinney of Alice in Chains is 47. Actor Paul Bettany is 42. Singer-guitarist Brian Desveaux of Nine Days is 42. Actor Jack McBrayer ("30 Rock") is 40. Rapper Andre 3000 of Outkast is 38. Rapper Jadakiss is 38. Actor Chris Colfer ("Glee") is 23. Actor Ethan Dampf ("American Dreams") is 19.
May 28: Actress Carroll Baker is 82. Actress Beth Howland ("Alice") is 72. Singer Gladys Knight is 69. Actress Sondra Locke is 69. Singer Billy Vera is 69. Singer John Fogerty is 68. Actor Brandon Cruz ("The Courtship of Eddie's Father") is 51. Actress Christa Miller ("Scrubs," ''The Drew Carey Show") is 49. Country singer Phil Vassar is 49. Singer Chris Ballew of Presidents of the United States of America is 48. Singer Kylie Minogue is 45. Rapper Chubb Rock is 45. Actor Justin Kirk ("Weeds") is 44. "The View" co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck is 36. Actress Monica Keena ("Dawson's Creek," ''Undeclared") is 34. Singer Colbie Caillat is 28. Actress Carey Mulligan ("The Great Gatsby") is 28.
May 29: Actor Kevin Conway ("Gods and Generals") is 71. Singer Gary Brooker of Procol Harum is 68. Singer Rebbie Jackson is 63. Composer Danny Elfman is 60. Bassist Michael Porcaro of Toto is 58. Singer LaToya Jackson is 57. Actor Ted Levine ("Monk," ''The Silence of the Lambs") is 56. Actress Annette Bening is 55. Actor Rupert Everett is 54. Singer Melissa Etheridge is 52. Actress Lisa Whelchel is 50. Singer Jayski McGowan of Quad City DJ's is 46. Guitarist Noel Gallagher (Oasis) is 46. Guitarist Chan Kinchla of Blues Traveler is 44. Guitarist Mark Lee of Third Day is 40. Cartoonist Aaron McGruder ("Boondocks") is 39. Singer Melanie Brown ("Scary Spice") of the Spice Girls is 38. Rapper Playa Poncho is 38. Actor Brandon Mychal Smith ("Sonny With a Chance") is 24.
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Toddler found on roof of home
Woman charged with child neglect
Toddler found on roof of home
Woman charged with child neglect
VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. —
A passerby spotted a 2-year-old child with a dog but otherwise alone on the roof of a two-story home Tuesday morning.
Sheriff's deputies said they arrested 24-year-old Erica Hess at a home near New Smyrna Beach.
Officials said the witness told them he watched the toddler climb from a back deck up to the roof and walk back and forth several times.
The child nearly rolled off the roof at one point, according to authorities.
Deputies said it took Hess 15 minutes to respond to them, according to a report.
Hess at first said the little girl was out of her sight only a moment, but kept changing her story, investigators said.
The child had abrasions on her body from crawling on the roof unclothed.
Hess is charged with child neglect.
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Thursday's Afternoon Update
What you need to know about Florida today
Florida's housing market continues momentum
Florida's housing market continued its upswing in May, with higher closed sales, more pending sales, rising median prices, more new listings and a lower inventory of homes for sale, according to the latest housing data released by Florida Realtors. Across the country, existing home sales last month rose 13 percent since May 2012 to their highest point since the tax stimulus in late 2009, the National Association of Realtors said Thursday morning. More at the Tampa Bay Times and Florida Realtors.
How Florida administrators are preparing for Common Core
Florida schools have one more academic year to fully get ready for Common Core State Standards. This new way of teaching is designed to better prepare students for college and a career. Thousands of teachers are getting help from the Florida Department of Education at training sessions this summer – studying a different way to guide student learning. More at StateImpact Florida.
Jaguars, city deal to feature largest video scoreboards in the world
Sports Business
» The Miami Herald takes a look at three businesses benefiting from the success of the Miami Heat
Four-and-a-half months after their vision was unveiled, the Jaguars and city of Jacksonville agreed to terms Wednesday on a $63 million EverBank Field improvement project that will feature the largest video scoreboards in the world. More at the Florida Times-Union.
Miami turns to superstar developers to carry out long-stalled redevelopment
Can superstar developers Jorge Perez and Stephen Ross reignite long-stalled plans to build a luxury hotel complex, shopping center and mega marina on Watson Island? The Miami City Commission is willing to bet on it. More at the Miami Herald and Miami Today.
Bank purchase in Florida portends more Chilean investment in the U.S.
It's the biggest investment yet by a Chilean company in the United States. When the deal closes for Chile's Banco de Credito e Inversiones, or Bci, to buy City National Bank of Florida for $882.8 million, it will be the largest outlay ever from that relatively small South American nation in a U.S. business. More at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
Business Profile
When the founders of software development company Totuit, based in the University of Florida Innovation Hub, decided to take on the issue of public safety, they wanted to tie it into the one thing people never leave home without: their smartphone.
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13 U.S. Code § 11 - Authorization of appropriations
§ 11.
Authorization of appropriations
There is authorized to be appropriated, out of the Treasury of the United States, such sums as may be necessary to carry out all provisions of this title.
(Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, 68 Stat. 1014.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Section is new, and has been inserted to supply the customary authorization of appropriations necessary in carrying out any of the provisions of this title.
Bureau of the Census Working Capital Fund
Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(a) [title II, § 210], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009, 3009–41, provided that:
"There is hereby established the Bureau of the Census Working Capital Fund, which shall be available without fiscal year limitation, for expenses and equipment necessary for the maintenance and operation of such services and projects as the Director of the Census Bureau determines may be performed more advantageously when centralized: Provided, That such central services shall, to the fullest extent practicable, be used to make unnecessary the maintenance of separate like services in the divisions and offices of the Bureau:Provided further, That a separate schedule of expenditures and reimbursements, and a statement of the current assets and liabilities of the Working Capital Fund as of the close of the last completed fiscal year, shall be prepared each year: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Working Capital Fund may be credited with advances and reimbursements from applicable appropriations of the Bureau and from funds of other agencies or entities for services furnished pursuant to law: Provided further, That any inventories, equipment, and other assets pertaining to the services to be provided by such funds, either on hand or on order, less the related liabilities or unpaid obligations, and any appropriations made hereafter for the purpose of providing capital, shall be used to capitalize the Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That the Working Capital Fund shall provide for centralized services at rates which will return in full all expenses of operation, including depreciation of fund plant and equipment, amortization of automated data processing software and hardware systems, and an amount necessary to maintain a reasonable operating reserve as determined by the Director."
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SITTWE, Myanmar (AP) — A cyclone only a day away carries wind and rain that could become deadly. But in dozens of refugee camps that spatter Myanmar's western coast, the order to evacuate ahead of the storm was met with widespread refusal.
Tens of thousands of displaced Rohingya people live in the plastic-roofed tents and huts made of reeds, and they distrust nearly any order from a government that barely acknowledges they exist.
Even as rain and wind from the edges of Cyclone Mahasen began to pelt the coast near the city of Sittwe on Thursday morning, most people camped there appeared to be staying put. Some, however, were taking down their tents and hauling their belongings away in cycle-rickshaws, or carrying them in bags balanced on their heads.
"Now we're afraid. ... We decided to move early this morning," said U Kwaw Swe, a 62-year-old father of seven who was hoping the government would transport his family. Otherwise they intended to walk to safety.
The center of Mahasen was expected to reach Chittagong, Bangladesh, early Friday morning, and depending on its final trajectory it could bring life-threatening conditions to 8.2 million people in northeast India, Bangladesh and Myanmar, according to the U.N.'s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
It was a Category 1 cyclone — the weakest level. It could hit land with maximum wind speeds of about 120 kph (75 mph), said Mohammad Shah Alam, director of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department. He said Thursday that winds of 100 kph (62 mph) had already been reported west of Chittagong in Khepupara, and that the storm is moving northeast.
Bangladesh's private Independent TV reported that high winds had already flattened about 100 mainly mud-and-straw huts in Patuakhali district south of Dhaka, the capital.
Heavy rain and storm surge could prove deadlier than the wind. Bangladesh's meteorological office said the cyclone was moving so slowly it may take a whole day for it to pass the Bangladesh coast.
In Myanmar's Rakhine state, around 140,000 people — mostly Rohingya — have been living in crowded camps since last year, when two outbreaks of sectarian violence between the Muslim minority and ethnic Rakhine Buddhists forced many Rohingya from their homes.
Nearly half the displaced live in coastal areas considered highly vulnerable to storm surges and flooding from Cyclone Mahasen, which is expected to make landfall early Friday.
"Pack and leave," a Rakhine state official, U Hla Maung, warned as he walked through a camp near Sittwe, the state capital. Accompanied by more than a dozen soldiers and riot police, he suggested that people living there move to a nearby railroad embankment, then left without offering help.
Distrust of authorities led many Rohingya to stay where they were Thursday morning.
"We have no safe place to move, so we're staying here, whether the storm comes or not," said Ko Hla Maung, an unemployed fisherman. "... The soldiers want to take us to a village closer to the sea, and we're not going to do that. ... If the storm is coming, then that village will be destroyed."
Kyaung Wa, a cycle-rickshaw driver who has spent nearly a year in area camps after his house was destroyed in the violence, also was among the thousands who would not leave. If his current home is little more than a hut covered with a plastic sheet, he fears ending up someplace even worse, and living deeper in the countryside and away from work.
Officials, he said Wednesday, had been trying to empty his camp for months.
"Now they say, 'You have to move because of the storm,'" he said. "We keep refusing to go. ... If they point guns at us, only then will we move."
President's Office Minister Aung Min told reporters Wednesday that the government guarantees the safety of the Rohingyas during relocation and promises to return them to their current settlement when the storm has passed.
Heavy and moderate rain and gusty winds were lashing the Bangladesh coast Thursday morning. River ferries and boats were suspended, and scores of factories near the choppy Bay of Bengal were closed.
Cox's Bazar, a seafront town in Bangladesh in the expected path of the cyclone, had rain, wind and higher than normal tides. There was flooding in low-lying areas of several nearby island towns, said Ruhul Amin, a government official. Tens of thousands of people have left shanty-like homes along the coast for cyclone shelters in schools, government buildings and about 300 hotels.
Amin's three-story office building was turned into a shelter for about 400 men, women and children, many of them taking their livestock with them.
Huddling with the crowd, Mohammad Tayebullah said, "Each time there is a cyclone warning we come to the town for shelter. This has become part of our life."
Related heavy rains and flooding in Sri Lanka were blamed for eight deaths earlier this week, said Sarath Lal Kumara, spokesman for Sri Lanka's disaster management center.
In Myanmar at least eight people — and possibly many more — were killed as they fled the cyclone Monday night, when overcrowded boats carrying more than 100 Rohingya capsized. Only 42 people had been rescued by Wednesday, and more than 50 Rohingya were still missing, said Deputy Information Minister Ye Htut.
Much attention was focused on western Myanmar because of fears over the fate of the crowded, low-lying Rohingya camps.
Myanmar's government had planned to move 38,000 people within Rakhine state by Tuesday but "it is unclear how many people have been relocated," the U.N. office said, adding that Muslim leaders in the country have called on people to cooperate with the government's evacuation.
With sprawling camps still crowded with people, it appeared very few Rohingya had agreed to leave, despite offers of additional food rations.
The ones that had left said they had little choice.
"They just put us on the truck and brought us here," said Mahmoud Issac, a day laborer now living with his family and about 500 other Rohingya on the grounds of a small mosque. His wife and five children live on the ground floor of a two-room school, while he and the other men sleep on the mosque's portico.
He has no idea if he'll be allowed to return to the camp that had become his home.
The Rohingya trace their ancestry to what is now Bangladesh, but many have lived in Myanmar for generations. Officially, though, they are dismissed as illegal immigrants. They face widespread discrimination in largely Buddhist Myanmar, and particularly in Rakhine, where many of the Rohingya live.
Tensions remain high in Rakhine nearly a year after sectarian unrest tore through the region and left parts of Sittwe, the state capital, burned to the ground. At least 192 people were killed.
The violence has largely segregated Rakhine state along religious lines, with prominent Buddhists — including monks — urging people not to employ their Muslim onetime neighbors, or to shop in their businesses.
International rights groups and aid agencies urged that the evacuations be stepped up.
The British-based aid agency Oxfam welcomed the government's evacuation efforts, but said "swifter action is needed to ensure people are moved before the storm hits."
"It is essential that humanitarian principles are adhered to in moving all affected populations safely to suitable locations and that no one is left out," the group's director for Myanmar, Jane Lonsdale, said in a statement.
Weather experts have warned that the storm could shift and change in intensity before hitting land.
Myanmar's southern delta was devastated in 2008 by Cyclone Nargis, which swept away entire farming villages and killed more than 130,000 people. Two days before hitting Myanmar, Nargis weakened to a Category 1 cyclone before strengthening to a Category 4 storm.
Associated Press writers Jocelyn Gecker in Bangkok, Farid Hossain in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, and Krishan Francis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, contributed to this report.


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Baylor School of Music Presents Dean's Honor ConcertMarch 21, 2014
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Media contact: Terry Goodrich, (254) 710-3321
WACO, Texas (March 21, 2014) – The Baylor School of Music will present the Dean's Honor Concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 25, in Roxy Grove Hall.
The concert, designed to showcase the top talent in the school, will feature solo and duet performances from students who represent different divisions – strings, vocal, brass, woodwind, piano, composition and percussion.
Bassoonist Jennifer Lane, representing the woodwind division, said she feels very honored to be chosen as a performer for this concert.
"I do feel pressure to perform well (for the dean), but at the same time I'm so excited to be able to share my music with people," she said. "The excitement kind of takes away the nerves."
The concert is free and open to the public. Roxy Grove Hall is at 624 Speight Ave. For more information, call the Baylor School of Music at (254) 710-3991.
by Kristen Bennett, student newswriter, (254) 710-6805.
Baylor University is a private Christian university and a nationally ranked research institution, characterized as having "high research activity" by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The university provides a vibrant campus community for approximately 15,000 students by blending interdisciplinary research with an international reputation for educational excellence and a faculty commitment to teaching and scholarship. Chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas through the efforts of Baptist pioneers, Baylor is the oldest continually operating university in Texas. Located in Waco, Baylor welcomes students from all 50 states and more than 80 countries to study a broad range of degrees among its 11 nationally recognized academic divisions. Baylor sponsors 19 varsity athletic teams and is a founding member of the Big 12 Conference.
The Baylor University School of Music provides transformational experiences that prepare students for careers in music. Our students thrive in a Christian environment characterized by a nurturing resident faculty, an unwavering pursuit of musical excellence, a global perspective, dedication to service, and devotion to faith. They investigate the rich musical and cultural heritage of the past, develop superior musical skills and knowledge in the present, and explore and create new modes of musical expression for the future. While preparing for future leadership roles, the students join with School of Music faculty in enhancing the quality of community life, enriching the larger culture, and making Baylor a place in which heart, mind and soul coalesce. The School of Music of Baylor University is a member of the National Association of Schools of Music and the Texas Association of Music Schools. Degree programs leading to the bachelor of music education degree conform to certification requirements of the Texas Education Agency.
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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
2: Five Senses
Pete Shaheen
Birmingham Seaholm High School, Birmingham, Michigan
12th grade creative writing
Video: Episode
8, Watch It, Do It, Know It. Segment begins approximately
14 minutes 45 seconds into the program.
Primary Learning Objectives
By participating
in the learning activities and following the models demonstrated
by the instructor, students should be able to:
Learning Activity
Groups of students discussed the work of their
writing class and decided they wanted to strengthen their
ability to write engaging descriptions. Based on that, they
designed and conducted mini-lessons using the writer's workshop
models that the teacher also follows. The students created
five stations corresponding to each of the five senses. Other
students in the class moved from station to station, experiencing
something using one of their senses and describing it in writing.
One member of the planning group supervised each "station
of the senses." At the end of the exercise, students
shared their writings with the class and discussed them.
References for the writer's workshop come from
two texts:
Learning Theories to Consider
Pete Shaheen demonstrates the advanced outcomes
of a cognitive apprenticeship approach that incorporates peer
teaching with his 12th grade writing class. Shaheen
explains that the process involves finding a way to transfer
the domain of authority from the teacher to the students.
As peer teaching is strengthened over time, the teacher becomes
less involved in teaching and more involved in guiding and
advising students to become independent learners. More importantly,
he assist students in wanting to be in control of how they
learn and what they learn to enhance their knowledge.
This scenario shows three students led by a
peer teacher as they explore the use of their senses to enhance
their writing skills. The student peer-teacher guides the
other students through the experience of touching items in
a paper bag. Participants then describe their sensations orally
and ultimately in writing.
There are several learning theories presented
in this scenario. Pete Shaheen uses Cognitive Apprenticeship to influence learning by organizing knowledge in a
scaffolding method designed to transfer teaching to students
who ultimately become peer-teachers. As they take on the role
of teacher, he helps students to make their thinking visible
so they can talk about their ideas with each other to improve
their writing skills. The students are learning from each
other in a Social Context
as they work together in small groups to design their writing
projects. They inspire each other to enhance their writing
by employing the paper bag exercise and then getting students
to think "outside of the bag."
As he gives students opportunities to structure
their own learning, he forces them to use Metacognition. They must think about their own learning strategies
and design activities to help each other learn. Finally, Shaheen
demonstrates that none of these learning theories could take
place unless the classroom is designed to be a safe environment
where students can test their ideas based on their own cultural
experiences. He recognizes the relationship of Culture
and Learning as he structures
the learning culture of his class to be complementary to the
culture and ethnicity of the students.
Sequenced Writing Assignments:
Reflect on the completed
table and record your reflections about how the theories
intersect or interact. How might your own teaching practices
take advantage of what you see happening in this scenario?
Samples and tools to help you with the scenario
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Stormy political times likely lay ahead for Portugal after a general election delivered a minority government.
Minority governments struggle to survive in the bickering atmosphere of Portuguese politics, and only one has ever completed its four-year term. Their average life span is 14 months.
The center-right coalition government won Sunday's ballot despite its unpopular austerity policies and on the back of an improving economy. The Social Democratic Party and junior Popular Party collected almost 37 percent and 99 seats in Parliament, with four seats from votes abroad still to be allocated.
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This article is going to be about Who Owns Indian Larry Motorcycles
I can already tell you that.
Because when it comes to talking about motorcycles, there are only two camps of people:
Those who already get it. They get it so hard that they don't need it explained to them — and to be honest, you can never do half the job of explaining it to them as they already understand. Best you can do is "biker wave" at each other in passing; a single nod on some summer-sunned backroad somewhere.
Those who don't. Because they don't ride. Because they're gonna read these words and hear "bike" as some 2-dimensional, almost "storybook" object, like when we first read the word "bunny" and run our fingertips over fuzzy fur glued onto a baby book page, understanding "bunny" as the idea of "bunny," and knowing more about that book — and bunny illustration — than the real bunny itself.
*Some readers want me to point out that there is a third group: those who don't yet ride. And yes, obviously. But what I'm saying is this article will do nothing to throw them over that line. It's something you have to touch and feel, not read.
My mom tells me I tore apart my "Pat the Bunny" book as a kid. Like, literally. Ripped the fur off the pages and stuck my fingers into the raw parts of the cardboard and gnawed on the edges until they were worn down, mangled and warped.
(If you're wondering why my mother didn't do a better job of corralling my book behavior, I guess my response to this is a.) mind your own business, Suzy Q. b.) I was her first kid, so she didn't know better and c.) With my mama, we had to learn those "once you chew your book up it's chewed up for good" lessons the hard way.)
But imagine, for a second, what kind of baby bites her own bunny book into a pulpy mess and rips the sweet little fur bits clean off its pages and then feels no ragrets over this. Maybe all kids do this. But moreover, it was an example, one of many more incidents where I did what I wanted.


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9. Speaking of the birth of the Son of God,
Saint Paul places this event in the "fullness of time" (cf. Gal 4:4). Time is indeed fulfilled by the very
fact that God, in the Incarnation, came down into human history. Eternity
entered into time: what "fulfilment" could be greater than this?
What other "fulfilment" would be possible? Some have thought in
terms of certain mysterious
cosmic cycles in which the history of the universe, and of mankind in
particular, would constantly repeat itself. True, man rises from the earth
and returns to it (cf. Gen
3:19): this is an immediately evident fact. Yet in man there is an
irrepressible longing to live forever. How are we to imagine a life beyond
death? Some have considered various forms of reincarnation: depending
on one's previous life, one would receive a new life in either a higher or
lower form, until full purification is attained. This belief, deeply rooted
in some Eastern religions, itself indicates that man rebels against the
finality of death. He is convinced that his nature is essentially spiritual
and immortal.
Christian revelation excludes reincarnation,
and speaks of a fulfilment which man is called to achieve in the course of a
single earthly existence. Man achieves this fulfilment of his destiny
through the sincere gift of self, a gift which is made possible only through
his encounter with God. It is in God that man finds full self-realization: this
is the truth revealed by Christ. Man fulfils himself in God, who comes
to meet him through his Eternal Son. Thanks to God's coming on earth, human
time, which began at Creation, has reached its fullness. "The fullness
of time" is in fact eternity, indeed, it is the One who is eternal, God
himself. Thus, to enter into "the fullness of time" means to reach
the end of time and to transcend its limits, in order to find time's
fulfilment in the eternity of God.
10. In Christianity time has a fundamental importance. Within
the dimension of time the world was created; within it the history of
salvation unfolds, finding its culmination in the "fullness of
time" of the Incarnation, and its goal in the glorious return of the
Son of God at the end of time. In Jesus Christ, the Word made
flesh, time becomes a dimension of God, who is himself eternal. With the
coming of Christ there begin "the last days" (cf. Heb 1:2),
the "last hour" (cf. 1 Jn 2:18), and the time of the
Church, which will last until the Parousia.
From this relationship of God with time there arises the duty to sanctify time. This
is done, for example, when individual times, days or weeks, are dedicated to God, as once
happened in the religion of the Old Covenant, and as happens still, though in a new way,
in Christianity. In the liturgy of the Easter Vigil the celebrant, as he blesses the
candle which symbolizes the Risen Christ, proclaims: "Christ yesterday and today, the
beginning and the end, Alpha and Omega, all time belongs to him, and all the ages, to him
be glory and power through every age for ever". He says these words as he inscribes
on the candle the numerals of the current year. The meaning of this rite is clear: it
emphasizes the fact that Christ is the Lord of time; he is its beginning and its
end; every year, every day and every moment are embraced by his Incarnation and
Resurrection, and thus become part of the "fullness of time". For this reason,
the Church too lives and celebrates the liturgy in the span of a year. The solar year
is thus permeated by the liturgical year, which in a certain way reproduces the whole
mystery of the Incarnation and Redemption, beginning from the First Sunday of Advent and
ending on the Solemnity of Christ the King, Lord of the Universe and Lord of History.
Every Sunday commemorates the day of the Lord's Resurrection.
11. Against this background, we can
understand the custom of Jubilees, which began in the Old Testament
and continues in the history of the Church. Jesus of Nazareth, going back
one day to the synagogue of his home town, stood up to read (cf. Lk 4:16-30).
Taking the book of the Prophet Isaiah, he read this passage: "The
Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring
good tidings to the afflicted; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those
who are bound; to proclaim the year of the Lord's favour" (61:1-2).
The Prophet was speaking of the Messiah.
"Today", Jesus added, "this scripture has been fulfilled in
your hearing" (Lk 4:21), thus indicating that he himself was the
Messiah foretold by the Prophet, and that the long-expected "time"
was beginning in him. The day of salvation had come, the "fullness of
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Author Notes: I love pan roasting chicken breasts because searing it first in a skillet gives it a wonderful, crispy skin and finishing the cooking in the oven makes the meat wonderfully moist and tender. The accompanying pan sauce is easy to make and the Dijon mustard is perfectly complemented by the tangy cider vinegar and sweet brown sugar. And the addition of crispy pancetta sprinkled on top adds a delightful crunch. —Sonali aka the Foodie Physician
Serves: 4
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 45 min
tablespoon olive oil
ounces pancetta, small diced
boneless chicken breasts, skin on
pinch kosher salt, plus more as needed
pinch freshly ground black pepper, plus more as needed
cup minced shallots
tablespoon dijon mustard
1 1/2
tablespoons cider vinegar
cup chicken stock
tablespoon packed light brown sugar
- Preheat oven to 400° F.
- Heat the olive oil in a large oven-safe skillet or cast iron skillet over medium high heat. Add the pancetta and cook until browned and crispy. Remove from skillet and drain on paper towels.
- Season the chicken with salt and pepper on both sides. Add the chicken breasts skin side down to the drippings in the hot skillet. Cook 2 to 3 minutes until skin is golden brown, then transfer the skillet to the oven. Cook in oven 15 to 20 minutes, or until the internal temperature reaches 170° F. Turn the chicken breasts halfway through cooking. Remove skillet from oven and place chicken breasts on a plate. Cover with foil to keep warm.
- Pour off all but 1 tablespoon of drippings from the skillet. Heat the skillet on the stove over medium heat. Add the shallots and cook 1-2 minutes until translucent. Stir in the Dijon mustard and cider vinegar and cook until vinegar is reduced. Raise the heat and whisk in the chicken stock and brown sugar. Cook 3 to 4 minutes until sauce thickens. Taste and season with salt and black pepper to taste.
- To serve, plate the chicken breasts and pour the pan sauce on top. Sprinkle the crispy pancetta over the top. Serve warm.
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Dozens of rising kindergartners, teachers and parents lined up in front of bowling lanes and awaited cupcakes on Thursday to celebrate another successful year of Countdown to Kindergarten at the Lancaster Bowling Center.
For the last 13 years, Lancaster County First Steps' Countdown to Kindergarten program has allowed kindergarten teachers to visit students at their homes for lessons during the summer, creating connections with families before school starts.
In just a few days, more than 6,000 students will begin boarding school buses to ride to and from school. More than 70 buses will operate in Lancaster County School District to accomplish this task.
When the school year ends, our buses will have traveled more than 1.25 million miles during the 2017-18 school year.
School bus travel is statistically one of the safest modes of transportation on the road. This safety record directly results from the intense training our drivers receive and the safety design of our buses.
Healthy, balanced meals make so much difference in how well students do in school and how healthy they are when they become adults.
Study after study has shown how much difference a good breakfast can make on a student's ability to focus and do well in class.
The staff in our school cafeterias work hard to give our students those kinds of meals – meals that taste great and provide the nutrition and energy our students need to grow strong and succeed in school every day.
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A Kershaw hair stylist is offering a free haircut next week for any schoolkid who can't afford one.
Danielle Beard, a mother of two, works at Hairworks on Hampton Street in Kershaw. She's offering the free service to students from 5K to 12th grade from Aug. 8-12.
"Kids are so much fun," she said Tuesday. "I really just want to help those in need."
Beard has been cutting and styling hair for four years and says she doesn't want anyone going to school without a haircut simply because they are unable to pay for one.
The lazy days of summer are coming to a close in Lancaster County.
August signals back-to-school time, when bedtimes are pushed up, alarm clocks are reset, pencils are sharpened and schools open to welcome back staff and students. For Lancaster County students, the first day is Thursday, Aug. 17.
Sixth- and ninth-graders head back Wednesday, Aug.16, for a half-day orientation.
Lancaster High School is the only campus in the county that will have different traffic patterns at the opening of the school year due to construction projects.
Bryan Vaughn, Lancaster County School District safety and transportation director, said there is a new bus loading and unloading area at LHS.
"We're inverting where the bus loop is and the front loop where the drop-off is," Vaughn said. "Car traffic, at this point, will remain the same at the upper middle parking lot."
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Make that list and check it twice. No, not for Santa – for tax-free back-to-school shopping during the annual S.C. Sales-Tax-Free Weekend.
Starting at 12:01 a.m. Friday, Aug. 4, and continuing through Sunday, Aug. 6, book bags, clothing, pencils, paper and other school supplies are exempt from the 6 percent state sales tax.
The S.C. Department of Revenue estimates shoppers have saved between $2 million and $3 million during past tax holiday weekends.
One of his first days on the job, Dr. Jonathan Phipps arrived at the Lancaster County School District office at 6:45 a.m.
The district's new superintendent sat at his new desk preparing for meetings, reviewing routine paperwork, and returning e-mails and phone calls. Already, the schedule was hectic and varied.
"You never have the same day twice," he said.
He jotted notes in a journal to keep track of events. He's kept one for the last 10 years.
Land has been cleared and concrete blocks are going up at the site of a new elementary school in the Panhandle.
Lancaster County School District Facilities Director David Small said construction is "moving along."
"They're digging footings and going up with concrete blocks as they go," Small said, noting electrical work and plumbing is also being installed underground.
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LAS VEGAS — The 2006 Athletic Business Conference and Expo celebrated its 25th anniversary Nov. 14-17 at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Convention Center in Las Vegas with 91 seminars, a trade show with 344 exhibitors and about 3,400 attendees.
The show kicked off with a welcome reception at the House of Blues, which featured hors d'oeuvres, refreshments and live music. Other notable events included early morning workouts, a basketball free-throw competition and two keynotes.
Kevin Carroll, founder of The Katalyst Consultancy and author of Rules of the Red Rubber Ball, delivered the opening keynote, "Rediscovering Play: Bringing Fun and Passion to Your Work and Life," to a large, enthusiastic crowd on Nov. 15.
Carroll shared the story of his life and his career with the 76ers and Nike; gave out numerous posters, books and even a $100 bill to lucky chosen attendees; and showed the audience how to become change agents who inspire and motivate their organization, allowing it to reap the benefits of a healthy, fun environment where people enjoy their jobs and lives.
"Play needs to be serious in business because it's serious business," Carroll told the crowd.
The next day quarterback and football analyst Terry Bradshaw headlined the keynote session, "Why Not Your Best." As a Hall of Fame quarterback, two-time Super Bowl MVP, two-time Emmy Award-winning co-host of America's most-watched pre-game show, author, television and film actor, and gospel singer with three hit albums, Bradshaw shared his strategies for maintaining success through persistent self-improvement and discussed how attendees can make their dreams come true by managing their most important asset — their attitude.
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Managing a school is like running a pizza company, says Rob Metz, St. Louis Park's schools newly chosen superintendent.
The owner chooses what to specialize in — fast delivery, gourmet ingredients, cheap deals, large portions — and must clearly communicate that to everyone on the staff, from the kitchen crew to the delivery drivers to the managers in the corner offices. Then, after that identity is in place, employees can focus on coming up with ideas to improve their role within that identity.
"People are starting to make fun of me because I use [the pizza analogy] so much, but it works," said Metz. "Everyone needs to know what our brand is. ... And once our system is set up, everyone should be able to contribute ideas to make it work better."
Metz, who will step into the superintendent's role July 1, assuming that whatever contract he and the district negotiate was approved by the school board on Tuesday, is finishing up his 15th year as a principal in the St. Louis Park district. The first nine of those 15 years were spent at Aquila Elementary School, the last six at St. Louis Park High School.
St. Louis Park already has a strong identity that sets it apart from surrounding districts, he said. "We have our own unique place in the world," he said. "We're not a private school, and we're not a giant suburban school. We're a midsize, highly academic, diverse school where people have a chance to participate in a lot of different things. Kids don't have to specialize."
Metz, 53, lives in Lakeville with his wife; they have two young-adult sons. His mom was a teacher and his dad was a member of the school board. His older brother is a college administrator, his younger brother is a math teacher, and all three of the brothers have wives who work in education.
When Metz took over as principal at Aquila Elementary, the state ranked it as a one-star school. It had the highest poverty level, the most diversity and the most mobility of any school in St. Louis Park.
"We can't control poverty, we can't control mobility, we can't control where apartment buildings are built — that's all out of our hands," Metz said. "What we can control is what happens from 8 to 3, so we tried to make those hours as consistent and productive as possible."
At Aquila, he instituted a policy of teaching math at the same time for one hour every single school day and recalibrated the curriculum to help students better address questions on state tests. After almost a decade of steady improvement, Aquila received a "Beating the Odds" award from the Minnesota Department of Education for its vastly improved state test scores.
During his tenure as principal at St. Louis Park High School, it was consistently ranked as one of the state's best schools because of its high graduation rates and high levels of participation in Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate programs.
In 2010, St. Louis Park won a $4.9 million federal grant to teach schools from Los Angeles and rural Maine how to replicate its Building Assets-Reducing Risks program, which aims to reduce class failure rates among ninth-graders. St. Louis Park is applying to expand the program to 10th-graders when the grant expires in 2014.
"It was his results that really sold us," said St. Louis Park school board Chairman Bruce Richardson. "He turned things around at Aquila. Then, taking it up a notch to the [high school], he stepped up to that plate and really knocked it out of the park."
Tackling the achievement gap
Metz's No. 1 priority as superintendent is closing the achievement gap between white students and students of color. Although St. Louis Park has made significant strides — when he was hired as high school principal, only seven African-American students were enrolled in AP/IB classes; this year there were 125 — he said state test scores have made it clear that there is ample work to be done.
Part of the solution may be hiring more teachers that reflect the district's growing diversity, he said.
"Our teachers should look like our student body. ... The hires we make should reflect our district's rich diversity," said Metz. As of fall 2012, 38.9 percent of St. Louis Park's districtwide student population came from minority populations, while only seven percent of its staff did.
Another challenge on the horizon is the approximately $17 million levy referendum St. Louis Park voters will consider in the fall, which could be a tough sell in an older city where only 13 percent of the population has children in district schools.
"Positive community relations is a big deal for us," said Richardson. "Rob was the right man for the job.
"People are walking around with big smiles on their faces, and we couldn't be happier with how everything went."
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Obama Thanks Military for Service by Tripling Tricare Premiums..By Patricia Campion
President Barack Obama began and ended his State of the Union address in January by heaping lavish praise upon the men and women of the military. He used words like "courage, selflessness and teamwork" to describe their ability to bravely accomplish each mission he set for them. The war in Iraq is over. Osama bin Laden is dead. Troops are coming home from Afghanistan. So now -- in a show of thanks -- the president wants to gradually triple their Tricare premiums.
Tricare, according to its website, "is the health care program serving Uniformed Service members, retirees and their families worldwide."
The administration's admitted objective to Congress, as reported by the Washington Free Beacon, is "to force military retirees to reduce their involvement in Tricare and eventually opt out of the program in favor of alternatives established by the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare."
Under the new plan, Tricare annual premiums will increase 30 percent to 78 percent in the first year. After that the plan more than triples the premium payment in five-year increases ranging from 94 percent to 345 percent.
"According to congressional assessments, Free Beacon reported, a retired Army colonel with a family currently paying $460 a year for health care will pay $2,048."
Additionally, just as Obamacare limits civilians with pre-tax flexible spending accounts or health savings accounts to buying a "medicine or drug only if such medicine or drug" is doctor prescribed -- or pay a 40 percent tax -- the new plan for the military increases co-payments of active duty personnel for pharmaceuticals and eliminates incentives for using less expensive, over-the-counter and generic drugs.
Despite the fact that national defense spending has drastically declined under Obama's watch -- an expense described by The Foundry's Mike Brownfield as "a core constitutional function of government" -- entitlement spending has more than tripled.
Where defense accounts for only 14 percent of national spending in fiscal year 2012, 70 percent of the budget went to pay for the housing, food, income, welfare, student aid for the 1 in 5 Americans who are dependent on some type of government assistance.
According to the Nov. 1 report by the Census Bureau, there were 21.8 million veterans in the U.S. As of Dec, 31 the Department of Defense reported 1,456,862 active duty military personnel.
While military moral is at an all-time low and support for Obama among their ranks has plummeted, the president's new proposed defense budget will only force military families and retirees to pay sharply more for their health care.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics there are 14.8 million union members in the U.S. With his union support faltering and with angry union leaders pressuring Obama and congressional Democrats to step up efforts to advance their interests, it's no great mystery why they will leave the benefits of unionized civilian defense workers unscathed.
"As commander-in-chief, I want every veteran to know that America will always honor your service and your sacrifice -- not just today, but every day," the president said in November. "And just as you fought for us, we're going to keep fighting for you -- for more jobs, for more security, for the opportunity to keep your families strong and America competitive in the 21st century."
Of course, he forgot to warn them he was about to kick their existing health care insurance plan so far out of reach that they'd be forced to grab the plan that 53 percent of Americans want repealed for survival.
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It hasn't happened yet but it looks like the future might hold greener lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries. According to the Dec. 11, 2012 news release on EurekAlert,
Scientists at Rice University and the City College of New York have discovered that the madder plant, aka Rubia tinctorum, is a good source of purpurin, an organic dye that can be turned into a highly effective, natural cathode for lithium-ion batteries. The plant has been used since ancient times to create dye for fabrics.
The goal, according to lead author Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, a research scientist in the Rice lab of materials scientist Pulickel Ajayan, is to create environmentally friendly batteries that solve many of the problems with lithium-ion batteries in use today.
The Dec. 11, 2012 Rice University news release by Mike Williams, the origin for the one on EurekAlert, describes why the researchers are so interested in a more environmentally-friendly cathode,
While lithium-ion batteries have become standard in conventional electronics since their commercial introduction in 1991, the rechargeable units remain costly to manufacture, Reddy said. "They're not environmentally friendly. They use cathodes of lithium cobalt oxide, which are very expensive. You have to mine the cobalt metal and manufacture the cathodes in a high-temperature environment. There are a lot of costs.
"And then, recycling is a big issue," he said. "In 2010, almost 10 billion lithium-ion batteries had to be recycled, which uses a lot of energy. Extracting cobalt from the batteries is an expensive process."
Reddy and his colleagues came across purpurin while testing a number of organic molecules for their ability to electrochemically interact with lithium and found purpurin most amenable to binding lithium ions. With the addition of 20 percent carbon to add conductivity, the team built a half-battery cell with a capacity of 90 milliamp hours per gram after 50 charge/discharge cycles. The cathodes can be made at room temperature, he said.
"It's a new mechanism we are proposing with this paper, and the chemistry is really simple," Reddy said. He suggested agricultural waste may be a source of purpurin, as may other suitable molecules, which makes the process even more economical.
Innovation in the battery space is needed to satisfy future demands and counter environmental issues like waste management, "and hence we are quite fascinated by the ability to develop alternative electrode technologies to replace conventional inorganic materials in lithium-ion batteries," said Ajayan, Rice's Benjamin M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and of chemistry.
"We're interested in developing value-added chemicals, products and materials from renewable feedstocks as a sustainable technology platform," said co-lead author George John, a professor of chemistry at the City College of New York-CUNY and an expert on bio-based materials and green chemistry. "The point has been to understand the chemistry between lithium ions and the organic molecules. Now that we have that proper understanding, we can tap other molecules and improve capacity."
For anyone who's interested, you can read the researchers' article (open access),
Lithium storage mechanisms in purpurin based organic lithium ion battery electrodes by Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Subbiah Nagarajan, Porramate Chumyim, Sanketh R. Gowda, Padmanava Pradhan, Swapnil R. Jadhav, Madan Dubey, George John & Pulickel M. Ajayan in Scientific Reports 2 Article number: 960 doi:10.1038/srep00960
You might also want to check out Dexter Johnson's Nov. 26, 2012 posting (on Nanoclast, an IEEE [Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers] blog)where he mentions a technical deficiency (recharging becomes increasingly difficult) with the current Li-ion batteries in the context of his description of a new imaging technique.