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So disappointed with the teachers and administration at Wauconda High School (especially the math department). I only found a handful of teachers over the years that were actually there for the children. I am so glad the economy has turned around so we canove to another district.
They do not support children with special needs. They want them to sit in front of a computer and teach themselves. They cannot find teachers with a creative approach to teaching that might keep the children's attention. They want you to pay for tutoring outside of school to help them keep up. If you don't follow what they want for your child, they will do everything possible to make you angry enough to pull them out of school so they no longer have to deal with them. When they do make an exception so that you feel like you have gotten something you wanted, the make it to difficult for your child to meet the demands they set on them. The children become so frustrated the don't want to do it anymore. They need to be much more flexible..If you look at the school district surrounding Wauconda, you will see most of them are trying to get away from the current SEDOL program and start there own within their own school (Barrington, Lake Zurich and a few others that are in talks). STAY AWAY!!!!.
WHS has done more harm than good with my kids They were ill prepared for college, were not taught decent skills, study habits, etc. Special needs-HORRIBLE! say 1 thing, write another- if it's not in writing it didn't happen. 1 teacher in particular is ruthless and it's her way or move 'em out of her class Freshman year. Special Ed was poorly rated for implementation from a state service that came in to "help. Teach tolerance for that rather than ship them to sedol school. Not enough is done with drugs. Zero tolerance is a joke. Especially with football and cheer. They don't enforce zero tolerance with drugs or bullying. School and police work hand in hand, but not for what's best of the student usually. They just want to "look good on paper. The school NEEDS to cut out busy work, TEACH! IMPLEMENT an across the board bullying program, including assembly high school wide to address how severe it is, more drug sweeps, and improve S.E. services that are appropriate for the child and not just the ease of the school. Superintendent is Special Ed Lake County tho. . We liked the Grade School and Middle School, and the hard working staff. Parents are outsiders unless you conform.
Most kids go to college from this school, with a handful going into the military and trades. The school is the center of the community and it's small semi-rural/semi-suburban setting has effectively insulated it from a lot of problems seen in other area schools. There is a good demographic mix and there does not seem to be economic pressure on the kids. It is socially a great, safe place for students to learn and make friends. Most teachers are excellent - a few need to go, but this is the case in every school. They have strong athletic and arts programming, and contrary to older reviews, they a new performing arts wing. Arts programs are well funded. My only complaints are that the English writing curriculum is very weak. I've taught my son to write at home as he was earning A grades for what I considered to be C papers. The deans suspend many kids when a simple "knock it off" or detention would do. They are strong in supporting kids in special ed, but mainstreamed kids with ADHD, dyslexia or other less serious learning issues are neglected - 504s and IEPs are not implemented unless parents are on their backs 24/7 about it. They lack insight into these disorders.
I have two children at Wauconda Highschool - both taking honors classes, and involved with sports. The Science department has been wonderful - the labs and experiments they do, weren't available to me back in the 80s in district 214. There are ample opportunities for the students to get involved in academic groups as well as sports. The district has a sound curiculm, and state test scores continue to rise. The leadership in the highschool needs improvement - having experienced wonderful administrators at the elementry and middle schools, the High School administration should become more client focused...this isn't the "old wauconda" anymore. Parents are involved, and expect the same level of service from the administrators that they received at the lower level schools. All being said, the school / district does a great job under the current financial hardships brought on by the state.
Having moved around a lot and experiencing other school districts around the country, I have to say I am very pleased with Wauconda High School, and the school district in general. My daughter is ending her Junior year and she has had a positive experience for the last 3 years. Since it is not a huge school, there are many opportunities to get involved and not have to compete against 1000 kids for everything you try out for. The teachers and administrators really get involved with the students, knowing them by name.
I fell this school dose not really care for the need of the kids. My child has been very ill off and on. This school has not meet her need at all. They just want to close the books on the last semester so it will be easier on the teachers. All they have done is left her in the leach. I wish i could get her in to another school she is failing at this point and they just don't care. So much for no child left behind. I am so disappointed and hurt that i can't even begin to express. I feel i really have noone to turn to. I hope to god this dose not happen to any other child.
Although Wauconda High School has yet to raise to technological standards (such as all teachers using online homework system (which is 'required' but few teachers comply) and lack of online grades/attendance), I feel my child has been getting a quality education. Any school experience and results are the product of educators and parents and the time and care invested.
Beleive what you have read from most of these reviews. You can't imagine the disappointment our family had from the Wauconda school district. Long overdue are the improvements made from the referendum, now they need to continue to improve the teachers/staff in their school--almost impossible.
It's not the best school but it has made many great improvements. However, there are changes that the school could've done without.
WOW, great improvements to the High School. It's wonderful to see the community putting forth the effort to increase the education and the grounds. I look forward to seeing the results this year.
The school is changing! New classrooms and upgrades in computers should help the school move forward. Like any school going through a change in leadership it will take time, but the changes are the right changes. Teachers, students and parents are being asked to perform at higher levels. I look forward to watching Wauconda grow.
i am only going to be a sophomore at wauconda highschool this year but i have already noticed many things about this school. For one if you dont play football do not expect to get alot of support from the staff at WHS. The football team just recieved state of the art uniforms when their old ones were not more then 5 or so years old. the band has been wearing the same uniforms since the 70's. many other sports and organizations are the same way. The resources at WHS are not up to par. Books are out dated, computers are old and slow, and from my experience the teachers are not what i consider quality. with the exception of one or two teachers i got the feeling that they didnt really care about the students. however with the new referendum WHS is looking up to a brighter future!
Both of my sons graduated from this school. I watched as they struggled for advice and recognition from teachers and conselors. The fine art, and 'award winning' band programs are only helped if parents provide the money and materials for anything worth while to happen, and yet the football program is supplied tons of money to a team that has won 1 game in 3 years. College and after life have been a struggle as the boys have found out that the basics of reading, writing, and math were not up to par. We pay a credible amount of taxes to the district and the education is starving for attention
I graduated from this school a few years ago and found that upon entering the 'real' world, my knowledge of the basics were lacking considerably. The books that we used then were not up dated and most of the staff didn't care to up date us. Not everyone has the parent involvment needed to supply children with the knowedge that is lacking and the teachers don't get paid enough to care to take the time ot fill the children in on the current events. The money that is used to paint the walls should be used to educate what's within the walls.
I go to this school, and unfortunatly I have to say that it could be so much better. This year it was obvious to the student body that the school recieved a large amount of money becasue when we came back for the 2003-2004 school year most of the classrooms were repainted and retiled, hallways were made over, and a camera system was installed in the hallways and other large student areas. What we could have used was new textbooks that arent falling apart and from the 80's, new computers that students can read and turn on (ours are very old and from about the early 90's)and maybe an air conditing system. We are the only building in the district without it but we have the largest student body and on hot days many students dont even bother to come because its unbearably hot. The administration needs to realize that making the appearance of the school better isnt going to help students when they are taking the I.S.A.T's, new materials will.
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2. Rub each poussin with coarse salt and rinse under cold water. Pat dry with paper towels.
3. Grate the zest from the lemon, being sure not to get any of the pith. Reserve the lemon.
4. Make a paste of the zest, 3/4 of the minced garlic, the butter, hibiscus salt, and a few grinds of coarse pepper.
5. Using your fingertips, separate the skin from the breast of each poussin and massage half of the butter mixture under the skin of each bird.
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"I made this simple recipe one night when I hadn't planned anything for dinner," writes Susan Held from Cooksville, Maryland. "It's convenient because it uses items I usually have on hand. Plus, there's hardly any cleanup!"
5 Servings
Prep/Total Time: 30 min.
1 package (16.9 ounces) frozen potato and onion pierogies
1 package (14 ounces) smoked turkey sausage, cut in half lengthwise and sliced into 1/2-inch pieces
2 tablespoons butter,
2 tablespoons canola oil,
1 medium onion, sliced
1 package (14 ounces) coleslaw mix
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon celery salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 bay leaf
Cook pierogies according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large
skillet over medium heat,cook sausage in 1 tablespoon butter and 1
tablespoon oil; cook and stir for 2 minutes. Add the remaining
ingredients; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes longer or until coleslaw
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In another large skillet, heat remaining butter and oil. Drain
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sausage mixture and toss to coat. Discard bay leaf. Yield: 5
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2 cups equals 411 calories,
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- 1. A Company Computer and Questions about E-Mail Privacy
- 2. A Different Type of Computer Monitor
- 3. Bosses using internet to monitor activities of staff
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- 5. From Wikipedia: Computer surveillance
- 6. From Wikipedia: Data theft
- 7. E-mail in haste, repent at leisure
- 8. E-mail: Our right to write?
- 9. Employee Monitoring: Is There Privacy in the Workplace?
- 10. How can your boss monitor you?
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- 13. Monitoring employee e-mail Avoid stalking and illegal Internet conduct
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- 15. From Wikipedia: Network Management
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1. A Company Computer and Questions about E-Mail Privacy
[By JONATHAN D. GLATER, New York Times, Published: June 27, 2008]
When he was fired, Scott Sidell was angry enough. Then he found out that his former employer was reading his personal Yahoo e-mail messages, after he had left the company.
In a lawsuit that he filed in May against Structured Settlement Investments, the finance company he used to run, Mr. Sidell claims that executives at the company went so far as to read e-mail messages that he had sent to his lawyers discussing his strategy for winning an arbitration claim over his lost job…
The law governing e-mail communications is still evolving. Generally, courts have found that employers can monitor employees' e-mail communications on company computers. But courts have also recognized greater privacy protection for e-mail messages sent using personal, Web-based e-mail accounts. Details…
2. A Different Type of Computer Monitor
[By MATT RICHTEL, New York Times, Published: August 27, 1998]
Better watch what you type. A new generation of software is emerging to permit employers to record not just which Web sites employees browse, but also which programs they use, memos they write, E-mails they send -- in short, every keystroke.
Win What Where, a software company in Kennewick, Wash. (www.winwhatwhere.com), released its entrant into the field this month, a program called Win What Where, which costs $285 for each desktop computer in which it is installed. The company says its software keeps a record of every keystroke, mouse click and command. …
Each program lets employers hide the fact that the software is running on an employee's computer. Desktop Surveillance even allows a record of the employee's activities to be E-mailed to a supervisor without an employee's knowledge. Details…
3. Bosses using internet to monitor activities of staff
[The Irish Times, September 25, 2008]
EMPLOYEES HAVE been advised of the need to watch their online behavior after a new study revealed that bosses are increasingly turning to the internet to monitor their staff's actions.
According to the survey of 1,039 employees and 647 employers, which was undertaken by the employment law consultancy Peninsula Ireland , companies are using social networking sites to check the validity of staff out sick.
The survey indicates that 83 per cent of employers have monitored individuals' Facebook statuses to check whether an employee was truly ill with the result that 67 per cent of company bosses have disciplined staff for bogus sickness after discovering the real reason for them being absent through the popular website.
The study also reveals that 74 per cent of Irish employees have admitted to being caught out by their boss for using social networking websites during work hours. Details…
4. Companies flock to internet filtering
[BBC.co.uk, 17 July, 2002]
The business of corporate cyber snooping is getting ever more serious.
Most IT managers and corporate internet users are convinced that monitoring and filtering procedures are an absolute necessity.
This may not surprise too many people, with the dangers of online porn or race-hate sites widely acknowledged…
White collar employers are increasingly alarmed at just how much time is wasted surfing the internet each day. Details…
5. Computer surveillance
[From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]
Computer surveillance is the act of surveilling people, generally their computer activity, possibly without their knowledge.
Computers make excellent surveillance tools because they can be programmed (even surreptitiously) to record data without their owners' knowledge or consent. Most computers have connections to networks, which can be exploited (through security cracking) to gain access to any confidential data that may be stored on the computer. Additionally, if someone is able to install certain types of software on a system, they can turn it into an unsuspected surveillance device. Details…
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[From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]
Data theft is a growing problem primarily perpetrated by office workers with access to technology such as desktop computers and hand-held devices capable of storing digital information such as flash drives, iPods and even digital cameras. Since employees often spend a considerable amount of time developing contacts and confidential and copyrighted information…
Pod slurping is the act of using a portable data storage device such as an iPod digital audio player to illicitly download large quantities of confidential data by directly plugging it into a computer where the data is held, and which may be on the inside of a firewall. Details…
7. E-mail in haste, repent at leisure
[BBC.co.uk, 2 April, 2002]
E-mail is so quick and easy - so quick and easy that few people pause to think who may end up reading their message, writes Paul Rubens. Details…
8. E-mail: Our right to write?
[BBC.co.uk, 3 May, 2000]
Before you hit "Ctrl + Enter" to send off your next e-mail from work, beware, you may unwittingly be posting your letter of resignation.
The latest generation of e-mail scanners allows employers to sift your correspondence for words deemed unsuitable.
These words can be given a score value, with each use bringing the e-mailer closer to the dole queue.
The charity says while companies rush to protect themselves from legal actions arising from employee e-mails and internet use, workers rights and privacy are being ignored. Details…
9. Employee Monitoring: Is There Privacy in the Workplace
[Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, Posted March 1993]
Employers want to be sure their employees are doing a good job, but employees don't want their every sneeze or trip to the water cooler logged. That's the essential conflict of workplace monitoring.
Employers can use computer software that enables them to see what is on the screen or stored in the employees' computer terminals and hard disks. Employers can monitor Internet usage such as web-surfing and electronic mail.
Usually, when an employer states a policy regarding any issue in the workplace, including privacy issues, that policy is legally binding. Policies can be communicated in various ways: through employee handbooks, via memos, and in union contracts. Details…
10. How can your boss monitor you?
[BBC.co.uk, 12 March, 2004]
We all do it: a bit of online banking, holiday planning and personal e-mailing. There is no harm in it if the boss isn't watching..... is there? Well, your boss just might be watching.
Just got off the phone to your best friend and about to start surfing the web? Your employer may just be taking more notice of your activities than you think.
If you are at work right now, your boss might know you are reading this. Software can be installed in your computer that can measure how fast you are typing, which web pages you are visiting and what e-mails you are sending. A program called Investigator allows employers to monitor every single key stroke an employee makes. It also takes periodic screen shots of what's being displayed on the computer (including dodgy sites). Details…
11. Internet abuse costs big money
[BBC.co.uk, November, 2002]
Cyber slackers are costing Britain 's small businesses almost £1.5bn per year. A survey has found that many workers at small and medium businesses are wasting time with e-mail messages and websites that have nothing to do with their jobs.
Any company that comprehensively tackled the time wasting could see profits jump… Details…
12. Internet Abuse
[Internet, Known]
Internet abuse in the workplace is an issue in corporations. With statistics showing that employees are using the Internet during work hours for extensive personal use, corporations are striving to better regulate the use of the Internet to increase productivity amongst employees.
Internet Abuse could be defined as:
- Performing personal research
- E-commerce activities (eBay)
- Personal banking activities
- Career searching activities
- Anything that reduces employee productivity
13. Monitoring employee e-mail Avoid stalking and illegal Internet conduct
[ Pittsburgh Business Times - by Terrence Lewis, May 19, 2000]
Employee access to and use of electronic mail and the Internet is increasing at an extraordinary rate. According to one source, U.S. workers currently send more than 1 billion e-mail messages per day. To date, federal and state law regarding the right of private employers to monitor employee use of e-mail and the Internet remains undeveloped and is currently evolving.
Why should employers consider monitoring employee electronic communications and usage? ... What are the statutory bases for employer liability in monitoring employee electronic communications and use?
Are there any published cases in Pennsylvania examining employee privacy claims for employer monitoring of employee e-mail or Internet communications and use... What should employers do to avoid potential liability for monitoring employee e-mail and Internet usage? Details…
14. Monitoring employee email: Efficient workplaces vs Employee privacy
[By Corey A. Ciocchetti, 7/25/2001]
Employee use of electronic mail (e-mail) during business hours is a common characteristic of the 21st century American workplace. According to a recent study, over 130 million workers are currently flooding recipients with 2.8 billion e-mail messages each day.1 Employers provide e-mail services to their employees as an efficient means of facilitating both intra-company communication and communication with the outside client base.
In fact, employers have many legitimate reasons for desiring to monitor their employees' e-mail usage, such as:
- Maintaining the company's professional reputation and image;
- Maintaining employee productivity;
- Preventing and discouraging sexual or other illegal workplace harassment;
- Preventing "cyberstalking"7 by employees;
- Preventing possible defamation liability;
- Preventing employee disclosure of trade secrets and other confidential information; and
- Avoiding copyright and other intellectual property infringement from employees illegally downloading software, etc. Details…
15. Network Management
[From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]
Network management refers to the activities, methods, procedures, and tools that pertain to the operation, administration, maintenance, and provisioning of networked systems.
Administration deals with keeping track of resources in the network and how they are assigned. It includes all the "housekeeping" that is necessary to keep the network under control. Detials…
16. Network monitoring
[From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]
The term network monitoring describes the use of a system that constantly monitors a computer network for slow or failing components and that notifies the network administrator in case of outages via email, pager or other alarms. It is a subset of the functions involved in network management.
Website monitoring service can check HTTP pages, HTTPS, SNMP, FTP, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, DNS, SSH, TELNET, SSL, TCP, ping and a range of other ports with great variety of check intervals from every 4 hours to every one minute. Typically, most network monitoring services test your server anywhere between once-per hour to once-per-minute. Details…
17. Obscene e-mail puts lawyers in trouble
[BBC.co.uk, 16 December, 2000]
A group of law firm workers are discovering the power of the internet as a casually distributed obscene e-mail threatens to cost them their jobs.
The e-mail contained a couple of smutty jokes and an exchange which included a female employee giving explicit details of a sexual act. Details…
18. Protecting privacy and monitoring e-mail
[BBC.co.uk, 5 October, 2000]
Companies may start curbing staff surfing in the wake of Government guidelines that give them the right to spy on employees using the phone or e-mail, warn lawyers.
The guidelines try to strike a balance between the right to privacy, the occasional need for companies to get access to employees e-mail, and the demands of law enforcement agencies…
"Companies will have to look closely at how they allow people to use e-mail," said Mr Russell, "Some might say that external e-mails can only be sent with permission." Details…
19. Should your e-mails be screened at work?
[BBC.co.uk, 10 May, 2000]
UK employers are keeping a close eye on staff e-mails in an effort to trap those using sexist or racist language.
Automatic scanning equipment is being used to seek out potentially offensive words that set off an internal alarm, and the managers are then alerted.
The action is responding to a change in law that could see employees claiming up to £50,000 for receiving offensive e-mails at work…
People are confusing work email for home email. If the address being used belongs to your employer, you waive all right to privacy when you use it. However, the employer should have in place an Acceptable Use Policy, which states the conditions of use of web/ email/ internet use. Of course employers don't read letters that are sent to your home - it's stupid to draw such a comparison. Closer, but not an exact comparison would be letters to you at work. Many offices have a Post Room that opens any inbound letters. Imagine trying to keep your job if that porn magazine you ordered gets delivered to work... -Graham Freeman, England . Details…
20. Software watching while you work
[BBC.co.uk, 25 January, 2005]
Software that can not only monitor every keystroke and action performed at a PC but also be used as legally binding evidence of wrong-doing has been unveiled.
Worries about cyber-crime and sabotage have prompted many employers to consider monitoring employees.
The developers behind the system claim it is a break-through in the way data is monitored and stored.
They have joined forces to create a system which can monitor computer activity, store it and retrieve disputed files within minutes…
"People need to recognize that you are using a PC as a representative of a company and that employers have a legal requirement to store data… Details…
21. Surfing for porn costs jobs
[BBC.co.uk, September, 2002]
UK employers are spending more time disciplining staff over internet and e-mail abuse than any other office offence, a survey has found…
Worries about what staff is doing online have led to a culture of suspicion in offices.
Around 20% of firms now monitor their employee's use of the net and e-mail on a daily basis…
There was more disciplinary action taken over inappropriate surfing and sending pornographic e-mails in the last year than all the cases for dishonesty, violence and health and safety breaches put together. Details…
22. Tech firm in e-mail abuse crackdown
[BBC.co.uk, 17 July, 2002]
Hewlett Packard, the US computer giant, has sacked two members of its UK staff and suspended 150 others for alleged e-mail abuse.
The numbers involved suggests that this is one of the biggest cases of its kind so far.
The latest generation of e-mail scanners allows employers to sift workers' correspondence for words deemed unsuitable…Details…
23. Watching how you work
[BBC.co.uk, January 20, 1999]
There can't be many office-workers who don't sometimes play games on their computers, or sneak a look at naked people on the Internet. Email is often used to circulate jokes or snide remarks about colleagues. Most people probably regard it as harmless fun.
But employers can't see it that way. They may be legally liable for downloaded obscenity or defamatory emails. And they don't like their staff wasting time.
Now they have a high-tech means to combat these problems by monitoring - in effect spying - on their employees…
Monitoring internet use, however, is getting progressively easier. New software produced by another company, Omniquad, lets an employer secretly monitor what his staff is doing on their computer terminals…Details…
24. Who's Snooping on You at Work?
[By MIKE NIZZA, New York Times, June 20, 2008]
This week, a federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled [pdf] in favor of Mr. Quon and the three fellow police officers who joined the lawsuit. The unanimous ruling declared that they had a "reasonable expectation of privacy" for text or e-mail messages handled by an outside company like Arch. That means that unless it obtained the employee's permission or a valid search warrant, the department had no business reading them… Details…
25. Workplace data theft runs rampant
[BBC.co.uk, 15 February, 2004]
Office technology makes it much easier for workers to steal important information from their employers, a study has shown.
Research into intellectual property theft found that almost 70% of people have stolen key information from work…
The majority of those questioned, 72%, had no ethical problems stealing information to help them in a new post. Most, 58%, thought that, in moral terms, it ranked with exaggerating insurance claims.
Mr. Watson said filtering tools on e-mail servers could catch some of the intellectual property thieves but just as important were well-enforced policies that reminded employees of their obligations and responsibilities. Details…


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NEW HAVEN – East Allen County Schools board members heard both criticism and praise of how the district educates black students during an emotional meeting Tuesday.
While several residents shared their dismay over recent test results showing a widening achievement gap between black and white students, others lauded the work of teachers and principals who they said work tirelessly to improve the academic performance of all students.
The discussion was in regards to the ISTEP+ data that was released last week by the Indiana Department of Education.
According to the results, 33 percent of East Allen's black students passed both sections of the exam, down from 39 percent the year before. About 76 percent of white students passed both sections.
About 15 parents and members of the community gathered outside the EACS administration building before the meeting to express their dissatisfaction with the district's approach to educating black students. They carried signs that included slogans such as unacceptable and 100 percent failure of leadership.
The rally was organized by the NAACP, which was calling for parents to boycott the district by sending their students to other school districts, charter schools or private schools.
Throughout EACS, nearly 70 percent of black students did not pass ISTEP+. That's sad, Fort Wayne NAACP President Paulette Nellems told the board in a prepared statement. Outcomes like these cannot be tolerated by elected officials, community leaders or parents.
At one point during public comment, Prince Chapman Academy Principal Thelma Green approached the board and made an emotional, passionate defense of the work going on at her school, which had the third-lowest scores in the region.
She said many of her students who did not pass ISTEP+ or IREAD 3 were not native English speakers. Furthermore, she said many of her kids demonstrated tremendous growth that was not measured on the tests.
I'm there. I know what we do, she said, teary-eyed. I have a wonderful staff, and I have teachers who give it their all. We're not coming in equal.
East Allen Superintendent Karyle Green said she wasn't happy with the initial scores but emphasized that the data is only one snapshot on one day and that the scores do not reflect the improvement that students are demonstrating in classrooms.
After the district receives student improvement data from the state, she said, the administration would have a better sense of what was going on in schools.
It's really a bit early to be as disappointed, she said. It's one piece of the data.
Maintenance issues
The board heard an update on its capital projects fund, which officials said has been hit by property tax cap losses and decreases in local revenue.
Business Manager Kirby Stahly said the fund no longer has the revenue for substantial maintenance projects, such as installing new roofs. Moving forward, he suggested, the board should consider applying for general obligation bonds to complete the projects. Those bonds would be less than $2 million and would not have to be approved through a referendum.
Board member Richard Allgeier expressed concern that the board had recently approved the purchase of iPads without a thorough discussion of how the move would affect the needs of buildings. In April, the board voted 4-2 with one abstention to spend about $3.5 million on the tablets.
Board attendance
At the end of the meeting, New Haven-area board member Alyssa Lewandowski, who has missed more than a dozen meetings in the last few months, made a statement about her return to the board.
Lewandowski has been working a second shift and was not allowed by her employer to miss work for the meetings, she said. But from now on, she said she would be taking her vacation time to attend the meetings.
I am here to fulfill the oath I took back in 2008, she said. I am no quitter. Here I will stay to the end of my term.
The board approved the hiring of Michael Shaffer as the new executive director of instruction and student support.
Shaffer, who spent four years as principal at Lincoln Elementary in Fort Wayne Community Schools, will replace Britt Magneson, who left to pursue another opportunity on the East Coast.


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Posted 29 September 2000
Timed to coincide with the opening of the pheasant shooting season (October 1 to February 1), a harrowing new report by national pressure group Animal Aid reveals for the first time the massive scale of cruelty and environmental devastation caused by the pheasant shooting industry.
The Killing Fields - backed by shocking undercover film - details the staggering growth in recent decades of what is now a major agribusiness. Each year this industry:
- subjects millions of artificially-hatched birds to the rigours of intensive farming, including the liberal use of drugs and painful mutilations in an attempt to limit bird-on bird-aggression caused by the crowded conditions;
- kills nearly 5 million wild birds and mammals with snares, poison and body-crushing traps in predator control programmes;
- dumps 75,000 metric tonnes of toxic lead shot on the countryside.
Around 36 million pheasants are shot and retrieved every year. Birds who are not killed cleanly have their necks broken, or are clubbed over the head. Another 12 million birds suffer crippling blast injuries and are never found. The industry code of practice demands that downed birds be despatched as quickly as possible. But Animal Aid has filmed evidence of injured birds flailing in agony - ignored by those who have brought them down.
Foxes, stoats and weasels are among the species deliberately targeted by gamekeepers, simply because the animals are attracted to such unnaturally large concentrations of birds. But badgers, hedgehogs, sheep, cats and dogs are among the victims of the non-discriminating traps and poison. Even protected birds of prey, such as owls and kestrels, are eliminated.
Said Animal Aid director Andrew Tyler:
"The shooting of pheasants for sport is a uniquely squalid and cowardly activity. Shooters dress up their sick enterprise as 'conservation' but our report exposes the devastating impact their so-called sport has on British wildlife.
"The truth is found in the official industry name for their quarry - game birds. It's all a game to those who factory farm the pheasants - cutting off the ends of their beaks, fixing them with painful clips and blinkers and even tying their wings to control their behaviour. But it's no game for the animal victims."
Animal Aid is calling upon the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds to take a stand against shooting pheasants for fun instead of making excuses for the industry. Animal Aid also demands a complete overhaul of the archaic Game Laws, which were implemented largely on behalf of landowners and their gamekeepers and bear little relation to modern conservation needs.
The John Lewis department store group finds itself in the firing line following the publication this week of Animal Aid's exposé of the pheasant shooting industry.
For 28 days during each each shooting season, the department store group invites its staff to blast pheasants from the sky at its 3000-acre Hampshire estate. Shooting parties 'bag' around 200 birds daily. A John Lewis spokesman has admitted to Animal Aid that the estate managers use painful beak clips and plastic blinkers to control the birds' behaviour inside the rearing units. They also trap and shoot foxes, stoats and weasels to protect their 'sport'.
Demonstrations are planned at John Lewis stores around the country starting October 7. Hard-hitting posters, leaflets and stickers - carrying the message John Lewis knowingly slaughtering British wildlife - are being widely distributed. The campaign will continue until the store group ends its sick company 'perk'.
Said Animal Aid director Andrew Tyler:
"John Lewis prides itself in a policy of honest and ethical trading. Thousands of its staff must be as disgusted by the practice as are the majority of the British public. We call upon them to end the slaughter."
There are John Lewis stores in Aberdeen, Bluewater, Bristol, Cambridge, Cheadle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, High Wycombe, Liverpool, London (Brent Cross, Draycott Avenue, Oxford Street, Kingston, Sloane Square), Milton Keynes, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham, Peterborough, Reading, Sheffield, Southampton, Southsea, Watford, Welwyn Garden City, and Windsor
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27.01.12 04:39
CPJ demands release of Muhammad Bekjan
Muhammad Bekjan in prison in 2003
The CPJ is calling on the Uzbek authorities to release Bekjan and to punish those responsible for torturing him while he was awaiting trial in 1999.
Additional five-year prison term for Erk leader's brother upheld without amendment 17.03.12
Muhammad Salikh: I will keep going despite my brother's sentence 27.01.12
"This is a blatantly politicized new prison term levied against Muhammad Bekjan, who should not have served even a single day in prison," CPJ Europe and Central Asia Program Coordinator Nina Ognianova said.
CPJ experts describe Islam Karimov's government as an authoritarian regime, and say the country has the dishonourable reputation of being the top jailer of journalists in Central Asia.
"If Uzbekistan is to rejoin the international community, authorities must release all the journalists they are currently holding in retaliation for their work," Ognianova said.
Muhammad Bekjan is the brother of Muhamma Solikh, the exiled leader of the Erk opposition party. Until his arrest Bekjan was the editor in chief of the opposition party's newspaper, Erk, which was set up in 1990.
After acts of terrorism were carried out in Tashkent in February 1999, Bekjan was sentenced to 15 years in prison. In 2003, under an amnesty, the sentence was reduced by three years and eight months.
In December 2011, governors of the prison where Bekjan is being held, fabricated a case against him saying his behaviour in prison had violated article 221 of the Criminal Code. On 24th January this year, the court in Kasan in Kashkdarya region, decided to punish this infringement with another five-year prison term.
Mukhammad Bekjan worked on the Erk paper with two of his brothers, Rashid and Kamil. They were also given long prison sentences. Kamil was released in 2003 under a prisoner amnesty. Rashid was freed in March 2011.


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Most people categorize stamina and armor(mitigation) in to one big category called EH, in ToGC EH is much better than avoidance. The reason for this is that the only things that are going to kill you are either unavoidable or unpredictable physical burst where if you stack avoidance you will have to pray to the RNG gods that you don't get consecutively hit. The best way to take this unpredictable damage is to stack EH which is constant and does not rely on RNG the way avoidance does.
When it comes between stamina and armor Tankspot has an EH calculator where you can enter in your stats and you can see what value of armor is equal to what value of stamina in your current gear, but this calculator only accounts for physical damage so that means on high magic bosses which is in ToC you should give stamina a little boost over armor after you calculate your EH.


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- Publisher: Activision
- Release Date: Oct 21, 2012
- Also On: 3DS, PlayStation 3, Wii U, Xbox 360
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Nov 9, 2012Skylanders Giants is essentially more of the same. Developer Toys for Bob has added more characters, collectibles, and mini games to the already solid offering of the original title, but if you were expecting the giants themselves to make a significant impact on the gameplay, you might be a little disappointed. Still, the lengthy campaign is fun while it lasts, and gathering Soul Gems, leveling up your figures, and grabbing hats is as addictive as ever.
Nov 11, 2012In addition to the Giants. features such as the Skystones minigame and puzzles you have to solve to unlock certain doors help prevent the game from becoming too repetitive. [Nov 2012, p.78]
Nov 5, 2012Activision does almost everything right and delivers a nearly perfect sequel. Skylanders Giants offers an enormous amount of content while all the great things the predecessors offered are imbued or originally found again.
Nov 19, 2012Skylanders Giants is, at its core, a child-friendly dungeon crawler with simplistic smash-everything gameplay, but what elevates it is its understanding of its market. There's plenty of variety to keep kids entertained and loads of things to collect, all wrapped in an appealing package – and the toy aspect is still a stroke of genius, an undeniably cool idea that speaks directly to kids and big kids alike. If you or a younger member of your family is a fan of the series, this could be another expensive Christmas.
Oct 18, 2012Skylanders Giants is a fantastic game regardless of your desire to shell out money for additional characters. Whether you have three figures or 48, this well-designed game is worth the time of kids and adults alike. Don't scoff at its concept; you shouldn't miss one of the best Gauntlet-esque games in years.
Dec 26, 2012The gotta buy 'em all mentality is as ferociously addictive as ever, but the delightful characters deserve a more imaginative, better made game. [Christmas 2012, p.108]
Nov 20, 2012Ultimately, Skylanders: Giants isn't going to convert many gamers my age as I think we might be a little too cynical for a game that's so blatant in its "pay-to-play" model.
Oct 23, 2012For parents, this is a sure-fire hit. For Gamers, keep an open mind. There is something under the cuddly hood. For Gamer parents, don't pass this up.
User Score
Mixed or average reviews- based on 15 Ratings
User score distribution:
Positive: 2 out of 7
Mixed: 3 out of 7
Negative: 2 out of 7
Nov 12, 2012Well I bought this game thinking that it could be fun. While the game is somewhat decent, it really bothers me that Activision keeps pushing people to buy a whole bunch of plastic junk. It's essentially "physical dlc" and ends up costing you even more. So to get the full package, you have to spend hundreds of dollars on this single game. That is just despicable.… Full Review »
Dec 29, 2012Different toys and characters but otherwise more of the same. Fun, but very easy and somewhat disappointing. There are less levels and very easy puzzles, compared to the first Skylanders game, so much so that my 7yo (not a big gamer at all) completed it with his cousins over 3 days and asked 'was that it?'. Pales in comparison to Lego Batman 2 for depth of play and lasting enjoyment - which we both still enjoy playing together months later.… Full Review »
Mar 24, 2013This is an interesting mix between collecting toys and game. The levels and puzzles are not particularly challenging, even for my 8 year old, but the kids enjoy the combat element of the game. If it weren't for the need to buy new toys to further the game, the novelty factor would wear off quickly. While it's fun for them to spend their pocket money on the next Skylander toy, in terms of hours of gameplay Mario Kart Wii is much better value for money.… Full Review »


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Hey guys, Im hoping to get this thread nice and fat with info on what are YOUR top 10 bodybuilding supplements.
I know we all know the basics, which is fine and nothing new here, that's why I made it top 10 not top 5 as I was going to do, I know most of the first 5 will be all be about the same.
I want to see what others are using or what others find to be there top picks for putting on mass or cutting off the fat.
Here are my Top 10:
1) Protein powder (mainly Need2whey)
2) Creatine
3) Taurine
4) caffeine
5) Fats (Fishoil, Flax oil, Olive oil, seabuckthorn oil etc.)
6) Need2slin
8) Better Protein Bars
9) Need2Sleep
10) Citrulline malate


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Why I'm not crocheting any more presents for anyone ever again... maybe
Katie Lee writes...
Ever since I started crocheting, making gifts for people has been the thing that has really brought me pleasure. Every Christmas I make big plans to crochet everyone on my Christmas list a gift. Invariably, I run out of time before the big day arrives, but it's the thought that counts.
Of course, I always beat myself up about my failure to produce goodies for all, but I don't think anyone on my gift list is ever too cut up about it. Most of the presents I've made people (often at their request, might I add) seem to languish unused and unloved in some cupboard somewhere, acting as nothing more than a glorified moth restaurant. My sister's tea cosy sits unused and unloved in her spare bedroom (taunting me every time I visit), My boyfriend's grandma has hidden the cosy I made her in her kitchen drawer and uses a different one, and I've never seen any evidence of the little bag I made my niece being put to use (in fact, I've never seen it since that fateful day it was unwrapped with much false glee.) As for my friend Lia and her various gifts: well, the least said about those the better.
Screw 'em, that's what I say. If they can't appreciate the genius of my ugly creations, then I'm just going to keep all that crafty crochet goodness to myself. Ungrateful wretches. Apart from the hat I made my niece, the two hats I've made for my new baby niece-in-law (which she has no choice but to wear), and the skull and cross bone placemat I made for my skull-loving friend, apart from all those gifts, I'm not making gifts any more... OK, that's probably a lie - making things for other people is more fun, even if they do just quietly secrete them into a bottom drawer for the moths to enjoy. The buggers.
Katie Lee is editorial director of Shiny Media, and writes her own personal craft blog, wittily entitled Good Hooking. She's also writing a green wedding column for Bridalwave. She sure does get about.
Have you made presents for people that they've obviously never used? Share your frustrations with Crafty Crafty! Leave a comment and get it off your chest - we won't tell anyone.


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Police looking for Corryville credit card thief
Police are continuing the search for suspects involved in an aggravated robbery that led to credit card fraud in Corryville.
On August 31, a victim was robbed at gunpoint at 2820 Eden Ave. at around 12:30 a.m.
Authorities say the suspect fled afterwards in a vehicle driven by someone else.
The suspect took the victim's credit card during the robbery and has used it at several locations.
If you recognize the suspect in these photos or have any questions, you are asked to call Crime Stoppers at 513-352-3040 or Cincinnati Police Detective Chris Bihl at 513-569-8626.
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency has taken over the Samoa pulp mill site and initiated an emergency response to remove millions of gallons of caustic liquids, much of which are currently stored in failing tanks.
EPA has stabilized the situation, and is now working with the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District on a plan to remove more than 4 million gallons of pulping liquors from the site. Adding urgency to the effort is a constant fear that a large earthquake could lead to a potentially disastrous spill into the sensitive environmental habitat and economic engine that is Humboldt Bay.
When the district decided to take over the abandoned mill from Freshwater Tissue Co. in August, it was well aware of the daunting challenge of having to remove the pulping liquors -- a caustic byproduct of the pulping process. It appears the situation was a bit more dire than the district may have known.
EPA federal on-scene coordinator Steve Calanog said he was in the area working on a clean-up effort on Indian Island in mid-August when Harbor Commissioner Mike Wilson asked him to take a look at the mill site, which closed in October 2008. Calanog said he realized the severity of the situation as soon as he got on site.
"It got my attention, that's probably very safe to say," he said, adding that he was immediately alarmed by the condition of the facility and its proximity to Humboldt Bay.
Several weeks later, Calanog returned to do a more thorough assessment. On Sept. 30, he officially initiated an emergency response action, federalizing the site under EPA's control.
The largest concern, according to Calanog, was that the tanks housing the pulping liquors -- which have a pH of 13 or higher -- were built in the 1960s.
"Tanks, especially in that marine environment, suffer significant corrosion," Calanog said, adding that some of the tanks' roofs were damaged, meaning rain water was leaking in, raising levels and increasing pressure on the tanks.
Perhaps the most alarming thing, Calanog said, were four large concrete tile tanks that look like silos. While the tanks were designed to store pulp slurry, at some point in the last handful of years, the containers had been filled with the much more caustic pulping liquors. Calanog said the liquors could be seen seeping out of the sides of tanks.
"They're not designed to store caustic materials, and there's evidence the tanks are failing," he said.
Since taking over, EPA crews have stabilized the site, bringing in temporary storage tanks to alleviate pressure from those that were failing and controlling small leaks to make sure liquors don't run off into the bay. Calanog and the district are now working on a plan to get the liquors off the peninsula. A pulp mill in Longview, Wash., has agreed to take on and reuse the liquors, but transporting millions of gallons of highly corrosive liquid is no easy task, especially without a rail line.
"There's no rail system and I don't want to put a thousand trucks over a mountain -- that's asking for a problem," said Calanog, adding that the only other option is moving the liquid by barge.
A couple of weeks ago, the district received approval to contract with a barge and tug company that can handle the material. With the largest chemical barge available only able to transport 1.5 million gallons at a time, Calanog said the project will necessitate three shipments from Humboldt to Longview -- a 400-mile trek.
In the coming weeks, Calanog said EPA and U.S. Coast Guard crews will be working to construct docking and loading facilities, both on the Samoa Peninsula and up in Longview, that will include piping and pumping mechanisms to safely fill and unload the barge.
This entire process is expensive, and the district would not have been able to move so quickly without the help of a $1.25 million line of credit put forward to the district by Pacific Coast Seafoods, which is owned by Commissioner Greg Dale.
"They, of course, are extremely concerned about the impact to the oyster industry if we got a catastrophic spill," said District CEO Jack Crider, adding that the hope is the district will be able to repay the loan through the sale of the boiler and other machinery at the mill site, which has been valued at between $2 million and $3 million.
While hurdles remain -- the Longview mill is still doing chemical testing on samples of the liquors to make sure it can reuse them -- Calanog said it appears the first barge load will be ready to leave Humboldt Bay sometime in mid-January. Everyone involved with the effort has raved about the collaborative response, saying the district and EPA have worked very well together to address the situation.
Dale and Crider also said North Coast Congressman Jared Huffman has been integral in working with EPA, and making sure the project will continue to receive the necessary federal funding moving forward.
"Jared Huffman has been very, very helpful, as have senators (Barbara) Boxer and (Dianne) Feinstein," Dale said.
In a statement released Friday, Huffman praised the work of the district and the EPA in addressing what he deemed an "imminent threat."
"This effort is critical to protecting Humboldt Bay and the Samoa Peninsula from potent contaminants remaining at the site," he said. "Both agencies have done an exemplary job in dealing with the problem, and I am committed to seeing the emergency response through to its completion."
While nobody can say for sure what the impact of a catastrophic spill of millions of gallons of caustic liquids into Humboldt Bay would be, everyone agrees they don't want to find out.
"I could only speculate," said Calanog, adding that a large spill would surely impact water quality and the sensitive habitats of the bay, and -- at least from a public perception standpoint -- could prove disastrous for the local aquaculture industry.
A 4.9 earthquake located about 30 miles west-northwest of the mill site on Oct. 11 only underscored the urgency of getting those liquors off the peninsula.
"It appears to have caused a few new areas where there are some new leaks on the tanks," Calanog said. "It was an eye-opener, and evidence that we need to get that stuff out of there as soon as possible."
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Because they make individual portions, you can tailor these chicken and vegetable "casseroles" to suit everyone's tastes. They're great when camping with a group.
6 Servings
Prep: 10 min. Grill: 50 min.
6 bone-in chicken breast halves (8 ounces
6 sheets heavy-duty aluminum foil (18 inches x 12 inches)
6 carrots, cut into 1/4-inch slices
3 medium potatoes, cut into 1/4-inch slices
1/2 pound fresh mushrooms, quartered
1 medium onion, sliced
6 tablespoons butter
1 can (10-3/4 ounces) condensed cream of chicken soup, undiluted
Salt and pepper to taste
Place each chicken breast in the center of a piece of foil. Divide
carrots, potatoes, mushrooms and onion equally and place on top and
around each piece of chicken. Top each with 1 tablespoon butter and
about 2 tablespoons soup. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Bring opposite long edges of foil together over the top of each
breast and fold down several times. Fold the short ends toward the
food and crimp tightly to prevent leaks.
Grill, covered, over medium-low heat for 50-60 minutes or until a
meat thermometer reads 170°. To serve, carefully unwrap packets
to allow steam to escape; spoon contents onto individual plates.
Yield: 6 servings.
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1 serving (1 each) equals 319 calories, 16 g fat (8 g saturated fat), 53 mg cholesterol, 546 mg sodium, 32 g carbohydrate, 5 g fiber, 12 g protein.
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Founder of Alcala's, one of the Midwest's biggest Western wear stores, dead at 92
BY MAUREEN O'DONNELL Staff Reporter January 24, 2014 7:58PM
Luis Alcala, founder and CEO of Alcala's Western Wear.
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Updated: February 26, 2014 6:12AM
Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant, Mexican ranchera music king Vicente Fernandez and a winner of Chicago's International Mr. Leather contest all had something in common: Each stocked up at Alcala's on West Chicago Avenue, one of the biggest Western wear shops in the Midwest.
The store boasts a Texas-size inventory of 10,000 pairs of cowboy boots available in every hue and in hides that include python, ostrich and eelskin, and 5,000 cowboy hats, including a $5,000 chinchilla number.
You can get your hat steamed and your boots cleaned, score a fist-sized scorpion belt buckle and pick up a Pendleton blanket or a $5,000 alligator saddle. Customers pass under a rearing fiberglass horse as they enter.
Luis A. Alcala, who founded the family-owned business in 1972 and passed it on to his children, continuing to advise them to run it using good horse sense, died Tuesday at Chicago's Norwood Crossing senior living facility. He was 92.
Mr. Alcala was born in Mexico, in the city of Durango, near where many John Wayne Westerns were shot. He learned the art of the deal from his grandfather, who sold cars at one of the first Ford dealerships in Mexico and would give bags of oranges to young Luis and his brother Rodolfo and encourage them to outsell each other at the market.
Mr. Alcala set out for the United States, where he picked cotton in Mississippi in the late 1940s before coming to Chicago, where he lived with an uncle and met his future wife Carmen, a native of Zacatecas, Mexico, as she waited tables in Hyde Park. They had 11 children together.
Mr. Alcala hustled on Maxwell Street, selling used bikes, brooms and ashtrays — anything to support his growing brood. His wife gave birth to six boys between 1952 and 1959, then had two girls, another boy and two more girls. Mr. Alcala also worked as a janitor and security guard, at one point holding down four jobs.
He opened his first store in 1972 at 8727 S. Commercial but saw business dry up as customers' jobs at U.S. Steel disappeared.
Mr. Alcala liked the bustle around Chicago and Ashland, so he set up shop at 1733 W. Chicago Ave. in 1974. The neighborhood was mostly Ukrainian, Polish and Mexican. But two nearby theaters — the Hub and the Alvin — showed Spanish-language movies that drew Mexican Americans to Alcala's.
He treated everyone as if they were the carriage trade, offering quick, free alterations.
"He'd tell his Mexican customers, 'We're shorter in nature. . . . You're never going to find a pair of trousers to fit you right off the rack. Pick out your pants and shirt, leave them while you go to the movie, then come back, and your pants and shirt will be ready for the dance in the evening,' " said his son Robert Alcala.
At first, the store specialized in the billowing bell bottoms known as "elephant bells" and "Angels Flight" pants — fitted at the top, flowing at the bottom, like the ones John Travolta's Tony Manero wore in "Saturday Night Fever."
After Travolta's 1980 film "Urban Cowboy," Alcala's started carrying Western garb. They couldn't keep it in stock.
A young Robert Alcala was transfixed when singer Plant came in to browse during Led Zeppelin's heyday.
"He loved the store," Robert Alcala said. "Nobody bothered him."
Plant picked out short mariachi-style bolero jackets to wear onstage. He dropped in again last summer to buy guayabera shirts when he performed at Taste of Chicago.
Other customers have included country star Dwight Yoakam and rockers Ozzy Osbourne and Steven Tyler. The store also supplied cowboy boots for Patrick Swayze's last acting gig, in the Chicago TV crime drama "The Beast," said another son, Richard Alcala.
After Mr. Alcala retired, his children expanded the Western offerings. Their father cautioned them not to forget the blue-collar worker, so they continued to carry budget pants and boots along with the luxury Tony Lama and Lucchese footwear.
Mr. Alcala offered a generous return policy, boot cleaning and giveaways. When he worked a side job at Sunshine Biscuits, he got cookies for free and brought them to his store so he could offer a free box with each pants purchase.
"Dad taught us the ropes on how to treat people and how to keep them satisfied," Robert Alcala said.
All of the Alcala children worked at the store, and their father could be a demanding boss. But if any of them was ready to quit, their mother would urge: Take a few days and cool off, then come back. Today, six of them run Alcala's.
"After 42 years in this business, we still go out, hang out and shoot pool together," Robert Alcala said.
Mr. Alcala is survived by 10 of his children with his late wife, daughters Carmen, Maria and Lupe; sons Louie, John, George, Jesse, Refujio, Richard and Robert; three children from a previous marriage, daughters Malena and Maria Refujio Arce and son Luis Arce; a brother, Rodolfo; 37 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren. Another daughter, Christina, died before him.
Visitation will be from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday at Matz Funeral Home, 3440 N. Central, with a funeral mass at 9:30 a.m. Monday at St. John Bosco Church, 2250 N. McVicker.


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Mumbai, Dec 31: Union Home Minister P Chidambaram today expressed concern over the naxalite activities in Gadchiroli district of Vidarbha region in Maharashtra and said he would take up the issue with Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan in a meeting later.
Talking to reporters here, he said the year 2011 witnessed a historic low in the level of violence in the affected states, especially Jammu and Kashmir, the North Eastern states and the Left Wing Extremism (LWE) or Maoist violence-affected states.
He said 31 civilians and 33 security personnel lost their lives in Jammu & Kashmir (as against 47 and 69, respectively, in 2010).
The containment of violence was due to the fact that Panchayat elections were held in Jammu & Kashmir after a gap of 23 years.
In the North-Eastern states, 69 civilians and 32 security personnel were killed (as against 94 and 20, respectively, in 2010).
This trend was also due to the fact that most organisations in the North East are in 'talks' mode, including ULFA and NDFB, he said.
A tripartite agreement has been entered into with Gorkha Janmukti Morcha and a memorandum of settlement has been signed with UPDS, he noted.
Chidambaram said the level of violence in LWE affected states also declined, although it is still unacceptably high. 447 civilians and 142 security personnel were killed (as against 718 and 285, respectively, in 2010). For example, in November naxals killed 42 people (38 civilians and four security people) and in December naxals killed 45 people (31 civilians and 14 security personnel).
The Integrated Action Plan with an outlay of Rs 1,500 crore in 2010-11 and Rs 1,800 crore in 2011-12 was a major innovation, the Minister said.
Besides, decentralised decision making, empowering district level officers and quick, time-bound implementation of the works have brought development to the villages in the most backward and violence-affected districts of India, he observed.
Talking about the bomb blasts on July 13 in Mumbai and on September seven in Delhi, he said the bomb blasts were a stern reminder that terrorist modules continue to be active in the country. In the year 2011, 18 terrorist modules were neutralised, he informed. While investigations in the Delhi bomb blast case have led to the arrest of three people and to the identification of three wanted people, the Minister said investigations were underway in the triple Mumbai bomb blasts case.
He further said he would take up this matter with the state and seek details today.
Stating that the year 2011 had been a satisfactory one with many achievements yet with some setbacks, he said, "I expect that capacity building will continue to be the focus for another 2-3 years before we can claim that we have adequate capacity to face the multiple challenges to internal security. Capacity building in the future would have to take note of technological advances and incorporate new technology into the security architecture." "Violence is still at an unacceptably high level and every effort will be made to contain violence. Militant groups will be prevailed upon, through a judicious mix of police action and developmental action, to realise the futility of violence and that the only way to resolve differences in a democratic society is through talks," he observed.
Chidambaram also spoke about the Lokpal Bill, highlighting the unusually high number of amendments moved by the opposition parties in the Rajya Sabha. He stressed that even if the Rajya Sabha session would have been extended by a day, the Lokpal Bill could not have been passed as the Lok Sabha had been adjourned, sine die.
He squarely blamed BJP for tabling 187 amendments in Rajya Sabha and helping to halt the bill.
He admitted that the Trinamool Congress, a major ally of UPA, was against the bill on some points and added that there may be some changes in the bill which could be tabled during budget session of Parliament. (UNI)
Mumbai, Dec 31: Union Home Minister P Chidambaram today expressed concern over the naxalite activities in Gadchiroli district of Vidarbha region in Maharashtra and said he would take up the issue with Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan in a meeting later.
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Ball cap pulled down hiding my face,
Keeps out the light from all over the place.
Keeps others away when I drop the kids at school.
A walking ghost or a walking fool,
I don't know what I am anymore.
Trudging through the motions.
Training my emotions – to accept and to rejoice.
Guarding against the people
Who regard this as a choice.
Invisible Illness.
Might as well be crazy
Since I don't have the energy to prove them wrong.
I'm too busy looking for the strength to go on.
Hoping the grocery store line-up isn't too long
So I don't pass out.
I've learned:
To squeeze my ass cheeks to stop me from fainting
To wear my toque indoors in the winter
To enjoy my children from the comfort of my bed
(Reading stories, telling secrets, drawing pictures, playing games, singing songs, being a human canvas for their art, telling jokes, sharing dreams, doing mommy's makeup from
The reclining position.)
Focusing on what's important
My kids
Taking care of what's important till I'm so tired and weak
That I give up.
Now who will love them like I do? Now who will take care of me?
Now that I'm too weak to carry on
There's no more reason for me to be.
I don't want to be somebody's burden.
I'd rather be dead.
One more try. Just for you,
My little ones who have seen despair in your young years,
Who have been caretakers in your young years,
Who have witnessed the end of a marriage in your young years.
Mommy is sorry.
Saturday, November 27, 2010
One More Try
Posted by Trina R. at 8:43 PM
Labels: chronic illness, despair, invisible illness, suicidal
2 comments:
- Chili Tru Baby Daddy Love Sanchez III said...
Rather sad you had to heal yourself, but when I see you now, as opposed to when you were sick, all I can think of is, "Daaaaaaaamn, what a big "finish." It's like you woke up from a sleep, but not one of those long comfortable sleeps that some people can do, more like 2 years of tossing and turning with a cat on your face, and right at the start you realized that you're being allergic to cats wasn't going to bode well in this situation. ..... Right on Trina, stay healthy and happy.
- November 30, 2010 at 11:05 AM
- Trina Rose said...
Thanks Chili! I love hearing that! It's nice to know that others can also see the difference in me. Especially since there were some who believed I was faking it the whole time.
- November 30, 2010 at 11:13 AM
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Installing an indoor-outdoor thermometer in your home can be helpful. It's nice to know the outside temperature so you can plan what to wear based on the weather. Knowing the indoor temperature can also help determine your comfort level to adjust your house thermostat. If you're concerned about outdoor plants surviving harsh temperatures, the outdoor thermometer can give you advance warning.
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