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Thursday, March 15, 2012
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SUWANEE -- Gwinnett County's school district plans to eliminate some positions, increase class sizes and require two furlough days for most employees as it struggles with a budget shortfall.
Teachers from around the county voiced concerns to board members Thursday about looming cuts to the FY2013 budget and how the numbers might affect schools.
Board members spoke with some bleakness to the Teachers' Advisory Council during the meeting about a projected budget shortfall.
"I wish we had better news on the budgetary front," said School Board Member Carol Boyce. "Unfortunately, we don't."
Daniel Seckinger referenced a projected $89 million shortfall stemming chiefly from a continued decline in local tax revenue and the end of federal stimulus dollars used to balance the FY2012 budget.
Seckinger said that funding cuts at the district level could affect the central office as well as individual schools.
"I encourage folks to understand that it's all taking place countywide," Seckinger said. "We've got our backs up against it."
Added Seckinger: "I think we're at the end of our rope as far as doing more with less."
Officials with Gwinnett County Public Schools released a document Thursday stating that the district planned to address the shortfall by reducing central office department budgets by 2.5 percent for $1.6 million in savings; eliminating 54 vacant central office positions for a savings of $2.7 million; earning of $21.6 million in additional state revenue; and reduction of the district's contribution to the Gwinnett Retirement System for a savings of $19 million.
In addition, $43 million in savings could come from increasing class sizes by two students districtwide; continuing two furlough days for all employees except bus drivers and school nutrition staff; releasing of all employees hired after the beginning of the school year and retired employees who are working part time; as well as leaving vacant any district-level positions that currently are unfilled or that become vacant during the year.
The district does not plan to eliminate instructional programs, hike the millage rate, add additional furlough days, or reduce salaries or instructional time.
The budget is slated to be approved in mid-May, according to district spokesman Jorge Quintana.
Despite the news, Chief Financial Officer Rick Cost said the district remains in the good graces of financial agencies Standard and Poor's and Moody's as one of only 16 districts nationwide with a AAA bond rating.
In addition, Cost said the district has about $100,000,000 in reserves, "which keeps us afloat."
More like this story
- School board adopts $1.7 billion budget ( May 17, 2012 )
- Board of Education paints dire financial picture ( March 18, 2010 )
- Wilbanks talks furloughs, raises, safety ( March 21, 2013 )
- Hundreds gather for District 2 area board meeting ( March 28, 2013 )
- School board approves tentative budget ( April 17, 2012 )
kevin 3 years, 6 months ago
If there isn't enough money, then that sounds like cuts need to be made like everyone else is having to do. Get more jobs for people and maybe there would be enough tax money to blow away. We can't keep giving and giving. We pay you all, not the other way around.
Maybe there are too many high paid staff sitting around. The parking lot is always full of cars so staff isn't shorthanded. Cut some staff, full or p/t, and hire more teachers. Maybe we are overstocked with school buildings in Gwinnett. Where are the brains to figure out how to live within your means? The State isn't getting any better either. Talk to all the legislators or vote for new ones. Simple idea.
LoganvilleResident 3 years, 6 months ago
I'm pretty sure the moral of this article was that the school system is making cuts to avert a funding shortfall. Did this completely fly over your head? I'm pretty sure furloughs, axing positions, and the other measures are making "cuts" as your post says needs to be done.
I haven't seen anyone saying the school board intends to raise taxes. I've seen the school board telling everyone to do more with less. However, if the people that haven't educated themselves on the issue with the charter school admendment vote yes for it, we may see a tax increase if it passes.
I am a proud graduate of Gwinnett County Schools. It pains me to see people who don't recognize we have one of the best school systems available.
kevin 3 years, 6 months ago
My school board taxes have gone up every year.
LoganvilleResident 3 years, 6 months ago
No they haven't. You either are being dishonest or are misinformed. I just went on the Gwinnett County Tax Commissioner's website to check. For the last FIVE years, the tax rate for Gwinnett County Public Schools has remained EXACTLY the same. For tax year 2007 - tax year 2011, the tax rate has been 19.25 mils. The bond rate also stayed exactly the same. If your tax AMOUNT has gone up, it is because your property value has increased. I highly doubt that too but congratulations if it did.
On the other hand, Gwinnett County Government, a SEPARATE non-related entity, has raised their tax rate.
ssilover1 3 years, 6 months ago
You must read your tax bill wrong.
micronmike 3 years, 6 months ago
If that is true, consider yourself lucky. Most have lost value year after year for 3 -5 years now.
gwinnettresident1 3 years, 6 months ago
Kevin you are right. There's about 7 levels of management before you get to the Super....No company i have ever worked for has this type of management. There is a big cut...Lets do it..We need to go to the board meetings and force it on them...We are the customer if you remember.
news2me 3 years, 6 months ago
This is what happens when an economy goes bust. Property values are in the toilet and many properties are rentals in Gwinnett are becoming rentals. People that could never afford to live in Gwinnett are coming from Dekalb to rent these home and go to our schools. Rental homes are of lower value and the tax revenue generated is extremely low. There are also many children that attend GCPS that do not legally reside in Gwinnett, aside from illegal immigrants. Cheats have taken advantage of this situation. Enrollment increases should not be happening at the pace they are in this economy, but they are in GCPS because they will take students that don't belong. More students equates to more fed funds per pupil but property values are killing the budget. Gwinnett county is turning into Dekalb quickly, and GCPS are not far behind.
kevin 3 years, 6 months ago
This could very well be the contributing factor in having to build more schools.
BuzzG 3 years, 6 months ago
News2me touched on a the solution to this problem. If we send the illegal aliens home we will not have to educate their children. Most have poor English skills and bog down the classrooms. Let's send them back to where they belong. It will free up classrooms and our teachers will have a better student-teacher ratio. Of course we will have to learn how to mow our own lawns again.
Braveshopr 3 years, 6 months ago
Buzz -did you not read Ga. deported all of 5000 JUST this year! It appears they have to do a crime before they are deported. You said they have poor English skills, unlike other foreigners to this soil, they have poor skills because many refuse to learn. Trying to get some information, I spoke with a Spanish lady the other day - I asked her if she spoke English, Her reply - "no, do you speak Spanish."
micronmike 3 years, 6 months ago
Wow, you and many others disappointment me. Did you know that 25% of the county population was born outside of the U.S.? So, 250k people, if 25k are kids and if 10% of those kids are illegal than that is 2500 kids. That will clear out 100 teaching positions. What if it was 5000 kids, 10000 kids, or 15000 kids? All that will happen is teachers would get laid off due to lack of need. Fewer teachers, less admin, less office staff, less custodians, less bus drivers, etc. Your solution would just hurt the economy more. The parents pay rent/mortgage to someone, who has to pay property tax. So they are paying their share of tax for these kids too. Also, many kids learn rather quickly. The ability to learn has nothing to do with whether or not you are legal. By the time they hit 2nd or 3rd grade they are at par if not higher than their legal counterparts. If you want to talk about where they belong, well then let's just give back all the land that was stolen through Manifest Destiny, the Indian Removal Act, and colonization. That way I and all the other white folk can move back to Europe where things are even worse. The Latinos can have back Texas, and the West Coast. I'm not going to sit here and type up every group of people, but I'm sure you can see my point.
R 3 years, 6 months ago
If NOT here legally we shouldn't have to measure how quickly they learn because its immaterial...
Mack711 3 years, 6 months ago
It is time for the GCPS to understand that we the taxpayer can not give up more in taxes to them to run their system. As noted in other comments they seem to think that when more funds are needed just raise school taxes, they will pay. Well some day we will close that open check book. It is time to find cuts in the system before it goes bankrupt if not already. You got the E-SPLOST passed, now you want more. Well their is no more. You have your hands deeo into our wallets to the point we can not afford to give more. When will this stop?
ssilover1 3 years, 6 months ago
When you get enough education and learn to spell correctly.
Ashley 3 years, 6 months ago
SSilover1 - Nice grammar; loser.
SuxBeanU 3 years, 6 months ago
Just like our Federal Government, GCPS does not have a revenue problem, they have a spending problem. When times were good they went on a buying spree, now they have to figure out to to pay for all those purchases. With all the new schools that came online in the last ten years you have to ask, how much did GCPS overpay for new building sites? I'd venture a guess that those over payments would go a long way towards balancing today's budget.
micronmike 3 years, 6 months ago
The purchases were made so students could be educated. Everyone over paid in Gwinnett that bought anything in the last 10 years!
FreeThinker 3 years, 6 months ago
If this continues into next year, then they will have no choice but to raise the millage rate. They cannot allow this once esteemed public school system go into the toilet(like Dekalb County). The Board members have a responsibility to educate the children of this county. Further cuts that will hinder the education of the children are unacceptable and it shows the Board is negligent of their responsibility.
kevin 3 years, 6 months ago
Kill all the sports stadiums and sports programs and we won;t be in this problem. SInce when does each school need its our stadium? Why isn't there a spsorts complex for all teams to rent out and use? A novel idea that the BOC didn't ever come up with. No, each school had to have its own stuff and at our expense. The parents of those kids that use these things are smiling since we all have to pay for this even if we don't have kids in this system.
chasmcjr 3 years, 6 months ago
The BOC has nothing to dowith the schools. It is the BOE!
R 3 years, 6 months ago
Might need a state act to raise the millage rate above where it is right now... Any state reps care to comment?
FreeThinker 3 years, 6 months ago
If this continues then they will have no choice but to raise the millage rate. That is the reality of the situation. The Board cannot let this once esteemed public school system go into the toilet(see Dekalb). The Board has a responsibility to maintain high standards in educating the children of this County.
Jen1981 3 years, 6 months ago
Like always American people want to blame on somebody for not facing the truth, come on! Have you guys check on the drop percentage of WHITE and BLACK people, or criminal rates as well, they don't get deported but they get incarcerated for life, and who pays for that as well? Be serious, is not of what kind of people goes to school or not, at least immigrants are trying to give a better live to their children, while mowing your lawns, Education is a right every single human on the world has! It is time to stop giving all of the issues around to the immigrants. It is time for citizens who have the availability to run this country to do their job and stop just thinking about their own goals!
Sthrnldy 3 years, 6 months ago
Education is a right every single human being in the world has? Oh please sprare me! Jobs that "Americans will not do" does not generate enough income or taxes to begin to pay for the education that Illegals take from US citizens. Those rental homes are cheap and do not generate nearly enough in property taxes to pay for the multiple kids in an Illegal household.
There is a direct correlation to the majority - minority population of Gwinnett and our financial demise of our country. People are moving in, just not people with money. The people that are moving in do not generate enough money as the people that are leaving. Like it or not, the demographics of this county are starting to reflect the socioecomic status of it's residents. Again, the money and the taxbase is leaving Gwinnett.
Agree with others - Gwinnett is on a fast track to become Dekalb.
kevin 3 years, 6 months ago
Please let me know where that right is in the Constitution.
R 3 years, 6 months ago
Legal immigrants are NOT a problem or a factor in this discussion, It's the ILLEGAL ones and there is a BIG difference between the two.
Suwaneesince1991 3 years, 6 months ago
If a CEO in the Business world had a 89 million dollar defecit, they would be fired by their shareholders.
You can't keep asking your stakeholders to bail you out on the backs of your employees, the honorable teachers of this county.
HonestIngine 3 years, 6 months ago
The board already gave Alvin Wilbanks an extension, so he's a lock for several years. Now we need to have new voices on the board.. Time to get Mary Kay Murphy out of office...Vote is in November... Jen Falk is running against Murphy. It's time to change all political incumbents.. Go to the Polls and vote them out..
cannot_believe_it 3 years, 6 months ago
hmmm....cut teachers, cut pay, furlough days, cut staff employees, raise the number of kids in classes, etc, etc....all this while the superintendent got a RAISE. All this while the are superintendents get RAISES....
really now....what is the REAL problem here.....can you spell GREED....
Mack711 3 years, 6 months ago
So THAT is what E-SPLOST was for!!! Now we know!!!
HonestIngine 3 years, 6 months ago
It's amazing how Wilbanks, got the raise and extension, while the teachers on the front line have had no salary increase in years.
ShilohParent 3 years, 6 months ago
The school system used every dime it was given over the last 15 years. When they built the new high schools they came with large football stadiums, well equiped gyms, baseball fields and anything else they could think of. When Shiloh high was built it came with a gym that had a rubber floor. There was no stadium bulit for us, we had to play our games at South Gwinnett. Also Mill Creek is over crowded with trailers sitting out back to teach the students while two neighboring schools sit with empty classrooms. Seems crazy that we have to pay for these trailers.
R 3 years, 6 months ago
Sorry Gwinnett bought those trailers YEARS ago and save on storage by moving them around...( Smiles)
Sthrnldy 3 years, 6 months ago
Educating such a diverse student population is expensive. The money and taxbase are leaving Gwinnett. This is what happens when the people that support you the most via taxes get the least in services.
TOWG 3 years, 6 months ago
Your right, what happens is, we leave.
micronmike 3 years, 6 months ago
Who is WE? Where are you going to go? GCPS is the best system in GA.
kevin 3 years, 6 months ago
Stop voting for this SPLOST tax and they will have to put an end to all this greed. SPLOST just adds infrastructure which taxpayers must maintain and support forever.
gwinnettresident1 3 years, 6 months ago
On the note of SPLOST. The school gets to borrow money ahead of the SPLOST and then repay the loan with SPLOST money...What happens if the SPLOST doesn't bring in the revenue expected...Who pays then?
TOWG 3 years, 6 months ago
The county doesn't understand that when they take the recently passed "e-SPLOST" funds and use them to air-condition gyms and kitchens the energy rates, "that are going to necessarily skyrocket" according to our President, are going to have to be funded by a still declining base of home values. Home values are not going to be rising in Gwinnett any time in the near future and therefore the taxes generated will continue to drop. Better get used to lean times GCPS, they are a part of your future for the next 3-5 years minimum.
Ashley 3 years, 6 months ago
Cutting teachers and hurting students; all while no one in the ISC loses their jobs? Fire 75% of the ISC and quality of education would go up!
ssilover1 3 years, 6 months ago
I guess you can't read either. Go back to school so you can learn to read and process.
Ashley 3 years, 6 months ago
Insulting me makes you look like an idiot. Hundreds of teachers are being fired but not one bureaucrat. My child will be crammed into a classroom and ignored.
micronmike 3 years, 6 months ago
It is funny, you have called two people an idiot on here. No teachers have been fired due to the budget. Postitions at the ISC have not been filled and will not exist next year.
news2me 3 years, 6 months ago
ssilover, why are you so hostile? Are you or your spouse one of these upper level GCPS administrators that should be on the chopping block? Is your vacation home on SSI in jeopardy when that 6 figure salary is eliminated?
ptm4936 3 years, 6 months ago
$100 million in reserves and you are furloughing teachers and increasing class size? Isn't this the reason you have reserves or contingency funds? What's wrong with this picture?
micronmike 3 years, 6 months ago
$100 million would be gone if they did not furlough teachers and increase class sizes. If it were used now, they would risk cutting bad checks made between now and next November.
news2me 3 years, 6 months ago
Sthrnldy mentioned something that stuck out. Educating such a diverse population does have to be expensive. ESOL and translaters needed to communicate regarding student performance, training that is being demanded so when don't offend cultures. I am sure that there are many positions from the schools all the way to the county office that deal solely with immigrants needs.
GCPS advertises being a World class school system, but at what cost? The price tag must be steep.
jack 3 years, 6 months ago
Maybe we need another E-SPLOST to pay for the stuff created by the first E-SPLOST.
R 3 years, 6 months ago
We just did that on the last one - REALLY!!! (Smiles)
OutofMoney 3 years, 6 months ago
Even though the board knew there would be short and they still made new positions at the ISC as well as continue to build schools when others are not fully utilized. JAW's continues to grow his staff getting him further and further away from the public who pays his massive salary. The entire GCPS has so many levels of management it is mind boggling. This is bigger than most Fortune 500 companies levels.
Reduce from the top in all departments. Just start with the picture with this article. You talk about a waste.
HonestIngine 3 years, 6 months ago
Yes, they did create 5 new positions. GCPS is a government within a government(Gwinnett County) and it will continue to grow and grow at the taxpayers expense.
R 3 years, 6 months ago
Need a place to park the FEDERAL level DOE applicants and new hires so we can continue to get FED grant funding. And the school is the LARGEST EMPLOYER in Gwinnett so ...
cannot_believe_it 3 years, 6 months ago
I agree! We have soooo many needless levels of staffing at the ISC....wish i could get one of those jobs....
slumlord 3 years, 6 months ago
i am picking 3 foreclosures and turning them into rentals next week. I should get at least 12 more kids into your guvmimt schools. haha
R 3 years, 6 months ago
Only renting one house huh?
news2me 3 years, 6 months ago
slumlord is not far off base as to what is happening. People that want out of Gwinnett that can not or will not sell in this lously market are renting their homes and moving out of the county or moving to an area in the Northern (percived better) parts of the county. Dekalb is literally turning into Gwinnett. The APS cheating scandal and fiasco in Dekalb schools has people doing all sorts of crazy things to get their kids into GCPS.
Parents are looking better for their children, but that doesn't mean that these are the best and brightest of students we are getting. GCPS is accepting students purely for numbers and federal money. GCPS is starting to become quantity over quality. Just watch the scores!
Gundoctor1 3 years, 6 months ago
I know for sure that three bus's come in my neighborhood and one of them has one child. "One child"??????? Another has very few, and then the last one has just a couple of kids on it. Is something wrong here? Probably not, keep on throwing that money away, this bunch in Washington can always just print you some more.
WorldClass 3 years, 6 months ago
Did you know that GCPS principals, in addition to their handsome salaries, get an additional $7.85 supplement per student enrolled at their school? Parents do NOT enroll students at a school based on who the principal is. With all the looming budget cuts, increased class sizes, and furlough days, maybe Wilbanks and his staff at the ISC should seriously consider eliminating this perk and use the funds to hire another teacher!
Ashley 3 years, 6 months ago
Principals are seriously overpaid in all aspects.


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Alright after several hours of trying I was finally able to get Ubuntu server 12.04 installed. I have yet to get networking going as it wasn't able to get dhcp on startup but that is a seperate issue. Whenever I boot the bios screen loads, looks like it hands it off to the OS and then it just sits at a blank screen. I tried ctr + alt + f1 but that didn't do anything. I figure a terminal only screen shouldn't have any issue displaying.
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Actually all of these answers ended up not being the issue. What I actually had was a unique setup that for some reason the bios didn't like. I have an SSD and 2-3TB drives I wanted in Raid 1. I wanted to encrypt the software raid 1 area and mount that as the /home directory. I couldn't get that working properly so I just enabled home directory encryption (side issue not relevant to this). However, I feel the Raid setup might be important as those 2 hdd's were set in the bios to boot ahead of the ssd which is where /boot and / was mounted. It was hanging on trying to boot from those hdd's. These were brand new hdd's and hindsight I think I should have low level formatted the first or maybe it was some indicator in ubuntu's softraid that caused this. Anyhow, I switched it to the SSD to boot first and everything worked fine after that.
I had this same problem. This may not help you but I thought I would share it anyway. if your video card has more than one monitor port, switch the cable to the other monitor port and restart the server. For me the port I was using was not the primary port so I could see the bios load but it went black when the os tried to load.
I have this on all ubuntu version. what i do and it works every time is hold Fn and keep spamming the brightness up key as soon as its just about to boot up. when it finally gets on the log in screen, u can stop.
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This is a display driver problem. Hundreds, if not thousands, of users are currently having this problem if you read the Ubuntu forum.


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Sam Maphey couldnt have picked a better day to have one of the most productive games of his Watertown High School baseball career.
Maphey delivered a two-run single during a four-run second inning Thursday. Then he went one better, powering a three-run home run to highlight a four-run third as WHS took a big, early lead and held on for a 10-6 Section 3 Class A quarterfinal victory over Carthage at the Alex T. Duffy Fairgrounds.
The second-seeded Cyclones (16-4), making the sectional semifinals for the second straight season, return to the Fairgrounds for an 11 a.m. semifinal on Saturday against No. 2 Cortland (15-4) or No. 6 Christian Brothers Academy (13-6).
Often the forgotten man in a power-packed Cyclones lineup, Maphey recorded the two biggest hits of the day for WHS against their Frontier League rival.
Ive never done that, an excited Maphey said of his first varsity home run. It felt really good. And in the end, I guess both of those hits turned out to be big.
Indeed. Seventh-seeded Carthage (12-8) fell behind 9-2 after four innings before getting to WHS starter Jarrod Bellinger for four runs in the fifth to make it a game.
But sophomore reliever Kenny Schimpf worked out of a two-on, no-out jam in the top of the sixth, then retired the Comets in order in the seventh.
Jarrod really gutted out five innings, WHS coach Matt Covey said. And Kenny did what we wanted him to do throw strikes and let our defense make plays behind him.
The Cyclones played errorless ball, with third baseman Collin Jorden making several key plays with runners in scoring position.
If we can keep getting big hits, and catch the ball like that, we can beat anybody, Covey said. Its so hard to beat a team three times (which WHS did vs. Carthage), and any kind of win in the sectionals is good.
Maphey, batting sixth in the batting order, singled in two runs in the first off Andrew Smith, after Ryan Bajjaly had reached on an error and Bellinger doubled.
Maphey, a senior, eventually scored on a wild pitch and the fourth run scored on a ground out by freshman Nick Lavin.
Bellinger, who also finished 3-for-3 at the plate, breezed through the first two innings, striking out four.
In the Carthage third, Smith contributed a run-scoring single and Tyler Clemons followed with an RBI double to get the Comets on the board.
The four-run WHS fourth began with Josh Belch reaching on an error when his high pop fly dropped into short right field. Bajjaly doubled Belch home, Bellinger walked and Maphey then deposited a Smith letter-high fastball over the left-center field wall for a three-run home run.
It was just a little inside, and I turned on it really well, said Maphey, the starting shortstop who also pitches for WHS. Actually, that last ball I hit (a line drive to right in the sixth that was caught) was probably hit harder than the home run.
Covey said Maphey has gotten hot at the right time for the Cyclones.
Hes had some big hits for us this year, and today those turned out to be really important, Covey said.
Bellinger singled home another run in the fourth, and an insurance run in the sixth.
Carthage put together four hits, including a two-run double from Clemons, a run-scoring triple by Dylan James and an RBI double by Danny Granger in its half of the fifth. But Bellinger stranded a big runner by striking out his ninth batter to end the inning.
We could have just imploded, but we kept battling, Carthage coach Joe Sech said. That will make us feel a little bit better heading into the offseason.
Meanwhile, WHS knows it has some unfinished business to take of.
All weve got to do is win two more for a sectional title, Maphey said. Weve got a shot, but we know the competition gets a lot stiffer from now on.
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LOWVILLE Lewis County General Hospital on Monday announced it has received a critical access hospital designation, created to strengthen delivery of health care in rural areas. The designation is critical to the hospitals future, as $3 million was included in the 2014 budget based on its expected receipt.
As of April 11, the county-owned facility was $11 million in debt to the county.
This is a very integral part of our plans, county Legislator Philip C. Hathway, R-Diana, said.
With the designation, the hospital became one of 16 such facilities in the state.
To earn the designation, a facility must be 35 miles or more from another hospital, or 15 miles or more in mountainous terrain or areas with secondary roads. Officials announced the decision to seek the designation in September 2012.
Benefits of the designation, according to a hospital news release, include cost-based Medicare reimbursement, potentially increasing revenues and focusing on community needs. The facilities can network with an acute-care hospital for support and expansion of services, flexible staffing and services and capital improvement costs.
The move limits the facility to 25 acute-care beds on its license, but all other services would stay the same, said Eric R. Burch, hospital CEO.
Patients can expect a seamless transition, and it is our intent to remain the health care provider of choice for the communities we serve, he said. The critical access hospital status will help position us favorably for the future.
Prior to the new designation, Lewis County General was paid for services to Medicare patients through a prospective payment system, based on predetermined compensation amounts correlated to patient diagnosis, rather than actual number of treatments, interventions or lengths of stay. Medicaid outpatient services, as well, will be reimbursed on a payment amount per episode basis, which boosts the payment rate for those services.
Part of the reason that 25 beds continues to work for us is that medicine is changing and evolving, Mr. Burch said. Many procedures that once required a weeklong inpatient stay can now be done safely and effectively as outpatient procedures.
Lewis County General will bill as a critical access hospital effective March 5, the date the state Department of Health determined the hospital met all of the criteria.
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How Soccer Is Like Socialism
That the French care so much as to think government should get involved is but one sign that soccer is a socialist sport. Marc Thiessen aptly sums up some other reasons at The Enterprise blog, noting for example that soccer is the only sport that outlaws (except for goalies) the use of the one tool that separates man from beast: opposable thumbs.
As a result, it's not uncommon for a team to play 90 minutes without scoring even one goal. To our way of thinking, that's the biggest similarity between soccer and socialism: neither rewards hard work.


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BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour has drawn up a list of the 100 most powerful women in Britain. At the top of the list, it placed Her Majesty The Queen. But just how powerful is The Queen, and even though she does have some powers – can she use them?
To start with, the survey, conducted by BBC Radio 4 Programme, Woman's Hour aimed to look at the most powerful women in Britain. The full list, as we saw it, is available by clicking here. The list placed the 86-year-old Monarch at the top of the list, shortly followed by the UK's Home Secretary Theresa May.
Ms Pollard from Woman's Hour said: "Most women on our list were judged to have power because they had reached a place where they have control – of policy, of direction, of influence, of staff." She went on to say that The Duchess Of Cambridge hadn't been included for one reason. Though she is influential, she is not powerful.
The Queen's powers originate from what are known as 'Royal Prerogatives' and though Her Majesty reserves the right to exercise them herself, the majority are exercised on her behalf by the Ministers Of The Crown.
She reserves 15 primary powers (as we found out in research four our article which listed the Queen's powers), they are:
All these powers are used all the time on Her Majesty's behalf. Royal prerogatives exist to make it an easier and smoother experience in exercising some of the state powers which, otherwise, would require extended legislation or would take much longer.
Even though ministers now mostly exercise the royal prerogatives, some are still exclusively exercised or at least sometimes exercised by The Queen. Her Majesty grants honours on a regular basis and doing so remains her privilege and responsibility in the UK. Her Majesty almost always gives Royal assent to bills herself, she makes her own appointments to the Privy Council and often uses her power to create cities in the United Kingdom. Although all of the aforementioned are powers and they are exercised by The Queen, could she, at least theoretically, exercise any of the perhaps more extreme powers. Could she, for example, declare a war? Well… Yes!
All these powers remain at Her Majesty's disposal and, whether she exercises them or not, are still available for use. Having said this, using a power such as dismissal of ministers unfairly could result in some kind of backlash, possibly resulting in ministers seeing the Monarch as interfering or misplaced.
So to summarise, The Queen maintains these powers because they are useful to ministers, the fact they can be exercised by Her Majesty is a bonus and means she can maintain huge power.
I would much rather have her advising ministers and such, rather than some politician! God Save the Queen!
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This is Jack trapped on the island.
Here is a curious handling of Carnival (2006).
The whole body has been cut and placed with the fund beach.
In the left hand has erased the glass (cubata).
The bag "hamma" (to keeps the camera), it logo has been erased and I have changed to brown color to simulate a bag of money.
The sword has been changed by one of truth.
The image has a sepia filter, with transparency to mix with the color of the original photo.
Aquí tenemos una curiosa manipulación de carnaval (2006).
El cuerpo entero ha sido recortado y puesto con ese fondo de playa.
La mano izquierda tiene borrado el vaso del cubata.
La bolsa "hamma" donde se guarda la cámara, se le ha borrado el logotipo y ha sido cambiada a color marrón para simular una bolsa de dinero.
La espada ha sido cambiada por una de verdad.
La imagen tiene un filtro sepia, con transparencia para que se mezcle con el color de la foto original.
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Some nice compositing work, but the sepia filter does not aid in the match. If you want a more 'realistic' matte, you should compare the colour temperature of the two images. If you don't have access to it via EXIF data, the background as a sunny day would probably be 5500k+ whereas the sepia treatment has the effect of simulating dimmer, indoor lighting (although it's not the same thing, because you'd have a bluer, more neutral cast with flesh tones), but in any case a much cooler colour temperature.
Nice playful image nontheless.
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LIVINGSTON -- As the fourth punishment trial for convicted capital murderer Johnny Paul Penry moves forward, the debate on who decides whether Penry is competent to stand trial or mentally retarded went on during arguments on pretrial motions in the 258th District Court Friday.
The punishment phase of Penry's conviction for the 1979 sexual assault and murder of Pamela Moseley Carpenter will be retried in San Jacinto County.
Last June the U.S. Supreme Court refused to reinstate the death sentence of Penry because the jury may not have fully considered mitigating evidence on Penry's mental competence.
Defense attorneys Frank Blazek and John Wright of Huntsville filed an additional motion stating that Penry wanted to add Denver attorney David Lane to his defense team.
One objection to the addition presented by District Attorney Lee Hon was that Lane — who has defended a number of death row inmates in Colorado — is not licensed to practice law in Texas.
When Blazek presented an affidavit from Penry requesting representation from Lane, Hon suggested Penry's ability to execute an affidavit is evidence he's competent to stand trial.
District Judge Elizabeth Coker instructed Blazek and Wright to move forward with arguments on pending motions without decided on the change in attorneys.
Attorney Philip Hall made his first appearance as Hon's co-counsel in Friday's hearing.
Hall presented a list of cases that started with the 1979 and 1980 hearings seeking to suppress the confession Penry made the day of Carpenter's murder.
Hon joined Hall in presenting arguments that evidence presented in the guilt or innocence phase of a capital murder trial is admissible in the punishment phase.
"Once an issue is resolved, it stays resolved," Hon said.
Hon added that Coker can rule on the motion to suppress based on her own memory of the April 26, 2002 trial she presided over.
"This has been addressed over and over again with the same result each time," Hon said.
Blazek countered that the Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the case in entirety and entitles Penry to a completely new punishment hearing.
Two of the original arresting officers, former Texas Ranger Maurice Cook and former Sheriff Ted Everett were called as potential witnesses for Friday's hearing, but were never called to testify.
Defense attorneys opposed Hon's request for Coker to take judicial notice of all testimony given in the April 22, 2002 trial, including all evidence and his request to rely on Coker's own knowledge of the case.
The defense said they opposed Coker relying on her own knowledge because of a Court of Criminal Appeals decision that remanded the case for a new trial.
"So I can't remember anything from the previous trial?" Coker said.
Blazek asked to have the state present what is relevant and admissible and let Coker rule again.
Coker said she will take the motion to suppress under advisement and will render a ruling in the near future.
Wright also argued that presenting victim impact evidence, autopsy photos and crime scene photos would deny Penry's eighth and 14th amendment rights.
"To put it bluntly, no matter how great the victim impact has been, it doesn't make Johnny any smarter," Wright said. "By the time we put on the first expert to say anything about mental retardation, the jury will not care."
Blazek interrupted Wright's comments by telling the court that at that moment, his client could not understand Friday's proceedings and restated his request to add Lane to the defense team to ensure Penry is properly represented.
Hon responded that the court had set a deadline of Feb. 15 for motions seeking a competency evaluation and the defense had not done that.
Penry was found competent in 2002 and on two prior occasions and Hon opposed the defense's "blanket assertion" that something had happened in the first 25 minutes of the hearing that demonstrated incompetence.
Blazek asserted that they had made efforts to have an expert evaluate Penry and presented an affidavit from a potential expert witness stating it would take him two months to determine if Penry was competent.
Coker denied the motion to stay the proceedings and will take the motion to exclude victim impact and crime scene evidence under advisement.
She also granted Blazek's request for a running objection to continuing Friday's hearing without determining Penry's competence.
The defense asked Coker to close a hearing on adequate compensation for court-appointed counsel, excluding both the prosecution and the public from hearing arguments to support their request for $200 an hour in attorney fees.
Hon objected to closing the hearing since it could be used as a potential point of error on appeal as evidence they did not have adequate resources to effectively represent Penry.
Closing the hearing would deny the state the opportunity to object to evidence from any expert witness or the witnesses qualifications as an expert.
Hon added that he was aware the defense had subpeonaed evidence on attorney fees from the 10 largest counties in Texas, and that may not be relevant evidence of attorney fees in rural Polk County.
Coker had the potential expert witness Kathryn Scardino sworn in, but delayed hearing arguments on compensation pending the defense supplying relevant case law in Texas on closing the hearing.
Defense attorneys also requested a pretrail hearing to determine if Penry is a person with mental retardation.
Hon opposed the request since even if the jury determined Penry was competent, the issue could be argued again during the punishment phase.
The prosecutor added that the special issues that must be decided are more than adequate to deal with any claims of mental retardation, and that the state does not have to disprove mental retardation.
Defense attorneys argued that a low IQ is not a mitigating factor, but excludes a defendant from a death sentence.
Wright said he has been tracking six cases on appeal that deal with mental retardation and "lightning could strike" on any of those cases at any time.
The defense also asserted that the burden of proof is on the state to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Penry is not mentally retarded.
Coker denied the motion to suspend proceedings to wait for legislative action or appeals in other cases to be decided.
Prosecutors indicated agreement with definitions for mental retardation set out by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders or the American Association for Mental Retardation.
AAMR has recently changed its name to the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.
Attorneys also reached some agreement on an instruction for jurors not to use sympathy as a basis for their decision.
The defense contends that if jurors have no sympathy for the abuse Penry suffered as a child, it will prejudice their decision.
Coker also ruled Friday that there was no basis presented to recuse her from continuing to preside over Penry's fourth retrial.
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An options appraisal on how best to secure the functions of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) is published today.
Following the options appraisal, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs Fiona Hyslop is seeking a detailed business case for a merger between RCAHMS and Historic Scotland.
Ms Hyslop said:
"The functions of RCAHMS - to survey and analyse the built environment, as well as conserve their established collections - are vital in securing Scotland's built heritage for future generations.
"From the evidence presented in the options appraisal I believe that a merger between RCAHMS and Historic Scotland could offer the best route to securing RCAHMS' important contribution to Scotland's culture.
"I have asked that a detailed business case is developed to explore the potential synergies between RCAHMS and Historic Scotland, and protects the staff and expertise of the two organisations."
Diana Murray, Secretary of RCAHMS said:
"We welcome the publication of the report on the options appraisal and will make every effort to work with the Scottish Government and Historic Scotland on the development of a viable future for the role and functions of the RCAHMS within a new organisation."
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The options appraisal is available at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2012/07/5774
The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) was first established by Royal Warrant in 1908 to 'make an inventory of the ancient and historical monuments and constructions connected with or illustrative of the contemporary culture, civilisation and conditions of life of the people of Scotland from the earliest times to the year 1707… and to specify those which seem most worthy of preservation.' Its remit has evolved substantially over the last 100 years.
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RCAHMS has a duty defined in statute to record listed buildings and buildings in conservation areas for which permission to demolish or part-demolish has been granted under the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997. RCAHMS also provides information to the Ordnance Survey for updating 'antiquities' depicted on its map series.
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I can take a joke as well as the next guy and Texas is and has been the target for more than its share of well deserved humor. This video however completely misses the point of Rick Perry's campaign to get business to move to Texas.
If your state or city is so great, why would you care if Rick Perry says, "Hey check out Texas?" You can't stand competition? Are you afraid that what he says may be true? in the end, Lewis Black is just trying to get a laugh and put about 2 seconds of thought into this bit. But to anyone who says F-you to Texas…you can kiss my lilly white ass.


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Judge Anthony Morris sentenced Mervyn Westfield to four months in prison. Here is the full text of his sentencing judgement today at the Old Bailey.
Mervyn Westfield, you have pleaded guilty to count 1 of accepting a corrupt payment in September 2009. You are now 23 years of age. In about 2005, when you were 17 you became a professional cricketer with Essex CCC. It was a condition of your contract that you would always play to the best of your ability. You thereafter played for your county primarily as a fast bowler for the 2nd XI but also on occasions for the 1st XI, and earned about £20,000 a year playing for your county.
It is well known that substantial bets are placed not only on the outcome of cricket matches but also on specific events in the course of matches, eg on how many runs a bowler might concede in a particular over. This form of betting is known as spot betting and is much more available when matches are televised.
According to your basis of plea, in August 2009, you were visiting the home of Danish Kaneria, a senior Essex professional and former Pakistani international, when he introduced you to two of his friends. Kaneria told you of the possibility of your making large amounts of money for conceding a certain number of runs in a particular over bowled by you in a match. I accept that such an approach was made to you by Kaneria. He had been warned in 2008 by the ICC over his connections with a bookmaker, who was involved in illegal betting markets. In addition, he had made similar approaches to other Essex players who had laughed them off as a joke.
At first you ignored Kaneria's approach, but similar approaches were made to you on a number of occasions after that until you felt under some pressure to agree. Finally, shortly before you were due to play in a NatWest Pro40 limited overs match on 5th September 2009 between Essex and Durham, you agreed to concede a minimum number of runs in the first over you bowled in that match in exchange for a payment of £6000.
Although there was little by way of education available to county cricketers in 2009 as to how to deal with corrupt approaches by others, I am satisfied that you would have known from the outset that what was being offered was a corrupt payment and that you could and should have refused it. I am also satisfied that if you had any concerns about the approaches being made to you, you had an opportunity to mention them to the team captain or management, or if you were nervous of doing so, at least to your friends within the team. You chose not to do so.
This match was televised live on Sky TV in this country, by Star Cricket across the Middle East and much of Southern Asia, including India and Pakistan. It must have been clear to you that large bets would be placed on the basis of your conceding these runs.
The nature of the agreed corrupt behaviour in your case is different from that in the recent case of Majeed, Butt, Asif and Amir. In that case, bowlers agreed deliberately to bowl no balls. That is something over which they would have had control. In the present case you were to concede a minimum number of runs in an over. This is to an extent dependent on the skill of the batsmen in scoring runs and of the fielders in preventing them doing so and is therefore more difficult to guarantee.
You conceded 10 runs in your first over in the Durham match and duly received the £6000 you were promised in cash. Your basis of plea makes it clear that you deliberately under-performed, by bowling badly in that match, and received the money for doing so.
Shortly after that, when your friend and colleague Tony Palladino was visiting your home, you went to your wardrobe, removed a plastic bag and tipped the contents onto the bed. The contents were a large amount of £50 notes. You then told Palladino that Kaneria had approached you and told you he had a friend who would pay you money if you conceded more than a certain number of runs in your first over in the Durham match, that you were to receive £6000 and Kaneria £4000 and that you had got the money for doing so. I am satisfied this was the £6000, which you had received.
There appears to be uncertainty as to the minimum number of runs you were to concede. Palladino when first asked about the matter in March 2010, remembered it as 12. Chris Wright another member of the Essex team was told by Palladino that you had told him the number was 10. You maintain the number was 12. It probably does not matter as you accept that you were deliberately underperforming in that first over in order to carry out your side of this corrupt bargain.
No legal domestic betting market appears to have been compromised by your corrupt agreement, and so the inescapable inference is that the person who made the corrupt payment must have taken advantage of this information by seeking to influence a legal overseas market or an illegal market in this country or overseas.
The criminality here is that for financial gain you betrayed the trust placed in you to play honestly and to the best of your ability. You were trusted to do so by other members of your team, your employers, the supporters of Essex CCC and the very many followers of the game throughout the world. If because of corrupt payments it cannot be guaranteed that every player will play to the best of his ability, the reality is that the enjoyment of many millions of people around the world who watch cricket, whether on television or at cricket grounds, will eventually be destroyed.
No doubt out of a misguided sense of loyalty to you, Palladino did not go straight to the Essex authorities, but he did tell other Essex players, including Chris Wright and Adam Wheater and the matter eventually came to the attention of the Essex authorities in about March 2010. They immediately reported it to the England and Wales Cricket Board and the police were informed. You were subsequently interviewed by the police and charged.
I give you credit for your guilty plea, but that plea was entered very late in the day. When you were first asked about the matter by the Essex captain and coach in March 2010, you denied any knowledge of it. You were interviewed by the police on 29th March 2010 and lied to them, saying the approach had not come via Kaneria, you had not agreed to accept the money, and you had not received it or shown it to Palladino. In your defence statement, dated May 2011, you repeated those lies. It was only in mid-December 2011, shortly before this case was fixed for trial on 12th January 2012, that you notified the court that you were prepared to plead guilty to count 1.
However, even to the probation officer who prepared the pre-sentence report dated 9th February 2012, you denied that you had deliberately under-performed in the Durham match and maintained that you had bowled to the best of your ability. Although I accept that pleading guilty has involved a great deal of courage on your part, I have grave doubts whether even now you are really showing the great remorse, which your counsel says you are showing, as you have constantly sought to minimise what you did. In all the circumstances, the credit you are entitled to is significantly reduced and I assess it at 20%.
I take into account your age, your previous good character, the contents of the pre-sentence Report, the many testimonials submitted on your behalf and what has been said so ably on your behalf by your counsel. I also take into account that you were put under some pressure to agree to this corrupt proposal by those who were more sophisticated than you.
In my judgment it is necessary to impose an immediate custodial sentence in this case not only to mark the seriousness of the offence but also to deter others in your position from accepting such corrupt payments. In reaching this conclusion, I take into account the sentences imposed by Cooke J recently in the case of Majeed, Butt, Asif and Amir, and in particular the sentence of 6 months imprisonment on the defendant Amir, which was upheld on appeal. Your counsel has urged me to draw a distinction between your sentence and the sentence imposed on Amir. I accept that there are grounds for making such a distinction but not such as to justify the imposition of a suspended sentence in your case.
The sentence I impose is one of 4 months imprisonment. Unless you are released earlier under day release you will serve one half of this sentence in custody and then will be released for the remainder of it. Your release will not bring your sentence to an end. If after your release and before the end of the period covered by your sentence you commit any further offence, you may be ordered to return to custody to serve the balance of this sentence outstanding at the date of the further offence, as well as being punished for that new offence.
In addition I am asked to make a confiscation order against you in the agreed sum of £6,000. I determine the benefit you have received in the agreed sum of £6000, determine the recoverable amount to be £6000 and make a confiscation order in the sum of £6000. This is to be paid within 28 days with a sentence of 6 months imprisonment in default to run consecutively to the sentence imposed on Count 1.
* Read coverage of the trial on The Cricketer website, and follow RDJ Edwards's tweets @Cricketer_RDJ


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A Primer on Canon 915
By Barbara Kralis
Unquestionably, canon 915 is the most discussed canon in the Codex Iuris Canonici, or Code of Canon Law, in recent Church history.� Many in the media have reported on the January 8, 2004 canonical actions of Archbishop Raymond Burke, then bishop of the La Crosse, Wisconsin diocese.�
Archbishop Burke�s discipline on legislators has rocked the Catholic Church worldwide.� Because of misinformation, speculation and outright resentment, confusion reigns regarding the Archbishop's promulgation of his 'canonical notification' based on canon 915, the official communication of what the Church's discipline is.
I would like to make some important clarifications, with appropriate documentation, in hopes that people of all faiths will understand the Archbishop's actions, why it was appropriate for him to discipline persistent, obstinate, manifest pro abortion Catholic legislators, and why no other U.S. Bishop can refuse to immediately follow the same procedures in their own dioceses.� All Bishops must protect the Eucharist from sacrilege.
As Bishop of the over 200,000 Catholics in the diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin for the past nine years, Raymond L. Burke, D.D., J.C.D., a doctor of canon law, first conducted private communications to three 'Catholic' legislators, imploring them, "to make their consciences correct with Magisterial teachings."
�After all three politicians refused to meet with him, saying they instead reject the Church's infallible teachings, Archbishop Burke, as 'Priest, Prophet and King,' then took the necessary steps to issue the four paragraph 'canonical notification' to address the scandal they were causing in his diocese by their conduct 'which is seriously, clearly and steadfastly contrary to the moral norm' (EE n.37).
The notification declares: "...Catholic legislators who are members of the faithful of the Diocese of La Crosse and who continue to support procured abortion or euthanasia may not present themselves to receive Holy Communion.� They are not to be admitted to Holy Communion, should they present themselves, until such time as they publicly renounce their support of these most unjust practices" (canon 915).
Archbishop Burke exhorted, "No good bishops could stand by and let this happen.� These public legislators are in grave sin."
In fact, on February 2, 2004, Archbishop Burke, with apostolic daring, challenged Boston Archbishop Sean O'Malley, stating that if leading Democratic presidential candidate, pro-abortion �Catholic� John Kerry, a Massachusetts senator, came up to [Burke] for the Eucharist, he Burke] would deny him Communion.� Archbishop O'Malley still held to his false policy that Kerry would not be denied Communion in the Boston diocese.
On April 6, 2004, Bishop Fabian W. Bruskewitz, D.D., S.T.D., of the Lincoln, NE diocese, stated through his office to this writer that his diocese would deny Holy Communion to any manifest, persistent, obstinate sinner.
Referring to canon 915, Bishop Bruskewitz said, "We agree completely with Archbishop Raymond Burke in the action he has taken and we would take the same action in the diocese of Lincoln with regard to manifest, persistent, obstinate sinners, including politicians, regardless of which diocese they are from."
Bishop Bruskewitz in May 15, 1996,l, issued a successful diocesan synodal law, still enforced today, which carries an automatic penalty of excommunication.�
Informing all Catholics in his diocese of the list of dissenting organizations whose activities are contrary to the Catholic Faith, Bruskewitz has literally �cleaned house.�
In an exclusive interview with this writer (www.catholic.org), Bishop Robert Francis Vasa, M.Div., J.C.L., Bishop of Baker, Oregon, said in July 2004 �that he absolutely would agree with Archbishop Burke and Bishop Bruskewitz�s canoncial diocesan disciplines.�
Bishop Vasa said, "I literally could not give Holy Communion to a professed and actively committed pro-choice politician."
In August, 2004, three Southern Catholic bishops promulgated diocesan wide disciplines which would deny the Eucharist to pro-abortion legislators in their dioceses.� The bishops are Archbishop John F. Donoghue (Atlanta), Bishop Peter Jugis (Charlotte) and Bishop Robert J. Baker (Charleston).
In the past several years, only several other U.S. Bishops have made half hearted attempts to stop the sacrilegious Holy Communions and scandals caused by pro-abortion politicians in their dioceses.� Unfortunately, they all stopped short of publicly promulgating a canonical notification of canon 915.
There is no easy way to find out if a politician in your diocese is Catholic unless he advertised himself as such.� La Crosse's Dr. Arthur Hippler, ...
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Landscape in the style of Ni Zan by Wang Hui, a fan painting
China, 17th-18th centuries AD
Although this painting is by the artist Wang Hui (1632-1717), the influence of Ni Zan (1301-74) is clear. The clump of trees, the empty pavilion in the foreground and the horizontal strokes and ink dots depicting the mountains are all typical of the Yuan master. In fact, Wang Hui comments: 'All of Ni Zan but not all of Wang Hui is contained in this'.
Wang Hui was one of a group of painters known as the Four Wangs: orthodox masters of the early Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The others were Wang Shimin, Wang Jian and Wang Yuanqi. Most of the calligraphy covering this fan consists of inscriptions by Wang Hui's contemporaries.
Chinese fans are often decorated with landscapes. Two types of fan are used: the first is nearly circular and made of stiffened silk mounted on a bamboo stick. The second type is curved and folding, made of paper mounted between thin bamboo sticks. This folding type was introduced to Europe from China.
Fan paintings were often created as gifts for a particular occasion and many are dated. Their size made them ideal as presents. Many also include calligraphic inscriptions from friends and comments on the painting.
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J. Rawson (ed.), The British Museum book of Chi (London, The British Museum Press, 1992)
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Astrid Gustafsson , pp. 30. Inst. för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap/Dept. of Humanities and Social Science, 2003.
The aim of my essay, Racial or Human Oppression? A Question of Emancipation in Maya Angelou's "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings", is to demonstrate that Angelou's autobiography should not only be read as a text about racial oppression but also human oppression. Despite the fact that the novel was published in the U.S.A. in the late 1960s – at a time of racial revolution – many critics claim that "The Caged Bird Sings" is an early attack on the white mans oppression of black people. But that is a too simplistic reading, which does not do justice to the complexity of Angelou's work. Instead, in my essay, I show how the novel reflects Angelou's conviction that injustice towards black people is not related solely to skin colour but is a fundamental human problem. I have used Stephen Spender's theory of the 'inside' and 'outside' life as it relates to autobiographical writing and considered the conflict – one of which Angelou was already aware – between facts and truth in autobiographical fiction.


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'Pompeii' to hit Indian screens Feb 21
The 3D action-adventure-romantic drama "Pompeii", which is set for international release Feb 21, will hit the Indian screens on the same day.
Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, the story is set in 79 AD and follows the life of Milo, a slave- turned-gladiator played by Kit Harington. He finds himself in a race against time to save his love Cassia, portrayed by Emily Browning.
"A love story in its heart, the film has some stunning visual effects along with gladiator action set in the historical Roman city of Pompeii which makes the experience of viewing the film a lot more majestic as you watch a fight for love amidst a crumbling city," Deepak Sharma, chief operating officer, PVR Pictures Ltd., said in a statement.
"...we'd be coming right alongside the international release on the 21st of February," he added.
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Bill O'Brien talked football with Mike Hull on Monday night, and the next day, he paid the Canon-McMillan graduate an interesting compliment.
"He's a football dude," Penn State's first-year coach said.
If the definition of a football dude is a hard-nosed player with the smarts and skill set to move seamlessly among three linebacker positions and excel on special teams, then Hull indeed qualifies.
His value to the defense increases this week as he takes over at weakside outside linebacker for fifth-year senior Michael Mauti, who won't play in the regular-season finale against Wisconsin on Saturday after suffering a serious knee injury that likely includes tears of both his left ACL and MCL.
The loss of Mauti is a devastating one to Penn State since his value to the team transcends the tackles he piled up on a weekly basis. If anyone can soften the blow of losing Mauti, it is Hull.
The redshirt sophomore has seen his role expand as the season has progressed. Because of his ability to defend the pass, Hull had been sharing the inside linebacker spot with Glenn Carson before Mauti got hurt.
The coaches are confident the versatile Hull — who has played all three linebacker positions this season — can hold down Mauti's spot.
"He's really valuable, and he's a warrior," defensive coordinator Ted Roof said.
Hull showed that last Saturday, particularly after Mauti left the game.
He recorded a career-high 11 tackles and a sack in helping to slow down Indiana's fast-break offense enough for Penn State to cruise to a 45-22 win. The only question regarding Hull is where he will play next season.
Mauti and strongside outside linebacker Gerald Hodges will be lost to graduation, and Hull will be plugged into one of those positions. Roof said the 6-foot, 228-pound Hull has the potential to make as much of an impact as Mauti and Hodges, who leads Penn State with 102 tackles.
"I always thought I was capable of doing good things; it was just a matter of getting an opportunity," Hull said. "I think I've really grown a lot this year just because of the opportunities and the snaps I've gotten."
Hull has had an additional coach this week as Mauti has been a regular at practice.
"He's in the meetings and he'll be around," O'Brien said of Mauti. "I think that's good in a lot of ways mentally for him. He can help Hull. Here's a guy who's a very instinctive player. Little tips can help Mike Hull in this game."
It may well be one football dude passing one of Penn State' hallowed positions to another football dude and, in many ways, it is fitting.
Mauti helped convince Hull to stay at Penn State when the latter was wavering after the NCAA sanctioned the football program in July. And Hull will follow Mauti and Hodges in trying to maintain the excellence that connects linebackers from Jack Ham and Shane Conlan to LaVar Arrington and Paul Posluszny.
"He's going to go in there and play as hard as he can," O'Brien said of Hull, "and it's going to be pretty fun to watch him play."
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Pete and I both pointed out a few spots for them to swim around then conspired about the next days activities. We rigged up a couple of hand spears and made sure all of our gear was ready to take them out the next day for some more spear fishing.
In their first full day at Mai Dive, Petero, myself, Justin, and Naomi all went fishing at a deep water channel 200 yards in front of the Resort. Pete caught 2 Trevellys, Justin caught 1 Trevelly, Naomi nothing, and I caught a fish smaller than my pinky finger...by accident. HA! Needless to say, we had plenty of food to eat for the next few days thanks to Pete and Justin.
After days and days of fishing in the morning, coming in for a big, healthy lunch, then heading back out to fish some more, Justin caught the big Job Fish and Naomi caught the Parrot Fish shown in the pictures below. If I remember correctly, that was Naomi's first Parrot fish ever.
From myself and all the gang at Mai Dive, thanks for all of the fun and congratulations on the marraige.


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Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's book lands movie deal with Sony Pictures
Sony Pictures has acquired the movie rights to the Facebook's chief operating officer (COO) Sheryl Sandberg's book "Lean In" based on female-empowerment.
According to Cnet, the "LeanIn.org" foundation, which technically owns the rights to Sandberg's book, licensed the name to Sony.
All proceeds from the licensing deal will go to the foundation, and not to Sandberg, the report added.
The adaptation of "Lean In: Women, Work, And The Will to Lead," published last March, will not be a biopic of Sandberg, instead it will revolve around the themes presented in the book.
Sandberg's "Lean In" writing partner, Nell Scovell will be penning the movie narrative, the report added.
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So yesterday was Earth Day. Given that it was also Good Friday, it may have got some folks caught in the throws of people traveling or pre-occupied with errands on a day off from work. But it was Earth Day.
It begs a question in me to wonder how we might make every day earth day. Each of us can be more present to our surroundings, our actions, our use of water, use of energy, management of recycling and waste. We can support our community.
Or perhaps it is an opportunity to start or join a conversation about how we take better care of our Earth and know what impact we can have as individuals, or companies.
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