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Address on the State of the University
The University of Texas at Austin
September 17, 2003
The English novelist H. G. Wells once wrote, "Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe." It may be an exaggeration to say that last January, when Governor Perry directed all state-funded institutions to reduce their current operating budgets by 7 percent and forewarned that even larger, recurring cuts were certain, it looked as if catastrophe might win by several laps. But we have persisted, and I am happy to report that as catastrophe management goes, we did a pretty darned good job. However, the fight is not over yet. The University has not seen the equal of these fiscal conditions for many years, and it will take a while longer for the effects to become fully manifest in our budgets and our practices. But we rolled up our sleeves and undertook the difficult but critical task of protecting quality and strength during hard times. It was a team effort, and I am proud of our team.
I commend the vice presidents, deans, and unit leaders across the University, all of whom worked tirelessly and with care to create a budget plan that resulted in $40 million in reductions and cost savings. It was not easy for them. A process of this nature takes a personal toll on good people who must make tough choices. Worthy programs and projects were curtailed, services were eliminated, and staff positions were reduced. The last came at a human price—the loss of friends and coworkers, valued colleagues. I offer my sincerest gratitude to all who managed what had to be managed. It was the best job I have ever seen of handling budgetary retrenchment in a public university. The University will continue to succeed because of that work. Once again, in the course of this institution's distinguished 120-year history, education overcame catastrophe.
It is important for this community to grasp the extent of the University's financial challenges, so let me summarize them:
- The 7 percent reduction in our operating budget in the spring meant that the University lost almost $19 million that we were using to operate during the final months of the last fiscal year, which closed on August 31.
- For the present fiscal year, 2003-2004, which began on the first of September, UT Austin received $22 million less in general revenue appropriations for established programs than we received for the previous fiscal year. We also lost another $8 million per year in health benefits that had been supported by the State.
- For the new fiscal year, there is also a reduction of $6.5 million in income from the Permanent University Fund, not by action of the Legislature, but because of the decreased market value of the PUF endowment in recent quarters.
- Taking all of these things together, plus others that I will not detail, we have about $40 million less to operate the established state-funded and PUF-funded programs of the University in fiscal year 2003-04, representing about a 10 percent reduction of the total from those sources for those programs.
Our target has been to continue our most important services with undiminished quality, given these reduced resources and the need to absorb some inflationary rise in costs. This is no small task. It is, in fact, impossible to achieve with respect to every service. But it remains the target as we continue to adjust to the current conditions.
We had anticipated the importance of cost savings in 2002, when I appointed the President's Task Force on Efficiency, chaired by Professor Randy Diehl. We were fortunate to have been able to realize important results from that process as we came into this new fiscal year.
All through the spring, we maintained a steady focus on a target of $30 million in reductions and savings, and we were able to achieve it through careful work everywhere on the campus. In the end, the gap was bigger—$40 million—mainly because of the lost support for health benefits, which came into the picture at the end of the legislative session. To close up the budget in the final days, it became necessary to sacrifice $10 million of the recurring amount that we spend on repair and renovation of our infrastructure. This action has compounded the recurring shortfall of $20 million that already existed in our funding for infrastructure. Thus, the budgetary hole is now $30 million recurring. The infrastructure issue must be a primary focus as we work out of these difficulties in the months and years ahead.
By last February, the University Budget Council saw that we could not avoid eliminating hundreds of positions—by layoffs if not by other means. Through a combination of efforts, including the elimination of many vacant positions, a hiring freeze, and the positive response to the Voluntary Retirement Incentive, we were able to limit layoffs to 120 employees, a much lower number than feared. The Voluntary Retirement Incentive proved especially important: 239 individuals accepted it. A total of about 700 positions were eliminated in the whole process. Our success in reducing employment levels with minimal layoffs is testimony to the managerial skill of leaders across the University.
But there is also the sobering reality of what happened to members of our community who lost their jobs just for financial reasons. We must never minimize the effects of laying someone off in this environment, where security of employment is such an important part of the University's ability to recruit and to hold the talent that it needs. We pride ourselves on being a caring environment, so I am glad to add that Human Resource Services was able to provide real help to those laid off, by assisting with benefits coordination, offering emotional support through the Employee Assistance Program, processing unemployment claims, and searching for other opportunities within and outside the University. My thanks go to Vice President Pat Clubb, Associate Vice President Kyle Cavanaugh, and their staffs for the excellent work they have done to humanize a difficult process.
Although it was not possible for us to undertake the normal annual raise program on September 1, I remain hopeful that a modest program can be implemented in January. We will make a decision on that in early November, when we will have a better grasp of the contingencies ahead. A mid-year raise program remains a very high priority.
I also know that many in the university community are concerned about health coverage and premium sharing. The overall picture resulting from the legislative session is extremely complex, and I will make no attempt here to go into detail. However, it was our goal that no member of the UT faculty or staff employed on August 31 would see a reduction in take-home pay after September 1 because of the changes enacted by the Legislature. We have met that goal.
The whole story of the legislative session was one of serious short-term challenges, but also brighter long-term opportunities. Although we sustained reductions in appropriated support for established operations, the Legislature also provided us with tools to manage more effectively, and in time they should lead to improvements in both the quality and performance of our university. There were two especially notable actions:
- First, the Legislature granted general authority over tuition to the governing boards of the universities, so that the boards may now set tuition based on the individual missions and needs of their institutions. A generous portion of any tuition increase must be set aside for financial aid. Reasonable increases in tuition, applied fairly and flexibly, can help us to maintain a world-class institution despite the economic downturn and the loss of appropriated support. I believe deeply that, over time, local management of tuition and fees by the boards will lead to better performance by Texas universities and better cost control.
- In another important action, the Legislature allowed institutions of higher education to retain 100 percent of recovered indirect costs of research. This change will result in savings of nearly $20 million dollars to the University next year, with growing benefit in later years. Until now, the state of Texas has kept 50 percent of the indirect costs on each research grant. Texas was the only large state in the nation to retract indirect-cost monies so extensively from its universities, and the leadership of our state came to understand the practice as a self-defeating penalty on success. These funds come from supported research and must be used to enhance our competitiveness in that area. The leadership made this change in policy toward that end in particular. The funds will strengthen our ability to recruit top talent to the faculty and will support special equipment and facilities, required matching support for federal grants, and seed money for new initiatives.
These two provisions are major steps forward for Texas. I remain deeply appreciative to the leadership of our system, the alumni and friends, and the political leaders who made them possible.
In UT history, 2002-2003 may well be remembered as the Year of the Task Force. There were more than usual and they were more visible than usual, because we had pressing needs. They have been ably led and have produced fine results.
- The Task Force on Assembly and Expression, chaired by Professor Douglas Laycock, reviewed policies and practices affecting freedom of speech and assembly on the campus. The report of this task force was broadly acclaimed and endorsed, an achievement in itself in such a sensitive area. It is also now receiving national attention as a model. Most of the recommended changes in policy and practice have been implemented; others are in motion.
- The Task Force on Enrollment Strategy, chaired by Professor Isabella Cunningham, was charged with recommending a strategy for managing student enrollments at UT, from the present into the indefinite future. The task force has submitted an interim report, and the final report will be forthcoming this fall.
- The Task Force on Racial Respect and Fairness, chaired by Professor (now Dean) Darlene Grant was established to explore means for making the university a more civil environment for members from varied cultures. It has also submitted an interim report, and will provide a final report later this year.
Two additional groups are just beginning their work:
- The Police Oversight Committee, chaired by Dean Michael Sharlot, is to assure that the policies and practices of UTPD promote the security of the University community effectively and in ways respectful of constitutional rights and consistent with our academic values. This is an ongoing body that will report annually.
- The Tuition Policy Committee, co-chaired by Executive Vice President and Provost Sheldon Ekland-Olson and Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Kevin Hegarty, will also be ongoing. More on this committee later.
This is a good place for me to thank Professor Michael Granof for his chairmanship of the Faculty Council, and Frank Simon for his chairmanship of the Staff Council. They masterfully represented crucial elements of our University community, and I look forward to working with their successors, Professor Marvin Hackert with the faculty and Glen Worley with the staff.
Despite the difficult times, the University remained focused on its mission and priorities. I want to share with you some of the progress we have made this past year.
- In 2002-2003, we resumed our faculty expansion after a suspension
of efforts in 2001-02. In continuation of that initiative,
we have budgeted funds for
30 more positions in this academic year. Expanding our faculty is the most
important thing we can do to improve the quality and national
standing of this university.
It will take a decade, and it must receive a consistently high priority over
that time.
- We continued to make progress in teaching initiatives to ensure excellence
in the classrooms and laboratories. Some 170 classrooms across campus are now
to use advanced instructional technologies. The newly launched EUREKA web
site provides information on undergraduate research projects. And more of our
are involved in international programs, placing us among the top five universities
in the nation for study-abroad participation.
- In the area of admissions, we made a strategic decision last fall to reduce the number of freshmen in the class of 2003, despite an 11 percent rise in applications to 24,500. The new freshman class has the highest academic qualifications in the University's history and includes the largest percentage of Hispanic students. Moreover, the African-American fraction has at last been restored to the level of the final pre-Hopwood year.
- The freshman retention rate was 91 percent, which was a point lower than the previous year, but above 90 percent for the third year in a row. My near-term goal is to reach 94 percent.
- The four-year graduation rate reached 39.2 percent, a new high and up by almost 3 percent over the previous year. We need to reach a figure above 50 percent, but in the near term 42 percent is my target.
- Our six-year graduation rate reached 71.5 percent, also a new high. This is an increase of 5 percent over the last four years. We must raise this rate above 75 percent.
A landmark decision that will affect UT's admissions process is the Supreme Court's Grutter/Gratz ruling, which validated affirmative action in collegiate admissions, but also restricted the range of practices. This decision has lifted the unique burden of Hopwood from Texas and has opened up the consideration of race in our own admissions policies. The University is working within the procedural guidelines issued by the Chancellor to develop new policies for undergraduate, graduate, and professional admissions. But we were disappointed to learn last week that Texas state law requires one year's public notice before modifying any admissions criteria. It would cause us to postpone changes for a full year—a delay inimical to the best interest of Texas. We stand ready to work with state leaders to gain relief, perhaps by amending the governing law.
In academic year 2002-2003, we celebrated accomplishments in several areas across the campus that contribute greatly to our academic and research missions:
- The Sarah M. and Charles E. Seay Building was dedicated.
- We broke ground for the Blanton Museum of Art and we are scheduled to complete construction in 2005. Also, the Blanton received a collection of more than 3,200 prints of extraordinary quality from noted art historian Leo Steinberg.
- The Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences was established to facilitate interdisciplinary research in fields at the leading edge of computational capability. It operates under the able leadership of Professor Tinsley Oden.
- The John A. and Katherine G. Jackson Geological Sciences Building was completed and dedicated, and the Jackson School of Geosciences came into being under the directorship of Professor William Fisher. The school has an endowment greater than $200 million, largely from a bequest from John and Katherine Jackson. A vision committee, chaired by President Emeritus Peter Flawn, will recommend how to take best advantage of this remarkable asset.
- The magnificently renovated Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center reopened after a long, dusty construction project that brings its treasured collections much more effectively before the public. And in a major acquisition serendipitously close to the reopening, HRC Director Tom Staley announced the purchase of the Woodward-Bernstein Watergate Archive, supported entirely through private gifts.
- Don Carleton and the Center for American History acquired two major collections that have greatly enriched the University's research holdings. In March, the center was given the entire Newsweek magazine research archive for the years through 1996. The Center also acquired the photographic archives of four award-winning White House photojournalists who have covered our nation's presidents from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush.
- The University of Texas at Austin Elementary School, a University-based charter school in East Austin, opened its doors this fall to 118 students in pre-K, kindergarten, and first grade. The teachers, students, and parents have had very positive reactions to the new school. My congratulations to Provost Sheldon Ekland-Olson, Vice Chancellor Edwin Sharpe, and their many colleagues who made a reality of this worthy venture on a very short time line.
- The University of Texas Film Initiative was announced by the College of Communication. This is an innovative public-private venture involving an academic UT Film Institute and a UT-allied, investor-supported film production company. I congratulate Dean Ellen Wartella, Professor Tom Schatz, and their many advisers and supporters for inventing a new model for film-making, film-teaching, and film scholarship in the 21st century.
UT is a huge, complex enterprise, with highly sophisticated technological capabilities, so it is no surprise that we have sustained attacks on our computer security systems. We all became vulnerable to a series of ongoing viruses, worms, and other slings and arrows of outrageous hackers. These problems are worldwide. Dan Updegrove, our Vice President for Information Technology Services, and IT staff across the campus have responded admirably to such emergencies, working far into the night to protect 70,000 computer users in our University community and to create a more secure environment overall. My thanks go to all of them.
One year remains in the seven-year We're Texas Campaign, which closes next August 31. To date we have raised about $1.4 billion. We estimate that we may reach $1.6 billion by the end. I want to take this opportunity to thank the 125,000 donors and the many volunteer leaders, beginning with the Campaign Chair, Ron Steinhart, who made possible this remarkable success. Johnnie Ray, Vice President for Resource Development, and his staff have displayed consistent excellence throughout, and they have my gratitude. Let me add parting thanks to Randa Safady, Associate Vice President for Resource Development, for her outstanding service, as she moves downtown to become Vice Chancellor for External Relations at the UT System.
The 2002-2003 academic year provided a generous share of stress, but we still made valuable advances, and we retain our resolve to become an even better institution. We must now set ambitious goals for 2003-2004 and pursue them with intelligence and conviction.
Our stewardship of resources—how we secure them and how we commit them—is at the top of the list, because practically everything else depends on our skill at dealing with them. In the year ahead, we will in two ways be setting patterns that will determine much about the future.
At center stage is the new Tuition Policy Committee, through which we hope to forge an effective long-term collaboration among administrative, faculty, and student leadership, with the goal of defining the wisest possible policies. Wisdom will embrace affordability, and wisdom will insist on quality. It is critical this year to get the process right—to develop habits that will, time and again, reach trustworthy answers for the University and for a public that trusts in it. As I contemplate the importance of this pattern-setting round, I am heartened by the superb quality of our first Tuition Policy Committee. All of us must wish the members well, because all of us are depending on them. They deserve our thanks for their commitment.
The other big thing we must get right is to find a real solution to the looming deficiency in our recurring funding for infrastructure. Our physical plant is where the University does practically all of its work. It was needed by prior generations, and it will be needed by the next. It was given to us in decent shape, and it is our responsibility to pass it on in decent shape. We probably cannot find a way to address the full recurring deficiency of $30 million in one step, so the solution must rest on a multi-year strategy—together with iron discipline. We must not fail in this. And we can wait no longer. By this time next year, there must be a realistic strategy in place.
By Friday evening of next week, I will have served my 2000th day in office—a fair time to have been so fully engaged in the life of our University and of Texas. I have learned much about the hopes and needs of people, and institutions, and a whole society. In closing this address, I would like to speak in a little detail about four other items. All have to do with those hopes and needs. All are about making us a better university, but none can be captured in budget policies or organizational mechanics.
The first is about how we educate. One of the questions that we must continually ask ourselves—as a major public university that has long played a central role in the intellectual and cultural development of Texas—is this: "How can we better prepare leadership for the next generation in Texas and beyond?"
Toward that end, I call upon every member of our community to join in finding systematic, effective ways to build the knowledge and skill among students, faculty, and staff necessary to learn and to work across cultural boundaries. This recommendation was born, I freely admit, in the difficult experiences of our community during last winter; however the idea is not really about fixing obvious defects in our current society, but rather about getting to a future that we can already see.
Even in this heterogeneous America, virtually all of us grow up and spend most of our lives in a homogenous culture, often, but not always, racially or ethnically delineated. We do not have from experience a proper basis for understanding even the other principal cultures of America, much less those of the larger world. It should be no surprise that we are fearful, tentative, and clumsy in our efforts to make contact and to understand across cultural lines. We have made do. But making do in the same way will not be good enough if America is to be prosperous, healthy, and stable in the decades ahead. As a center of higher learning, and as a place where the leadership of the next generation is educated, we have an obligation to help our students—and in the process to help ourselves—to become much more capable citizens.
I do not know how. But I do know that success with this goal is critically important. This is a powerful center of thought and exploration. We ought to be able to make progress.
The second point here is about how we regard ourselves and each other. My interest in an honor code stems from my belief that we could become a much more powerful, much more useful university if we had a simple, effective means for reminding all of our members—students, staff, faculty—of their own interest in standards of integrity and civility. I do not seek, nor do I recommend an elaborate honor code with an attendant justice system and penalties for transgressions. Neither would I support any sort of required oath. One sound sentence, widely embraced, could do it—just a steady reminder that civility and integrity do have meaning and that there are legitimate expectations concerning these virtues within our university.
I do not have the sentence.
My belief is that leadership on this matter must come from
our students. I congratulate
of College Councils
its work to date, and I express the hope that a sound, widely
supported honor statement
will emerge by collaboration among student leadership during
this academic year.
The third point that I highlight today is about how we select. We are in a season of the history of the University when there is much discussion about the admission of new students. The season has been triggered by a rapid rise in applications for the freshman class. We now receive more than three for every place, and the ratio will probably go higher. How should we choose?
Especially in public institutions, there is a powerful tendency in this kind of situation to stick with the numbers—high school class rank and test scores. I urge that we try very hard to find sound ways to look for—and to value—leadership, special talent, and real creative strength.
What I really seek is to preserve our historic power to provide leaders for Texas and beyond. For decades, this University of Texas has been the dominant source of leaders in our state, whether one speaks of the arts, business, law, government, medicine, the media, social organizations, or any other aspect of life in Texas. I am a doubter that the numbers tell enough about a high-school senior for us to rely decisively on them as we seek to continue with this great social role and public responsibility. The numbers do tell us important things, but not all we need to know.
I do not have the answer, and I am not even sure that there is a superior, practical approach. But I am dead certain of the importance to Texas of what we have done in the past, and I am equally certain that our education of real leaders is crucial to the future. If we can optimize for any of our purposes, this is the one. How better to assure success is a most worthy topic for this season of debate about admissions.
Finally, the fourth point, which is about what we seek to become. This is what the Commission of 125 is about.
Universities can become self-justifying islands of arcane activity with little real benefit to the surrounding society, or even to their graduates. That phenomenon may have been identified even in the early eighteenth century, when Jonathan Swift was reported (perhaps apocryphally) to have said that the Oxford of his time was a great seat of learning because all who entered were required to bring some learning with them to meet the standards of admission; but no graduate ever took any learning away, and thus it steadily accumulated.
Well, perhaps we need not fear quite that. But the antidote to irrelevance is engagement of the university with the real needs and aspirations of the supporting society. That is why I think UT has gained such value in the past from commissions of citizens charged with expressing their hopes, wishes, and recommendations for the future. And that is why I think the work of the Commission of 125 is so valuable. It is the key to engagement at its best.
Over the past year, the Commission has convened, and its committees have begun to develop their ideas. Over the next year, conclusions will be hammered out and a report will be forthcoming. Our challenge will be to translate the Commission's work into the mechanics of academic development. In particular, we need to discern the great guidestar for the University as it develops over the next two decades.
I do not know now what it will be, but I do know that the previous two commissions successfully revealed guidestars of great power. It is our formidable task to make equal use of this opportunity. Work toward that end needs to begin within the University this year, even as the Commission synthesizes its final report.
The University of Texas at Austin is not cloistered; our light is not hidden. We are a radiant beacon of progress and opportunity that has illuminated every corner of this state for the past 120 years. It is our stated mission to disseminate widely the learning and discovery that take place here. Our research serves the greater public good, whether decoding ancient languages, developing biomedical wonders, or observing the coldest reaches of the universe. But we accomplish our purpose mainly through the young men and women whose lives we transform while they are entrusted to us. When they come here from Houston or Hutto, from Wink or Waxahachie, their minds are challenged; their hearts are opened; their future is shaped. The best take the tools and skills they developed here and go out and leave their footprints on the history of our time. This university is indeed a noble enterprise, and it remains both sound and powerful.
Thank you for your attention today. It is a privilege to serve with you all.
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text: Murray remembers co-star Ramis 25 Feb 2014 Bill Murray has paid tribute to his Ghostbusters co-star and frequent collaborator Harold Ramis, following his death on Monday. Share Share Share Story by UTV Staff, Belfast The actor, writer and filmmaker, passed away at the age of 69 from complications of a rare blood disease, and now Murray is the latest member of the beloved Ghostbusters franchise to share his condolences.The funnyman released a statement that reads: "Harold Ramis and I together did the National Lampoon Show off Broadway, Meatballs, Stripes, Caddyshack, Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day. He earned his keep on this planet. God bless him."Despite the fact the duo found success with a string of comedy classics in the 1980s and 1990s, Ramis revealed in a 2009 interview with website TheAVClub.com that he had not spoken to Murray since 1993's Groundhog Day over an on-set dispute, and had "no social relationship whatsoever".Along with Murray and Ramis, actor Dan Aykroyd rounded out the trio of parapsychologists in Ghostbusters, and he expressed his sadness over the passing of his good friend on Monday as well.A statement issued to The Hollywood Reporter reads: "(I am) deeply saddened to hear of the passing of my brilliant, gifted, funny friend, co-writer/performer and teacher Harold Ramis. May he now get the answers he was always seeking."A number of famous faces have also paid tribute to the star via Twitter.Actor and presenter Stephen Fry wrote: "Stunned and saddened to hear of the death of Harold Ramis. A comedy hero..."Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane said: "Harold Ramis was a brilliant, shining example for every comedy writer hoping to achieve excellence the field. He will be sorely missed."Meanwhile U.S preseident Barrack Obama has expressed his condolences.In a statement, he said: "Michelle and I were saddened to hear of the passing of Harold Ramis, one of America's greatest satirists, and like so many other comedic geniuses, a proud product of Chicago's Second City. "When we watched his movies - from 'Animal House' and 'Caddyshack' to 'Ghostbusters' and 'Groundhog Day - we didn't just laugh until it hurt. We questioned authority. We identified with the outsider. We rooted for the underdog and through it all, we never lost our faith in happy endings. "Our thoughts and prayers are with Harold's wife, Erica, his children and grandchildren, and all those who loved him, who quote his work with abandon, and who hope that he received total consciousness."Harold Ramis. Funny, gracious, kind hearted. A joy to have known you.— Steve Carell (@SteveCarell) February 24, 2014 © UTV Share Share Share

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March 15, 2013
People With Blue Eyes Are Less Trustworthy?
Scientific studies illustrate that people with blue eyes are generally perceived as less trustworthy than those with brown eyes. Get some brown contacts! Fast!
Don't judge a book by its cover, right?
According to Forbes, research at NYU found that people pass judgment within the first seven seconds of meeting someone.
"The moment that stranger sees you, his or her brain makes a thousand computations: Are you someone to approach or to avoid? Are you friend or foe? Do you have status and authority? Are you trustworthy, competent, likeable, confident?
And these computations are made at lightning speed. Researchers from NYU found that we make eleven major decisions about one another in the first seven seconds of meeting."
Depending on your posture, attitude, and several other nonverbal cues, you may be doomed from jump street if you've got steely blue eyes like Frank Sinatra.
According to NBC, Karel Kleisner and his colleagues "asked more than 200 students to rate how much they could trust a series of 80 male and female faces with either brown or blue eyes.
The complete study can be found at Plos One.
The color of your eyes doesn't mean you're doomed necessarily. Rather, the facial features that are native to your eye color are the biggest factors in how strangers gauge your trustworthiness.
The abstract of the research reads, "We tested whether eye color influences perception of trustworthiness. Facial photographs of 40 female and 40 male students were rated for perceived trustworthiness. Eye color had a significant effect, the brown-eyed faces being perceived as more trustworthy than the blue-eyed ones. Geometric morphometrics, however, revealed significant correlations between eye color and face shape. Thus, face shape likewise had a significant effect on perceived trustworthiness, but only for male faces; the effect for female faces not being significant. To determine whether perception of trustworthiness was being influenced primarily by eye color or by face shape, we recolored the eyes on the same male facial photos and repeated the test procedure. Eye color now had no effect on perceived trustworthiness. We concluded that although the brown-eyed faces were perceived as more trustworthy than the blue-eyed ones, it was not brown eye color per se that caused the stronger perception of trustworthiness but rather the facial features associated with brown eyes." (Usually I'd summarize a thing like this, but it all seems pretty important to understanding the scope of the research.)
Generally, the more trustworthy faces had a more narrow shape, bigger eyes, and broader mouths with upward-oriented lips, according to the research.
Kleisner explained, "These are characteristics associated with brown eyes."
"On the other hand, blue eyes tend to be smaller, meaning many blue-eyed faces are pointier and longer with eyebrows that are far apart."
Knowing that there's more to trustworthiness than just eye color, "Kleisner added that the research needs to be replicated using different photos and different subjects, and he cautioned against over-interpreting the significance of the findings."
Also, blue eyes are very common in certain parts of the world and are even preferred aesthetically, so their correlation with being untrustworthy is somewhat balanced by their beauty. Don't fret too much if you've got blue eyes and you're faced with a job interview or client consultation tomorrow.
You can trust me on this one; I have brown eyes!
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New York Post "It took awhile, but the Nets eventually made the splash they were hoping to in Thursday night's NBA draft. After spending most of the first round trying to move up to acquire a point guard, the Nets eventually wound up sending Mason Plumlee and the draft rights to Pat Connaughton, their pick at..." June 26
Brooklyn Nets will strongly consider trading Mason Plumlee if the team can move up to the lottery, a league source confirms. #NBADraft
ESPN sources say Nets continue to explore trade possibilities with their Team USA center Mason Plumlee in advance of Thursday's NBA Draft
ESPN sources say Nets continue to explore trade possibilities with their Team USA center Mason Plumlee in advance of Thursday's NBA Draft
Nets Daily "Mason Plumlee was once thought to be a key cornerstone piece for these Brooklyn Nets, looked at as a young, athletic big who can help shape their future, as the NBA continues to shift toward being younger and more athletic. After what amounted to a rather disastrous second half of the 2014-15..." June 15
Basketball Insiders "It's unavoidably tantalizing to think about what the (Brooklyn) Nets might have gotten for Plumlee, had they actively shopped him before he fell out of favor — bearing in mind the two future first-round picks Denver extracted from Cleveland for Timofey Mozgov." May 27
New York Daily News "Mason Plumlee isn't whispering in Nets general manager Billy King's ear. But if he was, he'd endorse a move to bring Brooklyn legend Lance Stephenson to the Nets. Stephenson, in his first season with the Charlotte Hornets after starring at Coney Island's Lincoln High and later the Indiana..." February 13
ESPN "Milwaukee's Giannis Antetokounmpo, Minnesota's Zach LaVine, Orlando's Victor Oladipo and Brooklyn's Mason Plumlee will be the contestants in the 2015 Sprite Slam Dunk contest, the NBA announced Tuesday night. Plumlee tweeted he was "thrilled" to be taking part in the contest. The dunk..." January 28
Yahoo! Sports "The Brooklyn Nets and Sacramento Kings are discussing a deal centered on former All-Star guard Deron Williams, league sources told Yahoo Sports. The Nets have been shopping their high-priced star players, and the Kings have been probing the market for an impact point guard. No deal is..." December 21
New York Post "After Mason Plumlee exceeded expectations as a rookie and was a surprise selection for Team USA's entry in the FIBA World Cup this summer, he entered his second NBA season looking to build off both experiences and become a key contributor for the Nets under new coach Lionel Hollins. But things..." November 24
The Score "Another year, another foot injury for Brook Lopez. The Brooklyn Nets big man, who played only 17 games last season due to a broken right foot, will miss the team's season opener against the Boston Celtics on Wednesday because of a midfoot sprain to the same foot. Head coach Lionel Hollins..." October 29
Nets Daily "It certainly wasn't a defense and not even an explanation, but in an interview with a North Carolina newspaper, Mike Krzyzewski talks about why he chose his former center for Team USA ... and how USA Basketball only decided at the last minute to choose a select team to practice against the senior..." August 26
2 things from Team USA: post practice games between Durant/Harden/George are epic; Mason Plumlee likely to make team over DeMarcus Cousins
In reaction to the lack of big men, Mason Pllumlee has been promoted from U.S. Select team to National Team.
New York Post "On a night when the Nets recorded an emphatic victory, it was their lone rookie's emphatic dunks that led the way. Behind a career-high 22 points from Mason Plumlee — most of which came on a variety of high-flying dunks — the Nets led wire-to-wire en route to a 93-81 victory over the Pelicans..." February 10
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Through its corporate volunteering program, The SOLution, SOLitude Lake Management, an industry leader in lake and pond management, fisheries management and related environmental services for the eastern United States, named J. Wesley Allen, environmental scientist, as Volunteer of the Quarter for the first quarter of 2014.
Allen has been instrumental in identifying several new environmentally focused volunteer opportunities, recruiting staff and their family members to join him, and participating in team volunteer events.
In the first quarter, Allen and SOLitude teammate Greg Blackham volunteered several times for the Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife to remove exotic invasive vegetative species from Cedar Swamp in Smyrna. The two also worked to protect the Delaware shorelines at the Delaware Bay and Atlantic Ocean by volunteering in the annual beach grass planting event at Delaware Seashore State Park. Allen volunteered his services with the rest of SOLitude's Delaware team at an annual Polar Plunge put on by the Brandywine Valley Association, an environmental nonprofit that offers educational programming as well as conservation and reclamation efforts for the local watersheds.
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With each pass of the knife, more and more detail emerged out of the piece of basswood.
A nose, eyebrows and slight curve of a smile appeared on what was once a flat wooden surface. An expression of amused happiness slowly took shape.
Curly-cues of wood shavings flew as Edwin McClure worked with his simple carving knife.
The Franklin resident has been carving wood for more than 70 years and has helped teach hundreds of people to do the same. He's part of a group of Johnson County men and women who are dedicated to preserving the historical aspects of simple woodcarving.
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Using the same rough knives, chisels, files and saws that carvers have employed for hundreds of years, they can turn a block of wood into a sculpture with intricate detail.
"As I'm carving something, I'm developing a skill that I can pass on to someone else. That helps keep this alive," McClure said.
A vital piece of keeping woodcarving tradition alive has been community clubs that allow interested people to share and learn from other carvers.
Franklin's group, the Chipmates, meets every Thursday at the Franklin Cultural Arts and Recreation Center to work on carving.
McClure plans a group project to start each session. Participants can follow along with him, asking questions if they run into problems. Others bring their own work to get advice and bounce ideas off other members.
"We try to help people learning skills and enlarging the skills they have," McClure said.
The club has about 10 regular members, though group sizes can swell and dwindle throughout the year, McClure said. People come from Trafalgar, Bargersville and Martinsville to take part in the weekly sessions.
Fellow Franklin woodcarver Eldon Rebhorn has been working with wood for more than 70 years. He got started on the farm he grew up on, taking scrap pieces of wood and working on them with his jackknife.
As an adult, he blended traditional carving with woodturning, using a lathe to spin a piece of wood and shape it. He works mostly with exotic woods, tending to take a more stylized take on design and form.
"The creative part is the best," he said. "I never want to copy anyone else's design, so I create my own."
Rebhorn started attending Chipmates meetings shortly after moving to Franklin.
"It's a good exchange while we get together. We have different styles, but we can appreciate what each other is doing," he said.
Often, club members will rotate to other area woodcarving meetings.
Columbus resident Larry Carter took a series of classes from McClure when he started carving eight years ago.
Now a member of the Hoosier Carvers, the oldest woodcarving club in Indiana, he will sit in on sessions and share knowledge with different groups throughout the area.
"The clubs are basically where I learned to carve. Talking with other people, and seeing what they're doing, really creates some fellowship. That's what I like about it," Carter said.
McClure has been carving wood for more than 70 years. As a boy, he used a pocketknife to carve balsa wood into miniature battleships.
As an adult, he was trained by a New York art teacher to help lead a church youth group in woodcarving.
"She got me going on a bird about the size of a goldfinch. Then I'd go to the library, find magazines, read books, find a carving club. My interest grew from there," he said. "Over time, you develop a little more skill at this part and that part."
Sitting at a bench in his Franklin home, McClure pulled out his tool box and prepared to start his next project.
His first step is to put a Kevlar glove on his left hand, to protect from errant knife strokes. Another Kevlar guard goes on his right thumb, which he uses to push the blades.
From there, he has dozens of simple tools from which to choose.
His carving knife is a thin, squat blade with a thick handle. Though it looks unimposing, McClure keeps it sharpened to a razor's edge. Other knives have curved or angled blades.
"These can make particular kinds of cuts that the straight knife can't get to," he said.
Chisels are used to gouge out slices of wood. Files smooth out faces, hands and other details. Small hooks help him touch up the tiniest sections of his work.
All of the tools are methodically organized and separated to prevent chipping or damage to the edges.
"You don't want to booger up that edge," he said. "You work hard to get that edge."
McClure has accumulated a collection of whimsical works of art over years.
One sculpture depicts Mr. Toad, Ratty and Mole from the "Wind in the Willows."
Another shows a magician attempting to pull a rabbit from his hat. A look of surprise is carved into his face when his trick conjures his mother-in-law instead.
An intricate floral display is done in the style of Renaissance-era cathedrals, modeled after the style of Windsor Castle and St. Paul's Cathedral in London, England.
Each piece is made from basswood — the standard for carvers.
Taken from the common North American basswood tree, it has a light, even grain, resulting in a neutral colored wood.
"You almost have to study it closely to see the layers of grain in it," McClure said.
Using three large pieces of basswood, he created a raised display of a potter's hands throwing a bowl on a wheel.
"It's a hobby that I can do with my hands while something else is going on," McClure said. "That's what is so great about it."


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When scholars refer to William Shakespeare's canon — his "complete works" — they typically count 38 plays, written between 1590 and 1612. Only six modern theater companies have staged them all, a feat called "completing the canon." But this week Cincinnati Shakespeare Company will do just that when it opens the rarely staged The Two Noble Kinsmen on Friday. Joining the ranks of Canada's Stratford Shakespeare Festival and the Royal Shakespeare Company in the U.K., "Cincy Shakes," as its supporters call it, is certainly the smallest organization to check off the entire list. And our local Shakespeare company did so in a phenomenally short period, accomplishing the task in conjunction with its 20th anniversary.
If you've been paying attention since it began performing at Gabriel's Corner in Over-the-Rhine as Fahrenheit Theatre Company back in 1994, you might be personally eligible to join a rare club of theatergoers who have seen every one of Shakespeare's known plays. "The entire body of Shakespeare's work has been available to Cincinnati audiences over the last 20 years," says artistic director Brian Isaac Phillips, "including audience favorites like A Midsummer Night's Dream to obscure titles like The Life and Death of King John and Timon of Athens."
Counting The Two Noble Kinsmen, CSC has mounted 78 mainstage productions of Shakespeare's works, offering numerous opportunities to see the better-known shows. More than one-third of them have received three or four stagings since the summer of 1994 when The Taming of the Shrew got things going for Fahrenheit; the Shrew returned in 1999, 2003 and 2009. Other works presented four times are Twelfth Night, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Seven more have been staged three times: Julius Caesar, As You Like It, The Merchant of Venice, Love's Labour's Lost, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello and The Comedy of Errors.
On the other hand, The Two Noble Kinsmen is so rarely staged that it's drawing theatergoers from great distances.
"I have a life goal of seeing every Shakespeare play in either play or movie form," says Kjersten Hayes of Bellingham, Wash. "The Two Noble Kinsmen is the only one I have left to see. Every six months or so for the last several years I've Googled the title to see if it will be playing. This year, when I saw it was playing in Cincinnati, I decided to just take the plunge and make a trip of it. It will be the last Shakespeare play in the canon that I haven't seen and my first time to Cincinnati!"
David and Amy Secord are coming from Vancouver, Canada with friends from Seattle to see the show. "We've been searching for this title across the United States for the past two years. We even set up a news alert to tell us if it is being done."
Just how did Cincinnati Shakespeare add up to 38 separate works and 78 productions in 20 years? There are many more numbers in this equation, starting with three: the head count of drama grads from James Madison University in Virginia who fanned out post-graduation in 1992-1993 to find a city ripe for a classical theater. Nick Rose spent time in Atlanta, Marni Penning in Washington, D.C. and Jasson Minadakis came to Cincinnati as an intern at Ensemble Theatre.
They decided southwest Ohio was the place and launched Fahrenheit Theatre Company on a shoestring budget in mid-1994. Minadakis was the energetic artistic director; Penning and Rose were the heart and soul of its acting company.
The first productions were at Gabriel's Corner, an Over-the-Rhine church basement at Sycamore and Liberty streets. Their nomadic existence took them to Corryville's Dance Hall and Covington's then-dilapidated Carnegie Center.
In 1996, Fahrenheit moved to the flexible Fifth Third Bank Theater at downtown's new Aronoff Center. In 1997, Fahrenheit changed its name to Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival and expanded the number of actors in its company to 11. In March 1998, they found a more permanent home at 719 Race Street, once the home of The Movies Repertory Cinema. There was stall-styled seating onstage, budgets were tight, actors doubled as administrators and stagehands, and everything was rough and ready. Today it's a smoother, more professional space and operation bursting at the seams (it has less than 200 seats) and talking openly about finding a new home.
Growth came with numerous challenges. Minadakis had a broader vision of the fare he wanted to produce, which encompassed works by contemporary writers. His June 2001 premiere of A Chance of Lightning by Cincinnati playwright Joe McDonough was a local award winner, and in June 2002 he staged another fine new script, Mia McCullough's Chagrin Falls, winner of Chicago's Joseph Jefferson Citation for Best New Work as well as the Osborn Award for an emerging playwright from the American Theatre Critics Association.
But Cincinnati audiences could find contemporary shows at other theaters, including the Playhouse and Ensemble Theatre. When several new titles fell far short of box office projections in the fall of 2002 (a 2000 New York hit, Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train, had 14 percent attendance), the company's delicate finances teetered on the brink and Minadakis decided to move on. He landed at Actors Express in Atlanta and subsequently Marin Theatre Company in California, where he remains a respected champion of contemporary playwrights, including Lauren Gunderson and Bill Cain, both winners of the American Theatre Critics/Steinberg New Play Award.
Co-founder Nick Rose took over artistic leadership in 2003, partnering with Brian Isaac Phillips who spent 1998-1999 as an acting intern at Ensemble Theatre. Rose promised, "We'll definitely be here. We're here to stay. We're not going anywhere."
He was true to his word: Phillips took on the artistic director's role a year later (Rose returned to his acting career) and the company has spent a decade growing into its position as one of the city's major theaters. It renamed itself once more to clarify its identity as a year-round performer, becoming Cincinnati Shakespeare Company in 2006. The group has clearly established itself as a "classic stage," not just presenting plays by Shakespeare but other great scripts by British and American playwrights plus stage adaptations of literary works including Pride and Prejudice, The Grapes of Wrath, Oliver Twist and To Kill a Mockingbird. Next season opens with The Great Gatsby.
But Shakespeare remains the company's middle name, and typically four of his plays are presented each season. This season CSC has presented Twelfth Night and Hamlet (plus Tom Stoppard's riff on minor characters from the great tragedy, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead) as well as Henry IV, Parts I and II. That recent production is, in fact, the second step in another "completion" project: Another numerical accomplishment that few theaters have accomplished is under way, staging the so-called "History Cycle," producing Shakespeare's eight plays based on the kings of England in the chronological order of their reigns. Last season's Richard II and the just completed Henry IV have been the first steps; Henry V happens next year, to be followed by Henry VI (actually three plays) and Richard III.
Approximately 120 actors and technicians have come to town to be part of the company; 75 have remained here, working in one way or another. Over the years many performed as much for love as money. Early, most actors were paid approximately $300 per week, hardly a living wage — and they handled administrative tasks as well. Co-founder Marni Penning designed posters and delivered them personally all over town. By the fall of 2002, pay had grown to roughly $20,000 annually for a few full-time performers, but budgets remained extremely tight.
Fahrenheit mounted its first season for less than $10,000 and quickly accelerated — perhaps too quickly. By 2002, the budget was initially projected to be $820,000. But that was the season when anticipated audiences for new works didn't show up. Following administrative changes, a more conservative estimate was established, and by the company's 10th anniversary in 2004, a balanced budget of $500,000 was in place. Today it's grown to approximately $1.5 million. Fewer than 50 subscribers signed up for Fahrenheit's first season of four shows; today it's more than 1,000 for 11 productions. Attendance for the 20th season has exceeded 25,000.
In 1997, Minadakis spoke of completing
the canon, chuckling at the prospect, more a dream than a realistic
goal. But it's a dream come true in 2014 and the numbers all add up to
the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, the one and only choice for fans of
classical theater in this corner of Ohio — and beyond.
Everyone who attends The Two Noble Kinsmen will receive a commemorative coin to mark this rare experience. Cincy Shakes is working with the Cincinnati Art Museum to build a participatory arts experience in the lobby that will give audience members a chance to share how many of Shakespeare's plays they have seen, using marble pieces to vote.
Performances are scheduled from May 2-25 on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. For tickets ($22-$35) call the box office (513-381-2273 x 1) or go to cincyshakes.com. If seats remain 30 minutes before a performance, student rush tickets can be purchased for $14 with a valid student ID.
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The Entertainment Consumers Association (ECA) recently sent a letter to the office of Congressman Hank Johnson (D-Georgia) supporting the concept of his AppRights initiative and offering some advice on using a bottom-up approach to future internet legislation.
In case you are not aware of it, the AppRights initiative created by the Congressman seeks to create laws that protect the rights of U.S. citizens who use mobile applications while at the same time taking privacy and civil rights into consideration. It also encourages the public and interested parties to directly provide feedback to Congressman Johnson's office.
Several groups have provided feedback to the Congressmen including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Family One Safety Institute, and now the ECA. In a letter penned by ECA Vice President and General Counsel Jennifer Mercurio, the group applauded the Congressman for recognizing the failure of previous Internet-related legislation including SOPA and CISPA and pointed out that U.S. lawmakers generally ignore constituents who oppose legislation. Congressman Johnson agrees:
"We've all seen what happens when Congress tries to shove legislation down the public's throat without asking the internet what it thinks first," Johnson said. He opposed SOPA and compared the CISPA bill to "1984."
Mercurio also pointed out in a subsequent conversation with the organizers of AppRights that the Internet community is keen to keep control of its own activities online, without worrying about the government violating its rights.
"Each consumer should be able to control their own privacy," Mercurio said.
You can read the entire letter here, along with some commentary from Slade Bond, who serves as Technology Policy Fellow for the Office of Rep. Hank Johnson.
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Revealed nearly two months ago that talks had begun, Deadline confirms that Gore Verbinski has officially signed on to direct the big screen version of "The Lone Ranger" with Johnny Depp attached to play Tonto.
This project has been kicking around for a while, as it has put its various pieces into place. Last we heard, Disney hired Justin Haythe, who adapted "Revolutionary Road" for Sam Mendes and wrote the Fox come-and-gone thriller, "The Clearing" and the "Jekyll" project for Keanu Reeves, to write the screenplay. So maybe it'll be a darker take on the material with more domestic strife. Or maybe not.
Of course, Verbinksi and Depp are no strangers, having worked together on three of the four "Pirates Of The Caribbean" movies and on the upcoming animated film Rango. No word yet on when this will go into production, but Depp's first half of 2011 will be taken up with Tim Burton's "Dark Shadows" which he recently signed on to and of course, promoting the fourth "Pirates Of The Caribbean" when it his theaters in the spring. We don't presume Disney will want this project to sit idle so don't be surprised if it gears up for a second half 2011 shoot.
As for who will play the Lone Ranger, as you can see by our image above, it was once rumored — very early on — to be George Clooney. But don't expect that to happen, so let the casting rumors begin. We'll kick things off by saying Jon Hamm because whenever you need a squared jawed dude, his name seems to get mentioned. And oh yeah, Jerry Bruckheimer is producing, hence his bearded mug up there as well.


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A father and mother have been charged with fracturing the ribs of their four-month-old baby.
Heather Bennett and Thomas Batts of Bayboro were arrested by Pamlico County deputies Friday morning. The two are each facing two felony counts of child abuse inflicting serious bodily injury.
They went before a judge who set their bonds at $250,000 secured. The judge also appointed them attorneys.
The Department of Social Services and the Pamlico County Sheriff's Office have been investigating the baby girl's injuries this week. The baby is now in protective custody.
The injuries happened January 1, and Sheriff Billy Sawyer says the girl went weeks without any medical treatment.
Sawyer says, "I've never seen a kid get beaten like that and I've been doing this for 24 years. That poor child had fractured ribs that were two weeks old. I've had fractured ribs. I know what they feel like."
Warrants say the two are accused of grabbing and tearing the baby's nostril, as well as fracturing her ribs.
The sheriff says in 2009 Bennett was charged in Harnett County with felony child abuse, but entered a plea to a lesser offense.


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SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — One grew up in such poverty he had days when he wondered where he would find his next meal. The other is a coach's son who attended the same high school as a player whose jersey is retired in the rafters.
Ben McLemore and Ray McCallum, while opposites in many ways, are now tied together in the same backcourt. The Sacramento Kings hope that will be the case for years to come.
On the day NBA free agency began, Sacramento formally introduced its draft picks Monday. The team touted both as players with high character and tremendous potential who will help build the foundation of the franchise's "new era," which could become even more pressing if restricted free agent guard Tyreke Evans doesn't return.
New owner Vivek Ranadive treated both to dinner along with their friends and family Sunday night. The wealthy Silicon Valley businessman said each impressed him as much or more as a person than as a player.
McLemore's well-chronicled rise from a depressed St. Louis neighborhood to a star at Kansas has finally reached the NBA, a place he could only imagine when he was growing up in the smallest house on Wellston Avenue.
McCallum's background is one of the reasons new coach Mike Malone likes the point guard so much. His father, Ray McCallum, was a basketball star at Muncie Central and Ball State University and is a former Ball State head coach.
The younger McCallum was a McDonald's All-American in high school — starring at Detroit Country Day School, where former Kings standout Chris Webber also played — who turned down offers from UCLA and Arizona to stay at home and play point guard for his father, Ray McCallum Sr., at Detroit.
"It just came down to trust and who had the best interest in me," McCallum said.
Malone said McCallum uses his smarts and savvy — not to mention his ball-handling skills and athleticism — to make up for his 6-foot-1, 190-pound frame, which is a bit undersized by NBA standards.
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U.S. theatrical rights to Brian Baugh's directorial debut "To Save a Life" have been picked up by Samuel Goldwyn Films and will partner with Outreach Films and New Song Pictures to market, promote and publicize te film, which will be released on January 22, 2010. Meyer Gottlieb, President of Samuel Goldwyn Films negotiated the deal with Managing Producer Steve Foster of New Song Pictures.
"To Save a Life" is the story of an all-American teen Jake Taylor, who seemingly has it all. After a childhood friend's death, Jake's perfect world turns upside down, and he is forced to make a decision that could change his life forever. The film, according to Goldwyn, "is about making unexpected choices and sacrifices, while having the courage and determination to persevere against all odds."
Grammy winner Charlie Peacock is the music supervisor and Grammy, Emmy and Interactive Academy Award winning composers Christopher Lennertz and Timothy Wynn created the score. The film stars Randy Wayne ("Grizzly Park"), Deja Kreutzberg ("Law and Order"), Kim Hidalgo ("The New Adventures of Old Christine") and Sean Michael Afable ("Akeelah and the Bee"), and Jim Britts wrote the screenplay.
"We are confident that 'To Save a Life' will continue our proven track record of releasing faith based films," commented Peter Goldwyn, Vice President of Acquisitions. "The success of which reaffirms the need for inspiring entertainment. 'To Save a Life' is not only deeply moving but also entirely engaging."


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Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll has resigned amid fallout from a wide-ranging investigation into a non-profit organization that operates dozens of internet cafes in Florida.
Carroll submit a two-sentence resignation letter to Gov. Rick Scott late Tuesday. In it, she said, "it has been an honor to serve the State of Florida in this capacity."
A Florida Department of Law Enforcement news conference is expected Wednesday morning in Orlando, where more details of the investigation into Allied Veterans of the World is expected to be released. Scott plans to speak with reporters at the Florida Capitol following that event.
There are no plans to immediately name a successor for Carroll, a Scott spokeswoman said.
Several officials from Allied Veterans and Nelson Cuba, the president of the Jacksonville Florida Order of Police, were arrested this week on racketeering charges, following a lengthy investigation by the IRS and Secret Service.
Allied Veterans of the World and Affiliates Inc., based in St. Augustine, has operated internet cafes at about 50 sites around the state, mostly in North and Central Florida.
It claimed to have contributed more than $2.5 million to veterans and first responders in 2011, although documents submitted to the state's Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, which regulates charities, provided no detail of the donations.
Carroll that year reported on her state-required financial disclosure form that a public relations firm she and her husband
owned, 3N and JC Corp., had an Allied Veterans site as its major client, although she claimed less than $1,000 in net income from the company.
A Scott spokesman two years ago told the Palm Beach Post that Carroll no longer had any affiliation with Allied Veterans.
In a statement Wednesday, Scott chief-of-staff Adam Hollingsworth said, ""Individuals were arrested Tuesday for racketeering and money laundering charges in connection with Allied Veterans of the World's illegal gambling companies.
"(Carroll) consulted for Allied Veterans while serving as a member of the Florida House of Representatives in
2009 and 2010. She was interviewed by Florida Department of Law Enforcement officers Tuesday regarding her work with the company. Lt. Gov. Carroll resigned in an effort to keep her former affiliation with the company from distracting
from the administration's important work on behalf of Florida families.
"She made the right decision for the state and her family," Hollingsworth concluded.
The IRS and Secret Service conducted the investigation with assistance from the Seminole County Sheriff's Office, FDLE and sheriff's offices in Jacksonville and Volusia County.
Allegations against Allied Veterans include money laundering, siphoning from a nonprofit for personal gain and misrepresenting the amount donated to charities. The IRS obtained search warrants to pursue the case from a federal judge in Oklahoma City.
The warrant application reportedly showed Allied Veterans alleging it was part of the Veterans Administration and that 70 percent to 100 percent of the profits were used for charitable purposes.
Investigators, though, claim the centers are gambling operations, with charities drawing just 2 percent of the $290 million earned from 2007 to January 2012.
Instead of raising funds for charities, investigators said the primary purpose of the sweepstakes centers was to drive a profit of at least $250 million for Allied, International Internet Technologies and other for-profit companies and their owners.
Carroll, Florida's first black lieutenant governor and the first woman elected to that post, had been a popular running mate for Scott.
A former state House member and Navy veteran born in Trinidad, Carroll, 52, has been married 30 years and has three children, including son Nolan Carroll, a defensive back with the Miami Dolphins.
But Carroll's career began unraveling quickly after a former aide was accused of sharing an illegally recorded conversation with a newspaper reporter. The aide, Carletha Cole, alleged that she was being targeted after having seen the lieutenant
governor and a female travel aide in a "compromising position" inside Carroll's office.
Cole also said that Carroll's chief-of-staff, John Konkus, had regularly recorded office conversations on orders from Scott's staff. Her own taping of her exchange with him last summer was designed to show how disjointed relations had become between Carroll's office and Scott's, she said.
The criminal case against Cole is still pending.
Even with Carroll removed, there is clearly liability for Scott as he readies for next year's re-election campaign. Florida Democratic Party Chair Allison Tant was quick to use the Carroll case against her boss.
"Floridians expected an administration focused on solving the problems facing Florida's families, but instead got a scandal plagued governor and a revolving staff door," Tant said. "Rick Scott and his administration have made a mockery of the governor's office — embarrassing Floridians while failing to accomplish his legislative priorities.
"Scott campaigned on changing Tallahassee but his first three years have been more of the same corruption and waste that taxpayers have come to expect from Florida Republicans," Tant concluded.


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Ewcm But No Temp Rise
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Hello~ I had the EWCM, ALOT of it, the past week along with mild cramps and headaches. My temps are all over the place but are usually around 96.9 the past few days it's been 97.2-97.5 so I wouldn't really consider that a temp rise...?? Just confused if I did ovulate. Have any of you had the EWCM and not real temp rise and did ovulate??:confused:
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- Are you charting your temps on a fertility website? This can really help as the site will detect ovulation based on your temps and other fertile signs.
Using OPK's can also help predict ovulation.#1; Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:40:00 GMT
- I really, really, really recommend that you read Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler or that you research some of the BBT charting info online. A .2 degree change is considered significant. It's important to be informed about charting so you know what you are looking at. :)
Best wishes!#2; Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:42:00 GMT
- I did read that a 0.2 increase is considered a rise in temp but even with that it's only been 97.5 and I was just thinking that was to low...do some women just naturally have a lower body temp?#3; Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:43:00 GMT
- All women are very different when it comes to temperature. You said that most of your temperatures were near 96.9. That's probably your baseline temperature. So a rise to 97.2 is more than .2 and 97.5 is definitely higher! :)
Are you using a digital basal thermometer? Also, are you taking your temperature after at least 3 hours of consecutive sleep? Taking your temp first thing before you get out of bed? Do you place the thermometer under your tongue on the same side each time? These things can affect your temp.
Having a temp of 96.9 is a bit low in general. As long as you are temping correctly, I would not worry about it.
Good luck!#4; Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:44:00 GMT
- thank you so much for the info.. I've always had a very low body temp. It seems instead of the typical 98.6 I was alway 97.6 or so...I guess I'll just go ahead and test on sunday. I've been having some symptoms and my temps have been between 96.9 and 97.2. The other thing is all this CM. I almost think that I'm about to ovulate because there is so much of it, sorry to be grose. ANyway thanks again#5; Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:45:00 GMT
- I would definately say that that's enough of a temperature change. I just started charting online this month, and it just told me this morning that I have ovulated. My temps were normally anywhere between 96.7 and 96.9, and the last 3 days they have gone up from 97.01 to 97.51. I didn't think that was a big deal, but the web site I go on says that ovulation occured.#6; Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:46:00 GMT


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This proudly South African restaurant is a favourite among families and serves up hearty meals at affordable prices.
Dros has an extensive menu and dishes include cheesy pizzas, succulent steaks, certain speciality meals like lamb shank and eisbein, and much more. Kids are well catered for with their own menu and an amazing play area fitted with jumping castles, games, playstations and kiddies tables and chairs. Birthday parties can also be catered for.
Dros is fully licensed and offers a wide variety of beverages including the best South African wines and beers. The dessert menu mustn't be overlooked and is the ideal way to end off your meal.
Here you will experience true South African hospitality and awesome food.
There are over 237 local Spur steak branches and 28 international ones. Spur offers hearty and satisfying meals with great value for money. The steak ranch is famous for their classic burgers made from AAA-grade beef, served with the crispiest chips and Spur's own recipe for the tastiest onion rings.
Every branch is lively, vibrant and incredibly family friendly. There is a kiddies menu and a lovely entertainment area for children. The food is generously portioned, extremely tasty and brilliantly priced.
Mugg & Bean is a relaxed, cosy restaurant and coffee shop that is ideal for a family dinner, business lunch, or a catching up with friends over a delicious cup of coffee. It is renowned for it's famous bottomless coffee and giant muffins.
The extensive menu caters for everyone, including vegans and vegetarians. The breakfast menu has everything from a typical South African farm breakfast to New Orleans French Toast and a Designer Omelette. There is a variety of sandwiches to choose from, as well as gourmet burgers, salads and soups.
There is also a large selection of traditional favourties such as lasagne, steak, chops and ribs. The special kids' menu offers everything from potatoes, steak to milk and cookies. It is sure to leave the little ones satisfied.
Ocean Basket is a popular South African restaurant offering hearty, fresh seafood at affordable prices. The extensive menu caters for all tastes, and even for the little ones. All main meals come with either stir fry, rice, chips or salad.
The fun, vibrant kids' meals like 'Mermaids Calamari Rings' and 'Captain Hook's Prawns' will make sure your brood is satisfied and healthy. There are also great seafood platters on offer and mouth-watering sushi, maki, sashimi and fashion sandwiches.
Panarottis Pizza Pasta specialises in serving quality Italian-style cuisine. The restaurant offers a friendly and relaxing environment where friends and family can enjoy a delicious handmade pizza topped with the freshest ingredients. Pizzas are traditionally made with a thin base, with calzone and thick base available on request. Every pizza is made from an original and unique recipe, but if none of the pizza options seem satisfying enough, you can create your own pizza with a selection of your favourite toppings.
The bustling yet tranquil piatto restaurant offers traditional Mediterranean cuisine. The menu offers delicious Italian pasta dishes, authentic Portuguese cooking, and great Greek specialities. Piatto boasts breathtaking views with an outside deck that overlooks the golf course. There is also a bar area to make use of.
There are over 237 local Spur steak branches and 28 international ones. Spur offers hearty and satisfying meals with great value for money. The steak ranch is famous for their classic burgers made from AAA-grade beef; served with the crispiest chips and Spur's own recipe for the tastiest onion rings.
Every branch is lively, vibrant and incredibly family friendly. There is a kiddies menu and a lovely entertainment area for children. The food is generously portioned, extremely tasty and brilliantly priced.
The Promise Grill is a great grill house in Alberton and exudes a traditional feel without all the unnecessary frills and fuss. The interior is warm and unpretentious, and so is the service. The food is of the highest standards and large potions at reasonable prices makes the menu a winner. If it is great steak and seafood you want, look no further. The restaurant is open for lunch and dinner seven days a week.
*Distances are shown as the crow flies and are not necessarily the actual travelling
An unpretentious family-run restaurant serving superb Portuguese cuisine, A Churrasqueira boasts an exciting menu with a wide selection of choices.
An impressive wine list enhances the experience, with a brilliant selection of both South African and Portuguese wines.
The interior is simple and warm, the service excellent and the prices reasonable. All in all, a wonderful place to dine in comfort.
This authentic Ethiopian restaurant serves traditional cuisine that bursts with flavour. Enjoy a large injera with pea stew, potato, spinach, cabbage and more. This dish can be enjoyed vegetarian, or with meat, cooked or uncooked. Other dishes include chicken stew (doro wot), mildly spicy prime rib (key wot), mahiberawi and more. There are many traditional Ethiopian drinks on the menu like black beer and traditional home-made honey beer, but a good wine list is also available.
A thoroughly authentic restaurant serving the finest in Ethiopian cuisine. With offerings you won't find anywhere else such as ting-sour Injera flatbread, Abysinia is the place to go for a truly unique dining experience.
For a little of everything, ask for a platter and you will not be disappointed. Prices are incredibly reasonable. The drinks are equally exciting with strong, fresh coffee as well as local and Ethiopian wines.
The casual, relaxed ambience and charming service make an experience at Abysinia one to remember.
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I lived on bikes as a kid and a teenager, but was seduced by the dark side of suburban living for many years. After all sorts of horrible health problems, I got back on the bike as a route to renewed fitness, and it didn't take long to recover my original love for the sport, and not too much longer to recover my fitness.
I do a 26-mile round trip into Philadelphia almost every working day, and frequently head out into the beautiful SE Pennsylvania countryside for 30-60 mile rides, with an occasional century when the day is particularly fine.
I'm riding an Airborne Carpe Diem, set up as a light tourer with touring wheels/tires and a mix of road and MTB drivetrain parts. I got it in June as an early 50th birthday present, to supplement my trusty Novara Randonee touring bike (which is still my rain bike and cargo hauler).
This looks like a happening place, and I look forward to participating, particularly in the Commuting forum.


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What Will Our Kids Condemn Us For?Sierra Black
Our parents were great people. Most of us have loving memories of the time when our moms and dads seemed perfect. But we also grew up to do things differently.
Many of those almost-perfect parents spanked their kids, smoked while pregnant, and drank while driving. Some of them opposed the Equal Rights Amendment, fought back against feminism and voted for Nixon.
As I'm parenting my kids, I wonder all the time what they'll condemn me for. What social justice issue am I on the wrong side of? What chemical am I ignorantly dumping into the oceans, or swallowing in a pill? What parenting practice will seem barbaric when it's their turn to raise kids?
Now, the Washington Post has some answers for me.
Turns out there's a good system for predicting what social and political movements will bring lasting change. In other words: for guessing what the next generation will take for granted, and what will seem antiquated and unjust. Here are the top three ways to tell if you're on the wrong side of history:
- The arguments are older than your parents. Ideas that change cultures take shape slowly, over generations. Something that's been brewing for a long time, like the gay rights movement, probably has staying power.
- The defense is based on tradition rather than morals. Not to belabor the point, but consider the example of gay marriage. The opposition bases it's argument on what a "traditional" marriage looks like. This is a sign that they're wrong.
- We're sticking our heads in the sand. Let's leave the gay rights issue for a moment and look at the environment. Most of us don't know, or want to know, what our bottled water and minivans and plastic toys are doing to the earth. That kind of selective ignorance is generally frowned on by future generations.
Given these signs, the Washington Post suggests 4 things in our current culture that our kids and grandkids will see as Wrong. Can you guess what they are?
- Our prison system: we have 25 percent of the world's prisoners, but only 4 percent of its population. This is, to put it mildly, not a sign that justice is being well-served.
- Industrial meat production: it's cruel, it's bad for the planet and for our health. The arguments against it have been around for over a hundred years. Someday, they'll sway the masses. Maybe.
- Nursing homes: keeping the elderly isolated and institutionalized will seem barbaric in a generation or two, the WaPo thinks. I bet they're right. This one wasn't even on my radar, but as the Baby Boom grows old, I bet we'll see a revolution in how the elderly in our country are cared for.
- The environment. Duh.
What do you think history will indict us for?
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The Hotel Divisadero Barrancas, with prestige and worldwide recognition, is known for its excellent personalized service and complete harmony with nature. With 52 rooms, panoramic restaurant, Lobby Bar, Delicafe, Reading Room, Gift Shop, private parking, Hotel Divisadero Barrancas is the best choice for accommodations in the Copper Canyon.
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Each of the 52 private guest rooms offer spectacular views of the Copper Canyon. Rooms are standard with 2 double beds, individual heating controls, a balcony to enjoy the view, coffee machine and bottled water. Some rooms are equipped with fireplaces.
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Visit "Panorama", the onsite restaurant which features a spectacular view of the canyon as well as delicious regional dishes. Try one of the chef's specialties such as the Carne Seca dish, or the rich Frijoles Charros. Panorama offers the best food to be found in the Canyon. During dinner enjoy live music from the hotel's musician / composer who will delight you with music typical of the region.
"Los Colibries" bar is located conveniently just off the lobby. Come and enjoy the fireplace while enjoying a drink during happy hour and enjoy the Canyon. It is an ideal area to relax or to play games, converse with friends or simply relax after a day of exploration.


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No idea, but we'll be playing this event on July 25th. We're pretty smart guys, so we're thinking there will be food there. It's sponsored by Budweiser, so the availability of beer is also a safe bet.
We play from 5-8 PM, so this is a nice opportunity for folks to get out and see a rock band early in the day albeit in an unnatural habitat (rock and roll should be played in the dark). You know who you are. You're the ones all musicians know that says "I'd really like to come out and see you guys, but it's SO LATE!". That excuse is DENIED for this event and it turns out it could be a fully sensual experience for you:
- Taste: Sun Prairie (or, like...the food - there will be 15 different vendors). Taste the beer. It's good. We've tried it.
- See: The guys in LUBE play fun music. See people dancing. See beer being poured into your cups.
- Hear: the music. Hear the laughter of people having fun. Hear hot oil bubbling, then hear the sizzle of whatever food will be fried in it.
- Smell: the glove, the food, the musicians. Actually...don't. Don't smell the musicians. Just don't do that.
- Feel: the low end pumping from the stage. Feel groovy. Don't ignore that warm fuzzy feeling that makes you dance in broad daylight. Feel apppropriate body parts on the person with whom you're dancing.
There you have it. All five senses covered by this event. Be there!