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Maria Vazquez and Jennifer Hawkish at the Jan. 28 candlelight vigil.
Only a few hours before they were set to walk picket lines in an unfair labor practices strike, the 354 members of the National City Elementary Teachers Association learned that instead they would be going back to their classrooms that day. Following 18 hours of intense negotiations, the NCETA's bargaining team inked a temporary agreement with the National School District at 2:30 a.m., Friday, Feb. 4. On Feb. 10, 97 percent of the union's membership ratified the new contract, ending a full year of protracted, difficult bargaining for this south San Diego County chapter.
"Of course, a strike was the last thing National City teachers wanted," says NCETA President Linda Cartwright. "So we are extremely pleased to avert that kind of disruption by settling the contract. But it shouldn't have come down to the wire like it did. We knew all along that some concessions were necessary during the current economic difficulties. We made numerous conciliatory offers, but each one was pushed back across the table."
The new three-year contract includes four teacher pay cut days in each year with restoration language that could result in fewer cut days if the district's attendance-based "revenue limit" funding increases beyond a certain level in the final two years. Class sizes in the district will be maintained at 22 to 1 in kindergarten through third grade and 33 to 1 in grades 4-6 during the contract's first two years. The agreement also restores association leave and guarantees association input on hours of employment and transfer and reassignment language.
Contract talks began February of last year with the district declaring impasse in March after only four bargaining sessions. At the same time, National City Superintendent of Schools Chris Oram stated both in public and in writing that the district had not made its final offer, clearly an unfair labor practice under California labor law. Last July, the district insisted on fact-finding, but when the teachers accepted the recommended settlement, the district not only rejected the report, but came back with even harsher proposals, followed by an imposition that ultimately forced the union's strike vote.
The imposed conditions unilaterally cut five student instruction days plus an additional prep day for teachers, and gave the district leeway to increase class sizes to 30 to 1 in primary grades and 34 to 1 in upper grades. It also stripped contract language with no fiscal impact, including teachers' rights to negotiate the school calendar, job transfer and reassignment, and leave for association business. In addition, the district unilaterally targeted first-year teachers, refusing to follow the past practice of not charging for the Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment (BTSA) program.
National City Elementary School Teachers Association members at the vigil hope that they'll remain in the classroom with their students without disruption.
"The district's financial statement clearly indicated their ability to settle," Cartwright says. "But only after we organized our membership and large numbers of parents and community supporters to put pressure on the district did they finally capitulate. Their last-hour agreement to a reasonable settlement could have come months ago, minus all the frustration and anxiety for our members, our students and their families."
NCETA members and supporters organized and implemented a variety of advocacy tactics during the bargaining crisis, including several social media strategies (see sidebar). On Jan. 26, a crowd of more than 350 packed a school board meeting, with scores of parents demanding a fair contract for the teachers. Then a massive rally and march on Jan. 28 along a busy National City street near a freeway culminated in a candlelight vigil with more than 400 participants in front of the school board president's home.
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Manchester City is delighted to report that Nissan has today become the Club's Official Automotive Sponsor in a major new deal.
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The deal will see Nissan electric vehicles being used in and around the City Football Academy which is due to be opened later this year.
Furthermore, the Nissan logo will feature on the back of the Manchester City Women's shirt as they become Official Lead Partner of the Women's team.
The five year deal, which is the most significant of its type in the Premier League, was announced today at Nissan's global headquarters in Yokohama, Japan.
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This bar has three hand positions. Sheldon Brown claims there are four, but I don't believe it. Only one of them corresponds to the natural angle of the wrist. The other two are straight positions that require rotating the wrist as on a mountain bike.
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Interesting, but that's one team I wouldn't have expected him to sign on.
Stop posting rumors in the headline like they are fact. Scares me. Just toss in a question mark or something.
He won't be leaving through 2010 without a buyout of his contract with Olympus Sarl . . . which happens to owned by one Johan Bruyneel. . . . who will be the DS of the new Armstrong team.
Hello Team Radio Shack.
End of drama.
Garmin doesn't have the budget to afford Contador.
LOL. Botto is the leading authority for sure. But what do I know. I'm just guessing like everyone else on these forums.
Well, lots of people can't afford things but buy them anyway. Just look at the U.S. housing market. So I guess there are no absolutes.
Interesting. Alberto should've taken his chance and bolted after he went unpaid by Astana for several months. Doesn't matter now. He's the clearly the strongest rider of the team and the Tour is almost over. It doesn't seem that Garmin/Vaughters would take a chance on a rider with past question marks from the Operation Puerto scandal, but the Velonews article did state that there was some interest. And Millar was accepted into Vaughters team after he served his doping sentence and was publicly remorseful about his past doping. So, it's still possible for Contador to got to Garmin. I think he'd be better suited, however, with another team, like Caisse Depargne, Liquigas, or Cervelo.
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It really doesn't matter how we do it. I want to pay $50. for one question - the question is " my aunt pawed away in FL, with a FL Will in place. The Will stated "NO PROBATE or any other un-needed funds to be spent". The law enforcement agency (police) carried funds from her home & carried it to their station. Would not release it to the heirs, and said the estate must be probated. (the Will is very clear with no contestors).
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What would the line up be? I'd make up a line up, but to be honest, I don't know or follow Iowa's team.
I'm just going to say Brackins for sure.
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It would definately have Brackins at PF/C, Jake Kelly at PG, and Gatens at SF. Outside of that I am not sure who else would start. I would probably go with Cyrus Tate at PF/C and then a Clone.
And no they would not be good!
Who is coaching this imaginary team?
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You cold could combine Iowa with Iowa State, and UNI with Drake, and I'm not to sure Unake wouldn't be better.....
Brackins and Kelly would be the wild card for StateIowa.
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I would have thought that that was the last thing we wanted, I think Bernie's been distracted by having another daughter getting married and having to foot the £20million bill! plus I've always assumed that most of what he says is purely to wind people up anyway which he succeeds in doing judging by the comments on here.


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It would also be the first significant trade pulled off by Idzik, who is reshaping New York's roster after a 6-10 season - and this move likely wouldn't sit well with many of the team's fans.
Revis was New York's first-round pick in 2007 after then-GM Mike Tannenbaum traded up to No. 14 to draft the former University of Pittsburgh star. Revis quickly established a reputation on the field as a shutdown cornerback, routinely holding wide receivers to quiet games and causing quarterbacks to shy away from his side of the field. He was considered by many to be so dominant at his position that he earned the nickname "Revis Island" for leaving opposing wide receivers "stranded."
Now, Ryan might have to go into this season without one of the players he has called one of the best he has ever coached.
"When the first trade thing came up, I connected it to someone that clearly made it up; there was no factual basis," Ryan said at the NFL meetings in Phoenix in March. "On the first day John Idzik is named general manager and he doesn't even know where his office is, we're trying to trade Darrelle? This is all speculation like it's a foregone conclusion. I don't believe it.
"With that, I am not naive enough to understand several people would be interest in a player like Darrelle Revis."
And, the Buccaneers' offer might ultimately be too good to pass up for the Jets. Even if it means saying goodbye to a player who had already been considered by many to be one of the greatest players in franchise history.
"We coach the guys that we have," new defensive coordinator Dennis Thurman said recently. "I was always taught not to get over emotional about losing a guy. In terms of Darrelle Revis (being placed on injured reserve) last year, we had to move on and we had to continue to play. They're not going to cancel games, so our mindset is we coach who's here."
The Jets hoped Revis would always be here, though. After making $32.5 million in the first two years of the front-loaded deal, Revis made $7.5 million last season - far below his market value.
He considered holding out for the third time in his career before training camp last summer, but then decided to report with the rest of his teammates and play out the season. But then came the first serious injury of Revis' career, the torn anterior cruciate ligament in Week 3 that ended his season - and likely his tenure with the Jets.
AP sports Writer Fred Goodall in Tampa contributed to this story.
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Jamie Walden asks why we have no real political alternative in the UK.
The two reasons prominently cited for the lack of a serious Labour opposition to the coalition government are;
That the Labour Party has shuffled too far to the left since it lost the 2010 general election
That Ed Miliband is doing an abysmal job as leader
Number one is a bizarre piece of conventional wisdom. There has been no noteworthy announcement of any ideological or positional change. Whether or not you think the Labour Party was too leftist before their comprehensive defeat is irrelevant; there is no reason to believe it has become any more leftist since then.
It seems that pseudo anti-cuts posturing and insincere speeches stuffed with vague propaganda about 'fairness' has convinced many that the Labour party has sought to position itself on the distant left of the government, in principle, not just in rhetoric. It has not.
The coalition is cutting public spending by £16bn in each year of this parliament. Labour was planning to cut it by £14bn. Both, therefore, were to cut public spending to the equivalent of 1.5-2% of the £900bn national debt per year. That is in effect the same policy on public spending cuts from the government and the opposition. Somehow though it is believed that public spending cuts is the grounds on which the coalition and the Labour party part company. It is clear, from the facts, that there is, rather than a chasm, barely a crack between them.
The coalition has not, as is alleged, adopted a policy to cut our way out of debt, which Labour is objecting to. The cuts are merely a performance, an attempt to show the world that we are on top of things. It is intended to build financial confidence in the country. That is the position of the coalition, and that is the stated position of the Labour party.
In opposition the Labour party have the luxury of posing as opponents to 'nasty' public spending cuts. However if they were in government they would be making those 'nasty' cuts.
Number two has some truth to it. Ed Miliband is painfully robotic, has a vocabulary which is publicly limited to no more than a few hundred condescending words, and appears, if I may borrow from Wodehouse for a moment, like a sheep with a secret sorrow.
But Labour Party activists are beginning to drip into the Conservative party. This cannot be just because Ed Miliband is an inadequate figurehead. It would be laughably capricious if one was to move from one party to another because of a temporary lack of charisma on Wednesday lunchtimes.
Perhaps credulous activists feel alienated in the Labour party because they believe the first reason I mentioned to be true, despite the fact that it is not. Whilst that may explain why Luke Bozier made the switch from red to blue and others I am sure are considering doing so as well, it does not explain why Labour is failing to provide an opposition to the government. For that we need a third reason.
The Labour party are failing to produce serious opposition to the government because, broadly speaking, the views of the Labour party do not oppose the views of the coalition government.
This is not to say that the Labour party is in anyway right-wing. It has been falsely alleged by many that the radical Prime Minister Tony Blair and New Labour were right wing, particularly among those who were anti-Blair within the Labour party; a large group consisting of those who have yet, embarrassingly, to evolve their thoughts away from supporting a command economy even now it has been demonstrably and repeatedly shown to be a failed model. The Blairite left realised that the dreams of past leftists could come to fruition under the post 1997 revolution by different means.
Often the anti-Blair faction will think of themselves as old school socialists. Not even the ABC of socialism, but simply the first thing anyone claiming to be a socialist should know is that its most basic belief is that the means of production ought to be put into the hands of the workers- a noble tradition. This is the reverse of what Labour party members who consider themselves to be on its socialist left do. They believe that the means of production should be controlled by the state.
It seems to be the more intelligent Labour party supporters who understand and support New Labour as it is the workable way of achieving leftist goals, and the less intelligent, who remain unreconstructed failures, who think of it as being 'right-wing'.
The actual reason Blairites can waltz from Labour to the Tories is not because they were right-wing and the post-Blair Labour opposition has migrated to the left, leaving them with nothing to do but to find a new right-wing home.
It is, in fact, the Tories who are no longer controlled by anything resembling the right and are thus easy for New Labour supporters to be a part of. They still have a sizeable but ineffectual and pitifully loyal clan of social conservatives in parliament and many who for some reason still vote for them. But those in control of the Conservative party are New Labour.
Cameron said he was the heir to Blair and demanded an enormous round of applause for him on the latter's last ever Prime Minister's Questions. The Tories supported New Labour's spending before the crash and would have matched it and the Labour party, as discussed above, would have been cutting virtually as the government is now had they gotten the chance.
As well as public spending, Cameron's Tories and New Labour agree on all the big issues of modern British history; crime, membership in the EU, schools policy, energy and global warming, the war in Afghanistan, the liberation of Iraq, the intervention in Libya, Israel-Palestine and the fantasy of the two-state 'solution', the sexual revolution (sex education, abortion, divorce etc.), multiculturalism and immigration (Cameron offered a populist speech, as had Brown and Blair, yet has done nothing to oppose these things he claimed to believe had failed) and so on.
Tiny fragments of disagreement are exaggerated out of all proportion to make it look as if the two parties are different. But broadly speaking, on all the major questions they are on the same side.
That is why New Labour politicians like David Cameron, Michael Gove and Louise Mensch can be in the Tory party (the latter has been cultivating Blairites online, observing that the Tory party is for them). That is why Luke Bozier and the others, who will follow him, can be Labour one day and Tory the next; because they want to be in the New Labour party which has influence. That is why the Labour party (the one that goes by that name) cannot provide serious opposition to the government; because they do not oppose any of their views, other than the trivial details. We are perilously close to living in a one party state.
I am aware that the "they're all the same" assertion has become a cliché, but just occasionally clichés can be accurate.


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Is it really possible that I haven't written anything here in 2 years? Apparently so, based on the date of my last post. So much has happened. But my shuttle is about to arrive at work, so I gotta run. Have to wait for another time.
Months Pass
Been a while since I've posted here. If you don't count that email test. That was just goofing around.
So, what's going on? I've got a new job working at Google. So far, I'm having a blast. But there's a lot to learn. I can easily imagine taking a year to learn how to fit in. For now, I'm just taking things one step at a time.
Because of the new job, and the fact that it takes 1.5 hours to commute to the office, one way, I've not had any time to play World of Warcraft. So, for now, my subscription has lapsed. But that could change at any time. Every day I'm tempted to resubscribe and play. Could happen today, in fact. Is that a sign of addiction?
I continue to lose weight. This is a planned thing, not some wasting disease. I've been losing weight steadily for the last two years. When I started I weighed over 190. I now weigh about 158. So a loss of something like 35 pounds. The trick has been to take things very slowly. Nonsense about losing weight in weeks is, well, nonsense. I've gone for as long as a month without seeing a weight loss. Sometimes longer. What did I do to lose weight? Portion control and exercise. I started by scaling back my portions. That was good for about 15 pounds, I think. Then I started exercising. At first it was running. I got the CouchTo5K app for my iPhone and worked my way up to running for 45 minutes. I was only doing it 3 times a week, though. And then winter hit and I stopped running completely. I ride our stationary bike instead. I now ride for 45 minutes every day. Riding daily has been a big help, I think. Especially since the amount of food available at work is no joke. It takes serious effort not to be eating all the time. I think the daily exercise is the one thing that saving me from ballooning back up to 200 pounds or more.
But enough about me. Wait. This is a blog. I guess it's all about me. If I manage to post again anytime soon, maybe I talk about what I'm watching on Netflix these days. Or books I'm reading. Or maybe I'll be back to WoW.
Edit: Hmm. Maybe I should read old posts before posting again. I see I covered the whole CouchTo5k thing before. In detail. Sorry about that.
Email Test
Testing an update by email.
Afternoon Coffee Notes
1. Yeah yeah. Coffee is a morning drink. It's afternoon. But I am drinking coffee, so I figured I'd try posting some notes. Especially since I forgot to post any yesterday.
2. Not sure this will get posted to the correct blog or as the right persona. I just accidentally posted something here that was intended for Alterior Motive. You might have even seen it briefly. If so, sorry about that.
3. Funny thing happened on my run today. First, some context. I'm on week 5 of my Couch to 5k program. The first day of week 5 had me run three times for 5 minutes each. The second day of week 5 had me run two times for 8 minutes each. I was a little worried that today would be something crazy like two 10 minute runs. Nope. Not crazy at all. Just one run. Of TWENTY minutes. That's, like, real running. I was terrified before I started. As it turned out, it wasn't hard at all. Physically. Mentally, I struggled a bit for the last 5 minutes.
4. Turns out, I'm an idiot. But you already knew that. I've been using the Get Running iPhone app for my Couch to 5k running. The app is great, but I've long wanted to play music, or something, between the cues from the Get Running app. I'd just been "playing" silence up until now. But anybody with an iPhone knows that I could have been playing music all along. I just needed to get the music started from my library (using the iPod app) and then switch to the Get Running app. The music would continue to play, and the iPhone will automatically fade the music during the Get Running cues. I just noticed that there is a Couch to 5k podcast that kinda does the same thing as the Get Running app, but using the app together with my own music is much better, as far as I am concerned.
5. I had a doctor's appointment today. The doctor suggested that with my weight loss and increased activity, I might be able to get off my cholesterol meds. I currently take 20mg of Lovastatin for high cholesterol. I have zero side effects that I know of, so in some sense I'm not in any particular hurry to get off of it. On the other hand, reducing my intake of drugs is probably a good thing. So the plan is to stop taking it for four weeks and then get my cholesterol checked. If it is in a decent range, I can stop completely. If it needs tweaking, then I can try taking 10mg instead of 20mg. Hopefully there will be some change. If I'm at 250+ like I was before I started taking the Lovastatin, then I'm probably going to have to stick with 20mg.
Coffee Notes
1. I guess I didn't do any Coffee Notes over the weekend. Or even on friday. Friday is my work-at-home day, and in some ways feels like part of the weekend. But, I assure you I do work on friday (my boss isn't reading this, is he?).
2. Today was the day 2 of week 5 for Get Running. I expected it to be the same as day 1, which has you run three times for 5 minutes each. Imagine my surprise when I was told to run twice for EIGHT minutes each. I've never run eight minutes in my life. Heck, I've probably never run five minutes in my life. Or three. But I managed those runs. And I managed the eight minute run as well. In fact, physically, it wasn't really all that difficult. At this point, my main obstacle is mental. Half way through, my brain starts to tell me that it doesn't want to run anymore. I tell it to shut up, but it won't listen. It never does. I do believe that I can now get to week 9, where I am to run for 30 minutes. But I worry what happens after that, when I'm on my own. Somehow I need to figure out how to keep going with the running, even when I no longer have a narrator telling me what to do.
3. I have a thing for historical mysteries. One mystery I am particularly interested in is the disappearance of Amelia Earhart. There's a group called Tighar that searches for, and recovers, lost aircraft that has been looking into the AE case for over twenty years. Tighar's theory about what happened seems pretty reasonable It isn't a conspiracy theory. In fact, it's really just the original theory put forward by some people of the time, which is that Earhart and Noonan, her navigator, were traveling on a line of position that would send them past Howland Island, where they were supposed to land. If they traveled north on that line, and missed Howland, they would fly out into a part of the ocean without any landfall. If, however, they traveled south on that line, and missed Howland, they would travel on through to the Phoenix island chain. Tighar assumes that Noonan would have known this fact quite well and would have taken them south, not north. That would put them in a position to land on an island in the Phoenix chain, and the most likely candidate for landing is an island now called Nikumaroro. Tighar has a fair amount of circumstantial evidence that suggests Earhart and Noonan did, in fact, land on Nikumaroro, and eventually died there. I can't do the evidence justice, so be sure to check out their site.
What I like about Tighar is that they appear to be quite serious about using the scientific method to investigate what happened to AE. They are quite willing to toss evidence that doesn't hold up under scrutiny. I have a few problems with their hypothesis, but I think they make a pretty compelling case.
4. I'm thinking of setting up my Twitter account so that it also posts to Facebook. Am I crazy? Why do I even care about Facebook? I'm not sure. But if tweeting also posted to Facebook, then it would look like I'm updating Facebook to my friends, which might be kind of interesting.
Or, maybe I should just delete my Facebook account. Jury's still out.
Wave Could Have Been My Failure
I see that Google is not going to continue developing Wave. That's what they get for stealing my idea.
Ok. They didn't steal my idea. But several years ago the guys I work with and I had this idea for a collaborative messaging system that would be kind of like a mixture of email, Usenet, and IM. It would be like email in that messages would arrive asynchronously if you weren't online. It would be like IM in that messages would arrive synchronously if you were online. It would be like Usenet in that discussions would persist so that people coming in to the discussion late would be able to go back through all the messages to see what they had missed. Also, and I believe this isn't in Wave, discussions could be either private or public. Private discussions would require an invitation to join. Public discussions could be discovered by anybody. Anybody could participate in public discussions as well. I imagined that people would have a way of discovering public discussions and joining those they like. Kind of like Usenet. Perhaps people could discover private discussions as well, but not be able to see the messages without being invited to join? Or maybe there would be three protection levels: public, protected, and private. Public discussions would be open to all. Private discussions would be hidden and invitation only. Protected discussions would be read-only for those not invited.
When I first saw Wave, I imagined it worked exactly like my co-workers and I had envisioned our collaboration software would work. I set out to see if I could discover waves to join. But, at least in the beginning, that didn't seem possible. I lost interest pretty quickly and never really kept up with Wave, so maybe they implemented something like discoverable waves and I just never saw it.
Now that I think about it, I guess in some ways Facebook is also like our collaborative messaging system. The implementation isn't exactly as I had envisioned, but I think it might have all of the features. My friends post updates, which I see when I visit my Facebook page. I can comment, and my comments can be seen by other friends. If I become friends with somebody, I can immediately see their past updates and they can see mine.
Rather than be discussion-based, messages on Facebook tend to be friend-centered. But it is also possible to create Facebook groups (right? I'm not all that up on Facebook, actually) to which people can "join" (by "liking" the group? again, not that up on Facebook). Perhaps that works a bit like a discussion?
So there you have it. My co-workers and I were way ahead of our time. We thought of Wave (or Facebook), but were too lazy to implement it. But if we had, we might have been the first Facebook. Or, the first Wave.
Or, more likely, some unknown piece of software that nobody would even be aware of.


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They want to become chaplains in prison Jehovah's Witnesses before a tribunal
Publié le mercredi 26 janvier 2011 à 11H00 Posted Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at 11:00
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Ils veulent devenir aumôniers de prison Des témoins de Jéhovah saisissent le tribunal They want to become chaplains in prison Jehovah's Witnesses before a tribunal
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Publié le mercredi 26 janvier 2011 à 11H00 Posted Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at 11:00
Publié le mercredi 26 janvier 2011 à 11H00 Posted Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at 11:00
Jehovah's Witnesses seek the right to become prison chaplains, especially in Laon.
The hearing took place Friday morning at Lille in administrative court. And the case is admittedly unusual.
Two lawyers had come to plead the cause of three Jehovah's Witnesses who wish to become chaplains in prison, Bapaume, Rouen and Laon.
A first request five years ago has been refused by the prison administration. A decision overturned by the Administrative Court of Lille a year later, ordering the réinstruction records of the three candidates Jehovah to the chaplaincy.
But the prison authorities had confirmed his refusal and appealed, arguing that inmates who wish to appeal to Jehovah's Witnesses were not enough.
The fact is, moreover, that the Jehovah's Witnesses are still at the heart of a controversy in France, between the side of a sectarian movement awarded by the parliamentary commission on sects in its report in 1995 and the Another recognition as a religious association by the State Council since 2000.
For Me and Philippe Michel Trizac Goni, lawyers and witnesses, the only question is, however, whether the sole under the law, something can prevent ministers of religion Jehovist to obtain approval from prison chaplain? For them, there is no doubt that the judge can decide that once again the annulment of the refusal of prison authorities. Me Philippe Goni said in passing that when the Administrative Council was seized for one of three ministers of religion, in February 2007 Halde (High Authority against Discrimination and for Equality) had issued an opinion holding that this refusal to requests for approvals amounted to discrimination based on religious beliefs.
Besides, thirty procedures to obtain approval of a prison chaplain would be taken at national level. The Lille court, it must render its decision within a month.
Finally, penitentiary at Laon three religions are represented: a Catholic chaplain, a Protestant chaplain and a Muslim chaplain. According to Rene Schneeberger, one of three ministers of religion seeking the right to become chaplain at Laon, one in two inmates per year would demand the intervention of a department Jehovist. To answer this, the Jehovah's Witnesses require the right to visit and meet with detainees in the parlor, but can not get there with the Bible.


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Home -> Community -> Usenet -> comp.databases.theory -> Re: circular relationships ok?
Alexandr Savinov wrote:
> In most existing models this constraint is not taken into account so
> that you are free to build any meaningless data structure you want.
> Having this constraint (ordered elements with no cycles) you have a
> number of other advantages. It allows you to carry complex analytical
> operations, meaningfully query data etc.
I'll refer to the example you gave earlier:
> 2. After that any relationship you define in this acyclic graph of
> tables will use only subtables. In other words, if table A has a
> relationship with table B then there is a common subtable C which is
> used to establish it (there can be more subtables for complex
> relationships). For example, a relationship between a customer and its
> products can be implemented via common Order table:
> Customer Product
> \ /
> Order
>From your narrative I'm not certain what this diagram means. I assumed
that the OP was referring to foreign key constraints in an ER model. If so then am I correct in understanding that your diagram means that two constraints will be enforced:
Am I right? If so, how would you draw a diagram that would add a third constraint:
3. That a Customer has zero, one or more "favourite" products that are in the Products table.
In an ER diagram this third constraint would make a circular reference (see SQL example below).
Can "concept oriented" enforce such constraints? If so, how do you draw diagrams of them without loops? Finally, what is the advantage of eliminating a loop from the diagram?
CREATE TABLE Customers (customer_id INT PRIMARY KEY /* ... other columns */)
CREATE TABLE Products (product_id INT PRIMARY KEY /* ... other columns */)
CREATE TABLE Orders (customer_id INT REFERENCES Customers (customer_id), product_id INT REFERENCES Products (product_id), PRIMARY KEY (customer_id,product_id) /* ... other columns */ )
CREATE TABLE CustomerFavourites (customer_id INT REFERENCES Customers (customer_id), product_id INT REFERENCES Products (product_id), PRIMARY KEY (customer_id,product_id))
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A messy room usually won't win acclaim and prizes but for University of West Georgia sophomore Terence Rushin, his nightmare room became a dream after it won top prize in a Room Renovators contest sponsored by GoalQuest.
The national contest asked students to send in poetry, music and video describing why their room or apartment needed a makeover. Rushin, a College Park resident when not in school, sent in a video depicting his residence hall room titled "The Nightmare Room" and won thousands of dollars in furniture, clothes and electronics.
"This contest gave me something to strive and work hard for," said Rushin. "When I saw that I won I could not believe it. I had to refresh the screen twice to make sure that I wasn't imagining things. My heart started beating fast and a permanent grin formed on my face. I'm very happy and very thankful for this."
Rushin's loot has a place on anyone's wish list. The 19-year-old won $1,500 to purchase new furniture and clothes, a MacBook, a PlayStation 3 game system, a flat screen television and an iPod. To see the winning video on YouTube, visit http://www.westgeorgialife.com/rr/entry/1372.
"It's really cool to see that all the hard work I put into that video paid off," said Rushin.
"It really shows me that if you put your mind to it, anything is possible. You just have to keep working toward it."
GoalQuest provides innovative programs that help in retention, enrollment and recruitment of students in a variety of educational settings.
Dr. Scot Lingrell, associate vice president for enrollment management at UWG, began the GoalQuest program three years ago and has witnessed many success stories with UWG students and the educational programs.
"Not only has our relationship with GoalQuest been beneficial for individual students like Terence, it has also helped tremendously in our attempt to increase our recruitment of new students and our retention rates," said Lingrell. "Students who engage with the program are more than three times as likely to come to UWG, and more than twice as likely to be retained after their first year."
Last summer four UWG students won a GoalQuest summer internship in NYC that included a trip to Europe after working in the Big Apple for several weeks. For more information on UWG programs, visit www.westga.edu.


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Q. When I add items to my cart, nothing happens. The page just refreshes to the same display.
A. You can view the items in your cart by clicking the "View Cart" link at the top right of your browser window.
Q. My certificate says, "Promotional value expires on XX date." What does that mean?
A. The "Promotional" value has expired means the value of the certificate is now the amount you paid. This is reflected in the Terms and Conditions (TAC). You can review the TAC in your Purchase History within your account.
Q. I went to use my (certificate, voucher, card load) but the place is closed or does not accept my certificate. What do I do?
A. Scroll to the bottom of the store site, click on the "Contact Us" link, then the "Sales" link. Fill out the form. Someone will contact you. Inquiries need to be made within 30 days of a business closure for consideration and refund/credit may not be requested more than 60 days after purchase on this site.
Q. I lost my certificates (stolen purse, car or home break in, etc.)
A. Certificates are like cash and part of merchant inventory. They can not be replaced. It would be good for you to report them as they could be used and the merchant can be aware. If someone tries to use them, the merchant can confiscate them and possibly contact you.
Q. Can I change my email on my account?
A. Yes, just log in to your account, click on the "My Account" link at the top right, then go to the "Profile" tab. Toward the bottom of that page you can enter your current email ID and the new one twice. Hit "SAVE". You will now be able to log in using the new email ID.
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A. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept gift cards at this time. We only accept credit/debit cards.
Q. Do you sell my email or info to anyone?
A. Nope! Please see our privacy policy for more details.
Q. I can't log in to my account on my iPhone or iPad.
A. Go into settings, look for the safari app, turn off private browsing and clear cookies and history.
Q. I use AOL and I can't get to your pages, just your first page.
A. AOL is a portal to AOL's own community and it does not allow users full access to the World Wide Web. It is best to use a browser such as Internet Explorer, FireFox, Chrome or Safari to access our site on the World Wide Web versus AOL's own portal.
Q. Do I need a card to buy gift certificates or print-at-home vouchers?
A. No card is needed to purchase certificates, print-at-home vouchers or tickets.
Q. I have a kostizi card. What do I do with it?
A. The card is only good if you "activate" it. Log in to your account, click on the link toward the top right "My Account". Go to the "Cards" tab, click on "Activate Your New Card", fill in the form fields with your card numbers.
Q. Is the card like a credit card?
A. No, it is more like a gift card that you can load with as much value as you want from numerous card-participating merchants.
Q. Is there a limit to how much you can load on the card?
A. There is no limit to the amount you can load on the card, and you can load it with value from multiple merchants.
Q. Is there a limit to how much of your card balance you can use per visit?
A. There is no limit. You can use some or all of your balance.
Q. When does the value of your card load balance expire?
A. Card load balances never expire.
Q. Do I need to have a card to purchase card load?
A. No, you can purchase any card load now and it is immediately available. You can wait for your card, activiate it, then use it right away. If you have a smartphone, however, you can log into your account by using your phone browser and going to this site: kostiz.com/m The m is important. You will then see what is called your ezCard and it can be used to redeem any card balances you have loaded.
Q. Do I have to wait for my card to arrive before I can many any purchases?
A. No. You can order anything from the store without having your card.
Q. I used my card at a merchant where I have a balance and they said there wasn't anything on the card.
A. You likely didn't register your card. Log in to your account, go to the "My Account" link at the top right of the page, go to the "Cards" tab. Click "Activate your new card" and enter your card information. All of your balances will now be available on the card.
Q. I bought an in-card voucher, showed card to merchant, and they told me I have no balance.
A. That is true, you have no card balance. That's because you bought vouchers that are loaded into the card but not as a balance. The vouchers will be "listed" on the merchant's screen just below the $0 card balance section.
Q. I lost my card, what do I do?
A. Log in to your account, go to the "My Account" link at the top right of the page, go to the "Cards" tab. Click "Request a new card" and enter your card information. We will get a new one sent out to you. Once you get it, make sure to register it, so that it will be associated to your account and your balances will be accessible.
Q. What is an ezCard?
A. Every account comes with an ezCard that you can access via a smart phone. Enter www.kostizi.com/m and log into your account just like you do on your computer. Your ezCard with a bar code and number will display. You can show this ezCard to the merchant you are visiting.
Q. I purchased some things for my card. How do I know what I have left? What is my balance?
A. Log in to your account, go to the "My Account" link at the top right of the page, go to the "My Purchases" tab. Your card balances are displayed here. You can also print any unredeemed vouchers.
Q. I have two cards, how do I know what the balance is for each?
A. You can have many cards and they all access the same account and its balances, so you may use either card to make your purchases. One account, multiple cards.


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It's the perfect gift for the super hero in your life! In today's all new episode of DC All Access, we look at the latest issues of Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Green Lantern Corps: Edge of Oblivion, and Co-Publisher Dan DiDio discusses DC's upcoming slate of radically different Hanna-Barbera comics.
The Flash of Two Worlds: Building Earth-2
Adapting an established comic book character for the small screen is challenging enough, so what's it like adapting an entire world of them? Difficult, but if tonight's new episode of The Flash is any indication, it's also a crazy amount of fun.
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Rip Hunter and his ragtag team of legends-to-be are firing up the Waverider for an all new episode of DC's Legends of Tomorrow tonight on The CW. Speaking of the Waverider, have you looked closely at some of the interiors of the timeship? Rip Hunter sure has some…interesting objects lying around, doesn't he?
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Supergirl may bring hope to National City but her new series brings along with it secrets from throughout comic book history. We're here to tease you with all the #DCTV Secrets hiding in each episode. If you really want to know some of the answers to these questions, check out the spoiler section for super answers.
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Rip Hunter has assembled a team to stop Vandal Savage, but Savage's location isn't the only secret in the series. We're here to tease you with the #DCTV Secrets hiding in each episode. If you want to know some of the answers to these questions, jump to the spoiler section for answers... no time travel required.
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Marines assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), train with the AT-4 light anti-armor weapon during a familiarization and live fire exercise at Fort Pickett, Va., Sept. 17, 2012. This training is part of the 26th MEU's pre-deployment training program. (U.S. Marine Corps photograph by Gunnery Sgt. Michael K. Kropiewnicki) Available in high definition.
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Desmond likes to disappear, blend into the background, and hide in the cleverest of places. But when a new student named Gloria arrives at his school, Desmond finds himself noticed for the first time. Can Gloria help Desmond get used to the life in the spotlight?
Anna Alter's charming story is an original and reassuring take on overcoming shyness.
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Anna Alter is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, and the author and illustrator of "Estelle and Lucy," Anna lives in Boston, Massachusetts where she divides her time between creating children's books and teaching young children.


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With writer-performer-producer Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy, American Dad) tapped to host, this year's West Coast show plans to be a writer-centric, entertaining, and lively evening, spotlighting outstanding writing across film, television, and various awards categories.
Eight-time Oscar host Billy Crystal will present the WGAW's Laurel Award for Screen to screenwriter-director-producer Barry Levinson (Avalon, Diner), while Jason Alexander will present the Guild's Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television to comedic writer-actor-producer Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld).
Morgan Freeman, currently Oscar-nominated for his role as Nelson Mandela in Invictus, will present South African-born screenwriter Anthony Peckham with the Guild's Paul Selvin Award for his screenplay for the politically charged sports drama. WGAW President and writer-director-producer John Wells (ER, The Company Men) will present veteran screenwriter Carl Gottlieb (Jaws) with the WGAW's Morgan Cox Award for his longtime service to the Guild.
Other presenters confirmed to appear at the 2010 Writers Guild Awards' West Coast ceremony include: writer-director-producer Judd Apatow (Funny People, Knocked Up) with Jason Segel (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Knocked Up), United States of Tara creator and Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody (Juno) with Tara star John Corbett, Emmy-winning and WGA-nominated writer Ali LeRoi (Everybody Hates Chris, co-creator) and Emmy winner and WGA nominee Chris Rock (Good Hair), writer-director James Toback (Tyson), with boxing champ/actor Mike Tyson (Tyson), House creator David Shore and Golden Globe-winning star Hugh Laurie, Brian's Song writer Bill Blinn (last year's TV Laurel Award honoree) with Brian's Song star Billy Dee Williams, The West Wing creator-executive producer Aaron Sorkin with West Wing director-executive producer Thomas Schlamme, daytime writer Sally Sussman Morina (The Young & the Restless) and producer-director Anthony Morina (The Young & the Restless), Wizards of Waverly Place creator Todd J. Greenwald and Wizards star David Henrie, and Oscar-winning actor/comedian Robin Williams with a special video tribute to Levinson, plus other talent to be announced.
This year's WGAW-hosted Writers Guild Awards West Coast show is executive produced by Spike Jones, Jr., with Carole Propp as talent producer.
The 2010 Writers Guild Awards will be held on Saturday, February 20, 2010, simultaneously at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles and the Hudson Theatre at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City. For more information about the 2010 Writers Guild Awards, please visit www.wga.org or www.wgaeast.org.
For media inquiries about the 2010 Writers Guild Awards Los Angeles show, please contact Gregg Mitchell in the WGAW Communications Department at: (323) 782-4574, email: Gregg Mitchell. For media press inquiries about the 2010 Writers Guild Awards New York show, please contact Sherry Goldman in the WGAE Press Office at (718) 224-4133 or email: Sherry Goldman.
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Anonymous Falls Prey To a Hack On Twitter!
Rival group named Rustle League responsible for the attack.
For a hacking group that keeps the internet on its toes, this has to not only be embarrassing but also quite a serious jolt. BBC reports that hacktivists Anonymous are the latest victim of a Twitter hack.
The relatively-unknown group Rustle League staked claim to the hack job that affected Anonymous'@Anon_Central account that has around 160,000 followers.
Twitter seems to be in the eye of the storm as far as security breaches are concerned. After data leaks from partner websites, and hacks on accounts of popular brands such as Burger King on the microblogging platform, experts warn users to be careful picking out passwords.
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Centers and programs established to treat specific neurological disorders
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Robert and John M. Bendheim Parkinson and Movement Disorders Center One of the world's leading multidisciplinary centers for the study of Parkinson's disease and related disorders, the Robert and John M. Bendheim Parkinson and Movement Disorders Center serves as a forum for collaboration among internationally acclaimed neuroscientists. The Center offers state-of-the-art clinical care, translational research, and basic science programs aimed at discovering cures for Parkinson's, dystonia, and other movement disorders. The Center employs deep brain stimulation (DBS) in one of the largest such programs in the country. The Center also plays a major role in evaluating cell-based and gene therapies for the treatment of movement disorders.
Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson Center for Multiple Sclerosis This internationally recognized treatment and research center unites the multidisciplinary efforts of leading physicians and scientists in understanding the causes and consequences of multiple sclerosis. The center provides leading-edge services in all aspects of diagnosis, disease management, rehabilitation, psychiatry, and patient support, and gives patients the opportunity to participate in potentially groundbreaking clinical trials in all phases of MS. The NIH has acknowledged the important work of the Center through its allocation of more than $44-million in research grants, the largest amount ever awarded by the NIH for MS research.
Stroke Center (Stroke and Vascular Neurology) This program includes an outstanding team of medical experts who specialize in innovative research-based, clinical approaches to evaluating, treating, and rehabilitating patients with cerebrovascular diseases. Services include the early diagnosis of stroke, a specialized neurointensive care unit, and a state-of-the-art inpatient stroke unit. Our clinicians are available at all times for emergency consultation with referring physicians.
Epilepsy Center Our Epilepsy Center provides expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy and related disorders. The center features outstanding epileptologists, a new state-of-the-art, 24-hour inpatient epilepsy monitoring unit, and full outpatient EEG and diagnostic capabilities.
Center for Headache and Pain Medicine The Center employs a comprehensive approach to pain disorders, including headache and migraine. Specialists from throughout Icahn School of Medicine, including world class neuroradiologists, are available to assist in management and diagnosis of painful conditions.
Eye Movement and Vestibular Disorder Program Our physicians participate in NASA programs, employing state-of-the-art technology to assess eye movement and vestibular disorders in space and studying their possible applications as treatment modalities on earth. Our scientists have helped define the physiologic basis of these disorders and are performing groundbreaking research for such problems as gait dysfunction and motion sickness.
NeuroAIDS and Neurophysiology Program The NeuroAids Program provides diagnosis and treatment for neurological disorders associated with HIV/AIDS. The program is one of the few in the world to treat the various HIV-related complications that affect the central and peripheral nervous systems in as many as 70 percent of AIDS patients.
Neurological Tumor Program Physicians within this multispecialty program work together to provide outstanding care through state-of-the-art surgical procedures, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and supportive therapy. The program is world acclaimed for the treatment of:
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Our physicians have pioneered the treatment of tumors with stereotactic radiosurgery and have developed a number of experimental treatment protocols to improve patients' lives.
Neuromuscular Disease Division This division provides superior, individualized diagnosis, treatment, and compassionate care for patients with disorders in neuromuscular transmission, muscle diseases, and peripheral nerve problems.
Center for Cognitive Health The Center for Cognitive Health is a division of the Department of Neurology and operates within the Friedman Brain Institute of Icahn School of Medicine. The Center is composed of a multidisciplinary team of medical doctors (neurologists, psychiatrists), neuropsychologists, and neuroscientists. Using an innovative, integrated approach to brain and behavior, the Center focuses on optimizing cognitive performance, including comprehensive diagnosis and customized management of cognitive disorders.
ALS/Muscular Dystrophy Program Our ALS/Muscular Dystrophy Program offers diagnosis and treatment of muscular dystrophy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Our clinical care team specializes in improving quality of life, while our scientists engage in both clinical and laboratory research aimed at finding better treatments and cures.


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'Green Pope' Benedict XVI Resigns From The Vatican at Age 85
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Today Pope Benedict XVI announced plans to resign on Feb 28, citing his advanced age and health. Over his tenure he garnered the moniker "the Green Pope" by making environmentalism a moral issue. Pope Benedict XVI
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