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TAMPA — The Tampa man killed in a plane crash in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday was Mysela "Mike'' Parks, a 44-year-old media production manager for McNichols Co., a spokeswoman for the Tampa steel company said Friday.
Parks had worked at McNichols for 11 years, producing corporate training and promotional videos that have been watched by thousands of customers and employees, said Sarah Morris, the company spokeswoman.
"Mike has been an exemplary employee for more than a decade, and he was well-liked by all the staff here at McNichols," company president Herb Goetschius wrote in a prepared statement. "This is a tragedy that will be felt by Mike's loving family and friends and his close-knit family here at McNichols forever."
Parks was among five people aboard a Cessna bound for Tampa International Airport from Texas that crashed about 20 miles west of Port Richey.
Reached at her mother's home Friday, Parks' ex-wife, Karla Lewis, said she learned about his death on television and was still in shock.
In an e-mail message, Lewis wrote: "The only thing I'd like to say is that he will be missed."
Headquartered in Tampa, McNichols Co. was founded in 1952. It fabricates perforated and expanded metal, wire cloth and flooring to customers worldwide. It has 22 locations in the United States and Canada, including 17 service centers and five field offices.
Morris declined to comment beyond the company's prepared statement and employees were asked not to speak with the media.
The others aboard the plane were identified as 40-year-old Roland Schurrer, president of Quality Powder Coating in Carrollton, Texas, 33-year-old Steve Barrows, a marketing representative and company pilot, and employee Jeff Byron.
Greg Arceneaux of Dallas also was on the plane, officials said. He did not work for the Texas company, which coats metal products.
"Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of all the passengers involved in the accident," Goetschius wrote.
The Pinellas-Pasco Medical Examiner's Office must compare relatives' DNA samples to fragments of human remains found in the gulf.
Two dogs, believed to belong to Schurrer and Barrows, also may have been on the plane, officials said.
The plane is registered to Q4 Aviation LLC of Carrollton, which also goes by the name Quality Powder Coating.
Quality Powder spokesman Andy Brown said those on the plane were headed to a meeting in Florida for a couple of days.
The twin-engine Cessna 421 left from Collin County Regional Airport in McKinney, Texas, at about 10 a.m. Central Standard Time. A Jacksonville air traffic controller lost contact with the plane about 3 p.m. Eastern time.
Forecasters reported several thunderstorms in the area at the time the plane went down.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman J. Lynn Lunsford said the pilot of the plane "reported heavy turbulence, loss of control and inverted flight" while flying at about 5,000 feet.
Lunsford said Barrows had no accidents or enforcement actions on his record.
The Coast Guard called off the search for survivors of the crash Thursday afternoon.
Times staff writer Steven Overly contributed to this report.


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A report commissioned by The Work Foundation has revealed that more than 35 million days are lost each year in the UK due to sickness absence. However, the it found that, if musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) were tackled earlier, an extra 600,000 employees could be at work.
The report also revealed that around 45 million employees across the EU have MSDs, including back pain and strains of the neck, shoulder and arms, costing up to £202.6m annually in lost productivity and sickness absence.
Commenting on the potential of an early intervention trial for 13,000 workers in Spain, which reduced absence rates by 39%, being used across the rest of Europe,Director at the Work Foundation, Stephen Bevan, said:
"Our analysis now shows that, because access to early health care interventions for workers with MSDs are not being prioritised, thousands are taking unnecessarily long periods away from work or even leaving work permanently when tried-and-tested tactics could be helping to speed up their recovery and return to work.
"If these results were repeated across the whole of the EU, we estimate that up to one million workers would be available to work each day. This would be a considerable boost to productivity and significantly reduce sick pay bills at a time when member states are under pressure to make savings and increase economic growth and to tackle unemployment and under-employment."
He continued:
"Even if the reduction in absence achieved were 25% rather than 39%, we estimate that in excess of 640,000 workers would be available for work each day."
Dame Carol Black, Co-President of Fit for Work, also said:
"In the UK, 300,000 people make long-term sickness absence claims each year. The results from the Spanish study reveal just how important early intervention is for people with MSDs.
"The study shows that permanent work disability fell by 50%, while temporary work absence fell by 39%, a vast improvement. We know that work is vital for people's sense of self-worth, and has huge benefits for individuals as well as for the economy."
"With sickness absence currently costing the UK economy £15bn, the benefits of early intervention must be taken seriously by all stakeholders and woven into Government policies."

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Interesting ideas here, both the imaging of the hard drive and using the insurance offered by credit card providers. Should have used the Amex to buy the printer, live and learn.Charles, good to know HP did the right thing with your Z3100.Did you happen to notice the form factor on this hard drive and the electrical interface used (parallel ata, sata, scsi, etc)? I use Acronis for all my workstation backup needs and it can do a sector by sector copy of any hard drive, storing the result as an image file. There are also a number of Linux tools that can do the same thing.Knowing that the printer relies on a hard drive that never seems to spin down does indeed make a backup strategy seem like a good idea.--Tim[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=188705\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Charles,I face no warranty in June, and probably will go for the $800 for peace of mind (or as much as I can get with a flaky printer that often works quite well . Btw I was told when I asked about it that I could buy that extended warranty even months after my original had expired?!?But my real question is how did they downgrade your support. When I call in I say "Designjet" then "Z3100" and I end up with a support person who then asks me for my name, etc. I did not get asked for my name before getting a support person.Thanks, Alan[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=190855\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
More info on the Hard Drive:It is a standard issue 2.5 inch Western Digital 40Gb EIDE 44pin drive. Intended for laptops. I pulled mine to try to read it and guess what?HP PUT A PASSWORD ON IT! (Yes I am shouting). [a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=191135\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
That said, I'm not happy about this issue. Since the drive is a likely point of failure in my machine, it would be nice to have a backup image of it. It is perhaps another sad case of the jealous guarding of IP that harms customers more than it benefits producers. On the other hand, has anyone here ever had a drive fail in a Z?[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=191198\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
More info on the Hard Drive:It is a standard issue 2.5 inch Western Digital 40Gb EIDE 44pin drive. Intended for laptops. I pulled mine to try to read it and guess what?HP PUT A PASSWORD ON IT! (Yes I am shouting). You can not read the drive with any commercial package like Norton Ghost. You have to enter the password at boot up time (regardless of your OS such as Windows, OSX or Linux) otherwise your computer will simply act as if the drive doesn't exist. Your only alternative is to remove the password. This can only be done by buying a hardware device that will "crack" and remove password. (Google is your friend). There is also an online service that claims they can "crack" it remotely. http://hdd-tools.com/products/rrs/Once this is done, there is no guarantee that the HP software on the Z's will function. heavy sigh Jim[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=191135\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]


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On Chor justifies police action at BMC clash
Disappointed Citizen: Dear Deputy Home Minister Chor Chee Heung (BN-Alor Star). As you should have known by now, many people already know the truth. Have you been living in Mars? Do you not know what some policemen can do? Are you talking blind with your eyes wide open?
Just one question to you. Did you see the Malaysiakini video? If the FRU and police have nothing to hide, then they should not have been chasing off the reporters before they did their 'work' on the 21-year-old. They should let the reporters film the whole thing. What are they afraid of? Justified? Mr Chor, you do not seem fit to represent the rakyat.
Lemon: I feel ashamed with what the minister has said regarding the beating up of the onlooker/reckless driver whom, according to the police, wanted to knock down policemen with a car. Regardless of whatever the driver's intention were, it does NOT give the police the right to assault anybody. Shame on the minister to justify the beating up.
Two wrongs do not add up to a right. Negative is never a positive in this case. If this is not curbed now, they can justify shooting in the near future. Is Malaysia a police state? The truth speaks for itself.
Pharmwell: Chor, just because you are from BN and a deputy minister so you side with the police. Wait, one day when the police whack you or your loved one. You should be telling the police off. Even if it is true that a car knocked into some police personnel, then the correct thing should be for the police to apprehend the driver. They should conduct a proper investigation and then charge the person. But what did your police do? Whack the guy to hell and back.
You and your police must feel very great for the action that they had undertaken. I dare you to step down from your position and stand for an election. I will bet all I have that you will lose due to your comments on this matter. Me and my family will never vote for a man like you. For the comments you have made are going to make MCA more unpopular. I think you must be thinking that Umno will accept you as a member.
Mana Justice: Datuk Chor, your reply does not speak for all Malaysians. An innocent person was wrongly beaten up. The police have used excessive force. The prime minister has made a mistake in selecting you to be the deputy home affairs minister. Datuk Chor, luckily the person beaten badly was not your loved one.
Alex: Irregardless of whether a policeman was assaulted or not, their duty is to reprimand and let the course of justice take precedence. They have no right in bashing up the citizens they are supposed to protect. However unruly the citizens may be, they are unarmed versus the FRU personnel that are carrying batons and shields, not to mention some 'supposed' training in their force.
Also, as far as we all know, traffic policemen carry firearms nowadays. I am very sure that if they were to drive in with sirens and without even having the need to flash their guns, the fracas could have been avoided and there would not have been reports as published. All police officers that defended the assault should be relieved of duty and questioned, including the deputy home minister himself. Any act of violence should be condemned in our peaceful society but the government, as usual, is practicing double standards when the fault is theirs
This shows the gross negligence, denial syndrome and unrepentant attitude of BN. That said, there is no point having massive campaign for the next general election. We will remember how we were being treated. I may be overseas and not be involved physically, but we feel the pain these people are going through.
Adrian Ng Chai Foong: I do not feel ashamed and disappointed, but I feel angered by what this so-called minister has said. Hey, whatever you want call yourself, if you don't know the situation, don't say anything. Have you gone down there to see what has happened? Have you not seen the video of the beating by the police/FRU? If you don't how to use the Internet, ask your children to show the video to you. Go and watch the video, then you come and talk to us. I am a resident there so if you have nothing better to say, just shut up.
If we don't read Malaysiakini, where are we going to get accurate news? Read the local newspapers controlled by the government? Believe in what you say? Come on Mr Whatever You Are, we are not stupid to believe whatever we read. We have the intelligence to judge for ourselves - not like you.You are not fit to represent the people. I suggest you resign from your post and come and live in Bandar Mahkota Cheras. We will represent you.
Ridiculous: Just imagine Datuk Chor said that the police were not able to do anything when there was scuffles and fights between the residents and the thugs. Then, tell me, what is the police there for? Also, please bare all on 'the other side of story' if Malaysiakini reports were false or not accurate. By the way, why should not the Home Minister be the one who should explain? Don't know what happened?
Fergus Ong: Mr Chor, in Malaysia we are governed by the rule of law. You are a deputy minister. You should know that the rule of law demands that FRU don't gang up an whack people in retaliation. Even if it was true that cars attempted to knock over the cops, the FRU, as law enforcers, responded outside the boundaries of their authority and you as the deputy home minister should be taking them to task. If the cars were trying to hit your cops, press charges. Police violence was wrong in LA in 1992 and is wrong again here in Cheras today.
On Cheras barricade goes down again
Pak Hamzah: It seems that all the voices and grievances of the people falls onto the deaf ears of the political leaders. We always being told by them that they are the champs of the people, it is the people's government for the people and that they fight for the people. But why are they silent when citizens are humiliated and beaten? On top of this there are all the difficulties everyday living due to price hikes and rising cost of living.
Incidents like the BMC saga show how things are being manipulated by profit-first private companies. Why this had to happen? Why are the 'people's heroes' silent now? Don't they have children, don't they have families? Don't they have that human feelings?
The answer is because money is everything to them. The greediness in them has been cemented and the only feeling they have is 'What more can I grab?' They never learnt any lesson even after they were almost defeated in the last general election. This is the culture of the Barisan Nasional - dulu, kini dan selamanya.
Today, it is happening in Cheras, tomorrow it will happen somewhere else and it will happen as long as they are in power. Let's get together and bring them down. Put them where they deserved to be.
Cheah Kah Seng: Can Selangor state government immediately start the construction of an underground bypass to connect the surface non-tolled, roads? I'm not proposing giving up a just fight. This underground bypass can proceed at the same time that the people strive to get the barricade open. Don't the the planning and construction of regular underpasses fall under the jurisdiction of the Selangor state government?
We have a somewhat similar, though less extreme, situation here at Penang's Sungai Nyior toll station along the Butterworth-Kulim tolled highway. Despite earlier suspension of toll, the plaza is now collecting toll fees.
I believe the best way to force the hands of the tolled road operator is to bypass that Sungai Nyior toll station by constructing several surface and underground bypasses in the soft delta soil of the Prai River. The additional roads will boost local economy, properties, and devalue the toll station. Eventually, robust local development will even benefit the toll operator.
MySecret62: The hired thugs were there to intimidate the residents by employing scare tactics and casting fear on their safety. I would humbly suggest that those with the pictures of the thugs publish and distributed them for all to see. Let's see which hole they will crawl into once they know the rakyat is on the lookout for them. Let's turn the tables on them and make sure that these thugs and their paymasters be brought to justice.
Evelyn: For heaven's sake! What is going on or happening in our country, Malaysia? Why can't this tussle be resolved by those authorities concerned? And why do we now hear and see our police beating up a citizen? What is the matter? I do not live in Cheras but in another state. But just by reading the news about what is happening there sickens me. I pray that the situation would not erupt into a full blown riot involving the police and the rakyat. It is so shameful.
On Toll operator: We're not involved in BMC violence
HL Too: Of course, the toll operator (Grand Saga) had nothing to do with the attack on the residents in the Bandar Mahkota Cheras fracas . The thugs who attacked the residents are obviously people who have great love for Grand Saga and were incensed at the residents enough to attack them. Some things are just too difficult to believe or understand.


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Microsoft's long awaited cloud computing platform, Azure, opened for business this week. Now available in 21 countries, the platform comes with a flexible and transparent payment schedule. This might not sound as nifty as the iPad, but startups with small budgets are sure to take notice, particularly with the free trial options Microsoft is offering. Azure represents a major step in the development and dissemination of cloud computing, as Microsoft associates its stable, business-oriented brand appeal with the cloud.
In December, MTTLR reported on the regulatory problems posed by cloud computing. Weighing in on this ongoing debate two weeks ago at the Brookings Institution, Microsoft's General Counsel Brad Smith suggested the role the United States government should take in regulating cloud computing. A recent survey, commissioned by Microsoft, concluded a majority of Americans use cloud computing services despite being unfamiliar or only vaguely familiar with the concept of cloud computing. These survey results could be misleading, as even industry leaders seem to disagree on the proper definition for cloud computing, but the survey does highlight the significant knowledge gap that presents one of cloud computing's biggest challenges: What happens when most Americans store their emails, financial files, photographs, and other personal information in something as nebulous as (appropriately) the cloud?
Several indicators point strongly toward regulation: Transaction costs of public action on this matter are extremely high, the knowledge gap between users and providers is severe, and the chance of getting caught misusing information obtained over the internet is… well, certainly not a sufficient deterrent. Microsoft suggests a federal regulatory scheme that takes a three pronged approach, addressing issues of privacy, security, and international sovereignty.
Microsoft's statement about the privacy and security of consumers and businesses is obviously well-timed and serves to strengthen reliance on Azure. It also raises questions about whether or not it is desirable to impose comprehensive regulation on the internet. Nonetheless, their proposal for regulation is persuasive, and contributes significantly to an ongoing debate that is sure to ramp up in 2010.


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Woman seriously injured in hit and run, police seek driver
EUGENE, Ore. -- Police say they are still looking for the driver of a minivan involved in a hit and run in Eugene on Friday night that sent a woman to the hospital with serious injuries.
The victim was crossing the street near 9th and Garfield St. in Eugene at around 7:45 p.m. Friday when police say she was hit by a minivan. The Eugene woman was taken to the hospital with serious, but non-life threatening injuries.
The driver left the scene of the crash, police officials said.
The Eugene Police Major Collision Investigations Unit closed down the intersection for about three hours, collecting evidence.
Police say they found the vehicle involved in the hit and run, a Chrysler Town and Country. Officers are still looking for the minivan's driver.
Anyone who was in the area of the intersection, of Garfield and West 9th Avenue, just prior of the crash, or immediately following the crash, regardless of if you consider yourself a witness or not, is asked to contact Officer Michael Klews, with the Eugene Police Major Collisions Investigations Unit, at 541-682-5576.


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Richie Sambora's Face Isn't The Only Thing That Got Busted
Richie Sambora is giving drunk-driving a bad name. The recently rehabbed (that worked) Bon Jovi guitarist was pulled over last night in Laguna Beach for driving erratically, and arrested for driving whilst intoxicated. Dumbass had his 10-year-old daughter Ava in the car. Alcoholism is a disease and rehab is for quitters, but howabout you leave the kids at home before you conduct the booze train, Rich?
"There were three females in the car, two of them were juveniles," Laguna Beach Sgt. Jason Kravetz reported.
Someone turned up drunk at the Chuck E. Cheese birthday party! Sambora will have to appear in court on May 7. Ava is his daughter with ex-wife Heather Locklear. You may remember the hot drama that ensued when Richie took up with Heather's former best friend, Denise Richards. He better pray Heather's not vindictive because bitch could have a never-see-your-daughter-again field day with this one.
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In 1891, a Denver rancher named John W. Springer built a mansion on the 22,000 acres that would later become Highlands Ranch. He called the mansion Castle Isabel, after his young wife. Publications by the Highlands Ranch Community Association claim that Springer is a descendant of a Russian czar, though they neglect to mention that he is best remembered for a sensationalistic murder trial that resulted when one of his wife's lovers shot another in the Brown Palace Hotel in 1910.
Springer's descendant sold the property to the head of Phillips Petroleum in 1920, who in turn sold it to Wolhurst Stock Farms six years later. In 1937, Lawrence Phipps Jr., son of a U.S. senator, bought the land for cattle ranching.
Phipps died in the mansion in 1976. Two years later, the California-based Mission Viejo Company purchased the land for a reported $24 million from a group of investors led by oil tycoon Marvin Davis. Mission Viejo officially named the property Highlands Ranch.
Only 11,000 residents joined the Ranch during its first decade. Then, in the 1990s, aided by employment growth in the nearby Denver Technology Center and Mission Viejo's decision to sell lots to other homebuilders, the population of Highlands Ranch shot to 70,000. For a time, real estate agents said that homebuyers could get more quality home for their money in Highlands Ranch than just about anywhere else in the Denver area.
But the massive growth caught up with homeowners, who complained that the same glut of new developments that made Highlands Ranch such a deal was also torpedoing their resale values. In 1997, the California-based builder Shea Homes bought the Ranch from Mission Viejo then-owner Philip Morris. Shea Homes says they have since slowed growth from about 2,500 new homes per year to 1,000. By 2005, the community will be built out at 36,700 homes, with an estimated population of 95,000.
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Today Highlands Ranch is one of the largest unincorporated communities in the country; it's governed by elected county commissioners and a board of representatives. Homeowners pay a $382 annual fee to the Highlands Ranch Community Association, a de facto secondary local government with an annual budget of $14 million. The funds pay for a family's membership to the popular recreation centers, as well as to help fund community programs and the HRCA administration.
Services such as police, roads and schools are paid for through property taxes and provided by Douglas County, while fire services are contracted to the Littleton Fire Department. New-home prices in Highlands Ranch begin around $165,000 for a townhouse and climb to more than $1 million for a custom home.
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How Best to Supply Liquidity to a Small-Capitalization Securities Market
There is a worldwide search for better ways to supply liquidity for small-capitalization stocks. Although Nasdaq provides a liquid market for such stocks by giving broker-dealers financial incentives to generate order flow, recent allegations of dealer collusion have led to calls for reform. It is possible to design a fair, transparent computerized market that also creates incentives for broker-dealers to generate order flow by using secondary priority rules other than time. A nontrivial relative tick size is also important for providing liquidity by enforcing priority rules.
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The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and rescues them. Psalm 34:7 (NASB)
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Kim Kardashian Gushes Over Baby North, Looks For Land With Kanye West
Kim Kardashian Ticketed for Speeding While Paparazzi Got Away
After a family day out with baby North in Santa Barbara, Calif. Wednesday, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West stepped out together again to check out a massive piece of land in Los Angeles. The couple, who is already building a home together, was spotted taking a walk though an empty thirty-acre lot that's up for sale. Perhaps a mini-amusement park for their 4-month-old little one is the next step?
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Kim Kardashian Stops Traffic When Cops Pull Her Over For Speeding!
10 in Tarzana, Calif. Luckily, no one more information was hurt and Kardashian gracefully rebounded with an embarrassed laugh in front of a cameraman, who was presumably filming the reality TV star for Keeping Up With the Kardashians' footage. PHOTOS: Kim Kardashian's post-baby body and style Leaning against an unstable pile of goods (an old lamp, a picture frame and a stool among other objects) after giving someone a hug, Kardashian fell, stumbled back and immediately started laughing while burying her face in her hands. The fiancee to Kanye West , 33, looked cute and comfortable at the family event wearing a pair of dark denim jeans with high cargo pockets, neatly tucked into a pair of chunky-heeled, black suede boots.
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Kim Kardashian Falls, Tumbles at Family Garage Sale: Funny Pictures
Police officers were not happy with the incident. They thought the paparazzi and Kardashian were endangering many lives including themselves, the officers and other drivers. The California Highway Patrol cited one photographer for speeding, but the rest managed to escape without any citations. CHP is also looking further into the case to see whether a further prosecution is necessary. "They're not getting away with this," a source told TMZ.
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Kim got a ticket for speeding, but she wasnt the only person cited a paparazzi in pursuit of the reality star was also given a ticket for violating the speed limit. Were pretty baffled to learn that none of the snappers who got into the middle of the lane to photograph Kim got cited themselves for their highly unsafe actions. However, the CHP plans to look into prosecuting them as well. Theyre not getting away with this, says the TMZ source.
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The former Lutheran Church of the Reformation will remain a house of worship, but for another religion.
The Thai Buddhist Center of Minnesota purchased the former church at 2544 Hwy. 100 in January. The building will be renovated to become home of Wat Thai of Minnesota, which is currently located in Elk River.
"This is a lot closer to members," said Tracy Schultz, a temple coordinator. "It's ended up being the best fit possible."
Yin Srichoochat, board director for the temple, said after speaking in Thai with one of the monks who attended a March 6 St. Louis Park City Council meeting, "They feel so welcomed by the neighbors. They're moving from a really faraway place. They get to meet more people, and they teach about meditations, also."
The temple will be open to anyone who wants to explore meditation, even if they have never attended a Buddhist temple in the past, Schultz explained.
Although a grand opening for the temple isn't anticipated until 2018, the temple will host a Songkran, or Thai New Year, celebration Sunday, April 9, at the St. Louis Park location.
The event, which the public may attend, will feature a Buddhist ceremony 10 a.m. to noon. From noon to 4 p.m., the celebration will include a water blessing ceremony, Thai street food, a Ms. Songkran contest and traditional Thai dance performances.
"We'd like to use the opportunity to welcome all the neighbors," Srichoochat said.
Because the temple is intended to house monks on a rotational basis, city council members voted March 6 to approve an ordinance that would allow up to 15 people to live at a religious institution in a single-family residential zoning district.
Temple leaders had originally intended to house monks in the existing structure but have learned of unanticipated costs, said St. Louis Park Assistant Zoning Administrator Gary Morrison.
Schultz said after the meeting, "We will be constructing a separate building to house the monks on the property."
Morrison said during the meeting that the council would have the ability to consider a conditional use permit for the housing units at a future meeting.
Councilmember Sue Sanger said, "I wanted to welcome the Thai Buddhist center to St. Louis Park. I'm glad you're here. I also know the neighbors around you are very glad as well."
Sanger said she appreciates that the temple will preserve "an excellent example of mid-century modern architecture" by preserving the former church. Neighbors have also praised the temple's decision to allow a community garden on the site, she said.
Councilmember Thom Miller, who lives in the Birchwood Neighborhood where the former church is located, said, "I think this is a big win for the neighborhood."
He noted that the building has been in disrepair while it sat vacant.
Most importantly, Miller said to monks clad in orange robes and other temple representatives present at the meeting, "We want to welcome ethnic diversity, faith diversity in this community, so welcome."
Mayor Jake Spano added, "I have a feeling you will become a good partner to some of the other religious organizations in that area."
Across Highway 100, religious leaders of Beth El Synagogue and Benilde-St. Margaret's, a Catholic school, have helped promote interfaith dialogue.
"I think it's great that a new presence will be in our community within eyeshot of those institutions," Spano said.
After the meeting, the mayor said that developers had approached the city about redeveloping the former church with residential projects.
"None of them seemed right," Spano said.
The temple will add to St. Louis Park's diverse faith tradition.
"I'm excited to get in there," Spano said. "I'm interested in learning more about them."
In the lobby of the city hall, Schultz said, "We've felt extraordinarily welcomed. The comments from the council were just really heartwarming and encouraging."
While logistics have taken time to place, she said, "There haven't been any real barriers with the city."
Schultz became involved with the Thai Buddhist Center because the president of the temple is also the owner of the Uptown restaurant Amazing Thailand, where Schultz works.
Because some people may be unfamiliar with Buddhism and have difficulty broaching differences in faith, Schultz said, "It's fun to serve as a bridge."
She added, "I love it. I love the people at the temple, working alongside the monks and learning Thai."
The temple will be open to people of all religions, Srichoochat said. She noted plans to plant Thai herbs and spices, including cilantro and chiles.
She said, "We can't wait for the summer to share the garden with neighbors."
More information is available at watthaimn.us.
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Comic Books Are For Losers
It's an inescapable conclusion. Ignore, for a moment, Comic Book Guy and his real-life counterparts, and those extensive internet discussions on whether Batman could beat up Spider-Man (including a preliminary debate on how much time Batman gets to prepare for the rumble). One needs only look at the characters themselves, and by extension the intended audience, to see who these books are for: Nerds, losers, and freaks.
It wasn't always that way. There was a time when the men (and occasional woman) behind the masks were millionaire playboys, daring explorers, brilliant scientists and gritty private dicks. But then Stan Lee had to come along and populate the medium with weenies: Super-cool Spider-Man was ultra-nerd Peter Parker. The Hulk? Also a nerd. Even the Mighty Thor's alter-ego was a nerd. The X-Men and the Fantastic Four both had their share of nerds, and the rest of them spent half their time whining about being freaks. Iron Man got to be a millionaire playboy (an arms dealer, even, which is about as manly as you can get without being a cowboy), but had to hang out with the Avengers, who were mostly nerds.
Chris Claremont perfected the formula in the 1970s with the X-Men, who bore the cross of having to protect a world that hated and feared them. They at least got to be cool, led by the follows-no-rules-but-his-own Wolverine, but the book was still the ultimate in adolescent male wish fulfilment: maybe now I have bad acne, poor fashion sense, and the dancing ability of a drunken rhesus monkey, but someday I'm going to be so much cooler than you, and you'll have to beg me to save you from the evil mutant reptile bent on taking over the world, but I won't make you beg because I'll be a hero, physically and morally superior to you.
Brian Wood and Becky Cloonan's Demo continues the trend of speaking to the losers and outcasts of the world. But instead of Stan Lee's nerds and wallflowers, Wood and Cloonan tell the stories of punk and emo kids, people living on the fringes of society and who aren't terribly worried about being let in. It's a darker, more realistic world than the one of superheroes, one in which misunderstood youngsters with unusual abilities are offered neither the kind hand of Professor X nor the seductive temptations of Magneto.
Demo is actually 12 stories; in its prior incarnation as a monthly series it was presented as 12 standalone tales, and in one volume it works quite well as a collection of short stories, linked thematically if not by characters or plot. They follow Stan Lee's time-tested formula of using superpowers as substitutes for problems we regular folk might face: A boy tries to help his girlfriend come off her medication and the life in which it imprisons her; a girl ruins her life by speaking without thinking; a girl finds the family connection she's always been looking for.
It is, like bad emo music, a bit obvious. Wood is too earnest, too eager to show his emotions and his connections with the outcast lovers and losers. There's just a bit too much of "us against the world" and "we don't need the world" pinned to the characters' sleeves.
Black and White fade away into Gray by the time the fourth story rolls around. "Stand Strong" turns things around, with a protagonist already living the rock 'n' roll lifestyle. Though he's doing well in the family business, Jimmy doesn't seem to fit there. But he doesn't entirely fit with his slacker friends, either, who mostly seem to want to take advantage of his unnatural strength. Is it possible to be a rebel by not being a rebel?
This uncertainty of Jimmy's world is echoed in "One Shot, Don't Miss", in which a soldier with perfect aim realizes he doesn't like the idea of aiming his weapon at a human being. The only thing preventing him from making a firm moral decision is the fact that if not for the army, he'd be unemployed and unable to provide for his wife and newborn child. While he balances his career options against his child's soul, the main character of "The Girl You Want" searches for the one person who will see past her unusual ability to appear as others want her to: one person sees a cute librarian chick, another sees a pierced punk. This is another character who could, very easily, have a perfectly successful life. All she has to do is forget who she really is.
If there's one thing Demo's protagonists share, it is a refusal to be defined either by their place in the world or their rejection of it. Wood doesn't offer any simple choices for his characters: "Fuck The Man" is just as scarce as "Be Cool, Stay in School." Some characters reject society, some reject their friends, some reject failure and mediocrity. Some reject rejecting things, such as the characters in "Midnight To Six". Three friends who signed "The Slacker Pledge" in public school revel in their lack of accomplishments 10 years later, when they share the midnight shift at a grocery store—at least until one of them starts eyeing ads for the local college.
Some stories don't even involve "the world" at all, opting instead to focus on the dynamics of a relatively simple relationship. Both "Mixtape" and "Breaking Up" explore relationships that didn't go quite as planned, the former through a last conversation and the latter with scattered scenes showing the good, the bad, and the ugly that creep into all relationships. Both stories end with a sense of resigned acceptance that things don't go as planned, and that happy endings are few and far between. "Breaking Up", with its fractured reminiscences of love and hate (which will remind many of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) doesn't even really have an ending—merely acceptance of what was probably inevitable.
Ultimately, Demo is about the choices that everyone has to make in one form or another. Friends or family? Money or happiness? Individual or one of the crowd? That these choices are made by those on the fringes of society, often out of desperation, makes them, if not the actual scenarios, feel familiar to the reader who wonders what it is they're doing with their life.
Demo, then, is not a book for people who are immensely popular, ridiculously happy and have a great sense of personal fulfilment. It's not for the people who live by motivational speaker cliches, who know what they want and go after it. Instead it's for those who don't know who they are, don't know what they want, and wouldn't know how to get it even if they did. It's for people who crave the impossibly distant affections of a beautiful stranger, or seek to escape the big steel door threatening to slam shut on their future.
Demo is yet another book about losers, for losers. Unlike its predecessors, though, it offers no morals about power and responsibility, or the virtues of being true to yourself. It offers only this: the world is an unforgiving place, and if you don't deal with it yourself, no one's going to do it for you.
Peter Parker had it easy. He only had to face men dressed up in animal costumes.
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Hope you find it interesting.
Thanks for the post. One thing I was recently wondering was if Eastman House was owned by Kodak. It was a worry to me in that I know of several other fantastic collections that were lost when the company that owned them went bankrupt. They were all sold off at auction to pay the creditors.
No connection to the Eastman Kodak Company. It's an an independent, non-profit museum. During the '80s Kodak made a major contribution that helped fund the building project that added space and returned the house to the way it was when George Eastman lived there. Needless to say, in recent years the EK contributions have dried up - which is why the GEH has to be an active fund raiser!
Thank you for posting. I will visit, I hope, the next time I travel to US East Coast.
Oh yes, very interesting!
Thanks a lot, Fred.
Best regards,
The outstanding feature of this institution is the idea, or insight, that art and technology are related for this medium.
Something I wish would be true elsewhere in the museumworld where technical ignorance and disinterest exists.
I just realized that entering George Eastman House via the frontdoor, their homepage that is, would not lead you to that video.
Actually, lurking around the house I did not find it at all.
Maybe someone tell them to place it next to their door...
I agree with you. To get there you need to go to the homepage box that says 'Connect' (the box has a blue bird in it) and select 'Blog'
The blog has lots of good information and probably should be better promoted.


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RAPPER Devlin burst on to the scene in 2010 with album Bud, Sweat And Beers.
Almost three years on, he's back with A Moving Picture which features his No7
collaboration with ED SHEERAN, Watchtower.
Tom Thorogood grabbed ten minutes with Dev…
It feels like you've been away for a while. What's been going on?
I'm eager to get back. I chilled out for a few months, socialised and then I
jumped back in the booth and thought of ideas for the album and new concepts
for songs.
I had the single with Ed and he was blowing up, so I had to wait for him to be
ready and back from America.
What's changed with this album?
I always try to stick to my guns. Now I've lived more and got more
inspiration. I've got a lot to say.
A lot of people you worked with in the early days, like WRETCH 32 and Ed,
are big names now. Is that good to see?
Yeah, I've known Wretch for seven or eight years. We did the underground thing
together and it's great to see him come through the other side and be
successful. It's brilliant.
I met Ed on EXAMPLE's tour and now he's doing his thing.
Whose idea was it to cover BOB DYLAN's All Along The Watchtower for your
single with Ed?
It was LABRINTH's idea. He was eating dinner with Ed and it came on the
Lab said: "I'm gonna make something like that for Dev." They did it together
and sent over the demo and I really liked the vibe of it. It's epic.
Did you worry about how it would be received as the JIMI HENDRIX version is
so well known?
I did worry a bit but then hip-hop has always come from sampling beats and old
songs. But thank God people received it well.
I was over the moon – it was my first top ten hit. I was pleased.
Where did the album title A Moving Picture come from?
My life has been like a movie in the past three years. It signifies a change
and the cinematic feel of the songs. I've got more freedom this time around.
On song Really Cold, you say: "There's pop stars posing like rap stars."
Want to name names?
I don't want to mention names but I feel like lyrically there aren't many
rappers in this country that are for me. Sometimes I get angry. It's my
personality but I don't hate anybody.
A Moving Picture is released on February 4 on Island Records. New single
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11 July 2014 | Issue No. 3
Due to the dramatic escalation in violence over the past few days and the massive assault on Gaza, UNRWA has declared an emergency in all five areas of the Gaza Strip. It is closely monitoring the situation and stands ready to mount an emergency response should that become necessary. The priority for the Agency at this time continues to be its regular operations, however urgent funding needs persist.
Past 24 hours: The deteriorating situation in Gaza was marked by more heavy airstrikes and other fire over the past 24 hours. Lack of movement in the streets, closed banks and majority of markets not open, remains a common theme across the five Areas in the Gaza Strip. It is reported that most Government installations are not functioning, except hospitals. People in Gaza are scared and fearful of what each new day may bring.
Beginning yesterday afternoon, Palestinian civilians were contacted over the phone in recorded messages from the IDF asking them to leave their houses and move. In the past 24 hours, this was reported in the North Area's Beit Lahia and Beit Hanoun, and in East Khan Younis. In total, reports indicate that approximately 300,000 people were asked to move because of an imminent incursion by the IDF. This tactic was used effectively by Israeli forces in 2012, when large numbers of civilians heeded these warnings and displaced themselves. In this instance, the civilian population has largely stayed in their residences.
In an exceptional move, the Rafah border crossing with Egypt was opened on 10 July to allow the evacuation of wounded Palestinians and for those who hold Egyptian citizenship. In total, 510 Palestinians crossed into Egypt yesterday.
To further support Gaza's devastated health sector, the Egyptian Red Crescent Society is deploying a coordination and assessment team to North Sinai within two days, and preparations are being made for medical supplies and tents to be sent to Gaza today. The Palestine Red Crescent Society hospital in Cairo has advised that they are prepared and ready to receive injured persons for treatment.
As reported by WHO, hospitals operated by the Ministry of Health in Gaza are functioning but must cope with the large number of traumatic injuries with severely depleted medical supplies. Shortages of medicines were at high levels even before the latest crisis: 28% of essential drugs were at zero stock and another 16% were at very low stock (less than 12 weeks' supply).
On 10 July, airstrikes destroyed a water line that provides clean drinking water for Beach refugee camp in Gaza. Efforts are now underway to repair it.
The reported death toll in the past 24 hours is 23 people, with 82 injured. The death toll includes 1 woman and 4 children – 3 girls and 1 boy. One UNRWA staff member was injured. The United Nations has condemned indiscriminate rocket fire from Gaza on civilian areas in Israel and UNRWA condemns use of force by Israeli security forces on Gaza that cause civilian casualties in violation of international humanitarian law.
So far only very limited displacement has taken place and no emergency shelters have yet been formally opened at this stage, but some nearby residents have sought the temporary, relative security of UNRWA installations. Approximately 180 people used UNRWA schools as temporary shelters on the evening of 10 July. Forty-five Palestinians used two schools in Gaza City and 135 Palestinians took shelter in three schools in Khan Younis.
UNRWA's preparedness levels are high but history shows that the organization can expect to shelter up to 50,000 displaced Gazans in its schools if a ground invasion occurs. Yet, the organisation holds NFI stock for less than 35,000, a legacy of scarce financial resources that did not allow UNRWA to replenish contingency supplies after the devastating flooding in December, 2013.
UNRWA very much fears that preparations for a ground offensive will imminently lead to large-scale displacement from areas near the fence with Israel. History has shown that this would have enormous impact on Gazan civilians, including significant damage to shelters and infrastructure, in addition to displacement and massive disruption to the economy.
Reportedly, 274 missiles were fired by Israel to the Gaza Strip. 311 rockets and 22 mortar shells were fired towards Israel. The Israeli navy fired 133 shells at targets, and 56 houses in Gaza were bombarded by Israel. IDF positioned at the border fired 45 tank shells.
There were 23 deaths and 82 injuries reported. This takes the reported total death toll since Tuesday, to 97, with 582 injured. Reports indicate that at least 28 children have been killed over this time period.
A total of 21 UNRWA installations have been damaged since Tuesday, 8 July.
In the past 24 hours, two UNRWA schools were damaged, one in Rafah and another in the Middle Area.
A warehouse in Rafah was also damaged.
Although operations for UNRWA continue in all five Areas, there is an urgent need for funding to cover the $22 million Emergency Appeal shortfall already projected by the Agency. Currently, the most urgent funding needs include funding to continue the food assistance programme and additional resources to procure additional non-food items ($1 million) and fuel for critical installations ($2.5 million).
Rafah crossing was opened partially, for wounded cases only.
Erez was open for foreigners and humanitarian cases only.
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Archie Mollere, 92, a native and resident of Luling, died on Saturday, Feb. 15.
Beloved husband of Barbara Barre Mollere; father of Gregory Mollere (Claudette), Ann Woodruff (Leonard), Monte Mollere (Syl) and Barbara Doucet (Jodie); grandfather of Laine Woodruff; guardian of Marsha Collins; son of the late Aristide and Alicia Mollere. Brother of the late Wrigley Mollere, Marjorie Lussan and Pearl Vial.
Relatives and friends were invited to attend services. Visitation was at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Luling on Tuesday, Feb. 18 followed by Mass. Burial was private.
Arrangements were made by Millet-Guidry Funeral Home in LaPlace.
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Special deliveries
Until Stratford midwife Sharon Robinson became pregnant with her first child her knowledge of midwives was pretty hazy. Although she knew what they were, she thought they were extinct.
At the time Robinson was living in Georgia, in the United States, and while researching antenatal care discovered midwives did exist and some were doing home births, but it was underground.
If there were any problems the midwife would drop the mother-to- be off at a hospital emergency department and take off so that she wouldn't get arrested.
She didn't think that was a safe option, so after much searching, Robinson found a small rural maternity unit in Bamberg, South Carolina - two hours, 15 minutes' drive away - where there were nurse midwives.
It was attached to a hospital, in case she needed a caesarean. She gave birth to both of her daughters in the unit.
"After that [midwifery] became my passion, it consumed me and possessed me."
So, when her daughters, Hannah and Sarah, were little she left them and her husband, Dave Rohe, in Georgia to study midwifery in New York city.
"I didn't want to be brainwashed into being subservient to doctors so I didn't want to go to nursing school. I wanted to be a midwife not a nurse midwife but I needed . . . a credential that was accepted by the medical model so I would have credibility."
At that time it was the only course in the US that accepted non-nurses into an accredited programme. Her background is in physical therapy.
"I was totally out of my comfort zone in New York. It was total culture shock."
And she missed her family, who she was away from for two years.
"In the first semester I visited them once and my girls were 4 and 6 and I was crying all the time and I thought what the hell am I doing? I'm studying midwifery because it's the best for families, yet I'm leaving my own family to go do this. It was such a struggle, but my husband didn't want to live in the middle of New York city with two little kids," she says, getting emotional at the memory.
Her husband was supportive of her decision. He felt it was a gift to be able to spend the time with his little girls.
After a while he moved to live with Robinson's mother in Connecticut, so that Robinson could visit them at the weekend.
She did her training in two big city hospitals in the Bronx and didn't like what she saw.
There is a fear of birth in the States, Robinson says, and they "practice defensive medicine".
"It was from a fear of protecting themselves . . . if they didn't do the caesarean now and anything went wrong they'd be sued. It wasn't really connecting with each individual woman and what she needed for her child."
This left her with a dilemma once she graduated with a masters degree in midwifery - where was she going to work?
"I thought, 'what am I going to do' because the States is so hostile to anything like what I believed."
So the family moved to Sihanoukville, a coastal city in Cambodia, to work with the American Friends Service Committee, a Quaker organisation.
Both Robinson and Rohe were physical therapists and they worked in a community-based rehab project to help people with disabilities.
"They were really ostracised and not integrated into society. We tried to improve the quality of their lives."
At the same time Robinson helped pregnant mothers she came across in her job.
"They were essentially just going to have their babies in their huts with nobody there or just their neighbour. I made arrangements that when they were going to have their baby they would get a friend to come and knock on my window . . . Usually I found a midwife in the town where I was who would work with me."
Along the way she met the woman who ran the midwifery service at the hospital.
The woman also had a private clinic where she charged pregnant women US$100 (NZ$119) - a huge sum - to have their babies at her rooms and stay for three days afterwards.
"It was just the downstairs underneath her house . . . . there was a wooden table and I think she used a toaster oven to "sterilise" things. There were flies and she had this metal pot that people would sit on to push. But it was pretty flash compared to what these people were going to get without it. This was the premier - where the rich people went."
Robinson arranged to pay the woman $80, which she paid herself, to bring mothers-to-be, who couldn't afford help, to her rooms.
"I would bring them to her in labour. They would birth there with her and me, because she could speak Cambodian. And if there were medical complications she had the connections to the hospital."
The hospital is another story, she says.
No mattresses on the beds, no sheets, no nothing.
"It was corrupt. There was no medication given to patients unless they paid for it and it was supposed to be a free service."
What Robinson found heartbreaking, and what she was totally unprepared for, was the women begging her to take their babies.
"It was for multiple reasons. They were so poor, it was their way of taking care of the children they already had, it was of gratitude, they wanted to thank me. They saw me as hope - if I took the baby the child would have a better life. I couldn't take their babies."
However, she did end up adopting a little boy.
"We got to know him and spent more and more time with him and after two years his mother was begging us to take him. He was 5 years old by then. I kept saying, no, no, I can't take your son, because with my beliefs you would never do that . . . I took him to school when he was 4 and we thought we would continue to pay for him after we left Cambodia."
But her two daughters fell in love with the little boy and his mother continued to beg her to take him, she says.
"His mother said he could have two mothers, she would be the mother who gave birth to him and I could be the mother that raised him."
The mother was on her knees in the gravel pulling on Robinson's skirt saying, "please take my son".
Eventually Robinson and her husband started the adoption process. There is a lot of corruption and the couple had to pay officials, including a judge, to get things signed.
Initially the family thought they would go back to the US and so Robinson's daughters told their new brother he would need a Western name, Robinson says. "They were afraid people would think he was from Afghanistan and treat him badly."
However, the family decided to come to New Zealand, but by the time they arrived the little boy had decided he liked his new Western name - Will.
"New Zealand is an amazing place to birth your children. The system here supports, in the way no other system in the world supports, children to be born. There are problems here I'm well aware and I have experienced a lot of those problems, but I know I'm supported. I'm not having to drop people off at the emergency room and leave because I'm going to be arrested if they wanted a home birth."
The family came to New Zealand for a holiday six months before they were due to leave Cambodia. Robinson thought she would have to start off in a big city and was about to sign a contract for a job in Wellington when she found out there was a job going in Stratford.
The family arrived on January 23, 2003.
The three children were then 6, 8 and 11 and all went to Stratford Primary School.
"I told the teacher on the first day that I've explained to [Will], he didn't speak much English, he understood a lot but his language was still minimal, I've explained to him he has to go to the toilet. He can't just squat out in the playground . . . please don't think he's being naughty."
The family has been back to visit Will's other family in Cambodia and they help with his siblings' schooling.
Ten years on Robinson has delivered about 750 Stratford babies and is inviting them and their families to her 50th birthday party on February 11. The celebrations have already started and the whole family, including their adopted Kiwi daughter, went skydiving a couple of weeks ago. She will show a video of the skydiving at her party. It is being held at the Stratford War Memorial Hall between 4pm and 6pm on February 11.
The Lions Club will give children train rides and there will be cupcakes.
Robinson, along with her family and friends, plan to make marzipan babies to decorate the cupcakes. She will make 400.
"To me my midwifery is about the connections between the mother and the babies and the siblings and the fathers and the grandparents and the community and it's all about whatever I can do to facilitate this joyous appreciation for each other."
PARTY TIME Sharon Robinson is inviting all the babies she has delivered and their families to her 50th birthday party. So come along to the Stratford War Memorial Hall between 4pm and 6pm on February 11, have a cupcake and some fun.
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High Tech High International's common room resembles a downtown loft. Vaulted ceilings and oversized windows let in shimmering pools of light. On the second floor, a glass-walled classroom peeks out from behind a suspended walkway.
2855 Farragut Road, Point Loma
I try my best not to be seduced by the school's modern design. It helps that I am shoved and elbowed by over-eager parents as we all attempt to fill out attendance sheets. We are documenting our appearance at this mandatory orientation meeting.
Hung on the wall to my right is an oversized rainbow flag featuring student photos and handwritten anti-bullying messages. My 14-year-old son, Andrew, reads them out loud to his younger brother, Jacob, as if he's presenting a public service announcement to a live studio audience.
"Remember," Andrew says, "always be yourself!" He pets Jacob on the head and continues in a sing-song voice. "Everyone is unique!" Jacob cracks up.
I shoot them a dirty look.
We are lucky to secure three seats near the stage — the room is so full that many prospective students and their parents stand in the back. When occupants begin to spill out the door, they're encouraged to head upstairs to watch the presentation from the bridge overlooking the room.
I take a sip from my coffee tumbler, inwardly cursing High Tech's administration for scheduling an orientation meeting at 8:30 on a Saturday morning. I shouldn't be here in the first place. Andrew should be enrolled at Grossmont High School, which is near our home, not at a school all the way out in Point Loma.
Three years ago, while house-hunting, one of our stipulations was that the neighborhood had to have a good school district. That was why we bought in La Mesa. But last year the district rezoned, and our neighborhood high school is now Spring Valley's Mount Miguel. It sounds pleasant, the name evoking postcard images, but in reality, the school sits across the road from the busy 125 freeway. Mount Miguel ranked two out of a possible ten on their 2011 California Academic Performance Index score, and 53 percent of their students are socioeconomically disadvantaged. Upon graduation, only 22 percent have completed the required courses for admittance to a California state college or university. In contrast, High Tech High ranks seven out of ten on the California Academic Index, with a score of 796.
At Greatschools.com, which is like Yelp for schools, there are 45 reviews for High Tech's three Point Loma–based schools. The majority of the comments are negative. A review of High Tech Media Arts calls the school "smoke and mirrors," while another parent says, "I was shocked to find out my daughter had to take remedial math, science, and English classes her first year at CSU after graduating with above a 3.5 GPA from High Tech Media Arts. When I contacted her counselor at CSU, I was told that "one percent of incoming students from [the school] demonstrated 'college readiness.'"
Back at High Tech International, a curly-haired man on stage presses play on a remote control. We sit through a video featuring well-groomed, enthusiastic children operating expensive-looking robots in hands-on experiments to problem-solve. The video highlights High Tech's teaching method: project-based learning rather than textbooks. My 12-year-old, Jacob, is enthralled, Andrew…not so much.
The film is followed by a Q&A. Most parents want to know how they can get their kid into the school.
"We have thousands of applicants," the man on stage says into his microphone, "We have a little over 100 seats to fill for the upcoming freshman class."
The room erupts in a communal sigh.
My 14-year-old yawns and stretches in his seat. "How long is this thing?" he wants to know. I shrug.
"This place is awesome," Jacob whispers. "Can I go here, too?"
"It's cool — I guess," Andrew says. "If you're into math and science."
A man with a crew cut sitting a row ahead of us raises his hand. "I understand that the lottery is based on ethnicity," he says in a dissatisfied tone. "So, basically, my kid's chances of getting in are nonexistent."
His blond-haired daughter slinks down in her seat.
There is a moment of awkward silence.
"I'm not sure where you heard that, sir," says the man with the mic. "Our lottery is based on zip code. So, the fewer students enrolled from your zip code, the better your chances."
A woman in the back chimes in, "Why does the school application ask if prospective students are eligible to receive free lunches?"
"Students who participate in the Free and Reduced Lunch Program receive a statistical advantage in the admissions lottery." The man has answered this question quickly, hoping to move on to other questions.
A number of parents want to know how their gifted child's talents will be fostered.
"It's my understanding that [advanced placement] courses aren't offered at High Tech," says a bespectacled father in a Hawaiian shirt. "What if my kid is too advanced for freshman algebra? What then?"
A woman standing at the back of the room says, "My child is often bored at school from a lack of academic stimulation. Will High Tech challenge her?"
I can't help but roll my eyes — we are apparently surrounded by geniuses.
After the Q&A, parents are encouraged to tour both the middle school and high school. Everything looks expensive. I remind myself not to be blinded by the bling.
On the car ride home I ask Andrew, "Do you like it there?"
He shrugs. "There's no way I'll get in. Did you see how many kids were there?"
He has a point.
On March 30, High Tech sends an email informing me that the lottery results are in. I click on the link. Andrew has been placed on the waitlist, along with 2380 other applicants.
"It wasn't meant to be," my husband says.
Now I start to panic.
When I was 14, my parents enrolled me at a private school named Nazareth Academy, Catholic College Preparatory High School. The news came as a surprise to me. I was supposed to attend the local public school with the rest of my friends.
Public school is the real world, but the education is right there to take, but YOU (parent/student) have to reach for it. I advise you to look at the requirements for UC admission right now. You will see the courses that are required. Voice of experience - Sr. in high school is a little too late. Then work with the school. We live across town from Southeast San Diego, but one of our children went to school there (on the bus), and it was a great education. You will be fine (and I'm sure he will be too). Your husband is right. And no, I don't work for the school district, and I was a worried parent too. Good luck!
Yes, Ms. Braun, your son will be fine at public high school... if you define "fine" as fully indoctrinated in a culture of diminished academic expectations and over-emphasis on athletic prowess and physical beauty; and if he's big/strong/confident enough to stand up to the strong-preying-on-weak bullying culture that exists in most schools.
Also, he must assent to the fact the Harvey Milk is as important a historical figure as George Washington and Martin Luther King, possibly more so. Because... you know... he was gay. Hooray for gay!
And he must realize that the pledge of allegiance is evil, because it mentions God. While we're on the the topic of God, your son must know that I heart Jesus shirts are strictly forbidden. I heart gay sex shirts, on the other hand, are strongly encouraged.
He must never mention the Gospels of Mark, Matthew, John, and Luke. However, he must memorize the Gospels of Global Warming, Evolution, Atheism, and Gay Rights. He must never refer to them as theories or agendas.
He must have some form of sex before he finished 9th grade. Otherwise he's a loser.
He must also assent to the fact that teachers' unions must be recognized as the sole authority on the subject of education. Never mind the dismal state of public education in CA brought about by said unions.
And he must get high test scores... because, after all, test scores are the point... not actual education.
Hooray for public high school!
Joaquin: Your sarcasm is not particularly amusing or edifying.
I disagree, I think it's both. : )
And of course that is your carefully considered and disinterested opinion?
Now I'm curious. Did her sister ever become filthy rich?
It's refreshing to read something even remotely critical of the charter movement (or at least an individual charter), as our local news sources do nothing but rah-rah them and gloss over facts. Although it was interesting to read about this family's journey, it was also a little disheartening to see that there was absolutely no thought given to what their role is in the "reform" fiasco. Every time someone sends their child to a charter school while saying they "support" public education, they should at least acknowledge that their choice is helping to bust teachers unions, defund the real public schools (and no, charters are NOT public, several courts have ruled so) and further the privatization agenda. There are some conservatives and corporatists who are just fine with that, but many others do not even seem to have the slightest understanding. They are so focused on finding a "magical school" that they don't think consider how these decisions aid in destabilizing neighborhoods, de-professionalizing teaching, de-funding schools that are barely scraping by -- and helping to re-segregate the system. Their teaching methods are often unproven, their facilities sub-par and not even subject to the Field Act -- and their scores overall are no better and even lower than the public schools the parents are trying to flee. While these decisions are complicated, it would be nice to know that the effect on the community and the participation in the privatization movement were at least part of the decision-making process.
The things you point out are not present in all charter schools, but they do tend to describe many or most of them. A few actually have delivered on all the things we were promised in the early 90's when the concept was written into law. There are far too many interests out there that sill think the charter concept is the "great white hope" for school reform. But for every charter success story, there are a number of flops, scandals, and indifferent operations.
The whole notion was a counter to the voucher movement that gained great ground in the early 90's. That concept was smacked down, but at the same time an attempt was made to give the voucher folks half-a-loaf. That half was the charter concept. It was posited that if some schools could be freed from the minute dictates of the huge state education code, and no longer were stifled by a huge district bureaucracy that micromanaged the school, those schools would innovate, reinvent themselves and soar. Sadly, only a few of them did that. More often the chartering district washed its hands of the charter school and allowed the power structure free rein. The small volunteer advisory boards usually had no idea of how to actually run a school. The result was often to either hire the biggest talking phony to run it, or to contract the operation to some company that put most of the state-provided funding into its pocket while delivering little.
For the past thirty years parents have sought that magical school that delivers a wonderful education to a happy kid without any strain on anyone. Sadly, such schools don't exist in this state. Some charters bend the rules flagrantly about accepting all comers, managing to cherry pick the applicants for those who will succeed and make the school look good. The local school, especially the local high school, cannot do anything like that, and makes the best of the clientele it has.
The charter concept could work if everyone from the chartering district on down worked to insure that the promised education was delivered. But too often the schools are captured by a small coterie of parents and activists who want some things that should not be paid for with tax money.
Rebeccan, test scores are not an accurate reflection of the overall culture of any school.
That said, a quick search of River Valley charter discussed in Ms. Braun's article shows it to have a state academic performance index of 932 (out of 1000) and a 10/10 state rank.
By contrast, the nearest traditional public high school is El Capitan, which has an API of 742, and a state rank of 2/10.
Santana High School, the nearby venue for a famous school shooting, has an API of 842, and a state rank of 8/10.
El Cajon Valley has an API of 707, and a 1/10 ranking from the State.
West Hills, mentioned in the story, has an API of 807 and a state rank of 8/10.
Seems the charter experiment at River Valley is working.
*source: greatschools.org
@ Joaquin_de_la_Mesa I agree that they have created an environment/school population that fosters good test scores.
Interesting how the author makes a joke about "Klantee" and then chooses to send her son to a school with a 1% black student population. I doubt there is a whiter school in all of San Diego. Guess she found what makes her comfortable.
My oldest daughter graduated from High Tech High International this past June and is now attending the University of Chicago, one of the top ten Universities in the world with an 8 percent acceptance rate. Point is… She was a student in the High Tech system for seven years.
I am completely against standardized testing in any way and wanted her to completely boycott and focus on the amazing colleges that do not require SAT, but she chose to take the SAT just once with zero test preparation. She did well enough to get into UChic with her entire education coming from HT. Not to mention her writing skills, internships from her Junior year and experience from her Senior project.
School is what you make of it just like life. A commendable skill!
For those extra interested in our experience: What I love about my Kids High Tech High Education… Diversity (ethnically, socioeconomically, religious), Vibrant teachers who want to be there, Junior month long internships (turned into a unique job for my daughter), Amazing projects that challenge my kids, Many opportunities to speak in front of large groups of people, Group projects that teach kids how to deal with difficult group members.
I really could go on and on, but I will leave it at that!
I am quite astonished at the inaccuracies in this article. ( Shame on you San Diego Reader.) Clearly, this is a case of sour grapes. The author spent an hour, maybe two, at an introductory meeting. She knows absolutely nothing about our school beyond the basics and is counting some reviews on Great Schools as fact. To say that only 1% is college ready is beyond ridiculous. After all the negative remarks she makes, she ends the article by being in a panic that her son didn't get in? After all the grousing, I am surprised she wanted her son to go to HTHI at all....unless, she didn't really believe what she later wrote in the above article.
Both my children loved HTHI. (BTW, My eldest scored very well on the SAT and is off to college, yes, a 4 year wonderful school, where is is majoring in the sciences. Is college hard? You bet. But, he is working hard, with a heavy load, and getting good grades. From what he tells me ALL the kids are learning how to make transitions in the first year in terms of time management, and balance. He can read, and so textbooks don't seem to be presenting a problem, he has organized study groups, and is involved with a myriad of activities from Student Government to being in a jazz ensemble. He found a love of learning, an ability to relate to his teachers, a keen interest in the world around him, and an amazing, diverse, group of friends at HTHI. He can also get up in front of a group and present with ease. Is HTHI perfect? No, never said it was, however, I don't think I could have asked for more.
I am also a parent of an HTHI graduate, who is currently attending college as a sophomore at Rhodes College in Memphis. Her 7 years in the High Tech system were an excellent preparation for college. After being a yearbook editor at HTHI, she is now a staff writer for her college newspaper; enjoying a rich college experience as a international studies/ political science major. The exceptional college student she is today is a credit to the incredible opportunities she was exposed to at HTHI. I write this while attending parents weekend; having had the opportunity to meet professors and attend class with her. The ironic part of this story is that she was initially NOT chosen in the middle school lottery, but was put on a waiting list! She transferred from a public middle school only when an unanticipated opening occurred . We were thrilled to accept on her behalf; believing that the project based education presented was best suited to her real world connections as an adult. We continue to count the many blessings of her High Tech Village education.
I also am a parent of both a graduate and current student at HTHI. While my boys are very different from each other, the school met, and continues to meet, their unique needs. Truly, for my older son the school was life changing, as a matter of fact, his college essay was about how much HTHI helped him evolve into the passionate, engaged, learner that he has become. Certainly, the project based environment, where there is less structure, is not for everyone...but it worked for him. As an example, when he was in the 11th grade he asked if he could sit in on the 12th grade calculus class while he did his art projects. He was welcomed to do it as long as the art got done. He spent the second semester in his junior year sitting at the back of the room on the floor during art class listening to a teacher who inspired him. Turns out that my son's passion for neuroscience came from this teacher in this less than traditional way. In his senior year he spent his month internship at a world renowned lab where they are doing research on stem cells and Alzheimer's. What an experience! ( He was, btw asked to come back and intern over the summer, which he did.) Talk about project based learning and real world connection at its best! He is now at a CSU, majoring in Biology, and he is struggling along with the rest of them!! In other words, he is doing just fine.
My other son is driven. His intellect and soul are being fed beautifully at HTHI. In 11th and 12th grade they are offered honors classes and he will be taking the AP test this year in history. In addition, they offer college classes in the 12th grade...visiting professors come in to teach and college credits given. The beauty of a project based environment, the sky is the limit as far as learning goes. This, is a key piece of the puzzle. These kids are expected to own, and be an active participant, in their education. Are there kids that do the absolute minimum and don't really care? Yes, just like in any school. Although I have seen the HTH system work its magic on my eldest, it is not a magic pill. I think that is what some people expect it to be.
It is our responsibility, as parents, to be on top of things. HTH has always been very open about what gets covered, or not covered, in project based learning. What the kids learn, they learn in depth. But, it is impossible to 'teach' 548 pages of textbook information in a semester with project based learning - and so there will be holes. Here's the thing, we all knew that going in. Anyone, parent or student, who is surprised simply wasn't listening. If you want to fill in the holes it is up to you to supplement. For my family it is well worth it.


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Fernando Alonso may not consider himself "political", but that doesn't stop him from toeing the Ferrari party line.
At the team's annual pre-season media event he duly restated their well-worn complaints about the reductions in testing in recent seasons: "Maybe it would be better to have one or two fewer races and a few more test sessions."
Restrictions on testing were introduced to spare teams the enormous costs they were inflicting on themselves for little benefit. And they worked: The amount of testing done by F1 teams last year was less than 30% of what it was ten years ago.
As recent developments have shown, effective cost-cutting measures such as these are essential. Particularly as efforts to save money in other areas, such as designing and building the cars, is fraught with disagreement over whether to do so through budget caps, customer cars or tight restrictions on development.
While efforts to bring down the sky-high cost of competing in F1 stall, the grid has shrunk over the winter and there is no sign of anyone arriving to fill the gaps.
In fairness to Alonso, he is speaking from the point of view of a driver who has just completed one gruelling season and is about to embark on another: "Last year we had the last Grand Prix at the end of November and almost right up to Christmas there were events I had to take part in.
"There?������s almost only the end of year holiday when one can have a break and I?������ll try to fit in a few more days between now and Melbourne to recharge my batteries."
Taken in isolation, that's not an unreasonable point. But it contradicts his desire to see more testing, which often involves harder work for a driver than racing. Last year Davide Rigon completed over two Grand Prix distances in a single day while testing for Ferrari at Magny-Cours.
Running Formula One cars is not a cheap business. Teams can only afford to attend a certain number of events per year. The viewing public is far more interested in races than test sessions, so it make financial sense for F1 to spend as much time racing as possible.
Of course some amount of testing needs to be done. If the current amount was insufficient the consequences would be seen in cars breaking down a lot more often.
In fact they're more reliable than they've ever been. Last year 83.5% of all the starts made by F1 cars resulted in a finish, the highest for at least two decades and likely a lot longer.
That may change in the future as the teams have to get to grips with a new engine formula next year. But as things stand the limits on testing are clearly working for Formula One.
It might not suit Ferrari, who have on their doorstep a testing track their F1 outfit hardly ever uses. Stefano Domenicali's announcement that he signed Pedro de la Rosa to "work in the simulator, which with the current regulations regarding testing, is becoming ever more important" is a sign Ferrari are coming to terms with the new reality.
Hopefully once they start to make up the ground lost to McLaren and Red Bull on their simulator programme Ferrari's whinges about testing will eventually stop.
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Kyong-Hwan Seo holds a B.S. degree (1993) and an M.S. degree in atmospheric sciences (1996) from Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, and a Ph.D. degree in atmospheric sciences (2001) from Texas A&M University, College Station, Tex, USA. From 2002 to 2006, he has worked as a Research Scientist at RSIS/Climate Prediction Center, NCEP/NOAA, Camp Springs, Md, USA. Since 2006, he has been an Assistant Professor, an Associate Professor, and now a Chairman at the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea. His main research interests include climate dynamics and analysis, monsoon dynamics, climate model diagnostics, and statistical prediction of atmospheric and oceanic oscillations.
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