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In Britain we've been told he's died, at least that was what was suggested on Radio one. Someone said 'that song was quite ironic considering he's dead' now forgive me if I'm wrong, but that gives the impression he's dead.
But I can't find any information on it, and the tour dates are still up!?
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The Bus Driver Tour began in the open landscape of Montana with three songwriters who met on the road. They came from different musical backgrounds but shared a common code of living that would find them around campfires late at night while touring out of an old school bus. After several tours together as solo artists they joined as a band and named it after the lifestyle they are all committed to – an ongoing tour which often includes local musicians and special guests from around the country, "The Bus Driver Tour". Today these three songwriters play a different kind of show, one that has been gaining momentum across the US. There are three distinct singers in the melodic harmonies, wide-ranging influences in the music, and an infectious good vibe in the performances.
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A day after former St. Frances basketball star Devin Gray died of a heart attack in Atlanta, longtime Panthers coach William Wells talked about the 1991 Baltimore Catholic League Player of the Year's dedication to the sport.
"When I first met Devin, he couldn't hold a ball. By the time he was a senior, I knew he could have been a pro," Wells said Sunday. "He had special talents from the 10th grade on because he could go up and get it."
Gray died in Atlanta on Saturday after suffering a heart attack, according to his cousin Zeke Marshall (St. Paul's), The Baltimore Sun's 1989-90 Basketball Player of the Year. Gray was 41.
Friends told Marshall that Gray had played basketball Saturday morning and complained in the afternoon of chest pains. He was driven by friends to a fire station and later transported to WellStar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Ga., where he was pronounced dead.
"Devin showed that a kid that people might think couldn't make it to college could do it," said Marshall, who attended Cornell. "He gave hope to Baltimore players that they could do it. We were fortunate in trying to make it out of the inner city. And he went out like any soldier would want to, doing what they do best."
Marshall said Gray moved to Atlanta three weeks ago to work as a manager at a nightclub. Before he left, Wells said Gray visited him and talked for a long time about wanting to get away from Baltimore.
"Everybody liked him," Wells said. "He was a very kind, nice kid. His senior year, he actually stayed with me at my home, so he was like a son to me. He was close to my whole family, he was in our family. He never really forgot what we [had] done for him and he was grateful."
Gray, a powerful, high-leaping, 6-foot-7 center-forward, averaged 25.6 points, 14.0 rebounds and 6.0 blocks while leading St. Frances to a 19-8 record and the No. 5 ranking in The Sun's final Top 20 in 1991 before playing in college at Clemson.
Former BCL commissioner Jim "Snuffy" Smith discussed Gray's impact at St. Frances, which he led to the 1990 BCL championship.
"He gave St. Frances legitimacy to compete in the Baltimore Catholic League from the time he played varsity his sophomore year and on," said Smith, who was BCL commissioner from 1988 to 1993. "He was a power forward. He'd get the ball inside and he was wide and strong and athletic and from 15 feet and in, he was really tough to handle."
Gray suffered a heart attack in April 1994, during his junior year at Clemson. Gray led the Atlantic Coast Conference in field-goal percentage during that season at 57.2 percent and had a combined 65 points and 25 rebounds in three National Invitation Tournament games. He finished the season with averages of 14.4 points and 6.0 rebounds, both second-best on the team.
He was cleared to play by doctors after the heart attack and returned for his senior year, but played just seven games, averaging 14 points and six rebounds before being declared academically ineligible.
Although Gray was not drafted, he played in the NBA from 1996 to 2000 with the Sacramento Kings (1996-97), the San Antonio Spurs (1996-97) and the Houston Rockets (1999-2000). He also played abroad in France, Spain and Venezuela.
Gray is survived by his mother, Patricia, and a sister, Sharnette.
A viewing for Gray will be held Friday from 3 to 7 p.m. at Phillip's Funeral Home, 1727 N. Monroe Street, Baltimore, MD 21217. The funeral will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, preceded by a wake at 9 a.m., at St. Frances, 501 East Chase Street, Baltimore, MD 21202.
An account has been set up at Wells Fargo bank to help the family with funeral costs. Contributions can be made by contacting Casey Ring at Wells Fargo's Owings Mills branch at 410-654-6207.
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I have no problem admitting this - I am an aquarium n00b. My 5 gallon, freshwater tank was given to me as a 39th birthday gift (symbolic of a celebration of life, before I hit the big four-oh?). My 5 gallon tank has been populated with 5 small Glofish. Cute critters. They have brought me many smiles in the month-or-so I have had them.
Just in the past 2 or 3 days, I have noticed a sudden explosion of algae clinging to the sides of my tank and on the aquarium gravel lining the bottom of my tank. After reading some of the threads, around this (very informative) forum, the most interesting of threads ended in a battle of the egos that forced the thread to be closed. Sadly, this happened before a good solution was reached. So, I'm hoping to reopen the topic, but with the difference of me admitting that I don't know much about these things, therefore, I am more open to suggestions than the original thread's author. In short, I need help and I am willing to accept it!
Here is where I am at - in the thread that caught my attention (the one that was prematurely closed), it was pretty well determined that the underlying cause of the access algae was, likely, too much light. My tank was likely receiving too much light, too. The aquarium light would be on from roughly 8:00 AM until 11:00 PM, with the aquarium room being completely dark from 11:00 PM until 8:00 AM, the next morning. I have turned the aquarium light off, allowing just the room's ambient light to be the only light. With 5 Glofish being the only residents in a 5 gallon tank, I don't BELIEVE the tank is over-populated, but I could be wrong, on that. What do you think? Are there any other algae-causing factors I might consider, that I have not mentioned, yet?
With the previous paragraph hoping to get to the bottom of the algae issue, this paragraph focuses on what to do about it? How would you recommend cleaning the existing algae? Algae eater? Just let it run its course? Complete water change?
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I am considering taking up a parody sign and picketing with the wackos from the Westboro Baptist Church in the very near future.
My first thought was to carry a GOD HATES SHRIMP sign. Is that passe now?
What message would you put on your sign?
Would you mimic the insanity of their message, or counter with wit and wisdom?
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2) I went to a phelps protest and all I got was this lousy poster
"I permit no woman to teach or have authority over men; she is to keep silent." Timothy 2:11
Considering most of protest is done by Shirley Phelps-Roper there is a level of humor to be found there
Interestingly - even ironically - the letters confirmed to have actually been written by Paul encourage the participation of women in religious services, even to the point of suggesting women priests. Another, anonymous, source, claiming to have been Paul, forged letters condemning female participation, including 2nd Timothy.
Oh, so it's the old "Women should be obscene and not heard" thing.
"God is a hater not a debater."
I can't really see past my rage towards the phelps' sick, twisted views to construct a witty one liner here, but I just wanted to let it be known that I loathe and despise them. Sadly I'd be one of the dudes that the police would have to restrain for their own safety. Lol.


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By John Perrotto
Jonathan Lucroy could easily fall into default mood and explain his success by saying he has a chip on his shoulder. Thankfully, he won't.
The Milwaukee Brewers catcher was recruited by exactly one Division I college program while starring at Umatilla (Fla.) High School on the outskirts of Orlando. Even after playing at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette and being the Brewers' third-round draft pick in 2007, he was never considered a premium prospect. Now that he is a productive major league player, he still doesn't get much recognition as he is overshadowed in Milwaukee's powerful lineup by such hitters as Ryan Braun, Carlos Gomez and Aramis Ramirez.
Yet when told that five different scouts had named him as one of the three most underrated players in the major leagues in an informal --- and unhighly scientific poll --- Lucroy just shrugged his shoulder.
"It's never really mattered to me," Lucroy said of receiving recognition. "My main focus is doing everything to help this team win. I've never been one of those guys who feels he has to prove himself to the world. I have a pretty good idea of what I'm capable of doing."
What Lucroy has done this season is play a big hand in the Brewers building a 4 ½-game lead over the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Central with a 40-28 record. The 28-year-old is hitting .337 with 25 doubles, five home runs, 31 RBIs, a .398 on-base percentage and a .510 slugging percentage in 63 games. He leads the NL with 26 multi-hit games and is second in doubles. He is on pace to hit 60 doubles, which would break the franchise record of 53 by Lyle Overbay in 2004 and threaten the NL record of 64 by Hall of Famer Joe "Ducky" Medwick of the Cardinals in 1936.
"He's been the most consistent hitter we have," Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said.
While Lucroy's other statistics are gaudy, Roenicke's favorite is that he has struck out just 29 times in 269 plate appearance. That is why Roenicke has Lucroy batting third in the order.
"He's not a wild swinger like we know a lot of our guys are," Roenicke said. "He's a guy that will hit to all fields. He uses the other field very well and if you look at every other third and fourth hitter, all the good ones really use the whole field well. He stays on pitches well, so he doesn't chase pitches too much out of the zone. He's a tremendous offensive player."
Especially for his position. Lucroy's .908 OPS ranks second among major league catchers with at least 100 plate appearances, just two points behind the .910 of the Cincinnati Reds' Devin Mesoraco. Lucroy, though, has been to bat 136 times more than Mesoraco, who has been hampered by injuries.
Lucroy is all but a lock to make his first All-Star Game appearance next month in Minneapolis, which would have been hard to believe during his senior year of high school when he wasn't drafted and had only the offer from Louisiana-Lafayette. The lack of interest remains a mystery to Lucroy, who was seen by plenty of professional and college scout while playing in the talent-rich Orlando area. His best guess is scouts were turned off by his size.
"At that time, everybody was looking for big catchers, a big strong Joe Mauer-type, and I'm not a big guy," Lucroy, who is 6-foot-0, 195 pounds. "That's changed now, though. Teams are looking for catchers who are more mobile and can move better behind the plate. I'm more the kind of guy teams are looking for."
Lucroy could certainly start for many more major league teams but he was not a highly touted prospect in the minor leagues. The knock was that he was a poor defensive catcher who did not possess the power or speed to switch to another position. Yet Lucroy made it to the major leagues on May 21, 2010, a little less than three years after being drafted, and has been a fixture behind the plate ever since in Milwaukee.
Lucroy has markedly improved behind the plate since his rookie season. According to FanGraphs' defensive ratings, he is second among NL catchers with at least 300 innings this season behind the Cardinals' Yadier Molina, who has won six consecutive Gold Gloves. Those who study pitch framing consider Lucroy one of the best in the game of making balls look like strikes to the home plate umpire.
However, Lucroy does not feel he is a complete catcher yet. He believes he can improve his pitch calling and the way he hands the staff in general.
Lucroy recalled remember a spring training conversion he had with veteran catcher Jason Kendall when Kendall was Milwaukee's catcher and Lucroy was still in the minor leagues. Kendall said it took him until his sixth season until he totally felt control behind the plate. Lucroy is in his fifth season.
"I think it's one of those things that with experience comes confidence in your ability to call a game and to prepare yourself the best that you can to call a game," Lucroy said. "For a young player, I know, it was really hard to do. And now that I've got a good system down of being able to remember and recall things and how to go about it in certain situations, I think it gives you that confidence to do better."
Lucroy will have plenty more time to develop as a catcher. He is under contract through at least 2016 after signing a five-year, $10.28-million deal prior to the 2012 season that includes a club option for 2017.
Lucroy has also become very involved in a number charitable causes in the Milwaukee community, including one called Fisher House, which is a facility for veterans and their families receiving treatment at the Milwaukee VA Hospital. Lucroy also provides tickets to military families and funds a $5,000 college scholarship each year to a student from a military family.
The military causes are dear to Lucroy's heart because his former college teammate and roommate, John Coker, was severely wounded when shot three times in Afghanistan while serving in the National Guard. Coker's platoon was ambushed and the solders on each of side of him were killed.
Between his play on the field and his willingness to lend a helping hand off the field, Lucroy has become a household name in Milwaukee. The question is when will the rest of the country catch on?
"When we get to where we want to go, which is the playoffs," he said. "When you win and play deep into October, that's when people know you're start to know your name. That's what I care about most, winning. Recognition is nice but it's nicer when it comes because you're playing for a winner."
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John Perrotto has covered professional baseball since 1988 for such outlets as USA Today, The Sports Xchange, Baseball America, Baseball Prospectus and the Beaver County (Pa.) Times. You can find more of his work on Facebook or follow him on Twitter.


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Description: Vocal score of Luigi Cherubini's rescue opera "Les deux journées" (also known by the title, The water carrier) to a libretto by Jean-Nicolas Bouilly. The first performance took place in Paris at Théâtre Feydeau on January 16, 1800 followed by 56 performance during that year. Les deux journées remained in the international repertory of operas for most of the 19th century. The piano reduction contains the text in French and German.
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Creator: Cherubini, Luigi, 1760-1842.
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Herbert Blomstedt talks about the uniqueness of Mass in C minor and the background of how it came into being, the work he will take up in Program C of the November 2019 subscription series.
August 1, 2019
Herbert Blomstedt talks about the uniqueness of Mass in C minor and the background of how it came into being, the work he will take up in Program C of the November 2019 subscription series.
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August 1, 2019
Herbert Blomstedt talks about the uniqueness of Mass in C minor and the background of how it came into being, the work he will take up in Program C of the November 2019 subscription series.
July 1, 2019
"This exchange, total exchange, from me to them and from them to me, that's what makes it so interesting" - Tugan Sokhiev tells us the charm of the French repertoire, which he will conduct in Program B of the October 2019 subscription series.
December 13, 2018
"It is certainly a very important work, and one that influenced Mahler" - Paavo Järvi tells us why Hans Rott's Symphony No.1, which he will conduct in Program A of the February 2019 subscription series, is so attractive.
November 15, 2018
The challenge for a conductor is to draw the best out of the orchestra. Tugan Sokhiev talks about his enthusiasm for the January 2019 Programs A and B that he will be conducting.
September 27, 2018
Maestro Marek Janowski, a leading authority of German classical music, describes his expectations for the Beethoven 9th Symphony that he will present with the NHK Symphony Orchestra, saying that the orchestra will undoubtedly achieve a remarkable artistic result.
August 1, 2018
I am "just thankful that this music exists", says Maestro Blomstedt, while talking about how wonderful Bruckner Symphony No.9 is, which he will conduct in the October 2018 subscription A series.
March 1, 2018
Mo. Blomstedt talks about the charm of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.4, which he will take up in Program C of the April 2018 subscription concert with Maria João Pires, one of the world's most renowned pianists.
February 15, 2018
Mo. Blomstedt interprets the innovativeness of a Swedish composer Berwald's Symphony No.3, which he will take up in Program A of the April 2018 subscription concert.
December 1, 2017
Paavo Järvi uncovers the mysterious charm of "Song of the Night", Mahler's Symphony No.7, which he has selected for Program A of the February 2018 subscription series.
November 2, 2017
Charles Dutoit discusses the works of Ravel and Stravinsky that he will conduct in the December 2017 subscription concerts, and shares some memories of his mentor Ernest Ansermet.
September 1, 2017
Marek Janowski talks about the focal point of his all-German Program A for the November 2017 subscription series and gives his thoughts on his collaboration with the NHK Symphony Orchestra.
August 4, 2017
Tugan Sokhiev talks about Programs B and C of the November 2017 subscription series which feature Prokofiev's works, including Ivan the Terrible.
July 21, 2017
Paavo Järvi explains what is attractive about Program C of the September 2017 subscription series which sheds light on Russian masterpieces which are not well known to Japanese audiences.
June 19, 2017
Maestro Paavo Järvi talks about his September 2017 Don Giovanni (concert style).
December 26, 2016
Mo. Paavo Järvi talks about his affection for works of Estonia, his motherland, and of Sibelius in the February Subscription programs.
December 26, 2016
Mo.Paavo Järvi talks about the focal point of the February Special Concert program including Mahler's "Tragisch". The second half of the video footage features a conversation with Ms. Maki Takemitsu, daughter of Toru Takemitsu.
November 4, 2016
Maestro López-Cobos talks about his January 2017 all-Respighi program, as well as his memories of Mrs. Respighi.
October 18, 2016
Maestro Dutoit describes what is attractive about the December subscription programs, which include a 90th Anniversary Concert performance of Carmen.
October 6, 2016
Maestro Paavo Järvi talks about what he finds fascinating about the NHK Symphony Orchestra with reference to the upcoming European tour that he will be leading for the first time since becoming Chief Conductor. The second half of this footage is his talk with Ms. Maki Takemitsu, daughter of Toru Takemitsu.
October 3, 2016
What did Beethoven, in pursuit of life's happiness, hope to convey through his music? Maestro Herbert Blomstedt explains why Beethoven's 9th Symphony is so captivating.
September 1, 2016
Mo. Sokhiev talks about the charm of Program B and his collaboration of Ms. Leonskaja (piano) of the October 2016 subscription series.
July 14, 2016
Paavo Järvi talks about what fascinates him about the variety of programs of the September 2016 subscription series, including works of Bruckner and Takemitsu.
July 1, 2016
Paavo Järvi, conductor of the NHK Symphony Orchestra's 90th Anniversary Special Concert, talks about Mahler's 3rd Symphony and "Symphonie der Tausend."
June 1, 2016
Maestro Ashkenazy, Conductor Laureate who conducts the NHK Symphony Orchestra after a two-year absence, explains the focal points of the June subscription series.
December 25, 2015
Paavo Järvi talks about works by Mahler, Bruckner, Nielsen and R. Strauss of his subscription series programs in February 2016.
December 1, 2015
Tugan Sokhiev says the expressiveness of the NHKSO musicians is very special when talking about his enthusiasm for the January 2016 subscription programs he will conduct.
November 26, 2015
As Chief Conductor of the NHKSO, Paavo Järvi talks about his expectations for the Beethoven 9th concerts he will conduct.
November 2, 2015
Charles Dutoit talks about what is fascinating about the December 2015 subscription programs including "Salome", an opera Richard Strauss wrote at the height of his career.
October 1, 2015
Neville Marriner talks about the November subscription programs he will conduct, along with his memories of legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini.
September 1, 2015
Conductor Vladimir Fedoseyev talks about the Russian works he will conduct in the November 2015 Subscription concerts.
August 3, 2015
Herbert Blomstedt who, will conduct the September 2015 subscription series, talks about what is magnificent about the works of Beethoven.
June 30, 2015
Paavo Järvi talks about the October 2015 subscription series, the first concert series he will conduct after assuming the position of Chief Conductor.
February 2, 2015
Maestro Poga, who will make his subscription series concert debut with the NHKSO in June 2015, discusses his program.
December 26, 2014
Maestro Paavo Järvi, who is to assume the position of Chief Conductor of the NHK Symphony Orchestra from the coming season, talks about his enthusiasm for the subscription series he will conduct in February 2015.
December 1, 2014
"I like it very much - I am sure you will come across such a piece." Maestro Noseda talks about the charm of the 2015 January subscription series he will conduct.
November 4, 2014
Charles Dutoit talks about the beauty and charm of "Pelléas et Mélisande," the culmination of Debussy's illustrious career, which he conducts in the December 2014 subscription concert.
September 1, 2014
Roger Norrington talks about his thoughts on the Beethoven Series which will be completed in October 2014.
August 6, 2014
Leonard Slatkin, a huge fan of Ravel's works, introduces the focal point of the November 2014 subscription concerts that he will be conducting.
July 1, 2014
Herbert Blomstedt will conduct the September 2014 subscription series. He talks about Mozart and Tchaikovsky, who greatly admired Mozart.
November 15, 2013
Maestro Paavo Järvi, who is currently in Japan, talks about his assuming the position of Chief Conductor of the NHKSO in September 2015.
Soloist Interview
May 24, 2019
Yasuji Ohagi, who appears in the July 2019 Meidensha presents the NHK Symphony Orchestra Masterpiece Concert, talks about the charm of Concierto de Aranjuez he will perform as soloist.
June 19, 2015
Pianist Alice Sara Ott, who will perform in Tokyo as well as in Tohoku and Hokkaido this coming August, will talk about the work she will be performing.
April 1, 2015
Radek Baborák, who appears in the June 2015 Subscription Concerts, talks about the two horn concertos he will perform as soloist.


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To contact Mesquite ISD Food & Nutrition Services, call 972-882-5500. For questions regarding meal benefits or applications, please contact the Meal Processing Office at 972-882-5512.
Meal Prices for 2019-20
Due to federal funding requirements, meal prices have increased by 10 cents over 2018-19 prices. Current prices are as follows:
|All Student Breakfast
|Elementary Lunch
|Middle School Lunch
|High School Lunch
|Reduced Price Breakfast
|Reduced Price Lunch
|Breakfast for Visitors, Staff and Non-enrolled Children
|Lunch for Visitors, Staff and Non-enrolled Children
Free & Reduced-Price Meals
Mesquite ISD provides free and reduced-priced cafeteria meals for students who qualify through the School Breakfast and National School Lunch Programs. Every student must qualify each year.
- Criteria for Free and Reduced-Price Meal Benefits
- Reduced Price Meal Income Eligibility Guidelines
- Apply in the School Cafe App
- FAQs, Instructions and Applications
Criteria for Free and Reduced-Price Meal Benefits
The following criteria will be used to determine a child's eligibility for free or reduced-price meal benefits:
1. Household income that is at or below the income eligibility levels
Categorical or Automatic Eligibility
2. Household receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); or Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR)
Program Participant
3. Child's status as a foster child, homeless, runaway, migrant, or displaced by a declared disaster
4. Child's enrollment in Head Start or Even Start
Income Eligibility
For those households that qualify for free or reduced-price meals based on income, an adult in the household must complete a free and reduced-price meal application online at www.schoolcafe.com or print one from the MISD web site; www.mesquiteisd.org the form can be found on the Food & Nutrition Services web page. Those individuals filling out the application will need to provide the following information:
Only one application per family is needed.
- Names of all household members
- Amount, frequency, and source of current income for each household member
- Last 4 digits of the Social Security number of the adult household member who signs the application or, if the adult does not have a social security number, check the box for "No Social Security number"
- Signature of an adult household member attesting that the information provided is correct
Categorical or Program Eligibility
Food & Nutrition Services is working with local agencies to identify all children who are categorically and program eligible. Meal Benefit Program will notify the households of these children that they do not need to complete an application. Any household that does not receive notification should contact the Meal Benefit Processing office at 972-882-5512 or email email@example.com with questions.
Any household that wishes to decline benefits should contact Meal Benefit Processing office at 972-882-5512 or email email@example.com.
Applications can be submitted anytime during the school year. The information households provide on the application will be used for the purpose of determining eligibility. Applications may also be checked and verified by Meal Benefit Program at any time during the school year.
Determining Eligibility
Under the provisions of the free and reduced-price meal policy, Meal Benefit Program will review applications and determine eligibility. Households or guardians dissatisfied with the Reviewing Official's eligibility determination may wish to discuss the decision with the Reviewing Official on an informal basis. Households wishing to make a formal appeal for a hearing on the decision may make a request either orally or in writing to Dr. Shelley Garrett, Executive Director of Administrative Services, 3819 Towne Crossing Mesquite, TX 75150, at 972-288-6411.
Unexpected Circumstances
If a household member becomes unemployed or if the household size increases, the household should contact the Meal Benefit Processing office at 972-882-5512 or email email@example.com with questions. Such changes may make the children of the household eligible for benefits if the household's income falls at or below the current Federal income eligibility guidelines.
In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English. To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at: http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by: (1) mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; (2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or (3) email: email@example.com.
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
Reduced Price Meal Income Eligibility Guidelines
Apply in the School Cafe App
FAQs, Instructions and Applications
School Breakfast
Food & Nutrition Services is proud to serve a healthy breakfast at all campuses.
- All breakfasts are composed of an entrée, one fruit or one juice, and a milk.
- In order to be considered a meal, students must choose at least 3 items including a fruit.
- All entrée items containing grain are 50% whole-grain-rich to provide additional nutrition for growing students.
- Several campuses participate in Breakfast-In-the-Classroom or On-the-House Breakfast in which all students receive a free breakfast.
- Several secondary campuses offer a Grab-N-Go breakfast station, in addition to the hot breakfast, in order to better serve the fast-paced lifestyles of our secondary students.
- Be sure to check out the SchoolCafé app for the most up to date menu at your student's campus.
Breakfast in the Classroom Campuses
On-the-House Breakfast Campuses
We're Hiring
If you'd like to join our MISD Food & Nutrition Services team, apply for an open Food & Nutrition position using this online application.
If you have questions about the hiring process or your application status, please contact the Auxiliary Personnel Department at 972-882-7759.
Fill out an application online here
Meal Accounts
- Negative Account Balances and Reminder Meals
- Unpaid Meal Charges
- Manage Your Low or Negative Balance Notifications
Negative Account Balances and Reminder Meals
If a student does not have enough money in his or her account for a meal, The student will be allowed to continue purchasing meals up to $5, and the district will present the parent with a schedule of repayment for any outstanding account balance.
If the district is unable to work out an agreement with the student's parent on replenishment of the student's meal account and payment of any outstanding balance, the student will receive a reminder meal. The district will make every effort to avoid bringing attention to such a student.
This reminder lunch meal consists of:
- Cheese sandwich (all grade levels)
- 1 or 2 vegetables (all grade levels)
- 1 fruit in elementary & 1 or 2 fruits in middle and high school
- Choice of milk for all grades ISS – (not eating in the cafeteria) cheese sandwich and choice of milk
The reminder breakfast meal consists of toast and milk.
Unpaid Meal Charges
Manage Your Low or Negative Balance Notifications
Mesquite ISD notifies families about students' negative meal account balances through its automated notification system. Families may select who should receive these alerts and whether they are contacted by phone, text or email. To modify your preferences for these notifications, log in to Skyward Family Access.
Menus, Payments & More
Mesquite ISD menus can be found on the School Café website (schoolcafe.com) or on the SchoolCafé app. This tool contains our menus as well as a complete nutrition and allergy breakdown of each item we serve by school. The SchoolCafé app is also available to download to your phone for iPhone and Android. Just search for SchoolCafé in the App Store or Google Play. Take moment to check out all the great features this app contains – including applying for Free & Reduced Benefits right from your phone.
OnlineThrough School Cafe, you can make payments, view purchase history, and receive low balance alerts. For convenience, setup automatic payments to replenish funds in your student's cafeteria accounts.
Special Diets
The Food and Nutrition Services Department will make accommodations for a child with a disability or life-threatening food allergy based on the diet prescribed by the child's physician. A complete Physician's Diet Modification form must be on file with the school nurse before accommodations can be made. The form can be downloaded below or obtained from the school nurse.
For those with non-severe allergies or other intolerances, please refer to School Café. This tool has allergy information as well as nutrition information for all menu items served.
Removing Special Diet Notifications
If a student no longer requires dietary modification and would like to eat all foods with no restrictions, their parent must have a doctor fill out a new Diet Modification Request form stating that the student is no longer allergic or no longer needs dietary modifications. After this new form is complete, the parent, doctor's office, or other medical care center should then turn the form in to the school nurse who will pass it to the foodservice manager. The foodservice manager will then scan a copy to the district dietitian and the flag on the student's account will be removed.
Students Without a Qualifying Condition
Why Does Food and Nutrition Services not Accommodate for Those Students Without a Qualifying Condition?
Mesquite ISD Food and Nutrition Services remains committed to doing our part to ensure a safe eating environment for all students. Students with any condition mentioned above will be diligently accommodated for. Because of the variation in severity of allergies and intolerances, one menu does not fit every student. We implore parents to work with their students to teach them how to select foods that agree with them. To assist in this effort, the Food and Nutrition Services has created a website and app containing allergy and nutrition information for all foods served. This can be accessed by visiting School Café. Allergens can also be accessed through district dietitian.
Diet Modification Forms
Special Diet Modification Parent Letter & Form
Diet Contact Form
Modificación de dieta especial carta y formulario para padres
Dieta formulario de contacto


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This week's episode opened with Emily dreaming about her mother, who then morphed into Victoria. Talk about going from a pleasant dream to a nightmare.
When Nolan tries to wake Emily from her nap she manages to strangle him in her sleep -- the list of this woman's skills just keeps on growing.
This episode had nearly everyone conniving someone to get what they wanted. Emily used Daniel to help get Charlotte out of rehab, and then used Amanda to keep Charlotte from leaving the country with Victoria.
Conrad used every excuse imaginable to steal from his daughter's trust, while Victoria turned the tables on the white-haired man, who is probably the only reason she is alive today. Even Ashley jumped into the conniving, somehow working with Conrad (who last week compared her depth to that of a cupcake) to keep Daniel in line.
The trickiest part of this episode had to be Emily working with the white-haired man --when did they become friends? Shortly after I asked myself that, he reminded me that they had not become friends, when he held a knife to her neck and tried to kill her. I continue to wonder why she allows herself to be in the same room as this man, who continues to try to kill her.
When he went back to the cabin to check on Victoria he saw the "clam cam" -- but how did he know to look for it? This leads us to the second mystery of the night, which is who is that man who just saved Emily's life?!
I had to confer with my fellow "Revenge" addict (shout out to Caitlin!) to confirm that he hadn't existed before this season's premiere, but yet for some reason has taken it upon himself to be Emily's protector. Which, obviously, is something she needs. Revenge continues to keep us in suspense!
One thing I am not in suspense about is Declan's latest bad decision. Nothing good can come of him holding on to someone else's diamond bracelet, especially with no reasonable explanation. He reminds me more and more of the beloved Ryan Atwood, who was the walking bad decision of the west coast version of the Hamptons, "The O.C."
I don't know how it is going to end with this new prepster friend, but I think we all know (probably not well).
I'm sure next week will only bring us more conniving, and I can't wait to see how quickly Miss Ashley is put back in her place when Queen Victoria is back in the house. I hope she enjoyed her reign, because it is about to come to an abrupt end.
Best quotes of the episode:
"Conrad, it's Victoria." -- Thank God this man didn't have a pre-existing heart condition, because that phone call would certainly have put him over the edge.
"What now, Revenger?" -- Oh Nolan, your one-liners always get me
"If you need anything at all, I'll be here all summer." -- Emily manages to be both kind and threatening in one simple line
"Looks like the bitch is back" -- for a girl who doesn't always seem so sharp, Amanda could not have said it better.


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2012 in books
Happy New Year to everyone! It's that time of year again for me to give a rundown of what books I read the previous year and what I found helpful.
2012 was a very productive year for me, book reading wise. Not only did I read numerous books linked with hypnotherapy and mental health but I also read 23 fiction books for my own enjoyment.
In addition to books, I regularly read magazines, journals, blogs and websites which all relate to neuroscience, mental health, psychology and hypnotherapy. 2012 was also very good for television programmes to do with mental health, in particular depression, OCD and Trichotillomania.
Below is a list of books that I read and found helpful in 2012.
Hypnotherapy Books
- My Voice Will Go with You: Teaching Tales of Milton H. Erikson By Sidney Rosen
- Handbook of Hypnotic Suggestions and Metaphors By D. Corydon Hammond
- Teach Yourself Hypnosis, for a Better Life By Tig Calvert
- The Handbook of Contemporary Clinical Hypnosis: Theory and Practice By Ann Williamson, Jacky Owens, Les Brann
- More Scripts and Strategies in Hypnotherapy By Lynda Hudson
Children's Books
- The Huge Bag of Worries By Virginia Ironside, Frank Rodgers
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar By Eric Carle
- What to Do When You're Scared and Worried: A Guide for Kids By James Crist
Specific Conditions Books
- Freedom from Addiction: The Secret Behind Successful Addiction Busting (Human Givens Approach) By Joe Griffin
- Trichotillomania: Workbook: An ACT-enhanced Behavior Therapy Approach (Treatments That Work) By Douglas Woods, Michael Twohig
Self Help Books
- Chicken Soup For The Soul: 101 Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit By Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen
Business Books
- Ultimate Guide to Google AdWords 3/E: How to Access 100 Million People in 10 Minutes (Entrepreneur Magazine's Ultimate Guides) By Perry Marshall, Bryan Todd
- Get to the Top on Google: Tips and Techniques to Get Your Site to the Top of Google and Stay There By David Viney
All of the books were very interesting and I have incorporated much of the information and techniques I have learnt from them to my initial consultations and hypnotherapy sessions.
I particularly liked the book by Tig Calvert - Teach Yourself Hypnosis, for a Better Life, as it had some great explainations in it about the brain and self hypnosis. The book is aimed at the general public and explains how to benefit from guided visualisation and self hypnosis.
Another firm favourite of mine was the book on Addiction by Joe Griffin. He writes a series of books and I have found the ones I've read so far very easy to follow and contain some great research and anecdotes - I have added three more of his books to my "To Read" pile for 2013.
As you can see, I read several Childrens books this year which is a first for me. This was because I attended a course back in the Summer on working with Children and I needed some simple explanations on how the brain works, how we create anxiety and what hypnotherapy is so that I could compile a child-friendly initial consultation.
I also read the quarterly journals from the National Council for Hypnotherapy (NCH) and the AfSFH's Journal Hypnotherapy Today.
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Next Episode of Detective Conan is
Season 27 / Episode 26 and airs on 31 August 2019 09:00
Kudo Shinichi is a seventeen year-old high school detective whom people call the "Modern Sherlock Holmes." However, one night after a date with his childhood sweetheart, Ran, Shinichi witnessed an illegal trade and, caught off his guard, was knocked unconscious and fed a drug that was supposed to kill him... but he woke up and found himself shrunken to a seven year-old. In order to track down the men who did this to him, Shinichi hid his identity and lived with Ran, whose father happened to be a hopeless detective, and with that came a series of murders and mysteries that he must solve.(Source: ANN)Also called "Case Closed".
Unshou Ishizuka(Ginzo Nakamori)
Yuko Miyamura(Kazuha Toyama)
Chafurin(Juzo Megure)
Naoko Matsui(Sonoko Suzuki)
Kappei Yamaguchi(Kaito "Kid" Kuroba)
Kazuhiko Inoue(Ninzaburo Shiratori)
Rikiya Koyama(Kogoro Mori (eps 553-))
Ikue Ohtani(Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya)
Junko Noda(Eisuke Hondou)
Shuuichi Ikeda(Shuuichi Akai)
Ryotaro Okiayu(Subaru Okiya)
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Washington, D.C. (August 31, 2011) — Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) Senior Vice President Matthew Bennett released the following statement:
"PhRMA is still reviewing the details of the Federal Trade Commission's report on authorized generics. However, we do agree with the FTC's assessment that authorized generics help to provide value for patients. As noted in the report, by creating competition early between generic medicines, the presence of authorized generics is associated with lower prices for the generic medicines on the market before the end of the 180-day market exclusivity period. Further, the FTC report confirms earlier studies which found that competition from authorized generics has not reduced incentives for generic manufacturers to challenge innovator patents.
"However, it is unfortunate that the FTC used this potentially valuable report on the benefits to patients of authorized generics to further its attack on patent settlements.
"Authorized generics have not discouraged the availability of generics to patients; it is worth noting that nearly 80 percent of prescriptions in the United States are already for generics, and the number of branded products facing Paragraph IV patent challenges has continued to grow.
"Clearly America's patients already enjoy significant access to generic medicines, and clearly generics hold a large part of the U.S. pharmaceutical market. Robust competition throughout the sector – both among brand pharmaceutical products and with generics – benefits patients by improving patient access and spurring the research and development that leads to the innovative new products of tomorrow."
Find PhRMA Online:
Website – http://www.phrma.org
Facebook – www.facebook.com/PhRMA
Blog – www.phrma.org/catalyst
Twitter – www.Twitter.com/PhRMA and www.Twitter.com/PhRMApress
YouTube – www.youtube.com/PhRMApress
For information on how innovative medicines save lives, visit: http://www.innovation.org
For information on the Partnership for Prescription Assistance, visit: http://www.pparx.org
For information on ensuring the flow of medicines during public health emergencies, visit http://www.rxresponse.org


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Still-Hot Hamlin says Keselowski Refuses To Man-Up
By Mark Armijo | Senior Correspondent
By the time Denny Hamlin got to Phoenix on Wednesday he still hadn't forgiven Brad Keselowski for their on-track skirmish nearly two weeks ago in a NASCAR Nationwide race at Dover, Del.
Hadn't put it on the back-burner, hadn't swept it under the rug, hadn't even bothered to shrug his shoulders and label it, "just racin'."
Hamlin instead delivered to Mr. Keselowski another mouthful of unflattering remarks.
Asked by a reporter if he and Keselowski have spoken since the incident, Hamlin shook his head from side-to-side.
"No, haven't talked to him at all," said Hamlin, who en route to California Speedway for race No. 4 of 10 in the Chase for the Sprint Cup title, made a lengthy pit stop in Arizona on behalf of a Phoenix International Raceway promotion. "I don't really think he's man enough to call me face to face. Just don't think it's his style."
What Hamlin believes is Keselowski's style is to sometimes – oftentimes? — drive beyond his capability.
Hamlin points to Dover as Exhibit No. 1, when the right front of Keselowski's Chevrolet made contact with the left rear on Hamlin's Toyota as both machines sped into a corner. The impact sent Hamlin into a wall and into a sour mood, a mood that was spiked even more after listening to Keselowski's explanation during a television interview.
"He has no idea how to race," Hamlin said at Dover.
Nearly two weeks later Hamlin virtually repeated the mantra.
"How he uses his talent to me is questionable," Hamlin said. "I didn't realize it was in question with every single competitor on the Cup side that has raced with him and talked to me about it. "They said, 'You know, we don't know what he was doing. It was blatant.'
"Then, listening to him talk (on TV) and making it sound like he was the victim and I was the one taking advantage of him when I was the one in front of him. Well, it was kind of a ridiculous statement. It showed that he just didn't have much level of maturity at that point."
To be fair, Dale Earnhardt Jr. thought enough of Keselowski to hire him two years ago for a Nationwide ride, and famed car owner Roger Penske recently signed the 25-year-old driver to a fulltime Cup ride beginning next season.
Such signings should speak volumes about Keselowski's talents.
Just don't ask Hamlin for an endorsement.
As for Hamlin's chances in the Chase, which continues Sunday in Fontana, Calif., he still feels very much a part of the title hunt.
Hamlin is sixth of 12 drivers in the Chase, trailing leader Mark Martin by 99 points with seven remaining stops, including a Nov. 15 appearance at PIR.
"My key thing is with about three races to go, you need to be within 75 points," Hamlin said. "If we're at the point, then we'll be OK. After Talladega (race No. 7), you'll know. That's kind of our last wild card race.
"You'll start to see people separate themselves over those last three races."
If Hamlin still is in the 75-point mix entering Chase's last three stops at Texas, PIR (four top-five finishes in his last five starts) and Homestead-Miami, then he'll issue a warning not to count him out.
"It's been an eight out of 10 year for us I guess you could say so far," said Hamlin, who won two of the six races preceding the Chase and also has two top-five finishes in the three Chase races to date. "I've been in contention to win some races and didn't get it done, and then we've won a couple in the last couple of months. I've kind of been on a roll in that sense.
"I'm happy about the way our team is performing right now. I feel like we're a top three team. The 48 (Johnson) and 42 (Juan Pablo Montoya) are running really well right now. The 5 (Martin), too.
"But I feel like we're there. We're running just as competitive as those guys every single week. I just can't have (Cup) weekends like we had two weeks ago (22nd at Dover)."
– Mark Armijo is the long-time auto-racing beat writer for the Arizona Republic and a frequent contributor to RacinToday.com27 Comments


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Halloween Picture Book List/Picks
If you're scouting for a nice Halloween treat for your little witch, ladybug, ghost, or cowboy, I found all of the following new picture books to be very impressive:
Goodnight Goon: A Petrifying Parody
by Michael Rex
Reading level: Ages 3-6
Hardcover: 32 pages
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile (August 14, 2008)
Synopsis: Goodnight monsters everywhere, in this parody romp with its own special twist!
"Goodnight tomb. Goodnight goon. Goodnight Martians taking over the moon."
It's bedtime in the cold gray tomb with a black lagoon, and two slimy claws, and a couple of jaws, and a skull and a shoe and a pot full of goo. But as a little werewolf settles down, in comes the Goon determined at all costs to run amok and not let any monster have his rest.
A beloved classic gets a kind-hearted send up in this utterly monsterized parody; energetic art and a hilarious text will have kids begging to read this again and again.


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Alabama Campgrounds for iPhone
$1.99 Swan IT Technologies iOS Version 1.0 Full Specs
Publisher's Description
From Swan IT Technologies:
Fully compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch iPad and with Retina Display Graphics.The biggest reason any camping trip gets spoiled is WHERE you camp in the first place. Never be stuck for alternatives again - instantly locate new campsites you can try out or move to.Put one of the largest camping databases in your pocket and be ready for action at any time. Take the hard work out of place.Incredible easy to use.Shows current location and campgrounds positions.Provides near by info of each campground (like Golf Course, Lakes, Amenities, Trails, Ski areas, Marinas, Public land, Hotels, Address.)Campground Image.Get directions from current location to campground location.Search near-by POIs.Near POIs search on Gps location (Banks, Atms, etc.).Built-in compass.Search near by campgrounds based on distance.For any questions/feedback please contact firstname.lastname@example.com


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What are some recommended books, online sources, and applications (PC or Android platform) for becoming good at math?
I am specifically looking for books, online resources, and apps that will refresh my knowledge from the beginning of basic math to learning the curriculum of most undergrad math majors.
I initially googled "how do I become good at math?" and I read an article "Five Ways to be Better At Math" which mentioned mathoverflow.net:
"If all else fails, go to some math forums (like Math Overflow) and ask for book recommendations, telling them you want to become good at math and not just pass a required course; give them specific details and they can help find a book perfect for you."
Upon asking my particular question on mathoverflow, I received this answer: "MathOverflow is for questions relevant to research mathematics. You should ask this question on math.stackexchange.com instead. – Qiaochu Yuan 2 mins ago"
This question is found here: https://mathoverflow.net/questions/86505/what-are-some-recommended-books-online-sources-and-applications-pc-or-android
Google and Android market has also found some online sources and apps relevant to my query:
"A+ Click Math Skill Test for K-1 K-12"
"Math Workout - the most popular brain training app on Android"
My background is not in mathematics, but it is in the social sciences, specifically, archaeology. My pre-college math curriculum consisted of arithmetic, geometry, algebra, and pre-calculus. In my undergrad I took a course in business math, logic, and statistics. Assessment of understanding in these courses was equivalent to a grade C. I received a bachelors in anthropology in 2009.
I am now in the workforce, gathering experience in my field and deciding where to go from here. As of now, I would like to design my own projects and go into academia. My theoretical orientation is simply geoarchaeology or "using geology to do archaeology." This covers not only geology and archaeology, but anthropology as well, and chemistry, physics, ecology, and mathematics. Grandly speaking, mathematics provides a chain of theoretical models for the natural world, and so I would like to start from there. I have the time and isolation to learn (I'm a field archaeologist who lives in the back country).


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When a cellphone is reported stolen in New York, the Police Department routinely subpoenas the phone's call records, from the day of the theft onward. The logic is simple: If a thief uses the phone, a list of incoming and outgoing calls could lead to the suspect.
But in the process, the Police Department has quietly amassed a trove of telephone logs, all obtained without a court order, that could conceivably be used for any investigative purpose.
The call records from the stolen cellphones are integrated into a database known as the Enterprise Case Management System, according to Police Department documents from the detective bureau. Each phone number is hyperlinked, enabling detectives to cross-reference it against phone numbers in other files.


text: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) "We have the ability to help our patients minute by minute, and hour by hour." Patrick Lewallen, M.D., Medical Director, Randall Children's Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit When your newborn is ill or premature you need the peace of mind that comes from knowing everything possible is being done to care for your child. Our specialty nurses and doctors are dedicated to providing your infant with the highest quality care available. Rest assured that our team is passionate about your child's health. What is the NICU? The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is dedicated to caring for critically ill and premature infants. All care is evidence-based, designed and continually updated according to national and international best practices, and represents the leading edge of knowledge on how to best care for fragile newborns. We care for infants born up to 16 weeks early to 28 days old including premature babies, multiples and the very ill. We even have babies weighing under a pound. Our locations Legacy Health offers NICU services at both Randall Children's Hospital at Legacy Emanuel in Northeast Portland and at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center in Vancouver, Washington. For more information, see our NICU fact sheet.


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How cool was Week 14? Non-fair-weather football ruled the weekend.
There were, what, five games that involved snow, sleet or way-beyond-ridiculously-cold conditions? Great stuff, both in the air and on the field, with Exhibit A being the 49ers outlasting the Seahawks in the NFL's version of a title bout. Love that brand of football.
@Harrison_NFL You still think the #Panthers can go into #Seattle and beat the #12thMan?â Matthew Dixon (@BirdstoneWINS)
December 9, 2013
No, not really.
@Harrison_NFL Oh Elliot. You're smart and good at predicting, but why would you ever pick Dallas to win a football game? #letdownsâ Richard E Brown 2 (@Number1ricky)
December 10, 2013
Because I might be stupid. Anyone have a Scantron sheet and a No. 2 pencil?
@Harrison_NFL Can the Texans fall below the 32rd rank? I feel that they are in a class all their own by failing so hard week in and week outâ Brent Spellings (@BrentSpellings)
December 9, 2013
We're looking at DeVry at 32 instead of Houston, just to change it up. Their quarterbacking programmers aren't programmed to throw the ball right to the other team just because they got away with the same throw to the same guy on the same route earlier in the game ... hypothetically speaking.
The bottom of the rankings are far from set, as some clubs are certainly in contention with the Texans for the right to pick first in the 2014 NFL Draft. As for the top and beyond, big injuries will play some role in terms of how we slot these teams going forward. It's the time of year when health means everything. Well, almost everything. In the meantime, feel free to share your thoughts ... @Harrison_NFL is the place.
Let the dissension commence ...
(Note: Arrows reflect change in standings from last week's Power Rankings.)
PREVIOUS RANKINGS: Week 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1
Broncos fans might get upset, but the Seahawks are still the best team in football. They play all three phases of the game and -- most importantly -- can stop teams from scoring. Sure, Seattle lost on Sunday, but it was to the archrival 49ers at the 'Stick. A two-point defeat to a likely playoff team on the road is not enough to knock the 12th Man from the top spot, not when the Broncos surrendered a lot of points (again) in a home win over a non-playoff team.
See above. We respect the Broncos but worry about their viability in the playoffs. Can they run out the clock and stop a team when they need to, like the 49ers did to the Seahawks -- or like the great teams do in the postseason? Denver can outscore any AFC opponent, but how will it do versus the Seahawks or another defensive-minded squad in a cold-weather Super Bowl?
Nice to see Marques Colston destroy the Carolina defense Sunday night. He's had an up-and-down year, but he's still one of the better players of the past decade. What wasn't so nice was the way we were left wondering where that aggressive effort was in Seattle in Week 13. New Orleans needs to be able to win somewhere besides, well, New Orleans.
Incredible comeback. Even Bill Belichick was jovial afterward -- well, if a quip and a quarter-inch smirk can be considered jovial. Losing Rob Gronkowski for the season? No laughing matter. This keeps the Patriots below the Saints -- despite New England's Week 6 win over New Orleans -- and changes the complexion of the postseason. #noexaggeration
We thought it classy of Andy Reid to temper his comments after what was obviously a big win for the Chiefs with some respect for his opponent, making sure to mention the words "Hall of Fame" when discussing embattled Redskins coach Mike Shanahan. You get the rest. Reid has handled himself very well as the organizational front man, and it's clear his players respond to him.
We saw what we needed to see in Sunday night's loss to the Saints on two fronts: 1) How the Panthers fared on the road in an important, nationally televised game; and 2) how their offense responded when forced to play from (well) behind. Is it panic time? No. But this team likely will be on the road in the playoffs. Carolina can probably beat Dallas, Philadelphia or Detroit, but what about Seattle or New Orleans? That's the question with this group.
Tell me that wasn't a freaking great game versus those Seahawks. Two divisional opponents playing real football, pounding the run and hitting in a matchup conducted at fever pitch. Felt like I was watching Giants-49ers from 1990 -- it was awesome. San Francisco might not have guaranteed itself a playoff spot, but with the Buccaneers, Falcons and Cardinals coming up, the Niners likely will finish with an 11-5 record and the NFC's No. 6 playoff seed.
The Bengals stayed on the Patriots' heels in the chase for that playoff bye. Though Cleveland's late loss to New England ruined what would have otherwise been a golden opportunity to gain some ground, Cincinnati's offense still might have gone to Golden Corral for sodas and chicken after putting up 430 yards and 42 points against a playoff-bound Indianapolis Colts team. That was a statement.
OK, so Chip Kelly's offense has never worked well in the Dagobah system, but don't tell me the Eagles can't make plays on Hoth. Nice to see LeSean McCoy give a quick shoutout to Steve Van Buren, whose single-game franchise record of 205 rushing yards was eclipsed by McCoy's 217. Van Buren's most famous outing also came in a blizzard: He scored the only touchdown in the 1948 NFL Championship Game, delivering the Eagles' first ever NFL title.
Losing Tyrann Mathieu stinks. It's also the reason the
Cardinals dropped, along with the fact that everyone around Arizona (
Bengals and
Eagles) won.
Big ups, though, to the Cards, who are right back in the thick of the NFC wild-card race. After a tough loss in Philadelphia, Bruce Arians' club regrouped in a big way, controlling the Rams throughout Sunday's win. Arizona didn't even need Adrian Murrell or Frank Sanders.
Another clutch victory for the
Dolphins, who have now won three out of four and have a more favorable schedule the rest of the way than their main competition for the AFC's final wild-card slot, the defending champion
Baltimore Ravens.
Dolphins' remaining sked: vs. Patriots, at Bills, vs. Jets
Ravens' remaining sked: at Lions, vs. Patriots, at Bengals
The key here is the Dolphins lost to Baltimore back in Week 5, so they must gain a game on the Ravens over the final three weeks of action.
the Titans' loss in Denver, the
Colts clinched the AFC South on Sunday, which gave us
this tweet, courtesy of
Harvey Specter (@MateoTillard):
"@Harrison_NFL So even in Denver, Peyton helps Indy to get their playoff berth."
Funny how that all works, isn't it? Either way, after giving up 40 points to the Cardinals two weeks ago and 42 to the Bengals on Sunday, the Colts' defense has to get it together.
On the surface,
it sure looks as though the
Lions will still win the NFC North. With the
Giants and
remaining on their schedule, they should, in theory, finish at 10-6.
Then again, who cares? Their fans must be so sick of this team folding when it counts. Whether the Lions are matched up against the Panthers or 49ers in the playoffs, does anyone think either of those clubs couldn't go into Detroit and be favorites? While the Lions play well at Ford Field, they seem to lack the kind of true leader who will rally the troops. A dynamic returner doesn't count. Helluva game, though, Jeremy Ross.
You think a few playoff teams wouldn't mind having Josh McCown as their backup? He's not exactly Jim Sorgi. Jay Cutler's alleged caddy was on point for the majority of Monday night. Yes, he got away with a couple of throws, but he ultimately finished with 348 yards passing and five total touchdowns.
How clutch was that
Joe Flacco throw in the snow to
Marlon Brown? It just doesn't get any better than that, especially considering no one knew who the heck Brown was before the season. A lot of people questioned
the $120 million contract Flacco landed in March, but Sunday's end-of-game performance
versus the Vikings says a lot. Ah, hell, people will still question it.
As for where the Ravens stand in the race for the AFC's sixth playoff seed, jump up four blurbs to see how their schedule shakes out the rest of the way.
Can't you just see Rob Ryan on Monday night, downing a plate of chicken nachos at the Cluck 'n' Chuck, belly-laughing at the TV in the corner? Against Ryan's old Cowboys defense, Bears quarterback Josh McCown threw it around the park like Warren Moon circa 1990. At least when Chicago's receivers caught the ball 25 yards downfield, a Dallas defensive back was there to make the tackle.
Just when people thought Matt Flynn's next gig would be as a sword dealer at Medieval Times, he has a heckuva ballgame in poor conditions against the Falcons, completing 24 of 32 passes for 258 yards -- or 8 yards per throw. Solid. There's no way the Pack wins without that performance from Flynn.
The signing of Danny Woodhead elicited about as much excitement as a Jim Kleinsasser touchdown run, but no one can deny his contribution to the Chargers this season. He gained 94 yards from scrimmage and scored a touchdown on just 11 touches in Sunday's win over the Giants -- and now has 65 receptions on the year. The Bolts are still alive.
Geno Smith turnovers and "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" previews were even over recent weeks, but thanks to Smith, we've now seen more pics of Bilbo than picks of Geno. Sure, Smith had an INT Sunday. Considering he came in with 23 turnovers, the Jets' defense and running game could overcome one. On that note, Smith ran for a career-high 50 yards in the victory over the Raiders. That's not usually his game, but if it works ...
Whoever plays quarterback for the
Titans next season will have some well-developed young receivers to target.
Kendall Wright has been solid, though he did have
a rough day in Denver;
Justin Hunter, meanwhile, put up 114 yards and a touchdown.
Again, the question is this: Who will play quarterback? Is Jake Locker the guy? He's tied to a head coach, Mike Munchak, who might not be in Tennessee in 2014.
That last play of
Dolphins-Steelers was freaking amazing. Watching it live, I saw Miami safety
Chris Clemons position himself too far inside after
Antonio Brown took the lateral. The
Steelers wideout merely had to give Clemons an inside juke move to put an uncoverable expanse of frozen Heinz Field grass between himself and the
Dolphins defender -- and then
Brown stepped out. Ugh.
The moment reminded someone in the NFL Media newsroom of the time that the Saints pulled off the same play to apparently tie a game in Jacksonville in 2003 -- only for John Carney to miss the extra point. Anyone else remember that?
Week 14 in San Diego might have been King Ugly of the
Giants' slate thus far. New York was never in this game. Well, that's not entirely true; Big Blue was right there duking it out -- until the
Chargers scored midway through the first quarter.
Is this as ugly as Kerry Collins' last year in New York, Giants fans? Or worse? (@Harrison_NFL)
Against the Cardinals on Sunday, Kellen Clemens was no good. The running game, save for one Tavon Austin sprint, was no good. And the vaunted pass rush? It was, well, no bueno. Though Carson Palmer attempted more than 30 passes, the Rams got to him only once, making life easy for him for most of the game -- and he absolutely took apart St. Louis' secondary. Jeff Fisher's job is apparently not in doubt, but his Rams have looked lousy two weeks running.
You know it's your day when your quarterback goes 9-for-25 passing and you
win by 21 points.
Game manager, meet Mike Glennon.
Ah, it happens to the best of them. I still remember a playoff game some years ago in which Dieter Brock went 6 for 22 and the Rams still won, 20-zip. Of course, Eric Dickerson set a playoff record with 248 yards rushing that day ... but work with me, here.
Tampa Bay has taken four of five, by the way.
Who would have thought Florida teams would be playing their best football at this point in the year? It's hard not to heap a little praise on coach Gus Bradley. Losing the first eight games of the season by double digits (literally) would normally wreck the confidence in any locker room, but there was Bradley after Thursday's win over Houston, talking about how his team was practicing. Now we see.
Leon McFadden probably wanted to crawl into a hole after that
crucial pass-interference penalty Sunday -- maybe an iHole, given the way people are consuming their football these days. While his mistake was bad, there were many others to count in this
late-game collapse ... like the fact that no one covered
Shane Vereen all day. How does a backup running back get 153
receiving yards on you?
Speaking of monstrous receiving totals, we hope folks are noticing what Josh Gordon is doing for the Browns: three games, 649 yards. Think about that ... that's an average of 216.3 yards per game.
Not the outing the Raiders were hoping for after recent improvement on both sides of the ball. Yes, it's time for Oakland to evaluate young players -- and yet, we still can't figure out why Marcel Reece isn't used more frequently in the way that he was on Sunday. Given 21 touches, Reece gained 161 yards and scored a touchdown. He performed like this when called upon last year, too.
Ugly football in Tampa Bay, with Buffalo averaging 3.0 yards per rush. At least EJ Manuel made up for it by throwing four interceptions. Be patient, however: This was easily the rookie quarterback's worst start of the season. He doesn't have as many Geno Smith games as, well, Geno Smith.
Awful loss for Minnesota in Baltimore, but allow us to play Positive Perry here. The
Vikings finally have an explosive piece in addition to
Adrian Peterson, one who has the home-run-hitting ability of
Percy Harvin:
Cordarrelle Patterson, who had five catches for 141 yards and a touchdown, and who also leads the NFL in yards per kickoff return.
OK, back to being negative. How did the Vikings let Marlon Brown get that much room near the back of the end zone? We feel bad for Minnesota fans.
How do you rate these Falcons going into next season? Yes, they have suffered key injuries, but the majority of their front-line players were out there competing in Green Bay on Sunday -- and they still lost. At first glance, Atlanta resembles Kansas City, in that the talent is there to turn this deal around quickly. Bear in mind, however, how much better stocked the Chiefs were on defense.
This Mike Shanahan situation is getting weird. We understand the challenges a head coach faces when a player has a close relationship with a general manager or owner, but the bottom line is, this is Daniel Snyder's team. He paid a lot of money for it, and he can have whatever kind of relationship he wants with whichever player he chooses. Each organization has its own set of hurdles; it was up to Mike Shanahan to manage those hurdles in such a way that Washington didn't drop from 10-6 to 3-10 in less than a year's time.
Tough times for the
Houston Texans. We thought Gary Kubiak would have the opportunity to at least finish out the season, but it was not to be. Perhaps the ugliest part of
the loss in Jacksonville was that
Matt Schaub played just good enough to get his team beat. Obviously, Kubiak supported Schaub throughout, sometimes to the detriment of his own credibility with Houston fans.
The last two offensive plays of Kubiak's tenure said it all. With just over two minutes left, his veteran quarterback had a clear window ... and threw it right to the linebacker. After the Jaguars kicked a field goal, the Texans got the ball back ... and Schaub was promptly sacked for an 18-yard loss. Game over, era over and season -- essentially -- over.
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State Treasurer Rob McCord said Gov. Tom Corbett's plan to reform Pennsylvania's pension system will only dig the state a deeper hole.
Mr. McCord, joined by officials of the labor-backed Keystone Research Center, participated in a phone conference with media Tuesday in which they said the proposals would grow the state pension shortfall.
In addition to "kicking the can" down the road by giving the state another "pension holiday," Mr. McCord said converting new employees from defined-benefit pension plans to 401(k)-style plans would drive up the pension deficit.
As new employees would be put in 401(k)-like "defined contribution" plans, it would reduce the number of new workers paying into the system that pays existing and future pensioners. That money would be made up by taxpayers.
"It tears apart the third leg of the pension system - the employer contribution - while impairing returns," he said. "It's dangerous."
Over time, the fund paying out defined benefits would get smaller. As a result, pension managers would shift money to less risky lower return investments, hurting yields.
"You are almost certain to reduce investment returns because you are going to have less money to invest and a lower rate of return," Mr. McCord said.
The state's Pension Reform Act 120 of 2010 will significantly reduce pension costs over time, the panel said, but needs time to yield a full benefit. The new employees under Act 120 are lower cost, with lower expenses, reduced benefit multipliers and risk-sharing mechanisms between state and employee or school district and employee. As more employees are added under Act 120, the state realizes the full benefit of the reforms.
The governor's proposal includes changes to the pension benefits multiplier for existing employees, a change that will surely be challenged in court, Mr. McCord said, and should not be banked on.
The center and Mr. McCord focused on one component of the governor's reform and failed to acknowledge savings, said Mr. Corbett's spokesman Jay Pagni.
Shifting new employees to the defined-contribution plan, taxpayers are shielded from a greater portion of future risk should the market decline or crash.
"We know the defined-contribution plan is just part of the answer," Mr. Pagni said.
Pension Reform Act of 2010 was a start, he said, noting that two-thirds of all new revenue coming into the state is consumed by pensions.
"We want to meet our pension obligation and continue to pay for core government programs," he said.
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A grim-faced Malaysian Prime Minister confirmed the worst fears of the families of those aboard Flight 370, announcing Monday that the missing plane went down in the southern Indian Ocean.
New analysis of satellite data by a British satellite company and accident investigators led to that conclusion, Prime Minister Najib Razak said.
"They have told us all lives are lost," a missing passenger's relative briefed by the airline in Beijing said.
While the last-minute announcement appeared to end hopes of finding survivors more than two weeks after the flight vanished, it left many key questions unanswered, including what went wrong aboard the Beijing-bound airliner and the location of its wreckage in the deep, wild waters of the Indian Ocean.
For families, some of whom had held out hope their relatives somehow were still alive, the news appeared to be devastating. At a briefing for relatives in Beijing, some were overcome and had to be taken from a hotel on stretchers. In Kuala Lumpur, a woman walked out of a briefing for families in tears.
"My son, my daughter-in-law and granddaughter were all on board. All three family members are gone. I am desperate!" a woman said outside the Beijing briefing.
Another woman came out of the briefing room screaming, expressing doubts about the Malaysian conclusion.
"Where is the proof?" she said. "You haven't confirmed the suspected objects to tell us no one survived."
Sarah Bajc, the partner of one of three Americans aboard the flight, Philip Wood, canceled all media interviews after the announcement.
"I need closure to be certain, but cannot keep on with public efforts against all odds," she wrote. "I still feel his presence, so perhaps it was his soul all along."
A committee representing some of the families of the 154 Chinese and Taiwanese passengers aboard the missing aircraft sharply criticized the Malaysian government in a statement, accusing authorities of deliberate search delays and cover-ups, China's state-run CCTV reported.
"If our 154 relatives aboard lost their lives due to such reasons, then Malaysia Airlines, the Malaysian government and the Malaysian military are the real murderers that killed them," the statement said, according to CCTV.
Malaysian police have interviewed more than 50 people in their investigation into the missing plane, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakal told Malaysia's national news agency Bernama.
He said police are still focusing on four possibilities about what happened: a potential hijacking, sabotage, psychological issues or personal problems of the passengers and/or crew.
"Such cases may take up to a year," Khalid said, "so please don't jump to conclusions that the police are slow."
While investigators have yet to find even a piece of the plane, the Prime Minister based his announcement on what he described as unprecedented analysis of satellite data by British satellite provider Inmarsat and the British Air Accidents Investigation Branch. He didn't describe the nature of the analysis.
But he said the data — drawn from satellite pings the ill-fated airliner continued to send throughout its final flight — made it clear that the plane's last position was in the middle of the remote southern Indian Ocean, "far from any possible landing sites."
He begged reporters to respect the privacy of relatives.
"For them, the past few weeks have been heartbreaking," he said. "I know this news must be harder still."
The Prime Minister's statement came after the airline sent a text message to relatives saying it "deeply regrets that we have to assume beyond any reasonable doubt that MH370 has been lost and that none of those onboard survived."
The airline said it was making plans to fly families to Australia once wreckage is found.
Debris spotted in Indian Ocean
The announcement came the same day as Australian officials said they had spotted two objects in the southern Indian Ocean that could be related to the flight, which has been missing since March 8 with 239 people aboard.
One object is "a grey or green circular object," and the other is "an orange rectangular object," the Australian Maritime Safety Authority said.
Hishammuddin Hussein, Malaysia's acting transportation minister, said Monday that Australian authorities hoped to retrieve the objects by Tuesday morning. The Australian naval ship HMAS Success was steaming toward the location at last word Monday evening.
The objects are the latest in a series of sightings, including "suspicious objects" reported earlier Monday by a Chinese military plane that was searching in the same region, authorities said.
A U.S. surveillance plane sent to follow up was unable to find the objects, and so far, none of the sightings has been definitively linked to Flight 370.
Ten aircraft — from Australia, China, the United States and Japan — searched the area Monday.
China said Monday after the Prime Minister's announcement that it would be sending more ships to help search for the aircraft.
China has a particularly large stake in the search: Its citizens made up about two-thirds of the passengers on the missing Boeing 777.
Beijing, which has repeatedly called on Malaysian authorities to step up efforts to find the plane, repeated those calls Monday after the Prime Minister's announcement.
China is paying "high attention" to the Malaysian announcement that the plane had gone down in the ocean, and asked authorities there for "all information and evidence leading up to such a conclusion," according to a statement posted on the Chinese Foreign Ministry's website.
Satellites focus search
Amid a vast regional search that at one point spanned nearly 3 million square miles, searchers have homed in on the southern Indian Ocean in recent days following satellite images that have spotted a variety of unknown objects in an area roughly 1,500 miles southwest of Perth, Australia.
Australia reported the first images in the area, followed by China and France.
The area also lies on a projected flight path for the aircraft calculated in part from the satellite pings sent by the plane after other communications systems had shut down.
Australian officials have repeatedly warned that the objects may not be from the missing plane. They could be containers that have fallen off cargo ships, for example.
On Saturday, searchers found a wooden pallet as well as strapping belts, Australian authorities said. Hishammuddin said Monday that wooden pallets were among the items on Flight 370. But such pallets are also common in the ocean shipping industry, so it they may be unrelated to the flight.
The investigation into the passenger jet's disappearance has already produced a wealth of false leads and speculative theories. Previously, when the hunt was focused on the South China Sea near where the plane dropped off civilian radar, a number of sightings of debris proved to be unrelated to the search.
Plane said to have flown low
Monday's dramatic developments came after a weekend during which other nuggets of information emerged about the movements of the errant jetliner on the night it vanished.
Military radar tracking shows that after making a sharp turn over the South China Sea, the plane changed altitude as it headed toward the Strait of Malacca, an official close to the investigation into the missing flight told CNN.
The plane flew as low as 12,000 feet at some point before it disappeared from radar, according to the official. It had reportedly been flying at a cruising altitude of 35,000 feet when contact was lost with air traffic control.
The sharp turn seemed to be intentional, the official said, because executing it would have taken the Boeing 777 two minutes — a time period during which the pilot or co-pilot could have sent an emergency signal if there had been a fire or other emergency.
Authorities say the plane didn't send any emergency signals, though some analysts say it's still unclear whether the pilots tried but weren't able to communicate because of a catastrophic failure of the aircraft's systems.
The official, who is not authorized to speak to the media, told CNN that the area the plane flew in after the turn is a heavily trafficked air corridor and that flying at 12,000 feet would have kept the jet well out of the way of that traffic.
Was plane's route reprogrammed?
Also over the weekend, Malaysian authorities said the last transmission from the missing aircraft's reporting system showed it heading to Beijing — a revelation that appears to undercut the theory that someone reprogrammed the plane's flight path before the co-pilot signed off with air traffic controllers for the last time.
That reduces, but doesn't rule out, suspicions about foul play in the cockpit.
Last week, CNN and other news organizations, citing unnamed sources, reported that authorities believed someone had reprogrammed the aircraft's flight computer before the sign-off.
CNN cited sources who believed the plane's flight computer must have been reprogrammed because it flew directly over navigational way points. A plane controlled by a human probably would not have been so precise, the sources said.
Malaysian authorities never confirmed that account, saying last week that the plane's "documented flight path" had not been altered.
On Sunday, they clarified that statement further, saying the plane's automated data reporting system included no route changes in its last burst, sent at 1:07 a.m. — 12 minutes before the last voice communication with flight controllers.
Analysts are divided about what the latest information could mean. Some argue it's a sign that mechanical failure sent the plane suddenly off course. Others say there are still too many unknowns to eliminate any possibilities.
CNN aviation analyst Miles O'Brien called the fresh details about the flight a "game changer."
"Now we have no evidence the crew did anything wrong," he said. "And in fact, now, we should be operating with the primary assumption being that something bad happened to that plane shortly after they said good night."
If a crisis onboard caused the plane to lose pressure, he said, pilots could have chosen to deliberately fly lower to save passengers.
"You want to get down to 10,000 feet, because that is when you don't have to worry about pressurization. You have enough air in the atmosphere naturally to keep everybody alive," he said. "So part of the procedure for a rapid decompression … it's called a high dive, and you go as quickly as you can down that to that altitude."
Authorities have said pilot Zaharie Ahmad Shah was highly experienced. On Monday, Malaysian authorities said Flight 370 was co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid's sixth flight in a Boeing 777, and the first time when he was not traveling with an instructor pilot shadowing him.
"We do not see any problem with him," said Malaysia Airlines CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya.


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LITTLE ROCK — An audit of state programs that receive federal funding found documentation inadequate to support about $1.3 million in Medicaid billings.
State Department of Human Services officials told the Legislative Joint Auditing Committe Friday that they reviewed the audit findings and that all the services were provided. The problem, they said, is the volume of documentation requirements on both the state and federal level.
The findings were part of a review of the $8.6 billion in federal funds the state received during the 2011-2012 fiscal year. The issues in documentation for $1.3 million in payments were found among $231 million made to home and community based providers for the elderly and disabled.
State Medicaid Director Andy Allison said providers across the state do the work of providing the the care under the program and they are required to document everything.
"We have tens of thousands of providers that serve the program," he said. "We have millions and millions of claims that come in and each one of those claims for reimbursement could include data which draws from thousands of procedure and service codes."
Tommy Carlisle, chief financial officer of DHS' Arkansas Division of Medical Services, said the department was not disputing the audit's findings that documentation might have been inadequate.
"We are disputing that a lack of documentation, for instance not signing the title to one document out of hundreds or thousands, would be a reason to question that that service was legitimately provided to a beneficiary, Carlisle said.
In response to a question, Allison said he believes the documentation requirements "are heavy," and they are being required, typically, by small businesses across the state that provide the services.
"We have a very high volume service being provided by relatively low wage providers in many cases, not in all cases, of course," he said.
Carlisle said the department has taken several steps to try and address the documentation issues found in the audit, including providing additional training to personal care providers at the corporate level, as well as at the direct care level, to make sure billing is adequately supported by documentation required by the Medicaid Provider Manual.
During the meeting, Allison addressed the legislation that created a Medicaid Inspector General office to investigate reports of waste, fraud and abuse.
"It's certainly our goal … to support the office of inspector general legislation," he said. "It's out intent … that we have an extremely positive relationship with the new inspector general and that the renewed focus, or our new intense focus and charges of the inspector general lead to an improved program (that addresses) waste, fraud and abuse."


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Sen. Barbara Mikulski is calling attention to a new commission that would focus on how well military service academy superintendents are working to fight sexual assault.
Mikulski announced Monday that language to create a Commission on the Selection, Retention and Quality of Service Academy Superintendents has been included in the fiscal year 2014 Department of Defense Appropriations bill.
The measure has passed the Senate Appropriations Committee, which Mikulski chairs.
The Maryland Democrat says that while she has been hearing for 25 years that the military should have a zero tolerance policy when it comes to sexual assault, the problem keeps getting worse.
She says the battle to end sexual assault in the military needs to be fought at the institutions that train future leaders.