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...a flood of shadows moved south through the northern mountains in the Land of the Morning Calm...The sound of padding feet and clanking gear echoed and re-echoed off miles and miles of otherwise silent countryside...
...By midnight, a division of tanks stood poised and waiting at a border the entire world would soon know as the 38th Parallel.
...At dawn, the tanks grumbled awake and tractored forward, leading 7 infantry divisions out of the towering Taebaeks and into the peaceful foothills and valleys below.
......Thus began the Korean War...on Sunday, June 25th, 1950...
..........Millions of unsuspecting people were doomed to violent death--tens of thousands were Americans...But for them, and thousands of their young allies, South Korea would not be free today.
.......This is a brief reminder--The Forgotten War is not forgotten...and neither are those boys and young men who fought it...
Bill Barry
Sgt USMC
1951 ~ 1954
Curator talks to Yongsan residents about Korean War, today's DMZ
Stars and Stripes
By T.D. Flack
June 25, 2005
YONGSAN GARRISON, South Korea The curator for The War Memorial of Korea visited Yongsans main post library Thursday to talk with residents about the beginning of the Korean War.
Kang Chang-kook, The War Memorial of Korea curator and former South Korean army major, talks Thursday to residents at Yongsan Garrison about Saturdays 55th anniversary of the start of the Korean War.
Saturday is the 55th anniversary of the beginning of the war. Kang Chang-kook, curator and former South Korean army major, talked for about 45 minutes about his thoughts on history.
Kang spoke of the major events, reciting dates and figures without aid of notes. He talked of the 45,000 troops including 5,637 Korean Augmentees to the U.S. Military who made the Inchon Landing, led by Gen. Douglas MacArthur. He talked about how U.N. and South Korean soldiers recovered the occupied city of Seoul on Sept. 27, 1950, and how they lost the city again on Jan. 4, 1951.
He said part of what he does as museum curator is educate younger Koreans about the importance of the 1.78 million U.N. forces who fought in Korea.
His message is that the Americans who lost 33,642 troops in the war should be welcomed warmly.
He stressed that the U.S. troops should visit the museum, which borders Yongsans main post entry is free with a U.S. military identification card and other historic spots such as Freedom Bridge and Panmunjom, which sits on the Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea.
Even though the armistice was signed on July 27, 1953, the war has not ended, he said.
Kang calls the DMZ a scar of the Korean War.
U.S. Navy Cmdr. Bruce Kahl, Chief of Naval Forces Branch J-3 Operations, attended the event with his daughter Janell, 18.
Kahl said he wanted to listen to Kang because it seemed like an appropriate topic given our mission here.
Its nice to be reminded why were here, he said.
Janell, whos visiting Seoul before heading to college this fall, said she learned some things she didnt know about the war.
Kim Imsoon, director of Area IIs four libraries, said the goal in inviting Kang to speak was to let Americans hear another point of view.
She appeared impressed by Kangs mission to educate younger Koreans about the United Nations impact on the peninsula.
My parents went through the war, so I grew up hearing about war and how terrible it was, she said, adding that many of the younger generation lack that knowledge.
God Bless America
Semper Fidelis Marines
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Today I am paying my respect to all that fought in Korea. Hand salute to you all
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...Domo arrigato to my good friend and Brudder, AJ, for building this fine memorial in honor and remembrance of all the men and boys who fought the Korean War. In its stunning simplicity, the rollcall of dead is especially touching and moving, name by name by name...
...On behalf of my many old comrades who are listed: Thank you, AJ--for having the original idea in the first place, and then for the long hard work that you did to turn your uncommon impulse into this splendidly concrete homage...
...Thus, The Forgotten War is starkly remembered, well and true to all who answered Duty's bugle call--Peace and Semper Fi to all of them, and to you too...Bill Barry
June 25, 1950 the 38th Parallel marked the beginning of a war that was to be like no other. Many years have passed since the end of the Chosin Reservoir Campaign in North Korea.
The American public has all but forgotten the violence and valor that took place there at the fighting man's level.
The fifty fifth anniversary of the Korean War gives both the armed forces and the nation an opportunity to honor those veterans who served in that bitter war.
The battle continues along the present demilitarized zone. The location of this line largely above the 38th Parallel is historic evidence that in Korea, aggression did not pay.
In Korea the American soldier with his Korean and United Nations allies fought with bravery and skill against his communist foes.
The Korean War has often been referred to as the "forgotten war" because it came on the heels of World War II and was overshadowed by the Vietnam War. Korea like Vietnam, was part of the Cold War to stop the advancement of Communism in Southeast Asia. When the Communist troops of North Korea invaded the democratic Republic of South Korea, the United States became involved through a promise of support given to the president of South Korea. It was feared that this tiny peninsula would be the setting for the eruption of World War Three.
When the United Nations joined forces with the United States and the Republic of South Korea to stop the invasion, this fear was justified.
North Korea not only had the support of the Soviet Union government, but also the military support of China. The stage was set for a bloody three years.
In 1945 the United Nations established the 38th parallel as the boundary dividing North and South Korea. It was the 38th that the North Koreans crossed to invade and unite South Korea under a Communist government. The United States entered the conflict under an assumption that this would be like a police action to drive the North Koreans back across the 38th. The two armies criss-crossed the dividing line several times. When the Chinese feared that their own borders were threatened, they became involved on the side of the North Koreans. The conflict then escalated further into war.
Because the Korean War only lasted three years (1950 - 1953) it is not thought of as significant, and often not even mentioned. However, if one compares the statistics of the Korean War (54,246) to those of Vietnam (58,226) which lasted over sixteen years, by ratio the Korean War was far bloodier than Vietnam.
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AJ - Outstanding job on the memorial. You do good work Marine.
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AJ- I would like to thank you for your excellent memorial to our men who gave all that they could give in Korea.
One of my husband's cousins is listed under the "M's".
I would invite other members to post pictures of the tombstones and locations of the cemetaries where these brave men rest. Even if you didn't know them personally, it would be a fine and continuing memorial to their lives. I plan on making this an ongoing project from all the local cemetaries that I can access.
Thanks for all your hard work.
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BRAVO! Job well done. They shall NEVER be forgotten.
Don "Oboeman" Dodson
Vietnam 1969-1970
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Joe Joyce who survived the Korean War has recieved his final orders. This was written by Bill Barry aka "BuckStripes" in honor of Joe.
He was an Irish-Catholic kid from the Bronx. Growing up, he was tall and skinny. At De La Salle High School, he suffered through Latin and Trig and the proper use of the English language--spoken and written. He graduated with College-Prep Smarts on a lovely day in June, 1951...
...Joseph Joyce then matriculated to Parris Island, Souse Calina, United States Marine Corps Boot Camp. Twelve weeks later, he was a right strapping lad, filled out on 3 Chow Calls per day, and muscled up on nonstop running from one drill to the next, paternally mentored by a trio of livid and screaming DIs fathered by Satan...
...Joe Joyce was a rifleman. At Camp Pendleton in sultry Southern California, he endured forced marches and other pleasantly grinding recreations in the godforsaken sandhill Boonies, where ( he was certain) the giant rattlesnakes lay everywhere in wait to kill him. They failed...
...In 1952, Joe and his platoon took an ocean cruise across the wide Pacific, and after a brief pause in Japan, the troop ship sailed on to South Korea, The Land Of The Morning Calm...
...The war was raging, and Joe joined the 1st Marine Division on its drive back north, over all the same ground it had won before--then lost when a general named MacArthur lied the troops into a Chinese trap set for them at the Chosin Reservoir...
...Joe's Marines wore khaki puttees around their lower legs. They headed up through Inchon and Seoul and the lower Taebaek mountains. Behind themselves, they left the land littered with dead Chinese. And it finally dawned on the PLA's Red commissars what was going wrong for their beaten fighters. So, the order was given: Avoid contact with Americans wearing khaki puttees. They are The Marines...
...Joe was a Marine. Like the Pendleton rattlesnakes, the Chinese couldn't kill him. He came home a strapping man, tough and a little ornery toward wise guys on the street. But he had a sense of humor, and a sharp eye for the ladies, and a soft spot for kids and people in trouble...
...He became a Noo Yawk cop, a walking poster ad for the NYPD. He worked hard, and he played hard. But the bottle finally got him, and he was sent to Virginia for rehab...
...Twas a stroke of luck. He met and married the one true love of his life, Viola. She was a poet and an artist and Irish. Faith and Begorra! She bore him a son, adding to children of her own. Joe became a deputy sheriff. Life was good. Life was fantastic! Until cancer struck the love of his life and she died. It broke Joe's heart. But he carried on as best he could, even while missing her every single waking day, and more so each lonely night...
...Years later, when he received his own bad news, it hit him hard. Yet, he recovered from the shock, did what the doctors told him to do, and he fought the good fight, winning far more time than he had been told to expect. Like a good Marine, he kept on keeping on just as long as he possibly was able...
...Now Joe is gone. My pal and comrade. My elder, he noted whenever I got too cheeky with him, my elder by all of two months. No more japes and gibes about how the Brooklyn Prep kid's footballers could kick the bejazzus outta them Bronax pansies. No more far deeper discussions about everything under the sun, the stuff that really mattered...
...Our chum is dead. I miss him already. These tears are for him...
...Semper Fi, Ole Cruncher--May the dawn be rising brightly, wherever you are. And may you be holding hands with your True Love again
--Bill Barry, 1st Marine Division, Korean War...
It has now been 3 years sence we lost Joe.. Semper Fi old fart.
Posted: 24 Jun 2013 09:56 AM PDT
From Henry Mark Holzer
On June 25, 1950, Communist North Korea invaded the Republic of [South] Korea.
From my Introduction to Part I of Unjust Blame?: The Korean War, Chinese Intervention, and Douglas MacArthuravailable on Amazon in a few monthshere is how military historian T.R. Fehrenbach described what happened early that morning.
It was Sunday morning in Seoul now, and the embassy bars were closing. Only a few dreamingor drunkenyoung people still lingered in the KMAG Officers Open Mess. It was almost dawn, and even the private parties were dying. Any young officer who had not made out by now never would.
And the storm that had hovered over the high peaks of Bukhan Mountain north of the city broke. The rain sheeted down, true monsoon, and it was good to sleep by. People woke, smiled in the dawn's freshness, and returned to sleep. Workers, passing out of the city through Namdai Mun, the South Gate, laughed and sang as they crossed the bridge over the Han [River]. Below them the gray shapes of massive junks and the thin shadows of motor launches lay quietly on the rain-speckled dark water.
White-clad farmers smiled as they scooped up chamber pots outside the surrounding villages doors, and filled their reeking honey buckets. Life was hard, but again the people would be able to buy rice.
The million and a half people of Seoul did not expect the future to be good. They expected to survive.
And miles to the north, beyond the roads the Americans had named Long Russia and Short Russia ended, beyond the religious missions on the parallel at Kaesong, where the Methodist missionaries, reassured by [United States] Ambassador Muccio, still slept, far to the east of Seoul in a town called Hwachon, Senior Colonel Lee Hak Ku looked once again at his watch.
He looked up, met the eyes of the booted and blue-breeched officers standing about him in the Operations Post. They were all young, and hard, and most of their adult lives had been spent at war, with the Chinese, with the Soviets. They had fought Japanese; they had fought Nationalists. Now they would fight the running dogs of the American Imperialists, or whoever else got in their way.
All around, men in mustard-colored cotton uniforms were moving in the wet, predawn murkiness. Covers were coming off stubby howitzer muzzles; diesel tank engines shuddered into raucous life. The monsoon was turning into drizzle now along the dark hills that framed the demarcation zone [between North and South Korea].
The varihued green paddies glistened with water, but the roads were hard and firm. The big long-gunned tanks began to move.
Back along the valley, where two divisions awaited the order to slash southward, officers raised their right arms. Section chiefs filled their lungs for shouting. The heavy guns had been trained and loaded long before.
Then men shouted, and dark cannon spat flame into the lowering sky. From the cold Eastern Sea to the foggy sandbanks of the Yellow Sea to the west, along every corridor that led to the South, night ended in a continuous flare of light and noise.
The low-slung, sleek tanks attached to the 7th Division spurted forward, throwing mud from their tracks. Designed for the bogs of Russia, they rolled easily over the hard-packed earth. Behind them poured hordes of shrieking small men in brown shirts.
"Manzai!" Senior Colonel Lee Hak Ku said, and, eyes gleaming, his staff repeated it.
It was 4:00 a.m., Sunday, 25 June 1950. The world, whether it would ever admit it or not, was at war.
It still is!
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There are a lots of GWT libs out there, most of them on Google code, but they are not so visible, I wonder if there is not a way for Google to categorize and allow searching them. JS hell is well far away by now anyway. Really.
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CFCC will be upgrading from Blackboard 7.3 to Blackboard 9.1 starting on May 10. The system may be unavailable through May 13. Be forewarned that the new version of Blackboard is significantly different from the current version so it's important that you complete Bb 101 and attend training as soon as possible to prepare for this new and exciting change.
Are you prepared for the upgrade?
- Have you completed Blackboard 101 for Bb9?
- Have you attended either a What's New in Bb 9 workshop (current online instructors) or a Getting Started with Blackboard workshop (new instructors)? See training schedule.
- Have you copied course content for your summer and/or fall courses?
- Have you reviewed our Teaching with Blackboard 9 webpage?
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Story time for 2-5 year-olds will begin again on Friday, September 7 at 10 a.m.
Sadly, Miss Cindy has moved on to greener pastures but Miss Laura (McConnell) has been chosen to fill this all-important position and she is very excited about her first "official" story time. If you are the parent or caregiver for children in this age bracket, please join us for stories, finger plays, crafts and fun at 10 a.m. on Fridays. We do ask that no child under the age of seven be left in the library unattended and we hope that this gives parents of preschool age children time to meet, visit and network.
One of Ms Laura's pet projects is called 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten. The goal is to read 1,000 books with your child(ren) before they go to Kindergarten and what a great goal to set! We can help you reach and track this goal if you choose to take the challenge. Please ask us at the front desk for further information.
Did you know?…
·That East Morgan County Library has a page on Facebook? We do and we'd love it if you Facebook users would "like" us the next time you visit. There's lots of information about our activities on our page and everyone knows that "you are nobody if you don't have a Facebook presence"! Our page is monitored and updated daily so check it out next time you are on Facebook.
·Russell Kauk, the Brush Geek, is back teaching computer classes for the fall? If you'd like to learn more about technology, computers and the Internet, call or visit the library and leave your questions and contact information on an assessment form so that we can contact you about the next classes that will begin mid September. Coming soon, One-on-One classes by request.
·The library's governing board will be soliciting new members for the term of 2013-2016? Long-time members Sandy Sumner and Spencer Farnik are term limited from serving past January 2013 and will be sorely missed. They have given generously of their time and talents for the last nine years and will leave "big shoes" to fill. Trustees are asked to serve three-year terms and may serve up to three consecutive terms. The board meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month from 5:30 to 7 p.m. and the trustees are entrusted with fiscal responsibilities as well as policy setting. Interested parties are welcome to inquire at the front desk and may request a Letter of Interest to be filed by November 1.
· Movies will be shown on the second and last Saturdays of September at 2 p.m.? The Lorax will be playing on the 8th and Hunger Games on the 29th. Seating is limited to 50.
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Story time for 2-5 year-olds will begin again on Friday, September 7 at 10 a.m.


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June 17, 2014
By: Elon Musk, Peter Rive and Lyndon Rive
Source: SolarCity Blog
SolarCity has signed an agreement to acquire Silevo, a solar panel
technology and manufacturing company whose modules have demonstrated a
unique combination of high energy output and low cost. Our intent is to
combine what we believe is fundamentally the best photovoltaic
technology with massive economies of scale to achieve a breakthrough in
the cost of solar power. Although no other acquisitions are currently
being contemplated, SolarCity may acquire additional photovoltaics
companies as needed to ensure clear technology leadership and we plan to
grow internal engineering significantly.
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with the state of New York to build the initial manufacturing plant,
continuing a relationship developed by the Silevo team. At a targeted
capacity greater than 1 GW within the next two years, it will be one of
the single largest solar panel production plants in the world. This will
be followed in subsequent years by one or more significantly larger
plants at an order of magnitude greater annual production capacity.
that there is excess supplier capacity today, this may seem
counter-intuitive to some who follow the solar industry. What we are
trying to address is not the lay of the land today, where there are
indeed too many suppliers, most of whom are producing relatively low
photonic efficiency solar cells at uncompelling costs, but how we see
the future developing. Without decisive action to lay the groundwork
today, the massive volume of affordable, high efficiency panels needed
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SolarCity was founded to
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magnitude more electricity than is consumed by the entirety of human
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if the solar industry were only to generate 40 percent of the world's
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than 400 GW of solar capacity per year for the next 25 years. We
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statements in this blog post, including statements regarding our plans
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The learning outcomes principle is - explicitly since 2004 - systematically promoted in the EU policy agenda for education, training and employment. The learning outcomes approach binds together important European tools developed during the last decade, notably the European Qualification Frameworks (EQF). At national level, the learning outcomes form the basis on which national qualifications frameworks are built and is increasingly influencing the definition and writing of qualifications and curricula as well as the orientation of assessment and teaching and training.
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The 2008 EQF recommendation defines learning outcomes as '…statements of what an individual should know, understand and/or be able to do at the end of a learning process'. The learning outcomes perspective is used for a number of different purposes, the most important being:
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For all these purposes the learning outcomes approach strengthens the focus on the individual learner and the level of knowledge, skills and competence s/he is expected to achieve. This balances a traditional focus on education and training input, notably on duration and location of learning.
Cedefop and learning outcomes
Cedefop has carried out a number of studies mapping and analysing the use of learning outcomes for different purposes. These studies support policy developments at EU, national and sectoral level and analyse how an improved use of learning outcomes can promote lifelong learning and reduce barriers to progression and mobility.
Cedefop is regularly organising events on the topic of learning outcomes, allowing policy makers and practitioners to compare practises and exchange experiences.
- European conferences: 2007, 2013
- Policy learning fora: 2015, 2016, 2018
- Peer Learning Activities, jointly with European Commission and Member States: 2006-2016
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In 2017, Cedefop published a handbook on the definition and writing of learning outcomes which supports policy makers and practitioners in this area. A key purpose of the handbook is to identify key guiding principles, challenges and alternative solutions; strengthening the theoretical basis on which choices are made. The handbook provides a link to an extensive collection of national and sectoral examples and cases, allowing stakeholders to concretely compare approaches applied across (and beyond) Europe.


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- 1. SB1455 Resurrected by Sen. Carlyle Begay. Please Help Get it Scheduled for Another Vote!
Wait! Didn't you say SB1455 had been hijacked? Then you said it was back on the right track? Now you say it's been resurrected? Yes, Yes, and Yes.
After being placed on the "right track," it failed in the Senate on March 7 by a vote of 18 Nays; 11 Ayes; 1 Not Voting. Shortly after, Sen. Carlyle Begay brought it up again. (Only senators who voted Nay can do that, which is why Sen. Begay voted Nay.)
So, it can be Reconsidered. The problem is this: Is there anybody who can turn some of those Nays into Ayes?
YES! YOU! See below for the names and contact information of Senators who voted Nay, followed by some Truths that YOU must convey to them, in order to convince them to change their vote.
Click HERE for the Excel File of Senators who Voted Nay. (Sen. Miranda did not vote.) Please contact them via Phone, Facebook, Email, In Person, and Twitter. If you cannot open the file, please send me an email at email@example.com, and I will send it to you.
The Truth About Why You Should Support SB1455. (These are prioritized based on the most common objections voiced by senators, and are not necessarily in order of your or my priority.)
1. Standardized tests, including AzMERIT, are not the only assessments given to students throughout the year. In fact, Standardized tests are unreliable in assessing a student's educational progress. AzMERIT has never been validated or proven to be an indicator of a student's progress. AzMERIT doesn't tell us anything about third-grade promotion. AzMERIT is given in the Spring, but the results aren't available until November, which is three months after the next school year begins! Teachers have no input into Standardized Tests. Teachers aren't allowed to see the tests. Teachers don't see their students' tests, even after they've been graded by third parties. Parents don't see the graded tests. Students don't see the graded tests. Nobody has any idea what answers were right, and which were wrong!
Better methods of evaluating student needs and progress already exist. Careful observations and documentation of student work and behaviors by trained teachers is more helpful than a one-time test. Assessment based on student performance on real learning tasks is more useful for measuring achievement and provides more information for teaching than multiple-choice achievement tests. Parents working with teachers, term grades, homework performance--these and other indicators are far better than AzMERIT. See How Standardized Testing Damages Education.Click here to read more
- 2. I'm Sorry, Students
What does this video have to do with Arizona? This teacher is talking about the same kind of High Stakes Tests that are given to children here in Arizona as young as 8 years old. AzMERIT is forced upon students, beginning in the third grade, and every year through high school. In Arizona, it's AzMERIT; in Utah, it's SAGE; in Florida it's the FSA. All of these states, including Ohio and others, have paid $Millions to American Institutes for Research, one of the world's largest behavioral and social science research and evaluation organizations to create these tests.
As a parent, have you stood up for your child and opted out of AzMERIT? Have you stood firm in the face of opposition from teachers, principals, school administrators, and the State? If not, learn more by clicking HERE and HERE and HERE and HERE.Click here to read more
Dear Sen. Allen,
Like you, this has been an especially stressful session for me, too. SB1416 (previously SB1313 previously SB1416 previously HB2184) is not what I planned to fight this session.
I planned to do all possible to help parents protect their children from politicians and corporations that are using and abusing them, under the guise of "assessing their academic progress." AzMERIT by any name is an abomination brought to us by the Governor-appointed personalities on the State Board of Education (SBE). In fact, it was the SBE that brought us AIMS, PARCC, and every other useless standardized test that has literally accomplished nothing in improving student achievement in Arizona.
It was the State Board of Education (SBE) that agreed to Common Core in Jan. 2010, before it was even written. The SBE fell into lockstep to do what Governor Brewer required of them. It was also the SBE that formally approved, in June 2010, the implementation of Common Core after a Dog and Pony Show put on by Dr. William McCallum, one of the lead math writers. In fact, I didn't find any evidence in the Minutes that the SBE reviewed the standards. Not that it mattered. The Governor wanted them, because she blindly believed the experts, plus she saw a chance at the $250 million jackpot called Race To The Top. Even the "vetting" that went on within Arizona when teachers were brought in for their "opinions" of draft standards was nothing more than a publicity stunt on the part of the Common Core Team headed by David Coleman, who is well known as the chief architect. The "fix" was in from start to finish. The SBE didn't do any independent "vetting" of their own.
Common Core Standards didn't take years to put into place. They were literally dumped on teachers, kids, and parents, as witnessed by the revolt that occurred all across America, including the revolt of the grassroots in Arizona who did the vetting.
I could go on with many more examples of the wasteful, incompetent, downright dangerous performance of the Governor-appointed State Board of Education and why they need less, not more, powers and duties. But that's for another day.
You have stated that SB1416 is "the most misunderstood bill of the session with the most misinformation circulating among the grassroots organizations mostly fueled by their support of the Superintendent."
We aren't alone. Many Arizona senators and representatives join us in our precise understanding of the negative effects of this bill.
If SB1416 is approved, this is what the people who voted for Diane Douglas will know:Click here to read more
- 4. House Ed. Committee Poised to Stifle Voice of Voters: SB1313
The first effort to strip our duly elected Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) of powers was during the Legislature's last session. Thankfully, HB2184 was held in the House. The second whack at our eleted SPI was brought forward this session by Sen. Jeff Dial, via SB1416.
SB1416 has been held by Speaker of the House David Gowan, until very recently, when he caved under pressure from Governor Ducey. Gowan is currently running as a "conservative" for U.S. Representative in CD1. Is "caving under pressure" a trait you seek in a U.S. Congressman?
SB1416 has now morphed into an even uglier SB1313, championed by Rep. Paul Boyer, known for his disdain for parental authority in matters relating to the education of their children. See Rep. Paul Boyer Won't Allow Parental "Opt Out" Bill to be Heard! , Boyer Blocking Parental Choice, Privacy Bills , and Boyer Tries To Dodge Public On SB1313, Education Overhaul
See below for a Summary of SB1313 by Vicki Alger, Ph.D.
Very simply, THIS BILL MUST BE STOPPED!
The House Education Committee will meet on Wednesday, March 16, at 2:00 PM, to vote on SB1313. Click HERE for the agenda. Please call, visit, use the RTS (virtual Request to Speak), email the following Committee members as soon as possible!Click here to read more
- 5. Sick Days are No Cure for the Assessment Opt-Out Blues
By Vicki Alger, Ph.D.
Author of a forthcoming book on the history of the U.S. Department of Education
Arizona parents are one step closer to having their assessment opt-out rights affirmed, thanks to Senate Education Committee Chairman Senator Sylvia Allen's sponsorship of the amended SB 1455.
But affirming parents' opt-out rights could be sidelined because some senators think it's unnecessary. "Just keep children home 'sick' during the test day. What's the big deal?"
Testing today isn't what it used to be some years ago. We'd show up at school, spend a couple of hours filling in bubbles, and go home. The biggest worry back then was making sure we brought enough number two pencils with us.
These days, parents and students are lucky if they're even informed about the testing dates far enough in advance to stay home "sick," since assessment periods can span as much as 6 weeks. So there's no practical way for parents to simply opt-out in absentia.
But here's the really big deal based on what parents and children endured last spring when a similar opt-out protection bill failed in the Senate by one vote.
Many parents were told that if they kept their children home, their children wouldn't be allowed back into their classes until they took the assessment.Click here to read more
- 6. SB 1455 Parental Opt Out Bill Back on Track! Call Senators NOW to vote YES
SB 1455 will be voted on by Arizona Senators on Monday, March 7, during the "Third Read" at 1:30 pm. This bill, sponsored by Sen. Sylvia Allen, gives parents the legal authority to opt their children out of the statewide assessment adopted by the State Board of Education, including AzMERIT, with no penalty to the child, school, or school district.
Please call your and other Senators' offices beginning now and leave a voicemail message. Follow up again Monday morning. Ask them to please vote YES to SB 1455 during the Third Read on Monday. See list of senators, with phone numbers and email addresses, by clicking on this article titled Opt Out Bill Hearing Today (UPDATE).
Last session, a similar bill failed by ONE VOTE. This session, all senators are under extreme pressure by special interests that stand to gain money, power, school rankings, human cogs in the corporate machine, and private student data by keeping both Common Core and standardized testing in place. It's an election year for these senators. Click HERE for the live proceedings and watch how they vote!
During last Thursday's COW (Committee of the Whole), Senator Allen supported SB1455 by citing ARS 1-601, which declares the "fundamental right of parents to direct the upbringing, education, health care and mental health of their children is a fundamental right." She also cited ESSA provisions that allow states and parents to opt students out of standardized testing.
Statewide assessments are among the most controversial and least effective methods of assessing a child's educational progress. If parents across the country are opting their children out of statewide assessments, there's a good reason.
For those who are interested in knowing more about why parents despise AzMERIT and standardized testing, keep reading.Click here to read more
- 7. HB2115 Passes the Government and Higher Education Committee
"Everything at the City of Phoenix is geared toward the employees," DiCiccio said. "The taxpayers come last, always." See Undisciplined Bureaucracy: Civil Service Job Protections Make Disciplining a Problem Government Employee Complicated, Costly and Time Consuming
An extremely good bill, HB2115 passed its first Committee hearing on 1/28/2015: 6 in favor, 2 against, 1 absent. It would have passed 7-2, because Rep. Justin Olson (LD25), who was absent, was one of the bill's Primary Sponsors. But it has a long way to go to become law.
Please recall from my original article, Rep. Warren Petersen (LD12) crafted this legislation as a deterrent, making public officials think twice before illegally spending thousands of taxpayer dollars, thinking they can walk away with lucrative taxpayer-paid benefits or severance pay. After watching the committee hearing, including Phoenix Council member Sal DiCiccio's comments, it's clear that government employees enjoy far more "job protections and tolerance for bad behavior" than private sector employees.
In the case of Stephen Banta, CEO of Valley Metro, following an investigation by The Republic, they reported that Banta was reimbursed with taxpayer funds for flying first-class, buying alcohol, staying in $600/night hotels, and eating in some of the most expensive restaurants in Portland, charging all of it to the taxpayers, while running Valley Metro. This included 44 round-trip airfares between Phoenix and Portland from February 2010 to July 2012 for Banta and his wife. The Republic also found that Banta was reimbursed for dinners that included guests who said they didn't attend those dinners.
In spite of all this, Banta was awarded $265k in an annuity upon termination of employment.
Democrat Lela Alston (LD24), who voted against the bill, commented: "Maybe his contract should have read: 'You can't take your wife on vacations using public funds.'" Democrat Jonathan Larkin (LD30) agreed.Click here to read more
- 8. Support HB2115: No Payouts/Benefits for Public Officials Who Misappropriate Taxpayer Dollars!
Rep. Warren Petersen has crafted legislation that will have a chilling effect on public officials who illegally waste money and then walk away with lucrative benefits or severence pay. It's HB2115 Simple, straightforward, brief. (This bill is scheduled to be heard Jan. 28 at 9:00 am in the Government and Higher Education Committee. See ACTION at the end of this article.)
Should a public official who is caught and terminated for fraudulently, lavishly spending taxpayer dollars on meals, travel, hotels, entertaining, etc., go on to receive lucrative payouts, annuities, pensions, and other benefits?
Rep. Warren Petersen doesn't think so, and neither do the many other sponsors and co-sponsors of this excellent bill. HB2115 spells out that anyone who is found guilty would forfeit any future benefits. While there already are laws on the books against fraud and misappropriation of public funds, these cases don't always get pursued as the official is fired or even allowed to quit.
HB2115 ensures that these public officials forfeit any future benefits. States Petersen: "All too often, those who are caught and terminated leave with lavish payouts, annuities, pensions and other benefits. Termination from a high position in government office should not be like winning the Lotto. Rewarding someone for bad behavior can only encourage more of the same." See Petersen Seeks to Prevent Lavish Payouts to Errant Public Officials.Click here to read more
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- 9. Obama's Radical War on the Navajo Nation and Rural Arizonans
In this video, you will see that West Virginia is suffering 6.9% unemployment, due to the Obama Administration's determination to shut down the coal industry with excessive regulations, thanks to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). There is no mention of the more than 50% unemployment suffered by 300,000 Navajos, or the destruction of jobs in Northern Arizona!
- 10. The Impact of Coal Restrictions on the Navajo Nation: Sen. Carlyle Begay
In announcing his recent decision to change from the Democrat to the Republican Party, Arizona Senator Carlyle Begay spoke of unemployment rates as high as 80% in his district. He also stated that future progress in Arizona has to include partnerships with rural and tribal communities. It is the Republican party that has embraced these crucial partnerships, which are the cornerstone of the future of our state.
As a rural Arizonan living in Gila County, I understand some of the concerns that we share. Rural and tribal Arizonans live in and of the land. We are sustained by it. We respect and love it. Rural Arizona offers rich natural resources that have fed, clothed, sheltered, and provided energy and water to millions of people.
The Democrat Party has waged war on our livestock, timber, and coal industries, the very industries that sustain Arizona's rural and tribal communities.
Back in July 2015, then Democrat Senator Carlyle Begay spoke at the Heartland Institute's International Conferences on Climate Change.
Please see a summary of Senator Begay's speech following the video.Click here to read more
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text: There's a new cap on tuition reimbursement but better benefits for veterans and National Guardsmen. By Kimberly Lankford, Contributing Editor January 18, 2011 I understand that the Post 9/11 GI Bill has been modified. What are the rules under the new law?In general, the rules remain the same as they have been since 2009, when the current bill was passed. But a new law passed in December makes a few key tweaks. The biggest change is the maximum annual tuition reimbursement. In the past, the maximum payout varied based on the full cost of in-state tuition and fees at the most expensive public college in the state where you attend school. The GI Bill will continue to pay the full in-state tuition and fees for public colleges (whether you attend as an in-state or out-of-state student). But under the new rules, which take effect on August 1, 2011, the maximum benefit for tuition and fees will be capped at $17,500 per year for private colleges and foreign schools. Also, the housing allowance will be prorated for students who do not attend school full-time (in the past, anyone going to school at least half-time received the full housing allowance). Sponsored Content If you pay out-of-state tuition at a public college or go to a private college, your total costs may exceed the new limits, but you may still be able to fill in some of the gaps with the Yellow Ribbon program. More than 1,000 participating colleges agree to contribute a fixed amount above the GI Bill limit for a certain number of students, and the Department of Veterans Affairs matches the school's contributions (see the VA's Yellow Ribbon page for more information and a list of the number of scholarships and amounts at participating colleges). Advertisement Another big change is in the eligibility requirements for members of the National Guard. When the Post 9/11 GI Bill was first passed, only overseas service counted toward GI Bill benefits for the National Guard. Many National Guardsmen were deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan for 18 or 21 months, but fell short of the 36-month service requirement to receive full benefits because their stateside service didn't count, says Peter Duffy, deputy director of legislation for the National Guard Association of the United States. Under the new law, federally funded homeland-security missions, such as disaster response, protection of U.S. airspace and border security, also count toward eligibility, which could help expand GI Bill benefits for more than 131,000 members of the National Guard. The new law also allows veterans -- whether active duty, reserves or National Guard -- to use their benefits not just at degree-granting colleges but to pay for vocational and trade schools and distance learning, starting October 1, 2011. This will be particularly helpful for Guardsmen who live in rural areas or are training for new careers, says Duffy. Plus, the new rules permit reimbursement of fees paid to take national exams used for admission to an institution of higher learning (such as the SAT, GMAT or LSAT). The Veterans Administration's newly updated GI Bill Web site is filled with information about eligibility and benefits, including a new benefits calculator. Also see the VA's detailed list of changes to the law. For more details about the GI Bill, see A Better GI Bill. And for more information about the rules for transferring your benefits to family members, which have changed very little, see Now the GI Bill Is for Families, Too. Got a question? Ask Kim at firstname.lastname@example.com.


text: We had a guest speaker in church, who spoke about Jonah; and I was reminded of a previous discussion, in which Adelfos raised the valid question: "If the Hebrew Bible is inerrant - as you maintain - why is the verb "waited on" missing in Psalms 130:6: "My soul (waited on) the Lord, more so than watchmen (wait) for morning, watching for morning". I explained that 130:6 isn't defective but rather is an interpolation - a sort of stepping stone - that leads to another "verse" of the same sort - Jonah 2:9: "Those guarding meaningless gibberish forsake their mercy". This verse is a nonsequitur in Jonah's prayer from the belly of the fish between "When I was at a loss, my prayer came to You, to the temple of Your holiness" (verse 8) and "And I in a voice of gratitude I will sacrifice to You whatever I vowed and will repay salvation to the Lord" (verse 10), ending the prayer. Two things unite the Psalms passage with the Jonah passage: 1) The Hebrew משמרים appears only twice in Scripture - at Psalms 130:6 and Jonah 2:9; and 2) Psalm 130:7: "Israel trusts in the Lord, because with the Lord is mercy" is the opposite of Jonah 2:9: "They abandon their mercy". Just as Jonah 2:9 is despensable, so is Psalms 130:6, leaving: "I waited on the Lord - my soul waited - and for his word I waited.... Let Israel wait on the Lord, because mercy is the Lord's". I then showed how Jonah's sojourn in the belly of the fish, which forms an eleven-verse pericope (Jonah 2:1-11) parallels the sojourn of our Lord in an equally inappropriate environment - a drunken wedding party -, which also forms an eleven-verse pericope at John 2:1-11. And what do we find at the problematic ninth spot in John? A verse implying that our Lord turned water to wine to replenish the empty glasses of revellers on the verge of drunken stupor. It reads: "When the bartender tasted the water turned wine, unaware of its source (although his henchmen who poured the 'water' knew) he called the groom". Without this verse we read: "Jesus said to them: 'Fill the pots with water!' And they filled them to the top. And He said to them: 'Pour it out and take it to the bartender!' They took it.... And he said to Him, 'Most people serve the good wine first and save the dregs for the drunken. You've saved the good wine until now." The miracle isn't the conversion of water to wine but rather of drunken revellers to sober water-drinkers. John 2:10: "dregs" (lit. ελασσω "lesser") becomes the third משמרים, which - pointed differently than at Psalms 130:6 and Jonah 2:9 - means "dregs". "Purified dregs" - precursor of the product of our Lord's miracle - appear at Isaiah 25:6, which means roughly: "The Lord of Hosts did for all the peoples in this mountain a beer-party, a party of dregs enriched (?), refined dregs." These dregs aren't a sort of liquor with high alcohol content, but rather the life-giving water that our Lord promised to the Samaritan woman at the well. when He became - in a sense - her "groom" and thus the contrahent at John 2:10. Jonah's 3 days and 3 nights in the belly of the fish (in Sheol, Jonah 2:3) parallel our Lord's 3 days in Kana of Galilee (see John 2:1), which in turn parallel the 3 days in the tomb before the resurrection.


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Russian Orthodox Church urges OSCE to defend Christians' rights
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe's (OSCE) member states should not turn away from efforts to defend Christian values for the sake of achieving inter-confessional peace, the Moscow Patriarchate said.
"Our voice calling for protection of Christians outside of Europe will sound more confident and authoritative if it is backed by our co-operation in making OSCE states an example of the upholding of Christian rights and freedoms," Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, the chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate's Department of External Church Relations, said at the OSCE's high-level meeting "Preventing and Responding to Hate Incidents and Crimes Against Christians" in Rome on September 12.
"For decades now, the encroachment upon the rights of religious minorities has been widely discussed on the European continent. Yet, practice shows that the position of the majority, which is comprised of traditional Christians in almost all of the OSCE participating states, is far from being the best guarantee of their rights," he said.
"The basic danger is in attempting to use religious diversity as an excuse to exclude signs of Christian civilization from the public and political realities of the continent, as though this would make our continent friendlier toward non-Christians," he also said.
"I am convinced that society, which has renounced its spiritual heritage under the pretext of the radical separation of religious life from public life, becomes vulnerable to the spirit of enmity in relation to representatives of any religion. This does indeed create an atmosphere of intolerance in relation to Christians, as well as to representatives of other traditional religions," Metropolitan Hilarion said.
"Christians in the OSCE region are consistently attacked because of their position on abortion and euthanasia. Opponents not only fail to see that behind their false justifications lie the deprivation of human life, but they also question Christians' right to present their views and their democratic efforts to have them reflected in European legislation," he said.
"We are also concerned about the acts of vandalism aimed against Christian shrines that have become a sad social reality in the contemporary OSCE region," he said.
"If the rights of Christians and representatives of other traditional religions in the OSCE region are to be effectively defended, the organization is called upon not only to react to crimes, but also to act in consolidating peace between all of the region's religions," Metropolitan Hilarion said.
Source: Interfax Religion


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Stag Party Dressing Up Pranks
Stag party humiliation pranks as the groom is dressed up as a woman in an orange dress and wig then pushed into the fountains in Trafalgar Square in London, England, United Kingdom. There is a strong tradition at the British Stag Do, to play tricks on the stag at least once. In this case, he had no idea where he was headed, and so blindfolded was perched on the waters edge and thrown in. The stag seemed not to mind but was also, somewhat the worse for wear.Add to Cart Add to Lightbox Download