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Reuters reports HP is suing its ex-Asia enterprise sales head to stop him revealing allegedly stolen secrets after joining Oracle.
The lawsuit, filed in Santa Clara, alleges that Adrian Jones was about to be fired last February over invalid expense claims and an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate. Jones jumped ship to Oracle before he was pushed, allegedly taking hundreds of documents and emails on a USB memory device.
Jones, who has a strong channel background, is now the SVP for Asia Pacific and Japan at Oracle. When he resigned from HP the company said he had left to follow new opportunities and spend more time with his family.
He had only been in his Asia post for HP since November 2010. Previously he'd run channels for HP in the Americas.
With HP and Oracle fighting an intense marketing battle after Oracle recruited fired ex-HP CEO Mark Hurd (over invalid expense claims and an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate/contractor), this is one more brick in the bitterly divisive wall between the two formerly co-operating companies.
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Monday, April 15, 2013
37 Jays - Emilio Bonifacio Is What He Is...Which Is What, Exactly?
Provenance: Santo Domingo, Dominicana. Signed in 2001 as an amateur free agent by the Arizona Diamondbacks. Made his Major League debut in September 2007 with the D-Backs. Acquired by the Blue Jays from the Marlins as part of "that deal".
Contract Status: Signed a one-year, $2.6 milion deal to avoid arbitration in January. Is arb eligible after this season as well. Will become a free agent after 2014.
Back of the Baseball Card: Stole 110 bases over six seasons, including 70 over his last 915 plate appearances in 2011-12. Need more? Fine then. Has put up a vaguely respectable .329 OBP alongside a rather flimsy .343 slugging in 1878 plate appearances. Seven dingers.
2012 Numbers: In 64 games with the Marlins, put up a .330 OBP and .316 slugging. Stole 30 bags.
Injury History: Ended his 2012 season with a sprained right knee in August. Also had surgery on his thumb last season, which sidelined him for two separate DL stints.
Looking Back and First Impressions: When the Blue Jays made their monumental deal with the Marlins, Emilio Bonifacio was a lesser but still intriguing piece of the return. It might be trite to call Bonifacio a "jack of all trades", but with his ability to hit from both sides of the plate and play almost anywhere on the diamond, his mere inclusion in the deal added to the Jays' roster flexibility.
Coming off an injury-plagued season, it was easy to gloss over the most recent offensive output, which was less than inspiring, especially if you let your eye find the gaudy numbers under the steals column. Moreover, a career season in 2011 in which he finagled his way into a full-time role through injuries to Hanley Ramirez and Twitter-inspired demotions for Logan Morrison.
Bonifacio made the most of that opportunity, posting a .753 OPS (.360 OBP / .393 SLG), including a handsome .376 OBP as a leadoff hitter. That last note might put rest to a question for the skipper that popped up over the last two days, as the injury to Jose Reyes saw him shifted back into that leadoff role, at least temporarily.
With more opportunities to see Bonifacio over the past week, the initial impressions are much less endearing. Beyond the obvious butchery in the infield on defense, his swing seems more apt for a lumberjack competition than the top of the order for a putative contender.
Looking Ahead: With the injury to Reyes, there are holes to be plugged in the starting nine for the next three months (or more). While John Gibbons has already shown a willingness to mix up the lineup depending on the day's circumstances, Bonifacio might still angle his way into significant playing time, if not 500 plate appearances.
On one hand, that's surely good for him. Players want to play. But as author Ryan Oakley (@thegrumpyowl) noted via tweet over the weekend, Bonifacio might benefit from a relegation to the bench, where his value as a late inning replacement and pinch-runner would not be undercut by the weaknesses that are exposed in the everyday role.
"Right now, he's a monkey wrench as a hammer," Oakley argued.
Optimistically: With great opportunity comes great productivity. Bonifacio posts an OBP over .350 with enough extra bases tossed in to help the Jays stay afloat until Reyes' return.
Pessimistically: The Jays are left to rely on him, but can't find places to hide his glove in the field or his flimsy bat in the lineup.
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In the Global Times, Lance Crayon profiles the Indie Film Forum launched by the Ullens Center for Contempoary Art in Beijing, one of the rare venues for screening Chinese independent films in China. Most recently the UCCA hosted director Huang Weikai as he screened and discussed his work.
The outpouring of Chinese documentaries over the past decade has inspired and impressed audiences all over the world. However, the problem for audiences on the Chinese mainland is that accessing such films isn't always easy.


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Barnum girls compete at state
Two Barnum Bomber girls golfers headed to Pebble Creek Golf Club in Becker to play in state competition June 11-12.
Kelsey Timm and Jamie Bird both headed to Becker to play in the state class A tournament.
This was the first time Barnum has had members compete at state, and only after the second year with a girls golf program in place.
Both girls had good showings, but were not in the running for titles. Nerves were evident the first day, but they recovered nicely and put up decent scores with Bird coming away just a little ahead of Timm.
The second day was more dificult. Due to rain, the girls did not get much time at the driving range. The rain stopped and held off long enough for the girls to get their rounds in.
Timm finished the second day of competition bettering her first day score by seven shots, bringing her in at the 80th position.
Bird, on the other hand, had much better luck, showing in the second day that she was there to have fun. Her first hole of the afternoon was likely her best, landing her second shot just short of a water hazard. Most players were hitting to the left of the hazard to go around it, but Bird chose to go for it and launched the ball over the hazard. It looked to clear it with ease, but the ball came down on some rocks and shot staight back into the air and fell just over the hazard into the grass just short of the green.
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Investor Laura Sachar says she can spot entrepreneurs who have ideas, but don't know how to execute them.
Sachar, general partner and founder of StarVest Partners, has been involved in early stage companies since the mid-'90s. She shared her insights on a panel at Business Insider's Startup 2012 conference:
Sachar focuses on people in the early stage, because it's about the belief that the person can figure out what to do with the business to make it successful.
" Often, the initial idea is not how the company succeeds and drives revenue," says Sachar. " Focusing on the people first, and a belief that they can develop attractive ideas and move from there, makes sense."
There needs to be a clear path that shows that the person can turn the idea into something real.
"If you can't execute, you don't have a company," she says. "A lot of people have ideas."
Nowadays, companies don't need as much money to get momentum. She suggests that you take more money than you think you need (if it's available), because so many investors are looking for the companies that are gaining tons of velocity in the early going. By having that money, you have more resources to pull that off.


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"The opportunity to have Gary present his work to our photography students and to review responses they made to a photo assignment he posed, has given them a distinctive learning experience with one of the most prominent photographers working today," said Graeme Sullivan, director, Penn State School of Visual Arts.
Bernstein's still photographs have appeared on the covers or pages of most major magazines, including Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Esquire, Hello, Black Elegance, GQ and Architectural Digest. He has published seven books, with more than a half-million copies in the worldwide market. His iconic coffee table book "Burning Cold," a compendium of Bernstein's photographs featuring the prose of Elton John's lyricist Bernie Taupin and the photographs of Kay Sutton York, was launched at the Nikon Gallery in New York City and is sought after by collectors worldwide.
Bernstein received a bachelor's degree in architecture from Penn State, a master's degree in film from Brooks Institute and a master's degree in contemporary art from The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. He also received the Photographic Craftsman Degree from the Professional Photographers of America, and won the Gold Award from the Advertising Festival of New York City.
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Scholars who evaluate the state of science education worry that the United States is falling behind and not preparing students for a future that will depend more on scientific and technological skills. But some experts hope that the popularity of this Mars mission, one of the first major NASA expeditions with a wide social media presence, could boost interest in science and technology.
The Curiosity rover and its dramatic landing procedure captured the public eye, at least for now. Nearly 1,000 people gathered in New York's Times Square on Sunday night to watch the footage from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), chanting "NASA," "Space," and even "USA, USA, USA!"
They are still figuring out the exact numbers, but it seems that almost 4.5 million people watched the landing on TV and that more than 3.2 million streamed it over the Internet, according to David Seidel, deputy education director for the JPL. Curiosity has more than 240,000 Facebook "likes" and close to 900,000 Twitter followers. Its closest NASA-built rival, Phoenix Mars Lander, currently has about 212,000 followers.
This is the most popular and most active social media account NASA has ever created for the public to engage with a mission – and schools and universities plan to try to tap into that excitement.
Kip Hodges, a professor and the director of Arizona State University's School of Earth and Space Exploration in Tempe, says he has high hopes that students will be inspired by the rover. A new research facility at the school is equipped with a 3-D high-definition theater and space to project images streamed from Mars. Mr. Hodges says some scientific disciplines are already growing rapidly, with young people concerned about the environment, and that the cool factor and interactive tools NASA created for Curiosity could attract a lot of interest.
"It's like the greatest video game in the world, you're dealing with an avatar on another planet, and one that's really there," says Hodges about the mobile Mars laboratory's appeal.
But there are still questions about whether surging interest in space will translate to more science and engineering students and, perhaps more important, increase funding for science education.
When polled about space, many people react by saying, "I love it; I don't want to spend any money on it," says space historian David Portree, manager of the Regional Planetary Information Facility at the US Geological Survey in Flagstaff, Ariz.
School budget cuts in states around the country hurt science education, and have resulted in layoffs of younger teachers who might be best able and most interested in using NASA's new tools, says Mr. Portree. In this year's "State of State Science Standards" report by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute in Washington, the majority of states earned Ds or Fs, indicating that in most of the country, students aren't receiving the basic education needed to do scientific work.
Portree doesn't expect to see people clamoring in the streets for more money for scientific research anytime soon, but he does say that NASA's current outreach efforts and the availability of beautiful images from space have helped ensure that the "planetary science community right now is healthier than it's ever been before, even during Apollo."
Those Apollo missions are famous for inspiring people to think of space as possible to explore – about 600 million people watched Neil Armstrong's "one small step" on the moon. But images were much fuzzier then, and much of the investment in scientific education was spurred on more by cold war fears about the Soviets, especially after the 1957 Sputnik launch, than by a desire to explore space.
And beyond Apollo, many – Portree included – were influenced by science fiction, which painted a clearer image of space's potential than could technology at the time. Now, technological advances allow all to see high-definition images beamed from Mars, and it's possible to use tools set up by JPL to see what the rover sees.
It's part of the continuing evolution in the way NASA interacts with the public, according to Mr. Seidel. It's important for kids to see that there are real people, including one with a famous mohawk, that are actually maneuvering machines in space.
Part of NASA's outreach has involved creating lesson plans for teachers, as well as desktop and mobile apps that allow people to interact with the rover and other devices. But Seidel also says this mission has captivated the public simply by addressing a fascinating question: Can we find traces of other life out there in the universe?
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Vaseline have launched a Facebook application for their range of skin lightening creams targeted at Indian 'metrosexual' men, which lightens half the face to show how much fairer they can look. This has of course caused much fuss:
The vehicle Vaseline have used is wrong. To have something as trivial as a Facebook App to show you how much 'better' you look with 'lighter skin' reduces something that is quite serious and a big commitment (changing your skin colour!) to no more than a 'Girls World Makeover' type Nintendo DS game.
Don't forget there are all sorts of connotations linked with the idea that whiter, lighter skin equals more attractiveness and wealth (ie. an old fashioned point of view is that poorer people have to do lots of outdoor manual work and are more likely to get dark in the sun).
And it isn't just Indian men of course; all over Asia skin lightening is big business and is incorporated into mainstream products. For example, the last face wash and SPF I bought from Japan had 'whitening' properties in it and some of our mainstream UK brands like Boots and The Body Shop also cash in, launching whitening ranges in Asia.
More disturbingly, I saw a documentary just the other day where women in Jamaica were buying dangerous skin bleaching products. After years of continuous use, their once smooth skin was painful, blotchy, scarred, blistered but felt unable to stop using the (banned) creams.
That is the super crappy side of skin lightening. Obviously, when big brands launch whitening ranges, they will test their products for safety first.
But on the other hand, I am troubled…is it pot calling kettle black, when people are condemned for wanting to be whiter when millions is spent on fake tan ever year, to get pale skinned lasses darker? How come people who are dark and want to be whiter can be judged but not women who want to be permanently 5 shades darker?
Is a (safe) whitening product just as valid as a fake tan product?
How come if someone who is not Caucasian wants to be whiter (or indeed, dye their hair lighter, or change their appearance in a way that is deemed as 'Western') they are immediately considered to be insecure with their race? What if, just like the religious fake tanners, they just want to look prettier (or whatever they perceive as prettier) but are totally comfortable with their race and identity?
Or, if as a non caucasian person, if you choose to wear blue contacts over your brown eyes, dye your hair blonde and whiten your skin…are you always, basically, rejecting your race?
I'm not completely sure what I think on this subject but I don't think it's necessarily as simple as condemning all (safe) whitening/brightening products.
On a personal level, I think fake tan is ok, although I will never be a fan of orange or the dirty face look, but I also think brightening* products (that improve the clarity of the skin and prevent further pigmentation) are quite good although I don't use either on a regular basis.
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Quote:The real problem is that fraud is so rampant that there is just no way any more to tell. Some of the most well known "experts" in the U.S., (especially on forums) are frauds themselves. Even respecetd publications have been known to prop up fakes and discredit good people.
Quote:The best thing to do is just stay away from commercial schools in general. Look for someone that teaches out of thier home, a community center or other non-profit place. Never sign any kind of contract.
Quote:One of the best things that "legitimate" schools can do is do away with the ranking system. If there are no ranks, there's no way to sell ranks and then there's no way to be accused of selling rank. Which has been happening since the very start of it.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (WUSA9) -- Only on 9, a rare, firsthand look at the magnetic pull of heroin through the eyes of a young addict. His desperate mother reached out to our reporter Andrea McCarren through Facebook, in a frantic effort to save her son's life and prevent others from getting hooked.
Andrea says on the day she and photographer Joe Martin met Ryan, he'd promised his mother and himself that he'd detox. But hours after taking a prescription that was supposed to ease the gut-wrenching symptoms of withdrawal, he was in a motel room, -determined- to get high.
Andrea asked Ryan, "Is there anything I could have said or done to stop you?"
"No," he replied. "Once I had the dope and everything, there was no stopping me."
"Addiction is the devil," said Ryan. "It's a disease from hell."
In a random motel room, far from the million-dollar home where Ryan grew up, the devil is winning.
After Ryan purchased the heroin, Andrea asked, "You're sure you want to do that?"
"Yeah, I'm going to," Ryan replied. "I already have my mind set to it. Gonna do it one more time."
He's had a year of "one more times." Each fix is -never- his last.
"I just want to get high," Ryan told Andrea, who said, "I thought this was gonna be the detox..."
"Yeah," he replied, "but I got money, so I'm gonna get high one more time."
Ryan makes a promise he just can't keep.
"Once I'm done, I'll break all my needles, throw em away, throw all my paraphernalia away," Ryan told us.
Moments later, he's neatly storing his needles, and remaining drugs, in a desk drawer.
"This is my stuff for later," he says.
Just one year ago, Ryan was hooked on painkillers. But oxycontin became too hard to find. He still remembers the first time heroin soared through his veins.
"It was the best feeling in the world. Like I felt like I had arrived," he said.
Now, he's at a dead end.
"Once I'm high and well, the hours just go by so quick. But when I'm not high, and I'm sick and trying to get something, every minute feels like an hour," said Ryan.
He is a master manipulator, convincing his mother to pay for this two-night motel stay. But most evenings, his lanky body wanders into a local hospital, for a few safe hours of rest.
"I stay in the maternity ward. You walk in and there's a whole bunch of chairs and couches and a TV. People stay there all the time because they're waiting for babies to be born," he said.
21 and unemployed, Ryan needs at least 60 dollars a day for his half-gram fix.
"I don't want to get high anymore. I just can't stop," he told us.
He stole from his family so his parents threw him out. Now, he shoplifts from home improvement stores and sells his loot, or the gift cards he gets when he's allowed to return items without a receipt.
"If I don't have the money, I'm finding ways to get money. To get high," he said.
Andrea asked, "Stealing?"
"Yup," he replied.
Andrea asked, "From family?"
"Family, friends, anybody that I can manipulate," said Ryan.
He will do -anything- to avoid going through withdrawal.
"You're restless and antsy. You cannot sit still. You feel like you wanna crawl out of your skin," he said.
In the motel room, Ryan begins to vomit, profusely.
It isn't withdrawal now, but the rancid smell of heroin that hurtles Ryan into uncontrollable vomiting.
"The smell of dope makes me puke."
"I just feel like the lowest person on the earth. I sit in the mall and in the movie theatre and like, when I'm at the hospital and just look at people and be like, this is what normal people do," said Ryan.
On the path toward normalcy, Ryan's life has been a patchwork of stints in detox and rehab, and failed stays at halfway houses.
"I don't feel like doing this anymore. I'm tired of it," said Ryan.
As the sun sets on another monotonous day, despair comes to stay for the night.
"I just numb myself so much that I can't even cry," said Ryan.
Andrea said, "You're gonna stay alive out here, aren't you?"
"Yeah," replied Ryan. "I'm gonna keep fighting, cause I know this will pass soon enough."
Ryan's family has already spent more than $70,000 in private rehab facilities. The longest program has been three months and afterwards, Ryan went right back to feeding his addiction. His family cannot get him insured because of his pre-existing condition.
After this report, WUSA9 has been overwhelmed with support for Ryan, and contacted nearly two dozen treatment facilities nationwide to try to get him the help he so desperately needs.
We were able to track Ryan down.
His health appears to be deteriorating fast. He now has a black eye, stitches from a fight and looks noticeably thinner since we last saw him.
We told him that a lot of people who saw this story think if he does not get help immediately, there are two options. One is prison and the other is dying on the streets.
We asked him if he will go to a program we found in North Carolina that is long-term and free.
He promised and said, "Yeah, I will go."
However, getting treatment is a double-edged sword, since Ryan cannot get into any long-term program until he is detoxed, stable and resolve some pending court cases for theft and paraphernalia charges.
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Early Learning Grants
In dramatic fashion, only minutes after an earthquake rocked the East Coast, the Administration released the final application for the Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC), which will provide $500 million in state competitive grants to improve early learning and development programs. The goal of the RTT-ELC is to prepare more children with high needs for kindergarten, because children from birth to age 5 need a strong foundation for success in school and beyond. Robust research shows that high-quality early learning programs improve children's health, social-emotional development, cognitive ability, and school success. High-quality programs also help close the wide school readiness gap that exists between children with high needs and their peers. However, the U.S. lacks a coordinated system for improving and evaluating early learning and development programs, as well as sharing best practices across states.
The RTT-ELC sets a high bar and will reward states with the strongest plans to improve the quality of early learning and development programs. In their applications, states must demonstrate a commitment to building coordinated systems, aligning resources, and increasing access to high-quality early learning and development programs for children who need them the most. The RTT-ELC will focus on five areas of reform:
- establishing successful state systems by building on the state's existing strengths, ambitiously moving forward the state's early learning and development agenda, and carefully coordinating programs across key agencies to ensure consistency and sustainability beyond the grant;
- defining high-quality, accountable programs by creating a common-tiered quality rating and improvement system that is used across the state to improve and evaluate program performance and to inform families about program quality;
- promoting early learning and development outcomes for children to develop common standards within the state and assessments that measure child outcomes, address behavioral and health needs, and inform, engage, and support families;
- supporting an effective early childhood education workforce by providing professional development, career advancement opportunities, appropriate compensation, and a common set of standards for workforce knowledge and competencies; and
- measuring outcomes and progress so that data can be used to inform early learning instruction and services and to assess whether children are entering kindergarten prepared to succeed.
Awards will range from around $50 million up to $100 million, depending on state population and proposed plans. Applications are due on October 19. The Departments of Education and Health and Human Services will announce winners this December.
In addition to the final application, an executive summary, helpful budget spreadsheets, and a recording of the press call and a transcript of the stakeholder call are now available online.
Back to School Tour
September 7-9, Secretary Duncan and senior Department officials will visit seven states and dozens of cities across the Midwest as part of the Department's second annual Back to School bus tour. This year's theme is "Education and the Economy: Investing in Our Future." Various events will promote the work of educators, administrators, parents, and other key stakeholders in building a strong cradle-to-college- and career-continuum that prepares all students to compete in the global economy.
Throughout the tour, the Secretary will discuss the Administration's dual commitments of investing in education to secure our future and reducing spending while increasing efficiency. "No other issue is more critical to our economy and our way of life than education," the Secretary said. "While visiting cities across the Midwest, I want to take the opportunity to promote the valuable work teachers, staff, and parents do every day to change students' lives and, ultimately, invest in our nation's future."
The public will be able to follow the tour on ED.gov. Some of the Secretary's events will be webcast live. Also, along the way, Department staff will blog and use social media.
Twitter Town Hall
Speaking of social media, if you missed the first-ever #AskArne Twitter Town Hall last week, you can watch the archived video online. You can also see a comprehensive list of questions and answers through the Department's Twitter page. To recap, the event's moderator, veteran journalist John Merrow, asked the Secretary tough questions covering a range of topics, including standardized testing, cheating, and performance pay for educators.
Moreover, this week, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Rural Outreach John White hosted this agency's first-ever Twitter Rural Forum (#EDRuralChat).
Meanwhile, the Secretary welcomes music suggestions for his bus tour playlist (#EDTour11).
All About Students
On August 25, Secretary Duncan joined Mayor Vincent Gray, State Superintendent Hosanna Mahaley, and Chancellor Kaya Henderson at the District of Columbia's Eastern High School to celebrate the first day of school. After greeting students and touring the renovated facility, he addressed the student body of incoming ninth-graders. Eastern has received a federal School Improvement Grant (SIG) to raise expectations, improve the quality of teaching, and provide students with the help they need to graduate and be ready to go to college and enter the workforce. Of note, the school is adding an International Baccalaureate (IB) program and is preparing to offer Advanced Placement (AP) courses when the Class of 2015 reaches the upper grades. Also, 63 students have joined the school's Health and Medical Services Academy, which will prepare them to work in one of the fastest-growing fields in the nation's economy.
Earlier, the Secretary met with delegates from YouthBuild USA's Rural and Tribal Initiative, learning from rural and tribal youth about their experiences and how the Department can better help them achieve their potential.
On August 26, the Secretary was in Mission, South Dakota, to deliver the commencement address and participate in the awarding of academic diplomas, GED certificates, and traditional cultural honors at Sinte Gleska University. While on the Rosebud reservation, he also held a roundtable discussion with tribal educators and stakeholders at an elementary school and attended the Rosebud Sioux Tribal Fair. He was joined by Congresswoman Kristi Noem, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk (from the Department of the Interior), and Director of the White House Initiative for Tribal Colleges and Universities William Mendoza.
Constitution Day
September 17 is Constitution Day/Citizenship Day, commemorating the September 17, 1787, signing of the U.S. Constitution. In recognition, Congress has mandated that every educational institution receiving federal funds take a day to teach about the seminal document. (Note: As September 17 falls on a Saturday this year, institutions may celebrate either the preceding or the following week.) To assist students and educators in their studies, free online resources are available from the Department's Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE) web site, as well as the National History Education Clearinghouse and the National Archives and Records Administration.
Odds and Ends
The Department has added a searchable database of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Facebook. Visitors can browse categories ranging from general information to federal student aid. In addition, visitors that do not find an answer to their question may submit it directly to the agency through Facebook and receive a personal answer from an Information Resource Specialist.
A new Department web site compiles materials developed by federal agencies and grantees in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of September 11.
Version 2.0 of ED Data Express, an interactive web site making accurate and timely K-12 education data available to the public, adds new data visualization tools, enhanced documentation, and social networking options for users.
This summer, the Department, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the White House Council on Environmental Quality have been receiving input and development award criteria for the new Green Ribbon Schools initiative. This recognition award will honor schools that save energy, reduce costs, and feature environmentally sustainable learning spaces, as well as protect health, foster wellness, and impart effective environmental education. Until September 14, the public can comment on a package of Green Ribbon Schools documents online. Also, the initiative's Facebook page highlights many resources that may be useful to schools and other participating authorities in their efforts toward Green Ribbon status. The application will be released by the end of the month, with the initial group of schools named next spring. (Note: To sign-up for email announcements, go here.)
Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Director John Easton recently announced the appointment of Deborah Speece as Commissioner of the National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER).
Quote to Note
"Six years ago, Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, upending families and ravaging communities. No one will forget the tragic events of those days. But, what's required of us is more than remembrance. What's required of us is our continued efforts to make sure that New Orleans and the Gulf Coast fully recover and to make sure that our response to such disasters is the best it can possibly be.... We've cut through red tape to free up funding for recovery efforts in Louisiana and Mississippi. We've taken steps to help school systems get children the tools and resources they need for a proper education. And, we've broken through gridlock on behalf of tens of thousands of displaced families.... Today is a reminder of not just the immediate devastation that can be caused by these storms but also the long term needs of communities impacted by natural disasters, whether it is in Mississippi or Alabama, Tennessee or Missouri, North Dakota, or the East Coast states impacted by Hurricane Irene. This Administration will stand by those communities until the work is done."
|President Barack Obama (8/29/11), in a statement on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
Upcoming Events
On a weekly basis, the Secretary's public schedule is posted online.
The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) is recognizing the 10th anniversary of 9/11 by issuing a challenge to organizations to bring Americans together in the same spirit of compassion, unity, and service as so many have after the attacks. The CNCS challenges organizations to effectively engage individuals in service to their communities during this National Day of Service and Remembrance. Service activities should honor those who died and those who have served because of the tragedies of 9/11 and include a time of reflection and remembrance.
Planning is underway for International Education Week 2011 (November 14-18, coinciding with American Education Week), jointly sponsored by the Departments of Education and State. The week provides educational institutions and communities the opportunity to promote and celebrate the benefits of international education worldwide. This year's theme is "International Education: Inspiring Students Locally to Succeed Globally."
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January 20, 2013, Kent (ISN) – The Hurricanes tied the game up 5-5 late in the game to send the game to overtime. The T-Birds had a power-play in overtime and had several good chances but could not get the puck past Lethbridge goalie Ty Rimmer who finished with 54 saves on 59 shots.
The Seattle Thunderbirds defeated the Lethbridge Hurricanes 6-5 in a shootout Sunday night at the ShoWare Center.
The T-Birds shot first in the shootout and sent out Luke Lockhart. Lockhart beat Rimmer with a move to the backhand and then lifted the puck over the goalie's blocker. Remi Laurencelle was the first shooter for Lethbridge and he was stopped by Seattle goalie Brandon Glover who closed his five hold to deny the shooter.
Alexander Delnov was the second shooter for Seattle and Rimmer stopped him when he tried to make the same move as Lockhart, but on the glove side. Glover denied Sam McKechnie, the Hurricanes second shooter, when he tried to drag the puck through the crease with Glover going the wrong way.
Seth Swenson had a chance to win the game but Rimmer stopped him on his move right. Graham Hood needed to score to give Lethbridge a chance in a sudden death shootout, but his shot went wide right.
Connor Sanvido opened the scoring at 6:03 of the first period. Jerret Smith banked the puck off the right boards to Riley Sheen in the neutral zone. Sheen carried the puck into the Lethbridge zone and then crossed the puck to Sanvido coming down the slot. Sanvido snapped the puck on goal and hit the left post. The puck deflected off the post into the back Rimmer and then trickled across the goal line.
Lethbridge (22-21-1-6) tied the game 1-1 at 7:19 of the first on a goal from Michael Sofillas. Axel Blomqvist and Macoy Erkamps had the assists.
The T-Birds outshot the Hurricanes 16-11 in the first period.
The Hurricanes took a 2-1 lead on a power-play goal by McKechnie at 3:03 of the second period. Erkamps and Adam Henry were credited with the assists.
Lethbridge extended the lead to 3-1 39 seconds after their second goal when Jamal Watson scored. Laurencelle and Ryan Pilon had the assists.
Seattle (18-26-2-1) cut the Hurricanes lead to one goal at 9:19 of the second just as a four-on-three power play ended. Glover controlled the puck behind his net for Shea Theodore. Theodore carried the puck up the ice into the Hurricanes' zone. Theodore stopped at the top of the right circle, held the puck and t hen crossed it to Honey just inside the top of the left circle. Honey blasted the pass over Rimmer's glove for his 12th goal of the season.
Andrew Johnson tied the game 3-3 at 11:52 of the second. Justin Hickman took a shot from the left circle that missed the net and ringed around the boards to Smith at the right point. Smith carried the puck from the point down the wall, around the Lethbridge net and curled into the left circle. Smith wristed the puck at the net with Johnson parked at the right post. Johnson redirected Smith's shot past Rimmer for his seventh goal of the season.
Seattle outshot Lethbridge 12-10 in the second period and led 29-2 in shots after two periods.
The T-Birds went in front 4-3 at 2:01 of the third period. Lockhart sent the puck from the right corner to Evan Wardley at the right point. Wardley wristed the puck towards the Lethbridge net with Hickman screening Rimmer. Hickman tipped the shot past Rimmer on the glove side for the go-ahead goal.
Roberts Lipsbergs gave the T-Birds a two-goal lead with a power-play goal at 5:10 of the third. Honey moved the puck from the top of the left circle to Theodore at center ice beneath the blue line. Theodore took a slap shot that rebounded to Lipsbergs in the high slot. Lipsbergs moved left with the puck and snapped it past Rimmer for his 19th goal of the season.
Lethbridge cut the T-Birds lead to one goal at 6:45 of the third on a goal from Henry. Laurencelle and Tyler Wong got the assists for the Hurricanes.
The Hurricanes tied the game 5-5 at 16:18 of the third on Jaimen Yakubowski's 26th goal of the year. Erkamps and Pilon had the assist on the game-tying goal.
Seattle outshot Lethbridge 22-12 in the third period and led 50-33 in shots after regulation play.
The T-Birds outshot the Hurricanes 8-2 in overtime and 60-36 in the game.
Glover finished with 31 saves on 36 shots and his record is now 17-19-2-1.
Rimmer made 54 saves on 59 shots and his record falls to 19-19-1-6.
The T-Birds next game is Tuesday against the Tri-City Americans at Toyota Center at 7:05pm.
T-Birds single game tickets for the 2012-13 season are available online at the T-Birds website and at the ShoWare Center box office. The ShoWare Center Box Office is open Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday game days at 10 a.m. and Sunday game days at noon.
T-Birds season tickets are currently on sale. Season tickets can be purchased by calling the T-Birds office at 253-239-7825.
First period – 1, Seattle, Sanvido 11 (Sheen, Smith), 6:03. 2, Lethbridge, Sofillas 2 (Blomqvist, Erkamps), 7:19. Penalties – Troock, Sea (unsportsmanlike conduct) 2:13. Pilon, Let (unsportsmanlike conduct), 2:13. Kambeitz, Sea (slashing), 13:07.
Second period – 3, Lethbridge, McKechnie 21 (Erkamps, Henry), 3:03 (pp). 4, Lethbridge, Watson 11 (Laurencelle, Pilon), 3:42. 5, Seattle, Honey 12 (Theodore, Glover), 9:19. 6, Seattle, Johnson 7 (Smith, Hickman), 11:52. Penalties – Delnov, Sea (hooking), 2:54. Wong, Let (checking from behind), 4:13. Simpson, Let (roughing), 7:16. Troock, Sea (goaltender interference), 7:42. Ramsay, Let (tripping), 8:06.
Third period – 7, Seattle, Hickman 11 (Wardley, Lockhart), 2:01. 8, Seattle, Lipsbergs 19 (Theodore, Honey), 5:10 (pp). 9, Lethbridge, Henry 3 (Laurencelle, Wong), 6:45. 10, Lethbridge, Yakubowski 26 (Erkamps, Pilon), 16:18. Penalties – Simpson, Let (slashing, major-fighting), 4:22. Hickman, Sea (major-fighting), 4:22. Delnov, Sea (checking from behind), 16:43. Henry, Let (interference), 18:32.
Overtime – No scoring. Penalties – Ramsay, Let (high-sticking), 4:59.
Shootout – Seattle 1 (Lockhart G, Delnov NG, Swenson NG). Lethbridge 0 (Laurencelle NG, McKechnie NG, Hood NG).
Shots on goal – Seattle 16-12-22-8-1 60, Lethbridge 11-10-12-1-0 36. Goalies – Seattle, Glover 36 shots-31 saves (17-19-2-1); Lethbridge, Rimmer 59-54 (19-19-1-6). Power plays – Seattle 1-5; Lethbridge 1-3. A – 3,375. Referees – Pat Smith, Curtis Marouelli. Linesmen – Ryan Gibbons, Nathan Van Oosten.


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I was hopping around the internet this afternoon while enjoying a cup of coffee and I landed on the Feeling Stitchy blog, as I frequently do when I'm looking for cool needlework happenings. And this Year of the Dragon design over there and totally jumped off the page at me….
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So Brian McLaren's new book, Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Mohammed Cross the Road? released last week and is already making some waves. The video above provides a nice summary of the book, which I found challenging and thought-provoking. What I like best about the book is that Brian encourages Christians to nurture an attitude of openness and cooperation toward people of other faiths without compromising Christian identity. So often we feel like we have to choose between openness to others on the one hand and commitment to our own faith on the other. Brian argues that we don't have to make that choice.
I'm sharing this video today because it's packed with potential conversation-starters. Brian talks about everything from inter-religious dialog, to doctrine--(he takes on original sin and election!)--to violence and peace.
What do you agree with? What do you question? What do you find challenging? What do find frustrating, inspiring, worth talking about?
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DescriptionThis is a top down vertically scrolling shooter, in which you start off as a motorbike. You are quite vulnerable to attack at first, but power ups come in the form of a Sega van which you have to dock with. The first time you dock you get double fire, the second time gives you a rocket, the third gives a rear force field and the fourth invulnerablility.
By destroying cars and bikes that appear on your way, you can collect A-F letters. Collecting A through to D allows you change into a sportscar which is less vulnerable to attack, but not as nimble. Collect all the letters in order to be able to transform into a high tech plane. This is the final stage of one of the five missions. Only the high tech plane can guide you to your destination in which your main target is hiding.
There is also time limit in which you have to complete the mission. It is advisable to transform into the high tech plane as fast as it is possible.
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Perhaps you are familiar with research. You might have learned about research or maybe you conduct research in your life. How is that different from research in Public Relations practice?
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Laird family of Aberdeenshire
I would like to make contact with other people researching the Laird family of Aberdeen
My family is as follows
Alexander laird born abt 1843 Dyce Aberdeenshire and Mary Smith
their son William born 14 May 1867 Tarves ABD. He married Catherine Nichol on 2 July 1887 at Methlick ABD. They had 7 children Maggie, Thomas, James, Mary, Elsie, Helen and Harry born 28 March 1889 at Keig. He married Jane Duguid Hall on 1 March 1922,They ahd 2 childre Harry Benzie and James. Harry married Vida McWilliam on 11 Nov 1961 at Tough ABD.
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DONALD McDONALD and CATHERINE MacQUARRIE
Donald McDonald was born abt 1785 on Isle of Gometra Aryll. He married Catherine MacQuarrie, born 1804 on Isle of ULva, at Oskamull on Isle of Mull in 1826. Catherine was a cousin of Lachlan Macquarrie Governor early Governor of New South Wales.
Donald died in 1847 and shortly afterwards Catherine and her family were subject to the highland clearances; and Catherine and her 10 children emigrated to Victoria Australia. The family settled in Branxholme, a country town in western Victoria. Her childrens' names were Niel, Euphemia, Ann, Malcom, Margaret, Flora, Mary, Sarah,Catherine and Christina.
I would like to make contact with anyone who may be related to the McDonald/MacQuarrie families.
KENNEDY FAMILY of APPLECROSS and later
My Keendy ancestors came from Applecross on west coast of Scotland. My g x 3 grandparents John Kennedy and Anne Campbell were married in Applecross around 1820. Their only son John, was born in 1822 and married Floa McKinnon in 1843 at Ardelve ROC. They had 8 children, one of whom, John born 1857, married Isabella McKenzie in 1882 at Lower Kincraig ROC. One of their daughters, Isabella is my grandmother, born 1890. She married Peter Watt of Alford Aberdeenshire in 1912, after which they emigrated to Melbourne Australia.
I would like to find out more about my Kennedy ancestors and would like to make contact with anyone researching the Kennedy family.
GUNN FAMILY of CAITHNESS & later TASMANIA AUSTRALIA
My Gunn ancestors came from Caithness Scotland, dating back to Charles Gunn and Margaret Cormack in early 1700's. Later generations lived around Bilbster, Watten & Stemster areas. My great x 2 grandparents, Alexander Gunn born 1811 and Barbara Nicolson born 1816 both came from Stemster. They married in 1838 and emigrated to Tasmnaia Australia, arriving in 1839. They lived in Launceston and had 11 children, one daugher Mary Ann, is my great grandmother born 1849. She married William Craw in 1869.
Looking to find anyone researching Gunn and Craw families. The Craw family came from Edinburgh.
McKENZIE FAMILY OF GAIRLOCH
My McKenzie ancestors come from the Gairloch area of Western Scotland. My G x3 Grandparents Murdoch McKenzie and Catherine McDonald were Married about 1803 at Diabaig. My great x 2 granfather Duncan was born in Port Henderson on 28 Feb 1807 marrying Ann McPherson in a832. They had 7 children including my great grandmother Isabella born in 1860 in Port Henderson. The family moved east to area around Fearn in early 1860s. Isabella married John Kennedy in Lower Kincraig in 1886.
I would like to make contact with anyone with possible family connections.
WATT family of Aberdeenshire
My grandfather, Peter Watt was born in Alford on 8 March 1887 and came to Australia with his wife Isabella Kennedy in 1912 settling in Melbourne Australia. Peter's father was coachman for Lord Forbes circa 1900, living on the Forbes Estate Keig Aberdeenshire. Earlier Watt ancestors came from Kildrummy and Glenbuchat Aberdeenshire.
I would like to make contact with anyone with Watt, or Michie ancestors, from Glenbuchat, Badenyon and surrounding areas of Aberdeenshire, or Australia
ALBERT EDWARD BIRD of Sheffield and later Australia
My great grandfather was Albert Edward Bird, son of William Bird and Sarah Mosley. He was born in Sheffield Yorkshire on 15 August 1846. He was brought to Australia in 1869 to run professionally, being promoted as "Long Distance Champion of England". He had an outsatnding athletics career in England and later Australia and New Zealand.
I would like to make contact with anyone with Bird family connection in Sheffield, or Wolverhampton where Alberts ancestors came from, or in Australia.
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How soon after mixing Perpetuem and Sustained Energy do they need to be consumed?
Ideally, it should be within 3-5 hours, with up to perhaps 6-8 hours (depending on the temperature) being the longest we recommend. Dr. Bill Misner explains:
Energy drink powders containing no preservatives are predisposed to change once set in solution mixtures. Time, temperature, humidity, environmental airborne or endogenous microbes, oxidation factors may cause fatty acids to turn rancid or proteins to sour in the presence of long chain or short chain carbohydrates. A prime example is found in pasteurized milk. Milk typically sours in stages as one type of bacteria is replaced by another. Bacilli convert protein into ammonia products, and the pH rises. The odor or taste of spoiled milk is apparent once this has happened. We have observed this phenomenon in our soy-based products, Sustained Energy and Perpetuem if the product is mixed prior to an event then not kept cold or consumed within 3-5 hours.
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Compromise with Obama isn't on red-meat CPAC menu
They might talk about it in downtown Washington. But moderation and compromise weren't up for discussion as conservatives gathered to plot strategy Friday in the suburb of Oxon Hill, Md., down the Potomac River.
Higher revenues for the government were anathema at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference at a resort just south of Washington, which continues Saturday. So were same-sex marriage, abortion, gun control and Democrats.
"We are leading the way. We are pro-life, pro-family. Anyone who is not with us is going to be challenged," said Brooke McGowan, the North Carolina and South Carolina project director for the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform, an activist group.
Seldom was heard a dissenting word, because those who might do so either didn't mention the controversial stuff or they weren't invited.
Republicans are trying to recover from the 2012 elections. The Republican National Committee is on a soul-searching mission, trying to find out what went wrong and what might be adjusted. A report is due to be released Monday. The conservatives here didn't seem eager to see it, however.
They did hear from 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney, and they gave him a polite welcome.
"It's up to us to learn from our mistakes and my mistakes," he said, but he didn't stir much enthusiasm when he suggested learning from Republican governors. He praised governors who "reach across the aisle," and named the center-right New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who wasn't invited here.
Instead, the crowd reveled in a lineup that featured mogul Donald Trump lauding "the tea party, which I love so dearly," former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum touting his new "Patriot Voices" movement and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., ripping Democrats as "the party of shared hardship."
The conservatives met as many establishment Republicans want to tone down the rhetoric and refocus the party.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, a potential 2016 presidential contender, tried to offer a more somber message at the CPAC meeting. Stop stressing how much they want to cut spending: "Government number crunching, even conservative number crunching, is not the answer to our problems."
So, he warned Republicans, "We must not become the party of austerity. We must become the party of growth."
That kind of mood was clear among establishment Republicans at the Capitol this week as they met with President Barack Obama. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, said he hoped that Obama's meeting with Senate Republicans "will get us to a solution" on fiscal issues.
That attitude wasn't well received at the conference, however.
"Take off your rose-colored glasses. This guy (Obama) doesn't want to work with any of you," said Diana Reimer, a coordinator for the Georgia-based Tea Party Patriots.
The throng was more excited about South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who vowed, "As long as I'm governor of South Carolina, we will not expand Medicaid on President Obama's watch." States may expand the joint federal-state health care program for lower-income people and the federal government will pay full costs for new beneficiaries for three years starting in 2014.
Some Republican governors have gone along with the expansion idea, some have not.
The crowd also loved Ryan, the losing 2012 vice-presidential nominee – a fact he didn't mention – who this week proposed a plan to balance the budget in 10 years without raising taxes.
"We don't hide behind our beliefs. We argue for them," he said, "because a budget is more than just a list of numbers. It's an expression of our governing philosophy. And our budget draws a very sharp contrast with the left."
The hundreds at the conference considered themselves the latest in a long line that began roughly 50 years ago, when the conservative movement first gained momentum with leaders such as author William F. Buckley Jr., then-actor Ronald Reagan and 1964 Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater.
"The hardworking people listen to everything we do. The establishment business-as-usual patronage wing of the party tries to impose its own will," said Adam Andrzejewski, the founder of OpenTheBooks.com, which promotes government transparency.
Attendees lauded the Club for Growth, which promotes limited government, for threatening to launch primary challenges against Republicans who aren't sufficiently conservative. Many here vowed, for example, to challenge Republicans who wouldn't support Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul's 13-hour filibuster last week over the Obama administration's drone policy.
"We look to principle, not politics. I hate politics," said Matthew Burke, an Arizona-based social media specialist for the Tea Party News Network. "We are fighting the Republican establishment."


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Last weekend I was itching to go on a mini adventure, so I grabbed my mom and went on a day trip to Santa Barbara. We went pretty much without an agenda and decided to see where the wind would take us.
It was a gorgeous day to be out. The sun was brightly shining and the sky was so clear and blue. We were taking a stroll along Sterns Wharf when we saw a big banner for wine tasting, and of course that got me really excited. A closer look revealed the "Deep Sea Tasting Room" right on the pier! With a name like that how could you say no? We decided to check it out and that turned out to be a great decision.
The wines were pretty good, but it was really the breathtaking view that made all the difference. The tasting room is on an elevated level which makes it feel like you're on the upper deck of a cruise ship (all without the motion sickness and wobblyness of a real ship of course!). At $10 for 6 tastings this experience is a steal! Their award winning 2008 Deep Sea Chardonnay and 2008 Rancho Arroyo Grande Zinfandel were my personal favorites.
We spent the rest of the day walking around then watching the sunset. It was a lovely day and I wish I could do it all over again!
Next time you're in Santa Barbara visit the Deep Sea Tasting Room! Hopefully you'll have as wonderful of a time as I did 🙂Deep Sea Tasting Room 217 G Stearns Wharf Santa Barbara, CA 93101


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In Washington, D.C., Third Church of Christ, Scientist is the lead actor in a saga playing out in cities across the US.
Local communities seeking to preserve historic buildings are contending with religious congregations that, for financial or other reasons, want to modify or tear down their buildings. The clashes have intensified since the 1990s with the passage of federal laws aimed at protecting religious institutions from land-use restrictions that interfere excessively with their "free exercise" of religion.
The Christian Science congregation, located just blocks from the White House in a unique building of modernist architecture, wants to demolish the structure and build a new church that is more energy-efficient and suitable for its needs.
"We want a church that is welcoming and fits the scale of the community, one that does not give the secretive, enclosed impression that this Brutalist building does," says J. Darrow Kirkpatrick, the church's coordinator for redevelopment.
But the District of Columbia's historic preservation board designated the church a historic landmark in December 2007 specifically because it is a strong example of Brutalism, an architectural style involving raw concrete and monolithic forms. In July 2008, the board turned down the church's request to raze the building.
In response, Third Church has filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the landmark restriction, alleging violation of two religious freedom laws and the Free Exercise clause of the First Amendment.
Under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA), for instance, when a religious group shows that a ruling would create "a substantial burden," officials must show they have a "compelling interest" for doing so. Third Church says that no compelling interest has been demonstrated.
Not only is the building too costly to maintain (i.e., requiring $8,000 in scaffolding to change light bulbs), the church says, but it is also not representative of its theology. And the church is being prevented from worshiping as it wants to.
As part of the historic preservation process before the case proceeds in court, District of Columbia city planner Harriet Tregoning is considering whether the refusal to allow demolition could result in "unreasonable economic hardship" for the church. If Ms. Tregoning finds that to be the case, she could decide as soon as late January to allow the demolition. If not, the case will move to the courts.
Although the 37-year-old building is too new to be designated historic in most jurisdictions (50 years is the norm), a group of local architects and preservationists sought the landmark status starting in 1991. They have offered to help the church consider various uses for the building to help pay for the expensive maintenance, from including gallery space to adding an office building above it.
"We have offered to meet with them on numerous occasions and are more than willing to entertain opportunities for the site," says Rebecca Miller, executive director of the D.C. Preservation League.
The church sits on property owned by ICG Properties, which proposes including a smaller church on the land along with an office building. The fortresslike design has been controversial from the start, among architects and the public. A neighborhood commission voted unanimously to support the church's desire to rebuild.
The suit to overturn the landmark decision is one of the first under RLUIPA dealing with historic preservation.
"Even though these disputes are astonishingly common, they frequently get negotiated privately ... or get settled by the church tearing the building down before it is landmarked," says Julia Vitullo-Martin, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a market-oriented think tank in New York. St. Bartholomew's in New York, however, lost an 11-year battle over its community house in 1991.
The D.C. case is particularly interesting because the building doesn't fit the traditional "historic" category and because the congregation says it doesn't reflect its theology, Ms. Vitullo-Martin says. "Making the claim that the Brutalism of the architecture is at odds with their theology is an unusual First Amendment claim."
Yet it's far from certain the church can win in the courts, legal experts say. While there are no litigated historic preservation cases under RLUIPA, there are prior cases under other religious freedom laws.
"I find the church's claim very sympathetic, but courts have been fairly skeptical about claims that a congregation is 'substantially burdened,'" says Robert Tuttle, professor of law at George Washington University. As a technical phrase, that means "the restriction makes the religious activity effectively impracticable."
The courts tend to say, he adds, that if there are alternative uses for the structure, the church could use it as it is or go elsewhere and build another however it likes.
That is not what Third Church has in mind. It has worshiped in downtown locations within blocks of the White House since 1918. (Originally, the congregation met in a building shared with the National Woman's Party on Lafayette Square.) Although they've already spent more than $100,000 "out of the collection plate," the members are staying with their case, says Mr. Kirkpatrick. "No one wants to leave the corner [of 16th and I Streets] and our downtown mission since 1918."


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Actress Linda Cardellini is engaged to her longtime boyfriend.
The "Mad Men" star and her partner, Steven Rodriguez, are already parents to one-year-old daughter Lilah-Rose, and on Thursday he popped the question over dinner with family and friends after taking in a performance of Tom Hanks' Broadway play "Lucky Guy," which also features Cardellini's former "ER" co-star, Maura Tierney.
Announcing the news during an appearance on "The View" on Friday, the bride-to-be said, "I was surprised that it was happening at that moment because we were actually with some of the people that I love most: my sister, my cousins, and one of my best friends, Maura…
"We were watching 'Lucky Guy,' the play… and we're all sitting there, having dinner… and he started getting choked up and he got down on his knee, it was very beautiful. It was nice to share it with people."
Blushing as she showed off her diamond ring for the cameras, she joked, "I'm not ready for this, my manicure is terrible!"


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Some Taxes are Good, But the Good Die YoungBobby McCormick
How a great tax became a good one and then became, along the way, just another tax.
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Bobby McCormick's earliest memories as a child are being raised in a property rights oriented household by an outdoorsy, farming, lumber/logging family; he remembers always thinking about "who owns what." McCormick views the environment as an asset and environmental failures as the result of ambiguous environmental ownership. To redress these failures, McCormick thinks that ownership assets need to be clearly marked and defined. He says that "good fences make good neighbors" is both good poetry and good policy.
McCormick attended Clemson University and received his bachelor's degree in economics in 1972. Then in 1974, he received his master's degree in environmental economics from Clemson. Later, he earned his Ph.D. in economics at Texas A&M University in 1978.
In 1997, McCormick received the award for Innovative Teacher of the Year, nominated by the students at Clemson University. The following year he received the Alumni Master Teacher of the Year from Clemson University. McCormick has also been a Professor Visitante at the Universidad Francisco Marroquin in Guatemala City, Guatemala in 1990. He is a fellow at Consortium International MBA, CIMBA, which is an Italian program for MBA students, and he lectures annually during the spring in Italy to these students. Currently, McCormick is an economics professor at Clemson and the BB&T scholar in the John E. Walker Department of Economics. He is also senior research associate in the Arthur M. Spiro Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership.
Since 2002, McCormick has been a senior fellow and directed a program at PERC for environmental entrepreneurs who want to have a better understanding of how business and economic principles can be applied to environmental problems. In 2001, he was a Julian Simon Fellow at PERC. He is heavily engaged in the research of carbon sequestration and its impact on global warming. In this research, McCormick is investigating how income affects carbon sequestration as a solution for global warming.
McCormick resides in Clemson with his family. He has two sons, both of whom are heavily involved in athletics. McCormick enjoys spending his free time woodworking, hunting, and roaming his property on his tractor. He spends summers in Bozeman, where he is involved in remodeling a house from the 1880s.
How a great tax became a good one and then became, along the way, just another tax.
"No Stopping the Collapse of West Antarctic Ice Sheet" — Science (May 16, 2014) "Except possibly for the lowest-melt scenario, the simulations indicate that early-stage…
Starting in January, the common incandescent light bulb becomes illegal, well maybe, in most of the United States. (Some recalcitrant states, SC and TX to name two, seem hell bent on reminding the federal government of the long forgotten 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, but wasn't that fight settled a long time ago?) Advocates of this law say that it encourages the use of more energy efficient lighting sources such as CFL and LED lights. It has been noted that a large fraction of the energy consumed by an incandescent light bulb goes to create heat and not light, and that the newer, high tech devices produce an equal amount of light using less energy.However, those of us who aren't lucky enough to live in AZ, south FL, or San Diego, demand a LOT of heat many months of the year. In Montana, I use natural gas to heat my home about 7-8 months of the year. In South Carolina, I heat my home about 5-6 months of the year using wood and electricity, not every day, but most of them from November to April.The energy that creates heat, not light, in a regular incandescent bulb is NOT wasted during those months. It is a nearly perfect substitute for the alternative heat in my home. The same electricity that heats the filament in my incandescent bulb in my living room in my South Carolina home in winter will be used by my heat pump to reproduce the heat lost when I convert to CFL or LED lights when my woodstove runs low. There is NO energy savings of any important degree. (It bears noting that my heat pump is a more efficient producer of energy than my incandescent bulbs, but that is not my main point as is explored more below.)Of course in the spring, fall, and summer, the CFL bulbs will not be producing heat that I don't want, but that isn't my point here. I am only making the observation that you are foolish to think that you will get the savings printed on the carton of CFL light bulbs if you ever use gas, electricity, or any other energy source to heat your house. Replacing incandescent light bulbs with cooler CFL or LED lighting means that other heat sources have to work harder in your home when it is cold outside. Of this there can hardly be any doubt.To be sure, heat pumps and natural gas may be more efficient heaters than incandescent bulbs, no argument here. I am only making the point that for homes in cool or cold climates, the promised energy savings simply cannot emerge.It makes a lot more sense to use CFL or LED lighting outside where the incandescent light bulb heat is wasted, or during summer or non-heating months, and I use them myself in this application. I have made a little Excel spreadsheet calculator [XLS] that properly calculates the real energy savings you will get from switching to CFL or LED lights from incandescent which is based on the number of days that you think you heat your home. Those of you who are interested to see just how dishonest the current forecasts are are welcome to use this simple tool.
One of the envirobuzzwords of the 21st century is sustainability. I recently googled the term "environmental sustainability" and there were over 11 million hits. The…
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