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Etta News 12/14/07
The outside scenery is not quite as pretty now since most of the beauty that was displayed with so many colors of leaves is now gone just bare trees and the beauty gone too. But in our minds there is a period of rest and when the time arrives again new life will show up and there will be beauty again. However, there is still a view now and nature is being displayed in a different way, with the season changes.
Sunday was a good day for being in church again with the outside temperatures so warm and pleasant almost like spring time in the middle of a winter month. If one is well its always good to be in church when that time comes. The second advent candle was lit by the children before the special time of the main service for the congregation. There was a little Christmas program Sunday night. The big Christmas tree in the main sanctuary was decorated so pretty made for sorta getting in the holiday feeling by just looking at it. Finger foods were served and enjoyed in the fellowship hall Sunday night at the Christmas Program.
One of the charge churches has had some special programs at Friendship with the children and some activities led by Brian Porter as leader. Special music by David Collins and Penny Heard at the piano and her daughter singing. The children sang the Lord's Prayer in sign language. They honored three of the older women of the church which was Mildred Potts, Vernice Collins and Mary Frances Barber as reported to me. All the activities and the fellowship was very enjoyable. They were dismissed by prayer as the pastor Bro. Ivy gave the benediction.
A little Christmas program given by the children in K-4th grade was presented at the school house at West Union last Thursday night. The children did good with the help of their sponsor, Debbie Kirk. We hope of children now will in the future be our leaders for tomorrow and hopefully if they have good training all will be well.
Laverne Burchfield visited with me one evening last week. She and Curtis are doing pretty well after such a bad year of surgery. Hope they will continue to be on the good side now.
An "uninvited bug" hit the home of a Pinedale resident Sammie Lee and U.V. Hudson and took up abode with her for a few weeks. She has coughed so much and felt so had caused some medical attention. She lost her voice for a while but is at last getting better. Hopefully it is about to take its leave and not return. He has been going to doctor taking therapy with his shoulder. It was so bothering him so bad. It was Mr. arthritis. He is some better too. Maybe they will get over the visits soon and back to normal again.
Tom, Shelby and granddaughter, Morgan had big disappointment Saturday. They had an invitation to little Libby Gordon's birthday party. Our former pastor's and wife's 2 year old. They had kept her for working mother every since she was six weeks old. Somehow there was a mistake in the date. They took off early Saturday morning to Columbus to get there by party time at 11 o'clock. Low and behold when they got to the appointed place no one was there. It was the Saturday before and they didn't get to see little Libby after all that drive. Morgan loved her so much. She didn't get to see her. In the meantime they came back to Hamilton and visited with a former pastor Bro. Mike Lips and wife Earlene for a while before heading back home. She is still recovering from an accident. Morgan enjoyed playing with their 2 girls, ara age 10 and Emily age 8. A beautiful day for running and playing outside for the girls.
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Health and Wellness Show Episode 1 (Part 2): Senior Care
In the second hour of the debut of the Health and Wellness Hour, Glaser talks with Donna Plummer from Home Instead Senior Care. Donna Plummer has owned her business for over 11 years and is currently a board member for the Friends of the Billerica Council on Aging, Alzheimers Partnership, Member of the Board for Lowell General Hospital.
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By CRAIG WALKERDivision of Wildlife Resources
One of my earliest and best memories is of my first ice fishing experience. I was 4 years old, it was a sunny day, I made a snowman, we ate hot dogs, and my dad let me reel in all of the fish that he hooked. From that moment on, ice fishing has become one of my favorite types of fishing. If you have never been ice fishing before, this year should give you a great chance to get out there and try.
This first thing to think about when you are going ice fishing is safety. Be sure to only go ice fishing when the ice has been deemed safe. This can be accomplished by calling the DWR at 435-636-0260. Also, children should be accompanied by adults
and take plenty of warm clothing, snacks and drinking water or warm drinks. Other items that may be needed are sunblock, sunglasses, and waterproof clothing.
Before you get out on the ice, there are a few things that you will need. First you need an ice rod and reel. Second you will need a jig, spoon or ice fly. You may also need some bait, pieces of earthworms, waxworms, mealworms, or dead minnows. An ice auger is also a must along with an ice skimmer.
A plastic sled can be used to bring all of your gear out on the ice and a five gallon bucket can be used to carry your gear and sit on while you are fishing.
OK, you're at the lake, the ice is safe, and you are ready to go ice fishing. You look around and can't decide where to go. A key to selecting a good ice fishing spot is to look at the shoreline. By looking at the land around the lake you can usually figure out how deep the water is along the shore. If the shoreline has steep banks, cliffs, or a dam along it, the water will probably be deep. If the land along the water is flat, you may want to go out more toward the middle of the lake to find deeper water.
When you are ice fishing for trout, deep (15 or more feet deep) water is usually your best choice. Another key to selecting a good ice fishing spot is to look for places where other anglers have gone ice fishing. Old holes that are frozen over are easier to cut through with an auger and are a clue that other anglers have had good luck catching fish through the ice in this area.
A jig or ice fly is usually your best choice when ice fishing. Choosing how colorful and shiny these lures are is probably the most important thing. When choosing a lure color, you have to think like a fish. Remember even though is may be a sunny day, when there is snow on the ice it is dark below the ice. Sunlight can't get through the snow, it reflects off of the snowy surface.
A basic rule to follow when choosing the lure that the fish are going to be able to see best under the ice. What color can you see best in the dark? Black or neon green, silver or gold, shiny or dull, the light conditions will be the determining factor. When the ice is covered with snow or it is cloudy, use a bright neon colored, shiny lure. However, when fishing on ice with no snow on the surface when it is sunny, try several colors, and shiny silvered colored lure may work the best.
Two things to think about when deciding the size of lure to use are the size of the fish you are trying to catch and how hard they are biting. If you're trying to catch larger fish, a large jig is probably your best choice. But, if the fish are small or they are just nibbling, try a smaller lure like an ice fly.
The final thing to determine is the depth you put your lure. The key is to find out what depth the fish are at. The best thing to do to find the fish is to start fishing just off the bottom. If you fish at this depth for 15 minutes and have not had a bite or caught a fish, reel the line up another foot. Keep repeating this every 15 minutes until your lure is just a few feet below the surface of the ice. If you have reeled your lure up to the point where you can see it and you have not had a bite, it is time to change the size and color of your lure and start back at the bottom again.
As ice begins to form on local lakes, reservoirs and ponds the fishing begins to pick up. Ice fishing at Scofield Reservoir has been excellent. Anglers are having the best luck using small jigs and ice flies tipped with small pieces of worm or minnows.
As we get into February, ice should be forming on some other hot spots in the area. Joe's Valley will give you a chance to catch splake up to 15 pounds. The best way to catch splake is to use some of the large jigs and spoons tipped with a large piece of minnow or worm.
Once the ice has formed on Huntington North Reservoir, large brown can be caught. Ice conditions are safe if the ice is more than five inches thick.
DWR is recommending that fishermen stay off Cleveland Reservoir due to the water releases that will take place during the winter months. These releases cause unsafe ice conditions on the reservoir.
At the present time, Millsite is partially thawed and the ice is not safe. Cold weather that usually comes will make the ice safe at a later date. The DWR also recommends Huntington Lake on SR-31 for tiger trout.


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Mortgage Servicing
Adam J. Levitin
Georgetown University Law Center
Tara Twomey
National Consumer Law Center; National Consumer Bankruptcy Rights Center
December 15, 2010
Yale Journal on Regulation, Vol. 28, No. 1, 2011
Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 11-09
Georgetown Law and Economics Research Paper No. 11-01
This Article argues that a principal-agent problem plays a critical role in the current foreclosure crisis.
A traditional mortgage lender decides whether to foreclose or restructure a defaulted loan based on its evaluation of the comparative net present value of those options. Most residential mortgage loans, however, are securitized. Securitized mortgage loans are managed by third-party mortgage servicers as agents for mortgage-backed securities ("MBS") investors.
Servicers' compensation structures create a principal-agent conflict between them and MBS investors. Servicers have no stake in the performance of mortgage loans, so they do not share investors' interest in maximizing the net present value of the loan. Instead, servicers' decision of whether to foreclose or modify a loan is based on their own cost and income structure, which is skewed toward foreclosure. The costs of this principal-agent conflict are thus externalized directly on homeowners and indirectly on communities and the housing market as a whole.
This Article reviews the economics and regulation of servicing and lays out the principal-agent problem. It explains why the Home Affordable Modification Program ("HAMP") has been unable to adequately address servicer incentive problems and suggests possible solutions, drawing on devices used in other securitization servicing markets. Correcting the principal-agent problem in mortgage servicing is critical for mitigating the negative social externalities from uneconomic foreclosures and ensuring greater protection for investors and homeowners.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 91
Keywords: Mortgage, Servicing, MBS, RMBS, CMBS, Servicer, Foreclosure, Loss Mitigation
Date posted: December 18, 2010 ; Last revised: January 20, 2011
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Spring is the time of year high school seniors anticipate college acceptance letters and parents discuss how to pay the hefty tuition bill. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, for the 2010 – 2011 academic year the annual price for undergraduate tuition, room, and board were estimated as follows:
- $13,000 at public colleges
- $36,300 at private not-for-profit colleges
- $23,5000 at private for-profit colleges
Yikes! That is quite a bit of money for one year of post-secondary education. Thankfully, military kids are eligible for unique funding opportunities:
In-State Tuition: Dependent children of service members on active duty for a period of more than 30 days are eligible to receive in-state tuition at public colleges and universities in the state where the service member is permanently stationed. This does not mean a military kid is eligible to receive in-state tuition rates in all 50 states, but rather the state where the family is stationed. Once the child is enrolled and paying in-state tuition rates, the child remains eligible for the in-state rate even if the service member receives orders and relocates out of state.
Post-9/11 Transferability: Active duty service members with 10 years of service may be eligible to transfer their Post-9/11 GI bill to a child.
Scholarships for Military Kids: Several organizations have scholarship opportunities for military kids. Below is a selection of opportunities. College-bound military kids are encouraged to review specific eligibility requirements and deadlines, especially as some deadlines are quickly approaching:
- American Legion
- Army Emergency Relief Society MG James Ursano Scholarship Program
- Air Force Aid Society General Henry H. Arnold Education Grant Program
- Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society
- Thanks USA Scholarship
- Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) Scholarship
College-bound military kids are also eligible for the same federal financial aid opportunities as other students including:
Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA): The FAFSA is the required application from the Department of Education to determine eligibility for any form of federal financial aid.
- Federal Pell Grant: A Federal Pell Grant, unlike a loan, does not have to be repaid. Typically, Pell Grants are awarded only to undergraduate students who have not earned a bachelor's or a professional degree.
- Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) Program: The FSEOG Program provides need-based grants to help low-income undergraduate students finance the costs of postsecondary education. Priority is given to those who are also Federal Pell Grant recipients.
- Direct Stafford Loans (Subsidized and Unsubsidized): Direct Stafford Loans are low-interest loans for eligible students to help cover the cost of higher education at a four-year college or university, community college, or trade, career, or technical school.
- Direct PLUS Loans: Parents of dependent students may apply for a Direct PLUS Loan to help pay their child's education expenses as long as certain eligibility requirements are met. Graduate and professional students may apply for PLUS Loans for their own expenses.
- Federal Perkins Loans: A Federal Perkins Loan is a low-interest loan for both undergraduate and graduate students with exceptional financial need. This is a school-based loan program.
Federal Work-Study (FWS): The FWS allows students to earn money by working at a subsidized job, usually on the college campus.
Be sure to explore these resources to reduce your out-of-pocket costs. What other resources would you share with college-bound military kids?
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Niacin is used to help lower high cholesterol and fat levels in the blood. This may help prevent medical problems caused by cholesterol and fat clogging the blood vessels.
Some strengths of niacin are available only with your doctor's prescription.
Before prescribing medicine for your condition, your doctor will probably try to control your condition by prescribing a personal diet for you. Such a diet may be low in fats, sugars, and/or cholesterol. Many people are able to control their condition by carefully following their doctor's orders for proper diet and exercise. Medicine is prescribed only when additional help is needed and is effective only when a schedule of diet and exercise is properly followed.
Also, this medicine is less effective if you are greatly overweight. It may be very important for you to go on a reducing diet. However, check with your doctor before going on any diet.
Make certain your health care professional knows if you are on any special diet, such as a low-sodium or low-sugar diet.
This product is available in the following dosage forms:
In deciding to use a medicine, the risks of taking the medicine must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you and your doctor will make. For this medicine, the following should be considered:
Tell your doctor if you have ever had any unusual or allergic reaction to this medicine or any other medicines. Also tell your health care professional if you have any other types of allergies, such as to foods, dyes, preservatives, or animals. For non-prescription products, read the label or package ingredients carefully.
There is no specific information comparing the use of niacin for high cholesterol in children with use in other age groups. However, use is not recommended in children under 2 years of age since cholesterol is needed for normal development.
Many medicines have not been studied specifically in older people. Therefore, it may not be known whether they work exactly the same way they do in younger adults or if they cause different side effects or problems in older people. Although there is no specific information comparing the use of niacin for high cholesterol in the elderly with use in other age groups, it is not expected to cause different side effects or problems in older people than in younger adults.
There are no adequate studies in women for determining infant risk when using this medication during breastfeeding. Weigh the potential benefits against the potential risks before taking this medication while breastfeeding.
Although certain medicines should not be used together at all, in other cases two different medicines may be used together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. When you are taking this medicine, it is especially important that your healthcare professional know if you are taking any of the medicines listed below. The following interactions have been selected on the basis of their potential significance and are not necessarily all-inclusive.
Using this medicine with any of the following medicines is usually not recommended, but may be required in some cases. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use one or both of the medicines.
Using this medicine with any of the following medicines may cause an increased risk of certain side effects, but using both drugs may be the best treatment for you. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use one or both of the medicines.
Certain medicines should not be used at or around the time of eating food or eating certain types of food since interactions may occur. Using alcohol or tobacco with certain medicines may also cause interactions to occur. The following interactions have been selected on the basis of their potential significance and are not necessarily all-inclusive.
Using this medicine with any of the following may cause an increased risk of certain side effects but may be unavoidable in some cases. If used together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use this medicine, or give you special instructions about the use of food, alcohol, or tobacco.
The presence of other medical problems may affect the use of this medicine. Make sure you tell your doctor if you have any other medical problems, especially:
Use this medicine only as directed by your doctor. Do not use more or less of it, do not use it more often, and do not use it for a longer time than your doctor ordered. To do so may increase the chance of unwanted effects.
Remember that niacin will not cure your condition but it does help control it. Therefore, you must continue to take it as directed if you expect to keep your cholesterol levels down.
Follow carefully the special diet your doctor gave you. This is the most important part of controlling your condition, and is necessary if the medicine is to work properly.
If this medicine upsets your stomach, it may be taken with meals or milk. If stomach upset (nausea or diarrhea) continues, check with your doctor.
For patients taking the extended-release capsule form of this medicine:
For patients taking the extended-release tablet form of this medicine:
The dose of this medicine will be different for different patients. Follow your doctor's orders or the directions on the label. The following information includes only the average doses of this medicine. If your dose is different, do not change it unless your doctor tells you to do so.
The amount of medicine that you take depends on the strength of the medicine. Also, the number of doses you take each day, the time allowed between doses, and the length of time you take the medicine depend on the medical problem for which you are using the medicine.
If you miss a dose of this medicine, take it as soon as possible. However, if it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosing schedule. Do not double doses.
Store the medicine in a closed container at room temperature, away from heat, moisture, and direct light. Keep from freezing.
Keep out of the reach of children.
Do not keep outdated medicine or medicine no longer needed.
It is very important that your doctor check your progress at regular visits. This will allow your doctor to see if the medicine is working properly to lower your cholesterol and triglyceride (fat) levels and if you should continue to take it.
Do not stop taking niacin without first checking with your doctor. When you stop taking this medicine, your blood cholesterol levels may increase again. Your doctor may want you to follow a special diet to help prevent this from happening.
Do not take vitamins or other dietary supplements unless they have been discussed with your doctor. This especially includes vitamins or dietary supplements that contain niacin or similar ingredients.
This medicine may affect blood sugar levels. If you notice a change in the results of your blood or urine sugar tests or if you have any questions, check with your doctor.
This medicine may cause you to feel dizzy or faint, especially when you get up from a lying or sitting position. Getting up slowly may help. This effect should lessen after a week or two as your body gets used to the medicine. However, if the problem continues or gets worse, check with your doctor.
Along with its needed effects, a medicine may cause some unwanted effects. Although not all of these side effects may occur, if they do occur they may need medical attention.
Check with your doctor immediately if any of the following side effects occur:
Some side effects may occur that usually do not need medical attention. These side effects may go away during treatment as your body adjusts to the medicine. Also, your health care professional may be able to tell you about ways to prevent or reduce some of these side effects. Check with your health care professional if any of the following side effects continue or are bothersome or if you have any questions about them:
Other side effects not listed may also occur in some patients. If you notice any other effects, check with your healthcare professional.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to the FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
Portions of this document last updated: April 01, 2015
Original article: http://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/niacin-oral-route/side-effects/DRG-20065086
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Nice, thanks for the release.
Nice, thanks for the release.
O my... I thought there were none this week or something b/c of the later post than Naruto.
I'm actually shocked i beat everyone one to post the thank you note
Must be my lucky day...
*Off to buy lotto*
thank for the fastness
Thanks guys for the release.
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Last update at 11:06 a.m.
The tenth day of testimony from the Calvin Ellis personnel hearing will begin shortly.
One note left over from yesterday. The witness who turned in testimony via affadavit was Whitney Williams. He is president of the schoocer booster club. His testimony stated that Tupelo school administrators had not accompanied the Tupelo High School soccer team on its over night and out of town trips in past years. One of the contentions made against Ellis during this hearing is that he did not have school administrators with him on an out of town trip to Birmingham last year, in violation of district policy.
Williams gave his testimony via affadavit because of his busy schedule. He said he is available for cross examination if the district chooses to call him.
8:33 a.m.
Calvin Ellis has taken the witness stand and we will begin shortly.
9:26 a.m.
Jim Keith begins the cross examination.
Keith refers to the embarrassment Ellis said he felt as a result of his dismissal. He said that when Jim Turner and David Meadows met with you on Oct. 28 did they tell you that you had a right to a hearing that could be public or private.
Ellis said no.
Are you testifying here today that neither of them told you that you had the right to a private hearing?
Ellis: They told me it was a public hearing and they highly encouraged me to resign.
You recall nothing about them telling you that it could be private?
Ellis: There was none of that discussed.
KeithL You never asked for it to be closed?
Ellis: I never knew beforehand that it could be a closed hearing.
Ellis said after the condoms and bananas had been discussed he asked Compton if he could have a closed hearing. He was told that at that time he could, but after that the damage had been done.
Keith asks Ellis about him having the charges published in the newspaper. Ellis said that is correct.
Keith asked if the district had publicized the charges other than that. Ellis said that it hadn't.
Keith refers to a four-hour meeting that Ellis had with David Meadows after Ellis was placed on leave. Keith said that Ellis used that meeting to make charges against other employees rather than talk about charges against him.
Ellis said that meeting was called because he was unsure why he was placed on leave. He said he didn't know the true reason why he was placed on leave.
Keith: You spoke for a majority of that time from a document that is exhibit 2 and was 10 pages long.
Ellis said that is correct, he spoke from that document.
Keith said the 10-pages in that document were complaints against other individuals but was not about the Friday night incident.
Ellis said it was documentation he had been keeping throughout the year. He said he had talked to Jason Harris about it on Oct. 5 but he hadn't previously spoken to district officials about it.
Keith said Meadows told Ellis he would investigate the charges Ellis had made. Ellis had another meeting with district officials for about an hour and a half.
Keith asked if Ellis provided a written response to district officials after his termination.
Ellis said he didn't. He said when he was told about his termination, he was not told he could provide a written response. He was told he could have a hearing and that it would be public. If he knew he could provide a written response and it would make a difference, he said he would have done that.
Butts objects by saying he made a response as Ellis' attorney.
Keith: You didn't provide a written or an oral response.
Ellis: I tried to provide an oral response (at that meeting) but was not allowed.
Keith refers to the curfew law.
Keith asks if any parent gave Ellis permission to take their kids to Walmart. Ellis said the parents gave him permission to have the students at his house but they did not give specific permission to go to Walmart.
Keith asks about permission to go to the Whitwell house and to go on a pranking event. Ellis gives similar answers. He said they gave permission to go to his house and he took that as permission to encompass all of those acitivities.
Keith: What permission did they give you Mr. Ellis.
Ellis: There is no specific permission. But you heard the testimony of those parents that it was OK for them to go with me to Walmart.
Keith: You called parents of kids to give you retroactive permission?
Ellis said no. He said he sent an email from his attorney to the parents asking if he had their permission to be with the kids.
Keith: That was done last week, that was not done prior to the event.
Ellis said yes. He said it was a social event and they did not have permission for anything.
Keith: Are you testifying you did not call any parents or students last week about this issue.
Ellis: I did not call any student about this issue.
Keith: Did you call parents
Ellis: I emailed parents.
Keith: Did you call a parent
Ellis: I don't remember
Keith: Did you try to call a student who refused to take your call?
Ellis: No
Keith refer to the curfew law. When a minor accompanied by an adult or accompanied by (a person designated by the parent, is with a student for a designated period of time). Keith asks if there was a designated period of time. Ellis said there was no parent that gave him specific permission to accompany the students to Walmart.
Keith: If you look at exemption 2, that doesn't really apply to you does it?
Ellis: I think it does.
Keith: You testified that when the boys went to prank the girls house, you stayed in the car. You also remember that the mother said she thought you were supervising them.
I did not want to participate in the prank. I was not supervising them doing the prank. I was supervising them around the town, making sure they weren't loud, I told them not to be loud in the neighborhood. I wasn't watching them do the prank.
Keith: Do you know that the boys cleaned up the mess after they left the Whitwell home?
Ellis: They used shaving cream and the Vaseline that was on the cars. I need to clarify one thing, the bananas were smeared on….
Keith objects saying that he can't go into yesterday's testimony.
Compton said he can't do that unless it is related to a question that was asked, Butts can address it on redirect.
Ellis said the question was related to the mess. He said the bananas were smeared on the window. He said the condoms were picked up because he made them pick them up.
Keith: You testified yesterday it was not necessary for you to get permission to arrange the songs for the Wave Connection show.
Ellis: I don't think that was my testimony. I understand that as an arranger, I needed to get permission.
Keith: Was your testimony yesterday, there was no reason for you to have obtained permission for the arrangements prior to going forward with the performance…..When you said, 'Now I know that I didn't even need to do what I was trying to do.' You had three different categories of songs: Steve Anderson with contracts, yourself and then some other arrangers. I want to know what you meant by your statement when you said it wasn't necessary to have gotten permissions I was trying to get.
Ellis: Many of the songs we were trying to perform were done by arrangers without a contract for hire. Several of those songs could have been performed. I did say I was responsible for the songs I had arranged. The Steve Anderson songs I was trying to get permission for those.
Keith: Are you saying it wasn't necessary to postpone the performance.
Ellis said he doesn't think it was necessary because many of those songs had been arranged by other arrangers. He knows he needed to get permissions. He said there should have and could have been a show but there was not.
Ellis said I remember her saying it was a good idea to get permission.
Keith: She said it is necessary to obtain permission for every customized version of a copyright work that you disseminate?
Ellis said yes.
Keith: she said that making a customized arrangement and disseminating it without permission could be a civil matter
Ellis said yes.
Keith said that she also said that reproduction and dissemination of an unauthorized work could be a felony.
Ellis said that she also said that most publishers don't want to do that if you are seeking permission.
Keith: Your own expert while saying it is in best interest of publishers to work with those who are seeking copyrights….When she said reproduction and dissemination of an unauthorized work could be a felony, that was the same thing Mark Greenburg told you.
Ellis said that her testimony and his statement were different.
Ellis is given a copy of DeSalvo's testimony. Keith reads where it says that it can be a felony if a certain dollar amount is met and a certain number of copies are disseminating.
Keith: You don't disagree with what your expert said?
Ellis said no, he doesn't disagree.
Keith asks if the witness said that it can be a violation to disseminate songs for which proper permission hadn't been obtained.
Ellis said yes.
Keith said that for any songs you arranged, you would need to get permission.
Ellis: She also stated that any arranger can go back and fix that. At the time I didn't know I needed permission for any arrangement I did, but I know that and I can fix it.
Keith: That is assuming that the rights holder agrees to fix that, there is no assurance?
Ellis said yes, but she also said that at no time is the district liable.
Keith said that we will go back to that, that is not exactly what she said.
Keith refers Ellis to contract with Steve Anderson. He said that for the songs arranged by Ellis, it was the duty of him on behalf of Tupelo High School (because he signed for THS). She said it was duty of you on behalf of Tupelo High School to submit one copy of the score to the attention of the copyright department for approval of the music and copyright permission.
Keith: You never did that for these three songs did you?
Ellis said he thinks Terri Stewart did that.
Keith: By the time you postponed the show, you hadn't done that.
Ellis: said no. He said that Terri Stewart sent the check. (He said that she sent the copy of the score but that she had done so after the show was postponed)
I remember Ms. Ramona testified this is just the formality Hal Leonard uses to do its business. The boosters paid for this. It says Tupelo High School licensee, but you can get licenses without Tupelo High School. The boosters paid for this, but it doesn't make Tupelo High School liable.
Keith: Nowhere on this document is the booster club. It says Tupelo High School.
Keith: As of the day you postponed the performance, you had not done what paragraph 5 said.
Ellis: Technically no, I had not.
Keith: Not technically, you hadn't done it.
Ellis: No, but I thought when we sent the check off on Sept. 8, we were good to go.
Keith: Are you saying that even if you had never received a signed contract from Cherry Lane music, it would have been OK to go ahead with the performance of these three songs.
Ellis: I do for one reason. Steve Anderson submitted his, I call it an invoice. Did we enter into a contract for hire with him, I'm not sure we did that. In that case, it would have been OK to go forward.
Keith: I am just talking about this contract. Are you saying it would have been OK to go forward despite what paragraph 5 said.
Butts objects, saying Ellis is not a lawyer. Keith said that Ellis testified yesterday that he know understands the law.
Compton, can you answer about your understanding.
Ellis: I understand that the show could have gone on. The fact of the matter is we mailed a check. At some point, these songs were given to the copyright company as asked for in number 5. Absolutely we could have gone on with the show.
Keith: AS of Sept. 29, if you hadn't performed paragraph 5, is it your understanding it would still be OK to go forward with the show with those three songs.
Ellis: Yes
Keith: You remember (your expert testified she would not advise going ahead with the show without following the details of this contract).
Butts objects saying are we talking about disseminating to the students are a performance, there is a difference.
Keith said he is asking if Ellis remembers DeSalvo saying she would not advise disseminating to her students without (following the contract)
Ellis said yes
Keith asks and Ellis said he did disseminate it to the students and choreographers over the summer. Ellis said that is the way he had always done it and this is the first time he had dealt with this. He said that DeSalvo said he could retroactively go back and get the permissions and that is what he was trying to do.
Keith: You disseminated the music that had been arranged prior to the execution of the Hal Leonard contract?
Ellis said yes
Keith: You also understand now that that is a violation of copyright law.
Ellis: It was a violation of copyright law on my behalf and I can go back and make sure permissions were granted.
Keith: Assuming the rights holder would grant that permission?
Ellis: Yes, assuming the rights holder would cooperate, but she said it is in the best interest of the rights holder to cooperate.
Keith: That also assumes the rights holder agrees not to sue you? (going back and getting retroactive permission assumes that)
Ellis: Yes
Keith: You testified when you went to Hal Leonard website in April, you knew you had to pay to get permission to those songs. Ellis said yes. Keith said you didn't sign a contract with Steve Anderson until Septmeber. Ellis said yes but he has something he sends out to directors with what songs he will do. It appears to be a contract for hire, but it was not signed by both parties.
Keith: You went online to obtain the contracts for permission to arrange for the Steve Anderson songs?
Ellis: Yes but after that you wait until you receive permission….Steve Anderson gave me the arrangements early because we were having our normal choreography meeting…
Keith: Prior to you receiving this document dated Aug. 7, which is a contract on Cherry Lane Music head, you did nothing with regard to ensuring the proper permission was to be obtained on these three songs?
Ellis: I did submit the songs and I was waiting for this as it came Aug. 22. We started choreography (In July)
Keith asks if Ellis had any follow-up conversations with Anderson to ensure proper permission was obtained.
Ellis said he spoke with Anderson in June and July. He said he doesn't remember specifically the conversations but they talked about the status of these.
Keith: Did you inquire whether you had permissions prior to this contract?
Ellis said he does not remember the conversations.
Keith: You said you contacted Jeremy Alferra but you didn't get a straightforward answer about permission to arrange. Ellis said he was trying to understand his process and why he had never asked for this before.
Keith: In spite of not getting a straight forward answer, you stuck with him and you had no idea who was going to get permission for those songs.
Ellis said he did not know, but as Ms. Ramona testified he was the one responsible for getting permission so those songs could have been performed.
Keith said that at the time you didn't know. Ellis said that is why he postponed the show.
Ellis said he spoke with Ron Jones, asked David Alderman what was going on and why certain arrangers ask for this and others don't. Alderman told him that a lot of arrangers don't deal with it. He said he went to all of the arrangers even though it was uncomfrortable because that is what he was told to do.
Keith: What communication did you have with Ron Jones about who would get permission for songs he was arranging.
Ellis: I had a phone conversation with him. I don't remember the specifics
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Keith: What did Ron Jones tell you about who was going to be responsible for getting permission. Ellis said the conversation wasn't about the songs he was going to arrange and permissions. He talked to him about the past and why Jones didn't require him to do it.
Keith asks about conversation with arranger Megan Glecker. Ellis said it was email correspondence with her. Ellis said she said that he needed to get permission, or the school would, but there was no contract for hire with her.
Keith: Did you do anything regarding getting permission for the songs Megan Glecker asked you to get permission for?
Ellis said he remembers submitting that song to Tresona?
Keith: But you never had permission as of Sept, 29?
Ellis said he does not recall.
Keith asks about Virgina Silouettes. Ellis said he tried to get an arrangement from that group, but he never did.
Ellis said he submitted it (to Tresona) because he wanted to do that song but he never ended up getting it arranged. Ellis said it was a pre-arranged piece of music.
Keith: What about Jeff Bowen?
Ellis: Jeff Bowen did rent and it was a pre-approved arrangement so I submitted that song as well.
Ellis said he had a conversation with Jeff Bowen and he said that he would get permission for it.
Ellis said that he still submitted every song he wanted to do. "I guess it was both of us covering our bases.
Ellis said he had no written agreement with Jones, Glecker or Bowen.
Keith: In spite of your knowledge that Steve Anderson required you to get permission to arrange through a written agreement, you didn't get a written agreement with (the others)
Ellis: I did not have any written contract or written agreement with any arragener. With Steve Anderson, there was no agreement, there were no titles on those songs and it was not signed by either party. He said he is talking about the written agreement prior to making the arrangement.
He said he submitted the songs for Steve Anderson on the website. He said that Anderson was planning to do six songs even though he only submitted four to Hal Leonard.
Ellis said it wasn't signed, it was like an invoice. The invoice didn't have any songs listed on it.
Keith: The fact that you had Steve Anderson who directed you to a contractual arrangement to determine who would get permission to arrange and then you had Ron Jones who you didn't ask who would get permission to arrange and Megan Glecker who said you needed to get permission to arrange. Did that not raise a question in your mind that to make sure for any song you were going to perform, you had proper arrangment.
Butts objects and Keith restates.
Keith: You were working with arrangers. One needed a contract, one you didn't ask who was responsible for getting permission and one emailed you that you needed to get permission to arrange.
Ellis: As you can see, all of these arrangers had no clue what they were doing, as I did not. That is why I spent time trying to educate myself. It did raise questions and I tried to figure it out. It took me a while to figure it out and then I found out that that was even wrong. That is why I submitted every song for approval. That is why I ended up cancelling the song to give us more time..
Keith: As of Sept. 29, you never asked the principal or the distirct's legal counsel to give you help?
Ellis: No, I was trying to figure this out on my own.
Keith: As of the date, the show was postponed, you had not taken steps to get permission for the songs you had arranged.
Ellis said he had submitted those to Tresona.
Keith: You had not received permission?
Ellis said he had received clearance. He said he didn't understand the terminology between cleared and final copyright approval.
Keith: I think the testimony shows that every one of those songs had already been duplicated and disseminated to students?
Ellis said they had
Keith: Those documents did not have the proper copyright language on the first page?
Ellis: No
Keith: Now, you also recall that your own expert testified that she would not advise a school district to go forward with music obtained from arrangements in which there had been no permission from rights holders
Butts objects, saying that was not her entire testimony.
Hearing takes a 10-minute break at 9:45 a.m.
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Hearing resumes at 9:53 a.m.
Keith refers to transcript. In it he asked DeSalvo if she would advise a school district to go forward with a performance if permissions had not been obtained. DeSalvo said if she knew beforehand, she would not advise them to go forward. She then said a performance would be expempt. But, Keith said, she also said she does not recommend it.
Ellis said if he knew beforehand, he wouldn't have gone forward with a performance. To me, this makes it seem that she would go forth with a performance because a performance is exempt and we can work afterward to get permission.
Keith: On Sept. 29, you knew you did not have permissions, so you did know beforehand?
Ellis: That is why I went ahead and cancelled the show
Keith: You have no assurance of being able to obtain permissions retroactively for songs you had arranged and had not received permission.
Ellis said no assurance.
Keith asked the same thing about songs by other arrangers. Ellis said the performance would be exempt.
Keith: Are you saying if you knowing used songs for which there was no permission, are you saying there would be no liability on you.
Ellis: I don't recall her saying that
Keith: There are some songs for which you never get permission, such as those from the Hendrix estate.
Ellis: That is the only song I had trouble on.
Keith: Based on what you know today, would you perform that song anyway? Ellis said he wouldn't. He said he would replace that with another song.
Keith: You have no assurance a rights holder would not sue you?
Ellis: Based on what I know now, it is in a publisher's best interest to make money. As Mr. Jordan and Ms.DeSalvo testified, they are not in the business of suing. There is no assurance but there is no case where they sued someone for doing those thing.
Keith: You recall your witnesses testimony that a knowing violation brings a $150,000 fine?
Ellis: But there was no violation. There was no performance.
Keith: What is your understanding of whether a knowing violation would bring a possible $150,000 statutory fine?
Ellis said his understanding is that the arranger would be the direct infringer and he is only responsible for the songs he arranged, but there is no liability on behalf of the district.
Keith: You say that because you say you were (arranging) in your sole role as Calvin Ellis not as Calvin Ellis show choir director. Ellis said yes.
Keith: If you were going to do it over again, are you saying on Sept. 29, you would have gone forward with the performance any way.
Ellis; Knowing what I know now, that the students could have had the opportunity to do the show and present their hard work to the community at no violation to the school and I would encourage the arrangers including myself to get permission, for the student's sake there absolutely would have been a show. I may have delayed it, but that is why we are in this, for the student sake.
Keith: For your sake, as an arranger, would you still have gone forward with the show?
Knowing what you know today, would you have gone forward with the songs you had arranged for which you had not received permission?
Ellis: Yes I would have gone ahead and I would have done everything in my power to make sure all of the songs I had arranged would be approved. If they weren't approved, I may have changed my mind. We still had other songs we could have performed and we would have gone on with the show.
Keith: Would you have allowed the students to perform the songs you arranged and hadn't gotten permission?
Ellis: Yes I would have but I would have done everything retroactively to get permission. IF we didn't get permission I might not have used them. I would have tried my best to get permission.
Keith: Had you not received permission, would you go forward with the performance?
Ellis: It is hard to answer yes or no….I postponed the show to allow more time for permissions and I would have continued to perform those songs….Knowing what I know now, I would not have put those songs on the stage if I hadn't gotten permission. (Said he would have delayed the show to get those permission)
Keith moves to exhibit 31. It is the MS educator code of ethics. Keith said standard 1 talks about professional conduct. 1.1.2 talks about respecting other educators.
Keith: Do you believe in light of what you said in exhibit 2, do you believe you were following that?
Ellis said yes.
Keith talks about exhibit 2 that calls for forthrightness. He asks if Ellis thinks he exhibited that when he talked to boosters about copyright
Ellis said yes.
Keith refers to exhibit 4. Says an educator should maintain a professional relationshp with all students inside and outside of the classroom. He reads examples of specific transgressions such as sexual inneuendo and electronic communication – such as text messaging- with students. Keith asks if he believes Ellis followed that in relation to the Friday event.
Butts objects because none of that is mentioned in the charges.
Keith said that evidence came out about the Friday night event and that can be considered by the board. He asks Ellis if he followed that standard.
Ellis said he did.
Keith refers to standard 5, calls for collegial relationship with collegues. He asks Ellis if he feels he maintained that in light of exhibit 2.
Ellis said he does. He said he believes professional relationships are a two-way street.
Keith goes to exhibit 26. Ellis' contract for 11-12 school year. Ellis said it is identical to his 10-11 contracts.
Keith said the first page of the contract emcompases both his duties as teacher of music and his supplement as choral director.
Keith: You performed your music teacher duties during school day? Ellis said yes. Keith: You performed your show choir duties, afterschool, evenings and weekends. Is there any time you didn't perform your show choir duties? Ellis: yes
When did you perform your duties as an arranger? Ellis said during the summer.
Keith: Are you testifying under oath that you enver worked on arranging music during the school day?
Ellis said not to his knowledge
Keith asks if he ever worked on his arrangement while he was working with show choir.
Ellis said not while he was working with students, but sometimes he would change parts that didn't work.
Keith: You did not ask administration if it would be permissible to charge the booster club for arranging?
Ellis said yes
Keith asks if the arrangements were solely for the Tupelo show choir? Ellis said yes.
Keith: You arranged those songs because you are show choir director, not because you are an independent contractor?
Ellis: I arranged those songs because I am show choir director for Wave Connection and Sound Wave and I wanted to contrubite to their performance.
Keith asks if Ellis arranged songs for any other show choirs. Ellis said no.
Keith: You were performed by your principal you would not be able to go forward with performrnace for songs for which permission had not been given?Ellis said yes.
Keith: Where does it say in your contract that certain work you do for your show choir performance isn't covered by your contract or your supplement?
Ellis: It doesn't say that, but supplements in my understanding are put in place for the time you spend with students outside of school hours. We pay other outside arrangers. I would never expect arrangement to put expected of me as part of my supplement.
Keith: Who made decision of which arrangers to hire?
Ellis: I made the decision
Keith: You were in effect recommending yourself to the booster club?
Ellis: For years I had taken other arrangers work and adapted it to the program. I thought I could do other arrangements for the program that would be cheaper. The budget for arranging was $10,000. We would hire arrangers and the arrangement would be wrong and we would have to spend $1,000 on one song to redo. I did start that process and the boosters agreed.
Keith: The amount of money you billed the booster club over a two-year period of time was approximately $10,000.
Ellis said he does not recall the approximate amount. He said he knows it is over $8,000.
Keith refers to exhibit 15. District policy for staff conflict of interest. It says that no employee will use their position to obtain pecuniary benefit for themselves.
Keith said number 2 says prohibited activities. 2.9. One of the activities is using his or her position to influence purchase of goods or services from a school, booster club, etc.
Ellis: I wouldn't agree that I tried to do that to help myself. I was actually trying to benefit the school.
Keith: You just testified you received in excess of $8,000 benefit and at the same time you did that, you were the show choir director?
Ellis: I was
Keith: Yesterday you testified you were concerned about kids being bullied and forced to sing. Didn't Mr. Meadows ask you to sign a letter asking the kids in the two show choirs to cooperate.
Ellis said that is not all the letter said.
Ellis is given a copy of the letter. It is dated Oct. 18. It says due to fact that copyright permissions have not been obtained, permission has been postponed, In the meantime, we ask for you to all work hard in class. It would have been signed by Ellis and Jason Harris
Keith asks You refused to sign the letter?
Ellis said he did. He was uncomfortable with the fact that they were putting copyright permissions as what was going on with him. He said he would have been glad to sign something asking for the work to go on but he was uncomfortable signing something saying the reason he was not at school was because copyright permission hadn't been obtained.
Keith: Did you present any amendments?
Ellis: I asked him about rewording the first part of this and I said we could work on it together. There were no more conversations.
Keith: Did you submit a revised version of this letter?
Ellis: They didn't ask me that.
Keith: You had already sent out an email that the show had been postponed because of copyright permissions, correct?
Ellis: Correct
Keith: You knew it was wrong to tutor your own students during the school day for pay?
Ellis said yes
Keith: You tried to justify it yesterday by saying you only did it twice?
Ellis: I did it twice to help the student
Keith: You stopped because the student's parent told you it was wrong.
Ellis said she did not tell him it was wrong. He was another employee was talking about it in the community and she warned him to watch his back.
Keith: Yesterday you brought up the Alabama trip and talked about parents asking you to take students to lunch?
Keith: You already said that students could eat in the cafeteria. Ellis said yes
Keith said that by letting them go to the mall, he turned over supervisory responsibility and he could have asked them to say. Ellis said yes.
Keith said that last week when he questioned Ellis if he had talked about the issue with the principal, he testified that the only supervision issue that was brought up was the issue of no staff member being on the bus back to Tupelo.
Ellis said yes and then you showed me a letter referring to supervision issue at a mall. Ellis said he thought he was talking about something else at the mall.
Ellis said he does not recall discussing the issue at the mall with him. He said that he read the letter but the discussion just talked about returning to school without a staff member.
Keith refers to exhibit 74. A March 28 email from Ellis to Stratton. Keith said he wants to email parents about the proper protocol to report a problem. Keith said that is because you knew a parent had reported the incident at the mall.
Ellis said he did know that but the discussion, he was confused about the unsupervised complaint because he was at the mall Friday and Sunday with students who were chaperoned and went in groups. He said he didn't understand why there was any reporting of supervision. (He said that and the incident at the mall were two separate things).
Keith: Are you saying you were not aware that on Saturday there were students at the mall and you were not.
Ellis said he was aware students were at the mall but he didn't know there was a supervision problem.
Keith asks if when Ellis discussed the issue with Stratton, whether a mall supervision came up in the discussion.
Ellis said he told Stratton that the allegations of the students being unsupervised at the mall got him upset because there was supervision. But you are talking about another incident at another mall and I wasn't there.
Ellis said he told boosters if there is a problem with anything please come to him. He said he wants to know the issues….If all these parents are going straight to the top and not saying anything to me, how can I fix these problems?
Keith: Did you approach any of the parents before this email from Lee Stratton?
Ellis said he did not know there was an issue before this email.
Ellis said he can't remember the actual order of events. He does remember Stratton coming to him and talking about the ride home without an administrator. He said he doesn't know the time frame.
Keith; How did it come to your attention there was a mall supervision issue that prompted to write this email
Ellis said he doesn't know. Maybe he had a conversation with Stratton in passing.
Keith: You were upset because you said, "I don't know why someone would come up with this other than vindictive reasons of their own?"
Keith: Did you think someone was being vindictive by reporting that issue to the administration?
Ellis: I knew I was bothered by the fact that there was a report of unsupervision when I knew there was none. There had been amny incidents that year of people going to higher authorities saying things that werne't necessarily true.
Keith: Yesterday, you said a student had to cross the street to eat lunch. You don't know where she was prior to that?
Ellis said he would assume she was at the hotel.
Keith: Do you know whether she was under adult supervision prior to going there?
Ellis said they were in their rooms getting ready for a performance. He does not know if there was a parent outside every single room. You can not watch every single student, every single time, every single event at a hotel.
Keith: I believe you testified you didn't go outside to supervise students running laps if it was daylight hours. Ellis said that is correct.
Keith: At night time, you supervised them? Ellis yes.
Keith: You obviously didn't supervise them the entire time they circled the building?
Ellis said you can not supervise every single step but he was outside counting laps.
Keith asks Ellis about statement that Ellis did not know about Petal incident.
Ellis said he did not know about not being asked back. He said he knew there was an incident and that the Petal principal approached him about it but he didn't know about ruining the reputation.
Keith asks if Ellis informed the Tupelo administration?
Ellis said no because he took care of it and went back and talked to the students. He said he saw Petal parents being rude to them.
Keith: You didn't think it was important to tell the administartion
At the time I did not think that was important for the principal to know because I dealt with it. I don't run with the principal for every issue, I try to deal with it. That is what most principals want.
Keith said that Ellis testified yesterday that it was not a matter of being invited to competition, it is a matter of filling out a form. Petal doesn't have to accept the form does it?
Ellis said no but he had never had an application not be accepted.
Keith asks if Tupelo has gone back to Petal since. Ellis said no but he didn't want to because of the way they were treated.
Keith asks Ellis about his arrangments and his relationship with the boosters.
Ellis: There were no arrangements that had already been arranged by other people. My arranging project was the very first music project of the school year. When I had to seek other arrangements to fulfill other performance needs, I did not inform (The boosters) because I had done that for years.
Keith asks giving copies of the music to the boosters. Ellis said he wasn't asked by the boosters for that until this year but that he did provide it to Terri Stewart this year.
Keith asks what the dates were. Ellis said it was August or September. Keith asks if he provided anything prior to that. Ellis said he was never asked prior to that.
Keith refers to exhibit 18, a Tweet..
Keith: Did you have that conversation with the individual who Tweeted that message?
Ellis said it was a Tweet by a student who took a picture of a text message.
Keith: Did you make the statement with anyone that (they couldn't get a zero for an event that happened outside of school)
Ellis: I had a discussion with this person buecase she informed me that the kids had been builled at school. I tried to give a student a zero for an event at Ole Miss and the administration told me that I couldn't do that for an event outside of school. I wanted the student to know that.
Ellis said he did not tell her to disseminate that.
Keith said the date of that was Oct. 24. Was that the approximate time you had that conversation?
Ellis said yes
Keith refers to next page that says "Go for it. Tell all WC students and make sure they don't show up." Did you also have that conversation?
Ellis said no.
Keith asks about Ellis' conversation with Whitwell. Ellis said Whitwell called her.
Ellis said he called her prior to him being placed on leave about the incidents on Sept. 30. The conversation in which he infromred her he was palced on leave, she called him.
Keith: After you were placed on leave, did you call Ms. Whitwell?
Ellis: No
Keith: After you were placed on leave, you were instructed not to have contact with any TPSD employee but Mr. Turner. He asks about what Mr. Meadows told Ellis about creating a report of his copyright activities.
Ellis said he was told to create a report. HE doesn't recall him telling him he needed a daily log.
Keith: You don't recall him giving you a pad and pen and telling you to write down these instructions?
Ellis: I believe he asked me, maybe on the 21, I don't recall him telling me about every contact. I still have the memo I wrote and I don't think it said to make a daily log. It was difficult for me to log every conversation because I was in the process of waiting for approval. That is why the report was as extensive as it was because that was all of the work I had been doing.
Keith: You were on full paid leave and he wanted documentation of what you were doing.
Ellis said that is not true and the only thing he was to do daily was to call at 3:00.
Keith: Are you aware your Wave Connection shows for 2009 and 2010 are on YouTube?
Ellis: Yes
Keith is finished with his questions. Butts will begin his redirect shortly.
11:06 a.m.
Butts asks Ellis about his meetings with Jason Harris and David Meadows. He asks whether any of those meetings conformed to district policy about how complaints should be handled about licensed employees
Ellis said no
Butts asks him about a point he said he wanted to clarify from prank night?
Ellis: There has been a great deal of discussion about the use of materials, the condoms and bananas. I think there is a misconception of how those materials were used. The bananas were smashed on the windows. The condoms were thrown on the ground. The Vaseline was on the door handles and the paint was on the windows. I think there is a great misconception about how those materials were used.
Butts: Had you been informed there existed any copyright compliance policy in the district?
Ellis said no. He said no administrator ever came to him and told him there was such a policy.
Butts: You were asked if you sought district advice on legal matters. Have you seen district policy on that? Ellis said no
Butts: Were you ever informed you could go directly to the district legal counsel and ask a question.
Ellis said he was never informed but he did go on one occasion. It was about the Smith Lake trip. They were thinking about taking parent cars to Smith Lake and he was asking for a form that could release them from liability.
Butts: You were asked if you went to your principal about the problems with copyrights, to your knowledge does Mr. Harris have any expertise on that?
Ellis said no.
Compton: I have a question about the condoms, were they taken out of the packages?
Ellis said they were taken out of the packages.
Jim Keith and Kelly Stimpson are conferring about a possible question. They will not ask it. Ellis is done with his testimony.
Keith said the district will submit three affadavits as rebuttal witnesses. They will submit them this afternoon and Butts will have the opportunity to submit counter affadavits.
Compton wants them to file those today and he will talk to Butts about whether he needs counter affadavits. The hearing is now in recess waiting for those affadavits and possible counter affadvits. They will then be in recess until the hearing officer gets a copy of the transcript and is able to prepare his report and get the transcript and report to the school board. He will notify both counsel at that point.
The hearing is done, as far as live witnesses.
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Coochie coochie Charo!
I haven't seen Charisma Carpenter in a long time.
I wish I went another day w/o seeing Jesse.
Drake Bell is the guy always calling out Biebs rite? If so good on him
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I do <3 Charisma but that dress…noReplyCancel
That dress on carpenter seriously lacking…charm
(See what I did.."charisma woulda been too pedestrian)
Tricia I do like what you did there!ReplyCancel
Don't like that gown on Joely.ReplyCancel
@orville thx and I like your work too
@erin…she had a bad stalker back in her prime
Retreated to quiet life
Think there were death threats../attempted somethingetc
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@Tricia Shaw – Thanks for the info. That's awful. I wondered why she never popped up in any of Joss Whedon's stuff since he seems to work with some of the same people a lot. I thought maybe they had an issue. It sounds like she's been through a lot. With her being out & photographed, maybe that means something has changed for the better. I hope so anyway.ReplyCancel
I look at that picture of Charo and think – Arianna Grande in 50-60 years.ReplyCancel
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Now so done just put charisma in touch with a stylist STAt..lol
And not Zoe….she'll try and get her to lose 75 lbs for no reason
Charisma's dress is false advertising. I zoomed in for a closer look. Disappointed.
Charo…. begone
So glad when this skinny pants trend on guys disappears. Everyone looks like they got the wrong size tux.ReplyCancel
Just became glaringly obvious to me Jesse McCarthy May be the answer to many an ex tweeners blind…like the bath house blind…like the done hiding it blind.
Things that make you go…ahhhh
charisma is 40 and still bangingReplyCancel
Maybe her time is just over in H'wood? Charisma used to be HUGE back in the Buffy/Angel days but no one can maintain that level of popularity forever. And honestly, she's not the greatest actress in the world… That said, if anyone had to stop getting work and disappear after those shows I feel that it should have been SMG if only because she is reportedly such a truly horrible person.ReplyCancel


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Christina Buchanan donates to PHA's Sustainers Circle in honor of her daughter Riley. Riley is 4 years old, and when she was born, she was diagnosed with persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn.
Riley's nurses say she is "spicy." She is full of jokes, loves to help cook, go on shopping trips and listen to music. She is on oxygen 24/7 and knows how to untangle the tubing if it gets caught on something.
On Dec. 27, 2011, Riley became actively listed for transplant at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
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At night, when Riley says her prayers, she "prays for all her PH friends. She's very sweet," Christina says.
When Riley was diagnosed, Christina found PHA's website and became active in the online PH community. "The other parents have been the biggest help in all of this," she says. It helps "when you have people who understand."
In December 2011, in an effort to do more, Christina joined PHA's Sustainers Circle. As she explains, "Now seems like the perfect time to give because of the advances in pediatric research, including the Robyn Barst Pediatric Research Fund." Her donations help her know that she's "making a difference in helping even if the cure comes after Riley's transplant."
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Rashida Abbas
Thursday 3 November
After our long journey we finally arrived at 3am in the grand mosque that surrounds the Ka'ba. The sheer number of people was overwhelmimg. There is nowhere to stand even though the mosque is enormous and goes on for miles. I struggled through the Tawaf (circling the Ka'ba) although I was a bit fazed due to lack of sleep and the crowds but I managed to complete it before collapsing in a heap to get some rest before the next part.
I leaned against one of the many marble clad minarets and gazed up at the sky above the Kabba where there was the most beautiful glow and tranquility which I had never felt anywhere else. It rejuvenated me to continue. As I looked down my husband was laying next to me snoring. I was feeling thirsty and hungry so I drank the water from the well of Zam Zam and was instantly refreshed. I can't believe this well has been running since the time of Abraham, for me that is a miracle…
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TAYLORSVILLE/EMERY TOWN-Solomon Jack Gardner, 17, passed away on June 21 in the town of Emery, Utah. He was born on Jan. 19, 1993 in Salt Lake City, Utah to David Jacob Gardner and Lisa Ann Vogl.
Funeral services were Friday, June 25, 2010 at 11 a.m. at the River View Ward LDS Chapel, 1365 West 4800 South, Taylorsville, Utah. A viewing was from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday evening, June 24, 2010, at the River View LDS Church and on Friday from 9:30-10:30 a.m., at the church prior to the services. Interment was in the Emery Town Cemetery in Emery, Utah at 4:30 p.m. on Friday following the services. Services were in the care of Fausett Mortuary. Friends and family may sign the guest book and share memories of Solomon at www.fausettmortuary.com.


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Venue: New Delhi, India
Date: November 18th, 2010
Duration: 29 Minutes
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