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From the English Wikipedia page on Máel Snechtai of Moray:
Máel Snechtai of Moray (or Máel Snechtai mac Lulaich) was the ruler of Moray, and, as his name suggests, the son of Lulach, King of Scotland.
He is called on his death notice in the Annals of Ulster, "Máel Snechtai m. Lulaigh ri Muireb" (="Máel Snechtai, Lulach's son, King of Moray"), which is a significant terminological development, since previously the titles for the ruler of Moray had either been "King of Scotland" or "Mormaer." The title is repeated for his successor, Óengus (if indeed the latter were his successor).
Perhaps then the events of Máel Snechtai's caused some kind of identity disassociation between the Men of Moray and the Men of Scotland. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, s.a. 1078, reports that "In this year Máel Coluim seized the mother of Máel Snechtai ...and all his treasures, and his cattle; and he himself escaped [only] with difficulty."
Sadly, the ... represents a lacuna in the text one line long; [1] but it is clear that Máel Snechtai was defeated by King Máel Coluim III in some kind of conflict. Grant's suggestion [2] that Máel Snechtai subsequently retired to a monastery is based only on textual innuendo, and is made unlikely by the fact that he was called "King of Moray" on his death.
Máel Snechtai, as the son of King Lulach, undoubtedly perceived himself as the rightful king of Scotland, and the already noted conflict with Máel Coluim III strongly suggests that he pursued his claim.
His death date is based on the year given by the Annals of Ulster, s.a. 1085.
- [1]. A.O. Anderson, Scottish Annals, p. 100.
- [2]. A. Grant, "The Province of Ross", p. 103.
Anderson, Alan Orr, Early Sources of Scottish History: AD 500-1286, 2 Vols, (Edinburgh, 1922)
Anderson, Alan Orr, Scottish Annals from English Chroniclers: AD 500-1286, (London, 1908), republished, Marjorie Anderson (ed.) (Stamford, 1991)
Grant, Alexander, "The Province of Ross and the Kingdom of Alba", in E.J. Cowan and R.Andrew McDonald (eds.), Alba: Celtic Scotland in the Medieval Era, (Edinburgh, 2000)
GILLACOMGAIN (-burned alive 1032). Mormaer of Moray. The Annals of Ulster record that "Gilla Comgán son of Mael Brigte, earl of Moray was burned together with fifty people" in 1032[495]. (Cawley's Medlands)
m [as her first husband, GRUOCH, daughter of BOITE--- ([1015]-)]. Her possible first marriage appears to be based on the following logic. The Continuation of the Synchronisms of Flann Mainistreach records Lulach as son of Macbeth[496]. The Annals of Ulster record that "Lulach son of Gilla Comgain, over-king of Scotland was killed in battle by Mael Coluim son of Donnchad" in 1058[497]. Dunbar, basing his argument on this and the other sources which are quoted in this section, states that "from the above it seems most probable that Lulach was son of Gillacomgan and step-son of Macbeth"[498]. In addition, the 12th century Cronica Regum Scottorum lists "Lulac nepos filii Boide" ["nephew of the son of Boite"] as successor of King Macbeth[499]. However, there does not appear to be a surviving source which more specifically confirms that Macbeth´s queen was the widow of Gillacomgain and mother of Lulach. She married [secondly] ([after 1032]) Macbeth, who succeeded in 1040 as MACBETH King of Scotland. "Machbet filius Finlach…et Gruoch filia Bodhe, rex et regina Scottorum" made grants to the church of St Serf, although the document also names "Malcolmus Rex filius Duncani" which casts doubt on its authenticity[500]. (Cawley's Medlands)
Mormaer Gillacomgain & his [wife] had [one child]: (Cawley's Medlands)
i) LULACH ([1032]-killed in battle Essie, Strathbogie 17 Mar 1058, bur Isle of Iona). As noted above, the primary sources are unclear concerning the parentage of Lulach. He succeeded [his stepfather] in 1057 as LULACH "the Simple" King of Scotland, crowned Aug 1057 at Scone Abbey, Perthshire. The Annals of Ulster record that "Lulach son of Gilla Comgain, over-king of Scotland was killed in battle by Mael Coluim son of Donnchad" in 1058[501].](Cawley's Medlands)
m ---. Finnghuala of Angus? The name of Lulach´s wife is not known.
Lulach & his wife had two children: (Cawley's Medlands)
(a) MAELSNECHTAI (-1085). A grant by "Maelsnecte son of Luloeg" to the church of Deer is recalled in a notice of grants between 565 and 1100[502]. Mormaer of Moray until 1078. Monk. (Cawley's Medlands)
(b) daughter. Her parentage is confirmed by the Annals of Ulster which record the death in 1130 of "Angus son of the daughter of Lulach" in a battle "between the men of Scotland and the men of Moray"[503]. The name of her husband is not known.
m ---. One child: (Cawley's Medlands)
(1) ANGUS (-killed in battle Strickathrow 1130). Mormaer of Moray. Moray was conquered by the Scots in 1130 after Mormaer Angus's defeat at Strickathrow[504]. The Annals of Ulster record the death in 1130 of "Angus son of the daughter of Lulach" in a battle "between the men of Scotland and the men of Moray"[505]. John of Fordun´s Scotichronicon (Continuator) records that "Malcolmus filius Macheth" lied to claim he was "filium Angusii comitis Moraviæ" who was killed "tempore…regis David…apud Strucathroth a Scotis"[506]. (Cawley's Medlands)
Máel Snechtai mac Lulaich, King of Moray's Timeline
Mormaerdom of Moray, Scotland, (Present UK)
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Roberto Martinez praises Wigan's mental strength after West Brom win
Roberto Martinez has hailed the mental strength of his Wigan players after they twice battled back to beat West Brom.
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Goals from Arouna Kone, James McArthur and Callum McManaman gave the Latics a vital win that closes the gap on 17th placed Sunderland to just two points with three games remaining.
"If anything was tested today it was the strong mentality of a very determined side who know exactly what they are doing and keep going till the end," the Spaniard told Sky Sports.
"When you come to a place like here you know the home team is very well organised and they work very hard to keep a clean sheet, so to be able to get three goals from open play and come from behind twice is due to the character, determination and an incredible, incredible mental strength in the dressing room."
With the prospect of an FA Cup final against Manchester City and Europa League football next season there is plenty to get excited about for Latics fans and Martinez believes the club can move to a new level next year if they secure safety - something he equates to winning the title.
"Eight consecutive seasons at this level is an incredible journey and we are fighting to reach our title - our title is staying up," he added.
"Today the performance was equal to the last three games but we got the three deserved points and that pleases me a lot as in football when you don't get the result you sometimes drop your standards.
"But that wasn't going to happen today. The players had a clear focus and a clear concentration on what we had to do to get the three points at a very difficult place.
"With the European qualification that we have next season we can get into new ground, break into different levels and one day we should be able to move the aim of avoiding relegation into trying to finish in the top 10.
"But where we are now is such an exciting time for us with three games to go in the league and being involved a major trophy.
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- Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica celebrate on September 15
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- iReporters from all six countries shared their best Independence photos
For one weekend in September more than 155 million people in six neighboring countries in one continent pull out all the stops to honor the birth of their nations.
Five Central American countries -- Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica -- kick off their Independence Day celebrations on September 15, the date when, in 1821, they declared independence from Spain, while the following day Mexico holds its own independence celebrations.
We asked people from each country to send in their best images from past and present Independence Day celebrations. From masked revelers in Guatemala to elaborately costumed dance troupes in Honduras, we received stunning images from nations proud to celebrate their beginnings.
Like the best birthday celebrations, the events are marked with glorious parades, street parties, festivals and family gatherings.
TV producer Brad Cordeiro was in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, when he captured stunning images of young women in beautiful flowing blue dresses performing in a parade held for the country's Independence Day.
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"The feel of the parade was of a lot of proud parents watching their kids participate," he said. "The celebration was a week long, and as San Juan del Sur is a resort town people from all over the country came to town, it felt like the whole country was there," he said.
Sometimes the celebrations can provide the most eye-opening of visuals. In Guatemala City, anthropologist Lucas de Soto captured this image of a rather motley crew of soldiers, worker and, yes, a man dressed in a bird suit during the country's celebrations in 2011.
"It's ... sort of a fun side to the military that they wanted to present with the festive atmosphere, despite how ambivalent the general public is about them," he said. "They were dressing up as bears, and wrestlers, and handing out candy."
Elsewhere on the continent, in Honduras, Independence day for U.S. photographer Hunter Johnson means a chance to give the orphans who live in the homes his organization houses the opportunity to take part in the many parades held to honor the day.
His beautiful image captures several young girls from one of the organization's centers proudly dressed in their dancing finery ahead of a parade in Talanga, Honduras.
"The parade I witnessed in Honduras was certainly simpler from a materialistic perspective, but it did not lack whatsoever in energy and passion among its participants," he said.
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LONDON—This time, Lolo Jones didn't fall flat on her face. It just felt like it. Jones made it cleanly over all 10 barriers on Tuesday night in the women's 100-meter hurdles final. But track's pin-up girl crossed the finish line in fourth place.
That was better than Beijing, where Jones was leading until she hit the ninth hurdle. Just don't tell that to Lolo.
"I'm crushed," she said. "There was a lot riding on this race."
It wasn't just the precious medals. A good race would have led to nice paydays on the European track circuit.
More than that, it would have validated all the money and fame she'd earned before even getting in the starting blocks.
She'll still have that, but the gold medal went to Australia's Sally Pearson. She edged American Dawn Harper by two-thousandths of a second, with Kellie Wells third.
The race was so close nobody knew who won at first. Harper and Pearson just lay in their lanes, catching their breath as they looked at the scoreboard at Olympic Stadium and waited on the result.
When it finally flashed up, both women reacted as if they'd won.
"I can't be mad," Harper said. "Silver is fine."
It represented vindication. She was the accidental medalist, having won gold in Beijing. But most just remembered the agonizing way Jones lost that race. Take that memory, throw in good looks, charisma and some media savvy, and Lolo became the most recognized U.S. athlete not named Kobe, LeBron or Michael.
The Lolo lovefest became a story in itself. Her openness was refreshing at first. The cheesecake photos were to be expected. Lolo lost me when she started talking about being a virgin and asking Tim Tebow on a date.
One commentator compared her to Anna Kournikova, who became rich and famous for looking good while never actually bothering to win a tennis tournament.
I wouldn't go that far. Jones wouldn't have been in the final if she weren't one of the better hurdlers in the world. She just wasn't as good as Pearson and Harper. Not that such things matter in the marketing game.
All that turned likeable Lolo into a polarizing figure. Nobody could blame her for taking all those endorsements. Nor should they fault Oakley, BP, Red Bull and the rest for signing Jones.
She'll move product. She just couldn't move herself as fast as Harper. That was the frustrating thing, at least if you value achievement over hype.
It's hard to tell if the great expectations affected Jones. It wasn't so hard to tell they fueled her rivals. They could stick it to Red Bull, show Oakley where it could put its sunglasses.
For Pearson, it was also darned nice to win Australia's first gold medal of the games.
"Oh, my goodness," she said, "it's absolutely incredible."
She and Harper embraced like old friends. Then Welles came over and gave the Pearson a big hug.
While they did a celebratory jog around the rainy stadium, Jones walked quietly out of sight.
"It was my season's best time," she said, "so obviously I did the best I could do."
As she fought away tears, there was no way not to feel sorry for her. Lolo didn't create the Olympic marketing game; she just played it better than her competitors.
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Accommodating doesn't mean catering to.
Why do you want to shake Tina a little bit?
Quote from: Outdoor Girl on November 11, 2013, 08:44:39 AM Accommodating doesn't mean catering to. This needs to become one of ehell's go-to phrases if it isn't already.Tom can't have The Cake, so no one gets The Cake? Tina's right - he is being a baby. And who exactly is going to determine what dessert "all can enjoy"? Tom? Come to think of it, that might be a good learning experience for him - giving him Tina's guest list and letting him find The One Dessert that satisfies everybody's preferences and restrictions.
I suggest:Tell Tina to take a higher road with "that won't be possible", and enjoy her cake.Tell Tom that, upon receiving an invitation, he can accept the hospitality that Tina has extended or reject it, but he doesn't get to make demands of someone else's party.
Much as I would love to, I don't think telling him "Suck it up, buttercup! This party is not about you, so either go and be gracious or don't go." would work, and it isn't terribly polite either!
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WALTHAM — The forecast calls for a 100 percent chance of swirling trade rumors, with an unknown mix of falsity and fact. That's about all NBA fans can truly expect with the Feb. 21 trade deadline approaching.
In the meantime, the Celtics on Tuesday shot down one rumor that has been denied elsewhere, namely that the Clippers were interested in Kevin Garnett in a deal for Caron Butler and Eric Bledsoe.
The Sporting News, which cited anonymous sources, first reported the rumor, and it was declared bunkum by ESPN.com and the Los Angeles Times, also citing anonymous sources, not long afterward. On Tuesday, the Celtics called the report bunkum as well, with coach Doc Rivers saying the trade gossip is coming from the media, not from the Celtics.
"Sometimes, some of the stuff that happens is just silly," Rivers said at the team's practice facility. "It really is. When I wake up in the morning and I hear a trade rumor that I haven't heard in my office, that's silly. And that's what happens."
Garnett, who has a no-trade clause in his contract, addressed the report by making it clear that under Danny Ainge, the Celtics president of basketball operations, no change would be surprising.
"Danny made it very, very obvious, since Day 1 when he brought Ray [Allen] and myself here to align with Paul [Pierce], that he's going to do whatever's best for the organization," Garnett said. "He's always made that apparent, so I've always understood that.
"I bleed green, I'll die green," Garnett continued. "That's what it is.
"But it is a business. When it crosses that path, I'll deal with it. Trades are a part of this league. Every year you're going to hear things. If I were y'all, I wouldn't read too much into it."
Garnett was asked if he could imagine the Celtics without Pierce, whose name has also surfaced (among many others) in trade rumors: "No," said Garnett, "and I won't."
Rivers lamented how much trade buzz is a result of a publish-first/verify-later media environment, driven by text messages, Twitter, and other bite-size forms of rapidly moving information.
Rivers added that trade rumors aren't new; they're just often coming more frequently from people who, as he said, "sit behind a computer and write something that is probably not even [true]."
"The problem," said the coach, "is now that you guys have to actually report it, which you shouldn't do, but you do and it becomes an issue."
As for how he deals with players when rumors are out there, Rivers said he doesn't actually have to do anything.
"Fortunately for our guys, a lot of them are veterans," Rivers said. "They've been through the drill. They know how it is.
"I think what's changed in my time . . . is it used to be factual. Now, someone can say something, they can create the news and they can report on the news that they created. And I think that is pretty silly.
"Nowadays, you can't believe half the things you read or hear, and it's sad."
So, what does Rivers want to happen with this roster?
"I like our roster," he said.
So, nothing?
"There's your answer," he said.
Rivers said he would be surprised if this team wasn't the same at the end of the season.
"But you don't know," he added. "The fact that Danny and I have only talked about [how Colin] Kaepernick should've run it a couple times in the fourth quarter tells me where we're at right now."
(Rivers also had predicted that San Francisco would beat Baltimore in the Super Bowl. "I lost a lot," Rivers said. "The kids' inheritance definitely took a dip.")
Ainge has said that Boston will fill its two open roster spots before the trade deadline.
Barbosa is scary
There have long been calls for Rivers to give speedy guard Leandro Barbosa more playing time. With Rondo out, Barbosa's minutes have increased, and so has his production. The "Brazilian Blur" is averaging about 11 points per game in his last four, all of them Boston wins.
"He's been great," Rivers said. "He's been a guy all year that, 'Should you go with him? Shouldn't you go with him?' And obviously we should have.
"He's just playing so well. He's wild at times. I think he scares me and the opposing coach all at the same time. That's actually not bad to have."
Road test
As the Celtics headed to Toronto to face the Raptors Wednesday, they were 17-9 at home and 7-14 on the road. The game at Toronto will be the Celtics' first on the road since losing Rondo and Sullinger, which will make it an interesting litmus test for Boston's new brand of small-ball. Pierce pointed out that it will be important for the Celtics to maintain their momentum heading into Thursday's game at the Garden against their bitter rivals, the Lakers.Baxter Holmes can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at @BaxterHolmes


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Access Living Statement on the report of the Commission on School Utilization... Bias against special education continues at CPS -- and in the composition of the Commission
[Editor's Introduction: Despite the fact that the Illinois General Assembly had approved a clear facilities procedure for Chicago's public schools, in October 2012, the newly appointed "Chief Executive Officer" of CPS, Barbara Byrd Bennett, declared that CPS could not meet the deadline to publish a list of schools to be closed by the deadline of December 1, 2012. CPS officials and the Mayor's staff went to Springfield to ask that the deadlines be extended to March 31, 2013 for the closing list and June 1, 2013 for the publication of a preliminary ten-year facilities plan. In the confusion created (deliberately in the opinion of Substance staff and editors) by the public statements of Byrd Bennett and CPS propagandists, the public was given the impression that CPS could not hold hearings, as required, and meet the December 1 deadline, as required.
Access Living's critique of the CPS "utilization" activities has been largely ignored by CPS administrators, and by most of the members of the "Commission" appointed by Barbara Byrd Bennett to close down lots of schools.This was done despite the fact that the previous year, under then CEO Jean-Claude Brizard, CPS had complied with the law. Despite the facts, Byrd Bennett succeeded in getting the Illinois General Assembly to extend the deadlines. She then appointed a "Commission" to hold hearings on what she began claiming was an "underutilization crisis" and the current debates began. Since then, protests against Byrd Bennett's statements and claims have grown. But in the process, one of the most poignant question about school utilization has been less in the public eye: What space is needed to education children with disabilities in Chicago's public schools. The report below, to the Commission following its report, demands answers to those questions].
Access Living Statement on School Closings and the "Utilization" question
January 23, 2013
Sent to the Commission via its website (the Commission has no mailing address)
To the Members of the Commission on School Utilization and its chair Frank Clark:
Access Living has two substantive concerns relating to the Interim Report issued by the Commission on January 10, 2013. If members of the Commission are not familiar with Access Living our primary mission is to increase the ability of people with disabilities to be full participants in society and the education of children and young adults with disabilities plays a foundational role in our mission.
Access Living expressed directly in a meeting with Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett on November 13, 2012 our concerns relating to the proposed composition of your Commission in relation to knowledge about students with disabilities and the dynamics of possible school closings. We were invited by the CEO to submit names of knowledgeable individuals to possibly be added to the Commission and three names were submitted directly to the CEO on November 21 and possibly forwarded to your Commission. We received no further communications from either CPS or your Commission in relation to that submission. We believe our concerns unfortunately have been substantiated to a large degree based on what we read in your Interim Report.
Concern #1: The Commission accepted initially CPS' utilization formula as it relates to classrooms designated exclusively for students with disabilities.
At page 5 of the Interim Report we read:
"We believe that CPS has accurately calculated, based on the utilization formula, the number of empty seats in the system. But is is also possible that setting aside just 23-24 percent of classrooms for enrichment such as art, music, computer training, or special education, is insufficient. In the next phase of our work, we'll take a closer look at that question."
At page 22 of the Interim Report we read:
"Many of those who came before the Commission raised concerns about special education students, and appropriate class sizes for students with IEPs. CPS operates 14 schools generally referred to as Special Ed, or Specialized Education schools where the majority of students enrolled are students with disabilities who require a separate school placement. CPS's Ideal Program Enrollment for these schools has been adjusted to account for the space needs of these children. When calculating the ideal capacity of Special Education schools serving early childhood and elementary grades, CPS has multiplies the number of allocated homerooms by 13 (instead of 30 for regular elementary schools). Similarly, Idea Program Enrollment for Special Education schools serving high school grades has been calculated by multiplying that product by 80%. For schools with large numbers of students who have IEPs but are in mixed classrooms (i.e. classrooms with both IEP and non-IEP students), neither the State nor Board policy mandates class sizes smaller than the overall average. These schools may require more space for pull-out sessions with students, and if so the assumption that 23% of classrooms be set aside could be insufficient. We will look into this more in the second phase of work."
We are glad the Commission plans on taking a closer look at the question of the utilization measurement of special education classrooms in schools. But without carefully examining this question in detail we found it concerning that the Commission could initially declare that CPS has accurately calculated these classrooms. We are also concerned that the Commission when it attempts to discusses the issue in greater detail at page 22 appears to be confused. From what the Commission wrote it appears that he members believe that CPS has only 14 schools where special education classrooms have legally mandated self-contained classrooms with enrollment limited by the Illinois Administrative Code. It appears that the Commission believes that the rest of CPS schools have only issues relating to pull out programs for students with disabilities. This is profoundly incorrect.
Data provided to the public by Catalyst Magazine, which we discuss below, demonstrates that there are numerous general education elementary schools that could potentially be closed that have multiple self-contained classrooms with legal mandates well below 30 students. These schools have what are called special education cluster programs. In some of these schools the impact of having multiple classrooms measured incorrectly for utilization could tip the scales in favor of these schools being closed.
Access Living has long objected to what the utilization standards call "ancillary classrooms." (1).
In prior versions of CPS utilization standards these rooms were called "BA" rooms, meaning below average sized classrooms. While "A," sized classrooms, were defined by CPS as "measuring 600 square feet or more," the square footage of ancillary or BA classrooms were never defined by CPS. (2).
CPS has claimed for years that spaces not designed as classrooms, such as offices, lunchrooms, or storage rooms, and used as teaching stations were excluded from capacity calculations. But our experience has been that if a space has historically been used as a classroom for students with disabilities CPS has rarely done deep research to determine the design intent of such spaces. Access Living has found windowless rooms at schools designated as self contained classrooms for disabled students.
Access Living has objected to the CPS 2011 utilization standards concept of "maximum
capacity." It is the same for every full sized classroom at the regular elementary school level and
it is 30 students. But a classroom that is designated for special education students placed legally
by the school district in separate settings can under no condition even have as many as 30
students and in some cases under State law can be required to have as few as 8 students. (3)
The effect of this concept is to make almost all non-ancillary full size classrooms used exclusively for students with disabilities in general education high schools and elementary schools underutilized classrooms.
Access Living believes that this is profoundly wrong because it has the effect of causing
schools to avoiding putting self-contained classes in full sized rooms to keep from having the
classrooms designated as being underutilized. A standard sized classroom used for selfcontained
classes with a legally required lower teacher to student ratio needs to have a different utilization standard than the same room being used for a regular class with a much higher teacher to student ratio. This consideration cannot be limited to special education schools.
The Chicago Public Schools has recently added to the problematic nature of its utilization
measurement of self-contained special education classrooms by a response it provided to a parent organization Raise Your Hand for Illinois Public Education. The Raise Your Hand organization asked this question:
"Many schools have high special education/bilingual populations which are not taken into
account in your utilization formula and many schools rent out space to community organizations
which are not taken into account. How are the committee and CPS factoring this into the
decision making process?"
On January 8, 2013 CPS provided a response to this question from Raise Your Hand writing:
"Currently, CPS knows exactly how many self-contained classrooms or special education homerooms there are in elementary schools. Each of these rooms are identified by a CPS program code and name. It is not a matter of working with principals, it's a matter of fair calculation for purposes of space utilization. For some schools currently listed as underutilized a fair calculation of these classrooms may allow them to be removed from consideration for closure, for other schools it may make limited difference."
Catalyst Magazine created an excel spread sheet of the 182 CPS elementary schools that are formally listed as underutilized by CPS and could be included as possible school closures. (4).
Catalyst created this list based on the Commission's Interim Report recommendations to exclude high schools and elementary schools with more than 600 students. (5)
Of these remaining schools 60 or 33% are also special education cluster sites that take students from beyond their intake areas for specific special education services. (6).
These 60 schools with only a few exceptions have special education enrollments higher than the average for CPS based on CPS' 2012 Illinois State Report Card data. Some are double the CPS average. Using the percentage of students with IEPs for each of these schools in their 2012 report cards and the current enrollment figures for each of these 60 schools we estimate there are at least 4,100 students with disabilities in these possible closure schools which would be around 8% of the district's entire special education enrollment.
If we use data from ISBE's 2009-2010 Illinois Special Education Profile for CPS and extrapolate that data for these 60 schools we discover that at the minimum of these 4,100 students 985 are likely in self contained settings. (7).
We would suspect that this number could be higher since each of the 60 schools contains a cluster site and normally these school receive higher numbers of students legally requiring self-contained settings. But at the minimum if all these cluster sites are closed CPS would be required to relocate 66 self contained classrooms into space in new schools. That would be a daunting task.
But it is also clear that these 60 schools also had their self-contained classrooms measured against a 30 student standard which increased their underutilization percentages. The Commission has the power to look at this issue with current data and not estimates which we have given the Commission. Each of these self-contained classrooms needs to be evaluated against its legal maximum enrollment assuming it is in a standard sized classroom. The Commission has the power to recommend to CPS that they do this and we urge the Commission to make such a recommendation.
Concern #2 The quality of the school facility and physical accessibility
At page 6 of the Interim Report the Commission writes: "CPS needs to make sure it's not fixing what isn't broken. The District must not shutter schools that, though technically underutilized are vibrant hubs of community activity housed in high-quality buildings, and that serve as an anchoring force in their neighborhoods."
We agree fully with that statement. Access Living believes that in order for a school to be a vibrant hub it must be accessible to all students including those with mobility related disabilities that require schools that are complainant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. A building could be considered to be in good condition and have had thousands of dollars of work done on it over the years and be completely non-accessible based on modern ADA standards. Conversely a building could have been made accessible by CPS at great cost but could be underutilized. What then? Does CPS close an underutilized school that is ADA compliant and transfer students to a large building with space that is in good condition, but is totally non-accessible? These are clear problems we want to see defined and addressed in a straight forward manner by the Commission. It is Access Living's position that the Commission should request that CPS should prohibit the closing of any school that has been made largely ADA compliant if that school's population, both students with and without disabilities, cannot be placed in an equally accessible facility. CPS has made great progress in making more schools accessible, but currently only about half of CPS schools are accessible, so those schools that are accessible need to be preserved.
We hope that the Commission as it goes forward it will carefully consider the problems school closures pose for students with disabilities and CPS programs for them.
Rodney D. Estvan M.Ed., Education Policy Analyst, Access Living of Chicago, Restvan @accessliving.org
1. The utilization standards define these rooms as follows: "classrooms spaces required for non-homeroom uses, such as science labs, computer labs, art rooms, music rooms, resource rooms, special education rooms, governmental agencies and/or community organization special programs, after school programs, and other appropriate uses." (2011 Standards at pages 2-3)
2 On this issue see CPS (2008, Jan 25) " Elementary School Space Utilization Report School Year 2007-08" at page 3.
3 See Illinois State Board of Education memo: Hanselman, E (2009, May 1) "Guidance on Special
Education Class Size for 2009-2010 and Beyond (23 Illinois Administrative Code 226.730(b) and
(c)) http://www.isbe.net/spec-ed/pdfs/guidance_09-01.pdf
4. The Chicago Sun Times on January 19, 2013 created another list of 193 schools it believed might be potentially closed.
5. The list also excluded any of the 14 CPS special education schools and it did not included elementary schools functioning at level one according to our discussion with Catalyst on 1/17/13.
6. Data provided in an excel file accompanying a Catalyst article see http://www.catalyst-chicago.org/notebook/2013/01/10/20737/commission-closing-high-schools-too-dangerous
7. CPS based on its 2009-2010 Illinois Special Education Profile CPS has 24.3% of its students in separate classroom for 60% or more of the school day.
By: Rod Estvan
Thanks for posting our comments
Thanks to Substance for publishing our comments to the Commission. There is a minor formatting problem in relation to the CPS response to Raise Your Hand, the direct quote was not CPS' response. It was actually a statement made by Access Living.
I suspect this was due to the document being a pdf file and the response from CPS to Raise Your Hand being extracted and pasted from the Raise Your Hand website.
I know that many special education teachers are deeply concerned about any possible closures not only for their own situations but for the education of their students. We hope the Commission looks very closely at this issue.
Rod Estvan


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Blackpool boosted their Coca-Cola Championship play-off hopes but it was a dire day for Derby at Pride Park as the hosts fell to a 2-0 defeat.
Brett Ormerod will try to claim the first goal that went down as a Jake Buxton own goal after the ball deflected off the Derby defender.
There was no doubt the second goal belonged to the Blackpool striker, who might have completed a hat-trick had he not been hauled down by Dean Moxey with five minutes remaining. Moxey received a second yellow card and was subsequently sent off.
Buxton's long-awaited return to the Derby side was one to forget. He started the first six games of the season following his summer switch from neighbours Burton Albion but the centre-half had been out since the end of August with groin and hernia problems.
The early signs on his comeback were not encouraging as he formed part of a Rams defence that persisted with a shoddy offside trap.
Ormerod had already twice broken clean through on goal only to squander both opportunities before his third one-on-one with Stephen Bywater resulted in the ball being deflected past the Derby keeper by Buxton in the 38th minute.
Buxton was then one of the defenders outpaced by Ormerod 11 minutes from time as he raced clear once again to seal the points for Blackpool.
Nigel Clough's side started sluggishly and were fortunate not to fall behind in the second minute when Ormerod hit the crossbar with a 12-yard shot.
Chris Porter, making his first start since the beginning of March after finally recovering from a troublesome hip injury, immediately replied for Derby but his half-volley went over the bar.
Ormerod then went clear once more but again let the Rams off the hook.
Derby's best chances of the first half fell to Robbie Savage but the combative midfielder was unable to take either opportunity.
Ormerod finally made County pay and there was time for Keith Southern to go close before the home team were booed off the field by their own fans at the break.
Both sides had a goal ruled out early in the second half - Paul Dickov for Derby before the Rams' offside trap finally worked to catch out Ormerod.
However, they were not so fortunate in the 79th minute when Ormerod went through and slid the ball under Bywater.
That was the cue for some Derby fans to leave but it was to get worse when Moxey brought down Ormerod.
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Apple iPad beats Amazon Kindle Fire in satisfaction survey
Fanboys happier than Fireboys?
iPad owners are happier with their tablets than folk with other fondleslabs are with theirs, recent research reveals.
The data comes from US-based pollster ChangeWave. It asked tablet owners last month how satisfied they were with their tablets. Some 74 per cent of iPad owners gave the Apple gadget the thumbs up, but only 54 per cent of Amazon Kindle Fire users were as willing to praise their machine.
ChangeWave's survey focused on those two machines, but the company did say that 49 per cent of punters with other brands of tablet said they were very satisfied with their device.
ChangeWave spoke to 2600 US consumers, though only a small proportion of them are tablet owners. For example, only six per cent - 156 folk - have a Kindle Fire.
ChangeWave said that it has found that a high level of satisfaction among existing owners is a good sign that a product will continue to sell well, largely thanks to the good word of mouth the gadget gets.
That's good news for Apple and - to a lesser extent - Amazon, not so good for their rivals. ®
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Greensboro, NC - The Florida A&M Softball team split a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference doubleheader with North Carolina A&T with the Lady Aggies winning game one, 9-4 and the Lady Rattlers winning game two, 9-6, here Saturday afternoon at Aggies Softball Complex.
FAMU (9-27, 2-2 MEAC) was led by Brielle Gordon from the plate as she finished with two of the Lady Rattlers five hits.
N.C. A&T (4-21, 2-2 MEAC) was paced by Sabrina Edmonds as she finished with a team high three hits from the plate, followed by both JaxKaye Woodard and Alejandress Barcenas as they both finished with two hits each for the Lady Aggies. N.C. A&T finished the contest with a game high 13 hits.
Shelby Snyder (3-1) got the win for N.C. A&T as she went the distance pitching seven complete innings, allowing five hits, four earned runs and striking out three in the 30 batters she faced, while Jennifer Lindsey receive the loss for the Lady Rattlers, as she pitched three innings, allowing nine hits, five earned runs and striking out one in the 18 batters she faced.
FAMU was the first to light up the scoreboard as Ashanti Shepherd scored on a Gordon triple and then Gordon would score on a Kieifi Myrick ground to the shortstop, giving the Lady Rattlers a 2-0 lead.
A&T would regain the lead in the bottom of the first as Zabresha Blakeney scored on Woodard to center field, followed by an Edmonds double to left field scoring both Woodard and Detavia Keenan, giving the Lady Aggies a 3-2 lead.
The Lady Aggies increase their lead to 9-2 as they scored two runs in the bottom of the third inning and four runs in the bottom of the fourth inning.
FAMU would score two runs in the top of the seventh inning on an Alex Sandage two-run blast to left field for the 9-4 finale.
In game two, FAMU finished the game with nine hits as Myrick led the Lady Rattlers from the plate with two hits.
A&T recorded game high 13 hits as they had five Lady Aggies to finish with two hits each.
Lindsey (5-17) got the win for FAMU as she pitched three and two-third innings, allowing three hits, one run and striking out five in the 15 batters she faced, while Ashleigh Minter got the start for FAMU as she pitched three and one-third inning, allowing 10 hits, and five earned runs in the 20 batters she faced.
Ashire Dobison (0-13) receive the loss for A&T as she pitched seven innings, allowing nine hits, seven earned runs and striking out two in the 34 batters she faced.
FAMU jumped out to 6-0 lead in the top of the second inning as they plated six runs in the inning on four hits and one A&T error.
A&T would answer in the bottom of the fourth as they plated five runs to cut FAMU's lead to 6-5 on five base hits.
The Lady Aggies tied the contest at 6-6 in the bottom of the fifth inning as Tiffany Macklin scored on a Raven Smith single to left field.
In the top of the sixth, the Lady Rattlers scored three runs as Alyssa Weaver scored on a Christina Robbs bases loaded hit-by-pitch, followed by a Gordon single to center field scoring both Tikeya Strong and Robbs for the 9-6 finale.
FAMU will return to action on Sunday, April 7 as they will conclude their three-game series with North Carolina A&T at Aggies Softball Complex in a 12 p.m. start.


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How To Find the Best CBD Oil Coupons Online?
You have seen the shows where people are saving tons of money and getting products for little to no money. Wouldn't we all love that? I thought it was impossible until I got started in couponing and realized that I too could be stocking my cabinets full of household items for little money. So I decided to help others save money too by putting together 7 Easy Steps to Successful Couponing.
Step 1
Gather your CBD Oil coupons
: This can be done by buying your local Sunday paper for the coupon inserts. You can also get some from neighbors and family to help you get started. Buying multiple papers helps you to build a larger collection quickly. You can get coupons in various locations once you learn the basics.
Step 2
Clip all the coupons when you first get started. This will insure that you have them all in case you come across a really good deal at the store. There are many ways to 'keep' your coupons but this one is the easiest when you are staring out. There are different theories to this philosophy which will be covered in future articles Clipping or Saving.
Step 3
Organize your CBD Oil coupons
: Organize your coupons into a 3 ring binder with baseball card type plastic sheets. There are several ways to prepare your binder…see article: Preparing Coupon Binder. This binder will become your newest best friend.
Step 4
Study the sales ads: Study the ads of your local stores to find great sales that match up to your CBD Oil coupons
. This seems tedious at first but will get easier with time. There are shortcuts to this step which will be covered in the future article Matching Your Coupons To Stores.
Step 5
Learn the lingo and Store Policies: You will notice when getting started that there are a lot of acronyms used in couponing. ECB, RR, SS are just a few that you will see when reading through things on the internet. See Couponing Lingo 101. It is also important to know the couponing policy for each store. Print out a copy for your 3 favorite stores so you have them with you if a sales clerk isn't up to snuff on the policy themselves. This is key!
Step 6
Visit websites: Visit the websites of your favorite stores in order to find Store Coupons that match your manufacturer CBD Oil coupons
. They can be used together for added savings at most stores. This is called Stacking Your Coupons. You can also visit the manufacturers websites and Facebook pages to get added coupons.
Step 7
Go to the store and try it out! This is probably the hardest step for me because I was very nervous and excited when I did my first few transactions. It may be easier for you to take a friend or family member with you the first few times so that you get more comfortable with coupling. Always take your coupon binder with you just in case there are additional items on sale that you have a coupon for to save money.
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How to Coupon
When you first learn how to coupon, you may feel overwhelmed. How can I find time to learn? When am I going to clip and organize all those coupons? Is it worth the time and effort? Working a full-time job can add even more doubts and additional stress.
Once you have the tools and knowledge of how to coupon, the time it takes to put into couponing is well worth the effort. You will be able to run in and out of a grocery store in no time flat with a cart full of groceries, saving 50% or more! You can have a pantry full of stocked food and products. You will never pay out of pocket for toothpaste, floss, condiments, shampoos, soaps and more! Couponing will change the way you shop!
Working full-time will give you some advantages but also a few disadvantages, but there are ways around those. You might have to work a little bit harder but isn't it worth saving your family $200-$400 per month or more? Not everyone is an extreme couponer and no one really has 40hrs a week to devote to just couponing. I'm going to show you some short cuts to save you time and money. Most important, I want you to understand that couponing doesn't have to control your life.
Getting started, couponing is very frustrating. Start out by learning slowly. On my first shopping trip, I only saved 15% of my total bill. That was because I only had a few coupons to start out with. I was truly disappointed, but I didn't give up. I was expecting huge savings like on the show. As I started couponing more and more each week, I started to understand that I couldn't save exactly like those on Extreme Couponing because I had to purchase milk, eggs, bread, produce and meat. If you watch the show carefully, you will notice they are only buying 20 items of the same product. If you had 20 coupons and you only bought 20 items of the same product, you're going produce 90% or more in savings. They also speed up the checkout process and don't show you exactly what coupons they are using. The show also doesn't reveal to you where they found high-dollar coupons. You just can't find or get coupons for $4.00 off one product. Once you are past the point that Extreme Couponing is just a show, you will come to understand what true coupon saving is all about.
I coupon on certain days of the week, Saturday is when I buy my 2 papers and Sunday is the day I organize coupons and clip. This takes probably an hour to two on my Sunday. My husband watches my son for me while I do this. If my husband is not home I do this during nap time or when he's watching a movie. This particular day helps prepare me for next week's shopping trip. I also collect inserts from friends and family that are given to me during the week. By the time I'm ready to cut my coupons out I have about 4 inserts of Smart Source, Red Plum and a few others. During the week, usually Tuesday or Wednesday night is when I get my shopping list together. Thursday is when I shop at Kroger and Publix. Yes, I shop at two stores in the same night. This gets me everything I need and I get the BEST sales at both stores. I compare the best prices at both locations. I can do this because my Publix and Kroger are less than a mile apart. If I only had one store close to me, then that was the store I shopped at. You have to save on gas too! Remember you need to plan and prepare a shopping trip if you want to save 50% or more on groceries. It's worth the time and effort when you see the savings come back in your wallet! I'm going to show you step by step showing you tips and tricks on exactly how I find, cut and save money using coupons.
Hunting Down those Pesky Coupons
When you're not looking for coupons you really don't see them. When you are looking for coupons they are everywhere! Some are hidden, some are out in the open and some are in places you are familiar with. Where you ask? It's easy!! First, the most obvious spot is your local Sunday paper. Every Sunday, except holiday week, they will have coupon inserts in your local city paper. The general rule is one coupon per person in your home. This depends on how many people are in your family. I get in total about 4 of each insert, giving me 4 of the same coupon. You want as many of the same coupon because you're going to start building a stock pile. This is how you're going to save money on top of saving at the grocery store. I currently live in Cobb County, GA. which is great because they give out the AJC nightly Thursday paper for FREE on my front lawn. The Evening Edge carries a preview of the Sunday paper coupons. It's not a full insert but it still has some great coupons and it's free! You can call the AJC and ask if they can send the Evening Edge to your neighborhood. Check those odd ball papers; you never know if you'll find coupons inside. I also get coupon inserts from friends and family. My mother-in law gives me her unused coupon inserts. This adds a little more to my pile. You will be surprise at how many people are willing to let go of those coupons. Ask neighbors too! They may be willing to hand them off to you.
Check your stores. Publix and Kroger have store coupons which are valuable. Store coupons can be combined with manufacture coupons. This gives you maximum savings on one item! Kroger has online e-coupons you can load onto your Kroger card. You can sign up as a member and load your coupons for free! Kroger also tracks what you buy and sends you coupon books in the mail. I have pets and buy pet food, so they send me a coupon booklet with pet coupons inside. When you sign up make sure to list your current address. Currently, I have about 4 to 5 Kroger coupon books from the mail. They also send you bonus coupons for FREE items too! Publix also has coupon books that you can find either right when you walk in or at the customer service desk. Just ask for the latest coupon book besides the yellow advantage and the green advantage flier. You can also check my blog for the latest coupon books. Some of them you have to sign up for and they get mailed to you. Publix also has a baby program that is awesome!! If you have a young one in diapers, sign up! They will send you free items, coupons and more. Just go to their website and sign up for all their programs.
Printable coupons are easy to find and print right at home. Coupons found online sometimes are not in your local paper. Manufactures place coupons on websites like Coupons.com, Redplum.com, Smart Source.com and your favorite brands websites. If you are a Facebook fan, you can also get coupons on Facebook! These coupons are manufacture coupons and will state that on the top of the printed coupon with the expiration date. When printing your coupons, only print what you think you will use or when you have your shopping list. You can waste a lot of paper and ink printing coupons you will never use. We want to save money everyplace we can!
You can purchase your coupons. Yes, eBay, CouponsbyDede.com and CouponClippers.com are a few of the places you can purchase coupons. Why would you buy coupons if you can get them for free?? Well, you are buying the Sunday paper so technically you are buying coupons. Is it against the law to sell coupons? Yes it is. So how are they getting away with this? Well, it's the service you are paying for. When you buy the paper, it's the paper you are paying for. You are paying for someone to clip and ship those coupons. Not for the coupons itself. Why do I want to use a coupon clipping service? Coupon clipping services may carry a coupon of a product you use a lot. If you use a lot of detergent and notice a great sale at the beginning of the week and they have an awesome coupon, you want to stock up. In my collecting, I normally will have 4 coupons alike of one item. If I want more of those coupons I can both buy more papers at $2.00 a pop and have a stack of newspapers or I can order that coupon for pennies on the dollar. Most coupon websites have a minimum order. They want you to buy at least $5.00 to $8.00 of coupons. So when I want a certain coupon, I look at other coupons as well. I also look at the expiration dates. Make sure that are FAR enough in advance to predict the next sale. You don't want to buy 10 or 20 coupons that expire next week, if that item is not on sale that week. As mentioned above those are the main sources where I collect coupons. There are other sources like dumpster diving, coupon trains, magazines, and binkies in your store isle, samples you get, cash registers like Catalina coupons that get printed out at Kroger and inside product boxes. You need to keep an eye out for those really awesome coupons. Some papers will print a coupon for $10.00 off your $50.00 store coupon in an odd section of the paper. Catalina at Kroger also prints coupons like $3.00 off your next purchase. That's why reading blogs like mine or other coupon blogs will give you a heads up on great coupons. I go to at least 3 to 4 coupon blog websites. I read on what's new, where I can find the latest coupon book and how to use my coupons when I get them.
Cutting and Organizing
How to cut and organize your coupons- This is actually not as hard as it sounds when you have a pile of coupon flyers to cut. I organize my flyers into piles of Redplum, Smart Source and P&G. I then start to rip each page out and place them on the table into like piles. Once I have everything ripped out, thrown away and organized I then start cutting my coupons. I don't cut each coupon out. I take the small pile, usually 4 pages and cut them all at the same time. This trick saves me time cutting. Once the coupons are cut. I place them on my kitchen table in piles according to my coupon book. One pile of Fridge, one pile of Freezer, one pile of Laundry, etc. till I have all my coupons cut. I then open my coupon binder and insert all my coupons. If I notice any expired coupons, this is when I take them out. Expired coupons are usually in the middle of the month and the end of the month. Example 12/15/11 and 12/31/11. You can either throw out your expired coupons or donate them to men and women's families in the military. They can use expired coupons 6 months after the expiration date.
Once I have my coupons organized, I'm ready to get my shopping list together. I normally look at Publix deals on Tuesday. (Kroger deals come out on Sunday) This way its 2 days before the sale starts. I can then pull coupons, print coupons or hunt down booklets I need that have the coupons I want. Once you have collected all the coupons that are on your shopping list, place in a coupon holder. This can be a small envelope or a coupon holder you buy at the store. When putting your coupons together put all of your like coupons together. If you have a store coupon and a manufacture coupon for the same product, try to keep them together. Next, you want to place any FREE items in the front of your pile. You also want to put those FREE items on the cashier check out belt first as well. This will help your cashier find those FREE items fast with those coupons and they will be very thankful for your organization skills. As you shop, you may find that some of the items are gone or not priced on sale per your list. Just simply pull those coupons out of your pile. Cashiers like couponers to be organized and ready. This way you don't hold up the line and the customers behind you don't get upset.
Change the Way you Shop
Now that you have clipped your coupons and have them safely stored in your binder, you are ready to start shopping. First and foremost you need to be open minded in trying new products. Coupons come out all the time to let consumers try new products. Sometimes you find great deals and find products you like. Other times the product isn't worth getting. It's up to you and your family what products you want to purchase. I currently have 2-3 different laundry soaps that I buy. I like Tide, ALL and Gain. If Wisk has a great coupon I'll be more than happy to buy Wisk at a lower sale price that week than Tide or Gain. This goes for all products you buy. If you or a family member only likes a particular brand then when that coupon comes out make sure to really stockpile on that product. This will save you money in the long run.
Before I started couponing I always bought generic or store brand items because it was cheaper. Sometimes the store brand was just as good as name brand, but most of the time the quality just wasn't as great. Now when I shop I only buy name brand items because it's much cheaper than the store brand. When you get your list together you are making a grocery list of what is on sale. You are starting your stockpile. Once you have your on sale list, you then add items you need like meat, dairy, fruits and veggies. You can find coupon match-ups on my blog or on other blogs that I've listed. Make sure those blogs are in your local shopping area so the prices are the same at your local grocery store. Every store varies. Most coupon blogs with give you an indication of what is a good deal and to stock up on this item. This takes the guess work out. A good general rule is under $1.00 is a good stock up deal. Certain items like health products you can find $0.25-FREE are awesome stock up prices.
Sometimes you won't be able to find that coupon. Generally if I don't have that coupon, I don't buy it. Don't worry, that item will go on sale again. The more you shop each week and build your stockpile the less you will have to buy later on. You will see your grocery bill drop in a few months of couponing. Once you start your couponing journey you will find ways that suit your needs and before you know it you're a couponing pro!
Want to learn more? Come check out my eBook "A Working Mom's Guide to Couponing" You can find this ebook on Amazon, Barnes N Noble, Smashwords and on my personal blog, Susie Qpon.com
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There are not a lot of IKEA coupons circulating but with a little research you will probably find what you are looking for.
By joining the email list at the Ikea website you will be sent up-to-date coupons for local sales and events. Be the first to know whats happening at Ikea. Sign up to get special notice of everything going on in the Ikea nearest you. They also offer text messages and information for small business owners in a newsletter.
You can also request a catalog at their website that has coupon inserts in the back.
Ikea frequently offers a 20% discount to college students on any purchase with a student ID.
Sometimes there are Ikea coupons in the USPS change of address catalog for people that are moving. They are available at your local post office to pick one up. It is usually $50 off a $350 purchase.
You should also check your city's weekly free newspaper. Ikea often puts coupon inserts in those. For example $20.00 off a $150.00 purchase and $15 off a $15 purchase when you spend $15 in the Ikea cafeteria.
The AS-IS room in IKEA is incredible. It is a room with lots of returns, discounted items, displays, and so forth for pennies on the dollar! There are more things being added to the AS-IS room everyday. If the price of the item in the AS-IS room does not seem low enough to you, perhaps it has a scratch or dent, you can ask a sales associate if they will mark it down further.
Here are some examples of the great finds in the IKEA AS-IS room:
* 12" Rationell drawer boxes for Akurum kitchen cabinets - $10/ea
* 2 tall Billy Bookcases in beech -- $10/ea
* Solid wood rolling office chair -- $30
* 24" x 24" Pronomen countertop -- $5
* 2 sets of white tab top curtains, floor length -- $2 each set
* Wood blinds -- $10/set
I always try to find a coupon before each shopping trip. A 10% off or 20% Off coupon goes a long way on big purchases. It really is free money back in your pocket.
Be sure to look inside the store for the weekly circular ad that often contains a coupon.
Have fun shopping and good luck finding coupons!
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I demolished the previous entertainment center, salvaged most of the materials and built a new
book case and entertainment center in our family room for about $100.
I was able to build the new project for about $100 because I was able to construct the new bookshelves,
cabinet boxes, door fronts etc reusing the former bookshelves and cabinet materials!!!
We paid about $2,000 for the former bookshelves and entertainment center when it was professionally
built and installed by a cabinet company 15 years ago.
The only new materials were a sheet of bead board for the back and a few 1x2 poplar boards for shelf
I cut to size the cabinet boxes from the former cabinet boxes followed by dismantling the cabinet doors and
then rebuilt the new doors to size from 100% of the materials from the former door fronts. My new
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SBC 2013: Dawn of a cooperative ministry resurgence?
Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013
By Jason K. Allen
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP) -- On eight occasions Southern Baptists have convened their annual meeting in Houston, with none of these gatherings more consequential than 1979's SBC. Messengers elected Adrian Rogers president that year, demonstrating that the Pressler-Patterson coalition was a force with which to be reckoned and birthing what would come to be known as the Conservative Resurgence.
Though no Houston convention is likely ever to rival 1979 in significance, I am praying this year's gathering will prove significant in its own right, as the dawning of a cooperative ministry resurgence. I know I am not alone in this prayer and, thankfully, there seems to be a growing denominational desire for such a cooperative ministry resurgence.
To borrow a phrase from the late theologian George Eldon Ladd, we may describe the cooperative ministry resurgence we need as already, but not yet. We are already seeing indicators of a growing desire among Southern Baptists for greater ministry cooperation, but a fuller, more comprehensive cooperative ministry resurgence is not yet upon us. If the Lord should so grant it, what might a cooperative ministry resurgence look like?
First, a cooperative ministry resurgence will likely occur in concert with a doctrinal contentedness rooted in the Baptist Faith and Message 2000. This does not negate the importance of other supplemental and clarifying positional statements such as the Abstract of Principles, the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy or the Danvers Statement on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. These statements each play significant and useful roles, but our singular convention-wide confessional statement, the BF&M 2000, is regulative and should be a unifying document.
True ministry cooperation is founded upon doctrinal unity, and the BF&M 2000 enables Southern Baptists to experience doctrinal integrity and theological harmony unknown to almost every other Protestant denomination. Southern Baptists can have heated theological discussions, but our tension-points remain pedestrian -- even parochial -- compared to the doctrinal decline and schisms of other denominations. As we focus not on theological sub-points on which we may disagree and find contentment in the unity we possess through the BF&M 2000, we will best position ourselves for a cooperative ministry resurgence.
Second, a cooperative ministry resurgence will parallel a cooperative spirit resurgence, most especially as it relates to our denominational dialogue. A Christ-like ethic must govern our words -- words spoken and words written. This principle most specifically applies to the blogosphere, which has facilitated digital drone attacks where unforeseen missiles of suspicion and criticism are hurled to and fro.
As Bible-believing Christians we are called to hope all things, believe all things and bear all things with one another. Scripture calls us to put aside envy, strife, jealousies, and to let no unwholesome word come out of our mouths -- or our blogs. It is hard to cooperate with those you criticize, and a cooperative ministry resurgence will be fully realized insomuch as we guard our discourse from cynicism and suspicion, and guard our fellowship from pugilism and rancor.
Third, a cooperative ministry resurgence will transpire as we more acutely sense our commonality of convictions and perceive our own societal marginalization. If cultural trajectories continue, as Bible-believing Christians we will find ourselves further shunned, and perhaps even socially ostracized. Regretfully, we may soon come to know what it means to be pilgrims, sojourners in our own land. To the extent this trend intensifies, we will find some measure of strength, joy and reassurance within our own denominational home.
In Houston I was once again reminded of this reality. Southern Baptists are my people; we share a similar worldview, doctrinal convictions, cultural desires and Great Commission aspirations. This is why, for me, the annual gathering of the SBC is the one week a year when everything seems right in the world. This is neither a statement of nostalgia nor of sentimentality. Rather it is a reminder that we are spiritual kin, and as we become increasingly uneasy in Babylon, we might find our Southern Baptist family to be our only place of respite.
Fourth, a cooperative ministry resurgence will be presaged by a renewed Great Commission urgency. Our collective Great Commission ambition is the single most congealing element in the history of our denomination, and the forerunner of a cooperative ministry resurgence will be a renewed evangelistic fervor.
Again, promising signs seem to be before us. In recent years Southern Baptists have adopted the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force recommendations. Additionally, the convention's imagination is seized with the possibility of taking the Gospel to the remaining 3,500 unreached people groups. Moreover, God is calling out a new generation of church planters, with the church planting movement itself gaining steam. If these Great Commission opportunities hold steady before us, they will help facilitate greater denominational cohesion and ministerial cooperation.
Lastly, a cooperative ministry resurgence will evidence itself in Cooperative Program renewal. The Southern Baptist Convention's lifecycle seems to be coming to term once more. The SBC reached its operational zenith in the post-war era, while it still possessed the vestiges of theological consensus and still enjoyed the momentum of a common Great Commission ambition. Theological consensus provided the convention's framework while a desire to reach the world for Christ produced its energy. Coupled together, theological consensus and Great Commission determination necessitated and conceived the Cooperative Program in the early 20th century and ballooned it in the post-war era.
These factors seem to be aligning once more. The widely held BF&M 2000 provides a strong and sufficient theological framework, authentically supported by the vast majority of contemporary Southern Baptists. Our collective ambition to reach the world for Christ appears ripened as well. If this is true, it will evidence itself in renewed financial sacrifice among God's people and a renewed commitment among the churches to equip the next generation of pastors, teachers and evangelists while supporting the current generation of church planters and missionaries. To be sure, the Cooperative Program is not God's only conduit of ministry funding, but it may well be His best. In practice, the Cooperative Program is both an indicator and an enabler of a more robust cooperative ministry effort.
One can view the various theological and programmatic flavors within our convention and ask, "How can we work together?" Yet, when one weighs the accelerating cultural secularism before us, the urgent needs of our churches and the beckoning mission fields abroad, the more urgent question is, "How can we not work together?"
I am neither pollyannish nor programmatic enough to make a cooperative ministry resurgence tantamount to a reviving work of God's Spirit. Rather, I'll take the latter any day. But, while we pray, seek and wait for God to do what only He can do -- revive His church -- I pray as Southern Baptists we will be found doing that which we can do: cultivating a new era of Gospel and ministerial cooperation.
Is the dawn of a cooperative ministry resurgence upon us? The answer remains to be seen, but I see hopeful signs on the horizon and I am praying towards this end. Just as Houston once ushered in the Conservative Resurgence, may it prove to be the dawn of a new cooperative ministry resurgence as well.
Jason Allen is president of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Mo.
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UPDATE (6/19/13 6:50pm): Shortly before 3:00 p.m. today, Wichita Falls Police Officers were dispatched to the 4400 block of Call Field Rd in reference to Shots Fired. Once on scene officers established a perimeter around the residence and began to collect information. The suspect was believed to be armed with high powered rifles and based on information collected at the scene SWAT and Negotiators were activated for a response.
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Craig Alan Shave, white male, DOB 05-22-1957 has been arrested for Aggravated Assault (Family Violence) and transported to the Wichita County Jail.
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The Portland Timbers had the right of first refusal to Reo-Coker, but Vancouver acquired the rights in exchange for second-round picks in the 2014 and 2015 MLS SuperDrafts.
"Nigel is a leader on and off the pitch," said head coach Martin Rennie. "Although he is only 28, Nigel brings a lot of experience to our club and will be a great addition."
Reo-Coker has enjoyed stints across the English Premier League with West Ham, Aston Villa and Bolton. He has captained all three teams at some point during his tenure with each club.
Per league and club policy, terms of Reo-Coker's contract were not disclosed.


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