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I felt curious as I was reading this book. The butcher for Megan's hotel gets fired. When Megan and Lizzie's parents to go out to eat, I wanted to know if their parents were going to find someone else to watch them. People kept stealing from the hotel. I wanted to find out who kept stealing from the hotel because more and more of Megan and Lizzie's parent's belongings were missing. I thought that Monsieur Boucher was the one that kept stealing because of the mug that he left in their hotel room that had his handprints on it.
Megan reminds me of myself. We love to ski. We also love to try new tricks. One day we would want to learn how to do a 360. When we're skiing we love speed. It is fun because it feels like we are going down a waterslide standing. We also love to go on vacations. We would build sand castles, dig deep, deep holes and find baby sea turtles. Everybody laughs when we joke around and are funny. We always have fun when we do that kind of stuff. That's why Megan reminds me of myself.
This story reminds me of when it was my first time skiing. I could ski a little bit, but I was really scared. I was as scared as a chicken. I didn't fall a lot. I didn't know how to get on ski lifts. Once I almost fell off the lift. My trainer had to grab me by the hand, and I was still flying in the air. They didn't even stop the lift. I didn't know how to turn, which made me go straight down so I caught a lot of speed. When I walked, the boots were very uncomfortable. Though, I'm used to the pain now. I didn't know how to put on the boots. My dad had to help me with every part of putting on the boot. I didn't know how to put the skies on either. My father told me to put the tip of the boot all the way in the front of the ski. Then he told me to push the back of the boot in the back of the ski. Since I went skiing more and more times I got better and better. Now I am really good at skiing because I ski a lot more. I hope I will still get better at skiing.
I recommend this book to all mystery lovers. This book has a lot of problems and mysteries. I think if people read this book they will really get their minds working on solving mysteries. I also think people who love to ski should read this book.


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Curiosity: What's Inside the Cube? available now on iOS
Peter Molyneux's latest game – or perhaps experiment – is available now on iDevice. Curiosity: What's Inside the Cube? challenges players to chip away at an enormous cube, exposing new layers, until finally just one lucky user removes the final layer, after which they'll be sent a video link explaining what's inside, which they can choose to share or not. The social experience is also expected on Facebook but has not gone live as yet.


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Washington, DC – Progressive groups are uniting today to send a strong message to the White House that bankers who commit fraud ought to be investigated, prosecuted and sent to jail. The Campaign for America's Future and MoveOn, Credo, Progressives United, New Bottom Line, and Color of Change are working together to deliver more than 360,000 petitions to the White House and to the Chicago offices of Obama for America. The petition asks the President not to let the banks off the hook: No Deals. Investigate. Prosecute.
"Obama administration officials have been trying to pressure state attorneys general to cut a deal with bankers who broke the law and devastated the economy," said Roger Hickey, co-director of the Campaign for America's Future. "It's clear from the overwhelming response to this petition drive that the public wants to see bankers who hurt the U.S. economy investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."
Link to Campaign for America's Future's Petition: Don't let banks off the hook. No deals. Investigate. Prosecute
Petition to President Obama:
"We the undersigned urge you, President Obama, to launch an immediate investigation into what the FBI warned was an "epidemic of fraud" that contributed to the housing crisis and threw millions out of their homes. The proposed sweetheart deal that would prevent such an investigation from taking place should be stopped. It is vital that the laws be enforced, that those who broke the law be held accountable – or else Wall Street bankers will feel free to defraud people in the future."
Articles by Campaign for America's Future's co-director Robert L. Borosage: No Sweetheart Deals for Big Banks
and by Senior Fellow Richard Eskow: New Bank Deal Still Unfair


text: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Effective Date: 1999 Updated 11/99 Section Index: The Role of the Senate in the Governance System...................................................................................................... 1 Membership............................................................................................................................................................ 3 Officers and Staff of the Faculty Senate...................................................................................................................... 5 Senate Committees..................................................................................................................................................... 6 Senate Role Regarding University Committees............................................................................................................ 15 Meetings of the Senate and Attendance....................................................................................................................... 17 Submission of Business to the Senate........................................................................................................................... 18 Determination of the Agenda...................................................................................................................................... 19 Order of Business in Meetings of the Senate................................................................................................................ 20 Records of the Senate.................................................................................................................................................. 22 Miscellaneous Provisions............................................................................................................................................ 23 I. The Role of the Senate in the Governance System The basic structure of the UAH Faculty Senate, as well as its relationship to other UAH bodies, is set forth in the Governance System proposed on March 7, 1973, as adopted with amendments by the President of the University on April 3, 1973. These by-laws set forth the specific mechanisms by which the Senate carries out its task under the Governance System. The authority of the Senate derives from the Office of the President of the University and exists as a feature of the bond of mutual trust which serves as the basis for the general system of governance for the faculty, student body, and administration. The Faculty Senate is the permanent body representing the faculty for the formulation of university policy and procedures in matters pertaining to institutional purpose, general academic considerations, curricular matters, university resources, and faculty personnel (appointments, promotion, and tenure). All issues of university governance affecting the faculty at large should go before the full Faculty Senate before implementation. Senators are the voice of the faculty. Issues of the faculty at large may be presented to the Faculty Senate by: its own members and committees, the University Administration, the student governance body, faculty petition, the Graduate Council, the Staff Senate, and any other appropriate University body. The Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs (subsequently named: Provost / VPAA) will serve as the primary point of contact and conduit of information between the Faculty Senate and the University Administration. It is expected that the Faculty Senate will also enjoy direct and open communication with all other officers of the University, including the President. It is expected that most recommendations of the Faculty Senate will be sent directly to the Provost / VPAA for further action by the University administration. The Senate reserves the right to communicate with and submit recommendations to any university official or committee it deems appropriate, including the President of the University. The Senate expects a timely response to its actions. When recommendations from the Faculty Senate require the review and / or approval of other university personnel or bodies (e.g., VP's, Council of Deans), the Senate expects to be given suitable opportunity to provide its own representatives to meet with these persons or bodies to discuss the Senate's recommendations and to respond to any concerns, questions, or suggestions regarding the recommendations. The Faculty Senate may at its option delegate initial review of matters to committees of the Faculty Senate. Such committees are subordinate to the Senate. At its option, the Faculty Senate may create such committees as are necessary to facilitate its work. The Senate is self- regulating with respect to its structure and purposes, responding to changes within the University in a manner which it finds appropriate. An annual review of the governance system will be a function of the Senate. The Faculty Senate will participate in the selection of academic administrators and in alterations of the academic administrative structure as well as be notified of proposed changes (in a timely manner) in all other university governance structures (including changes in position). II. Membership. The Provost/VPAA will be, ex officio, a non-voting member of the Senate. Any tenured, tenure-earning, clinical faculty, or research faculty member, including department chairs, will be eligible to be elected to membership in the Senate; administrators above the level of department chairs are not eligible to serve. Distribution.l. Each of the units: College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; College of Science; College of Engineering; College of Business; College of Nursing and the Librarywill have a number of members in the Senate which will assure that the unit has one member for each seven tenured, tenure-earning, clinical, or research faculty members, or major fraction thereof. Units will not have representation until they have at least four tenured, tenure-earning, clinical or research faculty members.2. Each unit named in (1) which has formally recognized departments will elect its senators as follows: within the unit each formally recognized department will elect one member of the Senate for each seven tenured, tenure-earning, research or clinical faculty in the department, or major fraction thereof. Elections will be by the tenured, tenure-earning, research and clinical faculty of each department. If necessary, all tenured, tenure-earning, research or clinical faculty will then elect sufficient at-large members to bring the total unit membership (including departmental selections) up to the number required to achieve the 1:7 ratio.3. Units named in (1) which have no formally recognized departments will elect one senator for each seven tenured, tenure-earning, research or clinical faculty in the unit, or major fraction thereof. Elections will be by the tenured, tenure-earning, clinical and research faculty of the unit.4. At the start of the academic year, the secretarial staff of the Senate will determine the number of members to which each unit and department is entitled. In the event that any unit or department is entitled to additional members, they will be elected immediately and the Senate will determine by lot whether the term of office will be until the end of the first or second following year. In the event that any department or unit suffers a decrease in the seats to which it is entitled, the terms of the requisite number of senators from that department or unit, beginning with the senator with the shortest service in the Senate and proceeding in order of length of service, shall end immediately. Length of Term:Members of the Senate shall be elected by the faculty in each department by March 1 of each year for service beginning on the first day of the coming academic year. The term of office will be two years with provisions for staggered terms. All tenured, tenure-earning, clinical and research faculty of an electoral unit shall be eligible to vote in the election of senators, and the vote shall be taken by secret ballot with absentee balloting procedures available to eligible electors who cannot be present at the time of election. Vacancies in the representation of any department or unit shall be filled as soon as practical by the department or unit by election. If a member of the Faculty Senate is absent without proxy for three consecutive and regularly scheduled meetings, the president of the Faculty Senate may declare that member's place vacant and direct the secretarial staff to notify the appropriate dean, department chair, or director of the vacancy. The vacancy will then be filled through the procedures described in paragraph E above. The attendance records used as the basis for this procedure shall be those kept by the secretarial staff of the Faculty Senate. III. Officers and Staff of the Faculty Senate Officers of the Senate: The officers of the Faculty Senate are the president, president-elect, and ombudsperson. Officers of the Senate must be members of the Faculty Senate during their term of office. Term: Term of office for the president and the president-elect and the ombudsperson will be one year beginning on the first day of the Fall semester of each year. The president-elect will assume the office of Senate president at the end of the president's term of office. Election of Officers: In the spring of each year, the Senate Governance Committee will nominate from the Senate membership (new and old) candidate(s) for president-elect and ombudsperson. The names of these candidates will go to all tenured, tenure earning, research and clinical faculty of the university for election. This election will be conducted by the Senate Governance Committee before the end of the spring semester. As the president and president-elect serves the entire faculty, the department/unit from which the president/president-elect is selected will elect another senator to represent the department/unit during the officer's term of office. The president of the Faculty Senate presides at meetings of the Senate, serves as the official spokesperson for the Senate to the University community, and performs such other duties as are customarily performed by presidents of similar bodies or as the Senate may direct. The president also serves as chair of the Senate Executive Committee. The president will also be the faculty representative to the University of Alabama Board of Trustees, the UAH Executive Administrative Council, and the ACCUFP. It is expected that the Provost / VPAA will provide the president of the Faculty Senate release time from one course for each semester of service The president-elect of the Faculty Senate performs the duties of the president when the latter is absent or unable to serve. In addition, the president-elect would serve as the recorder for the Senate and the Executive Committee: receiving resolutions from committees or members, setting agendas for meetings, reviewing and managing the correspondence of the Senate. Secretarial support is provided by the Provost, however it is the duty of the president-elect to review all minutes and maintain all records of actions on resolutions. The president-elect also is the Senate representative to the Campus Priorities and Planning Committee and to attend ACCUFP meetings. It is expected that the Provost/VPAA will provide the president-elect of the Faculty Senate release time from one course for each semester of service. The Faculty ombudsperson shall report to the Senate president during regular meetings at the time of committee reports. The ombudsperson shall promptly record and acknowledge receipt of written requests from faculty, exhaust all possible means of satisfying them, and report the outcome to the petitioner, maintaining confidentiality where reasonably desired. The ombudsperson shall attend all Executive meetings. The parliamentarian of the Faculty Senate shall be appointed by the president from among the members of the Senate learned in parliamentary law. He/she serves at the pleasure of the president and advises the president and Senators on parliamentary procedure. The parliamentarian shall be appointed on an annual basis. If, at any regularly scheduled or called meeting of the Faculty Senate, both the president and president-elect are absent, any member may call the meeting to order and the Senate shall immediately elect a president pro tem from among the members present to preside until the arrival of the president or president-elect or the adjournment of the meeting, whichever occurs first Recall of the president or the president-elect can occur at any time on the following manner: a petition from 1/3 of the sitting senators requesting recall will go to the Provost/VPAA who will then call for a vote of the entire senate. A majority vote of the entire senate is required to recall an officer. In the event of recall the Senate Governance Committee will institute a university wide election to replace the removed officer. In the interim, the other presidential officer will serve, or continue to serve as president. In the case of either president or president-elect becoming unable to serve, the above procedure will be followed. The president, with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint an ombudsperson should this position become vacant. The Office of the Provost/VPAA is obligated under the Governance System to provide all necessary secretarial support and does so in consultation with the president and president-elect of the Senate. Past-President. The immediate past-president of the Faculty Senate shall be considered a non-voting member of the Executive Committee; to be included in all meetings and deliberations of same, and is permitted the honorary title of Faculty Senate Past-President during the year following his or her Presidency. IV. Senate Committees The Standing Committees of the Faculty Senate are: 1. The Executive Committee 2. The Governance and Senate Operations Committee 3. The Senate Personnel Committee 4. The Senate Undergraduate Curriculum Committee 5. The Faculty Finance and Resources Committee 6. The Senate Undergraduate Scholastic Affairs Committee 7. The Senate Faculty and Student Development Committee The members of the Standing Committees are senators and are elected by the Senate. Each senator shall serve on at least one committee. Units with few senate members may find their senator serving on more than one committee when the bylaws of the senate calls for representative membership by unit. These senators may name a permanent proxy from their unit to serve on this committee for the year. This proxy will have the same eligibility requirements as a regular senator. Recommendations for addition, deletion, or change of the standing committees of the Senate will be a part of the annual Senate review of the governance system. The Senate will determine the mechanism for and the extent of student/staff/administration participation on Senate committees. Members of the Senate committees shall serve one year terms, unless the resolution creating the committee specifies a shorter term. Minimum attendance requirements of committee members will be determined by each committee at the first meeting of the Senate year. The elected chair of a committee may request of the Senate president the replacement of any committee member when minimum attendance requirements are not met. The replacement of a committee member will not be in violation of Senate by-laws or required composition of any committee. Committees shall elect a chair for the coming academic year from among their membership on the last Senate meeting of the academic year. Standing committee chairs serve on the Senate Executive Committee. In case of vacancies on Senate committees or in case of a necessity to appoint a new committee member, the president shall appoint the new committee member provided that the Senate consents by a majority vote of those voting and provided that a least one day's advance notice of the appointment shall have been provided to the senators. If the president's nominee is rejected by the Senate, the Senate shall proceed to the election of the new committee member. Standing Committees:EXECUTIVE COMMITTEECharge:1. Receive all resolutions from the president-elect and conduct the first reading of a bill.2. Prepare the agenda for Senate meetings. (See VIII, IX.B,C)3. Construct and distribute a tentative calendar for regular Senate meetings for the year.4. Coordinate activities of Senate committees.5. Disseminate Senate business to appropriate committees.6. Advise and consult with the Senate president on those matters requiring attention during periods in which the full Senate cannot be called into regular session.7. Meet before the academic year begins to smooth the transition between the old and the new Executive Committees.Membership:1. The Faculty Senate president, president-elect, ombudsperson, parliamentarian, past-president, and chairs of all standing committees shall comprise the membership.� The Provost/VPAA shall be ex-officio non-voting.2. The Senate president shall call and chair the meetings.3. A quorum shall consist of one officer and three committee chairs.GOVERNANCE AND SENATE OPERATIONS COMMITTEECharge:1. Review annually the Senate bylaws and prepare recommendations (resolutions) for revisions of and addition to the bylaws.2. Serve as a nominating committee (to the Senate) for faculty membership on all Senate committees and Senate offices.3. Conduct Senate elections. That includes obtaining members' names, preparing ballots, requesting candidates for chairs of committees, etc. Preparations of all election material (both university and Senate) should be completed prior to the last Senate meeting of the Spring semester.4. Conduct faculty elections to University Committees. That includes screening candidates to appear on ballots following rules applicable to the individual committees. See also (6) below. Requests for membership from faculty to university committees should be collected by April 1 and ballots prepared for the election meeting of the Senate. A Senator may need to be placed ex-officio on a University committee if there is no other Senate representation on that committee.5. Designate a senator to act as liaison with each university committee. This senator would be ex-officio unless he/she were elected by the Senate as the faculty member to that committee.6. Maintain an updated roster of all Senate and university committees and distribute to all faculty in the university.7. Conduct an annual review of the governance system of the university and make recommendations for needed change.Membership:An elected senator from each college in the university including a representative from the Library.SENATE PERSONNEL COMMITTEECharge:The Faculty Senate Personnel Committee shall be responsible for monitoring the quality of the academic and professional environment relative to its impact on faculty at The University of Alabama in Huntsville. Specifically, the committee shall: 1. Monitor policies and procedures for faculty appointments, promotions, award of tenure, sabbatical and other leaves, retirements, terminations due to financial exigency and discontinuation of an educational program, faculty evaluations, and salary adjustments. 2. Monitor the contents of the UAH Faculty Handbook through annual review, updating and editing.This committee shall also be responsible for collecting and disseminating information pertaining to faculty personnel policies and procedures. Specifically, the chairperson of this committee will deliver a report to the Senate on matters under its jurisdiction.This committee shall be responsible for recommending modifications or changes in all personnel policies.Membership:Membership shall consist of one elected senator from each college in the university and the Library and one ex-officio member designated by the Provost/VPAA.SENATE UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM COMMITTEECharge:The Faculty Senate Undergraduate Curriculum Committee shall be responsible for monitoring the quality of curriculum at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Specifically, the committee: 1. Shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Provost/VPAA in matters related to curriculum planning, development, change, and evaluation. 2. May initiate and shall review any proposed changes affecting programs, basic degree requirements, and the creation or elimination of academic programs.This committee shall also be responsible for collecting and disseminating information pertaining to the planning, development, change, or evaluation of any academic program. Specifically, the chairperson of this committee shall deliver a detailed report, including recommended changes, to the Senate during the academic year that will include the following information: 1. The status of all degree programs. 2. The status of any plans to change or add to existing degree programs. 3. The status of any academic programs being planned, including, but not limited to any new degree programs, departments, majors, minors, and degree/program options. 4. The status of any new or proposed courses within existing curricula. 5. The status of any contemplated or recommended eliminations of existing academic programs, including degree and nondegree programs and departments.This committee shall be responsible for recommending modifications or changes in all curricular policies.MembershipMembership shall consist of one elected senator from each college in the university, one elected representative from the Library, and one ex-officio non-voting representative from the Curriculum Committee from each college and the Office of Admissions and Records. The committee may request additional resource personnel (e.g., deans, registrar, directors, etc.) according to proposals being considered.FACULTY FINANCE AND RESOURCES COMMITTEECharge:The Senate Faculty Finance and Resources Committee shall review, assess, and make recommendations concerning: 1. The mission, goals, role, and scope of the university. 2. The objectives and plans of the major budget units. 3. The information base and planning procedures utilized in budget preparation. 4. The annual budget request and annual operating budget. 5. Campus planning and allocations of space and funding. 6. Faculty research priorities, funds, and projects.This committee shall also be responsible for recommending modifications or changes in all matters under its consideration. The Committee also shall be responsible for collecting and disseminating information pertaining to the acquisition, availability, and apportionment of university resources among faculty. The Senate will be represented on the Priorities and Resources Advisory Committee by the chair of the Senate Faculty Finance and Resources Committee, one other member elected by this committee, as well as the Senate president-elect.Membership:Membership shall consist of at least one senator from each college, one from the Library, one member from the Employee Benefits Committee. The Vice President for Administration will serve as resource to this Committee.UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLASTIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEECharge:The Senate Undergraduate Scholastic Affairs Committee shall monitor the quality of the academic environment relative to its impact on undergraduate students. Specifically, the committee shall: 1. Monitor policies and procedures for all admissions, withdrawals, scholastic probation, grading systems, academic good standing, and any other scholastic issue determined by the committee as relevant to student academic quality. 2. Hear appeals for undergraduate admission and readmission. 3. Review any proposed changes in the academic criteria for awarding any scholarship/financial aid.This committee shall also be responsible for collecting and disseminating information relative to the development, change or evaluation of procedures or standards for admission, progression, and/or graduation. Specifically the chairperson of this committee will deliver a report to the Senate during the academic year that will include the following information: 1. The status of standards and procedures for admission, progression, and graduation. 2. The status of academic criteria for the awarding of all scholarships and other forms of financial aid at UAH.This committee shall be responsible for recommending modifications or changes in all policies relative to its jurisdiction.Membership:At least one senator from each of the undergraduate colleges and the Library shall be elected to serve on this committee. The Provost or the Provost's designated representative will be an ex-officio member. The committee may designate other ex-officio members depending upon the issues/policies being considered.SENATE FACULTY AND STUDENT DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEECharge:The Senate Faculty and Student Development Committee shall review, access, and make recommendations concerning issues related to: 1. Student retention 2. Faculty retention 3. Academic Integrity 4. Faculty orientation/mentoring programs 5. Research development and support 6. Teaching development and support 7. Student policies affecting faculty 8. Sabbatical and other faculty development opportunities 9. Faculty support servicesThis Committee shall be responsible for recommending modifications or changes in all matters under its consideration.Membership:Membership shall consist of at least one senator from each college and the Library. The Provost and the Vice President for Student Affairs will serve as resources to this Committee. V. Senate Role Regarding University Committees. University Standing Committees. University standing committees consist of members of the faculty and members of administration/staff. Unless otherwise stated, faculty members shall be selected by (but not necessarily from) the Faculty Senate and shall at least equal in number administration/staff representation on each committee. All ex-officio members shall be clarified and designated. Ex-officio members shall not vote, except for those ex-officio members who are committee chairpersons who may vote only to break ties. In cases where this ex-officio member serves as chairperson, members of the committee shall select a faculty member to serve as co-chairperson. If the ex-officio member calls a meeting but cannot attend, then the co-chair will preside. When faculty representatives on the committee do not happen to include a Faculty Senator, then a Senator should be placed (ex-officio) on the University committee as a reporting senator to the Faculty Senate. Where Faculty Senate Committees and University Committees share common purposes, functions, or charges, members of the Faculty Senate Committees shall be voting members of corresponding University Committees. Where required by the nature of the committee's function, the university committee structure shall reflect unit representation, including the Library. University committees shall meet at least once a semester. Any member of the committee may call a meeting. Committees will issue a written report to their administrative liaison and to the Faculty Senate Executive Committee each semester, after meeting. The terms of membership shall be for two years unless otherwise noted with arrangements made for staggered terms. The details of procedures are issues which will be determined by each committee. University committees for which a faculty election is conducted by the Senate:1. Faculty Appeals - five faculty elected by the general faculty each year to serve two-year staggered terms.2. Employee Benefits - three faculty members elected by the Senate; three-year staggered terms.3. Intercollegiate Athletics Committee - three faculty elected by the Senate to serve two-year staggered terms.4. Library Committee - One faculty member from each college and Graduate School elected by the Senate to serve a two-year staggered term.5. Campus Planning Committee - six faculty members elected by the Faculty Senate to serve a two-year staggered term, at least one of the six elected faculty members will be a member of the Faculty Senate during the forthcoming academic year and will report to the Faculty Senate on the activities of the University Campus Planning Committee.6. Information Services Users Advisory Committee - one faculty member from each of the colleges and the Library elected by the Senate to serve two-year staggered terms.7. Patents & Copyrights Committee - three faculty members elected by the Faculty Senate from the Colleges of Administrative Science, Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, and Nursing; and three faculty members elected by the Faculty Senate from the College of Engineering and Science; one faculty member elected by the Faculty Senate from the Library to serve three year staggered terms.8. Radiation Committee - three faculty members elected by the Senate to serve two-year staggered terms.9. Financial Aid Committee - three faculty members elected by the Senate to serve two-year staggered terms.10. Publications Board - two faculty members elected by the Senate to serve two-year staggered terms.11. Student Affairs Advisory Board - three faculty elected by the Senate to serve two-year staggered terms.12. University Judicial Board - one faculty member from each of the colleges elected by the Senate to serve two-year staggered terms.13. Commencement -one faculty member from each college, elected by the Senate to serve two-year staggered terms.14. Student Life Allocations - two faculty elected by the Senate to serve two-year terms. VI. Meetings of the Senate and Attendance The incoming Senate Executive Committee will determine the regular meeting schedule of the Faculty Senate for the academic year before the start of the fall semester. The incoming Executive Committee will have this schedule (containing the dates, times, and locations of the regular Senate meetings) prepared and distributed to all faculty Senators, as well as to the President's Office, the Provost's Office, all college deans and departmental chairs, at the beginning of the Fall semester.The full Faculty Senate will normally meet for regular business on every third Thursday during the Fall and Spring semesters. The starting time of the meetings will normally be 12:30 PM. Each meeting will last up to (90) ninety minutes, unless the Senate extends the duration of the particular meeting for a specified length of time by a 2/3 vote. The Executive Committee normally meets on the Thursday preceding the meeting of the full Senate and Senate Committees normally meet on the Thursday following the meeting of the full Senate. The starting time of the Committee meetings will normally be 12:30 p.m.Summer meetings may be called by the president (or president-elect in the president's absence) under the conditions specified in the Senate By-Laws VI.C. Such regularly scheduled meetings may be canceled by the president if no items are on the agenda seven days prior to the meeting. Unless notified of a cancellation, senators are obligated to attend scheduled meetings without specific notice. The president may call special meetings if the business of the Senate requires it. Special meetings may also be called at the written request of one-fifth of all senators. Such meetings shall be scheduled at times that will ensure maximum attendance. All senators must receive notice of such meetings two days in advance. To ensure full representation of the University's faculty, the use of proxies shall be strictly regulated. Any senator unable to attend either a regular Senate meeting or a Senate committee meeting may send a substitute with a written proxy. This substitute must be from the senator's department, except as noted below (or, in the case of an at- large senator, his college) and no substitute may have more than one proxy.Any senator experiencing a partial conflict between Senate meetings and scheduled classes shall be allowed to give his or her proxy to another senator, subject to the following provisions: 1) the senator must make the conflict known to the Senate president no later than the Senate meeting immediately preceding the first meeting during which such a conflict will occur, and must be able to present satisfactory proof of the conflict to the president upon demand; 2) the proxy will become effective at the beginning of each academic semester, and shall also include a record to proxies for each meeting showing the names of both the giver and holder of each proxy. It shall be the responsibility of the Senate president to inform every affected department of the proxy eligibility of their chosen senators at the beginning of each academic semester. A quorum for any meeting shall be a majority of the votes (whether represented by senators or their proxies) that are entitled to be cast. Senate meetings are always open to the University community. Visitors to the Senate may take part in discussion at the discretion of the president. The first meeting of the Faculty Senate in the Spring semester shall be known as the Annual Meeting. The President of the Faculty Senate after consultation with the Senate shall invite any appropriate persons from the chancellor's office and from the central administration at UAH to speak to the Senate at its Annual Meeting on matters directly related to planning for the coming academic year as well as to planning of longer range. VII. Submission of Business to the Senate Business may be submitted for consideration at plenary meetings of the Senate by senators, Senate committees, and those parts of the University community empowered to do so by the Governance System. All business shall be submitted in the form of resolutions which state clearly and in detail all actions to be taken and the agencies intended to take these actions. Items which do no conform to this format shall be returned to their originators. Senate committees shall submit written reports of actions taken, and shall submit their recommendations, if any, in the form of resolutions. All resolutions shall be submitted in writing to the president-elect of the Senate. The president-elect shall number all new resolutions in order of receipt, and shall identify by proper notations amended or substitute resolutions reported by committees. The president-elect shall list all resolutions as received. Seven days before each meeting of the Senate the list shall be closed and transmitted to the Executive Committee. Copies of all resolutions newly added to the list shall be sent by the secretarial staff to each senator. VIII. Determination of the Agenda All resolutions submitted to the president-elect and listed by him/her for the Senate Executive Committee, whether newly received or reported by committee, shall be considered by the Executive Committee and either referred to a committee of the Faculty Senate or placed on the agenda for Second Reading in such order as they may deem appropriate. The Senate Executive Committee shall report its actions to the president-elect, and the president-elect shall transmit a list of all resolutions acted on and the action taken to the senators, as well as lists of resolutions on the agendas for Second and Third Readings. The Senate may, by a majority vote, direct the Senate Executive Committee to place on the Agenda at Second Reading at the next meeting any resolution referred to the committee. If at any time the Senate Executive Committee finds no items ready to be considered at a meeting, it shall certify this fact to the president. IX. Order of Business in Meetings of the Senate No resolution shall be passed by the Senate unless read three distinct times. Action by the Senate Executive Committee or emergency introduction shall constitute the first reading. The second and third readings shall occur on the floor of the Senate, and shall be on distinct days, unless the Senate shall determine by a two-thirds vote, following the second reading of a resolution, to move directly to a third reading of the resolution. If any item shall receive a unanimous vote on Second Reading, the presiding officer may rule, if there is no objection from the floor, that it has been immediately and automatically adopted at Third Reading. The Senate Executive Committee shall place items on the Agenda for Second Reading. During the consideration of an item on the floor at second reading, it shall be in order to move that the item pass to third reading and if a majority vote in favor, the item shall be automatically placed at the foot of the Agenda for Third Reading. The preferred order of business in meetings of the Senate should be: 1. Correction and adoption of the Journal for the previous meeting; 2. Report by the Provost/VPAA on administrative responses to Faculty Senate recommendations; 3. Elections, reports of committees, and general discussion; 4. Business on the Agenda for Third Reading; 5. Business on the Agenda for Second Reading.Items 1, 2, and 3 should be limited to a combined duration of thirty (30) minutes. At the discretion of the Senate, the Provost/VPAA may be requested to submit a report in writing for inclusion in the permanent records of the Senate when the substance of the report shall make this desirable. Such a request may be made by motion after the oral report, and shall be voted on by the Senate without debate. Following adoption of the Journal, the report of the Provost/VPAA, and general business, the president shall read the agenda item by item, beginning with the first resolution on the Agenda for Third Reading. The item read shall then be on the floor for consideration, but a motion to pass over without prejudice shall be in order immediately following the main motion for passage to the next stage. Following the passing over of consideration of a resolution, the procedure shall be repeated for the second resolution on the agenda, and so on. 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Any senator wishing, by emergency action, to bring a new (unpublished) matter before the Senate for action, and to move it through all readings on the same day, must present ample evidence of the urgency of the matter, of the need for immediate action, and of the likelihood that delay would seriously impair the effectiveness of the Senate's response. If the Senate shall adjourn while considering a resolution, that resolution is considered before the call of the agenda at the next meeting. Prior to the call of the agenda, motions to take from the table resolutions tabled at earlier meetings are in order. When a Senate resolution is passed at third reading, the president-elect of the Senate will forward the resolution to the Provost. The Provost may seek the advice of University Counsel or other groups appropriate to the content of the resolution before forwarding the resolutions to the President of the University. The President of the University will either approve the resolution, suggest changes or decline to approve the resolution. In any case the University President will present the decision to the Senate Executive Committee at their next meeting following the decision. If there are suggested changes, the Executive Committee will place the resolution on the agenda of the next Senate meeting at third reading. It is the responsibility of the Office of the Provost to apprise the Senate president at every Executive Committee meeting of the progress of resolutions; the Senate president will then inform the senators at every meeting. Final decisions on resolutions should be made with all due speed. If the Senate determines that a resolution is blocked in an administrative bureaucracy, it may ask the Provost for a written explanation. The Senate also is responsible to offer clarifications of intent of resolution if there are questions from administration. Resolutions that do not require administrative approval are:mSense of the Senate resolutions, and those resolutions that only affect Senate structure and functioning. At any time during a Senate meeting a senator or a Senate committee may be recognized to call for a Sense of the Senate resolution. These resolutions are to be distributed to the Senate in writing along with a verbal explanation of the need for the action. A Sense of the Senate resolution requires only a single reading, will be voted on upon the floor of the Senate, and requires unanimous vote. The purpose of this procedure is to expedite non-controversial matters such as recognition of significant contributions to the university, to encourage political action, etc. It is not the purpose of this procedure to bypass adequate debate or constituency input on any resolution of policy substance. X. 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SBA Announces 2013 National Small Business Week
The Portland District Office will honor Oregon's award winners at a luncheon on May 20, 2013.
"Small Business Week is a time to recognize the hard work and dedication of local businesses and entrepreneurs and to acknowledge the impact they have on our community," said Acting District Director Robert DuCotè. "We are looking forward to celebrating our local award winners here in May."
"Roughly 99.7% of employers across the country are small business owners representing more than 27 million small businesses," said Regional Administrator Calvin Goings. "They deserve our support and recognition year-round, and it's a privilege to be able to honor them and highlight their successes through National Small Business Week."
Week-long, cross-country events to feature tools & ideas to start or grow your business;
National Small Business Person of the Year at D.C. Event
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration is proud to announce that its signature event, National Small Business Week, will be held June 17th through June 21st. This year's events will take place all across the country and feature exciting and informative events designed to help small businesses start, grow and succeed.
This year's activities will include forums discussing the small business landscape, business coaching services, matchmaking events as well as networking opportunities and award ceremonies. The week's events culminate in Washington where the 2013 National Small Business Person of the Year will be announced. Candidates from all 50 states and territories will be competing for the award. And all small businesses that attend will interact with federal government officials, local elected leaders, representatives from national businesses and other small business experts.
The locations and dates for National Small Business Week are:
- Seattle - June 17
- Dallas - June 18
- St. Louis - June 19
- Pittsburgh - June 20
- Washington, D.C. - June 21
In addition to the in-person events, National Small Business Week will also feature daily online forums that will focus on subjects such as exporting and access to capital. All events will be live-streamed on SBA's website, www.sba.gov.
For more information, including a complete list of events and locations and how to register to attend, please visit www.sba.gov/smallbusinessweek.


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Choose two digits and arrange them to make two double-digit
numbers. Now add your double-digit numbers. Now add your single
digit numbers. Divide your double-digit answer by your single-digit
answer. Try lots of examples. What happens? Can you explain it?
What are the missing numbers in the pyramids?
A little bit of algebra explains this 'magic'. Ask a friend to pick 3 consecutive numbers and to tell you a multiple of 3. Then ask them to add the four numbers and multiply by 67, and to tell you the last two digits of her answer. Now you can really amaze her by giving the whole answer and the three consecutive numbers used at the start.


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Members of a group rallying for Trayvon Martin say they are so outraged about the verdict of not guilty, they're walking from Jacksonville to the central Florida area.The demonstrators are set to arrive in Daytona Beach for a community forum.Members of law enforcement and local and county government leaders are also to attend.The marchers, lead by Al Sharpton's brother, are traveling to Bethune Cookman University and will then head to the Greater Baptist Church for a Martin community forum.The marchers started in Tallahassee before hitting the courthouse in Sanford and will then travel to Volusia County.
If Councilman Nick Mosby has his way, Baltimore government would boycott Florida-based businesses in protest to the state's stand-your-ground law after George Zimmerman's acquittal.Mosby intends to file a resolution on Monday to encourage city agencies and investment boards to avoid doing business with companies in the Sunshine State.. . . The resolution also calls on city officials to avoid traveling to Florida or attending events in the state.. . .Mosby's resolution says the state's stand-your-grand law is applied "subjectively and inconsistently" and allows individuals with guns to act as "vigilantes.". . . Mosby's legislation would not compel the city to avoid doing business with Florida-based company, but encourage it.. . .Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake hasn't decided whether to support the resolution."The Mayor is against stand-your-ground laws, and will review the resolution thoroughly," said her spokesman, Travis Tazelaar.The mayor announced last month that the city hired Gans, Gans and Associates of Plant City, Fla., to lead recruitment efforts for a new fire chief. The company also was hired last year to help the city find a new president for the Baltimore Development Corp.It's unclear what effect, if any, Mosby's resolution would have on that search. Mosby said finding a new company to identify job candidates should be considered.
A Volusia County Beach Safety officer accused of sending insensitive racial messages at the end of last months Trayvon Martin trial was fired Friday for unprofessional conduct . . .
After sitting in at the Florida Capitol for 31 days since just after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the death of Trayvon Martin the group called the Dream Defenders ended its protest Thursday [8/15] with the help of civil-rights icon Julian Bond.Leaders said they'll carry their campaign against the "stand your ground" self-defense law and what they consider other forms of racial bias to the polls, trying to defeat the elected officials who opposed their demands.That includes Gov. Rick Scott, who is up for re-election next year. The Dream Defenders announced a voter-registration drive, with a goal of 61,550 new voters Scott's margin of victory in 2010.. . .The group marched to the Capitol on July 16 and demanded a special session on "stand your ground," which they didn't get.


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Jets running back Mike Goodson was just the passenger this morning, but he's far from off the hook.
Goodson was charged with five gun and drug counts Friday morning, after New Jersey State Police found the car he was riding in parked in the middle of Route 80 in Denville, N.J.
According to the release from the NJSP, a tow driver called 911 after finding a gray SUV parked in the center-left lane of the highway. The driver, Garant Evans, was arrested for Driving While Intoxicated. Medics on the scene determined Goodson needed to be transported to the hospital, and a small amount of marijuana was found on him.
A subsequent search of the vehicle found a loaded gun and more marijuana. Goodson was taken back to Morris County Jail after he was released from the hospital, and charged with possession of marijuana (under 50 grams), possession of drug paraphernalia, unlawful possession of a handgun, possession of a loaded handgun and possession of hollow point ammunition.
Goodson's bail was set at $50,000.
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Turkey Soup with Stuffing Dumplings
Hearty turkey vegetable soup is made fragrant with sage and sweetened by squash. Stuffing dumplings add a perfect finishing touch to the soup.
2 cups carrots, medium dice
2 cups onions, medium dice
2 cups celery, medium dice
2 cups leeks, medium dice
1⁄4 cup butter
4 lb. turkey scraps & bones from roasted birds
2 cups pumpkin or butternut squash, diced
4 cups stuffing (leftover)
6 eggs, slightly beaten
1⁄4 cup fresh sage, chopped
2 tsp. garlic, chopped
6 tbsp. butter
1⁄4 cup parmesan cheese, grated
1. In a stock pot over medium heat, sauté carrots, onions, celery and leeks in butter 5 min. until tender.
2. Add turkey scraps and water to cover. Simmer uncovered 11⁄2 hr. Strain soup; season to taste. Add pumpkin; simmer until tender. Reserve warm.
3. In a bowl, combine stuffing, eggs, sage, garlic and butter. Scoop heaping tablespoons of stuffing mixture into soup and cook 10 min. over low heat.
4. Ladle soup and a few dumplings into deep bowls and sprinkle with cheese.


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text: NEWPORT, VT – Well, maybe not seven exactly. More like eleven female artists were on hand at the MAC Center (Memphremagog Arts Collaborative) on Main Street, Newport, on Saturday to demonstrate their craft and honor the only Vermont commemoration of SWAN Day. This celebration, held in 23 countries, encourages people to "support women artists now." "The long term goal of SWAN Day," according to the center, "is to inspire communities to recognize and support women artists as a basic element of civic planning."Wonderful harp music, supplied by Linda Schneck of Westmore, serenaded these swans and visitors. Various artistic mediums were present. Mary Brenner demonstrated watercolor painting, as did Pat Lipinski. Ellie Roberts, a sterling jeweler, spoke about her eight years of training with Kerstin Nichols of the New Hampshire League of Craftsmen in Hanover, NH. For more of this story and to see more photos of some of the artists, see pages 1 and 16 of Thursday's edition of The Newport Daily Express for April 11, 2013.


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Should Inventors Take Responsibility When Their Patents End Up In Troll Suits?
from the perhaps-not...-but... deptThere was a recent post on the Patent Examiner blog about yet another patent troll who's been suing a ton of companies with a variety of patents. Among recent lawsuits there was one against General Motors, Ford, Mercedes-Benz, BMW of North America, Rolls-Royce, Hyundai, KIA and ATX Group for using GPS systems to track cars, and two more against AT&T, Verizon, Sprint Nextel, MetroPCS, T-Mobile and others over patents 7,852,995 and 7,860,225, titled "Method and apparatus for selectively providing messages in telecommunications systems."
As with many troll patents, the troll company has zero relationship with the actual inventor on the patents. The author of the article, Gregory Thomas, tracked down the inventor on those last two patents, one Jonathan Streitzel, an entrepreneur and inventor. When asked about these lawsuits, Streitzel pointed out:
"I don't know the details, I just invent shit."And, to be clear, this is a perfectly reasonable response. At some point he sold off the patents. Neither Streitzel nor his attorney are willing to talk about the details, since apparently there was some sort of "confidentiality agreement," which is all too standard in selling patents to trolling operations these days. But, at some point, should the inventors at least take on some responsibility if their patents are being used to shake down companies and stifle innovation?
There's obviously no legal responsibility. But it does make me wonder if there's an ethical issue. We hear all the time from entrepreneurs who go out and patent things because they feel they have to: either some of their investors insist that they need patents or they do so to start stockpiling a defensive patent portfolio in case some practicing entity hits them with a patent lawsuit. They all seem to admit that it's a "necessary evil," and say that they'll never assert those patents themselves. But... at some point, the patents get sold. Often a company fails and the patents are a remaining asset. Or it just becomes too lucrative to not sell the patents.
And, while it's not clear if that happened in the situation above with Strietzel, we hear all the time about entrepreneurs who unwillingly got patents, only to later discover those patents were being used in trolling suits. Should those inventors speak up?


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It looks like AutoNation Inc. has upped the ante once again in F&I revenues per vehicle, having reached a record $1,307 in the fourth quarter of 2012.
AutoNation is typically No. 1 among the six biggest publicly traded new-vehicle retail groups in F&I revenue per vehicle. AutoNation made $1,200 the number to beat in 2011, which some of its competitors have since managed, and $1,100 the benchmark in 2010.
And AutoNation isn't through yet, said COO Mike Maroone in a conference call for investors on Jan. 31 when asked how high the F&I numbers can go.
"I don't want to put a stake in the ground for where it can go," he said. "I will say that we're forecasting continued growth in F&I PVR [per vehicle retailed]. It's a very important part of our strategy."


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The University of Vermont became the thirty-fourth college in the nation this week to commit to the Sustainable Endowment Institute's Billion Dollar Green Challenge, agreeing to establish a revolving fund to finance on-campus energy efficiency improvements.
And what a commitment it was.
Thanks to a resolution by the university's Board of Trustees that passed Saturday, UVM will earmark $13 million for the fund, making it the largest challenge to date. Harvard's $12 million green energy revolving fund had been the largest.
The Billion Dollar Green Challenge was launched in Oct. 2011 by the Sustainable Endowments Institute and 15 partners. The program invites colleges to invest a total of one billion dollars in energy efficiency upgrades delivered through self-managed revolving funds. To date, colleges have committed nearly $80 million in total.
The concept underlying revolving green energy funds, which are growing in popularity, is that the funds replenish themselves with savings accrued by reduced energy spending, allowing institutions to make a long-term commitment to energy efficiency and environmental protection that is financially sustainable and even attractive.
"The trend is clear both in terms of money saved and reduced energy consumption," said Mark Orlowski, executive director of the Sustainable Endowments Institute, which released a report last year titled "Greening the Bottom Line: The Trend toward Green Revolving Funds on Campus." (PDF)
"The number of green revolving funds has more than quadrupled since 2008," he said. "A major incentive is the financial benefit. Our survey found a median annual return on investment of 32 percent."
Vermont governor Peter Shumlin took notice of UVM's decision, applauded it and hoped it would have a ripple effect.
"Vermont has long been a leader in energy efficiency, and revolving green energy funds are an important way to continue the progress our state has made in energy conservation," Shumlin said. "I applaud UVM's decision to establish such a robust fund and hope the decision inspires other schools, businesses and institutions like local and state government to try this approach. The rewards in cost savings and reduction in greenhouse gas emissions make this a true win-win."
Monies in UVM's fund will come from cash on hand from tuition payments and other revenue sources, which is normally invested for short periods in low-risk financial instruments before it is spent on operating expenses such as wages, utilities and supplies.
The $13 million represents less than 10 percent of the total cash UVM typically has at its disposal.
"We think investing our cash in energy efficiency projects, which have a better rate of return than many of our current investments, is a fiscally and environmentally sound way to put our money to work," said Richard Cate, UVM's vice president for finance and administration.
UVM's financial commitment to the fund is as large as it is, Cate said, because there are so many potential candidates for energy upgrades on campus, projects that could lead to substantial cost savings in the mid and long term. The program also underscores the university's deep commitment to the environment, Cate said.
At Friday's Board of Trustees meeting, Cate shared examples of potential projects the new fund could finance. They included installing demand-controlled ventilation systems in buildings, similar to those in the newly renovated Aiken Center; replacing external lighting across campus with energy efficient LED fixtures; and upgrading ventilation and lighting controls in older facilities like the Waterman Building.
The university has established two major criteria for projects to be eligible for financing, Cate told the board. They must have a payback period of no more than seven years and cost $3 million or less. The university is setting a goal of a five percent return for the investment.
Cate expects upgrades could begin as early as next fall.
UVM is partnering in the effort with both Efficiency Vermont, the statewide energy efficiency utility operated by the non-profit Vermont Energy Investment Corporation, and the Burlington Electric Department (BED), UVM's electricity provider.
While the university is developing its own prioritized list of projects it will target, it will rely on BED and Efficiency Vermont to verify the selection and its assumptions about cost and payback period. BED may also assist with energy audits and will provide financial incentives for any new energy-reducing equipment the university needs, lowering its cost.
"We are very happy to be working with two Vermont institutions that have national reputations for their expertise and innovative approaches to energy efficiency and conservation," Cate said. "We hope our decision helps other Vermont institutions become aware of this important tool for saving energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions."
"With today's announcement, UVM is establishing itself as a national leader in using innovative green energy financing to save money and save energy," said Jim Merriam, director of Efficiency Vermont. "The revolving loan fund is a very effective tool for making investments in energy efficiency, and Efficiency Vermont looks forward to partnering with UVM and other Vermont institutions to take advantage of this innovative approach."
"UVM and BED have been strong partners in energy efficiency for the past twenty years, and the establishment of UVM's innovative Green Revolving Loan Fund will greatly enhance the ability to leverage deeper energy efficiency savings on the campus benefitting all ratepayers," said Chris Burns, BED's director of energy services.
Between 1992 and 2012 UVM spent about $8.6 million on energy reduction projects in partnership with BED with paybacks of around seven years.
The Sustainable Endowments Institute was founded in 2005 as a special project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. The Cambridge-based nonprofit organization has pioneered research and education to advance sustainability in campus operations and endowment practices. For a list of the partners in the Billion Dollar Green Challenge, including Efficiency Vermont, see greenbillion.org/about/.


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ON THE SAN YSIDRO BORDER CROSSING WITH MEXICO -- Three or four years ago, most of us who were complaining about the lack of border and immigration controls were using the figure of 3 million to 4 million illegal aliens in America. That figure seemed bad enough.
Then the numbers started to boggle the mind. Month after month, in reputable news magazines and from responsible analysts of border affairs, the estimated numbers of aliens in the country kept going up and up and up.
Suddenly, the number was 5 million; then, only a few months later, 8 million. Then some sources started using 12 million as the standard and even, finally, an astonishing 20 million! When the census bureau was to release the 2002 statistics on illegals in America, it had found 10 million more than it had planned for. (In fact, the bureau gave a press conference on a Friday afternoon, when no one would report on it.)
All of this has led to agitation over illegal aliens and an "invasion" that the country has not hitherto experienced. In only the last few weeks, the Democratic governors of both Arizona and New Mexico have declared an "immigration emergency," and Nuevo Laredo on the Mexican side of the border with Texas has had so many murders it is being looked at as the drug/murder capital of the region.
But here on the San Diego end of the border across from Tijuana, for officials who have worked realistically with immigration -- and suffered eternally under the lack of leadership from Washington -- the question of where these estimated numbers of illegals has come from is hardly a mystery.
Pete Nunez, the former U.S. attorney for San Diego and a lifelong fighter for immigration control, told me in a recent talk: "Why are those numbers today so high? Because of the amnesty of 1986! Those 2.7 million illegals amnestied were then able, in the decade of the '90s, to sponsor their family members. That decade turned out to have the highest number of legal immigrants practically in our history, because of the amnesty."
Here at the busy port of entry, in my long conversations with officials of the Department of Homeland Security, which encompasses immigration, border patrol and customs, there is unanimous agreement with this interpretation.
"The '86 experience definitely led to family reunification," Lauren Mack, customs and border protection public affairs officer, agreed. "We watched that amnesty -- it only created more fraud and more problems."
Immigration law has become so tortuous and contradictory that probably no one in America really understands it. The best analysts wring their hands as they speak. But they know what their experience tells them.
As opposed to fencing and physically and technologically controlling the border, as has been done here at San Ysidro in the last 15 years while the adjoining states' borders are in chaos, the Bush administration first proposed still another form of amnesty (its contours never really clear), and now it suggests some form of guest worker program.
It sounds good. One would suppose that a "guest worker" program would include controls from the American side and responsibilities on the immigrant workers' side. But that is not the way it turns out.
The 1986 amnesty was not to be the first of many amnesties, nor a kind of experimental plug in the flow of human beings from a poor country to a rich one. To the contrary, it was to be the "last amnesty." Pushed by liberals in Congress like Teddy Kennedy, it was supposed to settle and legalize the illegals already in the United States, while controlling future immigration. It was to be the solution.
Instead, those 2.7 million settled in America and, under the dominating "family reunification" policy, were able immediately to sponsor almost any number of relatives, some bringing in 80 or 90 persons. And because the enforcement aspects of the law were never put into practice, the 1986 amnesty left the gate open to still more massive numbers. Meanwhile, the proposed new guest worker programs before Congress almost all provide for some kind of amnesty that will lead only to a repeat of 1986.
America is at a crucial turning point. Everyone knows that immigration is out of hand. Everyone who fairly studies the economics of it knows that "immigrants only take jobs that Americans won't take" (that wonderfully false mantra) because immigration allows the greedy growers and companies to forgo more expensive technology that would make these jobs attractive to unemployed Americans. Everyone who is not overcome by self-interest knows that immigration policy is determined not by the citizens who suffer from it, but by the constituencies that gain money and power from it.
This is the moment to go beyond all the old platitudes and self-destructive pretend policies and to realize that our half-measures are leading to numbers that this country simply cannot absorb, and continue to remain what it is.
As the San Ysidro border shows, it is a question of analysis, of intention and of will, all three of them in short supply in Washington.
Reagan's biggest mistake. I think he honestly felt it was the best thing we could do at the time.
About to be repeated by Bush.
And people wonder why Mexican and Illegal Alien are considered synonymous......
Correction: Not if a fanatical fringe group has anything to say about it.
But GWB "doesn't have time" while in CA to meet with Ahnold!
Well Californians, I guess when the GOP calls you for a donation you'll know what to say..."sorry, I just don't have the time!"
Yeah, and World War I was supposed to be "the war to end all wars."
Bush's "amnesty" is not a repeat of Reagan's amnesty.
The IRCA of 1986 was not fully and properly enforced. But the laws are still on the books.
We need a guest worker program with strict rules. No families, no government programs, etc.
1986 amnesity ? Good grief !
What about Clinton's "Citizenship USA" move in 1995-1996 ?
Over 1 million people naturalized in the 13 months before the 1996 elections.
Almost 88% of the immigrant files lacked sufficient documentation for anything other than deportation.
It all sucks
OK, FReepers, time to help out my feeble memory. I seem to recall that faTeddy spearheaded this to get certain Irish terrorists in, also? The illegals from elsewhere and the terrorists, etc., were an unpleasant side effect; as long as his buddies got in....
Please set me straight if I'm wrong.
The concept of American nationhood is dying fast, but never fear the propagandists who peddle the half truths live well in their gated communities.
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NAPLES, Fla. (AP) – A Collier County deputy was reprimanded after shocking a colleague with a Taser in an incident meant to be a joke. The December scene was caught on tape at the Collier County jail. A female deputy was seen showing a message on her iPod to Cpl. Wilmer A. Arencibia, who followed the woman and shocked her on the behind with his Taser.
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Corn plunged the most since May, sparking a slump in soybeans and wheat, after the government said U.S. inventories were bigger than analysts forecast and that farmers will plant the most since 1936.
Inventories of corn on March 1 totaled 5.399 billion bushels in the U.S., the world's biggest grower and exporter, the Department of Agriculture said today. While that's down 10% from 2012 and a nine-year low, analysts expected 4.995 billion. Farmers will sow 97.282 million acres, up from 97.155 million in 2012 and the most in 77 years, the USDA said.
Prices this month jumped 4.5% before today and reached a seven-week high yesterday on concern that rising demand from makers of ethanol and animal feed would erode inventories before a record harvest arrives in September. After today's USDA report, corn prices plunged the maximum allowed on the Chicago Board of Trade, while soybeans fell the most since September and wheat futures had their biggest drop since 2011.
"It comes down to two things -- the size of the crop and feed usage," Arlan Suderman, a senior market analyst at Water Street Solutions Inc. in Peoria, Illinois, said in a telephone interview. "Maybe USDA underestimated the size of the crop and then feed usage came in less than expected."
Corn futures for May delivery plunged by the exchange's 40-cent limit, or 5.4%, to settle at $6.9525 a bushel as of 2 p.m. in Chicago, the biggest decline since May 22 and the lowest price since March 8. Trading was more than triple the average of the past 100 days.
As of March 19, hedge funds and other speculators had boosted net-long positions, or bets that corn prices would rise, for three straight weeks to 145,535 futures and options contracts, the most since Feb. 5, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission data show.
The government quarterly inventory reports have become harder to predict, resulting in more surprises and big price moves. In the six years prior to today, analysts' estimates for March inventories missed the USDA tally by 123 million bushels on average, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That's enough corn to feed 15.4 million pigs, or 14% of the U.S. herd, until they are big enough to be sold for slaughter.
For the 11 quarters since June 2010, the average intraday price swing on the day of the USDA inventory report was 5.6%, with prices rising six times and falling five.
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Moustaches, showmen, trophies and bathing suits don't feature much in my collection - so here is a hotch-potch of vaguely related photographs to mark this week's prompt.
No moustaches and only one beard amongst my ancestors - this photograph (one of my favourites) is of my bearded great grandfather James Danson (1852-1906) of Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire. Though his companion in arms is sporting a fine white moustache.
Little knowledge has come down through the family on James Danson who died before the birth of my mother and aunt. Anecdotal evidence does not reflect creditably on him - he was by all accounts of his grandchildren a bit of a ne-er do well - in contrast to the obvious respect for "Granny". He certainly looks quite a character in the only photograph I have of him sitting merry in Poulton stocks.
James was born in 1852 at Trap Farm, Carleton, the nineth child of Henry Danson and Elizabeth Calvert. A joiner, he married 18 year old Maria Rawcliffe in 1877. It was ironic that Maria, one of eight daughters, and James with six sisters (and two brothers) should go on to have ten sons before their only daughter Jennie in 1897.
James died at the age of 53 on 20th September 1906, An informative report in "The Fleetwood Chronicle and Fylde Advertiser" of 28th September noted: "The deceased gentleman who was 53 years old was a native of Poulton. His father was toll collector at Shard Bridge for 14 years. Mr Danson had been ill for soem time but had only recently taken to his bed. The chief mourners were Mrs Danson (wife), Messrs Robert, John, Tom, Willie Danson (sons) and Mr John Danson (brother from Clitheroe), Miss Cookson (niece), Mrs Riley, Mrs Roskell and Mrs Geo Riley (sisters-in-law), Mrs Porter, and Mr Threlfall. There were a number of beautiful wreaths."
There was no reference in the funeral report to James' first born son Harry who died a year later at the age of 30, nor to the younger sons Albert, Frank and George, and only daughter Jennie, but perhaps as children they did not attend or did not warrant a mention.
Above is the uncropped version of the photograph which was found in the collection of my great aunt Jennie. Very fortunately she had written names on the reverse. Poulton-le-Fylde is a small town east of its more famous neighbour the seaside holiday resort of Blackpool. Poulton, though has the far longer history, noted for the old church of St. Chad's and its market square with a stone slab table for selling wares, and for those who fell foul of the law the old whipping post and stocks. All are still standing to be seen today.
Dad - John P. Weston - grew up in Broseley, near Ironbridge, Shropshire. "I was mad keen on soccer, so much so that I had a trial at Birmingham with the English schoolboys. My teacher took me in his car to that and to a second trial at Shrewsbury.
One Saturday when I was working as an errand boy, two directors from Birmingham Football Club came to see Dad and Mum to sign me on - they refused, saying I was too young to be away from home. I was not told about this until later and sulked for a month!
But a bit of glory followed, when my school team entered a cup competition. I was vice-captain and we got to the final - and won the cup, the first ever for Broseley.
One of the supporters took a carrier pigeon along with us and set it loose at the end to let Brosely know the result and to prepare a welcome for our return to the village."
Apparently a photograph was taken of the team's success, but no pictures of my father's early life passed down the family. Unfortunately I only had a broad indication of year for the event, which made tracing it in local newspapers difficult. In an effort to find out more, I contacted Broseley Historical Society who put my enquiry on their online newsletter. I am delighted to say I heard from three members of the society with more personal memories - and even better with a photograph of the winning football team. My father on the middle row right, was identified as Perce Weston. I always thought he hated his middle name Percy, but he seemed to be known by that in school records.
This is the earliest photograph I have of my father and I am so grateful to the Society for filing this gap in my family history.
|My father is on the right of the middle row, identified as Perce Weston.
My father retained his love of football all his life and was an avid watcher of matches on television right up to his death at the age of 91.
Does anyone remember from their childhood scratchy knitted swimsuits with straps, which turned heavy, soggy and uncomfortable if you ventured into water? Here is my 3 year old brother sporting one, which I have no doubt was knitted by my mother.
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DETROIT -- Republicans on Capital Hill are holding hearings on how the auto industry and the administration reached agreement on a new set of fuel-economy guidelines.
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the regulation subcommittee, are demanding to know the how and when behind the agreement, ostensibly because the administration and the industry reached the agreement behind closed doors, with minimal public input. The late-July agreement sharply raised the fuel-economy target vehicles will have to meet.
Excuse me, but when did Republicans suddenly become upset by supposedly secret meetings between government and industry?
Where, I ask, were the two honorable representatives when the George W. Bush administration, under the stealth-loving leadership of Vice President Dick Cheney, met in private with oil-company execs to discuss what passes for an energy policy in America? The Republican administration refused to even release the names of the executives with whom Cheney met.
So it's hard to swallow that Reps. Issa and Jordan are opposed to government and industry leaders meeting behind closed doors. What might be the real reason behind their ire?
Is it that this was a case of government and industry agreeing on exactly how much regulation is acceptable?
After all, the automakers signed off on the new fuel-economy rules in part because these would be nationwide rules. The automakers agreed on the understanding that California, New York and other states wouldn't create a business-unfriendly hodge-podge of fuel-economy and emissions regulations.
Sorry, I thought Republicans were in favor of limiting government rule-making to levels that business could live with. Silly me.
Or maybe the real problem isn't that the meetings took place, or that consumers' voices weren't heard?
My suspicion: Two members of Congress just can't stand the idea that folks with different viewpoints sat down in Washington and managed to reach an agreement.
Congress can't reach agreement on anything. Why should members of Congress stand by and allow anybody else to do so?


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Here is another entry in my Top 100 Italian wine producers.
Fontanafredda Estate, Serralunga d'Alba (Photo ©Tom Hyland)
Fontanafredda is a remakable story of a very good producer that has become a great one in just over a decade. Owning choice vineyards may help, but it's the people behind the scene that have elevated Fontanafredda to such heights.
Located in Serralunga d'Alba, one of the most typical of all communes in the Barolo zone, Fontanafredda is one of the area's most beautiful wine estates, as the La Rosa vineyard (planted to Nebbiolo) is set in a beautiful ampitheater that is a focal point for lovely grounds that were once home to Emmanuele Vittorio ll, the King of Italy.
Fontanafredda owns the largest number of acreage of Nebbiolo reserved for production of Barolo, but quantity of course, does not always insure quality. For decades, the Barolos (and other wines) of Fontanafredda were always good and sometimes very good, but rarely special.
Then a few individuals saw to it that this estate would change. Giovanni Minetti, a former journalist, took over as general manager during the late 1990s and with the help of the Bank of Siena (Monte del Paschi) that owned the company, decided to upgrade equipment in the cellars as well as planting regimes in the vineyards. He then hired Danilo Drocco as winemaker in 1998, after a long stint at Prunotto, where he produced lovely examples of Barolo and Barbera for years. Drocco finished the 1998 Barolos, which received praise from wine writers throoughout Italy, with the 1998 La Rosa Barolo, receiving the coveted Tre Bicchieri award from Gambero Rosso, a first for the winery.
Danilo Drocco, Fontanafredda Winemaker (Photo ©Tom Hyland)
Today, Drocco produces several cru Barolos as well as a Serralunga bottling, from vineyards owned by the winery as well as from fruit purchased from local growers. The two cru bottlings from Serralunga offer great insight into Drocco's winemaking skills. For both the La Rosa and the Lazzarito, Drocco ages the wine in barriques for approximately one year and then swtiches the wine to large oak casks (grandi botti) after that. This blending of modern and traditional winemaking methods has its purpose, as Drocco believes the color of Barolo is preserved in the small barrels, while the large caks insure that the wines do not have too high a level of tannins or wood influence from the small barrels. "A little oak is fine for Barolo, but not too much," Drocco explains.
Both wines are first-rate and are fine examples of local Serralunga terroir. The La Rosa is a more approachable bottling upon release and offers more floral aromatics, while the Lazzarito (La Delizia) bottling is more tannic and is released almost one year later than the La Rosa. Danilo explains this; "As Lazzarito is located at a higher elevation than La Rosa (1300 feet versus 820), the temperatures at night are cooler, which means Lazzarito needs another 7-10 days for proper grape maturity as compared with La Rosa. This extra hangtime also builds up a greater degree of tannins." While both wines have been exceptional since Drocco took over with the 1998 vintage, the Lazzarito has definitely been the more deeply concentrated wine and the one offers the promise of longer aging potential. The 1998 is drinking beautifully now, while the 1999, 2001 and 2004 are wines that should peak in another 15-25 years.
In 2008, Oscar Farinetti, head of the cutting edge retail store Eataly, located in Torino, became majority share holder of Fontanafredda (the Bank of Siena has maintained a significant percentage of ownership), leading to a new era for the winery. New value-oriented wines, such as Briccotondo (Barbera Piemonte) and Terremora, a Langhe Dolcetto have been introduced. Improvements continue in many aspects of the company and today, the full potential of this estate is being fulfilled.
Drocco, always looking to improve his wines, has become one of Barolo's most dedicated winemakers and stresses that his wines need to emerge in the bottle instead of being too obvious and forward upon release. "They should be like the great Burgundies that give to you sensations little by little."
The best wines of Fontanafredda include:
- Roero Arneis "Pradalupo"
- Gavi
- Moscato d'Asti "Montecucco"
- Asti "Galarej"
- Contesa Rosa Brut
- Barolo "La Villa"
- Barolo "La Rosa"
- Barolo "Lazzarito La Delizia"
- Barbaresco "Coste Rubin"
- Nebbiolo d'Alba "Marne Brune"
- Diano d'Alba "La Lepre"
- Barbera d'Alba "Papagena"