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One night when Gary Cella was going over homework with his 11-year-old daughter, he was shocked to discover that the assignment included racial, ethnic and gender slurs.
According to NBC, Cella says:
"I feel as a parent of a seventh-grader that words that start with the letter 'F' and are four letters in duration and that words that start with letter 'N' and are six letters in duration are inappropriate… Like many parents, I said, 'Let's go over your homework.' When I saw this, I literally stopped in my tracks and did the classic double-take. It's not something you expect from any school."
Of course, the offensive words were the point of the assignment; the homework was part of a project with the American Library Association's Banned Books Week, and meant to "get students thinking about why certain literary classics are considered taboo." But Cella was disturbed enough to call the superintendent of schools.
The thing is, at least the school was using these words and books in a positive, teachable-moment way. I can't help but think back on my own uncomfortable experience in first grade, when the class was supposed to present some kind of history assembly program, and I was assigned the task of making a speech that included the word "Negro." I remember being torn between wanting to please my teacher and feeling incredibly awkward and embarrassed, since this was not a word I had ever uttered — and I was the only black kid in my class. At least Gary Cella's daughter is being given some context. Is it ever too early to teach why and how something is offensive?
Parent: Homework With Slurs Crossed the Line [NBC]
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WATERTOWN, Wis., Sept. 12 (UPI) -- First lady Michelle Obama was in Wisconsin Thursday to participate in a Partnership for a Healthier America campaign intended to get people to drink more water.
Obama was joined by actress Eva Longoria in Watertown, along with members of 12 organizations to announce the "Drink Up" campaign, a White House release said.
"Since we started the Let's Move! initiative, I've been looking for as many ways as possible to help families and kids lead healthier lives. I've come to realize that if we were going to take just one step to make ourselves and our families healthier, probably the single best thing we could do is to simply drink more water," Obama said. "That's it -- it's really that simple. Drink just one more glass of water a day and you can make a real difference for your health, your energy, and the way you feel. So Drink Up and see for yourself."
To promote the campaign, the Drink Up logo is being put on about 300 million packs of bottled water, a half billion bottles of water, 200,000 packages of reusable bottles and more than 10,000 reusable bottles in the next year.
"PHA was launched a few short years ago to engage the private sector in helping make the healthy choice the easy choice for busy parents and families. Drinking more water is an easy choice that nearly every one of us -- regardless of where we live, what we do, or how busy we are -- can make every day," said PHA Chief Executive Officer Lawrence A. Soler. "We applaud the efforts of the supporters who have joined us today, and we thank them for their contributions to an effort that we hope will serve as a continual reminder that you are what you drink, and when you drink water, you Drink Up."

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Let's start by stopping.
It's time, as a start, to stop calling our expanding war in Central and South Asia "the Afghan War" or "the Afghanistan War." If Obama's special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke doesn't want to, why should we? Recently, in a BBC interview, he insisted that "the 'number one problem' in stabilizing Afghanistan was Taliban sanctuaries in western Pakistan, including tribal areas along the Afghan border and cities like Quetta" in the Pakistani province of Baluchistan.
And isn't he right? After all, the U.S. seems to be in the process of trading in a limited war in a mountainous, poverty-stricken country of 27 million people for one in an advanced nation of 167 million, with a crumbling economy, rising extremism, advancing corruption, and a large military armed with nuclear weapons. Worse yet, the war in Pakistan seems to be expanding inexorably (and in tandem with American war planning) from the tribal borderlands ever closer to the heart of the country.
These days, Washington has even come up with a neologism for the change: "Af-Pak," as in the Afghanistan-Pakistan theater of operations. So, in the name of realism and accuracy, shouldn't we retire "the Afghan War" and begin talking about the far more disturbing "Af-Pak War"?
And while we're at it, maybe we should retire the word "surge" as well. Right now, as the Obama plan for that Af-Pak War is being "rolled out," newspaper headlines have been surging when it comes to accepting the surge paradigm. Long before the administration's "strategic review" of the war had even been completed, President Obama was reportedly persuaded by former Iraq surge commander, now CentCom commander, General David Petraeus to "surge" another 17,000 troops into Afghanistan, starting this May.
For the last two weeks, news has been filtering out of Washington of an accompanying civilian "surge" into Afghanistan ("Obama's Afghanistan 'surge': diplomats, civilian specialists"). Oh, and then there's to be that opium-eradication surge and a range of other so-called surges. As the headlines have had it: "1,400 Isle Marines to join Afghanistan surge," "U.S. troop surge to aid Afghan police trainers," "Seabees build to house surge," "Afghan Plan Detailed As Iraq Surge 'Lite,'" and so on.
It seems to matter little that even General Petraeus wonders whether the word should be applied. ("The commander of the U.S. Central Command said Friday that an Iraq-style surge cannot be a solution to the problems in Afghanistan.") There are, however, other analogies that might better capture the scope and nature of the new strategic plan for the Af-Pak War. Think bailout. Think A.I.G.
The Costs of an Expanding War
In truth, what we're about to watch should be considered nothing less than the Great Afghan (or Af-Pak) bailout.
On Friday morning, the president officially rolled out his long-awaited "comprehensive new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan," a plan without a name. If there was little news in it, that was only because of the furious leaking of prospective parts of it over the previous weeks. So many trial balloons, so little time.
In a recent "60 Minutes" interview (though not in his Friday announcement), the president also emphasized the need for an "exit strategy" from the war. Similarly, American commander in Afghanistan, General David McKiernan, has been speaking of a possible "tipping point," three to five years away, that might lead to "eventual departure." Nonetheless, almost every element of the new plan -- both those the president mentioned Friday and the no-less-crucial ones that didn't receive a nod -- seem to involve the word "more"; that is, more U.S. troops, more U.S. diplomats, more civilian advisors, more American and NATO military advisors to train more Afghan troops and police, more base and outpost building, more opium-eradication operations, more aid, more money to the Pakistani military -- and strikingly large-scale as that may be, all of that doesn't even include the "covert war," fought mainly via unmanned aerial vehicles, along the Pakistani tribal borderlands, which is clearly going to intensify.
In the coming year, that CIA-run drone war, according to leaked reports, may be expanded from the tribal areas into Pakistan's more heavily populated Baluchistan province where some of the Taliban leadership is supposedly holed up. In addition, so reports in British papers claim, the U.S. is seriously considering a soft coup-in-place against Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Disillusioned with the widespread corruption in, and inefficiency of, his government, the U.S. would create a new "chief executive" or prime ministerial post not in the Afghan constitution -- and then install some reputedly less corrupt (and perhaps more malleable) figure. Karzai would supposedly be turned into a figurehead "father of the nation." Envoy Holbrooke has officially denied that Washington is planning any such thing, while a spokesman for Karzai denounced the idea (both, of course, just feeding the flames of the Afghan rumor mill).
What this all adds up to is an ambitious doubling down on just about every bet already made by Washington in these last years -- from the counterinsurgency war against the Taliban and the counter-terrorism war against al-Qaeda to the financial love/hate relationship with the Pakistani military and its intelligence services underway since at least the Nixon years of the early 1970s. (Many of the flattering things now being said by U.S. officials about Pakistani Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, for instance, were also said about the now fallen autocrat Pervez Musharraf when he held the same position.)
Despite that mention of the need for an exit strategy and a presidential assurance that both the Afghan and Pakistani governments will be held to Iraqi-style "benchmarks" of accountability in the period to come, Obama's is clearly a jump-in-with-both-feet strategy and, not surprisingly, is sure to involve a massive infusion of new funds. Unlike with A.I.G., where the financial inputs of the U.S. government are at least announced, we don't even have a ballpark figure for how much is actually involved right now, but it's bound to be staggering. Just supporting those 17,000 new American troops already ordered into Afghanistan, many destined to be dispatched to still-to-be-built bases and outposts in the embattled southern and eastern parts of the country for which all materials must be trucked in, will certainly cost billions.
Recently, the Washington Post's Walter Pincus dug up some of the construction and transportation costs associated with the war in Afghanistan and found that, as an employer, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers comes in second only to the Afghan government in that job-desperate country. The Corps is spending about $4 billion this year alone on road-building activities, and has slated another $4-$6 billion for more of the same in 2010; it has, according to Pincus, already spent $2 billion constructing facilities for the expanding Afghan army and police forces, and has another $1.2 billion set aside for more such facilities this year. It is also likely to spend between $400 million and $1.4 billion on as many as six new bases, assorted outposts, and associated air fields American troops will be sent to in the south.
Throw in hardship pay, supplies, housing, and whatever else for the hundreds of diplomats and advisors in that promised "civilian surge"; add in the $1.5 billion a year the president promised in economic aid to Pakistan over the next five years, a tripling of such aid (as urged by Vice President Biden when he was still a senator); add in unknown amounts of aid to the Pakistani and Afghan militaries. Tote it up and you've just scratched the surface of Washington's coming investment in the Af-Pak War. (And lest you imagine that these costs might, at least, be offset by savings from Obama's plan to draw down American forces in Iraq, think again. A recent study by the Government Accountability Office suggests that "Iraq-related expenditures" will actually increase "during the withdrawal and for several years after its completion.")
Put all this together and you can see why the tactical word "surge" hardly covers what's about to happen. The administration's "new" strategy and its "new" thinking -- including its urge to peel off less committed Taliban supporters and reach out for help to regional powers -- should really be re-imagined as but another massive attempted bailout, this time of an Afghan project, now almost 40 years old, that in foreign policy terms is indeed our A.I.G.
Graveyard Thinking
As Obama's economic team overseeing the various financial bailouts is made up of figures long cozy with Wall Street, so his foreign policy team is made up of figures deeply entrenched in Washington's national security state -- former Clintonistas (including the penultimate Clinton herself), military figures like National Security Adviser General James Jones, and that refugee from the H.W. Bush era, Defense Secretary Robert Gates. They are classic custodians of empire. Like the economic team, they represent the ancien régime.
They've now done their "stress tests," which, in the world of foreign policy, are called "strategic reviews." They recognize that unexpected forces are pressing in on them. They grasp that the American global system, as it existed since the truncated American century began, is in danger. They're ready to bite the bullet and bail it out. Their goal is to save what they care about in ways that they know.
Unfortunately, the end result is likely to be that, as with A.I.G., we, the American people, could end up "owning" 80% of the Af-Pak project without ever "nationalizing" it -- without ever, that is, being in actual control. In fact, if things go as badly as they could in the Af-Pak War, A.I.G. might end up looking like a good deal by comparison.
The foreign policy team is no more likely to exhibit genuinely outside-the-box thinking than the team of Tim Geithner and Larry Summers has been. Their clear and desperate urge is to operate in the known zone, the one in which the U.S. is always imagined to be part of the solution to any problem on the planet, never part of the problem itself.
In foreign policy (as in economic policy), it took the Bush team less than eight years to steer the ship of state into the shallows where it ran disastrously aground. And yet, in response, after months of "strategic review," this team of inside-the-Beltway realists has come up with a combination of Af-Pak War moves that are almost blindingly expectable.
In the end, this sort of thinking is likely to leave the Obama administration hostage to its own projects as well as unprepared for the onrush of the unexpected and unknown, whose arrival may be the only thing that can be predicted with assurance right now. Whether as custodians of the imperial economy or the imperial frontier, Obama's people are lashed to the past, to Wall Street and the national security state. They are ill-prepared to take the necessary full measure of our world.
If you really want a "benchmark" for measuring how our world has been shifting on its axis, consider that we have all lived to see a Chinese premier appear at what was, in essence, an international news conference and seriously upbraid Washington for its handling of the global economy. That might have been surprising in itself. Far more startling was the response of Washington. A year ago, the place would have been up in arms. This time around, from White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs ("There's no safer investment in the world than in the United States...") to the president himself ("Not just the Chinese government, but every investor can have absolute confidence in the soundness of investments in the United States..."), Washington's response was to mollify and reassure.
Face it, we've entered a new universe. The "homeland" is in turmoil, the planetary frontiers are aboil. Change -- even change we don't want to believe in -- is in the air.
In the end, as with the Obama economic team, so the foreign policy team may be pushed in new directions sooner than anyone imagines and, willy-nilly, into some genuinely new thinking about a collapsing world. But not now. Not yet. Like our present financial bailouts, like that extra $30 billion that went into A.I.G. recently, the new Obama plan is superannuated on arrival. It represents graveyard thinking.
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Morons never seem to rest, especially on Twitter, and yesterday saw yet another surge of moronic activity as the hashtag
#LiberalTips2AvoidRape trended. In case you're wondering, the gun lobby has found yet another way to sell guns to frightened people: the idea being that women should carry guns to prevent themselves being raped, and that in calling for gun control, those evil liberals are actually helping out the rapist.
The NRA, of course, has been scraping the bottom of the barrel for a very long time – for example using school shootings as an excuse to sell even more guns – but if there was any bottom still left in the barrel, this latest ruse may have finally worn all the way through. In its hysteria, the pro-gun American right has left behind any sense of decency, but also any sense of reason.
To start with, if guns are freely available, who is more likely to be carrying one – a rapist who pre-meditated his crime, or a woman who didn't expect it? And if the victim is carrying a gun, how much use is it to her (or him) if there's already a gun pointed at her (or his) head? Only two weeks ago, let's not forget, Spanish tourists were raped at gunpoint in Mexico. Rapes at gunpoint are sadly common (as a quick Google will reveal); stories of potential victims escaping because they (and not their attacker) far less so. Guns are, it seems, far more the friend of the rapist than of his victim. I therefore feel it fitting to give the NRA a new name: the National Rapist Association; because no doubt, any American who has ever used a legal gun to rape anyone is grateful to the NRA for their tireless campaigning work on his behalf.
But let's look at some hard statistics. How do we determine whether gun availability makes rape more or less likely? As the NRA constantly whines, there are US states (typically Democrat-voting) which do implement gun controls, as well as states (typically Republican-voting) that do not. Luckily, I already produced some statistics for a post I wrote a year ago, breaking down rape statistics by red vs blue states. The statistics revealed as follows:
Rapes per 100,000:
- Average in Republican-voting states: 34.96
- Average in Democrat-voting states: 28.33
- Average in marginal states: 29.47
(Full table is available here as a PDF).
Or, to put it another way, rapes are 23% more prevalent in Republican states than Democrat ones. Not only does the right to buy a gun not make women safer, but it appears to make them less safe.
As I'm not a lying, rape-loving, spokesman for the National Rapist Association, let me make clear that I have only revealed a correlation, not causation. We don't know that the guns are making rape more likely – we only know that states with softer gun laws have more rapes, but not why.
It should also be pointed out that America, uniquely, has a huge prison rape problem. A quarter of the world's prisoners are American, and the brutality of the system turns a blind eye to rape in prisons – both by prisoners and guards. Given the NRA's insane position on guns (that guns always make things better), let's not be too surprised if they start calling for prisons to be filled with guns. After all, if guns help prevent rape on the outside, surely that same approach will work behind bars as well?
Yes, we live in a strange world where many people seem to be convinced that violence of all sorts can be solved by more guns. And then more guns. And then guns, guns, guns, guns, guns. The fact that America has both the highest gun ownership in the world and the highest violence of any developed nation doesn't seem to stop morons from taking this plainly idiotic position.
And if you're worried about being raped? Well, in gun-loving Alaska, you are around seven times more likely to be raped than in gun-restricting New Jersey. Take your pick. And if you're an aspiring rapist? Buy a gun, and send a thank-you donation to your friends at the National Rapist Association.


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Designing Effective Assignments That Incorporate Information Literacy Skills
UAS Faculty have defined six competencies in which baccalaureate degree students will be assessed periodically during their studies at UAS. One of these skills is Competency in Information Literacy, defined in the UAS Academic Catalog as:
As a professor, you are charged with providing your students with opportunities to improve their skills as seekers and users of information. Many UAS Ketchikan students are not information literate when they arrive on campus and do not how to locate relevant information or how to think critically about the information they find. A well-designed assignment can teach students valuable research skills and improve the quality of their papers. Naturally, these skills will apply not only to a specific assignment but also can be applied to other information-seeking experiences throughout the students' academic careers and will encourage lifelong information literacy and research skills.
It is crucial that students understand the difference between using a search engine on the Internet to conduct their research and using the article databases paid for by the university, and many do not.
Students need to learn when it is best to use which resources, such as reference materials, periodical articles, books, the Internet, etc., when conducting research and how to evaluate their findings. They need to learn that they need to be much more selective when using a search engine on the Internet. In addition, giving students a positive initial introduction to the library will affect their willingness to use the library in the future.
- Be sure to explain the objectives of the assignment to the students. Create a sense of its importance, emphasizing the relevance of library work to course and college education.
Match the assignment to the level of your students.
- Make the assignment relevant and directly applicable to course content.
- Involve a librarian in the planning and/or presentation of the library instruction assignment. Librarians can provide useful insights into potential problems areas, as well as make suggestions about what types of sources might best suit the students' needs. Also, check to see if librarians have already created a research aid for your subject area. These aids include commonly used reference materials, websites, and research databases.
- Schedule a course-related instructional session with the librarian when there is a specific assignment due that will benefit from research skills. Give the librarian a copy of your syllabus and the assignment to help her better prepare for the class.
- Leave a copy of the assignment at the circulation desk of the library so that library staff knows what to expect and will be prepared to help your students.
Make it fun. If possible, relate the assignment to the students' own interests.
Encourage students to use the Campus Library and to ask the librarians for help.
Make sure that the Campus Library owns the resources that you require your students to use.
If you want students to use the same book or journal article, make sure that it's on reserve in the Campus Library or on electronic reserve, in the case of an article available through the periodical databases.
Give students a particular citation style to use, such as APA or MLA.
Quote and cite sources in a way that gives proper credit and avoids plagiarism.
Create a research strategy by:
1. Defining a topic by using an encyclopedia for background information.
2. Developing a list of relevant keywords and phrases to use in searching.
3. Using the library catalog to find books on their topic.
4. Using article databases to find most recent information in magazines and journals.
5. Using Internet search engines selectively to locate authoritative, high-quality websites.
Prepare an annotated bibliography on a topic of their choice.
Write an abstract of a journal article.
Find and compare a popular magazine article with a scholarly article on the same topic.
Research specific issues and participate in a panel discussion or debate.
Find and compare book reviews on a book relevant to the subject of the course. (You may want to provide the students with a list of appropriate books, which the librarians will help you create).
Locate primary sources about the date of their birth. Direct them to use one type of material only once, such as a newspaper headline, one quotation, one biography, one census figure, etc. Use a minimum of six different sources and write a short annotation of each source and include the complete bibliographic citation.
Read an editorial and find facts to support it.
Evaluate a website based on specific criteria, including the ability to detect bias.
Describe a career they envision themselves in and then research the career choice. What are the leading companies in that area? Why? What is the outlook for the occupation? Expected starting salary? (The Occupational Outlook Handbook is the best resource for this type of assignment.
Write a biographical sketch of a famous person. Use biographical dictionaries, popular press and scholarly sources, as well as books to find information about the person.
Find contemporary reviews of books or plays using multiple databases.
Contrast journal articles or editorials from recent publications reflecting conservative and liberal tendencies.
Assemble background information on a company or organization in preparation for a hypothetical interview.
Find and compare primary and secondary sources on the same topic.
Write a newspaper story describing an event – political, social, cultural,whatever suits the objectives, based on student research. The assignment can be limited to one or two articles, or it can be more extensive. This is a good exercise in critical reading and in summarizing. The assignment can get even more interesting if several people research the same event in different sources and compare the newspaper stories that result.
Select a topic and compare how that topic is treated in two to five different sources, including a popular and a scholarly journal, an encyclopedia, and current books.
Some of the text is adapted from:
- "Fishing for Success: Faculty/Librarian Collaboration Nets Effective Library Assignments" by Caroline Gilson and Stephanie Michel. In Making the Grade: Academic Libraries and Student Success, edited by Maurie Caitlin Kelly and Andrea Kross. Chicago: ACRL, 2002


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Enchiladas de la Plaza
- Yield
- Makes 6 servings
- 6 cups water
- 6 chicken thighs with skin and bones
- 1 small white onion, quartered
- 6 garlic cloves, halved
- 3/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 3 carrots, peeled, diced
- 3 medium red-skinned potatoes
- Ancho-Guajillo Chile Sauce
- 1 cup (about) corn oil
- 12 5- to 6-inch-diameter corn tortillas
- 1 cup crumbled queso fresco
- 1 cup sliced white onion
- 1/3 cup thinly sliced radishes
- 3 pickled jalapeño chiles, halved
- 6 tablespoons crema mexicana* or sour cream
- 12 romaine lettuce leaves
- Bring first 5 ingredients to boil in large pot. Reduce heat; simmer gently until chicken is cooked through, about 30 minutes. Cool chicken in broth 30 minutes, then transfer chicken to bowl and cool completely (reserve broth for another use).
- Cook carrots in pot of boiling salted water until crisp-tender, about 6 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer carrots to another bowl. Add potatoes to same pot and boil until tender, about 35 minutes. Drain. Cool potatoes, then peel and cut into 3/4-inch cubes; add to bowl with carrots.
- Preheat oven to 200°F. Bring Ancho-Guajillo Chile Sauce to simmer in large saucepan. Reduce heat to low and keep warm. Heat 3 tablespoons oil in large skillet over medium heat. Place 1/2 cup warm chile sauce in medium bowl. Dip chicken pieces into sauce to coat, allowing excess to drip back into bowl. Add chicken pieces to skillet and fry until heated through, about 5 minutes per side. Transfer chicken to rimmed baking sheet and keep warm in oven.
- Pour 1/4 cup oil into same skillet; heat over medium-high heat. Add potatoes and carrots; sauté until heated through, about 6 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer potatoes and carrots to 13x9x2-inch baking dish. Season with salt. Keep warm in oven. Heat 1/2 cup oil in same skillet over medium heat. Quickly dip 1 tortilla into warm chile sauce to coat, then carefully slide tortilla into hot oil (mixture will splatter). Cook 10 seconds per side. Using tongs, transfer tortilla to baking sheet; fold tortilla in half. Keep warm in oven. Repeat.
- Place 2 tortillas on each plate. Top with some of warm chile sauce, then potatoes and carrots. Sprinkle with cheese, sliced onion, radishes, and jalapeños; top with crema. Arrange 2 lettuce leaves alongside. Place chicken atop lettuce and serve.
- *Cultured Mexican cream with a slightly nutty flavor and consistency of thin sour cream.
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Nutritional Info
- Calories961
- Carbohydrates49 g(16%)
- Fat70 g(108%)
- Protein34 g(69%)
- Saturated Fat16 g(79%)
- Sodium634 mg(26%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat26 g
- Fiber7 g(29%)
- Monounsaturated Fat23 g
- Cholesterol166 mg(55%)


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Let me say at the onset that when a 14-year-old eighth-grader posts a fake profile on MySpace.com about her school principal, as one did in Orwigsburg, Pa., that includes vulgar references to his anatomy and insinuations of sex with children, she deserves to be grounded for life by her parents. And those texting privileges? Gone.
But the online student speech cases that have been percolating through the courts aren't about parental discipline for disrespectful, potty-mouthed teens. They involve the public schools' response to what students are posting on their own computers off school property. The question then becomes: How far off-campus does the authority of the schools stretch?
Not that far, I'd say. Otherwise you give school officials the expansive power to censor their students anytime, anyplace and on any controversial subject. And don't think they won't use it whenever a nose gets out of joint.
Take the case of 18-year-old Alex Fuentes, who recently got into trouble as an honor student at Wesley Chapel High School in Pasco County, Fla., for hosting a Facebook page called "Wesley Chapel High = Fail." This prompted a faculty committee to kick Fuentes out of the National Honor Society for disloyalty. (Alex has since transferred out of that school.)
And in 2007, Katherine Evans, then a senior at a high school in Pembroke Pines, Fla., was given a three-day suspension for creating a group on Facebook entitled "Ms. Sarah Phelps is the worst teacher I've ever met." On Feb. 12, a federal magistrate in Miami ruled that Katherine's lawsuit can proceed, as her First Amendment rights were likely violated.
Kids outside of school should be allowed to express dissatisfaction with their teachers and school without endangering their academic record. But so far the courts are all over the map. It's a real muddle. Judges seem to respond viscerally to the cases before them, determining the reach of free-speech protection based on how offended they are by the speech.
For example, in the case of the girl from Orwigsburg who created that disgusting and lewd MySpace page on her principal, a federal appellate court earlier this month upheld her 10-day suspension. In reaching for a justification, the court said that the profile could have created a substantial disruption in school, even though it hadn't done so.
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But on the same day, the same 3rd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, with a different panel of judges, ruled that then-high school senior Justin Layshock, who also created a demeaning parody profile of his principal on MySpace, was constitutionally protected. Justin's insultingly silly profile made fun of his principal's large size, except for one particular body part.
The school's reaction was to impose a 10-day suspension and order Justin, a gifted student in advance-placement classes, to the district's alternative program for students with behavior problems.
In finding Justin's First Amendment rights violated, the court said it would be "an unseemly and dangerous precedent to allow the state in the guise of school authorities to reach into a child's home and control his/her actions" to the extent it can exert control in school.
Those warnings are valid not only because of the free-speech implications, but because punishing online student speech intrudes into the province of parents, usurping their authority to direct their child's upbringing.
The uncomfortable truth is that there is no way to outlaw offensive speech while still protecting valuable discourse. When people are passionate about a position, they will often use language that is strong and distasteful. Beyond applying libel laws and laws against threats of violence, government authorities shouldn't be drawing the lines, permitting some ways of communicating while punishing others.
It makes pedagogic sense for the First Amendment to allow school officials some say over the tenor of speech in school. But by unleashing that power to anywhere a student is, school authorities would essentially get to control the speech of the general population under 18. That's too much discretion for schools and not enough freedom for young people.


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DURHAM � On and on and on and on.
Another tight, extra-inning duel between North Carolina and North Carolina State in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament grew into an epic that refused to end.
Finally, after six hours and 18 innings, after Saturday night had turned into Sunday morning, after a record crowd had thinned considerably and the brilliance of Wolfpack ace Carlos Rodon had become a faded memory, the longest game in tournament history finished as a 2-1 Tar Heels victory at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
�I felt like nobody wanted to win the game,� North Carolina center fielder Chaz Frank said. �There was so many opportunities for them to win the game, so many opportunities for us to win the game.�
Cody Stubbs� run-scoring single in the top of the 18th broke the 1-1 tie that had lasted for 10 innings and emerged as the eventual winning hit in this pool-play game, essentially a true tournament semifinal, that stretched on nearly two hours past midnight.
Stubbs� flare into shallow center field off Will Gilbert, the Wolfpack�s sixth pitcher, dropped just out of N.C. State shortstop Trea Turner�s diving reach and scored Landon Lassiter, whose walk started the inning.
Some of the final numbers were staggering: the teams went a combined 16-for-123 at the plate, left 31 runners on base and struck out 43 times, tied for second in NCAA history. And there were 11,392 in attendance at its highest point, the most ever for a college baseball game in this state.
In the bottom of the 18th, Brett Williams led off with a double, then reached third base on a wild pitch with no outs, putting N.C. State (44-14) decidedly in business. He was stranded there, 90 feet away with the tying run, the Wolfpack�s 17th runner left on base of the night.
The Tar Heels� Chris Munnelly got Bryan Adametz to fly out, Sam Morgan to pop out and Logan Ratledge, N.C. State�s No. 9 hitter at the bottom of the lineup, the ground out to third.
Munnelly pumped his fist as the last out was recorded � at 1:51 a.m. � and met Stubbs, North Carolina�s first baseman, on the infield grass with a fired-up bear hug that had to also contain some relief.
�It was just so late, all my nerves had gone to sleep,� Munnelly said, smiling.
Some 11 hours later, North Carolina (51-8) will meet surprising Virginia Tech (38-19), presumably rested after having Saturday off, in today�s tournament final. It�s the Tar Heels� first ACC championship game appearance since 2007.
Virginia Tech�s most recent ACC Tournament game ended at 5:30 p.m. Friday. North Carolina has won twice while playing 32 innings since then � 14 innings and 5� hours logged in Friday night�s 12-7 victory against Clemson and then Saturday night�s 6-hour, 3-minute marathon.
On and on and on and on.
�We�re not going to sleep,� Frank said, interrupting an answer from North Carolina coach Mike Fox on the quick turnaround for this afternoon�s championship game.
�That wouldn�t surprise me,� Fox said, responding. �A few Red Bulls and they�re probably ready to go at 1 o�clock (today).
�They�ll be ready to go. This is something we�re excited to be a part of, to play for the title.�
Trent Thornton, Chris McCue and Munnelly (6-0) combined on a clutch, scoreless relief effort for the Tar Heels, scattering four hits and striking out 12 batters in 9 2/3 innings.
Thornton�s hitless 6 2/3 innings of work � he entered for starter Hobbs Johnson way back in the sixth inning � was critical with Rodon delivering a one-hit masterpiece through 10 innings.
The left-handed Rodon, strong and in utter control, struck out 14, issued two walks and didn�t allow an earned run. He held the Tar Heels without a runner on base until the fifth inning and hitless until Stubbs singled to break through with two outs in the seventh inning, but ultimately took a no-decision.
�Rodon�s one of the best that�s ever been in this league in the 15 years I�ve been here,� Fox said. �And we ran some good ones out there.
�It was an unbelievable baseball game. It�s going to take me a while, probably in the morning, to wake up and go �what did I just experience?� I don�t think I enjoyed it like I wish I had.�
In last year�s ACC Tournament at Greensboro�s NewBridge Bank Park, North Carolina and N.C. State played 12 innings in front of a crowd of 10,229 � the previous attendance record � before the Tar Heels prevailed 4-0.
Rodon was dominant in that one, too, striking out 12 in nine shutout innings, also a tough-luck no-decision.
�If you watched this game, you obviously understand that�s two national seeds in this game,� Wolfpack coach Elliott Avent said after Saturday night�s loss, referring to the upcoming NCAA Tournament. �If we�re not a national seed, I�ll just be shocked.�
Before the hour grew late and people began to disperse, an electric atmosphere accompanied the packed crowd that poured into the Durham Bulls� stadium.
The seats were full and out beneath the easily recognizable bull billboard, fans were standing and lining the area high above the blue wall beyond left field. In right field, a full moon rose.
�I�m not sure we deserved to win, but it�s certainly a shame somebody had to lose that one,� Fox said. �I was happy to be a part of it. It�s a game I�ll always remember. Guess we should apologize for keeping everybody so late.�
In the sixth inning, back-to-back doubles by Tarran Senay and Grant Clyde supplied the Wolfpack�s run and simultaneously chased Johnson, the North Carolina starter who went 5 1/3 innings, struck out nine and allowed six hits.
The Tar Heels tied it 1-1 in the eighth inning on an unearned run and without the benefit of a hit.
After Mike Zolk walked, Clyde�s error at third base put runners on first and second. Frank then bounced a grounder to Senay at first base. He looked toward second base, eyeing a double play, thought better of it and tossed to Rodon, covering first on the play.
But Rodon couldn�t handle the throw at the bag and was charged with an error.
The score remained 1-1 for 10 more innings.
On and on and on and on.
The Wolfpack seemed to be on the verge of a walk-off win in the bottom of the 13th, after Turner�s leadoff single sparked what became a first-and-third chance with one out. Then Senay�s walk loaded the bases for N.C. State, still with one out.
McCue struck out Clyde on three pitches � the last one was in the dirt � and fanned Williams on a full-count pitch that looked like it would have been a game-clinching ball four for the Wolfpack. Nearly all of the fans who remained were standing then, sensing a finish, finally. But McCue retired Williams.
Meanwhile, North Carolina put the speedy Frank on second base with no outs in the top of the 11th and on third base with two outs in the 13th, but failed to bring him in.
On and on and on and on.
A sparkling double play got N.C. State out of the top of the 15th. With Tar Heels at first and second, Williams caught Colin Moran�s fly ball to center field for the second out and gunned down Frank at third base after he tagged up and tried to advance.
An audible groan went up as the 17th ended on Clyde�s weak pop out in foul territory to Moran, North Carolina�s third baseman. N.C. State had loaded the bases there on two-out singles by Jake Fincher and Brett Austin and Munnelly�s intentional walk to Senay.


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- BSc Accounting and Business with European Study
- BSc Accounting and Business with Industrial Experience
- BSc Accounting and Business with International Study
BSc Accounting and Business is an interdisciplinary programme that maintains the core focus of accounting, but will give you a much broader understanding of business subjects and the wider context in which accounting operates. The programme incorporates all disciplines of the Business School and you will study compulsory and optional modules from business, management, accounting, finance, law and economics.
BSc Accounting and Business will help you develop a set of graduate skills and attributes which are hugely relevant to 21st century businesses, such as analytical problem solving, teamwork, research and organising and communicating information. It will also prepare you for a professional career in a wide range of sectors including accountancy, e-commerce, marketing, management relations, banking and finance. Should you decide to enter the accountancy profession, the extent to which this degree programme provides exemptions from professional examinations depends upon the options you choose.
Exemption from professional accountancy examinations
As a graduate of this programme you will be able to gain exemptions from professional accountancy examinations by application to the relevant accounting body. The level of these exemptions will depend on the modules taken during the programme and the marks attained. Find out more: credit towards professional accountancy qualifications.
One of elements I like most about my BSc in Business and Accounting is its flexibility. The programme includes a heavy chunk of Accounting modules with a pinch of personal choice. We are extremely fortunate to have lecturers and tutors at Exeter with a lot of industry experience. They share their first-hand knowledge with us about the major issues discussed in the academic journals.
For me, university is a stage in one's life which helps to decide your future. A mixture of fun, adventure and hard work all come together in the three years of your degree. I'd advise getting involved in different societies alongside your studies. As well as the International and Asian Society, I had a go at archery and fencing in my first year. It was great fun and I expanded my social network too.
Vidip Jatia, BSc in Business and Accounting.
Programme structure
The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.
You may take option modules as long as any necessary prerequisites have been satisfied, where the timetable allows and if you have not already taken the module in question or an equivalent module.
- Descriptions of the individual modules are given in full on the Business School undergraduate module list.
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Typical offer
AAA; IB: 36; BTEC National DDD
Required subjects
GCSE Maths minimum grade B or 5 or GCE AL/AS Maths, Pure Maths or Further Maths or Core Maths; GCSE English Language minimum grade B or 5.
Additional selection criteria
We are looking for well-qualified students with a genuine interest in and enthusiasm for the subject.
In addition to the specific requirements listed above, we look for excellent A level* results/predictions and we may also take into account results up to and including GCSEs* and AS Levels* as part of our holistic assessment of an application.
*Equivalent qualifications will be considered. For more information about our equivalencies for specific qualifications please contact our Admissions Office.
International students
International students should check details of our English language requirements.
If your academic qualifications or English language skills do not meet our entry requirements our INTO University of Exeter centre offers a range of courses to help you reach the required language and academic standards.
International Foundation programmes
Preparation for entry to Year 1 of an undergraduate degree:
- International Foundation in Accounting and Finance, and Management
- International Foundation in Economics, Finance and Management
- International Foundation in Mathematics with Economics, Finance and Management
International Year One programme
Students considering direct entry to Year Two may be interested in our International Year One in Accounting and Finance programme. This course is for international students who have completed A-levels or equivalent, or who are already in the first year of a relevant undergraduate degree in their home country, but do not meet the academic or English language requirements for direct entry at University of Exeter.
Further information
Please read the important information about our Typical offer.
For full and up-to-date information on applying to Exeter and entry requirements, including requirements for other types of qualification, please see the Applying section.
Learning and teaching
Our undergraduate programmes utilise a range of teaching methods including lectures, seminars and tutorials.
Lectures of either one or two hours in length are held once a week for the duration of each module. The aim of lectures is to give you information on ideas that are central to the module and to help you in developing your understanding of complex ideas. Many of the teaching materials for lectures are made available to you electronically to accompany the notes you take during the lecture. Lectures are given by a range of staff members, including leading professors, who integrate their latest research findings into the teaching that you receive. Guest lecturers, including members of industry, also contribute to some modules.
Seminars and tutorials
Seminars and tutorials are held either every week or every other week throughout the duration of each module. They involve an in-depth exploration of the issues covered in lectures as well as giving you the opportunity to discuss various concepts and theories and receive feedback on your written assignments. Some modules do not have tutorials and others in the final year are taught solely by tutorials.
Study hours
Timetabled contact hours, made up of lectures, seminars and tutorials, vary over the duration of programmes and between programmes and are on average between 11 and 14 hours. In addition, you will be expected to complete an average of 20-25 hours of independent or group study per week.
Modules are assessed through a mixture of group work, coursework, project work and examinations; the weighting of each of these components will vary according to the academic requirements of the module. Coursework assignments are typically between 2,500 and 6,000 words in length and examinations are normally held at the end of the module, in January and May/June.
You must pass your first year assessments in order to proceed to the second year. There is provision for students to be referred in examinations in August/September if they fail any exam in any year. Degree classification is awarded on the basis of performance in assessments at the end of the second and final years.
A degree in accountancy from the University of Exeter will help you to develop a wide range of skills such as analytical problem solving, teamwork, research and organising and communicating information. The majority of graduates from the Business School follow their degree with graduate careers in economics, accounting, business, actuarial science, marketing, insurance, banking, finance or management both in the commercial and public sectors. A large number of graduate recruiters in these sectors visit Exeter to recruit our students. Some of our graduates pursue their interest in their studies to a greater depth by following a higher degree, often here at Exeter.
Find out more about the destinations of Accounting and Finance graduates on the University's Employability website.
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The University of Exeter Business School provides a range of support to help you develop skills attractive to employers. Visit our undergraduate Building brilliant careers web pages for more information.
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NEW ORLEANS >> The Lakers morphed from one season to another with a Hall-of-Fame caliber lineup riddled with injuries and competing agendas to a lineup riddled with an assembly of castoffs eager to contribute.
The drop-off in talent looked obvious.
A healthy Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash sure would've come in handy in the Lakers' 96-85 loss Friday to the New Orleans Pelicans at New Orleans Arena. But Bryant sat behind the bench in street clothes as he continuously rehabs his left Achilles tendon. Nash sat after warm-ups as part of the Lakers' season-long strategy to sit him on the second night of back-to-back games.
To make things worse, the Lakers' fifth starting lineup a mere 1 1/2 weeks into the season provided little to nothing in overcoming the dropoff in talent. The play of the Lakers (3-4) that ended their 11-game winning streak over New Orleans (3-3) appeared as ugly as the Pelicans' mascot and punctuated a 1-2 trip.
"We didn't play with the right energy," Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni said. "They outran us and outplayed us. We had a couple of bad performances. We needed everyone to be present and they weren't."
The Lakers' move to put Chris Kaman in the lineup with Pau Gasol may have done enough Thursday night to stop Dwight Howard. But not Anthony Davis, whose 32 points on 8-of-11 shooting, 12 rebounds and six blocks came on a series of dunks, drives and jumpers.
Davis appears destined to appear on the highlight reels of every sports telecast here. His one-handed dunk that gave the Hornets a 78-74 lead with 6:09 left happened after leaping from the bottom of the circle. On the next possession, Davis threw down a one-handed on a fastbreak.
The Pelicans punctuated a big run with Davis stuffing Gasol at the basket before converting on a three-point play to give New Orleans a 98-81 lead with 1:32 left.
Soon enough, Pelicans fans belted "MVP" chants, and they weren't directed at Bryant.
"He's good, but he's not that good," said D'Antoni, who coached Davis as an assistant on the U.S. Olympic team in the 2012 Games. "He's good. But it doesn't matter how they do. We didn't play well."
A night after making 73.3 percent of their 3-pointers against the Rockets, the Lakers made only 6 of 19 attempts from behind the perimeter (31.6 percent). Gasol also disappeared with nine points on 3-of-12 shooting, marking a mysterious four-game stretch where he shot below 50 percent.
"I just kept going to the same move without making adjustments. That's something a player of my experience shouldn't do," Gasol said. "I have to be sharper and play a little smarter. I might not have all the speed and explosiveness I had years ago. But I still have to use my experience and fundamentals to be effective every single night regardless of who we're playing."
It didn't help that the Lakers lacked any supporting cast to offset Gasol's poor play.
The Lakers' 24 turnovers featured six taking place in the fourth quarter.
"It's tough when I'm turning the ball over or other guys aren't playing up to their ability," said Lakers guard Steve Blake, who committed two turnovers and had 13 points on 4-of-11 shooting.
Kaman played up to his ability in his second consecutive start by providing 16 points on a 7-of-13 shooting clip that featured a series of mid-range jumpers, cuts to the basket and putbacks. But D'Antoni sat him in the entire fourth quarter because Jordan Hill's 13 rebounds and presence at least mitigated the damage Gasol and Kaman allowed Davis to do.
"I thought Jordan was rebounding the crap out of the ball and was aggressive," Kaman said. "Jordan comes down and plays hard. I have to give him credit. He works his butt off.
"Obviously I would like to be in there at the end. but it's not my decision. I'm trying to roll with the punches and continue to fight when I'm in there."
But D'Antoni saw little of that, leaving him flustered afterwards when pressed for an explanation.
"I don't know, maybe we were fat and happy from yesterday?" D'Antoni said, referring to the Lakers' win over Houston. "I have no idea. That's not my nature and I have no idea. We talked about it at halftime. But they settled into mediocrity. That's where we are right now."


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Just when you thought Ebenezer Scrooge had met his Ghost, Microsoft grabs the ring from his gnarly hand. The company is certainly dispensing more coal than cheer this holiday season. Yesterday, in the middle of a 200-plus stream of complaints on the Microsoft Answers forum, Microsoft employee and Forum Moderator (at least, that's what his badge says) Josh_F dropped this bomb:
To ensure the best experience for our customers during the holiday season, we have taken steps to remove the update for Surface Pro 2 that was previously published through Windows Update on December 10th, 2013. We are working to release an alternative update package after the holidays.
Permit me to flesh that out a bit. On Dec. 10, Microsoft released a firmware update that was intended to improve stability, push updated Wi-Fi drivers, and promote better cover interaction with sleep, screen dimming, and more on the Surface Pro 2. Microsoft keeps a list of the firmware changes on one obscure page on its website -- not in the Knowledge Base, not on the official Windows blog. That page has no indication at all that the botched patch has been pulled.
Microsoft similarly yanked the Windows RT 8.1 update in October, with lots of Surface (nee RT) customers complaining about bricked systems. If there's any sort of audit trail about that botched patch, aside from a Reddit AMA (Ask me Anything) diatribe, I haven't seen it.
In October the problem was Windows 8.1 itself. This month, I'm not talking about patches to Windows -- although heaven knows we're having enough problems with those -- I'm talking about largely undocumented, completely untracked problems with firmware upgrades. Upgrades that Microsoft is dishing out the Automatic Update chute -- and botching -- for its own machines.
What's wrong with this patch, this week, on the Surface Pro 2? Wading through several of the dozen-plus Surface Pro 2-skewering threads on the Microsoft Answers forum, these seem to be the major complaints:
- Installing the patch may fail with an Error 80070490. That's a catch-all error message we've seen in Windows for years. Microsoft employee and Answers Forum Moderator (or so his badge says... oh, you get the idea) Steven_B claimed it's a "false" error message in this case. Which is small consolation because...
If you do get the patch installed, here's what you may experience on your brand new Surface Pro 2:
- Problems with the battery charger -- many machines won't charge at all
- Inability to put your Surface Pro 2 to sleep, hibernate, or shut it down
- Overheating because of the inability to shut it down
- Wi-Fi doesn't work
- A wide array of hardware failures and booting problems
And here's another little bit of coal to dampen your holiday cheer: Microsoft isn't issuing a patch, and it isn't going to roll back the mess it's made. At least, that's what Josh_F's post implies. If you were stupid, er, trusting enough to let Automatic Update have its way on your new machine, you're stuck with whatever problems you may have, until after the new year. Resetting your Pro won't do anything, because a reset doesn't roll back firmware updates.
There are reports, though, that a rollback is in progress (see RamiAlam's post from earlier today). No definitive word from Microsoft, of course.
Usually when Microsoft botches a patch, I put the Knowledge Base article attached to the problem front and center. That makes it easy to follow the latest developments on the problem; in some cases it also helps you roll back the bad patch through Windows add/remove programs. In the brave new world of Windows 8, KB articles aren't always close at hand -- and in the case of Microsoft patching and botching the firmware on their own machines, there's basically no accountability at all.
That's just the Surface Pro 2. I'm also seeing reports of broken Metro Update features on the Surface (nee RT) 2, after the latest patch.
Bah. Humbug.
Maybe you can return your machine or have it replaced under warranty?
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Also on exhibit is the project The Dance of the Deaf and Dumb Eye where Nikoline Liv Andersen examines the theory of the classic Japanese monkeys that naively shut themselves out of the world by not seeing, not hearing and not speaking. Monkeys housed in wigs a la Marie Antoinette and clothing sculptures are visualized through a counterpart to the French court of Louis XVI, whose excessive exuberance and poor communication between nobility and the people led to the French Revolution. The monkeys symbolize today's blind consumer.
Nikoline Liv Andersen graduated as a fashion designer from the Danish Design School in 2006. She works in the borderland between fashion and art, and her unique creations are made of materials such as fur and plastic. She lives and works in Copenhagen.
" Since I was little, I had an endless fascination with aesthetic and visual story telling. My heart is beating and my fingers are itching to dress and dress up. I see it as a duty and a great motivation to push the borders of what you are able to wear and not to dwell in the land of compromises where existing target groups are being pleased."
~~ Nikoline Liv Andersen
The exhibition presents two new installations of textile works and a selection of past creations. "Slowly Seeping through my Hands" is currently on view at Horsens Kunstmuseum in Denmark.
The Dance of the Deaf and Dumb Eye by Nikoline Liv Andersen
Photos by Nicky de Silva
Glory by Nikoline Liv Andersen
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Slowly Seeping through my Hands by Nikoline Liv Andersen
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The murder of a port authority officer reveals Parsa's possible whereabouts, as the team continues their tireless hunt. Meanwhile, Bishop reveals her past association with the elusive terrorist, on NCIS, Tuesday, Feb. 4 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Pictured left to right: Michael Weatherly and Sean Murray Photo: Cliff Lipson/CBS ©2013 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


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By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 28, 2012 – President Barack Obama today called the treatment Vietnam War veterans received after they returned home "a national shame" and asked that Americans use the 50th anniversary of the war to set the record straight.
"It's here we feel the depth of your sacrifice," the president said. "And here we see a piece of our larger American story."
That American story is the generational pursuit of "a more perfect union," Obama said. Each generation has a role to play in that effort – to overcome a painful past, to right a historic wrong, he said.
"One of the most painful chapters in our history was Vietnam – most particularly, how we treated our troops who served there," Obama said. "You were often blamed for a war you didn't start, when you should have been commended for serving your country with valor. You were sometimes blamed for misdeeds of a few, when the honorable service of the many should have been praised. You came home and sometimes were denigrated, when you should have been celebrated."
The president called the treatment a national shame and a disgrace that should never have happened. "That's why, here today, we resolve that it will not happen again," he said.
A central part of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War will be "to tell your story as it should have been told all along," Obama said. "It's another chance to set the record straight. That's one more way we keep perfecting our union – setting the record straight. And it starts today."
History will honor the service of the Vietnam generation. Their stories will join those of veterans going back to the founding of the republic, the president said.
"Let us tell the story of a generation of service members – every color, every creed, rich, poor, officer and enlisted – who served with just as much patriotism and honor as any before you," he said.
Combat in Vietnam was brutal: Battles in Hue and on Hamburger Hill and the A Shau Valley sparked heroism that often went unremarked in a nation bitterly divided by the war. And American POWs "wrote one of the most extraordinary stories of bravery and integrity in the annals of military history," Obama said.
"As a nation, we've long celebrated the courage of our forces at Normandy and Iwo Jima, the Pusan Perimeter and Heartbreak Ridge," the president said. "So let us also speak of your courage -- at Hue and Khe Sanh, at Tan Son Nhut and Saigon, from Hamburger Hill to Rolling Thunder. All too often it's forgotten that you, our troops in Vietnam, won every major battle you fought in."
And with the war over, the Vietnam vets continued to serve. "So let us also tell a story of a generation that came home, and how – even though some Americans turned their back on you – you never turned your back on America," he said. "You became leaders and public servants, from town halls to Capitol Hill – lifting up our communities, our states, our nation."
And they learned from the mistakes of the past. Those who stayed in uniform used their experience to rebuild the U.S. military "into the finest force that the world has ever known," Obama said.
The Vietnam generation looked after each other, Obama said, by pushing the bureaucracy to provide the benefits they earned and speaking up for more research money.
"Just as important, you didn't just take care of your own, you cared for those that followed," he continued. "You've made it your mission to make sure today's troops get the respect and support that all too often you did not receive."
Vietnam vets were the moving force behind the Post-9/11 GI Bill that is helping hundreds of thousands of today's veterans go to college and pursue their dreams, Obama said.
"Because you didn't let us forget, at our airports, our returning troops get off the airplane and you are there to shake their hands," he said. "Because of you, across America, communities have welcomed home our forces from Iraq. And when our troops return from Afghanistan, America will give this entire 9/11 generation the welcome home they deserve."
This is the legacy of Vietnam, Obama said -- the story of a generation that did its job.
"You served with honor," the president said. "You made us proud. You came home and you helped build the America that we love and that we cherish. So here today, it must be said: You have earned your place among the greatest generations."
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Please click here for Polish translation of "How to be Canonized a Saint in the Roman Catholic Church".
Shibboleth Part 2 - Rick Warren
Jamie Smith is a Christian writer from a church in Sheffield, England that is a Moriel affiliated fellowship. As a tent maker Jamie works in medical financial management
but his ministry is in Christian writing & publishing. Jamie has authored a four part series entitled "Shibbeloth" which presents an interesting , insightful and comprehensive
perspective and analysis of a number of serious issues presently confronting The Body of Christ.
As a standard disclaimer, while Moriel may or my not agree with each detail of the thesis, we certainly bear witness with its over all thrust and we thank The Lord and
thank Jamie for providing us such a helpful compendium of scripturally rooted examination of these current challenging issues which we would encourage our readers to
read carefully and with prayerful consideration.
Jacob Prasch
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February 28, 2013
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Ottawa, Ontario  The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that Biblical speech opposing homosexual behavior, including in written form, is essentially a hate crime.
On Wednesday, 'the court upheld the conviction'Â of activist William Whatcott, who found himself in hot water after distributing flyers regarding the Bible's prohibitions against homosexuality throughout the Saskatoon and Regina neighborhoods in 2001 and 2002.
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Reformed theology is associated with the Institutes of John Calvin and the definition and even redefinition of Calvin's ideas by his later followers led by Theodore Beza at The Remonstrance of Dort in Holland. It is a theology of the 16th century reformers who recognized the evils of Rome and attempted to remove the unbiblical rituals and traditions from Christianity. They adopted the state church system, including infant baptism, thus replacing a Roman Catholic state church with a Protestant one. As with Roman Catholicism, Calvin followed the Latin Vulgate more than the original Greek and Hebrew and like the papacy he subscribed to patristic as well as apostolic authority. He saw the church fathers, especially Augustine, as a source of doctrinal authority in addition to the New Testament. Philosophically, Reformed theology has more in common with Islam than with Judeo-Christian thought because of its European version of the Muslim belief "Inja allah" - everything that happens is the perfect will of the creator. Thus in Calvinism, as opposed to scriptural Christianity, God creates certain people to go to hell to be eternally tortured and thus God, not Satan, becomes the author of death and evil.
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Divorce is between husband and wife, not their creditors
Q. My ex-wife and I signed a note to buy a car. Our divorce decree clearly says she keeps the car and she is obligated to pay the note. She has stopped paying and now the bank is asking me to pay because I also signed the note. What are my legal obligations?
A. Basically, a divorce decree is between the parties to the divorce. It does not affect existing creditors. In other words, you and your ex-wife have agreed that she will pay the note. As far as the bank is concerned, however, you both still owe the money.
If your wife does not pay as promised, the bank has the right to seek payment from you. You cannot simply say to the bank, "The divorce decree says my wife will pay this." If you pay, however, you in turn have the right to seek payment from your ex-wife, pursuant to your decree.
Q. A car wash damaged my car. They say they will fix it but only if I use their body shop. Can they force me to use their shop? I want to get it repaired by the dealer.
A. If the car wash is responsible for the damage to your car, it cannot require that you use a particular repair shop. As far as the law is concerned, the car wash owes you whatever it will cost to repair the damage it caused. The amount of damages usually is determined by estimates from repair shops. The car wash can submit an estimate from its shop as proof of damages, but cannot force you to have your car repaired at a particular shop.
I should note, however, that even though you cannot be forced to use any particular shop, using one recommended by the car wash might save you a lot of aggravation and a possible lawsuit. If it will settle only if you use its shop, you must balance the negatives regarding that shop against the time, expense and possible consequences that might result if you are forced to file a claim in small claims court. I suggest you investigate the repair shop they recommend to see whether it is a business you would be satisfied to use.
Q. One of my credit card companies closed my account because I was paying late and missed a payment. My question is, if they closed my account, can they still charge interest and late fees to the account.
A. The credit card company's rights are based on your agreement. I assume that under the terms of your agreement, the credit card company had the right close your account if you were late making payments. This decision, however, has no affect on your liability to them for any charges previously incurred. If you owe the company money, you must pay it back in accordance with the terms of your agreement. This includes paying interest and late fees, when applicable.
Q. I want to build a new fence between my yard and my neighbor's. Do I have the legal right to put the fence on the property line?A. As far as the law is concerned, you have no right to "trespass" on your neighbor's property. Putting a fence on your neighbor's property would be trespassing. In other words, you may build the fence on your property, up to the property line. If you want to put any of the fence on their property or even have the workers go onto their yard, you must obtain their consent.
Q. I received a letter telling me I won a lottery. They said I would be paid $5,000 by cashier's check as soon as I agreed to pay their fees. I was told that after I agreed, I would receive the check and could then cash it and send $1,000 to cover their processing fees. I did as requested. I received the check and deposited it in my account. After I received a credit I sent them $1,000. Now the $5,000 check has bounced and my bank wants the $1,000 I withdrew from my account back. Do I owe this money?
A. This is one version of a very common scam, and you owe the bank $1,000. Many people treat a cashier's check as cash. In fact, a counterfeit cashier's check is not worth the paper it is printed on.
Whenever you deposit a check, even a cashier's check, the money is not yours until the check is finally paid. In most cases, however, your bank will give you the right to withdraw and use the funds represented by the check before the check has cleared. That means if the check ultimately bounces, your bank will debit your account for the credit it gave you, and you will owe the bank for any funds you withdrew. It is as if the bank has made you a loan, and now you must pay it back.
The bottom line is don't spend money from a check until you are positive that the check has been paid by the bank it is drawn on. In fact, my advice is to never take a check when the person asks you to return part of the amount in cash. It may sound like a good deal, but will almost always cost you money.


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Explore the top free and paid attractions in Palmerston North from the New Zealand Rugby Museum to Owlcatraz!
Top attractions to explore in Palmerston North:
1. New Zealand Rugby Museum
Learn about the history of one of the nation's favourite sports. There is a collection of over 37,000 rugby items from uniforms to photographs that date back to the 1800s. Discover the history of some of rugby's legendary players and even have a go and practice your rugby skills at the museum. The tour is great for families and rugby fanatics alike to learn about the history and heritage of rugby.
2. Palmerston North Clock Tower
The clock tower was built in the 1950s and is located in the centre of the North City Square. Donated by Arthur Hopwood, the original height of the tower was 26.5 metres. Additional refurbishments were completed in 2007 and the addition of a cross to the top added extra height to the tower and it now stands at 30.5 metres. Some of the best views of the tower are at night when it is illuminated with a light display by a range of colours.
3. Te Manawa
The exhibitions featured at the Te Manawa Museum contain a mix of art, science and history. The museum houses a collection of about 55,000 items to display the region's heritage, history and culture. Events are regularly hosted at the museum from art classes to talks with artists and their exhibitions hosted in the museum. Admission is free and tours can be arranged for groups.
4. Owlcatraz
Meet some of New Zealand's native birds at the wildlife park. The native owl at Owlcatraz is the morepork and the birds are in a free environment with no cages or glass for you to see and encounter the birds in the bush area. Owlcatraz also features weka, Wairuru Caves, Shannon Jail, Lake Owlsmere and farm for you to explore.
5. Colyton Clocks
An impressive collection of over 3,000 time pieces fills the museum. The owner, Bill Williams, has been collecting clocks since 1988 and has a range of clocks from grandfather clocks to antique Victorian clocks. Entry to the museum is $3 to explore the largest collection of time pieces in the Southern Hemisphere.


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KanCare a bureaucratic maze
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Anecdotal evidence suggests that in its first year, KanCare — Kansas' new privatized system for administering Medicaid — has been a bureaucratic mess.
Marion County's ambulance service goes around and around with one of the three KanCare contractors to get reimbursed for mileage on emergency transfers from one hospital to another.
The problem is that the emergency transfers aren't preauthorized by the contractor, ambulance director Steve Smith told county commission on Monday.
Bev Reid, chief financial officer at St. Luke Hospital, said under KanCare, preauthorization can take two weeks. When the state managed Medicaid more directly, preauthorization reliably took 24 hours or less.
Another issue the hospital has is the time the contractors take to process claims. Because companies providing KanCare services are new to Medicaid, hospital staff has to do more follow-up on billing, and rebilling takes three weeks to process.
"We still have some claims out there from January that haven't been paid yet," Reid said.
January was the first month of KanCare.
Claims processing has been an issue even for the county health department, which mostly deals with vaccinations that don't need preauthorization.
Another issue has been unpredictable reimbursement amounts, Reid said. All three contractors are supposed to pay the same, but payments vary from company to company and even from instance to instance with the same company, she said.
Medicaid always has been one of the lowest paying insurers, Reid said, but payment was timely and predictable. Reid is hopeful that as KanCare contractors get more experienced, reliability can be restored.
The new issues with Medicaid couldn't have come at a worse time for Harvey-Marion County Community Developmental Disability Organization.
With CDDO already having a years-long waiting list, it and its clients are running into more roadblocks to coverage, director Elizabeth Schmidt told commissioners.
At a previous meeting, Schmidt relayed the story of a client who couldn't get the correct — and prescribed — dose of an anti-seizure medication for her child because she already had other — also prescribed — doses. Using different doses was a crucial part of treating the seizures without making side effects unbearable.


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You've got mail: Someone else's medical test results
The first e-mail came at the end of June. It was from a doctor's office in another state — a large cardiology group. The note listed the name of a test. It listed the full name of the patient. It listed the full name of the doctor who treated that patient. It said the test was normal and provided a number that I could call for more information. Presumably, this was supposed to be good news. But it was someone else's test result.
I've written before about the accidental voyeurism that can happen when you have a common e-mail address, and misaddressed notes to other people begin to stack up. I have both a common name and a common e-mail, and receiving and deleting notes from another Carolyn Johnson's boyfriends, church groups, real estate clients, neighborhood watch groups, potential future employers, financial aid officers, and students has pretty much become a part of my daily routine. Recently, though, I've noticed a new kind of misrouted e-mails that seem less trivial than some of the other unwelcome missives that show up in my inbox. These are notes or test results from other people's doctor's offices.
The security of health information in the digital age is a big concern. Already, privacy and security loopholes have emerged, in situations that can range from laptops with patient information being stolen or lost, to the DNA information in research studies potentially being used to identify supposedly anonymous participants. Now, add this possible breach of privacy to the list: You or your doctor type in an e-mail address incorrectly. That could mean a stranger finds out your test result or learns that a specialist just uploaded a new file from your recent patient visit — just by opening his or her inbox.
There is a federal law, called HIPAA, requiring that health care providers protect people's health information. But in the age of digital health information and communication, my inbox offers anecdotal evidence that health information could very easily fall into the hands of someone else.
After the first e-mail arrived, I immediately e-mailed the cardiology doctor's office back to alert them that they had disclosed personal health information — a test result — to the wrong person. I deleted the note.
I was shocked, because the information was personal and specific, and I couldn't delete it from my memory. What if the real patient did not want the information to be disclosed to anyone else? What if the real patient didn't even want anyone to know they had seen a specialist? There are many dozens of people with my name in the region this clinic served — enough that calling them all to try and track down the real person to find out how they felt about private, personal medical information of a family member being inadvertently shared, was daunting.
The reply from the person at the clinic was simply as follows: "I apologize but this is the e-mail the patient hand wrote on his paperwork for us to send records to. I will remove this information from his file.''
Then, a few days ago, I received a series of e-mails from a midwifery practice, urging me to set up a password through one of those online health portals that have become increasingly common as doctors' offices migrate from paper records into electronic medical records. A second e-mail, minutes later, indicated that a file had been uploaded about a medical visit. Again, I wrote to the practice, saying it had e-mailed the wrong person and noting that this appeared to be a serious security flaw in the system. The e-mail was prompting me to set up a password for an account that wasn't mine, complete with a secure link to the webpage where I could do it. I didn't probe further, but it seemed on its face that I could probably have logged into this account without verifying I really was the Carolyn Johnson they were trying to reach. Even if I couldn't, I could easily surmise that someone with my name in a specific geographical region was pregnant — a fact that the person may not have disclosed yet even to close family members or friends.
I described the situation to Dr. Michael Sherman, senior vice president and chief medical officer of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, to get an outside perspective on whether this kind of information breach was serious or common. He was taken aback by what I described.
"Even an e-mail just saying, 'We're confirming your appointment,' might not be innocuous if the physician specializes in AIDS, or you may not want a relative to know you're seeing an OB,'' Sherman said. "Even the fact you have an appointment with a specific doctor is too much information.''
Sherman noted that if such breaches of privacy occur, medical practices should notify a compliance officer within their practice of the violation. They should, he said, contact the family to let them know information had been shared, just as hospitals that have data breaches from a lost laptop alert their patients of possible privacy violation. Above all, he said, patients should not be receiving e-mails with personal health information directly in their inboxes; doctors' offices should use online portals that simply notify patients they have a new message that they can securely sign in to receive.
"This whole information technology thing is one of the drivers behind practice consolidations; it's one reason you can't have two primary care docs hanging out the shingle and keeping up with all this stuff anymore,'' Sherman said. "I think it's fair to say the larger practices understand the consequences of HIPAA violations — they're scared of them. They also understand it would hurt their reputation with their patient community.''
On a final note, I've found the amount of back and forth required to correct this sort of mistake borders on the absurd. It doesn't inspire confidence in the medical professionals who are supposedly on the hook for keeping patient information private.
Below are the last two (of 11) e-mails I exchanged with the latest clinic in an attempt to correct this problem — after much back and forth.
My e-mail:
Hi – You are emailing a Carolyn Johnson who lives in Massachusetts. I'm not pregnant. This is not the right patient, thus my concern about disclosing medical information to a stranger.
Okay thanks.