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Gov. Bobby Jindal's voucher schools are teaching Louisiana kids that most slave owners were kind to their slaves, and that the KKK are civic reformers.
Bobby Jindal's usage of Louisiana as a prop for his 2016 presidential campaign is doing a lot more damage to the state than the rest of the country can ever possibly imagine. However, Jindal's isn't just wrecking the state for today. His "school choice" plan is being used by the far right to teach rewritten history and whitewashed racism to the state's children.
Jindal's voucher schools will be free to teach lessons like slave owners were pretty good guys, "A few slave holders were undeniably cruel. Examples of slaves beaten to death were not common, neither were they unknown. The majority of slave holders treated their slaves well."—United States History for Christian Schools, 2nd ed., Bob Jones University Press, 1991."
Louisiana's kids will also be learning that the KKK is just misunderstood.
In Jindal Land's classrooms, the KKK is really a reform organization that was concerned with morality, "[The Ku Klux] Klan in some areas of the country tried to be a means of reform, fighting the decline in morality and using the symbol of the cross. Klan targets were bootleggers, wife-beaters, and immoral movies. In some communities it achieved a certain respectability as it worked with politicians."—United States History for Christian Schools, 3rd ed., Bob Jones University Press, 2001″
According to Crazy Crawfish's Blog, "Louisiana's state Superintendent of Schools, John White, is aware of these troubling texts being used, as is BESE president, Chas Roemer, but they believe a parent's choice to send their kids to a school (that teaches slavery has gotten a bad rap) is not just ok, but should be defended at any cost. They feel it would be an injustice to interfere in the teachings of voucher schools. . . at least those that teach that ownership of other human beings was not something to be ashamed of, but something to be proud of."
This is the kind of education that Bobby Jindal wants to give to all poor and middle class Louisiana kids, on the taxpayers' dime.
Bobby Jindal is ruining Louisiana today, destroying the state for tomorrow, and he wants to be your next president.
Mr. Easley is the founder/managing editor and Senior White House and Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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Rapper Tone Loc, best known for the hit "Funky Cold Medina," was free on bail after being arrested on suspicion of felony domestic violence in Burbank.
The 45-year-old rapper, whose real name is Anthony Smith, allegedly roughed up the mother of his child and was arrested at an apartment complex about 2:45 p.m. Saturday, TMZ.com reported.
He was being held on $50,000 bail.
Smith was released late Saturday, Burbank police Sgt. Daniel Mayreiz said.
Loc us best known for this hits "Funky Cold Medina" and "Wild Thing" both released in 1989. He has not released an album since 1991.
The rapper dabbled in acting as well, popping up in "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" and the Andrew "Dice" Clay vehicle "The Adventures of Ford Fairlaine." He also lent his recognizable voice to animated features like "Titan AE" and the TV series "King of the Hill."
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New York, NY – June 16, 2017 – Ferko's Fine Jewelry is proud to announce the upcoming opening of its new online store offering fine gold, diamond rings, earrings, necklaces, and more. Ferko's jewelry is currently available on Etsy, but due to a growing inventory list along with an increase in customer demand, the company made the decision to set up shop with their own website.
Owner Ferko Usta believes that the new site will offer a better shopping experience for their customers. "Successful as we've been on Etsy," she says, "it's time to expand and move the business forward. Shopping at Ferko's is a unique experience. Our goal is to provide superior customer service – we want to make our customers feel special and valued. Our own website will allow us greater freedom to achieve that."
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Italian election inconclusive; global markets drop
Italy emerged from elections Tuesday with no clear winner, driving markets around the world markedly lower as investors worried that one of Europe's biggest economies would be unable to build a governing coalition that can stay the course on unpopular austerity measures.
A day after polling ended, a few seats in Parliament based on Italians' voting abroad still remained to be decided, but their numbers won't ease the gridlock. European leaders pleaded with politicians in Italy to quickly form a government to continue to enact reforms to lower Italy's critically high debt and spare Europe another spike in its four-year financial crisis.
If Italian parties fail to form a governing coalition, new elections would be required, causing more uncertainty and a leadership vacuum.
"What is now decisive for Italy - but, because Italy is such an important country for Europe, also for the whole of Europe - is that a stable government that is capable of acting can be formed as quickly as possible," German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle told reporters in Berlin.
The results of the election are a rejection of the tough austerity approach of the previous technocratic government led by Mario Monti. A center-left coalition led by Pier Luigi Bersani appears to have won a narrow victory in the lower house of parliament, while the Senate looks split with no party in control.
Italy's FTSE MIB index closed trading Tuesday 4.89 percent lower at 15,731, having earlier been nearly 5 percent down at one point Tuesday. Some of its banking stocks were briefly suspended after precipitous falls at the bell.
The interest rate on the country's benchmark 10-year bond - an important gauge of investor sentiment - rose by 0.38 percentage points to 4.83 percent. Investors sought protection in the bonds of more stable and prosperous economies, such as German government bonds.
Whether Tuesday's negative market reaction extends further into the week may hinge on how quickly a solution is reached in Italy. Despite the uncertainty, Italy's Treasury managed to sell (EURO)8.75 billion ($11.75 billion) of short-term debt though at a higher cost.
Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian premier whose center-right coalition did better than expected, insisted that a government can be formed and called on Italians to ignore the "crazy markets." Berlusconi is a key player as his coalition is now the second-biggest bloc in the upper chamber.
`'Markets go their own way. They are independent and also a little crazy," he said, adding that a government can be cobbled together if rival politicians are willing to "make some sacrifices."
Stinging from a loss of some 4 million votes compared to the last election in 2008, Bersani hasn't yet identified potential coalition partners. But top officials in his Democratic Left (PD) party were quick to rule out any deal with Berlusconi.
"As far as I go, absolutely not," Stefano Fassina, a PD official said of a possible Bersani-Berlusconi alliance.
A big surprise in the election was the strong showing by comic-turned-political leader Beppe Grillo, whose 5 Star Movement capitalized on a wave of voter disgust with the ruling political class. Grillo's bloc of seats in Parliament could prove crucial in making any coalition government viable.
But Grillo, swarmed by reporters outside his villa in Genoa, said his forces would seek to thwart any Bersani-Berlusconi deal. Raising the specter of early elections, he predicted any such coalition will "last seven, eight months. The economy won't let them escape."
Bersani himself later made subtle overture toward Grillo's forces, conceding that the center-left campaign had not gone deep enough for change. "We finished first, without winning," he conceded. Bersani said he not opening talks with any potential partners until he submits his program to Italy's president, who taps a candidate to form a government.
Investors around the world appeared skeptical over the prospects of a deal.
"Clearly markets are taking fright from the messy and chaotic Italian election result," said Louise Cooper, financial analyst at CooperCity.
In Europe, Germany's DAX was down 2.27 percent at 7,597 while the CAC-40 in France fell 2.67 percent to 3,621. The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was 1.3 percent lower at 6,270.
Italy is hugely important for the future of the euro, and its apparent stability over the past six months has been one of the reasons that concerns over the currency have eased. Of the 17 European Union countries that use the euro, Italy has the second-highest debt burden as a proportion of its gross domestic product, at 127 percent. Only Greece's is higher. Italy has to spend around (EURO)80 billion a year just to service its debt.
The worry across in financial markets is that Italy's appetite for reform may wane and its debt situation may deteriorate. Though Italy's annual borrowing - its budget deficit - is relatively small compared with other euro countries at 3 percent of its annual gross domestic product, its overall debt stands at a colossal (EURO)2 trillion.
The Monti government enacted wide-ranging reforms to the budget and the economy. Though its borrowing rates have fallen in financial markets, the cost to Italians has been high, with the country mired in recession and unemployment on the rise.
Monti was a big loser in the election and Berlusconi ruled out an alliance with his predecessor, whom he blamed for driving Italy deeper into recession.
On Tuesday, Monti huddled with his ministers for the economy and European affairs, as well as Italy's central bank governor over the market developments, his office said.
Last July, concerns over the country's ability to pay down its debt - despite the Monti reforms - and the stability of the wider eurozone sent the interest rate on its 10-year bonds back up to a near-unsustainable 6.36 percent. This prompted European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi to offer to buy up unlimited quantities of short-term debt in countries struggling with high borrowing costs.
In Spain, another country struggling with austerity, ministers expressed concern over the Italian election results but were confident they won't upset plans to lift Europe out of the crisis.
Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo said the result was "a jump to nowhere with positive consequences for nobody."
The EU's economic and monetary affairs commissioner, Olli Rehn, told reporters in Copenhagen Tuesday that it was important "Italy pursues reform for the sake of sustainable growth and job creation."
The euro was hit hard late Monday on the initial fallout of the election results, nearly dropping below $1.30 for the first time since early 2013. However, it recovered Tuesday before some positive U.S. economic data gave the dollar a fillip. It was trading 0.1 percent lower at $1.3038.
U.S. stocks rebounded too, a day after the main U.S. indexes had their worst session since last November amid the positive consumer confidence and housing data as well as an indication from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke that the central bank was not going to abandon its super-easy monetary policy just yet - the Dow Jones industrial average was 0.75 percent higher at 13,887 while the broader S&P 500 index rose 0.47 percent to 1,494.
Earlier in Asia, Japan's Nikkei slid 2.3 percent to 11,398.81 as the yen appreciated to the potential detriment of the country's exporters. The dollar was 0.4 percent lower at $92.23 yen. Hong Kong's Hang Seng dropped 1.3 percent to 22,519.69 while South Korea's Kospi fell 0.5 percent to 2,000.01.
Pylas reported from London.


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"Rubber" is the story of a tire that goes on a homicidal rampage, blowing up everything from beer bottles to people's heads, with his mind. But it also gleefully mocks movie audience, critics and particularly Hollywood.
In many ways, the film is an homage to Steven Spielberg, with the structure of his classic "Duel," and a biting commentary on the kinds of films he would go on to make as part of the studio machine he helped engorge.
The film opens with a man standing in the dessert, a fistful of binoculars in each hand. We soon see a car drive up the road, ding a slow deliberate slalom as it knocks over a dozen or so chairs. A sheriff then emerges from the trunk, a glass of water in hand and launches into a fourth-wall breaking monologue on how films are mostly filled with "It doesn't matter"
"Why is the alien in ET brown? Doesn't matter. Who do the characters in 'Love Story' fall in love? Doesn't matter." The questions get progressively more bizarre and ridiculous, heading you off at the pass before you might ask, Why would a tire blow up a beer bottle? And with that he dumps out his glass of water (Why?...), hops back in the trunk and rides off.
So, yeah, a nameless, brandless tire awakens one day, stands up on its tread and starts to roll across the desert landscape. Upon encountering resistance for the first time, it begins to quake and emit an increasingly high-pitched whine until its prey explodes.
Interwoven throughout the action are scenes of a group of spectators watching from a distance through binoculars and commenting on the what's happening. It's a classic movie audience menagerie: father-and-son, whiny gumsnappers, chattering fanboys, a hardcore, holier than thou cineaste... who offer a constant dissection of the action as it unfolds, before ultimately--inevitably--stepping in to complain about just how stupid things have gotten. We've all wanted to do it at one time or another.
"Rubber" is a fantastically original, bizarre and funny film that defies simple description, working as a Corman-esque schlock thriller, experimental film, and social critique. And like any proper dis of Hollywood, the ending is teed up perfectly for a sequel. We'll call "Two Tired!" Or maybe, "Son of Tire!"
Although "Rubber" is only getting a limited theatrical release, HDNet has been showing the movie since March 30th, so check your cable guide.


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Room with a view or God I ache!0 comments Posted by Matt Grover at 5:21 pm
Well, I've moved house, still at mum's, still can't afford my own place, but it's a new place nonetheless, it has rather orange carpets and smells funny but it's ok.
The main issue I have is lack of space for the desk and computer setup I wanted, and am reduced to using (most of) my old desk with a single 19" CRT attached to the powermac, not that much of a compromise, as it's still a PM, but if you see my earlier posts u'll understand what I'm getting at.
All in for the last night0 comments Posted by Matt Grover at 11:25 pm
Well, pretty much all packed now. After I've posted this, checked a couple of other bits and closed down, I'm gonna pack up the router, and then we're pretty much all set to move.
We don't move until tuesday, but as I'm not gonna be here 2moro night, I need to get everything prepped beforehand.
Speaking of prep, pre-production on "Impossible To Get Around" is well underway, check out the production blog for a few more details and ongoing summaries.
Oh yeah and WHERE IS MY WEBSITE?!? >:/ looks like the fasthosts servers are down as I couldn't connect earlier to look at getting some more webspace for lookoutfilm.net, can't get my email and can't pull up my site. Dammit, doub't I'll get a refund for the downtime.
I find your lack of faith disturbing0 comments Posted by Matt Grover at 5:36 pm
Top day, sun is shining, I'm gradually getting all my stuff packed, although I have to dismantle the desk soon and I've just listened to The Imperial March rather loud, cheers.
W00T!0 comments Posted by Matt Grover at 11:22 am
saw this on digg, it's bloody amazing, has it's shortcomings when you start to think about it, but run this on one of those interactive tables they've got in development and I'm there! I'd even have it running on a PC and use a mouse!!
do i?0 comments Posted by Matt Grover at 3:08 pm
It's all in the face dear (um...)0 comments Posted by Matt Grover at 12:17 pm
Ok that title sounds a bit iffy, it was supposed to sound like proper thesp', but came across a little bit subversive!
Basically (again, I use that word far to often), basically yesterday was the day of the studio shoot for the programme I'm currently working on, and thus my television acting debut!! [wink wink]
Now, i wouldn't like to compare myself to the likes of Min-Sik Choi, or Olivier, but I think I can definitly describe myself as a character actor. This was a very demanding role for me, not that stressful, but a little disorientating at times, and very very warm. There was an element of danger involved and one might say that I was acting blind, although I still had the skills and confidence to do all my own stunt work.
I haven't seen the rushes yet but by all acounts the performance was the best they'd seen for a character of this type and overall I won't win any sort of award but should get 30 seconds (ish) more tv time!
I can't wait to see what the rest of the outfit looks like on cam! ;)
PANIC!!!0 comments Posted by Matt Grover at 5:22 pm
It had to happen, my iBook finally crashed, or to give it the correct terminology had a "Kernal Panic" and it certainly induces panic I can tell you!
Not panic in the sense of
"Oh my God my...my computer...it's...what's that? That's not supposed to be there, oh God what am I gonna do what am I gonna do? I'll have to take it to PC world, maybe it's a virus or..or..a trojan"
"Oh! Shit! Bugger! Damn. Okay, restart (twiddles thumbs during reboot) why did that happen disk space the heat in this office hope I haven't buggered something well it's fine now probably for another year or so.
So I am wondering, why exactly that happened. I've googled "causes of kernel panics" a few times to try and find out, all the main ones seem to be permissions and hardware, well as soon as i was back up, I ran MacJanitor & Disk Utility, so hopefully they've cleared any of that up. Hardware; I hope not, cos that'll be a bugger, but it wouldn't surprise me, I've been pushing this little iBook quite hard since I've had it, and what with the ridiculous heat (pah! English! never happy with the weather), it could well get a little frazzled.
Use your vote!0 comments Posted by Matt Grover at 11:05 am
Take a trip over to the NME site and take a minute to log a vote & comment for Winteria.
Yes they're friends of mine, they're also really good! You can listen to some of their stuff on the NME page or from their webiste (www.winteria.co.uk) or their MySpace page (www.myspace.com/winteria).
If u like it please vote and also go see them at The Concorde2 in Brighton this Sunday at 3.00PM!
the link again http://www.nme.com/newmusic/winteria
A little pointer0 comments Posted by Matt Grover at 6:53 pm
Just a quickie, to say to anyone reading this, to be sure to have a butchers at the links lower down on the right, u'll find the joys of Winteria, link to my MySpace...space, and a couple of IMDB pages of mine, such as ratings, and as I've newly discovered the My Movies bit of the site, I'll add the various films I own on VHS and DVD, so if you're really that interested..you can see for yourselves what masterpieces and embarrasing pieces of crap I own.


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A sampling of states' reactions to President Barack Obama's plan for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants:
A sampling of states' reactions to President Barack Obama's plan for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants:
KENTUCKY: Not surprisingly, the proposal is widely unpopular in Kentucky, which gets 92 percent of its electricity from coal � more than any other state � and is the nation's third-largest coal producer. "Why keep chopping the legs out of your own economy to fight a world problem?" asks Gary Whitt, a railroad worker whose job depends on coal shipments.
INDIANA: Gov. Mike Pence and a state manufacturers' group say the plan would cost Indiana � which generates 80 percent of its power from coal and is perched atop a gigantic vein � jobs and business growth while boosting ratepayer costs that are among the nation's lowest. Purdue University researcher Doug Gotham says replacing aging coal-fired plants with natural gas burners will help.
WYOMING: Fighting the feds is nothing new in a state participating in a dozen lawsuits against the Environmental Protection Agency over air emissions. Gov. Mike Mead says he's reviewing the proposal and will "fight for coal" if necessary. Wyoming leads the country in coal production with nearly 40 percent, and Wyoming Mining Association director Jonathan Downing says it can be a clean energy source.
WEST VIRGINIA: Democrats and Republicans may agree on little else in the No. 2 coal-producing state, which also gets almost all its power from coal, but opposition to the EPA plan is bipartisan. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin says none of the state's coal plants is close to meeting the proposed standard, although companies say they're cutting emissions.
WASHINGTON: The plan demands a 72 percent cut in coal usage, a far higher rate than any other state. But it helps that in this hydro-rich state, just 3 percent of electricity is coal-generated. Gov. Jay Inslee praises Obama for his leadership on carbon pollution, while officials note that a voter-approved law requires the largest utilities to get more power from renewable sources.
SOUTH CAROLINA: State government and power companies say the federal order to cut coal emissions by 51 percent is surprisingly harsh. But more than half of South Carolina's power comes from nuclear plants and that will increase after two units under construction go online.
COLORADO: The administration describes Colorado as a poster child in the push to cut carbon emissions, praising its requirements for utilities to step up use of renewable energy sources; the state gets 11 percent of its power from wind. But coal remains the biggest electricity provider, and the plan seeks a 35 percent cut by 2030.
CALIFORNIA: Coal is a bit player in the most populous state's energy portfolio, so few are complaining about the EPA order to reduce emissions by 23 percent. California gets more power from wind, biomass, geothermal, hydro and solar than from coal, and its providers are required to generate one-third of their electricity from renewables by 2020. "While others delay and deny, the Obama administration is confronting climate change head-on with these new standards," Gov. Jerry Brown says.
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The U.S. Military has spent millions of dollars on counterfeit computer components over the years, according to an FBI report. This not only screws over businesses, but it also makes it easier for cyber-terrorists to hack into our systems by putting trojans and viruses in fake circuitry. An anti-counterfeit initiative by the FBI, led to 15 criminal cases and over $3.5 million worth of seized products.
The FBI op, named Cisco Raider, was a two-year-old operation that targeted illegal distributors of fake network hardware, mostly manufactured in China. With the help of their Chinese counterparts and Cisco Systems, the FBI has so far executed 39 search warrants and confiscated roughly 3,500 network components.
The FBI is still not sure whether the counterfeit goods were distributed for profit or for reasons more insidious. Though Cisco says none of the counterfeited goods contained spyware, the threat of hackers infiltrating our systems is very real.
Modern circuits have billions of parts, so it's incredibly hard to detect the tweaked bits that could help nefarious foes take over our military infrastructure. And once the cyber-terrorists take over, who're we going to call? John McClane? [New York Times]


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Family day at Linnaeus' Hammarby. You can buy sheepskins, cheese, bread, vegetables and honey at the small and genuine fair, where there will also be craft stands and second hand sellers. The children can try on 18th century clothes.
Digital Culture Night from the Botanical Garden
The Botanical Garden provides an ambient setting for moving meditation, Japanese martial arts, classical music, and a traditional fire show. Watch ceremonial archery. Try your hand at origami, learn about kimonos and witness a Japanese tea ceremony in the orangery. Explore the Tropical Greenhouse and hear the frogs sing. If you are lucky, the giant water lily will show you its flower.
A digital cultural cavalcade from the Linnaeus Garden
Listen to folk music and singer-songwriters or enjoy dans shows. Visit Carl Linnaeus' home. As darkness falls, the garden will be Illuminated by candles. Enjoy a magical stroll among the flowers of autumn.
Peter No-Tail's Bike Day
Fun and games, road sense education, bike race and other activities. In Swedish. Enter in advance. See www.pellescykeldag.se
CANCELLED: Meadow raking in the cultural reserve
Come and volunteer at Linnaeus' Hammarby! It is time to harvest the last vegetables and to prepare the forest meadows for winter by raking them and collecting and burning branches. Work side by side with experts on agrarian history and learn about 18th century farming. All helpers will be rewarded with hot dogs and soft drinks.
School holiday fun - play with food
Suitable for ages 6 to 15, the Tropical Greenhouse.
Museum Day in the rainforest
Explore plants from the South. On Museum Day all museums in Uppsala offer free entrance.


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Scientists are scrambling to gather data for the FDA to support the need for a blood test to diagnose brain injury or concussion in the United States. The University of Rochester Medical Center just added significant evidence by reporting in the Journal of Neurotrauma that it might be clinically useful to measure two brain biomarkers instead of one.
Jeffrey J. Bazarian, M.D., M.P.H., an associate professor of Emergency Medicine at URMC, believes he's the first to show that measuring a combination of two proteins released into the bloodstream after a head injury might be the best way to diagnose a mild traumatic brain injury. The protein S100B is already routinely used as screening tool in several countries in Europe and Asia.
But when researchers analyzed blood samples from 787 head injury patients (and compared them to 467 controls) at six upstate New York hospitals, including Strong Memorial, they discovered that a second protein called apoA-1 helps to most accurately classify the injury. Apoa-1 transports lipids and interacts with the blood-brain barrier in important ways following a concussion.
The study comes in the midst of a huge push to study every aspect of mild traumatic brain injury among war veterans, athletes, the elderly, and accident and assault victims. About 1.7 million cases are reported each year, although no objective diagnostic test exists.
Instead doctors must rely on judgment and observations, based on reports from the patient or witnesses, which have been shown to be notoriously inaccurate.
Heightened awareness of the long-term health consequences of head injuries prompted the U.S. Department of Defense to investment $26 million into research in 2010; the NFL invested $30 million in 2012. Bazarian has several studies in motion, with funding for the latest work provided by the New York State Department of Health, the Academic Health Center Consortium, and the Emergency Research Network of the Empire State (ERNIES).
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Let $V$ be an algebraic variety (not irreducible) over $\mathbb{C}$, defined by an ideal $I = \{f_1,f_2,\dots, f_n\}$. $V$ is not necessarily pure dimensional. Suppose $V = R_1\cup R_2\cup\dots\cup R_k$ is a decomposition of $V$ into irreducible components. How can we characterize the set of points on $V$ that lies in at least two components? If this is hard to compute, is there a good approximation to this set (some bigger set that contains it)?
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Leading Fluco thrown out of school over toy
An airsoft gun, a popular sport toy for teens and pre-teens (and less powerful than a BB gun), has apparently run afoul of "zero-tolerance" weapon rules and ended the high school career of Justin Sexton, a Fluvanna County High School senior (who was the school's homecoming king). The Central Virginian broke the story Wednesday, and the Newsplex picked it up Thursday.
–updated 9:15am: a prior version of this story credited the wrong news organization with breaking the story
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Zero Tolerance means zero tolerance when it is convenient for the school system.
The kid that stabbed my elementary child in the hand with a pocket knife wasn't even suspended. They told me they didn't feel it was serious enough and that if I didn't like it go to the school board.
The fact is the kid that did it is a minority and 'learning disabled' so she gets a pass.
I saw something some years back about a school system that had done away with recess to have morfe instructional time. Maybe they decided it was not such a good idea after all-but yes the issue did come up. Proposals like that do not come as a surprise anymore, with all the emphasis on test scores instead of actual learning.
Two things - If you were a cop, do you really think you have time to think, "Is that a REAL gun? or is it a toy?" - the answer is probably not. However I think the policy is overly harsh. Perhaps they need two policies - one for REAL weapons that is this harsh, and one for "toys" that are a mistake - which can still a punishment but perhaps not a life changing career ending nightmare. I guess I say "make the punishment match the crime". I think Fluco's policy is poorly written. It only addresses one type of item, it doesn't allow for any ability to address specific instances. It lumps everyone into one general classification. Even our community laws have different degrees of punishment for different degrees of crime.
Even if it is agreed he broke a rule, expulsion is far out of proportion to the offense.On the other hand I have heard of even more ridiculous incidents-where the "weapon" involved was something like a nail file.
Almost anything can be used as a weapon- how about a sharpened pencil, or picking up a chair and hitting someone on the head?The weapons rule should apply only to those items that are defined as weapons-firearms,knives, explosives,etc., not toys or personal grooming effects.
Same policy for drugs-illegal substances and legal ones whether prescription or over the counter should not be lumped together. One is a police matter, the other handled by commonsense school rules.
I recall some years ago when I was substitute teaching at a local high school and had a bad headache, one of my students was so kind as to give me some tylenol. Nowadays we would both probably be on death row!
I have read in hunting magazines where years ago it was not uncommon for students to take their guns to school, leave them in the principal's office or a locked vehicle, in order to go hunting after school. No one though anything. Now you hear of someone being charged with a felony for forgetting that they had an unloaded gun locked in the trunk when they went on school grounds.
Common sense is totally in short supply between the CYA crowd and the paranoid safety freaks. I hope this young man can successfully sue the school system.
Was the student arrogantly breaking the rules, or did he innopcently have in his possesion the airsoft gun for use outside of the school later, and had no idea he was in violation of any rules? We don't know.
What aboout the teachers and other staff? Have any of them had pills with them? Have had a hangover? Have any of them broken any rule and it was allowed, tolerated?
If a teacher were fired for a violation, he or she would be hired at another school. For a student, it's one mistake and your life is ruined. A God-like power of a teacher over another's future.
I agree with speedbump's comments about the CNN phenomina of everything being made into huge issues. We live in a very altered world.
He was admitted back to school after a March 4 school board meeting.
This boy probably forgot the dumb thing was even in his truck. I don't see where the principal had any right to search his truck because he saw tobacco in it. Maybe I'm wrong.
I hope this young man wins his appeal. It appears he is highly intelligent and has already been excepted in college. Why ruin his future over a toy? And why such a harsh punishment?
I can almost bet that if they were to do a desk, pocket, and purse search on the teachers they would find far worse. I'm willing to bet that a teacher may be concealing a cigarette lighter in her purse. Maybe she was going to burn down the school? A teacher may have a condom in his wallet. Maybe he was going to have sex with a student? A secretary may have a bottle of pills in her desk. Maybe she was going to sell them to the highest bidder? A janitor may have a shovel in his closet. Maybe he was going to bury someone on the football field?
I guess we can add Justin Sexton's name to the growing list of school kids (even honor students and homecoming kings) being treated like terrorists under the "zero tolerance" policies of school districts.
This week, the FBI announced it was launching an investigation into a surveillance scandal out of Lower Merion County, Pennsylvania, where it was recently discovered that school officials had used Web cams on school-issued laptops to spy on a student, 15-year-old Blake Robbins.
Robbins was falsely accused of possessing illicit drugs after the vice principal at his high school, Lindy Matskhis, called him into a meeting where she revealed that she had seen images of him at home through his laptop. According to Robbins' attorney, Mark Haltzman, "She called him into the office and told him, basically, 'I've been watching what was on the Web cam and saw what was in your hands. I've been reading what you've been typing, and I'm afraid you are involved in drugs and trying to sell pills.'"
Matskhis, it turned out, was grievously mistaken. What looked like pills turned out to be Mike and Ike candies.
Robbins' parents sued. Now the case has prompted a debate about student privacy and the threat of technological overreach.
The Robbins case may seem to be uniquely bad in some ways. But it comes at a time when there's no shortage of disturbing stories in the news about the intrusive and repressive measures taken by public schools against students, in districts across the country. Last year the Supreme Court finally ruled in favor of Savana Redding (now an adult, who, at the age of 13, was strip-searched by school staff in search of prescription ibuprofen); yet from violations of privacy to wrongful arrests by school "peace" officers, the story seems to be expanding.
On February 1, in Forest Hills, Queens, 12-year-old Alexa Gonzalez was arrested after she was caught doodling on her desk. Profanity? Threats against her teacher? No, the middle school student had written, with an erasable marker, "I love my friends Abby and Faith," along with "Lex was here. 2/1/10" and a smiley face, according to the New York Daily News.
This, apparently, was a criminal act in the eyes of her teacher. She called school security -- New York police officers -- who promptly cuffed her and hauled her across the street, to the local precinct,
"I started crying, like, a lot," Alexa told the Daily News. "I made two little doodles. It could be easily erased. To put handcuffs on me is unnecessary."
Nevertheless, in addition to being handcuffed and held at the police station, Alexa was also suspended and "assigned eight hours of community service, a book report and an essay on what she learned from the experience."
Alexa's suspension was eventually lifted. But she still missed three days in school, days she spent "throwing up," according to her mother, Moraima Tamacho.
Tamacho and her daughter have an attorney, who says they will sue the NYPD for violating Alexa's constitutional rights.
Punished for Refusing to Pledge Alliegance
Meanwhile, mere days before Alexa's arrest, in Montgomery Country, Maryland, a 13-year-old student at Roberto Clemente Middle School was escorted out of school by police after she refused to recite the Pledge of Allegiance two days in a row. According to the ACLU, which is representing the student (she remains anonymous), the trouble started on January 27, when the seventh grader "chose neither to stand nor to speak during the school s daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance."
"Instead, she sat quietly while students recited the Pledge."
Her teacher was not okay with this. He ordered her to stand up; when she refused, he threatened her with detention and sent her to the school counselor's office, where she spent the rest of the period.
The next day, the same conflict broke out. This time, the teacher called in a pair of "school resource officers" -- in-school Maryland police -- to take care of the situation.
The officers didn't arrest the student, escorting her to the counselor's office rather than a police station. Nonetheless, like Alexa Gonzalez, the experience of being marched out of class in front of her classmates proved harrowing.
"As these events occurred in front of the entire class, they caused her great embarrassment and humiliation," her ACLU lawyer wrote in a letter to the school on February 4. "Indeed, since these events, [the student] has been too humiliated to return to school, and has been advised by a psychologist that due to the distress she is experiencing, she should not return for an extended period."
While initially, the teacher and assistant principal refused to acknowledge the violation of the student's rights -- Assistant Principal James Richard countered that the student owed her teacher an apology for her "defiance" -- this week the Washington Post reported that the teacher will have to apologize to the student.
School spokesperson Dana Tofig told the Post that the teacher had violated school policy, which is based on Maryland law.
"The policy is very, very clearly stated," Tofig said. "Our teachers are expected to know the students' rights and responsibilities....A mistake has been made, and it will be rectified."
Zero Tolerance?
Like ongoing reports of students being tasered by police officers on school grounds, it is not uncommon to hear school administrators in the news expressing some regret at a disciplinary action gone too far. These episodes are treated as isolated incidents in an otherwise sound system. But a recent CNN report suggests that stories like these indicate a trend, with critics of "zero-tolerance" policies raising concerns that attempts to keep students disciplined and safe might be doing more harm than good.
"Critics say schools and police have gone too far, overreacting and using well-intended rules for incidents involving nonviolent offenses such as drawing on desks, writing on other school property or talking back to teachers," CNN reported.
"We are arresting them at younger and younger ages [in cases] that used to be covered with a trip to the principal's office, not sending children to jail," said Emma Jordan-Simpson, executive director of the Children's Defense Fund, a national children's advocacy group.
This would certainly apply in the Alexa Gonzalez case. How many more cases are out there like hers isn't entirely clear. (Reports CNN: "There aren't any national studies documenting how often minors become involved with police for nonviolent crimes in schools. Tracking the incidents depends on how individual schools keep records. Much of the information remains private, since it involves juveniles.") But in New York City alone, the problems stemming from an increased police presence in schools have been enough for the New York Civil Liberties Union to produce a number of reports with titles like "Criminalizing the Classroom: The Over-Policing of New York City Schools."
In 2007, the NYCLU produced an educational card for students called "Know Your Rights with Police in Schools." That was the year 13-year-old Chelsea Fraser was arrested for writing "okay" on her desk at a middle school in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn.
"It was really embarrassing because some of the kids, they talk, and they're going to label me as a bad kid. But I'm really not," Fraser told local media at the time. "I didn't know writing 'okay' would get me arrested."
Needless to say, Fraser's case bears an eerie similarity to the Gonzalez case. ("My daughter just wrote something on a desk. I would have her scrub it with Soft Scrub on a Saturday morning when she should be out playing, and maybe a day of in-house and a formal apology to the principal," her mother said.)
In a new report last year examining the consequences of giving the mayor's office more control over city schools, the NYCLU zeroed in on the problem of police officers in schools, writing: "The NYPD plays a unique and expansive role in the city s education system."
At the same time that the number of police personnel in the schools has increased to a whopping 5,200 agents, the ability of educators to oversee school safety and student discipline has decreased. Principals complain that they are unable to control the conduct of School Safety Agents and are limited in their ability to strike the right balance between school security and a supportive educational environment.
New York is not alone in trying to strike this balance. In (highly suburban) Montgomery County, Maryland, concerns over local gang activity have led to an influx of police officers in schools -- the same officers who assisted the teacher in denying his student the right to remain seated during the pledge of allegiance.
Local anti-gang tasks forces have recommended that the number of in-school police officers -- "Educational Facility Officers" or "School Resource Officers -- increase, "extending the program into all high schools and middle schools," according to one report.
It might seem logical given the real dangers posed by gangs to innocent school children. But as reports like the one out of Queens or Montgomery County prove, putting police officers in schools makes no rational sense if the officers -- or teachers emboldened by their presence -- cannot behave rationally
As Chelsea Fraser's mother told told local media outlets after her daughter's arrest: "Here we have rapists, murderers, and you're taking a 13-year-old kid? Wasting valuable manpower to arrest a child who wrote on a desk?"
Liliana Segura is an AlterNet staff writer and editor of Rights & Liberties and World Special Coverage. Follow her on Twitter.
quote: "zero tolerance on grounds means zero tolerance!"
False. Depends on who is carrying the weapon, in what manner it is being carried, and whether a school is being used at the time for education vs another event or meeting not associated with training , school sponsored sports events, or education.
For example, a Concealed Handgun Permit holder can carry a firearm onto school property at any time as long as it remains in his/her car. (While it is law, it's a stupid law. Suppose a kid broke into the car and stole the handgun?)
Another example, if a school is being held for a political rally or event, anybody can carry a handgun onto the property. Either open carry or concealed carry if they have a permit.
As another tidbit of trivia, my daughter showed me where the Charlottesville City School handbook allows students to carry knives as long as the blade is 3" or shorter. This is plain stupid. I would not have believed it if I had not seen it in writing!
Quoting Harry: I wonder if hands and feet can be considered weapons"Š"Š"Š"Š
Point well made!!
If the student in question studies the martial arts, I would say yes...so is the "zero tolerance" policy going to make him/her leave them at home??
Quoting Gasbag to the 10th Power: The power of mass hysteria to generate injustice is without limit.
Point well made!!!
The power of mass hysteria has created our society as it is today. We have more access to more information faster than ever and it scares the crap out of us to think the world just might not be such a happy safe place. Just to pose a question, how safe did you feel on September 11, 2001 just after those planes hit the twin towers??
The zero tolerance policy is the school system's way of acting out over the IDEA that we as a society don't raise our kids anymore. We are pushing that responsibility to the school system or so they say. Again I will have to take Gasbag's point on mass hysteria...if it happens in BF Egypt, it could happen here...so let's put a RULE in place to give the school system more power over what they feel is their lack of it. I am so glad my children are no longer in the public school system. It's just gotten too hard.
Hollowboy, kids do still have recess. Why muddy up your perfectly good point with hysterial hyperbole like that?
The power of mass hysteria to generate injustice is without limit.
A high school student parking a vehicle with something he's legally allowed to have,locked in the trunk should be left unmolested. I went to high school in the early sixties and some went deer hunting or duck hunting before or after school and we kept our guns in our cars...that's why trunks have locks...
I may not be allowed to bring a shotgun into my favorite bar, but I'm allowed to have it in my car outside. Can I go out to the lot and get it to lie in wait for someone who's offended me? Well, yes I can if I decide it's time to go crazy...We could make society "perfectly safe", or close to it, but our lives would be a misery so what would be the value in that?
The zero tolerance thing has gone over the top. "Zero tolerance" is a concept whose rigors should apply only to very critical things (no alcohol for airline pilots or the guy who's getting ready to do your heart surgery). The idea that an 18 year old student should be punished for giving an aspirin to another student is the sort of thing we should see in a Monty Python moview, but not the real world...
I think this young man has been sorely abused and, if completing high school is important for his future, he really should have cause to sue for damages and I hope he does..
They will do anything they can to get kids in the system. It's an added bonus when they're "likely to succeed". Makes sure they don't. Competition is a sin.
quote: "BTW, airsoft guns have big colorful tips, so cops know they are not lethal."
False. All-American thugs are now painting the tips of real guns orange so as to make cops think twice about shooting. When a cop second guesses whether he should shoot or not, he's dead.
An orange tip means nothing any longer.
zero tolerance= I am too lazy to make a rational judgment and too afraid of being called a racist or politically incorrect to stand behind my own common sense decisinn making process.
Displine is one of the top three reasons a Principal is even there. If they are not allowed to use that skill then lower their pay accordingly.
Stop being afaid to make judgment calls and stand behind them.
If I were a Principal I would be embarrased to be emasculated like that.
Right and wrong needs to be taught as a judgment process using many different factors not just some words that were written on a piece of paper because the School is afraid to stand behind its subjective decisions.
When you raise children in that mindset you get idiots that make stupid decisons (like not plowing snow at roys place) and then shirk responsibility by pointing to the written rules.
"Zero tolerance" is a substitution for common sense and adult judgment. Like the A+ honor student who gets suspended for a Midol in her purse getting the same treatment the F-, semi-dropout useless school felon-to-be found with speed in his pocket. Adults have simply given up on using rational judgment, common sense, and fair play. It is a compassion-less policy that teaches kids they are not allowed to be human and make mistakes. If our court system worked this way, everyone would get the same sentence, no matter is they had a criminal past or no matter what their intent. Zero tolerance has always been bad policy, but the baby boomer generation loves it because they think it removes any "unfairness", when it actually compounds the unfairness. BTW, airsoft guns have big colorful tips, so cops know they are not lethal.
His problem was that he had " tobacco in his truck." He is a user of a product that kills, so he deserves to be put away for awhile.
I thought that in order for a crime to be comitted there needed to be "intent" or motive.
Seems to me that if they applied the same rule everywhere we would have to arrest anybody that gave the cashier a credit card that didn't go through.. no second chances...
or arrest people for felony assult with a deadly weapon for a fender bender.
I would be in favor of instituting that policy at the DMV for rudeness of the workers though.
Writing on a school desk resulting in an arrest? Talk about truth being stranger(and more frightening) than fiction!
In the old days the worst that might have happened to a kid doing that was a few paddle swats. And even more likely being made to clean it off and having to stay in at recess.Oops-kids don't even have recess anymore.
Certainly an argument in favor of home schooling. I hope the ACLU and the parents sue the shirt off of everyone involved, the school adminstration, the police, and the court system.
I dont feel sorry at all.....he knew the rules....he broke them....he deserves the punishment. "zero-tolerance" means "zero-tolerance". From this one stupid mistake hes most likely ruined his entire life. Because of this he could be denied entrance to college.
a while back students on uva grounds filming with an airgun created havoc and left some students traumatized by the incident- swat teams were brought in as a result. Harmless weapon you be the judge! Every weapon is considered a danger. zero tolerance on grounds means zero tolerance! please read the state laws before making judgement on the school administration.
-Gun Toting Fluvanna County Mother.
When a kid sharpens a pencil real sharp and stabs someone... pencils will be contraband... oh yeah, scissors in the art room. Try teaching some common sense while they are in school.
THIS IS AN OUTRAGE. I allow my child Hilda to possess such constructive play equipment. I believe that the education centre should not behave in such a manner as my mischievous child, Hathandra by searching this lad's car. I oughta let them country folk have a piece of my mind for such unfloughantral activities. Such as pertaining to thou such.
I wonder if hands and feet can be considered weapons............
I have known Justin my whole life.
This is Fluvanna County...We used to get out of school for the first day of hunting season.
Everyone knows Justin and he would never do anything to hurt anyone.
He didn't even know the gun was in his truck and it was his father's truck. This is the kind of stuff that can be let go and just say, go HOME!
It seems as though FCPS look for things like this (a few years ago a LM cop saw a gun in a kid's car on the way to school because he was hunting, didn't say anything to the kid, waited for him to get to school, and then called the school to look in his car).
According to the Central Virginian article, the search of his truck, which is what turned up the tobacco and airsoft gun, was prompted by an invalid parking pass. Invalid parking pass? If I parking on UVA grounds with an invalid pass, I'll get a ticket. That doesn't give anyone the right to search my car.
Tobacco, he was 18, and it was in his truck, so it's not like he was smoking in the bathrooms at school. What if his mom had dropped him off and she had a pack of cigarettes in her car?
This isn't a case of a kid bringing his toy gun to school to try to look cool or scare some bullies. He had the gun and the tobacco in his truck, and has said that his friend left the gun in the truck. Even if that's not true, it's easy to see a scenario where he was playing with the gun at a friend's after school (this is Fluvanna, after all), put it in his truck and forgot to take it out.
In the "real world," zero-tolerance is not really all that common except in workplace sexual harassment policies. Even our justice system can distinguish between a stupid mistake and deliberately causing harm.
The sad thing is that we are all the victims of this, and FCPS is only hurting itself. We have a kid who was going to graduate, go to college and would likely have fond memories of his days in high school and share them with others. Now, even if he is able to finish HS and go to college, he'll probably carry some bitterness and resentment of the system that threatened his future, and will pass that on to others.
Zero-tolerance for bad school administrators and teachers. If they make a mistake, we must have zero tolerance and remove them immediately from the classroom and system.
called it!
Guess he'll learn.......sometimes you just have to play by the rules.
If its not an illegal item It shouldn't be in the zero-tolerance rule. The school is making up "laws" of their own.That's not in their power to do.What are they going to do next charge him with a terrorist action because he spoke up. Just wait and see how this pile of dodo rolls down hill and gets bigger.
Even though it was in the back of his truck, he still shouldnt have had it. no "weapons" on school grounds....it was like that when I was in high school ten years ago.
So from what I understand... kid had some sort of tobacco product that was spotted in his truck... assistant principal says something like "if you don't let me search your truck you will get a 10 day suspension" Search finds in the bottom of the tool box an airsoft pistol that couldn't kill anyone unless they inhale the pellet and it gets lodged in the lungs and causes problems. Given a choice of picking a weapon from his truck, I'd take the lug wrench...A pistol with the plastic orange thingy on the end of the muzzle to say it isn't a real gun... that the kid didn't know was in the tool box.
For this, he is suspended for 364 days because to suspend him for a year would give him far more rights. 10 days would be a reasonable punishment that isn't life-changing.
Zero tolerance means a series of really small things can ruin someone's future.
Interesting! Even the lawmakers aren't too concerned about airsoft guns.
SB 580, Senator Marsden, which makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for someone under the age of 18 to have an airsoft gun that can fire a projectile at over 250 feet-per-second on K-12 school property, DIED
because no one would second a motion to pass the bill!
To quote Mark Twain:
"In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made School Boards."
Pre-CNN, folks in Virginia didn't hear about the stabbing at a California school or the kidnapping of the kid in Wisconsin... and Nancey Grace didn't spend every night screaming about it for two weeks until the next scandal/tragedy/celebrity stupidity hit.
Now because of the fear, I get stuck behind a bus on Rt 33 that stops at a driveway, lets off 1 child... drives 150 feet, lets off another child... drives 200 feet and stops a third time to let off a third child. The kids are next door neighbors... 30 cars building up, stopping and starting... if one of those kids had to walk a short distance (that they probably do often anyway) a bad man in a panel van will suddenly appear and grab them...
Not only are we losing more freedom, common sense seems to be taking a backseat as well. I understand the need to have and enforce such laws but also wondering what has happened to society. Just an old coot missing better times!!
Oh whatever. The parents will get a lawyer and the school will cave and let him back in. The school system just wanted to flex muscles here to show that rules are rules. I got suspended for having those little white snap-pop things in my backpack at school at WAHS back in '97. I was informed that the explosives they contained were a danger to everyone's safety and was out for 3 days. I'd hate to be caught with any these days, I'd be brought up on terrorism charges.
Back in my day, spring often brought an influx of water guns into school. I remember one day in 8th grade Mr. Bolyard the assistant principal came into my homeroom and asked everyone who had water guns or other squirting devices to hand them over. He left with both hands full of them. No detentions, no nothing, just a quiet commonsense way of dealing with it. It was of course understood that any kid who didnt hand his over and later got caught with it would face detention.
Now it would be a big issue, probably the police would be called, certainly the parents, and it would be treated like an invasion by Mafia hit men.
By the way this took place in a rural school in a quite conservative community.
I'm glad the school and the authorities are all over this. We need to build more prisons and hire more cops to deal with dangerous scofflaws like this young man.
My safety is far more important than your liberty.
Papers cuts are the greatest injury facing most students today. That and potentially obtuse administrators.
Zero tolerance for obtuse administrators.
And ban paper for the student's own protection! Those cuts hurt! Ouch!
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The Gorgs' Castle is home to the royal Gorg family on Fraggle Rock. Considering Pa and Ma Gorg's stature as king and queen of the Universe, the castle is a modest stucture, with no more than two levels apparent from the exterior shots.
Just outside the castle is the Gorgs' garden, where Junior, the Gorg prince, can often be found tending to the royal radish crop.
The interior of the Gorgs' castle has been seen in a few Fraggle Rock episodes, including "Blanket of Snow, Blanket of Woe," in which Mokey and Gobo find themselves in the Gorgs' kitchen. Another episode in which the Gorgs' castle interior was seen for a fairly brief moment was "The Lost Treasure of the Fraggles."


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I've been a casual investor for quite a number of years. I've done reasonably well with it, although I have a policy of not putting enough money at risk to jeopardize my lifestyle, present or future. So when I gain, it isn't enough to move me into the ranks of the idle rich. Likewise any losses I incur don't put food and shelter at risk.
Along with my interest in investment, I'm fascinated with SEC filings and actions. It may seem like a boring and dry topic to most people, but many of the actions brought by the SEC would feel at home in a John Grisham novel. Also bear in mind that the high drama and tragedy of Enron was brought to a head by James Chanos, a short seller, simply reading Enron's annual report carefully, something that most equity analysts covering the energy industry lacked either the abililty or the work ethic to do.
I was browsing the SEC website this morning and noticed that a settlement had been reached in the insider trading case of Bauer, Kluger, and Robinson.
Matthew H. Kluger was a senior associate in the corporate law firm firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.
Along with providing other corporate legal services, that firm is deemed one of the top ten specialists in mergers and acquisitions in the nation. Advance insider knowledge of mergers and acquisitions is one of the most valuable classes of information in the world of stocks and options. The company being aquired often exhibits a short term spike in the price per share of their stock. Consequently, the person utilizing the insider information will load up on the stock, and sell it at some point after the acquisition becomes public.
Kluger had also been carrying out the illegal activity in two previous law firms in which he'd been an associate. He had evidently begun the activity in the 1990s, and specialized in mergers and acquisitions involving well known high tech firms.
Garrett D. Bauer was the trader who made use of the insider information. He and Kluger were linked through a mutual friend, Kenneth T. Robinson. There is little doubt that Bauer, Kluger, and Robinson knew that they were involved in illegal activities, since they used untraceable prepaid cell phones and public phones to avoid detection, and exchanged money from the proceeds in Atlantic City, NJ.
Robinson, the middleman, cooperated with the authorities. The terms of the settlement, pending court approval, are that the three will give up the money they made, plus interest. Bauer will be charged about $32,000,000, Robinson $845,000, and Kluger $516,000.
An interesting note is that the scheme began in the 1990s, but the acquisitions cited in the charges began in 2006. Presumably Kluger passed information along which resulted in more money than the three conspirators are actually returning, unless calculations of the earlier gains were made in some fashion other than examining the specific trades contained in the charges.
The three conspirators were also indicted on criminal charges by the U.S. Attorney's office in New Jersey. They pled guilty, and will be sentenced on June 4th.
I've been of the opinion for quite some time that the penalties and regulations for Wall Street malfeasance are much too weak. This particular case was so far over the line into obvious criminal activity that it was a slam dunk for the authorities.
But it also involved small players. The financial collapse of confidence in 2008 had much broader impact on the economy than the antics of this particular crew of Three Stooges. There should have been indictments of major Wall Street figures after the financial collapse. I think it's obvious that the reason for the lack of wholesale indictments was political, brought on by a fear of further erosion of confidence leading to further economic meltdown, and not on the strength of potential court cases.
As welcome as the charges and indictments against Bauer, Kluger, and Robinson are, I'd be a lot happier if the top leadership of major Wall Street firms were also held accountable for their actions.


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Bristol Palin is about to make her debut on ABC Family, official new cable channel of PICKUP TRUCKS and FREEDOM. She will appear on "The Secret Life Of The American Teenager," a show about teen pregnancy on which Palin's spawn will stretch by playing a teen mom herself. I see what she did there. Anyway, you could wait until July 5 to check Bristol's acting chops. But why not check her out right now? The folks atwimp.com
have already leaked footage of Palin.
Sarah Palin's daughter's acting debut is something many people have been looking forward to, much more so than seeing her baby daddy's exposed private parts. What a letdown THAT was! So allow me to put on my finest Lee Strasberg hat and evaluate her performance line by line.
First of all, you will notice that someone in wardrobe did Bristol a huge disservice by dressing her in what appears to be a tuxedo vest with fanny pack snap belt combination. It's the kind of thing you'd wear if you were white water rafting and didn't know what you were doing. I'm also not a fan of the swept-back negative bangs look. It's almost like a reverse mullet. Pat Riley on top. Crystal Gayle in the back. This is hardly a good look for a teenager someone would like to impregnate. Why is she not snapping gum? Anyway. Let's break down each of her line readings.
Do you have a son or a daughter?
Okay, that wasn't so bad. Places the emphasis away from Bristol and puts the onus on her acting companion (an actual actor) to, like, be all dramatic and stuff.
Me too.
Okay, that was a bit wooden. Kind of an oakish quality to it, not unlike a low budget Syrah. But perhaps Bristol is just setting your expectations low, so she can catch you by surprise! That's totally from her mama's playbook.
We're all teen moms, and musicians.
Okay, that wasn't very good at all. It needed a caption below it that said INVISSABULL Q KARD. Very wooden line reading. You could build a canoe out of it.
The program… it's for teen moms.
STOP STARING AT ME! You're making me uncomfortable. Bristol Palin didn't die, did she? Is this her resurrected body, reanimated by William Kristol in a bizarre political charade? I'm not saying it's true. I'm just saying, it may be the best explanation we have.
Of course you did. You're the world's greatest French horn player, and I'm Yoyo Ma.
Take a look at the other actress' response to that line. It's quite telling. Even SHE didn't get any gentle sarcasm from Palin there, and she read the script. I'm sure it said right in the stage directions that Bristol's character is being sarcastic. I'm sure it also reminded Palin that her character blinks on occasion.
Also, there's no way Bristol Palin actually knows who Yoyo Ma is. I'm sure Levi told her it was something he saw on urbandictionary.com.
Come on, we have to get going.
And there, Palin redeems herself slightly. Indeed, let us all leave this scene. Let's flee from it this instant, and not be reminded of it again. Overall, I regretfully give Bristol a D for her performance. But that doesn't mean a cushy youth correspondent gig on a morning news show can't be waiting for her.


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I guess the topic is 15 years old, but still. How do i (or can i) mark the difference:
jan moli - killer vs dead man
jan pakala - torturer vs tortue victim
jan kule - painter vs bodyart model
jan lukin - scout vs model
soweli moku - eating animal vs edible animal
soweli alasa - hunter vs prey
I guess 'li' could make it obvious:
jan li kule - the one that paints
jan kule - the painted man.
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I don't know of a great many artists who use this technique, Douglas Story and Desdemona Enfield come to mind and Tuna Oddfellow has had a popular event for years called the Oddball which also does this. I can remember Thoth Janzen using this technique ever since I met him when I was a Caerleon artist a few years ago. I think I bump into him once a year or so, and this time it was at NMC Campus West -- The Aho Museum for a new build of his called Simplexity. Its a really dynamic build which is part kaleidoscope and part dance party. A really interesting connection though is that each of the several videos he used in the build come from the demoscene. The demoscene appeared on the Commodore 64 computer ages ago and grew with the appearance of the Amiga and Atari. When software was "cracked" the teams who did it would often leave a type of tag or cracktro at the start letting everyone know it was them who pirated it. They would try to make the cracktros look impressive by manipulating the graphic capabilities of those computers.
These old computers all apparently worked off of very similar code which the average user could get a hold of. People would create graphics and compose music to go with their creations. Each artist trying to outdo the other with awesome videos while also attempting to show superiority of one computer over another. It seems there was a huge loyalty to ones commodore or amiga, similar to the one sided rivalry between Apple computers and PC's. I don't know how many times I have been told by an Apple user that my computer sucks, but it shows the depth of loyalty marketing and a good product can create.
Second Life is an open source medium, so doesn't really need to be cracked (however I think some of Thoths demoscene videos are on megaprims which is a form of software crack)and it contains the ability to quickly create great fractals using alpha textures rotating over distorted sculpties or prims. I could really see a new demoscene being born in Second Life with competition against other platforms ranging from Open Sim to world of warcraft. People creating real time video compositions for bragging rights. Second Life would naturally kick everyone else's ass, but imagine 45 000 prims with video on Open Sim compared to the 15 000 SL offeres builders. Using a combination of machinima and fractals alone could create some really amazing musical works.
When you go see Thoths work be sure to sit on some of the chairs he has set up as they give you a variety of perspectives with which to view the work.
Come see Thoths work Simplexity here
Also I came across not so much a tiny but rather a micro avatar built by Lomgren Smalls. I nearly stepped on him. I put him at the end of the video below.
Simplexity from Bryn Oh on Vimeo.
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Ok, so I know I've been a bit MIA on the blog world for a few weeks. Projects and life have gotten in the way, but I'm back on track.
If you've followed my blog for a while, you know that I was the VERY lucky winner of two sets of Copic markers back in May of last year. Thanks to Peachy Keen Stamps for their very generous gift!! Needless to say, I haven't played much with them. :( I am by no means an artist of any official kind. I hold degrees in Surgical Technology and Elementary Education and I only took two art classes to get them (Art Appreciation & Art Basics). Needless to say "I don't know much about being an artist!" In fact, in high school I took Theatre Arts to earn my "art" credit to graduate distinguished because this girl cannot draw!!!
I said all of that to say I was really, really excited to get them, but really, really intimidated by them. Luckily I am an avid YouTube watcher so I have been watching TONS of videos over the last month in preparation of using them. I made my first purchases from Simon Says Stamp and bought some Neenah Solar White cardstock and a cute stamp from C.C. Designs and from Two Peas in a Bucket to add to my marker collection in a few hues I was missing. My orders came in and I was anxious to play with all of my new goodies. Of course I "needed" to buy a new set of Spellbinders dies to highlight my adorable new stamp. Well, what do you think?
I'm still working on techniques and I'm thinking about buying the Copic Coloring Guide book. Do any of you have it? What are your thoughts on it?
Well I hope to be back really soon to share more of my creations. Thanks for stopping by!!


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McDonald's latest specialty burger has been calling our name! So we got to work on a guilt-free makeover, and here it is now... Ingredients: 1 tbsp. fat-free mayonnaise 1/2 tsp. spicy brown mustard 1 slice center-cut bacon or turkey bacon 1/3 cup thinly sliced onion cut into 2-inch strips 1 Boca Original Vegan Veggie/Meatless Burger 1 slice 2% milk cheddar cheese One 100-calorie flat sandwich bun (like Arnold/Brownberry/Oroweat Sandwich Thins) Directions: In a small bowl, mix mayo with mustard until uniform. Cook bacon until crispy, either in a skillet over medium heat or on a microwave-safe plate in the microwave. (See package for cook time.) Place onion in a skillet sprayed with nonstick spray. Add 1/4 cup water, cover, and set heat to medium. Cook for 6 minutes. Uncover, and cook and stir until water has evaporated and onion has softened and lightly browned, about 3 minutes. Transfer onion to a small bowl, and cover to keep warm. If needed, clean skillet. Remove from heat, re-spray, and return to medium heat. Cook burger patty for about 4 minutes per side, until cooked through. Top patty with cheese and cook until melted, about 45 seconds. Split bun into halves, and place the cheese-topped patty on the bottom half. Break bacon in half, and place over the patty. Top with cooked onion. Spread the top half of the bun with mayo mixture, and place it over the onion. Eat up! MAKES 1 SERVING
Serving Size: 1 sandwich (entire recipe) Calories: 280 Fat: 8g Sodium: 994mg Carbs: 35g Fiber: 9.5g Sugars: 6g Protein: 25g PointsPlus® value 7*
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Serving Size: 1 sandwich Calories: 790 Fat: 41g Sodium: 1,830mg Carbs: 62g Fiber: 4g Sugars: 11g Protein: 45g PointsPlus® value 21*
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I've walked the roads with drifters, sinners, lovers and misfits. I've cried with the beaten and struggled with the damned. The battles I listened about were ones I've never endured, but yet I felt their pain. In every single face I saw my own. I understood that the situations that felt so unimaginable to me could become my reality too. I've learned never to judge because when you do, funny things happen. You find yourself in your own version of their struggles. It's in those moments that their behaviors make perfect sense. And you say to yourself, aah I thought I would handle this differently.
You walk paths and take journey's meeting members of your tribe along the way. You share stories of youth, sing to the music, spend days passing time doing what's required of you in order to survive. Just as you think things will never change or people will never leave they do. It doesn't set in until a handful of those people are gone that you realize they were important in your life at one time. They've disappeared from your now, becoming your past, while continuing to be someone else's present.
Tribes come together then drift apart but sometimes we're lucky to have those chance encounters where we all meet up again. And when that happens, a part of us that was missing returns and we remember how good it once felt to be together.


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Chown served as UIU's chief academic officer and senior vice president since 2009. UIU is an international university of nearly 7,000 students at 25 locations including a portfolio of online programs. Among his principal responsibilities, Chown had oversight of quality assurance, accreditation and continuous improvement initiatives at all of UIU locations. Chown also oversaw the operations of the library, the office of the registrar, academic support, institutional effectiveness and student services.
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The Plum tomatoes are doing pretty well, still got a while to go before they're big and ripe enough to pick.
Spotted a bad one and looked up the problem in my book and it's called Blossom End Rot which is caused by the soil drying out, so have to make sure they get lots of water!
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The plant seems to be doing really well and now has quite a few flowers. I've been feeding it with tomato food about once a week and keeping it watered with a water bottle spike. However it looks like it needs some attention, so being the inexperienced gardener I am (you could say I'm green!), I've read my Vegetable and Herb Expert book and searched online for advice on what I should do next.
Here's what I've learnt:
- If growing a cordon type plant (grows upwards) pinch out (remove) the sideshoots regularly when they are about 2.5cm long. Those grown as bush or hanging basket types do not need to have sideshoots removed.
- When the plant has 4 trusses (branches of flowers) pinch out the growing point of the main stem at two leaves above the top truss. By this stage you should have plenty of fruits forming that need to grow and ripen. Let the plant put all its energy into these potentially succulent fruits.
- Remove yellowing leaves below developing fruit trusses.
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Dude, nothing like that, we can play together again. I would suggest you also join the meetup:
We can find more players this way and can play when any of us in unavailable. Lets decide again this weekend.
I play at Lions Memorical Park, Mount Prosepct. It has 8 courts with lights. I can play anytime after 4pm on Wed, Thur, Friday.
Or I can also travel if it's not too far..
Let's wish for better weather for right now.
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