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Two high-profile cases could go to trial this week in Terrebonne Parish.
Two high-profile cases could go to trial this week in Terrebonne Parish.
The case of a man accused of raping a 9-year-old and videotaping it is on this week's docket, court authorities said.
The state Attorney General's Office is prosecuting Scott Massey of Houma in a Terrebonne Parish court because of a conflict of interest, Assistant District Attorney Chris Erny said.
Last week, Erny said he was not sure what the conflict is.
The other case is that of Timothy Betts, a former Ellender High football coach accused of having sex with a student who was 16 in 2011.
Concerning Massey's case, officials said they found multiple videos last spring of him raping the 9-year-old. He is charged with two counts of aggravated rape, six counts of sexual battery and eight counts of production of child pornography.
In March, Massey was charged with possession of child porn after Terrebonne sheriff's deputies and Attorney General's Office officials found more than 1,000 images on Massey's computers and hard drives, they said at the time. He was taken to the Terrebonne jail and was later released on a $50,000 bond.
In April, however, they found videos of the rape, and he now remains in the Terrebonne jail on bonds totaling more than $10 million, records show.
If convicted of aggravated rape, he will face life in prison. If convicted of child pornography possession, a judge could sentence him to between five and 20 years in prison.
A Lafourche grand jury has also indicted Massey on charges of aggravated incest, aggravated rape and pornography involving juveniles. He is scheduled for trial July 22 in Thibodaux.
Betts is charged with sexual battery and indecent behavior with a juvenile. At the time, Betts was a teacher at the East Street Alternative School and coach at Ellender. Betts resigned from both positions after he was charged.
Betts and the girl were in a relationship, investigators said, but the legal age of consent in Louisiana is 17.
The parents of the student claim Betts and the girl exchanged hundreds of text messages and eventually had sex on school grounds, according to a civil suit they filed.
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Brock's career influenced by love of farming
Through his current position as an IT Coordinator for Pennsylvania Certified Organic (PCO) in Spring Mills, St. Marys native Joshua Brock is able to combine his love of organic farming, database design and Macintosh computers. "We are a USDA-accredited organic certifier with clients in nine states and the District of Columbia. A large portion of our clientele are Amish farmers and processors," Brock said. Brock is responsible for maintaining the organization's 15-person, all-Macintosh shop, a job that includes database maintenance and design, software and hardware installations and maintenance, phone system, staff support and training. For Brock, one of the most interesting aspects of his job is interacting with the company's Amish clients. "I've learned a great deal about their kindness and work ethic from both my work at the PCO and my work this past season at Howard's End CSA/Farm," Brock said. He added that one of the current challenges he is facing is that many of PCO's hardware and software applications need to be upgraded."Allowing staff to continue their time-sensitive work, while upgrading, installing and maintaining systems is a real challenge," Brock said. "In addition to offering many electronic communication options to clients, working with a large Amish clientele means we also have to offer many traditional non-technology-based solutions as well. It's often a bit more time involved keeping in contact with our Amish clients, who communicate and file their organic system plans via traditional written mail and notes, or in person if they arrive via horse and buggy to our Spring Mills offices, but it's completely worth it." Brock recommends that individuals get involved with as many different jobs or fields of study as possible while they are growing up. "I particularly value my liberal arts education at St. Vincent for exposing me to a wide variety of fields and possibilities. I'm quite a believer in the 'jack-of-all-trades' mantra. It's important to have a diversified skill set and interests, (and) not just to make you more valuable as an employee. I think it makes life in general much richer," Brock said. Joshua is the son of John and Snooks Brock of St. Marys. He has four brothers, Mike, Dave and Devin Brock, all of St. Marys, and the late Matthew Brock; and two sisters, Amy of Erie and Mandy of San Diego, Calif. He is the grandson of the late Ray and Helen Hoffman and the late Edna Brock. Growing up in St. Marys, Brock attended St. Marys Parochial School and graduated from Elk County Christian High School in 1989. While in high school, Brock participated in cross country, track, and Interact Club. He also studied martial arts under Mike Kriegisch for 20 years and attained a second-degree Black Belt. Brock noted that his father and late grandfather Ray Hoffman were especially influential in his life. "I attribute my work ethic, love of nature and compassionate attitude toward all people to these two men," Brock said. "My mother [had a big impact on me because of] her dedication to us seven kids, her support and love, and her encouragement to get involved in sports and activities that were unique and different than those my older siblings had tried. My grandma, Edna Brock, who just passed away in December 2009, basically raised my dad and his seven brothers and sisters on her own and taught me a great deal about family, commitment and compassion."He added that his grandfather Ray Hoffman also enjoyed photography as a hobby, and that helped spark Brock's own interest in the pastime. He has his own website, www.joshuabrock.com, devoted to his photography. Jim Wortman, who was Brock's cross country coach in high school, was also particularly influential, and Brock referred to him as a "very patient, focused and hard-working individual.""The nuns of St. Joseph Convent and the monks and priests of St. Vincent who staffed our parish and school were all dedicated educators and incredibly hard workers who taught me the values of being independent, yet caring for your community, being resilient and acquiring many skills, self-sufficiency and stewardship. Indirectly these individuals sparked my interest in organic farming as well," Brock said. After graduating from Elk County Christian, Brock went on to attend St. Vincent College in Latrobe, graduating in 1993 with degrees in Business Computer Systems Analysis and Communications. He participated in cross country during all four of his years at St. Vincent. Brock and his wife, Jenn (Engel), currently reside in Bellefonte. The couple was married on Sept. 3 at his family's home on Taft Road. Brock noted that he returned to Pennsylvania in November 2009 after spending six years in Boulder, Colo. "While I was there, I worked for eToys.com as their research analyst for two years. I also worked part-time at Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI) as a sales associate. Then I quit eToys and became a full-time employee at REI, and for my last two years there I was a supervisor at the Boulder REI," Brock said. "My last year in Colorado, I also started part-time as a farmhand for Ollin Farms, which I later transitioned to full time in July 2009. This is a small to mid-sized organic farm in Longmont, Colo."During his time in Colorado, Brock also began rock and alpine climbing, trail running and back-country telemark skiing, pastimes he hopes to continue now that he's back in this part of the country. Prior to his grandfather's death in 1988, Brock spent a great deal of time doing yard work, mowing and landscaping at his home on Taft Road. It is at this residence that Brock and his wife are now planning to start their own farm, Hoffman Appalachian Farm. "My goal is to move back to St. Marys soon and develop our farm, specifically a community-supported agriculture (CSA) program, a farm stand. Additionally, our hope is to partner with the local schools and hospitals to provide some of their produce as local, organic produce all year long," Brock said. "We are developing the farm using hoop houses, passive heating techniques and permaculture principles to help it stand as independent as possible from fossil fuels. We also hope to make use of horses or burrows to replace the tractors, also helping to decrease fossil fuel use and dependence, as well as return to a truly more organic, sustainable farming practice much like the Amish do."Brock currently makes it back to the St. Marys area about every other weekend."As the farm grows, I expect to be there a couple times a week and eventually hope to move back within a few years once the kids complete school here and in the State College area," Brock said. He added that he and his wife truly love the St. Marys area. "[We] feel very blessed for the people and opportunities which have gotten us to this point in our lives. Our eventual return to the community to develop our organic farm, we hope, will be part of the 'thank you' we feel is owed. We enjoy the natural beauty of the area and the kindness of the people who call it home," Brock said.


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(CNN) -- Concussions for student-athletes not only cause headaches and impair concentration and everyday function, they can be deadly, experts testified in a congressional hearing Thursday.
Congress is considering a bill that would establish standards for student-athletes who get concussions.
"Unlike broken legs, concussions are not easily identified and can be equally or more dangerous," Rep. George Miller, chairman of the committee, said in his opening statement. "Many students don't know that they're injured."
Concussions are believed to be widespread and undertreated in youth sports. A Government Accountability Office found that between the 2005 and 2008 school years, an estimated 400,000 concussions occurred in high school sports.
The bill called the Protecting Student Athletes from Concussions Act would enforce evaluations for students who have suffered concussions before they return to play.
"Schools are not adequately prepared with the necessary systems, knowledge and skills to properly support the return of the concussed student-athlete," Dr. Gerry Gioia, chief of pediatric neuropsychology for Children's National Medical Center in Washington, said in his opening statement. "We must provide the same academic support structure for students with concussions as we do for more severe brain injuries."
Pediatricians believe that the developing brains of children and adolescents are much more vulnerable to injury than those of adults.
"We need to empower students to know when they're at risk," Miller said. "They deserve to know the signs, risks of concussion to take the appropriate next steps."
The NFL has backed the legislation. Several states have passed similar concussion laws already.
The bill requires all U.S. schools to develop policies and methods for concussion education and training of school, parents, students and coaches.
It also states that student-athletes who've suffered injuries should not return to sports and physical activities such as physical education classes or recess until they are cleared.
Earlier this month, an 11-year-old Wisconsin boy died after suffering a concussion and later hitting his head during recess, according to WTMJ Newsradio.
Alison Conca-Cheng, an honors high school student from Ellicott City, Maryland, suffered a concussion in August during a soccer game and continues to feel its effects.
"The headaches lingered. And I began to forget things. Not just day to day, but morning to evening, or even moment to moment," she said.
Conca-Cheng, who takes five advanced placement classes, said her focus fluctuated constantly.
"Reading textbooks and articles for homework was particularly difficult," she said. "It would take me twice as long, and it would be a constant battle with my concentration.
Sean Morey also testified. This year, Morey announced his retirement from the NFL on the eve of training camp with the Seattle Seahawks after two doctors warned him he shouldn't play.
"I've suffered more concussions than I care to admit," said Morey, a Pro Bowl pick. Read more about his retirement on Sports Illustrated. "On the eve of my 12th training camp, I disclosed what the doctors told me and had to walk away from the game.
"I took it as far as I could," Morey said about his football career.
The House Education and Labor Committee's hearing came after news last week about the first active college football player known to have a debilitating condition usually seen in retired or aging athletes who've suffered repeated head injuries.
Researchers at the Boston University School of Medicine Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy revealed that a 21-year-old defensive lineman, Owen Thomas, had mild stages of a type of brain damage called chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
Thomas, a captain of the University of Pennsylvania football team and a student at the Wharton School of Business, hung himself in his room in April.
CTE, which is a type of brain damage, has been more typically seen in older former athletes and can cause neurobehavioral disorders and bizarre behavior, including suicide. It is impossible to determine whether Thomas' brain condition and suicide were linked.
"The only possible explanation we can see for the presence of CTE is that Owen started to play football at the age of 9," his mother, Rev. Katherine Brearley of Allentown, Pennsylvania, said in her testimony at the hearing.
"He was a very physical and intense player who threw himself into every sport he played. In precollege football he often played offense and defense and was on the field for much of the game. Maybe he had mild concussions that he never reported," she said. "That would be Owen, anxious to return to the game, not a coach pressuring him."
The progressive brain disease is caused by repetitive brain trauma, but Thomas had no known concussions or head injuries.
Brearley backs the proposed law.
"In speaking out about Owen's brain disease it is my hope that parents and coaches will unite to improve the safety of younger players so football can continue to be a powerful and exciting sport that unites families and communities all across the United States," she said.


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You're not the first non-European to see teaching English as a way to get into Europe although, in my opinion, that's a little unfair on your prospective students. You do actually need to want to teach them. They (and the school) will spot it very fast if you're just going through the motions. You'll definitely need to show that your grasp of written English is at a higher standard than that shown in your post - no offence intended but we don't expect to have to make capitalisation, punctuation and spelling corrections to native speakers' posts.
So - the work. I wouldn't say that all the ads are scams but it's certainly true that there are some bogus ads out there. Getting your TEFL with a recognised, accredited training company will help. Most people who do the TEFL/CELTA qualification have no background in education.
Of course, you also have the problem of needing a visa to enter Europe so you would need to be accepted for work with a company which is recognised by the immigration authorities of whichever country you try to get to. There are programs in some European countries where a certain number of Americans are taken on to teach primary school children for a year. Your university might have details.


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Using 'Accountable Talk' To Express Your Opinion
I have discovered something that is so impressive I feel compelled to share it with the world. It's an activity format called accountable talk. In a nutshell, this format creates an environment for opinion-based discussions, enabling students to communicate openly while maintaining extreme respect. There are only two basic rules and some structured phrasings:
Here are the two rules:
- Every student must follow the structured phrasings of questions or statements.
- If a student doesn't know another student's name, he or she must politely ask the name (never referring to a student as "him" or "her").
Structured Phrasings
To help students use the "accountable talk" format, teachers can make a chart of the phrasings or list them on the board or show them on an overhead projector. The phrasings should be displayed so that students can refer to them as they express their opinions:
"I believe _________ because..."
"I would like to agree with ________ because..."
"I would like to build on what ________ said..."
"I would like to disagree with what _________ said..."
"I need clarification on..."
"In other words, what you said was..."
"Can you give an example of that?"
"Yes, I can give an example..."
By using this format, students are required to listen to each other's words. In high school, I have found that it is increasingly difficult for students to move past stereotypes. But by insisting on a respectful conversation, you will ensure that it's what's in the mind of the students that matters.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) Giants defensive end Justin Tuck would have loved to use last year's 24-2 wildcard playoff victory as a blueprint for defending quarterback Matt Ryan and Falcons on Sunday.
But he warned Wednesday that Atlanta (11-2), which would hold the top seed if the NFC playoffs were to start this week, is different from the team that was held to a mere second-quarter safety last year in the Meadowlands.
New offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter has installed a more varied offense. The Giants (8-4) expect to see it.
``They're a little bit mixed up,'' Tuck said. ``I thought at the end of last year, they were a little bit more leaning on the pass.''
Ryan can still throw the ball, of course, and Roddy White, Julio Jones, and Tony Gonzalez do their fair share of getting open. But these Falcons also heavily rely on running backs Michael Turner and Jacquizz Rodgers, and the results show.
``On offense, they want to keep the chains moving, and they're kind of a check-with-me offense,'' Tuck said. ``It's going to be a chess match a little more than it was last year.''
Tuck and his teammates might better benefit from a look at what Carolina did to the Falcons in a 30-20 Panthers' win last Sunday. That defense sacked Ryan, the conference's fifth-leading passer, twice, hit him six times, and forced him into his 13th interception.
Ryan still managed to throw touchdown passes to White and Jones, but they didn't come until the second half, after the Panthers snared a 23-0 lead. The Falcons were held to 13 first-half snaps.
``Thirteen snaps in the first half, yeah, that would be nice,'' coach Tom Coughlin said. ``A high-powered offense, with the other team having the ball is a pretty good way to go.''
The loss to the Panthers aside, the Falcons have been able to move the ball this season quite well. Turner has 689 yards rushing, and Rodgers, the change of pace, has 295. Even Ryan has an 8.2-yard average when he runs the ball, to go along with his 24 touchdown passes.
Making this task more difficult for the Giants is the injury status of right cornerback Prince Amukamara, who sat out practice Wednesday with a strained hamstring. Reserve cornerback Jayron Hosley could move into that spot, but it is also possible that Antrel Rolle, who takes the slot receiver in passing situations, could also move into Amukamara's spot.
Whoever plays there will likely have to deal with White most of the game, while the safeties and middle linebacker Chase Blackburn try to handle Gonzalez. The 36-year-old tight end, with 81 catches and seven touchdowns, remains especially dangerous on third down, where he has averaged 9.7 yards.
``He's still got it,'' Blackburn said. ``You can't say enough about the guy. I'd love to play as long and still be effective.''
The Giants excelled on third-down chances in the playoffs vs. Atlanta, turning the Falcons back on 10 of 14 tries. They also stopped all three fourth-down attempts, including two Ryan sneaks.
Ryan said beating the NFC East leaders starts with controlling one of the best pass-rushing front fours in football. Jason Pierre-Paul, Osi Umenyiora, Chris Canty and Tuck have accounted for 17 of the team's 31 sacks.
``The Giants are probably the best in the league,'' Ryan said. ``They've got three top-tier pass rushers, and we know that from playing them last year. They'll present us with a difficult challenge. Their front four is very solid. For four quarters, they rush the passer as well as anybody in the league.
``You have to scheme the four guys, and keep your running backs and tight ends in good position to pass protect.''
Reproducing last week's four-turnover effort against the Saints won't hurt, either.
``We just have to make sure Ryan doesn't get too comfortable back there,'' Tuck said. ``Otherwise, it's going to be a long day for us.''
NOTES: RB Ahmad Bradshaw (knee) missed practice, and Coughlin kept open the possibility that rookie backup David Wilson could start against the Falcons. Bradshaw spent the portion of practice open to the media getting treatment in the locker room. ... S Kenny Phillips (knee) also missed practice. ... The Giants are 3-0 already vs. the NFC South.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (March 23, 2013) – Three U.S. beach volleyball teams have advanced to Sunday's semifinals of the NORCECA Beach Circuit tournament in Grand Cayman on the Cayman Islands after winning two matches each on Saturday.
On the men's side, the USA-A team of Todd Rogers (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Ryan Doherty (Toms River, N.J.) will play Christian Redman and Maciej Zbyszewski of Canada-B to open play on Sunday. In the other semifinal, defending champions Roberto Rodriguez and Eric Haddock of Puerto Rico will face Chaim Schalk and Benjamin Saxton of Canada-A.
For the women, the USA-A team of Jenny Kropp (Grand Island, Neb.) and Whitney Pavlik (Laguna Beach, Calif.) will play Mexico's Bibi Candelas and Martha Revuelta. In the other semifinal, the USA-B team of Jennifer Fopma (Bellflower, Calif.) and Brooke Sweat (Fort Myers, Fla.) will face the Canada-A team of Jamie Broder and Kristina Valjas.
Rogers and Doherty opened play Saturday by winning their final pool play match, 21-11, 21-18 in 35 minutes over Carlos Talavera and David Vargas of El Salvador. Their quarterfinal match was a battle to defeat Mexico's Juan Virgen and Lombardo Ontiveros, 13-21, 24-22, 15-10 in 1 hour.
Pavlik and Kropp won their final pool play match, 21-9. 21-11 in 27 minutes over Samantha Mann and Jamilla Lansiquot of St. Lucia. They won their quarterfinal match, 24-22, 21-19 in 43 minutes over the Mexico-B team of Vanessa Virgen and Diana Estrada.
Fopma and Sweat won their final pool play match, 21-7, 21-5 in 40 minutes over Gina Flores and Martha Euceda of Honduras. In the quarterfinals, they defeated 21-14, 21-12 in 35 minutes against María Orellana and Lourdes Ramírez of Guatemala.
Finally, the U.S. men's team of Casey Jennings (Las Vegas, Nev.) and Stafford Slick (Andover, Minn.) were eliminated from the tournament with a quarterfinal loss to Redman and Zbyszewski, 21-19, 26-24 in 35 minutes.
The medal matches will be played after the semifinals on Sunday.
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By Samuel E. Warren Jr.
I can die a happy man !
I don't have a son.
I don't have a grandson.
I had the honor of any father or grandfather, as I stood and walk alongside my nephew in his commencement exercise.
I walked alongside my nephew, Glen Roa, on the day that he underwent a monumental turning point in his life.
March 29, 2012, I strolled alongside my nephew, Glen Roa, in his formal graduation procession of the Juan Villablanca National High School, in Pastrana, in the Republic of the Philippines.
The joy inside my heart, mind and soul, I describe as, being promoted to the rank of "Seraphim" and given the opportunity to fly Combat Air Patrol off of the left wing of Saint Michael, the Archangel.
As a writer, monumental moments in my life, I always put on paper or place in my electronic journals, the "Sam I Am Blog" and my "Samuel Warren The Writer" blog.
A writer feels emotions like his fellow man and fellow woman, but, a writer has the passion to translate that emotion into words and to commit it to print for future generations.
For me, walking alongside Glen in his commencement exercise gave me a supreme sensation of pride that could only be explained as being assigned to the military ranks of the Heavenly Host.
What greater tribute could there be in the Afterlife for a military man or woman than to be designated a "Seraphim" and authorized to fly alongside the Archangels ?
I am not a religious man. I try to be a spiritual man.
This event, gave me, the Pride, to feel like I had the honor to serve: as "Wingman To The Angels."
The nature of the ceremony, obviously, made the day a monumental moment in Glen's life.
The day was obviously – "Glen's Day."
However, Glen's American uncle felt the tremendous positive energy flowing from the universe into the graduates, their parents and relatives.
A magnificent, positive energy that reminds people, you can change the world, you can move mountains. You simply need the faith in yourself and your convictions to move you along the path to greatness.
I stood next to Glen and felt like one of God's Seraphim standing on a majestic mountain peak bathed in golden sunlight. The rays of the sun, moved along my angelic breastplate and tunic. My wings opened to the sunlight. I stood ready to serve in the immortal ranks of The Heavenly Host."
My feet stood in the Real World on the soil of the Republic of the Philippines, but, my imagination takes flight. I draw my sword and spread my wings. At altitude, I bank in the sunlight and fly through the ranks of the seraphim. I soar and sail among the formation of the archangels and move into position to fly off the left wing of Saint Michael, the Archangel.
Today, I am Saint Michael's Wingman.
Back in the Real World, I stand alongside Glen. The sweltering heat and sunlight reaches the point that it is uncomfortable to just be standing outside. Yet, Glen stands in the long white line of students selected to graduate.
I have always been a persistent, passionate writer. When I pick up my camera for a news or important photography situation, I enter my Michelangelo mindset and try to figure out how I will be able to capture a photo that will remain a moving work of art to stand the test of time. The photography mindset is never a conscious act as much as a mental urge to be in the right place, at the right time, to capture a moment of history to stand the test of time.
My calling in life had always been to be the best reporter and photographer that it is humanly possible for me to be.
My writer's mind, tells me God and Saint Michael, took the necessary actions to move me to this point in time.
In November 1988, I reported to Clark Air Base, Republic of the Philippines. I was a single American G.I., in pursuit of the dream of earning a Pulitzer Prize for writing or photography. Born a Texan and raised an Ozarks country boy, my ambition in life was to be a world-renowned photojournalist.
Life is an assignment that takes a serious of missions to put you in the right position to attain success and contentment. On duty, in the Real World, the United States Air Force would issue orders that would take Christy and I to Japan, Alabama and finally to retirement in Missouri.
Mount Pinatubo's noxious sulfur fumes had changed the blanket of air over Clark Air Base into the pungent, persistent, almost choking stench of "rotten eggs."
The slight shudder of the earth beneath your feet in February had grown to an intensity that seemed Mother Earth was being racked with strong contractions like a woman in labor by the month of May.
Before the rebirth of Mount Pinatubo into a volcano, Christy and I had taken the military orders and landed in Japan.
Mount Pinatubo had been nature's "bunker buster bomb blast" that severed all Real World communications between Christy and her family in the Republic of the Philippines.
The status of all Christy's relatives were "Unknown" – Missing In Action.
In a matter of days, Mount Pinatubo had devastated a section of a nation with a force usually displayed by nations at war.
And, the aftermath of Mount Pinatubo's action, took 21 years for Christy to finally locate and determine the fate of her family in the Philippines. Marife and Ramon had had their own families.
With communications reestablished the Warrens in the United States and the Saldanas in the Philippines were becoming a family separated by a body of water called the Pacific Ocean.
Like United States Army General Douglas MacArthur, Christy Warren was determined to "Return To The Philippines." General MacArthur had a mission. Christy Warren had family in the Philippines.
Glen adjusts his robe and straightens his mortarboard graduation cap, I smile and realize that at last Life had brought us to this point.
Glen, the young man, had grown up hearing stories about his "Tita Christy and Tito Sam." Since our return to the Philippines, he had seen we were not fictional characters, but real people.
My grandfather, Joseph Samuel Warren, had been an East Texas farmer. My father, Samuel E. Warren, had served in the European Theater of Operations and the Pacific Theater of Operations, during World War II. Dad had earned two Silver Stars and assigned to the United States Army Signal Corps had installed some of the first telephone lines through the jungles of the Republic of the Philippines, during the war.
Glen had told his mom, he wanted to join the military. I hope the stories of my dad's military service had inspired Glen to understand that military service is a calling of patriotism and compassionate devotion to one's fellow citizens.
Glen's confident smile reminded me of my exciting days at Clark Air Base back in the late 1980s. I looked at Glen and was reminded of General Fidel V. Ramos. I had been fortunate enough to take a photo of General Ramos on one of his visits to Clark.
When I arrived at Clark in the 1980s, I landed in the Philippines in the aftermath of the EDSA People Power Revolution and it was an exciting time.
The Global News Media had labeled former President Ferdinand Marcos an "evil dictatorial strongman." Since President Marcos had always been a reliable and devoted ally to the United States Government in the Pacific and Asia, people in the Philippines were suspicious of the United States Government and most all Americans.
Life in the Philippines had became a constant topic for the global news media. Since the revolution in 1986, the world watched to see what would happen in the Philippines.
Corazon Aquino, a housewife and widow, had become the President of the Republic of the Philippines. While President Aquino had been educated for a few years in the United States, Americans as a rule, really knew nothing about the new president.
At Clark, we performed out military duties and wondered if we would get orders to pack up and head for "home" – the United States. In 1988 and 1989, I went to work each day in a country that was in transition as a new government established itself. It seemed everyday the international news media had stories of political intrigue originating from the Philippines. Americans back home in the United States were confused about the news coming out of the Philippines.
Every couple of weeks I would call my mother back in the United States, who would usually be upset because she had seen television coverage about the actions of the New People's Army and had seen on television and in newspapers the coverage of protests demanding "Get US troops out of the Philippines" and, of course, the television footage was always shot outside of Clark or Subic on the days that protestors showed up, a few minutes before the global news media arrived with their television cameras and radio microphones.
I remember seeing a photo of General Juan Ponce Enrile, in uniform, on the cover of "Time" magazine. Despite the news going on around us at Clark, the names of two prominent Filipino generals always seemed to emerge in a positive light: General Juan Ponce Enrile and General Fidel Ramos.
I looked at my nephew, Glen and wondered if he would rise in life to have the admiration and respect of his comrades in arms like General Fidel Ramos. Then, we began walking in the procession toward the auditorium.
In my writer's mind I had been elevated to the position of "Wingman To The Angels." In the Real World, my nephew, Glen walked the symbolic pathway that led him through the doorway to decide which path he would take in life.
He stepped on to the stage and bowed to the audience.
I stood at his side and bowed.
As we stepped off the stage, I was confident, that Glen would be a young man, who would make a name for himself, and serve his fellow citizens.
To the reporters of "USA Today," the "New York Times," the "Washington Post," "Time," "Newsweek," the "Manila Bulletin," the "Philippine Daily Inquirer" the "Philippine Star," Reuters and the Associated Press, I would suggest, "Get your cameras ready," my nephew, Glen Roa, is a young man, who will make headlines and history.
Congratulation, Glen !


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Travis Kvapil incident shows that NASCAR drivers aren't immune to trouble
CONCORD, N.C. -- NASCAR and its fans love to tout the sport's good-guy persona, beating like a drum the mantra that NASCAR drivers don't show up on the police blotter as often as athletes in other sports.
So when a driver such as Travis Kvapil gets arrested for allegedly striking his wife during a domestic dispute, it sends shock waves through the NASCAR community.
Just one arrest brings up questions of whether such an incident stains the sport.
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"It is pretty rare," five-time Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson said. "I think that's something that we all pride ourselves on, that we don't have a lot of that drama in our sport. So I'm sure there is a negative impact to a small degree."
Johnson said he believes that any negative repercussions likely would be felt only by the team and driver involved.
But maybe it's time for everyone to realize that NASCAR drivers are people who sometimes find trouble, just like athletes in other sports.
There have been 52 drivers who have earned points in the Sprint Cup Series this year. The Nationwide Series has had 86, the truck series 75. That's 213 total drivers in the three national series.
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The NFL, with 53 players per roster for 32 teams, has 1,696 players. Baseball has 1,200 players on their 40-man rosters. NBA teams can have 15 players per roster for a total of about 450 players.
The fact that those leagues have more players means there is more of a chance for one of them to get into trouble with the law.
Most of those athletes aren't tied as closely to sponsors as NASCAR drivers. So not only can they get through most incidents a little easier, the arrests aren't as much of a burden when trying to land another job with another organization.
Someone who has a tendency to get into trouble in NASCAR likely won't make it as a NASCAR driver in the first place.
According to USA Today, at least 37 NFL players were charged with crimes during the 2013 offseason. That's 2.2 percent of the 1,696 players. In NASCAR, there has been one Sprint Cup driver arrested for something more than a speeding ticket this year. That's 1.9 percent of the 52 that earn points in the series.
Granted, NASCAR drivers don't appear to get involved in serious crimes as often as other athletes. But to think that all NASCAR drivers will never get into trouble is naïve.
In the last six years, NASCAR drivers in the top three series have been arrested for DUI, reckless driving, solicitation of prostitution, possession of meth and heroin and domestic abuse -- and that's only the ones that we know about.
NASCAR drivers can still have demons. Or they can just have a bad day. They can be the victims of circumstance. Or they can put themselves in bad situations away from the track.
They have lots of money, and that can complicate things. They probably have addictive personalities -- the quest for speed consumes some of them -- and they sometimes employ aggressive attitudes that could carry over into their personal lives.
What happened with Kvapil? It's hard to know. He met the media at least three times Thursday, respectfully answering questions while also asking for privacy for he and his family. As he talked, it was easy to see this was a painful situation for him as his lips quivered. It appears he understands the serious nature of his alleged offense.
"Everybody wants the sport to be represented in the right way, but without knowing all the details it would be hard to give an opinion," Kevin Harvick said when asked to address the Kvapil incident.
Everybody wants the sport to be represented the right away. But sometimes it will be represented in the wrong way. And to promote otherwise is just flirting with the odds that at least occasionally, a NASCAR driver will find trouble, just like other athletes.


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To show that the hated autocorrect feature is everywhere, this picture shows how a computer interpreted the phrase "IP-joint" (it stands for interphalangeal joint)
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Next, we have this page that was sent as an urgent-lab-results-please-call-nurse-ASAP to a doctor (for those of you not in medicine, this result is normal).
And finally, a neurologist who was trapped in an airport took this picture of brain-shaped chocolates for sale. I can only assume that (amongst other advantages) they have a lower risk of causing Jakob-Creutzfeld Disease than eating a real brain.


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I went out to lunch with a friend the other day and once again I got the question of "what does your company do again??". "We have a widget serving platform" was my response. Come again?
So what is a widget serving platform? Really, it is a vehicle to allow your content to leap off of your site and traverse the Internet without parental guidance. Think of a car, plane, train, etc. Each one of these vehicles serves a purpose – they get you from point "A" to point "B". The vehicle itself is just that, it does not care who the passengers are, it is there to provide a service. Widget platforms, and Clearspring's specifically, serves that exact same purpose. We provide the vehicle, you provide the passenger.
The basic steps of "wrapping" your widget (think of "loading your car") are as follows:
- Create an account on Clearspring.com (this takes literally less than 30 seconds).
- Select "Add Widget".
- Select your widget type (flash, js, image, RSS, web site).
- Enter the parameters about your widget – source URL and widget name.
- Click on "Save new widget"
- Publish your widget by either "grabbing the embed code" to place it on a specific web site – OR – use one of our sharing tools to publish it directly to a social network or widget gallery.
Here is a technical description of the above: Provide the widget serving platform with the source URL path of your widget and we'll provide you with our widget code that will request your specific widget when it loads on the page. As visitors want to "grab" your widget for themselves, our platform (the flash container that is wrapping your widget) will provide the "bridges" for the widget to travel to MySpace, Facebook, iGoogle, Netvibes, etc. The "bridges" and the ability to track where your widget is traveling is what the widget serving platform brings to the table. A one or two click process to push the widget from one page to another is the vehicle itself. Going back to the "automobile" example, the car has an engine, ability to travel through rain, snow and sleet. The widget container has the ability to drive from MySpace to Facebook, Facebook to iGoogle and so forth.
These are the steps you need to take in order to successfully load a widget onto a widget serving platform. The main thing to note here is that the platform doesn't host your content, you do. So you have control over updating the content, deleting it, modifying it – you are in control of what your visitors see.
Is it easy to publish a widget, yes! The difficult part is designing a widget and determining what the content will be. I wrote a post a few weeks ago that outlines the steps for a successful widget strategy. Anyone can build a widget, just as anyone can build a web site. Content is still king – and the creation of content that is engaging and compelling to the user is critical in launching it for viral promotion.
Happy New Year!


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I and my family moved to Gentry AR about 3 years ago. We came here from Colorado where I and my son had done a bit of geocaching before. Once down here it fell to the wayside for a while. But now my son is 8 and "gets it" alot more than when he was younger and we have a great time going out and caching.
We decided to start anew as the Rubber Ducky Gang as the whole family group with the "Princess Ducky" as our mascot since the baby girl is all about the duckies.
Look forward to logging a ton of finds down here as well placing a few cool caches too.
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Surely the first step is to run your AVR at 3.3V.
Connect all the relevant pins of your card reader.
Connect LEDs for Card-detect and Write-protect.
Use the basic disk commands to read sectors. Observe any error returns.
If necessary, put stubs in for lying about card-detect etc.
You can examine the sector contents and just see that they do not contain garbage.
If the disk-commands "di", "dd", "ds" etc work ok, then the FAT commands "fi", "fs", "fl" ... etc should work too. And unlike a lot of other SDCard code, FatFs works fine with FAT16 and FAT32.


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This article will show you how to setup an email server accessible using a POP3, IMAP or web browser client. It will also show you how to include virus scanning and spam tagging in the mail server. If you have an existing Active Directory or LDAP infrastructure, the last section will show you how to integrate it into your email server so you won't have to maintain two sets of user accounts.
How to install Linux
You can use either Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 or CentOS 5. RHEL 5 can be purchased from Red Hat and comes with support. CentOS 5 on the other hand can be downloaded here.
How to install SMTP, POP3, IMAP and Webmail service
Postfix will be providing the SMTP service, Dovecot will provide the POP3 and IMAP service, while Apache and SquirrelMail will provide the Webmail service.
How to create mailboxes and do miscellaneous tasks
This section will show you to do tasks like creating mailboxes, aliases, setting quota etc.
Install Webmin if you want a web-based interface to manage your mail accounts.
How to add antivirus and antispam filtering
We will be using Clam AntiVirus for virus scanning, SpamAssassin for the spam tagging and MailScanner to integrate them into Postfix.
How to integrate Active Directory/LDAP
Integrating Active Directory/LDAP into your mail server will turn your Linux email server into a lean and mean Exchange like machine. And you won't have to deal with Linux system accounts or edit configuration files for common tasks like creating mailboxes and mailing lists. And finally, you can provide your users with standard address book.
Using Winbind to integrate Active Directory user accounts.
Another way to integrate Active Directory into your mail server. I highly recommend using the virtual user solution above instead of this one.
How to integrate MySQL or support multiple domains
To simplify administering multiple domains, the domains and mail accounts will be stored in MySQL and will be managed using Postfix Admin, a web based interface for handling domains, mailboxes and aliases.
Install the SquirrelMail Postfix Admin Plugin if you want to enable the users to set their own vacation message, forwarding and password.
Visit the forum to ask for help or to give a comment.


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Hi everybody,
As I work through processing images from my recent trip(s) to photograph fall shorebirds at Conneaut, Ohio, I'll be posting a few of my favorites from each species together. I'll start with one of the more common birds that were present, Semipalmated Sandpipers.
Please click the above image(s) to view larger.
To purchase a print or stock rights, please contact me. Feel free to view more of my work at my website.


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H.R.2149 - Exposing the Financing of Human Trafficking Act116th Congress (2019-2020) |
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|Rep. Steil, Bryan [R-WI-1] (Introduced 04/09/2019)
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|House - 04/26/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations. (All Actions)
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At the risk of sounding like Rodney Dangerfield, teaching really is a job where I get no respect.
Not from the kids—the kids respect me plenty. Mostly because I talk to them like they're actual people, have high expectations for them, and really care about them. Which is also probably why most of them call me "mom." But that's a story for another day.
So where does this lack of respect come from? Well, the answer is society.
We've all heard variations of the expression, "Those who can't do, teach." This is the single most condescending thing you can say to a teacher, because there isn't a successful person in this world who would be where they are without their teachers.
Does that mean that all teachers are wonderful and deserving of Michelle Pfeifer to play them in a movie? No. There are some terrible teachers out there too. Remember those ditsy girls who twirled their hair around their fingers and said, "I'm going to be a teacher when I grow up"? Yeah, they are. But there are also some pretty amazing people in schools today, and let me tell you, we're not doing it for the money.
Let's do some basic math here. (And yes, I understand that I am an English teacher, but I can still do basic math. But I'll use round numbers to make life easier for everyone.)
A babysitter earns about $10-$15 an hour to watch 2-3 kids as the little darlings watch tv, pick their noses, and play with Legos. (Side note: do kids still play with Legos or is everything digital these days? Because my kids are definitely going to play with Legos. If for no other reason, they'll play with Legos because they need to understand the pain of stepping on one in their bare feet. I'm not raising soft-footed wimps in my house!) Which works out to about $5 per kid per hour.
I watch 30 kids an hour. But my kids aren't watching tv and stepping on Legos in their bare feet (although that would be an AWESOME punishment for misbehavior. Hmmm…). No, my kids are learning, and I am held accountable for that learning. If I just plopped all 30 of them down in front of a tv every day, I wouldn't have my job much longer, tenure or no.
But let's assume for a moment that I was paid babysitter rates for teaching my students. This would mean I'd be making $150/hour, which at eight hours a day, 190 days a year translates to roughly $228,000 per year.
We can quibble over some finer details of that, as I do have two planning periods in my day and don't actually clock 40 hours in the building at school every week, but I do spend more than eight hours a day working when grading is factored in. But a babysitter isn't actively involved with kids during the entire time either assuming that the children have a bed time, so using round numbers, the $228,000 a year model still applies without having to add in extra days for the summer, winter break, or spring break.
Living large, huh?
In reality, I'm making about $1.50 per kid per hour. And I work in one of the highest paying school districts in the country.
Starting salary for a teacher with a master's degree in my district is $51,128. Ending salary for that same teacher working 25 years or more in the system without obtaining additional degrees is $96,966.
This means that a 25-year-veteran teacher with a master's degree in education is making less than half of the per-kid, per-hour rate that the 15-year-old girl who watches your kids on a Saturday night, then raids your fridge while watching pay-per-view movies on your account with her boyfriend, is making.
Are you freaking kidding me?
Now I understand that even teacher salaries follow the laws of supply and demand and therefore know that parents are willing to spend extra money to gain the freedom that comes with paying a babysitter to put their kids to bed so they can go to the movies and feel like normal people for an evening instead of just "Mom and Dad." But if you want to know why school systems around the world are consistently outperforming American schools, that de-prioritizing of educational necessities is a huge factor.
And while there are many extremely gifted teachers who are slogging through the meager-salaried days to do one of the most noble and thankless jobs out there, there are an abundant number of people who would be just as or even more amazing, but who opted out of anything resembling teaching in order to make a more comfortable living.
The moral of my story is simple: If you want to complain that teaching is for those who can't do, then start paying us what those who are out there "doing" are earning. Because I can promise you that if you raise teaching salaries to even just those bare bones babysitter rates, you'll have one of the most competitive job markets around.


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Now using XFCE as a result of upgrading Debian Testing and finding Gnome3 was installed.
Still learning how to configure the desktop.
Are there any good posts on Desktop Tweaks?
If you mean simply ways of customizing the desktop, then there are several places to go. Right-clicking on the desktop and choosing "desktop settings" enables choice of wallpaper and displayed icons. But if you go to menu > settings > settings manager, then there are three places for making changes: (a) "appearance" (b) "window manager" and (c) "window manager tweaks." The last of these is easy to overlook, but if you enable "display compositing," you can have some pretty effects (such as transparent inactive windows).
There are lots more themes available on http://xfce-look.org/. If you simply place the folder containing a theme into ~/.themes (a ".themes" folder in your home directory), it should show up under "appearance" and "window manager."
Incidentally, if you place a panel at the bottom of the screen, add what you want to it, and set it to "autohide," you can have the equivalent of a "dock" (similar to the add-on "docky" application). It resembles the new Unity launcher, with the advantage that you can place it wherever you want.
You probably know all this already, but it may be useful to someone else (since lots of people, it seems, are now moving to xfce). :-)
Thanks greg-nz I'll look at those.


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Grammy-winning rapper T.I., who was freed after months in prison, was back in federal custody Thursday because of a flap over his use of a luxury bus to report to a halfway house, his lawyer said.
Steve Sadow told The Associated Press that the Federal Bureau of Prisons "has moved T.I. to a different facility" because of an issue involving the rapper's 375-mile trip Wednesday from the Arkansas lockup to Atlanta in a gleaming motor coach.
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He did not elaborate on the exact nature of the problem federal authorities had, but said it was not drug-related. He said they are trying to resolve the problem.
T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, traveled with an entourage to check into the halfway house, stepping off the bus clad in a red and blue striped polo shirt and white shirts.
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"There appears to be confusion surrounding the method of transportation," Sadow said.
Federal authorities had no further information late Thursday night where Harris was taken.
Traci Billingsley, a spokeswoman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons, told the AP that she couldn't comment on the rapper's status or his immediate whereabouts.
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T.I. had initially served about seven months at the prison in 2009 after he was arrested for trying to buy unregistered guns and silencers from undercover federal agents. He was on probation after he was released and ordered not to commit another crime or to illegally possess any controlled substances.
He was arrested again in September 2010 in Los Angeles on drug charges after authorities said he was found with four ecstasy pills. He was sentenced in October to 11 months in prison for that violation, and had been set for release at the end of September but was let go early.
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The prison agency's website said late Thursday night that Harris was "in transit" but didn't say where.
T.I. had left the Forrest City low-security prison and was driven in the bus with dark-colored windows, followed by four other cars.
"The storm is over&da sun back out. IT'S OUR TIME TO SHINE SHAWTY!!!!!" the rapper posted on Twitter shortly after his release. "Welcome to the beginning of our Happy Ending!!!!"
It appears a flock of cameras will follow T.I. regardless of where he goes next. VH1 said Wednesday that the network was filming T.I.'s journey home from jail and would debut the show in December. MTV aired a similar reality show on the rapper in 2009 called "T.I.'s Road to Redemption: 45 Days to Go," which chronicled his attempts to help others avoid his mistakes.
T.I. has also finalized a book deal. A representative from HarperCollins told AP that T.I. has written a book called "Power&Beauty" that's set to be released in October. The novel, which was co-written with David Ritz, is a fictional tale about two childhood friends torn apart by dangerous dealings on the streets of Atlanta.
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Mission Statement: Southwest Texas Junior College is a comprehensive, public college serving eleven counties in Southwest Texas. The College provides accessible, affordable, high-quality education that prepares students to successfully transfer to senior colleges and universities; enter the job market; pursue their professional and personal goals; and contribute to the economic growth of the region.
Service Area Statement: Southwest Texas Junior College (SWTJC) is a regional, "open door" institution serving an 11-county area that stretches from the Texas Hill Country to the US-Mexican border. Our main campus is located in Uvalde, a city of 15,000 located in the foothills of Texas Hill Country. Uvalde is approximately 70 miles west of San Antonio and 70 miles east of the Mexican border. Additional campuses are located in the border cities of Del Rio and Eagle Pass. We also operate instructional facilities in Crystal City, Pearsall, and Hondo. SWTJC also provides online instruction and distance education links to twenty-two school districts. No other state community college provides educational resources in an area this large.


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Sweet potato is one of the healthiest food one can eat. It contains vitamins A, Bs, C, manganese, potassium, dietary fiber and some iron. It improve immune system, preserve eye sight, fight infections, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer and has low glycemic index. But for people with kidney and gallbladder ailments, consult your doctor before consuming.
I have a combination of orange and purple sweet potatoes for my rice simply because I love the different displayed of colors.
This is one healthy and delicious way of eating the sweet potatoes. You can make it complete with a fried egg (sunny side up) on top for a more balance meal. Or you can serve it with lean protein and a veggie side dish.
Peeled, washed and cut the sweet potatoes into cubes. Add into your washed white rice. Add chicken stock (homemade or store-bought) according to your rice cooker direction. Turn it on to cook. I used 2 purple sweet potatoes, 1/2 sweet potato and 3 cups white rice.
Meanwhile, prepare the stir-frying ingredients. 4 shiitake mushrooms, soften in water overnight, sliced. 2 scallions, separate the white and green part, diagonally sliced, reserve the green part for garnish. 1 big shallot or 2 small, sliced. 2 Tbsp. dried shrimps, soften in water, drain.
Note: You can make this vegetarian by using vegetable stock and omitting the dried shrimps.
When the sweet potatoes rice is cooked, let it rest for 15 minutes. Heat up the wok, add in a little oil. Add in shallot, scallion and dried shrimps, stir-fry until fragrant. Add in mushroom, stir-fry well. Add in white rice wine, soy sauce and white pepper to taste. Pour into the cooked rice, add in some Indonesia ABC sweet dark soy sauce and gently mix well. Serve in a bowl and garnish with scallion and toasted sesame seeds.