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IOC's Bach calls Olympic summit
Setting out the Olympic priorities for his new administration, IOC President Thomas Bach convened a summit of sports leaders Sunday to review the fight against doping, match-fixing and illegal betting.
The meeting, attended by senior IOC officials and heads of key international sports federations and national Olympic committees, was called without public notice and held behind closed doors at International Olympic Committee headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The summit underlined how quickly Bach is moving to take charge since being elected as Jacques Rogge's successor on Sept. 10 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Earlier this week, Bach traveled to Sochi, Russia, where he met with President Vladimir Putin and checked on preparations for the 2014 Winter Games.
Sunday's summit was the second so-called "Olympic movement coordination meeting," following talks held in Lausanne earlier this year under Rogge's leadership.
The delegates backed the IOC executive board's decision in August to nominate British IOC vice president Craig Reedie as the next president of the World Anti-Doping Agency. Reedie will take over on Jan. 1 from former Australian government minister John Fahey, with his appointment to be formally accepted at the World Conference on Doping in Sport in Johannesburg later this month.
The meeting also endorsed the IOC's proposed revisions of the World Anti-Doping Code, including an increase in doping suspensions from two years to four years. The tougher penalty will keep dopers out of at least one Olympics.
The delegates also called on WADA to "strengthen its role in research and as a service organization." Some sports have complained that WADA has overstepped its role by criticizing and giving orders to federations, rather than serving its own needs.
The leaders called for closer cooperation between international federations and national anti-doping bodies, as well as between doping organizations and national governments.
On a separate issue, the IOC agreed to set up a special unit to coordinate efforts against match-fixing and illegal betting — issues which were at the top of Rogge's agenda and which Bach has promised to keep working on.
"This unit will work on risk prevention and the dissemination of information, and will support the harmonization of rules of the Olympic and sports movement," the IOC said in a statement.
The rules will be based on measures enforced by some federations, including football governing body FIFA, which "has already applied severe sanctions" for match-fixing, the statement said.
The summit also dealt with the issue of the crowded international sports calendar, agreeing that any new initiative "has to respect the uniqueness of the Olympic Games."
"It means that neither the Olympic program nor games revenues should be adversely affected in any way," the IOC said.
The statement did not specifically mention the 2022 World Cup in Qatar but the message was clear. FIFA is considering moving the tournament from its traditional summer dates to avoid the searing heat in the tiny desert country. The IOC has warned FIFA against moving the tournament to January/February because that would impact the Winter Olympics, usually held in February.
FIFA President Sepp Blatter, an IOC member, attended Sunday's meeting.
The parties agreed to set up a working group to compile a comprehensive sports schedule and "discuss the priority of current and future sports events within the global calendar."
On other issues, the delegates reaffirmed the "autonomy" of the international sports movement and decided to set up a network of experts for strengthening good governance.
"Only autonomy allows the worldwide application of sporting rules," the statement said. "But at the same time, autonomy does not mean independence from the laws of a country. Sports development requires good cooperation with governments and public authorities."
Bach also presented his ideas for changing the Olympic bidding process, reviewing the Olympic sports program and bringing more young people into sport, the IOC said.
The issues will be discussed further at the next summit meeting in the first half of 2014.
Among those attending Sunday's summit were IOC vice presidents Reedie, John Coates of Australia and Nawal el Moutawakel of Morocco; Sheik Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, the influential Kuwaiti who heads the Association of National Olympic Committees; U.S. Olympic Committee head Larry Probst and Russian Olympic chief Alexander Zhukov.
Bach, a former Olympic gold medalist in fencing, has been busy consolidating his power since succeeding Rogge as president, traveling frequently and holding talks with key officials.
Bach will attend the doping conference in South Africa from Nov. 12-15. He'll travel later this month to Asia to visit Beijing, 2018 Winter Games host Pyeongchang, South Korea, and 2020 Summer Olympics host Tokyo.


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One of my many goals this winter break was to get my math manipulatives organized. I want to use the differentiation cards through Math Expressions for early finisher work, but each lesson has 3 different cards and the materials piece was a nightmare to try to have ready. I had all the 'stuff' (well, almost everything) I just didn't have them accessible for my students.
In comes Mama Lynch with a request: A Christmas Idea for my classroom; she wants to give my sister and me a little somethin' somethin' to our classrooms each year (how sweet is she?!?) First, I asked for those super cool pencil sharpeners I've been seeing on Pinterest (I got 2 from her- they are AH-MA-ZING!) Then I remembered my manipulative dilemma. I had a vision of using those clear, smaller drawers, but they can actually add up pretty quickly. I asked her for a couple of them to at least get me started. As I unwrap my presents, one of them was a set of clear drawers with a post it note saying that she didn't want to wrap them all. She got me 5!! That means enough for 15 different maniuplatives and supplies (or even more, since I am doubling up on some of them). It might be a bit pathetic with how excited I get over organizing things, especially for my classroom. Anywho, let me reveal to you my new math resource station!
|Rulers, Fraction Tools, Number Cards
|Various Paper: Dot, 10x10 Grid, Index
Cards, Inch and Centimeter Paper.
This is also where I will keep the
activity cards they can work on.
|Pattern Blocks, Connecting Cubes,
Counters, and Spinners
|Clocks, Place Value Markers (no label yet)
Play Money, 3D shapes
I also have the challenge problem located on top of the drawers. This will be an option for students to try to complete. Since we are already in Unit 7, I didn't go back and look at what materials they would need for the cards. However, I am sure that most of them are here. I'll add next year if need be. With that said, I will have everything they need for every card, for ever lesson, for the rest of the year.
|Smart Pals
To try to save some paper, we'll be using the Smart Pals (posted here). Students can slip in the paper they need (dot paper, grid paper, etc.) and use dry erase markers. That way, I don't have to worry about making a ton of copies and running out. I only have 19 Smart Pals though, so some sharing might need to take place if they all need it, but I don't see that happening very often. I'll also keep up our math center games as occasional options; but I do love the idea that they will be extending their understanding on the topics we are learning that day. The math centers will be great for review every once and awhile on topics like place value and multi-digit subtraction.
|File folders with Duct Tape and magnets to house some of our math centers!
I'll leave you with one other project accomplished: Leveling and labeling the 200+ new books to our library! I got some PTO money and through Scholastic, I was able to use my own account to get bonus points. That means double the books and I get to keep some of them should I not stay at my school forever. :) It's a win-win! I gave my kiddos a glimpse on the last day of school and boy, were they excited! Until next time!

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Groups of learners from Klipfontein and Ekuphumleni participated daily in the Holiday Club hosted by SST from the 7th to the 10th of April.
The programme featured English Enrichment, Maths and Science lessons offered by Kariega Project; Art lessons and a host of fun activities were offered by SST volunteers. Local lifeguards also offered basics survival skills at the beach and river.
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California State University Employee Update
Summer Session and Governor's May Revise
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
From the CSU Chancellor's Office
Ruling Allows CSU to Offer "Self-supported" Summer Sessions
A ruling this week in a case heard in Superior Court in Alameda County will allow the California State University campuses to proceed to offer "self-supported" summer sessions rather than having to use limited state funds to provide the classes or eliminate the summer sessions.
Petitioners from Cal State East Bay, Los Angeles, San Marcos and Stanislaus sought to require the CSU to reinstate state-supported summer sessions, which would have required the campuses to redirect funding from the regular academic year when the most students are enrolled. The plaintiffs asserted that self-supported summer classes "supplant" or replace classes that are offered in a state-supported session.
"We appreciate the court's recognition that allowing the CSU to offer self-support summer classes is the best way to serve students during these times of severe budget cuts," said CSU General Counsel Christine Helwick. "Most of our campuses will provide courses on a self-support basis for those wishing to continue their studies during the summer."
Over the past two years, the CSU has had $625 million cut from its budget and has had to limit student enrollment and implement other measures to manage the budget reductions. Rather than cut enrollment for fall 2010 further, most CSU campuses plan to offer self-support summer sessions instead of using limited funds for a state-supported summer session. The elimination of state-supported summer and intersession courses, which have much lower enrollments than the regular academic term, was one of the most reasonable options campuses could implement to educate as many students as possible with fewer resources.
Most students will pay fees in the self-support sessions roughly equivalent to the state support level. A small number of summer school students who take more than 10 units will experience an increase, but the cost variances are minimal. In addition, financial aid awards are generally provided to CSU students on an annual basis and will be available for the self-supported summer session.
Governor's Revised Budget Restores Cuts to the CSU
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's May Revision of the 2010-11 state budget continues his previous proposal to restore a $305 million one-time cut in the CSU's current budget. The May Revision also continues to include an additional $60.6 million in funding for the CSU's enrollment growth.
The governor unveiled his revised budget last week. The annual "May Revise" takes into account the state's updated revenue projections and other fiscal forecasts since the governor's initial release of the budget in January.
"Governor Schwarzenegger has made supporting higher education a priority and we appreciate the continued commitment of his administration," said CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed. "The return of these funds will allow us to restore and preserve student access at our 23 campuses across the state. By reinvesting in California's public universities, we will all ultimately benefit from the creation of jobs which is vital to the state's economic recovery and prosperity."
The CSU sustains more than 150,000 jobs in California and provides the majority of the workforce for the state's most competitive industries, according to the university's recently released economic impact study. The $305 million budget restoration would serve to backfill a "one-time" reduction to the CSU budget for 2009-10 and would allow the university to serve 21,000 more students than it can serve under existing state funding levels, ultimately providing more professionals into the state's workforce. The $60.6 million would fund the expansion of enrollment by more than 8,000 additional students systemwide.
In the governor's original budget, the additional enrollment funding was contingent upon the state receiving a threshold amount in federal aid for other state programs. His revised May budget, however, removes that requirement. In addition, the governor's May budget revision includes the restoration of new competitive Cal Grant awards, which would benefit an estimated 1,600 CSU students and thousands of community college students who will ultimately transfer to the CSU.
Even with the additional proposed funding, however, the CSU's level of state funded support is significantly below previous years. Since 2007-08, the CSU has seen a reduction of $625 million in state support and has implemented measures including enrollment cuts, student fee increases, employee furloughs and layoffs.
The governor's funding proposals require approval by the legislature. The ultimate outcome of the CSU's budget for 2010-11, therefore, is uncertain and may not be known for several months.


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Even though there's a sequel on the way this November, Valve just updated the original Left 4 Dead with some additional downloadable content to satisfy your zombie-splattering needs. Called Crash Course, this release includes an all-new campaign comprised of two chapters, so it's not quite as lengthy as the four five mission campaigns included with the game when it was released in November 2008. If you're still playing Left 4 Dead at this point or have been looking for a reason to hop back onto streets stuffed with infected, then this is an easy purchase for Xbox 360 gamers. If you're playing on a PC, just open up Steam and you'll get it for free.
Arguments about who's getting screwed (clearly Xbox 360 gamers) by the cost differential (7.00 USD on Xbox 360, free on PC) aren't really relevant for this review, as it's going to focus on whether or not the content is any good. In short, it is. Crash Course is yet another opportunity to gun through slavering mobs of common and boss type infected co-operatively in Campaign mode, by yourself with AI-controlled survivor teammates, or in Versus mode where human-controlled uglies will spit, scream, and slash to stop your progress. It also comes with two new Survival maps, the high-intensity timed arena battle mode added in the Survival Pack released earlier in 2009.
Things kick off in Crash Course with the survivors huddled around the downed helicopter from the end of the No Mercy campaign. Apparently the pilot turned into a zombie, at which point doubts understandably arose amongst the passengers regarding his ability to properly land the craft, something you'll hear from the Survivors as they utter new bits of dialogue. From there the group of four must rumble through dark city streets, weaving around abandoned vehicles and through storage buildings to make it to an escape vehicle at the end. It's a crowded gauntlet with rooftops on all sides and few open spaces to fight, and thankfully Valve dropped in plenty of weapons and explosives to help the Survivors through. From what I played, it's a tough fight.
You'll find the action proceeds in a fashion that should be familiar to any Left 4 Dead fans, with hunters pouncing from dark corners and from behind buses, smokers skulking around rooftops and looping noose-like tongues around the necks of stragglers, and boomers stumbling from the shadows to puke zombie-nip all over those still human. Gargantuan tanks emerge in spots to toss chunks of pavement and make life generally more unpleasant than it already is, and you may even find a witch shivering in the distance from whom you'd be best advised to keep your distance.
While much of the action will be huddling together as a group, healing and reviving as necessary, and scooping up supplies whenever possible, two defense sections are built into the content. In one a survivor must fire a howitzer at a barricade to open up progress further into the stage, but the shell causes a fire and you're forced to fight for survival until the flames go out. In the second sequence you power on a generator and must defend your turf until the escape truck is ready. These two spots are also the settings of the timed Survival mode, which is, as you might expect, extremely difficult without proper coordination and planning. The infected swarm frequently and ferociously in Crash Course, and there are plenty of places for the special types to hide, making it a real challenge to pull through to the end even with its short length.
The Verdict
Crash Course doesn't change the basic nature of Left 4 Dead, but like most good content packs delivers a jolt of energy into an existing gameplay formula. It's something any fan of the original is sure to appreciate, and caters to people who don't have the time to invest in a full Versus playthrough on one of the original campaigns. For the best play experience, this is still very much a game that requires near constant communication and strong situational awareness. You can't be a lone wolf playing as the survivors, infected, or in the Survival mode and expect to succeed with any kind of regularity. If you don't like those you're playing with or tend to shy away from organizing team tactics, then Crash Course isn't going to completely change your mind about the product as a whole. It will, however, provide hours of intense entertainment to tide everyone over before the sequel is made available this November.


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The "politicization" of the McHenry County Mental Health Board became too much for former member Brett Wisnauski.
When he resigned last August – one of eight members to quit or be forced out over the past 12 months – he alleged that County Board politics over the past year was hampering the board's mission to help the county's mentally ill and disabled. Recent upheaval comes after years of allegations that the agency has become a top-heavy bureaucracy that spends too much on itself.
But history tells a different story from the idea that the intertwining of the Mental Health Board and county politics is a new development. It has gone on for decades. And until now, the Mental Health Board very much benefited from it.
Profligacy with public money – 90 percent of the board's revenue comes straight from taxes – has been a recurring accusation for the agency's critics. It flared when the board gave raises and racked up questionable expenses during the County Board's budget crisis in the late 1990s, and again in 2010 when it borrowed $4 million to almost quadruple the size of its Crystal Lake headquarters.
Accusations of bureaucratic bloating are nothing new. They arose as the Mental Health Board's staff grew from 14 employees in the late 1990s to 50 full-time equivalents when the County Board approved the building expansion.
It was accused of negligence when domestic violence agency Turning Point faced allegations of rampant budget mismanagement in 2004, and again last year when Family Service and Community Mental Health Center went bankrupt.
Both incidents prompted efforts to oust a Mental Health Board president – one of county government's few powers over such boards is the appointment of its members.
In both cases, the Mental Health Board was accused of trying to strong-arm its client agencies into lobbying to save the presidents. In both cases, accusations arose that the County Board chairman was trying to stop change.
People seeking reform of the Mental Health Board over the past 15 years have raised serious issues and asked pointed questions. They demanded new blood in the wake of decisions they considered the most egregious.
And until very recently, public records show, "politicization" helped the Mental Health Board by ensuring reform attempts went nowhere.
'Tired of hearing it'
The Mental Health Board came a long way between its 1967 creation by referendum to disburse tax funds to deserving agencies and the County Board budget crisis of the late 1990s.
Executive Director Dennis Smith oversaw a $400,000 budget when he became the board's first and only employee in 1975. By 1997 the staff had grown to 14, Smith's salary had grown to $76,835, and the board had a $9.1 million budget, $5.7 million of which came from its property-tax levy.
As the County Board grappled with balancing a massive budget deficit, members of several key committees began questioning Mental Health Board spending.
While the County Board mandated 16 percent budget cuts by all departments for the 1998 fiscal year, the Mental Health Board gave its employees two 2.5-percent raises, one of them retroactive. Criticism arose over benefit packages that were unavailable to other county employees, and over expenses such as $900 in restaurant bills in December 1997 alone.
At a contentious September 1997 meeting of the Public Health and Human Services Committee tasked with Mental Health Board oversight, several members and then-County Board Chairwoman Dianne Klemm grilled Smith and his board. But they had a strong defender in Mike Tryon, who chaired the committee and held the County Board's voting seat on the Mental Health Board.
Committee member Wayne Kurzeja had started commenting on Mental Health Board spending when Tryon cut him off.
"I've heard this speech before. I'm tired of hearing it," Tryon told him.
Kurzeja told Tryon that it was not "the chairman's job to take people off the hot seat when we're trying to put them on the hot seat." A frustrated Klemm asked Tryon to "stop answering my questions" that she was asking of Mental Health Board leaders.
Tryon and the Mental Health Board had legitimate concerns with the County Board budget process. In an effort to balance its own budget, county government in past years had cut into mental health revenue because it then had power to freeze that levy in order to raise others under its budgetary umbrella.
Klemm in early 1998 tried to remove Tryon from the Mental Health Board, alleging that he was "acting like a mascot" rather than a watchdog. But Klemm dropped the idea – she was trying to remove other unrelated appointees as well – over strong protest that she was leading a political vendetta.
Tryon prevailed, and later that year defeated Klemm to become County Board chairman. The Mental Health Board prevailed as well, and lawmakers, at its behest, passed a law forbidding county boards from manipulating the mental health levy.
After Tryon's election in November 2004 to the Illinois House, the County Board elected two-term member Ken Koehler as chairman. He held the job barely a week before he, too, was drawn into Mental Health Board politics.
The county's public health committee decided more fiscal control was needed and voted to replace Mental Health Board President Bev Thomas. Koehler stopped that from happening.
'Empire building'
Four days into Koehler's chairmanship, the public health committee decided against appointing Thomas, an 18-year board veteran, on a 3-3 split.
The bloc opposing Thomas' reappointment said her board operated too independently and needed new direction to bring it into more compliance with county practices.
The executive director of the county's largest social service provider – which has also traditionally been the loudest critic of Mental Health Board spending – had much more to say.
Jeff Epstein, then executive director at Pioneer Center for Human Services, submitted a rambling 37-page report to the committee accusing the board of "empire building," bloated administration and favoritism in funding agencies.
By 2004, the Mental Health Board's budget had grown to $14 million – $8.6 million of it from the levy – and it had 24 employees, almost double its 1998 roster. Director Dennis Smith was now making $103,000 a year.
"An empire has been built in the county, as it is known statewide, at the expense of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services [sic]," Epstein wrote in his report, obtained under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act.
He painted Smith as domineering and Thomas as unwilling to supervise him. Epstein also alleged that the board should have anticipated the 2004 financial meltdown at Turning Point, which fired its executive director amid allegations of financial mismanagement.
Appointments to the board came up for a County Board vote in January 2005. Contrary to the committee's recommendation, Thomas was among them.
Koehler, who said Thomas had too much experience to be discarded, created a vacancy for her to fill by convincing another member to push up his planned departure a year early. The County Board approved all four Mental Health Board appointments on one 18-5 vote with no discussion.
But discussion aplenty, and more fuel for critics, would be generated several months later. Smith, who was poised to retire after 30 years at the helm, made a controversial funding request to boost his Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund pension by 6 percent by buying three more years of seniority.
After months of wrangling, a plan to allow Smith to get a 3 percent boost squeaked through on a 12-11 County Board vote. Under the plan, Smith would pay $20,142 into the system, and the Mental Health Board would pay $28,656. However, Smith said he never exercised the option and never went through with taking the pension boost.
Critics questioned whether the money could be better spent.
"My primary objection is that it's using taxpayer money that could be going to other programs," former County Board member Ann Kate said after the vote.
Smith this year will receive $76,784 from the IMRF, according to records. His pension will increase to $78,665 in 2014.
Smith was succeeded by Sandy Lewis, who made attempts to bring the board's compensation decisions, though independent under state law, into greater compliance with the County Board's wishes. But criticism mounted as the board's size, spending – and headquarters – grew.
The County Board, over the objections of Pioneer Center and several other agencies, voted in 2009 to allow the Mental Health Board to borrow $4 million in federal economic stimulus bonds to add 22,000 square feet to its Crystal Lake headquarters. Its staff by then had grown to 50 full-time equivalents.
The Mental Health Board in 2012 spent about $1.8 million in a failed attempt to prevent Family Service, the county's oldest mental health agency, from closing. Shortly after that, in a move the board said was unrelated, Lewis took another job and her two top deputies announced their retirement.
Lewis accepted a job in Virginia as an assistant professor of psychiatry and director of a mental health center. She had received her doctorate just months earlier – under her contract, McHenry County taxpayers paid at least $30,000 of her tuition and fees, records show.
Those spending decisions and leadership shakeup came months before an election shakeup at the County Board, which flipped the longtime trend of county politics shielding the Mental Health Board.
Winds of change
Just as his predecessor did seven years prior, Pioneer Center Executive Director Patrick Maynard implored the County Board in January 2013 to take advantage of four expiring terms to put new faces on the Mental Health Board.
There was no lack of public interest – 15 candidates applied. More importantly, there was interest on the new County Board.
The November election put nine new people on the County Board, which the following month elected Tina Hill as chairwoman, denying Koehler a fifth two-year term. Hill gave the chairmanship of the public health committee to Donna Kurtz, a longtime Mental Health Board critic.
Hill said Kurtz made clear to her that she wanted to pursue reforms.
"I wouldn't say I support the reforms so much as I would say I supported the voice," Hill said.
But Hill didn't know where other people on the new committee stood. It turned out that the shakeup gave Kurtz a majority on the seven-member committee with which to enact changes with full County Board approval. Hill also appointed fiscal hawk Paula Yensen, D-Lake in the Hills, to hold the board's voting seat on the Mental Health Board.
Mental Health Board leaders went on the offensive, just as past ones had done when faced with serious scrutiny. Board President Lee Ellis – whose term was one of those expiring – wrote a guest column defending the agency and critical of a Northwest Herald article about Maynard's comments. Interim Director Todd Schroll addressed the County Board at its following meeting, and the board began submitting hundreds of pages of supporting documents to each County Board member.
But Kurtz' committee two weeks later grilled Ellis and recommended rejecting him in favor of three new members.
Ellis' statement in his column that the board spends only 6 percent of its budget on administration came back to haunt him at the hearing. The board's own 2012 annual report later acknowledged that administrative expenses were in fact 17 percent – almost triple Ellis' estimate – if the costs of the new building are factored in.
The full County Board overwhelmingly approved the slate of new members. But Hill, like Koehler and Klemm before her, was drawn into a political fight.
She faced allegations of politics as usual after she postponed the vote for two weeks because the agenda for the committee's original vote did not comply with new Illinois Open Meetings Act requirements. Ellis' supporters took advantage of the time to ask several members, as well as agencies receiving Mental Health Board funding, to fight for his reappointment.
Hill was later criticized for advancing her own candidate, who was ultimately approved by the board, after the public health committee's controversial pick to fill another vacancy was crushed on an 18-6 vote.
Hill also considered removing Sandra Fay Salgado, who often voted with the reform bloc, from Kurtz's committee. Hill had alleged that Salgado's membership was a conflict of interest, because she worked for Pioneer Center. But Hill relented under pressure – critics pointed out that former committee chairwoman Virginia Peschke worked for an agency that receives about $50,000 a year in Mental Health Board funding.
Five of the seven present members of the Mental Health Board were appointed this year. They have a lot of work to do – a financial day of reckoning may have arrived.
Maxed out
Property values, not politics, are driving the Mental Health Board's present financial woes.
Values plummeted with the bursting of the housing bubble. Most local governments have coped because they have not yet reached their maximum tax rates, and can raise them to ensure they don't lose revenue when overall values decline.
But the Mental Health Board has no such wiggle room. Its rate of 15 cents per $100 in assessed value is the maximum that state law allows mental health boards to levy. Its $11.475 million levy request for next year is down more than $1.2 million from what it received in 2012. This is on top of flagging state revenues.
Its tentative 2014 budget keeps whole, and slightly increases to $8.7 million, what it disburses to the 24 agencies that receive its funding. But it has started taking an ax to the long-criticized administrative and staff budget.
Its staff roster for next year will decrease almost by half, from 33 to 19 full-time equivalents. It is spinning off its programs to coordinate services to client agencies. Its webpage has now been folded into that of McHenry County government. The new board sacked the long-time attorney after alleging he billed too much – the old board raised his hourly rate last year to $250 – for unnecessary services.
Concerns about the building expansion may have turned out to be prescient. Kurtz and others pounce on the fact that the board, according to its annual report, spent $801,376 last fiscal year on facility expenses such as finishing the addition and paying back the bonds.
Hill and Kurtz have differing opinions on whether county politics shielded the Mental Health Board from past restraint that would have staved off the present fiscal problem.
While Kurtz called past actions a classic example of government officials "going with the flow" to protect the status quo, Hill cited the autonomy that state law gives mental health boards.
"I wouldn't say that there was a protective bubble per se, but that [the County Board] agreed with the direction the Mental Health Board was going, and didn't want any change," Hill said.
Kurtz called the past incidents missed opportunities.
"I think if the board and the previous executive directors recognized that keeping a very lean, mean administrative organization was critical to serving the needs of the public, they would have kept their organization small," Kurtz said. "When you never have anybody trying to stop you on your administrative costs, you keep expanding. And that's what's happened here."
(NOTE TO READERS: This story was updated to clarify information regarding former Mental Health Board Director Dennis Smith's pension.)


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A heated exchange took place on CompuServe's Working From Home Forum when a member of the Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP) became incensed over a non-member's remarks about information brokers. Essentially, the non-member asked how to find specific data that he needed, a not easily answered request. Some of our members recommended resources; others suggested hiring an information specialist. What ensued in the dialogue was an impassioned argument over the term broker. The non-member was vehement in his feelings that he would never hire an information broker, because "brokers obtain and sell illegal information."
The etymology of the term broker can be traced back several hundred years. In general, a broker buys and sells property. For example, dealers in second-hand goods are called pawnbrokers. Go-betweens in love affairs are marriage brokers. Middlemen in investment bargains are referred to as stockbrokers. The independent information professional, on the other hand, performs a service for a client, expecting payment for work even if there is no delivery of goods, much like a physician who expects to be paid even if the patient remains undiagnosed or dies. Furthermore, independents do not accumulate information and resell it indiscriminately. We operate on a principle of "one search, one client," similar to accountants who do not sell pre-packaged tax returns to multiple clients. Actually, one might view database producers and vendors as true information brokers, buying information in bulk from one or many companies and repackaging and selling information to other organizations.
Our industry continues to struggle with finding a better label to define and present ourselves as legitimate professionals. In this regard, we will continue to protest news stories that misapply information broker to private investigators and those who obtain information illegally for purposes of surveillance, piracy and personal background checks.
This discussion of image and how our industry is defined is clearly related to the issue of intellectual property rights. The impact of technology on publishing and on the delivery of information raises additional concerns about how independents are viewed in the day-to-day management of their businesses.
With the significant growth of client-server networks, every personal computer to be converted into a powerful desktop information factory, as evidenced by the emergence of global computer networks. It is difficult to determine when it is legal to copy printed publications for a client, even with mechanisms such as the Copyright Clearance Center in place. Permissions to reproduce electronic articles are lacking or, when available, ambiguous. Copyright protection for current computer technology is governed by antiquated laws protecting intellectual property.
How does the independent protect the rights of database producers, publishers and authors, while at the same time fulfilling the information and research needs of our clients? As an information provider, working on behalf of my clients, I worry about the misconception of many publishers and database producers that we are resellers of information. There is no difference between information brokers and special librarians who work for corporations (in both cases, research work may lead to products that are sold for a profit or used in commerce). And, contrary to what many publishers and database producers might think, independents generally do not mark up online costs, but pass them directly to our clients. In fact, some database vendors prohibit mark-ups in their contractual agreements.
Some database producers would want independents and librarians to be accountable for any copying done by their clients after search results are delivered. It appears that our putting the publisher's copyright statement on search results and cautioning our clients not to photocopy any further than for personal/fair use may not always be effective.
I am concerned about downloading full-text documents, making one copy for backup or archival purposes, sending the original to a client, and speculating if additional copies will be made. There are publishers who would ask us to have our clients sign liability statements in the use of the information they receive, or to hold us, as the intermediaries, directly liable for our clients' use. What does this do to our vows of confidentiality? (See AIIP's Code of Ethical Business Practice on page 13.) And from a practical point of view, how can we police our clients? Does the corporate librarian in a Fortune 500 company really monitor the use of library materials and the results of online searches?
If I add information to downloaded, copyrighted text, I might be held accountable for copyright infringement. Can we combine information from several sources into one report without being in violation? For example, what if we do a competitor study, take the executive biographies from one database, the corporate history from a second, articles from a third and financials from a fourth? Some databases prohibit us from taking portions of their documents to write a comprehensive report.
When providing a full-text article, do we always check the online vendors' terms and conditions, look up the journal to see if it is registered with the Copyright Clearance Center and examine the copyright page of the journal for specific photocopying conditions? A journal registered with the Copyright Clearance Center does not necessarily mean that we can photocopy or download articles from it.
I have other questions and concerns. If I download an online or CD-ROM full-text article, can I use my back-up/archival copy to make additional copies for other clients, but pay royalty fees to the Copyright Clearance Center or the publisher directly? I know we can do this with our hardcopy journal subscriptions. Can we enjoy the same practice with electronic versions? Is there a difference between copying from an electronic text versus a hard-copy text?
The fairly rapid movement of the Clinton-Gore administration to make government information more available scares me - especially if the information goes out on the Internet or NREN - and we, as independent companies and sole proprietors, must pay a high fee for a node to access this information. Will private companies mount more and more government databases, most of which now provide cheap or free public, copyright-free information, and will the private companies put their copyrights on these databases and raise prices by 100% or more? How will government ensure that downloaded information is not re-uploaded with information added or deleted by the user? Will we, as intermediaries, be held accountable for the accuracy of this information?
And what about authors who sign over their intellectual property rights to publishers and find that they are in copyright violation when making copies for their colleagues because corporate libraries cannot afford subscriptions to the very journals in which their employees publish? Some have suggested that authors directly place their articles on the Internet, bypassing the publishing and online industry all together. I am disturbed about lack of peer review and indexing control, as well as my own access and how I will ultimately compensate the producer of the information.
I do not perceive all of this as unsolvable. Various definitive actions need to take place. First, the Copyright Act must be revised, or interpreted, to clearly define intellectual property rights for current and future technologies. Second, terms and conditions for intermediaries should be standard across all online and CD-ROM vendors. Third, copying from backup electronic copies should be clarified (Dialog is one vendor which has taken a step in this direction, introducing its Electronic Redistribution and Archiving Service early in 1994). Fourth, we must be acknowledged as intermediaries for our clients and not be held accountable for copyright infringement by our users, other than to warn about any restrictions if they are thinking about making multiple copies beyond the fair use doctrine or creating databases from downloaded results. To this end, I am pleased that the AIIP Board of Directors recently approved an AIIP Statement of Policy Concerning Intellectual Property Rights. (See accompanying box.)


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I really liked this article and many like it as it points in your a different direction of thinking. When put on the blog/black and white it makes perfect sense.
Obviously Facebook will continue to try and push the facebook platform but the idea of photos being at it's core of course perfectly obvious it's just never dawned on me before where i would like that communication would have been the primary use of facebook, thats not sarcasm its how i viewed the platform but photos are the core make a lot more sense with the communication around the photos.
I also appreciate the view of google and in particular their long view of the future, i can see how they are positioning themselves for augmented information delivery and world information/interaction.
Like i said it was a good article and one that got the grey cells moving.


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Brisco offers certainties to WBU grads
PLAINVIEW - Wayland Baptist University held its 2004 Spring Commencement ceremony Saturday afternoon at Harral Memorial Auditorium. In all, 75 students participated in the event.
Dr. Thomas V. Brisco, Dean of the Logsdon School of Theology at Hardin-Simmons University, urged graduates to take with them three certainties found in Psalms 8: They live in a God-centered universe, God knows them by name and He has prepared a purpose for their lives.
"God trusts you and He has entrusted you," Brisco said. "Without you, there would be something missing."
Brisco, an archeologist, told the graduates that he has been amazed at the amount of change in the world just within their lifetime. He said we live in a world full of uncertainty and conflict.
"But through it all, I pray there will be three certainties you take with you," Brisco said. "God holds us safely in a world that is His, He knows us and He trusts us."
Senior class speaker Chris Currah challenged his classmates to do three things: recognize their potential, set goals and don't be afraid to fail.
"If you shoot for the stars and hit the moon, at least you hit something," Currah said.
Elisabeth Good of Pharr and Martha Ann Trull of Crosbyton were recognized as the highest ranking seniors. Each graduated Summa Cum Laude, maintaining a perfect 4.0 grade-point average.
Good, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology and religion, also completed the honors program, writing and defending a thesis titled "Evaluating the Construct Validity of Subjective Tests of Visual Imagery: Considering Self-Perception and Social Desirability Factors."
Trull graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in accounting.
Dr. Don Cook and Dr. Phillip Almes, both of whom retired at the end of the semester, were presented as emeritus professors. Cook, who began teaching at Wayland in 1964, was named Emeritus Professor of English. Almes, who spent the last 20 years teaching for Wayland, was named Emeritus Professor of Mathematics.
Master of Business Administration: Humphrey Chavunduka, Management, Plainview; Jana Dunn Huff, Management, Kermit; Ahmad Nahhas, General Business Administration, Plainview; Fany Smith, Management, Managua, Nicaragua.
Master of Christian Ministry: William Gregory Gasaway, Christian Ministries, Pampa.
Master of Education: Teresa Hale Higgins, Reading, Plainview; James Shiloh Posey, Educational Administration, Brownfield.
Master of Science: Elizabeth Dalene Burns, Multidisciplinary Science, Hereford.
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Bachelor of Business Administration: Pierre A. Brown, International Management, Panama City, Panama; Jason Robert Flick, Management Information Systems, Kress; April Christine Gunter, Management/Marketing, Olton; Katherine Diane Gutierrez, Accounting, Plainview; Mykolas Jasaitis, Management/Marketing, Vilnius, Lithuania; Megan Lace Petillo, Management/Marketing, Farmington, New Mexico; Martha Ann Trull, Accounting, Crosbyton; Clay W. Whittington, Economics/Finance, Silverton.
Bachelor of Music: John Edward Baker, Church Music, Odessa; Jimmy Dale Cannon, Music Education, New Deal; Christina Ezelle Cox-Lujan, Music Education, Plainview; Jennifer Lynn Mackie, Music Education, Pampa.
Bachelor of Science: Patrick Dewayne Cornelius, Psychology, Amarillo; Tonja Joan Edens, Mathematics, Kress; Dean Forest, Political Science, Hobbs, New Mexico; Amy D. Frei, Physical Education, Temple; Denice LeAnn Fuller, Psychology, Plainview; Elisabeth Ann Good, Psychology/Religion, Pharr; Dusty Lee Herrin, Physical Education, Anton; Misty Diona Jones, Biology, Lamesa; Alisa Caroline Lackey, Psychology, Plainview; Tandi Morton Laos, Physical Education, Pampa; Erin Alicia Lomasney, Psychology, Gallup, New Mexico; Jantzen Mitchell Louder, Mathematics, Hereford; Teri Lynn Mayfield, Biology, Wichita Falls; Sharla Clariss McCloskey, Chemistry/Mathematics, Redwater; Derrick Nathaniel McEwen, Physical Education, San Antonio; Jason Michael McLaughlin, Mathematics, Wichita Falls; Joshua Joseph Milner, Physical Education, Phoenix, Arizona; Karrie Dawn Peoples, Psychology, Hale Center; Mark Richard Smith, Mathematics/Biology, Whiteface; Keitha Anne Tyler, Physical Education, Brownfield.
Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies: Jeremy Quintrell Douglas, Elementary Education, Littlefield; Salina Marie Elliott, Elementary Education, Floydada; Jose Garcia, Mathematics, Plainview; Brenda L. Moreno, Elementary Education, Plainview; Marianne Broome Thompson, Elementary Education, Estes Park, Colorado; Herminia Alcala Zuniga, Elementary Education, Plainview.
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Pros: The ultimate 911; 4-wheel drive handy for best possible acceleration; still available with three pedals
Cons: Pricey, even for a 911; design starting to look old with new Carrera out; Turbo S only offered with PDK automatic
What's new: The 2013 Porsche 911 Turbo retains its previous bodystyle in its final model year before being redesigned. A new 918 Edition Turbo S model joins the lineup, available only to shoppers who sign up for the upcoming Porsche 918 Spyder supercar.
To create the 911 Turbo, Porsche starts with the iconic 911 sports car. The brand combines a turbocharged engine with all-wheel drive, resulting in the ultimate 911. The 911 Turbo is offered as a coupe or convertible. There's also an even faster Turbo S version. That model now offers a 918 Edition for shoppers who have signed up for Porsche's upcoming 918 Spyder.
The base-level 911 Turbo uses a 500-horsepower 3.8-liter twin-turbo 6-cylinder engine. A 6-speed manual transmission is standard, while Porsche's quick-shifting 7-speed dual clutch PDK automatic is optional. Also offered as a coupe or soft-top convertible, the 911 Turbo S makes 530 hp and includes PDK as standard equipment.
The 2013 Porsche 911 Turbo starts around $138,500, while the Turbo Cabriolet is closer to $150,000. The starting price of the faster Turbo S is around $161,500, while the range-topping Turbo S Cabriolet is around $173,000 before options. The new 918 Edition models roughly mirror the base prices of the Turbo S and Turbo S Cabriolet.


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I have always loved food. There is just something about that feeling you get when you put that savory bite into your mouth, I know I get excited. It all started when I was in junior high when I first experienced my true love of food. The excitement of learning something new, it was fabulous. Food to me, eventually became my way to escape the drama at home. There is nothing worse when you have to live your life in a world of drugs and alcohol. When your only parent has completely checked out. So for me, cooking was a way of distracting myself from the hurt my mom left on me.
Eventually, I took on the mom role of taking care of my brothers, cooking, cleaning, and picking them up from practice. Never did I imagine that this would be my life, as if it were out of some movie. I can say this, the minute I stepped into the kitchen to cook dinner I was totally separated from everything around me. I would imagine myself in my restaurant cooking inspiring and delicious food for my guest. Even if it was for brief moments in my teen years, it made me happy. I eventually went to the next level taking Home Economics in high school. Which some of my friends could never understand why I just had to take it twice when it was all the same. By then it became my passion. I was constantly watching the food channels when I was home trying to learn new recipes . I was lucky that as much as I loved food I haven't become fat from it.
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Set in the far future, Earth's appetite for natural resources has become a major motivator for deep space exploration. Immense, privately-owned and operated mining ships called "planetcrackers" orbit planets and use sophisticated equipment to carve out entire city-sized chunks of rock, reducing them to component elements and raw ore. When communications go dead onboard the USG Ishimura, a famous planetcracker, systems engineer Isaac Clarke is sent in to fix the problem. Once onboard the vessel, Isaac discovers that the crew has unearthed an ancient and malevolent alien presence far beneath the planet's surface and brought it onboard. Weaponless, alone and terrified, this lone engineer is burdened with much more than simple survival – he must seal the alien horror back into the dark rock.
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- Fisheries: Coral reefs are vital to the world's fisheries. They form the nurseries for about a quarter of the ocean's fish, and thus provide revenue for local communities as well as national and international fishing fleets. An estimated one billion people have some dependence on coral reefs for food and income from fishing. If properly managed, reefs can yield around 15 tonnes of fish and other seafood per square kilometre each year.
- Tourism: Tourism revenues generated by coral reefs are also significant. For example, according to a report by the Key West chamber of commerce, tourists visiting the Florida Keys in the US generate at least US$3 billion dollars in annual income, while Australia's Great Barrier Reef generates well over US$1 billion per year. Sustainably manged coral reef-based tourism can also provide significant alternative or additional sources of income to poorer coastal communities in developing countries.
- Coastal protection: Coral reefs break the power of the waves during storms, hurricanes, typhoons, and even tsumanis. By helping to prevent coastal erosion, flooding, and loss of property on the shore, the reefs save billions of dollars each year in terms of reduced insurance and reconstruction costs and reduced need to build costly coastal defences - not to mention the reduced human cost of destruction and displacement.
- Source of medical advances: We can also expect coral reef species to contribute to future medical advances. Already coral reef organisms are being used in treatments for diseases like cancer and HIV. Just as with tropical forests, we may continue to find the answers to medical problems in the coral reefs - so long as we can keep them healthy.
- Intrinsic value: For many coastal societies around the world, coral reefs and their inhabitants are intricately woven into cultural tradtions. For these people - as well as for those who have floated with a mask and snorkel, immersed themselves in the three dimensional wonderland of a scuba dive, or experienced these habitats through media and books - a world without coral reefs would be an infinitely poorer place.
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. (CBS) – Twenty-seven-year-old, Megan Thode, is suing Lehigh University for $1.3 million for breach of contract and sex discrimination.
Thode got a C+ in one of her graduate classes back in 2009, which, she says, impacted her degree and earning potential.
She also claims the University discriminated against her because she supports gay rights.
In court Wednesday, Thode and her attorney Richard J. Orloski, declined to comment on the case, but Thode's father, a Lehigh University professor, described the lawsuit as a disagreement between families.
Thode's attorney says Thode never received less than an "A-" in graduate school before getting a "C+" in a course she needed a "B" in, to advance to the next course.
Thode's attorney says after getting that "C+" the university sent his client a letter telling her she needed to take a number of other classes just to stay in the program.
At least one of the classes she had already taken and received an "A."
"Evaluating students' academic work is a core component of the educational process. The University and our faculty have a responsibility to evaluate students fairly and accurately as to their attainment of competency in their field and to grant a Lehigh degree only when Lehigh's standards of competency are met," says a spokesperson from Lehigh University.
Instead of getting a master's in counseling human services, Thode earned a master's in counseling in human development. She currently works as a drug and alcohol counselor.


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RICHMOND, Ky. – Law enforcement officers from 16 agencies across the state graduated today from basic training at the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training.
August 14 was the deadline to file to run for a political office in Kentucky.
Several filed to run in Washington County.
According to a press release from Washington County Judge-Executive John A. Settles, there will be restricted parking at St. Dominic Church on Friday at the funeral for former Springfield mayor Mike Haydon.
Overflow parking will be available at the Washington County Judicial Center and Springfield Baptist Church parking lots.
The funeral is at 10:30 a.m. at St. Dominic Church.
The following is a press release from the Governor's office.
Gov. Steve Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff from Wednesday, Aug. 15 until sundown on Friday Aug. 17, in honor of his chief of staff, Mike Haydon, who passed away unexpectedly on Sunday.
The man who Gov. Steve Beshear said understood state government "at a near-molecular level" died unexpectedly on Sunday.
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear issued a statement Sunday night regarding the sudden death of Mike Haydon. Below is the press release in its entirety.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (August 12, 2012) – "Jane and I are shocked and devastated by the sudden death of my chief of staff and good friend, Mike Haydon.
News spread throughout Washington County and Kentucky on Sunday that former Springfield mayor Mike Haydon passed away around lunch time on Sunday.
Haydon reportedly died of a massive heart attack.
He was featured as recently as May in The Springfield Sun in a story about his job as chief of staff for Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear.
Attorney General Jack Conway and his Keep Kentucky Kids Safe partners recently announced the launch of a new initiative to warn Kentuckians about the dangers of prescription drug abuse and to remind the public of the importance of monitoring, securing and safely disposing of unneeded prescription pills.
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Prostatitis is inflammation of the prostate gland and sometimes the area around it. It is not cancer.
Only males have a prostate gland. It sits in front of the rectum and below the bladder. The gland wraps around the urethra, the tube that carries urine out of the body. The prostate makes the fluid part of semen.
Prostatitis is most often caused by bacteria. They spread from the rectum or from infected urine.
You cannot get prostatitis from another person. It is not an STD. But it can result from several STDs.
You can get prostatitis at any age, but some things raise your risk:
These are the most common symptoms of prostatitis:
The symptoms of prostatitis may look like other medical conditions or problems. Always see your healthcare provider for a diagnosis.
Your healthcare provider will review your past health and sexual history. He or she will also do a physical exam. Other tests may include:
Your healthcare provider will figure out the best treatment based on:
Treatment depends on what type of prostatitis you have.
You may take antibiotics until infection can be ruled out. Depending on the symptoms, other treatments may include:
Treatment usually involves taking antibiotics for 4 to 12 weeks. This type of prostatitis is hard to treat and the infection may come back. If antibiotics don't work in 4 to 12 weeks, you may need to take a low dose of antibiotics for a while. Rarely, you may need surgery to remove part or all of the prostate. This may be done if you have trouble emptying your bladder.
For this type of prostatitis, you usually take antibiotics for 2 to 4 weeks. It's important to take the full course of antibiotics, even when you don't have symptoms. This is to stop the growth of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. You may also need pain medicines. You may be told to drink more fluids. In severe cases, you may need to stay in the hospital.
Always see your healthcare provider for more information about the treatment of prostatitis.


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Damon Albarn on 'Monkey' and His New Solo Album
Damon Albarn's main gig right now is frontman for the Blur reunion tour, currently making its way through Europe. But the singer-songwriter has a number of side projects going on in other parts of the world, each one reflecting his varied interests.
Opening the Lincoln Center Festival this weekend is "Monkey: Journey to the West," for which Albarn composed the score. It's a contemporary reimagining of a 16th-century Chinese fable that incorporates animation by Albarn's Gorillaz partner, Jamie Hewlett, who also designed the show's costumes and impressively large sets. "Monkey," directed by Chen Shi-Zheng, premiered in Manchester, U.K., in 2007, and has played to sold-out audiences in Paris, London and the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, S.C.
"I'm obviously really excited that it's in New York," Albarn said in an interview. "I hope that story resonates with people because it's such a beautiful story."


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The annual Way of the Cross observance in Havre de Grace began at noon Friday, as participants walked to several points in the city in this decades old Good Friday tradition organized by the Susquehanna Ministerium.
"This is my 21st year and it predates me," Pastor Ron Tabor, of the First Christian Church of Havre de Grace, told the assembled group before the celebration began in David Craig Park.
About a hundred people of all ages participated in Friday's walk, carrying a large wooden cross under sunny skies and breezy temperatures.
In Havre de Grace, those who walk and those who carry the cross are dressed normally. They observe and remember, but do not try to re-enact, the suffering of Jesus Christ during his crucifixion on Mount Calvary.


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New listings added for the current week are indicated in italics. Print copies of the rules and regulations governing the writing contests listed here are available from Denise Lang in Suite 320.
The Roscoe Pound Foundation announces the 2000 Roscoe Hogan Enviornmental Law Essay Contest on the topic: "Causation standards for toxic torts." The winning entrant will receive a $5,000 cash award and a paid trip to Chicago to receive the award at the annuanl Convention of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Each entry must be submitted through a faculty adviser. Entrants must submit an intent-to-enter form by February 11, 2000. The essays themselves must be submitted no later than March 31, 2000.
The law firm of Foley & Lardner announces its Intellectual Property Competition 2000 for student essays related to intellectual property management. Twelve prizes totaling $10,000 will be awarded. Acceptable topics "are as broad as a candidate's initiative, creativity and vision." Representative examples incude, but are not limited to: protecting intellectual property rights to maximize competitive opportunities; extracting untapped value from intellectual property; auditing patents to determine whether they should be enforced, licensed, donated or terminated; and identifying prospective IP licensees. Submissions must be postmarked no later than April 1, 2000.
The Risk Assessment and Policy Association (RISK) announces a student essay contest. Essays should address a matter of policy concern in managing consumer, environmental, or occupational risk. The author of the winning essay will receive a prize of $300. Submissions must be received by April 1, 2000.
The ABA Section of Family Law invites submissions for its 2000 Howard C. Schwab Memorial Essay Contest in Family Law. The contest is open to second- and third-year full-time students and second- through fourth-year part-time students. Submissions can be on any aspect of family law. Prizes will be awarded as follows: first prize, $700; second prize, $500; third prize, $300. Entries must be postmarked on or before April 4, 2000.
The International Association of Defense Counsel announces its 2000 writing contest. Submissions must address subjects in the fields of tort law, insurance law, civil procedure, evidence, or other areas of the law of practical concern to lawyers engaged in the defense, or management of the defense, of civil litigation. Prizes of $2,000 for first place, $1,000 for second place, and $500 for third place will be awarded. Submissions must be postmarked no later than April 10, 2000.
The Alliance for Justice announces the Ronald Goldfarb Fellowship Essay Contest on Gun Violence in America. Essays should address the following topic: At this moment in history, what is the best advocacy strategy to reduce gun violence? The following prizes will be awarded: first place $500; second place $300; honorable mention (third through fifth places) $100. Submissions must be postmarked by April 10, 2000.
The Alliance Defense Fund announces its William Pew Religious Freedom Scholarship Competition. An award of $7,500 will be given to the full-time law student who submits the winning paper on the topic of extending equal access to religious viewpoints in elementary education. Submissions must be postmarked no later than April 15, 2000.
The Financial Markets Center announces a writing contest for papers on the subject of "Reengineering the Federal Reserve System." The winning entry will receive the Henry B. Gonzalez Award -- $2,500 and publication of the paper by the Center. The deadine for entries is April 28, 2000.
The Cleveland State Law Review announces the 2000 Judge John M. Manos Writing Competition on Evidence. Entries may be on any issue regarding evidence in the federal courts. An award of $500 will ge given to the author of the winning entry, and all entries will be considered for publication in the Cleveland State Law Review. Entries must be postmarked on or before May 1, 2000.
The Food and Drug Law Institute announces its 1999-2000 H. Thomas Austern Memorial Writing Competition. Winning papers will be considered for publication in the Food and Drug Law Journal. Papers should be on a current issue relevant to the food and drug field. Three prizes will be awarded: first place $3,000; second place $2,000; third place $1,000. Papers must be received no later than May 12, 2000.
The Attorney-CPA Foundation announces its 1999-2000 essay contest on the theme, "How do the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC) standards compare with U.S. standards on dimensions of comparability, transparency, quality, and full disclosure?" The grand prize winner will receive a $1,500 prize. Submissions must be received no later than May 12, 2000.
The Animal Law journal announces its third annual writing competition to encourage legal scholarship addressing legal issues affecting animals. Submissions may be on any animal legal issue. The author of the winning essay will receive a $500 award and publication of the article in the journal. Submissions must be postmarked no later than May 31, 2000.
The Federal Circuit Bar Association announces its 2000 George Hutchinson Writing Contest. Submissions may discuss any topic that lies within the substance, procedure, or scope of the specialized jurisdiction of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. An award of $2,000 will be given to the first place entry. Second and third place awards may be given at the discretion of the judges. Submissions must be postmarked no later than June 1, 2000.
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) announces its annual Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition for third-year law students. Submissions may be on any aspect of copyright law. A first prize of $600 and a second prize of $250 will be awarded at each participating law school. Each school will be responsible for selecting the winning papers. Any Chicago-Kent student interested in submitting a paper should contact Dean Sowle. Winning papers must be certified to ASCAP no later than June 30, 2000.
The National Lawyers Association Foundation announces its annual writing competition. This year's theme is: Should the Declaration of Independence, its history and the principles and rights set forth therein, be taught in all elementary and secondary schools? The winner will receive a cash prize of $1,500 and a paid trip the the Sixth Annual National Lawyers Association Convention in Kansas City. Submissions must be received no later than July 1, 2000.
The Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum and the California Bankruptcy
Journal announce the 2000 Joseph Bernfeld Essay Competition on subjects
related to bankruptcy law and debtor-creditor relations. Three prizes
will be awarded: first place $2,500; second place $1,500; third place
$1,000. Submissions must be postmarked by July 1, 2000.


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The market giveth, and the market taketh away.
The woes dogging technology giant Apple sent its stock hurtling to its lowest levels in a year on Friday, while suffering the added misfortune of losing its mantle as "world's most valuable company" to Exxon Mobil.
The company, which disappointed Wall Street with its earnings release this week, is being buffeted by doubts about its ability to compete with challenger Samsung. The reversal of fortune has been both quick and dramatic, with some surveys now showing Samsung's Galaxy smartphone now edging out the iPhone in market share.
(Read More: Apple's Revenue Falls Short, Shares Dive)
That pessimism has shaved more than $247 billion from the iPhone maker's market capitalization — forcing it to sacrifice its title to Exxon, which it first surpassed back in 2011. In Friday's dealings, the two giants of their respective industries were tussling for the coveted top spot.


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Did you watch the Oscar awards on Sunday? The whole show? And you managed to stay awake?! AMAZING!! You deserve an award. But too bad! There's only one award that we're handing out today… the award for the 3RD ANNUAL COCKY & RUDE OSCAR CONTEST! This year's winner correctly predicted 20 of the 24 Academy Award categories. AND NOW … without further ado … the winner is: MR. SOMBRERO! Yippee! Hurray! Woohoo!!! Congratulations! It's so nice that a lurker didn't win the big prize this year! Ha! Now before you claim that I cheated and let Mr. Sombrero win the contest, let's take a look at the results.
Here's a chart of final scores:
And now, some fun observations! An impressive 100% of the Oscar predictors correctly chose Daniel Day-Lewis as Best Actor.
95.5% of the Oscar predictors correctly chose Anne Hathaway as Best Supporting Actress. The only contestant that incorrectly chose Sally Field as Best Supporting Actress was none other than Polt (who tied for the least correct Oscar predictions). Lolz what a dummy!
Each year we invite the contest participants to predict the Best and Worst Dressed Academy Award celebrity attendee. Since these categories are subjective, they do not count towards final scores. Here are the results for the Best Dressed category:
And the results for Worst Dressed:
That wraps up the results of this year's Oscar Contest. Thanks to everyone who participated! Congratulations again to Mr. Sombrero! You'll soon be in possession of a 8 packs of candy and a Blu-Ray copy of The Last Airbender. Hopefully this will not impact his BC&RL results!
So what did you think of this year's Oscar Awards? Any surprises? Who really was best & worst dressed of the night? Comment quickly before the Jaws theme plays you off!


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Here is a brief update on my current creative projects and endeavors…!
In the midst of a horrible cold… (✖╭╮✖)
Friday, July 13th
- In the mail, finally received "Documentation of Registration" for Who is Laurence Harvey? and The Golden Curator from The Writers Guild of America, West.
- On Craigslist, have responded to a few posts about writing and creative projects. We'll see how it goes…
Sunday, July 15th
- After a nerve-wracking wait, Who is Laurence Harvey? did not make it into the quarter finals of The 2012 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards. But I'm still happy that the screenplay made it into the second round (the top 25%). Now I have 6-8 more contests/competitions to hear back from in the coming months. Next up, The Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Competition Quarterfinal Round and the Film Independent Screenwriters Lab…
- Looking into The Alternative Press Expo (APE) in San Francisco, October 13-14. I think it's too late to get a table, but I'd like to attend, schmooze, get some more information about the publishers I'm interested in, and possibly promote The Poet and the Flea a bit.
Tuesday, July 17th
- Responded to a Craigslist post about someone writing a graphic novel who's looking for an artist/illustrator. Had some e-mail correspondence with her. Planning to meet on Tuesday (24th). Looking forward to it!
Wednesday, July 18th
- Craigslist, craigslist, craigslist…
- Applied to The American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest! Information updated on "Applications" post, here.
Thursday, July 19th
- Added behind-the-scenes images to my (almost-but-not-quite-forgotten) Pinterest: pinterest.com/gegallas.
- Slowly but surely working on the-poet-and-the-flea.tumblr.com.
Friday, July 20th
- Craigslist, craigslist, craigslist…
Saturday, July 21th
- Attended The Pixel-Flick TV Actor/Filmmaker Alliance's first meeting. Thought it went very well! The producer/director/CEO of Pixel Flick Entertainment, Brian Stephens, sounds like he has a lot of experience and knows what he's talking about. He's organizing this alliance to facilitate filmmakers in the Bay Area and showcase their work. Seems like a wonderful opportunity!
Monday, July 23rd
- Took care of some important e-mails today.
Tuesday, July 24th
- My meeting with the graphic novel author Shannon Brady went really well. I think her concept is really intriguing and she's very passionate about the topic. I think this is going to be a successful collaboration!
- The Poet and the Flea: 37 pages of written script (1 page of script = 4-6 illustrated pages), and about 36 pages (1-12, 14, 16, 21 completed, and 13, 15, 17-20, 22-36 in progress) of illustrated work.
- Considering developing my short story entitled "Inside the Display Case" (about a Siberian pit viper named Peter) into a graphic novel.
- Developing a new short film script called Death of the Poet.
- Stumbled upon an idea for a children's book…
- My third full-length screenplay called The Modern Prometheus is currently resting on the back burner temporarily.
To Do:
- Sign up with IMDbPro.
- Apply to the Bluecat Screenplay Competition (before October 15th).
- Begin work on character sketches for Shannon!
For more updates, don't forget to follow me on tumblr and/or twitter.
Copyright 2012 by G. E. Gallas


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CANTON — Hildegard Linnebaum Hukowski, 88, passed away on Saturday, December 29, 2012 at her residence.
A native of Emsdetten, Germany, she had lived in Haywood County since 2010 and in North Carolina since 1990. She was preceded in death by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Heinrich Linnenbaum; her husband, Alexander S. Hukowski who died on April 3, 1997 and a daughter, Eva Maria Wilhelm.
Hilda grew up in Germany with six sisters and one brother. She survived World War II and married a Polish soldier, Alex Hukowski. After the war, the two owned and operated a shoemaker shop before moving to the United States and starting a new life in New York City. They lived in Long Island, New York, for over 30 years before retiring to Hendersonville, N.C. Hilda loved gardening, cooking and taking care of her family. Those who knew her well remember her as "Omi," a resourceful woman full of energy. Her German heritage was important to her, and she was fond of singing German songs and cooking German food.
She is survived by a granddaughter, Nicole Wilhelm and her husband, Michael Beadle, of Canton; a grandson, Philippe Wilhelm of Charlotte; and a son-in-law Hugo Wilhelm of Safenwil, Switzerland.
A memorial gathering and celebration of Hilda's life will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, December 31, 2012 at Wells Funeral Home in Canton.
Memorials may be made to The North Carolina Arboretum Society, 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, Asheville, NC 28806 or to Mission SECU Cancer Center, 21 Hospital Drive, Asheville, NC 28801.
For those who desire, an online memorial register is available at "Obituaries" at www.wellsfuneralhome.com
Hilda Hukowski, 88
CANTON — Hildegard Linnebaum Hukowski, 88, passed away on Saturday, December 29, 2012 at her residence.


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Black Lips Indian tour ends in chaos as band are forced to flee from police
Black Lips are a hottly-tipped band from Atlanta, USA. But their disastrous tour in India was labelled 'a cultural clashing sh*t storm' by the band...
The Black Lips...
FROM NME.COM - Black Lips tour of India has been cancelled after the band were forced to escape the country while being chased by police. The band were mid-way through a seven date tour of India when things went awry.
The trouble stemmed from an incident during the band's gig at Chennai's Sir Mutha Venkatasubba Rao Concert Hall on Friday (January 23), when guitarist Cole Alexander reportedly stripped and jumped into the crowd.
According the popular Indian music blog Indiecision.com, Alexander then "proceeded to get back on stage and make out with the other band members".
The band's behaviour is said to have infuriated the tour promoters so much that they notified the Tamil Nadu Police, informing the band that the rest of the gigs had been pulled and that they would soon be arrested.
In a statement posted on Black Lips' record label Vice's website, the band explained the situation in more detail.
"They [the promoters] tried to get security to restrain us until the Tamil police arrived. We locked the door while they were kicking and banging on it. Meanwhile, we slipped out the other emergency exit."
The band said that they were then forced to drive ten hours to the next town in order to escape the Tamil authorities' jurisdiction. But when they arrived at their destination, they faced yet more problems.
"When we got to the next hotel a mysterious man and someone who worked for our Indian booking agency tried to run off with our passports," the statement said. "That's when our VBS.tv documentarian Rob went postal on them. We surrounded them until they gave back our passports. After that we booked the first flight to Berlin."
Causing trouble in India...
Black Lips did manage to play four gigs in India before fleeing the country, although those weren't without controversy either. At a gig at Pune on January 17, they came onstage directly after an eight-hour 'battle of the bands' mostly featuring metal acts, and were promptly pelted with bottles by disgruntled audience members.
Despite the reception they received, the band are hopeful that more western bands will tour India.
"For future reference, we really enjoyed the people of India and we hope western rock bands will be able to tour there in the future," the statement said.
The band are now in a Berlin studio recording a new EP. They play a Shockwaves NME Awards Tour 2009 show on February 15 at London's O2 Academy Islington, and will also perform at the South By Southwest (SXSW) music festival in Austin, Texas, in March.
For more info:
Black Lips artist page at Dolphin