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EADS North America passes on chance to demonstrate U.S. Army's future rotorcraft
If anyone was counting on European rotorcraft powerhouse Eurocopter, through EADS North America, acting as a counterweight to the teaming of Boeing and Sikorsky in pursuit of the U.S. Army's future vertical-lift requirements, it is time to think again.
On the eve of the Army inviting successful bidders to negotiate cost-sharing agreements to fly advanced rotorcraft in 2017, EADS withdrew its bid for the Joint Multi-Role (JMR) technology demonstration. JMR is the precursor to the planned Future Vertical Lift (FVL) Medium program to replace the Army's Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawks beginning in the mid-2030s.
EADS North America has withdrawn its proposal for the JMR Phase 1 air-vehicle demonstration to focus company resources on the service's Armed Aerial Scout (AAS) requirement, CEO Sean O'Keefe informed Assistant Secretary of the Army Heidi Shyu in a May 29 letter. O'Keefe said EADS had "painstakingly reviewed our resource needs . . . [and] determined that the Army's most urgent need and our most significant investment to date is for a competitive AAS platform."
EADS North America was one of five known bidders for JMR Phase 1. The Army declines to say who received the nod, but Bell Helicopter and a Sikorsky-Boeing team confirm they have been selected.
Sikorsky-Boeing has "been invited by the U.S. Army to negotiate a Technology Investment Agreement (TIA) for the Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator Phase I program," says the team, which proposed a 230-kt compound helicopter based on Sikorsky's X2 coaxial-rotor/pusher-propulsor configuration.
Suppliers of 80% of the Army's current helicopter fleet, Boeing and Sikorsky announced in January that they were teaming for JMR TD and FLV-M. Sikorsky is the lead for Phase 1. Boeing is heading the team's bid for the Phase 2 mission-system demonstration, which is running two years behind the air-vehicle program. At the time, they expected Eurocopter, through EADS, to be the strongest competitor for JMR/FVL.
Abandoned by V-22 partner Boeing, Bell proposed a 280-kt. tiltrotor and is assembling an industry team. Small Fort Worth-based AVX Aircraft says it has also been selected to negotiate a TIA, as a "Category 1 participant." The company is proposing a 230-kt. coaxial-rotor/ducted-fan compound helicopter.
EADS, meanwhile, is focused on proposing the AAS-72X/X+ for AAS, while also lobbying to reverse the Army's fiscal 2014 budget decision to prematurely end procurement of the U.S.-assembled UH-72A Lakota light-utility helicopter on which the Armed Aerial Scout would be based.
But an AAS competition is looking less certain as the Army struggles with budget cuts. The service may be forced to choose between near-term replacement of its Bell OH-58D Kiowa Warrior and long-term investment in an FVL family of advanced rotorcraft to replace initially the UH-60, then the Boeing AH-64 Apache, but eventually everything from the OH-58 to the Boeing CH-47 Chinook.
"The Army's concept development plan for JMR to replace AAS with an aircraft that meets the needs of the force currently met by the OH-58, AH-64 Apache Block III, UH-60M and CH-47F/G appears to be very long term and an open-ended industry resource commitment," O'Keefe told Shyu.
EADS has invested heavily in company-funded development of the AAS-72X/X+, derived from the Eurocopter EC145, and is finalizing a cooperative research and development agreement with the Army to conduct weapons testing. Citing the fiscal constraints caused by sequestration and budget instability, O'Keefe said EADS's "plan is to focus our resources and our world-class teammates on the AAS competition. As such we will withdraw from further consideration for the JMR/FVL concept development effort."
Army leadership, meanwhile, has said the path forward for AAS is either a service-life-extension program for the OH-58D/F or a new development program. After evaluating five off-the-shelf candidates, including the AAS-72X/X+, "we did not find a single aircraft out there that could meet Army requirements," Lt. Gen. William Phillips, principal military deputy for acquisition, said in May.
"If we go forward with AAS, it essentially will be a new development program," Phillips told a congressional hearing. Army Secretary John McHugh told Congress the airframes evaluated do not provide the "generational progress" required. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno said the decision the service must make "is do we think technology is far enough along that it can really provide us generational change . . . or do we have to reinvest in the Kiowa and wait for the technology."


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Deputy, detention officers fired in sex probe at county jail
A widening sexual misconduct investigation at the Harris County Jail has led to five additional firings, including a supervising deputy, Sheriff Adrian Garcia said Friday.
The firings include four civilian detention officers and take to six the number of employees who have been fired in the investigation that began in August 2011, Garcia said. Earlier this year, another deputy was indicted in the case, then fired.
The allegations involve sexual misconduct between jail staff and other employees as well as between jailers and inmates.
The supervisor was fired for overlooking what was happening at the jail, Garcia said.
Garcia said another deputy resigned during the internal affairs investigation while another supervisor chose to retire.
Garcia declined to identify the five recently fired but said they were veteran employees who had been with the Harris County Sheriff's Office for more than a decade.
"I will not hesitate to punish those few employees who break the law or egregiously violate the rules," Garcia said.
Garcia said he did not know whether the fired employees also will face criminal charges.
"That's up to the (Harris County) District Attorney's Office," he said.
He said the sexual activity happened in the laundry rooms at the 1200 Baker and 1307 Baker jails.
The inmates having sex with the jailers were adult women. When asked how many were involved, Garcia said only, "numerous."
The internal investigation began last year when an inmate was found with a pair of tennis shoes, considered contraband.
"Then the ball of yarn began to unravel," Garcia said.
Garcia wouldn't elaborate on the details of the case but said the internal investigation was "long and complicated."
So far, former Harris County sheriff's Deputy Tony Richards is the only jailer to face criminal charges in the sexual misconduct case.
Richards, who worked in the laundry unit, was fired Feb. 22 following his indictment for allegedly having sex with a jail inmate.
"When people are in our custody, we have laws and rules to abide by," Garcia said. "This kind of conduct has always been wrong."
In November, the 21-year department veteran was suspended for 10 days after supervisors took photographs of him sleeping in the jail laundry.
Richards was charged with improper sexual activity with a person in custody and later released after posting $2,000 bail.
Garcia's predecessor, former Sheriff Tommy Thomas, also dealt with jail staffers having sex with inmates.
Since 2007, there have been more than 20 officers and civilians who were either suspended without pay or fired for having inappropriate relations or contact with inmates, including kissing, intimate touching, indecent exposure, providing contraband or engaging in sexual relations, according to a Houston Chronicle review of disciplinary records.
For example, Garcia fired two deputies in 2010 who were trading cigarettes and soft drinks for sexual favors from female inmates who were assigned to wash cars at a department garage.
Garcia said disciplining employees who don't measure up is part of his job. He said most of the staff, both licensed peace officers and civilians, follow the rules.
"You deserve the public's trust. You have earned it," Garcia said. "The few employees I'm talking about today owe you an apology."
Jim Pinkerton contributed to this report.


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As instructional leaders we dedicate our days and nights to learning so that we can be empowered with the necessary information to make the decisions that are in the best interest of our children. The decisions are not always easy to make because dozens of variables must be considered in anticipating the outcome; many times decisions are made collaboratively to help promote and foster a joint vision and common goal; sometimes decisions are made in isolation because a situation warrants immediate attention. Regardless of the scenario, being an instructional leader affords you the privilege (and responsibility) of making decisions that will enhance the learning environment for all teachers and learners.
What happens when you are not the one making the decisions? What happens when decisions are made for you and you are forced to implement policies and practices even though they may not enhance the learning environment for all teachers and learners? This is an issue we are facing and struggling with in NYS related to the APPR Teacher Evaluation Plan. NYS is saying that 20 points of a teacher's evaluation (and principal's evaluation) must be based on the scores their children attain on various standardized tests. Scores that are a result of three pressure filled days of summative testing. Days where a child may not have had breakfast. Days where a child was sent to school with a fever so they wouldn't miss the test. Days where a child was a bundle of nerves because they didn't want to disappoint anyone by performing poorly on the test. In the past, I tried to bring the temperature down by reminding our dedicated teachers that the tests were reflective of one moment in time and could never capture the growth and development of our children over the course of a year. We discussed the idea that good teaching would always outperform test prep! In the end, I tried to project the idea that the scores didn't matter (I knew they did) because our school was about more than just test scores.
Recently, as I stood in front of my staff at a Faculty Meeting, I felt like I couldn't say the scores didn't matter at all as we discussed the upcoming state tests. Everyone in the room knew that the test scores of NYC teachers were plastered across multiple newspapers last year and the fallout from this "sharing of information" changed the landscape of public education in NYS. We were all concerned, stressed, anxious and worried about what this would mean for us in the next few months when the results of our children's state test scores are released.
In the days following this meeting I couldn't stop thinking about what this aspect of the APPR Teacher Evaluation Plan would accomplish in the long run. Does the state think that connecting teacher evaluation to standardized test scores would make us better teachers? Does the state think that the best indicator of a child's knowledge was how they performed on a high stakes multiple choice test? Does the state want teachers to feel increased pressure to do endless amounts of test preparation so their children could do well? The questions are endless and at this point the answers are elusive. I am not sure what will be accomplished by connecting teacher evaluation to standardized test scores. I am not sure what it will accomplish for our children, our teachers and our learning environment as a whole. At this point, I am unsure of many things connected to the decisions NYS has made for us in regards to APPR and its direct connection to high stakes standardized tests that rely heavily on multiple choice questions.
Fortunately, the one thing I am sure of is that our school will forever be a place where good teaching trumps everything else and our only goal, each and every day, is to do what is in the best interest of our children!
Fortunately, the one thing I am sure of is that our school will forever be a place where good teaching trumps everything else and our only goal, each and every day, is to do what is in the best interest of our children!


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So my current project (outside of massive amounts of school work) is building a large, bright, RGB LED display for my college's weekend-long end-of-year party. I've got three of these strips from DealExtreme, which have 30 RGB LEDs in separable strips of three LEDs. That makes for a total of 30 RGB dots, which is […]Also tagged display, diy, Electronics, LED, Programming, project


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"Let a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness; let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head; let my head not refuse it" (Ps. 141:5). If there is a religion that unapologetically emphasizes human fallenness, sin, moral corruption …Read More
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The New Testament does not hide the fact that nearly every church in the Apostolic age experienced conflict. As the New Testament writers addressed these matters, they provided invaluable instruction on how believers are to think, act, and treat one …Read More
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- New York Police Officer Jose Tejada pleads not guilty to robbery, drug charges
- He is accused of leading a crew that robbed drug dealers of money, inventory
- Crew had committed more than 100 robberies since 2001, officials say
A veteran New York police officer accused of equipping a robbery crew with state-of-the art police equipment and helping them loot drug dealers out of $1 million pleaded not guilty in federal court Thursday.
Jose Tejada, 45, also is accused of allowing the robbery crew to use his Manhattan apartment for their enterprise.
In court documents filed Wednesday, federal prosecutors said the crew posed as police officers and used fake warrants to arrest drug traffickers.
The crew then robbed those it arrested of their money and their stashes of marijuana, heroin, ecstasy and cocaine, authorities said.
In all, the group -- comprising Tejada and at least 21 others -- is responsible for more than 100 armed robberies throughout New York City since 2001, according to officials.
The New York Police Department officer, arrested Wednesday, faces multiple counts of robbery, drug dealing and weapons charges.
A U.S. magistrate on Thursday ordered Tejada to remain in custody.
Prosecutors said they had "overwhelming evidence" and argued the man presented a continuing danger to the community.
But the officer's court-appointed attorney, Zachary Margulis-Ohnuma, said his client was not a flight risk and had remained on the force while on modified duty.
"If there was a danger, what's been going on the last four years?" Margulis-Ohnuma asked, referring to the length of the investigation.
Margulis-Ohnuma said that Tejada "adamantly denies" the charges and said they will be "vehemently challenging them."
It is unclear what made police begin to investigate Tejada, who started with the department in 1996.
In 2006 and 2007, Tejada participated in three robberies, prosecutors say, stealing thousands of dollars while dressed in his police uniform. In one of the cases, the crew stormed a Bronx home searching for cocaine.
"The crew mistakenly believed the residents to be drug dealers," court documents said. "In fact, the residents were a family of three, including a teenager, who had no involvement in drug dealing."
The crew did not find drugs but searched the home while Tejada held the family at gunpoint, prosecutors allege. Once they left, the family called 911.
Tejada, a father of two, faces a minimum of 17 years in prison if convicted. His wife cried throughout the court proceedings Thursday and left without speaking to reporters.
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Thursday, "Obviously it's sad and disappointing any time a police officer is arrested, but this officer has been on modified duty for three years, so this investigation has taken a long time to come to fruition, and it's still not over. ... the officer has been arrested, suspended, and we'll see what the outcome of the trial is."


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Here, instead of sticking as close as possible to the classic Strat ideal, the Studio Elite Retro is much more of a de rigeur Tyler guitar.
Featuring a sunburst finish and boasting a slightly elongated tortoiseshell pickguard (thanks to the space afforded by the side-mounted jack), the body is high-grade alder.
All three JVT pickups, resplendent with their vintage mint-green covers, are angled slightly towards the bridge.
The bridge unit itself is sited slightly further away from the VSV vibrato when compared to the Classic (from its central point, just under 34mm compared to 36mm).
The maple neck of our example features Tyler's new 'V'-profile neck and James is typically relaxed about its genesis.
"Well, I haven't put any great effort into [the researching of neck profiles]. Over the years, I've found a few shapes that I, and a lot of other people seem to like and I work off of those."
Probably the most famous 'V'-profile can be found on the Clapton Signature Strat, and although the neck of this Tyler fills the hand in a similarly agreeable way, the apex of the wood is slightly rounder - a good thing considering this profile can be an acquired taste.
The final spec contrast is the provision of classic Kluson machines and a graphite nut.
Due to the tonal nature of alder, plus the siting of the pickups, accusations of harshness become completely redundant here.
You're left with all the Strat-type tones that we've all heard on our favourite records and, thanks to the feel of the neck that we've just about run out of superlatives for, this is a viable alternative to that dream Fender Custom Shop model.
In fact, silky smoothness is a reasonable description of the guitar as a whole. All five settings are rounder and bereft of even the merest hint of abrasion, allowing you to really stretch your technique with whatever crazy chord voicing you'd care to attempt: the tone is that good.
As you'd expect, there's plenty of resonance, both acoustically and when plugged in, which benefits any style and the only criticism we'd have is that the VSV is set slightly flat when compared to the more liquid setup of the Classic.
That's personal taste, of course: what should be obvious by now is that this guitar is one of the best of its type we've tried in aeons.


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Revolutionary War 1775 to 1783 4,435 US dead
War of 1812 1812 to 1815 2,260 US dead
Mexican War 1846 to 1848 1,773 US dead
Civil War 1861 to 1865 approx. 600,000 USA/CSA dead
Spanish Amer. War 1898 2,446 US dead
WWI 1917 -1918 116, 516 US dead
WWII 1941-1945 405, 399 US dead
Korean War 1950-1953 36, 914 US dead
Vietnam War 1958-1973 58, 167 US dead
War on Terrorists 2001 to present nearly 3000 sept 11, 2001
Iraq/Afghanistan approx 5900
Today, we hear on TV that Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer more than we hear of it's original meaning. According to this article concerning The history of Memorial Day, it's origins go back to the close of the Civil War, though in what many may consider an unexpected manner:
To be sure, there were Memorial Day activities for both the soldiers of the Union and the Confederacy in both the North and South. Eventually, the individual events were combined and in the 20th century became recognized as a day to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice in their service to our nation. In your time of barbecue, family gatherings and fun…take a moment to remember those who have made it possible for you to have such a holiday. It is not just a day off from work, but instead is a day of remembrance and thanks to the men, women and families who laid such a sacrifice on the altar of liberty. Snow White and I have attended the services at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery. I don't know anyone who has died though we did visit the final resting place of her uncle's cousin who lost his life on December 7, 1941 at Pearl Harbor. He was just 19. No, we went to pay our respects for all of those in our American brotherhood whose graves remind us that our freedom was paid for by others. We should not take it for granted nor as something that is a right or something that is perpetual. It is a privilege and must be fought for to maintain. Lest we forget….


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Among the numerous bills signed into law by the governor yesterday was one that removes the 180 day instructional requirement for school districts. The requirement will now be based on instructional hours, which was seen as a positive for rural school districts.
Tomahawk District Administrator Sherri Baker pointed out the signing at last night's school board meeting. That's because last month the board passed the 2014-2015 calendar pending the bills passage down in Madison.
The calendar approved by the board in March included 175 days, but lengthened each of those days by 10 minutes. Barring any unforeseen changes, the school year will start next year on September 2 and end June 5.
I have been thinking about this and have a few questions.
*By adding 10 minutes to each day how much instruction can be accomplished in that amount of time.
*Will the 10 minutes be at the end of the day or divided between all the class periods during the day, and if so what will be accomplished in that amount of time. If divided among the class periods, that is just over a minute per period, and what good is that going to do.
*What benefit will it be to the students to spend the additional 10 minutes in school each day.
In my humble opinion, this is taking away valuable time from the students and cheating them out of 5 days of instruction that can never be recovered by 10 minutes at a time.
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1. The "willHalt" program halts for any input.
2. The return value of "willHalt" answers the question "Will the input program halt when run on the input data?"
Now, let us run "willHalt" by dragging onto it a program and a data file. The program is our new program, and the data file is *also* our new program.
If the "willHalt" program does what is claimed, then it will halt (by claim 1) and its return value (by claim 2) will answer the question "Will our program halt when run with itself as input data?"
So let us consider every possible outcome:
If "willHalt" runs forever with these inputs, then claim 1 was false.
If "willHalt" returns "true", then we know, by looking at how our program is written, that our program will loop forever, so claim 2 is false.
If "willHalt" returns "false", then we know, by looking at how our program is written, that our program will exit quickly, so claim 2 is false.
If "willHalt" returns something other than "true" or "false", then claim 2 is false.
I am working through your example with pen and paper, and I'm comfortable with treating the willHalt program as a black box that does only the two things you've described (i.e., willHalt always halts and willHalt always correctly tell us whether a given program, with a particular set of input data, will halt or not).
What I don't get is how the program that's fed to willHalt works. Can you help with that?


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The No. 6 University of Alabama gymnastics team brought its quest for a third straight national championship to the friendly confines of Coleman Coliseum on Friday night and gave its home crowd of 13,921 plenty to cheer about.
The Crimson Tide overcame a sluggish finish and topped the No. 5 LSU Tigers 196.575-195.525 for its second win of the season, both in the Southeastern Conference.
The No. 6 University of Alabama gymnastics team brought its quest for a third straight national championship to the friendly confines of Coleman Coliseum on Friday night and gave its home crowd of 13,921 plenty to cheer about.
The Crimson Tide overcame a sluggish finish and topped the No. 5 LSU Tigers 196.575-195.525 for its second win of the season, both in the Southeastern Conference.
"I'm very proud of this team. We knew it was going to be a close meet," Tide coach Sarah Patterson said. "Certainly we can look at our score, know that we counted a fall and know we have an opportunity to be much better than we were tonight."
Alabama senior Marissa Gutierrez suffered a fall during her floor routine on the last rotation. Two routines later, junior Diandra Milliner fell on the last pass of her floor exercise to keep Alabama from reaching a team score of 197 for the first time in the young season.
"I'm just thankful that they all kind of walked away from it," Patterson said. "That's the most important thing. Those are things we'll work on in practice."
Gutierrez and Milliner have been stalwarts in Alabama's floor rotation during their careers. According to Patterson, the falls were a matter of conditioning — a combination of it being just the second meet of the season and the pair not conserving enough energy for the last tumbling pass.
"That was the event I said, from the beginning, this is where we're going to get better over the course of the season," Patterson said. "I think we're still not where we need to be in terms of overall conditioning."
Their teammates weren't concerned with the rough ending, though, and are confident the veterans won't make the same mistake twice.
"They gave it all they had, but it just wasn't quite there yet," senior Ashley Priess said. "We're only in the second competition of the season. That's an easy fix right there, and I feel positive they're not going to want to land that way again for the rest of the season."
Luckily for the Crimson Tide, LSU wasn't exactly on top of its game either.
The Tigers, who posted the third-highest score in the country through two weeks in their last meet against Florida, counted two falls, one each on uneven bars and balance beam, giving Alabama the win.
LSU's Randii Wyrick and Rheagan Courville both fell during consecutive uneven bar routines in the first rotation, putting LSU in an early 49.45-48.4 hole.
After cutting the Alabama lead by a tenth of a point over the next two rotations, the Tigers had to count another fall on balance beam when Kaleigh Dickson and Jessica Savona suffered back-to-back errors. The falls ensured an Alabama win despite the Crimson Tide counting a fall of its own.
"This was a great home start for us, and there were a lot of really bright spots," Priess said. "The errors were obvious and something that's very feasible for us to work on and improve on. Overall I feel really hopeful for this team. I think we have a long ways to go still, but I think we're ready for it and we're ready to attack it."
The meet will be replayed on ESPNU at 5:30 p.m. Thursday and on ESPN2 at 5 p.m. Jan. 27.
The Crimson Tide will return to Coleman Coliseum next Friday against Kentucky for its annual Power of Pink meet.
Kim Jacob - 9.825
Kaitlyn Clark - 9.9
Ashley Sledge - 9.85
Kayla Williams - 9.925
Marissa Gutierrez - 9.85
Diandra Milliner - 9.925
Team total - 49.45
Uneven bars
Ashley Sledge - 9.9
Becca Alexin - 9.85
Kim Jacob - 9.775
Kaitlyn Clark - 9.775
Ashley Priess - 9.9
Sarah DeMeo - 9.9
Team total - 49.325
Balance beam
Marissa Gutierrez - 9.8
Diandra Milliner - 9.75
Kayla Williams - 9.775
Sarah DeMeo - 9.75
Ashley Priess - 9.85
Kim Jacob - 9.875
Team total - 49.05
Floor exercise
Sarah DeMeo - 9.9
Brooke Parker - 9.725
Ashley Sledge - 9.85
Marissa Gutierrez - 9.3
Kim Jacob - 9.9
Diandra Milliner - 9.375
Team total - 48.75


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Educational Plan Procedures (T/IEP, EP, SP, Revision and Amendment)
- 1 Individual Educational Plan (IEP)
- 2 Transition Individual Education Plan (TIEP)
- 3 Review and Revision of the T/IEP
- 4 IEP Amendment
- 5 Amendment Basics
- 6 Amendment Questions & Answers:
- 7 Amendments for Transportation:
- 8 Accessibility
- 9 Educational Plan (EP)
- 10 Service Plan (SP)
- 11 Amendment Forms Referenced
- 12 Podcasts for PlanMaker Usage
Individual Educational Plan (IEP)
The IEP is a written document designed to meet the individual needs of students with disabilities. Parents and staff are partners in the development of the IEP. The written document may be reviewed and/or revised as the needs of the student changes. An IEP meeting will be held at least annually to review and revise, as appropriate. The document is current for a calendar year.
The IEP meeting is scheduled at a mutually agreed upon time and place. A written notice to the parent (MIS #762), student and/or agency includes:
- Purpose
- Time
- Location of the meeting
- Who will be in attendance
- Statement informing the parents that they have the right to invite individuals with special knowledge or expertise about their child.
If neither parent can attend, the district uses other methods to ensure parent participation including individual or conference telephone calls or video conferencing.
A meeting may be conducted without a parent in attendance. In this case, the student file contains a record of attempts. These records include such items as: Detailed records of telephone calls or attempts, and/or copies of correspondence sent to the parents.
IEP Team Participants:
1. Local Education Agency Representative (LEA): A representative of the school district who is qualified to provide or supervise the provision of specially designed instruction to meet the unique needs of students with disabilities, is knowledgeable about the general curriculum, and is knowledgeable about the availability of individual educational resources of the district.
2. The parent/guardian
3. Student, if appropriate or required
4. At least one regular education teacher of the student, if the student is or may be participating in any regular education environment including electives and specials at the elementary level.
5. ESE teacher(s)
6. Staff member who can address evaluation data, which may be the ESE teacher
7. Agency representatives, as appropriate
8. Additional participants at the parent's request
The IEP Team Considers:
All relevant aspects of the student which include but is not limited to:
- Academic and behavioral interventions
- Strategies for the student
- Supplementary aids and services
- Classroom accommodations
- Modifications
- Supports for school personnel to be provided for the student
- Medical documentation and impact
The IEP team considers the following factors in the development, review and revision of the IEP:
- Strengths of the student and concerns of the parents for enhancing the education of their child
- Results of the initial or most recent evaluation or reevaluation
- As appropriate, results of the student's performance on state or district-wide assessments
- Academic, developmental and functional needs of the student
- In the case of a student whose behavior impedes the student's learning or the learning of others, strategies including the use of positive behavioral interventions, supports and other strategies to address that behavior
- In the case of a student with limited English proficiency, the language needs of the student as related to the IEP
- In the case of a student who is blind or visually impaired, provision of instruction in Braille and the use of Braille unless the IEP team determines, after an evaluation or the student's reading and writing skills, needs including future needs and appropriate reading and writing media (Including an evaluation of the student's future need for instruction in Braille or the use of Braille), that instruction in Braille or the use of Braille is not appropriate for the student
- The communication needs of the student
- In the case of a student who is deaf or hard-of-hearing, the student's language and communication needs, opportunities for direct communications with peers and professional personnel in the student's language and communication mode, academic level and full range of needs, including opportunities for direct instruction in the student's language and communication mode
- Whether the student requires assistive technology devices or services
Content of the IEP
Each IEP must contain the following:
1. A statement of the student's present levels of academic achievement and functional performance, including how the student's disability affects the student's involvement and progress in the general curriculum, or for prekindergarten children, as appropriate, how the disability affects the student's participation in appropriate activities.
2. A statement of measurable annual goals, including academic and functional goals designed to meet the student's needs that result from the student's disability to enable to student to be involved in and make progress in the general curriculum or for preschool children, as appropriate, to participate in appropriate activities and meet each of the student's other educational needs that result from the student's disability.
3. A description of benchmarks or short-term objectives for students with disabilities who take alternate assessments aligned to alternate achievement standards, or any other student with a disability.
4. A statement of the special education and related services and supplementary aids.
5. A statement of the classroom accommodations, modifications or supports for school personnel that will be provided for the student to advance appropriately toward attaining the annual goals. A parent must provide signed consent for a student to receive instructional accommodations that would not be permitted on the statewide assessments and must acknowledge in writing that s/he understands the implications of such accommodations.
6. An explanation of the extent, if any, to which the student will not participate with non-disabled peers in the regular classroom.
7. A statement addressing any individual appropriate accommodations necessary to measure the academic achievement and functional performance of the student on the state or district assessments. If the IEP team determines that the student will take an alternate assessment instead of the regular state or district assessment of student achievement, the IEP must include a statement of why the student cannot participate the regular assessment and why the particular alternate assessment selected is appropriate for the student. If a student does not participate in the regular state assessment, the district must notify the student's parent and provide the parent with information regarding the implications of such non-participation.
8. The projected date for the beginning of the special education services, accommodations and modifications described and the anticipated frequency, location and duration of those services.
9. A statement of how the student progress toward meeting the the annual goals will be measures and when the periodic reports on the progress the student is making toward meeting the annual goals (such as through the use of quarterly or other periodic reports, concurrent with the issuance of report cards) will be provided.
10. During the student's eighth grade year or during the school year of the student's 14th birthday, whichever comes first, a statement of whether the student is pursuing a course of study leading to a standard diploma or a special diploma.
11. Beginning no later than age 14, IEP teams shall begin the process of identifying transition services needs of students with disabilities, to include consideration of the student's need for instruction or the provision information in the area of self-determination to assist the student to be able to actively and effectively participate in IEP team meetings and self-advocate, so that needed postsecondary goals maybe identified and in place by age sixteen (16).
Transition Individual Education Plan (TIEP)
A statement of appropriate measurable postsecondary goals based on age-appropriate transition assessments is required. It needs to relate to training, education, employment and, where appropriate, independent living skills and the transition services (including courses of study).
Beginning at least one year before the student's 18th birthday, a statement that the student has been informed of his or her rights that will transfer from the parents to the student on reaching the age of majority.
Review and Revision of the T/IEP
Generally, changes to the T/IEP occur at an IEP meeting by the entire team. Once completed, the case manager updates the IEP document in PlanMaker and turns int eh data entry revision form.
IEP Amendment
Changes to the IEP. Generally, changes to the IEP must be made by the entire IEP Team at an IEP Team meeting and may be made by amending the IEP rather than by redrafting the entire IEP. However, in making changes to a student's IEP after the annual IEP meeting for a school year, the parent and the school district may agree not to convene an IEP Team meeting for purposes of making those changes, and instead may develop a written document to amend or modify the student's current IEP. If changes are made to the student's IEP without a meeting, the school district must ensure that the student's IEP Team is informed of those changes. Upon request, a parent must be provided with a revised copy of the IEP with the amendments incorporated.
In summary, there are some situations in which a minor change to the IEP is required that does NOT change placement, more restrictive services, and/or graduation options. In these cases, the team can consider an amendment without a meeting with the entire IEP team.
Amendment Basics
For most current and up to date IEP Amendment information, please refer the MyLearning Course for PEER(Canvas). This is where you will find additional resources and information.
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Amendments that DO NOT require a meeting could be:
- Correcting clerical errors (ex: wrong date; to correct an error of omission like changing the name of a program if it was inadvertently not changed at a staffing and noticed later)
- Changing frequency of service (ex: adding a goal and service due to PMP status; if student already has SF for 2-3 times weekly and now they will also get math, time with non-disabled peers will not change)
- Adding or deleting (non post-secondary) goals /accommodations
- Changing minutes if LRE doesn't change (PT/OT/Speech-Language)
- Adding or changing the diploma designation (Scholar or Merit)
- Adding or deleting transportation (see specifics noted below)
NOTE: Not to be used in cases that would require the attendance of a transportation representative at a IEP meeting (i.e. medically fragile, door to door transportation)
Amendments that DO require a meeting are:
- Annual review/Tri-Annual Reevaluation
- Results of an Evaluation
- Change of Placement (Least/Most Restrictive Environment Addressed)
- Change in Assessment (going from regular standards to access points)
- Change of Post-secondary goals (Parent Consent Needed)
- Waiver Meeting
Amendment Questions & Answers:
- Is there a cap on the number of amendments? No.
- Do we also make the changes on the hard copy of the existing plan? No. Reprint the IEP and its entirety and place on top, on the left hand side of the red cumulative file.
- Who is responsible for making all copies and ensuring that the parent and Basic Ed teachers obtain a copy? Case Manager
Amendments for Transportation:
- Must clearly state to parent that transportation might take up to 7 school days to start. Document this on parent contact form.
- Complete the Transportation Request Form on PEER
Send copy of parent contact notes, amendment, and transportation form to Transportation.
The IEP will be accessible to all teachers and providers. They will be informed of their specific responsibilities related to the implementation of the IEP and the specific accommodations, modifications and supports that must be provided for the student.
Educational Plan (EP)
The EP is a written document designed to meet the individual needs of students determined eligible for gifted services. Parent (or provided written input), a teacher of gifted, a basic education teacher(or provided written input) and the student, when applicable, are partners to develop the EP. The written document may be reviewed and/or revised at any time. The EP must be updated at least every 3 years unless the student will be graduating at the end of the current school year. EPs should be reviewed and updated when the student transitions from 2nd to 3rd grade, 5th to 6th grade, and 8th to 9th grade. EPs may be written to cover the four (4) year period a gifted student is expected to attend high school.
The EP must contain:
- Present Level of Performance (PLS) statement (download sample)
- Two or more measurable goals that are related to the priority needs identified in the PLS (download sample)
- Description of service, frequency and location
- Related services necessary to access gifted services
- Description of how student progress toward goal mastery will be reported and frequency of reporting
Service Plan (SP)
Part B of the Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA 2004) requires that school districts locate, identify and evaluate at public expense students who are parentally placed at private schools and who are suspected of having disabilities and needing special education and related services. This part if the general school district responsibility, known as Child Find.
The requirement to make available a free appropriate public education (FAPE) does not extend to private school settings when children with disabilities are parentally placed in those settings.
There is no individual entitlement of parentally placed private school students to receive special education services. However, some students may receive services under a Service Plan.
Please note that these services are only available to parentally-placed students with disabilities (ESE) who attend nonprofit private schools within Pasco County.
A Service Plan is a written statement that describes the special education and related services that a school district will provide to a parentally-placed student with a disability enrolled in a private school. An IEP cannot be used as a Service Plan as it contains additional information that might imply that the student is entitled to FAPE services. The Service Plan contains only information relevant to special education and related services to be provided to the student.
Service Plans should only be written after a request for ESE services has been submitted to and approved by the Office for Student Supports and Program Services at the District Office.
After such a request is approved, the contract therapist will write the Service Plan and hold the meeting at the non-profit private school site. The only exception is if a school-based SLP is serving a student for Clinic Speech Services (Home Ed request, etc.).
A Service Plan must parallel the IEP content requirements and must be developed, reviewed and revised consistent with the requirements for the IEP. The plan needs to include information related to those specific services that the school district has determined the student will receive.
The school district ensures that a representative of the private school attends each meeting for development of a Service Plan. If the private school representative cannot attend, then other methods, such as individual conference, telephone class should be used.
Amendment Forms Referenced
- Amendment Form
- Parent Contact Form (MIS #713)
- Compliance Checklist for Amendment Form
- Transportation Request Form (MIS #768)
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The deeply divided House of Representatives divided, well, deeply along partisan lines Friday over a GOP bill to curb the Environmental Protection Agency's regulatory powers.
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Nearly 1,000 people gathered for the funeral of a Florida boy who was infected by a rare and deadly brain eating amoeba.
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With Texas Wine Month fast approaching, the panel got a jump on saluting true Texas wines.
Although supplies aren't enough to penetrate the national market, many Texas wines have been winning over critics and bringing home bling from competitions, coast to coast. Some of the state's top wineries are repeat gold- and silver-medal winners, proving that they can go toe-to-toe with top wineries from more established regions, year after year.
We tasted 21 wines from across the state, all sold in stores in the Dallas area.
Many excellent wines are sold only at the wineries, online or through wine clubs; we did not include those.
Nor did we sample wines that are produced by Texas wineries using predominantly non-Texas grapes. You have to read labels carefully to determine official Texas pedigree.
For example, "Texas" won't be printed on the label if the percentage of Texas-grown grapes used to make the wine is less than 75 percent. In this case, the wines are sometimes labeled "American wine." Another telltale sign that they aren't true Texans is teeny-tiny print that says "not for sale outside of Texas."
We gathered a variety of wine styles, varietals and blends for this tasting. Of the 21 wines sampled, we designated the eight most noteworthy. Texas versions of top-selling American varietals such as cabernet sauvignon and chardonnay didn't make the final cut. They were eclipsed by Mediterranean regional varietals and blends that have translated well to Texas — even if their names don't quite roll off the tongue (viognier is pronounced vee-ohn-yay, y'all).
The Mediterranean-grape dominance in this tasting isn't a coincidence.
"In several of the state's major wine-growing areas, the climate leans towards that of Mediterranean wine regions," says panelist and master sommelier James Tidwell. He notes that several wineries are making good wines from varieties such as viognier, roussanne and tempranillo.
It's worth noting that half of our eight picks came from two wineries: Pedernales Cellars, for two of the reds, and Duchman Family Winery, for two of the whites. These wineries also earned panel-pick designations for the top red and top white. We're betting that you can count on consistent quality in reds from Pedernales and whites from Duchman.
Read on for details of our Texas wine roundup. Then take October, Texas Wine Month, to explore more Texas wines. Find a style that suits your palate and make it your house wine or your go-to wine for entertaining out-of-state guests.
Now drink Texan — and be proud!
Tina Danze is a Dallas freelance writer.
Duchman Family Winery Vermentino 2010
$13.67 to $14.25. Select Whole Foods Markets, Spec's, select Centennial Fine Wine and Spirits, select Sigel's, Goody Goody locations and Total Wine & More
This crisp, bright white wine, made from an Italian white grape variety, shows pear, grapefruit and lime zest flavors. Hunter Hammett thought the wine would be a great match for sushi. He liked the wine's brisk acidity and clean fruit. James Tidwell noted that although the wine has more fruit than European-style vermentinos, it's still a good example of the Old World style. Jennifer Uygur recommends this wine to people who don't like oaked wines or prefer "light, bright, clean-tasting wines."
This wine won a gold medal at the 2012 Dallas Morning News & TexSom Wine Competition and a silver medal at the San Francisco International Wine Competition.
Duchman Family Winery Viognier, Bingham Family Vineyard, 2010
$13.67; select Whole Foods Markets, Spec's, select Sigel's, Goody Goody locations and Total Wine & More
Viognier is a white Rhone Valley grape that has taken well to the Texas High Plains. "Texas viognier has a good balance of fruit, acidity and minerality," Tidwell said. He assessed this wine as having a good balance of Old World and new world viognier characteristics, too. "It's awesome," Uygur said. "It's got really crisp acidity; it's surprising — with viognier you usually think voluptuous and more rounded. If you love sauvignon blanc, this is the viognier you want." Blythe Beck pronounced it "bright, shiny and easy to drink," and Hammett liked the wine's clean flavors.
This wine won a gold medal at the 2012 Dallas Morning News & TexSom Wine Competition and a silver medal at the San Francisco International Wine Competition.
Brennan Vineyards Viognier 2010
$17.50 to $19.99; Spec's, Central Market (Southlake and Plano), select Sigel's, McKinney Wine Merchant, True Spirits in Hebron and Schrick's in Fort Worth
This un-oaked viognier is a different style from the other viognier we selected. It's made mostly with grapes grown in the winery's Comanche County vineyards, supplemented with grapes from the Texas High Plains. It shows peach and citrus flavors and has a nice roundness on the palate. "It's rich and balanced, with ripe peach and apricot fruit," Hammett said. "It's a drier style, which makes it more food-friendly." Uygur noted that as an un-oaked style, it highlights the "pretty," ripe fruit flavors.
This wine won silver medals at the 2012 Dallas Morning News & TexSom Wine Competition and the 2012 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition.
McPherson Vineyards, Bingham Vineyards Roussanne Reserve, 2010
$18.50 to $19.99; Applejack on Oak Lawn, Total Wine & More
Roussanne is another white Rhone varietal that takes well to Texas. This polished wine holds its own with the best — it won a gold medal at the 2012 Dallas Morning News & TexSom Wine Competition. It's a dry, fruity wine with tangy-sweet lemon-drop flavor, nice acidity and good body. "I love it. The texture of the wine is round, smooth and really supple," Tidwell said. "While there's a lot of fruit, it's not overdone." Hammett thought the wine would pair well with chicken or quail. "Considering it's a single-vineyard wine from one of Texas' most famous wine-growing regions, it's surprisingly affordable," he said. Uygur added that it goes well with mild cheeses and seafood. "It appeals to a broad variety of palates," she said.
This was a limited production release and Dallas supplies are dwindling.
Pedernales Texas GSM, 2010
$29.95; Whole Foods Market (Highland Park, Plano and Fairview), Scardello Artisan Cheese, Veritas, Las Colinas Beverages and Schrick's in Fort Worth
GSM stands for grenache, syrah and mourvèdre — the trio of Rhone grape varieties used to make a classic Southern Rhone blend. "This is a different style compared to warmer-climate Southern Rhone blends; there's more refreshing acidity, which is a pleasant surprise," Tidwell said. "It's a well-made, balanced wine with fruit, acidity and tannins, but it's smooth on the end." Beck noted that the wine "tastes delicious by itself or with food" — we tried it with mild salami. Hammett thought the slightly sweet fruit would make it a good match for barbecue. Uygur attributed the wine's food-friendly character to its "good acidity."
Tranquilo Cellars "Tranquilo" Texas Red Table Wine, 2010
$14.99 to $16.95; Scardello Artisan Cheese, select Sigel's, Central Market (Southlake, Plano and Fort Worth locations), Legacy Liquor in The Colony, Spirits of Granbury and Vino 100 in McKinney
Tempranillo — a Spanish grape variety — plays a big role in this blend, along with some Rhone grape varieties. Panelists agreed that this is a well-made wine and a crowd-pleaser, well-suited for backyard parties. Hammett said the wine would make a good house wine and a good match for barbecue. Although it wasn't Uygur's favorite, she felt it was better than many Texas wines in this price range. The screw-top cap is a plus.
Pedernales Cellars Texas Tempranillo, 2009
$18.69 to $19.99; Whole Foods Market (Plano, Arlington and Fairview), Pogo's, select Goody Goody stores, Las Colinas Beverages, Vino 100, Sigel's Fine Wines and Great Spirits, select Spec's, Cork it Fine Wines in Grapevine and Schrick's in Fort Worth
This wine proves how well Spain's native tempranillo translates to Texas soil, in this case the Texas Hill Country. "It's delicious," Hammett said. He liked the wine's ripe blackberry fruit and good acidity. Tidwell found this wine to be very typical of warmer-climate tempranillos. "It reminds me of being in the Ribera del Duero," he said, referring to one of the varietal's most famous wine regions. "It's got a leather note, fruit, structure and supple texture — and the finish is very refreshing," he said. "It makes you want to take another bite of food and another sip," Uygur added. Beck hailed this as "an entertaining wine that you'd be proud to serve," and panelists agreed, making it their top pick. "People will enjoy it alone or with food," she said.
This wine won a gold medal at the 2012 Dallas Morning News & TexSom Wine Competition.
Inwood Estates Vineyards "Cornelious" Tempranillo, 2009
$34.99 to $39.99; at the winery on Manufacturing Street in Dallas, Spec's, select Whole Foods Market locations and select Central Market stores
Inwood Estates winery is in Dallas, and uses grapes grown in Yoakum County to make this 100 percent tempranillo. It shows more of fruit compote than fresh-fruit flavor profile. "It's a big, muscly, rich, hedonistic wine," Hammett said. Beck noted that the wine showed too much alcohol, and panelists agreed that it was a bit out of balance. Still, some panelists argued that this is a style of red that some wine drinkers look for. Although the panel was divided on the wine, they agreed that the price is an obstacle; at $35, it's not a great value. On the other hand, if you're looking for a big, rich, over-the-top Texas red — and money is no object — this fits the bill.
The mission
Find the best Texas wines (made from Texas grapes) available in local retail markets
The tasters
Blythe Beck, chef
Hunter Hammett, certified sommelier, Pyramid Restaurant at the Fairmont Hotel Dallas
James Tidwell, certified wine educator; master sommelier, Cafe on the Green, Four Seasons Resort and Club in Las Colinas
Jennifer Uygur, co-owner and wine director, Lucia restaurant
Cathy Barber, Taste editor
Tina Danze, freelance writer


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Minister Louis Farrakhan Muhammad, Sr. (born Louis Eugene Walcott; May 11, 1933) is the leader of the Chicago, Illinois-based Nation of Islam (NOI). He served as the minister of major mosques in Boston and Harlem, and was appointed by the longtime NOI leader, Elijah Muhammad, before his death in 1975, as the National Representative of the Nation of Islam. After Warith Deen Muhammad disbanded the NOI and started the orthodox Islamic group American Society of Muslims, Farrakhan started rebuilding the NOI. In 1981 he revived the name Nation of Islam for his organization, previously known as Final Call, regaining many of the Nation of Islam's National properties including the NOI National Headquarters Mosque Maryam, reopening over 130 NOI mosques in America and the World.
Farrakhan is a Black religious and social leader, and a critic of the United States government on many issues, including the call to murder white people and bring forth an end of their ruling age. Farrakhan has been both praised and widely criticized for his often controversial political views and outspoken rhetorical style. In October 1995, he called and led the Million Man March in Washington, D.C., calling on black men to renew their commitments to their families and communities. Due to health issues, in 2007, Farrakhan reduced his responsibilities with the NOI.
He was born Louis Eugene Walcott (also spelled Wolcott) in 1933 in The Bronx, New York, the younger of two sons of Sarah Mae Manning (16 January 1900 – 18 November 1988) and Percival Clark, immigrants from the Caribbean islands. His mother was born in Saint Kitts and Nevis. His father was a Jamaican native and worked as a taxicab driver. After Louis' father died in 1936, the Walcott family moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where they settled in the West Indian neighborhood of the Roxbury area.


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GOP appears to have killed Law of the Sea Treaty
It's become extremely difficult – far more difficult than any point in American history – for Congress to pass legislation. But treaties are even harder, since they require 67 votes for passage. Even if every member of the Democratic caucus backs a treaty, it would need 14 Republicans to go along, and in this Congress, that's an implausibly high number.
This is particularly relevant this week because of the Law of the Sea Treaty, negotiated 18 years ago, and ratified by 161 countries around the globe. Here in the U.S., it's been endorsed by the Clinton administration, the Bush administration, the Obama administration, business leaders, the State Department, the Pentagon, the Joint Chiefs, and specifically U.S. Navy leaders who, as Josh Rogin explained, see the measure as necessary "to allow the United States to fully participate in the growing multinational system that governs the open seas."
In the Senate, hopes were raised when the treaty earned the backing of Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Committee Ranking Member Dick Lugar (R-Ind.), who began the ratification process with a "24-star hearing" – a panel with six military officers with four stars each. For its part, the Obama administration told senators the treaty would allow the U.S. to "secure mineral rights in a larger geographical area, would ensure freedom of navigation for U.S. ships, and would give the country better leverage for claims in the Arctic."
And yet, despite all of this, Senate Republicans have apparently succeeded in killing the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
As of [yesterday], 34 Republican senators have expressed opposition to Senate ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty, a number that would add up to rejection of the treaty if all those senators vote against it when it comes to the Senate floor.
"This is Victory Day for U.S. sovereignty in the Senate," Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK), a passionate opponent of the treaty, proclaimed on the Senate floor late Monday. "With 34 opposed to LOST (the treaty), this debate is over."
Inhofe's declaration of victory came after two Republican senators, Romney surrogates Rob Portman (R-OH) and Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), announced Monday they would vote against the treaty.
What happened? Why would Republicans dismiss the pleas of American military leaders? Well, it's an odd story.
As Kerry and Lugar began their efforts in earnest, so too did far-right activists, who had irrational fears, based on little more than paranoia, that the measure would give the United Nations power over American laws. Fox News and other conservative media outlets soon began trumpeting the talking points, which were aggressively pushed by John Bolton and other extremists, that our "sovereignty" was being put at risk by treaty backers, including the U.S. military.
Henry Kissinger, George Shultz, James Baker, Colin Powell, and Condoleezza Rice – Republican Secretaries of State from Republican administrations – wrote an op-ed, urging Senate ratification, but GOP senators were more inclined to listen to Dick Morris.
Yesterday, Sens. Portman and Ayotte were the apparent nails in the coffin. It's no coincidence that both Portman and Ayotte are being considered for their party's vice presidential nomination, which means they have to take ridiculous policy positions that make the GOP base happy. Had either endorsed the treaty, Fox News would not have been pleased.
And so international rules for the world's oceans will have to wait once more.


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Was buying a company for $2 billion that makes virtual reality goggles that hasn't even shipped a consumer version yet a little too way out there for Facebook investors?
Facebook Inc. investors aren't liking the Oculus VR deal. Shares fell 6.5% to $60.66 in recent trading after the social network's late Tuesday announcement it was buying the virtual reality tech firm for $2 billion in cash and stock.
The deal comes just six weeks after CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he was "done for a while" with big deals after the $16 billion (plus $3 billion in milestone payments) acquisition of WhatsApp in February. Some analysts are wondering whether the social network will be able to digest the back-to-back deals.
Facebook shares had finished up 2.3% at $69.63 on the trading day after the WhatsApp announcement back in February. But on Tuesday, shares had closed at $64.89, just above their 50-day trading average Tuesday. Now shares are 5.7% below the 50 DMA.
That cuts into the value of the Oculus deal. Part of it was 23.1 million shares of Facebook valued at $1.6 billion based on an average 20-day closing price of $69.35 per share. That means the Oculus deal is now worth about $200 million less than announced as a result.
Facebook investors aren't the only unhappy ones. Nearly 10,000 people pledged $2.4 million to Oculus in a Kickstarter campaign to build and get a pair of the VR goggles, and many have been posting comments on the Oculus Kickstarter page criticizing the deal.
Also, Markus "Notch" Persson, creator of the popular Minecraft game, said in a blog post he was dropping plans to develop a version for Oculus following the deal.
"I did not chip in ten grand to seed a first investment round to build value for a Facebook acquisition," Persson wrote.
--Wallace Witkowski
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