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Betty Cherry
Betty Jean Cherry, 86, of LeRoy, formerly of Bellflower and Sullivan, passed away at 1:05 a.m. Monday, April 14, 2014 in LeRoy Manor.
Funeral services will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday in Calvert-Belangee-Bruce Funeral Home in LeRoy with the Rev. Jim Boswell officiating. Burial will be in Bellflower Township Cemetery in Bellflower. Visitation will be from 10-11:30 a.m. Friday in the funeral home.


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From the lake to your faucet
Published 8:00 pm, Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Editors note: This is one story in a series that will look at how local water treatment plants produce and distribute our drinking water.
CASEVILLE Ever wonder about your drinking water like whats in it, or how is it made and distributed?
Well, heres a little insight for those with faucets in Caseville and Pigeon. Its very complicated, said Caseville Department of Public Works Supervisor Dave Quinn. Nobody really has a clue how complicated it is.
Quinn said the Caseville Water Treatment Plant pumps the water out of the lake, treats it and then distributes it to the village, Caseville Township (including Sand Point) and Pigeon.
He said lake water is drawn through a buried intake pipe located at the Caseville beach. From there, its pumped through a pipe thats a little more than a mile long to the plant on Clay Street.
The water is filtered while its drawn through the intake before its run through the pipeline.
Once it reaches the water treatment plant, Quinn said the water goes through a filter system thats considered microfiltration.
The water penetrates the sides of the filters, which are enclosed in four rack-like modules that contain 48 filters a piece, he said.
Once the water goes through the sides of the filters in holes that are 2 micron in size, it exits the filter through straws located at the end of the filter. Then chlorine is added to the filtered water and it is pumped out of the plant to water towers in Caseville, Sand Point and Pigeon.
The water stored in these towers is then sent through a complicated distribution system encompassing the village, Caseville Township and Pigeon.
The distribution system includes miles and miles of pipeline. Though he couldnt give a total number of miles as to how long the piping is, Quinn did say it took more than 20 miles of pipeline alone when Sand Point went online.
In addition to storing the water, Quinn said the towers also provide the pressure needed to push the water through the distribution system.
Gravity draws the water down and gives pressure through the distribution system, Quinn said. Thats why the bottom of (the water tower located in the village) is more than 200 feet high.
The water plant has a certified lab, and testing is conducted on a daily basis, he said. The plant is manned by three licensed operators who conduct tests and can monitor data for water towers, filters, testing areas, parts per million, etc., Quinn said.
He said the plant which runs about eight hours a day (because theres not enough demand for it to run 24 hours a day) also is equipped with a large air compressor (because all of the valves are air-activated), and a backwash system where water is cleaned through the filters and diverted into a lagoon system. Its basically just lake water being diverted with air to our lagoon system, Quinn said.
In the event the village loses power, he said the water plant has a generator and will continue to produce safe drinking water.
Thats one of the advantages of city water, Quinn said. If the power goes out, youll still have water.
The plant also is equipped with turbidimeters that measure tiny particles (in parts per million) in the water, he said. The limit is .3 parts per million. Were at .03 (parts per million) 10 times better than we have to be, Quinn said.
If the parts per million limit is surpassed, the plant automatically shuts down, he said.
Built in 1989, the water treatment plant originally operated with sand packaged filters, he said.
The plant was expanded and adopted the microfiltration system in 2000, said Caseville Village Administrator Forrest Williams.
He said the township paid for the plants expansion and the installation of the micro-filtration system at that time because it was cheaper for them to join the villages system rather than build their own plant.
A year prior to that, the village entered an agreement to provide water to Pigeon, Williams said.
Now the costs of the water and plant operation are spread out among the three entities, he said.
Thats the beauty of it, Williams said. … The more users you have, the more per-unit costs will go down.
He said while the village is not actively pursuing any additional customers, it is willing to consider connecting others if asked.
If that is the case, Quinn said the water treatment plant would be ready. Currently, the plant is rated to produce 2 million gallons of water per day (if its operating 24 hours a day).
He said theres also additional room in the plant to expand the microfiltration system (i.e. purchase more racks of filters).
Prior to the plants expansion in 2000, it was rated to produce 1.2 million gallons per day (if it was operating 24 hours a day), Quinn said.
He said the microfiltration system also accommodates more production than the previous system of using packaged filters.
With this style of filter, we could get more production out of this same building area, Quinn said.
The new buried in-take, which cost $3.2 million and was installed in 2006, also could withstand additional demand, he said.
Its four times as big as the old one and goes out deeper too, Quinn said.
One of the biggest problems the water plant has had in regards to producing safe drinking water was when the villages old buried in-take failed, Quinn said.
Our biggest thing was the failure of the existing in-take we had, he said. It took almost five years for a new one to get in place, and then problems arose when we were getting the new one.
Those problems came about because the plant was drawing water from an emergency line that didnt filter the water like the buried in-take does, Quinn said.
The nice thing about the buried bed is we dont have to worry about algae or zebra mussels, he added. When we had the open pipe, they could get in there. While no algae or zebra mussels could get through the microfiltration system, they did cause a reaction with chlorine that resulted in discolored water at the time, Quinn said.
Now were pretty good, he said. Its still having effects, but we can catch problems before they get into the system.
Quinn said at no point was the water not safe to drink.
We did three times the amount of testing last year than we normally do and we never had one bad sample, he said. But cosmetically, it was not pleasing. The buried in-take is installed in waters 9 to 14 feet in depth, Quinn said. Any decreases in water levels shouldnt affect the in-take unless it was huge like a 10 feet drop.
As for any kind of replacement in the future, Quinn said its impossible to pinpoint when anything might need to be replaced as it all depends on materials. But there hasnt been a water main break in quite some time, so thats a good sign that the systems going strong, he said.
Caseville has a relatively young system 60 to 70 years is our oldest pipe in the ground, Quinn said, noting there are pipes in Saginaw and Detroit that have been in the ground for more than 100 years.


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News Consular Information Consulate Polish community
15 February 2017
From August 1st to October 2, 1944, Janusz, rank of Staff Sergeant Cadet Officer, led his soldiers of the "Orlęta" platoon, part of Gozdawa Battalion, in heavy fighting in Krasiński Square, Old Town and the City Center. Janusz and his soldiers were all Varsovians, born and raised in Warsaw, in the free Second Republic of Poland. Warsaw was their home. They knew the streets by memory and could successfully navigate the underground city sewers to deliver arms, ammunition and food to AK soldiers who were cut-off from all other reinforcements.
For Janusz Załęski defending Warsaw and fighting for Polish independence was natural, and part of his family's history. Janusz grew up hearing many stories about his patriotic ancestors who fought for Polish freedom. Janusz as a teenager joined 23 Warszawska Drużyna Harcerska "Pomarańczarnia" (Boy Scouts) and attended Gimnazjum i Liceum im. Stefana Batorego (Stefan Batory School) in Warsaw, where his strong sense of duty to Poland was reinforced. During the German Occupation of Poland, Janusz was active in the Polish Red Cross, Polish Underground, Gray Ranks, Szare Szeregi.
After World War II, Janusz did not return to Poland because Communist Police had come to the family home to arrest him. Family warned Janusz to never return to Warsaw. So from 1947 to 1959, Janusz lived in Caracas, Venezuela, working as an accountant.
In 1959, Janusz came to the United States and met Margaret Okon (also from Warsaw, Poland). In 1960 they married and moved to California, where they have lived for 57 years, raising four children, and enjoying ten grandchildren.
Janusz and Margaret never returned to Poland, but they keep all memories of their Polish homeland close to their hearts. They have instilled a strong sense of patriotism and community service in their children and grandchildren, emphasizing the importance of a free, democratic society where all people are treated equally with respect and dignity.
Janusz Załęski and Consul General Brymora
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Indiana police released dash cam video of an October 2013 incident that led to one man's arrest and an officer's suspension.
INDIANAPOLIS - The Lafayette Police Department in Indiana released dash cam video this week of an October 2013 incident that led to one man's arrest and an officer's suspension.
Police were called to the Excel School at 617 N. Ninth St. on Oct. 1, 2013, on reports of a man who said he had a handgun in his backpack.
The man, Nicholas Kincade, who is a paraplegic and is confined to a wheelchair, did not have a gun, but officers said he did have a pocket knife.
At the request of school administrators, police issued Kincade a warning for trespassing, and then he was free to go, police said.
As the video shows, Kincade rolled his wheelchair forward, running over the foot of Lt. Tom Davidson, who then pushed Kincade.
The wheelchair tipped over, spilling Kincade on the ground. Kincade was then arrested on a charge of battery on a police officer.
WATCH: See the dash cam video in the player above
Davidson was put on administrative leave during an internal investigation of the incident.
The investigation determined Davidson violated the department's rules regarding "unbecoming conduct" and "response to resistance," and Davidson was recommended for termination, police said.
The results of the investigation were passed on to the Lafayette Police Civil Service Commission, which is made up of five Lafayette citizens who vote on decisions about LPD hiring, promotions and discipline.
While the commission agreed that Davidson violated the department's unbecoming conduct rule, they found that he was not in violation of rules regarding response to resistance, and they declined to terminate him.
The commission decided Davidson would lose his rank, serve a 30-day unpaid suspension and serve one year of probation.
On Monday, the Tippecanoe Co. prosecutor decided to not file charges against either Davidson or Kincade.


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While the Bush Administration is busy rounding up Republican Guards in the sands of Iraq, an axis of mischief is taking shape in America's back yard. Cuba is jailing dissidents and oil-rich Venezuela is telling South American neighbors that they will be the next target of American aggression.
It's part of an effort to use the United States as a foil to breathe new life into a moribund Latin American radical movement in the wake of failed revolutions in the 1980s. Key to its success is a convergence of forces between Middle Eastern rogue states, Latin American radicals, and various terrorist groups such as Colombia's rebels.
Both Cuban dictator Fidel Castro and Venezuela's autocratic president Hugo Chávez stand in solidarity with each other, and have courted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, as well the leaders of other rogue states such as Libya, Iran, and North Korea.
Cuba has faithfully denounced U.S. and U.N. attempts to disarm Iraq and exchanged biotechnology with both Iranian and Iraqi governments. Alcibíades Hidalgo, a former Cuban vice minister of foreign relations, wrote in the Washington Post that Castro used the Soviet electronic eavesdropping base at Lourdes, Cuba to spy on U.S. command centers during the first Gulf War--passing intelligence directly on to Saddam. Most likely similar efforts are under way now.
Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez was the first democratically-elected leader to visit Saddam Hussein after the Gulf War. He also reportedly corresponded with Muammar Qaddafi about strengthening ties between Middle Eastern and Latin American radicals and using oil as an economic weapon. This January, his Education Ministry announced scholarships for Venezuelan youths to study at Saddam University.
Ironically, cash-strapped Cuba never turned its Middle Eastern connection into much of an advantage. But last week when the United States acted to disarm Iraq, Castro used the distraction of distant war to crackdown on an opposition movement that has been growing ever since May 2002 when dissident Oswaldo Payá and his Varela Project collected more than 11,000 signatures for a petition to hold a referendum on Cuba's one-party rule. Beginning March 19, the Castro government arrested more than two dozen independent journalists and 50 dissidents.
Meanwhile, Venezuela's Chávez has been building an international network to support his "Bolivarian" agenda of exporting populist, authoritarian government to neighboring countries and defeat what he calls "savage capitalism." Supporters include Cuban agents who allegedly hold advisory positions in top Venezuelan intelligence and police agencies, and Colombian narcoguerrillas who reportedly trained rural paramilitaries known as Bolivarian Liberation Forces (FBL) to act as a shadow army for Chávez in the countryside.
From the Middle East, Iranian and Iraqi engineers flew in recently to help Chávez restore Venezuelan petroleum production following a two-month strike by oil workers. At the same time, Chávez named himself head of the National Oil Council, a body he created to ensure direct presidential control of the state oil company and its revenues.
Outside the country, Chávez supporters seek to create unrest. Speaking in Santiago, Chile on March 24, vice-president José Vicente Rangel warned that, "What [America] did to Iraq can happen to any other nation." A month ago, Hasil Rahaham, a Venezuelan Muslim with suspected ties to al Qaeda, arrived from Caracas and was detained at London's Gatwick airport after a grenade was discovered in his luggage.
Chávez loyalists are also forming foreign solidarity groups patterned after the president's militant neighborhood political action organizations known as "Bolivarian Circles"-similar to Cuba's Revolutionary Defense Committees. A web page hosted in Sweden, "Red de Solidaridad con la Revolución Bolivariana," lists contacts in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Ecuador, Spain, Uruguay, and even the United States.
While all this might seem like small potatoes compared to the challenge the United States now faces in the Middle East, such cancers have a way of metastasizing. Especially when polls suggest that Latin American publics distrust their own leaders to behave democratically and believe that Americans are uninterested in helping them solve their problems.
Siding with Saddam Hussein and other despots, Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez are shepherding forces to confront the United States in its own backyard. The Bush Administration and Congress should not take this lightly. At the very least, these men could inspire or assist reprisals against America for disarming a friend and fellow dictator. Beyond that, they will struggle to subvert U.S. allies in the region.
Despite heavy commitments elsewhere, Washington should not hesitate to increase intelligence collection (especially toward Cuba and Venezuela), step up public diplomacy in the region, and work harder to encourage friendly democrats and ongoing reforms to keep this situation from undermining the security of the United States and of neighboring democracies and free markets in the western hemisphere.
Stephen Johnson is Senior Policy Analyst for Latin America in the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies at The Heritage Foundation.


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Upon This Rock (2 CDs)
Special Edition of the Larry album that started it all. This 2 CD set
is the "Impact" version plus 6 bonus tracks on Disc 1. Disc
2 contains the original Powerline Radio Show in 1970 with some previously
unheard songs from Larry's musicals.
Disc One:
1. You Can't Take Away The Lord
2. I Don't Believe In Miracles
3. Moses In The Wilderness
4. Walking Backwards Down The Stairs
5. Ha Ha World
6. Sweet Sweet Song Of Salvation
7. Forget Your Hexagram
8. The Last Supper
9. I Wish We'd All Been Ready
10. Nothing Really Changes
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17. Lost Kids (Song for the Runaways)
19. We All (The Crash Pad)
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Also includes a 28 page full color booklet with info about Larry's early years
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Only Visiting This
Planet (The Complete Trilogy)
Larry has been working on The Complete Trilogy for three years. It was
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This is a brand new e.q. and mastering of this 1972 album. And we have
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1. I've Got To Learn To Live Without You
2. The Outlaw
3. Why Don't You Look Into Jesus
4. Righteous Rocker #1
5. I Wish We'd All Been Ready
6. I Am The Six O'Clock News
7. The Great American Novel
8. Pardon Me
9. Why Should The Devil Have All The Good Music
10. Reader's Digest
11. Peacepollutionrevolution (Radio Single)
12. Righteous Rocker (Hard Rock Version)
13. The Outlaw (Roots Remake)
14. Reader's Digest (Roots Rock Remake)
15. Righteous Rocker (Unreleased Version)
16. The Great American Novel (Unreleased Version)
So Long Ago The Garden
Part Two of The Trilogy
When first released, Garden caused quite a stir
in the gospel community. They said that Larry was naked and that this
was proof he had fallen away from God. The Christian press mercilessly
attacked him and his concerts were cancelled. When absence from
stage he started Solid Rock Records to produce others. Some people
he helped with their personal life and brought them to a converted lifestyle. Keith
Green and Larry could not work together so Larry let him go. Randy Stonehill
was the next artist and Larry produced a top rate album for him.
During this time, Larry had also started a Bible Study in his living
room only for musicians and actors. After six months, "The
Vineyard" was chosen as a name. Still Bible bookstores refused
to carry most of his albums.
Garden brought Larry respect and acceptance from less judgmental people.
Dylan heard Planet and Garden and started going to The Vineyard for Bible
study. Tower Records ran out of stock of both albums. They received rave
critical reviews from the secular press. This is one of Larry's greatest
albums-rebalanced, re-equalized and remastered.
In Another Land
Part Three of The Trilogy
When it was first released this was one of
the most popular christian rock albums throughout the world .
When you listen to it you'll see why. dcTalk, Audio Adrenaline,
Grammatrain, Geoff Moore, Big Tent Revival and almost 400 other artists
have recorded songs from this and Norman's other albums.
Something New Under The Son
Larry Norman, brother Charles and friend Jason have rebalanced the tracks,
given them brand new equalizations, trimmed the drop offs and even corrected
a few rhythm problems to make this re-release of Something New as shiny
as possible.
Larry's latest studio album of brand new written songs. Described as "another
major work in the making and perhaps Larry's deepest, most articulate
album ever"
These songs prove that Larry is still writing provocative music with
brainy lyrics which examine the social sins and holes in the souls of
American lifestyles, the idealism of the chaste Christian walk and the
joy of letting your light shine bright.
Larrys said, "Tourniquet is something you put on your arm or your
leg and you twist to stop bleeding. We're wounded in life but God
applies a tourniquet to save us so all our wounds can heal."
A trendy heavily layered production style with grungy electric guitars
and quirky keyboards.
1. Turn
2. Endless Life Of Dreams
3. Center Of My Heart
4. Rock The Flock
5. It's All Right
6. Love Is The Reason
7. Feed The Poor
8. Father Of All
9. Near
Stranded In Babylon
- The Extra-Length European Version
Although never officially released in America through the stores because of
Larry's heart attack in 1992, this album WAS released in Europe and was named "ALBUM
OF THE YEAR" by all of the critics and Christian rock journals. For those
who thought Larry had lost his gift for music because of the airplane accident,
this album was quite a surprise. Stranded In Babylon has been widely regarded
as "the modern equal to Only Visiting This Planet."
1. Oh Lydia
2. God Part 3
3. Come Away
4. Hide His Heart
5. Step Into The Madness
6. Love Is A Commitment
7. I Will Survive
8. All The Way Home
9. Baby's Got The Blues
10. A Dangerous Place To Be
11. White Trash Stomp
12. Let The Rain Fall Down
13. Under The Eye


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Toyota has released the first official images and details with the facelifted version of the Yaris, which will go on sale soon on the Old Continent.
With updating the Vitz (Japanese Yaris) for the new model year and presenting the new generation of the Aygo, Toyota has also worked its magic around the Yaris for the Old Continent, as the model in question has been inspired by the two vehicles mentioned above. The 2015 Toyota Yaris is now getting a tweaked platform, in order to increase the maneuverability and to make the ride more comfortable.
The vehicle is also getting some high quality finishes for the cabin and the options list now includes the electrically adjustable and heated side mirrors. The central console has been raised by 23 mm to shorten the gearstick lever by 30 mm. Thanks to this change, engineers were able to offer an extra storage space. Some chrome finishes can also be spotted here, along with two multimedia systems, which have been updated. The engines list include a 1.0L and a 1.33L, both petrol powered, along with a 1.4L diesel and a hybrid version. Prices will be announced soon, close to the model's launch.


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What do we want? Justice! When do we want it? Meow…or something like that.
Animal rights activists are clawing away at Anaheim city officials, saying a new law tells residents to let stray cats starve. The issue heated up when neighbors called weeks ago to complain about cats being fed on private property. The city says residents tired of finding cat food under their cars, adding that the cat caretaker in question was warned about trespassing, not violating code.
The ordinance introduced in November can certainly be read as a knock to friends of feral felines:
It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally provide food, water, or other forms of sustenance to a feral cat of feral cat colony within the boundaries of the City. It is not a violation of this section for any person to feed or shelter feral cats while working with an animal control agency under contract with the City of Anaheim.
"Feeding without spaying or neutering is irresponsible," says Anaheim Fix Project Director Eve Hart. "It's basically a project I started a just few months ago to tackle the problem of too many feral cats in Anaheim." Volunteers with Anaheim Fix vaccinate and feed strays, but with the latter part running afoul with the city's new ordinance, Hart got involved in the cat fight. "I got a call about a woman who was getting harassing phone calls and letters from Code Enforcement telling her to stop feeding cats."
A wave of protest calls and emails came next, but the city insists its municipal code is being taken out of context. The section is under "nuisance" chapter, but Anaheim isn't saying cats themselves are that, only the health hazards like typhus that can arise from feral colonies. "There were some misunderstandings," says Anaheim spokeswoman Ruth Ruiz. "We are reviewing the code and will possibly revise it for greater clarification."
The cat rights crew isn't letting up until then. "Public outcry is making an impression," Hart says, citing a city press release stating that feeding strays isn't illegal. Other issues remain unresolved "When we've tried to get straight answers from the city, we've been having a hard time," she adds. She wants to know if the code will be put on hold and ultimately repealed. A meeting is slated to happen soon. "We want to form a positive partnership with the city."
Anaheim assures that its City of Kindness brand extends to feral felines. "We are cat friendly," Ruiz says. They partner with the County's TNR (Trap, Neuter and Return) program and have no plans to make Disneyland stop using its famed feral cats to keep Mickey Mouse's house rodent-free. But is Anaheim ordering its residents to starve strays? "Absolutely not!" Ruiz says.
"The city is lumping in feral cats with wild animals," Hart counters. "They can't survive on their own and if we just stop feeding them, they'll die."
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A school voucher program for Nashville and other large Tennessee cities cleared the Republican-run Senate Thursday, and the state teachers' union immediately accused the majority party of trying to destroy public education by draining away tax money.
The legislation would give low-income students an opportunity to receive what the GOP sponsors are calling "Equal Opportunity Scholarships" to attend the school of their choice, including private religious schools. The bill applies to students who are eligible for free and reduced-price lunches in Nashville, Memphis, Shelby County, Chattanooga and Knoxville schools.
"Equal Opportunity Scholarships provide impoverished children with hope for a better education and choice in the school they attend," Sen. Brian Kelsey, R-Germantown, said of his bill. "With this bill, children need no longer be victims of their own geography."
In a statement, Tennessee Education Association Director of Government Relations Jerry Winters said the following:
"The public ought to be outraged that 18 members of the state Senate voted for a blatant voucher bill which will drain much needed funds from public education to private and parochial schools. Not only does this bill rob public schools, but it raises serious issues when public tax dollars go to schools which promote a particular religious viewpoint. I would hope that when the first tax dollar goes to a religious school, a lawsuit would be filed to question its constitutionality. Several members of the Senate seem almost intent on destroying public education, and the children of this state will be the real losers."
Both Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey and House Speaker Beth Harwell praised the bill. Ramsey called it "monumental."
"Children should not be forced to attend a failing school just because they live in a certain neighborhood," Ramsey said. "Equal Opportunity Scholarships will allow all children to receive the quality education they deserve."
Harwell was more reserved in her comments but agreed the state ought to try vouchers to see if they improve schools.
"What I hear from every educator who really truly cares, they say, 'Give us one more tool in our toolbox, one more option for a child.' Having three children of my own, I can tell you all three of them are in different schools because children learn differently. Why take that option away? If it can help a child, let's pursue it," Harwell said.
The companion bill in the House remains in a subcommittee, raising questions about whether the measure will become law this session.
House Republican leader Gerald McCormick said, "The scheduling works against it this year. Certainly we want to make sure it's done right before we push it all the way through. So I don't know that we're in an urgent rush to get that done."
Told of McCormick's comments, Ramsey expressed surprise and promised to push for passage in the House.
"I'll get to work on that," Ramsey said.
The scholarships would amount to $5,400 in Nashville and Memphis, $4,600 in Chattanooga and $4,300 in Knoxville — half the money that state and local school systems spend on each child.
That quote shows you exactly what is wrong with teachers unions:
"The public ought to be outraged that.... (this bill) will drain much needed funds from public education to private and parochial schools. Not only does this bill rob public schools...."
Right there. Teachers unions think that public schools exist for the sake of themselves. Supporters of this bill believe public schools exist solely for the purpose of educating our children. Not for paying teachers, not for providing government jobs and benefits. For educating kids. And if our public schools can't do it, maybe we should let the people decide who can.
Hopefully this will at least cause a little up-tick in the level of customer service received from the school administration and teacher. If I am not happy at least I have to the option to send my kid somewhere else with money I have already paid which is an option I don't have now.
Here's the catch phrase in this idea; private and magnet schools maintain a very strict curriculum of dress code and maintaining a certain GPA. When you compare the tuition of private to public schools, we are talking a considerably higher monetary bracket. The downside is that if the student cannot maintain the gpa; out he goes and back to the public sector. Does anyone really believe that this won't cause an uproar among the parents of children in private school who already are double taxed; once for public and then out of pocket expense for private to isolate their children from the riff raff in public schools? This will bear watching for sure....mg
One thing I neglected to mention; in many private and parochial schools, Bible reading and prayer are done on a daily basis which is good. They also say the pledge to our flag each day. Think that won't interfere with the folks who demand the separation of church and state? Oh and one other thing; the parents are involved in their child's education in these schools which will be a crapshoot for many.....mg
The error in the thinking of this bill, and its intent, is that private schools are going to accept all, or any, of the students with a voucher. Just because one has the funds/voucher does not mean that they have the ability to go to the school of their choice. Most, if not all, private schools have admission test as well as academic standards pre and post admission. How would the esteemed state legislature suggest that that hurdle be cleared?
I wonder what the state will do when the private schools raise the price of their tuition higher than the value of the voucher?
This is a stupid idea now, just like it always has been.
{"Children should not be forced to attend a failing school just because they live in a certain neighborhood," Ramsey said. "Equal Opportunity Scholarships will allow all children to receive the quality education they deserve."}
More ignorance from the "boot-boy". Any student in metro can attend ANY metro school if they are in a poor performing school. Metro even HAS to provide bus service for that student, which is the only way most "impoverished" students have of getting to any school. Are we now going to be providing bus service for these students to the private school of their choice?
How little our "leaders" know of the workings of the cities in their state.
Its almost as if this stuff has not been tried in other states if you listen/read many of the statements of the antis.
In several areas Catholic schools have seen a dramatic increase in enrollment once vouchers were implemented. These Catholic schools take all comers as long as the parents of the children are willing to enforce the schools' rules regarding behavior, punishment, effort, uniforms, and culture.
Most of the local private schools are not Catholic. But I guarantee that a few if not many will be more than glad to join their Catholic school brethren and view this as an opportunity to reach out to the disadvantaged. Even if the best privates do not join (ahem MBA, Harpeth, BA, BGA) the remaining schools are more than ready to continue to outshine the pathetic, cruddy public schools these kids have been held prisoner in for decades.
No family and child who wants to succeed in this world the right way will be unable to find somewhere to go that is better than what MNPS has to offer a majority of its students.
MNPS can crow about their two highly ranked magnets all they want. Once vouchers become available the majority of kids who have been excluded from the rare magnet school experience will be able to find something akin to hitting the lottery on their own. And the women who wear their hats to board and commission meeting in Memphis and Nashville will be unable to stop the loss of their own power over these poor kids.
Revo, it must be a dream come true to get bus transportation to take you to a far away somewhat less cruddy school instead of the nearby cruddy school. That is unless you do not get your number called in the magnet lottery, then you are just out of luck right?
Eleanor Holmes, the nutjob representative from D.C recently chose to back teacher unions rather than her own citizens when she demanded that the federal government do something to end the voucher program in her own district.
What has revo the most torn up, money going to private religious schools instead of the MNEA or money possibly going to the half dozen or so bordering public school systems (all of which are better than MNPS) that would be willing to take this money and shove their success with these same kids in our faces?
Doesn't bother me one bit to see some MNPS schools closing and some teachers losing their jobs. Real competition will ensure that the losing schools and teachers were the ones that sucked anyway.
Jeffery, your projections are way off, but I am thrilled that I got to you.
Both of my kids are in magnet schools, for whatever that is worth. There are many issues I have with this plan. In no particular order, there are many students whose family's financial situations are well above the poverty level, but insufficient to fund private school tuitions. If the voucher system is to work properly (i.e. increase the awareness at public schools of their success) then they need to be available to all students in the system. Next, given that our current transportation system is tenuous more times than not, adding more schools and wider varying routes is a cost that has not been included in the cost of this system, as the idea will not work without transportation also being provided.
Then, there is the simple academic issue of abilities. If the students are coming from troubled schools, how much effort will be required, and how will the system be implemented including funding, to get them to the entrance level requirements of their chosen school?
And I really have no problem with the funding of private religious schools getting government money. I am sure Akiva and USN will receive much of the voucher business. NOT! I wonder why?
Congratulation on your kids winning the I Have A Future Lottery. If only Nashville leaders tried to build other good schools rather than new convention centers then there would not be so many people walking around waiting for their turn in jail or public housing.
Transportation was something Nashville should not have got into the business of and this is a great opportunity to get out of it. Parents taking vouchers should be expected to buy bus passes or get their kids to schools themselves.
Catholic schools take all comers in most cities regardless of ability. What they do not do is pass kids along before they attain grade level appropriate skills. Nashville and the state will have to send a lot of kids to 3rd grade for a couple of years whereas they did not have to do so in MNPS.
Akiva does restrict to just Jewish kids. USN is not a religious schools and is run by a private institution that prides itself on excluding locals, particularly those of poor academic standing. What was your point, don't do vouchers unless we MAKE all private schools take all kids? If no private schools take vouchers what problem do you have then, classism?
i think the problem most voucher haters have is that the good kids will leave and miss out on the urban class warriors indoctrination. Better to have the best and brightest (those not winning the lottery) languish with the huddled masses than excelling on their own with some good education opportunities offered by religion?
I think we are all smart enough to know that MNPS will never be fixed by the people currently allowed to run the place. The union controlled educational system in Nashville and most every other U.S. urban center is broken. But these same bosses will fight the attempts by outsiders to fix the broken system. The only fixes put forth by these bosses since the 60s? Higher pay, more teachers in smaller classes, teachers and ex-teachers on the school boards. Has that worked? Not in KC and DC. Not in Memphis. Not in California. Not in Cleveland.
It is time to break up the public school monopoly in Nashville that seeks power and money and gets upset when parents and elected officials ask for results. Break up these schools machines and allow the parents of imprisoned children who want to have a future do so. Even if it means the children and parents who actively choose to have no future have to go Lord of the Flies or Escape from New York.
I would rather free the imprisoned dreamers from a future of poverty and hopelessness than keep them chained to the people who choose to have no future in the public schools. Let the nuns have the dreamers and the MNEA have the hopeless.
Rev; for once we're on the same page. Here in Columbia, the parents provide the transportation to the private schools, there is no bus service. Second, you are correct about admission to private and magnet, they only want the best and brightest and discard the rest for obvious reasons. There are no half measures where parent involvement is concerned. The classes are smaller and the teachers make less than public school teachers but produce excellent results with college capabilities. You might call this cherry picking the best students but I see it as giving a child the best of the best education wise which puts them light years ahead of the public schools...mg
Rev -- Students from "failing" schools can attend only those schools that are not failing and have open seats...they cannot attend any school they want in the district. The magnets or lottery schools are not options, although the district did open up east lit a lottery school for nclb optional enrollment...i guess they had additional seats; the district is required to provide transportation for these students
for those kids eligible for free and reduced meals (roughly 3/4s of the district) the kids, i believe, can get free mta passes...
The transportation issue id from NCLB, and so is the opportunity to attend any better performing school, even MAGNETS (saw it happen, twice, even watched buses deliver the kids to a "WE DON'T PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION" school). The high school magnets do require an academic ability, and there is some push back from the schools to accept all students.
While I realize that USN is non-denominational, it has a large Jewish base. Not that that matters because both of them, as well as the better private schools tuition rates will still be out of reach of those with vouchers.
Here is my beef with the system. I have been advocating this for some time. First, removing students that qualify (low income) will not make a poor performing school better. Second, the system has problems, no doubt, but the fix is not to pull pieces out of the puzzle, but to rearrange them so that they actually work. I have stated for many years that it is atrocious to not have all schools in the system perform and operate within the magnet model. The public system should be constructed to provide the absolute best to all students in all sectors.
Second, there is no way ANY system works without parental involvement, and it should be mandated for all parents in the public system.
Third, "teaching to the test" is asinine and limits educational opportunities. The system needs to teach to the student.
Fourth, the teachers are not the enemy.
The last concern anyone should have have is the state of the school. If the best thing for the puzzle pieces is to be pulled out then so be it. These puzzle pieces are human beings and it is morally wrong to sacrifice their futures in order to make a poor performing school marginally better.
I vote for making the schools compete for these kids rather than they simply be granted to them. Schools have been needing time to improve for 40 years now. "We promise that in 10 years we will produce better results." Never mind the 9 years of kids being sacrificed instead of treating them to the good stuff.
Not saying the system doesn't need to be fixed. Promising better results, 1, 5 or 10 years down the road means nothing if you continue doing the same thing and expect better results. Again, removing low income children from a school is not going to make a poor performing school better. Closing a poor performing school just moves those students left around in the system, The short comings of the current system is what needs to be addressed. It has been shown time and time again that large, comprehensive type schools to not work. Smaller classes and more direct instruction between a teacher and a student have shown much improvement in grades and future success for the student.
Alter the system, not the money.
I can't afford to send my child to private school, and I certainly can't be asked to help send other kids there. This is a bad idea, and needs to be shot down quickly.
"You say: "There are persons who lack education," and you turn to the law. But the law is not, in itself, a torch of learning which shines its light abroad. The law extends over a society where some persons have knowledge and others do not; where some citizens need to learn, and others can teach. In this matter of education, the law has only two alternatives: It can permit this transaction of teaching-and-learning to operate freely and without the use of force, or it can force human wills in this matter by taking from some of them enough to pay the teachers who are appointed by government to instruct others, without charge. But in this second case, the law commits legal plunder by violating liberty and property."
Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850)
Will Muslims be able to send their kids to a local Muslim Madrassa (religious school) and get a good fundamentalist education on the TN taxpayer's dime...just like the Christians and Jews will be able to do, if this ridiculous bill becomes law?
Will the local "Branch Davidian-types" also be able to get in line for the generous taxpayer aid to their ministries?
Will the Papists elbow all the other Christians away from the feeding trough? This could get ugly.
What about the faith-based home-schoolers...are they invited to this feeding frenzy too?
The battered walls of separation, between church and state, are crumbling in Tennessee. Hopped-up Judeo-Christian zealots, with pitchforks and torches, are taking control of the statehouse...soon the purges will begin.
All this Christian fundamentalist Creationism and these faith-based agenda items are what the Tea Party is really all about...it's about Judeo-Christian theocracy in America. It's not at all about extending and expanding our personal freedoms and liberties. On the contrary, the GOP-Tea Party monster is anti- women's rights , anti-GLBT rights, anti-union, anti-federal government, anti-Hispanic, anti-Islamic, anti-secular and anti-science.
Although mostly "anti-", the Tea Party /GOP agenda is pro-gun, pro-states rights, pro-business, pro-death penalty and pro-Israel....not necessarily in that order. They would have us believe that Jesus of Nazareth was also very much in favor of those agenda items. Of course, that's heresy.
The original Boston Tea Party patriots dressed up as American Indians, then boarded those ships and threw the British tea into Boston harbor. It was a shabby ruse that did not fool anyone. Flash forward to today.... the Tea Party charade has been exposed and revealed in Tennessee...take a good look at the ugly features of who and what is behind the mask of freedom.
Louis Farakhan (and maybe Rev. Wright?) should set-up a bunch of Nation Of Islam schools and Christian Black Liberation schools, for those poor black kids stuck in those failing, secular-humanist, government schools...face it, those black kids won't be welcome in the white Christian schools...black-white segregation is the main reason those Christian schools exist.
If this bill becomes law, I might just set up a Wiccan school and apply for the proposed faith-based funding. Wiccan is green, non-violent and tolerant...that's good enough for me.
Let's see, i rent a store front, (in the ghetto it will be cheap)...then I pack it with about fifty kids, each paying about 5G's, courtesy of the TN taxpayer....that's a quarter million right there...I hire of couple of religious zealots who work for peanuts....then I beat the tax man with a religious exemption claim.
Take out the word, "Wiccan" and substitute your own faith...if you have the hustle, you could cash in here too.
If a public school student gets a voucher for a private school, it will not be long until the private school is just like all the others. Here is the reason: Parents will not have any more interest in their child regardless where they go. The private schools will become dumping zones. We have good public schools with great teachers, but how can you teach with lack of interest from the students and parents. All it takes is one rotten apple to destroy the whole bushel. If the student is not preforming in one environment, do you expect miracles in another setting? I've seen this happen. Most of their behavior will not change regardless where they go to school, but change the atmosphere in their chosen school. When the GOP gets through with TN, will we like it?
Do any of you remember the debate on this subject between Gore and Bush? Gore asked Bush what would happen if the voucher failed. Bush replied that we would then give the voucher to the parent and let them educate the child. What a crock. The current cost here in Columbia is $6200 tuition for the school year which does not include transportation nor meals. Before you're admitted you must take a proficiency test for whatever grade you are entering. If you pass, you are on academic probation for the first semester. If your grades aren't up to par; out you go. There are no tatoos allowed nor multiple piercings{one per ear only} haircuts are mandatory for boys along with a belt. The girls blouses must be tucked in and the skirt must come to the knees. BS won't fly in private school and I don't think NCLB applies either.
$6,200 per student per school year is not chump change...my ghetto-based Wicccan school's will meet or beat that price...and the TN taxpayers will fork over the cash....we''ll have cheap school uniforms, bring your own lunch, no bus service, no gym, no sports, no shop, no music, no cafeteria, no auditorium, no swimming pool, no school nurse, no paid security staff, no playing fields, no parking lot...we'll cut overhead, using low-paid zealots to do the teaching...the kids will do the janitorial work and housecleaning as part of a skills practicum.
I hear the gurgling sound of flowing cash, about to burst forth, in a shower of taxpayer-generated, faith-based, educational funding....stand back...this could be huge.
Loner; you've got it goin on. As it stands, the taxpayers are paying close to $9000 per school year with 2 meals and transportation provided. Think you'll be able to handle all your applicants? Many of these kids also eat free breakfast at school, are you gonna provide that thrown in for good measure.....mg
Yearly tuition for the top private school, with no religious agenda, is $15K.
I admit that I have not read all the comments before posting. That is, in part, because of the misconceptions in most of the posts.
A voucher of $5400 is not going to do much against the $20,000 per year that it costs to go to a private school once books and uniforms have been bought. Oh and school trips. Don't forget school trips. Private school can nickel and dime you to death.
Very few of Nashville's private schools are on MTA bus lines. Not sure how the students are going to get there.
The magnet schools do not have a strict dress code. Quite the opposite. We have realized that dress has very little to do with education.
In my public school, we do start each day with a moment of silence and the pledge of allegiance. I am not sure where the idea that the pledge left public schools came from. It probably came from someone who has never stepped foot into a public school as do most of these harebrained ideas.
The sky is falling! The sky is falling! That's what some of you sound like with all of your what-ifs. Let's give this a chance. If it doesn't work as well as public schools, then we can rethink it. And who cares whether kids are learning about Jesus, Mohommed or Oprah as long as they get a good education. At least parents have a choice of religion with private schools. In public school it is the religion of the NEA, which is so far left of my beliefs that I'd like my school tax money back.
Teachers are not to blame for everything. The public schools are not good, they are overall terrible. Teachers, unions and parents should have done something long ago. If the teachers and the TEA had demanded better conditions for teachable children, they wouldn't be in the pickle they are in now.
Moonglow1: so will my tax money be paying for Harpeth Hall, Montgomery Bell, & Ensworth all of which cost about $10k per year? Also will my tax dollars pay for a parent to home school their child to teach creationism or what about the hype about Sharia Law. Perhaps there are some Muslim schools or Hindu schools that would take advantage of my tax dollars. This is insanity & shame on the TN Education Association for not having mass protests like they are doing in WI. We need the national media to shine the light on the dark recesses of the TN legislators. When the light shines the cockroaches scatter.
Moonglow, the light IS shining, and the cockroaches ARE scattering. But they aren't the ones you refer to.
Moonglow1: Frodo-most of the people benefiting from the Bush tax cuts (over 250K) send their kids to Harpeth Hall & Montgomery Bell. So now is this tea party group giving my tax money over to this top 1 percent to subsidize their children to attend these schools. They get the Bush tax breaks & the other 90 percent do not, but the 90 percent are being asked to subsidize wealthy private schools. I'm just saying.
People who think that there isn't a plan to destroy public education needs to read Andy Smarick's "The Wave of the Future". He really tips the charter school advocates' hands about three fourths of the way through the article. I find it interesting that there is a link with our Comm of Ed and one of the four guidelines to destroy public ed. Smarick is one of the "founding fathers" of charters. Public ed gets slammed all the time. What no one seems to want to report is that charters take public money and operate like private schools. Private schools are set up differently than public schools. They choose who they want to take, and can show a student the door at any time. I wonder if private schools realize that as soon as they start taking tax dollars, that they will eventually come under the control of the state. Charters have a lottery, but then if the student doesn't follow their rules and guidelines, they too can show them the door. Public schools have to take every child that comes through their doors., there is no permanently removing them. Read about the health sciences charter in Memphis. The principal has chapel every Friday, and students who misbehave get paddled in front of the entire student body. Some parents went to the papers about their son getting paddled, and the principal said that they knew the rules when they enrolled their son. If a public school did this, they would be in court before they could turn around once. Poverty level children's parents normally can't come up with the difference between the voucher and the tuition.
Why not let a portion of the taxes that wealthy people pay benefit their own children, wherever they choose to seek an education? The purpose of local school taxes should be to educate children, not to prop up the public school board. Some of you speak of fairness as if people with money got it unfairly and therefore it should be confiscated and spent only to help those who don't pay taxes. What is FAIR about that? It was interesting to see the other day a guy who went around a college campus asking students to sign a petition to make the top students give up some of their grade point average for "less fortunate" students. Not one would do it, even though they all thought it a good idea to take even more money from the rich to meet the needs of the "less fortunate." So much hypocracy.


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Hello everybody
This season I had much luck with sales, and got myself many new pieces, both essential and unique.
Hoever- most of these are good for winter: Blazers, long shirts and knitwear, etc.
I live in Israel and the summer here is very hot; People don't go with jackets, scraves or so-
only one layer.
It is also a matter of bad local habits (the Israeli cliche is wearing always jeans + tee), but also something of weather.
I am trying to focus now on buying clothes that will be good for the summer as well:
How can you be stylish with minimal clothing? What can I add without making myself melt?


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Siebel Field Service Guide > Setting Up and Using Scheduling >
The ABS and Optimizer define the following time periods for scheduling of activities:
Both the ABS and the Optimizer horizons are represented by a single time line (Figure 2), because both are measured from a current time (that is, the time for loading data—see About Loading and Reloading Service Region Data).
Figure 2 shows an example of how these time periods are typically defined. The Glued period is day 1. The Contract Scheduling period is days 2 through 7. The Optimizer horizon, which spans the Contract Scheduling period, is days 2 through 7. The ABS horizon is days 8 through 21, and appointment booking is done for that period of time.
Activities move from right to left along this time line. For example, a service activity may follow this scenario:
You do not need to use the ABS to schedule items that are far into the future, such as six months ahead. This question can arise particularly with companies that schedule preventive maintenance activities months ahead of time. Usually, the ABS is not required because the activities are automatically scheduled when they are loaded into the ABS as soon as they enter the ABS horizon.
For example, assume today is March 1st and the ABS horizon is 14 days. A preventive maintenance activity can be set for May 1st (Earliest Start/Latest Start is May 1st 9 A.M./May 1st 12P.M.). This activity will remain unscheduled until April 17th. When the ABS is reloaded that evening, it queries and finds the activity. Because the activity is unscheduled, the ABS attempts to schedule it automatically using the Earliest Start/Latest Start values.
The only case where you might want to use the ABS to schedule long-range appointments is when you anticipate being so close to capacity that you are concerned about overbooking.
NOTE: Longer horizons require more memory; also, note the 10,000 query limit on activities for each service region.
Siebel Field Service stores all times using the UTC (Universal Time Coordinate). To display the local time in the user interface, the application converts the UTC to the appropriate local time zone. Service Calendars use Universal Time Coordinate conversions. For more information, see the chapter on ongoing application administration tasks in Siebel Applications Administration Guide.
CAUTION: UTC is not the same as GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). UTC does not observe daylight savings time, whereas GMT observes daylight savings time.
Scheduling uses the following time zones:
CAUTION: Activity times (for example, Earliest Start and Latest Start) must be specified in the service region time zone. If the dispatcher or service administrator is in a different time zone, you must manually convert to the service region time zone.


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A look at hole locations for the final round of the 77th Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club:
Tiger Tracker: Honda Classic
Tiger Woods is making his third start of the year at the Honda Classic. We're tracking him at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Tweets by GCTigerTracker
Pepperell among co-leaders early in Qatar
DOHA, Qatar – Eddie Pepperell, Gregory Havret, and Aaron Rai made the most of calm early morning conditions at Doha Golf Club to set the pace in the opening round of the Qatar Masters at 7-under-par 65 on Thursday.
Havret went bogey free, Pepperell made one bogey and eight birdies, while fellow English golfer Rai eagled his last hole to add to five birdies.
One shot behind the leaders were four players, including former Ryder Cup player Edoardo Molinari of Italy and former champion Alvaro Quiros of Spain.
Defending champion Jeunghun Wang of South Korea started with a 68, and Race to Dubai leader Shubhankar Sharma of India shot 69 despite a double bogey on the 15th hole.
Full-field scores from the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters
Pepperell, who is fast gaining a reputation on the European Tour for his irreverent tweets and meaningful blogs, showed his clubs can also do an equal amount of talking after missing cuts in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Malaysia.
Pepperell birdied Nos. 10, 11, 14, 16 and 18 with a single blemish on 13 after starting on the back nine. He made three more birdies on his back nine.
He was joined on top of the leaderboard by Havret, who made five birdies in six holes from the sixth, and Rai, who eagled the last.
''I surprised myself, really,'' said Pepperell, who finished third in Portugal and Netherlands last year.
''I've made some changes this week with personnel, so I've been working on a couple of new things and I surprised myself out there with how well I managed to trust it.
''I hit some quality tee shots, that's the area I feel that I've been struggling with a bit lately. We had a good time.
''It's definitely a bigger picture for me this week than tomorrow and indeed the weekend. I'm not overly-fussed about my early season form."
Molinari, a three-time champion on the tour including last year in Morocco, started with eight straight pars, and then made seven birdies in his last 10 holes, including a chip-in for birdie on the last.
''I hit every green apart from the last one. I hit a lot of fairways, I had a lot of chances for birdie,'' said Edoardo, the older brother of Francesco.
''Last week in Oman, I had a decent week, I had a bad first round and then three very good rounds. It's been the case for the last few weeks so my focus this week was to try and get a good start.''
Oliver Fisher of England was the best among the afternoon groups with a 6-under 66, joining Molinari, Quiros and Germany's Marcel Schneider in a tie for fourth.
Honda Classic: Tee times, TV schedule, stats
The PGA Tour heads back east to kick off the Florida Swing at PGA National. Here are the key stats and information for the Honda Classic. Click here for full-field tee times.
How to watch:
Thursday, Rd. 1: Golf Channel, 2-6PM ET; live stream: http://www.golfchannel.com/pgastream
Friday, Rd. 2: Golf Channel, 2-6PM ET; live stream: http://www.golfchannel.com/pgastream
Saturday, Rd. 3: Golf Channel, 1-2:45PM ET; live stream: http://www.golfchannel.com/pgastream; CBS, 3-6PM ET
Sunday, Rd. 4: Golf Channel, 1-2:45PM ET; live stream: http://www.golfchannel.com/pgastream; CBS, 3-6PM ET
Purse: $6.6 million ($1,188,000 to the winner)
Course: PGA National, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida (par-70; 7,140 yards)
Defending champion: Rickie Fowler (-12) won by four, picking off his fourth PGA Tour victory.
Notables in the field:
Tiger Woods
• Making his fourth start at the Honda Classic and his first since withdrawing with back spasms in 2014.
• Shot a Sunday 62 in a T-2 finish in 2012, marking his lowest career final-round score on the PGA Tour.
• Coming off a missed cut at last week's Genesis Open, his 17th in his Tour career.
Rickie Fowler
• The defending champion owns the lowest score to par and has recorded the most birdies and eagles in this event since 2012.
• Fowler's last start was at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, where he failed to close a 54-hole lead. Fowler is 1-for-6 with 54-hole leads in his Tour career, with his only successful close coming at last year's Honda.
• On Tour this year, Fowler is first in scrambling from the fringe, second in total scrambling and third in strokes gained around the green.
Rory McIlroy
• It's been feast or famine for McIlroy at the Honda. He won in 2012, withdrew with a toothache in 2013, finished T-2 in 2014 and missed the cut in 2015 and 2016.
• McIlroy ascended to world No. 1 with his victory at PGA National in 2012, becoming the second youngest player at 22 years old to top the OWGR, behind only Woods. McIlroy was later edged by a slightly younger 22-year-old Jordan Spieth.
• Since the beginning of 2010, only Dustin Johnson (15) has more PGA Tour victories than McIlroy (13).
Lexi, J. Korda part of four-way tie in Thailand
CHONBURI, Thailand – Three-time tour winner Minjee Lee of Australia finished with a superb eagle putt to be among the four leaders after Day 1 of the LPGA Thailand at Siam Country Club on Thursday.
Lee sank a 45-foot putt on the 18th hole to card a 6-under-par 66 to tie for the lead with 2016 champion Lexi Thompson, Jessica Korda, and local hope Moriya Jutanugarn.
''I just hit the collar. I didn't know if I was going to have enough. Such a big break there. I'm glad it caught the hole,'' Lee said.
''It's a second-shot golf course. Your approaches are really important, and obviously being in the right spots with the undulation. And if you have a hot putter that's going to help.''
Full-field scores from the Honda LPGA Thailand
Lee won the Vic Open near Melbourne this month and opened her 2018 LPGA tour account last week at the Women's Australian Open, finishing fifth.
Thompson, who won this event in 2016 by six shots with a 20-under total and tied for fourth last year, started her latest round in style with an eagle followed by a birdie only to bogey the third hole. She carded four more birdies.
''It definitely helps to get that kind of start, but I was just trying to keep that momentum and not get ahead of myself,'' Thompson said.
Her compatriot Korda had a roller-coaster round which featured eagles on the first and 17th holes, five birdies, a double bogey on the sixth, and two bogeys.
Jutanugarn was the only player among the four to end the day without a bogey.
''I had a good start today, it was better than I expected,'' said Jutanugarn, who was seventh here last year.
She's trying to become the first Thai winner of the tournament.
Two-time champion Amy Yang and world No. 2 Sung Hyun Park were among six players at 5 under.


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First-time gun buyers are establishing new trends and creating a dynamic customer base for long-term stability in the market. These are indicators gleaned from a recently released study, "NSSF Report: First-Time Gun Buyer." The data-packed, 55-page report provides invaluable insight into this new class of gun owners — a subject many firearm dealers have talked about since early 2012.
NSSF compiled the report to better understand what motivates first-time gun buyers and how their firearms are being used. The online research by InfoManiacs Inc. was conducted in March and April 2013, involving consumers ages 22 to 65, who purchased their first firearm during 2012.
NSSF reports the most important factors driving first-time gun purchases are: home defense (87.3 percent), self-defense (76.5 percent) and the desire to share shooting activities (73.2 percent). Secondary factors include: self-sufficiency (69.6 percent), desire to learn to hunt (63.8 percent), involvement in shooting sports (60.1 percent) and before firearm is no longer available (51.7 percent).
Women, in particular, are highly focused on personal defense and self-sufficiency. The majority of first-time buyers (60.3 percent) tend to be active, using their gun once per month or more, with one in five reporting usage of once a week or more. Target shooting is by far the most popular shooting activity among first-time gun owners (84.3 percent), followed by hunting (37.7 percent) and plinking (27.4 percent). First-time gun owners who have participated in hunting (53.2 percent), practical pistol shooting (46.3 percent), clay-target sports (44.0 percent) and gun collecting (42.4 percent) said they want to increase their participation in these activities.
According to the report, local gun shops were where most first-time buyers made their purchases (43.6 percent), followed by mass retailers (33.6 percent). First-time gun buyers spent an average of $515 for their first gun, and nearly as much for accessories ($504). Nearly a quarter of first-time buyers bought at least one more firearm within the first year after their first purchase, on average spending more on the follow-up purchase.
There's much more data in the report including: additional purchasing factors, firearm training, hunting activity and a detailed review of the consumers who were included in the study.
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2011-01-06MARYVILLE, MO | By: Wayman
University presidents are set to meet with the governor next week at the university in Maryville even with expected yearly tuition increase, Northwest won't compromise access or affordability for students in our region. Northwest hopes to have tuition set by mid-March to help families prepare financially for the upcoming Fall semester. Most all schools in Missouri are looking at an annual tuition increase.


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MFA at Core77
No, it's not scheduled to happen yet, or anywhere near it, but we're heartened by this discussion on Afrigadget and Ned forums about the possibility of holding a Maker Faire in Africa next year. The amount of clever, locally appropriate innovation that gets profiled on blogs like Afrigadget leave us continually impressed, and also frustrated that more attention isn't paid, or more capital and distribution channels made available.
The domestic Maker Faires that have been going on in the US for the past few years have featured a combination of whimsy, hi-tech, development, and hobbyist work. An African Maker Faire though, according to the post, would focus on fabrication, asking, "What happens when you put the drivers of ingenious concepts from Mali with those from Ghana and Kenya, and add resources to the mix?"
Although specifics are lacking, interest appears high, and an organizing team for the effort will be meeting next summer at Nkrumah University in Ghana as part of the International Development Design Summit. Best of luck, guys — we're fascinated.


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n: "A Stinky Mousetrap" is the act of farting in a very crowded Disney monorail while the doors are shut in the monorail is in motion.
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