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There have been only a handful of times that I ever questioned my decision about moving to Guam. One of those times was the evening that I arrived on island. As the taxi pulled out of the airport and onto the road toward my new home of Tumon I noticed that most of the island was dark. I asked Peter where the city center/downtown was and he responded, "I don't think there is one but I guess Tumon." I looked out toward the bay, darkness, and in that moment I realized just how small Guam is.
People often ask me where the best place is to live in Guam. I have no idea. For the last three years, I've lived happily in Tumon. It was important that I live somewhere that was pedestrian friendly and near the beach, since I didn't have a car. What's the point of living on an island if I can't walk to the beach! Although it is a little pricier than other villages, it can be done affordably. We chose to live a different lifestyle than the one we led in the states. We don't want a car or smartphones (shock!), we rent furnished places, and try to live as minimalistic as possible. Even though we've lived on Guam for a few years now, we try to have fun and live like we might leave tomorrow; enjoying everything we possibly can.
If apartment hunting in Tumon, make sure that you aren't fooled by the location of "upper Tumon." People like to advertise as upper Tumon to charge more and make their place more appealing but, there isn't an upper Tumon, there is just Tumon. If you can't easily and quickly walk to the beach or you have to cross Marine Corps Drive to get to the beach, you're not in Tumon. I consider Tumon to be From the Hilton Hotel all the way down San Vitores to Gun Beach/Fai Fai Beach and a little bit up the hill toward Tagada.
Why I ❤ Tumon
- Although I'm curious about life in other villages, I love Tumon because I feel like I'm on vacation. That's partly due to all the tourists running around and having fun.
- There's always some form of entertainment available; whether it's the beach, bars, coffee shops, dancing, restaurants, aquarium, parks, live bands, shopping; the list goes on and on.
- Every hotel has different restaurants, bars, and cafes that are really good.
- Driving down the hill after a long day at work and seeing the sparkling ocean is just another perk of living in Tumon.
- And OH MY GOODNESS, cloudy or clear, the sunsets are ALWAYS amazing.
- There are so many fun and free things to do in Guam, especially Tumon, that we don't have to spend a lot of money on entertainment if we don't want to.
- Any kind of food you want at all price ranges, you'll find it in Tumon.
- There are sidewalks up and down the main road that's great for running or walking.
- During my morning walk, I usually pass a foreign couple getting married at one of the many chapels that line the beach. I see them so often that I've noticed their weddings are all the same, but I'm sure to them it is a unique and memorable experience. Who wouldn't want to get married in a chapel made of glass overlooking the ocean?
- Beach access is just a few minutes away…can't beat that.
- Tumon is the best place to live if you want to be in the center of all the activity and fun. There are festivals throughout the year at Ypao Beach Park and in the Pleasure Island district.
- It's pretty safe and doesn't take long for police officers to come when needed.
- Most places have generators in case of power outages (which happen frequently).
- Sometimes I stop to watch a fisherman throw his net to catch the really small fish near the shore. The beach is a great place for people watching.
Things I Don't ❤
I wish though, that Tumon was either pedestrians only or that the weekends were, because the cars drive WAY too fast, don't respect people walking or crossing the street, and tear up the road. During rush hour it's really hard to get out of Tumon because of all the cars driving through trying to avoid the busy roads.
As much as I think tourists make Guam a better place, living in Tumon has made me appreciate the towns and cities that aren't tourist attractions. It is definitely more expensive, crowded, and fast-paced and I can see why someone might choose a different village. Although generally the tourists are fun and friendly, they seem fascinated with Peter's and my hair. I didn't think my hair was out-of-the-ordinary and at first I didn't mind when they'd point at me and squeal, "kawaii, kawaii!!" and sometimes they'd ask to take pictures with me. Then one day my family and I were having a picnic when a tourist came over and pointed to Peter's hair and then to her camera. I suddenly felt really offended like, "We're not part of your vacation package nor are we animals in a zoo!!" I kindly said no and from that point on I decided not to let people take pictures of us anymore and to be more mindful of things that I might do when visiting foreign countries. If you can afford to visit Guam, then you probably have a T.V./internet where you can see people with curly hair.
The beaches are gorgeous, with white sand and blue water. Unfortunately there are so many hotels that have monopolized the shores, filling them with large water toys and beach chairs under umbrellas, that it's hard to find a nice shady place to set up your own beach towel and swim.
And of course after a busy weekend of BBQ's there's the garbage problem.
There is more good to Tumon than bad and living here has allowed me to lead a completely different lifestyle than I could have in Oregon. I feel like a beach bum half of the time! I truly am lucky to have such a wonderful life, to have had many of my dreams come true, and to be able to experience life on an island. I'm glad that we chose to live this way. I feel so free and never tied down by having too much stuff. It is a great feeling and on top of that I can't complain about the beauty that I get to see everyday by living in Tumon.

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Update: Sony has confirmed, unsurprisingly, that The Last of Us: Remastered is real. "SCEA can confirm The Last of Us Remastered is coming to PS4, and we'll be sharing more details with you shortly."
Original story: A listing for The Last of Us: Remastered for PlayStation 4 has popped up on Sony's PlayStation Store.
The listing, spotted by NeoGAF, has appeared on the Sony Entertainment Network website in the US, stating a $59.99 price and a day one digital release--suggesting a physical edition is also likely in the works.
Clicking on the link right now does not return a valid page, suggesting that the banner went up slightly ahead of schedule.
The game was first outed by PlayStation Turkey VP Sercan Sulun, who said The Last of Us would be coming to PS4 this summer with "enhanced graphics".
Sony and Naughty Dog are yet to officially confirm the (almost certainly inevitable) news, although you might remember that an almost identical situation previously happened with the game's single-player Left Behind DLC.
I've completed the game 7 times and the Left Behind DLC 4 times. And platinum trophied it. It's the best game I've ever played. They say it's gonna be only digital download on PS4. I wish hard copy would be released though. What do you think? Would you buy this even if you've played it?


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Wyoming continues its state of denial
Packs of hungry wolves are decimating Wyoming's 35 herds of elk -- right?
Wrong. And yet that's what some people continue to claim, even as studies repeatedly disprove the accusation. Nearly three decades of the data displayed in Wyoming's annual reports show that elk numbers, elk harvests and hunter success rates have steadily increased in the Yellowstone region. In fact, Wyoming has 100,000 elk -- more elk today than it had 30 years ago, with the same number of hunters killing more elk now.
If anything, Wyoming has too many elk. In 2008, the state's Department of Fish and Game announced that, in general, it needed to manage "for a reduction in Wyoming's elk population," although some herds would continue to be managed for their current numbers.
Wyoming, however, has never been a state to let science or facts get in the way of culture, custom and wishful thinking. Our 1880s-era political system is based on a one cow, one vote premise, and change comes hard.
Wyoming State Rep. Pat Childers, R-Park, who is chairman of the Travel, Recreation, and Wildlife Committee, continues to believe that wolves are bad for elk.
"As for wolves and elks, I have had two reports from the Wyoming Game and Fish presented to me that clearly show that the wolves are impacting the ungulate of the elk herds," Childers said. "While the populations of those herds have not currently decreased, the study shows that the populations of the herds will soon be reduced to an alarming low level because the loss of ungulate will result in less animals."
Childers was referring to a state elk study, which actually showed just the opposite of his somewhat confusing contention. Reducing the elk herd in the Clark's Fork area continues to be the state objective, even though calves have declined in some sub-units.
Wolves, it turns out, aren't even the top predator of elk. Studies in Yellowstone National Park elk predation studies showed that wolves accounted for only 12 percent of the deaths of newborn calves, while grizzly and black bears caused about 69 percent of recorded deaths, and coyotes killed 11 percent. Calf-cow ratios were declining in the Clark's Fork herd for a decade prior to wolf recovery, and some of the herd's calves continued to decline while others rebounded. At the same time, wolf numbers are down because of disease, inter-pack conflicts and shootings of wolves.
Most recently, a January 2009 count showed that wolves in Yellowstone National Park were in decline, from 171 in 2007 to 124. The greatest decline occurred on the northern range, where the wolf population dropped 40 percent, from 94 to 56.
Where does this leave people who are affected by wolves? Outfitter Bud Betts lives in the Dunoir Valley, where his closest neighbors are elk, grizzly bears and wolves. Betts says he thinks the wolves are doing fine, but the elk are not, and this hurts hunting. "I don't like the wolf," he says, but adds, "they are here and we have to live with them."
Many others in Wyoming aren't so sure. In the mid-1990s, state wildlife staff recommended classifying wolves as "trophy game," but the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission, livestock interests and most politicians insisted that Wyoming wolves be managed as "trophy game and predator." This dual status kept wolf management in federal hands.
In 2008, the wildlife commission changed its tune and voted to support managing wolves as trophy game only. Wyoming Rep. Keith Gingery, R - Jackson/Dubois, agreed and introduced a bill to classify wolves as "trophy game" statewide. His bill died this session when lawmakers stuck to their guns. Currently, wolves remain under federal management.
"If Wyoming wants to get to the point at which the people of Wyoming, through the Wyoming Game and Fish, manage wolves rather than the feds," Gingery said, "then we need to change our proposed wolf plan." Montana and Idaho made the switch and now manage their wolves, Gingery pointed out. "The option is either drop the dual status or continue to fight in court for the next five years, knowing full well that in the end we will lose. The issue that the courts will look at is whether or not the Wyoming plan meets the requirements of the Endangered Species Act, and at this point it does not."
Those of us who are glad to see wolves return hope that Wyoming will come to its senses about managing these predators. Meanwhile, as we humans keep debating, wolves and elk and grizzlies and coyotes continue their delicate dance in Greater Yellowstone, just as they have for tens of thousands of years.
Meredith and Tory Taylor are contributors to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org). They write about wildlife and work as outfitters in Dubois, Wyoming.


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Author Visits
Many libraries offer lectures by local authors, or seek to enhance their holdings of writings by such authors.
The Virginia Library Association prepared a special issue of Virginia Libraries (vol. 54, no. 3-4) that celebrated the love of reading. Tips from the small item "Finding Virgina Authors" (p. 60) that can generalize to all locales include:
- Check the websites of authors' organizations, such as Mystery Writers of American, Poets & Writers
- Talk to local bookstores, particularly the independent or local college and university bookstores
- Watch your local newspaper for literature events or award announcements
- Monitor the activities of local or regional humanities organizations for their programming
- Consult a site like Book Tour for literary events.
In addition, there are numerous web sites that list authors in order for schools and libraries to contact them. See the list of bookmarks to these web sites, as well as to articles and other publications with helpful tips and advice, that was compiled by this office, at: http://delicious.com/alalibrary/authorvisits
ALA's division, the Association for Library Service to Children, has prepared two specifically on author visits for children: Tips from the Maureen Hayes Award Selection Committee on planning an author or illustrator appearance
Publicity, Programming and Promotion: Arrange an Author Visit
Other resources
Messner, Kate. "Author Visits? A Remote Possibility: Using Skype to Connect is Fun and Affordable." School Library Journal, March 2012, p. 30-32.


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The first "Spider-Man" movie of 2002 originally had a theatrical teaser commercial featuring the World Trade Centre, shown in 2001. In the commercial, Spider-Man catches bank robbers trying to escape in a helicopter with a giant web spun between the Twin Towers. The commercial was pulled after the disaster.
Teaser at Youtube:
Some screenshots from the teaser:
Columbia (Isis) with her illuminating torch.
The web (stargate).
The illuminating sunlight shining between the two pillars.
I will try and make the case that the concentric circles of a spider's web could be seen as another reference to the stargate; the web in these images being the symbolic stargate.
"Spider-Man" movie poster with World Trade Centre reflection in eye. Eye is another name associated with the stargate. Again, please note the sunlight.
In earlier posts, I showed how the movie posters for the two recent WTC movies also have the illuminating light:
Notice the light behind both the middle pillars in these images.
I believe the light could be associated with the opening of a stargate, which is another way of saying the opening of the third "eye" into cosmic consciousness. This third eye activation is symbolized appropriately by the halo or "sun ring" seen around the heads of holy men in religious art.
For more on the significance of light as it relates to conspiracy try:
The sun ring or halo around the head of its fractal self-similar son. The halo is the stargate circle formed around the head of the activated pineal gland or ajna chakra.
In a "Spider-Man 3" poster we see the idea of webs on New York skyscrapers repeated again. The 3 is fantasticly present between the two eyes, giving us another third-eye connection. The number 8 can be obviously connected to a spider, and that is important as it shall come up again before we are done.
Stalin on the cover of Time with a spiderweb stargate eminating from his third eye (represented by a pentagram star).
If we tilt the 3 on its side it resembles the three pillars again with the shorter middle pillar highlighted with light. These three pillars can be seen as analogous to the three pillars that were collapsed on 9/11 (two tall, WTC 1 & 2, and one shorter, WTC 7) . There are specificly three rays of light coming out of the middle pillar. The idea of three light or energy rays is repeated in numerous NASA mission patches. The negative space of the 3 creates the two towers and we can specificly compare this to the STS-115 patch with its three energy swishes extending through the C-shaped white wormhole at its base.
The STS-121 patch has an octagonal design. (Click on image to enlarge).
Compare the STS-115 patch with its three swishes and two receding linear-perspective veiled building references with that of the the two negative spaces, suggestive again of buildings, plus energy swishes of the Spider-Man 3 logo. The 3 looks now like an M. For more on the NASA STS-115 mission patch as connected to 9/11:
I have speculated previously that a new "implosion" crop circle formation might be connected to the idea that the ritualistic collapse of the three towers in NY on 9/11 are related to stargate events.
In this context I would interpret this glyph in the following way: the collapse of three buildings, in a spiralling manner, generate a stargate by the injection of the energy thus created. The NASA mission patches all have the star element, some even at the culmination point of three prongs!
I spent some time in my previous post exploring NASA stargate connections:
In this same vane, it seems notable that in the Spider-Man 1990's animated series a space shuttle crash-lands in New York on the George Washington Bridge; even more so when realizing that this episode, forming part of the "Venom Saga," is the same story line to be explored in the new "Spider-man 3" film.
Synchromysticly, we see the helicopter and web theme again in this scene, just as we did in the teaser.
The Shuttle heading for a crash-landing in New York. The Atlantis shuttle docked with the ISS space station on 9/11 this year (more on this in future blog posts). Goro Adachi has made the conection between ISS and ISIS at his websight http://www.goroadachi.com/etemenanki/
Keep in mind that wizard Goerge H.W. Bush first said the words "New World Order" on Sep 11 1990.
Will similar scenes like these be seen in the new "Spider-man" film?
A villain from Spider-man the animated series, is the Kingpin (Wilson Frisk). We see Frisk in his Empire State Building lair in this same animated clip as the space shuttle passes between the buildings of New York and right by his vantage in the building. This becomes significant when we learn that Wilson Frisk has been played by John Rhys-Davies in the TV movie, "The Trial of the Incredible Hulk". Davies is a ringbearer in "Lord Of the Rings" and a vortex "Slider" on another TV show. For more on Davies and how this synchromysticly connects stargates in movies see my previous post:
This year's 9/11 Time Magazine, 5-year anniversary edition, featured a cover with an ornamental eagle from the Chrysler Building staring at the WTC in the distance.
Color and placement of elements reminescent of the United 93 poster.
Another super-animal type, King Kong, was seen climbing the World Trade Centre in the 1976 version, staring Jeff Bridges (Starman,Tron).
The tower card in Aleister Crowley 's Thoth (Hermes) deck confronts us again with the image of the eye as connected to the tower.
The Eye (stargate/cosmic consciousness) and the Tower.
On page 296 of Graham Hancock and Robert Bauvals', "Talisman," we learn this amazing fact...Nimrod built the Tower of Bable, right? Talisman says that the Old Charges of Masonry say Nimrod is Hermes, right? Then Hermes could be seen as the builder of the tower. Who has a baboon in the Crowley Thoth Tarot deck? Thoth himself, on the Magus card, has a babboon counterpart. Indeed Thoth, thus Hermes, are connected in Egyption mythology to baboons.
Is this gigantic ape that seems to haunt the collective unconscious to the extreme that he is reincarnated for every generation currently called King Kong, Hermes?
Hermes on the tower with his goddess (above)?
Hermes/Thoth with his baboon counterpart on Crowley's tarot deck(above).
Another Peter Jackson film containing the powerful image of the stargate as an eye on top of a tower. Remember John Rhys-Davies (Gimli, "Slider") from this same film, sitting in the Chrysler Building as Spider-Man's nemesis, the Kingpin?
Gods of ancient Egypt were often portrayed as half-man and half-animal. Anubis was half-jackal and man and Thoth was half-Ibis and man. Could modern half-man creatures like Batman and Spider-Man be related psychologically to these ancient gods?
This fascinating image sees Micheal Keaton of "Batman" fame crushed between the Twin Towers. Batman was mentioned in my previous post as connected to Val Kilmer and Michelle Pfeiffer. We now have the 8-legged spider-man, the giant ape and the bat-man connected to the towers.
The London Eye is another giant structure that seems riddled with mysterious interconnections related to stargate motifs. It looks like a popular culture Stargate, resembles Rosicrucian symbols and is called "the Eye", while sitting across from the Ministry of Defense. The Thames River runs past the structure, which was sighted as looking like the river Styx during the millennium celebrations by reporters. We then have the possible sun/gate symbol and the mythological river lit up by fireworks every year on the solstice celebration.
To see clips of reporters calling the Thames Styx, try this Freeman Perspective episode about the goddess:
Compare the London Eye to these Rosicrucian symbols.
This one really bakes my noodle. While searching for spider-man movie stuff, this news article I was unaware of caught my eye.
Here's the kicker--David Chick, a protester for "Fathers for Justice," who performed this stunt, chose to do this on Sept 11, 2004. We see the sun again, low on the horizon, in this article.
The Freedom tower, the insanely obvious occult building that is being built to replace the Twin Towers, has an interesting feature not immediately obvious. Apart from being a giant promethean light torch and boasting 1776 feet in height (the founding date of the Bavarian Illuminati), it also forms a perfect octagon at its middle when viewed from the top.
"At its middle, the tower forms a perfect octagon" from wikipedia link below
How does Puff Daddy, The Loch Ness Monster and the Statue of Liberty connect to all of this?
More later, gotta go...
For some background on stargates http://mushroom-atlantis.blogspot.com/2006/09/magic-mushroom-and-stargate.html
For another "Spider-Man" synch http://thebravenewworldorder.blogspot.com/2006/06/movie-synchronicity-2-alfred-molina.html


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What is a Technology Plan?
A Technology Plan is an effort to plan for the most effective and efficient use of resources to meet current and future technology needs for the school.
Why have a Technology Plan?
A Technology Plan is required for E-rate Priority 2 Services and Title IID project funding. They are used to document a school's ICT Literacy program, and for technology budgeting purposes.
Who approves the Technology Plan?
After a Technology Plan is written, it is submitted to the School Board for approval. Then the Technology Plan is reviewed and approved by the New Hampshire Office of Educational Technology.
What is the term of the current Technology Plan?
Three years from 2015-18.
How often is the Technology Plan reviewed?
The Technology Plan is reviewed annually generating a report that details the completed goals, status of ongoing tasks, and addresses new issues or concerns that arise.
Where can I get a copy of the Technology Plan?
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President Kennedy Teaching School Alliance
Religious Education (3BDR)
PGCE with QTS full time
- Accredited body
- The University of Warwick
- Financial support
- Bursary or student finance if you're eligible
- Qualification
PGCE with QTS
A postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE) with qualified teacher status (QTS) will allow you to teach in state schools in England and may allow you to teach in other parts of the UK.
It may also allow you to teach overseas, though you should always check what qualifications are needed in the country you'd like to teach in.
Many PGCE courses include credits that count toward a Master's degree.
- Course length
- 1 year
- Date you can apply from
- 8 October 2019
- Date course starts
- August 2020
- Website
- http://www.presidentkennedytsa.co.uk
- About the course
- Interview process
- How school placements work
- Fees
- Financial support
- Requirements
- About the training provider
- Training with disabilities and other needs
- Contact details
- Apply
- Support and advice
About the course
UPDATE: from April 2020 until further notice, President Kennedy Teaching School is still recruiting online.
The course is School Direct training. You will spend 80% of your time in school, with some time at your training provider. President Kennedy consists of an alliance of over 16 primary and secondary schools, across a wide geographic area; South Birmingham, Hinckley, Coventry and Warwick. The Alliance will endeavour to allocate school placements located most conveniently to the residence of the trainee.
As a trainee teacher, you will be mentored by experienced staff, initially observing and gradually increasing teaching responsibilities. A great amount learning of takes place through pedagogy in the classroom, however theory sessions will also provide the academic foundation necessary for a comprehensive understanding of the role of a teacher. We look to support, challenge and nurture you through the year.
There is also a strong possibility that trainees will be offered a position at their school at the end of the training year, or within the President Kennedy School Teaching Alliance.
Interview process
UPDATE: Until further notice the interview process will be an online interview only.
The interview process consists of a tour of the school and meetings with colleagues. You will also be given, prior to the interview, a topic and details on the class concerned, on which to base a 30 minute micro lesson to teach to a class of students. There will then be an interview with the leadership of the Teaching School.
The micro teaching task is designed to give trainees an opportunity to demonstrate their wider skills, attitude, aptitude and resilience that can be developed over the training year, rather than assess specific teaching ability at this stage.
How school placements work
President Kennedy consists of an alliance of over 16 primary and secondary schools, across a wide geographic area; South Birmingham, Hinckley, Coventry and Warwick. The Alliance will endeavour to allocate school placements located most conveniently to the residence of the trainee.
80% of the trainee's timetable will be in the placement school, with some time at university. There will be a complementary placement during the Spring Term, lasting approximately 6 weeks. You will be given the opportunity to visit this school prior to the placement to meet key colleagues.
You will slowly take over a varied timetable, different year groups and abilities. A range of class teachers will be on hand to support you with your subject mentor being your consistent and constant guide.
We offer twilight bespoke training sessions to allow you to reach your potential.
When you start your non-salaried teacher training, you won't have to pay the cost of tuition fees up front. You can apply for a Tuition Fee Loan to cover the full cost of your course, which is paid directly to your training provider from Student Finance England. Tuition Fee Loans aren't means tested, so regardless of your household income you should be able to claim the full amount for your course fees.
Financial support
You'll get a bursary of £9,000 if you have a degree of 2:2 or above in any subject.
You don't have to apply for a bursary - if you're eligible, you'll automatically start receiving it once you begin your course. Find out about eligibility and how you'll be paid.
You may be eligible for a loan while you study – note that you'll have to apply for undergraduate student finance.
Find out about financial support if you're from outside the UK.
Entry requirements: Undergraduate degree of 2:2 or above, grade C or new grade 4 or above in GCSE English and maths (or B if applying in Wales).
If your degree does not link closely to your chosen teaching subject, you may be required to take a Subject Knowledge Enhancement (SKE) course.
A new approach for assessing numeracy and literacy will be delivered by training providers if you start teacher training in 2020. This will involve the provider assuring that you have the fundamental English and mathematics skills to become a teacher either at interview or during the training course.
About the training provider
The President Kennedy Teaching School Alliance (PKTSA) is committed to recruiting and training outstanding, enthusiastic individuals, passionate about becoming outstanding teachers. With our partner schools we cover a wide area of the West Midlands; Worcestershire, South Birmingham, Hinckley, Coventry and Warwickshire. This geographical diversity provides opportunity for trainees to experience teaching in a wide variety of settings.
There are a range of schools in diverse contexts, including OFSTED 'Outstanding Providers', a 'World Class School' and another that has been awarded 'Transforming' status by the SSAT within the Framework for Exceptional Education.
PKTSA seeks to 'Build Brighter Futures Together'. Our values are based on the core principles of 'Students First; No Barriers; It's About Learning'. Our Initial Teacher Training provision was identified as 'Outstanding' by Warwick University in 2017 and our ITT Director, Aidan Jenkins, has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship within the Centre for Teacher Education at Warwick in recognition of his partnership work over a number of years.
During your training you will have specialist help from our Professional and Subject Mentors and develop your practical skills in the classroom, whilst gaining a theoretical understanding of teaching and learning. There will also be a complementary placement at one of our alliance schools.
On finishing your training you will be awarded Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). You will also be awarded a Post Graduate Certificate in Education and 60 Masters credits.
Please visit our website: PRESIDENTKENNEDYTSA.CO.UK
About the accredited body
A member of the Russell group of universities, The University of Warwick has an outstanding status as a provider of teacher training.
President Kennedy and our partner schools have a flourishing and enduring relationship with the university, which has been training teachers for over 50 years. 98% of the trainees complete the training, with 94% being either good or outstanding. 95% of graduates going on to employment in teaching.
It is worth noting, that upon completing the course you gain 90 credits at Master's level for our MA in Professional Education, fast tracking you to stage 2 of the MA.
Training with disabilities and other needs
President Kennedy School moved into a brand new school building in 2017. The school encompasses many features that will improve the accessibility of disabled staff and students to access the curriculum, together with the physical environment to take better advantage of the education, benefits, facilities and services the school offers.
We are a fully inclusive mainstream school and we strive to ensure that all staff and students achieve their potential in all areas of the curriculum. Skills, resources and techniques we employ in order to achieve this are continually being developed and will be used to modify our provision to meet the changing requirements for individual colleagues.
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I totally agree with this advice. I always try to fix things instead of replacing them. Sometimes, I even try to combine several broken items into a single functioning one .
Search Online for a Fix before You Toss that Broken Gadget
My husband and I often search online for fixes to our electronics problems because if a gadget is out of warranty it often costs quite a bit to get it fixed. When we find a solution that is not hard to implement we figure we might as well try it, and we have been able to fix many things including computers and handhelds.
Lately my husband's Nintendo DS Lite has been giving him problems. Namely the shoulder buttons at the top of the portable gaming console has been sporadically non-responsive. He has been using my DS and he was thinking of buying a new one. However, today he found a great low tech fix on the internet that saved us over a hundred dollars.
Apparently, all he had to do was to turn off the machine, put his mouth around the buttons and blow a couple times. He found the solution on the GameSpot forums from a post by SonOfTheSky05 and it worked perfectly. I have to say thank you to this random poster for saving us from spending money and creating more waste.
When you search online for solutions, make sure you search for the correct product and model name. If you have a popular product with a commonly known problem it is often quite easy to find a solution. For the Nintendo DS problem, you can find many reasonable solutions by typing "Nintendo DS L button broken" into Google. You will also see many people say that you should just get it professionally repaired, but researching a bit deeper often gets you what you want.
Another resource is a manufacturer's website. Usually there is a support section of the website where you can find detailed technical manuals and forums to ask questions. In a forum you should describe your problem carefully and ask for help. Usually posting messages that simply say "my stuff broke" would probably not get you many useful responses. Describe what you tested on your gadget and what is broken exactly, and you may find a helpful response.
Finally, I came across a site called Fixya. It is a hub for people to ask questions about broken electronics and there are experts who answer the questions for free. It seems to have a lot of content after being live for about a year.
In many instances you do not have to be a professional electrical engineer to fix your electronics and you could save hundreds of dollars by doing it yourself. However, if you do have a warranty on your gadget, I do recommend sending it to the manufacturer for professional service since opening electronics on your own voids the warranty. So the next time your things break, do not despair and consult the internet!
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is for a broken Playstation 2. That's why you see so many on eBay. People just throw the thing away when all it needed was a new electronic eye...easily replaceable and also to be found on eBay!
I've also had good luck with appliances. I've fixed a washer twice and gotten a free replacement for a broken rack in my fridge.
I found a fix for my iPod once...apparently, if the hard drive gets stuck, you throw it as hard as you can at the floor. Seriously. My husband thought I'd lost my mind, until it worked.
I've always assumed you just get rid of the broken devise.Now I realize there are ways around having to spend a whole lot more.Thank you for the revelation.
I found an ipod fix-it site that helped me fix my ipod's click wheel using a folded business card!
I was reading this other thread today and think it has value for this community as well: http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/010104.html
I found this great site: www.repairclinic.com and it has saved me tons of money! I can get either small or large parts for most of my home appliances--for a fraction of what it would cost for a repair person to come and do it. One example: recently (coincidentally) an inside shelf broke on both mine and my friend's refrigerator. I ordered from repairclinic.com, and she had Sears come out and fix it. Hers was abut $150, and mine was about $20, including shipping!
It is pretty crazy how much money is saved by fixing appliances yourself! I recently used a site: www.partselect.com to diagnose what was wrong with it and find the part that would fix it. It was the first time I tried a repair myself but it was way easier than I thought it would be. They had free step-by-step repair videos and instructions. The part costs me around 45 dollars and the quote I got from a GE repair tech was $160!
Getting into wisebread late. but better late than never!! Another great site out there to repair your own stuff is http://www.appliancerepairlesson.com it offers videos for a lot of appliances if you're not too handy but can follow directions. It's especially easy because it's all visual.


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Lil Wayne Prison Memoir Hitting Bookstores in November
Lil Wayne has inked a deal with Grand Central Publishing to publish a book titled 'Gone Till November.' The tome is described as a prison memoir of the rapper's thoughts that he jotted down while serving his eight-month prison bid at Rikers Island for weapons possession.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the book is due to hit stores on Nov. 28, roughly two years after Weezy was released from prison. "We are thrilled to be publishing Wayne's prison memoir," said Ben Greenberg, executive editor at Grand Central Publishing. "He kept detailed journals of his inner and outer life while he was on Rikers Island, and they certainly tell a story. They are revealing."
Greenberg adds that the diaries reveal his thoughts in addition to his plans for his family and future. In an interview with GQ magazine, Wayne explained that he saw his time in prison as therapeutic. "So it just helped me on my way, helped me with life," he explained. "Cleared me up, cleaned me up, opened my eyes to things. I definitely thank God for that moment instead of looking at it as a problem or a bad situation. I needed it."
We think this is a great book idea from Wayne. Hopefully, his memoir will deter young people from entering the criminal system. Prison is no fun, y'all.


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Editor's note: Robert A. Pastor is professor and co-director of the Center for Democracy and Election Management at American University and author of "The North American Idea: A Vision of a Continental Future." The views expressed in this article are solely those of Robert A. Pastor.
By Robert A. Pastor, Special to CNN
The main question asked about the Mexican presidential elections on July 1 is whether victory by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) means that Mexico will return to its authoritarian past.
The answer is simple: The PRI has changed because Mexico has changed. For more than six decades, the PRI manipulated elections and ruled Mexico in a quasi-authoritarian system. However, between 1988 until 2000, two Mexican presidents – Carlos Salinas de Gortari and Ernesto Zedillo – gradually responded to internal and external pressures and opened the economy and the political system.
I have observed elections in Mexico since 1986 and witnessed the transformation of the election system from the worst to the best in the Americas. The projected victory by PRI candidate Enrique Peña Nieto will not turn Mexico backwards. Mexicans have chosen democracy, and after two terms under PAN presidents, they are voting for change.
Indeed, in this year when the United States is engaged in a ferocious campaign for the presidency, the question that ought to be asked is: How does the U.S. electoral system compare to Mexico's? I undertook a comprehensive study of the electoral systems in North America, and the good news is that the United States came in third. The bad news is that there are only three countries in North America.
In fact, the Mexican electoral system is much fairer, professional, independent and non-partisan than the U.S. system on all eight criteria for assessing election administration:
1. Nonpartisan election administration. Mexico's Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) is a nonpartisan, professional institution in which political party representatives have access but no control. IFE manages a nation-wide system with uniform rules. In contrast, the United States has 13,000 counties and municipalities that manage our national elections with different rules and less capacity. Partisan officials generally control the process, and in a close election, the opposition is often suspicious of the result.
Follow the Mexican election coverage in Spanish at CNNMéxico.com
2. Registration and identification of voters. IFE actively registers about 95% of 77 million eligible voters and gives each a biometric, photo ID card, which Mexicans use as a primary identification. The registration list is audited regularly, and the photos of the voters are on the list in each polling site.
In contrast, U.S. states and communities passively register about 55% of eligible voters, and the lists are flawed with many duplicates and errors, especially between states and counties. Each state has different rules, and in states where Republicans have a majority, their focus on preventing electoral fraud has led them to restrict registration and require IDs, while Democrats are more concerned about voters' access and believe the Republican ID laws are aimed to suppress voter turnout from poor people or minorities. The truth is that we ought to adopt Mexico's national, biometric ID system. That would eliminate duplicates and simplify the registration and voting process.
Related: Voter ID laws: Discrimination or 'no big deal'?
3. Poll workers. Mexico views the conduct of elections like Americans view jury duty – a civic obligation – and they recruit on a random basis a large number of people from each district. They are well-trained in every stage of the electoral process. When I asked a U.S. election official about the criteria for choosing poll workers, he said: "I'll take anyone with a pulse." Most poll workers are very senior citizens without the kind of stamina necessary to manage a polling station for 12 hours, and in most cases, they are poorly trained as compared to their Mexican counterparts.
4. Campaign finance/corruption. Each of Mexico's main political parties receive approximately $24 million of public financing for a three-month campaign. They can also receive 10% of their funds from supporters, but no one can give more than $71,000. In contrast, in the United States, there will be an estimated $6 billion raised privately, and with the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, corporations can spend unlimited amounts of money. Major contributors could have extraordinary access and substantial influence over public policy. Some would define that as corruption on a scale that even the drug cartels couldn't compete.
5. Equitable access to the media/negative advertising. IFE pays for media advertising, and ensures that the candidates have equal access. IFE also tries to discourage any negative advertising. A substantial amount of the $6 billion raised by the candidates in the United States goes for media advertising, and a recent study showed that 70 percent of ads in this year's presidential contest has been negative. Just think what $6 billion could do as an endowment to a university; it would have lasting positive effects. Who believes that negative advertising can have a lasting positive effect?
6. Neutralizing incumbency. Since its revolution, Mexico's constitution prohibits re-election in order to prevent incumbents from using government to manipulate the electoral process. IFE goes even further by trying to prevent the president from even campaigning in the most indirect way for his party's candidates. In the United States, incumbents have a huge advantage in fund-raising because special interests can contribute to members of Congress while they are writing laws.
7. Judging disputes. Mexico has minutely-detailed election laws, and a professional and independent Electoral Tribunal to judge election disputes. The United States has few laws and no court with the expertise to settle such disputes.
8. Observers. Mexico invites international polling observers while the U.S. government does not welcome any international observers, and only two states allow them.
It was partly because of decades of electoral fraud that the Mexican people decided to construct a completely professional, independent and nonpartisan election organization. This has not eliminated all problems, but as compared to the thousands of complaints received by U.S. election authorities, the concerns from Mexico are minor.
A measure of commitment is that Mexico's IFE spends roughly 10 times more per capita than the United States to manage a state-of-the-art electoral process. The U.S. system is so antiquated, decentralized, dysfunctional, under-funded with public resources, and over-funded with private interest money that it behooves us Americans to stop asking whether the PRI is a return to the past in Mexico and to start asking why can't our electoral system be as good as Mexico's.
The U.S. could and the U.S. should establish an independent national nonpartisan election administration with a national biometric ID, a single national (or inter-operable) registration list, restrictions on private funding, public financing for short campaigns, poll workers that are recruited by lot and well-trained, disincentives for negative advertising, independent electoral courts, and international and domestic observers. There is much work for us to do before we can catch up to Mexico.
– The views expressed in this article are solely those of Robert A. Pastor.
you dont know anything on electing presidents either way here in the good old USA for us you will be deported
if anyone should be learning you should be its luck that you came in third when you dont know much about polatics
This is an outrageous, pontificating, albeit delusional, article about fixing a system that is nowhere near as broken as the one being written about. I live in México, in fact, I live in the most dangerous city in México, Ciudad Juárez. And even though violence is one thing, and elections are another, they have many things in common when it comes to México's politics. To present eight points in support of a corrupt system is not only silly, but you're insulting every English-reading (or Google translating) Mexican's intelligence to the Nth degree. This is very irresponsible reporting, sir.
"Major contributors could have extraordinary access and substantial influence over public policy. Some would define that as corruption on a scale that even the drug cartels couldn't compete."
Seriously? C'mon, man. This article is utterly ridiculous.
What about Greenland??? Aren't there FOUR countries in North America????
With all due respect Fareed, you are turning a blind eye to the corruption that reigned in this election. Vote buying was massive and widespread, and fortunately for us, social media has all the proofs to uncover it. Your FBI uncovered duplicate ballots, and the printing house for the election accepted printing an additional 2.5 million ballots which were delivered to the states on July 6th, a week after the election, can you tell me why?
I had not seen your program before today but had heard good comments. When I watched your interview of Pena Nieto I was very disappointed...funny enough I could tell even you got frustrated when Pena through a translator wasn't able to answer any of your questions. He is the representative of everything that is corrupt in Mexico, whether you like it or not, and the election was a great example of it
Even Al-Jazeera proved that votes were bought, not sure why you can't see it. If the candidates in the US were to behave the same way
I disagree. Please look at the reports of ballot fraud in Mexico's last election. Many ballets were thrown away. Televisa announced Pena Nieto as winner two years ago. Also televisa demonized and ridiculized the PRD candidate in many comedies. They also somehow managed to get dead mexicans to vote for PRI. I show as voted for PRI and I did not even visited the country. They also showed 1000 votes for PRI when only 700 people registered for that area. I would hate to have this in America.
"Many ballets were thrown away"
many tutu wearers are sad.
A great article, and something that would lead to equitable reform in our election system. Not sure that we could get to enough of a consensus to agree on all of these, but it seems that each would stand on its own as a change to consider.
1st difference, Electoral system in Mexico is based on distruth, everything is build up under the premise (a real one) that all parties will try to cheat, so that makes it a really very expensive process, if not one of the expensiers in the world bcs all of the controls that have to be made. And bcs of those controls is one of the safest It's actually a really good system (that can get improved as everything can improve) of course if you have a flood (corruption) trying to brake through you can't expect you won't have some places where the damp leaks, but the important thing is that the damp holds
Now, there are 2 types of 'frauds' the actuall fraud where physical votes are tampered and the inequities. It's clear that the first type din't have an impact in the final result, no with that margin difference and besides all parties had an observator in every poll.
For the second type unfairness; that's so hard to prove and all of the parties had their share i think left can argue with reason that there were a lot and that's something needs to be solved but they can't say honestly that they did none so in their minds to steal a little is different than to steal a lot and since they cheat less they deserve to win.
So as a poster said before, americans trusth their politicians, I don't know why , they trusth their corporations, that also is beyond my comprehension, and that's whay they have the messy sytem they have. But they're like ' hey my brother can be a liar, a thief, can be corrupted but no one in the world can say it only I have the right to' and that's avoiding reality
Now, even if Mexico had an utopic, perfect electoral system there will be always people claiming fraud...
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He is not saying that the corruption in Mexico is good, he is simply stating that in fact corruption and violence exist at such a high levels in Mexico and therefore Mexico has less holes in its voting methods to prevent fraud in comparison to the US. The US needs a system that is the same across the board, that is easy to understand and straight-forward to count.
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A nurse leader, educator, scientist and nationally recognized expert in gerontological nursing and rural health care, Heather M. Young is the Dignity Health Dean's Chair for Nursing Leadership and founding dean of the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis. She also serves as the associate vice chancellor for nursing at UC Davis. Young researches healthy aging with a particular focus on the interface between individuals and family as well as formal health-care systems. Her research played an instrumental role in shaping long-term care policies in Washington state and beyond and she has conducted several longitudinal studies of family caregiving in the context of cognitive decline. Her systems research includes medication management and safety in rural assisted-living settings and hospitals, as well as the use of technology-enabled care, such as telehealth, and community-based strategies to promote health. She is the primary investigator for a recently approved $2.1 million Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute study seeking to improve health for individuals with diabetes.
She leads at both the national and state levels in supporting implementation of the recommendations of the landmark Institute of Medicine report, "The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health." She is a member of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's national Strategic Advisory Committee as well as a member of the California Action Coalition executive committee. She served on the Presidential Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) Working Group on Systems Engineering for Healthcare.
Young is a UC Davis alumna, graduating in 1981 with a bachelor's degree in Dietetics followed by an Associate Degree in Nursing from Sacramento City College and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Southern Oregon State College. She then went on to the University of Washington, where she earned a Master of Science in Nursing degree with a specialty in gerontology and a Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing Science. In addition to her extensive academic and research background, Young practiced in critical care and as a geriatric nurse practitioner in community-based, long-term care. Previously, she directed the John A. Hartford Center for Geriatric Nursing Excellence at Oregon Health and Science University and, prior to that, she held a joint appointment on faculty at the University Of Washington School of Nursing and as the chief operations officer for a retirement community company.


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March's Vegan Cuts Beauty Box Review
Have y'all checked out the Vegan Cuts Beauty Box yet? If this is the first time you're hearing about this, it's a monthly subscription service ($19.95/month with free shipping) that delivers 4-7 vegan and cruelty-free items (ranging from unique cosmetics to luxurious skincare) right to your doorstep. It's the easiest way to discover cruelty-free brands without committing to full-size products or prices. Sounds dope, right? That's because it IS! You can sign up for this beauty box here. You can also peep my past Vegan Cuts Beauty Box reviews here.
March's Vegan Beauty Box included:
- LVX Nail Polish in Orchid, $16 – I'm SO gaga for this super duper pretty purple shade! Check it out in this week's Manicure Monday feature. 🙂
- Acure Shampoo and Conditioner, $3 – Acure is one of my all-time fave vegan-friendly beauty brands. Their hair care line has transformed my lackluster, over-fried follicles. I'm über stoked to have travel-sized versions of these babies.
- Pangea Organics Japanese Matcha Tea Acai Goji Berry Facial Mask sample – I've reviewed this mask on VBR before. This blend of potent antioxidants and anti-aging goodness is exactly what I look for when I'm in the mood to revitalize my skin.
- Pure Natural Diva Botanicals Polished Organic Sugar Scrub sample – I use sugar scrubs on my hands almost every night before beddies. It's the perfect way to squeeze in a lil' TLC hand papmerin' and it always leaves my skin hella smooth and baby soft. This DIVA scent includes notes of natural musk derived from ambrette, a new caledonian sandalwood, and smooth vanilla.
- Antipodes Nature Cream Cleanser and Day Cream samples – I haven't opened these yet, but I love cream cleansers, especially this time of year (my skin in thirrrsty!), and the ingredients in both the cleanser and day cream are all-natural and organic, so I'm excited to try.
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More than 90 percent of respondents to this week's RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll say big severance packages for dismissed CEOs are not justified.
John Koelmel, ousted as First Niagara Financial Group Inc. president and CEO, will receive a $5.45 million severance package, the company reported recently in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
Koelmel is not alone. Even with stricter Securities and Exchange Commission disclosure rules adopted in recent years, a number of dismissed top executives—including Mark Hurd and Leo Apotheker at Hewlett-Packard Co. and Carol Bartz at Yahoo! Inc.—have received big exit packages.
Several years ago, the SEC began requiring companies to disclose the values of the contracts in regulatory filings. Three-quarters of poll respondents say stricter disclosure rules have not affected CEO severance packages. Seventeen percent say the rules have had a positive impact, compared with 7 percent who see a negative impact.
Critics describe these packages as "pay for failure" resulting from lax corporate governance or cronyism.
But others disagree. For example, professors at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University have argued that such agreements typically are negotiated prior to employment to recruit the most capable executives and to promote CEO actions—such as strategic risk-taking—that are in the best interest of the firm.
Roughly 700 readers participated in this week's poll, which was conducted April 1 and 2.
In general, are big severance packages for ousted CEOs justified?
Yes: 7%
No: 93%
What impact have stricter SEC disclosure rules had on CEO severance packages?
Positive: 17%
Negative: 7%
Neutral or no impact: 76%
Not only are the severance packages unjustified, the whole salary structure is unjustified. The top and middle management of the big U.S. companies in all fields have been grossly unjustified and the boards of directors are the same. I thought we may have learned from our last meltdown, but there has been no change in the company management and Wall Street greed. A lot more positive things can be done if we revisit the whole compensation structure and bring them down to a more realistic situation. There are many examples of abuses in this topic, but the classic is Antonio Perez and his team from Eastman Kodak. Now that's grossly unjustified.
—Bob Stein
The big severance packages are built upon greed. CEOs who know that they can leave with big buyouts (regardless of their lack of successes) couldn't care less about failure. If you or I failed at our job, we'd be unemployed. Period.
—Rich Calabrese Jr.
Executives should not be rewarded for incompetence. There is no incentive for the executive to perform if he/she is going to be rewarded for success or failure. The board of directors' responsibility is to the shareholders—not the officers they hire.
—Harry Caruso
Crony capitalism spawns the "pay-for-failure" clauses in executive contracts. Is it the way of business? Yes. Is it good for business? No. Is it good public relations? No. But golden termination clauses in executive contracts will persist despite SEC rules and/or public outcry.
—Wayne Donner, Rush
This question is illogical. You give no basis for making this value judgment. Most CEO compensation packages are negotiated at the time of hiring. When a CEO is hired, the company thinks they are hiring a superstar who will make millions (or billions) in profits for the company, over many years. The company may be competing for services with another company. So the new CEO is in a strong bargaining position. She (or he) may want some bonus money as protection against getting fired, to minimize personal risk. If the CEO flops and gets fired, the whole package was probably a bad deal for the company. The reporting of large severance packages often is worded to make it look like the board of evil directors are paying off their evil CEO buddy. Sometimes this happens, but usually it's about the bad deal made when the CEO is hired. If the CEO turns out to be a superstar, you never hear about the severance package. Kind of like the contracts the professional sports teams negotiate with free agent players. If Fitzpatrick had been the next Tom Brady, Buddy Nix would be called a genius.
—Dennis Ditch, Delta Square Inc.
I question why a board of directors would fire a CEO whose decisions and actions they all approved, time after time. This is the board that approved Koelmel's last raise. Let's hope they think twice about future actions (as in bank acquisitions) and incorporate a claw-back provision for the new CEO.
—Irene Burke, Burke Group
Without these packages, it would be really hard to lure giant egos to come in and make a debacle of a company. We all know that motivation is best provided when there exists no possible negative outcomes for the individual making the decisions. And one other thing, pigs fly.
—Bill Lanigan
If the board of directors of a private business decide to offer a big severance package, then it is just fine with me. It's no different than a sports team paying what seems like outrageous salaries to star players. Big talent equals big money. And guess what, a large percentage of those dollars go right into the government treasury as taxes anyway. That in turn helps pay for all of the double-dipping government pensioners, 47 million folks on food stamps, the president, vice president and first lady's monthly vacations, etc., that we would otherwise be paying higher taxes for.
—George Thomas, Ogden
The buddy system managed by a corporate board protects CEOs and other senior executives. It is very difficult for the SEC, etc. to impact this culture.
—Mike Bleeg, Strategic Results
Ask anyone who has been fired or downsized how much they were paid? Answered, limited to one or two weeks' pay for each year worked at the company. Why are CEOs not held to the same standards? Why can a CEO work at some place for five years, be fired and be paid another five years' pay? CEOs are paid well to make good moves, why should the paid when thing turn to bad?
—Harold Ley, Stoney Point Business Consultants
While I don't have a problem with people in positions of responsibility making a good buck, it is ridiculous that some of these CEOs walk away with millions of dollars, while running companies into bankruptcy and laying off thousands of employees. I agree that in many cases, running leaner, with fewer employees, is the way to stay in business, and many companies do have redundant workers, but there is such a thing as corporate responsibility. I believe that if a company (and its CEO) have earned a nice living in its local community, it does have some (moral) responsibility to give back to that community. Regardless of what some pundits say, not everyone has the ability or means to become a huge success and, let's face it, most of these successful companies (and their overpaid CEOs) would not be where they are without the lesser-paid employee. So, how about a bit less for the CEO and a bit more for the regular worker? Or, at least, give something back to the lesser fortunate? It's not socialism folks; it's being a good human being.
—Bruce Zaretsky, Zaretsky and Associates Inc.
That we're even questioning this practice is ludicrous —we should never give more money to anyone who has not done an excellent job. There are many employees hurting because of these people. And business keeps getting less and less effective. MBA programs, please take note: I believe we have very few—if any—people worth these large sums of money. Please start teaching students effective management. And, instead of giving the excuse that these payments were agreed on beforehand, why not push to have this practice stopped.
—C. Funt, freelance writer
Bonuses negotiated for recruiting purposes should still have clauses that allow for adjustments based on the success or failure of the executive and the circumstances causing the termination.
—Bill Pollock
They should get one week's pay for every year of service with the organization, provided the same calculation is used for the employees on the floor, on the dock or in the office. If no package is offered to non-executives, then no negotiated settlement should be made to executives.
—Jerry McCabe, Irondequoit
I am sick of the corporate greed that runs rampant in this country. Only in America can you get a big fat check for running a company into the ground while the rank-and-file of that organization struggles to feed their kids and pay their mortgages. If these so-called executives are so great that they command such high salaries and incentives, then how come they fail? It is just plain ridiculous, and it has to stop.
—M. Curtain, Rochester
If publically traded companies comply with various government regulations, they can negotiate whatever compensation package they want to with a CEO. If the stockholders don't like it; sell, invest in another asset, and move on. This is the United States of America, which still stands for free choice. However, under the current state and federal administrations free choice in America is being eroded.
—John Rynne, president, Rynne, Murphy & Associates Inc.
Their salaries aren't justified, so why should their severance package be?
—Dave Atias
Hell no! They should only receive a severance package if they truly made a positive impact on both the firm's fortunes and the communities' fortunes.
—Peter Bonenfant
I think that the contracts entered into by any company when hiring a CEO should be honored. I think that a company that proposes to provide a "buyout" package to a failed CEO is just plain stupid. So while my opinion is that all contracts should be adhered to, I think the contracts should be written in a way that absolutely does not "pay for failure". Actually, in my capitalistic mind, it should be the opposite. There should be opportunity for additional bonuses or compensation by achieving targets or milestones put forth in a hiring contract. There should also be termination clauses in place for incompetence or failure. Imagine where Kodak might be today.
—Lou Romano
Capitalism is based upon a risk vs. reward system—the higher the risk, the higher the potential reward should be. The problem with many corporate CEO compensation packages is that the personal reward is very high, and the personal risk is very low. These packages encourage CEOs to gamble and when they lose the bet, it is the shareholders who pay, not the CEOs who receive big severance packages.
—Tom Hess, Application Specialists Inc.
A severance package for a top executive when they do a bad job is a disgrace. Any company with that type of policy needs to replace their board and any executive that follows that line of thinking. Where is the shareholder value with that idea? Recently a top executive at Excellus was given a $10+ million severance package after 31 years for what just doing his job not to mention being given every top perk know to man; what a scam. What does the real working employee (the one who does the real work and makes the real profit for the company) get after 31 years? A party cake, a little gift and a smile and a handshake from the top executive; what a bad joke. We know private companies can do what they want and they do but the severance excess is totally out of hand. If you own stock in a company that has a top executive severance policy it's time to sell that stock and buy into companies that actually care about all their employees and their stock holders.
—Ken Pamatat, Creative Images Photography
CEOs get well paid while at their job. Generally, they are not worth their salaries and bonuses, since they rarely have a significant effect on the company products and profits. Exit bonuses are unnecessary, since there is no possibility that by their departure they will contribute to the future success of the company. If they failed in their job, a go-away bonus is even less justified. As any other employee, they should use their income during their employment to provide for their retirement. Their retirement benefits should be no more than for the average employee. Would the "severance package" have been more useful invested for retaining employees and improving the company?
—Ingo H. Leubner, Crystallization Consulting
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Making Babies: Stumbling into Motherhood
Making Babies is a delightful book about mothering--not all flowers and grace--but a truthful and somewhat sardonic account about the joys and frustrations of new parenthood. Irish novelist Enright and her husband, Martin, a playwright, had been married eighteen years before having a child. In this book, she details the whole process, from the week she decided that they should try to have a child soon (when she was already pregnant) to the period after her second child was born.
Enright describes a photo of herself taking immediately after the birth. She looked "pragmatic and unsurprised," but then later when they moved the baby to their room down the hall, she noticed that, "The child looks at the passing scene with alert pleasure...She is saturated with life, she is intensely alive. Her face is a little triangle and her eyes are shaped like leaves, and she looks out of them, liking the world."
Contrast this with the chapter titled "Milk" where Enright discusses the absurdity of starting a new biological function in her late thirties. She also remarks that there's no quicker way to clear a room than to begin breastfeeding there. It's not the sight of the breast so much, as the loud raucous sounds coming from the infant.
The chapter titles give an idea of both Enright's creativity and edgy humor. A few of the good ones are: "Breeding," "The Killing Cup," "Wriggles," "Burps," "What's Wrong with Velcro," "Giving Birth to a Genius," and my favorite, "oh, Mortality."
There's no wrath like that of a mother when her child is threatened. When a driver pulls out from a kerb in front of Enright's bicycle where she has baby in the seat, she screams at the driver, "That's right. Kill the child, why don't you?"
What I like most about the book is Enright's honesty. She offers advice that you never see in other books about mothering including the unsayable. For instance, she says that at some point you will seriously consider leaving your child. Not for an afternoon or evening but for good. And when you do, you will find out how "short the piece of the elastic is that holds you." But she goes on to report that some people do leave. "It is important not to forget this. Leaving is possible. There are such things as amputees--they walk around with their sleeves pinned to the fronts of their jackets..."
Not sentimental at all, this book packs a deep emotional punch, and you don't have to be a new mother awash in hormones to feel changed by her wonderful prose and her unique view of this life stage. Two other books that cover a baby's first year are: Anne Lamott's Operating Instructions: a Journal of My Son's First Year and from a dad's perspective (he stayed with little Zo) try Elisha Cooper's Crawling: a Father's First Year.


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Davis Webb threw for 403 yards and four touchdowns to lead Texas Tech to a 37-23 upset win over flat, bumbling No. 14 Arizona State in the Holiday Bowl on Monday night.
With the victory, the Red Raiders snapped a five-game losing streak and finished their season at 8-5. The Sun Devils lost their second-straight to close out at 10-4.
Tech raced out to a 27-6 lead and then held off every attempt by ASU to come back. Not that the Sun Devils were doing themselves any favors, as mistake after mistake kept them from making the game more interesting.
To wit, ASU closed to within a touchdown at 27-20 when Taylor Kelly rushed for a 44-yard score early in the third quarter. But Reginald Davis took the ensuing kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown and the Red Raiders went back on top by two scores. The teams traded field goals and Kelly uncorked a bomb that should've been a touchdown, except receiver Richard Smith dropped the ball in the end zone and ASU never really threatened again.
It's not often that a team rushes for 287 yards and loses by 14 points, but that's what the Sun Devils did. Those turned out to be meaningless yards. In the end, this game was about Texas Tech's execution on both sides of the ball. ASU thought it could muddle through somehow and it showed in the final result.
The Sun Devils will now hit the offseason wondering What if? This was a team that could've been in the Rose Bowl, but instead it ended up as the latest Pac-12 team to disappoint in the Holiday Bowl. It could've won 11 games for the first time since 1996. Instead, it wound up with two straight embarrassing losses. A lot of talent returns next year, but Todd Graham has more work to do in changing the mentality of this program.
As for Texas Tech, it showed great resilience in winning this bowl game when almost no one thought it could. Kliff Kingsbury had this team ready to play and that allowed him to cap off his first season as a head coach in style. It'll be interesting to see if Tech can keep up with the Big 12 Joneses in the next few seasons. At the very least, the Red Raiders look like they'll be competitive.


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Eccles Health Sciences Library is constantly looking for ways to improve accessibility for the web sites and resources we provide. According to the American Foundation for the Blind, more than "25 million Americans report experiencing significant vision loss." The most popular screen reader software applications such as JAWS are expensive for individuals and institutions to purchase, and are usually written for Windows-based computers. Most personal computers come with built-in setting adjustments to enlarge on-screen font sizes. As web pages increase in complexity, they become increasingly difficult to read. For Mac users with visual challenges this can be frustrating to the point of inaccessibility.
Enter the "bookmarklet" Web 2.0 application Readability from Arc90 Lab. A "bookmarklet" is a small application that you can install in your web browser to use on an as-need basis. Reviewed in the January 2010 issue of Macworld, Readability
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Written for the Safari and Firefox browsers, users drag the free Readability button to their bookmark toolbar to install it. Clicking on the button from any web page removes the clutter around the content and presents text in a clean, easy-to-read format. While it occasionally misidentifies words and images as not part of article content, Readability is another free tool that individuals and libraries can use to make online content more accessible.


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Michel D'Anastasio — calligrapher, artist and graphic designer. The turning point in his artistic carrier is summer 2004. Shortly after having discovered the fact his Maltese family origins come from Jewish background deep in history his voyage to Holy Land opens to him a way to the Hebrew letters. Ever since he has become one of two major specialists in modern Hebrew calligraphy in Europe. After some time he turns to more contemporary techniques — a photography; he writes and takes pictures of his calligraphic works in the different light moods but not only he on his turn becomes a well-known teacher of the beautiful art of calligraphy. Michel D'Anastasio is known worldwide mainly for his works with Hebrew letters he represents all around the globe from Japan via India and Russia to Canada.
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After just its first year in existence, Lindenwood University's college newspaper, the Legacy, has won 15 awards from the Missouri College Media Association. The awards were presented in Joplin April 12 during the annual MCMA meeting.
The Legacy competed in Division Two, the second largest division, against Northwest Missouri State, Truman, Missouri Southern, Missouri Western, Webster and Southeast Missouri State universities.
Legacy staff won first place awards in Regular Column, Entertainment Cartoon, and Advertising Layout. Their second place awards were for Regular Column, Political Cartoon, and Feature Page. Third place awards were for Story Illustration, Editorial Page, and Photo Page. Honorable mention was awarded for Editorial Writing, Entertainment Cartoon, Story Illustration, Special Section, and Sweepstakes, which recognizes papers that received the largest number of points overall.
Tom Pettit, faculty moderator of the Legacy, said the awards should help the fledgling paper build its reputation and also provides encouragement for the reporters and editors to continue developing their skills.
"Interest and response from those we serve, our Lindenwood readers, has been our primary goal," Pettit said, "and honors from their student journalist peers adds another layer of confirmation of a job well done."


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Danger in Moscow
Of Time magazine's two "men of the year," Ronald Reagan and Yuri Andropov, one consented to an interview. Reagan said: "I think there is less of a risk and less of a danger [of war] today than there was a few years ago…. Because [then] there was more risk of someone gambling if it did not look as if we could retaliate in any extremely damaging way."1 The first statement undervalues both the seriousness of the danger of deteriorating superpower relations in recent years and the potentially explosive consequences of tensions inside the Soviet Union. The second statement may well overestimate the importance of America's military capacity, should the Soviet Union decide to gamble.
Having recently returned from my third trip to the Soviet Union in thirteen months, I should like here to convey the mood in Moscow and the formidable threat presented by the combination of American bellicosity and Soviet anger and vulnerability. I want also to suggest ways of improving the poisonous atmosphere that exacerbates the far from normal hostility of the two powers, which persists notwithstanding the recent gestures of the Reagan administration. I speak as an advocate of a strong defense; of increased military spending by the United States, Western Europe, and Japan to counter one-sided Soviet gains during the last decade; the deployment of INF weapons in Europe on political if not military grounds; the disciplined use of policies concerning trade, credit, and technology transfer to advance the goals of the Western alliance; and the containment of Soviet expansionism. I wish I could speak as an optimist who expects the dangers I encountered to be recognized and enlightened statesmanship to outweigh political advantage during the election year.
In Moscow, I found that the dominant mood among officials was one of anger; among people outside official circles, it was one of fear. The urban population has been deeply affected during the last two years by a war scare; and this has been fueled by incessant, agitated, and strident vilification of the United States. The higher officials of the Party and government leaders have been stirred to defiant hostility toward the United States; the combination of American insult and pressure since 1982 has been made more bitter by the recognition among Russian elites of their own political and economic vulnerability. An increasingly intolerant neo-Stalinism in domestic affairs coexists with urgent advocacy of economic reform. These different tendencies share one volatile ingredient—the desire to reassert Soviet greatness at home and abroad.
Residents of Moscow have been subjected to an assault of anti-American propaganda that recalls Stalin's attacks of the early 1950s. Their published and unpublished letters to newspapers and their insistent questions at public lectures suggest the impact of a campaign against American policies and leaders that has been more primitive and offensive than any others I have observed during the last three decades. President Reagan, for example,…
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House Ready to OK $1.1 Trillion Budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Congress eager to avoid the turmoil of recent budget clashes is ready to approve a massive $1.1 trillion spending bill for this year.
The measure is a compromise financing everything from airports to war costs and is brimming with victories and setbacks for both parties. The House is expected to approve the legislation Wednesday, with the Senate following by week's end.
The bill does everything from averting cuts in pension increases for wounded military personnel who retire early to providing money to serve additional children under the Head Start preschool program.
The measure's passage is being fueled by an election-year desire by lawmakers to show they can govern and their strong desire to avoid the alternative — a possible replay of last fall's federal shutdown, which disgusted voters.


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Upcoming show on 40th Anniversary of Pieces Of Eight.
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yogi wrote:ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!! Thank you sooo much for posting this.
Questions???: Were they on a 'conference type call'(Tommy,JY with Dennis and Red Beard)?? If so, they had some really decent interaction. If so again Dennis sure seemed to take the lead but in a real positive way. JY had alot of insight but not much from Tommy I thought Dennis and JY had a good laugh about the Hammond Organ and Dennis with Tommy on 'stealing cars' on the final Blue Collar Man segment (NOT from Big Bang Theory). That GREAT GREAT rendition Tommy does of Blue Collar Man is from his now released solo disc with the CYO. Also I wonder what Dennis thought of Red Beard using Gowan's live Queen of Spades rendition.
Dennis singing Pieces of Eight is going to lead me to purchasing Pieces of Eight again in a minute off of Amazon.
Great listen, Thanks again for posting!!
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FedEx 1Q profit doubles; will cut 1,700 jobs
FedEx Corp. indicated Thursday that the global economic recovery remains uneven. It touted strength in its international shipping operations while moving to fix the weak spot in its business: its money-losing U.S. trucking business.
FedEx did raise its financial outlook for the full fiscal year after its first-quarter net income doubled. But the projections for the second quarter and full year fell shy of Wall Street expectations, and the stock dropped almost 3 percent in premarket trading.
Growth in international air shipments has been driving FedEx's results lately. That continued in the first quarter. But the FedEx Freight segment lost money again as demand for large items like refrigerators and other appliances continues to be weak. As it competes with other trucking companies to ship a limited amount of freight, FedEx has been forced to forgo the rate increases that are helping its other segments grow.
FedEx will combine its FedEx Freight and FedEx National less-than-truckload operations on Jan. 30, closing 100 facilities and cutting 1,700 workers. FedEx says the move, along with other cost cuts, will ensure the trucking business is profitable next year.
Less-than-truckload shippers take goods from many different manufacturers and consolidate them into a single truck for delivery.
The move suggests that big companies like FedEx, which is a bellwether for broader economic health, are feeling that the global economy still has a way to go for a full recovery.
The world's second-largest package delivery company now expects to earn between $1.15 and $1.35 per share for the quarter ending in November, below analysts' expectations of $1.36 per share.
For the full fiscal year that ends in May, the company now expects net income of $4.80 to $5.25 per share. That's up from its estimate of $4.60 to $5.20 per share in July but some analysts were forecasting earnings as high as $5.60 per share, according to Thomson Reuters.
The Memphis, Tenn., company earned $380 million, or $1.20 per share in the fiscal first-quarter that ended in August, compared with $181 million, or 58 cents per share a year ago. That's slightly under the $1.21 per share that Wall Street expected.
The reinstatement of some employee compensation programs, higher pension, medical and aircraft maintenance expenses, and a loss at FedEx Freight countered improvements at its Express and Ground operations.
Revenue rose 18 percent to $9.46 billion.
FedEx shares fell 2.9 percent to $83.45 in premarket trading.
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This article is all about what Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich would call "The Great Decoupling of Corporate Profits from Jobs"… search for Reich's article of that name.
Reports of quarterly profits by multinational corporations and a "phantom" recovery in the DJIA is an unreliable indicator of an American economic recovery… the record profits being reported by many DJIA companies have nothing to do with American business operations … Fed Ex being the latest example … There is nothing wrong with Fed Ex or GM posting a profit from overseas operations … the problems arise when the politicos and the press try to claim an "American Recovery" based on business growth in Red China or the Far East … or to claim an American Recovery, that is not only "jobless", but is based on policies that continue to ship American Jobs and manufacturing capacity overseas ….
Even Clinton's Labor Secretary Reich noted that $30 billion of the GM "bailout" went to create jobs in Red China before he stated, "GM officials say no American taxpayer money is being used to expand in China. But money is fungible. Because of our generosity, GM can now use the dollars it doesn't have to spend in the United States meeting its American payrolls and repaying its creditors, for new investments in China."
Reich went on to say, "GM now sells more cars in China than it does in the US, but makes most of them there. The company now employs 32,000 hourly workers in China. But only 52,000 GM hourly workers remain in the United States – down from 468,000 in 1970."
My research would indicate that GM now employees 40,000 in China and 48,000 in America. By 2012 GM will employ more people in China than in the US – what are the implications for GM's pension and medical fund liabilities …
Since Reich's article was published GM has transferred control of GM-China to the Chinese Government for a 1 time payment of $85 million dollars, shielding any of the GM/China profit from American Taxation …
Profits are not "evil" they are the reason a Company exists … however, quarterly profit announcements are not a reliable indication or "bell weather" of how the US economy has rebounded …
We need to re-examine Governmental policies and stewardship that allows $30 billion dollars of taxpayer money, money intended to "stimulate" the American economy and create American jobs, to be used to expand auto production in China … and then have the Government's handpicked GM leadership team transfer control of a $30 billion dollar investment for a single $85 million dollar payment from the Chinese Government … GM will sell 2 million cars in China in 2010, GM transferred control of it's Chinese operations, in perpetuity, for the price of $42.50 per 2010 unit …
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As previewed last month, Playboy ranked the Top 23 Air Jordan in a shoot entitled Sole Mates. Included in the shoot are Francesca Frigo, Jaime Edmondson, Jessica Burciaga, Patrice Hollis, Hiromi Oshima, Tiffany Taylor, Candice Cassidy, Kimberly Phillips and Heather Rae Young. Check out the associated videos here and here.
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Shot by Jared Ryder and illustrated by Nigel Evan Dennis.