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HOUSTON, July 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — As previously disclosed, Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC (OTC: VNRSQ) ("Vanguard" or "the Company") has distributed to all holders of the Company's securities a disclosure statement relating to the Second Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code (the "Plan"), providing such holders the opportunity to vote to accept or to reject the Plan. At the initial voting deadline of July 10, 2017, each class of holders of the Company's securities voted to accept the Plan except for holders of common units (the "Common Unitholders"). As of July 10, 2017, only 59.61% of the Common Unitholders who voted had voted to accept the Plan. Under the Bankruptcy Code, a class of equity holders has accepted a chapter 11 plan only if the holders of at least two-thirds in amount of the equity interests that voted to accept or reject the plan voted their equity interests to accept the plan. Thus, as of July 10, 2017, the class of Common Unitholders had not accepted the Plan for purposes of the Bankruptcy Code,
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Board Policy 501 – Attendance
Board Policy
Administrative Regulation
|501.01 Resident Students (Revised 12/10/07) Reviewed 1/14/13)
|501.02 Non-Resident Students (Revised 12/10/07) (Reviewed 1/14/13)
|501.03 Foreign Exchange Students (Revised 6/13/05) (Reviewed 2/13/12)(Revised 9/18/17)
|501.04 Entrance & Immunization Requirements (Revised 9/27/10) (Revised 1/9/17)(Revised 3-13-17)
|501.05 Closing Schools (Reviewed 5/10/10)(Revised 8/24/15)
|501.06 Homeless Children and Youth (Revised 5/10/10)(Revised 8/24/15)
|501.07 Placement (Reviewed 12/10/07)(Revised 4/8/13)
|501.08 Students–Legal Status (Revised 5/10/10)(Reviewed 10/12/15)
|501.09 Pregnant Students (Revised 02/09/09) (Revised 7/14/14)
|501.10 Home Instruction (Reviewed 12/10/07) (Reviewed 7/14/14) (Revised 3/12/18)
|501.11 Attendance Centers (Revised 6/13/05)(Revised 6/10/13) (Revised 8/22/16) (Revised 4/10/17)
|501.12 Boundary Lines (Revised 4/11/05)(Revised 9/23/13)
|501.13 Attendance Records (Revised 12/10/07) (Revised 1/14/13)
|501.14 Student Fee Refunds (Reviewed 12/10/07) (Revised 1/14/13)
|501.15 Attendance (See 504.01, Discipline Policy) (Revised 5/9/05)(Revised 9/23/13)
|501.16 Open Enrollment Between Districts (Revised 2/11/08 with Adopted Diversity Plan included)(Revised 11/12/13)(Revised 7/13/15) (Diversity Plan amended and approved by Board 1-25-16; Iowa DE approved plan on 2-3-16)
Resident Students
The Davenport Community Schools are maintained for all children of school age who are legal residents of the school district. Only those who are bona fide residents of the District or who have been approved for open enrollment shall be permitted to attend the district schools without payment of tuition.
Resident students are those whose legal residence is within the boundaries of the District. Two factors which must be considered in determining residence for school purposes are:
The child must establish a physical presence in the District, including times other than those when school is in session, and
The physical presence in the District must be for a primary purpose other than school attendance.
By action of the Board 11/8/76; Revised 4/11/83; 3/4/85; Revised 4/29/96; Reviewed 3/15/99; Revised 12/10/07
Edited 12/07; Reviewed 1/14/13
Non-Resident Students
Qualified students who are not legal residents of the District may be admitted to school at the discretion of the Superintendent or superintendent's designee upon application and payment of tuition. The tuition rate shall be computed as authorized by the Iowa Department of Education.
The established tuition fee as computed by the Iowa Department of Education for the year shall be charged on a pro-rata daily basis (1/180th) for all non-resident pupils who are enrolled for one year or less.
Tuition will be waived for pupils who have been residents of the District the current year, and who within the last four weeks have become non-residents.
Tuition may be waived during the last four weeks of the school year for a non-resident pupil coming into the District during that time, and who intends to become a resident of the District by the start of the ensuing year.
Tuition will be waived for 11th or 12th grade pupils who were residents of the District during the preceding school year, who are no longer residents of the District, but continue to attend school in the District.
Non-resident open enrollment students may attend the District upon proper approval by both the sending and receiving school district.
Cross Reference: Board Policy 302.02
Legal References: Code of Iowa Chapters 282 and 442; 257.6
By action of the Board 9/18/78; Revised 4/11/83; 12/12/88; Revised 4/29/96; Revised 5/24/99; Revised 12/10/07
Edited 12/07; Reviewed 1/14/13
Foreign Exchange Students
The following guidelines shall be followed in considering foreign exchange students for attendance in the District:
The number of foreign exchange students shall be limited at each of the high schools, with priority in placement given to those students who are supported by a local community service organization, such as Rotary.
Applications of foreign exchange students for placement in a Davenport high school will be accepted from bona fide programs only. The high schools shall not consider placement of foreign exchange students who are sponsored by an individual or who have privately arranged a long stay with a family living in the Davenport district. The sponsoring programs are responsible for presenting the I-20 (Certificate of Eligibility for Non-immigrant Student Status) or similar Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) student exchange form at the time of application for admission into Davenport high schools.
Students shall be considered for placement if applications are received by July 1st of the year for which Fall placement is considered and by November 1st if placement is considered for second semester.
The high schools may accept foreign exchange students aged 15-18 by application deadlines.
The decision to accept a student or not is made by the high school principal based upon the priority stated in #1, age of student, application completion, and deadlines.
The high school may elect to provide:
- Service fees (not including driver's education fees)
- Yearbook
- Activity ticket
- Certificate of attendance or diploma
- Cap and gown
The high school may decide to award a diploma if the review of the student's transcript indicates that sufficient credits have been earned. Each student's transcript shall be evaluated by the respective high school registrar, counselor, and principal.
The foreign exchange program is managed for the District by an administrator appointed by the Superintendent or superintendent's designee.
By action of the Board 11/8/76; Revised 4/11/83, 3/13/95; Reviewed 5/13/96; Revised 5/24/99 ; Revised 6/13/05
Edited 6/05
Reviewed 2/12; Revised 9/18/17
501.04 STUDENTS Entrance and Health Requirements Kindergarten
A student shall not be admitted to kindergarten unless said student will be five years of age on or before the 15th day of September of the current year. Every parent or legal guardian shall submit a valid Iowa department of public health certificate of immunization. Failure to meet the immunization requirement will be grounds for denial of admission or continuation of school services. • Vision – A student enrolling into Kindergarten shall be screened for a vision impairment at least once before enrollment. A minimum of one child vision screening shall be performed no earlier than one year prior to the date of enrollment in Kindergarten and no later than six months after the date of the student's enrollment. Either a Student Vision Card or the Vision Screening Form must be completed and a copy given to school nurse. • Dental – All students newly enrolling into Kindergarten are required to provide proof of a dental screening. This includes out- of -state transfers also. • Mandatory Lead Testing – A student enrolling into Kindergarten are required to have at least one lead test. The nurse completes an excel spreadsheet containing enrolling student demographic information that is returned by email to IDPH that is compared to the state Lead database. A student must provide a valid Iowa State Department Lead Exemption to be exempted from this requirement.
- First Grade
A student shall be admitted to the first grade if said student will be six years of age or older on or before the 15th day of September of the current school year, and has completed kindergarten in the District or another school system.
Every parent or legal guardian enrolling a student for the first time in the District shall submit a valid Iowa department of public health certificate of immunization. Failure to meet the immunization requirement will be grounds for denial of admission or continuation of school services.The following exceptions are permitted to the above policy:
• Students who have not attended kindergarten may enter the first grade in the District providing they will be six by September 15th of the current school year. Students may be required to complete readiness and mental maturity tests that indicate readiness for the first grade. Such tests will not preclude a child from enrolling.• Students of families who move into the District who will be seven years of age on or before September 15th of the current school year may be automatically entered into first grade without previous kindergarten• Students who have completed one full year of kindergarten in an accredited school and whose birthdays fall between September 15th and December 31st, may enter the District first grade. These students may be required to complete readiness and mental maturity tests that indicate readiness for the first grade. Such tests will not preclude a child from enrolling.Third Grade
Vision – A student enrolled into third grade shall be screened for vision impairment at least once before enrollment. A minimum of one child vision screening shall be performed no earlier than one year prior to the date of enrollment into third grade and no later than six months after the date of the student's enrollment. The Vision Screening Form must be completed and a copy given to school nurse.Seventh Grade
If the student is born on or after September 15, 2000, they MUST submit proof of receiving a Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis) vaccination prior to the start of the school year or they will not be allowed to attend school. Proof of vaccination needs to be presented to the school nurse. Beginning the 2017-2018 school year and thereafter, Student entering 7th grade born on or after September 15, 2004 shall have one dose of meningococcal conjugate vaccine (A.C.W.Y.). There is no provisional period to implement this requirement. Proof of vaccination needs to be presented to the school nurse.Ninth Grade
Dental – Iowa law requires a completed Certificate of Dental Screening be done in the year prior to entering the ninth grade. For transfer students, a screening completed within one year prior to enrollment is acceptable. This Certificate of Dental Screen Form must be completed by a dental hygienist or dentist and a copy given to the school nurse.Twelfth Grade
Beginning the 2017-2018 school year and thereafter, students entering 12th grade born on or after September 15, 1999 shall have two doses of meningococcal conjugate vaccine (A,C,W,Y); or 1 one dose if one dose was previously received when the student was sixteen years of age or older. There is no provisional period to implement this requirement if the student has received no meningococcal conjugate vaccine.General Immunization Information:
Students shall be granted an exemption from the immunization requirement in the policy for medical or religious reasons recognized under the law but must provide a valid Iowa department of public health certificate of immunization exemption.Homeless students may be exempt from the requirements of immunizations by state. (Board Policy #501.06 Homeless Children & Youth). The student must provide a valid Iowa State Department of Health Certificate of Immunization Exemption to be exempt from this policy.An Iowa Department of Public Health provisional enrollment certificate shall be granted to a student who has begun but not completed the required immunizations. Only one sixty day provisional enrollment certificate shall be granted for an incomplete vaccination record and student shall remain enrolled during that time. The parent or legal guardian shall ensure that the applicant receive the necessary immunizations during the provisional enrollment. If at the end of the provisional enrollment the parent or legal guardian has not submitted a valid certificate of immunization the student shall be excluded from school until the parent or guardian does so.Evidence of Age
A birth certificate or other satisfactory evidence showing date of birth shall be required of each pupil entering school in the District for the first time.• Cross Reference: Board Policy 502.01 Physical Examination; 501.07 Placement;501.06 Homeless Children & Youth; Administrative Regulation 501.04A
• Legal Reference: Code of Iowa Chapter 282.3; 280.13 (207) Section 139A.8; 281
IAC 33.5; 641 IAC.7; Lead Law ( House file 158); IAC:641.51.
• By action of the Board 11/8/76; Revised 4/11/83; Reviewed 5/13/96; Revised
3/15/99; Revised 2/23/09; Revised 9/27/10
• Edited 2/09,9/10
• Revised 1/9/17; Revised 3/13/17
Closing Schools
The Board adopts to follow the guidelines set forth "In re Norman Barker, 1 D.P.I. App. Dec. 145(1977)" when considering potential closings of schools in the District.
Norman Barker Guidelines
These seven (7) steps shall constitute procedural due process for the public when making decisions as to the closing of an attendance center:
1. A timeline shall be established in advance for the carrying out of procedures involved in making the important decision. All aspects of such a timeline would naturally focus upon the anticipated date that the Board of Directors would make its final decision in the matter.
2. All segments of the community in the District should be informed that a school closing decision is under consideration by the Board.
3. The public shall be involved in providing sufficient input into the study and planning involved in the decision making process.
4. Sufficient research, study and planning shall be carried out by the Board and groups and individuals selected by the Board. Such things as student enrollment statistics, transportation costs, financial gains and losses, program offerings, plant facilities, and staff assignment need to be considered carefully.
5. There shall be an open and frank public discussion of the facts and issues involved.
6. A proper record shall be made of all the steps taken in the making of the decision.
7. The final decision shall be made in an open, public meeting, and a record be made thereof.
Procedures for Closing an Attendance Facility
1. Timetable: Because school closings may create disruptions for families, a timeline shall be established under this policy to minimize problems relating to school closings.
2. Authority: Pursuant to statutory authority, the Board may close any attendance facility within the District upon finding good and sufficient reason, as they believe to be in the best interest of the District. In order to enhance quality education, this authority shall be exercised in compliance with state law and in the manner outlined in this policy.
3. Terms Defined: To ensure clarity terms used herein are defined as follows:
(a) Attendance Facility – A school building where students regularly attend and which is currently owned by the District.
(b) Attendance Area – The geographic area the Board has designated as the boundary for students to attend a particular attendance facility.
4. Factors to Consider: Whenever an attendance facility is proposed to be closed, the Board shall consider all factors before reaching a final decision, including but not limited to the following factors:
(a) Quality of Education – (Primary importance.) The Board shall review staff, specialists, class size, pupil-to-classroom teacher ratios, present and projected enrollment, curriculum, instructional equipment, and special programs (art, music, science, reading, learning centers, etc.) The accessibility and quality of facilities shall be considered including classrooms, cafeteria, media center, computer lab, playground, special program facilities and equipment, and athletic facilities.
(b) Safety of Students – The Board shall review necessity of transportation, major traffic arteries, fire protection, and availability of safety from severe weather, structural integrity, and hazards to the safety and welfare of students.
(c) Costs of Operating – The Board shall review the present and projected costs of operating the attendance facility on a per-pupil basis or by other appropriate means. Costs shall be compared with projected costs incurred if the attendance facility would be closed. It shall include cost of transporting students to other facilities, hiring or transfer of staff, and purchase or transfer of textbooks and equipment.
(d) Costs of Necessary Capital Improvements – The Board shall review present and projected costs for capital improvements or additional repairs. The costs will be compared with projected costs incurred to remodel, repair, or make improvements to the existing attendance facility and the receiving attendance facility made necessary by the closing.
(e) Effect on the Community – The Board shall review the effect on the community for the attendance facility to be closed and on the attendance facility where the students would be reassigned. They shall consider the neighborhood-school concept, community attitudes, and traffic patterns.
(f) Miscellaneous Factors – The Board shall review any other factors which it feels are relevant to closing of an attendance facility.
5. Process/Time Line: Whenever the Board considers the possibility of closing an attendance facility, the following timeline or process shall be followed to ensure adequate representation by all parties involved.
(a) The Board shall consider all the factors for consideration required by law and outlined in this procedure. Upon making an initial determination an attendance facility should be closed, the Board shall adopt a resolution stating its intention to close the attendance facility at the close of the current school year. The resolution shall be adopted on or before the second Monday in October of the school year in which the Board proposing the closing. The resolution shall include (1) the reasons for closing; (2) the name of the attendance facility; (3) the attendance facility or facilities to which the students will be reassigned; and (4) the time, date, and place of all public hearings to be held on the proposal to close an attendance center.
(b) Written information or data used to make the initial determination shall be available at the affected attendance facilities prior to the time the resolution is considered for adoption. The public may request a copy of the information from the Board Secretary, and additional copies will be available at the board meeting when the resolution is being considered. The District website will also have information available for the public to review.
(c) A Notice of the Public Hearing which states the time, date, place, and purpose of the hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation at least ten (10) days prior but not more than twenty (20) days before the hearing.
(d) Within seven (7) working days after the resolution is adopted, a copy of the resolution shall be mailed to the home address of each student attending the affected attendance facilities (both closing and receiving schools).
(e) Within thirty-five (35) days after adoption of the resolution, any person may file a written response in favor of or opposed to the proposed closing of the attendance facility. Individuals may also file written questions concerning the proposal. These responses shall be filed with the Board Secretary at the Administration Building. All reasonable effort will be made by the administration to answer questions in writing and shall be available five (5) days before the public hearing.
(f) Not less than forty-five (45) days nor more than sixty (60) days after adoption of the resolution, the Board shall hold a public hearing on the question of closing the attendance facility specified in the resolution. A separate hearing shall be held for each attendance facility proposed to be closed. Such hearing shall be held at the feeder high-school of the attendance center in question if at all possible.
(g) The Board shall adopt rules and fix the agenda for such a public hearing. All written information and data presented to the Board by the administration shall be available to members of the public at least five (5) days prior to the public hearing. No action shall be taken by the Board at the public hearing on the matter of school closings.
(h) At the next regular board meeting following the public hearing, the Board shall make a decision as to the closing of the attendance facility. The Board shall consider all testimony and evidence brought forth at the public hearing and consider the factors required by law and this policy before taking final action.
(i) The Board's final action shall be in writing and shall include a statement by the Board stating the factors which lead to the decision. The factors stated will be supported with appropriate data and research information.
(j) Within thirty (30) days after the public hearing, and in no event later than January 15, or the next working day following January 15 if it falls on a weekend or is a holiday, the Board shall adopt its final written decision. The vote of the majority of the Board will be final and conclusive.
Exceptions to Procedure of Closing an Attendance Facility
If an extraordinary or unanticipated event occurs after the initial deadline of on or before the second Monday in October in the year preceding the closing of the attendance facility, the Board may adopt an alternative schedule utilizing the factors for consideration listed in this policy. A final written decision shall be made no later than April 15 of the year preceding the school closing
By Action of the Board 8/12/02; Revised 02/23/04; Reviewed 5/10/10
Edited: 02/04; 5/10;Revised 8/24/15
Homeless Children and Youth
The Board of Education follows the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Act for all activities related to homeless students. The superintendent assigns a district homeless liaison to oversee all homeless education activities. A McKinney-Vento Compliance Manual is housed with the Curriculum and Instruction Department at the Administration Services Center and maintained by the Homeless Education Liaison for the District. In addition, each school building houses a Local Homeless Education Liaison Toolkit with federal guidelines and information.
The McKinney-Vento Act defines "homeless children and youth" as individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence. The term includes –
- Children and youth who are:
– sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason (sometimes referred to as doubled-up);
– living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to lack of alternative adequate accommodations;
– living in emergency or transitional shelters;
– abandoned in hospitals; or
– awaiting foster care placement;
- Children and youth who have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings;
- Children and youth who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings; and
- Migratory children who qualify as homeless because they are living in circumstances described above.
Homeless students have the following rights as identified by the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Act;
- Attend school, no matter where they live or how long they have lived there;
- Attend either the school located in the boundary in which they are currently residing OR remain in their school of origin, which ever is in the best interest of the child;
- Transportation options when reasonable and feasible, to and from school;
- Enroll in school immediately, even if missing records and documents normally required for enrollment such as a birth certificate, proof of residence, previous school records, or immunization/medical records.
- Enroll, attend classes, and participate fully in all school activities while the school arranges for the transfer of records;
- Have access to the same programs and services that are available to all other students including transportation and supplemental educational services;
- Attend school with children not experiencing homelessness; segregation based on living status is prohibited.
The liaison will make reasonable efforts to identify homeless children and youth within the district, encourage/facilitate their enrollment, and identify and eliminate barriers to their receiving a free, public, and appropriate education, including but not limited to; free meals, transportation assistance when feasible, the waiver of school fees, school supplies, and access and referrals to appropriate services.
There shall be a homeless point of contact identified at each school building in the district that shall assist the district homeless liaison in identifying homeless children and tracking and monitoring activities/services for these students.
NOTE: This is a mandatory policy and reflects both Iowa and federal law.
- Legal Reference: No Child Left Behind, Title X, Sec. 722, P.L. 107-110 (2002); 42 U.S.C. §§ 11431 et seq. (1994); 281 I.A.C. 33 (2003)
- Cross Reference: Board Policies 501.01 Resident Students; 501.02 Non-Resident Students; 501.04 Entrance Requirements; 501.07 Placement; 501.11Student Transfer Policy; 501.13 Attendance Records; 501.14 Student Fee Refunds; 501.15 Attendance Policy; 502.01 Physical Examination; 502.02 Vision Screening; 502.04 Communicable Diseases, Students; 502.11 Student Special Health Services; 503.06 Cumulative Record Folder; 602.22 Programs For At-Risk Students; and 605.04 Permanent Student Records
- Adopted by the Board: 05/12/03; Revised 5/10/10
- Edited 5/12/03; 5/10; Revised 8/24/15
When a child enters the District for the first time (aside from kindergarten round-up), or re-enrolls after a lapse of two or more years, the principal will determine grade level placement after consultation with the parents or guardian and assessment of the child. The principal will complete a final placement within two weeks. A temporary placement can be made immediately so that the child may attend school.
- By action of the Board 11/8/76, 4/11/83; Reviewed 5/13/96; Reviewed 3/15/99; Reviewed 12/10/07
- Edited 12/07, Revised 4/8/13
Students–Legal Status
Students who have attained the legal age of 18 may continue the education program without payment of tuition as long as they are eligible to attend an Iowa public school and are residents of the District.
Parents shall be allowed to access and view the student's records without written permission from the student unless the student has attained age 18 or is attending a post-secondary school full time or with the equivalent of 12 semester hours. In most cases, with the discretion of the principal or the Superintendent, the student shall be able to make decisions and sign documents rather than requiring parental permission or signature.
- Legal References: 20 U.S.C.; § 132g (1988). Iowa Code §§ 22; 282.2, .6 .7. Iowa Code §§ 285.4; 599.1; 622.10 (1995)
- Cross References: Board Policy 501.13 Attendance Records; 501.15 Attendance Policy
- By action of the Board 8/19/60, 5/11/70, 10/12/70, 1/29/73, 11/8/76, 4/11/83; Revised 6/10/96; Revised 9/18/00; Revised 11/22/04; Revised 5/10/10
- Edited:11/04; 5/10
- Reviewed 10/12/15
STUDENTS Pregnant Students The Board encourages pregnant students to continue to attend the education program as long as they are physically able to do so. A pregnant student is encouraged to notify the principal, guidance counselor, or the nurse as soon as she is aware of the pregnancy. The school may require that a pregnant student provide the principal with a written note from her doctor relative to special conditions that might exist and specific suggestions as to how long the student may continue to attend classes. If the student is unable to attend school because of her physical condition, the student may be excused and arrangements made to continue her studies during her absence. The student shall resume classes upon the written release of her physician.
- Legal References: Iowa Code §§ 216; 279.8; 280.3 (1995)
- Cross References: Board Policy 501 Student Attendance (IASB); Board Policy 604.02 Individualized Instruction (IASB)
- By action of the Board 11/8/76, 4/11/83; Revised 6/10/96; Reviewed 3/15/99; Reviewed 12/10/07; Revised 2/09/09
- Edited 2/09; Revised 7/14/14
Home Instruction
Davenport enrolled students unable to attend school because of a temporary or permanent physical disability but able to receive instruction shall be taught in the home (or as otherwise arranged) by a visiting teacher on a schedule of a minimum of once each week during those weeks school is in session. The length of period for instruction necessarily varies with the student's academic load. Each student shall receive at least one hour and thirty minutes of instruction during each call.
In case of temporary disability, the student may later return to continue work at school. The visiting teacher shall consult with the teachers in the regular classroom and strive to give the student a program as nearly identical with the classroom as possible. The building classroom teacher will be responsible for assessing and grading student's work.
In case of a permanent disability that precludes the student from being accommodated in a school setting, the student shall be provided the opportunity to complete the course work at home, graduate, and receive a diploma.
Guidelines shall be established by the administration on eligibility for this program. Such guidelines shall comply with all regulations of the Iowa Department of Education.
Cross References: Board Policy 503.14 Non-Traditional Graduation; Administrative Regulation 501.10A, Administrative Regulation 501.10B:
By action of the Board 11/8/76; Revised 4/11/83; Revised 5/13/96; Revised 3/15/99; Reviewed 12/10/07
Edited 12/07; Reviewed 7/14/14; Revised by Attorney Wendy Meyer 3/12/18
Attendance Centers
I. High School parents and guardians may enroll their students in any DCSD high school they choose regardless of the attendance center area in which the family resides. Mid City High School requests require administrative approval. However, students electing to enroll in a high school outside of their boundaried attendance area will be responsible for their own transportation. All student fees must be paid current for transfer options to be considered.
II. Elementary and middle school parents and guardians are responsible for enrolling students in the school within the boundary of the attendance area in which the student resides. If it is discovered that a student is attending a school outside his or her attendance area, the parent or guardian will be directed to remove the student and enroll him or her in the school within the attendance area where the student resides. School and district administration are charged with continuously monitoring elementary and middle school enrollment to assure that students are enrolled in schools in the attendance area where they live unless an exception has been granted. All student fees must be paid current for transfer options to be considered.
Exceptions for elementary and middle school transfer requests are as follows:
A. Transfers approved by the superintendent, or his or her representative, for health, safety or security of students or staff.
B. Transfer that meets the elements of the District's Diversity Plan, namely:
1. Category A students transferring from a Category A school to a Category B school; or
2. Category B students transferring from a Category B school to a Category A school.
Transfers under this provision must be requested no later than May 1 for the following school year. Only one such request will be approved in any single year.
C. Transfers approved to attend Buffalo Elementary STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) Project.
III. Transfer of students will be approved with the following provisions:
A. Parents or guardians are responsible for transportation.
B. Transportation will be provided for district administrative placements.
C. Transfers are only allowable to those schools that do not exceed 85% capacity.
D. Transfer approval will not cause elementary class sizes to exceed district standards.
E. If you reside outside the walk zone of the desired school, and a transportation route exists, then transportation may be provided for student transfers which balance a school's diversity ratio as defined on the Diversity Plan Reference Chart in the District Diversity Plan.
IV. If a student moves from one school attendance area to another during the school year, the student will be allowed to remain at current school if space is available and transportation will be the responsibility of the family. If the student will be attending a new school they will be required to enroll in the new school the first school day after a quarter or grading period. Students who move within six weeks of the end of the school year will not be required to move schools until the following school year. Students in 5th and 8th grades are exempt from this provision and may remain in their current school until matriculation.
- Cross Reference: Policy 501.12 Boundary Lines; 604.12 Balanced Enrollment
- By action of the Board 11/8/76; Revised 4/11/83, 2/13/84, Revised 1/14/85, Revised 7/8/91; Revised 2/7/94; Revised 9/29/97; Revised 7/12/99; Revised 6/13/05; Edited 6/05
- Revised 6/10/13; Revised 8/22/16
- Revised 4/10/17
Boundary Lines
The Board will have complete discretion to determine the boundaries for each attendance center, to assign students to the attendance centers, and to assign students to the classrooms within the attendance center.
It is the responsibility of the Superintendent or superintendent's designee to review the defined boundaries periodically and make recommendations to the Board as needed. In making the recommendation, the Superintendent will consider the geographical layout of the District, the condition and location of the District facilities, the location of student populations, possible transportation difficulties, financial condition of the District and other factors deemed relevant by the Superintendent or the Board.
Public input should be incorporated in a plan as part of the decision-making process.
- Legal Reference: Code of Iowa 274.37; 274.38
- Cross Reference: Board Policy #501.11 Student Transfers; Administrative Regulation 501.12A
- By action of the Board: 11/8/76; Revised 4/11/83, 4/11/94; Reviewed 5/13/96; Revised 3/15/99; Revised 4/11/05
- Edited 4/05; Revised 9/23/13
Attendance Records
Building principals will assure that adequate attendance records are kept and will make reports to the Superintendent or superintendent's designee as requested.
By action of the Board 11/8/76, 4/11/83; Revised 5/13/96; Revised 3/15/99; Revised 12/10/07
Edited 12/07; Revised 1/14/13
Student Fee Refunds
The administration shall establish consistent procedures for refunding student fees and shall inservice building principals to ensure the refunding of fees is equitable for all students.
Cross Reference: Administrative Regulation 501.14A
By action of the Board 11/8/76; Revised 4/11/83; Revised 12/19/95; Reviewed 5/13/96; Reviewed 3/15/99; Reviewed 12/10/07
Edited 12/07; Revised 1/14/13
A. Compulsory Attendance
Parents within the District who have children over age six and under age sixteen by September 15, in proper physical and mental condition to attend school, shall have the children attend the District at the attendance center designated by the Board. Students shall attend school the number of days that school is in session in accordance with the school calendar. Exceptions to this policy include children who:
- Have completed the requirements for graduation in an accredited school or have obtained a high school equivalency diploma;
- Are attending religious services or receiving religious instruction;
- Are attending an approved or probationally approved private college preparatory school;
- Are attending an accredited nonpublic school; or,
- Are receiving competent private instruction.
It is the responsibility of the parent/guardian of a child to provide evidence of the child's mental and physical inability to attend school or of the child's qualifications for one of the exceptions listed above.
B. Board Policy on Absence
Any absence from school is a serious handicap not only to the individual student, but to the entire school system as well. There is no real substitute for actual classroom attendance. For this reason, parents or guardians are requested to notify the school regarding family absences. It is the responsibility of the parents and the students to make arrangements prior to the absence for making up missed classroom work and assignments that might be given while the student is gone. Furthermore, parents and students are encouraged to ascertain that the students are not in academic jeopardy or will not be in academic jeopardy as a result of this absence.
Makeup work must be planned with school personnel. Work missed during excused absenses may be turned in for full credit if received within the timeframe established by the classroom teacher. Work missed during unexcused absenses must be made up in order to obtain credit for assignments missed. The full responsibility for makeup work resulting from absence shall be assumed by the parents and the child. Teacher conferences for help shall be available. For cases other than serious personal illness in the home or death in the family, arrangements for the absence should be made in advance.
This policy recognizes that students may be absent from school for participation in school sponsored activities. All such absences must have prior approval from the school administration.
C. Excuses for Absence
It shall be the policy of the District to require a written excuse or telephone contact with parents or legal guardians for all students under the age of 18 about the cause of all absences. The purpose of the contact is not only to explain the reasons for the absence, but to indicate that the parents or legal guardians are aware of the absence.
Excessive unexcused absences will result in a truancy letter and possible citation.
All absences must be recorded and a record kept. Procedures shall be established by the administration.
D. Doctor, Dentist, Community Health Care Center, or Visiting Nurse Excused Absence
Any child may be excused for any part of the day for an appointment with a dentist, doctor, Community Health Care Center, or visiting nurse, providing the child is present for a part of the one-half day in which the appointment takes place in order to receive credit for that one-half day's attendance.
E. Religious Instruction
Students of the District may be excused from school for religious services, observances, or for instructional purposes.
F. Truancy
Any child who has reached the age of six and is under sixteen years of age by September 15 is of compulsory attendance age. Students who turn 16 after Sept. 15 must complete that current school year. Any child in this age group failing to attend school regularly without a reasonable excuse for absence as provided by the State Code of Iowa shall be deemed to be a truant.
In such case, the truant officer shall be notified and shall enforce the laws as provided by the State Code of Iowa.
- Seniors Discretionary Days
The Board, in its discretion, may excuse graduating seniors from up to five days of instruction after the District requirements for graduation have been met. The Board may also excuse graduating seniors from making up days missed due to inclement weather if the student has met the District's graduation requirements (#503.11–Graduation Requirements).
- Cross Reference: Board Policy 501.12 Boundary Lines; 503.11 Graduation Requirements; 506.06 Religious Excuse from Activities & Practices; 601.02 School Calendar; Administrative Regulation 501.15A
- Legal References: Iowa Code §§ 259A; 279l.10-.11; 299.1-.1A; 299A (1995). 19 78 Op. Att'y. Gen. 379.
- By action of the Board 12/12/88, Revised 10/14/91; Revised 12/9/96; Revised 3/15/99; Revised 5/9/05
- Edited 5/05; Revised 9/23/13
Open Enrollment Between Districts
The mission of the Davenport Community School District is to enhance each student's abilities by providing a quality education enriched by our diverse community. Therefore, we believe maintaining a diverse school district better prepares students to live in a global society, expands every student's educational opportunities, and leads to a more effective use of District resources.
The District is a participant in the state-enacted Open Enrollment program, both as a sending and as a receiving district. It shall be the responsibility of the Superintendent or the superintendent's designee to review all applications for open enrollment into or out of the District under provisions of the Open Enrollment Act of 1989, and any amendments thereto, Iowa Administrative Code Chapter 17, the District's Diversity Plan, and controlling case law.
The primary determinant when making decisions regarding approval or denial of open enrollment applications is the result such approval or denial will have on the diversity of the District as determined by the ratio of certain student groups as defined by the District's Diversity Plan This plan places students into one of two categories, Category A or Category B, based on key demographic characteristics, specifically, student academic performance and free and reduced lunch eligibility or fee waiver eligibility based upon the Household Economic Survey. The ratio of Category A to Category B students, as established in the District's Diversity Plan will determine the number of applications from each Category that can be approved for open enrollment out of the District or open enrollment into the District.
For students applying to open enroll into the District under the state-enacted Open Enrollment program, available classroom space will also be a consideration for acceptance. If open enrollment into the District is approved, the District will make every effort to accommodate requests relative to specific attendance centers. However, the Board reserves the right to determine attendance center assignments for all students enrolled in the District.
In accordance with Iowa Code a student whose family moves to the Davenport District and requests continuous open enrollment in his or her previous district of residence will have the application approved under the provisions for continuous open enrollment.
The Superintendent is granted authority to adopt administrative procedures to implement this policy. The District's Diversity Plan is attached hereto and is hereby approved.
- Legal Reference: Code of Iowa Chapters 139.A. 8, 274.1, 279.11, 282.1, 282.3, 282.8, 282.18, (2007). A.C. 17; Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1, 127 S. Ct. 2738 (2007)
- Cross References: Davenport Community School District Diversity Plan, Administrative Regulation 501.16A
- By action of the Board 5/14/90; Revised 7/8/91; Reviewed 9/20/93; Revised 10/14/96; Reviewed 3/15/99; Adopted 1/13/03; Revised 02/11/08
- Edited: 02/08; Revised 11/12/13; Revised 7/13/15


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On January 18th, 1996, Raymond Cain was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Sadie Frost. Cain was one day shy of his 18th birthday.
Ray murdered Sadie Frost in cold blood. A .22 caliber bullet shattered her skull and ripped through her brain. What Ray did to Sadie's friend Shawnda was worse. He pumped two bullets into Shawnda's head next, but somehow didn't manage to kill her.
Shawnda was discovered sitting in the front seat of a white Toyota Tercel, the passenger door hanging open, next to Sadie Frost's cold and lifeless body. The temperature that night was below freezing. Ironically, the freezing cold is probably what saved Shawnda's life. What's left of it, that is.
Gang-style murder-robberies were supposed to be something that happened in L.A. Not in Colorado ski towns.
I was in the courtroom during closing arguments.
The defendent was led in. With a haircut and a clean shirt, Raymond Cain looked like a schoolkid.
I'm sure in grunge clothing, beer in one hand, Smith&Wesson in the other, Ray was as mean a gang-banger as Durango had ever seen. Defense counsel objected when District Attorney Greg Lyman referred to the accused as a "Predator." Today Ray was a 17 year old baby-faced kid on trial for murder.
"What's the matter here!" I wanted to scream.
Ray's accomplice Gabe Rivera, had already been convicted. He refused to testify against Ray, thereby adding 6 months jail time for contempt of court onto what was already a life sentence. Gabe had been convicted of felony murder, that is, the participation in a crime, any crime, in which a murder takes place.
There is a six part defense for felony murder. Basically, you must have not known a murder was likely to occur, you must have disengaged yourself from the crime upon learning another participant was armed with a deadly weapon, and have not aided, importuned or requested commission of the homicidal act. If one tine on the six-pronged fork is missing, you're guilty. Gabe was missing several tines. Ray was missing the whole set. All the evidence indicated he was the shooter.
"What went wrong," I wondered, not with Ray, but with his family, his friends, his teachers, his neighbors, his church, his community, hell, with all of Durango. I wanted to know how a 17 year old kid can decide to murder a pair of Indian women in order to rob them of a measly $3000, tribal money they had received on their 18th birthdays.
Did Ray think he'd get away with it because he was careful not to leave any fingerprints, like he had on his previous crimes? Who or what tells someone like Ray that "getting away" with a crime, being "clever" enough not to get caught, somehow makes it OK?
Ray was definitely mis-wired. He later claimed he'd experienced "The greatest rush imaginable -- killing someone."
Who was to blame?
It takes an entire community to raise a child. Well, who the hell raised Ray? Who had been Ray's examples and role models in life? Was Ray's family to blame? The Cains weren't exactly pillars of the community. Where was the older kid up the street who might have invited Ray up to a fraternity party at CU, thereby instilling in him a desire to finish high school and go to college instead of roaming the streets of Durango at night in search of alcohol and methamphetamine. Where was the lone teacher who had somehow reached Ray, and inspired in him a love of chemistry or some other subject? Where was the grandfather who might have taught Ray the joy of fixing old cars or fly fishing. Were there no brothers, or cousins, or uncles watching out for him?
What happened to the "Thou shalt nots" drilled into most of us in Sunday school? Had drugs silenced Ray's conscience forever? It appeared the only thing Ray enjoyed, or knew how to do in life wasto bring hell into the lives of everyone who came in contact with him.
Perhaps Ray alone was to blame. Wasn't pleading innocent proof Ray was never going to take responsibility for his actions? He'd been on the highway to hell for several years, a downward spiral of ever more violent and serious crimes. His squeezing of the trigger three or four times in quick succession had brutally rebuffed everyone in the community who had ever tried to guide him back to a straighter or narrower path.
Ray had now used up all his second chances.
Slouched down in his chair, Ray looked limp, impotent. The high ceilinged courtroom was quiet. I glanced at the jury box, wondering what sort of folk would seal his fate. Were the people who were going to sit there ordinary and decent? Did they have the moral courage to convict someone of first degree murder, especially someone this young and innocent looking?
Ray sat a table marked "Defendant," directly behind him sat the Courthouse Deputy who had led him in. Greg Lyman, the La Plata County District Attorney, all six foot two of him, sat at an adjacent table fidgeting with his hands, doing spider pushups, until Guillermo Garibay, one of Ray's court appointed lawyerss walked up to ask some minor question about moving a flipchart board both sides were sharing. The Deputy leaned back against the oak wall as if to nap. The judge poked his head in, and asked Counsel to meet him in chambers.
The courtroom had benches harder and straighter than any church pews I'd ever sat in. In the first row sat the Durango Herald's reporter. Behind her, the families of the victims, relatives, Shawnda Baker and her family. Shawnda would never be able to recall much of that fateful evening, other than "falling asleep," her family's euphemism for the "event." Behind them were the grandparents of one of the witnesses who had come to watch their grandchild testify, and stayed on. This case had made watching People's Court boring.
In the extreme rear of the room sat Investigators Ezzell and Owens, Ezzel from the Sherriff's office, Owens from the DA's. They weren't jovial, but neither were they as somber as the rest of the occupants of the room. Their investigations and evidence had given the DA a solid case. Settling over the courtroom was a silence, a calm before the storm of closing arguments.
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Ray sat alone, unshackled. He could have bolted for the door and beat the deputy by a half-step or more. Why didn't he try? By now he had to know he was going to prison. His public defender hadn't put up much of a defense, no elaborate alibi or alternate explanation of that night's events, however implausable. The courtroom was on the second floor. Ray could have crashed out one of the courtroom windows, and landed in the bushes below, perhaps without breaking a leg. If Booth could do it, Ray could. It was definitely worth a try. I would have.
Cain sat there, replaying that night's events like a bad car crash. He hadn't been as clever as he'd thought. He'd gotten caught and now he was going to go to prison. The investigators hadn't figured out exactly the way everything had gone down, but they'd figured out enough. "If I had onlys" were running through his mind.
Silence. Hushed banter from the rear of the courtroom. Someone tearing apart Velcro. Over and over. Frank Cain, Ray's father, who had unsuccessfully run for sheriff of the neighboring county the year before mustered a little cough. Knuckles were cracked. People shifted in those impossibly rock-hard pews. A yawn. The deputy blinked and tried to figure out how he got assigned courtroom duty, and how he might avoid it in the future. More yawns. The reporter jiggled her feet. The sun began to shine through the 12 foot windows, each topped with an oak mantle and a Realistic PA speaker that must have been there since the '60s.
I took a moment to pray for Ray Cain. A guilty verdict on a charge of murder would mean society had decided, once and for all, he was beyond redemption. There's no coming back from a murder conviction. To survive in prison, he'd either have to get even more violent or he'd become someone's punk. He wasn't very big, physically.
The .22 shell casings disappeared from the physical evidence sometime after the Colorado Bureau of Investigations examined them. The defense had had their opportunity to examine them. Who knows, maybe they somehow caused them to dissapear. But a .22 revolver was supposedly used to commit the crime, and a revolver doesn't eject its spent casings until it's reloaded. Cain had only fired four shots, meaning no reload was necessary. One c casing was found under several weeks worth of snow, fifteen feet away from the Tercel, the other found near the driver's door. The casings found might or might not have been from the murder weapon, especially given the fact it was a revolver. It didn't look good that two casings were found at the scene where, at least in theory, there should have been none. And then lost.
According to Lyman, to obtain a murder conviction you need a murder weapon, evidence, a suspect, a witness, and a motive. Fail to produce any one of the five not so easy pieces and it becomes a lot harder to convince a jury. Especially if the charge is murder in the first degree.
There was a second gun mentioned, a .22 revolver kept in Gabe Rivera's father's pickup truck. Gabe supposedly wouldn't have had access to that. I didn't buy that. Gabe could have made copies of his father's keys anytime he'd used the truck.. To this day I wonder if that wasn't the murder weapon, although the ballistics tests on it and the bullets recovered from Sadie and Shawnda were inconclusive.
The biggest piece of bullshit offered by the defense was the $1000 cash one of Ray's uncles claims to have mailed him two days before the murder took place, thereby explaining Ray being out buying a $700 stereo the day after the murder/robbery. A surprise witness, this uncle had flown in from NY in the middle of the trial and "sprung" this piece of information on the court. No one bought it. Jury members rolled their eyes during the uncle's testimony.
Springing "surprise" witnesses into a criminal trial just isn't done. For starters, it's grounds for declaring a mistrial. All prospective witnesses are identified, interviewed, depositions taken and so forth before a trial begins. By both sides. A surprise witness brought in at the last moment is a desparation move which often does more harm than good, even though it temporarily throws the other side off balance. Garibay perhaps thought it might work here. He certainly didn't have much else to work with.
The day dragged on, with the jury dismissed first until 10:30, then 1 PM as both sides haggled over the dozens of pages of jury instructions, one entire set for each of the charges filed against Ray. They included first degree murder, conspiracy to commit first degree murder, attempted first degree murder, felony murder, conspiracy to commit armed robbery, and several lesser charges. Greg Lyman had thrown the book at Raymond Cain.
The jury was brought in at 1:05 and the judge began reading the painfully long instructions. Phrases like "did kill, maim or wound" and, "intention after deliberation" and "in the State of Colorado at or about the place charged, did commit murder" echoed again and again through the courtroom as the jury was read a full set of instructions for each and every charge. Monotony reigned. Jury instructions would prove to be critical years later, when one of Cain's co-conspirators would be granted a re-trial based on a claim of incomplete jury instructions having been read. Today, however, the task was staying awake.
Suddenly it became real, as if I had awoken from a daydream. This was a murder trial. Ray Cain was going to be found guilty or innocent in a few short hours. His life hung in the balance.
I sat behind Ray Cain's parents, and waited for him to look back as the judge droned on and on, reading the instructions. "Knowingly," "With Intent" "Beyond a reasonable doubt." What exactly do you see in the eyes of a murderer, I wondered.
He wasn't going to look back. I began to zone out again.
"Beyond a reasonable doubt." Those words caught my mind and snapped me to the present. What powerful words. Not "In all likelihood," or any other, lesser words. But "Beyond a reasonable doubt." The cornerstone of the American justice system rests on those four words: "Beyond a reasonable doubt." BARD. Those words ensure almost no one goes to prison who isn't 100%, certifiably, guilty. It's the hallmark of the American juidicial system.
Even a "reasonable" doubt is sufficient to let someone go free. Someone "Who in all probability" committed a crime. Like O.J. Simpson.
"The burden of proof falls on the prosecution. If you, the members of the jury are not convinced BARD then you MUST find the defendant innocent."
Did a reasonable doubt remain? Hadn't a preponderance of evidence and testimony shown that Ray Cain, was in fact, the shooter? In my mind, Ray's public defender had failed to cast even the dimmest glimmer of the shadow of a doubt necessary to get Ray off.
Greg Lyman, DA, began his closing arguments: "January 21 1995 was judgment day for Sadie Frost and Shawnda Lynne Baker. Today is judgment day for Raymond Cain. The evidence is clear... I am asking you, the members of this jury, to harden your hearts against Raymond Cain, who sits before you today."
The jury deliberated for four and a half hours, then spoke. "We, the jury, unanimously find Raymond Cain guilty of felony murder."
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The Astros' regular season ended the way it began: with a win. The Astros finished the regular season with a 101-61, the 2nd-highest win total in franchise history. Collin McHugh threw a quality start and the Astros got a 4-run 7th inning to ride into the postseason against...oh, yes, the Red Sox. Game 1 is Thursday.
*ALDS odds:
-FanGraphs: 55.4%
-FiveThirtyEight: 58%
It's interesting that FiveThirtyEight lists Keuchel as the G1 starter for Houston, and still gives the Astros a 53-47 edge in that game. G2, which lists Verlander vs Pomeranz, gives the Astros a 64-36 nod.
It was an incredible regular season run for us. Obviously, we switch gears to the postseason now, but there will be a reflection back on a spectacular regular season. Even with the lull we had in August, to come out of it with 101 wins, a division championship for the city of Houston and our fanbase, it was a great run in the regular season.
*Jose Altuve was 0x2 but won the batting title for the 3rd time and became the first player in baseball history to lead the league in hits for four straight years. Altuve:
This is the first time I've won a batting title and the team's going to the playoffs (Ed. Note: true. In 2015 Altuve led the AL with 200 hits but Miguel Cabrera and Xander Bogaerts finished ahead of him in the batting title race). I think every single player in the big leagues, after they win a World Series, would like to win an MVP. That would make me really proud. But to me we're still in the middle of the season and haven't done what we want to do.
Altuve's 8.4 bWAR is the highest by an Astro since Biggio's 1997 9.4 bWAR season, and is the 7th 8+ bWAR season in franchise history:
1. Biggio (1997): 9.4
2. Altuve (2017): 8.4
2. Dierker (1969): 8.4
4. Clemens (2005): 8.2
4. Bagwell (1994): 8.2
4. Scott (1986): 8.2
7. Cedeno (1972): 8.0
*Collin McHugh threw 6IP, 5H/3ER, 8K:1BB to earn his 5th win of the season. Since 2014, McHugh is 16-0 in September and October. McHugh:
Obviously, we've got a glut of great pitchers to choose from. I want to pitch. I'm up for pitching. However innings get doled out, I want some.
*Yuli Gurriel was 2x3 with a sac fly, meaning that he finished the regular season 158x529 for a .2986 batting average. One more hit, out of 529 ABs, would have given him a .300 average for the season.
*The Astros finished the season with 896 runs, 2nd-highest in franchise history. This team led the AL in runs, doubles, AVG, OBP, SLG, OPS. They were 2nd in MLB in home runs (238, three behind the Yankees) and had the fewest strikeouts (as an offense) in MLB. Their 1087 strikeouts is 66 fewer than the Indians, who finished second.
*Bringing out a colossal FU to pretty much all Astros fans, MLB has set the times for Games 1 & 2, and you're going to need to take some time off from work:
-Game 1 will start on FS1 or MLBN at 3:08pm Central on Thursday.
-Game 2 will start on FS1 or MLBN at 1:05pm Central on Friday.
No game times have been announced past Game 2.
So let's all join the chorus of people hoping this backfires on MLB, who desperately want an Indians-Yankees evening slot. Tomorrow we are all Twins fans. MLB sucks and I hope they get chigger bites on their buttholes.
*I broke down the six starts in which Justin Verlander squared off against Chris Sale.
*Marwin is a "key cog" in the Astros machine as things shift to the ALDS. Hinch notes that Marwin will mostly play LF, but could move to the infield in late-inning situations.
*From yesterday, FanGraphs' David Laurilia looks at how Charlie Morton is different and better.
*McTaggart has three reasons why the Astros could win the World Series.
*Hinch told the Boston Herald that, even though these two teams just finished a four-game series, the ALDS will be a very different experience:
I think (with) the emotions and intensity that will run high next week, there will be some memory based on this series, and familiarity, and guys that have seen certain pitches or some things that we've done, but it will feel like a reset because of the days off.
*The Astros are hopeful Josh Reddick will be ready to go on Thursday. ESPN's Sam Miller has a good analysis of Reddick's sense of humor here.
*Needing to clear a 40-Man roster spot for the returning-from-80-game-suspension-for-PEDs David Paulino, the Astros found a reason to put him on the 60-Day DL instead, and he had surgery to remove bone spurs on Friday.
*The Astros will pick 28th in the June 2018 draft.
*How a Pittsburgh financial advisor brought down college basketball.
Monday, October 2, 2017
Monday Morning Hot Links: Just Win Eleven
2 comments:
- John Martin said...
I expected one day game, but not two. Not that having to take two half days off to watch Astros playoff baseball is something I'm complaining about.
- October 2, 2017 at 10:06 AM
- Chas R said...
We are taking off and going to both games this week. This is The Year!
- October 2, 2017 at 5:02 PM
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I don't know about anyone else, but I for one have never been very good at taking a day out each week for Sabbath. Many people do, many people take a day away from work, technology, communications and all work related responsibilities. I have just never been that person. I get work emails sent to my phone, I always have my phone within reach, and I spend more time on social media than I even want to confess to.
But God rested, at least in the creation story in Genesis, an entire day is devoted to resting. I think we can see signs of that resting within creation, for example, winter. Winter is a time when creation seems to hibernate, where animals work hard all year gathering food so that when the temperatures drop they will be able to survive. Plants and trees seem to lay dormant during this season. If we look at it scientifically, we know that there is still work being done, but there is still a feeling of rest.
I have been strangely blessed to be experiencing a month of Sabbath, a month between jobs where I am experiencing a sense of winter Sabbath. Yes, there are things to prepare for and things to do, but I am also trying to find the quiet in the process. Seeking a time of rest and renewal, something I am discovering more and more that I am in desperate need of.
Now that I have hit the halfway point in this season of my life, I am beginning to think about how important it is to have a Sabbath, a time in one's regular life, for quiet, for reflection, for a slower pace. But how, how do we do that in this world we live in where we are literally connected to the entire world with a gadget that fits in our pocket?
I have often talked to my youth about taking time to leave your phone home. Time to take a walk in which you aren't connected to the outside world, time to hear the world around you in its natural state. Imagine how much closer we might feel to God, if we took a day, or an afternoon, or even a small block of time out of our week to just spend with God, outside of our regular devotional time. But a set time and place to be renewed, to hear and see things differently, a time to rest, not with a pillow and a comfy blanket, but a time for mental, emotional, physical rest.
I for one am looking forward to this season of Sabbath to continue in a different form as I seek this weekly time, a time to step away from the hectic chaotic world, and spend some time devoted to spiritual renewal and rest. I hope you will join me.


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No, no, no, no, no. I haven't the mind to bother this time.
I am tired and dirty, and I just want to clean and be to sleep.
Yes, yes, yes, indeed… be to sleep, is what I want and need.
And water, of course, to drink and to drink.
And then – the ends for the means – to sleeeeeeeeeeep……
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David Hockney: Current
Until March 13, 2017.
The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) presents a major solo exhibition of one of Britain's most influential living artists, David Hockney.
These videos are from 'The Four Seasons, Woldgate Wood' by British artist David Hockney's huge show now on at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) in Melbourne.
This immersive video work showcases the changing landscape of Hockney's native Yorkshire, each season was filmed with nine cameras mounted 3x3 layout record the scenery as driven through the woods. The 9 high definition screens deliberately are meant not to be in exact sequence (for those with OCD in you 🤓).
There is much, much more to see and his works on iPad are impressive as you can literally see his mind at work as he becomes increasingly masterful over the technology. Not bad for a 79 year old!.
If viewing this on your iPhone, save NGV address directly into your mobile using the free MFP app.


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Tuesday, May 26, 2009
old bag
5 comments:
- Elisabeth said...
Grey hairs! Drat those pesky, pigment-challenged irritants! D:
Don't worry your adorable head about a couple of them at 32, though. That's not so bad! My father was almost entirely grey by the time he was 32. And Adam has a LOT of grey hair, and he is only 29. In fact, I would say that Adam is roughly 20% grey, distributed evenly throughout all of his hair.
I will let you in on my carefully kept secret, too...I have some grey hairs! O_O
I dye my hair regularly and have done so for many years, so no one knows about them, haha. Mine are all clustered at the hairline near my right temple...a "Lily Munster" streak, if you will. Can you even?! Adam loves it and thinks I should stop dying and let them grow out. Ugh, I say. :P
- May 26, 2009 at 2:25 PM
- Mare said...
You wear it well! :)
- May 26, 2009 at 11:19 PM
- Jaimee said...
But, oh, how they shimmer! :)
- May 27, 2009 at 12:28 AM
i had to laugh at this one. i started going grey in my mid 20s and at 41, am almost all the way there. no dye for me -- i wear my grey with pride. (though occasionally look back on old pictures with a sigh...)
- May 28, 2009 at 2:29 PM
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- May 29, 2009 at 11:10 AM


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After recovering from being ill last week, President Abdu Rabbo Mansour Hadi stated that unity will not be a topic for discussion in the country's National Dialogue Conference. He added that the conference has been inclusive of all political powers.
During a meeting with the presidential board of the NDC, Hadi discussed the imbalances accruing over the past several days. He ordered the ending of all activities that might threaten the conference.
He also directed the implementation of a number of procedures that had been demanded by the working group involved with the southern issue in the NDC.
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The presidential decrees coincided with an increase in withdraws of southern movement members from the NDC. UN Special Envoy to Yemen, Jamal Benomar, has reported failed to convince southern leaders outside of Yemen to join the NDC.
The conference's second phase has witnessed protests from southern movement members who demanded a quick implementation of their 11 demands in order for a 'suitable' atmosphere at the conference.


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WANTED, and in many instances urgently needed: translators and interpreters of numerous languages into English. Opportunities especially good in New York and other cities with large and highly varied immigrant populations. And in government agencies where certain Middle Eastern and Asian languages have surged in priority in the post 9/11 world.
That, labor market and other experts say, sums up the outlook in the United States today for translators and interpreters, professions that have grown sharply since the 2001 terrorist attacks, though not solely in response to them. And with the routes into these specialties diverse -- they all require a mastery of English and at least one other language, but there is no single form of certification in the country -- people can enter them with varied educational backgrounds.
Take, for example, Ethel Ugbebor, the founder and owner of the Universal Language Corporation in Rego Park, Queens. Her company's stable of more than 60 interpreters and translators can render 28 languages into English, including some once considered peripheral to American interests but nowadays crucial, like Pashto and Dari, major languages in Afghanistan; Farsi, spoken in Iran; and Urdu, one of Pakistan's languages. The company's clients include the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security and the Drug Enforcement Administration.
But such a career was not on Ms. Ugbebor's radar when she came to New York from Nigeria in 1988. She arrived to pursue a master's degree in chemistry at City College, having been employed for a decade at Nigeria's food and drug agency.
She was working as a part-time receptionist at the Nigerian Consulate in Manhattan while at City College when she fielded a phone call in 1990 from Federal District Court in Brooklyn, which was seeking an interpreter for a Nigerian drug-trafficking defendant who understood only Ibo, one of Nigeria's major languages.Continue reading the main story
Thus began her trajectory from irregular $250-a-day courthouse stints to heading a company with $1 million in revenue last year. But more about that later.
Although many people call anyone who renders one language into another a translator, practitioners reserve that word for people who convert written material in one language into written material in another, or speech in one language into a transcript in another. They refer to those who convert speech in one language into speech in another as interpreters.
The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics says there were 31,000 translator and interpreter jobs in the country in 2004, up 40 percent since 2000, and estimates a further increase to 37,000, or 20 percent more, in 2014. (The bureau notes that the number of people in the business is "probably significantly higher" because many work part time.) The average full-time salary in 2004 was $38,000, with those employed by federal agencies averaging more than $70,000. About 2,000 of the jobs in 2004 were in New York State and about 500 in New Jersey and Connecticut.
But Kevin Hendzel, a spokesman for the American Translators Association, which represents about 8,000 translators and interpreters, predicted even sharper future growth, "based on the current demand." Aside from a severe shortage in "national security languages," among them Arabic, Farsi, Pashto and Dari, the demand, he said, is being driven by, globalization and by the need for interpreters in hospitals and courtrooms. The need at hospitals has been made more acute by a 2000 requirement that institutions receiving federal aid provide more effective service to people lacking English proficiency, he said.
As for Ms. Ugbebor, 54, she received her master's in chemistry in 1993, but has not worked as a chemist since then. Her courthouse work with defendants speaking Ibo and Yoruba, another major Nigerian language, led her supervisor at the court to refer her to the F.B.I. and D.E.A., for which, after getting security clearances, she translated secretly recorded conversations in drug-trafficking investigations involving Nigerians. In 1993, she said, she earned $100,000 from that and her court work.
Her company's growth, she said, has more recently been aided by guidance from the federal Small Business Administration and a larger company, Comprehensive Technologies International, which also provides translation services and for which she is a subcontractor. Ms. Ugbebor said that early on, she was concerned that working as an interpreter and translator would not provide as much long-term security as a career in chemistry. "But I took the risk," she said, "and it paid off."
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This edition: Gently with the Women
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First aired: September 5, 2017.
Gently's investigation into the rape of a prostitute leads him to unravel how rape is handled within the force, and the team have to deal with animosity from their colleagues.
Features actor Jeremy Swift who plays Spratt the butler on Downton Abbey. He also appears in Foyle's War in which he plays Glenville Harris.


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Chinese Political Science Review, Oct 2017
Despite a reduction in support for US global leadership (and an apparent reduction of desire to provide it), it remains unlikely that we will have a traditionally conceived of power transition where one power cedes global predominance to a challenger any time soon. Although power shifts really are occurring with more actors able and willing to provide leadership roles, this does not presage the onset of a multipolar order; at least as polar orders are typically understood. Rather, we see the transition to an order with multiple sites of authority that lacks the fixed and stable forms of alliances normally associated with polarity. David Mitrany's emphasis on the importance of functionalism might not provide a blueprint for the future, but does provide a way into thinking about non-polar forms of global governance, different and multiple sites of authority, and different forms of leadership within this global order. It also adds to the study of the capability and willingness of putative leaders, the importance of acceptance and followership in international relations.
This is a preview of a remote PDF: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs41111-017-0082-y.pdf
Shaun Breslin. Leadership and Followership in Post-Unipolar World: Towards Selective Global Leadership and a New Functionalism?, Chinese Political Science Review, 2017, 494-511, DOI: 10.1007/s41111-017-0082-y