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Community bankers and their customers are deeply alarmed by the wide-scale data breaches at national retail chains and others. These far-reaching and costly breaches have the potential to jeopardize consumers' financial integrity and confidence in the payments system. Community banks remain strong guardians of the security and confidentiality of customer information as a matter of good business practice and legal and regulatory requirements. Safeguarding customer information is central to maintaining public trust and the key to long-term customer retention.
Party at Fault Should be Liable for Associated Costs. It is critical that the party at fault for a data breach whether it be a retailer, financial institution, data processor or other entity, bear responsibility for the related fraud losses and costs of mitigation when consumer information is compromised. Allocating financial responsibility with the party that is best positioned to secure consumer data will provide a strong incentive to do so effectively. Additionally, aligning incentives to maximize data security by all parties that process and/or store consumer data will make the payments system stronger over time, which is a win for everyone, especially consumers. Payments rules should mandate merchant security provisions to further protect customer data, particularly debit and credit card information.
Regardless of where a breach actually occurs, banks are stewards of the customer financial relationship and take a variety of steps to protect the integrity of their customers' accounts, including monitoring for indications of suspicious activity, reimbursing customers for confirmed fraudulent transactions, modifying customer limits to limit fraud losses, and blocking and reissuing cards for affected accountholders at an estimated expense of up to $15 per card.
Extend Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act-Like Standards. Under current law, retailers and other parties that process or store consumer financial data are not subject to the same federal data security standards and oversight as financial institutions. Securing financial data at financial institutions is of limited value if it remains exposed at the point-of-sale and other processing points. ICBA supports subjecting these entities to Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act-like standards with similar enforcement. It is equally important that these entities provide uniform and timely notification to banks concerning the nature and scope of any breach when bank customer information such as account numbers may have been compromised. As noted above, the party that suffered the breach should bear responsibility for the costs of mitigation and losses when bank account information is compromised and should be responsible for restitution for those losses and related expenses.
National Data Security Breach and Notification Standard is Vital. Most states have enacted laws with differing requirements for protecting customer information and giving notice in the event of a data breach. This patchwork of state laws only increases burdens and costs, fosters confusion, and ultimately is detrimental to customers. ICBA believes customer notification is appropriate to let customers take steps to lessen the likelihood of identity theft or fraud resulting from data breaches. However, it is important that notification requirements allow financial institutions and others flexibility to determine when notice is appropriate. Overly broad notification requirements defeat the purpose of calling attention to the risks associated with a particular breach. Federal banking agencies should set the standard for financial institutions, as they currently do.
New Technologies Will Reduce Risk But There Is No Universal Remedy. Community banks are already investing in technologies that will better secure transactions processing and thwart criminals. In particular, community banks are joining other financial institutions in the orderly migration to chip technology for debit and credit cards. Chip technology may not have prevented the mass retailer breaches but it would have reduced the market value of the card data as it would be far more difficult for criminals to make counterfeit cards. Using chip technology will not protect against fraud in "card-not-present" transactions, such as online purchases. Criminals will continue to try to find weaknesses regardless of the technology, so it is crucial that the marketplace continue to have the flexibility to innovate.
Online Business Banking. Community banks offer robust, secure online banking products to their business banking customers. However community banks should not be liable for breaches that occur as a result of negligence by the business customer. ICBA strongly opposes any legislative or regulatory effort that seeks to extend the consumer protection provisions under Regulation E to business customers.
Corporate Account Takeover. Increasingly sophisticated cyber criminals continue to target small and medium-sized businesses for cyber fraud, most often in the form of a Corporate Account Takeover. This crime usually begins with intercepted log-in credentials and leads to money being siphoned out of a business's account. Business accounts are not regulated at the federal level in the same way as consumer accounts. For this reason, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) has published supplemental guidance designed to address the issue at the bank level and entities such as the Financial Services – Information Sharing Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) have formed to deal with this growing problem. ICBA supports these efforts and will continue to work to educate community bankers on the issue and ensure that appropriate regulatory measures are in place to help prevent this crime.
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Moved to Fort Gordon with husband's PCS and chose Columbia Co. Schools over Richmond Co. because of test scores. Chose Harlem High school over other Columbia Co schools like Greenbriar & Lakeside because there is absolutely no diversity and as my children we raised on Fort Bragg, DOD schools, they wouldn't know what to do without any. People were friendly, this was prior to the creation of the HS in Grovetown, which worked both for and against Harlem High as it took some of the classes with it thus limiting the range but also making for smaller class sizes. Negatively, my youngest, an avid reader of Sci-Fi was somewhat perplexed when asked if she were reading a dictionary when clearly she was not. Perhaps, they were joking. They do seem to be a close knit community-- with the positives and negatives that go with it in every sense of it-- to include the school which would depend on your child, how they acclimate, and how adjustable they are as well.
My child just transferred to Harlem, but it seems to be a great school. Very impressed so far.
After being rezoned reluctantly, I have found that HHS is a great school. My children are thriving and are enjoying their education. They have been welcomed with open arms.
I am a freshman at the school. I feel really safe here. The teachers are and they help me when I need the extra help. I hope one day my child will attend HHS.
Check out the Georgia BOE web. This school in my opinion is not providing the quality of eduaction that our children should have.
The only thing that kept me in school up to now is the harlem high dramma program. Which is the best in columbia county.
As a proud parent of 3 HHS students- 2 which have gone on to and graduated with honors from UGA, I have nothing but praise for this school and its faculty. It is a small town school that cares about the children and I have always felt welcomed there. Those who oppose this school evidently have had children who can not abide by the rules- HHSis very strict and beieves all students can learn and if the student wants to act up- HHS throws them out. Way to go!
Harlem s principal Mr. Griffin doesn t due his job when it comes to problems in the school ! The saddest part is the students and parents suffer when an injustice is done due to lack of accountability. I would not recommend this school if you have a child that you care about and want to get a good education. The cost of a private school is well worth it when it comes down to the mental, social and educational benefits for you child. If you want your child to suffer in these areas right from the start then by all means disregard this and enroll your child.
Harlem High is a great school! They have great values and I love the school. I go to Harlem now and I am involved in many activities. There are many oppertunities to suit anyones intrests. Harlem is an overall awesome school :)
I am a parent who came from NY, if I were to compare the schools there with HHS, HHS is far better. The only problem I have is that some of the teachers do not update their i-parent. I have had to get stern with my child thinking that she is failing a class when actually she is passing it.
Great School, I attended years ago and both of my children have.
Harlem high needs to pay more attion to the children than to the clubs and the medals that they can bring in for the school.
Harlem is a great school to send your children. I am a former student and at no time did I ever feel unsafe or intimidated. It is a small town school with small town values.
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With the fiscal cliff averted, the battle is over but the war is just beginning. There are a few ETFs that may benefit from the dysfunction on Capitol Hill.
Don't drink the Kool-aid, the fiscal fight has just begun…
The fiscal cliff has simply gone on a two-month holiday, not a permanent vacation. That's how long Congress has to come up with a deal to avoiding sequestration -- the implementation of automatic spending cuts.
To add gasoline to the fire, that's the exact same time that Congress will be fighting over raising the debt ceiling! Summer 2011 Redux anyone?
Here are the three ETFs to watch this week that may remain strong despite from all this fighting:
SPDR S&P Dividend ETF (SDY)
Dividend stocks should continue to catch a bid, especially given Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's penchant for crushing interest rates. Yield starved boomers will continue to venture into higher yielding stocks in an effort to salvage their golden years.
This ETF gives you access to the so-called "Dividend Aristocrats." These are companies that have raised their dividends for the last 25 years. The index includes such names as AT&T (T) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ).
It currently yields 3.14% and is actionable right here at $58.16 with a $54 stop and a $64 price target.
Market Vectors Gaming ETF (BJK)
The world's falling apart, and the federal government can't pay its bills, but apparently people are gambling again. Casino stocks are starting to look interesting, and this ETF will give you exposure to such names such as Las Vegas Sands (LVS) and Wynn Resorts (WYNN).
The stock looks good right here at $35.50, with a $32.50 stop and a $40+ price target.
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Minimum Volatility Index (EEMV)
You've got to take more risk to make more money right? Wrong! Believe it or not these lower volatility ETFs have been banging out excellent returns.
This ETF gives you a portfolio of broadly diversified low-volatility international names that was up a whopping 20%+ last year! It's a little extended right now at $60.50, but on a pull back to $58 this is one worth looking at.
I'd use a stop of $56 with a price target of $62; along with its 2.29% dividend and low volatility it's certainly one to put on your radar.
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(Suwannee, KY.) -- On August 4, 2013 the Kentucky State Police and the Lyon County Sheriff's Department, conducted a traffic safety checkpoint at the intersection of U.S. 62 and State Route 810 South. At approximately 10:00 p.m. William Mull, age 34 of Marshall County came through the check point and was stopped by Kentucky State Police Trooper Jonathon Ward. Mr. Mull was only able to produce a Kentucky ID, when asked for an operator's license. Trooper Ward learned that Mr. Mull's operator license was currently suspended.
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As demonstrated with North Atlanta High School, APS chief Erroll Davis is fond of the emphatic gesture. That was also evident when he suspended all the educators implicated in the cheating investigation by Gov. Sonny Perdue.
But some of those educators are fighting to return to their jobs as a tribunal sorts through the evidence against them in a series of hearings.
One of them is M. A. Jones Elementary School teacher Precious Moon. Her case seems among the murkiest, given the lack of clear evidence against her. Take a look at the AJC story on this week's hearing and let us know what you think.
Atlanta Public Schools pressed its case Monday to terminate M. A. Jones Elementary School 5th-grade teacher Precious Moon for her alleged involvement in the 2009 Criterion-Referenced Competency Test cheating scandal that has implicated about 180 educators.
APS Superintendent Erroll Davis testified before a three-person tribunal that he had lost confidence in Moon because of numerous violations of school policy and for her allegedly prompting students to change answers or giving them the correct answers while she monitored the tests. The tribunal adjourned early Monday evening without a decision.
Davis said APS built its case largely on a state investigation of the school system that cited Moon for prompting students during tests and the Georgia Professional Standards Commission recommendation that her teaching license be suspended two years, which Moon has appealed.
Moon's attorney, Gerald Griggs — who hammered at the APS case throughout the day citing lack of proof and witnesses — asked Davis if he would change his opinion and let Moon keep her job if she won her appeal to the PSC. "I do not believe that I would," said Davis, because of all the information he had been given by investigators.
But there was no "smoking gun" testimony Monday, such as witnesses saying they had seen Moon tell students to change answers. Stan Williams, a private investigator hired in 2009 to do an internal investigation for APS, testified that he could find no conclusive evidence she cheated, and none of the estimated 20 Moon students he questioned said she cheated or helped them cheat.
APS said Moon violated test procedures when, as she admitted to investigators, she repeatedly advised students, "You need to focus and check your answers" during the tests. GBI agent Eugene Howard played part of his taped interview with Moon in which she explained she focused on one student in particular during the test and told him to quit playing with a new watch and to reread a section of the test she thought he moved through too quickly.
"Playing with the watch is one issue," said Howard, explaining that it was within accepted procedure to focus a student's attention during a test. "But redirecting him back to the test is not right."
Earlier in the day Melissa Fincher, Georgia Department of Education Associate Superintendent of Assessment and Accountability, conceded under cross-examination that state regulations give test monitors the leeway to repeat instructions during tests. How often, and whether it's acceptable to remind one student and not necessarily all the students, is a "grey area," said Fincher.
Moon took the stand after Davis and testified that she never prompted students to change answers, didn't give students the answers, and never in any way "signaled" that what they had answered was wrong.
"Do you think there is any reason the superintendent should have lost confidence in you?" her attorney asked. "No," she said.
–from Maureen Downey, for the AJC Get Schooled blog
October 30th, 2012
11:21 am
Put it this way. Who would you have more confidence in: the documented actions and Precious Moon (of which even the DOE official said were in a "grey area") or the documented actions of Errol Davis in the NAHS debacle?
Plus, if he has zero tolerance for law breakers, why hasn't he fired HIMSELF for APS's long standing (according to Dr. John Trotter and MACE) violations of the grievance law?
October 30th, 2012
11:26 am
You're going to ruin someone's career based on what the DOE THEMSELVES say is a "grey area"?
October 30th, 2012
11:35 am
If the teacher points to a particular answer and tells the student to check it, then that's cheating. The teacher would have been, essentially, telling the child that an answer was wrong. You need solid proof or testimony that this is what happened. If the teacher just reminds students to check answers in general and not to waste time, then the teacher is not over the line.
October 30th, 2012
11:35 am
I say let's furlough all teachers for a month and let legislators, administrators and some of these AJC readers who never have anything good to say about schools take over. One week, heck one day, in a school would change a lot of uninformed opinions. Then teachers could take schools back and get some respect.
October 30th, 2012
11:45 am
Let me see….telling a student to quit playing, and getting back to the test….that is exactly what a Teacher is supposed to do.
October 30th, 2012
11:50 am
i don't think you can fire her based on the info given here.
October 30th, 2012
11:53 am
Telling someone to check their answer(s)is cheating. I can't believe we're having this discussion. And we sit here wondering why our schools are so bad. Good grief.
October 30th, 2012
11:55 am
I have both studied and taught "test-wiseness" for many years – first in the early 1980's. Taking a "bubble test" benefits from a certain amount of strategy. Think of test-taking as a game with a set of rules. MUCH of what the test preparation companies do is teach these rules. High-performing kids are in part high-performing because they've figured out how to play the game. Pace yourself, know whether there's a penalty for guessing, leave the ones you don't know for later, leave time to check your answers – especially on the ones you weren't sure of, and on and on. MANY people never learn how to play this game, yet a LOT of someone's performance on a test (what we mistake for "achievement") is how well they know how to play the game – as well as, of course, to what they know.
Helping kids learn how to play the testing game SHOULD be part of school. Whether a teacher should try to "teach test-wiseness" DURING test administraion, however, is another question. I would say no, but IF all the teacher did was remind kids to remember the game rules before testing began, I would not think that calls for dismissal.
October 30th, 2012
11:57 am
Telling someone to check their answer(s)is cheating. I can't believe we're having this discussion. And we sit here wondering why our schools are so bad. Good grief.
You might want to tell Mrs. Fincher that
October 30th, 2012
12:01 pm
We certainly can make no decision just on what we have read here. Too little input.
October 30th, 2012
12:01 pm
Telling someone to check AN answer? Cheating. Telling someone to go back and check their ANSWERS? (In essence go back and review) Well it appears that AT WORST the DOE representative can only bring herself to say it's a grey area.
So we ruin a career over this?
October 30th, 2012
12:03 pm
I don't know what's more despicable, the teacher denying that she cheated by telling a student to check his/her answer or the people that actually believe her.
October 30th, 2012
12:05 pm
You're damn right this should ruin a career. Teachers know the difference between right and wrong. If they don't, then they shouldn't be in the profession, period.
October 30th, 2012
12:08 pm
If the teacher stands in front of the class and tells them ALL to check their answers, then that's one thing. Ms. Moon admitted to focusing on ONE student "playing with his watch" to check his answers. That's cheating.
October 30th, 2012
12:20 pm
At the end of the CRCT, students are asked to review their answer sheets and erase any errant marks. Is this state sponsored cheating?
October 30th, 2012
12:22 pm
She probably focused on that ONE child who was playing with his watch to check his answers because he would move on from playing with his watch to playing with his friends.
It is difficult to wrangle students into being quiet and compliant when they are testing.
It's ridiculous to even have testing for the little ones. They have no idea why they are being punished by having to sit quietly for hours and hours and bubble pieces of paper.
Heck, it's hard ot get a ninth grader to take them seriously.
October 30th, 2012
12:24 pm
The biggest question is why the so called cheating scandal was started in the first place. Was it because the powers to be want the good kids separated from the bad kids or to get funding for religious schools which they have done.
To the people in Georgia that believes that you could tell student erasures from teacher erasures. These are the people who have no idea what the teachers goes through with day-to-day. Teachers teach kids not to cheat, today stop texting.
Teachers are not fighting back because with the time they put into the kids and parents, their per hourly is about $5 an hour. The private charter schools' pay less per hour, since they hire teachers without certification. This should keep Georgia education at the bottom.
October 30th, 2012
12:24 pm
if the teacher only told her students to check their answers after they finished the test a little early there is nothing wrong with that. that is not cheating.
October 30th, 2012
12:26 pm
What's best,
What on earth are you smoking? "They have no idea why they are being punished"? Seriously? You're right, she PROBABLY did this because the mob held her family at gunpoint. She PROBABLY did this because her dog had cancer. Blah, blah, blah. People continue to cheat because morons keep excusing their actions instead of punishing them. It's easy to see why this country has become morally and ethically bankrupt.
October 30th, 2012
12:37 pm
If the teacher stands in front of the class and tells them ALL to check their answers, then that's one thing. Ms. Moon admitted to focusing on ONE student "playing with his watch" to check his answers. That's cheating.
Again, ANSWERS. No SPECIFIC help given. This is apparently why the DOE official could not bring herself to call it "cheating" because as she herself had to admit, it's a grey area.
If even the DOE THEMSELVES can't clearly define this as cheating, how do you ruin a career over this?
October 30th, 2012
12:43 pm
"People continue to cheat because morons keep excusing their actions instead of punishing them"
Again if the Georgia Department of Education Associate Superintendent of Assessment and Accountability (someone whose JOB it is to know these things) cannot CLEARLY define these actions as "cheating" then how could the classroom teacher be expect to know?
Answer: in this case, it's an unreasonable expectation; unless one sees the world in simple terms of black and white because they lack the intellectual capacity to use discernment.
October 30th, 2012
12:46 pm
I don't recall ever having a teacher tell me to check AN answer. I've had countless teachers tell me to check all of my answers – that is, make sure the SCAN-TRON sheets were filled in correctly, all erasures were done right, and so on. I might have been told to double-check the answers for the Math segment, but that meant double-checking on a calculator or using pencil and paper.
October 30th, 2012
12:47 pm
Once again it appears we have someone who, when confronted with FAIR and LEGITIMATE questions that force them to explain the validity of their views, prefers instead to beat a QUICK and HASTY retreat.
October 30th, 2012
12:48 pm
Precious Moon?
The name alone make you wonder why anyone would hire her.
October 30th, 2012
12:53 pm
Yes APS should focus on hiring educators with more conventional names; names like Beverly Hall and Kathy Augustine perhaps?
October 30th, 2012
12:58 pm
All I can say is just damn. I guess you're expecting teachers to just come out and admit that they cheated, err, took the students' pencils and filled in answers during the test. Or is that a "grey area" as well?
October 30th, 2012
1:04 pm
You missed the part about the PSC recommending that her certificate be suspended for 2 years. She is appealing but if that recommendation stands, she can't be in a classroom.
October 30th, 2012
1:05 pm
…no conclusive evidence of anything? Really? I suppose those kids suddently got "bright" and aced the tests all by themselves. Is that what we're supposed to believe?
Social promotion, indeed…brought to a whole new level (because there's money on the line now).
October 30th, 2012
1:06 pm
This is the same old BS of blame and punishment the lowest employee on the ladder (who actiualy does all the WORK) while the *real* criminals, the lazy, over paid, worthless, tax money stealing "administrators" at the top get off Scott-free.
No doubt that "guest" is EXACTLY one of those people.
October 30th, 2012
1:08 pm
"I guess you're expecting teachers to just come out and admit that they cheated, err, took the students' pencils and filled in answers during the test. Or is that a "grey area" as well?"
To address your question: Actually @guest that's exactly what some teachers AND administrators have done, when faced with COLLABORATING evidence that this was the case (notice you haven't mentioned administrators, evidence that you are not FULLY informed on the issues)
Collaborating evidence that is (from the article) CLEARLY lacking in this particular case.
Again, I'm not the least bit surprised that all you can say is just d@mn, as answering the fair and legitimate questions asked of you only serves to underscore the weakness of your position.
October 30th, 2012
1:13 pm
…no conclusive evidence of anything? Really? I suppose those kids suddently got "bright" and aced the tests all by themselves. Is that what we're supposed to believe?
Actually in many DOCUMENTED cases, it wasn't the classroom teacher; it was the ADMINISTRATOR, who had unfettered access to the tests after the close of regular school hours, who went back and "aced" (ERASED!) the tests.
October 30th, 2012
1:13 pm
Actually Beverly, you say evidence is lacking from the article? Ms. Moon ADMITTED that she FOCUSED on ONE student and told him to check his answers (re-read the section). You keep harping on the fact that she said ANSWERS and not ANSWER, but could it be that she saw more than one incorrect ANSWER? No…it coulnt' be that. Anyone with an ounce of brain can see this is not right.
October 30th, 2012
1:15 pm
When I was in school, one of the most valuable lessons that the good teachers taught me was if I completed the test prior to the end of the testing period, I should go back over my work and look for errors to correct.
It served me well in school and well in life when I went to work.
Always take time to check your work for errors and make corrections.
Only dummies don't do that. Guess the APS prefers dummies to working smart.
October 30th, 2012
1:20 pm
Again it COULD be she saw that. It COULD be you were on the grassy knoll in Dallas on November 1963. But when you look at the preponderance of the evidence (some 20 odd students interviewed, none said she helped them cheat) and the fact that no less than the Georgia Department of Education Associate Superintendent of Assessment and Accountability, could AT WORST call her actions "a grey area" this is, as Maureen aptly describe, "murky"
Let's just hope the PSC is as gangbusters about the credentials of Beverly Hall and Kathy Augustine as they apparently are (at this point anyway) about Ms. Moon.
October 30th, 2012
1:21 pm
Again, @guest, notice I have no problem addressing the points you make, while you continually run away from the fair and legitimate questions asked of you.
October 30th, 2012
1:30 pm
Whoever "guest" is, lives in a world of absolute black and white. There is no room for "grey" only absolutes. I am sure at one point in their career they ended up with a pencil or paperclip from their office or place of work. Taking their crazy logic into account, they should be immediately lose their job. The paperclip did not belong to them, they kept it, and had no intention of turning themselves in. "Guest" should also be labeled a thief, and be required to tell all future employers of his/her willingness to steal without a moral conscience. Since "guest" is so willing to apply their absolute black and white morality on everyone else, it is only right that they apply it to themselves. Think "Guest" believes they are a thief? Of course not. Morality is only what they impose on others, not something they burden themselves with.
October 30th, 2012
1:40 pm
Dam NAHS and everybody who disagrees they all system get rid of dam Principals all the time get over it and suck it up please. This teacher did wrong without a doubt.Jus t like them folks at NAHS they were not the first to be removed and will not be the last.By the way HAHS is no dam Chamblee hish school by a long shot and it should be .They needed a change and they got one.
October 30th, 2012
1:52 pm
Beverly, what questions?
Wisdom speaking, that has to be dumbest analogy I've ever read. Two completely different things. Nice try, though. Now crawl back into your little hole. And by the way, with what Ms. Moon ADMITTED, this is pretty black and white to me.
October 30th, 2012
1:53 pm
Let her keep her job! At least she cared enough to get the student to focus and get serious about his or her test. She let the student know that she cared and to "try" on his test and not to just bubble in answers! She didn't actually point to the correct answer! Did she?
October 30th, 2012
2:01 pm
I do not believe telling a student who was playing with a watch , to focus on the test and to recheck is work is cheating. Many children need constant redirecting.
October 30th, 2012
2:18 pm
Ummm, redirecting a little kid to focus and check his answers is cheating? My son has ADHD. At the ES ages he could barely sit in a seat. During testing wold fly through the test materials and start being disruptive to other students or play with whatever object he could find. What she did doesn't surprise me nor does it seem like anything more than being an elementary school teacher.
And as stated in the article, she admitted to telling students to focus and re-check their answers. That's not admitting to cheating.
October 30th, 2012
2:23 pm
This issue is silly in that it's an easy problem to solve: First, don't have teachers administer the CRCT to their own classes or grade levels. I teach fourth grade, always administer the test 100% honestly, but wouldn't have any issue administering it to a different grade level. Then, after I administer the test I return to my own students, oblivious to the test they took hours earlier.
This isn't difficult to solve.
October 30th, 2012
2:26 pm
Alot of my teachers stated, "You need to focus and check your answers" during the tests when I was in Jr. High School, High School and College. I graduated and I've been doing very well. What is a teacher SUPPOSE to say to a student on a final grade when they worked hard to help every child pass and graduate even though not everyone will! If a teacher is concerned a student isn't as focused or is just a poor test taker then reminding them, "You need to focus and check your answers", is a GREAT thing! Not every single time but it's not a bad thing at all. Adults don't listen so how do you expect teen agers, kids and college students to "GET IT" without a professor's word of encouragement? A waste of time for court and the tax payers.
October 30th, 2012
2:29 pm
Now ajc wants to moderate my comment. REAL TALK people in 2012.
October 30th, 2012
2:50 pm
This is precisely why (that which passes for) education is in the crapper. Long-time Cobb residents will remember the "Tweety Bird" incident in which the kid, a girl of single-digit age, was suspended for some boneheaded principal's inability/unwillingness to exercise a little common gd sense, and chose, instead, to practice the time-honored "tradition" of cya. By covering their six and demonstrating that they actually did something about the problem…screwing up a few careers in the process…they remain within the box of safety.
Teachers…the lower end of the educational totem pole…are becoming/ALLOWING themselves…to be so gd micromanaged to the point of literally destroying the profession they profess to care about. If these people had the professional spheriods to gain a collective voice, they could go about the task of educating/coaching kids without the fear of having their every breath observed and analysed by idiots.
October 30th, 2012
2:52 pm
Anyone who says a teacher should not be able to encourage students to take their time, slow down, go back and review answers (ANSWERS….NOT ANSWER) is obviously clueless and never has been in an elementary school during testing. As a fifth grade teacher, I will always remind the students that I am testing to double check their work. With our pay about to be tied directly to test scores, it is absolute insanity to think a teacher would do anything but encourage the best and most accurate portrayal of what has been taught and learned in the classroom….and that will require focused, hardworking students.
October 30th, 2012
2:58 pm
I've read all of your comments and some of you make some good points, but its much bigger than the article, AJC breaking the story, and the investigation "ordered" by former governor Perdue.
Food for thought: There are people in the DOE that are responsible for noticing high percentage of wrong to right marks on high stakes test as well as monitor the procedures of each school to determine if tampering has occurred. So do you believe that this cheating went on for all those years and NO ONE noticed ANYTHING????? It was only when Sonny Perdue and Dr. Hall "fell out" his last year in office is when the cheating was discovered? After all those years when you have DOE staff who's job is to crunch those numbers to discover high wrong to right erasers????
People, this is not about cheating, children or public education; this is a political muscle flex by two individuals and money. Now after some of the smoke has cleared, you have an amendment for the state to take over awarding charters to school systems on taxpayers dollars!!!!!??? I was always told: " if something doesn't make sense and you want to know the source, follow the money!!"
October 30th, 2012
3:05 pm
"Teachers are not fighting back because with the time they put into the kids and parents, their per hourly is about $5 an hour."
What an idiotic statement. Two huge myths that continue to be perpetuated by the Public Education Crowd:
1> Education is under-funded. We've showered the system with funds with no results. Time to stop throwing money at the problem.
2> Teachers are under-paid (or over-worked). Let them try the Private sector – where most would never earn half of what they make. Also, the Public Education system is the only place where employees earn raises just by completing an extra degree/training regardless of job performance.
I wish we could go with one of the suggestions above to let some of us from the private sector take over the schools for a month. Sorry – but I don't think it would be difficult to improve on the present system. I know this statement will set off a bunch of whining about how difficult their jobs are, blah, blah, blah.
October 30th, 2012
3:11 pm
@Pompano- You can not, and I repeat, can not run the government like a private company; different set of objectives and funding sources. That's Political Science 101.


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In her latest book, Today Show contributor Joy Bauer, R.D., explains that if you make the right diet choices, you can boost your mood, improve your memory and even see healthier skin, hair and teeth (not to mention drop a few pounds)! Bauer gives you her eating prescription in Food Cures, a book that follows her motto "life is hard . . . food should be easy."
Food Cures highlights 17 different conditions or common health complaints and offers solutions or suggestions based on cutting-edge science to eat your way to your goals. We asked Bauer to share three tips to try today for two areas our readers often ask for help with: easing exercise-induced muscle soreness and busting through a weight-loss plateau.
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- Eat one red bell pepper a day. Surprise! Red bell peppers contain twice as much vitamin C as oranges. The vitamin can ease body aches.
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How well do these function as corkscrews and bottle openers? If it looks cute, like the parrot, but doesn't do the job well (including being able to handle the item easily), then no thanks, it is just a gimmick.
some of theses are cute - but that parrot one is not worth it. my old boss gave me one exactly like that UO one (he used to wholesale them) and it works fine, not bad - not amazing. my favorite wine open is one a distributor gave me while i worked for a winery, the bottle opener part is made of two pieces that bend, so it is a lot more durable than any other wine opener i've used. the apple would be cool mounter to the edge of a counter or something.


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Despite popular belief, not every wonder of the world is a work of nature or even ancient times. A British writer by the name of Deborah Cadbury wrote a book called Seven Wonders of the Industrial World. In it she chronicled the creations of seven of the most inspiring architectural feats undertaken during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Back in 2003 the BBC took Cadbury's book and turned it into a series documenting the creation of each of these incredible industrial accomplishments. So what were they?
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Designed by Isambard Kindgom Brunel, the SS Great Eastern was one of the largest iron steam ships to ever sail. The ship was billed as being able to carry over 4,000 passengers around the entire world without having to stop to refuel. The ship, weighing in at 18,915 tons, is second in weight only to the RMS Celtic.
The ship sailed several times, despite a rocky maiden voyage. During its first journey in August or September of 1859, an explosion caused part of the forward deck to be blown off of the ship. The explosion was caused when a steam exhaust was accidentally closed. The accident killed five stokers and injured at least 5 others.
The SS Great Eastern made several journeys across the ocean and later attempts were made to turn her into a commercial boat. The ship was ultimately broken apart and used for scrap metal between 1889 and 1890.
6. Bell Rock Lighthouse
Twelve miles off the coast of Angus, Scotland you'll find the incredible Bell Rock Lighthouse. This incredible lighthouse is special because it sits not on land, but on Bell Rock – a plot of land that has since been washed away by the sea. The trouble faced by engineers in building the lighthouse to begin with was significant, making its existence today even more stunning.
The architectural standards used to build the Bell Rock Lighthouse have never been replicated. In existence for over 200 years, the lighthouse had its equipment replace in 1843 and was then converted to an automated system in 1998. The original reflectors and lamps are housed in a museum at Cape Bonavista in Newfoundland.
5. Brooklyn Bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge in New York's Manhattan is considered to be one of the oldest suspension style bridges existing in the United States today. When the bridge opened in May of 1883 it was the longest suspension bridge in the world. It was also the first bridge built to connect Brooklyn to Long Island.
The bridge has, at various times throughout history, carried horse drawn traffic, foot traffic, streetcars, and now six lanes of motor vehicle traffic. Due to its age and construction, commercial trucks and buses are not allowed to use the Brooklyn Bridge. In 2008 the bridge celebrated its 125th anniversary.
4. London Sewerage System
The London sewerage system is well known for being amongst the most complex in the world. Created during the latter portion of the 19th century, the system is credited with saving the lives of millions of people threatened by the current open sewer that the River Thames had become.
The project began with six main sewers running over 100 miles. Another 450 miles of main sewer system were added to accommodate the 13,000 miles of minor sewer system that had been created. While most of the city experienced natural drainage towards the east, several pumping stations were built in Chelsea, Abbey Mills, and Deptford to ensure they systems continued to flow properly.
3. Panama Canal
The Panama Canal is one of the most incredible canal systems in the entire world. Connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, this system is widely considered to be the most comprehensive, complex, and dangerous engineering project ever attempted by humans.
Attempts to build a canal, which would ultimately save ships from taking longer routes around the world, began in 1880 under the supervision of the French government. The project was canceled after 21,900 workers died and was later revisited by the United States. The canal was ultimately completed in 1914.
2. First Transcontinental Railroad
The First Transcontinental Railroad is the formal name of the stretch of rail that runs between Council Bluffs in Iowa and Omaha, Nebraska through to Alamada, California. This stunning railroad system allowed the eastern and western portions of the United States to be connected for the first time.
The construction of the railroad began with the passing of the Pacific Railway Act of 1862 and was backed by the government throughout. The railroad officially opened for traffic on May 10th, 1869, four years after the death of Abraham Lincoln.
1. Hoover Dam
The Hoover Dam sits on the border of Nevada and Arizona and was, at the time of its completion in 1935, the largest energy-generating dam in the world. Today the dam is the 35th largest hydroelectric energy generation site in the world.
The dam is named after Herbert Hoover who, as both Secretary of Commerce and later as President of the United States, played a huge role in the construction of the site. Completed in 1935, the dam is currently operated by the US Department of the Interior and was officially named a National Historic Landmark.
Each of these industrial wonders not only represents a stunning display of craftsmanship and architecture but at one point added something functional and incredible to the world. Each is truly a marvelous wonder and deserves its place on the list.


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Employment in married-couple families
April 28, 2006
In 2005, the percentage of married-couple families with an employed family member was 83.8 percent, up from 83.5 percent in 2004.
The proportion of married-couple families in which only the husband worked (20.2 percent) edged down in 2005, as did the proportion of married-couple families in which only the wife worked (6.5 percent). The proportion that were dual-worker couples (both husband and wife employed) rose to 51.3 percent.
The proportion of married-family couples in which no family member was employed was 16.2 percent.
These data are from the Current Population Survey. To learn more, see "Employment Characteristics of Families in 2005" (PDF) (TXT), news release USDL 06-731. A family is a group of two or more persons residing together who are related by birth, marriage, or adoption.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Editor's Desk, Employment in married-couple families on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2006/apr/wk4/art05.htm (visited September 22, 2014).
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