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President's Report to the Global Board of Directors
Jill Lester, President and CEO
April 2009
"We should not "be daunted by difficulties, but conquer them by patience and perseverance." -Samuel Smiles
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We are viewing this year of financial stress as a period of "consolidation for future growth," a time to refocus, restructure and reposition The Hunger Project (THP) to ensure that we are fully ready and prepared to take advantage of the economic recovery as soon as "green shoots" begin to appear. While we are indeed feeling the weight of the current economic climate, we are using this time as an opportunity to explore alternative sources of funding, a time to reinforce with existing investors the value we place on their partnership, and a time to put in place more powerful ways to coordinate our fundraising efforts across the entire organization.
Despite working to a smaller budget, we continue to make progress in our work to end hunger and poverty. I am sure you will be inspired, as I am, by the outstanding achievements of our partners on the ground, when you read our Program Country reports.
We have made significant and pleasing progress in our Impact Assessment program, which will enable us to more powerfully demonstrate our impressive outcomes. In addition to our own assessment program, this year two independent organizations have also conducted assessments of our work in Africa (Uganda, Malawi and Senegal). Their reports not only validate our work, but provide valuable and supportive tools to share with potential and current investors.
We are also building wider appreciation and awareness of THP with a broader public audience and have made significant advances in building alliances and partnerships with other civil society organizations, funding institutions and universities as we seek to expand our influence and complement our strategies.
Going forward, it is critical that we work together across our global organization in building a united team, in which all participants learn from each other, are grounded in our shared commitment to the end of hunger and poverty, and leverage our strength as a worldwide and well respected global movement. I am confident that our focus, determination and progress will ensure that we end this year as a strengthened, more effective and more united organization.
Key Achievements
Continued Progress in Our Programs
Our partners in Africa, South Asia and Latin America continue to make progress toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as they strive to end their own hunger and poverty. Country reports with detailed updates are included but highlights from the past six months include:
In Burkina Faso, we have worked in conjunction with the National Government and launched five Nutritional Education Centers to help reduce the prevalence of malnutrition. The centers are located within the epicenters and are supervised by health and sanitation agents from the government. They provide information and demonstrations on health issues such as breastfeeding, diet and nutrition, hygiene, family planning and using insecticide-treated bednets. This tremendous resource will help our partners take actions to ensure the health of their families. Country-Director Dr. Dicko intends to scale-up this project and open centers in all 15 epicenters in Burkina Faso.
In Ethiopia, in partnership with Rotary International and four local Rotary Clubs, THP completed the Shonta Water Project, which is providing safe water to over 6,000 people at the Jaldu Epicenter. The community took responsibility for managing the entire project, and stand prepared to make technical repairs when needed, without financial support from THP. Now, women and children will not need to travel three to six kilometers each day during the dry season to fetch water, and community members will no longer be exposed to waterborne diseases.
In Senegal, a major innovation over the past six months has been the implementation of a mobile communication network connecting THP-Senegal staff and epicenter partners. The use of cell phones enables daily communication and facilitates the exchange of information, whatever the distance of the area. At the epicenter, members can use the telephone to talk to a THP staff member. While the initial objective of the project was to cut down THP-Senegal's telephone bill, the use of mobile phones has also led to more intensive communication between THP and its partners, and will facilitate exchanges between members of different epicenters.
In India, in early March, Country Director Rita Sarin, on invitation from the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, made a presentation on "Capacity Building and Empowerment of Elected Women Representatives (EWRs)" in a national seminar for EWRs, senior government officials and representatives from several state institutes of rural development, bilateral organizations, international and local nonprofits and academia.
In Bangladesh in early January, Youth Ending Hunger (YEH), the youth-wing of THP-Bangladesh, held its annual conference to mobilize the young people of Bangladesh to take action to end hunger. About 700 young women and men attended the conference and worked together to plan projects for 2009 on issues such as quality education, an anti-tobacco campaign and building IT skills. The conference was co-hosted by the World Health Organization, the Bangladesh Open Source Network, the Bangladesh Math Olympiad Committee and JAGOREE.
In Mexico, The J'Pas Joloviletik Cooperative, formed by a group of our women partners, has become the first textiles handicrafts organization to receive fair trade certification in the country. Our partners played an important role in setting the guidelines for the certification of textile handicrafts, which will enable other grassroots women to use this opportunity. This same cooperative of women has also launched an online store on e-bay, where they sell their handicrafts.
Fundraising: Building on Our Momentum
Fundraising has been a major emphasis for the period. Exceeding our target for our Best Year Yet campaign at the end of 2008 was a huge achievement for our global team, a true demonstration of the strong commitment of our investor base and helpful in providing many lessons to use when designing future coordinated global campaigns. In early 2009, our focus has been to build on the momentum of this achievement by renewing 2008 and 2007 investors who had not yet made pledges or invested in 2009.
In addition, Program Country Directors are seeking out opportunities for in-country fundraising. In early 2009, THP-Uganda submitted a proposal to the Ford Foundation regional office for Africa in Nairobi, and earned a grant for our microfinance program in 2009. In Mexico, the Federal Government through the Secretary for Social Development (SEDESOL) awarded THP-Mexico a grant to strengthen our mobilization in Zacatecas in 2009. These amounts go directly to our Program Countries.
We have seen a surge in online investment from first-time investors. We are also working to expand our investor base through our Reach Out Campaign to increase the size of our e-mail list, one of the primary factors in increasing online investment.
We are also tapping into younger investors and working with schools and colleges to access not only the philanthropy and enthusiasm of younger audiences, but hopefully, encourage their lifetime commitment to THP.
In addition, our Planned Giving program has seen a 120% increase in the total amount of confirmed planned gifts since the close of 2007.
Great Strides in Impact Assessment
Impact Assessment is critically important for us to powerfully illustrate to current and future investors, and to the international development community, that we are having a demonstrable impact on the ground. Our Impact Assessment program has four targeted groups:
- To support the women and men working to end their own hunger and poverty by helping them identify gaps, set priorities and track progress;
- To enable THP staff and partner organizations to continuously improve programs;
- To enlist new sources of funding and be accountable to current investors; and
- To engage in advocacy work with multilateral funders, governments, and other thought-leaders to help persuade them that our bottom-up, gender-focused approach is deserving of wider adoption in the development field.
We now have a global-wide Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Task Force to oversee the design, development and implementation of our M&E system. In time to report to the Global Board this April, we have completed the first major phase of this work by systematically gathering indicators of inputs and outputs. I am extremely proud of this accomplishment and am confident it will help us to cross-fertilize best practice across Program Countries, identify areas for improvement both locally and nationally, assist in identifying new funding opportunities and help The Hunger Project more powerfully advocate to have our methodology endorsed by large multilateral agencies and national governments.
This year, two independent organizations have conducted external assessments of our Epicenter Strategy in Africa. The in-depth assessment of our work in Uganda in January '09 delivers a powerful validation of our work in Uganda, clearly communicating our methodology, identifying ways in which THP is seen as distinctive among NGOs doing similar work and making recommendations for future enhancements to our programs. Members of the consulting team gave a presentation to THP staff in New York, presented to a group of investor-activist leaders at our National Leadership Conference in Chicago in March, and presented to our Global Board in April. The enthusiastic and heartfelt reaction of all groups to these presentations attests that this is a powerful tool for endorsing the contributions of current investors and demonstrating results to potential investors in the future.
The Interchurch Organisation for Development Cooperation (ICCO), based in The Netherlands, conducted external evaluations of our work in Malawi and Senegal in late 2008/early 2009. The evaluators have submitted a comprehensive, compelling and favorable report of Malawi that acknowledges the effectiveness of our holistic approach, based on our three pillars.
In addition, the Yale, Berkeley and the University of Ghana long-term control-group evaluation of our scale-up in Ghana is steadily progressing. As of the end of 2008, baseline household surveys in both THP-mobilized areas and randomly selected comparison areas were completed.
Enhancing Our Reputation and Increasing Our Presence
We have made significant progress in expanding THP's presence and influence. Several Hunger Project staff members have represented THP globally at high-level meetings on issues of relevance to our work, ensuring that THP is at the table for such discussions and sharing our methodology and unique perspective as widely as possible.
- Åsa Skogström, Country Director of THP-Sweden, represented THP at a high-level UN meeting on "Food Security for All" in Madrid in late January co-chaired by the UN Secretary-General and Prime Minister Zapatero of Spain.
- Elisabeth Roelvink, Board Member of THP-Netherlands attended the Governing Council annual meeting of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in Rome in mid-February.
- At the end of February, John Coonrod represented the CEO at the Asia-Pacific Parliamentarians' Forum on Inequality and Hunger, organized by the UNDP Regional Center in Colombo (UNDP-RCC) in Sri Lanka in partnership with FAO and the UN Millennium Campaign. We are grateful to UNDP-RCC for covering John's travel costs.
- In Mexico, our Country Director, Lorena Vazquez continues to serve on the Government's Citizen's Consultative Council, directly advising the Minister and President on development issues.
- I have held meetings with many contacts in our sector, including both Ireland's and Australia's Ambassadors to the UN, representatives of AusAID, the head of the UN Democracy Fund and Secretary-General of the World Federation of United Nations Associations. In April, I spoke at Unite for Sight's 2009 Global Health and Innovation Summit on "Achieving Global Goals through Innovation," along with other presenters such as Jeffrey Sachs, Nicholas Kristof, and our Chairman.
We will continue to seek opportunities to present our work and advocate our methodology to influential audiences since the universal reaction is always one of appreciation and admiration.
Our newly redesigned public website has had an average of more than 20,000 unique visitors over the past six months and is generating significant funding from completely new investors (apart from existing investors making pledge payments or new investments online). This project, begun only six months ago, has already generated 12 times its cost. We are continuing to implement changes in a second phase of the project - including more interactive features like RSS feeds, "share with a friend" features, a blog and a more streamlined homepage and donations form.
Driving more people to our public website is our Google Grant AdWords campaign. Google Grants is a unique in-kind advertising program harnessing the power of Google AdWords advertising product. Google Grants has awarded AdWords advertising to hundreds of non-profit groups whose missions range from animal welfare to literacy, from supporting homeless children to promoting HIV education. Since our Google Grants advertising campaign was launched four months ago, ads for THP have been shown nearly 1.4 million times and have generated 43,000 clicks to our website!
Positive media coverage is steadily increasing. In India, Rita Sarin, our Country Director, was interviewed for a story entitled "Agents of Change March On" in The Times of India-India's leading national daily. Similarly, our Australian colleagues have had great success in obtaining coverage with a two-page spread with a snapshot of our work in AFR Boss magazine, Australia's leading business publication and Sydney Morning Herald, Australia's largest general news daily.
We have established a new partnership with one of the world's most creative advertising agencies, Droga5, who is working with us, pro bono, on more powerful positioning of our brand to better communicate our unique value in the increasingly crowded non-profit landscape. Droga5's clients have included MTV, Puma, Coca Cola, Unicef and Activision.
External Challenges
The external environment has obviously provided daunting challenges. A recent World Bank study anticipates that the world economy will contract by 1.7% this year, the first decline since World War II. While developing countries are still estimated to grow this year, some countries will undoubtedly fall into recession. The poorest people of the developing world will inevitably feel this crisis severely, and it is urgent to continue our work to build the resilience and self-reliance of people living in conditions of hunger and poverty.
The global food price crisis, while no longer making daily headlines, is still a pressing issue, particularly when coupled with the financial downturn. And, increasingly frequent and unpredictable weather incidents, a result of global warming, are putting the crops and income activities of our rural women food farmers at risk.
Furthering Our One Team Approach
We have finalized our organization-wide Code of Conduct and distributed it to all staff world-wide. The Code is a set of guiding standards and principles to which we aspire, in practice and in spirit. To build and sustain our reputation of excellence and integrity, we must take personal responsibility for setting the highest standards in the quality of our conduct. The Code is the first step, and, in the coming months, we will develop a Professional Standards document to further reinforce accountability and responsibility.
Our global Intranet has been formally launched, and is being increasingly used across the world by all staff. It includes information on THP policies and procedures, access to resources such as discussion forums on M&E and image galleries, and has a tracking mechanism for institutional funding proposals.
Global staff are increasingly thinking and functioning as one THP team, informing each other of progress, building on achievements, learning from successes, and sharing ideas for improvement. This pattern of behavior helps us form a much stronger team, enabling us to reach our shared goals in a unified, coordinated and more effective manner.
In conclusion, despite the current global economic downturn, THP is steadfastly making significant progress towards achieving our overall mission of ending hunger and poverty:
- Program Countries are making steady and solid progress, working on cohesive, well-designed and highly relevant program priorities for the year.
- We are enjoying an enhanced reputation and widening influence among relevant players at all levels;
- We are being invited to join in international discussions on issues relating to our work;
- Our current investor base is engaged and committed, and we are reaching out to new audiences, including youth and institutional funders.
- We have established new partnerships with well-known organizations such as the Ford Foundation and the United Nations - not only for funding our work, but also for in-kind contributions, networking and advocacy opportunities.
- We have made significant advances, both internally and with external organizations, in our impact assessments, which attest to the impact of our work. This is providing a springboard for new opportunities, in fundraising, in education and advocacy, and in further enhancing our programs.
We will continue to use 2009 productively, positively and strategically to ensure that we are building a strong and solid base upon which THP can grow successfully in the coming years.


text: Martha Dolben is Executive Director of the African Food and Peace Foundation, a U.S. non-profit organization that supports the work of Uganda Rural Development and Training Programme and its African Rural University (ARU) for women. Martha also works to advance the effectiveness of small women's learning and leadership circles, in college and beyond. Her poetry and other writings explore the disciplines of intimacy, friendship, and ethical will. She was awarded the Women's Environmental Leadership (WE Lead) Unity College Environmental Leader Award in March 2008.

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Ancient Appian Way, Catacombs and Roman Countryside Bike Tour
The challenging route covers a distance of roughly 19 miles (30 kilometers) including some seven or eight hills and lots of off-road terrain; for this reason, the tour is aimed at experienced cyclists with a better-than-average level of fitness.
Choose from a 4.5-hour, 5-hour or 6-hour tour, and after putting on your helmet, set off behind your guide at a steady pace. All of the options follow an intense cycling route, covering lots of off-road and hilly terrain. Take the 4.5-hour tour to see the sights of the Appian Way from your bike -- with few stops -- or alternatively, take the 5-hour tour (October only) or the 6-hour tour. The longer options include lengthier stops; both include a visit to a Roman sheep farm to relax over wine and cheese, and the 6-hour tour includes a guided tour of the Catacombs, too.
All options include additional sights like:
- Trajan's Thermal baths
- Caracalla's Thermal baths
- S. Sebastian Door
- Aurelian Walls
- Ancient Appian Way
- S. Callisto Catacombs
- Circus of Maxentius
- Tomb of Caecilia Metella
- Tombs and Tumulus Ruins
- Ninfeum of Villa Quintili
- Aqueduct Park (Claudius and Felix)
- Caffarella Park
- Ninfeum of Egeria
Please note: From January 1, 2015, tour will not visit the Catacombs anymore
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Ancient Appian Way
- Guided visit of the Catacombs of S. Callisto
- Aperitif in Caffarella Park
- 27-gear trekking bike
- Helmet
- Rain coat (if necessary)
- Local guide
- Gratuities (optional)
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless booked within 1 day of travel. In this case confirmation will be received as soon as possible, subject to availability
- We require all customers to wear a helmet (provided for free)
- Infants aged 1 - 4 years of age travel free of charge. Baby seats are provided up to 45 lbs (20 kg)
- During February the Catacombs are closed: tour will last only five hours in this case
- You will cover an area of approximately 19 miles (30 Km); the ride is leisurely but eventually will go uphill and off-road, so a medium to high level of fitness is recommended
- Are the tours safe? The answer is: Absolutely! The tours follow carefully planned routes which have limited access to traffic, and some have no traffic at all, meaning you are able to enjoy your ride around the city in total relaxation and safety and you won't have to worry about traffic
- Please note: From January 1, 2015, tour will not visit the Catacombs anymore and the aperitif will be in Aqueduct Park
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One of the best tour I've been on. Francesco was an wonderful guide. Always conscious of safety but also keeps the tour moving along. He knows a lot and passes it along in understandable portions. He's well traveled and keeps the conversation going with the whole group so everyone feels included. This tour definitely gets you out of the tourist crush to what for me were the most impressive ruins along the Appian Way. Amazing that the original surface is still in amazing shape though you don't want to ride on it for long. Great farm visit with wine and cheese with the sheep being milked behind you while you eat.
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Great way to see a different aspect of Rome. We had a knowledegable friendly and informative guide named Andrea who safely guided us for 6 hours, particularly through some heavy traffic in Rome


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Special Education and Students
The Special Education and Student Issues practice group of Dannis Woliver Kelley stays abreast of all legal developments across the state – past, present and what we see on the horizon for the future. We place an emphasis on preventive measures to help our clients avoid due process hearings and encourage pre-hearing mediation or IEP meetings when appropriate. We are dedicated to making sure we have the answers to your questions and the information to help you prevent problems before they occur.
DWK serves approximately 70 school districts, SELPAs, county offices of education and mental health departments. With our unparalleled knowledge of California education law, we are best equipped to assist you in the full range of services you need, including:
- Eligibility determinations
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- Preschool issues
- Assessment
- IEP meetings
- Placement
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- Transition plans
- Inclusive education
- Least restrictive environments
- Mediations
- Due Process hearings
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Student issues often require on-the-spot answers. We answer clients' questions on a daily basis concerning everything from subpoenas for student records and inter-district transfer requests to the right of the district to search student lockers and backpacks for drugs and/or weapons. Each year, we assist our clients in dozens of student discipline hearings and appeals to county offices of education. We are well versed in the rights guaranteed students under state and federal constitutions, and we provide our clients with opinion letters regarding the most troubling student issues of the time.
Our extensive litigation experience has allowed us to effectively represent our clients in U.S. District Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. We have a great deal of experience litigating against attorneys and advocates who regularly represent parents in special education matters in California. We always strive to provide results-oriented and cost-effective strategies when faced with a decision whether to settle or litigate.
Representative cases include:
- Achieved ruling that a district had an appropriate special day class program for a severely autistic mentally retarded student. Placement in a private non public school was not necessary.
- Persuaded the District Court to uphold a Special Education Hearing Officer's ruling in favor of the District that a 16-year-old male student was not eligible for Special Education and that the District was therefore not responsible for sought reimbursement of tuition based on the District's alleged failure to identify the student as emotionally disturbed.
- Obtained a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction enjoining a highly disruptive autistic student from attending a general education class. The Court ordered the parents to place the student in an alternative interim placement offered by the District, pending a due process hearing.
- Successfully received decision in the Federal Court of Appeals that a California educational agency was not required to provide a special needs child with the same program received under his Individualized Service Plan
- Persuaded Federal Court of Appeals to hold that a gifted student with ADD and learning disabilities was not eligible for special education and related services under IDEA.
- Achieved ruling in Federal District Court that school district and county office of education offered a free and appropriate public education to a physically impaired student and were not required to pay for the student's private schooling.
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Consistent with our commitment to preventative law, Dannis Woliver Kelley offers numerous forms of training for board members and administrators on the ever-increasing and dynamic issues affecting special education and student issues, such as:
- Bullying Intervention & Prevention
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- A Legal Primer for Special Education Teachers, Specialists and Aides
- Eligibility Criteria for Special Education
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- A Special Education Primer for Board Members
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Crisis Intervention: Responding to a Critical Incident
Sue Ann Salmon Evans
January 17, 2014
What's New in 2014? Select Student Laws and Trends for Discussion
Jonathan A. Pearl, Amy E. Rogers
January 16, 2014
Navigating Rights of Homeless, Foster and Detained Youth
Sarah L.W. Sutherland
January 16, 2014
Investigating Complaints of Discrimination, Harassment and Bullying: With a Twist!
Sarah L.W. Sutherland, Pamela S. Townsend
January 16, 2014
Parent's Residency Determines Responsibility for FAPE for Eligible Adult Students Detained in County Jails
January 10, 2014
Mandated Reporters May Be Held Liable for Sharing Report of Suspected Child Abuse with the Child's Parent
December 4, 2013
Districts' Obligations to DHH Students Under ADA Are Not Necessarily Satisfied by IDEA Compliance
November 14, 2013
Educational Rights Holder on Behalf of Student v. Contra Costa County Probation Department
November 14, 2013
Partial Repeal of the Hughes Bill and More Hot Topics for the New School Year
August 21, 2013
IEP Meetings and Development Must Involve Parent Participation
July 19, 2013
Office for Civil Rights Proposes to Expand Data Collection on Student Discipline and Removals
July 9, 2013
New Guidance on Student Fees
April 23, 2013
OCR Guidance on Disabled Students' Participation in Extracurricular Athletics
February 8, 2013
Ninth Circuit Upholds Magnet School's Skill-Based Admissions Policy
May 24, 2012
California Supreme Court Extends Vicarious Liability to School District Hiring and Supervision Practices
March 22, 2012
Understanding Procedural Safeguards Requirements for Parents of Disabled Students
January 2012
New Students and Special Education Legislative Update
January 4, 2012
Federal Regulations Clarify Access to Student Records Under FERPA
January 3, 2012
New Procedures Related to Student-Athlete Concussions Take Effect Jan 1 2012
December 9, 2011
Stand by Me: Paraprofessionals Serving Special Education Students
October 2011
Discipline of Special Education Students: Getting it Right
July 2011
Getting a Grip: Working With Students Who Have Aggressive Behaviors
July 2011
OCR's Renewed Guidelines on Addressing Sexual Harassment and Violence in Schools Under Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 (Title IX)
June 2, 2011
The "ABC's" of LRE: Least Restrictive Environment
April 2011
At-Large Trustee Elections Vulnerable Under California Voting Rights Act
March 10, 2011
March 3, 2011
School Superintendent's Compilation of List of Recall Supporters is Not Illegal
February 22, 2011
Districts Must Provide Physical Education for the Number of Minutes Set Forth in the Education Code; Parents May Seek Enforcement of this Provision through the Courts
January 4, 2011
Permanent Open Enrollment Act Regulations Are Final
January 3, 2011
Update Regarding AB 3632 Mental Health Services for Special Education Students After the Governor's Veto and Purported "Suspension" of the Mandate
January 3, 2011
Wheels in Motion: Special Education Transportation
January 2011
U.S. Department of Education's Guidelines Regarding Bullying in Schools Serves as a Wake-up Call
November 23, 2010
Impact of Governor's Veto of AB 3632 Funding
October 22, 2010
Calling all Volunteers!
October 2010
Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies Required When Challenging Behavioral Interventions
August 30, 2010
School Districts Still Have Authority to Contract with Private Nonprofits to Provide Dropout Prevention and Recovery Programs
August 3, 2010
Open Enrollment Act Regulations
July 23, 2010
"Furlough Fridays" Do Not Violate the Stay Put Provision of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ("IDEA")
June 18, 2010
Who May Administer Insulin to Students with Diabetes?
June 10, 2010
A Cause of Action for Public School District's Negligent Supervision Accrues When the Child is Aware that Teacher's Conduct Is Wrong
May 21, 2010
California Court Affirms Reasonable Suspicion Standard for Student Searches
May 13, 2010
The Pledge of Allegiance is Constitutional
April 14, 2010
U.S. Federal Government Intervenes in a Case Over School Bullying
April 13, 2010
Field Trip Immunity Applies to All School Districts That
"Conduct" the Field Trip, Not Just the Home School District
March 31, 2010
Violation of "Child Find" Requirement is Viable Claim under IDEA.
March 25, 2010
County Board Overturns Expulsion of Student with Guns in a Truck Near Campus
March 8, 2010
District's Program for Student with Autism is Upheld
February 16, 2010
Parents of Special Education Student Entitled to Attorneys' Fees Based on Additional Classification of Eligibility
February 9, 2010
No Reimbursement to Parents for Unilateral Placement Made for
Medical, Non- Educational Reasons
February 4, 2010
Ninth Circuit Finds Interview of Student by Child Protective Services
Employee and Sheriff at School to Be Unconstitutional Seizure
January 4, 2010
No Reimbursement for Unilateral Placements That Are Not Necessary for Educational Purposes
December 29, 2009
Confidential Student Information Must be Released Upon
Investigation of Abuse or Neglect
October 21, 2009
Ninth Circuit Reaffirms the Rowley "FAPE" Standard
September 16, 2009
U.S. Supreme Court Reviews Arizona's English Language Learners Programs and Funding System
July 2, 2009
Reimbursement for Private School Tuition Can Be Claimed for a Disabled Student Not Previously Served by a Public School
June 26, 2009
United States Supreme Court Rules School Officials Violated a Teenager's Rights
by Strip-Searching Her for Prescription-Strength Ibuprofen
June 26, 2009
Significant Funding Available to District/Higher Education Partnerships Under Teacher Quality Partnership Grant Program
June 25, 2009
Standardized Testing Not Required For Triennial Assessments and Year-for-Year Progress Not Required to Receive a Free Appropriate Public Education
June 24, 2009
District's Program for Deaf/Hard of Hearing Student Is Upheld
June 18, 2009
Disciplining Students for Leaving Campus to Participate in a Protest
During School Hours Does Not Violate the First Amendment
June 10, 2009
Regulation of Use of Internet on District Computers at College Libraries
June 8, 2009
"Stay Put" Requires School Districts To Continue To Fund The Last Agreed
Upon Placement Throughout The Duration Of The Appeal Process
April 29, 2009
Overview of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act – Federal Stimulus Bill
April 29, 2009
Districts Ratify Settlement of Hughes Bill Mandated Cost Claim
April 20, 2009
Liability for Student-to-Student Sexual Harassment Extended to Individual School Employees
April 10, 2009
UPDATE: American Nurses Association, et al. v. Jack O'Connell, State Superintendent of Public Instruction/Obligations Regarding Diabetic Students
April 6, 2009
Private School Reimbursement and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ("IDEA")
March 4, 2009
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The New York Islanders did a little bit of everything when the free agent frenzy began on Friday.
The club re-signed unrestricted free agent goaltender Evgeni Nabokov to a one-year, $3.25 deal, locked up restricted free agent defenceman Travis Hamonic to a seven-year, $27 million deal and signed restricted free agent forward Pierre-Marc Bouchard to a two-year $2 million contract.
The Islanders claimed Nabokov off re-entry waivers after the Detroit Red Wings signed him from Europe two seasons ago. The 37-year-old didn't immediately report to the Islanders at the time.
The veteran goalie posted a .910 save percentage, 2.50 goals against average and 23-11-7 record in helping the Islanders reach the post-season for the first time since 2007.
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The Power Of Positive Thinking
Robert Elstone, 22/08/2014 15:10
Whilst we were never going to be complacent about it, as soon as the fixtures were announced, we budgeted for a sell-out on opening day. With 27,500 season ticket holders, Arsenal's cast iron guarantee of 3,000 away fans, and last season's fixture still fresh in the memory, we knew we'd kick off with a full house.
Following on from nine...
Another Day At The Office
Robert Elstone, 24/12/2013 12:11
Another Day at the Office
We started 2013 in 6th place and we will go into the Christmas period one poor penalty decision at Cardiff City away from joint-top (and if we'd have got what we deserved on derby day, it would have been even better).
It was a calendar year in which we again underlined our credibility and consistency...
Strong Evertonians With Strong Opinions
Robert Elstone, 1/11/2013 16:56
I've talked on many occasions about our four priority areas - a simple strategy that's improving the Club on a day-to-day basis. One of those four areas we call 'Ownership and Participation' and reading straight from the brochure, that team's objective is to build long term loyalty by listening, sharing and providing fans with a sense of ownership.
Quite simply,...
Filling The Visitors' Section
Robert Elstone, 14/10/2013 12:04
We could debate the merits of filling the visitors' section and we might argue that we want Hull City's corner of the Bullens Road Stand empty and our section at Villa Park packed to the rafters. Whatever your views are on this, we were asked by the Premier League to do a very specific job - to address the declining numbers of...
The Youth Development Debate
Robert Elstone, 10/10/2013 23:34
I'm moved to write. Having worked with the Premier League on the Elite Player Performance Plan, having seen how hard Everton and other Premier League clubs work, having two teenage boys playing 'top level' junior football, I feel I have a reasonably credible handle on youth development.
And I hear so much that frustrates me, so much rhetoric, so many unsubstantiated...
A Land Of Dreams
Robert Elstone, 7/08/2013 17:52
A Land Of Dreams
It's been a long time since I last 'blogged' and, as the understatement of the year, the void since my last piece of written work has certainly 'seen some action'.
In football, arguably like no other industry, the unexpected often does happen, things move on often at break neck speed and all of it unfolds in the...
Starting To Buzz
Robert Elstone, 17/08/2012 17:45
Almost 1,000 FIRST TIME junior school season ticket holders
Goodison is a hive of activity in the close season and the pace of all those jobs and 'things to do' accelerates as we approach our opening game.
It's now starting to move very fast! Our maintenance team, our groundsmen, our electricians, our builders, our decorators, our caterers, all have their 'feet to...
Making Friends; Building Partnerships
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Recently, I was in Los Angeles and caught up with Chicago native Ike Barinholtz. He plays Morgan on "The Mindy Project," which premieres Season 2 at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, right here on FOX.
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Back in 2011, a 16-year-old Lexi Thompson won her first LPGA title in Prattville, Alabama, at the Navistar LPGA Classic. She has gone on to win three more LPGA titles since, including the Kraft Nabisco Championship earlier this year. But Thompson has...Blog | September 17, 2014
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A year after reaching the US Open juniors final, 16-year-old Tornado Black is back in New York as a more worldly player after a coaching dispute and financial struggles.Story | Conversation | August 22, 2014
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Max Verstappen is set to become the youngest ever driver in Formula One after Toro Rosso announced that the 16-year-old Dutchman will join the team next season.Story | Conversation | August 18, 2014
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MENLO PARKNo on M gathering
Menlo Park Deserves Better -- also known as the "No on Measure M" coalition -- is hosting a community gathering on Monday,...Original post made on Sep. 26, 2014
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MENLO PARKTonight: Menlo Park council reviews cut-through traffic study for Stanford complex
Just in time for the November elections, a study of potential neighborhood cut-through traffic associated with Stanford University's...Original post made on Sep. 30, 2014
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AROUND TOWNA Measure M debate: council control
Measure M includes a provision requiring voters to approve any changes to what the measure puts into place, as well as any...Original post made on Sep. 16, 2014
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MENLO PARKDoes Stanford need or deserve a $37 million dollar property tax reduction?
(Also appearing in the print edition of the Almanac just out (Oct 1st, 2014) -------------- Does Stanford need or deserve...Original post made by morris brown on Sep. 30, 2014
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MENLO PARKPeter Carpenter-- City Council in control...
In a separate thread, Peter Carpenter wrote the following, which is copied below. His thread allows only registered uses...Original post made by Morris Brown on Sep. 29, 2014
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MENLO PARKVote Yes on Measure M --- videos....
You can view two videos on Measure M. Vote Yes on Measure M Kevin Vincent-Sheehan (menlo park resident) LInk: http://youtu.be/n7iKl3qz9T0 and Rebuttal...Original post made by morris brown on Sep. 30, 2014
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AROUND TOWNCity Council in control and in charge on Stanford project
Here is the CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA for 30 Sept: B. SPECIAL BUSINESS B1. Staff presentation regarding the...Original post made by Peter Carpenter on Sep. 29, 2014
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SCHOOLS & KIDSMandarin immersion charter school petitions Menlo Park district for approval
Supporters of a new charter school in the Menlo Park City School District that would teach many of its classes in Mandarin...Original post made on Sep. 15, 2014
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AROUND TOWNMenlo Park: Group celebrates completion of El Camino Real tree project
It's easy to take the 350 graceful trees lining El Camino Real in Menlo Park for granted, but the green vistas only came...Original post made on Sep. 24, 2014
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AROUND TOWNAnother chance to discuss airplane noise
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SCHOOLS & KIDS14 graduate from Woodland School
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Dehoff's Key Market, part of Marsh Manor in Redwood City for about 20 years, is in its last week at that location, according...Original post made on Sep. 23, 2014
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WOODSIDELooking back
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MENLO PARKHow tragedy transformed a life
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MENLO PARKParents, I Almost Ran Your Children Down
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MENLO PARKMenlo Park: Stanford 'conflicted' about continuing talks before Measure M is decided
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Seven years after Al Gore's 'the sky is falling' warning, Arctic ice cap has expanded for second year in row. An area twice...Original post made by Northern Exposure on Aug. 31, 2014
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At it's August meeting, the Sequoia Healthcare District took action to implement policy changes to meet ACHD and CSDF guidelines...Original post made by Jack Hickey on Sep. 27, 2014
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The Constitution of Armenia was adopted by a nationwide Armenian referendum on July 5, 1995.[1] This constitution established Armenia as a democratic, sovereign, social, and constitutional state. Yerevan is defined as the state's capital. Power is vested in its citizens, who exercise it directly through the election of government representatives. Decisions related to changes in constitutional status or to an alteration of borders are subject to a vote of the citizens of Armenia exercised in a referendum. There are 117 articles in the 1995 constitution. On November 27, 2005, a nationwide constitutional referendum was held and an amended constitution was adopted.[2]
According to the November 2005 Constitution, the President of the Republic appoints the Prime Minister based on the distribution of the seats in the National Assembly and consultations with the parliamentary factions. The President also appoints (or dismisses from office) the members of the Government upon the recommendation of the Prime Minister.[3] Given the constitutional powers of the president, Armenia can be regarded as a presidential republic.
Early constitutional history and drafting of the 1995 constitution[edit]
Immediately after independence, the 1978 constitution, a replica of the Soviet Union's 1977 document, remained in effect except in cases where specific legislation superseded it. At the end of 1992, the president and the APM parliamentary delegates presented a draft constitution. They put forward a revised version in March 1993. Then, after nearly a year's work, a bloc of six opposition parties led by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) presented an alternative constitution in January 1994 that would expand the parliament's power, limit that of the president, expand the authority of local government, allow Armenians everywhere to participate in governing the republic, and seek international recognition of the 1915 massacre. As 1994 began, observers expected a long struggle before parliament adopted a final version.[4]
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- ^ The First Constitution of the Republic of Armenia (5 July 1995)
- ^ The Constitution of the Republic of Armenia (27 November 2005)
- ^ The Constitution of the Republic of Armenia (27 November 2005), Chapter 3: The President of the Republic, Article 55.
- ^ Glenn E. Curtis and Ronald G. Suny. "The Constitution". Armenia: A country study (Glenn E. Curtis, ed.). Library of Congress Federal Research Division (March 1994). This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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Kelly Clarkson gave a lucky 400 or so Q100 fans a mini-concert tonight at the Loft in Midtown.
Clarkson complained of the heat in the tiny venue, waving her hands in front of head between songs. But she was in good spirits, kept noting how she didn't need to sing because the audience was doing it for her. Her vocals were about 90 percent there, a little raspy. She hit most of her notes, but went an octave lower for the big note on "Since U Been Gone."
She opted for "I'll Be Home For Christmas" as her Christmas tune and chose "Chivas" as her deep cut (which our regular Kelly&CarrieFan requested in the front row!). Here are more photos taken by our Robb Cohen.
Here are the six songs she sang:
"I Do Not Hook Up"
"Since U Been Gone"
"Already Gone"
"I'll Be Home For Christmas"
"Chivas" (a rarity she hadn't sung in awhile)
"My Life Would Suck Without You"
December 14th, 2009
11:10 pm
Nice, thank you Rodney. It looks like she had a good time, and she looks good too! I don't think she was joking when she said "how she didn't need to sing because the audience was doing it for her"
December 14th, 2009
11:39 pm
Wow, lucky peeps! Kelly sounds incredible on these videos. That is an amazing rendition of I'll Be Home For Christmas. The best I've ever heard. Does she have an Xmas album out?
December 15th, 2009
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I was there right in front of her! A girl I met in line and I asked Kelly for Chivas and she did it! Amazing night, amazing performance…right before she sang My Life Would Suck Without You, she pointed at me and said, "I know YOU know this one!" She also took my hand and smiled….such an amazing treat. There was really nothing to say, but "wow…" Cory (guitar player) ended up throwing his pick at me, so I came away with a little souvenir.
I am waaaay more excited than I sound, but I'm also pretty exhausted. It was SO worth it!
December 15th, 2009
1:38 am
Wow, nice K&Cfan!! That would be an incredible experience.
December 15th, 2009
5:44 am
Good Morning Everybody.
Today's Quote: "Good news from Heaven the angels bring; Glad tidings to the earth they sing. To us this day a child is given; To crown us with the joy of Heaven."
k&cf – Have you came back to earth yet? So glad that you truly had a good time.
RoHo – Many thanks for the videos, report and pictures. She looks amazing. That girl is so down to earth one can't help but admire and like her, She hasn't let fame and fortune spoil her one iota. Other stars need to take a page from Kelly's book!
December 15th, 2009
7:28 am
Rodney, no video of Chivas? I am SO disappointed. That's my favorite song. EVER. Looks like Kelly was in fine form and I'm so excited for K&C Fan. Wish I had been there.
December 15th, 2009
7:39 am
What a wonderful treat to find Kelly videos for viewing. She is still my #1 Idol EVER!!!!!! And I'm so happy to learn that k&cf made it to the Loft! What an exciting night for you, kiddo!!!!!!!
Thanks Rodney!
December 15th, 2009
7:47 am
k&cf, the ajc has more pictures of the event at the link below. Are you in any of them?
December 15th, 2009
8:21 am
Beautiful cover of I'll Be Home For Christmas! She really should think about doing a Christmas album.
December 15th, 2009
8:44 am
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December 15th, 2009
9:01 am
Oh K&Cfan, I am so glad you had a good time! What a great show for you!
Man, I had a long weekend and came back to work more tired than before.
Happy Tuesday, blogsters!
December 15th, 2009
9:23 am
way to go K&C!!!!!!! soooooo happy for you!!! thanks Rodney for the sweet write-up too.
Wasn't overly impressed with the 8 groups chosen for sing-off. some were better than others, but 4 of the groups were college glee/acappella groups (BYU, Lee College, Tufts, and a SoCal alum group) and that seems a little… oh i dunno, well not the same as the kids from the streets of omaha or the working moms or the working dads that LIVE the dream. Maybe I'm just a little biased, living in a college town, but I just don't see the college groups as necessarily something that will even exist AS THEY ARE THIS YEAR in the future … sure there will be groups, like Glee Club, with changing membership… even the alum group decided to "get back together to try out" — they hadn't been working on being a group in the intervening years. and a couple of them didn't look old enough to have graduated from college yet anyway.
oh well. i was so looking forward to some awesome acappella performances, and while it was fun and interesting, it wasn't a WOW factor for me overall.
back to SYTYCD tonight
December 15th, 2009
9:49 am
Thanks y'all for all the good wishes. I definitely had a night to remember. Nana, I'm still on cloud nine!
D, not only did I make it to the Loft, but I was at the front of the stage," front row" center. Trust me my friend and I got there early enough to ensure it. We got to see Orianthi walk in and out of the venue. (She did not do soundcheck, which I'm guessing explained the tech issues during her performance). I also saw Kelly's bandmembers. I missed her by like 2 minutes. Surprisingly enough, they had her walk right on the street into the venue. 'Course there were only like 5 of us, so…
So yes, I am in a few of the published pics. From the link, I'm in the 3rd pic. (The one in black and red to next to the guy in red and green.) I'm also in the 5th pic singing at the top of my lungs as Kelly laughed with the mic over us.
Funny tidbit: They had a prompter set up so she could read her lyrics. It was part of the reason why they took a little bit to start Chivas, they had to find them for her.
December 15th, 2009
10:45 am
k&cf – It's so nice to be able to put a face with a name. You looked as you were having a grand ole time.
December 15th, 2009
10:47 am
Looks like tons of fun K&Cfan, congrats!
December 15th, 2009
10:48 am
Anyone watch the JHud Christmas special? I was too busy watching "Lie To Me."
December 15th, 2009
10:52 am
K&CF, sounds like you had a great time. Reminds me of an evening I had (MANY) years ago front-row at the Agora Ballroom (which used to be across the street from the Fox.) Saw Three Dog Night, and walked away with several drum sticks.
Got a microphone stuck in my face, so I can actually say I've sung, live and in person, with Three Dog Night!
December 15th, 2009
10:58 am
Nana, lol, that is putting it mildly. I sure was!
Rickster, Three Dog Night, huh? Nice! (Yes, I know who they are! ) I like the way you think. Now, if y'all will excuse me, my agent is calling. Being one of Kelly's backup singers is a tough job…
I'm hoping I'll have time later to finish the concert review and also post some of last night's front row pics to share with y'all.
December 15th, 2009
11:31 am
I know, K&CF… it's a tough life under the big lights!
December 15th, 2009
11:37 am
You know what I like about the picture of you singing (besides just knowing what you look like)? It's that the other girl to the side is trying and failing. Kelly knew who the true fan was
December 15th, 2009
12:10 pm
JT, hi! Of course, she knew…I made sure of that. Personally, I'm quite fond of the way she smiled at me while I was serenading her.
And for the record, she totally held my gaze while singing "I'm nothing with you." *swoon* I promise I will go back to my real age at some point…just probably not today! Ha.
Linny, I'm not venturing back to the "picture" blog. It's turned into a "weight" blog. Blah. All I can say, is she is not skinny, she won't be…some of us are more than okay with that. The. End.
December 15th, 2009
12:18 pm
I'm sorry, but Kelly Clarkson needs to find a gym… real soon.
December 15th, 2009
12:22 pm
She was in Columbus, GA for a concert this past weekend… so did Q100 bring her to GA and Columbus rode the coattails, or was it the other way around?
December 15th, 2009
12:34 pm
K&Cfan, the weight thing reflects the sad state that this country is in. Americans are considered by many to be fat and what do the fat people like ClemsonNeil do to help bolster their low self esteem? Why they point fingers at someone else of course. If they aren't saying that someone weighs too much, they are saying they are too thin. It's gotten so out of hand on the internet that in a way it has become quite comical.
Personally, I wouldn't label Kelly as being fat; I also wouldn't label her as skinny. In fact, if you go to any mall in the county she would be considered to be average. There is nothing wrong with being average when you have an exceptional voice and your business is that voice. Sing on Kelly!
December 15th, 2009
12:40 pm
Coming up for a air after a workaholic weekend (20 hrs)… what a treat to see Kelly's clips! Now that's an artist who's having a good time on stage and knows how to share it with her audience (like fan K&CF!) – as opposed to Adam's very selfish "good time" on that semi-scandalous TV-show.
Forgot who didn't care for "2012″ – friend, you didn't approach it with the right mindset! It's a movie you see for fun (dialogue, acting, preposterous story) and the spectacle of f/x. And you should have stayed for the wonderful song at the end…
Re Kris Allen's Christmas song – the hat is probably a hand-me down from Adam who wore one like it on "Idol". At the start of the clip I couldn't tell who was the Idol – they all looked the same. Yes, that could have been Kris with a beard. When he started to sing, I thought, right, he's found his niche… he's a very decent coffe-shop entertainer, even though his enunciation (Christmaaaa – sans "s") is atrocious.
Recorded JeHud's show and saw bits of the end. Def. more Christmasy than Carrie's show.
The kid segment in the final minutes – what a heartbreaker…
December 15th, 2009
12:41 pm
I think I'll label her has my favorite Idol winner!!!!!!
k&cf, I'm so happy for you. Loved the pic of you singing your little heart out for Kelly.
December 15th, 2009
1:19 pm
D, lol, she's definitely MY fave Idol ever! I adored her reactions at the audience singing. She kept turning to Cory and Aben with a look of, "Are they for real?" How often do you see that from a worldwide star?
CJ, neither. Kelly came to Columbus last Thursday as part of her tour. It skipped Atlanta, and somehow Q100 got her to come for their Christmas party.
JT, I agree. That is all…
(I know we need to move to the new post. I'm going, I'm going…)
December 15th, 2009
3:54 pm
awesome pic and vids! she just finished up her incredible tour and wow she sounds amazingggg as usual!! seriously there nothing negative u could say about her! kickass crowd great singing for real!! she is one of the best singers out there and she looks and sounds awesome! she really does deserve more credit but hey she is nominated for another grammy and is deserving of it and many more! thanx for posting! great renditions she always makes them her own! fabulous every time!! one of the true artist who loves her fans as much as we love her! rock on kelly!!!!!
kc fan in missouri~
December 16th, 2009
12:01 am
i drove from joshua tx to see her in pensacola fl. man was it worth every hour! wish i could've made it to the loft as well. she has got to be one of the most awesomest chicks out there! loved the i'll be home for christmas!:)
December 16th, 2009
5:40 am
Here is the thing, she was amazing at this show. Above in your article you write, her vocals were 90% there and she was raspy – HELLO? She just did a manic tour of the US!! Give her a break. And another thing, she can hit the high note in Since U Been Gone because the word 'just' in the phrase "Shut your mouth, I 'just' can't take it", the 'just' is the same note as the high note. If she was to go and belt that high note she might damage her vocals (WE DON'T WANT THAT!).
BUT SHE WAS VERY VERY VERY GOOD! The x-mas song was beautiful!
December 20th, 2009
7:34 am
This wonderful girl`s voice and persona are immanent with Celtic mysticism ; she`s both earth-goddess and enchanting divine Hellenic, seducing the soul into following her.Ok,I will go and lie down now.


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Spending on housing and transportation falls in 2009
October 07, 2010
Spending on housing and transportation (the largest components of consumers' budgets) fell 1.3 percent and 11.0 percent, respectively, contributing to an overall drop in spending in 2009. Healthcare expenditures rose 5.0 percent, the only increase among the major components of spending.
Among the other major components, food expenditures dropped 1.1 percent (food at home increased by 0.2, while food away from home decreased 2.9 percent), apparel fell 4.2 percent, entertainment dropped 5.0 percent, and personal insurance and pensions fell 2.4 percent.
Overall, average annual expenditures per consumer unit—which were $50,486 in 2008 and $49,067 in 2009—fell 2.8 percent in 2009. This was the first time there has been a drop in spending from the previous year since the Consumer Expenditure Survey began publishing integrated data in 1984 from the Diary and Interview components of the survey.
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PORTLAND -- The mother of a five-year-old hit and killed on a busy street in front of her East Portland home said it is bittersweet that the death of her daughter finally brought sidewalks to the neighborhood.
Morgan Maynard-Cook died on Southeast 136th Street after she ran out in front of a car on her way home February 28th.
"Terrible, we notice it every day. Everything we do. There's just a huge chunk missing," said Morgan's mom Connie Ruiz said of life without Morgan.
After the child's death, her mother urged city and state leaders to find money to build sidewalks over a two mile stretch from Southeast Division Street to Southeast Foster Road.
The City of Portland came up with more than $1 million to start to the project and state legislator Shemia Fagan, representing parts of Southeast Portland, raised the rest.
Fagan secured $3.6 million for the sidewalks on the very last day of the legislative session.
"I went there with the knowledge I had to deliver the priorities my constituents wanted and in East Portland, what they wanted was safe streets for their kids," said Fagan.
But she gave most of the credit to Morgan's family.
"The fact is they had every right to grieve in private, slam the door and do what any other family would do. But instead they led the fight and they made sure they held the city's feet to the fire and they held my feet to the fire as a state legislator," said Fagan.
The sidewalk project has been underway. City survey crews took measurements Tuesday as part of the planning process.
The actual construction can't start soon enough for many who use the busy street, including Jonathan Lindley, who rode his bike with sons Lukas and Oliver in a trailer towed behind.
"It's very nerve-wracking with the kids in the trailer," Lindley said. "They're contained but I don't know if cars behind me are paying attention and it's either choose the pot holes in the side or the smooth ride for them," he said.
Construction on the new sidewalks will begin this fall near Division Street. Eventually they will stretch past Morgan's home, all the way to Southeast Foster Road.
Her mother is pleased.
"If it keeps another family from experiencing what we've experienced, then I feel it's wonderful and an honor and a tribute to her," Connie Ruiz said.


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Tuesday, November 20
A weak cold front is fizzling out over the Eastern U.S. and a shallow dome of high pressure is building in and will meander over LA for the rest of the day. A deeper ridge of high pressure will build in from the west, tomorrow. This feature will stick around through Thursday (Thanksgiving) and give way to a weak cold front that is developing in the plains later today. Elsewhere, not much is going on across the nation
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The tail end of a weak cold front that pushed through Central Louisiana, overnight. This cold front did not bring any significant rain chances or cooler temperatures. However we did see some patchy fog, the cloud cover and wind changes that are commonly associated with a front.
As the deep ridge of high pressure builds in, dry air will also move in. This will bring us a cloud free sky and northerly flow. It will also allow daytime heating to bring highs well above season normal.
On average we see a high of 67/low 44. For the next couple of days, we are expected to stay 8-10 degrees above this seasonal range.
The sheared out remnants of a LPS will move out, across the southern plains and erode this ridge on Thanksgiving. Low rain chances will be on the board for Friday as it moves over our area.
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Expect to see continued clearing skies becoming Sunny, coupled with seasonably warm conditions and a light to variable wind out of the North and NE at times. Temperatures will top out through 70's through the day and rain chances are not even on the board.
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This deep ridge of high pressure will continue to build and maintain control of our forecast through Turkey Day (Thursday). A cold front will move through on (Black) Friday and only bump temperatures down a bit.
TODAY...Mostly cloudy skies to start the day as the tail end of a weak cold front moves through. Followed by clearing skies, with skies becoming sunny coupled with a comfortable feel. Highs 72-78. East, becoming North wind 2-10mph.
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Have weak sales hurt Wal-Mart's value?
The retail giant doesn't always get the credit it deserves for operating one of the most efficient businesses in the world.
On April 2, when we last discussed (TheStreet) retail giant Wal-Mart (WMT), I made a case for why I thought the stock was undervalued despite (at the time) posting 12% gains.
In that article, while comparing the relative performances of rivals Costco (COST) and Target (TGT), I said:
"For now, from an investment perspective, the stock is still trading at an attractive valuation. When compared to Costco and Target, which are both trading at higher P/E ratios, a case can be made that Wal-Mart is undervalued by at least 10%. With continued operational improvements and a recovering economy, patient investors should expect shares to approach the lower $80s by the second half of the year."
Since then, the stock has gained as much as 6% when factoring the 52-week high of $79.96 reached on May 15. While I'm not ready to change direction on my bullish sentiment, I was nonetheless disappointed by Wal-Mart's weak first-quarter sales, which prompted shares to fall by as much as 3%.
Consolidated revenue was just 1% higher year over year to $113.4 billion. The company was slightly affected by currency exchange rate, which otherwise would have boosted revenue closer to 2%. It's still not a huge number, but given the massive global reach of this company revenue results needs to be kept in perspective. Besides, once you've reached the maturity level of Wal-Mart, it's the bottom line that carries the stock.
Nevertheless, despite decent growth (relative to expectations), theretail giant saw weak sales in its U.S. stores, with no growth. For that matter, the company's dominant Sam's Club, which rivals large discount outlets like Costco, posted an anemic year-over-year growth of half of 1% (when excluding fuel). However, the weakness in U.S. was partially offset by better results abroad.
International operations posted 2.9% revenue growth, which nearly doubled in constant currency. "Comps," which is another way to say "same-store sales" -- the metric that tracks revenue results of stores that have been opened at least one year, declined in the U.S. by 1.4%. Here again, this could be a macro issue and not necessarily reflective of poor performance by management. Bears might disagree.
However, I'm willing to excuse Wal-Mart here because even strong brands like McDonald's (MCD) posted a 1% decline in U.S. comps. I don't think anyone is ready to say that McDonald's long-term outlook is on the decline. Even with Wal-Mart's 2% decline in store traffic, the company still reported diluted earnings per share of $1.14, up close to 5% year over year.
What this means is that management is doing a great job navigating this rough patch - helped (in part) by an aggressive cost control, which helped stabilize operating margin, while yielding a 1% improvement in operating income.
The question here is, how much of Wal-Mart's first-quarter results should be blamed on recent macro events such as the 2% increase in the Social Security payroll tax rolled out at the beginning of the year? Not to mention there was the delay in income tax refunds; the company warned back in January that its earnings results may be adversely affected.
These two events point to one thing: consumer spending, which always matters to Wal-Mart. While the 2% decline in store traffic is discouraging, investors realize that "this is Wal-Mart." What I mean is, we've been here before and the company has overcome much worse. The fact is people aren't going to suddenly stop shopping for food and household goods. Not many stores can compete with Wal-Mart on pricing and convenience.
For that matter, management said Wal-Mart was able to gain market share in categories like food, consumable and health and wellness products. This is the second consecutive quarter in which Wal-Mart has done so.
Management also expects modest improvements going forward as earnings-per-share guidance for the second-quarter expected to come in the range of $1.22 to $1.27, which represents year-over-year growth of 3% to 7%.
Macro concerns can weigh heavily on Wal-Mart, which would then impact upon the stock. But given the company's immense size, which serves as protection, the shares are not going to sway that drastically from one quarter to the next. Besides, Wal-Mart doesn't always get the credit it deserves for operating one of the most efficient businesses in the world.
The fact that shares are trading at just 13 times fiscal 2014 EPS estimates, which is almost two points below the industry P/E average, presents not great but decent value. The stock's 16% year-to-date gains notwithstanding, over the course of the next six to 12 months, investors should expect additional gains of 5% to 7%.
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Some wet snow from a spring storm fell in portions of the tristate region on Monday, but not much accumulated.
The mixed precipitation was first reported across New Jersey.
The precipitation will continue through most of the day as a mix of rain, snow and sleet, while temperatures mostly hover in the mid-30s, preventing the snow from sticking.
The snow was mostly sticking to grassy surfaces and not major highways, the AP reported.
To offer customers additional travel options during the expected inclement weather conditions, NJ TRANSIT will offer full system wide cross-honoring on Monday, March 25, enabling NJ TRANSIT customers to reach their final ticketed destination through an alternate travel mode-rail, light rail, as well as on both NJ TRANSIT bus and private bus carriers.
The National Weather Service has canceled many of the weather alerts.
The rain and snow are expected to move out of the area Monday evening.
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Henry Hill passed away Tuesday at the age of 69, ABC News reports.The former mobster, whose life was immortalized in the movie Goodfellas, died in a L.A. hospital after a long battle with an undisclosed illness, Nate Caserta, the son of Hill's fiancée Lisa Schinelli Casterta, confirmed."I will never be the same. I lose someone I cared about a lot. Someone who loved my family and helped me a lot with life," Caserta wrote in a Facebook post. "You truly lived a life no one could live. You touched so many people's lives. Your spirit lives forever with me."Check out more of today's breaking newsFrom the 1960s to the 1980s, Hill was associated with the Lucchese crime family in New York. Hill later became an informant for the FBI and entered witness protection before testifying against his former organized crime bosses.His life of crime and reform was detailed in Nicholas Pileggi's book Wiseguys, which became the basis for Martin Scorsese's film Goodfellas, starring Ray Liotta as Hill.Hill was also a frequent guest on The Howard Stern Show.
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Wednesday, August 1, 2007
The Sincerest Form of Flattery?
What's even worse than this guy blatantly stealing my act, is the fact he cuts off the video just as a cat jumps up on the counter and heads for the chicken. What happened next? Is there going to be a sequel? By the way, on the very rare chance Mr. Walken sees this (or his people see it and call my people), I'd like to say I'm just kidding and please don't hurt me.
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ok, that was odd. did he make it for the cat?
- August 1, 2007 at 1:13 PM
be careful, that's one dude I wouldnt want mad at me!!
- August 1, 2007 at 2:13 PM
Aaaaahhhhhh!!! He's contaminating the salt!!! Did he even wash his hands after? He is a very creepy man I think the did an SNL skit on his creepyness. He's just a wannabee! Is that really his place?, or is it supposed to resemble yours? He should just let the cooking be left to the pros!
- August 1, 2007 at 3:16 PM
Very strange guy.... What happened to the cat....
- August 1, 2007 at 4:09 PM
- Catherine said...
Eccentric at it's fullest!
I like the idea of putting foil down on fruit that it won't stick.
- August 1, 2007 at 4:50 PM
I hope that chicken doesn't go the way of the gold watch from Pulp Fiction. . . .
- January 31, 2009 at 1:28 PM
your supposted to leave the top of the metal roaster open for it to cook right.
- January 13, 2010 at 1:09 PM
I would not eat his cooking. He's not sanitary enough for me.
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On February 22, 2013, USA Triathlon announced an extension of the popular USA Triathlon Century Club with the aim of honoring multisport athletes who have completed more than 100 duathlons over the course of their careers.
Athletes who have completed 100-plus duathlon races are asked to submit to USA Triathlon a year-by-year breakdown listing the number of events finished and a headshot. All completed run-bike-run or bike-run duathlons — domestic and international — are eligible for submission.
To be recognized in the initial Century Club duathlon listing, athletes must submit their lists to firstname.lastname@example.com by April 15. USA Triathlon will then honor Century Club members based on 100-race increments — the 100 Race Club, 200 Race Club, 300 Race Club, 400 Race Club and even the 500 Race Club.
Athletes will receive commemorative items of increasing value as they progress to higher levels in the triathlon and duathlon Century Clubs. Additionally, all Century Club members will be recognized on the USA Triathlon website below and in USA Triathlon Magazine.
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Despite unseasonably mild temperatures and no snow in sight for the foreseeable future, Chicago's winter overnight parking ban has resumed.
The Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation towed 301 cars early Saturday morning.
Anyone whose car is parked on any of the 107 miles of arterial streets between 3 and 7 a.m. will have their vehicle towed to a city pound.
The ban will be enforced Dec. 1 through April 1, regardless of snow, according to the city Department of Streets & Sanitation.
The city says drivers who ignore the ban prevent critical routes from being fully plowed and salted when it snows. During a heavy snow, a build-up of snow next to parked vehicles further reduces traffic flow.
If your car is towed, the fee is a minimum of $150, in addition to the $60 ticket you'll receive, plus a storage fee of $10 per day.
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