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Yeah totally creepy...which is why one should never threaten, or attempt to threaten anyone on the internet...you'll be caught. Lying on the other hand is pretty standard.
"We've investigated, and have determined based on IP address records of comments left by Ferarro on WoW.com between July of 2008 and May of 2009 that the comments all came from the same small subnet of IPs, and are all geographically very local to one another."
Don't get me wrong, I like this website alot and have found a lot of useful info, etc. BUT if WI decides to say anything more specific about the IP addresses than the above then they are gone from my life permanently. Despite the weirdness of this whole situation, privacy is STILL the top concern. Using data that is private to "out" someone is just not cool (and who knows, may be illegal, but I'm no lawyer.)
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Kole: We had a very thorough discussion on how much information we wanted to share regarding IP. Pretty much every site you post anything to is recording the IP you posted it from, but whether you should share that information or not is a tough call.
We didn't want to go any farther than "we know what it is, and we know what it's been, and it's always been close together" for those exact privacy reasons. Posting where she (or anybody, for the matter) lives on a public blog is pretty crappy.
They know I am in Iowa. They probably know my habits pretty well and can probably tell you the day I got laid off due to the change in my posting patterns.
Will they use this info for some nefarious purpose? Nah. Too much work. And the pay off is minimal. Ferraro made a controversy. This wouldn't be an issue but they along with a LOT of people have taken the person's info at face value. When someone big in the community does that, they might want to verify if the story is correct in the only way they can.
Besides, they won't disclose too much. No one wants to get sued if a stalker or angry netrage geek kicks someone's butt. I'm going to go get my tinfoil hat though.


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A pro se plaintiff was hired by an independent contractor for BP America, Inc., to work as a boat hand, installing, inspecting and maintaining floating booms in the waters of Orange Beach, Alabama. The plaintiff received forty hours of hazwoper training before going to work. Three days later, while checking and deploying floating booms, the plaintiff fell overboard. He returned to the boat and continued working without seeking medical attention. Nonetheless, his employment was terminated by the independent contractor for being an "unsafe and problem employee." Later, the plaintiff filed a suit for negligence under the Jones Act, maintenance and cure, and unseaworthiness. He filed against BP.
On appeal, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to BP. Employment is an essential element of a Jones Act and maintenance and cure claim. The plaintiff bore the burden of probing that BP was his employer. He could not do so. Among other things, BP had no control over the plaintiff's work as he was employed by an independent contractor.
The Eleventh Circuit also rejected the plaintiff's unseaworthiness claim. Under general maritime law, a shipowner has an absolute duty to furnish a seaworthy ship. A seaman who is injured because of an unseaworthy condition on a ship has a right of recovery against the owner of the vessel beyond maintenance and cure. Here, there was no evidence demonstrating that BP owned the boat that the plaintiff fell from, or that there was an unsafe condition from the boat. The only "evidence" that the plaintiff submitted was a self-serving and conclusory affidavit. That was not enough.
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The word on the street is that American Orchestras are hurting. In 2009 both endowments and audiences have shrunk. This fall we've seen the Cleveland Orchestra announce a new residency with the Lincoln Center Festival in New York City and an innovative Friday concert series aimed at a younger crowd. Both moves are intended to reach new audiences and generate new revenue.
In Sunday's Washington Post, Anne Midgette explores another audience-boosting tactic — the new, celebrity, conductor. Without doubt, the biggest hype of the season surrounds the arrival of Gustavo Dudamel in Los Angeles. Also this fall, the New York Philharmonic has welcomed maestro Alan Gilbert. It is still too early to tell whether new blood has increased the audience in these cities, but they have reason to be hopeful. Midgette points to Pittsburgh (Manfred Honeck) and Dallas (Jaap van Zweden) as recent examples of orchestras reenergized by new music directors.
Opera Circle in a Preview of Bellini's I Capuleti e I Montecchi, on September 26, 2009 at the Cleveland Bridge Project. Amy Scheetz (Romeo), Dorota Sobieska (Giulietta) and Ray Liddle (Lorenzo), accompanied by music director and pianist Jacek Sobieski and violinist Wanda Sobieska. This opera will be presented with chorus and orchestra on November 6 and 8 at the Shrine Church of St. Stanislaus, Cleveland.
Nigel Redden, director of Lincoln Center Festival, and Gary Hanson, executive director of The Cleveland Orchestra, announced on Tuesday afternoon a new multi-year residency for the Orchestra at the Lincoln Center Festival to begin in 2011 and continue in 2013 and 2015.
From July 13-17, 2011, Franz Welser-Möst will conduct four concerts juxtaposing Bruckner's Symphonies 5, 7, 8 and 9 with works by John Adams, and will also give a master class on Bruckner at the Juilliard School.
The 2013 and 2015 residencies will include fully staged productions from the Vienna State Opera with Welser-Möst and The Cleveland Orchestra in the pit of the David H. Koch Theater (Welser-Möst will become General Music Director of the VSO in 2010, in the same year as Dominique Meyer, currently of the Théâtre des Champs-Élysees in Paris becomes Intendant). The second and third residencies will also include concert performances and possibly ballet.
On the web:
The New York Times: Cleveland Orchestra Gets Its Toe in New York
The Cleveland Plain Dealer: Cleveland Orchestra to be part of Lincoln Center Festival
After reading Daniel Hathaway's concert report, you'll kick yourself for missing Sphinx Chamber Orchestra, Harlem Quartet & Elena Urioste on the Tuesday Musical Series last Tuesday in Akron. Never fear Northeast Ohioans! The tour returns to Oberlin College this Sunday, September 20 at 3:00 pm.
Has musicianship gone the way of twitter, instant messaging, sound bites? In this day and age, is an audience's attention held by a performance punctuated with exaggerated emotionalism? In a scathing review of pianist Lang Lang's August 30 performance of Chopin's F minor piano concerto with the Dresden Staatskapelle in Lucerne, Michael Kimmelman suggests Mr. Lang's playing has everything to do with our high-speed information age mind-set.
Writing in the Telegraph, Ivan Hewett considers the longevity and popularity of the "Last Night of the Proms." The exuberant Last Night performance, always memorable for the audience's funny hats, noisemakers, and singalong choruses of "Rule Britannia" and "Land of Hope and Glory," is a spectacle, and as is the case with most spectacles, some find it downright embarrassing.
Hewett observes that recent Prom Directors, in an effort to moderate the overt nationalism of the evening
…have adopted something like the American policy of 'containment' in the Cold War. They acknowledge a 'sphere of influence' for the fun and jingoist songs, but they try to box it in and if possible shrink it. They've made the serious first half longer, and have slipped serious things into the second half. But the audience gets its revenge. Their silly hats and klaxons create a kind of Last Night Miasma which takes over everything.
So why does the Last Night persist? What might the future hold? The article is here.
On Saturday, September 12, WCLV will broadcast the famous "Last Night of the Proms" live beginning at 2:00 pm.
What's wrong with piano competitions? Michael Johnson, writing for Facts & Arts, thinks there are too many, they limit artistic development, and, perhaps most damning, the judging process is terribly flawed.
Erich Kunzel, conductor of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, died today at the age of 74. One of the icons of orchestral pops in the United States, his talents and his enthusiasm for the art form will be truly missed.


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Swansea reject reports of potential U.S. investors
Swansea have played down reports of potential foreign investment coming in to the club, but admit they are looking at possible overseas sponsorship avenues.
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Landfill issue won't go away
With the closure of the Powell landfill creeping ever closer, word that the Park County Board of Commissioners will not support a proposed capital-facilities tax to pay for — among other things — a waste transfer station in Powell means it's time for city leaders to think creatively about garbage.
Transporting waste to the county landfill outside Cody will be a costly endeavor. One of the key ways to minimize that cost is to reduce the amount of trash leaving Powell. The concept is simple — less so is how city officials and Powell residents will go about it.
Some out-of-the-box thinking may prove helpful.
A city-wide curbside recycling service is a viable option. It would surely necessitate additional funding for the local non-profit recycling center, but that's a hurdle that could be cleared.
Mandatory composting is another way to reduce the amount of garbage filling roll-outs and dumpsters around town. The composted material could be utilized by homeowners, the Parks Department, the school district and the college. Excess compost could be sold to area gardeners or other municipalities.
Fines for residents and business owners or managers who refuse to cooperate could be levied by the city on an increasingly-stringent basis over a number of years.
The city of San Francisco has implemented both mandatory recycling and composting programs in recent years. According to San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsome, "A waste-stream analysis ... discovered that about two thirds of the garbage people throw away ... could have been recycled or turned to compost."
Mandatory recycling went into effect in San Francisco early in the decade — by mid-2009, 72 percent of recyclable material was being diverted from the landfill. Similar results are expected with the composting law that took effect in October 2009.
Diverting two-thirds of Powell's waste from the Park County Landfill is a lofty goal, but, with a strong commitment from residents and officials, it's attainable. If San Francisco — with a metropolitan population of nearly 8 million people — can do it, similar change can happen in our 6,000-resident hamlet.
Other cities — both large and small — across the country have utilized similar approaches to divert waste from landfills. Closer to home, the Buffalo Bill Historical Center has implemented new green programs to dramatically reduce trash.
For the city, the up-front investment in the process and the necessary infrastructure would be a small price to pay to reduce transportation costs significantly for decades to come. The environmental benefits are icing on the cake.
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John Kerry, Catholicism and abortion: Courage of somebody else's convictions
The U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican position remains open, but even "pro-choice Catholic" John Kerry seems certain that a pro-life candidate is a necessity for that post.
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In other comments, Kerry said:
• He did not recommend Caroline Kennedy to be U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. Kerry believes an abortion-rights supporter should not be in that post, to avoid offending the Holy See.
"I made no such recommendation," he said, refuting Italian news media reports. "I think that if you're going to have an ambassador who has access to His Holiness … it is best not to make things difficult from the outset."
So Sen. Kerry is willing to commit to Catholic pro-life standards on a targeted, temporary and political basis to avoid offending the Vatican, but not as a life-long Christian conviction to avoid offending Jesus Christ? Now all we have to do is convince Kerry that the unborn are perpetually up for a Vatican ambassadorship.
For Kerry's sake, I hope that "I was for legal abortion, before I was against it briefly, before I was for it again" is an acceptible explanation at the entrance to the Pearly Gates.
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I only ask the question because I find that I tend to fixate on modulating headlamps to the exclusion of other things going on around me and have to forcefully pull my attention elsewhere. So I don't like them because there is a danger to me!
But that's my problem and I recognize it as being my problem. It does leave me wondering, though, if others have the same issue. I can imagine an inattentive driver fixating on the blinking lights, forcing the rider to take action to avoid a situation that might not exist without the blinking lights.
That's just idle thought on my part. I won't use them, but don't mind if others do unless they are behind me on a group ride in which case they will either turn them off or lead instead of follow. I have pulled over and waited until a fellow rider made up his mind which he was going to do.


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Like a kid forever awaiting the presence of his deadbeat dad at his birthday party, we've been promised the return of Alfa Romeo to the United States so many times that we've stopped feeling disappointed when it is invariably "postponed" again. But that numbness isn't shared by Fiat dealers across the country. Many of them are reportedly and understandably upset at the latest delay of the brand's reintroduction to America.
Although the lion's share of the 102 Fiat dealers that have sprung up across the country (and 28 more to come by year end) have grown out of existing Chrysler franchises, all have had to invest significantly in bringing Fiats to their showrooms. And while the 500 range has been selling well, it's the only model they have to offer. Though no explicit promises were made, many of these dealers were counting on receiving Alfa Romeo to fill their new showrooms.
Instead, the relaunch of the stoic marque has been delayed again. When it does finally arrive, the MiTo hatchback is set to lead the charge together with the 4C sportscar, followed by the Giulietta five-door hatch. The Giulia is set to replace the 159, not next year as originally planned, but in 2014. And while plans for a Jeep-based SUV have reportedly been scrapped, a new sedan is said to be in the works to succeed the long-gone 166 and share its platform with the next Maserati Quattroporte. For our part, we won't be holding our breath any longer before we just blow out the candles and get on with things.


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Here is the letter that former Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin is sending to U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan to ask his advice in steering APS through the crisis in confidence resulting from the CRCT probe and in dealing with the Governor's Office of Student Achievement. She is concerned that the system is being battered by political agendas and the AJC coverage:
Dear Secretary Duncan,
Thank you for the tremendous energy and leadership you have shown on behalf of American public education. I am grateful for President Obama's strong commitment to public education as demonstrated by increased federal funding and an unprecedented call for innovation to states and school districts alike.
I am writing to advise you of continuing questions raised by the Georgia Governor's Office of Student Achievement (GOSA) and the Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC) on Atlanta Public Schools' testing results and other indicators of student performance. I am concerned because the continuing media assaults could destabilize the school system and negatively impact nearly 50,000 students. While I was Mayor, a broad segment of the community worked tirelessly to bring stability to the APS. As a former school superintendent you are acutely aware of how external factors even false accusations can influence the well being of students.
Most recently, the local newspaper raised questions about the accuracy of APS's high school graduate rates and also questioned the validity of the National Assessment of Education Program (NAEP) results.
This all began with the newspaper conducting its own statistical analysis of testing gains by APS on the State's Curriculum Criteria Reference Tests (CRCTs). This then led to GOSA conducting wrong-to-right erasure analysis of all 2009 CRCT results. From this analysis, GOSA flagged 58 APS schools for potential cheating. APS then called for an independent investigation. Business and civic leaders formed a Blue Ribbon Commission under the auspices of the Atlanta Education Fund (AEF) to investigate the allegations. The findings from this Commission were released to the public and given to the Atlanta School Board on August 2. Dr. Hall, the Atlanta superintendent, has taken action and will continue to ferret out the problems. A copy of the Commission report can be found on the Atlanta Education Foundation website, http://www.atlef.org/crct/report/report.html.
This community needs the expertise and guidance of the Department of Education to mediate the growing tension between the school district and the state agency. Raising the questions the AJC has is certainly appropriate, I am concerned though because the newspaper has a tendency to sensationalize local issues and to promote solutions that suit the story line rather than promote sustainable best practice options.
Most of us who have lead major organizational turnarounds appreciate the delicate balance needed to successfully implement organizational changes while maintaining ongoing operations. The APS of 2010 is vastly improved since 2000 and this progress should not be jeopardized by reckless claims and competing political agendas.
Though I am private citizen now, I write seeking your advice and counsel.
Shirley Franklin
August 17th, 2010
6:10 pm
Just what we need… more politicians in education!
August 17th, 2010
6:29 pm
Shirley Franklin is about as corrupt as Beverly Hall, in my opinion. Wasn't Franklin's daughter married to a big time drug dealer? Wasn't Franklin's ex-husband implicated in some wrong doing at the airport?
I've never cared for Shirley Franklin and think she was a terrible mayor. There are numerous pictures of her on APS website all cozy with Beverly Hall. Shirley Franklin, you were a failed mayor and Beverly Hall is a failed superintendent. Both of you need to pack your bags and disappear from Atlanta, NOW!
August 17th, 2010
6:36 pm
"YOU PEOPLE" are so cynical in your thought process — what does Shirley Franklin's daughters corrupt husband has to do with her petition to the Secretary of Education? Your grandfather could have been a "Klansman" — but you may be OK now! AND to the TEACHER, I would think that you would applaud her letter to the Secretary of Education. WOW!!! all of you are NUTS!
August 17th, 2010
6:39 pm
Now presenting the usual assortment of tea (insert the name that cannot be mentioned), rethuglicans, and jethros' like jackals to carrion.
August 17th, 2010
6:44 pm
What grammar! This poorly-written letter itself is a perfect metaphor for the state of Atlanta's public school system.
August 17th, 2010
6:46 pm
The AJC and political agendas may "destablize the school system" – is Franklin serious? What about the fact that APS graduates seem to be unable to read, write or do math proficiently enough to succeed in college without substantial remdial efforts? What about the unacceptable drop-out rate? What about the teacher turnover and polticial cronyism within the system itself? As far as "destablization" is concerned, I think the horse has already left the barn and the AJC or Georgia lawmakers have nothing to do with it – if anything Franklin should be apologizing herself for not asking questions about Hall while Franklin was still in office. This whole spectacle stinks – it makes me embarrassed to live in Atlanta and only confirms the worst suspicions about the South that all my friends in other states have.
August 17th, 2010
6:46 pm
Jennifer — what's wrong with the letter? what would you have said — NOTHING!!! why do you care — you probably send your little "darlings" to private school where THEY teach the test!!!
August 17th, 2010
6:49 pm
So she wants — what? For the feds to come to Atlanta, slap the State and muzzle the media?
August 17th, 2010
6:49 pm
And we're supposed to believe that this open letter contains facts not already known by Duncan??? Puhleeeese. My head is still spinning from attending the meeting last night. Now this….all of a sudden our former Los Angeles School District is starting to look normal.
August 17th, 2010
6:49 pm
This would be funny if it didn't involve our children. Shirley Franklin should quickly and quietly back out this discussion and offer an apology to the State and the AJC. In fact, the AJC is the only reason the wide spread corruption has been uncovered. I hope the state rides to the rescue, just as it did in Clayton County to save this city from its "leadership." Wow, this is just unbelievable!
August 17th, 2010
6:51 pm
If you cannot spot the errors of grammar and syntax in this letter, you probably attended from a Beverly Hall school.
Why do I care? Because the imbeciles getting turned out by the Atlanta school system are responsible for much of the crime and poverty that are dragging down this city. You see, with a proper education, people can rise above that and the community becomes a better place for us all. So that's why I care.
August 17th, 2010
6:53 pm
So Shirley Franklin is not happy that the AJC reported stats about APS & after investigation cheating was found. City of Atlanta is full cheaters & corrupt people. This includes the recent past(Bill Campbell, Shirley Franklin…) It seems most politicians or people w/ power are real dirt bags & cheat the city of it's integrity & eventually credibility & money. Shirley, go away & stay away.
August 17th, 2010
6:57 pm
Shirley Franklin & Beverly Hall are the REAL scarecrows. They both scare the hell out of me. And you defending them doesn't say very much about your character. You can leave with them as far as I care. Just leave!!
August 17th, 2010
7:05 pm
Scarecrow: private schools don't have to give the test.
This wasn't so much a request for help as another part of the ongoing PR effort to sanitize B. Hall. Really, really shabby work.
First, she sucks up to him using words like tremendous energy and leadership, I am grateful for President Obama's strong commitment to public education as demonstrated by increased federal funding and an unprecedented call for innovation to states and school districts alike.
Look at the loaded words: reckless, political agendas, sensationalize. She's working hard to make the investigation look bad.
She also has some convenient amnesia: the BOE was ORDERED to investigate; APS didn't call for the committee. In addition, she left out the numerous false statements and attempts to make this a racially motivated investigation (you can almost hear the unwritten word, "lynching.")
IF APS has been destabilized, it is BECAUSE of the repeated actions of B. Hall and her crew. Making her out to be the victim is incredible. Shame on Shirley Franklin! Is Mr. Duncan bright enough and honest enough to see through it and call her on it?
August 17th, 2010
7:09 pm
Dear Jennifer (from probably a district outside Atlanta Public Schools),
The syntax in your comment:
"If you cannot spot the errors of grammar and syntax in this letter, you probably attended from a Beverly Hall school."
is horrible!!!
Did you mean probably "graduated from" instead of "attended from"?
You also would have been better served to say: "a Beverly Hall run/led school"
The mistakes in that simple yet scathing paragraph would earn you an "imbecile" level rating in grammar in my circles.
What you say you made a typo? Good thing you are the only one allowed!!!
August 17th, 2010
7:12 pm
Thanks Mayor Franklin! The children and parents of Atlanta have a need to feel secure about APS. Kids will never perform well if they and those genuinely teaching continue to face this intense scrutiny of their abilities. It's time to move on. (By the way, cheating wasn't invented in an APS classroom during the 2009 school year. And how many times did the GOSA reps or the AJC writers use the delete or backspace keys when they were writing?)
August 17th, 2010
7:13 pm
Yikes! The current mayor shows up at the school board meeting and attempts to frighten four of the board members into maintaining the status quo. The Chamber of Commerce wants to "save" Beverly Hall….and now former mayor Franklin wants to keep the media and state from exposing Atlanta's school woes. Something is not clean in the milk. The Chamber, both mayors, and certain board members are happy with things as they are with the Atlanta Public Schools. It's all political and involves tax payer's money. Parents: continue to step it up. They do NOT care about your children. They don't care if cheating took place or not. At this point they are simply covering their behinds and wishing that concerned parents will go away. Don't do it!!!!
August 17th, 2010
7:14 pm
Oh MY gracious! The grammar and syntax in Ms. Franklin's letter are so poor — just dreadful. This is an embarrassment. She tried to defend the indefensible and has, I fear, made City of Atlanta Schools, and perhaps all of Georgia, look like stooges.
I always thought that she was a smart-ish lady. Sigh.
August 17th, 2010
7:17 pm
Catlady…You nailed it. Makes my former CC school system seem not quite so bad. Grad I have been gone 4 tears though.
August 17th, 2010
7:17 pm
The City of Atlanta and the Atlanta Public School system is a cess pool, run by imbeciles. I applaud the AJC for bringing this information to light so that people can be apprised of the situation. Had they not, those idiots may have swept this under the rug and gotten away with it. The money that is spent on each child in the City of Atlanta per year is staggering to say the least and if the students can't pass, then they can't pass. Also, the money that Dr. Hall and the rest of her APS cronies earn is staggering too. I hope the State of GA comes in there and cleans house like they did in Clayton County and like they are going to do down in Warren County. I can't believe those dolts actually thought that they could erase and change those answers and not get caught. What type of message does that send to the students and people in the City of Atlanta….that it's okay to cheat, to get ahead and around the rules? Maybe, just maybe, the State can straighten this mess out. Shirley girl ought to ride off in the sunset down there off Cascade Road and cash those pension checks and keep her nose out of it. She is a has been and she needs to remember that.
August 17th, 2010
7:18 pm
Let's not defame all of APS when it has many excellent and high achieving schools that were NOT on the list. As a matter of fact, I teach at an APS school that was 0.0 % on the erasure report. My school is an amazing place to teach and I would send my child there before any other school in metro Atlanta.
August 17th, 2010
7:19 pm
Dee Dee you are right, also. And ole Arne from DC is gonna fix it???
August 17th, 2010
7:29 pm
Amazing how political spinmakers try to make roses out of cow droppings.It is what it is and now all of those responsible for the state of affairs on their watch are doing nothing more than patronizing folks. Each and everyone of them in good faith, need to just go away.
August 17th, 2010
7:32 pm
Maureen, how do you feel now about your efforts to be fair and forgiving to APS and Beverly Hall? Do you think this letter is fair to you and others at the ajc for the work that you have done in bringing these issues before the public? How do you feel about being accused of sensationalizing the problems in APS?
August 17th, 2010
7:34 pm
The Atlanta Public Schools director is a data manipulating fraud and it is not a crisis it is a crime. Arne Duncan was in charge of Chicago schools which is a model for fraud, crime and failure so he cannot help out. The only reason he is in the position he is now is "political appointment" .
August 17th, 2010
7:35 pm
AJC: No god deed goes unpublished. While you have treated APS with kid gloves for the corruption there while trying to destabilize DeKalb County schools every chance you get. And does our once fine (and twice crazy) mayor repay you? She claims you are treating APS poorly. Treat APS just like you do DeKalb and perhaps the sunshine with clear out the roaches and allow us to have better schools all around.
August 17th, 2010
7:35 pm
Well, the link Shirley had in her letter is a dud. How will Sec. Duncan read the report? Out of curiosity, I would like to glance at the report, but I can guess at what the results are. I think a couple of folks will loose their jobs. A few more will get a slap on the wrist. Then everything will be back as it was. Think, people! Look at the people running these agencies. What more has to be said? The majority of these 'leaders' are unethical, unprofessional, and inept. Results prove that. But in their defense, look at what they have to work with? It is a sad environment, which is not going to improve until the culture does.
August 17th, 2010
7:39 pm
Someone asked: Wasn't Franklin's daughter married to a big time drug dealer?
The answer is yes, and Shirley Franklin had him living within her home. With her.
Someone asked: Wasn't Franklin's ex-husband implicated in some wrong doing at the airport?
The answer is YES, as in: He failed to pay so many taxes that the feds showed up and seized the entire store, shut it down, and claimed it as their property.
Someone should ask: Aren't Ex-Mayor Shirley Franklin and Dr. Beverly Hall friends?
Of course. EXTREMELY close buddies, both of them dirty together.
Someone should ask: Is this why SF is writing this so-called plea for "help," to deflect blame away from Dr. Hall and onto those beneath her, and to state that the AJC "sensationalize(s)" local issues and "promote(s) solutions that suit the story line…"?
Luckily for the families of Atlanta and for the AJC, Shirley Franklin is now (finally) irrelevant.
August 17th, 2010
7:41 pm
Writing to Arne Duncan, the most corrupt of all Chicago frauds……..What a joke! Easy for her, though – She knows he would never address corruption!
August 17th, 2010
7:50 pm
It's not a secret that Shirley has made her presence felt on AJC blogs. Come on Shirley tell us, specifically and in detail, where the AJC has been wrong in its investigations?
August 17th, 2010
7:52 pm
All the years Julia Wallace and crew gave cover to Shirley; how's it feel to get stabbed in the back by Shirley less than a year out of office?
August 17th, 2010
8:04 pm
Maureen now that you see Shirley Franklin say it, throwing the AJC under the bus while she's at it, do you not see, in retrospect how foolish it looked when you called for Hall to stay so "the system wouldn't fall into chaos"?
August 17th, 2010
8:04 pm
Wow, what a crock. It is so disappointing but not surprising to see the higher-ups sending more signals. I believe this signal is meant not just for those "above" Franklin, but also for the APS community. She is saying, "We are under attack and we must stick together. Don't believe that cheating happened. We have been falsely accused. Stay with the team. Don't believe THEM."
Meanwhile, the kids and their unknowing caregivers will ultimately pay the price. I am certain there are a few good schools in APS (as well as great and good teachers in not-so-good schools). I am also certain that most of APS is unwilling and therefore unable to make the changes that will truly allow young children (who eventually become the statistics mentioned in earlier blog entries today) to flourish. I have worked with Pre-K and K and 1st children in a few APS schools. Of course they can achieve. But they have to be provided with learning conditions and life conditions that permit them that opportunity. Instead, adults cheated. The statistics presented by AJC really can not lie. The numbers are so outrageous that a "conspiracy theory" approach (as just put forth by Franklin) is the only defense they have. Lord knows it will work. That and the lethargy and apathy of the tax-paying public.
August 17th, 2010
8:08 pm
ROFLMAO. I know I shouldn't take pleasure in watching the politically correct devour each other, but I can't help myself.
August 17th, 2010
8:08 pm
Shirley is not, and was not, a crook; her failing was refusing to admit mistakes in her appointed offices, and then backing up those people despite any evidence to the contrary. That said, she's out of line defending the APS administration: once again, (a possibly personal) loyalty has blinded her to the facts.
(Shirley's personal life has not been all that pleasant: she couldn't stand her ex-, and she's had to take care of her daughter's kids; she ain't happy about that, either. I don't see any of that as bearing on the job she did. I do think her taking the kids is a mark in her favor.)
Our zoned high school is Jackson. Looking at the freshman numbers from Oct. '06, to the senior numbers in March '10, they lost over 35% of the students. With them claiming a 70% "graduation rate" (this seemingly consists of the % of those that show up that Oct. that graduate), their true graduation (4 yr.) rate is closer to 45%: just where it was when Bev started. All the education-jargon named programs have been a dog-and-pony show. I have no faith that the state has the expertise or the resources to 'help' Atlanta (we've 'enjoyed' the lack of services a low-tax state brings to the table forever), but they do provide a needed level of oversight, and enforcement. They can get answers the AJC could only dream of.
August 17th, 2010
8:12 pm
(By the way, cheating wasn't invented in an APS classroom during the 2009 school year. And how many times did the GOSA reps or the AJC writers use the delete or backspace keys when they were writing?)
Just to be clear Native, you are saying that an administrator erasing a child's answers on the CRCT after the child has turned in the test is the same as someone using the backspace key?
No denial there.
August 17th, 2010
8:13 pm
What are the political agendas?
August 17th, 2010
8:14 pm
Sonny Perdue, are you going to take this attack on the Ga DOE lying down? 'Bout time you waded back into the fray. Maureen, can you fire off a request for Bert Brantley to respond?
August 17th, 2010
8:18 pm
Shirley Franklin absolutely checked out as Atlanta mayor with a full two years left in her term because she got tired of fighting the admittedly often-moronic City Council (I'm sorry; that's part of the job) and because she was p**ssed off that the media (including the AJC) wouldn't give her family members complete immunity from negative publicity.
Now she gets a chance to take a cheap shot at the AJC, and, to no one's surprise, she takes it.
Shirley Franklin also presided over the cop furloughs that, without a doubt, comprised the worst public policy move ever made by an Atlanta mayor in the last 50 years, and that includes all the crap Bill Campbell pulled…. AND she can't even write a good sentence. Why do we care what she writes to Arne Duncan?
Any credibility; any standing she once might have had was erased by her own hand (just as Bev Hall erased her own initial "A" performance with a recent string of "D's."
(Did you see what I did there, with the word "erased"?)
The parallel is inescapable. Both ladies: good start, VERY weak finish.
Many posters here feel the AJC is not doing ENOUGH to rid us of the current administration. If both sides think you're wrong, you've probably got it pretty close to right. AJC, keep on keepin' on….
August 17th, 2010
8:18 pm
oh yeah, and p.s.
…while you're at it, mr. secretary, please find out all the people in atlanta who conspired with cisco systems to help defraud the e-rate program of millions of dollars of inappropriate (and expensive) equipment that to this day has never been used by the students of our schools.
for, the parents will never feel confident that our district administrators have the smallest inkling of what they are doing if the criminal acts of their e-rate thievery are not investigated and prosecuted fully.
August 17th, 2010
8:18 pm
I used to really like Shirley Franklin. Who knew she was a liar, and such a horrible writer?
So the ajc is – what'd she say – being reckless? The ajc is quite on the mousey side in my opinion.
What is Arne Duncan going to do anyway? Come down here and give B.S. Hall another award or certificate or something? We can do that. I'll make her a big trophy awarded to the superintendent most likely to go to prison (after Clew of course).
August 17th, 2010
8:20 pm
She is grateful for president obama's commitment to public education? how has he shown that? His kids have never set foot in a public school.
August 17th, 2010
8:22 pm
Using grammar correctly is important, but it should
not keep a person from critiquing the content of a
letter. The first thought that came to my mind was
whether the former mayor was intervening to help
the state's chances in Race To The Top ( I'm
speculating that the former mayor realized that
the reality, or perception of cheating would damage
the application of the state ,and cost APS needed
funds.). Honest people will have different opinions
about the former mayor,and APS, but attacking the
intelligence of the individuals based on a letter is
out of bounds. Some of the most educated individuals
developed, and approved Math 1,2 & 3 . There is
a difference between knowledge and making wise
choices (Hopefully, APS will start to make wiser choices
and the district can turn things around.).
August 17th, 2010
8:23 pm
hey, if you ain't cheatin', you ain't tryin'
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August 17th, 2010
8:28 pm
Come on aboard Shirley; we know you love the AJC blogs. You aren't afraid of getting schooled are you?
August 17th, 2010
8:31 pm
The current Mayor and the former Mayor are joined at the hip, right? So, we can assume that this is Kasim's position as well, right?
This is a first, the Mayor of Atlanta is asking the federal government to come down, slap the State, muzzle the media and wrest away local control of education. All in the form of thinly-veiled race-baiting.
As a Black woman and APS parent, I am sick of being told to stick with so-called leaders who don't care about me or my children.
August 17th, 2010
8:32 pm
Letz kut to da chaz. Wez jus diffrent to da man and wez tes diffrently. Wez dunt care whut whitey thincx or sayz. It all gud. Da man kant handul or cept owr culture. Dis iz da way it iz cuz we runnin da sho! No whut iz sayin?
August 17th, 2010
8:33 pm
Maybe the FBI can come to Atlanta and do some investigating. Atlantans definitely want to get the Feds involved because none of the teachers or administrators in the APS would ever think of doing anything wrong or unethical.
August 17th, 2010
8:35 pm
No amount of money can turn this situation around.
August 17th, 2010
8:36 pm
Scarecrow. wow. So basically you are implying that we don't have enough educated adults in Georgia to solve this problem. We need to learn how to call it when our leaders are wrong and have failed the mission. Furthermore,Former Mayor Franklin is posturing for her own personal gain (a job in D.C.)


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CAFF sometimes has openings in agriculture & food-related positions.
The California Aggie See "Employment" and "Help Wanted" in the classified ad section.
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Clinical trials/human guinea pig for Solano Clinical Research
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UCD Environmental Science & Policy experiments pay $10-ish
UCD Psychology Experiments most for credit, but some pay $10-$40
The Imaging Research Center at the UC Davis Medical Center always has a need for paid volunteers. Most studies pay $10/hr (including travel), but some pay more.
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Sell your ovum at Northern California Fertility Medical Center; for women ages 21-31. $5000 cash.
For those of you who are thinking about selling your ovum, there is a reason why they pay you so much. The whole process of donating eggs is very complicated, emotionally draining and painful. You can end up being infertile and it can be fatal as well. You might want to check out this New York Times article.
Sell blood (you can always donate as well).
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"There are some very worthwhile elements among the proposed changes to GCSEs in England. But none of these require the abolition of the GCSE."
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Having being in the classroom for a long time now, it good to welcome change that will embrace positive impact on current qualification system, thta is GCSE. GCSE itself is a good qualification and it provide the basis for determining a student's prior attainment for progression to Advanced level course. In general there are some problems with the qualification as the tier system is making it very hard for students to be at parity in terms of being able to cope with A level course. For example, the Higher tier paper in Maths even though not fully detailed to fully equip students for an A level Maths course it is considered much better in terms of contents than the Foundation or Intermediate paper. Personally, I feel the tier system should be abolished completely from the qualification. Schools should also encourage students wanting to progress on to A Level Science courses like Physics, Chemistry and also Mathematics to pursue the GCSE Additional Mathematics course / Free Standing Maths Qualification. This will enable them to be better prepared for A Level course. The introduction of the English Baccalaureate [EBac] is also a good idea, but flawed from the initial start as Mr. Gove has his own agenda of promoting Humanity subjects like History and Geography without taking into consideration the value of other highligh intellectual courses like Music which requires heavy practical and Theoretical skills for students to progress. If the EBac is to be a standard qualification, it must focus in terms of valuing all subject areas currently covered by the GCSE qualification. They should learn from the currently highly valued International Baccalaureate qualification which gives students a broader knowledge than even the GCE A Level qualification. There is no need to create a qualification with the aim of dividing students capability. Mr. Gove seemed not to have taken into consideration the importance of Performing Arts and Business to societal development. He must get his experts or a scope for wider consultation so as to make it possible for his intended qualification to be highly valued internationally. Finally, I would also like Mr. Gove to also give some thoughts on the value of Vocational qualifications terms of enabling the middle skills potential to grow. Lessons must be learns from countries like Germany which is the strong hold and lead in promoting vocational potential. Kids who cannot progress through the so-called GCSE or EBac route must be encouraged to pursue a vocational qualification that will enhance their individual potential and interests, but with a focus in also keeping up with their basic Maths and English Language / Communication skills.
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birthday: November 23
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age: 21
birthday: March 27
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nationality: Vietnamese
country: United States
ultimate bias: Lee Junho
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likes: Anti virus programs, strappy shoes, Netflix, and 2PM crotches.
dislikes: Brain freezes, wet flip flops, those tiny crumbs in the bottom of the bag, and armpit. ALSO B.O. THATS JUST A BIG NO.
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age: 16
birthday: October 20
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nationality: Vietnamese/Chinese
country: Canada
ultimate bias: Park Jungmin
OTPs: Kyujong/Jungmin, Hyunjoong/Youngsaeng, Hyunjoong/Jungmin, Hyunjoong/Hyungjun, Jaejoong/Yunho, Taecyeon/Jay Park, Kyuhyun/Sungmin, G-Dragon/Sunye, YeEun/Daesung
funfacts: I can play 3 instruments, complete and total nerd, learned of kpop from Boa but never got into it until DBSK, learning Korean ^^
likes: grapes, sunglasses, camwhoring, drawing, READING, Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, anime, Death Note, Inuyasha, YouTube
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birthday: February 6
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ultimate bias: Chunji
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likes: Cherryade, Shorts, Writing, Having Ideas, Getting Feedback
dislikes: Writers block, thinking about the future, failure
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birthday: 26th June.
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nationality: American.
country: United States, currently Germany.
ultimate bias: TOP.
fandoms: VIP & Hottest.
OTPs: Anything Big Bang or 2PM and some crossovers.
funfacts: I've never ever studied for a test (not lying), I collect quotes, pictures and things other people lost, I've never imagined myself dating, kissing, loving, etc-ing a kpop idol, I'm a language maniac (3 fluent & 7 learning), I'm constantly inventing stories in my head (but I barely write them down, sadly), I like discovering new places & climbing into ruins, I'm a fashion terrorist (I'm not joking, ask my sister), my boyfriend of 3 years is Thai (Nikom Thanasukolwit) and I'm a very shy person in real life.
likes: Good music, sunny weather, Navy CIS, dancing, the beach, chicken & ice cream, singing, Mark Harmon, In-N-Out, Marilyn Monroe, good books, quotes, lost places, How I Met Your Mother, good movies, skylines, typography, Big Bang Theory, wool, Audrey Hepburn, traveling, photography, Johnny Depp, candy, headphones, clothes, etc.
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birthday: February 3
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country: Philippines
ultimate bias: SNSD (all of them OTL)
OTPs: Royal Family (but I also support OT9), HanChul (Hangeng x Heechul), Adam Couple
funfacts: My male biases are one of these categories: gay-like, main rapper, best dancer…SNSD has been my ultimate bias since I got into Kpop, I can't live without my mp3 player…I want to have a pet tiger…I'm a video game addict…I love sports to death as well…
I've watched all kinds of porn (hentai, yaoi…name it…OTL)
likes: Teddy bears, colors grey, black, orange and white….video games…
dislikes: Horror movies, scary things…(although I write such genre as well…) and snakes.
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age: 17
birthday: March 21
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nationality: White/Hispanic
country: USA
ultimate bias: Its a tie between Siwon and Yunho
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funfacts: I am not fun, therefore there are no facts LOL. Uhm, okay but seriously I can't think of any, I'll update it later ~__~
likes: DBSK, chocolate, bubbletea, cats, roses, painting, drawing, photography, singing, doing my nails, pokemon.
dislikes: Fake people, liars, bananas and most berries, hardcore shippers of any kind, people who lack common sense and people skills.
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birthday: March 19
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country: Ze States
fandom: Kiss Me
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likes: music (all kinds), I have a nice collection of books, Harry Potter (it's special okay XD), I've developed a fun hobby of card making, writing of course it is my life
dislikes: Homophobes, one of the managers at my work (because he's a homophobe), volcanoes
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birthday: September 28
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nationality: Filipino
country: Canada
ultimate bias: Ok Taecyeon
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likes: Hello Kitty, good conversations, nap time and men in suits.
dislikes: Bugs, overcast weather, chipped nail polish and broken promises.
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age: 22
birthday: January 16
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nationality: American
country: USA
ultimate bias: Kim Ryeowook
fandom: Blackjack|ELF
OTPs: Yunjae, Khuntoria, Chaera, Skydragon, Hanchul
funfacts: I can speak Spanish fluently though it isn't my first language, I am obsessed with Lord of the Rings, I met JK Rowling at the Harry Potter theme park, I'm not that affectionate unless I am really close to someone. Or unless they're an online friend. In that case I'm extremely affectionate. Idek.
likes: the color green, cheese, the winter, snow, reading, chocolate
dislikes:mushrooms, olives, ignorance, general stupidity, blind hatred, thunderstorms
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age: 18
birthday: 01-26-1993
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nationality: American/Pakistani
country: United States
ultimate bias: Lee Taemin
fandom: SHINee
OTPs: Jongkey, Minkey, Taekey, 2min, Lunew,
funfacts: I have insomnia, I like cheesecake, I talk a lot, I am painfully blunt, I don't believe in religion nor love nor anything of that subjective nature.
likes: CHEESECAKE, LEE TAEMIN (preferably with his clothes off), writing, food!
dislikes: Close-minded people, stubbornness (this list would be so much longer but I want to seem nice haha)
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age: 18
birthday: August 18
tumblr: hwanhyukhyun
nationality: Chinese
country: Canada
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OTPs: Woohyun + Sunggyu, Park Bom + GD :)
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And we take it that the 1,000-pound coffee table sits wherever it wants?
At first glance it made me chuckle...so i guess the actual weight has like 3 fewer zeros.
actually make that 2..
If I bought that I better stay in my apartment for a long time because nobody will help me move that thing. A beer promise won't cut it.
Does anyone...not like it? Its vinyl. All it needs is a bow in the center top and you could carry to someone's house for the holidays and put some sweat on your forehead...
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