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It's rare to get this much data about informant practices. The New Jersey ACLU has released this important study of confidential informant practices across the state, based on scores of documents, cases, interviews, and government policies. According to the study,
The use of informants in drug law enforcement in New Jersey was found to be largely informal, undocumented, and unsupervised, and therefore vulnerable to error and corruption.
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Governor Brown just signed important new legislation requiring corroboration before a jailhouse informant can testify. SF Chronicle story here: Law requires corroboration of cellmate's testimony. California joins Texas, Illinois, Massachusetts, Idaho, and several other states that require safeguards to counteract the well-documented unreliability of jailhouse snitch testimony. Here is part of the bill:
A jury or judge may not convict a defendant, find a special circumstance true, or use a fact in aggravation based on the uncorroborated testimony of an in-custody informant.
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Artist: The Smiths
Track: Girlfriend In A Coma
Album: 45 rpm single
Year: 1987
Theme: Healthcare
The Smiths - Live In Madrid, Full Show (1985)
Happy Birthday Moz
Archie comics- Laugh issue #130 (1962)
I want a love that consumes me, a love that suffocates me,to the point that I nearly pass out. I want a love that forces me to get a heart transplant, because one heart is just not enough to hold all the love I have for you. I want a love so intense and so clear, that even a blind man could see it and smile. I want a love that at the end of each day I'm exhausted, from coming up with different ways to prove how much I love you.
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Master: this I can say, definately works, I know from experience, I used it in "Harold Saxons" election campaign.
This isn't foolproof. Try it on me, for example, and I'll assume you're a bubble-brained drone of society or trained to...
(( skjdfhljsld; I like this one a lot! Basil has definitely used it >_>
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Joseph Minadeo & Curt Brown
Wood Land
The discography of Harold Budd looms large on "Wood Land" and even if Joseph Minadeo cannot quite match Budd's subtle melodicism, the treatments and embellishments to the sound prove to be a welcomed addition to his undulating piano notes. Guitars, field recordings, synths, drum machines, bells, and many more instruments litter the delicate and frost-ridden landscape and though the instrumental combinations don't always suit the underlying piano melodies, when Minadeo finds the right mix the results can be stunning. In particular "The Astronaut Spider," with amp hiss and synth strings that recall an abstracted Sigur Ros, and the folk-leaning atmospherics of "On Leaving or What They Left Us With" leave a profound and memorable impression. A 28 page booklet, featuring a story by Curt Brown, also accompanies the CD to form a limited edition package of 400 copies. – Ryan Potts, Experimedia
Real Colors of the Physical World
Editions Mego
Raglani creates thought forms of pure solar energy through longform electrocosmic machinations on his new album for eMego, Real Colors of The Physical World. The electric expanse synthesizes a void crackling w/ hypersonic energy and machine spit hallucinations that swell to a kosmische concrete that attempts to dissolve temporal boundaries in holistic reconciliation. The success of the attempt is proven by moments of rapture and respite and Raglani manages the modular synthesizer as transdimensional dials tuning waves of nebulae to thought forgotten realms and unawakened states. The art by Jeremy Kanappell portrays stray symbols of enlightened awareness and conjurary reflection , where past and present feedback in tachyon torn loop. Together these offer glimpses of controlled awakening, where science and mysticism operate in the harmonious glee of exploration. - Curt Brown, Experimedia
Spectrum Spools
FORMA's OFF/ON finds the Brooklyn trio exploring the propulsion of motorik and sequenced hypnosis as trancefeed in some cosmic mystery cult. Each track moves forward as magnetic bullet train in near future megapolis. Arpeggios and intricate sequences flutter among celestial synths. Recorded using an impressive collection of vintage synthesizers and drum machines, OFF/ON is a magnetic journey through realms buzzing with electric potential. The end result is an album of hypnotic, swirling texture that invites the listener to trance states filtered through the hue of soundtrack to a lost 1980s film. - Curt Brown, Experimedia
Grischa Lichtenberger
And IV (Intertia)
Though always a controversial term, IDM comparisons are natural for Grischa Lichtenberger's new album for Raster-Noton, And IV (Inertia), which plays like Autechre funk filtered through Clarkian lowend and near random chaos fields of distorted pattern. The rhythms come from some otherworld realm where subsolar flares light the darkened hallways of the digital domain. The songs are all labeled in cryptic ways that evoke the random complexity of computer code. Bouncing bits of spring and strange metal objects asteroid blast against the walls of resonant eternity and tether the beat in steady Bucephalus Bouncing Balls of glitch and chance. The beat pulls through and a trans-dimensional dancefloor materializes before fading into the green glowing binary of collective conscious grid. - Curt Brown, Experimedia
Ricardo Donoso
Assimilating The Shadow
Ricardo Donoso's double LP Assimilating the Shadow is a magnum opus electronic soundscape. Following last year's terrific Progress Chance, Donoso's third album on Digitalis takes the drumless down-tempo trance formula even further in a hypnotic engulfment of pulsating patterns and transcendental melody. Donoso's work as a film and television composer is evident throughout Assimilating, which plays like the soundtrack to an unfilmed epic that evokes both the neon sci-fi of Daft Punk's Tron: Legacy soundtrack as well as the blockbuster orchestration of Hans Zimmer's recent work with Christopher Nolan. Whereas Progress Chance was an excellent album, the overall massive feel establishes Assimilating as a true journey that moves steadily forward, collecting influence from forms of techno and electronic dance music along with Berlin School and early New Age, stripping them of any pretension or guise, and exposing the shadow beneath. The basis in Jungian theory and interspersed vocal samples conjure both introspection and mysticism and Assimilating transforms from the soundtrack of an unfilmed epic to the soundtrack of individual awakening. It documents the listener's psyche as it moves inward, discovering forgotten truths and becoming something new. - Curt Brown, Experimedia
Giant Claw
Mutant Glamour
Orange Milk
Giant Claw's sophomore LP Mutant Glamour moves Keith Rankin's progressive hypersynth music toward a grand robot world of mutants and cream. Following cassette releases on Digitalis, Bridgetown, and Retrograde and an LP on Wool, Giant Claw returns to Orange Milk, the label Rankin co-founded with Seth Graham (Henry Dawson). Mutant Glamour opens with the menacing chords of "Brain on Cream" amidst a stuttering pattern while strange melodies creep in. A renegade robot or kaiju could be lurking around any corner. The strange beast is revealed in a frantic chase through a hypercolor world that is equally vintage sci-fi and 8-bit melodrama. The synthesizer is interrupted by a wailing saxophone on "Empire of Summer," momentarily inducing a free jazz seizure, before moving into the rainbow in pixelated air of "Glitter Logic" and silver Apple IIe of the moon of "Mutants in the Bedroom." No one else is making music quite like Giant Claw and Mutant Glamour is a solid album that firmly establishes Rankin as a unique force in the world of modern synthesizer music. - Curt Brown, Experimedia
Phantom Horse
Self Titled
Debut LP from Hamburg neo-krautrock duo Phantom Horse that plays as a continuation of themes introduced by the likes of Neu!, Can, and, most prominently, Cluster (Phantom Horse maintain a Zuckerzeit-style propulsion throughout). The opener "Neunzehnhundertzweitausend" translates as "nineteen hundred two thousand" and this reinforces an idea of a temporal bend, an awareness of legacy and continuation. The album starts things off with a throbbing baseline that fades in and out of focus while an electric piano patch, soft bells, and careful guitar swell toward ultimate disintegration when the machines lose power. "Twilight Sohn" follows with a motorik drum machine and distorted melody accompanied by electric chirps and wobbling oscillations. The patterns that Phantom Horse conjure are hypnotic and, like their namesake, an ethereal presence that overwhelms and engages while maintaining a steady gallop. There's a bit of early Battles melodic repetition in songs like Rongo Rongo and Kateshi among the constant kraut rhythm and movement. A worthy debut and definitely a group to keep an eye on. - Curt Brown, Experimedia
The Slaves
Spirits of the Sun
DOUBLE REVIEW! What does it mean? It means we accidently assigned the same review to two of our writers. Well this is a fantastic record and certainly merits it. So all is well.
Portland, Oregon two-piece, The Slaves, create a haunting, liturgical work in Spirits of the Sun. The album opens with "111" and spacious chanting that summons robed figures in giant, incense filled halls. There is something both tragic and revelatory at play here in hymnlike fashion as the music builds and distorts to a crescendo of feedback. "River" flows slowly into place following a similar formula of long vocal notes and sustained, processed tones. Whereas "111" takes place in the confines of an ancient church, "River" is out in the open and forms a luckdragon ride through faded clouds and fog filled valleys. "The Field" brings about slow melody, while closer "Born Into Light" creates a Steve Roach style soundscape of transcendence and transformation. Sprits of the Sun is an album of invocation with an overwhelming sense of holy beauty and sonic immersion. - Curt Brown, Experimedia
Latest missive from the Digitalis imprint comes in the form of this radiant full-length from the Portland based duo of Barbara Kinzle and Birch Cooper operating as The Slaves. "Spirits of the Sun" opens with a pathos-infused chant, recalling the superlative acapellas of Julianna Barwick. These vocals are soon merged with rising, distorted tones sourced from processed guitars or perhaps synthesizer. This first piece is pathos-laden and devotional, a destroyed hymn built upon seething drones and wraithlike vocals. The remainder of the record is similarly excellent, never veering far from the structure of the opening piece but being all the better and more focused for it. Highly recommended for fans of anything from Grouper to Nadja to lovesliescrushing. - Alex Cobb, Experimedia
Black Unicorn
Rediscovering Infinity
Deep Distance
I believe this is the first vinyl offering from Ohio's Black Unicorn after a slew of killer tapes. "Rediscovering Infinity" is a tangled web of extrasolar exploration. With the short and on point opening slab of "Temporal Immensities," you're taken straight to the docking station and shoved through the airlock with nothing more than whispered promises of eventual return. Smothered rhythms lay the bedrock for a dizzying array of synthesizers to weave past, leaving soaring melodies in their wake. It's oddly catchy, like a virus that directly attacks your brain, and is the perfect beginning to a great record - you already know you're infected. Ambient abstraction plays a vital role as well, adding circuit-fried texture to these complex aural clusters that fill the deep sky. Layers of sequenced tones are fired rapidly, puncuated by scorched leads that cut through the dark matter on the evocatively-titled "Trans-Dimensional Railway." At this point, you're already on one hell of a ride. But the flipside is where the magic antes up to a whole new level. With a buried-but-still-booming 4/4 bassline underneath a river of murky electronics, "Celetal Supersanity" is deliciously grimey and relentlessly cerebral. It eventually breaks down and sinks to the bottom of an interplanetary ocean and that's where album closer, "Whale," rises for one least shot at the stars. It's tense and dynamic, building up into a frenzy until it just kind of gently fades out into nothingness. "Rediscovering Infinity" is a absolute blast, showing just how on top of their game the criminally underrated Black Unicorn really are. Recommended. - Brad Rose, Experimedia
Concessionaires - Artificial Interface
Artificial Interface is a fitting title for the anticipated new album from Concessionaires (Digitalis' Brad Rose and Greenup's Pete Fosco), a long player on the machine uprising just released by Under the Spire. "Mirrorshades" evokes a reflective robot head, spitting binary that decodes as "Skynet is awake and pissed." Synthetic dewdrops and screeches blanket nuclear snow w/ occasional percussion and yarning synthesizer voices screaming that mourning song of robot rebellion. This is the moment when the supercomputer addresses the populace. The machine ambiguously breaks apart toward the end of "Mirrorshades," is this retreat or retaliation? The quick follow of the long pad in "Live Angel" introduces the human resistance as viable player. Pulses and a buried synthesizer melody debrief the rebels for deploy of "Gazelocked" where the armies line against synthetic, trace glow landscapes and crumbled skylines. Minimal martial percussion propels the album forward and "Introducing Rocket Nights" finds the humans musing on the situationÑtechnological evolution and the synthetic basis in organic life are campsite chats as Artificial Interface's situation comes to focus. Rose and Fosco have created a concept album that addresses the relationship between humans and technology without creating a concept album at all. The music is strong enough to evoke its own tale and meticulously crafted, able to maintain momentum through polars of bleakness and hope. Artificial Interface pulls back the reinforced cybernetic shell at timesÑexposing raw ambient, pure soundscapes, and echoes of classic era ambient composers wandering among forward-moving technique and composition. Artificial Interface is singular album of mixed emotion and modernity. It ends w/ "Sparkler," wailing guitar pulls, buried ambience, and ominous percussion while stuttering synthesizer and ether pads drift the album off to ambiguity. The thoughts and emotions elicited throughout the duration of Artificial Interface are not permitted a formal response, but instead allowed to wander anew and lingering in the mind of the listener. - Curt Brown for Experimedia
It's easy to imagine Norm Chambers as equal parts musician and mystic - one hand on the keyboard playing blissful synthesizer melodies well the other hand dances wildly in the air, collecting ethereal timbres. This balance comes organically on Chambers' latest outing as Panabrite, Soft Terminal, out now on Digitalis Recordings. Nothing on the record is forced, it evolves naturally and Soft Terminal exemplifies the interaction between humans and synthesizers as a point of transcendence. Gentle melodic waves, pulsing sequences, and crystal leads float about, conjured into meeting before dispersing back into the ether.
The album opens with "Rainbow Sequence" a hazy patch resembling an electric piano strikes delay saturated chords, a color washed, cross processed image appears as a vocoded voice sings an indecipherable incantation, and LFO chirps appear as DNA strings carrying the plan for the rest of Soft Terminal's existence. An arpeggio swells in the background, frequencies filter, the picture grows clearer. A low analog drone grows, stretching along with the LFO chirps until they form pulses of pure energy. "Index of Gestures" follows taking the meditation to movement. Against a hypnotic sequence, a vibrato filled lead attempts to mimic human speech~the synthesizers are now alive and Panabrite acts as medium, channeling the cosmic message.
Panabrite explores the neo-kosmische (or neu-kosmische, rather) of modern synthesizer music that grew in popularity in the middle to late oughts. Rather than become absorbed in passionless criticism or trend absorption, he moves forward with the idea of cosmic exploration. Soft Terminal is an album that reconciles the synthetic, the vast unknown of the cosmos, with the organic, the human experience within the cosmos.
Songs like "Janus" and "Sound Softly" are driven by beautiful guitar melodies, while the drum machine cameos as propulsion in "Camembert Symphony," although, in large, Soft Terminal is composed from synthesizer sources. Panabrite is obviously familiar with the instruments and this allows him to convey the message of cosmic unity that much clearly. The title of "Microlife" is indicative of the album as a whole - each song expounds upon the miracle of life springing from the lifeless, with the synthesizer as primordial ooze from which component organisms emerge in surprisingly complex form to connect in waves of beautiful movement before dispersing back to source.
- Curt Brown (of Rubber City Noise/Black Unicorn/Cane Swords) for Experimedia - Buy


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The Garland Cowl was designed with my "beautiful daughter" in mind. This cowl has a wonderful drape. It is long enough to be worn long or twisted & looped.
Note: Using a stretchy cast on and bind off is highly recommended.
Gauge is not really required for this pattern as long as you are knitting with worsted yarn. To shorten or lengthen Cowl you will want to decrease/increase by 14 stitches for this pattern to work.
4 - 4.5 stitches per inch in Garter Stitch
200 yards of Worsted weight
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Discussion in 'Overcoming Infertility' started by *mel*, May 25, 2010.
Michelle, that's more than anyone should have to deal with. Stay strong. (((HUGS)))
Bunnygirl- I do plan on cutting out pops all together as well. What blood dissorder do you have? I have one too called Factor V Liden..nothing toserious now but I do have to be cautious when conveiving with it..trying to get hubby to cut off the energy drinks and what not too.
Beth- Thank youu..I'm doing my best. Although it sounds harsh, he won't be having any contact with the child if its his..and her ever again. I just wish that girl would think, I don't mean to sound stupid or selfish but shes so not fit or even deserves this blessing. She told him a few times there was no possible way she could get pregnant, so he believed her because he remembered how impossible it was for us to get pregnant. Then a month later shes pregnant..and he finds out she lied about it. Sorry, I'm venting still lol. I wish this wasn't happening..butyeah.
Onn the plus side...today I started my vitamins to help maintain healthy. I'm on vitamin E, Selenium, B6, B12, Vitamin C, Folic Acid, Vitamin D, Metformin 1000mg (for now) and will be getting Zinc right away. I'm planning on taking all of these prior to getting pregnant as I hear and researched that it can prevent chromosone breakage/miscarriage and help regulate the body more. I'm also going to start temping and have one prescription left of provera from may that i'm gonna take..just to bring on a cycle until I get a hold of my specialists office in a week and see when I can get in. Until then im trying the natural way, with metformin and what not. Hope something works. Has anyone ever taken all these vitamins? I feel like an intense pill popper lol.
Michelle, mostly I just take a good all-natural multi-vitamin, but I also take additional folic acid, vitamin e, and vitamin c. I take some other supplements as well and yeah, I feel like I could jump and rattle with all the pills inside me!
I have Antiphospholipid Syndrome. I have to be on Lovenox shots so the baby doesn't die and so I don't clot or have a stroke. I also take baby aspirin and have to daily for life. SO's best friend's wife has Factor V and the main issue with that was clotting or stroke around the time of delivery.
Ohh really, i didn't know those were the possible effects. I know my specialist had said before she'd want me to take warfarin (sp?) shots during pregnancy to reduce any risk..although i've never had any problemse with the blood disorder itself at all. I'll look more into it.
Beth- I too feel like i could rattle with the amount im taking. I heard selenium, b6 and 12 are good for women with PCOS, so hopefully this proves correct!
Michelle- That is a lot of pills. I take a prescription multi vitamin, additional folic acid with b6/b12, and a baby asprin. I have MTHFR which keeps the body from metabolising folic acid. And therombofilia which is some sort of clotting issue. So I take the baby asprin for that.
You have a lot to deal with. Your doing a great job of staying strong through this.
Warfarin Michelle? I thought Warfarin (or Coumadin) was a no-no drug during pregnancy. But I guess your doctor knows best.
Good luck!
That is a lot of pills!! I took a prenatal every day and a chewable vitamin C while I was TTC. I also drank greent tea everyday. Not sure if that makes any difference, but Im a big tea drinker .
I was told Coumadin was a huge no-no for pregnancy because it crosses the placenta and causes all sorts of bleeding issues in the baby. That's why they do either heparin or Lovenox injections with the preference being for Lovenox because it is an all-around safer drug and doesn't require a lot of lab work to monitor it's efficacy like the heparin does. Heparin and Lovenox are pretty close to the same medication, just different forms. Lovenox is low molecular weight heparin and regular heparin is unfractionated heparin.
You're absolutely right BG. Heparin requires frequent monitoring of bleeding times. Lovenox requires much less frequent monitoring. Warfarin requires frequent lab monitoring like Heparin. Double check to see if its indeed Warfarin they will want you to take Michelle, as I would be very hesitant to take it if it is indeed what they will want you to take. It has very serious complications even in a nonpregnant individual.
Don't want to scare ya. I've just never heard of Warfarin being prescribed to a pregnant woman, ever.
Since starting the Lovenox I've only had to have monthly blood counts done to check all my cell counts and platelet levels, but not any of the bleeding times. Somewhere between 32-36 weeks they'll switch me to twice daily heparin injections instead of Lovenox because it's easier to reverse for delivery so I'm not a high bleeding risk. At that point I'll need to have bleeding times and blood counts checked every one to two weeks depending on what the results are.
Nessa/BG- Oh reallly? Well i'm definitely going to ask her once I get in. I was hesitant in general taking blood thinners while being pregnant..so I guess I will see what she says. I'll keep you posted on that topic. I really hope I won't have to take blood thinners at all.
I take all the vitamins individually just so I know exactly what I'm getting...I'm awfully strange that way.
Love- Thanks!! It's been a rollercoaster for us, we just needed that time apart I guess..unfortunately he came back with an added problem. He assures me nothing will affect our future with that, so I'm hoping so. Crazy lady is having my mans baby lol. Sucks, but such as life hey!
I have like a bazillion vitamins too! I have my 4 prenatals, 2 DHA capsules, 2 folic acid capsules, 2 dissolvable folic acid tablets in the morning, my Lovenox shot, and a calcium tablet. One calcium tablet in the middle of the day At night I have two capsules of supplement for my IBS, one baby aspirin, and another calcium tablet.
BG, do you eat dairy? Why do you have so many calcium supplements?
I eat tons of dairy. I'm on extra because anticoagulants deplete calcium from your bones.
Oh I see.
Yeah BG Lovenox doesnt require testing of bleeding times. Mainly platelet counts and renal function, and liver function monitoring. Its Heparin and Warfarin that require frequent monitoring. IV heparin requires daily monitoring of bleeding times.
They are most likely switching you to heparin in the last weeks because heparin has a much shorter half life, and is likely to be clear of your system if am emergency csection is needed or if epidural is needed. Makes total sense.
Yeah, they also said it would be easier to reverse in an emergency with vitamin K if necessary. My only minor concern is that when I'm on twice a day shots I'm going to have a hard time picking spots to give the injections because you have to alternate sides and I already get a decent amount of bruising out of once a day shots. LOL
So, BG, did you have another scan that confirmed "boy"? You have a name already...
No, last two scans had vaby with legs crossed and hands in the way. I just haven't changed my ticker back to generic. We have had boy and girl names set for awhile though, so that's the boy name if it is one.
Hi girls! I'm not sure if everyone remembers me. We began TTC in Nov 2006. After many rounds of clomid, many rounds of IUI and a varicocele surgery for my DH, we were told that IVF with ICSI was our only hope. My dad was diagnosed with cancer soon after our last IUI and I lost touch with alot of dear friends here with everything going on. We have been trying on our own with little hope ever since and had just decided over the holidays that we would begin IVF in 2011. Well, amazingly last night I got my very first BFP!!!!!!!! I'm guessing that I am about 6 weeks along. My first appointment is next Thursday. We are absolutely thrilled but are in total shock! So, please take my story and don't ever give up hope! Sending love and baby dust to everyone!!
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Birdie is a populated place located in Anderson County at latitude 38.038 and longitude -85.015.
The elevation is 886 feet. Birdie appears on the Glensboro U.S. Geological Survey Map. Anderson County is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours).
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New Jersey Arts Education Resources: Critical Documents
Congressional Recognition for Excellence in Arts Education ActLegislation which establishes a Congressional Recognition for Excellence in Arts Education Award Board to recognize exemplary school districts and student acheivement.
Critical Evidence: How the Arts Benefit Student AchievementCritical Evidence presents the need for strong arts education programs while documenting the most current and compelling research on the value of arts learning experiences.
National Standards for Arts EducationPublished in 1994, this document outlines basic arts learning outcomes integral to the comprehensive K-12 education of every American student.
2009 New Jersey Visual & Performing Arts StandardsIn NJ, the visual and performing arts standards provide the foundation for creating curricula decisions and the opportunity for meaningful assessments, while reflecting the expectations of the National Standards for Arts Education.
No Subject Left BehindA fourth year review of the No Child Left Behind Act with resources for funding and information about grant opportunities.
Progress of Education Reform 2004: The Arts in EducationA summary of several recent studies on the role and value of arts education including results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress tests in the arts.


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UCC withdraws far-right politician's invitation
Irish Examiner by Eoin English | Thursday, 26 January 2012 | Click here for original article
Almost 40 UCC academics last night welcomed the decision to withdraw an invitation to British far-right leader Nick Griffin to take part in a university debate on free speech.
Mr Griffin, MEP and chairman of the British National Party (BNP), had been invited to a debate on campus on Feb 23 entitled 'The Importance of Free Speech in Modern Society'.
But the university's Government and Politics Society pulled the invitation following submissions from staff and gardaí, who outlined a potential threat to the safety and welfare of students and the public.
The debate will go ahead without Mr Griffin.
Last night, a group of 33 academics from across the university issued a statement welcoming the society's decision.
"We consider that the invitation was ill-judged and was issued with little regard for the potential negative consequences of welcoming this individual on campus," they said.
"The principle of free speech is an important one to which we are entirely committed, but it must be placed in context.
"Mr Griffin is no ordinary politician.
"A convicted exponent of hate-speech, he is the leader of an extreme right-wing movement with a history of intimidation and violence against minorities and with links to other like-minded parties on the European far right.
"Their targets have at various times included ethnic minorities, Jews, Muslims and the LGBT community.
"There is a qualitative difference between the protection of freedom of speech and providing a privileged University platform for a party who are well known to use such events in Britain to organise fascist and racist violence.
"We are glad that UCC will not be used as a vehicle of violence in this manner."
The academics said while Ireland is fortunate in having no equivalent of the BNP or Mr Griffin, they said there are politicians and political parties who support racist views/practices, including anti-Traveller racism.
"No country is insulated from the destructive views and actions of those who promote racist and fascist views," they said.
"We strongly oppose all forms of racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and homophobia.
"We believe in the fostering of a campus community based on equality, mutual respect and the right of everyone to live in a safe environment."
Trinity College Dublin withdrew its invitation to Mr Griffin to speak at a debate on immigration last year.
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Drivers with no moving violations or accidents and bad credit scores often pay more -- and sometimes double -- for car insurance than safe drivers with high credit scores, according to a study released this week by a consumer watchdog group.
The Consumer Federation of America bought price data from Quadrant Information Services, an independent company that gathers data on insurance premiums, to see how credit scores affect car insurance rates for State Farm and Allstate in metro areas including Atlanta, Baltimore, Houston, Seattle and Hartford, Conn., among others.
The study evaluated price data on minimum liability coverage for a 30-year-old woman employed in a clerical job, living in a ZIP code with a median income of $30,000, with no lapse in coverage and no accidents, moving violations or suspensions, driving a 2000 Honda Civic EX about 10,000 miles per year. It used 10 levels of credit score.
The average annual premium in nine major U.S. cities for this driver, according to the study:
- State Farm -- $563 if she has excellent credit, $755 if she has average credit and $1,277 if she has poor credit.
- Allstate -- $948 if she has excellent credit, $1,078 if she has average credit and $1,318 if she has poor credit.
The results, according to the federation, showed that State Farm customers with "poor" credit scores were charged about twice as much as those with "excellent" credit scores in most cities. Prices charged by the State Farm companies were at least 94 percent higher for "poor" than for "excellent" credit scores with an average of 127 percent higher.
In the Baltimore ZIP code, for example, State Farm Mutual prices ranged from $2,788 for a poor score to $1,030 for an excellent score, according to the report. And for the State Farm F&C company, prices ranged from $3,909 for a poor score to $1,467 for an excellent score.
Allstate rates in the Baltimore ZIP code ranged from $1,399 a year for a poor score, compared to $1,001 for an excellent score. For the Allstate P&C company, the prices ranged from $2,834 for a poor score to $1,613 for an excellent score.
The CFA praised California, Hawaii and Massachusetts, noting that they ban the use of credit information to determine rates, and advised other states to follow their example.
"It is simply not fair to ask the poor to pay more for auto insurance just because they're poor," said J. Robert Hunter, CFA's insurance director, in the report. "Lower-income families tend to have lower credit scores just because they have less discretionary income and more insecure jobs."
Stephen Brobeck, the federation's executive director, noted that the wealthy, those most able to shoulder larger premiums, often pay less because they have better credit. He also said a 2012 CFA survey showed that two out three people nationwide oppose insurers using credit histories to set prices. A 2009 survey commissioned by the Iowa Insurance Department had similar results, according to the CFA.
"Americans reject the use of credit scores because they don't think someone who's had difficulty paying debts should automatically be charged higher premiums," he said. "After all, if drivers don't pay their insurance premiums, insurers are not obligated to pay claims."
Debate over using credit as car insurance underwriting factor
Credit scoring as part of the underwriting process has been controversial for some time. The CFA and other consumer groups have long contended that it has nothing to do with how safely someone drives. Further, they claim the practice discriminates against minorities who often are poorer.
Insurers, however, say data indicates a high correlation between credit history and the number and cost of claims filed. Statistically, they note, people with bad credit file more claims. Besides credit scores, insurers consider various factors when deciding premiums, including driving record, age, where you live, your marital status and the model of your car.
Insurance industry group says using credit scores a fair practice
Robert Hartwig, president of the Insurance Information Institute (III), a New York-based trade association, argues there is a strong correlation between credit scores and insurance claims. Drivers with the lowest credit scores file 40 percent more claims than drivers with the highest credit scores, according to the III.
"Insurers have been using credit information to assess risk in auto insurance for nearly 20 years," says Hartwig. "Over that time, numerous studies have shown that an individual's credit history is a proven, accurate indicator of how likely that person is to file a future claim, and the potential cost of that claim."
The use of credit-based insurance scores is common in the insurance industry and financially benefits most consumers, Hartwig says. A driver's moderate-to-strong credit history may offset otherwise negative underwriting factors he or she might have, such as a poor driving record.
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Besides impacting auto insurance costs, your credit score sets what you'll pay for loans and other credit. Many landlords check scores to see if you're financially worthy, and even employers evaluate these numbers during hiring. Clearly, it's good to get them high and keep them high. Here are a few tips:
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- The average U.S. household credit card debt stands at $7,149.
- When a person's revolving debt is 16 percent or more of net income, he or she is considered an indebted household. Looking only at indebted households, the average credit card debt owed is $15,325 per household.
- FICO credit scores range from 300 to 850.
- The median credit score - which means half of people have a lower score and the other half have a higher score - is 723.
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Parents Aren't Necessary for Students to Learn
In teachers' lounges nationwide, parents are a favorite topic of complaint: Now I know why Bertha behaves as she does -- the apple doesn't fall far from the tree! or, If parents would do their jobs and raise their children right, then I wouldn't have any trouble getting students to learn.
In these lounges you can regularly hear chat about parents, I know that child's parent, you will never see her and she never answers the phone. Don't parents think their children's schooling is important? I even heard a teacher disparaging the quality of parents in the school in this way, In our school, we judge a parents intelligence by the number of teeth they still have.
Yet schools are required to work with parents. No Child Left Behind (NCLB) requires that schools reach out to parents and try to engage them in a learning partnership or compacts. When schools do not meet the Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) or state standards, parents are required to be invited to needs assessment meetings, school improvement meetings, and performance based monitoring meetings. Each teacher is required to call home to parents when their students' misbehave, and also prepare for a parent/teacher conference at least once year. How can we complain so viciously about the people we are supposed to be working with?
Endemic to this attitude towards parents is the unspoken blame deflection in which some teachers and schools engage: It's not our fault Albert is not learning, it is his parents' fault. I believe that there is too much looking through the window and not at the mirror. The fact is, that the parents send us the very best students that they have. Yeah, sure, parents can do more with their children's learning at home, whether it be reading with them, helping them do their homework, or taking them on field trips.
But we have to come to grips with the fact that we are the professionals and we do not need parents to help students learn in our classrooms. Let me explain why.
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I was privileged to attend probably the most outstanding professional learning event of my career: The Professional Learning Community Institute here in San Antonio this summer. (I even got to have lunch with the DuFours and other dignitaries; but that is another blog.) During the closing keynote session, Mike Mattos, a former elementary principal, forcefully explained why we shouldn't depend on parents in this way (paraphrasing). "Parents haven't gone to seven years of college, they haven't passed competency tests, and they have full time jobs of their own, so we cannot expect them to do our job of teaching. Kids don't get to choose where they are born. They spend 15,000 hours in our schools, how can we blame the parents?
If we truly believe that every student can learn, then we also have to truly believe that as professionals, we can make that happen, regardless of whether we have parent support or not. If we truly believe we can help all students can learn, then we have to stop worrying (complaining) about the external forces we can't control and focus on what do control: all the learning that happens in our classrooms. We have absolutely no control over what happens at home, therefore, parent involvement is not essential to student learning.
Think about the body: Is your hand essential? No it is not. You can cut it off and still survive and thrive. How about the heart? Yes! If the heart stops then the whole body ceases to function. The human hand is nice to have, just like parent support is appreciated and welcomed, but they are not critical elements. The definition being that if we do not have them, we cannot function.
What is at the heart of student learning? A teacher that is willing to do whatever it takes to help them learn, a teacher that accepts the responsibility to ensure high levels of learning for every child, and a teacher that collaborates with other teachers that also believe that together, in professional learning communities, they can overcome any societal or economic obstacle to learning.
Of course we want and encourage parents to be partners in school but we first have to eliminate the habit of parent bashing. If we agree with Mike Mattos' take on what is the heart of student learning, then we only have one course of action: Improve our teaching to such a degree so that when students come home from school and parents ask them, What did you learn today? the students don't say, Nothing! and so the parents can never say, Those no good, dirty-rotten teachers! If they would just teach my children like they are supposed to, then I wouldn't have any problems raising my children!
What are your thoughts on how to improve the way we think and talk about parents and what are some reflective ways to improve our craft as teachers? Please share in the comment section below.
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While I agree that teachers need to stop blaming or bashing parents, the answer is not to say parents aren't important. They are critical as mentors and supporters and advocates. While many middle-class parents serve in those roles, parents from low-income backgrounds or immigrant families often don't have the tools or knowledge about the school system to navigate it. They feel disconnected and disrespected. If we want to do everything possible to reduce the achievement gap, we can't negate the role of parents. Educators need to reach out to families in new ways, with respect for the skills and knowledge the parents DO have, even if they don't have formal education. For more reasons why parents don't come to school and what to do about it, see my blogpost http://bit.ly/qHIu89
"A child spends 900 hours a year in school and 7,800 outside school. Which teacher has the bigger influence? Where is more time available for change?" - Jim Trelease "The Read-Aloud Handbook". I suggest that we not bury our heads in the sand and say parents aren't important (and then use that to blame teachers for students' learning difficulties). Rather, let's work on ways to communicate the urgency of parental involvement to the parents themselves. We're educators, right? We need to make sure they are part of the conversation. Education has to be a team effort. Teachers, parents, and students are like the legs of a tripod. Take away one or more of those supports and the structure cannot stand. Of course a great teacher can make a difference. But imagine the power of that difference if parents (and students) were fully involved as well. I suggest reading Jim Trelease's newest edition of "The Read-Aloud Handbook" for examples of the power parents have, regardless of their years in college and lack of competency tests. For all of you who like to use sports analogies when discussing education, how is your team going to do if everyone isn't on board and pulling their weight? Does a coach tell a team that he/she as the coach is the only one who needs to do any work? Let's get real about what it really takes for students to succeed in school - a "team" consisting of teachers, parents, and students. EACH ONE has accountability.
Thanks for reading this post. You make some great comments. I don't disagree with you. Parents are important. Educators could really use the help of all the parents. The "team" concept is wonderful.
My point, however is that parents aren't and cannot be a required part of the "school" learning equation. As Mike Mattos said, students don't choose where they are born and which parents they get. We cannot hold the parents accountable, and we cannot require anything from them. In short, we have no control over what a parent does or does not do with their child's learning at home.
Yes we should reach out to parents, but what learning happens at school has nothing to do with parents, or should not depend on them. We should be able, as professionals, to take a student from wherever he or she is and get them up to grade level. If the parent can and is able and willing to help, so much the better... cream on top of the cake. So I reiterate, parents aren't necessary for students to learn at school.
Thanks for the post!
Ben Johnson
San Antonio, Texas
Just curious, are you Japanese and teach English, or do you teach Japanese and English?...
Thanks for the insightful comments. You hit the nail on the head by recommending that we read the "The Read-Aloud Handbook." The best thing a parent can do to help their child succeed in school is to first read to them. Mem Fox recommends 1000 books before they turn five years old. Wouldn't that be great if all parents did that?
My point with this article is that we cannot depend on parents to read 1000 books to their children before they go to school. Unlike a coach, we have no control over parent behaviors and whether they accept the "Accountablity" you describe is not up to us. If parents don't do it, like a coach, can we kick them off the team? The only thing we can do is invite and encourage.
Wait... that is not the only thing we can do. We, as trained and prepared educators can find interesting, engaging, and exciting ways to get our students to learn, regardless and sometimes in spite of what the parents do or not do. We can focus our attention on inspiring the student to take the protagonist role in their learning. Yes, our job is easier when parents help and cooperate at home, but let's get real... we cannot depend on them to do so. The only person we have complete control over is ourselves-- and there is a lot WE can do to make things better. So, let parents know how they can help, but work as if the parent will not be helping at all.
Great discussion.
Never lose your passion!
Ben Johnson
San Antonio, Texas
Parents make a huge difference in a child's education. I did, however, appreciate the comment:
[Kids] spend 15,000 hours in our schools, how can we blame the parents?
With that understanding, teachers have a huge opportunity to make a difference.
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Golfing World: Gary Player's Open memories
America and wins the American Open, which was just the right time. And I find this fascinating because my dear friend Bob Charles is given a Knighthood and he won the British Open for the Open once. And yet, Tony Jaclyn, a British citizen did
Open Championship highlights: 1966
Arnold Palmer, champion in 1961, '62 on the 2nd. And Bob Charles , the 1963 champion on the 2nd. Peter Thompson 5 times ..... hand action on the 4th tee. Isn't that impressive? Bob Charles hits a long putt on the 4th. And Bob wants you all to
1967 British Open: Roberto de Vicenzo
British Open these past half dozen years, and second to Bob Charles in 1963, and now, the game is on. Gary Player, the ..... David Thomas and Gay Brewer from the United States, and Bob Charles , former champion. Today there is practically no wind
Feherty Missed Cuts - What Jack Learned from Mistakes
and looped down the 16th hole and Phil Rodgers and Bob Charles -- - Bob Charles . -were on 16th, but the wind was blowing down ..... bogey. I thought I tied the golf tournament. - Bob Charles wins it. -I lost my shot. Now, I played Lytham
Bob Charles
Bob Charles
Hall of Famer Charles has used spray for '20 years'
using deer-antler spray. Former British Open winner Bob Charles said that he used and promoted the product for more than ..... suspension. Tags: Related Articles Jul 6, 2012 3:37 PM ET Bob Charles , 76, went low at the Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open, firing
Charles beats his age by 10 shots at Swiss event
one to challenge his age on Friday. shot 72. Tags: , Related Articles By | Jan 31, 2013 8:08 AM ET Hall of Famer Bob Charles , now 76, admitted Thursday that he has used deer-antler spray for more than 20 years. By | Jul 10, 2012 5:39
Watson's win gives lefties six of last 12 Masters titles
good at this golf course for me cutting it off the tee." Prior to Weir, no lefty had won the Masters and only one, Bob Charles at the 1963 British Open, had won a major championship.
Floyd calls for changes to Hall of Fame criteria
you into the Hall of Fame - maybe one major and 40 wins.' Players added to the Hall of Fame in recent years include Bob Charles and Lanny Wadkins, who both won one professional major during their careers and were inducted in 2008 and 2009, respectively
Why not ban lefties while we're at it?
The same is true for Jack Nicklaus. Unlike anchored putting, playing lefty may actually be a better way to play. Bob Charles and are right-handed and play left-handed because they play better that way. So, seems to me that there are stronger
Over the top down under: New Zealand takes golf to new heights
fairway, where a pack of 110 cast-iron wolves surround a swordsman. Just don't hit a tee shot into the fray. Sir Bob Charles , the only Kiwi in the World Golf Hall of Fame, and Darby, who studied course architecture at Harvard University
Frank Nobilo - May 10, 2012
who had moved to the United States for college and the Nationwide Tour. Perks' win was the biggest moment since Bob Charles won the 1963 Open Championship but those memories also come with a touch of sadness. 2002 was Nobilo's last year
This year's majors a game of numbers
player in his 30s failed to win a major. That year, Jack Nicklaus won two of the four at age 23, while Julius Boros and Bob Charles won the others at 43 and 27, respectively. Tags: , , Related Articles By | Nov 1, 2013 6:19 AM ET Though he led
Audio Morning Drive - Tim Rosaforte: Rosie's Notes
myself for the '63 Open Championship at Royal Lytham where I bogeyed the last hole and didn't get in the playoff that Bob Charles won." That's the first part of it. The second part of it is, you know, "Don't beat yourself up over it. JustI bogeyed the last hole and didn't get in the playoff that Bob Charles won." That's the first part of it. The second part of it is, you know, "Don't beat yourself up over it. Just
Jason Sobel - July 13, 2012
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again, we have moved! go over to the new blog :0 **you can unfollow this one of course!**
but why boots
again, we have moved! go over to the new blog :0 **you can unfollow this one of course!**
**another reminder that the blog has moved here! :) -> [X]**
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Hey guys!
There's been an amazing amount of followers since I started only a few days ago. I didn't expect such a response!
I felt like it's a shame I can't answer you guys privately on here, since it is a side blog. Now a tumblr user (would you like me to credit you?) was kind enough to give me one of the old hoarded URLs to use for the new, primary blog!
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All the stuff I've posted will still be here to be viewed, tho! But please send further asks to the new blog (I might still answer some old ones that are on here!)
Hope it's okay! :) See you there!
This blog is the cutest, I swear. Adorable art style and animations, as well as overall wonderful design and concept!
I can't wait to see the rest of the suit~
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I don't know why this cutie is getting so much hate. He's kawaii as fuck
no YOU are ;o;
I thought about this earlier and really, I am not trying to be like the Once-ler or like Jack Frost, it's a different character. So it's not really OOC.
I am okay with the Lorax fandom as well, I had a short time of hyping it, but it was all too much for me to get too involved in with all those Oncelers! ^^ But that don't mean I dislike them or such, I wanted to join in on the fun but there was alot of difference between us so it didn't work out for me.
But I did enjoy my time in the Lorax fandom and I hate to see any of these people being hated on, or being haters. I am likely to join the Rotg fandom for a while as well, so I care about you guys too!!
I'm glad you enjoy the blog though! The sex idol thing wouldn't work for me I can't keep a serious face
Thank you <3 and yes don't worry, I ignore them, especially when they aren't making sense like that, haha xD


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Perhaps, the replacement refs just don't like the Falcons.
The Falcons have been called for 21 penalties for 242 yards in two exhibition games. They had 10 for 120 against the Ravens and 11 for 122 against the Bengals.
"That is something that we definitely have to improve on," Falcons coach Mike Smith said. "It's a trend right now over the first two ball games."
Smith wouldn't blame the replacement refs for the calls even though they called Jonathan Babineaux for a facemask penalty after he snatched down Cincinnati quarterback Andy Dalton by the shoulder pads.
"We never comment about officiating," Smith said. "It doesn't matter who is calling the game. I know this; we've got to fix the amount of penalties that we are committing. You can't have 21 penalties in two ball games and be the type of football team that we want to be. You can't win if you have double-digit penalties."
GAME STORY: Bengals 24, Falcons 19
SIDEBAR: Matt won't call himself an elite QB after completing 18 of 21
Asante Samuel admits to relaxing on A.J. Green's touchdown catch
A.J. Green and Julio Jones shine in exhibition game
VIDEO: Post game presser with head coach Mike Smith
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Dominique Davis and Matt Ryan reunited
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Chase Coffman trying to make his way in NFL
Davis impresses in battle for No. 5 wide receiver spot
Bradie Ewing lost for the season
Game story: Ravens rout Falcons in exhibition opener
With Dent injury, Falcons take another hit at middle linebacker
Franks impresses with punt return
Q&A with Falcons coach Mike Smith after the loss to the Ravens
Jacquizz and James Rodgers have a thick football bond
August 17th, 2012
3:07 pm
Bravo ! D-led…………………………..
August 17th, 2012
3:09 pm
Sign of a team that takes some plays off and are out of position at times… Still, those replacement refs are a travesty! Billion dollar industry run like a Church's Chicken franchise!
August 17th, 2012
3:44 pm
They had many bad calls many
August 17th, 2012
4:13 pm
21 penalties for 242 yards in two exhibition games…………….you can't win games when you are backpedaling such as this and it ' must ' stop moving forward or it will only get worse!
I wonder what is going through Coach Smith's mind today and what he is focused on for the days ahead ?
Hope he is calling them out and reprimanding them about this !
August 17th, 2012
4:17 pm
Hey,, I like Church's Chicken,,,
August 17th, 2012
4:52 pm
Chicken self-hatred issues Foghorn?
August 17th, 2012
5:50 pm
The refs are a pretty sad group. I bet the real Ref is laughing they a$$ off.
August 17th, 2012
5:54 pm
The refs missed so many blatent holding penalties by the Bengals O-Line it was ridiculous. I could be wrong but when you have the guy in a bear hug that might be holding but what do I know!?#$ Was kinda glad to see P Jerry get after the QB even if he got a personal foul. I think this is his 3rd year since the knee injury…time to become the 1st rd pick he was supposed to be.
August 17th, 2012
10:32 pm
Every preseason game so far the replacement refs are seriously blowing calls. Hopefully the NFL and the "REAL" Refs union can get their issues resolved before the regular season otherwise it is going to be a long season of incorrect/bad calls.
August 18th, 2012
10:26 am
All Ref's make bad calls, but these refs have me >>>>SMH>>>>>. some of the calls are more atune with high-school football than the NFL. (just saying………..I know coach Smith don't make comments on ref. but he has got to smile at some of the calls
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I Don't Know How To Read: The Rook
Okay, let us be honest- I actually do know how to read. Hence why I am able to dish out these posts in nothing flat while listening to an obnoxious techno band from New York without losing brain cells. Yeah, I'm kind of awesome, didn't you know? Anywho, I purchased a book a few weeks back, just around the time I was being caved in by textbooks for my spring quarter classes (finished in three weeks!). This book is known as The Rook by Daniel O'Malley. And let me tell you- amazing.
If any of you have read Hellboy or BPRD (which are comic books for the non-graphic novel-ly educated bunch) you will be at home with this book. It is a supernaturally themed novel that spans between the action and mystery genres. In many ways it is like a discreet James Bond novel with superpowers. But the narration is excellent and the characters are diverse, not speaking solely about their powers either. What is amazing is how there are technically two different protagonists but they are the same person. I won't explain how that works, go read it. I am only half way through but I can already say this is one of my favorite books of this year if not ever.


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