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By Marc Kovac
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Ask Gene Branstool to describe what Ohio was like before public employees had collective bargaining, and he'll tell you about a popular, though outspoken, home economics teacher in his rural hometown who nearly lost her job.
This was back when Branstool, a farmer and Democrat in an area dominated by Republicans, was a member of the local school board, before the 15 years he spent in the Ohio Legislature.
During a routine business meeting, Branstool and his fellow board members accepted the resignation of the aforementioned teacher after being told that she had agreed to the decision.
Turns out the teacher, who wasn't afraid to voice her opinion, didn't know anything about it. It was a decision made by her supervisor.
"Nobody [came] to her room," Branstool said. "Nobody ever said, 'Your lesson plans are shoddy.' They were never there."
In the end, the teacher appeared before the school board, and her contract was renewed.
"The community loved her as a home [economics] teacher," Branstool said. "... That unjust dismissal probably had as much to do with us having a collective bargaining [law in the state as anything else]."
Branstool was the primary sponsor of what would become Ohio's collective-bargaining law, guiding how hundreds of thousands of public employees have negotiated contracts for nearly three decades.
It's that law that the Republican-controlled Ohio legislature and Gov. John Kasich hoped to change through Senate Bill 5. They and other proponents say the collective-bargaining pendulum has swung too far for the benefit of workers, at the expense of taxpayers who have to foot the bill for compensation packages that outpace those in the private sector.
"We're just at the point where the balloon's going to burst," said state Sen. Kevin Bacon, a Republican from the Columbus area who was chairman of the committee that handled Senate Bill 5. "Not only have we gotten to a point where it's not sustainable, we have a down economy at the same time. [Collective-bargaining reform] is something we have to do as part of the overall restoring of fiscal responsibility."
But opponents are fearful that the sweeping change proposed in the legislation will take Ohio back to the days before public employees had a place at the negotiating table, ultimately leading to fewer police officers, firefighters, nurses, teachers and other workers who provide services taxpayers have come to expect. — and more strikes and worker unrest.
"I think the schools and government [are] better off when a person has a right to speak up," Branstool said, adding later, "There's not much you can do as an individual, but collectively, you can have some help and control some of your destiny."
Tim Burga was a young man who had just received his union card in the days before Ohio had a collective-bargaining law on the books.
Some police officers didn't have bulletproof vests. Some firefighters didn't have proper safety equipment.
"It always struck me that firefighters were going and putting out fires wearing blue jeans," said Burga, current head of the Ohio AFL-CIO. "They didn't have the right to negotiate for fire-retardant uniforms and equipment."
And then there were the work stoppages.
According to statistics compiled by the State Employment Relations Board, the governmental body with authority over public- employee union relations, there were 67 strikes in 1978, 56 in 1979 and 60 in 1980.
"In the '70s and early '80s, we would rank second and third in the nation with the number of public-employee strikes," Branstool said.
The strikes weren't just happening in the state's big labor towns, like Youngstown and Toledo, he said. They were happening in rural communities in the legislative districts he would eventually represent.
And they were happening despite Ohio's Ferguson Act, which outlawed public- employee strikes.
Branstool called that act "a mockery. It didn't work. It's like a lot of things; it would sound like it would work. ... you strike and you're fired. But it didn't work."
At one point in the early 1980s, all public employees — police officers, firefighters, sewage plant workers and others — in one community near his home were on strike, Branstool said. The community was left with only a handful of police captains patroling the community in cruisers.
Branstool said he received calls from mayors and city officials saying something needed to be done. Communities needed standard rules and procedures to negotiate with their employees and avoid disruptions, particularly within safety personnel ranks.
Lawmakers tried on two other occasions to pass a collective-bargaining bill for public workers. Both times, Republican Gov. James Rhodes vetoed the bills, Branstool said.
By 1983, voters had elected Democrat Richard Celeste as governor, and Democrats had control of both the Ohio House and Senate, the latter by the slimmest of margins.
It was enough that year to pass the collective- bargaining law that has been on the books ever since, surviving subsequent Republican administrations and GOP-controlled legislatures.
The bill laid out procedures for public employees to come to the bargaining table and work out differences with management.
It banned some workers, such as police officers and firefighters, from striking and leaving communities without needed safety services. But in those instances, it provided a binding arbitration process, with final decisions on contract differences decided by an independent arbitrator.
Other public employees were still allowed to strike — a move that could ultimately benefit management in negotiations, Branstool said.
"There's times that the employees will ask for more than is possible," he said. "And the only thing you can do is say strike and be damned, right? I learned this from an old labor leader in Cincinnati. ... He said, 'you know, everybody thinks when there's a strike, it's a load on management, whether it's a factory producing product or whatever it is. He said, you wait. You know a striker doesn't get paid. ... About the time the second check doesn't show up ... it does force an agreement whether you like it or not.' "
The number of public- employee strikes has declined since the collective- bargaining law took effect. From fiscal 1984 through the end of fiscal 2011, there were a total of 210 such public strikes statewide, more than half of which (148) involved school employees, according to SERB. There were four strikes in fiscal 2009 and none in fiscal 2010 or 2011.
The law "forces management and labor to collaborate, to come together," Burga said. "As a result, we've had very few work stoppages."
"It's worked for 27 years," Branstool said.
Gone Too Far?
There were 3,270 public- employee contracts filed with SERB last year, covering 348,683 workers. That total included 190,745 school employees, 117,364 local government employees and 40,574 state employees.
It's a drop in the bucket in comparison to the state's total employment of more than 5 million, according to the latest count by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.
That's part of the issue for proponents of SB 5. It's the majority of private- sector employees, they say, who are paying the bills for their public-sector counterparts.
Granted, they're getting valuable public services in return — police and fire protection, garbage collection, sewage treatment, public education.
But Republican backers of SB 5 said contracts have become increasingly bloated and are not sustainable.
Particularly in a time of economic downturn, they say, private employees who are struggling to make ends meet are paying to ensure increased compensation — wages, health insurance, pensions and other benefits — for the public sector.
Proponents also say public employees tout wage freezes but continue to receive step increases — essentially pay raises, with workers moving up pay scales based on their years of experience, increased skills or education. In some cases, public managers have opted to pay more toward employees' health insurance, cover part of their pension payment or provide increased paid time off instead of giving raises.
Once those terms are negotiated into a contract, it's difficult to remove them from subsequent contracts unless public-employee unions agree, some say.
"These fringe benefits have built up over time as a backdoor approach to pay raises, and they've simply become unsustainable," said Jason Mauk, spokesman for Building a Better Ohio, the group campaigning in favor of Issue 2. "... Contracts compound over time. Once you agree on something in a contract, you can't just take it out when that contract expires. It has to come up for renewal every time. ... It's nearly impossible to go in and remove those provisions without universal agreement on both sides, which is almost nonexistent."
"The last contract becomes the next contract," added state Sen. Shannon Jones, a Republican from the Cincinnati area and primary sponsor of SB 5.
"At what point are you going to say to the public that you don't have to continue to pay for mistakes that were made by public officials 20 years ago? ... Ohio law right now doesn't allow for that kind of negotiation to happen."
But union officials counter that their members have been more than willing in recent years to make concessions in light of a difficult economy.
A study released by police and firefighter union groups pinpointed more than $1 billion in contract concessions made by public employees over the past three years.
"Ohio's faced tough economic times prior to this law," said Mark Sanders, president of the Ohio Association of Professional Firefighters. "... Collective bargaining has provided an avenue that we come and sit down at the table to make wise decisions on how we're going to protect the public in these tough economic times."
He added, "If a jurisdiction comes to the firefighters and says … we have a budget shortfall, guess what? We roll up our sleeves and get our pencils together ,and we try to make that work so that public safety doesn't suffer."
What a bunch of union drivel. The school teacher did not lose her job the system worked
I remember when Youngstown Police went on strike in 1980. I was mugged and there wasn't one police officer to take the report. I went home and that was that. Youngstown will really be thug city if this happens again. We need collective bargaining. We need unions. Prior to 1983 our fire and police departments were 20 years behind everyone else. For what they give to the community cannont be measured. If the people want to go back to the old days where public employees worked under horrific conditions it will backfire. If this happens then it will be more than the thugs who lock and load.
This is just another step by republicans to abolish unions everywhere. They have been trying this for years without success. They won't succeed this time either. This isn't one of their southern right to work states and never will be!
What the story doesn't say outright, but should be understood, is that collective bargaining protects public employees from the politicians they work under. Would anybody like to work for a boss who conducts himself like the typical politician? The doublespeak and outright lying, the unethical behavior, the hidden agendas, the disregarding of what's right in favor of what's lucrative for THEM? Who wants to work under those conditions? Who wants to risk their life for an ungrateful public under those conditions?
Collective bargaining is a tricky thing. On the one hand, much of the compensation imbalance in the country is a direct result of collective bargaining which continually awards state and local employees a total compensation package that far outstrips those found in the private sector (http://eng.am/pZofYR).
When you have unions negotiating compensation with the officials they help elect through lobbying; it's a recipe for manipulation. It's the reason FDR said, "The process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be transplanted into the public service" (http://eng.am/o2vxdp).
That said it's certainly possible to curb public sector benefits in other places. In states like New York and Connecticut, typical "blue" states, the respective Governors have attempted to cut back on public sector spending without touching collective bargaining. However, these reforms in many ways are actually more constricting than some of the reforms we're seeing in Wisconsin, and those proposed in Ohio (http://eng.am/qh2i1T).
Whatever the case, it's clear that a change needs to be made in Ohio. With public sector compensation so skewed from what we're seeing the private sector (http://eng.am/pFPawi), the state is on the precipice of a major financial disaster. Hopefully some reform is introduced, because no reform would be good for no one.
If that were true, the school administration did not do their job. Blame the administration as well as the teachers. Teachers can be fired, the union is there to make sure there is just cause for it. Teachers are professionals and they don't like other teachers doing such things either.


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MISSION:Powerful Voices fosters adolescent girls'' development by providing programs and promoting social justice so girls can realize their dreams, engage their communities and shape a better world. HISTORY:Since 1995, Powerful Voices has been improving the lives of adolescent girls in Seattle through innovative evidence-based programs in public middle schools and in and out of juvenile detention. The organization was formed to address issues at their root, by instilling leadership skills, fostering the development of critical thinking, and promoting the individual potential in adolescent girls. Our mission is firmly rooted in our belief that strong girls become strong women.
Powerful Voices operates two core programs for adolescent girls in the Seattle/King County region.The STAGES (Strength Through All-Girl Education and Support) program serves girls in and at risk of involvement in the juvenile justice system. STAGES includes the following four components:1. Juvenile Detention Health and Wellness group and individual referral and support services.2. Weekly CHANGE (Community, History, and Action Networking Girls to Elevate) groups at local high schools.3. Case management/youth advocacy.4. Seven-week DYVAS (Develop Your Voice and Speak) summer employement program.The Girls RAP (Rights! Action! Power!) program serves girls in Seattle area middle schools. Girls RAP provides:1. Weekly after-school groups and individual mentoring.2. Powerful Choices health class and individual referral and support services.3. Three-week-long summer leadership camp.4. Monthly alumnae group.5. Community outreach activities.One of the hallmarks of our programs is that we bring together girls of diverse ages, ethnicities, incomes and experiences.
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House Democratic leaders left a Dec. 6 White House meeting assured that President Barack Obama hadn't sealed a deal with Republicans that would betray almost a decade of campaign promises not to extend tax cuts for the wealthy.
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Shortly after Maryland Representative Chris Van Hollen, the House Democrats' chief negotiator, left the White House meeting, he learned of a "tentative deal" from the news website Daily Caller, according to Democratic aides.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid last night announced a Dec. 13 procedural vote on the bill to extend Bush-era income-tax cuts for two years for all taxpayers, including the highest- earning Americans. Obama had been seeking to limit the tax reductions, which expire Dec. 31, to the first $200,000 for individuals and $250,000 for couples filing jointly.
The measure Reid, a Nevada Democrat, introduced as he scheduled the vote to move forward on it remained essentially the same as the one the administration worked out with Republicans on Dec. 6.
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Outrage among House Democrats brewed during two caucus meetings as the week progressed. Yesterday, it resulted in the near unanimous support for the resolution pushing for changes to the deal before Pelosi schedules a floor vote.
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The resolution is intended to empower Pelosi to bargain with the Senate as it debates the tax-extension legislation in the coming days, lawmakers said.
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347. Mister Miracle
Yesterday, I talked about the New Gods and Jack Kirby's Fourth World. Another comic in that World was Mister Miracle, and it was a groovy book, filled with an equal number of big, awesome ideas as its fellow Kirby comics. Of Jack's Fourth World line of comics, Mister Miracle would prove to be the most popular, lasting a good seven issues longer than its compatriots New Gods or Forever People.
Continuing the war metaphor, Mister Miracle was the story of the conscientious objector, the one who got out. Scott Free, the son of Highfather, traded to Apokolips as part of The Pact (New Gods #7), grows up in the evil Granny Goodness' orphanage, but escapes and travels to Earth (unfortunately, that nullifies the truce set forth by the pact. Oops). There, he becomes friendly with Thaddeus Brown, an escape artist known as Mister Miracle. Tragedy strikes, however, and Scott finds himself thrust into the role of his mentor, teaming with his partner, the diminutive Oberon. Together, they travel around putting on shows and occasionally fighting the Apokoliptan evil that's invading Earth.
The very premise of the book makes Mister Miracle one of my favorite characters: "super escape artist!" Houdini by way of Steranko, it's taking a cool thing up to the next level, and producing a character idea that had never been done before. Also, it was filled with that wonderfully way-out technology that Kirby loved to draw. I'm sorry I wasn't able to scan in a bunch of pages from my Omnibi, but I found some online– and I've also provided several covers. Kirby drew his best covers ever on this series.
Mister Miracle built up a great supporting cast in the beautiful, talented, and ass-kicking Big Barda, as well as the aforementioned Oberon and Scott's own protege, Shilo Norman. The gallery of baddies was excellent as well: Granny Goodness! Virmin Vundabar! The Female Furies! Doctor Bedlam! Great characters.
The series lasted 18 issues of death-defying stunts, unbelievable traps, and crazy adventures. Multiple revivals occurred afterward, and Scott enjoyed membership in the Justice League International for a while. Some of his greatest post-Kirby development, however, occurred at the very end of Walt Simonson's Orion series, in which we learned that Scott Free had possessed the Anti-Life Equation all his life, right under Darkseid's nose, but had trained himself to never use it. Only Mister Miracle could escape the ALE's corruption.
Scott Free works best as a bright, laughing figure, especially in comparison to the grim Orion. Whether soaring through the sky on his aero-discs or using Mother Box to find his way out of a seemingly impossible trap, the man known as Mister Miracle always gave us fun, exciting stories. Jack Kirby was damn good at his job.
DC's currently killing off the New Gods. Will Mister Miracle be spared? Will he be the one to escape death? I suppose we'll find out in a few months.
For Mister-Miracle-by-Kirby goodness, snatch up the Fourth World Omnibi.
My first encounter with Mister Miracle was #3, "The Paranoid Pill!". Doctor Bedlam was a great villain, and I particularly enjoyed how he was introduced in the first few pages of the comic.
I was only 7 at the time, but even then, I was very conscious of Kirby's work, and was gravitating to the comics he drew, whether they were the new DC books or the Marvel reprints that were coming out at the time.
One of my absolute favorite runs of comics ever in the history of anything. I love New Gods, but they didn't have the connectable human element like MM did.
Great book, very nice write-up.
Kirby refered it in the comics several times as a version of Oliver Twist.
While everybody prefered his adventures on Earth, I find his intrusions on Apokolips as enjoyable (the Young Scott Free stories are some of the best of the series, and #9, continuation of The Pact is as good as the story it follows).
Lest not forget that the first series "last" more than 18 issues. There is a 3 years gap between #18 and #19 (march 1974 – Sept 1977), with a new creative team. While they were fresh from his run on Batman the team of Englehart and Rogers was very poor in comparison. Later, (#23) came Steve Gerber and a young Michael Golden, too bad that the implosion came on #25 (there were a #26 announced).
But we're talking of Kirby and without doubt there has not been anyone who has done Mr. Miracle better than him (thank you for not to mention what Morrison did with Shilo Norman on Seven Soldiers).
"Kirby drew his best covers ever on this series"? As much as I love the book, I wouldn't go that far. I think his best covers ever were on some of the old Journey Into Mystery/Thor (JIM #121 especially, with the giant-sized Absorbing Man in full swing), and some of the FFs.
And by the way, if you even CONSIDER running through this Kirby's greatest hits series without a feature on Thor, I'll… I'll… well, I'll be really really petulant, just for starters.
Anyway, yes, Mister Miracle, which featured Barda, my favorite female comics character ever, at least up until Alan Moore re-interpreted Wilhelmina Murray. It also featured (to me) the greatest line of dialogue in any comic ever, from the end of the glorious "Himon" issue, "Let me be Scott Free, and find myself!"
OK, out of context it doesn't sound like much. But read the issue, read the issue. Jack didn't need no stinking dialogue coach or editor here.
Loved Scott Free and his supporting cast. Was also a Kamandi fan
On my first reading, MM was my least favourite Fourth World series. But on my second it became the first.
Here Jack does a satire years before Giffen's JLA. Remember Vermin Vundabarr, Granny Goodness and Kanto.
Also Kirby creates (one of?) the first truly feminist comic book. Where a group of female villains (the Female Furies) is composed of atractive and monstruous characters exactly like a male one. And let's not forget the issue where Barda sunbathes by the pool while Scott cooks the dinner!
I absolutely agree on the quality of the Fourth World, especially with the assertion that The New Gods is the best thing Kirby ever did. I haven't read all through the run of Mister Miracle yet, so I can't comment on it as easily, but I felt it was a little static in earlier issues–some weirdo would challenge Mister M, he'd get out of their trap by using the convenient technology he always had to hand, and then he'd go back home. However, the backstory was great, and it was clear interesting things were starting to happen in issue 6, the last one I've read.
Obviously, as you can infer from that, I'm going through the omnibuses one by one. In fact, I'm doing a whole series of deconstructions of each issue over at my blog:
I'd love to hear what you guys think of it.
[…] Before he exploded onto the comics scene, Jim Steranko had led the life of a magician, carnival performer, musician, and, most notably, an escape artist (inspiring Jack Kirby's Mister Miracle). Eventually, he made the leap into comics, first through Harvey, and later Marvel, in the 60s. There, he ended up on Strange Tales, and quickly took over the Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD segment of the book, where he really got noticed. […]
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I'm trying to develop a thread abstraction (POSIX thread and thread from the Windows API), and I would very much like it to be able to start them with a method pointer, and not a function pointer.
What I would like to do is an abstraction of thread being a class with a pure virtual method "runThread", which would be implanted in the future threaded class.
I don't know yet about the Windows thread, but to start a POSIX thread, you need a function pointer, and not a method pointer. And I can't manage to find a way to associate a method with an instance so it could work as a function. I probably just can't find the keywords (and I've been searching a lot), I think it's pretty much what Boost::Bind() does, so it must exist.
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As a very diverse and technical bunch I thought I would ask the question here and see how people do things.
We have a requirement for people outside of our organisation / network / domain to view internal people's calendars for the purposes of booking meetings.
How do people in other places deal with this?
We are running XP / Office 2003 / Win 2003 domain / Exchange 2003
Can this be done with Sharepoint?
Any other clever ways to do it?
Look forward to your input.


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AncientFaces Those are bees!? Farmers Barbara & Anderson Gibson holding a swarm of bees on their farm in Coleridge Nebraska around 1910.
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Stravo Lukos swarms don't sting, emily.
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Helen Gene Nichols Thomas Hogarth Denise Ryan... You guys look pretty good!
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ES Bleuler-Beegle Gee, why don't they just set them down gently near their bee hive boxes and slowly back away..
Kimberly Manor Gerber I couldn't imagine. I freak if one bee comes near me.
Thomas Hogarth That's us alright. As you can see Denny still had her jammies on when this photo was taken. She thought she could hide her face with that cool head dress.
Ann Deaver look like they are swarming....won't bother you when swarming just freak you out!
Nancy Emmert One of my grandfathers kept bees. I don't even remember when I first tasted granulated sugar.
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Shelley Caldwell I had three hives at one time. If you're calm and follow a few simple rules, honeybees will leave you alone.
Cathy Torbert Dent Could treat their arthritis with those bees.
Connie C Morgan I have read that some people have the ability to charm bees and these two must be of that number. I'm scared of them. I got stung one July 4 by a whole bunch of hornets while draping a bunch of American Flag banners on a tree in my yard. I had no idea there were hornets in there. Talk about PAIN. I cried because it hurt so bad and it took a long time for the pain to stop!
Susan Murray Send some to Ontario, Canada - ! We need them!
Carol Strube Oh wow very cool picture
Kenneth King Just went and opened one of my hives wearin a pair o shorts and a short sleeved t shirt. No veil or gloves.
Rebecca Miller Nifa Mickelboro, will you be recreating this photo?
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Amanda Breckenridge Way COOL!
Mary Ellen Grayberg interesting her name was Barbara.....I have never seen someone from that era with the name Barbara......
Mary Ellen Grayberg I would be dead....bad allergy too bees!!!!!!
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Three Wheel Basic Rider Course is designed to give students the opportunity to learn and experience safe operation of a three wheeled motorcycle in a closed course environment, and develop strategies to reduce risk in a classroom environment. Riders must provide own three wheeled motorcycle, proof of ownership, insurance, and appropriate gear. A temporary permit is also required to ride your motorcycle to and from class. Successful completion will result in a DOT Road Test Waiver form. When completing the drivers license portion at the DMV, you will be restricted to three wheel motorcycle operation only.
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As the rest of your body changes during pregnancy, your breasts change too, getting themselves ready to make and supply milk for your baby.
Your breasts will get bigger. They may be sore sometimes. Your nipples may change color. It's all a natural part of being pregnant. And if some of these changes bother you, it's good to know that there are ways to help yourself feel better.
What changes happen in each trimester?
First trimester
During your first trimester (weeks 1 to 12), your breasts may start to feel swollen and tender. They may tingle. Your nipples may stick out more than usual.
Some women find that their breasts start to get bigger during this time.
Second trimester
In the second trimester (weeks 13 to 27), your breasts will get larger and heavier. You may need a larger bra that gives you more support. You will probably feel less of the tenderness and tingling from early pregnancy.
As your breasts grow, the veins become more noticeable under the skin. The nipples and the area around the nipples (areola) become darker and larger. Small bumps may appear on the areola. These bumps will go away after you have your baby.
Some women get stretch marks on their breasts.
As early as the 16th to 19th week, you may notice a yellowish discharge, called colostrum, from your nipples. This just means that your breasts are getting ready for breast-feeding. Colostrum is the "pre-milk" that helps protect your baby from disease during the first few days of breast-feeding.
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He stands for what it means to bear arms and protect oneself from life threatening attack by a racist radical. He is my hero.
He shot a black guy I not so sure he is some kinds of hero.
Yesterday I went to the Sanford Police Department and told the cop at the desk I was being followed by a man with a gun and I was in fear for my life. I recorded what I was told to do. Do you have a Concealed Handgun Permit? Yes I do. If you are being followed and that person's hand makes contact with a gun, you have the right to use deadly force if you are in fear for your life. No questions about it!, just don't shoot him in the leg, deadly force is just that, deadly force. Thank you.
Well, I love to jog at around 11pm every night, I feel better now that I understand the law. Because I wear a Hoody to sweat, I added a BP vest under it to make sure I have an edge if I am being followed.
I just have one question...while you were jogging at night (actually walking very slow in the rain) up close to other houses casing the joints...did you turn around and punch the guy with the gun in the face...repeatedly? Did you knock him down and then run away? Or did you mount him and continue the beating? At what point would you have stopped beating his head into concrete? And the fat little man with the gun on the bottom getting pummeled...at what point do you think in that 4 minute confrontation that he should say enough? The fat man cried for help to a witness who cowardly did nothing...the beating continued....at what point would the fat man say enough? You people act like this kid did nothing...BS
Yeah...Zimmerman ranks right on up there with Adolph Hitler as a "national treasure". Zimmerman wanted to murder someone and he did and got away with it. That is the American mentality now...break the law and get away with it. We have tax cheats...cold blooded killers...fraudulent telemarketers...arms dealers...and the list goes on and on.
hitler killed 6 million Jewish People and George shot a person, who was trying to take his head off.
We don't know what would have happened if the attacker took the gun away, but there's probably a 50/50 chance of George being killed and his attacker spending many years in prison.
When the world turns away from GOD, UGLY things happen and the world has never been further from GOD than it is today....
We whites are sitting on our azzas letting the blacks and mexicans take over our country ! If the blacks want to be afro-americans give them a free ride back to Africa and the mexicans back to Mexico ! Zim for president !
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What? Did you bother to even learn about who this meek man was? He tutored black children...dated black women...wanted to protect his neighborhood....he may be guilty of being a whimp but looking to murder someone? He fired 1 shot to stop the beating...it's not like he emptied a clip into the kid. It was a 4 minute confrontation....If he just wanted to kill someone, I don't think it would have taken 4 secs.
May GOD Bless George and help him and his family through the coming years. i also hope the Soul of the attacker isn't where common sense says it is....
They're going to clone him and then unleash them on Detroit.
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Just take baby steps. If you feel like your knee is bothering you, maybe you could try bicycling or just brisk walking, something that's a little easier on the joints. I love the elliptical for that reason. Lots of stretching might help too. Pilates are great.
As far as dieting, DON'T. Eat more healthily. I'm sure you're smart enough to know what you should and shouldn't be eating. And when you want to splurge, just watch your portions. Drink lots of water, and be patient. Results don't happen overnight, but keep at it and eventually the weight will come off.
I have knee and ankle problems and the repetitive motion of jogging/running can make it worse. Try interval training so that you aren't doing the same move for more than 30-60 seconds. Changing the moves will put less stress on the knee. There are lots of home workout DVDs out there for interval training. You can keep trying to go back to jogging. My knee and ankle problems got better as I lost weight. I still never run more than 3 days a week. My knee needs a break inbetween.
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Woman with local ties killed in car accident
Published: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at 4:30 a.m.
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A Rutherfordton woman with Henderson County ties died in a car accident Saturday night.
Cynthia Justice McGraw, 39, was a passenger in a vehicle that overturned Saturday night, N.C. Highway Patrol Trooper J.E. Reid said in his report.
The vehicle McGraw was riding in was traveling west on U.S. 64 about 11 miles outside of Marion.
"The driver of the vehicle lost control, over-corrected, ran off the right shoulder and the vehicle overturned," Reid said in his report. "The passenger (McGraw) was ejected from the vehicle."
Reid did not state who the driver was or what kind of vehicle McGraw was traveling in.
McGraw is survived by her parents, Eddie and Martha Justice of Hendersonville; three daughters, Arica McGraw of Florida; Ashley and Heather McGraw of Hendersonville and their father Jerry McGraw.
McGraw held a freight broker's license and enjoyed listening to bluegrass music. She was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church. Her family described her a a loving daughter, mother, sister and friend.
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Thibodaux names new baseball coach
Published: Friday, July 20, 2007 at 10:19 a.m.
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THIBODAUX -- It didnt take long for Thibodaux High to name its new baseball coach.
Thats because the schools administration didnt have to look far to find Wayne Grenfells replacement.
Less than two months after the position was vacated, Thibodaux named Scott Abadie head coach of the baseball team.
It will be Abadies first head-coaching job on the high school level, although hes served as an assistant coach for the Tigers over the past three seasons.
Before his time at Thibodaux, Abadie coached Waguespack Oil, a local American Legion team, for two years.
Abadie is also a 1997 graduate of Thibodaux.
"Im excited, nervous and a little overwhelmed," Abadie said. "Ive got some big shoes to fill."
But those are shoes Abadie is looking forward to filling.
"Its been a successful program, and I was glad to be a part of it as an assistant," he said. "I plan on continuing the tradition there, like weve had for the past few years."
Abadie takes over a Tigers team thats won back-to-back District 6-5A championships.
Two years ago, Thibodaux reached the state tournament, in Lafayette, and lost in the quarterfinals to Archbishop Rummel.
Last season, the Tigers lost to New Iberia in the bi-district round of the playoffs.
Thibodaux Athletic Director Doug Haydel said two other candidates interviewed for the job, including Patterson coach Darrell Hebert and Loyola University assistant coach Gerald Cassard.
"Scotts a graduate of Thibodaux High," said Haydel. "Hes been here for three years, and he understands what it takes to win. A lot of the parents were backing him, and its not going to be a real big change."
Haydel said he expects the program to remain successful.
"(Scott) will continue the program in the right direction," Haydel said. "He learned a lot of things over the past few years working with Wayne (Grenfell)."
Abadie said there are a number of things hell take from his time working with Grenfell.
"His discipline philosophy was outstanding," Abadie said. "We have a good group of kids, and he kept it that way. His knowledge of the game was very, very good. I learned a lot from him, and Ill take a lot of his ideas and beliefs along with me. You dont fix it if it aint broke."
Although the season doesnt start for another seven months, Abadie is already looking forward to the first pitch.
"We lost a good senior class," he said. "But were very strong. Weve got a lot of young guys to develop, which is good. I have three seniors, and theyre unbelievable kids."
Still, perhaps the thing Abadie is most excited about is being able to coach at his alma mater.
"Im a big fan of Thibodaux High, being a graduate," he said. "Im a guy whos purple and gold, through and through. To be able to coach there its very good for me."
Also, Thibodaux named its new softball coach. Wendy Roussel, a long-time assistant coach for the Lady Tigers, will replace former head coach Angie Barthel.
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Some minor changes were made to this post on 12 May. JF
In September 2003 I went with Jürgen Heilig (a popular contributor to The E Zone Photo Gallery) to visit the Inter-Ex R/C airplane meet in Holland. There I met Laurent Berlivet, editor of Aérotech, a new French sailplane and eflight magazine. He showed me the then-second Aérotech issue and inside I noticed the second installment of a construction article for a balsa Shorts 360 (wing span 1.64 meter). The model looked impressive and I immediately wanted to add it to my collection; it would also make a great sister ship to the Shorts Skyvan I built 5 years earlier from free plans provided in the German magazine, FMT. The Aérotech article's first part was in the magazine's premier issue, so I asked Laurent the price for a back-issue and plans, and said I'd send him the money -- EUR 20 for the plan, EUR 5.50 for the magazine and EUR 2.50 for postage -- within a day or two. He then gratuitously gave me the second issue I was looking at and said the plan would be ready in a few weeks as they (two sheets) were still being edited.
Laurent also gave me the impression that I was the first person to inquire about buying the plan and building the model; and about 2 weeks later I received everything in the mail. The drawings looked nice but everything being in French required some tricky study. Only after looking again and again over the two large sheets did I begin to notice things lacking, particularly profile views and little details that had been exquisitely depicted in the only model I'd previously built from plans -- my Shorts Skyvan. Such detail had also been noted in the Robbe and Grauper kits I'd built, so I became hesitant about building from this French plan.
I emailed Laurent about what I believed the plan lacked and asked for more information, to which he replied that everything not on the plan was shown in the numerous color construction photos in the magazine. That sounded nice, but the photos have rectified little since beginning construction. The bottom line is that some basic information should be noted on the plan to quell any questions; for instance, the wing's incidence angle and motor's incidence and offset angle, whether it's 0 degrees or not, is not shown, although the wing obviously has some negative incidence (and the motors appear to have none).
Overall I've found the construction challenging and it has required a lot of thinking -- figuring out or guessing how to do little things that could potentially have a big effect. My most positive comment is that many large drawings do stare you in the face and fit together quite well. Yet I would NOT recommend this plan unless you're a very experienced builder, although I predict that flying it will be relatively easy.
DETAILS (weight could vary)
Wing span: 1.64 m
Length: 1.44 m
Surface: 30 dm2
Profile: SB96 12.7/3.0
Weight: 2.05 kg
Wing loading: 71 g/dm2
Motor: 2 x Speed 480/7.2v
Gearbox: 3.8:1 planetary
Battery: 10 x Sanyo 1950 FAUP (for initial trials)
Props: 8.2" 5-blade VarioPROP
Channels: 5 (elevator, rudder, aileron, flap, motor)
My power combination will be less efficient than the recommended direct-drive Permax 450 Turbo with a 6.5 x 4 two-blade prop. But an additional reason I'm building this model is its novel scale appearance...and I wanted a functional 5-blade prop. So using my connection to the maker of the VarioPROP, I persuaded Christian Ramoser to machine a batch of 5-blade 6A VarioPROP hubs (the 8B and 12C 5-blade hubs have been available for a year already). This Shorts 360 will essentially be a testbed for this new 6A hub. Part of the model with 5-blade props will also be on display at the VarioPROP stand in the Dortmund Intermodellbau-Messe (Dortmund Modelling Exhibition) this coming 21 - 25 April.
The posts are how my construction is progressing...slowly. I live and work in a two-room big city apartment and the small round table (pictured) is all I have. The only tools are a penknife, Xacto saw, small Dremel-like tool, Black & Decker drill, some screw divers and a few straight edges -- nothing fancy. And this highly limits my pace and occasonally makes things difficult. But now I have a models that is distinguishable as a Shorts 360. Its livery will be of a former Shorts for the commuter airline Aurigny (photo by Ben Pritchard, taken from Airliners.net); it's the French name for Alderney, one of the three British channel islands off France's north coast. The other islands are Guernsey and Jersey.
I'd also like to thank Ed Putnam (aka EddieP of P-3 Orion and Convair 540 discussion) for his comments regarding scale appearance; also thanks to Jürgen Heilig for French translation assistance.
Maiden flight is scheduled for sometime in July...in Oregon/USA, not in Germany. I'm looking forwad to this summer vacation.
Scale documentation I recently found.
A mass of parts (not complete) that still need to be sanded to profile.
Here it is just fit -- and nothing's glued -- together. The fuselage still requires top and bottom planking, but first I have to install the pushrod linkages and mounts for radio equipment. Since it's a 5-channel plane, this model won't fly BEC.
The battery tray is located at the bottom of the fuselage -- lots of holes in the tray structure. Thanks to Brian Gaskin and his Soft Bore tools for getting that lightened (and I used them elsewhere too). I'd have located the battery higher, more or less just under the wing, but whenever I build a model I try to adhere to the plans per se the first time around. If I make any major altercations it's always done whenever I build a second time.
Nonetheless, a belly-located battery compartment will certainly assist with stability. I'm sure the model won't slip around the sky like a fish; contrarily, it should track like it's on rails.
In my very first post I had a picture from Ben Pritchard, but it was oversize and I tried to replace it with a smaller picture. I could delete it, but afterwards the menu's `edit´ button wouldn't display any option to attach a new picture. So here's the Aurigny picture showing livery I have chosen.
This is the decal sheet I slaved over back in December '03. Looks simple but it isn't. I print it out on a clear thin plastic transfer that's sticky on one side. After the inkjet dye dries I spray it with a clearcoat sealer specifically for inkjet printers.
This photo by Laurent Berlivet is from the premier July-August 2003 issue of Aérotech. The construction calls for a solid fuselage to spare additional work to construct a windowed cockpit -- it did'nt really matter, though, because the thing's tough enough. So I sliced out the balsa and will glue in window struts for "real" plastic windows.
So I worte "I'm sure the model won't slip around the sky like a fish" and JimF writes the real plane could "fishtail bigtime." Ummm...hope the model isn't the same with the battery located in the belly.
Ed -- Yeah, the fuselage is big, too big for one reason: shipping. Today I marked where the nose section will be cut off (just aft the cockpit windows) in order to fit in a box to send stateside. It's tough to do because it has to be carefully throught through in order to make reassembly easy and durable. But I have to keep the length within a certain measurement or the post office won't take it. FedExing it would cost way, way too much, and I'm already bringing a Lear Jet with me as my second piece of baggage when I fly over this summer. The Lear is a styro kit (don't ask how it wound up in my possession) and the box is longer than the Shorts, so it can't be cut down and shipped.
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1 Admissions
Social media is playing a bigger role in the admissions process at colleges and universities throughout the country. Students are using social media to learn more about colleges before applying, as well as to connect with admissions officials in order to get their questions answered. In turn, college admissions officials have been using social media to learn more about their applicants.
2 Classroom Curriculum
More and more classrooms are making use of social media as a tool for learning. Twitter is used as a micro blogging platform for everything from writing lessons to learning how to do research. Blogs are commonly used for classroom discussions and personal responses. More professors are recognizing the value of these tools to teach skills in the classroom or to illustrate core information.
3 Curriculum Development
Outside the classroom, more professors are using social media to help them develop their curriculum. They are doing so by connecting with other educators on social media and exchanging ideas and best practices. There is a large and active contingent of educators on blogs, Facebook, Twitter and other social media writing about what works for them in the classroom and sharing lesson plans, worksheets, and other materials.
4 Online Study
Students are also using social media as a tool for connecting with other students to enhance their study. Students can form online study groups or can connect with classmates or even students at other universities in order to get their questions answered about classroom material. Social media offers students many opportunities for learning outside the relationships they form in the classroom.
5 Student-Professor Relationships
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6 Parent Communication
Though there is less need for communication between parents and professors in higher education, there are many students who still live at home, and some parent communication may be necessary. Social media facilitates this, just as it does for students and professors.
7 Professional Development for Professors
In addition to collaborating with other educators, professors have been using social media more frequently as a tool for professional development. They can use it to find mentors, get continuing education, learn about the latest studies, and much more. When funding is getting cut for professional development, social media is able to fill the gap (at least partially).
8 Professional Development for Students
As more and more of our lives are online, learning how to develop a public persona and how to maintain appropriate behavior online is very important. Students must learn this skill as part of their professional development. Using social media throughout college and as a part of their classroom education can help them learn appropriate boundaries, which will be a needed skill in their professional careers.
9 Activism
Because of the power it offers to connect with others, more students are using social media as a tool for activism. They are using it to get the word out about their cause, to recruit volunteers, and to organize protests. College is a time that many students become budding activists as they learn more about the world around them and develop their own personal values.
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The downside of social media is its potential for use in cyber-bullying. This becomes a big problem especially in the high school and college years. Educators can use social media to teach students how to recognize and combat cyberbullying. Social media can start a dialogue that can help to end the problem and to teach students appropriate online behavior.
Social media is only growing in influence. Over the next several years, there are likely to be many more ways that social media is used in all levels of education, influencing everything from the curriculum to relationships between students and educators.
In what ways do you see social media influencing higher education? Share your thoughts in the comments!


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Well you know that is some down right interesting information! I too, WOnder What's Up With That!You know what I find amazing with all the exposure of METH in these parts is the fact that, at least for Henderson County and DECATUR County, that there has not been ONE person added to the TN registry for METH since 2009. Not ONE in EITHER county. Hmmm what's up with that? I smell my bad word again.
Authorities: 20 Year old Holly Bobo Abducted in Decatur County
There are 239638 comments on the MidSouthNewz story from Apr 13, 2011, titled Authorities: 20 Year old Holly Bobo Abducted in Decatur County. In it, MidSouthNewz reports that:
Authorities in Decatur and Henderson County as well as the Tennessee Highway Patrol and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation are searching for 20 year old Holly Bobo.
Join the discussion below, or Read more at MidSouthNewz.
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#23716 Jul 5, 2011
So - Sorry for the family of who this young black woman belonged but also relieved it wasn't Lauren or Holly........ Prayers for this family , Lauren & Holly & their loved one's......
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#23717 Jul 5, 2011
You know at this point I can't figure if I'm more annoyed with WS or the people who waste time posting against him!
Maybe if "WE" all stop posting about him there will be fewer posts to sort through.
When is Enough going to be Enough?
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#23719 Jul 5, 2011
My Thought's Exactly! Thanks for the Info BNO
#23720 Jul 5, 2011
So sad....Prayers for this family.
#23721 Jul 5, 2011
Thank you, what you said is true, plain and simple. so many have said, please don't feed him ANYTHING! Sadly, his good has been wasted and abused. Please don't let this become about him.
#23722 Jul 5, 2011
So true. I hope this can be the day that "we" can stand united in the cause we came here for and stick to our resolve to take your good advice and say....TODAY is the day, this is enough.
#23723 Jul 5, 2011
ORLANDO, Fla. Jurors on Tuesday reached a verdict in the murder trial of Casey Anthony and Judge Belvin Perry said he would read the verdict at 2:15 p.m. ET.
#23724 Jul 5, 2011
Anthony innocent.
#23725 Jul 5, 2011
ORLANDO, Fla. After a trial that riveted the nation with its twists and turns, Casey Anthony was found not guilty on Tuesday of murdering her daughter, 2-year-old Caylee Anthony.
..Anthony held back tears as the verdict was read and then held her face and hugged her chief lawyer, Jose Baez.
The only counts Anthony was guilty of were for providing false information to investigators. Sentencing on that charge was set for 9 a.m. Thursday.
#23726 Jul 5, 2011
She will really party hardy now! guilty as charged in my opionion.
#23727 Jul 5, 2011
does anyone know something about these cases and the links i post and how it could be related to holly's case? http://www.nampn.org/cases/moon_kristie_annet... missing since 1999 from decatur co.
Its sad that Kristie Baugus Moon went missing back in 1999 and its like she fell off the face of the earth and no one did anything to really look for her.
"In fact, there was a guy who claimed he killed her and then fed her to the pigs. He got into an altercation with the local sheriff and ended up getting shot and killed. The sheriff was also shot and almost died. So no one knows for sure if he was telling the truth or not and her family still doesnt have closure.
The point is, the local said, that this community does not want anyone to forget Holly. They want her found.
"There was a young couple that went missing in 2006," she said, "and they've never been heard from or found since."
Kristina Branum, 17, and Christopher Mittendorf, 21, of neighboring Harden County went missing in July 2006 after shopping at Walmart. She said they, like Kristie Moon, have all but been forgotten. "We just can't let this happen with Holly."
From what I gather from this , Kristie Annette Moon went missing 1999.
The writer adds the name BAUGUS purposely.
Her BF was Michael Pearcy who the sheriff partner shot in a driving altercation and he died. Officer who shot Michael died in accidental death soon after.
In the articles micheals name nor passenger was named.ever. all hush hush as well.
I think the sheriff wad shot too back then in2001.
...this is the link where i saw this http://scaredmonkeys.net/index.php...
are these case tied to the baugus family? and if so how? lee baugus was one of holly's x's was lee baugus's dad involved in these cases somehow and could he be tied to holly's case? the couple missing from hardin co is just odd too and the 1999 kristie annette moon case.. the baugus family would know about 4 13 and holly's fav bible verse. wonders what kind of alibi lee baugus had or does not have http://www.facebook.com/lbaugus1
#23728 Jul 5, 2011
she can really party now!such a disgrace ,poor little Caylee did not receive justice.But I will be quite about Cayce this page is about Holly.
#23729 Jul 5, 2011
we all know casey anthony is guilty but in the eyes of the law......oj was guilty too but innocent in the eyes of the law and he beat and put another woman in the hospital who was dating him in florida. joran vandersloot we all know killed natalie holloway in aruba but he got off through the good ole boy network and then he killed a young girl in peru. casey anthony will never have a good life even though she gets out of jail. can she have a chld in peace? nope..who would hire her?? maybe not even mcdonalds
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Now Greg, you can't be asking these kinda questions son. You have to place the helmet on your head first.
Remember wwwaaaayyyy back in the posts...I made a statement that not 1, but 2 of her bf's were both connected to the marinas. Cuba Landing & Perryville Marina. Yes, there will be more of this to intertwine on down the line. The man that is the handles BOTH of these places is Glen Turner (EX-warden) to prisons in TN. It could be that Ms. Holly may have seen something connected to these 2 places and the "river?" OR NOT....just passing thoughts
#23731 Jul 5, 2011
Do you know if these places employee excons? A past wardon might be willing excons for cheap labor.IMO
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#23732 Jul 5, 2011
Just interesting - another horrible thought
#23733 Jul 5, 2011
Good connection, certainly worth looking into further. Wanted you to know that I was just giving my opinion on the vengeance angle, not that it shouldn't be discussed. I hope LE cares as much about Holly as you do.
#23734 Jul 5, 2011
Minnie can we get a break down of who is related to who in the following cases?
Kristie Baugus Moon: missing 1999
Boyfriend's parents:
man that died?
2nd Case missing 2006
3rd Case Holly Bobo 2011
#23735 Jul 5, 2011
Who were Holly's two ex-boyfriends that worked at Cuba Landing & Perryville Marina? Lee B? & ?
Glen Turner is the owner?
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