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Subpart 2 – National Programs
- (a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED- From funds made available to carry out this subpart under section 4003(2), the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, and the Attorney General, shall carry out programs to prevent the illegal use of drugs and violence among, and promote safety and discipline for, students. The Secretary shall carry out such programs directly, or through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements with public and private entities and individuals, or through agreements with other Federal agencies, and shall coordinate such programs with other appropriate Federal activities. Such programs may include —
- (1) the development and demonstration of innovative strategies for the training of school personnel, parents, and members of the community for drug and violence prevention activities based on State and local needs;
- (2) the development, demonstration, scientifically based evaluation, and dissemination of innovative and high quality drug and violence prevention programs and activities, based on State and local needs, which may include —
- (A) alternative education models, either established within a school or separate and apart from an existing school, that are designed to promote drug and violence prevention, reduce disruptive behavior, reduce the need for repeat suspensions and expulsions, enable students to meet challenging State academic standards, and enable students to return to the regular classroom as soon as possible;
- (B) community service and service-learning projects, designed to rebuild safe and healthy neighborhoods and increase students' sense of individual responsibility;
- (C) video-based projects developed by noncommercial telecommunications entities that provide young people with models for conflict resolution and responsible decisionmaking; and
- (D) child abuse education and prevention programs for elementary and secondary students;
- (3) the provision of information on drug abuse education and prevention to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for dissemination;
- (4) the provision of information on violence prevention and education and school safety to the Department of Justice for dissemination;
- (5) technical assistance to chief executive officers, State agencies, local educational agencies, and other recipients of funding under this part to build capacity to develop and implement high-quality, effective drug and violence prevention programs consistent with the principles of effectiveness in section 4115(a);
- (6) assistance to school systems that have particularly severe drug and violence problems, including hiring drug prevention and school safety coordinators, or assistance to support appropriate response efforts to crisis situations;
- (7) the development of education and training programs, curricula, instructional materials, and professional training and development for preventing and reducing the incidence of crimes and conflicts motivated by hate in localities most directly affected by hate crimes;
- (8) activities in communities designated as empowerment zones or enterprise communities that will connect schools to community-wide efforts to reduce drug and violence problems; and
- (9) other activities in accordance with the purpose of this part, based on State and local needs.
- (b) PEER REVIEW- The Secretary shall use a peer review process in reviewing applications for funds under this section.
- (a) BIENNIAL EVALUATION- The Secretary, in consultation with the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Advisory Committee described in section 4124, shall conduct an independent biennial evaluation of the impact of programs assisted under this subpart and of other recent and new initiatives to combat violence and illegal drug use in schools. The evaluation shall report on whether community and local educational agency programs funded under this subpart —
- (1) comply with the principles of effectiveness described in section 4115(a);
- (2) have appreciably reduced the level of illegal drug, alcohol, and tobacco use, and school violence and the illegal presence of weapons at schools; and
- (3) have conducted effective parent involvement and training programs.
- (b) DATA COLLECTION- The National Center for Education Statistics shall collect data, that is subject to independent review, to determine the incidence and prevalence of illegal drug use and violence in elementary schools and secondary schools in the States. The collected data shall include incident reports by schools officials, anonymous student surveys, and anonymous teacher surveys.
- (c) BIENNIAL REPORT- Not later than January 1, 2003, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the President and Congress a report on the findings of the evaluation conducted under subsection (a) together with the data collected under subsection (b) and data available from other sources on the incidence and prevalence, age of onset, perception of health risk, and perception of social disapproval of drug use and violence in elementary schools and secondary schools in the States. The Secretary shall include data submitted by the States pursuant to subsection 4116(a).
- (a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION- From funds made available to carry out this subpart under section 4003(2) the Secretary may make grants to local educational agencies and community-based organizations for the purpose of providing assistance to localities most directly affected by hate crimes.
- (b) USE OF FUNDS-
- (1) PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT- Grants under this section may be used to improve elementary and secondary educational efforts, including —
- (A) development of education and training programs designed to prevent and to reduce the incidence of crimes and conflicts motivated by hate;
- (B) development of curricula for the purpose of improving conflict or dispute resolution skills of students, teachers, and administrators;
- (C) development and acquisition of equipment and instructional materials to meet the needs of, or otherwise be part of, hate crime or conflict programs; and
- (D) professional training and development for teachers and administrators on the causes, effects, and resolutions of hate crimes or hate-based conflicts.
- (2) APPLICATION- In order to be eligible to receive a grant under this section for any fiscal year, a local educational agency, or a local educational agency in conjunction with a community-based organization, shall submit an application to the Secretary in such form and containing such information as the Secretary may reasonably require.
- (3) REQUIREMENTS- Each application under paragraph (2) shall include —
- (A) a request for funds for the purpose described in this section;
- (B) a description of the schools and communities to be served by the grants; and
- (C) assurances that Federal funds received under this section shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, non-Federal funds.
- (4) COMPREHENSIVE PLAN- Each application shall include a comprehensive plan that contains —
- (A) a description of the hate crime or conflict problems within the schools or the community targeted for assistance;
- (B) a description of the program to be developed or augmented by such Federal and matching funds;
- (C) assurances that such program or activity shall be administered by or under the supervision of the applicant;
- (D) procedures for the proper and efficient administration of such program; and
- (E) fiscal control and fund accounting procedures as may be necessary to ensure prudent use, proper disbursement, and accurate accounting of funds received under this section.
- (c) AWARD OF GRANTS-
- (1) SELECTION OF RECIPIENTS- The Secretary shall consider the incidence of crimes and conflicts motivated by bias in the targeted schools and communities in awarding grants under this section.
- (2) GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION- The Secretary shall attempt, to the extent practicable, to achieve an equitable geographic distribution of grant awards.
- (3) DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION- The Secretary shall attempt, to the extent practicable, to make available information regarding successful hate crime prevention programs, including programs established or expanded with grants under this section.
- (d) REPORTS- The Secretary shall submit to Congress a report every 2 years that shall contain a detailed statement regarding grants and awards, activities of grant recipients, and an evaluation of programs established under this section.
- (a) ESTABLISHMENT-
- (1) IN GENERAL- There is hereby established an advisory committee to be known as the Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Advisory Committee' (referred to in this section as the Advisory Committee') to —
- (A) consult with the Secretary under subsection (b);
- (B) coordinate Federal school- and community-based substance abuse and violence prevention programs and reduce duplicative research or services;
- (C) develop core data sets and evaluation protocols for safe and drug-free school- and community-based programs;
- (D) provide technical assistance and training for safe and drug-free school- and community-based programs;
- (E) provide for the diffusion of scientifically based research to safe and drug-free school- and community-based programs; and
- (F) review other regulations and standards developed under this title.
- (2) COMPOSITION- The Advisory Committee shall be composed of representatives from —
- (A) the Department of Education;
- (B) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
- (C) the National Institute on Drug Abuse;
- (D) the National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse;
- (E) the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention;
- (F) the Center for Mental Health Services;
- (G) the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention;
- (H) the Office of National Drug Control Policy;
- (I) State and local governments, including education agencies; and
- (J) researchers and expert practitioners.
- (3) CONSULTATION- In carrying out its duties under this section, the Advisory Committee shall annually consult with interested State and local coordinators of school- and community-based substance abuse and violence prevention programs and other interested groups.
- (b) PROGRAMS-
- (1) IN GENERAL- From amounts made available under section 4003(2) to carry out this subpart, the Secretary, in consultation with the Advisory Committee, shall carry out scientifically based research programs to strengthen the accountability and effectiveness of the State, chief executive officer's, and national programs under this part.
- (2) GRANTS, CONTRACTS OR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS- The Secretary shall carry out paragraph (1) directly or through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements with public and private entities and individuals or through agreements with other Federal agencies.
- (3) COORDINATION- The Secretary shall coordinate programs under this section with other appropriate Federal activities.
- (4) ACTIVITIES- Activities that may be carried out under programs funded under this section may include —
- (A) the provision of technical assistance and training, in collaboration with other Federal agencies utilizing their expertise and national and regional training systems, for Governors, State educational agencies and local educational agencies to support high quality, effective programs that —
- (i) provide a thorough assessment of the substance abuse and violence problem;
- (ii) utilize objective data and the knowledge of a wide range of community members;
- (iii) develop measurable goals and objectives; and
- (iv) implement scientifically based research activities that have been shown to be effective and that meet identified needs;
- (B) the provision of technical assistance and training to foster program accountability;
- (C) the diffusion and dissemination of best practices and programs;
- (D) the development of core data sets and evaluation tools;
- (E) program evaluations;
- (F) the provision of information on drug abuse education and prevention to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for dissemination by the clearinghouse for alcohol and drug abuse information established under section 501(d)(16) of the Public Health Service Act; and
- (G) other activities that meet unmet needs related to the purpose of this part and that are undertaken in consultation with the Advisory Committee.
- (a) IN GENERAL- From funds made available to carry out this subpart under section 4003(2), the Secretary may provide for the establishment of a National Coordinator Program under which the Secretary shall award grants to local educational agencies for the hiring of drug prevention and school safety program coordinators.
- (b) USE OF FUNDS- Amounts received under a grant under subsection (a) shall be used by local educational agencies to recruit, hire, and train individuals to serve as drug prevention and school safety program coordinators in schools with significant drug and school safety problems. Such coordinators shall be responsible for developing, conducting, and analyzing assessments of drug and crime problems at their schools, and administering the safe and drug-free grant program at such schools.
- (a) IN GENERAL- From funds made available to carry out this subpart under section 4003(2), the Secretary may make grants to States to carry out programs under which students expelled or suspended from school are required to perform community service.
- (b) ALLOCATION- From the amount described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall allocate among the States —
- (1) one-half according to the ratio between the school-aged population of each State and the school-aged population of all the States; and
- (2) one-half according to the ratio between the amount each State received under section 1124A for the preceding year and the sum of such amounts received by all the States.
- (c) MINIMUM- For any fiscal year, no State shall be allotted under this section an amount that is less than one-half of 1 percent of the total amount allotted to all the States under this section.
- (d) REALLOTMENT- The Secretary may reallot any amount of any allotment to a State if the Secretary determines that the State will be unable to use such amount within 2 years of such allotment. Such reallotments shall be made on the same basis as allotments are made under subsection (b).
- (e) DEFINITION- In this section, the term State' means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
- (a) CENTER- From funds made available to carry out this subpart under section 4003(2), the Secretary, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Energy may enter into an agreement for the establishment at the Sandia National Laboratories, in partnership with the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center — Southeast and the National Center for Rural Law Enforcement in Little Rock, Arkansas, of a center to be known as the School Security Technology and Resource Center' (hereafter in this section the Center').
- (b) ADMINISTRATION- The Center established under subsection (a) shall be administered by the Attorney General.
- (c) FUNCTIONS- The center established under subsection (a) shall be a resource to local educational agencies for school security assessments, security technology development, evaluation and implementation, and technical assistance relating to improving school security. The Center will also conduct and publish school violence research, coalesce data from victim communities, and monitor and report on schools that implement school security strategies.
- (a) ESTABLISHMENT- From funds made available to carry out this subpart under section 4003(2), the Secretary of Education and the Attorney General may jointly establish a National Center for School and Youth Safety (in this section referred to as the Center'). The Secretary of Education and the Attorney General may establish the Center at an existing facility, if the facility has a history of performing two or more of the duties described in subsection (b). The Secretary of Education and the Attorney General shall jointly appoint a Director of the Center to oversee the operation of the Center.
- (b) DUTIES- The Center shall carry out emergency response, anonymous student hotline, consultation, and information and outreach activities with respect to elementary and secondary school safety, including the following:
- (1) EMERGENCY RESPONSE- The staff of the Center, and such temporary contract employees as the Director of the Center shall determine necessary, shall offer emergency assistance to local communities to respond to school safety crises. Such assistance shall include counseling for victims and the community, assistance to law enforcement to address short-term security concerns, and advice on how to enhance school safety, prevent future incidents, and respond to future incidents.
- (2) ANONYMOUS STUDENT HOTLINE- The Center shall establish a toll-free telephone number for students to report criminal activity, threats of criminal activity, and other high-risk behaviors such as substance abuse, gang or cult affiliation, depression, or other warning signs of potentially violent behavior. The Center shall relay the reports, without attribution, to local law enforcement or appropriate school hotlines. The Director of the Center shall work with the Attorney General to establish guidelines for Center staff to work with law enforcement around the Nation to relay information reported through the hotline.
- (3) CONSULTATION- The Center shall establish a toll-free number for the public to contact staff of the Center for consultation regarding school safety. The Director of the Center shall hire administrative staff and individuals with expertise in enhancing school safety, including individuals with backgrounds in counseling and psychology, education, law enforcement and criminal justice, and community development to assist in the consultation.
- (4) INFORMATION AND OUTREACH- The Center shall compile information about the best practices in school violence prevention, intervention, and crisis management, and shall serve as a clearinghouse for model school safety program information. The staff of the Center shall work to ensure local governments, school officials, parents, students, and law enforcement officials and agencies are aware of the resources, grants, and expertise available to enhance school safety and prevent school crime. The staff of the Center shall give special attention to providing outreach to rural and impoverished communities.
- (a) IN GENERAL- The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, may award grants from funds made available to carry out this subpart under section 4003(2), on a competitive basis, to local educational agencies to enable such agencies to develop and implement innovative and effective programs to reduce alcohol abuse in secondary schools.
- (b) ELIGIBILITY- To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection (a), a local educational agency shall prepare and submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including —
- (1) a description of the activities to be carried out under the grant;
- (2) an assurance that such activities will include one or more of the proven strategies for reducing underage alcohol abuse as determined by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration;
- (3) an explanation of how activities to be carried out under the grant that are not described in paragraph (2) will be effective in reducing underage alcohol abuse, including references to the past effectiveness of such activities;
- (4) an assurance that the applicant will submit to the Secretary an annual report concerning the effectiveness of the programs and activities funded under the grant; and
- (5) such other information as the Secretary determines appropriate.
- (c) STREAMLINING OF PROCESS FOR LOW-INCOME AND RURAL LEAS- The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, shall develop procedures to make the application process for grants under this section more user-friendly, particularly for low-income and rural local educational agencies.
- (d) RESERVATIONS-
- (1) SAMHSA- The Secretary may reserve 20 percent of any amount used to carry out this section to enable the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to provide alcohol abuse resources and start-up assistance to local educational agencies receiving grants under this section.
- (2) LOW-INCOME AND RURAL AREAS- The Secretary may reserve 25 percent of any amount used to carry out this section to award grants to low-income and rural local educational agencies.
- (a) PURPOSE; DEFINITIONS-
- (1) PURPOSE- The purpose of this section is to make assistance available to promote mentoring programs for children with greatest need —
- (A) to assist such children in receiving support and guidance from a mentor;
- (B) to improve the academic achievement of such children;
- (C) to improve interpersonal relationships between such children and their peers, teachers, other adults, and family members;
- (D) to reduce the dropout rate of such children; and
- (E) to reduce juvenile delinquency and involvement in gangs by such children.
- (2) DEFINITIONS- In this part:
- (A) CHILD WITH GREATEST NEED- The term child with greatest need' means a child who is at risk of educational failure, dropping out of school, or involvement in criminal or delinquent activities, or who lacks strong positive role models.
- (B) ELIGIBLE ENTITY- The term eligible entity' means —
- (i) a local educational agency;
- (ii) a nonprofit, community-based organization; or
- (iii) a partnership between a local educational agency and a nonprofit, community-based organization.
- (C) MENTOR- The term mentor' means a responsible adult, a postsecondary school student, or a secondary school student who works with a child —
- (i) to provide a positive role model for the child;
- (ii) to establish a supportive relationship with the child; and
- (iii) to provide the child with academic assistance and exposure to new experiences and examples of opportunity that enhance the ability of the child to become a responsible adult.
- (D) STATE- The term State' means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
- (b) GRANT PROGRAM-
- (1) IN GENERAL- The Secretary may award grants from funds made available to carry out this subpart under section 4003(2) to eligible entities to assist such entities in establishing and supporting mentoring programs and activities for children with greatest need that —
- (A) are designed to link such children (particularly children living in rural areas, high-crime areas, or troubled home environments, or children experiencing educational failure) with mentors who —
- (i) have received training and support in mentoring;
- (ii) have been screened using appropriate reference checks, child and domestic abuse record checks, and criminal background checks; and
- (iii) are interested in working with children with greatest need; and
- (B) are intended to achieve one or more of the following goals with respect to children with greatest need:
- (i) Provide general guidance.
- (ii) Promote personal and social responsibility.
- (iii) Increase participation in, and enhance the ability to benefit from, elementary and secondary education.
- (iv) Discourage illegal use of drugs and alcohol, violence, use of dangerous weapons, promiscuous behavior, and other criminal, harmful, or potentially harmful activity.
- (v) Encourage participation in community service and community activities.
- (vi) Encourage setting goals and planning for the future, including encouragement of graduation from secondary school and planning for postsecondary education or training.
- (viii) Discourage involvement in gangs.
- (A) IN GENERAL- Each eligible entity awarded a grant under this subsection shall use the grant funds for activities that establish or implement a mentoring program, that may include —
- (i) hiring of mentoring coordinators and support staff;
- (ii) providing for the professional development of mentoring coordinators and support staff;
- (iii) recruitment, screening, and training of mentors;
- (iv) reimbursement to schools, if appropriate, for the use of school materials or supplies in carrying out the mentoring program;
- (v) dissemination of outreach materials;
- (vi) evaluation of the mentoring program using scientifically based methods; and
- (vii) such other activities as the Secretary may reasonably prescribe by rule.
- (B) PROHIBITED USES- Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), an eligible entity awarded a grant under this section may not use the grant funds —
- (i) to directly compensate mentors;
- (ii) to obtain educational or other materials or equipment that would otherwise be used in the ordinary course of the eligible entity's operations;
- (iii) to support litigation of any kind; or
- (iv) for any other purpose reasonably prohibited by the Secretary by rule.
- (3) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS- Funds made available through a grant under this section shall be available for obligation for a period not to exceed 3 years.
- (4) APPLICATION- Each eligible entity seeking a grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary an application that includes —
- (A) a description of the plan for the mentoring program the eligible entity proposes to carry out with such grant;
- (B) information on the children expected to be served by the mentoring program for which such grant is sought;
- (C) a description of the mechanism the eligible entity will use to match children with mentors based on the needs of the children;
- (D) an assurance that no mentor will be assigned to mentor so many children that the assignment will undermine the mentor's ability to be an effective mentor or the mentor's ability to establish a close relationship (a one-to-one relationship, where practicable) with each mentored child;
- (E) an assurance that the mentoring program will provide children with a variety of experiences and support, including —
- (i) emotional support;
- (ii) academic assistance; and
- (iii) exposure to experiences that the children might not otherwise encounter on their own;
- (F) an assurance that the mentoring program will be monitored to ensure that each child assigned a mentor benefits from that assignment and that the child will be assigned a new mentor if the relationship between the original mentor and the child is not beneficial to the child;
- (G) information regarding how mentors and children will be recruited to the mentoring program;
- (H) information regarding how prospective mentors will be screened;
- (I) information on the training that will be provided to mentors; and
- (J) information on the system that the eligible entity will use to manage and monitor information relating to the mentoring program's —
- (i) reference checks;
- (ii) child and domestic abuse record checks;
- (iii) criminal background checks; and
- (iv) procedure for matching children with mentors.
- (A) COMPETITIVE BASIS- In accordance with this subsection, the Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities on a competitive basis.
- (B) PRIORITY- In awarding grants under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall give priority to each eligible entity that —
- (i) serves children with greatest need living in rural areas, high-crime areas, or troubled home environments, or who attend schools with violence problems;
- (ii) provides high quality background screening of mentors, training of mentors, and technical assistance in carrying out mentoring programs; or
- (iii) proposes a school-based mentoring program.
- (C) OTHER CONSIDERATIONS- In awarding grants under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall also consider —
- (i) the degree to which the location of the mentoring program proposed by each eligible entity contributes to a fair distribution of mentoring programs with respect to urban and rural locations;
- (ii) the quality of the mentoring program proposed by each eligible entity, including —
- (I) the resources, if any, the eligible entity will dedicate to providing children with opportunities for job training or postsecondary education;
- (II) the degree to which parents, teachers, community-based organizations, and the local community have participated, or will participate, in the design and implementation of the proposed mentoring program;
- (III) the degree to which the eligible entity can ensure that mentors will develop longstanding relationships with the children they mentor;
- (IV) the degree to which the mentoring program will serve children with greatest need in the 4th through 8th grades; and
- (V) the degree to which the mentoring program will continue to serve children from the 9th grade through graduation from secondary school, as needed; and
- (iii) the capability of each eligible entity to effectively implement its mentoring program.
- (D) GRANT TO EACH STATE- Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, in awarding grants under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall select not less than one grant recipient from each State for which there is an eligible entity that submits an application of sufficient quality pursuant to paragraph (4).
- (A) IN GENERAL- Based on model screening guidelines developed by the Office of Juvenile Programs of the Department of Justice, the Secretary shall develop and distribute to each eligible entity awarded a grant under this section specific model guidelines for the screening of mentors who seek to participate in mentoring programs assisted under this section.
- (B) BACKGROUND CHECKS- The guidelines developed under this subsection shall include, at a minimum, a requirement that potential mentors be subject to reference checks, child and domestic abuse record checks, and criminal background checks.
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Florida moves up to No. 10 in basketball poll
Rick Pitino is guessing his Louisville Cardinals won't be the last team to be No. 1 this season.
The Cardinals took advantage of losses by Duke and Michigan to move up two spots to No. 1 on Monday in The Associated Press' Top 25 poll. This is just the second time in school history they're on top. The other time was the final poll of 2008-09, a season in which they reached the final eight of the NCAA tournament.
Louisville (15-1) was one of five teams to receive a first-place vote this week, and that backs Pitino's point.
"I think the top teams will play musical chairs for No. 1 for the next two months and it will be really significant at the end of the year," Pitino said Monday, hours before the Cardinals took their No. 1 ranking into a game at Connecticut. "We played a tough nonconference schedule and I'm really happy the way our guys have battled through injuries. We'll try to hold the musical top as long as we can."
The Cardinals, who have won 10 straight since losing to Duke in the finals of the Battle 4 Atlantis, received 36 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel. That's 23 more than Indiana, which moved up from fifth.
Indiana was No. 1 in the preseason poll and for the first five weeks of the regular season. Duke, which was No. 1 for the last four weeks, was third with 14 No. 1 votes. The Blue Devils were followed by Kansas and Michigan, which drew one first-place vote each.
Four teams entered the week unbeaten: Duke, Michigan, then-No. 4 Arizona and unranked Wyoming, and they all took their first loss.
It was the first time three of the top four teams lost in the same week since November 2003, when the top four teams -- Connecticut, Duke, Michigan State and Arizona -- all were defeated.
Syracuse, Arizona, Gonzaga, Minnesota and Florida rounded out this week's top 10.
There were four newcomers to the poll this week: No. 21 Oregon, No. 22 Virginia Commonwealth, No. 24 UCLA and No. 25 Marquette.
It is VCU's first ranking since the 1984-85 season. Oregon is back in for the first time since 2007-08. Marquette was ranked last season and UCLA, which was No. 13 in the preseason poll, is back after being out for the last seven weeks.
They replaced Georgetown, Cincinnati, Wichita State and UNLV, who all lost once last week.


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QUESTION: In patients with osteoarthritis, are herbal medicines and plant extracts effective and safe?
Data sources
Studies were identified by searching Medline, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, Biosis, CINAHL, and the Cochrane Library (all from inception to May 2000); scanning the bibliographies of relevant studies and reviews; and by contacting experts and manufacturers in the field.
Study selection
Studies were selected if they were randomised controlled trials comparing 1 herbal treatment with a placebo or another active drug in patients with osteoarthritis. Studies focusing on back pain, osteoarthritic conditions of the spine, or on parenterally applied herbal preparations were excluded, as were studies that lacked essential methodological detail such as dosage, baseline data, and clinical end points.
Data extraction
Data were extracted on patient characteristics, intervention type and duration, and outcomes.
Main results
12 trials and 2 systematic reviews met the selection criteria. 1 crossover trial comparing Articulin-F (an Ayurvedic herbomineral formulation) with placebo found that active treatment reduced severity of pain (p<0.001) and disability score (p<0.05). 2 trials compared avocado/soybean unsaponifiables with placebo and found that active treatment led to reduced non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug consumption and improvement in the functional index (p<0.01, 1 trial) and pain (1 trial). A meta-analysis combining data from 3 trials found that capsaicin cream was better than placebo in reducing pain (odds ratio 4.36, 95% CI 2.77 to 6.88 {number needed to treat 4, CI 3 to 5}*). 1 other trial comparing capsaicin cream with placebo found that active treatment reduced pain severity (p=0.02) and tenderness on passive range of motion (p=0.03) and physician palpation (p=0.01). 2 trials compared Devil's claw with placebo and found a decrease in pain severity (2 trials) and an increase in mobility (1 trial) with active treatment. 1 trial compared Eazmov with diclofenac and found that Eazmov was inferior to diclofenac for both pain severity (p<0.001) and disability score (p<0.05). 1 crossover trial compared ginger extract with ibuprofen or placebo and found that ibuprofen was more effective than both ginger extract and placebo. 1 trial compared gitadyl with ibuprofen and found no difference between the treatment groups. 1 systematic review of 6 trials evaluating the effectiveness of phytodolor found that this herbal formulation led to reduced pain, increased mobility, and reduced anti-inflammatory drug consumption. 1 trial compared Reumalex with placebo and found that active treatment led to a reduction in pain (p<0.05) compared with placebo. 1 trial compared nettle sting with placebo and found that placebo led to greater reductions in both pain (p=0.03) and disability (p=0.003). Willow bark (1 trial) also led to a reduction in pain compared with placebo (p=0.047). The incidence of adverse effects for these herbal medicines was low.
In patients with osteoarthritis, some herbal medicines and plant extracts reduced pain and disability and improved mobility, with a low incidence of adverse effects.
The review by Long et al provides much needed information on the effects of 11 herbal treatments for osteoarthritis. The only other published review on the effectiveness of these treatments focused on 4 herbal interventions.1 Manuals on the use of herbal and other complementary or alternative treatments are now available to health professionals.2,3 Although these publications offer useful guidelines regarding the customary use and therapeutic management of these treatments, only 1 makes reference to any scientific studies of their effectiveness.
Using summary tables, Long et al provide detailed information on the studies reviewed. This assists readers to critique the reported findings and draw their own conclusions. These conclusions might differ in degree from those of the reviewers, who acknowledge the lack of replication for most of the studies but then do not sufficiently emphasise the tentative nature of the results.
On the basis of the findings of Long et al and Little et al,1 nurses and other health workers cannot promote the use of herbal treatments for osteoarthritis. Even in the case of avocado-soybean, capsaicin cream, and phytodolor, the evidence of therapeutic benefit is still limited. However, health professionals are now able to accurately describe the evidence base for clients who enquire, and can give assurance that the scientific community is now taking the evaluation of herbal medicines seriously. The number of clinical trials is increasing and will gradually provide the evidence that the public seeks on the effectiveness of the many herbal preparations that are being popularised for the treatment of this pervasive disease. Nurse investigators are challenged to participate in these research efforts.
Source of funding: no external funding.
For correspondence: Dr L Long, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK. L.Long{at}exter.ac.uk
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We know one person who won't be getting an Oprah Next Chapter interview.
On Toni Braxton's VH1 Behind the Music special airing tonight Toni blasts Oprah Winfrey for the 1998 interview covering her bankruptcy that Toni says changed the trajectory of her career...
Toni tells VH1,
"She was so frickin' mean to me. I was in shock."
"I couldn't believe it 'cause I loved her so much. I admired her and looked up to her and she pretty much reprimanded me."
"She says to me, 'I heard you have Gucci flatware. I'm Oprah Winfrey and I don't have Gucci flatware'.
"You ain't got Gucci flatware because you didn't want to buy it, not because you couldn't afford it! What do you mean?"
"And immediately she made me feel this big. That moment completely changed my career. It made people look down on me."


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Oh, man. Paul, you just made my day with that last video. You'd think that I'd know how to shut these things down, but I was using a totally differnet method that didn't give me access to all of the different processes that run at start-up. Thanks!
As many of you may have guessed, I'm a Metacafe junkie. I love that place. It's a great resource for those "how to" videos that make life easier, cheaper and quite often, more fun. I thought I'd share some of my favorite gadget hacks from the past few months. I've used them all, they all work 100% and they're quick and easy. No real skills required.
1: Make your own professional Noise Cancelling headphones for $20.
I work in a cubicle farm. Not that I mind, most of the time it's got a good vibe. But when I want to get down to some serious writing, I need to do it with no distractions. My boss got me a pair of $200 noise cancelling headphones. They're ok, but not great. So I searched the web for a recipe to find a DIY pair, and Metacafe had the solution - all for less than $20. Best of all, they work much better than the expensive pair.
2: The homemade USB cell phone charger.
Once again, my office was the reason for my internet search. I was tired of bringing the charger to and from work, often I would leave it at my desk and be left without it at the weekend. I had a spare charger but it was on the fritz. Then I wondered if I could use it to make a USB charger. I was right and it was Kipkay (the man who made all of these videos) who came to the rescue. This is a very cool way to charge a phone and I get comments on it all the time
3: Boost your car remote key by 50 feet.
They say necessity is the mother of invention. Well, my mind is sometimes a little forgetful and I work far enough from the car park to see my car but not lock/unlock it without walking out of the building. And this became a pain if I hadn't remembered to lock the car. Metacafe gave me a simple way to boost my car remote range by around 50 feet. Now I can lock it from my desk. Sweet.
4: An underwater video camera housing for $10.
Just like Kipkay, the producer of this gem, I needed to do some underwater filming but didn't want to fork out the big cash for the equipment. My setup cost a little more than $10, coming in closer to $15, but it's still a steal for great underwater shots. A sweet idea.
5:Get your PC to boot up much faster.
I really hate sitting in the chair watching my home computer take it's time to load everything before I can access my mail. I wanted a fast, easy way to make my PC start up at super speed, just like the day we first bought it. Here, Kipkay takes you through a simple step that stops a bunch of programs from slowing you down. An effective tip.
There you have it. On a personal note I'd like to thank Kipkay, wherever you are, for your cool videos. They have really helped me out, they're concise and well made, and they're the reason you're one of the top earners on Metacafe. Nice one.
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Oh, man. Paul, you just made my day with that last video. You'd think that I'd know how to shut these things down, but I was using a totally differnet method that didn't give me access to all of the different processes that run at start-up. Thanks!
just yesterday i had installed a program that showed up on the startup task bar and i was searching forever before i finally found the option to get rid of it. usually it's something like "run program at startup" but this one was a totally non-relevant option like "allow queue." anyway, that was a long way of saying: Dammit if only I'd seen this earlier.
Thank you, Paul! And, thank you Kipkay!
At the moment, I am only using that bottom one. I have taken away some programs, which I usually close manually each time on start-up, and i'm about to restart. I hope it all go's well!
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Payton Award finalists: Fitzgerald, Thomas, Witten
Larry Fitzgerald of the Arizona Cardinals, Joe Thomas of the Cleveland Browns and Jason Witten of the Dallas Cowboys are finalists for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award.
The award will be presented in New Orleans, when The Associated Press announces the winners of its annual NFL honors, including Most Valuable Player, in a two-hour prime-time special on Super Bowl eve.
The show, ''NFL Honors,'' will be broadcast on CBS on Feb. 2 at 9 p.m.
The only league award that recognizes a player's community service as well as his playing excellence, the Walter Payton winner will have a $20,000 donation made in his name to his favorite charity.
Fitzgerald, Thomas and Witten were chosen from among the 32 team nominees, all of whom receive a $1,000 donation to the charity of their choice. The three finalists will receive an additional $5,000 donation in their name.
The selection panel includes NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, former Commissioner Paul Tagliabue and Connie Payton, widow of the Hall of Fame running back.


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MELBOURNE, Australia – Nick Kyrgios won an all-Aussie final to capture the boys singles title at the Australian Open on Saturday, while 15-year-old Ana Konjuh of Croatia took home the girls singles and doubles championships.
The 17-year-old Kyrgios beat his friend and doubles partner, 16-year-old Thanasi Kokkinakis, 7-6 (4), 6-3 on Australia Day, the national holiday.
It was the first all-Australian boys final at Melbourne Park since Ben Ellwood defeated Andrew Ilie in 1994.
Konjuh, who had former French Open champion and Croatia Fed Cup captain Iva Majoli supporting her from the stands at Rod Laver Arena, defeated 16-year-old Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-4.
Konjuh is the third girl in the past three years to win both the singles and doubles titles at the Australian Open, following An-Sophie Mestach of Belgium in 2011 and American Taylor Townsend last year.
She will also rise to the top of the junior rankings after the tournament.
"Just the feeling is incredible," Konjuh said. "That experience, the crowd, you know, it's all a big thing. I just hope in the future I'm going to come back."
Konjuh combined with Carol Zhao of Canada to win the girls doubles title.
Kyrgios said it was an honor to play on Rad Laver Arena the day after Andy Murray edged Roger Federer in five sets in the men's semifinals on Friday night.
"It was obviously a great experience being out there knowing that Federer and Murray were grinding it out the night before," Kyrgios said. "I thought the level of tennis out there today was really good. Didn't seem that we were really nervous."
An Australian pair, Jay Andrijic and Bradley Mousley, won the boys doubles title.


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Editor's Note: In search of in-hiding Internet security guru John McAfee, CNN Correspondent Martin Savidge traveled not just to the Central American country of Belize, but to a remote island off the coast, where down a rutted road he found the remnants of an eccentric-in-paradise lifestyle.
Story highlights
Internet security pioneer is in hiding after neighbor's killing
McAfee's compound is on remote island off Belize
Two women claim to be among his seven live-in girlfriends
Authorities dug up McAfee's dead dogs, took their heads
To look for John McAfee, you must be willing to travel a narrow, rutted and muddy road. And the more I bumped and backfired along it in my temperamental, rented, gas golf cart … the deeper down the rabbit hole I fell. This is one weird story.
Some say it began a week ago Friday when the man who practically invented Internet security, John McAfee, shot his dogs.
McAfee 'frightened for his life'
Others say it goes back to April when police raided his compound on the mainland looking for drugs and guns. They found both but the guns had permits and the drugs were legal. Some say police never got over their disappointment. The Austrian woman I had picked up with my golf cart told me McAfee was trying to make a female version of Viagra.
I'm not in the habit of picking up hitchhikers but it's customary here to give a lift to locals. As they say, "You never know when YOU might need a ride." Judging by the sound of my golf cart, that time wasn't far off.
McAfee lives in the remote northern part of Ambergris Caye, an island 36 miles from the Belize mainland. I hopped a 15-minute prop-powered shuttle only to find his home was an additional six miles from the town of San Pedro.
You might wonder why someone with so much money would live so far from town down such a difficult road. Rounding a sandy curve it quickly became obvious: the staggering beauty of the Belize Barrier Reef coast.
Residents say the farther north on the island you go the higher the price of real estate.
McAfee's view is worth a fortune. An endless stretch of blue sky overhangs an ocean of pastel greens and blues framed by coconut palms. Next to a long wooden dock with chairs at its end sits a fast-looking boat with twin outboards.
I take a seat in McAfee's front yard. Under Belize law I'm not trespassing since the beach is public property. Behind me the wood-sided, thatch-roofed home painted purple and yellow sits eerily empty with one porch light on. A rusted telescope on a balcony stares off to the horizon. The only sound is the wind.
The day before, I met "Tiffany" here. She claimed to be one of McAfee's girlfriends, one of seven. They all live together, sharing McAfee's houses and fantasies. He's 67. Tiffany says she's 23 and they have been lovers for three years. The girl beside her gives no name and only says she's 19.
Tiffany says she's not seen or heard from McAfee in nearly a week – not since the neighbor, Greg Faull, was discovered dead and McAfee went into hiding.
Three arrested in killing in Belize
Now a day later the 23-year-old had vanished too.
Half a dozen dogs lie sorry-looking or listless in the yard – thin, hungry and thirsty. They're lucky to be alive.
Dogs just might be the key to this mystery.
Officials say their barking and aggressive behavior was a frequent source of friction between McAfee and Faull, a 52-year-old contractor who retired to Belize from Florida and lived next door.
On November 9, McAfee told police someone poisoned four of his dogs. Tiffany said to put them out of their misery he shot each one in the head and buried them.
Then two days later someone shot Faull in the head in his own living room. A 9mm shell was found on the second step on the first floor, and Faull was found dead on the second floor.
And McAfee had vanished.
Police say they only want to talk to the famous internet security guru.
Instead, McAfee talks only to reporters. Over a phone, he gives out all sorts of colorful quotes and tantalizing hints of his whereabouts, each contradicting the previous. He talks about moving every four hours and sleeping on a lice-infested bed, of watching "Rawhide" on an old tube TV, then claiming to be in a house not far from his compound, then no, actually he's been in his compound the whole time, saying he doesn't like the look of the traffic on the highway. This island has no highway.
This almost daily "catch me if you can" game is wearing thin on investigators. The longer it all goes on, the more suspicious police become.
Police want to question McAfee
So five days ago they dug up his dogs. I found the partially exposed graves next to a trash pit in the back behind his priceless ocean view. The flies led me there. I asked a caretaker if he was here when the police came for them. "Yes" he said, then added another tick up the strange-o-meter by revealing, "They cut off their heads."
Since only the heads had bullets, the investigators put the rest of the remains back in the holes, then hurriedly and poorly recovered them.
A source close to the investigation said authorities probably want to see if the slugs in the dogs match the one in Faull.
I stepped on the gas and my golf cart sputtered to life. Like me, it seemed to dread the bone-jarring return to town. My phone beeped; a local friend texted me to say McAfee had just proclaimed a $25,000-dollar (just over 12,000 U.S. dollars) reward for information leading to the arrest of Faull's killer.
A murdered neighbor, headless dogs and a millionaire on the run granting interviews and now offering a lottery-like reward.
Maybe someone could make up a more intriguing story … but it wouldn't be easy.


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Words Mine is a simple yet addictive app to that students will enjoy playing while practicing spelling. I could see students quickly getting hooked on this game. I found myself putting the game down.


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Like most leaders of American colleges and universities these days, Massachusetts Bay Community College President John O'Donnell is under pressure to increase graduation rates and turn out students local employers will want to hire.
And like a small but growing number of his counterparts around the country, O'Donnell has a new incentive to meet these goals: What he earns partly depends on it.
"College presidents need to be accountable," said O'Donnell, whose board of trustees recommended that, on top of his $211,150 a year base pay, he get the relatively modest maximum incentive bonus of $7,390 to reward good performance.
Taking a page from the corporate playbook, college boards like Massachusetts Bay's are beginning to tie merit raises to how well presidents meet performance targets.
Related: More private college presidents earning over $1 million
"Institutions can't afford not to have competent people in these jobs," said Stephen Pollack, a partner at consulting firm Mercer, who specializes in nonprofit organizations, including higher education.
Historically, presidential evaluations have been almost a formality, and raises often rubber-stamped, said Patrick Callan, president of the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education.
The process appears to be undertaken "just to justify extravagant salaries, or is way too focused on fund raising," he said. In other cases, "it's like they put the presidents on trial," and every constituency -- faculty, donors, students -- is invited to weigh in, said Callan. "That's just a killer. It creates presidents who won't take risks."
The idea of tying executive compensation to specific performance goals has been drifting slowly into higher education from the corporate world. Universities and colleges are increasingly under the same kinds of pressure from parents and politicians that CEOs are from shareholders.
About a third of presidents of private colleges and universities are now eligible for so-called variable pay, or pay for performance, according to Yaffe & Co., an executive compensation consulting firm. Of those presidents, 64% received their maximum possible incentive bonuses last year, the agency said, which came to a median of $34,000 each.
Public universities are jumping on the presidential performance compensation train, too.
Related: The other reason grads are drowning in debt
This month, for the first time, the heads of the nine universities of the University of Texas System were given bonuses of up to 10% of their salaries based on their cost savings, growth in research grants, fund raising, graduation rates, and other measures.
And former Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, who took over in January as president of Purdue University, is paid $420,000 a year with the potential to earn an additional $126,000 tied to such things as lowering students' debt.
Not all of these arrangements have been met with praise. Some critics complain that presidents should not be paid extra for doing things that seem to fall under their job descriptions -- especially with money tight.
There was grumbling when the Arizona Board of Regents voted in September to give $40,000 in incentive pay to each of the presidents of Arizona State University and the University of Arizona, who make base salaries of $475,000 apiece, plus more than $250,000 a year in other benefits.
Each is due for another $40,000 in incentive bonuses next year and up to $180,000 the year after that if they can trim the cost of employee health care, attract more students and research funding, and lower the number of dropouts, among other things.
In Massachusetts, O'Donnell and the presidents of the state's other 14 community colleges and nine state universities will be given bonuses of up to 3.5% based on their ability to raise graduation rates, close achievement gaps, and align educational programs with the needs of local employers.
Related: Community college grads out-earning bachelor's degree holders
"We're being very clear about the educational outcomes we're trying to produce for the state, with a growing emphasis on performance," said the state's Commissioner of Higher Education, Richard Freeland.
As to whether merit raises of only 3.5% of presidents' salaries are enough to drive change, Freeland said he wished the proportion was higher. "It's nowhere near as meaningful as I would like it to be," he said.
It's too early to judge how much of an impact performance-based raises will have at colleges, but they have proven effective in the corporate world, said Pollack.
"To do it well, you have to be willing to ... communicate with people at the beginning of a year about expectations and goals," he said. "If you're willing to do that and then hold them accountable, it works."


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Baylor nose tackle Phil Taylor will continue his busy pre-draft workout schedule with sessions for the New York Jets and Denver Broncos this week, a league source said Tuesday.
Taylor worked out for the Cleveland Browns (No. 6 overall pick), Kansas City Chiefs (No. 21) and one other AFC team last week, and he has visits slated for next week with the New Orleans Saints (No. 24), San Francisco 49ers (No. 7) and Chiefs, according to the source. In addition, Taylor has visits scheduled with the Browns, Tennessee Titans (No. 8), Indianapolis Colts (No. 22) and Pittsburgh Steelers (No. 31) in the near future.
Taylor will spend time with teams that run both 3-4 and 4-3 defenses, but he is a bit unique from this distinguished class of incoming defensive linemen in that he projects as more of a pure 3-4 nose tackle than the rest of this versatile group.
Taylor could find a role in either system, but if a team picking in the latter half of the first round or in the second round is looking for a 3-4 nose tackle, Taylor fits the bill.


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Frosty WooldridgeMore About: Politics: General Activism
300 million Americans pulling in 300 million directions
Each day, dozens of readers of my columns write me with great concern over the demise of our country. They present fresh ideas on what to write about from their perspectives. They anguish as much as I anguish.
A few months back, I wrote a story about Black Americans being thrown under the bus by our U.S. Congress importing over 100,000 new legal immigrants every 30 days. Those immigrants displace Blacks from jobs, housing, schools and medical care. That one article inspired a number of Black readers to write me with their thoughts.
Additionally, I work with top scientists around this country worried sick over adding 100 million immigrants to our country within the next 37 years. I implore everyone to take action. I've written columns asking readers to write, visit and educate the media. Few readers followed up or did anything. That illustrates the nature of average Americans: non-involvement, not in my back yard, I am not interested, I don't care, I've got mine, I'm too apathetic, I can't make a difference, etc.
To that I say, great people self-select great issues to change the world. Action drives their destinies and action pushes their agendas. Action takes them to the top of any mountain of any kind anywhere in the world. Everyone in this movement to stop mass immigration generates their success through their actions. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. self-selected his destiny to change the Black man's history in America.
One Black man wrote me the following letter that I feel needs publication:
Benjamin said, "Thank you for the email and your thoughts. Do I agree with them? Yes. Up to a point. As an older Black man, I have often wondered why my race is included in the term "multi-culturalism". After all, Black people have been actively involved in the history of this country since its inception. We have fought and died for the decree that "all men are created equal". We have fought for the most important "right" this country has to offer. That is the right to vote and participate in the future of this great country.
"Yes. Immigration is a problem. Especially illegal immigration. And yes there are too many voices... none of which want to assimilate into the American culture. I find that the majority of immigrants want this country to adapt to their specific culture, language and mores. And that ain't going to happen any time soon. So what you have is a form of anarchy, with each culture fighting to be uppermost for what this country has to offer. (Did that make sense?)
"I blame it on the government for not establishing rules and sticking to them. I blame the government for allowing the gangs to flourish (I witnessed this one first hand). For allowing drugs into the country. For allowing assault weapons into the country.
"As for food stamps. That's a joke. The people that need them don't get them, re: the elderly, infirm, unwed mothers (regardless of what has been said), widows, people who can't work, etc. I have given up. Because of MSM and Alternate media, I have been typecast as a violent black man, an ape if you will, with uncontrollable sexual desires who is just itching to ravish the white female. THAT is the meme that has been ascribed to me.
"I have read that you have traveled this country from one end to the next and have talked to all kinds of people, if that is so, then you know my words are true. Mr. Wooldridge, this is not a country. This is just three hundred million people with three hundred million versions about how this country should be. Therefore... this part of North American cannot exist for very much longer. And "no" multi-culturalism isn't doing us any good. But please exclude Black people from the definition of this term. We don't deserve this.
To Benjamin, I thank you for your words and thoughts. Since Black Americans have been a part of America and we have shared a common history for 400 plus years, I don't and have not ever counted Black Americans as an aspect of "multiculturalism."
What we face as to Middle Easterners (Muslims in particular) with incompatible religions, Mexicans, Asians, and other countries with cultural poverty and many other countries whose immigrants will not meld into the great American mosaic—that's what I write to stop because it's not working. It's failing miserably on multiple levels.
As to the sheer numbers, I fear, yes fear for the future of our civilization no matter if you are white, black, brown, red or yellow. We're all in this boat together and we need to stop importing more people into the American lifeboat. We are already sinking under the legal and illegal immigration onslaught.
Join: www.CapsWeb.org ; www.NumbersUSA.org ; www.Fairus.org ; www.TheSocialContract.com ; www.alipacus.com
Amply shown by these two videos:
In a five minute astoundingly simple yet brilliant video, "Immigration, Poverty, and Gum Balls", Roy Beck, director of www.numbersusa.ORG, graphically illustrates the impact of overpopulation. Take five minutes to see for yourself:
"Immigration by the numbers—off the chart" by Roy Beck
This 10 minute demonstration shows Americans the results of unending mass immigration on the quality of life and sustainability for future generations: in a few words, "Mind boggling!" www.NumbersUSA.org
In a five minute astoundingly simple yet brilliant video, "Immigration, Poverty, and Gum Balls", Roy Beck, director of www.numbersusa.ORG, graphically illustrates the impact of overpopulation. Take five minutes to see for yourself:
"Immigration by the numbers—off the chart" by Roy Beck
This 10 minute demonstration shows Americans the results of unending mass immigration on the quality of life and sustainability for future generations: in a few words, "Mind boggling!" www.NumbersUSA.org
Visit www.TheSocialContract.com for the best information on what we face as a civilization as to overpopulation, energy, immigration and much more.
Canada www.immigrationwatchcanada.org ; in Australia www.population.org.au email@example.com; in Great Britain www.populationmatters.org ; and dozens of other sites accessed at www.frostywooldridge.com. In Florida, www.flimen.org .
Must see DVD: "Blind Spot" www.snagfilms.com/films/title/blind_spot/ , This movie illustrates America's future without oil, water and other resources to keep this civilization functioning. It's a brilliant educational movie! www.blindspotdoc.com
Must see: Rapid Population Decline, seven minute video by Dr. Jack Alpert-
Too Many People Video series
How Much Degrowth is Enough? "NEW" Sept. 2012
Dave Gardner, President, Citizen-Powered Media ; Producing the Documentary, GROWTH BUSTERS; presents Hooked on Growth: Our Misguided Quest for Prosperity, Join the cause at www.growthbusters.org ;760 Wycliffe Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80906 USA; +1 719-576-5565
Trailer to his latest movie on overpopulation: http://youtu.be/KLWxWOcUrVc
Check out this link with Wooldridge on bicycle and Lester Brown and panel discussion:
Tomorrow's Americaproject on www.youtube.com/contemporarylearning.
Producer: GEORGE A. COLBURNwww.tomorrowsamerica.com
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Link to www.tomorrowsamerica.com for more discussions on America's predicament.
Alexandra Paul talks about human overpopulation and saving our world by all women having 1 child only:
One planet, one child:
This film will rock you: MOTHER: CARING FOR 7 BILLION
Frosty Wooldridge has bicycled across six continents - from the Arctic to the South Pole - as well as eight times across the USA, coast to coast and border to border. In 2005, he bicycled from the Arctic Circle, Norway to Athens, Greece. In 2012, he bicycled coast to coast across America. He presents "The Coming Population Crisis facing America: what to do about it." www.frostywooldridge.com . His latest book is: How to Live a Life of Adventure: The Art of Exploring the World by Frosty Wooldridge, copies at 1 888 280 7715/ Motivational program: How to Live a Life of Adventure: The Art of Exploring the World by Frosty Wooldridge, click: www.HowToLiveALifeOfAdventure.com


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Joe Wertz / StateImpact Oklahoma
Joe Wertz / StateImpact Oklahoma
Oklahoma is known for its wild weather. And now, the state's variable climate is helping scientists understand how climate change could affect farms everywhere.
The federal government recently picked an agricultural laboratory in El Reno to be one of seven regional hubs to study climate change. It turns out, climate change research has been happening in Oklahoma for decades.
"If you work on agricultural production in the Great Plains, I think you're going to have to have a strong climate focus at some point in time," says Jean Steiner, the lab's director, adding that Oklahoma is the perfect place to do research on the relationship between climate and crops and livestock. "Well, we have such rapid changes between very hot, very cold, very wet, very dry. Within the state, in the same year, you can have severe drought in one part of the state and flooding somewhere else."
In one of the research pastures on Grazinglands' sprawling, 7,000 acres, scientists from the University of Oklahoma, including Jeff Basara, are putting the finishing touches on a complex sensor array in the middle of an experimental wheat field.
"This is the interface between the land surface and the atmosphere," Basara says. "The types of measurements that we're taking are monitoring the flux of water and carbon and methane between the land surface and the atmosphere. And that's real important for understanding — really one of the most important variables in all of this is water."
There are about 40 scientists at Grazinglands studying how climate affects crops, livestock, soil and water. Basara's team is installing sensors to help determine which tilling practices are more efficient, how livestock feed can be altered to reduce methane emissions, and which strains of grazing grass are the most drought resistant.
All of this research involves climate change.
"There's really solid agreement that we're going to see some warming in this region," Basara says. "Just a little bit of warming in the atmosphere will have an effect on evaporation. And how does that affect all these other systems?"
Steiner says the research happening in Oklahoma can be applied to other parts of the globe as shifts in weather patterns become more common.
That's one of the main reasons Grazinglands was picked for the climate hub program, which is basically an initiative to get useful research information already being gathered across the region to farmers and ranchers in a more streamlined way.
"Sometimes it just seems like, well what can you do? You can't control the climate," Steiner says. "But if you understand the patterns and the risk a little better, you might be able to come up with management practices that are more flexible, that give you more options when going into a drought, or manage to be more productive in the favorable seasons.
She says the farmers and ranchers she talks to understand climate variability, but not the current cause of it.
"There's still some resistance to attributing climate patterns to the change in the atmosphere that's being driven by fossil fuel use primarily," Steiner says. "It's also presented in the press as more controversial than I believe it to be."


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Text description provided by the architects. Houston Ballet's Center for Dance is a visual reminder of Houston's commitment to the performing arts and a living billboard for dance. Gensler's design draws inspiration from a proscenium stage, showcasing classes and rehearsals through large windows into double-height-volume rehearsal studios. Home to Houston Ballet and its Academy, the six-storey, 115,000 sq ft building boasts nine dance studios, a dance laboratory and artistic, administrative and support facilities. It is also the largest dance education facility in the United States.
The airy, spacious interior features double-height studios that offer interior views of rehearsing dancers and maximise the building's spectacular views of Houston. Interior sight lines engender openness, activity and collaboration. In its old facility, professional dancers were largely separated from students and administrative staff. The new facility fosters innovation by offering a multitude of spaces for dancers, students, teachers and administrators to interact and socialise.
The Center for Dance enables Houston Ballet to expand and enhance its education programs, which reach students from preschool through adulthood, including a program that leverages dance therapy for people with Parkinsons Disease. In addition to ballet classes, students have access to classes that introduce ballet performance production and even arts administration. State-of-the-art practice studios feature flooring supported on a basket-weave platform designed to minimise injury to dancers while mitigating noise transfer from one studio to another. Each studio features natural daylight, exterior views of the city and A/V equipment to review performances.
The 200-seat Margaret Alkek Williams Dance Laboratory provides artists with a unique space to develop new works, and the dimensions of the space mimic the stage dimensions of Houston Ballet's primary performance space. A daylight harvesting system maximises use of natural light and reduces energy consumption. Unique finishes include reclaimed walnut planks that warm the threshold to each rehearsal studio. White ceramic inlaid windows reduce energy consumption, while allowing natural light to filter in. West-facing studios have automated blinds that lower as the afternoon sun increases.
Houston Ballet's artistic director, Stanton Welch, notes: "The Center for Dance gives Houston Ballet a home that is truly an international dance center. The building will be an icon for the art of dance nationally and internationally. The Center for Dance will further secure Houston's reputation as a cosmopolitan, sophisticated, international city with a thriving arts community."


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- Automated Call Back Systems from legal services to people who have reached out
- SMS reminders from courts to litigants about what expectations are
- Using data for legal services to better track their work & targets
- Virtual office kits to provide legal services on the go, or outside of legal offices
- An app that gives checklists to lawyers to ensure they're catching all the issues
"Don't Forget Your Court Date"
How text messages and other technology can give legal support to the poor.
It has been three years since the Great Recession ended, but the nation's courthouses are still swamped with eviction cases, foreclosures, and debt collection suits. If overdue bills and late rent were crimes, all low-income tenants and debtors could get a public defender for free. Because those cases are civil suits, though, the state doesn't provide an attorney. Which means that in civil court, most people don't have a lawyer in their corner—even though their homes and financial stability are on the line.
What many do have in their back pockets, however, is a smartphone. And soon, they might be able to find some legal help there, too.
Like everyone else, lawyers for the poor are trying to do more with less, as government grants and private funding have dried up. Increasingly, that means turning to tech, using new tools to deliver information to clients, support volunteer lawyers, and improve their own systems. They're using text messaging, automated call-backs, Web chats, and computer-assisted mapping.
A crush of new clients is pushing the growing reliance on technology, as the old systems just can't keep up. For years, people seeking help have called their local legal services offices, only to wait on hold for 20 minutes or more. If someone has a pay-by-the-minute cellphone, as many low-income people do, that gets expensive fast. Many callers just give up, says Elizabeth Frisch, the co-executive director of Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania. So Frisch and her team are piloting an automated call-back system, using voice over IP, to reduce hold time and save those precious minutes.
Text messages can also improve efficiency. If courts sent SMS reminders to litigants, that would help move along cases that get postponed over and over when one party doesn't show up, says Glenn Rawdon. Rawdon runs the technology grants program at the Legal Services Corp., the federal program that funds legal aid groups. A text could also help people remember to bring documents to meetings with their overworked lawyers. "It's very time-consuming if they come to the appointment and say, 'Oh yeah, I forgot to bring the papers,' " Rawdon says. And SMS can be used to deliver basic legal information, like what to look for when signing a lease, or the laws surrounding a wage claim. Legal aid groups in Georgia, New York, Washington, Illinois, and Pennsylvania are all piloting text-based campaigns this year.
For simple questions, technology can help deliver information to clients. For more complicated problems, only a lawyer will do. Unfortunately, there aren't enough lawyers to go around. That's particularly true outside of cities.
For example, 70 percent of Georgia's lawyers are in the Atlanta metro area, although just under 30 percent of the state's population lives there, according to the State Bar of Georgia. Six counties have no lawyers at all.
"It's really expensive to deliver legal services in a rural area. Lawyers have to travel," says Michael Monahan of Georgia Legal Services. Some lawyers at his organization cover six or seven counties, he says, working in the field three or four days a week.
So five years ago, Georgia Legal Services created virtual office kits, with laptops, portable printers, and scanners. They also got an assist from Sprint, which provided free air cards for mobile Internet access and an "extremely low data rate" for unlimited usage.
In Ohio, which also has big rural areas and a shortage of lawyers to serve them, Web chat can help volunteers reach more clients.
The system "allows us to address an imbalance between where the attorneys are and where our clients are," says Kevin Mulder, executive director of Legal Aid of Western Ohio.
But logistics aren't the only hurdle for volunteers. They can be "a little uncomfortable taking cases that are outside their practice area," says David Lund, who runs the Legal Aid Service of Northeastern Minnesota.
If you're used to dealing with real estate contracts, for instance, a Medicaid case can be intimidating. So he's developing a set of checklists for specific issues, optimized for tablets, that lawyers can use when they're volunteering.
They'll use it at the start of a case, as they're laying out a client's options, and at potential settlements, to make sure that they haven't missed anything crucial. In eviction cases, for example, a landlord can get a judgment of possession. This allows the tenant to leave without paying back rent, but it's still a judgment against him, which means it can jeopardize eligibility for future subsidized housing, like Section 8. An experienced landlord-tenant lawyer would know that. An occasional volunteer would not. Which is where the checklist comes in.
Some things are best left to full-time legal aid lawyers. But since there are so few, groups are using data analysis and mapping to better focus their scarce resources. Prairie State Legal Services in Rockford, Ill., is using its "incredible mass of data" to develop a mapping project, plotting addresses and legal needs. Director Michael O'Connor says this will help them answer questions like, "Are there clusters in certain communities where lots of people are facing issues with access to public benefits, or substandard housing?" Armed with that information, his staff can do targeted outreach campaigns or ramp up for litigation.
No one thinks technology is a cure-all. Even the best app or website can't stand next to you in front of a judge, responding to the opposing counsel.
And despite these promising tools, unmet need is enormous. Many clients want more support than they can get from an app or a chat, but limited funds make that unlikely. "For a large percentage of those folks, [help via technology] will be it. That will be the most that we will be able to offer," says Deb Jennings, who manages a phone helpline at Advocates for Basic Legal Equality in Toledo, Ohio. And the use of new tech tools is in the early stages—many projects are somewhere between concept and beta.
The tools that are in use show great promise. Groups across the country have developed self-help websites, and they've been hugely popular. In 2012 so far, more than 3 million people downloaded resources from LawHelp.org, a nonprofit site that offers legal information and legal aid referrals. Through an affiliated site, people can answer simple questions and produce documents ready to file in court. More than 300,000 people have created documents this year, for things like wills, leases, and custody agreements.
In an ideal world, everyone who needs one would have a lawyer. But few people know better than lawyers for the poor just how far from ideal this world is.
Relying on technology "is a bit waving the white flag and saying we acknowledge we're not going to help everybody, so here's a second best solution," O'Connor says. "And it is second best, but it is at least providing help to some people who otherwise wouldn't get anything."
This article arises from Future Tense, a collaboration among Arizona State University, the New America Foundation, and Slate. Future Tense explores the ways emerging technologies affect society, policy, and culture. To read more, visit the Future Tense blog and the Future Tense home page. You can also follow us on Twitter.


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Photo: Scott Frances
I promised a summer photo after talking about fall yesterday…so here is a sunny summer photo.
Don't know where the photo above was taken but for some reason I imagine Palm Beach. Love the pink outdoor table and chairs, the vast green lawn and the rich blue ocean and vibrant sky. Picture perfect. Palm Beach Pink I'm dubbing this…it is delicate, flirty and soft. Might be a perfect pink for me.
Like yesterday's post…I found that this pale pink is in fashion too!
Oscar de la Renta via Style.com
Dsquared via Style.com
Love that dress with the ruffle btw.
What would you name this pink? What do you think of pink?
Happy Thursday!


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How about.. No.
Read the pinned topic and fill out the info as requested, otherwise this post will go unanswered. You need to show alittle effort before anyone on this site gives up their time to find something for you.
And searching the forum might reveal that this was already requested twice before! and its reply was filled with many various links for the program.
Since this was requested already, and you did not bother to take a moment to fill out any necessary info, or search the board. this thread will be closed. As its already been requested.
Next time, search before posting and add any new requests into an existing thread.


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I have no finish to share, but I did start one of the two quilt tops I was hoping to get finished this week.
Birch Fabrics. This is all from the Mod basics line. It is oh-so-lovely! The teal is going to be the background. The lime will be the backing.


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3:58 p.m. SIMON PAGENAUD WINS THE 103rd INDIANAPOLIS 500! Alexander Rossi, Takuma Sato, Josef Newgarden and WIll Power are the top 5. Ed Carpenter, Santino Ferrucci, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Tony Kanaan and Conor Daly round out the top ten.
3:57 p.m. Pagenaud passes Rossi back with less than two laps to go!
3:56 p.m. 3 laps to go. Rossi passes Pagenaud at the start line for the lead!
3:55 p.m. Pagenaud leads with 4 laps left
3:53 p.m. 6 laps left. Pagenaud continues to hold off Rossi
3:50 p.m. 10 to go! Pagenaud, Rossi, Newgarden the top 3
3:49 p.m. Pagenaud passes Rossi for the lead with 11 to go
3:48 p.m. GREEN FLAG: 13 laps to go. Alexander Rossi, Simon Pagenaud, Ed Carpenter, Josef Newgarden and Takuma Sato are the top 5.
3:37 p.m. Cars are back moving under caution again after an 18-minute red flag delay.
3:16 p.m. RED FLAG on lap 180 as a result of the most recent crash. Spencer Pigot is the race leader, followed by Alexander Rossi and Simon Pagenaud. Ed Carpenter and Josef Newgarden are also in the top five.
3:13 p.m. The 5 cars involved in the crash are Felix Rosenqvist, Graham Rahal, Sebastien Bourdais, Charlie Kimball and Zach Veach.
3:10 p.m. CAUTION number 4 of the day for a big crash involving multiple cars with 23 laps remaining: As teams cycle through pit stops Takuma Sato leads Spencer Pigot and Will Power.
3:04 p.m. 33 laps to go. Josef Newgarden leads Simon Pagenaud, Ed Carpenter Alexander Rossi and Conor Daly.
2:52 p.m. Josef Newgarden passes Simon Pagenaud on lap 151 to take the race lead from his teammate.
2:49 p.m. Green flag back out on lap 148. Simon Pagenaud, Ed Carpenter, Josef Newgarden, Sebastien Bourdais and Alexander Rossi make up the top five.
2:35 p.m. CAUTION number 3 of the day on lap 138 as Marcus Ericsson spins and hits the wall on pit road. Alexander Rossi has an issue with the fuel in his pit and makes a 23-second stop. Scott Dixon is the race leader, followed by Santino Ferrucci, Felix Rosenqvist, Tony Kanaan and Zach Veach are the top 5 as teams were cycling through pit stops.
2:25 p.m. 75 laps to go: Simon Pagenaud, Alexander Rossi, Ed Carpenter, Josef Newgarden and Sebastien Bourdais continue as the top 5.
2:18 p.m. After a cycle of pit stops, Simon Pagenaud retakes the lead, however, Alexander Rossi is trying to chase him down. Ed Carpenter, Josef Newgarden and Sebastien Bourdais are the top 5 on lap 115.
2:15 p.m. Charlie Clifford reports from Dr. Geoffrey Billows: the Rahal Letterman Lanigan crew member Chris Minot, hit by Jordan King in the pits is being transferred to IU Methodist Hospital with a non-life threatening lower body injury. He is in good spirits.
2:08 p.m. HALFWAY: Ed Carpenter leads, Josef Newgarden, Alexander Rossi, Sebastien Bourdais and Conor Daly make up the top 5. Spencer Pigot, Scott Dixon, Marcus Ericsson, Graham Rahal and Santino Ferrucci round out the top 10.
2:00 p.m. Kyle Kaiser has been checked and released from the infield medical center after his lap 74 crash.
1:53 p.m. Green flag back out on lap 80. Simon Pagenaud, Ed Carpenter, Josef Newgarden, Alexander Rossi and Sebastien Bourdais the top 5
1:52 p.m. WIll Power will start from the rear of the field for contact with his crew in the pits.
1:49 p.m. Meghan McKeown reports Jordan King's tire changer has been wheeled off for evaluation with a leg injury. His name is Chris Minot and he is also the chief mechanic for Rahal Letterman Lanigan sports car crew.
1:47 p.m. A replay shows a pit crew member of Jordan King was struck by a tire as King attempted to make a pit stop.
1:44 p.m. 2nd caution of the day on lap 74 as Kyle Kaiser hits the wall in turn 4.
1:37 p.m. Leader Simpon Pagenaud makes his 2nd pit stop. Ed Carpenter takes over the race lead
1:34 p.m. After 60 laps, Simon Pagenaud, Will Power and Ed Carpenter are 1-2-3.
1:27 p.m. 50 laps complete: Simon Pagenaud is the race leader. Will Power, Ed Carpenter, Josef Newgarden and Alexander Rossi the top 5. Sebastien Bourdais, Spencer Pigot, Ed Jones, Conor Daly and Marcus Ericsson the top 10.
1:22 p.m. After the cycle of pit stops, pole-sitter Simon Pagenaud retakes the race lead. Power, Carpenter, Newgarden and Sebastien Bourdais the top 5 on lap 45.
1:21 p.m. Helio Castroneves assessed a drive-though penalty for the contact on pit road
1:19 p.m. Contact on pit road between James Davison and Helio Castroneves
1:15 p.m. Pit stops begin under the green flag on lap 32 as leader Simon Pagenaud comes to pit road. That gives the lead to last year's winner, Will Power
1:07 p.m. Colton Herta is out of the race after only completing 4 laps due to mechanical issues.
1:06 p.m. 20 laps in: Simon Pagenaud, Will Power, Ed Carpenter, Spencer Pigot and Josef Newgarden are the current top 5.
1:00 p.m. Green flag back out on lap 9. Simon Pagenaud, Ed Carpenter and Will Power the top 3.
12:52 p.m. Caution on lap 6 as Colton Herta's car comes to a stop with engine problems just short of the pits.
12:49 p.m. The 103rd Indianapolis 500 is underway!
Here we go! Driver introductions ahead of the 103rd running of the #Indy500 @WISH_TV pic.twitter.com/ScvWTGE7pv — Meghan McKeown (@Meghan_WISH8) May 26, 2019


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Darryl Strawberry
Dodgers star, Darryl Strawberry first got in to trouble with the IRS in 1994 when he was put under investigation for tax fraud. The IRS tacked him with tax evasion, and he had to pay back $350,000 in back taxes, serve 3 years of probation, six years of home confinement, and complete 100 hours of community service.
2. Lawrence Taylor
Former Giants linebacker, Lawrence Taylor filed an incorrect federal income tax return back in 1990. Taylor pleaded guilty to the tax charges in 1997, and was punished with three months house arrest, five years probation and 500 hours of community service for income tax evasion.
3. Pete Rose
Baseball favorite, Pete Rose, also got in to some trouble with the government in 1990, when he filed a false income tax return. Despite his celebrity status, Rose was sentenced to five months in a correctional facility, three months in a community treatment center, 1,000 hours of community service and a $50,000 fine.
4. Helio Castroneves
The recent controversy around Indy 500 racer Helio Castroneves and his supposed $5 million tax debt has shed light on the tax problems sports stars can get in to. He is currently being tried for evading taxes on a licensing deal that he claims to never have received a dime from. Only time will tell whether the Indy 500 and dancing with the stars celebrity actually committed the tax crime.
5. Willie McCovey
Hall of Famer Willie McCovey, like many other athletes who ran in to tax trouble, did so by forgetting to claim cash made during autograph signing. While McCovey pleaded guilty to the crime, he also claimed to have committed it unknowingly, since he had a professional handle his accounting. He was sentenced to two years of probation and fined $5,000.
6. O.J. Simpson
Although infamous for more than his athletic abilities, O.J. Simpson upset the IRS enough to be put on the California tax shame list. His tax debt was over $1.5 million, and he stayed on the list for more than a year.
7. Jesse Owens
The late 1930s Olympic winner Jesse Owens got himself into trouble with the IRS. After the Olympics, Owens tried multiple business ventures in the United States to profit off his newly found fame. However, one of his ventures lost Owens a fortune and rendered him unable to pay his full tax liability. As a result, Owens was forced to declare bankruptcy.
8. Boris Becker
Famed tennis player and bad boy, Boris Becker, ran right in to tax trouble when it was discovered his apartment was not his priority residence, as previously claimed. As a result, he was given two years probation, fined $500,000, and ordered to pay expensive court fees.