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· During 2011, approximately 285 programs and presentations were presented on campus, in Marquette and other Upper Peninsula communities by officers and personnel from this department. As in the past, our department focus is centralized on issues relating to alcohol, drugs, and sexual assault; date and acquaintance rape education along with, thefts, vandalism and numerous other safety prevention programs.
· The Crime Prevention Unit is in its tenth year teaching the RAD self-defense training classes for credit to female students. In 2011, additional personal safety and self-defense awareness classes were taught in residence halls, for NMU student leadership skill builder presentations and sororities. Due to the continued demands for the RAD program, Public Safety has three public safety officers certified as RAD instructors who teach as adjunct professors for the Health Physical Education department.
· Cpl. LaPlante is also the advisor for the NMU Trail Cats student organization. Lt. Peterman is fourteenth year member of the Marquette County Coalition on Substance Abuse Prevention Network, fourteen year charter member in the Marquette County Triad, and continues to work with other organizations.
- Over nine years NMU Public Safety has acquired a Harley-Davidson motorcycle to complement the community policing program and general patrol on campus.
· Other important areas in Crime Prevention statistics include both larceny and vandalism. On the road bike registration in halls and on campus has increased registrations over previous years in an effort to reduce bike thefts and for the return of recovered bikes to their owners. Bike registrations can also be entered online.
* Listed below are program highlights presented by the Public Safety Crime Prevention Unit.
The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, as a part of the Higher Education Act of 1965, is a federal law that requires colleges and universities to disclose certain timely and annual information about campus crime and security policies. All public and private institutions of post secondary education participating in federal student-aid programs are subject to it. The act includes:
- Publishing an annual report disclosing campus security policies and three years' worth of selected crime statistics.
- Making timely warnings to the campus community about crimes that pose an ongoing threat.
- Keeping a public crime log.
- Upholding basic rights to victims of sexual assault.
- Making accurate crime statistics available to the U.S. Department of Education, which centrally collects and disseminates campus crime statistics at the national level?
- Facing possible fines from the U.S. Department of Education when schools fail to comply with the Clery Act.
Campus crime, arrest and referral statistics include those reported to NMU Public Safety and Police Services, as well as designated campus officials including, but not limited to, directors, deans, department heads, designated student support staff, advisers to students and student organizations, athletic coaches and local law enforcement agencies.
The "Clery Act" is named in memory of 19-year-old Lehigh University freshman Jeanne Ann Clery, who was raped and murdered on April 5, 1986, while asleep in her residence hall room.
Her parents, Connie and Howard Clery, later discovered that students hadn't been told about 38 violent crimes on the Lehigh campus in the three years before her murder. They joined with other campus crime victims and persuaded Congress to enact this law, which was originally known as the "Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990." A 1998 amendment formally named the law in memory of Jeanne Clery.
Click here to learn more about the Clery Act and NMU's Clery reports.
In addition, the NMU Public Safety and Police Services Department reports the required annual crime statistics to the U.S. Department of Education. This information is available online at http://ope.ed.gov/security.
NMU Public Safety Crime Prevention takes a proactive approach in posting crime alerts to help educate students as to possible crimes that can occur on campus. Crime alerts are posted on the NMU Web page and posted in buildings and residence halls on campus. This information is in accordance with the Clery Act Policy.
This program is implemented on the campus as it has been since 1986. Victims of crime receive a Crime Victim" Information pamphlet that provides information according to the Crime Victims Rights Act of 1985 and tips on how to avoid becoming a victim of crime. This program is maintained and operated by the Marquette County Prosecutors Office.
The Committee on Campus Violence will function as the monitoring body to oversee the implementation of violence prevention programs, continuing education relative to crime prevention and compliance with the requirements of the Clery Act. The committee will review the effectiveness of policies and procedures which have been implemented to address violent behavior and through the chair make recommendations to the Director, Public Safety & Police Services and the Associate Provost, Student services and enrollment. The committee will keep the university community informed on the impact of violent behavior on our community.
The insecure building report was developed in 1985 as part of the increased security posture of the Public Safety Department. Building security students and officers checked all buildings on campus and reported any open doors or door problems.
In 2001 Lt. Peterman implemented a student employee building patrol program that checks all buildings on campus. Along with checking buildings the students shut off lights in buildings after they have closed in an effort to decrease energy costs to the University. The students record all building security and lighting conditions on "Building Check Sheets". Data is then compiled from the "Building Check Sheets" and sent to the Director of Plant Operations-Facilities, indicating the number of doors found unlocked or ajar so they can take the appropriate maintenance action.
The Honeywell Access Control/Security System continues to implement building security with the computer controlled door scheduling and alarms systems. In 2011 student officers and student security conducted over 8 thousand building door checks. Door hardware problems were reported so the proper repairs could be made by facilities.
In 2001 Lt. Peterman also implemented a comprehensive building security system mapping and numbering all building entry doors on campus. When doors are found open, insecure or in need of repair the building door is recorded and the information is passed on for the appropriate action.
Lt. Peterman, along with Locksmith Luke Guindon continues with the comprehensive building survey as a proactive measure in preventative maintenance. Security inspections are conducted annually on door hardware for malfunctions making the necessary repairs. Some of the items tested in the inspection include door hinges, closures, locks, strikes, mullions and thresholds; additionally a door operation inspection includes a three step process for exterior doors-open door test, lip test and jerk test.
Northern Michigan University continues to work to provide a safe learning, living and working environment for students and employees. However, there can be times when it is critical that the college find ways to immediately inform the campus community of an emergency.
As part of the college's review of the emergency response plan, a new program was being implemented. All students and employees may sign up for notification of campus emergencies through a text message and e-mail alert system. Sign up is now available at NMU Alerts, http://myweb.nmu.edu/alerts.
In 2011 student employees and officers conducted "University Light Surveys" weekly and all officers report light conditions found during the course of their patrol. The campus is broken down into sections and any lights out or malfunctioning is reported to the Director of Facilities for repair.
In other areas of lighting surveys are taken annually to check the levels of lighting to ensure adequate levels are met.
Operation Identification is a program that is a system for marking personal property. The participant(s) marking their property uses an engraver, a diamond pen, or a tungsten-carbide marking pen. Students' then engrave their driver's license on the item and keep a permanent record of their property. Operation Identification has been proven to reduce thefts in communities where the program has been implemented. The reason is people are reluctant to steal things, which are marked because it increases the risk of getting caught, further making items hard to fence or sell. In addition, items identified can be put into the law enforcement information system (LEIN) and can be returned to the owner if found. Students can request an operation identification program in their residence hall by calling the Crime Prevention office at 2154 or Public Safety at 2151. Some items students might want to record are radios, stereos, televisions, computers, appliances, bikes, and cameras to mention a few.
Textbook identification, newly implemented in 1999 by Lt. Peterman is similar to that of operation identification. Public Safety along with the NMU bookstore implemented a system to record student textbooks using ultra violet processing. The book is identified to the student in a manner unknown to them. If the student reports their textbook as stolen, then the bookstore computer places a hit on the particular textbook looking for the stolen book. This service is offered during operation identification or by calling Public Safety and requesting the service. Information is provided in the Operation Identification pamphlet.
NMU began a proactive program with the installation of "Code Blue" emergency telephones that provide two-way communications from the phone site direct to Public Safety dispatch 911 emergency lines. The purpose of the phone is for emergency contact to Public Safety allowing immediate response by patrols.
The phones are located strategically throughout campus at 21 different locations. Assessments for new installations are assessed during new construction projects.
Public Safety Officer Jesse Wernholm and student employees physically inspects the twenty-one emergency phones each week and reports any malfunctions to telephone services to make the necessary repairs.
The Department of Public Safety continues to provide escort service campus wide during the hours of darkness. Student lot guards when on duty provide this service; otherwise officers will make the transport when requested.
Information for this program is disseminated at orientation sessions; housing and residence life look at campus education programs and is listed in the campus student paper "North Wind", as well as, postings throughout all building locations of the University Community. This program is now part of the new Public Safety MAP program.
The department of Public Safety offers bike registration at "NMU Fall Fest". Bikes can be registered anytime at Public Safety twenty-four hours a day three-hundred sixty five days a year or online. The process is simple; the information is permanently kept on computer record. The student then receives a bike registration. Bike registration is free of charge. In addition, Public Safety attempts to go to all resident halls and the academic mall registering bikes. Bike registration is also conveniently located on line.
Public Safety provides a free motorist assistance program for students, staff, and visitors on campus. The hours of operation are Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. until midnight. Services provided:
Jump Starts – We will jump your vehicle.
Vehicle Unlocks – If you lock your keys in your vehicle we will attempt to unlock it.
Gas Transports – We will provide you with a gas can and drive you to the nearest gas station so you can purchase gas.
Tire Inflates – We will put air in your vehicle or bicycle tire and/or ASSIST you in changing the flat.
There are numerous other services we provide. If you have another problem call and ask. We may be able to assist you.
RAD is a self-defense course that began in 2001 on our campus for credit to female students at NMU through the HPER department and taught by Lt. Peterman. In 2007 Public Safety Officer Jesse Wernholm and 2008 Officer Gregg Carrier were certified to teach the popular RAD class to help keep up with the program demands. Since the inception of RAD over 125 classes with over 2000 females students have attended this highly proactive program of self-empowerment. RAD is a program of realistic, self-defense tactics and techniques, not a martial arts class. The class begins by teaching prevention about risk awareness, reduction, recognition and avoidance, and then progresses onto the basis of hands on defense training. The class is dedicated to provide women with the knowledge to make educated decisions about resistance and teaching women about the "Fight or Flight Syndrome".
If you are the victim of a sexual assault, it is vital that you understand that if you report the assault to Northern Michigan University, you and the matter you report will be treated with the greatest confidentiality, concern and seriousness, regardless of your gender or the gender of the suspect. Your name will not be released to the public or to the media. You will be treated with dignity, courtesy; sensitivity and understanding, and you will not be prejudged or blamed for what occurred.
Additionally, you will be advised of, and if you desire, assisted in receiving services from Northern Michigan departments and from community service agencies that provide assistance to victims of sexual assault. University staff will neither coerce you to report a sexual assault as a lesser offense nor prevent or discourage you from reporting a sexual assault to another person or authority.
You will have the opportunity to pursue all legal and/or disciplinary remedies and obtain counseling services without academic penalty by NMU (to be accommodated as deemed appropriate by the Dean of Students Office on an ad-hoc basis). If you request, NMU staff will take any reasonable steps to prevent unnecessary or unwanted contact or proximity with the suspect.
If you file a complaint with NMU Public Safety and Police Services, staff from that office will investigate your complaint. You will be notified of victim's rights and remedies accorded in the Crime Victim's Rights Act, and you will be updated on the status of the investigation.
If the NMU Health Center provides medical assistance, appropriate methods for preserving evidence of criminal sexual assault will be followed. You will be made aware of and assisted in exercising any options provided under law regarding the mandatory testing of sexual assault suspects for communicable diseases and notification to the victim of the results of the testing.
Northern Michigan University is committed to ensuring that the rights of an individual who is the victim of an act of violence, sexual assault and/or non-forcible sex offenses are protected.
Read the full Sexual Assault Response and Prevention Policy to learn more about sexual assault victim's rights.
1 In 4 MEN'S PROGRAM
NMU Public Safety mission is to educate the community about the prevalence of sexual assault and violence that take place not only in the United States, or Michigan but right here in the Marquette community and on the campus of NMU. In 2005 the program targeted at men by men, an all male-peer sexual assault program. Program members from Lambda Chi Alpha, the USOEC training center and NMU football team presented this program. In this program men teach other males how they can lower men's likelihood of committing rape, taking them through a workshop what a rape feels like and how to help a woman recover from rape. It talks about the traumatic experience of rape, how to help out a survivor who comes for help and other ways men can prevent rape learning about sexist's attitudes and rape jokes.
Community policing is a philosophy that promotes organizational strategies, which support the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques, to proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as crime, social disorder, and fear of crime.
· Parent Services Orientation Sessions: during June and July of 2009, Captain Jeffrey Mincheff attended orientation sessions for the NMU Orientation program and gave an overview regarding the structure of Public Safety, services, and reporting procedures.
· Student Orientation Services: Lt. Don Peterman provided the orientation overview for the students regarding public safety, services, and reporting procedures along with the information pertaining to the required Clery Act.
· Student Informational Table Sessions and Employment Job Fair: In addition to the orientation address, Public Safety Crime Prevention staffs a table to provide information about public safety, crime prevention and safety for students. Some of the information provided was alcohol safety and awareness materials, pamphlets and booklets: Date and Acquaintance Rape information, alcohol awareness. Personal safety and drug and alcohol information handouts, posters, and brochures are available.
· International Student Orientation Program: Public Safety provides an overview of Public Safety and Police Services to foreign students upon request.
· NMU New Employee Orientation: This program has been implemented university wide electronically to new employees. The role public safety provide covers information about Public Safety Police Services: patrol services-crime reporting, parking, traffic and vehicle registration, fire & safety, employee "Right to Know" and key control.
NMU Public Safety Department participates in the annual back to school Fall Festival for students. A display table providing information about Public Safety, programs and prevention services is provided by the crime prevention department. Lots of informational materials are provided free to the students as well as students registering their bikes.
The Department of Public Safety's display at the NMU Health Fair consisted of a table, staffed by Lt. Peterman and student employees. Information at the event includes crime prevention and safety education displays that include posters, videos and other education materials.
As a visual reality attraction, on location were demonstrations of the "Fatal Vision" glasses, which simulate the effects of an intoxicated subject, which were available for all to experience.
Northern Michigan University Public Safety department participates yearly in the National "Tie One On," Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) – Red Ribbon Campaign. In 2009 the NMU Public Safety Crime Prevention Unit made a request to Michigan MADD Campaign requesting red ribbons and other information explaining the program.
A banner was displayed and an information table was set up with ribbons and information pamphlets. The theme was to sign the MADD banner pledging, "Not to Drink and Drive". The banner was displayed along with ribbons at the Learning Resources Library, University Center, and Market Place on campus.
Public Safety offers this program consisting of a bicycle safety program, including a bike safety course teaching children the rules of the road, safety and the importance of bike helmets. Included in the event was a drawing for those who registered their bikes; prizes awarded were bike safety helmets, bike locks, and reflectors including toys and refreshments for all who attended. This program is offered for the university apartment housing, the Marquette County and National Night Out Program and AMCAB Marquette Head Start Program.
Public Safety as in the past continues to assist in the annual University Center Halloween Party. Trick-or-Treat bags with candy was handed out to all children who attended the event.
For the past 12 years, this department joins in with the University Center Christmas Holiday Cheer event. Lt. Peterman chairs the committee, supervises traffic and safety which is covered by an officer and student employees.
Public Safety, as in years past, is highly proactive and supportive in the Hunter Safety Program. Investigator Victor La Duke is a Michigan Department of Natural Resource Certified Safety Instructor who teaches the classes for the West Branch Sportsman's Club.
Public Safety is instrumental at helping educate pre-school children involving many different topics such as bike safety, poison safety, child fingerprinting, holiday safety presentations such as Halloween safety. Officer Adam Maynard presented for the children in 2009.
(285 Presentations, programs, sessions)
(2) Staff Orientation
(5) Mincheff Parent Orientation
(7) Peterman Student Orientation Summer, Fall & Winter Sessions
(8) Orientation - Student Organizations – Maynard
Bike Registration Gant Spalding Hall
Bike Registration Payne Halverson Hall
Bike Registration Hunt Van Antwerp Hall
Bike Registration Magers, Meyland Hall
Bike Registration NMU Environment Science Student organization
Bike Registration – Woodland Apts
Bike Registration Spooner Hall
School of Business employees (Deb Homier) Self Defense / Personal Safety1
16 Classes, 168 Sessions of Rape Aggression Defense Classes provided by Carrier, Peterman & Wernholm.
Children Crime Prevention Child Book Reading Sessions (3) (Crime Prevention) Maynard
Sandy Knoll
Cherry Creek School
Powell Township
NMU Athletics & USOEC Programs (12)
USOEC Orientation
USOEC Speed Skating
USOEC Boxers
USOEC Men's Greco Wrestling
USOEC Woman's Free Style Wrestling
(3) NMU Female Champs Program (Sexual Assault Self Defense Programs (orientation)
(2)- Men's
(2)- Woman's
Hunt Hall – "Root Beer Bash" Alcohol Free Event (LaPlante, Stampee & Peterman)
Halverson Hall Alcohol "Think-N-Drink" Alcohol Awareness Program
Van Antwerp Hall –Self Defense class
Halverson Hall Lecture Series Safety on Campus (LaPlante)
(1)Self Defense – Van Antwerp Hall – Wernholm
Boy Scouts Merit Badge Day – Crime Prevention and Finger Printing (Eagle Scout Student Alex Gill)
Woman's Center "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes" Sexual Assault Awareness Event
Salvation Army Drugs & Alcohol Awareness (K.I. Sawyer)
Salvation Army Self Defense Program for females (K.I. Sawyer)
Woman's Center & Pros Office Domestic Violence & Sexual Violence Awareness Gathering (Fiar & 1Norway) attended by local police departments
Marquette County "Shop with A Cop" for children at Wal Mart
96th District Court OWI Drunk Driving Impact Panel (Wernholm)
(1)OWI Impact Panel – (LaPlante)
Marquette County National Night Out – Redeemer Church LaPlante
NMU Wild Cat Health Fair *(First place and first in People's Choice Show)
NMU Lighting Up the Holidays
(2) Bar & Beverage Presentation (Shible & Peterman)
(2) NMU Fall Fest (Genore & Peterman)
AMCAB Head Start Halloween Safety (Maynard)
(4) Great Lakes Recovery Men Sexual Assault Laws Presentations
(3) Woman's Center Sexual Assault / Self-Defense Programs
(1)Halverson Hall –Question Forum – (LaPlante)
(1)National Night Out NNO – Redeemer Lutheran Church – (LaPlante)
(2)NMU Bar & Beverage management class – Alcohol – Peterman & Shible, HPO
(4) Risk Management Series – 4 Sessions for Greek Life on Hazing, Safe Sex, Sexual Assault & Alcohol by Dave Bonsall, Barb Coleman, Lenny Shible & Don Peterman
(1)Bell Hospital Woman's Expo – Personal Safety – (Wernholm)
(1)ROTC – Alcohol PBT Training
(3) Ishpeming High Sexual Assault awareness with Woman's center
Alpha XI Delta – Sexual Assault & Self-Defense
Psi Sigma Sigma Alcohol (Mock Traffic Stop, Alcohol Laws) Clark & Peterman
High Schools
FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE (FYE) UN100 STUDENT ORIENTATION PUBLIC SAFETY FYE: Public Safety, Alcohol, Drugs and Sexual Assault (15)
(2)Vic Holiday
Jeff Mincheff (LaPlante)
Jeff Mincheff (Clark)
Andrew Beck
Robert DeChambeau
(3)Marge Schlar
Mike Torino
Daryl Kolbie
Cassandra Stephan
(2)Mark Dellangello
Carolyn Lawrence - Peterman


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Organizing the Web: Resources for Librarians
Organizing the Web - providing users with better ways of finding Internet resources that suit their needs - is a problem of current interest to all types of libraries and information professionals. The idea of "organizing the Web" has many facets. It may involve cataloging Web sites and other Internet resources, in either traditional or non-traditional ways. It might mean improving subject access to Internet resources by applying controlled vocabularly or number classification schemes. Or, it might mean embedding Web documents with metadata elements to facilitate search and retrieval, or markup language tags to provide richer information about digitized documents. This pathfinder is intended to provide starting points for locating resources on all these topics.
This guide is not meant to be exhaustive, but to provide a jumping-off point for learning about and applying methods of organizing the Web. I've included some suggestions for finding print resources, links to the home pages of some existing projects in the fields of Internet cataloging and classification, and some major practical guides to different cataloging methods that can be found online. I've also included a few links pages that can serve as guides to locating further Internet and print resources on the subjects of Internet cataloging, classification and metadata.
Print Resources
Up-to-date print resources on Internet-related topics are hard to find since Internet issues often change and develop faster than books and articles can make it into print. Books on "libraries and the Internet" tend to give general overviews of metadata or Internet cataloging, without going into detail about specific cataloging standards and procedures.
Journal articles may provide a more timely discussion of specific issues, although the time lag between writing and publication of articles can still be a factor. The web sites listed in this pathfinder are good sources of keywords to use when searching index databases such as LISA or Library Literature. Small publications by library-related organizations, such as OCLC, are another place to look for up-to-date and detailed explanations of cataloging practice, although the most current versions of this information tend to appear online.
Here are a few starting points for seeking print resources about organizing the Web.
Library of Congress Subject Headings for searching in individual library catalogs or WorldCat:Cataloging of computer network resources
Cataloging of computer files
Cataloging of electronic books
Computer network resources - [combined with some heading related to libraries]
Internet (Computer Network) - [combined with some heading related to libraries]
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Internet ResourcesA wide variety of resources on "organizing the web" are available online, from practical guides to applying a specific cataloging standard to the home pages of specific projects and initiatives. The list below provides links to several well-maintained web sites of each type. See the links pages at the end of this pathfinder for links to many more web sites and online articles and reports.
Sample Projects Using Cataloging and Classification on the Internet
Practical Guides to Cataloging/Applying Metadata
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As obesity and diabetes batter African-American and Latino communities, advocacy groups should be a fortress against the efforts by soda companies to defeat legislation to tax or place limits on their products. Instead, too many of them are allies of the soda industry.
The most recent example was this week, when a New York state judge struck down the 16-ounce limit on sugary drinks about to go into effect in New York City. Joining the beverage industry in opposing the law was the New York state chapter of the NAACP and the Hispanic Federation, a Northeast coalition of community service agencies.
The organizations said the law discriminated against small-business owners of color. They did have a small point because regulatory limits exempted supermarkets and convenience stores. But if civil rights groups were truly concerned about obesity, they would have appealed to convenience stores to voluntarily join the ban.
Instead, it was the old story of selling out. Just as tobacco companies still buy the silence of prominent organizations, soda companies create allies with cash. In December, Coca-Cola announced grants of $100,000 to an NAACP wellness program, $100,000 to the Urban League, and $150,000 to the National Association of Hispanic Nurses. Coke and Pepsi donate millions of dollars annually to organizations such as the United Negro College Fund, the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, the Congressional Black Caucus, and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
The payoff is clear. Last November, voters in Richmond, Calif., rejected a penny-per-ounce soda tax. Health advocates say such taxes can dissuade the consumption of soda in unhealthy amounts, just as tobacco taxes cut smoking. But the San Jose Mercury News reported that the beverage industry spent $2.5 million to defeat the measure, enlisting the support of the local NAACP and the Black Women of Political Action, and making thousands of dollars in direct payments to influential leaders of other top black political action groups.
It is time for the selling out to stop. Nationally, more than half of African-American women and nearly half of Mexican-American women are obese, compared to a third of white women. In relative terms, Massachusetts is one of the nation's healthiest states, yet our department of public health says diabetes has almost doubled in the last decade and obesity will soon pass smoking as the leading preventable cause of death.
That is why Massachusetts should finally enact Governor Patrick's long-standing proposal to end sales tax exemptions for soda and candy. It would be a victory on several levels. Beyond revenues, the state can model a new morality. Patrick is not the first or only African-American political leader to propose taxes on soda — former New York Governor David Paterson and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter tried and failed.
But as a former Coca-Cola executive, Patrick sends the signal that leaders need not be soda supplicants forever. In an interview Thursday, Patrick said, "I was talking with a friend of mine from the beverage industry and he said, 'So Deval, you're at it again. You know you're going to to lose.' I asked why. He said, 'Because we have more money.' I don't view sugar itself as an evil, but I thought that was a sad commentary on where we are in public health."
It is also refreshing that the beverage lobby, while able to stall Patrick on Beacon Hill, has so far not dragged the likes of the NAACP into the gutter. Both Juan Cofield, president of the New England NAACP and Michael Curry, president of the NAACP's Boston chapter, said they support Patrick's proposal.
"Soda is not a food," Cofield said. "It doesn't provide nourishment."
"We need to do what we can to drive behavior," said Curry, who is also legislative director for the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers. "People are dying from obesity."
If Curry and Cofield stay true to those words, there will be two fewer leaders the soda industry can count on to sacrifice their communities to obesity and diabetes.Derrick Z. Jackson can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Sir Patrick Stewart stars as the Godfather of scalping tickets for the grandest event of them all....The 2012 London Olympics.
- August 09, 2012
- 1.7m Views
- Immortal
Patrick StewartActor
Ryan LochteActor
Simon PeggActor
Maisie WilliamsActor
Charles IngramWriter/Director/Editor
Betsy KochProducer
Funny Or DieExecutive Producer
Brian LaneDP/Editor/Sound
Hall of FameChannel
Starring - Patrick Stewart, Simon Pegg, Maisie Williams and Ryan Lotche
Also starring - Ben Doherty, Ashley Lambert, Venessa Howell, and Richard Clinch
Written/Directed/Edited by - Nick Corirossi and Charles Ingram
Produced by - Betsy Koch
DP/AC/Asst Editor/Sound - Brian Lane
Hair/MU - Nicola Schuller
Hair/MU asst - Romaine Bowman
Wardrobe - Tala Bakhtar
Art - Martin Vallejo, Candy Lopez
Wardrobe asst - Gina Geoghegan
Location Manager - Tom Hamilton
Driver - Terry Jones
Security - Chas Mitchell
PA - Seema Nabavi, Ashley Lambert
Special Thanks to: Dave Lambert, Joshua Buckingham, Mark Cox, Gabriel Radcliff, Amy Ellery, and Chris Kanarick
August 09, 2012
[Music Playing]
Patrick Stewart: There is a saying among the scalpers
Patrick Stewart: that goes 'if there's a
tick-y, take your pick-y.
Patrick Stewart: If there's a tourist, coin
will make a gingaly pingaly
Patrick Stewart: sound in your coffer
most assure-ist.'
Patrick Stewart: The name's Ticket-Tooth
Philip, and I'm the best
Patrick Stewart: ticket touter
there is.
[Music Playing]
Patrick Stewart: Yeah. The Olympic Games has
so many tickets, it's a
Patrick Stewart: vulnerable Olympic
Games of touting!
[Music Playing]
Patrick Stewart: But this year, I've got a
plan that'll put me in the
Patrick Stewart: scalping history
Patrick Stewart: But, more of that and on.
Let me show you my method.
Patrick Stewart: A fair trade is throwing a ticketyboo.
Patrick Stewart: I fucking hate fair trades.
Turned into first round
Patrick Stewart: badminton tickys into four
final round swimming tickeys
Patrick Stewart: is called flipping
the birdie.
Patrick Stewart: When you persuade a tourist
that four opening tickets
Patrick Stewart: are the same as two closers,
that's called a Kyra Sedgewick.
Patrick Stewart: When you put on an axe and
you buddy up to some Yank,
Patrick Stewart: "This Mitt Romney guys!
Jeez, what a lame-o, huh?!"
Patrick Stewart: is called a Yankee Pankee.
"That'll be seven hundred
Patrick Stewart: quid, boys."
Patrick Stewart: When you send your helly to
beat up a major ticket owner
Patrick Stewart: with a pallywhacker, that's
called a murdering them.
Patrick Stewart: What is this, there's
this guy?!
Maisie Williams: Fish is in the
fire, captain!
Patrick Stewart: Scalping history books
I tell ya!
[Bell Dings]
Patrick Stewart: Hey! As I live and
breathe, Ryan Lochte!
Maisie Williams: All right, love.
Maisie Williams: Are you ready for your big
event tonight?
Ryan Lochte: Been waiting for this
my whole life.
Patrick Stewart: You, you, wouldn't happen to
have that shiny, shiny mouth
Patrick Stewart: grill thing
on you?
Ryan Lochte: Yes, I do.
[Cash Register Noises]
Patrick Stewart: Oh.
Maisie Williams: Oh, but sir.
What's this?
Ryan Lochte: Oh, that's my special
document I need to get into
Ryan Lochte: my event tonight. Well, if
someone else had that,
Ryan Lochte: they'd be in the Olympics
instead of me.
Ryan Lochte: I guess I gotta keep my eye
on that little guy.
Ryan Lochte: Um, why do
you ask?
[Music Playing]
[Trash Cans Bang]
[v Simon Pegg: Hey! Whoa! Whoa!
Hey! Whoa! Hey!
Simon Pegg: What's, what's going
on here?!
Patrick Stewart: Oh. Strike me. Mister Pegg,
can I just say, I think that
Patrick Stewart: you were fucking marvelous
in Star Wars! Marvelous!
Simon Pegg: Wait a minute. You look very
familiar to me.
Patrick Stewart: Uh...
Simon Pegg: You're not highly successful
stage and screen actor Sir
Simon Pegg: Patrick Stewart? A knight,
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I have yet to meet anyone who says they don't like chocolate chip cookies-- with the exception of people who tell me they don't eat sugar. Ever. Hurray for them, but I'm not one of them. (With all due respect, I'm not so sure I believe them.)
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With over 20 years of experience, the debt collection contract law attorneys at Targosz & Walker Legal group have managed many complex cases for businesses in the Troy area. Our firm services the state of Michigan and is part of a National Litigation Network capable of servicing cases through member counsel in all 50 states. Our attorneys have knowledge of each state's collection laws and post judgment remedies.
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Downtown Lakeland will be filled with the sounds of footsteps hitting pavement and jazz music in the air.
The Lakeland Rotary Club Child of the Sun Jazz Festival and Urban Triathlon will be all day Saturday around the Lake Mirror Promenade in Lakeland.
This year's jazz festival will start an hour earlier, 3 p.m., with Lakeland pop-folk rock band the Brian Sutherland Trio. Sutherland performed for the VIP party at last year's festival and was so well-received they moved him to the main stage.
"We're pretty thrilled," Sutherland said. "We think it's an awesome opportunity for us to share the stage with some really talented, talented musicians."
Other jazz acts returning to the stage include the Florida Southern College Jazz Ensemble, the Jeff Phillips Collective and Belinda Womack.
"She's a phenomenal vocalist and has always been a crowd favorite," Michelle Ledford, marketing chair of the Child of the Sun Festival, said about Womack.
Headlining the event is Bogus Pomp, a Frank Zappa-inspired group playing rock, jazz and everything in between. Over the years, the group has performed with The Florida Orchestra and The Boston Symphony.
The first Child of the Sun Festival was held in 1988 and continued until 2007. After a financially forced hiatus, the Lakeland Rotary Club has operated the event the last three years with the addition of the fitness events. Approximately 5,000 guests are expected to attend this year's festival.
The day starts with the 5K run through downtown at 7:15 a.m. People interested can sign up online or on the day of the race.
The Urban Triathlon features a 0.33-mile swim around Lake Mirror, a transition to a 12-mile bike ride through downtown and then close out with a 5K run.
This year's event features several new elements to the fitness side of the event.
There will be a Kids Fun Run for ages 2 to 12. This free race will divide the kids into age groups and have them run various lengths, from 1K (0.6 miles) for ages 7 to 12 to 25 yards for ages 2 to 3. All kids participating will receive a ribbon and a goodie bag.
There will be a Heart Healthy Pledge Walk beginning at noon, which will continue until 2 p.m. The pledge walk is for anyone interested in raising money or awareness for the Rotary Club's AED Project. AED, or automated external defibrillator, is a portable device that administers an electric shock to restore a steady heartbeat after a heart attack.
"We have one member whose life was saved from an AED available on site where he fell from his heart attack," said Ledford, a Rotary member. "We also have another member who lost his wife, had there been an AED within close proximity, her chances of survival would have been increased. So our Rotary Club has a very personal story in why we've adopted this special project."
Patrons are encouraged to bring blankets and chairs for watching the jazz festival, but guests also are asked to leave coolers at home, as money from food and drink vendors goes to the AED project.
The goal is to put an AED in every Lakeland Police Department car. Their goal is to raise $120,000. The cost of one AED is $1,200.
"You don't have to participate in the event in order to contribute. Anyone can make a donation because this is benefitting the entire community," Ledford said. "For the Lakeland Police Department as first responders to have these devices, it benefits every resident here."
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text: Rescued This juvenile male harbor seal was stranded along the Atlantic coast of Maryland, in the town of Ocean City, on January 15, 2010. The National Aquarium's Animal Rescue Program responded, and the seal was admitted to the National Aquarium for rehabilitation. Upon admission, the seal was underweight, severely dehydrated, mildly emaciated, and medically compromised due to a wound behind the left front flipper. In addition to the wound, he was found to have an upper respiratory infection and a mild case of pneumonia at the time of being admitted for rehab. Rehabilitated The seal, called Hastings, was treated with antibiotics for several weeks, and his wound was treated every three days for two weeks. Hastings responded well to treatment and was soon interacting with enrichment devices, the animal equivalent of toys, and eagerly eating. While in rehab, Hastings gained nearly 20 pounds on a daily diet of herring and capelin. He was offered enrichment items to interact with, like frozen fishcicles and a holey bucket with fish inside, to encourage natural feeding behaviors. Released On May 13, a healthy Hastings was returned to Ocean City for release back to his natural environment. Tracked Prior to release, Animal Rescue staff affixed a satellite transmitter to his back, which falls off when the seal molts (similar to when a dog sheds its fur). The transmitter allows us to track and monitor the animal post-release, and will help scientists to understand the migration and feeding patterns of these animals. Learn more about the importance of animal tracking here. From May 13 to July 1, when we received the last satellite transmission, Hastings traveled more than 1,175 miles! Back to the Top


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October 7, 1980
To: Deans, Department Chairs, and Members of
Academic Senate
From: President Gail Fullerton
Subject: Agenda Item 2, Sept. 23-24, 1980 Board of Trustees Meeting
Attached is a copy of subject agenda item entitled, "A Proposal for a Revised Faculty Salary Schedule for the CSUC."
For your information.
Item Committe on Faculty and Staff Affairs
A Proposal For a Revised Faculty Salary Schedule fir the CSUC
A proposed request for salary increases for the employees of the CSUC is submitted to the Trustees each year at their November meeting. Adoption of the salary request in November allows the request to be submitted to the Governor in time for inclusion in the budget which he submits to the Legislature in early January. Because of difficulties in securing data necessary to prepare the request, in the last several years the salary item has not been mailed with the other items in the agenda and some years has not been finished in time for the late mailing of the agenda. This year the staff has completed the development of a more complex proposal to revise the faculty salary schedule and provide additional ranges for each rank. It is essential that the faculty through their representatives and the Trustees, have this proposal early enough to allow for a full discussion and consideration of possible alternatives. For this reason the staff proposal has been shared with the Academic Senate and with the academic group unions. The proposal is submitted to the Trustees at this meeting as an information item. The following discusses the need for revision of the faculty salary schedule and outlines the staff proposal.
The Need for a Revision of the Faculty Salary Schedule
The present faculty salary schedule for the CSUC has several major disadvantages. Upward move?ment through the schedule has typically been rather rapid so that many faculty reach the maximum step of professor nearly two decades before they are likely to retire. When a professor reaches top step, salary increases are no longer available as a reward system or as an incentive for continued faculty renewal. Since the salary, ranges of the several ranks do not overlap, those reaching the top step of a rank cannot advance in salary without being promoted. This situation places a great pressure on promotion which in turn has resulted in a rapid ascension through the ranks for large numbers of faculty. Finally, the top step of each rank is much lower than those in the institutions with whom we compete for faculty.
Two recent developments have significantly increased the limitations of the present salary scale and have made it imperative that the scale be modified. The first of these is increased competition for qualified faculty. As students move into fields which they believe will lead to jobs, we have seen a continuous increase in the number of students majoring in such fields as engineering, accounting, nursing, criminal justice, and computer science. Unfortunately, these are the very fields in which there is the most competition for faculty from business, industry, and public agencies. For instance, graduates with a B.S. in engineering or computer science are being offered starting salaries of $20,000 to $24,000 which is high assistant professor or low associate professor rank for which we recognize the doctorate. For these disciplines, the result has been an escalation of the salary level and rank necessary to complete for faculty. The rank escalation results in a large measure from a lack of higher steps in the rank of assistant professor. Normally, faculty newly out of graduate school with little teaching experience are initially appointed to the rank of assistant professor where they are expected to remain during their probationary period. Because of the lack of higher salary steps in this rank and because of market factors, campuses are forced in some cases to appoint either at the top step of assistant professor or to appoint at the associate professor level. In the first case no further upward motion is possible until tenure is achieved; in the latter case, the initial appointment is abnormally high causing problems in comparison with faculty initially hired at the lower steps of the assistant professor level.
The competition for faculty is especially keen not only in the fields mentioned above, but also if the candidates are women or minorities. In a number of professional fields the CSUC has become so noncompetitive with regard to salary that the maintenance of the quality standards necessary to retain national accreditation is threatened. The protection of accreditation is essential because graduates of nonaccredited programs are at a severe disadvantage in the job market. Since other institutions with accredited programs are also seeking new faculty, the competition for fullyqual?ified applicants is great. Likewise, accredited programs are much better in attracting prospective students.
The second new development is the adoption by the Board of Trustees of a policy requiring the evaluation of the performance of all tenured faculty on an ongoing basis. Such evaluation is commonplace in higher education, but it is usually combined with a plan for merit salary increases. As was noted earlier, faculty at the top stop of their rank cannot receive increases. The adoption of the evaluation policy increases the need for a revision of the salary schedule which will accom?modate possible increases where such are indicated. Last year some 4,000 CSUC full professors (roughly one-third of the full-time faculty) were at the top salary step.
An equal problem to the competition for new faculty is the problem of retaining existing faculty. Major universities across the country as well as our own comparison institutions have salary schedules with a much larger range for each rank. Thus the top salary for professor in competitive institutions is much higher than that in the CSUC. It is even fairly common to find the top of the salary range for associate professors in competitive institutions higher than the top of our professor range. This enables our competitors to make better offers to our faculty on a selective basis, concentrating on the most competitive fields, on women and minorities, and on our very best scholar-teachers.
Discussions of the salary schedule over the last decade have been remarkably consistent in concluding that there is a need for greater range to the faculty salaries both to meet competition in order to attract and keep a qualified faculty and to recognize merit, an assistance to the implementation of the faculty review process. A revision of the academic salary schedule presented to the Trustees in July 1972 proposed the addition of three steps to the three professorial ranks. This proposal was passed by the Trustees but was never implemented through a failure to obtain funding.
The Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Procurement and Retention of a Quality Faculty - 1975 issued in revised form in December 1975, discusses both the need to have a reward system as an adjunct to the ongoing review of tenured faculty and the necessity to have additional steps in the rank of professor. Subsequent to the adoption of this report by the Trustees, they considered a pro?posal which provided three additional steps to the rank of professor. After much discussion, this proposal was not adopted by the Trustees in part due to concerns expressed by the Academic Senate.
Thus, for several years there have been ongoing discussions of possible modifications to the faculty salary schedule which have culminated in the present proposal. One alternative proposed was that the steps within a rank be smaller with the possibility that more than one step could be granted as the result of a single review.
The Proposal to Revise the Faculty Salary Schedule
It is proposed that the present faculty salary schedule be revised by inserting an additional step between each existing step thus creating merit steps of 2'A and by increasing the upward range of each rank. The proposed new schedule is presented in Table 1. I presents the salary schedule of the University of California for comparison purposes. Note in the proposed new schedule (Table 1) that a line is drawn dividing the first nine steps from the upper six steps. Movement into steps above the line either through initial hiring or advancement will be subject to a fiscal limitation and will require the approval of the campus president. The president cannot delegate the authority to grant this approval. Movement into the upper steps will also be subject to fiscal controls which will be discussed later.
Initial appointments at steps above the line will require that the applicant show exceptional promise as a potential member of the faculty or will be limited to cases where initial offers or salary levels from those institutions with whom we compete for faculty make the use of the higher steps necessary to remain competitive. Movement of existing faculty into these steps will be limited to faculty whose excellence of performance is worthy of exceptional reward.
Three additional steps are proposed above the fifteenth step of professor. These three steps are reserved for Distinguished Professors. Distinguished Professors are defined as faculty, either permanent or visiting, who enjoy a national or international reputation in their field and whose level of attainment is comparable to that found in the occupants of distinguished professorships or distinguished chairs at major universities. It is expected that there would be only a small number of these in the entire CSUC.
All faculty not at top step will be eligible for annual review for possible merit advancement. Follow?ing such review, a faculty member may be awarded one, two, or three merit steps or the decision could be that no merit step be awarded. This would make possible the awarding of a step increase of 7.5 % to those exceptionally meritorious. A further requirement will be that all faculty will have to receive their merit steps at the same time, probably in September.
Fiscal Implementation of the New Faculty Salary Schedule
The plan calls for implementation of the new salary schedule beginning the fall of 1981. The final decision to implement cannot be made by the Board of Trustees before the July meeting of 1981. This means that the 1981-82 budget will have to be submitted in its usual form using the present salary schedule as its basis. Nonetheless, it is possible to implement the new schedule if there is agreement with this from those who deal with our funding.
Each year the Trustees request three separate funds for increasing faculty salaries, one for merit steps for all faculty not on fifth step, one for promotions, and one for a general salary increase. It is recommended that promotion funding continue to be reserved for promotions so that there will be a consistency in the number of promotions under the new salary plan. It is further recommended that the funding requested for merit advancement for those not on top step continue to be reserved for use for this purpose.
Funding for the additional steps for each rank which are above the present ranges offer a greater problem. Certainly a request for new money will raise difficulty in securing funding for the program. One alternative would be for the Trustees to request an additional sum from the Governor for implementation of the additional steps for each rank with a corresponding decrease in the funding requested for across-the-board faculty raises. The result would be that the size of the faculty salary increase request would be the same with or without the implementation of the new salary schedule. A second alternative would be to request the usual across-the-board increase and request additional funds for the new salary steps. The funds requested for the implementation of the steps above the present salary ranges would be limited to use for that purpose and, conversely, any movement into the new ranges would be limited to that which can be funded by the amounts budgeted specifically for that purpose.
If the new faculty salary schedule is implemented for the year 1981-82, then a new technique will have to be developed for generating a budget request for 1982-83 and subsequent years. The amount produced by the new budget approach would continue to be determined by the estimated number of faculty not at the top step (i.e., as more faculty achieve top step, the amount available for step adjustments would be reduced). This is the same concept used in the faculty promotion funding formula. For 1982-83 and subsequent years the amount for faculty merit adjustments would have to be estimated and negotiated since the new budget approach would not automatically project 5% for all positions not at top step.
New and precise financial controls would have to be instituted to insure campuses utilized only the amount allocated for merit salary adjustments resulting in new flexibility in merit increase decisions, but reduced flexibility in the total amount utilized for this purpose.
The complex, technical nature of a salary schedule makes it desirable that an initial proposal be developed by staff. Obviously in developing the proposal, staff have drawn on long standing discussions by the Trustees, Academic Senate, administration and others. Consultation on the present proposal has begun with the faculty, and it is essential that consultation with all appropriate groups continue. The final proposal will be brought to the Board at its November meeting as part of the salary increase package.
Table I
Faculty Salary Proposal
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University of California
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Many farmers in the Southeast have grown soybeans in the past, but they haven't grown them in the recent past. All the more reason, says Auburn University Extension soybean specialist Dennis Delaney, that they review the production basics.
"In Alabama, we went from about 200,000 acres of soybeans down to about 150,000 acres when Asian soybean rust first hit. But we're gradually climbing back up," says Delaney.
The limitation on soybean planting this year, particularly this year, has been the availability of seed, he adds. "Those high temperatures we experienced last year also were seen throughout the Midwest, killing the germination and the vigor of a lot of soybean seed grown under irrigation. Arkansas, Missouri and other states had 100-degree temperatures just as we did in 2007," he says.
Growers who do plan on planting soybeans this year need to remember the basics, says Delaney. "These include soil testing and liming," he says.
"Soybeans are very sensitive to low pH in the soil. Potentially, the rhizobia will fix the nitrogen for you. But if pH is too low, they just won't be able to do the job."
In fields in which soybeans haven't been grown for awhile, Delaney says the standard recommendation is that growers inoculate. "This means if soybeans haven't been grown for two years or more. The new inoculants that are coming out are of a much higher efficiency than what may be in the soil — the native bacteria that has been there from year to year.
"But make sure the inoculant is soybean specific. Just like with all other legumes, there's a particular kind of rhizobia for soybeans. At $1.25 to $1.50 per acre, it's fairly cheap insurance compared to having to go back in and top-dress with expensive nitrogen, and a few farmers had to do that this past year," he says.
Researchers looked at inoculants in three tests in Alabama last year, says Delaney, and two of those had not been in soybeans for five years. "Even where we didn't inoculate, there was no significant difference, so there was enough of the natural bacteria present in the soil. Again, it's pretty cheap insurance considering the price of nitrogen today," he says.
There have been a lot of advertisements in farm publications about seed-applied insecticides such as Cruiser, he says.
"Some research has been conducted in the South on these insecticides. Basically, from what I've seen, we get a yield response to those only in the very early planted soybeans — such as Group IV beans planted in early April. If we plant in late April or into May, there probably will be no response," says Delaney.
Soybeans, he says, are a very poor rotational crop if you're growing peanuts. The two crops share several diseases, including white mold and cylindrocladium black rot.
"We had a variety test in north Alabama where white mold came into soybeans following peanuts under irrigation. It came in at about the middle of July and killed about one-third of the field while stunting the remainder of the soybeans. We made about 30 to 35 bushels under irrigation."
Nematode resistance, says Delaney, is another important consideration in soybean production, especially for root-knot nematodes. "Particularly as we get into the Group IV's, we find that we don't have a lot of resistance to nematodes. Most of the Group V's have some resistance, but it varies. Look at the charts from the seed companies and see where a variety falls in terms of resistance. You may want to move to a different field or try and find another variety. Very few varieties are resistant to reniform nematodes — there are just a handful, so watch out for that."
A lot of disease resistance — to both foliar and soil-borne — can be "bought in the bag," says Delaney.
He recommends that growers spread out their soybean maturities, from early to late, insuring that the beans are planted on time.
"If you have late-planted corn and you can't get it out on time, along with early soybeans, many times they'll be on top of one another in August. Corn may wait a little while, but these early planted Group IV soybeans will wait only a week or so."
Like cotton, says Delaney, soybeans can be forgiving when it comes to plant populations. "Usually, about 150,000 plants is optimum. That gives a quick shading of the ground and translates to about 12 seed per foot on 36-inch rows and about 10 seed per foot on 30-inch rows. In tough conditions or when drilling or no-tilling beans, you can bump up that number."
If farmers are fortunate enough to receive ample rainfall this year, they also are likely to see Asian soybean rust, he says. Alabama has about 25 sentinel plots located throughout the state, and these will be checked weekly during the production season, says Delaney.
"If we do get a wet, rainy summer, our research over the years has shown an average yield increase of about six bushels per acre whenever we use one of the new fungicides like Headline and Stratego, even if we don't have heavy disease pressure."
Soybeans, says the agronomist, don't respond well to deep tillage. "If you plant after wheat and you've subsoiled or deep-tilled the wheat, just drop and no-till plant soybeans. There's no need in losing that moisture and straw."
Traditionally, Alabama growers have planted Group V soybeans in the northern part of the state, Groups V and IV in the central region, and Groups VI and VII in the south, says Delaney.
"Over the years, we've moved to an earlier maturity group throughout the state.
"Normally, we planted from May through mid-June after we had done everything else and we tried to harvest in September and October. In the last few years, the Group IV Early Soybean Production System (ESPS) has been used by some growers. With each planting system, there's different management with different pest problems for each one. With ESPS, we're trying to move it back to earlier in the year.
"This system shifts Group IV planting to mid-April, and then you have seed fill in July and maybe early August. Before we run out of moisture, we get them out in mid August.
" Normally, there's a lot less worm pressure with this system, but you need to watch for stinkbugs. In 2005, some growers saved themselves one fungicide spray with the early production system."


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The other day, we told you how Flour Bluff High School in Corpus Christi is refusing to allow 17-year-old student Nikki Peet (right) to start a chapter of the Gay Straight Alliance. The school's decision not only violates federal law, but it also signals that officials care nothing about the safety of LGBTQ students.
The federal Equal Access Act, originally designed to protect student Bible study groups, dictates that if a school allows one non-curricular club to meet on campus, it must allow any non-curricular club to meet on campus. In other words, if a school allows a chess club, it must also allow a Gay Straight Alliance.
In this case, Flour Bluff High School has been allowing the Fellowship of Christian Athletes to meet on campus. But rather than simply allowing the GSA, the district has apparently decided to kick the Fellowship of Christian Athletes off campus, and bar all other other non-curricular clubs. Wow.
The Corpus Christi Caller-Times reports:
Superintendent Julie Carbajal said she has asked the Fellowship of Christian Athletes to meet off campus while the district studies the legality of allowing the club while disallowing a club supporting homosexual students. She said there is no chance the district will approve the proposed Gay-Straight Alliance, but she will make sure all other school clubs are following the district's policy.
"We need to be fair and equitable to all," she said.
In disallowing the Gay-Straight Alliance, the district said it didn't have to follow a federal law mandating schools offer equal opportunities for all students to organize. The district approved a policy in 2005 that did not allow student clubs not tied to curriculum to meet on campus.
The Fellowship of Christian Athletes, which has been meeting on campus, may not be adhering to that policy, Carbajal said. She said the district is consulting with its attorneys on the matter.
"We feel like we need to follow the policy in place," she said. "If we've made any wrong judgments then we have to fix that because we are not looking at changing our policy."
Students from the GSA at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi were tentatively planning to protest Flour Bluff's refusal to allow the GSA on Monday. However, it's unclear whether that protest will go forward now that the district says it plans to ban all non-curricular clubs.
In the meantime, Change.org has launched a petition calling on the school to allow the GSA. Sign it by going here. If you'd like to contact school officials directly, the info is here.


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Which Design Aspects will Fade into the Mists?
Blizzard's initial announcement that it would be removing the cap on dailies for Mists of Pandaria was generally met with applause from World of Warcraft players. Even my fiancé welcomed the change, for he was always one to spend a relaxing evening doing dailies - and still is. But it would seem lead designer Tom Chilton now regrets the decision.
"We shot ourselves in the foot when we removed the limit on the daily quests that you could do," explained Chilton to PCGamersN. "So there was a pressure to maximize everything… and that really leads [players] to burn out."
At max level, players currently have several factions to gain reputation with if they want access to the various epic items sold by individual quartermasters and, if players don't like doing dailies, there's always LFR to gear up in, (assuming you have the ilvl to enter and the patience to endure it). All this changes in Patch 5.4 - which is scheduled to hit live servers on Sept 10 - for Valor items will have their rep requirements removed.
Like it or not, there will always be players who feel compelled to take every possible course of action in order to not fall behind in the race to gear up for raiding. Even players who dislike dailies will do them. For some, it can feel like a chore but a 'necessary' time sink despite Blizzard's numerous statements insisting that dailies are optional. Unfortunately, the mere fact that doing dailies is the fastest way to gear up has inevitably led to it becoming the 'only' way for many. An interview with Dave Kosak confirmed that Blizzard has come to understand this.
"The one thing we never quite hit on was that sort of balance that made dailies feel good to do but also feel optional. We wanted it to feel like an alternate way if you weren't getting lucky in raids. Like, it's okay, your daily might give you something."
With that said, I have to wonder what the alternative could, or should, be. In Wrath of the Lich King reputation was acquired through the use of faction tabards and a lot of 5-man dungeon runs, but Blizzard became unhappy at how quickly players consumed 'content,' levelling multiple alts to max and then gearing them in record time. Personally I loved this model, but then group content has always been my focus in the world's number one MMO, World of Warcraft.
Something else Tom Chilton bemoaned is players' lack of desire to explore Azeroth, following only the quest markings on their mini-maps. "I think we've really trained players over the years to say 'If there's no quest or mark on the map that tells me to go in that cave, I'm wasting my time'."
To be honest, hasn't this always been the case? Before WoW's own in-game quest tracker received substantial upgrades, everyone I know used an add-on. Haven't we always followed arrows to quest objectives and taken the shortest route there?
Clearly Blizzard is exploring possible reasons for the decline in WoW's subscription base, defending its stance on embracing casual players yet acknowledging a lack of "new experiences for the hardcore audience." What conclusions do you think they will come to?
Penny for your thoughts,
Be sure to check out the great new reputation preview for 5.4 by Perculia over at Wowhead.


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How many of you remember that 1980s Wendy's commercial where Clara Peller insists on knowing "Where's the Beef?" I remember it like it was yesterday, Wait!, it was yesterday!!! In the Fluffy Bun commercial, Clara Peller, a feisty elderly woman, gets just a little ticked off when she is served a huge hamburger bun and a teeny weeny hamburger at a competitor's hamburger "joint."
Clara Peller was 81 years young when she reached legendary fame in that $8 million dollar advertising campaign for Wendy's. Her ruffled face was on everything from T-Shirts to coffee mugs with a couple of greeting cards for good looks! It seemed like everyone got on the Where's the Beef kick!
Fast forward a few years, or more, to Sunday, November 20, 2011, less than a week before Thanksgiving. Marion and I decided a few weeks ago that we were going to have a quiet non-traditional Thanksgiving. Oh yes, there would be turkey with all the trimmings albeit, small on the turkey and even less on the trimmings. How much can two women eat after all? For those of you who may be new to this blog, Marion is a friend of mine from New York. A few years ago when I moved to Pennsylvania, I invited Marion to share my home with me. To my delight, she graciously accepted and we've been like two peas in a pod ever since:) This is a picture of her on her 91st birthday.
Every now and again, Marion receives phone calls from relatives in New York. Truth be told, we don't get many visitors though in our corner of the world. The last "big" visit we had was in July when my daughter and the kids came in from Idaho. It seemed like everyone came to visit our visitors! They did a bit of visiting too. Here they are with their Uncle John:)
You can imagine our surprise when Marion got a call from her grandson, this past Friday, saying that he and his pregnant wife were coming up to share Thanksgiving with us. Thankfully, we hadn't gone Thanksgiving Day food shopping yet. Our plan was to go on Sunday morning after church. And so we did. It wasn't really as chaotic as may be expected. Under "normal" circumstances there would be a long list of "must haves" and maybes? We stuck with the must haves and omitted the maybes altogether. I would love to say the whole shopping experience went over without a hitch but, no can do. It all stems around The Sage! Now that I look back on the morning, I suppose we should have gone into State College to go food shopping.
"Where's the Sage" I hear Marion questioning the produce person, as I'm squeezing a few lemons for the hummus. (we had decided on hummus for snacking on as we were cooking; pre guests:)
"It's in the produce section" I hear a young voice flippantly reply.
"Where's the Sage" I hear Marion saying again as if she was hard of hearing. She isn't. I sometimes think she hears better than I do. I know for sure she sees better than I do with my reading glasses on and her eyes bare:)
"Where's the Sage" she yells, again, with a notable sign of impatience in her voice. I make my way to the shopping cart where Marion is standing askew.
"What seems to be the problem?" I question politely?
"I can't find the sage" she replies with a tone of frustration in her voice. "And no one will help me" she adds.
Not to worry, I assure her. I have bundles of Sage drying in the garage. "We need fresh sage," she insists. "Let's look over there" I point to the small section of herb plants I spied by lettuce section. "There's no fresh sage here" she quips. Once again I reassure her that there's plenty of Sage in the garage hanging from the ceiling. I'd show them to her, and you as a matter of fact, if I could only get us both out of the produce aisle and back home...
Herb for the WiseClose your eyes real tight and try to imagine a Thanksgiving without Sage. Chances are, you can't unless you don't celebrate Thanksgiving in your neck of the woods. In that case, imagine plump rich home made sausage links minus the Sage. You definitely can not if you're Marion. Marion attributes her enhanced memory to Sage. And, she's not the only one. The ancient Greeks and Romans believed Sage to be a memory stimulant. Arab physicians believed Sage extended life expectancy to the point of immortality! Another plus to Marion and the testament "He that would live foraye (forever) must eat Sage in May"
Marion also swears by this Sage and Peppermint Facial Steam. Try it when you're feeling all washed up and crinkly. You'll be delightfully amazed!
After washing your face, fill a large bowl with about 2 pints of boiling water and add 2 tablespoons of freshly chopped sage and 2 tablespoons of freshly chopped peppermint. Hold your head about 12 inches above the bowl and cover your head with a large towel to prevent the steam from escaping. After about 10 minutes, gently pat your face with a face cloth rinsed with cold water.Now don't you feel like a new person!!! Here are a few more things I learned about Sage on our ride home.
- Sage (salvia officinalis ), also called Red or Garden Sage, belongs to the Mint family.
- There are more than 750 varieties of Sage but only a few are used in the kitchen.
- The Romans used "the sacred herb" in their baths to ease aching muscles and sore, tired feet.
- American Indians used it for medicinal purposes. They claimed it cured skin sores.
- In the the early nineteenth century, Sage was used to disguise the flavor of spoiled meats.
- Sage is a rich source of vitamin A.
- It is said, that in 812 AD., Sage's medicinal properties were so important that Charlemagne ordered it planted on the imperial farms in Germany.
Story Of Four Thieves: During a terrible plague epidemic that swept through Europe, there were four robbers who became well-known for robbing houses of plague victims. Despite the enormous risk, they were able to resist falling ill. When they were finally caught and sentenced to death they were promised their freedom if they gave their secret for how they escaped from catching the deadly disease. The recipe they gave, which may be still be found in the archives of Toulouse,not only included the essential oil of Rosemary, it also contained Sage. They had compounded a vinegar steeped with sage, thyme, lavender, rosemary and several other aromatic herbs which, as we know now, are strong germicides. (Maurice Mességué's Way To Natural Health and Beauty ©1972 pg. 90)
From time immemorial sage has been renowned for its wonderful health-giving properties. The very name of the plant, Salvia, means health, and the Arabians have a proverb which was old in the days of Charlemagne: "How can a man die who has Sage in his garden?" The Chinese valued this herb so highly that the Dutch in old days carried on a profitable trade by exchanging sage for tea, and for one pound of dried sage leaves the Chinese gave three pounds of tea. The proper time of year to eat sage or to drink sage tea is in spring, and formerly country folk used to eat quantities of it with bread and butter or bread and cheese. There is an old belief that where sage prospers in a garden the woman rules, and another that the plant flourishes or withers according to the prosperity of the master of the house.The health benefits of this native Mediterranean shrub are documented by many sources. The English herbalist, Gerard wrote, "Sage is singularly good for the head and brain, it quickeneth the senses and memory, strengtheneth the sinews, restoreth health to those that have the palsy, and taketh away shakey trembling of the members." Steeped in folklore or steeped in tea, Sage symbolizes domestic virtue, wisdom, skill, esteem, long life, good health and in some cases, increased psychic powers. It's no wonder that the International Herb Association awarded Sage the title "Herb of the Year" in 2001. (Horseradish is the Herb of the Year for 2011 and next year, we'll be celebrating Roses:)
In the kitchen, not only does Sage infuse a depth of earthy fragrance to stuffings and dressings, the sweet savory flavor of Sage compliments dried bean dishes, stews, sauces, roasted meats and fish dishes. It has a digestive affinity to rich and fatty foods. It is often used with pork, goose and duck. Sage is used as a flavoring in a cheese called Sage Derby. (pronounced "darby")
Sage Derby is a cheddar type gourmet cheese made using leaf sage for flavor, and colored using chlorophyll (plant coloring) to give a green marbled finish. The finely chopped sage leaf gives a subtle extra flavor. Sage Derby is matured for around 12 weeks as per mild cheddar. (source)I can tell you from my own experience, Derby cheese makes for an interesting quiche:)
Sage used to be held in such repute that both bread and cheese were flavoured with it in the making, and one herbal doctor even advocated its use instead of tobacco. Red sage is rarely seen, but what a handsome plant it is when well grown! There are few leaves more beautiful than its deep maroon-coloured ones, especially in early spring when they contrast so well with the tender green of the young shoots. Old-fashioned country folk say that red sage never does well unless the original slip were planted by some one with a "lucky hand."Below is the recipe for Crispy Sage Leaves with Aioli pictured above. It was harvested from one of my favorite herb magazines; Herb Companion (Nov. 2007) I hope I have inspired you to find room in your pantry for Sage. Enjoy:)
1. Another Clara Peller ad (in this one she's driving a car:)
2. TV Commercials We All Remember
3. A Garden of Herbs: Being a Practical Handbook to the Making of an old English Herb Garden... by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde (1922) @googlebooks
4. The Nutrition of Sage
5. Myths About the Sage Herb
6. Legend of the Sage Plant (A Christmas Story)
7. How to Harvest Sage (it doesn't seem like this blog is still updating but the descriptive pictures are worth the trip!)
8. Top image courtesy Herb Companion
1. Sage Cheese Appetizer (savory combination of sage, garlic and cheese)
2. Walnut Sage Cheese Crisps ("a nice party cracker.")
3. Pineapple Sage Pound Cake (Pineapple Sage makes a lovely flower garden plant. The crimson flowers and pineapple sage scented leaves bring lots of butterflies and hummingbirds:)
4. Roasted Butternut Squash Polenta with Fresh Sage
5. Sage Cheese recipe (1857)
6. Derby Sage Parsnips


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