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"We're currently in therapy for Anxiety" kind of says it all. I think you need to read more here. You have anxiety and you are pulling your child in.
Emily says
No, I took that literally, to mean that Amanda and her son attended therapy sessions together. It could still be for the son's benefit, and it doesn't necessarily mean that Amanda has anxiety, but maybe the therapist thinks it's best to see Amanda and her son together, so that Amanda can reinforce the work being done in therapy, at home.
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Thank-you! In the education realm, I hear a lot about "Everyone is gifted". No, being labeled as gifted is a very big deal with its own process and it's not all sparkles and sunshine.
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I love her story. if more parents felt this way we would have much less anxiety and depression among young children. there is absolutely no reason to schedule and micromanage every moment of their days, while at the same time telling them they are unable to plan their time because they'll "waste it". the result are hordes of kids who are afraid they'll fail to live up to what is expected[excellence, nothing less] and at the same time can not imagine not being told what to do every moment. you try living like this. it's not the same has holding a job and cooking and cleaning etc. you get to make decisions about when and how, the kids don't.
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I'm sure he'll find something he loves by the time he is grown. Whether he become the next sports star or some other kind of star is anyone guess. Maybe he grow up to be a ordinary but nothing special guy or maybe he go down in history. You can never say what the future holds. In the meantime just love him and help him with any interest.
It makes me think of the B equals Failing issue that is all too often seen in education. No, a B is a very acceptable and respectable grade. No, it does not your kid has special needs (by itself, of course)
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"Free Game Mode" offers you the chance to play with your own Avatar
against the Computer on a succession of single Maps, with some of them leaning
more towards RPG and some being more RTS oriented. Every time the map is started,
the position of enemy camps and the type of loot you can find may differ.
to the campaign, the maps for the free game can be played in succession, starting
with a lower level and fewer runes and working your way up. You can of course
jump a few maps, but this may make the game harder for you and you may pass
on useful runes, spells or items. Any map can be replayed, as especially the
high level maps offer a range of attractive items, among them the rare set item
On most RTS maps you can choose the starting location for your avatr and thus
appear close to the monument of your favourite race.
Co-op mode, up to three players can jointly conquer a map, facing more and stronger
enemies and sharing their experience points equally. All items that are found
on the map will appear in each player's inventory, so there is no need
to squabble over loot. Of course you can sell and buy items at the vendors;
there will even be a merchant map – a true shopper's paradise.
It is always possible to save as it would be in a normal game – however
you will only save your character and his equipment, not the progress on your
map. Characters created in Free Mode however cannot be exchanged with those
from the Single Player campaign, to prevent cheating.
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This is the sixth installment of My Farm Roots, Harvest Public Media's series chronicling Americans' connection to the land. Click here to explore more My Farm Roots stories and to share your own.
It was a warm day when I interviewed Ryan Brady, but we sat outside to talk. Discussing farm life didn't seem right with walls between us and the land. I don't think our location mattered, though. It takes more than walls to come between Brady and the fields of southwest Kansas.
That's not to say that nothing has. Brady has done a fair amount of traveling in his 40 years, including a two-year stint in Tanzania with the Peace Corps. But he always makes his way back to the place he grew up — a farm near Ingalls, Kan.
A typical farm kid, Brady remembers long days spent outside, playing and helping his dad work.
"This was what I did as a kid," Brady said. "I don't recall going to the swimming pool or going into town playing T-ball or anything. I just, I loved growing up here with my siblings and I had a best friend that was just a couple miles down the road. The fields were my backyard."
After high school, his parents encouraged him to go to college. They told him to travel and find a job he liked. So he went to Kansas State, earned a degree in elementary education and came back home to teach junior high math. He says he enjoyed teaching, but not all aspects of being a teacher. Going to Tanzania gave him some time to think, and when he returned, he was ready to go back to the farm. For the most part, he hasn't regretted it.
In a desk job, he says, he would spend his days dreaming about the weekend when he could go outside. Now, he gets to do it every day. Of course, farming isn't exactly a day at the beach. The birds start yapping at him before the sun rises. Farm equipment is expensive and crops can fail. But he says that for the high risk and hardship, there's high reward.
For Brady, that reward comes in the form of independence and satisfaction with what he does. He decides for himself what he wants to work on each day. When the crops grow, it's because he planted them. "The freedom that this lifestyle gives you" Brady said, "that freedom is hard to find anywhere else."
After the interview, we stood in his yard for two solid, silent minutes as I recorded the sound of birds chirping. We were silent, the birds were singing up a storm. I commented on how loud they were. He smiled. At 5:00 am, he may curse them, but now they're the sound of home. And that, he says, even after his world travels, is still "the most beautiful place I've been."


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Public Support For Legalizing Medical Marijuana
Modest Rise in Percentage Favoring General Legalization
About the Survey
Results for this survey are based on telephone interviews conducted under the direction of ABT/SRBI Inc. among a national sample of 1,500 adults living in the continental United States, 18 years of age or older, from March 10-14, 2010 (1,000 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 500 were interviewed on a cell phone, including 198 who had no landline telephone). Both the landline and cell phone samples were provided by Survey Sampling International. Interviews were conducted in English and Spanish. For detailed information about our survey methodology, see http://www.people-press.org/methodology/.
The combined landline and cell phone sample are weighted using an iterative technique that matches gender, age, education, race/ethnicity, region, and population density to parameters from the March 2009 Census Bureau's Current Population Survey. The sample is also weighted to match current patterns of telephone status and relative usage of landline and cell phones (for those with both), based on extrapolations from the 2009 National Health Interview Survey. The weighting procedure also accounts for the fact that respondents with both landline and cell phones have a greater probability of being included in the combined sample and adjusts for household size within the landline sample. Sampling errors and statistical tests of significance take into account the effect of weighting.
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What to CookWeeknight Cooking
Oyako Don
- Jenny
When I was a college student living in New York in the late 1980s, two deficiencies in my life –- cash and food knowledge -– often came together along St Mark's Place. This was the St. Mark's Place of incense, thumb rings and bad pizza by the slice, and a few random inexpensive eateries, including one Japanese place, which I believe was called Sushi Boy.
(There might have been a French restaurant, too. I went there later, after I got a job. Does this make you feel nostalgic and historically-obsessed about the street? Here is a nice read.)
While some of my friends would hit the sushi specials at I-think-Sushi-Boy, I, a girl from Kalamazoo who had grown up on rump roast and canned corn, was not ready for that. But I soon became addicted to oyako don, a simple bowl of rice, chicken and eggs that set me back all of $4.99. I ate it with friends as they sucked down their half-price hamachi, and regaled me with tales of conquests at the Aztec Lounge. I ate it alone while thumbing a copy of Spy magazine. I am pretty sure I once paid for a bowl of it completely in tip quarters.
As the years went by and my palate expanded, oyako don ceased to be my go-to item on the Japanese menu, though I am pretty sure I had a good bowl of it at Robata-Ya, one of my favorite spots in Los Angeles, on a sort-of chilly night (read: 60 degrees) last year.
So, when trying to figure out what to do with my weekly delivery of boneless chicken breasts, I was tickled to land on Francesca's Oyako Don. You will note that Francesca suggests that you make this with thighs, which is a bit more work than chopping up boneless breasts, but no doubt yields a bit more poultry flavor push.
You know sometimes I cheat here by providing a weeknight recipe that takes over an hour, but this isn't one of those weeks. You just chop those onions and chicken pieces up, get your sauce ready and get it going.
I confess I worried that onion cooked in broth, rather than oil, would end up somehow too close to its raw form, but this was not the case. I did not have Mirin at the ready, but substituted with sherry and it actually worked just fine. (If you're going to make this and have time to plan ahead, however, get the Mirin.) Also, I like the way you make this in batches, all custom-style, and yet it cooks so quickly that no one really has to wait long for you to sit down with them.
My husband felt it was a little on the bland side, and to that end, the dish would benefit from some sliced scallions, as other oyako don recipes sometimes call for. But the sweet kick of the sauce mixed with the hearty simplicity of chicken and eggs transported me right back to the East Village, to memories of laughter with friends no longer with me, and the meals that I shared with them before heading off to the Holiday Bar, at a time in life when we were too young to realize just how good we had it.
Serves 2
- 2 chicken thighs
- 1 onion
- 3 eggs
- 2 cups cooked rice
- 4 tablespoons chicken stock
- 2 tablespoons sake
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 tablespoons Mirin sweet cooking sake
- 5 tablespoons soy sauce
- Cut the chicken thighs into bite-size pieces. Ask a question about this step.
- Peel the onion and slice it thinly.Ask a question about this step.
- Beat the 3 eggs in a bowl. Ask a question about this step.
- Combine chicken stock, sake, sugar, mirin and soy sauce in another bowl. Ask a question about this step.
- Pour half of the chicken stock mixture in a small pan and bring to boil. Ask a question about this step.
- Add half of the chicken pieces and half of the onion slices and simmer until chicken pieces are cooked (about 5-7 minutes). Ask a question about this step.
- Add half of the egg mixture to the pan, cover and simmer for abut 40 seconds, till the eggs are cooked but still soft. Ask a question about this step.
- Put half of the cooked rice in a bowl (like a cereal bowl) and top it with the chicken and egg mixture. Ask a question about this step.
- Repeat the same process for the other portion.
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Drinker-type iron lung respirator, London, England, 1930-1939
Named after its inventor, Philip Drinker (1894-1972), this is an example of one of the first iron lungs or cabinet respirators. First used in 1928, in the United States, iron lungs were originally developed to treat gas inhalation victims, but were also used extensively to treat patients whose chest muscles were paralysed from diseases such as polio. Patients were encased in the large, heavy cabinet. Air at alternating pressures was pumped into the chamber causing the lungs to inflate and deflate so the person could breathe. Brought to the United Kingdom in 1930, the Drinker iron lung was only made by one company, Siebe Gorman & Co. Ltd. They were experts in making air tight chambers for divers. By the late 1930s, the Drinker iron lung was replaced in the United Kingdom by a modified version, known as the Both iron lung.
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Teaching Area(s): Accounting
Title: Assistant Professor of Accounting
Courses Taught: Accounting
I had a good friend majoring in accounting when I started college. I didn't know much about the field, but I enrolled in a class and really loved the subject.
Professional Accomplishments
I passed the entire Certified Public Accountant Examination on my first try. It is a really tough exam, but I made up my mind to only sit one time, so I put in countless hours of studying and it paid off.
Teaching Style
I strongly believe that students need to be active learners. That is really the only way to retain the information. As a result, I have mandatory attendance and mandatory participation.
Service Learning in the Classroom
I have added a service-learning component to my Advanced Cost Accounting class and my seminar class. The students are required to present a mini financial literacy seminar to clients of a community partner. In the past, we have partnered with the Alliance Pregnancy Center, Catholic Charities Canton and Interfaith Child Care Center.
Best Part of the Job
I love when students tell me that although they dreaded taking accounting, it ended up being one of their favorite classes. I'm just thrilled when a student can see the value of and reason for taking the class.
Favorite Building
I really like the outside of Chapman Hall. It's such a beautiful historic building and makes such a nice centerpiece for the campus.
People on Campus
I can honestly say that my colleagues at Mount Union are some of the most caring and compassionate people I have ever worked with. Whether it's a faculty member, staff member or an administrator, people on this campus genuinely care about the students' success and overall well-being.
Mount Union has a large number of internship opportunities available for students in many areas of study. These internships allow students to apply what they have learned in the classroom to the workplace. Students who have participated in internships have a head start when seeking employment after graduation.
Research Interests
I am currently conducting research on cybercrime. Understanding cybercrime is becoming more and more important as technology continues to advance at a very rapid pace.
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Mount Union has a large number of internship opportunities available for students in many areas of study. These internships allow students to apply what they have learned in the classroom to the workplace.
- Favorite Quote or Motto
- "You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do." –Henry Ford
- Surprising Fact about Yourself
- I can't stand clutter. If my space isn't neat and orderly, I can't function. I guess I'm the opposite of a hoarder.
- If You Weren't a Professor
- I was practicing accounting for a number of years before becoming a professor, so I would probably go back to that as I really enjoyed the work.
- Favorite Movie
- I am not a huge movie person but I really liked Erin Brockovich and I also loved The Help.
- Favorite Book
- I have so many books that I love, but I really enjoyed My Sister's Keeper, The Help and Look Again.
- Hobbies and Interests
- I absolutely love to play tennis and try to do so at least a couple times a week when the weather is nice. Also, I am an avid reader and read, on average, a book a week.


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When we think of philanthropy, it's usually as something that high-profile corporate moguls do with the spare millions (or billions) that they don't spend on mansions, yachts and private jets. We tend to overlook another, less common but even more inspiring category of givers: ordinary middle-class or working-class wage-earners who quietly amass sizable fortunes by practicing extreme frugality, and then, after their passing, shock some college or charitable cause with a seven-figure bequest. In Tennessee, for example, folks are probably …


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Nate ends up in detention again but it isn't his fault, it's Artur's fault. Nate loses his skateboard but it isn't his fault, it's Artur's fault. Nate's still in love with Jenny but she doesn't love him back…and IT'S ARTUR'S FAULT.
When Artur misunderstand's Nate and leads Nate's archnemesis Gina to believe Nate loves HER…well, that is definitely Artur's fault and Nate has had it up to HERE with Artur! Artur "Mr. Perfect." Artur "Mr. Always has the answer the teacher wants." Artur "Mr. the Guy who is dating Jenny"…which is just WRONG.
When the Timber Scouts announce a new fundraising effort with the top prize being a new customized skateboard, Nate is determined to beat Artur and win that skateboard. Since Nate thinks the wall hangings he's supposed to sell are lame, he decides to make as much money as he can doing what he wants and then use THAT money to buy enough wall hangings to beat Artur. As Spongebob would say, "Patrick, your genius is showing!" As usual, Nate's genius gets him into all kinds of trouble! Author: Lincoln Peirce
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Ive been asked how I get my flesh tones more specifically, Northern European flesh tone. It is mostly a factor of getting some early vital training, working for decades in natural light and from life, and of course endless practice. However, over the past month Ive been amusing myself by trying to work out a simple basic formula that might help some of you. Today I did a little experimental oil painting and took photos.
My demonstration panel is a piece of 6x8 inch ABS plastic material. I carefully sanded the shiny surface off, then toned it with a little Mars Black thinned with odorless mineral spirit and alkyd resin. I let these panels dry as long as possible.
ABS is far superior to hardboard with acrylic gesso, and if the painting doesnt work out, I can simply sand it off and paint a new one.
For practice work, I recommend ABS (I get it at a plastic wholesaler), or frosted Mylar, or high quality tracing paper. I did most of my early practice work on tracing paper. It doesnt need to be prepared and the paint doesnt soak through.


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Vaginal Bleeding After DeliverySkip to the navigation
Topic Overview
The following guidelines will help you determine the severity of your vaginal bleeding.
- Severe bleeding means that you are soaking through your usual pads each hour for 2 or more hours. For most women, soaking through their usual pads every hour for 2 or more hours is not normal and is considered severe.
- Moderate bleeding means that you are soaking more than 1 pad in 3 hours.
- Mild bleeding means that you are soaking less than 1 pad in more than 3 hours.
- Minimal bleeding means "spotting" or a few drops of blood.
Your body will change during the days and weeks after delivery (postpartum period) as it returns to its nonpregnant condition. While most women move through the postpartum period without serious health problems, some women may have vaginal bleeding that lasts longer than normal or is heavier than normal.
Like pregnancy changes, postpartum changes are different for every woman. By knowing what normally occurs during the postpartum period, you will be able to identify a problem sooner.
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Judd and Gibson receive 2010 Faculty Diversity Enhancement awardUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Posted: Jan 3, 2011
Drs. Nanette Kapulani Mossman Judd from the John A. Burns School of Medicine, and Barbara Gibson from the Department of Oceanography, are the recipients of the 2010 Annual Faculty Diversity Enhancement award at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. The award program was developed by the UH Mānoa Commission on Diversity in order to recognize UH Mānoa faculty who have demonstrated a significant commitment to enhancing diversity at the UH Mānoa campus above and beyond their current assigned responsibilities.
Under Dr. Judd's visionary leadership, JABSOM's Imi Ho'ola Post-Baccalaureate Program has proven to be a successful education model for enhancing diversity and has helped many individuals achieve their goals of becoming physicians. Her contribution to diversity at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa is best illustrated by the successful medical careers of Imi Ho'ola alumni. Ninety-six percent of Imi Ho'ola graduates have gone on to provide health services to disadvantaged or under-served populations; many of whom are serving in rural communities on the neighbor islands. Imi Ho'ola's success in producing highly qualified and dedicated physicians from disadvantaged backgrounds clearly demonstrates Dr. Judd's life-long commitment to diversity.
Dr. Gibson's selection was based on her demonstrated commitment to diversity within the STEM disciplines through the Ka 'Imi 'Ike Program; and her tireless teamwork and partnerships with organizations that share her goals. As principal investigator of the Ka `Imi `Ike Program, she successfully recruits under-represented students into the geosciences. Dr. Gibson's efforts with both the Ka 'Imi 'Ike Program and the Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE) Scholars Program, resulted in a multi-tiered series of internships and training opportunities, that allow students to work directly with faculty at the School of Ocean and Earth Sciences and Technology (SOEST). Dr. Gibson is known for her solid rapport with her students and her dedicated work to prepare them for a career in geosciences.
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Meblah made a Google Maps interface for the Wigle database. Check it out at:
Pretty cool for finding hotspots.
It loosk pretty cool. I noticed that both england and the US have detailed maps but for example holland doesn't. It doesnt even zoom in more that half the meter (the one on the left showing how far you zoomed in/out). I don't know if its only meant for england and the US but if not it takes a really long time to load. But still a great project. I am looking forward to see the progres of it.
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I like www.touchgraph.com myself it's a unique way to surf the net.
What does touchgraph have to do with Satelite images of streets ????!?!
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on a total tangent; Holy crap that TouchGraph applet is well made....could perhaps do with a LnF but hey, wish I knew how to make graphs like that
With all the subtlety of an artillery barrage / Follow blindly, for the true path is sketchy at best. .:Bring OS X to x86!:.
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What does touchgraph have to do with Satelite images of streets ????!?!
I think that he posted it because of the similatiry with the subject. It has nothing to do with streets but it has the same purpose, showing you a way to something. In this case showing how company's are related.
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Memo on the 2008 and 2009 Budget Acts
Official Letter
Official Letter
Dear County and District Superintendents, Charter School Administrators, and County Chief Business Officers:
On Friday, February 20, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a package of bills designed to revise the 2008–09 enacted budget and put into place a 2009–10 budget. As you are aware, the state's economic situation has deteriorated precipitously since the enactment of the 2008–09 budget last September. The approval of a budget that reduces spending and increases revenues was necessary to make it possible for the state to stem a cash and credit crisis at the state level.
I understand that school districts are facing unprecedented fiscal challenges and share your disappointment that funding to education has been so dramatically reduced. Now that we have an enacted state budget I want to ensure you have accurate information on which to base your local budget decisions. This letter summarizes major provisions of the 2008 and 2009 Budget Acts and related bills. The last section of the letter provides a list of the bills containing provisions related to kindergarten through grade twelve (K–12) education. A table of categorical programs affected by the various flexibility provisions contained in the budget package is included in Attachment 1. The California Department of Education (CDE) will provide additional updates as more detailed analyses of the statutes become available.
State Budget
The overall deficit was projected at $41.6 billion over the two-year period 2008–09 and 2009–10. The budget package provides an overall spending plan of $94.2 billion in 2008–09 and $92.2 billion in 2009–10, and addresses the deficit through a mixture of spending cuts ($14.9 billion), revenue increases ($12.5 billion), borrowing ($5.4 billion), and federal dollars ($7.9 billion).
Revenue increases. The revenue increases will be in effect for a limited period of time, and the time will be shortened further depending on voters' approval of a state spending cap (see below). Major revenue provisions are as follows:
- Increase in the sales tax of $0.01, effective April 1, 2009.
- Increase in the vehicle license fee by 0.5 percent (from 0.65 percent to 1.15 percent), effective May 19, 2009, the proceeds of which are shared between the state General Fund (GF) and law enforcement.
- Reduction in the dependent credit beginning in the 2009 tax year.
- Increase in the personal income tax through a tax rate increase beginning in the 2009 tax year.
Interaction with federal funds. Certain provisions of the package would be revised if $10 billion of federal funds from the recently signed American Recovery and Reinvestment Act are available to offset GF expenditures. Specifically, the income tax increase would be lowered, the amount of borrowing would be reduced, and some cuts would be restored. None of the cuts to be restored affect K–12 education.
Delay of May revision. The budget package delays the 2009 May revision to June 8 or six calendar days after the next statewide election, whichever is later. The statewide election is currently scheduled for May 19.
Spending Cap Measure to Voters for Approval
The revenue increases will be in effect for a limited time, and the time will be limited further if the voters do not approve a proposed "hard" spending cap to be placed on the statewide ballot in May 2009. Provisions of the spending cap are as follows:
- The measure renames the existing Budget Stabilization Account the Budget Stabilization Fund and requires deposits of 3 percent of GF revenues. Deposits would stop when the fund reaches 12.5 percent of GF revenues.
- Unanticipated revenues, as defined, would first be used to pay any outstanding maintenance factor obligation under Proposition 98, then would be deposited into the fund.
- Funds could be appropriated from the Budget Stabilization Fund when forecasted revenues are not sufficient to cover prior year expenditures adjusted for population growth and inflation or when the Governor declares an emergency.
- The measure requires transfers beginning in October 2011 to the Supplemental Education Payment Account (see below) until $9.3 billion is transferred, then to the Supplemental Budget Stabilization Account to retire outstanding debt.
Proposition 98 (K–12 and Community Colleges)
The budget package provides $50.7 billion for K–12 and community colleges (K–14) programs in 2008–09, a reduction of $7.4 billion below the 2008–09 enacted spending level. Due to GF revenue reductions, the Proposition 98 guarantee for 2008–09 has declined significantly.The 2009 Budget Act provides $54.9 billion for Proposition 98 programs in 2009–10, a decrease of $3.2 billion compared to the 2008 Budget Act. (This figure excludes funds to backfill for lottery monies.)
Proposition 98-related Ballot Measures
K–14 repayments. The budget package makes a commitment to provide payments starting in 2011–12 that would eventually add $9.3 billion to K–14 education spending. The provision would be placed before the voters in May 2009. The payments would be in lieu of payments for a Proposition 98 maintenance factor that would have been created in 2007–08 and 2008–09. There had been controversy regarding whether the Constitution requires establishment of a maintenance factor in 2008–09. A portion of the $9.3 billion would be for equalization of revenue limits.
Lottery change. The budget package also includes a ballot measure (SBX3 12) that would require, beginning in 2009–10, an appropriation from the General Fund in lieu of lottery funding. This ballot measure would in essence "buy out" the lottery revenues. The package contains adjustments to the Proposition 98 base to account for the new funding.
Non-programmatic changes. The budget package includes the following reductions that are characterized as "non-programmatic," that is, they affect spending counting towards the Proposition 98 guarantee but do not represent reductions in funds provided to schools to support programs in the current year:
- Redesignating $1.1 billion for revenue limits as coming from Proposition 98 settle-up funds. (Settle-up funds are funds that are owed to schools due to under-funding of Proposition 98 in previous years.)
- Using $618.7 million of special fund monies to replace Proposition 98 funds for the Home-to-School Transportation program.
- Deferring $2.9 billion of payments for the principal apportionment and K–3 Class Size Reduction from February to July 2009. (These funds had previously been deferred to April—this action makes technical changes and extends the deferral to July.)
Programmatic changes. The budget package makes the following programmatic reductions:
- $247.1 million to eliminate the 0.68 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) provided in the Budget Act for general purpose funding (revenue limits).
- $944 million from revenue limits on top of the elimination of the COLA.
- $944 million in 15 percent across-the-board reductions affecting most categorical programs. Excluded programs are Nutrition, Economic Impact Aid, K–3 Class Size Reduction, Special Education, Child Development, Home-To-School Transportation, After School Education and Safety, and the Quality Education Investment Act. The package authorizes the CDE to recover funds that have already been distributed through an offset to principal apportionment payments
- $203 million to reflect anticipated savings and revised caseload estimates in a number of programs.
The flexibility provided by the budget package is unprecedented. Local educational agencies (LEAs) will be able to redirect funding from 40 programs to "any educational purpose." They will also be able to use restricted account balances from 2007–08 for any educational purpose. The measure also makes changes regarding contributions to restricted routine maintenance and deferred maintenance.
Attachment 1 lists programs included in each of the flexibility provisions and specifies, for each program, whether it is affected by (1) across-the-board cuts in 2008–09 and 2009–10, (2) the provision allowing use of funds for any educational purpose, and (3) the provision allowing use of year-end balances.
Transfer of funds among programs. The package authorizes LEAs to use funds from about 40 categorical programs "for any educational purpose" over a five-year period ending July 1, 2013. Nineteen General Fund programs, plus all programs funded from the tobacco tax and other special funds, and federal funds, are excluded from this flexibility provision. The statutory language establishing this transferability authority states that LEAs using the flexibility provision "shall be deemed to be in compliance with the program and funding requirements contained in statutory, regulatory, and provisional language." (SBx3 4 Section 15).
Funding for affected programs will be based on 2008–09 funding levels rather than the factors used in the existing formulas (for example, funds for a program currently allocated based on enrollment will instead be allocated based on 2008–09 funding levels). Note that the underlying statutes for these programs remain in place. There are specified reporting requirements for LEAs and a report by the State Superintendent Public Instruction to the Legislature (due February 2010) on LEA uses of flexibility provisions, based on reporting through the Standardized Account Code Structure (SACS).
Provisions affecting specific programs are as follows:
- The language provides that action by a district to reduce funding for a state-mandated program shall constitute waiver of mandate funding requirements.
- The flexibility excludes services funded through California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) reimbursements in items for Regional Occupational Programs and Adult Education.
- The LEA must ensure alignment to standards and sufficiency of instructional materials.
- County offices of education must continue to visit school sites to determine sufficiency of instructional materials pursuant to Education Code Section 1240 (pursuant to the Williams settlement).
- LEAs must use National Board certification funds for awards to previously qualifying teachers until the awards are paid in full.
- As a condition of exercising the authority to use the flexibility provisions to transfer funds, the LEA governing board must hold an open, public hearing; take testimony from the public; and discuss and approve each transfer and proposed use of funding.
Please see SB X3 4, Section 15, for more detail.
Use of balances. The package allows LEAs to use restricted account balances as of June 30, 2008, with certain exceptions, for any educational purpose in 2008–09 and 2009–10. The table included at conclusion of this letter identifies which balances are accessible. It is important to note that even for included balances, reserves committed for capital outlay, bond funds, sinking funds and federal funds are not available for this flexibility.
Changes to maintenance contributions. The package reduces required contributions into routine restricted maintenance accounts from 3 percent of an LEA's general fund expenditures to 1 percent for a five-year period. It also eliminates the local match requirement for the deferred maintenance program for a five-year period. These changes become inoperative July 1, 2013.
Changes to K–3 Class Size Reduction penalties. The package reduces penalties under the K–3 Class Size Reduction program for a four-year period beginning in 2008–09. Currently steep penalties are imposed for classes that have received class-size reduction funding but exceed 20.5 students. The existing penalties have the effect of completely eliminating funding when a class is greater than or equal to 21.9. Under the new provisions, the maximum penalty is 30 percent of funding, and it is applied only when class size is 25 or more. The package does not change an existing provision that limits reimbursement to 20 pupils in a class.
Revenue Limits
The package rescinds the 0.68 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) provided in the 2008–09 enacted budget and makes an additional cut of $944 million. The deficit factor applied to revenue limits will be 7.844 percent for school districts and 7.839 percent for county offices of education.
The First Principal (P-1) apportionment, performed every year in February, had already been calculated and certified before the new budget package was enacted. Consequently, February payments will not reflect the revised figures. The CDE will revise the calculations based on the new budget package and recertify the P-1 apportionment as soon as possible. Any necessary adjustments will be made in the March payments.
Child Development
The budget package reduces child care funding by $97 million and delays implementation of regional market rate changes scheduled for March 1, 2009. The budget also includes a $108 million reappropriation from 2007–08 child care savings for CalWORKs Stage 2. This would offset the shortfall in one-time savings from the After School Education and Safety program that was anticipated to be available to fund part of the 2008–09 costs for Stage 2.
The budget package reflects an increase in funding in 2009–10; however schools will not experience a funding increase because the funds are needed to backfill $4.6 billion in one-time solutions in 2008–09. In addition the package includes funds to replace the allocation of lottery revenues to LEAs with Proposition 98 General Fund. This adjustment is contingent on approval by the voters.
Reductions and deferrals. The package does not include funds for a statutory COLA estimated at 5.02 percent, resulting in a cost avoidance of $2.6 billion. The package makes the following reductions:
- $268 million to revenue limits.
- $267 million for an across-the-board 4.9 percent reduction to certain categorical programs. This is in addition to the 15 percent reduction applied in the current year.
- $114.2 million to eliminate the High Priority Schools Grant Program.
- $38.7 million by reducing reimbursement rate limits in child care programs from the 85th percentile to the 75th percentile. Savings are captured only from CalWORKs Stages 2 and 3.
- $14.4 million to reflect a revised family fee schedule for child care programs.
The budget package imposes additional deferrals of K–12 apportionments in 2009–10: $1 billion from July 2009 and $1.5 billion from August 2009 to October 2009. (This deferral affects the Advance Apportionment for 2009–10, not the funds deferred from 2008–09.)
Mandates. The package does not include funds for the behavioral intervention mandate settlement, nor any of the other changes proposed by the Governor for mandate programs. Action on mandates has been deferred to the spring budget process.
Revenue Limits
The package makes an additional cut of $268 million, above the cut implemented in the current year. The deficit factor to be applied to revenue limits will be 13.094 percent for school districts and 13.360 percent for county offices of education.
Child Development
The budget package requires the Department of Social Services to develop a new family fee schedule, in consultation with the CDE, subject to approval by the Department of Finance (DOF). Provisional language states the point at which family fees shall begin and the increase in the amount of the initial fee. The package also reduces the regional market rate ceiling from the 85th percentile to the 75th percentile. In addition, the package requires the CDE to gather information and develop a profile of the families receiving subsidized child care services.
The package continues the reductions imposed in 2008–09. We note that this means that the funding level is about $55 million short of what the CDE estimates is needed to fund existing child care contracts. This shortfall will require the CDE to reduce contracts which will, in effect, reduce "slots" for child care.
Federal Funds and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
The package does not make any changes to federal funding levels in 2008–09. For 2009–10, the package authorizes base funding levels. Appropriations of carryover funding and other changes to funding levels will be considered during the spring budget process.
The budget package explicitly makes federal funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 1) subject to Section 28 of the Budget Act. Under the Section 28 process, the DOF has authority to increase an appropriation to allow expenditures of unanticipated funds provided that it notifies the Legislature and waits 30 days. See SBX3 2 Section 38.
Other Provisions of Interest
The package places on the ballot changes to the Mental Health Services Act (Proposition 63), and the California Children and Families Act (First Five, Proposition 10). The changes would allow the funds to be used for additional purposes.
Budget Package Bills
Listed below are the bills that affect education.
|Assembly Constitutional Amendment (ACA) x3 1
|Res. Ch. 1
|Spending cap
|ACAx3 2
|Res. Ch. 2
|Proposition 98 changes
|Senate Bill (SB) x3 1
|2009 Budget Act
|SBx3 2
|Non-education budget changes including federal provisions
|SBx3 4
|2008 Budget Act changes, Proposition 98
|SBx3 8
|2008 Budget Act changes, general government including mandates, employee compensation, and determination of the availability of federal funds
|Assembly Bill (AB) x3 17
|Proposition 10 changes
|SBx3 10
|Proposition 63 changes
|ABx3 12
|Lottery changes
What's Next?
The state is in an unusual position with a 2009–10 budget in place already in February 2009. However, we anticipate that the Legislative budget subcommittees will meet throughout the spring to discuss issues that have not been addressed in the budget package already enacted. For example, the subcommittees will discuss mandates and updated funding levels for federal programs. In addition, revised estimates of revenues and spending will be available in June. These discussions are likely to culminate in legislation to revise the 2009–10 budget, we hope just "on the margins."
If you have any program-specific questions regarding the impact of the budget package on a particular program, please utilize the Search CDE Funding Web page [http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/sf/] for CDE funding and contact information.
If you have any questions regarding the state education budget overall, please contact the Fiscal Policy Office by phone at 916-319-0821.
NOTICE: The guidance in this letter is not binding on local educational agencies or other entities. Except for the statutes, regulations, and court decisions that are referenced herein, this letter is exemplary, and compliance with it is not mandatory. (See Education Code Section 33308.5.)


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Great HammerheadSphyrna mokarran
This large shark has a very straight and square cephalophoil, the 'hammer head', compared to other hammerheads, and a stout, classically shark-shaped body with a large, curved first dorsal fin. It is a dusky dark brown or light gray, fading to a white underside, with a lobed, asymmetrical caudal (tail) fin, and a maximum length of 20 feet. This warm-water, coastal shark eats bony fish and invertebrates, as well as other sharks and rays. Because of their size and unpredictable nature, they should be treated with caution.
Order - Carcharhiniformes
Family - Sphyrnidae
Genus - Sphyrna
Species - mokarran
Common Names
English language common names include great hammerhead, great hammerhead shark, and squat-headed hammerhead shark. Other common names are abu garn (Arabic), akran (Arabic), cação-martelo (Portuguese), cachona (Spanish), cachona grande (Spanish), cambeva (Portuguese), cawar (Somali), cornuda de ley (Spanish), cornuda gigante (Spanish), glowomlot olbrzymi (Polish), grand requin marteau (French), grande squalo martello (Italian), großer hammerhai (German), grote hamerhaai (Dutch), hira-shumokuzame (Japanese), isovasarahai (Finnish), jarjur (Arabic), martelo (Portuguese), martillo (Spanish), megalozygena (Greek), nami-shumokuzame (Japanese), papa mbingusi (Swahili), peix martelo (Portuguese), : pesce martello maggiore (Italian), pez martillo (Spanish), requin marteau (French), tollo cruz (Spanish), yu parang (Malay), and yu tukul (Malay).
Importance to HumansFished both commercially and recreationally, great hammerheads are highly valued for their fins while the meat is rarely consumed by humans. They are also provide liver oil used in vitamins, hides for leather, and carcasses ground into fishmeal. Although not often a targeted species, the great hammerhead is regularly caught in tropical regions with longlines, bottom nets, hook-and-line, and trawls.
Recreationally fished with surface bait, the great hammerhead provides a good fight and exciting sport to fishers.
Danger to Humans
Hammerheads are considered potentially dangerous sharks. According to the International Shark Attack File, there have been 21 unprovoked attacks with 2 resulting in fatalities for all species of the genus Sphyrna. However, few if any attacks can be directly linked with this species due to the difficulty distinguishing species of hammerheads involved in attacks. Due to its large size and variety of prey, this shark should be treated with respect and caution.
ConservationIn the US, hammerheads (with the exception of the bonnethead which is a small coastal species) are grouped with large coastal species, a group that biologist consider to be one of the most vulnerable to overfishing. Although not a targeted species, this hammerhead is taken by gillnet and longline and as bycatch in driftnet fisheries. Mortality is likely to be significant although little data is available on populations and fishing impact. Different species of hammerheads are sometimes difficult to identify in high seas fisheries where observers are often not present, resulting in insufficient bycatch data.
> Check the status of the great hammerhead at the IUCN website.
The IUCN is a global union of states, governmental agencies, and non-governmental organizations in a partnership that assesses the conservation status of species.
Geographical DistributionCircumtropical in distribution, the great hammerhead is found in coastal warm temperate and tropical waters within 40°N - 37°S latitude. In the western Atlantic Ocean, it ranges from North Carolina (US) south to Uruguay, including the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean regions, while in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, this species ranges from Morocco to Senegal, including the Mediterranean Sea. Distribution of the great hammerhead includes the Indian Ocean and the Indo-Pacific region from Ryukyu Island to New Caledonia and French Polynesia. The eastern Pacific range is from southern Baja, California (US) through Mexico, south to Peru. The great hammerhead is considered a highly migratory species within Annex I of the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea.
This large coastal/semi-oceanic shark is found far offshore to depths of 300 m as well as in shallow coastal areas such as over continental shelves and lagoons. The great hammerhead migrates seasonally, moving poleward to cooler waters during the summer months.
Distinguishing Characteristics
1. Head nearly straight and hammer-shaped with a prominent indentation at the midline
2. First dorsal fin is tall and curved
3. Pelvic fins have a curved rear margin
BiologyDistinctive Features
The great hammerhead is a very large shark with the characteristic hammer-shaped head from which it gets its common name. The font margin of the head is nearly straight with a shallow notch in the center in adult great hammerheads, distinguishing it from the smooth hammerhead and scalloped hammerhead. The first dorsal fin is very tall with a pointed tip and strongly falcate in shape while the second dorsal is also high with a strongly concave rear margin. The origin of the first dorsal fin is opposite or slightly behind the pectoral fin axil with the free rear tip falling short to above the origin of the pelvic fins. The rear margins of the pelvic fins are concave and falcate in shape, not seen in scalloped hammerhead (S. lewini). The posterior edge of the anal fin is deeply notched. Juvenile morphology includes the front margin of the head being gently curved in contrast to the nearly straight margin in adult specimens.
Within the hammerhead family, several species are differentiated from each other by variations within the cephalophoil. The scalloped hammerhead (S. lewini) is distinguished as a smaller species with a rounded anterior margin and notch on the head. The smooth hammerhead (S. zygaena) has a broad, flat unnotched head. The smaller bonnethead (S. tiburo) is much easier to identify with a shovel-shaped head. Another distinguishing characteristic of the great hammerhead is the curved rear margins on the pelvic fins while the scalloped hammerhead (S. lewini) has straight posterior edges. Coloration
The dorsal side of the great hammerhead is dark brown to light grey or even olive in color fading to white on the underside. The fins lack markings in adults while the apex of the second dorsal fin may appear dusky in juveniles.
The teeth of this hammerhead are triangular and strongly serrated, but increasingly oblique toward the corners of the mouth. There are 17 teeth on either side of the 2-3 teeth at the symphysis in the upper jaw and 16 or 17 teeth on either side of the 1-3 teeth at the symphysis on the lower jaw.
The skin is covered by dermal denticles that are closely spaced, overlapping along the front and lateral margins. Each blade is diamond-shaped and smooth along the base. There are 3-5 ridges on each blade on small specimens and as many as 5 or 6 in larger individuals. The teeth along the posterior margin are short with the median tooth slightly longer than the other teeth.
Size, Age, and Growth
As the largest of the hammerheads, the great hammerhead averages over 500 pounds (230 kg). The world record great hammerhead was caught off Sarasota, Florida (US) weighing 991 pounds (450 kg). The largest reported length of a great hammerhead is 20 feet (6.1 m). Expected life span of this species is approximately 20-30 years of age.
In waters off Australia, males reach maturity at a length of 7.4 feet (2.25 m) corresponding to a weight of 113 pounds (51 kg) and females are mature at a total length of 6.9 feet (2.10 m) corresponding to a weight of 90 pounds (41 kg) (source: Stevens and Lyle 1989).Food Habits
Great hammerheads are active predators, preying upon a wide variety of marine organisms, from invertebrates to bony fishes and sharks. A favorite prey item is the stingray, which is consumed along with the tail spine! Invertebrate prey include crabs, squid, octopus, and lobsters while commonly consumed bony fish are groupers, catfishes, jacks, grunts, and flatfishes. Great hammerheads have also been reported as cannibalistic, eating individuals of their own species. It feeds primarily at dusk along the seafloor as well as near the surface using its complex electro-sensory system to located prey.
As common with all hammerheads, this species is viviparous with nutrition provided through a yolk-sac placenta. Following a gestation period of approximately 11 months, birth occurs during the spring or summer in the Northern Hemisphere. The resulting litters range in size from 6 to 42 young with the pups measuring between 60 and 70 cm total length. The head shape of a young pup is more rounded than that of an adult, changing as it reaches maturity.
In contrast to most other species of sharks that reportedly mate at or near the bottom, the great hammerhead has been observed mating near the surface of the water. In one event reported from the Bahamas, mating sharks ascended, swimming slowly around each other until mating at the surface.Predators
Larger sharks will prey on juvenile and subadult great hammerheads, with no major predators of the adults of this species.
Copepods parasitize many species of shark with those found on great hammerheads including Alebion carchariae, A. elegans, Nesippus orientalis, N. crypturus, Eudactylina pollex, Kroyeria gemursa, and Nemesis atlantica.
The great hammerhead was originally described as Zygaena mokarran by German naturalist Eduard Rüppell in 1837, however he changed this name to the currently valid Sphyrna mokarran later that same year. The name Sphyrnatranslates from Greek to the English language "hammer", referring to the hammer-shaped head of this species. Synonyms used in past scientific literature include Sphyrna tudes Valenciennes 1822, Zygaena dissimilis Murray 1887 andSphyrna ligo Fraser-Brunner 1950.
There are approximately 10 related species of hammerheads throughout tropical and temperate regions including the bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo), scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini), and smooth hammerhead (Sphyrna zygaena).
Prepared by: Cathleen Bester


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How did people live long ago? What qualities were essential to the idea of home in classical China and Japan? Did people aspire to a simpler life even before the invention of engines, computers, and electricity? Finally, does a life lived simply promote happiness? This slim volume answers all of these questions.
Burton Watson, who has taught Chinese and Japanese literature at Stanford, Columbia, and Kyoto universities, translated this volume. The four writers included are: Po Chu-i, Kamo no Chomei, Yoshishige no Yasutane, and Matsuo Basho, who was famous for popularizing the art of haiku. The first was a Chinese poet; the other three were all Japanese writers. One was also a musician. Most made their living by serving as government officials. In both China and Japan during the time span these works cover (between 817 and 1690), government officials were the most educated and literate members of society.
As the title implies, most of the homes were basic, even self-built. Yasutane's was the exception--he lived in a huge house with outbuildings; however, like the others, he still aspired to an ascetic lifestyle. Most important to each dwelling was a view, a small collection of extremely valuable books, and a connection with nature. The writers described their homes through the seasons.
One component that several mentioned was how music made their dwellings feel complete. Because most of these men lived alone, this meant that they were the ones playing music. This is interesting to consider in this time of iPods with virtually any kind of world music available with a touch.
Buddhism and Taoism influenced these essays. Often the writers reflected on the impermanence of their dwellings as well as their lives. Kamo no Chomei lived during a time period of rapid change. Unlike his predecessor, Yatsutane, he wrote in Japanese rather than classical Chinese. The samurai culture was just beginning, and he mentions how the local ruler commanded the capital to be relocated. Some of the gentry moved their belongings on oxcarts, but the new generation raced past on swift horses. Chomei also recorded a series of disasters that struck Japan in the 12th century: whirlwinds, epidemics, fires that destroy great swaths of cities, and earthquakes.
Chomei also said,"The hermit crab prefers a little shell because he knows the dimensions of his own body." So many centuries later, what these great writers teach us are the importance of small things: the warmth of sun on a wooden floor, a pile of books, music playing, and cool fresh air pouring in through the windows.
If you want to read a contemporary book on the nature of home, try Bill Bryson's At Home: a Short History of Private Life.


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The disease detectives at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have named the top five global health threats they expect to tackle in 2014. They are:
1. The emergence and spread of new microbes
While it's rare, CDC scientists do come across new diseases each year. In 2013, the new Heartland virus carried by ticks was confirmed in northwest Missouri. Federal health investigators collected samples in the state after two farmers from St. Joseph were sickened by the virus that carried a novel genetic profile.
Also last year, CDC helped public health officials in the Republic of Georgia identify a new virus related to smallpox that infected shepherds there. Only one in five countries worldwide has the technology to detect and fight emerging infections, said the CDC's director, Dr. Tom Frieden. The CDC is making disease detection a major priority in 2014, in the U.S. and abroad. New technologies and software have enabled faster DNA identification of infectious germs.
2. The globalization of travel and food supplies
Diseases that were thought to be eradicated in the U.S. are now back because of lower vaccination rates and increased international travel. In 2013, measles cases in the U.S. doubled to 175, almost all linked to foreign travel. Measles outbreaks can only be prevented if the majority of the population is vaccinated. American scientists are training their colleagues worldwide and helping build new labs to investigate outbreaks.
Disease can spread anywhere in the world within 24 hours, Frieden said. The most recent global pandemic, involving the H1N1 swine flu, spread to 23 countries within six weeks of being discovered in Mexico in 2009. Contaminants in the food supply can also spread quickly, as evidenced by the 2011 E. coli outbreak in nine states.
3. The rise of antibiotic-resistant infections
Some bacteria have become resistant to several types of antibiotics, making it harder to fight infectious diseases. Drug-resistant infections are particularly dangerous for people with a compromised immune system, including those with cancer, kidney failure or organ transplants. In some cases, doctors and nurses have had to resort to less effective and more toxic antibiotics when the first-line defenses fail. Patients with antibiotic resistant infections incur longer hospital stays, long-term side effects and death. More than 2 million Americans contract antibiotic-resistant infections each year, and 23,000 die, according to the CDC.
Several drug-resistant bacteria, including forms of gonorrhea, tuberculosis, salmonella and strep are considered urgent or serious threats to public health because doctors are running out of drugs to treat these infections. The overuse of antibiotics is the main pathway for drug-resistant infections. About half of antibiotic prescriptions are considered to be unnecessary. Antibiotics given to farm animals before slaughter are another main source of resistance. The CDC is working with the FDA to reduce the use of antibiotics in the food chain.
"One of my key principles in using antibiotics properly is to make sure the patient receives the correct amount of a medication that only treats the bacteria or germs involved in the infection," said infectious disease pharmacist Ryan Moenster, associate professor at St. Louis College of Pharmacy. "If the doctor diagnoses you or a family member with a viral infection, don't demand medication like amoxicillin because antibiotics do nothing for viral infection."
4. Inadvertent or intentional release of pathogens
The 2009 death of a scientist who caught the plague in a University of Chicago lab alarmed many in the disease research world. An estimated three of every 1,000 lab workers are sickened each year, most commonly with hepatitis, typhoid fever or tuberculosis, according to the National Institutes of Health.
Many labs employ safety officers to oversee work with cultures including flu, pneumonia, salmonella, E. coli and other pathogens.
5. Bioterrorism
Some inhaled pathogens such as anthrax, pneumonic plague or smallpox are considered potential weapons in a bioterrorism attack. St. Louis University is studying a new plague vaccine at the behest of federal health officials for potential use in the military. The military has previously used a plague vaccine, but it caused side effects such as headaches and fever.
The CDC works with health departments in every state to conduct bioterrorism drills and train public health workers on emergency preparedness. They monitor local labs to make sure they can conduct tests quickly when a lethal substance is detected. Many of the systems were also tested during the H1N1 flu pandemic, as hospitals set up tents and secured extra ventilators for the influx of patients.


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Some gas prices drop in time for holiday travel
Some gas prices drop in time for holiday travel
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —
There is a bit of a break in prices at the gas pump just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday.
According to Louisvillegasprices.com, gas in the metro area has dropped about 40 cents per gallon in the past month and more than 75 cents a gallon since Labor Day weekend.
Some gas stations in the Fern Creek area are touting prices bordering on $3 per gallon.
"It helps out quite a bit. The trip is about 700 miles and so I have to stop a couple times to fill up my tank and it makes a big difference," said Adrian McMullen, who plans on traveling for the holiday.
At the Sam's Club on Veteran's Parkway in Clarksville, gas is about $3 and the most expensive is $3.79 at the Shell on First and Jefferson.


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John Higgins, the reigning world champion, and China's own Ding Junhui attended a press conference in Shanghai yesterday as the deal was unveiled.
There's no doubt snooker in China is a boom industry and, with both ranking events there guaranteed for five years, this area represents the sport's immediate future.
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Are they sponsoring the China Open as well?
Thanks, Joe
- 5:30 pm
- Dave H said...
I think that's still Honghe Industrial
- 5:58 pm
That is great news that the Shanghi Masters has secured a sponsor - it leaves just the Northern Ireland Trophy and the Welsh Open out of all the world ranking events this coming season looking for a sponsor.
I think it is quite baffling since Regal were forced to withdraw sponsorship of the Welsh Open that World Snooker have failed to negotiate a sponser especially with the extensive coverage on British Eurosport, Eurosport International and BBC Wales and good crowds especially towards the latter end of the event. David, do you know if the event will still be played at the Newport Centre in 2008?
- 6:43 am
- Dave H said...
I'm sure it will be, yes
- 7:38 pm
Good to see Ricky Walden picking up a trophy at the weekend pro-am.
After talking up Selby for so long and, finally, seeing him breakthrough, maybe this season will be Walden's turn.
By the way, it was a good turn-out. But most of the top players seemed to still be on their summer holiday as most got knocked out relatively early.
Thanks, Joe
- 1:15 pm
I watched Walden turn over John higgins a couple of seasons ago, and to be truthful I thought he was awsome, maybe this is his year. At his level of game I think he should just enjoy his snooker and not think about his game too much...because from what I have seen there is nothing wrong with it...he's a pottin machine.
- 6:33 pm
sponsors will only come in if they see potential. the characters are not in the game anymore. Players take themselves to seriously and they want perfect conditions and silence to play in. To hell with the spectators. The trouble is young players lock themselves away practicin 10 hours a day at snooker and 0 hrs given to actually living and comunicating. their are some exceptions like michael holt, jimmy white or dominic dale but far too few players actually care about entertaining the crowd. bring back reardon higgins virgo taylor i say
- 2:49 am
I agree sponsors will only back and entertaining game ....Just need Ding to develop a personality and bingo...what about replacing the highest break prize with the most entertaining match prize?? Could help. The recent grand prix up here in scotland last season proved that the wpbsa dont mind experimenting with the format a bit when they introduced a round robin type event which I found very enjoyable.
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There are benefits and risks to playing with Zdeno Chara, as Johnny Boychuk did for most of the 2011-12 regular season (as he did the prior season too).
On the one hand, you're playing with the best defenseman in the NHL and you know you always have someone to cover up your mistakes. But on the other hand, if you play poorly and force Chara to have to do too much, that can have ramifications throughout the entire Bruins lineup.
For the second straight season, Boychuk was solid, although not spectacular, as Chara's sidekick. And then in the postseason he once again formed a solid second pair with Andrew Ference, a duo that did a solid job of slowing down Nicklas Backstrom and Washington's second line.
At just 28 years old, Boychuk still has time to develop an even better all-around game, and that's what the Bruins will be banking on.
Regular season: 77GP, 5-10-15, plus-27
Playoffs: 7GP, 1-2-3, plus-1
Contract status: Signed through 2014-15 at a cap hit of 3,366,667
Regular season recap
Highlight: The Bruins dominated Toronto during the regular season, and Boychuk played a huge role in one of those victories Dec. 3 at TD Garden. He scored the goal that made it 3-1, as the Bruins rolled to a 4-1 victory. His big hit on Clarke MacArthur on the same shift as his goal turned the momentum of the game in the Bruins' favor. He was a plus-3 with three shots on goal and two hits, and he helped keep Phil Kessel point-less.
Lowlight: Boychuk suffered through an off night in Buffalo Feb. 8, as he was a minus-3 with just two shots on goal in a 6-0 loss that was one of Boston's worst defeats of the season. His giveaway to Ville Leino and subsequent inability to contain the Sabres forward led to a Jason Pominville goal that helped bury the Bruins.
Playoff recap: Boychuk held his own in the Bruins' seven-games loss to Washington. His one playoff game came on the power play, a place he might be able to earn more playing time as Boston tries to rectify its man-advantage problems.
Grade: B-minus. Boychuk matched his career-high for goals with five from 2009-10, except he played 26 more games this season. He played eight more than games than in 2010-11 and recorded one less point. The Bruins need more offensive output from a guy with a rocket for a shot.
Carnac predicts … part of the Bruins' plan to solve their power-play woes will revolve around giving Boychuk an extended look at one of the points. His new contract extension could make him a bargain if he continues to improve his game, or he could be trade bait down the road with the emergence of Boston's top prospects on the back end.


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Special events
Novara Rebekah Lodge 61 and Willow Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows will have their monthly breakfast from 7 to 11 a.m. at the IOOF Hall on Highway 59, Snelling.
City of Merced Recreation and Parks Department presents the Senior Social Dances to Big Band music, doors open at 1 p.m., music from 2 to 5 p.m., 755 W. 15th St. $5 at the door. Info: (209) 723-0839 or (209) 722-9592.
Merced Writing Center has a free display of artistic expression at 6 p.m. at 437 W. Main St. See a poet, a musician and a painter each month. Info: (209)631-7734.
Support Groups
Catholic Faith Inquiry Sessions at 10:30 a.m., at St. Patrick's Church, 671 E. Yosemite Ave. Info: (209) 383-3924.
Merced Unitarian Universalist group meet at 4 p.m. at 305 W. 26th St. Everyone is welcome. Info: (209)384-3209, (209)725-8057 or email@example.com.
Corrections, deletions and additions for the Datebook can be mailed to the Features Section, Merced Sun-Star, 3033 G St., Merced, CA 95340, or emailed to email@example.com. For information, call (209) 385-2478 or (209) 384-3881. Items appear according to space available.


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State CPA Societies Call for Co-Sponsors for Tax Due Dates Bills
August 15, 2012
To date, 44 state CPA societies have written letters to each member of their U.S. Congressional delegation – all Senators and all Representatives – to ask members of Congress to co-sponsor the Tax Return Due Date Simplification and Modernization Act of 2011 in their respective chambers.
By leveraging the power of the CPAs in their state, these advocacy-oriented state CPA societies have helped U.S. Senators and Representatives understand that CPA constituents in their state support this national initiative that will better facilitate pass-through information required of taxpayers involved in partnerships when filing tax returns with the IRS, and create a more logical flow of information between taxed entities.
Since the AICPA called on state societies to collaborate in this letter-writing initiative in early July, four additional Senators have signed on to S. 845, for a total of eight co-sponsors. Sixteen additional Representatives have agreed since then to co-sponsor the same bill in the House, H.R. 2382, bringing the total number of co-sponsors in the House to 26. The eight co-sponsors in the Senate are from seven states; the 26 House co-sponsors are from 17 states.
"Hearing from state CPA societies has really grown the number of co-sponsors on these bills," said Peter Kravitz, AICPA director of congressional affairs. "Congressional offices take note when home state CPAs weigh in, and the support that the profession has generated will help build momentum for getting tax due dates legislation passed in the future."
There is a slight chance that the House and Senate bills may be considered in late 2012. The AICPA will work to have the bills reintroduced in the next Congress, if that is necessary.
To see the most current list of House and Senate co-sponsors, you can check www.thomas.gov, which is updated daily.


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Saline voting tallies resemble that of Arkansas overall on issues
Arkansas voters passed Issue No. 1 in Tuesday's general election.
As a result, a half-percent sales tax will be implemented throughout the state for improving roads.
Revenue generated from the tax will finance improvements to streets, bridges and roads, but primarily will be used to pay for a four-lane highway system statewide.
The issue received approval from 58 percent of Arkansas voters. That constitutes 592,980 votes. In Arkansas, 42 percent of Arkansas voters, constituting 425,733 votes, were opposed to the issue.
In Saline County 56 percent, or 25,463 voters, decided for Issue No. 1 Those that voted against Issue No. 1 totaled 44 percent or 20,214 votes.
The issue was referred to voters by the Arkansas General Assembly and will result in an amendment to the Arkansas Constitution.
The second issue on the ballot did not pass. Issue No. 2 would have authorized cities and counties to create districts within the county for redevelopment projects. Overall in Arkansas, 43 percent or 424,782 votes were entered in support for Issue No. 2. The total for votes against the issue was 57 percent or 554,361 votes.
In Saline County 40 percent or 17,569 people voted in support of Issue No. 2. Those who voted against totaled 26,625 or 60 percent.
The final issue on the ballot did not pass. Issue No. 5 would have legalized the use of marijuana for medical purposes.
In Arkansas, 49 percent or 504,204 voters, weighed in in favor of Issue No. 5. The majority, 51 percent, or 534,071 voters, was against the measure.
The margin was a bit wider in Saline County, where 47 percent, or 22,102 voters, was against the issue, and 53 percent, or 24,474 voters, voted against it.
These results were released by the Arkansas Secretary of State's Office, with 91 percent of voters being counted. Election results are not yet official, as a canvassing of the results will not be conducted until later this month.
Two issues regarding casinos in Arkansas were prevented from counting, although they appeared on the ballots.
Issue 4, proposed by Texas businessman Michael Wasserman, was struck down after a closer look at signatures received to get the issue on the ballot. The investigation found Wasserman had not submitted the required 78,133 signatures needed.
Issue 3, proposed by professional poker player Nancy Todd, was taken to the Arkansas Supreme Court, which struck down the ballot measure because of language that would affect existing casinos in Arkansas. The wording was changed after Todd received the number of signatures necessary to get the issue on the ballot.


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Both candidates were stuck by the question, because they were trying to play to multiple audiences, though Palin had it the hardest because her main purpose in the campaign is to shore up McCain's support among the fire & brimstone social conservatives, yet she knows that coming out and saying, "Well, I don't support gay marriage because I think gay people should burn in hell for eternity," would win her points with the crazies and lose her just about everybody else. She knows that the topic has become one of language: "gay marriage" is a negative for most voters, but "civil unions" are increasingly popular, because we have, thankfully, gotten to a point in our general culture where the majority of people seem to agree that actively discriminating against same-sex couples is obnoxious and heartless. Civil union laws remain controversial with conservative activists, but most everybody else seems to recognize that there are more important things to worry about.
Palin might have scared some of her most socially reactionary supporters (the ones whose beliefs walked with the dinosaurs), but I bet the majority of her supporters understood what she was saying: When it comes to civil rights for not-exclusively-heterosexual people, we'll be utterly and completely passive, and if there's any way we can claim they're injuring one of our favorite abstractions (e.g. "the institution of marriage"), we'll attack with pitchforks a-blazin'.
Biden played the other side of the fence, and in some ways made an opening for a radical idea. He, too, stayed away from the unpopular "gay marriage" term, specifically saying he and Obama do not support it (which is true, if I remember correctly, for all the candidates except Kucinich -- who, by the way, gave a fun speech at the Democratic convention), and this shouldn't have surprised anybody -- it was, remember, a Democratic president who signed the Defense of Marriage Act into law. Biden, though, made a strong statement in support of fully equal civil rights:
Do I support granting same-sex benefits? Absolutely, positively. Look, in an Obama-Biden administration, there will be absolutely no distinction from a constitutional standpoint or a legal standpoint between a same-sex and a heterosexual couple.Match this with what he said a few moments later, though, when he denied that he supported gay marriage (this is taken from the AP's transcript):
No. Barack Obama nor I support redefining from a civil side what constitutes marriage. We do not support that. That is basically the decision to be able to be left to faiths and people who practice their faiths, the determination, what you call it.I don't know if Biden knows the direction his statement is moving toward, but it's a direction I hope we're able to keep -- it would, taken to its logical conclusion, make marriage something that is left to churches and other other groups to define as they desire for their members, and make the government's job simply to offer civil unions to everyone. It would get the government out of the business of marriage, leaving it the simple and appropriate role of certifying a couple's legal standing.
Of course, this would be a difficult concept to sell to the sectors of the public that want government to regulate marriage, and those sectors would, I expect, claim the government was trying to destroy all marriage, etc. The conservative argument for such a change, though, could be made from two standpoints: maximizing freedom and minimizing government. (The challenge is that social conservatives only like to maximize freedom for themselves and have no desire to minimize the power of government to regulate the social sphere.) The liberal argument would be one of equality under the law and getting rid of the separate-but-equal marriage system that the you-can't-get-married-but-you-can-get-civilly-unified system creates.
Biden's syntax and phrasing got tortuous when he tried to say that marriage is between people and their faiths, and I think he struggled not just because he was speaking extemporaneously, but because somewhere in his mind he realizes the various tensions in his logic. I expect he's too much of a cautious politician to make the leap, but his statement gave me hope that in the next decades we may be able to move closer to real equality.


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Morgan Wootten first put DeMatha on the national map of high school basketball in 1965 when his team broke the 71-game winning streak of Lew Alcindor's Power Memorial (New York) club. He went on to compile a remarkable 1,274-192 (.869) record in his 46-year career at DeMatha High School in Hyattsville, Maryland. Under Wootten, DeMatha won legendary national championships in 1962, 1965, 1968, 1978, and 1984. In 1984, USA Today named Wootten the National Coach of the Year. He was inducted into the Naismith National Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000.
Regarded as one of the best teachers in the history of the game, Wootten has sent more than 160 high school players on to play college basketball, and a dozen have played in the NBA. More than 20 of his former assistant coaches or players are now coaching on the high school, collegiate, or professional level. Coaches throughout the world have sought Wootten's wisdom in his book Coaching Basketball Successfully, watched his videotapes, and sat spellbound through his clinics for many years. Wootten retired from coaching in November 2002. He resides in Hyattsville, Maryland.
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