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The City of Jacksonville will see less revenue in the 2014-15 fiscal year, which could mean a higher property tax.
A special workshop was held at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Jacksonville City Hall to initiate the task of balancing the city�s 2014-15 fiscal year budget.
�Tonight we are going to begin that process to walk a very long, and at times very difficult, road,� City Manager Richard Woodruff said, �You elected officials have to set the tone for the public. You have to decide, if I may be so blunt, on how much pain and complaint you can take in order to continue progress.�
The proposed general fund budget for 2014-15 shows a total decrease in revenue of $1,242,149. To cope with the deficit, nearly every expenditure listed in the budget other than spending on legal and human resources would see a decrease, according to the city.
Proposed expenditures for the city�s police force, however, would increase from $13,256,090 in 2013-14 to $13,768,324 in 2014-15. The increases are partly due to the operational costs of the newly built Center for Public Safety Building, which will become operational in 2015. Vehicle replacements in 2015 and the purchase of additional investigative equipment also contribute to the proposed spending increase.
Fire department spending is slated to decrease from $7,411,423 in 2013-2014 to 6,747,522 in 2014-2015.
According to budget notes, decreases in the operating expenses are due to reduction in fleet maintenance cost because of the replacement of aging equipment. There will also be a reduction in departmental supplies, including fire prevention material, dues, subscriptions and radio batteries.
Woodruff said no new full-time positions are being proposed in the budget; however, he noted grants funding the salaries of 14 full-time police and fire personnel have run out and the city must now assume financial responsibility per previous conditions on the grants.
Property tax revenue declined slightly from the $20,021,960 collected in 2013-14 to $19,589,265 expected in 2014-15. Commercial sales tax is expected to go up a bit in the new year, from $9,630,995 to $10,314,662.
Another important topic at the forefront of discussion during the meeting was a proposed reevaluation for property tax. From 2014 to 2015, Jacksonville will see an estimated loss of $114 million dollars in assessed value.
Property owners may see up to a 3.2-cent increase in tax rate to make up for the decline in revenue.
�If your property value went down and the tax rate stayed the same, obviously your taxes would go down,� Woodruff said. �If your property value went up and the rate stays the same, obviously it would go up. Just because the council may raise the rate from 53.8 cents to 57 cents doesn�t mean that your taxes will go up or down. You can�t make a general statement like that. You will have to look at it on an individual basis.�
Additionally, a proposed state-wide change of the implementation of business licensing would limit the cap to $100 per license, resulting in the estimated loss of between $400,000 and $750,000 for the city.
�We only have a few choices to make up this deficit; either with higher property taxes or a reduction of services,� Woodruff said. �There�s no getting around the fact that this is going to be a challenging budget.�
The city council will continue to meet weekly through April to further hammer out the specific needs for each department and public service. The modified proposed budget will then be presented May 7 during a public hearing where citizens may voice their opinions on the spending plan. A finalized budget will be drafted and officially adopted after all involved parties have given their input.
For additional information on the city�s proposed budget and annual financial report, visit jacksonvillenc.gov.
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January 4, 2010
Are you contemplating a knee or hip replacement? Catholic Health Partners In Rehab/AthletiCare will present a free evening program, "Is Total Knee or Hip Replacement in your Future," on Tuesday, January 12 at 7 p.m. at its Nazareth Campus facility located at 291 North Street in Buffalo.
According to the National Institute of Health, arthritis is responsible for more trouble walking and climbing stairs, and is the most common indicator for joint replacement surgery. Licensed physical and occupational therapists present this pre-operative program and give you an overview of the total knee or hip replacement surgery and also what to expect during the recovery phase and rehabilitation process.
This program is free and open to all. Registration is required. For more information or to register, call Catholic Health's HealthConnection at (716) 706-2112.

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midnitesun wrote:They don't really care. They let me read Harry Potter too. They know I', intelligent enough to know that I couldn't take a magic want and do spells with it or anything!
But my grandma hates it. I don't know why...
Carrisa wrote:My mom has been through a lot of my obsessions with ease; the Twilight series is no exception. When I told her that books were about vampires she gave the common remark: "Vampires? That's doesn't sound interesting to me." She didn't object, especially not after she read all the books herself! Love her to death! We're vampire fans now! (Well, she only likes the Twilight vampires, but still!)
My dad, well, he's thought I'm weird since the day I started watching Pokemon at eight! He said to me as long as I don't read Harry Potter, he doesn't care about me reading about vampires. But now that I have read the Harry Potter series, I don't know what he thinks! Probably just finds me weirder!
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"I saw a product on late night tv. It said, you can water your hard-to-reach plants with this product. Who the fuck would make their plants hard to reach?! I know you need water, but I'm gonna make you hard to reach. I will throw water at you. Hopefully they invent a product before you shrivel and die. And they said, you can have this product for four easy payments of $19.95. I would like to see a product that was available for three easy payments, and one fuckin' complicated payment. We ain't gonna tell you which one it is, but one of these payments is gonna be a bitch: the mailman will get shot to death, the envelope will not seal, and the stamps will be in the wrong denomination...Good luck f*cker! The last payment must be made in wompum!"


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Buffett also praised the banks for their large deposit bases, saying that that is fundamentally where their earnings are going to be driven from.
While Buffett has not revealed Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A)(NYSE:BRK.B)'s fourth quarter portfolio yet, his third quarter holdings show just three banks worthy of inclusion in the portfolio: Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC), M&T Bank Corp (NYSE:MTB) and U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB). Together, they have a 22.8% weighting in it.
Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC)
Of his three bank holdings, Buffett has been purchasing Wells Fargo the most aggressively by far. Between the first quarter of 2009 and the third quarter of 2012, he has amassed 12,230,677 Wells Fargo shares at prices ranging from about $16 to $34. In total he has 422,549,545 shares, or 8.03% of the company.
According to its fourth quarter results announced today, Wells Fargo had the following levels for the three salient metrics Buffett mentioned in the interview indicated the strength of banks:
Capital ratios
Tier 1 common equity: 10.12%, compared to 9.46% a year previously
Tier 1 capital: 11.75%, compared to 11.33%
Total risk to assets: 11.17%, compared to 10.78%
Total average core deposits: $928.8 million, compared to $864.9 million
Nonperforming assets: $24.5 billion, compared to $25.3 billion in the third quarter 2012
Wells Fargo also has had a revenue growth rate of 9.8% and EBITDA growth rate of 4% annually over the past five years. Book value grew at 14.6% over the past five years.
M&T Bank (NYSE:MTB)
Buffett's stake in M&T Bank predates 2010. He sold almost 1.5 million shares of the stake in the first half of that year, and didn't touch the holding again until he added 18,219 shares in the third quarter of 2011. With no further trades since then, he owns a total of 5,382,040 shares, or 4.2% of shares outstanding.
With approximately $78 billion in assets, M&T Bank is one of the nation's 20 largest commercial bank holding companies, with over 700 domestic branches in seven states.
As of Sept. 30, 2012, M&T has the following levels for Buffett's three metrics:
Capital ratios
Tier 1 common ratio: 7.47%, compared to 6.87% a year previously
Total tangible common equity to tangible assets: 7.04%, compared to 6.65% a year previously
Total deposits: $64 billion, compared to $59.5 billion
Nonperforming assets: $1.04 billion, compared to $1.26 billion
MTB has also in the past five years grown revenue at a rate of 4.4%, free cash flow at 18.6% and book value at 6%, annually. Its EBITDA has over the past five years declined at an annual rate of 0.3%.
U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB)
Buffett's position in USB predates 2008. When he added 4,306,100 in the third quarter of 2008, he rid himself of the shares and then some in the next quarter. He added almost 1.5 million more in the first quarter of 2009 when the price plunged to $15 per share, and has been reducing the stake in the past three quarters as the price increased. Buffett at the end of the third quarter owned a total of 61,264,601 shares of USB, of 3.26% of shares outstanding.
Capital ratios
Tier 1 capital ratio: 10.9%
Tier 1 common equity to risk-weighted assets ratio: 9%
Total risk-based capital ratio: 13.3%
Total average deposits: $239.3 billion, compared to $215.4 billion in the third quarter of 2011
Total nonperforming assets: $2.19 billion, compared to $3.04 billion
USB's annual revenue has declined at a rate of 0.6% over the past five years, and EBITDA declined at a rate of 10.5%. Its free cash flow grew at a rate of 16.8%, and book value grew at a rate of 8.3% over the same period. It also paid a $0.195 per share dividend in the third quarter of 2012, which increased from $0.125 in the third quarter of 2012.
Other Investments
In addition to common shares of these banks, Buffett owns $5 billion of preferred shares of Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) and $5 billion in warrants to buy Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS), which he has not exercised yet.
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I think this moth is Catarhoe cuculata (Hufnagel, 1767), I browse all the family Larentiinae and this one is the only match that I found.
15.08.2013 - Northeast Italy
Hi Marcello,
Yes, you are quite right - Catarhoe cuculata
(though, if I may be picky, the Larentiinae is a subfamily not a family).
Hi Mike!
Thanks for the confirm!
Yes, Geometridae is the family and Larentiinae is the subfamily, my fault sorry, I was too much tired yesterday night


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We were recently in a small market in our neighborhood picking up one or two things, when the boy picked up a shiny red apple and tossed it in the basket. I admit I felt more than a little silly telling him to put it back — but we had a bag full of fresh, local apples at home. The last time we were in the same market, I let the kids buy two of the waxy, Grown in Washington labeled apples, only to have them take a few bites and toss the rest. My kids are apple junkies, but there's no time like fall in Virginia to appreciate the difference between supermarket fruit and fresh, local varieties. There are a number of orchards within an hour or so drive from Washington, DC, but we tend to return to Stribling Orchard just off I-66 in Markham, Va.
Stribling has a couple perks that make it the ideal apple picking destination for the 5-and-under crowd:
- You can pick up bags, but then drive into the area of the orchard where you want to pick.
- Sticks. Sure, the small trees have plenty of fruit within easy grabbing reach, but these cool picking sticks can be used to reach the primo fruit up high. If you have boys, you know what a powerful draw this is!
- Bathrooms. Actual running water bathrooms — for the essential hand washing before picnicking.
- Food. On the weekends they set up a grill offering burgers and hot dogs, and sometimes full barbecue (ribs, chicken and pulled pork). There's also the bakery and store where you can find fresh baked cider doughnuts, pies and preserves.
Of course, it can also be quite crowded on the weekends so try to arrive early and be prepared for lines at check out and those bathrooms. Here are a couple tips gleaned from our annual apple-picking adventures.
Tips for a Happy Apple-Picking Outing:
1. Hats and sunscreen are essential. Stribling, and many other local orchards, are on top of hills which offer gorgeous views — and full sunshine.
2. Wear shoes you don't mind getting mucky and put kids in long pants. There's a lot of spoiling fruit on the ground and the kids will be traipsing through tall grass and other brambly undergrowth.
3. Try to find the variety you most want first. Once kids get on a roll picking, there's no slowing them down and they may fill their bag at the first tree.
GIVEAWAY: So you've gone apple picking and now you're wondering what to do with all those apples? I've started an Apple Fest board over on Pinterest. Pin your favorite apple recipe, then share a link in the comments here so I can repin it to the board — or tag your pin #foodietotsapplefest & I'll find it!
Every apple recipe posted below or tagged on Pinterest will give you one chance to win a copy of the gorgeous book Apple by Nikki McClure. You can "like" FoodieTots on Facebook and leave an additional comment below for an extra entry (or note if you're already a fan). Contest is open to US residents only and will close at 11:59pm Eastern on September 30. Good luck, and happy apple eating!


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Public service presents us with an opportunity to give back to our community. The rewards realized by making a difference in the lives of others cannot be quantified in dollars and can only be truly appreciated by those who have participated. School board service is such an experience.
Most board members are elected officials serving with little or no financial compensation. Bearing tremendous responsibility, they are empowered by taxpayers to guide the education of the community's children. In addition to policy and curriculum issues, board members are responsible for the business and financial well-being of the district.
Along with these responsibilities comes the implicit trust the community bestows on board members when they take their oath of office. School boards are expected to maintain the highest ethical standards in all matters, public and private.
According to the National Center for Educational Statistics, 14,200 public school districts nationwide are expected to spend $519 billion this school year. The average expenditure per student will be $10,418. When managing such large amounts of money, board members and administrators may be confronted with situations creating conflict of interest.
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October 20th, 2010 | by Becky Striepe
At its heart, crafting is about channeling our creative energy into something tangible. Sometimes we keep what we make, sometimes we sell it, sometimes we give our creations as gifts. Wouldn't it be great if we could use our crafty skills to help people in need? There are tons of crafty charities out there doing just that! Here are a few options for charitable crafting


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Ke$hawanted to let her fans know she was in good spirits after spending time in a Chicago rehab for an eating disorder, so she took to Twitter yesterday (March 6) to let fans know was she was feeling better and ready to get back to work.
"Happy to be back! Feeling healthy & working on tons of new music🐱I can't thank my fans enough for all the love & support u have given me❤" she tweeted.
Ke$ha has shared no other details about this new music she's been working on, or when fans can expect to hear it.
In January, Ke$ha admitted herself into the Chicago rehab center leading her mother, songwriter Pebe Sebert, to accuseKe$ha's own campof putting pressure on her to be thin.


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Town Council to hold hearing on Magee Ranch development
Original post made on Jun 18, 2013
Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, June 17, 2013, 4:16 PM
Comments (16)
a resident of Danville
on Jun 18, 2013 at 6:28 am
This development just keeps on giving. It seems like this has gone on forever. The comment that the cost of widening the road and all of the improvements should be the responsibility of the developer seems appropriate then the response from the town that they have done enough? Clearly the powers that be with the Town of Danville are aiding and assisting the developers. Tonights meeting will be the same as all of them. The citizens will protest and complain and the town will just go ahead and approve this no matter the wishes of the majority.
a resident of Alamo
on Jun 18, 2013 at 10:06 am
The voters in Danville are getting what they voted for...corruption and irresponsibility in the town council and staff.
You all knew way ahead of time what they were all about, but you naive people voted them in anyway.
Bill is right, it's going to business as usual at tonight's meeting.
You people in Danville will NEVER learn
a resident of another community
on Jun 18, 2013 at 11:55 am
Please help me from this crazy woman! We actually live in Pittsburgh, I don't know why she goes around posting and claiming to live in Alamo.
Sorry all the readers .. you have no idea what I have to bear every day.
Thanks for understanding.
Mr. Pardini from Pittsburgh
a resident of Alamo
on Jun 18, 2013 at 12:05 pm
Let's see, one unit per 20 acres zoning for 410 acres is about 20 units if my abacus is working correctly. I fully support a 20 unit project on that site.
a resident of Danville
on Jun 18, 2013 at 1:25 pm
And yet, there parcels with other zoning designations allowing higher densities. Perhaps you should read the official documents for the proposed development rather than assuming abbreviated reporting of it contains all of the details.
a resident of Danville
on Jun 18, 2013 at 7:43 pm
Housing developments are a great source of income for the government, of course they don't care about the opposition by local residents. It's all about more tax money and to hell with the environment.
a resident of Danville
on Jun 19, 2013 at 7:41 am
How embarrassing, what a bunch of retards. What does the mayor have to say as a final conclusion? He really should put out a statement.
Well, most locals call us Danville high tax payers for maintaining and enhancing better places to live in and more opportunities for our children "Mayberry."
Not so much any more. That's an insult now. I wonder what all those town council and Summerhill people would have to say if Mike Wallace from 60 mins was still alive & in their face!
And you know what? We still can't even get a dignified answer even though we realize all this was a done deal and the main reason is to produce more dollars and perks for town staff. Because this town still needs a whole lotta love in improvements.
a resident of Danville
on Jun 19, 2013 at 9:34 am
It will pass anyway. The overpaid Danville higher ups need more $$ and don't care about ruining Danville.
a resident of Alamo
on Jun 20, 2013 at 10:17 am
I'm surprised my former husband took the time to post a message in the Danville Express. But dear Jack you shouldn't tell everyone all our secrets. By the way folks, I kicked my former husband out many years ago when I discovered he was cheating on me. He is right, he lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with Charles. He doesn't really know all the problems the folks in Danville are having. He moved back East long ago. Oh my...I hope he is not back on the west coast and living in Pittsburg, California. Oh well I wish Jack and Charles all the best.
Thank you for posting your message Jack. Julia Pardini from Alamo...really folks I am from Alamo
a resident of Danville
on Jun 20, 2013 at 1:00 pm
What a disappointment - it appears the town council was taken in by the pompous Jeb Magee who thinks his name and money will get him what he wants. Let's hope he leaves town after this.
I am giving everyone I know phone numbers for the town council and Summerhill executives so they can call morning or night to tell them we have a huge backup on Diablo Road.
I will never again vote for any of those individuals on the Town Council - including most of all Newell Arnerich who should retire.
I am done with you.
a resident of Danville
on Jul 14, 2013 at 11:41 am
Please help 1 Horse starving on this property a total of 7 horses approx. Forget the homes and find the starving horse and help it. Horse and cattle graze with brand J7 I don't know who these animals belong too. Please investigate.
Concerned resident and horse lover
a resident of Danville
on Jul 16, 2013 at 1:41 pm
Why does our paid off council and planners and Mayor even bother making the pretense anymore? Why not just take the night off and go bowling? You never have, and never will listen to any meeting attendees. Unless we show up en masse with recall petitions, nothing is going to get their attention.
a resident of Danville
on Jul 16, 2013 at 2:30 pm
This is a great development & Danville is lucky to have gained so much open space. I am starting to appreciate the comment section of the Danville Weekly- it gives all you NIMBY's an outlet to voice your concerns because most people don't want to hear it.
a resident of Danville
on Jul 17, 2013 at 1:14 pm
Where do you get the idea that we have gained open space N.a.N. ? We've lost open space, regardless of the access issue. Don't you know that the KB Homes scumbags promised easement access to the Las Trampas trail above Fort Hideous, and then reneged with no consequence at all from our fine city officials?
Covering open space with multi-millionaire trophy mansions is not a net gain except in your own dark backward upside down pro-property rights head. Whether hikers will really get what is promised remains to be seen.
And for the record, I live nowhere near Diablo, and rarely travel to that part of town other than on bike. When Walmart sets up camp in your backyard, y'all come back now, ya' hear?
a resident of Danville
on Jul 17, 2013 at 3:06 pm
Land in private hands is not considered "open" space. It is closed, with trespassing laws, applicable. So yes, Danville will gain open space if all goes according to plan.
Pleases don't confuse open space with open view.
BTW, not one of the folks here that complained about the development stepped forward to purchase the land and donate it to Danville, nor created a SOS Conservancy and do the required fundraising to affect the same.
a resident of Danville
on Jul 18, 2013 at 8:45 am
JT: Check the General Plan. Agricultural land is indeed a subcategory of "Open Space" lands.
Those people "complaining" about the SummerHill and the Elworthy developments want the law to be followed regarding approval of those developments, including the people's Measure S right to vote on the rezoning of the Agricultural-designated A-4-zoned land to P-1, Planned Unit Development zoning. Danville's Town Council has ignored the law and denied the Measure S right to vote.
Salami, Salami … Baloney
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Time for new collaboration between city and school district
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The ninth-grade "red" team won 25-12, 25-6. Brittany Pehrson scored 12 points and three kills. Emily Posey had three points and two kills. Bailey WIlbers had four points and three kills. Ariston Gray scored five points. Susan Gray had four points. Brianna Basinger had three points, while Cassie Johnson scored three points, an ace and a block. Astrid Christiansen had one kill.
The ninth-grade "black" won 25-19. Hannah Rickman accumulated five points and an ace. Marissa Williams had three points. Tyona Baty scored two points, an ace and a kill. Susan Gray had two points and an ace and Basinger scored a kill.
The eight-grade team won 19-25, 25-19, 15-8 to complete the sweep.
Hannah Jones score six points and an ace. Mary Katelyn Byrd had eight points and a kill. Madison Mallett scored six points, while Christianson had five points and two kills.
Eastside will host the Atkins Junior Lady Red Devils at 4 p.m. today.
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The Russellville Junior High Westside Lady Whirlwinds cleaned house against the Greenbrier Junior Lady Panthers inside Whirlwind Gymnasium on Monday.
The ninth-grade team won in two sets, 25-21, 25-17 to improve their record to 15-5 on the season and 5-2 in the River Valley Conference.
Bheyleigh Nufer led the team with eight kills and no hitting errors for a .571 hitting percentage. Nufer also had five digs. Eleanor Duffield and Hannah marasco had four aces each.
"They both did fantastic at the serving line," Russellville head coach Jonathan Neeley said.
Rachel Prochazka led the team defensively with 13 digs.
The eighth-grade team also won with a score of 25-10, 25-19 to stay undefeated in conference play.
Abigail Molitor and Olivia Pilkington both had five aces. Anna Cate Wojo added four aces while Elise Daiber had three digs.
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Gottemoeller also mentioned that open-source IT and social networking should be integrated into arms control verification.
"In order to pursue the goal of a world free from nuclear weapons, we are going to have to think bigger and bolder," said Gottemoeller. "New concepts are not invented overnight, and we don't understand the full range of possibilities inherent in the information age, but we would be remiss if we did not start thinking about whether new technologies can augment over half a century of arms control negotiating expertise."
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Colorado Springs police say a man suffered minor injuries after a police dog found him hiding in a couch.
Police said they were looking for a suspect wanted on drug charges early Wednesday and the dog tracked him down.
Police say the man was warned before the dog was turned loose. The man was hospitalized with minor injuries. He was not identified.


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Marks end of four-year process
By Adam Sweeney
Arkansas Tech University recently received reaffirmation of accreditation from The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
In a statement of affiliation status for Arkansas Tech dated Aug. 17, The Higher Learning Commission stated no further reports are required and no other campus visits concerning accreditation from the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools are scheduled before the next comprehensive evaluation in 2020-21.
"This is the cleanest bill of health that The Higher Learning Commission can give to a university," Arkansas Tech President Dr. Robert C. Brown said in a release issued by the university. "To receive a report of this nature with no conditions and no interim reports is virtually unheard of."
The Higher Learning Commission has five criteria for accreditation: Mission and integrity; preparing for the future; student learning and effective teaching; Acquisition, discovery and application of knowledge; and engagement and service.
In order to demonstrate its proficiency in those areas, an institution must first perform a self-study. As coordinator and author of the study, Dr. H. Micheal Tarver, who serves as dean of the Arkansas Tech College of Arts and Humanities, was responsible for coordinating the study and submitting the results to The Higher Learning Commission in a written report.
Tarver said the reason the accreditation is important to students comes mainly down to money.
"It means we continue to be accredited by the U.S. government, our partner in education, which means we can receive federal dollars," he said. "So for the regular student it means financial aid. That's the big one. Without accreditation, you would not be able to receive federal dollars on behalf of students or anyone else. I think also beyond the fact of 'would we be able to exist,' as students move on, whether it's to employment or it's to graduate school -one of the typical requirements for recognition of a degree is that it be from an accredited institution. So without accreditation, I think we would find degrees from Tech would lose their value."
The process of the self-evaluation started in 2007, when Tarver was appointed the coordinator. Shortly after, committees were formed and work toward the printed report, which came out to a hefty 400-plus pages. The HLC established a set of criteria schools are required to meet to be accredited by the body. The job of the committees was to examine the school in every area the criteria applies.
"What schools have to do is basically address each of the criteria," Tarver said. "We have to show with evidence that we meet each of those criteria. So the self-study is basically an examination of the institution to not only see if we meet the criteria, because it's more than saying 'Yes, we believe we do and here's why.' But it's also an opportunity for the university to see what things the university is doing really well that they're proud of. What things are they not doing as well as they would like, and therefore create opportunities for improvement. What can we do to make ourselves better for the next 10 years or whatever the case may be?"
A cross-section of the university, including administrators, faculty, staff and students from both the Russellville and Ozark campuses, made up the committees.
"They would meet on a regular basis and look at the particular criterion and say, 'OK. Mission and integrity.' Then they would look at the sub criteria and say, 'What do we do that illustrates this criterion,'" Tarver said. "They'd go through and get with individuals on campus, with offices and with departments and say 'Let's state the mission.' ... We wanted these offices to have mission statements. We want them to have them where they are visible so the public can see what not only the institution is about, but the different parts of the institution are about. Are we living up to that mission statement? That's sort of the crux of the self-study, because it's mission driven. If we say this in our mission statement, 'This is who or what Arkansas Tech University is. This is what we believe in' then the rest of the self-study is proving that we are who we say we are."
Tarver said the other side of the study involved analyzing financial resources, and also faculty and facilities to achieve the goals put forth in the mission statement.
"'Do we have the resources to sustain ourself as an institution?' and 'Do we have the resources to carry out our mission?' 'Are we not only effectively teaching, but are the students learning?' There's been a big shift in higher education over the last 10 or 15 years. It used to be you just had to prove you had qualified instructors and then they were teaching and they were doing their job. That's what an institution is about. Now, it's not only do we have to have qualified faculty and that they're teaching effectively, but we also have to document that students are actually learning. That's been a change in the last decade. There is a new emphasis on student learning. Part of this was documenting. 'What is it we have that proves students are learning what we expect them to learn?' We can look at pass rates on national exams -nursing, PRAXIS for education, these types of things."
The report was submitted to The HLC in January 2011, and a panel of six consultant evaluators from institutions of higher learning in the north central region of the United States visited the Arkansas Tech campus for a site visit March 14-16.
"It was a full schedule for two days, basically," Tarver said. "Different folks would go to different offices. One person would be interested in student service stuff, so they would want to meet with our disability services people or our career services people. One was looking at finance, so they would meet with our fiscal officers here and at Ozark. ... They were assigned different tasks and then those folks would meet and discuss their findings for that particular day. Then they draft their own report to submit to the Higher Learning Commission. During the site visit, that's what's going on. They're here investigating what we say we're doing, what we say we've done. They're here to verify the interpretation, the data, these sorts of things."
The announcement officially concluded the four-year process in a very satisfying way, Tarver said.
"We were extremely pleased to say the least," Tarver said. "It sort of made the last four years of work worthwhile. Now, we look forward and go to the next 10 years. As part of the self-study and report, we identify things and those challenges we saw, those things we think we can do better. We identified those, so part of the process is you see where the opportunities are and you start to make changes to address them so as an institution, we can improve. We will start - now that this has been approved - we'll start looking at those items that we know we should as an institution address and see what changes we can make to improve in those areas."
One of the areas for improvement identified involved forming a better way for input from staff.
"We have mechanisms for student issues to come forward - student government, for example," Tarver said. "We have mechanisms for faculty issues to come forward - faculty senate or the various committees. On the staff side, there's not the same type of opportunity. We are losing an opportunity to benefit from the knowledge of the staff in certain things. That's one thing that became apparent as we were going through this."
Tarver said the process was not particularly grueling, but did have it's challenging moments.
"It had it's ups and downs, I guess," he said. "There were times that it took all of my time. There were other times that it wasn't as front-burner as it could have been. As a general rule, it's a steady process. The last month is very intense as you're trying to get this physically in the form it needs to be, so you're desktop publishing and making sure the layout is like you want it. ... The process of the self-study was just a continual process. All of the faculty and staff volunteered their time. So all of these meetings were in addition to their teaching load and their office hours. ... It was a fun process, but it took it's toll at times for everyone, I'm sure."
Arkansas Tech was first accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools as a junior college in 1930. The senior college program at Arkansas Tech was accredited by the North Central Association in March 1951, and the university has maintained that accreditation ever since.


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Apple shipped 19.5 million iPads, giving it 39.6% of the 49.2 million tablets shipped during the period. There's no denying that Apple shipped more tablets than any other hardware vendor. Though Apple saw growth in the number of shipments, increasing 65.3% from 11.5 million in the year-ago period, iOS's dominant position in the tablet market crashed from 58.1% to 39.6%.
Google's Android platform is now the dominant operating system on tablets worldwide.
Android tablet vendors shipped an aggregate 27.8 million devices, giving Android 56.5% of the tablet market in terms of the operating system. Those same vendors shipped only 8 million tablets in the year-ago period. Android saw 247.5% growth year-over-year.
Microsoft's Windows 8 and Windows RT platforms together saw shipments of 1.8 million, giving them a combined presence of just 3.7% of the market.
[ iPad's diminutive little brother is winning the popularity contest with consumers. Read iPad Mini Eating iPad's Lunch. ]
Looking at the individual hardware makers, it is no surprise to see Samsung in second place behind Apple. Samsung shipped 8.8 million tablets, giving it 17.9% of the market. Samsung saw impressive 282.6% growth from the year-ago period, when it shipped only 2.3 million tablets.
Asus fills out the third spot, with 5.5% of the tablet market, no doubt thanks to continued strong sales of the Nexus 7. It shipped 2.7 million tablets during the first quarter, rising 350% from the year-ago period when it shipped just 0.6 million tablets.
Amazon ranks fourth, with sales of 1.8 million tablets, giving it 3.7% of the market. It, too, saw growth, swelling 157.1% year-over-year.
Microsoft ranks fifth, with sales of about 900,000 and 1.8% of the market.
IDC's numbers differ a bit from those recently shared by competing analyst firm Strategy Analytics. Strategy Analytics broke things down differently, as it chose to largely ignore what it calls "white-box" tablets in its main analysis.
White-box tablets are low-end devices made by one company but sold with another company's brand on the box. Strategy Analytics says the bulk of the white-box tablets sold around the world run Android. It chose to instead compare "branded" tablets from known manufacturers such as Apple, Samsung, ASUS, Microsoft and others in its report. With the white-box tablets off the table, Strategy Analytics says Apple's iPad still maintains the top position in terms of hardware sales and operating system. When you put the white-box tablets back in the picture, though, Strategy Analytics allows that, indeed, more Android tablets shipped than iPads during the first quarter.
The bottom line here is that Google's Android operating system was on the majority of tablets shipped during the first period of the year, putting Apple's iOS-drive iPad firmly in second place.
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Im a QBasic, Pascal, VB programmer, Use the Win32 API and DirectX, iv recentley started programming in C++ bcuz i found that Gaming with VB was so WRONG it just eats up 2 many resources, but any way when i came to C++ the Conversion between the two languages was easy and by my third day of programming in C++ i have allready created numerous small GDI games with sprites, sounds and alsorts running at super frame rates and taking miniscule resources compared to VB now what i wanted to know i guess was:
1) why is VB so ineficient when it comes to Gamming Compared To C++
2) Do any of you know why people bother with other languages such as VB if aside from stricter syntax and no variable decleration they are more or less the same but C++ has more of a future so why bother with VB (K except for Database Apps)?
3) Have Any Of You programmed before learning C and then found it an easy language to pick up?
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Kelly Kilgore, of Kilgore Indian Art, is coordinating a holiday light contest to involve all local businesses along Highway 160 and downtown. Judging will be done by the Mancos Valley Arts Council during the week of Dec. 10. The prize winner will receive a Navajo weaving donated by Kilgore Indian Art.
"I have already received lots of enthusiastic support from several businesses," stated Kilgore. "I want people to see all the lights go on in Mancos and then decide they ought to pull into town and see what we have to offer," she said.
Judging for the contest will be completed by Friday, Dec. 14 with the award announced at the Visitor Center at 2 p.m.
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Texarkana rehired Harold Boldt two months after awarding him a $162,000 severance package. The audit request doesn't mention Boldt by name, but the city manager negotiated financing for the Crossroads Business Park on the city's north side.
Boldt told the Texarkana Gazette he welcomed the review, which was requested by Prosecutor Carlton Jones along with state Rep. Prissy Hickerson and state Sen. Jimmy Hickey, both Republicans from Texarkana.
"Well, let them audit. I don't have any reason to think there is anything wrong at all," Boldt said. "I have no problem with anyone auditing me. The annual financial audit looked at everything that we are talking about ... it looked to me that it was pretty good."
The audit requests a look at specific spending, contracting and accounting practices of the city in regard to the Crossroads project and how the city came to provide financial support. Boldt was involved in negotiating financial aspects of Crossroads.
City Director Laney Harris questioned why the audit request is coming now.
"My concern is they are trying to say someone did something wrong," Harris said. "Bringing Carlton Jones in there right from the top, that is somebody else trying to be targeting a person about what happened or didn't happen. ... The mayor could have brought it up when he first got on the board, no questions asked. Now, why all of a sudden do it now? Are you just trying to target someone? That is the big question. What is the motivation now?"
Mayor Wayne Smith said he was concerned about the funding arrangement and wrote a letter to Jones requesting the audit and said city residents also asked about it.


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BGT's 2014 semi-finalists revealed
The battle to be crowned the winner of Britain's Got Talent 2014 began in earnest as the names were confirmed for the semi-finals tonight.
Just 45 acts remain from the thousands who applied and the hundreds who auditioned, and they will battle it out for the prize of £250,000 and a spot at the Royal Variety Performance.
Teenage boys Bars and Melody are the bookies' early favourites, 5-2 at both Ladbrokes and William Hill.
From Wales and Bristol, they have only been together a short while, but have already begun writing songs together.
The boys blew the judges away with their own composition of Hopeful with lyrics they wrote from their own experiences of bullying.
They reduced the judges to tears and show supremo Simon Cowell pressed his golden buzzer.
Another act tipped to do well is boyband Collabro.
Despite having only been together for one month, they impressed the judges with their performance of Bring Him Home.
Alesha Dixon described it as one of the strongest auditions she had seen.
Dancers Paddy and Nico are also highly rated with their talent for salsa acrobatic dance.
Paddy, 79, was born in Stourbridge but is now retired and lives in Spain. She started dance classes at Nico's dance academy and one year later they teamed up and began doing their acrobatic salsa act.
She left the judges astounded as her feet barely touched the floor during her audition.
Amanda Holden pressed her golden buzzer for Paddy and described her as "inspirational".
Swing band Jack Pack from London will be hoping to come out on top.
Made up of Alfie, Adam, Andrew and Sean, they really impressed the judges with their performance of the classic Frank Sinatra song That's Life.
Dixon took a particular liking to Alfie describing his voice as "the cream in the coffee".
Irish dance troupe Innova from Northern Ireland will be hoping to shorten the odds of them winning which currently stand at 40-1.
The dancers hope to further traditional Irish dancing, by putting a contemporary spin on it.
Performing to a medley of current pop-hits, the dancers wowed the judges. Cowell loved the shock factor of it and labelled it as "very clever".
David Walliams pressed his golden buzzer for singer Christian Spridon.
He lives in London and has been working as a waiter for the past five years. He caused controversy between the judges after he performed Tom Jones's Sex Bomb.
Cowell disapproved of Walliams's choice, saying: "You made a mockery of that golden buzzer."
Dixon pressed her golden buzzer for singers REAformed, from London and Oxford, who have been together for six months and want to bring back urban music into the mainstream.
At their audition, Dixon immediately got behind them seeing the comparisons between them and her former band Misteeq.
Presenters Ant and Dec pressed their golden buzzer for comedian Toju.
He has loved comedy since an early age when he would sit for hours watching Laurel and Hardy and Are You Being Served? He has been working as a full time comedian for 20 years.
The first live show starts tomorrow night at 7.30pm on ITV.


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At their first fundraising luncheon, titled "Journey to Wellness," about 100 members and friends of the National Alliance on Mental Illness-Orange County gathered at the Anaheim White House to support the cause. They were also showing support for their president, Steve Pitman, who days before had lost his brother John — his inspiration in taking on a leading role in the group.
A poignant occasion for all the guests, they found strength in each others' commitment to the organization; NAMI provides education, resources and advocacy for those with mental illness and their families. According to their literature, 150,000 O.C. residents and their loved ones are in need of NAMI's services.
At the luncheon, Amanda Lipp, 21, the youngest board member of NAMI California, and Melissa Nemeth, a dedicated volunteer and former NAMI San Francisco board member, told of their personal struggles and successes. Pitman also took his turn, stopping twice to fight back tears. "My brother was courageous in the face of mental illness, but because of the absence of information, his family was not embraced in the process and he virtually died alone," he said. "I'll be damned if I'm going to let his life go to waste."


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"An essential book [that] will perhaps begin the national conversation that we deserve."—Paul Landerman, Edge
"Frykholm and the brave souls she interviews will challenge your understanding of grace."—David K. Wheeler, Burnside Writers Collective
"The most redemptive book I've ever read."—Dave, Elliot Bay Bookstore
"A culturally significant collection that explores the challenges of reconciling pleasure with piety."—Kirkus
"A Christian herself, Frykholm does not offer this book as a means to discourage people from the religion. Rather, she holds up these wounded but not lost souls to critique dogmatic practices that, in disdaining the body, disdain the spirit."—Crystal K. Wiebe, Bitch
"A fascinating, troubling, and finally heartening book that subtly shows ways that Christians might reconcile their bodies with their devotion to God. Highly recommended for individual Christians but also for pastors and church groups."—Library Journal, starred review
"Amy Frykholm has gathered the intimate stories of people of faith in search of wholeness. These tender tales both challenge and encourage the church to listen to voices it might not hear otherwise. When it comes to integrating mind, body and spirit, the Church can serve as curse or blessing. These searingly honest stories compel us to strive for the latter."—The Rev. Lillian Daniel, author of Tell it Like it is: Recovering the Practice of Testimony
"This is a compelling book that traverses the teeming intersection of sexuality and faith in the life of nine individuals. They are stories of very ordinary people's struggles to live as whole beings. Their stories are rendered with such compassion and insight, however, that the result is anything but ordinary. The reader is left with the conviction that the church must, and the hope that it will, minister to people in the fullness of their lives."—The Rev. Martin B. Copenhaver, author of To Begin at the Beginning
"American Christianity is facing a crisis: our easy answers about life after death have left so many with little hope for life in their bodies here and now. Amy Frykholm chronicles this crisis in real time, inviting us to experience the pain of sisters and brothers living in exile from their flesh. But she also proclaims a gentle word of hope: 'look again at our tradition,' she seems to whisper. 'Christ is risen in a body with feet that touch the ground."–Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, author of The Wisdom of Stability: Rooting Faith in a Mobile Culture
"With singular gentleness and a palpable respect for those whose stories she is telling, Amy Frykholm lays bare whole areas of human sexual formation that I had never seen before, much less considered….This is an important book."—Phyllis Tickle, author of The Great Emergence: How Christianity Is Changing and Why
"These disarmingly honest life stories of people navigating the 'tenacious strangeness' of their sexual and spiritual lives will stay with you long after you finish this book. So will the gracious, honoring, and insightful ways Frykholm tells and interprets them. It should be on every Protestant pastor's coffee table."—Timothy Beal, author of The Rise and Fall of the Bible: The Unexpected History of an Accidental Book


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The idea sounds a bit haphazard, and coming from a man with flowing grey hair and beard you wonder why it also sounds so enticing. Roy Curtiss wants to vaccinate children and animals alike in the far regions of the world, those who have not benefitted from traditional vaccinations, from the most basic scourges of the Earth—typhoid fever, pneumonia, influenza, tuberculosis.
But to do that effectively he must get them to swallow Salmonella-laced liquids.
It sounds a bit scary—infect to protect—but after years of labor, the technology seems to be sitting right there on the very reachable horizon for Curtiss and his colleagues.
"About 30 years ago, I got this idea that we could genetically modify Salmonella," Curtiss explains. "We could kind of fix it so it would induce an immune response to give life long immunity against Salmonella itself. Then we could use this modified Salmonella to induce immunity to other pathogens."
Salmonella is an entire genus of organisms. The tiny, rod-shaped bacteria are bad news. They are responsible for diseases ranging from food poisoning to typhoid fever. Because Curtiss is an eminent biologist and one of the leading microbial virulence experts in the U.S., people listen to his ideas, no matter how unconventional they may sound.
Working in their labs at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, the Curtiss team has turned in an array of advances to make this idea viable. The latest advance is the design of a universal platform for delivering highly potent DNA vaccines via a cleverly re-engineered bacterium to speed delivery to host cells in the vaccine recipient.
For Curtiss, director of the Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, and Wei Kong, a research assistant professor at ASU's Biodesign Institute, this could be their best work yet.
"Delivery of DNA vaccines by Salmonella and Shigella were first described in 1995, but until our work no one had developed a means for safe, low-cost, efficacious delivery of a DNA vaccine to induce protective immunity," Curtiss says.
"By using DNA vaccine delivery by our regulated delayed-lysis Salmonella, we can deliver DNA sequences encoding protective antigens from any virus, any fungus and any parasite, independent of whether the gene product requires post-translational modification since the protective antigen would be synthesized within cells in the immunized animal host," he adds. "Our technology is a platform with unlimited possible applications."
Designing a vaccine that is both safe and effective is a kind of Catch-22 for researchers. Live pathogenic strains typically generate a robust immune response, mimicking natural infection, but formidable challenges exist in ensuring such strains do not cause illness or escape into the environment. Killed pathogen strains or vaccines produced from pathogen subunits sacrifice some of their immunogenic effectiveness for enhanced safety, and could require subsequent booster doses to ensure continued effectiveness.
The Curtiss team has diligently worked to combine safety and effectiveness in orally administered vaccines that can be produced at a fraction of the cost of traditional methods. To do this, they have pioneered techniques using Salmonella as a "cargo vessel" to deliver a suite of disease antigens to the recipient. The result has been the development and ongoing refinement of recombinant attenuated Salmonella vaccines (RASVs), capable of provoking an intense, system-wide immune response and conferring effective immunity.
One of the key innovations developed earlier by Wei Kong and other members of the Curtiss group, is a specialized Salmonella strain that can be timed to self-destruct in the body once it has carried out its immunization duties. To create this strain, the researchers modified the bacterium so it can only survive on a non-naturally occurring form of sugar. Once the Salmonella cells exhaust their store of specialized sugar, supplied to them as part of the vaccine, they are unable to maintain the integrity of their cell walls and essentially implode.
"This crucial safety feature ensures that Salmonella are unable to persist as living organisms to survive if excreted into the environment," Kong says.
This self-destruct feature can be fine-tuned so that the bacteria fully colonize host cells, provoking a strong response from both humoral and cell-mediated arms of the immune system. Inside host tissues, recombinant Salmonella are able to synthesize protective antigens, releasing their contents when they become unstable and lyse into the intracellular fluid or cytosol.
The group demonstrated the effectiveness of this delayed-lysis bacteria in vaccine experiments with a variety of pathogens, including influenza and mycobacteria (causative agent of tuberculosis), and an RASV vaccine developed in the Curtiss lab against infant pneumonia is currently in FDA Phase I clinical trials.
Because the DNA vaccines stimulate cellular and humoral immune responses, they allow for the production of antigens that undergo host cell modification through the addition of carbohydrates via glycosylation. Such modified antigens, which occur in a broad range of pathogenic viruses, fungi and parasites require synthesis by host cells, rather than by the attenuated bacteria.
"I'm optimistic we can use our perfected and still improving RASV technologies to make vaccines against not only infectious diseases, but other diseases and non-desired physiological states in animals and humans," Curtiss adds.
Roy Curtiss wants to vaccinate children and animals alike in the far regions of the world from the most basic scourges of the Earth—typhoid fever, pneumonia, influenza, tuberculosis. But to do that, he must get them to swallow Salmonella-laced liquids.


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When the weather is impossibly hot, it's easier to jump into a pool than slather our face with our usual winter make-up palette and melt throughout the day. Many women will just give up on make-up completely, while others will force themselves through the heat with way too much on their face.
If you think you can't wear make-up during summer, you're wrong. Just don't wear too much if you know you are going to sweat. We've picked our Top 10 Must Have Beauty Products To Help You Beat The Heat.
Realistically, these ten products are all you will really need all summer if you are make-up minimalists like us.
10. Fresh Sugar Rose Lip Treatment SPF 15
You are going to want to protect your pucker with something multi-purpose like Fresh's Sugar Rose Lip Treatment. Not only does this lip treatment really "treat" your lips like a balm, it tastes great, as a natural rosy color, and SPF 15 so your lips protected and pretty.
Don't ever be scared to wear mascara in summer again. Blinc Kiss Me mascara is smudge-proof, clump-proof, and sweat-proof. The mascara forms water-resistant tubes around the eyelashes.
And apparently when you want to remove it the tubes "slide" off your lashes so you don't have to use make-up remover? That sounds creepy, but so cool.
8. Bare Escentuals Bare Minerals
Cream foundation will likely sweat off in the summer sun so a sheer, illuminating mineral powder and few dabs of concealer should do the trick. Bare Escentuals' Bare Minerals is a perfect choice for a little bit of skin-nurturing coverage with a lot of mileage.
Powder blushers or lipstick might melt off or look a little intense during the hot summer months which is why a natural looking stain like Benefit's Benetint is so perfect. Put some on your cheeks, a little on your lips, and you will look naturally flush, not insane.
Every good summer make-up routine needs a primer and the BECCA Mineral SPF Primer not only has skin-nourishing minerals and antioxidants, vitamins, green tea, and CoQ10, but it has SPF 30 and it keeps make-up on your face.
5. Chanel Correcteur Perfection Long Lasting Concealer
We weren't going to suggest you go out feeling overexposed, especially at the work place. A little dab or two of concealer never hurt anyone and with Chanel's Correcteur Perfection Long Lasting Concealer you can cover up blemishes and not have to worry that it will get gunky or melt off your face in the summer sun.
4. Avon Footworks Tropical Coconut Sea Salt Foot Scrub
Sandal foot. We all get it in the summer, especially if we are walking around a lot down dusty sidewalks. Easy solution: Add a little foot scrub to your regular weekly pedicure routine. Not only is Avon's Tropical Coconut Sea Salt Foot Scrub cheap at around three dollars, it also smells like a tropical beach.
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It's practically impossible not to spend sometime out in the sun by the pool or the beach when the weather is so hot. If you are swimming around in chlorine, salt water, and your head is exposed to the sun you are going to need a little hair therapy.
A Davines hair building pak will do just the trick with all-natural ingredients like almond butter and argan butter. Your head will never what hit it.
Spent the day at the pool or beach? Counteract the damage of the sun, chlorine, and seawater with a rich hair mask. Davines After Sun Moisturizing Pak contains all-natural ingredients like almond butter and argan oil and leaves locks soft and shiny.
2. Banana Boat Kids Ultra Mist in SPF 50
Lotion sunblock can be greasy, not cover all the necessary spots, and hard to put on over make-up when you know you are going to need a spontaneous sunblock touch-up during your lunchtime jaunt. While this spray on sunblock is made for kids, it's perfect for active adults.
Another perk for those with colored hair? You can spray it over your recently dyed tresses to protect it!
1. Heritage Rose Petals Rosewater
If you want to hydrate, smell amazing, and maybe release some positive energy (depending on whether you believe in that sort of stuff), rosewater is perfect for those hot summer days where your skin is feeling parched and you need a splash of scent without overwhelming around you.
Plus, it's a great way to style your hair without sticky chemicals in hairspray or oil.


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Conger getting more time behind the plate
By Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com
HOUSTON -- Angels catcher Hank Conger was behind the plate for a fifth consecutive C.J. Wilson start on Tuesday, but it had less to do with any exclusive pairing with the left-hander and more to do with Chris Iannetta's early struggles with the pitching staff, manager Mike Scioscia said.
"First and foremost, we want him to get a little more comfortable behind the plate," Scioscia said prior to the opener of a three-game series against the Astros at Minute Maid Park. "He's doing a good job, but it just doesn't look like he's as comfortable as he needs to be back there. On the offensive side, he hasn't gotten a lot of hits to fall in, but that's secondary to what our starting pitchers need."
At the plate, Iannetta has just one hit in his last 23 at-bats, putting his slash line at .203/.305/.367. Defensively, he's allowed only a couple of passed balls, but has been behind the plate for 14 wild pitches -- he had 17 in 78 games at catcher all of last year -- and has thrown out only two of 23 basestealers.
A lot of that, of course, is a byproduct of the pitchers he's catching. And Conger became the first catcher in franchise history to record three errors in one game on Tuesday night.
But Scioscia said Iannetta is still trying to find chemistry with a pitching staff that for two straight years has had a lot of unfamiliar faces. So he'll "mix and match" for the time being, though he added that Iannetta will still "do the lion's share."
"It's just trying to get acclimated with some of these guys," said Scioscia, who has started Conger at catcher in four of the last seven games. "Sometimes it takes a little bit of time."
Weaver's recovery taking longer than anticipated
HOUSTON -- The Angels' pitching staff has a 29th-ranked ERA of 4.78, was deemed "absolutely awful" by manager Mike Scioscia on Sunday and seemingly takes a step back every time you think they're turning a collective corner.
Meanwhile, all the Angels' ace can do is sit -- and stew.
"It's been real tough," right-hander Jered Weaver said of being out since April 7 with a broken left elbow. "It's even harder to even talk about it or even answer questions about it. It's one thing when your team is struggling and you're out there and able to take the ball. ... But when you really can't do much about it and you're just sitting back watching, it makes it more aggravating."
The aggravation will have to continue a little longer for Weaver -- probably until the end of May.
Sunday marked four weeks on the disabled list for an injury that originally carried an estimated recovery time of 4-6 weeks. But Weaver is not two weeks away from rejoining the Angels' rotation, Scioscia confirmed on Tuesday.
He's scheduled to throw his first bullpen session on Thursday, a sign Weaver is progressing and has bounced back well after long-toss sessions, but he'll need at least two or three of those before venturing out on a rehab assignment. Once there, Scioscia said Weaver "won't need a full Spring Training" workload, but added, "It's going to take multi-rehab assignments to get him ready."
The Angels will know more about where Weaver stands once he throws off the mound for the first time. A CT scan on Friday showed everything is healing normally. And though catching certain low throws may sting his left arm from time to time, it isn't a pain he can't tolerate.
But still, this takes time -- and patience is one of the things with which Weaver continues to struggle.
"That's one of the tough parts," he said. "You're feeling good and want to keep going, but at the same time, you kind of have to still realize that there's a piece in your arm that's still broken; it's not fully healed yet. Sometimes I catch myself and tell myself to take it nice and easy. As frustrating as it may be, it's just the right thing to do."
Burnett battling inflammation in forearm
HOUSTON -- Angels reliever Sean Burnett's visit with Dr. James Andrews confirmed there's no structural damage around his left elbow, but it revealed inflammation and nerve irritation in the lefty's forearm.
When Burnett was placed on the disabled list on April 28, the hope was that two weeks off would allow his left forearm irritation to completely subside, allowing him to rejoin the Angels immediately. But an anti-inflammatory shot Burnett received during his visit with Andrews in Florida on Monday will keep him away from picking up a baseball for at least another week.
"There's nobody I trust more than Dr. Andrews," said Burnett, who threw a bullpen session at Angel Stadium on Sunday. "That was the whole purpose of going out there, just to get his opinion on it. He's done my surgeries [to replace his elbow ligament in 2004 and to remove two bone spurs this offseason], and I've had a lot of success with the other injections he's put in my arm in my career."
Madson hopes to join Angels' bullpen next week
HOUSTON -- Can Ryan Madson join the Angels' bullpen by the end of next week? That's the hope he expressed on Tuesday after an encouraging, aggressive, 20-pitch bullpen session off the Minute Maid Park mound.
It'll all depend on how he feels on Wednesday, and how his surgically repaired elbow reacts to facing hitters a second time around. But Madson is slated to pitch in extended spring training in Arizona later this week, and the 32-year-old right-hander wants to deploy a "super aggressive approach" that will have him facing hitters every other day.
The tentative plan, as relayed by Madson himself: Face hitters in Arizona on Thursday and Saturday, pitch in a Minor League game on Monday, then see how he feels. If he needs another outing, which he most likely will, he'll pitch on the following Wednesday. If not, he'll go straight to the big leagues.
Now, Madson has felt similarly close before. He felt really good after an April 16 bullpen in Minnesota, but when he faced hitters in a simulated game at Angel Stadium three days later, Madson experienced elbow tightness that kept him off the mound for two weeks.
Asked if there are any signs that it'll be different this time, Madson said: "There's more intensity being applied now than what was being applied then, as far as the hips and more thrust going through. And mechanically I'm a lot better now than I was even two weeks ago. That's helped, so that should take a lot of pressure off. I'm using my hips, using my legs a lot more; and just getting strength has helped me."
Worth noting
• Rather than travel with the team on its road trip through Houston and Chicago, Angels center fielder Peter Bourjos reported to Arizona to receive treatment on his strained left hamstring.
• Kevin Jepsen, out since April 11 with a strained right lat, is ramping up the intensity in his throwing sessions and may get off a mound by the end of the week.
• Wednesday's game against the Astros will be broadcast on KCOP, with first pitch slated for 7:10 p.m. PT.
Alden Gonzalez is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Gonzo and "The Show", and follow him on Twitter @Alden_Gonzalez. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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My two-year-old Charli is absolutely obsessed with Mickey and his crew. I'm sure the upcoming Orlando Disney Live! show is going to further foster this obsession…. Especially when they pair Mickey and the gang up with today's hottest hits.
Mickey Mouse and friends will rock with the stars from The Little Mermaid, Aladdin and Disney/Pixar's Toy Story in their new touring show Disney Live! Mickey's Music Festival. Disney hits are remixed to the hottest sounds of today featuring hip hop, pop, swing, reggae, rock, country and more!
Lineup of performers include Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, Ariel, Sebastian, Ursula, Jasmine, Aladdin, Genie, Woody, Buzz and Jessie! These are a just a handful among the more than 25 Disney stars featured in the jam session.
The show is coming to the UCF arena on March 3, 2013 for two shows at 2:30 and 5:30 pm. Mamma Mia readers can get a special $3 off ticket discount by entering DLUCF at checkout.
I'm also giving away a family four-pack of tickets to the March 3 5:30 pm performance.
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I'll be selecting a winner on February 17 so get your entries in now!
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text: M. Lynne Murphy 104lyn[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]muse.arts.wits.ac.za Department of Linguistics phone: +27(11)716-2340 University of the Witwatersrand fax: +27(11)716-4199 Johannesburg 2050 SOUTH AFRICA ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 13:54:51 -0600 From: Dennis Baron debaron[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UIUC.EDU Subject: Supreme Court Official English Decision This morning the supreme court issued the following opinion. Here is the syllabus. The complete opinion is available at http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/95-974.ZO.html Dennis ______ SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus ARIZONANS FOR OFFICIAL ENGLISH et al. v. ARIZONA et al. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the ninth circuit No. 95-974. Argued December 4, 1996 -- Decided March 3, 1997 Maria Kelly F. Yniguez, an Arizona state employee at the time, sued the State and its Governor, Attorney General, and Director of the Department of Administration under 42 U.S.C. =A7 1983 alleging that State Constitution Article XXVIII--ke= y provisions of which declare English "the official language of the State," require the State to "act in English and in no other language," and authorize state residents and businesses "to bring [state court] suit[s] to enforce th[e] Article"--violated, inter alia, the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment. Yniguez used both English and Spanish in her work and feared that Article XXVIII, if read broadly, would require her to face discharge or other discipline if she did not refrain from speaking Spanish while serving the State. She requested injunctive and declaratory relief, counsel fees, and "all other relief that the Court deems just and proper." During the early phases of the suit, the State Attorney General released an Opinion expressing his view that Article XXVIII is constitutional in that, although it requires the expression of "official acts" in English, it allows government employees to use other languages to facilitate the delivery of governmental services. The Federal District Court heard testimony and, among its rulings, determined that only the Governor, in her official capacity, was a proper defendant. The court, at the same time, dismissed the State because of its Eleventh Amendment immunity, the State Attorney General because he had no authority to enforce Article XXVIII against state employees, and the Director because there was no showing that she had undertaken or threatened any action adverse to Yniguez; rejected the Attorney General's interpretation of the Article on the ground that it conflicted with the measure's plain language; declaredthe Article fatally overbroad after reading it to impose a sweeping ban on the use of any language other than English by all of Arizona officialdom; and declined to allow the Arizona courts the initial opportunity to determine the scope of Article XXVIII. Following the Governor's announcement that she would not appeal, the District Court denied the State Attorney General's request to certify the pivotal state law question--the Article's correct construction--to the Arizona Supreme Court. The District Court also denied the State Attorney General's motion to intervene on behalf of the State, under 28 U.S.C. =A7 2403(b), to contest on appeal the court's holding that the Article is unconstitutional. In addition, the court denied the motion of newcomers Arizonans for Official English Committee (AOE) and its Chairman Park, sponsors of the ballot initiative that became Article XXVIII, to intervene to support the Article's constitutionality. The day after AOE, Park, and the State Attorney General filed their notices of appeal, Yniguez resigned from state employment to accept a job in the private sector. The Ninth Circuit then concluded that AOE and Park met standing requirements under Article III of the Federal Constitution and could proceed as party appellants, and that the Attorney General, having successfully obtained dismissal below, could not reenter as a party, but could present an argument, pursuant to =A72403(b), regarding th= e constitutionality of Article XXVIII. Thereafter, the State Attorney General informed the Ninth Circuit of Yniguez's resignation and suggested that, for lack of a viable plaintiff, the case was moot. The court disagreed, holding that a plea for nominal damages could be read into the complaint's "all other relief" clause to save the case. The en banc Ninth Circuit ultimately affirmed the District Court's ruling that Article XXVIII was unconstitutional, and announced that Yniguez was entitled to nominal damages from the State. Finding the Article's "plain language" dispositive, and noting that the State Attorney General had never conceded that the Article would be unconstitutional if construed as Yniguez asserted it should be, the Court of Appeals also rejected the Attorney General's limiting construction of the Article and declined to certify the matter to the State Supreme Court. Finally, the Ninth Circuit acknowledged a state court challenge to Article XXVIII's constitutionality, Ruiz v. State, but found that litigation no cause to stay the federal proceedings. Held: Because the case was moot and should not have been retained for adjudication on the merits, the Court vacates the Ninth Circuit's judgment and remands the case with directions that the action be dismissed by the District Court. This Court expresses no view on the correct interpretation of Article XXVIII or on the measure's constitutionality. Pp. 18-35. (a) Grave doubts exist as to the standing of petitioners AOE and Park to pursue appellate review under Article III's case or controversy requirement. Standing to defend on appeal in the place of an original defendant demands that the litigant possess "a direct stake in the outcome." Diamond v. Charles, 476 U.S. 54, 62. Petitioners' primary argument--that, as initiative proponents, they have a quasi legislative interest in defending the measure they successfully sponsored--is dubious because they are not elected state legislators, authorized by state law to represent the State's interests, see Karcher v. May, 484 U.S. 72, 82. =46urthermore, this Court has never identified initiative proponents as Article III qualified defenders. Cf. Don't Bankrupt Washington Committee v. Continental Ill. Nat. Bank & Trust Co. of Chicago, 460 U.S. 1077. Their assertion of representational or associational standing is also problematic, absent the concrete injury that would confer standing upon AOE members in their own right, see, e.g., Food and Commercial Workers v. Brown Group, Inc., 517 U. S. ___, ___, and absent anything in Article XXVIII's state court citizen suit provision that could support standing for Arizona residents in general, or AOE in particular, to defend the Article's constitutionality in federal court. Nevertheless, this Court need not definitively resolve the standing of AOE and Park to proceed as they did, but assumes such standing arguendo in order to analyze the question of mootness occasioned by originating plaintiff Yniguez's departure from state employment. See, e.g., Burke v. Barnes, 479 U.S. 361, 363, 364, n. Pp. 18-21. (b) Because Yniguez no longer satisfies the case or controversy requirement, this case is moot. To qualify as a case fit for federal court adjudication, an actual controversy must be extant at all stages of review, not merely at the time the complaint is filed. E.g., Preiser v. Newkirk, 422 U.S. 395, 401. Although Yniguez had a viable claim at the outset of this litigation, her resignation from public sector employment to pursue work in the private sector, where her speech was not governed by Article XXVIII, mooted the case stated in her complaint. Cf. Boyle v. Landry, 401 U.S. 77, 78, 80-81. Contrary to the Ninth Circuit's ruling, her implied plea for nominal damages, which the Ninth Circuit approved as against the State of Arizona, could not revive the case, as =A71983 actions do not lie against a State, Will v. Michigan Dept. of State Police, 491 U.S. 58, 71; Arizona was permitted to participate in the appeal only as an intervenor, through its Attorney General, not as a party subject to an obligation to pay damages; and the State's cooperation with Yniguez in waiving Eleventh Amendment immunity did not recreate a live case or controversy fit for federal court adjudication, cf., e.g., United States v. Johnson, 319 U.S. 302, 304. Pp. 21-26. (c) When a civil case becomes moot pending appellate adjudication, the established practice in the federal system is to reverse or vacate the judgment below and remand with a direction to dismiss. United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U.S. 36, 39. This Court is not disarmed from that course by the State Attorney General's failure to petition for certiorari. The Court has an obligation to inquire not only into its own authority to decide the questions presented, but to consider also the authority of the lower courts to proceed, even though the parties are prepared to concede it. E.g., Bender v. Williamsport Area School Dist., 475 U.S. 534, 541. Because the Ninth Circuit refused to stop the adjudication when it learned of the mooting event--Yniguez's departure from public employment--its unwarranted en banc judgment must be set aside. Nor is the District Court's judgment saved by its entry before the occurrence of the mooting event or by the Governor's refusal to appeal from it. AOE and Park had an arguable basis for seeking appellate review; moreover, the State Attorney General's renewed certification plea and his motion to intervene in this litigation demonstrate that he was pursuing his =A72403(b) right to defend Article XXVIII's constitutionality when the mooting event occurred. His disclosure of that event to the Ninth Circuit warranted a mootness disposition, which would have stopped his =A72403(b) endeavor and justified vacation of the District Court's judgment. The extraordinary course of this litigation and the federalism concern next considered lead to the conclusion that vacatur down the line is the equitable solution. Pp. 26-30. (d) Taking into account the novelty of the question of Article XXVIII's meaning, its potential importance to the conduct of Arizona's business, the State Attorney General's views on the subject, and the at least partial agreement with those views by the Article's sponsors, more respectful consideration should have been given to the Attorney General's requests to seek, through certification, an authoritative construction of the Article from the State Supreme Court. When anticipatory relief is sought in federal court against a state statute, respect for the place of the States in our federal system calls for close consideration of the question whether conflict is avoidable. Federal courts are not well equipped to rule on a state statute's constitutionality without a controlling interpretation of the statute's meaning and effect by the state courts. See, e.g., Poe v. Ullman, 367 U.S. 497, 526 (Harlan, J., dissenting). Certification saves time, energy, and resources and helps build a cooperative judicial federalism. See e.g., Lehman Brothers v. Schein, 416 U.S. 386, 391. Contrary to the Ninth Circuit's suggestion, this Court's decisions do not require as a condition precedent to certification a concession by the Attorney General that Article XXVIII would be unconstitutional if construed as Yniguezcontended it should be. Moreover, that court improperly blended abstention with certification when it found that "unique circumstances," rather than simply a novel or unsettled state law question, are necessary before federal courts may employ certification. The Arizona Supreme Court has before it, in Ruiz v. State, the question: What does Article XXVIII mean? Once that court has spoken, adjudication of any remaining federal constitutional question may be "greatly simplifie[d]." See Bellotti v. Baird, 428 U.S. 132, 151. Pp. 30-35. 69 F. 3d 920, vacated and remanded. Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. Dennis Baron debaron[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]uiuc.edu Department of English office: 217-333-2392 University of Illinois fax: 217-333-4321 608 South Wright Street home: 217-384-1683 Urbana, Illinois 61801 http://www.english.uiuc.edu/baron =20 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 14:54:15 -0500 From: "M. Lynne Murphy" 104LYN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MUSE.ARTS.WITS.AC.ZA Subject: Re: -ies Ending just thought of another example. woolworth's (which is not a 5-and- dime here, but a very upmarket supermarket) is affectionately referred to as "woolies", but again, i think the -s isn't part of the diminutive, but the possessive marker (so, i should've spelt it "woolie's"). and to put even more ie's and s's in, people who go to wits university are "witsies"--diminutive s + diminutive/personal ie + plural s. incidentally, the 'w' is pronounced like a 'v', so there's no mistaking my students for 'witty'. however, whenever someone here resigns, we say they're "at their wits end", of course. witless, lynne ---------------------------------------


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