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tv [untitled] December 27, 2012 12:30am-1:00am PST
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to do so many other unspeakable things in communities across this country. so we have to get to work and we are, in fact, getting to work and i am so impressed at the partnerships that have been out here. i'm so impressed that we recognize that bullying is no longer simply the bullying of your fists but it's the bullying that can come through the use of twitter, through the use of other social media. we did a case, again a hate crimes case involving an individual who called himself devilfish who over the internet was sending death threats to the heads of the national council of irasa to other organizations that had the audacity to october on behalf of immigrants. and we prosecuted him. you described one just now, that is not an isolated incident. you know that old addage, sticks and stones can
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break my bones but words can never hurt me, i categorically reject that. we have seen kids quite literally take their own lives as a result of cyber bullying and that is why i did a remarkable partnership in south florida with local law enforcement who had gone into schools talking about bullying, including cyber bullying and giving people concrete examples of things of situations they saw, it was remarkable. and that is why we will continue to do that work. so i hope today as we move forward you will understand that we are in this together with you at the department of justice. this is an all hands on deck enterprise. there is so much to do. i hope at the end of this day we will indeed all follow the lead of that student, walk out and say what are one or two things i'm going to do differently and better? how are we going to improve this situation? i hope if you take one and only one thing
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from melinda and my and ruslyn's remarks today, if you have an idea, please bring them to us. we want to learn from you. we are in this together and i want to say thank you because the most important thing we have is a recognition that you understand that this is indeed a national issue for us to deal with. i'm looking forward to the rest of the day, i appreciate your presence and i appreciate your leadership, melinda, and let's get on with it. (applause). >> i have the honor of sbre duesing our moderator, tom perez has graciously agreed to stay and participate in our first panel, business creating
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a healthy safe and inclusive environment for all school students, the role of our federal government. tom perez, assistant secretary for civil rights, ruslyn lee. she was also nominated by president obama to serve in her role as assistant secretary of education for civil rights and she was confirmed by the senate in may of 2009. as assistant secretary, ruslyn is assistant secretary arnie's duncan's primary advisor. before she joined the department of education she was vice president of the education trust in washington, dc and was the founding executive of education trust west in oakland. in these positions she advocated for public school students in california, focusing on achievement and
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opportunity gaps, improving can urriculum and instructional quality and ensuring quality education for everybody. she served as an advisor on education issues on a number of private ipbs institutions, she is a teacher, a lawyer, and a very influential voice on all policy matters. she was also passionate about ending this issue of bullying and bringing everyone together to stop this disturbing trend so please welcome assistant secretary for civil rights, ruslyn lee. as i said, our moderator is not always our lieutenant governor, of course he needs to introduction -- no, i get to say something. i get to say something. as everyone in this room knows, youngest mayor in 100 years, right? youngest mayor in 100 years when he was elected 10 years ago and he has
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remained an effective and visionary leader for everyone. mayor newsom gained worldwide recognition when he granted marriage licenses to same sex couples in 2004. we all remember those moving pictures of smiling couples on the steps of city hall, some of them their children watching on. his actions in 2004 thrust this civil rights issue into the national spotlight and cemented his reputation as a fearless public officials who does what he thinks is right. under mayor newsom's energetic leadership the economy grew and the city became an economic center for biotech and clean tech. gach newsom has been a trail blaitzer on combating homelessness and protecting the government. in 2007 he was re-elected as mayor with more than 70 percent of the vote,
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which is unheard of. please welcome our lieutenant governor, gavin newsom. >> my role was to get tom to speak. i'm just going to jump in because i want to keep you all on time. you've got an agenda packet and i'm going to be held accountable if you don't meet it. roslyn, let's pick up on tom's passion. he told me a couple points that are important, that is the consciousness awareness, this growing consciousness around bullying. and it's a question i guess that requires, has bullying gotten worse or have we gotten better to begin to recognize it? >> hard to know. tom and the president refer to as far too often as a rite of passage. we certainly are seeing evidence in ways that i don't recall,
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the levels of violence, the vitriolic violence, it's not just coming from the back of the school, it's coming at home, social media, you are inundated with it, the effects of it. we also certainly there's been an evolution of what we should tolerate. for me, for example, very early on in the administration i had the privilege of meeting with carl hoover walker's mother. he would have been 11 years old on the day that we were meeting. this was in the spring of 2009. and as she was leaving and she was talking about his death and he was one of the earliest stories that we had heard about a young person who had taken
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his own life because he was a member of the lgbq community. and she said it me, you know, he died because he was gay and he didn't know he was gay. he was 10. how could he know he was gay? and it dawned on me at that moment and through the many months from there until the time the guidance was issued, when tom says the sort of our work in the growth industry around students that are members of the lgbq community for far too long, it was not just tolerance, it was also a true and sincere lack of understanding that school officials had anything to do with it because of course, as you all know, we don't have the kind of jurisdiction over the lgbt community and their students as many perceived we had under title 6 for race color or title 9 for sex or
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504, the ada for students with disabilities. but sex discrimination had been long since seen and recognized by the courts as also gender stereotyping. so carl might not have known that he was gay and he might not have been bullied and harassed because he was gay. perhaps it wasn't about his sexual orientation, it was about the fact he wasn't acting like a boy enough or girls aren't acting like a girl enough, in other words, it's gender stereotyping. that's a violation of title 9 and we made it clear, right? so that kind of training and recognition and help the superintendents and school officials so that what happened to seth walsh here in tehachipe where for years he was subject to bullying and
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harassment makes the leaders in schools realize they have a responsibility and also gives them tools in ways they haven't known they had before to do something about it. it is also, though, not just about civil rights enforcement. when we talk about bullying and harassment there is no federal definition of bullying. in fact, one of the things we're working on is getting a common definition so we know what that means. and tom and i have an enormous amount of jurisdiction and team support to help ensure that when it comes to race, when it comes to color and national origin and sex and disability that there is some real teeth behind that, but it also is about students that are bullied and harassed because they are short, because they might act differently or unique. that's where we have to provide the kinds of tools and supports and training to superintendents,
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like -- i see another one over there, tony smith from oakland, the sort of heroes that are deeply trying to transform their communities and recognize that this is also a community issue, that it is not just a school issue. >> tom, why don't we have a federal definition? >> well, we're working on it. i mean, i think there's a, when we had the white house conference there was a conversation about what is the federal role and there continues to be i think a robust debate in this country about whether education issues are local issues, whether they are federal issues, and what should be done. and there are a number of people --. >> tom, let me jump in. bullying is hardly unique to school day. >> uh-huh. >> so why in the broadier sense is there not a federal definition of bullying that transcends local jurisdiction
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on schools? meaning, we know what bullying is when we see it. everyone may have a variation, about why isn't there a broad definition? >> certainly in the south philly case, a number of those kids were dealt with in the local criminal justice system because they committed an assault, a pretty serious assault. so that's -- bullying has a continuum. that's the extreme end of the continuum. but then you see what happens on twitter and facebook and the things that occur there and that becomes a lot more challenging to come up with a definition that is sufficiently clear so that it can give guidance to local authorities and also respectful of constitutional first amendment issues of that nature. so it's a very good question
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to ask. it's a very challenging question to answer given the continuum of abuses that we see that we would put in the broad rubric of bullying. >> do you see, are there trend lines in terms of bullying? obviously cyber bullying and you talked about tweets, we have roughly 7.5 million people on facebook under the age of 13, there's no delete button for those images we post online. are you seeing those trend lines, are you seeing broader trend lines or are we just starting to measure these things because our consciousness is expanding with regard to bullying. >> that's another challenging question to answer. there are a lot of data gaps. i was a local elected official and we worked very hard to get schools to collect data on incidents of violence in the school and, frankly, there's a lot of data integrity issues involved. you
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don't want to be the school that has the highest number of incidents in your district. and so there's a built-in perverse incentive to sweep things under the rug. and so part of the challenge moving forward and i have had many conversations with superintendents and law enforcement officials as well about how we can address this data integrity issue and how a school won't be hoisted by their own petard because they had the courage to collect the data when other schools kind of look the other way. so, again, it's a hard question to answer in ways that are other than anecdote. there have been survey data and things of that nature, but i feel uncomfortable saying unequivocally this is what we know, these are the trends. i like to be evidence based and i'm not sure the evidence allows that. >> roslyn, challenges to you
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and secretary duncan. >> for the first time you can see data for the first time about the -- discipline and students referred to law enforcement, suspensions more than once. on the bullying and harassment we are also collecting for the first time ever data on the number of incidents of students disciplined for bullying and harassment. they are not exactly reliable. lots of folks aren't collecting this. our collection is at the school level so you could go and see all this data that pop out in nice graphs for the first time ever and look at schools in your community. there were in the sample, it covers about 85 percent of the nation's schools this year we're in store for a universal
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sample, you're looking at over 60,000 students that were reported, records, right, these aren't the anecdotes, these aren't the things in the hallway that don't get reported, sex, over 35,000, on the basis of national origin and over 10,000 on the basis of disability. one of the ways we are at least able to dig into some of the trends to look at the kind of complaints that come into our office, we have received more complaints than ever before under this administration. part of that is in answer a little bit to your first question, governor, it's not -- as i go in the field and we ask why is it we're receiving 30 percent, we're receiving 30 percent more complaints under this administration than in 2008.
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that was your question, is it that it's getting worse? what i'm hearing is that people trust that we are doing something about it and can help, that we are doing the kinds of outreach that the attorney general and the u.s. attorney talk about, as arnie says as well, get out there and teach in the communities, it can't happen from washington. over the last year alone, we've seen a 34 percent increase just between 2010 and 2011 on bullying and harassment cases. 32 percent of those are about sexual or gender based stereotyping and harassment, 41 percent on disability and 40 percent on race and national origin. we've just started monitoring those trends since 2009 we've been collecting those data. so it appears that while historically we were doing a lot more on things like disability harassment, it's actually a kind of racial harassment that in fact might be getting worse and certainly
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getting a lot more obvious. one of the ways that we have partnered, department of education and department of justice was right here at the university of california in san diego where you might have heard about the compton cookout and the alleged noose in the library and we have heard similar instances in california and elsewhere, things like (inaudible) the kinds of resolutions and remedies we seek are not just about ensuring that those that were responsible for these activities that caused a hostile environment that adults knew of, should have known of and knew of and done something about it, is about ensuring that the culture that gives rise to that is eradicated. so our resolutions are about mining the data in detail so that you know not just what's
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happening but who feels comfortable saying it and how they are going about trying to remediate it. it is about doing climate checks because unless adults consistently talk to their student body and understand you don't know whether it's getting better. in lots of instances in our resolutions it's also been about ensuring that there was a community school leader committee on campus to help deal with some of these issues, to do things like peer to peer orientation because, for example, we know sexual harassment and sexual violence happens most frequently in the early days of the school year during things like orientation week. and it's also about ensuring that we realize the school day doesn't just end at 3:00. extra can urricular activities, partnerships between local law enforcement. >> tom, back to the question i posed about a federal definition, do you even have
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consistency within federal agencies of a definition as you partner with various agencies? >> well, our biggest partner is the department of education. we've done a number of cases together and we really start with the stools that we have which is title 9, title 6, and we have, those laws do have definition. so we work off those common definitions. and we have done, we have been able to do a lot more work in the lgbt context. ruslyn is correct, if you look under title 9 you won't see the words sexual orientation or gender identity but you will see sexual discrimination. there is a pretty robust body of case law that states that gender nonconformity, in other words,
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you're acting gay, you're a boy, you need to dress like a boy, that harassment is a form of sex harassment that if it happened in the workplace you could file a case under sexual discrimination. we've been able to use those tools to make a lot of progress. the seth walsh case in tehachipe is an example of that. so those are the tools we have. we have a lot of discussion, senator franken and others have introduced bills in the united states senate to address precisely the questions that you are asking, governor, and we have supported them and we continue to look forward -- as a prosecutor i always want more tools. you know, i see a problem out there and i want to have the tools to fix it. we passed a hate crimes law in
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2009 that enables us to work with local law enforcement in much more effective ways to combat hate crimes including but not limited to lgbt motivated violence. so we'd love to have more tools. but, you know, with the tools that we currently have, we're doing as much as we can and i think ruslyn's point about the uptick in the number of complaints we're both receiving, i'm not sure that necessarily reflects, as ruslyn correctly pointed out, that there's an uptick in violence. the doctrine of futility often resulted in less complaints being seen. i think there's a commitment in the federal level to doing our level best on these issues. >> tom, you talk about tools. ruslyn, what kind of tools, part of this is raising awareness, looking at best practices, sharing those best practices. what kind of tools
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is your agency offering, what kind of tools is the federal government providing municipalities, community leaders, advocates and the like? >> i can talk about some. we need more. this is why these kind of conversations are so helpful and we no doubt learn more from you than we could ever impact. that is because there is no one size fits all to this. this is about, it is what gives rise to cultures that promote a bullying and harassment on a regular -- are about community and it's about what feeds into community. now, some of those tools, as tom mentioned, as we've been talking about, are very much the civil rights laws. in my mind, having had the privilege of working on education issues for a very long time, i have come to realize that the civil rights laws are the most, have been historically the most sorely underutilized tools for change. it is in the context of civil rights as we talked about with the lgbt community.
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we have also, as tom mentioned, seen and we were reading about all too frequently a kind of bullying and harassment for students of certain religious groups. in our guidance we also made it clear while we don't have jurisdiction over religion in the same way we don't over sexual orientation, what we're seeing in all of these -- and all of these are case by case, you can't just broad sweep the laws -- when students are bullied and harassed in this world because of religion, in most instances a lot of that is not about race or religion, it's because. perception that students that share certain religious traits also share certain ethnicities and that is discrimination and that falls under title 6. it is not just about enforcing the laws that make it clear how
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the laws apply. it is, though, as we said, you can't get at this through enforcement alone. this is a culture that tolerates this and in too many ways promotes it. as tom mentioned we have an unprecedented partnership not just between our agencies but agencies across the federal government that the president has convened to bring our best resources and minds to bear to do something about it. there is now a web site, stopbullying.gov where a tool kit is being developed and these kinds of best practices are being promoted. the center for disease control, the division of violence prevention, an effort to use good data in research, they have released a come pend yum of common bullying tools. that's also available online. we are doing these conversations with community and the president has convened now two bullying summits where we bring the best practices to bear and learn locally. we've been doing webinar series
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across the country, you can find the dates for those on the web site. tom also mentioned about school busses and we realize, right, because this is not just about teachers, this is not just about forward-looking superintendents or guidance councilors or mental health professionals in schools, i don't need to tell anyone in this room about what's been happening on school busses. we are in partnership with the nea and companies helping train bus drivers so they know what to do better. you've seen the ad council campaign on bullying, it's really about the civic will to deal with this, encouraging conversations at home, that kind of social campaign is important to do that, and to encourage young people not to stand by in silence.
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so much of this, if you are not the perpetrator, if you are the victim but you see it, empowering young people to do something about it when they spot it. lastly, the partners recently announced a stop bullying video challenge where we are bringing together psa's that highlight what's happening by young people and want to give awards and celebrate that. and, as i mentioned earlier, the grants, the money, the department of education has issued 11 grants to schools. we need more, we will see as budget proposals the president's and the secretary's real commitment to this to ensure that we have some resources for innovative programs that are happening across the country for those local programs that are really changing the way their schools function and their communities see their schools and promoting
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those and scaling them up. >> very quickly because i know we want to move on, the attorney general launched a defending childhood initiative, i know there's a lot of philanthropy in the room, we want to work in partnership to find those innovative programs. there was a jurisdiction in north dakota that got a grant to implement some of the restoretive justice programs, the superintendent mentioned those. those have shown real potential for doing good things in terms of preventing recidivism in the bullying context. a grant to boston for statewide bullying intervention, so there's a number of different places, portland, maine and elsewhere. if you have ideas you should never hesitate to call us. we're not a grant making arm in our division but we have the auspices of the department of justice so if it's not mean
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i'll make sure to funnel you to the right place so you can have that conversation. >> tom, what else, are there other best practices, other communities that stand out as you have traveled that resonate with you. >> like so many things, governor, it starts with leadership. the programs i look to and i say, i'd like my kid to go to this school, it starts out with clear leadership at the top. it then starts out with clear policy direction so that the rules are set out in a very clear and transparent way. it continues with partnerships so that there is, you know, there are community-based partners, a recognition that this isn't just a teacher responsibility, it's really a community responsibility. and it's like so many things, it's about culture development. you know, what is your institutional culture? i work with a lot of police departments in a different world where we're dealing with serious issue
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Ellis Library Information Commons University of Missouri
Technology integrated study space design within college library building
Create a technology friendly study space that provides students a variety of environments for study, research, and wireless computer use within an existing university campus library building.
SFS worked with university representatives to identify how students were using the existing space and what research and study activities could be enhanced through an inviting area with greater technology integration and accessibility.
The James B. Nutter Family Information Commons, located in the Ellis Library Building, provides learning spaces ranging in scale from individual, small group, to sound isolated group study areas with various types of individual and small-group seating. Hardwired library computers, personal computer docking and wireless access are available. The welcoming environment is enhanced through finishes and colors that connect the interior elements to the library as a whole, creating an easily recognizable sense of place within the library.
Awards & Publications
Merit Award for Excellence in Architecture, American Institute of Architects – Mid Missouri
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Twins' Pitchers and Catchers Report Saturday
Pitchers and catchers report to spring training in Fort Myers, Florida Saturday with the full squad required to report by Thursday February 23. Twins General Manager Terry Ryan says first baseman Justin Morneau and catcher Joe Mauer are both healthy. Ryan also says he expects the group of starting pitchers to succeed this season much like they did in 2010.
Carl Pavano has already been announced as the opening day starting pitcher for the Twins with Scott Baker, Francisco Liriano, Nick Blackburn and Jason Marquis expected to fill out the 5-man starting pitching staff. Brian Duensing is expected to begin the season pitching out of the bullpen for the Twins.


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We are not huge potato eaters here. Occasionally I will cube up small potatoes, toss them in EVOO and salt & pepper and roast them. They go really well with pot roast and are even better with a sprinkle of Parmesan sprinkled and baked on them.
This time I decided to try a classic dish with a twist. Maybe it's nostalgia, but I always feel that some variety of potato should accompany a traditional meal such as a roasted turkey, you know, where you pour gravy over everything : So here is a little something extra for your next mashed potato meal.
Bacon & Spinach Mashed Potatoes
2 lbs. potatoes
6 slices turkey bacon
1 pkg (9 oz.) baby spinach leaves
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 (8 oz.) block of cream cheese, softened
1/8 cup white wine
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1/8 cup milk, if needed
1. Peel and cut your potato into chunks, then boil in salted water until soft.
2. Cook the bacon in a skillet just until crisp. Place on paper towel to drain; crumble.
3. In same skillet, add EVOO and garlic. Cook 2 minutes, stirring frequently. Add wine to deglaze the pan.
4. Add spinach; cooking and stirring a few minutes, just until spinach is wilted. Remove from heat. Add in crumbled bacon.
5. Drain and mash potatoes. Stir in cream cheese, milk, and salt and pepper. Add in spinach mixture and combine well.


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The Orlando Sentinel got in touch with court-authorized biometric voice analyst, Tom Owen, to analyze the 911 tapes where either Zimmerman or Martin can be heard crying for help. (One unnamed witness has said it was Zimmerman crying for help.)
His conclusion: It's not Zimmerman.
After the Sentinel contacted Owen, he used software called Easy Voice Biometrics to compare Zimmerman's voice to the 911 call screams.
"I took all of the screams and put those together, and cut out everything else," Owen says.
The software compared that audio to Zimmerman's voice. It returned a 48 percent match. Owen said to reach a positive match with audio of this quality, he'd expect higher than 90 percent.
"As a result of that, you can say with reasonable scientific certainty that it's not Zimmerman," Owen says, stressing that he cannot confirm the voice as Trayvon's, because he didn't have a sample of the teen's voice to compare.
Forensic voice identification is not a new or novel concept; in fact, a recent U.S. Department of Justicecommittee report notes that federal interest in the technology "has a history of nearly 70 years."
The case in the public mind hasn't been going well for Zimmerman the past few days. Security video from the police station shortly after the shooting doesn't show a Zimmerman who looked like he had just survived a near deadly fight. (Though it did look as if police looked at the back of his head).
The Sentinel noted that biometric voice analysis is often used in the prosecution of terrorists.
The report also contains the opinion of Ed Primeau, a Michigan-based audio engineer and forensics expert, who disagrees with some of the biometric analysis technology, but comes to the same conclusion:
"I believe that's Trayvon Martin in the background, without a doubt," Primeau says, stressing that the tone of the voice is a giveaway. "That's a young man screaming."
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New amenities greeted Zoombezi Bay's guests when the water park opened its gates for the season earlier this month.
New amenities greeted Zoombezi Bay's guests when the water park opened its gates for the season earlier this month.
The park, 4850 W. Powell Road, opened May 18 with extra shaded cabanas, additional space for sunbathers and other new perks for season-pass holders.
Workers installed two new cabanas -- private tents that can be rented by visitors -- this year, bringing the park's total to 17. All existing cabanas received upgrades, including overhead fans, stocked refrigerators and safes.
To combat overcrowding, the park opened up extra space for tanners in a large grassy portion of the park and added extra reclining chairs.
"On a real busy day, when we have over 8,000 people in the park, there's limited space to lay out," said John Gannon, the park's senior vice president. "This should make it a little more comfortable for folks."
Season-pass holders can enjoy a new cooler-storage space near the entrance, making it easier to pack a lunch for the family.
Also new this year, guests can enjoy special themed days featuring discounts and entertainment Monday through Thursday starting June 10.
On Monday, students can receive $10 off a day pass with a student ID or grade card; on Tuesday, season-pass holders get discounts on food, drinks and gift-shop items; on Wednesday, visitors can get discounts with proof they passed swim lessons, CPR training or other swim safety tests; and on Thursday, visitors can enjoy live entertainment, including zoo animals and costumed characters.
Zoom Passes return this year, allowing guests who pay a premium to skip the long lines of people waiting for their chance on one of the park's 17 slides.
A Zoom Pass includes a waterproof bracelet with a digital display that notifies guests when it's their turn to ride the slide, even if they are on the other side of the park.
The passes cost $10 for season-pass holders, $15 for other guests. This year, new premium passes also are available for $5 extra to reduce wait times even more.
Dive-In Movies are set to return this year, with five dates planned from mid-July to mid-August.
Guests are invited to lounge in a raft at the wave pool and watch a film projected onto a floating screen. Features include The Lorax, The Goonies and a screening of Jurassic Park to round out the summer.
Season passes are $79.99 each. Gold passes are $109.99 and include free rides at Jungle Jack's Landing.
Regular admission is $32.99 for adults, $24.99 for children. Children younger than age 2 get in free.


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This one is all about the inner beauty … We've been working hard to improve FrameMaker (2015 release) with many stability and performance tweaks. Not seeing any fancy new features? That's because this update is purely focused on making FrameMaker really rock-solid and lightning fast. Namaste!
Bug Fixes
Following is the list of enhancements we have made to FrameMaker (2015 release) in Update 5 (yes, that's 14 of them!):
Responsive HTML5 output is now optimized for Google search, which makes the output searchable.
If there are a large number of fonts (1800+) installed on the system, FrameMaker user can now apply correct fonts that appear lower down in the font list.
In some cases, if an SVG file contains open type fonts, it now renders correctly in FrameMaker and output PDF.
In Windows 10, FrameMaker no longer crashes while embedding fonts in EPUB output.
Selecting the option Use Only ASCII Characters in Generated Filenames in Publishing Settings dialog now works as expected.
Incorrect cross-reference is no longer being generated if the source type selected is paragraph.
FrameMaker console window displaying publishing related error message on launch is now fixed.
In some cases, generating a PDF document took too long. This is now fixed.
FrameMaker installer no longer installs unsupported software and OpenSSL files.
Generating PDF output through FrameMaker Publishing Server doesn't fail if the file path is too long.
In some cases, when there are a large number of nested cross-references in a DITA map file, FrameMaker now takes much lesser time to load the file.
Performance is now better while uploading files through CMS Connector for AEM.
While checking out files from AEM, cached dependent files on the local system are now refreshed.
Resources dependency calculation is not done while uploading a folder on AEM server hosting XML Add-on.
Oh, by the way, did we mention, that there has never been an Update 5 (yes, five!) on any previous FrameMaker versions? That's because … you know, we really hate bugs and we do love making FrameMaker better constantly! Check the complete list of all of enhancements and issues fixed in FrameMaker (2015 release) Update 1, Update 2, Update 3.1, Update 4 and this Update 5, in this overview page: FrameMaker (2015 release) – Resolved issues.
You can also download the FrameMaker (2015 release) Update 5 Readme PDF here.
How to get Update 5 for FrameMaker (2015 release)
Getting the update is as easy. Just select
> Help > Updates from FrameMaker's main menu to fire up the Adobe Update Manager (AUM) to download and install the update.
Want to download the update to deploy it to all your FrameMaker installations without downloading it on every machine? We understand this. That's why you can find all update packages for download also in the Adobe FrameMaker Support Center.
After the update, the FrameMaker version will be 184.108.40.2067. That's good to know, isn't it?


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Rihanna Shares Personal Letter With Fans on Instagram
Rihanna is turning into Beyonce, who has a penchant for penning letters and posting them to her Tumblr.
RiRi, known for sharing topless and bottomless shots of herself on Instagram, changed directions a bit and delivered a handwritten, personal letter to her fans aka "The Navy," via the photo sharing service.
RiRi must have been in a contemplative and generous mood, since she took a moment out of her busy itinerary of hanging out with Chris Brown, delivering No. 1 singles and letting the whole world see her bidness.
She wrote, in a very Lady-Gaga-speaking-to-her-little-monsters way, about dealing with the curveballs that life throws your way and how you have to just keep going, no matter what life hands you. Could that be a thinly veiled, yellow legal pad reference to her possible split with Breezy?
She also stated:
Throughout 7 years and 7 albums, there has been so much to be happy about, many fun filled moments," she writes. "I look forward to embarking on this ride with you, unwilling to sacrifice what we believe in, taking our lessons and growing from them.
RiRi also got philosophical, posting: "Don't let one thing shake your core. Let our inspirations drive us, never steering from who we truly are… We are all unapologetic…"
She threw herself a plug there, with a reference to her new, chart-topping album.
We don't usually see this side of RiRi. She tends to hold her cards close to the vest and to not share them. But it's refreshing to hear that she cares, straight from her mouth.
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Ego tripology: "Science patriots" a step ahead of the bailiff this time
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In an even greater disservice, Pigliucci repeatedly suggests that intelligent-design thinkers must want "supernatural explanations reintroduced into science," when that's not logically required. He writes, "ID is not a scientific theory at all because there is no empirical observation that can possibly contradict it. Anything we observe in nature could, in principle, be attributed to an unspecified intelligent designer who works in mysterious ways." But earlier in the book, he correctly argues against Karl Popper that susceptibility to falsification cannot be the sole criterion of science, because science also confirms. It is, in principle, possible that an empirical observation could confirm intelligent design—i.e., that magic moment when the ultimate UFO lands with representatives of the intergalactic society that planted early life here, and we accept their evidence that they did it. The point is not that this is remotely likely. It's that the possibility is not irrational, just as provocative science fiction is not irrational.Well said, Romano.
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A sensible person can side with scientists on what's true, but not with Pigliucci on what's rational and possible. Pigliucci occasionally recognizes that. Late in his book, he concedes that "nonscientific claims may be true and still not qualify as science." But if that's so, and we care about truth, why exalt science to the degree he does? If there's really a heaven, and science can't (yet?) detect it, so much the worse for science.
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Long live Skeptical Inquirer! But can we deep-six the egomania and unearned arrogance of the science patriots? As Descartes, that immortal hero of scientists and skeptics everywhere, pointed out, true skepticism, like true charity, begins at home.
First. In my experience, the "science patriots" are not really patriots or skeptics either (types one can always use). They are minor politicians barking the party line, in season or out.
It's out of season now. More and more people see full bore Darwinism for what it is, and either the Darwinists address the problem or someone else will. May as well be us.


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Israeli President Shimon Peres on Sunday stated emphatically that the Jewish state is the one Western-style democracy where it was impossible to separate between religion and state.
Peres was discussing with students at the Machon Lev Jerusalem Technology College the issue of the government forcing ultra-Orthodox Jewish men, even those studying in yeshivas (seminaries), to serve in the IDF.
At one point in the discussion, the president stated, "It is illogical and impossible to say that we will have a secular state. …I do not see how you could separate Judaism from the state."
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By Eddie Miles
One thing I like to bring up from the start in my debates with those who call themselves "Christians" is the fact that they may not really even be "Christians". In fact, I could be a "Christian" and not even know it. Even Christopher Hitchens could be a "Christian"!
I'm sure you're wondering why I use quotation marks. The reason is that in most circles, to be "Christian" is to be "Christ-like" and it is literally impossible to know what it means to be "Christ-like". Let me explain.
(We're going to ignore, for the sake of argument, the fact that "christ" is a title and temporarily use it as it is commonly used: as Jesus' last name)
Now, these "Christians" would most certainly argue that Jesus was real and that he walked around turning water into wine (although he missed plenty of opportunities to turn sand into water, which could have saved many people from death by dehydration) and doing all kinds of magic tricks. But even if we grant that historical evidence supports the existence of a person named Yeshua who caused a stir for the Roman Empire (which is hotly debated), the absolute furthest that a theist could get is to believe that he existed. Everything about what he taught still has to be taken on faith in the HUMANS who wrote the books of the bible (and we don't really even know who they are) and those who compiled the books to create a jumbled-together picture of what Jesus did (who were leaders in government and obviously had agendas of their own).
So what does this mean for those who want to be "Christ-like"? It means that they might as well give up because it's impossible to know who is Christ-like and who isn't. A person could act as Jesus was portrayed in the books of the bible, which were chosen from among many contradictory accounts by people who had an obvious interest in things other than the accurate reproduction of Jesus' teachings. That's surely not sufficient.
For all we know, Jesus may have been a militant atheist campaigning against the pagan religions of the time, the Richard Dawkins of his day. Maybe after his atheistic teachings had lasted for generations after his death, corroding the order within the Roman Empire, the politicians decided to create a new, more relaxed Jesus by writing some books and saying "Look at this! You want to follow Jesus? This is what he really taught. Peace, love, and belief in Yahweh, who we are now endorsing! Oh... and render unto Caesar..." Sure, there's no evidence that this is what really happened, but it's no less plausible than the "official" story.
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16 Gorgeous Wedding Dresses For Every Style And Budget
If a cookie cutter wedding dress is not for you, you're in luck, because today we're skipping the bridal boutique and making a stylish case for the unconventional bride. Not only do these frocks, which range from bohemian to ethereal, have one-of-a-kind appeal, they're also perfectly in keeping with your fashionable sensibilities. So whether you're planning a black tie affair or a beachside bash, you're sure to find a style that suits you, your budget, and the occasion. Click through to shop now.
Carven Crepe Maxi Dress ($850)
There's something so incredibly chic about a dress without all the bells and whistles. The off-the-shoulder cut and subtle bow at the waist lend this sleek number just the right amount of femininity and elegance.
Rachel Zoe Dane Mesh Gown ($575)
Keep the delicate embroidery the focus of this dress by styling it with simple jewellery and pulled-back hair.
Rochas Floral Bonded Duchesse Satin Dress ($5685)
If traditional white is out of the question, try a soft neutral hue with a barely-there print. The retro bride is sure to love this short, fit-and-flare silhouette, which is perfect for showing off a statement (something blue, perhaps?) heels.
Tory Burch Merida Dress ($795)
An effortlessly chic mini guipure lace dress is a charming choice for a relaxed backyard wedding.
H&M Rhinestone-Trimmed Dress ($99)
Who says you have to break the bank for the perfect wedding dress? This embellished number looks expensive, but comes with a ridiculously affordable price tag!
Alice + Olivia Jaelyn Cross-Front Pleated Chiffon Gown ($484)
A keyhole cutout and exposed back lend this Grecian dress its of-the-moment appeal.
Laundry by Shelli Segal Shimmer Gathered Bodice Gown ($365)
For petite brides, a diaphanous gown that emphasises the neckline and waist is an ultra-flattering pick
Anna Sui Aiguille Gown ($1200)
Play up the '20s-inspired glamour of this floor-length gown with soft finger waves and tassel earrings.
Burberry Prorsum Mulberry Silk Long Dress ($3995)
From the incredibly flattering cut to the charming bow on the back, we adore every detail of this silk dress. It's stunning, period.
Helmut Lang Sheer Inset Maxi Dress ($345)
Channel the late Caroline Bessette Kennedy on your big day with a slinky slip dress, albeit with a modern twist, like mesh panels.
For Love & Lemons San Marcos Dress ($224)
The simplicity of this embroidered mesh dress is everything. You can dress it up with jewellery or keep it super clean with just a red lip and nude heels.
Sophia Kokosalaki Thalassa Ruched Crepe Dress ($2280)
If you'd prefer a contemporary look, try a strapless cut and shorter hemline.
Miguelina Eve Belted Long Lace Dress ($695)
Pair this belted lace dress with jewel-encrusted sandals for a low-key reception in the sand.
Reformation Citrine Dress ($518)
Beloved brand Reformation had bohemian brides everywhere rejoicing with the launch of their bridal collection late last month. We're particularly smitten with the Citrine Dress, a sultry maxi dress with deep V-neck and side slit.
Tibi Flume Asymmetrical Long Dress ($675)
The vintage-loving bride is sure to adore the column shape and asymmetrical front wrap design of this dress.
Black Halo Spaghetti Strap Neoprene with Cascade Ruffle Gown ($575)
We love the way the front slit balances the sweetness of the heart-shaped neckline for a look that is equal parts sexy and elegant.
Tory Burch Merida Dress ($795)
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Carven Crepe Maxi Dress ($850)
Laundry by Shelli Segal Shimmer Gathered Bodice Gown ($365)
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Helmut Lang Sheer Inset Maxi Dress ($345)
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Shane Battier and George Karl, two of the most loquacious and illuminating fellows in the NBA to step or sit in front of the microphones and cameras, were recognized officially for their chatty and cooperative ways Tuesday.
Battier, a veteran role player for the Miami Heat, was selected as the 2013 winner of the Magic Johnson Award, presented annually by the Pro Basketball Writers Association to a player who combines excellence on the court with cooperation with the media and fans. Karl, coach of the Denver Nuggets was named winner of the Rudy Tomjanovich Award, the PBWA's coaching version that recognizes the same traits.
Also, the Indiana Pacers' media relations staff became the first two-time winner of the Brian McIntyre Award, presented by the PBWA to the staff deemed most helpful to the media in anticipating and fulfilling coverage needs.
Battier was one of 12 players nominated for his award, including Heat teammates LeBron James and Ray Allen. Others nominated were Tyson Chandler of the New York Knicks, Jamal Crawford and Chris Paul of the Los Angeles Clippers, Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder, Pau Gasol of the Los Angeles Lakers, Manu Ginobili of the San Antonio Spurs, Al Horford of the Atlanta Hawks, Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks and Zach Randolph of the Memphis Grizzlies.
The Magic Johnson Award is the longest-running honor from the PBWA, dating back to Allen in 2002-03. Among this year's nominees, he and Durant are former winners.
The Rudy Tomjanovich Award was added in 2011, with Jerry Sloan as the inaugural winner. Boston's Doc Rivers won in 2012 and was a nominee again this season, along with Scott Brooks of Oklahoma City, Rick Carlisle of Dallas, Doug Collins of Philadelphia, Larry Drew of Atlanta and Lawrence Frank of Detroit.
The Pacers, headed by media relations director David Benner, also won the McIntyre Award in 2011. Other staff nominated include Boston, Dallas, Detroit, Golden State, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Oklahoma City and Toronto. The Bucks won the award, named after longtime NBA publicrelations director Brian McIntyre, in 2012. The Warriors, Trail Blazers, Raptors and Suns staff are other past winners.


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|Oracle® Enterprise Manager Concepts
10g Release 1 (10.1)
Part Number B12016-01
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Enterprise Manager is the Oracle central management solution for managing, monitoring, and tuning the complete Oracle environment. Most enterprise environments include, in addition to the Oracle environment, custom software and hardware modules that require the same level of management provided by Enterprise Manager.
By extending Enterprise Manager, you can leverage the same valuable management infrastructure such as alert monitoring, real-time diagnostics, and service level reporting provided by Enterprise Manager. You can increase the flexibility of the framework to better monitor and manage your enterprise applications. From software applications to specific infrastructure elements that support enterprise systems, you can consolidate the monitoring and management of your complete application environment using a single consistent interface.
The following sections explain extension areas for typical framework integration activities:
Accessing Management Information Using Management Repository Views
The Enterprise Manager framework is extensible (that is, can be extended) at many levels. This extensibility provides you with complete flexibility in tailoring Enterprise Manager to meet your management needs. Enterprise Manager provides the following extension capabilities and attributes:
Easy to add new managed target types
When you add a custom target, all the rich features of Enterprise Manager are automatically extended to that target type. You do not need to make any code changes at the repository or Grid Control level. The target becomes an important element of Enterprise Manager and you can take advantage of:
Historical collections
Real-time notifications
Metric baselines
Notification rules
Accessible system data
Management information collected in the Oracle Management Repository is easily accessible through predefined Management Repository views.
Easy third-party integration
The Enterprise Manager framework is extensible and flexible enough to allow integration with cooperative management vendors, trouble ticket generation systems, or other proprietary systems that are part of your management process.
The Management Repository views provide access to target, metric, and monitoring information stored in the Management Repository. Accessing the Management Repository allows you to:
Obtain pertinent application-specific information at the correct level of granularity and density for a wider variety of users, for example, IT staff, executives, and developers.
Perform historical analysis or additional computation on stored data.
Streamline your operations by sending Enterprise Manager Notifications to trouble-ticketing systems such as Oracle iSupport and Remedy.
The Management Repository is the comprehensive source for all the management information in the managed environment. The key to extensibility is the Management Repository's open schema. This open architecture allows you to customize how the information in the Management Repository is used if the Enterprise Manager standard configuration does not meet your requirements.
To facilitate easy access to information stored in the Management Repository, Enterprise Manager supplies a comprehensive set of views. Views protect custom applications from any underlying changes to the Management Repository schema and ensures upstream applications will not break when the Management Repository schema changes as a result of patching or upgrades to the underlying Management Repository tables.
The views have been designed to present the management information that is stored in the physical database tables in a form that is both intuitive and directly usable for client interfaces, reports, and other consumers of management information. The three primary view categories provide access to the majority of the management information in the Management Repository:
Central Policy Views
These views provide information on central policies, such as blackout schedules and histories, or metric collection, that have been set for managed targets.
Monitoring Views
The monitoring views provide information about the metric data in the Management Repository that has been collected for each of the managed targets.
Inventory Views
The inventory views provide information about entities within the management environment and their attributes.
In addition to base views, Enterprise Manager provides views for:
Application Performance Management
Enterprise Configuration Management
Database Configuration
See Also:For detailed information about views, see Extending Oracle Enterprise Manager
Data retrieval is handled through predefined fetchlets. A fetchlet is a parameterized data access mechanism that takes arguments (such as a script, a SQL statement, a target instance's properties) as input and returns formatted data. Each fetchlet handles a specific type of data access.
The fetchlets supplied with Enterprise Manager provide data retrieval capability for the most common data access methods, such as SQL, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), HTTP, and Dynamic Monitoring Service (DMS). To handle more complex data access requirements, Enterprise Manager also provides an OS command fetchlet, allowing developers to implement custom metric collection methods.
The fetchlets and data access methods are comprehensive, that is, you need not write or extend a fetchlet. You need only decide which fetchlet or method meets your needs.
The following list is an example of the fetchlets supplied with Enterprise Manager:
OS command fetchlets
SQL fetchlet
User-defined metrics fetchlet
URL timing fetchlet
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) fetchlet
Web Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) fetchlet
Allows you to collect management content from a Common Information Model Object Manager (CIMOM).
User-defined SQL metrics are very similar to user-defined metrics (see Creating User-Defined Metrics). The difference is that user-defined SQL metrics are written specifically for conditions related to databases.
See Also:Extending Oracle Enterprise Manager manual