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Texas State hope change lifts woeful defense
Struggles led to change at coordinator
SAN MARCOS — The first hint something was amiss came as Texas State was preparing for its season opener at Florida State.
In a meeting with head coach Dennis Franchione, then-defensive coordinator John Thompson said the game plan was to "play soft and keep everything in front of them."
That didn't match up with Thompson's attacking style.
"When he got into the season, he stopped (being aggressive)," Franchione said of Thompson. "He got conservative on game day sometimes, for whatever reason."
After the Bobcats' 59-14 loss to Houston on Sept. 16, Thompson resigned. The Bobcats are ranked 127th — dead last in the FBS — in scoring defense, allowing 49.5 points a game.
Franchione said he tried — and failed — to talk Thompson out of his decision.
The Bobcats, who named Brad Franchione, Dennis' son, as interim defensive coordinator, have moved on.
They hope to be improved defensively Saturday on the road against Louisiana-Lafayette. It's the third straight season the Bobcats have opened Sun Belt Conference play against the Ragin' Cajuns, who won both previous meetings 48-24 and 34-10.
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6 p.m. Saturday, Cajun Field, Lafayette, La.
TV/Radio: ESPN3 (online), KLUP-AM 930
Line: ULL by 3½
Series: ULL leads 2-0.
Matchup: Texas State defense vs. Lafayette offense — Bobcats figure to be improved, but will it show up on the scoreboard in the first game under new coordinator? Lafayette's offense doesn't rank as high as Texas State's but two QB system could be troublesome.
Players: Texas State QB Tyler Jones — Junior from Stephenville needs to deliver a big game, which he normally does. He ranks 18th nationally and second in the Sun Belt in total offense at 314.5 yards per game; Lafayette RB Elijah McGuire — All-purpose back leads the team in rushing with 415 yards (6.0 per carry) with six TDs. He also has 13 receptions for 144 yards and a touchdown.
Texas State can win if: Defense can force a couple of turnovers and avoid giving up too many big plays.
ULL can win if: Cajuns don't turn the ball over and jump on the Bobcats early, forcing them to play catch up.
Fun with numbers: Texas State is one of just five teams to rank among the NCAA's top 30 teams in both passing and rushing offense.
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Lafayette, like Texas State, is 1-3 with losses to Kentucky, Akron and Louisiana Tech.
The Ragin' Cajuns started 1-3 a year ago and wound up winning seven of eight to finish 8-4 and earn a bowl invitation. Lafayette defeated the Nevada Wolf Pack 16-3 in the New Orleans Bowl.
Lafayette traditionally has presented problems for the Bobcats up front with its size. This time should be no different, Franchione said.
Led by 6-foot-5, 294-pound left guard Mykhael Quave, the Ragin' Cajuns average 6-4 and 300 pounds along the offensive line.
The Bobcats have had byes two of the past three weeks, which has given them time to heal. Three of their top four defensive linemen missed the Houston game. The fourth was injured on the 11th play from scrimmage.
Franchione said the team — and in particular the defense — has responded well to the change in coordinator.
"We were prepared for it to be a little bumpier than it was," Franchione said of the transition. "I thought the players would be a little uneasy. They've just kept going. They wanted to get better."
He said under his son Brad, the defense will be aggressive, a little more disciplined and held accountable.
Franchione said his son would have to earn the permanent position and wouldn't be handed the job.
"At 18 years old, this is the dream that I had," Brad Franchione told to the San Marcos Daily Record. "So am I ready? Yeah, I'm ready."
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Adri and I worked hard on painting signs and assembling a moss motif!
Our job was to help make directional signs as well as the big "K" and "M" that would hang on the side of the hanger barn!
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In addition to performances on and off the stage, this year we are excited to bring acts from the air! Clara, the Festival's very own aerial rig, will invite you to look up for more erotic beauty throughout the weekend. Enjoy sexy evenings of soaring shenanigans, from showcased aerial performances to intimate rope bondage suspension scenes.
Look for the Aerial Stage on your program map to make sure you see these delightful shenanigans. Clara is tucked in the midst of the art galleries, and easily view-able from the VIP Velvet Lounge. If you are trying to decide where to volunteer at SEAF2018, the Coat & Shoe Check will have a prime view of the Aerial Stage.
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Performance Curator: Shay Tiziano
Bondage Coordinator: BlkStar
Shay Tiziano is a vivacious femme switch and prominent self-suspender known for unique, dynamic rigs and prodigious performances. She is based out of San Francisco, where she produces over 20 events a year (including BENT and Twisted Windows).
Myles Higher first fell in love with performing and being in the air through rope bondage and self-suspension, and which he further realized when he started circus aerials. They always push to use their skills to be a better storyteller, whether with rope or on hoop. He is delighted to be performing at Seattle Erotic Arts Festival.
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Panda has been in the scene for 5 years, and actively growing as a top-heavy rope switch for 4.5 of those years. Subtlybound has been rope bottoming for over a year now. The two began tying together 6 months ago, and have worked hard to establish a dedicated rope partnership inspiring mutual growth. Exchanging an energetic connection while building shapes and sequences, and constantly challenging each other to incorporate new elements in their play leaves them fulfilled and excited for their future in rope together.
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Jessie Sparkles is a professional kinky person and multi-disciplinary performance artist. He is interested in creating work that inspires emotion in hopes that people will pause and reflect on the underlying causes for what they are feeling. He is captivated by the use of kink as a storytelling element and enjoys the range of expression that it allows.
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These performers will be showcased from 8:30PM to 9PM on both Friday and Saturday of the Festival. Our adept curator and coordinator, Shay and Blkstr, are busy scheduling many other ambient performances on Clara throughout the Festival. Be sure to check the Festival schedule for specific timing, as we will be adding more performances in the coming weeks.


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March 12 @ 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Picnic (6.30pm) in the grounds of historic St Cuthbert's Church, Governor's Bay.
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Saturday, April 13, 2013
Jonathan Winters - thanks for the laughs
Jonathan Harshman Winters III (November 11, 1925 – April 11, 2013) was an American comedian, actor and artist.
Beginning in 1960, Winters recorded many classic comedy albums for the Verve Records label. He also had comedy albums released every decade for over 50 years, receiving 11 Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album nominations during his career, and winning the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Comedy Album for Crank(y) Calls in 1996.
Winters has also appeared in hundreds of television show episodes/series and films combined, including eccentric characters on The Steve Allen Show, The Garry Moore Show, The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters (1972–74), Mork & Mindy, Hee Haw and in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
A pioneer of improvisational stand-up comedy with a gift for mimicry, various personalities and a seemingly bottomless reservoir of creative energy, Winters was one of the first celebrities to go public with a personal mental illness issue and felt stigmatized as a result. According to Jack Paar, "If you were to ask me the funniest 25 people I've ever known, I'd say, 'Here they are — Jonathan Winters'." He also said of Winters, "Pound for pound, the funniest man alive".
In 1991, Winters earned an Emmy Award for his supporting role in Davis Rules. In 2002, he earned an Emmy nomination as a guest star in a comedy series for Life With Bonnie. In 1999, Winters was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. In 2008, Winters was presented with a Pioneer TV Land Award by Robin Williams.
Winters also spent time painting and presenting his art in many gallery shows. (read more)
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Crystal and Troy could not have had a more beautiful wedding day. I knew the location for the outdoor ceremony would be perfect based on the care these two took in choosing locations for their engagement photos. I was not disappointed. I love outdoor ceremonies, and this was one of my favorites. The light was beautiful, and guests sat on benches as well as on the hillside to watch these two be married.
It is actually very fortunate that these two were married when they were, because about a week after the wedding, the Ash Creek wildfire plagued not only the area in which the wedding took place, but also near their home, and the homes of family and other loved ones. Their first couple weeks of marriage were probably physically and mentally exhausting, as well as heartbreaking to watch the fire's destruction, but I am happy to know that they have each other to lean on. They are a wonderfully caring couple, and are filled with such kindness and grace. I have no doubts that they will face their troubles together, and come out the better for it as a couple.
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I am delighted to present the first article in the series of mattress store comparisons in the Houston area. Specifically, this article compares mattresses from Mattress Giant and New Living, both located in Rice Village.
This article seeks to 1) provide readers with the most accurate information on the key topics in mattress shopping and 2) educate consumers about the health benefits of using mattresses made from natural materials.
The Mattresses
Mattress Giant offers a variety of mattresses. The most popular of the semi-luxurious are Simmons and (*a brand we have been legally asked to remove from our website*), both made in the US. Like any mattress brand, Simmons and (the other major brand) have several different types of mattresses including inner-spring, foam material, and hybrid (spring with foam material). Simmons also makes a latex mattress made of 65% natural rubber called Natural Care that is blended with other chemicals, which are not clearly defined.
Mattress Giant mattresses are made with elastic, polyurethane and/or some type of memory foam. New Living offers mattresses that are made with only pure materials, such as organic wool, organic cotton and natural latex rubber. Wool is a natural fire retardant and therefore chemicals are not necessary to prevent mattress combustion.
Warranty and Return Policies
Depending on the mattress brand, Mattress Giant and New Living both offer 10- or 20-year warranties on their mattresses. The second decade is pro-rated. This means that if the mattress core blows out in year 9, the mattress is exchanged at no cost. If the mattress core blows out in year 12, the value of the mattress decreases with each year and the customer will have to pay the difference between the used mattress and a new mattress.
New Living's mattresses are designed to last 20 years, whereas typical mattresses last an average of 8 years. The return policy at Mattress Giant requires the mattress to be kept for at least 3 weeks if the customer is not satisfied. The return policy expires at 100 days.
New Living offers a comfort guarantee that allows customers to return a mattress within the first 90 days, with no minimum time required after purchase. If at any point a customer is unsatisfied, New Living will work with customers to help find a better fit (for instance, by borrowing a topper to try it out). And in order to ensure the customer's satisfaction before purchase, New Living encourages customers to try out a New Living mattress by enjoying a free night at the The Modern, a beautiful boutique hotel nearby. The cost of a night at the Modern will be applied toward any eventual mattress purchase at New Living.
No matter what mattress you buy, it does take your body some time to adjust to it. Its best to give any new mattress a few weeks for you to truly experience it. The worse off your old mattress was, the greater the difference will be when you are on a mattress that give you the support you have been lacking.
The starting price for a very basic queen-size mattress at Mattress Giant is $199. These mattresses will last around 3 years, according to, believe it or not, their own sales associates. Mattress Giant's queen-size mattresses top out at $5,000, and the average memory foam mattresses is upward of $2,000. New Living offers natural latex queen-size mattresses starting at $999. The most popular certified organic queen-size mattress is $3,595.
Product Components Mattress Giant compares their two most popular brand inner-core foam materials for curious customers. Trying them out for myself, my impression was that the (*major brand* that we legally are not allowed to mention) seemed to have much less ventilation within the individual foam cells. As a result, the foam was less quick to regain its original form and held more heat and moisture. The Simmons brand was quicker to regain form and consisted of more open cells to allow ventilation. Both foam samples smelled, to me, of conventional wet paint. There have been independent third party lab testing where the memory foam is found to contain 61 Volitale Organic Compounds, several of which are carcinogenic.
The organic latex in the models at New Living, specifically, OMI is tapped from a rubber tree and poured into a mold of hundreds of full slim tubes ensuring ventilation from top to bottom of the latex core. The foam is cooked using either the Dunlop or Talalay process. The Talalay process is the most recent technology and allows the rubber to spread out more evenly. The latex used in mattresses at New Living is all natural (typically 95% latex and 5% other natural elements like zinc that help with bonding), whereas the latex used in Simmons' Natural Care mattress is only 65% actual latex.
The memory foam in Simmons and (*major brand* that we legally are not allowed to mention) does not have the same porous consistency as the latex. This results in memory foam mattresses becoming very hot and holding their chemical odor. At New Living, most of our mattresses have a layer of wool that is wrapped in cotton. This not only meets the criteria for flame retardants, but also regulates body temperature, keeping you warm in the winter and cooler in the summer. Most other brands use harmful chemical flame retardants.
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Kelsey and Mao - Snowflakes and sub zero temps.
What ended up being warm and sunny turned to frigid and windy. But Kelsey and Mao are troopers, and wouldn't let a little frostbite cramp their style! This was of course after we cancelled already once, on a turbo blistery blizzard of a day.
Alas, we succeeded in having some fun, and getting more acquainted. Which is good news, since these two get hitched at the beginning of April. Look for more then!


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Media users from across the political spectrum had high levels of trust in WITF, as well: 21% of Republicans, 40% of Democrats and 30% of independents had a "great deal of trust" in news and information from WITF. Local commercial stations (TV and radio) earned a "great deal of trust" from just 19% of Republicans, 16% from Democrats and 15% of independents. Local newspapers earned a "great deal of trust" from 22% of Republicans, 18% of Democrats and 16% of independents.
On the question of federal funding for public television and radio, nearly three in five respondents said federal funding (currently at $1.35 per American citizen per year) is too low or about right. Support for maintaining or increasing federal funding came from across the political spectrum as well: 46% of Republicans, 72% of Democrats and 69% of independents said federal funding should stay the same or increase.
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Sept. 14, 2004 – A federal appeals court has ruled that Texas prison officials are not immune from a lawsuit alleging they discriminated against an inmate who repeatedly asked them for protection from assault and rape.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that Roderick Johnson, a former Texas inmate who says prison officials deliberately denied him protection from prison gang members who repeatedly raped, assaulted, threatened him with violence and death and traded him as a sex slave can move ahead with his lawsuit. The officials had argued that they could not be sued because they were acting as public employees and had no reason to believe they were violating Johnson's constitutional rights.
However, the Appeals Court noted a 1994 US Supreme Court ruling that it is the responsibility of prison officials to protect inmates from violence at the hands of fellow prisoners. "[H]aving stripped them of virtually every means to self-protection and foreclosed their access to outside aid, the government and its officials are not free to let the state of nature take its course," said the Supreme Court in Farmer v. Brennan. "Being violently assaulted in prison is simply not part of the penalty that criminal offenders pay for their offenses against society."
American Civil Liberties Union lawyers representing Johnson say that during the eighteen months that Johnson was housed at the James A. Allred Unit in Iowa Park, Texas "prison gangs bought and sold him as a sexual slave, raping, abusing, and degrading him nearly every day."
In a legal brief filed with the court, the ACLU accused numerous prison officials from guards to the director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) of deliberately turning a blind eye to the nightmare Johnson endured. Johnson went through numerous official channels, virtually exhausting all means available to him in his effort to persuade prison officials to grant him protection.
Texas prisons have gained national and international notoriety for widespread and seemingly systemic prisoner-on-prisoner violence. In 1999 a federal judge said, "The culture of sadistic and malicious violence that continues to pervade the Texas prison system violates contemporary standards of decency." Judge William Wayne Justice found that inmates are routinely subjected to violence, extortion, and rape, officers are aware of inmate-on-inmate victimization but fail to respond to the victims, and there are high barriers preventing inmates from seeking safekeeping or protective custody.
According to the ACLU, Texas prison policies mandate that vulnerable prisoners should not be housed with the general population when there are threats to their personal safety and potential for victimization, such as having enemies in the inmate population, homosexuality, "effeminacy," lack of criminal sophistication, any previous history of safekeeping, or an appearance of vulnerability, such as a demeanor that fails to convey to sexual predators that the prisoner cannot be victimized.
Johnson's lawyers say that as a black, "effeminate" gay man, their client clearly should have been automatically granted his numerous requests for safekeeping. Furthermore, they point out that their client was housed in safekeeping prior to being moved to the James A. Allred Unit in Iowa Park, Texas.
However, according to the brief, when Johnson told Major Kenneth Bright, who chaired Johnson's initial classification hearing, that he had been previously placed in safekeeping, Bright told him "We don't protect punks on this farm." The ACLU translates "punks" as meaning "homosexuals" in prison lingo. According to the brief, Johnson was assigned to the general population where "prison gang members asserted ownership over [him] and raped him almost immediately."
Texas officials have claimed that Johnson is lying about the sexualized violence and abuse he endured and that he engaged in consensual sex with other prisoners. During the eighteen months that Johnson was housed at the Allred Unit, officials repeatedly denied his requests for protective custody, saying there was no evidence to support Johnson's claims.
In it's complaint the ACLU alleges that when Johnson begged prison officials for help, they told him he needed to fight to protect himself or submit to a stronger man for protection.
Only after intervention by the ACLU was Johnson moved to a wing of the prison set aside for vulnerable prisoners. Johnson is now paroled and living in Austin but according to his lawyers, he continues to suffer from post-traumatic stress syndrome. He is suing for damages stemming from discrimination based on sexual orientation and for violations of his right to freedom from cruel and unusual punishment.
"I could not be more pleased that we are one step closer to Roderick Johnson having his day in court," said Margaret Winter, Associate Director of the ACLU's National Prison Project and lead attorney for Johnson, in a press statement about the court's decision to allow them to move ahead with the case. "Once heard, Mr. Johnson's testimony about the horrifying abuse he endured and the prison staff's deliberate indifference to that abuse will shock Texas citizens and hopefully bring about improvements for all prisoners in similar circumstances."


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Proteins: Their Role In Your Health And Well-being
Everyone knows that it is important to have a balanced diet in order to stay healthy; and part of having a healthy diet is eating enough organic protein. Protein is a vital macronutrient which is used by the body in many different ways to support important functions. Without it, we would encounter serious health problems. Proteins are made up of different molecules called amino acids. These are classified as either essential (we need to obtain them from our diet) or non-essential (made by the body naturally).
There are different types of protein in the body, and all of them have specific bodily functions and processes which they support.
Immune System
Protein forms an integral part of the body's immune system in the form of antibodies. Antibodies are our defense systems, created in white blood cells and attacking any viruses, bacteria or other infections which are affecting our body's normal functions.
Fibrous Proteins
These proteins support the structure of the body, keeping skin, tendons and muscles working properly. The most common fibrous proteins in the body are elastin, collagen and keratin. Elastin is the protein that keeps our skin healthy and firm, while allowing the necessary flexibility to move where required. As you get older, the amount of elastin in the body decreases which is why we get wrinkles. Collagen also helps keep our skin healthy, as well as being found in cartilage, tendons and muscles, while keratin is the protein found in our nails and hair.
Transporter Proteins
As the name suggests, transporter are the types of the protein responsible for moving essential molecules and chemicals around the body. Hemoglobin and myoglobin are two examples of transporter proteins. Hemoglobin takes oxygen around the body from the lungs and myoglobin takes that oxygen and transfers it to the muscles, keeping cells healthy and working well.
Proteins in the Heart
The contractile proteins actin and myosin have a very specific and essential function in the body; they control the contractions of the heart muscles, which keep blood pumping around our bodies. Any problems with how the body synthesizes these types of protein can lead to serious heart complications.
Enzyme proteins are connected to the body's metabolic system; everything from blood clotting to digesting food needs enzymes to work properly. They work by increasing the speed of chemical reactions, and there are lots of enzymes in the body working on different processes. In digestion alone, there are enzymes such as lipase which convert fats called lipids into glycerol and fatty acids the body can use for energy, amylase which turns starch into sugars and protease, which actually converts the proteins we eat into the essential amino acids we need for all the other bodily functions.
Not many people know that hormones are proteins too. Most people think of estrogen and testosterone when they think of hormones, which are vital to both male and female's reproductive systems, but there are actually lots of different hormones in the body which have their own specific job. Hormones are secreted by the endocrine gland and are used to carry important signals to target cells to help them do their job; target cells in the body are designed to receive these messages and to act on them accordingly. Other examples of hormones include insulin which helps regulate the amount of sugar in your body.
Receptor Proteins
Receptor proteins are actually very important for the work of hormones; it is these receptor proteins that allow cells to receive messages from hormones about what functions they should carry out. There are other types of protein that have a simpler function too, allowing cells to take in essential nutrients.
Storage Proteins
As the name suggests, these types of protein are important in the storage of essential nutrients and chemicals in the body for use at a later time. Examples include ferritin which helps control the amount of iron in your system and casein, found in breast milk, which is important for newborn babies, with regard to nutrition and the ability to fight off infection.


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What a fight! Fifteen rounds, no holds barred, in YO face octagon brawl. Wow. I haven't had this much fun since me and the missus went skinny dippin' in the clay pit back in 1978.
As everybody expected, Obama came out swinging and didn't stop punching until it was over. Romney held his own and had a few good roundhouses before the final bell rung.
Obama may have won this debate, but it wasn't the resounding victory he needed to change the dynamic of the swing that Romney has been experiencing since the first one. In order to do that, he needed a knockout, and he didn't get it.
Romney stuck to the plan which is the best plan to have against this administration. Slam Obama's record over the last four years. It's abysmal and even the Democrats know it. That's why Obama spent most of his time defending the last four years and demonizing Romney. Notice I didn't say Romney was slamming Obama...he was slamming the record, laying out where it got us, and what it will take to get us out of the mess we're in.
The governor missed a beautiful opportunity when Libya came up and the question was turned to who knew what when and why. Candy The Usurper Crowley, who had mainly stayed neutral until then, jumped to the president's defense about what he said in the Rose Garden on September 12. Immediately after the debate, she crawfished and admitted she was wrong and that Romney had indeed been correct. Still, Romney could have driven the point home by unleashing a litany of evidence to refute everything Obama said about it. However, the good news is that it opened up a door that will be talked about for days and the White House will have to continue to batten down the hatches and try to weather the upcoming storm.
Once, during the debate, I almost got up and shouted at Obama when he flatly denied cutting drilling permits and hooted that oil production was up during his term. I'm in that industry and I can tell you that his statement was an outright, bald faced lie. Offshore permits for drilling have been cut 62% from when Bush was in office and almost 33% for the onshore permits. How can you have more production with less discovery?
Still, Obama gets points for style, agressiveness, hammering his view of the issues and coming off as a man who is still in this fight to win. He garnered three more minutes of speaking time over Romney, and as the president he's entitled.
The CBS insta-poll after the debate had Romney winning 65% to 34%. Amazing how people see politics differently. Of course, CNN had Obama kicking butt.
They have one more to go and this one will focus on foreign policy. That will give the Benghazi issue more time to sizzle, and you can bet your bottom dollar that both men will be ready. I look for fireworks aplenty in the last one, and then it's a sprint to the finish line.
So, I score Obama the winner by decision; 139 to 137. But boy did he open a can of worms that will come back to bite him in the next one. I can't wait.


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Work Injury Compensation Claim Settled
A 38 year old man suffered a work injury to his leg, and claimed compensation for a personal injury with PHC Law.
Sometimes there is a public perception that work injuries tend to be a slip or a fall down stairs. On the contrary work injuries can be a myriad of different types. Some of which are extraordinary and totally negligent. Many work injuries involve a person or persons operating machinery – this is quite common.
In this particular case the claimant was a 38 year old gentleman that sustained a large laceration to his right leg. He was a Team Leader at an engineering firm. He was assisting a colleague to move a large machine when the legs of the machine broke off cutting into his leg. Unfortunately the laceration had difficulty healing, which caused distress. The personal injury was deep, degloving to the bone, resulting in tendon damage.
The gentleman contacted PHC Law for help. We settled his case for £8,600 compensation. This included £6,500 for injury and £2,100 for financial losses. The settlement took into account his physio/medication and care from his wife at home whilst he recovered.
Do you need to make a claim for personal injury? Please contact us via our Freephone number 0800 612 7 612 or complete our online contact form and we'll get straight back to you: www.phc-law.com/claim-now/


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That would be so cool! We could also set up a stand and sell rocks to those traveling along 385.
We could setup a check point charlie and charge an admission fee and throw rocks that those traveling along 385 that didn't stop and pay the fee our purchase some rocks. We could get some "purple" robes or something to wear like the Harry Crishners or Bog Wan Rashneese - the guy with all the Rolls Royces in Washington State (deceased).
What's that in the tree? It looks like a V-6 engine block.
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RANGERS boss Ally McCoist has told the club's administrators that holding on to key players could be worth almost £1million to the crisis-hit Ibrox outfit.
The SPL champions are in a battle with Motherwell for second place in the SPL and the cost of missing out on that runners-up spot is £900,000.
The Light Blues head to Inverness for today's tricky lunchtime clash before facing crucial games in the coming weeks against Hearts, Dundee United and Celtic and Motherwell.
McCoist has, therefore, hammered home the point to Paul Clark and David Whitehouse of Duff & Phelps that keeping his top stars could mean more cash in the long run.
The SPL shell out £2.4m to the second-placed side, with £1.5m going to the team who finish third.
McCoist said: "I've pointed out the benefits of finishing higher up the league table to the administrators and the importance of finishing second.
"The financial rewards are there for everyone to see. There's a big difference between finishing second and third. There's the financial incentive and the reward of European football, if we're allowed to get there.
"I'm not sure I had to mention it to the administrators but I did. Anything I can do to keep players I will do, within reason.
"It's important to say the administrators don't need to be football fans but I can encourage supporters by saying they do have good knowledge of football.
"I can't speak for the players but I don't think financial rewards to the club are an incentive to them. Hopefully they do what's best for them and the club, then the financial rewards will come. I can appreciate how difficult it is for them."
While finishing second would bring in much-needed finance, it might not secure Rangers a spot in Europe if the club are still in administration on March 31 – the day they face Well at Fir Park.
McCoist admitted it would be a devastating scenario with the club having qualified for Europe every year since missing out in 1980.
He even scored a penalty in a 2-0 win over Well in 1986 which sealed European football on the final day.
But this time he is helpless – with Gers' fate in the hands of the money men.
Recalling that game in 1986 McCoist said: "That was the day Celtic scored five at St Mirren to win the league.
"Graeme Souness came in and was surprised at the state of our dressing room – we had just qualified for Europe and we were devastated.
"It's frustrating that off-field matters could cost us but there's nothing you can do about it. It would be a massive blow if we had no European football but you'd have to say it's a distinct possibility at the moment."
Many fans blame former owner David Murray for Rangers' crisis but McCoist insists his legacy isn't tarnished.
He said: "People will have their own views on the whole situation.
"Mine? I'll always remember David Murray for being good for the club and for doing his best for the club. Like any ownership, it has peaks and troughs but I always like to look at the peaks.
"I prefer to focus on Nine-in-a-Row and reaching the UEFA Cup Final.
"One thing that's guaranteed with being involved with this club is that you're going to get stick somewhere along the line.
"I know David Murray better than most.
"He'll admit he made mistakes but when he was in charge of the club he always did his best for the club."


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Latest News
Here you can access press releases issued by the Archives & Records Association and see where the organisation has appeared in the media.
You can also track latest news from the archives and record keeping sector.
For media queries please contact Jon Elliott, Head of Public Affairs, firstname.lastname@example.com or telephone 07587 635402.
ARA announces new Head of Public Affairs
Tuesday, 05 May 2015 07:20
'First class communicator' to join ARA on 26 May
2015 ARA Conference: Keynote speaker announced
Monday, 13 April 2015 15:20
James King to talk about 'Boston College tapes'
Call for new Chair of ARA's Volunteering Sub-Committee
Thursday, 12 March 2015 10:35
Opportunity to help drive sector improvements in volunteering practice
ARA says farewell and thank you to Dr Hywel Francis MP
Wednesday, 11 March 2015 10:55
Co-Chair of the All Party Group on Archives and History to stand down from Parliament in May 2015
ARA advertises for new Head of Public Affairs
Friday, 06 March 2015 10:53
Advertisement for new ARA Head of Public Affairs to appear in national press 9 March
ARA Officers' Day proceedings published
Sunday, 01 March 2015 15:25
February 2015 Officers' Day proceedings shared
ARA announces new awards for sector from 2016
Saturday, 28 February 2015 16:09
Awards Officer sought to help administer new individual and service awards
Changes in ARA Governance announced
Saturday, 28 February 2015 15:49
Changes affecting ARA Nations, Regions and Sections have been agreed by the ARA Board
First Don't Risk It! Know Your Records face to face event for decision makers
Thursday, 19 February 2015 16:47
ARA starts face to face engagement on recordkeeping with leaders at event at KPMG in Canary Wharf, London
ARA publishes Volunteering in Archives 2014
Tuesday, 10 February 2015 16:48
Report by Caroline Williams adds to sector knowledge about volunteer experience
Records managers invited to Don't Risk It! Know Your Records event in London
Thursday, 29 January 2015 16:40
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Talking to a Female on FB Doesn't Have to Be Intimidating
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Know the limitations of Facebook. It is just an online conversation, nothing more. The best things come te person, not overheen Facebook! Talk should be used to ask the lady out, it isn't going to get you much further than that.
Facebook Talk is taken very gravely by many youthful women, so observe what you say. If you're going to attempt to make a joke, make sure it is understandable to hier spil the written word is stripped of the assets language, expressions, and tone that often help convey meaning. For thesis reasons, sarcasm doesn't fly so well either.
One of the main problems boys run into while talking overheen Facebook is they take many talk messages too gravely, overthinking a response that has already bot made or thinking a long wait for a reply means something. Don't think about thesis things and just attempt and pick up if the woman is interested or not. If she isn't, so be it. You can't have everyone you want, and hell, there are billions of chicks out there.
Just go after thesis elementary guidelines and you might be doing a little better than you are now.
1: How to Commence the Conversation on Facebook Talk
Effortless and plain:
If she is someone you don't know on Facebook, but have come across through a mutual friend, very first send a friend request. Don't take it personally if she does not accept. There are myriad reasons that she may not have done so: she may not be a very active Facebook user, she may already feel she has too many friends, or she may be acting cautiously because she's not sure how she knows you. If accepts your friend request, she may ask how she knows you. Ter this case, be fair and casual. Mention that you eyed hier te a picture with a mutual friend or spotted that you had mutual interests:
"I spotted that wij're both friends with Jenna, so I figure wij'd be corded to bump into each other eventually."
"I eyed that you know Nick through swimming, and I'm also a lifeguard at North Crossing, so I figured I'd say hi!"
Two: Keep the Conversation Flowing
Don't bombard hier with words. Let the conversation flow: be yourself.
Be interested ter hier, and steer the conversation toward what you have te common. If you are ter the same class or activity, there's one thing that you share already. If you are looking for other common grounds, you can look at hier Facebook profile for things she likes that you are also interested ter. Commence there, and use that spil grounds to get to know hier better.
Simply reply and reaction, don't overthink things, and reminisce to waterput yourself ter hier footwear. How do you think she would feel about what you are telling? Always maintain high self esteem, this will help you a lotsbestemming.
Ways to embark the conversation:
"It's bot forever, what have you bot up to?"
"What are you doing up so late?"
Go after the conversation where it leads. However, if it needs a direction, steer toward common ground:
"How's class? I hate it whenever wij're assigned laboratorium vrouwen."
"Did you witness tonight's gig of Cracking Bad?"
Also, attempt getting a phone number. A good way to do this is:
"Hey, I've gotta go but I'd love to keep talking. Can I have your number? Here's mine: (xxx) xxx-xxx."
Trio: How to Ask Hier Out Via Message
Earnestly, why are you wasting your time ter vuurlijn of a screen when you can be talking te auténtico life? Even phone calls work well, attempt your best to see hier.
Ask hier to do something you know you both have a genuine rente te. Is there a showcase you've both bot talking about? A food that you've both bot meaning to attempt? A spel or voorstelling a mutual friend will be ter? Find an excuse to suspend out ter person. Just recall to keep things te perspective and to be yourself. Spending time together will let you truly get to know hier.
"Spinnerty is playing at the Masquerade on Thursday, want to go?"
"Are you going to the food truck festival? Wij should meet up!"
"Angela's a cappella group is performing on Friday, wij should go!"
Whatever happens, happens for a reason. Recall that, and good luck.
The Dos and Don'ts of Messaging a Dame You Hardly Know or Have Never Met
Here's a quick checklist of what you should and should not do when talking to a dame on Facebook using the steps above.


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Choices are not always black and white, nor are they always easy, and most important as a parent, a choice for one child is not always the best choice for all your children. Today, I am announcing that we have chose to place Lily in a online charter school for her sixth grade year.
The start of this adventure which really starts August 22, begans last November, specially on our Disney trip. Lily told me that she dreamed that she graduated from High School at fourteen. This was not a one time dream, but has been reoccurring.
Next came the realization that Lily will begin Middle School this fall. Neither Matt nor I every doubt that academically Lily is super prepared and will handle everything thrown her way. However, middle school girls are mean and given the fact that Lily is a full year younger than most, very small, wears glasses and has horrible eczema, I have no doubt that these next couple of year could be emotional and difficult for all of us.
I decided to start researching options that would allow her to excel and even advance quickly academically and work in our current household budget. I did start asking some of my friends who are also educators. Based on our rural location, we found only a couple of options: 1. The one private school in our area- academically would not be as allow her to advance at her own pace . 2. Home Schooling- not the best option currently due to my work schedule 3. Charter School.
I was told about the North Carolina Virtual Academy by a educator. We started doing research. This virtual academy has operated for two years in the state of North Carolina but the company K12 has operated for over 20 years and graduates have been accept to all major colleges in the US. We began the application process for Lily in March. Lily has been involved in many discussions regarding this and decided that she would like to try officially in May. In June after finishing a ton of paperwork and submitting, Lily was officially accepted into the North Carolina Virtual Academy. Today, Matt withdrew her from the public school system.
Lily will be attending this online charter school for her sixth grade year. She will access her teacher and classmate via web camera at least weekly but most likely several times a week. All learning is complete using both online method and traditional methods, in fact only about 60% of her academics will be completed online. Matt, who is considered her learning coach, is responsible for grading and entering grades online, inputting attendance records and ensure that Lily is completing academic work on a regular basis. One of the greatest benefit is the ability to work at her own pace which if she so choses should allow her to accelerate her middle school and high school academics.
We have spent many hours in prayer about this decision and are truly excited about this opportunity for Lily. Zach and Kendall will continue to attend the public elementary school this year. We want to start begin slow and determine if and when they would benefit from the same online school. Lily also is very aware of her option to return to public school next year is this does not turn out to be a good fit and huge benefit for her.


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Impacts of Colonialism: A Research Survey
The impacts of colonialism in Africa and Asia have never been compared in a systematic manner for a large sample of countries. This research survey presents the results of a new and thorough assessment of the highly diverse phenomenon - including length ofdomination , violence, partition, proselytization, instrumentalization of ethno-linguistic and religious cleavages, trade, direct investment, settlements, plantations, and migration -organized through a dimensional analysis (political, social, and economic impacts). It is shown that while in some areas, colonial domination has triggered profound changes in economy and social structure, others have remained almost untouched.
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The murder of an actress prompts an illogical, circular phone conversation between a detective in Cape Town and a movie director in Los Angeles. As the plot unravels so does the fiction of the film studio. Lighting rigs, camera's and scenery flats start to interrupt the narrative and thus our attention is directed towards devices and structures deployed in film making.
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What does it sound like to be shot at by a suppressed weapon?
kenne replied to West Virginia Ridge Walker's topic in General Gear Discussionuse 60 gr subsonic Aquila .22 ammo and the action will cycle just fine, 950 fps from a rifle barrel, quite a bit less from pistol barrels. If you use your non firing thumb to hold shut the bolt of an auto, it's just as quiet as a bolt action, and if you need rapidfire you'll have it (albeit with a bit more noise), while the bolt action can't offer rapidfire.
What does it sound like to be shot at by a suppressed weapon?
kenne replied to West Virginia Ridge Walker's topic in General Gear Discussionnever been shot-at. Very few ever get shot-at by suppressed guns and those who do rarely survive it. Those using them are normally very determined/aware, and they make their shots count.
you dont know jack shyte, punk. Mom just demanded that I "not hurt" him the first call I made after getting arrested. I'd REALLY like to meet you someplace, sometime, you pos.
know how to fish with just a shovel?
kenne replied to kenne's topic in General Survival & Preparedness Discussionyep, it will keep the fish live for a long time, but predators/dogs will come try to steal your fish, so be ready for that.
a bit at a time, Dear. Consider a karate class where you start sparring EARLY, like within 3 months, with adequate padding. learn what it's like to get hurt and keep fighting. Eventually, you'll learn what it's like to beat some pretty good sized men into submission. That will do wonders for your confidence, but it will take a year or so of very hard work, about 6 hours a week. small classes only, like 4 people max, and it's likely to cost you $200 a month. If they dont include weight training, videos, books, and lots and lots of one on one correction, constantly, keep looking cause they are just a dance school.
weapon lights, mythconceptions, history, and more
kenne replied to zackmars's topic in General Gear Discussionha, ha. you offer a lifetime guarantee that light wont draw fire, from any direction, right? same with all the noise, I bet? keep it.
bury and access caches only at night.
kenne replied to kenne's topic in General Survival & Preparedness Discussionhave a bike and bolt cutters in your storage, along with a padded shoulder yoke. cut a hole in the fence so as to get out with the bike and the buckets. Wire the fence back up. Dont take the bike within 100 ft of your cache and wear the nail-sandals for the last 50 ft to the cache, so as to leave no noticable track.
bury and access caches only at night.
kenne replied to kenne's topic in General Survival & Preparedness Discussionit's a heck of a lot more likely (given no sign, no light, no noise when caching) than stuff being safe in your home. Just ask Randy Weaver, the MOVE people, the Branch Davidians, and 1000's of others if Big Bro wont raid your home and take everything, destroying the rest. Any place known to be associated with you is the LAST place to have much of anything that you need for shtf. you'll just hve to abandon it, or die trying to defend it.
weapon lights, mythconceptions, history, and more
kenne replied to zackmars's topic in General Gear DiscussionI dont want a light for shtf, and I dont want to point a gun at everything I want to see (in normal times, either). I'll take luminous sights, and a hand held light for normal times, and for shtf, night vision. Showing a light is going to draw enemy fire, so to hell with that idea. You aint gonna have uncle sugar backing your play, ya know. So forget about what cops and soldiers get away with.
ever heard of dunning-Kruger effect?
kenne posted a topic in General Survival & Preparedness Discussionit means that the dumb are too dumb to know that they are dumb (and the smart aint gonna tell them, either.) :-) That's what I think of every time I see some nitwit advocating a bolt action or shotgun for shtf.. A shotgun is noisy, can't be effectively suppressed and is so lacking in effective range, penetration and power than only a twit would consider it. wtf makes you "think" that millions of others wont be doing the same thing as you, and that they wont kill you in a heartbeat? Fire a shotgun in a small room, at night, without ear protection and you'll probably drop it in shock ( from the blast/flash, which are horrendous). Whatever you pick for shtf, it better offer rapidfire, range, pierce Kevlar armor and have luminous sights and a silencer on it. It better be capable of firing 223, .22lr or 9mm, too. The military arsenals aint got a single rd of 06, AK ammo, no birdshot, little or no .45, no 357, no .40, That's billions of rds of ammo that's potentially YOURS, thru barter, recovery from dead bodies, found in abandoned places, etc. To not be able to fire it is a ludicrously dumb thing to set yourself up for. Especially if you aint got 1000's of rds or at least, the reloading components, tools knowledge and scrap lead needed to make that many rds.
why can't you hunt, compete with real fighting guns?
kenne posted a topic in General Survival & Preparedness Discussionwhy bother with "sport only" guns? you do not want to have to FIGHT with just a shotgun or just a bolt-action, for a fact. So why tie up money and time in them, hmm? KISS, dont un-do your combat training by handling guns that feel/operate differently than your fighting guns. Jim Cirillo, lead man of the NYPD Stakeout Unit, (270+ armed robbery interventions in about one year, all in Harlem liquor stores) tried to shoot an armed robber again, (with 14" Ithaca 12 ga and 00 buck) at 10 ft, after the first(center chest hit) let the guy run. Jim was so astonished that he forgot to work the pump for a second. If it can happen to a veteran of scores of confrontations (and over a dozen actual shootouts) it can happen to you, too (really easily). I greatly prefer to hunt small game with a .22lr pistol, rather than a shotgun, preferably a silenced one. Nobody sees or hears a gun, so I"m just another hiker/bird-watcher type. :-) it teaches stalking and observation and real pistol skills. the gun is 1 lb or so, and your hands can be in your pockets, not being frozen, not wearing out your arms, and not obviously a threatening human shape. If you claim (as nearly all survivalists do) that you can make a field expedient bow and arrow and take big game (at 50 ft, tops) and you also claim (as nearly all do) that hitting a 12"x24" torso at 1/4 mile is an "easy shot", then WHY can't you get within 50 yds of big critters, brace an AR on a walking stick, tree, etc, and hit the 6" brain circle of a moose, elk or bear, hmm? Cause a 223 sp and brain hit drops anything (short of elephant) in their tracks, folks. 12" at 400 yds is the same as 6" at 200 yds and if you can't hit 6" at 50 yds, you can't hit the chest at 100 yds, either. It's a helluva lot easier to get within 50 yds than it is to get within 50 ft, too. Knapped arrowheads, lashed onto a shaft, with half assed fletching, arrow not really straight, dont result in arrows that fly "true", which is why I set the 50 ft range limit with a bow. Primitives didn't know to use the 3 finger grip on the bowstring, or to have a thumb ring or other type of release. The pinch grip on the arrow wont let you draw more than about 30 lbs, and using the string tears up your fingers, if you dont have a leather tab. So 50 ft IS the limit for aboriginal type archers, on big game. Blunts fly straighter, so small game can be taken, reliably, to about 40 ft with such gear. you wont get to swap your bolt action for your AK if you run afoul of some looters. Nor will you get to swap your AK for a sniper type rifle, nor for a 12 ga at night, etc. YOu have to have the most versatile ONE longarm, for shtf use. A riot shotgun is pretty damned worthless beyond 25 yds, especially if the opponents are using cover, armor, helmets. In a fight, a bolt-action's aimed shot every 1.5 seconds just aint gonna hack it, vs autorifles that offer 7 aimed shots in the same time frame, especially vs more than one attacker (which is highly likely to be the case)
What does it sound like to be shot at by a suppressed weapon?
kenne replied to West Virginia Ridge Walker's topic in General Gear Discussiondepends. If it's subsonic .22lr, with the breech held shut, it sounds like a BB gun. mostly, you'll just feel the bullet hit :-)
Two types of Preppers
kenne replied to Prepper Rob's topic in General Survival & Preparedness Discussionwhen shtf, you'll be shocked what people will do. Many will flip out, suicide, turn into the lowest sort of scum, and there's no way to predict who will do what. Even family members betray each other, 1000's of times each day in the US, and it can happen to you, at any time. To pretend otherwise is just foolish. Most people, for instance, would anally rape their grandma with barbed wire before they'd spend a weekend in the county jail.
jello testing is bs, it does NOT perform like living tissue
kenne replied to kenne's topic in General Gear Discussionthe FBI spent 8 MILLION $ of your tax money (in today's $) trying to hide the fact that they got ONE solid hit on a man with over 50 shots fired at him, when they outnumbered him 8 to one and he only had 1 arm!. So, if you believe a damned thing that the FBI says, you're a fool. also, you aint a cop and if you try to get away with what the cops do (every day) you'll be in prison in very short order. Mirules put 3 rds into Matix's head/neck 4 minutes after Matix had ceased to fight, after Matix was bled out, helpless and unarmed. The FBI shot Randy weaver's unarmed wife in the head, as she cradled her child. The FBI burned up a bunch of women and kids at waco. So you can SHOVE your FBI, boy.
jello testing is bs, it does NOT perform like living tissue
kenne replied to kenne's topic in General Gear Discussionyou can have your guts blown out without turning into a "ragdoll". Anyone who's shot a few dozen animals knows that handgun loads dont perform in flesh and blood like they do in jello. jello is set up to simulate hog muscle. there is almost no muscle on the chest and the only muscle IN the chest is the heart. the lungs are the largest vital organ and they are nothing but air sacks. The liver and spleen are so fragile that they can be damaged by a bare knuckle punch. you get a lot less expansion and a lot more penetration in animals than you get in jello. there's a lot less liquid in the chest than in jello, and the consistency of jello is not present in vital organs. The ribs tend to smash shut hp's that dont center the rib, too.


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Racism or harmless tradition? Keller High's mascot under fire by Native American group
Native Americans protest Keller High Indian mascot at school board meeting
Mittie Lois Fort Fadick vowed she would return before the school board to voice her opinion on the use of an Indian as Keller High School's mascot.
"I said then that I would be back, but I'm not coming alone," said Fadick, whose son graduated from Keller High.
A Native American, she said some board members laughed at her when discussing her concerns about 15 years earlier.
On Thursday, Fadick was joined by members of the Society of Native Nations and they asked the Keller school board to remove the Indian mascot from Keller High.
Another group of residents urged board members to keep the tradition alive.
While the discourse was mostly civil, heated words were exchanged between members of the two groups after the board meeting.
The Keller Indian mascot goes back to at least 1940. Schools with mascots some deem culturally insensitive have been under fire more than ever in recent years. Richland High School retained the Rebel mascot in 2015 despite a lawsuit and pressures to change, although the school dropped the Confederate flag as a symbol in 1993.
While there are more than 20 high schools in Texas that use Indian-themed mascots, some have changed. The Houston school district changed mascots at several schools in 2014, according to the Houston Chronicle.
Yolonda Blue Horse, a North Texas representative of the San Antonio-based Society of Native Nations, said the mascot promotes a racist stereotype and "a change is long overdue."
The society organized the protest in hopes of "starting a dialogue" with district officials, she said. Its members spoke during the public comment portion of the meeting, along with several people who supported keeping the mascot. By law, trustees cannot discuss anything from public comments during a meeting that is not already on the agenda.
After the meeting, Keller district officials had no comment on the mascot issue.
"Having such mascots has a negative effect on Native American children. We already struggle with who we are," Blue Horse said. "When our children see themselves as caricatures or other people dressing up as them, it doesn't give them a good sense of who they are."
Garett Maupin, a Fort Worth resident and Native American, said she was deeply offended when she came to run in a Keller cross country meet years ago and saw parents and students dressed as Indians.
"Why would you allow a non-Native student to dress up and make fun of our culture? I don't want my children to be bullied. I want students to be educated about Native Americans," Mark Madrid, a Keller district parent and Native American said.
Several Keller residents and Keller High grads spoke in favor of keeping the mascot.
"We grew up proud of our mascot," Terry Hughes Owens, a 1982 Keller grad, said. "We never made a joke of it. We never saw it as a caricature."
A petition on change.org, "Keep Keller High mascot," had more than 9,400 signatures as of Friday morning. A competing petition, "Change Keller High mascot" had almost 1,700 signatures.
Keller parent Susan Patrick said she would like to see officials carefully explore the issue with the community.
"We want to set a good example about how to handle a difficult situation," Patrick said. "Can't we just listen, learn from both sides and communicate?"
Dozens of Keller parents and Keller High students attended the meeting to listen to the comments.
"You don't have a mascot for everyone to look down on," parent Lisa Allison said. "You have a mascot because you're proud of it."
Keller High juniors Hannah Bender and Emily Casey said that they were open to the idea of changing mascots, or at the very least, changing the way it is portrayed.
"I've definitely heard Native Americans and students of color express concerns with the mascot," Casey said. "Prancing around in a headdress creates a caricature of what Native American culture is."
This report contains information from the Star-Telegram archives.
Sandra J. Engelland: 817-390-7323, @SandraEngelland