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BISD planetarium teacher urges board to reconsider cutting program
Sharon Rigsby, Beaumont ISD planetarium teacher at the Murry J. Frank Planetarium, has found herself once again on the district's Reduction in Force (RIF) list.
The original RIF list, containing more than 100 teaching positions, including Risby's, failed to garner enough support to pass at a Monday, June 30, Board of Trustees meeting.
A new RIF list was released by the district July 18 for discussion at the Monday, July 21, Board of Managers meeting.
Rigsby told The Examiner prior to the July 21 meeting that, although her name is on the RIF list yet again, she remains adamant regarding the importance of keeping the planetarium program, which she said would be cut along with her position.
"I know that this Board of Managers have some major challenges coming up, but I am not giving up on the planetarium. I think it's worth fighting for, and I am going to continue to speak out," Rigsby said. "Closing it is a mistake."
The July 21 meeting BISD meeting began with Judge Lupe Flores swearing in the Board of Managers and with the board electing Dr. Jimmy Simmons president and Joe Domino vice president. Robert Turner was elected secretary.
Following shortly thereafter, TEA Commissioner Michael Williams addressed the board and those in attendance, assuring everyone that he would not govern BISD and would entrust that duty to its new board of managers.
"In just a few seconds I am going to leave this building, and as I leave this building, I am going back to Austin, Texas," Williams said. "This district will be run by the people of this district. I have no intention of trying to run Beaumont ISD 854 miles away. I will ask you to do one thing. But in order for this community to heal, in order for this community to move forward, it's going to take every one of you giving (the board) patience, and giving them your energies."
After much applause and celebration following Williams' speech, several citizens addressed the new board during public comment, both welcoming the board and making congratulatory comments. A few concerns were brought up as well, as Mike Getz spoke in favor of keeping the Murry J. Frank Planetarium and in opposition to closing Austin Middle School and transferring students and faculty from the Paul Brown Alternative School and Pathways to that campus.
Rigsby also spoke up about the importance of the Murry J. Frank Planetarium to both students and the community.
"The Frank has provided a rich and engaging educational experience to the students of BISD for decades," Rigsby said at the meeting. "In the past year more than 11,000 students visited, and I went to their campuses. The night sky has inspired thinkers since people first inhabited this planet. The ancients predicted seasonal changes by observing repeating star patterns in the nighttime sky. This allowed them to create agricultural communities in society. Human history has been determined by the stellar curiosity. Our students share this human inquisitiveness. Here at the planetarium the students can still view the Milky Way and the Little Dipper, both lost to the Beaumont skies many years ago, due to light pollution. The planetarium can be used to enhance community relationships to benefit the children of our area and to support the long-term goals of science."
Simmons suggested removing the passing of the RIF and moving it to "a future, regularly-scheduled board meeting," citing a need to allow BISD interim superintendent Vernon Butler more time to review the RIF and any related issues.
Following a closed session of the meeting to discuss the RIF, TEA Conservator Fred Shafer reported to the Board of Managers that 224 contract employees were on the initial RIF list. That number was reduced to 84 current contract employees, Shafer said.
"Fifty-five of those are teachers," he said. "Currently we have 91 non-RIF vacancies that are not vacancies that fall under the RIF. …The teachers in the district that happen to be on the RIF list … there is an opportunity for you, if you meet the qualifications … there may be positions in those 91 vacancies that you could apply for."
Shafer said every teacher on the RIF list should have received an e-mail with a "one-page application" to list their qualifications, certifications, credentials and what vacant positions they intend to pursue.
"We are strongly encouraging those teachers who are on the RIF list and recommended for termination to supply the HR department with that one-pager and apply for any positions they may be qualified for."
Risgby said she is anxiously awaiting the Aug. 18 Board of Managers meeting to learn the fate of the planetarium and what the future holds for her.
BISD Board of Managers votes to move forward with Chargois' termination
The Board of Managers voted 7-0 in favor of the proposed termination of superintendent Dr. Timothy Chargois' "terms contract for good cause as determined by the board pursuant to the Texas Education Code section 21.211."Texas Education Code section 21.211 states, "The board of trustees may terminate a term contract and discharge a teacher at any time for good cause as determined by the board."Attorneys for BISD are currently preparing for the board president's signature a notice of proposed termination of employment for Dr. Chargois, BISD spokesperson Nakisha Myles said.Dr. Jimmy Simmons, Board of Managers president, said the notice will "include the time limitations and procedures for requesting a hearing before an independent hearing examiner."According to the Texas Education Code, Chargois must file a written request with the commissioner no later than the 15th day after he receives notice of his proposed termination if he desires a hearing before an independent hearing examiner. He must also provide the district with a copy of the request and must provide the commissioner with a copy of the notice. The parties may agree in writing to extend by no more than ten days the deadline for requesting a hearing.


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The Entralink
The Entralink is a new feature within Pokémon Black & White which allows you to connect to your friends and walk around the various parts of Unova. This feature is done over local wireless. This mode is not connectable via the Pokémon Centres but in a special area in Unova. Here, when you're hosting the Entralink, everything looks normal. However, when you're the one joining somebody else's Entralink, you enter a version of Unova that is in monochrome and appear as the multiplayer avatar of your game character.
As you play through the Entralink, there are numerous missions for you to complete, each of which provides a prize in Passballs. This currency is used to purchase and use special powers in your main game to assist you. These powers can then also be shared through the C Gear's Pass By feature. All powers are temporary but each have a decent effect on the game. Each power has three different levels with increasingly strong effects. They are listed below;

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While many late night hosts took a break Monday night, maybe to nurse their Super Bowl hangovers, David Letterman had some choice words about Newt Gingrich.
"There's something wrong with this guy."
Letterman seized on comments Gingrich made at a recent campaign event that demonized New York subway-riding, high-rise-dwelling "elites" and suggested mass transit is strictly the provenance of the privileged.
"Yeah, one of those subway elites threw up on my pants this morning, Newt. That's who we're talking about, buddy," he said.
Last week I saw one of your New York elites taking a leak on the platform. That's what we're talking about, buddy," he added.
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Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch at home while you start getting ready for the 2012 election. What's that? The 2010 election just ended? We should rest for second and see if these new leaders accomplish anything? Pfft. You fool. These new guys are bums. I want change, and I want it right now. LET'S GO!
CIRCUS – 9:00PM (PBS) No, it's not a retrospective of the venerable 80's heavy metal magazine, though I wish it were. This PBS docuseries takes a look at life with the performers in the Big Apple Circus. That's right. It's two hours of hot carny action! Be there as the bearded lady grooms her beard! And the two-headed man puts on his second head! Learn what ELSE an elephant will do for a peanut! ANTICIPATION: THE GREATEST DOCUMENTARY ON EARTH!
SECRETS OF THE DEAD – 8:00PM (PBS) A PBS double whammy! Tonight is also the season premiere of their archaeology series, which totally needs more snakepits and evil Nazis. Tonight, you'll explore the tomb of pharaoh Psusennes I, who totally would have been more famous if he had gone by the name King Sue. What secrets will they find within the tomb? And who the heck left this Tootsie Pop wrapper in the sarcophagus? THE PHARAOH IS NOT YOUR TRASH CAN, JIMMY! ANTICIPATION: STILL DEAD!
BIOGRAPHY – 9:00PM (Biography Channel) Profiled tonight: all of the captains on Star Trek. Yes, Trekkies. Learn what drove a young Iowa farmboy to become James T. Kirk, Captain of the USS Enterprise. And then take great issue with the special's accuracy, given what you saw in Star Trek episode #TS408 and knowing the alternate history JJ Abrams provided in his entertaining (but clearly heretical!) film remake. Then file a formal complaint to the estate of Gene Roddenberry. You'll have a ball. ANTICIPATION: NERDY!
MY DEADLY APPETITE – 10:00PM (Discovery Health) A young boy suffers from Parder-Willi Syndrome, which leaves him feeling starved all the time. I'm all but certain I have this disease. I'd explain why, but I'll freakin' kill someone if I don't get my hands on a plate of nachos. ANTICIPATION: YUMMY!
IN THE SPOTLIGHT WITH ROBIN ROBERTS: ALL ACCESS NASHVILLE – 10:00PM (ABC) The ABC reporter sits down with Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood, and LeAnn Rimes. Gee, I wonder why she might sit down with LeAnn Rimes? Might it be because… she done stole another woman's man?! Carrie Underwood would totally slug her if she saw her in person. ANTICIPATION: COUNTRY!


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The second artist for the Teen-Artist Program was Sean Ibanez, who introduced the students to more experimental processes.
One of the projects the students worked on was "art bombs". The students worked on baseball card sized pieces of paper and designed whatever they chose on them. The papers were placed at any location at the students discretion and were intended to surprise the viewers that found them, hence the "art bomb" title.
The students studied the permanent collection and created their own versions of Mark Rothko's Light Cloud, Dark Cloud (1957). They learned to concentrate on color fields and how colors vibrate against each other.
As one of the last projects, the students made an excursion outdoors to view Richard Serra's Vortex (2002) and Roxy Paine's Conjoined (2007) up close. They then created their own sculptures using found objects and learned to balance engineering the pieces with concept.
A little bit about Sean Ibanez:
"Sean Ibanez was born in San Antonio, TX and currently resides in Fort Worth. His undergraduate studies were completed at UT in San Antonio, and he later went on to receive his Master's Degree in Sculpture from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. Ibanez has shown in several group shows in the DFW Metroplex including World Views! Diverse Artist Approaches (2007) at the Dallas Center for Contemporary Art; the I-35 Biennial at Dunn and Brown gallery (2006); Best of the Biennial (2008) at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center; and most recently Young Latino Artists 14: Tarp != lona (2009) at MEXCI-Arte Museum in Austin. Ibanez currently makes the commute from Fort Worth to Azle to teach 7th and 8th grade art."


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Sleep apnea linked to cancer
28 million Americans have sleep apnea
When Sam London hit his teens, his mother, Lora, noticed some unwelcome changes.
"Anxious, antsy, grades went a little down," said Lora London. "He was more rowdy."
And then there was the snoring.
"It was just really strange sounds coming out," said Lora London.
The family chalked it up to typical teenage angst, but a visit to his dentist, Dr. Svetlana Novak of South Natick Dental in Natick, Mass., revealed something far more serious.
Sam had sleep apnea, a disorder that causes dangerous pauses in breathing.
"I was surprised. I thought it was something that my grandparents would have," said Sam London.
About 28 million Americans of all ages currently have some form of sleep apnea.
Ninety percent don't know it, according to Novak.
Untreated, sleep apnea can wreak havoc on the body, causing heart disease, diabetes and even Alzheimer's.
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"You will cut 20 years off your life," said Novak.
Two new studies presented at an international medical conference have also found a strong link between sleep apnea and cancer for the very first time. People with the most severe forms are 65 percent more likely to develop cancer and five times more likely to die from cancer.
"Even smoking and strokes don't kill as many people," said Novak.
Scientists theorize that to compensate for the lack of oxygen, the body creates extra blood vessels that can fuel tumors.
"It's like a fertilizer for cancer," said Novak.
And when it comes to kids, that lack of oxygen also stops crucial development right in its tracks.
"They wet the bed. They are not as bright," said Novak. "They're angry, they're antsy, and the parents are looking for Ritalin."
Sam London's sleep apnea was treated by expanding his jaw. His teen angst is now a thing of the past.
"I have much more energy now. And I'm a lot less irritable, and I sleep much better," said London.
Sleep apnea warning signs parents should look out for include snoring, teeth grinding, frequent nightmares, bed-wetting or frequent trips to the bathroom, and a change in grades.


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The iMac MC309B/A is an all-in-one thats one of a kind. This 21.5-inch model features a Full HD (1920x1080p) LED-backlit display for remarkable brightness and efficiency. Movies, TV shows, websites, and photos all look stunning and is backed up with a powerful Quad-Core processor and a wide variety of connectivity options.
A 2.5GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 processor allows easy web surfing, video chatting and making home movies the latter of which is supported by the built-in slot-loading DVD burner which can handle DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW media. A super fast ATI Radeon HD 6750M graphics card with 512MB of memory effortlessly brings the most complex and fast moving games to life.
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Get more of your friends in the picture with crisp, widescreen HD video. The new FaceTime HD camera lets you make FaceTime video calls in 720p resolution. The picture is so clear, itll look and feel almost like youre in the same room. Make HD calls from one new iMac to another or to a new MacBook Pro. You can even make video calls to other Intel-based Mac computers, iPad 2, iPhone 4, or the latest iPod touch.
A 500GB hard drive will enable you to store all of your videos, presentations, music and movies in the one place. An SDXC card slot also makes its quick-and-easy to transfer your files from your camera onto your iMac.
The iMac also arrives with iLife 11, a suite of easy-to-use applications. Enhance, organise and share your photos via iPhoto. Edit your home movies with drag-and-drop simplicity in iMovie and create original music in GarageBand.
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iLife 11 (includes iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, iWeb, GarageBand)
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Brand Apple
Built-in ethernet connectionAllows you to connect to a network 10/100/1000
CD/DVD Read & WriteCan play - and normally record to - CDs and DVDs 8x SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Computer Software HelplineWe offer access to a 90 day helpline when you buy a new desktop or laptop computer from John Lewis. The service is available for a period of 90 days from the date you make your purchase. Free 90 day computer support
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Floppy disk driveStorage device that can read or write to 3.5" floppy disks No
Graphics cardGenerate the images you see on your computer screen ATI Radeon HD 6750M
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MonitorDisplays viewable images generated by a computer 21.5 inch widescreen LED-backlit display
Operating systemPrograms that manage the hardware and software of a computer Mac OS X Snow Leopard
ProcessorBrain of a computer enabling a program to run 2.5GHz quad-core Intel Core i5
Processor Type Intel Core i5
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Stereo speakers Built-in
Touch Screen No
Tower No
TV tuner cardDevice that receives digital free-to-air terrestrial and/or analogue television services No
USB portsUniversal Serial Bus- socket for transferring data between electronic devices 4x USB 2.0
Visible screen size (measured diagonally)Diagonal measurement across screen 54.6cm
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DUE WEST, S.C. - Pounding a season-high six home runs, the No. 24 Georgia College baseball team (25-10) dominated Erskine College (23-19) 15-5 Wednesday.
The Flying Fleet posted a 3-0 lead after the first two frames. The Bobcats responded in a big way in the third, bringing home eight runs on six hits, including two of the six round-trippers.
First baseman Clay Ardeeser (Loganville, Ga.) swatted a grand slam in the inning, his sixth home run of the season, followed immediately by a Taylor Hinshaw (Winder, Ga.) solo shot.
The Bobcats took over from there, not allowing Erskine another run after the fourth inning.
Reliever Jordan Modine (Ft. Pierce, Fla.) picked up the win in relief, tossing two shutout innings with a single hit and strikeout for his first victory as a Bobcat (1-0).
Second baseman Ryan Sabalaskey (Carol Stream, Ill.) tagged two home runs in the win, finishing 3-for-6 with three RBI and three runs. He now has three home runs in the last two games. Rightfielder Jake Sandlin (Evans, Ga.) and centerfielder Ikaika Anderson (Austell, Ga.) each hit home runs as well, Sandlin posting his team-best sixth dinger while Anderson went 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBI.
Ardeeser was 2-for-5 with the four RBI, and Hinshaw posted a 2-for-4 effort with two runs and two RBI. Leftfielder Rob Hogenkamp (St. Louis, Mo.) continued his hot hitting, going 2-for-4 with two runs and one driven in.
The Bobcats are back in action Friday, April 12 at 5 p.m., traveling to Columbus State University.
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It's been nearly a week since Obie was destroyed by WVU's Darwin Cook, and he (she!) is in for a lifetime of physical therapy and never-ending pain. But, baby steps. The Orange Bowl tweeted a photo of Obie leaving the hospital this afternoon, with a message for Cook.
Want to know how fucked up the system is? Obie's got health care for life, while C.J. Mosely will have to pay his own way. (Note: Fact may not be true.)


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After four straight dominating shutout victories, the 2nd ranked Pella football team should face their toughest test to date tonight as they travel to Mount Pleasant for a battle between the two undefeated teams in the district that could end up determining the eventual district champion.
Pella coach Jay Mckinstrey says Mount Pleasant has some very talented players and they've been battle tested already this season. He says they have three starters who are are 6'7″ tall and their quarterback is 6″6″ and can throw the football. He also highlights notable players like Henry Krieger Coble and Darian Cotton who are both division one recruits and says the Panthers not only have heigth but also team speed that can match Pella's. He says the Panthers have played the tougher schedule so far as well with a close loss to Clear Creek Amana and a loss to top ranked Williamsburg.
Mckinstrey says even though their schedule has been a little light to start the season, the guys have performed the way they should in those games and haven't dropped their intensity or focus which is very encouraging. He also notes the next few weeks starting tonight will be important games as they chase the district title. He says with games tonight against Mount Pleasant, then Fairfield in two weeks and Fort Madison the following week they will definitely be tested down the stretch.
Tonight's game will weigh heavily on the district outcome as the winner will be the outright leader with three games remaining. Mount Pleasant has already beaten Fairfield and Fort Madison.
Mckinstrey says they're still unsure on whether or not starting running back Deckar Lynch will see any field time tonight and it will be a game time decision after he suffered a sprained ankle in the first half at Oskaloosa two weeks ago, but notes he has been progressing well. You can hear tonight's game live with Jamie Brockman and Randy Sikkema on 92.1 FM KRLS and kniakrls.com starting with pre game coverage at 7pm and kickoff at 7:30pm


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F12berlinetta – the Queen of the Geneva Car Show – can be admired by the public as of today
Geneva, 8 March – The Ferrari stand at the Geneva Car Show was packed over the first two days, when the press from all over the world had the opportunity to see the world premiere of the new F12berlinetta – the fastest and most powerful road-going Ferrari in history and the car critically acclaimed as the Queen of the Swiss event.
The stand was literally invaded by journalists, and the whole range generated enormous interest, especially the Ferrari California which was also making its public debut with a more powerful engine and a lighter chassis.
Today the motor show opens its gates to the public who will be able to admire the two F12berlinettas on display, one in the new Rosso Berlinetta and the second in Aluminium, as well as the California in a Blu Swaters livery with contrasting Grigio Argento Nürburgring roof.
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For many years, I have heard how so many lives are changed during a Starkey Hearing Foundation mission. But, I was surprised that it was really my life that was changed from my mission experience to Matamoros, Mexico in April 2017. My first patient was Carmen. She was 101 years old, very quiet and had […]
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That steady hum that you hear while watching World Cup matches this year is not something wrong with your television set.
It is the incessant sound of the vuvuzela, a South African horn that makes such a racket that players and broadcasters have petitioned the World Cup organizers to ban the instrument.
The vuvuzela is a long plastic trumpet that is the preferred noisemaker of South African soccer fans.
Critics claim that the instruments create such a cacophony that athletes cannot think straight and fans risk hearing loss.
"We can't sleep at night because of the vuvuzelas," French captain Patrice Evra complained to the AFP. Evra said the French team's poor showing against Uruguay was due to the noisome instruments.
"We can't hear one another out on the pitch because of them," he whined.
Acknowledging a steady drumbeat of complaints, World Cup Organizing Chief Danny Jordaan said to the BBC, "Its difficult, but we're trying to manage the situation as best we can." When pressed, the soccer chief admitted an outright ban of the instrument before the end of the tournament was under consideration.
Jordaan said he preferred fans to sing rather than blow their horns. Fans have already been asked to abstain from vuvuzela playing during national anthems and official announcements.
The sound of the vuvuzela is louder than a chainsaw, according to a recent report released by hearing aid manufacturer Phonak. The horn, which generates a 127 decibel blast, can cause permanent hearing loss after 15 minutes. Phonak said the air horn, a racket maker much-loved by English soccer fans, creates almost as much noise, 123.6 decibels.


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The Knowledge Base provides access to information about the environmental effects of marine and wind energy, supporting OES-Environmental and WREN initiatives. Relevant documents and OES-Environmental metadata forms are compiled into a user-friendly table with advanced filtering. Filters may be selected on the right, or keywords entered in the Search Text box. Content may also be sorted alphabetically by clicking on column headers.
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|Populationsdynamik von kommerziell genutzten Fischarten in (durch Offshore- Windkraftanlagen) veränderter Ökosystemstruktur
|Diembeck, D.
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|Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind
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|Offshore Wind Farms - Ecological Effects of Noise and Habitat Alteration on Fish
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|Aspects of Offshore Renewable Energy and the Alterations of Marine Habitats
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Women?s Tennis Player of the Week ? No. 1
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Jade Curtis of Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) has been named the first NAIA Women's Tennis Player of the Week for the 2013 season, the national office announced Wednesday. Curtis was selected based on her performances from March 11 – 17 and was chosen out of a pool of conference/independent/unaffiliated group player of the week selections.
The junior native of Saltash, England, went 3-0 in singles and 3-0 in doubles on the week while going up against competitors from a trio of NCAA Division II teams ranked in the top 20 nationally. With victories over top singles players fromLynn (Fla.), Barry (Fla.) and Rollins (Fla.), Curtis extended her singles winning streak to 51-straight matches, while only losing four sets in the process. Against Lynn, Curtis defeated Ioana Ivan, who is ranked No. 15 in NCAA Division II, 6-4, 6-3, improving to 2-0 this season against nationally-ranked opponents. Curtis and doubles partner Tiffany Williams took the No. 1 doubles teams from all the schools. Curtis is the top ranked singles player according to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. Curtis is 12-0 in singles this year and 11-1 in doubles matches.
The next women's tennis Player of the Week will be announced on March 27.
Nominees: Emily Spiech, Davenport (Mich.); Stephanie Perez, Indiana Tech; Shelby Muff, Cumberlands (Ky.); Antea Dedić, Cumberland (Tenn.); Hayley Hutchings, College of Idaho; Maria Barragan, SCAD Savannah (Ga.); Kristina Marova, Embry-Riddle (Fla.); Agnese Rozite, Mobile (Ala.); Paula Garcia, Warner (Fla.); Adelaide Wood, Northwood (Fla.); Ekaterina Vezhenkova, Tennessee Wesleyan; Meghan de Baroncelli, Loyola (La.); Anastasiya Baranova, Oklahoma Baptist.
2013 Composite Award Winners
Week 1: Jade Curtis, Auburn Montgomery (Ala.)


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Toronto is often considered one of the most exciting metropolitan cities in Canada. Consequently, finding cheap hotels in Toronto can be a difficult task. Tourists and visitors from across the nation come to the city in order to take part in this vibrant atmosphere. The city houses the Toronto Stock Exchange, which in turn influences the financial status of the entire country. The Toronto International Film Festival attracts the most glamorous North American and International celebrities. The multiculturalism of the city also allows for one of the most diverse culinary and artistic experiences in any international city. Because there is so much variety in Toronto, there are hotels that can be found at a reasonable price. Here are some ways to find cheap accommodations in the city.
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The recent explosion in food technology and the demand for gourmet, nutritious, safe, convenient, and economical foods has created a new career opportunity called Culinology®. Culinology® is a registered name of the Research Chef's Association (RCA). Culinology® professionals define the future of food as they create high quality convenience foods with sensory appeal. Culinology® blends the training of a culinary arts chef with food science and nutrition education to form an exciting new field that is highly desirable as a career choice.
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A Modern Turkish-Islamic Reformist
Many are on the lookout today for "reformist thought" in the Islamic world. The question here is what qualities an Islamic reformist is expected to demonstrate and what exactly makes for "Islamic reformist thinking."
On the one hand, there are Muslims who refer to themselves as Islamic reformers (e.g. as "Euro Muslims"), but of whom few Muslims take much note. And on the other hand, there are those who are described as such, but themselves say that they are not out to reform Islam, but rather only to interpret it in an "Islamically correct" manner.
This second group of Islamic thinkers includes Fethullah Gülen, the spiritual father of what has been probably the most active Turkish-Islamic movement of the late 20th century. To date, far too little attention has been devoted to Gülen and his followers in analyses of recent Islamic thought in Turkey.
The following observations are based largely on my analysis of the ideas of Fethullah Gülen, their dissemination, and the way in which his devotees are organized. I will describe how Fethullah Gülen's discourse on education is reflected in the extremely flexible organizational network of his followers.
We will examine both Fethullah Gülen himself as well as the broader question of whether we might not often be looking in the wrong places for the reformers within the Islamic spectrum.
Fethullah Gülen as "Model Muslim"
Fethullah Gülen is a retired preacher who was born in 1938 in a village near Erzurum in eastern Anatolia and today lives in the USA. During the 70s and 80s he traveled as a state preacher all over Turkey, at that time already accumulating a broad following.
One of the key approaches in the ideas he has developed through the years is the attempt to shape a more modern Islam by applying knowledge borrowed from the natural sciences.
In the face of the growing influence of Islamic tendencies on Turkey's political landscape during the 90s, the moderate/conservative parties in particular styled Gülen as a "model Muslim" who offered a synthesis of Islamic values with the separation of Islam and politics demanded by Kemalism.
In 1999, however, he himself became the victim of a state campaign that labeled him an Islamic menace, although these accusations have meanwhile died down. Fethullah Gülen lives today in the USA.
Gülen's education network
Fethullah Gülen is the founder of an Islamic educational movement, which during the past 30 years has set up a network of schools in Turkey and elsewhere, but in the day-to-day operation of which he is not directly involved.
Motivated by Islamic principles, his adherents are committed to modern, "non-religious" education and are active in building private, state-certified educational facilities without a central focus on religious subjects.
English is usually the primary language of instruction. These schools are today represented all over the world, the result of a view of Islam that developed from the secular Turkish context in conservative Islamic circles.
This attitude toward Islam is not a component of the modern reformist Islam proclaimed by the Turkish state and taught at the theological universities; to some extent it even came about in opposition to the official state understanding of Islam.
The concentration of activities on "non-religious" educational work is all the more astounding when one considers that it is precisely the laicistic Turkish state that tends to regard foreign cultural policy, for example in Central Asia, but in Germany as well, as a matter of religious works, such as building mosques or supporting religious educational institutions.
The traditional understanding of Islam
Fethullah Gülen is well known to the Turkish public for his activities in the inter-religious realm, his standing on the reconcilability of Islam and laicism, his public condemnation of violence in the name of Islam, and above all for his stance on the significance of education in Islam.
Delving into his extensive writings, however, one soon realizes that Fethullah Gülen is not interested in advocating his own unique theology or even a revolutionary new direction. His understanding of Islam is oriented along the conservative mainstream and his arguments are traditional – and yet the activities of his followers still manage to amaze every observer.
Since the 80s, they have built some 150 private schools, 150 dersanes (centers that prepare students for their university entrance exam), and numerous student dormitories.
Fethullah Gülen's education discourse is disseminated chiefly through a media network set up in the 80s, encompassing a news agency, a television station, a daily paper, and several magazines and publishers.
These media all report on the activities of Gülen's adherents. The facilities set up by the group are formally independent of one another; however, they are joined together into an educational network by virtue of the close contacts maintained by their directors.
Educational concepts with worldwide success
After the fall of the "Iron Curtain," Fethullah Gülen encouraged his followers to spread his ideas beyond Turkey's borders. He could count on receiving support from businesspeople who had expressed interest in backing his ideas abroad.
Special emphasis was placed on the countries in the former Soviet Union and the Balkans. Gülen's adherents also set up educational facilities that are not affiliated with the Turkish Ministry of Education in China, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Yakutia (Russ. Fed.), Cambodia, the Netherlands, France, the Philippines, South Korea, Tanzania, Chechnya (Russ. Fed.), and Thailand.
An obvious omission are the Arab states: the involvement of Turks here in such a central area as the educational system is apparently unthinkable. In Germany the movement is very active, with tutoring centers in nearly every major city and private schools planned. Although the group has no official headquarters in Germany, this does not mean that its activities are not coordinated in a network.
This represents the first time an Islamic group has exerted this kind of influence on the secular educational system in modern Turkey, and the first time an educational concept from Turkey has been successfully exported abroad.
No wonder opinion is so strongly divided in Turkey with regard to Gülen and his followers – after all, they have managed to flout the boundaries between "Islamic" and "secular" areas of society that have been firmly entrenched there for so long.
Although the educational institutions stem from an Islamic concept, they are recognized by the laicistic Turkish state. They are incorporated into the – almost always secular – national educational systems in the various countries and the language of instruction is usually English.
In Turkey the general curriculum for the schools within the network prescribes one week of religious instruction per week, while in many other countries the schools do not offer any religious education at all. These schools (with the exception of some Imam Hatip schools) can thus hardly be considered Islamic schools in the strict sense.
Gülen's Islamic concepts – the "Gülen discourse"
This commitment to education, Gülen's own attitude toward Islam and politics, as well as the positions of the media within his network manifest new impulses originating in Turkey's Islamic milieu.
We are seeing many positive ripple effects arising from Gülen's set of values and the activities of his followers. But does that make him an Islamic reformer? In order to answer this question, we first have to take a closer look at the world of ideas propagated by Fethullah Gülen.
A distinction must be made between reformist theology and innovative Islamic thinking. The "Gülen discourse" consists of numerous elements that can only be touched on briefly here. One feature of this discourse is the ambiguity of his statements, the way in which his ideas are "packaged" in different ways depending on the audience.
Here, his achievement is not to be found in the reinterpretation of religious texts, but rather in the way in which he recombines various generally acknowledged elements into new theses. The basic principles of this discourse are:
Preservation of Islam in the modern age
1. This tenet is based on the ideas of the Turkish activist Said Nursi (d. 1960). His view of Islam was shaped by several basic assumptions:
- The modern secular state is a powerful opponent. Direct confrontation can only harm one's own Islamic interests, since the state will inevitably respond with repression. It is clear for Nursi that God judges each individual separately for how he leads his own life. An Islamic reform movement would thus need to concentrate on guiding individuals along the right path; the state order must be accepted as the framework for one's own dealings, in order to devote attention to more important tasks.
- Man is living in an age of science and technology, for which there is no alternative. Either one helps to shape one's age in a religious way, or one forfeits the power to exert any influence at all. Fethullah Gülen elaborates on this point with the remark: "The dissatisfied have never shaped history." He thus disavows a revolutionary approach. He counters the idea of a retreat from secular society with active engagement (as a contribution to social reform).
- Nursi and Gülen view modern science as a means for attempting to rationally comprehend God by studying His creation. This is therefore the only way to preserve religion in the modern age. This concept endows the rational study of the world, the foundation of which is provided by the secular school, with a religious significance. Science likewise forms the basis for economic prosperity, social harmony, and national independence: all goals necessary for the survival of both the modern state and modern Islam.
- Theological debates have no place in an era in which the very continued existence of religion is at risk. Theology should thus emphasize those areas in which there is consensus and gloss over the more detailed issues.
Turkish nationalism and Islam
2. A crucial factor in Fethullah Gülen's ascendance in Turkey is the synthesis of Turkish nationalism and Islam for which he stands. This has been adopted by his adherents in other countries as well, with the nationalism principle expanded to suit local conditions.
Gülen and his followers view the world of nation-states as just as much of a given as globalization. They no longer believe (although this was a different story for Gülen in the 80s) that their own Islamic identity can be preserved by cutting themselves off from the outside world.
Gülen is confident that his views can be realized and therefore advocates open borders, in order to regain validity for Islam. Since there is no way to halt globalization, it must instead be harnessed as an opportunity.
In his opinion, theology is not the key to shaping the modern world, but rather secular educational institutions, along with the targeted use of (modern) media, and participation and influence in the business world.
Gülen sees the obligations Islam places on its followers as being very clearly defined, and in this respect he is well within the conservative consensus. However, Muslims must continue to pursue further knowledge in order to cast off both their material and ideological dependency on the West (with its materialistic, positivistic orientation). This dependency is just as much the focus of Fethullah Gülen's critique as is political Islam.
National and cultural independence can only be preserved if the Muslims succeed in shaping the modern world in accordance with their own beliefs rather than rejecting modernity out of hand.
Morality and education before politics
3. In accordance with these views, Fethullah Gülen's sermons are not theologically innovative. He preaches classic Islamic behavioral maxims: cihad (jihad = "exertion" on the path to God), irşad ("guidance"), tebliğ ("dissemination" of Islam), and above all hizmet (peaceful "service" in God's name). He substantiates these using theologically well established argument patterns.
Conspicuous here is how conventional his reasoning is when it comes to persuading listeners of what is right according to Islam, while at the same time he proposes entirely new ways of implementing these convictions. The schoolteacher here becomes a prophet, who fulfills the above-named Islamic principles by imparting knowledge.
The key point for Gülen is that the Islamic principles are themselves unchanging, and yet must be given concrete form in each new era. Once, a Koran course might have been the best way to invest Islamic donations. But in times in which "there is a mosque on every corner," other Islamic activities take precedence, according to Gülen and his devotees.
He succeeds at gaining power in conservative Islamic circles for new Islamic fields of action, using traditional Islamic terminology and defining his terms absolutely conventionally, but at the same time furnishing them with extremely innovative implications for the present day.
Gülen's strategy for circumventing critical objections, or contradictions between Islamic and secular law or Islamic concepts of state, does not involve taking recourse to Turkish, Iranian, or Arab reformist scholars, who reinterpret history and the Koran.
Instead, he simply argues that questions of morality and education are more essential for today's Islam than are political issues, and that present-day Muslims are confronted with entirely different problems than the question of whether or not to introduce the Sharia.
4. Gülen has developed an ethic of good works that both opens up new fields of society for Islamic activities and elevates work and efficiency to maxims to live by. In this context, work dedicated to reaching an Islamic goal (even if only a portion of the earnings are donated to the cause) becomes an act in the service of God. Educational work and support of education in particular are endowed with the highest Islamic value.
5. The vision of how to best implement the Islamic maxims organizationally is driven by the attempt to avoid frictional losses or inefficiency at all costs.
Inefficiency thus takes on a reprehensible flavor within Islam. In addition, strategies are prescribed for how the believer can best fulfill his duties toward God. These strategies revolve around the efficient implementation of Islamic undertakings, concrete projects, and individual piety.
Gülen first and foremost propagates the forms of organization espoused by his own adherents (the cemaat) as the tool that can help us today to tie individual salvation to the concerns and goals of the group and of all of society.
He thus "Islamicizes" the organizational forms of his followers and their strategies. Both must be flexible, so that as many people as possible can contribute to realizing the goals of the cemaat. For Gülen, a society can only be changed through its individuals. The cemaat are dedicated to educating this "new generation."
"Islamicized" pragmatism
6. Fethullah Gülen and his religious following pursue a very classic interpretation of Islam. In dealing with others, however, it is more important to them to convey at least a portion of their own values (even if they must keep their Islamic motivation in the background), than to come on too strongly and be too openly Islamic, and thus forfeit any influence beyond Islamic circles.
Decisive for the success of Gülen's ideas is this combination of conventional and conservative arguments couched in new methods of implementation that allow them to reach new target groups.
During my field research, someone with close contact to the cemaat told me the following: Where he came from, most people, with their traditional Islamic value system, would have refused just a generation ago to send their own daughters to a secondary school.
But nowadays they were even letting their daughters study at university, convinced as they were of the close connections between Islam and education. This was only achievable through the use of widely accepted traditional lines of argumentation.
People can readily identify with Gülen's Islamic scope of argumentation. He has succeeded in interesting people in his goals who could not be moved through the state-propagated reformist Islam to change their attitudes, but who were ready instead to put the more individual daily questions of how to raise their children and how to practice their religion before the broader issues of political Islam.
This sheds new light on the question of what reformist Islam consists of. Is it Islam that needs to be reformed, or do we have to change people instead? Fethullah Gülen shows that, when analyzing innovative processes in the Islamic world, we must not neglect the latter approach, even though his ideas cannot be termed reform theology in the narrower sense.
Bekim Agai
© Qantara.de 2004
Translation from German: Jennifer Taylor-Gaida
Bekim Agai, PhD, born in 1974, has studied Islamic studies, science of history and psychology at Bonn and Cairo. Since 2003 he has been working as an assistant lecturer at the department of orientalistic studies at the University of Bonn.


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The Accounting Historians Journal Vol. 12, Number 2 Fall 1985 DOCTORAL RESEARCH Maureen H. Berry, Editor UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS Two themes have been selected for this review of recent disser-tations: the issue of financial accountability, mainly discussed in the context of the public sector, and the conjoint development of technological, organizational, and labor structures in industrial set-tings. Humma's study of Eric Kohler provides the lead, reminding us of the high priority he accorded the accountability function and the high moral standards it imposes. While we can but speculate as to how he would assess, and respond to, the recent triumph of user needs over stewardship as accounting's main preoccupation, his written records suggests that he would search for ways to bring these two concepts together in some fair combination. What can happen to accountability when public management is contracted out to private interests is illustrated in Hoyt's study of the abuse of public power in New York City during the mid-nine-teenth century. The New Yorkers took to the courts, forging the system of legal restraints in the public interest which is the hall-mark of accounting in government today. In Lille, on the other hand, the French bourgeoisie took to the streets when faced with taxation inequities, forcing the town council out and looking for their own special interest protection. Still, as Bossenga points out, those were revolutionary times and the merchants and manufac-turers ultimately gained their social advantages through public ser-vice rather than legal rights. Taxation problems are taken up for the third time in Smith's study of experiments in Chinese public entrepreneurship during the Sung dynasty. Faced with an escalating defense budget and a drastic need for cavalry horse, the state hit on the successful notion of trading tea for equine imports. This approach raised prosperity all around and was only abandoned when the enemy blocked the export trade routes. So, the state was forced to return to the tra-ditional approach of making cash purchases financed through tax-ation, with ruinous effects on the tea growers and taxpayers.


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Celebrities and politicians took part in the festive event, featuring colorful floats, costumes and music. The parade, which is one of the largest in the country, ran from 44th Street to 79th Street.
The event evolved in the early 1950s as a pan-Latino affair but later became more focused on celebrating Puerto Rican heritage.
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"I haven't been to Puerto Rico since 1989, and I said this is the closest I can get," said Louis Martinez, who came to New York from Boston on a Greyhound bus Saturday night. "This is the biggest one in the country."
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We pulled into my in-laws house for a visit recently and noticed there were tomatoes greeting us by the front door.
I thought, "Well, that's creative to plant them in a pot with nasturtiums and sunflowers."
Then I turned to the left and saw that there were tomatoes planted in the front mound that had traditionally been reserved for flowers.
"Hmm…this is interesting."
Walking around the back, I found some tomatoes planted traditionally with marigolds and other vegetables.
Surely, this is it, right?
I noticed walking further that they had a new little green house filled with….
You guessed it. Tomatoes.
Then more outside of the greenhouse.
I'm starting to laugh out loud now, thinking "why would two people need more than 50 tomato plants?"
During dinner I noticed still more tomatoes on the deck.
So finally I had to ask, "What's with all the tomatoes?"
Well, this was my father-in-law's second year starting tomatoes from seed instead of buying transplants. He had a little bit of trouble last year and this year the first packet he planted resulted in NO tomato plants. None.
So he bought two more packets and planted all the seeds. This time almost all of them came up (of course). But now he didn't have the heart to thin them out. He transplanted every single one.
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- He'll find some people who are just waiting for some nice tomato plants.
I think he's covered on the first count, and he said that they've given a bunch away even though I counted more than 60 plants. Hmmm.
What do you think? Do you find it hard to thin (i.e., throw out) seeds that you've started, even when you know that they grow better when thinned?
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Jay Greene has an excellent piece in the Wall Street Journal this week revealing that the teacher workforce has grown dramatically over the past forty years—and at enormous cost—without improving student achievement by the end of high school. And he rightly disparages President Obama for arguing that even more teachers would somehow do the trick. Even better, Greene notes that American education will not reverse its productivity collapse and become efficient until we allow it to benefit from the freedoms and incentives of the marketplace.
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