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Beginner's guide to mountain biking, part 2
How to deal with a cyclist's worst enemy: the puncture
Last month we showed you the basic equipment you'll need to get started in mountain biking. Now you've got your kit – whether you've bought new or second-hand, hired or borrowed it – the next essential step is to get to grips with it all.
Mountain bikes have a lot of moving parts and they're designed to be ridden across rough terrain in all kinds of weather, so it's inevitable that sooner or later things will start to break or wear out.
There are plenty of good books out there about cycle repairs and maintenance, but if you prefer a more hands-on approach, a workshop course is a brilliant starting point. It'll help you learn what each part of your bike does, as well as what to do when parts go wrong out on the trail and how to maintain them.
We took part in a great beginner's maintenance course with Paul Peet from Afan MTB, and there are many other companies out there which should be able to help you out.
It felt good to learn the proper names of bike parts instead of just pointing at them or calling them 'that spinning part there', and you'll feel more at ease with your bike when you know how it actually works, how to fix it and why it's important to maintain it.
We'll be covering more advanced topics later on in this series, but for now we'll focus on one of the most common problems for mountain bikers: punctures.
The first thing we learnt was how important it is to take a small toolkit with you every time you ride. As a bare minimum, you should pack a set of Allen keys, two tyre levers, a puncture repair kit, pump and at least one spare inner tube.
When it comes to inner tubes, there are two valve types – Schrader (also known as "car type") and Presta. Some pumps will only work with one type, and some wheels only have rim holes big enough for the narrower Presta valves, so it's important to check what type you have before buying spares.
Most mountain bikes come with Schrader valves like those found on car tyres
The narrower Presta valve also has its fans – make sure you buy the right tubes for your wheels
How to deal with a puncture at the trailside
Punctures come when you least expect them, and often at the worst possible time – like when you're plummeting down a steep hill or pinballing off rocks.
Sometimes they're caused by thorns or broken glass, but more often they're what are called 'pinch punctures'. These occur when you hit an obstacle – often a square-edged step or rock – so hard that the impact forces your tyre and inner tube against the metal rim of the wheel. When this happens, the two edges of the rim rip parallel holes in the tube – this is why pinch punctures are also known as 'snakebites'.
The easiest way to deal with a puncture on a mountain bike ride is simply to fit a new inner tube. That way you can take the damaged tube home with you and mend it somewhere warm and dry, rather than having to scrabble around with chalk, glue and patches at the trailside, often in the rain. To give you more confidence in changing a punctured inner tube, make sure you try it out at home first before you hit the trails.
Step 1: Move to somewhere as safe and dry as possible. Turn your bike upside down – make sure you remove any extra kit you've got on your handlebars, such as lights and cycle computers, before you do this. If you have V-brakes rather than disc brakes, you may find it helps to let the air out of your tyres at this stage.
Step 2: Remove the wheel. On most mountain bikes, simply flip the quick-release lever open and turn it anti-clockwise until the wheel is loose enough that you can pull it out. On older bikes with wheel nuts, you'll need to use a spanner to loosen them – so make sure you keep one in your tookit. If you're taking the rear wheel off, shift into the smallest sprocket on the rear cassette (the collection of cogs attached to the rear wheel) first or you'll find the chain gets in the way. If you use V-brakes, you'll have to disconnect the straddle cable across the top of the arms before pulling the wheel out.
Step 3: Once the wheel has been removed, if you have disc brakes, make sure you don't squeeze the levers – without the wheel to stop them, the pads will push out too far. Remove the punctured tube's valve cap and depress the valve to let out all the air.
Step 4: Use one of your tyre levers and, at the opposite side of the rim to the valve, push the curve firmly between the edge of the rim and the tyre.
Step 5: Lift the tyre away from the rim and use the hooked end of the tyre lever to attach to a spoke, securing it.
Step 6: Push your second tyre lever into the gap you've just created and use it to prise the tyre from the rim. To give you extra leverage, push the tyre lever backwards between each spoke and continue on round the rim, removing one side of the tyre.
Step 7: Find the valve again; you'll need to push this out from the rim. Some valves are held in place by a threaded nut. You'll need to unscrew and remove this in order to push the valve out from the rim. Make sure you put the nut somewhere safe though, as it can easily get lost.
Step 8: Pull the old inner tube from the tyre and separate the tyre from the rim. You may need to use the tyre lever to get the other side of the tyre away from the rim.
Step 9: Slowly and carefully run the back of your hand around the inside of the tyre to check for sharp objects – there could be more than one – that may have caused your puncture. Left in place, they could puncture your new inner tube. In the case of a pinch puncture you won't find anything – look out for the telltale parallel holes. If you find a thorn, pull it out from the side it went in – you may find it useful to carry tweezers,
Step 10: A useful tip gleaned from the maintenance course at Afan MTB was to put a small amount of talcum powder into your tyre and gently turn it round so that it forms a protective layer. Then tip out any excess powder. This will help prevent your new inner tube from being pinched when putting the tyre back onto the rim. This won't always be possible at the trailside, but once you've done it once, it should last several tube changes.
Step 11: It's important that you fit the tyre back onto the rim in the correct direction. Many tyres have direction-specific tread patterns, and fitting them the wrong way round could reduce traction or braking power. Even on tyres that can be run both ways round, you'll have worn the tread in a specific way. Check on the tyre for an arrow, or similar, which indicates the direction that the wheel rotates. The arrow needs to point in the direction of travel, so line it up on the rim with the arrow pointing forwards. To make sure you've got the wheel the right way round, look for the disc rotor, which should always be on the left ('non-drive side'), or, on the rear wheel, the cassette, which should always be on the right ('drive side').
Step 12: Place one side of the tyre back onto the rim. Take your new inner tube and put a few pumps of air into it to give it some structure, then place it inside the tyre, making sure it's not twisted. Turn the wheel so that the valve hole in the rim is at the top and push the inner tube's valve stem through the hole. If there's a nut on the valve stem, tighten it so the tube is held securely in place.
Step 13. Start to work the second edge of the tyre back onto the rim. This will get more difficult as you go round the tyre. Use the tyre levers to help work the last part back onto the rim. If you're struggling, another helpful tip learnt from the maintenance course at Afan MTB was to apply a small amount of Vaseline around the outer edge of the tyre to help you slide it back onto the rim. Once you've got the tyre back on, check all the way around to make sure it's secure and the inner tube isn't protruding or pinched between the tyre and the rim.
Step 15. Inflate your tube slowly to start with, making sure that it doesn't inflate unevenly in any part of the tyre. If it does, this indicates that the inner tube has been pinched or twisted. To resolve this, you may have to deflate the inner tube and take one side of the tyre off.
Step 16. Re-attach the wheel to your bike using the nuts or the quick-release mechanism – make sure to fully tighten these – and inflate to a pressure within the range stated on the tyre's sidewall. If you're re-attaching the rear wheel, you'll need to push or pull the rear derailleur out of the way in order to get the wheel axle into the holes (dropouts) built into the frame. Make sure you put the chain back onto the smallest cog. If you use V-brakes, make sure to reattach the straddle cable.
Step 17: Replace the valve cap and check that the wheel spins freely without catching on any part of your bike. Once you're happy that it's spinning freely, turn your bike the correct way round.
Step 18: It's important to check your brakes are working. Holding the bike so that the wheel you've just reattached is off the ground, spin the wheel and apply the brakes. If they aren't working you may need to re-align the wheel in the frame/fork by loosening and re-tightening the nuts or quick-release skewer. Once you're happy that your brakes are working and the wheel is spinning freely, you're good to ride.
Word from the author
The staff of BikeRadar, Mountain Biking UK and What Mountain Bike have vast amounts of knowledge on mountain biking and I'm always left wondering how these guys are so clued-up. Where did they start?
As a complete novice, I had very little idea of what I needed to start riding, or even where I could go to learn how to ride. So I decided it was time to get knowledgeable.
For this series I'll be riding and writing from a complete beginner's point of view. I'll visit a variety of locations and take part in skills courses, and then tell you honestly what I've learnt.
Follow me through the series and by the end I'll be aiming to take on the massive challenge of riding down Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales. This will be the ultimate test of the skills and knowledge I've acquired, and it'll prove that mountain biking isn't just for the elites!
Next time I'll be looking at basic trail skills and explaining how to deal with another common mechanical problem – replacing brake pads.


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The United Aircraft & Transportation Corporation was formed back in 1929, when William Boeing of the Boeing companies (BA - Free Boeing Stock Report) teamed up with Frederick Rentschler of Pratt & Whitney to form what was essentially an aerospace conglomerate. They set out to claim a stake in all aspects of aviation—a combination of an aircraft engine and airframe manufacturer and an airline business. Moreover, the airline business would serve both the civil (cargo, passenger, private, air mail) as well as the military markets.
The Connecticut-based holding company initially controlled the stock of Boeing Airplane Company, Chance Vought Corporation, Hamilton Aero Manufacturing Company, and Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company. Sikorsky Aviation Corporation, Stearman Aircraft Company, and Standard Steel Propeller Company were added to United's portfolio shortly thereafter. These acquisitions were followed by the aggressive purchases of a host of small airlines, which were eventually grouped together and branded as United Air Lines (now United & Continental (UAL)).
In 1934, the U.S. government concluded that such large holding companies as United Aircraft & Transport were anti-competitive, and new antitrust laws were passed forbidding airframe or engine manufacturers from having interests in airlines. As a result, United Aircraft & Transport broke up into three separate companies. The manufacturing interests east of the Mississippi River (Pratt & Whitney, Sikorsky, Vought, and Hamilton Standard) were reorganized as United Aircraft Corporation. Boeing acquired the western manufacturing interests, while the corporation's airline interests would eventually become United Airlines.
An Aerospace Company
The 1930s was a kind decade to United Aircraft, thanks to military procurement buildups around the world as governments were busy preparing for the possibility of a second world war. United Aircraft sold to both the United States Army and the United States Navy (the Navy's requirements for carrier-based aircraft were in tune with the specialties of United's subsidiaries Pratt & Whitney, Vought, and Sikorsky). In 1939, United Aircraft became a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and has remained there ever since.
The United States entered World War II after the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, and United Aircraft attempted to meet the limitless demand for production. It expanded capacity considerably (with the help of tax breaks from Uncle Sam), and business boomed. Indeed, Pratt & Whitney would make over 363,000 aircraft engines; Sikorsky would produce 150 helicopters; and Hamilton Standard would manufacture over 500,000 propellers. The conflict also spurred demand for research & development, which would have a lasting effect on United. Indeed, at the close of the war, the development of jet engines and helicopters were both in their infancy, and many companies, including United, were hoping to capitalize on their growing popularity. United Aircraft entered both industries, via Pratt & Whitney and Sikorsky, respectively.
Pratt & Whitney's jet program got a late start relative to rivals Rolls Royce and General Electric (GE - Free General Electric Stock Report), which started working on the aircraft in the early 1940s. Eventually, though, the division developed the Pratt & Whitney J57, which would become the most powerful jet engine on the market for a number of years. By 1958, the J57 was powering the Boeing 707, and Pratt & Whitney's jet engine business was comfortably in the black.
Challenges would remain in the Aerospace market throughout the 1960s and 1970s, as more complex technology and bigger aircraft became the norm. In addition, competition from the likes of GE, Rolls Royce, and SNECMA was stiff. Pratt & Whitney ended up building engines, the JT8D and JT9D, for the Boeing's 727 and 747, respectively, but the programs, especially the 747, were rocky. Indeed, Boeing and Pratt & Whitney struggled for several years with an aircraft that was too heavy and underpowered. Eventually, after a lot of development work, the program would become a grand success. Meanwhile, Hamilton Standard was busy working on electronically controlled cabin pressure regulating systems that would be equipped in most of Boeing's offerings.
United Technologies
The biggest change in the history of the company came in 1975, when it changed its name to United Technologies Corporation (UTX - Free United Technologies Stock Report) to reflect the intent to diversify into numerous "high-tech" fields beyond aerospace. The diversification was partially to balance civilian business against any overreliance on military business, but it was also about growth potential. United Tech. almost immediately went on a buying spree, merging with smaller companies or forcibly taking them over. In 1976, United Technologies bought unwilling participant Otis Elevator, the world's largest manufacturer of vertical transportation systems (elevators and escalators mostly). In 1979, Carrier Refrigeration, which would become one of the world's largest manufacturers of heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems as well as a global leader in the commercial refrigeration and food service industries, was purchased in a hostile takeover. That same year, Mostek, an integrated circuit manufacturer, was acquired. (Mostek was later sold in 1985 after years of red ink and declining market share.)
United Technologies would continue along the same path throughout much of the 1980s and 1990s, making smaller acquisitions when the opportunities arose. The next large move was made in 1999, when it bought Sundstrand Corporation. That acquisition was merged with Hamilton, and is one of the world's largest manufacturers of aerospace systems for commercial, regional, corporate, and military aircraft. It is also a major supplier for international space programs, and a provider of products to the hydrocarbon, chemical, and food processing industries, as well as construction and mining companies.
Soon thereafter in 2001, United Tech. bid for Chubb Security, the first of many that would be placed under the UTC Fire & Security umbrella. It added to this business in 2005, when it purchased Kidde.
Today, United Technologies is a bona fide conglomerate. It is comprised of Pratt & Whitney ($13.4 billion in sales), Otis ($12.4 billion), Carrier ($12.0 billion), Sikorsky ($7.4 billion), UTC Fire & Security ($6.9 billion), and Hamilton Sundstrand ($6.2 billion).
This equity should appeal to a wide range of investors. Indeed, we view the blue chip as a solid buy-and-hold candidate. Moreover, the dividend yield is healthy at about 2.5%, which gives this issue a solid income component. In addition, the stock has a below-market Beta and strong balance sheet, which should appeal to conservative investors. Finally, sheer size and scope, the possibility of more acquisitions, and the likelihood of further international expansion give UTX shares excellent long-term growth prospects.
At the time of this article's writing, the author did not have positions in any of the companies mentioned.

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Top 6 Mistakes When Buying Foreclosures
Top 6 Mistakes in Order:
1. Flying Solo - Not working with a Realtor
2. Being unfamiliar with the law or process
3. Thinking Short Term – "I can Flip it!"
4. Seeing only the sticker – Not looking at the amount of repairs
5. Searching too broadly – Target an area and get Grand Rapids Foreclosures listings ASAP.
6. Taking no prisoners – Offering too low on already reduced prices
Nothing illustrates the devastation of America's housing bust more vividly than the abandoned properties now blighting the nation's communities. In the third quarter alone, foreclosure filings were reported on more than 750,000 properties in the United States, a 71 percent increase from the same period last year, according to RealtyTrac. But for real estate investors, one person's tragedy can be another's good fortune. With so many foreclosures on the market, "this is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for many people," says Steve Dexter, a foreclosure expert and author of the forthcoming book Buy and Hold Forever-Building Real Estate Wealth Far Into the 21st Century.
Still, the purchase of foreclosed property—an often complex and involved process—presents would-be buyers with plenty of opportunities to make costly mistakes. In an effort to help consumers avoid such pitfalls, U.S. News spoke with a handful of experts to create a list of six common blunders that individuals make when attempting to buy foreclosed properties.
1. Flying solo. While enterprising do-it-yourselfers can certainly get away with going through the traditional home buying process without an agent, foreclosed real estate is another matter. Such complex transactions require the expertise of not just any real estate agent but one with a background in buying and selling foreclosed homes. "In today's uncertain times it's important to be working with someone who has been through market cycles before," says Patrick McGilvray, president of TheHomeBuyingCenter.com, which links homeowners and owners of foreclosure real estate with potential house buyers. So unless you are truly a real estate expert, do some research and find an agent with foreclosure experience in your market.
2. Being unfamiliar with the law. It's important to remember that real estate agents aren't lawyers, and foreclosure laws can change significantly from state to state. "A lot of people don't realize [that] foreclosures are heavily regulated and every state has its own set of laws," says Alexis McGee, the president of Foreclosures.com. "If you don't have the language proper in your contract, or if you have even the font size wrong, it's criminal and civil damages-don't count on every Realtor knowing this." As such, McGee advises against relying on a real estate agent for legal advice. Instead, consumers should review the foreclosure laws in their state and then get qualified legal advice from a local real estate attorney.
3. Thinking short term. Since many foreclosed homes may decline further in value in the coming months, it's important that buyers approach the transaction from a long-term perspective." If you are not looking at a piece of foreclosed property from a 10-year time horizon-as an investor or as an owner occupant-then you will likely suffer," McGilvray says. So if you are just trying to cash in on a quick flip, don't buy a foreclosure. Only investors with the resources and patience for a long-term real estate investment and homeowners who can afford a fully amortized fixed-rate mortgage should consider buying foreclosed property, McGilvray says.
4. Seeing only the sticker. While the price you negotiate for a foreclosed home may be significantly less than its value just a few years back, many such homes may require substantial repairs. McGilvray says that anyone buying a foreclosed property should make sure to set aside an additional 10 percent of its price tag for repairs. "Make sure you have 10 percent, especially if the home is a few years old," he says. "It is amazing how quickly houses can deteriorate." Prospective buyers should keep these additional repair costs in mind when they are negotiating the home's price.
5. Searching too broadly. With so much inventory coming onto the market these days, it's easy for buyers to become overwhelmed. To that end, Dexter recommends that anyone in the market for a foreclosure target a specific neighborhood and contact an agent with experience there. Make sure to specify the type of property you are looking for in order to avoid being inundated with listings. Tell the agent, "I want all these kinds of houses in this neighborhood that are bank listings [and] I want to know about them all as they come on the market," Dexter says. The agent will then be able to shoot you all the listings that meet your requirements as they become available. "If [the buyer is] patient enough and they get plugged in to the flow of new bank listings coming in, they can pick up some awfully good deals."
6. Taking no prisoners. While buyers can certainly get good deals on foreclosed homes, it's a mistake to assume that banks will accept any and all offers. (Unless, of course, the listing specifically says so.) Banks aren't set up to sell houses, so they typically outsource their foreclosed properties to real estate agents, McGee says. In such cases, agents can receive listings in bulk, perhaps 50 at a time. While these agents want to get the properties sold off quickly, they also want to get a good price for the seller so that the bank will give them additional business in the future. "Saving face is important for them," McGee says. "A lot of people just assume that because this property is bank-owned they will just take half off. Well, that's just not true." As such, insultingly low offers have the potential to tank the negotiations over foreclosed homes, McGee says. So make sure you present your wholesale offer case well both in writing and verbally with the listing agent.
Information Taken From: "The Top 6 Mistakes of Foreclosed-Home Buying" By Luke Mullins, U.S. News Nov. 18th 2008


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The manager for teen pop idol Justin Bieber was arrested today for his role in creating a near-riot at a Long Island Mall last year when his client was slated to appear, prosecutors said.
Authorities say Scott "Scooter" Braun, 28, intentionally hindered the efforts of police as they tried to call off Bieber's appearance amid the burgeoning star-struck fracas at the Roosevelt Field Mall.
Detectives said Braun refused cops' orders to send out a Twitter message to fans saying the event had been cancelled due to dangerous overcrowding conditions and blocked the singer's account so no one else could send the Tweet either.
Police arrested Braun this morning and he was arraigned on reckless endangerment, criminal nuisance and endangering the welfare of a child in First District Court, Hempstead, this afternoon before Judge Angelo Delligatti. If convicted, Braun faces up to one year in prison. He's next due in court on April 7.
Braun's attorney, Manhattan lawyer Ravi Batra, says that his client wasn't by a computer when cops called to ask him to send the Tweet, but got in front of one and sent it within 10 minutes. Batra says he is asking the Nassau County District Attorney's Office to reopen the investigation because he says Braun broke no law.
"Absent Scooter having a Superman's cape, he couldn't have done it any faster," Batra said. "As a result of his lawful compliance with police instruction, [we believe the DA] will dismiss the charges after reopening the investigation."
Batra added that he then hoped Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice, upon whom he lavished high personal and professional regard, would make a joint application with him to the court to expunge Braun's arrest record.
The arrest stems from a scheduled autograph signing event at the mall last November. Bieber was due to appear at a clothing store in the complex from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Nov. 20, but by 1:30 p.m., more than 3,000 people had already lined up in the staging area where they were instructed to wait for a chance to meet the Canadian teen sensation. Those in charge of the event had only expected 1,000 fans to show.
The swelling crowd of boisterous fans sparked a series of 911 calls reporting the potentially dangerous situation and expressing concern people could be trampled.
Cops and mall security opted to shut down the event for public safety reasons, and told Island Def Jam Senior Vice President James Roppo, who was in charge of the event, and the crowd that the Bieber appearance was off. But the crowd didn't listen.
Instead, fans left the garage and swarmed the second floor walkway in the mall near the store where Bieber was supposed to appear. By that time, school was out, and students eager to see their idol exacerbated an already out of control situation, prosecutors say.
Cops say they couldn't diffuse the mob because a message from Bieber's Twitter account to fans urged more to keep coming. The Tweet said: "On my way to Roosevelt Field Mall in Long Island, NY to sign and meet fans! I'm pumped. See u there."
Authorities asked Roppo to call off the event via Tweet but they say he didn't oblige. An hour later, someone else tried to send the cancellation message but Braun had allegedly changed the password to the account so he could control the event – a move designed to maximize publicity at the expense of public safety, prosecutors say.
Cops contacted Braun and told him about the situation but the manager gave authorities the runaround, prosecutors say. When they warned him he would be arrested if he didn't cooperate, Braun allegedly told them to spell his name right on the warrant.
It wasn't until authorities arrested Roppo at the scene that Braun sent out two tweets cancelling the event – 90 minutes after cops asked him to. The crowd dispersed within 15 minutes of the cancellation tweets going out, prosecutors say.
"Mr. Braun put his own selfish desire for publicity above public safety and endangered the very fans who came to see his client, as well as innocent bystanders who were at the mall that day," said Rice. "By refusing to send out the cancellation Tweet and preventing others from doing so, he blatantly ignored police directives and put thousands of innocent people in harm's way."


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Who's your daddy?
Lindsay Lohan's estranged father Michael will marry Kate Major, the former gal pal of reality TV dad Jon Gosselin.
Lohan, 49, and Major, a 27-year-old ex-tabloid reporter who quit her day job in pursuit of a short-lived relationship with Gosselin, announced their engagement in interviews on Tuesday.
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"I'm ecstatic," Lohan told People. "I've never met anyone who's been there for me like Kate."
While the media savvy pair have yet to set a date, Major said she's "already talked to some of the bridesmaids" and will "probably" get hitched at the end of the year in New York.
The pair first met four years ago, Major said, adding that their nuptials are "meant to be," People reported.
In a separate interview with Us magazine, Lohan said he won the blessing of Major's father two weeks ago while sharing a hot tub in his Florida home.
"I said, 'There's something we have to talk about.'" Lohan recalled. "He said, 'Oh my God, don't tell me Kate's pregnant!' I told him I was looking at the future, and I wanted to make it formal and take it to the next level. After that, he approved, then Kate and I discussed it and she discussed it with her dad."
Lohan said he informed Major's dad he would like to have children with her in the future.
As for his existing feud with daughter Lindsay, Lohan told Us he delayed announcing the engagement in a bid to get her to enter rehab.
He called his relationship with Lindsay's now soon-to-be step-mom "the strongest one in my life."
And what about Gosselin's take on the romance between his former lover and Lohan, his one-time friend?
"Jon and I don't speak, but I wish him and Kate Gosselin the best," Major told Us.


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If you haven't read Jerome K. Jerome's charming Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, first published in 1886, I recommend it. It is a pleasant antidote to today's Sturm und Drang. But if you like to be mentally perturbed, you can't do better than to read this post.
All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others. During a Private Facebook discussion, a British graduate student quoted the Bible to support Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk. When this private discussion got publicized, the university decided it might have offended people, and immediately expelled him from its Master's program:
Ngole's future at the university was then subjected to the "Fitness to Practice" committee, which ruled that his conservative Christian beliefs about marriage would negatively impact his "ability to carry out a role as a social worker" and that his post "transgressed boundaries which are not deemed appropriate for someone entering the social work profession."
The committee ruled that Ngole was to be "excluded from further study on a program leading to a professional qualification." In late February, the school informed Ngole that he would no longer be recognized as a university student.
"Your student record will be terminated shortly and your library membership and university computer account withdrawn," Ngole was told. "You may wish to contact your funding body for advice on your financial position."
Ngole appealed the committee's decision . . . and lost:
He was told by the university's appeals office that his post was "inappropriate" and went against outlined conduct. The appeals committee determined that the expulsion was a "proportionate" punishment.
George Orwell published Animal Farm in 1945 and 1984 in 1948. He was prophetic, with 1984 becoming a reality only 32 years after he first predicted an all-controlling government.
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Jerry Sandusky reversed course and decided not to take the witness stand after his adopted son came forward and told prosecutors the former Penn State assistant football coach had abused him, documents show.
Trial transcripts posted online Friday offer a glimpse into Sandusky's decision to remain silent during his child sex-abuse trial.
Matt Sandusky, whom the defense had planned to call as a witness, abruptly switched sides late in the trial, approaching prosecutors and offering to testify that he had suffered abuse at the hands of his father, the transcript shows.
Prosecutors planned to call Matt as a rebuttal witness if Jerry Sandusky testified in his own defense, the transcript shows. They later backed off, but wouldn't agree to a defense request to refrain from asking Sandusky about his son's claims on cross examination.
"Mr. Sandusky had always wanted to testify on his own behalf. He always wanted to tell people his side to the allegations in this case," defense lawyer Joe Amendola said during a private conference in judge's chambers. "However, that potential evidence, whether true or not, was so devastating" that Sandusky felt he could not run the risk of testifying and subjecting himself to questions about Matt, he continued.
Amendola argued for a mistrial, saying "it was such an integral part of our case that Mr. Sandusky testify that we feel we have really put ourselves in a tough situation with the jury."
Prosecutors objected and Judge John Cleland agreed, telling Amendola that trials have a way of throwing legal strategies into disarray.
Sandusky, 68, was convicted of sexually abusing 10 boys and will likely spend the rest of his life in prison. His sentencing is scheduled for next month. He still maintains his innocence.
Matt Sandusky went to live with Sandusky and his wife, Dottie, as a foster child and was adopted by them as an adult.
Shortly after the former coach's arrest in November, Matt Sandusky's ex-wife went to court to keep her former father-in-law away from their three young children. Jill Jones successfully obtained a restraining order forbidding the children from sleeping over at their grandparents' home.
Transcripts reveal decision not to testify
The transcripts released Friday from Jerry Sandusky's child-sex abuse trial in June included never-before released details from private conversations between prosecutors, Sandusky's attorneys and the judge, John M. Cleland. Among the key developments revealed in the more than 2,500 pages of transcripts, the defense team's decision not to have Sandusky testify.
The transcripts (11:15 a.m., Wednesday, June 20, 2012, Pages 65-71) confirmed reporting during the trial that Sandusky's attorneys aborted plans for him to testify once they learned his adopted son, Matthew, had gone to prosecutors with allegations that he too had been a victim of Sandusky's abuse.
Sandusky's attorneys appeared blindsided by the allegations and, just before resting their case, went behind closed doors to ask Cleland for a mistrial citing the "extreme prejudice" the claims cast on their ability to defend Sandusky.
Defense attorney Joseph Amendola, who indicated to jurors in his opening statement that Sandusky would testify, argued the last-minute allegations "took the heart out of our defense because our defense was going to be Mr. Sandusky testifying."
Matthew Sandusky, previously listed as a potential defense witness, went to prosecutors with the abuse allegations on June 14, just as prosecutors were calling their last witnesses.
Deputy Attorney General Frank Fina told Cleland on June 20 that prosecutors had not contacted Matthew Sandusky in more than six months and that his allegations were unprompted.
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December 17, 2012
Paragould, Arkansas Mayor Mike Gaskill and Police Chief Todd Stovall announced at a December 14 Town Hall meeting that beginning in 2013 the streets of their city were going to be patrolled by police officers bearing SWAT gear and AR-15s. "If you're out walking, we're going to stop you, ask why you're out walking, and check for your ID."
The move comes in response to a recent increase in violent crime. In a city with a population of only 26,113, Paragould had 86 rapes, robberies and assaults in 2010 and those numbers are expected to nearly double for 2012. Paragould currently has a City-Data crime index rating of 465.0, well above the national average of 309.3.
Property crime statistics in Paragould are even more alarming. While the national average for burglary, theft and auto theft is at 7 for every 1,000 people, the Paragould average is 20.14.
Police Chief Stovall told citizens attending the Town Hall meeting that he did not consult an attorney before making plans to institute what he considers martial law. He also announced that task force members could stop anyone they wanted to and didn't even need to be looking for a specific suspect on the streets.
According to Stovall, any individual who does not produce identification could be charged with obstructing a governmental operation.
"I'm hoping we don't run across [any] of that," Stovall said. "Will there be people who buck us? There may be. But we have a right to be doing what we're doing. We have a zero-tolerance. We are prepared to throw your hind-end in jail, OK? We're not going to take a lot of flack."
Stovall claims it's not necessary to consult an attorney because the alarming rise in crime meets the requirements of "reasonable suspicion," enabling him to legally accost citizens.
"To ask you for your ID, I have to have a reason," he said. "Well, I've got statistical reasons that say I've got a lot of crime right now, which gives me probable cause to ask what you're doing out. Then when I add that people are scared…then that gives us even more [reason] to ask why are you here and what are you doing in this area."
Stovall is labeling his initiative "Stop-and-ID" similar to Mayor Michael Bloomberg's "Stop-and-Frisk" policy in New York City, a program that's had disastrous results and stirred outrage among the African-Americans and Latinos who've become targets of racial profiling and police harassment and brutality.
Toni Miquel of MSNBC calls Bloomberg's Stop-and-Frisk policy "racist and ineffective, leaving the city with, in essence, a policy of racial harassment."
The NYPD is one of the few departments in the city to operate without an oversight committee. Officers are given daily quotas for stops and rewarded for meeting those quotas. If they don't meet those quotas their jobs are in jeopardy.
Obviously, the easiest way to meet those quotas is to go into the poorer neighborhoods, populated by African-Americans and Latinos – where you're sure to find plenty of people walking on the street. It doesn't matter if they've committed a crime or not, the officer just needs to file a report. But if the target resists, so much the better. Then they can tie him up in the court system and add his legal fees to the city's coffers.
In response to phone calls the day after the Paragould Town Hall meeting, Mayor Gaskill tried to alleviate fears by stating the he wasn't concerned about the potential for racial profiling by the police department. Officers would only be patrolling the areas with the highest crime rates.
But Mayor Bloomberg said essentially the same thing about his Stop-and-Frisk initiative and we've all seen the results in the now infamous video where a young African-American man named Alvin was verbally and physically harassed by officers and called a "mutt", simply for walking on the street.
And so far, Bloomberg's initiative has had little to no effect whatsoever on New York City crime rates. In 2002 there were 1,892 victims of gunfire in New York City and police officers stopped-and-frisked 97,296 people. In 2011, there were still more than 1,800 victims but stops had increased to almost 686,000. In total, guns have been found in less than 0.2 percent of the more than 4 million stops since 2002.
Paragould Chief Stovall is adamant though. Citizens will be stopped and asked to produce ID and a reason for being on the street. "They may not be doing anything but walking their dog," he said. "But they're going to have to prove it."


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FREEPORT — The Illinois Department of Agriculture will be treating 38,000 acres in northern Illinois next week to protect vegetation from gypsy moths.
The gypsy moth is an invasive forest pest that preys primarily on the leaves of oak trees, though it feeds on nearly 250 different types of trees and shrubs.
When the leaves are attacked, the tree's ability to transport nutrients is diminished. Trees are left vulnerable to diseases, native pests and environmental conditions. Large populations of the moths can cause severe defoliation, which can kill the tree.
To treat, a pheromone will be released aerially over areas in Boone, Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, LaSalle, Stephenson, Will and Winnebago counties. The pheromone will cause male moths to smell female moths everywhere, disrupting their ability to actually find mates. The treatment is a relatively quick application and should be done in one day. It will begin Monday, weather permitting.
Walter Lender, manager at Ron Lender Tree and Landscape in Freeport, is unfazed by the gypsy moths' appearance in the area because his business treats the trees for it every year.
However, Freeport Park District officials have concerns.
"It's another attack on the trees," Executive Director Jack Carey said. "We've got vehicles hitting trees in our parks, emerald ash borer infesting them, oak welt, drought, wind, floods. We're losing trees faster than we can plant them, and now we have to worry about gypsy moths. It's a frustrating situation to us. It's disheartening, but we'll deal with it as best we can. Luckily, the state is stepping in to battle it with the spraying."
Scott Schirmer with the Illinois Department of Agriculture said the state will do what it can to protect area trees, though treatment might be difficult.
"Most people, at this point, hopefully understand the importance of trees in the natural setting," he said. "They provide oxygen and flood prevention, help with heating and cooling homes in the urban setting, they sequester water and pollution and are critical from a health standpoint.
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Meaning "make higher" is from c. 1300 in the physical sense, as is that of "restore to life." Of the voice, from late 14c. Meaning "increase the amount of" is from c. 1500; from 1530s of prices, etc. Meaning "to bring up" (a question, etc.) is from 1640s. Card-playing sense is from 1821. Meaning "promote the growth of" (plants, etc.) is from 1660s; sense of "foster, rear, bring up" (of children) is from 1744. Meaning "to elevate" (the consciousness) is from 1970. Related: Raised; raising.
Pickering (1816) has a long passage on the use of raise and grow in reference to crops. He writes that in the U.S. raise is used of persons, in the sense "brought up," but it is "never thus used in the Northern States. Bartlett [1848] adds that it "is applied in the Southern States to the breeding of negroes. It is sometimes heard at the North among the illiterate; as 'I was raised in Connecticut,' meaning brought up there."
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With the C30, Volvo made its debut in the segment for two-door premium cars. The sporty design features two doors and four individual seats and is available in two models T5 (starting MSRP $25,500) and R-Design (starting MSRP: $27,850).
For 2013, the C30 T5 receives new standard 17-inch alloy wheels and Titanium Grey Metallic and Electric Silver Metallic are added to its palette of exterior color choices.
A trim level strategy was introduced on the C30 last year. Buyers can select the base C30 T5 and R-Design models, or select trim levels for each. These trim levels group popular options together for convenience in obtaining a C30 that's just right.
The new Premier trim level debuts for 2013. To the extensive list of standard features, the Premier trim adds features like power driver's seat with memory and soft loadcover.
Moving up to the Premier Plus trim level nets all of the Premier features plus a power passenger's seat and LED daytime running lights. Keyless Drive is a new addition to this trim.
Those who crave more technology can select the Platinum trim. This includes all the features of Premier Plus while adding the Volvo Premium Sound System with Dolby Pro Logic II Surround Sound with 10 speakers and 650 watts. Also included is a navigation system plus Sirius/XM satellite radio.
Additionally, the C30's Climate package can be added to any trim level, as well as individual features from the list of stand-alone options.
Both the C30 T5 and T5 R-Design are powered by a 2.5-liter turbocharged 5-cylinder engine that generates 227 horsepower and 236 pound-foot of torque. Drivers can select a standard six-speed manual transmission or opt for a five-speed automatic.
Fuel economy ratings are 21-mpg in the city for both transmissions and 30 mpg on the highway with automatic transmission and 29 mpg on the highway with manual transmission.
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There is also the 2013 Volvo C30 Polestar Limited Edition (only 250 will be made). The base MSRP is $32,445, which includes an $895 destination charge.
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WASHINGTON, April 17 (UPI) -- Billionaire donors to groups that backed rivals to likely Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney are returning to the GOP establishment, observers say.
The shift in contributions indicates outside donors who supported anti-establishment GOP candidates during the primaries are prepared to keep their wallets open through the general election and contribute to defeating President Obama and Democrats, Politico reported Monday.
"With the Republican presidential primary winding down, donors are starting to look at the national battlefield and what it's going to take to win the White House, keep the House and win the Senate," said Dan Conston, a spokesman for the Congressional Leadership Fund, the super PAC linked to House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.
The Congressional Leadership fund revealed Sunday nearly all of the $5.1 million the Boehner-tied organization raised in the first quarter of 2012 came from the Sheldon Adelson, a casino mogul who, with his wife, Miriam, poured $15 million into a super-PAC that supports former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
Foster Friess, a Wyoming investor who donated $1.7 million to super PACs backing now-departed Rick Santorum, told Politico he would support third-party groups backing Romney. Supporters of one-time GOP presidential hopeful Texas Gov. Rick Perry said they're donating hundreds of thousands of dollars to super PACs backing Romney and establishment Republican candidates.
Politico also reported that major donors have demonstrated more resistance to contributing to groups that challenge incumbents in contested GOP primaries. Conservative operatives said some donors now are hesitant to contribute to Campaign for Primary Accountability, a controversial super PAC that targets incumbents in both parties and drew criticism in the GOP when it aired ads against popular incumbent Rep. Donald Manzullo, who lost a primary to Rep. Adam Kinzinger in the recent Illinois Republican primaries.
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Ashley Judd bites back at plastic surgery rumors
Media, Ashley Judd would like to have a few words with you.
The star of ABC's new show "Missing" unleashed in a Daily Beast editorial Monday over recent speculation she may have had plastic surgery done.
The rumors started in March after photos emerged showing Judd with what looked to be a larger face, which she's attributed to treatment she received for an illness that involved the use of steroids.
Judd called all the unwanted commentary "nasty, gendered and misogynistic," and said it "embodies what all girls and women in our culture - to a greater or lesser degree - endure every day, in ways both outrageous and subtle."
She slammed mainstream media outlets, which in her view "ran this 'story' without checking with my office first for verification, or offering me the dignity of the opportunity to comment."
She continued, saying, "It's an indictment of them that they would even consider the content printable, and that they, too, without using time-honored journalistic standards, would perpetuate with un-edifying delight such blatantly gendered, ageist and mean-spirited content."
Judd concludes that the conversation about her face masks a much bigger problem for the fairer sex.
"The assault on our body image, the hyper-sexualization of girls and women and subsequent degradation of our sexuality as we walk through the decades, and the general incessant objectification," Judd says, "is what this conversation allegedly about my face is really about."
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Special Section: Safe Schools
Four teachers in the Chino Valley Unified School District have been involved in sexual relations with students in recent years, according to documents provided by the district.
Three of the four teachers allegedly involved in sexual relationships with students were arrested, and two of them pleaded guilty to criminal charges.
There were 10 documented cases of teacher misconduct of all kinds since the 2005-06 academic year.
Eight of the 10 teachers resigned and one temporary teacher was released. The 10th case is ongoing.
The school district provided the documents in response to a Public Records Act request made by the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, The Sun and Redlands Daily Facts.
The newspapers are compiling a Safe Schools special report, requesting documents from 19 school districts concerning complaints of teacher misconduct.
The district redacted the teachers' names in the records provided to the Daily Bulletin, but the records of two cases match those of two Chino Hills High School teachers who pleaded guilty in 2011 for having a sexual relationship with a student during the 2009-10 school year.
One of the cases involved Chino Hills High School science teacher John Hirsch, who pleaded guilty in March 2011 to unlawful sexual intercourse and committing a lewd act upon a child.
The student involved with Hirsch filed a lawsuit against the school district in June 2011, which is still ongoing.
A second case involves Chino Hills High School band teacher Justin Clark Wallin, who also pleaded guilty in 2011 to multiple instances of sexual misconduct with a female 16-year-old student.
The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing has revoked both teachers' credentials.
Due to some of the incidents of sexual misconduct, all current and new district employees are participating in a training program through San Bernardino County's Joint Powers Authority for risk management, said Norm Enfield, assistant superintendent of human resources for the school district.
The district is piloting the program, he said.
"We've been working with JPA and were in contact with them a couple years ago when we had a couple of faces that hit the news," Enfield said. "We wanted to do something proactive and got together with JPA. They've been fantastic in working with us."
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The school district became aware of allegations of an inappropriate relationship between Hirsch and a 14-year-old female student following concerns by the student's parents over emails from Hirsch to their daughter, according to school district records.
The district investigated the complaint regarding the emails, which were sent in October 2009, and gave Hirsch a letter of reprimand.
The student was removed from Hirsch's class.
The lawsuit filed against the district alleges that district officials could have prevented Hirsch's behavior by removing him from the district rather than just removing the student from his class.
District officials conducted a conference with Hirsch in December 2009 over a complaint by a parent that he had a discussion on sexual relations during an earth science class.
On Feb. 22, 2010, district officials informed Hirsch that the superintendent was recommending to the school board that he not be rehired for the 2010-11 school year.
Hirsch submitted a letter of resignation on Feb. 25, stating he would teach until the end of the school year.
On June 3, 2010, one of the student's neighbors allegedly saw Hirsch using a ladder to climb into her bedroom window.
He was arrested the next day.
Hirsch and the girl were reportedly in a relationship from August 2009 to June 2010.
Hirsch was sentenced in April 2011 to a year in jail and three years of probation.
The lawsuit filed against the district alleges that even after school officials knew of the inappropriate relationship between Hirsch and the student, the district cut a deal with him to avoid a long and expensive firing process.
Enfield said he could not comment on the case.
Justin Clark Wallin
The school district entered into a resignation settlement agreement with Wallin in January 2011 agreeing to pay him $37,800 in salary.
Wallin was arrested in July 2010 after a student's parents discovered more than 8,000 text messages from Wallin, some of which were sexually explicit.
The teacher was placed on leave immediately following the arrest, according to the school district's records.
He pleaded guilty in March 2011 to two felonies for having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student.
The school district sent a letter to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing after Wallin's resignation.
His credentials have since been revoked.
Entering into a settlement agreement with a teacher accused of misconduct allows the school distinct to avoid the expense associated with termination.
However, Enfield said the district still completes its investigation and sends a report to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
"We go through and do a final investigation," he said. "We need to have that outcome. If a teacher resigns from the district I have an obligation to send a report if I believe there is employee misconduct."
Enfield said the district also has to finish its investigations out of concern that the teacher could move on to another district and continue the bad behavior.
"I look at it as every student is my student and if it was my child I would not want them in front of them if they did any of these acts," he said.
The district cannot keep a teacher from finding employment elsewhere, but many applications ask the teacher to disclose if they have been terminated or resigned from a district.
"We finish the investigation and send a report to CTC because they are the ones that ultimately make the determination to pull a teacher's credentials," he said. "We don't have any say in it."
Case in progress
The school district is currently working on an incident of teacher misconduct that was alleged to have occurred in February.
An elementary school teacher was arrested by San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies in February on allegations of committing a lewd or lascivious act with a child under the age of 14.
The teacher was placed on paid leave Feb. 10 to allow the district to investigate allegations of unprofessional conduct received Feb. 9.
The district was notified of the teacher's arrest Feb. 27.
According to the documents, the district is currently working on the investigative report.
The teacher is no longer on paid leave, but the school district is still working on the case.
"The board adopted charges against the individual. They have due process rights. That's where we are with that," Enfield said.
"It is my understanding that the D.A. did not file charges," he said.
18-year-old student
A Chino High School teacher developed a sexual relationship with an 18-year-old female student that led to his resignation and allegations of stalking and harassment, according to district documents.
Since the student was 18 years old when the relationship started and was no longer a student when she informed district officials of the relationship, district officials needed to take a different approach.
"We must always be cautious and notify, but again the student at 18 years old is an adult," Enfield said. "If a teacher has a relationship with a student who's 18, after they graduated, there is really nothing we can do. If a student turns 18 and the teacher has a relationship with the student while still a student, even though a crime hasn't been committed there is professional misconduct."
The teacher and the student entered into a sexual relationship in May 2010, on the student's 18th birthday and a month before her graduation, according to the school district's records. They had sex in his classroom numerous times, according to the records.
The student began to feel guilty and ended the relationship, but the teacher kept harassing her through Facebook, emails and phone calls.
He was reported to have shown up at her college campus several times the following fall looking for her.
The teacher resigned in February 2011, effective in June 2011, in lieu of the district moving forward with termination.
Text messages, outings
A female sixth-grade teacher at E.J. Marshall Elementary School in Chino resigned in April 2010 following an investigation into an inappropriate relationship with a student, which did not appear to be sexual in nature, according to school district records.
The teacher admitted to trading unprofessional text messages and phone calls with a 13-year-old student.
The district began its investigation after the parents of the student complained and showed district officials call and text logs.
The text messages were not directly written but were pictures or drawings from someone else, according to the documents.
The teacher said she gave the student hugs, but the relationship was not sexual.
The teacher took students to the movies and Disneyland, sometimes including her own children.
In an interview with the district, the teacher said she was wrong and was seeking counseling.
She said she resigned in order to not disrupt the lives of the students, according to the documents.
The school district notified law enforcement about the case. Enfield said the district will always notify the authorities if they believe criminal misconduct may have occurred.
Girls soccer coach
A girls soccer team coach and anatomy teacher at Chino Hills High School reached a settlement agreement with the district in January after numerous statements from witnesses that he touched students inappropriately and used inappropriate language.
The district agreed to pay his salary from Nov. 18, 2011, through April 30 as well as his health and welfare benefits through June of this year.
In February 2011, a student and prospective soccer player went to the assistant principal after an incident with the coach.
She said she was in the coach's classroom, where he taught anatomy, during a break to ask about getting on the soccer team.
She said he told she could get on the team if she did the "boob thing," which she thought meant shaking her breasts in front of him.
The allegation sparked an investigation into the coach's behavior.
The teacher was placed on unpaid suspension in March 2011 during the school district's investigation.
During interviews with students and soccer players, several other allegations were made including the coach allowing the female soccer players to dress inside his classroom, using vulgar language about the soccer players and their anatomies, as well as grabbing players' buttocks and breasts.
The coach admitted to much of the conduct.
The coach was also accused of spending too much personal time with players, including the attendance of a party where there was drug use and underage drinking, which the coach said he did not witness.
The coach is a mandated reporter and is required to report such behavior, according to the documents.
San Bernardino County sheriff's detectives met with school officials to discuss the allegations and decided to take over the investigation.
The sheriff's detectives in April 2011 released several names of players back to the district for the district to interview.
Enfield said he does not believe the coach was charged, but the school district found enough evidence to seek termination.
Inappropriate emails
An Ayala High School teacher resigned effective June 2009 after sending inappropriate emails to a female student.
The teacher and student exchanged emails between Aug. 12, 2007, and July 29, 2008, that had sexual overtones, according to the records. The teacher acknowledged the inappropriateness of the emails to district officials during a meeting in November 2008.
The teacher was reassigned in October 2008 from Ayala High School to Don Lugo High School in the best interest of the student and school, according to the records.
Enfield was not working for the district at the time of the incident, but he thinks the teacher agreed to resign and was reassigned to another school where he finished out the school year.
"I think at that point we wanted to remove him from the site," he said.
At first the student claimed to be 19 years old and did not know she was communicating with a teacher at her school, according to the documents.
She later informed the teacher she was 17 years old and attended Ayala, but the communication continued.
An incident report was taken by the Sheriff's Department, but the allegations did not warrant a criminal complaint and the school district was directed to investigate the incident internally, according to the Sheriff's Department report.
Cheaper to settle
The district in October 2008 settled with a tenured teacher who contested charges by the district that he was physically and verbally abusive to students.
The agreement was entered in lieu of the district's moving forward on the charges and causes for dismissal.
The teacher was on paid leave for most of the 2007-08 school year and then on administrative assignment at the end of that year and the beginning of the 2008-09 school year.
The agreement allowed the teacher to remain on paid leave through Feb. 27, 2009. He also received health and medical coverage until his resignation date.
"When the board adopts charges an individual has a right for due process and to have a hearing go in front of an administrative law judge," he said. "That gets very expensive. Our attorneys at that point then become involved with the case."
Enfield said it is cheaper for districts when teachers resign, even with extra months of pay, in lieu of the district's moving forward with termination.
"We always report that to the police and to the appropriate authorities and we allow them to do their investigation to determine if they need to move forward with criminal charges," he said.
He said the school district did inform the police of the teacher's behavior, but he does not think criminal charges were filed.
The benefit for a teacher resigning in lieu of termination would be financial as well, he said.
"They would walk away with at least some money," he said. "If we go through the process and terminate them then they receive nothing."
The teacher was served a notice of charges and causes for dismissal by the school district in April 2008. The school district also issued a proposed intent to suspend the teacher in September 2008.
The teacher was reprimanded twice for two physical altercations with students, grabbing a special education student by the neck, and fighting with students verbally.
The teacher had been directed to attend anger management following one of the incidents.
Enfield said the school district must consider several points before making a move to dismiss a teacher following allegations of physical and verbal abuse.
"You have to look at the severity. Is it an isolated event? Is it multiple events? Is it an anger issue, so you have to look at each case individually," he said.
Enfield said the reports sent to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing are crucial in cases where teachers resign in lieu of being terminated.
"It is critical that all districts do that," he said. "I believe most districts do a very good job of that. That's why we're so into doing the investigation. I think over the last several years the CTC has been much more diligent in reviewing those and pulling credentials."
Sexual harassment
A male math teacher at Don Lugo High School left the district in June after being disciplined over allegations of misconduct in January.
The teacher was placed on paid leave while the district investigated allegations made by students that the teacher sexually harassed students by using hand gestures emulating masturbation, referring to students as "gay," and even pinpointing one student by drawing on his photo and writing "gay pride" and then placing it on the overhead projector.
The other students laughed and took pictures, which the teacher did not stop, according to the records.
The teacher said he was joking with the student who often banters back and forth with him during class.
The teacher was given a 45-day notice of unprofessional conduct in February and was notified that the superintendent would make a recommendation to the board to not re-hire him for the 2012-13 school year.
The teacher submitted his resignation on Feb. 15, which was effective on June 11.
Temp teacher released
A temporary social sciences teacher was released in October 2010, nine months before her contract was up with the district, after an incident involving a student in which the police were called to campus.
The teacher was investigated by district officials following a situation with a student.
The teacher allegedly checked a student for dress code violations by lifting his shirt up to see if he had on a belt. The student was then heard cussing at the teacher, and the teacher said the student threatened to beat her up leading her to call the police, according to the school district's records.
According to the documents, the teacher called the police before informing school administrators.
At the time of the incident the teacher was already under investigation for making inappropriate and threatening comments to students.
The teacher denied the allegations, but since she was a temporary teacher she did not have any re-employment rights, according to the documents.
The teacher was hired to work from August 2010 through June 2011.
Enfield said the process for removing temporary teachers is much easier than removing permanent teachers.
Temporary teachers are removed at the end of the school year.
Due to budget cuts and layoffs of permanent teachers in recent years, the district releases every temporary teacher at the end of the year, he said.
We can release temporary teachers anytime up until they've worked 75 percent of the school year," he said. "Once they've worked 75 percent of the school year they have a right to finish up the remainder of the school year."


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April 26, 2012
Semesters Week coming May 14-18
Another Semesters Week, similar to the one held last fall, is set for May 14-18. Students can attend general information sessions about semesters and demonstrations on running a Degree Audit Report. There will be invited chat periods for online students, too. At Spring Fling on Wednesday, May 16, (May 17 for the Delaware Campus), students will receive "sweet" tips and a new semesters brochure. These tri-fold brochures will be made available to program offices, and the information contained in them will be emailed to faculty and staff in a handout format as well. The specific times and locations for Semesters Week activities will be announced soon. We need your help to finish getting our students "Semesters Ready!"
Seminar offered on Retaining First Generation Students
Are you interested in contributing to the success of first generation students? The Generation One Trailblazers (GOT) team will present an Academic Impressions seminar entitled "Retaining First Generation Students" on Friday, April 27 from 12:30-4:00 p.m. in TL 209. GOT is a faculty driven resource group dedicated to enhancing the academic success of first generation college students here at Columbus State.
The seminar will be presented in two parts and will focus on strategies for retaining students who are the first in their family to attend college.
12:30-2:00 p.m. - Session 1: "Providing Academic Support"
2:00-2:15 p.m. - Break
2:15-3:45 p.m. - Session 2: "Strategies for the Classroom and Beyond"
3:45-4:00 p.m. - Discussion
The event is free, and GOT encourages all to attend one or both sessions as your schedule permits.
For more information, visit http://www.gotnetwork.wordpress.com or "like" us on Facebook at http://facebook.com/gotcscc.
Fridays are "Bike Fridays" in May!
May is National Bike Month and Columbus State is participating by sponsoring several ride opportunities culminating in an evening of bike-themed presentations.
If you want to try out bike commuting you may be able to ride in with some regular bike commuters who work at the Columbus campus. If you ride or bring your bike to campus you can join in leisurely lunchtime rides through downtown neighborhoods. If you want to hear or present an idea or story related to bicycling, attend or present at "The Next Big Thing: Spoke and Wheels." This is an evening of high energy presentations in which presenters work under the constraints of 20 PowerPoint slides and 5 minutes to share a compelling idea.
You can learn about and register for the above by visiting
cscc.edu/bike and cscc.edu/TNBT.
You can also network with other Columbus State bicyclists by
joining the Ohio Bike Challenge and joining the Cougar Cranks
team. For further networking and discussion of how Columbus
State can continue to support bicycling, "like" the
Cougar Cranks Facebook page.
Remember, if you have flat, repair tools can be checked
out of the Student Activities office.
Safe riding everyone!
The SPOKEN Word: What do our students have to say?
In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn about a variety of free tools (i.e. SCREENR, JING, VOICE THREAD) that can be used to orally capture students' thoughts and responses. These tools can also be used as a convenient and effective method for instructors to disseminate feedback and to deliver various announcements.
Anyone who wants to vocalize an announcement (versus typing it) or wants to create short training videos will find this session helpful.
Presented by: Melissa Logue, Assistant Professor, Modern Languages
When: Friday, April 27 (9:00 - 11:00 a.m.) - Register
Where: Innovation Center CT 106
NEW Course Offering: Blackboard - Content Collection Basics
Blackboard's Content Collection is a built-in virtual hard drive that allows instructors to store course materials for easy access and deployment in a course(s). Instructors can link course content items in a course to their course's Content Collection. When an Instructor changes a content item in the Content Collection, all links to the item reflect those changes.
Come and join us to learn about Blackboard's new powerful tool that allows instructors to manage and deploy course content like never before seen here at Columbus State.
Monday, April 30 (11:00 a.m. - 12:00 pm.) - Register
Monday, May 7 (1:00 - 2:00 p.m.) - Register
Wednesday, May 23 (10:00 - 11:00 a.m.) - Register
Thursday, May 24 (3:00 - 4:00 p.m.) - Register
Friday, June 1 (2:00 - 3:00 p.m.) - Register
Blackboard 9.1 Training workshops
Introduction to Blackboard 9.1 (3 hours) Thursday, May 3 (8:00 - 11:00 a.m.) - Register
Discussion Boards (1 hour) Wednesday, May 2 (10:00 - 11:00 a.m.) - Register
Beginning Tests (2 hours) Wednesday, May 2 (6:00 - 8:00 p.m.) - Register
Business and Campus Services on retreat
May 4
Business and Campus Services, including Accounting Services, Bookstore, Payroll, Cashiers & Student Accounting, and Procurement & Office Services (Shipping & Receiving; Print Services and Accounts Payable) will be off-campus at a retreat on Friday, May 4 and these services will not be available. Normal services and business hours will will resume on Monday, May 7.
Shadowbox Live event Monday
Columbus State has a table of seven at Shadowbox live to see the performance STEM Rocks the Box. The performance will be held on Monday, April 30 at 7:00 p.m. For more information, click on the link, www.shadowboxlive.org. Shadowbox Live is located at 503 S. Front Street, Columbus, OH 43215. Please reserve your spot to Barbara Smith-Allen, firstname.lastname@example.com.