text:
Two Iconic Chanel Bags In Europe
There is absolutely nothing better than a well-deserved productive shopping spree, that is, when your dream finally come true, that's when everything you've planned out – works like a charm and that is, when the Chanel SA is whispering these magical words in your ears: 'Yes, we still have one left in stock, let me grab one for ya', at Paris in French of course.
And so, Jeannie travelled all the way from Singapore to Europe – her wallet loaded and ready to shoot aChanel Boy Quilted Bag whenever she sees one jumping by. She started in London, visited every single Chanel store and bugged every SA 6 days in a row (imagine the determination), but the god of luck was not shining upon her.
'I have combed through each & every Chanel stores in London but to no avail despite my daily bugging to the SA among my 6 days there. I was consider lucky as per Paris SA as the very morning (18 April), this lovely medium boy came in stock.
Initially almost accepted the one & only medium boy in lambskin which is a display piece with defects. With much perseverance, I believe the right time will come.'
There you go, persistence is power, I wouldn't recommend anyone walking away with a defect designer bag even if you can get it with discount. But you can consider Jeannie to be lucky, because she bought the Chanel Boy Quilted Flap Bag in Black just before the price increase, as per 18 April confirmed at Chanel, the Boy increased by approximately 7,5 percent. (more information will follow later on).
For those who are interested, Jeannie also flew back to Singapore with her proud and brand-new Chanel Medium Classic Flap Bag in Black and Caviar, bought at London Bond Street for 2740 GBP. Two iconic in one Europe visit, that's a real good hunt.
comnum(0) tbcount(0) tbcount(725)
Fendi Iconic Bags And PricesCategories:Other Brands
For most women, a bag with plenty of chicness is key. A modern bag with style that can accompany her finest dresses with the versatility to match her favorite top and pants. Little did Edoardo Fendi and Adele Casagrande know back in 1925 that the Fendi bags would be this bag.
Fendi 2Jours Tote
So you want a back that's modern enough to take to the art gallery yet sophisticated enough to accompany you at the fanciest spot in town. A bag that will undoubtedly draw attention wherever it goes. What you need is the Fendi bag that jolted to extreme heights in popularity the moment it was released to the public: the Fendi 2Jours Tote.
The Fendi 2Jours Tote is undoubtedly Fendi's most iconic bag. Its modern and box-like design is simply one to rave about. Women love the sleek appearance, accented beautifully by handcrafted stitching throughout. Added bonus? You can even monogram the tag with your own initials. (Talk about a fashion WIN).
If that's not enough to send you running over to Fendi, let's talk about comfort zone. The Fendi 2Jours Tote is designed with easy-to-use short handles. So, yeah- when you're standing on the city sidewalk waiting for a taxi, you'll look as feminine as ever with your handbag down at your waist against your luxe dress.
There's plenty of storage space on the inside, and just as many fabulous exotic leathers to choose from. We're talking fox, patent leather- even crocodile. No wonder this bag continues to be the go-to bag for women around the world!


text:
This TEXPLAINER column was written by Reeve Hamilton, the respected education reporter of The Texas Tribune.
Hey, Texplainer: If the Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin case is decided in the plaintiff's favor, what will happen to UT?
This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a major case that challenges the University of Texas at Austin's use of race as a factor in some admissions decisions — or, as the university argues in its legal brief, a "factor of a factor of a factor of a factor."
UT only uses race as one element in its decision-making process, part of a holistic review of an applicant who fails to qualify automatically under the state law that guarantees admission to students who graduate in the top 10 percent of their high school class.
One such student was Abigail Fisher, a white woman and the plaintiff in the case that the country's highest court is about to hear. Ironically, should Fisher win her case and prevent the university — as well as others around the country — from factoring race into their decisions, the immediate effect may be to prevent any Texas students similarly below the top 10 percent of their class from attending the state's most elite public university.
Texas created the top 10 percent law in 1997 as a creative way to ensure geographic and ethnic diversity in the state's top public universities without using affirmative action, which was facing a legal challenge at the time.
In 2009, with the number of students entering UT under the top 10 percent provision overwhelming the school, lawmakers passed Senate Bill 175. It allows UT to cap the number of Texas students automatically admitted at 75 percent of the in-state class. The measure effectively reduced automatic admission at UT to students in the top 8 percent of their high school classes.
As they made adjustments to allow UT to conduct a holistic review process, lawmakers prepared for a possible challenge like the one the university is currently facing.
A provision in the law says that should a court or board of regents bar race from being a factor in admissions decisions, the 75 percent cap can no longer be applied. UT would revert to automatically admitting as many students in the top 10 percent as possible, which would mean the entire incoming class.
UT officials are not particularly eager to lose the discretion they currently have when it comes to admissions. "To select a class based on a single criteria is not the best way to select a class," said Kedra Ishop, UT's vice provost and director of admissions. "There are other things about students that are important to the student body on this campus that require us to look beyond a single criteria."
There is some evidence, though, that sticking to just the top 10 percent could make for a more diverse student body. According to the university's report to the Legislature on the implementation of SB 175, the group of students admitted under the top 10 percent provisions appears to be more diverse than those admitted after a holistic review that includes race as a potential factor.
A decision from the U.S. Supreme Court in the Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin case is not expected until next spring. Texas lawmakers begin their session in January, which could give them time to revisit the provisions of SB 175 in light of the impending court decision.
Bottom line: Unless legislators tweak the current law that allows UT to cap its automatic top 10 percent admissions, a loss in the Fisher case could make it virtually impossible for students who are not in the top 10 percent of their high school graduating class to gain admission to the university.
This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune at http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/higher-education/texplainer-what-happens-if-ut-loses-fisher-case/.

subset: commoncrawl


text: French jewellery legend Aurelie Bidermann is the first and last word in boho-like, affluent fashion and fine jewellery. Boasting a Masters degree in art history and trained in gemology, Bidermann's exquisite creations breathe unrivalled craftsmanship. Inspired by the beauty of nature, Aurelie Bidermann necklaces are your shortcut to whimsical charm. Think shells, leaves and animals 'all crafted in only the finest of materials and boasting precious gems and stones - Aurelie Bidermann necklaces are a true romantic's indulgence.


text:
No. 91,348
GREG MUNSON d/b/a GREG MUNSON TRUCKING,
TRI-STATE COMMODITIES, INC., A Kansas Corporation,
1. K.S.A. 60-2405 affords a person who claims to have succeeded to the interests of a judgment creditor, whether by operation of law or by assignment, the right to be substituted for the judgment creditor and to enforce the judgment upon the filing of an assignment with the clerk of the district court.
2. Property validly transferred or assigned cannot thereafter be reached by garnishment.
3. A judgment does not act as a lien on personal property until a levy is made on the judgment.
4. In this case, an assignment of a cause of action that is made before the levy on a prior judgment is made prevails, and the money collected is to be awarded to the holder of the assignment and not the judgment creditor who caused the garnishment to be issued.
Appeal from Sherman District Court; JACK L. BURR, judge. Opinion filed October 15, 2004. Reversed and remanded with directions.
Teresa L. Sittenauer and Justice B. King, of Fisher, Patterson, Sayler & Smith, L.L.P., for intervenor/appellant.
Jeffery A. Mason, of Vignery & Mason L.L.C., of Goodland, for appellee.
Before MARQUARDT, P.J., HILL and McANANY, JJ.
HILL, J.: In this appeal, two creditors, Greg Munson, d/b/a Greg Munson Trucking (Munson), and the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF), that had judgments against Tri-State Commodities, Inc. (Tri-State), are competing for the same garnished funds. First, Munson successfully sued Tri-State and obtained a judgment against it. Later, Tri-State was sued by the BNSF and, in settling this lawsuit, Tri-State assigned to BNSF its interest in litigation it had pending against another company, GSO. Ultimately, Tri-State won its lawsuit against GSO and GSO deposited money with its lawyer to satisfy the judgment. In turn, since those judgment proceeds were owing to Tri-State, Munson garnished GSO's lawyer in order to attach those funds in partial satisfaction of Munson's judgment against Tri-State. But BNSF intervened, asserting that its claim through its assignment from Tri-State to the judgment was superior to Munson's.
Using a common-law analysis, the trial court awarded the garnished funds to Munson, the Tri-State creditor that had obtained the first judgment. We believe that was erroneous. It is well settled that property validly transferred or assigned cannot thereafter be reached by garnishment. Further, a judgment does not act as a lien on personal property until a levy is made on the judgment. Therefore, we must reverse because Munson had failed to levy on his judgment until after Tri-State made it assignment of its cause of action to the railroad.
A series of lawsuits, judgments, and an assignment of a cause of action over the sale of some mulch are the basis of this case. In order to make sense of the claims of the parties, they must be reviewed.
Munson filed his lawsuit against Tri-State in Sherman District Court in 1995 and received a $31,234 judgment in May 1998.
In 1996, Tri-State sued GSO America, Inc., in federal court in Kansas.
Later, BNSF sued Tri-State in federal court. The two settled their lawsuit by agreeing that BNSF would receive a $104,934 consent judgment and an assignment of Tri-State's claim against GSO. They also agreed that the attorney for Tri-State would continue to pursue the claim against GSO on behalf of BNSF. If successful in its lawsuit, Tri-State would receive 10% of any recovery made on its claim against GSO, its attorney would receive a 20% contingent fee, and the remainder would be turned over to BNSF. In accordance with their agreement on July 20, 1998, BNSF obtained a security agreement and assignment from Tri-State, and a day later a consent judgment was entered in favor of BNSF against Tri-State.
Finally, Tri-State received a judgment against GSO in the amount of $32,132.60 on March 6, 1999, and that judgment has since been upheld by the federal Court of Appeals. Funds from GSO to satisfy the judgment were held by its attorney, who, because of the competing claims, would not distribute them in the absence of a court order. Therefore, Munson issued a garnishment of the funds in his state court lawsuit and BNSF moved to intervene. The court held a hearing on their competing claims and ordered the GSO attorney to pay the funds into court. The court then decided that Munson was entitled to the money because he had filed his lawsuit and obtained his judgment before BNSF had received its assignment.
BNSF appeals that ruling. It contends that the trial court erroneously awarded the funds to Munson. Since there are no disputes about the facts, this is a question of law over which we exercise unlimited review. See NEA-Coffeyville v. U.S.D. 445, 268 Kan. 384, 386, 996 P.2d 821 (2000).
The trial court based its conclusions on three findings: (1) the May 7, 1998, entry of judgment in favor of Munson against Tri-State in case number 95 C 68 predated the July 20, 1998, assignment from Tri-State to BNSF; (2) at the time of the assignment, Tri-State knew of the judgment entered against it in favor of Munson; and (3) at the time of the assignment, BNSF knew or should have known of Munson's judgment against Tri-State. Essentially, the court ruled that "first in time is first in right" in this case and attempted to distinguish this case from a pertinent case in this area, Carson v. Chevron Chemical Co., 6 Kan. App. 2d 776, 635 P.2d 1248 (1981).
Like this case, the procedural history of Carson is complex. In Carson, Johnson sued Chevron and Waits Homegas, Inc. in case number 77-C-4, alleging breach of warranties. Waits counterclaimed seeking payment of Johnson's overdue account. Subsequently, on June 23, 1977, Waits filed a separate action against Johnson in case number 77-C-11 to recover additional amounts owed by Johnson from other matters.
On July 10, 1978, Johnson assigned to Collingwood Grain Company the right to receive up to $50,000 of the proceeds which might be awarded to Johnson in his pending litigation against Waits in case number 77-C-4. This assignment served as collateral to secure Johnson's debt of $41,858.82 to Collingwood. On January 25, 1979, judgment was entered in favor of Waits and against Johnson in case number 77-C-11. This judgment, in the amount of $18,149.22, was reached by agreement of the parties. On March 14, 1980, Johnson's attorney filed an attorney's lien in case number 77-C-4. That same day, a jury entered a verdict in case number 77-C-4 in favor of Johnson against Chevron for $28,350 and against Waits for $5,000. Additionally, the jury awarded Waits $3,336 on Waits' counterclaim against Johnson. The journal entry of judgment was filed April 24, 1980.
In March 1980, after the jury verdict but before the journal entry was filed, Waits garnished Chevron, based upon Waits' judgment in case number 77-C-11, and claimed any money due to Johnson by Chevron from the judgment entered in case number 77-C-4. Two months later, Waits again garnished Chevron; this time, the garnishment was based upon Waits' judgment against Johnson in case number 77-C-4.
On May 19, 1980, Collingwood filed a motion to intervene in both case numbers 77-C-4 and 77-C-11, claiming it had priority over Waits' garnishments by virtue of Collingwood's prior assignment from Johnson, which was dated July 10, 1978. The district court granted Collingwood's motion to intervene and held a hearing to determine priority to the judgment proceeds. Ultimately, the court found the assignment between Collingwood and Johnson was valid and prior to any liens claimed through Waits' garnishments; Waits' judgment in case number 77-C-4 was not subject to being set off against Johnson's judgment versus Waits in that same case, and when Waits paid the judgment due to Johnson, the proceeds should go to Collingwood under its assignment; and Johnson's attorney's lien had priority over Waits' garnishments.
Waits appealed, arguing, inter alia, the district court erred in finding that the assignment was valid and had priority over Waits' garnishments and claims. This court rejected Waits' challenges to the validity of the assignment. Regarding Waits' claim of priority, the court held:
"The mere fact that Waits' first garnishment stems from the January 25, 1979, judgment in case No. 77-C-11 does not give Waits priority since the assignment was executed prior to the judgment in case No. 77-C-11, and since a judgment does not act as a lien on personal property unless and until levy is made. In re Wilson, 390 F. Supp. 1121 (D. Kan. 1975). Waits' first attempt to levy on the judgment proceeds in case No. 77-C-4 was not made until March of 1980. Since the Collingwood assignment preceded this garnishment attempt by almost two years, we find that the trial court correctly held that Collingwood had priority over the proceeds from the judgment debtor, Chevron." 6 Kan. App. 2d at 792.
Here, in finding Munson was entitled to the funds, the district court distinguished Carson on the basis that Munson's judgment against Tri-State preceded Tri-State's assignment to BNSF, whereas in Carson, no judgment preceded Collingwood's assignment. Further, the court found that even if Munson had issued a garnishment to GSO 10 days after obtaining judgment in May 1998, that garnishment would have been to no avail, as GSO simply would have responded that no funds were being held.
The district court's factual distinction between Carson and the present case is accurate. Munson's judgment against Tri-State clearly predated Tri-State's assignment to BNSF. The problem with that conclusion is that Munson did not make any attempt to levy its judgment until well after Tri-State had executed an assignment to BNSF. Carson instructs that a judgment does not act as a lien unless and until levy is made. 6 Kan. App. 2d at 792.
We acknowledge, as the district court noted, that had Munson issued a garnishment to GSO immediately after obtaining judgment, GSO would not have had funds to release. Importantly, this point ignores the fact that Munson still could have levied its judgment against Tri-State immediately following the judgment in May 1998. Munson could have obtained either a writ of execution under K.S.A. 60-2401 or an order of garnishment using K.S.A. 60-716 on any other property of Tri-State. Such actions would have preserved Munson's priority right to any future funds held by or for Tri-State. Following Carson, Munson's failure to take action immediately after obtaining judgment opened the door for BNSF to gain priority to the funds.
Ten years before Carson, our Supreme Court settled a priority fight between an assignment and some garnishments. In Nelson v. Boula, 207 Kan. 771, 486 P.2d 1340 (1971), Eaton obtained a judgment against Nelson on July 19, 1968. A few months later, Burnette obtained a judgment against Nelson. Neither judgment was paid. On April 28, 1969, Nelson obtained a judgment against Boula. That same day, Nelson assigned the judgment to Mills. The following month, both Burnette and Eaton attempted to garnish Boula and his attorney. Their priority fight ensued between Mills, who claimed the funds by right of assignment and/or by an attorney's lien filed April 29, 1969, and Burnette and Eaton, both of whom claimed the funds through garnishment. The district court accorded priority to the assignment over the garnishments.
Burnette and Eaton appealed, challenging the district court's priority determination. They did not challenge the validity of the assignment itself, but, rather, they argued that under K.S.A. 60-2405, the assignment did not become effective until it was filed with the clerk of the district court. The Supreme Court rejected this contention, affirmed the district court's decision, and said: "It is settled law that property validly transferred or assigned by a defendant cannot thereafter be reached by garnishment. [Citations omitted.]" 207 Kan. at 773. The court then examined whether K.S.A. 60-2405 nullified this prevailing rule, as Burnette and Eaton claimed.
K.S.A. 60-2405 affords a person who claims to have succeeded to the interest of a judgment creditor, whether by operation of law or by assignment, the right to be substituted for the judgment creditor and to enforce the judgment upon the filing of an assignment with the clerk of the district court. The court determined that the intent of K.S.A. 60-2405 was to provide an assignee or other successor with the means to enforce a judgment to which he or she has succeeded; it was not intended to aid a creditor in garnishment by reason of the mere fact that he or she did not have notice or knowledge of a previous assignment. Further, the statute authorized a court to determine the rights and liabilities of parties in the event the validity of a transfer is contested. Ultimately, the court rejected Burnette's and Eaton's contention that K.S.A. 60-2405 nullified the prevailing rule that an assignment is superior to a subsequent garnishment.
In both Carson and Nelson, an assignment of a cause of action made prior to a garnishment prevailed. In Nelson, this result was reached despite the existence of two judgments against Nelson prior to his assignment to Mills. Burnette and Eaton failed to levy their judgments against Nelson prior to Nelson's assignment, thus, the assignment prevailed.
Likewise, Tri-State's assignment to BNSF, which was made after Munson's judgment against Tri-State but prior to Munson's garnishment, must prevail. Accordingly, we hold the district court erred in determining Munson was entitled to the funds. The funds should be awarded to BNSF.
Reversed and remanded with directions to enter judgment in accordance with this opinion.


text:
NCLB Update
Science Education
Presidential Scholars
Grants Forecast
Parent Involvement
After-School Evaluation (Part III)
Quote to Note
Upcoming Events
NCLB Update (http://www.nochildleftbehind.gov/)
In a May 1 USA Today op-ed, "'Growing Pains' Won't Sidetrack No Child Left Behind," Secretary Spellings forcefully addressed the National Education Association's lawsuit. "It is interesting to note," she said, "that six of the nine districts in the suit successfully met their accountability targets under the lawgoals that are set by the state, not the federal governmentand the ninth district apparently received no rating whatsoever. In other words, students have already benefited, and their education is improving thanks to the law. In addition, almost every district in the lawsuit has seen its federal funds increase significantly since NCLB was passed, one as high as 300 percent." Notably, the Secretary continued, "this has happened beforesome states have chosen not to take part in federal education programs." For example, New Mexico opted out of the Education of the Handicapped Act (now called the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) for six years, and five states initially rejected Goals 2000, forfeiting aid. "The contrary actions of a couple of states and one teachers union lobby do not constitute a 'grassroots rebellion,'" she concluded. "The bottom line is that most respected national education organizations are working with us to continue the unprecedented national progress that No Child Left Behind has begun." For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/news/opeds/edit/2005/05012005.html.
At the recent Milken Family Foundation National Education Conference (April 27), Secretary Spellings highlighted the administration's proposals to "treat teachers like the professionals they are." That includes a $500 million Teacher Incentive Fund, "to provide states with money to reward teachers who take the toughest jobs and achieve real results." According to the bipartisan Teaching Commission, 76 percent of Americans and 77 percent of public school teachers support extra financial rewards for teachers willing to work in high-poverty schools, and a few "states [Minnesota] and districts [Denver] have already started using these new systems with great success." "The Teacher Incentive Fund will...align the way we reward teachers with the goals of No Child Left Behind," she said. "If we expect results for every child, we must support teachers who are getting the job done in America's toughest classrooms." For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/news/speeches/2005/04/04272005.html.
Special note: President Bush has nominated Kevin Sullivan to head the newly created Office of Communications and Outreach. Previously, he was Senior Vice President for Corporate Communications and Media Relations at NBC Universal.
Science Education
The next "Education News Parents Can Use" broadcast (May 17, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET) will explore preparing students for the global economy by improving science education. With the advent of the Information Age, virtually all jobsnot just those covering scientific fieldsare demanding a deeper understanding of science than was necessary in previous generations. Indeed, of the 20 fastest-growing occupations projected for this decade, 15 of them require substantial math or science preparation. Moreover, what was once a developing trend has now become common practice: business leaders are looking to other countries for workers with math and science competency. Therefore, the challenge is to ensure that all students develop an appreciation for and mastery of science subjects. Among the key topics the broadcast will focus on: what strategies schools are using to increase proficiency levels in science and science-related coursework for all students; what tactics teachers are using to focus on science skills across the curriculum; and how No Child Left Behind addresses science instruction and educator qualifications. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/news/av/video/edtv/. (You can watch live and archived webcasts at http://www.connectlive.com/events/ednews/.)
Presidential Scholars
This week, Secretary Spellings announced the selection of 141 high school seniors as 2005 Presidential Scholars. The Presidential Scholars program was established in 1964 to honor outstanding academic achievement and was expanded in 1979 to recognize students who demonstrate exceptional talent in the literary, visual, and performing arts. Each year, 141 students are named, including at least one young man and woman from each state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and American families living abroad. Another 15 graduates are chosen at-large, and 20 students are scholars in the arts. Over 2,700 candidates qualified on the basis of strong ACT or SAT assessments or nomination through the annual nationwide Arts Recognition and Talent Search. A 28-member Commission on Presidential Scholars (appointed by the president) then made the final selection from a pool of 500 semifinalists. Scholars will be honored June 25-28 in Washington, D.C. Also, since 1983, each scholar has invited his or her most inspirational teacher to participate in the recognition ceremony and receive a certificate of appreciation. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/programs/psp/.
Grants Forecast
Be sure to review the FY 2005 Grants Forecast (as of April 29) at http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/find/edlite-forecast.html, which lists virtually all programs and competitions under which the Department has invited or expects to invite applications for awards and provides actual or estimated dates for the transmittal of applications under these programs. The lists are in the form of chartsorganized according to principal program officesand will be updated regularly through July 2005. (This document is advisory only and is not an official application notice of the Department of Education.)
Also: School districts representing large high schools (with an enrollment of 1,000 or more students) are eligible for grants under the Smaller Learning Communities Program. Awards are based on school size and the number of schools served, ranging from $650,000-$1,175,000 for one school to $11,750,000 for local education agencies applying on behalf of up to 10 schools. Applicants must prioritize helping all students "succeed in rigorous academic courses." The deadline for applications is June 7. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/programs/slcp/.
Parent Involvement
KSA-Plus Communications and the children's advocacy group Connect for Kids have teamed up to launch a new online resource, http://www.connectforkids.org/taxonomy/term/328/, which offers advice for parents looking to become more active participants in their children's education. This web site offers links to a variety of articles (for example, "8 Tips for Reading Your School's Report Card"), organizations, and recommendations about parent leadership and activism. Additional links connect parents with regional services to improve the safety and health of students.
After-School Evaluation (Part III)
According to a national evaluation by Mathematica Policy Research of the Department's 21st Century Community Learning Centers (after-school) programthe last of three evaluationselementary students who attended the federally funded, school-based after-school centers reported feeling safer, and the lowest-performing students recorded some gains in English grades. Nevertheless, generally at the elementary and middle school level, the program did not affect grades or test scores, and participants showed no difference in how often they completed their homework or got help working on it. Ironically, participants were also more likely to engage in behavior that warranted "discipline" during the regular school day. (Note: The No Child Left Behind Act restructured the program and focused greater attention on its potential for improving academic outcomes. Mathematica's studies have data from the 2000-01, 2001-02, and 2002-03 school years.) For more information, please go to http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/Press%20Releases/21stcenturyfinal.asp.
Quote to Note
"We ought to start with the presumption every child can learn, not just some. And, therefore, if you believe every child can learn, then you ought to expect every classroom to teach. I hear feedback from No Child Left Behindand, admittedly, I get the cook's tour sometimesbut I hear teachers talk to me about how thrilled they are with No Child Left Behind. They appreciate the fact that the [accountability] system now shows deficiencies early so they can correct those problems. And, it is working."
President George W. Bush (4/28/05)
Upcoming Events
This month, the Department's Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives will host workshops in Springfield (May 18) and Chicago (May 19), Illinois, to assist faith-based and community organizations applying to become approved supplemental educational service providers. The workshops are free, although pre-registration is required. The deadline for registration is May 16. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/about/inits/list/fbci/suppserv-workshops.html.
Start spreading the word: on Memorial Day, Monday, May 30, at 3:00 p.m. local time, Americans are asked to stop what they are doing and spend one minute in a Moment of Remembrance. The time was chosen because it is the time when many Americans are enjoying their freedoms on the national holiday. For more information, please go to http://www.remember.gov/.
The Education Industry Association's annual conference, EDVentures 2005, will be held July 20-22 at the Wyndham Hotel Inner Harbor in downtown Baltimore. This year's theme is "Standards for Excellence," and Secretary Spellings has been invited to give the keynote address. For more information, please go to http://www.educationindustry.org/edventures/2005/.
Credits, Subscribe & Unsubscribe
Please feel free to contact the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs with any questions:
Deputy Assistant SecretaryKen Meyer, (202) 401-0404, email@example.com
Program AnalystAdam Honeysett, (202) 401-3003, email@example.com
To be added or removed from distribution, or submit comments (we welcome your feedback!), please contact Adam Honeysett. Or, visit http://www.ed.gov/news/newsletters/edreview/index.html.
This newsletter contains hypertext links to information created and maintained by other public and private organizations. These links are provided for the user's convenience. The U.S. Department of Education does not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness, or completeness of this outside information. Furthermore, the inclusion of links is not intended to reflect their importance, nor is it intended to endorse any views expressed, or products or services offered, on these sites, or the organizations sponsoring the sites.


text:
Soothing Music Reduces Stress, Anxiety And Depression...
Post: #1
Soothing Music Reduces Stress, Anxiety And Depression...
[center]Soothing Music Reduces Stress, Anxiety And Depression During Pregnancy Says Study
[center]Music therapy can reduce psychological stress among pregnant women, according to research just published in a special complementary and alternative therapy medicine issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing.
Researchers from the College of Nursing at Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan, randomly assigned 116 pregnant women to a music group and 120 to a control group.
"The music group showed significant reductions in stress, anxiety and depression after just two weeks, using three established measurement scales" says Professor Chung-Hey Chen, who is now based at the National Cheng Kung University.
"In comparison, the control group showed a much smaller reduction in stress, while their anxiety and depression scores showed little or no improvement.
"Women in the music group also expressed preferences for the type of music they listened to, with lullabies, nature and crystal sounds proving more popular than classical music."
The women who took part in the study had an average age of 30 years, were between 18 to 34 weeks' pregnant and expected to have uncomplicated vaginal deliveries. All but five of the 241 women, who were recruited from the antenatal clinic at a medical centre in southern Taiwan, completed the pre and post-test assessments.
The demographic profiles of the two groups were very similar when it came to factors like education, occupation, social class and happiness with their marriage.
Half of the women were pregnant for the first time and just over half of the pregnancies were planned. The number of women in their second and third trimesters were more or less equal.
Four pre-recorded 30-minute music CDs were created for the study and each featured music that mimicked the human heart rate, with between 60 and 80 beats per minute.
The lullaby CD included songs like Brahms' Lullaby and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and composers like Beethoven and Debussy were included on the classic CD. The nature sounds included Tropical Mystery and Friendly Natives and the crystals' CD comprised Chinese children's rhymes and songs, like Little Honey-Bee and Jasmine. Women taking part in the music group were given copies of the CDs and asked to listen to them for 30 minutes a day for two weeks. They then completed a diary saying which CD they had listened to and what they were doing at the time.
Most of them listened to the music while they were resting, at bedtime or performing
The control group did not listen to the CDs.
Participants in both groups were asked to complete three well-established scales, which are used to measure stress, anxiety and depression, before and after the music intervention.
The results showed that:
- Before they took part in the study, women in the music group scored 17.44 on the Perceived Stress Scale, which ranges from zero to 30. After the intervention their stress levels had dropped by an average of 2.15, which is statistically significant. Women in the control group reported a much smaller fall of 0.92.
- Anxiety was measured by the State Scale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, which ranges from 20 to 80. It fell by 2.13 from 37.92 in the music group and rose by 0.71 in the control group.
- Depression was measured by the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression scale, which ranges from zero to 30. The music group reported an average level of 12.11 before the intervention and a reduction of 1.84 at the end of the two-week period. The score was almost constant in the control group, falling by an insignificant 0.03.
"Pregnancy is a unique and stressful period for many expectant mothers and they suffer anxiety and depression because of the long time period involved" says Professor Chen. "In fact, anxiety and depression during pregnancy is a similar health problem to postnatal depression.
"Any intervention that reduces these problems is to be welcomed. Our study shows that listening to suitable music provides a simple, cost-effective and non-invasive way of reducing stress, anxiety and depression during pregnancy.
"The value of music therapy is slowly being realised by nurses in a number of clinical settings and we hope that our findings will encourage healthcare professionals to consider it when treating pregnant women."
Complementary and alternative therapies (CAM) are increasingly being used, according to Dr Graeme D Smith, Senior Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh and editor of the special October issue.
"There are many potential health benefits that can be gained from close integration of CAM therapies into nursing practice and conventional health care" he says. "In the UK, for example, approximately one in five people have tried at least one form of CAM and one in five family doctors are actively involved in providing them. It is also good to see that the National Health Service is incorporating more types of CAM as part of its delivery of integrated services.
"The beauty of the CAM technique described by Professor Chen is that patients saw immediate and significant benefits simply by including half an hours' relaxing music into their daily routine. In a world of sophisticated medical advances, it is good to see that something so easy and inexpensive can be so effective."[/center]
Source Medical News Today
Post: #2
Re: Soothing Music Reduces Stress, Anxiety And Depression...
YAY for music therapy !!!! That is my major! If you ever want to know anything about it, just ask me !
« Next Oldest | Next Newest »
Tech support courtesy of Budget Web Design Powered By MyBB, © 2002-2019 MyBB Group.


text:
Gadgets Channel / Bullz-Eye Home
The world of MP3 players has changed dramatically since the introduction of the iPod, but Apple still rules this world. That said, with samrtphones and tablets, the way consumers consume mobile music has evolved considerably. Now the choices are endless, and that's a good thing.
Bullz-Eye Features
November 3, 2011
Perfect for just about any occassion, this portable speaker delivers high-end sound in a small package.
Web GuideGadget Teaser - Music
This gadgets blog covers MP3 players and other ways we now consume music.
Sweet Deals
Check this site daily for great one-day deals on PDA's and MP3 players.
This is where I go for killer deals on yesterday's models.
What to think about:
Portable music players have probably gained the most punch for the buck from recent advances in electronics. In the past 20 years, technology has run the gamut from cassette tape walkmans, compact disc walkmans, minidisc players, flash memory players and finally to portable hard drive players.
in the past six months hard drive players have dropped into a price bracket that mere mortals can afford.
When making your purchase decision, here are the things to consider:
Format: Because of the now ultra low cost per megabyte of hard drive players, this would be my suggestion. Even an above average music fan can probably fit all their CDs on 30GB.
Battery Life: All hard drive players that I know of use a proprietary battery. Make sure you check around for battery life, especially if you are going to take your player traveling. Being on a plane when your battery dies is the worst feeling in the world.
Where to get informed:
Portable music players are in a class by themselves. The product is aimed squarely at the masses. What this means is that you can pretty much freely read reviews on the Web and cull from them real and valid opinions. Unfortunately, this is a rare case.
For the meat and potatoes specs on these items, check out the TechTV and CNet reviews.
Dell Digital Jukebox - Dell goes head-to-head with Apple's iPod
- Review at Tom's Hardware Guide
- TechTV's Review
- CNet's Review
Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra 30GB - This is the one I own. As far as I have seen, it is the cheapest 30GB player out there. Mine rocks, but yes, the battery compartment always flips open.
- Amazon.com's Review - Many real world user reviews here. Stop here.
- Buy.com Review - More real world reviews, and a sweet deal ($236.99) on this player.
- ZDnet's Review
Apple iPod - This was the first and now the best known (and most expensive) product in this category. Like all products that can consistently garner high prices, the Apple iPod is worth the extra cash, if you can swing it.
- The Gadgeteer Review - This is a very good nuts and bolts review of not only the hardware, but the software.
- CNet Review - CNet Ranks the Apple iPod as one of their Top 100 Products.
- CNet's iPod Mini Review - Apple unveils iPod's less expensive rainbow colored little brother.
You can follow us on Twitter and Facebook for content updates. Also, sign up for our email list for weekly updates and check us out on Google+ as well.


text:
What is APA style?
This is a format for citing sources and typing research papers in the social sciences developed by the American Psychological Association (APA), described fully in the most recent edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.
What is the format for APA style?
The general format for APA style is typed, double-spaced on standard-sized paper (8.5 X 11 inches) with margins of 1 inch on all sides. Your final product may include the following, if applicable:
- Title page: includes a running head for publication, title, and byline and affiliation.
- Page numbers and running head: in the upper right-hand corner of each page, include a 1-2 word version of your title. Follow with five spaces and then the page number.
- Abstract: If your instructor requires an abstract, write a 75-100 word overview of your essay, which should include your main idea and your major points. You also may want to mention any implications of your research. Place the abstract on its own page immediately after the title page. Center the word Abstract and then follow with the paragraph.
Headings: Although not absolutely necessary, headings can be helpful. For undergraduate papers, only one level of heading is necessary. Major headings should be centered. Capitalize every word in the heading except articles (a, the), short prepositions (in, by, for), and coordinating conjunctions (and, but, or).
- Visuals: Visuals such as tables and figures include graphs, charts, drawings, and photographs. Try to keep the visuals as simple as possible and clearly label each visual with an Arabic numeral (ex: Table 1, Table 2, etc.) and include the title of the visual. The label and the title should appear on separate lines above the table, flush left. Below the table, provide the source.
- List of References: Create your list of references on its own page after the last page of your text. Center the title References one inch from the top of the page. Double space. Alphabetize the list of references by the last name of the authors. If the work has no author or editor, alphabetize the work by the first word of the title (excluding A, An, or The).
Where can I get help with my citations and references?
The Center for Teaching and Learning can help you with any of your writing needs. There are also many books and websites available that offer examples on how to cite multiple sources. One website that is particularly helpful is Citation Machine .


text:
Want to see the forest from a different perspective? Then strap in for some high-flying research as Camila Haristoy defends her dissertation in the Forest Club Room this Monday, June 10, at 10 a.m.!
"Above and Below the Canopy of Bigleaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum): Canopy Soils, Litterfall and Decomposition in an Old-Growth Temperate Rainforest"
Epiphytes play critical functional roles in ecosystems by capturing rain, transforming nutrients and providing habitat for canopy-dwelling organisms that are often habitat specialists. Few studies have examined the transfer of epiphytes from the canopy to the forest floor, or how decomposition differs between the canopy and forest floor environment in coastal temperate forest ecosystems.
In her study, Haristoy examined canopy soils, epiphytic litterfall and decomposition of materials associated with bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) in an old-growth temperate forest at the Queets River watershed, Olympic National Park. An enhanced understanding of the movement of epiphytes can provide ecological insights into processes and dynamics of these complex forest ecosystems, and provide conservation strategies for managers.
Haristoy's committee is co-chaired by Professor Darlene Zabowski and Nalini Nadkarni, and other members include SEFS Professors Bob Edmonds and Jerry Franklin, along with Marcia Ciol.
Images © Camila Haristoy.


text:
By Allen Moff | Staff writer
On Sunday, Kent State cracked the Associated Press Top 25 Poll for the first time in 39 years after earning its school-record eighth consecutive victory a day earlier at Miami.
The Flashes are ranked 25th with 93 votes, ahead of MAC rival Northern Illinois (27th) and national powers such as Oklahoma State, Wisconsin and Boise State. KSU is also listed 27th in the FBS Coaches' Top 25 Poll and 29th in the Harris Poll.
"We are very excited to be in the Top 25, but there are still many more goals to be accomplished," said Kent State head coach Darrell Hazell.
This Saturday, the 25th-ranked Golden Flashes will play the football program's biggest game in 40 years when they travel to Bowling Green with a chance to clinch the Mid-American Conference East Division championship, a berth in the MAC Championship game and a bowl bid. The Flashes have not won a MAC title of any kind or appeared in a bowl game since 1972.
The firsts just keep piling up for the 2012 Kent State football team, which is at long last putting four decades of gridiron frustration to rest with a scintillating season that few besides the Golden Flashes themselves saw coming.
"Nobody's had a winning season since we've been here, so our focus was on that and winning a MAC championship and going to a bowl game," said junior speedster Dri Archer, who set a school record by scoring his 19th touchdown of the season against the RedHawks. "When you come together as a team it's easier to win as a family."
Togetherness and confidence are two key elements to success that have been missing during Kent State's astounding string of football futility, but they've suddenly reappeared in 2012 under second-year head coach Hazell.
"I'm just very proud of our football team," said Hazell following Saturday's win at Miami. "I'm proud of how they've stayed the course, how they prepare every week, and the maturity of our football team and our locker room."
Offensive coordinator Brian Rock, who has served as an assistant coach at the collegiate level since 1987, believes the key to the Flashes' success is their unselfish allegiance to teammates and Hazell.
"We have a plan to win, not to highlight so and so and get stats," said Rock. "I've been on some winning teams and I've been on some not winning teams, and the teams that win are the teams that buy into that. It's as simple as that."
While building this team-first attitude took some time initially, the turnaround has been stunningly abrupt.
Last year the Flashes headed into their bye week 1-6 in Hazell's rookie season. During the bye week Kent State made some switches on the offensive line, moving Josh Kline from right tackle to left guard beside star left tackle Brian Winters, and moving Kent Cleveland from guard to right tackle.
Those changes ignited a once anemic offense, which combined with an already stellar defense to spearhead a 4-1 close to the 2011 campaign.
The Flashes carried that momentum into this season, ripping off eight straight wins since their game two loss at Kentucky to put themselves in position to end a four-decade title drought.
To put the achievements of this year's team in perspective, consider these stunning numbers:
— The Flashes captured their lone MAC title in 1972, and have not appeared in a bowl since that season.
— Kent State had won nine games only once before this season, in 1973.
— The Flashes have not been ranked in the AP poll since Nov. 5, 1973, when they were 19th heading into a showdown the following Saturday against Miami. They lost that game 20-10 at Dix Stadium, and wound up second in the MAC despite earning a school-record nine wins (9-2).
— The Flashes have not played for a MAC regular-season title since Nov. 18, 1972, when they defeated Toledo 27-9 to their one and only MAC championship.
— In the past 35 years, Kent State has produced only three winning seasons — 1987 (7-4 under Glen Mason), 2001 (6-5 under Dean Pees) and 2012 (9-1 under Hazell).
— In the past 35 years, the Flashes have suffered through four winless seasons and six one-win campaigns.
— From 1978-2011, Kent State's overall record was 96-274 — a winning percentage of .259.
All that suffering is at long last being put to rest by Hazell and his 2012 Flashes, who can secure the MAC East Division crown and a spot in the Marathon MAC Championship Game at Detroit's Ford Field on Nov. 30 with a victory Saturday at Bowling Green.
Oh, how the feeble have risen.
The Kent State Athletic Departments is offering fans and students the chance to join the football team at Bowling Green this Saturday.
To get a seat on one of three buses making the trip to Bowling Green, call the M.A.C. Center ticket office at 330-672-2244 beginning this morning from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
"We need to get all Kent State fans out to this game at Bowling Green," said Hazell. "We need their support. It's a championship game."
Seats are free for Kent State students, while the cost for fans is $25.
Only 25 seats are available for fans, so plan on calling early. If students do not fill the rest of the seats by the Friday 8 a.m. deadline, they will go to fans. Those fans put on a waiting list earlier in the week will know if they have a guaranteed seat by Friday at 3 p.m.


text:
Denisa Krajickova Trlica (Denise Milani) was born in Frydek Mistek, Czechoslovakia, now the Czech Republic. Denise took English classes and sought to become a physical therapist. But as a teenager, she grew into a DDD cup and decide to pursue a career in modeling under the name Denise Lica instead.
Denise said to boobsternewscenter.com, "It was really freaking me out, I was very embarrassed to go to school, I would always wear really tight tank top under my loose shirt so I can hide how big they were getting."
Related Galleries: 20 Bustiest Babes
At the age of 18, Denise Milani moved to Prague. According to babepedia.com, at 20 Denise caught the eye of Kara Milani, the daughter of a Czech mob boss. By year's end, Denise and Kara were a couple and Denise legally changed her surname to Milani and moved to Los Angeles.
Once in America, Denise Milani was discovered by Sports by Brooks, an online sports enthusiast website and became an internet model. Although she has been known to appear topless, she keeps her nipples covered.
Though there is speculation as to whether Denise Milani's breasts are real or enhanced, she told askmen.com, "They're natural and they're naturally beautiful. Thanks Mom!" Others claim that in the period between Sports by Brooks and the website she created, Denise Milani had breast augmentation, which can be seen through the comparison of photos from each period.
In 2007, Denise Milani created her own MySpace profile and became one of the most well known internet models in the United States. She also posed for Pin up Glam.
Denise said to mademan.com, "I think men find me attractive because of my innate confidence. Confidence is sexy. My confidence stems not from my physical looks necessarily, but from my optimism, healthy view on life and kind heart." Denise Milani loves her fans. She recounts a story, "One male fan wrote that he was about to commit suicide but when he looked into my brown eyes he saw a reason for living. I was deeply touched by that email. I was glad I had a positive effect on a another human being's life."
Denise Milani's passion is for health and fitness. As of 2011, Denise Milani had her implants reduced and began entering fitness competitions throughout the United States. She is now a certified trainer and undergone a formal education through Equinox, launching her DeniseMilaniLifestyle.com.
Denise Milani lives in Glendora, California and is a fan of the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Kings.
More from Mandatory: The MLB's Hottest WAGs


text:
-Mr. and Mrs. Carter
-Mr. and Mrs. Cross
-Mr. & Mrs. Luttinen
-Dr. and Mrs. Stafford
-Mr. & Mrs. Westlake
-Mr. & Mrs. Wilborn
-Mr. & Mrs. Williams
Experience THE BEAUTY OF EVEREST.
Watch Our Video.
Welcome to Everest
Get To Know Us
Everest Collegiate High School and Academy is an independent, private school providing a Christ-Centered authentically Catholic educational experience designed to develop leaders who are capable of utilizing their strengths, so they can fulfill the unique plan that God has for each of them. We offer a preschool to 12th grade education with a single gender focus on a co-ed campus. Our efforts as a school concentrate on helping students excel in four main areas: Academics, Spiritual Formation, Character Development, and Service to Others. Future leaders welcome.Who We Are
Take A Look
For a peek inside life at Everest, take a look at our students, faculty, religious and consecrated in action. From athletic events and club activities to music and drama, the beauty that is Everest guides, encourages and supports students in their journey to fulfill God's will for their lives.Experience Everest
Come See Us
No matter what time of year it is, Everest is always ready to welcome you with open arms for a personal tour. We encourage all prospective families to either attend one of our open houses or schedule a tour to truly understand what Everest has to offer. We cannot wait to meet you.Schedule A Tour
Be A Mountaineer
Applying to a new school might seem a little daunting, but at Everest, we want to your admissions process to be as simple as possible. We've outlined everything you'll need to do in this easy to follow guideline so you'll know exactly what to expect. Each step will bring you that much closer to being part of the Everest family. You'll be a Mountaineer before you know it!How To Apply
Mountaineer Moments
Varsity Boys Will Sit at Front of the BusThe Mountaineers basketball teams have been putting in work this summer. Twenty-five of the boys attended...
EC Poets Rising StarsLast fall, sisters Amanda and Anna Beer – then a junior and a senior respectively – saw a...
All About MichiganAre you enjoy your summer in Pure Michigan? Everest Academy third-grade students learned all about their...
Everest prides itself on providing a balanced and rigorous academic environment However, it doesn't stop there. The academic undertaking at Everest is not merely about how much knowledge can be transferred to and retained by our students. It is about aligning that knowledge with the students' development as complete persons.
Faith Formation
At Everest, we embrace the beauty of our Catholic tradition. Whether in the sacraments, out on the field, or in the classroom, we provide opportunities to encounter Christ. Through the formation we offer, students receive the guidance they need to develop into the Catholic Christian leaders they were created to be.
Athletics & Extras
Everest's athletic programs and extracurricular activities offer age appropriate physical and emotional development as well as providing opportunities to strengthen self-confidence, discipline, and determination. In all competitions and club activities, fair play is stressed along with integrity, honor, and compassion.


text:
We've got lots of new apps to occupy your time in this week's round of Android apps. Whether it's the latest from Rovio or a tool to help you sniff out scams, we've got your back.
Blottr: Do you have an eye for news stories? Blottr, a citizen journalism platform, has just come out with an app to help you upload your own stories quickly and easily, as well as read pieces from other newshounds. Free
Scam Detector: Are you getting ripped off? Refer to this app, which identifies some of the most egregious scams around across nine different industries, including finance, social networking, employment, travel, and more. Free
Smart Tools: Turn your phone into a multi-faceted household helper. This app has five groups of tools that are actually more like 15 tools rolled into sets—a ruler, measuring tape, compass, sound meter, and more. $2.50
Amazing Alex: This is the newest title from the makers of Angry Birds. In this game you've got to help Alex accomplish different tasks around the house by harnessing the power of physics, creating a series of chain reactions. Spend the weekend making your way through 100 different levels. $0.99


text:
For the second time this year, the Paul family has been harassed by the Transportation Security Administration. Rep. Ron Paul, his wife, and granddaughter were stopped by eight TSA workers at a small airport in Clearwater, Florida, and told they must be screened. According to the agents, the screening was necessary because Mitt Romney "might be nearby."
Observers say the implication was that the Paul family poses a threat to the Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney.
The agents inspected Paul's credentials and demanded to check the airplane for explosives.
The entire incident came to an end once Ron Paul's wife, Carol, refused to be screened by TSA personnel, asserting that she wore a pacemaker, and a Paul aide began taking video of the ordeal on his cell phone.
Analysts contend that the TSA interaction is yet another example of the establishment's efforts to sabotage Paul.
Earlier this year, Ron Paul's son, Rand, was detained by the TSA in Nashville, causing him to miss his appearance at the March for Life rally in Washington, D.C.
According to Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.), an "anomaly" on his knee was detected by the full body scanner, though he does not have any metal in his knees. When Paul asked for a second scan, the TSA insisted that he must be subjected to a pat-down by airport security. Paul refused the pat-down on the grounds that it was a violation of his rights and his "private property." In response to his stand, Paul was detained in a tiny cubicle, causing him to miss his flight to Washington, where he was to attend a Senate session and speak at the March for Life.
Paul also said that the incident highlights how the TSA should not be "spending so much time with people who wouldn't attack us."
Rand Paul stated that although he did not expect to be treated differently because he is a senator, the TSA should be treating everyone "with dignity."
Following that incident, Senator Paul issued a press release in which he swore to "end the TSA."
"The American people shouldn't be subjected to harassment, groping, and other public humiliation simply to board an airplane. As you may have heard, I have some personal experience with this, and I've vowed to lead the charge to fight back," he stated. "It's time to end the TSA and get the government's hands back to only stealing our wallets instead of groping toddlers and grandmothers," said Paul in the statement.
Senator Paul's father, Ron, issued a harsh response to the TSA's detainment of his son.
"The police state in this country is growing out of control," Rep. Paul wrote in a statement provided to the Daily Caller. "One of the ultimate embodiments of this is the TSA that gropes and grabs our kids and our seniors and does nothing to keep us safe."
In 2010, Ron Paul endured a similar incident with the TSA, ironically prompted by actual metal in his knees that was detected by the scanners.
The elder Dr. Paul recalled his encounter with the TSA on the Alex Jones show. He explained that he has had to endure TSA abuse a number of times throughout his tenure as Texas congressman, including the latest "enhanced pat-down" that verges on sexual molestation. "I have to go through that all the time because I have metal in my knees," he explained. "I get prodded all the time and it is disgusting and I tell them so."
Like Rand, Ron Paul's constant encounters with the TSA have encouraged his endeavors to eliminate the Transportation Security Administration.
"I am going to be doing everything conceivable to try to change these rules because they are not making us safer, they aren't better for us — it's just to enhance the power of the state."
Both Senator Paul and Representative Paul have been vocal opponents of the Transportation Security Administration, and have proposed several bills targeting the agency.
Representative Paul sponsored the American Traveler Dignity Act, which would remove TSA agents' immunity from prosecution for conducting invasive pat-downs.
Likewise, Senator Rand Paul recently submitted a set of bills that would ultimately eliminate the Transportation Security Administration, establish a passenger bill of rights, and require that the program be turned over to private screeners.
S. 3302 establishes a formal "Bill of Rights" for passengers by providing guidelines for screening procedures and protections for travelers. Politico explains that the bill would "permit travelers to opt out of pat-downs and be re-screened, allow them to call a lawyer when detained, increase the role of dogs in explosive detection, let passengers 'appropriately object to mistreatment,' allow children 12 years old and younger to avoid 'unnecessary pat-downs' and require the distribution of the new rights at airports."
S. 3303 ends the TSA screening program completely and requires passengers to be screened by private screeners only. It reads, "Screening of passengers shall be conducted by employees of a private screening company under a contract entered into." The bill sets standards for how airports may select the private security screening companies, and permits the airports to have the final say in employment and termination of private screening security companies. It even includes provisions for Right to Work.
Both bills have not yet moved out of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
A money bomb for Ron Paul's presidential campaign themed at ending the TSA helped raise over a million dollars, indicating that many of the American people oppose the intrusive behavior of the agency.
Photo: Dr. and Mrs. Ron Paul at an earlier appearance.


text:
New Canaan dismantles Staples in FCIAC showdown
WESTPORT -- Another week, another runaway win for the New Canaan football team.
For the seventh time in as many games to start the season, the Rams offense was virtually uncontainable while their defense routinely blew plays up in the backfield.
The only difference on Friday night was that it was up against fellow perennial powerhouse Staples. You know, the same Staples team that won the FCIAC title the past two seasons? And the Rams still won going away by a final of 43-7.
"It helps tremendously when you have a short field to work with. It limits the playbook a little bit, but it makes it easier to punch it in," said New Canaan quarterback Nick Cascione, who threw a touchdown and ran for two more. "We could have done a lot more damage, but I'm happy with the end result: Forty-three points and a win. Can't complain."
New Canaan once again benefitted from outstanding field position all night, and following a Staples three-and-out to start the game, the Rams went 34 yards in six plays, taking the lead when Cascione threw a quick pass to Alex LaPolice in the slot, who took a hit but still found the end zone on a 19-yard catch-and-run over the middle.
Staples next possession came to an immediate halt on its first play when New Canaan's Zach Allen forced a fumble that was recovered by Maxson Wilson.
Seven plays later, the Rams were back in the end zone on a seven-yard designed run up the middle by Cascione for a 14-0 lead.
On the second play of their next possession, the Wreckers seemingly got back into the game on a 47-yard run through the New Canaan defense by Jack Greenwald. Save for this one explosive play, the Wreckers could get precious little going on offense.
"Physically up front, we kind of got worn down. We couldn't protect (quarterback) Jack (Massie), and when you can't protect the quarterback it's hard to get any sort of passing game going," Staples coach Marce Petroccio said. "You're caught between a rock and a hard place because you want to run the ball, but you really can't."
Cole Turpin returned the ensuing kickoff 58 yards to the Staples 27, and three plays later, Frank Cognetta went 12 yards for the score and a 21-7 lead.
New Canaan kicker Peter Swindell had a big night, going three-for-three in field goals, including a 26-yarder and a 33-yarder to boost the Rams' lead to 27-7 at halftime. Swindell's final field goal was a 30-yarder at the start of the fourth.
Staples will look to rebound next Friday with another marquee game on the road against Trumbull at 7 p.m.
New Canaan once again puts perfection on the line when it plays host to unbeaten St. Joseph on Friday at 7 p.m. in what could be the most anticipated game of the season.
"I thought our defensive staff did a tremendous job of stopping their option attack. I don't know when the last time was that they were held to seven, but it was a tremendous team effort," New Canaan coach Lou Marinelli said. "I think our coaching staff did a tremendous job. I don't think we've ever held them to seven points, and I think we just caught them right tonight."
email@example.com; Twitter @jchik17
NC--Alex LaPolice 19 pass Nick Cascione (Peter Swindell kick)
NC--Cascione 7 run run (Swindell kick)
S--Greenwald 47 run (Mike Gifford kick)
NC--Cognetta 12 run (Swindell kick)
NC--Swindell 26 field goal
NC--Swindell 33 field goal
NC--Cognetta 18 run (Swindell kick)
NC--Cascione 10 run (kick failed)
NC--Swindell 30 field goal
Records: New Canaan 7-0 (6-0 FCIAC); Staples 5-2 (5-1 FCIAC)


text:
STOCKHOLM - Swedish furnishings giant Ikea says it is withdrawing meatballs from stores in 21 European countries amid concerns that they could contain horse meat.
Monday's move comes after authorities in the Czech Republic said they had detected horse DNA in tests of 2.2-pound packs of frozen meatballs labeled as beef and pork.
Ikea spokeswoman Ylva Magnusson told AP that stores in 21 countries using the same Swedish supplier would remove meatballs from their shelves.
She said that includes most European countries, but not Russia and Norway, which use local suppliers. She added that Ikea stores outside Europe are not affected.


text:
At Pure 4Runner, you will find the largest selection of 4Runner parts and accessories on the web. We are dedicated to providing you with the best customer service around.
We do our best to ship all items the same day the order is placed, custom requests may take longer. We do our best to deliver most items within 5-6 business days, most will show up much sooner. Not all items come from our shop in Texas. If your order contains items from multiple suppliers/warehouses, you will potentially receive tracking numbers and items at different times.
Here at Pure 4Runner, a Pure Auto Parts Inc company, we understand the importance of maintaining our customers privacy online. We understand that in this time of spam e-mail, and credit card fraud our customers want to know and have the right to know how personal information is handled.
If you own a Hi-Lift Jack you NEED one of these! These 1 thick polyurethane blocks simply slide over the jack handle and the jack's I beam to keep them secured together. No more rattling or lost jack handles! Fits all Hi-Lift brand jacks.
Product 37/82
WARNING: This product may contain chemicals knownto the State of California to cause cancer, birth defectsand other reproductive harm.


text:
Bingo Ink Dabbers from Arrow Games/Bazaar & Novelty
Arrow Games/Bazaar & Novelty offers a wide variety of ink products to fit the needs and style of every bingo player around the world. Start with our high quality ink markers (or daubers) of all sizes to fit every style of bingo paper, including 75#, 90#, tear-opens and bingo event dab tickets. Then check out our unique options for point of sale promotions and ink displays.
Search through all the colours available in everyday favourites such as our brilliant Bingo Brite ink or be sure to see our current offering of promotional, seasonal, special event and licensed ink markers. No one offers you a better range of licensed characters! Ideal for door prizes, raffles, customer appreciation, theme events, gift sales or as collectibles.


text:
Find Our Latest Video Reviews on YouTube!
If you want to stay on top of all of our video reviews of the latest tech, be sure to check out and subscribe to the Gear Live YouTube channel, hosted by Andru Edwards! It's free!
Friday March 13, 2009 12:43 pm
Test Drive Speed with Check Flash
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Accessories, USB, Software
Russian software hobbyist Cherkes Mihail has devised Check Flash. This free program can be downloaded so that you can test the speed of your current flash drive or others and format them if you wish. It is not necessary to use an empty drive although some of the tests will blank them, so the creator has kindly included the ability to pass command line switches and allow batch processing. Check out his home page for other tests and ideas.
Read More | Cherkes Mihail
- Related Tags:
- batch processing, check flash, drive speed, flash drive, format, mihail kiev, software, usb
Latest Gear Live Videos
- Subscribe:
- YouTube
- iTunes High Definition
- iTunes Standard Version
© Gear Live Inc. {year} – User-posted content, unless source is quoted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Public Domain License. Gear Live graphics, logos, designs, page headers, button icons, videos, articles, blogs, forums, scripts and other service names are the trademarks of Gear Live Inc.


text:
The Center for Global Business Studies (CGBS), part of the network of research centers at the Penn State Smeal College of Business, will host a one-day conference, "Global Implications of U.S. Self-Sufficiency in Oil and Gas," from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, in 124 Business Building on Penn State's University Park campus.
The event is free and open to the public but an RSVP to Nancy Dull at email@example.com or 814-865-0544 is required by Dec. 2 due to space limitations.
The conference, organized by CGBS Director Fariborz Ghadar, will address issues such as how energy self-sufficiency will affect the U.S.' global economic and foreign policy strategies and what this new economic environment will mean for other nations across the globe.
The keynote address will be delivered by Frank A. Verrastro, senior vice president and James R. Schlesinger Chair for Energy and Geopolitics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Verrastro has more than 30 years of experience in energy policy and project management, both in government and the private sector. The CSIS is an international policy institution headquartered in Washington, D.C., focused on defense and security, regional stability, and transnational challenges ranging from energy and climate to global development and economic integration.
In addition to the keynote, there will be two panel discussions. The first will address how countries like Russia and Saudi Arabia will respond to an economic environment of U.S. energy independence and what the U.S.' potentially shifting foreign policy will mean for China's relations with the Middle East.
The second panel will address environmental issues, such as the potential environmental effects of oil and gas-dependent energy and what might be done to counteract negative outcomes.
Panelists will include moderator Jim Boland, adviser to the governor of Ohio and former vice chairman of Ernst & Young; Kevin Book, managing director of research at ClearView Energy Partners, LLC; Sarah Ladislaw, co-director and senior fellow of the Energy and National Security Program at the CSIS; Andrew G. Place, president and interim executive director for the Center for Sustainable Shale Development; and Michael Ratner, specialist in energy policy at the Congressional Research Service.
The Center for Global Business Studies is led by Fariborz Ghadar, the William A. Schreyer Chair of Global Management, Policies, and Planning in Smeal, and specializes in researching emerging business issues that shape the global environment. For more information on the center's research activities, visit www.smeal.psu.edu/cgbs.


text:
anyone have the diagram for the Ritron RPM series programmers? I saw something about this was programmable using the mic and clicking the PTT. Anyone have info if this is so?
Bob N4FV
Ritron RPM050 Interface
Talk about anything that doesn't fit in a topic below - Also used for board announcements.
Post Reply
6 posts • Page 1 of 1
Re: Ritron RPM050 Interface
Looking for some direction on building the programming "plug", that fits into the programming jack of a Ritron RPM 50, to set it into field programming mode. I have 4 units in 4 separate first line trucks in the dept, none programmed to the correct frequencies, lol !
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
Post Reply
6 posts • Page 1 of 1
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest


text:
Thanks so much for the warm welcome!! Your absolutely right it is a little overwhelming but hopefully I will get the hang of it in no time! I just started my blog and it's still a work in process but I think I've did alright so far. ;D
I would be absolutely honored to join your blog hop but there's just one problem- I don't know how to make a "grab a button" for my blog yet (yikes!) I need followers because so far no one knows my blog exist! You can check it out at http://charluvsabby3.wordpress.com/ ....thanks!
Hi Jeannette! Already a follower of you, and would love to join this blog hop. I especially need clicks to win a most-viewed columnist of the month award, so please use this link for me this month in place of my blog address: http://thealternativepress.com/articles/the-branch-in-the-bathroom
I can use all the hits I can get. Thanks so much!
Thank you! I would love to join your blog hop! I also have blog hops, I do daily hops and they are different everyday of the week. Head over to http://www.qponcrazywife.com/p/blog-hops.html to participate, I'd love to have you. Looking forward to reading your blog and having some fun.
Hi There, and Thanks so much for the Welcome!
I just visited your Blog and I love it! Now following you :) I also signed my Blog up for the Hop.
I am not sure how to blog hop now. any advice?
Dawn Lerman,MA, C.H.H.C, LCAT, AADP
Email: email@example.com
Website: MagnificentMommies.com
Blog: SnackingOutsidetheBox.blogspot.com
Facebook Business Page: Magnificent Mommies
Facebook: Dawn Lerman
Twitter: twitter.com/SnacksOnTheTown
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dawnlerman
Please check out my blog; for easy--kid friendly recipes-- and health tips.
Thanks so much for the welcome..


text:
Internet Explorer is the world's most popular Web browser. Security, ease of use, and improvements in RSS, CSS, and Ajax support are Microsoft's priorities for Internet Explorer. This version of IE runs on the 64-bit version of Windows 7.
The latest version of the browser includes support for:
- Accelerators - which allow supported web applications to be invoked without explicitly navigating to them.
- WebSlices - which allows portions of page to be subscribed to and monitored from a redesigned Favorites Bar.
- InPrivate privacy features.
- SmartScreen phishing filter.
Streamlined look and many new features that speed up your web browsing experience:
* Pin sites to the taskbar
* Search in the Address bar
* Use Download Manager
* Work with tabs
* Protect your information while you browse
* Information that doesn't slow you down


text:
Feminist News
Gender Differences in Police Brutality Lawsuits: Men Cost More
Gender Balance in Law Enforcement Urged
With police abuse cases grabbing headlines nationwide, a new study released by the Feminist Majority Foundation and the National Center for Women & Policing documents huge gender differences in the cost of police brutality and misconduct as a result of civil liability lawsuits. The study shows male officers in the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) are involved in excessive force and misconduct lawsuits at rates substantially higher than their female counterparts.
"The gender gap in police brutality lawsuits is striking. The City of Los Angeles paid out $63.4 million between 1990-1999 in lawsuits involving male officers for use of excessive force, sexual assault, and domestic violence. By contrast, $2.8 million was paid out on female officers for excessive force lawsuits - and not one female officer was named as a defendant in a sexual assault or domestic violence case," said Katherine Spillar, national coordinator of the Feminist Majority Foundation.
"Male officer payouts in cases of brutality and misconduct exceeded female officer payouts by a ratio of 23:1," continued Spillar. "Moreover, male officers disproportionately accounted for the lawsuit payouts involving killings and assault and battery." Male officer payouts for killings exceeded female officer payouts by a ratio of 43:1 and for assault and battery male officer payouts exceeded female officer payouts by a ratio of 32:1. Over the same period, male officers serving in a patrol capacity outnumbered women LAPD officers by a much lower ratio of 4:1.
"We know that women do the job of policing equally as well as men, responding to similar calls and encountering similar dangers," said Penny Harrington, director of the National Center for Women & Policing and former chief of police of Portland, Oregon. "But more importantly for public officials in Los Angeles - and across the country - this new study shows that increasing women on the force holds the key for substantially decreasing police violence and its cost to taxpayers," continued Harrington.
"Additionally, our research revealed other types of costly male police officer violence," said Eleanor Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority Foundation. "Our study uncovered $10.4 million in payouts in lawsuits involving male officers for sexual assault, sexual molestation, and domestic violence," continued Smeal.
Noting that domestic violence calls are the single largest category of calls made to police departments, Smeal observed, "The real cost when male officers commit domestic violence and sexual assault is even greater than the $10.4 million paid out - both in financial and human terms. Failure by police to properly respond to crimes of violence against women has high consequences for women in the community."
The new study confirms earlier research both in the United States and internationally that shows women police officers rely less on physical force and more on verbal skills in handling altercations than male police officers. As a result, women police officers are less likely to become involved in problems with excessive force and are better at defusing potentially violent confrontations with citizens.
The report comes as the Los Angeles City Council is debating a series of reform measures put forward by the US Department of Justice in the wake of the unfolding LAPD Rampart Division police misconduct and brutality scandal. In response to the scandal, the Feminist Majority Foundation and the National Center for Women & Policing have called on the Department of Justice and Los Angeles city officials to incorporate gender balance hiring requirements in the negotiated consent decree.
"Hiring equal numbers of women in the LAPD would go further toward reducing police brutality and misconduct than anything else the Department could do," said Spillar. "More than nine years ago, the Christopher Commission report recommended hiring more women
Media Resources:


text:
Fox News: Glenn Beck left 'to save his [bleep]'
War of words breaks out over departure of media giant
It has been two years since media juggernaut Glenn Beck left the Fox News Channel, but now a war of words is breaking out online concerning the talk-show host's departure.
Forbes Magazine reported last week that Beck left Fox News, the top-rated cable news network, "to save his soul."
"If you stay in it too long, you become Norma Desmond," Beck said Friday during an appearance at New York University. "I remember feeling, 'If you do not leave now, you won't leave with your soul intact.'"
Norma Desmond is a fictional character in the 1950 film "Sunset Boulevard." She was an aging silent film star who watched her career fade away with the advent of "talkies," films with sound, and slowly lost her mind.
But a Fox News spokesperson emailed Mike Allen of the Politico, who gave an entirely different perspective on Beck's departure.
"Glenn Beck wasn't trying to save his soul, he was trying to save his a–," the Fox News spokesperson wrote. "Advertisers fled his show and even Glenn knows what that means in our industry. Yet, we still tried to give him a soft landing. Guess no good deed goes unpunished."
Go inside the mind of Glenn Beck. Check out the amazing selection of books by Beck in the WND Superstore.
Sabrina Siddiqui, a politics reporter for the Huffington Post, chimed in about the remarks, noting, "I think anyone from the television industry understands that there's a line at some point that can't be crossed. If you're not going to be pulling in the ratings and if you're not going to have the advertisers, the sort of controversial statements you make aren't worth the network's … risk. Fox will forever stand by the fact that they did what they needed to do to try and save their network and one of their primetime slots."
During Beck's speech at NYU, he recalled one of his last conversations with Fox News chairman Roger Ailes, who purportedly challenged Beck's desire to depart.
"At the end, when we were leaving, it was a long process," he said, reported Forbes.
"Roger said to me, 'You're not going to leave.' And I said, 'I am.' And he said, 'Nobody does,' meaning leave television … . And I said, 'I'm fortunate because I haven't been in it that long.' I knew what this big, huge Fox empire brought to the table, and I had to leave before I became too enamored of that."
Beck noted he was frustrated at Fox News and even his previous employer CNN because of the rigid formula in producing talk shows.
"Most of what we do on television was developed by Desi Arnaz" in the 1950s, he said. "There's no reason we still do it that way, except that it works. It drives me out of my mind that they are still using what's called the Desi shoot, three cameras on the floor."
"I moved, and they couldn't follow me," he said. "I said to them, 'Get me a sports director, please. Get someone with experience producing sports. Just tell them I'm carrying a ball. I think they can do it.' But everybody in news was saying, 'You're supposed to stay here.'"
"All of media is like that," he added. "It has a system. But it's not 1953 anymore. I knew that to be true when I worked at CNN, and Fox isn't any better."
When asked what he would do if he were in charge of a major network, Beck answered, "I don't know because I haven't seriously thought about it, except that I'd fire a lot of people. A lot of people."
As WND reported last year, Beck claimed Fox News actually tried to censor him before he left the network.
Beck was discussing comments made by longtime PBS news commentator Bill Moyers who was defending leftist billionaire George Soros.
Moyers had said Soros has "been the victim, of course, of Glenn Beck and the right-wing, the Fox News assassins."
In response to Moyers' comment, Beck explained that his own former network tried to get him to clam up about his constant reporting on what he felt was Soros' fiendish agenda to harm the American way of life.
"Here's the real reason why George Soros is worried about little old me and the assassins, because I know the truth about him," said Beck.
"Everyone – including the assassins [at Fox News] – told me, 'You wanna shut up about George Soros?'
"No. No I don't. Nope. Doesn't make my life easier. Doesn't make me more popular. Doesn't do anything, except I am allowed to end my days saying I told the truth. I did what somebody should have done and tell the truth. The truth has no agenda. The truth will set you free. The truth needs to be held like a sword and a shield. He should be worried. He should be worried because I'm going to continue to expose him when he finds out the role he plays in our next little book coming out this spring. He'll be up all night on the phone with Bill Moyers crying himself to sleep."
Beck left the Fox News Channel in 2011 after hosting a popular, hour-long, weekday program on the network. It has since been replaced by "The Five."
Beck's show had been the target of intense controversy including boycotts by some.
WND reported one organization that led a crusade demanding Fox News fire Beck is, in fact, backed by Soros and is tied to many of the liberal activists Beck routinely excoriated on his show.
Jewish Funds for Justice, or JFSJ, a charity that campaigns for social change, delivered a petition with 10,000 signatures to Fox News in protest of a program in which Beck specifically targeted Soros, calling the businessman the "puppet master." JFSJ deemed the show anti-Semitic.
In April 2011, WND media analyst Kathy Shaidle reported on a forecast Beck made as he was leaving Fox.
"He made a provocative vow to make gloating progressives eat their celebratory words," Shaidle wrote, "telling them on his radio show, 'One year from now, you on the left will be crapping yourself so much, you haven't crapped in your pants as much as you will in a year from now. … You'll crap yourself more than when you were a baby. And you will find Jesus.'"
Since leaving Fox News, Beck has created his own popular news and entertainment empire based in Texas.


text:
- What makes a Linux distribution to be what it is?
- What does "Enterprise Linux" mean?
- How to choose "the best distribution" for you? What to consider?
- RHEL vs. SLES, openSUSE vs. Fedora Core…
- Why you should use 2 (two) main distros, not one, and not three!
- Special guest star: CentOS.
All this and much more, in a presentation by the Brazilian IBM consultant Avi Alkalay: The Best Linux Distribution.


text:
State police pull body of 4-year-old boy from deep hole near his home in Carlsbad.
Severed finger found at site of Albuquerque robbery.
UNM basketball team wins Mountain West regular season title. The Lobos will match up against Air Force in first round of conference tournament on Thursday.
Long-lost ancient health remedies from the old days.
I have every intention of traveling next year to the Sock Monkey Madness Festival!
An international space station could someday be built on another planet rather than in orbit.
Rare photos from the original Star Trek pilot.
You can now buy a teensie weensie entirely IKEA home.
How much do you know about the Byzantine Empire?
Video released describing sightings of giant, fan-collared cryptid lizard.
Sri Lankan man dies while trying to break record for spending the most time buried alive.
Australian scientists have rediscovered Dryococelus australis, or, giant walking stick.
RIP Star Wars artist Ralph McQuarrie.


text:
Kewanee, Wethersfield remain in tourney title hunt
Thanks to rallies in the fourth quarter, Kewanee and Wethersfield remain in the title hunt at the Brimfield Turkey Tournament.
The Boiler Girls closed with a 14-2 run to defeat Elmwood 55-46 in Friday's opening game, and the Lady Geese followed with a 14-4 surge down the stretch to beat St. Bede 49-44.
In Friday's finale, host Brimfield cruised past Princeville 62-27.
Brimfield tops the round-robin event with a 4-0 mark, followed by Kewanee and Wethersfield at 3-1, St. Bede and Princeville at 1-3 and Elmwood 0-4.
Today's closing tripleheader has St. Bede vs. Princeville at 12:30, Wethersfield vs. Elmwood at 2 and Kewanee vs. Brimfield at 3:30.
The host Lady Indians win their own event by defeating the Boiler Girls. A Kewanee win — coupled with a Wethersfield win — would leave Brimfield, the Boiler Girls and Lady Geese all at 4-1.
The tiebreakers are head-to-head, followed by defensive points allowed.
Kewanee 55, Elmwood 46
In a game of runs, Kewanee had the last one to dig out of a three-point deficit in the fourth quarter.
After the two teams traded 14-point runs in the second half, the Boilers outscored Elmwood 14-2 down the stretch to rally from a 44-41 deficit to grab the win.
A lethargic first half found the Boiler Girls trailing 25-22 at the break.
"We were very flat-footed in the first half," said Kewanee coach Chuck Blake. "Our zone was pathetic in the first half, so we went man. We weren't a whole lot better in man, but at least it gave us a chance to go back to zone."
Kewanee picked up the defensive pace in the third quarter, and coupled with the shooting of Jenifer Ensley, scored 14 straight points to build a 36-25 advantage.
Ensley's third 3-pointer of the third quarter put the Boiler Girls up 41-30, but then it was Elmwood's turn to go on a run.
The Lady Trojans scored 14 straight points to lead 44-41 with just under five minutes left in the game.
The last run, however, belonged to the Boiler Girls. Consecutive buckets by Gabby Kubiak and Raeshonda Chandler put Kewanee up for good 45-44.
Doriane Fontanez added two hoops in the closing minutes, and Ensley and Jordan knocked down two free throws each in the final minute to seal the win.
Blake credited an offensive set for several key baskets in the decisive run.
"We have a little offensive move that we call Spanarkel that seems to lift them," said Blake. "I think three times in a row we ran that little move and capitalized on it."
Ensley led all scorers with 20 points and finished with four treys, while Jordan added 16 points.
The Boiler Girls meet tourney leader Brimfield today and could throw the tiebreakers into motion with a victory.
"As crazy as it sounds, as bad as we looked in the Wethersfield, we win the game Saturday we could win the tournament," said Blake.
Wethersfield 49, St. Bede 44
A short-handed St. Bede squad led the Lady Geese 40-35 midway through the fourth quarter, but Wethersfield responded with a 14-4 run to close the game and beat the Lady Bruins for the second time this season.
Friday's win wasn't a thing of beauty, but the Lady Geese prevailed when high-scoring senior guard Sarah Hansen was having an off day.
"This group found a way to fight back," said Wethersfield coach Becky Ince. "I do think our defensive intensity at the right time forced some key turnovers and helped us finish when we needed to."
Six points was Wethersfield's largest lead in the opening half, which ended with the Lady Geese on top 23-21.
Hansen picked up fouls three and four in the third quarter, and St. Bede took advantage, outscoring the Lady Geese 10-5 in the frame to lead 31-28 going into the final eight minutes.
Lydia Stariha drilled a 3-pointer to push the St. Bede lead to 40-35, but Wethersfield responded with a 10-1 run sparked by a pair of Kodi Hammer buckets and a Kristen Parsons three to take control.
Hansen made up for a sluggish offensive game with a key steal and four straight free throws to ice the win.
"People know about her — the team expects a lot and the coaching staff expects a lot — and when she's having a bad game you forget that she's still a high school kid," said Ince of Hansen. "I have to give her credit, she could've given up."
Hansen had 35 points when the teams met in the season opener Nov. 13 — a 59-58 win for the Lady Geese.
St. Bede was without the services of a pair of frontcourt starters in Friday's rematch — center Morgan Dean and forward Whitney Funfsinn — due to injuries.
Aly Eastman led a balanced Wethersfield attack with 12 points, followed by Parsons with 10, Hammer with nine, and Caitlin Miller and Hansen with eight apiece.