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There is extensive public support for background checks of prospective gun purchasers, from licensed dealers, to gun shows, to all other private transactions. A poll conducted in August 2012 found that 96% of respondents support a background check on anyone attempting to purchase a gun in order to determine whether the prospective buyer has been convicted of a felony. That poll also found that 91% of respondents favor preventing certain people, such as convicted felons or people with mental illness, from owning guns.1
Gun owners and NRA members also strongly support background checks for gun purchasers. A May 2012 poll of gun owners – including NRA members – found that:
- 87% of NRA members agree that support for Second Amendment rights goes hand-in-hand with keeping guns out of the hands of criminals; and
- 74% of NRA members and 87% of non-NRA gun owners support requiring criminal background checks of anyone purchasing a gun.2
A poll conducted in April 2012 found that 91% of respondents support background checks for gun purchasers.3
A February 2011 poll found that more than 83% of respondents in the five bellwether states of Arizona, Colorado, Indiana, Virginia and Ohio, including more than 75% of gun owners, favor requiring all gun purchasers to pass a background check. Similarly, over 82% of poll respondents in these states, including more than 77% of gun owners, support requiring all sellers at gun shows to run background checks for all gun sales.4
A January 2011 poll found that 89% favor requiring all firearm purchasers at gun shows to pass a criminal background check.5 This poll also found that 86% of respondents, including 81% of gun owners, favor requiring all gun buyers to pass a criminal background check, regardless of type of seller or venue.6
A 2009 poll conducted for Mayors Against Illegal Guns found that NRA members (69%) and non-NRA member gun owners (85%) support requiring all sellers at gun shows to conduct criminal background checks of the people buying guns.7
A poll conducted shortly after the 2008 presidential election found that 83% of voters, including 84% of gun owners, favor criminal background checks for all gun sales.8
Another 2008 poll conducted for Mayors Against Illegal Guns found that 87% of Americans favor requiring everyone who sells guns to conduct criminal background checks on prospective purchasers, including 83% of gun owners.9
A national survey conducted for Mayors Against Illegal Guns one year earlier, in January 2007, found that 92% of Americans favor (80% strongly favor) mandatory criminal background checks for all people purchasing guns. Ninety-one percent of gun owners favor mandatory background checks.10
A national study of police chiefs' support for firearm regulations found that 82% of respondents favored requiring a background check for the purchase of a rifle or shotgun.11
A poll of likely 2004 presidential election voters found that 92% favor improving the background check system to make gun purchaser background checks faster and more accurate.That poll also found that 90% of Americans support requiring background checks for all firearms sales at gun shows.12
Americans want background checks conducted on all prospective gun purchasers, including for private sales transactions:
- Eighty percent of Americans polled in 2006 support criminal background checks for all sales of guns.13
- A poll of likely 2004 presidential election voters found that 79% of Americans support a requirement that anyone who purchases a firearm undergo a background check, even if they buy the firearm from a friend or neighbor.14
- A 2001 poll found that over 77% of Americans favor requiring background checks for all private firearm sales.15
A poll of high school students concerning firearm-related policies found that 92% of students support background checks for all gun sales.16
- CNN/ORC International poll (Aug. 9, 2012), at http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2012/images/08/09/rel7a.pdf. ⤴
- Press Release, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, New Poll of NRA Members by Frank Luntz Shows Strong Support for Common-Sense Gun Laws, Exposing Significant Divide Between Rank-and-file Members and NRA Leadership (May 2012), at http://mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/media-center/pr006-12.shtml. ⤴
- Ipsos/Reuters Poll, Gun Rights & Regulations (April 2012), at http://www.ipsos-na.com/download/pr.aspx?id=11545. Press Release at http://www.ipsos-na.com/news-polls/pressrelease.aspx?id=5586. ⤴
- Momentum Analysis, American Viewpoint, Harstad Strategic Research, Bellwether Research & Hart Research Polling for Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Results from Surveys in AZ, CO, IN, VA, OH (Feb. 2011), at http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/downloads/pdf/poll_slides_2011.pdf. See also Press Release, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, New Polls in Five Bellwether States Show Overwhelming Support to Fix Gun Background Check System (Mar. 2, 2011), at http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/media-center/pr020-11.shtml. ⤴
- American Viewpoint/Momentum Analysis, Momentum Analysis & American Viewpoint National Survey (for Mayors Against Illegal Guns) (Jan. 2011) at http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/downloads/pdf/maig_poll_01_18_2011.pdf. ⤴
- Id. ⤴
- Dr. Frank Luntz/Word Doctors for Mayors Against Illegal Guns, America's Gun Owners Support Common Sense Gun Laws 12 (Dec. 2009) at http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/downloads/pdf/luntz_poll_slides.pdf. ⤴
- Penn, Schoen, & Berland Associates, Inc. for Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Post-Election Analysis: Sensible Gun Laws Builds Bridges not Burns Them to Moderates, McCain, and Even Gun Owners in Post-Heller World (Nov. 18, 2008), available at: http://www.bradycampaign.org/xshare/pdf/memo-11-18-08.pdf. ⤴
- Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research & the Tarrance Group for the Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Americans Support Common Sense Measures to Cut Down on Illegal Guns 3, 6 (Apr. 10, 2008), available at http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/downloads/pdf/polling_memo.pdf. ⤴
- Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research & The Tarrance Group for the Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Strong Public Support for Tough Enforcement of Common Sense Gun Laws (Graphs) 12, 18 (Jan. 23, 2007), available at http://www.greenbergresearch.com/articles/1849/2630_MAIGslides.pdf. ⤴
- Amy Thompson et al., Police Chiefs' Perceptions of the Regulation of Firearms, 30 Am. J. Prev. Med. 305, 309 (2006), at http://download.journals.elsevierhealth.com/pdfs/journals/0749-3797/PIIS0749379705005179.pdf. ⤴
- Penn, Schoen, & Berland Associates, Inc. for Americans for Gun Safety, Winning the Gun Vote (Oct. 16, 2003) at http://www.dlc.org/documents/AGS_Penn_1003.pdf. ⤴
- Tom W. Smith, National Opinion Research Center (NORC)/University of Chicago, Public Attitudes Towards the Regulation of Firearms (Mar. 2007) (discussing the results of the "2006 General Social Survey" NORC/University of Chicago) , at http://www.icpgv.org/pdf/NORCPoll.pdf. ⤴
- Penn, Schoen, & Berland Associates, Inc. for Americans for Gun Safety, Winning the Gun Vote (Oct. 16, 2003) at http://www.dlc.org/documents/AGS_Penn_1003.pdf. ⤴
- Tom W. Smith, National Opinion Research Center (NORC)/University of Chicago, Public Attitudes Towards the Regulation of Firearms (Mar. 2007) (discussing the results of the 2001 "National Gun Policy Survey" conducted by NORC/University of Chicago), at http://www.icpgv.org/pdf/NORCPoll.pdf. ⤴
- Katherine Vittes, Susan Sorenson & Dennis Gilbert, High School Students' Attitudes about Firearms Policies, U. Pa. School Soc. Pol'y & Prac. Departmental Paper 22 (Dec. 2003) at http://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1078&context=spp_papers. ⤴


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This Woman's Heartbroken Voicemail To A Closed Gelato Store Was All Of Us At The End Of 2016 — VIDEO — UPDATE
It's natural to want to spend New Year's with the ones you love most — those cherished friends who love you unconditionally, no matter what. And for a lot of us, gelato is the best friend of all. This year, a woman left a heartbroken voicemail for a gelato store that had the audacity to be closed on New Year's Eve. Anyone who felt utterly defeated by the end of 2016 (that is, nearly everyone) will sympathize with her grief at having to face NYE alone. Because if you can't even count on GELATO, what can you count on? UPDATE: Siân Bishop, Content & Brand Manager of Gelato Messina, tells Bustle, "To start with we thought [the message] was a joke, but it's a real voicemail left on one of our Melbourne store's answering machine. The store manager passed it onto us — the whole office thought it was so funny and we had to try and find her!" Bishops says that, since the voicemail message has gone viral, "The response has been unbelievable with so many people relating to her pain!" The caller's identity, sadly, still remains a mystery.
On Wednesday, Gelato Messina, a gelato maker with stores across Australia, posted a video of a voicemail left by a distraught customer at their Fitzroy store. "My New Year's Eve is now ruined," the anonymous woman says. "I had plans to buy at least a liter and a half of Messina, as I do every week, and sit on my couch, and eat it and then make New Year's Eve resolutions to never eat it again."
She starts to get a little choked up, continuing, "And you know what, because you are closed, it's going to make my New Year's Eve resolution of not eating Messina so much easier — because I am very, very upset right now."
"I have a serious relationship with Messina," she explains. "Messina was there for me in the hardest times of my life, it was there when I had the happiest times of my life. … And now you're not going to be there to celebrate a new year with me." Friends, the devastation is REAL.
The caller initially seems to be on the verge of breaking up with gelato, but ultimately thinks better of it, admitting, "I'm sorry for the way I acted. I just really don't know what to do without you. Ok… I love you."
I don't know this woman, but I love her.
Some commenters on Facebook have suggested that the voicemail might be fake, but Gelato Messina insists that it is gloriously real. "It's totally genuine and was left on our voicemail at our Fitzroy store in Melbourne on New Years Eve," a spokesperson told Mashable. "Our store manager initially picked it up and when we heard it we thought it was so good we needed to find her."
Here's hoping that this poor woman gets finally gets her gelato, or, better yet, a special flavor made just for her. After all, in this crazy, uncontrollable world, we've all got to cling to the small joys in life. (And by that, obviously, I mean, "delicious frozen things made of milk and sugar.")

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Podcast Review: The Bad Batch.
The Bad Batch is a miss-mash of well-tread genres that never really pays off for the audience.
Nate and I watched The Bad Batch, the second outing from new director Ana Lily Amirpour (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night). While her first film was a stylish film that drew from many influences while remaining intriguingly vague, her second film…is a stylish film that draws from many influences while remaining infuriatingly vague. Unfortunately, it never rises to the level of "enjoyable."
To review this film, we took to the air-waves. We'll be doing a brief spoiler-free review for those who just want to know the basics and get a feel for if this movie is right for you. For those who want a deep dive, we'll take this movie apart bit by bit, trying desperately to figure out what (if anything) makes it tick.
The Bad Batch (2017)
Arlen is a disaffected youth now is exiled to a dessert waste land reserved for social malcontents; the mentally ill, illegal aliens, criminals: the bad batch. Trying to find a rumored commune called Comfort, she instead is abducted by a vicious group of cannibals called The Bridge. After losing an arm and a leg, she escapes and makes her way to Comfort, but finds things not as idyllic as she had hoped.
Podcast Review: The Bad Batch (Spoiler Free.)
We break down the casting, directing, cinematography and sound work. We avoid most of the juicy points, but give you a simple yes or no on whether to see this film.
Podcast Review: The Bad Batch (Spoilers!)
We go whole hog on this dystopian nightmare, talking in depth about plot, acting, director Ana Lily Amirpour, and what the whole thing means. We also cuss a little (a lot.)
Here's a list of the films and reviews we talked about relating to The Bad Batch:
Ana Lily Amirpour Movies:
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night.
Horror Films:
Dystopian Films:
Mad Max:
– Series.
– Fury Road.
Jezebel interview with Ana Lily Amirpour. (Referenced at 20 minutes of the Spoiler video.)
Music video from South African band, Die Antwoord.


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Daniel Shipman runs the Project Egypt blog connected to the plot of DarkHarvest00. After learning that Chris and Alex were dealing with a cult whose beliefs were related to the archaeologist he had been researching, Daniel agreed to help them uncover further information. He is also an acquaintance of Noah Maxwell, Matt Sharky, and a conspiracy theorist known as Sam.
Soon after the incident in New Jersey, Daniel noticed the symbol of The Order at a café he regularly attends. He then began to notice the same symbol at other locations around his town, such as a library, a police station, and a courtroom. Daniel believed the markings were from the New England Chapter of The Order and decided to maintain a low profile while still looking out for signs of the organization's presence. One night, while driving home from work, Daniel noticed a late-night sermon at a church in his town. While walking back to his car from the church, Daniel was stopped by a woman handing out envelopes. The envelope he received contained a letter addressed to him as well as a key, which he believed to have been sent to him by KindVonDerRitter, as eluded to in a video the masked man had previously uploaded.
The next day, Daniel received another envelope in the mail, which was marked with the symbol of The Order. Within the envelope was a message warning Daniel to cease any and all investigations into The Order. Daniel chose to ignore the death threat and continue investigating, specifically looking into the Rainwood family, but found no information on Jacob Rainwood. Instead, he found passports indicating that the entire Rainwood family had moved to Austria on January of 1985 and never returning, contradicting his knowledge of their presence in the New Jersey area. After seeing the newset Kind von der Ritter video, Daniel decided to visit Chris and Alex in New Jersey after uploading an update video, believing that the information he could discover there could potentially tear The Order apart.
During his first day in New Jersey, Daniel convinced Chris and Alex to resume investigating The Order. After discovering that the Rainwood Memorial Elementary School had been closed down, the three then asked Matt for information on Jacob Rainwood. On the second day of Daniel's visit, the three investigated the Rainwood Day Camp & Learning Center in search of a locked door Matt had mentioned the night before. After using Daniel's key to enter the room and finding a locked chest containing a sheet of paper, Daniel fled from the building with members of The Order tailing him, allowing Chris and Alex to leave. Daniel escaped his pursuers in a supermarket and later met up with Chris and Alex at a restaurant.
On the third and fourth days of his visit, Daniel solved the code on the paper and followed a trail of clues at a library, learning of conspirators within The Order betraying Lawrence Rainwood. At Brandt-Crater Cemetery, the three discovered a slab marked with The Order's symbol behind a mausoleum labeled "Ritter". After taking a picture of the map on the bottom of the slab, Daniel shattered it with his crowbar and the three threw most of the pieces into a nearby lake, with Daniel keeping a few for himself as a sort of trophy. The three were then chased out of the area by armed members of The Order. Daniel claimed he would check the graveyard on his own later on but ultimately did not do so. In September of that year, Daniel made yet another update video.


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Hong Kong Academic Trip
Year 9 students Liam , Ben and Joshua left for Hong Kong with Mr Martin and Mr Houlihan on Friday 23 October. The trio will be living with host families and attending classes at La Salle College Hong Kong for 11 days, over which time they will gain significant exposure to the highly academic environment of La Salle College, and experience first‐hand the daily practice of students who are highly academic, motivated and competitive in pursuit of their own academic excellence.
The following blog updates are from Liam.
Hong Kong Trip Update
Day 1 – arrival
We all arrived at about seven o'clock, and caught a double‐decker bus to our host houses. My host family lived in an apartment six stories high. The first thing I notice when I walk into the apartment is that the size of the living space is much smaller than in Australia. The apartment was only three small rooms, not including the bathroom. I can already see how much of a different lifestyle it is to the lifestyle we live. Holdee, my host student, was at swimming training for most of the night, so I had dinner with his dad. We had a chicken and pork curry with lots of rice — I had more rice than my family would usually have in total when we had such meal. Overall, a good first day.
Day 2 – The Peak
Today we went to the school in the morning and had breakfast, I had noodles with spicy pork cubes (that sounds like a dinner to me). After breakfast we had a group tour of the school. La Salle Hong Kong is seven stories high with a different form on every level, and the Brothers live up the top. The school has an eight lane swimming pool, many basketball courts, and an athletics track with a grass oval/field in the middle; pretty impressive! After that we took a double‐decker bus (I still think that is so cool) to the Victoria Harbour, where we went for a walk and then went into Harbour City Shopping centre. This place was massive but didn't have many shops that interested me, mainly stuff like designer clothes, makeup etc., and it was all very expensive.
For lunch we wanted to stick with the cultural food, so we had Maccas, and I was amazed, my lunch which would usually cost close to $20 in Australia cost me around $6. After lunch we caught a ferry to Hong Kong Island. At Hong Kong Island we had a small stop at the markets, but the main attraction was 'The Peak'. The Peak is a place on top of one of the mountains, it is taller than all the buildings, which is close to 500m high. To get to The Peak you take a very steep tram ride up the hill. The wait for the tram was about 10 times longer than the tram ride itself! At the top of The Peak there are a few shops selling merchandise and memorabilia, although all are very expensive. We had dinner up there, which was noodles with dumplings and wontons. The main point of 'The Peak' is the view of the city and the harbour at night, it is a magnificent view. When we got back home, we watched James Bond and just relaxed.
Day 3 – Sneaker Street
Today was a day to follow the host family's routine, but the three host students decided to take Josh, Ben and I to some of the markets. Before we went, we attended church with Darren – it was thankfully an English Mass. After that we took a train (which come every 1–2 minutes might I add) and then hit the street — Ladies Street to be exact. Ladies Street is a very long market, and they had just about everything, from clothes, to phones, to paintings, to hover boards! So as any teenager would, I purchased some items. The highlight of the day definitely would have to be Sneaker Street (Ben made up a theme song for Sneaker Street). Sneaker Street was basically just a street with a few shops, the twist was though, that every second shop was Nike and every other was New Balance, Adidas or Asics, basically any Australian teenager's dream! The best part about this street was that every Nike store was different, one might sell shoes, the next basketball gear, and then the next Nike apparel — every shop was different! For dinner I went with Ernest because Holdee was at swimming. Ernest's parents said to call them Uncle Chow and Aunt Viv and they were funny. After that I caught a train back to Holdee's house and just relaxed, my feet were very sore from walking all day — Ben's Fitbit said we had walked close to 15km.
Day 4 – First day of school
Today we had our first day of classes at school, waking up at 7:00am and going to school to have breakfast there like we did on Saturday. After breakfast we had a school assembly at which Josh, Ben and I were made to stand up on the stage in front of the whole school, and I was the only one without a blazer! At least I didn't wear shorts like Josh, everyone called him 'shorts guy'. First class of the day was double English, my favourite. After recess I had a full house of Science, double Chemistry, double Physics, followed by Biology, what a day! The classes were quite different from those in Australia; they're more of a lecture, you don't discuss content, the teacher just talks and not much book work is done (lots of homework though). After school Holdee had meetings until 5:30pm, so Ben and I watched Ernest do athletics training. Back at the apartment we had rice with fish, BBQ pork (ABSOLUTELY AMAZING) and pigeon. Pigeon basically tasted like funny chicken but really hard to eat, due to the bones and me using chopsticks. While Holdee was at swimming his parents and I went to Temple Street, which is another tourist market. This market was not as good as the Ladies Market but I still managed to snag a few bargains. After the market, we picked Holdee up and went home for bed.
Day 5 – P.E.
Today was a bit of a quiet day as Holdee was mainly practising for his swimming events on tomorrow. We went to school, had the usual breakfast, followed by double sport. It was pretty much too hot to play any sport, so I chose the one with the least running – badminton. I've never played it but it was very fun. After recess we had Maths, and then an English essay. At lunchtime the cheering team were practising their chants for tomorrow. They were very loud and had many similar chants to the De La Salle ones. After lunch was Physics and MORE Maths; I had three periods of maths today! When I got home, my host parents took me to a local market to do some more shopping. For dinner we had more rice with beef, fish and pork, YUM! After that, Holdee went to swimming, I did some homework and that was the night.
The following blog updates are from Josh:
Day 7 — Waking up in Hong Kong
Waking up in Hong Kong is something else — it is stinking hot, even with your air con on full blast. The sounds of car horns echo through the city, there's a little kid crying through a wall six feet from your head and there's a couple of old ladies squabbling outside. Waking up is an experience in itself.
Darren (my host) and I head off to school at about 7:50am — it's a short two minute walk. School today was a pretty normal day for the La Salle boys. The day started off with some sustained silent reading, then Economics, followed by Business, Accounting and Financing, then it's recess. After recess we had double Maths which is pretty much just a lecture from our Maths teacher Mr Lai. Then we had Liberal Studies, which is about how to positively contribute to the community, and more specifically in today's lesson, how retirement affects people and how we can help the elderly during that time. Then it's lunch time.
After lunch we have Chinese and then English, where we did some listening activities. After school Darren and Ernest (Ben's host) took us to Hong Kong Island and we caught the tram around the island. We got on and off several times and stopped for a visit at Times Square. Afterwards we got back on the tram to head back home. The tram was a terrific way to see the city. For dinner we went out to Darren's cousin's restaurant where pork is the signature dish — boy it was good. After dinner we came home and I just hit the wall, Hong Kong wears you out. It was a great day!
Day 9 — Bargain Hunting
We had a cracking day today. Back at Darren's place we had a well‐earned sleep in after last night's adventures around Ocean Park. We woke up a tad late for the breakfast menu at the local traditional restaurant so we jumped straight into lunch instead. Lunch was out of this world, all this pork and noodles with this to die for sauce served on a sizzling platter. You don't go hungry in Hong Kong.
After lunch I got dropped off at Liam's place and we headed back out to the Ladies Market. After looking in every single Nike store in Sneaker Street we came to the conclusion that there isn't a pair of size 12 shoes in Hong Kong. Big shame because they were so cheap. After Sneaker Street we headed to the Ladies Market again. You can drift in and out of form when shopping in the markets, sometimes you'll get a good deal and others you'll regret a few seconds later. But tonight was something special, everything we touched turned to gold. We saved about $750 HK dollars between us just through bargaining, which was a pretty awesome effort. We must also thank Liam's host parents for helping us break through the language barrier. After emptying the wallets we headed back to Liam's place for some dinner. After dinner Darren came to pick us up and we headed to the park to show some of Daz's friends how we play basketball back in Aus. It was a massive day and I was asleep before my head hit the pillow.


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text: Greg Pugh Posted January 1, 2017 (edited) I need another project like I need a hole in the head but this one had to get started. Yesterday was my 40th birthday. I wanted to post but got too busy and didn't have the opportunity. My grandparents are/were very special to me. We lost grandpa 27 years ago but grandma is still with us. On my 10th birthday, knowing how much I loved model cars, my grandparents bought me a model kit for my birthday. I put it together and did a fairly good job from what I remember anyways. Lol. I thought it would be cool to buy another one and take another run at it as an adult. We're in the middle of renovating our home so progress might be a bit slow but I wanted to start this thread as close to my birthday as possible.So here's me on December 30, 1986 and me again on December 30, 2016 Edited April 16, 2017 by Greg Pugh Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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|Virtual Reality - Drop in and Try!
Event Type: STEAM and Maker Spaces - Innovation Lab
Date: 9/10/2019
Start Time: 10:30 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Visit the City Library's Innovation Lab and come on a mind-blowing journey without even leaving the room! Learn the applications of Virtual Reality through use of our HTC Vive, and discover the wonders of this great new technology. As this is a drop-in session, please keep in mind there may be wait times involved.Library: City Library-Digital Spaces
Location: Innovation Lab (City Library)
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Please note that terms and conditions apply to use of the VR equipment. Children under 16 must be accompanied by a legal guardian.


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There are schools offering elementary education degrees in North Carolina!
Schools Offering Elementary Education Programs in North Carolina
Nearby States
Approximately 1.2% of graduates in of North Carolina receive elementary education degrees every year. That means an estimated 2,536 elementary educators graduate from North Carolina's 65 elementary education schools each year.
Top Schools
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which was ranked 12th nationwide in 2010, is the top-ranked school in North Carolina that has a elementary education program. It is located in Chapel Hill. 67 students graduated with a degree in elementary education from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2010. Tuition at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was $6,665 per year.
The second-ranked school in North Carolina that has a elementary education program is North Carolina State University at Raleigh. North Carolina State University at Raleigh, which was ranked 20th in the country in 2010, is located in Raleigh. 55 students graduated with degree in elementary education from North Carolina State University at Raleigh in 2010. The tuition rate at North Carolina State University at Raleigh was $6,529 per year.
Elon University, which was ranked 20th nationwide in 2010, is the third-ranked school in North Carolina that has a elementary education program. It is located in Elon College. In 2010, 61 students graduated from Elon University elementary education program. Tuition at Elon University was $26,827 per year.
Elementary education schools in North Carolina, charge students an average tuition of $11,217 per year. But, tuition can be as much as $39,970 per year, or as little as $1,472 per year. In 2010, the following North Carolina elementary education schools had the highest tuition rates:
- Wake Forest University - located in Winston Salem, students are charged $39,970 per year
- Guilford College - located in Greensboro, students are charged $28,800 per year
- Elon University - located in Elon College, students are charged $26,827 per year
The lowest tuition rates at North Carolina elementary education schools were charged at the following schools:
- Craven Community College - located in New Bern, students are charged $1,472 per year
- Martin Community College - located in Williamston, students are charged $1,733 per year
- Isothermal Community College - located in Spindale, students are charged $1,846 per year
An elementary education degree from a North Carolina school... what next?
Most people who graduate from elementary education school in North Carolina go on to work as an elementary educator. In 2010, there were 38,940 elementary educators working in North Carolina. The following counties have the largest number of North Carolina elementary educators:
- Anson County - 7,960 elementary educators
- Franklin County - 4,800 elementary educators
- Bladen County - 3,570 elementary educators
Projected Growth
According the US Bureau of Labor Statistics the number of elementary educators is expected to grow by 13% by 2018. There are projected to be 44,210 elementary educators working in the North Carolina then.
On average, an elementary educator earns a salary of $43,200 per year in North Carolina state. But, salaries for elementary educators can vary. In 2010, elementary educators made as little as less than $27,460 per year or as much as more than $60,360 per year in North Carolina. On average an elementary educator earns the most in the following North Carolina counties:
- Caswell County - $45,280 per year
- Edgecombe County - $45,260 per year
- Guilford County - $44,740 per year
On average, elementary educators earns the least in the following North Carolina counties:
- Cumberland County - $39,010 per year
- Alamance County - $40,460 per year
- Brunswick County - $41,160 per year
More Information
Take a look at the graphs and charts below for additional North Carolina statistics regarding a career in elementary education and to compare salaries with a variety of related fields such as ESL or early childhood education.
Here are the different levels of study available for you to explore.
- Associate's Degree in Elementary Education in North Carolina
- Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education in North Carolina
- Master's Degree in Elementary Education in North Carolina
- Certificate in Elementary Education in North Carolina
Want to study at your own time and pace?
Consider Online Schools as a great alternative flexible option to earn a degree!View Online Schools
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Curious what studying Elementary Education gets you?
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So far this year, here's what our friends in the federal government have done for — and to — citizens who hope to find simple ways to save enough money for retirement without anyone robbing them blind.
■ Continued a yearslong fight against a rule that requires many retirement advisers to act in their clients' best interests.
■ Reversed a rule that would have made it easier for states to create retirement savings plans for people who don't have one at work.
■ Abandoned a new federal program to help lower-income savers, young ones in particular.
This week, meanwhile, brought news of the Securities and Exchange Commission standing up for — wait for it — federal employees and their retirement money! Those workers have what is probably the best retirement plan of its kind in the country, called the Thrift Savings Plan. The S.E.C. accused four brokers in Georgia and a firm they represented of fraud after they allegedly persuaded about 200 people to move money out of the plans and put the funds in expensive annuities, earning hefty commissions.
So this is how things work now: More hurdles for everyday workers and a fabulous plan for federal employees — so good, in fact, that the alleged perpetrators here needed to cheat, according to the S.E.C., to get people to abandon it. We should all have such nice things, and we may yet someday. But meanwhile, sit back and take in the details, as they hold lessons for all of us.
The Thrift Savings Plan, a defined-contribution plan similar to a 401(k) for civil servants and retirees, as well as military members, does nearly everything right. The investment choices are limited, and mostly include index funds that own every stock in a sector instead of trying to pick stocks that will do better than others. The overall costs are about as low as employer-based retirement savings plans get: In 2016, they were 38 cents for every $1,000 someone had invested.
Given how good those federal employees have it, how do you get the older ones who are eligible to move their money out of the plan to do so? According to the S.E.C., you pretend that you're affiliated with the plan and the government.
Which brings us to the target of the agency's wrath, Federal Employee Benefit Counselors of Roswell, Ga. It has a spiffy official-looking seal on its home page and notes, despite its name, that it "does not engage in T.S.P. counseling."
Look further on the firm's website and you'll find the following testimonial from someone named Judy, who said, "This service is the best-kept secret in the government" — which certainly implies a connection. Call its phone number even now, and you can press 3 for "Thrift Savings Plan review" information.
According to the S.E.C. complaint, plenty of people did, especially after the firm researched and targeted federal employees. (The agency would not comment on precisely how the firm did this or answer any of my follow-up questions.) In addition to the firm's name and logo, the agency also pointed to forms and investment names that the firm used to "mislead" customers into thinking that it was "affiliated with or approved by the federal government."
About those investments. According to the S.E.C., about 200 people ended up with roughly 200 variable annuities with a face value of over $40 million. For their efforts, the four individuals that it named in the complaint — Christopher S. Laws, Jonathan Dax Cooke, Danny S. Hood and Brandon P. Long — shared about $1.7 million in commissions. Some of their client reports, according to the complaint, never even mentioned that they were putting people in variable annuities, which are complex insurance products.
Could this have been because the brokers knew good and well that variable annuities are dirty words to many investors who have benefited from low-fee retirement accounts? One customer told the S.E.C. that she repeatedly told Mr. Long that she could not believe that the investments the firm was pushing were in fact affiliated with the federal employees' plan. Perhaps they also did not want customers asking about the fees, which turned out to be at least 2.55 percent annually plus a surrender fee up to 8.5 percent if you sold too soon.
After the S.E.C. action, Mr. Laws sent me a news release that accused the agency of defamation and bullying. It said that the agency should have disclosed that he and Mr. Cooke did not know that their colleagues were involved in the alleged misdeeds. The release also noted that there were hundreds of other customers whom the firm told to stay in the T.S.P. or roll their money over into an individual retirement account, and it accused the S.E.C. of using this case as a way of discouraging others from transferring money away from the T.S.P.
The S.E.C. declined to comment on this, too. When I called Mr. Laws to ask him whether a fiduciary rule might have prevented his firm from getting in this much hot water, he referred me to the news release (which does not utter the words "fiduciary rule") and then hung up on me.
Barbara Roper, director of investor protection at the Consumer Federation of America, said that the move to expensive annuities would have violated a "best interest" standard. She also noted that rules affect the norms of behavior, which means that the brokers might not have even bothered trying to approach the Thrift Savings Plan participants with such offerings if a fiduciary rule standard had been in effect.
Jack Dolan, on the other hand, a spokesman for the American Council of Life Insurers, didn't want to opine on the case specifically, but said that a fiduciary rule did not necessarily deter bad actors from committing outright fraud.
So what's the best way to keep such people away? It helps to have a terrific plan already, with rock-bottom fees, since it's harder to be tempted to move if you're already in a good spot. In 2014, Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida, proposed that anyone and everyone who lacks a workplace plan ought to be able to sign up for the T.S.P. He noted the "twisted irony" that members of Congress, who work for American citizens, have an excellent plan while many voters have none at all.
For his trouble, Mr. Rubio was called out by Brian Graff, chief executive of the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries, as "trying to Obamacare retirement." (Note the rare use of "Obamacare" as a verb.)
Last year and again this week, I tried to get the senator to talk about the issue some more, but he would not.
Until his idea comes to fruition, you'll need to make your own way in the retirement savings world, whether by lobbying your employer for a better plan or fending off people who are peddling questionable investment strategies.
In either case, ask for a plain-English explanation of any and every fee that you might pay now or in the future, under any circumstance. You'll want to know how the firm, manager or individual sales representative is being compensated for working with you. Run fast and far away if guaranteed returns seem too good to be true, or if you don't understand the investment. Use online search tools like BrokerCheck to research people who want to advise you. And you can enforce your own fiduciary standard by demanding that anyone working with you sign the fiduciary form that we've posted on our website for your convenience.
These tactics won't inoculate you from every professional bearing bad advice. But they are likely to scare people who wish to do you harm just enough that they will move on to some other mark, at least until decent investment plans are standard for everyone and federal rules are strict enough to drive all the shady characters out of business completely.


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An alleged insight into Amazon's working practises published by the New York Times made some bizarre claims about how the company treats its staff, suggesting it has an almost Scientology-like approach to mentally breaking its new hires to ensure they conform.
The NYT quotes members of staff who say they were expected to reply to emails sent at midnight, forget taking any holidays if they want to be seen as loyal and, worst of all, received poor job appraisals for taking time off work to attend to trivial personal matters like... having cancer. It was not a pretty read.
But none of it is true and Amazon is nice and there's free tea and coffee, said boss Jeff Bezos in response, with Bezos issuing an internal memo to his staff to deny the NYT's claims. Bezos explained: "The NYT article prominently features anecdotes describing shockingly callous management practices, including people being treated without empathy while enduring family tragedies and serious health problem. The article doesn't describe the Amazon I know or the caring Amazonians I work with every day."
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I just solicited budget feedback from all the VPs in my company. I made the information due back to me on Friday, November 13 – Friday the Thirteenth. The old me wouldn't have done that. The new me hopes they're all super disturbed by the whole Friday the Thirteenth thing. Continue reading
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Matthew's death FAQs
So when I tell people Matthew's story, most of them are like "WTF!?!" And then they ask questions. I don't mind – I actually prefer inquisitive people, especially over those who keep their heads shoved up dark places. Continue reading
Deeper thoughts & random happenings
I recently discovered a random, single stall bathroom right next to my office. It's like its own little office, but with a shitter. I'm so thankful for it, because it means I don't have to venture to the real bathroom, where I'd see others. At least this office doesn't have glass walls, but it's still kind of awkward to use it… Continue reading
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Last Thursday, October 15 was Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. The day now holds deep meaning to us – it forever will. I'd intended to fully participate, but life interfered, and some hilarity ensued. Continue reading
Joe Biden – can we do lunch?! (politics NOT discussed)
I'm kind of obsessed with Joe Biden – he's current Vice President of the United States of America (figured I'd clarify, because Jimmy Fallon's pedestrian interviews suggest it's a little-known fact among the American people). And no, I'm not obsessed in some creepy, stalkerish sort of way. I'm obsessed because his words – the words of Joe Biden – on grief, have spoken to me. Continue reading
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In the last few years, even though premiums in the Affordable Care Act's health insurance marketplaces were rising, most customers could avoid a big price rise by shopping for a cheaper plan.
Next year, according to a preliminary analysis, that is going to be a lot harder.
Even someone who shopped wisely this year and is willing to switch plans to get the best deal next year is looking at an average premium increase of 11 percent, according to an analysis of rate filings in 18 states and the District of Columbia provided by the McKinsey Center for U.S. Health System Reform.
That's more than double the increase McKinsey measured last year for the same plans in the same group of states.
To get the best deal, more than half of last year's bargain hunters will need to switch. The plans that were least expensive this year in the popular "silver" category are no longer the price leaders in most markets, according to the analysis. People who want to stay in their current plan — either because they like the coverage or want to keep a certain group of doctors and hospitals — could face much larger increases.
The national picture could be even worse. This analysis looks only at states that have publicly released all insurance filings for next year, and some of those states have the most stable markets. In many of the remaining 32 states with the health exchange plans, insurers have been requesting large price increases, and lower-cost insurers have left.
Most current customers will be insulated from the full increases. To help people afford insurance, the law offers sliding-scale subsidies to people earning less than 400 percent of the federal poverty level, which at $11,880 for a single person means just under $48,000 to qualify. The analysis suggests that most people with a subsidy will see smaller price increases if they switch to the lowest-cost plan. But people earning higher incomes, who pay the full cost of their insurance, will face bigger price increases than before. So will the federal government, which will now pay more in subsidies for everyone else.
The Department of Health and Human Services has been highlighting the role of subsidies in buffering the effects of price changes. In a recent white paper, it estimated that, even if all premiums went up by 25 percent, a large majority of customers could still find plans that would cost them less than $75 a month. That report assumed that the income mix of customers in the marketplace would not change, and that all premiums would increase in perfect concert.
"We remain confident that the majority of marketplace consumers will be able to select a plan for less than $75 per month when open enrollment begins November 1," said Marjorie Connolly, a department spokeswoman, in an email. "Last year, the average monthly premium for people with marketplace coverage getting tax credits increased just $4."
Of course, the agency is also hoping that more people sign up for the plans this year, including some who pay the full cost of their premiums.
The new analysis looks at the least expensive plan in the most popular category, silver. When customers switch plans — this year 43 percent did so — many gravitate toward these plans. Our national average is weighted by the number of people eligible for the marketplaces in the parts of the country we analyzed. The rates in 14 states are still being considered by local regulators.
A broader look at premiums is likely to find even higher average increases. Charles Gaba, who runs the website ACASignups.net, has been scouring public sources of information about next year's rates. He has calculated an average national rate increase of around 24 percent. Mr. Gaba's numbers have some limitations compared with the McKinsey data — he is looking at averages across a wide range of individual insurance products, not just those in the Affordable Care Act markets.
And he has examined information only about plans that are returning from 2016, not new plans or carriers. But his estimate, too, is around double what he calculated last year around this time: 12 percent.
The larger premium increases for 2017 are not a surprise. Several predictable factors help explain them. Two government programs that helped insulate the insurance companies from big losses expire at the end of this year. And many insurers with low premiums in the past have found that their prices weren't high enough to cover their costs. Unexpected losses in this market have led some insurance companies to go out of business, and others to leave the markets voluntarily.
An optimistic view of this year's price increases is that they represent a one-time market correction, as insurers adjust to the real costs of caring for these customers and to the changes in federal policy. The more pessimistic view is that declining competition and enrollment could lead to rising premiums in future years, too.
Cynthia Cox, an associate director at the Kaiser Family Foundation, which has analyzed similar rate filings for big cities, said that on the whole "the factors that are driving premiums to increase in 2017 are one-time factors." Price trends for future years, she said, will depend on how many people sign up.


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Making and having a online business may be both overwhelming and rewarding. Spending time on your business is what will make it successful. You will not have to work as hard once your business is no longer in its launching stage, but it is important to focus on successful strategies right away. As with everything in life, you will have to put plenty of time and effort into making your business a success.
Keep a special business phone line to keep it separate from your personal phone line. Your business will need a professional recorded message for off-hours as well as a company greeting when you are there to answer. Also, you don't want to run the risk of other family members picking up the phone when customers call.
Make sure you let people know if you are out of a certain product. It is a sure-fire way to upset your customers when they find out their products had to be placed on back order, and will not be ready for immediate delivery. This is why you should allow your customers to have the opportunity to select another product if their product is on back-order.
In a home based business, having a support behind you can be very helpful. It can be a good idea to set up your own work from home business network to easily communicate with other businesses. These people may come from completely different industries, but they, too, will be striving to run a profitable home business.
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Guardianship: Caring for An Aging Loved One
Guardianship: Caring for An Aging Loved One
Many of us are faced with the difficult realizations and decisions that come with seeing our parents and loved ones age and lose the ability to care for themselves. Although it is difficult to confront these issues it is important to consider the benefits of establishing a guardianship and conservatorship to ensure the wellbeing of loved ones. The judicial system may appoint a guardian to assist an incapacitated individual with managing quality of life or a conservator to assist with the management with financial assets.
Throughout the formal process of establishing a guardianship you will have to consider many delicate issues including what type of assistance your loved one needs and who is best able to provide it. Most often a concerned family member files a petition with the Court to be appointed guardian or conservator but it is also possible to seek the appointment of someone else. Whether or not you are the appropriate choice for guardian often depends on your ability to fulfill particular duties. Generally, guardianships require a commitment of time while conservatorships require strong financial skills.
"Is my loved one incapacitated?"
First, the petitioner must determine if the loved one is in fact incapacitated. Generally, an incapacitated person is defined as an adult who is unable to evaluate information or communicate decisions to a degree that impacts his or her ability to manage financial resources or maintain his or her physical wellbeing and safety. It is important to remember that incapacity does not hinge on the degree to which the individual's decisions are responsible but on whether the person has the capacity to make responsible decisions. A showing of physical incapacity alone is not enough and a petitioner has the burden of establishing more than the loved one's age or even chronic illness. Rather, the petitioner must show relatively diminished mental capacity.
"Do I have the appropriate evidence to demonstrate that my loved one has diminished capacity?"
Second, the process of judicial appointment begins with the submission of a petition to the Probate Division of the District of Columbia Superior Court. This provides you with the opportunity to prove that your loved one is in fact incapacitated with clear and convincing evidence, particularly medical evidence. This may take the form of medical records or a doctor's affidavit. You may also request an examiner who diagnoses the loved one and establishes his degree of capacity for the court. Evidence may also be presented later at a hearing held after the petition is filed. At the hearing, you will have the opportunity to present any witnesses. Additionally, the examiner, if requested, will present his findings. This procedure provides many opportunities to demonstrate diminished incapacity.
"Would I be an appropriate guardian or conservator?"
Third, you may petition the Court to become the guardian or conservator or in order to appoint another someone else to serve. As the petitioner, you must consider if you would be able to commit the time and resources necessary. Generally, the guardian is responsible for care, custody and control but is not personally liable to third persons for the actions of the loved one.Additionally, the commitment requires substantial personal contact with the loved one on a regular basis.Other duties include taking care of personal effects and commencing any protective proceedings, reporting your loved one's condition in writing and making decisions on behalf of the loved one by conforming as closely as possible to his wishes. The duties of a conservator, on the other hand, are closely tied to the financial needs of the loved one. The role of guardian or conservator also comes with formal duties which include filingan Inventory and Conservatorship Plan within 60 days; an annual Statement of Account within 30 days of the anniversary date of appointment; a Guardianship Plan within 90 days of appointment; and a Report of Guardian every six months from the anniversary date of appointment.
"What type of guardianship or conservatorship is appropriate in this circumstance?"
Fourth, if it can be established that the loved one is in fact incapacitated the petitioner must determine which type of guardianship or conservatorship is most appropriate. There are several types of guardianships and conservatorships. Each is used to assist an individual living with a particular set of circumstances and allows for long or short-term appointments. A petitioner may seek to be a temporary guardian which includes a 21-day emergency guardian, a health care guardian for as long as 90 days, or a provisional guardian for as long as 6 months. A petitioner may also seek to be a permanent guardian, a permanent general conservator or permanent limited conservator. Factors such as your loved one's degree of incapacity, financial and real property circumstances and the degree to which a guardian must commit time and resources helps define which type of guardianship or conservatorship is appropriate.
"How can I ensure that the process is relatively stress free for my loved one?"
Understandably, your loved one will be anxious due to the stress associated with a judicial proceeding and what can often be perceived as a loss of independence. Upon reviewing your petition the Court will schedule a hearing approximately one month after filing. You should attempt to prepare your loved one as soon as possible upon being notified of the hearing date. An adult other than the petitioner must serve your loved one with Notice of the Initial Hearing and the petition at least 14 days before the hearing.
"What duties must I fulfill as a guardian or conservator?"
Finally, upon considering the evidence the Court will decide if a guardian or conservator will be appointed, who that person is and the powers that they will be granted. Additionally, the Court may determine if a bond is necessary and its amount. Generally, this will be determined at the conclusion of the hearing. At this point the guardian or conservator should become familiar with the legal duties and obligations as well as the limitations associated with his newly appointed title in order to prevent any legal issues from arising in the future. These duties obligate a conservator to file an Inventory and Conservatorship Plan within 60 days and an annual Statement of Account within 30 days of the anniversary date of appointment and guardian to file a Guardianship Plan within 90 days of appointment and a Report of Guardian every six months from the anniversary date of appointment.
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For more Information please contact Peter D. Antonoplos, Esq. at Antonoplos & Associates, Attorneys At Law 202-803-5676, www.Antonlegal.com.