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Judges for the World Car of the Year Award have narrowed down the finalists to just four vehicles. Out of a total of 42 entries, only the Mercedes-Benz A-Class, Porsche Boxster/Cayman, Scion FR-S/Subaru BRZ/Toyota GT-86 and Volkswagen Golf remain standing. For Volkswagen, this marks the second consecutive year the company has had an entry among the finalists, and the fourth time since 2009. In order to qualify, a vehicle must be on sale on two continents during the span of time between January 1, 2013 and May 30, 2013. A panel of 66 journalists from 23 countries then vote on the finalists.
Three vehicles have made the cut for the last round of voting on the 2013 World Performance Car as well, with the Cayman/Boxster and FR-S/BRZ/GT-86 running against the Ferrari F12 Berlinetta. Meanwhile, the Renault Zoe, Tesla Model S and Volvo V60 Plug-In Hybrid are duking it out for the World Green Car Award. Finally, the World Car Design of the Year Award is up for grabs between the Aston Martin Vanquish, Jaguar F-Type, and the Mazda6. Check out the full press release below. Overall winners will be presented at the 2013 New York Auto Show.
We've reached a new step in the ongoing drama at Volkswagen's factory in Chattanooga, TN. The United Auto Workers recently dropped its opposition to the union vote and agreed that it wouldn't hold another ballot for at least a year. Now, the new question becomes where VW is going to build its forthcoming midsize SUV.
Earlier, it had been considered all but certain that the SUV, likely a production version of the CrossBlue concept (pictured above), would be built in Tennessee. However, it seems the Chattanooga factory might have competition to produce it. In emails obtained by The Detroit News, VW's lawyer wrote to the Tennessee economic development department in January saying, "While we understand there are some 'non-deal' issues that are causing a delay in the TN solution, VW has been successful in reaching agreement on terms at the alternative locations."
As previously reported, the state of Tennessee allegedly offered VW about $300 million in incentives to build the vehicle there and create an estimated 1,350 jobs, but it later rescinded the deal. Newly leaked documents from NewsChannel 5 (WTVF-TV) in Nashville allegedly show just how close that offer was to being completed. It appears that VW actually sent the government the first draft of a memorandum of understanding agreeing to the incentives, but the state removed the offer in late January.
Volkswagen owns or has controlling interests in three commercial truck operations: besides its own, VW began buying shares in Sweden's Scania in 2000 and now controls 89.2 percent of its shares and 62.6 percent of its capital, then bought into Germany's Man in 2006 - in order to prevent Man from trying to take over Scania - and now owns 75 percent of it. The car company has managed to work out 200 million euros in savings, but believes it can unlock a total of 650 million euros in savings if it takes outright control of Scania and can spread more common parts among the three divisions.
It has proposed a 6.7-billion-euro ($9.2 billion) buyout, but according to a Bloomberg report, Scania's minority investors don't appear inclined to the deal. Although effectively controlled by VW, Scania is an independently-listed Swedish company, and a profitable one at that: in the January-September 2013 period its operating profit was 9.4 percent compared to Man's 0.4 percent. Some of the other shareholders believe that Scania is better off on its own and will not approve the deal, some have asked an auditor to look into the potential conflict of interest between VW and Man, while some are willing to examine the deal and "make an evaluation based on what a long-term owner finds is good," which might not be just "the stock market price plus a few percent." The buyout will only be official assuming VW can reach the 90-percent share threshold that Swedish law mandates for a squeeze-out.
Many of the arguments against boil down to investors believing that Scania's Swedishness and unique offerings are what keep it profitable, and ownership by the German car company will kill that. (Have we heard that somewhere before?) If Volkswagen can buy that additional 0.8-percent share in Scania, perhaps its buyout wrangling with Man will give it an idea of what it's in for: "dozens" of minority investors in the German truckmaker have filed cases against VW, seeking higher prices for their shares. It is likely only to delay the inevitable, though. If VW is really going to compete with Daimler and Volvo in the truck market, it has to get the size, clout and savings to do so.


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The red soil of Prince Edward Island, most famous for its potatoes, is being tilled for deeper and more elusive fields. The search for natural gas on the picturesque eastern Canadian province, a popular summer vacation spot for many U.S. Northeasterners, reflects a trend of junior Canadian producers looking for petroleum reserves onshore PEI, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. "The eastern coast (including the offshore) is a very legitimate oil and gas play. Depending on which report you read, many reports say it's the new frontier and it's where Alberta was 25 years ago," says Gary Malone, chief executive of <$iOsprey Energy Ltd. >, a Bridgewater, Nova Scotia-based junior. The increasing maturity of the eastern Canadian offshore petroleum industry is a key reason for the blooming of interest in the Maritimes Basin, which underlies lands lapped by the Atlantic Ocean. The major oil companies' developments, such as Hibernia, Sable Island and Deep Panuke, are increasing the amount of services, expertise and infrastructure available in the area to junior producers. Other encouraging factors include low competition, relatively simple royalty regimes and the availability of large, contiguous land spreads. Osprey and a host of other juniors, including <$iCanadian Imperial Venture Corp. >, <$iGlobex Resources Ltd. > and <$iMeteor Creek Resources Inc. >, are focusing on the East Coast. Several larger U.S. firms, such as <$iColumbia Natural Resources Inc. >, <$iDevon Energy Corp. > and <$iEOG Resources Inc., > are also playing a role in the region. The activity ranges from collecting and analyzing seismic data in PEI to reentering wells in Newfoundland to <$iCorridor Resources Inc. >'s commencement of production this year to supply gas to a potash mine in New Brunswick. The mine, near the southern town of Sussex, is owned by Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc., the world's largest fertilizer manufacturer. Corridor and PCS expect to produce jointly 3 million cubic feet of gas per day this spring from the McCully Field. Norm Miller, chief executive of Halifax, Nova Scotia-based Corridor, says the company and others are climbing a steep learning curve, such as drilling with air versus conventional mud while dealing with overpressured zones. Some questions like well productivity, which is expected to vary widely because of a channel sand-like depositional pattern, will only be answered over time, but Miller is excited about the region's prospects for gas production. "I think it could add materially to reserves in the area if we are successful," he says. "We could get a lot of gas coming out of the area because we've only really scratched the surface." The onshore basin is low permeability and low porosity-roughly analogous to the Jonah Field in Wyoming. <$iMcMurray Oil Co. > and <$iAlberta Energy Co. Ltd. > (which bought McMurray in 2000 for C$894 million) have relied heavily on fracturing to boost Jonah's daily production to about 200 million cubic feet. Miller predicts fracturing will be important to achieve commerciality in eastern Canada. Corridor is looking to its bigger and more experienced partner, EOG Resources, to provide it with technical help with permeability of 0.2 millidarcies and porosity of 6% to 7%. Under a deal signed last year, EOG must drill three wells early this year but does not earn any interest in Corridor's lands until it has punched six wells. The Houston-based company will receive half of Corridor's interest in three New Brunswick licenses (excluding areas where PCS and Corridor have joined forces) once it drills 12 wells or spends C$50 million. The Canadian division of Charleston, West Virginia-headquartered Columbia Natural Resources has spent about C$24 million in the past two years drilling 14 wells in New Brunswick. The company has been targeting the Albert Sand near Sackville and Moncton, with well depths of 1,600 to 3,420 meters. Drilling costs have ranged from "outrageous to reasonable," says Darcy Spady, general manager of <$iColumbia Natural Resources Canada Ltd. >, which is based in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The company would like its East Coast well costs to be similar to the cost of its wells in Zama in northern Alberta or Fort Nelson in northeast British Columbia. "The rock tends to be harder so we generally have to use air hammers and not fluids and rotary. It's a little bit different flavor than operating in western Canada," Spady explains. Columbia Natural Resources Canada, whose parent was bought by U.S.-based NiSource Inc. in 2000, operates more than 1.3 million acres in New Brunswick through partnership with firms including Corridor, <$iJ.A. Seglund > and <$iMariCo Oil & Gas Corp. > Its lower Carboniferous objective in eastern Canada is mainly an extension of the Appalachian Basin found mostly in West Virginia and New York, where Columbia owns more then 1 trillion cubic feet of reserves. While moving into Canada is a natural extension of the play, Spady says there is one significant difference. "In New Brunswick, we're essentially on the North Sea side of the Appalachians as opposed to our West Virginia-based operations, which are on the continent side of the Appalachians. So we are on a different flank." While Columbia is mainly seeking gas, its drilling has resulted in a small amount of light oil coming onto production in December from a field near Hillsborough, New Brunswick. It is currently analyzing recently shot seismic data before deciding on further drilling plans for 2002. While core samples and drilling tests are encouraging the hunt for gas, Spady says questions about the commercial viability of the country's eastern onshore projects will likely not be resolved for a few years. "To be really successful, I'd want to see a couple of 10-million-cubic-foot-per-day projects. Either 10 one-million-a-day wells in a field or a single 10-million-a-day well would put a smile on my face," he says. Osprey is also hoping to find oil. It produces about 210 barrels of oil equivalent per day from properties in Alberta and in the U.S., in Louisiana. Malone says western Canada and the U.S. onshore basins are mature and it is hard for juniors to find growing room in the crowded sandboxes. In contrast, the East Coast offers big upside if exploration programs result in commercial discoveries. "We like Alberta but it's very difficult in Alberta right now to acquire properties at a reasonable price because it is a fairly mature marketplace." Its production from Louisiana comes without exploration risk "as we're just developing reserves that are already there," he adds. "Having revenue and profitability allows us to take a bit of exposure on the exploration front, which gives the future blue sky." Osprey has a 10% interest in 642,000 acres in PEI controlled by <$iRally Energy Corp. > and has a 15% stake, with an option to take another 10%, in 220,000 acres in Nova Scotia, controlled by <$iConsolidated Beacon Resources Ltd. > The latter two firms are based in Calgary. Corridor, Osprey and Rally are typical of many of the small players which rely on partnerships to defray costs and reduce risks, which is why the various companies sometimes appear to have more links than a sausage factory. The web of connections should make it easier to coordinate programs to obtain cheaper prices from contractors, says John McLeod, Rally's chief executive. McLeod and Ernie Pratt, Rally's vice president of exploration, were instrumental in <$iArakis Energy Corp. >'s initial successful exploration efforts in Sudan in the early 1990s. The veteran executives say some of the logistical challenges of operating in eastern Canada are similar to those experienced overseas. There is a lack of equipment and services, translating into higher drilling costs than in conventional areas. McLeod estimates what would be a C$400,000 well in western Canada may cost C$750,000 on the other side of the country. But providing a lot of benefits are the proximity to consumers on both sides of the border, the lack of language, currency and cultural barriers, and the ease of assembling large tracts of exploratory acreage from provincial governments, they say. "People are doing things in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island. We're talking about an oil province developing here," Pratt says. "Do I have to send back to Alberta for services and supply? No, they are there somewhere because somebody is using them." Oil and gas exploration is not new in eastern Canada, where natural seeps have been known for decades or even hundreds of years. Stoney Creek was a commercial oil and gas field in New Brunswick in the early 1900s. The discovery of Hibernia and other fields in the 1960s and 1970s encouraged a handful of onshore wells to be drilled in recent decades but there was no commercial success until Corridor and PCS began their venture. But McLeod says most eyes were focused on big prizes-thought to be contained in the deeper horizons. Drillers either ignored uphole formations or heavy muds impaired the testing and productivity of shallower zones. Rally is looking for gas on PEI at less than 2,000 meters (about 6,600 feet) with targets in the Cable Head, Green Gable and Mabou Group formations. It hopes to make a discovery similar to the East Point E-49 well, an offshore hole drilled in the early 1970s by Hudson's Bay Oil & Gas. "They were drilling deep for oil and were essentially forced to come back up and test a shallower zone. In the same zones we're looking at, they got 5.5 million cubic feet of gas per day on DST and they mapped a 77-billion-cubic-foot pool," he says. "We're hoping to find something like that onshore. We're seeing a lot of structure in here, so there really is the potential to develop this kind of stuff onshore." Pratt says studies indicate porosity of 5% and 20%, depending on depth. Permeability, which also decreases with depth, generally ranges from 0.1 to 10 millidarcies. He says these figures put eastern-coast shallow-gas plays well within parameters for commercial projects in western Canada or the southern states. The 77 billion cubic feet found offshore PEI on top of a salt dome almost three decades ago has Rally hoping to find accumulations of 50 Bcf on similar features on its acreage. "We have lots of structuring, that's not going to be the problem," Pratt says. "We've got basin edges, salt structuring, faulting and we're going to have things happening stratigraphically. All those parts of the equation that go with a good reservoir are in this area." The ski-jumper plunge in gas prices during the past year has slowed some activity, but most executives say their firms remain committed to developing their projects. Another challenge of operating in the east, particularly in PEI, is its scenic beauty. The island protects its reputation as the home of Anne of Green Gables, a beloved literary heroine firmly rooted in real landmarks. While residents, politicians and government officials are supportive of industry activities, Columbia's Spady says his firm is cognizant of the need to set high environmental standards. For example, the firm conducted a seismic survey last year where walking the line and hand-drilling the dynamite holes enabled Columbia not having to cut a single tree on a major forestry company's lands. New Brunswick has an extensive system of private woodlots and forestry is a major industry. "It's a new jurisdiction and we're working very hard to take the highest possible path. We know that the ruts we leave [figuratively] are going to be followed so we're trying to take the best approach we can," he says. "People here have not seen the modern oil and gas industry, therefore our methods and manners will be the benchmark in their minds. We strive to operate with a minimal environmental impact" If any firms make commercial discoveries, finding markets and distribution infrastructure are barriers still to be cleared. PEI and Newfoundland have no gas pipelines. New Brunswick has granted a franchise to a unit of Enbridge Inc., which is slowly rolling out service. A spur off Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline's system brings gas to Halifax but Nova Scotia has little beyond this as <$iSempra Energy > has withdrawn its C$1-billion proposal to build a distribution system. Watching the petroleum companies with a lot of interest are the various provincial governments, which stand to gain from direct and indirect jobs as well as royalties. New Brunswick consulted with industry players last year when it amended and updated its land tenure system, partially in the hope of encouraging activity. "The competition is not from other Canadian provinces," says Don Barnett, assistant deputy minister of New Brunswick's mining and energy department. "It's just trying to attract an industry into a frontier area." He says the province, along with its eastern neighbors, needs to diversify its energy mix. Six New England states and the five eastern Canadian provinces (the four Atlantic provinces plus Quebec) agreed in August 2001 to stabilize greenhouse gas emissions by 2010 and reduce them 10% by 2020. The environmental goal will not be met unless more gas is used, Barnett says. In addition, new industry is reluctant to locate in a region where gas is not part of the energy portfolio. The Atlantic provinces, while important historically, have in recent decades not performed well economically. The explosion in offshore projects, such as Hibernia and Terra Nova, has helped transformed the economy of Newfoundland; analysts predict it will turn in one of the best performances of all provinces this year. The economic resurgence has revived the morale of residents of St. John's, Newfoundland. Osprey's Malone says successful onshore plays could result in the same in other parts of eastern Canada. "St. John's has been strutting since Hibernia and I think the rest of the Maritimes is starting to benefit from the influx of technologically advanced service companies, who bring people with them," he says. "I think the economic impact [from onshore activity] will be very significant during the next number of years." Not everyone is as bullish. Robert Meneley, a former exploration vice president with <$iPetro-Canada >, was chief analyst on a committee that last fall released its assessment of potential gas plays in Canada. There was not enough information available to make an informed estimate of Atlantic Canada's onshore gas reserves, but Meneley does not foresee the region as having a big impact on supply-demand fundamentals. "The results during the years have not been very spectacular. The presence of the [Maritimes & Northeast] pipeline does make it much more feasible to put small developments on production. The few discoveries that have been made are pretty mediocre, so you really don't have much of a basis to say that you've got any rip-roaring exploration promise developing." He says the geological formations under the forested hills and cultivated valleys are much older and substantially different in composition from the prolific rocks that yield Hibernia's and Sable Island's substantial daily volumes. He believes the eastern onshore play will not be the stuff of legends and will be limited mainly to small companies. "Corridor and other firms playing it can make some good money, but it's not going to be significant in terms of gas supply for North America," says Meneley, who is president of consulting firm <$iMeneley Enterprises Ltd. > Certainly Miller of Corridor expects healthy profits from his firm's eastern ventures. Maritimes & Northeast is planning to expand its line to handle <$iPanCanadian Energy Corp. >'s Panuke gas discovery offshore Nova Scotia as well as increased volumes from Sable Island. If sufficient reserves justify building a lateral to tie into the mainline, Corridor could receive a price close to the Henry Hub benchmark for its output, the president says. "To get close to Henry Hub prices is pretty good. A long-term average of C$5 or C$6 per thousand cubic feet is a reasonable expectation and that would compete with offshore liquefied natural gas." When it comes to the investment community, opinions vary. Osprey's Malone says his experience shows Calgary-based analysts are fairly skeptical while number-crunchers in Toronto and New York tend to be more open-minded. "There aren't a lot of believers in Alberta that there is anything to be found onshore east of Manitoba. The people in Toronto and New York-the U.S. market in general-are a bit more optimistic and a bit more excited about our involvement in the East Coast." He says the slowdown in the North American economy, exacerbated by the September 11 tragedy, is cooling exploration and development programs. Osprey, for example, is still waiting to hear from its partners on how many wells will be drilled this year on concessions in PEI and Nova Scotia. But the executive says the news isn't all bad. "On the bright side, at current price levels the service industry is not quite as expensive as it was a year ago," he says. "A year ago you had to stand in line and wait for things where as now you can actually negotiate with people." In the end, as with all energy plays, the brave words of executives and government officials will be measured by one critical yardstick-commercial success. If Corridor and EOG, in particular, cannot replicate the success found in the U.S. in producing tight gas seams, then it's likely Canada's onshore East Coast petroleum industry will never mature out of its infancy. "We're still short of critical mass," comments Barnett of the New Brunswick mining and energy department. "We've got the people now, and what they need to keep this thing growing is commercial discoveries. That's the part that we're hoping will come to fruition. "People are starting to take note that the potential is here, but we need further exploration and discoveries."
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Moody’s: Upstream Capex to Rise 10% to 15% in 2023
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ADVOCATES for AIDS research and for programs to care for AIDS victims have been spectacularly successful. The federal government is now spending more than a billion dollars a year on research and prevention. The arduous and well-established system for approving new drugs has been fundamentally revised so that those drugs with a potential for slowing the AIDS virus have been made available to the public in record time. Congress is about to pass legislation that would authorize expenditure of $600 million a year to help hospitals that treat large numbers of AIDS patients and to fund state programs to provide home-health, hospice and other kinds of care to the ill.
In light of all this progress, why were a thousand AIDS activists -- members of a group called ACT-UP -- blocking traffic, parading through the Rockville and Bethesda buildings of the National Institutes of Health, throwing smoke bombs and conducting sit-ins yesterday? There's nothing wrong with demonstrations or street theater, and there's nothing surprising about the frustration of those who demand a cure for AIDS and want to see progress toward that goal every day. But harassing the very scientists working directly on AIDS research cannot improve the process.
ACT-UP has made a number of charges concerning clinical trials of promising therapies that are carried out by NIH. Essentially the group demands that more drugs be tested, a greater variety of people be accepted for clinical trials and a wider spectrum of advisers be consulted. NIH has responded in the past by increasing the numbers of women, minorities, intravenous drug users and children in tests, by contracting out some work to minority institutions and by involving patients and their advocates in advisory and planning committees. Still, some ACT-UP demands are unrealistic. How can the government promise to test 30 new drugs a year when that many may not have been developed? Why should an outside group determine which cities -- indeed, which neighborhoods within cities -- should be testing centers? How can trial participants always be chosen on the basis of affirmative action when medical histories and the nature of the product being tested are more important?
The AIDS epidemic has strained most everyone's patience, but disruption and unwarranted conflict will only delay a cure.

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HAGERSTOWN — A Hagerstown man accused of trying to burn down a house Thursday while someone was inside faces additional charges, according to a news release issued Monday by the city of Hagerstown.
The Hagerstown Fire Department and Hagerstown Police officers were called to 817 Virginia Ave. at 11:20 p.m. Thursday for a report of a person who was lighting a fire at the residence.
Authorities alleged that Karl McNutt, 47, tried to burn down the house by igniting clothing on the front porch, then fled before police and firefighters arrived.
The following day, McNutt allegedly called the house multiple times, stating he was going to return, kill an occupant and burn down the house, according to the release.
The Hagerstown Fire Marshal’s Office and the Hagerstown Police Department responded to the house three times Friday as a result of McNutt’s calls, the release said.
McNutt initially was charged with first-degree arson, attempted second-degree murder, second-degree malicious burning, first- and second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and malicious destruction of property under $500, according to the release.
The additional charges are two counts of threatening arson, harassment and telephone misuse, the release said.
McNutt, whose last known address was 817 Virginia Ave., was found at about 8:30 p.m. Friday at a bus terminal in Baltimore, according to city police.
City investigators received a tip about McNutt’s location.
Hagerstown Police worked with the Baltimore Police Department and Maryland State Police on the arrest.

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Lull after storm: Obama, Romney teams clutch at straws in the wind
- Will reach out to 'muslim' brothers, address Ram Temple issue: Modi
- Congress backs Priyanka Gandhi as she hits out at opposition for 'targeting Robert Vadra without proof'
- CJI bars advocate's entry in SC for 6 months for sexual harrassment
- April 22 Campaign roundup: Modi hurls a 'khooni panja' at Cong, says its responsible for 1100 lives in Telangana
- IPL 7: It's that man Glenn Maxwell again
There's a breathless hush in downtown New York this morning, a mere 48 hours before America's greatest city votes to elect a new president. The fact that it's a Sunday must take part of the blame, but this quiet is much more than the city sleeping in. After all, this is famously the city that never sleeps, but for the second time in 11 years, New York seems bruised and bowed by a force greater than itself.
The hurricane that ravaged America's east coast over the last week has left behind a detritus that even the most resilient New Yorker will take time to absorb. That first view of the Manhattan skyline, on the road from the airport into the city, always has the power to move you — except that, this time, the taxi ride cannot avoid the potholes that seem to have developed overnight as a result of the surging waters.
Even the memorial to the victims who perished in the World Trade Center bombings on September 11, 2001, is closed. Disaster management teams are pumping out water from the memorial and sewer holes have been opened so that the large pipes can directly flush the water back into the underground sewage system. Water to water, dust to dust, a double whammy requiem to the dead and a reminder to the living: let's not take New York for granted.
The Hispanic man selling 'We shall never forget' magazines outside the memorial says he was in the North Tower of the World Trade Center when the planes struck that morning. "I never came back here all these years... I only came back when they took Osama bin Laden out," he says.
As for the man responsible for taking bin Laden out last year, Barack Obama, he is on a whirlwind tour of America's so-called "swing states" over these last 48 hours, hoping to make that last push that will return him to the White House. His challenger, Republican Mitt Romney, isn't letting go either. At a rally in Iowa on Saturday, Romney pulled no punches, pointing out that Obama had been so obsessed with his reform agenda that he had never really been able to fend off the economic crisis and high unemployment figures (7.9 per cent over the weekend).
- MU issues showcause notice to S K Somaiya College
- Denied nod to sit with her special child in classroom, mother moves MSCPCR
- Judgment day today for couple caught on wrong side of new rape law
- Man accused of murder dies in custody, kin allege torture
- 2 BJP workers injured in firing
- 322 polling stations in Mumbai, suburbs ‘critical’

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Glossary of Terms: Texas School Finance
How to Understand the Equity Issue in School Finance, March 1, 2015
What Is Needed to Implement the Equity and Excellence Commission Report
Sen. Carlos Uresti: A Public School Hero
Jan. 24, 2013
For Immediate Release
Attention Editors, Publishers, and Broadcasters:
In week three of his Session Watch column, Sen. Uresti contends that the Legislature should not wait for a future Supreme Court ruling before addressing the current needs of public education. The revenue is there to restore funds that were cut in the last session and to pay for student growth over the next two years, so the time to act is now. Sen. Uresti also discusses the Senate’s once-in-a-decade process of drawing for two- and four-year terms. The article is for use at will on your news or editorial pages or for broadcast purposes. If you have any questions please contact:
Education policy, funding must not be held back by the philosophy of delay
By Sen. Carlos Uresti
He who hesitates is lost.
This wise proverb dates to 1713, from English essayist and poet Joseph Addison, but the idea undoubtedly goes back much further than that. It capsulizes a simple truth that we learn both from the advice of our elders and our own experience — that to accomplish things in life, decisive action trumps delay.
Unfortunately, the value of this lesson has been lost on some state leaders who are actually advising delay in one of the Legislature’s most important duties — adequately funding our public schools.
State Education Commissioner Michael Williams advised the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday that it should wait on the Texas Supreme Court to rule on the school finance lawsuit before restoring any of the $5 billion in budget cuts imposed on public schools two years ago.
The lawsuit involves some 200 Texas school districts that are challenging the state’s school finance system, claiming it is inadequate and inequitable.
The case is currently before a state court, but the Texas Supreme Court will have the final say. That process could go on for more than a year before there is a final ruling. While it is true that the court may eventually order changes in the method for funding public education, it is also true that our schools need help now.
According to the comptroller, the Legislature will have $101.4 billion in general revenue available for the next two-year budget, almost 12.5 percent more than the current budget. The comptroller also underestimated the revenues we’d have in the current budget cycle, which ends Aug. 31, by some $8 billion.
We have the funds to restore the funding that was cut from the current biennium and plenty to fund student growth the will surely come over the next two years — both wise investments in our future.
But Mr. Williams’ advice was this: “Whatever funding we look at — whether it is adding more compensatory education money or additional money for teachers — the more prudent action is to wait at this point.”
Williams is not the only one who wants to wait on instructions from the court. Last year the Joint Interim Committee to Study Public School Finance delved into the issue, then issued a final report in December with three recommendations: Continue to monitor the school finance litigation proceedings; Ensure the Legislature acts upon the decision of the highest court ruling; Work with all stakeholders in developing sound school finance policy.
As a member of the committee, I refused to sign the report.
With our children’s future at stake, public education policy must not be based on delay. We don’t tell our kids to wait; we tell them to seize the moment. That’s what the Legislature needs to do. If we continue to hesitate in doing the right thing for our schools, we will — as Mr. Addison said 300 years ago — be lost.
Four more years
There were no tickets to scratch off or six special numbers to buy, but members of the Texas Senate on Wednesday held a once-in-a-decade ‘lottery’ of sorts that offered a political prize.
I won, along with 14 of my colleagues and a yet-to-be-named senator from Houston.
Senators usually serve in staggered terms, but everyone must run in the first election after redistricting. The drawing reset the process until the next round of political boundary making, with the 31 senators drawing either a four-year or two-year term.
As some of my constituents looked on from the Senate Gallery — a group of students from Real County — luck was with me, and I drew a four-year term. Although I won’t face re-election until 2016, I will continue to be accountable to the people of Senate District 19, as if I was on the ballot every day.
Senate Secretary Patsy Spaw drew for the late Sen. Mario Gallegos, whose successor in the upcoming special election will serve a four-year-term.
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Hooray for Kansas!
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Rep. Lon Burnam’s Report on Effects of School Budget Cuts, 2011-13
McLennan County School Districts
Click on the link to see graph that compares funding levels of McLennan County school districts with the average for McLennan County, Texas, the 89 districts in Senate District 22, and with that of Glen Rose ISD, the wealthiest district in Senate District 22. These data show how disparities in the funding allocations affect the school districts in McLennan County. McLennan County School Districts
Texas Kids Can’t Wait can produce these graphs for any county in Texas.
Texas Senate District 22 (Sen. Brian Birdwell)
At the link is the document that Texas Kids Can’t Wait used to present to Senator Brian Birdwell when we met with him. (When document opens, for some reason the pages are in reverse order.) Facts about School DistrictsSenDist22REV
State Makes Its Argument in School Funding Litigation
The State’s argument in the school finance litigation: http://www.statesman.com/news/news/state-to-go-on-offensive-in-school-finance-trial/nTNpt/
It saddens us to see the taxpayers’ money spent to argue against quality schools for Texas children and that we should not spend money on athletics and other important extra- and co-curricular activities.
Article from Ft. Worth Star-Telegram on Growing Class Sizes Resulting from 2011-13 Budget Cuts
Economics Professor Stresses Early Children Education, Nov. 23, 2012, by Rebecca Bibbs
How Grossly Under-funded Are Public Schools?
How Is the Money Spent in Texas Public Schools? –from Friends of Texas Public Schools and Save Texas Schools websites: Short Video based on data from Moak & Casey:
Texas Kids are Poor at Home–and at School. We Have to Change That!
We have known for a long time now, and neuroscience is confirming over and over, that poverty negatively affects children’s cognition, their health, and their social skills. Please read this information carefully. http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2012/11/07/11poverty_ep.h32.html?tkn=TPBFTeNFGUviFLcMggQlc6idQH76eDg00AIe&cmp=clp-ecseclips
Texas Map Showing Districts Participating in School Funding Litigation Case, via Texas Equity Center, Austin, TX
Daily Summaries of the Testimony in School Funding Litigation Case
Rather than post here the link daily to the summaries, we are just posting here the link to the page on the Moak & Casey site where the summaries are posted. Just go to it daily (or when you can) to see how the hearing is progressing: http://www.moakcasey.com/
Materials Used in School Funding Litigation Testimony
The following link takes you to the website of Moak & Casey, experts in school finance. They are posting here the materials used in the litigation testimony by each of the plaintiff groups. Tons of good information here for all of us to digest! I especially recommend the Moak&Casey materials. They do a great job of showing the academic consequences of inequitable/inadequate school funding: http://www.moakcasey.com/news/article.aspx?id=3009
Joe Smith, TexasISD.com, reports on Thursday’s (Nov. 1, 2012) testimony by Dr. Wayne Pierce of the Equity Center, in school finance hearing:
|Joe Smith: Dr. Pierce Puts the Lawsuit In Simple Terms – November 2 , 2012
By Joe F. Smith – TexasISD.com
Nov 2, 2012, 09:00
|Dr. Wayne Pierce, Executive Director of the Equity Center, showed a table indicating what would happen if all school districts statewide taxed at the maximum of $1.17. It was clearly evident that to reach the funding levels of their property-wealthy counterparts, poor school districts would have to impose tax rates of $1.95, which would be illegal.Dr. Pierce used several individual districts to make his points very clear and applicable to one’s local zip code. The following are excerpts from articles and comments made related to Dr. Pierce’s testimony will continue on Monday.
Background on Equity and Adequacy Litigation in Texas
The following article is a good an explanation as I have seen about the causes behind the pending litigation against the state by a vast majority of Texas school districts for equitable and/or adequate funding.
Good explanation from IDRA about how schools are funded, the argument for equity and adequacy, etc.
Stealth Inequities in School Funding by Bruce Baker and Sean Corcoran, Sept. 2012, published by Center on American Progress
How Should Schools Be Funded? by Tarsi Dunlop, Washington Post, Nov. 1, 2012–excellent column calling on all citizens to do what is required to fund our public schools/
Equity in Texas school funding returns to fore in court
Arguments begin Oct. 22 in sweeping school finance trial involving two-thirds of Texas school districts.
More than 135 years ago, state leaders etched into the Texas Constitution a commitment for the Legislature to provide an “efficient system of public free schools.” Those words have bedeviled their successors ever since.
Public education was “the most important yet the most difficult question that has or will come before us,” said one attendee at the constitutional convention in 1875, where they struggled with how to raise money for schools and apportion it across a vast and diverse state.
“They were talking kids, taxes, class and race,” said Albert Kauffman, a law professor at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio who litigated a seminal Texas school finance case.
And they still are.
Beginning Oct. 22 in a Travis County courtroom, lawyers representing about two-thirds of Texas’ school districts — which combined educate three-quarters of the state’s 5 million students — will argue that the Legislature has once again failed to meet its constitutional obligations.
At the center of Texas’ protracted battle over school finance is whether the state is providing more than 1,000 ethnically and economically diverse school districts what they need to ensure students are getting the constitutionally required “general diffusion of knowledge” needed to succeed in the 21st century economy.
“It looks to me like this is the granddaddy of all these cases,” state District Judge John Dietz said during a preliminary hearing this summer. “We’ve got every topic that’s ever been discussed.”
Six different groups have sued the state over a laundry list of potential violations, and many of the legal complaints overlap. The issue of “constitutional efficiency” — equity — has emerged as one key issue that divides the different coalitions of school districts. In short, can a poor school district access roughly equal amounts of money to educate students as a rich district?
The fundamental question about equity dates back to a 1984 lawsuit that for the first time successfully challenged the constitutionality of Texas’ school finance system.
Because Texas relies heavily on local property taxes to pay for schools, plaintiffs from the Edgewood school district in San Antonio argued that huge disparities in spending had emerged because of differences in communities’ property tax bases.
The wealthiest school districts — those rich in oil, natural gas and other resources as well as tony residential enclaves — were by and large taxing less than were poor districts. But they were able to spend on average $2,000 more per student because they had much higher property values. Spending across the state ranged from $2,100 to more than $19,300 per student and at least one of the poorest districts did not have the resources to offer instruction in chemistry, physics or any foreign languages.
In a landmark 1989 decision, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that “children who live in poor districts and children who live in rich districts must be afforded a substantially equal opportunity to have access to educational funds.”
For the state’s school finance system to be efficient, the court explained later, “citizens who were willing to shoulder similar tax burdens should have similar access to revenue for education.”
“For the poor districts, it was the greatest quantum leap in equality when the court finally came down on our side,” said Kauffman, who represented the Edgewood plaintiffs as a lawyer with the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
It took the Legislature several tries to craft a system that met constitutional muster. The final outcome pumped more state money into schools, obligated the state to supplement local taxes in poorer school districts and required property-wealthy school districts to share some of their riches with the poor school districts — a provision commonly referred to as Robin Hood.
Over the next decade, disparities crept back into the school finance system, some school districts argued before the Supreme Court in 2005. The justices, however, did not uphold that claim of inequity. Instead, they found the system unconstitutional because the Legislature — by imposing caps on local property tax rates — had effectively enacted a statewide property tax, which the constitution explicitly prohibits.
The Legislature’s remedy for that lawsuit, however, made the situation worse for districts on the low-end, they say in the current lawsuit.
In a 2006 special legislative session, lawmakers reduced local school property tax rates by one-third and dedicated more state money to the schools to replace the local money. So that no district suffered as they rebalanced the share of state and local dollars, legislators temporarily froze districts at the amount of per-student funding they were spending at the time and planned to implement a long-term solution the next year.
But the freeze was never lifted. There was no appetite in 2007 to dive back into school finance after years of tortured debate over the issue, and the problems with the temporary system were not immediately evident to legislators.
For some districts, the freeze came at a bad time. Pflugerville, for example, was in the middle of a growth spurt and a leadership change and had yet to invest in the programs needed to serve the districts burgeoning population of low-income students and English-language learners. Yet the district was locked at a low level of funding.
Compared with neighboring Round Rock, Pflugerville gets about $720 less per student. If funded at the higher level, Pflugerville would have an additional $19 million a year in its $160 million budget — or nearly 12 percent more, Superintendent Charles Dupre said.
There is no rational policy reason for the difference, said Dupre, who is also president of a coalition of more than 430 school districts that are advancing theequity argument.
“Pflugerville has always been fiscally lean. We have never had fluff or waste in our budget,” Dupre said. “Since 2006, we have been living in a stressful, perpetual state of budget reduction. … When they set in stone the target revenue, they basically codified inequity in our system.”
Past court rulings have found a $600 funding gap to be “minimally acceptable,” but the funding disparities now have increased by two and three times that amount, according to MALDEF, which is representing one of the plaintiff groups. Funding now ranges from about $4,000 per student to more than $12,000.
School districts with the most wealth have the most to lose, and they are making a different argument against the current finance system. They have avoided the equity argument in their briefs because of concerns that the potential remedy would probably hurt them without helping the overall public education system, lawyer Mark Trachtenberg said.
“To focus on equity doesn’t really capture the real problem with the current system,” Trachtenberg said. That problem, he said, is inadequate funding: The Legislature is asking districts to get students to ever-higher levels of academic performance without providing them sufficient resources to do so.
“We are making claims that, if successful, will benefit all districts,” said John Turner, another lawyer representing the property-wealthy school districts.
From the state’s perspective, the bar is quite low in order to meet the constitutional standard for equity. The school finance system is significantly more equitable than it was when the court originally deemed it unconstitutional in 1989; thus it is not “inefficient as a constitutional matter,” the state’s lawyers argue in a brief.
A spokesman for Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said the state would not comment beyond its brief.
It’s doubtful that the current litigation will lead to an end of the century-old battle over school finance, experts say.
Michael Griffith, a senior policy analyst at the Education Commission of the States, said a school finance system needs regular tweaking because the demographics, economics and expectations of education evolve, particularly in a growing state such as Texas.
“All of these things are out there, and you will never get a final permanent solution to your school funding issue,” Griffith said. “It will always be there because society always changes.”
Capitol staff writer Kate Alexander began covering education issues 10 years ago in Williamson County. She has spent the past four years reporting on the legislative battles over education spending.
Texas school finance court battles
1876: Texas Constitution adopted. It states: A general diffusion of knowledge being essential to the preservation of the liberties and rights of the people, it shall be the duty of the Legislature of the State to establish and make suitable provision for the support and maintenance of an efficient system of public free schools.
1984: Edgewood school district files suit claiming Texas’ public school finance system violates the state constitution because it is inequitable, failing to provide an “efficient” system of schools.
1989: Texas Supreme Court finds the system unconstitutional. Over the next few years, several different Edgewood-related cases head back to the court as the Legislature tries and fails to craft a response that passes constitutional muster.
1993: Legislature adopts a share-the-wealth system commonly referred to as “Robin Hood.”
1995: Texas Supreme Court upholds the school finance system as constitutional.
2001: A small group of property-wealthy school districts sue the state arguing that a state-imposed tax rate cap had effectively become a statewide property tax, which is prohibited by the constitution. The case was dismissed.
2002: Texas Supreme Court reverses the dismissal. Nearly 300 other school districts join the case and expand the arguments to claim the system is inequitable and does not provide adequate resources.
2005: Texas Supreme Court finds the school finance system unconstitutional only on the statewide property tax claim.
2011: Four separate plaintiff groups representing two-thirds of Texas school districts sue the state, making sweeping arguments that the school finance system is unconstitutional.
2012: Two other groups representing charter school interests join the lawsuit.
Oct. 22, 2012: Trial set to begin in Travis County.
Per-student funding in Austin area districts
In 2006, the Legislature froze per-student funding for school districts, which exposed significant differences among neighboring districts. Those inequities are part of the school finance litigation.
Granger | $4,990
Pflugerville | $5,264
Hutto | $5,504
San Marcos | $5,781
Round Rock | $5,981
Wimberley | $6,022
Austin | $6,101
Eanes | $6,347
Jarrell | $6,641
Source: Texas Education Agency data compiled by the Equity Center
School Finance, Aug. 4, 2004, Education Week:
Good explanation of school finance systems.

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A coalition of faith-based investors representing over $100 billion announced they have compiled “climate risk profiles” of over 150 corporations, using data from an independent company.
The companies’ profiles were developed by independent environmental data company Trucost, and noted whether a company reveals their greenhouse gas emissions, the percentage they deviate from their closest industry peers, and over 700 environmental indicators including water use, waste disposal and pollutants.
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IT has been more than six months in the making, but Senate Finance Committee chairman Orrin Hatch (R., Utah) and ranking member Sen. Ron Wyden (D., Ore.) finally brokered a deal on a trade promotion authority (TPA) bill that offers fast-track authority to the President when negotiating trade deals.
Members of the Democratic Party, however, wanted to back the train up on the committee's attempt to "fast track" the bill through Congress without time to adequately evaluate the bill itself.
No doubt, the timeline ahead is quite ambitious. Hatch said he intends to hold a markup of the bill April 23 and debate it on the floor before the end of the month.
Wyden told his fellow Democrats that he looks forward to talking about the bill more extensively over the next week and feels there will be more talk about it for "weeks after that."
Wyden also supports advancing trade adjustment assistance (TAA), and although it may not be included within the TPA bill, it will go on "parallel tracks." He said, "TPA and TAA must make it to the President's desk for a signature so one can't be enacted without the other."
Wyden said through many "spirited discussions," the leaders were able to agree to include provisions that allow Congress to "put the brakes on a bad deal" and set up a process that would give the committee the possibility to turn off fast track just as it is turned on.
Crucial for ag
During a committee hearing on trade policy, Wyden asked Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack how the ongoing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations would live up to the promises where other trade agreements have fallen short.
Vilsack said the only way to get agriculture industry support for a final TPP deal is to provide increased market access. While exports coming into the U.S. face an average tariff of 1.4%, the U.S. is at a significant disadvantage when it faces disproportionately high tariffs elsewhere.
For instance, poultry producers face a 240% tariff in Japan. Beef producers face tariffs as high as 50% in some TPP countries.
Beyond cutting tariffs, the TPP agreement will include strong sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) provisions that will improve transparency and scientific decision-making to provide expanded access for U.S. products such as meats, fresh fruits and vegetables, Vilsack testified.
Vilsack confidently said if TPP reduces tariffs and SPS barriers are either not constructed or torn down more quickly, agricultural exports will benefit significantly.
The U.S. is coming off a record year of $152 billion in agricultural exports. Many agricultural groups contend that TPA will help keep that trend moving forward.
Hatch said the Senate has a unique opportunity to move forward on possibly one of the only pieces of policy that could find support in Congress and the executive branch.
U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Michael Froman reiterated that TPA allows the "U.S. to speak with one voice" as it shows that administrators and legislators can work together to pursue negotiating objectives.
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Don Urban’s letter (“Brookfield Library plan flawed, excessive”) in the Sept. 5 Landmark claims that the Internet and the availability of digital materials negate the need for a larger library in Brookfield.
I don’t know the statistics for the Brookfield library, but my ongoing experience working in a public library shows me that physical formats remain very popular. Furthermore, many people rely on their libraries for Internet service. And when economic times are difficult, people turn to their libraries even more.
Librarians select authoritative resources in both physical and digital formats. They also sift through myriad Internet sites in order to highlight those that offer trustworthy information.
Libraries offer children’s programs that enhance their learning. Adult programs contribute to intellectual stimulation. Libraries also offer quiet spaces conducive to concentration and reflection.
All these services require space. While I don’t know if the proposed building is larger than necessary, I can see that the current space is bursting at the seams. The site the library board wants to purchase is easily accessible and joins two of Brookfield’s business districts. I endorse the board’s selection of that site.
Mr. Urban’s suggestion that the library build a branch on the old Moose site doesn’t make sense. A branch would require some duplication of services and another layer of oversight. A village the size of Brookfield needs to concentrate its resources in one place.

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“An apple a day keeps the doctor away,” the old cliché says, but a report in the British Medical Journal says that if those over 50 were to eat one a day, it could prevent 8,500 deaths a year.
Researchers said Tuesday that eating an apple a day would provide all the cardiovascular benefits of cholesterol-lowering statins, but without any of the side effects. While the report is not based on direct scientific study, the article brings up the important point that more than two-thirds of adults don’t get their suggested five servings of fruit and vegetables a day. And while nine out of 10 adults do manage to get at least one serving a day, they can all benefit by eating more. CBC’s statistics say that 41 percent of Canadians aged 12 and up do not eat five servings of fruits and vegetables a day. Just one extra serving a day, according to Dr. Adam Briggs, could apparently prevent 11,000 vascular deaths. The extra serving needn’t even be apples, though they are extremely healthy. “Apples have long been known as a natural source of antioxidants and chemical compounds called flavanoids, all of which are good for our health and wellbeing,” said Dr. Peter Coleman of the Stroke Association.

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You and yours share one heart, one love and this heart shaped unity sand ceremony set is a beautiful way to show it. Instead of candles, this unity set features vases filled with sand. As you pour your heart out on your wedding day, you'll be filling this personalized heart-shaped vase with love to last a lifetime.
Your wedding guests will be in awe of this gorgeous personalized cake server set. The silver-plated handles feature an elegant double heart design accented with rhinestones. Set contains one cake knife and one cake server. Knife and cake server come engraved with names and dates. Your wedding will be an affair to remember when you decorate with 4 carat clear diamond confetti and give guests heart shaped wedding sparklers.
These cute vintage place card holders are the key to a truly charming place setting. Perfect for weddings and bridal showers, each place card holder is made from durable resin and fashioned in the shape of a Victorian-era skeleton key complete with a slot for inserting cards. Use them to mark guests' seats at tables, or show off your favorite photographic memories. These place card holders come in sets of four and include matching place cards.
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These stainless-steel canneries have a water's-eye view of the ducks around the Rivers of the Interior. It's the most seasonally operating way to explore the river without much hope of survival!
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Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the African Union (AU) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Mohamed Arrouchi, affirmed that the Kingdom’s presidency of the African Union’s Peace and Security Council (PSC) for the month of February will be guided by the Royal Vision for common African action which places the noble causes of Africa and the vital interests of the African citizen at the heart of the pan-African agenda.
Morocco’s presidency takes place at a time where Africa is facing growing security challenges that call for innovative and global responses, explained Arrouchi.
In this context, the Ambassador shed light on Morocco’s role and objectives, citing the strengthening of dialogue and African cooperation, the multidimensional approach in maintaining peace, strengthening continental and international cooperation, humanitarian issues and the exchange of expertise.
Speaking about strengthening dialogue and African cooperation, Arrouchi affirmed that Morocco aims to strengthen dialogue and cooperation between African states, as well as with international partners.
In terms of the multidimensional approach to peacekeeping, the Moroccan official indicated that military solutions alone are not enough to guarantee lasting peace and security, stressing the need to place the issue of security in a broader context including economic and social development to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of African action in the resolution of conflicts.
In this context, Arrouchi noted that via its PSC presidency, Morocco aims to promote a multidimensional approach combining security, development and social justice as foundations for global and lasting peace.
The strengthening of continental and international cooperation is another key point that Arrouchi referred to, recalling the importance the Kingdom attaches to continental links and international cooperation as fundamental pillars for achieving security and development in Africa.
As for the humanitarian aspect, the diplomat highlighted the priority given by Morocco to humanitarian issues, such as the protection of children and women in conflict zones, and the promotion of food and health security.
Arrouchi also shed light on Morocco’s expertise, stressing that as a country with long experience in managing security and development challenges, the Kingdom constitutes a model for cooperation and innovative solutions in Africa.
On a similar note, the Ambassador said that Morocco will have the opportunity to strengthen its position, during its presidency, as an African leader committed to peace, security and sustainable development, emphasizing the importance of the principles of dialogue, good neighborliness, preventive diplomacy, respect for the sovereignty of States and their territorial integrity while combining diplomatic wisdom and innovation, with the aim of contributing to a more stable and prosperous future for Africa.


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Two senators on different sides of the political divide were split on why thousands of illegal aliens are fleeing Central America for the United States.
Sens. James Lankford, R-Okla., and Angus King, I-Maine, agreed that the illegal aliens attempting to cross the U.S. southern border illegally were coming here for a better life, but the former believes it is for economic reasons while the latter says it’s because of violence in Central America.
“They’re fleeing violence,” King whined on NBC’s “Meet The Press.” “This is different from the waves of illegal immigrants coming 15 to 20 years ago mostly from Mexico, simply looking for jobs.”
Lankford countered that assertion by arguing illegal aliens are coming to the U.S. for the handouts, and not going to other, less violent countries in Latin America.
“The vast majority of these individuals are coming for economic reasons,” Lankford said. “They’re coming from Central America, that’s why they’re not going to Belize or Ecuador — who also have great asylum laws. They’re coming to the U.S. because they want to have economic opportunities, not just asylum.”
The number of illegal aliens claiming to be families entering the U.S. illegally at the southwest border jumped six-fold in May to 9,485, compared with the same month in 2017. Since October, more than 58,000 have arrived, the bulk from Guatemala, followed by Honduras and El Salvador, which are also hotbeds of MS-13 gang members. Every day, more evidence is surfacing showing that “Dreamers” or DACA recipients are actually MS-13 members, as violence on the streets and in schools has skyrocketed.
Illegal aliens too cowardly to stand up for themselves coming from Central America whine about a feeling of desperation, where the lawlessness, endemic poverty and levels of gang violence akin to war zones that have driven so many families from their homes show little signs of abating.
The rate of violent death in El Salvador is still higher than all countries suffering armed conflict except for Syria, with a murder rate of 99.7 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2016, according to the most recent global study by the Switzerland-based Small Arms Survey. The number of people displaced in the nation of 6.5 million by turf battles between the country’s two biggest gangs, MS-13 and Barrio 18, skyrocketed last year to 296,000, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council.
In neighboring Honduras, one of Latin America’s poorest and most violent nations, adding to the sense of insecurity is the country’s role as a major transit point for South American cocaine as well as the political turmoil and civil unrest that have followed hard-line President Juan Orlando Hernandez’s re-election last November amid allegations he stole the vote.
In Guatemala — the third of the so-called Northern Triangle countries of Central America — criminal activity is also spreading, adding to the discrimination and abuse long faced by the indigenous communities that are among the largest groups fleeing poverty.
“This isn’t about immigrants chasing the American dream anymore,” bemoaned Sofia Martinez, a Guatemala-based analyst for the International Crisis Group and author of a recent report on gang violence in Central America, “Mafia of the Poor.”
“It’s about escaping a death sentence,” she claimed.
Unfortunately, it’s been long proven that Latinos and particularly illegal alien Latinos are one of the largest criminal elements in the United States.
Recently, a group of “Dreamers”, aka MS-13 dragged a teen Latino from a convenience store, and hacked him to death with a machete.
What has been a problem in California for decades, has now spread across the breadth of the nation as MS-13 “Dreamers” have begun operating criminal organizations inside America’s schools.
As well, MS-13 has declared war on the NYPD, directing its members to “take out a cop” in a terrifying directive that has police on high alert across the New York area.
The member of the Salvadoran terror organization told the informant they needed to make a “statement” and specifically wanted to kill a cop in the Hempstead area.
“The police have been making too many arrests and it’s time to take the streets back and take out (shoot) a cop like we do in El Salvador,” the memo quotes the suspect saying, according to the informant.
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The second day of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) Annual Conference opened with a focus on leading and responding to disruptions in the marketplace.
Seth Bodnar, digital technology officer for GE Transportation, talked about how software, data, and analytics are transforming the industrial marketplace. It's a matter of "either disrupt or get disrupted," Bodnar said.
As an example, Bodnar pointed out that most people think of locomotives as large hunks of black metal puffing down the track. GE Transportation, however, is "turning locomotives into mobile data centers." Embedded with more than 200 sensors, these engines use analytics to drive more efficiently.
He also described how GE is becoming a "digital industrial" company and hopes to be known as a top 10 software company by 2020. "The software revolution is now meeting the industrial revolution," he said.
Bodnar offered some operating principles for this new era:
CSCMP also took a moment during the main morning session to recognize past supply chain disruptors by inducting Henry Ford, J.B. Hunt, and Malcom McLean into the newly created Supply Chain Hall of Fame. Henry Ford was recognized for his success at implementing mass production ideas and revolutionizing manufacturing. J.B. Hunt was honored for helping to pioneer the concept of intermodal shipping, and Malcom McLean for creating the modern shipping container.
The conference continues tomorrow with three "mega sessions" on business intelligence, innovation, and last-mile delivery.


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Last weekend was good! A wake up call if you must! I like that India as a nation is slowly awakening. I love that we no more live in denial. I love that our youth is the most outspoken we have ever been. And I love that we want to be bigger and better than we currently are.
That being said, last weekend it made me happy to see people I was acquainted or even friends with, contribute to a larger cause. They dressed down, put on their overalls, lugged paint cans and tried to make our city a little prettier. We may have culture and tradition and be famed world over for our spices and food, but we are, literally RUBBISH when it comes to cleanliness. We spit where we wanna spit, we pee where we wanna pee. It’s sad and shows our ignorance. Yes, there are people who know better, but don’t take a step to stop it once and for all. As a nation, we need to WANT to be better.
The Wall Project was amazing, just like music is a universal language so is art, all ages and races came together to paint their views. To showcase how they felt and why they wanted to contribute.
No matter whether you were a professional or not, this was your day to own a wall and shout out what you had to say. I loved that the BMC took the initiative, I love that our city responded.
There was such an amazing vibe around it. Friends were made, although they had their difference, they had the same reason for being there. They loved their city and they wanted to be a part of it as it grew better. I cried a silent tear, one of joy as I got to muck around with paint. Although I did paint Krissy’s head a tad too much, I did still contribute. (Ok, maybe I dint)
While all of that was fun, it wasn’t malicious, and I am sure anybody in their right mind, would not want to be malicious. I was wrong.
Remember the picture above, this was the revised version clicked by Mahafreed, earlier today.
I never took the saying that an idle unemployed mind is a devils workshop until I saw these. It shames me to know that I have vaguely in the past spoken or hung out with these people, whatever their intentions were, this was disappointing. Sad, really. @aalaap, @goobimama cheap shot guys. We definitely thought you could be more productive.
And although they have since “cleaned up” their act, the remains will still be there.
Just goes to show, why we might always stay a third world nation, cuz no matter how many steps India takes forward, we will always have someone pulling her back.
But we live in the hope that we will win in our fight in making this city a better place.


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The presentation started off with zebra prints, a mix of dark colours with pops of orange and red before moving onto nude and a finale of leopard prints which sent my heart a flutter.
With the inspiration being London’s ‘Swinging Sixties’, we saw mini dresses for the young and leggy. Super-skinny pants, floaty chiffon dresses, slouchy leather pants, cable-knit sweaters, metallic blazers, long-sleeve drop-waist dresses, oversized wool coats, and capes, including an animal-print hooded cape which was one of my favourite pieces of this collection.
Key accessories included Mary Jane shoes and ankle boots with stiletto heels and boots completely covered with glitter or in patent laser treatment to give the effect of lace, plus large and small bags which were also covered in glitter.
Who I See Wearing This Collection: Fergie, Paris Hilton, Kat Graham, Rihanna and Demi Lovato


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April 21, 2019
Siruthuli conducted a week long “Nurture Nature Camp 2019” from April 15-20 to create a bond between children and nature during the summer.
The camp included a field trip to water bodies of River Noyyal, home composting programmes with special focus on kitchen and terrace gardens, special hands-on experience in up cycling to recycle and reuse waste.
The inauguration on April 15 was at 8 am near Pachai Nayagi, the peepal tree planted by former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam inside VOC Park with 100 student participants representing 23 schools of the city. The traditional treat ‘Oyyil Aattam’ was performed to convey a touching message to conserve the environment.
Mrs Vanitha Mohan, the Managing Trustee of Siruthuli addressed the children and the students came forward to share their experience in attending the first day’s sessions as well. Post breakfast the gathering went to Noyyal Life Centre at Siruthuli to start with the day’s sessions.
The agenda for the day was ‘Health out of Waste’ and the children were introduced to a green cover atmosphere and briefed about the merits of growing our own vegetables.
Ms.Chitra Krishnaswamy facilitated a session on “Home Composting practices through Kambhas” and explained in detail about the usage of these compost pots to the children. It was a pleasant experience with the children.
Later, Ms.Shanthni Balu introduced her tiny planters to the kids, with interesting activities. It was a refreshing and amazing experience for the children as they walked through the greenery of the terrace garden and herbal/ vegetable garden. The students could understand how to handle plants as their eyes brightened to see the lush green vegetables and fruits hanging from the trees that induced them to make yummy fresh salads of their own.
Post lunch was an introduction about afforestation and the unique varieties of native species. It was a lively forest atmosphere for the children, and created collage on the theme ‘Tree for Life’ using leaves and parts of trees. The students and teachers sat together and came up with very interesting and colourful designs as imagination ran wild to showcase their creativity.
As the day was coming to a close, they were trained to plant a seedlings in a pot, by Ms.Chitra Krishnaswamy.

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By Tom Lehman 5:50am, March 2, 2013 - Updated 6:25am, March 2, 2013State police say they're investigating a vehicle crash last month that led to the death of an 80-year-old man from Bear.
It happened little before 2:30 p.m. on February 14, when a vehicle on Wrangle Hill Road, driven by 76-year-old Joan McConchie of Bear and her husband, William McConchie, was struck by a car turning left toward Rue Madora.
The couple was transported to Christiana Hospital, where they were both treated and released, but William McConchie later died three days after the accident on February 17 from an internal injury sustained during the crash.
The driver of the second vehicle, 33-year-old Joseph Starkey of Wilmington was given a traffic summons for failing to signal while turning left.
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Cafecito plays a lively pre-salsa style of music still heard on the streets of old Havana today - cha cha chas, danzones, mambos and boleros as well as Latin jazz, which you will have heard a flavour of in the Buena Vista Social Club recordings. Our main repertoire includes Cuban classics from the 1930’s to the 1960’s. Cafecito’s eight piece dance band is lead Cuban singer, violin, flute, piano (we bring our own), congas, bongos/guiro, timbales and double bass and the musicians also sing backing vocals. We can also perform as a five piece (flute, piano, double bass and 2 percussionists) for background music such as a drinks reception.
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