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  • Liberal House Dems, unions push for $23B fund to save teacher jobs

    06/07/2010 5:15:01 AM PDT · by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! · 31 replies · 90+ views
    thehill.com ^ | June 6, 2010 | Walter Alarkon
    Soon after Congress returns from the Memorial Day recess, liberal House Democrats and teacher unions will make one last push to pass a $23 billion fund to prevent teacher layoffs. Democrats are looking to package the fund with war and disaster spending in a supplemental appropriations bill the House will vote on as early as this week.
  • Disagree With the ELCA? What You Should Do

    05/18/2010 1:54:55 PM PDT · by Enought · 8 replies · 287+ views
    Exposing the ELCA ^ | 5/18/2010 | Dan Skogen
    God tells us in His Word - Romans 16:17 - Now I urge you, brethren, keep your eye on those who cause dissensions and offenses contrary to the teaching which you learned, and turn away from them. 2 John 9-11 - Anyone who goes too far and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God; the one who abides in the teaching, he has both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching,do not receive him in your house and do not give him a greeting: for the...
  • U.S. Leave, Taliban claim victory

    04/15/2010 3:19:40 PM PDT · by Nachum · 23 replies · 1,164+ views
    news.24 ^ | 4/15/10 | afp
    Kabul - Taliban militants on Thursday claimed victory after the US military withdrew this week from a rebel-infested area in eastern Afghanistan that became known as the "Valley of Death". Troops pulled back from Korengal, a rugged mountainous region in Kunar province bordering Pakistan, as part of what Nato's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said was its new "repositioning" strategy.
  • Northfield teacher admits biting off piece of ear in St. Paul cafe(MN ear biter update)

    04/13/2010 10:57:59 AM PDT · by WOBBLY BOB · 33 replies · 1,329+ views
    star tribuine ^ | 4-10-10 | paul walsh
    A Northfield middle school teacher admitted in court Wednesday that she bit off a chunk of a stranger's ear while in a St. Paul cafe last month, severing a piece of flesh that police presume she swallowed. Susan M. Mwarabu, 30, of Rochester, pleaded guilty in Ramsey County District Court to third-degree felony assault. She remains free pending sentencing May 20.
  • Teachers leave boy, 5, stranded in tree because of health and safety

    03/24/2010 3:39:12 PM PDT · by Nachum · 34 replies · 1,242+ views
    Daily Mail ^ | 3/24/10 | staff
    A boy of five was left stranded in a tree at school because of a bizarre health and safety policy - which banned teachers from helping him down. The mischievous pupil climbed the 20ft tree at the end of morning break and refused to come down. But instead of helping him, staff followed guidelines and retreated inside the school building to ‘observe from a distance’ so the child would not get ‘distracted and fall’.
  • Official Details New Recuperation Leave Policy

    03/22/2010 5:15:47 PM PDT · by SandRat · 1 replies · 195+ views
    WASHINGTON, March 22, 2010 – Some deployed servicemembers will not be charged for rest and recuperation leave under a new Defense Department policy. The new policy allows servicemembers in designated areas to go on rest and recuperation leave without charge to their leave accounts. “So in a sense, it is an administrative absence and that’s up to 15 days,” said Sam Retherford, the Defense Department’s director of officer and enlisted personnel management. In the past, the leave was charged to servicemembers’ accounts, though travel time from the theater to the airport closest to their destinations was not charged, Retherford said....
  • Panic at the Team O: Asia jaunt delayed for Demcare

    03/12/2010 7:11:23 AM PST · by syc1959 · 70 replies · 2,889+ views
    Michelle Malkin ^ | Mar 12, 2010 | syc1959
    The No-mentum is getting to the White House. News is breaking out all over that President Obama will be delaying his trip to Asia from Thursday to March 21. It’s also being reported that the First Lady and his daughters, who had planned to accompany him, will no longer be traveling with him. Jake Tapper writes: “The President will delay leaving for Indonesia and Australia – will now leave Sunday – the First Lady and the girls will not be on the trip,” White House press secretary Robert Gibbs sent out on twitter this morning. Gibbs had expressed irritation yesterday...
  • Proposed Leave Rule Would Provide for Warrior Care

    08/27/2009 4:32:14 PM PDT · by SandRat · 1 replies · 207+ views
    WASHINGTON, Aug. 27, 2009 – Defense Department federal employees could receive up to 26 weeks of unpaid leave to care for a military family member injured in the line of duty if an Office of Personnel Management proposal is adopted. The proposal would allow eligible federal employees to take 26 "administrative work weeks" provided for under the Family and Medical Leave Act to care for a servicemember wounded in the line of duty, OPM officials explained during a telephone conference call. The provision would extend to families of National Guard members or reservists injured while on active duty, explained Jerry...
  • New Soldier-dads get administrative leave, Army says

    06/03/2009 6:52:00 PM PDT · by SandRat · 4 replies · 408+ views
    Army.mil ^ | Jacqueline M. Hames
    WASHINGTON (Army News Service, June 2, 2009) -- The Army wants Soldier-dads to know there is a new paternity leave policy available to them and spread the word to military bloggers at the Pentagon today. The policy, which was signed into law by President George W. Bush Oct. 14, 2008, allows new dads up to 10 consecutive days of administrative leave after the birth of a child. Leading the roundtable was Col. Larry Locke, chief of compensation and entitlements for the Army G-1. He said the policy is one way of showing appreciation for Soldier-dads, because leave time can take...
  • 'Ban On Bhutto' Leaving Pakistan

    10/23/2007 12:23:58 PM PDT · by blam · 16 replies · 41+ views
    BBC ^ | 10-23-2007
    'Ban on Bhutto' leaving Pakistan Ms Bhutto says she has not been given proper security Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been banned from leaving the country, her Pakistan People's Party (PPP) says. PPP spokesman Farhatullah Babar told the BBC the party had written to the interior ministry over the issue. Ms Bhutto survived an assassination attempt on Thursday on her return to the country after years of self-imposed exile. Nearly 140 died in the attack. The government often bans opponents from leaving Pakistan. The BBC's M Ilyas Khan in Karachi says that the ban may be a move...
  • Pushing Parental Leave (Hold onto your wallet!)

    07/19/2007 7:14:23 AM PDT · by RogerWilko · 18 replies · 684+ views
    GovernmentExecutive.com ^ | 19 July 2007 | Brittany R. Ballenstedt
    Federal employees, like other American workers, are entitled to up to 12 weeks of leave after the birth of a child. It's just not paid leave. A bipartisan group of lawmakers is working to change that, though. And at least one of the group's members believes that legislation to establish a paid parental leave policy for federal employees has a serious shot at passing this Congress. Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, has rolled out two bills that would provide at least eight weeks of paid maternity leave for civil servants, and paternity benefits as well. One bill (S. 80) would provide...
  • Soldier Son Surprises Mom

    07/04/2007 8:36:16 PM PDT · by american_ranger · 34 replies · 1,880+ views
    This video was taken when my son, Chris, surprised his Mom by not telling us when his mid-tour leave was starting. I figured out why his kid brother was acting strange one Saturday and had the camera ready. Later I took this video when his Mom came home from work late at night and walked in to find her "baby" standing in the living room.The next day, I was replaying the video upstairs in my office. Mom was downstairs with Chris and started complaining about the horror show Dad was watching with the volume turned way up. Chris said, "Mom,...
  • Jefferson to take leave from House panel

    06/05/2007 10:10:14 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 13 replies · 753+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 6/5/07 | Laurie Kellman - ap
    WASHINGTON - Rep. William J. Jefferson told congressional leaders Tuesday that he plans to take a temporary leave of absence from the House Small Business Committee after his indictment on charges of receiving more than $500,000 in bribes, according to a Democratic leadership aide. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity because Jefferson's announcement had not been made public, said the Louisiana Democrat was stepping down while his legal affairs are resolved. A spokeswoman for the congressman did not have immediate comment. Jefferson's decision to take a leave from the panel comes a few days before House Speaker Nancy Pelosi...
  • Zimbabwe bishops urge Mugabe to leave

    04/08/2007 3:26:11 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 9 replies · 503+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 4/8/07 | Angus Shaw - ap
    HARARE, Zimbabwe - In an Easter message pinned to church bulletin boards around the country, Zimbabwe's Roman Catholic bishops called on President Robert Mugabe to leave office or face "open revolt" from those suffering under his government. The letter, titled "God Hears the Cries of the Oppressed," was the most critical pastoral message since Zimbabwe won independence from Britain in 1980 and Mugabe assumed leadership of the country for the first time. Once prosperous, the country is reeling under hyperinflation of more than 1,700 percent, 80 percent unemployment, shortages of food and other basic goods and one of the world's...
  • Why We Left the Episcopal Church

    01/08/2007 7:06:05 AM PST · by shrinkermd · 82 replies · 3,375+ views
    Washington Post ^ | 8 January 2007 | The Rev. John Yates and Os Guinness
    When even President Gerald Ford's funeral at Washington National Cathedral is not exempt from comment about the crisis in the Episcopal Church, we believe it is time to set the record straight as to why our church and so many others around the country have severed ties with the Episcopal Church. ...The core issue in why we left is not women's leadership. It is not "Episcopalians against equality," as the headline on a recent Post op-ed by Harold Meyerson put it. It is not a "leftward" drift in the church. It is not even primarily ethical -- though the ordination...
  • Execs: Ditch EU bossy boots

    10/16/2006 11:53:12 PM PDT · by MadIvan · 21 replies · 675+ views
    The Sun ^ | October 17, 2006 | Staff
    BRITAIN’s top boardroom bosses want us to quit the European Union, a poll suggested yesterday.They want to take back powers from Brussels, claiming red tape costs millions of pounds a year. Nearly two thirds of 1,000 chief executives quizzed prefer simple trade deals to the current political bloc. Fifty four per cent say over-regulation “outweighs” single market benefits. And 52 per cent say the EU is “failing”. Just a third polled by ICM for think tank Open Europe called it a “success”. Next chief exec Simon Wolfson said: “There are just far too many prescriptive regulations coming out of Brussels....
  • China cancels troop leave at N.Korea border-report

    10/10/2006 12:31:51 AM PDT · by TigerLikesRooster · 18 replies · 890+ views
    Reuters ^ | 10/10/06 | Ben Blanchard
    China cancels troop leave at N. Korea border-report 10 Oct 2006 02:31:03 GMT Source: Reuters By Ben Blanchard DANDONG, China, Oct 10 (Reuters) - China has cancelled leave for troops along at least part of the border with North Korea, a mainland-controlled Hong Kong newspaper reported on Tuesday, a day after the North announced a nuclear test. The Wen Wei Po said Chinese People's Liberation Army troops ranged along the border in northeast China's Jilin province "have had leave totally cancelled" and some forces were conducting "anti-chemical" training exercises. But trains between the two countries appeared to be running as...
  • "Abducted' Girl Says She Wanted To Leave Scotland (Pakistan)

    09/01/2006 5:16:48 PM PDT · by blam · 12 replies · 689+ views
    'Abducted' girl says she wanted to leave Scotland (Filed: 01/09/2006) A 12-year-old girl taken to Pakistan by her father without her mother's knowledge has spoken out for the first time, insisting that she went of her own free will. Louise Campbell had appealed for her daughter's return this week Molly Campbell disappeared from her home in the Western Isles on Friday amid fears that she had been abducted. But today she told a British MP that she had gone voluntarily and planned to stay in Pakistan. She also spoke on the phone to her mother in Stornoway for 10 minutes....
  • Fruity Hitchhikers Leave You Heaving

    08/14/2006 10:57:09 AM PDT · by blam · 29 replies · 1,498+ views
    New Scientist ^ | 8-14-2006
    Fruity hitchhikers leave you heaving 14 August 2006 Beware the mild-mannered melon. Researchers at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have found that since 1973 the cantaloupe melon has been responsible for at least 28 outbreaks of food poisoning in the US and Canada that have left more than 1600 people ill and at least two dead. Of these outbreaks, 68 per cent occurred during the last decade, with Salmonella being the predominant culprit (Epidemiology and Infection, DOI: 10.1017/SO950268805005480). The actual number of cases could be far higher, since one-offs often go unreported, say the researchers. "Fruit...
  • Westport to Martha Stewart: Leave already!

    08/12/2006 9:42:06 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 5 replies · 310+ views
    Mercury News ^ | 8/12/06
    Six years after Martha Stewart said she was leaving Westport, Conn., the domestic diva really is bidding farewell to this wealthy seaside town -- if only someone will buy her house. Stewart has been trying for more than two months to sell her early-19th-century federal-style farmhouse for $9 million. Real estate experts say it's not unusual for luxury homes to take at least a few months to sell -- even those with Martha's famous touch. ``It's the most beautiful property I've ever seen,'' said Eileen Hill, president of the Mid Fairfield County Association of Realtors. ``Every blade of grass stands...