Meet your new Chicago Transit Board
2009-11-12 20:06:00 This morning's Chicago Transit Board meeting looked different than most meeting days, and not just because of the band playing outside CTA headquarters and the large police presence.There's been some reshuffling on the transit board, so "Going Public" decided to take a look at who's who on the transit board (after the jump).The board is composed of seven members, who are appointed for seven-year terms. Three members are appointed by the governor and four members are appointed by the mayor. Gov. Quinn announced two appointments on Wednesday....
Making Board Members Think They're In Charge
2009-11-09 16:18:00 "Without you saying anything to them, they will believe that they are responsible for making big decisions about budget matters, school policies, hiring of the principal and dozens of other matters." Imagine charter schools CEO Dennis Bakke in a recently revealed email about how to pick and manipulate charter boards. (Pick your board members carefully) Cross-posted with TWIE....
School janitor suing Board of Education and CPS for dropping a fan on her f
2009-11-06 00:00:00 A school janitor is suing the Chicago Board of Education and Chicago Public Schools after a portable heater/fan was dropped on her foot. Yolanda Hallom says that on November 14, 2008, while working at Roswell B. Mason Elementary School as a janitor, "an agent and/or servant" of the defendants was carrying a portable heater/fan that dropped on her foot. Hallom asserts that the defendants were negligent when they, among other things, "carelessly and negligently dropped a heavy item upon plaintiff." Yolanda's husband, Tracy, is also suing for loss of consortium. Read the complaint after the jump. Follow me on Twitter at jenfernicola....
Board Reverses Itself On Avondale Montessori School
2009-11-01 18:53:00 Never one to miss out on an opportunity to disappoint parents and undercut positive momentum, the Board of Education is shafting a seemingly well-organized and appealing effort to start a Montessori school in Avondale. Word's out that the CPS Office of New Schools, now under the control of newcomer Leigh McGuinan, has reversed course on supporting a charter proposal from the Avondale Montessori folks that Megan Cottrell profiled here a few weeks ago. See details below.At the time, it seemed like Avondale was going to get a positive recommendation from ONS and an easy approval from the Board. What happened? Maybe the Avondale folks were counting their chickens before they were hatched. Maybe they were just caught in the changeover...
New Disney Ship Will Have On Board ?Water Coaster? Ride
2009-10-30 18:33:00 The new Disney cruise ship, the Disney Dream, currently being built will be the newest in over the top attraction for cruise passengers to enjoy – a water coaster. Disney Cruise Lines has announced the addition of it’s newest ride on their ships as a high speed flume ride. This ride will be billed as a ...Travel Lady Cruises, always providing you with TLC!New Disney Ship Will Have On Board ‘Water Coaster’ Ride
By: Travel Lady Blog
Big Bad October Board Meeting
2009-10-28 02:27:00 This month's board meeting takes place in the shadow of all sorts of Chicago school controversies: youth violence, Bucktown vs. Pulaski, cuts to after school programs, Fenger vs. Altgeld Gardens, new hires (new schools, medical officer, etc.). Of course, none of these are on the October_26_2009_Notice-_Agenda_Listing.pdf, which includes few notable items (though much of the agenda is so vague as to make it difficult to figure out ahead of time). They'll be amending school promotion (again). They're hoping to pequalify various turnaround vendors and consultants. They're going to set new boundaries for Hurley, Lee, Pasteur (re West Lawn)...
New Board Hires, Schurz Teacher, Special Ed Update
2009-10-23 15:16:00 Ex-director of new schools takes position in Chicago Cleveland.com She will make $154,000 a year, $16,000 less than she was paid to head Cleveland's Office of New and Innovative Schools. She resigned in May after less than a year as the first director of the office, which is funded by the Cleveland and George Gund foundations. Q&A with Kevin Rutter, candidate for Illinois Teacher of the Year CatalystRutter is the coordinator for Schurz High's Finance Academy, in which students learn about economics and prepare for the professional world through job shadowing, internships and college visits. Agriculture students get greens thumbs Tribune After three days of picking up trash in the woods in the summer of 2007, Kayla Minor finally had...
Board of Ed sued after boy loses finger
2009-10-21 23:56:00 A woman is suing the Chicago Board of Education after her 8 year old son lost a finger while playing on a fence on the school's property. According to the complaint, on September 14, 2009, Semetrius Pitchford, a third grader at George Manierre School N. Cleveland in Chicago, was walking home with friends when they began playing on a gate that is used by trash haulers to gain access to trash bins next to the school. The complaint states that the gate is on a track and while Semetrius was playing on it, another child pushed the gate to close it. It further states that "While [Semetrius] was holding onto and riding upon the gate, a portion of [his] left...
Fenger Flip-Flop: Board Reverses Itself After Last Week's Summit
2009-10-16 02:55:00 So much for the secret Huberman plan, the laundry list of anti-violence ideas floated by the Mayor last week, and the so-called violence summit. Less than a week after ruling out any changes in attendance areas for students attending Fenger, the Board has reversed itself and will now allow some Fenger students to transfer to Carver mid-year and will revamp Carver Middle School into a new charter high school. Stories here here and here. I have to admit I'm surprised. I didn't think that the pressure was all that strong either locally or nationally. And I don't think the change will do much to solve the underlying problems. But then I still don't know exactly where the Ville is or...
Taylor Sailor Enjoys His Second Day At Sea On Board The Carnival Pride
2009-10-15 00:55:00 Today was another fun day at sea for Taylor Sailor on board the Carnival Pride. Taylor made a friend named Mark who showed him around the ship and they kept each other company while Terry was at all of her conference meetings. He asked Mark to take his picture while the hung out together. They ...Travel Lady Cruises, always providing you with TLC!Taylor Sailor Enjoys His Second Day At Sea On Board The Carnival Pride
By: Travel Lady Blog
Welcome! New board chair Peterson has $300 million hole to fill
2009-10-07 03:00:00 Terry Peterson hasn't even started his new job as chairman of the CTA board, and already he may be facing his biggest challenge. As he told a City Council committee yesterday, the CTA is facing a $300 million budget gap for next year. The CTA will release its busget at next Wednesday's board meeting.Peterson told the Sun-Times that in trying to cloase the budget gap, he he "can't take anything off the table -- including the possibility of fare hikes, service cuts and union givebacks." Great to hear he's going to talk to unions, since union wages make up the vast majority of the budget. This year non-union employees had to take furlough days off, saw delays in raises, and...
Welcome! New board chair Peterson has $300 million hole to fill
2009-10-07 03:00:00 Terry Pertson hasn't even started his new job as chairman of the CTA board, and already he may be facing his biggest challenge. As he told a City Council committee yesterday, the CTA is facing a $300 million budget gap for next year. The CTA will release its busget at next Wednesday's board meeting.Peterson told the Sun-Times that in trying to cloase the budget gap, he he "can't take anything off the table -- including the possibility of fare hikes, service cuts and union givebacks." Great to hear he's going to talk to unions, since union wages make up the vast majority of the budget. This year non-union employees took furlough days off, saw delays in raises, and had overtime...
Using the Wiimote & Wii Balance Board in Ubuntu
2009-09-21 15:08:00 Matt Cutts, head of webspam at Google, has written a couple of very interesting articles describing how to hook up Wii peripherals to an Ubuntu Pc over bluetooth. The first article describes how to hook Ubuntu up to a Wiimote, followed by another showing how to build a working weight sensor ...
By: Just Uber
Buffalo Grove Village Board to consider re-call ordinance tonight
2009-09-21 11:38:00 Leave it up to those Republican lawyers to find new ways to try to undo elections and, at the same time, cancel the civil rights of citizens, all without cause. Buffalo Grove Village Trustee Jeffrey Berman. From the Village of Buffalo Grove official web site. The Buffalo Grove Village Board will consider the adoption of a Village elected official Recall Ordinance, tonight (Monday, September 21, 2009). The primary sponsor of the ordinance is Village Trustee Jeffrey Berman, a lawyer and a Republican. Village trustees run in non-partisan municipal elections, but Trustee Berman has been active in Republican Party politics. I will be there, tonight, to oppose the ordinance. If you've ever wanted to see me in action as a social justice advocate, tonight's...
Ninjas+Pirates+Rambo+Dance=The Drawing Board
2009-09-21 03:05:00 Chicago Dance Crash is doing something I approve of. They have created an entirely new dance production based on ideas that were contributed by the masses of the internet. I have to say that after attending opening night last Friday, most of those ideas were quite entertaining. I put together 10 5-second video clips from the show to share with everyone. If you're looking for something to do this weekend, I'd recommend checking out The Drawing Board....
The Interactive Cat Pedicure By The EmeryCat? Board
2009-09-13 03:14:00 A cat pedicure is just the thing for indoor cats, but with the new EmeryCat, you don't have to face a torrent of screams and hisses to clip and sand your cats' nails. Your cat does his own pedicure with this interactive EmeryCat board.
Board member of Metrolist Terrel Williams describes Prime Access as #1 Plat
2009-09-03 18:22:00 BrokerIPTV: Today we are talking with Terrell Williams, Managing Broker of Western Home and Land and a Metrolist board member, Terrell welcome to the show. Terrell Williams: Hi Dan. BrokerIPTV: Well we have been talking about Prime Access and the...
Board Meetings for September 2009
2009-09-02 03:13:00 Kot Addu Power Co. (KAPCO) : 3rd D.G. Khan Cement (DGKC) Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. (JSCL) Pakistan Oilfields Ltd (POL)
Board Meetings for August 2009 - II
2009-08-16 18:35:00 Packages : (PKGS ) : 17th Shell Gas LPG Pakistan Ltd (SGLL) Shell Pakistan : (SHEL) : 18th Arif Habib Bank (AHBL) National Refinery (NRL) : 19th Pakistan Refinery Ltd (PRL) Attock Cement Pakistan Ltd ( ACPL) Askari Bank (AKBL) : 20th Faysal Bank (FABL) Habib Bank Ltd (HBL) : 21st Tri-Pack Films Ltd. (TRIPF) Azgard Nine Ltd (ANL) ...
School Board Bans Facebook, Twitter For Teachers
2009-08-10 15:13:00 Just a few days after patting itself on the back for enlisting a R&B singer with a MySpace page and lots of Twitter followers, CPS's new email policy (PDF) requiring teachers to use official email for all communications with students has come to light. Blog readers brought this issue to light in reader commentsover the weekend. No communiating with students or their families via personal email. No cell phones. No Twitter. No Facebook. Read below for one teacher's dismayed reaction, and weigh in with your thoughts. Does this seem like a legitimate restriction for safety or other reasons, or an over-reaction that will hinder teacher-student communications? ...
Daley Standing By Embattled School Board President
2009-08-06 20:00:00 Today's Chicago Tribune reported that top Board of Education official Greg Minniefield had apparently tried to get a relative into the prestigious Whitney Young High School. So far, at least, Mayor Daley is sticking with Board President Michael Scott, who has been subpoenaed and may already have testified before a federal grand jury. ...
white board cleaner?
2009-08-06 02:36:00 Hey all you geniuses out there - what can I use to (really) clean my white board. I use it as my primary non-CAD design tool, and it would be nice to start a new design with a clean slate. Obviously, the stuff they make to clean it doesn't do a great job.
Board Of Ed President Subpoenaed - Says He Never Made Calls
2009-08-05 17:51:00 From the Sun Times: Asked whether he has ever made a call on behalf of someone else, Scott said, "Nope. Never." Scott said the Board of Education launched its internal investigation of the admissions process before the federal grand jury issued separate subpoenas for school records and Scott's testimony. Asked whether he had ever heard of a call being placed to get a student clouted in, he said, "That's a different question. You asked me if I made a call. No comment. It's an ongoing investigation."What do you make of that evasive answer? And who else do you think is going to get subpoenaed?...
Chairman of University of Illinois trustees board resigns
2009-08-03 19:09:00 Moments ago, it was announced that Niranjan Shah, chairman of the U. of I. trustees board, resigned today, as fallout from the university admissions scandal continues....
Board Meetings for August 2009
2009-08-01 15:25:00 Lucky Cement (LUCK) : 5th Attock Petroleum : (APL) : 6th MCB Bank (MCB) : 8th Allied Bank (ABL) : 11th Hub Power Co. (HUBCO) : 12th Pakistan State Oil (PSO) Nestle Pakistan (NESTLE) Oil & Gas Development Co. (OGDC ) : 13th
Is the Chicago Board of Ed shortchanging teacher pensions?
2009-07-28 01:52:00 In case filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County today, the Board of Trustees of the Public School Teacher's Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago is accusing the city's Board of Education of shortchanging thousands of teacher pensions.The complaint alleges that since March 2007, the Board of Ed has "failed to provide sufficient records containing accurate and complete information regarding salary and creditable service so that pensions can be estimated and calculated properly."...
Game Crafter: Niche Business Helps People Create and Sell Their Board Games
2009-07-26 12:00:00 I don't know about you, but I've always thought that it would be pretty cool to create my own board game - what would be better than developing the next Mouse Trap or Monopoly? Drafting out a board game on construction paper, with playdough figurines or random household objects as pieces are one thing, but a new company is now making it possible to not only create a legitimate board game, but to sell it for profit too.
Board "Do-Over" On Big Picture School Closing
2009-07-21 21:49:00 For reasons not entirely clear, the Board is holding a hearing about closing Big PIcture high school next week on the 28th, from 4-6. Only thing is, the decision to close Big Picture has already been made. WTF? A friend of the blog says that this probably has something to do with the Board not having followed proper procedure -- 2 meetings are required, one in the community affected, transcripts are required to be submitted to the board, etc. "They closed the schools without going through proper procedures. With the Soto bill pending, maybe they got nervous. So now they are claiming that the schools aren't "officially" closed yet, with hearing #1 scheduled for the 29th." Could be true. I...
July Board Meeting
2009-07-21 21:16:00 It's that time again -- the monthly meeting at the Board of Education. Part circus, part dog-and-pony show, part serious business. Here's the link to the official agenda. Note that they're going to discuss a $2.3B bond sale before public participation even starts [RS11]. Feel free to guess what the official highlight will be, or what the speakers are likely to say. Then, when all is said and done, we can talk about what actually happened....
Defrost Control Board
2009-07-12 17:51:00 Hello! How are you people...?? I am engineer in a Electric maintenance company. One of our clients has a problem with his Air conditioning system. Our technical checked out and they found a break element on the Defrost Control Board. Because of the long time of work we can not recognize the fu
New Law Seminar & Board of Directors Appointment
2009-07-06 15:06:00 On Wednesday, July 22, 2009, 2:00pm-3:30pm, at Chicago’s City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle St., Room 805, I’ll be presenting a free labor & employment law seminar. Thanks to the City of Chicago’s Department of Business Affairs for setting this up. This will be largely Q&A & round-table discussion. Additionally, attendees will get a ...
Two suits filed against the Chicago Board of Education
2009-07-03 01:39:00 Two unrelated suits were filed today against the Chicago Board of Education--one in Cook County court, the other in federal.In Cook County, the mother of a CPS student is suing the Board of Ed for failing to prevent a physical attack against her 14-year-old daughter at William A. Hinton Elementary School, located at 644 W. 71st Street. According to the complaint, her daughter was "suddenly and without warning attacked and assaulted by another student ... and was severely beaten and kicked in and about various parts of her body." She said similar incidents involving this attacker had occurred on multiple occasions in the two months prior, and that these incidents had been reported to the Board, who "failed to protect the plaintiff from...
Heat Tracing Board
2009-07-01 13:07:00 Is there any specific reason to have separate distribution board for heat tracing? or its just to keep lighting and heat tracing from separate DB. Thanks
June Board Meeting
2009-06-23 15:48:00 I'm sure the Board won't be shy about telling us what we should think about this month's Board meeting (Wednesday June 24), but maybe we can take an independent look and make up our own minds. For example, the agenda for the June board meeting includes lots of retirement resolutions - is there anyone who's not getting a resolution, I wonder, or anyone on the two pages of names who is an unexpected or last-minute retirement? There are also several resolutions calling on the PBC to build or modernize several schools. (Again, let us know if you see anything out of the ordinary.) I assume these resolutions are entirely nonbinding, but still noteworthy if the PBC listens to the Board....
sam casuncad wrote a new blog post: June 2009 Nursing Board Exam Result
2009-06-21 19:57:00 sam casuncad wrote a new blog post: June 2009 Nursing Board Exam Result Just making this short post announcement about the upcoming release of the June 2009 nursing board exam result from the government agency - PRC or Professional Regulation Commission. I just would like to wish all nurses who took this examination a goodluck and that I want them all to have a good feeling whether they ...
sam casuncad created a new blog: Nursing Board Exam Result
2009-06-16 20:10:00 sam casuncad created a new blog: Nursing Board Exam Result
George Lynch: dokken reissue card board sleeve cd's for Japanese market
2009-06-15 22:51:00 CD Japan have added a set of new CD's for Dokken fans including: Breaking The Chains [Cardboard Sleeve (mini LP)] [SHM-CD] [Limited Release] Dokken CD | Release: 2009/08/05 ships on the release date 2457yen (US$ 24.76) Tooth And Nail [Cardboard Sleeve (mini LP)] [SHM-CD] [Limited Release] Dokken CD | Release: 2009/08/05 ships on the release date 2457yen (US$ 24.76) Under Lock And... This is a content summary only. Visit Truth In Shredding to find out more!
Erie County Flaccid Stability Board
2009-06-03 15:10:00 The Erie County Fiscal Stability Board has found the Collins Administration's proposed 4-year plan to be acceptable enough to justify it entering into advisory mode, commonly referred to as going from a "hard" to a "soft" control board. In other words, the control board has determined that county government's wild-ass ...
By: BuffaloPundit
Data Cable for AD8403 Demo Board
2009-06-02 10:21:00 Hi, The data cable of my AD8403 DEMO BOARD is missing. Is there anybody who knows the details about the data cable? On PC side, it is a LPT Connector and on Board side, it is a RJ 45 Network Cable. The software is controlling the LPT. Can I be able to make a cable like that
Buffalo School Board Elections
2009-05-06 21:30:00 I have stayed way the hell out of this, since I don't have a direct stake in the outcome. I have an indirect stake, in that it is important for the whole region that kids living in its urban epicenter obtain a quality education. I haven't commented on ...
By: BuffaloPundit
Louisiana State Board Sued for Not Probing Psychologist Tied to Torture
2009-05-05 17:28:00 A Louisiana state board has been sued for failing to investigate possible professional and ethical violations committed by Larry James, who served as the chief psychologist at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib. The lawsuit alleges that James, a retired Army colonel, helped design and implement the Bush administration?s harsh interrogation programs. Larry James is a ...
By: Today's Talk
Faith Board Enables Emotional Abuse Part Two
2009-05-05 12:17:00 I guess Family Life got an earful or something, because they decided they were going to 'change' the article. I have to say - it didn't make it any better. This faith board is still enabling emotional abuse.Do you have a one-way marriage?See yesterdays post, Faith Board Enables Emotional Abuse to see where we left off.Editor?s note: One of the most difficult issues to address today is, ?How long do you stay in a very unhappy marriage?? In the following article an anonymous wife describes her experiences and what God has taught her during a long, difficult relationship. It also sparked some interesting discussion in our comments section (see end of article) after it was sent by e-mail in the May 2009 issue of The Family Room. To provide greater context to the story and to address some misunderstandings, we worked with the writer to make revisions on May 4, 2009. Ahem. I don't think there were many misunderstandings. Just because they changed the slant a bit to making her 'choice...
RPI President Named to Presidential Scientific Advisory Board
2009-05-04 16:13:00 Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D., president of Rensselear Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, New York, was recently appointed by Barack Obama to serve on the President's Council of Advisors in Science and Technology (PCAST). Dr. Jackson's appointment is the latest accomplishment in her illustrio
Erie County Planning Board: a 2009 Campaign Issue
2009-04-23 14:03:00 A few years ago, a Regional Framework for Regional Growth was drafted and approved. Let's face it - Buffalo and Erie County are not planned in any sort of cohesive fashion. Instead, everything is haphazard, parochial, and ad hoc. A regional planning board exists in most counties ...
By: BuffaloPundit
Online Abuse Support Board
2009-04-19 17:04:00 I mentioned a new Online Abuse Support board a couple of months ago, and they have now started a home page and permanent address. Our Place has a new address, and I would encourage those readers that could use some real time support to go and check it out.They recently put a page up that speaks about some of the adminstrators, under the Who Are We? page, and also have a quick link to the forum.I personally have found alot of the contributors very helpful to me, along with so many others. They do have a faith section as well.If you feel that you could use some support, and you are not clear where to turn I would encourage you to come to Our Place. There are also other places of support that I have listed in the past, and have tried to post them in the link section of my blog. This has a been a good place for support of abused women, support of abused husbands, and YES there has been children there was well! They have had people from all walks of life come there, and many discussions ...
Necktie Camera Insures That Board Meetings Will Never Be The Same
2009-04-15 19:41:00 Even James Bond would look stylish wearing this suave tie. But he wouldn't say, "Smile! You're on camera!" the way that I would. I'd make a horrible spy...
Breaker Capacity in a Three-Phase Distribution Board
2009-04-14 13:54:00 IN A BOARD IN WORK IT HAS A 200A Main Breaker. Inside it has 1xC32 3 phase 3xc20 3 phase 1xD32 single phase 1xD20 3 phase Then it has on the other side of the board 8xC10 single phase 4xC32 single phase How do I work out if I can put any mo
New name board need for Exercise centre
2009-04-10 15:39:00 We are the exercise centre. Our old name board banner for our centre get totally damaged and its not look too. We are looking for Experienced and professional Name board design service for our new board design. Actually this name board design should include Centre name with address Background image One mail image for identify the centre (I mean like one lady doing exercise like that) With the size of 5.2b3h Name should be very stylish and bold too Back ground colour should be sky blue You give some suggestion of the whole name board design. If else I will give the previous design to you for sample. I need new design only. It should not expose old design. Interested people can start bidding now. I want to complete this project with in one week. Do it immediately and also quote for this project too.
Back to the Drawing Board
2009-03-20 09:03:00 Remember how a 30-something Amherst native now living in Seattle was going to come and be Buffalo's new planning czar? Never mind. (Emily Litella - the patron saint of Buffalo's good ideas)
By: BuffaloPundit
The 4 Best Board Games That Should Be Made Into Sitcoms.
2009-03-04 17:44:00 I saw the other day an article about how a network might bring back, or run, or something, the show Rules of Engagement, a show that I have, unfortunately, seen almost 5 minutes of in my lifetime.Now, I'm not saying that a show which via it's title compares marriage to combat, and which premises its entire outlook on life on a few Henny Youngman jokes about the differences between single life and married life is not funny...... wait, that's exactly what I'm saying. What is the point of the show "Rules of Engagement?" Where is the humor? Let me sum up what I assume to be the plot of every single episode of Rules of Engagement, ever: Married guys feel as though they have to pay attention to their wives. Single guys sometimes feel lonely. Hilarity (?) ensues. Also, people fall down. Probably.Is there something I'm missing here? Is there something that's funny about marriage, or singledom -- and by that, I mean, inherently funny, such that marriage, or lack thereof, beco... |
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