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Gettin Better

Gettin Better

Help!!! On gEtTiN BeTTeR?

i have a cough nd like i want to kno hwo can i get better in seconds nr at least a day or two.b-cuz i kant have a cough nd sneezin nd trying to wipe my nose when i have to deal with school.its not that bad bt my cough iz gettin real bad.

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BETTA RECONGIZE SON YA DIGZz

Gettin' Better (Mechanical Resonance 1986 Geffen)

This Time

This Time

What do you think the lines at Islands of Adventure will be like this Friday?

I will be there from opening time (9:00 am) to 4:30... What will the lines be like between those times this Friday?

Historically, May is a great time because kids are still in school. Spring break is long over, and summer break has not started yet. So you should expect mostly 20 minutes or less lines. As always premier rides can get longer.

jonathan rhys meyers - august rush this time

David Allan

David Allan

Public School Law & Educational Laws and Policies, Employment, Due Process, Dr. William Allan Kritsonis

Dr. William Allan Kritsonis

Professor

 

Public School Law & Educational Laws and Policies

 

Case Five

 

Court of Appeals of Texas,

Beaumont.

 

Nora Kathryn CONROY, Appellant

v.

NACOGDOCHES INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellee.

No. 09-05-362 CV.

 

 

LITIGANTS

 

Plaintiffs-Appellant: Nora Kathryn CONROY

 

Defendants-Appellee:  NACOGDOCHES INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

 

BACKGROUND

 

            At the time Conroy filed her petition, she had been employed as a special education diagnostician by NISD for three years. In November 2002, Conroy and sixteen other special education staff members at NISD filed and signed a complaint with the TEA reporting violations of state and federal law in the NISD special education program. The TEA conducted an initial investigation of the special education program. In January 2003, the TEA sent NISD Superintendent Dr. Tony Riehl a letter advising him of the allegations contained in the complaint and directing the district to take corrective action. In March 2003, in a letter to the United States Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, Conroy again complained of violations of state and federal regulations in the special education program. Twelve of the original sixteen signatories to the TEA complaint also signed this letter.

 

            In August 2003, NISD's Special Education Director Debbie Walker informed Conroy she would be transferred from the elementary school to the high school for the 2003-2004 school year. Conroy had previously told Walker that Conroy did not want to go to the high school and Conroy's specialization was in working with very young children. In October 2003, while working at the high school, Conroy received a directive from High School Principal Elizabeth Ballenger instructing her to follow the admission, review, and dismissal procedures. Conroy brought suit against NISD under the Texas Whistleblower Act alleging her transfer to the high school and the October 2003 directive were retaliation for her reports to the TEA and U.S. Department of Education.

 

FACTS

 

            Appellant Nora Kathryn Conroy, a diagnostician employed in the Nacogdoches Independent School District's special education department, filed suit against the school district under the Whistleblower Act. Conroy appeals the trial court's final order granting NISD's no-evidence motion for summary judgment. NISD cross-appeals the trial court's order denying NISD'S motion to transfer venue. We affirm the trial court's judgment as modified.

 

DECISION

 

                        For Conroy to prevail on her claim, she must establish (1) she is a public employee; (2) she acted in good faith in making her report; (3) the report involved a violation of law; (4) the report was made to an appropriate law enforcement authority; and (5) she suffered retaliation as a result of making the report. Employees filing a whistleblower action must prove all elements of their claim by a preponderance of the evidence. Conroy argues the trial court erred in granting NISD's no-evidence motion for summary judgment because more than a scintilla of evidence established “causation” between Conroy's report of violations and her transfer and the October 2003 directive. To show causation, a public employee must demonstrate that after he or she reported a violation of the law in good faith to an appropriate law enforcement authority, the employee suffered discriminatory conduct by his or her employer that would not have occurred when it did if the employee had not reported the illegal conduct.

 

DICTA

 

            The Court of Appeals, Beaumont, Judge David V. Wilson ruled that Conroy failed to present more than a scintilla of evidence to support the causation element to her claim and we affirm the trial court's judgment as modified. We need not address NISD's cross appeal.

 

IMPLICATIONS

 

            A whistleblower is a person who publicly alleges concealed misconduct on the part of an organization or body of people, usually from within that same organization. This misconduct may be classified in many ways; for example, a violation of a law, rule, or regulation. The Appellant was not successful in her suit because of lack of evidence regarding reasons for her termination and dismissal.

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Simple Plan

Simple Plan

A Simple Plan For Losing Weight The Healthy Way

Over the next few pages I am going to go over a few hints that will hopefully increase your ability to achieve your ideal weight in a manner that is both invigorating and practical.

A good way to start is to become aware of the amount of food you are currently eating on an average day. Begin in the morning and follow through with your day as usual. Try to eat exactly the same as you would ordinarily eat on any other normal day, and take a full account of precisely what you consume plus the precise quantities that you have. Most people find that this task takes an intense degree of motivation and drive on your end. You just need to remind yourself of your decision to improve your health while losing weight, and to follow a scientifically supported program for weight loss.

A program like this will end up being a lot better for you than the newest fad diet method or weight loss pill. In all honestly, actually completing this exercise will only take 10-15 minutes out of your whole day, for the many enduring rewards that it will confer. When it is time to hit the hay that evening, you will want to calculate the total quantity of fat, carbohydrate, protein, and calories that you consumed during an average day. Be as precise as you are able so that you will know exactly what your current nutritional intake is like and what details of your present diet will be the most rewarding areas to get to work on.

There are a couple of simple, easy maneuvers that you need to follow to drop the total amount of food you are taking in in the ordinary day in order to spur on weight loss.

The first step can actually be to bump up the number of grams of protein you eat at each meal. Medical research has shown that escalating your total protein intake without any other change will frequently cause significant weight loss, for the simple reason that protein-rich foods are a lot more satiating than anything else you could eat. As you start eating more protein, try gradually turning down the amount of total carbohydrates that you are eating. Clinical research has shown that starch actually makes you hungry. As you have probably experienced, you will tend to eat a bigger portion of food if you drink a sugar-rich soda pop along with your feast.

In addition to making these changes in your diet, you can also boost your fat-burning potential by gaining new lean muscle mass. The best way to do this is by lifting weights. Most people are surprised by how much they enjoy weight training since you don't have to do it more than a couple times a week and the benefits can be seen and felt pretty quickly. The best weight training technique is to do nice, slow exercises just a few times until your muscles are unable to continue. Have a nice protein shake immediately after you finish working out to speed up the rate at which your body builds muscle.

Doing cardio is simply not an effective way to lose weight. Your body does not burn nearly as many calories as you would probably like to believe. Also, this type of exercise brings your blood-sugar levels way down, quickly increasing your appetite and thereby increasing your likelihood to overeat. Due to these factors, cardiovascular exercise is not advised in this case unless it is something you enjoy doing.

After one week of following this simple plan, you will likely be pleased to find that you have lost a pound or two. This is a nice easy pace to lose weight at, you will do well to remember this and stay realistic in your expectations. You could lose weight more quickly with a crash diet, but you could compromise your health this way and regain all the weight after a short period of time. As you continue to steadily lose just one to two pounds per week by following this plan, you will find at the end of one year that you have lost a huge amount of weight--more than 50 pounds--with very little effort!

Simple plan- Perfect with lyrics

Time Life

Time Life

Is building new parks worth it since we won't see the results in our life time?

I mean parks with big trees that create shading and provide nice breeze.

Since it takes so long for trees to grow, if cities build parks now, we will not be able to fully enjoy them in this life time it seems.

Sure we get the grass, but i don't think the palm trees and trees wil be mature enough to give us that nice feeling.

If your grandparents had thought that way you'd have NOTHING. Think of those who are coming after you. We owe it to them to leave the world a better place.

David Cook - Time of My Life