2013-02-12 Dusk at Cherry Beach, a set on Flickr.
2013-02-12
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When Monette, of Long Beach, California, learned of the "teachNOLA" program, which sends educators to New Orleans to teach in impoverished areas, she packed her bags and headed to Louisiana.

The three managers looked at the significant budget challenges the district faces and the formulation of a recovery plan in the first 90 minutes of the presentation. It also came out that the Internal Revenue Service is conducting what Kirk-Carter noted was a “unprecedented” investigation into the districts’ books.
The remainder was a question-and-answer session that for the most part saw a long line of teachers, students, parents and residents vent their frustrations at how the district had come to be taken over by the state.

We need more Natural Cures Not Medicine, but prevention is the best cure. Be informed. Spread awareness. Stay healthy and happy!


Visiting isn't difficult. For some Americans, it's leaving that's the problem.
For years, U.S. officials have urged their Mexican counterparts to get tough on drug traffickers. The Americans even provided $1.4 billion through the Merida Initiative to help our friends south of the border accomplish that goal.
Yet, the drama that unfolded in the state of Sonora for the last week can't be what U.S. officials had in mind.
The idea was to help Mexico's police and military pursue violent criminals -- the sort who terrorize people by scattering human heads like party favors on the dance floors of nightclubs -- not to prey on Americans held for ransom by crooked cops looking for their next payday.
Immigration reform may be the aspect of the GOP rebranding strategy that gets the most headlines, but heeding Gov. Bobby Jindal's call to "stop being the stupid party" also appears to be high on the party's list.



