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Krause said affordable housing is the key to changing the schools' demographics. |
"It's the responsibility of local government to ensure affordable housing is available across the community, and is outside of the district's responsibilities," she said. |
"The task force's work is reflective of the community's desires. (They) listened to community feedback and made adjustments based on what they heard," Krause said. "They heard directly from affected communities and considered how the adjustments would impact them, and took that feedback to heart." |
Regardless of the outcomes, Krause said each school will customize their work for the students they serve. |
"Schools are going to serve whoever comes in," she said. "That's the responsibility of the district — meeting all of the needs." |
For those unable to attend in person, the Feb. 12 meeting will be streamed via CCTV. Go to https://www.cctvsalem.org/ for links. |
Do you sometimes feel like Herbert Hoover, America's 31st president, when he said, "Just about the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends?" |
Well, guess what? You are not alone. |
Recently, I wrote about the plight of the unemployed. However, the stresses and hardships spawned by the global recession are also taking a huge toll on working people - especially women. Many, particularly single mothers, are having a hard time. Some are at their wits end. They have tried, but just can't make ends mee... |
Take Adrianna, for instance. She's a personal assistant at a well-established company, a single mom, with two children - one in high school, the other starting university. |
Adrianna has total monthly expenses of $171,500 although her salary is only $170,000 before tax. As you can see from her budget, some things frequently get left behind. |
Perhaps your head is spinning like mine was when I did the math. How does she manage, is the question I'm scratching my head, trying to figure out. Also, how many people make anywhere as much? How many people have family, who will cut their rent in less than half? What would happen if she or one of the children got sic... |
The simple fact is that many people are in a similar or worse situation. What can they do? |
Blow the trumpet! Sound the alarm! You're on a dangerous course, if you're in a similar situation. If you consulted with Dr Phil, he would hit you over the head with Life Law #4: You can't change what you don't acknowledge. (Life Strategies, 1999). |
This might be obvious but most people would rather suffer than change what's not working. If you consulted with me, here's what my gentle reminder would be: If you keep on doing what you've always done, you will keep on getting what you've always got. Also, a cute definition of insanity is: To keep doing the same thing... |
Anytime expenses start to exceed income, it's time to get out the scissors. You've got to cut expenses to fit income, if you can't increase your income. Adrianna has considered selling the car, which might be a good start. Radically reducing the telephone, electricity, and water, if possible, are also options. |
Yes, no matter how little you make, you can save. The age old wisdom is: it's not how much you make, it's how much you keep. |
For many, education comes first, but not for Dániyal Matthews from Fairways. He could not wait to take his passion for cycling to the next level. |
Straight from school after passing matric at Wynberg Boys’ High, Matthews became a professional cyclist and rather studied part-time to make sure he had enough time to pursue his dream. |
He is now busy with his second year in Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics and Statistics at the University of South Africa (Unisa). |
“The online distance learning setup has allowed me the flexibility I need to train and race properly,” he says. |
At the age of 20, Matthews has already competed in big races both locally and internationally, gaining experience. |
Since the age of nine, when he started doing competitive racing, Matthews says he has grown from being a track racer to doing both the track and road cycling. |
Through his hard work and commitment, he has enjoyed two opportunities of participating internationally, in Belgium and Netherlands. |
Locally, Matthews has recently been part of the five-day long South African Road Championships, the Tour of Good Hope in Paarl and the recent Cape Town Cycle Tour on Sunday 10 March. |
He is now busy preparing for the Tour de Limpopo in May. |
He says the international races he has participated in were funded by Pedal Power Association. He now wants to spread his wings. However, financing almost everything on his own, through the help of his family is putting a strain on them and it is standing between him and his dreams. |
He dreams of touring Europe. “A racing stint in Europe is crucial to my development as a rider who would like to make it to the top level of the sport,” says Matthews. |
He says the cost for racing at a high local and international level is roughly about R250 000 to R300 000 per year including race entries, travelling to races, sports nutrition, and equipment. |
Not only his parents are proud of him but his family and friends too. |
Michelle Hardwick proposed to her partner in Gran Canaria on New Year's Eve. |
Emmerdale star Michelle Hardwick has announced that she is engaged. |
The actress, who plays Vanessa Woodfield on the ITV soap, popped the question to partner Rosie Nicholl on New Year's Eve. The couple have been together for over two years. |
Speaking on BBC Radio Leeds today (January 7), Hardwick explained: "We were in Gran Canaria on holiday and it was about 9.30 at night and I got down on one knee. |
"I'd had the ring for over a year. My mum is the manager of a jewellers so I'd had it sized and everything. I was thinking, 'I hope it still fits!' and it did. I was thinking, 'Her fingers will have swollen up with the heat of Gran Canaria', but it was fine." |
She laughed: "I was very nervous. I was going to do it on Christmas morning, but then we got a phone call from Rosie's younger sister saying, 'Guess what, I'm engaged!' I thought, 'Oh, that's done that then!'" |
Hardwick revealed that the wedding won't take place this year because she wants time to plan "quite a big do". |
Asked whether a magazine will be covering the ceremony, she replied: "Probably not. I don't think we're going to go down that road. We've done the OK magazine when we came out as a couple and everything, and we didn't mind that. But I think as far as the actual wedding day goes, it's for us and family and friends to en... |
Hardwick is also celebrating after making it onto the Most Popular Newcomer shortlist for this year's National Television Awards. Emmerdale's Vanessa had a busy time on screen last year as she fell in love with her best friend Rhona Goskirk (Zoe Henry), who was struggling with a painkiller addiction. |
Discussing Vanessa's future, Hardwick said: "At the moment I think it's all sorted itself out. Now for Vanessa it's just about her discovering her sexuality and whether she is actually gay or straight. That's what the viewers are going to see soon." |
Digital Spy Soap Scoop video - press play below for gossip on the build-up to Hayley's Coronation Street exit, an eventful week for Carol in EastEnders, a big ultimatum in Emmerdale and the latest Hollyoaks stunt drama. |
The company conducting the world’s first clinical trial of a therapy using human embryonic stem cells said on Monday that it was halting that trial and leaving the stem cell business entirely. |
The company, Geron, said that its move did not reflect a lack of promise for the controversial field. Rather, it said, with money scarce, it had decided to focus on its experimental cancer therapies, which are further along in development. |
Still, the move is expected to be widely seen as a setback for the field, because of Geron’s central role. |
The company, based in Menlo Park, Calif., helped pay for the initial derivation of human embryonic stem cells at the University of Wisconsin in the late 1990s, giving it fundamental patent rights in the field. |
Then, in 2010, after a long struggle to win permission from the Food and Drug Administration, it started the first clinical trial of a therapy derived from embryonic stem cells, in spinal cord patients. |
California’s state stem cell agency, hoping to spur an early success, had agreed to lend Geron up to $25 million to pay for the trial. Dr. Scarlett said the company had returned $6.5 million, the amount it had borrowed so far, plus interest. |
Embryonic stem cells can turn into virtually any type of tissue in the body, so some doctors are hopeful they might one day be used to create replacement cells or tissues to fight a vast array of diseases. |
But the field has been controversial because creation of the embryonic cells usually involves the destruction of human embryos. |
In the trial, nervous system cells derived from embryonic cells were injected into people with severe spinal cord injury. |
So far four patients have been treated. Dr. Scarlett of Geron said that there were “no signs” that the treatment was helping the patients. But that was not expected in the initial trial, which was mainly looking at safety. And so far, he said, there had been no sign of safety problems. |
Dr. Scarlett, who took over as chief executive less than two months ago, said that Geron was not divesting itself of the stem cell business because of the trial results. Rather, he said, it needed to conserve resources at a time when it was extremely difficult for small, unprofitable life science companies to raise cap... |
By dropping the stem cell program — the company is cutting its work force by 66 people, or 38 percent — Geron will be able to last without needing to raise new money until it receives results of clinical trials of its cancer drugs over the next 18 months. By contrast, Dr. Scarlett said, given all the precautions in the... |
Dr. Scarlett said that Geron hoped to sell or license the stem cell program to another company that would continue it. |
So far, though, many big pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies have been wary about trying to develop therapies using embryonic stem cells because of the political controversies and scientific and economic uncertainties. |
Geron’s withdrawal leaves Advanced Cell Technology as the only company now conducting a clinical trial involving human embryonic stem cells. |
It has turned the embryonic cells into retinal cells, and these have been implanted into the eyes of two people suffering from two different forms of macular degeneration, a condition that can cause blindness. So far, results have not been reported. |
There are many other trials for a variety of diseases using so-called adult stem cells, which are not as controversial. |
Another company, StemCells Inc., is sponsoring a clinical trial testing neural stem cells derived from an aborted fetus as a treatment for spinal cord injury. |
The tumor was located below her knee around her right shin and caused Kunkel tremendous pain and leg inflammation, which impaired not only her ability to play basketball but to even walk. |
Kunkel, a 5-9 point guard, underwent three surgeries over the course of her freshman and sophomore years, but none were able to prevent the tumor from returning. |
Finally, Kunkel tried a relatively new procedure called high-intensity focused ultrasound and the tumor seems to have been removed once and for all. |
Kunkel flew to California with her family and underwent that surgery in January at Stanford University. Since then, Kunkel has stopped feeling pain. |
Kunkel, who has signed with Hawaii Pacific University, a Division-II school, has played in only 13 of Gulliver’s 31 games this season, but is still averaging 14.7 points, 6.9 assists and 5.4 rebounds per game. |
Kunkel returned to Gulliver’s lineup just before the start of the playoffs and helped the Raiders beat Monsignor Pace and avenge a district championship loss to Keys Gate on Tuesday. On Friday night, Gulliver will take on Cardinal Gibbons for a chance to advance to state for the second time in four seasons. |
Kunkel, who played her first two high school seasons at Lourdes Academy, where her mother, Diane, used to coach, first noticed the tumor in January 2014, when she began feeling pain and noticed a lump by her right shin. |
Doctors originally believed it may have been a stress fracture, but an MRI revealed the tumor. The first surgery, a procedure using extreme heat to remove all the cells followed, and appeared to remove the tumor. But the pain returned three months later. A more prolonged procedure again provided only temporary relief, ... |
Eventually the tumor resurfaced before this season. Kunkel said she heard about the trial surgery after the tumor resurfaced before this season. But the procedure costs about $60,000, and due to its experimental nature, Kunkel could not get medical insurance to cover the costs. |
Gulliver’s players stepped up for their ailing teammate and raised $8,000 to help Kunkel through an online fundraiser. |
Gulliver coach John Zambolla said the parent of a former Gulliver player who is friends with Kunkel’s family and requested to remain anonymous, covered the difference. |
Doctors advised caution post-surgery, but Kunkel said there was no way she’d miss the chance to help Gulliver win a championship. |
NEW YORK — The parent company of Burger King and Tim Hortons is buying Popeyes for $1.8 billion, with plans to accelerate the growth of the fried chicken chain. |
Restaurant Brands was created after Burger King, controlled by Brazilian investment firm 3G Capital, bought Tim Hortons in 2014. The corporate name it took signaled the company’s aim of expanding its stable of fast- food chains. In the meantime, Restaurant Brands has been striking deals with local operators to open add... |
Hang from doorframes all you want. Once you're done growing — typically in your late teens — there's really only one way to make yourself taller: yoga. |
According to Alex von Bidder, a New York City yoga instructor, one to two years of basic yoga can get you up to an inch in height — simply by making you stand straighter. He recommends the following poses, two to three times a week. We recommend not turning into one of those guys who carries around his own yoga mat. |
Feet just inside shoulder width, tailbone tucked toward your heels, belly button sucked in. Move your shoulder blades back and down. Stretch your head up toward the ceiling. Hold for one minute. |
Begin on all fours with your hands just in front of your shoulders. Lift your knees off the floor, straighten your legs, and push your heels toward the floor. Breathe deeply for one minute. |
Lie back with a cylindrical pillow just below your shoulder blades and a rolled-up blanket beneath your neck. Open your arms, palms facing up. Breathe deeply. |
Tuck your chin slightly. Arms open, palms up. Breathe in and bring your knees to your chest, then, as you exhale, lower your legs to the right side. Breathe deeply for one minute. Repeat on the left side. |
Singer wants loyal followers to be able to afford disc of her new songs. |
[artist id="3061469"]Lady Gaga[/artist] has always said she owes a lot to her fans, so to ensure they can all afford to buy The Fame Monster on November 23, the singer is releasing three versions of the disc, two deluxe versions that include parts of her original Fame album and a standard version will contain only new ... |
"In the midst of my creative journey composing The Fame Monster, there came an exciting revelation that this was in fact my sophomore album," she said in a statement. "I would not add, nor take away any songs from this EP. It is a complete conceptual and musical body of work that can stand on its own two feet. It doesn... |
She went on to say that by releasing a lower-cost version of the album (priced at $9.99 on her site), she is showing her appreciation of her followers. "We may have an economy, but music has no economy," she continued. "I will release four or more singles from The Fame Monster, tour the world with the Monster Ball Tour... |
Of course, Gaga is also making sure that if you're new to loving everything Gaga, then The Fame Monster Deluxe Edition (out November 23, $18.98 on her site) and the Super Deluxe Fame Monster Pack (out December 15, $99.98) will provide a newcomer with everything they need to bring some Haus of Gaga into their lives. The... |
"For those who do not have my debut album, there are a series of collectible double-disc editions that include both albums and artwork conceived by the Haus of Gaga in collaboration with our mentor, Hedi Slimane," she said. "Hear the music, see the show, live and love yourself ... Lady Gaga." |
SAO PAULO, Jan 23 (Reuters) - The governor of Brazil’s Sao Paulo state said additional tax breaks may be extended to all automakers operating in the state, newspaper Valor Economico reported on Wednesday, suggesting that pressure from General Motors Co could benefit rivals too. |
GM warned its employees in Brazil last week of “sacrifices” that would be necessary for the company to return to profit in the South American nation, raising concerns about layoffs or shuttered assembly lines. On Tuesday, the carmaker told public officials and unions it was in talks with Sao Paulo state about tax incen... |
“Any support given to GM will be offered to the broader auto industry in all of Sao Paulo,” Sao Paulo Governor Joao Doria told Valor at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. |
Representatives for the state government did not immediately respond to a request for comment. |
Brazil’s second-largest seller of cars and light trucks, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, does not have plants in Sao Paulo state, but Volkswagen AG, the third-largest in the country, has three. |
Last year, Brazil’s federal government granted carmakers a 15-year package of tax breaks – extending subsidies for an industry that has struggled to compete directly with production elsewhere. |
Who plays you in a movie? Probably have to be somebody really good looking, so probably a Brad Pitt. |
Favorite victory meal? Last year, when the Gardner family made chicken for us. |
Celebrity you would want to have dinner with? Find a Victoria's Secret model, and I'll have dinner with any of them ... or all of them. |
XBox, Wii or PS3? XBox, for sure. |
Best high school sports memory? The Hartsville playoff game last year. |
Favorite band or musician? I like Coldplay. |
-- Compiled by reporter Sam McDowell. Follow him at twitter.com/MatchPointBft. |
Such pretty wrapping paper, but what’s inside? |
Whether you’ve seen their beautifully wrapped bars for sale at Shake Shack or Rag & Bone, featured in the pages of the New York Times or Vogue, or decorating one of their New York, London, or soon, LA shops, Mast Brothers chocolate bars have become the world’s most prominent brand of artisanal chocolate. |
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