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Dear Member of California Homeschool Network, It is time for action! AB 111 is now on the floor of the Assembly and will be voted on soon. CHN's Legislation Monitoring Committee feels that this bill, introduced by Assemblywoman Corbett and called "Child abuse: mental suffering," is dangerous to families. It attempts to define emotional abuse of a child in order to make prosecution easier, but the definition is still vague and subjective. CHN's specific objections are listed later in this e-mail. CHN's request of the author for an amendment was rejected. CHN also sent letters of opposition to each of...

This is the first interpretation of the 14th Amendment on record. The following text is from the majority opinion (about 3/4 of the way down the page): http://www2.law.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/foliocgi.exe/historic/query=[group+f_slavery!3A]/doc/{@6621}/hit_headings/words=4 Slaughterhouse Cases, 83 U.S. 36 (1872) (USSC+) Opinions MILLER, J., Opinion of the Court All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. The first observation we have to make on this clause is that it puts at rest both the questions which we stated to have been the subject of differences of...

EISS Grant Fully Implemented in Primary Grades at Loma Lynell Hanck Linda Smith and Christie Sanden wrote the Early Intervention for School Success (EISS) grant last spring. Our school was selected for the implementation of this $16,000 grant on the basis of our high percentage of GATE children as well as the fact that we are somewhat isolated. Loma Prieta has become an EISS site. An EISS site is:"A VEHICLE for delivering appropriate instruction.A THINK TANK for latest research.A SUPPORT SYSTEM for teachers.A CONDUIT for instructional strategies that promote best practice."Specifically, EISS focuses on:"Knowledge of Child Development AssessmentPlanning/Organization/ManagementFamily/School/Community Connectionand Program/Self...

Tree-sitter injured in fall from redwoodBy MICHAEL DE GIVESentinel STAFF WRITER CORRALITOS — A tree-sitter protesting logging in the slopes above Ramsey Creek fell 50 feet from his redwood perch and onto a stump Tuesday night. The man was believed to have fractured an arm and leg in the fall. The steep terrain and gravel roads forced rescue workers to leave their vehicles and hike more than half an hour to get to the scene, said Dave Sumner, a senior emergency dispatcher. An air ambulance was waiting nearby about 9 p.m. Tuesday as rescuers carried the injured man back down...

<p>SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. (AP) - A tiger attacked a kindergartner at a school assembly Friday, sending the 6-year-old boy to a hospital.</p> <p>The tiger was being led out of an auditorium at Baymonte Christian School by its trainer when it suddenly lurched over a row of seats and grabbed the boy by the head in its jaws, Scotts Valley Police Capt. Harry Bidleman said.</p>

From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- August 29, 2002 Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: Home School Legal Defense Association is joining with Family Protection Ministries in asking you to oppose and take action regarding a letter sent to the California Legislature from the State Superintendent of Public Instruction requesting legislation on private home education. Below you will find a copy of Family Protection Ministries' alert. We encourage you to use HSLDA's Legislative Toolbox to get the phone number for the State Senator and Assembly Member whom you are asked to call. You will find the Legislative Toolbox on our website...

A Burning Desire© 1999 by Mark Edward Vande Pol, all rights reserved.If environmentalists were left to their own devices, do they have a better way to manage wild-lands? Criticisms by environmentalists about private enterprise are so ubiquitous it is high time to critically analyze of one of their proposals. How often are their plans submitted for scrutiny, peer review, or an EIR? The sad part is that it is so easy to do. The cited text is reprinted off the Sierra Club web site.Public Lands Fire ManagementSierra Club Policy: Public Lands Fire Management URL:http://www.sierraclub.org/policy/conservation/fire.aspSierra Club Board of Directors March 17-19,...

This post is based upon a discussion with a high-level bureaucrat that I had yesterday. I had sent him a package a month ago that has not yet arrived. It was Priority Mail, hand-stamped by the USPS clerk. He told me that the que for irradiation of incoming mail is so long that he is still getting Christmas Cards. Your letters to Congress on specific bills may not be getting to their destinations on time. Fax or email them instead (a fax is a legal time stamp). I don't usually put this kind of thing up but I hate to ...

January 31, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Major Victory in Hage v. United States Landmark Takings Case Decided in Favor of Property Rights The long anticipated final decision on the property rights at issue in Hage v. United States, the takings case filed by Nevada ranchers, the Wayne Hage family, has finally been issued by Senior Judge, Loren A. Smith. On January 29th, Smith ruled Hage owns extensive property rights on his grazing allotments, specifically water rights, 1866 Act ditch rights of way, the right to have their livestock consume the forage adjacent to their waters and ditches and the right ...

Office of the Secretary For Immediate Release: Nov. 6, 2001 Contact: Mark Pfeifle 202-208-6416 Secretary Norton Praises President's Bush Intention to Nominate Rebecca Watson as Assistant Secretary for Lands and Minerals WASHINGTON - Interior Secretary Gale Norton today praised President Bush's intention to nominate Rebecca W. Watson, to serve as assistant secretary of the Interior for land and minerals management. The position is subject to confirmation by the U.S. Senate once the official nomination is made by the president. "Rebecca is an outstanding attorney and public administration professional," Secretary Norton said. "She will bring vast experience in protecting natural resources ...

As a Nation Struggles, Domestic Terrorists Brag By Tom Randall The National Center for Public Policy They proudly take credit for striking in the night, often-torching homes, schools, and workplaces. Even now, as the nation struggles back from the vicious attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, they continue to boast of their assaults, recruit others to join them, and offer training in how to use arson and elude the authorities. They call themselves ELF. On their web site, http://www.earthliberationfront.com, they take credit for over 30 acts of terrorism over the last six years, inflicting millions of dollars ...

Operation America: Klamath Basin is a Watershed Event CALL TO ACTION: Operation America - Klamath Basin Crisis&nbsp;Click on our logo to find out more about us Klamath Basin is a Watershed Event by Mark Edward Vande Pol The standoff over irrigation water in Klamath Falls, Oregon has become a symbol of land use in the American West and its battle with a largely urban environmental movement. What was once a group of dedicated volunteers is now becoming a brutal phalanx of corporate foundations, government agencies, lawyers, and global power interests, all manipulating private resource value for ulterior purposes. The ...

Klamath Basin is a Watershed Event News - Klamath Basin CALL TO ACTION: Operation America - Klamath Basin Crisis&nbsp;Click on our logo to find out more about us Klamath Basin is a Watershed Event by Mark Edward Vande Pol The standoff over irrigation water in Klamath Falls, Oregon has become a symbol of land use in the American West and its battle with a largely urban environmental movement. What was once a group of dedicated volunteers is now becoming a brutal phalanx of corporate foundations, government agencies, lawyers, and global power interests, all manipulating private resource value for ulterior purposes. ...

My family holds Bible study upoon occasion. Tonight we came upon this. Of all the citations I usually read about the "End Times," I can't recall hearing about this chapter. Knowing what I do about the history of the United States, the Wildlands Project, the Roadless Initiative, Scenic Byways, landgrabs, illegal immigration, China, and the Agenda 21, the parallels with this chapter were truly striking. I post it here, not because it is my belief that these things are predestined, but that it would seem that God need not lift a finger to bring about His penance, as His Law ...

&quot;This year&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;. we are seeing significantly higher salmon and steelhead runs.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp; the federal goverment must assure that water, in the maximum volume possible, is dedicated to instream purposes.&quot; Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber (April 3, 2001 letter to the Chairman of the Northwest Power Planning Council) Judge Saundra Armstrong On April 3, 2001, the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations obtained an injunction from United States District Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong in San Francisco. The injunction bars the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation from delivering any water to farmers from the Klamath Basin project whenever Klamath River flows at Iron Gate ...

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Wild pigs are tearing up the Peninsula countryside and have land management officials rooting around for a solution to the pesky porkers Wild pigs are tearing up the Peninsula countryside and have land management officials rooting around for a solution to the pesky porkers. The pigs pose a threat to dwindling natural habitat and might endanger humans. So far the Peninsula hasn't seen any reports of pig attacks on people, but that could change, according to Kenneth Nitz, a member of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District board which oversees 47,000 acres of protected land from San Jose to San ...

UNPRECEDENTED MOVE DERAILS EDISON PLAN TO HELP PAY BILLS BY MARK GLADSTONE Mercury News Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO -- In a dramatic and unprecedented move, Gov. Gray Davis on Friday seized low-cost energy contracts that were about to be auctioned off to pay bills owed by financially ailing Southern California Edison. Davis' action allows the state to buy power under the contract terms, rather than allow the power to be sold on the open market, where the price would likely soar. The contracts are worth at least $250 million and would provide enough electricity to keep the lights on for a ...

For full text and graphics visit: http://ens-news.com/ens/jan2001/2001L-01-23-15.html Lawmakers Urge Bush to Support Landmark Conservation Bill By Brian Hansen WASHINGTON, DC, January 23, 2001 (ENS) - Two key Capitol Hill lawmakers have asked President George W. Bush to support a landmark environmental bill that former Democratic President Bill Clinton had hoped to sign into law during his final months in the White House. The environmental bill, known as the Conservation and Reinvestment Act (CARA), was pitched to Bush in a letter drafted by Congressman Don Young, a Republican from Alaska, and Congressman John Dingell, a Democrat from Michigan. "We firmly believe ...

Wild Cow Mary Could Save Norton Nomination, But Who Saves the Cows? This article was a piece that I cut to shreds, available in its original at THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Feds to Pluck Cattle From Public Land Tuesday, October 17, 2000 BY BRENT ISRAELSEN Things are rough up on Fiftymile Mountain, and some people like it that way. The question is: Who knows what best to do about it? After months of talking tough, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management is putting the spurs to ranchers whose cattle have been grazing illegally in the drought-stricken Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. ...