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Convicted teacher fights to clear record Sunday, March 12, 2006 By John Tunison The Grand Rapids Press HOLLAND -- By most accounts, Timothy Romisch is a devout Christian and a dedicated and experienced teacher. He also has a past that haunts him -- a 20-year-old conviction jeopardizing his career. Romisch, a former Holland Junior High School teacher, is at the center of a new law that prohibits schools from employing teachers ever convicted of certain crimes. Now 46, Romisch in 1986 pleaded no contest to attempting to accost a ninth-grade student for immoral purposes. He was 26 at the time....

Please no flames--I am at my wits end and just wanted to see if anyone has any ideas.

To the happy few who may read this...I used to post here as Pat The Postman. Never insulted anyone. Just presented facts. Paid respect to everyone. Yesterday I participated in a highly interesting thread about the War On Iraq/Terrorism. Today I posted a link to an official report from the UK from the Chatham House, a deeply respected think tank, held in high esteem all over the world. And what happened? Well, all my posts were removed, and the thread about the Chatham House report was pulled within a minute. This is interesting. What's the matter? There is but one...

<p>BOSTON (AP) To many consumers, calls from telemarketers are unwanted intrusions. But for the industry, those calls are their lifeblood and many of them were predicting that a new national do-not-call list would have a devastating effect on business.</p> <p>Keith A. Fotta, president and CEO of Norwood, Mass.-based Gryphon Networks, which developed a technology to help telemarketing companies avoid calling homes that have registered, said the Federal Trade Commission's new rules which impose penalties on companies that call people on the list could be ''absolutely devastating.''</p>