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Bastrop officials propose changes to charter

Edit Austin American Statesman 02 Apr 2016
Five years after Bastrop’s last charter review, the city’s governing document could soon see more revisions. City Council members started discussions Tuesday about proposing amendments to its charter, which sets parameters for city officials — more specific than state and national laws — within which they can pass policies and ordinances....

Texas lets troubled charter school die a slow death

Edit The Dallas Morning News 02 Apr 2016
Texas is forcing a troubled Dallas charter school to shut down — this time for good ... Children First’s story shows the continuing challenges that Texas faces when it approves charter schools, which are publicly funded but privately run ... The Texas Education Agency is using poor financial accounting to let Children First’s charter expire ... More than 160 charter schools operate in Dallas, Collin, Denton and Tarrant counties....

Norman voters to cast ballots for mayor, council candidates

Edit The Oklahoman 02 Apr 2016
NORMAN — A three-way race for mayor, a $25 million street maintenance bond proposal and seven proposed charter amendments are on the ballot Tuesday for Norman voters ... Five charter amendments are mainly housekeeping items that would clean up the language in several areas, City Clerk Brenda Hall said. All of the proposed changes are recommended by the city's Charter Review Commission....

Hawaiki Cable says construction of new $500m subsea cable confirmed

Edit Topix 02 Apr 2016
Hawaiki investors Remi Galasso, Laurent LeBreton , Sir Eion Edgar, his son Hamish Edgar and Malcolm Dick. Hawaiki Cable says it has secured the funding to lay a new internet cable between New Zealand, the United States and Australia ... ....

‘Gold Rush,’ Other Unscripted Series Lift Discovery to Big First Quarter

Edit Variety 02 Apr 2016
With “Gold Rush” leading the way, Discovery has wrapped a dominant first quarter in key male demos, including a stranglehold among the rankings for top unscripted cable programs. For the Dec. 28, 2015-March 27, 2016 ratings period, Discovery stood No. 1 among non-sports cable networks in its target demo of men 25-54. It claimed eight... Read more » ... ....

More lead found in Newark schools' drinking water

Edit Philadelphia Daily News 02 Apr 2016
Newark schools released data Thursday night showing that lead above the federally recommended threshold had been found in eight facilities used by city and charter schools....

Navy Clearance Divers make their mark in Fiji (Royal Australian Navy)

Edit Public Technologies 02 Apr 2016
(Source. Royal Australian Navy) ... A reconnaissance diver sent below to investigate, discovered a shackle pin missing at the end of the buoy's cable, leaving its weight as the only stability point for the mooring ... The divers reconnected the cable using inflatable lift bags, setting the buoy back in its correct position. 'The repair to the buoy was a very satisfying job,' Chief Petty Officer Mitchell said ... Original Document ... (noodl....

Grupo Televisa Increases Stake in TVI to 100% (Grupo Televisa SA)

Edit Public Technologies 02 Apr 2016
TVI is a telecommunications company that provides cable television, internet access, telephony services and bidirectional data transmission in the northeast of Mexico ... With the acquisition of 100% of the equity interest of TVI, Televisa will better be able to exploit efficiencies and economies of scale among its five cable operations throughout Mexico and continue expanding Izzi's double and triple play offerings....

Alaska cancels standardize testing after Internet problems

Edit Times Union 02 Apr 2016
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Alaska education department said Friday that it was canceling its computer-based statewide student assessments amid Internet problems at the University of Kansas where the test developer is based ... Issues arose Tuesday when a backhoe severed a major fiber cable ... At the University of Kansas, Perie said efforts were being made to move servers off campus, at least until the damaged cable is repaired ... ___ ... ....

AMP and other computer-based tests canceled (Anchorage School District)

Edit Public Technologies 02 Apr 2016
(Source. Anchorage School District). AMP and other computer-based tests canceled. April 1, 2016. The following news release is shared on behalf of the State of Alaska Department of Education ... Dr ... P.O ... Computer-based testing in Alaska was interrupted Tuesday when a construction worker accidentally severed a fiber optic cable at the University of Kansas ... Severing the cable cut the online connection between Alaska's test-takers and the vendor....

China assumes rotating presidency of the UN Security Council for April

Edit China Daily 02 Apr 2016
UNITED NATIONS - China on Friday assumed the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council for April ... Under the UN Charter, the Security Council has the primary responsibility for the maintenance of peace and security in the world at large ... -- February 2015 ... Reflect on history, reaffirm the strong commitment to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations." ... -- November 2013 ... -- June 2012 ... -- January 2010 ... ....

Ousted Thai PM calls on junta to explain election plans

Edit Topix 02 Apr 2016
-Reuters BANGKOK. Ousted Thai premier Yingluck Shinawatra on Friday urged the ruling military junta to state whether it will hold elections next year as planned if Thais vote down a new charter in a looming referendum ... ....

Renew Park Charter in Santa Clara County

Edit Siliconvalley online 02 Apr 2016
The Park Charter Fund is not a tax but a set-aside of revenue each year to maintain and sometimes expand Santa Clara County Parks. It has worked wonderfully, and it's time for voters to again renew it ... ....
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