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St. Mary’s County Schools Restrict Hugging, Homemade Treats for SafetyBy Chris Gordon | Tuesday, Mar 19, 2013 | Updated 7:18 AM EDTView Comments (5) |Chris Gordon A committee of parents, principals and school staff in St. Mary's County, Md, wrote new rules to enhance school security. News4's Chris Gordon reports. Hugging Restrictions in LinkEmbedEmailCopyCloseLink to this video http://www.nbcwashington.com/video/#!/news/local/Hugging-Restrictions-in-St.-Mary's-County-Schools/198865001 CopyCloseEmbed this video <embed width="576" height="324" src="http://www.nbcwashington.com/assets/pdk449/pdk/swf/flvPlayer.swf?pid=r2K8kYSEBYWP" flashvars="v=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbcwashington.com%2Fi%2Fembed_new%2F%3Fcid%3D198865001&path=%2Fnews/local" allowFullScreen="true" AllowScriptAccess="always" /> <p style="font-size:small">View more videos at: <a href="http://nbcwashington.com/?__source=embedCode">http://nbcwashington.com</a>.</p> Replay More videos (3 of 9) « » advertisement New safety rules at St. Mary’s County Schools in the wake of the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., restrict hugging and ban homemade cupcakes for students’ birthdays. "Other parents coming in and hugging other children” was an example offered by Superintendent Michael Martirano of a practice that would be banned. “The fact is that we want to make certain our teachers and our staff are trained in what’s defined as the appropriate touching of a student versus inappropriate touch of a student." School board member Cathy Allen called the restriction horrible. "The idea that you can’t go into a school and be hugged by a child, or go in [to] have lunch or be out on the playground and that you can only push the swing for your child and for no one else” is unacceptable, she said. Another new rule says parents can't bring cupcakes or other homemade treats to class because some students have food allergies. Parents, principals and school staff sat on a committee that proposed the new rules. St. Mary’s County PTA President Trisha Post called the new rules a work in progress and suggested the hugging restrictions could be reworded. Another feature of the school security system is building access monitoring, known as BAM. Visitors must check in by computer and have their picture taken. They get a visitor's badge so the the school knows who is in the building and who has checked out. "In looking at our procedures for visitors in our school, we really looked at tightening up security, and our parents agree that we really need to know who is in our school and who is interacting with our children," said Banneker Elementary School Principal Debra Bowling. The changes are being tested in schools to see which ones get passing grades.

UMBERTINO....! Am I winning you over? For once we agree on a single topic ..., except of course with your music videos which I enjoy watching. Have a nice day.

Obviously you haven't read the treaty!

AS for the treaty itself go the the UN website and "search" the treaty. Very simple. By the way use Google or Bing to get there. Now there are myriads of articles on this subject but one of the articles I like to use was written by George Russell; Published on January 23rd, 2013. Titled:Does UN arms trade treaty figure in Obama administration gun control plan. If you need some help in understanding the article or anything else I can help you with let me know.

Or afraid to take the risk at a high price!

Common sense from the left is like using a nut case for their own analysis of their problems. I choose to go to the UN reports and past political statements from the WH as facts. Now IF you want them my hourly rate is $350. I'll be glad to send you a contract!

So what do the LEFT WING nut jobs have to discount it?

How Cyprus' economy got here today is somewhat of an anomaly. Before its assension to the EU Cyprus had one of the strongest economies in Europe..., and probably the best around the Mediterranean Basin. Its currency (Cyprus pound) was second to none and at times even stronger than the British pound. So what happend? The dynamics on Cyprus'entry into the EU are very complex but the Turkish invasion in July of 1974 was the driving force. Cyprus applied for EU status for self preservation. For 30 years politicians, mostly from the left, steered Cyprus' assension to the EU. In 2004 Cyprus became a member. The Socialist Constitution which is VERY secular and for the Cyprus people very radical was adopted. But here's where things started to go wrong. The EU began to dole out Cyprus' share of "entitlement". Money poured in for new roads, hospitals, fixing up the old harbors, run down villages and towns were given funds for the "preservation" projects..., and the list goes on. Now keep in mind this was Cyprus' share of the 'booty' they were promised. And, they could borrow more if they wanted. So...,where did the money come from? Well it came from the IMF as loans..., it also came from tariffs but much of it<br /><br />came came from the backs of the Germans,Finns,and a few others with smaller pockets. They were merely 'spreading their<br /><br />wealth' just like the EU Constitution mandated for them to do. However, to exacerbate the problem the previous<br /><br />Communist government of Christofias wasn't satisfied. He wanted more and borrowed, against the demands from the other<br /><br />parties. The Cyprus GDP would not support it. To digress a little there is a known case against Christofias and his<br /><br />AKEL communist party. They were caught "loaning" 15 million euroes to a communist backed soccer team "Omonia". Good<br /><br />stuff isn't it?<br /><br /><br /><br />The kick in the teeth is this. The EU, IMF WB the European Central Bank as well as corrupt politicians are all<br /><br />complicite. The banks were the funnel and depositories. Did the banks have a hand in it? They certainly did..., they do<br /><br />not have clean hands. But they are not the problem!! They knew of the Russian mafia money laundering schemes and<br /><br />refused to speak out! Meanwile Cyprus owes 17 billion euros and the poor folks are getting their a$$es kicked to help<br /><br />repay what had been "redistributed" to them and the corruption that lead up to the crisis.<br /><br /><br />There is MUCH more that can be said about their unions that are in "bed" with the left but time and enery will not<br /><br />permit me. I will leave you with this thought. What is happening to Greece and Cyprus and Europe is about to occure<br /><br />here if we don't wake up!<br />country.

Obama has committed to sign off on this UN Treaty. What he can't do in Congress obama will use the "power" of the UN to take away your guns..., all of them! Will this trigger martial law when the people rise up..., or will they? WHAT WILL YOU DO? "On March 18, 2013 in New York City the next round of negotiations is scheduled to begin, with one aim in mind: eradicate private gun ownership. On Christmas Eve, 2012, the United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution to renew negotiations on the global Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). The measure was approved by a vote of 133-0, with 17 countries abstaining. As reported by Reuters, the foreign ministers of Argentina, Australia, Costa Rica, Finland, Japan, Kenya, and the United Kingdom — the countries that drafted the resolution — released a joint statement praising the passage of the resolution to move ahead on the global gun ban. "This was a clear sign that the vast majority of U.N. member states support a strong, balanced and effective treaty, which would set the highest possible common global standards for the international transfer of conventional arms," the foreign ministers said in their statement. As The New American has reported, when the treaty was being deliberated in July, the United States was the only obstacle preventing the global arms control regulations from being imposed on the world. Miraculously, however, all the points of the agreement Secretary of State Hillarious Clinton found so distasteful in the summer were made so much more palatable after President Obama’s reelection, and every single attack on the right to bear arms remains in the version of the treaty approved on November 7. Within hours of his securing his reelection, President Obama placed a late night call to the U.S. United Nations delegation ordering them to vote in favor of a passage of L.11. A story in The Hill reports, however, that “The U.S. mission to the U.N. denied that the timing of the election had anything to do with the treaty’s talks being delayed.” Regardless of the questionable timing of the Obama administration’s green light to the globalists' gun grab, the U.S. government was now placing its full weight behind convening a “Final United Nations Conference” for the proposal of a treaty imposing worldwide gun control regulations...."

Savers to be compensated by shares, guarantee Published on March 18, 2013 +-Text size Follow the mail on Twitter. PRESIDENT Nicos Anastasiades said yesterday that savers made to pay a tax on bank deposits as part of a sovereign bailout deal will be compensated by shares in banks guaranteed by future natural gas revenues.(Only a capatialist's mind could think of such an engeneous plan) In a televised address to the nation, Anastasiades said he had to accept a tax on bank deposits in return for international aid, or else the island would have faced bankruptcy. (Caused by the previous communist government of Cyprus under Christofias. They are no longer in power) "The solution we concluded upon is not what we wanted, but is the least painful under the circumstances," Anastasiades said. Cypriot bank depositors will be required to forfeit part of their savings under a deal brokered by eurozone finance ministers on Saturday to offer the island a €10 billion bailout. The levy will generate almost €6.0 billion in savings. The news triggered a run on cash-points on Saturday, depleting them within hours while it was unclear whether banks would open for business tomorrow after today’s bank holiday. Parliament has to approve the levy, which calls for a 9.9 per cent cut on deposits exceeding €100,000 and 6.7 per cent on deposits below that figure. The vote is scheduled for this afternoon. Anastasiades urged lawmakers to approve the tax, saying it is essential to save the country from bankruptcy. About 25 lawmakers from communist AKEL, socialists EDEK and the Greens said they will not vote for the tax in the 56-seat parliament.(Keep in mind they created the problem and refuse a solution to fix it. Sound familiar America!) The vote was initially set for yesterday but was postponed for today. Meanwhile Russia has made no decision yet on whether to extend the duration or ease the terms of a sovereign loan to Cyprus, a government source told Reuters on today. European Union officials have said they expect Russia to extend its €2.5 billion loan by five years, until 2021, and refinance terms . The proposed levy on the island's bank deposits, which was a central element of the EU rescue package, should not alter domestic capital flows, a senior Russian official was quoted as saying. Officials have also said Russian investors are interested in buying a majority stake in Cyprus Popular Bank and increasing their holdings in Bank of Cyprus - the two biggest banks on the island.

Truth of the matter is quite simple and finite. The communist Cypriot government of Christofias, which had been recently replaced overspent and the EU did nothing to prevent it. In fact they were accomplaces and turned their heads while allowing entitlement programs to run rampant. Europe was the testing ground for socialism for the rest of the world. SOCIALISM is a failure and it will take decades to reset the world economic pictue back on the right footing! Meanwhile we have a president in the US who is driving this country off the same financial cliff and his lemmings continue to give him blind support!

The marxist has come along ways from eating DOGS!

Been smelling too many chemicals from your 'sprayduster'!

This will be interesting how all this will play out. Yesterday there was a 'run on the money' at the banks. Depositors went "nuts" withdrawing huge amounts. This crisis was created when the communist government was elected into office six years ago. They spent money on social programs...,and, there was MUCH corruption (sound familiar?). Ultimately the government had to borrow money to keep paying 'bills'. Fortunately even the left got tired of their own government. The right wing party of Anastasiades was voted in and is now cleaning up! This scenerio is how the US will look like in a few years if we don't get our act together. If we don't, the disaster will be much greater!!

"...end justifiy the means" Why would voter fraud surprise anyone? Gotta get obama elected..., right?

Not a two way street when marxism is in the same breath with our country's future! Got it!

No..., no...Shab! It's "Know Thyself" "Not Love Thyself. That's the difference between an education and being educationally challenged! .

I couldn't agree with you more. That's why I have changed my voting card from Republican to a registered Conservative.

The educated usually do! However..., little do you know about my practical experience.

If there is a marxist overtone to anything, I will call it as I see it! YOU certainly won't have to worry about anything if it doesn't apply to you...., uhmmmmm?

Get your facts straight!. You marxist have an obvious propensity for distorting the truth! President Barack Obama: President OBAMA contributed the most to the debt, with cumulative deficits totaling $5.073 trillion in just four years. President George W. Bush: President Bush is next, racking up $3.294 trillion over two terms. He responded to the attacks on 9/11 by launching the War on Terror. This drove military spending to a new records, between $600-$800 billion a year. President Bush also responded to the 2001 recession by passing EGTRRA and JGTRRA, otherwise known as the Bush tax cuts. President Ronald Reagan: President Reagan added $1.412 trillion to the debt during his two terms. He fought the 1982 recession by cutting the top income tax rate from 70% to 28%, and the corporate rate from 48% to 34%. He also increased government spending by 2.5% a year. This included a 35% increase in the defense budget, and an expansion of Medicare. Although $1.412 trillion doesn't sound like a lot, compared to 2012 debt levels, in fact Reagan's economic policies doubled the debt during his Presidency. President George H.W. Bush: President George H.W. Bush added $1.03 trillion to the debt in one term. He responded to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait with Desert Storm. He oversaw the $125 billion bailout to end the 1989 Savings and Loan crisis. Part of his debt contribution was due to lost tax revenue from the 1991 recession. Although many other Presidents added to the debt, none comes close to these four in terms of overall spending. Part of that is because the U.S. economy, as measured by GDP, was so much smaller for other Presidents. For example, in 1981 GDP was only $3 trillion, growing by five times to $15 trillion in 2012. See the table below for a year-by-year detail of each President's budget deficit since President Woodrow Wilson. (Updated January 31, 2013) Budget Deficits by Fiscal Year Since 1960: President Barack Obama: First Term = $5.073 trillion. FY 2013 - $901 billion. FY 2012 - $1.327 trillion. FY 2011 - $1.299 trillion. FY 2010 - $1.546 ($1.293 trillion plus $253 billion from the Obama Stimulus Act that was attached to the FY 2009 budget). President George W. Bush: First Term = $1.267 trillion. Second Term = $2.027 trillion. Total = $3.294. FY 2009 - $1.16 trillion. ($1.416 trillion minus $253 billion from Obama's Stimulus Act) FY 2008 - $458 billion. FY 2007 - $161 billion. FY 2006 - $248 billion. FY 2005 - $318 billion. FY 2004 - $413 billion. FY 2003 - $378 billion. FY 2002 - $158 billion. President Bill Clinton: First Term = $496 billion. Second Term = ($559 billion surplus). Total = ($63 billion surplus).FY 2001 - $128 billion surplus. FY 2000 - $236 billion surplus. FY 1999 - $126 billion surplus. FY 1998 - $69 billion surplus. FY 1997 - $22 billion. FY 1996 - $107 billion. FY 1995 - $164 billion. FY 1994 - $203 billion. President George H.W. Bush: First Term = $1.03 trillion.FY 1993 - $255 billion. FY 1992 - $290 billion. FY 1991 - $269 billion. FY 1990 - $221 billion. President Ronald Reagan: First Term = $733 billion. Second Term = $679 billion. Total = $1.412 trillion.FY 1989 - $153 billion. FY 1988 - $155 billion. FY 1987 - $150 billion. FY 1986 - $221 billion. FY 1985 - $212 billion. FY 1984 - $185 billion. FY 1983 - $208 billion. FY 1982 - $128 billion. President Jimmy Carter: First Term = $253 billionFY 1981 - $79 billion. FY 1980 - $74 billion. FY 1979 - $41 billion. FY 1978 - $59 billion. President Gerald Ford: Three Years = $181 billion.FY 1977 - $54 billion. FY 1976 - $74 billion. FY 1975 - $53 billion. President Richard Nixon: First Term = $64 billion. First Year of Second Term = $6 billion. Total = $70 billion.FY 1974 - $6 billion. FY 1973 - $15 billion. FY 1972 - $23 billion. FY 1971 - $23 billion. FY 1970 - $3 billion. President Lyndon B. Johnson: Two Years in First Term = $7 billion. Second Term = $35 billion. Total = $42 billion.FY 1969 - $3 billion surplus. FY 1968 - $25 billion. FY 1967 - $9 billion. FY 1966 - $4 billion. FY 1965 - $1 billion. FY 1964 - $6 billion. President John F. Kennedy: Two Years in First Term = $11 billion.FY 1963 - $5 billion. FY 1962 - $7 billion. President Dwight Eisenhower: First Term = $3 billion surplus. Second Term = $19 billion. Total = $16 billion.FY 1961 - $3 billion. FY 1960 - $0 billion (slight surplus). FY 1959 - $13 billion. FY 1958 - $3 billion. FY 1957 - $3 billion surplus. FY 1956 - $4 billion surplus. FY 1955 - $3 billion. FY 1954 - $1 billion.

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