TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court unanimously rejected an argument that would have allowed the Board of Governors to set tuition … (Read Full Article Here) 

The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise”

Alden Nowlan

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

William Arthur Ward

Florida’s court system is breaking into the digital age. County clerks across the state have entered tens of thousands of criminal, civil, traffic and other public records onto computers. Just don’t expect to access them from your computer. Because while Florida law says that most government records are open to the public, the state Supreme Court issued a moratorium in 2003 that prevents most court records from being posted online. This conflict is causing consternation across the state as clerks increasingly digitize their records but are barred from giving the public online access. (Read Full Article Here)

Chris Hunter, Debbie’s husband and Braden and Bethany’s father, is no longer at home because he’s suffering from younger-onset Alzheimer’s and is now living in a nursing home. With Chris’ income lost, they’re having to sell the home to pay off the … (Read Full Article Here)

KNTV-TV San Jose, CA (8/30, Stock, Meak, Villarreal) says “the Center for Biological Diversity officially notified both California’s Bureau of Land Management and the” US Department of the Interior “of 60 day notice of intent to sue over fracking.” The Center says “it wants to sue to protect endangered species from the after effects of widespread fracking in California … unless the state and the federal government take steps to more closely monitor and regulate the practice.” Renee Sharp, the director of the Oakland off of the Environmental Working Group, says, “Today, we can estimate there are several hundred wells being fracked here in California. We don’t know exactly.”

An Alzheimer’s treatment from Eli Lilly and Co. failed to slow memory decline in two separate patient studies, but the drug did show some potential to help in mild cases of the mind-robbing condition that is notoriously difficult to treat. <a href=”http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/local/marion_county/alzheimers-drug-fails-study-but-flashes-potential”>(Read Full Article Here)</a>

From The Florida Current:  Florida Education Association attorneys on Wednesday [May 30] contested a Department of Education rule implementing standards for teacher evaluations related to the merit pay law. The FEA says the department exceeded its authority granted in the 2011 law, SB 736, that calls on school districts to develop ways to evaluate teachers’ performance based on student learning gains. The evaluations will be used to determine teacher pay, but it only applies to teachers hired after July 1, 2011, or those who opt into the merit pay scale. The department defended the rule as completely within the scope of the law. (Read Full Article Here)

Under his leadership, the Peer-Reviewed Alzheimer’s Research Program concentrates on groundbreaking research relevant to both the military and the Alzheimer’s community, particularly better understanding traumatic brain injury and its association to … (Read Full Article Here)