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August 31, 2007
Dear Chairman Cox:
As a concerned investor, I am alarmed that the SEC has issued rules that could curtail or eliminate the ability of shareholders like myself to raise important issues with corporate management. I urge you to not curtail investors' rights to file advisory resolutions under Rule 14a-8. This is an OWNERS right! Owners voices MUST be heard and heeded.
Advisory resolutions play a vital role in encouraging corporations to be responsive to their owners. They help to promote improved corporate governance, greater accountability, and more meaningful disclosure.
Any actions that would restrict or eliminate advisory shareholder resolutions would be a disastrous step backwards. Please let me know what action you intend to take on this issue. | <urn:uuid:ac082fa4-dc8a-40e4-a9cf-1e39693f31be> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sec.gov/comments/s7-16-07/s71607-75.htm | 2013-05-24T15:44:33Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704713110/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114513-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954306 | 145 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
GroupCapital Medical Clinic
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Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — So what do President Barack Obama, Tallahassee political consultants, and the national debt have to do with today's mayoral contest in Altamonte Springs? Well, if you're aspiring future House Speaker Chris Dorworth, R-Lake Mary, they...
Time for another round of hugs and slugs — this time in the spirit of Halloween, spotlighting some of the worst tricks and best treats of the past week. We start with a super-sized hug for the folks at Shepherd's Hope — one of Central...
(Re. Dave Connell's letter "Mailbag: Pay attention to property tax bill," Oct. 21): I know your political party affiliation expects you to make such comments, but do they explain to you how our taxes/fees pay for more than salaries and pensions? I agree...
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBy Eloisa Ruano Gonzalez, Staff Writer A shadowy Tallahassee organization continues to send out mailers attacking Altamonte Springs Mayor Pat Bates, and the latest one slams Bates for not paying property taxes on the condo she lives in. Bates is seeking...
Emerald Bay residents opposed to the installation of a traffic signal at the main entrance of the gated community went home happy Tuesday night. The City Council declined to support the installation of the signal that would make it easier for drivers...
Ann Hutchinson Quilter has never been one to pat herself on the back, not even at a luncheon in her honor. Speakers at the Laguna Beach Woman's Club Woman of the Year luncheon heaped praise on Quilter for her accomplishments on behalf of the city. But...
The Laguna Beach business community got a chance to meet newly elected Assemblyman Don Wagner at the Chamber of Commerce's installation dinner and Spirit of Laguna awards ceremony last week at Tivoli Too. Wagner, an Irvine Republican, replaced Chuck...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Real Estate, Costa Mesa, Business, Elections
As promised, here's more of the Coastline Pilot's major news stories for 2010: April 2: Accused teenage Laguna Beach stabber was charged as an adult. *Marsh Scott received the 2010 Artist of the Year Award at the annual Art Star Awards Ceremony. Arts...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Activism, Elections, Arts, Ceremonies
Local Republicans and the Laguna Beach Taxpayers Assn. hosted a party Wednesday at the Marine Room Tavern for candidates of their persuasion. Shari L. Freidenrich and City Council incumbent candidates Kelly Boyd and Elizabeth Pearson, as well as...
Tags: FEMA, Elections, Unions, Laguna Beach, Dianne Feinstein
The refurbished Callboard in the Peppertree Parking Lot was dedicated last week as a kickoff for the yearlong celebration of the 90th anniversary season of the Laguna Playhouse. A large crowd of enthusiastic arts supporters gathered for the ceremony...
Tags: Travel, Arts, Music Theater, History, World War II (1939-1945)
Friends, family and admirers of hotelier and humanitarian Claes Andersen packed Laguna Presbyterian Church on Saturday to celebrate his life, which ended Aug. 11. A live feed to Hotel Laguna allowed the staff and others to remember him at the site that...
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Welcome to the world, TODAY Babies of the week!
Feb. 8, 2013 at 9:15 AM ET
It's time for your weekly dose of cuteness!
Every week, TODAY with Kathie Lee and Hoda honors new moms and puts the call out for the cutest babies in the land... and you don't disappoint. We got thousands of submissions and we appreciate each one -- and ALL of your gorgeous babies deserve to be celebrated.
Here are a few that were featured on TODAY, and scroll down for more.
Have you recently had a baby? You can submit a photo of your child, age 0-8 weeks, to be featured on a future show and online, by clicking the "Add photos" link below. (Read the official rules here.)
Check out the previous Babies of the Week here.
Related story: It's no contest, my baby is the cutest.
Courtesy Spencer & Karen Del Prete
Ryland Noah Del Prete, born Dec. 5. Mom's words of wisdom: "Enjoy every single moment, because you will see incredible changes every day. Also get lots of sleep prior to baby's arrival."
Shesly & LaTasha Gouraige
Mason Shesly Gouraige, born Dec. 5. Mom says: "When your child is born, set expectations but everything does not go according to plan. Focus on the joy your little one brings and everything else will fall into place."
Abby and Jeffrey Arons
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Experience one of downtown Chicago's newest 4-star hotels, noted on CNN Travel's 2012 list of New Hotel Wonders. Saving 50% on current prices, this $129-per-night deal includes continental breakfast for two, a $40 value.
Check in to the Radisson Blu Aqua Chicago Fridays-Saturdays, Dec. 1 - Feb. 25. Room-only weekday stays are available for $10 more per night.
Opened in November last year, the hotel is the first North American Radisson Blu, made popular throughout Europe and Asia. It is within walking distance to Michigan Avenue, Navy Pier and major city attractions while offering features including a restaurant and bar, indoor lap pool, basketball court, art gallery and state-of-the-art fitness center.
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Tub Package 61-inch Slipper Clawfoot Bathtub with Free-Standing English Telephone Faucet
We got this tub awhile ago and finally installed it. The tub is great, didn't look that big but once you get it it's very deep and fits my heigth perfectly! We love it and I recommend this!!!!!!
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The finishes are beautiful on tub and faucet assembly. The tub is very comfortable. My husband is also in love too!
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I love my vintage tub. It came in perfect condition and everyone wishes they had one. They all ask where I found it.
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Sonic Sundays are on the way!
Purchase four tickets to any upcoming Sunday game (Jan. 31 vs. Manitoba; Feb. 28 vs. Hershey; March 28 vs. Worcester; April 11 vs. Binghamton), and you’ll receive four Penguins hats and vouchers for four Sonic Value Meals.
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OLI Grant: Gene expression analysis to identify nutrient scavenging mechanisms in the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi
Grant Funded: 2003
Coccolithophores are an abundant and widespread phytoplankton functional group responsible for significant amounts of calcification in the ocean. Although coral reefs are arguably the most visible example of marine calcification, the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi can form large (100,000km) blooms in both coastal and open ocean regions. These E. huxleyi blooms produce calcite that rains down onto the ocean floor in an important step in the global carbon (C) cycle. In short the presence of E. huxleyi blooms and the activities of the organisms within the population mediate exchange between atmospheric and oceanic CO 2 . Thus the distribution and activities of this species may have a significant impact on climate, and on the ocean?s ability to buffer changing CO 2 concentrations in the atmosphere. As such, there is considerable interest in the factors that influence these blooms, the physiology of the population therein, and the impact E. huxleyi blooms may have on the C cycle. In particular, we are interested in cellular nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) scavenging mechanisms. N and P availability likely impact when and where E. huxleyi blooms are able to occur, and N and P stress can influence CO 2 exchange by changing rates of photosynthesis and calcification.
With the upcoming availability of the E. huxleyi genome sequence (funded by the DOE Microbial Genomes Program, www.jgi.doe.gov) we are poised to make large advances in our understanding of E. huxleyi nutritional physiology and nutrient scavenging mechanisms. Here we propose a study to identify gene expression patterns associated with replete, N-stressed and P-stressed cells using long-serial analysis of gene expression (LongSAGE). Research identifying gene expression patterns associated with replete, N-stressed, and P-stressed cells, such as that proposed herein, will provide insight into how E. huxleyi obtains N and P. With an improved understanding of E. huxleyi N and P assimilation we can better identify how nutrient availability in the field may influence bloom dynamics, calcification and their concomitant impact on C cycling and global climate.
We anticipate this research to:
- Specifically identify gene transcripts that are up or down-regulated in response to nutritional status in the globally significant coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi .
- Demonstrate the utility of LongSAGE analyses in the study of ocean biology and transfer the technological capability into the Dyhrman Laboratory.
- Result in gene expression data that can be used for publication and as the basis for a proposal to NSF Biocomplexity (Genomics in the Environment) or Biological Oceanography.
- Strengthen interactions
between WHOI Biology and the MBL?s Josephine Bay Paul Center for
Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution.
The proposed work relates to the three Institute themes of
Biodiversity, 2) Health of Marine Ecosystems, and 3) New tools for
Ocean Biology. Characterization of gene expression patterns will
improve our understanding of how E. huxleyi interacts
with its environment. The novel application of LongSAGE to E.
huxleyi will identify target gene transcripts that may be
indicative of N and P limitation, and will result in a new tool
for the study of ocean biology. Probing for these targets in the
environment would allow us to look at the relationships between
nutrient availability, bloom formation, and calcification in
situ . This is significant to ecosystem health because the
activities of E. huxleyi and other calcifying marine organisms
play an important role in mediating global climate. In summary,
studies of E. huxleyi genomics such as that proposed here,
will help us better predict the extent to which the marine C cycle
will be influenced by increasing atmospheric CO
Emiliania huxleyi, an abundant and widespread marine coccolithophore can form large blooms in both coastal and open ocean regions. Capable of forming calcareous skeletons and generating a steady rain of calcium carbonate to the deep sea, E. huxleyi plays a role in regulating the global carbon (C) cycle and ocean-atmospheric CO2 exchange that could have a significant impact on climate. Consequently, understanding the factors that influence E. huxleyi blooms and physiology are important. Specifically, we are interested in cellular nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) scavenging mechanisms as well as the response of cells to increased atmospheric CO2. N and P availability likely impact when and where E. huxleyi blooms are able to occur. N and P stress and enhanced CO2 may influence CO2 exchange by changing rates of photosynthesis and calcium carbonate production.
This project focuses on identifying gene expression patterns associated with nutrient replete, N and P deplete, and enhanced CO2 cells using Serial Analysis of Gene Expression (SAGE). To date, we have succeeded in obtaining a SAGE library for each of the different growth conditions. These libraries consist of roughly 15,000 tags, or nucleotide sequences, which correspond to the genes expressed within the cells. We have recently acquired access to a database that will help us identify the function of each of these sequences. Louie Wurch, a 2004 Summer Student Fellow, will be instrumental in this portion of the project.
Identifying gene expression patterns associated with different nutrient conditions and increased CO2 will help us identify how nutrient availability and changes in atmospheric CO2 in the field may influence bloom dynamics, calcification and their concomitant impact on carbon cycling and global climate.
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NCTA Urges Government to Concentrate On Serving the Unserved
By: John Eggerton, Multichannel News
The National Cable & Telecommunications Association says the federal government should put a priority on extending broadband service to areas that can't get it at all, and to helping underserved populations buy and use the service that already exists there.
Only after that, and if there is any money left over, should the government start putting money into essentially overbuilding underserved areas according to faster speeds or some other measure of "underserved."
In essence, that was the message the cable industry was trying to convey in a letter addressed to every member of Congress.
NCTA is weighing in before the National Telecommunications & Information Administration, the FCC and the Agricultural Department's Rural Utilities Service decide how to dole out the $7.2 billion in broadband deployment grants and loans provided for in the OBama administration's economic stimulus package.
In the letter from NCTA President Kyle McSlarrow to Congress, the cable association identified a number of the barriers to adoption in underserved areas that the government could address short of simply funding new competitors to cable operators already serving those areas. They included affordability -- adding the caveat that price concerns come despite declining prices per megabit and the increasing value of the service -- and the lack of a computer, or computer literacy.
NTIA, FCC and RUS will meet next week in a public forum to discuss the grant/loan program. Among the issues that needs to be resolved are defining an underserved area and how best to serve it. The FCC has the added charter of coming up with a plan, within a year, for getting broadband service to everyone in the nation.
Those unserved areas, McSlarrow wrote, exist despite the progress cable -- the largest broadband provide -- has made in wiring the nation. He said that included spending $146 billion since 1996 to upgrade and expand networks that now reach 92% of the country with broadband service, and the deployment of next-generation wideband service at much higher speeds.
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Professor Susan Smith, Willamette University College
Topic: The Endangered Species Act Comes to the City
|Discussion List (Professor Smith will participate from April 11-April 18)|
Susan L. Smith is a Professor of Law at Willamette University College of Law in Salem, Oregon, where she specializes in environmental and natural resources law. Professor Smith joined the Willamette faculty in 1989 after serving for several years as a trial attorney, senior trial attorney, and Assistant Chief of the Environmental Defense Section, Land and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice. Prior to joining the Justice Department, Professor Smith was a natural resources and environmental litigator with Holland & Hart, primarily representing mining and oil and gas clients. Since she began teaching, Professor Smith has continued to represent clients such as environmental and community groups, the State of Oregon, and the U.S. Department of Energy on environmental and natural resource matters.
Professor Smith writes and lectures extensively on a variety of environmental and natural resources topics that deal with the role of coercion and collaboration in achieving sustainability, including the structure of law and legal institutions required for sustainable law, environmental criminal enforcement, collaborative natural resources management, governmental immunity, and reforming Fifth Amendment takings jurisprudence.
Professor Smith earned her J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1980, her Master in Public Policy from the J.F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 1980, and her B.A. from Reed College in 1976. She is admitted to the Oregon, Colorado, and District of Columbia bars and is admitted to practice before numerous federal district courts, circuit courts of appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Endangered Species Act Comes to the City
Susan L. Smith
Professor of Law
Willamette University College of Law
April 9, 2001
I. The Endangered Species Act Comes to the City
Until recently, the primary battlegrounds in the Pacific Northwest for fights to protect endangered and threatened species have been old growth National Forests populated with spotted owls and enormous federally owned hydropower dams that harness the mighty Columbia and devastate salmon, our regional icon. But increasingly, in the Pacific Northwest and across the nation, the Endangered Species Act has left the country and headed to the city.
Or, the city has come to the Endangered Species Act. Real estate development on the outskirts of existing urban / surburban / exurban areas (which I will sometimes call USE areas) is increasingly encroaching on once natural habitat of hundreds of species. This “urban sprawl” has been accelerated in the last decade by a booming economy, population growth from both baby boom ripples and immigration, and transportation and other infrastructure improvements that enable Americans to avail themselves of the amenities of the city while living suburban or exurban lifestyles. In addition, the lifestyles of residents of USE areas from watering chemically greened lawns to washing their SUVs on Saturday morning contribute to the demise of salmon and other aquatic species that live in rivers and streams in and near the city. And, the battles to protect endangered and threatened species have shifted from spotted owls, wolves, and grizzly bears to Delhi Sand-Loving Flies, salamanders, butterflies and songbirds.
This lecture offers some thoughts about what is happening as the Endangered Species Act comes to the city and what may happen to the Endangered Species Act as a result of these encounters.
II. Ramifications of the ESA coming to the city: law, policy, and politics
A. Legal Ramifications
The first question is what, if anything, changes when the Endangered Species Act is applied in USE areas rather than in a typical rural context where the dominant land uses are agriculture, silvaculture, minerals extraction, and tourism. Certainly the ESA and its generic implementing regulations do not themselves change in the USE context. However, the ESA intersects with different laws in the USE context and so the legal questions that arise are quite different..
1. Federalism questions raised by the dominant federal role in formulating local and state species protection programs
More substantial federalism questions are likely to be raised in the urban context because in the rural context there is more direct federal control of affected land and actitities. Particularly in the West, there is a substantial difference in land ownership between application of the ESA in rural and USE contexts. In rural situations, species protection efforts frequently involve largely federal lands such as National Forests or other public lands and federal agency actions such as timber contracts on National Forests, federal dam construction and operation, private dam construction and operation licensed by FERC, resort developments requiring special use permits on National Forests or other public lands, exploring and exploiting unpatented mining claims based on federally approved plans of operation, and exploration and development pursuant to federal oil and gas leases under federally approved operating plans. Thus, in the rural context, the ESA interacts with other federal law controlling federal lands and federal agencies. However, USE species protection efforts occur almost entirely on non-federal lands, primarily affecting real estate development interests and state and local governments rather than federal agencies. Federal ESA regulation in USE context is applied to an realm traditionally dominated by local and state laws, particularly land use planning laws that govern real estate development.
To preserve state and local control in the land use planning realm that has traditionally been a matter of state perogative, state and local governments have sometimes taken the lead in formulating species protection restriction, even though they face the danger that the federal government will impose additional, conflicting species protection requirements. Other state and local officials, although reticient to engage in species protection, are compelled to do so by injunctions secured under section 9 or by the prospect of section 9 takings liability. Whether voluntarily or involuntarily, the bulk of responsibility for imposing and enforcing species protection restrictions in the USE context is likely to fall on state and local governments. As ESA requirements interact with, and are superimposed, on the administration of state and local laws, interesting federalism questions arise.
Where the federal government or environmental interests attempt to force state and local governments to implement species protection requirements, questions will arise both in whether the ESA reaches regulatory action or inaction of state and local governments, whether Congressional powers under the Commerce Clause and Treaty Clause extend that far, and whether the 10th and 11th Amendments restrict the exercise of federal power in that manner.
Interpreting the ESA Taking Provision
State and local governments, and private development interests that attempt to interpret section 9 as not applying to state and local government regulatory actions or failures to regulate. Thus far, federal circuit courts have been willing to interpret section 9 to apply to state and local government regulatory actions and failure to regulate. For example in Strahan v. Coxe, the First Circuit held that state licensing of gillnet and lobster pot fishing without adequate protection of endangered northern right whales constituted a section 9 taking. In Loggerhead Turtle v. Volusia County, the Eleventh Circuit decided that plaintiffs stated an ESA takings claim by alleging that the County’s inadequate regulation of beach lighting resulted in the taking of endangered sea turtles. In United States v. Town of Plymouth, the court required officials to implement a court-ordered beach management plan to protect piping plovers based on a claim that the town had inadequately regulated off road vehicle traffic on the town’s beaches. This line of cases follows a well-established line of cases that make federal actions, whether regulatory or proprietary, subject to section 9 liability and cases that make state regulatory and proprietary actions subject to section 9 liability. The difficulty is that imposing liability on a state for its failure to regulate raises grave questions under the 10th amendment and allowing private parties to sue the state for that failure to regulate raises substantial questions under the 11th amendment.
These constitutional questions are discussed in somewhat more detail below. However, the U.S. Supreme Court in recent years has popularized another way to make federalism decisions without invoking the constitution, contorting construction of federal statutes to avoid reaching constitutional questions that might not muster a majority of the court in favor of state rights. Thus, before the U.S. Supreme Court would reach the 10th and 11th Amendment issues, it most likely would protect state and local governments from section 9 liability by construing the ESA not to impose section 9 liability on state and local governments for regulatory action and inaction.
State and local governments and development interests raise another federalism attack on the attempts of the federal government or environmental groups to force state and local governments to impose species protection restrictions. They argue that Congress lacked power under the Commerce Clause to regulate because the loss of a given endangered or threatened species would not have a substantial impact on interstate commerce. However, the courts have upheld the constitutionality of the ESA. and other federal wildlife protection laws under the Commerce Clause. However, the U.S. Supreme Court has indicated that traditional regulation of an area by state and local government is a consideration in determining whether there is Congressional power to legislate under the Commerce Clause cases. Notwithstanding the denial of certiorari in National Ass'n of Home Builders v. Babbitt, and Gibbs v. Babbitt, the U.S. Supreme Court may revisit the Commerce Clause issue in a USE context such as the Delhi Sands Flower-Loving Fly, particularly in light of the SWANCC decision.
Assuming that federal government and environmental attempts to impose section 9 liability on state and local government action and inaction in USE contexts survives the dual challenges of statutory construction and lack of enumerated congressional power, they may flounder because of the 10th and 11th amendment restrictions on exercise of congressional power. While courts have upheld the application of the ESA against state and local governments, recent Supreme Court jurisprudence may suggest that there is trouble in paradise.
Tenth and Eleventh Amendment Restrictions on Federal Power
Tenth Amendment decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court in the last decade suggest that the lower court decisions may not survive a challenge in the higher court. New York v. United States, and Printz v. United States, raise a real question whether the ESA violates the Tenth Amendment if section 9 is construed to impose liability on state and local governments for failure to take regulatory action.
As with virtually all constitutional analysis, the key question under the Tenth Amendment turns on the characterization of the ESA’s effect on state action: is the state is simply being required to follow generally applicable law, which is acceptable, or is the state being forced to regulate, which is not acceptable. Some state actions that constitute section 9 takings may appear to be "failures to regulate" when they are actually decisions about how the state is going to manage state-owned resources. For example, if the state allows state forests to be cut in a manner that endangers spotted owls, that is not so much a failure to regulate the companies harvesting the timber as it is failure to manage state property consistent with generally applicable federal law. Similarly, if the state allows use of its water resources in a manner that endangers salmon, that is not a failure to regulate water users, it is a failure to manage state property consistent with generally applicable federal law. Further, if the state allows any direct taking of endangered or threatened species, arguably that is a failure to manage state property consistent with generally applicable federal law because states have been deemed to "own" all wildlife within the state. Under this reasoning, the "failure to adequately regulate fishing" case of Town of Portsmouth was correctly decided and even perhaps the "failure to adequately regulate activities affecting public beaches" case of Loggerhead Turtle. This reasoning breaks down more readily, however, in the USE context. For example, it is improbable that section 9 liability could be imposed on state and local governments for failure to adequately regulate private land development and use. This does not necessarily mean that the federal government will be unable to use the stick of section 9 liability in the USE context to effectively cut off development. Real estate development requires transportation infrastructure and other infrastructure such as water and sewer. If the state's construction of transportation and other infrastructure either directly takes endangered species or allows the taking of endangered species by private parties, section 9 liability probably could be imposed despite the Tenth Amendment because state action other than regulatory action was being controlled under generally applicable laws.
The federal government can take enforcement action against states and local governments for violating the ESA without encountering any Eleventh Amendment problems. There is no doubt that the United States may sue a state in federal court under ESA § 13 for violating the ESA § 9 take prohibition. However, there are practical obstacles to federal enforcement actions against the states. The United States tends to be reluctant to sue states due to comity considerations and political consequences. While the federal government may be more willing to sue counties and muncipalities, the Services have inadequate funding to pursue many enforcement actions. Thus, the burden of enforcing the ESA § 9 take prohibition in the urban context is apt to fall upon citizens.
The Eleventh Amendment may make it difficult to bring citizen suits to enforce the section 9 take prohibition against states. Citizen suits against states and state officials under some circumstances are likely to be barred, leaving the burden of enforcement to the federal government. Courts have upheld ESA citizen suits against local governments with respect to claims of sovereign immunity under 11th Amendment. The Loggerhead Turtle court found in the alternative that even if a county were an arm of the state for purposes of the Eleventh Amendment, the Eleventh Amendment does not bar certain actions in federal court against state officers for injunctive or declaratory relief.
2. Devices to avoid restrictions on federal power to control state and local governments
In administering the ESA, the federal government is beginning to embrace a cooperative federalism model quite similar to pollution control laws such as the Clean Water Act (CWA) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) in order to achieve more effective species protection. The federal government is devolving responsibility for recovery planning, imposition of species protection restrictions, permit issuance, compliance monitoring and enforcement to state and local authorities, subject to federal oversight and residual federal enforcement authority.
For example, in formulating the Pacific Northwest Salmon 4(d) Rule, 65 Fed. Reg. 42422 (July 10, 2000), the NMFS largely ceded responsibility for planning, regulations, permits, compliance monitoring and enforcement to state and local authorities, subject to NMFS approval and oversight. The salmon 4(d) rule prohibits takings of all endangered and threatened salmon species in the Pacific Northwest. It identifies a broad array of activities as potential takings, but indicates that if such activities are undertaken in compliance with certain NMFS certified state and local policies, programs, and laws, the activity will not constitute a taking. By installing a stringent federal regulation that can be complied with by private parties observing approved state and local laws or policies, NMFS has seemingly created a device that both maximizes federal control and yet avoid constitutional restrictions on federal control of state and local governments
The West Coast salmon 4(d) rule applies the section 9 take prohibition to 14 evolutionarily significant units of salmon and steelhead, but includes limits the application of that take prohibition in 13 instances, including: (1) activities conducted in accord with ESA section 7 or 10 incidental take authorizations, (2) research activities, (3) emergency actions for injured, stranded or dead salmonids, (4) fishery management activities, (5) hatchery programs, (6) acitivites in compliance with certified joint tribal/state plans, (8) state, local and private habitat restoration activities, (9) properly screened water diversion devices, (10) routine road maintenance, (11) certain park management activities), and (12) forest management activities on state and private lands within Washington. The thirteenth limit, of greatest significance in the urban context, is the limit on the take prohibition for certain municipal, residential, commercial, and industrial (MRCI) development and redevelopment activities.
Under the MRCI limit (sometimes pronounced “mercy”), NMFS will review programs for governmental activities such as wastewater disposal or regulatory programs such as land use planning. If approved, any activities carried out in compliance with the program is not liable for take of listed fish, even if a take occurs during the activity. NMFS will consider 12 criteria in determining whether the program ensures that development activities complying with a program will conserve listed species:
This checklist in essence becomes the equivalent of minimum federal standards for state and local land use, water resources, and other planning programs that will be “voluntarily” administered by state and local authorities in order to provide development interests in their areas with sufficient certainty to encourage development.
3. Enforcement questions that arise out of cooperative federalism
As species protection requirements are implemented through state and local regulations, certain questions arise concerning whether the ability of the federal government to take enforcement action where the state has either failed to enforce or has enforced, but the federal government is dissatisfied with the results of the enforcement action. These questions parallel the overfiling and lead enforcement problems that arise under the pollution control statutes, particularly the Clean Water Act (CWA) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The choice of law problems for the federal government in attempting to take federal enforcement action against those who have violated state and local species protection laws designed to implement the ESA may parallel the choice of law problems that have just begun to be explored in the pollution control context.
4. Takings issues that arise out of cooperative federalism
Fifth Amendment takings or just compensation claims are another area where the legal questions are different in the urban context. In the USE real estate development context, species protection much more frequently implicates possible 5th Amendment takings claims because those affected by the regulations more frequently have clearly protected property interest -- typically a fee simple. This is quite unlike the circumstances of private parties seeking to develop resources on federal land whether they are lands for resort development, timber, grazing or even mining. Private parties operating on federal land naturally receive only those property rights that Congress has created, subject to any conditions on those rights that Congress has allowed federal agencies to impose. In addition, to the extent that federal ESA requirements are primarily implemented through state and local regulations, fingerpointing in the takings context becomes more likely to occur. The federal government will defend takings claims by arguing that a state or local regulation actually imposes the species protection requirement. State and local governments will defend takings claims by arguing that their actions were required by federal law. This is already taking place to some extent. For example, when the state of Oregon denied an NPDES permit because issuance would have violated “no industrial wastewater discharge” restrictions the state had placed on rivers that provide the municipal wastewater regulations, the state defended a takings claim with respect to that denial in part on the basis that the federal anti-degradation policy contained in the Clean Water Act required the state restrictions.
B. POLICY RAMIFICATIONS
First, we are confronting policy questions about the desirable roles local, state, and federal governments in determining conservation policy and undertaking conservation planning -- we confront a need to invent new forms of federalism to meet the challenge of ecologically sustainable development. How can we integrate conservation policy and planning into local land use planning without making planning systems even more cumbersome, inefficient, and ineffective and how to aggregate those local planning decisions into a coherant program to protect biodiversity? Because ultimately preservation of biodiversity requires both preservation of natural habitat and management of converted habitat consistent with the needs of other species, some form of integrated land use planning at the community, regional, national and international level is necessary. That planning must span private and public lands. It must span unnatural boundaries such as city, county, state, and national lines. Yet, land use planning has been traditionally left to local governments with at most limited state oversight and national land use planning has been rejected for many reasons -- some good reasons such as the need for detailed information and some bad reasons such as the political dominance of development interests at the local level.. Those who implement the ESA struggle with accomodating both development and species protection within the patchwork of state and local control over land use by developing innovative approaches such as regional habitat conservation plans and 4(d) rules that honor state and local conservation efforts. But eventually we must reconfront whether the appropriate places to make conservation policy, administer conservation regulations, provide conservation incentives, and undertake conservation efforts are at the local, state, or national levels.
Second, we are confronting the daunting prospect of regulating not a handful of large corporations, but hundreds of millions of Americans. Species protection efforts in the urban context will directly affect daily activities of vast numbers of people and entities rather than a few relatively large players, particularly in the context of species protection restrictions on the existing activities of USE residents. This fact has a number of policy ramifications. First, formulating regulations is more complex because of the variety of activities to be regulated, which will further exaggerate reliance on state and local regulation. For example, the Pacific Northwest Salmon 4(d) rule encompasses fisheries management, hatcheries, routine road maintenance, pesticide use, municipal, residential, commercial and industrial development, and forest management. Second, iIt will be far more difficult to design public participation strategies that assure representative participation because of the number and diversity of interested parties. It will be far more difficult to achieve any "buy-in" by affected parties because of the number and lack of organized representation of affected parties. Third, as indicated above, It will be far more difficult to enforce species protection regulations against that many people. Particularly with respect to restrictions on activities of existing USE residents, enforcement problems suggest a need for different regulatory strategies. It may be necessary to use more incentive-based strategies or to regulate at a higher level in the “food chain” of regulated parties. For example, to effectively reduce use of pesticides in the USE context, we may restrict sale of pesticides for commercial and residential uses rather by regulating pesticide manufacturers rather than attempt to limit use of pesticides by regulating individual commercial and residential users. At present, this approach can only be used by the federal government, because state and local regulation of manufacturers is currently preempted by the Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act.
C. POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS
Another question is whether the ESA can survive its trip to the city. One reason why the trip may endanger the continued existence of the ESA is the federal government cannot finesse economic impacts of ESA restrictions in the urban context by having federal lands and federal activities take the brunt of the economic impact of ESA restrictions. Instead, the full economic impact of ESA restrictions must be borne by the community.
Certainly the political ramifications of applying the ESA to existing USE residents are quite different than the typical rural natural resource project. First, USE residents are likely to experience a substantial shock when they are told that their behavior, not the behavior of the evil multinational mining or timber companies, is responsible for species loss. This may reduce the tendency to demonize parties that are adversely affected by ESA species protection efforts. Second, there are several reasons why USE residents may react better than regulated parties in the rural context: USE residents are not as ideologically opposed to government regulation, they are disorganized compared to multinational corporations involved in rural natural resources development, and the restrictions on USE residents are apt to be less central to their economic well-being. Third, to the extent that USE residents become antagonistic to the ESA because of species protection restrictions, the ESA is in grave danger. The economic and cultural impacts of species protection will be falling on urbanites who hold the balance of power in many states as compared with the far less numerous, and therefore somewhat less powerful, rural residents.
The political ramifications of applying the ESA to USE real estate development are more akin to applying the ESA to rural natural resource projects. Applying the ESA to USE real estate development will strengthen opposition to the ESA, particularly because real estate developers are frequently ideologically opposed to government regulation, organized, and have a strong incentive to torpedo the ESA because restrictions on real estate development are central to their economic well-being. On the other hand, real estate developers are easy to demonize and may provide a useful scapegoat to blame for the stringency of species protection restriction encountered by USE residents. In addition, most USE residents are genuinely concerned about "urban sprawl", far more than they are concerned with the wilderness impacts of mining or oil and gas development. Urban sprawl directly and adversely impairs their quality of life, in terms of congestion, pollution, increased strain on limited public services, and loss of the "open space" amenities that made many suburban and exurban residents flee the city. | <urn:uuid:b05e138f-5983-4eb5-b6fc-463fc683f69b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www2.law.mercer.edu/elaw/ssmith.html | 2013-05-24T15:50:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704713110/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114513-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932445 | 5,057 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
If you get a chance and need something to eat up time on a slow desk shift, check out the latest Pew Internet study “Library Services in the Digital Age” that was released on Tuesday. In looking over the report, parts of the results did not impress me in the slightest as they feel like acquiescence bias; that is, people were responding because, well, who doesn’t like public libraries? Sure, those people who think their tax money should only be used on things they use and that other group who thinks that everything is online. Besides, it’s easy to support them in theory rather than in practice because the latter costs money. Moral support is still the cheaper option.
This doesn’t seem as any sharper example to me in the questions that asked how important the library was to them and their family versus the community. A sizeable 91% said it was either ‘very important’ or ‘somewhat important’ to their community as a whole, but 76% said the same thing about themselves and their family. Even then, only 53% of respondents had visited a library in the last twelve months. To me, this indicates a gap between the qualities of ‘important’ and ‘useful’ as well as the value of a ‘personal’ versus a ‘community’ one.
If you examine this 53% that used the library, the Pew Internet breaks down the results of their activities when they have visited:
While it is excellent news for print materials as well as serendipitous discovery, the remaining activities just drop off from that point. In looking at the middle percentile of visitors, 50% of those 53% who have visited a library in the last twelve months have received help from a librarian. Perhaps this is due to the fact that a bookmobile (one of qualifying locations within the question) won’t have the same resources as a brick and mortar library, but it still doesn’t bode well in my estimation.
If you have some time, check it out. There are some results within this survey that caught my eye and made an eyebrow arch a couple of times.
“Having more comfortable spaces for reading, working, and relaxing: 59% of Americans ages 16 and older say libraries should “definitely do” this”
And then on the other hand:
At the same time, people have different views about whether libraries should move some printed books and stacks out of public locations to free up space for tech centers, reading rooms, meeting rooms, and cultural events: 20% of Americans ages 16 and older said libraries should “definitely” make those changes; 39% said libraries “maybe” should do that; and 36% said libraries should “definitely not” change by moving books out of public spaces.
Then there is this:
GPS-navigation apps to help patrons locate material inside library buildings: 34% of Americans ages 16 and older would “very likely” use that service and another 28% say they would be “somewhat likely” to do so.
I can’t wait to help someone because an app told them that a book was RIGHT HERE when a simple shelf read would tell them otherwise. Maybe we’ll get lucky and Apple will make the app. It does make sense in Dewey non-fiction as well as Library of Congress headings, but my library is so small that a navigation app would be like using a Garmin for a Hot Wheels speed track.
Perhaps this is one of those ideas that doesn’t scale down well, but I do think it would be a hoot to record authors giving directions. Just imagine someone walking through stacks when they hear Neil Gaiman’s voice in the app saying, “At the next set of stacks, go straight. Your book will be halfway down on the left.”
It’s too bad Q&A NJ virtual reference was killed in New Jersey because:
Online research services allowing patrons to pose questions and get answers from librarians: 37% of Americans ages 16 and older would “very likely” use an “ask a librarian” type of service, and another 36% say they would be “somewhat likely” to do so.
After the news out of Digital Book World’s conference about how people don’t use Amazon to find books, I guess people just like to think that they do:
“Amazon”-style customized book/audio/video recommendation schemes that are based on patrons’ prior library behavior: 29% of Americans ages 16 and older would “very likely” use that service and another 35% say they would be “somewhat likely” to do so.
The final thing I’ll quote from the report:
About half of Americans (53%) say that libraries should “definitely” offer a broader selection of e-books. Some 30% say libraries should “maybe” do this, and 5% say libraries should “definitely not” do this.
Better keep on working on this one. Either this broader offering runs through the publishers (possibly kicking and screaming), around them through sites like Smashwords, or over them by making a system that allows us to work with authors directly.
Oddly enough, the “definitely” and “maybe” groups closely correlates to about the same percentage of people who think the library is important or somewhat important to themselves or their family. Perhaps I’m just showing my own bias on the subject here, but compared to some of the other “what color would you want your unicorn?” kind of library wishlist questions, at least this one is something that can be acted upon in the very near future.
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Wouldn’t you know it, as soon as I wrote all about how it was getting cold here and the down and wool were in use, the weather started heating up. It’s strange this warm weather, with a warm, leaf blowing wind. Both neighbors and strangers have greeted us this past weekend with a ‘Incredible weather, isn’t it? It’s earthquake weather.’ Luckily no earthquakes yet but the garden is happy with this warm sunshine.
We have all sorts of things starting up out there, lettuce, chinese mustard, dinosaur kale (oh boy, the boys are super excited about that)….
….broccoli raab, spinach, snow peas….
…and shelling peas, watermelon radishes, regular radishes, cilantro, radiccio, treviso, diakon radishes, leeks and a few other goodies which are escaping our mind right now.
Our garden in late summer/early fall always looks so dry and brown as the squash and watermelon vines die and wither away, that its refreshing to see some bright green popping back up out there.
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This series is all about showcasing Libsyn podcasters. Its sole purpose is to introduce these awesome podcasts to the world as well as share their podcasting insight to empower the community!
Q & A with Jon Buscall from the Online Marketing & Communications Podcast
When did you start podcasting?
I put my first episode out in April 2010.
Why did you start podcasting?
I’d been listening to shows about marketing, which is the field I work in, by Mitch Joel, Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz.
I loved the way I felt connected to them through the sound of the ear buds in my ears.
It was like listening to a great conversation in my own little world.
So I quickly started investigating what was out there. Before I switched careers I worked as a university lecturer so I was used to doing a lot of presenting and training.
Starting a podcast about the work I was doing seemed like a great way to generate new leads, reach a new audience.
What’s your show about?
Digital marketing for small to medium sized businesses. The emphasis is on giving business owners an insight into what their marketing team could and should be doing.
Of course, it’s also targeted at solo entrepreneurs bootstrapping their marketing.
Shows are a combination of solo shows and interviews. I try to talk to people doing real world marketing and not the usual suspects that do the rounds.
I want to give listeners an insight into what people around the world are doing.
What’s your podcasting set-up? Hardware, software, CMS, etc.
I have a Heil PR 40 mic hooked up to a DBX 286 mic preamp processor, which in turn feeds into a Soundcraft EPM 8 mixer.
I bring in music and Skype interviews into the mixer through my iMac and record the show on a Zoom H4N.
I then edit the show in AdobeAudition.
How have you promoted your podcast?
My website jontusmedia.com is where I primarily promote my show.
I have a separate category for the show as I decided I didn’t want it to be separate from my business and put it on its own domain. So the show gets discovered by people coming through to the site.
I’m also active on Twitter and Facebook, which in turn brings in listeners.
What do you know now that you wish you knew when you started?
I wish I’d known how important a good mic-preamp is.
I added the DBX to my set-up about ten episodes ago and it’s beefed up the sound that bit extra.
I am quite an audio snob who wants great sound. The mic preamp really helped me get to where I want to be in terms of sound for the time being.
If you are a small business and want some insight into what your marketing team should be doing, then this podcast is a must listen! subscribe! Wanna connect with Jon? You can do so by following @jonbuscall
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There are dozens of ways to save energy in your home. If you’re serious about home energy efficiency, you can take steps to reduce consumption in every room of your house. Here are five easy and highly effective energy-saving tips to get you started.
Clean filters: Maintaining clean air filters in your furnace and air conditioning system can significantly reduce your heating and cooling costs. Dirty filters cost you more money by forcing your HVAC equipment to work harder. In most homes, filters should be changed at least every three months, with furnace filters needing more frequent changes in winter and air conditioners requiring new filters more often in summer.
Insulation: Insulation is your strongest defense against heat losses. Your entire home should be well insulated, and your attic is of particular importance. Because heat rises, this is the room that has the potential to lose the most heat in the winter. It’s also a good idea to make sure your heating and air conditioning ducts are sealed and insulated.
Preventative maintenance: Keeping up with preventative maintenance is essential to keep your heating and cooling appliances running efficiently and prevent serious problems from developing. You should have your furnace serviced in early fall before the heating season starts, and have your air conditioner serviced in the spring.
Programmable thermostat: Programmable thermostats save money by automatically adjusting your heating and cooling system’s output according to your needs. For example, during the winter, you could have your furnace set to heat your home in the morning and evening while reducing the temperature when you’re asleep and at work. Most programmable thermostats offer separate settings for weekends and weekdays, and some even allow a different schedule for each day of the week.
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As many of you read in this space on Monday, the NFL is granting one-day admission to the combine at Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday to 250 lucky fans.
Contestants had to submit a photo and a short essay on why they should be chosen.
Now comes word from NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy that those winning fans are being informed of the good news. McCarthy says about 6,000 people applied.
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Jacob Appelbaum, a security researcher, Tor developer, and volunteer with Wikileaks, reported today on his Twitter feed that he was detained, searched, and questioned by US Customs and Border Patrol agents during preclearance on January 19, returning to the US from Toronto, Canada. The incident took place in Canada, with US agents.
If this post sounds familiar to you as a regular reader of Boing Boing, that is because it is the third such incident Appelbaum has been subjected to at the hands of federal agents: first, in mid-2010 at Newark airport, then the same thing yet again just this month in Seattle. On both January 2011 trips, he did not carry any electronics with him in anticipation of repeated detention, search, and interrogation.
Appelbaum is not accused of any crime. This is what being on a secret government watchlist looks like.
An archive of his tweeted account from today follows, beginning with this post.
• I made it home to Seattle and was detained yet again. This time on the Canada side and it was quite strange.
• This CBP encounter was different as nearly everyone involved was quite friendly all of the time. No good cop or bad cop games
• I was detained for around twenty minutes in total this time and very lightly searched. They didn't want to image my USB disk this time.
• They put me in an interrogation room with a large window. Ironically, it had a view of a computer screen with my file on it.
• This time there was no forensics person waiting - the people questioning me claimed this was just a secondary search for prohibited items.
• I think it's quite amusing that while they claimed it was merely for fruits and vegetables, they were making calls, searching the net, etc.
• CBP edits and reads your file while simultaneously using Internet Explorer to search the web while you're detained. That seems cybersecure!
• The Toronto, Canada pre-customs clearance CBP detainment was nicer than Seattle. Everything is still an improvement on my Newark experience.
• I was happy to see that because of pre-clearance, Canada is treated as a domestic flight and so I had no ICE handler at my arrival gate.
• When I requested to see my file, the CBP agent denied my request. He said something like: "People would know someone is looking for them..."
• I pointed out my obvious detention in a CBP interrogation room. He agreed that his reasoning did not apply as they already had me.
• This is political harassment without question.
• The main reason that these detentions are getting shorter is because I have learned how to streamline their searches at great personal cost.
• I'm looking forward to a time when I'm not on a secret watch, search, harass, detain, interrogate, delay, annoy and stress list.
Boing Boing editor/partner and tech culture journalist Xeni Jardin hosts and produces Boing Boing's in-flight TV channel on Virgin America airlines (#10 on the dial), and writes about living with breast cancer. Diagnosed in 2011. @xeni on Twitter. email: firstname.lastname@example.org. | <urn:uuid:12005b62-2ece-4ebc-a9e7-46857095b789> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/wikileaks-volunteer-2.html | 2013-06-19T06:09:15Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.98142 | 664 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Review - Falling
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by Michael Dale
When 18-year-old Josh pulls the string hanging from a box propped up on a shelf in his family’s living room, he gets showered with dozens of soft white feathers. The mile-wide smile and limitlessly joyful expression on his face, and the happy tingle you can imagine must be tickling his body all over, tells you that playing with this homemade toy is something he does frequently to bring him comfort and momentary, completely innocent happiness.
And when Josh nearly chokes the life out of his mother, easily lifting her from the ground in his powerful arms and effortlessly dragging her across the room, it’s also something he has done before, though not as frequently. The frightened expression on his face tells you he is defending himself against something he can’t comprehend, but as soon as he can be distracted with a puzzle or his beloved marbles, all fear is gone and his attention is focused on a new activity while his mother tries regaining her breath and puts her hands on the places where the new bruises will show up.
Josh is autistic and while his degree of autism may differ from that of others, playwright Deanna Jent has based her beautiful, heartbreaking, complex and desperately hopeful drama, Falling, on her experiences with her own autistic son.
Daniel Everidge, the actor who gives an outstanding performance as Josh, balancing the character’s pathos and unintentional menace, is an imposingly large and tall man who scoots about with a stiffened upper body and blurts out responses to questions in short sentences. He can seem like a gentle angel when relaxed on the sofa watching his Jungle Book DVD until he starts masturbating to it. Common noises like the blender running or a dog barking outside scare him into a panic and throughout the evening Everidge realistically keeps the audience braced for any unexpected reaction.
Jent says that Falling is abouT Loving someone who is difficult to love. Bearing the brunt of that difficulty is Josh’s mother Tami, rivetingly played by Julia Murney with a desperately weary cheerfulness. Murney has made a career of giving excellent acting performances in musicals and while Falling doesn’t require her to sing, what makes her characterization so tragic is that Tami is continually required to give a performance for her son; making a happy game out of each everyday situation in order to keep Josh under control and quickly improvising to counter any resistance without scaring him into violent outbursts.
In many ways, Tami reacts like a victim of domestic abuse; turning to alcohol for quick comfort and being the first to defend her attacker when others fear for her safety. Her obligation to love and protect her son outweighs any concern for herself and she rejects any intimacy with her husband, Bill (Daniel Pearce), who has also learned the routines of entertaining Josh in order to get through the day. Their teenage daughter, Lisa (Jacey Powers), has given up trying to deal with her brother, afraid of his strength and resentful for being deprived of a normal childhood.
There’s no plot in Falling; just a finely detailed portrait of this family’s life played in ninety thoroughly intriguing, sometimes shocking, minutes. What stands out about director Lori Adams’ subtle production is how the family members see the intricate system of code words and distractions they’ve developed to help handle Josh as just a normal part of everyday living. They’ve been at this for so long that, instead of immediacy, we get the emotionless daily routine. This is especially apparent after Bill manages to pacify his son and diffuse an attack on Tami. It may seem like he doesn’t do enough to comfort her once the immediate threat is calmed, but most likely this has happened enough times that she has made it clear to him what she needs when this happens.
The play is set on a day when Bill’s mother, Grammy Sue (Celia Howard), comes for one of her infrequent visits. Never having seen the fully-grown Josh in action, the character becomes the audience’s eyes and ears, taking in the experience for the first time and becoming a sounding board for Tami, Bill and Lisa to talk about home life issues and express their feelings. Eventually, the playwright introduces a situation that allows them to think of how much happier they would be if Josh was no longer there; a thought that’s painful to consider, but understandable nevertheless.
Grammy Sue is established as someone who believes that prayer and the church can solve any problem, but Howard does a fine job in showing her gradual understanding of the situation’s complexities. Pearce's Bill is determined to be a good father and husband, despite the fact that he receives little joy from family life and although Lisa has detached herself from any relationship with her brother, Powers keeps the character sympathetic as she yearns for a reasonable amount of parental attention.
With two memorable central performances, a very strong supporting cast and a script that earns every tear it jerks from you, Falling is one of the finest theatrical productions currently offered in New York. | <urn:uuid:338d47d4-b868-43ba-b862-a869675c4069> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://broadwayworld.com/printcolumn.php?id=418056 | 2013-06-19T14:37:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976247 | 1,063 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Ticket #7071 (closed bug: fixed)
Accessing the 'type' property on VML elements fails on IE
|Reported by:||john.firebaugh||Owned by:|
Accessing certain properties on VML elements produces an error "Failed" with no other diagnostic information. After this error, the state of the browser is permanently affected until browser restart; many common properties produce the same "Failed" error.
The code for normalizing submit event bubbling triggers this condition if the form contains VML elements.
- Test case: http://gist.github.com/582889
- Upstream bug report: https://connect.microsoft.com/IE/feedback/details/581183/
- Pull request: http://github.com/jquery/jquery/pull/13
- Priority changed from undecided to high
- Status changed from new to open
- Component changed from unfiled to event
comment:19 Changed 2 years ago by John Firebaugh
- Status changed from open to closed
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By Patrick B. McGuigan
State Rep. John Wright, a Broken Arrow Republican, will leave the Legislature early next year, having completed the 12-year legislative limit. He is running for the GOP’s nomination for lieutenant governor.
In an interview with CapitolBeatOK, Wright reflected on the difficulties of these past few months in the Legislature: “If you have the opportunity to serve long enough, you’ll see some difficult years. You learn a lot from that, and you learn about the different tools, the fixes, the methods for moving funds around, refinancing through bonds and so forth.
“We are fortunate to have an Oklahoma constitutional provision that limits us to spending 95% of the money that is actually collected in revenues. That allows some margin of safety, and it is a great restraint on us in a year like this.”
Rep. Wright is chairman of the Administrative Rules and Agency Oversight Committee, and serves on the Human Services budget subcommittee. He is also House Republican Caucus Chairman, and narrates recent experiences this way: “I serve on the Human Services budget subcommittee. The fact that so much of our DHS money is tied in with a federal match makes it difficult to make cuts that we perhaps have to make to make the budget correct. One of the things I’ve learned is that every legislative proposal, every existing program, ‘belongs’ to someone.”
In the Legislature, he has found the work gratifying: “Contributing to public policy has been very rewarding, and the actions of building up good public policy, to sustain or make it better. It’s surprising the kinds of things you encounter. Once there was an issue where I was the only dissenting vote, and later the governor (Brad Henry) actually agreed with me on it, and he vetoed that bill. I have only had one vote but I have tried to exercise it wisely.”
Wright says, “I often reference the trip to Russia I took several years ago, and what I learned on it. By talking with young people there I learned they had many of the same dreams and hopes as our young people. Their governing structure, however, was the primary difference between them and us. We have had ways to advance good ideas and to support liberty. They had not had that opportunity.
“My experiences have been rewarding, and I have found that my conservative voting score and philosophy, which I’ve retained, still lead me to support the free market, personal responsibility, and the fruits of liberty.”
On the frustrating side of his experiences, Wright said, “That’s actually a little harder to answer. I’ve been on both sides of the legislative process. If you think of the Legislature as a ‘dollar bill’, each of us when we come have one penny – and actually there are 101 pennies. It’s natural to get frustrated, discouraged even, when you can see what’s needed, what would work best in a situation, but you have a frustrating time in getting them, your colleagues, to understand. …
“The most frustrating thing might be that just as I feel I’ve become truly effective it is time for me to leave and I’ll have to pass the baton. … It takes awhile to become effective here in the Capitol. I must say that I think the states that put in six-year limits went too short in the terms. In Oklahoma, at 12 years, it might be just about right.”
Turning to his new campaign, which some consider a long-shot effort to gain the nomination over state Senate Majority Leader Todd Lamb of Edmond, Wright observes, “Despite the limits on my time I have been in about one-third of the counties for speeches and Republican events. I have spoken often to Republican women’s groups and to some of the Tea Party events. I have encountered a good reception as I present ideas and make myself available to answer questions.
“The way I look at it, the job of state representative is one that requires the equivalent of 1,000 job interviews. The job I am seeking, lieutenant governor, is one
Where you multiply that by at least 100 times. That’s just the encounters in speeches and so forth, it’s much higher for the number of voters I am seeking. I have a history of service, some pretty well-known conservative goals, and a known and generally understood point of view.
“I expect and understand this process is part of how our system should work. I must say that you gain such unique insight about what’s worked and what has not worked. It has been rewarding to have a positive impact on lives, on individuals. That impact is not always in passing a law with your name on it, it’s sometimes in the back and forth of discussion. You learn that even someone you disagree with deserves some benefit of the doubt. If you work and are attentive, you have an ability to impact someone else’s understanding. It’s very rewarding, truthfully.”
Turning specifically to the state’s #2 job, he comments, “The lieutenant governor’s office is unique in many ways. You must be prepared to become governor if that becomes necessary. But I look at it as a very good and useful job in and of itself.
“A lieutenant governor speaks almost on a daily basis to groups of Oklahomans. I believe an important part of the job, perhaps the main responsibility, is to inspire and motivate Oklahomans. Your job is to advance the state, to improve the economy, so that Oklahomans can pursue their own dreams and objectives.
“I am one of those who don’t believe the best way to pursue that objective is through a lot of government action. One issue that I think bears this out is the area of economic development (ED), as defined through government action to encourage economic development.
“I have not always been successful in predicting, in advance, what ED programs would work. In those programs that have been successful in priming the pump there is still a key philosophical issue about whether or not it is appropriate to do anything that puts government officeholders or mechanisms of government in the position of picking winners and losers in the economy. There is a danger some people in business will begin to seek success in he business of ‘working’ NE 23rd and Lincoln, rather than working in the free market.”
CapitolBeatOK asked, “Why you and not the other Republican?” He thought for a moment and commented this way: “That is a great question. There is just the two of us. Senator Lamb has a great record of public service. However, politically I’m recognized as the more conservative of the two.
“Some of that might be indicated in our education. I don’t emanate from the law. Rather my background has been in marketing. In that sense I’m actually, perfectly situated for this job. My marketing experience is, I believe, a good fit with the expectations and duties of this job. I’ve traveled throughout the state and already know the state, from Guymon to Idabel. I don’t have to, and won’t have to, spend time getting to know the state. … I’ve demonstrated my sincerity in the service I’ve given. Right now I’m approaching 800 legislative days of service, total.”
Some of his views are traditional: “Tourism is an important job for our lieutenant governors in Oklahoma. George Nigh did an excellent job in this area and I would frankly expect to follow that model.
“I would encourage people to pursue higher education, for personal and professional development. I would focus on encouraging individuals to pursue their own dreams, to make their lives better for their own reasons.
“I often use the example of work done on the Capitol Building dome. That framework and plan was there, but no one had finished the job until we finished it a few years ago. That’s how it might be viewed, as well, in terms of the hopes and dreams of individuals. The framework is there but the structure has to be built and fashioned.
“The transportation infrastructure is another area where our lieutenant governor can have an impact. Where a lieutenant governor puts his or her attention and interest means a lot. Work to improve the infrastructure on which Oklahoma competes is a worthy endeavor.
“The fourth area is important to me, and that is I believe the lieutenant governor can have a positive and important role in recognizing, honoring, esteeming and upholding what traditional marriage means to the state. I’ve offered legislation in this area, to defense the traditional family unit, and expect that would remain an important part of my work as lieutenant governor.”
Rep. Wright concluded, “I don’t to intend to go out and diminish or denigrate Sen. Lamb in the campaign for the lieutenant governor’s office. We bring something different to the table in this race. If he should not prevail, I know he will continue to serve well. In fact, I would say he would be better position to influence state politics in the right direction if he would stay right here where he is in the Senate.”
The winner in the joust between Rep. Wright and Sen. Lamb will likely face Senator Kenneth Corn of Poteau, a Democrat, in the November election. | <urn:uuid:0784eee0-3133-4e60-979d-2c48b0b7189a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://capitolbeatok.playintraffik.com/reports/wright-stresses-conservative-views-experience-in-lieutenant-governor-s-race | 2013-06-19T06:02:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974704 | 1,998 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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As usual, I swung by the doctor's lounge for some morning nourishment, namely a Diet Coke and miscellaneous baked good.
In the tray of muffins, I encountered this:
What is it you ask? Well, let's unwrap it:
Yes, folks, it's a banana-nut muffin that one of my esteemed colleagues gnawed/cut/pulled the top off THEN WRAPPED BACK UP AND RETURNED TO THE TRAY!!!
I decided to just have a bagel. | <urn:uuid:cfde8301-131b-437e-bcbb-99b6eec812c2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://drgrumpyinthehouse.blogspot.com/2011/04/doctors-behaving-badly.html?showComment=1301921339712 | 2013-06-19T14:19:15Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.895759 | 107 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Somehow now that I live in Ohio, everything seems expensive when traveling to the east or to the west coast in the US. And California is NO exception! Here are a few things on saving money in San Francisco, Sonoma and Napa Valley:
1. I’ll say it again and again, we set a budget by day and tried to stick to it.
2. Buy your snacks at a grocery store or market in San Francisco. SF has great markets throughout the city so ask where you are staying to find the nearest place.
3. Don’t rent a car for SF… there is plenty of public transportation (BART is the commuter train) from the airport to your hotel and getting around the city.
4. If you are touring around by trolley in SF and for several days, I recommend buying the Muni & Cable Car 7 Day Passport. This can be purchased through citypass.com and offers discounts to some of the local attractions. Note that kids 4 and under ride FREE!
5. When you do need that rental car, it’s usually cheaper to rent a car from the airport than from one in the city, and then you can return it more easily when you are flying out (and usually it’s cheaper to rent and return at the same place).
6. If we are traveling without the kids, we tend to have a big breakfast and skip lunch as it’s one less meal we have to worry about (and usually our hotel provides the breakfast). With the kids, we make sure to order one meal per two adults as portions are big in the US, even in Cali. And although I hate to admit it, we take some of the fruit from breakfast for our snacks!
7. Stop at Target on the way into Napa Valley! My cousin told me about this and so we bought snacks and water for the car on the way out so we would have food between our taste testing.
8. Use the Foursquare app on your smartphone if you have one. Many times if you “check in” on this app when you arrive, there is a Buy One Get One Free offer for some of the wineries.
9. Other times we bought only one tasting and split it. One of us did have to drive! | <urn:uuid:d5d1d6ec-fe95-41d1-904c-79f621de0489> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://easytravelmom.com/saving-in-sf-wine-country/ | 2013-06-19T06:09:16Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961306 | 479 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Ocean acidification may contribute to global shellfish decline
Relatively minor increases in ocean acidity brought about by high levels of carbon dioxide have significant detrimental effects on the growth, development, and survival of hard clams, bay scallops, and Eastern oysters, according to researchers at Stony Brook University's School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences. In one of the first studies looking at the effect of ocean acidification on shellfish, Stephanie Talmage, PhD candidate, and Professor Chris Gobler showed that the larval stages of these shellfish species are extremely sensitive to enhanced levels of carbon dioxide in seawater. Their work will be published in the November issue of the journal Limnology and Oceanography and is now online at http://www.aslo.org/lo/toc/vol_54/issue_6/index.html. "In recent decades, we have seen our oceans threatened by overfishing, harmful algal blooms, and warming. Our findings suggest ocean acidification poses an equally serious risk to our ocean resources," said Gobler.
During the past century the oceans absorbed nearly half of atmospheric carbon dioxide derived from human activities such as burning fossil fuels. As the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide it becomes more acidic and has a lower concentration of carbonate, which shell-making organisms use to produce their calcium carbonate structures, such as the shells of shellfish.
In lab experiments, Talmage and Gobler examined the growth and survivorship of larvae from three species of commercially and ecologically valuable shellfish. They raised the larvae in containers bubbled with different levels of carbon dioxide in the range of concentrations that are projected to occur in the oceans during the 21st century and beyond.
Under carbon dioxide concentrations estimated to occur later this century, clam and scallop larvae showed a more than 50% decline in survival. These larvae were also smaller and took longer to develop into the juvenile stage. Oysters also grew more slowly at this level of carbon dioxide, but their survival was only diminished at carbon dioxide levels expected next century.
"The longer time spent in the larval stage is frightening on several levels," said Talmage. "Shellfish larvae are free swimming. The more time they spend in the water column, the greater their risk of being eaten by a predator. A small change in the timing of the larval development could have a large effect on the number of larvae that survive to the juvenile stage and could dramatically alter the composition of the entire population."
Although levels of carbon dioxide in marine environments will continue to rise during this century, organisms in some coastal zones are already exposed to high levels of carbon dioxide due to high levels of productivity and carbon input from sources on land.
"This could be an additional reason we see declines in local stocks of shellfish throughout history," said Talmage. "We've blamed shellfish declines on brown tide, overfishing, and local low-oxygen events. However it's likely that ocean acidification also contributes to shellfish declines."
Talmage and Gobler hope their work might help improve the success rate of shellfish restoration projects.
"On Long Island there are many aquaculturists who restock local waters by growing shellfish indoors at the youngest stages and then release them in local estuaries," said Talmage. "We might be able to advise them on ideal carbon dioxide conditions for growth while larvae are in their facilities, and offer suggestions on release times so that conditions in the local marine environment provide the young shellfish the best shot at survival."
Source: Stony Brook University
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Speaker docks aren't hard to find these days, but once in awhile you're introduced to something so utterly ridiculous and incredibly awesome at the same time you have no other choice but to share it with whoever you can. The iNuke Boom is one of those things.
If you look at the photo above close enough you may notice a little speck on top of what appears to be a giant black box. If you guessed that little speck was an iPhone, you're right, and you have much better eyes than mine. That's right the iNuke Boom is an iPhone / iPod dock that measures an impressive 8-feet wide by 4-feet tall and weighs 700-pounds.
Behringer created this behemoth to celebrate the launch of their new consumer audio sub-brand, Eurosound, and size isn't the only thing this bad-ass dock has going for it. According to the press release it will crank out 10,000 watts of ear-bursting power.
Behringer plans on unveiling the $30,000 iNuke Boom at CES 2012, along with their other upcoming (hopefully more practical) Eurosound products. Thankfully, MTV Geek will have team at the show so we'll be sure to bring you all the details in January. | <urn:uuid:80124eee-05dd-4202-86d0-3a85bcea25a3> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://geek-news.mtv.com/2011/12/12/inuke-boom-the-only-ipod-dock-that-weighs-700-pounds/ | 2013-06-19T14:32:45Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961945 | 262 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
You wear a Saints jersey and a Saints cap. You have an official Saints license plate. You love all things Saints. Shouldn’t you have the Official Saints VISA Debit Card? All you have to do is open your personal or business Hancock checking account and request our great Saints VISA Debit Cards, and everyone will know you’re a true believer. Open your checking account at any Hancock branch and become a card-carrying Saints fan today.
Visit a branch to learn more. | <urn:uuid:a5c8cba5-6612-43e3-b258-af1339576edc> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://hancockbank.com/small-business/sb-hancock-saints-card.asp | 2013-06-19T14:20:38Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.891751 | 104 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Missions4Him was founded in December of 2005 with the sole desire to live out the Great Commission as seen in Matt 28:19 by reaching out to the homeless and less fortunate of Pomona and surrounding cities with the hope and plan of Jesus Christ,
Mission4Him is a nondenominational Para Church ministry that welcome others with a desire to make Christ the center of their ministries and service
It is our desire to provide the Body of Christ with teaching and a variety of opportunities to serve and experience God as we reach the world around us, locally, nationally and Internationally through Radio, Bible teaching, discipleship, fellowship & service
Testimonies from Night Strike 2012 streets of Pomona
Mission4Him includes opportunities to serve on the streets of Pomona reaching the less fortunate and homeless of this great city.
19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen. | <urn:uuid:61776f13-5f74-4c07-85ac-65f6cdf33859> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://mission4him.org/ | 2013-06-19T06:02:50Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954005 | 236 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Swimming Tips For Special Needs Children
by Raphael James
While covering “Surfers Healing” at Folly Beach, SC, I had an opportunity to talk with one of the sponsors of the event. Tara Girch, of MarTar Swimming Schools has made it her mission to make water safety a priority for special needs families.
She and her husband formed an organization called The Lucky Duck foundation, Inc that provides scholarships for families of children with special needs for quality swim instruction and other therapeutic services they may need.
In this brief interview she shares some insights on how to make swimming fun for kids with sensory issues.
I tried Tara’s advice! Read more here to find out how I wound up playing “Marco Polo” in a kiddie-sized pool. | <urn:uuid:9cd56f57-ab82-43db-83cc-faf25e7fc9de> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://onaisle9.wordpress.com/2011/09/09/swimming-tips-for-special-needs-children/ | 2013-06-19T14:39:44Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96658 | 163 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Tempe >Food & Dining > Y C's Mongolian Grill
Best Food in Town.
Whenever it’s my birthday and my parents ask me “where would you like to eat?” all I can ever think of is Mongolian BBQ. There are many places that serve similar food to this but its not as delicious or fun. It HAS to be YC’s Mongolian BBQ they’re the only one’s who can do it right.
When you walk in you are greeted by one of the workers who will take your money soon enough. During lunch they have kids bowls only available to ten years old maximum, small bowls, which in reality aren’t very small if you stuff it right, and lastly a large bowl, which is indeed very large. The smalls are about $8.50 and the larges are $9.00.
Even though its quite expensive for a bowl you get your money back quickly with how much food you get. Doggie backs are 50 cents and usually hold what you would probably have left over.
Once you have a bowl and a tray you make your way to the meat, its set up in the way of a cafeteria from elementary school with options to go on either side. You have the choice of chicken, beef, pork, turkey, and at specific locations they serve fish at night. After you grab a large amount of meat, you then have to push it down into the bowl to compact it and make it much smaller so you then have the ability to put more meat in. Once you have enough meat you then move to vegetables they have all sorts like carrots, broccoli, green onion and peanuts, there are also two types of noodles rice and wheat. After you’ve filled your bowl with all the magic you want now its time for the flavor. They have sauces that range from their own house sauce, YC’s own, garlic, sweet and sour, cooking wine. They have boards above head instructed to tell you what to put in your bowl, but you can also be as creative as you want, it may not be the most appetizing. Once you have all the sauce ready you then work your way to the cooking area. Depending on what location you’re going to there is usually more than one person working on the grills, which are large, heated circles. For about thirty-to-sixty seconds they walk around in a circle cooking your food. Once finished they then give you a new bowl and tray to keep everything nice and clean which is a nice touch. You then have a choice of getting brown or white rice, chips and a drink
The best thing to get when you arrive there is their signature Teriyaki, I of course make it with chicken and put little to no veggies in, I’ve never liked them, but I love the wheat noodles. As soon as I get my food its right to the white rice and chips to top off the wonderful plate. I start with the rice because my meal is so hot until I drench it with soy sauce. Once it has cooled I dig in with my chips to soak up the sauce and eat the delicious and perfectly seasoned chicken. I have never finished a bowl but it makes a good two or three more meals.
Overall I love this restaurant and I love how hands on and clean and genuinely nice it is. If you don’t go here, I will go for you, if you pay of course. Enjoy!
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Happy 2006 everyone! Here's what occupied my time during our 6 hour delay at Union Station Los Angeles. Here's another link, discovered on Drawn! a week later, that I found highly amusing.
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Sir Chris Hoy, a champion cyclist, backs a website to stop potholes. No word on how a URL will actually fill a pothole. Virtually?
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Mission Type: Orbiter
Launch Vehicle: Titan IIIE-Centaur (TC-5 / Titan no. E-5 / Centaur D-IT)
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral, USA, launch complex 41
Spacecraft Mass: 370 kg
Spacecraft Instruments: 1) plasma detector; 2) two fluxgate magnetometers; 3) plasma and radio wave experiment; 4) cosmic-ray detectors; 5) electron detector; 6) zodiacal light photometer; 7) micrometeoroid analyzer; 8) celestial mechanics experiment
Total Cost: $260 million (of which Germany paid $180 million)
Deep Space Chronicle: A Chronology of Deep Space and Planetary Probes 1958-2000, Monographs in Aerospace History No. 24, by Asif A. Siddiqi
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Solar System Log by Andrew Wilson, published 1987 by Jane's Publishing Co. Ltd.
Helios 1 was a joint German-American deep-space mission to study the main solar processes and solar-terrestrial relationships. Specifically, the spacecraft's instruments were designed to investigate phenomena such as solar wind, magnetic and electric fields, cosmic rays, and cosmic dust in regions between Earth's orbit and approximately 0.3 AU from the Sun.
It was the largest bilateral project to date for NASA, with the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, aka West Germany) paying about $180 million of the total $260 million cost. The FRG provided the spacecraft and NASA the launch vehicles. Experiments were provided by scientists from both FRG and the U.S.
After a successful launch, Helios 1 passed within 47 million kilometers of the Sun at a speed of 238,000 km per hour on 15 March 1975, the closest any human-made object had been to our nearest star. During its mission, the spacecraft spun once every second to evenly distribute the heat coming from the Sun, 90 percent of which was reflected by optical surface mirrors. Its data indicated the presence of 15 times more micrometeorites close to the Sun than there are near Earth.
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The Book Deal blog has a great post about how to time your book’s launch. Apparently agents and publishers love books that can be tied into annual events and anniversaries. It doesn’t take a genius to guess that Christmas is a huge book publishing tie in but there are other lesser known events that writer’s need to know about. Read the post and make note of the bonus “Tie-ins by the month” at the end. Do you have an idea for a book that ties in with an annual event? Use the comment function and let us know!
If you’ve ever wondered whether or not it’s worth your time writing and publishing a book to build your personal brand, you’ll like Mitchell Levy’s “42 Rules for Driving Success with Books”. Read this review with a mind map on Mitchell Levy’s “42 Rules for Driving Success with Books”.
Author Nathan Bransford gives us a wickedly funny take on publishing a book in his post “The Publishing Process in GIF Form“. Although his take on the usual process is dead on, it doesn’t have to be like this. If you work with new publishers like 42Rules, you don’t have to go through the traditional process that can take years to get your book to market.
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Joel Friedlander of The Book Designer blog has an insightful and honest article that discusses the inherent flaws a self published book might have if an experienced editor was not used. Joel was a judge of the annual BAIPA Book Awards and shares some questions posed by an author who received some criticism of her book. You can read the answers Joel provided but I think the point of the post is that even a self published author needs an experienced editor who understands formatting and publishing conventions. If you want a book that gets read you need help and there are plenty of experienced independent editors who can help you.
Thanks to Kindle and other e-readers Indie writers are finally getting the attention they deserve. Hot off the presses the “50 Shades of Grey” self published Kindle bestseller trilogy is now in paperback at your local Target and Walmart and the movie rights have already been sold. The blog “Self-Publishing Success Stories” has compiled a list of more than 170 authors who have sold more than 50,000 self-published ebooks to date. These sales figures are meant to inspire other authors but the real message is that traditional publishing houses have become dinosaurs. Unable or unwilling to change with the times they are being left behind while self published authors sell more than many best sellers back in the day. To see who is selling what and how many visit Self-Publishing Success Stories.
If you need Amazon.com reviews and you want them to come with the “Amazon Verified Purchase” notation then you’ll need to send the review copies via Kindle. The Selling Books blog offers a description of how to do this AND includes a step-by-step video. This is great information, for free that you won’t find anywhere else. Click this link to read more.
The Book Deal blog has a great interview with Jackie Morse Kessler, the author of a four-book Young Adulst series with Houghton/Graphia: Hunger, Rage, Loss and the upcoming Breath. Ms. Kessler just finished a blog book tour and explains how it works and what the benefits are for authors. To read this insightful post at the Book Deal blog and let us know if you’ve ever participated in a book blog tour.
Your book readers are critical to your success as an author. So you better know them inside out or you are not going to be successful. I know this is a bold statement but it’s true!
As a publisher I always ask my potential authors if they know who will buy and read their book. Almost all of them say “I believe that everyone could enjoy reading my book.” Wrong! It would be lovely if everyone would buy and love your book but that doesn’t happen even for a bestselling author. People have very definitive tastes in book topics and writing styles. You can’t possibly appeal to all of them and it would be a waste of your time to try target the entire world.
Defining your target reader is the most important thing you can do before creating your marketing plan. It doesn’t matter if we’re talking about social media , PR or advertising – if you don’t know who your target reader is none of this stuff will be effective.
Do some research by looking at books similar to your own and check out the reviews. Start by identifying who your readers are by using standard demographics like:
- Marital Status
- Family Size
- Language Spoken
Once you come up with a profile of a target reader you will be able to use that information to find out where these people hang out and then take the steps to communicate with them. Without this information you’re really shooting in the dark!
Patricia Fry offers a frequently updated blog about publishing and writing that is a great resource for writers of all genres. You’ll find lots of great tips on how to sell more books. Take a look and let us know what you think!
No doubt about it… FaceBook is fun. You can find friends from high school, college, old employers… it’s great to see how people are doing. However, the biggest challenge authors have with FaceBook is where to draw the line between the personal and professional.
Branding yourself as an author versus your personal life can be confusing. FaceBook can help or hinder you in this area if you don’t use it appropriately. You can use Facebook Fan Pages to create a separate presence for your book AND to build an audience.
A Fan Page is a page that can be created just for your book. This was done to allow authors, businesses, bands, non-profits and others to have a place to gather. Individuals can become “Fans” of your page, which is completely separate from your personal profile. The benefit for us authors is that you can provide book related content to your fans without them seeing the picture of you sent your grandparents last Christmas.
Now you can begin telling people about your Fan Page and invite them to “become a fan”. You can advertise within FaceBook and target potential readers. On your Fan Page, you want to give folks things to do, learn, try all focusing on the topic of your book. Ask fans to leave comments and respond to comments when you have the time. You can use Social Oomph or Hootsuite to schedule content updates to your Fan Page for you! Use your Fan Page like a mini website to promote your book.
If you are a book agent or publisher you’ll want to register for the brand new newsletter from Random House. Random House says “Following positive feedback about our Author Newsletter, we are launching our Agent Newsletter edition this month, containing the same behind-the-scenes spotlights and information, and highlighting new features and content added to the Author Portal.” You can view the first newsletter here.
Nick Morgan contributor to Forbes has written an article about the not so fun roller coaster that is the world of publishing. You can read the entire article here.
Update your signature line in your business and personal email with your book title (even if the book is not finished). This idea sounds so simple, but I get hundreds of emails every day from authors who don’t add their book t their signature line. Think about how many emails you send every day. Your signature line is a valuable piece of email real estate that most people simply overlook. Yep, it’s simple and easy to do.
Don’t use your book picture in your signature. In some they come across as attachments and can’t be seen without opening the attachment which most people never do. Sometimes they show as broken links if someone has the html turned off in their e-mail settings. Either way, it doesn’t look pretty.
If you haven’t added your book title to your e-mail signature line do it now!
A great way to create a relationship and build trust with a potential reader is to give something to them for free. This could be an excerpt of your book, a free chapter, a tipsheet or checklist from the book, etc. In return you can ask them to give you their name and e-mail address so you can keep in touch.
Some of you may be unsure about this idea. You’re thinking “but why give it away when I can charge for it?” You can’t charge people for stuff if they don’t know you exist. People aren’t going to do business with someone if they have no idea who you are.
There are two things to remember when you give something away:
1. Make sure it has your name and contact information on it.
2. Make sure it has a real perceived to your clients.
In order for this strategy to be successful you need to make sure people know about it. Here are some promotional ideas to try:
1. Issue a press release using a free press release distribution site.
2. Announce it to all your social networks (FaceBook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc.).
3. You can put an announcement in your local Chamber of Commerce email distribution.
4. Send an email to all the Associations, Networking Groups, industry groups that you are a part of.
Amazon.com editors have picked the top 20 best books for 2012 (through June). You can read the list at Amazon.com. It’s interesting to note that the top ten books on the list are from traditional publishers. Amazon is also holding a sweepstakes: “Customers can also enter the Best Books of the Year So Far Sweepstakes on the Amazon.com Books Facebook page through July 23 for a chance to win one of 10 Kindle Fire devices, each accompanied by a $100 Amazon.com Gift Card. There is no purchase necessary to enter. Must be a legal resident of the 50 United States or D.C., 18 or over. Learn more [here] and enter for a chance to win.”
Most of us have a love/hate relationship with social media because we really don’t understand the how and why of using it. Social media isn’t for everyone. It can take some time to get started, but if your readers use social media, then you should too.
Social media marketing includes the top three social media sites LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter and blogs, podcasts, webcasts, teleseminars and video sharing sites like YouTube. Any place where people gather to talk and socialize is considered a social media site.
We can’t get into all the aspects of using social media to market your book here but you can check out the FREE webcasts I’ve created on the topic and there are quite a few. Click the link to visit 42Rules to check them out.
The New York Times book section is a great online resource for readers and authors. They cover book news, have book reviews, best seller lists, podcasts and more. If you love books as much as we do bookmark The New York Times Books.
Bondfire Books, a new e-publishing company, has been launched by Alive Communications, a Colorado Springs-based literary agency representing Christian and inspirational authors. The company will publish e-book exclusives by such bestselling authors as novelist Karen Kingsbury and Eugene Peterson, author and translator of The Message Bible. Read the rest of the press release at Publishers Weekly.
If you are an avid reader like all of us at 42Rules then take a look at the HuffPost Book Club. Started in December of 2011, the book club introduction says:
“Just like other book clubs, it’s a way for us to invite you to read books that you otherwise might not, and to be part of a larger community discussing their narratives and themes.
Unlike any other book club, we also want to hear about how your reading intersects with your experiences, your memories, your everyday life and with current events.”
If you’d like to join the club visit http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/book-club
Let’s face it. You need a Facebook Fan Page for your book and perhaps one for your company too. Some authors are promoting their books and keeping in touch with readers using their Fan Page and other authors let their page languish into oblivion. But you must have a Fan Page for your book. Your readers expect and your publisher may require it.
No matter how you use the page you must make a conscious effort not to break the rules created and put in place by Facebook for Fan Page administrators. There are many rules and you swore to uphold them when you signed on the dotted line before creating your Fan Page. Break even one of these rules and you can wave bye bye to your Fan Page and all of the fans you worked so hard to get.
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There is always a compromise between battery life, brightness, and weight in headlamps.
The Petzl e+ is no exception, but its set of compromises is really intriguing. It weighs only a shade under an ounce. The continuous burn time listed by Petzl is 45 hours, though they don't specify which brightness or color setting. So far mine shows no sign of dimming. I received this as a christmas present last year and was really surprised by it. Granted it's not really bright enough to hike a faint trail with, but it's plenty for around camp use and watching where you are stepping on a trail that is well raked.
I really like the mechanical switch. Soft touch push-button switches on electronics drive me crazy. However, do we really need all those strobe options? I guess it could come in handy, but for my uses, all I use is ON, OFF, DIM, and RED. At least with the mechanical switch, it's easy to skip past the unwanted functions.
The closest competition to this would be the Photon Freedom microlight, which weighs something crazy like a quarter of an ounce and has variable brightness settings. If you wear a hat, the Photon Freedom clips to the bill and becomes a headlamp. Really, they're both great, but I think the e+ is a little brighter and has a more focused "flood" of light, whereas the Photon Freedom is more diffuse, less bright. After all, the e+ does have three white LEDs instead of just one. | <urn:uuid:3e1459ad-3a5a-4005-b961-1d795abdc799> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/reviews/display_reviews.html?forum_thread_id=5032 | 2013-06-19T14:21:22Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97918 | 324 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Industry Nine Adds Carbon 29er & Stan’s 650B Mountain Bike Wheels, XX1 Freehub Bodies
Industry Nine has finally added some carbon fiber rimmed wheelset options for 29ers.
Long ago, they showed prototypes using ENVE rims, but for various reasons, they never went into production. Now, Reynolds has provided them with custom drilled carbon fiber rims that weigh in at just 430g each. Coupled with I9′s fat alloy spokes and house-made hubs (check our factory tour here!), they weigh in at 1640g. Reynolds is their partner on the road wheels and has been for a while, so this drilling is a custom 32-hole drilling but uses a standard 4mm spoke hole.
Rims are tubeless ready. Inner width is 21mm, depth is 28mm, just like the regular Reynolds mountain bike wheels. Because the ERD is so deep, they’re using the shortest 29er spokes I9 has ever done. That, along with the inherently stiffer carbon rims, should make for a solid yet light wheelset.
Retail for the set is $2,500 for the base color options, custom colors are more. Available now.
In other news, they’re now offering 650B/27.5″ wheels built on Stan’s NoTubes Crest rims, and all wheels will now have the option of running SRAM’s XX1…
The Driver Body is $100 for driver body with internal bearings. If you want to freshen up the pawls, springs and small parts, it’s a $200 kit, but it’s not necessary to fit the XX1 freehub to the hub. Available now, and it’s a direct replacement for the standard freehub body on any of their mountain bike wheels from as far back as they’ve made them!
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Reed Evans; Ricardo García Guerra; Myriam Schaefer; Isabella Wagner , pp. 117. ING/School of Engineering, 2011.
Production and consumption of products contribute to the global sustainability challenge by degrading natural and social systems. This thesis focuses on branded products, which through powerful images and meanings symbolise the core business of a company and a platform of identification for its stakeholders. This study investigates the possibility to align a brand and its company with sustainability. With the help of a small branded design company in Berlin, which served as case study, a strategic management planning process was conducted and action research was used to be able to engage the participants in creating movement towards sustainability. The research shows that there are major internal and external barriers and motivations that can either hinder or inspire. The actions and approaches that were identified for a branded design company represent possible means to transform its business towards sustainability. Natural resources are decreasing relative to the growth in human population and affluence. This fuels the need to develop more sustainable products so that human needs and natural eco-systems can thrive. A branded design company has the ability to help lead society through innovating products, services, and activities towards a sustainable future. | <urn:uuid:523212c4-3e3e-4a63-9e28-da30a82420d4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.bth.se/fou/cuppsats.nsf/04c233cb0d90bad0c1256cec00325988/c7b895858fb9d82ac12578a90031cab6!OpenDocument | 2013-06-19T06:02:03Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957817 | 244 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Pompey expect Rocha stay
Portsmouth are hopeful defender Ricardo Rocha will extend his contract by another month.
The Portuguese centre-half's current short-term deal will expire this week but caretaker boss Guy Whittingham is confident he will not join the exodus which saw six players leave earlier this month.
"I am pretty sure Ric will be with us," Whittingham told The News.
"He knows we want him here and he knows the fans want him here, so we can be pretty sure he will be here.
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This one’s for the boys.
What: Pay it forward this Father’s Day by scoring Dad some made-for-him shades ($135-$145). For every pair purchased, the company gives medical treatment, prescription glasses, or sight-saving surgery to someone in need.
Why: Wayfarer, aviator, and ’70s-era styles; multiple frame colors; and a virtual try-on ensure the perfect pairing.
Where: Online at toms.com.
Wood Thumb Neckwear
What: Let him embrace the planking craze safely and fashionably with a reclaimed wooden tie ($34) that appears stiff as a board but is actually lightweight and flexible.
Why: Fabric is for girls. Real men wear trees.
Where: Online at woodthumb.com.
The Hungover Cookbook
What: Know a cool pop who still likes to get his swerve on? Get him into the kitchen (where he belongs) to whip up the tome’s ($8) recipes that embrace the after-booze blues.
Why: Use tests to diagnose just how bad the sitch is; remedy with a dish (peanut butter, bacon, and banana sandwich; spicy sausage and bean casserole) that will right all his wrongs.
Where: Online at amazon.com.
Trunk Club Men’s Fashions
What: Not all dads are created fashionable. Set up a profile to determine his needs and preferences, receive a selection of outfits chosen especially for him, and return anything unwanted. Bonus: free shipping both ways.
Why: A treasure trove (sportswear, casual, and office attire) for shop-o-phobics.
Where: Online at trunkclub.com.
Beekman 1802’s Cajeta Caramel
What: Add spice to his life with an all-natural concoction ($12) made from goat’s milk. It starts sweetly and ends with a bang, thanks to habanero infusion.
Why: A fruit, cheese, and nut platter garnished with the gooey stuff will add kick to his day.
Where: Online at beekman1802.com.
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Debian Security Advisory
DSA-2207-1 tomcat5.5 -- several vulnerabilities
- Date Reported:
- 30 Mar 2011
- Affected Packages:
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-5515, CVE-2009-0033, CVE-2009-0580, CVE-2009-0781, CVE-2009-0783, CVE-2009-2693, CVE-2009-2902, CVE-2010-1157, CVE-2010-2227.
- More information:
Various vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Tomcat Servlet and JSP engine, resulting in denial of service, cross-site scripting, information disclosure and WAR file traversal. Further details on the individual security issues can be found on the Apache Tomcat 5 vulnerabilities page.
For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 5.5.26-5lenny2.
The stable distribution (squeeze) no longer contains tomcat5.5. tomcat6 is already fixed.
The unstable distribution (sid) no longer contains tomcat5.5. tomcat6 is already fixed.
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Hideo Kojima has confirmed Metal Gear Solid 5, finally saying what everybody expects him to say every time he's interviewed. So far, there is no information on the game itself outside of the fact that it'll run on the FOX engine, and that any FOX engine details shown so far have nothing to do with this sequel.
"About Metal Gear Solid 5, I can tell you two things. There will be more infiltration, espionage, and convincing people to do you 'a favor' like in the last Metal Gear Solid," he told IG Magazine. "I liked the idea of social interactions in Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
"Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance never pretended to be Metal Gear Solid. It's not a game about our beloved Solid Snake. It's a spin-off that tries something different. We haven't seen the last of Solid Snake, despite the fact that I wanted to let him die at the end of Guns of the Patriots."
Beyond that, Kojima could say nothing. Time to SPECULATE LIKE CRAZY! CONVERSATION TREES! SOLID SNAKE! LA LI LU LA LI LA LO LU LE LI LO LA LO!
Hideo Kojima Confirms Metal Gear Solid 5 [The Escapist]
Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima has announced that Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance will be ported to PC, something many of us desperately wanted but didn't realistically expect to happen given developer Platinum Games' history...more
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance's Jetstream DLC was a bit of a disappointment. It consisted of mostly re-used environments, similar play mechanics, and didn't really have any bearing on the core plot nor did it enhan...more
Bad news everyone -- due to the recent Zone of the Enders HD patch, it seems as if all production on the next Zone of the Enders game has halted, as the entire team has been dismantled as he "re-evaluates" the franchise -- wh...more | <urn:uuid:55c47834-378f-4dcc-bc23-1dee6e8ad524> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.destructoid.com/kojima-confirms-metal-gear-solid-5-229866.phtml?s=50 | 2013-06-19T14:39:25Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950738 | 409 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Love the dots, circles and flowers decal? Personalize it with this design. Instant fun for any room. The name is "peeled out" meaning it will show the wall color behind the design. Design will come separated by color. You can arrange them any way you like. Small: 40 shapes ranging from 1" to 15", the dot with the name measures 15", Medium: 40 shapes ranging from 2" to 22", the dot with the name measures 22", Large: 40 shapes ranging from 2.5" to 28", the dot with the name measures 28". We recommend that you request a proof in order to review the design and request changes before it ships to you. Color samples are available upon request (please call).
Alphabet Garden Designs wall decals are customized to your color and size preferences
We use the highest quality thin non-toxic, lead free and VOC free materials with a low tack adhesive
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Chaps in silver from R13. This skinny jean features a five pocket design, a zip fly with a button closure, belt loops, and tonal stitching throughout. Has a coated silver upper with black leather chaps detail.
Composition: Leather 100%, Composition: Cotton 98%, Composition: Spandex/Elastane 2%
WASHING INSTRUCTIONS : Dry Clean OnlyBrand Style ID : R1R13WM00414SLVR CHAPS IN SILVER JEAN
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Henry Tham Chinese Restaurant
Henry Tham operates under a Zen philosophy: simple décor, authentic food, and great music. The restaurant specializes in modern Chinese cuisine and Asian-inspired cocktails (the national award-winning bartending includes a vodka drink using sugar, basil, and orange juice). Bollywood stars like Jackie Shroff have been spotted here sipping sugarcane Cosmos. Go Thursday evenings for the all-new World Music Night, where you can hear everything from Yemenite chants to African techno. | <urn:uuid:fd9eac6d-9256-4eba-883b-cf1e716a8280> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.foodandwine.com/restaurants/henry-tham-chinese-restaurant | 2013-06-19T14:34:01Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.857358 | 103 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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Signatures of resonant and non-resonant scattering mechanisms on radar images of internal waves
Authors: Churyumov A.N.; Kravtsov Y.A.; Lavrova O.Y.; Litovchenko K.T.; Mityagina M.I.; Sabinin K.D.
Source: International Journal of Remote Sensing, Volume 23, Number 20, 2002 , pp. 4341-4355(15)
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd
Abstract:The results of two polarization airborne radar imagery tests of the ocean surface obtained during the JUSREX'92 experiment are presented. It is shown that the traditional composite surface model with small-scale 'Bragg' waves superposed over larger gravity waves can not explain either the contrasts of internal wave surface manifestations in conditions of a stable atmospheric boundary layer at low grazing angles (LGA), or the apparent difference between the images obtained at different polarizations in unstable atmospheric conditions. We attribute this discrepancy to the presence of mesoscale steep waves, which produce non-resonant scattering and make different relative contributions to the total cross sections for the two polarizations. The possibility of distinguishing between surface manifestations of atmospheric and oceanic origin is also discussed.
Document Type: Research article
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June 25, 2012
Tutu reaches out to Jewish journalist upset with Israel over migrants
Archbishop Desmond Tutu responded to the outrage of a Jewish journalist in Cape Town over Israel’s policy toward African immigrants.
Tutu responded to a public letter by Cape Town Jewish journalist Moira Levy, who had condemned Israel’s move to deport illegal African migrants. Levy had said publicly that she will turn on her Jewish roots and cut off her past because of Israel’s intention to deport African immigrants and its intention to create ‘‘deportation camps’’ in the south of the country.
‘‘Israel has declared that the threat they allegedly pose is to the racial purity of the Jewish state. As a Jew and a white South African I have to ask myself if I can continue to be associated with people who’ve learnt from history only the ability to repeat the same horrific mistakes,’’ Levy wrote in her letter, which was published last week in the daily Cape Times.
Tutu wrote that he was moved by Levy’s “anguish” but urged her not to abandon her belief, and not to blame her faith over ‘‘policies of people in power.’’ The Nobel Peace Prize winner also wrote that ‘‘when our family behaved wrongly, we did not turn our backs on them, but tried to convince them to steer a fairer course.’’ He emphasized that some of the most outspoken critics of apartheid and of Israel were Jewish, saying that ‘‘these compatriots have a unique understanding of discrimination.’‘
A spokesman for the South African Jewish Board of Deputies said the board defends the fundamental right of people to express their opinions. He added that it was difficult to accept the arguments of a person who would choose to alienate herself from a 3,000-year-old tradition over her dissatisfaction with a specific issue. | <urn:uuid:b3037914-b766-43d1-bcc6-fea1f8a40127> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.jewishjournal.com/israel/article/tutu_reaches_out_to_jewish_journalist_upset_with_israel_over_migrants_20120 | 2013-06-19T14:27:46Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976379 | 409 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Ian McNeice will be there after recently appearing as Winston Churchill in The Wedding of River Song. Also along for the fun will be James Marsters (Captain John in Torchwood series two or better known as Spike in Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Jane Espenson who was responsible for some of the episodes shown in Torchwood: Miracle Day.
Also appearing will be comic book legends such as Stan Lee, Mike Mignola, John Romita (Sr and Jr) and Todd McFarlane.
You can be sure that there will be plenty to see and do over this belter of a weekend including panel discussions (according to the website, there’s over three hundred different panels!), screenings, costume contests and the very latest news and announcements in the world of comics, television, anime and toys!
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28 June 2012
Tombola time for COLPs and COFAs
In her latest blog on COLPs and COFAs, Allison Wooddisse, head of Legal Futures Associate LexisPSL Practice Compliance, looks at the ins and outs of the application process
Well done, you're now our COLP
Beware the British summer – the season of storms, gales, flooded caravans, transport chaos, sporting disappointment and, if you’re not careful, one other seasonal surprise.
At this time of year, many firms rally their troops with an office summer party. Often held outside, it seemed such a great idea all those dark, wet, cold months ago. Now that it’s light, wet and cold, don’t make the mistake of going on holiday without knowing who won the COLP raffle. Your post-holiday, back-to-work blues won’t be helped by finding that you drew the winning ticket in your absence.
Roll up, roll up!
If you haven’t already done so, now’s the time to appoint your COLP and COFA because the SRA’s nomination process has finally opened, but don’t hang about because it closes again on 31 July 2012.
You’ll be pleased to hear that the nomination process won’t go through mySRA, although all nominees have to have a mySRA account. On 31 May, the SRA e-mailed your firm’s authorised signatory a customised link to an online nomination form.
The SRA hasn’t published the form, so it’ll be a voyage of discovery as you go through it. We do know it’s a three stage process:
Stage 1 – the authorised signatory completes and submits their part of the online form, which the SRA will acknowledge by e-mail.
Stage 2 – then and only then will the SRA e-mail the COLP a hyperlink to their part of the form, which has to be completed and submitted online.
Stage 3 – once the COLP has done their bit, the COFA will receive their hyperlink to complete the third and final part of the form.
Once each stage of the process is completed you can’t go back and make amendments. If you need to make changes, you have to contact the SRA and ask for a new hyperlink.
What’s in the form?
The SRA’s new online guide to completing your firm’s COLP and COFA nomination doesn’t give a consolidated list of what’s in the form. Piecing together recent SRA announcements we’d expect that:
- The authorised signatory will have to upload a governance chart, showing where the COLP and COFA sit within the firm – for more guidance on governance, see my blog from April.
- You should have the option of uploading job descriptions for your COLP and COFA but this isn’t compulsory – see my May blog for a discussion of what to put in a job description.
- The COLP and COFA will have to declare that they:
- understand their obligations;
- have sufficient responsibility in the firm;
- are in a position of sufficient seniority to perform the role;
- are satisfied the firm’s managers have put in place suitable arrangements to ensure that they are able to discharge their COLP/COFA duties in accordance with the rules;
- will take all reasonable steps to ensure compliance; and
- consent to being designated as the COLP/COFA.
- Your authorised signatory will also have to declare that the firm has suitable arrangements to ensure COLP and COFA can discharge their duties, and that the COLP/COFA declarations are correct (including that COLP/COFA has sufficient seniority and responsibility in the firm).
How long have I got?
All three stages of the nomination process have to be done by 31 July 2012 and you should get started now. Whatever you do, don’t leave it till the last minute because you won’t know whether the process will run smoothly until you try it, eg your COFA might have to register for a mySRA account before they can even receive their e-mail.
Once all three stages are done, your authorised signatory will get an e-mail from the SRA summarising the information submitted. You can’t assume that your nomination has been properly submitted until you get this e-mail. Once you’ve got the e-mail, it could all go very quiet; the SRA has given itself until 31 December 2012 to let you know whether your nominations are approved.
There is a silver lining to this: the SRA has put back the date that your COLP and COFA take up their roles. It was meant to be 1 November 2012; it’s now 1 January 2013.
It’s me! Now what?
If you’ve drawn the COLP short-straw, you’re responsible for all areas of compliance apart from the SRA Accounts Rules, which falls to the COFA.
You’ve got six months to get the firm’s house in order before you become officially responsible for compliance on 1 January 2013. For more information on what this actually involves and, more importantly, where the buck rests when things go wrong, see my blog from February.
Tags: COFA, COLP, compliance officer for finance and administration, compliance officer for legal practice, Solicitors Regulation Authority
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$6,000 for a Healthy Back
More than just the La-Z-Boy for the wealthy, Inada's Sogno massage chair (above) can give you a healthier back -- and shoulder, arm, and fingertip.
The Sogno chair (pronounced "SOHN-yo") was the winner of the CES Innovation Award for 2009, for its impeccable balance of comfort, functionality, and design. Songo, which means "dream" in Italian, can massage over 1,200 square inches of you as you sit in it, including from your shoulder to your fingertip. That's more than any other chair on the market. Doesn't that sound nice? It gets better:
"Every Sogno massage begins with an infrared body scan that compares a user's profile to 106 stored body profiles. Advanced robotics and differentially applied then mimic the hand movements of a human massage therapist, providing the widest range of variation and choreography in kneading, tapping, and sophisticated stroke combinations." -- Inada
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Ratio of the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of a body one degree to that required to raise the temperature of an equal mass of water one degree. The term is also used to mean the amount of heat, in calories, required to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance by one Celsius degree.
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Dear Abby: Since Halloween is nearly here, I have a question about trick-or-treating. Last year on Halloween I was sitting down for an early dinner that was planned for 5p.m. so we wouldn't be disturbed by trick-or-treaters.
Suddenly the doorbell rang. When I answered, I was bombarded with requests for candy from three boys who live down the street. It was still light outside.
I told them to come back later, when I wasn't eating dinner. I wanted to teach them that they shouldn't overextend the holiday and disrupt other people's lives. An hour later I received a call from the boys' mother scolding me for sending them away.
I was just trying to get a bit of peace and quiet before the festivities. Was I wrong not to give them candy and ask them to come back later? — Treat Cheater in Concord
Dear Treat Cheater: I think so. The boys' mother may not have wanted them out after dark, which is why she started them on their rounds early. Halloween is the day for trick-or-treating, and part of the "treat" is seeing the children's excitement and their costumes. To have expected peace and quiet with kids in the neighborhood was unrealistic. Think back to your own childhood and, when the doorbell rings, answer it and be welcoming.
Dear Abby: I am a 14-year-old girl and still wet the bed. I have tried to stop, but it doesn't do any good. Some of my family members know about my situation, but none of my friends do. I'm not sure how to stop because I have tried
Dear Embarrassed: If your pediatrician doesn't know about your problem, he or she should be told so you can be examined to make sure there is nothing physically wrong with you. There are medications that can help you overcome your problem. There are also devices called bedwetting alarms that can solve the problem. To find out more about them, search for "bedwetting alarm" on Google.
Dear Abby: We have two family weddings coming up soon. One of our cousins has Down syndrome, among other medical problems. He's a grown man, but he has the mental capacity and manners of a 7-year-old. His parents don't discipline him and he is out of control. He screams and talks loudly and will jump around on the dance floor and run into couples while they are trying to dance. His parents bring him to special occasions, even when it's "adults only."
The upcoming weddings will have receptions afterward and adult-only dances. Don't his parents have any common sense? This family has the attitude that if he isn't invited, then they won't go. I have reached the point that it is fine with me. How do we make it clear that he is not welcome? It would be a shame to pay thousands of dollars for a wedding and have it ruined by his behavior. Most people probably won't understand my point of view. What do you think? — Nervous in Utah
Dear Nervous: Regardless of your cousin's age, because of his parents' inability to control his behavior he should not be invited to the weddings. Because they have the attitude that if he is not invited they won't go, that's their choice. Make your wishes clear, and your problem will be solved.
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Who can forget their first snorkeling experience? With the beauty of the ocean visable through goggles, and the ability to seemingly soar through the ocean depth, anyone will enjoy a great snorkeling experience. But snorkeling and free-diving requires proper gear. Some of that gear is your facemask and snorkel themselves. It is imperative that you have great equipment to heighten your experience.With that in mind, everyone interested in snorkeling should try the CressiGara 3000 LD Freediving Fins with Mask Snorkel & Gear Bag.With top-notch features and overall comfort, this kit will allow you the ability to enjoy the ocean depths without having to worry about your basic equipment.
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What to look for when buying a snorkel gear?
Since I was acquainted with underwater diving, I knew it very well that in the absence of a proper snorkel gear, not only the excitement gets marred, but there are chances of accidents also. The gear should have a proper mask, otherwise the beauty of the deep blue sea and the marine flora and fauna could not be enjoyed. Then the fins should fit well so that the individual can move freely in the water and lastly, the snorkel should be right. When I summed up all the parameters, I came with the following points.
- A low volume mask for easier equalizing as much less air will be trapped inside it.
- The mask should render a good field of vision, so that visibility is enhanced.
- The mask should be made with a tempered glass lens and silicon rubber. This is beneficial because, even if the glass breaks, it will not shatter into tiny pieces that are a risk to the eyes.
- The mask should fit comfortably around the face with a good seal and comfortable skirting so that water does not go inside.
- The snorkel should have an efficient water expelling system that will unavoidably get into the tube.
I have kept all these in mind, when I selected the CressiGara 3000 LD Freediving Fins with Mask Snorkel & Gear Bag. Let me take this opportunity and let you know how beautifully, this snorkel gear meets all the standards.
The Fine Fins
Once I had the gear in my hands, I had recognized them to be identical with the Gara 3000 which I have used before. But I could sense the difference as the blades are made up of softer materials which make them a class apart. I figured that the LD in the name actually stands for Long Distance and after using them I found that these fins are especially modeled in order to meet the needs of the enthusiast who wants nothing short of a powerful fin. Even as I am growing old, I could use them for many hours together because it requires less muscle effort. The blades also work perfectly in cold water, which is infamous for stiffening materials and making them less flexible.
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I was very particular about the snorkel as it was one of the most important parts of the gear. I found that Cressi Gara 3000 LD Freediving Fins with Mask Snorkel & Gear Bag has the first submersible dry top snorkel that was new to this brand. It will absolutely eliminate any kind of water entry when an individual is submerged. I was in particular happy with it, because I knew that my kids would be safe if they use it.
There were some other important features that I felt should be incorporated in the review. Some of these were found in the websites and some I have discovered on my own. They are:
I really loved the fact that the gear comes with a bag. It made the entire transportability of the bag so much easier.
The snorkel consists of soft silicon mouth piece and flexes tube.
Neoprene foot wrap gives a 100% foot pocket pin associated performance.
It comes in three sizes of 10/11, 8/9, 7/8 and 12/13.
A Free diving Gear Bag, which is big enough to accommodate the fins are also provided with it.
As I have mentioned before, the Cressi Gara 3000 LD Freediving Fins with Mask Snorkel & Gear Bag is an absolutely fresh product in the market. When I visited Amazon.com, it was reviewed by only one consumer. But that individual was so happy with the product that he has given full 5 stars to it at Amazon. He has reviewed this product to be a “Great Set”.
As you can very well understand that there is hardly any downside to this gear set. Not only that the single consumer pointed out any disappointments, neither have I found any and nor my sons who are in general very particular about everything.
Where Can You Buy the Cressi Gara 3000 LD Freediving Fins with Mask Snorkel & Gear Bag?
Who does not love to avail the benefits of discount? When I visited the Amazon website, I gathered that it was giving a 26% discount on the listed price of the $ 299.99. I got the entire set in $219.95, which was another impressing point of this set to me.
Where Can You Get Other Reviews on the Cressi Gara 3000 LD Freediving Fins with Mask Snorkel & Gear Bag?
As I have mentioned earlier that this snorkel gear was a fresh product in the market. But you can visit Amazon to gather if any more consumers have posted any review on it or not. Either way, this website has always been one of the best for reading reviews.
In conclusion, I would like to say that I am very happy with the performance of the Cressi Gara 3000 LD Freediving Fins with Mask Snorkel & Gear Bag and I am sure, that if you use it, you would also opine the same. If my kids develop any interest in underwater diving after this, I would give the entire credit to this product and its amazing features which have not only enhanced their experience but also make them feel safe under water. If you too want to get a calm and exotic deep sea diving experience, then I would suggest you to visit Amazon.com for further details on this product.
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Mobius Photonics Laser System Used in STED Microscopy Experiments at Max Planck Institute
(Nanowerk News) Mobius Photonics, an innovative producer of short pulsed fiber laser sources (IR, green, and UV laser), announces that its G1+ Laser System has been used in stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy experiments at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry (Göttingen, Germany). The result was a novel laser source for STED microscopy that should lead to more compact and versatile systems in the coming years.
STED microscopy is a noninvasive microscopy technique that, although relying on laser light focused by regular lenses, images fluorescent samples with a resolution by an order of magnitude better than the diffraction limit set by the wavelength of light. STED microscopy has been the first technique to radically overcome the diffraction barrier of lens-based (far-field) optical microscopy and to be applied in the biomedical sciences. However, its application has been hampered by the availability of suitable light sources, as current technologies are limited by complexity, power, repetition rate, or wavelength. Accordingly, research has focused on developing a system based on a novel laser source that could enhance the technique's capabilities -- specifically, the ability to use fluorescent markers of choice.
"In the past, due to the lack of compact and widely tunable sources, STED systems have focused on markers that emit around 650 nanometers," said Manuel Leonardo, co-founder and vice president of Mobius Photonics. "Max Planck researchers, Brian Rankin and STED inventor Stefan Hell, have now used our G1+ Laser System in an experimental set up that generates multiple wavelengths in the visible region, opening up new possibilities for using a variety of markers. This could be an important step toward more versatile compact STED systems than are available today."
The G1+ Laser System family produces several wavelengths from the IR through the UV. Based on a pulsed master-oscillator, fiber-power-amplifier (MOFPA) architecture, G1+ systems allow diffraction-limited operation over a range of user-adjustable pulse repetition frequencies, pulse widths, and duty cycles.
Founded in 2005, Mobius Photonics, Inc. produces fiber-based laser sources for applications ranging from material processing for solar cell manufacturing, semiconductor fabrication and assembly, and flat panel display manufacturing, to scientific uses such as STED microscopy. The Mobius Photonics team combines in-depth understanding of customer needs with manufacturing experience, and pushes the state-of-the-art by working in close collaboration with suppliers and customers around the world. | <urn:uuid:69246fa2-d835-4451-acbf-d1322749d57f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=12856.php | 2013-06-19T14:26:57Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.92585 | 575 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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June 7, 2012
BSSR Lecture Series: Positive and Negative Reinforcement Underlying Adolescent Risk-Taking Behavior
Carl W. Lejuez, Ph.D., University of Maryland
Adolescent risk taking presents a significant public health concern. The continued development of intervention approaches requires assessment strategies that can elucidate the processes underlying risk taking as it develops through adolescence. This presentation focuses on the use of behavioral measures to understand and model the development of adolescent risk taking behavior. Data are drawn from multiple sources including a 5 year longitudinal study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) focused on the role of positive reinforcement and a second study funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) extending this work to negative reinforcement processes. The presentation will conclude with a consideration of limitations of behavioral assessment approaches as well as future directions aimed at their combination with environmental, genetic, and neurobehavioral assessment. | <urn:uuid:d49ad0c1-f5d2-4d46-a9ca-757f3a265f62> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.nih.gov/news/videos/2012/0607-BSSRLectureSeries-PositiveandNegativeReinforcementUnderlyingAdolescent%20Risk-TakingBehavior.htm | 2013-06-19T14:19:50Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.915638 | 192 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Once again, I found myself lost in the poetic verse of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are as the young student I was working with read it out loud, her voice slightly cautious as she pronounced some of the words on her own for the very first time.
"And the wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws."
She's welcome to see the movie version - AFTER she's read the book.
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She had been reading for several minutes when she stopped mid-sentence and looked up, her brows furrowed in deep thought.
Suddenly she had a revelation. "Mrs. Ashline! I know this story! I saw this movie with my parents! I knew it sounded familiar!"
"You mean, you’ve never read the book before today, Jackie?"
"No! But I’ve seen the movie! It was great! Wow, the wild things in the book look exactly like they did in the movie. The author must have seen the movie too!"
My heart sank as I heard her recount the details of the film version of one of the most beloved and classic children's books of our time. It was as if she'd been robbed of an opportunity to exercise a vital part of childhood: using her imagination to fill in the nooks and crannies of a story and truly make it her own.
For the record, and for the most part, I have nothing against film versions of books. While some adaptations leave little to be desired or struggle to stay true to the original story, others bring to life timeless characters and priceless life lessons. Plus, there's something magical about seeing your favorite book on the big screen.
But movies based on books have their place on the food chain and should never be introduced to a child before they've had the opportunity to read the book (or have it read to them).
There is a moment in every story when the imagination of the author collides with the imagination of the reader, and in that precious space is an intimate and one-of-a-kind experience that no two other people will experience in the same way.
I've had a classroom full of students who each presented their own twist, their own unique version of the same story we had all read together as a group. It's what makes a book so special; you aren't just a passive observer of someone else's story, you're an active participant, engaged, invested, affected.
You can't replicate that kind of intimacy from a movie, no matter how amazing it is, because the movie does all the work for you. And though you may walk away moved, changed and even inspired, your imagination was put on pause while the director and characters and camera angles acted on its behalf.
Instant gratification is great; it's why the film industry is so successful. Who doesn't love the opportunity to be transported away from the details of their own lives and live vicariously through someone else's? Children are no exception.
But there's a time and a place for everything, and in the world of literature, the book - especially a classic children's story - should always come before the movie.
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Jo Ashline is a freelance writer, former kindergarten teacher, and mother of two. She writes regularly for OC Moms, the Orange County Register's parenting section. | <urn:uuid:4dc621a1-83db-4c23-9790-69354af4db44> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.ocregister.com/articles/movies-377658-time-once.html | 2013-06-19T14:20:06Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973996 | 712 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
If you want to keep your dwelling intact, under no circumstances will you leave the Looftlighter ($80) in the hands of your children or husband/boyfriend - they will attempt to set everything in eye shot on fire. This magic lighter blows air and heat in excess of a thousand degrees, without flames. Just point the end at your newspaper/fire wood pile and after about 15 seconds, embers and sparks will appear. In no time you'll have a rip roaring fire, with minimal effort - that's more time for marshmallows and cuddling, gals.
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Facebook to charge businesses to run targeted ads in Offers service
Facebook plans to start charging businesses to run targeted ads in its Facebook Offers daily deals service.
The social network also is allowing businesses to add unique codes to their ads for better tracking of ad results. Facebook also noted in an email to Computerworld that the service will remain free to the users who claim the deals.
Facebook Offers is a service that enables businesses to post an offer, such as a restaurant or movie discount, on their Facebook page. While the service has been available for some time, businesses that want to push those offers to other Facebook users will now have to pay a fee.
Industry analysts say the move is good news from the company, which has been tarnished since its troubled initial public offering in May. After industry and financial analysts had widely speculated that the social network's stock price would skyrocket from an opening number of $38 per share to upwards of $70 or $90, Facebook's stock sank to below $20 a share.
As of 2:45 p.m. ET on Friday, Facebook's stock price was $22.89.
Since the IPO, Facebook has lost some of its luster and some industry observers have even talked about Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg stepping down to let an experienced business person lead the company.
Patrick Moorhead, an analyst with Moor Insights & Strategy, said taking a step like this could bring in solid revenue and appease Wall Street all in one move.
"It is vitally important for Facebook to make forward momentum on initiatives that drive revenue and profit," said Moorhead. "Any move that Facebook makes to higher future revenue and profits will appeal to Wall Street. This is a nice start but Wall Street needs to see end-of-quarter profits to really be confident in Facebook."
Rob Enderle, an analyst with the Enderle Group, said this is a good time for Facebook to start charging businesses for daily deals service.
"It's not a bad idea really, and it is about time they started collecting money for targeting ads," said Enderle. "It looks to be a solid idea, but with Facebook, execution has been really poor largely because of what appears to be massive inexperience with how advertising works. I don't think this is fixed yet and I expect investors will be watching to see if Facebook can execute before getting too excited."
Moorhead, though, said Facebook was smart to let businesses use Offers before they started to charge for the ads, giving them a chance to see how well the deals service works.
"This approach makes total sense," he added. "Before they can start charging businesses, they had to make sure that the advertising was effective... This is a very low-risk and high-return move by Facebook. I consider this low-hanging revenue fruit."
Sharon Gaudin covers the Internet and Web 2.0, emerging technologies, and desktop and laptop chips for Computerworld. Follow Sharon on Twitter at @sgaudin, on Google+ or subscribe to Sharon's RSS feed. Her email address is email@example.com.
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UNODC on human trafficking and migrant smuggling English | Français
Labor trafficking occurs in diverse contexts that encompass all forms of labor or services. Common places where forced labor has been found in the United States include domestic servitude and small-scale "mom and pop" labor operations, to more large-scale operations such as farms and factories. Certain labor brokers that supply labor to multinational corporations have also been identified as an emerging type of labor traffickers.
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Okay, Karl, You Win. Choupette Might Be The Cutest Cat To Ever Exist
When we first heard about Choupette, we loved imagining King Karl lounging with a mewing little furball, but we also felt a little sad that he snatched the kitty from Baptiste Giabiconi when he was kitten-sitting (he's a cat burglar! Ha!). But now, yeah. We can't fault him anymore. If we had the opportunity to snatch up Choupette, we'd leap on the opportunity like the little feline on an iPad.
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The Swedish Tax Agency is changing ID Card supplier with effect from 4th March 2013.
This will inevitably result in delay for production of ID Cards whilst the transition takes place.
Customers are therefore advised to expect delay due to these changes.
Please note that this is only temporary and normal service will resume once the new supplier is up and running following transition.
If You have any queries or concerns please contact Skatteupplysningen, 0771-567 567.
You may apply to Skatteverket for an ID card (identity card). To apply you must:
We recommend that you carefully read through the terms and conditions for applying before you go to the office.
You can apply for your ID card even if you or your attestor have protected personal data. If so, contact your protected data case officer before applying.
Your ID card can be used to confirm your age and prove your identity, for example when collecting prescription medication at a pharmacy, paying by card in a shop or conducting banking business.
The card also incorporates e-identification (pdf, 115.6 kB). That may be used, if you wish, to avail yourself of the e-services that many government agencies offer, for example for filing your income tax return or notifying a change of address. You use your e-identification by entering a PIN code that you receive by letter through the post at your home. To be able to use your e-identification, you also need a computer, a card reader and a program you can download from the Internet. For more information, visit Telia´s Website.
You cannot use your ID card instead of a passport when you travel abroad.
What the card looks like:
We recommend that you carefully read through the following before you go to a Skatteverket office to apply. Otherwise, you may find that you are not prepared when you arrive at the office and then it will take longer to obtain your card. If you have not paid your application fee before going to the office, you will not be permitted to apply.
The fee for applying for an ID card is SEK 400. You have to pay in good time to ensure that we receive your fee before you come to the Skatteverket office. Remember that it takes at least one working day for your payment to arrive. Keep the receipt for your payment as you will have to show it when you go the office.
Pay your fee into either of the following accounts:
If you pay via the Internet: remember to quote your personal identity number in the field for messages/other information. Print out confirmation of the payment, as you will have to show it when you go to the office.
When paying from abroad, use the following codes:
Your ID card must meet the security requirements that apply to ID documents in Sweden. This means that you must confirm your identity to obtain your card.
When you visit the Tax Agency office you must be able to provide evidence of who you are, usually by showing an approved ID document. If you do not have an approved ID document but you have a valid Swedish resident permit, then you can allow the Tax Agency to compare the information you have given in your application with the information registered at Migrationsverket (the Swedish Migration Board). Another alternative is to take someone with you when you apply. That person (an attestor) must be prepared to certify in writing the information contained in your application and must be able to prove his or her identity by showing an approved ID document.
To be eligible to apply for an ID card, you must be registered as living in Sweden. This means in turn that you must have a personal identify number.
We check your registration details in our systems when you come to the office. This means that you do not need to bring a civil registration certificate with you.
To be apply for an ID card, you must be at least 13 years of age.
If you are less than 18 years of age, you must have your parent/guardian´s consent to apply for an ID card. If you have two parents/guardians, you must have the permission of both. At least one parent/guardian must accompany you on your visit to the Skatteverket office.
Your parent/guardian must give his/her permission by completing and signing form SKV 1502. If you have two parents/guardians, remember that one of them must sign the form in advance if both cannot accompany you to the office when you apply.
Your payment is for Skatteverket to examine your application. As a result, your fee will not be refunded if your application is rejected.
The following ID documents are approved as a means of proving your identity:
In addition, a so-called valid EU passport issued on or after 1 September 2006 will be accepted as document proving your identity. An EU passport falls within the scope of EC Council Regulation 2252/2004. This means that it fulfils the requirement of a reasonable standard of security.
Beginning 1 October 2010, anyone who has a permit to reside in Sweden but cannot prove their identity with approved ID documentation can allow the Tax Agency to compare the information in their application with the corresponding information at the Migration Board. The information the Tax Agency will compare is the name, height, photo, signature, travel documents, and proof of residence permit. It is therefore important to bring both your passport with you and your proof of residence permit. If you wish to prove your identity this way, you must state this when applying.
An approved attestor must:
Any of the following people may act as your attestor:
The person who under the Swedish Cohabitation Act is considered your cohabitant will also be accepted as your attestor. For you and your attestor to be considered as cohabitants, all of the following conditions must be satisfied:
Finally, any of the following persons may act as an attestor if he or she can present a decision or certificate showing the relationship you have with each other:
If you are unsure about whether you fulfil all of the requirements, you may still submit an application. The Tax Agency will make a balanced assessment of the information provided in your application; for example, a relationship that has been terminated, a foreign passportor or a decision on residence permit from Migrationsverket (the Swedish Migration Board). We will, if necessary verify the information with other authorities or ask you to provide additional information that can be used to verify your identity.
This payment is the fee that the Tax Agency charges to consider your application. That means that you will not receive a refund if the Tax Agency decides to refuse your application.
Visit one of the offices that issues ID cards. Take the following items with you to the office:
Do not take a photograph with you. You will be photographed at the office.
Normally, it will take around two weeks for your card to be produced. If anything in your application needs further investigation, if may at present take up to a few months for you to receive your card.
When the card is ready, you will receive a letter from Skatteverket. This will tell you that five days later you will be able to collect your card from the office where you applied for it. Keep the letter and take it with you when you got to collect your card. You must collect the card in person, because you will have to sign a confirmation that you have taken possession of the card and have been acquainted with the terms and conditions of the e-identification that the card contains.
Collect the card within two months of receiving the letter. Contact the office where you applied for the card if you cannot collect it within two months.
Remember to notify Skatteverket without fail if you move to another address.
What the letter from Skatteverket will look like:
When your card is ready, you will also receive a letter from Telia containing the PIN code for your e-identification. Never keep your PIN code with your ID card.
The card will be valid for five years (unless a freeze is put on it before then if, for example, it is stolen).
You may apply for an ID card at the following offices:
In certain particular situations, it is no problem to contact us to make an appointment with an official, who will be able to inform you about ID cards during an in-person meeting or by telephone. This may be necessary, for example, if:
Complete this form if you would like an in-person contact with us. You will be contacted by an official by telephone or e-mail.
If you lose your card, you must immediately call Tel. 020-32 32 62 to have a freeze put on the card in order to prevent anyone else from using it. If your card is stolen, you must also inform the police.
If your card comes apart, contact Skatteverket. Write a letter to Skatteverket, Id-kortssektionen, 106 61 Stockholm. In your letter, explain how your card came apart and how you kept it during the time it was in your possession. You cannot put a freeze on the card.
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Ph.D. Yale University
B.A. Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges
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Fulbright Scholar, 2011-2012 (8/2011-7/2012)
Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
Currently teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in American Studies and American Art History to Chinese students in the Department of English Literature and Culture.
Areas of Expertise:
American visual culture, gender and sexuality studies.
Courses I Teach:
- Art History for the Classroom Teacher
- Introduction to American Studies: 1960s
- Looking at Art
- Special Topics in Art and/or Architectural History
- Survey of the History of Art II
- Visual Culture of the United States
- West African and African Diaspora Art and Culture
American art, especially nineteenth-century American painting.
My passion for research is inseparable from my goal of conveying to students the excitement and importance of studying the past. At the same time, I try to also help students improve the very practical skills they will need in their lives -- the abilities to think critically, write clearly, and speak confidently.
Fulbright Scholar 2011-2012
Thomas Eakins: Art, Medicine, and Sexuality in Nineteenth-Century Philadelphia (2007)
with Frederick Lane, at the College Art Association Conference session: Jurisprudishness: Law & Visual Culture in the United States, 1842-1973 (Feb.2011)
"Searching for Smut: Hot on the Trail of Anthony Comstock" Common-Place Journal (Oct. 2010); Smithsonian American Art Museum Senior Fellowship, (Jun.-Aug. 2010)
My Saint Michael's:
I live for those moments when the light bulb seems to go on and a student makes a leap.
I love the sense of community shared by students, faculty and staff at Saint Michael's. There is a dedication to virtuous education that is refreshing and lovely. Saint Michael's students share great team spirit and camaraderie, both on campus and out in the community. When I tell local residents that I teach at Saint Michael's, they often express gratitude for some public service work our students have done in the community.
Survey of the History of Art is a lot of fun to teach. The course fulfills a culture and civilization requirement so I get a broad range of students. My favorite challenge is to make students love art who just took the course because it fit their schedule.
Life Off Campus:
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- Colour: Silver
The Osprey Insulated Hydraform Hose is perfect for those travelling to colder climates, the hose has a closed cell foam sleeve over the drinking tube, and a zippered foam pad over the mouthpiece, to keep cold out.
- Heat reflective closed cell foam sleeve also insulates from cold or sunshine.
- Zippered foam pad for bite valve.
- Retrofits to any Osprey HydraForm? Reservoir.
- Silver colouring prevents freezing in cold, or overheating in sunshine.
- Quick-attach buckle fits to any 20mm webbing.
- Bite valve with 180? on/off pivot. | <urn:uuid:c9af8eeb-c612-4a45-a1d5-4eaa15f49dc7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.snowandrock.com/osprey-insulated-hydraform-hose/osprey/ski-snowboard-outdoor-sports/fcp-product/24850 | 2013-06-19T14:27:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.867282 | 148 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
|Published 400 days ago|
ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPOINTMENT AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF TATE D. JENSEN, DECEASED probate no. 123700017
Dix Jensen and Jeanie W. Jensen, whose address is PO Box 1736,
Price, Utah 84501, have been appointed Personal Representatives of the
above-entitled estate. Creditors of the estate are hereby notified to:
(1) deliver or mail their written claims to the personal representives
at the address above; or (2) deliver or mail their written claims to
the personal representative's attorney of record, James T. Jensen, at
the following address: 6340 South 3000 East, Suite 600, Salt Lake
City, Utah 84121; or (3) file their written claims with the Clerk of
the District Court in Carbon County, or otherwise present their claims
as required by Utah law within three months after the date of the
first publication of this notice or be forver barred.
Date of first publication: May 15, 2012.
/s/ James T. Jensen
Attorney for Personal Representatives
Published in the Sun Advocate May 15, 22 and 29, 2012.
These legal notices, along with those from other fine Utah newspapers, can be viewed at www.utahlegals.com
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SC12 -– Mellanox® Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ: MLNX) (TASE: MLNX), a leading supplier of end-to-end interconnect solutions for data center servers and storage systems, today announced that the company continued its lead as the global interconnect solution provider for the TOP500 list of supercomputers with InfiniBand further growing as the top interconnect of choice for the TOP500 with 224 clusters. From June 2012 to November 2012, the number of FDR 56Gb/s InfiniBand systems increased by nearly 2.3X, including the top two ranked InfiniBand systems on the list, showing the increasing demand for higher performance, scalability and efficiency.
The new list showcased the expansion of InfiniBand connecting cloud infrastructures. InfiniBand enables the most efficient cloud infrastructure on the list, more than 30 percent higher efficiency than other cloud solutions listed. Furthermore, Mellanox ConnectX® InfiniBand adapters and switch systems optimize server and storage performance and provide the scalable, low-latency, and power-efficient interconnect for the world’s fastest supercomputers, connecting 43 percent (10 systems) of all PetaScale based systems (23 systems).
The advanced offloads and accelerations within Mellanox InfiniBand solutions enable the most performance efficient system on the TOP500 list, at nearly 96 percent system and CPU efficiency.
“Mellanox’s scalable InfiniBand solutions provide the highest systems utilization in the TOP500 for both high-performance computing and clouds. As the most used interconnect for the TOP500 list and the world’s Petascale systems, Mellanox InfiniBand solutions provide the best return-on-investment,” said Eyal Waldman, president, chairman and CEO of Mellanox Technologies. “We are proud to have the most efficient cloud be interconnected with InfiniBand and expect to see more cloud infrastructures adopt InfiniBand as their compute and storage interconnect. We're seeing the cost per cloud or hosted services per transaction/user reduced when using RDMA technology, on either InfiniBand or Ethernet with our Virtual Protocol Interconnect® technology, due to its efficiency and utilization improvements.”
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From a recent press release
The Revolution Cycles City Hub, located at 220 Twentieth Street, S in Crystal City, will be closing by the end of 2012. The City Hub, which has focused primarily on bike access and bike rental programs, has been open since the spring of 2010.
I certainly think that the Crystal City BID and Vornando should be commended for starting this program, but shutting it down is probably the right decision. It's better to just invest that money in better Capital Bikeshare infrastructure. That is not a ding on Revolution Cycles, just a statement of the network effect. | <urn:uuid:28726c45-c136-4235-9bd8-43fb487bb0ac> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.thewashcycle.com/2012/12/city-hub-in-crystal-city-to-close.html | 2013-06-19T06:10:55Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954575 | 128 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
View the current operational hours for the Library and for the Reference Desk.
View the current and past displays highlighting the Library's collection.
Art in the Library
The Library's Flickr page contains images and information about permanent art pieces found in the Library.
Provides information about current job openings in the Kraemer Family Library.
Lists the Library's mission and core values.
Kraemer Family Library's Flickr Account
The Library's Flickr page contains images of library displays, art and so much more.
Contains library statistics and data from previous fiscal year.
Library's 2015 Strategic Plan
Describes the Library's strategic plan through 2015.
Welcome to the Library
The Dean of the Library welcomes all library users.
Learn of the opportunities available for volunteering at the Library.
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Rafael Nadal routed Fabrice Santoro 6-0, 6-1 Tuesday in his first ATP Tour match of the year, with Roger Federer and Andy Murray also breezing into the second round of the Qatar Open.
The top-ranked Nadal needed only 46 minutes for the win, breaking Santoro three times in each set.
"It was a quick start for me and that is good," Nadal said. "I didn't expect it so easy because Santoro is a tough player. His style is difficult."
Federer advanced with similar ease, beating Potito Starace of Italy 6-2, 6-2, while defending champion Murray defeated Albert Montanes 6-2, 6-4.
Federer broke Starace in the opening game and needed 23 minutes to win the first set. The five-time Wimbledon champion converted four of his five breakpoints and was never in danger of losing his serve.
"It was good to start the year with a win. It was a cold, windy day," Federer said. "There were some nerves because you don't want to panic, but I became relaxed when I played points. ... I have had enough match practice before the season began so it felt good to be out there and win a match."
Murray dominated Montanes from the baseline and broke his serve in the third and fifth games to take the opening set in 40 minutes.
Montanes struggled with his accuracy throughout the match, committing 34 unforced errors as Murray used two more breaks in the second and will play Philip Petzschner of Germany in the next round.
Murray is coming off wins against both Nadal and Federer at an exhibition event in Abu Dhabi last week, and showed few signs of having lost his good form.
"Last week helped me settle down well in the match," said Murray, adding that he was still adjusting to playing at night in the Middle East. "It is tough when the sun goes down. It becomes windy. When the sun is out, the balls are pretty fast but when it goes down, your body becomes a little stiff and balls become heavy too. But I was OK for the majority of the match and I am happy about that." | <urn:uuid:fdb5eb5d-b4f3-4865-bf68-9c41f89b3a35> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2009/jan/06/ten-doha-010609/ | 2013-06-19T06:09:33Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.986931 | 458 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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GENEVA — The number of assisted suicides in Switzerland has increased steadily since the late 1990s and now makes up about five of every 1,000 deaths.
The first official figures compiled by Swiss authorities show that cases of assisted suicide rose from 43 in 1998 to 300 in 2009.
The Federal Statistical Office says almost 90 percent of cases involved people 55 or older.
More women than men seek assisted suicide.
Assisted suicide has been legal in Switzerland since the early 20th century, and several groups provide counseling and medical support to those wanting to kill themselves.
The figures released Tuesday cover only assisted suicides by Swiss residents.
Groups such as Dignitas that provide services to foreign residents keep separate records.
Islanders mourn king, grow wary of successor
That so many took the care to adorn their homes and businesses testifies to the reverence Tongans give to the idea of the monarchy, even after the king ceded many of his own powers in 2008 to usher in an era of democracy.
But his March 18 death is also raising questions about whether his younger brother, Tupou VI, will continue his legacy.
The new king is seen by many here as more conservative than his predecessor, and some fear he could stall or even reverse the political progress made in this small Pacific island nation.
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to School on Civil Rights
Grant Administration, Compliance Monitoring, Complaint Handling, and
A. Grant Administration
B. Oversight: Federal Monitoring of States
The legal authority for the Department
of Education (DoED) to ensure compliance with the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA) is found in provisions of the statute itself that
authorize assessment of policy and procedure documents to determine
state eligibility for funding, referral of a state to the Department
of Justice, and withholding funds when a state has failed to comply
substantially with any provision of Part B of IDEA.
The key activities that the Office of Special
Education Programs (OSEP) carries out in relation to monitoring state
compliance with the law are (1) determining state eligibility for federal
grants under IDEA, (2) conducting on-site monitoring visits and issuing
monitoring reports, (3) developing corrective action plans and overseeing
the implementation of those corrective actions ordered by OSEP, and
(4) initiating enforcement action. This part discusses these core federal
functions of IDEA implementation oversight.
1. The Basic State Grant Program
IDEA '97 requires the states to submit applications
that ensure "to the satisfaction of the Secretary" that they have policies
and procedures that meet the conditions of federal law. These conditions
include (1) access to a free appropriate public education (FAPE),
(2) individualized education programs (IEP), (3) least restrictive
environment (LRE), (4) procedural safeguards, (5) evaluations,
(6) general supervision by the state education agency (SEA),
(7) a comprehensive system of personnel development, (8) personnel
standards, (9) performance goals and indicators, and (10)
participation in assessments.
Before the enactment of IDEA '97, a state
plan was submitted to OSEP every three years to determine eligibility.
States were required to submit assurances that they were complying with
the various requirements during the three-year interim period. IDEA
'97 no longer specifically requires a state plan, and one submission
of policies and procedures information, if accepted, remains in effect
indefinitely. Modification of a state eligibility document may be required
if (1) the state determines that a modification is required, perhaps
because of changes in state law or regulations; (2) there is a change
in IDEA by amendment or a new interpretation of IDEA by a federal court
or a state's highest court; or (3) there is an official finding of noncompliance
with federal law or regulations. When the Federal Government requires
a modification of the application, it need only be to the extent necessary
to ensure the states' compliance with the part of the law that is newly
amended, interpreted, or out of compliance, not the entire law or larger
portions of the law.
For FY 1997, OSEP did not require states
to submit a detailed application, as the reauthorization of IDEA was
imminent and significant changes in the law were anticipated. OSEP thought
it would be prudent to wait until the new law was enacted. The reauthorization
was not complete until June 1997, and the regulations to implement the
new law were not finalized until March 12, 1999. Thus, since 1997, OSEP
has allowed states to receive their funding by signing assurances that
they would comply with existing federal law. In 1997, after the law
was reauthorized, OSEP sent all states a packet explaining the requirements
of IDEA '97. Beginning in 1998, OSEP gave states the option of submitting
an application or signing a statement of assurances. One state, Wisconsin,
submitted an application, which was approved. All of the other states
have signed and submitted assurance statements to OSEP for fiscal years
'97-'98, '98-'99 and '99-'00.
OSEP generally notified the states of information
that would be due about three months prior to the actual due date. Every
state had to allow a 60-day public review period for the eligibility
documents prior to submitting them to OSEP. States could publish notices
of availability in newspapers, distribute them in libraries, etc. The
due date to the Federal Government was generally April 1 or May 1. OSEP
took two to three months to review the documents and generally awarded
funds by July 1 of the same year.
States submitted an original and two copies
of their documents to the Monitoring and State Improvement Planning
Division (MSIP). MSIP staff logged them in, keeping one copy in a central
file and giving copies to two readers, a primary and a secondary reader.
The primary reader was generally the person assigned to that state as
the "state contact" for monitoring, technical assistance, etc. This
person was to be familiar with any monitoring issues in that state.
Both readers read the documents with a checklist to determine if the
required elements were present. The readers met with the team leader
and discussed the documents. The team could choose to coordinate its
review with other divisions in DoED and provide the state technical
assistance if needed to amend the application. If there were significant
problems with the application, the Office of General Counsel (OGC) could
become involved. If the team agreed to recommend approval, the application
was eventually approved by the director of OSEP, and an award was sent
to the state. If the team did not recommend approval, the state was
given reasonable notice and an opportunity for a hearing in accordance
with the statute before the Secretary of Education made a final determination
In the past, OSEP may have given "full"
or "conditional" approval of the state plan. Full approval implied that
the state had satisfied the Department of Education that the necessary
policies and procedures to carry out IDEA were in place. Conditional
approval indicated that, while a policy or procedure was not in compliance
with IDEA, the state had assured that the practice of the state was
in compliance. For example, a state may have needed to change a state
law to come into compliance; however, such a change may not have been
possible for more than a year, since the legislature meets only every
other year. OSEP would have provided conditional approval to such a
state after it assured DoED that it was following the federal law and
working to change the state law. Both conditional and full approval
provided for full funding to the state.
As Table 2 indicates, states frequently
received conditional approval of their plans. However, in the last year
during which plans were submitted to OSEP, '95-'96, fewer conditional
plans and more fully approved plans were in evidence. For FY '93-'94,
the status of plans was as follows: 31 plans were fully approved and
27 were conditionally approved. For FY '94-'95, 43 plans were fully
approved and 15 were conditionally approved. For FY '95-'96, 46 plans
were fully approved, 10 were conditionally approved, and 2 received
a "not applicable" ranking. The percentage of fully approved state
plans rose from 53 percent in FY '93-'94 to 74 percent in FY '94-'95
to 82 percent in FY '95-'96.
Table 2: Status
of Approval of IDEA Part B State
Plans/State Plan Reviews
|District of Columbia
|Northern Mariana Islands
|Federated States of
|Republic of Palau
C = Conditional Approval, F = Full Approval,
NA = not applicable due to changing legal status.
The reasons for the increase in states
being fully approved are not readily apparent. An inquiry and analysis
beyond the scope of this study may provide an explanation for this shift.
2. Competitive State
Program Improvement Grants
The 1997 IDEA amendments included a new
discretionary program titled State Program Improvement Grants for Children
with Disabilities. The purpose of these grants is to assist states,
in partnership with a range of stakeholders in the states, in reforming
and improving their systems that serve students with disabilities. Congress
appropriated $35.2 million for these grants in FY '99. The grants will
be awarded to states on a competitive basis, in the range of $500,000
to $2 million per year. The first awards were made in January 1999.
Seventy-five percent of the funding received under these grants must
go for personnel preparation.
The statute outlines the analyses the state
must conduct in developing a state improvement plan. That analysis must
include the major findings of the most recent federal reviews of state
compliance as they relate to improving results for children with disabilities.
The law also requires that the state improvement plan include improvement
strategies, one of which must address systemic problems identified in
federal compliance reviews.
Although it is not yet clear how competitive
state grants will affect state compliance with IDEA, they are intended
to create an incentive toward the systemic changes a state must implement
to achieve full compliance with IDEA.
Finding # III A.1
Many states are found eligible for full funding under Part B of IDEA
while simultaneously failing to ensure compliance with the law.
Though no state is fully ensuring compliance with IDEA, states usually
receive full funding every fiscal year. Once eligible for funding, a
state receives regular increases, which are automatic under the formula.
OSEP's findings of state noncompliance with IDEA requirements usually
have no effect on that state's eligibility for funding unless (1) the
state's policies or procedures create systemic obstacles to implementing
IDEA, or (2) persistent noncompliance leads OSEP to enforce by imposing
high risk status with "special conditions" to be met for continued funding.
Recommendation # III A.1
The Department of Education should link a state's continued eligibility
for federal funding under Part B to the remedy of any noncompliance
within the agreed upon time frame.
When a state is found out of compliance with the law via federal
monitoring, continued eligibility for IDEA funding should be linked
with achieving compliance within a designated time frame. The state
corrective action plan or compliance agreement should spell out what
must be done within a specific time frame to achieve compliance or the
state will be found ineligible for all or part of the available grant
money for the next fiscal period.
Finding # III A.2
The competitive State Program Improvement Grants are intended to
make funding available to states for implementing improvement strategies
to correct IDEA noncompliance problems.
Recommendation # III A.2A
OSEP should require that five percent of funds awarded under the
State Program Improvement Grants be applied toward developing a statewide
standardized data collection and reporting system for tracking the core
data elements needed to measure state compliance with IDEA and evaluate
educational results for children with disabilities.
Recommendation # III A.2B
When a state is found out of compliance with the law via federal
monitoring, continued eligibility for State Program Improvement Grant
funding should be linked with achieving compliance within a designated
Oversight: Federal Monitoring of States
1. Purpose of Monitoring
States are regularly monitored by OSEP.
Such monitoring includes on-site visits, data collection and analysis,
and the issuance of an official report. This basic monitoring process
has undergone periodic changes since the enactment of IDEA. As noted
in the review of annual reports below, the purpose of monitoring has
shifted over the years depending on the context in which it was carried
out. The law states that the Federal Government's role is one of monitoring
the states to ensure their implementation of the law. Indeed, much of
the responsibility for compliance lies with the states in their responsibility
to monitor the local education agencies (LEAs). The Federal Government
has increasingly looked to the states to take on this role and gradually
redefined its role as one of partnership with the states. In fact, the
IDEA amendments of 1997 strengthen the expectation that the states will
monitor the LEAs. The statute holds that states are expected to reduce
or withhold payments to LEAs if they are found to be out of compliance
with the law. For the first time, in 1998, the Federal Government
took enforcement action against a state for not taking effective
enforcement action against an LEA found to be out of compliance (see
discussion of Pennsylvania as a high risk grantee).
OSEP claims its approach to monitoring
has had significant positive impacts on compliance in a number of states.
For example, the state educational agency (SEA) in some states has taken
action to correct deficient practices identified by OSEP during the
monitoring review, even before the state has received OSEP's report.
In such instances, the states' solutions have often incorporated technical
assistance provided by OSEP during the monitoring visits. According
to OSEP, a number of states also have made positive changes, at least
in part because of the emphases and findings of OSEP monitoring, in
two important areas: (1) state monitoring and complaint resolution procedures,
and (2) the movement of many children with disabilities from separate
settings into less restrictive placement options.
OSEP currently describes its monitoring
as shifting from being procedurally oriented to being results oriented.
The purpose of monitoring as defined by OSEP today is to improve results
for children with disabilities. As mentioned earlier, OSEP has
redesigned its monitoring process (see Appendix H) to be a component
of what it calls a "state review and improvement process" where the
state is a collaborator with the Federal Government and other constituencies
to assess the educational success of students with disabilities and
to design and implement steps for improvement. There appears to
be a shift away from monitoring used solely as a tool for obtaining
compliance toward monitoring used as a tool for both program improvement
2. The Decision
About What to Monitor
OSEP is responsible for ensuring that states
are in compliance with IDEA. The requirements of IDEA are numerous and
not every requirement is monitored in every state on every monitoring
visit. Neither are the same requirements monitored for the same state
over time. However, as the analysis below of the most recent monitoring
reports (1994-1998) indicates, there does appear to be a relatively
stable set of requirements that are monitored. The decision about exactly
what to monitor in a state during a particular monitoring visit appears
to be determined by the team doing the monitoring based on their analysis
of the information they collect about the state.
A 1995 memo from Thomas Hehir, director
of OSEP, to Chief State School Officers indicates that monitoring and
corrective action plans will be focusing on requirements that have the
most direct relationship to student results. These requirements are
identified as (1) access to the full range of programs and services
available to nondisabled children, including regular and vocational
education programs and curricula and work-experience programs; (2) individualized
education programs, including statements of needed transition services
for students age 16 and younger, if necessary; (3) education of students
with disabilities in the regular education environment and the availability
of a continuum of alternative placements; and (4) state systems for
general supervision including complaint management and due process hearing
For 1997-1998, OSEP conducted implementation
planning visits in lieu of monitoring visits. The purpose of these visits
was to provide technical assistance to states on the requirements of
the new law. OSEP began monitoring with the new continuous improvement
monitoring process in the fall of 1998. Before IDEA '97, states were
on a four-year monitoring cycle. Every year 12 to 15 states were monitored.
The monitoring cycle described and the monitoring reports analyzed below
predate the changes OSEP implemented in the fall of 1998.
4. The Monitoring
Process Before the Fall of 1998
The monitoring process took place in four
phases: pre-site activities, the on-site visit, the issuance of the
report, and the corrective action plan.
a. Pre-Site Activities
Approximately three to six months before
an on-site visit, OSEP took the following steps: (1) scheduled public
meetings and on-site visit dates with the state, (2) informed interested
parties of the meeting dates and sites, (3) requested documents from
the state for review, (3) held public and outreach meetings in the state
to gain input, (4) determined issues to be reviewed and established
a schedule for interviews with the SEA, (5) selected agencies and schools/programs
to be visited, (6) contacted local sites, (7) established schedules,
and (8) requested documents. Monitoring staff were usually in the state
for about one week for the pre-site activities.
Beginning in 1994, OSEP began conducting
outreach meetings in addition to public meetings, which were open forums.
These meetings were by invitation only and included disability leaders
in the state, representatives of the Parent Training and Information
(PTI) centers and the Protection and Advocacy (P&A) systems. Generally
about 12-20 disability leaders from the state attended the meetings.
Attendance at the public meetings ranged
from five to 200. Between one and six public meetings were held in different
geographic locations in a state, at different times of the day. SEA
mailing lists, and sometimes lists from PTIs or other advocacy groups,
were used to send "interested party" invitations to the meetings.
After the pre-site activities, in preparation
for the site visit, the monitoring staff analyzed the information collected
in the state and gathered and considered additional relevant information
obtained from (1) complaints received by OSEP about the state and its
policy and procedures, and (2) contacts with the Office for Civil Rights
(OCR), the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA), and advocacy
groups within the state. All of this information was used to determine
what issues were to be examined and where the on-site visits were to
b. The On-Site
The on-site visit usually lasted a week
and took place about five to six weeks after the pre-site activities.
Six to ten people made up the monitoring team. The on-site visit involved
meeting with officials of the SEA and visiting LEAs, including schools.
The monitoring team used the information gathered from the pre-site
activities to determine which LEAs to visit. It considered when the
state last monitored the LEA, and chose some LEAs that had been recently
monitored by the state and some that had not been monitored for a long
period of time. It looked at the results of the SEA monitoring and compared
them to its own results. If the team saw differences that hadn't been
corrected, it knew the states were not enforcing the corrections. If
it found deficiencies that the state monitoring had not found, there
was an indication that the state monitoring system was not effective
in identifying deficiencies.
In smaller states, the monitoring teams
usually visited four or five LEAs. In larger states, the teams visited
eight to 10 LEAs. The LEAs were notified by the SEA two to three weeks
in advance that the monitoring team would be visiting. The team tried
to have geographic diversity in its visits and took special populations
into consideration. It looked at LEA data regarding placements in separate
settings, personnel, related services, etc. The data may have revealed
problems in the LEA that the team may have pursued while visiting there.
The team tried to visit elementary schools, middle schools, and high
schools. It met with administrators, looked at student records, and
interviewed teachers. It did not observe students or compare the students'
records to the students' experience.
The team members in the field talked with
the team members at the SEA to discuss data collection and potential
findings. An exit conference was held with the SEA to present the preliminary
c. The Monitoring
The monitoring team returned to Washington,
DC, and worked together to analyze the data they had collected and the
results of the monitoring visit. The team might call the state back
to request clarification or additional information. The report was developed
and reviewed by the team leader, the division director, the director
of OSEP, and the OGC. The report was cleared and issued to the Chief
State School Officer with a copy sent to the director of special education
in the state.
The intended time line for the issuance
of the report was 150 to 180 days after the on-site visit. Analysis
of the most recent monitoring reports for each state revealed that the
time elapsed between the monitoring visit and the final report was greater
than 90 days for 45 states, greater than 180 days for 27 states, and
greater than 365 days for 12 states.
In the past, OSEP issued draft reports
to the states, and the states could then respond and defend their response.
OSEP would consider their response and might make changes in the report
based on that response. OSEP eliminated this practice with the 1994-95
monitoring cycle. It began issuing only the final report. The state
had 15 calendar days from the date it received the report to submit
a letter to OSEP documenting findings in the report that were without
legal or factual support. If OSEP determined that it was necessary to
delete or revise a finding, a letter setting forth the deletion or revision
was appended as part of the report.
d. Corrective Action
In every monitoring report that documented
findings of noncompliance (which were all monitoring reports), parameters
for a corrective action plan (CAP) were set forth. OSEP was available
to work with the state to develop the plan. The plan was to be submitted
to OSEP within 45 days of receipt of the report. If the state did not
submit a plan, OSEP unilaterally would develop the CAP for the state.
(OSEP reported that to its knowledge this circumstance never occurred.)
The time line for completing a corrective
action plan ranged from one to three years, with the average being two
years. The deadline depended on the nature of the deficiency, as correction
for some might take significantly more time than for others.
Follow-up visits might be conducted to
determine the implementation of the CAP. For some states, submission
of documentation might be the follow-up. Generally, OSEP reported that
it conducted four to six follow-up visits per year to assess CAP implementation.
Generally, follow-up visits were similar
to mini on-site visits. The follow-up team comprised two to three people
who visited the state office for about two days and LEAs for about two
days. If OSEP determined that the corrective action plan had been implemented
and was effective, it closed out the plan. In situations where OSEP
found little or no change, it scheduled another follow-up visit. In
two situations (Pennsylvania and New Jersey) where the second follow-up
visit found continued noncompliance, the states were designated as high
risk grantees (see earlier discussion).
e. OSEP's Maintenance
of Monitoring Reports and Records Regarding Monitoring Reports
OSEP's policy was to keep monitoring records
related to IDEA for three to five years. Thus, OSEP appeared to
have very few monitoring reports more than five years old, nor did they
have an inventory listing that reported which ones they possessed and
which ones they did not. This study initially requested a complete set
of reports for 11 states, going back in time as far as DoED had records.
Because of the limited availability of reports, this request was modified
to include only six states. For one state, Illinois, the oldest report
DoED had was from 1991. For other states, some reports were missing
(for example, while DoED had the 1983 report from New York, it did not
have the 1987 report). There was no chronology of monitoring over time
5. Analysis of Fifty
Federal Monitoring Reports
Little research on state compliance with
special education requirements over time has been conducted. NCD was
aware of only one study that had examined compliance trends. That study,
released in1993 by the National Council on Disability, disaggregated
OSEP state monitoring data collected from April 1989 to February 1992
to the school district level. The study revealed very high levels of
school district noncompliance as noted in Table 3 below.
Table 3: State
Monitoring Data (Reprint from NCD Study)
||Districts in Noncompliance
||Percentage in Noncompliance
Note: IEP = Individualized Education
Program; LRE = Least Restrictive Environment
The analysis below, based on a study of
the most recent OSEP monitoring report issued for each state, summarizes
the findings of noncompliance for each state in seven areas.
The most recent OSEP monitoring report of
every state was reviewed and analyzed. These reports were issued between
1994 and 1998. Seven key areas of legal requirements were analyzed for
each state: (1) FAPE, (2) LRE, (3) IEP, (4) transition, (5) general
supervision, (6) procedural safeguards, and (7) protection in evaluation.
These were requirements that OSEP had chosen to monitor in most of the
states, which had been monitored fairly consistently across states over
b. Standards Used
by OSEP for Determining Noncompliance
It should be noted that the charts and tables
throughout this section depict findings of noncompliance in the indicated
areas for each state, but not the extent of noncompliance represented
by that finding.
The OSEP monitoring process has had
no measurable benchmarks or clear criteria for distinguishing the severity
of LEA noncompliance with any given requirement. OSEP reported that
it made a finding of noncompliance in a state only when such noncompliance
was "systemic," meaning that it had occurred "with some frequency,"
although there was no regulation or documented policy, guidance, or
internal procedure stating this particular criterion. Indeed, the "systemic"
criterion, even as OSEP defined it, was not consistently applied in
making determinations of noncompliance." This lack of consistency
in how findings of noncompliance were made seemed at variance with the
compliance standard for SEAs as articulated in the law and in OSEP's
own communication to the states (see following discussion).
IDEA requires the SEA to "ensure" that
the law's requirements are met by all educational programs that are,
or should be, delivering special education services to students with
disabilities. In the 1997 Texas Monitoring Report, OSEP clarified
the scope of the SEA's full responsibility for ensuring compliance,
regardless of the methods the SEA might have used to identify and "count"
deficiencies for correction.
"The procedures for TEA's District
Effective Compliance system (Reference Guide, September 1996)
state that, 'a discrepancy will be cited during the on-site review when
it is determined that the violation in question occurs systemically
throughout a campus, a district, or a cooperative... As a general rule,
a discrepancy will be cited when a violation is found in 30 percent
or more of the student programs reviewed.... Violations of "a more serious
nature"...are to be cited whenever a single violation occurs. Otherwise,
violations that occur in less than 30 percent of the files sampled are
not cited, and TEA requires agencies to take no corrective action.'
In this monitoring report, OSEP communicated
the expectation that Texas' corrective action on this issue was to monitor
such that all deficiencies were identified and corrected, "regardless
of the prevalence or magnitude of those findings." OSEP's finding
and explanation made clear that it was the responsibility of the SEA to
ensure correction of any occurrence of noncompliance with IDEA. Insofar
as the SEA failed to ensure that all Part B requirements have been met,
the SEA was not in compliance with IDEA.
"Although a state educational agency
has some discretion about the method it uses to identify and ensure
correction of deficiencies, it is responsible for ensuring that
all Part B requirements are met by subgrantees for all students with
disabilities. TEA must identify and document all noncompliance
found through its monitoring process, even where the violation does
not reach the 30 percent threshold, or does not meet the definition
for "violations of a serious nature." Further, although corrective
action that TEA requires may vary depending upon how isolated or systemic
a finding is, it must ensure correction of all identified noncompliance."
Although OSEP articulated a clear standard
with respect to findings of noncompliance, it emphasized that the severity
and extent of noncompliance varied with each finding. A finding might
have been based on an egregious problem or on a technical deficiency
of a less serious nature (i.e., a finding of noncompliance with the
procedural safeguard requirements might have been based on (1) a wholly
ineffective due process hearing system, or (2) the state's failure to
provide a fully accurate explanation of a procedural safeguard as part
of its required notice to parents). Likewise, a noncompliance finding
might also have been based on several to many instances of noncompliance
with a requirement. These variations in the severity and extent of a
noncompliance finding, however, do not lessen the responsibility of
the SEA for identifying and ensuring that all instances of noncompliance
c. Summary of State
Chart 4 below indicates how many states
failed to ensure compliance in each of the listed areas according to
the most recent monitoring report for each state. The largest areas
of noncompliance were general supervision, where 90 percent, or 45 states,
failed to ensure compliance, and transition, where 88 percent, or 44
states, failed to ensure compliance. Other key noncompliant areas were
FAPE, where 80 percent, or 40 states, failed to ensure compliance, and
LRE, where 72 percent, or 36 states, failed to ensure compliance. Table
5 provides a state-by-state display of areas out of compliance. Thirty
states failed to ensure compliance in five, six, or seven areas of IDEA
requirements considered by this report. Appendix G provides a one page
summary of the noncompliant findings for each state from its most recent
Chart 4: Number
and Percentage of Noncompliant States in Each Area
According to 1994-1998 OSEP Monitoring Reports
||States Out of Compliance
|Number of States
||Percentage of States
|Protection in Evaluation
[Table 5: State Noncompliance as Reported
by 1994-1998 Monitoring Reports not available.]
In the analysis of the fifty state monitoring
reports below, each of the monitored requirements is described briefly
with a summary of the findings from all fifty reports, followed by examples
from the reports to illustrate the basis for OSEP's noncompliance findings.
d. Analysis of Findings
i. Free Appropriate Public Education
FAPE gives children with disabilities access
to the supports and accommodations they need to obtain an education,
requiring that special education and related services be made available
to them in accordance with their IEPs. OSEP found that 40 states (80%)
had failed to ensure compliance with the FAPE requirements. Specific
FAPE requirements and the percentage of states in noncompliance are
illustrated in Chart 6:
[Chart 6: State Noncompliance with
FAPE Requirements not available.]
(a) Extended School Year
ESY services must be made available to individual
students who require such services in order for them to be receiving
FAPE. This requirement recognizes that some students with disabilities
will not receive an appropriate education unless they have special education
or related services during the summer months.
OSEP found that 28 states (56%) had
failed to ensure compliance with the ESY requirements, as shown
in the following examples:
In Alabama, . . . [i]nterviews
with teachers and administrators in public agencies A, B, and D revealed
that extended school year was not available for students in the facilities
visited by OSEP. Teachers interviewed ... stated that they were
unsure as to the criteria for extended school year, and therefore
did not know how to determine the need for extended school year services.
None of these 11 teachers had ever participated in an IEP meeting
where students were considered for such services. Both building
level and district administrators... confirmed that teachers and administrators
were not aware of the criteria for extended school year services.
(b) Related Services
Students with disabilities must be provided
with related services such as occupational therapy, speech therapy, physical
therapy, and psychological counseling based on their individual needs
as reflected in their IEPs. This requirement recognizes that without these
related services, some students with disabilities cannot adequately access
and learn their curricular materials.
In four out of five public agencies visited
in Iowa, OSEP determined that ESY services were not considered
on an individual basis and provided to students who required them.
In Delaware, OSEP found that availability
of ESY services was restricted to students with autism and those
who received "Level 5" services. Participation of other students
in ESY services was not determined based on the IEP, and in some of
the agencies visited it was not available to other students at all.
In four of the five agencies visited
in Connecticut, "...children with particular types of disabilities
were categorically excluded from consideration for ESY services."
Two teachers in an agency in Arkansas
reported that the agency did not offer ESY and that it was never
discussed at any IEP meeting they attended.
OSEP found that 34 states (68%) had
failed to ensure compliance with the related services requirements,
as shown in the following examples:
In Florida, ...OSEP was
informed in interviews with district and building-based administrators,
teachers, and related services personnel in Agencies F, G, and H that
psychological counseling, as a related service, is not available
to students with disabilities, regardless of need. A building-based
administrator in Agency E indicated that many students need psychological
counseling but it is not available as a related service.
(c) Length of School Day
Unless their individual needs dictate otherwise,
the length of the school day for students with disabilities must meet
their state's general standard.
...OSEP was informed by two related service
providers in Agency G that they were instructed not to list individual
therapy on their caseload(s). They stated that they will provide
the service informally, but it is not reflected on the student's IEP
(there are no goals and objectives).
...A special education teacher in Agency
H told OSEP that students may have to go to a center-based or day
program if they need more intense counseling services.
In one agency in Minnesota, OSEP
found that psychological counseling was not considered for inclusion
in any student's IEP.
An administrator from an agency
in Arizona confirmed "that related services (speech therapy,
occupational therapy, and physical therapy) are not based on the individual
student's needs but are based upon the availability of the service
Administrators and teachers from two
agencies in Oklahoma stated that psychological counseling services
are not provided based on an IEP, even if a child needs such services
to benefit from special education.
In one district in California,
an administrator told OSEP that there were 42 students whose IEPs
called for speech services, but who were not receiving the services;
in another district, an administrator reported that students whose
IEP teams believed they needed mental health services to benefit from
special education were referred to outside agencies for the services,
rather than receiving the services free of charge through their IEPs.
OSEP found that five states (10%) had
failed to ensure compliance with this requirement, as shown in the
Administrators in two districts
in Delaware reported that 17 students had their school days
shortened by an hour and a half due to " transportation schedules."
(d) Provision of Special Education/Program
Students' IEPs must set forth with specificity
the amount of special education and related services the students are
to receive. These decisions must be based upon individual need. In addition,
program options that meet their needs must be made available to students
In Arkansas, ...[b]ecause there
were not enough modified buses in the agency to transport students
with disabilities, an administrator in Agency C reported that six
students received one hour fewer per day than the state standard.
One administrator reported and another
administrator confirmed that a classroom of children with disabilities
in Agency B had their school day shortened by 30 minutes per day,
which was less than the state standard, because students in a self-contained
program were transported from the school where their classroom was
located to their 'home school' in order to catch the regular bus.
An Agency J administrator reported to
OSEP that four children with disabilities who attended the vocational
technical program were in school one hour fewer than the state standard
because of the time needed to transport them from another district.
As a result, these children were only able to get two hours of credit
for their vocational class at Agency J--instead of the normal three
hours of credit.
OSEP found that 15 states (30%) had
failed to ensure compliance with these requirements, including the
In [Pennsylvania] public
agency C, six of seven records reviewed by OSEP had no specific statements
of special education or related services.
ii Least Restrictive Environment
LRE requirements hold that students with disabilities
should be educated, to the maximum extent appropriate, with their nondisabled
peers. Separate schooling or separate classes or other removal of children
with disabilities from the regular educational environment must take place
only when the nature or severity of the disability is such that education
in regular classes with the use of supplementary aids and services cannot
be satisfactorily achieved.
In Connecticut, ...OSEP found
that the technical vocational education such as that provided through
the state-operated regional schools was not an available program option
for students with moderate or significant disabilities. OSEP confirmed
through interviews that although some high school students could benefit
from technical vocational education available only at the regional
programs, this option was not available to certain students with disabilities.
In Kentucky, OSEP found that 22
of 53 IEPs reviewed, in three of the four agencies visited, either
did not state the specific amounts of special education and related
services or stated the amounts in ranges. Individuals interviewed
reported that the amount of services was not based upon individual
student needs. In addition, twelve of the 53 students were not receiving
services that conformed to their IEPs.
In Ohio, OSEP reviewed 94 student
records in 11 of the 12 agencies visited, and identified 75 cases
in which the amount of special education and related services was
either not recorded on the IEP or the services were stated in ranges.
Teachers, related service providers, and agency administrators reported
that the amount of services was stated as a range because the lesser
amount reflected state minimum standards, while the greater amount
indicated the child's actual need. The child would receive the amount
of services needed if the therapist had time to provide it; if not,
the child received the lesser amount.
OSEP found that 36 states (72%) had
failed to ensure compliance with the LRE requirements. It is interesting
to note that of the remaining fourteen states, OSEP found
six states not out of compliance on LRE, but provided no information
at all on LRE compliance for the other eight states. In all six
states found not out of compliance, the finding was based on site
visits that had not included any separate facilities. Such facilities
have been sources of findings of LRE noncompliance in many states.
It was also noteworthy that during this
period of time, OSEP conducted monitoring visits at only three state
schools for students who are deaf or have visual impairments, and
only three separate private facilities. These sorts of facilities have
powerful political constituencies, both nationally and in many states.
It is of particular importance that OSEP monitored such facilities because
states sometimes have failed to exercise their general supervisory
authority over them. In Kentucky, for example,
"[a]t the time of OSEP's 1992
Monitoring Report, KDE [Kentucky Department of Education] acknowledged
that it had not monitored the Kentucky School for the Deaf and the
School for the Blind for approximately 10 years. Comments received
at the public meetings held in June prior to OSEP's September 1995 on-site
visit indicated that KDE maintains a "hands off" policy toward both
state schools and that KDE has not yet monitored either school even
though OSEP's 1992 report had cited KDE for failure to exercise general
supervisory authority over these programs. During OSEP's 1995 monitoring
visit, KDE administrators acknowledged that they had failed to exercise
their general supervisory responsibility for these programs in that
the Kentucky School for the Deaf had not yet been monitored by KDE for
Finally, there was no evidence in the text
of any of the reports indicating that OSEP reviewed the files of students
placed in out-of-state residential facilities for LRE compliance.
Without such review, it was difficult to determine OSEP's basis for the
following conclusion: "During the 1992-1993 school year, Iowa Department
of Education (IDE) placed approximately 200 students in out-of-state
programs, based upon their unique needs." Specific LRE requirements
and the percentage of states in noncompliance are illustrated in the following
Although the Kentucky School for the
Deaf was conducting a self-study during the 1995-96 school year in
preparation for an on-site monitoring visit during the 1996-97 school
year, and the Kentucky School for the Blind had received an on-site
monitoring visit in March 1995 and a follow-up visit in September
1995, at the time of OSEP's visit, KDE could not provide OSEP with
documentation to verify that special education programs for children
enrolled in these schools meet state and federal requirements."
[Chart 7: State Noncompliance with
LRE Requirements not available.]
(a) Education with Nondisabled Students/Removal
Only When Aids and Services Standard Met
Students with disabilities must be educated
with nondisabled students to the maximum extent appropriate to meet
their needs. Removal from less restrictive settings can occur only if
students' IEPs cannot be implemented in those settings, even with the
use of supplementary aids and services.
However, OSEP found that 32 states (64%)
had failed to ensure compliance with these requirements, including
the following examples:
OSEP found that in two districts
in Mississippi, regular class placements were not discussed
at annual review or IEP meetings for some students with disabilities.
One teacher told OSEP that this did not occur "even though some of the
students this teacher serves could probably perform satisfactorily in
some of the regular academic classes."
(b) Nonacademic and Extracurricular
Students with disabilities must participate
with nondisabled peers in nonacademic and extracurricular activities and
services to the maximum extent appropriate to their needs.
Administrators and teachers in three
districts in Delaware told OSEP that these LRE requirements were
not followed in their districts because the state's funding formula
was a disincentive to regular class placements for students with
In Idaho, "....OSEP found that
the removal of children with disabilities from regular education
programs in public agency B was not based on a determination that
the nature or severity of the disability is such that education in
regular classes with the use of supplementary aids and services could
not be achieved satisfactorily, but, rather on administrative convenience.
A special education teacher of a self-contained program for students
with moderate to severe/ profound disabilities ... stated, 'These
students have been here forever. This is where they have been and
this is where they are going to be.' She further stated that other
options in less restrictive settings are not explored or considered
by the IEP team."
In Iowa, [t]wo...administrators
responsible for the administration and supervision of programs in
public agency E stated that the consideration of the supplementary
aids and services needed by a student with disabilities is "not part
of the IEP process."
OSEP found that 29 states (58%) had
not ensured compliance with these requirements, as shown in the
In New York, "[t]he special
education director and a program administrator in public agency F informed
OSEP that there was no individualized determination of the maximum extent
to which each student with a disability placed in the BOCES' center-based
(separate school) programs could participate with nondisabled children
in nonacademic and extracurricular services and activities, and that
there were currently no opportunities for such integration, regardless
of individual student need."
(c) Placement Based on IEP
Placement decisions for students with disabilities
must be based on their IEPs. The practice of not basing placement
decisions on students' IEPs can have the effect of depriving some students
with disabilities of access to schools attended by their friends and neighbors.
In South Carolina, "OSEP determined
in interviews with administrators in agencies C and G that the participation
of students with disabilities with nondisabled peers in nonacademic
and extracurricular activities was not determined on an individual
basis. The administrator in agency G reported efforts on the part
of the agency to involve disabled students in nonacademic and extracurricular
group activities at neighboring regular education schools. However,
participation was not based on the individual needs of students,
but on the activities (e.g., assemblies) being available to the entire
class of special education students as a group activity. The administrator
in agency C stated that participation in nonacademic and extracurricular
activities is not occurring for most of the students enrolled in the
agency C separate facility, even though these students could benefit
from participation in nonacademic and extracurricular activities with
In California, three administrators
reported that "students identified as seriously emotionally disturbed
who are served in a separate school program in the district, and students
with disabilities who are served in the agency's preschool program
(separate school), are not provided adequate opportunities for integration
with age appropriate peers, regardless of individual need. [These
administrators] reported to OSEP that as a general practice there
was no individualized determination of the maximum extent to which
each student with a disability placed in the separate school programs
could participate with nondisabled children in nonacademic and extracurricular
services and activities."
OSEP found that 19 states (38%) had
failed to ensure compliance with this requirement, including the
An agency administrator in
Ohio stated that "approximately 25 percent of the students who
are placed into special education programs are placed prior to the development
of their IEPs. A teacher [in the same agency] high school visited
by OSEP stated that placements were based on parent request, administrative
convenience, or category of disability, rather than on the students'
(d) Continuum Available to Extent Necessary
A continuum of placement options must be
available to students with disabilities to the extent necessary to implement
their IEPs. The lack of availability of a full continuum of placement
options can have the effect of forcing students into placements that are
more restrictive than necessary to implement their IEPs.
In Iowa, "[b]oth teachers interviewed
by OSEP in the school visited in agency B indicated that placement
is determined prior to the development of a student's IEP.
Two of the four teachers interviewed
by OSEP in agency C indicated placement is determined prior to the
development of a student's IEP.
An administrator and two teachers from
the elementary school in agency D told OSEP that, for both initial
and subsequent placements, placement is determined prior to the development
of the student's IEP."
In Connecticut, "OSEP found that
students with moderate, significant, or profound disabilities are
not permitted to attend the high school that agency D nondisabled
students attend. Special education teachers, the administrator of
the middle school, the administrator responsible for supervising the
provision of special education services in agency D and a school nurse,
and the PPT minutes in student records confirmed that placement
practices for these students were not based on the student's
IEP, but rather on the student's IQ, program location and availability
of related services (e.g., medical services)."
OSEP found that 17 states (34%) had
failed to ensure compliance with this requirement, including the
Teachers and a building-level
administrator in a Rhode Island public agency told "OSEP that, at
their school, full-time regular education placement . . . was not a
continuum option for any students with disabilities. At [a second public
agency], three teachers told OSEP that full-time regular education was
not a continuum option for any of the students with disabilities attending
the school that OSEP visited. Administrators and teachers at [a third
agency] told OSEP that currently, full-time regular education placement
was not an option in the district."
The inability or unwillingness of school districts
to provide a full continuum of placement options also can have the effect
of forcing students into placements that are more restrictive than necessary
to implement their IEPs:
In New Jersey, "[a]n administrator
stated that the Child Study Team ... looks at a student's classification
at the annual review and determines whether or not a student is eligible
for Resource Room services. A teacher and administrator further elaborated
that the Resource Room option is limited to two periods a day. If more
time is required, the student is placed in a self-contained classroom
for a full day. There are no other options for resource service for
more than two periods or less than a full day."
(e) Placement Determined at Least Annually
Placement decisions for students with disabilities
must be made at least annually. Failure to re-evaluate placement annually
can result in continuing placements that no longer meet the educational
and related service needs of the child.
OSEP found that eight states (16%) had
failed to ensure compliance with this requirement, including the
"An administrator and two teachers
from public agency C in North Carolina informed OSEP that placement
determinations are reviewed after the triennial re-evaluation unless
the child's parents want a program change prior to the re-evaluation.
An administrator and one teacher from public agency D stated that placements
for students with disabilities are determined at the time of initial
placement into the special education program and thereafter at three-year
intervals coinciding with the time of the student's re-evaluation, unless
special circumstances arise indicating that a change may be needed.
Teachers from public agencies F and H told OSEP that the IEP team does
not reconsider the student's placement until the student is ready for
a higher functioning program, or the student 'ages out' to the next
iii Individualized Education Programs
IDEA requires that all students have an individualized
education program that documents (1) their current level of performance,
(2) their goals and objectives, (3) the services to be provided to meet
those needs, (4) the dates for initiation of services and anticipated
duration, (5) criteria for determining the extent to which objectives
are being met, and (6) transition service for students aged 16 and older.
In Georgia, "[w]hen asked how
often placement determinations for students with disabilities are
made, three administrators and four teachers from agencies A, D, and
E informed OSEP that placement options are considered at initial placement
and at triennial meetings, but not at annual reviews. 'At annual reviews,
we just look at goals and objectives' explained a teacher from agency
OSEP found that 22 states (44%) had
failed to ensure compliance with the IEP requirements. Specific
IEP requirements and the percentage of states in noncompliance are illustrated
in the following chart (Chart 8):
[Chart 8: State Noncompliance with
IEP Requirements not available.]
(a) IEP Content
IEPs for students with disabilities must
address their unique individual needs and must include students' present
levels of performance; annual goals; short-term objectives; and evaluation
criteria, procedures, and schedules. IEPs must also include the extent
to which students will participate in general education programs.
OSEP found that 20 states (40%) had
failed to ensure compliance with the IEP content requirements. The
failure to base IEPs on the unique individual needs of students is also
demonstrated by goals and objectives that do not correspond to the
needs identified by students' IEPs. For example,
"OSEP's comparison of 17 IEPs
in a New Jersey agency showed identical goals and objectives for 16
children. A teacher stated that all students were taught the same
skills and that the goals were based on the curriculum. During the review
of one IEP, OSEP discovered that a goals and objectives page had the
name of another student on it. School personnel were unable to explain
The failure to base IEPs on the unique
individual needs of students is also shown by goals and objectives that
do not correspond to the needs identified by students' IEPs:
OSEP reviewed another student record
that showed the same goals and objectives for three years.
In another agency, a comparison of 12 IEPs showed identical goals
and/or objectives for six children enrolled in a job orientation program.
A teacher for three of the students stated that even though the IEP
goals and objectives were identical in the children's IEPs, the children's
needs were not identical. Another teacher for the other three children
in that same agency told OSEP staff that the IEP short-term objectives
were identical and did not address individual students' needs in terms
of their participation in the job-orientation program."
In Kentucky, "[f]ourteen
of the 53 IEPs reviewed by OSEP did not include goals and objectives
to address each of the students' needs identified on the IEP. OSEP found
that IEPs did not contain goals and objectives related to students'
needs for instruction in special education settings or for related services
such as speech therapy."
States' violations of IEP content requirements
are often fairly widespread. The following table displays the number of
IEP deficiencies as the numerator and the total number of IEPs reviewed
as the denominator for five states:
[Table 9: State Noncompliance with
IEP Content Requirements in Five States Requirement not available.]
(b) IEP Meetings
IEP meetings must include a representative
of the public agency--other than the student's teacher--who is qualified
to supervise or provide special education and the student's teacher.
The meetings should also include the student, if appropriate, and may
include other individuals at the discretion of the parent or agency.
Agencies must take steps to ensure that the student's parent(s) participates
in meetings, including giving timely notice of meetings, scheduling
meetings at mutually convenient times and places, and using other methods
to ensure parent participation when parents cannot attend.
OSEP found that 13 states (26%) had
failed to ensure compliance with the IEP meeting requirements, including
the following example:
In Massachusetts, "...OSEP
was informed by four agency administrators, eight building administrators,
and nine teachers in six public agencies...that one person, usually
the educational programmer or the student's special education teacher,
develops the goals and objectives after the IEP meeting.
...OSEP finds that this practice is inconsistent with...the requirement
that one or both of the child's parents...must participate in the development
of the child's IEP...."
iv Transition Services
Students age 16 and older (and younger if
deemed appropriate) must have IEPs that include a statement of needed
OSEP found that 44 states (88%) had
failed to ensure compliance with the transition requirements. Specific
transition requirements and the percentage of states in noncompliance
are illustrated in the following chart:
[Chart 10: State Noncompliance with
Transition Requirements not available.]
If a purpose of an IEP meeting is the consideration
of transition services, the notice of the meeting must indicate this
purpose, indicate that the student will be invited, and identify any
other agencies that will be invited.
OSEP found that 35 states (70%) had
failed to ensure compliance with the transition notice requirements.
In North Carolina, "OSEP
found that in most instances [the total in all agencies was 23 of 27
IEP notices] the notices used by four public agencies to inform parents
of IEP meetings did not specify that a purpose of the meeting is the
consideration of transition services, when those notices were for meetings
for students who were 16 years or older."
(b) Meeting Participants
If a purpose of an IEP meeting is the consideration
of transition services, invitees must include the student and representatives
of other agencies likely to be responsible for providing or paying for
transition services. If the student does not attend, the public agency
must take steps to ensure that the student's preferences and interests
"I've never been asked, 'Hey,
what's your perspective? What can I do to make your education better?'
And I feel like you can ask the parents all you want, but if you really
want to get down to the heart of the problem and how the students are
being affected, maybe you should ask them first." - A high school
senior with a disability from South Carolina on having input
to the IEP
OSEP found that 38 states (76%) had failed
to ensure compliance with these requirements, including the following
In two New Hampshire public
agencies, in 14 of 17 records reviewed by OSEP for students 16 years
or older, the student was not invited to the IEP meeting.
In Massachusetts, "OSEP reviewed the
files of 18 students ages 16 and older in public agencies A, E, and F,
and found that three of six students in agency A, four of six in agency
E, and three of six in agency F did not attend their most recent IEP meeting.
Four teachers and an administrator responsible for the administration
and supervision of special education programs in those agencies told OSEP
that they do not invite the student to the IEP meeting even if one of
the purposes of the meeting is the consideration of transition services.
Three administrators responsible
for the administration and supervision of special education programs,
four building level administrators, and three teachers in public agencies
A, E, and F told OSEP that there is no procedure for ensuring that the
preferences and interests of the students are considered during the
development of the statement of needed transition services."
(c) Statement of Needed Services
The IEPs of students 16 and older, and of
those who are younger if appropriate, must contain a statement of needed
transition services, including (1) activities in instruction, (2) community
experiences, (3) employment, and (4) adult living.
OSEP found that 34 states (68%) had
failed to ensure compliance with these requirements. For example,
In Missouri, "OSEP found
that out of a total of 42 IEPs of students 16 or older, 15 IEPs...contained no statements of needed transition services... An agency administrator
explained to OSEP that the district has not done a good job on transition
and that it is not district practice to provide transition services to post-secondary education for students with mild disabilities, such
as learning disabilities."
v. General Supervision
The general supervision of the implementation
of IDEA Part B requirement means that states must ensure the development
and use of mechanisms and activities in a coordinated system to (1) ensure
the states' mechanisms for monitoring compliance with FAPE, LRE, and other
IDEA requirements are coordinated and result in the correction of identified
deficiencies; (2) ensure that educational and support services are provided
to eligible students involved in juvenile and adult detention and correctional
facilities, state operated programs (i.e., schools for the developmentally
disabled, blind, or deaf), and out-of-district placements; and (3) ensure
appropriate and timely service delivery based on interagency coordination
and assignment of fiscal responsibility. General supervision also ensures
that decision-making regarding these mechanisms and activities is based
on collection, analysis, and utilization of data from all available sources
(i.e., complaint investigations and resolutions, due process determinations,
mediation agreements, court decisions, etc.). Some of the monitoring reports
during the period of time under study treat all of these issues as part
of general supervision, while others do not.
In Colorado, "[b]ased on a review
of records for age-appropriate students in two agencies, OSEP found
that 11 of 21 IEPs... did not contain statements of needed transition
services or included incomplete statements of needed transition services.
Incomplete statements... omitted services in one or more of the areas
of instruction, community experiences, and employment/other post-school
adult living objectives, and did not include a statement that the
IEP team had determined that the student did not need services in
those areas and the basis for that determination...."
In New Hampshire, "public agencies
A and E, in 16 of 17 records reviewed by OSEP for students 16 years
or older, student IEPs did not include a statement of needed transition
services or any information related to the provision of transition
OSEP found 45 states (90%) failed to
ensure compliance with general supervision requirements. Specific
general supervision requirements and the percentage of states out of
compliance are illustrated in the following chart:
[Chart 11: State Noncompliance with
General Supervision Requirements not available.]
(a) Incarcerated Students
States must ensure that all individuals
with disabilities ages three through 21 are identified, located, evaluated,
and provided FAPE.
DoED found 18 states (36%) failed to
ensure compliance with these requirements, including the following
"California Department of Corrections
administrators responsible for educational programs in correctional
facilities cited a recent study by that Department estimating that there
are 6500-8500 youth with disabilities between the ages of 16 and
22 in the Department's facilities who would be eligible for special
education and related services under current California law. They stated
that the Department of Corrections currently offers adult basic education
and literacy programs to assist inmates in attaining a high school diploma
or high school graduation equivalency diploma, and provides adult literacy
offerings, but that special education services are not currently
available in any of the 29 facilities that house youth between 16 and
(b) Complaint Resolution
OSEP found 24 states (48%) failed to
ensure compliance with the complaint resolution requirements. These
requirements and the percentage of states out of compliance are illustrated
in the following chart:
[Chart 12: State Noncompliance with
Complaint Resolution Requirements not available.]
(i) Resolved within sixty days
Unless exceptional circumstances exist with
respect to a particular complaint, states must resolve complaints within
60 calendar days.
DoED found 18 states (36%) failed to
ensure compliance with the complaint time line requirement. Moreover,
states sometimes exceed the mandated time line for large numbers
of complaints. For example,
In Minnesota, "...MDE [Minnesota
Department of Education] did not resolve 58 of the 100 complaints,
received during the 1993-94 school year, within 60 days...."
(ii) Resolve any complaint
States must resolve every allegation in each
"Based on a review of the Pennsylvania
Department of Education's [PDE's] complaint log for the period
beginning January 1, 1991, and ending December 31, 1992, OSEP finds
that 512 complaints were filed with PDE, and that in 168
cases PDE did not investigate and resolve the complaints within 60
calendar days after they were filed. OSEP reviewed a sample of
16 complaint files where PDE exceeded the 60-day time limit and found
that 14 of those files did not contain documentation of an extension
due to exceptional circumstances with respect to a particular complaint."
DoED found nine states (18%) failed
to ensure compliance with this requirement. Some states have
refused to investigate certain types of complaints. The effect of
the complaint limitations imposed by some states has been to force parents
either to drop the issue or to hire attorneys to represent their children
in due process hearings. Some examples include the following:
In Kansas, "KSBE has no
written policy or guidelines outlining its procedures for conducting
complaint investigations. KSBE officials informed OSEP that KSBE
does not issue a report outlining its findings when the complaint involves
'IEP team decisions.' IEP team decisions are defined by KSBE to
include appropriateness of identification or placement decisions, or
appropriateness of decisions involving types and amount of services.
KSBE limits its complaint resolution to procedural issues alleging state
or federal violations, such as whether the district is providing the
type and amount of services listed on an IEP or whether the service
providers meet specific state or federal criteria. When KSBE determines
that a complaint is substantive rather than procedural, the parents
are contacted, usually via phone, and advised that their appropriate
avenue of relief is through a due process hearing. KSBE officials
stated that records of requests for complaint investigation that
are denied are not kept by KSBE. In the file of one complaint, OSEP
found the following notation: 'This is not an issue which can be adjudicated
through the formal complaint process, as the State Department of Education
will not substitute its judgment for that of the IEP team. Therefore,
no corrective action is required pursuant to this issue.'"
The effect of the illegitimate complaint
limitations imposed by some states has been to force parents either
to drop the issue, or to hire attorneys to represent their children in
due process hearings.
In North Dakota, "OSEP found that
in one complaint the issues raised by the parent regarding the provision
of special education services for his daughter were investigated as
if there were the possibility of a systemic problem within the unit
and district policies and procedures that may have affected all children
receiving special education services. Further, the written report
addressed findings related to general policies affecting all children
with disabilities rather than the individual circumstances of the
complainant. Therefore, there was no investigation and resolution
of the specific allegations of the complaint."
(c) State Monitoring
OSEP found 35 states (70%) failed to
ensure compliance with the state monitoring requirements. These
requirements and the percentage of states in noncompliance are illustrated
in the following chart:
Chart 13: State
Noncompliance with State Monitoring Requirements
||% of States Out of Compliance
||Number of States Out of
|Method of Determining
|Lacked methods to determine
compliance with some requirements
|Lacked complete methods
for Identifying Deficiencies
|Lacked effective methods
for identifying deficiencies
|Correction of Deficiencies
|Failure to ensure correction
(i) Method/completeness of method to
States must adopt proper methods to monitor
public agencies responsible for carrying out special education programs.
OSEP found 22 states (44%) lacked methods
to determine compliance with some requirements, and 19 states (38%)
lacked complete methods, including the following examples:
No method to determine compliance: "...OSEP reviewed AZDE's [Arizona Department of Education's]
monitoring procedures document, Monitoring for Effectiveness of Compliance
-- Master Guide, the Collaborative Program Review manual,
and all other monitoring procedures and materials, and finds that the
procedures that were in effect at the time of OSEP's visit did not include
a method to determine compliance regarding the following requirements:
§300.571--Consent for release of confidential information,
§300.540-- Additional team members--SLD."
(ii) Effective method for identifying
States must use proper methods to monitor
public agencies responsible for carrying out special education programs.
Incomplete methods to determine
compliance: "...§300.300--FAPE--Extended School Year
services (ESY) - AZDE's monitoring procedures contain an element
at 5.C.5.v that requires that "the IEP shall include consideration
for extended school year services," and monitors are directed to review
the IEP to determine if ESY services have been considered. There are
no guidelines for determining the need for ESY and, in some cases,
documentation on the IEP is limited to checking "yes" or "no" in response
to the provision of ESY services. As a result, AZDE's method does
not enable monitors to determine if the decision about the need for
ESY is made on an individual basis at the IEP meeting, rather than
on the category of disability or the program in which the student
OSEP found that 21 states (42%) lacked
effective methods for identifying deficiencies. The methodology
OSEP has used to make findings of noncompliance in this area has been
to monitor public agencies recently monitored by the SEA. Findings are
made if OSEP finds noncompliance with requirements that the SEA missed
in its monitoring effort. For example,
"Although the Virginia DOE's
[Department of Education's] monitoring instruments include elements
that address all of the Part B requirements regarding placement in the
least restrictive environment, OSEP found that VADOE's monitoring
procedures had not been fully effective in determining compliance with
all of those requirements. OSEP identified deficiencies in three
agencies regarding placement in the least restrictive environment that
VADOE did not identify when it conducted its most recent review of those
Occasionally findings of noncompliance with
the requirement to have effective methods for identifying deficiencies
are based upon a failure to monitor districts regularly:
In Texas, "[d]uring the 1992-93
through the 1995-96 school years, Texas monitored 108 of its 1,065
districts. Only districts that volunteered to participate in
the pilot were reviewed using the Results Based Monitoring system.
With the exception of a few follow-up reviews resulting from previous
comprehensive monitoring reviews, TEA's comprehensive cyclical monitoring
was discontinued after the 1991-92 school year. As a result, 541, roughly
half of Texas's districts, received only one visit between the 1986-87
and 1995-96 school years. Two-hundred five of these districts had
not been monitored in eight or more years."
(iii) Correction of deficiencies
States must adopt and use proper methods for
the correction of deficiencies in program operations that are identified
OSEP found that 28 states (56%) had
failed to ensure the correction of deficiencies identified through their
monitoring processes. OSEP's methodology on this issue has been
to visit agencies that the SEA had recently monitored, had made findings
of noncompliance, and had verified that corrective actions were performed.
Findings were made by OSEP if it discovered continuing noncompliance
with the requirement at issue in the agency visited. On occasion, OSEP
had discovered that one of the reasons for the continuing noncompliance
was that the SEA had approved corrective actions that were inadequate
to remedy the noncompliance. For example,
"...OSEP found in May 1995 that
agencies A, C, D, and F were failing to complete a number of pre-placement
evaluations within the state's 60 school day standard, although ISBE
[Illinois State Board of Education] had found this deficiency
in agency A in 1993, agency C in 1990, agency D in 1988, and agency
F in 1989, and required each agency to correct the identified deficiencies
(iv) Limitations of monitoring findings
on the compliance of state monitoring systems
Federal monitoring findings on state monitoring
should be regarded as low estimates of the number of states that have
not complied with the state monitoring requirements. In each of the
following examples, the federal monitoring reports appeared to contain
enough information and analysis to support findings of noncompliance with
state monitoring requirements, yet none expressed a clear-cut finding
"OSEP noted in monitoring documents maintained
by the Indiana Department of Education (IDE) that it had not
ensured that subsequent to districts being monitored, the necessary
actions to correct identified deficiencies were implemented by public
agencies, nor had IDE ensured that noncompliant practices were discontinued.
... OSEP found similar deficiencies in public agencies that IDE had
monitored, identified deficiencies, and subsequently verified that
corrective actions had occurred. In addition, some deficiencies in
agencies monitored by OSEP during its 1992 monitoring visit reappear
in this Report. IDE had previously provided written assurances and
documentation that deficiencies identified by OSEP in these agencies
had been corrected."
"Both OSEP and LDE [Louisiana Department
of Education] identified some of the same noncompliance activities
regarding LRE in agencies B, C, D, and E .... In two instances the
corrective action plan directed the LEA to provide in-service training
to staff and to allow for more opportunities for students to interact
with nondisabled peers. These activities were completed, but some
students continue to lack any opportunities to participate with nondisabled
students for academic, nonacademic, or extracurricular activities.
In one instance the facility was to develop an interagency agreement.
This was accomplished, but the placement process continues to disallow
individual determinations of the maximum extent to which students
can be educated with nondisabled students."
In California, OSEP noted that
"... many deficiencies identified in agency F in CDE's [California
Department of Education's] 1993 review and OSEP's 1991 review were
uncorrected. CDE required agency F to submit corrective action materials
in the form of completed compliance resolutions or compliance agreements
after its 1993 review. ... CDE approved all compliance resolution
materials .... The corrective actions submitted by agency F and approved
by CDE, required agency F to change its policies and procedures to
make them consistent with state and federal requirements, but did
not require training or other procedures to ensure that practice was
changed or documentation to ensure that deficiencies had been corrected
on an individual and/or systemic basis. ... CDE also conducted a follow-up
visit required by the OSEP corrective action plan. CDE focused its
follow-up on deficiencies identified by OSEP in its 1992 Report and
found that agency F had corrected these findings. CDE's follow-up
review, however, only confirmed that public agencies had established
policies and procedures that were consistent with the requirements
...; CDE did not investigate whether public agencies implemented
these requirements, and OSEP found as part of its 1995 review
that agency [F] continued to implement practices that were not
consistent with these requirements."
In its 1997 Alaska monitoring
report, OSEP made the following determination:
OSEP, however, had found noncompliance with
this requirement in three agencies in Alaska, thus providing the basis
for a finding of noncompliance concerning the effectiveness of the method
for identifying deficiencies requirement. Yet OSEP did not state such
a finding in its Alaska report.
"... AKDE [Alaska Department of Education]
monitors for this requirement [FAPE-- related services] by reviewing
current IEPs ..., and verifying that services are implemented as written
on the IEP, but does not have a method to determine how decisions
are made regarding provision of needed related services. OSEP
also reviewed the most recent monitoring reports issued by AKDE for
each of the public agencies to be visited. OSEP determined that AKDE
did not make any findings with regard to the provision of related
services...in any of these agencies."
In Alabama, OSEP made findings
of LRE noncompliance in four agencies; the Alabama SEA had made such
findings in only one of these agencies.
Again, however, OSEP did not state a finding
of noncompliance concerning the effectiveness of the method for identifying
In addition, in the FAPE section
of its Maine report OSEP noted the following:
Yet OSEP did not state a finding of noncompliance
in the area of effectiveness of the method for identifying deficiencies
in its 1997 Maine report.
"In its 1994 monitoring report, OSEP
cited MDOE [Maine Department of Education] for monitoring procedures
that did not always result in the identification of deficiencies regarding
the provision of related services. The specific related services addressed
in this finding were psychological counseling and testing services.
MDOE was required to revise its monitoring procedures, and take other
action to ensure the provision of related services, including psychological
services, needed by the child in order to benefit from special education.
However, MDOE did not make findings regarding the availability and
provision of psychological counseling in any of the monitoring reports
for agencies A, B, and G, the agencies in which OSEP identified deficiencies
in the 1996 monitoring visit.
Agency A was monitored by MDOE in 1994, prior to the issuance of OSEP's
monitoring report, and the subsequent revisions to the monitoring
procedures. Agencies B and G were monitored in 1995 and 1996, after
the revision of the monitoring documents...."
Although in the FAPE section of
its South Carolina report, OSEP pointed out the following, again
no clear-cut finding of noncompliance with state monitoring requirements
The reader will note the similarities between
these examples and earlier examples where OSEP made actual findings of
noncompliance in state monitoring. Although OSEP later reported it had
required corrective actions in each of these instances, it was puzzling
that OSEP also had not made clear findings of noncompliance in Alaska,
Alabama, Maine, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
"Although SCDE's [South Carolina Department
of Education's] monitoring procedures require that monitors verify
through interview with teachers, related services providers, and parents
that the related services specified in the student's IEP are being
provided, OSEP found this process ineffective. Monitoring
documents maintained by SCDE showed that interviews with teachers
and related services providers, as required by SCDE's monitoring procedures,
were not always conducted by SCDE monitoring staff to confirm
that related services are provided based on the student's IEP."
Finally, OSEP noted in its Tennessee
report, concerning pre-placement evaluations, that the SEA made
findings of noncompliance in two agencies, and verified corrective
actions, yet "its monitoring procedures have not effectively ensured
that agencies discontinue noncompliant practices." But OSEP did
not make a finding of failure to correct identified deficiencies in
its Tennessee report.
(v) Procedural safeguards
Procedural safeguards ensure that parents
are notified about and have access to due process. OSEP found that 39
states (78%) had failed to ensure compliance with the procedural safeguards
requirements. Specific procedural safeguards requirements and the
percentage of states in noncompliance are illustrated in the following
[Chart 14: State Noncompliance with
Procedural Safeguard Requirements not available.]
(vi) Hearing decisions within forty-five
Unless a specific extension of time is granted
by a hearing officer, final decisions in hearings must be reached and
copies mailed to the parties no later than 45 days after the receipt
of the request for the hearing.
OSEP found that 18 states (36%) had
failed to ensure compliance with this requirement. Such violations
can result in undue delays in students receiving appropriate services
or placements. For example,
In Illinois, "OSEP reviewed
the decisions and Illinois State Board of Education files for 11
randomly selected due process hearings (each of which was requested
between March 1993 and January 1994), and found that the decision
in each of the 11 hearings was reached more than 45 days after the hearing
was requested. There was no documentation of a time line extension
for seven of those hearings, and it appeared from the files for the
other four hearings that some extension of time had been granted, but
OSEP could not determine whether a decision had been reached and mailed
to the parties within specific extensions of the time line."
Sometimes violations of the 45-day requirement
result in delays that can waste a significant portion of a school year
for the students.
In Georgia, "OSEP found
that in 12 of the 28 requests for a due process hearing, the 45-
day time line was exceeded, and there were no requests for extensions
recorded in the log prepared by Georgia Department of Education. The
time lines in these cases exceeded the 45-day time lines in amounts
ranging from seven days to four months and 27 days. The log noted that
of the 16 requests for which extensions were recorded, 10 were extended
for a specific period of time. The log entries for the other six extensions
did not include a specific time limit, and all were resolved from 56
to 169 days beyond the 45-day time line requirement."
(vii) Protection in evaluation
Re-evaluations of students with disabilities
must occur within three years of prior evaluations. Initial evaluations
must comply with time line standards set by state regulations.
OSEP found that 19 states (38%) had
failed to ensure compliance with the protection in evaluation requirements.
In Texas, "OSEP interviewed
administrators and agency officials responsible for coordination and
conducting evaluations in agencies A, B, H, J, and K to determine whether
all students with disabilities are evaluated at least every three years,
or more often if warranted or requested by the child's parent or teacher.
These officials acknowledged that some evaluations were delayed by
three to twelve months beyond the three-year time line. They reported
to OSEP that there was a waiting list of students in each of these agencies
whose re-evaluations were overdue. Administrators from agencies A and
H informed OSEP that at least 100 students' re-evaluations were delayed.
Administrators in agency B explained to OSEP that 1,244 overdue re-evaluations
exceeded the three-year time limit. An agency J administrator explained
to OSEP that of the three regions in the district, the northeast region
had 265 overdue re-evaluations for students with disabilities that exceeded
the three-year time limit."
e. Data Quality Issues Raised
by the Monitoring Reports
At the start of this section, several problems
regarding the standards used in assessing the federal monitoring findings
were laid out, pointing to the need for some fundamental changes in monitoring
state compliance with IDEA. Issues of data quality will also play a pivotal
role affecting collection and use of data under the new monitoring system.
In Rhode Island, "OSEP reviewed
student files from six agencies and found that some student re-evaluations
were from one month to five years overdue. Agency D provided OSEP
with a list of students whose re-evaluations were overdue. OSEP reviewed data for 77 of the students on the list: 10 were two to
three years overdue, 19 were one to two years overdue, and 48 were
a year or less overdue. A special education administrator in agency
E told OSEP that evaluations were seriously delayed. Of 251 re-evaluations,
151 were overdue, some by as much as five years."
"OSEP reviewed documentation on initial
evaluations and interviewed staff in agencies visited. These agencies
provided documentation on initial evaluations completed during the
1993-94 and 1994-95 school years. That documentation showed delays
in evaluations conducted by public agencies that ranged from
10 instructional days to as many as 390 instructional days (e.g.,
greater than two calendar years) in the following agencies:
of 400 evaluations were overdue;
of 377 evaluations were overdue;
of 600 evaluations were overdue;
of 806 evaluations were overdue;
of 386 evaluations were overdue.
OSEP collected documentation from agencies
B, C, D, E, F, and G on re-evaluations conducted during the 1994-1995
school year. In interviews, administrators and agency personnel responsible
for conducting these evaluations reported that the following delays
were the result of staff shortages and the subsequent decision to
give priority to initial evaluations over triennial re-evaluations.
of 579 evaluations overdue
of 386 evaluations overdue
of 380 evaluations overdue
In agencies E and G, these re-evaluations
were, in some cases, more than a year overdue."
"[I]n one district in New York,
DoED reviewed a district report and found that of 5,743 students
referred for assessments during the 1992-93 school year, 3,467 (60%)
First, the 1997 reauthorization of IDEA placed a strong emphasis on
results for students with disabilities and performance measures as indicators
of the states' success in meeting the goals of IDEA.
This priority emerged in part due to the
second factor: the growing impact of the Government Performance and
Results Act of 1993 (GPRA). Aimed at improving the effectiveness
of federal programs and public accountability, GPRA required federal
agencies to prepare a five-year strategic plan and annual performance
plans beginning with fiscal year 1999. Agency performance reports were
also required, and the first report on FY 1999 is due in March 2000.
The public accountability envisioned by GPRA extends to state or local
government entities receiving federal funding. They are responsible
to their respective funding agencies for GPRA compliance.
Under earlier provisions of IDEA, states
had reported annually on their progress in implementing IDEA, but with
significantly fewer quantitative data reporting requirements. Now states
will have to report on all assessments of students with disabilities
in the same detail and with the same frequency as on assessments of
nondisabled students, for example. In order to meet the new reporting
requirements, states will need to develop statewide goals, standards,
and assessment systems for students with disabilities. States will also
have to define the performance indicators and measures for determining
if the performance standards are being met and have the systems in place
to collect the data.
OSEP indicates that while many states
have data collection and reporting systems in place, the systems vary
tremendously. There is currently no requirement in IDEA for a
standardized approach to data reporting, even for federal reporting
OSEP has monitored state compliance based
in large part on the type and quality of compliance-related data available
in each state. Only some elements of this data are prescribed by law.
The limited availability of assessment and compliance data that are
both adequate and appropriate affects states' ability to ensure that
school districts are providing FAPE, LRE, procedural safeguards, etc.
to children with disabilities.
There is a need to have the right data
available for assessing compliance with state and federal program requirements,
while minimizing the burden on resources in collecting, analyzing, and
reporting on that data. A comprehensive reassessment of all data required
to evaluate the many state and federal education programs will help
accomplish this. For example, the data elements needed to measure compliance
with IDEA and improved educational results for children with disabilities
should be identified in consultation with all stakeholders, including
the students, their parents, public agencies, and policy-makers. These
IDEA data elements should be compared with the complete list of data
elements required for evaluating all of the various federal and state
programs to determine where existing data sources in each state can
be drawn upon, redundant data eliminated, and missing data developed.
OSEP's leadership is critical to helping
states build and maintain the efficient data systems they need to assess
their own performance in meeting their responsibilities under IDEA.
OSEP can bring together the stakeholders and facilitate the process
of identifying the appropriate data elements for assessing IDEA compliance
and educational results indicators. Because reliable data is vital
to effective general supervision by the states, the Department of
Education also should provide technical assistance to them for developing
comprehensive, streamlined data systems.
f. Findings and
Finding # III B. 1A
After 25 years, all states are out of compliance with IDEA to varying
An analysis of the most recent federal monitoring report available for
each state (from 1994-1998) indicated that no state had carried out
its responsibilities to ensure compliance with all the requirements
of Part B. While the degree of noncompliance with any given requirement
(based on number and seriousness of infractions) varied among the states,
many states had failed to ensure compliance with a significant number
of requirements. Of the seven areas analyzed, 24 percent, or 10 states,
had failed to ensure compliance in five areas; 24 percent, or 10 states,
had failed to ensure compliance in six areas, and 12 percent, or six
states, had failed to ensure compliance in seven areas. Four percent,
or two states, had failed to ensure compliance in only one area.
Finding # III B.1B
More than half of the states have failed to ensure full compliance
with the following areas: general supervision (90%, or 45 states); transition
(88%, or 44 states); free appropriate public education (80%, or 40 states);
procedural safeguards (78%, or 39 states) and least restrictive environment
(72%, or 36 states).
Other areas in which states failed to ensure compliance are IEPs (44%,
or 22 states) and protection in evaluation (38%, or 19 states).
Recommendation III B.1A
Congress should ask the General Accounting Office to conduct a study
of the extent to which SEAs and LEAs are ensuring that the requirements
of IDEA in the areas of general supervision, transition, free appropriate
public education, procedural safeguards, and least restrictive environment
are being met. In addition, the Department of Education should conduct
regular independent special education audits (fiscal and program) initiated
by the DoED Office of Inspector General (OIG). The purpose of the audits
would be to examine whether federal funds granted under IDEA Parts B
and D (State Program Improvement Grants) have been and are being spent
in compliance with IDEA requirements. These audits should be a supplement
to OSEP's annual compliance monitoring visits, and the audit results
should be in DoED's annual report to Congress. To the extent that the
DoED OIG lacks the subject matter expertise to conduct program audits
under IDEA, the OIG should contract with independent entities having
such expertise when a program audit is necessary.
Recommendation # III B.1B
Congress should fund an independent consortium of nongovernment
entities in every state to develop and conduct independent monitoring
and to produce independent reports to the President and Congress
on the status of each state's compliance with IDEA at the local level.
Members of the nongovernment consortium should include, but not be limited
to, the state's PTI, P&A, and IL centers.
While parents of children with disabilities and students and adults
with disabilities participate in the federal monitoring process, they
have no independent means for assessing the extent or quality of state
compliance, for determining why state failure to ensure compliance persists,
and for communicating these findings to the President and Congress.
They need to be able to provide reliable and regular assessments of
their state's compliance with IDEA, as well as a realistic picture of
the toll of noncompliance on children and families in their state, to
federal and state leaders, and to the public at large.
Finding # III B.2
OSEP did not have an explicit objective standard for assessing whether
noncompliance with IDEA requirements found in any given state was systemic.
OSEP staff indicated that a state was found noncompliant with a given
requirement only if the failure to ensure compliance was "systemic,"
(i.e., observed by monitors "with some frequency"). For example,
a finding of noncompliance could have meant that out of 10 schools monitored,
anywhere from three to 10 had failed to ensure compliance with a given
requirement. There was no established standard (quantitative or qualitative)
by which OSEP made a determination that noncompliance was systemic.
Recommendation # III B.2A
The Department of Education should establish and use national compliance
standards and objective measures for assessing state progress toward
better performance results for children with disabilities and for achieving
full compliance with IDEA.
Recommendation # III B.2B
OSEP should work with the states, students with disabilities, their
parents, and other stakeholders to identify the core data elements needed
to assess whether compliance standards are being met and performance
results for children with disabilities are improving statewide.
Recommendation # III B.2C
OSEP should closely monitor state progress in developing reliable
data collection and reporting mechanisms (qualitative and quantitative)
that adequately and accurately assess both state compliance and performance
results for children with disabilities. This recommendation coincides
with a central goal of the 1997 IDEA reauthorization to focus IDEA implementation
more closely on objective performance standards and results measures.
Recommendation # III B.2D
OSEP should make as its own compliance monitoring priority for the
next five years the assessment of state progress toward creating reliable
and comprehensive data (quantitative and qualitative) to support effective
state compliance monitoring capabilities.
Finding # III B.3
OSEP's monitoring reports did not clearly indicate which IDEA requirements
were monitored, why they were monitored, and what the compliance status
OSEP reported placing "a strong emphasis on those requirements most
closely associated with positive results for students with disabilities,"
and appeared to monitor a stable core of requirements in every state.
It used information gathered during the pre-site process to help determine
what to monitor.
Federal monitoring reports, however, did not display all the requirements
monitored, nor did they consistently specify the requirements with which
the state appeared to comply, based on the sample of districts, student
files, interviews, and state policies and procedures, as well as state
monitoring documents reviewed. In some cases, requirements with which
the state appeared to comply were mentioned in report cover letters,
and in other cases they were not. Therefore, it was not always possible
to determine all the requirements monitored and the compliance status
Recommendation # III B.3
All OSEP monitoring reports should consistently state what requirements
were monitored, the rationale for choosing those requirements, which
ones were in compliance, and which ones were out of compliance.
Such reporting would have enabled a comparison between reports and
over time. It also would have enabled an understanding of where states
were determined definitively to be in compliance, which might have offered
opportunities for positive acknowledgment.
Finding # III B.4
OSEP monitoring did not include observation of students; rather,
it involved collecting and reading documents and interviewing education
In the experience of OSEP staff, observing students consumed a great
deal of time and often did not yield enough conclusive data to make
clear-cut compliance determinations. Many parents and advocates criticized
the monitoring process, however, as one that focused too much on talking
with education personnel and reading documentation. Their concern was
that this approach did not provide an adequate measure of the extent
to which students were being appropriately served.
Recommendation # III B.4A
OSEP's monitoring process in each state should routinely include
an ethnically diverse sample of children who are matched to their records
and who are interviewed, along with their parents and service providers,
for a determination of whether the law's requirements are being met
on their behalf.
Routinely including interviews with children from ethnically diverse
backgrounds, their parents, and service providers in the monitoring
process would have provided a more grounded understanding of the states'
Recommendation # III B.4B
OSEP should review the files of more students placed in out-of-state
residential facilities, and increase the number of compliance monitoring
site visits to separate public and private facilities, as well as to
state schools for students who are deaf or have visual impairments.
Finding # III B.5
A complete historical inventory of all monitoring reports issued
for every state is not available, but since 1990 all reports issued
have been maintained.
The historical monitoring data in these early reports were crucial to
understanding what areas had remained chronically out of compliance
and how states had progressed in improving compliance over time. In
addition, an analysis of the historical data could have provided insight
into the impact of corrective action plans on reducing noncompliance.
Recommendation # III B.5
OSEP should undertake efforts to construct a database with all
monitoring reports, corrective action plans, and compliance agreements
ever issued by OSEP, to standardize all newly issued reports, plans,
and agreements and capture in the database, and to undertake a historical
analysis of compliance for each state.
A historical picture of each state's compliance status will greatly
inform OSEP's monitoring work and allow for examining trends over time.
In addition, it will provide a sense of the persistence of certain problems
in particular states.
Finding # III B.6
Important IDEA requirements appeared to be unmonitored or under-monitored.
The federal monitoring reports examined from all fifty states showed
that compliance with one important requirement appeared not to be monitored,
and compliance with another appeared to be under-monitored.
IDEA required states to have "[p]rocedures for adopting, if appropriate,
promising practices, materials, and technology, proven effective through
research and demonstration." There was no evidence in the texts
of the monitoring reports reviewed that compliance with this requirement
had ever been monitored.
SEAs are required to "ensure" that public agencies "ensure" that "[u]nless
the IEP of a child with a disability requires some other arrangement,
the child is educated in the school that he or she would attend if nondisabled."
In the fifty reports reviewed, OSEP had made findings of noncompliance
with this requirement in two states--North Dakota and Utah.
Both reports were issued in 1994, the first year of reports reviewed.
There was no evidence in the texts of the other monitoring reports reviewed
that compliance with this requirement had been monitored.
Recommendation # III B.6
OSEP should ensure that every IDEA requirement is monitored in
every state at regular intervals, even if not core requirements or not
identified by the state as problem noncompliance areas.
OSEP should develop a method for ensuring that requirements often
overlooked in the monitoring process are monitored at regular intervals.
The compliance status of states with noncore requirements or requirements
rarely identified as problem areas during the pre-site visit (i.e.,
implementation of promising practices) should be monitored at regular
intervals in every state.
Finding # III B.7
OSEP frequently took too long to issue monitoring reports.
For reports issued between 1994 and 1998, the amount of time from the
date the monitoring visit ended and the date of the final report was
greater than 90 days for 45 states, greater than180 days for 27 states,
and greater than 365 days for 12 states. DoED's present policy is to
issue the report approximately five to six months (150-180 days) after
the on-site visit, but recognizes the need to get the reports out more
quickly. OSEP has requested additional staff, and is working on a new
strategy to reduce lag time before the release of each monitoring report.
Recommendation # III B.7
OSEP should issue the monitoring report as soon as possible after
the site-visit, preferably within 60 days (two months).
OSEP is requesting resources and working on a new strategy to issue
the monitoring reports in more timely fashion. An issuance date no later
than two months following the end of the end of the monitoring visit
should be established.
Finding # III B. 8
The Department has been making monitoring reports available through
the Department of Education's web site as soon as they are issued.
The most recent reports (or the report's executive summary) from 27
states have been made available on the OSEP web site. All new reports
will be placed there in the future. Placing the reports on the web site
will allow timely access for a broad range of stakeholders and a greater
awareness of the monitoring issues in each state.
Finding # III B.9
The Department began implementing a new "continuous improvement"
monitoring process where the state is a collaborator with the Federal
Government and other constituencies to assess the educational success
of students with disabilities and to design and implement steps for
improvement on an ongoing basis.
Recommendation # III B.9
The Department should conduct a formal assessment of the new continuous
improvement monitoring process within the next three years. The assessment
should incorporate broad stakeholder input, particularly from students
with disabilities and their parents, on the effectiveness of the new
process in improving compliance with Part B and improvements in educational
results for students with disabilities.
The following section presents an analysis
of findings on areas of noncompliance reported in the last three monitoring
reports for six states.
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Pit Bull Terrier: An adoptable dog in Grass Valley, CA
Medium • Adult • Female
This is Shelby. She is about 6 years old and looking for another home to call her own. Her owner could not reclaim her as he was homeless and did not have the money to redeem Shelby. Shelby is deaf. A book on "How to train your deaf dog", will go with her at the time of adoption. Her nickname is, "Sweat Pea". She is good with other dogs and cats(indifferent-could care less). Shelby is great with kids and other people. Not mean or aggressive at all. Loves to lay with you.Shelby doesn't bark and also walks well on a leash. She rides well in the car and is a good dog for a family that wants a quiet loving dog. Fenced yard is a must.
More about Shelby
Pet ID: SR 11-31-11 • Spayed/Neutered • Up-to-date with routine shots • House trained • Special Needs • Primary color: White or Cream • Coat length: Short
Sammie's Friends at Nevada County Animal Shelter,
Grass Valley, CA
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A few weeks ago I received an email that the local New York Butcher Shoppe had gotten in some pork belly. This rang like dinner bell in my head for some pork belly tacos. I’ve had them a few times around town but never had I cooked them so in the car I went. I picked up a piece that was about 3/4 oz. and coated it with some salt and sugar to marinate for a few hours. It only took about an hour to cook and during that time I whipped up some BBQ sauce made from a ketchup base and some locally brewed Porter. I wanted some Asian flair so I made some cabbage slaw with a little rice wine vinegar and toasted the tortillas before serving. As you can see below the results were nothing short of extraodinary visual and for taste. If you can find the pork belly this dish is a must-do.
1 lb. Pork
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup Kosher salt
Blend salt and sugar together and rub onto dry pork belly. Cover and let marinate for at least 4 hours, overnight if possible
1 carrot, julienned
1 cucumber, julienned
1 radish, julienned
1 Serrano pepper, sliced
1/4 cup cilantro, barely chopped
Splash of rice wine vinegar
Combine all the ingredients in a bowl and let sit at least 30 minutes before serving.
2 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup finely chopped onion
1/2 cup water
1 cup ketchup
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 1/2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon mustard powder
¼ cup canned chipotle peppers
1 cups Old Chub or similar beer
In a 2-quart pot, heat butter and sauté onions until they’re soft. Add the remaining ingredients except for the beer and simmer 20 minutes. Add the beer and simmer until it thickens to your likeness. Adjust seasoning as needed.
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Still quite new to this, but I have had some success playing around with the arduino.
I have a couple of UNO's, an R3 and an R2, as well as a MEGA R3.
I walked into radio shack today and saw all kinds of new shields on the rack, as an impulse i bought a few of the cooler ones ( overpaid, i know
One of them being the seeed studio TFT touch shield.
First sketch I tried loading was for the touch screen, right away i got an error message from the IDE ( 1.0 ) about non ASCII characters. So I went into the folder and replaced all the "-"s in the folder name with "_"s. This seemed quite strange to me, so my first question i guess is why would they name the files one is required to download such that arduino wont recognise them? is this a 1.0 issue?
I loaded the code to a UNO R2 board
Then I wanted to try the TFT examples, had to do the same re-naming, also had to load the https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit-GFX-Library
So, now the code compiles and loads just fine, but nothing happens. If I open up serial monitor,
I see the following;
unknown driver chip 202
Then Nothing happens on TFT
Now I have gone to the wiki page and tried to download the libraries that are labled for the 1.0 IDE, but they come up as corrupt. I am assuming that this TFT uses a driver chip that is not in the library that I have, but this just seems wierd to me, why sell a product at a national retail store and not provide the required library support for it. Am I missing something here?
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peter.hickman at semantico.com
Thu Jul 26 17:33:10 BST 2007
Tom Hukins wrote:
> What would an interesting Perl job look like?
How about "here's a problem, solve it"?
Rather than, "I told the customer we could do X using Y for Z in 3
months" with a spec that seems to be written solely in adjectives.
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Wired features an editorial from Linux Foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin, who writes about the emerging competition in the automotive software platform market. "As automakers get into the computing business, the biggest hurdle they have to overcome isn’t each other – it’s consumer expectations driven by the rise of ubiquitous mobile computing. This is where I’d argue the battle between open and closed is going to play out the hardest in coming years … the next OS wars." As one would expect, Zemlin highlights the benefits of openness, and Linux in particular.
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This is a really quick and simple lemonade drink...Rose lemonade, sounds familiar or new? ;-)
Well Manish just loves rose flavored drinks (Rose milk, Ruhafza etc) and he has to always grab a bottle of Rose syrup that we get in our Indian stores and he makes the drink himself.
According to his mom when he was a little boy, he would only drink his milk if it was pink...LOL.....thank god he doesn't want Pink milk anymore ;-P
Rose syrup is just a really really sweet Rose water and sugar concentrate. Smells and tastes like Roses I must say ! The syrup is red colored, that's how this lemonade looks red. Rose syrup can also be used for flavoring or topping as a sauce over several other desserts, like Icecreams,Cheesecake, Cake, Puddings etc.
It was my sister-in-law who suggested to add some lemon juice in the drink. And it definitely did do wonders to the taste. It definitely tasted like a Rose flavored lemonade. Hey, I'm not complaining anymore!
Even my little guy gulped down half a glass , half of it dripping down his chweeeet little chin!!
Water - 4 glasses (use the same glass you would serve the drink in)
Rose Syrup - 3-4 tablespoons (use more if you prefer a stronger rose flavor)
Freshly squeezed lemon juice - 2 lemons (use more or less lemon juice as per taste preference)
Ice - as required
Fresh Lemon slices - for garnish
Just mix everything together and serve chilled!!! Easy peezy ;-)
Garnish your glass with Lemon slices if you wish.
(If using Rose Water, add 2-3tablespoon Rose water + 2-3 tblsp Sugar and make your own concentrate)
Or mayb you could try blending the ice with the rose syrup+lemon juice and create a Rosy-Lemony Icee....hmmmm sounds interesting? Maybe I will try that next time!
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“I need a hero”
No, not the Bonnie Tyler type of hero.
My printer died.
This is not as bad as when your laptop dies or your smart phone beeps for the last time (I dread that day arriving!) but my tried and tested, lovingly trusted, tank-sized printer made the type of sound that stirs a horror writer to scribble into their note-book at 3am.
And, before anyone asks, I did try turning it off and then on again. I performed the full range of CPR. All to no avail
The printer didn’t owe me anything. I’d bought it about ten years ago and it printed its way through all my creative writing courses with the OU and churned out several versions of my book. I grieved for a few moments and then bounced down stairs to check out possible replacements.
There is NO sentiment when you NEED to print stuff
I thought about how much I print when I’m writing and whether I need to use it so often. Mistakes leap from the page when I read them on paper. I don’t know why, but they do. It got me thinking: Do writers kill trees? Am I responsible for the decline of large forests?
Do we need to ask ourselves: “How often do I print my work?”
Printing a book on one side of paper takes a lot of blank sheets. I do shred and recycle old drafts of my stories but still, it’s a lot. How many drafts of a short story do I print. Probably too many.
With that in mind, I decided that any new printer I bought MUST utilise duplex printing. Using both sides of the paper immediately halves the pages I use.
Now, I must admit that I’d been thinking about upgrading for a while anyway. The old machine was the size of a TANK and dominated my desk like a humpback whale would your local swimming pool.
It also bugged me that I had to wrestle with the cable every time I wanted to print a story or letter (remember letters?) Wireless would solve that problem.
So, when I thought “I need a Hero”, I settled on the Kodak Hero 5.1. All-in printer.
It does everything that I need and everything that I want. It takes up a LOT less space on my desk. Win, win all round
When I bought my Kindle last September, I intended using it to read my stories. Until this weekend I hadn’t sent any of my drafts there to read. It is SO EASY to do and looks pretty good even without doing any proper formatting.
You simply email your word document to your kindle email and voilà it appears on your device. I intend using this to save some printing in the future.
So THINK before you print and we can all find the inner HERO and save some trees.
Happy responsible printing!
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There's something different this time. There's a commitment. There's a chapter ending and a new one beginning.
In an age where everyone wants to go new school, Mack Brown is ready to go old school.
The offense that helped win his first conference title and ultimately a national title is being pushed aside. Not forgotten. But moved over here for a moment.
It's not that the zone read isn't effective anymore, although, Vince Young was the ultimate - maybe never-to-be-topped - zone read quarterback.
So let's get sidetracked on VY for a second as we stop to remember what the zone read has given Texas. Any time you can have a quarterback who runs like Barry Sanders and completes 30 of 40 passes in the biggest game of his life it's unfair. Seriously. Unfair.
Young made defenders miss from point-blank range. He set up runs like a tailback, and finished his final regular season at Texas as the pass efficiency leader in college football. Unfair.
ZONE READ GOLD RUSH
Mack Brown and Greg Davis were like any prospectors who had found gold on their first try. They thought the gold would keep coming. Ryan Perrilloux would embarrass defenders and reduce the will of opponents to oatmeal just as Young did.
OK, maybe it would be John Chiles.
We know the rest of the story: Colt McCoy, the undersized, underappreciated, surgically precise kid from West Texas came in and penned a tale as compelling as Lonesome Dove.
The one consistent thread in the wake of Young's departure, Perrilloux's defection and Chiles' position change is that the Texas running game has not cut it. In three of the past four years, Texas has struggled to achieve the benchmark of decent running teams - averaging 4 yards per carry.
The only decent year in that time frame was 2007, when Texas discovered its running game with Jamaal Charles in Week 9 against Nebraska with 13 minutes left in the game on, of all plays, the zone read.
(Remember, Colt McCoy went out for one play in the fourth quarter? John Chiles came in. They ran zone read. Charles ran it for 25 yards, and Texas never stopped. Charles ended up with 290 yards rushing with 216 of those coming in the fourth quarter.
Charles finished with 1,619 yards rushing that season and a 6.3 yards per rush average, and 897 yards of that came in the final five games of the season. He had only 722 yard rushing through the first eight games. Then, Charles bolted for the NFL. It was the craziest turn of events since it was learned a 30-year-old was playing DB at Texas, ah the Roster Impostor.)
RUNNING GAME STRUGGLES
In 2009, the Longhorns hit 4.0 yards per carry on the dot. At some schools, that might be acceptable. But not at Texas. Not where you get your pick of the best talent in the state every year.
"We did not run the ball well at all last season," Mack Brown said.
So we embark on a trip down Memory Lane in 2010 on the Forty Acres. Gone is the new, sleeker version of college offense with the turbo, the engine in the back and all the fuel injectors. Pulling out of the garage now is an 8-cylinder Impala with a 400 engine.
And that's OK. Why? Because in college football, where you get to hand-pick your talent and fit scheme to talent, you don't find a Garrett Gilbert every day. Just like you don't find a Vince Young every day.
Ask Mack Brown if he thought he'd be coaching a zone-read offense for the rest of his career after that 2005 season, and he'd blurt out yes before you could finish the sentence.
It's like cashing in big on Dell stock. You just wanted to keep buying it and buying it and dreaming about the new house, the new car, the vacations. Until you realize, the stock's not paying anymore. You THINK it will because it made you or some people you know rich. But then it doesn't. Other factors come into play. The competition changes. The market changes. The times change.
There was a time when Mack Brown and Greg Davis probably thought if any school could find the next Vince Young every three or four years, Texas could. But to Brown and Davis' undying credit, they adapt. They move on.
And that's what they are doing in 2010.
A NEW OFFENSE
Gone is the run-blocking out of a two-point stance. Gone are the hulking linemen usually rated among the best coming out of high school trying to move laterally to open a hole. It's been the equivalent, at times, over the past four years, of firing a rocket into space at a 45-degree angle.
And make no mistake. Greg Davis is right. He was asked if he regrets not abandoning the zone blocking or "reach blocking" earlier to see if the green light would go on for the running game. And Davis said, "We're 25-2 the last two years. It's not like we've been bad."
But now Texas moves to a pro-style offense with a tight end, an H-back and a quarterback under center. The linemen get to put their hand in the dirt again, so that defenses aren't anticipating pass on every play.
"We're finally getting to fire off at the defense instead of having them fire off at us on every play," said left tackle Kyle Hix.
Now, it's up to an offensive line that will start four seniors this season, a group of running backs and Garrett Gilbert to help make Mack Brown and Greg Davis look like geniuses.
Something tells me this call to arms about the running game is different. I'm not sure it will look smooth or operate with the precision of 1990s Cowboys. But I think the commitment from the coaches to change things is real this time. Even if there are hiccups and sputters to start.
IT'S DIFFERENT THIS TIME
In the last few years, Mack Brown would go into or out of the spring saying how the running game was a priority and how he wasn't pleased with the results on the ground from the year before. It rang hollow because the 300-pound men up front with knee braces were still running sideways to try and open a hole.
And, yes, everyone uses some form of zone blocking. And Texas will continue to use it. But it will be PART of what Texas does. Not the overwhelming majority. In the new power running game, there will be more double teams and drive blocking. Heck, the isolation play that made Ricky Williams the all-time leading rusher in college football might even return.
It had to be tempting for Mack Brown and Greg Davis to stick with the zone read. It has been so good to them. The crystal football in the lobby outside their offices and Colt McCoy's 45 victories as a starting QB are a constant reminder. But at Texas, when you recruit like Mack and Co., you can change your offense - even to an older vintage - and still be dominant.
The last time Texas ran the offense Mack and Greg are planning to unleash in 2010, Major Applewhite and Chris Simms were under center. Those days ended up being remembered more for the failures against Oklahoma than for the 10-win seasons.
But the makeup of Texas football is totally different these days. The selfishness that plagued those teams gets eradicated like pest control these days. In its place is a blue collar mentality that dictates, "Either you're in or you're out."
Everyone remembers how disarming it was to see all that talent Mack Brown was stockpiling at the turn of the century get its head kicked in by OU. Those days began to define Mack Brown and the Horns as the entitled five-stars who couldn't get out of their own way.
Does anyone remember that?
Does it seem like a lifetime ago?
How does a coach change perception?
He keeps going. He keeps growing. He keeps changing. Keeps tinkering. Keeps striving. And that's exactly what Mack Brown has done. His program has continued to evolve. His hires have gotten better and better.
And let's be honest. When you have a kid like Garrett Gilbert (and I need to create a word that celebrates the kid and taps the brakes at the same time, so he gets his fair share of time to make mistakes) you adjust the offense.
And Mack Brown is right when he says Greg Davis will always mold the offense to fit the talent. Not every coordinator is capable of that. And that's what Davis and Co. have done again heading into 2010.
Welcome back power football. It was great knowing you zone read. You provided some never-to-be-forgotten-memories. I'm sure we'll see you from time to time.
And, yes, there will be a healthy dose of fans out there who say, "I'll believe a change in the offense when I see it." Well, the rise of Barrett Matthews as an H-Back-slash-tight end will end up being as big for this offense as Garrett Gilbert's ability to get under center and sell ball fakes.
Matthews and Greg Smith have to be able to interchange between the tight end and H-Back positions to help disguise the offense when it wants to spread out and pass. And to help serve as the second back in this new, power running game.
Again, the thing you appreciate about Mack Brown and Greg Davis is their ability to change, adjust, add, evolve.
I'm genuinely as intrigued as I've ever been heading into a season to see how the personality and execution of this offense translates to the field.
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Growing up thinking that CRAP food is a ‘treat’ can negatively effect the choices you make when you leave the nest and begin to make your own food choices, especially because of the fact that you feel like you’re ‘missing out’ when your parents don’t let you eat lollies, chips and chocolate all of the time. I know in my case, my relationship with food took a turn for the worst when I was making my own money and became in control of my food purchases. Although I was a vegetarian, I would still make the choice to spend lots of money on junk food. I would even have chocolate at breakfast time some days – just because I thought I was ‘treating’ myself. It wasn’t until I got fat, sick and a face full of acne that I realised what I had been doing to my poor body – obliviously!
What really makes me upset about this whole thing is that adults have a choice – children don’t. It’s sad to see a childs eyes light up when they are given a lollie, to seem them going absolutely crazy on a sugar and chemical high and then to seem them get so distressed and out of control when they are coming down from this high. Here is a snippet of info I found on the Hungry for Change Website that explains EXACTLY what I’m talking about:
9 Simple Tips For Kicking Sugar Cravings
1. Avoid Processed Junk Foods You know from watching ‘Hungry For Change’ that sugar and processed foods can be as addictive as heroin. Eating sugar artificially stimulates a region of your brain called the nucleus accumbens, to produce dopamine, the pleasure neurotransmitter. Soon dopamine levels drop and we start to feel “flat”…or a bit “down”. We crave this pleasant, feel-good feeling again…so sugar leads to addiction.
2. Boost Your Serotonin Serotonin, aka “the happiness hormone,” can be raised through a natural low glycemic diet, daily exercise and plenty of deep restful sleep. When you have sufficient serotonin, you are less likely to have cravings for sweets.
3. Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth With All Natural Stevia The all-natural sweetener, stevia, has zero calories, does not raise blood sugar levels and is 300 times sweeter than sugar. If you have sugar cravings and want to satisfy your sweet tooth safely, stevia is your best bet. Stevia comes in a liquid and powder form from your local health food store.
4. Drink Plenty of Water You may sometimes think that your body is asking for sugar, when in fact it’s dehydrated and really craving water! Try this simple delicious cravings-buster lemonade: In 8 oz. of water, add the juice of ½ lemon and 5 drops of stevia. You could also try a warm cup of green tea, sweetened with stevia with your meals. This way your sweet taste is satisfied and you won’t want a dessert.
5. Keep Your Blood Sugar Stable Eat several small, healthy meals throughout your day instead of three large portions to avoid dips in blood sugar. Your evening meal should be one of the preferred gluten-free grain-like seeds (quinoa, millet, buckwheat, amaranth). If you do this, your body will produce more serotonin, you’ll feel happier and you’ll sleep much better at night.
6. Have Plenty of Greens Loaded with nutrition greens help boost your energy and help reduce cravings for sugar and processed foods.Green juices are an amazing way to add life giving and detoxifying plant chlorophyll to your bloodstream. As Jason Vale says in ‘Hungry For Change’, “juicing is the ultimate fast food, it is a 15 minute nutrient express to health”. Some of my favorite and simple green juice recipes include: Green Juice Recipe Ideas: - Celery, lemon and pear (or apple) - Celery, cucumber, lemon (leave the skin on) and pear (or apple) - Celery, cucumber, kale, lemon and pear (or apple) - Celery, cucumber, lemon, parsley and pear (or apple) I also like to stir whatever green powders I have on hand, try barley grass, wheatgrass, spirulina or chlorella powders.
7. Eat More Sea Vegetables Loaded with vitamins and minerals, seaweed or sea vegetables make for a a great addition to salads and meals! They are mineral-rich while eating anything with sugar immediately depletes minerals from your body. Sprinkle dulse flakes on your salad or an avocado. Add seaweed to your soups for a rich salty and mineral flavour. mmm…
8. Eat and Drink More Fermented Foods and Drinks Fermented foods and drinks can be one of the most important ways to reduce or even eliminate cravings for sugar. Try live fermented kefir, sauerkraut, kim-chi, kombucha tea, natural plain yoghurt, coconut kefir or any of your favourite fermented foods. You’ll be amazed at how the sour taste of fermented foods and drinks relieves the desire for sugar and processed foods.
9. Learn Meditation & Stress Reduction Techniques Meditation can help ward off cravings by helping reduce stress. Stress creates the hormone cortisol, which increases your blood sugar. This is a vicious cycle that damages your adrenals and creates sugar cravings. Try a yoga or meditation class before or after work to calm your body and mind.
Sums it up PERFECTLY! I better get back to work now that I have had a good rant!
Please be safe this Halloween! Maybe replace candy and junk food with fresh fruits?
Thankyou to Hungry for Change for the tips and info!
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Earth-928, also known as Marvel 2099 is a reality that houses a alternate future in the year of 2099 for Marvel Comics.
In Earth-928, North America is a corporate police state ruled by megacorps, most notably Alchemax, which owns the private police force Public Eye. Miguel O'Hara, the Spider-Man of the year 2099, is an Alchemax employee; Jake Gallows, the Punisher, is a Public Eye officer; and Paul-Philip Ravage is the former CEO of an Alchemax subsidiary. | <urn:uuid:0f3389f3-5fc1-4d6b-927d-c9566b2c10b4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://spiderman.wikia.com/wiki/Earth-928?oldid=22325 | 2013-05-19T18:49:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946647 | 183 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Hawks 98, Bucks 90By The Sports Xchange | The SportsXchange – Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:11 PM EDT
ATLANTA -- Al Horford had 26 points and 15 rebounds, and Jeff Teague added 27 points and 11 assists to lead the Atlanta Hawks to a 98-90 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night at Philips Arena. Atlanta's Josh Smith finished with 12 points and a season-high 16 rebounds -- including nine boards in the first quarter. Teague had only two points in the first quarter but turned it on in the second, scoring five points in the last 27 seconds of the first half on a 27-foot 3-point jump shot and then a floater with three-10ths of a second left, putting the Hawks up 48-43 at halftime. He exploded in the third quarter with 12 points, and the Hawks took over the game until the fourth quarter, in which Milwaukee outscored Atlanta 31-21. Hawks guard Devin Harris had 10 first-quarter points, and he wound up with 15. Teammate Kyle Korver hit three 3-point shots for his nine points, extending his streak making at least one 3-point shot to 61 consecutive games. The Bucks (34-24) were on the second night of a back-to-back, and the Hawks (38-30) came out looking as though they were, too. Milwaukee shot 25 percent (8-for-32) in the first quarter, while Atlanta wasn't doing much better at 30 percent (6-for-20). There were a lot of air-balls. Larry Sanders kept the Bucks close early, producing 10 rebounds and seven points in the game's first 10 minutes. He had a double-double early in the third quarter, and he finished with 19 points and 14 rebounds. Only one-half of the Bucks' high-scoring backcourt enjoyed a solid offensive night. Brandon Jennings ended up with 21 points despite managing just two points in the first half. Monta Ellis struggled all night, finishing with five points on 2-for-14 shooting. Milwaukee reserve guard J.J. Redick took up a lot of the slack, scoring 18 points. Larry Sanders added 19 points and 14 rebounds. NOTES: By a quirk of the schedule, the Hawks and Bucks didn't see each other until Feb. 23 in Milwaukee, when the Hawks pulled out a 103-102 win after trailing by 10 points with a little more than six minutes to play. The teams face each other again in Milwaukee on Sunday and play again in Atlanta on April 12. Both teams are jockeying for playoff position, particularly trying to avoid being the eighth seed, which is where the Bucks are now. "Who would have known we'd be in this position?" Bucks coach Jim Boylan said, adding with a laugh, "I'd rather be in Atlanta's position than in my position, I know that!" ... Hawks coach Larry Drew started guards Teague and Harris again, hoping that their speed would help to corral the Jennings and Ellis. ... The Bucks scored 102 points in their win over Portland at home Tuesday night while the Hawks scored 113 in their loss to Dallas on Monday. "If you're keeping score at home," Boylan said, "you may want to have a couple extra pens ready." ... The Bucks' Ersan Ilyasova (left hip pain) and Luc Richard Mbah a Moute (sprained toe) did not make the trip.
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Jesus remembers you today, and you are with Him in Paradise, because He is here with you in the midst of the great tribulation.
Behold, His tree is not only green, even as winter approaches, but it is fruitful; not “in spite” of His suffering, but by His innocent suffering and death. His Blood is the Seed of your salvation, and His Body is the First Fruit of the New Creation.
Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Him; sons of Israel, do not mourn His death. But weep and mourn for your sins, for which the Lord Jesus dies, and sorrow for your children, who have inherited your sin and death.
Sons and daughters of Adam & Eve, weep and mourn over your fall into sin, for your disbelief and disobedience, for your departure from God and from His Garden. Weep and mourn for the death and decay of God’s good creation, which bears the burden of your fault and suffers the sorrow of your trespass, the stain of your iniquity.
The world seems, one moment so enticing, the next moment so frightening and futile. What a tragic legacy of sin and death we have all received from our fathers, and their fathers, and their fathers before them; and we no less than they hand it over to those who come after us, whether by the seed of our mortal flesh, or by our bad example, or both. Things do not get better, but worse.
Well, then, if the green and fruitful tree is subjected to death, whatever shall become of the tree that is already dry and fruitless? It will be cut down and thrown into the fire; for every tree that does not bear fruit must be removed and disposed of.
So there is the temptation to despair and hopelessness. The days have long since come when they say that the barren are blessed to have no children, and many now make themselves barren on purpose, by choice. The wombs that do not bear, and the breasts that do not nurse, are considered fortunate. Not only are children viewed as a burden and a curse to be avoided, but it is argued that this world is no fit place for a child. Everything is already so crowded, and all our energies and resources are so taxed and inadequate. One more straw will surely break the camel’s back!
There is this temptation to futility and fear, whereby you do not mourn your sin nor weep with repentance, but you despair of God and wallow in self-pity and harbor resentment in your heart.
It is all so unfair, you suppose, and nothing is of any use, you conclude. Whether you are faithful or not appears to make no difference. Whether you pray or not seems not to matter. Whether you are righteous or wicked is of no obvious consequence, unless it be that the righteous suffer want while the wicked flourish and prosper at the expense of the righteous.
Those who do their jobs conscientiously are taken advantage of, or else they are fired, whereas those who cut corners and compromise are praised and rewarded.
Those who lie and cheat and steal are able to get away with robbery and murder, while those who abide in peace are victimized and crushed under foot.
So where is your God? Why does He not help you? Why is everything so hard and such a mess?
You go to church, you give your offerings, you say your prayers and read the Bible, and you do nice things for your neighbors. And what do you have to show for it all? What’s the point? What difference does it make?
Satan taunts you, and he tempts you, as he dared to tempt Christ Jesus: If you are a dear child of God, then why this, and why that? Why do you go hungry? Why are you so poor, and so alone? Why must you suffer? Why must your job be such a pain? Why is your marriage stressful, and why are your children ill-mannered and disobedient? Or why do you have no spouse or child?
The devil hurls these assaults and accusations against you, against the words and promises of your Holy Baptism, and against the forgiveness of the Gospel. After everything that God has said, the devil puts a big question mark: “Really?” Then he’ll drive you to doubt and despair, about God on the one hand, and about yourself on the other. Either God must be deceiving you, or else unable to help you; or you’ve not done enough or done it right, so why should God even bother with you, unless it be to punish you severely for your depravity and failure?
So you are caught in this great tribulation, which rages all around you, and roars in your ears, and batters your heart, and confuses your head, and wearies your soul. The choices set before you seem utterly bleak and futile: Either God is not good enough, or you are not good enough.
If God is not good enough, or if He isn’t real, then why bother with anything in particular? You might as well do whatever you want, and it won’t matter, anyway.
But you know that isn’t true. God forbid that you should fall into such perdition. God forbid it, and God forgive you for all such doubts and fears wherever you have entertained them.
But what about you, then. Are you good enough? Have you done enough? Have you done it all just right? Have you kept your nose clean? Have you given enough? Have you prayed enough? Have you loved enough? Have you believed enough, and do you believe all the right things?
These are impossible questions, but the answer to each and all of them is, “No, you haven’t.”
You are a sinner, first of all, from the inside-out, before you have done anything. And as a sinner, all your thoughts, words and deeds are sinful. Even the best of what you manage to do is filthy with your sin. And the harder you try to make yourself righteous and “good enough,” the more sinful you become.
The root of the problem is not your behavior — be it “good,” “bad,” or otherwise — but your heart. You do not fear, love and trust in God above all things. You do not rely upon Him and look to Him, expecting only good things from Him, but you bargain and maneuver and negotiate, you plot and you strive to make some kind of compromise or deal with Him.
You dare Him to help you, not in faith and hope, but in hopeless desperation. You do not fear Him as God, your gracious Creator, but you’re simply afraid — as much in terror of your lot in life as of His eternal judgment.
Consequently, there is this reserve in what you do and how you live before God. You do not entrust your all to Him, but you offer what you think you can afford, what you figure you can live without, as much as you think it will take, but as little as you think you can get away with.
Why do you not tithe? Because it isn’t a law? Because you don’t think you can afford it? Because you do not trust the Lord to provide you with all that you need for both body and soul, for this life and the life everlasting?
Why do you not bring the whole tithe into the stores of the Lord’s House, in order to support His Church and Ministry? Why do you not give the first fruits of your labor and your income to the Lord, that His House be well-supplied with food and drink?
It is arrogant pride to suppose that it is vain to serve the Lord. It is prideful self-idolatry to reckon that He will not save you, but that you must save yourself.
“Save yourself. Save yourself. Save yourself.”
That is the devil’s satanic seduction, which he throws into your face and whispers into your ear, as he did with Christ in the wilderness, at Caesarea Philippi, on the Cross, and at all the opportune times and places in between.
“Make bread for yourself, instead of receiving God’s daily manna.”
“Go ahead and eat the fruit He has forbidden. It looks good, doesn’t it? It’ll taste good, too, and it’ll make you wise. Then you’ll be your own god! You won’t die! Why should you be denied?”
“Come down from the Cross, instead of bearing it after Jesus.”
“Betray Him, deny Him, run away and hide from Him.”
Those are the devil’s lies and temptations, and such are the inclinations of your sinful heart. You hear and heed his words; you think his thoughts, instead of God’s; you speak his lies, to yourself and to others; and you act as he urges, instead of living as the Lord has commanded.
Daughter of Jerusalem, son of Israel, child of Adam & Eve, repent of this robbery and theft. Own that you are a criminal, deserving of nothing but punishment, and be crucified with Christ, who numbers Himself with such transgressors; who numbers Himself even with you.
“A criminal?” you protest. “A robber and a thief?”
Yes, you are, and worse: an idolater and blasphemer, a murderer and adulterer, a liar and a cheat.
Is it not robbery and theft to live your life as though it were your own possession, when it is the Lord who made you, and not you? Is it not criminal to horde the things that God has entrusted to your stewardship, and to use them as though they were your own by right, instead of using those treasures and talents to love and serve your neighbor and to support the Lord’s Church?
But now, fear the Lord your God, your Maker and Redeemer. Fear God, who willingly suffers the punishment that you justly deserve. See in His Body on the Cross the wages of your sin and the price of your Redemption.
And hear His Word to you, His preaching of repentance for the forgiveness of all your sins. Despair of yourself, yes, but do not despair of Him. Rather, hope in Him, in His Cross, in His Body and His Blood, in His Church and Ministry, His Gospel and His Spirit.
Do not suppose that the wicked will always prevail, nor that the righteous are forgotten.
Jesus remembers you, beloved, even unto death.
And this same Jesus is risen from the dead and seated at the right hand of the Father in His eternal Kingdom. He lives and reigns to all eternity. And truly I say to you, He has done all of this, and He does it now and forever, in a Body of flesh and blood like yours. He has lived and died and risen from the dead, and He lives and reigns forever, as the true and perfect Man: your Brother!
In Him, all the fullness of God dwells bodily, so that you may live and abide with Christ in God, as He abides with you.
As the Christ of God, His Chosen One, the Holy Spirit rests upon His Body and remains with Him in His flesh and blood. Therefore, you who are united with Him as a member of His Body, and who partake of His flesh and blood, are also chosen of God and anointed by His Spirit.
Consider, then, what it means for Him to be the Christ.
He does save others — He is the Savior of the world, and He is your Savior — but He does not save Himself. Instead, He lives by perfect faith in His God and Father. He loves Him and trusts in Him, and He prays to Him in confidence, even in the face of death.
He brings the whole Tithe into the Lord’s House, and far more than 10% He offers up Himself, His whole life, His Body and soul, His flesh and blood. He is the spotless Lamb who suffers and dies in the place of His people, and who, by His sacrificial death, atones for all their sins: including all of yours. He is the sweet-smelling incense that fills the Temple with the very Peace of God.
And He is the Food, the Meat and Drink indeed, which fills the Lord’s storehouse and feeds His entire Church in every time and place, from the rising of the sun to the place of its going down.
His faith was not misplaced, His faithfulness not in vain. Though He was numbered with transgressors, and crucified as a criminal, cursed upon the tree between two robbers, His righteousness is vindicated and openly declared by God, who raised Him from the dead. All of this for you, dear one, and for the redemption and sanctification of His good creation.
He, the crucified and risen One, in human flesh and blood, is the Image of God in which you are made. He is the Firstborn, the First Fruits, and the Fulfillment of Creation; not as a creature, but as the Incarnate God. He is the King, and His Bride, the Church is the Queen of all creation. And He has ascended that royal throne by way of the Cross, in faith toward God and love toward you.
Because He is your King, your Savior and your Head, the Husband of His Church — of which you are a member by His grace — His Resurrection from the dead is also your resurrection, your vindication and your righteousness.
That is your sure and certain hope as you carry the cross and suffer and die.
That is your sure and certain hope, your righteousness and peace, although you are a sinner, a criminal, a robber and a thief.
Do not, for that reason, continue in your sin. But to the contrary, in the hope of the resurrection, repent, trust Christ, and live. Be crucified, dead and buried with Him, in order to live with Him in His Kingdom, in His Paradise.
Trust Him by hearing His Word and calling upon His Name in prayer.
Trust Him by doing the work He has given you to do, patiently and without grumbling.
Trust Him by honoring your parents, cherishing your spouse, and caring for your children, even though all of these individuals are poor miserable sinners like yourself.
Trust Him by forgiving those who sin against you, by loving your enemies and praying for those who persecute you, by turning the other cheek and gladly doing good even to those who hurt you.
Trust the Lord to vindicate you, to defend you, to speak well of you, just as He has declared you to be righteous by His Gospel. Trust Him to uphold the good Name with which He has named you.
Trust Him to feed and clothe, shelter and protect you, even when you are destitute and don’t know where or when or how His help will come — whether here in time on earth, or hereafter in the resurrection of your body to the life everlasting in heaven.
Whatever the case may be, He will surely save your life from death, and feed and clothe your body, and shelter and protect you. For He has given Himself for you, and in His Church He daily and richly provides you with all of these good things.
Here He clothes you with His righteousness and covers you with Himself. For He was stripped naked, and His garments were divided, that you might be dressed with that which is His. Here He feeds you with His Body and gives you to drink of the same Blood with which He has redeemed you and reconciled you to His God and Father forever. So has He made His House your home.
Knowing that this Food and Clothing of His House are far more precious and more permanent than anything else in all of creation — and knowing that His Word, which is here preached to you, alone remains forever, while heaven and earth are perishing and passing away — so trust the Lord by bringing your first fruits and your whole tithe into His storehouse.
Trust Him, and see whether He does not open up His generous hand and all of heaven to pour down the abundant blessing of His Spirit, His grace, His mercy and His peace.
Trust Him to do so, because He has already done so, and He is doing so for you here and now. Here, indeed, you are with Him in Paradise, because the fruits of the Tree of Life are freely given without cost, and the waters of life are generously poured out for your cleansing and refreshment, free and clear of any charge.
Not because you are so faithful, but He is.
Jesus remembers you — always and forever, and so also here and now — as He comes to you in and with His Kingdom. He remembers you with His Word of Peace, His Gospel of forgiveness. He remembers you with His Body and His Blood, given and poured out for you to eat and drink.
Truly, by these fruits of His green tree, He is with you, and today you are with Him in Paradise. That is His Word and promise to the poor miserable sinner who is crucified and dies with Him. And that is His Word and promise to you, who have been crucified and died with Him in Holy Baptism. So surely are you also raised with Him in His Resurrection.
In the Name + of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Homily at Evening Prayer (last night)
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Just before we embarked on a journey to Zotac's production facility in Dongguan, China, Senior Vice President of Latin American Sales John Engle explained his absence from the tour with this tasty nugget: "When you've seen one SMT line, you've seen them all." Amen. SMT, of course, refers to surface-mount technology—a term used to describe the production of motherboards, graphics cards, and pretty much everything riding on a circuit board. Regardless of what's being made, the machinery and methods are pretty similar.
Having seen my first SMT line even before I began reviewing PC hardware and having witnessed a few others since, I can tell you Engle is right on the money. What makes Zotac's SMT lines different is the fact that, well, they're Zotac's. Unlike some graphics card and motherboard makers, Zotac doesn't contract manufacturing firms to put its products together. Zotac has production capacity of its very own by virtue of being a wholly owned subsidiary of manufacturing giant PC Partner.
Formed in 1997, PC Partner says it's one of the top five contract manufacturers in the PC business. The Zotac brand is a relatively new endeavor, having been created just four years ago. This "premiere" brand was designed to make PC Partner less reliant on its, er, partners, some of whom compete with Zotac directly.
Zotac is perhaps best known for reinvigorating the market for Mini-ITX motherboards. The company's nettops have been pretty good, too, and we're particularly fond of the barebones models that come sans hard drive, memory, and operating system. We've also been impressed by a number of the company's graphics cards.
During the brief presentation before our factory tour, Zotac was keen to point out that its business is growing all over the world. The brand is most successful in Europe, but it's experiencing rapid growth in India and China, with the latter particularly fond of Mini-ITX mobos. Japan and Australia have also proven to be fertile ground for Zotac's midget motherboards, the company says. While enthusiasts may scoff at low-end Mini-ITX boards and Zbox systems with lowly Atom processors, commercial and industrial clients are apparently snapping the things up for digital signage and other applications.
As PC Partner's crown jewel, Zotac doesn't stoop to offering OEM or "whitebox" products. Everything comes in full retail packaging, and Zotac realizes customer support and warranty coverage are essential parts of the equation. If you didn't happen to register for your graphics card's lifetime warranty within the first 30 days, as required, Zotac will still try to take care of you. There are also plans for customer support to be available 24/7 via phone, chat, email, and even text messaging.
The Zotac brand has become so popular for PC Partner that it commissioned a new factory specifically to handle expanding production. This facility was built 2.5 years ago, and we were the first North American journalists to get a peek inside.
The factory itself spans four warehouses, only three of which are currently in use. One building handles graphics cards, the other does systems, and the final one tackles motherboards. Of the 45 SMT lines in operation, 10-15 are dedicated to Zotac products at any given time. 6,000 workers man the lines, which are capable of cranking out two million units per month. Employees commonly work 10-hour shifts (two hours are paid overtime) six days a week. According to PC Partner, the workers would seek employment elsewhere if they were restricted to just 40 hours a week. Wages range from 1,800-2,000 RMB (around $300 USD) per month, which is claimed to be competitive with similar factories in the region.
While the Dongguan facility is responsible for manufacturing, Zotac maintains offices in Hong Kong and Shen Zhen, China. These locations house over 230 R&D engineers who Zotac believes are essential to remaining competitive. Most of the engineering talent comes from China, largely because new university graduates there are cheaper to hire than those from other countries.
We quizzed Zotac about what those engineers might be working on and were told to expect more GeForce graphics cards. An exclusive agreement with Nvidia on that front gets Zotac preferential pricing on GPUs. As an added bonus, building Radeon-based graphics cards for other companies hedges PC Partner against a particularly dominating round of AMD GPUs.
Although its graphics card lineup may be doused in green, Zotac's motherboards and nettops use silicon from several chipset vendors. CPUs from AMD, Intel, and even Via make appearances in the Zbox line. I wouldn't be surprised to see something with Nvidia's upcoming ARM-based Project Denver CPU, either.
Apart from a brief flirtation with Intel's X58 Express chipset, Zotac has largely confined its motherboard efforts to the Mini-ITX realm. That's set to change in "the very near future," though. Zotac is looking to expand into enthusiast-class ATX boards again, and the upcoming Intel X79 platform looks like a prime candidate. Taking on perennial enthusiast favorites in their natural habitat will be a stiff challenge, and Zotac will need a full-featured UEFI implementation to run with the big dogs. The BIOS on its X58-based board was woefully inadequate for the task, and Asus has set the bar of expectations high with its latest UEFI implementations.
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No Hard Feelings, Right? Right?
Next we’ll hear that Redskins owner Dan Snyder tried to legally adopt Florida’s Tim Tebow in his relentless quest to replace and aggravate starting quarterback Jason Campbell – not necessarily in that order.
The Skins front office (read: Snyder) spent the past few weeks trying to acquire a new quarterback. First, it was Denver’s strong-armed, but thin-skinned Jay Cutler. Most recently, Snyder became enamored of Southern Cal’s Mark Sanchez, who apparently gives good interview.
Cutler wound up in Chicago when the Redskins couldn’t swing a deal. Sanchez wound up with the New York Jets when the Skins couldn’t put together a sweet enough package – draft picks and players – to move high enough on draft Saturday.
Campbell, by all accounts a classy and grounded gent, has taken the high road consistently, though the front office maneuvering has left him feeling a little peculiar.
“One thing I was kind of upset about,” Campbell told Washington Times beat guy and former DP staffer Ryan O’Halloran, “it makes you feel like you’re a bad quarterback and not wanted. But at the same time, it makes you a stronger person and a stronger quarterback.”
If that’s the Skins’ aim, all it will take is for Snyder to invite Brett Favre to camp, and Campbell will morph into a combination of Joe Montana and the Terminator.
Once the Cutler situation became public and then ultimately fell through, Campbell met with Snyder, football operations chief/lapdog Vinny Cerrato and coach Jim Zorn to clear the air. All appeared settled, until Sanchez came into the picture the week before the draft.
Cerrato admitted that the Skins made several calls about moving up from No. 13 on draft day for Sanchez, but the team didn’t have the picks in which others were interested. The Jets moved up from No. 17 to Cleveland’s No. 5 overall pick and snagged Snyder’s most recent crush.
Now, on to this weekend’s mini-camp.
“I’m not going to hold any grudges,” Campbell told the Times. “That’s not fair to my teammates and not fair to the people who support me. I’m ready to move forward and have one of my best years.”
Here’s the crazy thing: After all this, Campbell wants to re-sign with the Skins. He has one year remaining on his current deal, and he likes his teammates and the area.
The team has put off negotiations, but Campbell, again to his credit, said he probably needs to produce to jump-start the process.
“Before I even get to that point, we have to produce this season,” he told the Times, “put up great numbers and have a great year.”
Campbell, 27, is entering his third year as a starter. The 2005 first-round pick comes off his best overall season, one that began well when the Skins started 6-2, but tailed off when the team limped home, losing six of its final eight games, and missed the playoffs.
Campbell’s numbers weren’t flashy – 62.3 percent completions, 202.8 yards per game, 84.3 quarterback rating (FYI, his QB rating was higher than Favre, Ben Roethlisberger and Kerry Collins last season).
Campbell might not be everyone’s cup o’ tea – particularly the guy who buys the tea. Interesting that Snyder signed off when his boyhood idol and Skins icon, Joe Gibbs, wanted Campbell. Now that Gibbs is gone and Zorn, the ex-NFL quarterback and Mike Holmgren disciple, is calling the shots on the field, Snyder has gone back to playing Fantasy League with live bodies.
Regardless of what Snyder thinks, Campbell has the locker room because of his demeanor and work ethic – and perhaps because of his patience in dealing with the big offices.
Campbell wasn’t helped last season by a patchwork offensive line that permitted 38 sacks. Lack of staff continuity hasn’t helped, either. In four years with the Skins, he has worked with three different offensive coordinators and three different quarterback coaches – the latest being Zorn, a kind of one-stop offensive shop who tutors the quarterbacks and calls the plays.
Campbell swears that he won’t be distracted by the recent quarterback drama.
"It won't be hard because my whole mindset is moving (forward) because the guys on the field are counting on me to do my job to the best of my ability," Campbell told the Times. "Who knows? Going through something like this may bring us closer together as a unit and make us work that much harder and make a lot more happen."
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Add an input language
You can edit documents in multiple languages by changing the language (the input language) in which you type. Input languages are included with Windows, but you need to add them to your list of languages before you can use them.
Open Regional and Language Options by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking Clock, Language, and Region, and then clicking Regional and Language Options.
Click the Keyboards and Languages tab, and then click Change keyboards.
Under Installed services, click Add.
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