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These Connecticut grants span 1976 - 2018
Records Projects
Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT
$80,000 to support the Connecticut Historical Records Advisory Board's programs, including a Traveling Archivist Implementation grant program, basic digitization training for those working at cultural heritage institutions, Connecticut History Day, and Archives Month.(RC100253-18)
Litchfield Historical Society, Litchfield, CT
$42,380 to support a detailed finding aid and digitize approximately 43,750 items from the papers of Elijah Boardman, Revolutionary War veteran, prominent merchant, land investor, and politician in Connecticut. (RH100136-17)
Connecticut Radio Information Systems, Inc., Windsor, CT
$67,047 to support an 18-month project, in partnership with the IDEAL Group and the Connecticut State Library, to improve access to selected World War I documents for those with print disabilities. (DH50003-15)
Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT
$55,000 to support basic funding for the state historical records advisory board, including a traveling archivist program, a roundtable program for sharing information about archival topics, and workshops and community events to help citizens digitize their records and objects related to Connecticut's role in World War I. (RC10245-15)
Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, CT
$35,126 to support Digitizing Early Connecticut Manuscript Collections, a project to digitize approximately 118,000 microfilm pages from 11 collections documenting the life, business, and politics in the colonial, Revolutionary, and early national period. (RD10153-14)
Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT
$55,000 to support the Connecticut State Historical Records Advisory Board, an archival management symposium, a series of workshops, and a traveling archivist program that will provide training and advice to repositories across the state. (RC10135-13)
Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT
$24,599 to support the work of the Connecticut Historical Records Advisory Board, including a statewide disaster planning and response project. (RC10094-11)
Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, CT
$95,004 to catalog and make available 4,200 manuscript and archival collections from 1681-1978, to create two onsite databases, and identify items for inclusion in Connecticut History Online. (RB50089-10)
City of Bristol, Bristol, CT
$26,013 to support its city-wide records management and archives initiative and create online access to information about its archival holdings. Through this grant, historic 19th and 20th century records will be surveyed and relocated to standard storage, finding aids to collections will be created, and public access to these materials will be provided. (RB50039-09)
Litchfield Historical Society, Litchfield, CT
$31,200 to support a three-year project to improve access to its backlog of 200 linear feet of uncatalogued collections, including the papers of a Civil War chaplain, the records of the 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery, and the redesign of the town green by the landscape architect Frederick Law Olmstead. (RB50051-09)
Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT
$62,638 to support basic activities and expand on work underway as part of the Connecting to Collections initiative for a pilot project to conduct 60 onsite archival collection assessments. (RC10054-09)
Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, CT
$88,959 to support a two year project to catalog and improve access to 900 manuscript and archival collections from 1714-2004.(RB50008-08)
Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc., Mystic, CT
$33,206 for the Daniel S. Gregory Ships Plans Electronic Access Project, to convert descriptive information from a card catalog and worksheets into various electronic formats. The project staff will create 20 collection-level records, 3,412 design-level records, and at least 3,412 vessel authority records. (2004-067)
Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT
$75,526 for its Judicial Records Project to complete the processing of the records of four county courts and formulate a plan for preserving and providing access to all of the state's early county court records. (2002-087)
Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT
$68,197 for its Judicial Records Preservation and Access Project to process the records of four county courts and formulate a plan for preserving and providing access to all of the state's early county court records. (2001-070)
Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT
$9,300 in partial support of the Connecticut board's administrative expenses for ten months. (2001-009)
University of Connecticut Libraries, Storrs, CT
$9,184 for a project to develop a strategic plan for identifying, preserving, and providing access to electronic records at the University of Connecticut. (2000-055)
The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, CT
$75,600 ($20,000 matching) for a project to process, catalog, and produce finding aids for 30 significant manuscript collections documenting the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, and the early national period through the Civil War. (98-101)
Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT
$19,843 to help the Connecticut State Historical Records Advisory Board improve the state's educational and training programs for the management of historical records. (98-005)
University of Connecticut, Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, Storrs, CT
$43,500 to host an archival administration fellowship. (97-057)
Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, CT
$27,511 to arrange, describe, and catalog approximately 2,100 ship drawings and 53 fore books (which contain sketches and statistical information on the sail plans of vessels), dating from the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. (91-106)
Windham Textile and History Museum, Willimantic, CT
$2,500 for a consultant to make recommendations on an appropriate records management program for the museum as well as recommendations for the construction of appropriate archival facilities for housing the museum's archives and special collections. (89-013)
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
$76,513 on behalf of New England Archivists, a regional archival organization, to develop and present a series of 15 basic archival training workshops throughout the New England region. (87-098)
Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT
$59,640 to support the establishment of the Connecticut Polish-American Archive and Manuscript Collection at the university. Project staff will survey, accession, arrange, and describe records documenting the Polish-American experience. (86-075)
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
$17,950 to organize its archives. Founded in 1842, the Atheneum is the nation's oldest public art museum. (85-064)
Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT
$99,595 for a two-year project to plan and develop an archival program for the state's judicial records. (85-040, 85-137)
Connecticut Historical Society and the Connecticut State Historical Records Advisory Board, Hartford, CT
$35,557 for a joint project to develop an archival education network in Connecticut and other New England states, publish a resources handbook, conduct workshops, and hold conferences. (83-062)
Archdiocese of Hartford, Hartford CT
$2,500 to employ an archival consultant to assist in the planning and development of an archival program for the Archdiocese. (82-031)
Connecticut State Historical Records Advisory Board, Hartford, CT
$25,000 to analyze the current condition of historical records in the state, identify problems, frame potential solutions, and outline actions that can be taken now and in the future. (81-111)
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
$41,803 to develop a comprehensive archival program for the statewide university system. (81-099)
Yale-China Association, New Haven, CT
$12,337 to preserve and make available for use photographs and films from the association's collection relating to American educational and social services in China from the early to mid-20th-century. (79-144)
Torrington Historical Society, Torrington, CT
$4,425 to preserve and make available images on glass plate negatives in the Torrington, Goshen, and Winchester historical societies. The collections document life in late 19th- and early 20th-century Litchfield County, Connecticut. (79-118)
New Haven Colony Historical Society, New Haven, CT
$9,835 to provide copy prints and descriptive access to selected glass plate photograph negatives in the society's collections. (79-047)
Yale University, New Haven, CT
$38,021 to survey and accession university records and to develop a university-wide records program. (79-003)
Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT
$5,000 to study the state's early court records, appraise their condition and potential research value, and prepare a program for preserving them and making them available for use. (77-053)
Bridgeport Public Library, Bridgeport, CT
$23,431 to survey and accession business and labor records in Bridgeport. (77-047)
Mattatuck Historical Society, Waterbury, CT
$6,000 for preservation and processing of business records, especially records relating to the manufacture of brass. (77-043)
Subtotal (Records Projects) $1,484,940
Publications Projects
Yale University, New Haven, CT
$113,400 for the Yale Indian Papers Project. (2016)
Yale University, New Haven, CT
$4,648,576 for the Papers of Benjamin Franklin. (1976-2015)
Project In Progress
Project Web Site
Yale University Press, New Haven, CT
$8,000 for subvention support to print The Frederick Douglass Correspondence Series, Volume 1: 1843-53 (PS10014-07)
Yale University Press, New Haven, CT
$217,783 for subvention support for the Papers of Benjamin Franklin, the Papers of Frederick Douglass, the Peale Family Papers, and the Papers of Benjamin Henry Latrobe. (through 1997)
Yale University, New Haven, CT
$623,670 for the Papers of Frederick Douglass. (1976-91)
Project In Progress
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
$169,671 for the Papers of Jonathan Trumbull, Sr. (1976-81)
Yale University, New Haven, CT
$108,900 for the Edward M. House Diaries. (1978-79)
Formerly Funded by NHPRC
Stowe-Day Foundation, Hartford, CT
$31,432 for the Isabella Beecher Hooker Project: A Microfiche Edition of Her Papers and Suffrage-Related Correspondence Owned by the Stowe-Day Foundation. (1977-78)
Project Completed
Yale University, New Haven, CT
$95,554 for Mary Chesnut's Civil War. (1977-78)
Project Completed
Subtotal (Publications Projects) $6,016,986
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Guidelines used in processing claims
Farm Assist is a means-tested scheme for low-income farmers It was introduced on 7 April, 1999.
Farm Assist - SW 27
The main legislative provisions are contained in Chapter 3, Part 2 (Social Assistance) of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 2005.
Means are assessed in accordance with the provisions of Part II of the Third Schedule to the Consolidation Act 2005.
General provisions with regard to claims and payment are contained in the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) Regulations 142 of 2007. Provisions with regard to the award of credited contributions are contained in the Social Welfare (Consolidated Contributions and Insurability) Regulations 1996 to 2005.
The scheme is administered by staff at the Department's network of Intreo Centres and Branch Offices throughout the country.
Guidelines for staff on the operation of the Farm Assist are issued by the Regional Support Unit , Gandon House, Dublin 1.
The eligibility conditions for Farm Assist (FA) are. A person must:
a) Aged 18 - 66
A person must be aged between 18 and 66 years. The onus is on the claimant to produce satisfactory verification of his/her date of birth. Acceptable forms of identity are the Public Services Card (PSC), a Current Valid Passport (a Current Valid National Identity Card is acceptable for EEA Nationals) or a Current Valid Driver's Licence or Current Learners Permit and a Standard Birth Certificate (not photocopy) used for Social Welfare Services.
Also, if not already verified on CRS/CB screen, dates of birth should be verified for all adult and child dependents using the Standard Birth Certificate for Social Welfare Services.
b) Engaged in Farming
"Farmer" means a person engaged in farming
"Farming" means farming farmland in the State, including commonage, which is
If the claimant is farming land for the purposes of husbandry but does not own or lease that land, s/he will be considered to be a farmer only if the land does not form part of a larger holding.
"Husbandry" means working of the land with the object of extracting the traditional produce of the land. This includes the cultivation of crops or trees (forestry) and the keeping of livestock and poultry.
Deciding Officers must firstly satisfy themselves that the land in question is FARMLAND. Thereafter, the two key issues are TENURE (the conditions or period of holding land) and USAGE.
Tenure should be verified by reference to relevant source documentation, e.g. Land Registry Office, lease agreement, etc. Ownership may include joint-ownership. Where the land is neither owned nor leased, Farm Assist may be payable only where the land used does not form part of a larger holding. This includes cases where the claimant is farming a holding in respect of which s/he has an intestacy share which has not been officially registered. It also includes situations where two or more siblings with an intestacy share in a farm jointly manage the same holding.
Where two or more persons farm what may originally have been a single unit, but is now claimed to be made up of separate units, Deciding Officers must satisfy themselves that what was the original farm is now managed as two separate entities/businesses, e.g. that the claimant has his/her own Herd Number.
In ALL CASES, the claimant must be working the land for the purposes of extracting the traditional produce of the land.
It is not sufficient for a person simply to own a farm of land. As outlined above, the legislation prescribes that the claimant him/herself must be engaged in farming. Therefore a person who owns a farm of land, but leases, lets or rents out the entire holding does not satisfy this condition and cannot, therefore, qualify for FA. If, however, the claimant is personally engaged in farming part of the holding and leases/lets/rents a portion of the farm to another person, s/he may qualify for a payment.
There is no minimum acreage requirement. Deciding Officers must, however, satisfy themselves that the land would reasonably be considered to be a farm which is used by the claimant for the purposes of husbandry. Thus, where a claimant resides in a dwelling on a large site, e.g. one or two acres, and s/he has a large vegetable garden, it may be reasonable for the Deciding Officer to conclude that, while the claimant may be engaged in husbandry, the land does not constitute a farm of land and the person is not engaged in farming. Conversely, the claimant may be engaged in intensive farming on a small acreage, e.g. pig or mushroom farming, which would satisfy the condition.
To qualify for FA, a person must satisfy a means test. The person's weekly means, must be below the rate of FA which would otherwise be payable to the person. Means are rounded to the nearest €1.00 (50c being rounded upwards).
As qualification for FA is based on the claimant's total means, a farmer may have income from a variety of sources, e.g. other self-employment, insurable employment, capital, etc., and still qualify for a payment. Means from all sources are added together to determine total weekly means.
Information relating to the assesment of Farm Assist means is listed below. See the MEANS ASSESSMENT Guidelines for additional information.
Farm Income or other self-employment
Income from Self employment engaged in by either/both the customer and/or the spouse/civil partner/cohabitant, both on and off the farm, is assessable as means. A disregard for all costs necessarily incurred in carrying out the self-employment is allowed, subject to the following:
Aggregation of income and expenses from self-employment
The total income which may reasonably be expected to be received from all forms of self-employment by the claimant and his/her spouse/civil partner/cohabitant, less the expenses necessarily incurred is assessable as means.
Under the Direct Payment system a farmer's payment can be a combination of payment under four separate schemes.
Payments under the Direct Payment Scheme do not attract disregards. However, specified disregards apply to all income received under the following schemes:
(i) the Rural Environment Protection Scheme, the Agri-Environment Options Scheme and the Green, Low-Carbon, Agri-Environment Scheme administered by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine;
(ii) the National Parks and Wildlife Service Farm Plan Scheme Administered by the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht,
These are assessed on an annual basis as follows:
the first €2,540.00 is disregarded, then
It is important that cases are reviewed annually.
Income from Leasing of Milk Quota
Income received from leasing a Milk Quota is assessable as cash income, i.e. it is assessed on a euro for euro basis.
Insurable Employment
Where a farmer is also engaged in insurable employment (under a contract of service), the average assessable weekly earnings are calculated using the earnings in a representative period (usually the 13 weeks immediately prior to the date of claim).
Calculation of means from insurable employment
On 26/9/07 the manner in which means were assessed changed. They are assessed on gross earnings less deductions for PRSI, superannuation (including AVC's and PRSA's), the pension levy and union dues. Deductions in respect of income tax, VHI (BUPA etc.) and travel expenses are not allowed.
Claimants receive a personal rate of payment and if they have a spouse/civil partner/cohabitant are paid a family rate (personal and full adult/child dependant rates). Means are calculated on assessable income less the relevant disregards, the balance is assessed at 60%. In the case of a couple, both are assessed in exactly the same manner, assessable income less the relevant disregards, 60% of the balance is assessed as means. A disregard of €20.00 per day up to a maximum of 3 days, €60.00, applies to both the customer and the spouse/civil partner/cohabitant if either/both are insurably employed, 60% of what remains is assessable as means. A disregard of €20.00 per day up to a maximum of 3 days, €60.00, applies to both the customer and the spouse/civil partner/cohabitant if either/both are insurably employed, 60% of what remains is assessable as means.
NOTE: The FA payment is based on the claimant's average assessable weekly earnings, NOT average daily earnings. Thus a farmer who is also insurably employed will receive a set weekly rate of Farm Assist even if s/he works a different number of days each week.
Calculation of means - Spouse/Civil Partner/Cohabitant in Insurable Employment
The assessment of means for Farm Assist includes the assessment of a spouse/civil partner/cohabitant earnings from insurable employment.
Definition of Spouse/Civil Partner/Cohabitant
Spouse/Civil Partner/Cohabitant Working from Home or in receipt of IB
The €20.00 a day disregard applies (maximum €60.00) to a working spouse/civil partner/cohabitant where s/he has insurable earnings even if working from home, or if in receipt of insurable earnings while claiming IB.
Spouse/Civil Partner/Cohabitant Working Abroad
Where a spouse/civil partner/cohabitant is working abroad in insurable employment (outside the Republic of Ireland) the €20.00 a day applies (maximum €60.00).
Employment as Home Help
From 1st January 2012 income from employment as a home help is assessed, for Farm Assist purposes, in the same manner as all other income from insurable employment irrespective of whether it is the claimant or his/her spouse/civil partner/cohabitant who is employed as a home help.
Capital includes:
All capital belonging to the claimant and/or his/her spouse/civil partner/cohabitant is assessed using the following formula effective from 1 June 2005:
Amounts Less Than €1,000
The assessment only applies to units of €1,000. Therefore all amounts should be rounded down to the nearest €1,000. Example: A claimant has capital to the value of €30,700.00. This is rounded down to €30,000.00. The first €20,000.00 is disregarded, the remaining €10,000.00 is accessed at the rate of €1.00 per €10,000.00. Capital means is €10.00.
27 October 2000 – 31 May 2005
Weekly Means
First £10,000 (€12,697.38) Nil
Next £10,000 (€12,697.38) £1 per £1,000 (€1.27 per €1,269.74)
Next £10,000 €12,697.38) £2 per £1,000 (€2.54 per €1,269.74)
Excess £30,000 (€38,092.14) £4 per £1,000 (€5.08 per €1,269.74)
Amounts Less Than £1,000 (€1,269.74)
The assessment only applied to units of £1,000 (€1,269.74 ). Therefore all amounts were rounded down to the nearest unit of £1,000 (€1,269.74).
Prior to 27 September 2000
Where the application of the capital assessment on 27 September 2000 reduced the rate of Farm Assist below the amount payable immediately prior to 27 September 2000, the rate of payment was not reduced. This provision did not apply where the amount of capital on which the assessment was based at 27 September 2000 was found to have increased.
Pre-27 September 2000:
The following formula was used to calculate the weekly value of capital:
Seasonal Employment
Where the claimant and/or spouse/civil partner/cohabitant is engaged in insurable employment on a seasonal basis, the earnings are assessed only during the actual period of employment.
Other Income
Other income e.g. income from an occupational pension, income from the letting/leasing of land, payments from ESB networks, payments for rights of way, land rental (turbines, masts etc.), income from artisan produce, contract rearing, operating feedlots) on a euro for euro basis.
Legislation prescribes that a person shall be disqualified from receipt of Farm Assist in respect of any period where s/he is on
Budget 2014 introduced changes for new participants on SOLAS Training Courses from 1 January 2014. New participants on courses from 1 January 2014 will NOT be paid the training allowance on top of their Social Welfare payment. They will continue to receive their Social Welfare entitlement from DEASP while on a SOLAS training course. Where a training allowance is in payment before 1 January 2014, there will be no change i.e. the training allowance may continue to be paid on top of the Farm Assist.
From the 26th September 2007 means are applied in full unless the spouse/civil partner/cohabitant is on a Social Welfare payment, HSE payment or on a full time FAS course/VTOS and getting is in receipt of a training allowance.
Income received by the claimant or the spouse/civil partner/cohabitant from any of the following is not assessable for FA purposes:
A full increase for a qualified adult is payable except where the spouse/civil partner/cohabitant is in receipt of a Social Welfare payment/HSE payment or is in receipt of a training allowance in respect of a Solas/ETB/VTOS course.
Customers who have a spouse/civil partner/cohabitant are paid a family rate (personal and full adult/child dependant rates). A disregard of €20.00 per day up to a maximum of 3 days, €60.00, applies to both the customer and the spouse/civil partner/cohabitant if either/both are insurably employed, 60% of what remains is assessable as means (Assessable income less the relevant disregards, the balance is assessed at 60% as means). In the case of a couple, both of the couple are assessed in exactly the same manner, assessable income less the relevant disregards, and 60% of the balance is assessed as means.
From 26th September 2007 a full increase for a qualified child is payable except for cases where the spouse/civil partner/cohabitant is in receipt of a Social Welfare payment/HSE payment or is in receipt of a training allowance in respect of a Solas/VTOS course. In such cases only half IQC is payable.
(See IQC guideline for further details)
Perantal income (Benefit and Privilege) is NOT assessable as means for Farm Assist customers who reside with their parents.
A Max Pay is where one of a couple is claiming a means tested payment (JA, PRETA or Farm Assist) and the other is claiming a benefit/pension payment (See list below). It is a ceiling on the total amount which may be paid to a couple. To work out the May Pay for a couple, calculate what each would qualify for if they claimed for the family. As the family rate may differ for each of the couple it is important to work out what each would receive if they claimed for the family. If each of the couple claims separately, they may not receive the Maximum Payment.
Insurance based payments:
One of the couple is claiming FA and has no means assessed against him/her, the other person of the couple is claiming JB, this claimant is fully unemployed. The couple cannot be paid more than the highest family rate.
JB Claim
FA Claim
Pers rate: €198.00
Pers rate: €198.00
Total: €329.40
Max Pay for the family is €329.40. If each claimed separately they would receive the following.
Pers rate: €198.00
€198.00 +€198.00 = €396.00. This is greater than the Max Pay therefore the means assessed payment must be reduced so that the max pay of the couple (€329.40 in this case) is not exceeded.
€198.00 +€198.00 = €396.00. The amount of €396.00 less the Max Pay of €329.40 is €66.60. Therefore the FA (means tested payment) is reduced by €66.60, €198 - €66.60 = €131.40. In this case the JB customer receives €198.00 and the FA customer receives €131.40, total €329.40, which is the Max Pay.
Max Pay Example 2
One of the couple is claiming FA, this customer has no means assessed against him/her and the other person of the couple is claiming JB, this customer is fully unemployed. In this case the JB customer only qualifies for a reduced personal rate of JB.
Pers rate: €88.90
Pers rate: €198.00
Total: €174.00
Max Pay for the family is €312.80. If each claimed separately they would receive the following.
Pers rate: €88.90
€88.90 + €198.00 = €286.90
In this case if the couple claim separately they will not receive the max pay. They will receive a total of €286.90. It is more beneficial financially if the FA customer claims for the family.
A Limitation is where a couple are both claiming a means tested payments (e.g.) Jobseeker's Allowance (JA), Farm Assist (FA), Pre-Retirement Allowance (PRETA) etc. To work out the Limitation rate that applies to a couple, work out what each of the couple would qualify for if they claimed for the family. As the family rate may differ for each of the couple it is important to work out what each would receive if they claimed for the family. If each of the couple claims separately, they each receive half of the family rate that applies to them so long as they would qualify for that amount in their own right.
If each of the couple qualifies for the same family rate of payment each receive half the family rate.
If each of the couple claim separately and each qualify for a different family rate, neither of the couple can receive a payment greater than they would qualify for in their own right.
Limitation Example 1
One of the couple is claiming FA and the other person of the couple is claiming JA. They have no means assessed against them.
JA Claim
Pers rate: €198.00
In this case each receive half the family rate that applies to them €329.40/2 = €164.70. Each receives €164.70.
Limitation Example 2
One of the couple is 21 years of age and qualifies for €100.00 on JA. The other person of the couple qualifies for €188.00 on FA. They have no means assessed against them.
Pers rate: €107.70
Total: €215.40
If they claim separately
JA customer receives half the family rate €107.70(€107.70 + €107.70 = €215.40/2 = €107.70)
FA customer receives half the family rate €164.70 (€198.00 + €131.40 = €329.40/2 = €164.70)
In this case the JA customer receives €107.70 and the FA customer receives €164.70.
€107.70 + €164.70 = €272.40. The amount of €272.40 is less than the limitation of €329.40. It is more beneficial financially if the FA customer claims for the family.
In the case of a farmer who immediately prior to the payment of FA was in receipt of JA or PRETA on/before 7th April 1999, the total amount payable and limitation of payment shall be calculated in accordance with the pre-07th April 1999 provisions (See JA/Jobseeker's Allowance Guideline - relevant section under heading Rates Structure).
A person cannot receive JB and Farm Assist in respect of the same period. If a claimant has an underlying entitlement to both, s/he may only claim one payment. The claimant should be informed of the differences between both schemes (i.e.):
NOTE: A claimant may choose to alternate between Farm Assist and JB.
FA is payable for as long as the qualifying conditions are satisfied.
The Scheduled Rate of payment consists of a personal rate (payable in respect of the claimant), with increases payable in respect of a qualified adult and a qualified child, as appropriate. The weekly rate of payment due is the scheduled rate less the means assessed.
Periods spent on Farm Assist count towards qualification for:
NOTE: Any number of Farm Assist claims may be combined to satisfy the duration of receipt of relevant social welfare payment , provided that each FA claim is within 52 weeks of a previous claim.
A person in receipt of Farm Assist may qualify for a Back to Education Allowance (BTEA) without first switching back to a jobseeker's payment.
To qualify for BTEA from Farm Assist a person must have been in receipt of it for:
(a) CLAIMANT on Course of Education/Training and Development (Part-time or Full-time)
Budget 2014 introduced changes for new participants on SOLAS Training Courses from 1 January 2014. New participants on courses from 1 January 2014 will NOT be paid the training allowance on top of their Social Welfare payment. They will continue to receive their Social Welfare entitlement from DEASP while on a SOLAS training course. Where a training allowance is in payment before 1 January 2014, there will be no change i.e. the training allowance may continue to be paid in addition to Farm Assist.
(b) SPOUSE/CIVIL PARTNER/COHABITANT
(i) Spouse/Civil Partner/Cohabitant on Full-Time Solas/ETB/VEC Course
Where the spouse/civil partner/cohabitant of a Farm Assist claimant is in receipt of an allowance in respect of a full-time FÁS or VTOS course, s/he is not considered to be a qualified adult dependant. The Training Authority/ VEC is responsible for paying the spouse/civil partner/cohabitant a personal rate plus rate Increase for a Qualified Child (IQC), if applicable, for the duration of the course. If a Limitation/Max Pay rate is in payment the spouse/civil partner/cohabitant the partner will continue to receive that rate on the relevant course.
All training allowances received by the spouse/civil partner/cohabitant are disregarded in the assessment of means.
(ii) Spouse/Civil Partner/Cohabitant on other Training/Educational Courses
Where a spouse/civil partner/cohabitant is participating in a full-time or part-time course which is not administered by FÁS or the VEC, the full increase for a qualified adult (IQA) is payable
NOTE 1: - A Qualified Adult Increase (IQA) is not payable where the spouse/civil partner/cohabitant is in receipt of a Social Welfare payment in his/her own right, e.g. Back to Education Allowance.
NOTE 2: - Payments received by a spouse/civil partner/cohabitant in respect of expenses necessarily incurred in attending a course of education or training, e.g. travel and meal expenses, are disregarded when calculating total gross weekly income.
As Farm Assist is a long-term scheme, Secondary Benefits may be payable from the start of the claim. Customers wishing to apply for the Fuel Allowance should be issued with the relevant application form FA1.
From 27 September 2007 a person who is claiming certain Social Welfare Payments (exceptions listed below) who is providing full time care to another person may apply for Carer's Allowance and retain their current payment in full. If they satisfy the conditions for Carer's Allowance it will be awarded at 50% of the personal rate providing they are not in receipt of any other payment. They will also be eligible for a Free Travel Pass and may qualify for Household Benefits. A Farm Assist claimant working less than 15 hours per week providing full time care to another person may qualify for Carers Allowance.
If the spouse/civil partner/cohabitant of a claimant on a Social Welfare payment qualifies for Carer's Allowance it will be awarded at half the personal rate and the IQA will continue to be paid for the Carer.
See " Carer's Allowance" guideline for more information.
Farm Assist is not payable to a person who is in receipt of any other Social Welfare payment except Child Benefit or certain payments under the Supplementary Welfare Allowance scheme. An increase in respect of a qualified adult ( IQA) is not payable if the qualified adult is in receipt of any Social Welfare payment except Disablement Pension, Orphans Pension or certain payments under the Supplementary Welfare Allowance scheme.
Under section 159 of SW Consolidation Act 2005 where a claimant in receipt of Farm Assist immediately prior to becoming entitled to the State Pension Non Contributory, may receive either the Non Contributory Pension OR Farm Assist whichever is higher.
A claim for Farm Assist should be made on the form FARM1. Applications can be made in person or by post.
The customer must supply all documentation deemed necessary to support the application for Farm Assist.
An application for Farm assist is effective from date of application. However, a claim may be backdated for up to 6 months where "good cause" is shown for the delay in making the claim, provided the claimant can prove to the satisfaction of the Deciding Officer or Appeals Officer that s/he satisfied the qualifying conditions for receipt of payment during that period.
See guideline on " Claims and Late Claims" for more information.
Claim should be referred to a Social Welfare Inspector for completion of the MRF and IN 93. The completed forms then passed to a Deciding Officer for a decision.
Claims are decided by Deciding Officers appointed by the Minister under Section 299 of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 2005.
A written notification of award (FARM 5) issues to the claimant. Where the customer does not qualify for a payment a written notification is issued to the claimant.
A claimant who is dissatisfied with the Deciding Officer's decision e.g. claim dissallowed or awarded a reduced rate allowance, may appeal the decision. The appeal should be made, in writing to the Chief Appeals Officer, Social Welfare Appeals Office, D'Olier House, Dublin 2, within 21 days of notification of the Deciding Officer's decision, stating the grounds of appeal. The Appeals Officer can decide the matter summarily or may deal with the case by way of an oral hearing.
A claimant has an option of two payment methods
A Declaration Form, FARM12, will issue to the claimant on an annual basis requiring her/him to declare that s/he has an ongoing entitlement to Farm Assist. S/he will be required to declare any change in his/her family circumstances, inclusive of means, which may affect his/her entitlement to Farm Assist.
Change in Personal Details
Any change in the personal details of the claimant including any change of income should be notified to the claimant's Intreo Centre/Branch Office of the Department. Such changes may affect the claimant's entitlement(s).
A claimant is required to inform his/her Intreo Centre/Branch Office of any change in their spouse/civil partner/cohabitants status or any change in the circumstances of the children. Weekly means should be reviewed accordingly.
Credited contributions are only awarded to claimants who were in receipt of a credit as Smallholder on Jobseeker's Allowance prior to the introduction of Farm Assist in April 1999. See Intreo Centre/Branch Office.
Farm Assist was introduced on 7th April 1999. From 1st January 2007, under the terms of Section 12 of the Social Welfare Act 2006, Farm Assist customers are required to pay a Class S PRSI contribution if their income is above the relevant threshold.
If a person's income is below the threshold where they have no liability to pay Class S contribution, then that person may apply to become a voluntary contributor. See: SW8 - Guide to Voluntary Contributions.
Periods spent on Farm Assist do not link claims, Farm Assist is employment. For example, if a person transfers from Jobseeker's Benefit (JB) to Farm Assist for more than 13 weeks, any subsequent JB claim will not link with the previous JB claim but will constitute the start of a new Period of Interruption of Employment (PIE). Similarly, if a person transfers from Jobseekers Allowance (JA) to Farm Assist for more than 52 weeks, any subsequent JA claim will not link with the previous JA claim but will constitute a new Continuous Period of Unemployment.


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New Series: Alexander At Play/
I am really enjoying creating this new gallery wrapped 7" x 7" series of hooked mini photos. The process for each canvas takes only about 2 days, unless I have to fuss over a face for a few hours (which can happen since it is a process of try and try again).
I thought I would share with you how the pieces are going to look hung together in a single block. Here are the first two: Dragon on My Shoulder; and Sandy Boy. I will start the third piece this afternoon: Caterpillar Find (one of my very favorite photos of Alexander).


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Now that the NZ dollar has fallen back down to reasonable levels, purchases from Amazon are no longer as cost effective and most bargains are lost with the extra postage costs.
So what options are available for Buying Local, who has competitive prices and what are the shipping rates like?
I've picked two books. One is my favourite comfort read and the other is a fairly in depth comparison of scientific research and data on nutrition. Both have affected my life in a significant way. I'll find the cheapest version of each at the websites for very brief idea of prices.
Be sure to check shipping times on the books you select, a lot of these stores work from catalogues and do not have all the books in stock. You could end up waiting for 2-3 weeks if you select a book not currently in stock that has to be shipped internationally.
Most retailers off a variety of ways to pay, credit card, credit card via phone, online banking, cheques and even paypal are available at some retailers.
Another thing to check for before you buy is contact details, does the website have an free call number and an address listed. Trustworthy companies will have no qualms about publishing these details and although most problems can be sorted out with an email or two, it still doesn't beat talking to a real live person.
Fishpond books
I've bought a few books from here, prices seem competitive, lots of specials. I like the emails, I get a few, but every second one seems to be a $10 discount voucher for anything on my wish list. So sign up and get a Wish list!Free shipping for spending over $50 otherwise $5.99. States if UK or USA version. Affiliate Program and credit for writing reviews. Gift wrapping $5.95
Good Calories Bad Calories by Gary Taubes $38.23
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb $18.97
The Nile
Nice slick looking website, free shipping on orders over $50 otherwise $5 per order. Gift wrapping available for $3.95. Wish list.
Good Calories Bad Calories by Gary Taubes $39.99
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb $21.99
Seek Books
Basic but usable site. Gift wrapping $3. Shipping $6.50
Good Calories Bad Calories by Gary Taubes $56.87
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb $22.74
Has some very competitive prices. Free delivery on orders over $40, or $3.95 flat rate. Wish list, affiliate program with good rates, seems to be broken at the moment though. Points scheme, points = $ and can be spent on your next purchase. Price matching. Gift wrapping $2.95. Phone number is 0800 and displayed prominently on the site. Customer service seems to be the focus.
Good Calories Bad Calories by Gary Taubes $33.85
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb $23.46
Good Books
100% of retail profits go to Oxfam so you can feel good about your consumerism! Free delivery. The books are all sourced from a UK distributor so may take a short while to reach New Zealand. The idea of buying something for yourself while giving to charity at the same time is brilliant!
Good Calories Bad Calories by Gary Taubes $43.42
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb $18.17
The Mighty Ape
Previously a gaming and DVD store, now stocks books as well. Wish list. Free shipping on orders over $50. Shipping varies on individual items $4.50 for the Gary Taubes book. Request a better price option. Loyalty "Banana"points scheme earned through writing reviews and making purchases - points can be used to buy limited items. Has a mobile phone version of the site for shopping on the go. Gift wrapping is the most expensive $7, Gift note $3.
The Diet Delusion by Gary Taubes $36.99 (Different title same book)
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb $22.99
Whatever - Books are "Not available online, please contact your local store for price and availability" Okay so they claim to be revamping the site, wait and see I guess.
Real Groovy
They almost went bust, but now they're back. Free shipping on orders over $30. Affiliate program. Real groovey "club"Points System 200pts = $20 off next purchase ($5 to join). Wishlist. Packing slip with price excluded available.
Good Calories Bad Calories by Gary Taubes $29.99
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb $17.95
Specialist bookstores of note
Techbooks - Technical books
Arts Centre Bookshop New Zealand books
Worth a Mention
The Book Depository - UK site, free international shipping.


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Dec 15, 2017 Annual Report and Request for Your Support
December, 2017
We send our best wishes for the holiday season. We hope your year has been happy and healthy. As has been our tradition, this is the time of year we update you on our work on behalf of COPD patients at PERF, the Pulmonary Education and Research Foundation. PERF has been in existence for about 33 years and I'm proud to say that this year's progress is a match for any of them.
Have you subscribed to PERF's blog? If so, you're one of over 1,000 people! This year, our subscriber base has increased almost threefold. We're gaining traction with the COPD community, providing weekly messages that span the range from helpful hints to the latest research results. Ann Voorhees Baker, our webmaster, has done a marvelous job, taking the lead in composing the blogs and managing PERF's website and social media activities. Mary Burns and Janos Porszasz have provided major support and yours truly has served as the chief editor/proofreader. Please see what we have to offer on the main website (https://www.perf2ndwind.org). While there, don't miss visiting the newly established Blog Site (http://blog.perf2ndwind.org), and click on the "join our mailing list" link to sign up for the weekly blog. As part of our continued efforts to serve pulmonary patients – the Education aim of our foundation – we established a patient forum this year, the 'PERF Better Breather's Club', which has hosted 8 seminars on topics ranging from emergency preparedness to nutritional strategies for patients with lung diseases. These seminars are open to all and also provide an opportunity to meet with our doctors and researchers over coffee and cookies. Thanks to Harry Rossiter, Mary Burns and Kurt Antonius for getting this program running. If you sign up for the blog you'll receive an announcement of upcoming seminars.
The Rehabilitation Clinical Trials Center continues its work efficiently. We're enjoying our rather elegant space in the Chronic Disease Clinical Research Center (CDCRC). Our cadre of 8 study coordinators and laboratory support folks facilitate efficient research. The four key investigators continue to be hyper-busy. We work as a team, but we all have our special focuses.
- William Stringer juggles his clinical duties at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and his aggressive program of COPD research. As Medical co-Director of the Rehabilitation Clinical Trials Center, he heads several clinical trials, one evaluating a new bronchodilator's effects on exercise tolerance (and the mechanisms of this effect), and the other seeking to find important COPD biomarkers. He continues to push for establishment of a unique pulmonary rehabilitation program for the underserved Harbor-UCLA population, but is meeting resistance from the hospital, but mainly from the Los Angeles County bureaucracy. While he attempts to unravel the red tape, Kris Brust, RN, and her cadre of nurses-in-training from Harbor College have very generously volunteered their time to run a twice-weekly maintenance exercise program in the CDCRC for those patients with lung diseases who have poor access to exercise facilities or require supplemental oxygen. In the meantime, Dr. Stringer has opened up a second front, proposing a rehabilitation program for patients who are awaiting surgery, seeking to improve their post-operative outcomes. PERF has contributed to outfit our rehabilitation facility with state-of-the-art exercise machines and monitoring devices.
- Harry Rossiter continues as Director of Research Training. He's led recruitment efforts that have yielded a stream of excellent PhD-trained postdoctoral fellows (see below) who are an important part of the engine driving our research and will be part of the next generation of research professionals. His research continues to focus on muscle function in COPD. This year, he completed a study of ~250 people, including patients with varying severities of COPD, to look at the interrelationship of physical activity and genetic factors that contribute to muscle dysfunction in COPD patients. This research will help us learn (at long last) why COPD muscles don't work very well. He continues his studies on the determinants of muscle fatigue during exercise in COPD and is in the middle of two studies looking at strategies to decrease fatigue and improve exercise tolerance. He has taken on the leadership of a study looking at a novel drug that has the potential to increase skeletal muscle force in response to the brain's commands and to delay the onset of muscle fatigue. Recent plans call for exploration of how blood metabolites are altered by exercise in COPD compared with healthy controls.
- Janos Porszasz continues to keep our flagship focus, exercise testing, firing on all cylinders. Exercise testing lets us determine how much and (more importantly) why diseases such as COPD impair exercise tolerance. Dr. Porszasz continues to develop novel methods to improve the diagnostic capabilities of exercise testing. One approach has been to study the breath-by-breath course of exhaled gas flow during exercise to gain insight into changes in airway function. In another study, a non–invasive device clipped to the ear has been shown to make measurements heretofore only obtainable by blood sampling, providing an important assessment of lung efficiency during exercise. Grants from the PERF community have provided new equipment that (we hope) will yield new ways of assessing the effect of therapy on lung function. He plans to study the function of the lower airways by a non-invasive, effort independent pulmonary function testing method with the help of international research fellows.
- For my part, I'm in my 24th year as President of PERF and 16th year as Grancell/Burns Chair in the Rehabilitative Sciences. I have a good number of irons in the fire. I continue to oversee the COPDGene study at our center. This study started in 2008 and we've recently finished seeing ~400 of the original ~750 participants on the 5th anniversary of their initial visit. With the help of a renewal grant from the National Institutes of Health, in a few months we'll begin seeing the participants at the 10th anniversary of their first visit. This study has been fantastically productive; over 250 research papers have been published so far, yielding important insights into a wide range of COPD-related topics (including, of course, genetics). I continue to serve on national and international panels seeking to improve COPD-related guidelines and promote new ways of evaluating COPD therapies. I travel a lot, accepting speaking engagements on COPD-related topics in the United States and abroad (in Italy, Poland, Turkey, Israel, and England this year). But my most exciting project is PROPEL, a proposal to conduct a study to see if pulmonary rehabilitation prolongs life. This is important; because therapies that prolong life have high societal priority… such a demonstration should yield wider availability. I'm part of a three-investigator team that is proposing a 2000-patient 7-year study to the National Institutes of Health. Wish us luck!
We've continued to recruit a cadre of very fine trainees enabled by funds generously provided by Alvin Grancell. Dr. Alessandra Adami is finishing up her time with us and will leave soon for a faculty position at the University of Rhode Island. Dr. Krisztina Marosi left us to take up a position at the UCLA Brain Research Institute to work on new projects in Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Asghar Abassi recently came on board; his expertise in immunology will prove an asset in our mechanistic studies of exercise training responses. We continue to have a flow of visiting scientists from here and abroad, most recently from Turkey, Italy, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Germany, UK, México, and Brazil. We maintain contact with scores of researchers and clinicians, who have received training in our laboratory and then returned home and are enhancing COPD and rehabilitative practice.
Our core group of PERF founders remains active. Mary Burns and Alvin Grancell (who celebrated his 98th birthday recently) remain strong supporters of the research in the Rehabilitation Clinical Trials Center, as well as a range of other activities, donating money through PERF to support its activities. Seed funding for research projects has yielded important results and, in some cases, has attracted larger governmental grants. I also need to acknowledge three special people who have been with PERF just about from the beginning. We value the assistance we receive from Jean Hughes, our treasurer and Pete Pettler, our legal advisor. They help us to perform our duties as a non-profit corporation and keep us out of trouble! Brian Tiep, with his partner Mary Barnett, continue to provide a model of patient-focused care in their pulmonary rehabilitation practice.
Pulmonary rehabilitation funding has been a major concern for years. Chris Garvey has been among the small cadre of people nationally who have tried to influence the Medicare folks to increase the abysmally low reimbursement rate for pulmonary rehabilitation services. She and I have tried to craft an editorial explaining the nuances of the determinants of Medicare reimbursement. The system is bizarrely complicated; but a current focus is on getting hospitals that offer pulmonary rehabilitation services to bill Medicare appropriately. Wish us luck in formulating a cogent explanation and getting some movement on this important issue.
Kurt Antonius, who joined the Board a few years ago, continues to make inroads as the person driving our Public Relations efforts. His work has been especially gratifying in that he has re-established strong ties with the PEP Pioneers, the support group for those who have participated in the Little Company of Mary pulmonary rehabilitation program, which Mary Burns founded. Kurt initiated PERF's first and so far only public fundraising campaign whose goal was to raise $10,000 for a spirometer that is being used for a PERF-funded COPD Registry screening program. Another piece of equipment that records heart rate and pulse oximetry during field walking tests was also purchased from these funds. A big THANK YOU to all those who contributed to the success of this effort.
We have two new members since I last wrote. Dr. Ronald Oudiz is an expert in pulmonary hypertension and directs an active research laboratory on the Harbor-UCLA campus. His interests add new dimensions to those of the other Rehabilitation Clinical Trials Center investigators. Mrs. Anita Gash recently retired from a long career in academic administration… and is a COPD patient. She is already providing help with our blog and hopes to publicize the work that PERF does.
This is the part of the letter where we ask for your support. This is our annual appeal for your donations: if you think PERF is a worthy cause, please consider contributing for the benefit of the COPD community here and worldwide. Our overhead is very low. I can assure you that your donation will be used efficiently to promote research and education in the fields of rehabilitation and COPD. We know how to squeeze every last cent out of your dollars! All of our Board members contribute their services; none is paid for the work they do. Your donations are fully tax-deductible and will be gratefully acknowledged in writing. We hope to hear from you. Click here to visit our donation page. There you'll see a green "Donate" button in the upper right corner that you can click to donate directly online, or if you prefer to mail in a check, you can follow the instructions on the page.
We wish you and yours all the best for the holiday season and wish you a healthy and happy New Year.
Richard Casaburi, Ph.D., M.D.
President, Pulmonary Education and Research Foundation
Alvin Grancell/Mary Burns Chair in the Rehabilitative Sciences
Professor of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine
Medical co-Director, Rehabilitation Clinical Trials Center
Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center


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A teenage driver, who was apparently speeding, crashed his pickup truck into three other cars today at Shahala Middle School in Vancouver, Washington.
Samuel R. Shimpac, 18, apparently lost control of his speeding truck around 10am at Shalala Middle School on SE 6th and 192nd Avenue. The force of the accident left Shimpac's Toyota pickup truck up on its front end.
From photos of the accident scene, it appears as if several cars are totaled. Luckily, in spite of all the broken glass and bent steel, no one lost their life in the car accident.
From a report in The Columbian, the injured included Shimpac and Shaleign Mabry, who was sitting in her car with her two sons when the accident occurred.
Police are investigating the motor vehicle accident to determine whether alcohol or drugs were involved.
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Gagdad Bob said... Interestingly, the Mother--Sri Aurobindo's collaborator--wrote of how Hitler was inhabited by a demon, or "asura," that would take control of him, whereas Stalin was actually a rarer type, in that he was literally without a human soul.I'll have to find the exact passage.
Bryan said... Hi Dr. Bob, Concerning the Mother's remark about Hitler and Stalin, does contemporary Western psychology have an explanation about what it means to be possessed by an asura on the one hand or not to have a soul on the other? Is an asura a particularly bad mind parasite?
Gagdad Bob said... Bryan--No, when you get into the realm of asuras, you're dealing with an entirely different ontology taking place on an another plane. There's a little footnote in my book to that effect, p. 285, f. 104. I spoke there only of higher entities. As for the lower ones, some people believe they are independent agents, others think they are quasi-independent human creations that have become detached from the psycho-cosmic system. When you look at the magnitude of nazi or Stalinist or Islamist evil, it seems to go beyond human bounds, beyond anything explainable by the categories and methods of psychology. Of course, psychologists can pretend they understand, But they're only pretending.
dilys said... Well, there seem to be people with especially discriminative levels of insight. I don't know the Mother, so have no opinion about her, but none of these taxonomies are impossible.
Gagdad Bob said... Bryan--The topic of the ontological status of evil is an important one. To a certain extent, it can only be illuminated by entering a tradition that talks about it and has a vocabulary for it. In other words, from the scientific viewpoint it's a de facto nonsense question. But so are most other matters of vital importance to human beings. posted by Gagdad Bob at 5:54 AM 20 comments Tusar N Mohapatra said... It would be more appropriate to look at The Mother's identification of the four Asuras rather than selectively revile political adversaries...The emotions would be more nuanced once we recognise the perennial nature of the antagonism, best expressed in the Vedic imagery of Vritra, the serpent. The four Asuras represent an evolutionary road-block, they are yet to be annihilated. Only the Supramental Descent can handle that. The Mother simply asks us to collaborate, nothing more, nothing less. Gagdad Bob said... Tusar-- You can wait for the Supramental Descent to vanquish evil. You can also wait for it to fix you breakfast in the morning. Something tells me you won't wait for the latter. Hunger is too important not to fight. Will said... My new T-shirt reads: "I asked the Supramental Descent to prepare me a continental breakfast and all I got were these d*%# wheat thins."


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On Foot : Brooklyn Project
Craig Shepard's On Foot: Brooklyn lasted from February 21 to May 21, 2012. During those thirteen weeks he traveled exclusively on foot in New York City. Each week he composed a new piece, wrote it down and performed it on Sunday at 1 p.m. in a different Brooklyn location. The walks to and from the performance were silent, cell-phone free and open to anyone who wanted to participate. The performances were all in a public outdoor space.
Beth O'Brien attended each walk on bicycle, following the route to photograph both the walkers and the spaces they passed through. She also photographed each performance, placing the camera on a locked-off tripod and collecting thousands of images with a shutter release cable. These images were later sequenced to create slow, still-photo progression videos.
On Foot : Brooklyn Book
In 2015, O'Brien and Shepard released a book of photography and essays about the project. The limited edited hardcover book contains 46 of O'Brien's photographs and seven essays by Shepard.
The book is available for $50, plus shipping and handling. Please write to me at beth at bethobrien dot com to request one.
On Foot : Brooklyn CD
Craig Shepard went into the studio to record his compositions from On Foot: Brooklyn, and released a CD on Edition Wandelweiser Records, distributed by ertswhile in the USA. For the book and CD, the total is $55. For the book, CD and Shepard's scores from the project the total is $75. Plus shipping and handling.
On Foot : Brooklyn Performance
Shepard and O'Brien collaborated on a 45 minute performance that includes projection of O'Brien's videos, performance of Shepard's compositions on various instruments, playback of field recordings from outdoor spaces in Brooklyn and reading from text about the project. They went on a one week tour in the northeast USA in March of 2014 stopping at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Willimantic Records, Cornell University and Middlebury College. They've also done the performance for at Kunstraum Düsseldorf in Germany, as part of John P. Hastings' "Sound Series Brooklyn", Dan Joseph's Musical Ecologies Series in Park Slope, at WORD Bookstore in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, at The Center for New Music in San Francisco and Wesleyan University.
On Foot : Brooklyn Videos
You can see three of O'Brien's silent videos that were used in the performance at these links:


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Steve Davenport is the author of Uncontainable Noise, which won the 2006 Transcontinental Poetry Prize, and two chapbooks, Murder on Gasoline Lake (listed as Notable in Best American Essays 2007) and Nine Poems and Three Fictions (winner of The Literary Review's Charles Angoff Award for best contribution). Visit Steve's website: http://gasolinelake.com
Miles Davis and Josephine Baker (both from Steve Davenport's East St. Louis) make brief appearances in Overpass but linger in the reader's mind as figures for Davenport's new poems: brilliantly improvisatory as well as stunningly energetic and daring. Moreover, like the speaker in "True Confessions," who is counting syllables for a poem while playing softball, we are led to believe that this may be one of those rare occasions in poetry where life and art are happening simultaneously, and I don't think it gets much better than that. —B. H. Fairchild
Welcome to a dirty fistful of midwestern swan songs, rendered by a hand factoried out of the abandoned fields of America's heartland. Steve Davenport has taken the slapdash lexicon of a mortally wounded industrial base and stitched, jammed, jumbled and creased together this searing collaboration of form and function. Take this 100 proof rotgut cure and pour its sound slow out your mouth into your shot glass memory. But be careful…. Wander around in these scarecrow fields full of almost forgotten history, and you just might end up loving Davenport's territory like "a song / about trouble and people staying put / despite the spills that pool under their feet." —Tyehimba Jess
Steve Davenport's Overpass takes us on an exuberant journey across the Illinois floodplain known as the Bottom, whose features include "factory cutbacks and closings, / refineries and strip clubs needing paint." Davenport's muse and central figure is Overpass Girl, whose cancer becomes a kind of metaphor for this "dirt cursed with industry and blood." A sequence of curtal sonnets, with a few sassy sestinas and other forms mixed in, Overpass creates a startling and delightful tension between its richly gritty content, and a craft that crashes through its own formal restraints with deft use of wordplay, syntax, allusion, and joyful sound. —Martha Collins


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Our firm has several tools at our disposal and can offer many options which help people resolve debt no matter where the problem lies. Our goal is to protect assets and earnings in the process of resolving tax debt. Kenneth Demers is registered with the Internal Revenue Service to assist in tax matters such as Offers in Compromise, Good Faith Penalty Abatement and First Time Abatement of Penalties including the IRS regarding non-filing or non-payment of taxes.
Without a good credit profile, individuals and families are at the risk of creditors as well as insurance companies having conspired to line their pockets by raising insurance as well as interest rates resulting in digging you deeper and deeper into debt. This office assists individuals and families in reorganizing and discharging debt under Chapter 7 as well as Chapter 13 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code.
Chapter 13 Wage Earner Plans - Guaranteed Results
A Chapter 13 wage-earner plan assists persons whose disposable income exceeds limits to discharge debt under Chapter 7. However, Chapter 13 is instrumental in reorganizing and credit repair beginning on the date of filing. Under chapter 7 a debtor must prove himself all over again before qualifying for good credit. Our clients pay what they can afford and have debts extinguished at the end of their plan for reorganization which is three to five years. Although persons filing under a Chapter 13 must expend some effort, our offices ensure that the benefits gained vastly exceed efforts expended. Under Chapter 13 Bankruptcy, people are still entitled to benefits not given by others without authority under the Federal Bankruptcy Code, such as Debt Consolidation companies who never offer guarantees like we can.
Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Wage-Earner Plans are vastly superior to any debt consolidation plans. Although there are some reputable debt consolidation companies out there, they cannot compete with what Bankruptcy can do for you. First, debt consolidators cannot control actions taken by your creditors, including keeping creditors from bringing suit, but Bankruptcy forces them to participate while imposing a stay against further collection activity. In addition, creditors must accept your repayment plan arrived at with our attorneys.
Debt Consolidation Myths
Debt consolidators cannot force creditors to participate but if they do, they do not have to follow your plan but instead devise their own. In weighing between filing bankruptcy and all its benefits and handing over your hard earned money over to a complete stranger who is more committed to your creditors and getting paid they they are committed to you? Horror stories include paying debt consolidation companies thousands of dollars before their clients find out they are being sued and then told to read the fine print which states that the Debt Consolidation company gets their fees up front. In fact, there are many misconceptions about Bankruptcy including debt consolidation and forgiveness which this office sets to rest in 10 Bankruptcy Myths. This office offers assistance to families and persons seeking protection under the Federal Bankruptcy Act.
Individuals or families filing for relief under Chapter 13 must only pay what they can afford to pay over a limited period of time before receiving a discharge. A Chapter 13 debtor must commit income, or what is called their "best effort" to repay their debt during the time in repayment. A debtor's best efforts are defined as household income less payroll deductions and household and related expenses. A Chapter 13 discharge means different things to different people. For persons not qualifying, or desiring to file under Chapter 7 and whose income falls below the median income level for a family of your size, you must commit to a 3 year repayment term. However, if your income falls above the median income level, you must commit to a 5 year repayment period to obtain the full benefit of filing under Chapter 13.
Lien Avoidance
Under a Bankruptcy Plan for reorganization, liens which exceed value of real estate may be wiped out in some circumstances. In these cases, the second mortgage is forgiven and lien is removed. In addition, the second mortgage company must share pro-rata with other creditors so there is no guarantee that they will receive a money toward what they were owed and if they receive any, it will be without interest and without any obligation to repay.
Cram Down
Cram Down is a term of art under the Federal Bankruptcy Code in which practitiioners propose repayment of secured debt by reducing debt to the value of the underlying collateral including real estate. Under Chapter 13, persons may reduce, or cram down, what is owed on debt secured by liens that can be paid over 60 months. For example, if $38,000 is owed on a vehicle and the vehicle is only worth $20,000, the lesser is what you will pay at the prevailing rate of interest.
Debt Consolidation
Debt consolidation companies exist by virtue of a contractual relationship between themselves and some of your creditors. That';s right, some but not all creditors participate and the ones that do wait patiently for debtor's to fall behind on payments to pounce. I have yet to encounter a single Debt Consolidation company who is contractually bound to every creditor. Debt Consolidation Companies derive their powers from a contractual relationship between creditors and themselves. Bankruptcy, on the other hand, derives its authority through powers granted by Congress of these United States and to a limited extent, legislatures of the state in which you reside share to the extent of allowable exemptions. To the extent that one differs from the other, you get to pick which set of exemptions benefit you the greatest. A Chapter 13 Plan which is approved in Court is binding upon all creditors and those who don't play by the rules go without payment and are forever barred from asking for money.
Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
Chapter 7 of the code has varying effects for various people and is vastly superior to any debt consolidation plan available on the market. Chapter 7 Bankruptcy allows qualified debts to be entirely wiped from a credit profile without any obligation to repay.
Our clients are ensured that they received the benefit of all exemptions under the law whether they apply to lowering income tax penalties offsetting earnings while also safeguarding property in the liquidation context upon seeking protection. After obtaining a fresh start under all chapters of the Bankruptcy Code, our clients are ensured they receive the full benefit of a discharge of debts including the clearing of credit following discharge. Even problematic automobile finance companies must give way when a car is underwater. A debtor filing under chapter 7, with the help of his attorney, redeem automobiles for market value and the cost of doing so can be financed as well. This is a way to save literally thousands of dollars even more depending on how much your car has devalued and how much extra you were charged when you purchased. Call us this is another way we make life easier for you and brighten your tomorrow.
The Probate process can seem to be be a mine ridden path for the unwary. Some practitioners excitedly say that when loved ones die without an estate plan, a law suit must be initiated against the belongings of the loved one or loved ones resulting in a judgment against the person no longer able to represent
or defend him or herself. If the loved one leaves no instructions such as an Estate Plan or Trust and dies with assets in their name, probate proceedings must be opened up which amounts to a law suit against the assets of the decedent brought by creditors of the decedent. While this may be partially true, it is not as alarming as all that. All the law requires is for an interested person to file a petition to open an estate, either supervised or unsupervised, depending on the local rules of the court where the loved one has died. If there is no will directing where the assets go, the proceedings are used to determine which heir or heirs inherit and which claims must be paid from the deceased love one's remaining assets. If the loved one leaves a will, this makes the process much easier as the Court will know where to direct the assets barring objections and pay claims as they arise prior to distribution. Our office employs several probate avoidance techniques to place assets in desired hands sometimes avoiding both probate but also more expensive estate planning involving trusts. In addition, sometimes a probate estate must be opened if the loved one is involved in civil litigation or bankruptcy proceedings at the time of death before relief may be granted in these forums.
A good reason to avoid probate is to come in and direct that the assets either be placed in trust or listed as avoiding probate by joint ownership with rights of ownership. Our offices commonly recommend such actions to save trouble, heartache at someone's passing and decrease final expenses.
Families that are interested in directing assets in the event of death while lowering and deferring tax consequences. Setting up a trust is a way to direct assets to chosen loved ones or even charities without contact with any court. There are ways to construct a trust to provide for succeeding generations and provide for beneficiaries who have not reached age of majority. Of the most importance in setting up an estate plan is for persons whose wealth exceeds the statutory limit for inheritance tax. There are several vehicles for abating the inheritance tax which require planning which can benefit succeeding generations to see that the benefit is passed on to the greatest extent possible.
Our office offers assistance in the Mortgage Closing Process to ensure that buyers and sellers alike get the benefit of the bargain. Michigan's Seller's Disclosure Act controls when parties disagree as to the meaning of a Real Estate Purchase Contract. Buyers must rely upon disclosures by the seller as to condition of the property which may not be readily apparant. Disputes arise when defects affecting health and safety arise which were not disclosed. We bring the parties back to the table to iron out misconceptions and make the agreived parties whole.
Buyers face difficulty and hardship at the hands of title agencies and mortgage originators who misrepresent the terms of sale. Our office helps through application of Fair Debt Collection Act and Real Estate Settlement and Transactions Practices Act.
Home Buying
6 Lakes Legal Services maintains several offices throughout the Metropolitan Detroit area including Livonia, Novi, Southfield, Bloomfield Hills and Troy. We make it easy for people to drop in to discuss their legal issues of all types.
I would strongly recommend Ken Demers and 6 Lakes Legal Services to any one in the Metro-Detroit area seeking legal and financial advice.
I really appreciated the attorneys and staff from 6 Lakes Legal Services no nonsense approach and honesty through-out the entire process.
I would have to say their knowledge and solid understanding of the law were an asset in my favor. Yes, I would say I recommend 6 Lakes Legal Services very highly!
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Certain prominent factors in my far distant past have conspired over the years to turn me into something of a news junkie. In the old days (i.e., pre-Internet) I needed my daily newspaper and a whole collection of weekly and monthly magazines.
In the current era, I can go hours and hours and hours without checking the headlines. Really, I can! Any time I want!
That's turning into a curse instead of the blessing I thought that it once was.
Occasionally, like tonight, desperate for some inspiration at 23:00+, I will go read the headlines on news.google.com or the LA Times. More and more that's becoming detrimental to my health.
I really have tried to remain calm and not go off on too many political rants on this site. I like to keep it reasonably sane and lighthearted where possible. Thus, aside from the occasional snarky comments, often aimed at either side of the aisle, I've kept my peace.
But even reading the headlines these days can raise my blood pressure, raise my bile, threaten to re-raise my dinner, and generally put me right off of my fresh fried lobster. I start composing a screed in my head filled with incredulity that certain people are allowed to walk the streets without a keeper, let alone be considered "leaders." I want to rant and scream logic and scientific facts at morons with a big social media following who are functionally illiterate in any scientific field whatsoever, but insist that they're experts in climate change, disease prevention, or whatever other batshit crazy cult bait they're pushing today.
I want to weep for our future.
I fear that if I (and everyone else who's as fed up as I am) just stop paying attention to the headlines that we'll wake up one of these days and find that the inmates have not only taken over the asylum, but they'll be jailing or killing anyone with an IQ larger than their shoe size. But if I do keep having this ignorance, stupidity, and hatred shoved down my throat there may not be enough bleach in the world to ever cleanse my eyes after being exposed to it.
I don't have a solution. I just know that I'm getting pretty sick of having the clowns run the circus.
If someone wants me to believe in a kind, intelligent, benevolent, and beneficent god watching over us all, they could start with a whole slew of ignorant buffoons coming down with convulsions or festering boils on live television. Or some grim, painful, and 100% fatal disease. Or they could get hit by lightning – that's always been popular with vengeful gods.
Let's see something at least! Some sort of sign.
Otherwise, I think we might be totally screwed.
Perhaps ignorance is bliss. We've known since about five minutes after the Internet was born that you're nuts to read the comments – it's where all of the wingnuts and whack jobs hang out. It might soon be time to stop reading the news, for the exact same reasons.
(See, I did find inspiration for tonight by reading the headlines!)


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UNDP to support Sri Lanka's rural livelihood development programs to withstand climate-related shocks
Thu, Jun 26, 2014, 11:55 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
June 26, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Ministry of Economic Development Wednesday signed an agreement with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to support the Government's rural livelihood development programs to withstand climate-related shocks.
Secretary to the Ministry of Economic Development Dr. Nihal Jayathilaka and Resident Representative of UNDP in Sri Lanka Ms. Razina Bilgrami signed the agreement in Colombo yesterday.
The project titled, "Strengthening the Resilience of Post Conflict Recovery and Development to Climate Change Risks in Sri Lanka", aims to strengthen the existing government investments in rural livelihood development and build climate change adaptation models in the Puttalam, Kurunegala and Ratnapura districts.
The project is expected to be launched during the second week of July 2014 and will be implemented over a four year period through the Ministry of Economic Development in close collaboration with the Ministry of Disaster Management and the Ministry of Environment and Renewable Energy at a total cost of Rs. 414 million.
The project will be financially supported through a grant of the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) managed by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF).


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Today's activist is Susannah Cornwall. Tell us about yourself! Who are you and what do you do? I'm Susannah Cornwall,
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A Research On Determination Of Botanical And Agronomic Properties Of Local Genotypes Of Some Lentils (Lens culinaris Medik.) Selected From South And Southeastern Anatolian Regions In Turkey
This research conducted to determining botanical and agronomical characteristics on some local genotypes of lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) collected from South and Southeastern Anatolian Regions during growing seasons of 2004- 2005 and 2005-2006 in KSU, Faculty of Agriculture, Field Crops Department experimental area. In this research, 40 lentil local genotypes and 3 lentil cultivars (Kafkas, Seyran-96, Yerli Kırmızı) were used. On the research, number of days to emergence, number of days until ...
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Kareena Zerefos is an Australian artist and mother. Currently based in Sydney, she works a range of fields including painting, illustration, art direction and design.
She graduated with a Master of Art (Painting) from The University of New South Wales Art & Design in 2017, and is exhibiting with Libby Edwards Galleries in Melbourne.
Through her recent body of work, Kareena continues to explore the notions of the Icon and the Archetype, and addresses the vulnerabilities and insecurities of womanhood, motherhood and creativity.
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Malta Hospitals Health Care System Malta and Gozo
Health Care System Malta and Gozo
There are many Malta hospitals, health centres and clinics on the Maltese islands, which do a great job at providing a quality health care service.
You can find both public and private hospitals in Malta. They provide your usual basic health care services as well as specialized medical services.
Since Malta joined the European Union in 2004, all EU citizens who possess the European Health Insurance Card can use the services provided by Malta hospitals, including emergency services.
Moreover, Malta has a reciprocal agreement with the United Kingdom and Australia relating to the provision of medical services to UK and Australian citizens. The Ministry of Social Policy provides details of these agreements on their website here.
Malta Hospitals: The Two Main State Hospitals
Mater Dei Hospital is the main state hospital in Malta and is located in Msida next to the University of Malta.
The hospital has a total of 7156 rooms and some 25 operating theatres. It also possesses state of the art equipment and medical technology.
The Gozo General Hospital is located in Rabat, the capital city of Gozo island. The hospital caters for all residents of this island and has 159 beds.
For a list of all the state hospitals in Malta and Gozo with their contact details, visit the website of the Ministry of Social Policy here.
In addition to hospitals, you will also find various health care centres scattered all around the Maltese islands which provide basic medical services free of charge for Maltese residents.
As at 2010, the number of health centres which provide GP services amounted to nine. The clinics are strategically located to cater for residents in all regions of the islands.
Birkirkara Health Centre (can be used by those living in Birkirkara, Lija, Balzan and Iklin)
Tel: ++356 21485376
Floriana Health Centre (can be used by those living in Valletta, Floriana, Hamrun, Sta. Venera, Mriehel, Marsa, Zurrieq, Safi, Luqa, Mgabba, Qrendi and Kirkop)
Tel: ++356 21243314
Gzira Health Centre (can be used those living in Pieta', G'Mangia, Msida, Ta' Xbiex, Gzira, Sliema, Kappara, San Gwann, Taz-Zwejt, Saint Julians, Swieqi, L-Ibrag, St. Andrew's, Pembroke, High Ridge and Victoria Gardens)
Tel: ++356 21337245
Qormi Health Centre (can be used by those living in Qormi, Zebbug and Siggiewi)
Tel: ++356 21484450
Paola Health Centre (can be used by those living in Paola, Tarxien, Sta. Lucia, Birzebbugia, Zejtun, Marsaxlokk, Zabbar, Marsascala, Xghajra, Fgura, Gudja, Ghaxaq, Hal Far or Benghajsa)
Tel: ++356 21691314
Cospicua Health Centre (can be used by those living in Cospicua, Vittoriosa, Senglea and Kalkara)
Tel: ++356 21675492
Mosta Health Centre (can be used by those living in Mosta, Naxxar, Gharghur, St. Paul's Bay, Burmarrad, Mellieha, Mgarr, Bugibba, Qawra, Bahar ic-Caghaq, Madliena, Mriehel and Fleur-de-Lys)
Tel: ++356 21433256
Rabat Health Centre (can be used by those living in Rabat, Mdina, Mtarfa, Dingli, Attard, Bidnija and Kuncizzjoni)
Tel: ++356 21459082
Gozo Health Centre (can be used by those living in Gozo) Tel: ++356 21561600
There are also a number of Malta hospitals which are privately owned and various private health clinics scattered all around the Maltese islands. They're all licensed by the Public Health Authorities.
For more information on health care in Malta, visit the website of the Ministry of Social Policy here.
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Dear Nissan
Christopher L. Jorgensen1
P.O. Box 546
Ames, IA 50010
March 28, 2011
Nissan Marketing
Mail Stop P3C
P.O. Box 685003
Franklin, TN 37068-5003
Dear Nissan,
You guys gave my Canadian friend Anthony Imperioli a Nissan Cube and I think that's pretty cool. I was wondering what I would have to do to get one? Sure, I know I could buy or lease a Cube, but that wouldn't be as cool as winning one. So I am hoping you'll come out with some kind of contest I could enter (or are these kinds of contests only for Canadians?).
I voted for Anthony a lot online, which kinda felt like stuffing the ballot box, but the rules allowed for this so I wasn't engaging in any kind of voter fraud or anything! Anthony promised me a ride in his Cube if he got one, and he got one, but I still haven't seen that ride! Like I said, I voted for him a lot, so I'm guessing eventually he'll come through on that promise, but I live a long ways away from him, so I'm not expecting he'll get it done any time soon (besides, who knows if he's even allowed in the US!).
If you did give me a Cube I'd let him off the hook for that promise. I figure if I had a free Cube I'd be willing to put some advertising on it in exchange for the free car (it only seems fair). I figure you could put some Nissan stickers on it or something. I'd drive it around a lot and I'm at least as popular as Anthony is so a lot of people would be envious!
If I can't get a free car can I at least get some free stickers for my 2000 Neon?
Christopher L. Jorgensen
[Editor's note: The return address was originally to a PO Box Christopher no longer has access to. This PO has been updated to his current box.]
One Nissan Way
Franklin, TN 37067
April 27, 2011
Mr. Christopher Jorgensen
P.O. Box 93042
Des Moines, IA 50393
Dear Mr. Jorgensen:
Thank you for your recent letter requesting a vehicle donation.
Nissan's charitable giving efforts have three main areas of focus: Education, the Environment and Humanitarian Aid. Per our corporate policy, all donations must be given to organizations that have 501c3 non-profit status. It is with regret that we will not be able to support your vehicle donation request.
We wish the best of luck in the future.
Stephanie Valdez Streaty
Sr. Manager Philanthropy and Diversity
Nissan website: www.nissanusa.com
This is yet another letter in the super secret project I am calling "Jackass Letters: The Anthony Imperioli Letters." If you are getting tired of these letters it is because you have lost all zest for life. I suggest you counteract this by following Anthony on twitter or check out his website or Nonna Maria. If after checking out his sites, you still haven't found a reason to live, then you are hereby dismissed from this mortal coil.
Website: http://jackassletters.com
Have a comment? Put a stamp on an envelope and drop it in the mail to:Christopher L. Jorgensen
PO Box 546
Ames, IA 50010


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This report was commissioned by The NSMC to help organisations planning and delivering local level interventions aimed at tackling health inequalities.
This report was the first nationally representative study in Britain to explore public attitudes to health inequalities and the social determinants of health.
This small study examined how a number of former 'Spearhead' Primary Care Trusts understood their customer base in order to tackle health inequalities.
The NOS play a major role in assuring the quality of social marketing work in the UK.
This segmentation model uses consumer insight to inform local and national health activities.
This booklet provides a brief overview of the key concepts and principles of social marketing and is invaluable for anyone seeking a concise overview of the discipline.
Confused by social marketing terminology and jargon? Our short glossary of social marketing terms will make everything clear!
This discussion paper aims to identify both the common ground and differences between specialised health promotion and social marketing in health.
This NSMC report provides a detailed overview of how social marketing has been used across a range of public health issues in England.


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