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By Johanna Niegel
Private foundations are attracting a lot of attention as far as international asset protection and estate planning are concerned.
The international terminology which is used to define a private foundation, however, is complex and even more confusing. But the foundations, fondations, fundaciones, fondazioni, Stiftungen, or stichtings, or whatever private foundations may be called internationally, have one thing in common, which is their basic structure. They all can be defined as a separate fund which is donated by a founder to serve a particular purpose, either public or private in nature. But this is also exactly where the common features end. Legal regimes vary and an entity that is regarded as a private foundation in one country may not qualify as a private foundation in another. Some entities which are called foundations do not even come close to the concept of a private foundation.
The foundation stone to the introduction of private foundations was laid as early as 1926 by the Principality of Liechtenstein, the first jurisdiction to introduce entirely private foundations in the sense of family foundations which stand in contrast to public and charitable foundations. The success of this European prototype has first encouraged other civil law countries overseas to introduce their private foundations, among them Panama in 1995, whose regulation of the foundation was inspired by the Liechtenstein foundation law. Despite the fact that a foundation is difficult to classify under Anglo-Saxon law, common law jurisdictions soon followed suit and began to introduce their own foundation concepts, with St. Kitts in 2003 and The Bahamas in 2004, being the first. As of today the foundation landscape encompasses 22 main jurisdictions, among them civil as well as common law jurisdictions, including Jersey, Guernsey, and the Isle of Man. The adoption by predominantly trust-oriented common law jurisdictions of a civil law concept presents several challenges, such as the ones discussed in the following paragraphs, and it is noticeable that the features of the different laws vary considerably, although one factor common to both the civil law and common law jurisdictions is that the private foundation enjoys separate legal personality.
A question that is closely related to this legal personality and thus the international recognition of private foundations is the question which precedents will be applied to foundation cases. Established foundation jurisdictions like Liechtenstein and Panama dispose of jurisprudence with a view to private foundations but this is not yet the case in common law jurisdictions where the versatility of private foundations first needs to be tested by the courts. The basic problem with the introduction of foundations in common law jurisdictions after all lies in the fact that they are introducing a concept that originally stems from civil, indeed Roman law. This reception of the private foundation in common law jurisdictions has thus undeniably led to a mix between bestowing legal personality on common law private foundations together with certain corporate aspects as well as with features of Anglo-Saxon trust law thereby varying the original legal concept. Concepts thus either reflect common law approaches that bring aspects of the common law trust into the definition of a private foundation or civil law approaches that distinguish between legal persons that have members and others that have not. As a consequence of this it is thus unclear whether the courts in common law jurisdictions will apply trust precedents to private foundations or whether they will treat them as a concept similar but clearly distinctive from trusts. This question is rendered even more complicated as new versions of private foundations, like private purpose foundations, that more resemble a company than a classic private foundation, have begun to appear on the scene. In addition, many of the newer foundation jurisdictions have endeavoured to create a legal entity that is neither a trust in corporate form, nor a company endowed with fiduciary characteristics.
As a consequence of its enveloping international use, the international private foundation of today clearly fulfils the same role that has been occupied for many years by the well-established and long-favoured common law trust. It goes without saying that both trusts and private foundations are legitimate vehicles for asset protection and estate planning and that both, if set up correctly, generally provide sufficient separation of ownership. There is certainly no easy solution as to the choice between a trust or a private foundation. Each case depends upon its own facts. This said, the private foundation should nevertheless be looked at by the common law advisor as a serious alternative to a trust.
Dr Johanna Niegel joined Allgemeines Treuunternehmen (ATU), Vaduz, Liechtenstein, in 1999 and has ever since specialized in the comparative analysis of international private foundations and trusts. She has been editing the foundation issue of the Trusts & Trustees journal called Private Foundations: A World Review since its inception in 2004 and is now also an editor to the survey book entitled Private Foundations World Survey, that was published by Oxford University Press in August 2013. She currently serves as Deputy Chairman of the Vaduz Centre of STEP Switzerland & Liechtenstein.
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One Response to "Brave new world of foundations"
On the analogy of "Stiftungen" and the preceding plurals, one would expect "stichtingen", unless by any chance the plural is intended to be Afrikaans rather than Dutch, in which case it should be spelt "stigtings".


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Tracking fireballs for science
A free app lets you log a meteor just after seeing it
Fireballs in the Sky/Desert Fireball Network
Watching a meteor race across the night sky is a romantic experience. And now it can be a scientific one as well. The new Fireballs in the Sky app lets you track fiery objects and enter them into a research database.
Scientists at Curtin University in Australia are tracking fireballs (meteors that are very large and bright) using cameras across Australia in a project called the Desert Fireball Network.
Their new app harnesses cell phone cameras all over the world to gather data on meteor and fireball sightings. When you see one, point your phone at the sky and click where it began and ended, then adjust settings for size and brightness. You can see if other people logged the same object, and the data help scientists determine where the meteor came from and, hopefully, where it ended up.
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TO THE EDITOR: I have suggested that we, the generation of many futures, be alert, be aware and be direct with any who talk down America.
We do have the greatest daughters and sons who serve us all in our Armed Forces and as state troopers, police, sheriff's department and on our borders.
They all would say the same thing: Stick to our laws but protect America, for the more you pay attention to the news, to the rules, to your rights, the more they can help many others.
Examples: If John Bonyear of the House had gotten all Republicans to support him more, the fiscal cliff would not have been passed.
We are dumbfounded about Sandy Hook slaughter of wonderful teachers and children, but let's be honest, we are worried about our own schools right here. There is no way we would have known about the mother or kid who did this to those people. If we pay more attention, maybe someone can see the cracks.
Condemning the NRA is not the answer. The Second Amendment is only two paragraphs. The last word "infringe" says it all. You don't have to own or buy any firearm but you do need the word infringe, which means your right to have that right cannot be changed. Period.
It's like this stupid tax deal we are being set up for a year or two and then your taxes will go nuts again.
Start watching everybody's kids. Watch our waterways, airports, drinking water, food shelters, new faces, new names. That means every one of us who put the American flag up and who try to protect the Second Amendment and the rest of our amendments.
Start with your own neighborhood. Maybe we can live like humans again.
Hearing Foundation
TO THE EDITOR: Back during the new millennium, a group of dear friends shared my passion for helping others and embraced my idea to create an organization to help provide hearing aids for those who couldn't otherwise afford them.
In 2000, the Gift of Hearing Foundation was formed.
It wasn't long before we had a wonderful team of service providers, manufacturers, staff, donors and supporters to help achieve our goals.
Our first benefit was a huge success, and we were able to provided new hearing aids for a young girl, Jennifer. The look on her face when she was fitted will stay with me for a lifetime.
Soon, tragedy struck the nation, and in the wake of 9/11, everything changed. The world was in shock, paralyzed by the scene that unfolded in New York City.
This event took a toll on many new organizations. Funding and donations became almost invisible. Doors closed on many new agencies, along with ours. The Gift of Hearing Foundation was forced to close in 2002.
A wonderful person, Eileen Jones, contacted me and we talked in great length about the foundation. She asked for permission to use the Gift of Hearing Foundation as the name of her new agency and shared with me her dream: to provide cochlear implants for those who could not afford them, instead of hearing aids.
What an amazing idea. Not only was I proud, but I gave my full support.
Today, the Gift of Hearing Foundation is a huge success and providing cochlear implants for anyone who cannot afford them.
It can be found at http://www.giftofhearingfoundation.org/ or 95 Old Boston Neck Rd, Narragansett, RI 02882, phone 617-661-HEAR, email: firstname.lastname@example.com.
The seed was planted, grew and blossomed.
Civil discourse
TO THE EDITOR: It's good to see a more letters in the P-R that argue in a reasonable manner that further gun-control measures are unnecessary while not impugning the motives of their opponents.
I disagree, but it warms my heart to see the beginnings of civil discourse.
Personally, I feel the issue is the perennial one between Liberals and Conservatives over individual rights vs. government regulation.
We must compromise when we adopt the "social contract" where we give up complete freedom to do anything we wish in return for a government that will provide security and stability under the rule of law. It's part of the deal if you want to be a responsible member of society.
I think that automobile regulation is a good analogue to gun regulation. I'm willing to take a driver's test and pay for a driver's license if everyone else is held to the same rules. I'm willing to stop at stop signs, stopped school buses and not pass on double lines. I'm willing to compromise unfettered freedom to drive however I please in order to enjoy a safe and secure driving experience. I might add that I don't lie awake nights worrying that my car might be confiscated by the government.
We can argue about whether the Second Amendment allows guns to only a "well-regulated militia" or to everyone but certainly there is no specific provision in the Constitution that prevents gun regulation.
The Newtown, Conn., shootings and other massacres have demonstrated that the regulations we have are not working. We need to forge new ones.
And unless both sides are willing to compromise, the social contract will not work and we will continue to be mired in a situation no one wants.
Fundraising program
TO THE EDITOR: I was recently invited by the members of the AuSable Forks Fire Department to assist with securing ads for the annual program they produce for their Soft-Pitch Tournament, to be hosted July 19 to 21.
As I am soliciting North Country businesses and community members, it has been brought to my attention of how many people are not aware that the Fire Department has produced an advertisement program for the past 22 years. The annual Labor Day program is another booklet that several community members did not know existed.
One of the possible reasons for this could be that we are a very active community and several other annual events, such as the annual Jay Fire Department's Fourth of July Celebration, the annual Upper Jay Ooze Ball and the annual AuSable Forks Fast-Pitch Tournament, also produce a booklet.
It was truly an honor for me to be invited to assist the AuSable Forks Fire Department with the production of their annual program. Anyone interested in placing an ad may call me at: home, 647-5337; or via cell, 578-1333. There is also an Events Page on Facebook: AuSable Forks Fire Department's Softball Booklet for 2013.
Your support is much needed and greatly appreciated, not only for this booklet that I am working on but for the others mentioned. Proceeds generated from each are disbursed back to the community in some helpful capacity.
Let's make it fun, positive and play ball.
AuSable Forks
Gun control
TO THE EDITOR: If Obama is so excited about gun control, I would be interested to know why he didn't start in his hometown of Chicago.
After all, it is the murder capital of the country. It had 506 murders in 2012, 45 in January 2013 — and with some of the strictest gun laws in the nation.
I assume he would have the government enforce all the new regulations, probably the same government that's doing such a bang-up job with the post office. Or maybe you could check with the people on Staten Island and ask them how they are enjoying doing business with those wonderful folks at FEMA.
Hang in there, folks. It's only going to get worse.


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The muskrat (Ondatra zibethica) is not actually a rat, but is classified as a rodent because of its teeth: four large, yellowish incisors in the front of its mouth. The animal also has flat molars for grinding vegetation. Southeastern muskrats average about 2 pounds in weight and 2 feet in length, including a vertically flattened 8-to 12-inch tail. The waterproof fur is soft and thick and is generally dark brown on the back and sides, becoming light grayish-brown on the belly. The muskrat has a stocky appearance due to the apparent lack of a neck, and the ears are short and concealed in the fur. Its back feet are partially webbed and its smaller front feet are adapted for digging and feeding. The muskrat has lips that act as valves, closing behind the front incisors to allow it to gnaw underwater. The musky odor comes from two perineal scent glands located beneath the skin at the ventral base of the tail. This musk is used during the breeding season to mark an area.
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When you prepare an important leadership deliverable, to what extent does self-confidence help with the impact? Anyone in sales knows that conveying belief in a product's performance helps to influence buyers' perceptions. If you're among the people who over prepare, do you think that helps with your confidence and your ability to address contingencies that arise?
Valerie Young, author of "The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women," reviewed in this week's Wall Street Journal, says, "Seventy percent of successful people have experienced the imposter syndrome at some point in their careers. While men can suffer from it…it is more common among women… the imposter syndrome usually strikes women who make it in male-dominated industries."
Yet a McKinsey survey of men and women college grads,"How Women Can Contribute" (April 2011) found that women who make the leap to middle management and on to senior management are increasingly confident that they can deliver the goods. In "Changing Companies' Minds about Women," McKinsey authors Joanna Barsh and Lareina Yee say, "Despite significant corporate commitment to the advancement of women's careers, progress appears to have stalled. The percentage of women on boards and senior-executive teams remains stuck at around 15 percent in many countries, and just 3 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs are women."
So what happens in the workplace that erodes confidence, or gives women the edge? Certainly being appropriately stretched into developmental opportunities with the right mix of support and direction makes a difference. Noel Tichy says that in planning our talent development, we want people to be neither in their comfort zone or in a panic zone, but in a learning zone with just the right amount of heat/challenge; this builds both competence and confidence.
When it comes to management styles that correlate with success, Daniel Goleman, expert on emotional intelligence (EI) says EI competencies essential to leaders' success may vary by gender. Goleman blogs, "Some measures suggest women are on average better than men at some forms of empathy, and men do better than women when it comes to managing distressing emotions… If the other person is upset, or the emotions are disturbing, women's brains tend to stay with those feelings. But men's brains do something else: they sense the feelings for a moment, then tune out of the emotions and switch to other brain areas that try to solve the problem that's creating the disturbance."
Certainly managing stress (an EI competency) can affect confidence as well as achievement. We all know how great we feel after a vacation, exercise, or time with loved ones; we return to the workplace re-energized to deal with any leadership challenge. Sharon Allen, Chairperson of Deloitte, models that work-life balance is essential to professional success. Deloitte is repeatedly recognized for supporting women's development; their annual Women's Initiative (WIN) report points out that, "the top 20 organizations in the Business Week Best Companies for Leaders are twice as likely to have more women in senior leadership positions."
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In politics, the right to vote. The Constitution left the determination of the qualifications of voters to the states. In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, states usually restricted the franchise to white men who owned specified amounts of property. Gradually, poll taxes were substituted for property requirements. Before the Civil War, the voting rights of blacks were severely restricted, but the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution, declared ratified in 1870, prohibited states from abridging the right to vote on the basis of race. Nevertheless, southern states used a variety of legal ploys to restrict black voting until passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Women were not guaranteed the right to vote in federal elections until ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. In 1971 the Twenty-sixth Amendment lowered the voting age from twenty-one to eighteen. (See suffrage and suffragette.)
Note: Losing the right to vote, called disfranchisement, is most commonly caused by failing to reregister, a procedure that is required every time a person changes residence.
In business, a relationship between a manufacturer and a retailer in which the manufacturer provides the product, sales techniques, and other kinds of managerial assistance, and the retailer promises to market the manufacturer's product rather than that of competitors. For example, most automobile dealerships are franchises. The vast majority of fast food chains are also run on the franchise principle, with the retailer paying to use the brand name.


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Since 1968 J.D. Power has been ranking cars based on consumers' actual driving experiences. The J.D. Power rating system bases itself on an independently funded and unbiased survey taken by verified product and service owners. Over the years it has become a symbol of success touted in marketing campaigns.
Founded by J.D. Power III and his wife at their kitchen table in Calabasas, Calif., J.D. Power (formerly known as J.D. Power and Associates) has grown into a global marketing information services company that provides customer satisfaction insights and solutions in different areas such as real estate, electronics, automotive, travel and leisure, and several other industries.
The company is best known for its automotive rankings.
Consumers are invited to fill out one of J.D. Power's online customer surveys. The overall results are considered 'Power Circle Ratings' representing how the product fared in the survey. Five circles are the highest ranking.
There are currently 23 different vehicle segments, ranging from small City Cars, which includes vehicles like the Smart ForTwo and Chevrolet Spark, to the Full-Size Pickup Trucks like the Ford F-150 and the Ram.
But what exactly goes into a J.D. Power award?
J.D. Power's director of Media Relations, John Tews, tells us what their awards represent.
Green Guide: If I'm buying a car, how does a J.D. Power Award help me choose the right one?
John Tews: J.D. Power provides Power Circle Ratings are based on the most important critics: verified vehicle owners. The new-vehicle model ratings are derived from J.D. Power's well-known automotive studies. The Power Circle Ratings reflect a typical ownership experience of the vehicle and are calculated from the J.D. Power Initial Quality Study, which measures vehicle quality after 90 days of ownership, Vehicle Dependability Study, which measures vehicle quality after three years of ownership, and the Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout (APEAL) Study examines what consumers like about their new vehicles after 90 days of ownership.
Green Guide: The three studies are described in more detail below.
Initial Quality Study: Initial Quality Study (IQS) looks at owner-reported problems in the first 90 days of new-vehicle ownership, this score is based on problems that have caused a complete breakdown or malfunction, or where controls or features may work as designed, but are difficult to use or understand.
There were 26 winners for J.D. Power's 2013 Initial Quality Awards. The Smart Fortwo, Acura TL, Porsche Boxter, and the Chevrolet Impala were just a few of the names listed.
Vehicle Dependability Study: J.D. Power ranks brands and models based on their dependability. This is calculated by problems per 100 vehicles, or PP100. According to J.D. Power's website, this will often translate to/or represent higher resale values.
There are currently 18 winners of the 2013 Vehicle Dependability Study. The Toyota Prius, Chevrolet Tahoe, GMC Sierra HD, and the Lexus RX are just a few of the vehicles listed.
APEAL Study: APEAL is based upon eight categories of vehicle performance and design: 1.) Engine/transmission; 2.) Ride, handling/breaking; 3.) Comfort/convenience; 4.) Seats; 5.) Cockpit/instrumental panel; 6.) Heating, ventilation and cooling; 7.) sound system; and 8.) styling/exterior.
There were 22 winners of the 2013 APEAL Study. The Chevrolet Avalanche, Dodge Charger, Kia Soul, and Lincoln MKZ were a few of winners.
GG: Can anybody who recently bought a car request to fill out a survey, or do you choose who receives one?
JT: Our surveys are based on a random sampling of vehicle owners. We mail invitations to take an online survey to a random sampling of those owners and lessees. The reason that we use an independent source for consumer names and send an invitation to random sampling of those owners is to insure we have a "representative sample" – are surveying a broad spectrum of owners.
GG: Besides the Vehicle Dependability Study, are there any surveys consumers can fill out for older or used cars? Which award would that be?
JT: Our Vehicle Dependability Study measures vehicle quality after three years of ownership. For that study, we survey owners and lessees obtained the vehicle new and ask them about the quality and problems they have experience with vehicle after it has been in use for approximately 36 months. We do rank the brands and models based on their dependability based on problems per 100 vehicles, or PP100. Our Customer Service Index Study (CSI) examines the consumer experience when they take their new or used vehicle to the dealer service department for maintenance and repairs. We do rank the brands based on how well they take care of their customers in the service department.
GG: Is there anything else the manufacturer gets out of a J.D. Power Award besides recognition and a J.D. Power trophy?
JT: The recognition and awards are important to the automakers as they reflect the hard work and efforts that go into to engineering, designing and producing vehicles that have high quality and are appealing to consumers. In the case of our studies related to the dealership sales and service experience, it also highlights the efforts that the men and women selling and servicing the vehicles are doing at the retail stores, an important consumer "touch point" in the ownership experience.
While J.D. Power independently funds the studies to maintain the independence and integrity of the research, once the study results are published, the automakers can subscribe to the reports. In doing so, the automakers gain access to findings which provide detailed and actionable insights. Subscribers receive the full data set, which includes, in the case of the Initial Quality Study, insights on more than 230 problem symptoms for each model in the study, as well as verbatim comments or feedback from their customers.
The detailed reports are where automakers receive the insights needed to help them improve their vehicle quality, dependability and styling and the dealership obtain the detailed feedback they can use to help improve their sales and service process to improve owner satisfaction. This customer feedback is critical because we know that vehicle quality, dependability and styling are among the top factors consumers cite for selecting the vehicle they purchase or lease, and the dealership sales and service experience has a direct correlation on customer loyalty and advocacy.


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Michael Jordan's 56,000 square foot Highland Park estate can still be yours at auction Monday but you will have to pay at least $13 million for it.
That will be the minimum bid for the home that includes a complete National Basketball Association court and a "man cave" fit for an NBA hall of famer and now team owner, according to Katherine Malkin, a real estate agent affiliated with the transaction.
The auction was originally scheduled Nov. 22 but delayed until Monday because of increased interest in the property being offered by Concierge Auctions. You still have time to register. A $250,000 deposit is required.
Originally listed for sale at $29 million, the price was later reduced to $21 million but remained unsold. The home also has nine bedrooms and 15 bathrooms.
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Thursday, Aug. 2, was the final day of "Component One" for the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and Arts in Education Partnership video production project sponsored by the Kane Area School District.
There are three candidates for the Teen Queen at the annual Mt. Jewett Swedish Festival to be held Friday through Sunday. The group includes, left to right, seated: Baylee Swanson, the 2011 festival queen; and Maya Huckabone, who will be entering the eighth grade later this month; standing: Brynn Howard, who will be entering the seventh grade; and Haley Williams, who will be a freshman. The crowning of the Teen Queen is held during the closing ceremony at 6 p.m. Sunday at the Center Street Stage.
One of the fundraisers involved in the Saturday Relay For Life event in Kane was the Miss Relay competition. Team members dressed up as females and went out into the community Saturday afternoon to get donations for the worthy cause.
The West Side Walkers team captained by Brenda Emer participated Saturday in the annual Relay For Life event in Kane. Warm temperatures greeted the walkers throughout the day as the event ran from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
There were four teams in the annual Relay For Life event in Kane including the Kane Educators Rainbow Rockets captained by Julia Anderson and Rae El Johnson.
The High School Student Council team captained by Zach Hadfield participated Saturday in the annual Relay For Life event to benefit the American Cancer Society.
Members of Walking the Plank captained by Sue McAlee and Sally Huckabone pause for a photo Saturday afternoon during the annual Relay For Life to benefit the American Cancer Society. The event was held Saturday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the Kane Area High School track.
Julie Wismar (center), a first grade teacher at the Kane Elementary School, helps Rylee Ehrensberger (left) and Logan Johnson (right) with math during a recent Summer School class. Both students will be entering the second grade when school resumes later this month. Summer School classes ended today in Kane.
Many students in the Kane Area School District took part in Summer School to hone their academic skills. This group includes, left to right: Devon Dowell, Sheila Lorenzo (aide), Steven Klaiber and Katie Cecchetti (aide). The five-week Summer School at the Kane Elementary School ends today.
Ryan Stefani (left) and his mother, Dawn Stefani (right) of Kane meet at the net during a "friendly" game of tennis Monday at the courts at Evergreen Park in Kane. Ryan will enter his sophomore year next month at Kane Area High School. The tennis courts and basketball court at the park are seeing plenty of action lately in the beautiful summer weather.


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Writing is undeniably an essential component of literacy instruction for students without disabilities. Without question it is a part of their daily instruction. In order for students with significant disabilities to develop as readers and writers, daily writing is equally, if not, more important. However, this becomes a challenge when most students with significant disabilities are unable to hold a traditional pencil. To address this challenge, the Centre for Literacy and Disability Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill has developed a variety of "alternative pencils" for students with the most significant disabilities, including deaf-blindness.
All the alternative "pencils" have been designed for students who are unable to hold a traditional pencil or physically manipulate a keyboard. Instead, the alternative pencils tap into students' other developing abilities. For example, the alphabet eye gaze frame may be helpful for students who are learning to eye gaze. The print flip chart or onscreen keyboards may be helpful for students who are learning to use switches. The Braille flip chart may be useful for students who are blind. These are just a few examples. For many of the pencils, perfect vision and/or hearing are not needed.
It is especially important to note that students DO NOT need to know how to independently read or spell words in order to use any of the alternative pencils. Alternative pencils should be used with students who have a range of understandings about writing, all the way from random, emergent "scribbling" to more conventional writing with recognisable words. Children without disabilities have hundreds of hours of drawing and scribbling to help them grow into more sophisticated writers. Over the past 4 years, the same type of development has been seen with students with the most significant disabilities when they are given the same opportunities with alternative pencils. Here are some of the things the Centre found about writing with students with significant disabilities, including deaf-blindness:
- Pick an alternative pencil that has the most potential for students to easily use.
- Students do not need to know their letters in order to write with an alternative pencil.
- Students need access to the full alphabet in order to learn about the alphabet.
- All students, regardless of their ability, learn about writing and alternative pencils, by writing.
- There are no prerequisites to writing. Don't wait! Students don't need to be ready to write. No one is "too…anything" to begin writing with an alternative pencil.
- Pick an alternative pencil and get started now!
The CD has been updated to include lots of new exciting pencils! The CD contains printable materials and instructions for making a variety of alternative pencil kits to promote students' active engagement in early writing. Each alternative pencil has a guide of suggestions for use, including access instructions, specific activities, sample IEP goals and REAL student writing samples. Braille and finger spelling cheat sheets and IntelliTools utilities have also been included. Pencils with numbers have been added to support literacy and maths.
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Includes different flip charts that have a range of high contrast coloured letters and backgrounds, including white letters on black background. Also includes supplemental flip charts with writing tool choices. A new number flip chart has been added to support literacy and maths!
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Purchase directly from The Center for Literacy & Disability Studies in the USA.
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When Students Drink
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Movies, music and television create an image — even an expectation — of the hard-partying, heavy-drinking college student, an image that does not appear to reflect the range of student experiences at Pacific.
Nationwide, most college students (about 66 percent) drink alcohol and nearly half binge drink at least occasionally. Similar statistics are not available for Pacific students, but Ryan Aiello, the director of residence life, said he sees more responsible use at Pacific than he did while working at larger universities.
"I think our students are more responsible and take their studies a lot more seriously," he said. "The party scene isn't as large, and I think that's not just about numbers. I think it's the type of student we have here."
The University enforces federal, state and local laws, and according to the official alcohol policy, expects students to "conduct themselves maturely and responsibly, always respecting the rights of others." In the fall term of 2007, 79 violations of the University's alcohol policy occurred, which included infractions such as having an open container on campus and consuming alcohol in a common area.
Students who violate the alcohol policy go before seven fellow students who serve on the Peer Review Board, where Assistant Dean of Students Julie Murray Jensen said, "Our focus is on educating the individual student and protecting the community, so we're never saying the person is a bad person — we're saying the behavior is not appropriate for the community."
Aiello added, "Our students overall are incredibly well behaved. I meet with conduct officers at other schools, and our students are terrific. They make mistakes, but they typically learn from them and move on."
*National statistic from the Department of Health and Human Services' 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health.


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Comments On Jul 29, 2014:For 14 YZF it says its 2.3, but actually its a 2.9 which is great. I bought IMS first and it was total crap and leaked after one ride. Ordered this one right after and its the best Ive seen. Easily matches factory quality in fit and finish. Highly recommend.
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Comments On Jul 24, 2014:I can only assume this was no the stock tank because KTM had to use the same tank on the EXC with the pollution stuff.
Tank is just as thin feeling. cap is better than the 1/4 turn KTM cap in my opinion. and the tank fit perfect with the fan in place, and the KTM brand radiator guards. it has been on several Dual Sport rides, and pure dirt bike rides with no issues as all. Just wish the fuel sock I have from a different source worked a little better. the tank is rock solid.
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Comments On Jul 02, 2014:Reduced left turn steering lock quite a lot on a 2014 KTM 200XC-W. The top triple clamp pinch bolt contacts tank otherwise. Also, unlike the OEM tank this one does not have a check valve for the breather/vent. Does not include any hardware or petcock. Not recommended unless you must have a black tank.
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Comments On Jun 29, 2014:this tank was easy to install on my 09 crf450r, very satisfied with how much fuel it holds and well it works
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Comments On Jun 13, 2014:When I race my SX in Hare Scrambles I put this big tank on.. Piece of mind that I won't run out and don't have to stop for a refuel.
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Comments On May 30, 2014:I love the tank for my 09 yz 450f but it's not the coolest looking tank. The tank is really big and the Percock feels cheap.
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Comments On May 16, 2014:Fairly easy to install. Only problem was making sure the gasket was in the correct position when bolting on the fuel pump. My bad for not being more careful, but it could have been designed to be a bit more user friendly. However, the problem is mostly on me. Just be careful and watch what you are doing.
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Comments On Apr 10, 2014:This is a quality tank. Good stiff plastic. Nice cap. But the left side of the tank should be deeper so the petcock is at the lowest point. Not the tank wings. Not anything to stress over. I'm sure it was to make the carb more accessible which it does. But I wonder if I'll get to use that last quart of gas.
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Comments On Mar 18, 2014:Fits good. front mount is cheesy. They say to reuse the stock side panel bolts but they are too small for the holes in the tank. Had to use hardware store bolts until I find something better. Love the extra range.
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Comments On Feb 11, 2014:I got the 3.7 gallon version for my 530 KTM in black. It looks stylish and is not too much larger than the stock/fairing setup; fuel weight is kept pretty low too. The fit is a little bit of a pain, I had to swap around different bolt/spacer/washer setups before the tank would eventually mount to the frame posts. I don't like the quick fill cap, it's huge leaks a little and to me totally useless. I would very much prefer the ability to use the stock cap. The tank shell is also porous, as all my attempts at putting decals on the tank have failed...they bubble off in a few weeks leaving an impossible sticky goo to remove. All and all, the best option for my ktm at the ~3 gallon mark. I would buy it again all said and done.
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Increasing the water intake in dogs and cats is an important part of treating and preventing uroliths. Feeding a patient a
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Identify urolith composition and bacteria
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For best results, submit the entire urolith in a dry, unbreakable container. If the patient has multiple uroliths, submit
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The Minnesota Urolith Center at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine will perform quantitative analysis
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http://www.cvm.umn.edu/depts/minnesotaurolithcenter/howtosubmitsamples/home.html. Quantitative analysis can also be performed for a fee at the Urinary Stone Analysis Laboratory at the University of California
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Alexis Asquith struck a chord during a recent interview for a "What are you eating?" segment to be published Saturday in WNY Refresh.
She got ulcers in her stomach and intestines when she was 15, and used a combination of yoga and sensible eating to vastly improve her digestive tract.
Asquith told me she doesn't have food allergies, but has an intolerance to some foods that seemed to be the root cause of her gastrointestinal distress.
I have family members with similar issues, as well as several friends in their 40s and 50s who also suffer with gastro woes. Most of them have used a regimen of doctors and drugs to treat their symptoms, and almost all of them have struggled with getting to the bottom of the root causes of their conditions.
Asquith took a different approach to her treatment. She decided there were two causes to her ulcers – stress and food – and she decided that addressing both would be in her best interest.
"I'm a curious 22-year-old who chooses food over medicine," she told me last week during an interview after teaching a yoga class to kids at Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Resurrection. (see story here and photo gallery here).
"I don't believe that medicine is, or should be, a quick fix for a lifestyle," she said. "People want instantaneous results without doing the work and I want to experiment as much as I can, test it out. I literally test things out and wait for a reaction.
"What causes these discomforts? Is it what I'm eating? Is it what I'm thinking? Turns out (the ulcers were) a little bit of both – mostly thoughts, stress.
"I got really deep into yoga. I started to meditate and I started to feel a little better. Then I thought, 'What is the next step?' And I started to get curious about food, different vegetables, different herbs, different homeopathic remedies."
Here's some of what else she had to say:
What have you discovered when it comes to food?
There is some crazy stuff out there. Basically what I've discovered is that any food that comes from the earth has health benefits. Something I just learned: cinnamon is great for balancing out your blood sugar. My grandmother used to always tell me if I had a sore throat, '(Take) apple cider vinegar with honey and water.' Don't tell her this, but she was right.
What foods have you found the most healing?
I gave up eating all meat except fish. I felt a shift happen over four or five weeks. I can't process a lot of vegetables, which is difficult for a vegetarian, so juicing is very easy on the digestive system. I make these crazy smoothies with ingredients you probably never heard of before.
Like what?
Spirulina, which is a blue green algae and a complete protein. Flaxseed, hemp powder, cacao powder, maca powder. And in all the smoothies I try to keep a 3:1 balance, with three vegetables to one fruit. In my diet, I wanted to eliminate as much acidity as I could and restore my pH level. Acidity can lead to inflammation, which can lead to a lot of digestive problems or skin problems.
What are the staples of your diet?
Juicing. I never strive for perfection. There are days that if I want a piece of chocolate, I'm going to have it. I just strive for consistency. I have nobody to answer to but myself. If I'm going to eat something that's going to make me feel bad, I'm going to feel bad, not mentally bad, but physically bad.
I eat a lot of veggie burgers, and a lot of restaurants have become really accommodating. Just about everywhere you go, there's a delicious piece of fish, or a veggie burger or a fish taco, something like that.
You have to be mindful and smart. There's a lot of temptation. You say, 'I want a juicy hamburger or hot dog,' but you just can't.
I eat a lot of soup because that's a good way for me to eat vegetables.
What's your favorite soup?
Gweneth Paltrow's Beet Green Soup. She just came out with a new cookbook. It's called, 'It's All Good,' and it has a recipe for a beet green soup. The beet greens, the top of the beets, are almost more beneficial than kale, than the beets themselves. It's amazing. They have a lot of calcium in them, and other vitamins and minerals. They're a little milder than kale and a little more flavorful than spinach.
Is there a food you can't resist?
Honey Nut Cherios, with almond milk. I don't touch any dairy. I try to keep a very low-glycemic diet – nothing white, nothing processed. I try, try, try.
Gluten is a killer to me. It's not an allergy, it's just an intolerance. It's not for any fad or diet – I hate that word, 'diet' – is just that I know I will be doubled over in pain if I eat a piece of white bread.
Then I have to backtrack, see what I ate.
It sounds like for you, a combination of yoga and better eating made a difference in your health. Do you do any other exercise?
I used to be a dancer and I love doing that. I love being outside and hiking. I go for a walk almost every day. Riding my bike, so I just do whatever I can, but yoga mainly.
I do a lot of self-reflection, a lot of life reflection. I really and truly believe that emotional weight is just as heavy as physical weight. You can't have a healed body without a healed mind. There's no way I could have done one without the other.
The yoga brings a lot of stuff up. You can't hide when you're on the mat. If you eat like crap, you're going to feel heavy on your mat. If you're going through something in your head, you're going to have it come through on your mat.
It sounds like you've kept track of what you're eating.
I have to, for my own life. How do I know how to avoid something if I don't know what I ate. So I try foods with very few ingredients, food in its natural state. I try not to eat anything packaged – except for Honey Nut Cherios, and I drink a lot of water. I tend to only drink water and an occasional glass of red wine.
Anything else?
I've found that Twitter is a huge portal of information if you follow the right people.
Who are some of the people you follow on Twitter?
Huffington Post; they have a healthy living account. Dr. Frank Lipman. Tiny Buddha is great for meditation.
Asquith also is now following us on Twitter at @bnrefresh.


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GREENSBURG — A western Pennsylvania jury on Monday was bused to an automotive glass shop where the owner is charged with fatally shooting his mother, sister and elderly aunt, allegedly because the women disapproved of his affair with a married woman.
But before the Westmoreland County jury made the 13-mile trip to Ferguson Glass in Loyalhanna Township, the attorneys in the case each spelled out what they believe happened there one day short of four years ago.
Westmoreland County District Attorney John Peck told the jury that Kevin Murphy, 52, shot his mother, 69-year-old Doris Murphy; his 43-year-old sister, Kris Murphy; and his aunt, 81-year-old Edith Tietge, on April 23, 2009, because they didn't approve of his romance with a married woman.
"She basically gave him an ultimatum which the defendant carried out," Peck said, referring to Murphy's then-girlfriend, a married mother of three.
But defense attorney Robert Bell told the jury that Murphy was close to the victims and essentially had become the man in the family when his father died in 1985. Murphy, Bell said, was so distraught that he could barely speak and was shaking uncontrollably, unable to dial 911 after his uncle found the bodies and summoned Murphy to the shop.
"Kevin could not make up the kind of shaking he was doing," Bell told the jury, noting that ambulance crews will be called to testify about Murphy's reactions at the scene.
Peck is seeking three first-degree murder convictions and will ask for the death penalty if Murphy is convicted. The jury would then have to decide whether Murphy deserves to die for his crimes or serve life in prison without parole.
But before any of that happens, Peck must convince the jury that Murphy killed the women in a crime nobody witnessed, in the close-knit semi-rural community where he grew up with the women.
Peck contends that happened because Murphy had begun a relationship with a married woman about 18 months earlier. Murphy would meet the woman before dawn, in a supermarket parking lot miles away, before she drove to work each morning in Pittsburgh. Apparently tired of sneaking around, the woman allegedly told Murphy how he could kill the women — and even establish an alibi by ensuring he was seen doing chores on his uncle's farm across the road from the glass shop — in the days before the shootings.
Murphy wasn't arrested until a year after the shootings, however, because investigators learned of those alleged conversations only after another inmate told them Murphy had spoken of the crime and his girlfriend's comments while he and Murphy walked together around the jail's exercise yard. A state police affidavit said Murphy's girlfriend hadn't met his family, but Peck said she moved in with Murphy a day or so after the killings.
Murphy's attorneys contend he was doing chores at his uncle's farm, some 300 yards from the auto glass shop, at the time when the women must have been shot — and before the women were found by Murphy's uncle after he returned from a daylong trip to auction off a cow.
During Monday's visit, a state police investigator pointed out 15 key locations at the glass shop — including spots where Murphy allegedly hid the gun before and after the shootings — and the uncle's farm to give the jury a firsthand menu of physical reference points they'll hear about at the trial. Among other things, the visit was meant to help the jury understand how long it would have taken Murphy — or anyone else — to move between the two properties.
Bell told the jury that, "Kevin Murphy's defense is simply that it wasn't him that did it."
Still, police have linked Murphy's DNA to a .22-caliber gun that was, in turn, linked to slugs taken from his sister's and aunt's bodies.
Murphy's attorneys acknowledge he brought the gun to the shop but said he did so to scare away birds. Murphy was "deathly afraid" of birds since one swooped down on him and got caught in his hair when he was a child, Bell told the jury.


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Noted scholars Francis I. Andersen and David Noel Freedman, authors of the critically acclaimed Hosea, team up to examine and explain this critical segment of the Bible. Using new insights and modern methods, the authors interpret the text clearly, enthusiastically, and with startling perception. Readers will gain a new understanding of the historical, literary, and religious dimensions of the book of Amos.
Francis I. Andersen taught the Bible in Australia, the United States, and around the world before retiring as Professorial Fellow in the Department of Classics and Archaeology at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Out of his pioneering work on the poetics and metrics of biblical texts, he has produced over seventy scholarly articles and many books. He lives with his wife, Lois, in Donvale, Victoria, Australia.


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Tonight the IceCaps open their second season against the Springfield Falcons on the road. From there it's off to Hartford for the Whale tomorrow afternoon.
Here's a quick preview of some players to look out for from both clubs. You can also read this post on Arctic Ice Hockey (the Winnipeg Jets' SB Nation site), where I'll be posting content throughout the season.
Both the Falcons (Blue Jackets' affiliate) and Whale (Rangers) were 36-win clubs last season, but Connecticut managed to scrape up more OT and shootout losses and cracked the playoffs before being bounced in the second round by the Calder Cup winning Admirals. The Falcons, on the other hand, went on to finish with 78 points and 11th place in the Conference.
It probably doesn't make a lot of sense to get too far in to last season and discuss head-to-head match-ups and the like, since the AHL landscape has changed quite drastically.
Instead it's likely best to look at the opponents at hand and identify some key prospects. The flood of young talent in the league this season makes each team pretty interesting, and these first two have a number of names to look out for.
Springfield Falcons:
|2011-12 Stats
|Tim Erixon (D)
|50GP-3-30-33 (Conn. Whale AHL)
|Ryan Johansen
|John Moore
|Jon Audy-Marchessault
|70GP-24-40-64 (Conn. Whale AHL)
|Austin Madaisky,
|70GP-12-37-50 (Kamloops WHL)
|Michael Chaput
|57GP-21-42-63 (Shawin. QMJHL)
|Cam Atkinson*
|51GP-29-15-44 (Springfield AHL)
Connecticut Whale:
|2011-12 Stats
|Chris Kreider*
|44GP-23-22-45 (Boston College H-East)
|Dylan McIlrath
|52GP-3-20-23 (Moose Jaw WHL)
|JT Miller
|61GP-25-37-62 (Plymouth OHL)
|Ryan Bourque
|69GP-6-8-14 (Conn. Whale AHL)
|Marek Hrivik
|54GP-29-41-70 (Moncton QMJHL)
|Kyle Jean
|39GP-12-12-24 (Lake Superior CCHA)
|Matt Gilroy
|67GP-3-17-20 (Ott/TBL NHL)
|Andrew Yogan
|66GP-41-37-78 (Peterborough OHL)
It should be noted that while Kreider and Atkinson punched in most of their time in minor leagues last year, they did spend some valuable time in the NHL. You'll remember Kreider from the Rangers' playoff run, where he was a pretty good contributor with 5 goals in 18 games.
As for the IceCaps, like a lot of teams it will be tough to nail down exactly what the lineup will be for opening night ahead of time, but we know how it'll look for the most part.
We should also keep in mind that the Falcons will play the Adirondack Phantoms on Sunday. The Phantoms will be the first team to visit Mile One this season, in next weekend's home opener. It's an early attempt at seeking out some sort of measuring stick, but with all the crazy roster movement, we'll take what we can get.
Tomorrow night's game will go at 7:00pm EST in Springfield, with the game in Hartford on Sunday at 3:00pm, as mentioned above. To follow the games, go to thisisnewfoundlandlabrador.ca and join Brian Rogers who has the call. You can also access this radio feed from the IceCaps' official website.