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Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study
Committee. Section 1 of the bill establishes in statute the opioid andother substance use disorders study committee, consisting of 5 senatorsand 5 representatives from the general assembly, to:
Study data and statistics on the scope of the substance usedisorder problem in Colorado;
Study current prevention, intervention, harm reduction,treatment, and recovery resources available to Coloradans,
as well as public and private insurance coverage and othersources of support for treatment and recovery resources;
Review the availability of medication-assisted treatmentand the ability of pharmacists to prescribe thosemedications;
Examine measures that other states and countries use toaddress substance use disorders;
Identify the gaps in prevention, intervention, harmreduction, treatment, and recovery resources available toColoradans and hurdles to accessing those resources; and
Identify possible legislative options to address gaps andhurdles to accessing prevention, intervention, harmreduction, treatment, and recovery resources.
The committee is authorized to meet 6 times in a calendar year and
may report up to 6 legislative measures to the legislative council, whichbills are exempt from bill limitations and introduction deadlines. Thecommittee is repealed on July 1, 2020.
Section 2 specifies school-based health care centers may apply for
grants from the school-based health center grant program to expandbehavioral health services to include treatment for opioid and othersubstance use disorders.
Section 3 directs the department of health care policy and
financing, starting July 1, 2018, to award grants to organizations tooperate a substance abuse screening, brief intervention, and referralprogram.
Section 4 directs the center for research into substance use
disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery to develop and implementcontinuing medical education activities to help prescribers of painmedication to safely and effectively manage patients with chronic pain,and when appropriate, prescribe opioids. Sections 2 through 4 also directthe general assembly to appropriate money to implement those sections.
Concerning measures to prevent opioid misuse in Colorado.
During the 2017 session, the general assembly enacted a bill
involving civil forfeiture requiring seizing agencies to submit reports to
the department of local affairs (department). The bill requires reportingagencies rather than seizing agencies to file the reports and definesreporting agency. The bill also expands the scope of the reports toinclude seizures related to a local public nuisance law or ordinance.
The 2017 act also prohibited seizing agencies from receiving
forfeiture proceeds from the federal government unless the aggregatevalue of property seized in a case is over $50,000. The bill establishes thelaw enforcement assistance grant program in the department of publicsafety to reimburse seizing agencies for revenue lost because of thisprohibition.
The bill establishes the law enforcement community services grant
program (program) in the division of local government in the departmentto provide grants to law enforcement agencies, local governments, andcommunity organizations to improve community services. It establishesa committee to review grant applications and make recommendations ongrant awards and establishes a fund from which grants are paid.
Under current law, the net balance of proceeds received from a
forfeiture action are divided evenly between the governmental body of theseizing agency and the managed service organization providingbehavioral health in the judicial district (MSO). The bill provides that the50% that went to the MSO is now divided so that the MSO and the newlaw enforcement community services grant program fund each receive25%.
Concerning civil forfeiture reform, and, in connection therewith, changing the entity required to report on forfeitures, expanding the scope of the forfeitures to be reported, establishing grant programs, and changing the disbursement of net forfeiture proceeds.
Current law includes a separate crime for cruelty to a service
animal or a certified police working dog. The bill adds a definition forcertified police working horse to statute and adds certified policeworking horses to the crime of cruelty to a service animal or a certifiedpolice working dog. A person who, in good faith, reports an incident of
cruelty to a certified police working horse is granted the same immunityfrom civil liability that persons have when reporting, in good faith, crueltyto a service animal or a certified police working dog.
Concerning adding certified police working horses to the crime of cruelty to a service animal or a certified police working dog.
The bill establishes a crime if a person knows or should know that
another person is in need of emergency assistance and fails to call 911 oruse another means to summon assistance.
Concerning a failure to summon emergency assistance.
The bill states that each entity of the state government and each
entity of the government of each city, county, and city and county(government entity) shall broadcast its dispatch radio communicationswithout encryption such that the communications may be monitored bycommercially available radio receivers and scanners; except that:
A government entity may encrypt tactical radio
communications or investigative radio communications solong as the encryption is necessary to preserve the tacticalintegrity of an operation, protect the safety of lawenforcement officers or other emergency responders, orprevent the destruction of property; and
An investigative unit of a government entity engaged in theinvestigation of criminal conduct or potential criminalconduct may encrypt its radio communications.
Any government entity that encrypts any of its dispatch radio
communications shall disclose on its public website and make availablefor public inspection a list of its radio communication channels, adescription of the functions allocated to those channels, and an indicationof which of the channels are always encrypted or sometimes encrypted.In describing the functions of the channels, the government entity shallindicate whether each channel is used for tactical radio communicationsor investigative radio communications.
Any person has standing to bring an action for injunctive relief in
district court against any sheriff, chief of police, fire chief, or otheradministrative head of any government entity for an allegedly unlawfulencryption of dispatch radio communications.
Any person who monitors dispatch radio communications of a
government entity for the purpose of perpetrating or attempting toperpetrate criminal activity or assisting another person in the furtheranceof criminal activity commits a class 3 misdemeanor.
Concerning dispatch radio communications by government entities.
Last session, Senate Bill 17-115 expanded the group of people
who, if they possessed sexually exploitative material in the performanceof their duties, could not commit sexual exploitation of a child to all law
enforcement personnel and defense counsel personnel. The bill clarifiesthat the sexual exploitation of a child statute does not change thediscovery procedure for sexually exploitative materials and that thedefendant and defense counsel personnel are not allowed to receivecopies of the materials.
Concerning clarifying that the law enforcement and defense counsel exemption for sexual exploitation of a child crime does not change the discovery procedures for sexually exploitative material.
The bill repeals the authorization for the state, a county, a city and
county, or a municipality to use automated vehicle identification systems(including red light cameras) to identify violators of traffic regulationsand issue citations based on photographic evidence and creates aprohibition on such activity.
The bill repeals the authorization for the department of public
safety to use an automated vehicle identification system to detectspeeding violations within a highway maintenance, repair, or constructionzone.
Concerning the elimination of the use of automated vehicle identification systems for traffic law enforcement.
The bill extends the right to use deadly force against an intruder
under certain conditions to include owners, managers, and employees ofa business.
Concerning the use of deadly physical force against a person who has made an illegal entry into a place of business.
The bill requires the peace officers standards and training board
(P.O.S.T. board), which certifies peace officers, to revoke thecertification of a peace officer if:
The P.O.S.T. board receives notification from a lawenforcement agency that employs or employed the peace
officer that the peace officer made an untruthful statementor omitted a material fact on an official law enforcementdocument or while testifying at an official judicialproceeding or during an internal affairs investigation; and
Either the law enforcement agency or a panel of theP.O.S.T. board reached a determination on the matter aftercompleting an administrative process.
Concerning the P.O.S.T. board revoking the certification of a peace officer who is found to have made an untruthful statement.
In current law, second degree burglary is a class 4 felony, but it is
a class 3 felony under 2 circumstances. The bill designates a third type ofsecond degree burglary as a class 3 felony; that is, a burglary, theobjective of which is the theft of one or more firearms, firearm parts,firearm accessories, or ammunition. The bill also states that when aperson is convicted of such a burglary, in addition to any other sentence,
the court may require the person to pay a fine of at least $10,000 but notexceeding $750,000.
Concerning the penalty for a person who commits burglary to acquire firearms.
The bill states that, except in certain cases, a court shall not require
a defendant arrested and charged for any misdemeanor, petty offense, ormunicipal code violation to post monetary bail as a condition of beingdischarged from custody. A defendant who is charged with an offenseother than a felony may not be released from custody under his or herown recognizance until he or she signs and files with the clerk of thecourt or other designated person a written release agreement that includescertain promises.
Current law requires any pretrial services program to be
established pursuant to a plan formulated by a community advisory boardcreated for such purpose and appointed by the chief judge of the judicialdistrict. The bill makes this requirement merely permissible.
The bill states that if a person is in custody and the court imposed
a monetary condition of bond for release, and the person, after 5 daysfrom the setting of the monetary condition of bond, remains in custodybecause he or she is unable to meet the monetary obligations of the bond,upon motion of the person, the court shall forthwith conduct a hearing toreconsider the monetary condition of the bond.
Concerning reform of pretrial criminal procedures, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting the use of monetary bonding except for certain defendants and requiring courts to conduct timely hearings to reconsider monetary conditions of bond under certain circumstances.
The bill creates a pilot program to allow marijuana delivery. The
marijuana state licensing authority can enter into a memorandum ofunderstanding with up to 3 municipalities to allow medical and retailmarijuana delivery. The state licensing authority can adopt rules regardingmarijuana delivery and can issue up to 15 marijuana delivery licenses.
Concerning a pilot program for marijuana delivery.
The bill requires the division of criminal justice to provide human
trafficking training to law enforcement agencies and entities that provideservices to human trafficking victims. The training may include:
Train-the-trainer programs;
Direct trainings; and
Online training programs.
The training may be provided to law enforcement agencies, organizationsthat provide direct services to human trafficking victims, school personneland parents or guardians of students, and any other organization, agency,or group that would benefit from such training. The training must bedeveloped in consultation with the Colorado human trafficking council.When considering requests for training, the division should give priorityto requests from areas of the state that have limited access to trainingresources. Beginning in 2019, the council's annual human traffickingreport must include an update on the trainings provided.
Concerning the provision of training materials related to human trafficking by the department of public safety.
The bill creates the Colorado next generation 911 board (board) in
the division of homeland security and emergency management within thedepartment of public safety. The board's purpose is to lead the planningfor, implementation of, and transition to a sustainable next generation 911service. The board is required to:
Commission a study to assist in formulating a next
generation 911 plan. The study must address businessrequirements for the transition, gaps and vulnerabilities,potential funding mechanisms, challenges toimplementation, current and emerging technologies, andopportunities to save costs by using existing networkfacilities.
Develop a next generation 911 plan. The plan must addresscoordination and timing for implementation, maintenanceand funding of the current 911 service through thetransition period, services to ensure that the access andfunctional needs population has access to next generation911, rapid deployment, a testing plan and timeline,contingency plans, a governance plan, and end-usertraining and implementation.
Assist with next generation 911 implementation andtransition oversight, coordinate outreach and educationinitiatives related to the next generation 911 plan,coordinate and facilitate stakeholder outreach, identifycosts and funding opportunities for the transition to nextgeneration 911, and collect and report on progressmeasurements.
The board has the authority to seek and accept gifts, grants, and
donations and to contract with private or public entities to accomplish itspurposes. The bill specifies that the board does not have regulatoryauthority over basic emergency service or other areas under the publicutilities commission and does not supersede local control of 911operations.
Concerning the creation of the Colorado next generation 911 board in the department of public safety.
Current law requires county and municipal authorities (authorities)
to conduct a traffic investigation or survey before increasing ordecreasing the speed limits within the authority's jurisdiction. The billadds the requirement that the authority consider the following factors:
Road characteristics;
Current and future development;
Environmental factors;
Parking practices;
Pedestrian and bicycle activity in the vicinity; and
Crash statistics from the most recent year.
Concerning a local authority's ability to alter speed limits within the local authority's jurisdiction.
The bill designates an administrator of judicial security in the
Colorado judicial department as a peace officer who must be certified bythe peace officer standards and training board.
Concerning peace officer status for the administrator of judicial security in the Colorado judicial department.
Sunset Process - House Transportation and Energy
Committee. The bill continues the automobile theft prevention authorityand the automobile theft prevention board until 2029.
Concerning the continuation of a grant program to prevent motor vehicle theft, and, in connection therewith, implementing the sunset review recommendations of the department of regulatory agencies.
Currently, Colorado criminalizes posting nude images of another
person for harassment purposes or for pecuniary gain. The bill makes thefollowing changes to those crimes:
Adds images of sex acts that may not include nude images;
Removes the requirement that the defendant intend toinflict serious emotional distress;
Removes as an exception to the crimes that the imagerelates to a newsworthy event; and
Clarifies that the images subject to the crimes may bedisclosed by law enforcement personnel, human or socialservices personnel, prosecutors, and court personnel in thecourse of their normal business.
Concerning measures to clarify the scope of revenge porn criminal offenses.
The bill creates the new criminal offense of obstructing a peace
officer, firefighter, emergency medical service provider, rescue specialist,or volunteer with an unmanned aircraft system. A person commits theoffense when he or she operates an unmanned aircraft system in a mannerthat violates one or more safety requirements and obstructs, impairs, orhinders:
A peace officer acting under color of his or her officialauthority;
A firefighter acting under color of his or her officialauthority;
An emergency medical service provider or rescue specialistacting under color of his or her official authority; or
The administration of emergency care or emergencyassistance by a volunteer, acting in good faith to rendersuch care or assistance without compensation at the placeof an emergency or accident.
Obstructing a peace officer, firefighter, emergency medical service
provider, rescue specialist, or volunteer with an unmanned aircraft systemis a class 2 misdemeanor.
Concerning prohibiting the use of unmanned aircraft systems to obstruct public safety operations.
Joint Budget Committee. The statewide digital trunked radio
system (DTRS) provides interoperable radio communications that allowpersonnel from multiple agencies in different levels of government torapidly share information and coordinate efforts in emergency situations.While DTRS is considered one of the nation's most successful statewide
public safety communications voice networks, there are areas of the statethat do not have adequate coverage on the DTRS network. This meanspublic safety officials are unable to communicate with others whenworking in geographies with little to no coverage.
The general assembly established the public safety
communications trust fund (trust fund) for the acquisition andmaintenance of public safety communications systems, including theDTRS. Currently, through the 2024-25 fiscal year, the general assemblyappropriates $7.2 million each fiscal year from the general fund and otherfunds to the trust fund for purposes of the DTRS. The governor's officeof information technology (office) is required to use the money for thereplacement of legacy radio equipment and hardware at radio tower sitesand for software upgrade assurance. Due to a one-time savings achievedthrough negotiations between the office and its DTRS software vendor,approximately $3 million of the money appropriated to the trust fund todate is unexpended.
The bill authorizes the office to use any unencumbered and
unexpended money appropriated for purposes of the DTRS on DTRS sitesupporting infrastructure and DTRS supporting software and hardware.
In addition, in both the 2018-19 and 2019-20 fiscal years, the bill
requires the general assembly to appropriate an additional $2 million fromthe general fund to the trust fund. The bill requires the office to use themoney to work in partnership with local and regional government entitiesto add additional radio tower sites in areas of the state that areexperiencing critical coverage gaps for public safety radiocommunications. The office is required to submit a report to the jointbudget committee detailing the use of the additional $2 million.
Concerning measures to address coverage gaps in the statewide digital trunked radio system, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.
Current law has separate collateral relief sections for when a court
orders an alternative sentence, probation, or community corrections. Thebill combines collateral relief provisions into one section and authorizesa court to enter an order for collateral relief at the time of conviction ofa defendant or any time thereafter. The bill requires a fingerprint-basedcriminal history record check only if the hearing is held after sentencing.
The bill adds the authority for a juvenile court to enter an order for
collateral relief using the same process as criminal courts.
Concerning relief from collateral consequences of criminal actions.
The bill makes an internal investigation file (file) of a peace
officer for in-uniform or on-duty conduct that involves a member of thepublic subject to an open records request. The bill requires someinformation to be redacted before complying with the open recordsrequest. The bill allows the custodian of the file to first provide asummary of the file to the requester and then allows the requester access
to the file after the requester has reviewed the summary. Under the bill,a custodian of a file in which there is an ongoing criminal case can denyinspection of the file. The file becomes open for inspection after all thecharges are dismissed or the defendant is sentenced.
Concerning public disclosure of a completed peace officer internal investigation file.
The bill states that if the department of corrections (department)
relocates an inmate for incarceration or contracts with another state forthe incarceration of an inmate in a penal institution in another state, thennot later than 48 hours after such relocation, the department shall notifythe prosecuting attorney and any registered victim of crimes for which the
inmate is serving his or her sentence of the name and location of the penalinstitution where the inmate is to be housed.
This disclosure requirement does not apply if:
The inmate is a witness and the executive director of thedepartment (executive director) determines that disclosingthe inmate's location would pose a risk to the personalsafety of the inmate, corrections staff, other inmates, orfacilities;
The prosecuting attorney requests in writing that thedepartment not disclose the location of the penal institutionwhere the inmate is located;
The registered victim is currently incarcerated; or
The inmate has been employed by the department or as alaw enforcement officer and the executive directordetermines that disclosing the inmate's location poses a riskto the personal safety of the inmate, corrections staff, otherinmates, or facilities.
If the department relocates an inmate and the executive director
determines that any of these factors applies, then not later than 48 hoursafter such relocation, the department shall notify the prosecuting attorney:
That the inmate has been relocated; and
Which of the factors the executive director has determinedapplies.
If the prosecuting attorney agrees with the executive director's
determination that a factor applies, then the prosecuting attorney shallconfirm the executive director's determination in writing, the departmentshall retain such written confirmation, and the department shall notify anyregistered victim of one or more crimes for which the inmate is servinghis or her sentence that:
The inmate has been relocated; and
The department is unable to disclose the inmate's locationbecause one of the factors applies.
If the prosecuting attorney disagrees with the executive director's
determination that a factor applies, then the department shall disclose theinmate's location to any registered victims.
Concerning requiring the department of corrections to disclose the location of inmates who are relocated to facilities outside of the state.
Current law requires each license plate to be at the approximate
center of a motor vehicle and at least 12 inches from the ground. The billrepeals this requirement for the front license plate.
Concerning the repeal of certain requirements for where a license plate is mounted on a motor vehicle.
Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study
Committee. The bill:
Specifies that hospitals may be used as clean syringeexchange sites (section 1);
Provides civil immunity for participants of a clean syringeexchange program (section 1);
Creates a supervised injection facility pilot program in thecity and county of Denver and provides civil and criminalimmunity for the approved supervised injection facility(sections 2 through 4);
Allows school districts and nonpublic schools to develop apolicy by which schools are allowed to obtain a supply ofopiate antagonists and school employees are trained toadminister opiate antagonists to individuals at risk ofexperiencing a drug overdose (sections 5 through 11); and
Requires the commission on criminal and juvenile justiceto study certain topics related to sentencing foropioid-related offenses (section 12).
Concerning measures to address the opioid crisis in Colorado, and, in connection therewith, providing immunity for individuals who provide clean syringes through a clean syringe exchange program, creating a supervised injection facility pilot program, allowing school districts to develop policies for the supply and administration of opiate antagonists, and requiring the commission on criminal and juvenile justice to study certain topics related to sentencing for opioid-related offenses.
The bill makes failure to report child abuse or neglect one of the
crimes in which the statute of limitations begins to run upon discovery ofthe criminal act or the delinquent act.
Concerning making failure to report child abuse a crime in which the statute of limitations begins to run upon discovery of the act.
The bill creates the law enforcement information-sharing grant
program (grant program) within the division of homeland security andemergency management (division). The grant program shall provide agrant to a consortium of at least 50 law enforcement agencies in the statefor the purpose of operating and maintaining a law enforcementinformation-sharing system.
The bill requires the executive director of the department of public
safety to promulgate rules for the administration of the grant program. Ata minimum, the rules must specify the time frames for applying forgrants, the form of the grant program application, and the time frames fordistributing grant money. In determining whether to award a grant, thedivision shall consider:
The applicant's capacity to serve law enforcement agenciesstatewide;
The applicant's ability to operate and maintain a lawenforcement information-sharing system; and
The applicant's ability to make necessary investments in alaw enforcement information-sharing system.
The bill creates the law enforcement information-sharing grant
program fund (fund) and directs the general assembly to appropriate $1.9million to the fund from the marijuana tax cash fund for the 2018-19fiscal year.
Concerning creation of a public safety information-sharing system.
Current law provides that in cases involving domestic violence and
in cases involving certain other crimes, a court may enter any of severaltypes of protection orders against the defendant. The bill adds 2 newpotential protection orders to the list of options available to the court.They are:
An order prohibiting the taking, transferring, concealing,harming, disposing of, or threatening to harm an animalowned, possessed, leased, kept, or held by the alleged
victim or witness; and
An order directing a wireless telephone service provider totransfer the financial responsibility for and rights to awireless telephone number or numbers to the petitioner ifthe petitioner satisfies certain criteria.
The bill also clarifies that the issuance of a protection order in a
case involving domestic violence or any of certain crimes does notpreclude a court from issuing a protective order in a civil proceeding.
Concerning protective orders in criminal cases.
Under current law, there is a crime of false reporting to authorities.
The bill creates a crime of false reporting of an emergency bycriminalizing an act of false reporting to authorities that includes a falsereport of an imminent threat to the safety of a person or persons by use ofa deadly weapon. False reporting of an emergency is a class 1misdemeanor, but it can be a felony depending on the harm caused by thefalse report. For purposes of the crime of false reporting to authorities andfalse reporting of an emergency, the defendant may be tried in the county
where the defendant made the report, the county where the false reportwas communicated to law enforcement, or the county where lawenforcement responded to the false report.
Concerning criminalizing false reports.
The bill states that a person commits class 5 felony false
imprisonment if he or she confines or detains another person less than 18years of age by means of tying, locking, caging, chaining, or otherwiserestricting that person's freedom of movement by any instrumentality foran unreasonable amount of time under the circumstances.
The bill states that the statutory privilege between a patient and a
physician or between an individual and his or her spouse is not availablefor the purpose of excluding or refusing testimony in any prosecution for
false imprisonment.
Concerning false imprisonment of a minor.
Statutory Revision Committee. Two provisions of current law
require deputy sheriffs to be certified by the peace officers standards andtraining (P.O.S.T.) board, but another provision describes the authority ofa noncertified deputy sheriff. The bill clarifies that some deputy sheriffsmay serve without P.O.S.T. certification under certain circumstances.
Concerning clarifying that certain deputy sheriffs may serve without attaining certification from the peace officers standards and training board.
The bill permits a municipality or county to adopt a local
ordinance or resolution regulating the operation of bicycles approachingintersections with stop signs or illuminated red traffic control signals.Under a local regulation, a bicyclist approaching a stop sign must slow toa reasonable speed and, when safe to do so, may proceed through theintersection without stopping. A bicyclist approaching an illuminated red
traffic control signal must stop at the intersection and, when safe to do so,may proceed through the intersection. The bill sets the reasonable speedlimit at 15 miles per hour. However, a municipality or county may lowerthe reasonable speed to 10 miles per hour or raise the limit to 20 miles perhour at any individual intersection. If the local government sets a loweror higher reasonable speed limit, the local government must post signageindicating that speed limit at the intersection. If the municipality or countyadopts an ordinance or resolution pursuant to the act, it must be consistentwith the act. An ordinance adopted before the effective date of the act thatsimilarly regulates bicycles remains valid.
Concerning the regulation of bicycles approaching intersections.
A state employee (employee) is eligible for benefits through the
State Employee Group Benefits Act (act) if the employee works or ison paid leave one or more regularly scheduled full workdays in a month.
When an employee dies, the benefits provided to the employee and anydependents of the employee through the act end at the end of the monthin which the employee died.
The bill specifies that dependents of an employee who dies in a
work-related death are automatically qualified for the continuation ofdental or medical benefits through the act for 12 months from the end ofthe month in which the work-related death occurred, so long as thedependents had dental or medical benefits pursuant to the act at the timeof the employee's work-related death. The dental or medical benefitsallowed to dependents shall be the same coverage that the dependentswere enrolled in at the time of the employee's work-related death.
The state agency that employs an employee at the time of his or her
work-related death is required to pay the cost of providing dental ormedical benefits on behalf of the employee's dependents for the 12-monthperiod.
The director of the department of personnel or the director's
designee may promulgate rules necessary to implement the dental ormedical benefit coverage continuation.
Concerning the continuation of certain benefits through the "State Employee Group Benefits Act" for dependents of a state employee who dies in a work-related death.
The bill creates the school access for emergency response grant
program (grant program) in the division of local government (division)in the department of local affairs (department). The purpose of the grantprogram is to provide funding for interoperable communication hardware,software, equipment maintenance, and training to allow for seamless
communications between existing school communications systems andfirst responder communications systems. Grant recipients may use themoney received through the grant program to provide training inprocedures for effective communications with first responders in anemergency, to update school crisis management plans, and to work withthe vendor selected by the chief information officer in the office ofinformation technology to make specified upgrades in connection withinteroperable communications abilities.
The division is required to administer the grant program and,
subject to available appropriations, award grants to be paid from the grantprogram fund. The director of the division is required to implement thegrant program and to promulgate rules necessary to implement the grantprogram.
To receive a grant, a school district, school, charter school of the
district, institute charter school, or state charter school institute mustsubmit an application, including specified information, to the division.The director of the division is required to review the applications receivedand consider certain criteria in awarding the grants. Each grant recipientis required to submit a report to the division and the department isrequired to provide an annual update to the general assembly regardingthe grant program.
The bill creates the grant program cash fund in the state treasury,
which consists of a specified amount of money that the state treasurertransfers to the fund for each of the next 6 fiscal years.
In addition, the chief information officer is required to retain a
vendor to provide an interoperable communication technology solutionfor use by grant recipients The chief information officer is required tosolicit vendors to provide the interoperable communication technologyand to select a vendor to provide the interoperable communicationtechnology solution by a specified date.
Concerning measures to increase school district access to interoperable communication technology to improve school safety.
Under current law, the maximum jail sentence for a class 2
misdemeanor, misdemeanors without a fixed statutory penalty, andmunicipal ordinance violations is one year. The bill changes themaximum jail sentence to 364 days.
Concerning changing the maximum jail sentence for certain crimes from one year to three hundred sixty-four days.
The bill prohibits a public employer from entering into an
employment bargain with a public employee or union to compensate apublic employee or a third party for union activities or to pay the expensesof an employee or third party's participation in union activities. Theprohibition applies to any employment bargain that is currently inexistence or that is entered into in the future and that includes
compensation to public employees or third parties for union activities orthat includes payment of expenses for union activities.
The bill requires the attorney general to enforce the prohibition of
an employment bargain that compensates a public employee for unionactivities or pays the costs of participation in union activities. Anytaxpayer of the jurisdiction in which a violation of the prohibition occurshas standing in any court to bring a special action against a publicemployer that violates the prohibition.
The bill specifies that the regulation of employment bargains is a
matter of statewide concern and is not subject to further inconsistentregulation by any public employer.
Concerning the prohibition against paid union activities by public employees.
The bill specifies that the state and any political subdivision of the
state (jurisdiction) shall not:
Prohibit or restrict any jurisdiction, official, or employeefrom sending to, or receiving from, federal immigrationagencies information regarding the citizenship orimmigration status of any individual;
Prohibit or restrict a jurisdiction from doing any of thefollowing with respect to information regarding the
immigration status of any individual:
Sending the information to, or requesting theinformation from, federal immigration agencies;
Maintaining the information; or
Exchanging the information with any other federal,state, or political subdivision of this state; or
Encourage the physical harboring of an illegal immigrant.
A jurisdiction is deemed a sanctuary jurisdiction if it violates the
prohibitions in the bill, is informed by the federal government that it is inviolation of federal immigration law, or is denied federal grant money oreligibility for a federal grant due to noncompliance with federalimmigration laws.
The bill also requires each jurisdiction to give written notice to its
elected officials, employees, and law enforcement officers of their dutyto comply with all federal laws concerning immigration.
The bill requires each jurisdiction to submit an annual report to the
department of public safety (department) affirming that it has not violatedthe prohibitions in the bill, has not been notified by the federalgovernment that it is in violation of federal immigration law, and has notbeen denied federal grant money or informed that it is ineligible forfederal grant money due to noncompliance with federal immigration laws.
The bill increases the penalty level for a second degree on a peace
officer or firefighter by one class.
Concerning increasing the penalty for assault on certain first responders.


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Kerala govt to set up panel for effective handling of POCSO cases
Thiruvananthapuram: Facing heat over the recent acquittal of four accused in a POCSO case on the mysterious deaths of two sisters, the Kerala government on Tuesday decided to set up a committee headed by the Chief Secretary for effective handling of cases relating to sexual exploitation of children.
A high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan directed that all schools should have counselling facilities for children and they should become courageous enough to narrate any sexual exploitation even at home.
Training would be provided to the counsellors for this, a press release from the Chief Minister's office (CMO) said, adding that sex education should become part of the curriculum.
Sale of narcotic substances near schools should be strictly prohibited and police and excise officials should ensure this. The meeting also decided to strengthen cyber forensic laboratories to end cyber crimes against children.
Efforts would be made to set up more Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) courts in the state and necessary funds would be made available.
Finance minister Thomas Isaac, Health minister K. K. Shylaja, Education minister C. Raveedranath and chief secretary Tom Jose were among those who attended.
Secretaries of various departments, including Home, Education, Health, SC-ST, will be members of the committee, which will meet once in two months and submit a report to the government, the release said.
The meeting was held against the backdrop of the criticism being faced by the LDF government following the recent acquittal of 4 accused for lack of adequate evidence in the case relating to the sexual assault and suspicious deaths of two minor sisters at Walayar in Palakkad district in 2017.
The National Human Rights Commission had recently said there were 9000 POCSO cases pending in Kerala.


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This week, we discussed social activism online and whether or not it can be effective. Is it worthwhile? I think it is possible for it to be worthwhile and meaningful if the people that are advocating for the cause are invested beyond just social media. We discussed in class the idea of slackivism. Wikipedia explains this to be the concept that people believe that are contributing to a cause by simply re-tweeting, sharing or liking a page. However, sharing or liking something on Facebook, although a great way to create more acknowledgement towards a specific issue, does not solve the issue. It is a way to share information and give people who actually WANT to create change, a medium to do so.
One excellent example I found was Wael Ghonim: a social activist who used social media to help create the revolution in Egypt in 2011. Essentially the movement began with the death of Khaled Said, and a picture that was posted and shared relentlessly on social media. This sparked interest and Ghonim created a Facebook page to support this outrage. He gathered hundreds of thousands of followers; then realized, it wasn't enough to just gather online. They needed to do something. He asked his users an important question: "Today is the 14th of January. The 25th of January is Police Day. It's a national holiday. If 100,000 of us take to the streets of Cairo, no one is going to stop us. I wonder if we could do it." (TED, 2015) And they did it. The video goes on to explain the aftermath and the revolution we know today. I think it is awe-inspiring that something so life-changing began on social media and with one picture.
As educators, I think we do have a responsibility to model active citizenship online, but it can be difficult. As teachers, we are on the radar all the time. Anything we say online can be traced, twisted, or interpreted the wrong way and it can affect us, personally and professionally. The challenge then becomes to advocate professionally and ask ourselves questions before interacting online:
- "How will this be viewed by people who do not know me?"
- "How will this be viewed by people that do know me?"
- "Would I be okay if my students saw this?"
- "Would I be okay if my colleagues/family saw this?"
Although, it is unfortunate we cannot be as uncensored as other people can be online, are these not questions we consider before speaking out loud? Why should what we discuss online be different than what we talk about in our classrooms or in our day-to-day lives? And shouldn't all people really abide by these "unwritten rules"? We are taught from a young age to be kind, to listen to other's opinions, to think before we speak, so why is it that as soon as we are hidden behind a screen and a keyboard that we forget these guidelines apply and become trolls, argumentative or outright rude? I think the most important thing is that we model our personal beliefs and values and model the
ideologies that we would be okay with our students, our friends, and our families seeing and modeling too! After all, that is our job and yes, sometimes it is hard to remain in this mindset in the heat of the moment, but these rules apply to the real world, why shouldn't they apply to the online one too?


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Question: When I was a kid, I remember my parents liked a controversial show called Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. I was never allowed to stay up that late or watch it. Was it that bad? Tara B., Owatonna, Minn.
Televisionary: People seemed to think so when it debuted in January 1976, Tara. Matter of fact, the Norman Lear comedy, which was produced from 1975-78 and featured sexual shenanigans and other taste-testing fare, was syndicated because all of the major networks rejected it.
ABC initially put up the money to develop the series, which focused on the lives of Mary and her cohorts in fictional Fernwood, Ohio, but backed away from it. CBS stepped in and paid for a pilot, then turned it down. Then NBC passed on it, and ABC gave it a thumbs-down a second time. So Lear and Co. sold it directly to 101 stations who weathered a storm of bad reaction from the shocked masses in the series' first week.
In Boston, as many as 500 phone calls, nearly 95 percent of them negative, came into the station carrying it that week. The mail was much the same. "I've watched your show every day and it's garbage," said one. Others focused specifically on the topics addressed, such as exhibitionism, mass murder, impotence and masturbation. "They didn't object to the way we handled them," MH, MH creative supervisor Al Burton told TV Guide in 1976. "They objected to the fact that we mentioned them at all."
The Richmond, Va., station carrying the show canceled it after one week. The Washington, D.C., station censored it.
But your parents weren't the only ones who liked it. An Evanston, Ill., reverend delivered a sermon on the show, praising Mary (Louise Lasser) because she "faces life's problems with a basic goodness and childlike simplicity." Inmates in the state penitentiary in Nashville, Tenn., banged their cups on the bars of their cells to warn the guards to tune in by the start of their recreation period. Sexual Medicine Today said the show "is legitimizing talk about sexual problems previously draped in double entendres, double looks and double-talk." And the critics weighed in, too, with The Village Voice calling it "the most disconcertingly funny show ever on TV," The New York Times describing it as "the most interesting development on commercial television in years" and TV Guide's Cleveland Amory writing that "at its best, this show is the funniest program on the air this year."
More important were the ratings. In Chicago, the local UHF station found itself posting competitive numbers against the larger stations' local news, beating the NBC station, giving the CBS station a run for its money and beating indie WGN. In Los Angeles, the show doubled the CBS station's news ratings and strong numbers were posted by weak stations in city after city nationwide.
Colleges taught classes on the show. A Hollywood department store even served a Mary Hartman Luncheon Plate at its lunch counter (a cute tomato, a couple of slices of baloney, some sour grapes, a few nuts).
The only one having a tough time of it was Lasser, who found herself appearing in nearly every scene of a show that shot a half-hour episode every working day. "I'm exhausted," she said. "It's not physical fatigue; I'm emotionally exhausted. The strain is unbelievable. Thank God for makeup."
On the set, there was the kind of friction you'd expect from such a hectic schedule, coupled with money problems stemming from the low price Lear had to settle for when initially selling the show to stations. "We found out the hard way that this show cannot be produced for the money the stations are paying," Lear said. "We loved the property and the cast so much it was easy to make ourselves believe we would be able to do it on time and at cost."
Budget concerns made for interesting adjustments. One famous episode had Coach Leroy Fedders drowning in a bowl of chicken soup in Mary's kitchen, for example, with Mary then deciding it would be appropriate to hold the service for him there. "Actually," producer Viva Knight admitted, "it was supposed to be in a mortuary, but we couldn't afford a mortuary set. Then it was moved to Mary's living room, but at that time we didn't have a Mary's living room. So, in desperation, it was the kitchen. A lot of people said the choice was inspired, but they don't know what inspired it."
Eventually, the hours and the stress caught up with Lasser, who quit, calling the job a "constant sprint," adding: "It's a question of how much you can sprint without hurting the muscles." (It was replaced by Fernwood 2-Night, a talk-show parody in which Martin Mull interviewed the other residents of Fernwood.)
Yet it made an impression, often on unintended audiences. It was written for your parents and not you, Tara. But that didn't stop the producers from getting fan mail from a 10 1/2-year-old girl, who wrote: "I like it when you talk about the flasher and mass murders."


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Are we, as a people, becoming more insular in our search for truth? More content with authoritarian pronouncements? Too satisfied with the status quo of ranking? Too skeptical/rejecting of truths in other faiths and domains? Too convinced we do not need to think for ourselves—to seek our own personal witness? Here are a few reminders of how truth was framed in our early days.
Brigham Young
Our religion descends to the whole life of man, although some, sometimes, say, there is divine law, there is human law, and there are principles which pertain to our religion and there are principles which pertain to the philosophy of the world. But let me here say to you, that the philosophy of the religion of heaven incorporates every truth that there is in heaven, on earth, or in hell. 15:125 (Brigham Young, Discourses of Brigham Young, selected and arranged by John A. Widtsoe [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1954], 8.)
John Taylor
In regard to our religion, I will say that it embraces every principle of truth and intelligence pertaining to us as moral, intellectual, mortal and immortal beings, pertaining to this world and the world that is to come. We are open to truth of every kind, no matter whence it comes, where it originates, or who believes in it. Truth, when preceded by the little word "all," comprises everything that has ever existed or that ever will exist and be known by and among men in time and through the endless ages of eternity. And it is the duty of all intelligent beings who are responsible and amenable to God for their acts, to search after truth, and to permit it to influence them and their acts and general course in life, independent of all bias or preconceived notions, however specious and plausible they may be. (John Taylor, Journal of Discourses, 16:369, February 1, 1874)
John Taylor
If there is anything good and praiseworthy in morals, religion, science, or anything calculated to exalt and ennoble man, we are after it. But with all our getting, we want to get understanding, and that understanding which flows from God. (John Taylor, Journal of Discourses, 20:48, August 4, 1878)
B.H. Roberts
To pay attention to and give reasonable credence to [scientific] research is to link the church of God with the highest increase of human thought and effort. (B.H. Roberts, The Truth, the Way and the Light, p.364)
Joseph F. Smith
We believe in all truth, no matter to what subject it may refer. No sect or religious denomination in the world possesses a single principle of truth that we do not accept or that we will reject. We are willing to receive all truth, from whatever source it may come; for truth will stand, truth will endure. (Joseph F. Smith, Conference Reports, p. 7, April, 1909)
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China will most probably continue with their strict regulatory stance regarding cryptocurrency upon the news of the size of the latest crypto heist. The latest crime involves blockchain thieves stealing around $87 million.
The Chinese media has confirmed three individuals connected to the theft have been arrested thus far. The Chinese police revealed some insight on the matter stating, "Our bureau has not dealt with this kind of case before. It's the first virtual currency-related case in Shaanxi."
The police were notified about the cryptocurrency theft when a complaint was lodged by a victim whose computer was hacked which resulted in the theft of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. The theft from the complaint alone was worth 100 million yuan which is equal to about $15 million.
How did the hackers accomplish this notorious crime? The task force that was investigating the theft reported that remote hijacking techniques were used to gain access to cryptocurrency accounts from the victim.
Right out of a Hollywood movie, the suspect was traced and stalked for two months. In the two months of investigation, the suspect named Zhou was seen to be communicating with two others frequently.
Such crimes are not going to help the already tight regulations of cryptocurrency being banned in China. Other notorious crimes related to cryptocurrency in China include – Crypto jacking and the stealing of power for cryptocurrency mining rigs.
Back in December of 2017, CNBC interviewed A10 Network's founder and chief executive, Lee Chen. In the interview, he claimed that 2018 would result in major hacks.
"I think the digital transformation is the underlying motivation for hackers … So expect the frequency, the size, the volume of hacks to continue to increase in 2018," Chen told CNBC.
Lee Chen was right, 2018 has been a horrible year so far with several hacks linked to cryptocurrencies from China alone.
One of the most highlighted cases was in June this year when a malware developed by Chinese was able to mine Siacoin cryptocurrency. The malware was injected into more than 100,000 computers in internet cafes spread across 30 cities in China. A reported 5 million yuan which is equal to $800,000 was stolen.
China's Central Bank reported in July that Bitcoin trading in the Chinese currency, the renminbi (RMB) was less than 1% of the world's total.
It looks like the Chinese ban on cryptocurrency is successful concerning controlling Chinese traders. However, the sheer presence of lurking hackers dominating the cryptocurrency sphere seems to be an unstoppable threat at this moment in time.
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Today, the show is on the road at the Young Adult Literature Convention in London.
I was lucky to interview several awesome guests, and together we talked about the YA book industry, libraries, publishing, working with an agent, making book-inspired jewellery, studying, blogging and much more!
- Louise Judge, librarian
- Leah and Rachel from the BA in Creative Writing at Bournemouth University
- Gill Stewart, author, and Cecilia, managing director at Sweet Cherry Tree Publishing
- Mariyam, jewellery maker at Oh Panda Eyes
- Chelley Toy, book blogger
- Chloe Seager, literary agent and author.
You can listen to the episode (and subscribe to the podcast) here:
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- My Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/theparttimeartist
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- More information about my coaching programme: https://theparttimeartist.com/coaching/
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I was in need of a power accessory for my car. Sure I could have gone anywhere, but to save me driving all over town, I decided to hit up my local Radio Shack store. They had the parts that I needed, a power adapter splitter and a USB power adapter, which I took up to the counter after 'the manager' helped me find them. He rang me up and asked for my phone number, which has been common practice at Radio Shack stores for a few years now.
Number given, somehow my customer information had mysteriously vanished from their system. Odd since I've been in that system for as long as I can remember. He asks for my name, again, my phone number, again, and my home address. I give him all of this, but then he asks for my email address. To which I say no.
Instantly he goes on the defensive.
I say no.
He continues his offensive.
I continue to say no.
He continues his offensive even more.
I interrupt him, rudely, and tell him in my dad voice No.
Which makes him almost cry. So, against my better judgement, I let him continue with his bullshit reason for needing my email address. He swore to me, crossed his heart and hoped to die to me, that he left the 'checkbox' unchecked that should keep me off the 'please send me Radio Shack Spam' list.
He lied. Not even 24 hours after I made my purchase did I get my first 'welcome to the club' email from Radio Shack. I was not happy, as you can imagine. Do I decided to let them know about it via the very well hidden email form. And this blog post. And the above Twitter post.
Remember gang, no means no.
Do what you can to avoid Radio Shack at all costs. They are rude. They are unprofessional. They aren't terribly knowledgeable about anything on their shelves beyond what's written on the packaging and I'm pretty sure that when their employees aren't on the phone with their friends while on duty, that they are in the back doing unspeakable things to kittens and old people.
Well, maybe not that last part. But don't shop with them. Really. But if you do, give them an enemy's email address. Trust me on that, you'll be glad you did.


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QC leaders take note
Editor's Note
In our May 29 print issue, I took Charlotte's city leadership (if you can call it "leadership") to task for their lack of political courage on tackling LGBT issues.
At the Charlotte Lesbian & Gay Fund's "Happening" luncheon on May 13, keynote speaker Mayor Anthony Foxx recounted the history of LGBT-inclusive movement in the Queen City and said actions by the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners "created the courage for the city to do the same."
I wrote: "Really? Mecklenburg County officials made their change in 2005, and they did so publicly, holding a vote on the matter in a commissioners' meeting. They did the same again in 2009, when they held a public vote on extending benefits to domestic partners of county employees. Are we to believe that it took five years for city council members to build up the courage to walk over to their city manager's office and request a change behind closed doors?"
If Queen City elected officials want to see what real political courage is, they need look no further than Spartanburg, S.C. Mayor Junie White. This month, he issued a proclamation announcing June as LGBT Pride Month. Upstate Pride will be held June 19. The mayor immediately faced a deluge of hate-filled, bigoted criticism from a good chunk of the city council and is taking heat from the city's conservative, anti-gay majority.
While White's actions might not be as grand as LGBT-inclusive non-discrimination policies or ordinances or domestic partner benefits, his courage on behalf of LGBT equality is a move that could threaten his political career. (Let's also not forget the Upstate was also the scene of a violent, anti-gay murder just a few years ago.) That career is something he's willing to put on the line for what he believes is right and just. Despite possible backlash from angry, anti-gay voters, White isn't shying away from the proclamation. In fact, he's very much publicly standing by it.
In a guest column at the Spartanburg Herald-Journal on June 3, White wrote: "[T]he time for just accepting the way things are is over. We have laws that protect against racial discrimination, and it's time to protect those of different sexual orientations. No one should be discriminated against for whom they love, for wanting to walk down the street holding hands, or for sharing things a free American should have the right to share."
White continued: "I believe that in time, just like with the right of American women to vote, and the right of people of any race to marry people of another race, most people will come to agree that all people should be afforded the same right to love and marry whom they please, work where they please, and enjoy these rights without worry.
"All the LGBT folks want to do is have a march, to be recognized in their struggle to have the same rights as all other Americans. As mayor of the city of Spartanburg, I am proud that their organization came forward to ask for the proclamation, because they believe in our city, that Spartanburg is a place where all persons can speak up without fear."
White's column is phenomenal. He should be thanked immensely for having the courage to speak out, using his bully pulpit as mayor to defend the LGBT community and their rights inside his city.
On May 29, I also wrote I found it curious that we often call elected officials "leaders," especially when elected officials rarely, if ever, actually lead on issues of civil or social equality. Unlike so many others, Spartanburg Mayor Junie White has earned his title of elected leader.
Queen City elected officials, as well as other local and state lawmakers, should take note: This is what real political courage looks like. : :
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Junie Moon June 13, 2010 at 9:48 am
We've had only a handful of allies in local government here in the QC. Lack of candidates? Perhaps. Lack of votes when there IS a candidate who supports us? Definitely.
Apathy is widespread throughout the LGBT and straight communities, especially when it comes to elections. Just look at the numbers after a primary or runoff(non-Presidential).
Wake-up people! NO ONE IS GOING TO DO THIS FOR US!! Get off your apathetic rear ends and get active! Or quit whining and wailing about not having the rights you want!
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About Magento Pricing
In an ideal world, your costs for running your business are transparent and bacon is healthy to eat. Sadly this isn't an ideal world: bacon can give you cancer and sometimes you end up paying way more than you were expecting for important business services and products such as eCommerce software. Luckily, at IWD Agency, we're upfront about our work and pricing, so you know exactly what sort of bang you get for your buck (but we can't do anything about bacon, sorry). This is a general breakdown of our Magento pricing and other costs associated with maintaining a store on the Magento eCommerce platform. As a bootstrapped business we share your common concerns about knowing not only your initial implementation costs, but also your long term maintenance costs as well. If you still have any questions about how pricing works or just want to say hello, don't hesitate to comment at the end of this article or send us an email! Magento Enterprise & Community Software Cost (one costs a bit more than the other):
- Magento CE (Community) - Free!
- Magento EE (Enterprise) - Starts at $22,000 per year.
- Magento EE Cloud - Starts at $2000 per year (includes hosting)
Don't worry if the cost of Enterprise Edition is a bit out of your price range; the Community Edition is very feature-rich and can be customized to include Enterprise functionality with extensions such as One Page Checkout or Olark live chat. On the other hand if you are a larger organization and your budget allows, Enterprise Edition is worth taking a serious look at. We will break down the additional features you get with EE, but one of the major benefits to the Full Monty version of Magento is direct access to Magento's support team, which has received numerous accolades for outstanding service. A comprehensive list of all Magento CE & EE features are listed here: (The first six pages are all the Magento Community features and only the last three pages are Magento Enterprise features.)
Store Implementation Costs (hint: make sure your partner is Magento Certified):
Depending on the agency you work with, full store implementation costs vary widely. On average, most firms' starting price for Magento design implementation begins at $50,000 for Magento CE and $100,000-$250,000 for Magento EE. We are a boutique firm, and with a smaller, more nimble team our approach is streamlined to allow far lower price points so that we can competitively service small to large store fronts (Read more about our Magento Services). When you are shopping around for different implementation partners it is very important to make sure the partner you choose is Magento Certified. This is very important due to the complex and ever-changing nature of Magento. While you might be able to take your car to a non-dealer certified garage to get it fixed, a custom-designed software program is a lot more complicated and delicate than your Subaru. We regularly have to redo websites due to flawed implementations from other development agencies. Just because developers are competent does not mean they know Magento!
Additional costs that can be added to any plan (gray hairs may or may not be included):
Custom logic not standard to Magento, such as custom shipping or order modules. Installation, theme adjustment, and modification of Magento extensions that best fit your needs. Inventory System or POS integration, which is super important if you have a brick and mortar location in conjunction with your online store. Data import in case you are switching over from a different host or a competitor's platform. Content writing, because not everyone is a naturally-born copywriter. You can find great writers for a fair price on upWork, fiverr, or CloudPeeps. And of course, no matter what eCommerce platform you use, you might get a few gray hairs in the process of getting it all set up. We'll do our best to keep you from going gray, though :)
Site Hosting Costs (we have friends who can help):
Site hosting depends largely on the size of your site and the amount of traffic it receives. For both Magento CE and EE we have been working with Nexcess for many years and recommend them to all our clients. They are very in-tune with optimizing server configurations specifically for Magento websites. Pricing starts at $19.95 / month for shared hosting and $539.95 / month for dedicated servers. View a complete list of their pricing plans. There are other good hosting providers out there but this is the primary company we rely on and feel the most confident recommending for your hosting needs.
On-going Maintenance & Optimization Plan (because things always change):
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Spider Vein Take Down
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Although spider veins are not dangerous to your health, they can be a sign of an underlying medical condition.
Both men and women can develop spider veins but women are almost three times more likely to get them.
Dr. Charlie Han of Veins Florida, explains what spider veins are and how they are treated.
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Here's an interesting article by Ben Benoy, one of Dent Research's portfolio advisors.
"Thanksgiving is officially in our rearview mirror, and all I have to show for it is about five more pounds on the scale and a new belt loop going in the wrong direction.
"I always tell myself before the fourth Thursday of November that I'm going easy on loading up the plate. But the sight of turkey, stuffing, and sweet potato casserole quickly drains out all the discipline the Marines has beaten into me over the years, as much as any enemy could.
"Retailers are smart. They waste no time. The very next day, on Black Friday, and then Cyber Monday, they cash in on your post-Thanksgiving lack of self-control (and the dinner-table reminder from the day before that you need to buy holiday gifts for your family), with once-in-a-year door-buster deals.
"Adobe's digital marketing research group estimated that consumers spent $3.34 billion this Black Friday, which is a year-over-year 21.6% growth.
"What's startling, though, is online mobile sales accounted for $1.2 billion of that total. That's a 33% increase from the year before!
"About 40% of all Black Friday sales were done via a smartphone or tablet. In fact, this Black Friday was the first day in U.S. retail history to earn more than $1 billion in mobile sales. How far we've come in just 10 years…
"And this trend isn't slowing down at all.
"So much for burning off that turkey gut by fighting off fellow shoppers in the electronics section of your local retailer. Seems our thumbs get most of the workout now – scrolling through websites furiously to punch in credit card information.
"I can't help but think: Are we shopping smarter or just getting lazy?
"It's a combination of both. Technology has made us more efficient, but make no mistake, we're downright lazy, too. Retailers, including companies like Amazon, are betting on it.
"The company known mostly as a giant online marketplace – where you can get anything – is hoping to take advantage of our inner laziness, and get some more traffic to its site, by encouraging you to buy an Amazon Dash.
"This little gem of modern engineering has one job only… to let you order more of your favorite products with a touch of a button, no matter where you are.
"That's right, the Dash is a one-button device that sticks to just about any surface and connects to Wi-Fi. Whenever you're out of, or are getting close to running out of, a specific household item such as coffee or laundry detergent, press the button and Dash automatically places a refill order through Amazon.
"You then get an order form on your phone to confirm the order. Good thing too, otherwise your small children could order up several hundred boxes of coffee in the mail. Imagine your surprise when you open that box!
"It gets better. If you want to add some artificial intelligence to your car, look no further than the Dashbot, only this one isn't an Amazon product.
"This electronic wonder is reminiscent of the red light display and interactive voice control for Kit, the talking car from the 80's television show Knight Rider, starring David Hasselhoff. (I loved that show! My ring tone, for probably a year, was the Knight Rider theme song. Turns out the show was way ahead of its time with the technology, too.)
"The Dashbot plugs into the cigarette lighter in your car and connects to your phone via Bluetooth. For just $49 you can suddenly interact with your phone hands-free, so you can stay focused on the road and the maniacs all around you.
"The coolest part of the Dashbot is that it leverages open-source code so the geeks out there can constantly customize its functions. That means it's always evolving.
"And, if you or your kid learns just enough of the Linux programming language, you too can hack this device for fun custom functions. Hopefully ones that don't make you too lazy! After all, there's that turkey-gut that needs some attending to and the best way to do that is to actually get off the sofa.
"These devices are just the start of a new tech revolution that's changing our world, right before our eyes. Stay frosty, and keep your kids away from the Dash!"
How many more retailers will follow this path?


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6 More Gates For Every Home Style
Give guests a warm welcome with a front gate that matches your personality
Photography: Miguel Nacianceno (Main Photo)
Our home's gate is what guests (and even complete strangers) would see first, so why not put your personal stamp on it? Ideally, you should match your front gate's style with the overall look of your exterior façade.
Get visual cues from the lines and architectural details, or let your fence and gate's materials echo those used in your home. Here are some gate design ideas for every house theme:
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I see the world being slowly transformed into a wilderness; I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too. I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more. ~~Anne Frank
The skies above are abuzz with CHANGE, but everything suddenly slows down…SATURN RETRO and then PLUTO! MERCURY is direct though…wooohooo! Change and flux, the cardinality of ARIES!
With Uranus and the Sun meeting up in a CONJUNCTION in the last degrees of Aries is so symbolic of these TRANSFORMATIVE ENERGIES that are BLASTING the fuck out of us. Blasting our consciousness to grow, evolve and GROW THE FUCK UP! Seriously, this is the NEED OF THE HOUR, with SATURN RETROGRADE IN 10 DEGREES OF CAPRICORN. #ADULTING! Yes…
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A span known as the dark ages continued until roughly 1500 and started in Europe in roughly advertising five hundred. Advances in that period around originated as an instance, China, the Western Empire, Persia, India, and also the environment.
Brand new resources of energy have been developed at that moment; point. The horse turned into a significant power source using all the creation of this horse-collar that was cushioned. The collar supposed which the horse can possibly be utilized to pull items. Folks exploited wind and water capability to conduct kinds of windmills and drinking water mills. By roughly the 1400s, Europeans figured out that the procedure of iron. This entailed massaging and heating in a furnace that was exceptional. Historians acquired the most type of gunpowder black powder.
Two forms of tech helped also to begin with situations also end the old. Even the rudder (part for steering a boat ), the vertical sail, and also the astrolabe and compass left potential that the ocean voyages of European explorers.


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If you think the cost of educating our children is high, wait 'til you hear the cost of "not*" educating them.
Employers already know there's a mismatch between their needs and the workforce that's available to them.
Re-training is expensive. It turns out that education earlier in life is a better investment. The science of early childhood education is the subject on the next "Talk of Alaska."
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HOST: Steve Heimel, APRN
- Dr. Judy L. Cameron. Professor. Oregon Health and Science Univ.
- Abbe Hensley. Executive Director. Best Beginnings.
- David Wight. President. Commonwealth North. (Former president of Alyeska Pipeline Service Co.)
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- Send e-mail to talk [at] aprn [dot] org (comments may be read on air)
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LIVE Broadcast: Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. on APRN stations statewide