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Tobogganing, like skiing, is a risky sport. Accidents may happen, even if security rules are respected. The users of snow tubes enter this activity at their own risk and Télé-Leysin – Col des Mosses – La Lécherette SA assumes no responsibility or liability in case of accident.
- Children younger than 6 are not permitted on the snow tubes except in the Mini Park which is reserved exclusively for them.
- Children must be at least 140 cm tall to be able to use slopes 6 and 7 starting from the tower and slope 9 with the Big Airbag.
- Tobogganing is not advised for pregnant women, for people with heart problems, or with back or neck problems. People suffering any other health problem must evaluate their capacity to practise snow tubing. The staff may deny slope access to any person whose condition does not seem appropriate to practise this activity.
- Gear: warm and if possible waterproof clothing, boots or good shoes, gloves, helmet. Snow tubing with ski boots is forbidden.
- Wearing a helmet is highly recommended. Wearing a helmet is compulsory for slope 9 "Big Airbag". A limited number of helmets are available for free. A deposit will be required.
- One person per snow tube.
- Before starting a run, snow tubers must at all times wait for the preceding tube to have left the track and for the permission given by the staff.
- The cord and the blue hook must be stored inside the tube during the run.
- The correct position is: seated with your back and thighs supported by the snow tube and your legs bent in front of you. It is forbidden to slide on your belly, your knees or standing up.
- You should hold the handles tightly.
- Do not try to steer the snow tube and never use your feet or hands to brake.
- When you have completed your descent please leave the track quickly without crossing the other slopes.
- Slide difficulties range from FRISSON (easy - blue) to GRAND FRISSON (extreme - black). They are identified by a panel at the top of each slope.
- The Tobogganing Park is reserved for snow tubes. The use of any other equipment (luge, sled, bob, plastic bag, etc.) is strictly forbidden.
- The lift must always be taken from the bottom. At the top, snow tubers must stay in the tube until the cord is automatically released.
- The path between slope 1 and the lift is reserved for snow tubers walking up the hill.
- To access the start of slopes 6 & 7, please carry your snow tube on your shoulder to walk up the stairs.
- In order not to damage the slopes, we kindly ask you not to climb on the edges of the slopes nor to play there in the snow.
- For your safety, snow tubes may only be used on slopes open for that purpose. The lift is not a slope.
- It is forbidden to carry snow tubes outside the Tobogganing Park.
- The lift, the slopes, the start and arrival areas are reserved for snow tubers. Accompanying persons and spectators can access a terrace with a view of the park.
- Dogs must be on a leash while inside the park.
- Adults responsible for children must ensure that they understand and follow the safety rules, and that they remain under their direct supervision at all times.
- Snow tubers must follow the staff's instructions and the safety rules displayed in the park at all times.
- The staff is entitled to withdraw the ticket and snow tube from participants who do not follow instructions or whose behaviour may be a danger to themselves or to other visitors.
- Temporary interruption of the lift or close down of the slopes does not give right to any reimbursement.
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Federal Court Invalidates NLRB Speedy Election Rule A Federal Court in the District of Columbia has recently held that the National Labor Relations board (NLRB) "quickie election rule," that allows for faster votes on union elections and that was published in December 2011, is invalid. US District Judge James Boasberg invalidated the rule because only two of the three members of the Board required to constitute a quorum actually voted on the rule. In response to the District Court's decision, the NLRB has temporarily suspended implementation of the rule. For now, providers can expect the same union election rules and pre-election procedures that were in place prior to the December 2012 rulemaking. Further actions are anticipated; the District Judge did not rule on the "merits" of the rule; and the NLRB could implement several strategies, including appealing the ruling or reissuing the rule and taking a proper vote.
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After the world championships in Schladming, the world cup continues in Garmisch with a downhill and a giant slalom. Due to a lot of snowfall during the training days as well as thick fog in the upper leg, it was impossible to train on the whole distance. Thus early on the racing day, a training run had to take place on the upper leg so that the race could start from the planned starting point (FIS reglementation).
The World Championships in Schladming/AUT (Alpine) and Nove Mesto na Morave/CZ (Biathlon) are over, now the Nordic contests start in Val die Fiemme/ITA. TOKO's racing service team is always on the spot. Here you can read the résumé of the Biathlon World Championships. The hosts managed a very well organised and impressive event.
As for the facts: the strongest nation were the Norwegians with their stars Tora Berger, Emil Hegle Svendsen and Tarjey Boe. They easily lead the medal count with 8x gold, 2x silver and 1x bronze.
There were two favourites for the men's giant slalom, Ted Ligety who has already won two world championship titles, downhill and super combination, and the Austrian Marcel Hirscher. Those two have been dominating the whole winter in this discipline. The audience of 35,000 was looking forward to a giant skiing party. On the icy and difficult piste, all athletes struggled until they reached the finish. Everyone wants to enjoy the great atmosphere at the finishing line, it's a highlight especially for the underdogs.
The distance of the giant slalom proved extremely difficult for the athletes, for the non-specialists, this hill is far too complicated. The steep and very icy piste demanded a lot from the athletes. For the less skilled, it meant not to lose too much time.
The men's super combination was spectacular. The Austrian Romed Baumann led after the downhill in front of the world downhill champion Aksel Lund Svindal and the South Tyrolian Christof Innerhofer. The slalom specialists Ted Ligety, Ivica Kostelic and Benjamin Raich managed a great downhill race. After their performance, they were the top favourits for the super combination title.
The result after the first half of the races: The favourites dominate the scene. At the men's races, it's Emil Hegle Svendsen/NOR and the world cup leader Martin Fourcade who battle against each other. The Norwegian won his third gold medal yesterday with an advance of 2.4 cm. TOKO racer Martin Fourcade held three silver medals so far and had announced exciting world championship races!
The biathlon queen is from Norway as well. Tora Berger won two gold and one silver medal until today.
The ladies' downhill took place in cloudy weather and low temperatures. Due to the great amount of skidding, the piste became hard and icy. There were a lot of favourites listed for the victory of this race.
The most important event of the World Championships in Schladming 2013 could be held in good conditions with light snowfall. The men's downhill is very difficult with many changes and an icy lower part of the leg. The final slope is a great challenge for all athletes who only have little power in their legs left for the steep and icy slope.
The Alpine World Championship in Schladming was opened on Monday with a grand opening party. The host had a lot of work on both pistes. After numerous snowfalls, the ladies' and the men's pistes had to be prepared again. The many volunteers did a great job so that all races could be held in good conditions.
The ladies' Super-G on Tuesday had to be postponed due to fog. After more than three hours, the race finally started. The dominating Tina Maze SLO won the race 0.38 seconds before Lara Gut SUI and 0.53 seconds before Julia Mancuso USA.
Olympic rehearsal in Sochi.
This weekend, the Olympic rehearsal took place in Sochi. Both athletes and service teams used the opportunity to test the material and the piste of the Olympic territory of 2014.
In the races, the difficult leg was conquered by the best climbers. The Norwegian lightweight Kristin Stoermer Steira won the ladies race. She won solo in the 15 km pursuit.


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Wylie District Title 'Total Team Effort'
By: Eric Boynton
Updated: November 13, 2012
During the regular season the Bulldogs were able to rack up ten wins, five of them in district. You add that together and you'll get an undefeated district champion.
They locked up at least a share of the title a couple weeks ago, but a win over Sweetwater Friday night gave them the out-right crown.
That's something head coach Hugh Sandifer and his team are pretty proud off to say the least.
"It says a lot about our team, and they've played all year. Obviously, winning every non-district game, and then turning around and going undefeated in district. We're very proud of how our team played for those ten games," said Sandifer.
"It's really cool to win a district championship your senior year. Especially to go undefeated; it's really hard to get one of those. It was really hard fought," said Steven Greene.
"It's also a little different, I think, because of the number of players we've had out during the season due to injuries. Then the guys that stepped up. So, it's been a total team effort in order to win this district championship and put ourselves inthe postseason," said Sandifer.
This Friday night the Bulldogs will get a chance to extend their season against Clint Moutain View at Ratliff Stadium in Odessa.


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Web edition: June 24, 2012
Print edition: July 28, 2012; Vol.182 #2 (p. 17)
Property values aren't all that's been rising in Manhattan. The height of the water lapping up against the Big Apple and many East Coast cities has been creeping up faster in recent decades.
"We have direct evidence of a hot spot stretching from Cape Hatteras in North Carolina to just above Boston," says Asbury Sallenger Jr., an oceanographer at the U.S. Geological Survey's St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center in Florida. "The area has an unusual sea level rise acceleration compared to the rest of the United States."
Global warming could be driving the acceleration, researchers report online June 24 in Nature Climate Change. With temperatures still climbing, further ocean rises could increase the risk of flooding, encroach on wetlands and give hurricane storm surges extra punch.
Climate change has, on average, raised the surface of the world's oceans in recent decades by melting glaciers and causing seawater to expand as it warms. But the rise hasn't been uniform, like water filling a bathtub. It has happened at different speeds in different places, thanks to wind patterns, currents and other regional factors that shape ocean surfaces.
Sallenger and colleagues studied the situation on the East Coast using 60 years of data collected by sensors floating in the Atlantic Ocean. From 1980 to 2009, sea levels along about 1,000 kilometers of coast rose faster than from 1950 to 1979 — a gain in speed of about 2 millimeters per year, or about three to four times the average global acceleration.
If this acceleration continues at its current rate, New York City would be on track for up to 29 centimeters of sea level rise by 2100. That's in line with previous predictions from a simulation based on probable climate change scenarios.
Long-term climate trends may have created this hot spot by changing ocean currents, says Sallenger. With the atmosphere heating, parts of the North Atlantic have warmed and freshened. Computer simulations suggest the decreasing density of these waters could weaken the powerful Gulf Stream and North Atlantic Current, which keep water away from the East Coast.
But don't sell your beachfront property quite yet. This theory lacks the support of actual measurements that show a waning of ocean circulation. Some scientists credit the sea level speedup to weather patterns that could soon reverse.
The recent trend may reflect fluctuations in pressure or temperature that oscillate over decades, says James Houston, director emeritus of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Engineer Research and Development Center in Vicksburg, Miss. Sea levels along the East Coast fell before 1960, he says, and may very well do so again.
"If the paper would have been written in 1960 … it would probably have concluded that there was a cold spot," says Houston. "We may be back to a cold spot from 2010 to 2039."
A.H. Sallenger et al. Hotspot of accelerated sea-level rise on the Atlantic coast of North America. Nature Climate Change. Published online June 24, 2012. doi:10.1038/NCLIMATE1597.
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Dalton man cleared of harassment at woman's house
Last updated at 17:01, Tuesday, 17 July 2012
A MAN accused of threatening to burn a woman's house down walked free after she failed to convince magistrates he harassed her.
Nicola Haines, of Dalton, made the allegations against Alan Kendall, and claimed he had become possessive and threatening when she met another man.
In Furness Magistrates' Court yesterday , Miss Haines said she and Mr Kendall, 41, of Queen Street, Dalton, had been friends for about two years.
She told the court he became angry when he learned she had a "one night stand" in March.
Miss Haines said Mr Kendall came to her house the next morning asking "lots of questions".
She said: "He said if I needed to go out and have a one night stand I could have gone to him. I didn't want that kind of relationship with him."
Mr Kendall became angry and said if she would not sleep with him he would rape her instead, Miss Haines said.
She said: "It was more or less along the lines of, 'then I will just rape you then'."
On April 7 Mr Kendall came to her house, again after she had been on a night out.
He banged on the door and pushed past her when she opened it, she claimed.
Miss Haines said she eventually managed to push him out of the house.
She said: "As he walked away and was leaving the gate, he told me he would set my house on fire."
Mr Kendall, who denied a charge of harassment, said he did not make either threat.
They had been in a relationship for about two months, but this ended in February, he said.
He said: "I wasn't jealous, I don't really get jealous. I didn't want a relationship with her."
He believed she had made the allegations up, but could think of no reason why she would.
Miss Jane Tunn, defending, said Miss Haine's behaviour after Mr Kendall allegedly threatened to rape her did not make sense.
She had met him in the Bargain Booze in Dalton on April 3 and hugged and kissed him, as well as inviting him to come and see her in her home, Miss Tunn said.
Finding Mr Kendall not guilty, presiding magistrate Gary Ormondroyd said: "Serious allegations have been made that are not corroborated by her behaviour. We can't reconcile the evidence of the defence and prosecution so that we can form a view either way."
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Christie Helped Self More Than Romney, Poll Says
Governor of New Jersey's convention speech was best for the man himself, according to FDU's numbers.
Did Gov. Chris Christie gave a bigger boost to himself than to presidential hopeful Mitt Romney with his speech at the Republican National Convention?
According to registered New Jersey voters who took place in a recent poll, yes, he did.
Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind reports that 58 percent of registered voters with knowledge of the speech believe he was more successful at selling himself to the American public than advocating the Romney/Ryan ticket. According to the poll's results, only 23 percent said the speech was more effective at helping to convince the electorate to support Romney.
"Governor Christie's speech was seen or heard by a national audience, many of whom were being introduced to the governor for the first time," said Krista Jenkins, director of the poll and professor of political science at Fairleigh Dickinson University. "The tension between using this opportunity to establish his identity as a national figure versus advocating on behalf of Governor Romney came with the assignment. It's notable that even among New Jersey Republicans, almost half–or 48 percent–evaluate his speech as more helpful to himself rather than the Republican ticket."
New Jersey voters paid attention to the event, too. The poll said 71 percent of all registered voters in the state were aware of the speech, having watched it or heard it as it was delivered or in the days after.
Beyond the convention, however, Garden State residents continue to give the governor high marks for his job performance, according to the poll, with 51 percent of registered voters giving him their stamp of approval and 35 percent disapproving.
More than half of all respondents (52 percent) said the state is moving in the right direction, a number that continues to underscore the Republican governor's support in a state with more Democrats than Republicans.
"These numbers have basically remained the same across polls conducted throughout the year," Jenkins said. "Policy battles have come and gone, new ones have emerged, and the state continues to struggle with an unemployment rate that's greater than the national average. Yet, Governor Christie remains in good standing with a broad cross-section of registered voters."
Fairleigh Dickinson University said the statewide poll of 901 registered voters was conducted by telephone with both landline and cell phones from Sept. 6 through Sept. 12 and has a margin of error of +/-3.3 percentage points.
10:26 am on Thursday, September 20, 2012
I also thought Christie's speech was mostly an advertisement for himself. Turns out it was a smart move not to tie himself too closely to Romney.
VietNam Vet
5:46 pm on Thursday, September 20, 2012
I saw the speach and thought it was good, but in either case I would still vote for Christie because I think he is doing a good job and the state is moving in the right direction for a change but I will vote for Romney anyway because he will be better for the country than what we have with this idiot now. Check out some of the video's on you tube about him and see the real Odumbo, the ones he doesn't want people to see. If that doesn't change peoples minds then they are real idiots and traitors to this country and everything we once stood for and is hell bent on seeing this country destroyed. We were a God fearing nation once, now the dems have it that no body even wants to hear God's name anymore. That is a disgrace to our way of life.
6:19 pm on Thursday, September 20, 2012
Paul, you are of course free to vote however you wish, but I strongly advise against basing your decision on YouTube videos, regardless of the candidate.
7:37 pm on Thursday, September 20, 2012
J, are you referring to this YouTube video?
8:06 pm on Thursday, September 20, 2012
Sorry, NJ4, no offense but I'm not going to click on your link, don't care if it's pro-Obama, anti-Obama, or pictures of Snooki's baby.
7:02 pm on Thursday, September 20, 2012
Of course for Christie to have a shot at the White House in 2016, Obama would have to win this year. That might be why Christie didn't even mention Romney's name until 2/3's of the way through his speech.
9:08 am on Friday, September 21, 2012
Wouldn't believe I'd ever agree with you Hookah, but you're right. If Christie wanted Romney to win he'd be ripping Hussein Ogabe an extra one from the podium instead of reciting a 30-minute advertisement of himself. He'd also be working triple hard on flipping New Jersey red, or at least putting it into play. The guy plans to run in 2016.
Kevin Nedd
6:01 pm on Friday, September 21, 2012
Get a clue. NJ won't be in play in November. There is nothing Christie could do to change this. If anythng, any efforts on his part would only make it tougher for Romney.
Dan Grant
7:08 pm on Friday, September 21, 2012
Max, I think it is time for you to go home now. I am sure someone bought you a ticket to America to get rid of you but they did us no favor. I don't care that you don't like Obama. I don't care that you make disgusting posts that is all on you but I do care that you use terms that are degrading to people. Grow up or go back home.
stewart resmer
7:41 am on Saturday, September 22, 2012
Christie proposes $10,000 fine for unauthorized release of NJ revenue data
I guess this headline says it all about the sort of POTUS Mr Christie would make? Wow.
Where do we find such voters to instal such dictators here in The United States of America, it is a truly amazing state of affairs where the facts and data of a states economic viability is subject to censorship to protect the political viability of a candidte.
Anthony Parisi
5:03 pm on Friday, September 21, 2012
Paul Brown, I pray God you never need the benefits that will be taken away if the liar and cheat Romney gets in the White House. You evidently don't need them now. If you knew anything about the Constitution, you would never vote for the Republicans who want to destroy it.
Dan Grant
5:23 pm on Friday, September 21, 2012
So Christie's record of 9.8 percent unemployment and increasing property taxes will carry him to the Whitehouse? I don't think so. The 2 percent cap is BS and moving Board of Ed Elections to November took away the rights of Voters to vote on their school budgets. Now Christie wants to cut Income taxes to benefit his buddies. He is a legend in his own mind.
6:55 pm on Friday, September 21, 2012
I'd like to know the SPECIFICS of how we are better off than we were before Christie. In my life, my taxes, cost of living, value of my property, etc. have NOT gotten better. Please leave the name calling out, I would like to know how things are better in your lives and how it is directly related to Christie's policies.
Dan Grant
10:46 am on Saturday, September 22, 2012
Christie today Campaigning in Iowa for Steve King. This should answer the question but ........
Do NJ voters know how off the wall King is?
Christie is getting some serious blowback from his continued support of King. Christie is nothing if not loyal: King jumped to Christie's defense in 2009 when the then-candidate for New Jersey governor was called to a hearing on Capitol Hill about a contract he had awarded as U.S. Attorney.
But King is nothing if not controversial, as the video below from a Democratic Super PAC indicates.
King has questioned whether President Obama favors black people and was born in the United States (and whether Secretary of State Clinton's aide is part of the Muslim Brotherhood). King has called for an electrified border fence ("we do that with livestock all the time," he said). And King has incorrectly said it is legal in the United States for sexual predators to impregnate girls and force them to get abortions (while also saying, later, that he's never heard of a child getting pregnant from incest or statutory rape).
6:24 pm on Saturday, September 22, 2012
That Steve King sounds like a wise fellow. We need more like him in the Congress. I'll add my $100 to my Governor's efforts. Thanks for the tip!
2:12 pm on Thursday, September 27, 2012
Sorry to say THE BIG GUY rehashed much of his speech from his townhall meetings.
Quite self-serving and egocentric. I guess he cannot pass up an opportunity to pat himself on the back. Understand that he wishes to be Governor again but he should have showcased ROMNEY rather than himself. His fate is hanging on how he handles THE NEW JERSEY STATE PLAN .....a clone of Agenda 21.......Voters will make their decision in November by the 13th on his approval or total rejection for any position in New Jersey. We like the guy, but until his position is less occluded, our vote of approval hangs in abeyance.
2:42 pm on Thursday, September 27, 2012
Get rid of the Obama advertisements. If you have to use them just put them on another page. Just sick of looking at them!
Natalie Davis
3:39 pm on Thursday, September 27, 2012
That's free enterprise. They bought the ad and its location. Same would happen for Romney or any other candidate, no matter the party.


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Dubstep seems to be in the process of making a serious bid for mainstream success at the moment. It's an astonishing fact when one considers the genre's humble beginnings as an offshoot from the UK garage scene at the turn of the millennium.
Indeed, it was exactly as UK garage reached its commercial zenith with tracks like Artful Dodger's collaboration with Craig David - Re-Rewind - that the scene gave birth to a new strain that would become dubstep; dark garage. Dark garage, pioneered by producers like El-B, Horsepower and Darqwan took the skipping rhythms of 2-step garage, stripped away the R&B vocals and experimented with what was left, particularly the bass lines. Referred to for a long time as the Croydon Sound (after the London suburb in which it took hold most strongly) it stood shoulder to shoulder with the nascent grime scene in its earliest years, until the two began slowly to differentiate themselves from each other.
The process of individualisation was given a huge boost by Digital Mystikz in the early years of the new decade, when their Brixton club night DMZ brought dubstep to wider attention and in so doing accelerated its evolution. It's at this point, when the sound expanded from its handful of producers and couple of clubs in London, that its development becomes harder to trace, and it is of this point that our Urban Album of the Week, The Roots Of Dubstep, offers an invaluable snapshot.
With dubstep now where garage was in 1999/2000 it seems a perfect time to reflect on its humble origins, to gain a greater understanding of its roots, and perhaps to ponder on what fledgling genres its commercial ascendancy might provoke.


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We are just wrapping up our last batch of exchanges which had close to 30,000 participants and have been super fun! So, we figure now's a great time to bring on 6 more exchanges that we're really excited about.
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Taken by Voodoocat.08/07/12
It began to sprout.08/11/12
Finally full grown.
At the first sight Saintpaulia looks like a violet. It originates in rainforests of Tanzania and Kenya. It is one of the most popular house plants, as it is very easy to grow. When watering, one should be careful never to spill water on leaves, as this will leave brown spots. Flowers can be violet, purple, pink, blue or white, depending on the type.


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Riley Admits One Regret On Gambling Raids
By: Stephen Crews
Updated: November 24, 2010
Governor Bob Riley usually does not second guess himself. Once he was convinced electronic bingo was illegal under state law, he set out to shut down the games.
In an exclusive interview with abc 3340 news anchor Pam Huff, the governor said he would do it all again. Riley, however, has one regret. He now thinks the law enforcement officers sent in en mass served to sensationalize the raids on the electronic bingo halls and the casinos.
Riley also looks at the other side of the coin. He said, "If we had gone in with a smaller force and someone had gotten hurt, I am not too sure I could have lived with that."
The Governor hopes that with the recent indictments of eleven people, including four state legislators, Alabamians will see what he has been fighting. "Every year I talked about it in the state of the state address. There has never been this level of corruption and we were down here fighting it every day." The governor said he is not sure the people of the state fully understood how corrupt the process (of attempting to pass gambling legislation) had become.


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April 22, 2010
HB136 - Costly to taxpayers & public schools! Please read this article!
Dec. 1, 2011
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Expanding voucher system would prove costly to taxpayers, public schools
COLUMBUS — Three statewide education management associations, the Ohio School Boards Association (OSBA), the Ohio Association of School Business Officials (OASBO) and the Buckeye Association of School Administrators (BASA), today released an analysis estimating costs for implementing proposed House Bill (HB) 136. HB 136 would dramatically change Ohio's school voucher policy, a program that uses public tax dollars to subsidize private and parochial school tuition.
The analysis, conducted by ETPI consultants William Driscoll and Howard Fleeter, determined that HB 136 could create approximately $480 million in NEW costs for Ohio's education funding system as the bill's provisions are phased in over a very short period of time. The additional costs would come as students who already attend private schools suddenly become eligible for taxpayer-subsidized vouchers.
A bill touted by supporters as another education "choice" option for parents and students, HB 136 provides subsidies for parents who will not be making any new choices. The analysis found that the $480 million in new costs would result from the current private school population (based on 2010-11 school year enrollment figures) that would qualify for vouchers and continue as students in a school they were going to attend anyway. So, even if no public school students moved to a different educational "choice" by using a voucher, the state would need to find a way to cover this potential new expenditure.
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The ETPI analysis uses U.S. Census Bureau data on Ohio's distribution of family income to estimate how many current private school students could qualify and their voucher level. HB 136 has varying levels of voucher subsidies — from $2,313 to $4,626 — based on family income. Students from families with incomes of up to $95,000 would be eligible. The analysis breaks down the percentage of students that could qualify based on each income category. The $480 million estimate represents the total amount that private school students from all voucher levels could receive.
Ohio already has another statewide voucher/private school subsidy program for students based on the low performance of the public school building they would otherwise attend. About 15,000 students currently receive this subsidy, which costs taxpayers more than $71 million annually. (The $480 million cost is in addition to existing voucher expenses.) In July, the state dramatically increased the cap on how many of those vouchers it would subsidize to 60,000 for the 2012-2013 school year. The new program proposed in HB 136 would also be subject to the 60,000 cap, but the bill provides for that cap to be automatically increased based on student demand in any given year.
The analysis projects that by the 2016-2017 school year the cap could increase enough to include the nearly 140,000 private school students that ETPI estimates would be eligible for a subsidy.
The $480 million figure does not account for any additional students leaving public schools to attend private and parochial schools with the proposed new voucher subsidy, though the bill would allow students in any school district — regardless of the district's academic performance — to attend a private or parochial school with taxpayer money.
Driscoll and Fleeter indicated that there is no way to predict the exact costs of implementing HB 136 and the actual number of students who would qualify. However, they are confident that their assumptions could closely resemble the effects of the bill if it passes. With the phase-in that allows current private school students to receive vouchers, it is clear there will be significant new costs. If a family's income qualifies, the assumption must be that it will seek the voucher/subsidy.
With current economic conditions, Ohio's scarce resources and recent state school-funding cuts, OSBA, OASBO and BASA are concerned about where the additional hundreds of millions of dollars would come from. The state would either need to find revenue to cover the new costs for students not currently in the funding system or pass the costs along to school districts. The associations said that neither of those options bodes well for Ohio's public education system and its remaining students.
The three organizations have worked hard to mobilize their members around the state in advocacy efforts against HB 136. They have received copies of board of education resolutions and letters opposing HB 136 from nearly 200 school districts, with more coming in every day. The information in the ETPI analysis was commissioned to help school district leaders educate their own legislators about the negative effects HB 136 would have on Ohio public education.
BASA is a nonprofit professional organization of school system leaders, specifically, superintendents, central office administrators, building-level administrators, higher education administrators and faculty, graduate students and other educational personnel.
OASBO is a not-for-profit educational management organization dedicated to learning, using and sharing the best methods and technology of school business administration.
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Influencing candidates to join your company will require a segmented and targeted recruitment communications approach — that's the key take-away from our Employer Brand International's global research study to identify the key 'Influencers of Employment Choice.' The global study surveyed more than 400 employees to determine what influences their employment choice. The survey found there was a high degree of variation by region, gender, age, organization type, position levels, and employment tenure across 15 employment attributes such as leadership, communications, work environment, and corporate social responsibility. The findings provide a wakeup call for organizations currently relying on a 'one size fits all' approach to recruiting talent.
The findings come at a critical time as organizations adapt to the 'new normal' where the cost of a bad hire will impact companies more than ever before.
Recruitment spend is hard to come by, post-global financial crisis, and the days of throwing large amounts of money at recruitment mass-marketing campaigns that fail to communicate the company's value proposition(s) are over.
Gender differences
The study found if you want to influence women in their employment choice you need to communicate flexible working patterns and a friendly working environment. Compared to men, flexible working patterns are six times more likely to influence women in their employment choice. For males the opportunity to work with thought leaders, an organization with a culture of innovation, and a clearly defined mission have a stronger influence on their choice of employer.
A UK study by the Association of Graduate Recruiters involving 10,000 students and graduates and 395 employers and intermediaries i found 34% of graduates are in temporary work not related to their career and 12% have a permanent career job in a non-graduate job immediately after graduation. These statistics are alarming and send a clear message to organisations (and Universities!) that if they are to win the hearts of minds of graduates they need to get closer to the talent source and begin their recruitment program in the early stages of the students university program.
International employer brand strategist, Brett Minchington shares 10 insights into graduate recruitment from a keynote address he delivered at the recent International Placement conference in Italy along with Dr John Sullivan.
It's a fiercely competitive marketplace for talent and quality talent is a key differentiator for corporate success in today's knowledge-driven economy.
Developments in internet technologies have been rapid and is assisting employers to attract the best minds in the talent marketplace. The use of the internet platform for activities cenral to the employment process has shifted the paradigm of the traditional recruitment process. The recruitment process is now being supppored by online RSS feeds, Podcasting, Blogs, rich media and e-recruitment technology platforms.
A new analysis of the careers sites of Australia's Top 150 publicly listed companies show that the majority are well behind world best practice standards and some might be actually harming the employer's brand.The study, by Brett Minchington, Managing Director Collective Learning Australia, and Senior Partner, Employer Brand International (formerly Employer Brand Institute) analysed the top 150 Australian publicly listed company career websites against best practice elements such as talent relationship management, access, content, online recruitment process and usability.
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What Songs Keep You Motivated at Work?
- By Scott Eblin
- May 20, 2013
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Music can have a powerful impact on mindfulness. Certain songs or genres can be totally distracting or annoying while others set you up to remember why you do what you do as a leader.
Likewise, there are distracting and annoying things about smartphones and there are also very useful things about the devices. One of those is the capacity they give you to carry around a mindfulness playlist in your pocket. Having one can be very useful when you need some help in refocusing on a more mindful approach to leadership and life.
As an example, there are three songs on my mindfulness playlist that I come back to again and again.
The first is George Harrison's All Things Must Pass. I love its meditative groove and point that nothing, good or bad, lasts forever. Here's the last verse and chorus of the song:
Now the darkness only stays the night-time
In the morning it will fade away
Daylight is good at arriving at the right time
Its not always going to be this grey
All things must pass
All things must pass away
All things must pass
All things must pass away
Another favorite that's more ...
7 Tips for Taming Your Calendar
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- May 17, 2013
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A couple of years ago, I wrote a post called Five Ways to Get Your Calendar Under Control. Since then, I've used it as the starting point for a conversation among high potential leaders in our Next Level Leadership® group coaching program. The framing questions for the group about the post are:
- What do you already do or agree with?
- What do you disagree with?
- What other calendar control ideas work for you?
As the inflow becomes heavier and the expectations become higher, taming the calendar beast is a common challenge for leaders. Here are seven of the best ideas I've heard lately from leaders who are figuring out how to leverage their time to get important stuff done:
1. Declare "No Meeting Fridays" – Some organizations have had a lot of success with declaring every or every other Friday as a meeting free zone on the calendar. The point is to give everyone some regular time to work, catch up or reflect on their own.
2. Schedule Appointments with Your Self – I'm working with more and more leaders who are scheduling a few hours a week on their online calendar as work appointments with themselves. By scheduling ...
Can't Focus? Try Breathing
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- May 13, 2013
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If you've been following Mindful Mondays, you know that I'm a big fan of stretching and breathing. As I mentioned in this video, combining the two can be a quick and effective way to take a break that pushes the reset button on your brain.
Of course, you may want to take a quick break by focusing on one or the other. If I had to pick one to start with, it would be breathing. Obviously, we all do it and, because we do, it's always available as a resource for slowing things down enough to step back, relax and reset your perspective.
There's a big difference, though, between regular and mindful breathing. If you have a smartphone, there's a terrific app you can download called Breathe to Relaxthat will help you feel the difference. The app was created by the National Center for Telehealth and Technology which is a unit of the Department of Defense focused on "employing emerging technologies in support of psychological health and traumatic brain injury recovery in the military."
It's definitely worth the download and the two minutes of your time it would take to use it everyday ...
Why Good Leaders Don't Care
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- May 9, 2013
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A couple of months ago, I was talking with an executive leader I've known for a few years. One of the things I've noticed about him in that time is that his confidence has grown in a very appropriate and admirable way. I mentioned this to him and, in reply, he laughed softly and said, "It's a fine line between confidence and indifference."
That's one of the best lines I've heard in recent memory because it's funny and it's true. Like most things that are funny, there's an element of truth and recognition to it. The connection between confidence and indifference is that the right amount of indifference can lead to confidence. And the confidence that comes from indifference makes you a more effective leader.
Here's what I mean by that:
When you're so attached to a particular outcome that you can't imagine anything else, it's easy to feel fear. If you feel fear, it's going to show and you'll project a lack of confidence. That lack of confidence, in turn, makes it more likely that you won't achieve the outcome that was so important ...
What's Your Word of the Week?
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The ancient Greeks had a word called praxis which is the root of our modern day English words, practical and practice. Aristotle described the end goal of praxis as action. When he wrote about praxis, one of his points was that if you want to be a certain way, start acting that way.
The idea of praxis came to mind when I was in a class last weekend and the teacher suggested at the beginning that everyone hold the intention of being gentle with themselves. At a break, I was talking with another student who commented how differently she approached the learning with the concept of being gentle with herself in mind.
That simple concept of holding a state of being in mind while you go about your daily actions can change the results you create as a leader.
For instance, I remember a conversation I had several years ago with the members of a local chapter of the Young Presidents' Organization. By definition, members of YPO are high achievers who have a successful track record of getting results. In my session with them, I walked them through the Life GPS® process of personal strategic planning. Two of the three ...


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