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Agencies are increasingly asked to demonstrate results, but many programs lack credible performance information and the capacity to rigorously evaluate program results. To assist agency efforts to provide credible information, GAO examined the experiences of five agencies that demonstrated evaluation capacity in their performance reports: the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), the Coast Guard, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and the National Science Foundation (NSF).
In the five agencies GAO reviewed, the key elements of evaluation capacity were an evaluation culture--a commitment to self-examination, data quality, analytic expertise, and collaborative partnerships. ACF, NHTSA, and NSF initiated evaluations regularly, through a formal process, while HUD and the Coast Guard conducted them as specific questions arose. Access to credible, reliable, and consistent data was critical to ensure findings were trustworthy. These agencies needed access to expertise in both research methods and subject matter to produce rigorous and objective assessments. Collaborative partnerships leveraged resources and expertise. ACF, HUD, and NHTSA primarily partnered with state and local agencies; the Coast Guard partnered primarily with federal agencies and the private sector. The five agencies used various strategies to develop and improve evaluation: Commitment to learning from evaluation developed to support policy debates and demands for accountability. Some agencies improved administrative systems to improve data quality. Others turned to specialized data collection. All five agencies typically contracted with experts for specialized analyses. Some agencies provided their state partners with technical assistance. These five agencies used creative strategies to leverage resources and obtain useful evaluations. Other agencies could adopt these strategies--with leadership commitment--to develop evaluation capacity, despite possible impediments: constraints on spending, local control over flexible programs, and restrictions on federal information collection. The agencies agreed with our descriptions of their programs and evaluations.
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Anne asked:
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I am in contact with your clinic re: having Lasik. I just have a couple of questions:
1/ What is your re-treatment rate?
2/ How many dry eye cases are persistent/long-term?
Thanks, Anne
Anne, our enhancement rate is under 1% for short-sghted patients, and slightly higher for blended vision patients (distance plus reading correction).
Our "20/20 or better" rate is 99.4% for short-sighted patients up to -9.00D.
We have seen long-term dryness in a handful of patients, out of thousands of treatments. I find it is a rare problem when patients are properly screened, and treated pre-op if there is some dryness present. The way we keep these rates very low is by being vary careful on who we operate on, and excluding those with significant dry eye.
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Oh man, I've been working on this coat on and off for a year and a half – and it's finally done! (just in time for summer)
This is my first tailored project, and although it took so long, I'm really happy with the result. I made it with the McCall M5525 pattern (Coat E). The only modifications I made were to shorten the length, take it in a the waist a bit, and of course to add white piping around some of the edges.
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Jul 17, 2013, 04.20 PMby Laurel CJ
I love this – it really looks like a lot of care and planning went into it and it totally paid off, fantastic coat!
Jul 17, 2013, 04.46 PMby distie
Thank you! I'm very happy with it! :)
Jul 16, 2013, 05.45 PMby Milena Bella
i was worried your project is gonna make me spend more money on patterns, but turns out i already got that one. yay:) lovely job and color play
Jul 17, 2013, 04.44 PMby distie
Haha! It's a good, classic pattern to have!
Jul 16, 2013, 05.43 PMby Milena Bella
Jul 16, 2013, 03.07 PMby hlm0401
Amazing job. A beautiful classic.
Jul 17, 2013, 04.44 PMby distie
Thank you!
Jul 16, 2013, 01.15 PMby Oana F.
Jul 16, 2013, 07.48 AMby libbysharf
Very beautiful! Love the piping!!
Jul 16, 2013, 08.26 PMby distie
It made it more difficult (had to re-cut a couple pieces), but I'm really glad I did it. I think it made a big difference!
Jul 16, 2013, 04.53 AMby smallone
so worth the time and perseverance – lovely work!!
Jul 16, 2013, 08.23 PMby distie
Now that it's all done, I can admit that, haha!
Jul 16, 2013, 02.34 AMby izbott
This is very nice. You look great!
Jul 16, 2013, 08.22 PMby distie
Thank you!
Jul 15, 2013, 08.35 PMby Kocotte
I hvave not uploaded my coat on Burdastyle yet, but you can see it on my blog http://kocottecyclotte.canalblog.com/archives/2012/01/21/23301797.html
Jul 15, 2013, 11.25 PMby distie
I love the mix of colors and textures! I've been wanting to do a patchwork-type dress ever since I saw this collection by Jay McCarroll: http://media-cache-ec2.pinimg.com/originals/99/61/40/996140106881959e6958e75ca02bf008.jpg
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Jul 15, 2013, 11.18 PMby distie
Thank you! :)
Jul 15, 2013, 05.44 PMby manjubusybee
That is wonderful sewing! Well done.
Jul 15, 2013, 10.25 PMby distie
Thank you! :)
Jul 15, 2013, 04.10 PMby LadyLaurenSewalot
It looks so professional!
Jul 15, 2013, 10.24 PMby distie
Thank you! I really wanted it to be perfect, so that's why it took so long!
Jul 15, 2013, 01.02 PMby Oksana Starzhynska
Only have to say WOW:) although your job deserves the Oscar awarding:)
Jul 15, 2013, 10.23 PMby distie
Haha, thank you! I've very happy with it :)
Jul 15, 2013, 12.41 PMby kisses
Stunning coat
Jul 15, 2013, 10.22 PMby distie
Thanks! :)
Jul 15, 2013, 10.39 AMby Mary Athey
i love your coat, the pipings fab and its gorgeous on you x
Jul 15, 2013, 10.21 PMby distie
Aww, thank you!
Jul 15, 2013, 10.39 AMby Deanna31
Looks fantastic!!
Jul 15, 2013, 09.46 PMby distie
Thank you! :)
Jul 15, 2013, 07.25 AMby elinorbg
It's beautiful and very well done! Sometimes good things take time :)
Jul 15, 2013, 09.40 PMby distie
Thanks! Yeah, if I had rushed it, I know it wouldn't have turned out as well!
Jul 15, 2013, 07.01 AMby nancykers
But it really looks stunning….. I'm such a fan of piping!
Jul 15, 2013, 09.39 PMby distie
Thank you! I really like piping too. I've been seeing clothes lately where the piping is made with a patterned fabric – it looks so good!
Jul 15, 2013, 06.59 AMby Kocotte
great job,congratulations. I had the same kind of project : a patchwork coat made with old clothes that I have recycled. I have been working on it for 2 years and you feel really proud when it is finished
Jul 15, 2013, 06.35 PMby distie
Yes, definitely! I really wanted it to turn out well, so I only did little bits at a time.
Did you upload a photo of your coat? I didn't see it under your account.
Jul 15, 2013, 05.35 AMby iwanttobeaturtle
Such a fantastic coat! You must be really proud of it after working on it for so long. I love the white piping, such a strong contrast to the navy.
Jul 15, 2013, 06.17 PMby distie
Thank you! And I am! :)
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2013-02-22 12:11:03,690 fail2ban.actions: WARNING [dovecot-pop3imap] Unban 220.127.116.11
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Found a couple of threads that suggested editing iptables-multiport.conf and inserting a sleep command:
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Operations Managers earn the highest median pay at $75K, followed by Senior Human Resources Managers (around $75K), Logistics Managers (about $71K), and Human Resources Managers (around $60K). Earning only about $42K, Intelligence Analysts make less than most people in the company.
Project Management Professionals receive bigger paychecks (approximately $101K) than those without credentials. Becoming a Certified Information Systems Security Professional can certainly pay off here; those folks make $81K. At U.S. Army, employees who hold a medical degree receive the highest salaries at $148K.
The highest paying skill to have in this role seems to be Project Management; employees claiming this as part of the toolbox earn a median of $95K. A common skill in U.S. Army's work force is Microsoft Office; nearly one in ten of survey participants report using it on the job. Other skills in demand are Operations Management, Microsoft Excel, and Leadership.
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State of Utah,
Jim Hutchings,
(Not For Official Publication)
(November 28, 2003)
Fourth District, Provo Department
The Honorable James R. Taylor
Attorneys: Shelden R. Carter, Provo, for Appellant
Mark L. Shurtleff and Karen A. Klucznik, Salt Lake City, for Appellee
Before Judges Jackson, Davis, and Thorne.
DAVIS, Judge:
Defendant challenges his conviction for driving under the influence, in violation of Utah Code Annotated section 41-6-44 (Supp. 2001). We affirm.
First, Defendant argues that because he was not in "actual physical control" of the vehicle, the trial court improperly denied Defendant's motion to dismiss the charges that were pending against him. "The denial of a motion to dismiss for failure to establish a prima facie case is a question of law [this court] review[s] for correctness." State v. Spainhower, 1999 UT App 280,�4, 988 P.2d 452. "Evidence is sufficient, and the denial of a motion to dismiss proper, if 'the evidence and all inferences that can be reasonably drawn from it [establish that] some evidence exists from which a reasonable jury could find that . . . elements of the crime had been proven beyond a reasonable doubt.'" Id. at �5 (first alteration in original) (citation omitted).
In relevant part, section 41-6-44(2)(a) states that
[a] person may not operate or be in actual physical control of a vehicle within this state if the person:
(i) has sufficient alcohol in his body that a chemical test given within two hours of the alleged operation or physical control shows that the person has a blood or breath alcohol concentration of .08 grams or greater; or
(ii) is under the influence of alcohol . . . to a degree that renders the person incapable of safely operating a vehicle.
Utah Code Ann. � 41-6-44(2)(a)(i)-(ii) (Supp. 2001) (emphasis added). "This court indicated that whether a person was in actual physical control of a vehicle required consideration of the totality of the circumstances." State v. Barnhart, 850 P.2d 473, 477 (Utah Ct. App. 1993).
Relevant factors for making this determination include, but are not limited to the following: (1) whether defendant was asleep or awake when discovered; (2) the position of the automobile; (3) whether the automobile's motor was running; (4) whether defendant was positioned in the driver's seat of the vehicle; (5) whether defendant was the vehicle's sole occupant; (6) whether defendant had possession of the ignition key; (7) defendant's apparent ability to start and move the vehicle; (8) how the car got to where it was found; and (9) whether defendant drove it there.
Richfield City v. Walker, 790 P.2d 87, 93 (Utah Ct. App. 1990) (Walker factors).
Defendant argues that because his vehicle was rendered inoperable, Defendant could not take "actual physical control" of his vehicle. Utah Code Ann. � 41-6-44(2)(a). Defendant's prospective view of actual physical control is misplaced and he ignores all but the seventh Walker factor.(1) "To focus exclusively upon the fact that the [vehicle was immobilized] and to ignore other relevant factors, as [D]efendant would have us do, is illogical." Walker, 790 P.2d at 93.
"The focus should not be narrowly upon the mechanical condition of the car when it comes to rest, but upon the status of its occupant and the nature of the authority he or she exerted over the vehicle in arriving at the place from which, by virtue of its inoperability, it can no longer move. Where, as here, circumstantial evidence permits a legitimate inference that the car was where it was and was performing as it was because of the defendant's choice, it follows that the defendant was in actual physical control. To hold otherwise could conceivably allow an intoxicated driver whose vehicle was rendered inoperable in a collision to escape prosecution."
Lopez v. Schwendiman, 720 P.2d 778, 781 (Utah 1986) (per curiam) (quoting State v. Smelter, 674 P.2d 690, 693 (Wash. Ct. App. 1984)).
We apply the Walker factors and focus upon the status of Defendant and his apparent authority over the vehicle. First, the Utah Highway Patrol (UHP) officer investigating Defendant's traffic accident found Defendant awake in the vehicle located 100 feet off-road in a gorge area consisting of large and small rocks and bark. Second, although the vehicle's motor was not running, the UHP officer found Defendant sitting in the driver's seat. Third, Defendant was the sole occupant of the vehicle. Fourth, Defendant had possession of the vehicle's ignition key, which lay on the passenger seat, next to Defendant. Fifth, although the vehicle was immobilized, the UHP officer noticed tire tracks leading from the roadway to the immobilized vehicle. Finally, Defendant admitted that he drove the vehicle from the roadway to its immobilized position, stating, "Some lady cut me off, and I went down here."
Examining these facts under the totality of the circumstances, we conclude that sufficient evidence was presented by which a reasonable jury could infer that Defendant had actual physical control of his vehicle because it "'was where it was and was performing as it was because of the defendant's choice.'" Lopez, 720 P.2d at 781 (quoting Smelter, 674 P.2d at 693).
Next, we must determine if enough evidence existed to establish that Defendant was intoxicated while in actual physical control of his vehicle. Utah law prevents a person from operating a vehicle if that person "is under the influence of alcohol . . . to a degree that renders the person incapable of safely operating a vehicle." Utah Code Ann. � 41-6-44(2)(a)(ii). The UHP officer testified that he noticed Defendant's speech was slow and slurred, that his eyes were glassy and bloodshot, and that the odor of alcohol emanated from Defendant's clothing and vehicle. The UHP officer further testified that, based upon his experience, the alcohol odor was not fresh. Defendant then performed and failed three field sobriety tests. Defendant presented no evidence at trial that would show that he was not intoxicated while in actual physical control of his vehicle.
Based on the foregoing, we conclude that "'the evidence and inferences that can be reasonably drawn from it [establish that] some evidence exists from which a reasonable jury could find that the elements of the crime had been proven beyond a reasonable doubt,'" State v. Spainhower, 1999 UT App 280,�5, 988 P.2d 452 (alteration in original) (citation omitted), and that Defendant was intoxicated while in actual physical control of an operable motor vehicle. We therefore affirm the trial court's denial of Defendant's motion to dismiss.
Defendant's second argument is that the trial court erroneously instructed the jury with regard to "actual physical control." Utah Code Ann. � 41-4-44(2)(a). "[W]hen a jury instruction is erroneous, we will reverse only if the defendant shows a reasonable probability the error affected the outcome of [the] case." State v. Perez, 2002 UT App 211,�22, 52 P.3d 451 (quotations and citation omitted).
Defendant argues that jury instruction 6 impermissibly lowered the burden of proof for the prosecution by stating "[w]here circumstantial evidence permits a legitimate inference that the vehicle was where it was and was performing as it was because of the Defendant's choice, it follows that the Defendant was in actual physical control." We disagree. Although jury instruction 6 is no model of clarity, the issue raised by Defendant is covered by three other jury instructions. "Jury instructions must be evaluated as a whole to determine their adequacy." State v. Garcia, 2001 UT App 19,�13, 18 P.3d 1123. "Jury instructions will be affirmed when the instructions, taken as a whole, fairly tender the case to the jury [even where] one or more of the instructions, standing alone, are not as full or accurate as they might have been." State v. Hobbs, 2003 UT App 27,�31, 64 P.3d 1218 (alteration in original) (quotations and citations omitted), cert. denied, 72 P.3d 685 (Utah 2003).
These other jury instructions, including the instruction that listed the elements of the charged offense, informed the jury that the State must prove each element of the crime charged "beyond a reasonable doubt."(2) Because the jury could have relied upon any or all of the three instructions that mandated the State to prove each element of the offense "beyond a reasonable doubt," Defendant fails to show, in the context of the other jury instructions, a reasonable probability that the challenged instruction affected the outcome of his case.
Because a reasonable jury could have inferred from the evidence that Defendant was in actual physical control of his vehicle while intoxicated, and because Defendant fails to show how the challenged jury instruction prejudiced his case, we affirm Defendant's conviction for driving under the influence under section 41-6-44.
James Z. Davis, Judge
Norman H. Jackson,
Presiding Judge
William A. Thorne Jr., Judge
1. "[S]ome of the more persuasive indicia of actual physical control are how the car got to where it was found and whether the defendant drove it there." Richfield City v. Walker, 790 P.2d 87, 92 (Utah Ct. App. 1990).
2. Specifically, jury instruction 4 stated "you must find that each of the following essential elements of the crime charged in the Information have been established beyond a reasonable doubt"; jury instruction 12 stated "[a] person charged with a crime is presumed to be innocent until such person is proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt," and "[t]he presumption of innocence must continue to prevail in the minds of the jury unless and until the jury is satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt"; and jury instruction 13 stated "the State is required to prove each element of the crime charged against a defendant beyond a reasonable doubt," and "[i]f . . . you have a reasonable doubt as to a defendant's guilt, you must acquit that defendant."
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*Note: The specific quantity of wood required will vary depending on the specifics of the built-in. The easiest way to accurately estimate the amount of wood required is to wait until the initial layout has been completed in Step 2. Otherwise, apply a 15-20% scrap factor to the amount determined after completing the design in Step 1.
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Great project and nice detail! I'm in the process of building an exact replica of your design and am having a hard time finding exactly which pipe lengths go where. Could you tell me what length is used between the "T" and elbow on rear-pointing shelf supports (the ones without flanges)? Thanks for the great plans!
Great project and nice detail! I'm in the process of building an exact replica of your design and am having a hard time finding exactly which pipe lengths go where. Could you tell me what length is used between the "T" and elbow on rear-pointing shelf supports (the ones without flanges)? Thanks for the great plans!
This looks fantastic! You've inspired me to build a similar one. Question, tho:
How did you assemble the bottom right corner, where you have the bottom two shelves connected? It seems it's not possible, given there's no junction to assist with a necessary "opposite" turn somewhere in the sequence.
im building a version of this using a mix of 1/2" and 3/4" pipe, but with the pipe conceiling wiring. im creating pipe styled light fixtures as part of this as well. will post pics once ive got something im happy with.
Very nice. There's definitely a strong case to be made for integrated wiring and lighting since the conduit is already there. Can't wait to see how it turns out.
This is amazing! Do you have rough overall dimensions of the entire unit?
Thanks! The overall bounds are roughly 74" wide by 54" tall.
Very nice shelving! How did you protect the pipes for not to marr them with the stillson?
No pipe wrench necessary, ideally. Any mates that needed to be torqued tightly seemed to have an elbow somewhere in the assembly which provides a nice place to attach a 6-10" temporary pipe and use the leverage to multiply my hand strength. There was one or two instances where I inadvertently over-tightened a mate before the final assembly and had to use a pair of vice grips with a kitchen towel wrapped around the pipe to loosen the fittings. The towel never protects the pipe perfectly so there were a few marks that I filed down a bit, but definitely nothing major. I would probably invest in a pair of soft jaw pliers if I were going to do many more of these pipe projects.
These look awesome! I saw an online ad for a company selling a shelving unit like this with only ONE shelf for $250.00. I'm guessing this entire project costs just a fraction of that.
The total came in around $300 as I recall. The cost of all those pipe fittings adds up.
I was just thinking this must have been pretty expensive - and wondered if you found a cheap source for some of those parts.
If I remember right, my local orange-signed big box Home improvement store is getting $10+ for bigger flanges. Sounds like you didn't.
Sure looks nice. Good job!
I really don't remember the exact price, but recall tallying the final price at a little over $300. I did buy all the pipe fittings at the Home Despot you've made reference to, but could not have gotten away with it at $10 a flange so that sounds a little steep. I'm always looking for ways to buy in bulk or find a back door for wholesale prices so I get where you're coming from, but personally didn't think it was worth spending the time to contact local plumbing supply specialists to potentially save a few dollars. I can't remember if the big boxes offer any carton discounts, but that may have helped at the quantities I ended up using for a few of the fittings.
I neglected to mention how beautiful I think this project is. I really enjoy using industrial-grade materials in innovative ways, and repurposing discarded stuff. I mounted my chop saw on an old B-B-Q stand, and it works great - I can wheel it to wherever I need it.
Absolute Lunacy in a SteamPunk style, Though the scrap yards my only viable source for this kitchen project. thanks for your insight
Some of the shelves do not have support along the back edge. Where does their strength come from?
Good eye. You'll notice that I was sure to locate a support in each of the 4 "corners" on the larger shelves with lots of height clearance that I knew would be supporting large loads. There are a few shelves only supported in 3 corners and one shelf only supported by 2 pipes toward the front corners. For these shelves the round caps help by providing a downward force on top of the boards that keeps the shelves from sagging or tilting if they are loaded at the back where there is no support directly underneath. The fact that the holes in the boards have a relatively tight clearance around the pipes going through the shelves also helps in this regard. Most importantly, the rigidity of the 7/8" thick solid hardwood is where most of the strength comes from. The flex of a 7/8" x 10-1/2" x 36" piece of hardwood is so minimal that it's not even a factor as long as the shelves are receiving good support in a few locations. I'm still amazed at the strength of wood every time I build a new project. So few consumer products are made out of solid wood or a high grade plywood that it's easy to forget the inherent strength and robustness of high quality materials. Initially I thought that the shelves with fewer supports would be for lighter weight items, but the end result is that there is no practical difference between the strength of any given board. I don't hesitate to put any item on any given shelf without thinking twice about it.
Howdy, My friend and I made a 1/4 inch water pipe skateboard rack where we used 1/4 turn shutoff valves to retain the boards against the wall! Your shelves look great!
Nice! You have reminded me that I played around with the aesthetic of a few water valve fittings when designing this shelf, but ultimately opted out because they made the framework look too much like a sprinkler system. I like your idea of the 1/4 turn shutoffs though. Sounds like a killer skateboard rack.
oh what a great job you did there!! :O
this is not only a shelf, this is art dude. *thumbsup*
I absolutely LOVE the way this looks! You did such a great job!
I love it!
Thank you all for the positive feedback! It's very gratifying to see others enjoying the Instructable. While it is true that this project requires some handy work with a tape measure and level due to self-inflicted complexity, the finished product is great proof that the details are not the details. They really do make the design.
What a great steampunk design. Excellent instructions and great pictures. I have got to talk my wife in doing this in at least one room of our house.
Nice Job!!!!
I've seen pipe shelves before but they always tried to disguise the fact that they were made of pipes. I love this because instead of trying to hide anything you really celebrate the fact that it's made from pipes.
Great Job!!!!!!!!
Very good design! I like it.
Very cool shelving! I love this look and your particular take on it is wonderful.
Looks fantastic! Very steampunk. :)
That's awesome!!
Love how the arrangement of shelves is something completely custom and could be made custom by anyone doing this for themselves!
This is such a beautiful shelving unit! I'm thinking of making something similar for my record collection. Thanks for the great instructions!
The setup looks so complicated, but you have such wonderful directions! Awesome job :D


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Why a paperless classroom? Is it possible? The answer to both questions is yes and the time is now. The resources are available and free: From the ever increasing number of Web 2.0 tools, the vast amount of cloud storage and the internet at our finger tips 24/7, paper is becoming obsolete. In this course you learn the concepts of a paperless classroom through two Web 2.0 tools, Evernote and Google Apps. From this stating point, your students can share almost all classwork with you and each other in a collaborative method. Through the course other useful Web 2.0 tools are presented, discovered and shared. P-12 teachers are further encouraged as they learn new ways to increase student achievement in the classroom. All educators will find new ways to reach student with special needs as well as useful projects that can be used to meet educational and technology objectives and help students' master content area learning standards.
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- Find five different ways (apps/web 2.0 tools) to collaborate with your students. Use Evernote to collect your research. From these five, pick one and redesign a lesson/project/homework/quiz/etc… using the tool. Find a tool that works for you, do not try to make a "cool" tool fit. Summarize the other four tools you found, one paragraph each. Briefly explain the tool and its classroom uses. When answering, always consider: how does this make you a better teacher, learner, person?
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Careless, J. (2012, January 31). Social Media: It Does Have a Place in the Classroom Tech & Learning. Retrieved June 10th 2012 from http://www.techlearning.com/article/52186
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Following up on yesterday's post on the strip-searches-in-the-schools case before the Supreme Court, I have to admit I'm shocked at just how much power schools have. I spent virtually all of the 1990s overseas, so I guess I'm still playing catch-up.
The transcript for the oral arguments in Safford Unified School District v. Redding (.pdf – thanks, Mark!) hints at how looney this power can be in action. The school district treated all "contraband" the same – ibuprofen, heroin, plastic explosives, and permanent marker pens!
JUSTICE SCALIA: Any contraband, like the black marker pencil that — that astounded me. That was contraband in that school, wasn't it, a black marker pencil?
MR. WRIGHT [attorney for the school district]: Well, for sniffing.
JUSTICE SCALIA: Oh, is that what they do?
MR. WRIGHT: It's a permanent marker.
JUSTICE SCALIA: They sniff them?
MR. WRIGHT: Well, that's the — I mean, I'm a school lawyer. That's what kids do, Your Honor, unfortunately, Your Honor. But –
JUSTICE SCALIA: Really?
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No, I don't want my kids sniffing marker "pencils" either, but I haven't banned Sharpies from my house, either. However, my otherwise perfectly sensible school has removed plastic knives from the lunchroom. I have no clue why; the kids haven't heard any lore about vicious plastic knife fights. Maybe there's a state law?? My kindergartner is not permitted to wear the hood up on what he calls his "hoodie-hood." What good is a hoodie-hood if you can't use the hood? It's as though our district has forgotten that we're a comfy little low-crime college town in the Appalachians and is hallucinating that we're located, well, in the 'hood.
Schools do a lot of silly shit. The reason they fail to use even the rudiments of common sense? Well, the oral arguments in the Redding case point to the root of the problem. The justices keep mentioning "T.L.O." As any non-legal scholar with access to Google can tell you, New Jersey v. T.L.O. was a landmark case in the 1980s in which the court ruled that it was constitutional to search a student's purse after she was busted smoking tobacco in the girls' bathroom. She turned out to be carrying weed. The girl, the eponymous T.L.O. (I keep wanting to write J Lo), sued on the basis of her Fourth Amendment Rights. However, the court found against her, saying she had not been subjected to unreasonable search and seizure because different standards apply to schools than to the police.
In short, schools need only demonstrate "reasonable suspicion," which is weaker than the "probable cause" standard that law enforcement officers must follow. Dahlia Lithwick sums up T.L.O. thusly:
In New Jersey v. T.L.O., a 1985 case involving high-schoolers with pot in their purses, the Supreme Court determined that for a student search to be permissible under the Fourth Amendment there must be "reasonable grounds for suspecting that the search will turn up evidence that the student has violated or is violating either the law or the rules of the school" and that the search cannot be "excessively intrusive in light of the age and sex of the student and the nature of the infraction."
The crux of Redding's case, then – and the similar cases in Ohio – boils down to the question of what's reasonable? What is a reasonable suspicion? What constitutes an excessively intrusive response? Redding's district seemed to think any suspicion – no matter how thin – was reasonable, and any response – no matter how traumatizing – was permissible.
So we've got a situation where schools have almost unlimited power. Yet they don't have the competence to wield it. As the school district's lawyer repeatedly insists, no one at the school is medically capable of identifying a loose pill. And so panic sets in, because OMG what if someone overdoses on this stuff? Imagine if you turn these folks loose on a bag of powder! But c'mon, people, anyone with the Google can play doctor as well as lawyer. Once upon a time, in my clueless youth, I took a pill that I believed to be ibuprofen but made me fall down a rabbit hole after ingestion. (Okay, it was only last August, but I really was clueless, if not exactly young.) After this happened a couple of times, I looked at the pill more closely. All of these otherwise unidentifiable, generic-looking, oblong white pills have a numeric code stamped on them. I googled that code and learned I'd been taking – gulp! – Darvocet. Expecting as much resourcefulness from a principal or school nurse would be, shall we say, reasonable.
But what's at stake here is much more than just student safety. It's about the prerogative of school officials to control students' bodies. In this case, a girl was targeted, but as I argued yesterday, the history of patriarchy shows that boys' bodies can be relegated to property, too. This bodily control operated on multiple planes in the recent case where a girl was suspended for taking a birth-control pill at school during her lunch hour. Zero-tolerance policies are not about keeping kids safe; they're about fomenting moral panic and exerting control. A mere reasonableness test – stretching into infinity, where reasonable and unreasonable look the same – cements that control.
In the hands of school officials who are unwise or even sadistic, a highly elastic reasonableness standard allows for trauma and humiliation, again threatening both boys and girls within a patriarchal tradition that sees their bodies of children and women as not fully their own. Justice Ginsburg called this out:
JUSTICE GINSBURG: There's one aspect of this considering the reasonableness of the school administrator's behavior. In addition to not following up with Glines [Redding's frenemy who ratted her out], after Redding was searched and nothing was found, she was put in a chair outside the vice principal's office for over 2 hours and her mother wasn't called. What was the reason for that humiliating, putting her in that humiliating situation?
MR. WRIGHT: Your Honor, that is not a matter of the record, but the inference is that the –that the investigation was still ongoing because there was a group of kids, and at that time the administrator was making efforts to try to make sure that he had gathered all the drugs that might be on campus. And in any event that wouldn't –
JUSTICE GINSBURG: But how were they investigating her when they did nothing but put her in a chair outside the vice principal's office?
MR. WRIGHT: Well, Your Honor, I can see where it might have been more reasonable in that sense to have let her go back to class, but it certainly is not a standard that would affect the constitutionality.
(pp. 19-20, my emphasis)
If the issue was student safety, why did no one call her mother? Even the attorney for the school district admits that the school's conduct was not, um, reasonable. Let's hope that the court agrees that it's time to impose some limits on the empty signifier "reasonable." But Scott Lemieux at Lawyers, Guns, and Money lays out why the court will probably side with the district. Ugh.
I just hope I won't have to take a shears to the hoods of my Tiger's hoodie-hoods. He looks so darn cute with the hood up.


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A newer model is the Committee on Ministry (CoM), which focuses on all aspects of the congregation's ministry, including professional leadership, music, social justice, religious education, pastoral care, and so on. This model helps the congregation make sure that its ministries are serving its mission and vision.
In practice, congregations have used the names interchangeably, so some congregations have creatively tweaked the name (e.g. Committee on Shared Ministries) to distinguish the difference.
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VHT also stands for:
- Van Horn Technologies
- Vehicle Hours Traveled
- Very High Temperature
- Victor Hiking Trails
- Virginia Horse Trials
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