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- Jan 20:
- Live updates: San Rafael Council hears demands for SMART bike paths at end of busy Tuesday night
- Sep 2:
- Tuesday night updates: San Rafael Council approves Beach Park deal, finds SMART station inadequate
- Aug 27:
- San Rafael residents urge city to move forward with SMART quiet zones
- Aug 24:
- San Rafael plans three meetings on SMART quiet zones
- Aug 8:
- SMART uproots chimera redwood to safety
- Aug 6:
- Freight operator's business concern over SMART tracks brushed aside
- Aug 3:
- Marin Voice: SMART's making steady progress toward starting service
- Jul 26:
- Editorial: SMART leaders should learn from grand juries' questions
- Jul 25:
- George Russell: SMART tracks a challenge for San Rafael Transit Center
- Jul 21:
- With SMART coming, San Rafael transit hub to face 'jigsaw puzzle' of complications
- Jul 16:
- SMART board rejects many Marin grand jury findings, but says it needs to reflect
- Jul 12:
- Dick Spotswood: SMART board needs to be talking about train service
- Jul 8:
- Sonoma grand jury report faults SMART oversight
- Jun 18:
- Larkspur Landing SMART Station Area Plan meeting, 6:30 p.m.
- Jun 15:
- Marin Voice: Too many unresolved problems with Larkspur Landing rezoning
- Jun 6:
- Clipper cards to be used for SMART train when service launches in 2016
- May 29:
- SMART train and bikeway winners as regional agency hands out $40 million
- May 22:
- Majority of speakers at meeting on Larkspur SMART Station Area Plan against plan
- May 17:
- George Russell: Is Larkspur Landing station development plan the next WinCup?
- May 16:
- Marin Voice: Larkspur Landing's planning challenge
- May 15:
- Community will hold meeting on Larkspur SMART Station Area Plan
- May 7:
- Long rails arrive in Novato as work continues on SMART train project
- May 6:
- Dick Spotswood: SMART train could use a smarter board of directors
- Apr 30:
- Marin grand jury: SMART board members need to be more vigilant
- Apr 11:
- SMART extension to Larkspur gets two approvals from key agency
- Apr 10:
- Editorial: SMART train's Marin work is a sign of progress
- Apr 5:
- Public review underway for draft Larkspur SMART Station Area Plan
- Mar 31:
- SMART cars under construction in Japan, due in Marin for testing next year
- Mar 19:
- SMART will seek federal funds to extend rail line from San Rafael to Larkspur
- Mar 14:
- SMART halts plans to chop down rare Sonoma redwood
- Mar 12:
- Rare redwood in Sonoma County faces chopping block due to SMART train
- Mar 11:
- SMART track work begins in Marin, service starts by 2016
- Feb 21:
- SMART rail costs rise with line extension
- Dec 23:
- New San Rafael councilwoman sees no conflict in SMART post
- Dec 18:
- SMART train to connect Marin to Santa Rosa airport
- Dec 7:
- Dick Spotswood: Larkspur Landing plan is a big trial balloon
- Marin Voice: Larkspur Landing station plan is a positive step forward
- Nov 27:
- Plans advance for housing near Larkspur SMART station
- Nov 20:
- SMART approves final construction contract, work in Marin to begin in spring
- Oct 13:
- Larkspur SMART connection suddenly looks real
- Oct 11:
- Rail agency cuts deal to save 56 acres of marsh lands near Novato
- Sep 23:
- SMART rail project gets key approval to build south to Larkspur
SMART's move to join the Clipper card network is good news for riders. The Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit train is more than a year away from rolling from Santa Rosa to San Rafael, but its officials are beginning to put transit operations on the agency's agenda.
That's a good thing because there's a lot of work that needs to be done to help make sure SMART is as convenient and affordable as possible.
Joining Clipper connects SMART to the convenient payment system already used by Golden Gate Transit buses and ferries, as well as other Bay Area transit providers.
The system is run by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission; SMART officials estimate it could have cost $4.3 million for the commuter train to establish its own fare system.
Just like the FasTrak system that's used on Bay Area bridges, transit riders sign up for Clipper cards, allowing for bus, ferry and rail fares to be deducted from their credit card accounts.
Paying for a ride on the SMART train will involve quick slide of a Clipper card.
But that's just a start in helping make SMART convenient.
It is exciting to see SMART's decisionmaking process progress from construction to operations.
By the time trains are rolling in late 2016, it will have been eight years since voters in Marin and Sonoma counties approved the sales tax measure that launched SMART.
SMART still needs to publicly work on making sure local buses are synchronized with train schedules. SMART planners also need to make sure issues regarding parking for riders who don't plan to take the bus are addressed before train service starts, not after.
SMART also needs to determine its fares, whether riders will be charged a flat rate or that fares will be based on distance traveled. The public, which will be paying those fares, needs to be part of that open discussion.
Building SMART's ridership will depend on convenience, cost and dependability.
Certainly, many commuters will ride the train because they consider it a more environmentally friendly alternative to commuting by car or bus. But if the trains aren't convenient, dependable and reasonably priced, few commuters will choose being green over getting to work or home on time.
It took a Golden Gate Bridge toll increase and a reduction in fares to drive people to Golden Gate's ferries, which had previously been criticized for poor ridership.
Today, the Larkspur ferries have so many riders the district has had to add commuter trips and expand its parking lot.
Adopting the Clipper card is a sign that SMART is focused on convenience.
Getting the public involved in future operational decisions would be wise. These are the people who will be riding the trains, the people who have to figure out how to get to the train stops and the people who will decide whether the ride is worthwhile enough to leave their cars at home.
Part of its process should be updating its ridership projections and starting to build time tables for stops.
Measure Q, the 2008 bi-county tax measure that is paying for SMART, requires the agency to begin laying out details about its service at least a year ahead of the beginning of passenger service.
SMART officials would be wise to reach out to the public and find out more about commute times and how to dovetail stops with commute patterns to make stops as conveniently scheduled as possible.
A grant from MTC and possible savings may have helped make the choice of Clipper a no-brainer, but the decision also signals a transition and progress in SMART getting ready to roll in 2016.


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We are just getting ready for the Maine 2011 kite flying season and have several special events for our local kite community. Both the Noreasters ( noreasterkites.com ) and KONE ( kone.org ) are invited to join in these three events.
First will be the Wells Reserve EcoDay in Wells Maine on April 16. We have been invited to fly kites in a large field on the Laudholm Farm. This is a nice kite venue, a hill top field with views of Wells Beach to the East and Mt Agamenticus to the West. We went to their first EcoDay last fall and had a good time. This event should be even bigger, more displays and demonstrations.
The next event will be in Owls Head Maine at the Owls Head Transportation Museum for their annual Kites Bikes and Trikes Family Festival on April 23. Here we will be flying kites on and near the taxi way to the museum. We have been there several times and they make us feel at home there. It is worth the drive up there just for the museum where they have a great collection of cars and airplanes.
Lastly, in the special events for this Spring is the Bug Light Kite Festival on Saturday, May 14 We held the first last year, strong wind did not allow the great kite display we can produce but we are hoping for better weather this year.
All the local event info is listed on the noreaster.com calendar page,
Friday, March 11, 2011
Sunday, April 4, 2010
The 2010 National Kite Month started in Maine with the Noreasters Kite Club's Rokkaku kite fly on April 3 at Bug Light Park in South Portland.. We couldn't have asked for better weather in early April. We had a nice southerly breeze at around 10 mph and temps in the mid 60s. The wind held steady for most of the day, perfect for most of our kites, allowing for more kites and few tangles. At one point we counted 16 rokkakus in the air at one time along with many other kites.
Bug Light Park will be hosting the Bug Light Kite Festival, sponsored by the South Portland Historical Society on May 8, 2010.
Bug Light Park will be hosting the Bug Light Kite Festival, sponsored by the South Portland Historical Society on May 8, 2010.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Early start of the kite season
This weekend was a great unofficial start for the kite flying season in Maine. 50 degree weather brought out dozens kite flyers to Bug Light Park in South Portland. At least a dozen of them were members of the NorEasters kite club. This was the time to get out new kites for the first flight as well as old favorites. March 20 will be our real start to the season with the KONE fly at Hampton Beach across from the Ashworth Hotel.
April is National Kite Month and in Maine we will be celebrating the season with kite flying every Saturday in several locations including Bug Light Park in South Portland and Pine Point Beach in Scarborough. In addition we have the annual Easter Kite Fly in Fort WIlliams Park in Cape Elizabeth. I think that may have been my first kite fly ever, way back in 1990. For more dates, check out the calendar at the Noreaster web site,
Monday, March 1, 2010
Kite making in South Portland Maine
For the second year, we held a kite making workshop aimed at the beginner. I called it Kitemaking 101. The new kite makers make simple diamond kites with ripstop nylon and added an appliqued design to the kite.
We had 6 people making kites, of that, 3 of them made their first kite and one made their second kite. Some of the participants were fairly new to sewing so this was a nice easy design to work with. They started with pre-cut pieces, hemmed the kite, added spar pockets and then used another color or two for their applique. To finish, they made tails out of scrap nylon.
We had a great venue for the workshop. Leo A reserved the Clubhouse, a multi purpose room at the River View Apartment complex in South Portland, thank you Leo.
This was the Noreaster's second kite making workshop this winter, Tony O hosted a box kite workshop in January, so we should be scheduling a kite fly for all the workshop participants this Spring.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Rokkaku Kite Fly
We got our 2009 National Kite Month started this past weekend with a Rokkaku kite fly. This was a Noreaster kite fly as well as a KONE monthly fly. Nice turn out, more than 20 kiters from Maine, Mass and NH, and most of them brought rokkakus to fly. For those of you unfamilier with kites, a rokkaku is a traditional Japanese kite, six sided, a fairly strict ratio of height to width but no real limit on size. They can be used for kite fighting but, unlike Indian and Pakistan style fighting where the fights are one on one, rok battles are usually mass battles, with 20 or more kites in the sky at once, trying to knock the other kites from the sky. But this was not a kite fighting day, just a friendly day of kite flying.
For early April, we did have great weather. The sky cleared mid morning and the sun warmed everything up. It did take a while for the wind to get going (and the forecast was for strong winds!) but once it got started the kites went up and stayed up.
Tony O and I both finished rokkakus in time for the fly. I finished mine the day before, a real last minute push. The crane kite was quite the project, much more detail than my previous kites, but lots of fun. As you can see from the picture, it turned out nicely. Tony O also finished a great kite arch, started just after the kite workshop we held in January. Two other workshop participants are working on archs so look forward to an arch fly.
Now that we got a real taste of warm weather, we are hoping more of it. Next week we plan to gather at Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth to fly kites on Easter Sunday. That has been a tradition for many years and we hope to continue it next weekend.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
A Taste of Spring
Wow, what a day for early March in Maine! Sunny and the temperature reached the 50s. We hadn't planned on flying a kite but it was too nice a day to ignore. We grabbed the mini sled we made for Hank and took it out for a test fly. Hank has some giant flow form kites, 125, 252, and 450 square feet, all in the same color pattern, yellow, orange, red and black and I made a mini sled that matched his color pattern, complete with the banner tail. It is about 2 square feet instead of 450. We hadn't flown it yet so we thought we could fly it and get some pictures before handing it over to Hank.
When we got to Bug Light Park, we were surprised to see that most of the field was clear of snow. A mile away at our house, there is 2 feet of snow in the yard. We got the kite in the air and took some pictures, relaxing in the warm spring day and all of a sudden I noticed someone with a kite just over the hill. Easy to recognize, even from 100 yards was the pretty light blue of Hank's KONE rokkaku. Yep, he had the same idea we had, too nice a day not to fly a kite. Hank was out with his granddaughter Meagan and they hoped to fly his newest kite, Rolf Zimmerman's Owl. The wind was a bit too light for it but it did look good.
By the way, Hank was quite surprised by the mini sled.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Great book for kite makers
William Farber's kite making book, Painting With Light and Air is now available from the Drachen Foundation. My wife got a copy for me last year but she had to deal with international money orders and shipping from Australia. She did get the first copy in North America but it cost a bit. Now it is a simple click and you can get it for $35.
In the book, William Farber illustrates his method of creating wonderful pictures on kites using ripstop. His prize winning kites are many colored pieces of flying artwork. The kite on the right is one of two he made for the kite festival in Dieppe France in 2008. He gives step by illustrated step instructions for his modular method of kite construction, very much worth learning if you want to make more complex designs on kites. They don't have to be as elaborate as this one to benefit from his method.
I have found myself referring to the book before and during my kite construction, before to get some reminders of his design and color teachings, during to help with construction details. There are lots of great nuggets of information hidden in the pages from how to make perfect corners with your zig zag stitches to what to look for when buying a sewing machine. Little details that you might never think about spring from the book and into your kite building technique. I built a sewing table extension as suggested in the book. He even gives instructions on sharpening and tuning scissors! This is in addition to his chapter on design and one on the details of working with ripstop. To top it off, he includes detailed instructions on the building of two kites, one a large rokkaku, the other a small rectangular kite,
While it is not a book for beginner kite makers, they could certainly benefit from the book. Much of the book's information can be useful for kite makers of all abilities. The sewing tips and the chapter on working with ripstop is good for all of us. The details of his more elaborate kite making methods can simply inspire us. And if all that is not enough, he includes color photos of more that 20 of his kites
The book is available from the Drachen Foundation for $35.
Painting with Light and Air
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I have tried to use intersectwith to locate text (MText or DBText) near a block reference. Some times it works and some times it does not. The hard part for me is understanding why it occasionally works when most examples are just duplicates with modified text and attributes.
My block reference has 4 attributes to the left (Right Justified) of a circle and 2 attributes inside the circle. The text objects are used by some CAD operators instead of the upper 2 lines of attributtes. (Guess they dont know how to modify attributes) I want to locate these texts and insert text into the corresponding attribute.
Block Reference:
Att 1 |'''''''| <-- CAD User will insert a txt over Att 1 and Att 2,
Att 2 | | <-- both attributes are usally left blank or contain a space
Att 3 | |
Att 4 |.....|
>> intersectwith to locate text (MText or DBText) near a block reference
Can you show the code that does what you described with this sentence? Because IntersectWith needs exact geometry and not "near to" any geom.
If you are working with geometric extents from your attribute-values then be careful, sometimes the extents of AttributeReferences are calculated wrong (the min- or max-point of the extents points to 0,0,0). If you use COM-GetBoundingBox it works.
Also if the AttributeReferences have no text in .TextString you may (you will) have difficulties with IntersectWith.
Show the code that does not do what you want to have and also upload a drawing for that situation. That will help us (and you) to come faster to a solution (hopefully )
- alfred -
Thanks for the quick response. I left my laptop at work and all the code is there and I will not be back till Teusday. If I remember correctly my statement looks something like this,
.... some code ....
myAttributeReference.TextString = "XXXXXXXX"
.... some code ....
Dim colInters As New Point3dCollection
myAttributeReference.IntersectWith(myMText, Intersect.OnBothOperands, colIntrs, 0, 0)
.... some code ....
Out of curiosity, which way would you attempt to locate MText or DBText arranged as stated.
>> Out of curiosity, which way would you attempt to locate MText or DBText arranged as stated
I did not yet check intersections of text-like objects. What I would do (just one idea) is to create a line in the mid of the text-height (and the angle of the text and check then if the lines intersect.
- alfred -
here is the code and I have attached a drawing with examples.
I rewrote the code to draw a polyline around the geometricextents of the BlockReference. Then itereate all TEXT or MTEXT object in model space and check for intersects.
I have the origianl blockreference that I am working with, run "DPL" to text the code. it should draw a polyline within the extents of the blockreference. Then attempt to check intersects with the MTEXT object right next to it. It want find any, although it should.
Example two, is the smaller polyline with MTEXT object on top of it. Type "inters" and you will see that intersections exist. These objects where drawn manually using normal polyline and mtext commands.
Example three is the larger polyline with the MTEXT object on top. Type "inters" and you will see that no intersections exist. The polyline was drawn by code from the "DPL" command. So, my code drawn polyline does not intersect with the MTEXT variable.
Why not. ????
Option Explicit On
Option Strict On
Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime
Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.DatabaseServices
Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices
Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.EditorInput
Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.Geometry
Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.Colors
Imports System.IO
Imports Microsoft.Win32
Imports System.Reflection
Public Class Class1
<CommandMethod("inters", CommandFlags.UsePickSet)> _
Public Sub GetInters()
Dim doc As Document = Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument
Dim db As Database = doc.Database
Dim ed As Editor = doc.Editor
Dim tr As Transaction = db.TransactionManager.StartTransaction
Using tr
Dim acBT As BlockTable = CType(tr.GetObject(db.BlockTableId, OpenMode.ForRead), BlockTable)
Dim acMS As BlockTableRecord = CType(tr.GetObject(acBT(BlockTableRecord.ModelSpac
Dim opt As New PromptEntityOptions(vbLf & "Select entity: ")
opt.SetRejectMessage(vbLf & "Error selecting entity")
opt.AllowNone = False
'opt.AddAllowedClass(GetType(BlockReference), True)
Dim res As PromptEntityResult = ed.GetEntity(opt)
If res.Status <> PromptStatus.OK Then Return
Dim lid As ObjectId = res.ObjectId
opt = New PromptEntityOptions(vbLf & "Select entity: ")
opt.SetRejectMessage(vbLf & "Error selecting entity")
'opt.AddAllowedClass(GetType(MText), True)
'opt.AddAllowedClass(GetType(DBText), True)
res = ed.GetEntity(opt)
If res.Status <> PromptStatus.OK Then Return
Dim pid As ObjectId = res.ObjectId
Dim pts As Point3dCollection = New Point3dCollection()
ed.WriteMessage(vbLf & "{0} <> {1};", lid, pid)
Dim ent1 As Entity = CType(tr.GetObject(lid, OpenMode.ForRead), Entity)
Dim ent2 As Entity = TryCast(tr.GetObject(pid, OpenMode.ForRead), Entity)
'Dim plane As Plane = New Plane(ed.CurrentUserCoordinateSystem.CoordinateSys
'ent1.IntersectWith(ent2, Intersect.OnBothOperands, Plane, pts, 0, 0)
ent1.IntersectWith(ent2, Intersect.OnBothOperands, pts, 0, 0)
ed.WriteMessage(vbLf & "Number of intersections: {0}", pts.Count)
Dim i As Integer = 1
For Each pt As Point3d In pts
ed.WriteMessage(vbLf & "Point number {0}: ({1}, {2}, {3})", i, pt.X, pt.Y, pt.Z)
i += 1
End Using
Catch ex As Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime.Exception
ed.WriteMessage(vbLf & "{0}", ex.Message)
End Try
End Sub
''' <summary>
''' Draws a box around the extents of selected object
''' </summary>
''' <remarks></remarks>
<CommandMethod("DPL", CommandFlags.UsePickSet)> _
Public Sub DrawPolyLine()
Dim acDoc As Document = Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument
Dim acDB As Database = acDoc.Database
Dim acDocEd As Editor = acDoc.Editor
Dim tr As Transaction = acDB.TransactionManager.StartTransaction
Using tr
Dim acBT As BlockTable = CType(tr.GetObject(acDB.BlockTableId, OpenMode.ForRead), BlockTable)
Dim acMS As BlockTableRecord = CType(tr.GetObject(acBT(BlockTableRecord.ModelSpac
Dim opt As New PromptEntityOptions(vbLf & "Select block: ")
opt.SetRejectMessage(vbLf & "Only Block Reference allowed...")
opt.AllowNone = False
opt.AddAllowedClass(GetType(BlockReference), True)
Dim res As PromptEntityResult = acDocEd.GetEntity(opt)
If res.Status <> PromptStatus.OK Then Return
Dim blkID As ObjectId = res.ObjectId
Dim acAttID As ObjectId
Dim acBlkRef As BlockReference = CType(tr.GetObject(blkID, OpenMode.ForRead), BlockReference)
Dim acAttRef As New AttributeReference
Dim strAttTemp As String = ""
Dim attIDs As AttributeCollection = acBlkRef.AttributeCollection
For Each attID As ObjectId In attIDs
acAttRef = CType(tr.GetObject(attID, OpenMode.ForRead), AttributeReference)
If acAttRef.Tag = "1" Then
acAttID = attID
strAttTemp = acAttRef.TextString
acAttRef.TextString = "XXXXXXXXXX"
End If
Dim ext3D As Extents3d = acBlkRef.GeometricExtents
Dim dWidth As Double = (ext3D.MaxPoint.Y - ext3D.MinPoint.Y)
Dim plStartPnt As Point2d = New Point2d(ext3D.MinPoint.X, ext3D.MinPoint.Y + dWidth / 2)
Dim plEndPnt As Point2d = New Point2d(ext3D.MaxPoint.X, ext3D.MinPoint.Y + dWidth / 2)
Dim pl As Polyline = New Polyline
pl.AddVertexAt(0, plStartPnt, 0, dWidth, dWidth)
pl.AddVertexAt(0, plEndPnt, 0, dWidth, dWidth)
'If acAttRef IsNot Nothing Then
acAttRef.TextString = strAttTemp
'End If
tr.AddNewlyCreatedDBObject(pl, True)
'' Create a TypedValue array to define the filter criteria of Text or MText
Dim acTypValAr(3) As TypedValue
acTypValAr.SetValue(New TypedValue(DxfCode.Operator, "<or"), 0)
acTypValAr.SetValue(New TypedValue(DxfCode.Start, "TEXT"), 1)
acTypValAr.SetValue(New TypedValue(DxfCode.Start, "MTEXT"), 2)
acTypValAr.SetValue(New TypedValue(DxfCode.Operator, "or>"), 3)
'' Assign the filter criteria to a SelectionFilter object
Dim acSelFtr As SelectionFilter = New SelectionFilter(acTypValAr)
'' Request for objects to be selected in the drawing area
Dim acSSPrompt As PromptSelectionResult
acSSPrompt = acDocEd.SelectAll(acSelFtr)
'' If the prompt status is OK, objects were selected
If acSSPrompt.Status = PromptStatus.OK Then
Dim acSSet As SelectionSet = acSSPrompt.Value
Dim acObjIDs As ObjectId() = acSSet.GetObjectIds
For Each acObjID As ObjectId In acObjIDs
If acObjID.ObjectClass.Name = "AcDbText" Then
Dim acText As DBText = CType(tr.GetObject(acObjID, OpenMode.ForRead), DBText)
Dim colPnts As New Point3dCollection
pl.IntersectWith(CType(acText, Entity), Intersect.OnBothOperands, colPnts, 0, 0)
If colPnts.Count > 0 Then
End If
Dim acMText As MText = CType(tr.GetObject(acObjID, OpenMode.ForRead), MText)
Dim colPnts As New Point3dCollection
pl.IntersectWith(CType(acMText, Entity), Intersect.OnBothOperands, colPnts, 0, 0)
If colPnts.Count > 0 Then
End If
End If
End If
End Using
Catch ex As Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime.Exception
acDocEd.WriteMessage(vbLf & "{0}", ex.Message)
End Try
End Sub
End Class
Example 1:
>> Then attempt to check intersects with the MTEXT object right next to it. It want find any, although it should.
If I run your DPL-Code (with AutoCAD 2010 currently) I get a polyline as one result and I get the AttributeReference "1" filled with "XXXXXXXXXX"
So isn't that working as it should be?
Example 2:
I see 4 intersections and also 4 points if intersections listed
Example 3:
I see also 4 intersections and also 4 points listed
I think the next question is: what AutoCAD release (and may be what vertical product) are you using that does not return the same results at your system?
And just one shortening to your code
Dim acTypValAr() As TypedValue = {New TypedValue(DxfCode.Start, "TEXT,MTEXT")}
to be used for filtering a selectionset to TEXT or MTEXT objects.
- alfred -
Thanks Alfred,
Question, will this work using your shortening example
Dim acTypValAr() As TypedValue = {New TypedValue(DxfCode.Start, "TEXT,MTEXT"), New TypedValue(DxfCode.LayerName, "GEN_TEXT_RU,CPC_TEXT")}
to replace the following
Dim acTypValAr(9) As TypedValue
acTypValAr.SetValue(New TypedValue(DxfCode.Operator, "<and"), 0)
acTypValAr.SetValue(New TypedValue(DxfCode.Operator, "<or"), 1)
acTypValAr.SetValue(New TypedValue(DxfCode.Start, "TEXT"), 2)
acTypValAr.SetValue(New TypedValue(DxfCode.Start, "MTEXT"), 3)
acTypValAr.SetValue(New TypedValue(DxfCode.Operator, "or>"), 4)
acTypValAr.SetValue(New TypedValue(DxfCode.Operator, "<or"), 5)
acTypValAr.SetValue(New TypedValue(DxfCode.LayerName, "GEN_TEXT_RU"), 6)
acTypValAr.SetValue(New TypedValue(DxfCode.LayerName, "CPC_TEXT"), 7)
acTypValAr.SetValue(New TypedValue(DxfCode.Operator, "or>"), 8)
acTypValAr.SetValue(New TypedValue(DxfCode.Operator, "and>"), 9)
>> will this work using your shortening example
Yes, but I think you would have tried/verified it faster than asked here
- alfred -
Back on track,
I am using AutoCAD Mechanical 2010
Command "DPL" does the following,
gets blockreference from user,
changes attRef1 text to "XXXXXXXXXX" ( this will assist in extending the geometricextents)
draws a polyline inside the geometric extents of the blockreference
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What does the University define as 'Extenuating Circumstances'
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Extenuating circumstances are formally defined as "circumstances beyond the student's control which cause the student to perform less well in his or her coursework or examinations than he or she might otherwise have been expected to do (on the basis of other work). In general, extenuating circumstances will be of a medical or personal nature affecting the student for any significant period of time and/or during the examination period."
It is important to realise that only the most serious extenuating circumstances will have any significant impact on your overall performance, particularly when degree classifications are being considered as these are based on at least 2 years' work. Therefore the Board of Examiners is unlikely to take any action unless it believes that the extenuating circumstances have had a material effect. A Board of Examiners can only make judgements about the impact of extenuating circumstances in light of evidence of your academic ability demonstrated in non-affected work. Boards cannot make judgements about your potential to have gained a higher mark if there is no evidence in the rest of your performance to support this. Furthermore, unless it appears that the extenuating circumstances have had a material affect on your results, the Board of Examiners is unlikely to take any action. You should therefore consider this carefully before submitting a form. (See also section H for details on how the Board judges extenuating circumstances claims).
For claims of extenuating circumstances relating to your inability to submit coursework by the deadline and to request for your marks to instated, you should read the Guidelines on Late Submission of Coursework and complete the Late Submission of Coursework form.
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It is your responsibility to inform the Board of Examiners about extenuating circumstances. You can do this by completing an Extenuating Circumstances Form which will be considered by an Extenuating Circumstances Committee who will then make recommendations to the Board of Examiners regarding the effect your circumstances have had on your performance (including non-submission of work or absence from an exam).
Although you may have previously discussed your difficulties with staff in your department, this does not in itself constitute the submission of extenuating circumstances. You must formally submit an Extenuating Circumstances Form for the Board of Examiners to consider; informal notification will not be considered by the Board. You need to complete an Extenuating Circumstances Form which must be returned to either the Registry (Colchester Campus), the Student Administration Office (Southend Campus) or the Academic Administrator (Loughton Campus) by the published deadline. We cannot guarantee that forms submitted after this date will be referred to the Extenuating Circumstances Committee or sent directly to a Board of Examiners.
It is essential to inform the Board of any extenuating circumstances before it meets because you cannot subsequently appeal against any decision of the Board of Examiners on the grounds of extenuating circumstances if you could reasonably have been expected to inform the Board in advance. It is also your responsibility to explain fully the impact of extenuating circumstances on your work. If you do not sufficiently explain their impact then you cannot subsequently appeal and ask the Board to consider additional information.
Extenuating circumstances will be considered by a small designated group within each department; the Extenuating Circumstances Committee. The Extenuating Circumstances Committee will consider extenuating circumstances relating to examination performance, examination absence, coursework performance, late submission of work which constitutes 100% of the assessment for the module and has the status of an examination such as a project or dissertation), (if the departmental Late Submissions Committee was unable to consider the claim), the non-submission of coursework, and other extenuating circumstances affecting the academic year. These Committees meet shortly before the Board of Examiners meets, and recommend action to be taken by the Board of Examiners in light of students' extenuating circumstances.
You should include on the form details of specific coursework or exams affected by your extenuating circumstances. Make sure you explain the impact these circumstances had on your performance. It is not the role of the Board of Examiners to try to work this out or to seek further information on your behalf. Make your submission clear and concise. Remember that Extenuating Circumstances Committees and Boards of Examiners are trying to determine whether the circumstances are likely to have significantly affected your academic performance.
E1 Extenuating circumstances of a non medical nature You should if possible submit appropriate third party evidence to support your claim. We realise that it in some cases it may be difficult to do this, and then Boards may accept claims which are not accompanied by documentary evidence. However, lack of third party evidence may weaken your claim. It is your responsibility to get this evidence as the University will not seek it on your behalf. In some cases, Boards of Examiners may request third party evidence in order to qualify a decision they have made based on your extenuating circumstances.
E2 Extenuating circumstances of a medical nature You should supply evidence from your doctor (GP) or hospital. The evidence must cover the period which you are claiming was affected by your medical condition. You should take the medical evidence proforma, which is attached to the back of the extenuating circumstances form, to your GP. If evidence from a GP or hospital is not available, the Board of Examiners may consider evidence from other practitioners who have treated you. The University has an agreement with the Health Centre on the Colchester campus that their staff will use the medical evidence proforma. However, please note that other Health Centres and GPs may operate differently and may charge for supplying evidence.
In some cases the Board of Examiners may request that you supply further information.
i) Examinations and Invigilated Tests If you miss an examination or an invigilated test due to illness, or you are claiming to have been affected by medical problems during your examination or test, you must seek medical attention on the day, and you must submit documentary evidence. The evidence must relate specifically to the time of the illness and must make it clear that you were medically unfit to take the exam/test. Evidence stating that you retrospectively reported your illness will not be regarded by the Board of Examiners as satisfactory.
ii) Coursework
Minor illnesses affecting coursework If you are claiming a minor illness has affected your coursework work (including non-submission) then please note that the Health Centre on the Colchester campus, and indeed most doctors, will not issue medical certificates either for short-term or minor illnesses. Neither will they issue medical certificates when you were not treated at the time and you report your illness to a doctor retrospectively. Boards of Examiners may accept other evidence submitted by you to self-certify your illness (such as a duplicate copy of the notification of absence form which you should have submitted at the time of your absence). Please note that accepting a claim without third party evidence does not mean that the Board of Examiners will take any action. In many cases Boards of Examiners may judge that a short-term or minor illness has not had a significant effect on your overall performance.
Serious or long-term illnesses affecting coursework
If you have been receiving treatment for a serious or long-term medical condition which you believe has seriously affected your work over a prolonged period, you must submit appropriate evidence. You should be able to obtain evidence from your Health Centre, or you could resubmit a copy of any documentary evidence which you have already submitted.
Remember, you will need to provide 2 copies of any documentation you submit and the University reserves the right to check on the validy of the document(s) you submit by contacting the third party directly.
It is not possible to list every circumstance that the Board of Examiners would not accept or take into account. However some of the more obvious examples are listed below:
A Board of Examiners is the formal body which considers the marks for each student. It approves the marks, decides whether students can proceed to the next year, and decides on the degree classifications for final year students. It comprises a small number of academic staff from the relevant department(s) for the courses under consideration and is normally chaired by a Dean. In the second and subsequent years External Examiners would normally also attend. Not all members of academic staff are members of the Board of Examiners.
The Board of Examiners consider all candidates anonymously, by examination candidate number and great care is taken over the confidentiality of information supplied by students.
Boards of Examiners try to determine whether, and to what extent, extenuating circumstances have affected your academic performance, and determine what action, if any, can be taken. In assessing the significance of extenuating circumstances, Boards will normally take into account:
Boards cannot estimate potential. For example, if you have performed at 2.2 level in your other exams, and then miss an exam in which you believe that you could have got a 2.1 because you had prepared well, you cannot expect a Board of Examiners to share your view. Boards cannot impute marks, that is, add marks or estimate what your mark might have been.
The Board of Examiners will try to ensure a fair result based on your overall performance. It could take a number of actions including:-
amending the assessment of a module by changing the weighting of particular units that contribute to the overall course assessment;
discounting particular modules, or pieces of work from the assessment of the year or the programme of study;
allowing a reassessment attempt to be treated as a first sit, often for uncapped marks where capping applies;
instating a formative mark for a late piece of work;
Wherever possible a Board will try to make a decision about what, if any, action can be taken in the second year in the case of problems affecting second year students. However sometimes it may not be possible for the Board to determine what action would be reasonable, and it may therefore carry forward the extenuating circumstances for consideration by the final year Board when the examiners will have at least two years' worth of marks to review.
In the case of severe extenuating circumstances affecting the final months of a final year student's studies there is provision for a Board to consider the award of an aegrotat degree (under the terms of regulation 6.17).
Boards of Examiners will not:
permit a student who presents extenuating circumstances to proceed to the next year of study if he or she has not met the necessary requirements, unless the examiners are satisfied that it is appropriate to do so on academic grounds;
add extra marks because a student's work has been affected by extenuating circumstances;
amend marks from previous years of study ;
award a higher class of degree if the examiners are not satisfied that this is a fair result based on the student's demonstrated academic performance;
annotate statement of results/transcripts with comments about the existence of extenuating circumstances.
You should note that submitting a false claim or false documentation is a serious matter and would be regarded as an attempt to gain unfair advantage. This would be an academic offence and would be dealt with under the Academic Offences Procedures. The University reserves the right to check on the validity of the document (s) you submit by contacting the third party directly.
By submitting an extenuating circumstances form you are agreeing to the University holding this personal data for the purposes of processing your claim. The University will hold this data in accordance with its notification under the 1998 Data Protection Act.
If you are providing information about your disability on your extenuating circumstances form, please note that this does not count as disclosure to the University as these forms are intended for use only by the Board of Examiners. We strongly urge you to disclose any persistent medical condition, specific learning difficulty or disability to Student Support.
1) The University is committed to a fair and confidential process for handling extenuating circumstances and recognises that this process may involve the disclosure and handling of sensitive personal information.
2) The University is committed to full compliance with its obligations related to professional suitability in order to uphold the highest standards of conduct among its students both during and beyond their period as a student at the University.
3) All University students are required to comply with the University's Disciplinary Regulations and other regulations of the University regarding conduct. Students enrolled on schemes where a practical professional placement is required have additional responsibilities placed upon them regarding their professional suitability. Failure to meet these responsibilities can lead to the Breach of Professional Conduct, Fitness to Practise and Termination of Training Procedure being invoked. You will have been informed when you registered as a student if your degree scheme is subject to this Procedure
4) Breaches of professional standards by students may involve a range of actions or omissions but may include:
actions that are harmful to service users, other members of the public or service provides;
actions that are likely to constitute an unacceptable risk to students or others;
failure to disclose information about previous matters relating to professional suitability prior to enrolment on the scheme;
contravention of the relevant professional code of conduct;
actions that are prejudicial to the development or standing of professional practice.
In addition, for students studying law, the University has an obligation to report relevant information related to professional suitability to the Law Society.
5) Any information that is provided on any extenuating circumstances form that raises issues of professional suitability, whether it has been disclosed by you and about you or by another student on another form but relates to you will be disclosed as necessary to the relevant internal or external authorities. Information will only ever be disclosed on a need to know basis to ensure the University is able to comply with its obligations related to professional suitability. These authorities may include the Professional Practice and Conduct Committee, your employer if your registration as a student relates to Continuing Professional Development or any relevant Professional or Regulatory Body.
If after having read these notes you feel you need more help in putting forward your extenuating circumstances, you should contact the Students' Union Advice Centre or the Registry.
If you require feedback on the way in which the Board of Examiners has handled your extenuating circumstances claim, you can contact Registry after the results have been released. However, please be aware that the exam board period is a particular busy time of year so there may be a delay in your receiving feedback.
Remember, you must submit 2 copies of your form and your documentation. Don't leave it until the day of the deadline to get your form copied, or you might encounter delays or other difficulties. The form should be either posted to: Registry (Room 6.116), University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex, CO4 3SQ or emailed to the Registry email account email@example.com or hand delivered to the Registry - opening hours are updated daily on the Registry homepage.
The deadline for submitting forms to Registry (6.116) for the following departments' January exams is: 4pm on Monday 19 January 2015.
Computer Science & Electronic Engineering - Stage 1 January Exams
Psychology - Stage 3 January Exams
The deadline for submitting the general Extenuating Circumstances Form to the Registry (6.116) is 4pm on Monday 8 June 2015
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International Academy Certificate of HE students, International Diploma students, International Foundation Programme/Year 0 and January-start students - Extenuating Circumstances deadline is: tbc
Extenuating circumstances should be submitted to your academic department. You should confirm the submission deadline with your academic department in advance.
The deadline for submitting the general Extenuating Circumstances Form to the Academic Administrator is as follows for the different year groups:-
Students on the Certificate of Higher Education in Theatre Arts: tbc
First and Second Year Students: tbc
Final Year (Third Year) Students: tbc
The deadline for submitting the general Extenuating Circumstances Form on the Colchester campus is tbc.
Extenuating Circumstances forms should be submitted to the International Academy -deadline tbc
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What is Crowley's Ridge?
Crowley's Ridge is the most distinctive feature of the landscape of southeast Missouri and northeast Arkansas.
This unique ride is essentially an upland in the middle of an ocean of land. It is all that remains of once vast uplands that were as high as the Ozarks to the West. During the last glacial period there were enormous meltwaters that scoured this region. Crowley's Ridge, for a variety of reasons, survived this massive erosion, and remains today as testimony that something major happened here.
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text: Tutorial | February 2011Interventions Targeting Attention in Young Children With Autism Elena Patten and Linda R. Watson Author Affiliations & Notes Linda R. Watson The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Contact author: Elena Patten, who is now at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 313 Ferguson Building, Greensboro, NC 27402-6170. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com.© 2011 American Speech-Language-Hearing AssociationAmerican Speech-Language-Hearing Association Article Information Special Populations / Autism Spectrum / Attention, Memory & Executive Functions / Tutorial Tutorial | February 2011 Interventions Targeting Attention in Young Children With Autism American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, February 2011, Vol. 20, 60-69. doi:10.1044/1058-0360(2010/09-0081) History: Received August 31, 2009 , Revised February 1, 2010 , Accepted August 10, 2010 American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, February 2011, Vol. 20, 60-69. doi:10.1044/1058-0360(2010/09-0081) History: Received August 31, 2009; Revised February 1, 2010; Accepted August 10, 2010 Web of Science® Times Cited: 8 View Article Figures Tables PDF Supplemental Data Supplements Multimedia Share Email Twitter Facebook Google Plus Pinterest Tools Get Citation Citation Elena Patten, Linda R. Watson; Interventions Targeting Attention in Young Children With Autism. Am J Speech Lang Pathol 2011;20(1):60-69. doi: 10.1044/1058-0360(2010/09-0081). Download citation file: RIS (Zotero) EndNote BibTex Medlars ProCite RefWorks Reference Manager © 2015 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association × Alerts User Alerts You are adding an alert for: Interventions Targeting Attention in Young Children With Autism You will receive an email whenever this article is corrected, updated, or cited in the literature. You can manage this and all other alerts in My Account The alert will be sent to: Confirm × Sign In or Create a free account to receive alerts. × Purpose: The ability to focus and sustain one's attention is critical for learning. Children with autism demonstrate unusual characteristics of attention from infancy. It is reasonable to assume that early anomalies in attention influence a child's developmental trajectories. Therapeutic interventions for autism often focus on core features of autism such as communication and socialization, while very few interventions specifically address attention. The purpose of this article is to provide clinicians a description of attention characteristics in children with autism and discuss interventions thought to improve attention.Method: Characteristics of attention in children with autism are presented. Intervention studies featuring measures of attention as an outcome variable for young children with autism are reviewed to present interventions that have empirical evidence for improvements in attention. Results are synthesized by strategy, specific feature of attention targeted, and results for both habilitative goals and accommodations for attention.Conclusion: Although research is not extensive, several strategies to support attention in young children with autism have been investigated. The empirical findings regarding these strategies can inform evidence-based practice. Subscribe to view more For full access to this article, log in to an existing user account, purchase an annual subscription, or purchase a short-term subscription. Order a Subscription Subscribe Pay Per View Entire American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology content & archive 24-hour access $30.00 Buy Now This Article 24-hour access $15.00 Buy Now Become a Visiting Scholar Sign In or Create an Account Have an existing asha account? Want to create one? Sign In or Create an Account Related Articles Lexical Effects on Children's Speech Processing: Individual Differences Reflected in the Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ) Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, January 2015, Vol. , No Pagination Specified. doi:10.1044/2015_JSLHR-L-14-0061 Children With Autism More Sedentary Than Peers The ASHA Leader, December 2014, Vol. 19, online only. doi:10.1044/leader.RIB4.19122014.np Grammatical Aspect Is A Strength in the Language Comprehension of Young Children with Autism Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, November 2014, Vol. , No Pagination Specified. doi:10.1044/2014_JSLHR-L-13-0257 Kids With Sensory Processing Disorder and Autism Show Different Brain 'Wiring' The ASHA Leader, October 2014, Vol. 19, online only. doi:10.1044/leader.RIB5.19102014.np Child's Autism Risk Accelerates With Mother's Age The ASHA Leader, August 2014, Vol. 19, 18. doi:10.1044/leader.RIB1.19082014.18 Related Topics Special Populations Autism Spectrum Attention, Memory & Executive Functions


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Todd Babbitz has been named chief transformation officer to oversee CPS' newly created Office of Strategy Management. He comes with extensive experience in corporate strategic planning and marketing, Previous employers include McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm, and the Chicago-based law firm of McDermott Will & Emery, where he focused on antitrust law.
Markey Winston is CPS' new chief officer for the Office of Special Education and Supports. Winston is the former director of student services in Cincinnati Public Schools. Before that, she was a school psychologist and a mental health consultant in Cincinnati. She has also served as an adjunct professor at the University of Dayton, the University of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky University.
Luis Soria, a former principal at Mitchell Elementary, has been appointed chief of schools for the Midway Network. He is a National Board certified teacher who served as an advocate for teachers seeking National Board certification.
Jennifer Vidis, deputy chief of Alternative Schools and Pathways, has been named chief of the Alternative School Network. She also served as acting chief area officer for Area 30.
Nathan Pietrini, the assistant principal of Ogden Elementary, is now principal of Hawthorne Elementary.
Zipporah Hightower has been named managing director of programs for the Chicago team at New Leaders. Hightower is a former principal of Kellogg Elementary and of Bethune Elementary, an Academy for Urban School Leadership turnaround school. Allison Wagner, managing director of New Leaders, is leaving the organization in August. Wagner recently moved to Milwaukee to live closer to her family. She will become director of growth for Schools that Can in Milwaukee and will help bring national charter organizations to the city and develop teachers and school leaders for those organizations.
Richard Jones has been named senior vice president of community investment at United Way of Metropolitan Chicago. He will be responsible for the leadership, planning, execution and measurement of the organization's strategic investment in the community under LIVE UNITED 2020. Jones was administrator of employment and family Services at the Child Support Enforcement Agency for Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Before that, he was president and CEO for Metropolitan Family Services for 13 years.
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This is slavery of the modern day!
In regards to modern slavery, I am speaking on behalf of the dictatorship and authoritarian environmental work climate within CPS. Teacher's opinions and suggestions are of no value, if keeping a job is the priority for that teacher, from my perspective.
The work conditions & work relationships related to CPS teachers, in my opinion, negatively impact the day-to-day operations of classrooms and do not function in a healthy way.
When you are micromanaged, you are basically a slave to the management. Any time a teacher is faced with more demands than one person could realistically handle and compounded with stressful situations, then ask yourself, how could the teacher feel comfortable enough to relax within a position and genuinely teach? The enjoyment of teaching has become checklist of tasks to simply get done! The natural way of allowing teachers to put themselves into the lesson and genuinely express a concept has been replaced with scripted information that anyone off the street could follow. Thus, the teacher is a slave to the system and the way in which the system functions.
When you have to defend your teaching certification and walk on eggshells to avoid the E3 process, then you are in prison and a slave.
Who could focus on getting through a lesson, when the thought of loosing their job at any given moment is a constant reminder by administration? The focus for teachers has shifted to survival mode from genuinely teaching mode. From my perspective, many teachers are simply trying to survive one day at a time and try really hard to detach themselves from their work, the students, and of course the constant reminders of political injustice that plagues CPS.
For this longer school day, teachers will continue to teach (babysit) these students, who are often unmotivated and have the attention span of less then a minute, which metaphorically resembles the relationship the slaves had when caring for their masters' children as oppose to spending that time with their own children. Teachers will now spend more time with these kids (not their own kids) then the kids own parents will, especially if the kids go to after school programs and or play sports. By the time the kid gets home, it's time for bed (hopefully for some). What happened to family time? Is the message CPS is sending, highlighting the subliminal notion that academics and money are of more importance than family and individual time?
In my opinion, the grass IS greener elsewhere when compared with Chicago Public Schools.
Who wants to play mind games with a broken system, that functions as a business?
I am not going to tell CPS how to run their business. They do a good job at running the business and making sure that they appoint the right people politically. CPS could care less about what teachers or the union thinks simply because in numerous ways they have proved that they are not a system that has teachers or students best interest in mind when making decisions.
So the grass is greener for me.
I have become a licensed Professional Counselor and am 2 years away from having private practice. Thus, I am all about advocating for change and developing healthy relationships and living experiences.
Wake up and see the invisible chains and handcuffs. The invisible handcuffs are laced with such "important" lingo as "rigor", and "common core", to keep teachers focused on confusion and not see how they are enslaved.
This is similar to indentured servitude, metaphorically and realistically.
Truthfully, I bet people are working in a CPS school for their livelihood and trying to hold on to what they have during this depression/recession, NOT for the enjoyment of educating! If better were out there and available, would people really settle for the chaos CPS dispenses/offers?
The big picture that indicates teaching for CPS is slavery is the fact that the mayor wouldn't even put his child/children in a CPS school. His children are too good/too privileged for the education that he oversees.
as for the former principal at Mitchell Elementary, Mr. Soria's
Mitchell has 250 student--just 250. Mr. Soria moves up, only after 3 months as a 'deputy' , now to the largest network with the largest overcrowded schools and and school student, bilingual and special education populations. He is not prepared. CPS likes it that way.
Are you serious?
A teacher comparing him or herself to an actual slave is sad. It shows an astounding lack of appreciation and knowledge for how brutal the institution of slavery was and how infinitely worse slavery was than having a bad job. Yes, you may have a bad principal and CPS is an awful bureaucracy, but no one is stopping you from walking out the door on any given day. To think that a teacher would make this adolescent type comparison is a discredit to the profession.
Re: new specialized services officer
It should be noted that CPS did involve several outside entities in its search process that led to the hiring of Ms. Winston, we at Access Living thought that was overall a good development. Although the following comment is critical it is not critical of Ms. Winston or of the skill sets she brings with her to CPS.
In the FY 2011 budget the Chief Officer for specialized services was paid a base salary of $151,131, in FY12 that salary level went to $175,000 an increase of $23,869 or 15.8%. Based on the proposed FY 14 budget CPS will be starting the new Chief officer of this divison at $175,000. Given the over all situation CPS is in we hope the plan is not to increase the salary of this position in FY14 by another 15.8%.
Rod Estvan
correction to salary comment
The Sun Times indicates that the new salary level for the Special ed Chief position will be $170,000 which is only 12.5% higher than that position paid in FY11.
Rod Estvan
What the hell is that, you ask? I'm not sure.
In all my years working in and around public school districts, I've never heard of a Chief Transformation Officer. But according to CPS' announcement, Todd will "oversee the newly created Office of Strategy Management (OSM)."
What the hell is the OSM, you ask? Again, not sure. I've never heard of an OSM. But according to CPS' announcement, it has something to do with, "implementing the rigorous Common Core Standards and improving accountability systems at all levels."
What makes Todd qualified to implement rigorous Common Core Standards, you ask? Well that one's easy. Like Arne Duncan, Todd's mother was a teacher. But that's not all. Todd also worked for McKinsey & Company. He was also the Chief Marketing Officer, Benefits Outsourcing for Hewitt Associates and previously served as a partner at the Chicago-based law firm of McDermott Will & Emery, focusing on antitrust law.
A perfect choice for the CTO of the OSM at CPS. Wouldn't you agree?
My only advice to Todd -- be careful. The last major appointee at CPS was the new Chief Education Officer, Barbara Byrd-Bennett, and she has disappeared completely from view. Maybe she's hiding behind those file cabinets.
Luis Soria
You clearly don't know Mr. Soria. Otherwise, you'd be grateful to learn that he's a new Chief of Schools.
sorry, not grateful--sad actually
did he hire you?
Grateful for Soria
No, he didn't hire me. He came to my school, actually met and spoke with my teachers, discussed instruction beyond surface topics and provided explicit support that I can actually use regarding Common Core. Compared to our previous leaders, Dr. Ortega - a bully and Dr. Azcoitia -part time, he has already demonstrated that he's not the typical COS. Oh, and he's humorous, he had my teachers laughing out loud.
Truth be told, I'm grateful. Don't lose sleep or be sad over this one.
You do not knwo what you do not know
Humor is fine, trreating leaders with disrespect is another.
Luis Soria
Luis has a passion for education and strives to empower teachers, and build capacity for all interested in becoming leaders. He is strong, knowledgeable, genuine, and .. humorous too.. outstanding leader.


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As Andy Barker an accountant-turned-detective Andy Richter fights crime while outfitted in short-sleeve dress shirts, his briefcase full of Dilbert cartoons, his baby-sunshine face set in a determined grin. If that were the only gag, the show would still be fairly funny. (Conan O'Brien's old sidekick won boundless comedic goodwill with Fox's short-lived Andy Richter Controls the Universe enough even to see him through Fox's short-lived Quintuplets.) But the NBC comedy has more to offer than squareguy jokes. Andy Barker, P.I. has the aesthetics of a great old '70s detective show all wood paneling and wakaja-wakaja. And the comedy, co-created by O'Brien, pays tribute to the Zuckers' Police Squad! series: There's a scene in which Andy's face is suddenly engulfed by an attacking chicken you can almost see Leslie Nielsen's sport coat flapping behind the feathers.
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Andy Barker isn't as complete a comedy as Andy Richter Controls the Universe the first three episodes feel like a series of very funny bits that have been welded together. But so did 30 Rock when it first started, and that's now the best comedy on TV. Let's hope NBC gives Barker time to find its groove. Although when an entire episode is based around a ''murderous chicken cartel,'' there's not too much room for improvement.


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