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This week's archive photo is Trisha Brown in her Pamplona Stones (1974), photo by Johan Elbers. Trisha Brown is stepping down as leader of her company due to health issues, but the company plans a three-year farewell tour (similar to the Cunningham company's Legacy Tour) and Brown's works will continue to be licensed. This weekend at BAM the company is performing her last two pieces as well as the 1966 Homemade, danced by Vicky Shick. Tomorrow at 5:00 there will an Iconic Artist Talk on Trisha Brown with presenters Stephen Petronio, John Rockwell, and Dance Magazine's Editor in Chief Wendy Perron. Info here.
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They might risk it if they can somehow get away with it and if risking it would increase their profits. In the end, Verizon just wants to make profits so if listening in on HTTPS traffic provides additional revenue, they will certainly look at the risks involved.
If they risk compromising their root CA then they could just make use of a different root CA by someone else. Or they will limit it to specific areas, countries or perhaps even their free WiFi, if they offer that somewhere.
Revoking a root CA isn't something Google or Mozilla will do that easily, since Verizon is big and powerful. The legal consequences might result in just a warning from Google and Mozilla and Verizon will reverse their changes.
Providers in other countries might even have it easier. The Iranian or Chinese government could force all computer users to install a government-issued certificate that they can use to listen in on all traffic. The providers would then route all traffic through this system and the people might complain, but can't do much about it. That's the power of a monopoly.
He meant the other Brian... :)
As a CA, Verizon can create it's own certificate and use it to sign a specific domain like Google or TechDirt. The certificate would appear to be legitimate for the browser since it is signed by an official CA and mentions the right domain. The fact that Verizon created it on the fly doesn't really matter since it will look quite official. (Including any details found in the original public certificate!)
To check it, you would need to check the certification path, which would differ from the original certificate. Without access to the original certificate to compare, you can't know if you have the real certificate or a proxy version created by your provider.
But if your browser or App has the original certificate included in the executable, it should be able to validate the certificate with whatever the site provides.
Which only works as long as your browser or app gets updated when the certificate changes...
Actually, some ISP have more or less made this happen already, but mostly to provide a better user experience for mobile phones. They would intercept all HTTP and HTTPS traffic and they would cache all large images on those sites to replace them with smaller versions for customers using their mobile phone to browse. This would reduce the amount of traffic but with HTTPS, they would have to become an in-between proxy and sign the traffic between proxy and user with their own certificate.
ISPs have played with this option, noticed it "broke" the Internet and stopped doing it again. Nowadays, this is still possible as a special proxy so your mobile bandwidth is reduced.
Since your provider is a trusted CA they could easily create their own certificates to use for this proxy and thus still capture all HTTPS traffic. Law Enforcement actually has the same option! And to protect yourself against it, you will have to check each certificate carefully before continuing browsing the specific webpage. That is, if you're really paranoid.
There are additional securities, though. The Chrome browser knows the public certificates for Google and other popular sites so it can validate against those. And it should be possible to have browser extensions that can do the same checks for you. It is also a good reminder for App builders to include their public key inside the app so they don't need to ask for it from the web service. There are plenty of ways to detect these attacks and if Verizon would do something like this, like here on TechDirt.
It is more secure than regular HTTP. But still, every security measure can fail and has weaknesses that can be exploited by parties willing to do so. With more and more sites moving towards HTTPS, it becomes more interesting to e.g. hack those certificates and recalculate the private key for all those public keys that are out there. It requires a lot of processing powers but it is not impossible. It is why we continuously have to find new and better encryption methods, simply because the old ones become too weak at some point in time.
Verizon does not need the private key since they can use their own private key to encrypt everything again. The only way that you'll notice this is when you check that public key that you've received. To prevent this, you would have to disable any Verizon certificate that's on your own system so the browser will warn you. Basically, Verizon would use a proxy server and as administrator they can tell you that the proxy certificate is the valid one.
You try to connect to a HTTPS site through the proxy. The proxy detects this and Connects to the HTTPS server by itself, thus receiving the public key that it needs for the communication between proxy and site. And Verizon would use its own certificate to sign the connection between user and proxy. And as a result, your browser will think it has a valid public key, which is true. The Verizon certificate is probably already in your store. But if you check the certificate, you'll see it's the wrong one!
There is a solution, though, which I think is done by Google. In Chrome a few public keys are stored in the browser executable instead of retrieved over the Internet. Thus, the Chrome browser will know if it is talking to the true Google server or not over a secure connection. If the certificate it receives differs from the one it already stored, alarmbells will go off.
And then the user clicks them away because users are generally not that smart...
Sure, HTTPS is better but it requires certificates to be linked to your domain. As a result, hosting multiple domains becomes more troublesome since every domain needs its own certificate. It becomes even more troublesome when you also need SSL for your subdomains.
It adds a lot of maintenance for the webmaster who hosts multiple domains. You need to renew the certificates and you need to know what SSL is and how to use it. And how to debug any SSL-related problems. It is generally a huge pain in the donkey. (Well, other word for donkey, that is.) And you have to consider if it really makes customers happy.
Client-side, same problem. When you create an app for the iPad and/or Android then using SSL requires a little more coding action. A little more knowledge that most seem to be missing.
The biggest problem is that the lack of knowledge about HTTPS and SSL will increase the vulnerability of specific systems, not decrease them. Certificates get lost or fall into the wrong hands. And it still doesn't protect you that well against a man-in-the-middle attack. Verizon could easily just intercept the HTTPS traffic, decrypt it and re-encrypt it with their own SSL certificate you your browser would not know about the "attack". Actually, they can encrypt it and just send a copy of the unencrypted data to the user, so they will analyze the content that the user was looking for. It makes tracking a bit harder but they still know whatever person at address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx finds interesting.
So, I think HTTPS just gives a fake sense of security. And Verizon including their own headers in the HTTP traffic should be a criminal offense. They're violating Net Neutrality.
I'm not taking it seriously. :-) But my head gets confused by all the styling issues in the code, so it doesn't compile in my head.
Besides, it would not be a big problem to make the other strings to link to some page, thus making them the same style. :-)
They fixed it. :-)
Semicolons are optional in Python. Either your style is to always use them or never use them, not some mix-and-match. :-)
The preferred style is to not use them.
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You're missing some semi-colons so it doesn't compute. Sorry. :-)
Anyone can make such requests. And it's up to the hoster to decide if the content needs to be removed or not. Most hosters have restrictions in their policies that would ban certain content and would remove it anyways, no matter who reported it.
Leaseweb, a company named in the article has these : General conditions (PDF). Article 12 is about the reasons for suspension of the site/account. And 12.1a is the rule that tells you why Leaseweb will immediately obey once they receive a request. They just blindly obey. They also have an "Acceptable Use Policy" and they might define a Jihad site to be unacceptable.
More hosting companies have similar rules. My own host also has strict rules about the content I host. Even more strict than leaseweb since my host explicitly tells me what content is not allowed. (Basically anything hateful or racist is banned.)
These are not the cops making those requests. The Dutch article mentions "opsporingsinstanties" which Google translates to law enforcement. It doesn't completely cover the meaning, though. There are other government agencies in the Netherlands that have their own inspectors that could do similar things. Our tax office, for example, has similar powers.
For the Internet we have the "Nationaal Coördinator Terrorismebestrijding en Veiligheid" a.k.a. NCTV (National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security) who are not police officers. They're just government employees who seek out possible threats against the Netherlands or our allies.
The NCTV is just warning companies that their sites have some content that they might not want to support and thus take down. Those companies should then check out the content before deleting it from their servers but unfortunately most of them don't want to spend time to check it out and delete it immediately.
But basically, the hosting companies themselves are supposed to check if the complaint is justified or not. The NCTV just notifies them that the content might be unwelcome.
Since I'm Dutch and also live in the Netherlands, I know that providers aren't forced to remove this content. They are just notified about it ang generally decide for themselves that they don't want to host Jihad messages. Hosting Providers are allowed to block certain content on their servers, especially when they suspect it would attract hackers and other hostiles towards their servers.
Hosters generally have no time to judge the content of sites they host so they rely on external sources to warn them. Basically, these providers have clauses in their policies that don't allow these kinds of sites. (Hate-speech, supporting terrorism.) But the site ownerd then start complaining so the hosters refer to those orders as a valid excuse.
I think the court is correct in this case. Section 230 just doesn't apply because it has nothing to do with the case. MM is just as responsible for these rapes as your average phone directory so they don't even need the protection of section 230. The rapists could have preyed upon their victims with any means they would find. You can't hold a car factory responsible for these rapes simply because the models were kidnapped in a car. Or hold a gun manufacturer responsible because they made the gun used in these crimes. Those can do fine without the protection of section 230.
So why would MM even need that protection? It has no fault in this all.
Actually, the Internet has no borders. The companies might be located in the USA but its customers are all over the World. And the bigger companies are actually located in multiple areas.
It is ridiculous for e.g. Facebook to close discussions about Cannabis between Dutch citizens because drugs happen to be illegal in the USA. Frack that! It is legal in the Netherlands so we have the right to talk about it and it should just stay online!
Which adds the complication of multiple laws deciding what is and what isn't legal to talk about. For the Internet, there should be just one law, and that should NOT be the First Amendment. It should look like it, but has to be much more open to really Free speech.
Problem with the First Amendment is that it should discourage censorship, yet there are many ways that lawmakers and companies manage to get around this.
The freedom of religion, for example, is laughable considering that many non-Christians in the USA seem to have less freedom since some morons explain it as "Freedom in choosing as how to worship the Christian God". It's also complicated when people who worship a Spaghetti-monster as their god have trouble to get a public image of their religion in a public area without being ridiculed. Or how many oats in the USA contain references to the Christian God or other religious references. For example, the oath of citizenship ens with "so help me God" which is such a huge insult for those who don't believe in one. Or who have a different religious view.
But we're talking about free speech, not free religion. I wonder if communists noticed much of this freedom about 50 years ago. Or the Native American People when they start mentioning what happened to their ancestors. Or even the protesters in Ferguson at this moment!
You can even wonder if America really has a free press, considering that many of them seem to support the current government and they tend to stay away from certain sensitive topics, to prevent them from becoming public knowledge.
What's the value of freedom anyways if your choices of expression are still limited? Some people might have some very interesting news stories to tell but no one can hear it because the major newspapers are unwilling to report it. Or worse, they twist around the whole story.
Don't be fooled! Even in the USA you don't have complete freedom of speech. There are certain topics people don't really want to consider. For example, legalizing Gay marriages or certain drugs tends to be so sensitive that certain media will not allow it within their systems. The same with discussions about pornography, legalizing prostitution or even having comments on the US laws. All those things are often frowned upon and often banned from most media, which limits people in their freedom to make a public discussion about those topics.
This freedom is just relative. For a true Freedom of Speech, the Internet would have to allow those topics just as much as generic topics about flower arrangements or cars. The USA still has a few limits on this, not by law but by those people in Power who control what can and cannot be the next news item...
Applying the "First Amendment" on the Internet would be worse. The First Amendment is a law from the United States of America, and although other countries might have similar laws, they might not want to follow US laws.
The name for it is completely wrong and will upset a lot of Americans, enforcing their ideas that the USA is trying to gain more control over the Internet, while they actually want less influence.
Besides, the Internet is asking for new, International laws. It doesn't need old, restricted laws from one specific area of this planet. So, the First Amendment is hereby downvoted as Internet-law.
Sorry if I hurt your feelings, but please keep in mind that the majority of people on this World are NOT Americans...
If they reached the 20th century, they're still a century behind the rest of us. Today, we're living in the 21th century! :-)
Actually, converting from HD to SD just means trimming some of the fat and delivering a smaller product. Converting can be fully automated so that's a couple of cents in the electricity bill but if the SD size is half the HD size, they will save a lot of bandwidth. (And they probably pay per gigabyte...)
So, SD is slightly more expensive to create but a lot cheaper to distribute...
Katzenberg is dumb from a technical perspective in my opinion. I don't think he understands the difference between screen size and resolution. But he does know that bigger screens tend to have bigger resolutions thus he thinks the two are related.
I also assume that devices know the resolution they are using and are thus capable to select the proper resolution based on this while streaming movies. If you have a 4K projector/screen then it will most likely ask for the best resolution streaming, thus the most expensive package. Your phone probably knows it's screen is too small or that it doesn't have enough bandwidth to support movies at bigger resolutions. It would request the smallest resolution and thus has a great performance while displaying the movie over a slow Wifi connection.
Also, if a device knows the screen resolution, the viewer software on the device would also know it. The software can tell the stream which resolution it wants, thus linking screen size through resolution to the price of the movie. You might be able to change this preference, but it would result in a different quality of your movie.
Which for some movies won't make much difference. You could look "Rio Grande" with 'The Duke' on your 4K device but it still won't change the quality of the images, since they have been made with an analog camera in black&white instead of full color.
You're assuming that the player software needs to check the resolution of the device to determine the cost price. Its more likely that they just have to base the price based on the quality that you want for your device. If someone is happy with SD quality, yet is willing to pay a lot for a big 4K screen, fine. Would be a waste of your screen quality but some people will be happy with this. But it's more likely that people with a 4K device will set their preference to 4K quality movies. And people looking on low-quality mobile devices would set their standard preference to the lowest quality to save download bandwidth and storage. (And to improve performance since viewing a 4K movie on my Android phone will be really annoying.)


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Deciding who your competitors are, what they offer and what their niches are will help you to better position your business, experts say. Here are some questions to consider when analyzing your competition.
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"Deciding how much effort you're going to put into this will dictate whether or not you need to hire someone," says Sherry Shafer, director of the Mid-Iowa Small Business Development Center in Urbandale. "If you're actually going to go to a competitor and purchase things, you may need to hire someone." Small Business Development Centers are a good place to start with questions about the process, Shafer says
Who Are My Customers?
"You need to ask, geographically, where are my customers located—six counties? The whole state? An entire region or country?" says Shafer. "And then, how would your customers get the product or service you sell if you weren't in the picture—by mail? Internet?"
How Does My Pricing Compare?
"The mistake many small businesses make is being the lowest cost provider—that's a downward spiral," says Anita Campbell, CEO and editor of Small Business Trends, an online publication based in Cleveland. "You need to know how your competition is pricing, not so you can undercut them, but so you know if you're trying to compare apples with oranges."
As the former owner of an art gallery in Ohio, Campbell says she was surprised to find how competitors priced their products compared to how she priced hers. "I discovered that being the lowest priced was not the key thing," she says. "It was important for me to know there were different levels of pricing, and I had to decide, 'Am I competing at a high level—really expensive art? Or am I going to compete in the $50 to a couple hundred dollars level?' Who was my true competition?"
Is My Competition Offering Better Financing?
"Perhaps your competition has a more palatable way of pricing," Campbell says. They may offer terms that spread out payments, 90 days same as cash, or zero percent financing for a certain period of time. "This is less of a problem with service business, but can be an issue in product-related businesses," she says.
What Vendors and Suppliers Are My Competitors Using?
"If you're using a different supplier than your competition is, are the products different? Is the quality different?" asks Shafer. "Talk to these suppliers, because they can give you a lot of tips."
What Emotional Needs Does My Product or Service Satisfy?
Banker says that rather than focusing solely on the features of your product, you need to push the benefits. "People want something, and they're looking for benefits or to satisfy emotions when they purchase it," she says. "Understand the emotions behind your service or product. For example, when people buy insurance, they aren't buying financial protection—they're buying peace of mind." Consider how your own products and services are being sold to see if hey address this mindset and use the appropriate messaging.
Who Are the "Unhappy" People?
Not only should you be talking with customers who've left your business, but you need to talk to those customers who have been dissatisfied with a competitor and are now coming to you. "Repeat business, referrals, and word-of-mouth are so important," Campbell says. "If you can't afford to advertise so much, then you need to rely on not having to spend a lot on new customer acquisition. When you sell to existing customers, there's less expense."
How Does My Web site Compare?
Is it aesthetically pleasing? When you type relevant keywords into a major search engine, does your Web site pop up? If you don't have a Web site, are your collateral materials—brochures, sales materials—professional and well written?
In the end, doing an analysis of your competition is doing an analysis of your own business, too. "It's as much finding out good news as it is seeing your own weaknesses," Banker says. "You may say, 'I need to do better in some areas, but here's a great opportunity for me.'"


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Of course Nassau and Suffolk counties say they want the Islanders, but are they willing to put their money where their mouths are. We already know after the August 1st vote that public money is not an option for Nassau politicians, unless they don't care about getting reelected. With the financial issues Suffolk county are facing with their over 500 million dollar deficit they can become bankrupt by the middle of 2012, so the use of public money by them isn't likely either. We know as of now Nassau is looking for a private developer to build them a new arena, but if Wang doesn't want to build an arena himself because the zoning cannot financially support it, why would anyone else want to take on the project?
All of these facts during this tough economic time makes Brooklyn look like the last hope for the Islanders staying in New York. We already know Marty Markowitz has talked to Charles Wang trying to convince him to bring the Islanders to Kings County. We also know that Bruce Ratner and Brett Yorkman met with the NHL to talk about the arena. Wang has been to the Barclays Center to see it for himself and is willing to let his team play there for a preseason game. Brooklyn is willing and able to support the Islanders. So if Gary Bettman testimony that the leaugue exhust every viable option before considering reoclation during the Coyotes bankruptcy case was true the Isles should never relocate off the island. However, with each passing day without new news from Nassau, Suffolk, and Queens, Brooklyn looks less like a safety net, and more like the Islanders only option for staying in New York.


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Bruins head coach Claude Julien has experienced overall success in his five seasons here in Boston. From totaling the third most points in franchise history in '08-09, to winning the Stanley Cup in '10-11. But those seasons were all full 82-game schedules where he had the luxury of feeling out his team by trying new things midseason like messing with the power play or increasing the fourth line's ice time. This season there will have to be more of a "win now" mentality than ever before. This year Julien has a new challenge, tackling the first 48-game season in the NHL since '94-95. In case your wondering, Peter Bondra lead the league in goals that year with 34, and oh, video game graphics were sick. Across the league, fans and even ownerships aren't really sure what to expect from their teams out of the gate. This hopefully provides a little bit of insight into the Bruins chances of catching fire early. First 48 games of the season under Claude: BOS '07-08: 24-19-5= 53 PTS ...
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School Board members and district officials spoke about a crisis in capital funding needs before voting to move the resolution forward, going against requests from some in the audience to avoid a special election that could cost taxpayers about $200,000.
The St. Johns County School Board reached consensus in its workshop on Tuesday to pursue a half-cent sales tax increase.
The decision comes after the St. Johns County Commission shot down a proposal on June 16 to let voters decide on a 1-cent sales tax hike. Earlier that evening, commissioners had voted against including the school district in its proposal at a half-cent share.
The Florida School of the Arts bid farewell to 36 graduates pursuing careers in art galleries, on stage or behind the scenes in the entertainment industry.
Many will continue their education at universities before finding their niche in the arts.
The college honored students receiving their associate degrees in the visual and performing arts at the St. Johns River State College Palatka campus.
The award for Outstanding Graduate in Design and Technical Theatre was presented to Tobias Evans.
The St. Johns River State College District Board of Trustees' budget workshop scheduled for 2 p.m. on Wednesday, June 24, has been canceled.
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St. Johns County School District's continued improvement on end-of-course exams is a result of putting the focus on monitoring student progress all year.
That's how Superintendent Joe Joyner explained how the district continues leading the state in the percentage of students receiving passing scores on three out of five end-of-course exams. Students also showed improvement in four of those exams.
"I've run out of superlatives for the work of our teachers and students," he said.
St. Augustine City Manager John Regan and Flagler College President William Abare Jr. heard final recommendations on Wednesday from the Flagler College Town and Gown Task Force.
Subcommittees were formed to make recommendations regarding student behavior, parking and mobility, and landlord responsibility.
Task force members identified transparency of growth as its most contentious issue and decided in January to address it as a unit.
An $8 million expansion project at John A. Crookshank Elementary School is officially underway.
But a little heavy lifting remains to be done before construction can begin on a 22-classroom, two-story addition.
The nine concrete modular classroom units built behind the school in the mid-1980s were made to last — not to move. That's where LaRue House Movers and Sons of Green Cove Springs came in.
Crookshank Principal Paul Goricki said the removal process was the end of an era and a sight to behold.
Carlisle Interconnect Technologies and the Castillo de San Marcos were recognized as the St. Johns County School District's 2014-15 Outstanding Business Partners of the Year.
The Carlisle Interconnect Technologies (IT) Manufacturing Internship Program, in partnership with St. Johns Technical High School — a Title 1 school — focuses on at-risk students.
Carlisle IT's program introduces high school students to various aspects of manufacturing technologies and provides hands-on, industry-relevant experience. The goal is to help students pursue higher wage jobs.
Lily Dove is having the ultimate summer — or at least a scientifically productive one.
The 19-year-old from St. Augustine arrived in Thailand last week to study air pollution.
A Class of 2014 graduate of Allen D. Nease High School, Dove is now a rising sophomore at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she got a full-ride scholarship.
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Graduation day at St. Gerard Campus is typically a balancing act for families cheering on teen mothers while calming their restless, shrieking babies.
If Friday's ceremonies at Destiny International Church were far from normal, that wouldn't necessarily be out of the ordinary.
St. Gerard is a nonprofit, faith-based high school and home for pregnant girls and young mothers. The Class of 2015 was 18-strong.
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Wow, it's been almost two months since I've posted on my own thread! It's been a real whirlwind lately with the MK1 prep (see OregonCoast's thread) and prior to that the Desert 100. As most of you know, we just returned from Baja, after successfully pitting Paul's '72 SL350 against other bikes new and old. The final result was first in class, eighth overall in bikes and the adventure of a lifetime!
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Hard to believe my involvement and eventual participation in this all began not long ago with a good friend (my buddy Don) dropping off my old SL350 and saying it was mine, as long as I promised to ride it in vintage races. One thing led to another, and now I'm at home, still decompressing from Mexico and trying to comprehend and appreciate it all. Wow!
As I write this, what I am struck by is how great it has been the last year or so to meet so many new friends and enjoy these great adventures, that all somehow relate back to our mutual love and appreciation for motorcycles. I am truly blessed and thankful, and glad for all of you who have participated, whether at the track, in the shop or just following along here at ADV.
I have not made plans too far in the future, but I do know we are going to rebuild my old twin for the Chehalis Vintage Nationals (as soon as I figure out where my motor is, I think it's in Spokane with Lady Bug!
) and the wife and I are definitely planning on taking the RV up to Odessa next Spring for D100, but not sure yet what I'm going to ride??
Today I started to clean out the shop, it was looking like a cyclone had blown thru, layers of parts and tools everywhere! After that I repaired the fuel pump on the John Deere so I can begin catching up on mowing, and finished the day servicing and washing the Shadow 750, so the wife and I can take a ride tomorrow. In June we are taking the Shadow over to the Hells Canyon Rally just for a good cruise.
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An Evaluation of Woodside Middle School's Written Discipline Policies and Discipline Review Board
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The problem. The fall of the 1976-77 school year saw a new Woodside. It was no longer a junior high with grades 7-8-9. It was now a middle school with grades 5-6-7-9. Yet with this massive change of philosophy, students, and staff, Woodside was still using the same written discipline policies and Discipline Review Board. Were Woodside's written discipline policies and Discipline Review Board effective in this new setting? Procedure. Questionnaires were presented to 150 students at Woodside representing a composite of all grades and types of students. Parents of 100 students were also asked to complete a questionnaire, as well as 42 teachers. All 64 middle school principals in Iowa were asked to complete a questionnaire which provided information that served as a basis for evaluating Woodside's written discipline policies and Discipline Review Board. Findings. It was found that Woodside was a leader among the States 64 middle schools in discipline practices and procedures. A majority of all students, parents, and teachers at the school felt that Woodside's written discipline policies and Discipline Review Board were effective. Conclusions. It may be concluded that Woodside Middle School is doinq an effective job in dealing with its discipline problems. Recommendations. It is recommended that a committee of students, parents, teachers, and administrators be established to revise and up-date Woodside's written discipline policies, gearing the vocabulary to grades 5-6-7-8. It is also recommended that the Discipline Review Board contain at least one parent and at least one student.
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Ventura builder may lose license
Firm is facing fines, judgment
A Ventura-based builder appears to have fallen on hard times, and its state license is at stake.
R.W. Hertel & Sons Inc. has disabled its Web site and put its building at 5200 Telegraph Road up for sale by the Ventura-based Hagelis Group.
Meanwhile, the California Contractors State License Board could invalidate its license if it doesn't comply with a Los Angeles County Superior Court judgment from a lawsuit filed by Valencia-based Andy's Precision Seal & Stripe Inc.
Andy's sued to collect an outstanding invoice totaling nearly $19,000 for work done on the "Oak Hill project," a development of 87 single-family homes near South Pasadena.
No one from R.W. Hertel appeared in the case, and they have until Aug. 14 before the state takes action against the license, said Andy's lawyer, Albert Quintrall. They can either file for bankruptcy, come up with a payment plan or pay the debt in full, Quintrall said.
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central California District has no record that R.W. Hertel has filed for bankruptcy as of Tuesday.
Three phone calls to R.W. Hertel management placed over two days were not returned.
R.W. Hertel has a long history of accusations concerning defective building.
In 2005, for example, residents complained of water leakage at the Rancho Obispo subdivision in San Luis Obispo County. The complaints sparked an investigation by the licensing board, which ordered R.W. Hertel to repair all improperly installed roofs and windows.
Presently in Stanislaus County, R.W. Hertel is facing a $250,000 fine for storm water damage violations in a subdivision that is home to several endangered species, including the California red-legged frog and San Joaquin kit fox.
The Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board has given the company until Aug. 8 to pay the fine or comment and ask for a hearing, according to Environmental Program Manager Wendy Wyels.
In another sign of money woes, R.W. Hertel has ceased construction on a $25 million hotel and condominium resort project in Oregon, the Inn at Eagle Point LLC.
One of R.W. Hertel's owners, Bob Fowler, declined to speak with a reporter about "the status of the project or his company" for a story that ran in the July 16 edition of the Mail Tribune in Medford, Ore.
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By Mike Glenn | March 13, 2012 | Updated: March 13, 2012 11:00pm
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A suspect is brought down from the the roof of Hines-Caldwell Elementary School following a police chase Tuesday, March 13, 2012, in Houston. A man fleeing police crashed into another car this afternoon then climbed onto the roof of a school in southwest Houston where he was finally apprehended. The campus was closed because of the Spring break.
A man who hid on a schoolhouse roof to elude police Tuesday is facing drug and possible kidnapping charges, officials said, after a woman said he had earlier held her hostage.
Houston police were driving along Chimney Rock near Gasmer about 2:30 p.m. when they saw a male driver holding a woman in a headlock, said HPD Lt. Larry Crowson.
He continued driving for about three blocks after the officers signalled for him to pull over. When he finally stopped, the woman got out and ran to the officers.
She told them the driver had refused to let her go and was taking PCP, a synthetic narcotic.
"Then, he just put it in gear and took off," Crowson said.
The pursuit continued down Chimney Rock before turning onto West Orem. It ended when the man ran a red light and smashed into Bernice Mickey's car near Jean Hines Caldwell Elementary School, 5515 W. Orem.
"I didn't know what was happening because I had never experienced something like that before. He flipped me all the way around," said Mickey, who was shaken but not injured in the crash.
Wayne K. Wise heard the impact and rushed out of his house across the street to help. He said the man climbed out of the heavily damaged car then bolted toward the elementary school.
"He ran like a world-class sprinter. If they would have had a clock on him, he would have set a world record," Wise said.
Police said the man ran behind the school as police closed in.
"He was running around the roof, jumping from section to section," Crowson said.
The HPD officers climbed up after him and tried to take the man into custody. Police officials said he put up a struggle.
"He was getting up and trying to push them around. They were afraid he was going to push them off the roof," Crowson said.
The officers were able to put the man into restraints and load him onto a Houston Fire Department rescue litter.
"There was just no safe way to get him down the ladder," Crowson said.
He was checked out by HFD paramedics at the scene but didn't appear to have any injuries.
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The Congressman, the Safari King, and the Woman Who Tried to Look Like a Cat
How did the chair of the House ethics committee end up on a corporate-backed African safari? Meet the shadowy nonprofit that throws some of DC's finest junkets.
This sort of congressional junket was supposed to have ended five years ago, when legislation passed in the wake of the Jack Abramoff scandal strictly limited lobbyists' and companies' ability to pay for congressional travel. But in the years since, the congressional ethics committees that enforce those rules have decided the post-Abramoff restrictions do not extend to charities—even those, like the ICCF, that get much of their funding from lobbyists and organizations that lobby. This loophole has allowed outside funding for congressional travel to return to levels not seen since Abramoff's globe-trotting prime, when "Casino Jack" famously took ex-Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio) on a Scottish golfing junket that would eventually help land them both in prison. In 2011, the most recent year for which there is data, $5.8 million was spent on 1,600 privately funded congressional trips—money that is often funneled through groups like the ICCF.
Leading many ICCF field missions is founder David Barron, a former aide to President Ronald Reagan and onetime national chairman of the Young Republicans. (Read the full interview with Barron.)"He is the face of ICCF and also puts a lot of work into it," says a former GOP staffer who's gone on an ICCF-organized trip and attended some of its DC luncheons and dinners. Barron, who stepped down as president in 2009 and no longer collects a salary, "continues to exercise responsibility for ICCF's direction and recruit new members" for the ICC, according to the foundation's website. "I was very much part of getting the ICCF started," Barron says. "I'm delighted to offer a little advice and support occasionally, but I'm doing other things. I'm not ICCF anymore." Gantt says the ICCF "generally" pays Barron's expenses when he travels with the foundation, which Barron says he does only "when our schedules overlap."
Barron's decision to downplay his continued involvement might stem from his colorful history. His official ICCF bio describes him as a "conservation volunteer…who had been working in Africa for many years on issues of democracy and development" before he launched the foundation in February 2006.
Barron did have years of experience on the continent, but he wasn't always working for democracy or conservation. For more than a decade, Barron, business partner Jeffrey Birrell, and the employees of Barron-Birrell Inc. provided lobbying, public-relations, and consulting services for a succession of West African dictators, starting in 1992 with the government of Nigeria's General Ibrahim Babangida. In 1995, the company worked for the regime of Sani Abacha, the brutal military leader who had overthrown Babangida's hand-picked successor and would later order the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other nonviolent environmental activists. Barron says he "worked for Nigeria," not Abacha, and "never met the man."
Birrell refused to comment. But years of contracts and reports Barron-Birrell filed with the Justice Department indicate that, in the early 2000s, the men moved into "environmental consulting services"—code for helping African countries land international conservation grants. In September 2002, the Republic of Congo paid the firm $100,000 for aiding "discussions involving environmental conservation of the Congo Basin." That same month, Omar Bongo, the kleptocratic president of Gabon from 1967 until his death in 2009, inked a similar $400,000-per-year deal with Barron-Birrell for advice on "economic development, environmental conservation, and other matters." The Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations later accused Birrell of setting up a shell company to help Bongo buy US-built armored vehicles and military transport aircraft. Barron-Birrell had collected more than $1 million from Bongo by the time Barron launched the ICCF in 2006.
A year and a half later, post-Abramoff reforms prohibited lobbyists and registered agents of foreign governments from leading groups devoted to educating lawmakers. To continue running the ICCF, Barron needed to document that he was no longer employed by foreign regimes. In September 2007, four days before the new rules became law, Barron filed nearly a decade's worth of backdated reports on his work for African governments and declared that Barron-Birrell had closed up shop.
Today, Barron says he is "spending a lot of time in Africa," though he adds that he hasn't been paid by "any government in quite some time." But thanks to another legal loophole, if Barron were to do any lobbying during those travels, he wouldn't have to disclose it—as long as he did the actual glad-handing abroad. The law designed to keep track of such influence peddling only applies to lobbying activities on American soil. Overseas, representatives of foreign governments "can meet with [lawmakers] as much as they want and don't have to report it," explains Ben Freeman, a national-security investigator at the Project on Government Oversight.
Some uncertainty surrounds the financing of ICCF trips and events. When I sent the foundation's tax returns to Marcus Owens, a Washington lawyer who ran the IRS division charged with supervising tax-exempt organizations, he noticed an "audit issue": The ICCF's filings in 2010 and 2011 list no payments for public officials' travel. But congressional ethics filings say that the ICCF helped fund 24 overseas trips for lawmakers, their staffs, and their families during that period. The discrepancy indicates the "ICCF is lying to somebody," Owens argues. "They're telling Congress one thing; they're telling the IRS another."
Following my inquiries, the ICCF moved to correct its two most recent tax returns. "There has been absolutely no attempt to provide less than full disclosure for all reportable expenses for educational field missions involving participating officials," Gantt says. The foundation's accountants, Berlin Ramos & Co., claim they "misinterpreted the instructions" when they filed those "incorrect" returns.
The foundation's audited financial statements could help explain the reason for the contradictory filings. The ICCF's tax returns say it makes these statements "available to the public upon request." But although I requested them six weeks before this story went to press, Gantt never provided the financial documents. That lack of disclosure worries Owens. What the group has released so far doesn't offer "a particularly clear snapshot of what the organization does," he says. "There's something else going on here."
Accounting issues aside, the ICCF has unquestionably succeeded in delivering benefits for its partners—including the four green groups on its Advisory Council. Working with Barron and the ICCF has opened doors. "They have been able to be a platform for some environmental groups to get in front of an audience that normally they would never have," says the ex-GOP staffer.
That exposure helps the four groups collect tens of millions of dollars in government grants—for everything from improving conservation efforts in the Dominican Republic ($10 million) to minimizing the impact of coffee growing in Central America ($1.5 million)—every year. The ICCF also encourages member corporations to spend on conservation. Its glossy Partners in Conservation annual reports are replete with environmental projects funded by polluting corporations and administered by big green groups. The 3M Foundation, for example, touts the $21 million it has donated since 2001 to projects like Conservation International's forest restoration work in southwest China and the Nature Conservancy's efforts to protect savanna grasslands in Australia. Back home, though, 3M is fighting a lawsuit from Minnesota's attorney general to force the manufacturing giant to pick up the tab for a toxic chemical cleanup that could cost up to $1 billion.
Given its work with polluting corporations and anti-environment politicians, it's perhaps no surprise that the ICCF is careful to avoid important, politically charged conservation issues. "They have not taken any aggressive or controversial stands at all," the former GOP aide notes. "In fact, that's something that they really emphasize when they start off and try to explain themselves to a new member." A 2011 letter recruiting lawmakers to join the ICC promised that it "does not take positions on specific legislation." That's even the case when ICC members have sponsored legislation that directly contradicts its stated goals: The ICCF highlights its commitment to end poaching, but neither the caucus nor the foundation spoke up when nearly 20 ICC members tried to roll back a law that punishes companies caught importing illegally harvested fish, animals, or plants.
Climate change may be the most significant threat to the environment, but the ICCF avoids mention of it. "We've always been agnostic about" global warming, says Adam Brooks, the group's communications director. "It's just not something we discuss because of the sensitivity of our audience." That might be tactically smart—as Glenn Hurowitz of the Tropical Forest and Climate Coalition notes, "There are certain members of Congress for whom mentioning climate change ends the conversation." But it's strategically shortsighted, warns Kierán Suckling, the executive director of the Center for Biological Diversity. Hobnobbing with oil executives and providing "green cover" to anti-environment lawmakers signals that the conservation community "is not serious enough about climate change to hold everybody accountable," Suckling says. Environmental groups "have been fooled into thinking that the access that they get is actually influence. At the end of the day, they're the ones that are influenced."
Representatives from the four conservation organizations allied with the ICCF defend their ties; both the Nature Conservancy (where I interned in college) and Conservation International told me they were not aware of Barron's past work.
In any case, the ICCF and its junkets are likely to remain a presence on Capitol Hill. In December, Bonner, the outgoing ethics committee chairman and Ol Jogi guest, announced new congressional regulations after a three-year review of privately sponsored travel. In a joint statement signed by Bonner and Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.), the top Democrat who green-lighted Bonner's Kenyan adventure and many other ICCF junkets, the committee said it "gave significant consideration" to the question of nonprofit organizations funded by lobbyists and groups that lobby. In the end, the committee did not see a way to limit perks from nonprofits "with legitimate interests in providing appropriate fact finding opportunities to Members of Congress." I asked Bonner what made the Ol Jogi trip "appropriate," but he never responded.
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You know that the tide has shifted when Kim K has started wearing the pencil skirt – which by the way, was originally brought to the fashion forefront by Dior to counteract the full-skirted 'New Look . And now any woman can add this to her closet.
As with many fashion rules (as well as magic tricks), the key is to incorporate the piece using slight-of-hand. If you want to distract from your bottom half, opt for a solid, dark-colored pencil skirt that you pair with a bright or patterned top. Let's face it – no one was looking at Christina Hendricks' backside on this night:
Conversely, if your boyish hips trouble you, choose a patterned skirt (perhaps one with a bold pattern even) and a solid piece on top. And so This palm-print skirt from Nordstrom would add the illusion of beautiful curves even to Renee Zellweger. (No offense Renee – I adore you but you could stand to eat a sandwich don't you think?)
Remember, fit is important. This is a slim-cut skirt, but if it's too tight, you risk being unable to move or sit down and may look like a sausage stuffed too tightly. You should never have creases or bulges when wearing a pencil skirt (fit, a quality fabric and most importantly, a no VPL underwear or smoothing shaper like Spanx will help). If you go too big, the added fabric will do you no favors. Ideally the waist sits at your waist, and the skirt fabric drops down from the part where your hips are the widest. See your tailor if you're unsure.
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Live from the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey, November 5th, 2005 marks the return of the east coast's fastest growing MMA event, the Mixed Fighting Championship. In its eagerly anticipated fifth installment, MFC continues its unique brand of international cross-over competition with USA vs. Japan, and has extended its invitation to eight of each nation's warriors to meet in the famous MFC ring.
Representing the USA, MFC star Eddie Alvarez returns on the heels of his dominating turn against Russian Red Devil Danila Veselov at MFC's 4 Russia vs. USA. This explosive Fight Factory representative and 2-Time All American wrestler continues to test both chins and wills with his fast, accurate hands and superior showmanship. Opponent Daisuke "13" Hanazawa, hailing from Japan's Cobra Kai Academy, battled Rich Clementi for three grueling rounds at MFC 3's USA vs. the World. Will he be able to keep up with leather-wielding welterweight Alvarez?
8-1 Massachusetts native Joe Lauzon joins the MFC's ranks coming off a speedy eleven second TKO victory at AFC 13. This Team Aggression member will meet Japan's SHOOTO veteran Hiroyuki Abe, one of the few to ever best Alexandre Franca Nogueira, in a heated featherweight showdown.
Also on the card, American Top Team heavyweight Wilson Gouveia takes on Japanese wrestler Yusuke Masuda of the Abe Ani Combat Club, while Advanced Fighting Solution's and "Burmese Boxing" veteran Chris MacGrath will look to trade with Abe Ani's Shinichi "BJ" Kojima in a bantamweight battle.
MFC 5: USA vs. Japan
Eddie Alvarez vs. Daisuke Hanazawa
Joe Lauzon vs. Hiroyuki Abe
Wilson Gouveia vs. Yusuke Masuda
Chris MacGrath vs. Shinichi Kojima
Additional fights will be announced shortly, along with the return of the MFC Challenge, which offers its stage to the brightest newcomers the Northeast has to offer.
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congrats, joe... finally facing off against a shooto fighter! one step closer to them flying you to tokyo and a fight in korakuen hall.
kick his ass. if you need footage of his fights for research let me know, i think i have at least one."Face punches are an essential character building part of a martial art. You don't truly love your children unless you allow them to get punched in the face." - chi-conspiricy
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Frannie Collin has learned to ignore criticism and believes it's part of football.
Maidstone's 20-goal leading scorer was a target for fans after the 1-1 draw with Hendon last weekend.
It may have got to him earlier in his career but the former Gillingham, Dover and Tonbridge striker just gets on with his job these days.
He said: "When you're younger and if things aren't going well, you'd read something, take it to heart and think maybe you're not doing as well as you should be.
"I try not to read what's written on forums. I've been in the game long enough and don't need to be told if I've had a good game or a bad game. I already know myself.
"But everyone's entitled to an opinion. You accept praise when you're doing well and have to take it on the chin and ignore it when things aren't going well. The opinion of your manager and team-mates in the dressing room is what matters."
Stones are unbeaten in the league at the Gallagher Stadium but that didn't stop some fans booing the team last weekend.
Collin added: "It's frustration. Everyone wants the team to do well and win games and sometimes it doesn't happen. Expectations are high when you're at a big club with big crowds."
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Beyond 1914 - The University of Sydney and the Great War
Beyond 1914 The University of Sydney and the Great War is an extensive, searchable database of biographies and archival information about members of the University community involved in the First World War.
Built on the legacy of information provided to the University between 1915 and 1938 by more than 2000 former staff, students, graduates and their families (later published in the University's Book of Remembrance), Beyond 1914 features insights into the lives of these men and women before, during and after the war.
This short film takes you behind-the-scenes at the University Archives. It explains how the Book of Remembrance was created back in 1939 and reveals just a handful of the thousands of stories that can now be found on Beyond 1914.
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