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PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona Senate has given preliminary approval to Republican legislation that's a top priority of Gov. Jan Brewer, a sweeping rewrite of the state personnel system.
Approval by the Senate on a formal vote would return the bill to the House for a final vote on changes made by the Senate.
The proposal would combine multiple personnel systems for thousands of executive-branch employees and make the new one more like those of private businesses.
That includes relaxing and eliminating civil service protections to make it easier to fire and discipline workers and putting more agency directors under the governor's authority.
Brewer says the legislation would make state government more efficient and productive.
Critics say the changes open the door for cronyism, political favoritism and retaliation against whistleblowers.
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A Watertown man has been indicted on charges alleging that he violated a judges order by pushing a woman Aug. 10.
Michael D. Yarbrough, 25, whose last known address was 383 Flower Ave. E., Apt. 2, is charged with first- and second-degree criminal contempt, second-degree harassment and aggravated family offense. The charges were contained in a grand jury indictment handed up Wednesday in Jefferson County Court.
It is alleged that on Aug. 10, he violated an order of protection issued July 9 by City Court Judge Eugene R. Renzi on behalf of Cynthia M. Garnsey by pushing Ms. Garnsey during a domestic dispute at their home.
In court activity Friday, Christopher J. Beardmore, 23, Watertown, was sentenced Friday in Jefferson County Court to three years probation and ordered to perform 50 hours of community service after Aug. 27 guilty pleas to second-degree criminal contempt, second-degree reckless endangerment, leaving the scene of a property-damage accident and second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.
He admitted that on May 10 on Duffy Street, his vehicle rear-ended a vehicle in which Courtney L. Jobson was a passenger, violating an order of protection she held against him. He also admitted that he drove away from the scene and was driving while his drivers license was suspended or revoked. He also was ordered to pay $908 in restitution.
Also on Friday, Peter W. Fitzgerald, 57, Watertown, was sentenced to a one-year conditional discharge after an August 2012 guilty plea to aggravated driving while intoxicated and second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. He was charged with aggravated DWI in November 2011 on Route 12 in the town of Clayton. He also was fined $1,000, had his drivers license revoked and was ordered to install an ignition interlock device on any vehicle he owns or operates.
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20 U.S. Code § 6651 - National activities of demonstrated effectiveness
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(a) National teacher recruitment campaign
The Secretary is authorized to establish and carry out a national teacher recruitment campaign, which may include activities carried out through the National Teacher Recruitment Clearinghouse, to assist high-need local educational agencies in recruiting teachers (particularly those activities that are effective in retaining new teachers) and training teachers and to conduct a national public service campaign concerning the resources for, and the routes to, entering the field of teaching. In carrying out the campaign, the Secretary may promote and link the activities of the campaign to the information and referral activities of the National Teacher Recruitment Clearinghouse. The Secretary shall coordinate activities under this subsection with State and regional recruitment activities.
(b) School leadership
(1) In general
The Secretary is authorized to establish and carry out a national principal recruitment program to assist high-need local educational agencies in recruiting and training principals (including assistant principals) through such activities as—
(2) Grants
If the Secretary uses sums made available under section 6603 (b) of this title to carry out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall carry out such paragraph by making grants, on a competitive basis, to—
(c) Advanced certification or advanced credentialing
(1) In general
The Secretary is authorized to support activities to encourage and support teachers seeking advanced certification or advanced credentialing through high quality professional teacher enhancement programs designed to improve teaching and learning.
(2) Implementation
In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall make grants to eligible entities to—
(A) develop teacher standards that include measures tied to increased student academic achievement; and
(B) promote outreach, teacher recruitment, teacher subsidy, or teacher support programs, related to teacher certification or credentialing by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, the National Council on Teacher Quality, or other nationally recognized certification or credentialing organizations.
(3) Eligible entities
In this subsection, the term "eligible entity" includes—
(C) the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, in partnership with a high-need local educational agency or a State educational agency;
(D) the National Council on Teacher Quality, in partnership with a high-need local educational agency or a State educational agency; or
(d) Special education teacher training
The Secretary is authorized to award a grant to the University of Northern Colorado to enable such university to provide, to other institutions of higher education, assistance in training special education teachers.
(e) Early childhood educator professional development
(1) Purpose
The purpose of this subsection is to enhance the school readiness of young children, particularly disadvantaged young children, and to prevent young children from encountering difficulties once the children enter school, by improving the knowledge and skills of early childhood educators who work in communities that have high concentrations of children living in poverty.
(2) Program authorized
(A) Grants to partnerships
The Secretary is authorized to carry out the purpose of this subsection by awarding grants, on a competitive basis, to partnerships consisting of—
(I) one or more institutions of higher education that provide professional development for early childhood educators who work with children from low-income families in high-need communities; or
(ii) one or more public agencies ( [1] including local educational agencies, State educational agencies, State human services agencies, and State and local agencies administering programs under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.), Head Start agencies, or private organizations; and
(3) Applications
(A) Applications required
Any partnership that desires to receive a grant under this subsection shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.
(B) Contents
Each such application shall include—
(i) a description of the high-need community to be served by the project proposed to be carried out through the grant, including such demographic and socioeconomic information as the Secretary may request;
(ii) information on the quality of the early childhood educator professional development program currently conducted (as of the date of the submission of the application) by the institution of higher education or another provider in the partnership;
(iii) the results of a needs assessment that the entities in the partnership have undertaken to determine the most critical professional development needs of the early childhood educators to be served by the partnership and in the broader community, and a description of how the proposed project will address those needs;
(iv) a description of how the proposed project will be carried out, including a description of—
(II) the types of professional development activities, based on scientifically based research, that will be carried out;
(III) how research on effective professional development and on adult learning will be used to design and deliver project activities;
(IV) how the project will be coordinated with and build on, and will not supplant or duplicate, early childhood education professional development activities in the high-need community;
(V) how the project will train early childhood educators to provide developmentally appropriate school-readiness services that are based on the best available research on early childhood pedagogy and child development and learning domains;
(VI) how the project will train early childhood educators to meet the diverse educational needs of children in the community, including children who have limited English proficiency, children with disabilities, or children with other special needs; and
(v) a description of—
(I) the specific objectives that the partnership will seek to attain through the project, and the methods that the partnership will use to measure progress toward attainment of those objectives; and
(vi) a description of the partnership's plan for continuing the activities carried out under the project after Federal funding ceases;
(vii) an assurance that, where applicable, the project will provide appropriate professional development to volunteers working directly with young children, as well as to paid staff; and
(4) Selection of grant recipients
(A) Criteria
The Secretary shall select partnerships to receive grants under this subsection on the basis of the degree to which the communities proposed to be served require assistance and the quality of the applications submitted under paragraph (3).
(5) Uses of funds
(A) In general
Each partnership receiving a grant under this subsection shall use the grant funds to carry out activities that will improve the knowledge and skills of early childhood educators who are working in early childhood programs that are located in high-need communities and serve concentrations of children from low-income families.
(B) Allowable activities
Such activities may include—
(i) professional development for early childhood educators, particularly to familiarize those educators with the application of recent research on child, language, and literacy development and on early childhood pedagogy;
(ii) professional development for early childhood educators in working with parents, so that the educators and parents can work together to provide and support developmentally appropriate school-readiness services that are based on scientifically based research on early childhood pedagogy and child development and learning domains;
(iii) professional development for early childhood educators to work with children who have limited English proficiency, children with disabilities, and children with other special needs;
(iv) professional development to train early childhood educators in identifying and preventing behavioral problems in children or working with children identified as or suspected to be victims of abuse;
(v) activities that assist and support early childhood educators during their first 3 years in the field;
(vi) development and implementation of early childhood educator professional development programs that make use of distance learning and other technologies;
(vii) professional development activities related to the selection and use of screening and diagnostic assessments to improve teaching and learning; and
(6) Accountability
(A) Achievement indicators
On the date on which the Secretary first issues a notice soliciting applications for grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall announce achievement indicators for this subsection, which shall be designed—
(ii) to measure the impact of that professional development on the early childhood education provided by the individuals who receive the professional development; and
(B) Annual reports; termination
(i) Annual reports Each partnership receiving a grant under this subsection shall report annually to the Secretary on the partnership's progress toward attaining the achievement indicators.
(7) Cost-sharing
(A) In general
Each partnership carrying out a project through a grant awarded under this subsection shall provide, from sources other than the program carried out under this subsection, which may include Federal sources—
(B) Acceptable contributions
A partnership may meet the requirements of subparagraph (A) by providing contributions in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including plant, equipment, and services.
(8) Federal coordination
The Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall coordinate activities carried out through programs under this subsection with activities carried out through other early childhood programs administered by the Secretary or the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
(9) Definitions
In this subsection:
(A) Early childhood educator
The term "early childhood educator" means a person providing, or employed by a provider of, nonresidential child care services (including center-based, family-based, and in-home child care services) that is legally operating under State law, and that complies with applicable State and local requirements for the provision of child care services to children at any age from birth through the age at which a child may start kindergarten in that State.
(B) High-need community
(i) In general The term "high-need community" means—
(I) a political subdivision of a State, or a portion of a political subdivision of a State, in which at least 50 percent of the children are from low-income families; or
(f) Teacher mobility
(1) Establishment
The Secretary is authorized to establish a panel to be known as the National Panel on Teacher Mobility (referred to in this subsection as the "panel").
(2) Membership
The panel shall be composed of 12 members appointed by the Secretary. The Secretary shall appoint the members from among practitioners and experts with experience relating to teacher mobility, such as teachers, members of teacher certification or licensing bodies, faculty of institutions of higher education that prepare teachers, and State policymakers with such experience.
(3) Period of appointment; vacancies
Members shall be appointed for the life of the panel. Any vacancy in the panel shall not affect the powers of the panel, but shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
(4) Duties
(A) Study
(i) In general The panel shall study strategies for increasing mobility and employment opportunities for highly qualified teachers, especially for States with teacher shortages and States with school districts or schools that are difficult to staff.
(ii) Data and analysis As part of the study, the panel shall evaluate the desirability and feasibility of State initiatives that support teacher mobility by collecting data and conducting effective analysis concerning—
(5) Powers
(A) Hearings
The panel may hold such hearings, sit and act at such times and places, take such testimony, and receive such evidence as the panel considers advisable to carry out the objectives of this subsection.
(B) Information from Federal agencies
The panel may secure directly from any Federal department or agency such information as the panel considers necessary to carry out the provisions of this subsection. Upon request of a majority of the members of the panel, the head of such department or agency shall furnish such information to the panel.
(6) Personnel
(A) Travel expenses
The members of the panel shall not receive compensation for the performance of services for the panel, but shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, while away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services for the panel. Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, the Secretary may accept the voluntary and uncompensated services of members of the panel.
[1] So in original. There is no closing parenthesis.
Source(Pub. L. 89–10, title II, § 2151, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title II, § 201,Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1635.)
References in Text
The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990, referred to in subsec. (e)(2)(A)(ii), is subchapter C (§ 658A et seq.) of chapter 8 of subtitle A of title VI of Pub. L. 97–35, as added by Pub. L. 101–508, title V, § 5082(2),Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388–236, as amended, which is classified generally to subchapter II–B (§ 9858 et seq.) of chapter 105 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 9801 of Title 42 and Tables.
Section 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, referred to in subsec. (f)(7), is section 14 ofPub. L. 92–463, which is set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 6651,Pub. L. 89–10, title II, § 2211, as added Pub. L. 103–382, title I, § 101,Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3632, related to higher education activities, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 107–110.
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Pope Francis Is Person of the Year. Fans Still Shouldn't Get Their Hopes Up.
December 11, 2013
The new Pope—now officially Time's person of the year—is wildly popular. Fans of change in the church should temper their optimism.
Pope Francis's Comments on Gays and Abortion Are Not a "Revelation"
September 19, 2013
It's a sign of how cramped the public image of the Roman Catholic Church has become over the past 34 years that Pope Francis's comments in an extensive interview with La Civiltà Cattolica could spark such a rapturous response from progressive Catholi
Pope Francis Versus the Vatican
August 18, 2013
Francis versus the Vatican.
God and Gossip
February 14, 2011
Who will save science from the scientists? I often ponder that question when I peruse the writings of evolutionary psychologists—and did so once again
Religion in a Centerless Society
September 30, 2010
The following essay is adapted from the Epilogue of my new book, The Religious Test: Why We Must Question the Beliefs of Our Leaders. An overview of the book's argument from the Washington Post can be read here, while an excerpt from a different section of the book—on the right's nostalgia for a vanished consensus on sexual traditionalism—can be read here at the wonderful cultural webzine The Utopian. For the better part of the past twenty-five-hundred years, the political imagination of the Western world has been enchanted by an image of communal unity.
The Most Pressing Question
August 10, 2010
What is it, finally, that divides the believer from the atheist? The question comes to mind in observing renowned atheist Christopher Hitchens endure, in full public view, metastatic esophageal cancer.
The Misery of the Modern Parent
July 30, 2010
My old friend (and antagonist on gay marriage) Rod Dreher has a new blog at the outstanding new web-magazine of the John Templeton Foundation, which goes by the supremely Templetonian title of Big Questions Online (BQO).
American Journalism Comes Full Circle
July 22, 2010
The characteristic of the American journalist consists in an open and coarse appeal to the passions of his readers; he abandons principles to assail the characters of individuals, to track them into private life and disclose all their weaknesses and vices. A description of Andrew Breitbart's consistently scummy contributions to our public discourse? A reaction to ideological strategizing among the members of the liberal listserve Journolist? Hardly. The quotation comes from the first volume of Tocqueville's Democracy in America, published in 1835.
Rand Paul's Principled Absurdity
May 25, 2010
Rand Paul's touching (and temporary) display of honesty on the Rachel Maddow show last week has triggered an enormous amount of criticism. Liberals and progressives have denounced as morally offensive Paul's constitutional concerns about certain provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Conservatives, meanwhile, have taken to ridiculing Paul as a political novice who doesn't know when to compromise his principles for the sake of expediency.
Another Kind of Atheism
May 11, 2010
About 2-1/2 years ago I wrote an essay for TNR in which I criticized the so-called new atheists (primarily Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, Richard Dawkins, and Christopher Hitchens). A few months later, I followed up with a critical take on Bill Maher's Religulous. In both cases, my focus was politics. There was, I argued, something deeply illiberal about the new atheists' intolerant hostility to the spiritual beliefs of their fellow citizens. I still believe that, as readers of my forthcoming book will discover.


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NEWPORT–It was a gorgeous fall afternoon yesterday as the North Country field hockey team (3-8-3) played their final game of the regular season against Lyndon Institute (3-5-3).
It was a must win game for both teams, as they are separated by just two index points heading into the contest, but the Falcons and Vikings had to settle for the 1-1 tie.
Before the game got underway, North Country recognized their four departing seniors; Bailey Carter, Mariah Roberts, Danielle Gabucci and Stephanie Jones.
Said Carter of her time with the program,"I'll always remember all the bus rides, the inside jokes we shared together, and I'll miss everyone a lot. It was a good three years."
"It's been great having those girls on the team and it is going to be hard to replace them next year because not only the positions they play, but the fact that they play for the entire game," Coach Chantelle Bouchard said of the senior class.
With the action underway, North Country got right down to the business of trying to score a goal.
They kept the play inside the Viking half, and spent a considerable amount of time inside the LI twenty-five yard line.
Mariah Roberts, Phoenix Alix, Brittany Fortier and Adrianna Fournier all had chances to stake the Falcons to the lead, but nothing of consequence happened until late in the games ninth minute.
North Country was awarded a corner, and subsequently put a shot on net.
Lyndon goalie Sarah Camber kicked out a hard rebound, but to the wrong team.
Mariah Roberts pounced on the ball and drove home the game's first goal.
"She has the hardest hits out of everyone, and she'll score when you least expect it," her coach said.
The goal sparked the Vikings to increase their intensity and to start venturing into the Falcon side of the field.
Their tenacity paid off with 2:40 left in the opening thirty.
Chelsey Mitchell found Harper Favreau who tipped the ball past Danielle Gabucci to tie the game at 1-1.
The second half started with a bang for the Falcons.
Roberts had a chance in the opening minutes, but goal number two eluded her.
The rest of the half was a back and forth battle for sustained pressure, which neither team could produce.
Both squads had time inside the opposing team's circles, but there was nary a shot to be found.
Late in the half, NCU and LI each had one last crack at victory, but couldn't get a shot on net.
Ten minutes were put on the clock and overtime was a go.
Lyndon really stepped up their game in the extra session.
They barely let the Falcons get a sniff of mid-field, let alone anything remotely resembling a scoring play.
The match went from a very even affair to a one-sided, pro-Viking beat down in a hurry.
"I think they were tired, but they are my fasted runners, so I had to put them out there," said Bouchard. "But, just because they were tired, doesn't mean they were going to play hard. We can play defense the whole time, that's fine."
Like the coach said if we have to play defense, we'll play defense, that works for us.
And play D they did.
Lyndon had odd-man rushes, forced turnovers, and were given several unforced turnovers, but the "bend not break" play of the North Country defenders was the key in preserving the tie.
Gabucci finished the game with four saves, and Bouchard knows it is going to be hard to replace what Danielle brings the table each game.
"Honestly I don't know what I'm going to do. She is great, heck, even the other coaches come up and tell me how good she is, so we'll see what happens."
Currently in seventh, North Country would play MVU in the opening round of the play-offs if it were to start today.
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Review of the scope of REACH Opublikowano w dniu : 23/03/2010, Ostatnia aktualizacja: 08/06/2010
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The Commission is assisted by a contractor in the task to carry out a review to assess whether or not to amend the scope of REACH (Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals).
Any stakeholder who has identified a specific instance where a provision in EU law has overlapped with a REACH provision or where there is a gap in the interface between REACH and other EU law is invited to send their contribution to the contractor through the form available at http://www.reachscope.eu/ . This website is operational from 10 March until 1 December 2010.


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Lad Lane Apartments offer self catering holiday apartments with 24 hour reception in the heart of Dublin city. Our 1 bed apartments have 2 double beds in bedroom and a futon in livng room and suit up to 5 persons. The 2 bed apts have 2 double and 3 single beds and are suitable for up to 7 persons.
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Tech Arts 3D doesn't see its Onacon as a peripheral for erotic games only, but for other games, too. Ona Counter can apparently send your stats to Twitter and to Japanese social networking site Mixi. Yep, e-penis for real!


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Robert Perkins builds an army of 14 people brainwashed through cult-like methods to protect him from his parents' killers. When Perkins is imprisoned, the police unwittingly unleash his followers on a small town and they've only got one thing on their mind: "Kill for Mr. Perkins."
Cast: Gregory O'Connor, Shayla Beesley, Michale Graves, Mihaela Mihut, Patrick O'Kane
Produced by: Jeremy Donaldson
Directed by: Craig Singer
Written by: Lane Shadgett
Running time: 1hr 35min
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The basic function of the custodial department is to maintain the appearance, cleanliness, and preservation of the facilities.
The custodial tasks include cleaning/sanitizing, trash/recycle removal, and floor and carpet care, and dusting as time permits. Each custodian has an assigned area to clean while also helping with coverage of the areas of custodians on leave, event set-ups, moving of boxes during office moves, and snow removal.
Scheduled tasks include floor scrubbing and waxing, carpet cleaning, window cleaning, and changing light tubes and lamps.
Corrugated cardboard, plastic, and aluminum can recycle is collected and taken to distribution sites.
The majority of the custodial staff works 10:00 p.m.to 6:30 a.m.
Campus moves to new and existing offices/areas are approved by the director Facilities Operations. A campus space request must be completed. For questions, contact Jon Schad at email@example.com or 358-7991.
Moves to new and existing offices/areas are coordinated by Facilities Operations. They are performed by Facilities Operations staff and are a billable service; therefore, labor as well as service center fees are charged to the requesting department.
Please contact Facilities Operations at 358-7994 or email firstname.lastname@example.com regarding cost estimates as well as lead time to coordinate and schedule a move.
Moving boxes are provided for use during the move and are to be returned for future use once the move is complete.
The campus move policy is to keep existing furniture in each office for the next occupant. Exceptions are to be cleared with the director of facilities operations at 358-7991.
If additional file cabinets or other furniture is needed, contact Facilities Operations as it is possible there may be something available in storage.
The grounds crew is responsible for the landscape maintenance of the 55-acre campus, which includes maintaining sprinkler systems, lawn and tree care, planting shrubs and flowers, applying lawn chemicals etc. The crew also makes sure the outside campus areas and walkways are clean and unobstructed.
The grounds crew performs furniture moves and reconfigurations as well as a variety of other billable work projects for campus entities.
The grounds crew is responsible for campus snow removal beyond what is performed by the custodial staff. During snow season, snow removal is top priority and other work requests and tasks are done only as time permits.
The majority of the grounds maintenance activities occur during business hours Monday through Saturday. Every attempt is made to minimize the impact of noisy jobs and to be as discrete as possible.
For grounds inquiries, call the Facilities Operations office at 358-7994 or email email@example.com.
Obtaining Keys
In order to obtain a campus key, a Key Authorization Card is required and is available from the Facilities Operations office at SCF 310 or from a designated individual within your department.
The employee or a department person completes the information on the front of the card. Building entrance keys are requested separately by Security. (Entrance keys register the user name, date and time of entry; therefore, it is important they are not passed along to others.)
The key card requires the recipient's signature as well as an authorizing departmental signature which is a department head or their designate.
The key card may be sent via intercampus mail or hand-carried to the Facilities Operations office. Once the keys are available for pickup, the individual and/or department is notified (usually within 2 or 3 business days). It's usually best to call Facilities Operations at 358-7994 prior to picking up the key(s) to make sure someone will be in the office.
Other keys, such as desk, cupboard, file cabinet etc. are also available through the Facilities Operations office. The lock number is required in order to request such keys. The lock number is imprinted on the face of the lock in very small print. The process for miscellaneous keys is the same as for office/room keys.
For inquires regarding keys, feel free to call Facilities Operations at 358-7994 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Lost Keys
Lost keys are to be reported immediately to Facilities Operations at 358-7994 or Security at 358-7995. In order to replace lost keys, an invoice is generated and upon payment of the invoice, replacement keys will be issued.
Returning Keys
Keys may be returned to the Facilities Operations office or to an individual's support person for returning to the Facilities Operations office. Upon receiving the returned keys, the key records and database are updated to show they were received. Do not hand keys on to the next person as they are the responsibility of the individual to whom they were issued – this includes furniture and cabinet keys.
Please contact the Facilities Operations office at 358-7994 or email firstname.lastname@example.com regarding a maintenance problem in a classroom, office, meeting room, work room or restroom. This includes issues such as temperatures, ceiling leaks, plumbing problems, lights not working, electrical trouble etc.
Also contact Facilities Operations to report a piece of non-IT equipment that is not working properly or you encounter an issue within a campus building and aren't sure who to notify.
To keep our campus environmentally friendly, clear of clutter, and free of debris we encourage each WSUS department to surplus extra items to WSU Surplus Stores in Pullman. Contact your WSUS department's surplus property coordinator for proper surplus procedures. Use this process for all IT equipment and other items. WSUS Facilities Operations is allowed to take only WSUS surplus items. No items from non-WSU entities should be surplused through this system.
In an effort to be more efficient in shipping items to WSU Pullman, Facilities Operations will only pick up WSUS surplus items quarterly, the dates are listed below.
- March 1
- June 1
- September 1
- December 1
An email will be sent announcing the WSUS surplus property pick up date. Please hold all WSUS surplus property items in your department until the date is announced.
Remember to clearly mark all items to be surplused. WSUS Facilities Operations is not responsible for items that are not clearly marked and then surplused.
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Director, Facilities Operations
Jon Schad
Contact Information:
Phone: 509-358-7994
Fax: 509-368-6990
Mailing Services
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Mailing address:
PO Box 1495, Spokane, WA 99210-1495
Shipping address:
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Mick Fanning Claims Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach Over Kelly Slater
April 6, 2012 – Rip Curl's Mick Fanning (AUS), 30, has claimed the 2012 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach presented by Ford Ranger over reigning 11-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA), 40, in pumping, offshore three-to-five foot waves at Bells Beach.
Event No. 2 of 10 on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour, the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach culminated in dramatic fashion today with many calling it the "best Final in event history."
Mick and Kelly went blow for blow throughout the 35-minute bout, exchanging massive scores and the lead several times before the dust settled.
"I'm so pumped," Fanning said. "Kelly (Slater) did that Hail Mary for the 10 and I thought, 'oh, here we go.' I just caught waves and I'm stoked it all paid off. I'm really at a loss for words and I'm just pumped. It doesn't get any sweeter. The crowd's been amazing with the whole amphitheater and the history that comes with it. I always picture this event and have had some seconds over the years, so to get this one, I'm so pumped."
Today's win marked Fanning's 14th elite tour win and his first Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach win since 2001. It also brings the Australian's record with Slater closer to even at 7 to Kelly's 8 in their heat matchup history.
This year's Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach was dedicated to the memory of three-time event winner Michael Peterson (AUS), who tragically passed away last week, and the Final was preceded by a minute's applause in memory of the great Australian.
"I was on the verge of tears out the back," Fanning said. "I just sat out the back before the Final and just took in the whole crowd. It's not everyday you've got the crowd cheering and I could have paddled in after that, but I'm glad I didn't though."
Although finishing an uncharacteristic 13th at his homebreak on the Gold Coast, today's victory rockets Fanning to No. 3 on the ASP World Championship Tour rankings heading into the next event.
"I had a bit of a meltdown at the first event," Fanning said. "I knew everything was working well. I knew I just needed to go and simple things up. I took the headphones off and had a lot more fun. I knew there were going to be a lot of waves with the tide dropping out and I guess I just wanted to be on the good ones. You've got to just believe in your judgment and I'm stoked."
Highlights from the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach will be available via http://live.ripcurl.com
Event organizers will reconvene tomorrow morning at 7am and assess conditions for a possible 7:30am start to the Rip Curl Women's Pro Bells Beach presented by Ford Fiesta.
For more information, please contact Chelsea Johns: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Online Bachelor's Degree in Humanities from an Accredited Leader in Distance Learning
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In the Bachelor of Arts in Humanities (Literature concentration), you'll study great writing while improving your own abilities as a writer and creative thinker.
A humanities degree helps you develop skills that stand out on the job market, including problem solving, critical reasoning, and verbal and written expression. Excelsior College eases your path to a humanities degree by offering one of the only all-online humanities programs in the country.
See the course requirements for the Bachelor's in Humanities degree (Literature concentration).
- Survey course in Humanities such as:
- HUM 200 Intro to Humanities
- Humanities I
- Western Civilization
- Introduction to Philosophy such as:
- PHIX 101 Introduction to Philosophy exam
- PHIL 200 Introduction to Philosophy
- Ethics such as:
- COMM 335 Communication Ethics
- HUM 300 Ethics
- PHIX 310 Ethics Theory and Practice exam
- Research and Writing in the Major such as:
- Humanities Capstone
The Humanities major requires the completion of the Excelsior College capstone course (LA 498HU Humanities Capstone), with a grade of C or better.
- Survey course in Literature such as:
- Additional credits in Literature. Applied professional credit for internships, practicums, independent study, and coursework in the profession may apply to the concentration upon advisor approval. Courses such as:
- ENG 210 American Literature I
- ENG 212 American Literature II
- ENG 252 Mythology
- ENG 275 Shakespeare
- ENG 310 Short Stories
- ENG 340 Film and Literature
- ENG 360 Literature for Children and Young Adults
Excelsior College has been helping working adults earn college degrees since 1971. Our innovative programs can help you fit a humanities degree program within your schedule and your budget.
- Excelsior's online courses are offered on a rotating eight-week basis, so you can schedule humanities and literature courses at the time and place that works best for you.
- We'll squeeze as many transfer credits as we can from your existing college transcripts, leaving you with a shorter path to graduation.
- We'll also grant academic credit for eligible forms of military and professional education.
- Our budget-friendly tuition and fees make Excelsior's humanities degree extremely affordable. (Visit our tuition page to get the details.)
- Excelsior supports your academic success with an outstanding team of advisors.
An Online Humanities Degree that Gets Results in the Job Market
Excelsior College is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. (Learn more about the MSCHE accreditation and programs specialized accreditation on our accreditation page.)
Courses in our online humanities degree program are taught by accomplished, highly qualified instructors who teach at college and universities from around the nation. Excelsior's online format includes an advanced interactive portal that lets you collaborate with classmates and instructors.
The versatile humanities degree carries value among employers in every sector. It can help you advance your career in a wide range of fields, including business, law, government, journalism, education, and nonprofit work.
Minimum of 120 credits: 60 credits (21 in upper level) in arts and sciences and 60 credits (9 in upper level) in applied professional courses, additional arts and sciences courses or a combination of both. Concentration: minimum of 33 credits, with at least 18 at the upper level including a 3 credit capstone course and a minimum 2.0 GPA required. See the credit requirements in chart form.
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Washington, D.C. --The US House of Representatives Ethics Committee handed Sarasota Congressman Vern Buchanan a major victory when they cleared him of ethics violations.
The three-term Congressmanwas being investigated for allegations that he withheld information on his financial disclosure forms. On Tuesday hewon a 9 - 0 vote by the committee to dismiss the charges.
That doesn't mean the Sarasota Republican made complete financial disclosures when he initially filed his reports. The committee determined that Buchanan did not accurately report all of the positions or ownership interests he held with several entities on his Financial Disclosure Statements for the years 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010.
The ethics committee also says he did not accurately report certain income received from those same entities in the same years. However, the committee found no evidence that he knew about the errors, and no that it was no different from hundreds of errors that are corrected every year. The report states in part:
In fact, between 30% and 50% of all Financial Disclosure Statements reviewed by the Committee each year contain errors or omissions. Such errors and omissions are not uncommon and are typically corrected through amendments to Financial Disclosure Statements, and do not involve any further Committee action.
Click here to read the full report.
The nonprofit legal watch dog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics says "it is unfathomable how the ethics committee could punt on Buchanan, a repeat offender." It adds, " in clearing Buchanan once again, the Ethics Committee covers up for an unethical member of Congress and the public loses out."
While there is no doubt this decision gives Buchanan a reason to celebrate, the Congressman --who is facing a strong challenge from Democrat Keith Fitzgerald -- is still facing investigations by the FBI and the Internal Revenue Service. Until and unless he is cleared in those investigations, Buchanan will continue to hold his breath and hope for the best.


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The MSc/Diploma in Social Science Research Methods is managed by the SSRM Office in the School of Social Sciences (SOCSI).
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The first of a series of community nutrition and cooking classes will begin Thursday, Feb. 2 at 6:30pm.
The location is at the BTAC Building, 375 South Carbon Avenue.
Go through the south entrance with Healing Hearts Institute above the door. Class will be in the Northwest conference room.
These classes are free, but donations are welcome.
The location may change in the coming months.The same classes are offered in Huntington the third Thursday of every month. The Feb. 2 session will deal with Anthropology of Ancestrial Diet, Disease, and Dentistry. Traditional Diets: The Key to our Vibrant Health.
On Mar. 1, the topic will be Effects of Denatured Food & Nutrient Deficiency: Benefits of Natural Foods, Cod Liver Oil, Enzymes, & Bacteria.


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Sid Field 1904-1950
Bob Hope once remarked in a television interview that Sid Field was "probably the best comedian of them all". His many other fans included General Eisenhower, Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and Laurence Olivier. Birmingham has the distinction of being the birthplace of this great British comic, whose catchphrase was "What a performance!"
Sidney Arthur Field was born in Ladywood on 1st April, 1904, the son of Albert (partner in a whip and cane making business in Conybere Street) and Bertha (who worked for a dress-maker on Moseley Road), but most of his boyhood was spent at 152 Osborn Road, Sparkbrook. He began his career in the back garden there, amusing his friends with imitations of his hero, Charlie Chaplin, charging them an "admission fee" of cigarette cards. He had first seen Chaplin at the Waldorf Cinema in Walford Road, for whose queues he later busked, dressed as Chaplin. In that guise, he once directed traffic until a policeman dropped a curtain on his 'act'. He was then just eight years old. He would probably never have believed, then, that one day he would be a guest at Chaplin's home.
Field was educated at Conway Road, Stratford Road and Golden Hillock Road Schools, and attended Sunday School at Emmanuel Church, Walford Road. His cousins, The Workmans, performed in concerts at Moseley Road Swimming Baths, where Sid made his stage debut, singing What A Life, at the age of nine. His first professional engagement, with 'The Kino Royal Juveniles', at 7/6 (37p) per week, came in July 1916, after his mother responded to an advert in the Birmingham Mail. He later worked as an understudy to ventriloquist 'Wee' Georgie Wood in a Birmingham pantomime, then appeared in review at the Bordesley Palace and the Mission Hall in Church Road, Yardley.
It was not until he had completed almost 30 years touring provincial music halls that Sid appeared in London's West End. He appeared as Slasher Green, the cockney 'wide-boy' or 'spiv', aping the "boys wiv the barrers", and became an 'overnight' star. In Strike a New Note (1943), Strike it Again (1944) and Piccadilly Hayride (1946), he had his audiences roaring with laughter. He was loved for his routines involving a naive approach to the billiards table and the golf course, played with his straight-man, Jerry Desmonde. On 5 November, 1945, Field appeared in the Royal Variety Performance, becoming one of the few artists to make an appearance in two consecutive Royal Performances, the following year. He topped the bill at the London Palladium in January 1948, replacing Micky Rooney.
Field used some of his famous sketches in his first film, London Town (as Walter Ruggles), and he appeared in another film in 1947, The Cardboard Cavalier (as Sidcup Buttermeadow), in which he co-starred with Margaret Lockwood. His first straight role was in Mary Chase's play Harvey, (as Elwood P. Dowd, the role filmed in 1950 by James Stewart) in which he was appearing when he died from a heart attack, on 3 February, 1950, at his home in Richmond, Surrey. He was just 45.
Later that month, a memorial service was held at London's St Martin in the Fields, with lessons read by Laurence Olivier and Ted Ray. A midnight matinee benefit for his wife and children, held on 25 June 1951, was attended by the Duchess of Kent, Aneurin Bevan and Noel Coward. The cast list was stupendous: Danny Kaye, Laurence Olivier, Douglass Fairbanks, Orson Welles, Richard Attenborough, Jack Hylton, Bud Flanagan, Arthur Askey, Ted Ray, Tommy Trinder, all six of the original Crazy Gang, Judy Garland, Elizabeth Taylor, Vivien Leigh, Peter Ustinov, George Robey, cricketer Dennis Compton and many, many more, totalling over 240.
There is a Birmingham Civic Society blue plaque commemorating Sid Field on the front of the house, 152 Osborn Road, where he grew up, and a memorial in the foyer of the Prince of Wales theatre in London, which says:
"To the memory of the great comedian Sid Field, who made his first appearance in the West End at this theatre on 18 March 1943 and who played his last performance here on 2 February 1950."
John Fisher's 1975 biography of Field, "What A Performance!" (ISBN 0 85422 113 1) is available in the Archives, Heritage and Photography section of the Library of Birmingham.


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John Marinoni will celebrate his 90th birthday at an open house Nov. 30 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Notre Dame Church social hall. He was born Dec. 3, 1912 in Rovetta, Italy.
No gifts please.
Mabel McCourt Peterson will celebrate her 90th birthday with family and friends. She was born Dec. 7, 1912 in Myton. She grew up in Sunnyside and was a longtime resident of Castle Gate before moving to Price in 1950. She has four children, nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
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When you want close-up views of distant objects, but have limited space for optical gear, a quality monocular is your best bet. Sometimes, a binocular or spotting scope is simply too large and cumbersome to bring along on family trips to the beach, sports games, or on camping excursions to scenic locations. The Orion 10x42 Waterproof Monocular is conveniently compact and portable, so you can enjoy magnified views of distant wildlife, birds, scenery, sporting events, and even the Moon without packing a lot of bulky equipment. What's more, its rugged, rubber-armored body and waterproof construction make the Orion 10x42 Monocular ideal for use in virtually any weather conditions.
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Also commonly referred to as "power", magnification is a measure of how much closer an object appears when viewed through the instrument. For example, a 10x binocular will make an object appear 10-times closer than it would normally appear. An object positioned 100 yards away would appear as if it was just 10 yards away in a binocular with 10x magnification. The human eye is considered 1x magnification.
For telescopes, the optical diameter (also known as aperture) is the size of a telescope's main light-collecting lens or primary mirror, measured in millimeters or inches. Telescopes with larger optical diameters collect more light, which leads to an increase in brightness and image resolution compared to smaller instruments.
For binoculars, the optical diameter (also known as objective lens diameter) is the size of each of the front-facing objective lenses of a binocular measured in millimeters. Binoculars with larger objective lenses collect more light, which increases image resolution and brightness. Binoculars with larger objective lenses are recommended for low light situations, and binoculars with at least 50mm or larger objective lenses are recommended for pleasing astronomical observations at night.
The edge-to-edge angular diameter of the image displayed in a binocular as seen by the eyes of the observer. It is an inherent specification for a given binocular design. The "angular diameter" of an object is defined as the angle an object makes (subtends) as seen by an observer.
The diameter of the circle of light exiting the binocular. Exit pupil is calculated by dividing the objective lens diameter by the binocular magnification. For example, a 10x50 binoculars has an exit pupil of 5mm (50/10=5). Knowing the exit pupil of a binocular can help determine the optimal binocular fro your needs. If a binocular exit pupil is larger than the dilation of the user's pupil, resolution is reduced since the maximum amount of light is not entering the eye. Typically under true dark adaptation a healthy human eye will dilate to approximately 7mm. This number can decrease with age and health factors.
Binocular lenses and prisms are often coated with anti-reflective material to minimize light loss as light travels through the multiple optical surfaces of a typical binocular. Coatings help maximize the amount of light transmitted through each glass surface of a binocular, so as much light as possible reaches the observer's eyes to provide a bright and sharp image.
Good lenses are at least "fully coated," with a single layer of magnesium fluoride coating applied to each air-to-glass lens surface. Multiple layers of coatings are even more effective; the term "multi-coated" means one or more air-to-glass lens surface has multiple coatings. "Fully multi-coated" optics are even better, meaning all lens surfaces have multiple layers of anti-reflective coatings applied for maximum light transmission and optimal image quality.
Porro Prisms:
A binocular prism system that contains two right-angle prisms in each barrel offset from one another, requiring that the objective lenses be spaced further apart than the eyepieces. Optically, porro prisms often perform better than their roof prism counterparts.
Roof Prisms:
A compact binocular prism system that allows the objective lenses to line up directly with the eyepieces and hence yields a more portable binocular. Roof prism binoculars lose slightly more light to reflections than porro prism binoculars. High-quality roof prism binoculars compensate for this with special optical coatings.
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The Bishops Curse resulted from 20 years of research into the 150-year-old story he heard as a youth growing up in Carthage. Mr. Ellis combed through church biographies, archival letters and old newspapers to write a novel about incidents from the 19th century that bear some similarity to more recent problems in the Catholic Church involving sexual abuse.
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The Graduate (1967)
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: In arguably the most iconic movie of the "Hollywood New Wave" of the 1960's, Dustin Hoffman plays Benjamin Braddock, promising academic and track star, who returns to Los Angeles after graduation. At a party thrown by his parents, he his lured by old family friend Mrs. Robinson into taking her home. He first flees from her advances, but shortly thereafter begins an affair with her. Later on, Ben's unwitting parents goad him into taking the Robinson's daughter, Elaine, on a date. Ben falls in love with Elaine, which transforms Mrs. Robinson into a vindictive adversary.
Cast: Katharine Ross, Murray Hamilton, Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, William Daniels
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012
By Christian Pelusi
Brad Meltzer is a guy who has seen and heard a lot. The best-selling novelist moonlights as host of the popular History Channel series "Brad Meltzer's Decoded," which investigates and explains legends, myths and conspiracy theories. So when he was informed by peers and USO tour organizers that his first USO tour could be life-altering, he was a bit skeptical.
"It was humbling," Meltzer said of the Operation Thriller III tour that he and four other authors participated in earlier this month. "Everyone told me this tour will change the way you look at the world and whenever you get hype like that I can't help but roll my eyes and think it will never live up to it. But it just surpassed everything that everyone had even said to me. It just made me think of the world as an incredible place."
Meltzer traces much of his amazement to when he was able to sit down and have lunch with many of the troops. There it started to sink in just how much the troops forsake for the mission of serving our country.
"What hit me more than anything was that level of sacrifice and how deep that pool is," he said. "I think, for most Americans, when you hear the word 'military' and the word 'sacrifice,' you think you're talking about death. What you realize is how much else gets sacrificed in there. You see people away from their families and you realize people are away from their kids. And you realize how much what they're doing is affecting their personal lives, their jobs, their livelihoods, their everything.
"You really get to see what they're doing in their lives and what they've had to give up to be here. And how much it means to them that they're willing to give those things up for that period of time. I don't think I've ever had the kind of grasp of how deep that sacrifice is."
The tour also made Meltzer rethink the way he creates the characters in his books, especially the heroes.
"I think in some ways, the word 'hero' is just such an overused, cliché term these days. But the sad truth is that we're a world that's starving for heroes. … And what's most amazing to me is just how many are right in front of our face every day. I think for me, coming into the tour, the military was something that you saw in movies and like anything else … you have a cursory dealing with it. What I was blown away by was how human it was. The word military may sound like one big, massive machine, but it's made up of millions of human parts."
Meltzer gives the USO credit for making the troops' sacrifices a little easier to endure.
"There are few organizations I have more respect for as much as I do the USO. They helped me get 40,000 thrillers [novels] to the troops 10 years ago. Everyone kind of knows what the USO does, but one of the things I told my wife when I came home was everyone knows about the troops, but not everyone realizes how much entertainment and pieces of life the USO is bringing over there.
"I had a friend of mine who is in the military, a Marine, when I came back and finally told him where [I went], he said to me, 'Ah, the USO. Thanks to them, they gave me that one hot meal on such-and-such a day and on another, it was the one place I could watch the Yankees win the World Series.' And he's a hard-core, tough guy Marine and he immediately got mushy and remembered that moment when you guys gave him a home."
When traveling through the five Middle East countries over ten days, Meltzer and his merry band of writers got to see how the USO Centers offer up goodness to the deployed servicemen and women.
"When you see those calling centers and you see those video games and you see those books and libraries … and the one thing that really struck me about the USO was when you see all of those letters from all those kids. My kids wrote letters for the troops in their schools last year and I remember when they wrote them I thought 'Isn't that sweet?' Of course, I love that. But in a strange, odd way the cynic in me thinks it's like writing to Santa Claus. God knows where they go and they probably put them away and my kid gets a good lesson out of it.
"But what I was so happy to see and I took pictures of them everywhere I went, the letters from kids, all over the USO and all over barracks and all over places that you guys put over there. And the troops kept telling me it meant so much to them. Seeing those letters, seeing those posters, seeing those things that everyone signed. And I just felt like, 'Gosh, it wasn't Santa Claus at all. It was reality.' I love that."
There also was time to make some memories and Meltzer made sure to leave the biggest mark of all. Last year, journalist and author Mark Bowden was asked to sign a Black Hawk helicopter while on the 2011 Thrill Writers tour in honor of his best-selling book turned Oscar-nominated film "Black Hawk Down." Bowden happily did so, which gave Meltzer an idea.
"I was determined to one-up that since we were the next tour coming through," Meltzer said, laughing. "So I asked [the troops] what they had that was bigger than a Black Hawk and they said 'Well, we have a C-17.' So someone joked: 'He wrote "Black Hawk Down," you're going to write "C-17 Up.'"
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According to the newspaper, the group laid out its arguments in advance of the landmark Supreme Court case that is scheduled to be heard next month. The National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) asserted that the law forces citizens to subsidize insurance companies that have to provide more encompassing coverage than under previous rules.
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CANTON Its an upstate problem, so it is an upstate initiative.
That is the way Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo described his newly announced Tax-Free NY program on which he is looking to pass enabling legislation with only five weeks left in session.
This is one of the most exciting proposals that we have come up with in two and a half years, Gov. Cuomo said in a teleconference Thursday. We have about five weeks left on the legislative session and I want to get their attention on this proposal this session.
The initiative aims to transform SUNY and private college campuses and communities across the state into tax-free zones to attract startups, venture capital, business and investments from around the world.
Tax-Free NY would make all SUNY campuses outside of New York City and designated private colleges north of Westchester tax-free with up to 200,000 square feet surrounding the campus included in the tax-free community.
Under Tax-Free NY, 3 million square feet of commercial space will be available at New Yorks private universities, and 20 strategic state assets also will be designated as tax-free.
If a new business is located on a SUNY campus in an eligible unused space, that means it already is not taxed because it is state land, the governor said.
That is why we can say no property taxes, because SUNY is going to pay property tax already, and if that business is already located on the campus, then you are right where you are today, campus facilities and campus land, Gov. Cuomo said.
If it is off campus on land not owned by SUNY, then it is going to be private land and it would pay property taxes or SUNY would have to work out a payment in lieu of taxes with the locality.
With businesses already in the community, the governor said he is working to grandfather them into this initiative.
We are going to the Legislature about it and my instinct about it is to grandfather in businesses on campuses that are already in process, he said. We are working that through with the Legislature. In truth, I dont know where it is going to turn out with the Legislature.
Private universities such as Clarkson in Potsdam and St. Lawrence in Canton can put in an application as well, Gov. Cuomo said, with a pool of 3 million square feet of commercial space available.
The reputation of New York as one of the highest-taxed states must be addressed, he said.
I dont know which is worse now, our reputation or the reality of the situation, but it is bad, the governor said. And the way we have been addressing it is by changing the facts and changing the reality.
Mr. Cuomo said taxes today are lower for New Yorkers than they were when he came into office two and a half years ago, with a tax rate that he said is the lowest it has been in 60 years.
So we brought taxes down and second, we have been working on regional growth, public/private sector partnerships coming from institutions of higher education, which is where the new jobs are being created in this state, in this country, on this planet, he said.
The approach has been working and the anecdotal success is everywhere across the state, he said, with the lowest unemployment number, 7.8 percent, since 2009.
But the truth is the economy, especially in upstate New York, has been slow for decades, and Mr. Cuomo said the painful truth is that the state has been trying to make up for a lot of lost time.
And in a region of the country, when we are talking about upstate New York, that has lagged for decades, he said.
The proposal of a 100 percent tax-free zone includes sales tax, corporate tax and income tax, for a period of 10 years, with income being totally tax free for the first five years, after which a cap of $200,000 a year from years six to 10 would be put into place. Anything above $200,000 would be taxed.
About 75 percent of the new high-tech jobs we create we lose within the first year, Mr. Cuomo said. That is our problem and this would go right at that.
But getting the proposal through the Legislature could be difficult. Of the eligible areas, 55 are in upstate New York and the Hudson Valley, with four in New York City and four in Long Island.
With the disproportion in the population and Legislature between the New York City region and the rest of the state, Mr. Cuomo said, the question is going to be raised by the predominant downstate Senate and Assembly members, Whats in it for me?
The governor said upstate New York has long suffered because it has not had the political clout of the more populous downstate region.
This initiative is trying to make up for the last 20 to 30 years, he said, and that is why most of it goes upstate.
This is an upstate problem and I am not ashamed to say it, he said. I think saying it and being honest about it is going to be essential here if were going to politically get it passed, because if they do it the old-fashioned way, there is not enough votes, and that is what we are going to be confronting.
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CHICAGO (Oct. 1, 2009) – Exelon Corp. today announced that John Stough has been appointed vice president and chief development officer for Exelon Transmission Company, a new national venture that will seek to capitalize on the growing national market for new transmission lines.
Stough joins Exelon from American Electric Power (AEP), where he was vice president of Electric Transmission America, a joint venture between AEP and MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company. In this role, Stough was responsible for building a new portfolio of transmission projects with regional electric utility partners, including projects for more than 270 miles of the first-ever 765-kilovolt transmission lines west of the Mississippi River. Stough's 28-year career at AEP included transmission strategy and business development, transmission marketing, market development, power marketing, and demand side management.
"Exelon benefits greatly from the addition of John Stough, who brings deep expertise in creating electric transmission partnerships," said Ian McLean, CEO of Exelon Transmission Company and former executive vice president of development for Exelon. "John is a well-known transmission expert with nearly three decades of utility experience. His breadth of experience and relationships in the transmission arena are invaluable to our leadership team."
Exelon Transmission Company enters a market in which U.S. companies are projected to spend $60-$100 billion on transmission development projects by 2020. New transmission projects have the potential to reduce congestion, improve reliability, and facilitate movement of renewable energy, such as wind and solar, to population centers where it is needed most.
"We will focus initially on projects that leverage the existing talent and expertise of Exelon," said McLean. "Our portfolio will evolve over time and may include projects with both traditional, regulated profiles as well as more competitive, market-based investments."
John Rowe, chairman and CEO of Exelon Corp., will be chairman of Exelon Transmission Company. Tom O'Neill, former senior vice president of new business development for Exelon, is the new company's COO.
Stough, who reports to McLean, holds a bachelor's degree from Bowling Green State University and is active on multiple RTO fronts, state regulatory commissions and the renewable energy community.
Exelon Corporation is one of the nation's largest electric utilities with nearly $19 billion in annual revenues. The company has one of the industry's largest portfolios of electricity generation capacity, with a nationwide reach and strong positions in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic. Exelon distributes electricity to approximately 5.4 million customers in northern Illinois and southeastern Pennsylvania and natural gas to 485,000 customers in the Philadelphia area. Exelon is headquartered in Chicago and trades on the NYSE under the ticker EXC.