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By TOM McCOURTSun Advocate reporter
The Wellington City Council met last Wednesday in a regularly scheduled session.
The first item of business at the Jan. 11 meeting was the appointment of city officers.
By resolution, the city council approved Karl Houskeeper as board member for the Price River Water Improvement District, Elayne Storrs as justice court judge, Alicia Willson as treasurer, Ken Powell as recorder, Lee Barry as police chief, Scott Rowley as fire chief and Craig Johnson as city engineer.
In an unrelated matter, the council discussed the recent addendum to the Price River Water Improvement District service contract.
One councilmember was absent from the meeting. The council agreed to table the item until all members could be in attendance for the discussion.
Next, the council reviewed an easement proposal from Sunrise Engineering who represents PRWID.
The improvement district asked for an easement through the Wellington industrial park for a line that will serve the winter water project for farmers in the area.
Councilmembers reviewed a map, discussed the issue and approved the easement on condition that it passes a review by the city attorney.
During the councilmember reports segment of the meeting, Ed Chavez gave an update of Wellington city's fire contract with Carbon County.
Chavez also asked for a review of the city ordinance that prohibits people living permanently within the city limits in recreation vehicles or RV trailers.
Councilwoman Paula Noyes reminded residents and officials in attendance at last Wednesday's meeting that city cleanup efforts would begin in the spring.
Noyes asked the council to be thinking about dedicating city workers and resources to a spring cleanup of the town.
A citizens committee will set a date and coordinate efforts for the cleanup.
Councilman Glen Wells and the city recorder indicated that a check had been sent to PRWID in the past week and Wellington's debt to the water improvement district would be fully paid by the end of the month.
Wells also pointed out that the Price-Wellington canal people were making plans to enlarge the inlet on the head gate of the secondary water system and will enlarge the trash screens at the same time.
The councilman said the engineers hope the improvements will help solve some of the problems experienced by secondary water users last summer.
Wells also said the canal company was drawing up plans and submitting proposals to pipe the entire Price-Wellington canal system.
The council then went into executive session to discuss the hiring of a new city attorney.
When the public meeting reconvened, the mayor announced that John Schindler had been selected for the job. Schindler was in attendance at the Wellington council meeting and accepted the position of city attorney.

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No State, or political subdivision thereof, shall have power to impose, for any taxable year ending after September 14, 1959, a net income tax on the income derived within such State by any person from interstate commerce if the only business activities within such State by or on behalf of such person during such taxable year are either, or both, of the following:
(1) the solicitation of orders by such person, or his representative, in such State for sales of tangible personal property, which orders are sent outside the State for approval or rejection, and, if approved, are filled by shipment or delivery from a point outside the State; and
(2) the solicitation of orders by such person, or his representative, in such State in the name of or for the benefit of a prospective customer of such person, if orders by such customer to such person to enable such customer to fill orders resulting from such solicitation are orders described in paragraph (1).
(b) Domestic corporations; persons domiciled in or residents of a State
The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to the imposition of a net income tax by any State, or political subdivision thereof, with respect to—
(c) Sales or solicitation of orders for sales by independent contractors
For purposes of subsection (a) of this section, a person shall not be considered to have engaged in business activities within a State during any taxable year merely by reason of sales in such State, or the solicitation of orders for sales in such State, of tangible personal property on behalf of such person by one or more independent contractors, or by reason of the maintenance, of an office in such State by one or more independent contractors whose activities on behalf of such person in such State consist solely of making sales, or soliciting orders for sales, or tangible personal property.
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For purposes of this section—
(1) the term "independent contractor" means a commission agent, broker, or other independent contractor who is engaged in selling, or soliciting orders for the sale of, tangible personal property for more than one principal and who holds himself out as such in the regular course of his business activities; and
Source(Pub. L. 86–272, title I, § 101,Sept. 14, 1959, 73 Stat. 555.)
Study and Report by Congressional Committees of State Taxation From Interstate Commerce
Title II of Pub. L. 86–272, as amended by Pub. L. 87–17, Apr. 7, 1961, 75 Stat. 41; Pub. L. 87–435, Apr. 21, 1962, 76 Stat. 55; Pub. L. 88–42, June 21, 1963, 77 Stat. 67; Pub. L. 88–286, Mar. 18, 1964, 78 Stat. 166, and repealed by Pub. L. 94–455, title XXI, § 2121(a),Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1914, provided for a study by the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the United States Senate, acting separately or jointly, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, of all matters pertaining to the taxation of interstate commerce by the States, territories, and possessions of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any political or taxing subdivision of the foregoing, and for a report together with their proposals for legislation on or before June 30, 1965.
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CANTON Gov. Andrew M. Cuomos proposal to allow counties to extend existing local sales tax rates on their own would not help St. Lawrence Countys quest for additional revenue because requests for increases would still require the state Legislatures approval.
That is the preliminary analysis of the New York State Association of Counties of the governors recommendation included in his budget. The proposal would help counties that need to have their rate extended every two years but not those looking for an increase, said NYSAC Deputy Director Mark F. LaVigne in an email message.
It would not solve the problem, said County Administrator Karen M. St. Hilaire. Our hope is the legislators would take it one step further.
The county had supported a home-rule bill that would allow counties to increase their sales tax up to 4 percent without petitioning the state for authorization and would provide counties that have already increased their sales tax with the ability to maintain their percentages without having to petition the state again. Fifty-two counties have to be reauthorized this year.
St. Lawrence County has sought an increase in sales tax from 3 to 4 percent, bringing the total with the states 4 percent to 8 percent, but has run into resistance from state Sens. Joseph A. Griffo, R-Rome, and Patricia A. Ritchie, R-Heuvelton, because they do not support additional taxes of any kind.
Gov. Cuomos budget message also called for no new taxes.
Sarah V. Compo, a spokeswoman for Mrs. Ritchie, said the senator is continuing to review the governors proposals, but her top priorities remain working on a better economic climate and creating more jobs in St. Lawrence County and throughout upstate.
However, county legislators plan to push their state representatives on the equity question as the home-rule issue is debated.
St. Lawrence is one of five counties in the state that did not previously raise its sales tax but has been stymied now that it wants an increase as the state is looking for belt-tightening.
Were trying to gather the details, verify the governors message and asking for fair treatment, said Board of Legislators Chairman Jonathan S. Putney, D-Waddington. We hope theres going to be equitable treatment of counties that did not raise their sales tax in the past.
County officials have developed a five-year plan that would allow the county to cut property taxes if it were able to raise its sales tax.
The plan was sent to all of the state legislators who represent the county, but none has responded, Ms. St. Hilaire said.
A meeting with Ogdensburg leaders left county legislators with the impression that the city would go along with its current percentage take if a sales tax hike went through.
The city was very receptive, Ms. St. Hilaire said.
Under its plan, the county has proposed a 10 percent contribution of the increase in the sales tax for towns and villages.
Under a 2009 agreement with the city, the county keeps half of what it collects in sales tax and distributes what is left to towns and villages after the city takes its cut. The county is proposing to change the percentage distributed to towns and villages, but only of the proposed sales tax increase.
Letters detailing the amount each municipality would receive were mailed Wednesday. Estimated additional annual revenue would range from a low of $5.42 for the part of the village of Massena in the town of Norfolk to a high of $113,830 for the rest of the village of Massena.
Village mayors and town supervisors are scheduled to meet Jan. 31 at the Potsdam Civic Center to discuss the issue without legislators present, said Brasher Supervisor M. James Dawson.
I think we have to have a very frank discussion, Mr. Dawson said. It would be premature for me to say anything before the meeting. I think its fair to let everyone have their say.
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Officially the recession eased slightly over that last month as the economy shrank less than expected, however, demand at the food bank in Price has not reflected this trend.
Servicing the whole of Carbon County, the food bank has seen a sharp rise in demand for its providings during the last year and even last week.
A majority of items at the bank comes from the Utah food program, however donations often make up the difference when demand is high. Although summer typically is a less eventful season, 2009 has proven otherwise.
"Just this week, we've had 175 people in here," said food bank employee Janet Gunter. "And keep in mind, the week's not over yet."
With patronage so high and donations down, the local food bank has been dealing with shortages. But even so, employees would like to help as many people as possible through the hard times.
"It breaks my heart to see so this many people (out of work and in need)," said food bank employee Mary Quintana as she helped applicants fill out paper work.
Currently, the food bank is in the process of applying for federal stimulus to expand its mission. But community donations are welcomed.
With a majority of local donations coming from local grocers, the bank has been able to continue, despite fewer contributions from individuals.
"It's kind of like a domino effect," related Gunter on how the poor economy has hurt people and the food bank.
Although the problems are not unique to Carbon County, some unusual trends have taken root locally that have caught the bank off guard.
Astounding Gunter and Quintana is the increase in homeless people around Price. They attribute the increase to the closing of the mission in Helper. Although the Avalon house is set to open late in the fall, the food bank hopes it can do what it can until then.
As for a comparison, last year at about the same time, food bank employees were trying to find projects to keep busy.
Although the food bank ties employees try to refer out of work patrons to workforce services, the work flow has not decreased.
"We really try to help everybody and anyone we can," said Gunter.
A majority of the banks operating costs are received through federal grants that typically total to around $100,000 annually. And while the bank is trying to get stimulus money, it has received about $20,000 form the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the year. The monthly food shipments it receives from the Utah food bank is obtained mostly through donations, but as Debbie Hatt at the Community Development Block in Price explains, "It takes a lot of coordination from agencies and the community to operate the facility."
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Sherman has appeared with Ralph Peterson, Gretchen Parlato, and Lalah Hathaway, among others. In addition to jazz, he has become passionate about other music styles, and plays gospel organ every Sunday at Eliot Church in Roxbury. His first solo album, available through his website, was just released.


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The Police Reserve Program provides the opportunity for adults above the age of 21 to serve their community by assisting the Police Department with some of its duties. The Reserve Officer is unpaid and the program is funded from the police budget and both the department and the individual member furnish the required equipment.
The Reserve Officer, when joining the program, is required to attend a "Reserve Academy" which is put on by the police department and the Columbia Gorge Community College. This Academy teaches police related subjects as well as in the field exercises such as firearms, traffic stops, searches and a host of other subjects.
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The Dalles Police Reserve Unit is a volunteer group made up of members of our community. They assist the police department in areas such as traffic control for parades, crime scene security and routine patrol among other duties. Reserve officers will be issued uniforms and given training on the many aspects of law enforcement to help them in their duties. Reserve officers ride with regular officers on patrol and may be involved in the same activities that regular police officers get involved in during normal routine patrol. Senior Reserve officers may be allowed to ride as a double Reserve car with another senior Reserve.
To become a Police Reserve all applicants must be at least 21 years of age, a US citizen, possess a valid Oregon drivers license, live within 45 minutes of The Dalles, have a high school diploma or GED, have no felony or serious misdemeanor convictions and be employed in an occupation that does not result in a conflict of interest with the department as determined by the Chief of Police. Applicants must also complete the entrance process listed below.
The entrance process for Reserve officer consists of a written test, an oral board and an in depth background check. A minimum score of 80% is required on the written test and oral board. The background check is a pass/no pass. Applicants will be notified of results after each step. After successful completion of these steps, applicants will be scheduled for an interview with the Chief of Police and a drug screening. This again is a pass/no pass. Applicants who fail the drug screening will be eliminated from consideration.
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The opposition continues to mount against the state's choice of a Canadian company to produce new drivers licenses. There is now a petition making the rounds.
That petition is now available at Chautauqua County DMV offices.
Many taxpayers and state lawmakers question why the state went with the highest bidder of $88.5 million for new licenses that will be in black and white. The Associated Press reports the winning bid is $38 million higher than the bid from the current provider.
Chautauqua County Clerk, Sandra Sopak, says she wanted to give people here a chance to let lawmakers know how they feel about it.
State DMV Commissioner Barbara Fiala, who ironically met with county clerks yesterday in Saratoga Springs, did not answer reporters questions about the deal. Her office later released a statement saying the losing bidders use inferior technology and that the state must meet homeland security requirements.
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The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974(FERPA) as amended, also known as the "Buckley Amendment", provides that schools must follow certain procedures with regard to students' records. In sum, FERPA establishes three rights for students:
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- the right to seek to amend education records; and
- the right to have control over the disclosure of information from education records.
It is the third point in which advisers will have most direct interest. As the student's adviser you will have access to a good portion of the student's education record (grades, etc.). Detailed information about what defines a student's education record can be found in the "Student Records" section of the Student Handbook. In order to avoid accidentally violating FERPA, faculty advisers should:
- not share student educational record information, including grades or grade point averages, with other faculty or staff members at the College unless their official responsibilities identify their "legitimate educational interest" in that information for that student.
- not share by phone or correspondence information from student educational records, including grades or grade point averages, with parents or others outside the institution, including letters of recommendation, without written permission of the student. Refer inquiries from parents to the Dean for Student Success and Academic Advising, x3702.
- refer inquires from anyone outside the college seeking information about a student to the Office of the Registrar, x3450 or Student Affairs, x3700.
- not provide anyone with a student's schedule or assistance with finding a student on campus. Refer inquiries to Student Affairs, x3700, or Campus Security, x4600.
There are two common dilemmas here for advisers: parental inquiries and letters of recommendation. Parents: When a parent declares their son or daughter on their federal taxes as a dependent they may, according to FERPA, have access to the student's education record without the student's express permission. This is the minimum required under the law, but colleges may have their own procedures. Release of academic information without the student's permission is done by a strict procedure at Grinnell; this procedure is administered by the VP for Student Affairs, Houston Dougharty. In most cases, when parents request information about their children, they begin with a question about the student's grades but the quickly shift to an underlying concern (e.g., Parent: "How is John doing in your course this semester?" Faculty: "What is your concern? What are you hearing from him?" Parent: "Well, John has seemed despondent on the phone lately. Does he strike you as homesick?"). Sometimes parents simply want to express a concern and find out what resources are available on campus. It is a good idea to listen to them and reflect on what they're saying. If they press for academic information, let them know you would like to bring the student into the conversation. Then contact the student about the perceived problem and see if he or she feels a need to have you share information back with the parent or if the student will talk with his or her parent directly. Frequently, this resolves the issues at hand. If parents still want access to their son's or daughter's education record or if the concern sounds urgent or dangerous, refer the parents to the Dean for Student Success and Academic Advising or the Vice-President for Student Affairs. Letters of Reference: Advisers frequently must disclose educational information about students in letters of reference. On most reference forms students will have authorized you to disclose information about them. Students' permission (ideally in writing) for disclosure of this information is imperative. Most students waive their rights to see the information you write; if they have not done so, what you write becomes part of their education record and they have the right to review it and even challenge it. The College publishes students' rights with regard to their education records in the Student Records section of the Student Handbook. When questions arise, students and advisers should consult this online information or call Houston Dougharty, Vice-President for Student Affairs.


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Emily Helder, a clinical psychologist and professor at Calvin College, deals with mood disorders and the weather.
"Most of the time seasons such as winter and fall are linked to lower mood," explains Helder.
But it is not the change in temperate that makes the difference -- it is the lack of light that is giving us the winter blues.
"Less light seems to effect the way people's mood changes," says Helder. She says that's especially true in northern latitudes, which have shorter days.
In the summer the sun in West Michigan stays up until around 9 p.m., but in the winter the sun can go down around 6 p.m. That less light affects our moods, but there are some other side effects to less light.
"There is a link between the change of the seasons and less light with feeling much more tired and sleeping longer," explains Emily.
To some extent everyone suffers from this a little bit, but if you get too depressed then you maybe suffering from seasonal affective disorder. A disorder that is 5-10% higher in areas like West Michigan compared to say Florida.
"There are two kinds of treatment for seasonal effective disorder," explains Emily. "One is antidepressants and bright light therapy exposure to very bright light."
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This month it was time to say goodbye to "Out in Front." Patrick Dougherty and his 239th Stickwork sculpture made a tremendous and meaningful impact in Sarasota and for SMOA. The volunteers who participated were phenomenal.
We are eternally grateful to John Meyer and Bob Ripley, who worked on all the details to make this project a success.
Thank you Patrick Dougherty and the foresight of the SMOA Board. We will cherish the memories.
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Held January 7-26, 2013 on the grounds of the historic Sarasota High School
To see more photos of Dougherty's piece on the front lawn of SMOA, please visit our Facebook page. To view the winners of the Sticks and Clicks photo competition, please click here.
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Internationally renowned sculptor Patrick Dougherty weaves large-scale architectural forms from trees, twigs, vines, and other natural materials. In January 2013, the artist spent three weeks in Sarasota creating one of his unique sculptures on the grounds of the historic Sarasota High School and future home of the Sarasota Museum of Art/SMOA.
His imaginative monumental sculptures made of trees, twigs, vines, and other natural materials can be seen around the world. During his three-week Sarasota project, the artist built a site-specific installation on the grounds of the historic Sarasota High School, which will become the future home of the Sarasota Museum of Art/ SMOA. The community had many opportunities to view the artist at work—and watch his creation unfold and evolve. Surkis encourages people to stop by the high school to experience the piece for themselves.
"This was a remarkable opportunity for our community," says Surkis. "Patrick has exhibited his work around the world; we're thrilled that he came here for SMOA. It's an example of the fresh ideas SMOA will be bringing to Sarasota." Surkis adds that it was "pure joy to watch his creations come alive as he bent, twisted and cajoled tree branches into large, dreamlike architectural forms that invite people to explore, wonder and wander through his amazing environments."
Born in Oklahoma in 1945, Patrick Dougherty was raised in North Carolina and studied art history and sculpture at the University of North Carolina. Combining his carpentry skills with his love of nature, Dougherty began to learn more about primitive techniques of building and to experiment with tree saplings as construction material.
In 1982, his first work, "Maple Body Wrap," was included in the North Carolina Biennial Artists' Exhibition, sponsored by the North Carolina Museum of Art. His work quickly evolved from single pieces on conventional pedestals to monumental scale environmental works, which required saplings by the truckloads. Over the last 30 years, he has built over 230 of these works, and become internationally acclaimed.
Dougherty has received numerous awards, including the 2011 Factor Prize for Southern Art, North Carolina Artist Fellowship Award, Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant, Henry Moore Foundation Fellowship, Japan-US Creative Arts Fellowship, and National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. Princeton Architectural Press published a major book, "Stickwork," about the artist and his work in 2009.
Patrick Dougherty's sculpture, "Out in Front," was named the Best New Work of Art in Sarasota Magazine's "Best of 2013" issue.
In the words of Sarasota Magazine, "SMOA scored a hit with Patrick Dougherty's newest 'stickwork' sculpture, 'Out in Front,' on the grounds of the old Sarasota High School, where thousands pass by every day on U.S. 41. Park your car and stroll around this intriguing fusion of nature and craft. Best part: Eager local volunteers got to help Dougherty create it.
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By JOHN SERFUSTINISun Advocate associate editor
With 40 protest letters filed against the county's proposal to expand the Scofield Special Service District and include garbage disposal in the fees, the county commission has called a time out to assess the situation.
That means literally assess the valuation of the properties represented by those 40 writers. It takes 33 percent of the property value to kill a proposal to create or amend such a district.
Meanwhile, commission attorney Christian Bryner told commissioners there has also been a petition submitted with 35 names on it. That's questionable, however, because the petition doesn't explain why the signers are opposed.
There are 1,360 lots in the area, with 481 owners notified of the proposal. But since the law deals with property valuation rather than head count, the county must make sure that the protestors have less than 33 percent of the total.
The commission has recommended the expansion of the district and the garbage fee to offset the cost of hauling garbage and paying tipping fees from the Scofield area.
It now costs the county - meaning all taxpayers - between $38,000 and $44,000 a year to do that, according to commissioner Mike Milovich. The $45 annual fee per resident would bring in about $18,000 per year in revenue.
"That's less than $4 a month. That's not going to break anyone's back," he commented.
More than a dozen residents attended Wednesday's session. Several brought up the issue that the Scofield area does not get the same level of services - schools, law enforcement and the like - as other parts of the county.
However, commissioner John Jones responded that the county has recently finished two bridges there, which more than covers the cost of the property taxes paid.
He added, "What do you want? Should we keep the dumpsters there, or have us pull them out and take your chances?"
The chances he referred to were the prospects of having garbage blowing all over the properties there and into the county's water supply at Scofield Reservoir.
The dumpsters were put in place to give recreational users as well as residents a place to dispose of trash. For years, the county received a break on tipping fees from landfill oplandfill operator ECDC Environmental. When the company was no longer able to offer the free tipping, the county had to look for ways to fund the collection and dumping, Milovich explained.
In response to a question of why residents had to pay for garbage service that also benefits non-resident visitors to the lake, Jones said that residents are only being asked to pay part of the total cost.
Bryner also explained to the audience and commission that a special service district must prove that the services offered must benefit all property owners in the district. Noting that blowing trash could be a problem for everyone with property around Scofield, the district meets that requirement, he said.
The commission voted to table the issue until the tally of property values is calculated.


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Jason Hunter, a member of Appalachian State University's first national championship team in 2005, was stabbed by his girlfriend in the left shoulder on Wednesday morning, according to the Associated Press.
Hunter, a five-year pro in the National Football League, was taken to Detroit Receiving Hospital by someone he knows, according to Detroit Police Officer Dan Donakowski, who did not have any additional information. Hunter would not say where the stabbing took place. His 23-year-old girlfriend, who was not identified, was arrested by police.
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The Borger Police Department made an arrest during a routine traffic stop on Tuesday afternoon.
On Tuesday, June 12, 2011, at approximately 11:30 a.m. officers from the department conducted a traffic stop in the 300 block of Monroe Street. After conducting the stop, officers identified the driver of the vehicle as Randi Lee Smith, 54, of Borger.
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RUSSELL About 45 community members attended the Edwards-Knox Central School District Board of Education meeting Monday evening, but they werent allowed to comment on the job status of high school Principal Michelle J. Varian.
Interviewed after the meeting, Mrs. Varian said the room was filled with supporters who should have been allowed to speak on her behalf. The board is expected to make a decision Jan. 28 on whether to fire Mrs. Varian, who was placed on administrative leave in mid-December for undisclosed reasons.
I have students, staff and community members rallying around me, Mrs. Varian said. Basically, they (the school board) said nobody has the right to come to a meeting and say something good about anyone.
The boards written guidelines, published on the district website, prohibit only derogatory comments about staff members from being made during public comment, she said.
Prior to public comment, board President Teresa A. Hogle said the boards attorney, Andrew W. Silver, Canton, advised it to prohibit any comments related to a staff member, whether positive or negative.
Allowing comments related to personnel matters could make the board liable for defamation, Mrs. Hogle said.
We will not take public comment, positive or negative, about any employee, she told audience members who gathered on cafeteria seats.
Mrs. Hogle said the board has received numerous letters and told the audience they will be read by board members.
We do read all the letters we get, but if its about a person, were not allowed to speak about it, she said.
Chalaine M. Archer, an outspoken supporter of Mrs. Varian, urged the nine-member board to consider the stack of letters.
We dont want to overwhelm you all at once. Obviously you know why we are here, she said.
District officials have refused to disclose why Mrs. Varian was placed on administrative leave. Mrs. Varian also has declined to discuss the situation.
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Theres very little protection for nontenured administrators, Mrs. Varian said. She has worked as the districts seventh- to 12th-grade principal since July 2010.
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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (MarketWatch) — "You Promised Me Mars Colonies," warns astronaut Buzz Aldrin on the cover of the MIT Technology Review, "Instead, I Got Facebook," And there, folks, you have the anti-Silicon Valley argument in a nutshell, according to the Review's editor-in-chief Jason Pontin in his provocative article, "Why We Can't Solve Big Problems."
Why? One answer: Because America's government no longer thinks long-term, no longer invests in Big Problems like landing a man on the moon. So Silicon Valley, and the rest of America's top innovative technology geniuses, focus on short-term money-makers like Facebook and other Small Problem stuff like Twitter, Instagram, Farmville.
Back in 1972 Pontin was just five at Apollo 17 liftoff: "My mother admonished me not to stare at the fiery exhaust of the Saturn 5 rocket. I vaguely knew that this was the last of the moon missions — but I was absolutely certain that there would be Mars colonies in my lifetime. What happened?"
Yes, what did happen? Why did America fail Buzz Aldrin? Fail Silicon Valley? Fail America's next generation? Fail to keep alive Kennedy's vision: Why is America failing as the world's technology leader? Or is it?
What happened? Why no Mars?
"That something happened to humanity's capacity to solve big problems is a commonplace," says Pontin. "There is a paucity of real innovations. Instead, they worry, technologists have diverted us and enriched themselves with trivial toys."
Guys like PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel are echoing Aldrin: "We wanted flying cars — instead we got 140 characters." Pontin even says "Thiel is caustic," he doesn't even "consider the iPhone a technological breakthrough compared to the Apollo program." The Internet is "a net plus — but not a big one." And yes, Twitter is "job security for the next decade," for 500 people. But Thiel, one of the best thinkers in the Valley, asks the big question: "What value does it create for the entire economy?"
Apparently not much to Silicon Valley critics: "We should be aiming higher." From the Founder's Fund manifesto, "What Happened to the Future?" They warn that "venture investing shifted away from funding transformational companies and toward companies that solved incremental problems or even fake problems." Instead of being a "funder of the future," Silicon Valley had "become a funder of features, widgets, irrelevances."
But is Silicon Valley inventing this Big Problems syndrome?
The criticisms are misleading, says Pontin: "The argument that venture capitalists lost their appetite for risky but potentially important technologies clarifies what's wrong with venture capital and tells us why half of all funds have provided flat or negative returns for the last decade."
But "even during the years when VCs were most risk-happy, they preferred investments that required little capital and offered an exit within eight to 10 years." Truth is, "VCs have never funded the development of technologies that are meant to solve big problems," says Pontin, in a direct challenge to Silicon Valley's so-called Big Problems syndrome.
And that forces him back to the core question raised by Buzz Aldrin, Peter Thiel and every high-tech investor interested in quarterly profits and big payoffs: "Putting aside the personal-computer revolution, if we once did big things but do so no longer, then what changed?" Pontin does a brilliant job diagnosing five key Big Problem macrotrends:
1. More important public policy alternatives, like investing on Earth
Seriously, is Silicon Valley's Big Problem a real problem? Or did their high-tech geniuses make it up? Pontin says "sometimes we choose not to solve big technological problems. We could travel to Mars if we wished. NASA has the outline of a plan," and "if the agency received more money ... humans could walk on the Red Planet sometime in the 2030s." But "we won't, because there are, everyone feels, more useful things to do on Earth."
2. Economic costs force huge constraints on technology
Energy is a real Big Problem with real cost issues: "Less than 2% of the world's energy consumption was derived from advanced renewable sources such as wind, solar and biofuels." Still, "coal and natural gas are cheaper than solar and wind ... petroleum is cheaper than biofuels." Another: Yes, climate change is a real Big Problem. But because the main cause of global warming is carbon dioxide released as a by-product of burning fossil fuels, we need renewable energy technologies that can compete on price with coal, natural gas and petroleum. At the moment, they don't exist."


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The Molson Canadian team together with agencies MacLaren and Bensimon Byrne, was honoured with the CAM McLuhan Award for "I am Canadian" at last night's annual Advertising & Design Club of Canada's Direction 2013 Awards.
This award is presented to a campaign that has, over time and using a variety of media, had a powerful impact on Canadian advertising, and Canadian culture. It's awarded to the marketer and their agency team whose partnership produced a campaign that is truly "game changing." The wave of patriotism in Canadian young people incited by "I am Canadian" was unprecedented. That a Canadian beer should inspire such intense nationalism also seems uniquely Canadian.
First introduced in 1994, it became a form of general expression and years later "The Rant" debuted in 1999. It came with a new integrated campaign featuring "Joe Canada" and saw over 40,000 digital parodies posted online at iam.ca by consumers voicing their passion for beer and pride for the best part of North America.
"I am Canadian" was a large part of the reason why I wanted to start my career at Molson Coors. It has become an iconic beacon of Canadianism and one of the most historic marketing campaigns in Canada. It still gets me every time I watch those commercials.
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If you'd like to join along with me, find some get-started tips when you .
- Use your phone. I've set up an alert on my phone to remind me to snap a photo each day. If you're concerned about pulling out the fancy lenses, you can use the camera on your handset (if it has one) to snap a pic on each outdoor walk.
- Set themes. If one shot a day's too much to take, try for one really good shot each week. Frame the pic with something that's unique to that time of year (e.g., piles of leaves, falling snow) or use props to represent holidays, sporting events, or other special occasions.
- Plan your finished product. Starting a website to share the daily pictures is one plan for the computer-savvy or mobile bloggers, but if you're staging more artsy shots, consider printing up a photo book or calendar to show off your good work in 2011.
Sound like a plan, then who's with me?
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Pension Markets in Focus 2014
23/12/2014 - Pension funds achieved positive returns in 2013 in almost all OECD countries, notwithstanding uncertainties in the world economy and volatility in financial markets.
Pension Markets in Focus 2014 (pdf)
Recent years have witnessed intense pension reform efforts in countries around the globe, which have often involved an increased use of funded pension programmes managed by the private sector. There is a growing need among policy makers and the regulatory community, as well as among private sector participants, to compare programme developments and experiences to those of other countries. Because funded arrangements are likely to play an increasingly important role in delivering retirement income security in many countries, and because the investment of pension assets will increasingly affect securities markets in future years, the availability of an accurate, comprehensive, comparable and up-to-date body of international statistics is a necessary tool for policy-makers, regulators and market participants. The Working Party on Private Pensions and its Task Force on Pension Statistics launched the Global Pension Statistics' project (GPS) in 2002. The GPS provides a valuable means for measuring and monitoring the pension industry, and permit inter-country comparisons of current statistics and indicators on key aspects of retirement systems across OECD and non-OECD countries. Data are collected on an ongoing basis so that trends can be readily identified and analysed. The statistics cover an extensive range of indicators and relate to a wide definition of private pension plans, themselves subdivided into detailed categories using coherent statistical concepts, definitions and methodologies. Online statistics databaseFree online frequently-requested pension indicators can be accessed directly via the OECD Web Browser OECD.Stat (Pension indicators database). Default queries pertaining to important indicators can also be found below: Structure of Pension SystemsPrivate pension plans can be financed through pension funds, pension insurance contracts, book reserves or other vehicles (bank or investment companies managed funds). They could be linked to an employment relationship, making them occupational pension plans, or they may be based on contracts between individuals and private pension providers, making them personal pension plans.
Pension funds: Wealth and Investments - These indicators refer to the trend in pension fund assets and asset allocation. The default queries are proposed for pension funds, therefore excluding data pertaining to book reserve systems (as they exist in Austria and Germany for example), pension insurance contracts (available in most OECD countries) and funds managed as part of financial institutions. However, the default options can be modified to comply with users' needs.
Pension funds: Benefits and Contributions - These indicators refer to the trend in pension fund revenues and expenditures.
Pension funds: Operating expenses - These indicators comprise all costs arising from the general administration of the plan/fund that are treated as plan/fund expenses (i.e. administrative costs and investment management costs). The efficiency of private pension systems can be assessed by looking at the costs in relation to assets under management.
Funded pension systems in OECD countries - These country profiles describe in a concise manner the design of private pension systems in individual OECD countries. Each profile is divided into 6 main sections: demographics and macroeconomics, country pension design, pension fund data, reference information and private pension system by type of plan and financing vehicle.
List of administrative sources used under the OECD GPS Project
Private Pensions: OECD Classification and Glossary [ English / français ]
Global Pension Statistics Project: Measuring the Size of Private Pensions with an International Perspective, 2004
Permanent url: www.oecd.org/daf/pensions/gps
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42 U.S. Code § 13710 - Payments to eligible States for incarceration of criminal aliens
(a) In general
(b) Authorization of appropriations
Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section from amounts authorized under section 13708 of this title, an amount which when added to amounts appropriated to carry out section 1252 (j) [1] of title 8 for fiscal year 1996 equals $500,000,000 and for each of the fiscal years 1997 through 2000 does not exceed $650,000,000.
(c) Administration
(d) Report to Congress
Not later than May 15, 1999, the Attorney General shall submit a report to the Congress which contains the recommendation of the Attorney General concerning the extension of the program under this section.
[1] See References in Text note below.
Source(Pub. L. 103–322, title II, § 20110, as added Pub. L. 104–134, title I, § 101[(a)] [title I, § 114(a)], Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321, 1321–21; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104–140, § 1(a),May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327.)
References in Text
Section 1252 (j) of title 8, referred to in subsecs. (a) to (c), was redesignated section 1231 (i) of title 8 by Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III, § 306(a)(1),Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–607.
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