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I have the same issue with my 2005 Trailblazer. In fact, ever since I've had it (new), there's been one electrical problem after another. Thank God most of the really bad stuff happened almost immediately, and GM had to fix them under warranty. But entire dash is out, speedometer, oil, temp, and now the fuel gauge. I have had several GM cars over the years, and not once have I ever had the dash malfunction. If there are this many of us out there with the same problem, GM knows it's really their fault for not making it right in the first place, or when contacted, fixing it. This is definitely a recall-type matter if there ever was one. I just find it odd that with all the recalls GM has put out, miraculously, the Trailblazer is never included -- every other GM, but not the TB.


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Thursday, February 6, 2014
Camping with Your Slow Cooker
And then I had kids. Don't get me wrong, I still love maid service and clean towels, but I hate spending lots of money and I hate having to get kids to sit still and have "restaurant behavior" when we are on a long trip. A few days here and there is absolutely fine, but sometimes you really just want a grilled cheese sandwich or a bowl of naked pasta and don't want to wait around in a booth at Applebees.
And I want my kids to be unplugged as much as possible, and I have got to admit the first thing I do when checking into a hotel or motel is to flip around and see "what kind of cable channels does this place have?"
I also want my kids to not be fearful of the outdoors and I like watching them dig with sticks and climb trees and just BE TOGETHER -- it forces all of us to work together to set up and break down camp and that kind of stuff warms my suburban soccer mom heart.
So I've embraced the dirt (thank you baby wipes!) and the sand (thank you dust buster!) and the laundry (dear help me, the laundry is just insane when we get home) and the chaos camping brings and now I can honestly say that I really really like being outdoors and pretty much all that camping has to offer.
And I bring along a slow cooker (or two).
Since we car camp and usually stick to a pretty family-friendly campground (mostly KOAs), we have electricity when we camp. Although we did recently decide to get a tiny pop-up tent trailer, I did use the slow cooker when we tent camped.
Just like at home, the kids are hungry and tired after a long day, and knowing that dinner is hot and ready after spending the day outside playing in the water or after a day touring around is just wonderful.
If you are tent-camping, I'd recommend having a long extension cord with you, and using one of the lockable-lid slow cookers. Obviously this isn't a way to cook if you are in bear country ---- I'm not going to even pretend to know how to bear proof a crockpot -- so don't do that!
If you've got a travel trailer or motorhome, you are already used to cooking in it, and I know a slow cooker is a mainstay in many RV kitchens already. Just like at home, I'd highly recommend a programmable slow cooker that will turn off when the cooking time has elapsed, so your food stays hot and safe to eat until you return back "home" for the day.
These are the cookers I happen to use and recommend, and you can usually find them at Bed Bath and Beyond or Kohls at a deep discount right now since the holidays are over.
I know that I'm terribly biased, but I do like the Ninja a lot for camping because having the stovetop and oven setting is pretty darn cool when away from home.
This is what I do to make camping and food-prep easier with the slow cooker:
1) do as much prep at home as possible. I like to chop all my veggies at home and separate our meals into Ziplock baggies and write on the outside of the bag what it all is (everything looks the same when it's frozen solid!) and then I freeze the bags at home to stack into the cooler.
2) if you are planning a chili or taco soup, brown the ground beef/turkey at home, and I'd suggest opening all the cans at home and then freezing in a zippered bag.
3) plan on lazy cooking --- which for us is usually a hunk of meat (or boneless chicken thighs) and a bottle of your favorite something sauce (bbq, simmer sauce, pasta sauce, etc.) Instead of bringing the jar or bottle, put the meat in a freezer bag and then put the sauce on it at home and freeze at home, so in the morning all you have to do is dump the contents into the cooker.
4) we usually do a sausage and vegetable medley -- which is super easy and all I do is make sure to have a 5-lb bag of potatoes with us and I do wash and cut those on the campground, then put in the bottom of a slow cooker with sliced chicken and apple sausage, and a bit of chicken broth (or white wine). If I've got a bag of baby carrots (which I usually do) I throw those in and any other random veggies I've got (bell peppers, brocolli).
5) save the leftovers from your sausage and veggie medley to do breakfast-for-dinner the next night (and any leftover hotdogs you might have). Scramble up 6-10 eggs or so with some milk then pour over the leftover potatoes and sausage and cook the next day.
6) baked potatoes or corn on the cob work great in the slow cooker, or you can do a layered dinner with meat and your potatoes and corn. My kids are super happy with a loaded baked potato for dinner, and since we usually have bacon for breakfast, I keep some for dinner time toppings. We always have a variety of cheeses with us, too.
7) planning ahead this way actually works in flexibility! I am not a slow cooker purist by any stretch of the imagination --- I also bring the pancake griddle which works great for quesadillas and grilled cheese sandwiches (and pancakes ;-) .). The kids still like to cook hotdogs on sticks, and we have a dutch oven that Adam uses over coals. If for some reason we have no power or are in a position where we don't feel safe leaving a crockpot plugged in, any of the prepared plastic bags can be dumped into a dutch oven or large pot to be cooked with propane, over coals, etc.
8) If you are on a roadtrip, see if your van or truck has an outlet in it. This way you can actually cook while you are driving. Lots of mini vans have outlets in the back and this works great to cook a large roast for pulled sandwiches or something not-too-soupy for eating on the road. If you've got an RV, you already know way more about this sort of thing than I do!
UPDATED: [please see the comment selection below for further information on cooking-while-you-drive. You most likely need an adapter to make this option work for you.]
I'm sure you already know this, but it bears repeating that this will drain your car battery if you are not actively driving. I wouldn't leave it plugged in your car if you plan on touring a museum for a long period of time, etc.
9) UPDATED: I've gotten a few emails about thermo slow cooking. I haven't personally tried this out yet, abut plan on it this summer. There are two well-reviewed companies that make these, and I think they'd be absolutely fantastic for camping.
Wonderbag and Thermal Cook both ship world wide, and both companies have reached out and are run by wonderful people. When I have the opportunity to recipe test using these products, I will certainly write a thorough review. If you have had experience cooking in a thermal device, please share your feedback!
I hope this helps a bit! Happy Camping!!
If you've got other suggestions or menu ideas, please let me know, I know I've got an awful lot to learn. Especially since one of my dreams is to travel cross-country and see EVERYTHING! :-)
16 comments:
- Peter Schott said...
Not sure if this makes a difference, but many state parks also have water/electric and there are some really great ones out there. I'll admit I never thought of trying to bring a slow cooker along, but the idea is intriguing.I could see that being useful for those times you really don't want to start a fire or the camp stove. (We car/tent camp more than anything else so no camper for us.) We may try this at some point instead of hauling the dutch oven, especially for warmer weather.
- February 6, 2014 at 11:46 AM
- Linda Flood said...
Only you would find a way to use a slow cooker in a vehicle. hahaha!
- February 6, 2014 at 12:59 PM
- rkjb85 said...
Foil meals are fun to do too. You can buy a tripod to cook them over the fire. We usually do hamburgers, potato, carrots and onions sprinkled with steak seasoning. Cook 20-30 mins per side. Or chicken and vegetables are good too. The kids like to make their own meals.
- February 6, 2014 at 2:39 PM
- Kelly said...
YAY! I love camping - my family also graduated from tent to tent trailer, and now my husband and I have a travel trailer! We did Thanksgiving in our RV this year and it involved 4 slow cookers! You look just adorable in your tent trailer.
- February 6, 2014 at 3:10 PM
- Diane Schultz said...
I'm going to share this on my camping blog if you don't mind. It's very good information that my readers would enjoy.
- February 6, 2014 at 8:07 PM
- kate said...
Great post! Just a note: I have the Set n' Forget cooker with the clamps, and the manual (on the parts and features page) says "Do not cook or store with lid clamped down". It's just for travel. So it won't work to cook with the lid clamped down in order to keep animals out.
Manual: http://useandcares.hamiltonbeach.com/files/840205300.pdf
- February 6, 2014 at 8:57 PM
- Katharine Devinney said...
This sounds like a great idea. I love your new tent camper. I want one of those. In the meantime I want and extra comfy mattress pad (the kind that are double the height). Thanks for sharing the idea.
- February 7, 2014 at 2:16 AM
- Shari Cole said...
Great tip about the Nija. Thanks!
- February 7, 2014 at 2:30 PM
- Harley Winfrey said...
I was wondering how to get the cooker to cook while you are driving. I have a class C rv and tried plugging it into a converter in the dc outlet but the cooker wouldn't stay on long enough to get hot. I also had a tacoma with an ac outlet in the bed of the truck and I could use it while parked with the engine running, but as soon as I shifted to drive it would shut down. I would love the option to cook while we drive.
- February 8, 2014 at 2:23 PM
- Stephanie O'Dea said...
HI Harley,
I just went out and checked my voltages and plugged in a variety of slow cookers. You are absolutely correct. The pot I have used in the back of the mini van is old and the newer ones are all 120V, and the outlet stops working at 110V, unless you have a converter.
I did some research on RV forums and found an adapter that we use to plug in the air mattress pump -- (it's not this exact one, but similar, and we got it at Big 5 for probably $15) Car Lighter Adapter for Outlets in Cars.
It looks like this will work for your Tacoma (it does in our Sienna), but I'm not sure about the Class C. Some of the forums say it's a rather easy electrical fix by flipping some sort of breaker. This was the site I found that looked the most promising: http://www.forestriverforums.com/forums/f16/outlets-not-working-while-driving-49304.html
I also just found this Car CrockPot that Plugs into Lighter
and that might be useful for a long haul -- I've got to admit that since we only have a pop up, I don't know firsthand how the outlets work in RVs, but have heard from readers that they do "make lunch on the road"---
hopefully someone with more info than I have/know will chime in!
I appreciate you writing and I am going to update the above post to direct folks down here to the comments for further information. This is so valuable; thank you.
I hope this helps a bit, and I hope you're having a great weekend!
- February 8, 2014 at 7:12 PM
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- February 8, 2014 at 7:50 PM
- Stephanie O'Dea said...
YIKES. I'm having technical difficulty.
Barbara, I accidentally deleted your comment about bringing slow cookers along and using them in hotel rooms. That's a great tip for travel, thank you!
- February 9, 2014 at 8:12 AM
- aimeed said...
Love the idea of cooking as you go--long days on the road are the toughest for us. We all get in hungry for real food, and grumpy and it's usually late. I'm going to check out the links for the adapter.
We use our crockpot a ton when camping. I usually put it on a small table by the outside plug in on the camper. I wouldn't use it in bear country, but I've never had a problem where there are plenty of coons and squirrels. I think they can tell that it's hot.
Our standard are crocky beans. I just put them on the night before, when I go to bed, on low. They are ready for lunch. (But less popular in the summer. They then get replaced with smoothies. A personal blender is also awesome family camping.)
- March 11, 2014 at 10:13 AM
- dani said...
This is how we camp with a few exceptions.
1. Use Reynolds crock pot bags and no need to wash dishes. At the end of each meal, remove the bag and add the next bagged meal.
2. I bring 2 or 3 crock pots and a rice cooker so we have our main dish, a side, and a dump cake cooking for each meal.
3. I have found crock recipes for every meal and use those with shorter cook times for lunch.
- April 21, 2014 at 11:10 AM
- racewalker said...
It's camping and travel season again!
Congratulations on highlighting the convenience of slow cooking while camping. Coming back to a delicious warm dinner is terrific. Ditto on rice cookers also. We travel by RV 6 months each year and can attest to the value and convenience of slow cookers (and rice cookers).
On long hauls I plug in our small slow cooker through an inverter to the 12V outlet in the truck. While we drive a delicious Beef Burgundy or Chuck Roast Chili or Mac N Cheese is warming up (make twice usual servings at home and place 2nd meal into a freezer bag - thaw overnight).
Weather may not be favorable/ tired driver and navigator, and yet a delicious warm dinner to revive.
We use Procter Silex 1.5 15 with sealing gasket and elastic top holder especially useful for cooking while on the road - http://www.amazon.com/PG-33116Y-1-5qt-Slow-Cooker/dp/B00T37JI0O/ref=sr_1_sc_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1432694524&sr=8-14-spell&keywords=1.5+slow+cooker+procter+silex.
For hotel stays, the slow cooker and/or rice cooker saves a lot of $ for breakfast and dinners, plus the convenience factor. I know a few business travelers that pack a small rice cooker in their luggage....
If water is limited, the crock pot bags are the way to go.
Slow cooker also allows for special dietary needs so challenging to meet on the road.
Enjoy reading the Year of Slow Cooking blog, always something to learn! Thank you!
- May 26, 2015 at 7:55 PM
- Brenda said...
I use a thermal cooker by Saratoga Jack, and I love it! Most recipes that can be done in a crockpot can be done in a thermal, some with a bit of tweaking. This spring we took a car trip and used our thermal to cook every day, but especially on driving days. I started the food at cabin A, put it in the thermal, and by the time we were at cabin B 10 hours later, we had dinner, and didn't have to hassle with plugs!
This summer I've used it to prepare dinners without heating up the house. 15 -30 minutes of electricity, 8-10 hours of cooking. Love it!
- August 8, 2015 at 5:36 PM
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The big news about the Nikon D7100 isn't that it has a 24.1 million pixel sensor - that was fairly predictable - but rather that Nikon has decided to omit the anti-aliasing element from the camera's filter above the chip.
This is something that we have seen before with the Nikon D800E and Pentax K-5 IIs, but these cameras are variations on the Nikon D800 and Pentax K-5 II that both have anti-aliasing filters.
The Nikon D7100, in contrast, isn't available in two varieties and can only be bought without the filter in place.
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Most camera manufacturers use an anti-aliasing filter (AKA low-pass filter) to reduce the risk of interference patterns known as moiré patterning that can occur when an object with a fine texture that's close to the sensor's resolving limit is photographed. You've probably seen this at some point on the television when someone has worn the wrong tie or shirt and a frenzy of lines is created at an angle to the fabric's pattern.
Nikon claims that the pixel density of the Nikon D7100's APS-C format sensor is sufficiently high that there are relatively few occasions when moiré patterning is likely to occur, and consequently no anti-aliasing filter is required. The downside of using a low-pass filter is that it softens the images slightly, and this has to be addressed by sharpening the image post-capture.
Leaving off the filter should mean that the Nikon D7100 is capable of producing sharper images direct from the camera. But how much difference does it make in comparison with the Nikon D5200 and Nikon D3200, which also have 24MP sensors?
Like Nikon's more recent DSLRs, including the Nikon D4 and Nikon D800, the Nikon D7100 has the Expeed 3 processing engine. In combination with the sensor, this enables a native sensitivity range of ISO 100-6400, which can be expanded to the equivalent ISO 25,600 if required.
Despite having the same processing engine and pixel count as the Nikon D3200 and Nikon D5200, the Nikon D7100 can shoot at a faster frame rate of 6fps (frames per second). This trumps the Nikon D5200 by 1fps and the Nikon D3200 by 2fps, making it better suited to sport and action photography.
However, the Nikon Nikon D7100 has another trick up its sleeve that enables things to be pushed a little bit further - a 1.3x crop mode. This is useful if you need to get a little tighter in on your subject and don't want to crop the image post-capture, and it enables the maximum continuous shooting rate to be boosted to 7fps.
Nikon has further boosted the D7100's sport and wildlife shooting credentials with the inclusion of the 51-point Multi-Cam 3500DX AF module, which has 15 cross-type AF points around the centre of the frame. In comparison, the Nikon D7000 has 39 AF points, of which nine are cross-type.
Those who think 51 AF points is a bit excessive can opt to restrict the selection to 11 in single AF mode. As we have seen before with Nikon's high-end DSLRs, in continuous AF mode the camera can be set to track the subject using 51, 21 or nine AF points after you've selected the starting AF point.
Alternatively, there's 3D tracking available in continuous AF mode, which looks at the colour of the subject and attempts to follow it around the frame. However, if you want to keep things simple, the camera can select the AF point for you in Single AF and Continuous AF mode.
The Nikon D7100 is the fifth DSLR in Nikon's lineup to feature an AF system that is sensitive down to f/8. This means that the camera will continue to focus the lens automatically when a telephoto lens and teleconverter combination results in an effective maximum aperture as small as f/8. Naturally you can shoot at smaller apertures than this and use automatic focusing, since it is only the maximum aperture that is the issue.
Like the Nikon D7000, the Nikon D7100 has a 2,016-pixel RGB sensor that provides data to the Scene Recognitions system that guides the metering, white balance and autofocusing systems. You can also take control over the colour of your images via the Picture Control modes (Standard, Neutral, Vivid, Monochrome, Portrait and Landscape) with options to adjust the sharpening, contrast, brightness, saturation and hue of the colour modes.
Nikon has stuck with the same effects modes for the D7100 as those on the D7000, namely Night Vision, Color Sketch, Miniature Effect, Selective Color, Silhouette, High Key and Low Key. We can't see much use for Night Vision or Color Sketch, but Miniature Effect and Selective Color can produce some fun results.
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The downside to these modes is that images are only recorded as JPEGs and there's no option to have a 'clean' raw file. On the plus side, the main LCD screen displays the impact of the effects in Live View mode, and the refresh rate isn't excessively reduced. It's also possible to use the Effects when shooting movies.
On the subject of movies, the Nikon D7100 can shoot Full HD movies and there are ports to connect both an external microphone and a pair of headphones for better sound recording and monitoring.
Movies can be shot in DX mode at 24, 25 or 30p, but when the 1.3x crop is employed it is also possible to record 50i or 60i footage for smoother action or slow motion playback.
The Nikon D7100 is priced at £1,099.99 / US$1,199.95 / AU$1,558 body-only or £1,299.99 / US$1,599.95 / AU$1,849 with an 18-105mm VR kit lens, making it considerably more expensive than the new Canon EOS 700D.


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A 22-year old Trenton resident, Avery Mock, has been charged in Grundy County with second degree domestic assault.
KANSAS CITY (AP) - An Independence woman has been charged in the death of her infant daughter who suffered from acute malnutrition.
ROELAND PARK, KS (KCTV) -A Roeland Park man made a rather startling discovery Sunday afternoon - a live hand grenade.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Gov. Jay Nixon has declared a state of emergency after recent storms and tornadoes swept through the state.
A mentoring group called Kicking Bear holds its fourth annual youth camp at Braymer's Tait Park May 23rd and 24th.
Battling through afternoon rain delays, the Stanberry Bulldogs amassed 135 points on Saturday, to claim the team championship in Class 1, District 8 competition at Albany High School.
The Green City girls scored 115 points, with the boys tallying 100 points, both winning the team titles at Saturday's Class 1, District 6 track and field meet, hosted by the Princeton Tigers, at Chillicothe High School.
A truck and a car collided while approaching one another on Highway 13 in Daviess county, with both drivers taken by ambulance to Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany.
ST. LOUIS (AP) - The state conservation department wants to meet with hunters across Missouri to discuss a new deer management plan and possible regulatory changes.
Fulton, Mo. (KOMU) - A Fulton man pleaded guilty in Callaway County Court Monday to conspiring to have his estranged wife killed back in the fall of 2012. A judge sentenced 34-year-old Michael Gordon to six years in prison.
(AP) - He was one of the most beloved teachers in the small world of international schools that serve the children of diplomats, well-off American expatriates and local elites.
Recent guests on Open Line included Barbara Cox, Donita Youtsey, Debbie Carman, Tara Walker and Virginia Brassfield-Briegel. The topic of conversation was the Sunnyview Nursing Home Foundation, Inc.
When training camps across the National Football League in late July, ten rookies will hail from the University of Missouri, including two players drafted by the in-state St. Louis Rams.
The Trenton Park Board is seeking applicants for an assistant manager position for the Trenton Family Aquatics Center.
The Family Career and Community Leaders of America Chapter at Grand River Technical School at Chillicothe has an open house /fundraiser Thursday.
A Cowgill resident was hurt early yesterday north of Lawson when the pickup truck he was driving went off Highway 69 and hit a ditch and a fence.
MoDOT is once again busy on highways and roads in North Missouri. Many road closings have been announced.
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) - Joplin police say a 34-year-old man died in a Joplin theater and his body was discovered the next day.
NEW YORK (AP) -- In St. Louis, Michael Sam might have found the perfect spot to pursue an NFL career and try to become the league's first openly gay player.
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52 reasons the Ravens could win the Super Bowl [Pictures]
It's on. After stunning the Broncos in Denver, the Ravens are headed to New England to take on the Patriots in the AFC Championship game this Sunday. Last Saturday's game was one of the Ravens' greatest victories. It's not hard to imagine them going all the way. In fact, we're counting on it. In honor of Ray Lewis' last post-season, here are 52 reasons the Ravens could win the Super Bowl. -- Sam Sessa and Jordan Bartel
Also see:
• Baltimore vs. San Francisco [Pictures]
• Super Bowl specials [Pictures]
• Ravens making funny faces [Pictures]
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No. 1: Because nobody in the mainstream media believed
Before the Broncos game, almost all the major sportscasters thought Peyton Manning would destroy the Ravens. To hear them talk, the game was over before it started, and Ray Lewis' career would end in Denver. Even when the Ravens won, ESPN couldn't admit it: Their headline was "Broncos choke in historic fashion." No love for Baltimore. That's OK -- the Ravens love proving them wrong.


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6 U.S. Code § 194 - Enhancement of public safety communications interoperability
(a) Coordination of public safety interoperable communications programs
(1) Program
The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, shall establish a program to enhance public safety interoperable communications at all levels of government. Such program shall—
(A) establish a comprehensive national approach to achieving public safety interoperable communications;
(C) develop, in consultation with other appropriate Federal agencies and State and local authorities, appropriate minimum capabilities for communications interoperability for Federal, State, and local public safety agencies;
(D) accelerate, in consultation with other Federal agencies, including the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the private sector, and nationally recognized standards organizations as appropriate, the development of national voluntary consensus standards for public safety interoperable communications, recognizing—
(E) encourage the development and implementation of flexible and open architectures incorporating, where possible, technologies that currently are commercially available, with appropriate levels of security, for short-term and long-term solutions to public safety communications interoperability;
(F) assist other Federal agencies in identifying priorities for research, development, and testing and evaluation with regard to public safety interoperable communications;
(G) identify priorities within the Department of Homeland Security for research, development, and testing and evaluation with regard to public safety interoperable communications;
(H) establish coordinated guidance for Federal grant programs for public safety interoperable communications;
(I) provide technical assistance to State and local public safety agencies regarding planning, acquisition strategies, interoperability architectures, training, and other functions necessary to achieve public safety communications interoperability;
(J) develop and disseminate best practices to improve public safety communications interoperability; and
(2) Office for Interoperability and Compatibility
(A) Establishment of Office
The Secretary may establish an Office for Interoperability and Compatibility within the Directorate of Science and Technology to carry out this subsection.
(3) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this subsection—
(b) Report
Not later than 120 days after December 17, 2004, the Secretary shall report to the Congress on Department of Homeland Security plans for accelerating the development of national voluntary consensus standards for public safety interoperable communications, a schedule of milestones for such development, and achievements of such development.
(c) International interoperability
Not later than 18 months after December 17, 2004, the President shall establish a mechanism for coordinating cross-border interoperability issues between—
(e) Multiyear interoperability grants
(1) Multiyear commitments
In awarding grants to any State, region, local government, or Indian tribe for the purposes of enhancing interoperable communications capabilities for emergency response providers, the Secretary may commit to obligate Federal assistance beyond the current fiscal year, subject to the limitations and restrictions in this subsection.
(2) Restrictions
(3) Letters of intent
(A) Issuance
Pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary may issue a letter of intent to an applicant committing to obligate from future budget authority an amount, not more than the Federal Government's share of the project's cost, for an interoperability communications project (including interest costs and costs of formulating the project).
(B) Schedule
A letter of intent under this paragraph shall establish a schedule under which the Secretary will reimburse the applicant for the Federal Government's share of the project's costs, as amounts become available, if the applicant, after the Secretary issues the letter, carries out the project before receiving amounts under a grant issued by the Secretary.
(C) Notice to Secretary
An applicant that is issued a letter of intent under this subsection shall notify the Secretary of the applicant's intent to carry out a project pursuant to the letter before the project begins.
(D) Notice to Congress
The Secretary shall transmit a written notification to the Congress no later than 3 days before the issuance of a letter of intent under this section.
(E) Limitations
A letter of intent issued under this section is not an obligation of the Government under section 1501 of title 31 and is not deemed to be an administrative commitment for financing. An obligation or administrative commitment may be made only as amounts are provided in authorization and appropriations laws.
(F) Statutory construction
Nothing in this subsection shall be construed—
(i) to prohibit the obligation of amounts pursuant to a letter of intent under this subsection in the same fiscal year as the letter of intent is issued; or
(f) Interoperable communications plans
Any applicant requesting funding assistance from the Secretary for interoperable communications for emergency response providers shall submit an Interoperable Communications Plan to the Secretary for approval. Such a plan shall—
(1) describe the current state of communications interoperability in the applicable jurisdictions among Federal, State, and local emergency response providers and other relevant private resources;
(2) describe the available and planned use of public safety frequency spectrum and resources for interoperable communications within such jurisdictions;
(3) describe how the planned use of spectrum and resources for interoperable communications is compatible with surrounding capabilities and interoperable communications plans of Federal, State, and local governmental entities, military installations, foreign governments, critical infrastructure, and other relevant entities;
(4) include a 5-year plan for the dedication of Federal, State, and local government and private resources to achieve a consistent, secure, and effective interoperable communications system, including planning, system design and engineering, testing and technology development, procurement and installation, training, and operations and maintenance;
(5) describe how such 5-year plan meets or exceeds any applicable standards and grant requirements established by the Secretary;
(6) include information on the governance structure used to develop the plan, including such information about all agencies and organizations that participated in developing the plan and the scope and timeframe of the plan; and
(g) Definitions
In this section:
(1) Interoperable communications
The term "interoperable communications" means the ability of emergency response providers and relevant Federal, State, and local government agencies to communicate with each other as necessary, through a dedicated public safety network utilizing information technology systems and radio communications systems, and to exchange voice, data, and video with one another on demand, in real time, as necessary.
(2) Emergency response providers
The term "emergency response providers" has the meaning that term has under section 101 of this title.
(i) Sense of Congress regarding interoperable communications
(1) Finding
The Congress finds that—
(A) many first responders working in the same jurisdiction or in different jurisdictions cannot effectively and efficiently communicate with one another; and
(2) Sense of Congress
It is the sense of Congress that interoperable emergency communications systems and radios should continue to be deployed as soon as practicable for use by the first responder community, and that upgraded and new digital communications systems and new digital radios must meet prevailing national, voluntary consensus standards for interoperability.
[1] See References in Text note below.
Source(Pub. L. 108–458, title VII, § 7303,Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3843; Pub. L. 110–53, title III, § 301(c),Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 299.)
References in Text
Section 321 of this title, referred to in subsec. (a)(2)(B)(ii), was in the original a reference to section 510 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by section 7303(d) ofPub. L. 108–458, which was repealed by Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 611(5),Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1395.
Section is comprised of section 7303 ofPub. L. 108–458. Subsec. (d) ofsection 7303 of Pub. L. 108–458enacted section 321 of this title. Subsec. (h) ofsection 7303 of Pub. L. 108–458amended sections 238 and 312 of this title.
Section was enacted as part of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, and also as part of the 9/11 Commission Implementation Act of 2004, and not as part of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 which comprises this chapter.
Section 301(c) ofPub. L. 110–53, which directed the amendment of section 7303 of the "Intelligence Reform and Terrorist Prevention Act of 2004", was executed to this section, which is section 7303 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. See 2007 Amendment notes below.
2007—Subsec. (f)(6), (7). Pub. L. 110–53, § 301(c)(1), added pars. (6) and (7). See Codification note above.
Subsec. (g)(1). Pub. L. 110–53, § 301(c)(2), substituted "and video" for "or video". See Codification note above.
Effective Date
Pub. L. 108–458, title VII, § 7308,Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3849, provided that: "Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act [see Tables for classification], this subtitle [subtitle C (§§ 7301–7308) of title VII of Pub. L. 108–458, enacting this section and section 321 of this title, amending sections 238 and 312 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under this section and section 5196 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare] shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 17, 2004]."
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of the SAFECOM Program, excluding elements related to research, development, testing, and evaluation and standards, to the Director for Emergency Communications, see section 571 (d)(1) of this title.
Cross Border Interoperability Reports
Pub. L. 110–53, title XXII, § 2203,Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 541, provided that:
"(a) In General.—Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act [Aug. 3, 2007], the Federal Communications Commission, in consultation with the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Emergency Communications, the Office of Management of [sic] Budget, and the Department of State shall report to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce on—
"(1) the status of the mechanism established by the President under section 7303(c) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (6 U.S.C. 194 (c)) for coordinating cross border interoperability issues between—
"(A) the United States and Canada; and
"(B) the United States and Mexico;
"(2) the status of treaty negotiations with Canada and Mexico regarding the coordination of the re-banding of 800 megahertz radios, as required under the final rule of the Federal Communication Commission in the 'Private Land Mobile Services; 800 MHz Public Safety Interface Proceeding' (WT Docket No. 02–55; ET Docket No. 00–258; ET Docket No. 95–18, RM–9498; RM–10024; FCC 04–168) including the status of any outstanding issues in the negotiations between—
"(A) the United States and Canada; and
"(B) the United States and Mexico;
"(3) communications between the Commission and the Department of State over possible amendments to the bilateral legal agreements and protocols that govern the coordination process for license applications seeking to use channels and frequencies above Line A;
"(4) the annual rejection rate for the last 5 years by the United States of applications for new channels and frequencies by Canadian private and public entities; and
"(5) any additional procedures and mechanisms that can be taken by the Commission to decrease the rejection rate for applications by United States private and public entities seeking licenses to use channels and frequencies above Line A.
"(b) Updated Reports to Be Filed on the Status of Treaty of [sic] Negotiations.—The Federal Communications Commission, in conjunction with the Department of Homeland Security, the Office of Management of Budget, and the Department of State shall continually provide updated reports to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives on the status of treaty negotiations under subsection (a)(2) until the appropriate United States treaty has been revised with each of—
"(1) Canada; and
"(2) Mexico.
"(c) International Negotiations To Remedy Situation.—Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act [Aug. 3, 2007], the Secretary of the Department of State shall report to Congress on—
"(1) the current process for considering applications by Canada for frequencies and channels by United States communities above Line A;
"(2) the status of current negotiations to reform and revise such process;
"(3) the estimated date of conclusion for such negotiations;
"(4) whether the current process allows for automatic denials or dismissals of initial applications by the Government of Canada, and whether such denials or dismissals are currently occurring; and
"(5) communications between the Department of State and the Federal Communications Commission pursuant to subsection (a)(3)."
Submission of Reports to Appropriate Congressional Committees
Pub. L. 110–53, title XXII, § 2205,Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 543, provided that: "In addition to the committees specifically enumerated to receive reports under this title [enacting provisions set out as note under this section, section 701 of this title, and section 247d–3a of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, and amending provisions set out as a note under section 309 of Title 47, Telecommunications], any report transmitted under the provisions of this title shall also be transmitted to the appropriate congressional committees (as defined in section 2(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 (2)))."
Regional Model Strategic Plan Pilot Projects
Pub. L. 108–458, title VII, § 7304,Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3847, directed the Secretary of Homeland Security, not later than 90 days after Dec. 17, 2004, to establish not fewer than 2 pilot projects in high threat urban areas or regions likely to implement a national model strategic plan in order to develop a regional strategic plan to foster interagency communication and coordinate the gathering of all Federal, State, and local first responders in that area, consistent with the national strategic plan developed by the Department of Homeland Security, and to submit to Congress an interim report regarding the progress of the interagency communications pilot projects 6 months after Dec. 17, 2004, and a final report 18 months after Dec. 17, 2004.
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New Year's Tutus
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A group of Pit Bull Plunge participants dances to get warm after retreating from the icy waters. They are, from left, Scott Henshaw, Mark Ready, Ann Marie Rakovic, Jen Saker and Kerri Lopes, who made up "Marco's Team." The team was named after Mark and Kerri's pit bull, pictured, who now uses a canine wheelchair to get around. Kerri and Mark rescued Marco after he was struck by a car and abandoned. Marco's Team raised more than $800 at Monday's Pit Bull Plunge event. (Submitted photo)
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Resources and Lessons Learned From the ACA Camp Crisis Hotline
- While camp is in session, you're told that one of your special needs minor-aged campers is a "registered sex offender."
- A parent calls demanding that you immediately medically examine a camper in her daughter's group. The daughter told her mother that the other camper said she "has bumps on her private parts."
- It is reported to you that a staff member is making statements threatening suicide.
- You arrive at the university where your camp leases space to discover that the university has rented the other half of the dorm floor you are using for teenage girls to a group of adult men.
- You discover a working hidden camera in the shower house.
These issues and many other calls were placed to the ACA Camp Crisis Hotline (800-573-9019) this year. The Hotline is a year-round, twenty-four-hours-a-day service provided to any ACA camp or member who needs help in a crisis. Every year we analyze the issues and provide you with helpful case studies and resources to assist you in crisis management, staff training, and preparation for the unexpected at your camp. We encourage you to talk with your staff and learn from the experience of other camps. If you would like more information about any of the case studies or resources, please contact the ACA Hotline Team Leader, Susan E. Yoder, at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Medical Concerns
For the second year in a row, the most common type of call to the Hotline (24 percent of the calls) was regarding medical issues. While ACA does not provide medical advice, we can provide you with resources and talk through options for next steps.
Lessons Learned
- The single most important step a camp can take for preparation is to have a medical support system identified pre-season. This plan includes not just your on-site medical staff, but very importantly, the list of contacts you would phone in the event of the unexpected (e.g., mental health professionals, dentists, etc.).
- Second, follow the trends—do your research before camp. Read up on what the latest medical hot topics are. Be prepared for what to do should a contagious disease strike at camp, and know who you would contact to find out about common afflictions such as head lice and scabies. The Centers for Disease Control (www.cdc.gov) is an excellent resource for these types of questions.
- Set procedures in place that do not allow for your on-site staff to "override" the decisions of a camper's physician. (In one Hotline case, the camp director found out that the nursing staff had decreased a dosage of a camper's medication because she believed the child did not "need that much.") Not only is this decision inappropriate, it can be lifethreatening and illegal. Understand that unless otherwise specified, no prescribed medication is "optional."
Case Studies and Questions for Your Camp
- If a day camper's parent called you and told you that his/ her child was just diagnosed with "molluscum contagiosum" —where would you go to find out what this diagnosis is and what you need to do?
- If a parent called and said that their child returned home with "too much medication left over"—what would you say and do? What records do you require to be kept by those staff responsible for distributing medication?
- What do you do when you discover a camper has lice? It's more common than you might think and not directly related to cleanliness.
- A female camper aged fourteen approaches your camp nurse and reveals that she might be pregnant. She wants a pregnancy test and requests that the nurse not tell her parents. What do you do? What are the laws that govern this issue? Are there experts in your area that could help (e.g., medical clinics, etc.)?
Key Resources
- Communicable diseases: www.cdc.gov—click on "diseases and conditions"
- Distribution of medication: "Managing, Monitoring, and Administering Medications at Camp"—www.ACAcamps.org/campline—click on the Spring 2000 issue of The CampLine
- Food-borne illness: www.fda.gov
- Association of Camp Nurses: www.campnurse.org
- Lice: www.headlice.org
- Teen pregnancy issues and support: www.healthywomen.org
Camper Behavior
Over the years, ACA has seen an increase in the variety of calls we receive related to the behavior of campers (this year—23 percent of the calls). This year calls included: bullying, sexual-based "daring" games, threats of suicide, vandalism, drinking, inappropriate language, and campers cutting themselves. As an industry, we continue to learn and prepare for all kinds of camper behavior situations.
Lessons Learned
- Almost every case of campers being inappropriate with each other happen when there is little or no direct supervision from staff. Examine the times when campers are not directly supervised, such as, when using the restroom, changing for programs, resting, and when staff are sleeping, etc. Provide training and policies that do not allow campers to be alone without staff supervision—ever.
- Harassment (both sexual and otherwise) is happening at younger and younger ages. What are your camp's policies and consequences for camper-to-camper harassment?
- Policies for camper behavior without stated consequences are more tempting for campers to break. Provide your campers with a clear understanding of your rules and consequences.
Case Studies and Questions for Your Camp
- A staff member reports that a camper has told her that another camper has been cutting herself on her arms each night. What do you do?
- You hear reports of a new "game" that boys play call "Do It 'til You're Uncomfortable" and hear rumors that it is happening in one of your cabins. What do you do?
- Campers report that another camper in their bunk has been brandishing a knife when the counselor is not around. What do you do?
- You suspect that a group of girls has smuggled alcohol into their bunk after a field trip off-property. What do you do?
Key Resources
- Searching camper's belongings: "Privacy vs. Protection—Can You Search Camper and Staff Belongings?" www.ACAcamps.org/campline—Click on the Fall 1998 issue of The CampLine
- Bullying: www.ACAcamps.org/campmag/0601bullying.php and www.stopbullyingnow.org
- Suicide prevention: www.aap.org/advocacy/ childhealthmonth/prevteensuicide.htm
- Cutting: Cutting at Camp—Understanding the Bright Red Scream, Thurber, Christopher; www.campspirit.com
- Preventing Child Sexual Abuse Within Youth Serving Organizations, US Department of Health and Human Services; www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/PreventingChildAbuse.htm
Allegations of Abuse—Both at Home and at Camp
This year, 22 percent of the calls we received concerned allegations of abuse. Of those calls, the breakdown by allegation was:
- Camper-to-camper abuse allegations: 42 percent
- Revelations of abusive situations at home: 21 percent
- Accusations that abuse happened at camp many years ago: 15 percent
- Allegations of minor-aged staff engaged in mutual-consent sex acts: 11 percent
- Allegations of staff-to-camper abuse: 11 percent
Lessons Learned
- As with the section dedicated to camper behavior, the most vulnerable time when camper-to-camper abuse can happen is when staff are engaged elsewhere. Sleeping time, overnights in tents, trips to the bathroom, and times when campers are changing clothes for the pool are clearly the times when camps need to be ever more attuned for the possibilities of camper-to-camper inappropriate activities. Provide training and policies that do not allow campers to be alone without staff supervision—ever.
- Mandated reporting laws continue to be unclear to many who phone the Hotline. Let's clarify . . . if you have reason to believe that abuse may have occurred—regardless of whether the abuse was alleged to have happened in your camp or not—then you must make the call. Generally, you should call the authorities in the state where the abuse is alleged to have happened. It is not your role to investigate allegations of abuse. Investigations are best made by trained professionals. If you are unsure of what agency to call to report an allegation of abuse, simply look in your phone book under the blue community pages—the listing should be something similar to "Child Abuse and Neglect." Look up the phone number now. Have it available now—instead of fumbling for it if something does happen. (You can also find the phone numbers online at: www.ACAcamps.org/publicpolicy/childabuse.php.)
- It is not unusual for abused children to reveal at camp that they have been abused in another environment. Many children feel safe at camp because they feel that people there care—thus what they might not have revealed at home is sometimes more easily revealed at camp. In these situations, children often say "Please don't tell anyone." You cannot promise them that. Instead you need to assure them that you care and that you must tell the people who can help. You needn't say "the authorities" to the child—this can be intimidating—instead focus on saying "the people who can help."
- Be absolutely clear in your personnel policies about what is acceptable staff-to-staff interaction. Remember staff— especially minor-aged staff—are still your responsibility, and your camp needs policies and procedures in place to keep them from harm as well.
Case Studies and Questions for your Camp
- Your camp policy requires campers to get a buddy to go with them to the restroom. What policies/procedures do you have in place to protect those campers from each other?
- Your lifeguard sees two boys in the pool touching each other's private areas. What procedures does your camp have in place to guide what the lifeguard should do?
- You receive a call from an attorney. The attorney is representing a forty-three year-old who claims that through therapy he now has remembered that he was abused at your camp when he was ten. What do you do?
- Mandated reporter laws: www.ACAcamps.org/publicpolicy; click on Reporting Child Abuse—and for an overview of the laws in each state: www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/laws_ policies/statutes/mandaall.pdf
- Child abuse reporting telephone numbers by state: www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/reslist/rl_dsp.cfm?rs_id=5&rate_chno=1111172
- Preventing Child Sexual Abuse Within Youth Serving Organizations, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/PreventingChildAbuse.htm
- Camper-to-camper issues: "New Light Shed on Normal Sexual Behavior in a Child" www.ACAcamps.org/campline; click on the Fall 1998 issue of The CampLine
- Staff Issues: Sample Prohibition of Harassment Policy www.ACAcamps.org/campline; click on the Fall 1999 issue of The CampLine
Personnel Issues and Staff Behavior
We saw an increase this year in the number of calls related to personnel matters and staff behavior (15 percent of the total calls). See the article, "Avoiding Staff Surprises" on page 4 for a detailed look at some of those issues and recommendations.
Lessons Learned
- Nothing can replace excellent employment agreements and personnel handbooks. Be sure your manuals are as allinclusive and specific as possible in order to avoid confusion.
- Staff screening is essential. Background checks are an important part of that screening. Know what checks are required and any others that are available to you.
Case Studies and Questions for Your Camp
- You hear from a parent that one of your twenty-year-old staff has a Facebook page. On that page, the staff member is wearing a camp tee shirt and is holding a beer. What do you do?
- A staff member who has been underperforming has had a hard week and in passing says to you—"…boy I sure know why that guy at Virginia Tech did what he did." What do you do?
- See page 6 for other case studies.
- Background check overview: www.ACAcamps.org/ publicpolicy/documents/CBCEdPiece2-07.doc and resources www.ACAcamps.org/csv.cgi?data=background.csv&template=background.htm
- See page 7 of this issue of The CampLine for other resources.
Parent Behavior
Seven percent of the calls this year concerned the behavior and/ or demands of camp parents. While the information about "helicopter" parents continues to flood the industry, we see the rise in a different type of parents who are "abdicating" their parental responsibilities.
Lessons Learned
- You are in partnership with parents. Make sure they fully understand your camp's policies and consequences.
- Your registration form should ask for information about both parents including asking for a narrative if there are any special circumstances of which you should be aware (e.g., "I am the custodial parent and there is a restraining order against the boy's father that precludes him from coming to camp to pick up the child.")
- If your camp has a policy that does not allow for unscheduled visits from parents—make sure your parents understand why you have this policy.
Case Studies and Questions for Your Camp
- What would you do if you determined that a camper needed to be sent home and a parent refused to come and pick up his/ her child? What if you offered to bring the child home and the parent still refused? If keeping the child at camp is not an option, then what do you do? What community resources are available to you?
- A man arrives at your camp and demands to see a camper he claims is his son. You check the registration form and find that it was filled out by the mother and there is no mention of the father. You phone the mother and there is no answer. What do you do?
- Chopper Down—Parents Get Conflicting Signals About Nurturing Teens www.CampParents.org/healthyteens/chopperdown.php
- Talking to Parents—Communication in Times of Crisis and Beyond www.ACAcamps.org/media_center/how_to_choose/article3.php
- ACA Camp Parents Web site: www.CampParents.org
Death of a Staff Member or Camper
This year, we were made aware of six situations of the death of a camper or staff member. (Not all of these calls came through the Hotline—some were simply made known to us through other communications.) Four of the six situations involved the death of a staff member: two in boat accidents, one in an auto accident while on a day off, and the last by suicide. The camper deaths were an accidental drowning and a seizure of a camper with special needs.
Lessons Learned
- Your risk management and crisis management plans are not just plans—they should be a fresh, dynamic assessments, and step-by-step processes that are taken with the utmost seriousness and are familiar to all staff.
- Know the resources available to you. There are excellent grief professionals available virtually everywhere. These professionals can help you think about issues such as: should/ could we have a memorial service, how should the belongings of those who have died be respectfully returned to family, how do you share information about the accident with campers, staff, media, others? One excellent reference that is used frequently by the ACA Hotline Staff is a manual prepared by Grief Recovery, Inc. (www.griefrecovery.ws/index.htm).
- Develop and follow a plan for the assessment and maintenance of your natural resources (including trees, water features, soil, etc.).
Case Studies and Questions for Your Camp
- What are your aquatics policies? Are you doing everything you can to ensure safety at waterfronts and pools?
- If a staff member were to commit suicide at camp while in session—what would you do? Is there anything you could have done to recognize the impending suicide?
- Crisis Communications: www.ACAcamps.org/members/ toolkit
- Crisis Response: www.ACAcamps.org/knowledge/risk/crisisresponse.php
- Grief: www.griefrecovery.ws/index.htm
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service has excellent resources. Visit their site at: www.nrcs.usda.gov.
- Aquatics and Water-Related Resources: www.ACAcamps.org/knowledge/program/aquatics.php
- Suicide resources: www.save.org/coping/grief.html
The remainder of our calls were in the broad range of miscellany.
- A leased dorm on a university campus where the camp discovered that the university had rented the other half of a floor where they housed fourteen-year-old girls to a group of adult men.
- Help with what to do about a variety of unwelcome animal visitors: bats, mountain lions, bears.
- Whether to accept a camper who is a seventeen-year-old with special needs who has a history of sexual abuse perpetration.
Case Studies and Questions for Your Camp
- If your camp uses university dorms, what restrictions can you place on the university as to what other groups it can lease space to at the same time as your camp?
- Under what circumstances would your camp accept a camper application from a child who has a documented history of sexual abuse perpetration? If you accepted this child, what procedures would you follow to ensure the safety of everyone?
Miscellaneous Resources
- ACA Accreditation Standards: www.ACAcamps.org/ accreditation/hyes.php
- Special needs issues: www.irsc.org and www.mandsystem.org
- Local Departments of Natural Resources: www.fws.gov/ offices/statelinks.html
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: www.cdc.gov
While the Hotline is mainly called upon during the summer months, it is available every day twenty-four hours a day. We encourage you to use this service when you need help in a crisis. Many who have used the Hotline have said that this service is the single most valuable benefit of being associated with the American Camp Association. We shall continue to develop these annual lessons learned and case studies to help all camp professionals learn from the crisis situations experienced in other camps. We encourage you to review the past fall issues of The CampLine to consider each year's overview. These issues can be accessed online at www.ACAcamps.org/campline; click on "Archived Issues." The Hotline phone number is 800-573-9019.
Originally published in the 2007 Fall issue of The CampLine.
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CINCINNATI (MarketWatch) — Technically speaking, the U.S. markets' technical backdrop remains bullish.
Consider that each major benchmark has maintained well-defined support — most notably, the 50-day moving average — as detailed below.
Before detailing the U.S. markets' wider view, the S&P 500's hourly chart highlights the past two weeks.
As illustrated, the S&P has survived a test of its 50-day moving average, currently 1,414.
From current levels, initial resistance holds at the December peak of 1,438, and is followed by the late-October peak of 1,461.
Meanwhile, the Dow industrials' near-term backdrop is similar.
Here again, the blue-chip benchmark has rallied from support just above its 50-day moving average.
Its next technical test holds at Dow 13,330, better illustrated on the daily chart.
And the Nasdaq Composite is traversing its range.
Still, the index has reclaimed the 3,000 mark, rising within view of the November peak, better illustrated below.
Widening the view to six months adds perspective.
As illustrated, the Nasdaq is retesting well-defined resistance at the November peak of 3,033.
On further strength, its next notable overhead holds around the 3,100 mark.
Moving the Dow, its six-month backdrop remains stronger.
Consider that the blue-chip benchmark has maintained support at its 50-day moving average — a level matching the October breakdown point — preserving its recovery attempt.
And the S&P 500's backdrop is equally constructive.
As illustrated, the S&P has drawn buyers at its 50-day moving average, currently 1,414, and its path of least resistance points higher barring a violation of this area.
The bigger picture
As detailed above, the U.S markets' technical backdrop remains constructive.
Returning to the Dow industrials, the blue-chip benchmark has established support at its 50-day moving average, currently 13,110.
Looking ahead, a close atop its breakdown point — Dow 13,330 — would strengthen the bull case.
Similarly, the S&P 500 has also established support at its 50-day moving average, currently 1,414.
On further strength, its next technical test holds at the December peak of 1,438, and a close higher would mark a "higher high" confirming the S&P's uptrend.


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By RICHARD SHAWSun Advocate publisher
Editor's Note: This is one of a series of articles about the history of the Sun Advocate and the county it covers as a newspaper. These articles are being prepared in commemoration of the 120th anniversary of the newspaper's birth in 1891.
The year began with a landmark in the community burning, and never being rebuilt. The Savoy Hotel, which had been built in 1914 by the Stein family, was largely destroyed by the blaze and the subsequent water damage on the morning of Jan. 18. It was suspected that the fire had started in the attic (the blaze was contained in the top floor by fire fighters from Price and Helper) due to faulty wiring, despite the fact the building had been remodeled and modernized in the late 1950s.
The Savoy had been the biggest hotel in the area up until that time since it was constructed with over 50 rooms an stood on the corner of Price's Main Street and 100 West. It was a well known stop over and many considered it to be the best lodging property between Provo and Glenwood Springs, Colo. The building was insured.
January also brought about action by the legislature with a bill passed that finally changed the name of Carbon College to the College of Eastern Utah. The bill sailed through both houses of the legislature without one no vote. In 1963, a similar bill had been passed in the house but defeated in the senate when State Sen. Frank Memmott from Carbon stood up and spoke against the bill. When the bill was signed the next week by Gov. Calvin Rampton he said "This is the best bill passed by the legislature this year and it won't cost the state any money."
It was in fact the first bill passed by the legislature during that session.
That same week the public also passed a bond election by a four to one margin to give the school district the right to secure $2.5 million to build new elementary schools in Helper and Price as well as replace the Price Junior High facility.
The College of Eastern Utah basketball team won the Intermountain Collegiate Athletic Conference title in February and hosted the regional junior college tourney in March. During that tournament they defeated all comers and went to Hutchinson, Kan. to compete in the national junior college championships. They played right into the semi-finals where they were beaten and then played and won third place in their final game. On March 22 they came back into Price to a large and boisterous crowd greeting them for their accomplishments. Their final record for the season ended at 22-4. It was a feat that would be repeated 45 years later in 2010 when the colleges team would once again come very close to a national championship, but just barely miss again.
Less than a month after that, CEU resigned from the ICAC over the fact that they were no longer playing football. A resolution passed in a conference meeting in April stated that all schools must participate in six sports - football, basketball, track, baseball, wrestling and tennis - starting in the fall of 1965. A second resolution, something that to CEU officials seemed to be punitive, was passed which stated that only two schools from the conference could play CEU in any sport during each season. It was then that the school resigned from the conference and decided to go independent.
In July the school district, in particular Carbon High, became the spotlight of stories as the marching band from the school was invited to march in the Rose Bowl Parade in Pasadena, Calif. The band began working on their marches and practice as they also started to raise money for travel and expense to play in the grand daddy of all bowl parades on Jan. 1, 1966. In August the local Elks Club purchased all new uniforms for the band. In mid-August a number of civic groups came together to raise money for the trip as well. In November a final band concert was given to raise more money for the trip. On Dec. 28 the band left for Pasadena, with much fanfare from area residents. They actually did a sendoff parade down Main Street just before they boarded the buses.
In July, after construction was completed, the Castle Valley Job Corps Conservation Center opened south of Price. Part of President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty, job corps sites were opened across the nation during the mid-1960s. On July 29, 36 young men from around the country arrived at the center and in August more came to the center. The centers were set up to provide training in trades and other work skills to underprivileged youth. The center was dedicated on Aug. 14.
As events in the world changed, the selective service also announced that 19-year-olds would be called up for the draft in October. It was stated by officials that because of the need for men, the age of the inductees was to be lowered, bringing the age of the normal draftees from 20 years old to 19. By the end of August deferments for married men who were 19-26 were also ended if they had not been married on or before Aug. 26, 1965.
Also in October and chase ensued after two criminals shackled two highway patrolmen to a telephone pole south of Green River and commandeered a car with two soldiers in it and fled. They later forced the driver of a large truck to drive north, but another highway patrolman spotted them and realized something was wrong, because reports had come in about the incidents to the south and east. He allowed them to continue north, but they noticed they were being followed by him so they turned towards Dragerton at Sunnyside Junction. But awaiting them was a road block where they were arrested; none of the hostages were hurt during the incident which took place over a 100 mile stretch of highway.


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Most states are experiencing a serious shortage of candidates for both principal and superintendent positions. The shortage is due to high retirement rates coupled with several other factors. Principal positions require an enormous amount of time and energy, and school leaders are under intense pressure, both internally and externally, to raise student achievement. Many educators say that salaries for these positions are not worth the additional stress and workloads they entail. In fact, demographic data show that, unlike the national teacher shortage, there are plenty of credentialed school and district administrators available, but they are choosing not to use their license to move into leadership positions.
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WASHINGTON Indiana presents as many questions for Syracuse as the Orange do for the Hoosiers heading into tonights NCAA East Region Sweet 16 showdown at the Verizon Center.
The top-seeded Hoosiers have played plenty of talented teams in the Big Ten and beyond, but none quite like No. 4 Syracuse, according to coach Tom Crean.
They are unique in that Jim (Boeheim) plays only one defense all the time, and recruits kids who fit into that defense, Crean said Wednesday. He gets long, athletic forwards who can cover a lot of ground, big guards who are difficult to shoot over, and just great reactors to the ball.
SUs Boeheim said top-seeded Indiana brings a skill set to the game unlike most of the teams the Orange faced this season.
They can hurt you inside or out, on the perimeter or on the low block, in transition or in the half court, and are one of the outstanding man-to-man defensive teams in the country, was Boeheims assessment of Indiana. They really have no weakness, and you cant say that about more than one or two teams in the country.
Crean has some perspective on the Orange from his nine years (1999-2008) as the head man at Marquette. He went 0-2 vs. the Orange, but those teams annually gave SU as much trouble as any team in the Big East with their aggressive style and all-out hustle despite being less talented.
Those Marquette teams didnt have the ability to score in the low post like this (Indiana) team does, Crean said. We had to be a little more creative in those days, and find different ways to attack the zone. Ill tell you one thing, though. If you just pass the ball around the outside (the zone), thats a recipe for disaster.
Crean has an abundance of shooters on a team that ranks fourth in the country in 3-point field goal percentage (41 percent). Christian Wadfrord, a 6-foot-9 forward, is the top sharp-shooter at 48 percent, followed by guard Jordan Hulls (46), forward/guard Victor Oladipo (43) and forward Will Sheehey (38).
With that many shooters, it puts a premium on us to communicate and talk a lot, said SU senior Brandon Triche. They can really shoot from any position, so the zone must really be active and moving quickly.
Add in 7-foot sophomore Cody Zeller, who shoots 57 percent from the field, and you have a dynamic inside-outside combination that figures to test SUs defensive abilities.
Theyve got great all-around talent, no doubt, said SU senior forward James Southerland. Every time I turned on ESPN it seemed like they were on. But weve faced a lot of tough challenges this year and we look forward to taking on another.
While Indiana, which averages nearly 80 points per game, will try to boost the tempo and get its high-powered transition game into gear, the Hoosiers know that the Orange can hurt them with their offensive talent.
Its without a doubt one of the most talented offensive teams weve faced, said Oladipo, the Big 10 Defensive Player of the year. I liken them to Michigan, with wing guys who can shoot or get to the basket, and guards with a lot of offensive capabilities. And their big guys really came through in the Big East Tournament and the first two NCAA games.
SU found its offensive rhythm in New York at the Big East Tournament, making more shots and doing the things that helped the Orange to an 18-1 start to the season.
In the five or six games we shot poorly, we lost, Boeheim said. In the other games, we shot well enough to win. Because our defense has been so consistent, we didnt need to have big scoring games at times. But vs. Indiana, youd better be able to score or you have no chance.
Triche said since the humiliating Georgetown 22-point loss here weve had a sense of urgency that our season and careers are coming to an end. Things have been so much more positive the last few weeks.
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LISBON - The Hepburn Library of Lisbon is planning on increasing its budget by just under 10 percent for the 2014 fiscal year due to increased circulation and programing.
Library Director Michelle A. McLagan said the library is asking for $52,600, up from $48,000 in 2013.
But the increase, Ms. McLagan said, is reasonable if you observe the growth the library has seen.
Since Ms. McLagan became director of the library in 2010 the library has seen its patronage rise from 2,345 people in 2010 to 4,122 people in 2012.
Ms. McLagan does not have a year to date figure available for 2013.
Circulation has likewise increased with 2,723 books, movies and magazines being checked out in 2010 and 7,973 checked out in 2012.
Ms. McLagan said there are several reasons for the increased patronage but they all stem back to a commitment to community outreach.
Over the last three years the library has added childrens story time, family movie nights on the fourth Monday of every month and has begun collaborating with Lisbon Central School and United Helpers to ensure people have access to information.
In particular Ms. McLagan said the collaboration with the Lisbon Fun Reading of Good Stories (FROGS) groups has helped make kids more aware of the library and how to utilize it.
Weve labeled all of our childrens books with little green frog stickers so they know which books count [for the FROGS program], Ms. McLagan said. Were trying to reach out.
Between all of that, it has really changed our childrens attendance, she added.
The past three years has seen, in particular, the number of children visiting the library rise substantially.
In 2010 the library circulated 609 childrens books and 350 kids movies. In 2012 the library moved 1,202 childrens books and 1,247 kids movies.
Thats where a lot of our money is going, Ms. McLagan said. Weve got to buy books for those kids or theyre not going to stick around. They need to read the current things, the things that are popular, and the things people are tweeting about.
Were growing in Lisbon, she said.
On top of that Ms. McLagan said the county is cutting its support of the library.
In 2012 the library received $4,452 from the county. This year they received nothing.
Ms. McLagan said the increase in their budget was made to make up for the loss in county revenue.
Town budget officer William E. Dashnaw said the library will appear as a separate line item on Lisbon taxes.
The Library Board sets their own budget, Mr. Dashnaw said. The Lisbon Town Council is not able to change the librarys budget.
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The following are not acceptable for admittance to a national convention venue (to include the convention floor, exhibit hall, shuttle bus transportation, etc.):
These credentials are merely used as forms of identification. For entrance to convention venues, all of the above must be worn in conjunction with a national convention badge.
All delegates and alternates, as well as guests to the respective national conventions of The American Legion, must register prior to, or during, the national convention. Proper registration will ensure each attendee has the necessary credentials to enter the venues of the national convention. Without the proper credentials, access to the various venues of the national convention, including shuttle bus transportation, will be denied.
All guests of The American Legion Family who are eighteen (18) years of age or older will be required to register just as delegates and alternates are required to register. Guests who are younger than eighteen (18) years of age, and who are not delegates or alternates to the SAL or Junior Auxiliary National Conventions, will be provided guest credentials at no charge.
Per resolution number 4, May 4-5, 2011, the registration fee for delegates, alternates and guests 18 years of age or older attending the national convention will be increased to $25 per person effective with the 2012 National Convention.
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