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15 U.S. Code § 313 - Duties of Secretary of Commerce
The Secretary of Commerce shall have charge of the forecasting of weather, the issue of storm warnings, the display of weather and flood signals for the benefit of agriculture, commerce, and navigation, the gauging and reporting of rivers, the maintenance and operation of seacoast telegraph lines and the collection and transmission of marine intelligence for the benefit of commerce and navigation, the reporting of temperature and rain-fall conditions for the cotton interests, the display of frost and cold-wave signals, the distribution of meteorological information in the interests of agriculture and commerce, and the taking of such meteorological observations as may be necessary to establish and record the climatic conditions of the United States, or as are essential for the proper execution of the foregoing duties.
Source(Oct. 1, 1890, ch. 1266, § 3,26 Stat. 653; May 20, 1926, ch. 344, § 5 (e),44 Stat. 571; June 23, 1938, ch. 601, title XI, § 1107(k),52 Stat. 1029; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. IV, § 8, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2421, 54 Stat. 1236; 1965 Reorg. Plan No. 2, §§ 1, 2, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318.)
1938—Act June 23, 1938, repealed second paragraph relating to duties as to air navigation.
1926—Act May 20, 1926, inserted second paragraph relating to duties as to air navigation.
Pub. L. 85–726, title XIV, § 1401(b),Aug. 23, 1958, 72 Stat. 806, repealed act June 23, 1938, ch. 601, title XI, § 1107(k),52 Stat. 1029, cited to the credit of this section.
Transfer of Functions
Office of Chief of Weather Bureau abolished and functions transferred to Secretary of Commerce by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1965, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318. Reorg. Plan No. IV of 1940 transferred Weather Bureau from Department of Agriculture to Department of Commerce. For further details, see notes set out under section 311 of this title.
Use of Funds for Hurricane Reconnaissance Program
Pub. L. 108–199, div. B, title II, § 203,Jan. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 72, provided in part that: "Hereafter, none of the funds made available by this or any other Act for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration may be used to support the hurricane reconnaissance aircraft and activities that are under the control of the United States Air Force or the United States Air Force Reserve."
Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:
Pub. L. 108–7, div. B, title II, § 203,Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 77.
Pub. L. 107–77, title II, § 203,Nov. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 778.
Pub. L. 106–553, § 1(a)(2) [title II, § 203], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2762, 2762A–78.
Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(1) [title II, § 203], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1535, 1501A–31.
Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(b) [title II, § 203], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–50, 2681–86.
Pub. L. 105–119, title II, § 203,Nov. 26, 1997, 111 Stat. 2479.
Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(a) [title II, § 203], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009, 3009–39.
Pub. L. 104–134, title I, § 101[(a)] [title II, § 203], Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321, 1321–30; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104–140, § 1(a),May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327.
Pub. L. 103–317, title II, § 203,Aug. 26, 1994, 108 Stat. 1749.
Pub. L. 103–121, title II, § 203,Oct. 27, 1993, 107 Stat. 1176.
Pub. L. 102–395, title II, § 203,Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1855.
Pub. L. 102–140, title II, § 203,Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 806.
Pub. L. 101–515, title I, § 103,Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2107.
Hurricane Reconnaissance Program
Pub. L. 102–567, title I, § 107,Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4275, provided that:
"(a) Establishment of Program.—(1) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Commerce shall establish a 5-year joint program for collecting operational and reconnaissance data, conducting research, and analyzing data on tropical cyclones to assist the forecast and warning program and increase the understanding of the causes and behavior of tropical cyclones.
"(2) The Secretary of Commerce shall establish the Tropical Cyclone Research Advisory Committee, an advisory committee of tropical cyclone research scientists, to make recommendations for tropical cyclone research activities and reconnaissance procedures.
"(b) Responsibilities.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall have the responsibility for maintaining, flying, and funding tropical cyclone reconnaissance aircraft to accomplish the program established under this section and to transfer the data to the Secretary of Commerce. Program responsibility may not be transferred to any other Federal department or agency, including the Coast Guard, without the agreement and approval of the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Commerce, and the head of any other Federal agency or department to which the responsibility is transferred.
"(2) The Secretary of Commerce shall have the responsibility to provide funding for data gathering and research by remote sensing, ground sensing, research aircraft, and other technologies necessary to accomplish the program established under this section.
"(c) Management Plans.—(1) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Commerce shall jointly develop and, within 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 29, 1992], submit to the Congress a management plan for the program established under this section, which shall include organizational structure, goals, major tasks, and funding profiles for the 5-year duration of the program.
"(2) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Tropical Cyclone Research Advisory Committee established by section 107 (a)(2), shall jointly develop and, within 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act, submit to the Congress a management plan providing for continued tropical cyclone surveillance and reconnaissance which will adequately protect the citizens of the coastal areas of the United States.
"(3) The management plans and programs required by this section shall in every sense provide for at least the same degree and quality of protection (such as early warning capability and accuracy of fixing a storm's location) as currently exists with a combination of satellite technology and manned reconnaissance flights. Additionally, such plans and programs shall in no way allow any reduction in the level, quality, timeliness, sustainability, or area served (including the State of Hawaii) of both the existing principal and back-up tropical cyclone reconnaissance and tracking systems."
United States Weather Research Program
Pub. L. 102–567, title I, § 108,Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4276, provided that:
"(a) Establishment.—The Secretary of Commerce, in cooperation with the Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology through the Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences, shall establish a United States Weather Research Program to—
"(1) increase benefits to the Nation from the substantial investment in modernizing the public weather warning and forecast system in the United States;
"(2) improve local and regional weather forecasts and warnings;
"(3) address critical weather-related scientific issues; and
"(4) coordinate governmental, university, and private-sector efforts.
"(b) Implementation Plan.—Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 29, 1992], the Secretary of Commerce, in cooperation with the Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences, shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives a plan for implementation of the United States Weather Research Program which shall—
"(1) establish, for the 10-year period beginning in the year the plan is submitted, the goals and priorities for Federal weather research which most effectively advance the scientific understanding of weather processes and provide information to improve weather warning and forecast systems in the United States;
"(2) describe specific activities, including research activities, data collection and data analysis requirements, predictive modeling, participation in international research efforts, demonstration of potential operational forecast applications, and education and training required to achieve such goals and priorities; and
"(3) set forth the role of each Federal agency and department to be involved in the United States Weather Research Program, identifying and addressing, as appropriate, relevant programs and activities of the Federal agencies and departments that would contribute to such Program."
Weather Service Modernization
Pub. L. 102–567, title VII, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4303, provided that:"SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE.
"This title may be cited as the 'Weather Service Modernization Act'."SEC. 702. DEFINITIONS.
"For the purposes of this title, the term—
"(1) 'automate' means to replace employees with automated weather service equipment;
"(2) 'change operations at a field office' means transfer service responsibility, commission weather observation systems, decommission a National Weather Service radar, change staffing levels significantly, or move a field office to a new location inside the local commuting and service area;
"(3) 'Committee' means the Modernization Transition Committee established by section 707;
"(4) 'degradation of service' means any decrease in or failure to maintain the quality and type of weather services provided by the National Weather Service to the public in a service area, including but not limited to a reduction in existing weather radar coverage at an elevation of 10,000 feet;
"(5) 'field office' means any National Weather Service Office or National Weather Service Forecast Office;
"(6) 'Plan' means the National Implementation Plan required under section 703;
"(7) 'relocate' means to transfer from one location to another location that is outside the local commuting or service area;
"(8) 'Secretary' means the Secretary of Commerce;
"(9) 'service area' means the geographical area for which a field office provides services or conducts observations, including but not limited to local forecasts, severe weather warnings, aviation support, radar coverage, and ground weather observations; and
"(10) 'Strategic Plan' means the 10-year strategic plan for the comprehensive modernization of the National Weather Service, required under section 407 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 (15 U.S.C. 313 note)."SEC. 703. NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
"(a) National Implementation Plan.—As part of the budget justification documents submitted to Congress in support of the annual budget request for the Department of Commerce, the Secretary shall include a National Implementation Plan for modernization of the National Weather Service for each fiscal year following fiscal year 1993 until such modernization is complete. The Plan shall set forth the actions, during the 2-year period beginning with the fiscal year for which the budget request is made, that will be necessary to accomplish the objectives described in the Strategic Plan, and shall include—
"(1) detailed requirements for new technologies, facilities, staffing levels and positions, and funding, in accordance with the overall schedule for modernization;
"(2) notification of any proposed action to change operations at a field office and the intended date of such operational change;
"(3) identification of any field office that the Secretary intends to certify under section 706, including the intended date of such certification;
"(4) special measures to test, evaluate, and demonstrate key elements of the modernized National Weather Service operations prior to national implementation, including a multistation operational demonstration which tests the performance of the modernization in an integrated manner for a sustained period;
"(5) detailed plans and funding requirements for meteorological research to be accomplishment [sic] under this title to assure that new techniques in forecasting will be developed to utilize the new technologies being implemented in the modernization; and
"(6) training and education programs to ensure that employees gain the necessary expertise to utilize the new technologies and to minimize employee displacement as a consequence of modernization.
"(b) Transmittal to Committee.—The Secretary shall transmit a copy of each annual Plan to the Committee.
"(c) Consultation.—In developing the Plan, the Secretary shall consult, as appropriate, with the Committee and public entities responsible for providing or utilizing weather services."SEC. 704. MODERNIZATION CRITERIA.
"(a) National Research Council Review.—The Secretary shall contract with the National Research Council for a review of the scientific and technical modernization criteria by which the Secretary proposes to certify action to close, consolidate, automate, or relocate a field office under section 706. In conducting such review, the National Research Council shall prepare and submit to the Secretary, no later than 9 months after the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 29, 1992], a report which—
"(1) assesses requirements and procedures for commissioning new weather observation systems, decommissioning an outdated National Weather Service radar, and evaluating staffing needs for field offices in an affected service area;
"(2) assesses the statistical and analytical measures that should be made for a service area to form an adequate basis for determining that there will be no degradation of service; and
"(3) includes such other recommendations as the National Research Council determines are appropriate to ensure public safety.
"(b) Criteria.—No later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 29, 1992], the Secretary, in consultation with the National Research Council and the Committee and after notice and opportunity for public comment, shall publish in the Federal Register modernization criteria (including all requirements and procedures), based on the report required under this section, for—
"(1) commissioning new weather observation systems, decommissioning an outdated National Weather Service radar, and evaluating staffing needs for field offices in an affected service area; and
"(2) certifying action to close, consolidate, automate, or relocate a field office under section 706."SEC. 705. CHANGES IN FIELD OFFICE OPERATIONS.
"(a) Notification.—The Secretary shall not change operations at a field office pursuant to implementation of the Strategic Plan unless the Secretary has provided the notification required by section 703.
"(b) Weather Radar Decommissioning.—The Secretary shall not remove or permanently decommission any National Weather Service radar until the Secretary has prepared radar commissioning and decommissioning reports documenting that such action would be consistent with the modernization criteria established under section 704 (b)(1). The commissioning report shall document that the radar system performs reliably, satisfactory maintenance support is in place, sufficient staff with adequate training are present to operate the system, technical coordination with weather service users has been completed, and the radar being commissioned satisfactorily supports field office operations. The decommissioning report shall document that the replacement radar has been commissioned, technical coordination with service users has been completed, and the radar being decommissioned is no longer needed to support field office operations.
"(c) Surface Observing System Commissioning.—The Secretary may not commission an automated surface observing system located at an airport unless it is determined, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, that the weather services provided after commissioning will continue to be in full compliance with applicable flight aviation rules promulgated by the Federal Aviation Administration."SEC. 706. RESTRUCTURING FIELD OFFICES.
"Sec. 706. (a) Prohibition.—The Secretary shall not close, before January 1, 1996, any field office pursuant to implementation of the Strategic Plan.
"(b) Certification.—The Secretary shall not close, consolidate, automate, or relocate any field office, unless the Secretary has certified that such action will not result in any degradation of service. Such certification shall include—
"(1) a description of local weather characteristics and weather-related concerns which affect the weather services provided within the service area;
"(2) a detailed comparison of the services provided within the service area and the services to be provided after such action;
"(3) a description of any recent or expected modernization of National Weather Service operations which will enhance services in the service area;
"(4) an identification of any area within any State which would not receive coverage (at an elevation of 10,000 feet) by the next generation weather radar network;
"(5) evidence, based upon operational demonstration of modernized National Weather Service operations, which was considered in reaching the conclusion that no degradation in service will result from such action; and
"(6) any report of the Committee submitted under section 707 (c) that evaluates the proposed certification.
"(c) Public Review.—Each certification decision shall be preceded by—
"(1) publication in the Federal Register of a proposed certification; and
"(2) a 60-day period after such publication during which the public may provide comments to the Secretary on the proposed certification.
"(d) Final Decision.—If after consideration of the public comment received under subsection (c) the Secretary, in consultation with the Committee, decides to close, consolidate, automate, or relocate any such field office, the Secretary shall publish a final certification in the Federal Register and submit the certification to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives.
"(e) Special Circumstances.—The Secretary may not close or relocate any field office—
"(1) which is located at an airport, unless the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation and the Committee, first conducts an air safety appraisal, determines that such action will not result in degradation of service that affects aircraft safety, and includes such determination in the certification required under subsection (b); or
"(2) which is the only office in a State, unless the Secretary first evaluates the effect on weather services provided to in-State users, such as State agencies, civil defense officials, and local public safety offices, and includes in the certification required under subsection (b) the Secretary's determination that a comparable level of weather services provided to such in-State users will remain.
"(f) Liaison Officer.—The Secretary may not close, consolidate, automate, or relocate a field office until arrangements have been made to maintain for a period of at least 2 years at least one person in the service area to act as a liaison officer who—
"(1) provides timely information regarding the activities of the National Weather Service which may affect service to the community, including modernization and restructuring; and
"(2) works with area weather service users, including persons associated with general aviation, civil defense, emergency preparedness, and the news media, with respect to the provision of timely weather warnings and forecasts."SEC. 707. MODERNIZATION TRANSITION COMMITTEE.
"(a) Establishment.—There is established a committee of 12 members to be known as the Modernization Transition Committee.
"(b) Membership and Terms.—(1) The Committee shall consist of—
"(A) five members representing agencies and departments of the United States which are responsible for providing or using weather services, including but not limited to the National Weather Service, the Department of Defense, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency; and
"(B) seven members to be appointed by the Secretary from civil defense and public safety organizations, news media, any labor organization certified by the Federal Labor Relations Authority as an exclusive representative of weather service employees, meteorological experts, and private sector users of weather information such as pilots and farmers.
"(2) The terms of office of a member of the Committee shall be 3 years; except that, of the original membership, four shall serve a 5-year term, four shall serve a 4-year term, and four shall serve a 3-year term. No individual may serve for more than one additional 3-year term.
"(3) The Secretary shall designate a chairman of the Committee from among its members.
"(c) Duties.—(1) The Committee may review any proposed certification under section 706 for which the Secretary has provided a notice of intent to certify in the Plan, and should review such a proposed certification if there is a significant possibility of degradation of service within the affected service area. Upon the request of the Committee, the Secretary shall make available to the Committee the supporting documents developed by the Secretary in connection with the proposed certification. The Committee may prepare and submit to the Secretary, prior to publication of the proposed certification, a report which evaluates the proposed certification on the basis of the modernization criteria and with respect to the requirement that there be no degradation of service.
"(2) The Committee shall advise the Congress and the Secretary on—
"(A) the implementation of the Strategic Plan, annual development of the Plan, and establishment and implementation of modernization criteria; and
"(B) matters of public safety and the provision of weather services which relate to the comprehensive modernization of the National Weather Service.
"(d) Pay and Travel Expenses.—Members of the Committee who are not employees of the United States shall each be paid at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the rate for GS–18 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, for each day (including travel time) during which the member is engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the Committee. Members shall receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code.
"(e) Staff.—The Secretary shall make available to the Committee such staff, information, and assistance as it may reasonably require to carry out its activities.
"(f) Termination.—The Committee shall terminate on December 31, 1999."SEC. 708. WEATHER SERVICE REPORT.
"(a) Report.—The Secretary shall prepare a report on the proposed modernization of the National Weather Service and transmit the report, not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 29, 1992], to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives.
"(b) Contents.—(1) The report required by subsection (a) shall identify the size of the geographic area of responsibility of each proposed Weather Forecast Office and shall include an explanation of the number and type of personnel required at each Weather Forecast Office. For each proposed Weather Forecast Office covering a geographic area greater than two times the average geographic area of responsibility of Weather Forecast Offices nationwide, the report shall detail the reasons for assigning those Weather Forecast Offices a geographic area which differs significantly from the national average.
"(2) The report shall list the number of next generation weather radars that will be associated with each Weather Forecast Office nationwide under the proposed modernization plan. If some Weather Forecast Offices will be associated with more than one such radar, the report shall explain the deviation from the National Weather Service's stated policy of associating one such radar with one Weather Forecast Office, and shall analyze and compare any differences in the expected efficiency of those Weather Forecast Offices with Weather Forecast Offices that will be associated with only one such radar.
"(c) Consultation.—In preparing portions of the report that address Weather Forecast Offices located in areas of the Nation that are uniquely dependent on general aviation as a means of transportation, the Secretary shall consult with local aviation groups. In the case of Alaska, such local groups shall include the Alaska Aviation Safety Foundation, the Alaska Airmen's Association, and the regional representatives of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association."SEC. 709. REPEALS.
"[Amended section 407 ofPub. L. 100–685, set out below, and repealed section 408 ofPub. L. 100–685, formerly set out below.]"
[References in laws to the rates of pay for GS–16, 17, or 18, or to maximum rates of pay under the General Schedule, to be considered references to rates payable under specified sections of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, see section 529 [title I, § 101(c)(1)] of Pub. L. 101–509, set out in a note under section 5376 of Title 5.]
Purchase of Atmospheric Wind Data
Pub. L. 101–595, title III, § 320,Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 2989, provided that: "The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to enter into a contract for the future purchase of atmospheric wind data. Any and all obligations of the Government under such contract shall be contingent upon the following terms:
"(1) the data to be purchased must meet technical criteria specified in the contract and must be satisfactory to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and
"(2) the availability of appropriated funds."
National Weather Service 10-Year Strategic Plan
Pub. L. 100–685, title IV, § 407,Nov. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 4098, as amended by Pub. L. 102–567, title VII, § 709(1),Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4309, directed Secretary of Commerce to prepare and submit to Congress, not later than 90 days after Nov. 17, 1988, a 10-year strategic plan for comprehensive modernization of National Weather Service, setting forth basic service improvement objectives of modernization as well as critical new technological components and associated operational changes necessary to fulfill objectives of weather and flood warning service improvements.
Degradation-of-Weather-Services Standard for Providing Services
Pub. L. 100–685, title IV, § 408,Nov. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 4099, prohibited Secretary of Commerce from closing, consolidating, automating, or relocating, any Weather Service Office or Weather Service Forecast Office pursuant to the implementation of the strategic plan required by section 407 ofPub. L. 100–685[formerly set out above] unless the Secretary certified to Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives that such action would not result in any degradation of weather services provided to the affected area, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102–567, title VII, § 709(2),Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4309.
Weather and Climate Information in Agriculture
Pub. L. 99–198, title XVII, § 1762,Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1651, provided that:
"(a) Congress finds that—
"(1) agricultural and silvicultural operations are vulnerable to damage from atmospheric conditions that accurate and timely reporting of weather information can help prevent;
"(2) the maintenance of current weather and climate analysis and information dissemination systems, and Federal, State, and private efforts to improve these systems, is essential if agriculture and silviculture are to mitigate damage from atmospheric conditions;
"(3) agricultural and silvicultural weather services at the Federal level should be maintained with joint planning between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Department of Agriculture; and
"(4) efforts should be made, involving user groups, weather and climate information providers, and Federal and State governments, to expand the use of weather and climate information in agriculture and silviculture.
"(b) It, therefore, is declared to be the policy of Congress that it is in the public interest to maintain an active Federal involvement in providing agricultural and silvicultural weather and climate information and that efforts should be made, among users of this information and among private providers of this information, to improve use of this information."
National Weather Service; Congressional Approval Requisite To Sale, Lease, Transfer, or Dismantling of Agency
Pub. L. 98–8, title I, § 104,Mar. 24, 1983, 97 Stat. 34, provided that:
"Since the Administration has proposed to sell the weather (METSAT) and land (LANDSAT) satellite systems;
"Since there are concerns about possible commercialization of the National Weather Service;
"Since our country should provide weather service information for the protection of life and property;
"Since our Nation's economy—its agriculture, aviation, ocean shipping and construction—is heavily affected by weather and our ability to forecast and disseminate vital information about its behavior: Now, therefore,
"It is the sense of the Congress that a reliable and comprehensive national weather information system responsive to the needs of national security; agriculture, transportation and other affected sectors; and individual citizens must be maintained through a strong central National Weather Service that can work closely with the private sector, other Federal and State government agencies, and the weather services of other nations.
"Further, the Nation's civil operational remote sensing satellites (METSAT and LANDSAT) shall remain under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. No effort shall be made to dismantle, transfer, lease or sell any portion of these systems without prior congressional approval."
Study of Thunderstorms and Atmospheric Disturbances; Reports; Expenditures; Cooperation of Other Departments
Act June 16, 1948, ch. 483, 62 Stat. 470, as amended Oct. 19, 1980, Pub. L. 96–470, title I, § 103(b), 94 Stat. 2237, provided: "That the Chief of the Weather Bureau is authorized and directed to study fully and thoroughly the internal structure of thunderstorms, hurricanes, cyclones, and other severe atmospheric disturbances, particularly the degree of turbulence within such storms and the development, maintenance, and magnitude of updrafts and downdrafts with a view to establishing methods by which the characteristics of particular thunderstorms may be forecast and methods by which the characteristics of such storms may be determined on visual observation from outside of the immediate thunderstorm area. Such study shall be concluded at the earliest practicable date and a final report submitted to Congress.
"Sec. 2. The Chief of the Weather Bureau is empowered to make such expenditures at the seat of government and elsewhere as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act and as from time to time may be appropriated for by Congress, including expenditures for the development and purchase of special meteorological instruments and other equipment (including motor vehicles and aircraft), without regard to the provisions of section 3709 of the Revised Statutes [now 41 U.S.C. 6101]. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act.
"Sec. 3. Any executive department or independent establishment is hereby authorized to cooperate with the Chief of the Weather Bureau in carrying out the purposes of this Act, and for such purposes may lend or transfer to the Chief of the Weather Bureau any officer or employee of such department or establishment and any property, equipment, lands, or buildings under its control."
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Almost 70 years to the day, more than 800 military veterans, active duty servicemen, Navy League supporters, and interested members of the public gathered to commemorate the Battle of Midway last weekend in St. Augustine. This is the largest event of its kind to observe the anniversary of this important conflict during World War II.
As part of the festivities, US Naval Sea Cadets and Junior ROTC groups throughout North Central Florida and southern Georgia were invited to participate in an essay contest about the battle with prizes to be awarded at the dinner.
The Suwannee River Loyal Order of Moose presented recent high school graduate Nicole Outler, left,of Gainesville, with a college scholarship. Outler plans to double major in oboe performance and early childhood development.
Verna Brown, co-founder of the Children's Table, in Bronson, received $5,000 from Midnight Velvet to donate to a charity.
Left to right, Fanning Springs Deputy Chief Elania Spain, Councilman Paul Chase, firefighter Mike MacKenzie, Councilman Bob Kerr and Fire Chief Ron McQueen celebrate MacKenzie being named Firefighter of the Year for the Fanning Springs Fire Department.
The Log Cabin Quilters met Thursday, June 14, at the Levy County Quilt Museum. It was a work day, rearranging the tables, sorting notions and showing off new aprons. We got a lot done and enjoyed being able to visit with each other. Ann and Joyce brought in new aprons. We made patterns of some of the aprons and loved the rick rack that Joyce had put on her apron.
The Log Cabin Quilters met Thursday, June 6, at the Levy County Quilt Museum. The Quilters had a great time going thru the fabric that had been donated. Most of the material would be ideal for dress up days or projects around the house. Some of the pieces are so gorgeous that you wish you could think of something to make just to be able to use the fabric.
City of Chiefland Water and Facilities Manager Shane Keene, right, was presented with a plaque at Monday night's commission meeting by Mayor Teal Pomeroy for 15 years of service to the city.
Three Chiefland students were presented with awards Monday night for academic excellence.
From left, Dasia Shepherd, of CES, and Dessie Clemons, of CHS, hold up their certificates. Taylor Lewellyn, not pictured, was CMS's Student of the Month.
On April 5th, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Essay Awards were presented checks ranging from $125 to $200 dollars at Bell High School by Mr. Bruce McInnis, Commander of VFW Post 5625, and Mr. William Verville, District 7 Vice Commander.
The Voice of Democracy is facilitated by the Bell High School JROTC and is for high school students and the Patriots Pen is for middle school students in the Tri-County area.
Sheila Kim Morales is proud to announce the wedding of her daughter, Jennifer Lynn Morales, to Scott Duncan on March 3. The groom is the son of Tonja Duncan.
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MASSENA - A 68-year-old Massena woman is being treated for serious injuries she received in a fire early Wednesday morning at her home on state Route 420 just outside the village limits.
Massena Volunteer Fire Department Chief Thomas Miller said investigators have ruled the cause of the fire was accidental due to smoking materials.
Mr. Miller said a neighbor living across the road reported the fire at 2206A state Route 420 at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. The whole front of the house was going when we got here. There were flames everywhere. They were shooting out the front door. It looked like a funnel. By the amount of flames, it had to have been going on for a while, he said.
Mr. Miller said the female resident of the home was initially treated for injuries she suffered in the fire at Massena Memorial Hospital and then was transported to the Vermont Medical Center in Burlington, Vt. The Massena fire chief declined to identify the residents name Wednesday morning.
A dog died in the fire.
Fire investigators from St. Lawrence County and New York state were on the scene Wednesday morning. The structure was declared uninhabitable.
He said the female was only person living in the rental property owned by John Plourde. She got out. She was sitting on the side of the road when we got here. I notified rescue to step it up when we saw the extent of her injuries, Mr. Miller noted.
Louisville and Norfolk firefighters provided mutual aid at the scene, and Louisville also provided standby at the Massena station.
Mr. Miller said there were some construction issues, including knee walls, in the older two-story structure that posed challenges for firefighters. He also said interior firefighters found it difficult to battle the blaze due to difficulties navigating around inside the home.
Firefighters remained on the scene until shortly after 7 a.m. Wednesday. A section of state Route 420 was closed for several hours in the area of the fire scene.
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"people have been saying they'll be getting back together soon in say 5 years at coachella or whatever... but its just not happening. the show is too physical, we just wont be able to do it"
well. They did comment on the group of people getting back together to make music together but not necessarily playing lcd songs.
I'm more excited for James working on new Yeah Yeah Yeahs record than Arcade Fire
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I saw SUAPTH tonight, as part of a big UK/Ireland simulcast affair. There was a horrendously shambolic red carpet thing from the Hackney screening that made me wheeze laughing and then the the Q&A was after the credits. You could see people leaning forward a little when the AF question came up, but nobody really expected him to answer it. Nothing earthshattering, but he's always an engaging chap to listen to.
It was a pretty nicely big deal too, the screening - it was being shown simultaneously on all screens of the cinema, and we could hear reactions from the others. When James mentioned being disappointed about not being able to play Dublin during the stupid ass stupid freaking stupid volcano, there was a huge response, which was fun. Lots of cheering, laughing, clapping, throughout, it was all very cool and eventy and I enjoyed both it and the free beer on offer immensely. And then it made me very sad.
After all that though, oddly, the main thing it left me with - aside from that pretty heartbreaking clip of James surveying his gear before parting ways with it - was a desire to go watch the MSG show in full again. The movie, I feel kind of done with, it was a cool experience, but I'm not sure I need to see it again. The concert's gonna keep on giving. Feels like it should be the other way around, but there you are.
I did mentally wave hello to the boardies I spotted/imagined I spotted onscreen, btw.
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Well, mine has shipped, but has to travel across the country. I'm very much looking forward to watching!
It will make it on the web soon enough...
Daft Punk is playing at my house!
The footage is pretty good, I probably have a lower opinion of it than I should because the only other concert film I've ever seen is Stop Making Sense and that is just phenomenal. But the sound is amazing, they did a top notch job mastering this.
my copy arrived yesterday! haven't had a chance to watch any of it yet.
This should probably be in the confession thread . . .
I was watching an episode of Married to a Jonas and a commercial for The Soup came on. James was throwing his hands to the roof in the background.
Get a job, JIMMY!!! Or better yet, go back to your old one.
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Can anyone ID the song in this video I took at James Murphy last year:
I want the DVD for Christmas, which one should I tell my husband to get. Are there different box sets? Is there one with a t-shirt? I know I could do the research, but you guys are a much more reliable source than the Internet.
There is only a DVD and Blu Ray version. Both contain the movie and the full concert I believe.
Weren't there some box sets with books and/or t-shirts? I really want a t-shirt.
you should probably ask for a t-shirt instead then.
I WANT IT ALL!!!! In fact, wrap James in some candy cane paper and put him under my tree.
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Some came with a book, some a shirt, some a poster, some pictures, etc.
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A bride often makes a years worth of decisions before she finally says a couple of important words on the day of her vows, the legendary I do. The wedding is supposed to be her reward for all the headache-filled hours spent planning the affair.
There seemed to be two categories of brides-to-be who stopped by the annual Bridal Showcase on Sunday at the Dulles State Office Building on Washington Street to plan their weddings.
The first approached the task with some trepidation, being helped by friends and relatives. The second group, by contrast, showed no signs of intimidation. For these women, the role of their entourage was clear: to indulge them. One bride-to-bes mother jokingly referred to her as a bridezilla.
Ashley L. Cahill confided that her best friend, Nora M. Cloonan, was only pretending to be overwhelmed about her wedding, set for the spring of 2014. Miss Cahill, 23, will be a bridesmaid at her friends wedding.
This is her cup of tea, Miss Cahill said with a laugh. This is a girl that will pick out 60 different shirts to try on in a dressing room. My goal is to keep her calm, and to keep her mom calm. Were going to have fun doing this.
Their first order of business was to munch on some cupcakes before stopping by the booths. All three were smiling at this point.
I hope to find caterers and photographers here and compare prices, said Miss Cloonan, 23, who lives in Calcium. She shook her long blonde hair while talking. Were going to have the wedding at Thompson Park in Watertown, but I still have to decide everything else.
Her mothers role in all of this? Nora M. Cloonan, who already dropped the bridezilla bomb to describe her daughter, simply shrugged her shoulders.
Ill give my opinion, but theyll be opposed to it, she said. Her mom and dad are going to be involved, but only to an extent.
Melissa J. Layammari, who hasnt set a date for her wedding planned for October, had a more laid-back approach. She came with a friend, Crystal S. ODell, who used to be an independent wedding planner in Watertown.
Its all up in the air still, Ms. Layammari said of her plans, adding shell be relying on her friend for help. She planned to pick up plenty of business cards.
Ms. ODell, comfortable taking the lead for her friend, said, She first needs to decide on a date and location we cant do anything without it. Shes still undecided on a lot of things.
The Carol Lee Shop, a bridal store and spa based at 69 Market St., Potsdam, featured an exhibit for the first time at the show, which included 57 vendors. Employee Kayla E. Maroney, 21, wore a white wedding gown as a demonstration aid Sunday.
This one is a very timeless dress because its so simple, said 17-year-old Michaela A. Bartlett, who also works at the shop, of her friends attire. Miss Bartlett is a junior at Brasher Falls Central School who works part time at the shop during the school year and full time in the summer. But if you look at the dress, you think of Kim Kardashians style. Dresses in the fashion industry hug (the body), and I know its now a trend with a lot of the bridal dresses today.
Its also important for brides to pick a wedding planner theyre comfortable with, said Kathy S. Naklick, who owns The Manor House in Pierrepont Manor with her husband, James H. They host about 15 to 20 weddings a year on the grounds at the historical house built in 1823, where William Constable Pierrepont and his family lived.
We often become friends over the year were in contact with brides, Mrs. Naklick said. Youre with them from the day they begin planning until the end of the day of their vows.
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Okinawa Marks 68th Anniversary Of End of 'Battle Of Okinawa'
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This year at Orion's Hit The Lights film tent, Lars is super excited to be focusing on all things "Metallica Through The Never," the upcoming 3D feature film that is in IMAX theaters in North America on September 27th. You'll meet the film's director Nimrod Antal, editor Joe Hutshing, and producers Charlotte Huggins and Adam Ellison. Bob and Jeanne Berney from Picturehouse, a leading independent film distribution company, will be joining us to talk about theatre distribution, marketing, publicity and the spreading of the word…
Our special guests will be on hand to show films they have worked on (all have rather impressive Academy Award winning resumes!), take your questions and of course share behind the scenes info with you on what it was like making the Metallica film.
followed by Q&A w/ Nimrod Antal, Director
Kontroll takes place with the backdrop of the Budapest Metro subway system and refers to the act of ticket inspectors checking to ensure a rider has paid their fare. Released in 2003, the film won numerous awards, including the Award of the Youth at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival and the Golden Hugo (main prize) at the Chicago International Film Festival, as well as a European Film Award nomination for Best Director.
Nimrod Antal was born in Los Angeles to parents of Hungarian decent and directed his first feature film, Kontroll, in Budapest, Hungary. He returned to Los Angeles to work on his first American feature film, Vacancy, starring Kate Beckinsale and Luke Wilson, released in 2007. Prior to writing and directing Metallica Through The Never, he directed the 2010 release Predators.
followed by Q&A w/ Joe Hutshing, Editor
Almost Famous was written and directed by Cameron Crowe and tells the coming-of-age story of a teenage journalist writing for Rolling Stone Magazine while covering a fictitious rock band named Stillwater. The film is semi-autobiographical, as Crowe himself had been a teenage writer for Rolling Stone. The film received four Oscar nominations, with Crowe winning one for best original screenplay.
Film editor Joe Hutshing received Academy Awards for Oliver Stone's JFK and Born on the 4th Of July along with nominations for Jerry Maguire and Almost Famous. A true Hollywood pro, he has worked on numerous films including The Doors, Indecent Proposal, Vanilla Sky, Something's Gotta Give, Lions For Lambs, It's Complicated and many others.
followed by Q&A w/ Bob & Jeanne Berney, Picturehouse
Starring Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan and Bryan Cranston, Drive is the story of an unnamed Hollywood stunt performer moonlighting as a getaway driver. Released in 2011, the film was critically acclaimed and received a standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival that year.
Bob and Jeanne Berney are the CEO and President of of Picturehouse, respectively, and were instrumental in the marketing campaign for Drive leading to the film's huge critical and festival success. As an independent film distribution company, Picturehouse has overseen the releases of two of the most successful independent films ever, My Big Fat Greek Wedding and The Passion of the Christ. Under the leadership of Bob and Jeanne, Picturehouse acquired and released such acclaimed features as Pan's Labyrinth (winner of three Academy Awards and La Vie en Rose (winner of two Academy Awards, including best actress for Marion Cotillard) as well as many other cutting edge, critically acclaimed and award winning films.
Hang out, chat with and fire questions to members of the Through The Never team and see clips from other films they have been a part of. Join director Nimrod Antal, producers Charlotte Huggins and Adam Ellison, editor Joe Hutshing and Jeanne and Bob Berney from Picturehouse as they guide you thorough the ups and downs of making and promoting Metallica Through The Never. Your host for the discussion will be Lars Ulrich as for the first time the key players are assembled to dish some behind the scenes stories and take your questions.
Share an intimate cinema experience at Lars' Hit The Lights film tent during the Orion Music + More Festival June 8 & 9. Met Club members made free reservations beginning Tuesday, June 4 at 10:00AM EDT; reservations opened to the general public the following day at 10:00AM EDT. Seats are now full!
Please arrive 15-30 mins prior to show with ticket. Guaranteed seating with ticket until 15 minutes prior to show. If you are unable to complete a reservation, swing by the tent as we will have a standby line for non-ticketed patrons, who will be allowed in at 15 mins prior to show, as seating permits.
In 2012, Orion fans shared Lars Ulrich's passion for all things film at the Hit The Lights Films tent with movies all hand-picked by Lars, each with a special connection to him and/or Metallica. The man himself was on hand to personally introduce every movie playing over the festival weekend and sharing stories about his bond to each.
There was the North American premiere of Mission to Lars, the touching story of one family's journey that leads to Lars and Metallica. Co-directors William Spicer and James Moore were on hand to introduce the film on Saturday, as well as took questions following the Saturday screening. Lars' portrayal of filmmaker Joris Ivens in HBO's Hemingway and Gellhorn, filmed in the San Francisco Bay Area, was also featured.
Fans were able to meet Metallica fan and filmmaker Derek Cianfrance before the screening of his film Blue Valentine, Lars' favorite movie of 2010! Lars' father Torben Ulrich was also on hand to talk about his film Before The Wall: Body & Being, featuring a soundtrack of unusual sounds all assembled by Lars. Lars was on hand personally introducing every movie playing over the festival weekend and shared stories about his bond to each film and his love of movies.


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'Crunch time' looms on 2015 budget
When Baker County commissioners meet Thursday afternoon for a final budget workshop they will have two hours to make some tough decisions about how to arrive at a balanced budget for fiscal year 2014-15 before heading into the first public hearing on the new budget and taxes at 6 p.m.
Among the key questions are:
• Will property taxes have to be raised and, if so, by how much? The current budget proposal reflects a $1.1 million deficit and calls for a 14 percent tax increase, though commissioners now are leaning toward half that or smaller. Read More »
Gunfire on street in north Sanderson
Two Sanderson residents are charged with firing at least six shots at a pedestrian on CR 127 during the early morning hours of September 1. Read More »
'Child loving' bus driver calls it quits
Angelina Tolliver has been surrounded by children her whole life. Read More »


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Présentation réalisée par Bryan CODER dans le cadre du Medialab Speed Training, organisé par Ouest Medialab le 17 septembre 2014 à Nantes.
Via Frédéric DEBAILLEUL, Imelda Elliott, Juergen Wagner
The concept of Audio Diaries is actually quite simple. Students record something (on or off topic, with or without using target vocabulary or language structures). Students are then given feedback on their grammatical, lexical, and phonological errors. Finally, students re-record the same exact monologue, but this time, they must address their errors. In this way, students are getting delayed corrective feedback and forced uptake of feedback, in addition to raising their noticing and metacognitive skills. They are also getting individual attention, targeted practice in their "weak" areas, and more opportunities for speaking without the pressures of speaking in class.
Aside form typical complaints about too much homework, students seem to enjoy Audio Diaries. They enjoy the feedback and being able to have another chance to express their thoughts in a clearer way. In addition, by listening more closely to individuals I am better able to pinpoint and help them with their weaknesses in and out of class. Likewise, I am better able to notice persistent and common patterns and address them in class.
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Some background on the role of feedback on learning, links to technical information, and some action research on regular audio recording for accuracy in oral production.
Volume 28 (2015)
Volume 27 (2014)
Volume 26 (2013)
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Just realising this has been open access for the past two years; lot of big names here
As an EFL teacher in a secondary school in Geneva I sometimes feel on the edge of everything; -the teaching PLN on twitter seems to be mainly UK based (maybe I'm missing an enormous vibrant community of motivated French-speaking teachers from my...
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Some useful links to Twitter people and resources, from a French-speaking secondary school EFL teacher #VMAN131 @MEEF_TEFL
This is a summary of the #ELTchat from September 23
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Another good collection from ELT regulars
Colloque international organisé par la Structure Fédérative Observation des Pratiques Éducatives et Enseignantes
Short videos from YouTube and other sources can be quite helpful in introducing topics to students and or reinforcing concepts that you have taught.
Posts about Target language use written by Gianfranco Conti, Phd (Lang. Ed.), MA (TEFL)
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Some arguments for using L1 in the language classroom
Evaluation Grid for xMOOCs
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What it says on the tin.
An ELT blog about politics, alcohol, religion, sex, narcotics, isms and pork
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Lesson ideas on controversial topics, accompanying e-book
Why should French teachers talk about teaching in English? After all, a good deal of professional discussion among French secondary school teachers of English will be with French colleagues: mentor teachers, peers, university tutors and inspectors.
Download CamScanner on Android/iPhone/iPad/WinPhone - Turn your phone and tablet into scanner for intelligent document management. Sync all your documents via CamScanner website.
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Recommended by @msieurleprof
Achilleas Kostoulas:
"Complexity can offer a way to look into the connections between three dichotomous pairs that come up often in the ELT literature:grammar process & product: Complexity helps us to understand how grammatical regularities originate in language use, rather than from the top-down imposition of formal rules. Emergent regularities then become sedimented into patterns, through a process of 'grammaring', and it is these patterns that then constrain future use.lexis & grammar: This dichotomy has already been challenged by empirical work in corpus linguistics, which has raised awareness of lexico-grammatical phenomena. Lexico-grammar ranges from fixed phrases to semi-lexicalised patterns, and complexity theory can help to account for their use.learners & learning: Larsen-Freeman cites evidence from emprical research including her own, which have suggested that while learners share a common learning process, they also go through unique developmental trajectories. In this case too, complexity can help us understand how the trajectories interrelate with shared learning processes.
Larsen-Freeman concludes her talk by suggesting some implications of these insights for English Language Teaching."
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Blog post plus link to video of Diane Larsen Freeman on complexity theory.
Webinar 13th October 6-8 pm British Summer Time
To find out about available resources to support video for language learning.
To connect and contribute to a Community of Practice for video in language learning.
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Since its inception, the field of second language research has utilized methods from a number of areas, including general linguistics, psychology, education, sociology, anthropology and, recently, neuroscience and corpus linguistics. As the questions and objectives expand, researchers are increasingly pushing methodological boundaries to gain a clearer picture of second language learning. At one end for example, we see measures of cognition (e.g., brain imaging and eye tracking) and at the other end we see exploration of issues of culture and identity (e.g., ethnographies, deep dive case studies, introspective and narrative analyses). There is an emerging emphasis on research synthesis, meta-analysis, and replication. This article illustrates a few of the advancements in methods and research agendas in SLA. I will conclude by highlighting some of the ways that second language researchers can continue to incorporate, assimilate, and shape methodology, as well as pointing out some of the potential pitfalls, and overall, how these methodological innovations benefit the field.
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Free access; overview of field from prominent researcher, many citations of perhaps lesser-known work and directions for future research.
I recently saw an article announcing the publishing of a free e-book called "PARSNIPS in ELT: Stepping out of the comfort zone (Vol.
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More on the topic of controversial issues in EFL class - links to comments on this issue, and to a free e-Book (PARSNIPS) so you can form your own opinion
Ireland's leading digital conference for English language teaching since 2012.
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End of October 2015. Plenary speaker information now online
Jordan quotes research by Hattie who lists sixteen attributes of excellent teachers, which "
can successfully identify 84% of teachers correctly as excellent teachers or not. However, just three of the dimensions can classify 80% correctly. Hattie suggests that these three attributes hold the key to becoming an excellent/expert teacher. In other words, these are arguably the three crucial factors to focus on.
So, the 3 crucial factors are:
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We were talking about this in class with pre-service teachers, who seem to prioritise emotional attributes
During this presentation, Sally will talk about how and why video is increasingly seen as a useful teaching tool. She will trace the changes that are taking place in relation to the use of video for teaching and learning and provide several examples from different applications in different parts of Europe. Many of the examples she will show are based on entries received in the annual Medea Awards and she will use these examples as a way to highlight what can constitute excellence on the use of video for teaching and learning.
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Webinar with Sally Reynolds "The changing use of video in teaching and learning"
Friday, 25 September 2015, 10:30am UK time. To join visit http://breeze01.uclan.ac.uk/sallyreynolds/ log in with your chosen name.
JoMiTE: Preparing Teachers as Learners
in Europe's Educational Worlds
Katja Schröder, JoMiTE
Department of Romance Languages, University of Regensburg, Germany
This paper pursues to give a short, but broad insight into the vision of JoMiTE – a European Life Long Learning Project
. Funded by the European Commission, nine universities and six partner schools from different corners of Europe co-think and cooperate to establish a Joint Master in Teacher Education by 2010. Why, how and with which guiding visions they do that, and how JoMiTE can be seen as a sustainable motor of life long learning among European teachers,
shall be of prime interest in the following project portrait.
11 calls: language teaching research, cultural linguistics, visual methods, language planning, EAP ...
This volume is a collection of articles that demonstrate the longstanding tradition of pedagogical development work at the University of Jyväskylä Language Centre. The teacher-researchers who present their work in these articles share their ideas and development results while advancing their thinking by writing about the work they are doing. The chapters thus represent a spectrum of voices and perspectives and show different stages of pedagogical thinking and perception
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From the Future Of StoryTelling video series comes an animation featuring Margaret Atwood meditating on how technology shapes the way we tell stories.
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4-min video going from Gutenberg to Wattpad https://www.wattpad.com, how technology (serialisation, mobile devices) affects reading and writing. Some little nuggets in there.
From eltjam
Alannah Fitzgerald, an expert in open education, got in touch with ELTjam via the comments on Nick Robinson's post about digital piracy in ELT and has questions to pose. This post and an upcoming M...
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MOOC just started
A few years ago, as a way to mix up the usual observation procedure, I agreed to be videotaped giving a lesson. I then had to write up a reflection on the lesson - what I thought had worked, what hadn't.
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Stephen Bruce on the role of teacher talk, with commentary from Steve Kirk. Cut out the waffle to reclaim "the idea of 'teaching'"
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Camco inducted into HOA Hall of Shame
Clark County, NV (KTNV) - It's time once again for Contact 13 to induct a new member into the HOA Hall of Shame.
But this one comes with a twist.
Its the management company--not the board--joining the Hall of Shame ranks.
Chief Investigator Darcy Spears has the story of two homeowners, one car and a case of mistaken identity.
The house facing Cayla Schofield's is littered with yellowing phone books and peeling foreclosure notices. And while the weeds grow tall and the place slips into disrepair, the HOA still frets over the occasional car that's parked in front of it.
"We had gotten a notice about parking our car there before and we moved our car right away, and then all of a sudden we got a notice for a blue Ford ZX2."
The only problem with that, says Cayla, is "We don't own a blue Ford ZX2. And I called them and let them know that that wasn't our car and they said that they had determined it was my car."
The car was parked across the street in the driveway of a home that's been abandoned for years.
So how did the HOA determine that the car belonged to Cayla?
"They said that my property was under surveillance. My own HOA was surveiling me! And that they witnessed somebody walking from a car, the blue Ford, into my house."
The car has Pennsylvania license plates, but Cayla is a Las Vegas native.
"Born and raised. All my life."
And despite telling Camco--the HOA management company--that she'd never even been to Pennsylvania much less bought a car there...
"They told me I had to attend a hearing. I was gonna get fined."
So she went around her neighborhood and found Rachel, who lives right next door and is from... Guess where?
"I'm from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania."
And so is her car.
"It's pretty obvious that it's mine," Rachel says. "I keep it in the driveway sometimes or outside the house, so I'm not really sure where they came up with the fact that oh, this has to be her (Cayla's) car."
When Cayla told Rachel what was going on, she called Camco, moved her car and they both thought that would be the end of it. But Cayla says Camco wouldn't let it go.
"Being told to show up for a violation that isn't yours is absurd. It's not my car!"
So she e-mailed Contact 13. When we called Camco, they told us they take direction from the HOA board. So we went straight to the board president.
"I've left you a couple of messages and you haven't returned my calls," Darcy Spears called through the board president's front door. "I'd really like to know why you guys are holding one homeowner responsible for another home-owner's violation."
The HOA president refused to open the door, but agreed to talk to us through her privacy screen.
"Who would be doing surveillance in this neighborhood?" Darcy Spears asked.
Board president: "We don't do surveillance. The only people who do surveillance--well, I wouldn't call it surveillance--the only people that walk the property is the management company."
According to their website, Camco Nevada manages 188 homeowner associations, including Centennial Park, where Cayla and Rachel live in the northwest part of the valley.
The Centennial Park president says violations are only brought to the board's attention at meetings.
Board president: "And we haven't had a board meeting in two months, so..."
Darcy: "Well, perhaps this is an opportunity to talk with your management company and make sure they're running things the way you want them to be run."
Board president: "Absolutely."
She says the whole thing should have been a done deal after Rachel came forward.
"It definitely just seems like it got blown out of proportion," Rachel says.
Board president: "I would appreciate your allowing us to address it before we end up on the Hall of Shame, my God! I've seen that."
Darcy: "You don't want to be on the HOA Hall of Shame?"
Board president: "Absolutely no! Absolutely not. No. No."
Darcy: "Well, you might have Camco to thank for that."
Cayla believes they all belong in the Hall of Shame.
"No one should make you feel violated in your own home," she says.
We're happy to report that after Contact 13 got involved, Camco put Cayla's violation on hold.
They refused to go on camera, but Cayla tells me as of late Monday, they called her to apologize, told her she no longer had to attend a hearing, and dropped the violation.
We rarely get through a week here at Action News without hearing from someone who's having a problem with their HOA.
As part of our commitment to make Las Vegas a better place to live, Contact 13 will continue to expand the HOA Hall of Shame.
So if you're in a situation you think is shameful, send Darcy an email to email@example.com.
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