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One of them is Tim Flood. In 1987, he was in between jobs in the music industry, and a Trans Group ad calling for school bus driver candidates caught his interest. At the time, he was in his early 20s and managed a rock band in the area. He figured that he'd have fun driving a bus for the rest of the school year and then go back to another music job.
Trans Group President John Corr recalls that Flood had "longer hair than you'd want," but he always came in early and did anything that was asked of him.
Corr got a hold of his resume and asked him to come on board full time. Flood agreed but said that it would only be temporary.
Instead, Flood became a long-term, integral part of The Trans Group's success. Now as executive vice president, he oversees the management of all of the companies within The Trans Group. In all, they run nearly 1,000 school buses, transporting 70,000 children in many school districts throughout New York state.
Flood has also been a key contributor to industry groups like the New York School Bus Contractors Association (NYSBCA) and the National School Transportation Association (NSTA).
For his dedicated efforts at the local, state and national levels, Flood has been named 2009 Contractor of the Year by SCHOOL BUS FLEET magazine.
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Corr says that Flood's leadership skills are an invaluable asset to The Trans Group, which has more than 1,500 employees. Flood makes good use of such techniques as Total Quality Management and benchmarking.
"Tim has raised the bar for quality of service and responsiveness to our internal and external customers, and he possesses the ability to jump into any situation or challenge throughout our operations," Corr says.
Flood also proved his ability to rise to the challenge when he was president-elect of NYSBCA. When President Hank Kaufman suddenly passed away, Flood assumed the position "without a blip," says Jennifer Carroll, executive director of the association.
About 10 years ago, Flood helped revive the NYSBCA Driving Skills Competition, more than doubling the previous participation and awards for all the entries.
In NSTA, Flood has served for several years as chair of the Association and Industry Development Committee, where he reports on and takes an active role in several key subcommittees. He previously served as chair of NSTA's Safety Committee.
National Express Corp.'s Barry Stock, who just wrapped up a two-year term as NSTA president, emphasizes Flood's commitment to the school bus business.
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When longtime Old Economy Village volunteer Patty Clendennen heard four years ago that the historic Ambridge site might close, she didn't take it well.
"I broke down and cried," she said.
Drastic state budget cuts led to eight jobs being eliminated at the 19th Century Harmonist settlement. At one point, a posted sign said the picturesque village would shut down, and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission planned to keep enough staff only to maintain buildings, said her husband, Bob, who served on an advisory board for the site.
After the initial shock, "Then I got mad," Patty Clendennen said.
The Friends of Old Economy Village pressured the commission and state legislators to keep the attraction open, and negotiated a deal to run visitations and special events, said Bob Clendennen, vice president of the Friends group. The Clendennens live in Patterson.
"Things are going very well," said Old Economy administrator Michael Knecht, hired in December 2011 to supervise the first Pennsylvania-owned historical site.
"I think we've really turned a corner in terms of weathering the storm. It was a tough time, with cuts at (historical) sites across the state."
Old Economy Village, which will host its Erntefest: A German Harvest Festival this weekend, has seven staff members whose salaries are paid by the state, another seven employed by the Friends group and about 100 volunteers who help at various times.
Attendance rose 36 percent from June 2011 to June 2012, and another 7 percent through June 2013 for a total of 13,000 visitors in the past year, Knecht said. That's much less than the 40,000 to 50,000 visitors to Old Economy during its tourism heyday in the 1970s.
Even after funding was slashed, "It was never truly closed. It was open on weekends," volunteer Sandy Smailer of Franklin Park said of the village, as she demonstrated silk reeling in the Feast Hall at a recent Old Economy event. Staff and volunteers show how the Harmonists, a celibate, Christian society, worked as they awaited the second coming of Christ.
"It's part of who I am. It's in my heart," Sandy Carroll of Hopewell said of the site. She's a paid director of volunteers, but she started as a volunteer at age 12 in the 1970s.
"When I heard they pulled the funding … I took it very personally," Carroll said. "Old Economy is a treasure … If it weren't for the volunteers, we would have been closed." The village reopened on weekdays in 2010.
Visitors on Saturday and Sunday can visit the 17 Harmonist buildings on six acres, and try activities ranging from churning butter to making rope.
The community originally covered 3,000 acres and built a textile industry powered by steam engines, founded a bank, won awards for silk production and developed interests in railroads and oil before it dissolved in 1906. The state acquired the complex in 1916 and opened it to the public in 1919.
Staff members and volunteers point out that Old Economy's buildings are originals that the Harmonists built in the 1800s along the Ohio River, not reproductions. Visitors can see tools, bottles and other items the Harmonists used. They talk with tour guides dressed in Harmonist attire.
"I wish people in the area would realize what a neat thing we have in our hometown," said volunteer Mallory Reed, 23, of Ambridge. "Not a lot of people get to say they have history in their backyard like this."
The state operating budget for Old Economy is $697,000 for the fiscal year ending in June 2014, compared to $954,000 in 2008, said Howard Pollman, spokesman for the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Another $140,000 will go toward capital improvements this year. The nonprofit Friends group projects a $280,000 budget for this year, "up significantly," Knecht said.
Knecht is telling businesses that the village qualifies for the state's Education Improvement Tax Credits program, meaning donations can be counted as tax credits. Schools from Beaver, Allegheny and other counties are booking tours, he said, but Old Economy competes for visitors with other historic sites and activities.
"The board and the staff are satisfied" with progress since 2009, Knecht said, "but we all have greater aspirations for this site and what it can do."
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Is this a good bike? Is it a good deal at $549? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ayphotohosting
Is this a good bike? Is it a good deal at $549? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ayphotohosting
Looks good to me, and apparently new, looking at the components. Tour-ready too, for the most part (needs a front rack, possibly). The photos didn't load so well for me so I wasn't able to look at all the details, but for $549, +$40 for shipping, I think $600 isn't too much to pay for a tour ready bike. You might wanna snap it up fast though, or somebody on this forum might nab it before you. I wouldn't tho...Originally Posted by x2mars
Go big.
Oh, wait, there's 11 listed. I was able to see all the pics, and it looks great, with my only personal opinion being the STI/brake shifting being a replaceable item, but that's just my personal opinion.Originally Posted by tourbike
Free-for-all on the Windsor, everyone?
Go big.
The main problem I see is the over-the-top sales pitch. The seller says it is a high grade touring bike like a Trek 520 or a Rivendell Atlantis. And that the Windsor bike would list for $1495.
To me it looks like a step below an REI Randonee, and that lists for about $900.
I have a Trek 1200 sport tourer with Tiagra shifting, generic hubs and brakes, and a carbon fork that I got for $720 new. And it came from a bike shop that helps me with any problems.
The Windsor bike has unnamed and probably generic hubs, rims, seatpost, stem, handlebars and rear rack. And the crankset with 52-42-30 chainrings is a little overgeared for heavy loaded touring in hilly areas (for many but not all riders.)
It might be a good deal. But in my opinion, not a fantastic deal.
I just saw the Deore derailleurs and figured, hey, not too shabby. Probably should've looked closer at the pics...Originally Posted by bradw
Go big.
I did a little more research, and it APPEARS this is a fly-by-night Taiwanese pre-manufactured frame company that assembles with some mid-to-high range components, possibly overstock. One telling feature about their site ( http://www.windsorbicycles.com/ ) is that there is no fixed address/shop, no retailers and the only way to contact them is to email them. No phone, either. They offer a warranty, which is highly suspect, considering one has no idea where they are. The price quote is their own, of $1495. I suspect they are selling their stock on ebay.com in order to liquidate.Originally Posted by bradw
Sorry for my initial enthusiam, I have been looking for good deal on a bike for some time, and you have to admit on first glance it does look clean.
So, I change my opinion to no, it isn't a good deal.
Go big.
Several of the Windsor bikes are built in the same factory that builds Fuji bikes, and this looks essentially similar to the Fuji Touring, which I've been very happy with. Thing is, you can get a Fuji Touring for just about the same pricepoint if you've got a local dealer, and that would come with all the support associated with buying from a local dealer...
I guess if I was had some build skills it might be worth checking out. But I'm going to need a shop to help me get a touring bike set up.
The Cycle Spectrum chain of bike stores, its webstore Bikesdirect, and their E-Bay operations (under a variety of names) seem to be a major source in the USA for Fuji, Motebecane, Mercier and Windsor. In fact, I have not seen 2004 model Motebecane, Mercier or Windsor bikes sold new by anyone NOT affiliated with the Cycle Spectrum family. They have two or three other brands that also function as sort of "house brands".
Still, if someone is unable to locate a Fuji Touring, its Windsor "brother" might be a tempting alternative. Comparing the "Windsor" E-Bay ad to the Fuji 2005 and 2004 "specs", the Windsor seems to combine the 2004 Fuji frame with the 2005 Fuji components. The Fuji has a "list" price of $840, putting the "street price" at $700 to $800.
If someone buys a Windor from Cycle Spectrum, the bike would be covered by that chain's "lifetime free service" policy, that covers labor for repairs.
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brokenrobot, I think you're right. I have a 2004 Fuji Touring and by the look of their photos and specs, it is the same. The rack is exactly the same down to the stainless steel mounting hardware, the unusual quill stem is the same, the green metalflake paint is the same, the seat, the spokeholder...even the sizing sticker on the frame is the same!Originally Posted by brokenrobot
I bought my Fuji on sale at Performance for a little over $600, which I thought was a good deal. Other places were selling it for $700-800.
Read the warranty on http://www.windsorbicycles.com/warranty.htm
Your options are limited if there are problems with the frame. You might have to ship the bike quite far for repairs:
"The frame to be replaced would be required to be delivered to Dallas, Texas; Bristol, England; Ottawa, Canada; or Brisbane, Australia at our direction."
Furthermore, you would have to pay for shipping in both directions:
"Customers are responsible for all carriage charges."
Because you would be buying from another person, you are not even eligible for the warranty!
"This warranty is limited to the original retail purchaser of the cycle and covers only defects in materials and workmanship."
This is not a good deal, in my opinion.
So, has anyone here actually ever ridden one f these?
It seems that all comments have been essntially based on speculation (informed in some case, but still having nevr ridden one...speculation).
I was also intrigued by this bike (comparing it to a trek 520 at about half the price), but wanted to find out what someone who has one or has ridden one has to say.
I have seen a lot of them on ebay new...none seem to be appearing used...so what does that suggest?
Those who buy them don't resell them, perhaps because they haven't joined the bike of the month club.Originally Posted by gregling
I'm almost positive that it is a rebadged fuji touring. If you do a search for kenda eurotrek tires, almost nothing will come up. It seems that these tires only come on the fuji touring and the windsor tourist.
Either that or they haven't been around long enough for there to be much of a used market.Originally Posted by FOG
Not likely. The geometry is different. They don't even come in the same sizes.Originally Posted by Prg146
They share distribution through bikesdirect which is probably why they have similar component spec.
How accurate are published geometry and size specs?Originally Posted by halfspeed
FWIW...it does appear that the "Windsor" frames--43cm, 49cm, 54cm, 58cm, 64cm--are the same sizes as the Fuji website. Not sure about the other specs, though.Originally Posted by halfspeed
I would suggest doing a search in the road forums. You'll get more than enough reviews from owners of Windsor, Motobecane, etc. Most seem to be relatively positive. I was seriously looking at one myself for a while as a secondary bike/commuter.Originally Posted by gregling
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My brother has a Windsor Kennet and I have a Mercier Aquilla. BOth road bikes, not tour bikes, but we both got them from Cycle spectrum.
We are both pretty happy with our bikes.
If I could afford it I would be tempted to buy the tourist as I am wanting a tour bike.
I don't know where you see that. According to http://www.windsorbicycles.com/cromoly.htm, the Windsor Tourist comes in 49, 53, 56, 59, and 62. Even on the one size that matches, 49cm, the geometry is different. They aren't the same bike.Originally Posted by rnagaoka
It looks like Windsor just has a couple of frames, one steel one alu, that they just spec and paint differently to come up with different models.
I got my Windsor sizing from the OP's eBay link. You're right, though...I would think the Windsor site is going to be the real numbers. (but that spokeholder still makes me suspicious that it's a re-badged Fuji )Originally Posted by halfspeed
Interesting, the limited specs on the ebay auction are pretty close to the Fuji. Maybe Windsor just orders their frames in batches based on whichever Taiwanese plant has some spare capacity and what they are tooled up for at the time. So depending upon when you buy it, you could get something very different.Originally Posted by rnagaoka
The Windsor and the Fuji are the same? unless someone is fudging the numbers they are very different. the Fuji claims 44 cm chainstays with 69-73 head/ 73 seat angles. That is classic touring bike geometry
The Windsor website claims 42 cm chainstays with 73-75/73 angles, that is sport bike geometry not touring geometry. Brazeons and spoke holders alone don't make a touring bike
BTW. The savy tourist puts his spokes wrapped in foam inside the seat post and lodged in with a wine cork They stay nice and clean and you can carry several more
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Much stuff sold on ebay is listed by dealers; take a look at the sellers of all these ebay Windsor bikes and I bet they are mostly from the same seller.
I bought one of these.
I am most definitely NOT a bike expert.
It was available in Very Large frame size.
And came with slightly larger tires.
I am 6' 2" and about 195 lbs.
I ride very much on the 3' just off the road-side.
I don't know where you ride.
But, if you ride on the roadsides,
then you know the garbage that is there.
And how much fun it is trying to avoid it.
It can be very rough and gravelly sometimes too.
So, I definitely wanted at least the 32mm tires.
I have put about 750 miles on it so far.
I can tell you to this point my likes and dislikes.
Pluses .....
1) Seems to be a relatively comfortable seat.
And the covering on the handlebars has a great feel.
2) Bike frame seems to absorb road shock pretty well.
This was a very pleasant surprise.
3) That little tray/carrier on the back .....
Is very lightweight and a good size.
It has been pretty useful.
4) The gear ranges are fabulous.
11-12-14-16-18-21-24-32 x 30-42-52
I live in Florida. Don't need low gears much.
Super high gear, 11 x 52 is great
for when riding with a tail wind.
Minuses .....
1) Spokes started breaking at around 500 miles,
all on the gear side of the rear wheel.
So ... time (and money) has been spent fixing this.
Not to mention the inconvenience.
The spokes are 290mm 14G / brand-X.
2) Kenda Eurotrek Tires seem to ride OK.
But, they do not have the "kevlar belt".
So, yes I have had some flats.
Extra liner is necessary.
3) The brake pull mechanism seems rather funky to me.
I have seen much better brake mechanisms.
It took me a little while to try and figure out
exactly how to put it together.
The book was no help. The picture in the book
was not what came with the bike.
4) The pedals are small. (not wide)
This may be common on the newer bikes.
I realize it makes it better for racing.
But, this is a "Tourist" bike not a Racer.
Also, I removed the toe straps.
Not high priority for my riding style.
In general ... for the price I paid ...
I think it is an OK bike.
Especially as a touring/general purpose bike.
The broken spokes thing has been annoying.
But, I will probably put many thousands of miles on it.
As was expressed earlier,
If you ever need service ... ?????


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Flash tattoo fundraiser to benefit North Hills Community Outreach
Deni Rust keeps telling her co-workers at North Hills Community Outreach that she'll be taking one for the team when she gets her second tattoo next month.
On Aug. 2, Rust — and anyone who wants to join her — will get inked for a good cause during a "flash tattoo" fundraiser to benefit the nonprofit, which helps struggling families and individuals in northern Allegheny County.
"I'm so pleased, thankful and blessed to be here in this job," said Rust, the organization's community auto service coordinator. "I'm tickled by the combination, so why not do it?"
Brothers Keeper Tattoo, a Christian tattoo shop on Perry Highway in West View, will host the fundraiser. People can walk in and choose from 25 to 30 small, pre-designed tattoos. Each will take 15 to 20 minutes and cost $50 to $60. Designs will be available for review online before the event at www.brotherskeepertattoopgh.com.
Daniel Nodianos, the shop's owner, said he's done flash tattoos in the past for Friday the 13th, National Star Wars Day on May 4 and, most recently, a June 28 fundraiser in McKees Rocks for The Mario Lemieux Foundation.
"I definitely like to support things in the community," Nodianos, 24, of Bellevue said, adding that he makes donations to West View Borough and the community's fire department, which is next to his shop.
He said the fundraiser for the Lemieux Foundation, which raises money for those with Hodgkin's disease, was much more successful than he expected. Nodianos estimated that he and two other artists each did about 10 tattoos and raised several hundred dollars.
"We were tattooing from 6 at night until 2 in the morning," he said.
Nodianos said fundraiser patrons usually are a mix of people getting their first tattoos and those who aren't strangers to the needle. He said four tattoo artists will be on site for the North Hills Community Outreach's event.
His mother, Vicki Nodianos of Bellevue, suggested that Daniel do the fundraiser for Community Outreach.
"He opened (the shop) two years ago hoping he'd be able to help people in the community," she said.
Jennifer Drayton, development manager at Community Outreach, said unusual fundraisers are great for nonprofits and that she's heard nothing but positive feedback about flash tattoos.
"I'm very excited that they thought of us," Drayton said.
Rust, 44, of McCandless said she's heard great things about the shop and is excited to get a tattoo on her wrist, but is still a little nervous because she's not sure what she'll get.
She said she wants something that recognizes her long recovery from the unexpected loss of her husband to cancer at age 32. He died while she was pregnant with their second child.
"I just came out of a deep depression, and I want something that symbolizes rebirth or beauty coming from the ashes," Rust said.
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On March 4, 1999 (parent's letter not dated) a complaint was filed with the Department of Public Instruction by XXXXX against the Racine Unified School District (RUSD). This complaint alleges a violation of special education law regarding the implementation of programs for children with disabilities.
Pursuant to 34 CFR 300.660-662 of the regulations implementing the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and ss. 115.762(3)(g) and 115.90(1), Wis. Stats., the Department of Public Instruction investigated this complaint. In investigating a complaint, the department reviews a district's compliance with state and federal requirements. In investigating this complaint, department staff reviewed relevant pupil records and written statements from the complainant and a school district supervisor of special education. In addition, department staff interviewed the complainant, the school principal, two regular education teachers, two special education teachers, an education assistant, a district special education secretary and a district supervisor of special education.
Section 115.76, Wisconsin Statutes
In this subchapter:
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(7) "Free appropriate public education means special education and related services that are provided at public expense and under public supervision and direction, meet the standards of the department, include an appropriate preschool, elementary or secondary school education and are provided in conformity with an individualized education program.
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Section 115.77, Wisconsin Statutes
Local educational agency duties.
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(1m) A local educational agency shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the division that it does all of the following:
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(b) Makes available a free appropriate public education to children with disabilities as required by this subchapter and applicable state and federal law.
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Section 115.787, Wisconsin Statutes
Individualized education programs.
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(2) REQUIRED COMPONENTS. An individualized education program shall include all of the following:
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(c) A statement of the special education and related services and supplementary aids and services to be provided to the child, or on behalf of the child, and a statement of the program modifications or supports for school personnel that will be provided for the child * * *.
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(f) The projected date for the beginning of the services and modifications described in par. (c) and the anticipated frequency, location and duration of those services and modifications.
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34 CFR Part 300, Appendix C, Question 45
45. Is the IEP a commitment to provide services--i.e., must a public agency provide all of the services listed in the IEP?
Yes. The IEP of each child with a disability must include all services necessary to meet the child's identified special education and related services needs; and all services in the IEP must be provided in order for the agency to be in compliance with the Act.
The complainant's eight-year-old daughter is a child with a disability who receives special education and related services. An initial evaluation completed on January 10, 1995, identified the child as eligible for special education in the areas of speech and language, orthopedic impairment and other health impaired.
On March 31, 1998, the district held a meeting to develop the child's individualized education program (IEP) for the period beginning March 31, 1998, and ending March 31, 1999. The child's father attended the meeting. The IEP includes the following statement under the heading "Justification for removal from regular education environment." "(Student's name) needs the specific and recommended Ex. Ed. Services on Part A, page 1 as well as one-to-one assistance to reach her highest potential." The following objectives regarding one-to-one assistance are included in the IEP:
(Student's name) will have adult assistance with positioning, transitioning and safety during classroom activities.
(Student's name) will meet and follow the 1st grade regular education curriculum criteria with assistance as needed.
(Student's name) will work independently when possible with assigned materials, but will need 1-1 assistance and set-up of materials.
The district's nursing services individualized health plan included in the child's IEP states: "(Student's name) will receive close constant supervision from adults." The outcome of the intervention is stated, "(Student's name) will be maintained in a safe environment."
On January 21, 1999, an IEP meeting was held to revise the child's IEP. On March 9, 1999, the IEP team reconvened. The child's mother and father attended the meetings. The IEP includes under the "Justification for removal from the regular education environment:" "(Student's name) requires one-to-one assistant for writing and safety purposes to reach her highest level of independence with the possible exception of therapies, music, and library." The following objectives regarding one-to-one assistance are included in the IEP:
(Student's name) will complete regular education curriculum at the appropriate grade level at a satisfactory level with modifications as needed¿ -working independently in group activities without education assistant sitting by her. Beginning January 21, 1999.
(Student's name) will continue to have adult assistance for safety reasons. -transitioning - positioning. Evaluation Objective Criteria 100% of the time. Beginning March 9, 1999.
The district's nursing services individualized health plan included in the child's IEP states: "Staff will provide close constant supervision from adults." The outcome of the intervention is stated, "(Student's name) will be maintained in a safe environment."
An education assistant assigned to the complainant's daughter provides the one-to-one assistance required in the child's IEP. When the assistant is not available, the services are provided by a special education teacher or other licensed district staff who serve the child. The child's IEP does not require one-to-one assistance be provided to the child by an assistant assigned exclusively to serve the child. District staff provided one-to-one assistance to the child consistent with her IEP during the period addressed by the complaint.
In his letter of complaint to the department, the child's parent refers to a November 24, 1998, incident. The parent alleges that on November 24, 1998, the child was unsupervised standing strapped in her walker in the doorway of her regular education classroom for approximately ten minutes. Although the child's education assistant was not present, the teacher was present.
A district must provide each child with a disability a free appropriate public education (FAPE). A district meets its obligation to provide FAPE to a child in part by providing special education and related services in conformity with a proper IEP. The IEP must specify special education and related services to meet the child's needs.
The child's IEP includes statements referring to one-to-one assistance. The special education services regarding one-to-one assistance stated in the child's IEP were provided to the child during the period addressed by this complaint. There is no violation with respect to issue #1.
Section 115.78, Wisconsin Statutes
Individualized education program team; timeline.
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(lm) APPOINTMENT OF TEAM. The local educational agency shall appoint an individualized education program team for each child referred to it under s. 115.777. Each team shall consist of all of the following:
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(d) A representative of the local educational agency who is qualified to provide, or supervise the provision of, special education, is knowledgeable about the general curriculum and is knowledgeable about and authorized to commit the available resources of the local educational agency.
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(2) DUTIES OF TEAM. The individualized education program team shall do all of the following:
(a) Evaluate the child under s. 115.782 to determine the child's eligibility or continued eligibility for special education and related services and the educational needs of the child.
(b) Develop an individualized education program for the child under s. 115.787.
(c) Determine the special education placement for the child under s. 115.79.
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34 CFR 99.3 What definitions apply to these regulations?
The following definitions apply to this part:
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"Education records" (a) The term means those records that are:
(1) Directly related to a student; and
(2) Maintained by an educational agency or institution or by a party acting for the agency or institution.
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34 CFR 300.560 Definitions.
As used in ss. 300.560-300.576--
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Education records means the type of records covered under the definition of education records in Part 99 of this title (the regulations implementing the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974).
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34 CFR 300.562 Access rights.
(a) Each participating agency shall permit parents to inspect and review any education records relating to their children that are collected, maintained, or used by the agency under this part. The agency shall comply with a request without unnecessary delay and before any meeting regarding an IEP or any hearing relating to the identification, evaluation, or educational placement of the child, or the provision of FAPE to the child, and in no case more than 45 days after the request has been made.
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Section 118.125, Wisconsin Statutes
Pupil records.
(1) DEFINITIONS. In this section:
(a) "Behavioral records" means those pupil records which include psychological tests, personality evaluations, record of conversations, any written statement relating specifically to an individual pupil's behavior, tests relating specifically to achievement or measurement of ability, the pupil's physical health records other than his or her immunization records or any lead screening records required under s. 254.162, peace officers' records obtained under s. 48.396 (1m) and any other pupil records that are not progress records.
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(2) CONFIDENTIALITY. All pupil records maintained by a public school shall be confidential, except as provided in pars. (a) to (m) and sub. (2m). The school board shall adopt regulations to maintain the confidentiality of such records.
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(b) An adult pupil or the parent or guardian of a minor pupil shall, upon request, be shown, in the presence of a person qualified to explain and interpret the records, the pupil's behavioral records. Such pupil or parent or guardian shall, upon request, be provided with a copy of the behavioral records.
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On March 31, 1998, at an IEP team meeting, an IEP was developed for the child who is the subject of this complaint for the period beginning March 31, 1998, and ending March 31, 1999. The child's father attended the meeting. A representative of the local educational agency (LEA) authorized to commit district resources did not attend the meeting. The March 31, 1998, IEP was signed by the school principal after the meeting as the representative of the LEA; however, the principal did not participate in the meeting.
The child's mother orally requested a copy of the child's March 31, 1998, IEP in April, June, July, and on August 28, 1998. On June 29, 1998, the LEA sent the child's parents a notice of placement based on the IEP developed on March 31, 1998. The LEA did not send the parents a copy of the child's IEP with the placement notice. On August 28, 1998, the child's father went to the LEA special education central office. He requested and received a copy of his daughter's March 31, 1998, IEP. There was no due process hearing or IEP meeting concerning the child's education within the 45 days before the complainant's request for a copy of his daughter's IEP.
On January 12, 1999, a meeting was held with the child's parents, the child's first grade teachers, the orthopedic impairments (OI) itinerant teacher, and the educational assistant. The OI teacher arranged this meeting at the parents' request. The meeting participants were notified of the meeting verbally and in writing. The meeting was not an IEP team meeting.
On January 21, 1999, at 2:30 p.m., an IEP team meeting was held for the complainant's daughter. The child's parents attended the meeting. A LEA supervisor of special education attended and participated in the meeting as the representative of the LEA. The LEA representative announced at the beginning of the meeting that at 3:30 p.m. she would need to leave the meeting for another appointment. When the LEA representative left the meeting, the meeting was discontinued and participants were informed that the meeting would be continued at a date and time to be determined. The child's March 31, 1998, IEP remained in effect. On March 9, 1999, the IEP team reconvened.
On March 4, 1999, this complaint was filed with the department. On March 18, 1999, the complaint was acknowledged by the department identifying the 1998-99 school year as the time period during which the district allegedly failed to provide the complainant a copy of his daughter's IEP in a timely manner. During the course of the investigation of this complaint, the department informed the parent and the district that issue # 3 relates to the 1997-98 school year.
A LEA must appoint an IEP team for each child referred for special education services. The duties of an IEP team are to evaluate the child to determine the child's eligibility or continued eligibility for special education and related services and the educational needs of the child, develop an IEP for the child and determine the special education placement for the child. Each IEP team must include, among others, a representative of the LEA.
On March 31, 1998, the LEA held a meeting to develop an IEP for the complainant's daughter. A LEA representative did not attend and participate in the IEP meeting. On January 12, 1999, the district conducted a meeting at the parent's request. This meeting was not an IEP team meeting. On January 21, 1999, and March 9, 1999, the LEA held IEP meetings to develop an IEP for the complaint's daughter. A LEA representative did attend and participate in these two IEP meetings. There is a violation with respect to the March 31, 1998, IEP meeting for issue #2.
A district must comply with a parent's request to access education records without unnecessary delay and before any meeting regarding an IEP or any hearing relating to the identification, evaluation, or educational placement of the child, or the provision of a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) to the child, and in no case more than 45 days after the request has been made.
After oral requests made by the child's mother in April, June, July and August 1998, the child's father was provided a copy of his daughter's March 31, 1998, IEP on August 28, 1998. The district did not provide the complainant a copy of his daughter's IEP in a timely manner during the 1997-98 school year. There is a violation with respect to issue #3 of this complaint.
The Racine Unified School District shall, within 30 days of receipt of this report, submit to the department a corrective action plan (CAP) to ensure that:
- LEA representatives attend and participate in all IEP team meetings (Issue #2); and
- When the parents of a child with a disability request the child's education records, including an IEP, the district timely provides the parents a copy (Issue #3).
Because the district has conducted subsequent IEP team meetings with LEA representatives in attendance and provided the parent a copy of the child's IEP, the department is not requiring child-specific corrective actions. The CAP shall include the activities the district will undertake to implement the directives, the personnel responsible for each activity, the date by which each activity will be completed, and the type of documentation that will be submitted to the department as evidence of completion of each activity. If a CAP requires the district to develop one or more products, the district may submit the product(s) as part of the corrective action plan. The CAP will be reviewed and the district will be informed if any revisions are required. The district will implement the CAP after it has been approved by the department.
This concludes our investigation of this complaint. This letter is not intended, and should not be construed, to cover any other issues regarding compliance with the IDEA or Chapter 115, Wisconsin Statutes, which may exist and which are not specifically discussed herein. Under the Wisconsin public records law, ss. 19.31-19.39, Wisconsin Statutes, it may be necessary to release this document and related correspondence and records upon request.
signed JSP
Juanita S. Pawlisch, Ph.D., Assistant Superintendent
Division for Learning Support: Equity and Advocacy


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|Misexpression of a PISTILLATA-like MADS-box gene prevents fruit development in grapevine.
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|The FLESHLESS BERRY (FLB) somatic variant identified in the grapevine cultivar Ugni Blanc develops grape berries without flesh suggesting a role for the altered gene in the differentiation of flesh cells. Here we report the identification of the molecular defect responsible for this phenotype. Using a combination of genetic and transcriptomic approaches we detected the presence of a miniature inverted-repeat transposable element insertion in the promoter region of the PISTILLATA-like (VvPI) gene the grapevine homolog of Arabidopsis PISTILLATA. The transposon insertion causes specific ectopic expression of the corresponding VvPI allele during early fruit development causing the expression of genes specific for petal and stamen development within the fruit. Causal relationship between the insertion and the phenotype was demonstrated by the phenotypic and molecular analyses of somatic revertants showing that ectopic expression and mutant phenotype were always linked to the presence of the transposon insertion. The different phenotypic effects of the flb mutation on ovary morphology, fruit set and fruit development, depending on the cell lineage affected, are presented with each phenotype offering unique insights into floral and fleshly fruit development. The results highlight the importance of VvPI repression after fertilization to achieve normal fleshy fruit development and the complex genetic, genomic and cellular interactions for the flower to fruit transition in grapevine. © 2012 The Authors. The Plant Journal © 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
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Most successful start-ups will attest to this: Before a customer picks you, you have to pick your customers. Melissa Wildstein, the managing director of the advertising company The Matchstick Group says you have to figure out what you do better, faster, and cheaper than everyone else, then pick customers who will respond to that message. She adds that for a creative company especially, it's important to articulate your core competencies to clients clearly. Stay on message so that you don't get pulled into performing a service--just for the sake of landing a client--that's outside your area of expertise.
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When you get to the point where you'll need to hire a workforce, you'll be tempted to look for people with experience. Don't. You want to look for raw talent. You likely won't be able to afford experience people. More importantly, someone with agency experience may not be the best culture fit for your new company, says Dexter Hutchison, the CEO of Excela Creative. "Don't hire people who want to work for a creative agency, hire people who want to help build one," he says.
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One mistake that many creative firms make is focusing too much on the company itself. Hutchinson says this is a problem because it's too easy to want the company to appear bigger than it is with, say, an extensive website. But your small size can be an advantage: Your company can flex to the needs of the client. "When Excela Creative was first acquiring clients, we put all of our efforts into developing work flows and systems into place that would keep the client in the center of everything we needed to do," he says.
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Even more so than other companies, creative agencies need a tight workflow. This is partly because creative pros tend to think outside of the box--most of the time in a good way... but sometimes in a way that is detrimental to a young company. Maria Rapetskaya, the creative director at Undefined Creative, says young companies need to establish their production flow early on. This is the set method that defines how the company operates, including who is responsible for client contacts.
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Wildstein says, when you begin giving client presentations, keep this in mind: People will only remember a portion of what you say but they will recall your tone and image. This is much more than just a few good PowerPoint slides. Practice honing your image for new customer meetings. At the same time, Hutchison says, let the work speak for itself and don't get too hung up on looking like a hip creative company--or what others think the company should be.
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Silence as Bahraini children are stabbed and gassed
February 20, 2012 § 1 Comment
by Tighe Barry
As part of an observer delegation in Bahrain with the peace group Code Pink, I visited the village of Bani Jamrah with local Bahraini human rights activists.
In one of the many horrific cases we heard, a 17-year-old boy Hasan, his friend and his 8-year-old brother left their home to go to the grocery store. As they were entering the store they noticed some other youngsters running. Fearing the police would be following them, they decided to wait in the store. The 8 year old hid behind a refrigerator. The police entered the store with face masks on. They grabbed the older boys, pulling them out of the store and into the street.
Once outside the shop the police began to beat them with their sticks and hit them on the head, shouting obscenities and accusations. The police were accusing them of having been involved with throwing Molotov cocktails, asking over and over "Where are the Molotov cocktails?"
The four policemen, all masked and wearing regulation police uniforms, took turns beating the boys while one was instructed to keep watch to make sure no one was video taping. They seemed to be very concerned that there be no witnesses. Quickly, they forced the boys into the waiting police car. Inside the police vehicle was another youth about 18 who appeared to be "Muhabharat," or plain-clothes police thugs associated with many dictatorships in the Middle East.
As the car sped off, the boys were told to keep their heads down "or we will kill you." Soon they arrived at an open lot away from possible onlookers. As the two boys were being pulled from the car, the policeman who seemed to be in the charge shouted, "Make them lie down." Once they were face down on the ground, the policemen took out their knives and stabbed both boys in the left buttock, leaving a gaping wound. The police thugs continued their "questioning", using profanity to scare their victims. They threatened the boys that they would go to jail for 45 days for "investigation" and that they would never go back to school or get work.
When the thugs realized that they had no choice but to leave these victims, since they had no knowledge of the Molotovs, they searched them to see what they could steal. They took the boys' mobile phones and asked them to hand over whatever money they had. When they discovered that the boys only had 500fils (about $1.50US), they kicked one of them in the raw wound, laughing as they left them bleeding.
"Who are these masked police and why would they do such things to children?", you might ask. The boys said they were Syrian immigrants, part of a mostly foreign police force imported by the government and paid to inflict pain on the local people to dissuade them from protesting for their rights.
I asked if the police checked their hands, or smelled their clothes to detect the presence of petrol, since they were accusing the boys of carrying Molotov cocktails. Hussan, laying uncomfortably on his stomach, still in his bloody pants, answered, "No, they made no investigation. These police don't investigate, they only accuse and punish. We had no contact with petrol, we are students."
In the corner of the room was Husan's aunt, holding a little baby that looked very sickly, the red hue of its skin almost burnt looking and its tiny eyes sore and red. I was straining now in my inquiry, like having to push words out my throat. "How old is your child?", I asked. "Eight months old", she replied. I knew about the nightly raids in this community, as I happen to be staying less than 200 meters from there and can see the light show each night as hundreds of teargas canisters are shot into this tight grip of middle class houses.
"How do you stop the teargas from getting in the house and affecting your baby?", I inquired in a pained voice. I, myself, although not in village, feel the effects of the massive clouds of poison that pour over the entire area at night.
"Well, sir, wet towels, we place them each night under the doors," she answers, as she lights down on the couch near a large flat screen television. "But, sadly, sir, this does not stop the gas. The baby suffers. I try to cover her face with a cloth but she does not like it and cries at the gas and the cloth at the same."
"One way to stop the gas is to put plastic over the air conditioning unit," she continued, "but the policemen always cut off the plastic and the gas seeps back inside quickly."
They showed me a homemade video of those white-helmeted terrorists, using the very same issued knife that they used to cripple the boys, systematically, methodically removing the plastic that was placed to prevent the venomous gas from entering the house. Once removed, they can now shoot the gas, knowing that it will enter the house and poison all inside, especially the kids.
And so it goes in the Kingdom of Bahrain. So it goes in a world so addicted to oil, money and power that children can be stabbed, kidnapped, tortured, terrorized and gassed with nary a word from the outside world.
Are we, in America, so addicted to oil and beholden to powerful Saudis that we will block our ears to the cries of these Bahraini children? Or will we help them grow up in a world where they can know the joy and security that we all want for ourselves? The choice is ours.
Tighe Barry is a member of the peace group CodePink.org.
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