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We are pleased to share this review of a scholarly work on Benjamin Franklin, submitted by a professional bookman and longtime admirer of BookPage, George Hopkins.
Reading a scholarly book with all the expected arms and legs of such a work—footnotes, afterwords, appendices and their brethren—one finds a rare, unexpected pleasure waiting in the pages of Kenneth Penegar's The Political Trial of Benjamin Franklin. The book has all the elements of a seductive mystery story, albeit a story shaped by facts, not fiction. Although Franklin lived in England for 18 years (1724-26, 1757-62, 1764-75), the author focuses on the last four years of his residency, 1771-1775, during which time he acted as an agent for New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Georgia in presenting various petitions and grievances that his clients wanted heard by Parliament and King. In this capacity, Franklin's world (and ours, as fate would have it) turned upside down.
Beginning with a farcical, but potentially deadly, duel between John Temple and William Whately that took place in Hyde Park on the morning of December 11, 1873, the story of Franklin's last years takes shape. The argument between the combatants centered on a cache of letters written years earlier by the future governor of Massachusetts, Thomas Hutchinson. The letters were to Thomas Whately, the older brother of William, and had become known to all in England and America after their publication in a Boston newspaper in 1773. Whately, now executor of his brother's estate, believed Temple was the scoundrel who stole the letters, the personal property of his late brother, and sent them to the Boston publisher.
Thus the duel! And here, perhaps, we find most significant reason for the unyielding enmity of England's peers toward America. Indeed, the publication of the Hutchinson Letters, as they are known to historians, was much more offensive to them than even the Boston Tea Party, of which they learned only after Franklin confessed that it was he who sent the letters to the speaker of the Massachusetts Assembly. After the acknowledgment of his part in this drama, made to prevent any future duels between innocent men, dark events moved quickly into Franklin's life.
On January 29, 1774, we find this much-honored American, a man now in his 60s who walked with a cane, standing alone for over an hour before the Privy Council, silently hearing Alexander Wedderburn, Solicitor General, demean and disgrace him before an overflowing crowd of English peers. For the most famous and most respected American in European society, this humiliating experience had to be the nadir point of his life. He stood accused of the theft of personal letters and, more ominously, of sedition as a British subject who incited and led the colonial rebels to overthrow the lawful government. The prospect of arrest culminating in imprisonment not only found its way into his dreams, but became very real, as attested by the arrest warrant that was issued in London, which Franklin became aware of after he arrived in Philadelphia on May 7, 1775.
Feeling embarrassed about my ignorance of these matters, I consulted the splendid history written by Morison & Commager, The Growth of the American Republic, 1000-1865 in its fourth edition (1951), the textbook that I had used as an undergraduate. Not one mention of the Hutchinson Letters or the Privy Council trial of Franklin appears. It makes one wonder about history and its pictures locked in time, why emphasis is given to this event but not to the other, why or whether the decisions made by historians that build a society's sense of itself are proper or indeed right. After finishing Penegar's fine book, I consider Benjamin Franklin as belonging to that small group of people whose actions were demanded and made magnificent in building the edifice of liberty we now call the United States of America.


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A Strong Workforce is an Inclusive Workforce: What Can YOU Do?
I believe that inclusion leads to innovation, and that by fostering a work culture respectful of individual differences—including disabilities—organizations benefit from varied perspectives on how to confront challenges and achieve success. And I know I'm not alone in this belief, because many of today's most successful companies proudly deem inclusion to be a core corporate value. They're stronger for it.
That's why, I particularly like this year's National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) theme: A Strong Workforce is an Inclusive Workforce: What Can YOU Do? This theme, announced last week to help organizations plan in advance for NDEAM in October, truly encapsulates what most highly regarded business leaders have long known—diverse organizations have a strategic advantage over homogenous ones.
Speaking at the National Diversity Forum held last August as part of the Office of Disability Employment Policy's Add Us In initiative, Eric Peterson, Diversity and Inclusion Manager at the Society for Human Resource Management, illustrated this principle very clearly. He said that if ten people are sitting around a conference table trying to solve a difficult problem, and all of those people look the same, act the same and have the same basic educational and career background, each will probably have the same idea for a solution—one that any of them could have figured out on their own. Maybe it would be the right solution, maybe not. Now, if those 10 people each brought to that table differing experiences and circumstances, they'll likely arrive at a solution that not one of them could have determined individually. And more often than not, that solution would be stronger.
Disability is an essential perspective to have at that table. Put simply, America's economic success requires us to capitalize on the talents of all segments of the population, and the responsibility for making that happen must be shared. There is something everyone CAN do.
Employers can foster workplaces welcoming to all qualified employees and potential employees. People with disabilities can understand the intrinsic value of work and their role in our economic success. Youth with disabilities can grow up with the expectation of employment, and parents, educators and other adults can strengthen this expectation by cultivating a clear vision of work and community participation.
As the leader of an organization, I'll always choose the solution that represents an amalgam of opinions and insights rather than the one that approaches the problem from only one angle. That's because an inclusive workforce is a stronger workforce. And it is an essential step toward a stronger, better America, one where every person is recognized for his or her accomplishments—that should be our goal every day of every month.
Kathy Martinez is Assistant Secretary for Disability Employment Policy.
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MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) - Jerrold Brooks and Rashard McGill each scored 18 points, and Neil Watson finished with a double-double, 14 points and 11 assists, to help Southern Mississippi blow out Morehead State 94-58 Friday night.
Daveon Boardingham chipped in 13 points and Norville Carey came off the bench and added 12 points and three steals for the Golden Eagles (9-4).
Southern Miss scored the game's first 11 points, and led 30-8 with 9:30 left to play in the half.
The Golden Eagles held Morehead State to 33.3 percent (8 for 24) shooting in the first half.
Brooks scored 15 points in the first half to help Southern Miss lead at halftime 48-27.
Morehead State (5-8) got within 15 points in the second half, 54-39, with 15:07 left to play, but the Eagles would be outscored 50-19 the rest of the way.
Bakari Turner led Morehead State with 16 points.
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|Functional reconstruction of ischemic contracture in the lower limb.
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|Objective: To discuss the method of functional reconstruction of ischemic contracture in the lower limb and propose a classification protocol for ischemic contracture in the lower limb based on its severity and prognosis. Methods: A total of 42 patients with ischemic contracture in the lower limb were included in this study. According to different types of disturbance and degrees of severity, surgical reconstructions consisting of nerve decompression, tendon lengthening or transfer, intrinsic foot muscle release and sural-tibial nerve anastomosis were performed in every patient. Results: Postoperatively, all patients were able to walk on flat ground. Drop foot was corrected in 10 patients, and 5 patients still felt some difficulty during stair activity. Split Achilles tendon transfer to flexor hallucis longus tendon was performed in 12 patients, and their walking stability was improved. Seven patients accepted ipsilateral sural-tibial nerve anastomosis, and sensitivity recovery reached to S2 in 2 patients and S3 in 5 patients. Conclusions: Ischemic contracture in the lower limb is a devastating complication after lower limb trauma. The prevention of contracture is much more important than the treatment of an established contracture. Split Achilles tendon transfer to flexor hallucis longus tendon and sural-tibial nerve anastomosis, which was initially implemented by us, could improve the functional recovery of ischemic contracture in lower limbs, and thus provides a new alternative for functional reconstruction of ischemic contracture in the lower limb.
|Hao Tang; Shao-Cheng Zhang; Zhang-Yong Tan; Hong-Wei Zhu; Qiu-Lin Zhang; Ming Li
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Editors note: Hayden Carlin, an Arlington High School graduate, competed in Sundays Dutchess County Classic and shares his experience of running in the half marathon.
This was my first Dutchess County Classic, and to be honest I was a little nervous. This wasnt my first race, nor was it even my first half marathon. But this one was close to home. It started at Arlington, my old high school. Its great to have a race this big where you live, as you dont need to think about the added stress of travel and unfamiliar places.
As we were getting ready to start the run I saw neighbors, former teachers and friends. After the national anthem was finished and the race began, there was no more time for nerves. I even got a shout out from race director Keith Axelrod as I crossed the starting line! I also was lucky enough to have my parents running alongside me. They are the reason I started running, along with the fact that I needed a way to lose the weight I put on during my senior year in college.
The excitement began to sink in as the atmosphere of the race became my focus. It was a crisp, sunny morning, perfect running weather as we set out down Dr. Fink Road. The course was nice and easy with a few rolling hills, but I hardly noticed that because I was enjoying the cheers and words of encouragement from New York state troopers and supporters who were scattered along the course. The amount of volunteers who came out to help us runners was amazing. Dozens of students from local high schools like Arlington, John Jay and Carmel were handing out water and Gatorade.
Once we were a few miles into the race and people had settled into their paces, I began to look at the people around me. There was an older gentleman who had his music blasting out of his phone, a man with Drop The Hammer written on the back of his shirt and a girl with rainbow socks. By the time I hit the 9-mile mark, my legs started to ache a bit and I was getting hungry. This part of the run was quiet, with no noise but the sounds of everyones footfalls. I asked my mom about the food situation after the race, and she said there was a tent set up with bagels, cookies and fruit. I ran the last three miles craving a bagel with cream cheese.
At the 12.5-mile mark, people were lined up cheering and rooting everyone on. A man was snapping pictures as we came down the home stretch and I had the finish line in sight. My parents and I crossed together so that we could share in the excitement and sense of accomplishment.
I definitely would run this hometown race again, and I would encourage any local runners to do the same. It is a well-run race with lots of volunteers, a great course and bagels.


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1977-06-07 Eddie Gazo w rtd 11 (15) Koichi Wajima, Martial Arts Hall, Tokyo, Japan - WBA. Referee: Jay Edson. Right from the start the challenger did not appear to be his normal self, despite confusing Gazo (152½) with his stance and sudden punching from a crouching position, and as the contest proceeded his power gradually diminished. Both men suffered cuts early on, Wajima (154) on the forehead in the second and Gazo over the left eye in the third. From the fourth through the tenth, Gazo piled up points, and as Wajima tired the deficit became even greater, especially when he was being belted against the ropes in the eighth and ninth sessions. Right on the bell to end the tenth, Wajima was dropped by a right to the jaw, and although the latter came out for the 11th he was soon in further trouble. After being floored for the second time, by a cracking left hook, and back on his feet Wajima's corner threw the towel in on the 45-second mark to save their fighter from taking further punishment.


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More than a year after Superstorm Sandy slammed into coastal communities in New York and New Jersey, Children's Health Fund is still hard at work providing vital support to families affected by that devastating storm.
"Now is the moment for transformational change," said New York City Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio in a keynote address at the NYC Summit on Children at Columbia University on November 25.
Forbes Magazine has named Children's Health Fund Chief Medical Officer Delaney Gracy to its list of "Top 5 Women Using Technology To Blow Up Social Change."
Kids and adults alike enjoyed a day of games, crafts and food at our Family Fun Day in Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn.
The post-Halloween bash at P.S. 277 featured a costume contest and face painting. Active games like the Beanbag Toss in the gym gave the kids a chance to stretch their legs. A healthy lunch and snacks helped keep the fun going throughout the afternoon.
Carlos Naranjo, case manager for the Hispanic Outreach Initiative on our New Orleans mobile clinic, recently won an Angel Award from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana. Now Blue Cross has produced this wonderful video exploring his impact on the community.
There was plenty of spirit at the October 28 launch event unveiling a new mobile medical clinic for kids in Detroit's most disadvantaged neighborhoods.
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One year ago, Superstorm Sandy barreled into the New Jersey coastline, bringing 80 mile-per-hour winds and a record-breaking surge of floodwaters.
Dr. Lisa Gwynn uses telemedicine to connect Anya Williams with a specialist.
Miles of Florida highway once stood between Anya Marie Williams and the health care she needed. Not anymore.
Joshua Williams comes from a family with a history of severe asthma. The world outside seemed so hazardous that his mom lived in constant fear of the many things that could trigger a deadly asthma attack.
Politics went wild this week, with 11th hour negotiations to prevent a government shutdown failing over lack of a budget agreement. The single reason for the impasse is political disagreement over funding the Affordable Care Act (ACA). And even as this debacle unfolds, a battle over the debt ceiling in the coming weeks threatens to raise the furor over funding the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to new heights.


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A West Monroe woman was killed Saturday afternoon when she lost control of her motorcycle on Arkansas Road and struck an oncoming vehicle.
State Police Troop F investigated the wreck, which occurred around 1:34 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of Dean Chapel Road and Arkansas Road in West Monroe.
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Utah gay activists protest Mormon church remarks
Postedon Oct 08, 2010 at 02:00 pm
Gay rights activists staged a silent protest Thursday outside the headquarters of the Mormon church in Salt Lake City in response to a church leader's remarks that homosexuality is an immoral condition that can and should be overcome.
The Best Two Women Could Do
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Ariel Kaminer profiles Jenna Glazer and Elise Bacolas, a New York lesbian couple who recently registered as domestic partners in order to receive health care protections.
Federal family leave without pay policy extended to same-sex partners
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Federal workers who have a same-sex domestic partner can now take leave without pay to attend to their family's educational and medical needs.
Movement to ban same-sex couples from adopting: sacrificing the well-being of children
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Florida is the only state that bans any gay man or lesbian from adopting. And that has created a dilemma for the courts: either they honor the law or honor their duty to rule in the best interests of the children.
An end to gay adoption bans?
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In an article titled "Parenting and Child Development in Adoptive Families: Does Parental Sexual Orientation Matter?" in the August issue of the journal Applied Developmental Science, researchers conclude that their new findings should lead to the end of existing bans on adoption by same-sex couples in the United States.
Life, liberty, and ending inequality
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Hans Johnson writes about repealing the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) because of cases like Charlene Strong's, a lesbian who was barred from seeing her dying partner in the hospital.
Partnership bill breaks substantial new ground
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Ireland's Civil Partnership Bill will give lesbian and gay couples access to a range of protections in fields such as property, social welfare, pensions, power of attorney, pensions, and taxes.
Google adds pay to cover tax on health benefits for same-sex couples
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On Thursday, Google began covering a cost that gay and lesbian employees must pay when their partners receive domestic partner health benefits, largely to compensate them for an extra tax that heterosexual married couples do not pay. The increase is retroactive to the beginning of the year.
Study: Freedom to marry bans lead to lack of health insurance
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"Partnered lesbians and gay men are more than twice as likely to be uninsured as married heterosexuals," according to a new study of Californians by Lambda Legal and the Department of Health Services at UCLA.
Changes in federal workers' leave benefits extended to heterosexual partners, grandparents
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The Detroit City Council delayed a vote on a Bing administration plan to sell roughly 1,500 parcels of city-owned, mostly vacant land to businessman John Hantz for his Hantz Farms project.
Hantz hopes to plant hardwood trees on the east-side lots comprising about 143 acres, pending the council's expected approval of an urban agriculture ordinance sometime next year.
On Tuesday, council members delayed the vote on Hantz Farms until Dec. 11 and said they would schedule a public hearing to take more comments from residents whose neighborhoods are directly affected by the proposed $520,000 sale.
Councilman Kwame Kenyatta said that he was troubled with the idea of making so much land unavailable for other possible redevelopment at a time when other parts of the city -- southwest Detroit, Midtown, downtown and other areas -- are seeing renewed vitality and reinvestment.
"This seems like a short sale," Kenyatta said. "This city is pregnant with possibility. This city is pregnant with future ... and it seems like we're the only ones here who don't know it."
He added: "I have a problem with turning this city futuristically into a farm. This is over 1,500 parcels of land. Some of it is between people's homes."
Council President Charles Pugh said he was troubled by provisions of the proposal allowing Hantz Farms the right to expand its footprint later and whether such a large-scale switch of land to agricultural purposes is the right direction for the city.
Councilwoman JoAnn Watson noted that the deal would require the city to sell the property at slightly more than 8 cents per square foot, which she said was less than fair market value, in violation of the state constitution and Detroit's city charter.
The council's decision came after residents and others packed its weekly Tuesday meeting, many speaking out against the proposal. Activists tweeting from the council meeting were using hashtags such as #hantzoff and #landgrab.
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FirstEnergy lineman gets his own bobblehead
"I tell people: Utilities are slightly more conservative than Jesse Helms. They like people who look and act a certain way. They pay top dollar, and they can ask for what they want," said Steve Lampley, leader instructor for Richmond Community College's Electric Utility Substation Relay Technology (EUSRT) program.
In this two-part series, we talk to a professor at Richmond Community College and the president of Doble Engineering about how they are working together to change workforce training for utilities.
What can utility leaders learn from their local charity raffle?
Doug Sterbenz, retired EVP and COO of Westar Energy, gives a little leadership advice to the industry.
And a hall of fame spot, too
A lot of little boys and girls dream of being firefighters or police officers or even utility linemen when they grow up. Evan Suboticki was a lucky dreamer. He got to realize that dream and be that lineman for FirstEnergy. He never realized, however, that this dream job came along with a second one---namely being a model.
Remembering a grandfather's lessons for a leading life
Sterbenz, the retired EVP & COO from Westar Energy, gives us a lesson on leadership and remembering for this Memorial Day.
part of the women-in-energy series
Wanda Reder wants to figure out how to bring the power industry the best workforce possible, and she's doing so by examining what younger workers want, what mid-career workers need and how the industry should be planning to balance both.
I love my company, and I love the utility business—what we do and what we mean to the communities we serve. I also know there is a time to tap others on the shoulder and let them answer the call to leadership. For me, that time is now, but I'm not going without imparting a little advice.
Do you know what week it is? Yes, technically, it's the week of Feb. 22. No, despite the furniture store TV sales ads to the contrary, they have not extended Presidents Day into a full week or more. Need a hint? What if I tell you it's STEM-related?
For the past couple of years, we've been interviewing women across the power industry. Each had interesting insights into the industry and into how women fit in this industry—even advice on how women can conquer this industry. So, we gathered all the best advice from this series and put them all here in one handy spot.
Co-workers in Southern California Edison's (SCE) Southern Region sometimes get twins, Larry and Terry Thien, confused. But the brothers, who followed their father into lifelong careers with SCE, couldn't be more certain of who they are.
Wanda Reder, chair of IEEE's Smart Grid Taskforce, and Noel Schulz, president of IEEE's Power & Energy Society, answer questions about industry changes, evolution within IEEE and the role of women in both.
Kevin Mays with IUS Technologies reveals four ways you can fight off the potential instability on the way. The cause? A combination of mass employee retirement and the mindset of "keeping the lights on" (KTLO) at all costs. The answer? Click to read all four tidbits.
Julie Redfield with PA Consulting tells utilities "to show that the vital, complex service [utilities] provide is one befitting the most enthusiastic and talented of individuals."
SCE gives us a personal look inside their family at a grandfather, son-in-law and grandson who have all worked at the utility as linemen, passing on a family tradition.
After discussing the aging workforce in general and your field workers specifically, it's time to take on the hardest issue: how do you find and keep good, young engineers. Here are three valuable lessons from the oil and gas industry on how they do it. Power industry take note.
Do we still need linemen and field workers? Sure. Do we need as many as we did 15 years ago? No. Workforce management, outage management, analytics and even ruggedized tablets and field technology mean that fewer guys can do more stuff more efficiently.
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The Boy Entry constituted the main intake into the sailor cadre of the Royal Indian Navy (RIN). Since their educational standard was well short of what the Navy required, boys were imparted educational training after joining the Navy. Educational attainment was also a mandatory prerequisite for sailors to be promoted. Educational training was therefore provided, for sailors to avail of on a voluntary basis, to help them to qualify educationally for promotion. Two educational tests were prescribed. Educational Test One (ET1) was for boys of all branches. The Higher Educational Test (HET) was for sailors who aspired to be commissioned as as an officer. The Education Branch was made responsible for organising and imparting all this educational training.
The Branch started in 1928 and, in its early days, was called the Schoolmaster Cadre. By 1935, this cadre consisted of nine Chief Petty Officer (CPO)/Petty Officer (PO) Schoolmasters, all of whom had a college degree; they were positioned at the Seamen, Stoker and Signals Boys Training Establishments at Karachi and Bombay. In 1938, Headmaster Lieutenant Smith was appointed to head the Schoolmaster Cadre and raise the standard of education in the Navy.
After the Second World War started in 1939, there was a large increase in sailor intake. It was realised that the expansion of the Navy in an environment of changing technology would require greater attention to raising educational standards. By 1941, the Schoolmaster Cadre had increased to one officer, ten Warrant Schoolmasters and fourteen CPO/PO Schoolmasters. Headmaster Lt Cdr Smith had by then revised the HET and ET1 syllabi and recast the general educational syllabi for all naval ships and establishments.
To attract better talent, it became necessary to raise the status and the pay of the cadre. In 1943, Schoolmaster pay scales were raised and a degree in Mathematics or Physics was made an essential qualification for entry into the Schoolmaster Cadre. In Naval Headquarters, a composite Directorate of Training and Education was constituted to plan and coordinate all training and educational activities.
In 1944, Headmaster Commander Smith was appointed to Naval Headquarters in the Directorate of Training and Education as the Deputy Director Education. In the same year, an Instructor Branch was created to broaden the base of educational training and training methodology. The intake into the ranks of Instructor Lieutenant Commander (RINVR)/Instructor Lieutenant (RINVR) was from candidates between thirty and forty years of age, who had an Honours degree in Mathematics/Physics or Mechanical/Electrical Engineering and who had experience of imparting training in a recognised university. This new Instructor Branch was added on to the existing Schoolmaster Cadre.
The strength of the combined Instructor Branch - Schoolmaster Cadre increased to one Headmaster Cdr as Deputy Director of Education, one Headmaster Lt (SP) as Assistant Deputy Director at NHQ, one Headmaster Lt at HMIS BAHADUR in Karachi, four Headmaster Lieutenants (RINVR), forty Commissioned Warrant Schoolmasters and one hundred and eighty CPO Schoolmasters. By then, schoolmasters were borne in all training and base establishments, recruiting centres and in ten sea-going appointments.
In 1948, the Schoolmaster Branch/Cadre was first merged into a new Education Branch and a little later, the Education Branch was renamed as the Instructor Branch. The intake into the Instructor Branch was at two levels. Direct Entry Instructor Sub Lieutenants were required to have an Honours degree in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry. Warrant Instructor Officers were required to be graduates in these subjects.
Also in 1948, at Naval Headquarters, the Directorate of Naval Training and Education split into two directorates - Directorate of Weapon Training and Directorate of Naval Education. The last of the British naval Instructor Officers on deputation left in 1950. With the formation of the Naval Air Arms's Fleet Requirement Unit in 1951, Education Officers were made responsible for providing meteorological services.
In 1955, the Instructor Branch was reorganised:
(a) All entries into the Branch were made either in the rank of Commissioned Instructor Officers (CIOs) or as civilians. An Engineering degree was included as an entry qualification. The promotion ladder was CIO - Senior CIO - Instructor Lieutenant and upwards.
(b) Civilian Education Instructors (CEI's) were posted mainly in the basic training establishments for boy entry sailors.
Many of the direct entry, honours degree Instructor Officers who were inducted from 1955 onwards underwent specialisation courses in the British Navy, in Radar, Radio, Thermodynamics, Advanced Meteorology, Gunnery, Torpedo and Anti Submarine Warfare, Navigation and Direction, Communications and Electronic Warfare. In later years, some of them achieved eminence in the Defence Research and Development Organisation.
The CIO Branch List entry scheme was not well received by the Instructor Branch. In 1963, the Branch List entry was abolished and a limited number of Civilian Education Instructors (CEIs) were inducted. Entry was restarted in the rank of Sub Lieutenant and seniorities of all serving Branch List Instructor Officers were readjusted.
Over time, the responsibilities of the Branch were enlarged to include the conduct of sailors' recruitment tests in shore establishments, organising activities to enhance general knowledge and organising welfare activities at Unit and Command level.
Developments Between 1965 and 1975
In 1968, in Naval Headquarters, the Directorate of Naval Education was redesignated as Directorate of Naval Education and Meteorology.
In 1971, the Instructor Branch was redesignated as the Education Branch.
In 1974, as part of the comprehensive Reorganisation of Naval Training carried out by Naval Headquarters, the major changes implemented were:
(a) To cope with the increasing level of technology of weapons, sensors and equipment entering service, the minimum educational qualification of Education Officers on entry was raised to a Masters degree in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or English with Physics up to graduate level and degree in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering.
(b) To ensure better understanding and for more effective utilisation, the initial training of Education Officers was increased from 16 to 36 weeks to include Naval Orientation, Navigation and Naval Scientific Orientation courses.
(c) Oceanographic Forecasting was included in the responsibilities of the Education Branch.
Deputation of Education Officers To Enhance Promotion Prospects
The restricted nature of duties constrained the promotion prospects of Education Branch officers. This constraint was overcome to some extent by deputing them to, and facilitating their secondment to, organisations like Defence Laboratories under DRDO, Sainik Schools, Army Recruitment Organisation, Electronic Data Processing, etc.
Two Education officers attained Flag rank:
- Rear Admiral KN Ramanarasiah became Director of the Naval Science and Technology Laboratory in Visakhapatnam where he did pioneering work on the development of torpedoes.
- Rear Admiral SR Mohan became the Project Officer for the development of the Navy's indigenous Surface to Air Missile TRISHUL, which was a segment of DRDO's Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme.
Education Officers also made significant contributions to the development of the academic faculties of the Ethiopian Navy's Naval Academy and Nigeria's Inter Services Academy.
Developments Until 1965
In 1944:
(a) An Examination Office was established in Bombay to conduct HET and ET1 tests and assess sailors' educational attainments before promotion.
(b) Lectures on training techniques were arranged for CPO and PO Schoolmasters.
(c) Reference libraries and unit libraries were set up in ships and establishments and provided with publications, both local and from Britain.
(d) The Inter-Universities Board (India) recommended to all the universities in India that the Navy's HET examination be recognised as equivalent to Matriculation.
(e) The Inter-Universities Board (India) accepted Naval Headquarters suggestion that Navigation and Meteorology be introduced as a degree subject in Indian Universities.
In 1954, Naval Headquarters introduced the Educational Test One (Modified), ie ET1(M), for Cook and Steward sailors whose educational standards on entry were lower than those of other sailors.
To help improve their level of scientific and technical knowledge and increase their comprehension of professional training, officers and sailors were imparted training in Electronics, Mathematics, Thermodynamics etc. By 1965, the Instructor Branch was responsible for all scientific and mathematical instruction, including instruction in the theoretical aspects of technical subjects.
Developments Between 1965 and 1975
In 1966, Education Officers were given the responsibility of imparting Russian language training to the personnel being deputed for the Russian acquisitions. Education Officers started being deputed to the School of Foreign Languages in Delhi.
Training Establishments
In the basic training establishments, the Education Department prepared instructional handouts in simple English to help sailors whose knowledge of English was inadequate.
When preparing for the ET 1 and ET 1(M) tests, sailors had to depend on standard text books on Mathematics and English. These text books could not provide standardised subject material to sailors serving in the various naval establishments all over India. The problem was overcome in 1974 by preparing one standard publication each for Mathematics, English language and General Knowledge for the ET 1 test.
Examination Office
Over the years, the Examination Office's responsibility expanded to cover the following additional tests:
|Annual Frequency
|(a) Recruitment Tests
|(i) Direct Entry (Matriculate Entry MER) and
Artificer Apprentices
|(ii) Direct Entry (Non-Matriculate Entry NMER)
|(iii) Direct Entry (MER/NMER) Sports Entry
|(b) Educational Tests
|(i) HET/ET1/ET1 (M)
|(ii) Navy Entry Artificer Scheme
|(iii) Commission Worthy (CW) Scheme for sailors Once
|(iv) In-service Hindi Examinations (Uchh, Madhyamik and Prarambhik Pariksha)
|(v) Higher Rank (Technical)
|(c) Command/Professional Management and Staff
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Naval Institute of Educational and Training Technology (NIETT)
Education officers used to be trained in "training technology" during their initial training. Later, it was considered necessary that all instructors in training establishments should be acquainted with "training methods". Discussions were held with the Technical Teachers Training Institute at Madras. In 1971, a Naval Institute of Education was set up at Cochin. In 1974, the scope of the Institute was expanded to include "Training Technology" and it was renamed as the Naval Institute of Educational and Training Technology (NIETT). The Institute conducted in-service training for officers and sailors in Teaching Methods and Training Technology.
Reference Libraries and Maintenance Grants
The need for books for self-study whilst preparing for ET1 and HET, and for magazines for enhancing general awareness used to be met by libraries in shore establishments and ships. Due to limited funds, however, they could not be adequately equipped. In 1965, the Government sanctioned Rs 50,000 together with a recurring grant of Rs 10,000 for the next three years for setting up Reference Libraries in the training establishments. In due course, the following reference libraries were established:-
(a) The Central Reference Library in Bombay.
(b) Command Reference Libraries in Visakhapatnam and Cochin.
(c) Reference Library in Goa.
(d) Reference Libraries in major training establishments at AGRANI, CIRCARS, HAMLA, SHIVAJI and VALSURA.
The Central Reference Library at Bomay was established to
- maintain reference libraries in ships and non-training establishments by issuing books on temporary loan and
- to issue on permanent loan books of general interest to ships and establishments, to meet the needs of officers and sailors in Bombay.
Similarly, the Command Reference Libraries at Vishakhapatnam and Cochin and the Reference Library in Goa met the requirements of training establishments in their respective stations who were not in receipt of reference library grants.
In 1982, "Meteorology" was made the responsibility of a separate Directorate of Naval Oceanology & Meteorology (DNOM).
In 1988, the qualifications for entry into the Education Branch were further broadened to include a post graduate degree in Computers/graduate degree in Computer Engineering.
In 1988, NIETT was augmented with a Centre for Training Aids Production to produce quality training aids for the Navy. Since then, the Institute has grown into the Navy's pioneer organisation for conducting courses on Training Management and providing guidance in the fabrication and effective utilisation of training aids. It conducts Instructional Technique Courses for junior officer instructors and Training Management Courses for middle level officers. It also conducts professional specialist courses for education officers, sailor-instructors and photo sailors. The Institute has earned the ISO 9001 certification for quality training. It also acts as the apex body for standardisation of syllabi, lesson planning and all aspects of Training Design and Evaluation.
In 1990, the Examinations Office shifted from Bombay to Delhi, under the Directorate of Naval Education. In 1991, it was decided that women officers could join the Navy in the Education Branch and the Logistic and Law cadres. The first batch of nine women Education officers joined the Branch in July 1992 on a seven-year short service commission, extendable to ten years.
In addition to the three Command Reference Libraries, there are today thirty eight Naval/Met Reference Libraries in the Navy, apart from unit run libraries.
Future of the Education Branch
With the general rise in the educational standard of officer and sailor intake, the basic function of the Education Branch became diluted. The requirement of the Navy became to train its personnel rather than to educate them. Additional responsibilities like EDP, recruitment, appointments in NCC and resettlement, which could have been done by officers of any other branch, got added on, so that the Education Branch could have enough to do. This did not contribute either towards aspiration for qualification of a level higher than what Education officers possessed at the time of their commissioning or towards job satisfaction vis-a-vis the qualifications they possessed.
Since Education Officers possess high academic qualifications in Science and Engineering, numerous proposals have been considered to optimally utilise their services. The current thinking is to continue with the Branch and induct only Short Service Commission Education Officers to meet the Navy's needs.


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Congrats for the new book.
I read that R-Language is based on Scheme programming language and since I already know Clojure programming language and tons of JVM libraries are under my hands, why I would use R-Language?
To generalize more, if we have heavy supported languages like
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"R" is great for processing and analyzing large amounts of numeric data, providing hundreds of different statistical functions and graphs. Think
on steroids. Also check out some of the comments in the commons-math project - many of the functions provided there are based on "R" functions.
I use "R" to analyze gc data - one script will generate dozens of data points and several graphs, all in a few seconds.
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Some times I need to generate large number of graphs. It is easy to make it with R because it's programming capacity. R also has tons of libraries for different analysis. For example Bioconductor helps to interpret and visualize biological data.
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Hi John,
With so many new languages, limited time, and the steep learning curves often involved, this is a very valid question. In the scheme (no pun intended) of things, R has been around for long time, but with its increasing popularity (Forbes called it a name to know in 2011), more people are hearing about it.
I would make a distinction between data processing and manipulation, and data analysis. R excels at the later - summarizing data, identifying
and trends, predicting outcomes (along with estimates of the accuracy of those predictions), and visualizing the results.
Here are a few examples from my everyday work world (off the top of my head).
Senario 1
I often need to identify and understand the missing data contained in a database. This includes which fields (variables) have no missing data, which have moderate amounts of missing data, and which have large amounts of missing data. I also want to see any patterns that might exist in the missing data. For example: young white males are reluctant to answer questions about salary; people who skip questions about gender also do not answer questions about marital status and age; a large percentage of people give up after filling out the 3rd screen of a on-line form. Functions in the VIM (visualization of missing data) package allow me to create a visual map of the missing data in a database, highlighting any patterns present, with 2 or 3 lines of code.
Senario 2
I often want to access an external database, run a SQL select statement, and generate a report on the results that tell me:
(1) for each numeric variable, what are number of valid and invalid values, minimum, maximum, mean, standard deviation, and median
(2) for each categorical variable, what are the number and percentage of observations present for each unique level of the categorical variable
(3) what are the ten most unusal observations (cases with unique and/or unlikely combinations of values)
(4) for a specified subset of variables, what is the percentage of observations above a specified set of threshold values
I want the report to be succinct and I may (or may not) want the results broken down by the levels of an additional categorical variable (e.g., geographic location)
I can write a short script (usually a page or less) that will do all this, and save it as a function in my "library". In the future, I can generate these reports with a one line invocation:
summarize(database, sql_query, optional_by_variable)
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I manage a subscription based website for my organization. When I analyze the log files, I would like to generate a single graph that
(1) lets me see usage over time
(2) identifies usage patterns by gender and age (separate trend lines with indications of variability around the trend lines)
(3) contrasts usage by country (separate graphs by country, all on a single page, arranged to faciliate comparisons)
Additionally, I want the graph to be compelling, attractive, and (given the level of detail), relatively uncluttered.
Using the qplot (quick plot) function in the ggplot2 (grammar of graphics, 2) package, I can create this graph with a single line of code.
I am a strong believer in using the right tool for the right job. I once created an entire office management system entirely in csh, but I wouldn't do it again. R is an amazing tool for data analysis. There are better tools for data manipulation and processing.
My personal goal is to find tools that make my life easier, are fun to use, and expand my horizons with regard to what is possible. Working with R has been a rewarding, and frankly, humbling experience.
I hope that this relatively long post helps.
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When I was a child I was constantly asking questions.Most children run through that stage, wondering why the sky is blue and the grass is green and how come you can't get McDonald's fries at Burger King. Some eventually stop, but I was one of the ones who didn't. How do radio waves work? Can you ever be forgiven for one of the seven deadly sins? Why does President Nixon always look so mad? My parents went from long explanations to shorter ones to buying me books and telling me to look it up. Oddly enough, this little essay is not an intro into the reasons why I became a newspaper reporter. That career move came as an accident and is a whole 'nother story. What I'm trying to get at here is that there are so many things we don't know. Still. When I was a child I thought there were answers to everything and I was just too young to know them all. I viewed adulthood as the stage where everything finally became clear and fit together as a whole ? but the older I got, the farther away nirvana seemed. It wasn't until I went to college that it started to sink in. I was afraid there would be nothing left for me to discover but I saw that we, meaning the entire human race, don't even know all the questions yet. And, as I grow older, it's apparent that physical inventions are only the tip of the incredible iceberg we have yet to explore. Computer chips pale in comparison with findings as to how we fit into the universe. For example, it's long been a stereotype that truly great writers, poets, artists and the like are crazed social misfits dependent on absinthe (like Thomas Chatterton), opium (like Samuel Taylor Coleridge), whiskey (like Ernest Hemingway) or other mind-altering substances (like Hunter S. Thompson). As we moved into the modern age of science and statistics, that picture was denounced as blurry and irrational. Coincidences don't prove anything, thinking men said. No, but they offer clues for follow-ups. A recent study by psychologists at the University of Toronto claims to have identified a biological basis for creativity. And that biological basis is linked to a propensity for madness. The study was published in the September issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and reviewed on the Science Daily Magazine Web site. It says that the brains of creative people seem to be more open to external stimuli that the brains of many others just shut out. The blocking mechanism, called "latent inhibition," is how animals are able to ignore things that experience has shown to be irrelevant to them. Creative people, and psychotics, have lower levels of the stuff. The authors of the study theorize that a lack of latent inhibition can make for some stunning insights n if the person has high intelligence and a good memory. But, without the ability to juggle many thoughts at once and discriminate between useful and useless ideas, a person can be buried under the barrage. The findings open so many doors for further investigation, and they came about through a decision to ask whether there really is a connection between genius and madness. Answers may be the building blocks of our world, but questions are the key. Diane Wagner covers county government for the Daily Herald. She can be reached at (770) 957-9161 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Fuld is just another arrogant jerkoff, He thinks it is O.K. to foul our air mass with his continued respiration. Lock him up and the rest of the Wall Street parasites who feed off the misery of investors and taxpayers.
I am very disappointed to see that "certain" firms received preferential treatment!. It is apparent that Goldman Sachs received such preferential treatment. As to Arrogance, there are alot of citizens that feed off of the taxpayers of our country!!!!!!!
Hank Paulson wanted his former firm's (Goldman Sachs) lead competitor (Lehman) to vanish from the scene. Hence, no help for Lehman.
Ignore all those synthetic CDOs we didn't understand and were on the wrong side of. We expected a handout from the federal government.
Dick Fuld's comments will ring true to any seasoned professional who followed the developments in the markets closely and objectively, in 2008. I hope more of us find the courage to speak up.
Senior Mgmt will get no sympathy from me, but if half of what Dick Fuld says is true the rank and file Lehman employees really got screwed by the govt.
Great testimony. The mission statement of FCIC as per there website is "To examine the causes, domestic and global, of the current financial and economic crisis in the United States".
I think Fuld explains this real well. Stop bashing him, he has lost his business already, and get the signal what he is saying so that we can get rid of such crisis in the future.
Since risk is the only way progress takes place, we will have such crisis again in the future.
The policy makers debating on those issues at the time of crsis is not very productive and full of ego's, which we have already witnessed in the past, so let them debate this now and craft a framework to be used by future generations.
Just like I said before (six months in advance) before Lehman went down... "Dead Company Walking"!
He is complaining that the Gov. didnt bail him out! If we did they would be complaining and saying they did not need the money! Fuld, Blankfien, Dimon belong in shackels
Thanks for clearing that up, Dick. I thought Lehman went bankrupt because you made massive bets based on the assumption that real estate prices would never go down.
If the perception by the marketplace that Lehman was insolvent was *so* wrong, why not just list every asset and liability and let the market see it? Would that be because it wasn't really a perception problem, but that in actual fact Lehman really was bankrupt?
If, as Fuld says, the collapse of Lehman was just a matter of inaccurate perception, then clearly he is in the wrong for not showing the market what was on the balance sheet with total transparency.
On the other hand, if the market was correct and Lehman really was insolvent, then he is in the wrong for getting the company to that point.
Either way, it seems like he made a mistake.
Fuld has repeatedly said that Lehman was not bankrupt, and that it was an incorrect perception by the marketplace that they were bankrupt that started the collapse. If what he says is correct, why not completely disclose the assets and liabilities of the firm?
Either way (bankrupt or not), Fuld is in the wrong.
Dick Fuld says: "Lehman's demise was caused by ... the incorrect perception and accompanying rumors that Lehman did not have sufficient capital to support its investments."
This needs to be rebutted, because these types of comments have been made from Day 1. Dear Mr Fuld and every other financial CEO who wants to blame the faceless market forces and rumors: Open Your Books.
If Lehman really was solvent, then why wouldn't Mr Fuld order his CFO to publish a complete list of assets and liabilities? Surely the market would not short a company that is obviously solvent. Mr Fuld keeps saying it was incorrect perception, but that means he is still at fault for not displaying the truth that is so obvious to him.
A more plausible explanation is that Lehman was bankrupt. I find it very hard to believe that someone facing obliteration with Assets > Liabilities wouldn't simply publish the details for everyone to see.
The core Lehman franchise was excellent. Barclays must be thrilled with its purchase. Lehman certainly made some mistakes but it appears they were thrown to the wolves. Who really knew at the time that their "well capitalized" white shoe competitor on lower wall street, in just one peice of business, had half of its Capital tied to dodgy trades with the insurance giant AIG. Wow! No wonder this paragon of business virtue was panicked to grab all the collateral it could sending AIG, the markets and Lehman into a tailspin. Later it went begging to the same government that had just hosed Lehman extracting massive guarantees that only a couple of days before were not available. It is great to have friends in high places! Was this Gods work or a crime?
Fuld was an incompetent CEO who let Lehman Brothers down. He make EXTREMELY poor decisions before the demise. It is very amusing now that he tries to blame others for HIS poor actions. If you want the true story I recommend that you read the book - "A COLOSSAL FAILURE OF COMMON SENSE" by Lawrence G. McDonald. I enjoyed it and it gives the reader a picture of what really happened to Lehman Brothers.
Steve, except LEH wasn't a player in CDOs, cash or synthetic..... It went belly up because of standard investments in Real Estate.
If Lehman wasn't insolvent it wouldn't be in bankruptcy. it's really that simple. How's the Fed "force" you to declare bankruptcy, Fuld? By not giving you a handout? That's called capitalism. The problem is not that you didn't get a handout to cover your incompetent decision making; it's that your counterparts at other firms did.
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Kem One Situation: Arkema Clarification Business Wire COLOMBES, France -- March 27, 2013 Regulatory News: Arkema(Paris:AKE): The Lyon commercial court has decided to open insolvency proceedings with continuation of activities for a six-month observation period against the company Kem One SAS, corresponding to the upstream part (chlorine / caustic soda electrolysis and PVC production) of the various businesses sold by Arkema to the Klesch Group. Arkema points out that the divestment of the vinyl activities to the Klesch Group, finalized on July 2 2012, concerned a comprehensive industrial package coherent from an economic point of view, from upstream (chlorine / caustic soda electrolysis and PVC production) to downstream (PVC converting into compounds, pipes and profiles). Maintaining this integration was a key factor of Kem One's future success. The Kem One group had a robust balance sheet at the time of the divestment (without any debt, a €100 million cash contribution, and many guarantees), and the Klesch Group made a commitment to develop a financing plan adapted to the needs of Kem One as from July 2012. Arkema points out that the situation created today results from a unilateral act by the Klesch Group which has decided to split up the upstream (Kem One SAS) and downstream (Kem One Innovative Vinyls SAS) activities and not to put in place the contemplated funding and guarantees. Arkema therefore expects that these insolvency proceedings will help clarify the reasons for the current situation (operation of the plants, management of the Lavéra steamcracker force majeure event, evolution of margins and volumes), and trusts that they will also help ensure without delay that the financial resources made available to Kem One by Arkema have been used in accordance with their corporate purpose. Arkema points out that the sale of the vinyl activities to the Klesch Group in July 2012 was completed in full transparency, in full regularity and in full compliance with the standard practices for this type of transactions, and is perfectly confident in its ability to demonstrate the same. Finally, Arkema points out that its exposure to Kem One SAS as at 31 December 2012, without any increase since, amounts to €125 million in total, corresponding to €65 million in receivables and €60 million in guarantees granted to third parties. A global chemical company and France's leading chemicals producer, Arkema is building the future of the chemical industry every day. Deploying a responsible, innovation-based approach, we produce state-of-the-art specialty chemicals that provide customers with practical solutions to such challenges as climate change, access to drinking water, the future of energy, fossil fuel preservation and the need for lighter materials. With operations in more than 40 countries, some 14,000 employees and 10 research centers, Arkema generates annual revenue of €6.4 billion, and holds leadership positions in all its markets with a portfolio of internationally recognized brands. Contact: Arkema Investor Relations: Sophie Fouillat, +33 1 49 00 86 37 email@example.com or Jérome Raphanaud, +33 1 49 00 72 07 firstname.lastname@example.com or Press: Gilles Galinier, +33 1 49 00 70 07 email@example.com
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Special Import Measures Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. S-15)
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Act current to 2015-11-16 and last amended on 2014-11-01. Previous Versions
Action on Decision of Panel
Marginal note:Action by appropriate authority
77.16 (1) Where a panel makes an order under subsection 77.15(3) or (4) referring a matter back to the appropriate authority for reconsideration, the appropriate authority shall, within the period specified by the panel, take action under this Act not inconsistent with the decision of the panel.
Marginal note:Appropriate authority not required to act twice
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, an appropriate authority is not required to act on an order under subsection 77.15(4), unless it requires the authority to take action that is different from that taken by the authority under the order under subsection 77.15(3).
- 1988, c. 65, s. 42.
Extraordinary Challenge Proceeding
Marginal note:Request for extraordinary challenge proceeding
77.17 (1) Within the period after a panel makes an order under subsection 77.15(3) or (4) prescribed by the rules, the Minister or the United States government may request, in writing to the Canadian Secretary, that an extraordinary challenge proceeding be commenced with respect to the order.
Marginal note:Ground for request
(2) A request for an extraordinary challenge proceeding may be made only on a ground set forth in paragraph 13 of Article 1904 of the Free Trade Agreement.
Marginal note:Notification of request for extraordinary challenge proceeding
(3) On receiving a request under this section made by the Minister, the Canadian Secretary shall notify the American Secretary of the request and the day on which it was received by the Canadian Secretary, and on receiving a request under this section made by the United States government, the Canadian Secretary shall notify the Minister of the request and the day on which it was received by the Canadian Secretary.
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77.18 On a request under section 77.17 for an extraordinary challenge proceeding, an extraordinary challenge committee shall be appointed for that purpose in accordance with paragraph 1 of Annex 1904.13 to Chapter Nineteen of the Free Trade Agreement and any regulations made in connection therewith.
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77.19 (1) A committee shall conduct an extraordinary challenge proceeding and make a decision in accordance with Annex 1904.13 to Chapter Nineteen of the Free Trade Agreement and the rules.
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(3) Where an order of a panel is set aside by a committee, a new panel shall, in accordance with this Part, be appointed and conduct a review of the definitive decision that was the subject of that order.
Marginal note:Action by panel
(4) Where an order of a panel is referred back to the panel by a committee, the panel shall take action not inconsistent with the decision of the committee.
Marginal note:Decision
(5) A decision of a committee shall be recorded in writing and shall include the reasons for the decision and any dissenting or concurring opinions of members of the committee, and the Canadian Secretary shall forward, by registered mail, a copy thereof and of the order made by the committee to the Minister, the United States government, the appropriate authority and any other person who was heard in the proceeding and shall cause notice of the decision to be published in the Canada Gazette.
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by Mike Shea on 26 November 2012
It's often better to be positive than negative when writing advice for dungeon masters. Sometimes, however, it is worth looking at the bad so we can better understand the good. Today we're going to look at a handfull of common dungeon master mistakes. These are mistakes we might often see, might often even do, and might spend some time learning to avoid so we can run the best D&D game we can. Let's put our egos aside and dig right in.
Above: Keep an eye out for potential indicators that your game is not resonating with your players
We love our stories. It's what got us to play D&D in the first place. Our drive to tell stories often gives us the desire to run games. It's a hard thing to remember that you don't create the story, the group does. D&D stories aren't written — they're created during the game.
We all know this. It's an easy thing to say. It is equally easy to forget it and let our overactive imaginations run wild, building seven volume epic stories that push players from point A to point B.
This is a big problem and you're going to hear a lot more about this on the site over the next couple of months.
We DMs can often have a path already laid out in our mind. We have an expectation for how an campaign, adventure, session, or battle will go and when it doesn't go that way, we start to bring down the iron doors. Players start to figure out interesting ways to move things in a new direction, like the players in Chris Perkins's game who nuked an entire adventure area instead of playing it out like they were supposed to.
Saying "no" shuts down interesting pathways players create. Yet it's these very pathways that make our world live and breathe. Instead of shutting things down, take the D&D improvisation tip of Steve Townshend and learn how to say "yes, and".
This is a big personal failing of mine. Sometimes in our D&D games, things just don't go like we want it to go. Players find a broken rule or an exploit in their character design or the dice just don't go our way and we blow our stack. We lose our patience.
We're all here to have fun and enjoy the game. The tighter we squeeze, the more pissed off we can get when things slip through our fingers.
Take it easy. Relax. Be patient. Don't rush through things. Try to do less in each game so you're not in a rush.
Everyone comes to the table with an expectation for the type of game we want to play. As a DM, you owe it to yourself and your players to take the time to figure out what sort of game they want to play. Engage in some character building sessions before you get too far into the game so you have an idea what people want. If everyone wants to roll some dice and stab some monsters, they're going to be disappointed with your intricate nuanced take on Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. If they're looking for some interesting political and economic storytelling, don't throw them seven levels down into the pits of dispair. Give your players the right balance of combat, exploration, and roleplaying.
Between sessions, ask them what they want. Ask them how things have gone and listen to them without getting defensive if they offer up suggestions for how things go forward. You'll all have a better time in the long run.
The above mistakes come down to a single problem: taking too much control over the game. Don't forget that the group drives the story, not the dungeon master. These mistakes aren't the only mistakes, however. In my quick Twitter survey, folks mentioned being underprepared as another common mistake. We're going to take a bit more time to discuss that one in the future. In the mean time, take things easy, focus on the seeds of adventure, and let the game get a little out of control. We'll all be happier for it.
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Tent City 4, 'a crossroads of humanity,' returns here
January 26, 2010
By Warren Kagarise
Tent City 4 returned last week, hauled piece-by-piece to Community Church of Issaquah, assembled by volunteers and readied for residents to settle into nylon tents by nightfall.
The homeless encampment returned to the Squak Mountain church where congregants last welcomed Tent City 4 in late 2007. The camp will remain at Community Church until late April.
Donald Brown, a Tent City 4 resident dressed in a plastic poncho and a hat with earflaps to protect against the chill, moved into the encampment last year. He described the camp as "a crossroads of humanity" where people with assorted backgrounds and experiences coexist.
"Some people come in and they stay a day," he said. "Others stay for a year, two years, three years."During the early morning Jan. 23, Brown and other residents decamped from First United Methodist Church in Bellevue and arrived — in pickups and moving trucks — in the Community Church parking lot. Then, teams assembled the encampment, just as they did when Tent City 4 reached churches in Kirkland, Mercer Island, Redmond and other Eastside cities.
Teams descended on the Community Church property by 8 a.m., and hustled through the morning in the chill and damp to unload wooden pallets and cut plywood sheets to form bases for tents. The group stopped work at about noon, when volunteers laid out taco fixings for lunch.
Brown said residents take about three to five days to adjust to a new site after the encampment relocates.
Organizers limit the camp population to 100 people; the camp usually includes about 80 residents. Organizers screen people before entry. Residents undergo warrant and convicted sex offender checks.
Administrators ban offenders from the camp, and the site includes 24-hour security. Rules also ban alcohol, drugs and guns inside Tent City 4. Rule-breakers also face banishment from the encampment.
"We don't tolerate any type of intimidation or physical abuse" among Tent City 4 residents, Brown said.
Rules restrict Tent City 4 residents to adults. Encampment residents leave the site during the day for work. Residents also elect members to the camp's executive committee, a group of residents tasked with day-to-day camp operations.
New neighbors
Coordinator Paul Winterstein said volunteers started prepping the campsite Jan. 22. By the next morning, workers unloaded pallets and plywood sheets by the dozen, and erected a perimeter fence around the encampment. Teams set up a shower trailer and portable toilets, and converted a shed on church property into a laundry.
More volunteers will return in the months ahead to serve meals to residents and drop off donations.
Winterstein said a church neighbor stopped to fetch the mail at a community box near the church the night before the move. The woman asked about the activity at the church, and when Winterstein told her, she replied, "Welcome!"
But the homeless encampment has left residents in other Eastside cities wary. In Mercer Island, a residents group attempted to prevent Tent City 4 from moving to the city, until a King County Superior Court judge intervened and allowed the camp to settle at a local church.
Organizers announced the Tent City 4 return last November, and reached out to Issaquah residents during the subsequent weeks.
The hosts sent more than 100 mailers to church neighbors, and held meetings to answer questions about the encampment. Only a handful of residents attended the December meetings.
The almost-empty meetings contrasted with the packed church parking lot on moving day, where more than 100 people turned out to transform the asphalt expanse into a temporary shelter.
Diane Froyen, a Tiger Mountain resident, decided to volunteer with the homeless after she read a news article about the upcoming Tent City 4 return.
"I've always felt like all of us are one step away from being in their shoes, especially in this day and age," Froyen said.
For the Rev. Dick Birdsall, the Community Church pastor, the decision to invite Tent City 4 to return stemmed from a desire to help people in less-fortunate circumstances.
"For us, it's a way of fulfilling our mission," he said.
'A fresh start'
But the small congregation with many elderly members needed support to stage the return. Worshippers turned to other organizations, like the Issaquah Sammamish Interfaith Coalition, a group with ties to several area churches.
Coalition Coordinator Elizabeth Maupin worked alongside other volunteers to bring Tent City 4 back to Issaquah. Maupin, wielding a hammer to assemble tent platforms, said the setup "warms my heart, and it feels like we're welcoming the community home."
SHARE/WHEEL, a Seattle affordable housing and homeless advocacy group, started the encampment in May 2004. Community Church also hosted the encampment from August to November 2007.
Tent City 4 residents volunteered at the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery and the Issaquah Food and Clothing Bank. Organizers said camp residents plan to contribute to the community again.
John Rittenhouse served as a city councilman when Tent City 4 last settled in Issaquah. Rittenhouse, a leader in the effort to establish a human-services campus in Issaquah, said the encampment offers residents a chance to reflect on the need for a place like Tent City 4.
The former councilman and longtime human-services advocate arrived at the encampment site Jan. 23, ready to help.
"The city, the churches, as you can see, the volunteers," Rittenhouse said. "It seems to have brought out the best in the city."
The cooperative spirit extends inside the encampment. Rules require residents to attend weekly community meetings and complete tasks in order to remain in the camp.
Peter Martin checked in at Tent City 4 on New Year's Eve. Now, he serves on the camp's executive committee.
"It's a way for a fresh start for people who are looking," he said.
Tent City 4 dwellers respect personal property and space, he said. Martin said other occupants helped familiarize him with bus routes and the government and social services available to homeless people.
"I didn't expect myself to be in this position, but it's nice to know somebody is out there to help me," Martin said.
Visit Tent City 4
Reporters Warren Kagarise and Chantelle Lusebrink will spend a night at Tent City 4 on Jan. 29. From the encampment, they will report in-depth coverage about Tent City 4, due in upcoming editions of The Issaquah Press.
Follow the reporters on Twitter @wkagarise and @clusebrink for observations from the encampment on the Community Church of Issaquah grounds. The reporters will talk with Tent City 4 residents and volunteers, break bread with the community and learn how the camp operates.
Check www.issaquahpress.com Jan. 28 for updates about the Tent City 4 plan.
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