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The study explores the situation of women in the indigenous villages in Hong Kong during the post-colonial era; how the legitimization of women's inheritance rights has an effect on the class structure of the indigenous village; and whether the villages have changed dramatically since the ruling. The research focuses on the socio-economic and political structures of the present indigenous villages and seeks to explain the phenomenon at present. I employ a series of qualitative research techniques ranging from interviews, case studies and participant observations to archival research. Through reference to the 24-month period of fieldwork undertaken in the study of gender relations in two rural villages in Hong Kong (from 2008-10), my work contributes to future research on women's status in ethnic minority groups and how one could transform the status of the women while retaining a distinct culture.
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The movie 'Toad Road' just recently made it back into the news because it's now available on DVD.
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The Crossroads of the Genealogy World
Pennsylvania Avenue is synonymous with iconic destinations and extraordinary events. From the White House to the United States Capitol, the notable institutions that line the street have hosted many of America's most momentous occasions. Last month, the National Archives Building at 700 Pennsylvania Avenue continued this tradition by holding its Eighth Annual Genealogy Fair.
The fair, which was free to the public, took place April 18-19 on Pennsylvania Plaza in front of the Archives. Throughout the two-day event, the National Archives showcased Federal records that can be used as resources for family history research. In addition, staff members and exhibitors provided information for both experienced genealogists and novices.
This year's fair featured the addition of three large classroom tents for informational lectures. These sessions included workshops on records relating to immigration, land, naturalization, military, online resources, and more.
When visitors were not viewing exhibits and attending sessions, they were primarily discussing the recent release of the 1940 census in digital form. Many visitors revealed that they are now using social media and web tools to locate their relatives.
If you are interested in helping to index the 1940 census, join the online indexing project and start creating a name index for the 1940 census today. To start, find census maps and descriptions to locate an enumeration district. Then browse census … [ Read all ]
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A Capital Celebration: The National Archives Commemorates DC Emancipation
While Union and Confederate forces clashed on southern battlefields in 1862, a historic piece of legislation ended "the national shame" of slavery in the nation's capital. The District of Columbia Emancipation Act was signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on April 16, 1862.
The legislation provided for immediate emancipation and monetary compensation to former slave owners. It also stipulated that owners claiming compensation file schedules listing and describing each slave. The Supplemental Act of July 12, 1862 expanded on the first act by permitting the submission of schedules by slaves whose owners did not reside in the District of Columbia.
As a result of the first act, the Board of Commissioners for the Emancipation of Slaves approved 930 petitions from former owners for the freedom of 2,989 former slaves. The supplemental act resulted in another 161 petitions from individuals, including many former slaves who were allowed to file because their owners had failed to comply with the first act's deadline.
In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the DC Emancipation Act, the National Archives has released this short documentary video. The four-minute video is part of the ongoing "Inside the Vaults" series on our YouTube channel.
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Posted by Gregory Marose on April 6, 2012, under - Civil War, News and Events.
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The Legacy of the 1970s Energy Crisis
If you've ever been stuck in traffic on the Beltway, you know Americans love their cars, trucks, and motorcycles. So when fuel shortages occur, like in the 1970s, energy policy becomes a hotly debated issue.
Federal energy policy first became a major political priority during the energy crisis of the 1970s. In response to gasoline shortages and a series of petroleum embargos, Presidents Nixon, Ford, and Carter each took steps to readdress America's energy policy. Through legislative action and an array of executive orders, the Federal Government established the Energy Research and Development Administration, Federal Energy Administration, and Office of Energy Programs.
This rapid expansion of Federal energy functions eventually compelled Congress to pass the Department of Energy Organization Act. The act, which was signed into law by President Carter on August 4, 1977, consolidated the various Federal energy agencies into a singule cabinet-level department. The new Department of Energy's primary tasks were to promote a safe and dependable energy system, manage the nation's nuclear facilities, and facilitate scientific research.
Since the 1970s, the Energy Department has continued to address energy, environmental, and nuclear challenges through research, development, and demonstration. In 2001, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy was created to assist in the development of alternative energy sources, such as … [ Read all ]
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Going Digital: The 1940 Census Hits the Web and YouTube
On April 2 at 9 a.m. (EDT), the National Archives will launch its first-ever online U.S. census release. By visiting 1940census.archives.gov, internet users can access a digitized version of the entire census, including more than 3.8 million images of schedules, maps, and enumeration district descriptions.
The first Federal Population Census was taken in 1790, and a census has been taken every ten years since then. While the original intent of the census was to determine how many representatives each state could send to Congress, today these records serve as vital research tools for sociologists, demographers, historians, political scientists and genealogists.
In celebration of this historic release, the National Archives has produced a series of short documentary videos on our YouTube channel. These must-watch videos provide unique insight into the areas of agriculture, housing, and population.
For a "behind-the-scenes" view of staff preparations and a tutorial on how to use the data that you will find once the 1940 Census is launched, check out this short documentary.
Posted by Gregory Marose on March 28, 2012, under Genealogy, News and Events.
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A Public Enemy's Life in the Fast Lane
The National Archives is known for maintaining and preserving documents like the Constitution and Declaration of Independence. But among America's historic documents, there are also records of bank robbers, bootleggers, and gangsters.
In this week's "True Crime at the Archives" spotlight is America's first public enemy—John Dillinger.
A cunning and sophisticated bank robber, Dillinger led a string of violent robberies during his short yet infamous criminal career.
So why did auto theft prove to be his most costly crime?
It all began in 1933, when Dillinger was paroled from the Indiana State Prison after serving eight and a half years for robbing a grocery store. Within months, Dillinger organized a group of his closest criminal associates and began a notorious crime spree.
From September 1933 until January 1934, Dillinger and his fellow outlaws managed to evade law enforcement. And while Americans struggled during the height of the Great Depression, the gang stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from Midwestern banks.
After a robbery of the First National Bank of East Chicago turned violent, national publicity intensified. The gang then fled to Arizona, where they were caught by local police on January 23.
Dillinger was extradited to Indiana to await trial for the murder of a police officer. But while he was sequestered in … [ Read all ]
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For the first time, Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School's ultimate team has coaches.
"We had an opening," said senior captain Will Yetvin. "I guess we've always had an opening."
So goes for the team, a club sport growing in popularity that doesn't get funding from MCPS. For Yetvin's first three years, the club, which practices twice a week at Norwood Local Park, was run and managed by the players.
Participants pitch in $80 fees up front, hold bake sales, sell discs and rely on parents for transportation to games and tournaments. Ultimate, known to many ultimate frisbee, is growing with televised college championships, international tournaments and even a professional league.
In Yetvin's four years, the club has grown to include about 30 people at practice, with a core group of 15 to 20 players who consistently come out to weekend games and tournaments. Many who play official sports in the fall or spring switch in and out.
The team now has two volunteer coaches, recently out of college. Management of the club has been passed on among students for about 10 years.
Earlier this month, the team played Whitman. Last weekend the team traveled to Philadelphia for a tournament.
Yetvin, 17, plans to play in college, where ultimate has become as organized and as serious as some traditional sports. He's looking at Bowdoin and Carleton College, two schools known for their ultimate teams. (Carleton was ranked No. 7 nationally last spring.)
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg says a Republican Party that ignores the nation's Hispanics and balks at immigration overhaul does so at its political peril.
Bloomberg, a Republican-turned-independent, joined Michigan Republican Gov. Rick Snyder and former Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez on Friday to increase the pressure on Congress to act this year.
Bloomberg said a political party that ignores the fastest-growing voting bloc has no future. He said it's up to House Speaker John Boehner to deliver even though he faces opposition within the Republican caucus.
Boehner and the GOP leadership are working on a set of principles on immigration that they expect to present to the caucus next week at its annual retreat. The document has given new hope to immigration proponents.
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Bryant was able to one-up O'Neal again Monday as he passed his former teammate for fifth place on the NBA's all-time scoring list in the second quarter of the Lakers' game against thePhiladelphia 76ers.
Bryant hit a long jump shot from the top of the key with 5:07 remaining in the first half to push him past O'Neal. Bryant's bucket was originally ruled a 3-pointer before being changed to a 2 after the shot was reviewed.
O'Neal retired this past offseason after scoring 28,596 points in a 19-year career with Orlando, Miami, Phoenix, Cleveland, Boston and the Lakers. Bryant, a 16-year veteran, now trails only Wilt Chamberlain (31,419 points), Michael Jordan (32,292 points), Karl Malone (36,928 points) and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387 points).
Bryant and O'Neal won three championships together and reached the Finals four times in the nine seasons they spent as Lakers teammates (1996-2004).
Bryant, 33, leads the league in scoring with a 29.4 points per game average and already has two scoring titles under his belt. His 25.4 points per game career average also eclipses O'Neal's career mark of 23.7 points per game.
Next up for Bryant is Chamberlain, a fellow Philadelphia native.
Bryant and Chamberlain have already been linked through their penchant for points in the past, as Bryant broke Chamberlain's Pennsylvania high school scoring record by finishing with 2,883 points to Chamberlain's 2,252. Bryant's 81-point game on Jan. 22, 2006 also happens to be the second-highest single scoring game in league history, trailing only Chamberlain's 100 scored on March 2, 1962.
"It's a lot of points. It's a lot of points," Bryant said, looking back on Chamberlain's feat as the 50th anniversary of The Big Dipper's historic game approaches next month. "I think it was just one of those nights for both of us where there was really no explanation for it. You just kind of get into one of those zones and one of those moments and things happen. … I was doing mine on jump shots, though. I didn't have to bang with too many guys down low. I was just catching and shooting."
While it took more than 40 years for another player to score 80 points or more after Chamberlain scored 100, Bryant said his and Chamberlain's scoring totals are achievable.
"I believe so," Bryant said when asked if any player would ever join him and Chamberlain with a matching single-game scoring outburst. "One day it will happen."
Lakers coach Mike Brown thinks Bryant could land at the top by the time he calls it a career.
"It might be tough for him to pass Kareem, but he should get close," Brown said after the Lakers' shootaround Monday. "He should catch Malone."
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It's been a very bad week for victims of domestic violence. Congress has allowed the clock to run out before renewing the 1994 Violence Against Women Act and the state of Louisiana has cut nearly $1 million from funding to shelters and programs for battered women and their children.
This has set the clock back decades and could leave many domestic abuse victims nowhere to turn when their lives and the safety of their children are in jeopardy. That's unacceptable.
These protections at the federal level represented a literal lifeline for many victims of a crime that was for generations shrugged off as "a family matter."
And letting them lapse is nothing less than shameful.
The first blow landed when the House refused to accept the bipartian bill passed 68 to 31 by the Senate in April of last year to renew the historic 1994 Violence Against Women Act. The Senate bill extended enhanced protection to underserved groups - women on college campuses, women on tribal reservations and members of the lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual community.
The House passed its own bill that excluded the enhanced protections for those groups and even removed some of the law's original protections.
The result: Neither bill was signed into law.
The second blow was a familiar story being played out again. The Jindal administration, without consulting the state Legislature, has made painful cuts that affect yet another vulnerable population to make up for the state's budget shortfall.
The funding in question helps to keep open desperately needed shelters for battered women and provides money to district attorneys, judges and law enforcement agencies for things like specialized training for dealing with domestic abuse calls. Those situations can be the most dangerous for officers, said Billi LaCombe, executive director of Faith House, a local shelter for victims of domestic abuse and their children.
Here in Louisiana, even with current funding, many shelters don't have enough bed space and have to turn women away every day.
But the Jindal administration has indicated that the state would be moving away from expensive residential care for domestic abuse victims in favor of hotel stays and family care.
This shows how hopelessly out-of-touch this administration is with the plight of women for whom these shelters are a last resort.
It ignores the fact that hotels don't provide vital security for women fleeing an abuser and that these women are often easily found and sometimes murdered there.
It also fails to recognize that the families of these women are either indifferent or afraid to help them, LaCombe said.
There are very few bright spots in this latest legal and financial scenario. But if there were one, it would be that advocates of the Senate bill, including Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., who co-sponsored the first bill in April, have indicated they would revive it during the next legislative session.
But that leaves a scary "in the meantime" for victims and future victims of domestic abuse and sexual assault.
We urge Congress and the governor of this state to act now to reinstate the law and the funding that help to safeguard those who have nowhere else to turn.


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St. Louis, MO (KSDK) - There's a unique plan for all the unused space in the concourses at Lambert St. Louis airport. Departures are about half what they used to be when Lambert was a TWA hub. Now airport officials are welcoming outside companies to comes lease the extra space.
It's no secret that the airline industry and airports have gone through some big changes since 9/11 and airline mergers, but Lambert is trying to be proactive in generating revenue.
"Airports are struggling, struggling, trying to meet the demands of this changing industry, trying to reinvent themselves," says airport director, Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge.
According to her, they are about to make some changes which includes converting part of concourse B to office space.
"Its got its own restrooms, it's an open space that has access to the rest of the terminal," she describes. "So from a parking perspective, from a restaurant perspective or a food perspective that's here as well."
So who would want office space at the airport?
Hamm-Niebruegge says they've talked to companies that do a lot of travel making it a no-brainer to be located at the airport.
What other changes are coming to Lambert? Possibly more parking.
81 spaces were just added in terminal 2 and they are working to create more spots. Otherwise Hamm-Niebruegge says they may look at transforming part of concourse D for surface parking.
Travelers say more parking is always a good thing.
"They let us in but they said there probably wouldn't be any place to park," says Tony Bergman who's stopping at Lambert to pick someone up.
Others seem to have no issues with finding a spot at the airport.
"Today it was good, got in, parked the car and no problems," says Christine Schaefer.
"It's very easy for me to do it, I come down here at least five times a year," say Kurt Bray.
Hamm-Niebruegge says they are keeping an eye on what other airports are doing around the country and are always up for suggestions..
There is no timeline when it comes to the office space but the director says if a company wanted to move in tomorrow they would try to make it happen.
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William Franklin Hill, 49, of Atlanta, GA, was picked up in Las Vegas and returned to Caddo Parish on Friday where he was booked into the Caddo Correctional Center for theft. In that case, Hill is accused of using a check fraud scheme to purchase $37,490 in gold from Louisiana Gold and Jewelry and then selling the gold for cash to gamble at local casinos, the sheriff said.
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Hempfield student will visit Costa Rica
Morgan Bellush, a freshman at Hempfield Area High School, will make her first foray into international travel this summer when she serves as a cultural ambassador.
Bellush will be among 40 students who will venture to Costa Rica, a Central American nation between Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the south, with the People to People Ambassador Program. It is designed "to bridge cultural and political borders through education and exchange," according to its website.
"Right now, I know very little right about the country or people, but the more I research I do, the more I am fascinated about the history and culture," said Bellush, 14. "This is my first trip outside the United States and I'm very excited about the opportunity."
The community is pitching in to give her that opportunity.
A Zumbathon, vendor fair and basket raffle will be held from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday in Pitzer's Townhouse, 101 S. Fifth St., Jeannette. The venue, aerobic instructors, vendors and others are contributing to help Bellush raise money for the trip and People to People.
Bellush will visit a banana plantation and nature reserve, interact with students at various schools and an orphanage and engage in community service during the visit from June 30 to July 13. At the same time, the student, who is enrolled in French classes in school, will be getting a crash course in Spanish.
The group will be helping to refurbish schools, planting trees, repairing a rural lodge and clearing hiking trails in conjunction with a reforestation project at Nacientes de Palmichal. They will visit the National Institute of Biodiversity's rainforest station, where Bellush will work with biologists monitoring amphibians and participate in collecting data emanating from frog "songs" during evening excursions.
Erin Rogers, project manager for the Costa Rica trip, said the concept for People to People was developed during the administration of President Dwight Eisenhower in 1956. The ambassador program was initiated in 1963.
"Our mission is to bring American students closer to peoples and cultures of the world and provide direct and unique interaction of those American students with students of other cultures ...," Rogers said.
Bellush will spend two nights with a local family in Santa Ana, where she will be able to help prepare dinner and see what life is like for an average Costa Rican family. The travelers will also be given the opportunity to go surfing and whitewater rafting.
Bellush's cousin, Tyler Treadway, traveled to Europe with People to People several years ago, and her aunt, Sherry Purtymun, is an avid traveler who encouraged Bellush through the application process.
Bellush, the daughter of Jenifer and Tony Bellush, is associated with Girls on the Run, a nationwide program that fosters life skills and confidence among participants, and the Girl Scouts.
At Hempfield, she is a member of the French Club and the Spartan Army, a community service program that raises funds for various organizations. Bellush, a rec league softball pitcher and member of the Hempfield indoor track team, plans on playing softball for the Lady Spartans.
She has met once with her future traveling companions. Bellush, who will celebrate her 15th birthday before the trip, is preparing a presentation for the group about Costa Rica's history, geography and its capital, San Jose.
"Students grow during a trip of this nature," said Sarah Jones, the local contact for People to People. "They are more appreciative of other cultures as a result, and more appreciative of their own cultures and homes, and more aware of how fortunate they are to live in the United States."
Les Harvath is a freelance writer.
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What I learned from the Big Ten (Sep. 10)
Posted on: September 11, 2011 4:21 am
Posted by Adam Jacobi
1. Michigan and Denard Robinson, the night is yours. What could there possibly be to say about the Michigan-Notre Dame contest that would properly suit such a game, such a finish? Then again, as those fake old Adidas uniforms (shown above) proved, "proper suiting" had no place in this game, so let's talk about it at length. Michigan slept through the first three quarters, trailing the Fighting Irish 24-7 at the third intermission in a game that didn't even seem that close, and Denard Robinson looked completely ill-suited to succeed in the Brady Hoke/Al Borges offense.
At that point, naturally, all hell broke loose. Michigan scored on the first play of the fourth quarter when Notre Dame stuffed a Wolverine halfback dive at the goal line and forced a fumble ... only the ball bounced right to Robinson, who ran the recovery in for an easy score before anybody else knew what was happening. Robinson would then engineer three more touchdown drives almost singlehandedly, the last taking all of three plays and 28 seconds before Roy Roundtree came down with the game-winning touchdown pass from Robinson with two ticks left on the clock.
The thing of it was, though, Robinson's passing wasn't even good. His accuracy was way off all day, and two of Robinson's three interceptions were absolutely unconscionable throws (including a screen pass that sailed at least five feet over his nearby receiver's head). Even after Robinson came to life late in the third quarter, his big plays were mostly underthrows and jump balls that so markedly didn't fit the arc and timing of the routes that Notre Dame's secondary struggled to adjust to where the throws ended up being, even while they were ostensibly providing good coverage.
And yet still, football is not about style points, it is about actual points, and those comical throws ended up netting Michigan enough actual points to seal the victory and set off a party at the Big House that didn't stop until the police were forced to tell the student section to go home. May all college football games end so delightfully for the home partisans, right?
2. It was pretty rough everywhere else. Michigan beat Notre Dame. That was a marquee win for the conference, without a doubt. But elsewhere, Big Ten members lost to Alabama (fine), Virginia (um), Iowa State (no), Rice (NO), and New Mexico State (NOOOOOOO). The wins, by and large, weren't really impressive either. Ohio State barely scraped by Toledo, and Nebraska caught four tough quarters from Fresno State. And those are two ranked division crown contenders! In the Big Ten! Elsewhere, Illinois and Northwestern throttled their FCS opponents, while Michigan State and Wisconsin took care of business against two wretched FBS opponents in FAU and Oregon State, respectively. That's, um, not a good week.
Of course, BCS Championships aren't won in Week 2, only lost, and aside from maybe Iowa (though that ISU win didn't look like an upset at all), the teams that lost today by and large weren't serious contenders for division titles to begin with. We've got a lot of football left in the year, and teams turning their seasons around after a rocky opening are hardly rare in college ball. That all said, if it's not time to panic yet for the five Big Ten teams with blemished records, it's certainly time for significant concern.
3. Jerry Kill gets seizures sometimes. The TCF Bank crowd was shocked into silence and play was stopped in the waning seconds of the Minnesota-New Mexico State game on Saturday when Gophers head coach Jerry Kill collapsed and went into a seizure on the sideline. Kill would end up on the ground for about 15 minutes before being carted off and hospitalized. Shortly thereafter, Minnesota medical staff would assure reporters that Kill's life was never in danger, that he has had this seizure disorder for years, and that he will be fine, but still -- that was a terrifying sight.
The interesting aspect of the episode's aftermath is the series of revelations about Kill's disorder, namely that not only will Kill be fine, but he's had similar incidents before and never ended up missing a game of work. That seems unusual to people unfamiliar with seizures -- which would be most people, if we're being honest -- since generally, when someone collapses suddenly, doctors aren't clearing them to work the next week. And yet that's precisely the case with Kill, who has not been given a timetable for a return but will likely do so for Minnesota's next game. Let's hope his seizures don't make a habit of returning, of course, but let's also be thankful that they're generally not life-threatening or even career-altering.
4. Penn State's quarterback situation may be worse than we all imagined. Let's get one thing out of the way right off the bat: Alabama's defense is fantastic this year. Not only is it easily the best Penn State will face this year, it might be one of the ten best defenses Joe Paterno has ever faced. They're going to make a LOT of quarterbacks look bad this year.
That all said, Robert Bolden and Matt McGloin didn't just look bad on Saturday, they looked like they didn't belong on a D-I football field. Bolden finished 11-29 for 144 yards and one interception, and McGloin was an incomprehensible 1-10 for 0 yards. Really. Their wide receivers didn't do them a whole lot of favors, it should be pointed out, and Alabama's coverage was suffocating, but Bolden and McGloin routinely made bad throws regardless of the coverage. It can't have helped that the two QBs were rotated in and out with casual-at-best regard for their on-field performances, and it's likely that JoePa tires somewhat of the platoon situation in the near future, but it was also obvious that neither quarterback is playing at anywhere near a high level, and that's a dire situation without an obvious or effective fix. Not to put too fine a point on it, but this could easily submarine Penn State's season, and Joe Paterno really doesn't have many more seasons to sacrifice to the Bad QB What Are You Gonna Do gods.
Category: NCAAF
Tags: Adam Jacobi, Al Borges, Alabama, Alabama, Big Ten, Brady Hoke, Denard Robinson, FAU, Florida Atlantic, Fresno State, Illinois, Iowa, Iowa State, Jerry Kill, Jerry Kill Seizure, Joe Paterno, Matt McGloin, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico State, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oregon State, Rice, Robert Bolden, Roy Roundtree, Toledo, Virginia, Week 2, What I Learned, Wisconsin
Since: Sep 1, 2011
Posted on: September 12, 2011 10:17 am
What I learned from the Big Ten (Sep. 10)
2-0 is 2-0....but if you're a Michigan fan, you have to be concerned about their defense. How can you compete in the B1G with that matador defense? The answer: you simply will not.
Since: Sep 12, 2006
Posted on: September 12, 2011 9:46 am
What I learned from the Big Ten (Sep. 10)
@ clt_gator.... It's cool. the 1987 UM-ND Rivalry still lives on. If you want to talk about history & relevant to both UF & UM...lets talk about it. I can still see Mr. Tebow picking up himself from the field after being leveled by the Michigan D.....
No problem. That is part of the historical facts between UF - UM respectively.
Since: Jan 9, 2007
Posted on: September 12, 2011 4:18 am
What I learned from the Big Ten (Sep. 10)
I'm predicting a Wisconsin - South Carolina NCG.
Since: Sep 7, 2010
Posted on: September 11, 2011 11:28 pm
What I learned from the Big Ten (Sep. 10)
LSU just beat ORE, and will soon play AT West Virginia!
Since: Aug 7, 2007
Posted on: September 11, 2011 10:04 pm
What I learned from the Big Ten (Sep. 10)
WI beating up on Oregon State isn't a small deal like you make it sound idiot. That schedule was made years ago when Oregon State was good. It's funny how Big Ten teams take heat for playing garbage schools but teams like LSU don't when they play NW State or perhaps watching Fl State beat up on garbage university like they did this week. Maybe you should go back to college b/c you are too truly stupid to be posting on here for all to read.
Since: Feb 2, 2011
Posted on: September 11, 2011 8:31 pm
What I learned from the Big Ten (Sep. 10)
Jacobi your Iowa bias is showing. Not sure how Iowa's loss to ISU is unacceptable when you later admit it didn't look like an upset. P.S. your 3 million dollar coach Cap'n Kirk has a losing record vs ISU.
Since: Aug 22, 2006
Posted on: September 11, 2011 6:45 pm
What I learned from the Big Ten (Sep. 10)
I learned Wisconsin can play defence and still score before they get there running game going .Also Robinson can play. ifthey let him play his game Michigan could surprize
Since: May 14, 2011
Posted on: September 11, 2011 11:57 am
What I learned from the Big Ten (Sep. 10)
2 teams the gators have nver beaten, regardless of the year. enjoy middle of the sec east this year.
Since: Sep 11, 2011
Posted on: September 11, 2011 11:46 am
What I learned from the Big Ten (Sep. 10)
Hey -- your mom called. She said get a life an stop hating.
Football is about entertainment. This game was played to the largest crowd ever and it was an amazing comeback game with three touchdowns in the last 1:12 to play. It could have been peewee football and it would have still been relavent considering those facts.
Since: Dec 5, 2006
Posted on: September 11, 2011 10:14 am
What I learned from the Big Ten (Sep. 10)
What I learned is Notre Dame will never compete for a national championship for the foreseeable future, or even for a bowl game invitation. Couldn't happen to a more arrogant program.


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March 29, 2011
Zook, Illinois look to keep the ball rolling
Tom Dienhart
Rivals.com College Football Senior Writer
Ron Zook has had more valleys than peaks in his six seasons as Illinois coach. But he's riding a rare peak as he leads the Fighting Illini into spring drills.
Zook came close to losing his job after a 3-9 finish in 2009. It was Zook's fourth losing mark in five seasons, undoing any goodwill left from a magical and unexpected ride to the Rose Bowl after the 2007 season.
But a staff shakeup paid huge benefits in helping forge a 7-6 season that was capped by a Texas Bowl rout of Baylor, Illinois' first bowl win since toppling Virginia in the 1999 MicronPC Bowl.
Paul Petrino was brought in from Arkansas to coordinate the offense and Vic Koenning was tabbed from Kansas State to run the defense. Petrino's attack set school single-season records for points (423) and points per game (32.5). Koenning's unit excelled at big plays, ranking second in the Big Ten in turnovers gained (27), tackles for loss (6.2 pg) and sacks (1.8 pg).
But each has lots of work to do this spring. A feature running back must be found and Petrino needs to pump air into a passing attack that ranked 10th in the Big Ten and 111th in the nation (151.0 ypg). And for all the big plays that Koenning's group generated, the defense foundered down the stretch. The Illini allowed an average of 33.7 points (not including overtimes) in the last four regular-season games after yielding 16.7 in the first eight contests.
Compounding issues for both coordinators are some key personnel losses. No Big Ten school was hurt more by early departures to the NFL than Illinois. Running back Mikel Leshoure, defensive tackle Corey Liuget and linebacker Martez Wilson turned pro early.
Here's a look at the Illini as they prepare for spring practice.
Positions of strength
Coordinator Paul Petrino had a huge impact on the offense in his first season in Champaign. His attack again should be formidable. QB Nathan Scheelhaase is back after hitting 58.7 percent of his passes for 1,825 yards with 17 touchdowns and eight interceptions in his first season as the starter. He also ran for 868 yards and five scores. Scheelhaase must become a better passer. Three starters are back from a line that helped the Fighting Illini pace the Big Ten in rushing (246.1 ypg). LT Jeff Allen and C Graham Pocic are standouts who should be among the best in the Big Ten at their position this season. Derek Dimke may be the top kicker in the Big Ten. He nailed a league-best 24 field goals last season (on 29 attempts).
Help is needed
In 2010, RB Mikel Leshoure ran for a school single-season record 1,697 yards -- second-most in the Big Ten -- but left a year early for the NFL. He was a workhorse who carried more times (281) than any Big Ten player. Burly Jason Ford (6-0/230) will get first crack at replacing Leshoure. Speedy Bud Golden, a big-play threat who needs consistency, and Troy Pollard will push Ford. The passing game needs to be amped up with more big plays. WR A.J. Jenkins is back after leading the team with 56 catches for 746 yards and seven touchdowns. A few more wide receivers must emerge, though TE Evan Wilson impressed as a true freshman and may be a future star. OT Corey Lewis, who sat out last year with a knee injury, is a projected starter. But he reinjured the knee in the offseason and likely will miss spring ball. The secondary was a mess last season, but three starters are back -- and presumably better -- and the unit will have a new coach in Mike Gillhamer, who coached safeties for the Carolina Panthers last season. FS Trulon Henry is the best of the bunch. The front seven suffered two big blows when T Corey Liuget and LB Martez Wilson turned pro early. No one on the roster comes close to matching the talent level of that duo. The defense also will miss LB Nate Bussey and E Clay Nurse. And a return game that has been horrid for years needs to improve.
3 guys to watch
LB Jonathan Brown: He could slip into Wilson's vacant spot in the middle or displace Ian Thomas on the weakside. Brown is a tremendous athlete, covers a lot of ground and has a nose for the ball.
DT Austin Tietsma: Tietsma, a redshirt freshman, has a chance to emerge as a playmaker on the interior of a line that has a huge hole to fill with Liuget gone early. But Tietsma, a standout prep wrestler, weighs just 242 pounds and must bulk up.
WR A.J. Williams: The coaching staff loves Williams' potential. Williams, a redshirt freshman, is a big target (6-4/202) who could be effective in the red zone and on third downs over the middle.
The pressure is on
RB Jason Ford: With Leshoure off early to the NFL, Ford has a clear path to the top job at running back. He has waited three seasons to be "the man" after arriving on campus amid great hype. Ford, who ran 99 times for 480 yards and seven touchdowns in 2010, needs to have a good spring and be more consistent in his attitude and effort. His weight has been an issue, but Ford has lost more than 15 pounds and is in good shape.
The buzz
Illinois has momentum for the first time since after the run to the Rose Bowl. It's vital for Zook to keep the ball rolling. There are some good building blocks on offense, led by a strong line and Scheelhaase. But the Illini must pass better and find a feature back. The defense has bigger issues, needing to replace four former starters in the front seven. But Zook's staff should be up to the task in what is a critical spring.
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday directed non-banking finance companies engaged in gold loan business to maintain a loan to value (LTV) ratio of 60%. Those NBFCs whose financial assets consist of loans against gold jewellery to the tune of 50% or more will have to maintain 12% tier I capital.
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"Lowering of LTV would not impact our business. The number of pledges will increase only," a top official from a Kerela based gold loan company told Moneycontrol.com on condition of anonymity.
"Typically, small shop owners or people from unorganised sector take gold loans under emergency situation. Those people will not stay away from taking gold loans just because they have to pledge more gold jewellery. We do not expect any erosion of the profit margin," he said.
The existing LTV ratio for gold loans, according to industry players, is in the range of 65-75%. On an average the ticket size of such loan is around Rs 32,000-35,000 with 4-6 months tenure. Companies charge 12.50-20% rate of interest depending on the loan value and tenure.
"We are yet to (summerise) our comments on this. Our LTV is currently at 65%," Thomas George Muthoot, director Muthoot Fincorp told Moneycontrol.com briefly.
"Given the rapid pace of their business growth and the nature of their (gold loan companies) business model, which has inherent concentration risk and is exposed to adverse movement of gold prices, as a prudential measure, it (measures) has been decided,� RBI said in a release.
Those NBFCs whose financial assets consist of loans against gold jewellery to the tune of 50% or more will have to maintain 12% tier I capital from April 01, 2014. The share of gold loans should be shown in the balance sheet in percentage terms. Moreover, NBFCs should not extend any credit against bullion/primary gold and gold coins, according to the regulator.
�The mandated ceiling of 12% will not have any immediate impact on us. Most of the frontline gold loan companies on an average enjoy 14-15% tier I capital. As we expand our business, we will consider raising money through private placements, subordinate debt and follow on public offers,� said an official from another south based gold loan company, who did not wish to be named.
In the last one year, shares of Muthoot Finance and Manappuram Finance , India's two listed gold loan companies dropped nearly 7.50% and 22% respectively as against a fall of around 3% in the 30-share Sensex. The journey for gold loan companies has been fraught with regulatory concerns.
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Belgium – New regulations "modernise" staffing market
Last week, the Council of Ministers approved new regulations which are supposed to improve the protection of temporary agency workers in Belgium, one of the largest and most regulated staffing markets in Europe. However, many of the changes will impair rather than promote flexibility.
The new rules, which will also amend the use of one-day contracts, will be enforced on 1 April 2013, following lengthy debates between the country's labour council and social partners.
The Council said that the new regulations will "modernise" the staffing industry and focus on some core areas, including extending companies' obligation to inform trade unions about their use of temporary agency work. This will give unions a better overview of the use of temporary work, allowing them to detect "potential problems" at a faster rate, the Council said.
Moreover, the use of successive one-day contracts will be limited and these can only be used repeatedly by the same user company if it can prove an absolute need for such contracts. The so-called 48-hour rule, which allows for a written employment contract to be produced within 48 hours from the start of the assignment, will also be phased out.
As part of a scheme to hire more temporary workers permanently, companies will also have to justify their reasons if they do not take agency workers on board on a permanent basis.
The purpose of the changes is to broadly improve working conditions and prevent abuses in the staffing market. It forms part of a coalition agreement last year which aims to increase employment opportunities and the quality of employment in the staffing industry.
Belgium remains one of the most restrictive markets for temporary labour and this new legislation creates more obligations for employers at a time when the EU Agency Work Directive is supposed to be encouraging European governments to remove unnecessary restrictions. The suggestion that these changes are an improvement on the current legislative environment or are, in any way. 'modern' is entirely subjective.
Herwig Muyldermans, spokesperson of the association of private employment agencies in Belgium (Federgon), said in a statement to Staffing Industry Analysts: "Federgon is pleased with the fact that the Belgian government is executing what was agreed upon between employers and unions earlier this year. The government is respecting a correct timing in handling this issue. For Federgon the most important items in the new regulation are that temp work can be used as a motive to engage people on a permanent basis. The second important item is that successive one-day contracts still are allowed when flexibility is needed."


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About Joerns
The Joerns Healthcare history spans more than 100 years. To view a condensed timeline, please click [timeline].
The key business components of Joerns Healthcare have always been strong leadership, perseverance and personal commitment from the company's leadership and associates.
Founded in 1889 in St. Paul, Minnesota as Joerns Brothers Furniture by three brothers, Charles, Paul and Frederick Joerns, relocated to Sheboygan, Wisconsin in 1905. Charles Joerns bought out his brothers and ran a very prosperous but small company. In 1927, the company suffered a fire, which spurred relocation to Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
Joerns Brothers Furniture prospered in the 1940's and 1950's by manufacturing elegant and elaborate bedroom and dining room sets, which sold to upscale retail furniture stores for up to $1,000. Charles Joerns managed his company profitably until his death in 1941.
In the mid-1950's, strong competition from the South forced Joerns Brothers Furniture into hard times. As the business faltered, Joerns Brother Furniture associates intensified their commitment to the company and accepted a 15% voluntary wage reduction with a promise of repayment including interest. Later, Joerns Brothers Furniture repaid 100% of this debt back to the associates.
Frederick Joerns' son-in-law, Raymond Nass, joined the firm in 1959. Under his command, the company expanded into college dormitory furniture. Next, metal engineering was added and Joerns Brothers Furniture entered the health care market. Offerings included manual Hi-Low, fixed-height hospital beds and three styles of cabinets and chairs for hospitals and nursing homes.
The medical industry continued to gain prominence as the company's leading market niche and in 1983, the company name was changed to Joerns Healthcare. That same year, Joerns affiliated with three other companies to form a new holding company - Sunrise Medical Inc. The formation of Sunrise Medical Inc. permitted a public issue of stock, which generated capital for new products and expansions.
The breakthrough FreeStyle® bed, introduced in 1991, broke new ground for Joerns Healthcare as well as the industry. The FreeStyle offered the convenience and economy of a manual bed, but without the hassles of hand-turned cranks.
In 1993, the company released their first EasyCare® bed. The design of this bed offered the smallest footprint in the industry to date, which was a clear market advantage.
The revolutionary UltraCare® beds followed in 1999. These feature-rich beds were promoted to nursing homes as the "bed of all beds." UltraCare's design provided the best Hi/Low range in the world and became the standard for all other beds.
In 2004, we launched the well-known and trusted Hoyer® Professional Series lifts and slings. Hoyer lifts are specially designed for long-term care and offer unmatched safety, versatility and easy handling of residents.
For over 100 years, Joerns Healthcare's products and services have provided unmatched, legendary quality blended with excellence through innovation and exemplary customer service.
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Aker Solutions ASA : Aker Solutions wins contract in Malaysia 25 June 2013 - Aker Solutions has signed an agreement with Murphy Sarawak Oil Co. to deliver as many as 24 sets of splitter wellhead systems. Aker Solutions wins contract in MalaysiaThe contract, which includes deliveries of ancillary equipment and services, is worth USD 15 million over three years and may be extended by a year. Surface wellheads are used on land-based and shallow-water platforms for drilling and production equipment. Murphy will use the equipment in Block SK 309/311, off the coast of Sarawak in East Malaysia. "This is the first major surface wellhead contract for Aker Solutions in Malaysia," says Dave Hutchinson, head of Aker Solutions' subsea operations in Asia."We look forward to developing our relationship with Murphy in South East Asia, where we have worked together for several years." Aker Solutions' splitter wellhead system enables drilling of two or more wells from a single well slot on a platform. This reduces the number of well slots needed by at least 50 percent and consequently requires less deck space. Most of the equipment will be produced at Aker Solutions' dedicated surface wellhead manufacturing facility in Batam in Indonesia while Aker Solutions' Port Klang facility in Malaysia will produce the Shear-Safe surface gate valve actuators. The latter are used in the splitter wellhead system to improve the management of oil and gas flow under pressure. Engineering and project management will take place at Aker Solutions' offices in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. ENDS For further information, please contact: Media: Severin Roald, Vice President Communications, Aker Solutions. Tel: +47 22 94 55 23, Mob: +47 92 03 00 33, E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Investor relations: Lasse Torkildsen, SVP Investor Relations, Aker Solutions. Tel: +47 67 51 30 39, Mob: +47 91 13 71 94, E-mail: email@example.com Suppliers: For further information about sourcing and potential subcontracts for this project, please visit www.akersolutions.com/suppliers Career opportunities: Visit http://www.akersolutions.com/careers Aker Solutions provides oilfield products, systems and services for customers in the oil and gas industry world-wide. The company's knowledge and technologies span from reservoir to production and through the life of a field. Aker Solutions brings together engineering and technologies for oil and gas drilling, field development and production. The company employs approximately 28 000 people in more than 30 countries. We apply the knowledge and create and use technologies that deliver our customers' solutions. Aker Solutions ASA is the parent company in the group, which consists of a number of separate legal entities. Aker Solutions is used as the common brand and trademark for most of these entities. In 2012 Aker Solutions had aggregated annual revenues of approximately NOK 45 billion. The company is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. This press release may include forward-looking information or statements and is subject to our disclaimer, see www.akersolutions.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This announcement is distributed by Thomson Reuters on behalf of Thomson Reuters clients. The owner of this announcement warrants that: (i) the releases contained herein are protected by copyright and other applicable laws; and (ii) they are solely responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information contained therein. Source: Aker Solutions ASA via Thomson Reuters ONE HUG#1711593
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Rode all weekend up here at my local mountain TSV. Ill give a very basic trip report and update this thread with conditions throughout the year, maybe with some pics. Either way here goes.
Went up on thanksgiving, I actually didn't know I was off work until the day before - so it was a great surprise. Got there in the morning, snow was good and not too hard. The backside is open already, which is a good sign for us. About 11:00 or so it started warming up and the runs got very carve-able. Was able to really wind out my new K2 Turbo Dream, and it handles amazingly. I really love that board so far. Either way the snow was gripping hard enough for some very hard carves (hard enough to boot out as I did once, size 11.5 boot on a wide board - so that gives you an idea of how hard i was able to bank.). Just spent all day enjoying the side hits on the way down and carving it up. Very enjoyable. I also rode sat/sun and similar reports from those days. Fri. night we actually got a few inches and it was very good on sat.
So far - great opening year for us southern rocky mtn. riders!
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|I agree, there is nothing really new in his lecture. Perhaps the Seven Days has been overlooked in terms of importance, but I think as the 150th comes up for each battle, it will be identified as a tuning point or at least a key battle. Its nice to be able to listen to the lecture online. I did it on a rainy day, I wouldn't waste a nice one.


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Learn about Windows PowerShell
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use a central file to simplify configuring your Windows PowerShell profile.
Hey, Scripting Guy! So can you tell me without all the chatter, what is the best way to create a single Windows PowerShell profile? I don't want to hear about a whole lot of other junk because I am rather busy. So please, as one American police person on television used to say, "Just the facts, just the facts."
Hello ZQ,
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today is the third day in a row that we have had the windows open and the air conditioner turned off. The cool breeze and sounds of birds playing in the lawn are a welcome relief to the incessant thrum of electric motors. I just fixed a pot of Gun Powder Green tea with a half spoonful of organic lavender and a cinnamon stick for my midmorning tea. I also opened the cookie jar, and retrieved the next to last Anzac biscuit. I gave the Scripting Wife the last Anzac biscuit in honor of her appearance tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast. She and Hal's wife will be the guests on the show tonight, and it is sure to be a hoot. We did pretty well at making the Anzac biscuits last as long as possible. We cannot find Anzac biscuits in Charlotte, so a friend who is a Windows PowerShell MVP in Australia shuttled them to us via another Windows PowerShell MVP from Charlotte. We retrieved the elusive biscuits in the parking lot of the Microsoft office in Charlotte one night following a Windows PowerShell User Group meeting.
Note This is the third in a series of four blogs that discuss the Windows PowerShell profile. The first blog, Understanding the Six PowerShell Profiles, appeared on Monday. The second blog, Deciding Between One or Multiple PowerShell Profiles debuted on Tuesday. For additional information about the Windows PowerShell profile, refer to this collection of blogs on the Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog.
One way to use a single Windows PowerShell profile is to put everything into the all users, all hosts profile. I know some companies that create a standard Windows PowerShell profile for everyone in the company, and they use the all users, all hosts profile as a means of standardizing their Windows PowerShell environment. The changes go in during the image build process; and therefore, the profile is available to machines built from that image.
Advantages of using the all users, all hosts profile
When to use the all users, all hosts profile
Disadvantages of using the all users, all hosts profile
Because the Windows PowerShell profile is a Windows PowerShell script (with the added benefit of having a special name and residing in a special location), it means that anything that can be accomplished in a Windows PowerShell script can be accomplished in a Windows PowerShell profile. A much better approach to dealing with Windows PowerShell profiles is to keep the profile itself as simple as possible. But bring in the functionality you require via other means. One way to do this is to add the profile information you require to a file. Store that file in a central location, and then dot-source it to the profile.
Just the steps: Use a central profile script
. c:\fso\myprofile.ps1
The advantages of using a central Windows PowerShell script to store your profile information is that only one location requires updating when you add additional functionally to your profile. In addition, if folder permissions permit, the central Windows PowerShell script becomes available to any user for any host on the local machine. If you store this central Windows PowerShell script on a network file share, you need to update only one file for the entire network.
Advantages of using a central script for a PowerShell profile
When to use a central script for a PowerShell profile
Disadvantages of using a central script for a PowerShell profile
ZQ, that is all there is to using a central file for your Windows PowerShell profile. Windows PowerShell Profile Week will continue tomorrow when I will talk about using a Windows PowerShell module for a profile.
I invite you to follow me on Twitter and Facebook. If you have any questions, send email to me at firstname.lastname@example.com, or post your questions on the Official Scripting Guys Forum. See you tomorrow. Until then, peace.
Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy
Hi Ed,
I really like the "have ONE file" for all users idea!
But to be honest, I'm afraid that we won't have ONE but maybe SOME profiles located somewhere in our network! But SOME is less the ALL :-)
Having ONE profile and using script logic inside the script to distinguish between script types and user "groups" and ... whatsoever ... might be possible but will lead to rather complicated profiles ... especially if you are going to add functionality later on which should be available to group 1,2,4,8,16 ... but only for ISE hosts ... and not on Monday to Wednesday ... Well, than this script will be astonishingly difficult :-)(
@K_Schulte you are absolutely correct ... having one file for all users can become really complex. One thing you might consider in having multiple profiles is to have a basic one that ALL users do get for all hosts. Then Have additional commands for one group of users, and different file for the administrators. If you keep them like this,then the basic profile only goes to this group. The next group gets the basic profile, plus the other commands in the other file. The administrtors get all three files.
The profile in the MyDocuments folder is the one to use for most things. If we redirect 'MyDocuments' to a network location in a GPO we can always have the same code available on any system. This is an All-Hosts on steroids. The profile can contain any or all modules in its modules folder. Just think, Anywhere you log into the network you have all of your code.
I have hundreds of scripts and modules in this location along with my per-user profile. I also have this set up on every network I support. We can also use BITS to keep things sync'd although I haven't yet set this up.


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Green Arrow & The Flash 2015 Premier
With The Flash & Arrow season premiers out, what's the in-universe sequence of events for both as far as shared-universe is concerned? Find out here!
A Brilliant Young Mind (2014)
Struggling to build relationships with others, a teenage math prodigy (Asa Butterfield) develops a budding friendship with a young girl (Jo Yang) while competing at the International Mathematics Olympiad.
Book 6: The Fate of Ten
With Ella captured by Setrákus Ra and the invasion started, the Garde need help more than ever. Can Four, Sam, Six, Seven, and Adam, rally enough support before more of their friends die? What will happen to Ten, will she truly become Setrákus Ra's right hand?
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If you have ever felt the pull to serve in a public office, now might just be the perfect time to step forward and help direct Lyons' future. This April the Town of Lyons will hold an election for all six seats on the Board of Trustees (BOT) and for the Mayoral position. The Board meets twice a month (the first and third Mondays) for about two and a half to three hours (it just seems longer for those in the audience).
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Commissioner Clyburn Statement, Hearing on Broadband Spectrum Law
Download OptionsReleased: December 12, 2012
Statement of FCC Commissioner Mignon L. ClyburnBefore the Committee on Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
United States House of Representatives
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Chairman Walden, Ranking Member Waxman, and distinguished Representatives, good morning.
Thank you for the opportunity to discuss spectrum policy and the efforts of the Federal Communications
Commission to implement the historic legislation you passed in February of this year.
Over the past few years, consumer demand for wireless services has been increasing at a startling
pace and the Nation needs legislation and regulation that can promote deployment of services. It's hard to
believe that when I first started at the Commission in the summer of 2009, tablet devices had not yet been
introduced to the U. S. consumer. And now, according to the most recent data for this year, 22 percent of
American adults now own such a device. That figure is up from 11 percent in 2011. When you consider
these statistics, with the fact that tablets consume 121 times more spectrum than ordinary cellphones, you
immediately realize that our Nation's demand for wireless spectrum is on such an exponential trajectory
that two elements of spectrum management have become critical policy priorities. First, we must find
quicker ways to repurpose spectrum for commercial mobile services. Second, we must promote more
efficient uses of spectrum.
Congress understood this when it passed, on a bipartisan basis, the Middle Class Tax Relief and
Job Creation Act of 2012. The plain language of the spectrum management and public safety
communications sections of that Act make clear that, through a voluntary incentive auction, Congress was
giving the Commission authority to find a quicker tool to reallocate spectrum from broadcast TV services
to wireless services. Congress directed that the incentive auction of broadcast television spectrum have
three major pieces: a "reverse auction" in which broadcast television licensees submit bids to voluntarily
relinquish spectrum usage rights in exchange for payments; a reorganization, or "repacking" of the
broadcast television bands in order to free up a portion of the ultra-high frequency (UHF) band for other
uses; and a "forward auction" of initial licenses for flexible use of the newly available spectrum. For
those broadcast TV licensees who want to continue to use their spectrum to provide those services, the
Act mandates that the Commission make all reasonable efforts to preserve, as of the date of the enactment
of this Act, the coverage area and population served of each broadcast television licensee.
The Act also had clear directives for the proceeds from the forward auction. The Act requires
that the incentive auction result in proceeds that are greater than the sum of the total amount of
compensation the Commission must pay successful bidders in the reverse auction, the cost of
administering the broadcast television spectrum incentive auction, and the estimated amount of the
relocation cost reimbursements. The first $1.75 billion of the proceeds would go into a fund to repay
broadcast TV licensees reasonably incurred costs for being required to change frequencies as a result of
the repack process. The rest of the proceeds would be deposited in the Public Safety Trust Fund to fund a
national first responder network, state and local public safety grants, public safety research, and national
deficit reduction.
Congress also gave the Commission authority to promote the use of unlicensed spectrum. The
Act allows the Commission to implement guard bands that are technically reasonable to prevent harmful
interference between licensed services outside the guard bands. The statute also permits the use of such
guard bands for unlicensed use.
I am pleased to report that the Commission has been moving carefully but expeditiously to
comply with both the spirit and plain language of all the mandates in the Act. I also particularly
appreciate that the Commission staff members has been proactive in seeking the active engagement of the
public and all stakeholders. They began conducting webinars and workshops even before Congress
passed the Spectrum Act and it plans to hold several more such events throughout this proceeding. In
addition, FCC staff members have been trying to implement these statutory directives with the same
bipartisan approach that resulted in Congress passing the Act. Just two months after its enactment, a
unanimous, three-member Commission released an Order that set some basic ground rules for preparing
for incentive auctions. For example, it identified the specific broadcast TV licensees who may participate
in channel sharing and clarifies that channel sharing will be voluntary and flexible.
This past September, the Commission, this time at full complement, unanimously adopted a
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that sought comment on the full range of procedural and technical rules
that the Commission would have to adopt to conduct the voluntary incentive auctions. That Notice
proposes a band plan, with six megahertz guard bands, that meet specific requirements that they be no
larger than technically reasonable to prevent harmful interference between licensed services. It seeks
comment on the plan and asks the public to provide alternative band plans.
I believe it was important for the NPRM to propose a band plan with an appropriate balance of
unlicensed and licensed spectrum. Unlicensed spectrum plays a critical role in advancing more efficient
use of spectrum, and commercial wireless carriers are increasingly using unlicensed Wi-Fi services and
small cell architecture to offload their smartphone traffic. In November of last year, the Consumer
Federation of America found that unlicensed Wi-Fi offload resulted in wireless carriers not having to
construct 130,000 cell sites. This resulted in annual cost savings of more than 25 billion dollars. The
unlicensed spectrum proposals in the NPRM would also encourage development of wireless services that
can make effective use of unused spectrum, or White Spaces, in broadcast TV bands. In addition,
promoting continued innovation in the unlicensed service industry is important to our National economy.
As Representatives Anna Eshoo and Darryl Issa pointed out in a letter they presented to ensure the Act
contained statutory provisions for unlicensed spectrum use, it is estimated that unlicensed spectrum
generates between 16 and 37 billion dollars each year for the U.S. economy.
The Incentive Auction Notice also appropriately seeks comment on ways the Commission could
design the incentive auction to accomplish all the funding goals of the Act including funds for a national
first responder network. I believe the public safety goals of the Act are very important. When Congress
created the FCC in 1934, it made one of the Commission's foundational obligations "the promotion of
safety of life and property through the use of wire and radio communications." The devastation and
service outages caused by Derecho and Super Storm Sandy show that obligation remains as vital today as
it did almost eighty years ago. We may not be able to prevent natural disasters, but we can and must
improve our Nation's ability to respond to these events. Doing our best to make First Net successful
would go a long way toward enhancing our responses to these crises.
Thank you for allowing me to make these opening remarks. I look forward to your questions.
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Los Angeles Times Bestselling author Patricia Smiley writes a mystery series featuring business consultant and amateur sleuth Tucker Sinclair. Her short fiction has appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and Two of the Deadliest, an anthology edited by Elizabeth George.
Patty has taught writing classes at various conferences, including the Surrey International Writers Conference in British Columbia, the Jackson Hole Writers Conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming and the Book Passage Mystery Conference in Corte Madera, California. She served on the Board of Directors of the Southern California Chapter of Mystery Writers of America and as president of Sisters in Crime/Los Angeles.
The Long Version
I was born and raised in Yakima, Washington, where my mother taught me to love books and where I fell in love with mysteries while on my first adventure with Trixie Belden. After graduating from Eisenhower High School and attending classes at Yakima Valley College, I transferred to the University of Washington in Seattle where I majored in Drama but ultimately received my B.A. in Sociology. While in college I learned that acting is fun, but sociology is practical.
In my first job out of college, I worked as a group supervisor in detention at the King County Juvenile Court in Seattle where I learned to cuss and be paranoid. After four years of honing my skills, I got an opportunity to work at the Washington State Legislature in Olympia where my knowledge of cussing and especially my paranoia came in very handy.
Returning to Seattle I accepted a job as the manager for reservation sales for a major cruise line where I learned to say: "You're in the wrong city. The ship leaves from Vancouver, Canada, not Vancouver, Washington."
After exhausting all the lessons to be learned in Seattle, I headed for sunny California where I worked as general manager for an L.A. temporary personnel service and did some acting on the side. Needless to say, the lessons I learned while acting cannot be printed here.
I finally decided that perhaps the lessons I was learning were the wrong lessons. So I went to graduate school at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California and received an MBA, with honors. While in the program, I discovered something that changed the course of my life: I wanted to write a novel and not just any novel but a mystery novel, and not just any mystery novel but a mystery novel set in L.A. "Why do you want to write about L.A.?" people asked. "It's so...been done before." But by this time I had fallen in love with the city. Almost every day it made me laugh, grimace, and shake my head in amazement. One thing it never did was bore me. What's more, no one had written about my L.A., at least not in the way I experienced it. So I wrote my first novel, FALSE PROFITS, and by doing so, learned that sociology may be practical, but writing is definitely much more fun.
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Interview with Jane D of the Mystery Guild
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Visitors can browse the works of 14 artists at their studios and galleries from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday for the 2012 Sturgeon Bay Holiday Art Crawl.
Those stopping in at the artists' locations can peruse their new artwork, buy original art and indulge in some art-browsing refreshments. Seven of the artists are showing in Greco Gallery in downtown Sturgeon Bay, while the other seven will be at their own studio/galleries.
This year's crawl artists and locations (all in Sturgeon Bay) are: ...