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- Sansa Stark: "Why won't he speak to me?"
- Sandor Clegane: "He hasn't been very talkative these last 20 years. Since the Mad King had his tongue ripped out with hot pincers."
- Joffrey Baratheon: "He speaks damn well with his sword though."
- — Sansa Stark learns about Ilyn Payne[src]
Ilyn Payne is a recurring character in the first season. He is played by guest star Wilko Johnson and debuts in "The Kingsroad." Ser Ilyn Payne is a mute knight and the King's Justice, the royal executioner, to Robert Baratheon and his successor Joffrey Baratheon. He executed Eddard Stark for treason.
BackgroundSer Ilyn Payne had his tongue removed on the order of the Mad King for suggesting that Tywin Lannister, then Hand of the King and whom Ser Ilyn served as captain of guards, was the true ruler of Westeros rather than King Aerys II. He served Robert Baratheon as "the King's Justice" - the royal executioner.[1]
Season 1
Sansa Stark encounters Ilyn while out walking as they are traveling with the king's procession back to King's Landing, and is startled by his appearance. Sansa apologizes to Ilyn for possibly offending him, but receives no reply. Sandor Clegane informs her that Ilyn had his tongue removed years ago by the Mad King and now serves as the king's executioner.
Ilyn is later ordered to kill Sansa's direwolf Lady by Queen Cersei as revenge for another wolf attacking Joffrey Baratheon. Eddard Stark insists on carrying out the sentence himself instead.[2] Following the death of King Robert I in a hunting accident Ilyn serves King Joffrey I.[3]
Eddard is led before the people outside the Great Sept of Baelor and admits treason. Joffrey tells the crowd that both his Lady Sansa and his mother Cersei have asked that Ned be sent to Castle Black as a punishment. Joffrey claims that he does not have a soft heart like the women and believes that treason should be punished. He orders Ilyn to bring him Ned's head. Ilyn takes Ned's sword, Ice, and beheads Ned with one swift stroke.[4]
Marillion is brought before Joffrey because he wrote a song mocking King Robert and Queen Cersei. As a punishment, Joffrey orders Ser Ilyn Payne to cut out Marillion's tongue.[5]
Season 2
Ilyn Payne's unhesitating obedience in carrying out Joffrey's ridiculous order to execute Eddard Stark is not without repercussions. When Tyrion Lannister arrives in the capital city, sent by his father Tywin to rein in Joffrey's erratic behavior, he confronts his sister Cersei over her defense that she "tried to stop" Eddard's execution. Tyrion bluntly points out Joffrey wasn't the one holding the sword, yet both Cersei and Ser Ilyn robotically followed the psychotic boy-king's orders, when they could have easily just stopped what they were doing. Cersei has nothing else to say in her defense.[6]
Ilyn's execution of Ned Stark earns him a place on Arya's revenge list that she chants at each night.[7]
Ser Ilyn continues to serve King Joffrey as the War of the Five Kings ravages Westeros. During the Battle of the Blackwater, Ser Ilyn accompanies Queen Cersei to Maegor's Holdfast. Though the Queen claims Ser Ilyn is present to protect them and to deal with potential betrayers, she later admits to Sansa that Ilyn's true purpose is to execute her and Sansa, and possibly the rest of the ladies who have taken refuge in the holdfast should Stannis Baratheon take the city.[8]
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Behind the scenes
On January 9, 2013 actor Wilko Johnson announced that he had been diagnosed with terminal cancer of the pancreas. He said he would not be seeking treatment and announced plans for a series of farewell gigs in the UK.[9]
Johnson's declining health has apparently led to him being gradually phased out of the TV series. He only appeared in one episode of Season 2 ("Blackwater"), and did not appear in Season 3 at all. Then again, Ser Ilyn did not prominently appear in the first half of the third novel either (which was adapted as Season 3). Given that Ser Ilyn cannot speak or convey his thoughts through writing, he does not have particularly major presence in the storyline, but he is usually seen hovering around in the background at Joffrey's royal court.
On the other hand, Ser Ilyn does get a bit more to do at the end of the third novel and in pieces of the fourth, which would both potentially be adapted into Season 4. When Jaime returns to King's Landing he attempts to re-learn how to wield a sword using his left hand, and engages in repeated training fights with Ser Ilyn. Jaime picked Ser Ilyn to train with because initially he is so inexperienced with fighting left-handed that Ser Ilyn repeatedly leaves him knocked on the ground, bruised and bloody, yet because Ser Ilyn cannot speak he can inform no one of Jaime's embarrassing performance.
In the books
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Ilyn Payne served as Lord Tywin Lannister's captain of household guards when Tywin served Aerys II Targaryen as the Hand of the King. After being heard to joke that it was Tywin who truly ruled the Seven Kingdoms, King Aerys ordered Payne's tongue be removed with hot pincers. Even though he was high in Tywin Lannister's service, Tywin Lannister couldn't stop the Mad King, and this was another step in the increasing tensions between the two which eventually led to Tywin's resignation. King Robert Baratheon named Ser Ilyn as King's Justice as a present to Tywin Lannister to compensate Payne for the loss of his tongue while in service to the Lannisters.
In the book Ser Ilyn arrives at Robert's camp with Renly and Ser Barristan to provide escort back to King's Landing. When Gregor Clegane is terrorizing the Riverlands, Ser Ilyn's name is put forward to be sent to carry out the Hand's orders to arrest him, as King's Justice that's his job, but because of his ties to the Lannisters Lord Eddard sends Beric Dondarrion instead.
When Tyrion Lannister is leading the hill tribes in the army of Tywin Lannister in the Riverlands against the forces of Robb Stark, he is assigned a squire named Podrick Payne. Podrick is a distant relation of Ser Ilyn.
At the execution of Eddard Stark, Arya realizes to her dismay that the sword he uses to carry it out is the Valyrian great sword of House Stark, Ice. The sword was given to Ser Ilyn afterwards.
Ser Ilyn is a highly skilled executioner having never botched an execution and seldom requiring more than one blow. Ser Ilyn Payne is described as thin, bald, with clean-shaven but hollow and pockmarked cheeks, with colorless deep-set eyes. He wears iron-grey chainmail over boiled leather.
Ilyn is illiterate, thus after his tongue was removed he can no longer communicate complex messages to other people.
See also
- Ilyn Payne at A Wiki of Ice and Fire (spoilers from the books)
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- The relics of disrupted satellite galaxies have been found around the Milky Way and Andromeda, but direct evidence of a satellite galaxy in the early stages of disruption has remained elusive. We have discovered a dwarf satellite galaxy in the process of being torn apart by gravitational tidal forces as it merges with a larger galaxy's dark matter halo. Our results illustrate the morphological transformation of dwarf galaxies by tidal interaction and the continued buildup of galaxy halos.
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Re: Alan Wake
Yup, it is from American Nightmare. I just played it a second time, and I enjoyed it more than the first [time], tbh. You really should play it; it's definitely worth the download. Savannah Star 23:50, October 21, 2012 (UTC)
- This is just me, but before you play all of those other games you're planning to play, you should start with American Nightmare. Tbh, I'm surprised than I even have time to play video games and go on Wikia; I've also been busy as hell nowadays. Savannah Star 23:16, October 22, 2012 (UTC)
I <3 Twilight
I love twilight! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 126.96.36.199 (talk)
heyy tim um i was just wondering how do you get that template?
thanks for the welcome post. —Preceding unsigned comment added by NERD Minaj (talk • contribs)
yeah that one!!! :) do you know how i would be able to have a template please.
um thanx tim for you help but i just dont understand how to get a picture on that template. —Preceding unsigned comment added by NERD Minaj (talk • contribs)
Breaking Dawn 2 movie page
At your leisure, plese rename the BD2 movie page as it was before Annewbiz thought it wasn't suited. Meanwhile, I hope I got your archiving conventions right - couldn't be bothered to skim through 80+ messages to get to the goodies. MinorStoop 12:01, November 30, 2012 (UTC)
- By Pam more like. Sorry for the late acknowledgement, I was out of town for a couple of days. MinorStoop 18:19, December 2, 2012 (UTC)
User Annewbiz
If you don't mind, have this user Annewbiz blocked for a bit, will ya - I have asked politely too many times to check what's already on the wiki, and he does not even bother to listen. MinorStoop 22:11, December 3, 2012 (UTC)
- Not reacting to warnings. Not just here but on other wikis too.
- Mind you, when he was not going his own way, this guy did well, but we can have only one lone player here (CJ), don't you think so? MinorStoop 00:46, December 7, 2012 (UTC)
- P.S. Truth to tell, I remember at least one pointless editor here that should have been caught a lot earlier than (s)he did. I'd not repeat the experience. MinorStoop 00:51, December 7, 2012 (UTC)
Hey, Joker.
It's been a while since we've interacted. So this is random, but there's this guy in my drama class, and for our monologues unit, he prepared like three different Joker monologues from The Dark Knight. They. Were. So. Good. Today we actually performed for an audience, and he did the monologue about how the Joker got his scars, and it was great. He had the makeup and everything. So I thought of you. Lol. Anyway, how's life? And have you seen BD-2 yet, because you musteth if you haven't already. TeamTaycob 03:01, December 14, 2012 (UTC)
- Oh, I agree. I mean, nobody was able to see anyone's gift besides Kate's and Zafrina's. Eleazar telling Bella about her gift would seem sporadic and weird since the fact that his gift is the ability to see gifts was never explained. Gah. TeamTaycob 17:33, December 15, 2012 (UTC)
Happy holidays, Joker.
And I wish you all the video games in the universe. :D TeamTaycob 15:47, December 25, 2012 (UTC)
Twilight Wiki on Twitter
Hello! How would you feel about taking part of the responsibility for the Twilight Wiki's Twitter (@TwilightersWiki)? We maintain it daily but also like to have fun with it, and we would love to get someone active in the community to help out! We're happy to help out and show you what we do with it. If you are not interested in it, do you think there is anyone that would be/would maintain it pretty regularly? Let me know, thanks!
Grace 19:28, January 15, 2013 (UTC)
Admin dashboard
Is the little table at the bottom of your screen - with a link to the admin dashboard - missing for you, too? TeamTaycob 16:22, January 26, 2013 (UTC)
- I have no idea. I just noticed this morning. At first I thought I was stripped of my rights, but I can still block people, protect/unprotect pages, etc. TeamTaycob 02:13, January 27, 2013 (UTC)
LT, for what's worth it, I'll be away from tomorrow until Sunday. Hope you won't have much trouble here for that long without me and Pam. MinorStoop 19:01, March 13, 2013 (UTC)
Re: User rights
That was the "Chat mod" right - it's already part of the admin package. Don't really know why I didn't warn you. MinorStoop 04:35, April 1, 2013 (UTC)
List why the Team Jacob/Team Edward war is stupid
Just curious - were the contents of the page "Why the Team Edward/Team Jacob war is stupid?" intentionally removed? (see http://twilightsaga.wikia.com/wiki/Why_the_Team_Edward/Team_Jacob_war_is_stupid?action=history) Is this deliberate, accidental or a difference of opinion? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chantallef (talk • contribs)
New video feature enabled for test
I am writing to let you know that this community has been chosen to test out a new feature we just released: Licensed Video Swap. This is an admin only page, that allows for automatic finding and replacing of videos already on your wiki with their matches from Wikia Video. Why might you want to do this? Many of the videos embedded on wikis become unavailable when they are removed or taken down for copyright violations. To provide an alternative, Wikia has licensed thousands of videos for use across Wikia from several content partners. Wikia has the official license to display these videos. We receive new videos daily, so our library is constantly growing!
This special page is an easy way for you to see if we have a licensed copy of the same or similar videos on your wikis. Please note that often the exact same video may have a different video thumbnail so it's best to preview the videos before you make a decision.
We are testing this on a few select wikis, and would love to hear your feedback. Is this page easy to use? Did the videos match what was already there? What improvements would you like to see made to this page that would encourage you to use it more?
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I left this message for you, Charmed-Jay and MinorStoop since you are the bureaucrats. Let me know if there is a better place to post. --Sarah (help forum | blog) 21:03, August 8, 2013 (UTC)
Please, block this user for a while. MinorStoop 14:59, August 30, 2013 (UTC)
At your leisure, please have this idiot blocked. MinorStoop 01:28, September 11, 2013 (UTC)
This needs again a makeover. Thanks. MinorStoop 06:26, September 22, 2013 (UTC)
This gets boring fast...
Get this Volturi-obsessed guy blocked, will ya? Thanks MinorStoop 08:12, October 2, 2013 (UTC)
If you have the time, block this guy - Jay seems not to have thought of doing so. Thanks. MinorStoop 06:59, November 4, 2013 (UTC)
- A kid with delusions of grandeur. MinorStoop 07:50, November 4, 2013 (UTC)
I'd say that he's carrying the previous IP's bad habits with him - worth blocking him for a bit longer than said IP. MinorStoop 22:14, November 4, 2013 (UTC)
- S'pose we can go ahead - Jay reverted a couple of his self-injections in the series... MinorStoop 05:35, November 6, 2013 (UTC)
Bella Swan's page
Sorry, mate, but could you unprotet Bella Swan's page for me? Thanks! MinorStoop 06:44, November 17, 2013 (UTC)
- Never mind, already been taken care of. MinorStoop 07:52, November 17, 2013 (UTC)
Licensed Video Swap
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Maryland Politics is moving
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We made a much smaller version of the craft and instead of making it a combined family craft, each of my boys completed their own. We used bubble wrap to paint the dragons. Love this technique. It is so fun and fast!
Since I decided to add feet to the dragons, I ended up having to cut them out for the boys after the paint was dry. We cut out different colored triangles to add spikes to the dragons. We also added a googly eye to him and finished him off with crinkled red and orange tissue paper glued to the back of his mouth for the fire. They turned out super cute! If you are interest in making this craft, I saved my dragon pattern and you can find it HERE.
The best part about this craft was that knowing the Chinese New Year was coming up, I picked up some dragon books at our trip to the library last week.
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Palm Garden
Palm Garden
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- Beach 80 m
- Centre 1,5 km
- Capital 55 km
- Tourist Info 500 m
- Airport 60 km
- Port 250 m
- Public Bus Service 80 m
- Taxi Rank 250 m
- Health Centre 1,5 km
- Pharmacy 20 m
- Supermarket 10 m
- Cash Point 10 m
- Leisure Area 250 m
- Shopping Area 250 m
- Cinemas & Theatres 45 km
- Theme Park 45 km
- Sports Centre 250 m
- Golf Course 1,5 km
- Convention Centre 55 km
- Nature Park 3,5 km
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|Name: PALM GARDEN
|Category: APARTMENTS
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|Type: Holidays and breaks, Families, Sports
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|Year built: 1987
|Last integral refurbishment: --
|Last facilities refurbishment: 2013
|Last room refurbishment: 2013
|Building type: Vertical
|Number of buildings: 5
|Number of floors: 3
|Number of rooms: 83
|Number of disabled adapted rooms: --
|Street and number: Avinguda Reina Sofia, 1
|Town/City: 07400 Port d´Alcúdia, Majorca
|Province: Balearic Islands
|Tel: (+34) 971 066 300
|Fax: (+34) 971 066 329
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|Hotel website: http://www.gardenhotels.com/en/hotels/palm-garden
|Latitude: 39.841303687534506
|Longitude: 3.126723187249808
At a glance
- Beach 80 m
- Centre 1,5 km
- Capital 55 km
- Tourist Info 500 m
- Airport 60 km
- Port 250 m
- Public Bus Service 80 m
- Taxi Rank 250 m
- Health Centre 1,5 km
- Pharmacy 20 m
- Supermarket 10 m
- Cash Point 10 m
- Leisure Area 250 m
- Shopping Area 250 m
- Cinemas & Theatres 45 km
- Theme Park 45 km
- Sports Centre 250 m
- Golf Course 1,5 km
- Convention Centre 55 km
- Nature Park 3,5 km
Key facilities & services
Avenida Reina Sofia, 1, 07400.
Port d´Alcúdia, Majorca
Telephone: (+34) 971 066 300
Fax: (+34) 971 066 329
Port dAlcúdia
The municipality of Alcúdia is located in the north-east of Majorca, 54 km from the island's capital, Palma de Mallorca, and 60 km from Son Sant Joan International Airport. On the coast, just 2 km from the centre of the municipality lies Port d'Alcúdia, which boasts a marina and a large expanse of fine sand. Palm Garden stands just 80 metres from the beach and access to the S'Albufera Nature Park is just 500/750 metres from the hotel.
Avenida Reina Sofia, 1, 07400.
Port d´Alcúdia, Majorca
Telephone: (+34) 971 066 300
Fax: (+34) 971 066 329
Port d´Alcúdia, Majorca
Huddled among the impressively sheer cliffs of Majorca's North Coast lie some of the island's finest beaches. The stunning Mediterranean landscape proudly unfolds to reveal unspoilt coves, tucked away between vast expanses of natural sands. It's hard to resist the temptation to cool off in the crystal-clear waters whilst enjoying the simply perfect climate. Alcúdia is the perfect combination of an impressive natural heritage and a fascinating historical legacy.
The beaches and surroundings
Port d'Alcúdia is situated just 3 km from the medieval town of Alcúdia, in the north-east of Majorca. A magnificent natural setting dotted with islets, cliffs and large stretches of sand, bounded by the bays of Pollença and Alcúdia. This area is home to some of the island's most striking coves. And although every beach has something special to offer, the highlights are undoubtedly Alcanada, Can Cap de Bou and El Coll Baix, to name but a few.
Countless canals back the seafront at Port d'Alcúdia, which is affectionately known as 'The City of Lakes'. Lake Esperanza and Lake Menor make for a striking sight amongst the modern amenities offering a full range of services.
Leisure and free time
Alcúdia and the surrounding area are a heaven for leisure and sporting activities: sailing, surfing, swimming, scuba diving, paragliding, hang gliding, horse riding, golf, beach volleyball, squash and padel tennis... the list goes on and on. This privileged area also offers a wide choice of signposted trails for cycling, hiking and Nordic Walking, taking visitors through simply stunning scenery.
Local attractions also include a water park with original facilities that guarantee fun for all the family. A number of boat trips sail daily from Port d'Alcúdia, touring the impressive beauty spots that pepper the island's north coast.
Flora and fauna
Puig de la Victòria, Punta de Manresa, Son Fe, Puig de Sant Martí and S'Albufereta are Alcúdia's principal natural areas. They are home to countless protected species of flora and fauna such as the osprey, which nests in the area known as La Victòria, or the purple foxglove, an ornamental perennial plant that is endemic to the Balearic Islands.
Classic Mediterranean species such as the juniper are to be found among the dunes of Alcúdia Bay. Olive, pine and holm oak trees cover vast expanses of the rocky coastline, whilst the tamarind tree, a familiar sight in the Balearic Islands, clusters to form large forests in S'Albufereta.
History and culture
The origins of Alcúdia are rooted in an ancient Muslim farming community called 'Al-Qudya', which in Arabic means hill, although the indications are that the earliest settlers date back to the pre-Talaiot period, sometime between 2000 and 1500 BCE.
The Roman city of Pol·lèntia and the Roman Theatre are situated south of Alcúdia's historic quarter. They were declared a Historic-Artistic Site in 1974, together with the medieval wall that surrounds the town.
Other places of interest include the Major Tower, built in the 17th century to defend Alcúdia from pirate attacks, and 'Cova de Sant Martí', a natural cave linked to the arrival of Christianity to this area.
The local cuisine is renowned for its mouth-watering flavours and variety. Traditional dishes include frit de porc (stir-fried pork, potatoes and peppers), tumbet (Majorca's version of ratatouille), arròs brut (a meat and vegetable rice dish) and sopes mallorquines (vegetables and meat simmered slowly with bread to soak up the stock). Sobrassada is Majorca's best-known cured meat, made from pork, bacon and paprika.
When it comes to sweets and pastries, nothing can compare with a delicious ensaïmada. Wound round to form a spiral shape, this exquisite pastry can be filled with a wide range of ingredients, such as cream, chocolate, confectioner's custard and sweet pumpkin jam. Wine is also deeply rooted in the island's cultural heritage; two regions have been awarded a Designation of Origin: Binissalem and Pla i Llevant.


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Devils is in an article about crowd funding for animated shorts in issue 155 of 3D World.
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Just read it - it's a really good article and with a whole page devoted to DA&D a great place to get extra exposure too. And well done on the award, first of many I'm sure.
I just bought it too :) Brilliant work Mike


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Funding Levels for Final FY 2011 "Continuing Resolution"
April 13, 2011
The House is expected to vote today on the final agreement on the FY 2011 "continuing resolution" (HR 1473), funding discretionary federal programs for the remaining six months of the current fiscal year. As has been widely reported in the press, this final agreement follows months of partisan stalemate that nearly shutdown the federal government last week.
Deep Cuts in Mental Illness Research, Services and Housing Programs Averted
While there are cuts to a number of programs, the final agreement on the "continuing resolution" largely restores deep reductions included in an earlier version of the legislation (HR 1), which passed the House in February. This included a seven percent reduction to mental illness research and a 70 percent reduction to a critical program that builds supportive housing for non-elderly adults living with mental illness.
As part of the agreement between the President and bipartisan congressional leaders, all discretionary programs would be subject to an across-the-board 0.2 percent rescission. Beyond this mandatory reduction, the final "continuing resolution" will leave program administrators and agency heads significant leeway in how to allocate any reductions that must be realized between now and the end of the current fiscal year, September 30, 2011. In many cases, funding levels are set for entire agencies with no direction from Congress as to what functions to cut (e.g., personnel, contracts, discretionary grants, etc.). As a result, the legislation requires each agency to submit a plan to Congress within 30 days on how all reductions are to be imposed.
Details on Funding Levels for Remaining FY 2011
Mental Illness Research at NIMH
In a major victory, investments in biomedical research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will not face a significant cut below its current FY 2010 level of $30.8 billion. This includes the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). In addition to the 0.2 percent rescission noted above, there is a $210 million reduction for NIH that will be imposed on a pro-rata basis across all NIH institutes and centers. For NIMH, this will mean less than a 0.9 percent reduction. This will leave NIMH close to its FY 2010 level of $1.489 billion for the remaining months of the current fiscal year. By contrast, the House passed "continuing resolution" would have imposed a 7 percent reduction on NIMH, an $86 million cut.
Mental Health Services at SAMHSA
Mental illness and substance abuse treatment services at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) would be subject to a $52 million reduction under the final "continuing resolution," a $45 million cut, plus the 0.2 percent rescission imposed on all agencies and programs. This is about a 1.5 percent cut to SAMHSA's overall budget of $3.386 billion. By contrast, the House-passed version of HR 1 would have imposed a $200 million cut to SAMHSA. It is unclear at this point how SAMHSA Administrator Pam Hyde will allocate these reductions within the agency's budget. More than two thirds of the SAMHSA's budget is formula grant programs for the states that funds critical mental health and substance abuse treatment services.
In a major victory, the final "continuing resolution" for FY 2011 restores a 70 percent reduction that had been proposed in the House-passed version of HR 1 to the HUD Section 811 program, a critical resource that builds permanent supportive housing for people living with severe disabilities, including serious mental illness.
The final "continuing resolution" allocates $150 million for the Section 811 program. This is well above the $90.36 million that was allocated in the House version that passed in February. This $150 million total restores funding for development of new supportive housing units in 2011 (the House completely eliminated these funds). For FY 2011, $50 million will be available for production of new units.
More importantly, it allows for renewal of all existing rent and operating subsidies associated with the program. This includes funding for both "project-based" operating subsidies (known as PRACs) and "mainstream tenant-based voucher" renewals. PRAC renewals are needed to keep existing supportive housing units in place for current tenants. Likewise "mainstream" voucher renewal funding is needed to keep certain rental vouchers in place. The House-passed version of HR 1 failed to provide sufficient funding for these operating and rent subsidy renewals. It would have meant that current lease compliant tenants in 811 housing would have been placed at risk of losing their housing before September 30.
For programs under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, the final "continuing resolution" allocates $1.9 billion. This is $180 million above the level in HR 1 and provides enough funding to ensure that all current rent and operating subsidies under the Shelter Plus Care and SHP permanent housing programs are renewed this year. In addition, the final version of the "continuing resolution" allocates $50 million for new supportive housing units under the VASH program (the joint HUD-VA program that funds supportive housing for homeless veterans).
Social Security Administration
Funding for Social Security's mandatory entitlement programs (including SSI and SSDI) are not included in the discretionary budget. However, SSA's administrative functions are subject to the agency's discretionary budget, known as the Limitation on Administrative Expenses (LAE). Providing sufficient funds to SSA through the LAE is critical to helping the agency keep pace with the large and growing backlog of administrative appeals that often leave claimants for SSI and SSDI eligibility waiting years for hearing decisions. For the remaining months of the current fiscal year, SSA will have to absorb a $25 million cut to its FY 2010 LAE of $10.8 billion, on top of the $21.6 million mandatory 0.2 percent rescission imposed on all agencies and programs. The final bill also imposes a $21.6 million rescission for information technology improvements.


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The manufacturer, Baby Matters LLC of Berwyn, Pa., told The Associated Press that it had gone out of business.
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(1) For any proposed collection of information contained in a proposed rule—
(A) as soon as practicable, but no later than the date of publication of a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register, each agency shall forward to the Director a copy of any proposed rule which contains a collection of information and any information requested by the Director necessary to make the determination required under this subsection; and
(B) within 60 days after the notice of proposed rulemaking is published in the Federal Register, the Director may file public comments pursuant to the standards set forth in section 3508 on the collection of information contained in the proposed rule;
(2) When a final rule is published in the Federal Register, the agency shall explain—
(A) how any collection of information contained in the final rule responds to the comments, if any, filed by the Director or the public; or
(3) If the Director has received notice and failed to comment on an agency rule within 60 days after the notice of proposed rulemaking, the Director may not disapprove any collection of information specifically contained in an agency rule.
(4) No provision in this section shall be construed to prevent the Director, in the Director's discretion—
(A) from disapproving any collection of information which was not specifically required by an agency rule;
(B) from disapproving any collection of information contained in an agency rule, if the agency failed to comply with the requirements of paragraph (1) of this subsection;
(C) from disapproving any collection of information contained in a final agency rule, if the Director finds within 60 days after the publication of the final rule that the agency's response to the Director's comments filed under paragraph (2) of this subsection was unreasonable; or
(D) from disapproving any collection of information contained in a final rule, if—
(i) the Director determines that the agency has substantially modified in the final rule the collection of information contained in the proposed rule; and
(5) This subsection shall apply only when an agency publishes a notice of proposed rulemaking and requests public comments.
(1) Any decision by the Director under subsection (c), (d), (h), or (j) to disapprove a collection of information, or to instruct the agency to make substantive or material change to a collection of information, shall be publicly available and include an explanation of the reasons for such decision.
(2) Any written communication between the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, or any employee of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, and an agency or person not employed by the Federal Government concerning a proposed collection of information shall be made available to the public.
(3) This subsection shall not require the disclosure of—
(A) any information which is protected at all times by procedures established for information which has been specifically authorized under criteria established by an Executive order or an Act of Congress to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy; or
(1) An independent regulatory agency which is administered by 2 or more members of a commission, board, or similar body, may by majority vote void—
(A) any disapproval by the Director, in whole or in part, of a proposed collection of information of that agency; or
(B) an exercise of authority under subsection (d) ofsection 3507 concerning that agency.
(2) The agency shall certify each vote to void such disapproval or exercise to the Director, and explain the reasons for such vote. The Director shall without further delay assign a control number to such collection of information, and such vote to void the disapproval or exercise shall be valid for a period of 3 years.
(1) If an agency decides to seek extension of the Director's approval granted for a currently approved collection of information, the agency shall—
(A) conduct the review established under section 3506 (c), including the seeking of comment from the public on the continued need for, and burden imposed by the collection of information; and
(B) after having made a reasonable effort to seek public comment, but no later than 60 days before the expiration date of the control number assigned by the Director for the currently approved collection of information, submit the collection of information for review and approval under this section, which shall include an explanation of how the agency has used the information that it has collected.
(2) If under the provisions of this section, the Director disapproves a collection of information contained in an existing rule, or recommends or instructs the agency to make a substantive or material change to a collection of information contained in an existing rule, the Director shall—
(1) If the Director finds that a senior official of an agency designated under section 3506 (a) is sufficiently independent of program responsibility to evaluate fairly whether proposed collections of information should be approved and has sufficient resources to carry out this responsibility effectively, the Director may, by rule in accordance with the notice and comment provisions of chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code, delegate to such official the authority to approve proposed collections of information in specific program areas, for specific purposes, or for all agency purposes.
(2) A delegation by the Director under this section shall not preclude the Director from reviewing individual collections of information if the Director determines that circumstances warrant such a review. The Director shall retain authority to revoke such delegations, both in general and with regard to any specific matter. In acting for the Director, any official to whom approval authority has been delegated under this section shall comply fully with the rules and regulations promulgated by the Director.
(1) The agency head may request the Director to authorize a collection of information, if an agency head determines that—
(A) a collection of information—
(B) the agency cannot reasonably comply with the provisions of this subchapter because—
(2) The Director shall approve or disapprove any such authorization request within the time requested by the agency head and, if approved, shall assign the collection of information a control number. Any collection of information conducted under this subsection may be conducted without compliance with the provisions of this subchapter for a maximum of 180 days after the date on which the Director received the request to authorize such collection.
Source(Added Pub. L. 104–13, § 2,May 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 176; amended Pub. L. 104–106, div. E, title LVI, § 5605(d),Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 700; Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1064(b)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–275.)
Prior Provisions
A prior section 3507, added Pub. L. 96–511, § 2(a),Dec. 11, 1980, 94 Stat. 2819; amended Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(m) [title VIII, § 817], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–308, 1783–338, and Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(m) [title VIII, § 817], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–308, 3341–338, related to submission to Director of public information collection request for an approval or delegation to a senior official of an agency prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 104–13.
Another prior section 3507,Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1304, provided for cooperation of agencies in making information available, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 96–511. See section 3510 (a) of this title.
2000—Subsecs. (e)(3)(B), (h), (j). Pub. L. 106–398substituted "subchapter" for "chapter" wherever appearing.
1996—Subsec. (j)(2). Pub. L. 104–106substituted "180 days" for "90 days".
Effective Date of 2000 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 106–398effective 30 days after Oct. 30, 2000, see section 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1065] of Pub. L. 106–398, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3531 of this title.
Effective Date of 1996 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 104–106effective 180 days after Feb. 10, 1996, see section 5701 ofPub. L. 104–106, Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 702.
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We are once again forced by circumstances to comment on the controversial land issue in this column, probably for the third time this year alone.
There is no way we can wish away the land problem in a country which mainly depends on this natural resource for survival, when faced by the situation where a few greedy and short-sighted characters with a voice in national affairs as well as an influence in the allocation of national resources are busy colluding with both local and foreign agents to kill or sell for a song the proverbial goose that lays the golden eggs.
This time around, the writer is reacting to the special report which appeared in last Sunday edition of this very newspaper, under an eye catching headline of: "AgriSol lands another 10,000ha amid growing public outcry". I read the report between the lines and concluded that there was something to write home about, for the purpose of keeping the ball rolling, in the interests of our mother land of apparent peace and harmony.
For the advantage of those who did not have the opportunity to see or go through this advocacy write-up, a paragraph or two on the gist of it will help to put things in proper perspective and enable my dear readers to appreciate the issue at stake.
In short, the US based company involved in the new deal is reported to have acquired some 300,000 hectares in Mpanda district this year for agricultural development.
It is an open secret that the acquisition of land of this size has raised complaints from various quarters in the area, although some top level leaders, who happen to believe in the gospel which says foreign investors are our ultimate saviours, are apparently surprised about this kind of "negative" reaction.
As pointed out in the headline of the investigative article being revisited, residents of Lugufu area in Kigoma, where AgriSol has acquired yet another chunk of land, are up in arms protesting against the manner in which the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between local government authorities and the company were negotiated and allegedly sealed.
In short, they say the whole affair was not open enough to residents in the area to know the details and appreciate what they are likely to gain from controversial deal.
We note that in this saga, individuals willing to speak their minds on the issue are volunteering to give their names and determined to state their stand on the issue anywhere and any time. It is at this juncture when we get the impression that this can't be a baseless story.
The significance of this incident is that it is not an isolated one. Land deals involving local as well as foreign investors, sanctioned by local government authorities after apparently involving citizens in affected areas, but which in no time turn sour and generate social conflicts, are common countrywide. Where good governance reigns, leaders at higher levels are expected to smell a rat under such circumstances and do the necessary - that is take urgent measures to contain the ugly situation. This is not happening.
By the way, we may as well note that officers behind this mess are not necessarily acting illegally. The current land policy and relevant laws allow them to sanction such deals after involving fully the citizens and leaders at the local level. But the well known corruption cancer does not allow the systems in place to work smoothly. Here lies the root cause of the nagging land problem.
Indeed, land conflicts are now so acute that one can say with confidence that cries to address the land question in the new constitution will come from different corners of the country. But another question is - given the rate at which land is being grabbed, will there be any to protect in four years time when the "reviewed" constitution is likely to be in place?
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Ridgeview Goldens will have puppies on the ground 12/1
FYI, for anyone in California interested in a quality puppy, Ridgeview has a litter of 8-10 pups due at the end of this month. I've met the breeder and she is fabulous. She is taking puppy reservations now. It looks to be a good litter. Pedigree: Roxy X Sonny
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Sonny's eye clearance is current. I suspect it just hasn't been sent in yet. It should be a lovely litter! Obviously I'm a little biased since they will be half-siblings to my Kira. And I cannot say enough good things about Melissa at Ridgeview, she is wonderful
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There are an awful lot of reputable breeders who have decided that breeding to Sonny is acceptable. I know that Melissa has thought deeply about this. I guess we'll see.
Your 45% comment isn't necessarily accurate in other than a general sense. I've read the study that came up with that number, which is general statistical figure for puppies from two parents with ED -- not the case here, as both parents have good hips and elbows. To my knowledge, no one really knows the risks in any particular pairing, and how ED is passed on, and how much of it is environmental, and what the true rate is, as most pet dogs -- the vast majority from most litters -- never get tested or reported. As you correctly note, almost all of Sonny's siblings were sold to show homes. Who knows what the rate would be if all pet puppies were tested and reported? That's one of the self-acknowledged limitations of the study you cite.
Also, the Sonny sibling elbows all seem to be from the particular pairing of Ryder x Versace. When you look at the pairings of each of those dogs with others, you don't see the elbows (but again, you also don't see all the pups going to show homes and getting tested). And unfortunately, no one knows how that trait is passed on, or if there is a heightened risk in subsequent generations (beyond the generation of Ryder x Versace pups). In fact, not a single study has noted a second generation increase in ED from pups who passed OFA; and instead have noted in that generation the exact same 11% rate of reported ED. So, the only study on point concludes that pups of parents who both passed OFA hips (even if siblings did not) has the exact same chance of ED as found in the general population.
Of course, none of this is determinative. We all want a LOT more information on these things. Our lack of real knowledge is frustrating, and can lead to a lot of different opinions as we all try to tease out the truth and the real risks. Which, I suppose, is why breeders differ so much in their ideas of what is and is not a risky breeding.
And the reason I am aware of the Ryder issues and ED studies is because of a long conversation with Melissa about this, and how she evaluated the risk in this breeding. She is very open about this. I even contacted some of the owners of Sonny siblings that didn't pass elbows to see what the situation was, hoping I could learn more about this. One was due to an injury. Two others were asymptomatic grade 1 ED in one elbow (both the left). None of them were bred.
I will be interested in seeing how all the great many Sonny pups around the country test as they get old enough for OFA certs. If you go by the study conclusions, this Sonny x Roxy litter should have no greater incidence than the general population. But we shall see.
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I'd also like to make a comment on the point that a lot of breeders are breeding to him....sadly I don't see that as a good sign...It is discussed a lot among breeders about "popular sire syndrome" and breeding to what wins. Sonny has done VERY well in the ring and so has many of his siblings. It has been an incredible breeding in terms of success in the show ring....do you think its possible that fact might allow breeders to rationalize some health risks, in hopes of producing a litter of winners?
This is the same discussion that comes up all over the country every time someone breeds to Sonny, because he is the #3 Golden in the country this year (and his sister, Chloe is #1), and because he is being sired prolifically. I doubt we will have anything new to say. The only science we have that I have seen suggests that the odds of ED in issue from any two parents passing elbows is 11%, and does not indicate causation of higher rates due to clearances or lack thereof in aunts and uncles. I would certainly be very interested in reading any study that concludes a heightened risk, as you say, so would you be kind enough to provide me a link or other source that I can read? I'm very interested in learning as much as possible about this so I can tell fact from conjecture. I'm trying to find every scientific study on this that I can. The problem for all of us is that there just isn't enough, at this point. But please help me learn by pointing me in the right direction. I will happily agree with you on all of this if I can "see it with my own eyes."
There is so much conflicting anecdotal evidence out there, it's head-spinning. I know of a litter of six, where three of the pups were exercised hard at a young age, and three were not. The three that were exercised all failed elbows. The three that were not all passed. What does that say? No one knows. But that doesn't stop people from coming to all sorts of conclusions. We are all looking for answers where certainty is lacking.
I'm not sure about your suggestion that it doesn't matter whether we test all pups in a litter or which ones we test. The ones who are tested tend to be the ones that seem most structurally sound at 8 weeks, and which go on to be shown. The ones with perhaps the greater potential for hip or elbow problems often don't get sent to show homes and don't get tested. At 8 weeks you can tell on some puppies that their front ends are not put together in a sound way, and I suggest that those are the most likely to fail elbows and the least likely to be tested.
As for your suggestion that popular sire syndrome might give rise to denial in breeders, that certainly can be the case. We humans have a terrific and unfortunate capacity for rationalization. But I would hesitate to label all breeders who choose to breed to a particular dog (Sonny or another) as rationalizing, just because they make a breeding that you would not.
But you talk about popular sire syndrome, it is definitely a problem. Kirby (Rush Hill's Haagen Dazs) produced more children than China does, and he didn't receive clearances until he was 10 years old. Back then, they just weren't available and people were breeding in the dark, passing on huge numbers of problems throughout the breed. Thankfully, Kirby passed and his kids did pretty well.
I think you've pretty successfully trashed Sonny pups, here. I don't think it's warranted. In a couple years we can compare notes on how all the great many Sonny pups across the country fare on OFAs.
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I think that until every golden gets tested for hips and elbows, you cannot make blanket statements about the heritability of such traits. I have a bitch who has clear elbows and hips and has produced such. Other than her puppy that I kept, all went to pet homes, so no OFA's, but none are clinical for any lameness... I sold one of her brothers whose owners came back to me two years later for a pup. My bitch reaborbed her pups, so I sent them to the breeder that had the sire of the dog they got from me.... At least three pups from that very large litter had clinical ED and HD. I own an extremely sound 8.5 year old bitch from the same sire. While it gave me pause to know he sired ED and HD, you also have to consider that some combos are not meant to be. A friend of mine bred a litter years ago and all pups were clinically sound. She bred the same bitch to a different dog and most male pups in the litter had shoulder OCD.... OFA is also skewed as some animals rads are not sent in when ED and HD are blatantly obvious...
And anyone who has ever bred a litter knows it is always a judgment call. Can any breeder here tell me that there isn't something somewhere in a pedigree that gives them pause???
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