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Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies
© Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd and Crawford School of Public Policy at The Australian National University
Edited By: Tom Kompas
Online ISSN: 2050-2680
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Aims and Scope
Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies is the flagship journal of the Crawford School of Public Policy at The Australian National University. It is a peer-reviewed journal that targets research in policy studies in Australia, Asia and the Pacific, across a discipline focus that includes economics, political science, governance, development and the environment. Specific themes of recent interest include health and education, aid, migration, inequality, poverty reduction, energy, climate and the environment, food policy, public administration, the role of the private sector in public policy, trade, foreign policy, natural resource management and development policy.
Papers on a range of topics that speak to various disciplines, the region and policy makers are encouraged. The goal of the journal is to break down barriers across disciplines, and generate policy impact. Submissions will be reviewed on the basis of content, policy relevance and readability.
Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies has support of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) of the Australian Government, and commissions research in areas of particular interest to its Editors and DFAT.
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Journal article
Choe YS, Jeong J (1993) Charitable Contributions by Low- and Middle-Income
Taxpayers: Further Evidence with a New Method. National Tax Journal 46, 33–39.
Online article not yet published in an issue
An online article that has not yet been published in an issue (therefore has no volume, issue or page numbers) can be cited by its Digital Object Identifier (DOI). The DOI will remain valid and allow an article to be tracked even after its allocation to an issue.
Murphy K, Tyler TR, Curtis A (2009) Nurturing regulatory compliance: Is
procedural justice effective when people question the legitimacy of the law?
Regulation & Governance doi: 10.1111/j.1748-5991.2009.01043.x
Fujita M, Krugman P, Venables AJ (2001) The Spatial Economy: Cities, Regions,
and International Trade. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.
Chapter in a book
Anderson K, Tyers R (1990) How Developing Countries Could Gain from
Agricultural Trade Liberalization in the Uruguay round. In: Goldin I,
Knudsen O (eds) Agricultural Trade Liberalization: Implications for Developing
Countries, pp. 387- 424. Organization for Economic Co-operation and
Development, Paris.
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Open a Pool - Removing the Pool Cover
Jonathan Broga
Potomac Pool Service
Melanie and Jonathan Broga founded Potomac Pool Service, Inc. in 2003 to provide a higher class of service in the residential swimming pool market. While working in the commercial pool management industry over the last 12 years, it became increasingly clear that the residential market was lacking the professionalism that homeowners were expecting and deserving. For all too many pool owners, the pool had become a headache and a burden, and the problems most commonly stemmed from unreliable, uninformed service technicians.
Potomac Pool Service, Inc. technicians are friendly, knowledgeable, conscientious and reliable. We take pride in our appearance by maintaining clean uniforms and vehicles. We realize that a pool is an extension of one's home, and may be the focal point of social entertainment, a private retreat for adults or a major part of family recreation. With this in mind we understand that the water must be clear and inviting, and equipment dependable and efficient. We work with a goal of minimizing surprises for the pool owner through routine preventive maintenance, and maintaining proper water chemistry. Water that is not carefully balanced can cause enormous destruction to a pool heating and filtration system in a short amount of time. Potomac Pool Service, Inc. only hires Certified Pool Operators and technicians trained by the National Spa and Pool Institute to ensure your water and equipment is adjusted properly.
If you are not happy with your current service provider, or if you are ready to stop worrying about the pool so that you can just enjoy it, call us at Potomac Pool Service, Inc. From major renovations to a one-time service call, we have the experience, knowledge, and equipment to provide a higher class of customer service.
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Jonathan Broga: I am Jonathan Broga with Potomac Pool Service. Today, I am showing you how to open a pool for the season.
The first thing we are going to do is remove the pool cover. This particular pool has a mesh safety cover. If your pool does not have a safety cover, then it most likely has a water bag cover, which probably means its kind of a mess. You are going to need to pump the water off at first, remove the debris by hand before you attempt to remove the cover. The water weighs several hundred pounds and any attempt to remove it with the water on it will result in dirty debris filled water in your pool. You will most likely want to upgrade to a cover like this for your own safety and for the cosmetics of the pool cover. With the cover on, an easy and simple way to check your water level and ensure that its high enough is via the skimmer. If you open your skimmer, you will find that you most likely have something that looks like this floating in it. The technical term for this is an anti-expansion device, but really its just a half filled bottle of anti-freeze. It protects your skimmer during the winter.
But if you look in the skimmer, you can clearly see the water level in your pool and judge whether its going to be high enough for you to actually start the system. In this case, it's almost to the scum line, we call it, left-over from last year. So I know that I am going to have enough water to open the pool. Now removing a pool cover is very simple and only requires one person. People are often surprised when I show upon myself, but if you take proper planning, now where you are going to pull the cover, how are you are going to fold it and do it one step at a time, it only requires one person.
The first thing to do, get any debris off the cover. The best way to do that would be to attach your brush to your vacuum pool and bring everything to one side, making nice neat little piles. That's the first step to prevent things from falling in the pool as you remove the cover. Once you have planned where you are going to pull the cover and you have got a clear area of the deck, go ahead and remove the springs from the grommet.
This is what we call a cover popper. It should have been included when you purchased your cover. Its used for prying off the high tension springs that are currently attached to your grommets. If you don't have one and you are in a pinch, you can always use the heel of your boot and kick it off. That will remove it off the grommet.
If your pool cover has any special features that require D-rings as opposed to springs, make sure you remove the springs on the other side of the pool first. That will make it easy to remove the D-ring. Then put the grommets down into the deck immediately. This prevents the grommets from catching the springs as you pull the pool cover off. It also helps prevent a trip hazard as you make your way around the pool.
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2555 Shumard Oak Blvd.
Tallahassee, FL 32399-2100
RE: Second Appeal–City of Maitland, FL, PA ID 095-42575-00, Debris Removal from Private Property, FEMA-1539-DR-FL, Project Worksheets (PW) 34, 1161 & 1172
Dear Mr. Koon:
This is in response to the letter from your office dated November 23, 2011, which transmitted the referenced second appeal on behalf of the City of Maitland (Applicant). The Applicant is appealing the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) reduction of the debris removal volume by three percent to account for debris removed from private roads following Hurricane Charley in 2004. The Applicant is also appealing FEMA's decision to reduce funding by fifteen percent for debris trucks claimed at one hundred percent full; however, this issue will be addressed by the Regional Administrator because a first appeal determination has not yet been rendered.
In August 2004, the impact of Hurricane Charley resulted in large quantities debris throughout the City of Maitland. On August 28, 2005, FEMA held a kickoff meeting with the Applicant and provided information regarding the documentation necessary to establish eligibility of debris removal in gated communities. The Applicant disclosed that it had a contract with Industrial Waste Services (Contractor) for normal solid waste pick-ups within the city limits including gated communities. The Contractor also performed disaster-related debris removal from streets and right-of-ways throughout the City, including private roads and gated communities. FEMA prepared PWs 34, 1161 & 1172 for the reimbursement of debris removal costs. At final review, FEMA deducted three percent from the total debris volume collected to account for debris that was removed from within gated communities.
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In its first appeal submitted on December 23, 2005, the Applicant disputed the three percent reduction taken by FEMA on PWs 34, 1161, and 1172. The Applicant claimed that the private roads in the gated communities were within the city limits and due to the Maitland Code of Ordinances (Code), it had legal responsibility for the work. The Applicant also stated that the removal of solid waste from private roads within the City had been standard practice since the execution of City Ordinance 819 in September 1993. The Regional Administrator denied the first appeal on June 20, 2006, stating that the Applicant was not legally responsible for
maintenance of the roads within the gated communities. The Regional Administrator cited Title 44 Code of Federal Regulations (44 CFR) §206.223(a)(3), General work eligibility, which states that an item of work must "[b]e the legal responsibility of an eligible applicant" in order to be eligible for funding. Furthermore, FEMA determined that the Applicant had not demonstrated that the debris represented an immediate threat to life, public health and safety or improved property.
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The Applicant submitted a second appeal in a letter dated September 19, 2011, which the Grantee forwarded to FEMA on November 23, 2011. The Applicant reiterated its position from the first appeal. Although the second appeal was submitted five years after the first appeal decision, FEMA advised the Applicant that the appeal issue would be resolved at closeout. The Grantee informed the Applicant of FEMA's closeout of the PWs by letters dated July 11 and 26, 2011. No additional funding was provided at closeout for the cost of debris removal from gated communities. In the second appeal, the Applicant insists that it had legal responsibility to remove debris from gated communities per its city ordinance. Moreover, the Applicant states that it had to enter the gated subdivisions to remove debris to eliminate immediate threats to life, public health and safety.
Pursuant to 44 CFR §206.224(a), Debris Removal, FEMA may provide funding for debris removal from private property in a major disaster when it is in the public interest, such that it eliminates an immediate threat to lives, public health and safety, and improved property or ensures economic recovery of the affected community to the benefit of the community at large. The Applicant removed the debris from the gated communities after obtaining the documentation outlined at the kick-off meeting. Although the Applicant does not maintain the roads within the gated communities, it does utilize the roads to provide public safety services to the residents. Therefore, the removal of debris from the gated communities was in the public interest.
Section 7-24 of the Code requires all property owners to use solid waste services that the Applicant provides and it imposes a fee for providing the service. The Code does not prescribe any limit or maximum amount of material that the City will remove from the curb. Once the Applicant imposes the assessments, it is legally responsible for removing all trash, garbage, and debris, including disaster-related debris that is placed on the curb of public and private roads. The Applicant has sufficiently demonstrated legal responsibility for the removal of disaster-related debris from private roads within the gated communities.
I have reviewed the information submitted with the appeal and have determined that the Applicant is legally responsible for removing debris from private roads in gated communities and the debris removal cost is eligible for funding. Therefore, I approve the Applicant's second appeal in the amount of $62,437:
By this letter, I am requesting that the Regional Administrator take appropriate action to implement this determination.
Please inform the Applicant of my decision. This determination is the final decision on this matter pursuant to 44 §CFR 206.206 Appeals.
Deborah Ingram
Assistant Administrator
Recovery Directorate
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Dillon, who resigned last month, testified on the seventhday of a trial to determine whether Detroit is eligible toreorganize its finances under bankruptcy protection.
"What troubled me most was when they put together the 10-year plan," Dillon said. "The recovery for the unsecuredcreditors was so low, I didn't know how anyone could practicablycut a deal and walk out of the settlement room."
The former treasurer was called to the witness stand under asubpoena as Detroit retirees, unions and pension funds try toblock the city from receiving court protection.
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In a July 9 email to Michigan Governor Rick Snyder that wascited in court on Tuesday, Dillon wrote that there were"creative options" for Detroit's public pension shortfall, buthe testified on Tuesday that he did not pursue any of thosesolutions because the pension deficit was "relevant but not adriving factor" behind the city's trip to U.S. Bankruptcy Court.
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