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The Long Way Home, Part 1
The homeless count and the 10-year plan to end homelessness
By Michael Sullivan 03/20/2014
They sit on the sidewalk with crudely made cardboard signs, asking for money, food, work, even beer. They pull shopping carts and push strollers filled with pieces of their lives and necessities for daily survival. They nap in parks and on benches. They congregate in public areas, just hanging out most days, some with their canine companions nearby, while the world around them is caught up in the hustle and bustle of everyday life.
They are the homeless of Ventura County, but what is seen and what can't been seen, what is hidden away from our perception is the truth of each individual's story. This year, the VCReporter will be exploring, in a three-part series, homelessness — the past, present and future — in Ventura County. This week, a look back.
Anthony Dunne, Rob Orth and Clyde Reynolds at River Haven in Ventura.
Dunne is a resident of River Haven. • Photo by: T Christian Gapen
Over the last several decades, there have only been a handful of brazen local residents who have felt not only sympathy but maybe even true empathy for those living on the streets. These few have been willing to put copious hours, days, weeks, even years into helping the homeless get what they need, including the ultimate goal, a home. Cathy Brudnicki was one such volunteer.
Brudnicki and several others worked together to help the homeless for many years. As her particular group became more organized, they decided to make it formal and in 1993 they created the Ventura County Homeless and Housing Coalition, a nonprofit dedicated to the needs of the homeless and low-income residents. This all-volunteer organization was really the first of its kind beyond churches to form locally to provide such services. The coalition worked cooperatively to apply for U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funds; its success in accessing these funds brought credibility to the group.
While earnest efforts were being made in addressing the homeless situation, the administration of President George W. Bush changed the rules of the game. In 2004, the administration required any municipality (cities, counties, etc.) that had received and would reapply for HUD funds to address not only the needs of low- and very-low-income residents, which had been the standard, but also to strategically focus on addressing the needs of the homeless. In order to receive HUD funds, municipalities were required to do an annual homeless count and create a 10-year strategy to end homelessness. The coalition had been counting persons in shelters for several years, but did not have staff or resources to conduct a street count. The city of Oxnard did carry out a street count in 2005 and that data was used to generate an initial estimate of homeless persons throughout Ventura County.
Over the next couple of years, county government, the coalition and seven cities joined forces; and in 2007, the first complete countywide count of homeless persons took place. Also in 2007, with funding from the county, the coalition created the 10-year strategy to end homelessness. The plan identified several key factors targeted to end homelessness. They included engaging the community, addressing specific and targeted housing needs of the homeless on a micro-level, funding various programs and services, and measuring performance outcomes. Clyde Reynolds, founder and executive director of Turning Point in Ventura, referred to this plan as "managing homelessness."
"We look back on those days — we helped a lot of homeless people, but we were just managing their homelessness," Reynolds said. In other words, the problem wasn't being solved.
Back to the drawing board
Two years later, under President Barack Obama's administration, Congress passed new legislation that required some fundamental changes to the strategy for municipalities nationwide. The rules of the game changed yet again. Brudnicki and the coalition's board, which included Reynolds, had to switch gears, and rather quickly, in order to keep receiving HUD funds. Brudnicki remembers those years well.
"After the 10-year strategy was completed, the HEARTH Act (Homeless Emergency and Rapid Transition to Housing) legislation was passed by Congress in 2009. The HEARTH Act changed funding for homeless programs. It placed emphasis on three areas: prevention, rapid rehousing and permanent supportive housing. It also placed an emphasis on outcomes, Brudnicki said.
"In 2010, the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness published the first-ever federal plan on ending homelessness, called 'Opening Doors,' " Brudnicki continued. "That document placed a focus on three populations: veterans of military service, youth aged 18-24 and chronically homeless families. It set forth performance expectations and — most important — specified joint action by 19 federal agencies.
"Because the 10-year strategy was written before these two landmark documents were issued, the Ventura County plan to end homelessness needed to be updated to include current guidelines and best practices," she said. "I got a grant from Amgen Foundation to cover the cost of an 18-month process to update the 10-year strategy. It took longer than 18 months, and I retired during the process, but the update was completed."
In 2012, the update of the 10-year strategy, Recalibrating for Results: A Five-Year Evaluation and Update of the 2007-2017 County of Ventura 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness, was completed. This time, the focus was housing first.
Susan Englund, board president of the Ventura County Homeless and Housing Coalition, took over for Brudnicki in the revision of the 10-year strategy.
"I think what the 10-year strategy did was help us look at best practices in the community, challenged us to fund those strategies and come together to invest in those strategies," she said. "Each community needs to work with what is best for them. It's a tough job."
She noted that each community has its own set of challenges in addressing the goal of getting the homeless into permanent housing. Some of the biggest issues in finding homes for certain homeless are that some don't want to be housed and others aren't so congenial once they move in, creating disturbances in their complexes and becoming a nuisance to landlords. Reynolds concurred. He said that while the plan isn't a bad one — he has witnessed those with substance abuse problems and other issues respond well to stability and eventually turn their lives around — the model doesn't fit everyone.
Peter Brown, community services manager for the city of Ventura, has played a critical role in dealing with the homeless and also with the public's concern over the issue since 2001. He sat on the board of the coalition during the initial creation of the plan and then the recalibration. Of all the changes that had been made over the years, he said he wishes he had done one particular thing differently.
"If I could have changed one thing, I would have never called it the '10'-year-strategy to end homelessness," he said. Though that was a federal mandate, he said that to accomplish such a task, a 10-year time period is simply not feasible.
Two steps forward, one step back
Rob Orth, the director of social services at the Salvation Army in Ventura, has nearly a decade of experience in working with the homeless. He witnessed firsthand how the Great Recession changed the dynamics of funding homeless programs and services, including the limited options available for rehousing while the homeless population grew and the demographics changed.
"We started seeing reductions in funding across the board, reduced federal grant dollars," Orth said. "The donors started holding onto their money because of fears of the economy heading south. That affected some organizations more than others. The agencies serving the poorest of the poor had the toughest time raising money; agencies were [too] busy to take care of business."
The forward momentum achieved with the creation of the 10-year strategy and the ensuing countywide collaboration stalled just one year after the completion of the initial 10-year plan to end homelessness. While residents of the county continued to express their concerns and complaints about the homeless, the agencies dedicated to the cause were struggling themselves. It was a perfect storm — a disaster in the making.
"The Red Cross attaches themselves to major disasters — they [the disasters] are horrible, and national agencies ride on drama," Orth said. "As a country, we have not looked at poverty and homelessness as a disaster. The country doesn't pay attention until it has to.
"We have a community like the city of Ventura, with panhandlers standing all over the place," Orth continued. "They are driving the community to the point, they don't understand it. 'Who are these folks? Why should I care? Why can't they just go get a job?' There is a huge lack of understanding about the makeup of the homeless population. There is homeless burnout — they just want to make [the homeless] just go away."
Orth and his colleagues know the disconnect too well. Residents blame city officials, agencies, etc., for the "homeless problem." Residents don't see themselves as a part of the solution; they just want it fixed, posthaste. But the path to end an age-old problem is often meandering, with no established formula that works for everyone. The issue, more so than anything else, according to so many homeless advocates, is the fact that there isn't a homeless problem; the reality is that there are hundreds of unique individuals and families in Ventura County who don't have homes for almost innumerable reasons.
Humanizing the homeless
Over the last seven years, local government along with agencies and numerous volunteers have worked in tandem to identify the homeless as well as their individual needs. The countywide counts show progression, with a decrease from 2,193 homeless individuals in 2009, at its height, to 1,774 in 2013. The 2014 count is currently being processed. In doing the count last year, volunteers also surveyed unsheltered individuals to further understand and identify them and their needs. The demographics in the charts reveal just a smidgeon of what local advocates are facing when it comes to addressing the needs of the homeless. In the next part of our series to come out in June, the VCReporter will delve further into the complicated world of homelessness, profiling individuals with varying backgrounds and their current needs.
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A 59-year-old Middletown man was arrested Thursday morning after police found seven marijuana plants growing on his property.
Police also found 11 firearms during a search at John N. Marshall's North DuPont Highway residence, said Delaware State Police spokesman Cpl. John Day.
More than 22 pounds of marijuana were recovered, police said.
The search and arrest was a result of a DNREC Fish and Wildlife investigation in the area of the 2700 block of North DuPont Highway in Middletown where Marshall lives, Day said. The investigation revealed that marijuana was being stored in the area.
After further investigation, State Police executed a search warrant on Marshall's residence.
Seven marijuana plants were growing on the property, totally more than 22 pounds. It was found inside the two barns and a mobile home on the property.
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When Marshall arrived home during the search, he was taken into custody and taken to Troop 2.
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So, go ahead and scratch all those spring-inspired outdoor plans, and replace them with wine-filled weekend. Yes, I said wine. (No, I don't have a problem.)
St. Regis Deer Valley is hosting a special 'Winemaker Weekend' featuring the wines of Robert Sinskey Vineyards and top-notch skiing at Deer Valley Resort.
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The fun continues Saturday with a wine tasting (3:30-6:00 p.m.) hosted by Robert Sinskey, where you'll learn all about the vino, the vineyard and about operations/philosophy behind a 100% organic and certified biodynamic vineyard. (And, if you are like me and do not know a single thing about what I just wrote, I highly recommend you go up and learn.) Passed and shared bites, including: black truffle fritters, crispy pork belly and spring pizza will be on hand to enjoy.
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Matthew has a proposal on how to do this, and we have considered adding this feature to the online version of the docs for a future release. I also prefer the more localized comments in the Django book, but I think we may be able to do a bit better by classifying the type of comment (e.g., documentation error, warning, note, example, etc.), so that you know what kind of comment/thread you are opening without having to look through a long list of unsorted comments. We might also support comment threads. Also, I propose we require authentication with the tools un/pw to keep the quality of the comments high. O O O, some Dojo widget/animation goodness would be nice! In short, I think we should provide all the benefits of php.net and the Django book, but do it even better. :)
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Divorces are resolved very differently today than they were in the past, when women were treated like stereotypical 1950s housewives and were often awarded alimony and full custody of the children. In 2011 there's a greater chance that the wife is the spouse with more money in the bank, a substantial retirement account and the bigger salary, and judges will treat her accordingly. In other words, when it comes to divorce, equality has its drawbacks. "These days there's not a presumption that Mom gets the kids," says Lois J. Liberman, a partner in the matrimonial department at Blank Rome, LLP (full disclosure: She represented me in my divorce). "And you may have to pay your husband alimony or maintenance." This often comes as a surprise, perhaps because women still work harder to earn every dollar while continuing to handle a majority of the child- and home-related challenges. "Women are much more outraged when they have to pay support," says Liberman. "We take the news worse than men do."
Remember, a marriage is a business deal, and unwinding it to your advantage means putting aside anger and maneuvering into the best possible financial position. That strategy, never easy, has been made even more difficult by the recession. But if you follow these guidelines, you should come out on the other side with your savings—and sanity—intact.
New divorce rule: Protect Your Interests Before You File
If you're preparing to ask your spouse for a divorce, some financial planners
recommend opening an individual account in a bank where you and your husband have never done business. Check with your lawyer first, then set aside enough money to pay your legal fees and keep yourself going for several months. Savings of this kind give many women some psychological relief, says Lili A. Vasileff, president of the Association of Divorce Financial
Planners, in Greenwich, Connecticut. It's a risky step, however, because when you reveal the existence of your new account during the divorce process (which you are legally required to do), you may appear untrustworthy. So your attorney could tell you to return the money to the original account at this point.
Or you could instead ask your lawyer to immediately freeze all joint accounts once you file, says Michelle Smith, a divorce financial planner in New York City. After the freeze, you and your spouse would each open a new, separate account, funded with an agreed-upon amount taken from the joint account (essentially an advance on what will eventually be the distribution of assets). If the divorce is not acrimonious, skip the freeze and ask for duplicate statements or online access so you can both monitor the accounts.
New divorce rule: Once You've Filed, Assemble a Team
A marriage involves finances, investments, tax planning and insurance, so for your divorce, you'll need experts who can advise you on each of these topics. In addition to a divorce lawyer, look for a fee-only financial adviser skilled in investments, taxes and the divorce process. And if you have valuable art or a small business, you may need an appraiser who has specific
experience with marital dissolution.
If you suspect that your husband has been hiding money from you, says Vasileff, you may want to hire either a forensic accountant, who is a CPA trained to locate hidden funds, or a financial planner with divorce credentials. But keep in mind that despite rampant paranoia, hidden assets are not the norm: A study by the accounting firm Grant Thornton determined that in 2007, hidden funds existed in just 20 percent of divorce cases. Plus, paying someone to look for secret funds is not cheap. Costs start at about $10,000 and can rise into the hundreds of thousands if the investigator has to dig into privately owned businesses or hunt for money sequestered abroad. "Depending on the marital estate, when you're looking for millions, it's worth it. For $25,000, not so much," Vasileff says.
New divorce rule: Consider the Value of Your Assets After Taxes
When it comes to divorce, each investment has two values: the one you see on paper and the amount it's worth after taxes. For that reason, "splitting an account right down the middle is not necessarily to your advantage," says Gary Schatsky, a Manhattan-based lawyer who is also a fee-only financial adviser and president of ObjectiveAdvice.com. If you're in the highest federal tax bracket, then $100,000 in a 401(k) will be worth only about $65,000 to you after federal taxes. If your spouse is retired or laid off, he is in a lower bracket, and that same $100,000 will be worth more to him. So you might ask for more outright cash instead. Note that even accounts like 401(k)s, which are in one person's name, are subject to state law and may be considered joint property in a divorce.
Also weigh the question of future tax liability: Is it more advantageous for you to take a loss or a gain? When you sell the asset—whether it's stock or a home—will you owe taxes? Or will you have tax losses that you can use to offset future income? This can get complicated. For example, if you have 1,000 shares of a particular stock bought over time, they are not all worth the same thing in a divorce. The ones purchased at the highest prices (often the ones you bought most recently) are most valuable, because when you sell them in the divorce—which you have to do on a first-in, first-out basis—you will have the smallest gain and thus have to pay the least capital gains taxes. So although all shares will sell for the same price at a given moment, the ones with the smallest gain could be better to own because they don't present as large a tax liability; those that have lost money could be better still because you could write off the loss.
New divorce rule: Think About When You'll Need the Money
Liquidity is another important consideration. Money in a 401(k) or other retirement account should normally remain there until you are at least age 59½, when you can start to withdraw it without penalty. And if you are optimistic, you may want to hold on to stocks and homes that are under‑water until their value goes up again. If you'll need funds from any of these sources sooner than that, you might be better off allowing your husband to keep the house, stocks or IRA funds in exchange for dollars. "Do you want the investment, or do you need the cash?" says Schatsky. "First figure out what is important to you, and then you can find a creative way of dealing with each asset."
New divorce rule: View Your House as Just Another Asset
For the purposes of divorce, your house is no different from stocks or anything else you own. You must think dispassionately about whether it makes financial sense to keep it; this decision is less about whether the property has lost value and more about whether you can afford the mortgage and maintenance on your own. The house and all its associated expenses (taxes, insurance, upkeep) should represent no more than 35 percent of your take-home pay.
If you decide to try to hold on to your home, hire your own independent appraiser, as will your spouse; each will submit an evaluation, and then you'll split the difference to come up with the agreed-upon value. Although it's cheaper to share the cost of a single appraiser, keep in mind that you and your husband now have competing interests. You want the value of the house to be as low as possible so that you can get a greater share of the rest of the marital pie. He wants the opposite, says Rita Medaglio-Barrera, a certified divorce financial analyst and partner at Mediation and Collaborative Action Group on Long Island, New York.
Whatever you choose, it's often a good idea for the partner who is going to keep the home to refinance the mortgage to take sole ownership. This is important, because if your husband is keeping the house but doesn't refinance to take your name off the mortgage, you could still be liable if he is unable to pay, regardless of whether you sign a quit-claim deed disclaiming any interest in the property.
New divorce rule: Rethink Your Insurance Coverage
Start with your life insurance policy and remember that "the goal of life insurance is to avoid the financial destruction of the family," says Schatsky. When you're divorced, you have to be sure there's enough insurance money to take care of your children or older parents in the case of your death—but you no longer have to provide for your spouse, which can save you significantly on premiums. The exception: If your spouse owes you a lot of alimony or child support, he should name you as the beneficiary of enough life insurance to cover that debt in the case of his death, and vice versa if you're the one who owes the money. This will ensure that your kids are covered even if your estate is decimated to pay off the debt. If your spouse already owns a life insurance policy that designates you as the beneficiary, says Michelle Smith, as part of the divorce negotiation ask to remain on the policy and to be made a "third-party recipient" of any changes—which means you'll be notified if the terms are altered or if premiums aren't paid. (In the latter situation, coordinate with your attorney to pay the premium yourself, then have your lawyer go after your spouse to recoup those funds.)
Next, review your health insurance. If you're covered by your spouse's policy (and he works for a company that has more than 20 employees), you can keep it for 36 months under COBRA. You will, however, have to pay the premiums, which can be high, so be sure to first compare them with the rates for a solo policy (though these can be expensive, too).
Then think about disability coverage and long-term-care insurance: When you're single, both of these are more important than they are when you're married, because there's no one to provide you with extra income or care if needed. Unfortunately, policies for single people tend to be much more expensive than those for couples. If you purchased a policy with your spouse,
do not cancel it because you're divorcing. Instead, if you have a joint policy, consider crafting your divorce agreement to make sure the premiums are paid (which is all that matters to the insurance companies), and you'll both be able to continue your coverage for less than you could with a solo policy.
There were 20,000 fewer divorces in 2008 than in 2007, largely because people felt they couldn't afford to separate in the bad economy. But just because couples aren't splitting legally doesn't mean they're not taking action, says Lili A. Vasileff, president of the Association of Divorce
Financial Planners in Connecticut. Over the past few years, she has seen a huge uptick in the number of couples visiting her for predivorce counseling. "The idea is, 'We can't afford to get divorced right now, but in the meantime we need to figure out how we're going to preserve what's left of our assets,' " she says.
What's involved? Among other things:
Setting up separate bank accounts so that each spouse starts managing his or her own spending and bill paying.
Figuring out cash flow: How much money is necessary to maintain the house and lifestyle? How much will each partner contribute to do that?
Deciding if retirement-account contributions are affordable or should be put on hold.
Paying down debt and/or establishing credit, if necessary, so that each partner ends up with a good credit rating.
The number-one cause of divorce is money trouble, so for predivorce financial counseling
to work, both partners have to acknowledge the roles they've played—then agree to put their grievances aside. "They have to accept the fact that they're not happy, so it's time to figure out what to do," Vasileff says. In certain cases, she adds, once the partners address their financial
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April 14, 2013
PULLMAN, Wash. - Tyler Crawford recorded a complete game victory for No. 25 Arizona as the Wildcats defeated host Washington State 7-3 in Pac-12 Conference baseball, Sunday at Bailey-Brayton Field.
Crawford (4-1) scattered nine hits, walked one and struck out three. Washington State (18-15, 5-7 Pac-12) starter Scott Simon (3-1) gave up seven runs in 5 2/3 innings and took the loss.
"We didn't play with a lot of intensity today," Cougar Head Coach Donnie Marbut said. "It didn't seem like the game was important enough to us."
The Wildcats (23-12, 8-7 Pac-12) parlayed two walks and two hits into three runs in the top of the first for an early lead. The Cougars responded with three runs in the bottom of the second to tie the game 3-3.
Brett Jacobs and Trace Tam Sing walked to load the bases, Trek Stemp plated two runs with a single. Two batters later, P.J. Jones delivered one of his three hits in the game to drive in Tam Sing with the tying run.
The Wildcats chased Simon in the sixth with four runs on four hits, a successful squeeze bunt and a sacrifice fly to take a 7-3 lead.
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Steven Todd Garrison, 47, of John Hinkle Road, died Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013.
A funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at First Wesleyan Church, where he was a member, by the Rev. Vernon Smith. Burial will follow at the Center United Methodist Church Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Davidson Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel, and other times at the home of his parents on Jefferson Street.
Mr. Garrison was born April 2, 1966, in Davidson County to Ned Hinkle Garrison and Mary Hartman Garrison. He was formerly employed with Express Corp. as a graphic artist.
Surviving are his parents and brother Col. David Garrison and wife Mary Lou of Hampton, Va.
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Fundraiser Saturday at Thomasville business to aid horse group
Published: Monday, March 18, 2013 at 10:42 a.m.
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A horse rescue group will hold a fundraiser Saturday at a Thomasville business to help feed hungry horses.
Customers at the Barn Loft, 1475 National Highway, who buy a bag of horse feed between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. will raise money for Safe Haven Equine Rescue & Retirement, based in High Point. The fundraiser is part of SHEER's Hungry — Never Again Campaign.
Coggins and other equine vaccines will be available from 9-11 a.m. Rabies shots for dogs and cats will be given from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for $5, cash only. Animals should be kept on a leash or in a carrier. Owners should also bring the certificate from previous unexpired vaccination to receive a three-year tag.
SHEER was organized to rescue horses in need of food, shelter and medical attention due to neglect or abuse in an effort to improve their quality of life, according to its website.
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Bell Middle School Mtb Club Swiftly Gives Back to the Sport
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*This is a recycled article in honor of Saturday's Cyclefest (the yearly fundraiser for the CO High School Cycling League). If you'd like to support this organization, join us this Saturday for a ride with Georgia Gould, followed by a fantastic fundraiser at Yeti Cycles (Golden). It's going to be epic--just like the smiles on the kids' faces.
I first followed Jesse Swift on twitter (@GoldenBeard1) last year after seeing some pictures he took from the Back to Basics cx races. Twitter is great that way--finding people near or far that have the same likes and hobbies. Most of the people I follow on Twitter ride bikes. So it was ironic that I finally met Jesse in person a few months ago at a local 5k run. Since then I've seen Jesse and his bright bike all over the place. He's just one of those guys that loves to ride his bike. And when people love something that much, it tends to be infectious. So it came as no surprise to me when I caught a picture on Instagram about his middle school mtb club. I had to know more. Meet Jesse Swift. The man behind the "Golden Beard".
[303 Cycling]: How long has this club been in the making?
Jesse: The mtb club is new this fall. I had a skate club for about 5 years that started during my first year of teaching at Bell. We would go and skate at the park behind Bell. Before, there were more kids into street skating, and I grew up skating too, so I enjoyed offering that for the students at Bell. Over the past few years, it seems that longboarding has become more popular so less kids were a part of skate club but I also noticed more and more students were into mountain biking. A mother of an incoming 7th grader had contacted me in the spring last year. Then at the beginning of this year, a current 8th grade student asked about a club too. So, with that level of interest, I spoke to the principal and got the club up and running a month or so into the school year.
[303 Cycling]: How many kids do you have in the club and what are the age ranges?
Jesse: We have had up to 14 kids on rides and most often 10 kids or so show up. All the way from 6th grade to 8th grade and the ages are from 12-14. We have also had up to 4 female students on rides and most often at least 1-2 female students show up.
[303 Cycling]: How about skill ranges?
Jesse: There is a HUGE range of skills. Some students have never mtn biked before and some spend the summer racing mtn bikes or have ridden in Moab with their families. Roadmasters to Yetis!
[303 Cycling]: How many parents/adults do you have helping out? Do they all have strong cycling backgrounds?
Jesse: I usually have 3 or so parents that show up on the rides with us. One parent is a racer, whereas other parents just have mtn biked a little. So like the kids, there is a big range of abilities there too. I even have some of my mtn bike buddies who come out and ride with us too. I think its important for the students to have someone other their parent giving them tips on riding. Hopefully they will be more open to getting advice from peers or other cyclists. Without the help from the parents, my friends and even some of the high school racers, we couldn't have a club.
[303 Cycling]: You get together on Friday afternoons after school. Run through a typical "practice" for us.
Jesse: Yeah, we bike on Friday afternoons which seems to be best for the students and teachers. During the week, I take a look at the weather and touch base with a couple of the parents about that weeks ride. I'll send a mass email out to the riders and let them know the plans and what to wear for weather. Then on Friday, we meet right after school, eat a quick granola bar, check for helmets, and figure out who all is coming and the car pool situation. Sometimes we can ride to the trails, like S. Table Mesa, or other times we car pool over to Green Mountain.
Before we start out, I try to give the kids some info and a heads up on the trail we are going to ride. We all start out as a group as we get warmed up. Then after 30 minutes or so we try to split into two skills groups. A parent or biker buddy will lead the more experienced kids up a harder trail and then other adults will take the other riders less difficult way. We usually meet back up in the parking lot for cookies and cheers at the end!
[303 Cycling]: What's been the biggest surprise this Fall regarding the club?
Jesse: There have several big surprises for me. The first is the interest level of the kids and the second is the parent involvement. Its been great to get to know the different students at Bell in a different situation then just the classroom. And the parent ability to help out on the rides is huge! Another big surprise is on one ride we headed up Chimney Gulch. I didn't think we would get very far but some of the kids almost made it to the top!
[303 Cycling]: Middle School can be an awkward time for kids. As a teacher at Bell, I'm sure you see this alllllllllll the time. Do the kids in this club gravitate towards each other during the school week or the weekends outside of the club? Has confidence grown this Fall as the kids have gained physical skills?
Jesse: Yes, middle school is an awkward time and most kids are just trying to find something to be a part of. Some of the kids are friends outside of school and do bike together on the weekends. I have definitely seen a few become more confident as their skills have grown through the fall. I am also happy that the students are getting to know Golden much better. They say, "I never knew we had a mtn bike park," or "I've never ridden this trail."
[303 Cycling]: Any wicked hidden talent that you've discovered?
Jesse: Hidden talent? Well, we do have some younger Bell students that will be here for the next couple of years that I hope to really spend some time with and get them comfortable riding trails and building their skill base. [Editor's note: Jesse mentioned four young men here (off the record) that are surely destined to make us all weep at the races soon, but that's for me to know and you to find out.]
[303 Cycling]: Have the kids seen you race? Any of them interested in pursuing cross or mtb racing in High School or even now?
Jesse: I've gotten to see one kid at a cyclocross race and another riding at the Valmont bike park and I know one downhill races in the summer. I think most of them are excited about racing cross country for the high school. Golden High School is the first high school in the state that offer students the ability to letter and even get a pin for racing mountain bikes!!!! Imagine lettering in mountain biking, how cool is that??!!
[303 Cycling]: Do you plan to continue this next year?
Jesse: The plan for next year? Now that we have a core group of students, next year we will be able to get up and running much faster. I have lots of ideas but the most important is to continue to grow the club, and get more girls involved. I'd like to get jerseys made some day too. Another idea I have is I would like to support the high school team at a race. I think it would be good to have the middle school students see what a mtb race looks like prior to them racing in high school. I'd like them to see the determination of the high schoolers racing and the support they have for each other.
[303 Cycling]: Can you share your favorite story about the club so far?
Jesse: Well, there was one student who came out to the first club ride but had never ridden. Before we left the school, the cassette was broken on her bike. She was disappointed, she couldn't ride. I took the bike home and got it fixed over the weekend. Getting the bike to and from school was hard for the student's family, so they left it locked at school. By the time the next ride was up, the bike had been stolen. :( My heart was broken for the student! Our Vice Principal had some connections and luckily, the Golden Optimists Club gave her a bike. The next week, the student was out riding around N.Table Mesa on the new bike!
[303 Cycling]: Anything else you'd like our readers to know?
Jesse: I just feel very lucky to live and work in a small but awesome biking community like Golden. I am the engineering teacher as a part of the growing iSTEM program at Bell Middle School. My job is to expose kids to engaging problem solving and learning in the classroom then I get to go out biking with them too! I love Golden! :)
So the next time you see Jesse out on a ride or in a race, give him a little fist pump for growing the sport and joyously teaching our kids during the most awkwardly, heinous time ever (at least in my opinion): middle school.
*Thanks to Mary Topping of ProVeloPassion, Jeff Warner of Jeff Warner PHOTOGRAPHIC and Jesse Swift for the pictures!


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When you buy property--whether a primary or secondary home, whether in a suburban, rural or vacation area--don't assume you are also buying whatever lies beneath the ground, warns New York real estate and environmental lawyer Elisabeth Radow. Another party may own the mineral rights, meaning there's a chance that gas or oil could be extracted from your land without your consent, affecting your property value for years while someone else collects the royalties. So take these steps before you buy.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS If you want to buy a home, conduct a title search to see who owns the property's mineral rights, says Radow. It should go back 100 years (most searches go back only 50) so that older leases or deeds granting subsurface rights will be included. If there is a gas lease on your property at the time of purchase, you may have trouble mortgaging the place, either now or in the future. For that reason, Radow recommends making the sale conditional on your ability to get a mortgage, even if you are buying with cash. If you already own a home but aren't sure where you stand, check the title report that was issued when you bought the property. It will say if mineral rights have been granted within 50 years of the date of the report. If mineral rights have not been granted to a third party, they're yours.
INVESTIGATE YOUR POTENTIAL NEIGHBORS Even if you own the mineral rights and don't intend to grant them to someone else, drilling under nearby land could negatively affect your property value, especially if you have a water well on your land. To find out if drilling permits have been issued in your area, consult an attorney familiar with the drilling and leasing laws in your state or check with your state's environmental board. (The Natural Resources Defense Council offers links to state offices: go to nrdc.org/health/drilling and click on the tab RESOURCES BY STATE.) Even if there's no current drilling activity, you may want to evaluate your area's potential. Visit the U.S. Energy Information Administration to search for maps and other information about shale plays in the United States.
You should also keep in mind that leases on your neighbor's property could result in drilling under your land, whether you want it or not. Through a practice called compulsory integration (or forced pooling), gas companies can drill under your property without your consent if a certain percentage of the land around you is leased or deeded to the gas company. That percentage varies by state; to learn about the laws in your area, Radow recommends a chart on the ProPublica Web site: projects.propublica.org/tables/forced-pooling.
FIND OUT WHERE YOUR WATER WILL COME FROM What is the source of water for your prospective home--a municipal supply or a residential well? If fracking results in the contamination of your well water, Radow says, your home could lose a substantial portion of its resale value--if you're able to sell it at all.
Don't miss our profile of environmental activist Sharon Wilson, the controversial and unapologetically outrageous voice of the antifracking movement--read it here.
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Colorado is experiencing its second gold rush, only this time around it's being called the "green rush." It's all about medical marijuana, which is fast becoming a very big business. National Geographic goes deep inside this brand-new cannabis culture by following an exceptional group of Colorado residentsgrowers, patients, dispensary owners, cops, caregivers, entrepreneurs, advocates and opponentsas their lives are transformed by medical marijuana.
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Connecticut's House of Representatives has OK'd a bill that would require foods with ingredients derived from genetically modified organisms to be labeled. However, the government's action comes with conditions. House Bill 6527 ("An Act Concerning Genetically Engineered Food") includes a provision that mandates that four other Northeastern states, including one that has a border with Connecticut, pass a similar law before the Connecticut bill could take effect. Another provision requires that the total population of those states that enact such a law be at least 20 million people.
The Connecticut House passed the bill yesterday with a vote count of 134–3. The state's governor, Daniel P. Molloy, said he would have no problem signing the bill into law, which, if and when it takes effect, would require the phrase "Produced with Genetic Engineering" to appear on the food labeling.
At least twenty other states are working on similar food labeling laws but so far only Alaska has enacted a restricted form of this type of legislation. In 2005 that state's government passed Senate bill 25, which calls for the labeling of all products that contain genetically engineered fish and shell fish.
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Board of Supervisors Retreat 2012
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors held a retreat on Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 6-7. The two-day meeting, at the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton, was an opportunity for the Board to consider its priorities and set a course of action for a sustainable future.
It was announced that no votes would be taken during the retreat, and some issues may be discussed again at future venues.
Chairman Bulova gave a brief overview of the two-day retreat.
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Board of Supervisors Retreat 2012Day 1
- Priorities and Goals for Supervisory Districts and Countywide
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Jean Kepley
Published: Monday, January 14, 2013 at 1:58 p.m.
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Jean Julian Kepley, 77, of Becks Church Road, died Friday, Jan. 11, 2013.
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced at a later date.
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Maternal Health Care is a Human Right in Brazil and the U.S.
The United Nations (UN) has affirmed that maternal health care is an international human right – a right of all women, regardless of their race, ethnicity, income, or citizenship status. In its landmark decision on the case Alyne da Silva Pimentel v. Brazil, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women established that governments have an obligation to guarantee that all women in their country have access to adequate and timely maternal health care, including emergency services, even if the government outsources health care to private institutions.
The 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women established that governments must ensure that women receive appropriate prenatal and postnatal services (Article 12), but a maternal death case had never been brought before the UN. In 2007, the Center for Reproductive Rights brought a case against Brazil before the UN committee, and this month this first ever case involving maternal death was decided by an international human rights body. The case involved the 2002 death of a 28-year-old Afro-Brazilian woman who died in her sixth month of pregnancy from preventable complications because of misdiagnosis and delayed treatment. The UN Committee concluded that Brazil had violated the international human rights of women through discriminatory maternal health practices made clear by its history of inequitably distributing maternal health care facilities across regions, a practice that ultimately resulted in Ms. Pimentel's untimely and preventable death. The decision signals a commitment by the UN to uphold women's rights to maternal health services and reaffirmed that it is a human right to receive appropriate, adequate, and timely maternal health care.
The case laid bare the stark injustice women and girls face in seeking quality health care in Brazil and around the world. The inequitable distribution of maternal health care facilities in Brazil led to disproportionately low concentrations of adequate maternal health in low-income areas and areas with high concentrations of people of color. Although Brazil's overall maternal death rate has decreased – recent numbers place it at 58 per 100,000 live births – significant disparities remain along the lines of race, economic status, and region.
Unfortunately, Brazil is not alone in having starkly disparate maternal death rates based on race. In the United States, African American women, regardless of income, are four times more likely than white women to die of pregnancy-related complications (page 1). This has resulted in an overall maternal death rate for African American women of 26.5 per 100,000 live births (table 34) and rates as high as 83.6 per 100,000 live births in New York City (page 4). Indeed, the U.S. women most likely to die of pregnancy-related complications are low-income women of color.
Compared to other industrialized countries, however, all women in America have high maternal death rates. With an overall maternal death rate of 12.7 per 100,000 live births (table 34), the United States ranks 50th in the world. This is an embarrassingly low rank for a country that spends the most money on health care in the world and the largest percentage of its health care costs on maternal health. To put this in perspective, a woman in the United States, regardless of race or income, is three times more likely to die in childbirth than a woman in Spain, and five times more likely to die in childbirth than a woman in Greece (page 1).
For the United States, the problem is not necessarily quality of health care, but rather access to it. Federal and state governments have programs in place to serve pregnant women and provide them with appropriate care. Many low-income pregnant women, regardless of race, age, or citizenship status are eligible for Medicaid, which allows women to receive health coverage for pre-natal and post-natal medical treatment. Indeed 42 percent of all births are covered by Medicaid, and no woman in active labor can be turned away from a hospital because of her ability to pay. Many women, however still face barriers to receiving adequate health care under Medicaid, such as transportation concerns, inflexible appointment hours, and difficulty taking time off work. Doctors, too, may be unwilling or unable to take Medicaid because of the low fees and high costs involved (page 5).
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act moves the right to health care forward by requiring insurers to provide some preventive services for women at no cost, such as well-women visits, and expanding Medicaid coverage. These provisions will mean that thousands more pregnant women will receive the health care they need. But estimates indicate that thousands more women will still be in need. Many women who will now qualify for Medicaid will still face barriers in receiving quality maternal care. With the Alyne da Silva Pimentel v. Brazil decision, the UN has reinforced that maternal health care is a fundamental human right. The United States must reaffirm its commitment to women and help lead the way to lower the unacceptably high rate of preventable maternal deaths within its own borders by ending discriminatory practices and ensuring quality maternal health care for all women.
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Whether you're storing your makeup at home or taking it to go, a plastic zippered sandwich bag just isn't going to cut it. Instead, invest in something a little more stylish and a lot more sturdy.
Many makeup bags feature an interior that wipes clean, so they're safe for packing even your liquid foundation. Bags with a cloth exterior are a little more tricky when it comes to cleaning, but many can easily be sent through the washer on a gentle cycle or spot cleaned by hand.
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Leopard Shimmer Cosmetic Case, Got Beauty | Shade Saturated Makeup Pouch, Anthropologie | I Heart Recess Pencil Pouch, Hip & Humble | Nautical Cosmetic Bag, West Elm
A larger bag carrys everything your face could want and more, while a small tote is perfect for on-the-go essentials like lipstick, a powder compact for touching up and a small mirror.
A basic pencil case is ideal for holding - you guessed it - eye and lip pencils. It also makes for perfect storage of sharpeners, eyelash curlers and shorter makeup brushes.


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Wilmington City Council Member Darius Brown Urges Citizens to Download a New Mobile App to Voice Frustrations to Congress in Real Time
Posted on 07/30/2013 1:54 pm
Third District Wilmington City Council Member Darius Brown, a proud "techy" member of Council, today urged Wilmingtonians to take advantage of a new, free mobile app that allows citizens to engage their elected leaders at the national level in a discussion about the nation's infrastructure and transportation systems.
The following news release was issued today by Building America's Future and is being shared locally with citizens by Council Member Brown who is a member of this national advocacy organization.
Council Member Brown says citizens can stay engaged with him on this issue through Twitter, @DariusJBrown, @BAFuture, #ImStuck and download the free app at www.bafuture.org.
WASHINGTON, DC – July 30, 2013 - Building America's Future (BAF) today released a new mobile app called "I'm Stuck" that will allow delayed commuters around the country to directly and immediately email their U.S. Representative or Senator to share their frustration. Members of Congress will no longer have the luxury of remaining unaware of their constituents' daily commuting travels and troubles. This real time reporting will send a message to Congress that we need to start investing in our nation's strained and deteriorating transportation networks.
Every day, millions of Americans waste precious time, money and energy resources stuck in traffic, waiting for a bus running behind schedule, delayed on an airport tarmac or crammed into an overcrowded subway. According to the Texas A&M Transportation Institute Urban Mobility Report, the total financial cost of congestion on America's roadways in 2011 was $121 billion. That translates to $818 per U.S. commuter. The same report estimated that the fuel and pollution costs of congestion are substantial: 2.9 billion gallons of gasoline were wasted and an additional 380 pounds of carbon dioxide was emitted per auto commuter due to traffic congestion.
"Usually commuters think traffic is like weather- it is something that happens to them and they have no control over it. But that isn't the case at all," said Ed Rendell, Co-Chair of Building America's Future and former Pennsylvania Governor. "The policies we put in place, or the lack of a coherent long-term infrastructure plan, directly impacts the daily experience of Americans trying to get around their communities. This app gives commuters and passengers a tool to voice their frustrations to Congress. It is called 'I'm Stuck' but the truth is America is stuck until Washington takes action."
BAF believes that our nation's transportation and infrastructure needs can be addressed, and Americans need to send a message to Congress that it is past time to act. The "I'm Stuck" app will allow users to immediately connect with their Member of Congress to demand solutions to the infrastructure challenges that are keeping them from getting to their destination.
"We routinely hear from both sides of the aisle that they support fixing the problems that plague our roads, highways, bridges and tunnels but there usually isn't the political will to step up and commit the funds that are necessary to solve these problems," continued Rendell. "'I'm Stuck' is going to bring elected officials closer to the people on the ground, experiencing the pain and frustration of outdated and overburdened transportation systems every day."
BAF supports safe driving and is opposed to distracted driving. In creating this app, BAF made sure to remind users never to operate a mobile device while driving. After affirming that they are a passenger and not operating a vehicle, users will select how they are stuck (in traffic, on a tarmac, on a train, waiting for a bus or subway, etc.) from a menu of options. They can then either send a pre-generated message provided by BAF or tailor their own note to their U.S. Representative or Senator. Users are also encouraged to take photos of where they are stuck and share them on social media platforms.
The messages to Members of Congress will be titled "I'm Stuck" and will encourage the need for action for a long-term transportation and infrastructure plan. All of the BAF generated messages will end with the tag line: "It's important. It's your decision. It's past time."
The messages will be emailed to the user's Member of Congress.
The "I'm Stuck" app is available for free download in the app stores and on the BAF website beginning today. It will run on both Android and Apple devices.


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Classroom Management and Resources
Every so often you will have disruptive students in your class. Here are some helpful tips on how to handle them, what your role is as the classroom teacher and classroom manager, and when administration can step in to help you.
Some basic points to remember in handling disruptive students in class:
1. Disruptive behavior in the classroom is seldom a black and white matter. Picture it as a continuum with mild disruption that could easily be handled with minimal classroom management approach on the one end and totally disruptive behavior that has to be dealt with immediately through removal from class on the other end. There is a lot of gray area or middle ground here that calls upon the judgment and people skills of the instructor. Subjectivity can also come into play: Sometimes what one instructor will tolerate, another may not.
2. Mild disruption in the classroom calls for mild action on the part of the instructor, and extreme disruption calls for extreme action on the part of the instructor. That goes without saying.
3. When the not so severe disruption first occurs, students should be given verbal warning, preferably privately, but if warranted, in the presence of the class where that behavior occurred. Persistence of the disruptive behavior requires more serious discipline, including written warning to the effect that if the behavior persists, you will have to ask him/her to leave the class. This is the concept of progress discipline. It is not advisable to say or do nothing to the student about the continual disruption, and then lower the boom and remove the student. Deliberations in petitions and legal challenges often raise the question, "Have you told the student that his behavior is unacceptable?" or "Have you warned the student that further disruption will have serious consequences?"
4. When this disruptive behavior persists after verbal or written warnings, or if there is an extreme disruption, even without a history of disruption (e.g. student yelling at the instructor in front of the class and would not desist), the instructor can remove the student for up to two class meetings including that class. For example, the instructor can say, "I would like you to leave. You are disrupting the class." If the student ignores your direction, you can say, "If you don't leave on your own, I will have to have you removed." Usually that will work, but if that doesn't, then calling the campus police is appropriate.
5. The more severe the discipline, the more due process rights the student will have. For instructor-initiated removal up to two class meetings, the instructor should document the incident and send it to his Chair and Dean. Documentation should be factual, descriptive of what you saw or what happened, use behavioral terms, and not use quasi-diagnostic or speculative language. One example: "He yelled for 5 minutes and refused to sit down when I asked him to," is documented behavior and an acceptable form of documentation. Another example: "He yelled for 5 minutes because I think he has psychological problems," contains unwarranted speculation. We are not qualified to make that statement because the second half of that statement may or may not be true.
6. Any longer suspension—such as "I don't want you in my class at all" requires administrative action by Ed Code. Discuss with your Dean beforehand who will in turn notify the Vice President of Student Services or his/her designee who is responsible for student discipline.
Important: What constitutes unacceptable behavior is listed in the Catalog under Student Conduct. The language is pretty standard, taken from the California Ed Code. Please familiarize yourself with that section. The trickier part of student discipline is often the behavior in the gray area of the continuum where it is harder to discern whether it calls for classroom management or student discipline. Feel free to consult with the Vice President of Student Services if you have questions.Nick Chang - 2008
Student Standards of Conduct and Due Process
The Standards of Conduct Policy identifies potential disciplinary actions that may be taken for violations of the standards of conduct described in this policy, including but not limited to the removal, suspension or expulsion of a student.
BP 5500 Standards of Conduct (6/18/2013)
The purpose of this procedure is to provide a prompt and equitable means to address violations of the Standards of Conduct (BP 5500 Standards of Conduct) in accordance with students' rights to due process and free expression as protected by state and federal laws and regulations.
AP 5520 Student Discipline and Due Process (9/15/2015)
Prohibition of Harassment Policy
All members of the College community share the responsibility to participate in an environment that is free of any forms of harassment.
The Harassment Policy of the College specifically identifies four forms of harassment: verbal, physical, visual, and sexual (5.0004). It is the policy of the Board to prohibit harassment of an employee, applicant or student by a District employee on the basis of race, religious creed, color, ancestry, national origin, disability, medical condition, marital status, sexual orientation, sex or age.
In the case of any form of harassment you should report the incident immediately and directly to the appropriate Dean. Harassment Grievances can be filed based upon Section 504 and Title IX. Contact either the Affirmative Action Officer, Executive Dean of Human Resources and Labor Relations, or the 504 Coordinator for further information.
AP 3430 Prohibition of Harassment (9/15/2015)
The instructor of the course shall determine the grade to be awarded to each student. The determination of the student's grade by the instructor is final in the absence of mistake, fraud, bad faith, or incompetency.
Students may obtain a change to a final course grade only when the student can provide proof that the final course grade reflects mistake, fraud, bad faith, or incompetency.
AP 4231 Grade Changes (3/6/2014)
Student ComplaintsNon-criminal complaints are referred to the dean, manager, or supervisor of the area involved. Non-criminal complaints are:
The process for such a complaint begins with an attempt by the parties involved to resolve the complaint informally. If the complaint is not resolved at a lower level there are a series of formal steps leading to a final determination by the Board of Trustees of the College.
The procedures and guidelines on the filing of an student complaint are available from the Vice President of Student Services, or his/her designee.
AP 5530 Student Grievances (3/19/2013)
Emergencies, physical threats and dangerous conditions should be referred to the Campus Police.
Types of Records and Locations
The Office of Admissions and Records will maintain documents completed by the student, such as applications, petitions and Advanced Placement and CLEP scores for the period of time required by law. These records, as well as a permanent record for all academic work completed at the College, are maintained by the Dean of Enrollment Services in the Office of Admissions and Records. Students may obtain two free transcripts of their College of Marin permanent academic record by submitting a Transcript Request Form. A $6 charge will be made for each subsequent copy.
Student Rights Related to Academic Records
Occasionally, the College of Marin receives requests from various agencies seeking directory information on our students. These agencies can be public, private or governmental in origin, e.g., scholarship search companies, public or private colleges and universities, U.S. Military (Department of Defense), and others.
Please refer all such requests to Admissions and Records.
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With 57 seconds left in double overtime, Southern Player of the Year Katie Rigler scored the game-winning goal to guide the Princeton women's water polo team to the Eastern Championship title game. Guided by a fourth quarter comeback, No. 11 Princeton defeated No. 17 Hartwick 12-11 in the Eastern semifinals.
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The No. 2 seed Tigers now have a date with host and No. 4 seed Michigan in the championship game on Sunday, Apr. 28 at 4:30 p.m.
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ZF-10631: Zend_Queue_Adapter_Db is missing SQL Server table definition file.
There are no Zend_Queue_Adapter_Db table definitions for Microsoft SQL Server.
Here is a Zend_Queue_Adapter_Db table definition file for MS SQL Server 2008. I have not tested it on earlier versions of SQL, but it may work for them as well.
The difference between this and the MySQL database definitions is that there is no UNIQUE constraint on the the 'handle' column, but that constraint is not necessary with a minimal change to the Zend_Queue_Db_Adapter::deleteMessage() method. Namely, change:
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I am currently making the switch to Power Functions with my Lego Train collection and am wondering if I can power the old 9v motors that I used with the metal rails, with a battery box from the power functions line? I tested it and it does run but I'm concerned that it may burn out or not be safe... Any advice?
In short, yes it's perfectly safe to run your old 9v motors from your Power Functions battery box.
This excellent online reference has a lot of information on various LEGO motors. Both the old 9v train motor and the Power Functions train motor are listed.
The information on the site shows that the characteristics of the two motors are very similar with the old 9v motor drawing 0.38A @ 9V and the Power Functions motor drawing 0.38A @ 9V.
The old 9v motor does draw slightly more current, (0.40A), @ 4.5V compared to 0.36A @ 4.5V for the PF motor, but this difference is negligible and will not translate into any damage to your motor or battery box.
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Set on the banks of the Nore, Kilkenny, the county town, is the most outstanding medieval city in Ireland. The castle and the cathedral dominate the town centre from either side, where the narrow alleys still follow their medieval paths (walks organised by the Tourist Office). Its historic legacy, carefully preserved with beautifully restored ancient buildings, is matched by a strong artistic tradition.
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Kilkenny Castle
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This castle was built by William de Clare, Earl Marshal from 1192 to 1207, on the River Nore. The castle was then acquired by the Butler Family, Earls and Dukes of Ormond, who lived here from the late 14C until 1935. Despite modernisation during the ..
St Canice's Cathedral
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This cathedral stands on a small hill which could have been the site of a church founded by Saint Canice. The best approach is by St Canice's Steps. It was built in the 13C in early English Gothic style and has been restored on several occasions. Fro..
Jerpoint Abbey
N 9 IRL - Thomastown
The most interesting and least damaged Cistercian ruins in Ireland are found along the Little Arrigle River, near its confluence with the River Nore. The abbey was probably founded between 1160 and 1170 by one of the kings of Ossory, to be used by th..
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Located behind Kilkenny Castle, this boutique hotel is a 5-minute walk from Kilkenny centre. It offers air-conditioned bedrooms, a stylish restaurant and bar serving hearty Irish cuisine and free parking. The spacious rooms at the Kilkenny Pembroke..
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A former bank in the town centre: a high-ceilinged, airy space with a bright, fresh look which matches the style of the cooking. Unfussy dishes use quality local produce, including pork and vegetables from the experienced chef-owner's farm.
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Classical hotel restaurant consisting of two grand rooms with beautiful stuccowork, overlooking the River Nore. Accomplished cooking uses ingredients from the estate, the county and the nearest coast. Original, modern dishes are well-prepared, attrac..
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Set in the basement of a townhouse and named after the 17C papal nuncio, this family-owned restaurant is well-known locally. Classic Italian cuisine with homemade ravioli a speciality. Some tables have views through to the wine cellar.
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Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community (IDVAAC) - Publications Safe Return Initiative, IDVAAC has several products to disseminate insightful information and promising practices gathered through roundtable discussions, focus groups, interviews and other Safe Return Initiative activities. These resources offer the perspectives of domestic violence practitioners, parole and corrections professionals, battered women, and ex-offenders to present first-hand, practical knowledge on how to effectively serve battered women and their families as their current or former partners return to the community. Products are designed to educate service providers in the corrections and domestic violence fields, as well as other service providers and stakeholders who serve this population. The following are publications at http://www.idvaac.org/Currentinitiatives/safereturninitiatives/products.html:
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in the African American Community (Download PDF)
Concepts in Creating Culturally Responsive Services for Supervised Visitation Centers This report was developed to assist Office on Violence Against Women Supervised Visitation Center (SVC) and Safe Exchange program grantees in examining how they serve culturally diverse populations. (Download PDF)
SRI Roundtable Brief: During the initial phase of the Safe Return Initiative, IDVAAC in partnership with the Vera Institute of Justice conducted a roundtable discussion with representatives from re-entry programs in Nashville, Tennessee; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Portland, Oregon. These programs are unique because of their attention to the safety needs of women in relationships with men in prison and on parole. This report summarizes these sites' descriptions of their work, what they perceive as challenges and what they believe can enhance their efforts. (Download PDF)
Safe Return: Phase 1 Report 2003-2005 Most efforts to address re-entry have focused on the influence of unemployment, substance abuse, and inadequate housing on prisoners' post-release success. To date, limited attention has been given to the connection between domestic violence and criminal recidivism. This report highlights Safe Return Initiative training efforts in Minnesota to address the important, yet understudied intersection of prisoner re-entry and domestic violence. Oliver Williams, Ph.D. (Download PDF)
Domestic Violence and Prisoner Reentry: Experiences of African American Women and Men This report recommends ways to address domestic violence when African American women are in intimate relationships with African American men who are in prison or on parole. The report draws on discussion groups of men and women dealing with reentry who were asked how similarly situated people experience and manage conflict with their partners. The recommendations include emphasizing cultural competence in programming and providing institutional support to intimate partners and their children who are preparing for an incarcerated person's return, whether or not they choose to reunify with returning prisoners. Creasie Finney Hairston and William Oliver (Download PDF)
Safe Return: Working Toward Preventing Domestic Violence When Men Return From Prison Corrections and parole officials and domestic violence advocates met in two roundtable discussions to examine ways to address intimate partner violence when men return from prison. This report summarizes the practices and key challenges identified in those meetings and addresses themes such as institutional resistance to addressing domestic violence, ways to involve intimate partners--including women who may have been victims of domestic violence--in reentry planning, and the value of cultural competence and programming that considers race. Mike Bobbitt, Robin Campbell, and Gloria L. Tate (Download PDF)
The Front Line: Building Programs that Recognize Families' Role in Reentry This Issue in Brief examines the trend towards providing family-focused reentry programming in prison and in the community, highlights ways that jurisdictions are structuring such efforts, and addresses the challenges involved. The paper discusses the family reintegration program of Project Greenlight, a prison-based pilot program operated by Vera in partnership with the New York State Department of Correctional Services and the New York State division of Parole. Mike Bobbitt and Marta Nelson (Download PDF)
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WOCN Young Women of Color Advocates & Leadership Tool A Mentoring Tool for Advocates in the Anti-Violence Against Women Movement. This tool was created to be a sound guide for young women of color (YWOC) advocates in the anti-violence against women (VAW) movement who are interested in building a mentor relationship. Young women of color, in particular, are less likely to have access to mentors or mentoring relationships, despite the important role mentoring may play in workplace success and professional growth. Although this tool is intended to encourage mentoring of YWOC advocates, it also has applicable uses for anyone trying to establish effective mentorship. Click here to view the tool
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