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Municipal Departments
The Municipal Administrator is the Chief Administrative Officer of the District and makes recommendations to Council on a broad range of policy and administrative issues. The administrator is responsible to Council for the efficient management of the municipal workforce, and for ensuring that Council's directions and policies are carried out. This role is also responsible for co-ordinating the budget process, acting as Council's representative in labour negotiations, and is called upon to provide management advice to Council.
Corporate Services Department
The Corporate Services Department is comprised of four disctinct area: Corporate Projects, Human Resources, Information Technology and Occupational Health and Safety.
Corporate Projects Division Corporate Projects provides communication and engagement support for initiatives undertaken throughout the organization.
Human Resources Division The Human Resources staff provide resources as listed below to all departments within the Municipality and work closely with other local Municipalities in areas of mutual interest. We also provide advice to the Administrator, Council and Police Board on a wide range of personnel and labour relations matters.
- Human Resources Planning
- Employee Benefits Planning
- Retirement Planning
- Recruitment
- Contract Negotiations
- Job Evaluation and Classification
- Labour Relations
- Training and Development
- Leave Management
- Employee Counseling
- Wage and Salary Administration
- Personnel Records
Information Technology Division The employees in Information Technology provide leadership and expertise in the provision of information technology for the Municipality. This includes support for staff computers, as well as all internet servers and communications equipment needed for public services provided by computer technology. It also includes the management of the geographic information system, which contains all Municipal maps, drawings, and engineering infrastructure data. IT staff also operate Saanich's telephone switchboard and the central reception desk at the main entrance to the municipal hall.
- Hardware and Software Planning and Acquisition
- Hardware and Software Research and Development
- Hardware and Software Installation
- Information Technology Policies and Procedures
- Employee Computer Training
- Help Desk Assistance
- Operating the Municipal Print Shop
Occupational Health and Safety Division The Occupational Health and Safety Division provides comprehensive accident and disease prevention and return to work programs to assist all Saanich employees to remain productively at work. Occupational Health and Safety accomplishes this goal by ensuring all Saanich workplaces and employees comply with WorkSafeBC requirements and the certification standards of the BC Municipal Safety Association.
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Engineering Department
Engineering, under the leadership of the Director of Engineering, provides guidance, design, analysis and administration of Municipal infrastructure, including roads, water, sewers, drains, street and traffic lights to ensure existing needs as well as future requirements are met.
MISSION STATEMENT: Saanich Engineering – planning, constructing, maintaining public infrastructure and providing related services for our Citizens. Building a safe, vibrant and sustainable community in an effective and socially responsible manner.
Development Division: The Development Division is responsible for processing, approving and inspecting all works installed by private developers that become municipal property.
Facilities Operations Division Maintains all Saanich community recreation centres, as well as all other municipal buildings, including Municipal Hall, the Police and Fire buildings, Saanich branch libraries and affiliated seniors centres.
Public Works Division Responsible for the construction and maintenance of roads, sanitary sewers, open and closed storm drainage systems, water distribution, traffic signals, street lights, street signs, bridge maintenance and garbage collection. It insures that all residents have safe and reliable drinking water, that they are adequately protected in the case of floods, and that garbage is collected on a regular basis. In addition, Public Works is also responsible for snow clearing of major and collector roads. The division is also responsible for responding to emergencies after hours, weekends and holidays.
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Finance Department
The Finance Department is responsible for the overall management of the financial affairs of the municipality and the procurement of all required goods and services.
The Accounting/Payroll Section provides the following services:
- Financial planning and municipal budgets
- Treasury and cash management
- Accounting and payroll
- Financial reporting and internal control
The Revenue Collection Section manages the following services:
- Property tax
- Utility billing
- Dog Licence
- Business Licence
The Purchasing Section is responsible for:
- Coordinating the procurement process for all departments
- Coordinating the bid process to ensure compliance with tendering laws
- Assisting departments with contract management initiatives
- Operating the Municipal Print Shop
- Coordinating efforts in conjunction with the members of the Greater Victoria Joint Purchasing Group and the Greater Vancouver Municipal Purchasing Group
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Fire Department
The Saanich Fire Department's mandate is to protect life and property within the Municipality. The Department is responsible for the prevention, suppression and investigation of fires.
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Legislative Services Department
Legislative Division The Legislative Division is responsible for corporate administration, and provides management, information and support services for Council, the Advisory Committees of Council and the Board of Variance. The Division is responsible for administering the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy legislation and the corporate records program, providing access to records and ensuring the long-term protection of the Municipality's information assets. The Division is also responsible for administering the electoral process, conducting municipal elections, by-elections, referenda and legislated elector approval processes.
As part of the Legislative Division, the Archives Section collects and preserves the documentary heritage of The District of Saanich and makes this information available through public reference room services, website resources, and public outreach. Corporate and community records - including correspondence, reports, historical council and committee minutes, plans, photographs, oral histories, and ephemera - can be accessed at our public reference room in the Saanich Centennial Library.
Also part of the Legislative Division, the Strategic Planning Section manages and supports the strategic planning and progress reporting processes, providing corporate advice and coordination on reporting for the past year, implementation in the current year, and planning for future years. The Section also undertakes other corporate iniatitives such as the citizen and business surveys which provide feedback to help guide corporate decision-making.
Legislative Division
District of Saanich
2nd Floor – 770 Vernon Avenue
Victoria, BC V8X 2W7
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Lands Division The Lands Division provides real estate and appraisal services to Council and other departments. The division buys and sells property on behalf of the Municipality, manages all leased or rented properties and negotiates the acquisition of rights-of-way. The division also has the responsibility for managing and coordinating special projects.
Legal Division The role of the Legal Division is to give legal advice to Council and other departments and prepares bylaws, contracts and real estate documentation for the Municipality. The division also manages all types of litigation for the Municipality including damage claims, bylaw prosecutions and labour arbitrations.
Risk Management Division The objective of the Risk Management Division is to protect the Municipality's assets, employees, volunteers and citizens from loss, damage or injury through the promotion of policies and procedures designed to prevent incidents from occurring. As well, the division attempts to effectively reduce the effects of incidents which do occur through various methods of loss reduction, risk transfer and risk financing.
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Parks and Recreation Department
Parks Division The Parks Division is responsible for the planning, design, maintenance and construction of over 140 parks including turf, sport fields, playgrounds, tennis courts, trails, field houses, washrooms, roads and parking lots. This responsibility also includes beach accesses, walkways, roadside grass cutting, and landscape maintenance of recreation centres and branch libraries.
The Parks Division is also responsible for the planting and maintenance of all boulevard and parks trees, administration of the Tree Preservation Bylaw, and horticultural maintenance of annual beds, shrub beds, perennial borders and traffic islands.
Recreation Division Saanich Recreation Services operates four major community recreation centres and provides liaison with the community through the Community Services Section. The Department provides recreation programming for all ages and interests, ranging from sports and fitness opportunities to the exploration and enjoyment of arts and culture. As well, Recreation Services provides leadership in organizing special events and activities that foster community identity and pride.
All four Saanich recreation centres, who welcome 1.8 million visitors each year, offer full fitness, aerobic and weight training opportunities as well as recreation programming. Aquatic amenities are located at Saanich Commonwealth Place and Gordon Head Community Recreation Centre. Arenas are located at Pearkes Community Recreation Centre and indoor court facilities are found at Cedar Hill Community Recreation Centres. In addition, each facility offers rental space for groups ranging in size from 20 to 2,000 participants. The Community Services Division focuses on providing recreation opportunities for youth as well as providing leadership in such areas as cultural bridging and recreation affordability.
Cedar Hill Golf Course The Cedar Hill Golf Course, located on Derby Road off Cedar Hill Road, provides "close to home" golf for beginners and experienced players on an 18 hole, 5100 yard course. CPGA instruction, pro shop sales and services, a short club practice range and licensed light snack and beverage service round out the golf experience. Green fee play and pass holder tee times are facilitated through an on-line booking system. The course is surrounded by a 3.5km (2.2mile) walking trail with scenic views of the Olympic Mountains and access to the unique King's Pond area.
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Planning Department
The responsibility of the Planning Department is to ensure that municipal goals are reflected in planning policy documents and ultimately in new development that occurs within the municipality. The Department has an important role in providing Council with professional and technical advice on current and future land uses, and a wide range of issues including housing, heritage, environment, transportation, and social policy.
The principal functions of the Planning Department are:
- To provide long range community planning through the Official Community Plan and other policy documents;
- To undertake focused planning studies on a variety of subjects;
- To administer development control bylaws including building permits and bylaw enforcement;
- To provide policies and education to conserve, protect and enhance Saanich's natural environment;
- To act as advisors to Council on planning and environmental matters; and
- To provide liaison to various municipal committees and community groups.
Environmental Services, within Planning, promotes conservation and enhancement of Saanich's natural environment. This is achieved through the development application process, the introduction of new policies and bylaws, and environmental education and outreach programs that create greater awareness, understanding and involvement within the community.
One vital section of this Department is Inspection Services which is responsible for the administration and enforcement of B.C. Building Code and related Plumbing Code. This section also includes enforcement of municipal bylaws.
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Police Department
The Municipality of Saanich, through its governing Municipal Police Board, is responsible for maintaining an independent police department which is supported by civilians and volunteer Reserve Police Officers.
Central to the activities of the police department is a commitment to a formal, five year strategic plan encompassing the philosophy of Community Policing.
The mission statement of the Saanich Police is: To provide quality police services by working with our partners to ensure the safety and security of our community.


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CIF-SS Athletes Hall of Fame Induction Features 13 Bruins
CIF Southern Section's list of 100 athletes includes 13 Bruins
Bruin Greats Gather for UCLA Title IX Celebration
UCLA celebrated the 40 year anniversary of Title IX at the women's basketball season opener.
UCLA to Honor Top 40 Female Athletes of Title IX Era Nov. 10
UCLA's Title IX 40 will be honored at halftime of the UCLA women's basketball season opener.
UCLA's Title IX 40: Natalie Williams, Lisa Fernandez
Profiling two of UCLA's 40 game-changers in Title IX era.
Kirk Walker, Jodie Legaspi-Kiaha Added to Bruin Coaching Staff
Former Bruins with three decades of coaching experience.
UCLA Celebrates Title IX
Title IX Memories with Lisa Fernandez
Title IX Memories with softball legend Lisa Fernandez
One of the most recognizable names in the sport of softball, Lisa Fernandez begins her 15th season on the Bruin coaching staff in 2013.
This is Fernandez's second stint as a full-time assistant coach for UCLA (1997-99, 2007-), also serving as a volunteer assistant from 2000-04. In 14 previous seasons with Fernandez on staff, the Bruins have posted a 649-178-1 (.784) record and have claimed four NCAA Championships in 1999, 2003, 2004 and 2010. UCLA has also won Pac-10 titles in 1999, 2002 and 2009. The program has been honored as the NFCA National Coaching Staff of the Year twice in 2004 and 2010. Arguably the greatest pitcher in softball history, Fernandez has coached seven Bruin hurlers to 13 All-American awards.
Fernandez is a three-time Olympic Gold Medalist, having helped Team USA to victories in the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games. In 1996, Fernandez shined in the United States' 3-1 gold-medal victory over China, recording the final three outs to earn a save. She went 1-1 with a 0.33 ERA in softball's inaugural appearance in the Olympics in Atlanta.
In the 2000 Sydney Games, Fernandez pitched the U.S. to victory in both the semifinal win over Australia and the gold-medal game against Japan. She established an Olympic single-game strikeout record with 25 in a round-robin game against Australia and posted a 0.47 earned run average and 52 strikeouts. In 2004, Fernandez was Team USA's top hitter and pitcher, posting a .545 batting average (12-for-22), which set a new record for an Olympic tournament. For the third-consecutive Games, she was also in the circle for the final out of the gold-medal contest, a 5-1 victory over Australia. Fernandez was selected as an alternate to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
Away from the U.S. National Team, Fernandez is a member of the ProFastPitch X-treme Tour (PFX), which she has played in for each of the past six summers. In 1999, Fernandez was named the Amateur Softball Association/USA Softball Female Athlete of the Year. As a pitcher and third baseman, she helped the USA Softball Women's National Team to gold medals at both the Pan American Games and the Canada Cup. She also helped the California Commotion win the ASA Women's Major Fast Pitch championship for the fourth consecutive time.
Fernandez played at UCLA from 1990-93 and completed her psychology degree in 1995. A three-time winner of the sport's Honda Award, Fernandez became the first softball player to win the prestigious Honda-Broderick Cup in 1993, given to the most outstanding collegiate female athlete in all sports. A four-time, first-team All-American, Fernandez led the Bruins to two national championships (1990 & 1992) and two runner-up finishes (1991 & 1993). She was also All-Region and All-Pac-10 first-team each season and Pac-10 Player of the Year her final three years.
With a miniscule 0.22 earned run average, Fernandez went 93-7 with 784 strikeouts. Her ERA ranks second in NCAA history and her 74 shutouts are tops at UCLA and ninth in the NCAA annals. In her junior and senior seasons, Fernandez had the lowest ERA in the nation (0.14 in 1992, 0.25 in 1993), sporting a perfect 29-0 mark in `92. She tossed 11 career no-hitters, including a pair in the 1993 College World Series, along with two perfect games. She ranks second in UCLA history in ERA and fourth in wins and shutouts.
Fernandez was just as powerful at the plate, batting .382 with 15 home runs and 128 runs batted in. She hit .401 in her junior season, but eclipsed that mark by more than 100 points in her senior campaign, batting an NCAA-best .510 with 11 homers and 45 RBI. Fernandez ranks in the UCLA Top 10 in numerous offensive categories, including sixth in average and fourth in hits.
In 2003, Fernandez became the eighth Bruin softball player to be inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame.
Fernandez and Mike Lujan, who were married in August 2002, have a son, Antonio (7), and reside in Long Beach.

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NASAs James Hansen to Deliver Keynote at CSPI Conference on Rejuvenating Public-Sector Science
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June 25, 2008
WASHINGTONJames Hansen, the director of NASAs Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and Representative Brad Miller (D-NC) will deliver keynote addresses at an upcoming conference on rejuvenating public-sector science, sponsored by the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest. The title for Hansens address will be Threat to the Planet: The Dark and Bright Sides of Global Warming. Miller will speak on Preserving Scientific Integrity: The Role of Congressional Oversight.
The July 11 event, the fourth such national conference organized by CSPIs Integrity in Science project, will focus on protecting government scientists and regulators from political and corporate influence. And, in what should of special interest to reporters who plan to cover health care reform, an early afternoon panel will highlight the controversy surrounding the topic of researching the comparative effectiveness of medical treatments. Registration is required but free for journalists.
What: Conference, Rejuvenating Public Sector Science. Sessions on climate change research, energy policy, endangered species protection, conflicts of interest on advisory committees, and more. Full agenda.
Anthony Broccoli, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Rutgers University;
Ezekiel Emanuel, chair, Department of Clinical Bioethics, National Institutes of Health;
James Furnish, former Forest Service deputy chief;
James Hansen, director, NASAs Goddard Institute for Space Studies;
William Hubbard, former Food and Drug Administration associate commissioner;
David Michaels, director, Project on Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy;
Representative Brad Miller (D-CA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, Committee on House Science and Technology
Gail Wilensky, Project Hope
When: 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Friday, July 11, 2008
Where: Ronald Reagan International Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.


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In a classic, The Age of the Crowd, the author, Serge Moscovici, writes on contrasting styles of leadership and mass psychology.
I now propose to develop further the brief outline of the division between the two kinds of leaders with the aim of showing more clearly its concrete nature and widening the scope of the contrast between them. The first and most important aspect of that contrast lies precisely in their propensity to either ban or encourage the representation of themselves in the form of images, which they can either reject or use as an instrument of their power. By virtually refusing to use it in this way, Mosaic leaders tend to control the radiant strength of the great man and reduce the temptation that others feel to imitate them and see reality through their eyes. In doing so, they hope to prevent religion becoming superstition, charisma a magic amulet and their own person a false god and an object of adoration. It is not by chance that the Mosaic prohibition has frequently been renewed throughout history. Indeed, Marx did precisely that in modem times, writing to one of his comrades that when he and Engels joined the Communists, they did so on the understanding that everything connected with the superstitious adoration of authority would be banished from its statutes.
Totemic leaders, on the other hand, do all that is in their power to encourage a cult of their personality, trying unceasingly to establish a visual, metaphor-laden legend around themselves and the idea supporting them. They do the easiest thing, which is to draw on traditional customs and ways of thought. This allows them to keep an ancient and familiar content, the Golden Calf of the imagination, beneath the attractive trappings of the new. To this, the crowd submits very rapidly.
This is what the fathers of the Christian Church did, assimilating a whole baggage of pagan customs and local divinities (who underwent baptism and re-emerged as saints) when they set out to win over whole peoples. And to establish its power it instituted glittering and splendid ceremonies, the magic rituals and pomps of the world it had conquered and which it had the chance of controlling by such means. As Max Weber observes, 'mass religion in particular is frequently and directly dependent on artistic devices for the required potency of its effects, since it is inclined to make concessions to the needs of the masses, which everywhere tend towards magic and idolatry' (Weber, 1965: 244). The Chevalier de Jancourt had made the same observation much earlier:
Those who have governed peoples in all ages have always made use of paintings and statues, the better to inspire in them the feelings they wished them to have, both in religion and in politics.
Once they take this path, leaders set up a living Pantheon as a receptacle for the signs of their authority in which they occupy the chief place. They make themselves into idols to capture the crowd's attention, stage-managing their person and their function in order to increase their hold over it. They tell the whole world to create a likeness, their likeness, and to have faith in it. Their personality is imposed on the crowd by the sea of portraits and emblems the crowd carries everywhere, which are to be found in homes as well as in public places.
At least, that is what happens unless they have the unusual gift of changing the crowd itself into their image, as happened some years ago in Peking when the huge crowd in Red Square formed a portrait of Mao, who was watching them from the stage and could see himself in them. When there is this mirage, individuals are gathered from all sides, caught up in the mirror the leader offers and dominated by sensations, losing their critical powers. The leader who knows how to make himself into an idol enjoys the absolute sovereignty of one man over all others, since he is in direct control of their memory.
The second difference between Mosaic and totemic leaders is that the former want to identify the mass with a religion or an idea and suppress themselves to that end, whilst the latter seek to identify the mass with themselves and become its central preoccupation. Mosaic leaders therefore try to abolish the external signs of power, seeking to affirm, by the modesty of their attitude, that they are part of ordinary humanity, as if they were afraid of offending the ideal they serve. Their attitude is always one of sobriety and their power is always discreet. They try to diminish their own stature and are aware of the fragile nature of what they have accomplished. They have no illusions about the chances of success of any human undertaking. The Bible says of Moses, 'Now the Man Moses was very meek, above all the men which are upon the face of the earth'.
This characteristic has become the criterion by which we judge the calibre of a great man. It is an indication of maturity and the renunciation of the pleasures of power. It reassures and meets the crowd's longing for purity, reconciling it with authority. It is even stressed in Khrushchev's famous secret report on the harm done by the cult of personality: 'The great modesty of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, the great leader of the Revolution, is well known.' As all the accounts tell us, the latter was unostentatious and sober in speech and extremely polite in all his dealings. Trotsky relates how, during mass demonstrations, he would collect his notes as soon as his speech was finished and leave the stage quickly, to escape the inevitable sequel of the cries and cheers of thousands and wave after wave of tumultuous applause. He had little in common with those who came after him, for they were and still are applauded to order.
The words humility and modesty evoke a simple idea when they are applied to leaders. The man has sacrificed his ambitions to the cause, and not the opposite. We all see that as the true sign of real faith and genuine wealth. As the poet Rumi says:
Thus a branch laden with fruit is bowed down towards the ground, and a branch without fruit holds its head high, like the poplar. When there is a great abundance of fruit, there are supports to stop the branches trailing on the earth. The Prophet (be he blest) was very modest, for all the fruits of the world, from its beginning to its end, are gathered in him. Therefore he is the most modest.
Totemic leaders, however, make a show of their extraordinary qualities. In order to attract mass attention, they create an aura of personal omnipotence and infallibility in all their deeds. They want everything they are and do to be matchless and recall these things incessantly. Their self-confidence is visible and contagious. They start by persuading the crowd that they are not like other men and hence come to believe it themselves. The crowd tells itself that its leader can do great things and even perform miracles. The man who has been marked out in this way seems to have been designated by God, history or nature. This makes him, like Stalin, an outstanding example of this kind of leader,
a superman endowed with supernatural qualities like a god. Such a man is supposed to know everything, to think for everybody, to do everything and to be infallible. (Lazitch, 1976: 53)
It goes without saying that the two kinds of leader can only be understood with reference to each other. We cannot, of course, judge how important they are in the life of a society or say which is better suited to which kind of crowd. Questions of that nature will be answered one day, if there is need of it. It is easy to see, however, that Mosaic leaders take a loftier road, for they primarily and principally ask the masses to give up any immediate satisfaction of their desires and instincts. This is not done for the sake of authority or abstinence, but only as a means of confronting the external world and the constraints of work and social life. It is by recognising the limits of the world and interiorising them in terms of an ideal that we become masters of ourselves, for in so doing we become the masters of our instincts and desires. Consequently, since it is for their sake that we have made these sacrifices, we identify more closely with our community and its aims.
In short, such leaders ask of others what they ask of themselves and dominate them to the extent that they dominate themselves. This means that their authority has an ethical origin, as Freud writes:
But ethics is a limitation of instinct. The Prophets are never tired of asserting that God requires nothing other from his people than a just and virtuous life - that is, abstention from every instinctual satisfaction which is still condemned as vicious by our morality to-day as well. (Freud: XXIII, 118-19)
But this sacrifice, far from diminishing individuals psychologically, enhances them and gives them self-confidence. Why should this be so? Because the leaders who ask it of them play for each individual the part of a strict but fair super-ego of the kind that parents are thought to provide; and for many people meeting its demands, conforming to its ideal and winning its approval is a source of satisfaction. Their ego feels itself transported and strengthened, and this is of capital importance. 'When the ego has brought the super-ego the sacrifice of an instinctual renunciation, it expects to be rewarded by receiving more love from it. The consciousness of deserving this love is felt by it as pride' (Freud: XXID, 117).
It means an increase in their self-esteem, in so far as it makes them feel superior to others who are still slaves to instincts and desires and have failed where they have succeeded. They feel they are special and have a keen sense of being a people chosen for an exclusive mission, like the early Christians, the French during the Revolution and, more recently, the socialists.
It is not surprising that totemic leaders adapt themselves to the masses as they are and do not ask of them anything that would disturb them or that they would refuse to understand. They do the opposite, in fact, and continually seek to reassure them that their instincts and needs are sound and promise to satisfy them in full. On the other hand, they are ready to limit that satisfaction by means of external repression, the army and police being the most effective ways of achieving this. Such reassurance entails two kinds of consequences. On the one hand, both individuals and the mass more or less expect miracles and rediscover their childish faith in an omnipotent person or magic formula. This justifies their infinite growth, as does publicity every day, enclosing the masses in a world of illusions, a Utopia of abundance or boundless justice, a magic world, in fact.
The authority of leaders of this kind could be said to be of an economic nature in so far as it comes from the ability to satisfy needs or to promise that they will be satisfied. Even ideas are seen in this way. For example, Christianity is a way of satisfying the need for immortality and happiness and socialism is a means of satisfying that for comfort and the enjoyment of earthly riches. The inevitable result of this is a fall in the self-esteem of both the individual and the masses, but for the opposite reasons to those we have just seen, namely that the expected rewards do not come from the super-ego. Indeed, the latter is severely critical of each person's deeds, and the ego is consequently weakened. People feel inferior to the leaders, on whom the partly-illusory satisfaction of desires now depends, and also to those who have accepted a renunciation that reconciles them with the ideals of the ego. In short, Mosaic leaders can only govern if they strengthen the ego, and totemic leaders only if they weaken it. At least that is logically what should happen, but reality is not often synonymous with a logical framework.
The fact is also that crowd psychology began by describing mainly totemic leaders, with Napoleon as the prototype, and later, in Freud's work, offered an analysis of Mosaic leaders, whose prototype is the prophet of Israel. The contrast between them lies in the prohibition against setting up idols imposed on the masses and that against charming the masses imposed on leaders. Movement from one to the other would be like that from a science smacking of magic to one based on reason or from a society which refuses to recognise the autonomy of private and public life to a divided society which does recognise it and enshrines it in the ethic it imposes on its leaders. As Freud wrote:
Going back to ethics, we may say in conclusion that a part of its precepts are justified rationally by the necessity for delimiting the rights of society as against the individual, the rights of the individual as against society and those of individuals as against one another. (Freud: XXIII, 122)
But in mass societies the opposite is most often the case. That means that there is still something we do not know, which is why the latter, which is progress from the historical point of view, goes hand in hand with psychic regression. The very fact that we cannot solve this problem shows that we are operating at the limits of the hypotheses we have proposed in the attempt to provide some degree of rational explanation of a reality which still needs a great deal more.


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The Farmers' Union of Wales has one basic aim – to protect and advance the interests of those who derive an income from Welsh agriculture.
The FUW is an independent Union which values the freedom to run its own affairs. It can advance the views of farmers in Wales without fear or favour, unfettered by sectional interests.
Established in 1955, the FUW has been given the official right by the Government to represent and speak on behalf of Welsh farmers. The Union has done so at the highest level – at the National Assembly, Whitehall and Brussels.
What we do:
- The FUW has a network of County and local offices throughout Wales.
- Specialist FUW officers providing expert local advice.
- The freedom to formulate independent policies, but always willing to co-operate with others for the common good of Welsh agriculture.
- The FUW has permanent and regular Committees covering all the issues of the importance to Welsh farmers.
- Independent access to decision makers in the National Assembly, Westminster and European Union.


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About testcore
At the beginning, Chaum did acknowledge that some controversy does surround this proposal, then waved his hand and said, "I have no idea why."
He then went on to completely omit the fact that there is this glaring security hole. Rather it's left to an exercise for the reader. What a cowardly cop-out.
Oh, and he also stated that the system would have to run "in a highly secure data center managed by someone in this room", ignoring the fact that most people in the room could also break in to such a "secure data center".
Bad news all around.
It's totally clear now why we need investor-state resolution.
Perhaps they send a link when you receive a binary, but there aren't any sources on their site.
Not true. If you're distributing linux in binary form, the GPL requires you also distribute source.
They don't have to distribute the source for *their* app, but they still need to include GPL'ed sources.
If it really is a linux-based distro (their site is short on details on that front), the fact that it appears they're not distributing the source would mean that they're violating the GPL.
Also note that the "Terms of Use" in the footer, which might actually describe their use of the GPL, is not actually a link, and there are no accessible ToS.
If they have nothing to hide, they have nothing to fear. Oh wait...
I suggested this on the last post: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140226/13184826360/technologically-clueless-grandstanding-senato r-calls-us-to-ban-bitcoin.shtml#c56
Maybe I'll sue for trademark infringement.
By banning cash, we can:
1. Prevent banks from becoming "too big to fail"
2. Prevent drug kingpins from amassing huge fortures
3. Prevent corrupt politicians from accepting bribes/campaign contributions
I'm sure there's others, including perhaps even some reasons for the children.
Which is why today all city streets flow red with blood due to the release of GTA V.
suggests that the reviews are actually the direct result of a butterfly flapping its wings in China.
Why is this the second line of most of the html files?
"Delight is a Pixedelic work, by Consorzio Creativo on Wordpress platform | Manuel Masia (designer and developer)"
Dear Mz Buhl - Don't like the rules we plays by? Then GTFO.
teh interwebz
From the article, this is particularly telling - "The idea is to unite Canadian money and foreign brains". Haven't yet seen a statement that says the VC must be Canadian, but the quote implies it. Seems to me that if you're a VC in Canada, you just got a massive handout in the cornering of the immigrant-founded startup market.
Actually, I think Brigner deserves more credit than he's given here. His arguments make a pretty damn good case for not using Windoze(TM) computers on the internet.
Since the VM's were deleted and are no longer available for use by the family, yet the reporters had the opportunity to benefit from them, isn't that theft?
Took me a sec to compile simple evidence, here ya go:
You said, "Everyone knows who was first, and they will always trust the group that actually came up with the idea, and was the first to provide that idea for people to use."
That's a really good point, thanks for clearing that up, and Mike really should address it.
If you read this site with any regularity, you'd know that *all* of the issues you raise have been addressed. Just not necessarily in this one specific post.
Troll harder.
This comment is a test and is <= any other artitrarty comment. It is safe to ignore.
Right up to the point that they include in the EULA for the device (yes, it's possible to do that) that they own the copyright on all images output by the device. Really doesn't seem to be too much of a stretch.
Unless, of course, you've got your head in the sand.


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It's human nature to pay the least attention to the things you do the most. How to start a Skype call is a great example of this. It's so easy to do, you might think you know all about it already.
Today I'm going to change that with some tips for starting a call in Skype for Windows Desktop that are a little different. I'll even include a few tips for when you're the one being called.
How to start a call without your fingers leaving the keyboard
I'm probably not telling you anything you don't already know by saying that there are two buttons in Skype to start a call – one for video calls and one for audio calls. But something you might not know is that you can also use the key combination Ctrl+R to start an audio call or Ctrl+Shift+R to start a video call. This can be a real time-saver if you're often switching between instant messaging and calling your friends.
Learn more about using hotkeys in Skype for Windows desktop.
The time for messaging is through, it's time to /golive
A much less obvious means of starting a call is the /golive chat command. Type this in the message box of a group chat and press enter and it will start a call with that group, but with one small difference.
Your contacts in the group won't hear the Skype ringing sound when you use /golive. Instead they'll need to join the call themselves with the steps I describe below.
Starting a call without having it ring sounds crazy, but bear with me for a moment because it can be useful. Imagine you have a regular call with a group of people and one or more people are running late. No worries, just use the /golive command and everyone can join when they're ready.
How to join in when you're late to a call
Joining an active group call only takes a moment. Whether you missed the notification or the call was started with /golive, it's quick and easy to join an active group call.
If you are in a group with an active call going, you'll see the group separated at the top of your recent conversation list. To jump in on the action, simply select the group and click Join call or Join call with video.
How to add incoming calls to active ones
One last tip to end this post. Did you know that if you're on a call already when someone calls you, you can add the two calls together into one group call?
To add an incoming call to an active call, simply select Add to group call on the incoming call box.


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3-Day Private Hiking Adventure on the Great Wall: Gubeikou, Jinshanling and Simatai
- 3-day private hiking tour of the Great Wall at Gubeikou, Jinshanling and Simatai
- Experience the lesser-traveled areas of the Great Wall with portions still in their original form
- Enjoy daily moderate hikes with your expert English-speaking guide
- Meet locals and discover the simple village lifestyle
- Support vehicles are available for your assistance
- Hotel pickup and drop-off, all meals, accommodation and entrance fees included
- A great adventure for avid hikers!
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What You Can Expect
Enjoy adventurous and sometimes challenging hikes led by an expert English-speaking guide, who'll provide assistance, support and interesting commentary about the wall throughout your journey. On your first day, you'll receive an introductory briefing regarding the terrain and safety requirements.
You'll hike between 4 and 10 miles (6 and 16 km) every day and ascend between 1,640 and 2,625 feet (500 and 800 meters), and there will always be a support vehicle and driver nearby for assistance.
You'll stay at a hotel and then in a village guesthouse, both near the wall. Daily meals are included: picnic lunches include sandwiches, fruit, cookies and nuts, and breakfasts and dinners will be cooked at your campsite or in a local farmer's home. You'll also have hot tea or coffee every morning and water throughout your trip.
For a detailed schedule, see the Itinerary section below.
Morning pickup from your hotel in Beijing will take you to the Great Wall at Gubeikou. You'll first receive an introduction and briefing from your guide about the terrain, your itinerary and safety requirements.
As you hike along with your guide, see lush vegetation and learn how this part of the wall has crumbled because in the 1950s local farmers took bricks from the wall to build their houses.
Pass by a local village and walk around the inner circle of wall, which was the second defense in case the main wall was breached. Continue walking until the late afternoon, when you'll make a detour through a village and approach the Jinshanling section of the wall.
Today, you'll hike 10 miles (16 km) for a total of 4-5 hours, and will rest for a 3-4 hours to take in the views and have lunch. Stay overnight at a hotel near the wall.
Overnight: International 5-Star Regent Hotel in Beijing
Day 2: Jinshanling -- Simatai (B, L, D)
Enjoy breakfast at your hotel to gear up for today's hike to Simatai, a popular route among avid hikers.
Follow your guide along the Jinshanling section, which has preserved its original appearance dating back almost 400 years.
Pass watchtowers including Crenel Building (Zhuanduokou Tower), Open Tower (Changlouzi Tower) and Sifang Terrace (Sifangtai Tower), among many others.
You'll hike 6 miles (10 km) and ascend 2,066 feet (630 meters) for a total of 4.5 hours. Enjoy 2 hours of rest time to enjoy the scenery and eat a picnic lunch. At the end of the day, you'll stay overnight in a guesthouse in a village near the wall.
Overnight: International 5-Star Regent Hotel in Beijing
Day 3: Simatai -- Beijing (B, L)
In the morning, enjoy a home-cooked breakfast in the guesthouse and then begin today's hike along Simatai.
Visit Wang Jing Tower (Watching Beijing Tower) and climb to the top for bird's-eye views of the surrounding mountains and, on a clear day, the city of Beijing.
You'll hike 4 miles (6 km) and ascend 1,768 feet (539 meters) for a total of almost 2 hours. Break for 1.5 hours to soak in views. You'll enjoy lunch back at the campsite in the afternoon and then be taken by comfortable, private vehicle back to your Beijing to conclude your tour.


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Inman News Publishes 10 Real Estate Markets to Watch in 2012
Alameda, CA– For the second year in a row, the Midwest and Northeast markets dominated Inman News' 10 Real Estate Markets to Watch in 2012, a list of 10 fast-rising real estate markets nationwide. The Des Moines (IA) and Bloomington-Normal (IL) metros are the only ones to rank in the top 10 for two years running.
Inman News examined housing, economic and demographic data for metropolitan areas nationwide in compiling a list of 10 housing markets that are showing signs of strength and may outperform other housing markets in 2012 in several key metrics. They include above-average price appreciation, a flourishing job market, a high rate of sales in proportion to population, a high level of home affordability, low foreclosure activity, a below-average share of distressed sales, a low vacancy rate, and other characteristics indicating a healthy housing market.
The markets are, in order:
Raleigh-Cary, NC
Wichita, KS
Rochester, NY
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
Chattanooga, TN – GA
Peoria, IL
Amarillo, TX
Binghamton, NY
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Bloomington-Normal, IL
The 10 markets are ranked according to population, sales volume, and median sales price appreciation. Population was weighted most heavily in the rankings, followed by sales volume in proportion to population and rate of price appreciation.


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Nursing Is The Art Of Caring For Sick People With The Science Of Health Care.The Word Nursing Comes From The Latin Word 'Nutrix' Meaning 'To Nourish Or Cherish'
Gayathri Educational Academy offers excellent environment and facilities to foster and nurture the best of nursing and Para-medical talent.
The word nourish means 'to supply' that which is necessary to life. Nursing emerged as a learned profession that is both as a science and as an art which possesses its own body of scientific knowledge. Knowledge is an awareness or perception of reality which is acquired through learning or investigation. Nursing is a process of human interactions between nurse and sick or well. Nurse means a person who is professionally efficient in providing care of the individual sick or well.
Gayathri Educational Academy is one such institution aimed at attracting students who would like to make the best of this excellent opportunity.
While imparting the right skills and knowledge is our prime importance, recognition from the concerned bodies of authority is essential. The courses we offer are recognized by Indian Nursing Council [INC] New Delhi and Karnataka Nursing Council [KNC] Bangalore, the main apex bodies for approval of the Course. Basic B.Sc. Nursing program of the academy is also affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Bangalore. Apart from the theoretical experience through classroom lectures and lab demonstration Students are also assigned Hospital duties for their practical experience. Students are posted in various departments such as Medical, Surgical, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Maternity, OT, X-RAY, Pathological lab, and other Specialities. Community Health Nursing and Family Welfare works also form part of training.
We, at Gayathri Educational Academy give a big impetus to usage of English as we recognize the fact that most of the graduating students would seek a future abroad. The medium of instruction therefore is English and experienced Nursing Tutors, Clinical Instructors and Doctors are chosen to give the students a strong foundation in Nursing and Paramedical sciences. Communication is essential to nursing as it is considered as an effective factor for human interaction. In view of the cultural diversity and to avoid language problems among students the Institution has an English department with fulltime English Lecturers. Students are given best English coaching by using state of the art Lingua-phone Technology. In this regard, internal examination is conducted at the end of training and successful candidates, issued certificates.
Keeping in mind the global demand for nursing and paramedical staff, the academy has its own career guidance programmes which will enable students to have access towards abroad opportunities. In view of the advanced technology and corporatarization of Hospitals, students are given computer coaching for a specified period by experts in the field. In this regard internal computer examination will be conducted at the end of training and certificates issued to the successful candidates.
We aim at bringing the innate Qualities possessed within each student and develop creative, critical thinking ability within themselves in order to make them highly autonomous and challengeable professionals to meet the changing trends and needs of Globe.


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What's in a Tweet? If you're Courtney Love, it's most likely a load of nonsense or some self-indulgent pictures, but really, the same could be said of all of us.
If you're Jonathan Alter, respected longtime columnist and reporter for Newsweek magazine, it might occasionally serve as a place to spill some secrets, though not in a way that any of us could glean much of worth. For example, his little burst on Saturday, presumably after a chat with someone in the know:
Salacious stuff, right? And exactly the right, and wrong, thing to post on Twitter. Many of us soccer bloggers and reporters ran with it in various directions; some dismissed it as the burgeoning move in a smear campaign (weird, but ok). others thought it to be vague confirmation of misdeeds long suspected since the World Cups were awards, and others just kinda mocked it and moved on.
All of them right to do what they did, because until Alter spills a few more beans—or gives someone beans—it's hard to know what to make of it.
Fueled by indignant outrage and justified bitterness over the awarding of 2018 and 2022 to Russia and Qatar respectively, Alter's tweets provided little comfort but plenty of hope for those searching for a smoking gun. If you study the FIFA organization long enough, pretty soon all you see is the rancid plumes of smoke emanating from various weapons, so to hear Alter's "news" that Qatar had indeed paid out cash to secure their 2022 bid is unsatisfying. It resigns us to what we think to be the truth, but doesn't give us every piece of the puzzle needed for full closure or that post-coital cigarette.
Like the guy in Pi, we might want to conclude this search with a well-placed drill bit to the frontal lobe.
If anything, Alter's revelations cause more confusion than clarity.
Several questions arise:
1. Why would FIFA let its facade slip now?
FIFA has been implicated in several scandals over its 106-year history. The 1974 presidential election, David Yallop's work in How They Stole the Game, investigative work by the esteemed David Conn, the collapse of ISL as detailed by Andrew Jennings in FOUL! (plus the Transparency in Sport web site), the Visa/Mastercard fiasco in 2006, and even the various misdeeds and miscellaneous chicanery pinned on the bespoke CONCACAF chief, Jack Warner. For that entire hegemony of closed-rank dealings to be toppled by 140 characters just doesn't make sense, not that the glass house is in danger of being shattered by this tiny stone.
Even so, the complete lack of whistle-blowers—Jerome Champagne and Michel Zen-Ruffinen aside, neither of whom escaped without various character assaults in the wake of their revelations—make this slip of the tongue seem disappointing. When you've been trailing such loathsome individuals for a while, you'd hope that the takedown has more oomph to it than the equivalent of catching them with a busted headlight. It's all hung up on that use of the word "legal" in the phrase "legal bribe." What does that even mean?
2. Why is Alter not chasing the story himself?
If his juicy, tabloid-friendly morsel does contain plenty of truth—and Alter seemed sure enough on Twitter, where everything's a lark—then why is he imploring others to pick up the baton? I understand full well that it's not his beat and never was, but to publicly hope for Twitter to run with his initial blast is also disappointing. When a journalist grabs a scoop by the scruff of his neck, he doesn't let go until every drop of blood is wrung from the target between his teeth. Alter's unwillingness to chase suggests to me that there either isn't much to go on, or that his initial 140-character salvo is about as far as it goes.
An opaque inference of money changing hands. Hardly the kind of thing to disrupt Sepp Blatter's midmorning tea, is it?
3. Why is no-one else talking?
If there is a serious mountain of corruption being hidden under the flimsiest of rugs, why is Alter's source—I assume it's someone within the Washington political machine, which is Alter's domain these days, but I have no confirmation—the only person whispering in reporters' ears about it? Andy Anson, head of the failed England 2018 bid, offered nothing substantive beyond the expected sour grapes. Sunil Gulati was polite and contrite, hinting at impropriety yet dancing around it like any good diplomat. Chuck Blazer was respectful and opined briefly upon the need for change within FIFA's voting system.
There are plenty of other angry people who were involved in the bidding process; the Australian contingent has spoken out with fury, in particular paid consultant Peter Hargitay, a man with a less-than-clean slate himself, marked with a reputation for sleaze. And yet, the best we've got is Jonathan Alter's source buzzing in his ear? If there's a lot more to this story, you'd imagine plenty more to be forthcoming about it, though perhaps I'm underestimating the power of FIFA's omerta.
Ultimately, this story could have legs, but could just as easily be a big sloppy false alarm. We all want to see proof of FIFA's sin unearthed with every passing day, and yet, a compelling case against soccer's ruling body has been a slow drip instead of an avalanche. The Sunday Times made a breakthrough in uncovering voter corruption, but the follow-through, especially if Alter is indeed speaking truth, needs to arrive momentarily.
And so, I put it to established journos worth their druthers to give Alter a ring and see what he has to say. Heck, give us a name or a number. If he's got a few names in the rolodex, it'd serve him well to hook others up beyond just "Twitter" and get some real reporting on these stories. Something beyond he-said, she-said. Something more substantive than a short shrill note on a social networking site. Maybe it's in the works, but considering the screeching halt to Alter's gossip, it remains to be seen.
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OpenRoad.TV with Doug McConnell presents travel videos of the American West, including San Francisco, California, Las Vegas, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Hawaii and Alaska. Watch over 150 free travel videos from the Open Road TV show.
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The Caesar Rodney School District Board of Education approved the FY 2014 tax rates as presented by Dr. Ada Carter, at its July 9 re-organization meeting. Several of the tax rates changed on an individual basis but the overall tax rate will remain at 1.2 cents per $100 of assessed home value.
The special education tuition tax rate, which is used to ensure that special education students are provided with the materials that are outlined in the Individual Education Plans, was reduced by .01 cents per $100 of assessed home value. The rate decreased from 0.3684 cents to 0.3548 cents.
The math match tax rate was reduced from .0085 cents to .0081 cents. The reading match tax rate was set at .0366 cents, a .0014-cent decrease from Fiscal Year 2013. The math and reading match tax funds are used to fund math and reading specialists in the district's schools.
The extra time match tax rate, which helps fund summer school teachers, after-school instructors and classroom aids, increased by .0154 cents, taking it from .0130 cents to .0284 cents.
The extra time match tax rate increased so that the rate could be maximized, Carter said. When the extra time match tax was implemented Caesar Rodney chose not to levy the full 30 percent of the local portion so that taxes wouldn't increase. The state, which once put up 70 percent of the match tax, stopped matching the funds in 2009, but allowed the districts to continue collecting their portion under the condition that they not adjust their rate. As of 2009, Caesar Rodney wasn't levying the full 30 percent for the extra time match tax. The state has now instructed districts that if they haven't maximized that rate they may now do so.
"I recommend that we do maximize the extra time," Carter sad. "That particular fund is extremely flexible much more so than the reading or math. We'll be able to use it for a number of things and the board can vote to maximize that tax."
Carter mitigated raising the extra time tax by lowering the other match taxes, allowing the overall tax rate to remain unchanged.
Board members William Bush and P. Scott Wilson were both sworn in at Tuesday's meeting. Bush is beginning his second term on the board, while Wilson is a newcomer. Wilson was elected to fill Dave Henderson's seat after he stepped down from the school board. Kathleen Haynes was re-elected as the school board president and Bush was elected as vice president, filling the position left vacant by Henderson.
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I am currently struggling with the determination the order of a point on an elliptic curve.
We had to do the following exercise:
$C = V(y^2+x^3-1)$ and $P = (0,1)$. Now Wikipedia told me that I can calculate the sum of two point with the following formulas:
Let $P=(x_P,y_P), Q=(x_Q,y_Q)$. Then $S=P+Q=(X_S,y_S)$
with $x_S=m^2-x_P-x_Q$ and $y_S=-y_P+s(x_P-x_S)$, where $m = \frac{y_P-y_Q}{x_P-x_Q}$.
So then I get $P+P = (0,-1)= -P$ so that $P+P+P=\infty$.
Now my question is, how this formula works. Because it does not depend anyhow on the formula of the elliptic curve right? So for any elliptic curve my point $P=(0,1)$ has the order $3$? This seems very weird to me.
(I also don't see where the formula for the addition of two points comes from.)
I would be very happy if someone could explain me how this works, and if you know good literature about elliptic curves.
Best, Luca
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I am currently struggling with the determination the order of a point on an elliptic curve.
Instead of following blindly Wikipedia's formulas, it is best to understand how to calculate $P+Q$, or $P+P$, given an elliptic curve. Let us assume for simplicity that the curve is given by $E:y^2=x^3+Ax+B$, and $P,Q\in E$.
In your case, $E: y^2=x^3+1$ and $P=(0,1)$. The tangent line is $y=1$, and it turns out that this line has a triple point of intersection with $E$, thus $R=P$. In particular, $2P=-R=-P$, and so $3P=\mathcal{O}$.
Another example with the same curve $E$: let $P=(2,3)$ and $Q=(0,1)$. The line through $P$ and $Q$ is $y=x+1$, and the third point of intersection is $R=(-1,0)$. Since $R=-R$, we obtain $P+Q=(-1,0)$.
Finally, here is a picture of $P=(2,3)$, $2P$, $3P$, $4P$, and $5P$, which shows that $6P=\mathcal{O}$.


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SHARON TWP. — A township woman, her 6-month-old daughter and her three dogs safely escaped their home as a fire consumed the kitchen Tuesday afternoon.
Shannon Clifton said she was cooking in the house she rents at 2448 Medina Road when the fire started just after 1 p.m.
"I put a pot of water on the stove. Within five minutes it caught fire," she said.
She said she grabbed her daughter, Faith, and gathered her three dogs and headed out the door.
Capt. Dennis Miller of the Sharon Township Fire Department said when firefighters arrived there were flames and heavy smoke coming from the kitchen. He said it appeared the fire was contained to the kitchen and firefighters had it under control in 20 minutes.
"We got it knocked down pretty fast," Miller said. He said food residue burning on the stove likely started the fire, which caused about $75,000 in damage.
Shortly after escaping the house, Clifton called her boyfriend and Faith's father, Jay Tolento, at work. When he arrived home, he took his daughter in his arms and kissed her head.
Granger Township resident Ginger Short, who owns the Medina Road house, said she was happy Clifton and Faith were safe.
"I'm just glad she wasn't upstairs with you being downstairs. I'm glad you both made it out safely," she told Clifton.
Miller said in addition to his department, Granger, Copley, Hinckley, Medina and Seville-Guilford fire departments also responded.
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Justyna Kowalczyk's favorite event is the women's cross-country 10-kilometer classical race, and she was totally prepared to tackle it at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. On Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, she did just that, but no-one expected the Polish Olympian to do it with a fractured ankle.
She can now be considered the all-time greatest Polish Winter Olympian in history thanks to taking away Norway's stranglehold on the event she loves so much. An event she won a gold medal in on Thursday in Sochi.
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It was just weeks ago that Justyna Kowalczyk fractured her ankle, but she was able to capture her fifth overall medal for Poland. She did it by finishing in 29min 17.8sec which was a giant 18.4sec ahead of her closest competitor, Charlotte Kalla of Sweden.
Kalla took the silver medal.Therese Johaug of Norway took the bronze medal.
"It's something big for me because I broke my foot two weeks ago," said Kowalczyk, who wept during the flower ceremony. "I was fighting with myself with this injury."
The warm weather again played havoc with a number of skiers as it was 12 degrees C (54 degrees F) at the start of the race. Some racers went with short-sleeve uniforms while others didn't have any sleeves at all.
Be sure to check back with the National Sports Examiner for lots of Olympic coverage, and every single night for a full medal count for all countries.
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The Fiscal Futures Project releases budget analysis
In three new papers, IGPA's Fiscal Futures Project takes a close look at the income tax increases of 2011 and subsequent effects on the state budget when they begin to sunset in 2015. This looming fiscal cliff is part of a long-term fiscal imbalance.
Facing a fiscal crisis during the Great Recession that exacerbated long-standing budget shortfalls, the Illinois legislature and governor agreed on a package of fiscal policies in January 2011. These included temporary increases in the personal and corporate income tax rates and limits to General Funds spending.
Current law stipulates that the tax increases will begin to be phased out in 2015. The Fiscal Futures Project examined how often states have allowed temporary tax increases to sunset. Between December 2007 and January 2013, 13 states (including Illinois) enacted tax increases that were scheduled to phase out at a later date.
The project found that most states that passed temporary tax increases have allowed the taxes to expire, but most also made modifications to the original phase-out. (Read the Issue Brief here.)
As Illinois faces its own looming sunset date, many policymakers have asked how the tax increases have affected Illinois' economy, which is an important factor in the coming debates about whether or not to let them expire.
Using employment, unemployment and average weekly earnings data, The Fiscal Futures Project found that Illinois' economy has been in worse condition than our Midwestern peers since January 2011. This can be attributed to many factors, including the income tax increase. (Read the Issue Brief here.)
Those other factors: unpaid pension liabilities, a backlog of unpaid bills, and the resulting projected budget deficit are covered in depth in the project's latest Fiscal Projections.
Using a long-term consolidated funds budget model, the project found that the state faces a budget gap of $1 billion dollars in 2014. That gap is projected to grow to $14 billion by 2025. Even if the 2011 tax increases are made permanent, Illinois will still face a budget gap of more than $7 billion by 2025. Making the tax increases permanent will not be a silver bullet for Illinois' chronic fiscal condition. Much of this is due to debt.
Illinois currently has approximately $100 billion in unfunded pension liabilities, which are scheduled to grow by $2 to $3 billion each year for the next decade. A backlog of $6 billion in unpaid bills will also have to be paid from revenue in future years. (Read the Fiscal Projections here.) No one policy option is a clear solution.
The Fiscal Futures Project concludes that Illinois must make aggressive changes in multiple areas, or will face fiscal imbalances for many years to come.
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Both sober and elegant, the Altiplano collection highlights Piaget's excellence in the field of ultra-thin watches. Awarded a prize in the ultra-thin category at the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève in 2003, this square-shaped model now reveals a new face with a carefully designed black dial, on which the hands and baton hour markers contrast with great finesse. The contemporary elegance of this creation in white gold is extended to the alligator bracelet with black lining for even greater refinement. The watch is driven by the Manufacture's ultra-thin, hand-wound 430P movement, signalling the second chapter in Piaget ultra-thin calibres.
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On January 24, 2012, the Court of Appeal ruled that a report of a personnel investigation was subject to public disclosure. In Marken, the Court ruled that, under the California Public Records Act (CPRA), public interest in disclosure of a report of a personnel investigation finding a teacher had violated his employer's sexual harassment policy outweighed the teacher's privacy interests.
On February 7, 2012, the California Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District upheld a trial court's decision that release of officers' names involved in an officer-involved shooting did not amount to an unwarranted invasion of privacy. Los Angeles Times Communications, LLC ("the Times") submitted a request to the City of Long Beach under the California Public Records Act (CPRA) seeking the names of police officers involved in a 2010 officer-involved shooting in Long Beach, and the names of all officers involved in shootings in Long Beach for the preceding five years. The Long Beach Police Officers Association (LBPOA) brought an action against the City of Long Beach, the Long Beach Police Department and the Chief of Police seeking to enjoin disclosure of the names. In support of its request, LBPOA averred that a shooting review which takes place after an officer-involved shooting can lead to findings resulting in an internal affairs investigation. LBPOA also expressed safety concerns about releasing the names of shooting officers. The Times moved to intervene and filed an opposition.
California's Attorney General, Kamala D. Harris, has issued an opinion which confirms that the real-estate-negotiations exception to the open meeting requirements of the Ralph M. Brown Act permits discussion in closed session of: (1) the amount of consideration that the local agency is willing to pay or accepting exchange for the real property rights to be acquired or transferred in the particular transaction [the negotiator's authority regarding the price]; (2) the form, manner, and timing of how that consideration will be paid; and (3) items that are essential to arriving at the authorized price and payment terms, such that their public disclosure would be tantamount to revealing the information that the exception permits to be kept confidential [the negotiator's authority regarding the terms of payment].
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Innocent Mother Beats Back RIAA Lawsuit
Ars Technica reports that another innocent person has successfully stood up to the RIAA's misguided lawsuit campaign. Tanya Andersen, a disabled single mother who was sued in 2005 by the RIAA, went to court to fight the accusations. Forensic researchers were unable to find any trace of illegal downloading on her computer, and both parties have now agreed to a dismissal.
Andersen was essentially exonerated of any wrongdoing and can now ask the court to make the RIAA cover her attorneys' fees. Meanwhile, she has filed a countersuit against the record industry.
This isn't the only time the RIAA had to cough up court costs when an innocent person fought back. Recently, Debbie Foster, a single mom who was improperly sued by the RIAA back in 2004 for file sharing, won back her attorneys' fees. That decision was one of the first in the country to award attorneys fees to a defendant in an RIAA case over music sharing on the Internet.
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Hollaback! Des Moines site leaders kicked off the month by partnering with Iowa Pride Network for the 10th Annual Iowa Pride Conference at Iowa State University.
There we met with LGBTA youth from high schools and colleges around the state to talk about harassment. We conducted a morning workshop with 20-25 participants–nearly all of whom had experienced some form of harassment in their schools and/or communities. The stories we heard were both heartbreaking and enraging–especially when it comes to the rampant lack of empathy and lack of action among both educators and law enforcement, who witness youth being bullied/harassed but do nothing to stop it. However, what we experienced, though, was a surge of empowerment as participants listened to one another and then offered their support. As each one finished their story, we joined in a chorus to tell that person: "I've Got Your Back." And we do!
We also heard that while our Hollaback! is based in Des Moines, and our map reflects harassment happening in predominately urban areas, harassment is happening on a much different level in Iowa's rural communities–where students commonly have known their harassers since preschool. We know that many students are struggling to find support within their schools and communities. This is where, we hope, our Internet revolution can offer some solace–as a platform for all voices throughout Iowa. So to our friends in solidarity throughout the state: we see you, we hear you, and we have your back, no matter who or where you are!
Another way We've Got Your Back: Hollaback! Des Moines is proudly working with the LGBT Health Initiative of Iowa, a statewide coalition, to assess the health needs of the LGBTQ community in Iowa! The first phase is a needs assessment survey, and so we are asking all our followers (who identify as LGBTQ) to complete a short online survey and forward it on to your contacts. The goal of this project is to collect information about the health status and health care experience of you and your community, to determine strategies to address health inequities that still exist in Iowa. This information will be used to determine how the LGBT Health Initiative of Iowa, community-based organizations, and other health care providers can better serve you and your community.
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Do you have our backs? Before the end of April, we're trying to get 10,000 people to commit to help next time they see someone being harassed. To help, we've got a cool infographic you can take a look at for tips! Then take the Hollaback! pledge to be a better bystander!
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- 4 skinless boneless chicken breast
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Coming off of what many people considered the greatest season in women's water polo collegiate history, the 2006 Bruins have another opportunity to defend their success. The 2005 team was led by Cutino Award winner Natalie Golda where they went 33-0 and won the NCAA Championship. The 2006 team loses one starter from last season, Golda, and is returning 15 letter winners. Thalia Munro, Kristina Kunkel, Lauren Heineck and Katherine Belden will provide the senior leadership to bring the Bruins success.
Adam Krikorian said of this year, "It is going to be impossible to top last year. To go 33-0 in the fashion that we did was incredible and something that every member of the team is going to remember for the rest of their lives. It's on to a new year and the same expectations but a completely different season and circumstances. We are looking forward to the obvious challenges that will present themselves as the season moves along."
Center Forwards
At the center forward position this season will be junior Kacy Kunkel and sophomore Brittany Rowe. Both players received considerable playing time last year.
"Kacy Kunkel is a very strong and physical center who is going to force teams to change the way they play defensively because of how effectively she plays in the center position."
Sophomore Brittany Rowe is ambidextrous and can shoot with either hand, making her a formidable weapon. "Brittany Rowe is coming off a great freshman year in which she really improved a tremendous amount over the course of the season, and we're hoping that she can continue to build off of that improvement," said Krikorian. "Brittany gained experience this summer and a lot of confidence practicing and playing with the U.S. national team."
Each player will be effective in giving teams different looks when they play the center position.
Center Defenders
The most important thing for the Bruins at this position will be staying healthy. "Lauren Heineck, who in the first half of the last season I thought was the best defender in the country, does a tremendous job, and hopefully she can stay healthy throughout the season. If she is able to do that she'll have an incredible senior season," said Krikorian.
Also helping out will be sophomore Monique Blanchard. Blanchard received some playing time in her freshman year last season and took advantage of those opportunities.
Krikorian said of Blanchard, "We are looking forward to her stepping up and playing a little bit bigger role on the team. She has great speed and she's a tough competitor. Her long arms, quickness, and mobility will help her become a good defender."
The Bruins have four very dynamic and versatile utility players. The team can rely on them for whatever it needs, whether helping with speed, strength, defending, playing center or posting-up players at times.
"Senior Thalia Munro has enjoyed a tremendous career. She is probably the best all-around defender in the country. Her ability to cover a lot of ground in the water is unique, and her speed, leg strength and intelligence are all going to be very important to our team," said Krikorian.
"Senior Kristina Kunkel is a big time player," Krikorian continued. "She has gained a lot of confidence playing with the US National Team this past summer. She is a tremendous defender with great instincts, knows how to get open, and knows where to get the ball."
Along with the seniors are sophomore Jillian Kraus and junior Molly Cahill. According to coach Krikorian, "They are the fiercest of competitors and play with a lot of pride and passion. They both do a lot of the little things that often times go unnoticed but yet were very important to the success of our team last year and will be again this year."
Left-Handed Drivers
The Bruins have three left-handed drivers, which is very rare. Krikorian feels that they are young but they have plenty of room to grow, and he is going to take advantage of their skills.
"Sophomore Gabbie Domanic is coming off a great freshman season. She's got great speed, good vision, is an excellent passer and shooter," said Krikorian.
"Sophomore Jenna Murphy is coming off of an injury that forced her to sit out last year and she is going to be very hungry and very excited to be back getting an opportunity to play," Krikorian added. Freshman Anne Belden who comes in as a true freshman has a great chance to help out and contribute. She is a very intelligent player and a great passer."
Right-Handed Drivers
Junior Kelly Rulon, senior Katherine Belden, sophomore Courtney Mathewson, and freshmen Katie Rulon and Tanya Gandy make up the Bruins' lineup of skilled right-handed drivers.
Krikorian said, "Kelly Rulon is one of the best players, if not the best player in the country, and is certainly going to be one of our leaders. She is someone who has incredible instincts and a knack for knowing how to score. She has an overall great understanding of the game."
"Courtney Mathewson and Katherine Belden are fierce competitors, both good defenders and also do an excellent job of shooting the ball from the perimeter. We will rely on those two to help us with the perimeter game," said Krikorian
"Katie Rulon and Tanya Gandy are two girls that have a tremendous amount of potential, particularly offensively," he said concerning the two freshmen. "They'll have the opportunity to come in and play right away. Those two will only get better as the season goes on as they gain more experience and confidence."
Junior Emily Feher is UCLA's starting goalkeeper for the year. Her experience and leadership is an essential part of the Bruin team.
"The backbone of our team is Emily Feher. She is one of the best goalies in the country and is the leader of our defense," said Krikorian. "Having Emily back there will allow us to take chances defensively because we have so much confidence in her ability to block and pass the ball. She is a true competitor and a great leader for this team."
2006 Season
Krikorian said of the upcoming season: "The thing that we are going to focus on the most is trying to improve as the season goes on. I think there are always great expectations here, being part of a program that has won seven national championships. Last year there were even greater expectations to go undefeated and win convincingly. We accomplished that, and now it's time to play again, to win every game and to improve as the season goes on. We are going to be another great team this year. We have a tremendous amount of speed and I think we are the fastest team in the country. We're going to do a great job defensively, and I think we are going to have great leadership. Hopefully in the end we'll get a chance to defend our national title."


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Fashion journalist & television personality Louise Roe hosts both calls; 'The Spark' explores how professionals from different aspects of the industry established a successful career in fashion by following their creative passions. This is a must-see for anyone getting their start in the industry! Participants include:
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20 million Samsung smartphones sold in 2010, 60 million to be sold this year
Just yesterday, we were telling you that Samsung hopes to sell more than 50 million smartphones throughout 2011.
Well, in fact it wants to sell 60 million.
The Korea Times reports that the company has shipped 20 million smartphones in 2010 – which gives it confidence that it will hit the 60 million mark this year. Android and Bada handsets will account for the majority of Samsung's smartphone shipments.
"Our plan for this year is to sell 60 million smartphones and cement ourselves as a global top-tier brand in this segment. It will be important for us to establish stronger positions in regions such as Southeast Asia, China, and Central and South America instead of just relying on advanced markets," declared Shin Jong-kyun, the head of Samsung's mobile business division.
Samsung has already announced two new high-end Android phones this year: the Samsung 4G LTE for Verizon, and the Samsung Infuse 4G for AT&T (pictured above).
A successor to the popular Galaxy S (possibly named Samsung Galaxy S 2) is expected to be unveiled soon.


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