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Yellowfin is an award winning Business Intelligence platform that empowers business users across job functions and industries by making data incredibly easy to consume and analyze. No matter whether you're a casual business user or the CIO, Yellowfin makes it easy for you to unearth the insights you need from your critical data assets.
Maximize the value of your analytics solution by addressing the diverse needs within your organization. Yellowfin addresses the needs of all your users; not just the data analyst. Find out how Yellowfin supports the analytic needs of everyone – from the business user to the CIO.
Design, develop and publish stunning dashboards and actionable reports that your users will love. Put an end to limited, lifeless business reporting. Yellowfin transforms your company's BI into an engaging analytical experience with striking visualizations, dynamic filtering, as well as Drill Through and Drill Anywhere functionality.
Yellowfin is built for enterprise. We have some really big deployments – 160,000 end-users for a single client alone. And, we've learnt some equally big lessons along on the way. These lessons have been incorporated into Yellowfin to deliver a truly robust enterprise BI platform.
Having easy access to your data is the first step in making informed decisions. Yellowfin's interactive dashboards and intuitive Report Writer gives you control over your data analysis. Slice and dice your data to see your business from multiple angles. Forget about waiting for IT every time you have a business problem to solve.
Rest easy. Yellowfin is the perfect enterprise BI platform – we're easy to use, scale, integrate and deploy. Yellowfin is recognized as a leading alternative to the cost and complexity of traditional
BI tools.
We understand that decisions made in organizations are not made in silos. That's why Yellowfin pushes the boundaries of Collaborative BI. With Yellowfin, it's easy for you to discuss, share and collaborate with others. Imagine having all the relevant information in front you and the team. Imagine better, faster fact-based collective decision-making.
Gain rapid insight into the unique KPIs and metrics of your industry. Yellowfin is used – by people like you across many industries – to visualize their data and get real-time answers to their critical business questions. Its award winning design makes it easy for any organization to achieve great results quickly.
There is no function in your company that cannot benefit from the power of Business Intelligence. From sales to marketing, and HR to Finance, getting the right data into the right hands can change your business forever. Make better business decisions with Yellowfin.
Data is your company's most valuable asset. That's why Yellowfin makes it easy for you to connect to all your enterprise data sources – from your operational applications in Oracle or SQL server, through to highly optimized analytical databases or OLAP cubes. Yellowfin lets you analyze them all – wherever they are.
Your reporting and analytics endeavors might be plagued by spreadsheets, but Excel doesn't have to be the enemy. Yellowfin treats your spreadsheets as just another data source. Quickly and easily combine CSV files with other data types to create a single, up-to-date and accurate version of the truth. Avoid the frustrating limitations, delays and error-prone nature of Excel reporting. Use your spreadsheet data to create stunning visual analysis and interactive reports in minutes.
More organizations are looking to Hadoop – a free open-source Java-based framework that supports parallel processing – to explore and exploit Big Data. Yellowfin connects to Hadoop via Hive, enabling you to perform ad-hoc visual analysis on petabytes of data in seconds. Even merge Hadoop data with data from your relational data stores. Forget complex data transformations and configurations – simply point Yellowfin at your Hadoop cluster and you're good to go.
Managing access to your varied data sources can be a headache. It's rare that you can access your OLAP, Relational and CSV data sources through a single and easy-to-use BI solution. Well with Yellowfin, you can!
Many business applications run on Oracle data warehouses because of their proven scalability, best-of-breed functionality and multitenant capabilities. But, access for analysis purposes can be difficult. Combine Oracle and Yellowfin for a complete business analytics solution. Using Yellowfin as your Business Intelligence platform, you can easily connect to and analyze all the data stored in your Oracle database. Keep abreast of your KPIs, from any device or platform, and act on new opportunities before your competition.
Google BigQuery doesn't just make exploring Big Data possible. It's a scalable web service that makes it cost effective and fast to process massive datasets with ease. Use Yellowfin to present your BigQuery data to decision-makers via intuitive dashboards and engage your users with effortless drag and drop report building. Create advanced queries and perform interactive ad-hoc analysis on billions of rows in seconds. Just connect, visualize, analyze and decide.
Run your business applications on Microsoft SQL Server? Then rest easy – we've got you covered. Yellowfin provides you with Data Discovery capabilities to make the most of your data. Connecting to your SQL Server database or OLAP cube is easy. Developing your charts, reports and dashboards is even easier. Empower anyone in your organization to enhance their performance by independently exploring, analyzing and sharing insights from your SQL Server data.
You use Teradata's range of data warehousing solutions to gain the quick knowledge you need to outperform your competition. Together with Yellowfin, you can effortlessly provide decision-makers with the single view of your business they need to understand your customers, partners and markets. Enable anyone to conduct sophisticated visual analysis on billions of rows of data with simple drag-and-drop and point-and-click functionality. Easily reveal the outliers, trends and patterns that drive your success.
Amazon Redshift is a highly scalable and fully managed cloud-based data warehouse service. Yellowfin lets you easily connect to and leverage Amazon Redshift's massively parallel processing and columnar storage technologies to enjoy fast query performance on petabytes of data. With Yellowfin and Amazon Redshift, you can quickly, efficiently and securely visualize, analyze, share and act on all your important data – even as your performance and capacity needs change.
Much of your business critical data is consolidated in your SAP BW. SAP HANA processes your expansive transactional and operational datasets in real-time. But how can you analyze that information and share actionable insights with anyone, on any device? With Yellowfin, you can connect directly to your SAP BW and SAP HANA data warehouses to produce immediate business value. Stunning dashboards and simple ad-hoc analysis deliver the facts to your decision-makers fast.
As a hugely scalable and massively parallel columnar database, ParAccel is purpose built for enterprise wide high performance analytics. Use Yellowfin to seamlessly connect, visualize and analyze millions of data points in an instant. Easily share interactive BI content and data-based insight throughout your business. Big Data is only getting bigger – more data sources and types, deeper analytics and more users. Together, Yellowfin and ParAccel make Big Data Analytics fast and easy.
Our intuitive software, friendly support team and affordable pricing make Business Intelligence easy.


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Acne and Health: What Your Body Is Trying To Tell You With Pimples!
Recently, due to bad sleeping habits and being under immense stress, I have been experiencing serious acne on my face. Fortunately for me, there are no mega events to attend for this period; outbreak started a few days after the Nelly Furtado showcase. But at the same, I feel very sad every time I look in the mirror.
Horrible, horrible, angry, red pimples EVERYWHERE!!! Right cheek, left cheek, chinny-chin-chin, jawline, and even the forehead which rarely has any pimples. And the skin on the jawline is so dry and flaky! Dry?! What?? I've never had dry skin in my life before!
It's timely that I recently came across an image showing vaguely how having acne on different parts of your face actually shows the condition of your internal organs. And I decided to do more research on it and put together this post for long-time sufferers of acne and as a reminder for myself to take better care of my health.
Before we start, have you ever wondered why you always get pimples in the same spot? Ever wondered why acne appears only on certain parts of your face?
If you've:
- battled with acne all your life,
- tried products from high-end to drugstore,
- been recommended products by friends who have flawless skin anyway,
- been conned by one too many scheming promoters who give you hope that their products will work miracles on your skin only to be disappointed time and again,
it's probably time to analyze the underlying problems.

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LSU Fan Guides
Published: July 13, 2016, 12:00 AM (CT)
Updated: November 14, 2016, 03:21 PM (CT)
by LSUsports.net (@LSUsports), LSU Sports Interactive
LSU Fan Guides are mailed annually to all LSU football and baseball season ticket holders with their season tickets.
Use the links to the right to view an online version of the year's complete Fan Guide to tailgating, parking, traffic and GameDay on the LSU campus.
To easily find this page in the future, visit www.LSUsports.net/fanguide.


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Empire State Stem Cell Scholars: Fellow-to-Faculty Awards in Stem Cell Research
FAU Control # 0901051121
Issued by New York State Department of Health and the Empire State Stem Cell Board
Schedule of Events
|Applicant Conference Registration Due
|September 23, 2009
Please call (518) 474-7002
|Letter of Intent Due (Strongly Encouraged)
|September 25, 2009 by 2:00 P.M.
|Applicant Conference
|September 28, 2009 at 2:00 P.M.
NYS Department of Health Central Regional Office
217 S. Salina Street, Conference Room 4A/4B
Syracuse, NY
|October 5, 2009 at 2:00 P.M.
NYS Department of Health Metropolitan Area Regional Office
90 Church Street, 4th Floor Conference Room 4A/4B
New York, NY
|Questions Due
|October 5, 2009
|Question, Answers and Updates Posted
|October 14, 2009
|Applications Due
|December 1, 2009 by 2:00 P.M.
|Estimated Contract Start Date
|November 1, 2010
Contact Information
- Bonnie Jo Brautigam
Extramural Grants Administrator
New York State Department of Health
Wadsworth Center
Empire State Plaza, Room D350
PO Box 509
Albany, NY 12201-0509
- Request for Applications (PDF, 634KB, 99pg.)
- Attachment 4: Letter of Intent (DOC, 47KB, 2pg.)
- Forms 1 through 5 (DOC, 311KB, 8pg.)
- Forms 6 through 17 (DOC, 190KB, 14pg.)
- Subcontractor Form 1 (DOC, 78KB, 2pg.)
- Questions and Answers (PDF, 125KB, 24pg.)


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19" Rackmount Chassis Platforms for a wide range of cabinet based applications.
Field Deployable Chassis Platforms designed for use in the harshest environments and MIL-rugged applications.
Test and Development Chassis Platforms designed for lab use, product development, or demonstration applications.
Enclosures that provide a versatile packaging solution for industrial, rackmount applications.
Elma Electronic offers a comprehensive portfolio of AdvancedTCA backplanes, chassis, embedded computing products and handles.
Elma offers excellent craftsmanship, reliable products and cost-effective prices.
Elma offers standard systems for physics applications that can handle even extreme peak loads.
Elma Electronic is the leader in VPX (VITA 46) and OpenVPX (VITA 65) products.
Our goal is to ensure that every VME or VITA-based product we manufacture fulfills or exceeds the standards.
VXS (VITA 41.x) adds a high-speed MultiGig connector over P0 of a VME64x backplane for serial data traffic.
Elma's Development Platforms are integrated chassis level embedded computing systems which may also include your choice of I/O and storage plus operating system and device drivers.
Elma's Industrial Computing products are based on the Intel processors, providing excellent computing performance and outstanding power conservation.
Elma leverages proven embedded computing technologies to create the ideal platform for your project's needs.
Cisco certified rugged, mobile routing and switching plus the packaging and integration know how of Elma Electronic.
Our Gateway products are designed to bring intelligence and secure connectivity to the network edge for managed Internet of Things (IoT) endpoints.
Elma offers a variety of Panel PCs and Displays.
AppliPaks are fully integrated, custom configured board level embedded computing board sets combining a VPX, VME or cPCI single board computer with your choice of storage and or I/O mezzanine cards, operating systems and device drivers.
Elma offers the most complete line of storage modules in the embedded computing industry.
At the heart of every system is the single board computer.
Think FPGA – think flexibility. Whether it's high speed parallel signal processing you're tackling or you're implementing legacy bus support on the latest CPU platform, Elma has the FPGA solution you need.
Elma's line of adapters and carriers add versatility to any system design and help minimize form factor incompatibility.
Field proven and ready for service, Ethernet switches and Layer 3 routing engines from Elma have the track record in critical applications you can rely on.
Easily customizing your system with the exact I/O you need is a crucial step which can be addressed quickly and cost effectively using one of Elma's wide range of I/O communication products.
Elma has developed a comprehensive offering of products and capabilities to support the I/O needs of the application.
Includes voltage, system, and shelf monitoring and management boards.
Design and functional verification is essential to the successful launch of an Embedded Computing System.
Power and Cooling are critical elements effecting the performance and operational life of an embedded computer.
Elma offers a variety of Mounting Accessories.
Many different models, including touchscreen panels for direct entry of operator commands, are also available.
Elma's routers are designed specifically for the harsh, rugged environments often found in the energy, defense and utility industries.
Elma Electronic provides Integrated Rack Level Systems featuring Dell, Cisco, Themis and other rack mount products installed, cabled, tested, integrated and ruggedized to suit your requirements.
Elma Electronic is the industry expert in high-performance backplanes.
The SureLock is a multi-segment, extruded aluminum, card retaining device that secures printed circuit boards in place when mounted directly to the board and slid into a channel in the cold plate.
Elma offers a comprehensive range of AdvancedTCA backplanes.
Elma has the most extensive lines of CPCI backplanes in the industry.
CompactPCI is embarking upon a new era with the new CompactPCI Serial technology.
All Elma MicroTCA backplanes are compliant to the MicroTCA.0 Specification Rev 1.0.
AXIe is an open system modular instrumentation standard based on AdvancedTCA which delivers high performance instrumentation for various industries such as aerospace, physics, semiconductor test.
The 3U CompactPCI Express backplane comes in four slots. Versions in PXI Express are also available.
VITA 31.1 defines a pinout and interconnection methodology for implementing a 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet switched network on a VME64x backplane.
PXIe defines cPCIe for Instrumentation adding additional enhancements, with the same form factor as cPCIe. PXIe adds additional signals and chassis requirements just like VXI adds to VME.
Compliant to the PICMG 2.17 specification for StarFabric switched fabric. These backplanes standardly come in Low Profile format.
The VME320 backplane offers true 320 Mbytes/sec. bandwidth. In the VME320, a signal is driven from slot 1, goes to the middle slot and then radiates out to all other slots.
All Elma Electronic VME backplanes are designed to maximize performance, minimize noise, and to give the customer the most reliable, cost-effective product possible.
The Elma Electronic VME64x backplane series is designed to fully comply with the ANSI/VITA VME extension standard.
The VXS technology (VITA 41.x - VMEbus Switched Serial) represents an extension of the VME family.
Elma has developed various VPX and OpenVPX configurations with and without legacy VME64x slots.
Elma Electronic offers Contract Assembly and Build-to-Print services for various boards, adapters, monitors, and system accessories.
Elma Electronic has been an innovator in high-speed and switched fabric backplanes and continues to develop custom solutions for OpenVPX, VXS, AdvancedTCA, MicroTCA, CompactPCI and more.
Carrier cards allow designer to expand system capabilities by way of a card that "carries" another module into the system.
Elma Electronic has developed custom RTMs for various architectures, including VPX, ATCA, VME64x, and more.
Elma Electronic has extensive experience in a wide range of rigid flex backplanes. We accurately account for shrinking/material movement of the material and apply techniques to prevent undue stress: teardrops, I-Beaming, material removal, etc.
Elma Electronic offers a VPX cabling system both deployed applications and test environments. Customized versions of the cable header shrouds can be designed for VXS systems.
The Elma Electronic form factor extenders come in VME and VME64x designs and various lengths.
The Elma Electronic load boards are available in cPCI, VPX, VME, VME64x, and AMC (MicroTCA) designs. The test cards aid in verifying the enclosure meet the power requirements and in locating hot spots.
The Power Interface Boards are separate boards for the power section of the backplane. They are used to facilitate pluggable power supplies, headers, and utility connectors.
Extender boards in VPX, VME64x, VME, cPCI, ATCA, VXS, MTCA, and VXI architectures.
Application Ready Platforms save you time and money by providing the foundational hardware and integrated system software that enable fast application development.
Chassis Platforms based on proven, modular design concepts that provide ideal solutions for applications ranging from: 19" Rack, Test & Development, to Deployed environments.
Your application demands best in class products from one supplier. Elma offers embedded computing board level products, including single board computers, mass storage, Ethernet and PCIe switches, FPGAs and custom I/O solutions.
More than 25 years of experience make us a competent and innovative specialist for optimized power solutions.
When dust or moisture ingress is a problem, then Optima's F series cabinet is the solution.
Military and Seismic environments require proven performance.
Optima's M series MILSPEC Cabinet System is a unique modular construction designed to exceed military standards and can adapt to the equipment-mounting and protection needs of virtually any electronic system.
Optima's standard industrial cabinet enclosure offering , the RA and RC are designed to exceed the industry standards for test instrumentation, industrial controls & electronic applications.
For sensitive applications requiring EMC protection, Optima offers the SA and SC series of modular cabinets.
Optima Stantron offers a wide variety of air conditioners, blowers, fans, and other cooling accessories.
Management of cables has been and will continue to be a key aspect in the integration and population of 19" racks and cabinets.
We offer a wide array of drawer, shelf, filler panel and writing surface options are available for your Optima Stantron products.
A variety of general hardware accessories are available including screw kits, cage nut kits, clip nuts, cable hangers, cable ties, etc.
A full range of power options ares available including duplex, individual and isolated grounded power strips that increase versatility in the design and integration of Optima-Stantron rack systems.
Optima Desk Systems are part of a unique packaging system designed to provide your industrial control or laboratory environment with an integrated look.
The Frontier Console is a fully functional console system available in two widths: 22" and 27" (19" and 24" rack-mount), and two depths: 25" and 30".
Optima Stantron's mobile equipment rack is constructed of a sturdy, yet lightweight, aluminum frame and ships fully assembled with 360° rolling casters.
Optima C Series Command and Communications Consoles are based on the latest human engineering concepts and ergonomic designs to ensure optimum "usability".
2-Post Modular Networking Frames offer an economical and simple solution to your rack mount storage needs.
When large volumes of cables require multiple lacing points, the Optima Stantron Broadcast E-Rack is the ideal industry rack solution.
Convenient and flexible, these 19" EIA rack-mount enclosures allow you to manage and secure critical network wiring, hubs, concentrators, routers, patch panels, and audio/video equipment in a minimal amount of space.
The Pioneer Rack comes in two versions. Standard and Seismic. The Strength You Need – 600 lb. Seismic Rating.
The Optima EH-case is the newest member of the E-case family except that it is constructed to provide a dust-proof or moisture resistant design.
Optima ES Cases are ideal for when the need is for an equipment case plus portability.
Proven Optima E Cases are a clean, functional, sturdy and lightweight, design for housing EIA standard 19" rack-mount chassis and components.
Easy, economical solution to multiple packaging requirements.
These rugged Transit Rack Cases comply with MIL-STD 810F, are rated to IP65 and are stable in temperatures from –40°F to +158°F.
Building integrated system racks is not what you want to do. It's what we at Elma want to do - and we do it well along with partners like Cisco, Dell and Themis. Concentrate on your core product and let Elma do the rest.
These subrack kits are designed for use with modular, Eurocard slot-based systems, like the form factors used in CompactPCI, ATCA, VME, VPX, and others.
Elma has a wide selection of subracks that meet a range of EMC compliance as required in defense, medical, telecommunications, and any other areas where EMI/RFI protection is needed.
Elma's accessories for rackmount enclosures address virtually every configuration imaginable; from the horizontal card adapter kits to fan and keyboard trays, to aluminum panels and telescoping rails.
Enclosures for a variety of applications.
A variety of small and portable cases.
Elma offers a vast selection of solutions to fit every requirement; if you can't find one to fit your requirements, we can make it custom for you. Just ask...
Elma offers every possible configuration for front panel and face plate kits for mounting to Eurocard and other slot-based PCBs.
Elma has handles to fit every conceivable requirement. If they need to be fixed, ergonomic, inject/ejectable, we have that. The following sections cover all the different options available.
Elma has extensive in-house printing capabilities for 19" and subrack panels of all sizes.
Accessories for Thermal and Rugged applications.
Card Guides, Card Locks, Card Handles and SureLocks
Accessories for your EMC / Shielding needs.
Cassettes and Modules for multiple or ganged Eurocards, for single Eurocards with high profile components.
For mounting on desktop and rackmount enclosures.
We integrate custom-specific HMI-elements
Extrusion components for enclosure construction.
Assembly Material/Assembly Hardware
Rotary switch movement offers the user the most accessible yet deliberate method of circuit switching, providing positive tactile feedback and secure activation when needed.
Control knobs are at the forefront of any product's appearance and usability because secure shaft attachment and durable materials are as important as aesthetics.
Optima Stantron (an Elma company) is a designer and manufacturer of custom and standard electronics enclosures.
Elma is the premier supplier of BCD, Hex and Gray coded switches in the world today, supplying all segments of the electronics industry.
With the broadest range of long-life, rugged, panel-sealable encoders available today, Elma has the right incremental encoder for your application.
World-renowned switching feel and ingenious design makes Elma range of rotary selector switches the obvious choice of audio, industrial and medical product design professionals.
As Mentor's only authorized US agent and distributor, we are proud to offer their light guides, knobs and other unique products.
Robust solid-aluminum design (RoHS compliant), glossy anodized surface, scratch resistant, electrically non conducting and available in many colors.
Precise quality knobs, secure collet mounting, wide variety, lots of accessories, custom colors on request.
Ergonomic "soft touch" feel, secure collet mounting.
"Soft touch" or hard feel, cost effective choice.
Elma brings back the look that sounded so good with our classic and vintage Audio Knobs.
Pre-mounted in single or double LED housings.
Unassembled enclosure kits to make rackmount, desktop, and portable enclosures.
Elma offers a wide variety of Panels for Enclosures.
Backplane Customer Case Studies.
Cabinet Customer Case Studies.
Enclosures & Components Customer Case Studies.
System Platforms Customer Case Studies.
Customer Case Studies.
We know what "mission-critical" means. We guarantee functionality even under the most challenging circumstances. We are ready for the next project. We are ready for your project.
In the field of industrial automation, Elma products convince with durability, ruggedness and reliability. Systems can also be delivered application-ready on request.
In the demanding transportation sector not only failsafe performance but also vibration and dirt resistance of our products are decisive features. Our varied possibilities to test our designs even before producing the first real prototype, offers planning security and saves time and money.
Medical is a cost-sensitive area, but demands products with highest quality standards. Elma knows how to bring these two factors together.
Processing highest amounts of data is a speciality of Elma. Our expertise in cooling and remote access enables you to get the maximum performance from both your system platforms and from your project. We know the edge of what is technically feasible - and we most propably know how to displace this edge. VME64x and MicroTCA.4 are the spearhead when processing large data volumes. Elma collaborates in this field with renowned research institutes.
Test and Measurement applications require very sensitive technology. Elma's know-how gained from the most challenging research projects allows us to offer excellent products for test and measurement.
Elma offers solutions for high-end consumer products as well as for professional equipment. Elma products meet highest quality standards.
Elma has over 50 years of experience in system-, enclosure- and rotary switch business. Learn more about our history here.
Contact our Backplane product line.
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Our standard product portfolio full modular lines of vertical 19" rackmount cabinets, rugged and mobile racks, desktop/portable cases and wallmount enclosures.
Come to the rugged design experts for a solution tailored to your needs!
The widest variety of Broadcast Racks from Optima Stantron!
Optima Stantron stepped up to the challenge using the standard M1 welded aluminum cabinet series as the base for the customer's design. Our engineering team designed several rugged cabinets to meet the specs. >> more
• Meets or exceeds NEBS Level 3 Zone 4
• Heavy duty single or double walled extrusions
• Heights: 12U, 16U, 20U, 24U, 30U, 35U,
• Internal reinforcing corner keys, four way
crimped and welded
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Broadcast E-Rack allows you to custom design your own configuration from Optima Stantron's wide selection of core components.
The newest addition to our product line is a family of counter-height mobile equipment racks. They are designed to accommodate effortless rolling of electronics across different floor surfaces and sometimes awkward thresholds. The highly modular platform enables infinite design options to accommodate the wide variety of electronics that might be required in a mobile cart, from cable access to cooling issues, to a highly adaptable pivoting arm for monitors or tablets.
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CFDA Number: 84.354A
Program Type: Discretionary/Competitive Grants
Also know as: Charter Facilities
Program Description
This program provides grants to eligible entities to permit them to enhance the credit of charter schools so that the charter schools can access private-sector and other non-Federal capital in order to acquire, construct, and renovate facilities at a reasonable cost.
An eligible entity that receives a grant under this program must use the funds deposited in the reserve account to assist charter schools in accessing capital to accomplish one or both of the following objectives:
- The acquisition (by purchase, lease, donation, or otherwise) of an interest (which may be an interest held by a third party for the benefit of a charter school) in improved or unimproved real property that is necessary to commence or continue the operation of a charter school.
- The construction of new facilities, or the renovation, repair, or alteration of existing facilities, necessary to commence or continue the operation of a charter school.
Permissible Uses of Reserve Account Funds
Grant recipients must deposit the grant funds they receive under this program (other than funds used for administrative costs) in a reserve account established and maintained by the grantee. Amounts deposited shall be used to assist charter schools in accessing private-sector and other non-Federal capital by:
- Guaranteeing, insuring, and reinsuring bonds, notes, evidences of debt, loans, and interests therein.
- Guaranteeing and insuring leases of personal and real property.
- Facilitating financing by identifying potential lending sources, encouraging private lending, and other similar activities that directly promote lending to, or for the benefit of, charter schools.
- Facilitating the issuance of bonds by charter schools or by other public entities for the benefit of charter schools, by providing technical, administrative, and other appropriate assistance.
Impermissible Uses of Reserve Account Funds
Grantees may not use reserve account funds to:
- Directly pay for a charter school's construction, renovation, repair, or acquisition.
- Provide a down payment on facilities in order to secure loans for charter schools. A grantee may, however, use funds to guarantee a loan for the portion of the loan that would otherwise have to be funded with a down payment.


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Here is a look at recently-released music.
Incubus "Incubus HQ Live (Special Edition)"
As a way to promote the release of its first studio album in nearly five years last summer, the alt-rock band Incubus set up a temporary residency inside a California storefront and invited fans to stop by for six nights of intimate live performances. The effort is chronicled on "Incubus HQ Live." The standard release contains one CD and a DVD. A "special edition" version includes a second CD with an additional 12 songs. The track sequence varies between the two. If you're just into Incubus' hits, they've made sure most of them, including "Drive," "Pardon Me" and "Wish You Were Here," are part of the single-disc version. The DVD is what makes this a worthwhile purchase as it fully explains the six-night project and what the band was trying to accomplish. The DVD is presented in documentary style and includes interviews with band members as well as footage from different music workshops held with fans during the week. There's also interviews with fans, but most of them offer little substance to the DVD. Most were asked to explain their "If Not Now, When?" (the title of the most recent Incubus studio album) moment. Even after watching the two-hour DVD, I'm still not sure exactly what that means. Interviews and band features are slotted between live performances of songs. The group sounds solid in what appeared to be a cramped storefront. Their gear was set up in the center of the room as fans filed in around the performance area. If you listen to the CD first, you may not think the crowd is really into the songs. But after watching the DVD and seeing the performance space, the crowd's tepid response makes sense. There's only so much room for fans, meaning smaller crowds and a quieter reaction when compared to other concert albums. The "Incubus HQ Live" project is a fine way for the band to honor its fans. It's not just a bunch of guys on a small club stage saying "hello Cleveland, you're the best fans ever." Instead, Incubus let their fans in on the fun and made a music-based project as much about them as it was about the band.
Bloc Party "Four"
British indie rock band Bloc Party arrived on the U.S. music scene in 2005 with the album "Silent Alarm." The album was a mix of dance-punk songs that struck a nice balance between control and hyperactivity. Bloc Party has yet to regain that balance, although it came close on 2007's "A Weekend In The City." The downward trend continues on the band's fourth studio album, "Four." Here, the band tries too hard to vary its sound. Bloc Party's music comes off as being much harder on this album. The guitars are heavier. Kele Okereke's vocal delivery is more intense. On "Four," Bloc Party fails to deliver the danceable rock rhythms we're used to. It seems the band is searching for a new identity. "Coliseum" begins as a country-infused tune only to finish as a gruff hard rock song. "Kettling" is a straight-up rock song, devoid of bouncy drum beats and prickly guitar parts. Instead, the drums slam against a wall of thin guitar. It's too much. Bloc Party most closely matches the sound we're familiar with on "V.A.L.I.S." It's too bad they couldn't have pulled that off more often on "Four."
Yeasayer "Fragrant World"
It's tough to categorize the sound of New York band Yeasayer. Its songs are clusters of pop, rock, world music, dub and other styles. On "Fragrant World," Yeasayer's third full-length studio album, these genres of music aren't as cohesive as they've been on the band's past releases. "Fingers Never Bleed," the mesmermizing opener, is the best track on the album. Most of the other songs come off as being cluttered. "Regan's Skeleton" is a plus as Yeasayer takes on 80s pop. Similar acts have done a much better job paying homage to the genre, but the song stands out here among its disjointed counterparts on "Fragrant World."
Out this week: Dierks Bentley, "Country & Cold Cans"; Erin Boheme, "What a Life"; Betty Buckley, "Ah, Men! The Boys of Broadway"; Robert Cray Band, "Nothin' But Love"; Cummings, "No Regrets"; Matthew Dear, "Beams"; Divine Fits, "A Thing Called Divine Fits"; The Dunwells, "Blind Sighted Faith"; Dwele, "Greater Than One"; Flobots, "The Circle in the Square"; Ian Gillan & Tony Iommi, "WhoCares"; Grandfather Child, "Grandfather Child"; Bruce Hornsby, "Red Hook Summer: Music From The Original Motion Picture"; InAshton, "Everyone & You"; Ingram Hill, "Ingram Hill"; King of Spain, "All I Did Was Tell Them The Truth And They Thought It Was Hell"; Kitten, "Cut It Out"; The Last Vegas, "Bad Decisions"; Alvin Lee, "Still on the Road to Freedom"; Maxïmo Park, "The National Health"; Minus the Bear, "Infinity Overhead"; Alanis Morissette, "Havoc and Bright Light"; Obey the Brave, "Young Blood"; The Orb featuring Lee Scratch Perry, "THE ORBSERVER in the star house"; The Osmonds, "I Can't Get There Without You"; The Roys, "New Day Dawning"; Saga, "20/20"; Scum of the Earth, "The Devil Made Me Do It"; Maia Sharp, "Change the Ending"; Harry Shearer, "Can't Take a Hint"; Beanie Sigel, "This Time"; Slaughterhouse, "Welcome to: Our House"; tobyMac, "Eye On It"; World Fire Brigade, "Spreading My Wings."
Out Sept. 4: Animal Collective, "Centipede Hz"; Azure Ray, "As Above So Below"; Bellamy Brothers, "Pray For Me"; Raymond Byron and the White Freighter, "Little Death Shaker"; California Wives, "Art History"; Cat Power, "Sun"; Chick Corea & Gary Burton, "Hot House"; Cult of Youth, "Love Will Prevail"; Deerhoof, "Breakup Song"; Melissa Etheridge, "4th Street Feeling"; The Fresh & Onlys, "Long Slow Dance"; Ian Hunter & The Rant Band, "When I'm President"; Imagine Dragons, "Night Visions"; Ronan Keating, "Fires"; Mark Knopfler, "Privateering"; Land Observations, "Roman Roads IV-XI"; Matchbox Twenty, "North"; Mono, "For My Parents"; Bob Mould, "Silver Age"; Bill Ortiz, "Highest Wish"; Brian Setzer, "Brian Setzer's Rockabilly Riot! Live From the Planet"; The Sheepdogs, "The Sheepdogs"; Smash Mouth, "Magic"; Stars, "The North"; Dave Stewart, "The Ringmaster General"; Two Door Cinema Club, "Beacon"; Two Gallants, "The Bloom and the Blight"; Young Guns, "Bones."
• Rob Carroll writes about pop culture and entertainment for the Northwest Herald. He can be reached at email@example.com. You can also follow him on Facebook and Twitter.


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|ResNet is the computer network provided to students living on campus. ResNet is a student's access to the university network and the World Wide Web.
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Norton Simon Art Foundation, from the Estate of Jennifer Jones Simon
Drawing Studies of Himalayan Buddhist Sculptures, Part 2
Date: Friday, May 23, 2014
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Teacher: Cole Case
Type: Drawing Class
Artist Cole Case introduces students to the use of sacred geometry in Tibetan Buddhist deity paintings, as seen in the In the Land of Snow exhibition. Also discussed is the use of sacred/idealized geometries in the art of the Renaissance.
Students execute "life" drawings based on direct observation of the sculptures in the exhibition, using white and black Conté pencils on medium-value colored paper. This very traditional Western drawing technique allows students to focus on the remarkable volume, surface, texture, lighting and contours of sculptures. It also provides an interesting contrast to Tibetan and Nepalese Buddhist drawing, which employs a flatter, more colorful and graphic visual style.
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If Zombies were like they are in this movie we would be screwed. Hard.
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Zombies on steroids. Nice.
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I'm gonna be "That Guy"... This is not the book I read! Too bad they didn't stick to the book and had to go "The Day After Tomorrow in 2012" with the CGI effects. If they would have used some of the stuff in the book, that would have been amazing. Instead...meh.
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Has anyone else here read the book?
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Use or create an Intuition Journal where you keep a record of your intuitive experiences, questions about intuition, insights you'd like to receive from intuition, and gratitude for your learn. You can also use your Journal to write a vow or a commitment to intuition. Another entry into your Journal could be a love letter to your intuitive wisdom. An Intuitive Journal allows you to:
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The Jamestown High School #1 team won the 2014 state LifeSmarts championship and will represent North Dakota in the national competition April 26-29 in Orlando, FL. Jamestown High School's #2 team took second place, and Kindred High School took third.
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Banner's brave aerial attack shakes Kilkenny to their core
Vincent HoganEvery word was programmed to douse bonfires flaming up in the heads of their people, but Clare might need more than just muffled voices to keep this giddiness down.
Vincent HoganEvery word was programmed to douse bonfires flaming up in the heads of their people, but Clare might need more than just muffled voices to keep this giddiness down.
Vincent Hogan On Thursday, Kenneth Egan marked five years of sobriety with a simple Tweet celebrating the beautiful paradox of accepting "defeat" to come "out the winner."
Vincent Hogan You get the feeling that Martin O'Neill might as well be communicating with Jack Grealish by fax for all the warmth of his pronouncements on the Birmingham kid.
Vincent Hogan One of the more remarkable aspects of the so-called Clare hurling controversy has been the steely silence from within.
Vincent Hogan The wonder is it's taken this long for the words Roy Keane and 'road rage' to find one another.
Vincent Hogan On Tuesday of last week, Dr Barry O'Driscoll emailed some like-minded people an example of what he considers the lethal game that rugby union is playing with concussion.
Vincent Hogan Right then, should Munster even bother with Sale Sharks tomorrow or just circle some chairs on the field and hand around a microphone?
Vincent Hogan Isn't it odd how the football media's fascination with Dr Steve Peters fizzled out and died in a matter of weeks last summer?
Vincent Hogan When Laurent Benezech talks of "the trap" for those fighting the curse of doping in sport, you get a sense of how the path they tread is so heavily mined.
Vincent Hogan Reconciliation is a theme that presses all the right buttons when marketing great sports events and, as such, Ireland's bid to stage a Rugby World Cup has already found compelling purchase.
Vincent Hogan I tend to measure Brendan Rodgers' stress levels by something we might call the "as I said index". The more uptight the Liverpool manager is, the drier his mouth becomes and the greater his propensity for...
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Vincent Hogan In The Test, Brian O'Driscoll describes the moments immediately after his ferocious collision with giant Springbok, Danie Rossouw, in Pretoria five years ago.
Vincent Hogan It might feel like trying to heave a 53-year rosary off their chests, but it's surely high time now for St Patrick's Athletic to be re-acquainted with the FAI Cup.
Vincent Hogan He has christened himself 'Renaissance Man', but Justin Gatlin is now a poster boy for the living dead of Track and Field.
Vincent Hogan Somewhere out there, obscured in the smoke and angst and stink of fallen shrapnel, a team now awaits our attention.
Vincent Hogan It's a ghost-game in their minds. Easy-street to everyone around them, yet still stacked with the potential to make them look like fools.
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THE haste to eulogise the pre-season impact of Louis van Gaal (right) at Manchester United all seems just a little over-egged and all too conveniently angled towards criticism of David Moyes' troubled spell at the helm.
LOUIS VAN GAAL believes that tonight's third-place World Cup play-off in Brasilia is a game that "should never be played", but it is doubtful the fixture has ever been freighted with more relevance for a host nation.
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Vincent Hogan Does nobody in Rory McIlroy's entourage feel inclined to tell him the world's not going to spit and jeer if he utters the words "no comment"?
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Vincent Hogan Immediately after Alex Ferguson's final game as Manchester United manager, the chaos of their defending prompted Ryan Giggs to joke in the dressing-room "David Moyes has just resigned!"
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England Womens' soccer international Toni Duggan apologised this week for any offence she may have caused at a recent fancy dress party.
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Michael Watson locked Chris Eubank in a warm embrace, their ruinous past now the glue that made them "brothers".
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Do you use the term record, CD or album?
Album. What's up with Enty and his one-word response prompts? Stop restricting my freedom of speech, yo!ReplyCancel
As our Patron Saint of Perpetual Sadness would say:
Double Dumb.
Haha aemish, I do 🙂
or youtube.
@Wigs, her theme song.ReplyCancel
I use all of themReplyCancel
CD; much easier to type.ReplyCancel
Record. If it's a single it's a 45. HAReplyCancel
Dear God Seven! I had my volume on LOUD. that was Jangly.. 😀ReplyCancel
Used in a sentence:
I bought the Frozen soundtrack.
The kids are listening to the Frozen soundtrack.
The kids won't stop listening to the Frozen soundtrack.
I can recite the words to Frozen Heart from the Frozen soundtrack in my sleep.
I Still say record even though I seldom listened to them, I was an eight track baby 😀
All other music is tape, on tape, whether it is from the computer or on the radio, CD or Mp3 ( that's what I call the work evaluations, which it's not, either..)
Anybody else still say: "on the flip side..?"ReplyCancel
I'm sorry Gayeld but I'm laughing over here.
(maybe it can meet an accidental ending? Or go off to stay at the farm where soundtracks live? I hear they get to run free)
Showing my age….I say record.ReplyCancel
That's karma for ya, soundtrack haunts you and that stupid post decided to multiply 🙁ReplyCancel
Album, if I'm talking about somebody having a new "album dropping." CD only if I am talking about the actual disc, as in, "honey, I got a CD stuck in the changer!" Record only if I'm talking about vinyl.ReplyCancel
I use "Record" to refer to old-fashioned Vinyl — the sound of which is in no way "superior" to digital sound like CDs. It's just that some people like hiss and pops and mushiness and errors.
I use "CD" to refer to Compact Discs.
An "Album" is the collection of songs released together by an artist.ReplyCancel
I usually say "album" but once in a while "record" slips out, in a non-pretentious way, I swear. 😉ReplyCancel
Song or playlist. I still say I'm taping a show though….ReplyCancel
"record" is simply short for recording and refers to individual tracks. Those MP3's you download are records.
Vinyl has superior sound quality to digital music because it was recorded on analog equipment. Same reason musicians prefer tube amps over transistor amps.ReplyCancel
What hairydawg said. Plus an insert on CDs and other digital formats being 'lossy,' losing more of the top and bottom end. Records may be a pain compared to digital, but they technically and actually sound better. Depends what's important to you, whether you want to bother with them or not.ReplyCancel
I call my albums "records" and sometimes I play them on my record player. (yes, they sound scratchy and all but I'm too cheap to think of paying to replace all my David Bowie, Steely Dan and Elton John records. And don't get me started on my America album collection). I call my cds "cds" and play them on my cd player. (which is also my record player)ReplyCancel
LOL Gayeld, I was reading from the bottom up on your post and I thought you were tossing us some Beatz on the the Eternal of Music while the tech and technique changes. (the frozen aspect for eternal sound) etc and then I realized…
while the beat is ok, you can't dance to it.
and thats not what you were saying at all… 😀
How is record being used to Snoot?
Record is pulling them out of their paper sleeve, being careful not to wear the seams so they won't tear…
Record is trying to make the fat ring stay up without turning off the stereo because you want to hear the One song that made you buy the album but turned out to be the only good one on it…
Album though, is pretentious…:D
i use all of them, but not all the same way.
The one I can't stand is "vinyl." Example: "Yeah, I have the Weezer discography on vinyl."ReplyCancel
8-track tapes and one sided Victrola records. I'm kinda old kids.ReplyCancel
Mostly I say record but I also say album.ReplyCancel


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Lenovo Group, the world's fourth largest supplier of personal computers, and NEC Corp. are reportedly planning to create a joint-venture that will sell PCs in Japan. The two companies will jointly develop and build PCs in order to reduce their costs through economies of scale.
Lenovo is projected to acquire a majority stake in NEC Personal Products, a PC unit of NEC. The companies aim to boost their competitiveness through economies of scale by combining development, production, materials procurement and hope to become more competitive against large manufacturers of personal computers, reports Reuters news-agency citing Nikkei news-paper.
At present Lenovo Group commands about 10% of the worldwide PC market, while NEC only sells its computers in Japan and controls about 18% of domestic market. According to the report, Lenovo has 27% Japanese PC market share, hence, Lenovo and NEC combined will easily become the largest supplier of personal computers in Japan with 45% of the market.
It is clear that NEC will get a lot of benefits from working with Lenovo Group. Meanwhile, it is not known what kind of advantages Lenovo expects to get from a joint-venture with NEC. It is expected that NEC-branded PCs will remain on the market, therefore, Lenovo's brand will not get additional presence. Perhaps, Lenovo just needs to boost its sales and getting a stake in a rival is one of the ways to do so. Another possibility is that Lenovo wants to use certain technologies from NEC on other markets.
Lenovo and NEC did not comment on the news-story.


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Unlike the Rio Grande River which forms the border for Mexico in Texas, we do not worry which country our citizenship is in. God has promised all who believe a place in eternity. We can rejoice knowing our names are written with God in heaven. We are a part of both "countries": Texas and Heaven.
Passing through our time in Texas and the USA is like a vacation before we join God. What we do is important. How we live is important. These two factors reflect on what we will be in heaven.
Nothing can change our citizenship in heaven. Death is healing from the struggles within life. With death, the earthly vacation is over and we move to the kingdom where we belong. A child relates to his mother he knows what B-I-B-L-E means: Basic instruction before leaving earth.
In the gospel of Luke, Jesus appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place. Life is so much easier when we have someone to join us in the journey. People are created to do God's work together. Relationships of all kinds are important to our well being. The church is a wonderful place to live out the beauty of relationships. In this place, we can join together in God's mission for our lives and work as one.
We know where God is going to take us and those we love. We are not people who place all in this world. People are blessed and should hold their heads up. We are lifted by God's promise. With the Spirit's gift, we are empowered for the work of the ministry of God. While we battle hardship and danger on earth in exchange for the experience of great joy, we realize there is peace and healing ahead as signs that the reign of God is near.
Encourage those you encounter in daily lives to come to Good Shepherd Lutheran for worship with Pastor Wally Schievelbein on Sundays. The choice is for the 8:30 a.m Contemporary Service, the 9:45 a.m. Adult Sunday School or the 10:45 a.m. Traditional Service


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Political Animals Announce William Hill as new Sponsor
Posted 11 October 2012 - 03:23 PM
The club, made up of politicians of all levels and from all parties, plays charitable and representative sides and includes the likes of Lords, MPs and Councillors amongst its members.
William Hill's sponsorship enables the club to play games and provide funding to charities. With 2,370 betting shops providing betting opportunities on a wide range of sporting and non-sporting events, William Hill is one of the world's leading betting and gaming companies, employing more than 15,000 people. Founded in 1934, William Hill has made a significant investment in Leeds and the North East, with close to 800 jobs in Leeds city centre through its innovative R&D and Trading teams, and a further 2000 betting shop jobs across the North East.
On making the announcement, Club Captain Leeds North West MP Greg Mulholland said "Betting and gaming companies play a significant role in sport, particularly in the world's oldest professional game. William Hill's sponsorship enables politicians to experience the game on the field, understand what it means to be a player of our great game, and see what good the game does for communities."
Lewis Rogers, Public Affairs Manager at William Hill, gave his thoughts on the agreement: "William Hill are pleased to support the Political Animals Rugby League Football Club in its promotion of the sport and charitable work. Rugby League is just one of the many sports that William Hill offers markets on and it is one that is of great interest to many of our customers. As the UK's biggest bookmaker, William Hill are proud of our contribution to communities and local economies - providing jobs, training opportunities and a commitment to responsible gambling.
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"The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience." Eleanor Roosevelt
Posted 11 October 2012 - 04:45 PM
Posted 11 October 2012 - 04:53 PM
I think the fact that the team is made up of politicians make the betting company seem saintly in comparison!
So if it's OK for a betting company to be main sponsor to an RL side made up of politicians, why the apparent problem with having a betting company as principal competition sponsor for Super League?
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Posted 11 October 2012 - 09:15 PM
So if it's OK for a betting company to be main sponsor to an RL side made up of politicians, why the apparent problem with having a betting company as principal competition sponsor for Super League?
Betting is so much more acceptable than alcohol and tobacco sponsorship. I can't believe you question it!
Posted 12 October 2012 - 06:25 AM
I don't see how that is at all relevant?
Betting is so much more acceptable than alcohol and tobacco sponsorship. I can't believe you question it!
Posted 12 October 2012 - 08:08 AM
Posted 12 October 2012 - 11:51 AM
There is nothing lower than a Politician these days anyway.####.
Hope you voted for someone different last time then


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Catching up: Round 3: The Midnight Classic
It's been just over a week since I participated in my first Midnight Classic Bike Tour. Â I have to say that I was pretty much blown away by the number of cyclists who rode that night. Â There must have been over 1000 people on bikes, all pedaling through Memphis in the wee hours of the morning, all for a good cause.
My evening started out well. Â After kissing the wife goodbye and promising to text when the ride began and ended – we're like that – I biked over to my friend Matt's house for a little carbonated fun and socializing. Â After a while on his porch, the lot of us biked over to the Poplar Plaza parking lot and waited around for the ride to start.
Here's my evening's gear, plus my very first number from a sponsored bike ride.
Number 3284. Â I felt so special, and yet completely anonymous.
For the two or so hours that I hung around the Poplar Plaza parking lot waiting for the ride to begin, I managed to take in several rounds of bike polo.
That's some bad ass shit happenin' up in there.
Here's a shot of some bikes just near the polo court.
Clearly, I need a new camera, or at least one that is not part of my phone.
As the midnight hour grew closer, I felt my eyelids starting to sag and my energy level begin to wane. Â It was strange.
Yep, no idea why that was happening.
Finally though, I lined up for the ride, with about 10 million of my closest friends.
I wonder if Nikon is having a sale this week. Â I was in the 9th wave of cyclists to leave, and while I started out a moderate pace, I soon realized that if I didn't step on it, I'd end up finishing the race and arriving home sometime around October. Â So I pulled the strap down and finished around the second wave.
After guzzling some water and chatting for a bit, I headed home. Â I was too tired too sleep so I stayed up until around 4:00 AM reading. Â Let me tell you, I was feeling great the next day.
All in all it was a really fun event. Â I hadn't counted on how much socializing there would be, and how much it felt like tailgating before a football game. Â Next year I might come just for the fun.
Here's a map of my ride that evening.
A very respectable 23.5 miles that day, including the pre- and post-rides to and from home. Â If you've never done the Classic, you should give it a try sometime. Â I'm glad I did.


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Three Tiers—a roadmap of strategies to improve program performance
High performing states use a mix of strategies to boost child support performance. These strategies can be grouped into three tiers. They are:
- Focus on the fundamentals. Make sure that computer systems, new hire reporting, and income withholding (e-IWO) are working well.
- Identify the performance problem. Identify the reason for irregular support payments, intervene early and set realistic obligations.
- Expand access to services. Partner with other programs and reprogram resources to address barriers to nonpayment through family-centered services.
Here's a little more about each tier:
Tier One: Reduce the compliance gap in current collections—focus on fundamentals. This means a strong technology infrastructure and strong employer interface so that employers report new hires and implement timely income withholding orders. To reduce the compliance gap:
- Automate as much as you can to manage information, case flow, locate, establishment, enforcement, and disbursement—everything from e-IWO to document imaging to data analytics and performance management.
- Clean up your employer database.
- Implement e-IWO, starting with one employer, perhaps, and then bringing in large employers, and then other employers in the state.
- Conduct employer outreach to strengthen your relationships with the employer community, and educate (and re-educate) employers about their new hire reporting responsibilities.
- Identify self-employment and cash wages.
- Implement your access to OCSE's State Services Portal.
- Verify Social Security numbers, which are key for locating parents.
Tier Two: Identify the reasons for nonpayment. Improving performance requires caseworkers to analyze who is in the caseload, who is paying and who is not, who has the ability to pay but is unwilling, and who is unable to pay the full amount ordered. By setting an order the parents can realistically comply with, we increase reliable payments and decrease the accumulation of unpaid debt. These are essentially the PAID (Project to Avoid Increasing Delinquencies) strategies and include:
- Caseload stratification and segmentation: Use data to understand your caseload and select the right tool for the right person at the right time. Is driver's license suspension or help getting a job going to be more effective in collecting reliable support payments?
- Early intervention to prevent debt build-up: For example, contact the noncustodial parent when payments stop to find out what happened and work with the parent to get back on track. In fact, if you meet with noncustodial or even both parents before the order is established, you can often start a good relationship with the parents and improve cooperation with the child support office and each other.
- Setting realistic obligations: If you set realistic orders, modify them quickly when circumstances change, and reduce state debt to manageable levels, you can expect compliance. But if the orders are too high, parents can't comply and will walk away from you and, even worse, from their kids.
Tier Three: Remove the barriers to child support payment by partnering with other programs to offer family-centered services. We know that success in collecting current child support depends on steady jobs and manageable family relationships. Adding a service delivery component to child support programs is a challenge, but it can be done.
- Partner with other programs and community-based organizations in the "bubble chart" domains. For example, many child support offices partner with TANF; workforce agencies; fatherhood, veterans, and prisoner reentry programs; substance abuse services; and literacy and financial education programs. Parenting classes and parenting time, too, can help parents stabilize their lives, get and keep jobs, and be a parent to their children.
- Reprogramresources for less productive activities. Look at what works and what doesn't work. Collect data. Look at cost-effectiveness. Contempt hearings are expensive. No-shows are expensive. Multiple enforcement efforts and revolving doors are expensive. Is there a better way to increase consistent payments and boost collections?
I look forward to talking more with all of you in the child support community about using the three-tiered approach—a roadmap for improving the outcomes for children and families.