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1. Possible Afghan collapse/civil war
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The Iranian economy is in free fall, with its currency, the rial hitting a record low. NBC's Ali Arouzi reports.
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A less risky approach would be to provoke a diversionary conflict through Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, the Shiites in Bahrain, the Kurdistan Workers Party in Syria and Turkey, its position in the Strait of Hormuz -- or it could try to inflame anti-American and anti-Israeli sentiment.
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The Arab Spring has empowered the Muslim Brotherhood across the Middle East and beyond. It and other ideologically similar and allied groups run the governments of Egypt, Tunisia and Gaza.
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The Muslim Brotherhood's influence in the Middle East is likely to evolve in one of two ways. Military regimes that have been pushed aside could fight back and launch counter-Islamic revolutions, clawing back the Brotherhood's gains and keeping it tied up in internal political battles. This is already starting to happen in Egypt.
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Conversely, the Muslim Brotherhood could consolidate its gains and dominate electoral politics in the Middle East for the next several years.
For the United States, the rise of the Brotherhood is not in itself a major challenge. Most of its leaders say they want good relations and economic ties with Washington. The problem, however, is Israel. The Brotherhood is fundamentally anti-Israel, and Washington is fundamentally pro-Israel.
While analysts can debate which presidential candidate is closer to Israel, both have expressed their commitment to it and its security -- just as every U.S. president has done.
But the Muslim Brotherhood will not make the same commitments to Israel's integrity and security. While campaigning to win the election in Egypt, the Brotherhood held rallies featuring speakers who called for the restoration of the Islamic Caliphate with Jerusalem as its capital.
In an attempt to convey what he sees as a threat to Israel's existence, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used a cartoon to illustrate how close he says Iran is to developing a nuclear weapon. In a speech at the United Nations General Assembly he asked the world to help stop them. NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports.
The Brotherhood does not understand why Washington chooses to befriend one small country at the expense of relations with millions of Arabs and over a billion Muslims. Washington rejects having to make this choice.
This rift could become a showdown and devolve into violence. The timing depends on American policy and outside provocations that can be either by design -- "peace" flotillas to Gaza, Hamas rockets, an Israeli assault on Gaza -- or by accident, such as bigoted and dumb Internet movies.
4. Cyber threat
The United States has spent a decade fighting terrorists with some notable and many debatable successes. But bombs aren't the only kind of threat. In fact, a successful cyber attack could cause national and international chaos far exceeding a bombing in a major U.S. city.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta recently warned about a possible cyber Pearl Harbor. Many military officials and analysts I know fully agree with him.
Panetta: Cyber intruders have already infiltrated US systems
5. Israeli strike on Iran
Israel may attack Iran's nuclear program if it believes sanctions are failing. The strike would likely delay but not stop the program, experts say. For the time being, Israel has decided to wait and see what impact the international sanctions have.
If Iran chooses a quick rush to make a bomb, Israel will most likely change course and opt for a military solution. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made that point abundantly clear when he drew a red line at the United Nations and held up a picture of a bomb.
Read more Israel coverage from NBCNews.com
6. Revival of al-Qaida/Ansar al-Sharia
Al-Qaida's leaders have been killed and hunted, but the group hasn't gone away. Many al-Qaida factions have re-branded themselves under a new name: Ansar al-Sharia (partisans of Islamic law). Some of the militants also are finding new comfortable homes in the post-Arab Spring Middle East, blending into Salafist (Sunni fundamentalist) movements.
7. Rift with Pakistan
Pakistan and the United States have been locked in an uncomfortable marriage since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, and arguably long before that.
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Critics accuse Pakistan of taking American counter-terrorism money and military support, while at the same time supporting terrorist groups.
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If the United States cuts off Pakistan -- which may happen as Washington becomes less reliant on Pakistani supply routes into Afghanistan -- Islamabad could become more belligerent, which would cause relations to deteriorate further. The withdrawal from Afghanistan will change the costly status quo that has existed with Pakistan since 9/11, and that change is unlikely to go smoothly.
Read more Pakistan coverage from NBCNews.com
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According to some estimates, Mexico has become the most dangerous country in the world. Around 50,000 people have been killed in the country's drug wars. It is unclear if Mexico's President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto will be able to contain the violence, which has spread south to Central America and is showing signs of leaking north into the United States.
Read more Mexico coverage from NBCNews.com
Mexico's drug war is also part of a drug culture with roots in music, movies and even religion
9. US 'pivot' to Asia/China slowdown
In 2011, China overtook Japan to become the world's second-largest economy after the United States. The Obama administration has acknowledged China's growing military and political power, and has pledged to "pivot" or deploy more than half of the U.S.' naval assets to the Asia-Pacific region by the end of the decade. This, some argue, has contributed to souring relations between the two powers.
Adding to the troubles, China isn't cheap anymore and Chinese workers are no longer as willing to accept poor conditions and little pay. Strikes are increasingly common. Removing dissent from Chinese Internet sites is a full-time job for government censors. Growth rates remain high, but the cost of living and labor demands are going up.
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Read more China coverage on NBC's Behind The Wall
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For a decade, the United States has made fighting terrorism its main foreign policy goal. This is by definition a reactionary policy and is limited in focus -- without a global vision or sense of destiny.
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Full coverage: NBCNews.com's The World is Watching series
But what does the United States want to do? What is our goal? It is impossible to be influential if we don't know where we are going -- and any malaise would be damaging to the national interest. World powers must move to survive. Drifting is sinking.
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April 13, 2010, 09:42 PM »
Yeah I went with the Spacetrooper over the 30AC and VOTC version. I think the Spacetrooper is the Ultimate ANH Trooper which is at the heart of what the Vintage figure was/is/always will be.
The 30AC collection is the same, just a different helmet and some paint differences.
I like the VOTC one fine but, again, I like the Spacetrooper more
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April 13, 2010, 10:12 PM »
I'd concur on your choice on that one Scott... Without the gear, the Spacetrooper's probably the best Stormtrooper to-date... I'd add these to the list of possible candidates though:
-Clean Sandtrooper w/Black Pauldron
-Tantive IV Stormtrooper
I like both these figures, and the Tantive IV doesn't have the holster ala the Vintage figure too, so that's sort of neat.
The Clean Sandtrooper, to me, is the best "army builder" version of the Stormtrooper figure because it's the basic Stormie sculpt, you can remove the grenade on the butt, the pack is a nice touch, as is the pauldron and pike. All the gear a basic Stormie may have in the field anyway, on any planet unless it requires a totally unique uniform... and then of course the clean deco.
To me, basically the black pauldroned/clean Sandtrooper was simply a Stormtrooper with all his field gear, so I stocked up on him plenty in the past couple years he's been around. K-Mart sales came in dandy handy for that guy.
The Spacetrooper though, he's fantastic... Plus a relatively generic human likeness rather than a Clone is refreshing these days.
I'd rather have a sculpt that looked like a member of the cast/production team than a Clone under my Imperial buckets, but that's just me (and Paul).
I keep wondering if Hasbro's going to go "super duper" articulated on this one... Will we ever see this figure out on a basic card with ball-jointed hips and perhaps even ball-jointed wrists? It's something I like about the Clone Wars Clones and the ball-jointed hips of the Dewback Trooper added a lot to his poseability. More than I imagined it would. So to me it's an improvable figure, but another like Han that I'd be just as content if they never took it a step further... but I wouldn't turn my nose up if they did and I'd probably be suckered into buying 20 or 30 more of them.
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April 14, 2010, 01:21 AM »
Good choice....I could've gone with either the VOTC or Space Trooper (gear removed).
Although I have nearly 30 of the POTF2 CommTech stormies displayed.
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April 14, 2010, 04:00 AM »
Good choice. I would have gone with the Tantive IV Trooper, but this one is a lot easier to obtain.
I see I'm not the only one who isn't a big fan of the 30AC version...
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April 14, 2010, 10:02 AM »
Great choice! I would have gone with him, too. I bought a few of these to use as regular Stormies. I also really like the Tantive IV version, probably more than the VOTC version.
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April 15, 2010, 10:46 AM »
One of my favorite characters. I'm going on 300 of the VOTC onward style and amazingly I know two people who have almost twice as much as I do.
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April 15, 2010, 12:55 PM »
My absolute favorite character. I haven't seen the Spacetrooper in person, so I can't really give an informed opinion of my favorite; however, by the pic alone of the Spacetrooper and 30AC, I'd go with the 30AC as my favorite. And I'm not exactly sure why. It's gotta be the helmet, since that's the difference.
I remember when they first came out with Commtech Stormie. I just about **** myself I was so excited.
Purely because of nostalgia, nothing will ever match the vintage sculpt.
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DId you know anyone who as a kid army built Stormtroopers? I personally didn't, I only ever had one...but it seems like a smart thing to do, no?
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April 15, 2010, 01:27 PM »
I never even thought of army building any toy as a kid. One of each was just fine for me back in the day.
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April 15, 2010, 02:13 PM »
I remember wanting to army-build, but having little means to do so. I had five Stormies when I was a kid. I distinctly remember wanting at least eight so I could fill up by Imperial Troop Transport.
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April 15, 2010, 02:31 PM »
Awesome series. I've actually been keeping a set of "updated 92" aside from all my other figures for quite some time now. This series was the reason I joined this forum, so...
I've agreed with every pick thus far but this one.
I'm going to have to go with the Legacy Collection reissue of the VOTC Stormtrooper for a few different reasons.
First, just from an aspect of absolute purity. This IS a Stormtrooper - not a Spacetrooper, not a Sandtrooper (though I'm surprised to see a gear stripped Dewback Trooper wasn't mentioned), not an "Insert Environment Here" Trooper. No need for modifications or gear removal. the VOTC Stormtrooper is a PURE update to the vintage Stormtrooper right out of the package.
Second, the helmet on the Spacetrooper is WAY too small - he's a pinhead.. It is also slightly misshaped due to the soft nature of the material and the head bulging underneath.
Next, the head rides up WAY too high on the neck - again mostly because the head is too small. The actual Stormtrooper helmet almost rests on the shoulders.
No removable helmet. Again, a matter of purity. NO removable helmet on the original, so... However, I do respect that the Spacetrooper features the Joe Johnston sculpt rather than the "keep your prequels out of my OT" clone sculpt.
Finally, I went with the recent carded reissue of the VOTC Stormtrooper because much of the the white on the original VOTC version yellowed almost immediately - nasty, nasty, ugly, cheap polystyrene. It was never pure white, but got worse REALLY fast. The new one is gleaming white.
The VOTC Stormtrooper is by no means perfect, but, in my opinion, it's the closest thing we have to a true update to the original vintage figure. It's a great figure and one of the better updates in the series.
Anyway, those are my thoughts on this guy.
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April 16, 2010, 01:50 AM »
My army of vintage Stormtroopers as a kid was 2. Comparing the images above, the vintage was pretty accurate as far as sculpt goes, I would have sworn it would have looked hokier in a side-by-side. I was always disappointed with the fixed head, and when the time came I switched to Scout Troopers (I must have had five or six of them) as my go-to Trooper, just because he could look around. Man, I wish I had found a Stormtrooper Luke as a kid!
Today I have several several of the CommTech version (thanks to the infamous Fan Club slip-up of sending some fortunate folks double their order of army builder 4-packs when they first made them available.) that serve as my "army," but the "hero" Stormtroopers are all VOTC or later. I bought two of the VOTC back in '04 even though I had a lot of hang-ups about the pricing (now that I think about it, buying two could have almost been an homage to my vintage collection!) I bought two 30AC just for the option of making Han and Luke Stormies, and have bought the Spacetrooper and official Han and Luke Stormies from the Legacy collection.
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April 19, 2010, 12:16 AM »
Reading Muftak post I remember the fixed head was a feature of at at driver, imperial hoth stormtrooper, tie fighter pilot, stormtrooper and emperor royal guard.
The vintage stormtrooper has a lot of white areas on his paintjob, only the hip zone was updated in black for the LuKe Skywalker in stormtrooper disguise from potf.
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I army built as a kid, but nothing Star Wars... I would hit garage sales with my mother, and flea markets with my parents who enjoyed looking for antiques, and woudl buy up GI Joes who were being shuffled off. I found some outstandingly well kept figures too... I mean, I played with my GIJ's till they were worn pretty good, so I find it odd now looking back at how many well-kept toys I would buy on the cheap.
And I mean cheap... I'd find $.25 or $.50 figures at places. So I wound up with like a dozen Cobra Troopers, some extra Stinger drivers and the like... My best army was Vipers which I had like 20 of. I also had a lot of "green shirts". I'd buy Short Fuze, or Grunt, or Steeler or whatnot... I'd mix/match the parts to make a somewhat mixed variety of green (and tan) shirts. They were great cannon fodder for the Cobras, and it left Airborne and other favorites of mine free to survive.
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Fundraising: First group of files fully funded at cost of $438. Funding of $2000 received from GerSIG to order additional files! Despite its generosity, this grant will not cover all of the files of genealogical interest, so we still need your donations. Please contribute at http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=31.
Indexing: First group of files received from CAHJP; files Da/286, Da/685, Da/754, Da/1598 indexed and searchable at JewishGen's Germany and Poland Databases (see introduction); remaining files not completely proofread. We need volunteer proofreaders, Hebrew and German. Data will not go online until proofread. Contact the Project Coordinator to participate.
We are fundraising for a project to make available online genealogical information from the Archives of the Jewish Community of Danzig at the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People (CAHJP) in Jerusalem. This massive collection of documents (about 2000 files, some consisting of hundreds of pages) was shipped from Danzig to Jerusalem in 1939, and was "the first major community collection to be deposited in the Archives." The rich variety of genealogical and historical information contained in these documents can be glimpsed through the CAHJP's online inventory of the collection. This is a rare legacy that our relatives have left, and you can help to make it widely accessible. As far as we know, this is the first large-scale examination of the genealogical content of this material.
The fundraising is to cover the expenses of acquiring digitized copies of files from the collection, suitable for distributing to volunteer transcribers. Files are being ordered in small groups, as funding permits, the first group consisting of the following:
Group 1
The brief descriptions and date ranges above are based on the genealogical content our transcribers observed, sometimes significantly better than indicated in the CAHJP's online inventory. Note that all five of the communities are represented in this first group of CAHJP files. This should help researchers determine to which of the communities their relatives belonged. The $438 we raised is a small price to pay for re-opening the book closed on the Danzig community more than 65 years ago.
The process of selecting files for the second group is underway. You can assist if you are able to visit the CAHJP in Jerusalem. Contact the Project Coordinator for more information.
Please give generously towards this project, according to your means and interest in Danzig Jewish genealogy and history. Please keep in mind that your generous donations might help those with more limited financial means benefit from this material, too. This project can proceed only if it continues to be funded, unlike our complementary FHL microfilm indexing project, which does not require any funding.
Contact: Logan Kleinwaks, JewishGen Danzig/Gdansk SIG Coordinator


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I have always had a very good milk supply (leaking, spraying, etc.) It seems like over night a couple of days ago my breast went from full and firm to soft. They haven't leaked since. DD's nursing habits have not changed. ( she was diagnosed with acid reflux a week ago so I have started nursing her in an upright position) I nurse on demand. Some days she sucks more, some days not. She usually nurses every 2.5 to 3 hrs at night. A couple of times she has sleep 6 hours at night between feedings. She is 10 weeks old.
Maybe this is normal, but it just seemed to happen so suddenly. One day leaking and spraying, the next nothing. LO seems to still be getting satisfied. I guess I have just been used to leaky faucets. I wore nursings pads 24/7. Does anyone have any input?


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Authorities say man made several sexually explicit comments to victim
A registered sex offender living in Jefferson County was arrested late Monday night by Dane County sheriff's deputies after an encounter he had with a 17-year-old in the village of Cambridge, the Dane County Sheriff's Office said.
The male victim was working at a local grocery store when he was approached by Phillip J. Godfrey, 46, of Cambridge, according to a Dane County Sheriff's Office news release.
Sheriff's officials said Godfrey made several sexually explicit comments to the victim, and made statements insinuating that he had been watching the boy on past occasions.
"He also insinuated that he had been watching this boy for some time and had some knowledge of the things like the vehicle he drove and where he lived and things like that, which were quite concerning," said Elise Schaffer, spokeswoman for the Dane County Sheriff's Office.
Godfrey was booked into the Dane County Jail on a felony charge of exposing a child to harmful material, according to the news release.
The Dane County Sheriff's Office is asking anyone else who may have been victimized by Godfrey to call the Dane County tip line at 608-284-6900, or leave a tip electronically via danesheriff.com.
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I think I have finally gotten close to being able to EBF. (We are still doing weekly weight checks as DS isn't gaining like doc wants, but his diaper output is decent.) I have plenty of milk at night (from about 10:30 p.m. on), so I always get up once in the night to pump (I am pumping right now in fact, and it's 2 a.m.). For the past week, pumping at night has given me enough milk to supplement in the evenings (around 7 p.m. until bedtime). But I ALWAYS seem to be too low on milk in the evenings... if I could only get my supply up to what it is during the morning and early afternoon, I think I would have enough milk to no longer need to supplement in the evenings!
My question is:
Is there any way to increase supply for a specific targeted time of day, like in the evenings?
Thank you!
PS - posting this in both increasing milk & pumping forums.


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Current Legal Developments
Hot Topics
This past summer
saw developments relating to peer-to-peer ("P2P") music file sharing.
Of most significance, on June 25, 2003, the Recording
Industry Association of America ("RIAA"), a trade
group that represents U.S. record companies, announced it would
seek out the heaviest P2P service users and sue them for copyright
infringement [1].
Subsequently on September 8 the RIAA filed
suit against 261 individuals in federal courts across the country.
In order to identify these individuals, the RIAA issued over 1600
subpoenas under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The RIAA has
since issued lawsuit notification letters to an additional 204 individuals.
In connection with the recording industry's enforcement effort, colleges and universities have been served with DMCA subpoenas seeking the identity
of students engaged in file sharing on educational networks and
should be aware of their rights and responsibilities in this regard. This Note will describe P2P file sharing, identify some
campus policies to respond to or prevent inappropriate activity,
and suggest possible responses by institutions in receipt of a DMCA
subpoena seeking the identity of alleged copyright infringers using
the institution's computer network.
What Is Peer-to-Peer
networks consist of users who share information directly with each
other over the Internet without having to log onto a central computer.
In 1999, a Northeastern University student created a software program
called Napster, which allowed its users to trade music and other
data online. In February 2001, however, the United States Court
of Appeals for the 9th Circuit held that Napster, Inc. had committed
contributory copyright infringement by maintaining a central database
of available files and their locations for the program's users
Following the Napster case, the
recording industry targeted the other major peer-to-peer file sharing
services, including KaZaA, Grokster, Aimster and Morpheus. While
these services are also designed to let people exchange music, movies,
videos and other files over the Internet, they, unlike Napster,
are not themselves directly involved in the actual process of sharing,
but instead merely provide programs that permit the sharing to occur.
A recent federal decision concluded that the companies that provide
these programs are not engaging in infringing activity, because
the programs can also be used for legitimate file sharing – just
as a VCR may be used for both legal and illegal acts [3].
In its effort to protect the intellectual
property of its members, the recording industry is now attempting
to pursue directly individuals who share files of copyrighted material.
Some (though by no means the dominant) percentage of file sharing
occurs in the college and university environment, [4] and
many of the first subpoenas were issued to educational institutions.
Colleges and universities should be prepared to respond if they
receive such subpoenas and should take steps to protect themselves
– and their students – from potential lawsuits.
Peer-to-Peer Sharing Issues for
Universities and Colleges
the current legal climate, universities should
be aware of the following P2P file-sharing issues.
Intellectual Property
Distribution of copyrighted materials over the Internet without
the copyright owner's permission can be a violation of the Sec. 106 of the Copyright
Act. The DMCA generally protects colleges and universities from
liability for illegal file sharing by their students on university
networks. However, the institution must register with the Copyright
Office and comply with certain other requirements in order to obtain
this "safe harbor" immunity [5].
Moreover, the institution can lose its immunity in some cases if
it knows or should know about specific infringing activity [6].
Other Network Issues
Peer-to-peer sharing
can adversely affect the performance of the computing network in
several ways. File sharing can consume a large amount of bandwidth --
some studies have shown that as much as 60% of all traffic/storage
on university networks may be devoted to file sharing, leaving little
room for more important traffic [7]. Large scale file sharing may also render a network more
susceptible to viruses and privacy violations and may open the door
to hackers. Moreover, excessive P2P sharing on an institution's
network may result in a large volume of DMCA subpoenas, the processing
of which requires use of limited institutional resources.
Recording Industry Concerns
In an October 3, 2002, letter to nearly 2,300 college and university
presidents, the RIAA expressed concern over student "piracy of copyrighted
creative works" and addressed the need for academic institutions
to develop policies to prevent online copyright infringement [8]. Specifically,
the RIAA requested that colleges and universities adopt and implement
policies that:
(1) Inform students of their moral
and legal responsibilities;
(2) Specify what practices are and are not acceptable on your school's network;
(3) Monitor compliance; and
(4) Impose effective remedies against violators.
While these requests go beyond the requirements
of the DMCA – which, in particular, does not require an ISP to monitor
its users' compliance with copyright law – they are an important
indicator of the recording industry's expectations.
What Should A
College or University Consider When Implementing Policy?
Whether for legal, bandwidth management
or other reasons, institutions attempting to deal with these issues
should consider taking some or all of the following steps:
Adopt and inform students and
other users of
a policy terminating the network privileges of those found to be
infringing copyrights repeatedly and actively enforce that policy
when infringements are identified. Doing so is a prerequisite
to the DMCA safe harbor.
Post the policy on the institution's website
where it is easily accessible to the university community.
In addition, institutions may wish to implement a mechanism that
requires users to prove they have read the policy prior to obtaining
initial access to the institution's network [9].
Educate users about
copyright law and give them examples of what they can and cannot
do [10]. Let
them know that it generally is best to assume that all but the oldest
material is copyright protected unless explicitly stated otherwise
and that copyright infringers could face up to $150,000 per infringement,
as well as potential criminal penalties in some cases.
Recognize that not all P2P file sharing
is copyright infringement; some P2P sharing may have legitimate
academic use, and your policy should acknowledge the academic benefits
of legitimate P2P sharing.
Consider implementing packet-shaping
or other technical means of limiting the amount of file sharing that can
occur on the network.
What If An Institution Receives a DMCA Subpoena?
DMCA gives copyright owners the ability to subpoena internet service
providers (including colleges and universities operating computer
networks) for "information sufficient to identify the alleged infringer"
[11]. Copyright
holders need not file a lawsuit first; the copyright holder need
only apply to the clerk of any United States district court
(see discussion at footnote 15 below).
The application
must include the following:
a signature of a person authorized to act
on behalf of the copyright owner;
identification of the copyrighted work
claimed to have been infringed;
identification of the material claimed
to be infringing (including information reasonably sufficient to
allow the service provider to locate the material);
information reasonably sufficient to allow
the service provider to locate the complaining party;
a statement that the complaining party
has a good faith belief that the use of the material is not authorized;
a statement that the information in the
application is accurate;
a proposed subpoena; and
a sworn declaration that the purpose of
the subpoena is to identify the alleged infringer and that the information
obtained will be used only to protect copyright rights [12].
A college or university that receives such
a subpoena must "expeditiously disclose to the copyright owner or
person authorized by the copyright owner the information required
by the subpoena, notwithstanding any other provision of law …" [13]. Before doing so,
however, the institution should confirm that
the subpoena complies with the requirements listed above. If it does not, compliance with the subpoena
would not be required by the DMCA and therefore presumably would
be prohibited by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act ("FERPA")
[20 U.S.C. 1232(g)(b)(2)(B)] [14]. Whether a subpoena that does comply
with the DMCA requirements must also comply with the additional
requirements of FERPA – including notification of the affected students
in advance of compliance – is an open question [15]. Institutions
would be wise to continue to insist on compliance with FERPA until
this issue is resolved.
Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc., 239 F.3d 2004 (9th Cir.
The RIAA has
appealed that decision. See http://news.com.com/2100-1026_3-5065729.html
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Services, Inc. v. Grokster,
Ltd., 259 F.Supp.2d 1029 (C.D.Cal. 2003)
FN4. Statement of Hon. Lamar Smith, Chairman, Subcommittee of Courts, the Internet,
and Intellectual Property, House Judiciary Committee, February 26, 2003,
indicating that research by one P2P file sharing service indicated that
16% of all files available at any given moment are located at IP addresses
managed by U.S. educational institutions; and that users trading from
networks managed by educational institutions accounted for 10% of all
users on the service at any given moment.
FN5. See
§ 512;
with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act: Responding to Notices of
Alleged Infringement. University of Texas System.
For an excellent discussion of types of copyright infringing
activity and the potential liability of students engaged in peer-to-peer
file-sharing, see "Background
Discussion of Copyright Law and Potential Liability for Students Engaged
in P2P File Sharing on University Networks", issued on August 8, 2003 by the
American Council on Education (ACE). This article was issued as part of the
education effort of the Joint Committee of the Higher Education and Entertainment
Communities, formed to work collaboratively toward solutions to the
copyright problems caused by unauthorized peer-to-peer file sharing on
college campuses.
FN7. Controlling Peer to Peer Bandwidth
Consumption, P-Cube, Inc.
Letter to College and University Presidents, October 3, 2002.
Following the RIAA letter, on October 8, 2002 the presidents of 6 leading
higher education associations wrote a letter to the presidents of U.S. colleges
and universities referencing the RIAA letter and urging them to join in "addressing
the inappropriate use of campus facilities to disseminate copywritten
FN9. See Travelers of the
Electronic Highway (T.E.H.). Technology Training Services,
Cornell University;
Instructions for Taking the
Electronic Community Citizenship Examination. University of
FN10. See
An Overview of
Your Rights and Responsibilities in Cyberspace. Steven J.
Letter. Rhode Island School of Design.
Tutorial. University of Texas System.
FN11. See 17 U.S.C. § 512(h)(3). The RIAA
as provided has a DMCA Fact Sheet http://www.riaa.com/issues/dmcafactsheet.asp on
Sam Brownback of Kansas recently introduced Senate
Bill 1621, the "Consumers, Schools, and Libraries Digital Rights
Management Awareness Act of 2003", Sec. 5 of which states in part
"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an Internet access service
may not be compelled to make available to a manufacturer of a digital
media product or its representative the identity or personal information
of a subscriber or user of its service for use in enforcing the
manufacturer's rights relating to use of such product on the basis of a
subpoena or order issued at the request of the manufacturer or its
representative except under a valid subpoena or court order issued at the
request of the manufacturer or its representative in a pending civil
lawsuit or as otherwise expressly authorized under the Federal Rules of
Civil Procedure or the civil procedure rules of a state.
FN12. See 17 U.S.C. §§ 512(c)(3)(A) and (h)(2)
FN13. See 17 U.S.C. § 512(h)(5); see also, In re Verizon Internet Services,
Inc., 257 F.Supp.2d 244 (D.D.C. 2003) (subpoena power under DMCA is
constitutional and internet service providers must comply with subpoena
requests). Verizon has appealed this decision and argument was
held before the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
on September 16. A comprehensive case archive, including links to
pleadings and briefs, is available at http://www.eff.org/Cases/RIAA_v_Verizon/.
Verizon has appealed this decision and argument was
held before the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
on September 16. A comprehensive case archive, including links to
pleadings and briefs, is available at http://www.eff.org/Cases/RIAA_v_Verizon/.
FN14. See 20 U.S.C.
FN15. In
response to RIAA subpoenas it received issued by the U.S. District Court
for the District of Columbia, Boston College moved to quash enforcement of the
subpoenas on the ground that they did not comply with Federal
Rule of Civil Procedure 45(a)(2) and (b)(2) because they were not
issued from the court for the district in which the production of the
documents named in the subpoena were to produced, or alternatively by a
court within 100 miles of the place of production. Boston College
further argued that because the subpoenas were not lawfully issued, it
could not disclose the information pursuant to FERPA Sec. 1232g(b)(2)(B);
and sought a protective order stating that if and when the RIAA served it
with lawfully issued subpoenas, those subpoenas must give Boston College
sufficient time to give reasonable advance notice to any student whose
education record may be produced. The U.S. District Court for
Massachusetts granted Boston College's motion to quash on the basis of FRCP
45(a)(2) and (b)(2).
RESOURCES for COUNSEL:
Copyright: Limitations on Liability Related to Material Online
20 U.S.C. 1232(g)
Family Educational and Privacy Rights
Education: Family Educational Rights and Privacy
A&M Records, Inc. v.
Napster, Inc., 239 F.3d 2004 (9th Cir. 2001)
In re Verizon Internet Services,
Inc., 257 F.Supp.2d 244 (D.D.C. 2003)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Services, Inc.
v. Grokster, Ltd., 259 F.Supp.2d 1029 (C.D.Cal. 2003)
Cornell University
Duke University
Loyola University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Web Sites:
United States Copyright Office
Recording Industry Association of America
Additional Resources:
Copyright, Civil Rights, and the
Middle Ages, September/October 2003 (Tracy Mitrano, Educause Review)
RIAA Letter to U.S. Senator Norm
Coleman, August 14, 2003
American Council on Education:
Background Discussion on Copyright Law and Potential Liability for
Students Engaged in P2P File Sharing on University Networks, August 8, 2003
Copyright and
Digital Media in a Post-Napster World,
August 2003 (The Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard
Law School)
Letter to Institutional Presidents, October 8, 2002
RIAA Letter to College and University
Presidents, October 3, 2002
Darren S. Cahr, Nicole Murray, and Howard Zweig (NACUA Member). Gardner Carton & Douglas.


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Canada lynx seen rebounding in VermontAP File Photo
A Canada lynx heads into the Rio Grande National Forest after being released near Creede, Colo., in this 2005 photo. The number of Canada lynx in Vermont has increased over the last several years.
MONTPELIER Although rarely seen, the Canada lynx appears to be increasing in number in Vermonts Northeast Kingdom, an encouraging sign for a species the state considers endangered.
Refuge Manager Mark Maghini of the Nulhegan Basin wildlife refuge says as many as six or more of the snow-loving cats may live in the area. The 20-inch tall animal is known for its large feet, which act as snowshoes.
In the last century, the elusive animals were pushed out of the state and many other parts of the country largely because of the destruction of their forest habitat.
Its really kind of cool to see a formerly extirpated species start to reappear, and I think even more so to have a species on a national wildlife refuge, Maghini said.
The basin lies within the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge, which was established to conserve wildlife habitat in the Connecticut River watershed.
You have a nice mix of protected federal lands, and those lands happen to provide habitat for a federally listed species, Maghini said.
The federal government lists Canada lynx as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, while Vermont gives it the more critical designation of endangered within the state.
In winter 2012, federal and state biologists set out to survey 26,000 acres and found a female lynx with three young, confirming a breeding population, Maghini said. A lynx also walked in front of a trail camera in broad daylight last winter, giving an unimpeded view of the animal.
Just a few weeks ago, Maghini said, he saw fresh lynx tracks while opening the gate on a snowmobile trail.
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The coach isn't the main reason why the Jazz suck. The players need to take the responsibility for their lackluster performance. Unfortunately, the Jazz have several nice players but they have few who play hard all the time.
In the post game tonight, Ty looked like his dog just got ran over. I feel for the guy. If KOC and Dennis the Menace aren't going to help him then I hope, and I feel terrible for saying it, I hope there is an injury that makes a lineup change necessary for a couple of weeks.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Jazz have jumped the shark, and NBA has nuked the fridge.
This Jazz teams lacks athletic ability, basketball skills, basketball brains, basketball intellect, basketball smarts, basketball savvy....did I miss anything?
The main thing they lack is basketball IQ in the positions where they need it -- that is at the point. While Tinsley has it, he doesn't have the athletic ability to play extended minutes. Foye is a horrible point guard. The only thing he is good at is spot up shooting and I don't how many games we have lost in the fourth quarter because of his porous defense. Marvin is Mr. Inconsistent. He seems to have the ability but he just doesn't have a good nose for the basketball or where to be at the right time. And Mo, well, he also is not a good point guard. He's a scorer and when he's on, he can carry a team, but when he's off, you might as well let Tinsley run the offense.
I still think last year was a mistake in making the playoffs and we're paying for it this season. I think it's time now to think about the future and play the young guys. And for God's sake, give Carroll a chance. I don't understand the hate on this board for him. The guy's a scrapper, which you can't say about too many guys on our team right now.
The bench showed up. The starters didn't. Don't paint the "players" in such a broad brush.
Players should have been held responsible. The starters should have been benched. All of them. He should have rolled with his entire bench to start the 2nd half and play most of it. Send a damn message and stop being Jefferson's bitch.
Starting lineup for the 2nd half should have been Burks, whatever, Carroll, Favors, Kanter.
What's the worst that could have happened? They lost? Hell, we're doing that anyway with the starters.
A perfect opportunity to send a message was lost tonight.
When has Ty ever disciplined anyone?
Lakers Suck.
If the Lakers could fire a coach after 5 games why can't the Jazz fire a coach who has sucked for 2 1/2 years?
I look at the talent we have... And there's no way we should be losing to the teams that we have lost and are losing to. No way. And it's not like we're getting any better. This team is quickly regressing despite adding more and more talent.
We have absolutely no positive direction right now. It's pretty obvious that Ty isn't the right coach here.
We not only need to free Burks, tell Hayward to STOP shooting (but to attack the rim), trade Jefferson, and play Favors 30+, but we need a coach who can get this offense and defense going. I mean... We really do look like the Adrian Dantley coached Nuggets out there. Or the Cowboys under Wade Phillips. Tons of talent but no leadership, direction, or motivation.
We are going through the motions even at home! There's no way that the Lakers game should have been as close as it was. They had quit on their coach.
Lakers Suck.
The problem is not who's playing, it's the offense we run. Phil Jackson could not win with Ty's offense just by subbing different players into the lineup. Fix the offense, fix the team, and that won't happen unless Ty is gone.
I agree. The offense sucks.
But the rotations suck too.
As does the effort.
As does the leadership (or lack thereof).
We're talented and probably could rock NBA 2k13. But this team is now 4-6 after playing a pretty damn easy schedule.
Lakers Suck.
Maybe we could talk Phil Jackson into taking his revenge on the Lakers by coaching the Jazz.
Lakers Suck.
In Lindsay We Trust
Fortune and glory, kid. Fortune and glory.
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Finn Malmgren (1895-1928)
For a period of time, he worked as assistant professor at the Swedish Meteorological Institute in Uppsala, where there is a statue of him.
"Victory awaits him, who has everything in order - luck we call it. Defeat is definitely due for him, who has neglected to take the necessary precautions - bad luck we call it"
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#212803 - 10/11/13 01:17 AM modern courtship...
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Loc: Seattle
I have recently started internet dating, and it is very different from conventional courtship. There's low risk/investment in communication, and it is advantageous to communicate with as many as possible... so I need a term for such casual suitors (aspirants? optimists?), or perhaps a collective noun for an inbox full of them. I'm not afraid of neologisms (Shakespeare could do it... though I confess I haven't found a suitable option yet), but wonder if there are any existing words that might serve. It is also worth noting that the online dynamics of the genders are *very* different as well, so any terms should be gender-specific.
(It rather annoyed me that, last time I investigated, there were several collective nouns for groups of women--coven, harem, galaxy--but the only one I found for men was "band"... which really isn't very evocative or specific at all.)
Weird phenomena need some weird words to describe them!
Any and all suggestions on the topic are welcome!
#212826 - 10/13/13 11:53 PM Re: modern courtship... [Re: mandysw]
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#212828 - 10/14/13 01:02 AM Re: modern courtship... [Re: mandysw]
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I do find it a rather odd situation, and conversationally awkward! It's just so dull to say "I got another message from a new guy today", or "I need to answer all the messages in my ____.com inbox" when the nature of these things is... so distinct and specific (yet hardly unique to me).
I *have* taken to referring to the blatantly unlikely applicants as "the improbables". ;-) I'm sure there are far more definitions-in-need-of-words in the world of online matchmaking... but the only topical compendium I can think of is urbandictionary (and I somehow doubt that has either the words or definitions I'm looking for...).
#212832 - 10/14/13 09:52 AM Re: modern courtship... [Re: mandysw]
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#212834 - 10/14/13 10:13 AM Re: modern courtship... [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]
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Loc: this too shall pass
potential is shading towards promising or likely..
how about implausible or inconceivable(!)
coinage: wrop (within realm of possibility)
#212842 - 10/14/13 06:32 PM Re: modern courtship... [Re: mandysw]
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#212938 - 10/22/13 10:56 PM Re: modern courtship... [Re: mandysw]
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A sports analogy might be applicable -- the boys in the batter's box?
#212943 - 10/23/13 07:16 AM Re: modern courtship... [Re: csperryess]
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Originally Posted By: csperryessthe boys in the batter's box?
Or in the on-deck circle.
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Video: Team showing Sheff the love
Here's one of the reasons you gotta love our Mets: They're a team. An actual team that supports each other and has the next guy's back and seems to genuinely want its teammates to succeed. Few moments better exemplify that than when the new guy–the big shot new guy–goes yard for the 500th time, and his teammates are there at the finish with huge smiles and bracing hugs. Jose Reyes is there with the first embrace, but David Wright's is the longest. Looks like Sheffield says something into his ear while they hug. Wish I knew what it was!
Pics still to come from yesterday's awesome game at Citi. Santana was his usual (consistent! Oh, what a word!) self, and our boys managed to move at least one guy off the base pads and home–even if only because of Milwaukee's error. Hey, we gave away a couple games with errors, and I'll take a Santana win however I can get it! I got some good shots of our boys, met up with a couple other bloggers, and I will share soon!
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Great to meet you on Saturday, Zoe! See ya soon.
Seeing a guy hit his 500th homerun is a thrill. I hope we see Carlos Delgado do it later this season.
I am so glad he finally got to hit that milestone.
He might not have the best mouth for speaking his mind, but his bat is something spectacular to watch.
That he can be a great asset to the Mets is great for him and the Met fans.
Just the sight of that bat wiggle lets you know it is baseball season.
Rays Renegade
Heya Zoe. I'm not the biggest Shef fan – in fact, I kinda wish he wasn't around – but it was great to see the team rally around him like that. Any news on whether Johan's got a special handshake for him yet?Ashhttp://ashleymarshall.mlblogs.com


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Bittersweet. But oh, how nice to not pump.


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I like how the organization knows that these guys shouldn't be run into the ground and need to have the game plan & Strategy down.
Also it makes a ton of sense to move Melo to the 3 against the Mavs with Marion out.
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CAMBY: "I was ready to play in the Miami game, but I don't make those decisions," he said. "I just have to be ready when my name is called."
WOODSON: "He's got to learn our coverages and get a little sharper there," Woodson said, "but I thought overall he was pretty active and got up and down the floor, did all of our drills. He's smart enough. He'll pick things up. We'll keep drilling and we'll take it a day at a time. A lot of it is still conditioning and maintaining something during his running. So we'll see."
CAMBY: "I practiced last week, too, and I felt I could have helped the team," he said. "But now, we know the schedule is Friday then Tuesday, so we'll get good practice in."
I like how the organization knows that these guys shouldn't be run into the ground and need to have the game plan & Strategy down.
Also it makes a ton of sense to move Melo to the 3 against the Mavs with Marion out.
Coach Dantoni : How you feel Marcus , we need you vs Miami 30+ min
Marcus : Coach I just hurt myself
Game 1 vs Miami
Coach Dantoni : C'MON MARCUS lets go , lets go , lets go , lets go , lets go , lets go ,lets go , lets go , lets go.
Heat Win 120 Knicks 100 - Camby out until All - Star game.....
Thats the **** that ****ed our team the last few years , rushing people back and not watching minutes lol
Had it been Melo that Coach Woodson was sitting out the media would have made it into an overblown story.
Humility is a virtue and pride is a vice.
Well the theory about the injury is probable given our team's shady way of disclosing information about injuries seems possible, remember he was only supposed to have missed like one pre season game ended up missing them all and Stat was supposed to be so insignificant that "had it been the regular season he wouldve been out there" yet here we are at the regular season and nothing!
But, I can't see that being the issue since every interview Camby talks about being ready to play.
I think somehow he and Woody have gotten into a little beef. Remember when Woody was asked how Kurt Thomas took losing his playing time all of a sudden and Woody said "he's a true professional and he did not say anything" and then he talked about how he stressed guys needed to check egos at the door.
Now think about when Camby was asked about his injury and being ready before the Magic game he said "I've been ready since opening night, but I dont make the calls about who plays and who does not".
Now..I'm a big Woodson fan, and I believe winning is the cure all, but when you look at our 3 losses this season rebounding,defense and turnovers have been the reason and Camby fixes 2 of those 3 problems.
again for the 1000th time my proposed lineup with Amare hurt
Felton and Melo make things happen on the offensive end and on defense we are freakin remarkable with Melo's new commitment to D.
fine if starting him is a stretch then 6th or 7th man...but bench?
Hopefully they can peace things out soon!
"I'd Rather Melo shoot with 3 men on him than Jefferies shotting wide open"
-Jeff Van Gundy
i'd rather have camby with a minor injury then drama.
**** drama.
Camby has for very long been one of my favorite players in the NBA, very underrated guy.
Every season, every day Camby was a Knick, there was always an injury or something.
Camby never in his life really played fully as a Knick and I think the Knicks jersey is cursed on Camby because if you been a Knick fan for over 15 years you know seeing Camby on the court in a Knicks jersey was almost as rare as seeing Antonio McDysess on the court.
I just wish Camby would break the curse and play for the Knicks 20+ minutes per game. I've awaited this moment for YEARS.
He's being benched because of sexual activities involving Woodsons daughter
Forget camby though how about our Defensive player of the year Tyson Chandler.. whats up with him.
I'm not seeing the defensive monster i saw last season
When your super-star is calling all the shots, but shows no effort on the
defensive-end, plus play ISO-Ball averaging 25 shot attempts per game ..
expect his teammates to follow suit.
Coach Woody & Camby mystery are the same as the Amare mystery ....
Melo-Melo-Melo-Melo and his ex-Denver Nuggets teammate JR.Smith has been averaging above 32 minutes per game .. each of the 11 games the two high scoring players has been getting closer & closer to running the same ISO-offense they perform for the Denver Nuggets for seven straight seasons. Camby & Billups spoke against the ISO-offense players who played no defense in Denver, and the Denver Nuggets traded them.
Having a 8-3 record with the last two games becoming losses to teams under the .500 mark.
The last two games I watched a PF-Melo jog down court on offense to only stop at the 3-ball line, then demand the ball to shoot a 3-ball shot then backup to the defensive end of the court, it did not matter if Melo hit the shot or miss the shot, Melo made no effort in going as far as the perimeter on the offensive-end .. is that the type of PF we want on the Knicks? or SF we want on the Knicks?
Your comments are welcome ....
Here we go again.
You guys sound like the middle girl from the Brady Bunch
LOL, what does Carmelo have to do with Camby's absence or Tyson's defensive liability? Melo's been doing some great job and so has JR, there is absolutely no reason to not play them 32 minutes/game.


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- Title
- Gambling accessibility: a scale to measure gambler preferences
- Author(s)
- Moore, Susan M.; Thomas, Anna C.; Kyrios, Michael; Bates, Glen; Meredyth, Denise
- Abstract
- Geographic closeness of gambling venues is not the only aspect of accessibility likely to affect gambling frequency. Perceived accessibility of gambling venues may include other features such as convenience (e.g., opening hours) or 'atmosphere'. The aim of the current study was to develop a multidimensional measure of gamblers' perceptions of accessibility, and present evidence for its reliability and validity. We surveyed 303 gamblers with 43 items developed to measure different dimensions of accessibility. Factor analysis of the items produced a two factor solution. The first, Social Accessibility related to the level at which gambling venues were enjoyed because they were social places, provided varying entertainment options and had a pleasant atmosphere. The second factor, Accessible Retreat related to the degree to which venues were enjoyed because they were geographically and temporally available and provided a familiar and anonymous retreat with few interruptions or distractions. Both factors, developed as reliable subscales of the new Gambling Access Scale, demonstrated construct validity through their correlations with other gambling-related measures. Social Accessibility was moderately related to gambling frequency and amount spent, but not to problem gambling, while, as hypothesised, Accessible Retreat was associated with stronger urges to gamble and gambling problems.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Life and Social Sciences
- Source
- Journal of Gambling Studies, Vol. 27, no. 1 (March 2011), pp. 129-143
- Publication year
- 2011
- FOR Code(s)
- 1506 Tourism; 1701 Psychology
- Keyword(s)
- Gambling accessibility; Gambling venues; Problem gambling
- Publisher
- Springer
- 1050-5350
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- Copyright © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010.
- Additional information
- The authors acknowledge support from the Victorian Government, Office of Gaming and Racing, Department of Justice (Australia).
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I know you've heard a lot of talk of late about raising graduation requirements. While I think I've made clear my concerns about high school capacity in the state and my support for the Governor's Higher Standards, Better Schools proposal, I haven't yet shared with you a complete rationale for that position. I'd like to use this week's message as a platform for doing so.
Illinois has some of the weakest graduation requirements in the country. While the way that other states handle requirements should not drive our policies here in Illinois, the fact that no other state with a math, science or English requirement has lower requirements overall should give us pause for thought.
For me, the justification for raising our high school requirements is pretty straightforward. By increasing graduation standards, students will achieve more academically, and graduates will enjoy greater success in the workforce and in post-secondary education.
Policies create expectations for kids, just as we do as educators. Students who are exposed to more challenging courses do better in school and score higher on national tests. But raising standards is about more than just improving our national test scores. It's also about preparing our students for success after they graduate. On last year's ACT test, almost 56 percent of Illinois students expressed an intention to go on to either a two-year or four-year educational degree program. Yet, 38 percent of Illinois graduates do not take the "core courses" they need to successfully pursue higher education. Some institutions, in Illinois and elsewhere, will not accept graduates who have only met Illinois' current, minimal high school graduation requirements.
Increasing graduation requirements will also make graduates more competitive in the workforce. While a majority of U.S. jobs now require some form of higher education, even jobs that don't still require advanced math, science and writing skills.
I know there are concerns about costs and the phase-in time needed for the changes proposed, and we've sought to address these. But ignoring the need to enhance current graduation requirements is tantamount to my taking a pass on an important opportunity to improve Illinois schools. I support the Governor's Higher Standards, Better Schools plan and I hope as educational leaders for our State you will assist in that support.
Have a great week.
Randy Dunn
Also included in today's message
Consequences for not meeting "Highly Qualified" requirements. 2
SchoolHouse discrepancy reports. 3
ISBE Student Information Systems (SIS) training. 3
Public Hearing set for ISBE Strategic Plan. 4
State Board seeks public comment on IDEA Part B application. 4
Helping students with diabetes succeed. 5
Progress in International reading literacy study. 5
Presidential environmental youth awards program.. 6
Attention teachers of the arts: showcase opportunity announced. 6
Consequences for not meeting "Highly Qualified" requirements
ISBE believes it is important to clarify the consequences of not meeting the "highly qualified" requirements in the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and personnel or other actions required by such consequences. At the beginning of the 2005-06 school year, each district must notify parents if their child has been assigned to a class with a teacher who is not highly qualified. (NCLB 1111 (h)(6)(B)(ii)) Under NCLB, parents must also be notified if their child has been taught for four or more consecutive weeks by a teacher who is not highly qualified. Id.
At the end of the 2005-06 school year, each district must report to ISBE its progress ensuring that all teachers teaching in core academic subjects are highly qualified. (NCLB 1119(b)(1)). If all teachers teaching in core academic subjects are not highly qualified by the end of the 2006-07 school year, the district must develop an improvement plan specifying how the district will meet the highly qualified requirements. (NCLB 2141(a)). If all teachers teaching in core academic subjects are not highly qualified by the end of the 2007-08 school year and the district has not made Adequate Yearly Progress for three consecutive years, (i) ISBE and the district must enter into an agreement on the use of Title I, Part A funds (NCLB 2141(c)); (ii) the district may no longer use Title I funds to hire new paraprofessionals for Title I programs unless certain conditions are met (NCLB 2141(c)); and (iii) ISBE must work with the district to directly fund professional development activities at one or more of the district's schools.
No other consequences are specified in federal or state law for a district's failure to meet NCLB's highly qualified criteria. With respect to the impact of NCLB on the continued employment of teachers, NCLB states that "[n]othing in [Section 1116 (which sets forth the framework for corrective action)] shall be construed to alter or otherwise affect the rights, remedies, and procedures afforded school or school district employees under Federal, State, or local laws (including applicable regulations or court order) or under the terms of collective bargaining agreements, memoranda of understanding, or other agreements between such employees and their employers." NCLB 1116(d). The USDOE nevertheless has explained that it is essential for states and districts to make a good faith effort to comply with NCLB and to demonstrate progress toward such compliance.
In this past week's Superintendent's weekly message, we wrote:
A school district may not withhold grades or transcripts for non payment of fees. Payment of student fees may not be a condition for enrollment for the next school year. A student may not be denied the opportunity to take part in graduation activities because of non payment of fees.
Due to several inquiries by districts, we feel the need to clarify this statement. First, under ISBE's administrative rules at 23 Ill. Adm. Code 375.75(f), a school can elect to send only the unofficial transcript for a transfer student when the student has unpaid fees. The transferring school can refuse to send the official transcript unless fees are paid or payment arrangements have been made.
Second, districts may, if authorized by their discipline policy, enact discipline for failure to pay for items not meeting the definition of a "school fee" in ISBE's administrative rule. Under Section 1.245(b)(2) of ISBE's administrative rules (23 Ill. Adm. Code 1.245(b)(2)), the following items are expressly excluded from the definition of school fees:
Ÿ Library fines and other charges made for the loss, misuse or destruction of school property;
Ÿ Charges for the purchase of class rings, yearbooks, pictures, diploma covers or similar items;
Ÿ Charges for optional travel undertaken by a school club or group of students outside of school hours;
Ÿ Charges for admission to school dances, athletic events or other social events; and
Ÿ Optional community service programs for which fees are charged.
ISBE has received several inquiries about the validity of school policies excluding students from the graduation ceremony in response to a parent's non-payment of fees. Section 28-19.2 of the School Code prohibits punishment or discrimination of any kind against a student whose parents are unable to purchase required textbooks and instructional materials or to pay required fees. (emphasis added) 105 ILCS 5/28-19.2. ISBE has consistently interpreted this prohibition to include the lowering of grades, exclusion from classes, withholding of diplomas and exclusion from graduation ceremonies. Therefore, in ISBE's opinion, policies excluding students from a graduation ceremony in response to a parent's non-payment of required fees (as defined in ISBE's administrative rules) violate Section 28-19.2 of the School Code.
SchoolHouse discrepancy reports
The 2005 Preliminary AYP Check Report is now available in IWAS. This report is for reviewing purposes only. If changes are necessary, please go to the SchoolHouse website at www.ncsschoolhouse.com and revise your data. Changes will be updated in IWAS on a daily basis.
If you have any questions regarding this report, please call SchoolHouse at 1-800-627-7990 extension 814 or ISBE's Student Assessment Division at 217/782-4823.
ISBE Student Information Systems (SIS) training
In preparation for the statewide rollout of unique student identifiers for the ISBE Student Information System (SIS), school districts that did not participate in the pilot project are advised to attend a half-day session designed to demonstrate the features of this system as well as provide hands-on practice for school or district staff. Each school district should send 2 participants, one whose role is to enter student information into the school district's student administrative package (SAP), and another whose role is to interact with the school district's SAP vendor or in-house technical staff to upload or download batch files.
ISBE has scheduled 35 training sessions at 14 locations geographically situated across Illinois during a four-week period beginning Monday, July 18, 2005, and ending Thursday, August 11, 2005. An online registration form and logistical information for each session, including directions, is available on the ISBE Student Information System home page http://www.isbe.net/sis/ and click on online registration form to register.
A continental breakfast or snack will be provided at each session.
Public Hearing set for ISBE Strategic Plan
Senate Bill 3000, signed into law last September, calls for the State Board to develop a comprehensive, five year "Strategic Plan" for Illinois schools. The first of six public hearings to discuss the Plan will be held in Bloomington on Monday, May 23, at 10 a.m. I'd like to encourage you to attend that hearing as an opportunity to help shape the future direction of education in our state.
State Board seeks public comment on IDEA Part B application
The Illinois State Board of Education, Division of Special Education Services has completed the grant application under Part B of IDEA as amended in 2004, for FFY 2005 funds which will become available to states on July 1, 2005. The completed application is due on or before May 9, 2005. Upon receipt and approval of the required assurances, certifications, and information in the Application the State will be eligible to receive FFY 2005 Part B funds.
The General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) requires that states must publish their Part B Application for at least 60 days and accept public comment for at least 30 days. In addition, if a State is adopting new or revised policies and procedures related to Part B or C, your agency must also conduct public hearings at times and places throughout the State to afford interested parties an opportunity to participate pursuant to the public hearing and related requirements at 34 CFR §§300.280 through 300.284 (for Part B) and 34 CFR §§303.110 through 303.113 (for Part C). The state must then review and consider all public comments and make any necessary modifications to the policies and procedures.
Illinois will not be adopting revised policies and procedures at this time. It is anticipated that the Division of Special Education Services will conduct public hearings on the revised policies and procedures during the Fall of 2005.
For FFY 2005, to facilitate timely issuance of grant awards, OSEP will allow states to submit their applications prior to completion of the 60 day publication of the plan but the state must take the following steps:
1. When the 30 days of public comment is completed, the state must inform OSEP in writing of any changes to the application resulting from public comment; and
2. Inform OSEP when the 60 days of public availability is completed. If the state has not yet begun the 60 days of public availability, the completion of the 60-day period may occur after July 1, but OSEP will flow grant awards on July 1 if step 1 above is met and the application is substantially approvable.
Public comment may be submitted either via e-mail email@example.com or via standard mail addressed to Dr. Christopher Koch, Assistant Superintendent for Special Education ISBE, 100 North First Street – N-243, Springfield, Illinois 62777-0001.
The "You ARE Making Progress – Measuring Student Growth Over Time" conference will be held at the Doubletree Hotel, in Oak Brook, Illinois on June 15 and 16, 2005. This conference is being sponsored by ISBE, Harcourt, Princeton Review, Learning Points, Illinois Principals Association, The Grow Network and ACT. The focus is on value added/measuring growth over time. For registration information, go to www.isbe.net/assessment
Helping students with diabetes succeed
Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases in school-aged children, affecting 206,000 young people in 2002. It must be managed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. For most students with diabetes, that means careful monitoring of blood glucose levels throughout the school day and administering multiple doses of insulin therapy or using a continuous insulin pump.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) has established Diabetes in Schools Initiative. Working with experts in diabetes, pediatric medicine, school nursing and education, the NDEP has produced Helping the Student with Diabetes Succeed: A Guide for School Personnel to address the needs of all students with diabetes.
With this new guide, school administrators and health services personnel now have a comprehensive resource that:
Ÿ Lays out a team approach to diabetes management in the school setting;
Ÿ Provides a basic primer and glossary about diabetes;
Ÿ Reviews components for planning and implementing effective diabetes management;
Ÿ Contains sample action plans that alert school personnel to common signs and symptoms of high and low blood glucose levels and how to handle emergencies; and
Ÿ Reviews the federal laws pertaining to schools' responsibilities to educate students with disabilities.
The guide may be downloaded and reproduced and distributed without copyright restrictions from the NDEP Web site at http://www.ndep.nih.gov/resources/school.htm. It may also be ordered by calling 1-800-438-5383.
Progress in International reading literacy study
The U.S. Department of Education has notified the Illinois State Board of Education of an upcoming international literacy study. The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS 2006) is designed to provide internationally comparable information regarding the reading literacy of fourth grade students. School districts in Illinois may be contacted to participate in this study and the State Board of Education is encouraging districts to take part if invited to do so. Students in over 40 countries are participating in the study in order to provide valuable data concerning literacy skills throughout the world. Information regarding the performance of students in the United States compared to those in other countries will provide insight into the country's literacy successes and what challenges still lie ahead. Schools in Illinois, if chosen to participate, should take advantage of this opportunity to contribute to a body of knowledge that may be used to influence instructional practices throughout the world.
Presidential environmental youth awards program
The Presidential Environmental Youth Awards (PEYA) program honors a wide variety of environmental projects developed by young people, K-12 school classes, summer camps, public interest groups and youth organizations to promote environmental awareness. All PEYA applicants receive a certificate signed by the president of the United States in recognition of their contribution to protecting human health and the environment. One outstanding applicant will receive a presidential plaque. This year, the PEYA winner could be YOU!
Students who are American citizens and who complete the project while in kindergarten through 12th grade are eligible. An application can be downloaded from http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/awards.html Applications for PEYA are due no later than JULY 31 of each year. You may also call (800)-621-8431 for additional information or a copy of the application.
Attention teachers of the arts: showcase opportunity announced
The 28th annual Showcase Conference of Performing Arts for Young People will be held on September 7 and 8 at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie. For more information or to order tickets, please call Pat Adams at 847/679-9501, ext. 3100 or visit www.centreeast.org
To view external vacancies at the Illinois State Board of Education, go to http://www.isbe.net/hr/Default.htm.
This week's news clips may be viewed at http://www.isbe.net/news/2005/newsclips/050513.htm.