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Article I
Section 1: The name of this organization shall be the Yale Political Union.
Article II
Section 1: The purpose of the Yale Political Union shall be to provide Yale with a non-partisan forum for parliamentary debate and to encourage the discussion of matters of public interest by other suitable means.
Section 2: The Union shall be open to any and all political viewpoints in its capacity as a forum.
Section 3: No part of the net earnings of the Yale Political Union shall inure to the benefit of, or be distributable to, its members, trustees, officers, or other private persons, except that the Yale Political Union shall be authorized and empowered to provide reasonable compensation for services rendered, and to make payments and distributions in furtherance of the purposes set forth in Article II, Section I hereof. No substantial part of the activities of the Yale Political Union shall be the dissemination of propaganda or other attempts to influence legislation, and the Yale Political Union shall not participate in, or intervene in (including by publishing or distributing statements about) any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for public office. Notwithstanding any other provision of these articles, the Yale Political Union shall not carry on any activities not permitted to be carried on (a) by a corporation exempt from federal income tax under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code, or (b) by a corporation contributions to which are deductible under § 170(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code.
Section 4: Upon the dissolution of the Yale Political Union, assets shall be distributed for one or both of the following exempt purposes under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code: (a) to educate students and Yale University concerning the political issues of the day, and (b) to enhance political discourse at Yale University. Any such assets not so disposed of shall be disposed of in accordance with the law by the State of Connecticut Superior Court for the Judicial District of New Haven, exclusively for such purposes or to such organization or organizations which are , as said court shall determine, organized and operated exclusively for such purposes.
Article III
Section 1: There shall be three classes of membership in the Union, which shall be Full Members, Patron Members, and Honorary Members.
Section 2: Students and alumni of Yale University shall be eligible to be Full Members of the Union. Membership shall be by Session. Anyone who purchases a membership for a fall Session must also purchase a membership for the following spring Session. Anyone eligible to purchase a membership may choose to purchase membership for eight sessions for the cost of six consecutive Sessions. Anyone eligible to purchase a membership may choose to purchase a membership for life, which shall cost an amount equal to the cost of ten consecutive Sessions minus any amount the purchaser has previously spent on the purchaser's own membership in the Union.
Section 3: All those who have been elected president or speaker of the Union before the adoption of this constitution shall upon its adoption be granted full membership for life, and upon election to the office of speaker or president, a member shall automatically and immediately be granted full membership for life, but nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the body's ability to strip a member of membership.
Section 4: All members of the Oxford and Cambridge Union Societies shall be Full Members of the Yale Political Union.
Section 5: The Executive Board shall set the cost for fall and spring memberships, though it may not change the price of membership for any Session after the first meeting of the Executive Board during that Session. The costs of membership for the fall and spring Sessions do not need to be the same.
Section 6: Any person who is ineligible to purchase membership in the Union may become a Patron Member by paying an amount equivalent to the cost of a membership of the same duration. Patron Members shall have floor privileges but may not vote on any matter before the Union.
Section 7: The Executive Board may grant honorary membership to any non-member it wishes for any length of time it wishes. Honorary Members shall have floor privileges but may not vote on any matter before the Union.
Section 8: Membership in the Union is subject to revocation by the body in accordance with the rules set forth in the parliamentary authority. No refund of any amount shall be granted for a revoked membership.
Section 9: Honorary and patron membership in the Union is subject to revocation by the body in accordance with the rules set forth in the Parliamentary Authority, except that there shall be no requirement of notice. In addition, the Executive Board may, without notice, revoke a patron membership by a two-thirds vote, and it may, without notice, revoke an honorary membership by majority vote. No refund of any amount shall be granted for a revoked patron membership.
Section 10: Any Member may resign at any time by writing a letter in the Member's own hand and delivering it in person or by United States Mail to the President or Speaker of the Union. Such resignations take effect immediately. No refund of any amount shall be granted for a resigned membership.
Section 11: Any Full Member who has attended at least three meetings, or one-half the meetings, in a Session of the Union during the time specified by Article X, Section 2, shall be considered an Active Member. All Voting Members shall also be considered Active Members.
Section 12: Any Active Member who has participated in at least two meetings, or one-half the meetings, in a Session of the Union during the time specified by Article X, Section 2, shall be considered a Voting Member, so long as at least one meeting occurred before Midterm and at least one meeting occurred after Midterm. All Voting Members shall be eligible to vote in the Union elections at the end of the same Session.
Article IV
Section 1: The President shall be elected to be the Chief Executive Officer of the Union; to preside over meetings of the Executive Board; to supervise all other Union officers; to appoint, with the Advice and Consent of the Executive Board, the Outreach and Operations Director, the Secretary, and other officers as deemed necessary for the functioning of the Union, the chairmen of all committees except the Rules Committee and Advisory Committee, and officers to fill elected offices which become vacant during the Session; to appoint Full Members to serve temporarily in the absence of officers; to communicate with advisory bodies, especially alumni and faculty; to submit to the Executive Board, in accordance with Article VII, a proposal for the budget for the Session; and to submit a memorandum at the end of the Session to future Presidents and the Executive Board, on the events and developments of the Session, which shall be deposited in the Union Archives. The President shall be ultimately responsible for the success of the Union.
Section 2: The Speaker shall be elected to preside over all meetings of the Political Union; to act as Chairman of the Rules Committee; to supervise the floor leaders and oversee the construction of a speaking docket for each debate; to appoint, subject to the restrictions stated in Article VIII, the Teller; to appoint acting Tellers in the absence of the Teller; to advise the Executive Board on parliamentary and constitutional matters; and to submit a memorandum at the end of the Session to future Speakers and the Executive Board, on the events and developments of the Session, which shall be deposited in the Union Archives. The Speaker shall be responsible for the student contribution to debate.
Section 3: The Vice President shall be elected to procure guests for debates; to set a tentative schedule for the current and following Sessions in accordance with Article VII, and to update the Executive Board regularly on the status of said schedule; to produce an end-of-term report on the status of invited guests; to maintain a database of past, present, and potential guests; to make the necessary practical arrangements for the travel and accommodation of guests; to communicate with guests regarding tentative resolutions; to accompany guests on campus; to organize meals or other events with guests; to assist the President in the operation of the Union; to act as president in the President's absence; and to succeed to the presidency should that office become vacant during the Session. The Vice President shall be responsible for all matters concerning guests.
Section 4: The Treasurer shall be elected to collect and disburse Union funds; to sell Union Memberships; to assist the President in drafting a budget proposal for the Session; to advise the Executive Board on financial matters pertaining to the Union; to raise money for the Union from sources including, but not limited to, corporate entities, non-profit organizations, and Yale University; to maintain the Union's financial records, which shall be open to inspection by any Full Member; to provide complete reports of the Union's financial status monthly, or as instructed, to the Executive Board; and to deposit a copy of the Union budget as approved by the Executive Board with the Yale College Dean's Office and the Union archives. Union funds may only be disbursed in accordance with a duly-passed budget for the Session, or as specially authorized by the Executive Board in accordance with Article VII, or as required by this constitution. The budget of the fall Session shall include plans for the finances of the entire academic year, while the budget of the spring Session shall amend and clarify the fall Session budget. Any treasurer elected in elections for the fall Session shall serve in the spring Session immediately following that fall Session except in the event of the Treasurer's resignation. The Treasurer shall be responsible for the financial stability of the Union.
Section 5: The Director of Development shall be elected to raise money for the Union from sources including, but not limited to, past and present Members of the Union; to oversee the coordination of any alumni functions or events deemed necessary by the Executive Board; to maintain an accurate alumni database; to publish at least one newsletter, with the assistance of the Secretary, approved by the Executive Board, by the end of the Session, to be distributed to alumni and members of the Union and placed in the Union archives; and to submit to the Executive Board a plan for fundraising in current and future Sessions no later than ten class days after the beginning of the Session. The Director of Development shall be responsible for strengthening the Union's ties with alumni.
Section 6: There shall be two floor leaders, the Floor Leader of the Left and the Floor Leader of the Right, who shall be elected to promote the quality of debate within their Coalitions and to assist the Speaker in coordinating Union debates. Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict the Speaker's freedom in presiding over meetings or assigning the floor. The floor leaders shall be responsible for their respective Coalitions' contributions to debate.
Section 7: The Outreach and Operations Director shall be appointed to oversee logistics necessary for Union debates; to serve as liaison between the Union and other campus organizations; to be responsible for the publicity of Union events; to promote Union events to relevant academic departments; to maintain the Union's online presence; and to ensure the visibility of the Union in campus media. The Outreach and Operations Director shall be responsible for strengthening the Union's ties with the Yale community.
Section 8: The Secretary shall be appointed to record the minutes of Union, Rules Committee, and Executive Board meetings; to submit the minutes to the Executive Board in a timely fashion and, upon approval, to post the minutes publicly and place them in Union archives; to assist the President and Vice President with Union correspondence and other projects; to assist the Director of Development in producing content for newsletters to alumni; and to maintain the Union archives, which shall be open to any Member's inspection. The Secretary will work with the President to create an accession to the archives at the end of each semester. The Secretary shall be responsible for keeping a record of Union proceedings.
Section 9: The Teller shall be appointed to maintain the Union's membership and attendance rolls; to communicate regularly with the Executive Board on the status of Union recruitment efforts; to compose a weekly membership and attendance report to be submitted to the Executive Board and to be placed in the Union archives; to make available attendance records, which shall be open to inspection at the request of any Active Member; and to ensure only authorized persons are admitted to Union meetings. The Teller shall be responsible for keeping a record of Union membership.
Article V
Election of Officers
Section 1: Elections shall be conducted each Session by the Rules Committee. The Rules Committee shall certify the election of officers by majority vote and no officer shall be deemed elected unless so certified.
Section 2: Elections shall take place on the first full weekday of Reading Period, as defined by Yale College, unless the Rules Committee shall, by two-thirds majority vote, set a new date for elections. The Rules Committee shall set the time and location of elections by majority vote. Public Notice shall be given of the date, time, and location of elections.
Section 3: Elections shall be held for one continuous period of time, lasting no less than three hours and beginning no earlier than noon. Elections may be held in only one location, unless otherwise decided by a unanimous vote of Rules Committee. Neither absentee ballots nor proxies shall be allowed.
Section 4: Any undergraduate Member of the Union who intends to remain an undergraduate of Yale College throughout the Member's proposed term in office, and is eligible to vote in the Union elections, may be elected to any office. However, no Member who has resigned an elected office shall be eligible to be elected for the following Session, unless the Rules Committee shall, at the time it certifies the list of Voting and Active Members, vote by two-thirds majority to allow that person to be a candidate for election.
Section 5: To be a candidate for nomination to any office, a Member must submit to the Speaker either a letter of intent to run for that office by noon seven days before the scheduled date of elections, or a petition signed by a quorum of the Union by noon three days before the scheduled date of elections. The Speaker shall provide Public Notice of the names of all those seeking elections to each office by 10:00 AM on the day of elections.
Section 6: To appear on the ballot a candidate must be nominated by a Party. A Party may nominate only one candidate for each office and may nominate a candidate for Floor Leader of a coalition only if the Party has at least one affiliated Member eligible to vote in the election of said coalition's floor leader. For each candidate to be nominated, a Party must submit a letter of nomination to the Speaker before 9:00 AM on the day of elections.
Section 7: The membership of the Union shall be divided into two coalitions, a Coalition of the Left and a Coalition of the Right. A Member affiliated with a Party that has officially designated itself in one coalition shall be a member of that coalition and all other Members shall be considered unaffiliated by default, with the exception that a Member's Coalition affiliation from the previous election cycle shall automatically be carried over into the current Session. However, any Member may register with either, or neither, coalition by notifying the Teller of a preferred affiliation for the current Session before Midterm (as specified by Yale College). No Member or Party may register or change a coalition affiliation after Midterm, except those Members who sign in for the first time after Midterm may register with a Coalition at the time of that Member's first sign-in.
Section 8: In order to be eligible to be elected Floor Leader of a coalition, a Member must be eligible to vote in the election of the Floor Leader of that same coalition. No Member shall under any circumstances be eligible to vote in the election of both floor leaders. If at any time the Floor Leader's coalition registration is changed, the Floor Leader immediately and automatically resigns the office.
Section 9: The Teller shall prepare a preliminary list of Voting and Active Members by noon eight days before the scheduled date of elections. This list shall show the name, party affiliation, and coalition of each Voting and Active Member; shall be distributed to the members of the Rules Committee, members of the Executive Board, and the chair or chairman of each Party; and shall be posted publicly.
Section 10: The Rules Committee shall meet at some point between noon seven days before the scheduled date of elections and noon four days before the scheduled date of elections to draft a certified list of Voting and Active Members. After this certified list, showing the name, party affiliation, and coalition of each Voting and Active Member, has been drafted and approved by majority vote it shall be distributed to the members of the Rules Committee, the members of the Executive Board, and to the chair or chairman of each Party. In addition, it shall be posted publicly at least 72 hours prior to the beginning of Union elections. No corrections may be made after Rules Committee approves the certified list.
Section 11: Elections shall be by secret ballot. Electioneering shall not be allowed in the room where ballots are cast. Nominees shall appear by office in alphabetical order on the ballot. The office of Treasurer shall not appear on the ballot during elections for the spring Session unless the elected Treasurer has resigned the office at least fifteen days before the scheduled day of elections, or if an appointee holds the office of Treasurer. For each office that appears on the ballot a line shall be designated for write-in candidates.
Section 12: A plurality of votes cast for any office shall be required to elect, except as provided for in Section 16 of this Article.
Section 13: Under no circumstances may a Member serve in more than one office at the same time.
Section 14: In the event that there is no eligible candidate for an office, the Rules Committee may, by two-thirds vote, elect any eligible Member to that office.
Section 15: In the event that, due to a tied vote, no candidate for an office receives a plurality, the Rules Committee may, by three-fourths vote, elect one of the tied candidates to that office. If the Rules Committee does not so elect a Member, it shall call a special election to be held within three days of the original election, at which there will be a run-off between the tied candidates. A candidate shall then be elected by a plurality of the Members voting in that election. Any Member who was qualified to vote in the original election may participate in the runoff, but the Rules Committee may create any additional rules it deems necessary for conducting such an election.
Section 16: No more than three of the five persons serving as President, Speaker, Vice President, Treasurer, and Director of Development, shall be from the same Party. If at the time of the certification of new officers more than three of the persons set to be certified for these five offices are affiliated with the same Party, the officers-elect from the Party in question shall be given 24 hours in which to submit an appropriate number of resignations withdrawing from contention for the offices to which they were elected. If the issue remains unresolved, the Rules Committee shall decide which offices will be forfeited by majority vote and the runners up for these offices, as determined by strict plurality, shall be elected. For the purposes of this Section, a Member shall be considered to be from the Party with which the Member was affiliated at Midterm. If the semester in question is the Member's first semester of Union membership, the Member shall be considered to be from the Party with which the Member is affiliated in the list of Voting and Active Members. The Rules Committee may, by majority vote at least two days before the day of elections, determine that the Member shall be considered affiliated with a different Party or with no Party at all.
Section 17: The Rules Committee shall establish any standing rules necessary for the conduction of elections.
Article VI
Removal of Officers
Section 1: Upon petition of one-tenth of the previous semester's Voting Members the Executive Board shall call a meeting of the Union, to take place within ten class days, to consider rescinding an officer's election. Public Notice must be given of the meeting and only those who were eligible to vote in that officer's election may vote on the question of the rescission of that officer's election. A two-thirds vote shall be required to rescind an officer's election.
Section 2: A motion to rescind an officer's election may not be rescinded or reconsidered. Any Union officer whose election has been rescinded shall be ineligible to hold elected or appointed office in the Union for the remainder of the Session during which said officer was removed, as well as during the following Session.
Section 3: All appointed officers serve at the discretion of the officer who appointed them.
Section 4: Any holder of elected office who ceases to be an undergraduate of Yale College shall immediately and automatically resign the office.
Section 5: Any Officer may resign their office at any time by writing a letter and delivering it in person or by United States Mail or by electronic mail by the officer's Yale electronic mail address to the Chairman of the Rules Committee. Such resignations take effect immediately.
Article VII
Executive Board
Section 1: The executive powers and responsibilities of the Union shall be vested in the Executive Board. The Board shall consist of the President, Speaker, Vice President, Treasurer, Floor Leaders, Director of Development, Outreach and Operations Director, and Secretary of the Union, as well as the chairs and chairmen of the Parties or their designated representatives. All members of the Executive Board shall be able to vote on a matter before the Executive Board with the exception of the Floor Leaders, Outreach and Operations Director, and Secretary.
Section 2: The Executive Board shall be empowered to conduct the business of the Union; to call meetings of the body; to invite guest speakers; to select resolutions for debate; to give advice and consent to appointments made by the President; and to set membership prices.
Section 3: The Executive Board shall have the power to modify and to approve the budget presented by the President and the Treasurer. The President may approve expenditures less than $500, but special authorization for expenses exceeding $500 must be approved by a two-thirds vote of all voting members of the Executive Board.
Section 4: The Executive Board shall set the time and place for its own meetings. Should it fail to do so, the President may summon it at discretion. Quorum of the Executive Board for non-emergency meetings shall be consist of a majority of all its voting members, as well as one-half of the chairs and chairmen or their representatives. Except in cases of emergency, Public Notice shall be given of all meetings of the Executive Board.
Section 5: In the event of an emergency, the President or any two members of the Executive Board may summon a meeting but no action may take place at such a meeting unless two-thirds of the members present vote to recognize that Public Notice was not possible. Quorum at an emergency meeting shall be a majority of chairs and chairmen or their representatives and a majority of voting members. No emergency meeting of the Executive Board shall be called to order until a good faith effort has been made to contact all voting members of the Executive Board and the Speaker. The Rules Committee shall have the power to, by majority vote, determine that such a good faith effort was not made and any action taken at such an improperly called meeting of the Executive Board shall be null and void.
Section 6: The chair or chairman of any Party may delegate any other individual who is not a voting member of the Executive Board to represent said chair or chairman at Executive Board meetings.
Section 7: Two-thirds or more of all party chairs and chairmen or their representatives may veto any action of the Executive Board.
Article VIII
Rules Committee
Section 1: The Rules Committee shall be the committee on rules and procedures for the Union. All rules established by the Rules Committee shall remain in force until amended or repealed by the Rules Committee. A majority of the entire voting membership of the Rules Committee may establish, amend, or repeal any such rule.
Section 2: The Rules Committee shall be responsible for interpreting this constitution.
Section 3: The Rules Committee shall be composed of representatives from each Party. Each Party shall be entitled to two voting representatives if there are five or fewer Parties, or one voting representative if there are six or more Parties. Each Party chair or chairman shall designate the voting representatives from that Party to the Chairman of the Rules Committee. The party chairs and chairmen shall have the right to change their respective Parties' representatives at any time.
Section 4: The Speaker shall be the Chairman of the Rules Committee. In the absence of the Speaker, the Rules Committee may elect any Member of the Union to the position of chairman pro tempore of the Rules Committee. Under no circumstances shall the Chairman of the Rules Committee have a vote on any matter before the Rules Committee.
Section 5: The Chairman of the Rules Committee or any two Rules Committee members from different Parties may call a meeting of the Rules Committee. Public Notice shall be provided and all committee members shall be individually notified, but a unanimous vote of Rules Committee members may waive the requirement for public notice. Quorum of the Rules Committee shall be a majority of its voting membership.
Section 6: The Secretary of the Union shall be responsible for keeping minutes of the meetings of the Rules Committee, posting these minutes publicly, and filing the minutes in the Union archives. In the absence of the Secretary of the Union, any Member of the Union may be elected Secretary of the Rules Committee pro tempore by the members of the Rules Committee.
Section 7: The Rules Committee shall be empowered to give Advice and Consent to the Speaker in the appointment of a Teller.
Article IX
Advisory Committee
Section 1: The Advisory Committee shall advise the Executive Board and the President, and shall provide long term planning for the Union.
Section 2: At the beginning of each Session of the Union, the members of the committee shall select one member to serve as its chairman and moderate committee meetings. Each Session, the Chairman shall appoint one member to serve as the committee's secretary. The Secretary shall take minutes at each meeting. These minutes shall not be publicly posted, but shall be placed in the Union archives. The Committee shall select one member to serve as a liaison to the Executive Board.
Section 3: The Committee shall set the time and place of its meetings. Should it fail to do so, the Chairman of the Committee may summon a meeting at discretion. Meetings will be closed to all but Committee members and the President. Other Union members may attend these meetings by invitation from the Committee.
Section 4: The Committee shall provide an evaluation of the Executive Board before Midterm. The President may appoint members of the Committee to serve as advisers to Union officers at discretion.
Section 5: Significant actions of the Committee, as determined by the President, shall require the consent of the Executive Board. The Committee shall report regularly to the Executive Board, at least twice per semester and at least once before Midterm.
Section 6: Committee members shall be nominated by the Chairman with the advice and consent of the Committee, and, upon acceptance of the nomination, shall be appointed by majority vote of the Executive Board. All former presidents of the Union shall be automatically nominated for seats on the committee. The committee may include, in addition to former presidents, up to six additional members. No member of the Executive Board, nor chair or chairman of any Party, shall serve as a member of the Advisory Committee.
Section 7: A member of the Committee shall serve until either resignation or graduation.
Section 8: A current or past member of the Committee may only run for Union office after submitting a statement of intent to the Advisory Committee and two-thirds of the remaining Committee members vote to allow it. If allowed to run, the member must immediately resign from the Committee, and the Chairman of the Advisory Committee must notify the Speaker of this member's eligibility to run for office.
Section 9: Upon graduation, a member of the Committee shall be awarded lifetime membership in the Union, but this shall not be construed to provide reimbursement for previous dues paid.
Section 10: The Chairman of the Committee shall be responsible for providing Public Notice to the entire Union in cases of rescission of an officer's election and motions to correct the Executive Board.
Article X
Section 1: Attendance at a meeting shall mean the physical presence of the member within twenty minutes after the meeting is called to order.
Section 2: Participation at a meeting shall mean the physical presence of the member from within twenty minutes after the meeting is called to order until the end of the debate, or until four speeches have been given, whichever is sooner.
Section 3: The Speaker may grant excuses for late attendance, and may allow for late participation if a member is present for a period similar to the requirements of Article X, Section 2.
Section 4: All meetings of the Union shall count towards attendance requirements for voting, except that no meeting held after ten days before the first full day of Reading Period shall count toward attendance requirements.
Section 5: Quorum for meetings of the Union shall be thirty-five Members, or a majority of the Active Membership of the previous semester, whichever is less.
Section 6: The Speaker shall chair Union meetings. In the Speaker's absence, the President or a Member appointed by the President shall act as Speaker pro tempore.
Section 7: Union meetings shall be free and open to the public, but any meeting of the Union may be restricted to Members by a two-thirds vote of the Executive Board.
Section 8: Everyone present at a Union meeting shall be allowed to vote on any matter before the body, unless a motion is passed to restrict the voting to Members. Such a motion will require a majority of Members present to pass.
Section 9: A motion to instruct or correct the Executive Board shall be in order following procedures outlined by the Parliamentary Authority. The passage of such a motion shall be considered to overrule any motions or resolutions, including the budget, passed by the Executive Board that inhibit or contradict it.
Section 10: When a special order set by the Executive Board or a motion to rescind an officer's election is pending, the motion for the previous question shall not be in order until at least ten minutes of debate on each side have been allowed.
Article XI
Section 1: Any Parties formed in accordance with the procedures described in Sections 3-5 of this article shall be recognized by the Union. Any Party that fails to meet the Party Qualification Requirements shall be on Probation for the following semester.
Section 2: All Parties shall enjoy full autonomy in the conduct of their internal affairs, including enrollment of their members and the election of their officers. All Parties that register as separate organizations with Yale University shall enjoy full autonomy in the conduct of their external affairs, including political activities. No Party shall engage in any activity that endangers the status of the Union as a nonpartisan and tax-exempt forum.
Section 3: A group of Voting Members of the Union that seeks to form a new Party must submit a petition to the Speaker after the third meeting of a Session and before noon ten days before the scheduled date of elections. This petition must contain the valid signatures of a number of Active Members to meet the Party Petitioning Standard. The petition must explicitly express the intention of the Members who have signed it to affiliate with that Party as soon as it shall be recognized as such. These Members shall remain affiliated with their previous Parties, if any, until such a time as the Speaker shall certify that the new Party has been recognized. A Member must date the signature, and the signature shall only count if the petition is submitted in the same session as the date of the signature. If a Member signs more than one application in a single Session, only the signature on the first petition to be verified shall be counted.
Section 4: Within 24 hours of receiving such a petition, the Speaker must publicly announce receipt of the application, providing the names of those Members intending to affiliate with the new Party. Within a week of receiving the petition or upon the Rules Committee meeting to certify the list of Voting and Active Members, whichever is sooner, the Speaker must verify the signatures on the application and publicly announce if the application meets the requirements in Section 3. Upon the announcement that these requirements have been met, the new Party will be recognized as a Petitioning Party and all Members who signed the petition will be automatically affiliated with it. For the remainder of the semester, these signing Members will not be permitted to switch to another Party, but must list themselves as unaffiliated if they wish to leave the Petitioning Party. As a Petitioning Party, Members will be able to affiliate with it in the attendance records at remaining meetings in that Session, but the Petitioning Party will have no representation on the Executive Board or Rules Committee.
Section 5: To become a full Party, enough Members who originally signed the petition must qualify to vote in Union elections for the Party to meet the Party Qualification Requirements. If this requirement is met, the new Party will be officially recognized immediately upon the certification of the list of Voting and Active Members and shall enjoy all the privileges and responsibilities of a Party in the Union. However, the Party must also meet the Party Qualification Requirements for its first Session as a full Party as well. If in either its Session as a Petitioning Party or its first Session as a full Party the new Party fails to meet this requirement, after the certification of Voting and Active Members it will cease to exist and all Members affiliated with it will be considered unaffiliated.
Section 6: For the purposes of this article, a Member shall be considered a Member of the Party with which the Member last affiliated in writing to the Speaker, except that no Member may change affiliation between noon ten days before the scheduled date of elections and the end of the Session. This section shall not be construed to contradict the requirements in Article V, Section 16 or Article XI, Section 4.
Article XII
Section 1: Nothing in this article shall apply to the Rules Committee or the Advisory Committee.
Section 2: The President of the Union shall create committees at discretion and shall appoint their chairmen with the Advice and Consent of the Executive Board.
Section 3: The chairmen shall be empowered to appoint the members of their respective committees.
Section 4: Every committee shall be given a charter signed by the President and approved by the Executive Board outlining its responsibilities, powers, and privileges. No committee shall have any power not delegated to it by the Executive Board.
Section 5: The President shall have the power to disband any committee, to appoint a new chairman, or to give a new charter to any committee with the Advice and Consent of the Executive Board.
Article XIII
Parliamentary Authority
Section 1: The rules contained in the current edition of Robert's Rules of Order, Newly Revised, shall govern the Union in all cases in which they are applicable and in which they are not inconsistent with the Union's Constitution or any standing or special rules of order it should choose to adopt.
Section 2: The following definitions shall be observed in interpreting the Constitution and the Parliamentary Authority:
a) A day of classes or class day is any day Monday through Friday on which classes are held in Yale College, excluding the Reading Period;
b) a Session of the Union is the period of time between the certification of the election of officers and the certification of the election of their successors;
c) Public Notice shall consist of informing all current members of the Executive Board, as well as all interested former members. Additional means of communication satisfying the Public Notice requirement may be specified by the Rules Committee in the Standing Rules. Public Notice shall be given at least 72 hours in advance of the event for which it is required, unless a longer period of notice is required;
d) Advice and Consent of the Executive Board is a two-thirds majority vote of the entire Executive Board following discussion;
e) public posting of minutes, list of Voting and Active Members, officer candidates, etc., shall consist of posting these announcements publicly and archiving them in the Union office;
f) to fulfill the Party Qualification Requirement, a Party must have at least 25 Active Members affiliated with it, or one-eight of the total number of Active Members from the previous Session, whichever is less;
g) a Party goes on Probation for the following Session if the list of certified voters shows that it failed to fulfill the Party Qualification Requirement. If a Party on Probation fails to meet the Party Qualification Requirement during either of the next two Sessions, it shall cease to be recognized as a Party of the Union;
h) the Party Petitioning Standard shall be equal to 1/6 of the number of Active Members from the previous Session unless that number is less than 20 or greater than 65, in which case it shall be 20 or 65 respectively.
Article XIV
Section 1: Any six Active Members may introduce an amendment to this constitution by submitting it to the Speaker prior to the last two weeks of the Session.
Section 2: The Rules Committee shall discuss the proposed amendment within ten class days. Copies of the proposed amendment shall be available from the Speaker at least 72 hours before the scheduled discussion by the Rules Committee, and Public Notice shall be given for the Rules Committee meeting.
Section 3: The Rules Committee may amend the proposed amendment within its scope by a two-thirds vote. If the Rules Committee does so amend the proposed amendment, one-third of the Rules Committee may compel the postponement of the vote on whether to report the proposed Amendment until the next meeting of the Rules Committee, which must take place within ten class days.
Section 4: In order to be reported to the floor, the amendment must be approved by a three-fourths vote of the entire voting membership of the Rules Committee. When an amendment is so approved, it shall be submitted for a floor vote at the first meeting the Speaker deems appropriate. This must occur within thirty class days of approval by Rules Committee and before the conclusion of the Session. Public Notice shall precede the reporting to the floor of the proposed amendment.
Section 5: No proposed amendment to this constitution may be amended by the floor of the Union.
Section 6: Amendments to this constitution shall require a two-thirds vote on the floor of the Union for adoption. Only Members shall be permitted to vote on proposed amendments.
Respectfully submitted,
Spring 2006
Last Amended,
Spring 2015


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After the remarkable healing of a woman who had suffered for 12 years from hemorrhages and after the raising of the dead child of Jairus, Jesus goes home to Nazareth accompanied by his disciples. He teaches in the synagogue on the sabbath, and the people are amazed both at his teaching and at the murmured accounts of the healings. For a moment or two it would appear that a warm celebration of "hometown boy makes good" is about to erupt. But not so. What is about to happen is rejection, the same kind of rejection that would dog his trail all the way to Good Friday. "He could do no mighty work there . . . because of their unbelief."
Strange how "mighty work" and "belief" are so solidly linked. Strange how hardened hearts can cut even God off at the pass.
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Staff are amazing and went out of their way to make sure everything was ok. They even let us take a shower after checkout before our very late train. The location is perfect on the east bank, walking distance to the train station and luxor temple. They can organise anything to do at very reasonable prices. We did a West bank tour and our guide was excellent and knoweldgable and I would highly recommend. Rooftop is the best after the sun goes down and the restaurant is great too.
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When I took the day train to Aswan from Cairo, I asked an American archeologist who sat beside me where in Luxor should I stay when I came back up from Aswan by boat. She told me if I wanted peace and quiet I should stay on the West Side. If I wanted more noise and activity, I should stay in the city on the East Side. If I wanted peace and quiet, I would have vacationed in the Appalachians. Hotel Nefertiti's main attraction was its location: About 1.2 kilometers to the train station.
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The appartement it's good and you are so helpfull when want to chek in but in chekout do you hear about Respect clients or customers privacy you should Knock the door before enter ....we learn that from our cheldhood that we should knock the door berfore enter even if you are apparetement owner ....
Appartment as decribed on the web. Good location, close to many visiting sites.
Well receviez on arrivât, Someone was there to tour the apartment with us and to ex plain fonctionnions of the facilités. Appartment very cleaned.
The apartment is about a block from the train station. Since we arrived and left by train, we had chosen the apartment in part for the location. For 2 people, the apartment had ample space. The view from the balcony (on the 11th floor) over all of Salzburg was amazing. There were tram and bus lines from the station all over the city, although downtown was easy walking distance. There were several grocery stores within a few blocks. My only comment was the the apartment is advertised as having a "washer/dryer." There was a washing machine, but the dryer was a drying rack.
A very comfortable and rather central location. It is brilliantly clean and ample bedding and towels, but a few basics like tea/coffee would be helpful, as would the "heads up" that you must pay 12€ as a "city tax", for which you fill in a form. The local gas bar is great for some groceries and delicious bakeries and cafes are nearby, as is the Mozart museum.
We arrived at the apartment that we booked and was told that we had booked a different apartment. They finally admitted that they had switched our apartment without asking us or even telling us. We booked the apartment as we needed to be in that area. Now they will not even return my emails.
Apartment Andreas is an excellent location to explore the beautiful city of Salzburg. There were seven of us staying at the apartment and we found the accommodations comfortable and greatly appreciated access to the washing machine.
This is the second time we stayed at this apartment in Salzburg and once again were happy with everything. Quick and clear communication with hosts, good location, clean and nice apartment.
The apartment is centrally located, you can walk to all the attractions of the city.
The apartment was clean, with all the equipment you need.
Information from the owner was very good and the same with the person that we got the key off.
I recommend the apartment in the beautiful city of Salzburg.
The apartment is located to be close to use public transportation.
Room was very clean and commands a fine view.
But I never know to contact them in advance before 2 hours to arrive there.
They uploaded the wrong phone number on WIMDU site and I couldn't call them.
So I had to call to WIMDU help center and finally I got the their right phone number. I made too many international call to contact them.
Marion and Walter were very responsive and helpful during the reservation process. The apartment is very nice and situated in a good location in Altstadt (Old Town). It is convenient for walking to shops, cafes and bus stops. Unfortunately, because our check-in host was sick, our scheduled check-in time was delayed by two hours. The apartment was too noisey for us in the evenings, as there was a theater, cafe bar and restaurant on the same corner as the apartment - there were alot of people out celebrating until 1 or 2 AM. The apartment bedroom was small, the bed was comfortable, but pillows & curtains were poor & need replacing. The kitchen was nicely equipped with everything we needed. We enjoyed our Salzburg vacation.
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The film was produced by Rankin/Bass (and directed by namesakes Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin, Jr.), a studio well-known then and now for its run of stop-motion TV holiday specials (chief among them the iconic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer), but who had already by this time released a good number of standalone projects - some of them even managed to make it into theaters! - which spoke to a slightly higher level of ambition. Still, nothing they ever made before The Hobbit, and only a very small sliver of what they made following it, matched its achievement and scope. And let us not be unclear about what those words mean in this context: Rankin/Bass was not in the business of making terribly complex or costly films (though at $3 million for a TV special, The Hobbit was hardly a cheapie), and the 1970s were not a decade where the sort of lush, supremely fluid animation that we're accustomed to nowadays was at a high ebb; it was a time of significant stylistic experimentation, without a doubt (possibly the overall boldest decade in the history of American animation, I'd argue), but a time of scratchy, jerky style as well.
Which is all to say, The Hobbit does not look like it came from Disney, by any stretch of the imagination, and this has been unfairly thrown in its face throughout its entire existence. Yes, it has the staccato movements typical of inexpensive '70s anime, for the unassailable reason that it was animated at a Japanese studio that had a healthy working relationship with Rankin/Bass at the time, Topcraft; what it also has is the unspeakably beautiful watercolor backgrounds of anime-
Of course, we were here to discuss filmed adaptations of Tolkien, not to pick fights with enemies of 30-year-old animation technique. And now I am going to say something that may in fact be quite daft: I believe that the Rankin/Bass Hobbit is the most emotionally and tonally accurate adaptation of the author's work that has yet been released. Since this question will be of great, constant importance for the duration of this little retrospective, I will not go too far into qualifying that statement, but it is important to remember a few things that are easily forgotten in the wake of the novel The Lord of the Rings: as written in 1932, and published in 1937, The Hobbit is a children's book. A damned good children's book, of course, but not a dauntingly challenging or sophisticated one. I say all of this as a lifelong fan, please understand - I do not try to make The Hobbit less than it is. But nor do I try to make it more than it is, a terrifically invigorating story told in friendly, insistently un-serious language, spotted with the kind of creepy moments that are delicious to a child rather than traumatising, that very gradually darkens and increases its moral and thematic stakes towards the end. And that is precisely what I find in Romeo Muller's teleplay, which is breezy and unforced, dancing through plot at lightening speed in the manner of a fable or fairy tale, where concision and momentum are more important than depth and detail.
Certainly, the animated Hobbit is far more concise than its literary source: having to cram even a not-very-long novel into the 77 minutes allowed by a 90-minute television slot will do that. And that leads to some distinct unpleasantness, like an opening ten minute that blaze through exposition so fast as to seem frankly uncaring, though I note that this bothered me far more as an adult than it ever did as a child (the film was on regular rotation during my time as a very small person, though I suppose it's been at least 20 years since I saw it last), which seems in keeping with the film's announced target audience. Also, let us not forget that even in Tolkien's Hobbit, large swaths of incident were rushed by in the span of a paragraph, or even a sentence; a journey that would take over 200 pages in The Lord of the Rings is glossed over in a single not-terribly dense page. So a certain insubstantiality was already baked into the material.
The story - since I imagine there are newbies out there - follows Bilbo Baggins (Orson Bean), a nervous sort of hobbit (a small race of humanoids who existed many hundred or thousands of years ago; that is all the more that this iteration of the story gives us to work with), is shanghaied into an Adventure by wandering wizard Gandalf (an outstanding John Huston), to accompany a band of 13 dwarves, led by taciturn Thorin Oakenshield (Hans Conried), to their ancestral homeland at the Lonely Mountain, where a dragon named Smaug (Richard Boone) drove them out over a century before. Misadventures with trolls, spiders, a kingdom of angry goblins, and a tribe of wood elves and their king (Otto Preminger) befall the band before they arrive at the Lonely Mountain itself and tangle with the dragon; the most important of these is Bilbo's accidental subterranean game of riddles with the horrifying frog-like creature Gollum (Brother Theodore), during which time the hobbit acquires a ring that can make him invisible, and this proves an invaluable boon to him throughout the journey.
The intense speed with which this is all told prevents us from getting much time to know the characters, though at least the film is lively and fun to watch; and granting that it's simplified and lacks psychological shading, it's pretty true to the book, all in all. One deleted subplot actively weakens the film's third act, by making the falling-out between Bilbo and Thorin seem far more shallow and arbitrary than Tolkien had it, but that's really its worst failing as an adaptation, and it arguably improves upon the book's most impressive trick, of shifting naturally but decisively from frivolous comic adventure to sober message about life and death; the film takes a considerably more assertive anti-war sentiment than the book did, and given the later developments of Tolkien's philosophy, I suspect this is a change he'd have admired (not least of the ways the movie grows to a harsher climax: Tolkien killed three of his dwarves, one of them "onscreen"; Rankin & Bass kill seven, two of them onscreen). In light of the later books, the representation of Gollum as some kind of monster is nonsensical, but it speaks to one of the things I like best about this Hobbit: it totally ignores The Lord of the Rings, refusing to "serious-up" the material just because of its later, unintended developments (the one exception: a final scene that baldly and ineffectively sets up the story's sequel, in a desperately leering way that completely scuttles the sweet, homey feel of the book's final lines). The ring was just a ring, Gollum was just a fish-eating cave beast, the goblins were just fairy-tale creatures. And I love all of these things, particularly the design elements: while not at all the images the book leaves me with (particularly the felid physiognomy of Smaug), they make for an imaginative animated fantasy.
So, having said all of that, let us shift over to the film's weaknesses: and not just conditional problems, like the fact that a 77-minute film is going to have to burn through sequences as fast as it possibly can, and leaving the odd plot hole here and there (while fixing others - by reducing the amount of detail provided, the film manages to solve three of the book's most glaring contrivances: that the dwarves just happened to reach Rivendell on the exact night that their map could be decoded by the moon; that they just happened to reach the Lonely Mountain on the only day it could possibly be unlocked; that there just happened to be a human descended from ancient bird-talkers in exactly the right place to kill the dragon with the help of a thrush). The Hobbit is plagued - and that is undeniably the right word - by a collection of twee folk songs, almost all of them adapted from Tolkien's own lyrics scattered throughout the book. And this is, in part, a good thing: the presence of songs was an important part of the book's effect, and it was well of the filmmakers to try and replicate that. But while Bass's reworked versions of the Tolkien poetry is effective, Maury Laws insipid tunes are emphatically not, noodling around with the blandest kind of easy-listening acoustic frippery, and only their extreme brevity - not a single one reaches the end of Tolkien's lines - makes them palatable. As for the film's one original number, the frequently-reprised "The Greatest Adventure", it is unspeakably banal, sung by Glenn Yarbrough in what feels more like a parody of '70s folk than anything else.
Of course, it can also be argued that the film's simplicity and studied targeting of a young audience at the expense of any real depth or resonance - outside of its significant visual appeal, there's really not much here for a grown-up looking for a rich time at the movies - is itself a major weakness; on this subject I count myself agnostic. The Hobbit doesn't seem very complex in the cold light of day, that is unabashedly true. But does this mean it lacks depth or resonance? It certainly feels like the answer is "yes", but I can too vividly recall an eight-year-old version of myself who found it awfully resonant indeed. And since he, and not I, is the person for whom this movie was made, I will elect not to second-guess him. Besides, there is something undeniably fun about this kind of crisp, unfussy fantasy storytelling, and the value of fun is ageless.
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- Riley Redgate said...
Ha! I remember watching this movie as a kid and loving it so much. The flippant way it handles what is by definition an "epic quest" is so weirdly invigorating. But oh my God, can we just talk about ye olde kaleidoscopic spiders for a second? And Gollum's hideously bulging, unreasonably color-changing eyes? Jesus, I wish I'd been alive during the 70s.
Totally agree with you on the tonal accuracy, though. It really does feel like the original story, the way the original story was told. The Jackson LotR trilogy are great, imo, but reading the series is such a different type of experience in that case. With this little guy, the casually barmy spirit of Tolkien's Hobbit practically radiated from the screen throughout.
Oh dear. Now I want to rewatch this - but I'm pretty sure I've lost the VHS. Noooo!
- Brian said...
In 8th grade, I first read the book, for an English class. I feel instantly in love with it (it would take much more time before I truly fell in love with LOTR, and I still don't love it nearly as much as I do The Hobbit.)
Afterwards, we watched this film... And it was one of worst movie watching experiences of my life. Simply fucking awful. Indeed, every friend I have that also watched that movie in that teacher's class agreed with me: Book is great, the movie is fucking awful. In fact, one of my best friends told me that when he watched it the following year (I guess it's relevant that I took Freshman english in 8th grade...) the tape broke (ah, VHS) and the class literally cheered out loud... Until one single girl mentioned she owned a copy of it. Gavin said he seriously considered killing her for mentioning that.
- Damian Oakes said...
An adaptation of Lord of the Rings, starring the Beatles (which would lead to an endless joke of people calling it Lord of the Ringos), and directed by Stanley Kubrick? That, my friends, could be the greatest movie never made.
- David Greenwood said...
But Damian... could it possibly top The Monkees' "Head"?
- StephenM said...
I watched this film so many times when I was young. It was the first exposure to Tolkien I ever had, and it made enough of an impression on me that I was motivated to struggle through the book in second grade, and eventually became a lifelong Tolkien fan. It certainly had more strangeness, imagination, and resonance than almost any other movie I watched at that age (the only other that exceeded it, haunting my memory for years until I found it again, was My Neighbor Totoro). So by that standard I believe it absolutely succeeds.
But even by my standard of now, I think it holds up pretty well. A huge dollop of nostalgia certainly helps, but I don't even mind the songs much--I actually kind of like about half of them, I probably have all of them memorized (they're very catchy), and the only thing that genuinely irritates me about them is that they *never stop*--the film needs a bit more time to linger between songs in order to feel like a real movie. It's very clearly a TV special.
And it really does look gorgeous.
- Tim said...
Riley- Both the elliptical way violent death is shown (kaleidoscoping spiders, the Goblin King floating into the void) and the nightmare-fuel qualities of Gollum's design were things I wanted to get to, but I hit a point where I just wanted to get the damn thing brought in under 2000 words. Thanks for mentioning them.
Brian- It probably deserves mentioning, the movie was actually my first exposure to the story; though if I remember rightly, my dad had already read LOTR to me by that point.
Damian/David- I actually have my doubts that a Kubrick LOTR would be all that edifying; think of what he did with The Shining, far and away the closest he ever got to fantasy. Great movie, horrible adaptation.
Stephen- As I just mentioned, it might have actually been my first exposure to Tolkien as well; old VHS recorded from a holiday screening (there was a Christmas-themed Cheerios commercial that I still vividly remember) that I watched constantly for years, until I was around 8 and read the book for the first time, and for some reason never went back to it.
You're probably right that it's the constant presence of the songs that's worse than their actual quality; going more than five minutes without learning something else about The Greatest Adventure might have been real nice.
- Brian Malbon said...
The greatest adventure
is what lies ahead.....
- Brian said...
An, to be fair, when I watched it and hated it so dearly, I was around 13 years old, not an age where most boys are known for their taste when it comes to film.
- Daniel Silberberg said...
"particularly the felid physiognomy of Smaug"
SERIOUSLY. The first childhood manifestation of my budding pop culture snobbery was an intolerance for mammal-looking dragons. I think that's why I refused to watch Neverending Story until my late teens. This being before the prevalence of dinosaurs' feathery makeover, and my exposure to the varied historical representations of dragons, I couldn't abide the ultimate mythological throwback to the Age of Reptiles being fuzzed up to resemble a common housepet. I'd like to say I've become less dogmatic with age, but if the new movie sticks whiskers on him, I am liable to lose my composure.
I will say of this film's Gollum that, frog-face aside, they absolutely captured how fucking creepy he is. The perfect blend of grotesque, pitiful, and menacing, you totally buy that he's been living by himself in a dank pit for hundreds of years. Recent trailers have made me very nervous that Jackson will make him too funny and personable and... well, Smeagol-ish, since hey, it's returning fan-favorite Gollum! Just comparing the line deliveries, when Brother Theodore says "we eats it!" in that ragged shriek, you believe him. When Serkis says it, it's more like "Hah! That Gollum, up to his old shenanigans."
Okay, I need to stop working myself up.


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Religious Elites in the Development Arena
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1The current issue of APAD-Bulletin concerns the ambiguous relationship between religion and development, particularly Christian and Muslim organisations involved in development policy and practice in different West African countries. Faith-based organisations present interesting challenges to received wisdom and the different contributions highlight the new visibility of religion in development arenas.
2This issue of the APAD-Bulletin is the first being produced at the Department of Cultural Anthropology & Ethnology, Uppsala University. We welcome proposals of special issues, as well as individual papers, to be published in our journal. The current issue emphasises the bilingual dimension of APAD: two papers in English and two papers in French with full versions of the introduction in both languages!
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It's been reported that a third infant has died from the use of the Infantino Sling Rider. Unfortunately, the Infantino Sling Rider and other "bag" slings are not safe. A blog called Babysosmart, has some very good information on the topic:
For the last 4 years+ I've been teaching what I call a "Benefits of Babywearing" class through several local venues. My goal has always been to open parents eyes to all the amazing physical and emotional health benefits that babywearing gives to a baby. It still blows my mind. Not the idea of babywearing, but the science behind it all. An infant's development is measurably physically improved by babywearing...
But not all baby carriers are equal, and not all of them are safe. I'll admit it: I bring a couple of the "bad carriers" to each class that I teach, to demonstrate the potential problems that can arise from using a "bad carrier." One of these "bad carriers" (and I don't usually say bad, except in regards to this one that I'm about to discuss now) is the Infantino Sling Rider. And it's BAD. I've always referred to it "lovingly" as "the Sling of Death."
My overwhelming concern with this particular style of carrier, what we refer to as a "bag sling" or "bag-style sling", is the awkward and unsafe position into which the baby slips when he is placed inside the carrier. There is no feature to keep the baby's body in good alignment, so the baby usually ends up in what we call the "chin-to-chest" position. I'm a nurse, a pediatric nurse, and just hearing those words said in relation to an infant under three months old is akin to hearing someone say they gave their newborn a razor blade to play with. Wouldn't do it, dumb, a no-brainer, and worse, dangerous. The chin-to-chest position is just that-- the infant's chin drops down to rest on their chest, and their little, teeny, floppy airway is occluded-- folded in half, if you will. The infant airway, or trachea or breathing tube, is pretty unremarkable at this stage, at least in regards to it's ability to maintain itself. It's soft, floppy, and extremely narrow; that's why infants are so grossly affected when they're hit with the common cold, for example. Let me just say it bluntly: an infant can cut off their own ability to breathe if they are placed in the chin-to-chest position.
Others have been voicing their concerns for several years as well. In fact, one third-party group reviewed the Infantino Sling Rider (along with several other styles/brands of carriers) back in the fall of 2006 or 2007, documented their findings, and presented it to the manufacturer in the following February, assuming that eyebrows would be raised, red flags would be waved, and that the offending carrier would be pulled from the market, at least until modifications could be made to make it safe for use. I'm willing to bet that they were more shocked to hear the manufacturer say (and not an actual quote, mind you)-- "Have their been any documented deaths in one of our carriers? Until then, we aren't willing to do anything."
I have pushed people to LEARN how to use their carriers correctly over the years, as even a good carrier can be used incorrectly and potentially be the "cause" of a problem (I say "cause" because it's not actually the carrier that causes the problem, it's the wearer not using it correctly). Three biggest instances of this are: a "bigger baby, let's say a 6- or 8-month old, that's just really pitching a fit, and the parent is trying to force the baby into the carrier, and the baby is thrashing, throwing itself around, a recipe for disaster. A baby carrier is just that, a carrier, not a restraining device. Next example, a parent not tightening the carrier up, wearing it very loose and low, baby hanging out, again, looking for a fall, or the potential for the baby to fall into the chin-to-chest position. I've seen this several times, usually a ring sling, and the parent is attempting to carry the baby in the cradle position, but is not adjusting the sling to support the baby, allowing the baby to just kind of curl up inside the body of the sling. And the third instance, wearing a carrier that is too big for you-- usually it is a pouch, or pouch sling, and the baby is sliding into . . . the chin-to-chest position, and we've already been through those dangers. It is critical to make sure not only that the carrier you are using fits you, but that you are also using it correctly.
My heart goes out to the families of these beautiful babies whose lives were needlessly lost. The data was there, several years ago, and the manufacturer KNEW about the dangers their product posed to babies, they just didn't care. They were busy padding their pockets.
Note: Other similar dangerous "bag style slings": the Boppy "sling", the PreMaxx "sling," the JJ Cole "sling", the bag sling by Serena and Lily, to name a few.Read more here.


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- Artists Mr. Statik, Hermannstadt Collective
- Release Date 2008-08-18
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- Description Just over halfway through the year, we Immigrants are just getting into our stride and are ready to introduce you to yet more unheard talent. Hermannstadt Collective, aka Jay Bliss, Mihai Popoviciu and Baila Radu aka ToyGUN hail from Romania and are more than ready to step up to the task of representing the talent their country has to offer. Already they are familiar faces on home turf, owning Romania's first house and techno records shop - Electrique Boutique - and with releases on Pale Records, International DJ Gigolo and Deeper Sounds between them. We love the sheer quality of this EP. A truly peak time remix comes courtesy of Athens based Mr. Statik - these boys may be relative newcomers to the scene but they're sure making their presence known. Enjoy.


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Part 2 ~ Project Splash! Asia to be unveiled next month at the Asian Festival of Children's Content in Singapore!Wednesday, April 17th, 2013
Today's blog post on Project Splash! Asia is Part 2 in a series. The article was originally posted on the AFCC website and has been reprinted here with permission of the festival organizer, The National Book Development Council of Singapore.
Message by Evelyn Wong, Partnership Director, AFCC
(Part 2 of 2. Read Part 1 here)
A collection of about 50 selected water themed books with Asian content will be exhibited at the Asian Festival of Children's Content, AFCC2013, and the new titles will be donated to the National Library Board after the Festival. A review of the collection and bibliography of over 100 books will be published and launched together with the collection at the Festival. There will also be a special session during the Festival to share what we have learned from these stories. The bibliography, prepared in collaboration with the National Library, will be a resource for parents, teachers and libraries that will not only spark the imagination, creativity and pure joy of reading, but also inspire children to value the importance of water in our lives, to think about the challenges faced by children and families around the world, and to want to learn what we can do to make a difference.
When we shared the water-themed project we would be doing for AFCC2013 last year, the Singapore National Cooperative Federation (SNCF) welcomed us to join in a mass reading of "A Very Big Storm" written by Singapore children's author Emily Lim, in celebration of International Year of the Cooperative Movement . The event, organised in collaboration with NTUC Seed Institute, NLB and 10,000 Fathers Reading, was a sight to behold and music to the ears! Coincidentally, water features in 3 of the 4 stories commissioned by SNCF to creatively and subtly teach children about the core values of the cooperative movement.
We were welcomed to contribute to the PUB Primary School Water Festival which aims to engage children in a fun way to treasure water and do their part to protect and conserve this precious resource, and collaborated with NLB to feature water-themed books. Children loved the story-telling session with "Little Otter Goes Fishing" by Emily Lim. Inspired by the children's response, PUB's H2O Competition this year will invite primary students to write their own stories, and we are looking forward to the winning stories and young Singapore writers.
Books drawn from Project Splash! Asia will provide a platform to engage students on the importance of water. We will also be linking to an online sustainability challenge created by Earthcheck and the Singapore Polytechnic that emphasises the practical aspects of sustainable conservation.
Besides the stories by Emily Lim, what will the collection and bibliography include? Will you and your children be interested in these stories? Do you like paper airplanes? Come join us at AFCC2013 for the launch of Project Splash! Asia, and let your imagination soar! Click here for the AFCC website!
Some titles that will be included in the Project Splash! Asia Collection of Children's Picture Books
"A Very Big Storm" and "Little Otter Goes Fishing" by award-winning Singaporean children's author, Emily Lim
"The Water Dragon – A Chinese Legend" retold in English and Chinese by Li Jian , the first book featured in PaperTigers online Illustrators Gallery from its Water theme Multicultural Children's Books (click here to see the gallery and here to access the archived Water theme issue)
"Wave" by internationally acclaimed Korean-American artist, Suzy Lee (click here to see PaperTigers' gallery of her work)


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If the new Metro map used thin lines and a more contemporary design, this is what it might look like
Designer Cameron Booth won our 2011 contest to redesign the Metro map. Now, he's revised that design to show the Silver Line opened and reflect station name changes since then.
Metro didn't adopt Booth's design, but jury members (which included WMATA's Barbara Richardson as well as people from outside the agency) did like the way he replaced the old "boxy Volvo" parking symbols with a P (though Metro's new map uses a different P icon). And Booth put 90-degree turns on the southern Green Line, which the real map now sports as well.
You can view a large version on Flickr here.
What would it take to get WMATA to adopt this?
by Low Headways on Aug 6, 2014 12:35 pm • link • report
And though he manages to make the YL service patterns surprisingly clear, he doesn't really do much to explain short-turn RD trains besides adding in the terminal marking at Grosvenor and Silver Spring. I think that probably deserves a call-out in the legend as well.
by DC Transit Nerd on Aug 6, 2014 1:10 pm • link • report
Metrorail isn't a pure transit syste...it's a hybrid with a significant commuter rail focus, don't forget. It's designed to get people from the suburbs into the core business districts. Seeing as park-and-ride is still a major component of commuter ridership, I think including the Beltway is fully justified.
OMG...roads on the subway map!
In all honesty, this was just a half-hour touch up of my previous map (from back in 2011) to bring the Silver Line up to date. The previous version had the old, unfinalised station names and the eastern end of the Silver Line was at Stadium-Armory... I hate to leave things unfinished, so here we are.
The purpose of this map for me has always been to take what's on the official map and present it in a different -- and in my opinion, better -- way. So everything that's on the official map is also present here, for better or for worse. That means that the Beltline is shown, regardless of whether or not I personally think its a good idea. My only informational additions are the depiction of the Farragut transfer and the reduced peak service on the Yellow Line. As for the short turnbacks on the Red Line... too difficult a service pattern to depict in my opinion. Sometimes you've just got to look at headboards and listen to train announcements. A static map is not always the place to try and show every variation in service.
by Cameron Booth on Aug 6, 2014 1:38 pm • link • report
I agree that the little bulb outs for the stations are too small. I think a dot or a line (in black) would be OK without risking turning this beautiful map into the WMATA version.
I agree. I just do not understand why the Farragut Crossing is not shown and is virtually impossible to learn about if you don't already know it exists. How would a newcomer to the DC area ever find out about it? Or for that matter a new Silver Line rider going to DuPont or Friendship Heights?
As for this alternative design, I too find the distortion in the Red/Green Lines in Northeast and Columbia Heights/Petworth to be disorienting; Columbia Heights is a lot closer to Rock Creek Park than this, in addition to Brookland being a lot farther from Eastern Ave.
What's with the angle on the YL approaching Huntington, though? I think it'd look better just going straight down parallel with the Franconia-Springfield end.
Helpful, but incomplete. The signage should be much better than 'yes, you can transfer here, but all we will tell you is the other lines are not on this platform!'
But for practical purposes, I don't think it makes the cut. Gotta second the other comments that you couldn't read this easily from a distance. It may look nicer to have smaller & unbolded text, but its harder to read. Same with station markers the same color as the lines. Also, a lot of Metro users are tourists -- leaving the Capitol, White House, and Washington monument off the mall is a bad idea.
I didn't find the geographic distortions that much worse than the current version (which are already pretty significant), though. I'd say it might be worth the sacrifice to get the station names & marker better lined up. The yellow line markings are pretty good, too, but again wouldn't be understandable from a distance.
Its certainly better conceptually than the current map. I just don't think you're going to get something that passes the 5 feet viewing test and yet look clean. Sometimes messy works better.
I'd reserve judgment on this until we ever see a blown up IRL version (probably never gonna happen but bear with me). Maybe you all trust your instincts better but I don't know if I can leave my opinion up to just my computer screen.
Just a small graphical point to make, Cameron. I noticed that, right above the NoMa station, the white border to the station marker is off just a tad, such that the red station marker is not surrounded by a white border but just above it a white border juts out from the red line.
Just wanted to point out that I think I see a typo: the Phase II of the Silver Line says it's opening in 2018 at the top left, but at very bottom it says opening in 2016.
Changes include the addition of parkland along the Anacostia River as shown on the official map, lengthened station ticks so that they're not so "nubby", route designation letters in circles instead of squares so that they can't be confused with the parking icon, proper designation of Wiehle-Reston East as the current western terminus of the Silver Line, and a few minor fixes and clean ups here and there -- mostly based on the things eagle-eyed GGW readers have found.
The Flickr link David posted in the article will now take you to the new revised version.
by Cameron Booth on Aug 7, 2014 1:19 am • link • report
"Hard to read the font from a distance" - really? Have you seen the new system maps with Silver posted in stations and on trains? The lines making up the letters are so thin now and overlap the colors in some places, rendering them just as difficult to see.
(Before I get a whole bunch of "wait, you just railed on everyone's eyesight and then said the font size is too thin... I'm not saying I personally find either map hard to read from a distance... I'm just saying I've seen a lot more people leaning in and squinting to read the new system maps with Silver Line lately.)
by Dave But Not Dave G on Aug 8, 2014 7:36 am • link • report
But to address your comment, maybe some people do use transit to access the Mall, Rock Creek Park, Anacostia River parks, etc. Besides it helps emphasize the main rivers on the map which helps to orient people in relation to the Metro. Other than Rock Creek Park, I draw the line at the parklands lining the major waterways. Anything else is too much information for the map, I agree.
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After losing her hair, Alexand Merek has been removed from her cell by the scientists who have been experimenting on her for the past four years. She has been taken to an isolated room, where all she can hear is the sound of inhuman breathing. (See The Floating Asylum parts One Two and Three) There's an uneasy feeling in the lower deck. The wallpaper is peeling, and Alexand feels very exposed and frightened. She has no weapons and her body is close to collapse. Hopes of returning home one day, and seeing her husband, Jarad and son, Samuel, are replaced by a strong need to return to the safety of her cell. CLICK HERE for next chronological story.
Unbound Boxes Limping Gods: Disconnected Stories. Issue # 32: The Floating Asylum Part 4
April 18, 2012 by cherylmoore
Posted in Art, Blogs, Books, Experimental, Experimental short story, graphic novel, Illustrated Short Story, Story Book Characters, Writing | Tagged Alexand Merek, dark, experiments, Patient H, The Floating Asylum | 9 Comments
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Excellent perspective. Thanks for sharing Nonoy Manga
TY nonoymanga!
Powerful art and words here!
Hi, Casey, thank you, I love your art too!
This is great, love your stories!
Fabulous artwork; hope you've got an exhibition going somewhere in a gallery!
Thanks Sean, maybe one day!😀
Great sketches. Rare combination of writing and art.
Thank you!😀
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Whitehall officials are hoping to use state money to pay most of the cost of repaving a section of S. Hamilton Road between E. Broad and E. Main streets.
Ryan Andrews, a project manager for the engineering firm EMH&T, said the city won't know until December if its request for an Ohio Public Works Commission grant is approved. If it is, the repaving project would not start until late 2014 or early 2015.
The grant would cover 75 percent of the $1.8 million cost of the project. Whitehall would pay the remaining 25 percent.