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The cost of the project is now estimated at $48 million, up 6.6% from the original $45 million budget. The variance comes from dealing with unanticipated ground conditions as well as change orders during the course of construction.
The delay in opening is due to cumulative delays from the beginning of the project that could not be overcome (including the unanticipated ground conditions reported in June).
Council expressed their disappointment with the changes and has directed the construction manager and architectural engineers to work together diligently to minimize future risks to this important and exciting community facility.
Administration will continue to provide Council with project updates until the opening date.
Administration also asked Council to approve bringing forward an amended borrowing bylaw to refinance the existing loan and better align annual cashflow from funding sources with loan payments. Council decided to defer the refinancing decision until the impact on other capital projects in the 10 Year Financial Plan can be fully understood. Council will include the discussion about further funding of the project and refinancing of the current loan in the 2017 budget deliberations.

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GM sold its 100,000th Chevy Volt last month, the car that started the plug-in hybrid segment in 2010. As the first long-range electric car, the Volt has been setting industry standards ever since its debut, and this is an important milestone for all electric car makers.
The Volt, which is a sporty sedan with great performance along with unmatched electric range and hybrid performance, proves to the average consumer that electric cars aren't just for environmentalists. Chevy says Volt drivers have saved almost 58 million gallons of gas since 2010 and have driven 1.5 billion miles in the fully electric mode.
The Volt is also the foundation of Chevy's electric and hybrid car family, which includes the Spark EV, the Malibu Hybrid, and the upcoming Bolt, the first fully electric car available in the US that will be both long-range and affordable.
The second generation of the Volt debuted earlier this year, built on a new platform and sporting a new propulsion system and an electric range of 53 miles, a full 15 miles more than the 2015 model. Combined with its super efficient hybrid engine that boasts an EPA-estimated 42 mpg combined, the 2016 Volt has a range of 420 miles on a full tank of gas and a full charge.
The Volt continues to be a staple in the ecofriendly car world. Congratulations to Chevy and the Volt!


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December rolls round again and I'm still writing. The big change in progress is that the story fragments that were simply called Dust have coalesced and extended to the point that I have had to split into chapters. This is a significant step, as short stories don't have chapters in my world. Chapters mean a longer story and at the moment this one is 8000+ words and counting. Now entitled Thus Falls The Shadow, this will be a novella in all likelihood, maybe around 20,000 words. As you can see I have just started Chapter 6, in which our hero Will tries to escape from the the asteroid colony Zestrade where he and his partner/lover Rilk found a lot of dead bodies and some clues that will push them further on their journey through the Kwa system. With them are Drd (diminutive, three-armed, non-human pilot) and Bex (foul mouthed spacer-trash teenage girl who was the only survivor of the massacre on Zestrade).
It's not particularly original but it's not really meant to be. It's basically Heart of Darkness set in space and it's a lot of fun. I was bit surprised but also pleased when my main character turned out to be gay. I basically just let my characters lose and see what they do. This is probably not the most efficient way of writing but I've tried planning it out in detail and it just makes me bored.
Also on the is the start of a short story called The Sign. Don't know whether I'll take it any further.
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The decision of the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) in the recent case of Robinson Family Limited has called into question the policy of HMRC that the grant of a new property interest can never be treated as a transfer of a business or a going concern (TOGC).
Robinson Family Limited owned a leasehold interest in a commercial property consisting of several individual units. It opted to tax the property and sold one unit with the benefit of a proposed letting to a third party. No VAT was charged under the TOGC provisions.
HMRC argued that VAT was payable on the sale of the unit on the grounds that the creation of a new asset (the sub-lease) cannot be a TOGC. Robinson Family Limited argued that the proposed letting of the unit to a third party constituted a business activity and the sale transferred that business activity to the purchaser and effected a TOGC.
The FTT agreed that the proposed letting was a business activity and held that the grant of the new sub-lease was in substance the transfer of that business activity as a going concern.
What now?
HMRC is due to issue a press release in relation to this decision and may accept that a grant of a sub-lease out of a freehold may constitute a TOGC provided all the other conditions have been satisfied. If you have past or intended property transactions of a similar nature, this decision may be relevant to you.
HMRC has outlined new rules for the treatment of certain face value vouchers.
The changes concern single purpose face value vouchers, i.e. vouchers which are only redeemable for specific goods or services at a single rate of VAT. Such vouchers include prepaid telephone cards which entitle the user to make calls.
Under the new rules, which have retrospective effective from 10 May 2012, sellers need to charge and account for VAT at the time of the sale, as opposed to the time at which the goods or services are redeemed.
Transitional measures have also been implemented to ensure that VAT is accounted for on vouchers issued prior to 10 May 2012 but redeemed after this date. By virtue of these provisions there is a deemed supply to the end consumer for VAT purposes by the person from whom the goods or services are obtained where this supply is made in the UK.
What next?
The European Commission has announced a proposal to revise the VAT treatment of vouchers within the EU, to achieve a consistent treatment of vouchers across all member states. It is proposed that the changes resulting from this will come into force from 1 January 2015.
In the meantime, businesses involved in supplies of single purpose face value vouchers should review their VAT position and, if required, make adjustments to account for VAT.
Following changes to the place of supply rules in 2010 and 2011, a number of differences were identified in the way that some EU member states were treating certain 'land-related' services leading to circumstances where some services could be taxed in more than one member state, or not taxed at all.
Following consultation with the European Commission and other member states, HMRC recently announced changes in the way that certain land-related services will now be taxed.
Exhibition stands
The supply of stand space at an exhibition will no longer be treated as a land-related service if the supply includes accompanying services such as: the design and erection of the stands, security, power, telecoms, hire of machinery or publicity material. From 2 August 2012 this package of services will fall under the basic place of supply rule and will be taxed where the customer belongs (a reverse charge service).
The mere supply of a specific stand space, with no other accompanying services will continue to be treated as a land-related service and taxed in the country where the exhibition takes place.
There have also been changes to the rules regarding the supply of storage space and access to airport lounges.
What now?
The change in policy on exhibition stands will be of interest to businesses organising conferences/exhibitions in the UK and elsewhere in Europe.
As announced in the Budget earlier this year, the zero-rating relief for approved alteration work to listed buildings and the first grant of a major interest in substantially reconstructed listed buildings will be withdrawn from 1 October 2012. However, following a consultation exercise HMRC has extended the qualifying conditions and transitional period in which the zero-rating may continue to be applied. Under the transitional arrangements, zero-rating will continue to apply until 30 September 2015 where one of the conditions below apply:
- a written contract entered into with the supplier before 21 March 2012
- listed building consent (or appropriate consent for places of worship) applied for before 21 March 2012
- for substantially reconstructed listed buildings (in addition to the two above conditions), at least 10% of the work was completed before 21 March 2012.
HMRC has also issued further guidance on the anti-forestalling rules. These rules are essentially intended to prevent zero-rating being applied to payments made before 1 October 2012 which relate to works carried out after this date. However, the rules also allow suppliers to zero-rate work performed before 1 October 2012 where payment is received after this date.
What next?
If you are receiving or providing approved alteration works to a listed property, you should be aware that the works may qualify for zero-rating for another three years and bear in mind the anti-forestalling rules.
HMRC had pursued Smith & Williamson's client for a number of years in relation to corporate tax matters with little success. At the point of closing their enquiries, HMRC turned its attention to VAT and took the view that a range of services provided by Matrix to an unconnected company in the Republic of Ireland did not fall within Schedule 5 VATA 1994 (as was), and should therefore have been charged with the standard rate of VAT. The charges in question related to a share of Matrix's overhead costs, plus a proportion of Matrix's salary costs for accounts staff and a third-party accountant's time. A schedule was produced by Matrix for internal charging purposes, but not provided to their client. This list showed a breakdown of the costs, e.g. entertaining, couriers, travel, photocopying, etc.
John Voyez took the case before the Tribunal, together with a witness from Matrix, and argued that the schedule with a breakdown of the charges simply represented costs incurred by Matrix in order to provide its services to their client which represented a single supply of professional accounting services. The Tribunal agreed with Matrix and found in our client's favour, quoting at length from letters written by John Voyez to HMRC.
What Next?
The current place of supply rules that have been in place since 1 January 2010 mean the place of supply VAT issues in similar circumstances would now be different. However, it is interesting to note that many others questioned why HMRC ever took the case, and that the Tribunals do overturn unreasonable positions taken by HMRC.
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We are all looking forward to welcoming your children into our nursery setting at Sunny Bank on Monday. Whilst using the Sunny Bank premises there are a number of policies and procedures which we will be following.
Parents and carers accessing the building
Upon arriving in the main entrance you will need to press the buzzer situated to the right of the double doors then a member of the Bank End staff will let you in. Once you are inside the main building all parents and carers will need to sign themselves in, a sheet will be available at the front desk. When leaving the building you will then need to sign out. We would be greatly appreciated if you informed all persons dropping off and picking up your child of this.
Children accessing the building
There will also be a child's sign in sheet situated just outside the nursery door. Parents and carers must use this to sign children in and out of nursery.
Toileting accidents
During our time at Sunny Bank our staff members will be working to a No Lone Working policy. As a result of this it does mean that we will not be able to change your child if they have any toileting accidents. Instead we will need to contact you so you can come to nursery to change them. Please make sure you update us with any phone number changes or provide a number for someone else if you will be unable to do this for whatever reason.
Thank you for your continued support and understanding.
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Dr. Kristof Kloeckner to Deliver Partner Keynote at 2010 Red Hat Summit
CTO of Cloud Computing to Discuss Strategy During Address
Dr. Kloeckner will discuss current cloud computing initiatives and what lies on the horizon for the still-advancing technology during his Partner Keynote at Red Hat Summit . The keynote will take place on Thursday, June 24 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. The summit begins on June 22 and concludes on the 25.
As CTO of Enterprise Iniitiatives and Vice President of Cloud Computing Platforms, Kloeckner oversees all of IBM's cloud computing initiatives. Previously, he was a CTO and VP of Strategy and Technology for IBM. He joined the company in 1984 as a development engineer, working as a member of the Boebligen Development Laboratory.
IBM has the largest network of cloud computing labs in the world and with the recent acquisition of Cast Iron Systems, a private company that specializes in cloud integration software, their initiatives continue to take shape.
The Red Hat Summit will offer labs, demonstrations and hands-on sessions for creating public and private clouds using Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Registration is still open. For full rates, click here.
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When my child was young, I remember discussing with him the importance of each and every person who will move in and out of his life. There was one particular period in his young childhood, during which he was moving from an elementary school located in a highly educated population, to a more centralized middle school. The greatest privilege and life lesson linked to that move, was to be in a more "across the board" mixed population.
There was nothing wrong with the school he was moving from as he had made many great friends, had a great education as well as was surrounded with support groups. The one thing missing; a mix of the real world. My son (even though young and not yet possessing the more mature mental tools to totally grasp the concept) and I discussed the positive rewards ahead. It was a rare moment in teaching of a child that, there are no givens, no for sures or guarantees that life will always be as you know it but to always reach out, grasp it and make the best of it.
We spent time driving to the new school, through neighborhoods not familiar to him and discussing that not everyone lives in a big house, has 2 cars, the latest this and that and to be aware that these issues aren't what's important in life, but rather, the people you meet. Reminded him that it might just be the least person he would ever suspect that might some day save his life or vice versa. We were very blessed in the paths our lives had taken thus far, even though not handed to us but earned through hard work/efforts. In summary, my son went on and eventually graduated from that school where he flourished and did well.
Moving forward a decade, my son was recently humbled to be hired at a high level management job for a large agricultural firm. The last several years had been spent driving several hours back and forth to work daily, shift work with long hours but, most important, the privilege of managing several hundred people who made him what he is today. He took great care of his team, keeping his promises and/or following up on whatever it was they requested of him. He taught them to respect their jobs, work hard, help one another and they taught him how to be a good manager. He was their manager, but more important, a part of a team. As he summed his experience up; he was blessed with the best group of people he could have ever worked with–his mentors as well as his friends.
He and I have exchanged a few heartfelt conversations since all these changes occurred and I'm 100% sure he will never forget his first job out of college. These individuals he was privileged to work with would give him the shirt off his back and he would do the same for any of them. They were a real team he treated with great respect and that, they also gave him. There is nothing like working on a "real team"; one of life's best examples of treating others the way you want to be treated–no matter what. The most important thing for me, his mom, was that the efforts put out to teach him, were heard. So, parents, keep putting out the efforts to teach your children, even if they act like you're from another planet. Trust me, they are listening!


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Laboratory tests are among the most important and pervasive aspects of a modern medicine. The majority of health care decisions are derived from clinical laboratory tests. Laboratory tests provide doctors with the information for decisions from diagnosis through therapy and prognosis.
"Genesis Dnepr" Clinic has its own laboratory. Our team of high skilled and educated laboratory professionals performs a variety of analyses such as:
– clinical analysis (blood, urine and stool)
– biochemical analysis
– hormone analysis
– allergy test
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The most frequently requested analyses are:
– CBC. A complete blood count (CBC), also known as full blood count (FBC) or full blood exam (FBE) or blood panel, is a test panel requested by a doctor that gives information about the cells in a patient's blood. A scientist or lab technician performs the requested testing and provides the requesting medical professional with the results of the CBC.
– Cross-matching analysis performed in order to determinate blood types (O, A, B, AB) and blood factors.
– The hematocrit also known as packed cell volume (PCV) or erythrocyte volume fraction (EVF), is the volume percentage of red blood cells red in blood.
– General blood clotting tests. A blood sample is taken into a test-tube that contains a chemical which prevents the blood from clotting, for further analyses in the laboratory. There are a number of tests that may be done. For example, the 'prothrombin time' (PT) and the 'activated partial thromboplastin time' (APTT) are commonly done. These tests measure the time it takes for a blood clot to form after certain activating chemicals are added to the blood sample. If taken time is longer than for a normal blood sample then one or more clotting factors are absent or low. There are other similar tests where different chemicals are added to the blood sample. The aim is to identify which clotting factor or factors are low or absent.
– Glucose tolerance blood test. The most common glucose tolerance test is the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT).Before the test begins, a sample of blood will be taken. You will then be asked to drink a liquid containing a certain amount of glucose (usually 75 grams). Your blood will be taken again every 30 to 60 minutes after you drink the solution. The test takes up to 3 hours.
– Urinalysis. A urinalysis tests the urine for color, clarity, odor, concentration, and pH (acidity or alkalinity). It also checks for abnormal levels of protein, sugar, and blood cells or other substances that, if found in the urine, may mean an illness or disease somewhere in the body.
A person may have a urinalysis:
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Finding Good Trainers
About Lisa JohnsonLisa Johnson here. I've been a personal trainer since 1997, a Pilates instructor since 1998 and the owner of Modern Pilates since 1999. I'm hoping to give you some good ideas to get or stay in shape with a healthy dose of humor and reality. Thanks for joining me.
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David van Sunder March 26, 2009 at 6:58 pm #
A very good post. Most people don't really know what to look for in a trainer, so this gives them some good things to look for. I've seen some people with some pretty questionable certifications doing some pretty questionable exercises with people. My wife is a physical therapist and we owned a clinic for awhile. So, between her patients and personal training clients, I was able to observe enough to cringe when I see a lot of trainers working with their clients.
Sometimes the client only stayed because they thought quitting meant that they were wimping out. In reality, they would have been better off going with their gut instinct and quitting months before. If you're not comfortable, there is probably a reason.
Elissa Stein March 26, 2009 at 7:42 pm #
Not all trainers are created equal. But, many people don't think past the uniform and the title, assuming that because someone has the job, they're qualified. My first gym, first trainer: he worked me so hard I pulled something in my leg and couldn't walk up or down stairs for weeks. He was all no pain, no gain. Meanwhile, I had never worked out with a trainer before—it turned me off working one on one for years. In the end, for me, it's all about a good fit, a common goal, with mutual listening and respect.
Mel Hamada April 1, 2009 at 6:18 am #
I am currently completing my PT certificate through the NASM. I agree that it isn't just about the piece of paper – I have been teaching Physical Education to Grade 1-12 students for the past 10 years and that has taught me more about training then completing my course has thus far. I also find it interesting about keeping clientele – my question is how do you keep motivated? I realise the more courses can certainly keep motivation and energy up but where do you draw your intrinsic strength from? I find that is where I am lacking presently, the constant giving to clients – I do enjoy my work; but I am finding the energy giving very draining.
Lisa Johnson April 1, 2009 at 11:22 am #
I find my strength from my clients. I very much enjoy their company and I miss them when they are away. It is easy to get in a rut, especially now, I've been training for 13 years! I try to stay fresh by working out with friends who are personal trainers & other Pilates instructors and I throw in the occasional yoga class.
I'll also do little games with myself. Like I had 5 clients today and I gave each one a different ab workout, no repeats. I'll do that with leg work too.
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Feature request: Wordpress / medium publish
Hi there, it will be great to have a way to publish your notes as blogposts on medium/wordpress/blogger. I love to use the app to write my notes and blog posts, but then it is a pain to copy and paste the content to different blogging platforms.
we have yet to consider a publish feature, mostly because right now we have other priorities, but I think some sort of Medium/Wordpress integration will be available in the future.
I'm going to look at this. I've recently finished working on something that uses php to publish posts to Wordpress. I figured I could probably use x-callback-urls for this. It might be little rough but I don't think it would be hard.
+1 on publishing features. Medium.com and bold.io.
Hello! I'm currently deciding between Bear and Ulysses, and right now the dealbreaker is Ulysses's ability to push to Wordpress. If you were able to build that functionality, it would seal the deal!
Wait you dont have an option to upload to wordpress? I should have read the box more carefully - totally disappointed.
+1 for publishing to WordPress.
+1 for export to WordPress.
Bear looks nice. I like your financial model. But I'm using Ulysses until you have better export capabilities.
This program would be really awesome if it could just export to WordPress. Ulysses and ByWord both have that functionality. I love the design of Bear, but this is becoming a deal breaker for me.
+1 for publish to WordPress & Medium.
Great work so far, Shiny Frog team!
Thank you very much.
Is not a Bear's function, but with Quadro is now possible to share bear notes with Medium and Wordpress.
I gave Quadro a try and it's very convoluted to set up and use. Also it wasn't taking the title from Bear note and I had to manually enter it, finally the actually publishing to WP didn't go through.
If you can kindly prioritize publishing to WP, it will be helpful to many.
I second/third/fourth publishing to Medium. Markdown > Medium would be INCREDIBLE. Especially if it had image support. This is one strength of iA Writer that, would Bear develop it, would make it easier to make a full switch.
If this feature becomes available, I would love to know about it!
+1 for the publish to WordPress. I looked for it in the "Share to" list, but it wasn't listed under my extensions. I don't even know if that's possible.
+1 for export to blog. Then bear would be perfect!!
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It's been a bit over six months since I made the switch from consumer-grade Wi-Fi at home to a more sophisticated set-up, tossing out my old Apple Airport Extreme base station in favor of three linked Ubiquiti Unifi UAP-AC-PRO access points. The change from consumer to enterprise gear (or "enterprise lite," as a lot of folks have e-mailed in to tell me) has been very positive and aside from a bit of management overhead and the pain of actually crawling around in my attic to run cables for the things, I don't believe I have encountered any real downsides.
One major difference with the Ubiquiti Unifi APs is that they run on Power Over Ethernet (POE) rather than directly off of an electrical outlet. You don't have to have a POE-compatible switch to use them, since the APs come with small POE injectors which can tap power from regular outlets, but having a POE switch simplifies set-up and also (assuming you connect the switch to a UPS) gives you an easy way to keep your Wi-Fi powered in the event of a power outage. After getting my Unifi gear installed, the first thing I looked for was a POE switch so I could ditch the little POE injectors.


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You are so right! Getting a shipment of books is always a happy day ... Hello, UPS man!
- June 23, 2010 at 10:30 AM
- jenn@peacelovemommy said...
holy cats!!!! im so jealous. but yesterday i got a Fed Ex! Book!! woo hoo!
- June 23, 2010 at 10:46 AM
- Sorta Southern Single Mom said...
Oh MY! I don't even remember the last time I order books for myself! I'm always at the library, but your way is FAR more exciting! :)
- June 23, 2010 at 11:35 AM
- Cascia said...
I wish I had time to read like you do. Have a wonderful Wednesday!
- June 23, 2010 at 12:12 PM
- cheri said...
i miss having time to read. maybe when my son is older, i'll get to read books other than dr. seuss...
- June 23, 2010 at 1:36 PM
- daniii♥ said...
woohoo! I love packages!
- June 23, 2010 at 2:49 PM
- Mama Hen said...
What a great Wordless Wednesday! I love new books! You have a new follower from Theta Community! I look forward to following your blog! Come and visit me at Mama's Little Chick.
Mama Hen
- June 23, 2010 at 3:09 PM
- blueviolet said...
You're going to be busy, busy, busy!
- June 23, 2010 at 3:37 PM
- Secret Mom Thoughts said...
I love deliveries like that too.
- June 23, 2010 at 4:37 PM
- Mama Grits said...
That would make me happy too :)
- June 23, 2010 at 6:00 PM
- MaggieK said...
I am your newest follower...thanks for stopping by.
Happy WW!!!
- June 23, 2010 at 8:53 PM
- Elisa @ Globetrotting in Heels said...
aaaaaah!! I LOVE this type of delivery too!!
I'm waiting for a similar onr from Amazon, and will be so happy when it arrives!!
So tell... what's in there?
- June 24, 2010 at 11:14 AM
- Kristi {at} Live and Love...Out Loud said...
I love books! Thanks for stopping by and linking up. Sorry for stopping by a day late. Have a good one...
Kristi, Live and Love...Out Loud
- June 24, 2010 at 3:20 PM
- Whimsical Creations said...
I would be doing the happy dance.
- June 24, 2010 at 9:57 PM


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Preheat the oven to 450°. Wrap the beets in foil and roast for about 1 hour, until tender. When cool enough to handle, slip off the skins and cut the beets into wedges. Tear the beet greens into bite-size pieces; you should have about 2 cups.
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- Thomas Jefferson
The federal government subsidizes lobbying by tax-exempt and other organizations through grants and contracts to advocacy groups. Each year, the American taxpayers provide more than $39 billion in grants to organizations which may use the money to advance their political agendas.
Federal funding of private advocacy is not limited by ideological scope. Organizations to the left and right of the political center use taxpayers' funds to promote their ideas and positions. Almost every interest in America - from agriculture to zoology - has one or more organizations receiving government funding. Recipients range from the American Association of Retired Persons, which received over $73 million in a one-year period, to the American Bar Association, which received $2.2 million. Over the past forty years, Congress has helped create a vast patronage network of organizations that enjoy tax-preferred status, receive federal funds, and engage in legislative or political advocacy. The days of big city political machines disbursing patronage may be coming to an end, but the disbursement of financial dividends to political friends is a prominent feature of the federal budget. As Heritage Foundation Senior Fellow Marshall Breger has written:
Lacking the imprimatur of democratic consent, government subsidy of private advocacy can be seen for what it is - the public patronage of selected political beliefs. That these advocacy subsidies are rarely made openly but are often disguised through grants and contracts for legitimate public functions merely underscores the dangers inherent in a system of expansive government subsidy.1
Clearly, the right to petition government to redress grievances should not be infringed. Individuals and organizations using funds from the private sector should be encouraged to engage in the legislative and political process. It is an entirely different matter, however, to employ the coercive power of the federal government to force taxpayers to finance organizations which lobby Congress or other government entities. It is every bit as unjust to force liberal taxpayers to fund organizations on the right as it is to force conservative taxpayers to finance organizations on the left. The fundamental principle is that it should be anathema to force taxpayers to underwrite advocacy with which they disagree.
Taxpayer funding of advocacy organizations is wrong - fiscally, morally, and logically. It is fiscally irresponsible to spend federal revenues on activities that provide no meaningful return to the American people. It is morally wrong for the government to take sides in any public policy debate by assisting the advocacy activities of an elite few. And it is logically wrong for the government to fund activities that often result in lobbying for increased federal expenditures. The reasons are summarized aptly by George Mason University professor James T. Bennett and Loyola College professor Thomas J. DiLorenzo in their comprehensive study, Destroying Democracy:
A large number of individuals with strong views can express their preferences by contributing funds to a group that promotes that issue. With tax-funded politics, however, a small number of zealots with access to the public purse can obtain resources from government to advance its views even though few individuals in society share the group's philosophy. Whenever government funds any political advocacy group, it effectively penalizes those groups that advocate opposing public policies and provides a distinct advantage to the group or groups that it favors in the clash of ideas.2
The Founding Fathers recognized the dangers of factions in a republic. James Madison wrote in Federalist Number 10 that "Among the numerous advantages promised by a well-constructed Union, none deserves to be more accurately developed than its tendency to break and control the violence of faction." Madison defined faction as "a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community."
What the Founding Fathers referred to as factions we now call special interests. Instead of restraining factions, however, the federal government today subsidizes them. This distorts the political process by favoring one faction over another and by nourishing a network of special interests - a welfare-industrial complex - with a direct self-interest in the growth of the welfare state. The financial cost to the taxpayer is far higher than the amount funneled to these organizations. Each one not only lobbies for its contract or grant, but also advocates for bigger, more expensive social welfare programs, further complicating efforts to put the nation's fiscal house in order. Moreover, while these organizations often claim that the money they receive helps the less fortunate, the reality is that it bolsters their own political power, perks, and prestige.
The advocacy network and its leaders contribute to what author James Payne has referred to as a "culture of spending" in Washington which makes it extremely difficult to trim government programs: "Leaders of such federally dependent interest groups should not be seen as representing independent citizen opinion. They are quasi-governmental officials with a vested interest in the spending programs that benefit their organizations."3
Not every dollar given to an advocacy group goes directly to political advocacy activities. However, federal dollars are fungible. Every federal dollar frees private resources to be spent on political, lobbying, and other advocacy activities. Moreover, federal funds make the organization appear to be a larger force in the political arena than it would if it were totally reliant upon private contributions. For example, the National Council of Senior Citizens receives 96 percent of its funding from the federal government.
The NCSC is but one of many advocacy organizations receiving federal funds. Here are just a few other examples:
- The AFL-CIO benefited from more than $2,000,000 between July
1993 and June 1994. According to the AFL-CIO News Online, the
AFL-CIO used the Memorial Day recess to increase pressure on
Members of Congress with its "Stand UP" campaign:
In those [5 targeted] districts, the AFL-CIO provided radio ads and coordinators to work with local union officials and legislative action committees. Other activity included direct mail, jobsite leafleting, phone call drives using the AFL-CIO's toll-free hotline, petition drives, town meeting attendance, and letters and columns submitted to local newspapers.4
- Recently, the Service Employees International Union produced a newspaper advertisement opposing tax cuts and efforts in Congress to slow the growth of welfare and Medicare. SEIU claims Congress is attempting to "loot" welfare programs and "steal" from low-income home-energy assistance to help finance "corporate special interests." The ad lamented the impact on Fannie Johnson and her family in Ohio.5 This labor special interest benefited from $137,000 in taxpayer funding in 1993 (for an "anti-discrimination public education campaign"). Terminating it would eliminate the tax burden of nearly 30 families just like Ms. Johnson's in Ohio.
- Families USA - a driving force behind the Clinton big-government health care plan, including the failed last-ditch attempt to revive it last summer through a nationwide bus tour6 - received $250,000 from the taxpayers between July 1993 and June 1994.
- The Child Welfare League of America received more than $250,000 in federal funding, then turned around and launched an ad campaign to increase welfare spending. The League ran an advertisement opposing the Contract With America's welfare reform bill which charged that "More children will be killed. More children will be raped."7
- The National Trust for Historic Preservation received approximately $7 million from the federal government in FY 1994 - 22 percent of its budget. In the same year, the Trust "launched a lobbying campaign against the Disney project" in Northern Virginia.8 In 1993, it "lobbi[ed] Congress to expand the historic rehabilitation tax credit."9 The group's president, Walter Mondale's former chief of staff Richard Moe, said the full credit would cost "$1.4 billion over five years."10
- The American Nurses Association received nearly $1 million between July 1993 and June 1994 from the U.S. taxpayers. In 1994, the ANA endorsed the Gephardt health care plan and actively lobbied for it. According to the union's own press release announcing this endorsement, "The American Nurses Association is the only full-service professional organization representing the nation's 2.2 million Registered Nurses through its 53 constituent associations. ANA advances the nursing profession by ... lobbying Congress and regulatory agencies on health care issues affecting nurses and the public."11 The Political Finance and Lobby Reporter revealed on May 12, 1995, that two new ANA lobbyists had registered.
- The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, which received nearly $150,000 in the most recent grant reporting period, denounced the House welfare plan, saying it "will drive more families into poverty and turns its back on hardworking Americans who fall on bad times. This is the small print in their evil Contract on America." AFSCME President Gerald McEntee went on to say that "AFSCME will continue to fight for real welfare reform that includes jobs at decent wages, child care, health care and education and training."12
Actually, however, government funding of advocacy organizations can hurt their cause. Well-grounded public policy institutions prosper from strong grassroots support backed by individual financial contributions. Much like a profitable company, they can measure support by looking at how many people were willing to open their checkbooks for the cause:
The plain fact is that political advocacy groups will not flourish on the basis of government subsidy. Rather they will prosper only insofar as they develop financial roots in the polity. Reliance on the government trough is no sign of the commitment of your adherents to your cause.13
Federally funded advocacy is not a new problem. Congress recognized the potential for abuse more than 75 years ago when it passed a law prohibiting the use of federal funds for political advocacy. Unfortunately, the prohibition was too vague, too lenient, and too weakly enforced. Put simply, auditing of federal grants by the government does not provide the level of scrutiny needed to root out abuse.
The scope of the problem can be seen by examining the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, published every six months by the federal government. It details nearly every federal program from which eligible individuals, organizations, and governments can receive tens of billions of dollars in taxpayer funding.
For years, congressional offices have worked with constituents to help them find federal grants, in the process becoming very familiar with the Catalog as a guide to sources. But very few congressional staff employees have been aware of abuses in the grants process. These abuses are long-standing. In testimony before the House Committee on Government Operations in 1983, Joseph Wright of the Office of Management and Budget noted that the General Accounting Office had found problems as far back as 1948.14
In the early years of the Reagan Administration, the OMB attempted to revise OMB Circular A-122 (originally issued in the final year of the Carter Administration) to redefine limits on "allowable costs" by federal grantees. The revision, first released in January 1983, was widely criticized as overly broad, excessively burdensome, and unenforceable.
One of the focal points of the initial debates was the fact that the original OMB proposal apparently would have disallowed the use of any equipment, personnel, or office space for both federal grant and political advocacy purposes if at least 5 percent of the organization's resources was used for lobbying. For example, a copy machine could not be used to produce flyers for a rally on Capitol Hill if it was paid for - in whole or in part - by taxpayer funds. Many nonprofits objected to such clear separation between federal funding and political advocacy.
Months later, OMB Director David Stockman and General Counsel Michael Horowitz withdrew the original proposal and released a new draft with a more narrow definition of prohibited activities. This watered-down version no longer drew a clear line between allowable and unallowable costs. Instead, it specified a few examples of prohibited behavior, including a prohibition on reimbursement for conferences used in "substantial" part to promote lobbying activities.
Unfortunately, this effort to appease federally funded nonprofits and quell opposition in Congress was futile. Because Congress signaled its clear opposition to working with the Reagan Administration to curb federally funded lobbying activities, despite the fact that all parties acknowledged such behavior was inappropriate, A-122 failed to improve substantially the restrictions on lobbyists billing Uncle Sam for their activities.
Federal law prohibits the use of federal funds for lobbying (18 U.S.C. Section 1913). However, there is no clear set of guidelines as to specific prohibited practices. In addition, numerous appropriations riders have been offered and approved in the past in an effort to curb federally subsidized lobbying. The purpose of the Reagan Administration's attempt to create a more stringent version of OMB Circular A-122 was to tighten the gaping loopholes in existing law and to implement Congress's intent in passing lobbying prohibitions.
Circular A-122 drew on several distinct concepts to frame the new guidelines.
- Taxpayers are not obliged to fund advocacy they oppose. The Supreme Court in 1977 ruled that taxpayers are not required, directly or indirectly, "to contribute to the support of an ideological cause [they] may oppose." (Abood v. Detroit Board of Education)
- Freedom of speech does not depend on federal funding. In 1983, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the federal government "is not required by the First Amendment to subsidize lobbying .... We again reject the notion that First Amendment rights are somehow not fully realized unless they are subsidized by the State." (Regan v. Taxation with Representation)
- The Internal Revenue Code does not alleviate the problem. The notice of the request for public comment on the second revision of A- 122 notes that current IRS rules threaten tax-preferred organizations only if they exceed defined limits on lobbying. However, the limits are not tied in any way to the receipt of federal funds, leading to many of the same problems from which the 1919 law prohibiting federally funded lobbying suffers.
Unfortunately, the firestorm created by the first proposed revision of A- 122 led to a second draft that watered down the tough initial provisions and failed to solve the problems outlined by the Administration in presenting its proposals. The notice for public comment on the second proposal stated that its "purpose [was] assuring compliance with a myriad of statuory provisions mandating that no federal funds be used for lobbying purposes, and to comply, in balanced fashion, with fundamental First Amendment imperatives." Despite the best of intentions, the revised A-122 did not meet these goals.
A particularly serious provision of the second revision was its enforcement mechanism. A popular maxim in the 1980s was "trust but verify." OMB Circular A-122 relied on trust alone:
[T]he federal government will rely upon [the nonprofit employee's] good faith certification of lobbying time below 25% .... Under the proposal, the absence of time logs or similar records not kept pursuant to grantee or contractor discretion will no longer serve as a basis of contesting or disallowing claims for indirect cost employees.
In essence, this lack of verification of time spent on lobbying activities permits the individual to state that he is complying with the law even if that is not the case. This is worse than the fox guarding the henhouse. If a nonprofit is willing to violate the restrictions on advocacy, surely it will have no qualms about certifying it is in compliance with the law.
Tougher laws are needed to prevent the abuse of taxpayers' funds by federal grantees. There is no excuse for compelling John Q. Public to support political advocacy that he opposes. It is fiscally irresponsible and morally indefensible.
The following should be essential parts of any congressional efforts to curb current abuses:
- Truth in Testimony. Witnesses testifying before Congress should be required to divulge in their oral and written testimonies whether they receive federal funds and, if so, for what purpose and in what amount. This will permit committees to view the testimony in an appropriate light.
- No Federal Funding for Advocacy. No organization that receives federal funds should be permitted to engage in anything but incidental lobbying activities, except on issues directly related to its tax status.
- No Bureaucratic Shell Games. No recipient of federal funds should be permitted to maintain organizational ties to any entity that engages in lobbying activity. All sub-grantees should be treated as if they received the funds directly from the federal government. Independent Sector, an organization representing hundreds of nonprofit advocacy groups, unwittingly indicated the need for this in a recent report: "Although the non-profit organization received a check from the local government, the local government may have received some or all of its funding for this project from a Federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)."15
- Meaningful Auditing. The Inspectors General of the various federal departments and agencies must investigate more thoroughly any abuses of current law, as well as new laws passed by the Congress.
- Tough Penalties. The consequences for violating the prohibition on federally subsidized lobbying must be sufficient to discourage organizations from violating the standards. Under no circumstances should any organization that willingly and knowingly violates the prohibitions receive further federal funding.
Representative Robert K. Dornan (R-CA) has introduced H. R. 1130, the Integrity in Government Act, which would prohibit a recipient or paid representative of any federal award, grant, or contract from lobbying in the following circumstances:
- In favor of continuing the award, grant, or contract;
- In favor of the actual program under which the funds were disbursed;
- In favor of any other program within the broad department or agency; and
- In favor of continued department or agency funding.
The Dornan legislation also prohibits tax-exempt lobbying organizations from receiving federal funds. Representatives Bob Ehrlich (R-MD), Ernest Istook (R- OK), and David McIntosh (R-IN) also are working on legislation to remedy this problem.
It is difficult to craft legislation that satisfactorily defines prohibited activities. Moreover, any bill designed to redress these abuses must prevent organizations from simply establishing separate bank accounts and separate names. To be effective, there must be a definite and complete physical separation between all federally and privately funded resources.
Taxpayer-subsidized political advocacy represents pure fiscal folly and moral injustice. No hard-working American should be compelled to finance lobbying activities with which he disagrees. The Founding Fathers would be appalled at current federal grantmaking. Thirteen years ago, The Washington Post editorialized:
[W]e agree that there is something disturbing about organizations that strongly advocate positions many sensible people find politically or morally repugnant, acting at the same time as administrators of government programs. It is easy to believe that the advocacy groups' employees will sometimes proselytize the program's beneficiaries in ways we would consider inappropriate (though not unheard of) for a civil servant. Advocacy organizations might also want to ask themselves whether they risk compromising their own purposes by accepting government money, and whether they want to assume the inevitable risk that it might be withdrawn suddenly for legitimate political reasons.16
Abuse of federal grant funds must be stopped. Tougher restrictions are needed to prevent lobbying organizations from obtaining some or most of their revenue from the American taxpayers. Auditing and investigation of federal grantees by the Executive Branch must be strengthened. However, a danger always exists that as long as government funds go to advocacy organizations, the "wall of separation" will be porous. Moreover, the less fortunate would be assisted more directly by eliminating the middleman who "does well by doing good."
Without restoring integrity to government by ending federally
funded lobbying, Congress and the President will continue to
squander millions of taxpayer dollars each year. Political
patronage should have no place in the federal budget.
The following case studies demonstrate the need to reform the federal grants process. The organizations analyzed were selected for illustrative purposes and do not represent the entire universe of the problem.17
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
AARP receives funding for approximately one-quarter of its annual expenditures from the federal government. Sources range from programs for the elderly to millions of dollars annually to provide clerical support to the EPA.
- Senior Environmental Employment Program (EPA: 66.508) -- 20,000,000
- Tax Counseling for the Elderly (IRS: 21.006) -- 4,600,000
- Sr. Community Service Employment Program (DOL: 17.235) -- 49,000,000
- Breast/Cervical Cancer Detection Program (HHS: 93.919) --
American Bar Association (ABA)
The American Bar Association received $2.2 million in federal grants between July 1993 and June 1994.
- Missing Children's Assistance (DOJ: 16.543) -- 1,242,000
- Social, Behavioral, and Economic Studies (NSF: 47.075) --
-- "Resistance and Rebellion in Black South Africa: 1830-1920"
- Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (DOJ: 16.541) -- 100,000
- Nat'l Institute for Juv. Justice and Delinquency Prev. (DOJ: 16.542) -- 50,000
- Justice Research, Development and Evaluation (DOJ: 16.560) -- 139,000
- Drug Control and System Improvement (DOJ: 16.580) -- 125,000
- Title IV - Aging Programs (HHS: 93.048) -- 200,000
- Child Welfare Research and Demonstration (HHS: 93.608) -- 125,000
- Child Abuse and Neglect Discretionary Activities (HHS: 93.670) -- 58,000
- Disaster Assistance (FEMA: 83.516) -- 30,000
The AFL-CIO (and its affiliates) received $10.7 million in federal funding between July 1993 and June 1994. Following is an overview of this organization's federal funding:
- Tripartite Construction Training Tech. Xfer (DOL 17.AAA) -- 1,119,000
- Section 8 Rehabilitation (HUD: 14.856) -- 868,000
- Occupational Safety and Health (DOL: 17.500) -- 70,000
-- Targeted Training Program - Logging
In addition, the following contracts were awarded to the AFL-CIO Appalachian Council:
- DOL/ETA: Vocational-Technical Training -- 2,670,000
- DOL/ETA: Other Ed/Training Services -- 5,974,000
Child Welfare League of America (CWLA)
The Child Welfare League of America received the following grants between July 1993 and June 1994:
- Intergenerational Grants (Corporation for National Service: 72.014) -- 58,000
- Adoption Opportunities (HHS: 93.652) -- 2,000
- Special Programs for the Aging (HHS: 93.048) -- 200,000
Consumer Federation of America (CFA)
The Consumer Federation of America received more than $600,000 from the EPA. The code assigned to the award was not found in the Catalog.
- Radon Projects (EPA: 66.AAC) -- 610,000
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)
The Environmental Defense Fund benefited from more than $500,000 in taxpayer funding.
- Drainage Management System (DOI: 15.BBZ) -- 50,000
- Tradable Discharge Permits (EPA: 66.AAC) -- 15,000
- Air Pollution Control Research (EPA: 66.501) -- 90,000
- National Recycling Campaign (EPA: 66.AAC) -- 360,000
Families USA
Families USA received at least $250,000 from the Department of Health and Human Services.
- Special Programs for the Aging (HHS: 93.048) -- 250,000
League of Women Voters (LWV)
The League of Women Voters benefited primarily from EPA funding for various environmental research projects.
- Clean Air Act Policy Development (EPA: 66.AAC) -- 100,000
- UV Index (EPA: 66.AAC) -- 21,000
- Managing Solid Waste Training (EPA: 66.951) -- 39,000
- Community Ground-Water Education Project (EPA: 66.AAC) -- 190,000
- Nuclear Waste Primer (DOE: 81.065) -- 261,000
National Council of Senior Citizens (NCSC)
The NCSC receives 96 percent of its funding from the federal government.
- Dislocated Worker Assistance (DOL: 17.246) -- 6,000
- Senior Environmental Employment Program (EPA: 66.508) -- 9,988,000
- Section 8 Housing Rehabilitation (HUD: 14.856) -- 522,000
- Sr. Community Service Employment Program (DOL: 17.235) --
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
The World Wildlife Fund received $2.6 million in federal funding between July 1993 and June 1994. Following is an overview:
- Undesignated EPA Grants -- 618,000
- Global Marine Contamination Project (EPA: 66.501) -- 450,000
(1) Marshall Breger, "Halting Taxpayer
Subsidy of Partisan Advocacy," Heritage Lectures No. 26, 1983, p.
(2) James T. Bennett and Thomas J.
DiLorenzo, Destroying Democracy: How Government Funds Partisan
Politics (Washington, D.C.: Cato Institute, 1985), p. 388.
(3) James Payne, The Culture of Spending
(San Francisco: ICS Press, 1991), p. 17.
(4) AFL-CIO News Online, June 7, 1995,
downloaded from the AFL-CIO's Internet site on June 16, 1995.
(5) Advertisement, "Fannie Johnson Can't
Afford Another Republican Tax Cut," The New York Times, June 15,
1995, p. B-11.
(6) "The $2 million [bus] trip is
financed by Families USA, a liberal philanthropy, with unions and
other groups." Families USA was the "chief sponsor of the
caravans." Jennifer Campbell, "Caravan Met with Mixed Reaction,"
USA Today, July 29, 1994, p. 4A.
(7) Advertisement, "First neglect at
home. Now abuse by Congress," The Washington Times, March 22, 1995,
p. A19.
(8) Editorial, "The War of the
Subsidies," The Washington Times, May 6, 1994, p. A22.
(9) James H. Andrews, "Historical Trust
Uses Its Clout for US Heritage," The Christian Science Monitor, May
14, 1993, p. 12.
(10) Charlene Prost, "Historic
Preservation Trust Seeks to Gain New Members," St. Louis
Post-Dispatch, October 5, 1993, p. 13B.
(11) PR Newswire, ANA press release,
August 11, 1994, obtained from NEXIS.
(12) PR Newswire, AFSCME press release,
March 27, 1995, obtained from NEXIS.
(13) Marshall Breger, "Partisan
Subsidies: Democracy Undone," The Washington Times, December 6,
1983, p. 2C.
(14) Joseph R. Wright, Jr., testimony
in Hearing on Proposed Revisions to OMB Circular A-122, Committee
on Government Operations, U.S. House of Representatives, 98th
Cong., 1st Sess., March 1, 1983, p. 2.
(15) See "Impact of Federal Budget
Proposals Upon the Activities of Charitable Organizations and the
People They Serve," Independent Sector, June 1995, p. 314.
(16) Editorial, "Financing the Left,"
The Washington Post, April 26, 1982
(17) The dollar amounts provided are approximate, based on information provided by congressional offices from searches in the Federal Assistance Awards Data System (FAADS) database. All financial data cover the period from June 1993 to July 1994, unless otherwise specified. Numbers in parentheses are reference numbers for programs listed in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance.


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A little mishap occurred yesterday in St. Louis.
After I had gotten off the freeway downtown, I had to swerve a to the left. In my way was a traffic island. Normally, curbs are rounded, but this one had a sharp corner.
Well, that sharp corner sliced my driver's side front tire and rear driver's side outside tire. Both were torn up beyond repair. I had to get new tires.
I contacted Auto Club for a tow, but my premium RV coverage covers tows on a reimbursement basis. Plus, I would have had to pay an additional $130/hour (for 3 hours they said) for a shop-to-shop tow.
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Greeting-- We do
not have a particular group of people assigned to greet visitors.
Just be prepared! You will be greeted with many smiles, hand
shakes and yeah, we are a hugging bunch. So if you get asked
your name fifty times and someone makes a bee line across the
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ability of how to take the scripture and apply it to everyday
life. Do not expect "Bless Me" or "Atta Boy"
sermons. You will not find those here. What you will find is
a Pastor who teaches the full counsel and rightly divides the
Word of God. Through that truth you will be blessed!
Teaching Aids--
Various forms of media are used in Pastor's teachings, study
guides are handed out for you to follow along with the message.
A projector is used in different ways, and from time to time
media clips are used to reiterate the Pastor's message.
Dress-- Here at
CCC of Athens, our focus is not on what one is wearing, our focus
is on getting to know you and your family, meeting Spiritual
needs and reaching our Community for Christ. Dress comfortably
and casually. After all Pastor Carlos forgets his socks on a
regular basis!
Children-- We have
an awesome program for our children! From newborn to junior high,
all age groups are ministered to at their own level. We do not
warehouse our children, they are taught Biblical precepts by
an experienced, loving group of people.
Media Room-- Due
to a variety of reasons there are times one cannot sit in the
sanctuary and enjoy the Worship and Teaching, therefore we provide
an area where one can still enjoy the service.
If you have a question that has not been
answered here you are welcome to contact us via e-mail or phone.
With all that said we truly look forward
to you joining us Sunday Morning at 10:30 a.m.
Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday Night Prayer and Bible Study
This Wednesday Evening
6:3o pm in the Worship Center
Join In A Time of In-Depth Bible Study
Children's Activities In
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Dear Ms. Jackson:
Thank you and the NC Child Support Council for choosing me as the recipient of the Bob McGuire Scholarship this year. I greatly appreciate it. It will definitely help me financially.
Per your request, I have enclosed a picture of myself for the conference notebook. At the present time, I do plan on attending the conference on August 15.
Again, thank you so much for the scholarship award.


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New Delhi: If you're tempted to jump that red light, watch out. You may succeed in zipping away. But a minute later, you could find a traffic cop on your tail. It's the new cat-and-mouse game on Delhi roads. The traffic cops, patrolling on their new Bajaj Pulsars, are just waiting to pounce on traffic offenders and chasing them till they're caught.
The motorcycles patrol specific corridors that they are assigned in two shifts. The policemen on motorbikes mingle with the unsuspecting traffic, all the while keeping a sharp lookout for offenders. "We often take people by a surprise. We hand over the challan to them even before they can recover from the shock", says Rajiv, head constable, Delhi traffic police.
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The new chase-and-challan concept was introduced by Delhi police commissioner Y.S. Dadwal in February last year. Since then, the number of motorists fined has increased by almost four lakhs from 2007 to 2008. About 30 percent of the challans last year were issued after a chase.
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The Delhi police is proud of its new initiative. But the people caught in the new drive are complaining and charges of harassment are common. " I just stopped by to ask the cops where Lodhi colony is, but instead of helping me find my way, they issued a challan", says Amit, a commuter. "Sometimes you take a wrong lane by mistake, but does that mean you pay a challan for it?" asks another motorist.
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50-65 year Tucson, Arizona
From the High Chaparral Family to Yours"
The High Chaparral Reunion in 2016 and in all the years previous is one of the best events of this kind that you can attend. It is really a four day celebration of the High Chaparral and a celebration of all the great television shows we grew up with. Penny McQueen has done a magnificent job of bringing... Read more »
Fantastic Event"
The High Chaparral Reunion is a dream come true! It gets bigger and better every year. The organizer Penny works hard all year to make this the perfect event for every fan to attend. I promise you will have the time of your life! Read more »
50-65 year Tucson, Arizona
Keeping the West alive!"
This was my first High Chaparral Reunion, but it will not be my last! It was absolutely great to meet the stars of the TV shows many of us grew up with and learn they are real people, too!! I lived in Tucson when the High Chaparral was being filmed at Old Tucson Studios, I have since collected the entire... Read more »
65> year Puyallup, WA
Great people attend this reunion!"
As the playwright for Geronimo, Life on the Reservation, starring Rudy Ramos (Wind in the High Chaparral TV show), I attended the premier performance of the Geronimo show in 2014. I didn't know what to expect but I was so captivated I also attended the 2015 & 2016 HC Reunion. I was impressed that the stars... Read more »
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Had a lot of fun. Visiting Old Tuscon was great. My only complaint was the cost. It was a very expensive trip and I doubt that I will ever be able to afford it again. That is the only reason I didn't give it a 5 rating. Read more »
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Fun Times in High Chaparral Land!!"
How can one even describe what goes on? The panels, the shows, the autograph table, the videos and then the big day going to Old Tucson to see the house and areas that the show was filmed! It all makes for one fun trip! And you will make friends that you may have seen on Face Book but have not met till... Read more »
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Time to Re-Connect"
For me, The High Chaparral Reunion is a time of re-connection, a time for me to see old friends and talk about old times. It's a time to re-connect with the history of our country. Emphasis on re-connection. Our fans are outstanding, a good representation of the values that made us great. It's... Read more »
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I've been involved with Western Festivals since 1991 and I've never seen a better run event than the 2015 High Chaparral Reunion. Penny McQueen and all those involved made sure that both celebrities and fans alike where treated with utmost respect and had a great time. I was also proud to be the very... Read more »
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Uncle Buck"
I was touched by what appeared to me as a groundswell of interest and support for my late Uncle Cameron in his role as Buck Cannon in the show…and this kind of interest after over 40 years!! I know Uncle Cam would have been thrilled to have seen this sincere interest in both Uncle Buck and the High... Read more »
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Long Lost Family"
It's been a few weeks since "The High Chaparral" Reunion in Tucson. This was only my second time attending--thanks to Penny McQueen for asking me to participate. She and the ladies keep you running and involved, which is so much better than sitting in a hotel waiting for the next 'event.' This 5th (sic)... Read more »


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Stand Up For Skateparks
So it's been crazy. Literally, just trying to keep my head above water chasing work, and doing everything that I can to help create some work as well. With that kind of flow though sometimes my creativity can suffer, but sometimes it can thrive as well.
Lately I've been quite focused on getting some personal projects off the ground. The projects that keep me up at night. The ones I cant stop thinking about. Some of these things I can get moving faster than others, and some of these things will require chipping away at them whenever I can…Slowly but surely…
One of these projects is to do everything that I can to help get a new local skatepark built in our area. I'm a father of 4 boys, and it's just something that I want to see happen. A safe place for them to skate for themselves and with their friends. (I've made a living in the action sports industry for 12+ years now, and it's just simply something that I believe in.) It's been slow to start, but its a work in progress that will take a small army to accomplish.
I've reached out to the California Skateparks team to help us out in our efforts, and they have been beyond helpful in our efforts already to this point…And we haven't even really started yet!
All I have to say is that it's quite easy to get stuck in a world of chasing work, staying busy, and never allowing yourself to really step back to take a look at what really matters to you. I literally had to stop myself physically & mentally recently in order to do this, and I'm already starting to feel more like myself again…I have to believe that coming back to some of these basic core values will not only be fun for myself, my kids, and our community, but also help me in my work as well…The work that I make a living doing…
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