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Cops bloodied an 84-year-old man and put him in the hospital Sunday when he jaywalked
Jaywalking is as much a part of New York as fake Rolex watches and people complaining how much more real the city used to be. But that's not something that you can expect a Red Sox fan who eats pizza with a knife and fork like William Wilhelm Jr. aka Bill de Blasio to get.
As part of a ridiculous Swedish Vision Zero traffic plan to eliminate all traffic deaths in New York (no seriously), he cracked down on jaywalking. People are still getting hit by cars, but an 84-year old man ended up beaten by cops for jaywalking.
And then Bill de Blasio was caught jaywalking, just like he was caught speeding, because laws are for little people, not for limousine liberals.
He talks the talk — but won't walk the walk.
Mayor de Blasio, who has been lecturing about pedestrian safety since he stepped foot in City Hall, strolled across a Brooklyn street against the light Friday in a blatant jaywalking violation.
Hizzoner was gabbing on his old-school flip-phone as he slowly made his way across 11th Street on Sixth Avenue in Park Slope — and his NYPD detail faithfully jaywalked with him.
A Post reporter caught the foot faux pas on video a day after de Blasio's SUV was filmed blowing through two stop signs in Queens and twice going 15 mph over the speed limit.
A prickly de Blasio went for the walk after punting questions about his lead-footed detail to the NYPD, saying the maneuvers were a matter of police "security protocols."
At an afternoon press conference, de Blasio refused to take questions about the jaywalking or his laundry list of moving violations in Queens.
Meanwhile here's what happens to New Yorkers during a Vision Zero crackdown who aren't the progressive mayor.
Cops bloodied an 84-year-old man and put him in the hospital Sunday when he jaywalked at an Upper West Side intersection and didn't appear to understand their orders to stop, witnesses said.
Kang Wong was strolling north on Broadway and crossing 96th Street at around 5 p.m., when an officer told him to halt because he had walked against the light.
Neither the hospital nor the cops would allow him to see his dad until after 10 p.m., explaining that since he'd not been admitted, he was not a patient, but a "prisoner.''
Early Monday, cops fingerprinted Wong and charged him with jaywalking, resisting arrest, obstructing governmental administration and disorderly conduct.
Cops beat down an 84-year-old man and charged him with jaywalking, but they jaywalk along with Bill de Blasio, because it's De Blasio Time.


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Four days before the election, Minnesota for Marriage is releasing two new television ads. The campaign to define marriage as a man and a woman in the state constitution has spent $3 million on ads.
The ads take a soft and hard approach to convincing voters to back the marriage amendment.
In the first ad, eight women explain that you can be kind to gay people and still vote for the amendment banning same-sex marriage.
"We can support gays and lesbians without changing marriage," a woman says in the ad.
The second contains the sound of shattered glass, illustrating what the ads says are broken promises that same-sex marriage won't change society.
Minnesotans United for All Families, the main group working to defeat the amendment, said in a statement that claims in the ads are false and misleading, and that the amendment would exclude some Minnesotans from the freedom to marry just because of who they are.
Minnesotans United is running its own television ads, the latest features Republican Rep. John Kriesel urging Minnesotans to vote no.
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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 71 (Monday, April 14, 2014)] [Notices] [Pages 20874-20880] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2014-08361] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Applications for New Awards; Title III, Part A, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (ANNH) Program AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Overview Information: Title III, Part A, Alaska Native-Serving and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (ANNH) Program Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2014. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Numbers: 84.031N and 84.031W. DATES: Applications Available: April 14, 2014. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 2, 2014. Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: August 1, 2014. Full Text of Announcement I. Funding Opportunity Description Purpose of Program: The Title III, Part A, ANNH Program is authorized under Section 317 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA) to provide grants to eligible institutions of higher education (IHEs) to enable them to improve and expand their capacity to serve Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians. Institutions may use these grants to plan, develop, or implement activities that strengthen the institution. Priorities: This notice contains two competitive preference priorities and one invitational priority. The competitive preference priorities are from the Department's notice of final supplemental priorities and definitions for discretionary grant programs, published in the Federal Register on December 15, 2010 (75 FR 78486), and corrected on May 12, 2011 (76 FR 27637) (the Supplemental Priorities). Competitive Preference Priorities: For FY 2014 and any subsequent year in which we make awards from the list of unfunded applicants from the competition, these priorities are competitive preference priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), we award up to two points for each competitive preference priority. The maximum competitive preference points an application can receive under this competition is four depending on how well the application meets these priorities. These priorities are: Competitive Preference Priority 1--Increasing Postsecondary Success. Projects that are designed to address the following priority area: Increasing the number and proportion of high-need students (as defined in this notice) who persist in and complete college or other postsecondary education and training. Competitive Preference Priority 2--Improving Productivity. Projects that are designed to significantly increase efficiency in the use of time, staff, money, or other resources while improving student learning or other educational outcomes (i.e., outcome per unit of resource). Such projects may include innovative and sustainable uses of technology, modification of school schedules and teacher compensation systems, use of open educational resources (as defined in this notice), or other strategies. Note: The types of projects identified in Competitive Preference Priority 2 are suggestions for ways to improve productivity. The Department recognizes that some of these examples, such as modification of teacher compensation systems, may not be relevant to this program. Accordingly, applicants should consider responding to this competitive preference priority in a way that improves productivity in a relevant higher education context. Invitational Priority: For FY 2014 and any subsequent year in which we make awards from the list of unfunded applicants from this competition, this priority is an invitational priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) we do not give an application that meets this invitational priority a competitive or absolute preference over other applications. This priority is: Support activities that strengthen Native language preservation and revitalization at the IHE. Note: There are no additional points awarded for the invitational priority. Definitions: The following definitions are from the Supplemental Priorities and apply to the priorities in this notice: High-need children and high-need students means children and students at risk of educational failure, such as children and students who are living in poverty, who are English learners, who are far below grade level or who are not on track to becoming college- or career- ready by graduation, who have left school or college before receiving, respectively, a regular high school diploma or a college degree or certificate, who are at risk of not graduating with a diploma on time, who are homeless, who are in foster care, who are pregnant or parenting teenagers, who have been incarcerated, who are new immigrants, who are migrant, or who have disabilities. Open educational resources (OER) means teaching, learning, and research [[Page 20875]] resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use or repurposing by others. Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1057-1059d. Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82, 84, 85, 86, 98 and 99. (b) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR part 607. (c) The Supplemental Priorities. Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 apply to all applicants except Federally recognized Indian tribes. Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to IHEs only. Note: The eligibility criteria for this competition, including the enrollment of needy students and expenditure provisions, are set forth in section III.1. Eligible Applicants of this notice. The tie- breaker provisions are set in section V.3. Tie-breaker for Grants of this notice. II. Award Information Type of Award: Discretionary grants. Estimated Available Funds: $1,874,766. Contingent upon the availability of funds and the quality of applications, we may make additional awards in FY 2015 from the list of unfunded applicants from this competition. Estimated Range of Awards: $200,000-$859,000 per year. Estimated Average Size of Awards: $624,922 per year. Maximum Award: We will reject any application that proposes a budget exceeding $859,000 for a single budget period of 12 months. The Assistant Secretary for the Office of Postsecondary Education may change the maximum amount through a notice published in the Federal Register. Estimated Number of Awards: 3. Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice. Project Period: Up to 60 months. III. Eligibility Information 1. Eligible Applicants: This program is authorized by Title III, Part A, of the HEA. An IHE that has been designated as an eligible institution for the ANNH Programs may apply for the grants announced in this notice. At the time of application, an Alaska Native-Serving Institution must have an enrollment of undergraduate students that is at least 20 percent Alaska Native. 34 CFR 607.2(e). At the time of application, a Native Hawaiian-Serving Institution must have an enrollment of undergraduate students that is at least 10 percent Native Hawaiian. 34 CFR 607.2(f). To qualify as an eligible institution under any Title III, Part A program, including the ANNH Programs, an institution must-- (a) Be accredited or preaccredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association that the Secretary has determined to be a reliable authority as to the quality of education or training offered; (b) Be legally authorized by the State in which it is located to be a junior college or to provide an educational program for which it awards a bachelor's degree; (c) Be designated as an ``eligible institution'' by demonstrating that it: (1) Has an enrollment of needy students as described in 34 CFR 607.3; and (2) has low average educational and general expenditures per full-time equivalent (FTE) undergraduate student, as described in 34 CFR 607.4. Note: For purposes of establishing eligibility for this competition, on January 13, 2014, the Department published a notice inviting applications for eligibility designation in the Federal Register (79 FR 2161). The deadline for submission of the designation of eligibility application was March 7, 2014. Only institutions that submitted the required application and received designation through this process are eligible to submit applications for this competition. Relationship between Title V, Title III, Part A and Part F Programs. Note 1: Title V and Title III, Part A--A current grantee under the Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Program which is authorized under Title V of the HEA, may not receive a grant under any HEA, Title III, Part A program. Note 2: Title III, Part A--A current grantee under the Strengthening Institutions Program (SIP), Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISI) Program, Native American-Serving Nontribal Institutions (NASNTI) Program, and the Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian (ANNH) Program authorized by section 317 of the HEA, may not receive a grant authorized under any other Title III, Part A program. Note 3: Title III, Part F--A current grantee under the AANAPISI, NASNTI, Hispanic Serving Institutions--STEM and Articulation (HSI-- STEM), Predominantly Black Institutions (PBI) Programs, and ANNH Program authorized by Title III, Part F, Section 371 of the HEA, may not receive a grant authorized under any other Title III, Part F program under Section 371. Note 4: Title III, Part A; Title III, Part F--An eligible IHE may submit a Title III, Part A and a Title III, Part F grant proposal and may receive funding under both Parts if the IHE is not already receiving funding under one or both Parts at the time the applications are submitted. (See Note 2 and Note 3). Note 5: Individual Development Grant and Cooperative Arrangement Grant--An eligible IHE that submits applications for an individual development grant and a cooperative arrangement grant in this competition may be awarded both in the same fiscal year. However, we will not award a second cooperative arrangement grant to an otherwise eligible IHE for an award year for which the IHE already has a cooperative arrangement grant award under the ANNH program. 2.a. Cost Sharing or Matching: This program does not require cost sharing or matching. b. Supplement-Not-Supplant: This program involves supplement-not- supplant funding requirements. Grant funds shall be used so that they supplement and, to the extent practical, increase the funds that would otherwise be available for the activities to be carried out under the grant and in no case supplant those funds (34 CFR 607.30(b)). IV. Application and Submission Information 1. Address to Request Application Package: You can obtain an application via the Internet using the following address: http:// http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov. If you do not have access to the Internet, please contact LaTonya Brown, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street NW., Room 6029, Washington, DC 20006-8513. Telephone: (202) 502-7619, or by email: [email protected]. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1- 800-877-8339. Individuals with disabilities can obtain a copy of the application package in an accessible format (e.g., braille, large print, audiotape, or compact disc) by contacting the program contact person listed in this section. 2. Content and Form of Application Submission: Requirements concerning the content of an application, together with the forms you must submit, are in the application package for this program. Page Limits: The application narrative (Part III of the application) is where you, the applicant, address the selection criteria. We have established mandatory page limits for the Individual Development Grant and Cooperative Arrangement Grant applications. You must limit the application narrative (Part III) to no more than 50 pages for [[Page 20876]] the Individual Development Grant; and 70 pages for cooperative arrangement grants. This page limit requirement is separate from the five additional pages for the ``Other'' sections. Note: Please include a separate heading when responding to each priority. For the purpose of determining compliance with the page limit, each page on which there are words will be counted at one full page. Applicants must use the following standards.
A ``page'' is 8.5'' x 11'', on one side only, with 1'' margins at the top, bottom, and both sides. Page numbers and an identifier may be outside the 1'' margin. Double space (no more than three lines per vertical inch) all text in the application narrative, except titles, headings, footnotes, quotations, references, captions and all text in charts, tables, figures, and graphs. Charts, tables, figures, and graphs in the application narrative may be single spaced and will count toward the page limit. Use a font that is either 12 point or larger, and no smaller than 10 pitch (characters per inch). Use one of the following fonts: Times New Roman, Courier, Courier New, or Arial. An applications submitted in any other font (including Times Roman and Arial Narrow) will not be accepted. The page limit does not apply to Part I, the Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424); the Supplemental Information for SF-424 Form required by the Department of Education; Part II, the Budget section and the Budget Information Non-Construction Programs (ED 524), with the exception of the budget narrative justification which is part of the page limitations of the application narrative section Part III); Part IV, the assurances and certifications; or the one-page program abstract, the resumes, the bibliography, or the letters of support. However, the page limit does apply to all of the application narrative section (Part III), including the budget responses of the selection criteria and the ``Other/CPP'' section and ``Other/IP'' section for the priorities. Note: Each of the Priority sections (Other/CPP and Other/IP) is limited to five pages. If you exceed the five-page limit under any one of the Priority sections, we will reject your application. If you include any attachments or appendices not specifically requested in the application package, (such as resumes under Key Personnel) these items will be counted as part of your application narrative (Part III) for the purpose of the page limit requirement. You must include your complete response to the selection criteria in the application narrative. Note: Sections A-C of the Budget Information-Non-Construction Programs Form (ED 524) are not the same as the narrative response to the Budget section of the selection criteria. The supporting narrative for the activity detail budget form lists the requested budget line items line by line. We will reject your application if you exceed the page limit. 3. Submission Dates and Times: Applications Available: April 14, 2014. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 2, 2014. Applications for grants under this competition must be submitted electronically using the http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov Apply site (http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov). For information (including dates and times) about how to submit your application electronically, or in paper format by mail or hand delivery if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, please refer to section IV.7. Other Submission Requirements of this notice. We do not consider an application that does not comply with the deadline requirements. Individuals with disabilities who need an accommodation or auxiliary aid in connection with the application process should contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of this notice. If the Department provides an accommodation or auxiliary aid to an individual with a disability in connection with the application process, the individual's application remains subject to all other requirements and limitations in this notice. Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: August 1, 2014. 4. Intergovernmental Review: This program is subject to Executive Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. Information about Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs under Executive Order 12372 is in the application package for these programs. 5. Funding Restrictions: We specify limitations on allowable costs in 34 CFR 607.30. We reference additional regulations outlining funding restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice. Applicability of Executive Order 13202. Applicants that apply for construction funds under the Title III, Part A programs, must comply with Executive Order 13202, signed by former President George W. Bush on February 17, 2001, and amended on April 6, 2001. This Executive Order provides that recipients of Federal construction funds may not ``require or prohibit bidders, offerors, contractors, or subcontractors to enter into or adhere to agreements with one or more labor organizations, on the same or other construction project(s)'' or ``otherwise discriminate against bidders, offerors, contractors, or subcontractors for becoming or refusing to become or remain signatories or otherwise adhere to agreements with one or more labor organizations, on the same or other construction project(s).'' However, the Executive Order does not prohibit contractors or subcontractors from voluntarily entering into these agreements. Projects funded under these programs that include construction activity will be provided a copy of this Executive Order and will be asked to certify that they will adhere to it. 6. Data Universal Numbering System Number, Taxpayer Identification Number, and System for Award Management: To do business with the Department of Education, you must-- a. Have a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number and a Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN); b. Register both your DUNS number and TIN with the System for Award Management (SAM) (formerly the Central Contractor Registry (CCR)), the Government's primary registrant database; c. Provide your DUNS number and TIN on your application; and d. Maintain an active SAM registration with current information while your application is under review by the Department and, if you are awarded a grant, during the project period. You can obtain a DUNS number from Dun and Bradstreet. A DUNS number can be created within one-to-two business days. If you are a corporate entity, agency, institution, or organization, you can obtain a TIN from the Internal Revenue Service. If you are an individual, you can obtain a TIN from the Internal Revenue Service or the Social Security Administration. If you need a new TIN, please allow 2-5 weeks for your TIN to become active. The SAM registration process can take approximately seven business days, but may take upwards of several weeks, depending on the completeness and accuracy of the data entered into the SAM database by an entity. Thus, if you think you might want to apply for Federal financial assistance under a program administered by the Department, please allow sufficient time to obtain and register your DUNS [[Page 20877]] number and TIN. We strongly recommend that you register early. Note: Once your SAM registration is active, you will need to allow 24 to 48 hours for the information to be available in http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov and before you can submit an application through http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov. If you are currently registered with SAM, you may not need to make any changes. However, please make certain that the TIN associated with your DUNS number is correct. Also note that you will need to update your registration annually. This may take three or more business days. Information about SAM is available at www.SAM.gov. To further assist you with obtaining and registering your DUNS number and TIN in SAM or updating your existing SAM account, we have prepared a SAM.gov Tip Sheet, which you can find at: http://www2.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/sam-faqs.html. In addition, if you are submitting your application via http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov, you must (1) be designated by your organization as an Authorized Organization Representative (AOR); and (2) register yourself with http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov as an AOR. Details on these steps are outlined at the following http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov Web page: www.grants.gov/web/grants/register.html. 7. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under the ANNH Programs must be submitted electronically unless you qualify for an exception to this requirement in accordance with the instructions in this section. a. Electronic Submission of Applications. Applications for grants under the Alaska Native-Serving Institutions Program (CFDA number 84.031N) and the Native Hawaiian- Serving Institutions Program (CFDA number 84.031W) must be submitted electronically using the Government wide http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov Apply site at www.grants.gov. Through this site, you will be able to download a copy of the application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit your application. You may not email an electronic copy of a grant application to us. We will reject your application if you submit it in paper format unless, as described elsewhere in this section, you qualify for one of the exceptions to the electronic submission requirement and submit, no later than two weeks before the application deadline date, a written statement to the Department that you qualify for one of these exceptions. Further information regarding calculation of the date that is two weeks before the application deadline date is provided later in this section under Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement. You may access the electronic grant application for this competition at www.Grants.gov. You must search for the downloadable application package for this program by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.031, not 84.031N). Please note the following: When you enter the http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov site, you will find information about submitting an application electronically through the site, as well as the hours of operation. Applications received by http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov are date and time stamped. Your application must be fully uploaded and submitted and must be date and time stamped by the http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov system no later than 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. Except as otherwise noted in this section, we will not accept your application if it is received--that is, date and time stamped by the http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov system--after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. We do not consider an application that does not comply with the deadline requirements. When we retrieve your application from http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are rejecting your application because it was date and time stamped by the http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov system after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. The amount of time it can take to upload an application will vary depending on a variety of factors, including the size of the application and the speed of your Internet connection. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you do not wait until the application deadline date to begin the submission process through http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov. You should review and follow the Education Submission Procedures for submitting an application through http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov that are included in the application package for this competition to ensure that you submit your application in a timely manner to the http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov system. You can also find the Education Submission Procedures pertaining to http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov under News and Events on the Department's G5 system home page at www.G5.gov. You will not receive additional point value because you submit your application in electronic format, nor will we penalize you if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, as described elsewhere in this section, and submit your application in paper format. You must submit all documents electronically, including all information you typically provide on the following forms: the Application for Federal Assistance (SF 424), the Department of Education Supplemental Information for SF 424, Budget Information--Non- Construction Programs (ED 524), and all necessary assurances and certifications. You must upload any narrative sections and all other attachments to your application as files in a PDF (Portable Document) read-only, non-modifiable format. Do not upload an interactive or fillable PDF file. If you upload a file type other than a read-only, non-modifiable PDF or submit a password-protected file, we will not review that material. Your electronic application must comply with any page- limit requirements described in this notice. After you electronically submit your application, you will receive from http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov an automatic notification of receipt that contains a http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov tracking number. (This notification indicates receipt by http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov only, not receipt by the Department.) The Department then will retrieve your application from http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov and send a second notification to you by email. This second notification indicates that the Department has received your application and has assigned your application a PR/Award number (an ED-specified identifying number unique to your application). We may request that you provide us original signatures on forms at a later date. Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of Technical Issues with the http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov System: If you are experiencing problems submitting your application through http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov, please contact the http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov Support Desk, toll free, at 1-800-518-4726. You must obtain a http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number and must keep a record of it. If you are prevented from electronically submitting your application on the application deadline date because of technical problems with the http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov system, we will grant you an extension until 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, the following business day to enable you to transmit your application electronically or by hand delivery. You also may mail your application by following the mailing instructions described elsewhere in this notice. If you submit an application after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date, please contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of this notice and provide an [[Page 20878]] explanation of the technical problem you experienced with http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov, along with the http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number. We will accept your application if we can confirm that a technical problem occurred with the http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov system and that that problem affected your ability to submit your application by 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. The Department will contact you after a determination is made on whether your application will be accepted. Note: The extensions to which we refer in this section apply only to the unavailability of, or technical problems with, the http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov system. We will not grant you an extension if you failed to fully register to submit your application to http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov before the application deadline date and time or if the technical problem you experienced is unrelated to the http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov system. Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement: You qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, and may submit your application in paper format, if you are unable to submit an application through the http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov system because-- You do not have access to the Internet; or You do not have the capacity to upload large documents to the http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov system; and No later than two weeks before the application deadline date (14 calendar days, or, if the fourteenth calendar day before the application deadline date falls on a Federal holiday, the next business day following the Federal holiday), you mail or fax a written statement to the Department, explaining which of the two grounds for an exception prevent you from using the Internet to submit your application. If you mail your written statement to the Department, it must be postmarked no later than two weeks before the application deadline date. If you fax your written statement to the Department, we must receive the faxed statement no later than two weeks before the application deadline date. Address and mail or fax your statement to: LaTonya Brown, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street NW., Room 6029, Washington, DC 20006-8513. FAX: (202) 502-7861. Your paper application must be submitted in accordance with the mail or hand delivery instructions described in this notice. b. Submission of Paper Applications by Mail. If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, you may mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or a commercial carrier) your application to the Department. You must mail the original and two copies of your application, on or before the application deadline date, to the Department at the following address: U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number 84.031N or 84.031W), LBJ Basement Level I, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202-4260. You must show proof of mailing consisting of one of the following: (1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark. (2) A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the U.S. Postal Service. (3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial carrier. (4) Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education. If you mail your application through the U.S. Postal Service, we do not accept either of the following as proof of mailing: (1) A private metered postmark. (2) A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service. If your application is postmarked after the application deadline date, we will not consider your application. Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before relying on this method, you should check with your local post office. c. Submission of Paper Applications by Hand Delivery. If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, you (or a courier service) may deliver your paper application to the Department by hand. You must deliver the original and two copies of your application, by hand, on or before the application deadline date, to the Department at the following address: U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number 84.031N or 84.031W), 550 12th Street, SW., Room 7039, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-4260. The Application Control Center accepts hand deliveries daily between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, except Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal holidays. Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper Applications: If you mail or hand deliver your application to the Department-- (1) You must indicate on the envelope and--if not provided by the Department--in Item 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number, including suffix letter, if any, of the competition under which you are submitting your application; and (2) The Application Control Center will mail to you a notification of receipt of your grant application. If you do not receive this notification within 15 business days from the application deadline date, you should call the U.S. Department of Education Application Control Center at (202) 245-6288. V. Application Review Information 1. Selection Criteria: The selection criteria for these programs are in 34 CFR 607.22(a) through (g). Applicants must address each of the following selection criteria (separately for each proposed activity). The total weight of the selection criteria is 100 points; the maximum score for each criterion is noted in parentheses. (a) Quality of the Applicant's Comprehensive Development Plan (Maximum 25 Points). (b) Quality of Activity Objectives (Maximum 15 Points). (c) Quality of Implementation Strategy (Maximum 20 Points). (d) Quality of Key Personnel (Maximum 7 Points). (e) Quality of Project Management Plan (Maximum 10 Points). (f) Quality of Evaluation Plan (Maximum 15 Points). (g) Budget (Maximum 8 Points). 2. Review and Selection Process: We remind potential applicants that in reviewing applications in any discretionary grant competition, the Secretary may consider, under 34 CFR 75.217(d)-(3), the past performance of the applicant in carrying out a previous award, such as the applicant's use of funds, achievement of project objectives, and compliance with grant conditions. 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Does the World Need More "Traditional Legal Analysis" in Law Review Notes?
Phil Telfeyan, the Harvard Law Review's Avenger, Moot Court Winner, and milliner's dream, has a new note out in the HLR: "Never Again Should a People Starve in World of Plenty".
Paul Horowitz, noting that Telfeyan also wrote a previous heterodox case comment [see update #2 below], says the controversy about odd writings from the HLR is worth "a two-paragraph blog post and not more. And I am not knocking the observation that injustice is bad; heaven forfend." But David Bernstein, writing on Volokh, seems to disagree. He writes: "If there is any traditional legal analysis in this Note, it's not obvious (though I admit that I didn't read the entire thing)." It's implied that this absence is a bad thing. [Update: Glenn Reynolds jumps on the bandwagon.]
I have read the whole thing (it was a breezy 22 pages). Apart from an embarrassing error on the first page, I can't say that I agree that David. On page three (@ 1888) Telfeyan talks about Rawls' theory of justice; later on, he even cites a case (at note 15, Griffin v. Illinois). But in the bigger picture, the argument sounds pretty ordinary to me: legal rules and, in particular, our professional choices as lawyers, should be infused by equality principles. The driving force is Peter Unger's work about poverty and our responsibility to alleviate it. It wasn't a particularly revolutionary piece of writing, but what do people really expect from a student note?
More broadly, as the title of this post suggests, I question whether it is desirable that every law student note play the same doctrinal tune. Law reviews used to be more heterogeneous: case comments, advice on incorporating a business, and high-theory mingled together. Only in the last few decades did we arrive at the modern form of blockbuster article of doctrinal theory (or, today, statistically motivated theory) and, at the back of the book, a series of mini-mes: notes, rarely cited, that followed the same conventions and engaged in the same basic project as the academics' articles. As I've suggested before, I think that the modern student note, chock-full of "traditional legal analysis," is basically a waste of students' and readers' time. This is particular true at schools where student editors will almost certainly never become academics – that is, almost everywhere. Instead, reviews should consider significant changes in their current practices – moving toward collaborative treatises, or, perhaps more radically, legal writing that non-lawyers would want to read. (As a bonus, it could lead more folks to read professors' boring, but traditional, work in the front of the book.) Shucks, maybe law reviews should follow the example of the Green Bag, and re-write the bible from a lawyer's perspective.
[Update: Someone claiming to be Telfeyan is blogging about the note. Another entrepreneurial idea for law reviews – blogs about student notes!]
[Update #2: I've been informed by a reliable source that (1) Telfeyan didn't write the earlier Phillip Morris case comment; and (2) there is a dispute as to whether he wrote the posts on ATL under the name "Harvard Law Avenger". More if I hear more.]


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Earl Russell: Looking for middle ground, I would suggest that it means where the claim of torture is supported by expert organisations or professional medical witnesses.
Lord Williams of Mostyn: That is what I have tried to meet in answer to the very helpful conversations I have had with the noble Baroness and the noble Lord, Lord Dholakia. I dealt with that matter last time. I do not say it was a concession; that would sound graceless. I was extremely pleased to have their informed intervention, and I think I met their legitimate concerns.
The Lord Bishop of Southwark: While the Minister is on that point, I should like to say that I have been reflecting upon the earlier exchange between him and the noble Baroness, Lady Williams of Crosby, about whether or not the promises made should be put on the
Lord Williams of Mostyn: I shall come to that when I have finished the point I am dealing with now, because I should deal with the amendments in a coherent pattern. I am dealing now with Amendment No. 186, which concerns the specific question to which my noble friend Lord Clinton-Davis spoke.
I repeat that if the evidence referred to in the amendment is evidence which has been accepted, the claim will have been upheld. If it is evidence by way of assertion, which it could be, it will apply to virtually every asylum seeker.
Baroness Williams of Crosby: The Minister was kind enough to refer to the earlier concession that he made in the light of the conversations that he had with my noble friend Lord Dholakia and me, for which we are extremely grateful. In the course of those conversations he said that where a general practitioner agreed that there was a prima facie case that there could be torture he would accept that the cost of attending a more senior and expert medical practitioner would be borne as part of the support system. We were very grateful for that.
I think that what my noble friend Lord Russell has in mind is the possibility that where a GP agreed that there was a prima facie case there might be an argument for considering additional support along the lines of the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Clinton-Davis, specifically in that rather specialised group of cases where the GP has conceded the likelihood of torture but where there has not been a final outcome to the case, which, as the noble Lord rightly said, would bring it within the terms of the convention.
Lord Williams of Mostyn: I certainly think there is a case to be considered there. I hope that I can develop my response to it as I proceed.
What the noble Baroness has said is really about introducing a single or dual filter: whether one takes the certificate of the general practitioner or the concluded view of the medical foundation as the final arbiter. I take her point that that builds in safeguards, which are needed, because otherwise assertion will be the same as evidence. It is morally wrong to treat people who have genuinely been tortured in the same way in every instance as those who simply assert it, maybe wrongly.
What I have to say is important to many voluntary organisations with a particular interest in this field. Incidentally, I forgot a long time ago to declare that I was once a patron of an organisation called Redress, which deals with people in this capacity. I hope that the Committee will forgive me retrospectively.
We shall instruct officers dealing with asylum cases that they must be particularly careful and sensitive when they deal with people who say they have been tortured, and that rape or other sexual violence should be treated as torture. I know that some members of the Committee have been very keen to underline that. The noble Lord, Lord Dholakia, has done so on a number of occasions, saying that in some communities rape is an even more horrendous act than in others, because it is used as a particular device; almost, I think, the noble Lord said on another occasion, as an activity of war. Therefore, those will be the instructions given. Obviously, if there has been torture it is a very important element in deciding whether an asylum seeker qualifies for refugee status.
I return to the general points that were put by the noble Lord, Lord Alton, and those who supported him. I agree that if one has been tortured there will be many consequences, which will not simply be physical. They may be long-term. There again I say--and I believe we should take the credit for it--that if there is a family one or more of whose members have been tortured it is a good deed to tell them "Your application will be dealt with in two months, and if you have an appeal you will know where you are in six months". I put this as humbly as I can when I say that this is part of the restorative process, which I know will be long term, that I think the noble Lord had in mind.
We want, therefore, to have determinations carried out as swiftly as possible. If the person's account is believed, he or she is accepted. If it is not believed, he or she will not qualify for refugee status. But where the asylum seeker is part of a family containing a dependant under the age of 18, I repeat, we continue to offer support until they have left the United Kingdom.
I go further, because the noble Earl and the noble Baroness quite properly wanted to draw these points out. Where an asylum seeker evidences a particular need for treatment arising from torture or sexual violence, he or she will have the freedom to apply under the asylum support scheme for this to be covered as an essential living need. I think that was the specific question the noble Earl put to me. He or she will have access to the health service, and to social services at a local authority level, to get the help, support and treatment needed.
We want to deal with all asylum seekers equitably, and I believe that treating them in the way that our scheme provides brings that about.
The noble Viscount, Lord Brentford, asked about extra finance for local authorities. My understanding is that funding local authority services for asylum seekers will be part of the normal spending assessments associated with the local government finance settlement.
A number of Members of the Committee raised the question of children's organisations. We had a most useful meeting just a few days ago in the Home Office with some representatives from Save the Children, UNICEF, Barnardo's, the Children's Society and the Refugee Council. They raised particular questions about details of how the scheme might work in practice. I undertook that if they wrote to me I would give them every consideration as regards any assurance I could give them, whether in writing or in this Committee,
Amendment No. 186YA is a minor drafting amendment. We made an identical amendment to Clause 4, and I say no more about it.
We next come to Amendment No. 187ZZA, concerning the processing times for asylum applications. I have made my position plain. We will not bring in the new support arrangements if we have not reached the position that I have mentioned in answer to the noble Baroness. I am told that we shall be able to achieve that target. Work is in hand to ensure that the average time for appeal is kept down to no more than four months. If we need to defer commencement--it is possible--we can do so by means of the commencement order powers in the Bill.
It is not right to say that we are making asylum seekers worse off than people in receipt of social security benefits. I repeat what I said when I made the announcement about the additional cash for children; that is, that they will be broadly in the same position. The noble Lord, Lord Hylton, was seeking to press me on asylum seekers receiving disability benefits and what will happen to those who may be in transition. I paraphrase what he said, but I believe that I do so fairly.
Lord Hylton: I was concerned about the backlog and the impact of the whole of Part VI on them.
Lord Williams of Mostyn: The backlog--by which I mean people who are in receipt of disability benefits at the moment--is very small. Their rights will be preserved until the next review of the situation. I repeat, the generality is that entitlement to disability benefits was removed in 1996 but a small number of people are still in receipt of them.
I know the anxiety expressed, but I repeat that exceptional types of support can be provided under Clause 86(2) for those who are disabled. We are looking to one-stop shops funded by the Home Office which will provide advice from experienced workers in the field.
I dealt with the point of the noble Earl, Lord Russell. I hope that I have dealt with all the queries. I do not mistake the importance which Members of the Committee attach to these matters, but in return I ask that, when we make improvements--and we have--the nature of them should be widely disseminated. Many people have concerns which were raised at the outset when the Bill was published. Some of them were misplaced. I understand that. Some of them were well based and we have met a good deal of them. So I do not ask all Members of the Committee immediately to join this side of the Chamber and sit behind my noble friend and myself. However, we have made concessions and it is better that people should know about them rather than be fearful.
I cannot accept these amendments. I have taken a little while but thought it appropriate.
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Authorities say they plan to charge an Augusta man with murder after the death of his 3-month-old son on Thursday.
Corduray Keith Scott, 22, of the 1800 block of Fayetteville Drive, was arrested on Monday and charged with first-degree cruelty to children, according to Richmond County sheriff's Lt. Scott Peebles. He will now be charged with murder, Peebles said.
An ambulance brought the baby to University Hospital Monday after the child was found trembling and "appearing to have a seizure," according to the warrant application for Scott's arrest.
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The baby suffered nine broken ribs and two detached retinas, Peebles said. He had been on life support.
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Two Burke County pupils were hit by a car Thursday morning while trying to board their school bus.
The children, 5-year-old Trebione Sumter and 7-year-old Jaquan White were taken to the Medical College of Georgia Hospital for treatment, according to a Georgia State Patrol dispatcher.
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The driver of the vehicle, Dennis Mulhorn, 44, of Evans, is charged with improper passing of a school bus and failure to exercise due care, according to a dispatcher. Both charges are misdemeanors.
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The victims told deputies they were sitting in the playground area on the lower level of the Riverwalk at about 8:50 p.m. when three men approached -- one with a pistol -- and demanded money, a Richmond County Sheriff's report said.
The men took a purse and wallet then ordered the couple to walk westbound on the Riverwalk and not to look back, the report said. A witness saw the robbers leave from the dirt parking lot at 6th and Reynolds streets in a black Nissan Sentra.
Appling man reveals county chairman bid
Touting fiscal responsibility in government, retired businessman Brett McGuire formally announced Thursday his bid to run for Columbia County Commission chairman.
"I am tired of irresponsible out-of-control spending at the local, state and federal levels," McGuire said. "Since 2002, our county population has grown by 19.2 percent, but our revenue has skyrocketed 78.9 percent, which to me indicates that the hard-working taxpayers of this county are being robbed."
McGuire made the announcement during the grand opening of his campaign headquarters at 4158 Washington Road, Suite 10. The Appling resident hopes to unseat commission Chairman Ron Cross in the July 20 Republican primary.
Two students selected for military academies
Two Columbia County students have been selected to attend U.S. military academies.
Greenbrier High student Nicole Burdette has been accepted to the U.S. Air Force Academy and Evans High student Steven Hubbard has been accepted to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
Both students were nominated by U.S. Rep. Paul Broun.
"Attending one of the nation's military academies is a tremendous achievement," Broun said in a statement. The congressman also has nominated seven other area students for appointment to military academies.
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Today marks the 37th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court case that legalized abortion nationwide.
Augustans opposed to abortion will mark the event with several observances, including a memorial at 2 p.m., Saturday in front of Planned Parenthood of Augusta, 1289 Broad St. The event includes music, speakers and prayers. Call (706) 793-8090.
In Aiken, the Pregnancy Care Center will mark the occasion by releasing 400 balloons in memory of abortions performed in Aiken County last year. The event is 11 a.m. to noon Saturday at 225 Barnwell Ave. N.W. Call (803) 649-9890.


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"I was a little scared of it," Theron told me last night at the L.A. premiere of the film.
Why? Because she plays a raging alcoholic.
"There are two things I always think actors find really hard—playing drunk and driving scenes," Theron admitted. "So I was a little trepidatious about it. But Jason was really great at just kind of pulling back and saying 'When you're drunk, you try not to be drunk,' so that was my guideline. I was like, She's a pro, so she doesn't stumble that much."
That's debatable—because she does a lot of stumbling around in the movie. I dare you not to squirm in your seat during her confrontation with the wife (Elizabeth Reaser) of her high school boyfriend (Patrick Wilson).
And then there's one of the most awkward boozy loves scenes I have ever witnessed on the big screen. I won't tell you anymore about that because it's one of those you-gotta-see-it-to-believe-it moments.
Screenwriter Diabo Cody wasn't on the Long Island set during filming because she was back in L.A. with her newborn. "I was in this blissful cozy stage of life, but I'd watch the dailies at night and be like, 'Whoa! She's going for it!' It's not that I hadn't imagined that, but she is so intense and really takes risks. She does not hold back at all."
Also at last night's premiere were Reitman, Reaser, Patton Oswald, Collette Wolfe, Sir Ben Kingsley, J.K. Simmons and Paramount Pictures boss man Brad Grey.


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2017 Press Conference Press Release (2017/05/11)
In order to shorten working hours, the Labor Standards Act — One Fixed Day Off and One Flexible Rest Day Policy — was officially set in motion on the 1st of January this year. Both before and after its implementation, managerial groups had repeatedly accused, through the media, that the policy substantially increased costs, especially the newly implemented "Rest Day" overtime pay. Management of healthcare services to which the Labor Standards Act applies to also have expressed disapproval, believing that this act will severely impact the operation of these medical institutions. Taiwan Nurses Union noted that Taiwan's nursing workplace has long been known for its harsh working conditions, so what form exactly will working hours and scheduling take after the implementation of the One Fixed Day Off and One Flexible Rest Day Policy? From March 1st to April 25th, the Taiwan Nurses Union investigated the working hours and environment of nursing staff, in hopes of showing actual working conditions. A total of 600 questionnaires were collected, and the nurses surveyed had an average working experience of 8.3 years (+8.1), while 33% worked in medical centers, 39% in regional hospitals and 19% in district hospitals.
Since 1998, nursing has been incorporated into the domain of the Labor Standards Act for almost twenty years. However, the labor administration has found via annual labor inspections that violations of the Labor Standards Act are common among many medical institutions. According to the Labor Inspection conducted by the Department of Labor in 2015, cases of violation were as high as 100%. In other words, every single hospital that was inspected had violated the Labor Standards Act. Article 24 of the act, regarding overtime labor regulations, was violated the most with a rate of 88.9%. Following close behind, with a violation rate of 72.2%, was Article 83, which states that a labor-management conference must be held to promote worker-employer cooperation and increase work efficiency. This demonstrates that hospital treatment towards nurses in regards to long working hours, excessive workload, and the right to rest is still severely inadequate. In addition, according to the survey conducted by the Union of Nurses Association, the turnover rate for nurses in December 31st of 2005 is 12.15% (while it is 18.82% within a year of working among new graduates ). To some extent, this is due to the adverse work environment in the field of nursing, which is the motivation behind the Nurses Union's relentless advocacy for labor inspections in accordance to the Labor Standards Act, in order to ensure that it is observed after its implementation.
The purpose of the questionnaire given by the Union is to investigate whether or not the One Fixed Day Off and One Flexible Rest Day Policy actually improved the working environment of nursing staff, especially in regards to changes in working hours, overtime pay, and days off. Survey results show that even though the average daily working hours have slightly decreased, with day shifts now being 9.96 hours (from 10.36 hours before the implementation of the law), early night shifts being 9.34 hours (from 9.45 hours), and long night shifts being 9.4 hours (from 9.82 hours), nurses are still working overtime by 1.5 to 2.0 hours daily. However, because working hours among nurses and manpower are closely intertwined, and the main cause for overtime is that many hospitals are reluctant to increase manpower, the policy is no doubt a way to keep employers in check. While the survey showed that working hours have slightly decreased, problems associated with the nurse-patient ratio in medical centers and district hospitals continue to worsen. The nurse-patient ratio is 10.1 in medical centers (from 9.6 before implementation), 13.3 (13.1) for regional hospitals, and 15.7 (18.9) in district hospitals, the only area in which there was relative improvement.The nurse-patient ratio serves as an important index for gauging the nursing work environment and health care quality that the Nurses Union monitors long-term. According to hospital evaluation criteria, the nurse-to-patient ratios of medical centers, regional, and district hospitals are 9, 12 and 15 respectively. This means that medical centers and regional hospitals are clearly operating below the evaluation criteria, leading to the overworking of nursing staff and a sacrifice of patient care quality. Moreover, this current condition is completely against President Tsai's pledge that, "all medical institutions should achieve reasonable nurse-to-patient ratios, as well as improve working hours and the treatment of workers in accordance to the Labor Standards Act." (2016.03.09) The Union hopes that the Ministry of Health and Welfare will take an increasingly active role in policy making regarding these issues.
In addition, this investigation also looked into the working hours and scheduling of nurses after the implementation of the One Fixed Day Off and One Flexible Rest Day Policy. Among the cases investigated, up to 46% of nurses indicated that the policy was put into effect in terms of scheduling, while 31% adopted a four-week flextime schedule and 15% for a two-week flextime schedule. Although hosting a labor conference is a legal requirement for the implementation of flextime scheduling, up to 66% are unsure whether flextime scheduling was adopted by way of a labor conference. Moreover, 13% of respondents indicated that they adopted flextime scheduling without discussing it in a labor conference. Because it is common practice to shift rest days, fixed days off, and national holidays around, most nurses work a three-shift schedule. However, this type of work schedule allows employers to arbitrarily change shifts, make unreasonable deductions and depriving workers of resting time. Up to 68% of nurses reported that the nursing scheduling system does not adequately mark out rest days and holidays, causing holidays to be arbitrarily changed. 47% of nurses even indicated that their employers required them to work on their fixed day off.
Although, since January 1st, 2014, nurses have been exempted from the "responsibility system" (working hours based upon the number of patients and workload instead of a time based system) (Article 84, Section 1 of Labor Standards Act), problems associated with working overtime and the accumulation of leave days still exist. How is the accumulation of leave days dealt with after the implementation of the new policy? 38% of respondents indicated that their employers paid overtime according to the law, but only with an average hourly rate of NTD $164, with 23% receiving less than the legal overtime pay. Similarly, 23% reported being asked to make up the hours missed from their fixed off days and 11% were forced to give up their accumulation of leave days. Taiwan Nurses Union said that hospitals have long been maliciously garbling issues associated with the accumulation of leave days, as it is hard to distinguish the the exact hours of leave accumulation due to overtime working or being on-call. This problem is further exacerbated by the implementation of the Labor Standards Act that stipulates the necessity for overtime pay, as the vague and unclear methodology used to document leave accumulation makes it difficult to distribute the correct payment.Thus, labor authorities should strengthen advocacy efforts.
In addition, special leave has been an option nominally, but not actually, available to nurses in the past. While the new policy hopes to give nurses control over their leave days, up to 44% of nurses responded that their employers decided their special leave days. Only 21% were allowed to arrange it themselves, while 34% were able to schedule their leave days after discussing with colleagues. 15% indicated that when they were unable to go on special leave, their employers paid them at a lower hourly rate than usual, and another 15% were forced give up their legal right to special leave. In regards to national holidays, 56% were given compensatory leave as promised, and only 18% received overtime pay. An alarming 26% said that they were forced to give up their legal right to holiday leave. As a result, Taiwan Nurses Union calls for the inclusion of the special leave and national holidays into the checklist for labor inspection, so that there is de facto implementation of the good intentions of the policy makers.
Taiwan Nurses Union indicated that the One Fixed Day Off and One Flexible Rest Day Policy is no doubt a way to keep employers in check, forcing all acts suppressing labor rights to surface. Ever since the policy was set in motion, employers have been complaining that there is little flexibility in hiring and managing employees, but these grievances are simply a vocalization of their anger from being caught for exploitation. The cost of not hiring enough nurses to match the legal standard and overworking them is a sacrifice in patient care quality and a continued loss of nursing staff. In a rapidly aging society, where long-term care is an urgent need with rising demand, should the people of Taiwan not be worried? Only by actively monitoring the government and healthcare institutions, while asserting the need to implement the Labor Standards Act and to lower the nurse-to-patient ratio will ensure a higher quality of patient care. In fact, according to a study by the European Union (2016, 2017), the best solution to battle the continued decrease in number of nurses is to improve working conditions. This include decreasing working hours to 39 to 30 hours per week, increasing rest time, as well as reducing the workload and work-related stress. Well-rested and healthy nurses translate to a lower turnover and sick leave rate.
According to this investigation, little improvement was made on nurses' labor conditions. Hospitals may have made slight adjustments after the implementation of the Labor Standards Act, but the workload of nurses in fact increased. Thus, we object and demand the following:
Taiwan Nurses Union:Zxyyan Lu(0928718776)
Taiwan Labour Front Secretary-general:孫友聯 (0937059057)
護理職業於民國87年納入勞基法的適用範圍,迄今已近20年。但從勞工主管機關每年例常性勞動檢查中發現,各醫療院所違法勞基法工時的情況相當普遍。以2015年台北市勞工局由陪鑑人員參與的勞動檢查為例,違法單位更高達100%,也就是說每一家受檢的醫院都有違法情況,無一倖免。其中以違反第24條延長工時規定的情況最多,高達88.9%;而違反第83條未依法召開勞資會議者,也有72.2%,顯示醫院對於護理師工時過長、工作負荷過大,以及休息權保障不足的問題仍然嚴重。(http://bola.gov.taipei/public/Attachment/611115532460.pdf)。另外,根據護理師公會的調查,105 年 12 月 31 日離職率是12.15%(新畢業生一年內則是18.82%,已排除任職三個月內離職者),某種程度上和護理師惡劣的勞動環境有關,因此本會長年呼籲各級政府勞工主管機關應針對勞基法加強勞檢,以確保勞基法勞動條件保障的落實。
護理師早於103年一月一日被排除於勞基法84-1條責任制外,但是工時過長無法休息,以及護理職場累積時數(積假)的問題仍然存在。新法實施以後,累積時數如何被處理?有38%受訪者表示雇主依法給付加班費,但平均每小時只有164元,而23%違法給付不足額的加班費,而同樣有23%要求擇期補休,但有11% 的受訪者被強迫「自動放棄」。臺灣護理產業工會表示,長期以來累積時數的問題往往被醫院惡意混淆,也就是說,勞工無法釐清累積時數是來自平常日的加班或者是on-call,新法上路後更有休息日出勤的加班給付,因此也就完全無法爭取符合法律的「正確給付」,勞工主管機關應加強宣導。
一、 勞動部加強勞動檢查,特休假之實施也是重點,並以工會成員作陪鑑員,深入監督職場實務工作;
二、 健保署公布護病比,同時應公布離職率及留任率;
三、 衛福部醫院評鑑檢視護病比,應改為各單位每位護理師直接照護人數,而非全院護理人員數及病人數。
臺灣護理產業工會理事長 盧孳艷 0928718776
勞陣秘書長 孫友聯 0937059057


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I have a bluray player(DivX,MP4) and a DVD player(DivX) that i have used to burn DVD Video (Mpeg2) (from VHS source) since i can only fit 3 hours of VHS footage (720x576) onto DVD9 I am hoping to try other codecs DivX and H264 (H264 for bluray player)
How many hours of DivX ( MP2 audio ) VHS footage can you store onto a DVD9 and what resolution to use (720x576, 640x480, 352x576) i want to keep the 4:3 AP
Is the AVI the most stable container for DivX codec and what version of DivX offers the best compression,quality and compatibility with most DVD/Bluray players (DivX 3.xx, DivX 4.xx, DivX 5.xx, XVID, DivX 6.xx)
How many hours of MP4 H.264 ( AAC audio) VHS footage can you store onto a DVD9 and what resolution to use (720x576, 640x480, 352x576) i want to keep the 4:3 AP
Is the MP4 the most stable container for H.264 codec and any advantages/disadvanatges of using MPEG-4 AVC codec rather than H.264
Thanks in advance
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If you are talking about "storage" of video files to a DVD disc AS DATA....then you can continue this conversation.
You can fit as many hours of footage onto a DVD9 as you are willing to put up with (qualitywise). It is all down to bitrate.
3hours = 10800 sec.
DVD9 = 7.96GB, or 8140.8MB or 65126.4Mb
65126.4 / 10800 = 6Mbps.
Depending on your material (H'wood movies vs. shaky, low-light home movies), you ought to be able to get DOUBLE your current amount by using 1/2 the bitrate (though it would best be matched using 1/2 D1 resolution of 352x576 instead of the full D1). Since VHS-sourced material doesn't have the resolution to begin with, you really aren't sacrificing much.
AFA other, more efficient codec options (Divx, h.264 MP4), this depends a LOT upon the implementation as exists in your hardware players. Yet, you didn't give us any model# details regarding either of them, so we have little way of knowing exactly what they are capable of (and I'm not about to try guessing).
In general, MPEG4-ASP (aka Divx / Xvid) is 1.5x-2x more efficient than MPEG2 (given the same source materials & equivalent parameters). MPEG4-Part10 (aka h.264 / AVC) is 1.5-3x more efficient than THAT (so, 2.25x-6x vs. MPEG2, depending upon many conditions).
Standard Divx, BY DEFINITION, used the AVI container (newer implementations of HD Divx uses MKV, IIRC). AFA compatibility and quality is concerned, your best bet is to go with either Xvid or Divx 5.x or 6.x, if you do deciide to convert.
MP4 is the NORMAL (usual?) container for AVC, though many container formats do support it. As mentioned just above, AVC ≡ h.264, so there wouldn't any differences better or worse.
BTW, I think you mean 4:3 AR (aspect ratio), not AP.
Note: regardless of whether you go the 1/2 bitrate 1/2D1 MPEG2 route, or the Divx/Xvid or AVC routes, by converting & recompressing your existing footage, you WILL be losing quality. And with VHS source footage, you don't have much quality to begin with.
Resolution is irrelevant but at lower resolutions you can potentially get away with lower bit rates and not notice a drop in quality, which would allow you to fit more video on a disc.
We've had reports of some recently made BD/DVD players that now flat out refuse to play any files encoded with Divx rather than Xvid. This is a licensing thing. You can fix such files by using a free program like AVI FourCC Code Changer to change the FourCC code to Xvid. This does not involve any re-encoding and tricks the player into playing the file. Such players actually can play Divx encoded files (there's nothing magical about Divx vs. Xvid) but the Divx guys may have made their license charge high enough that nobody wants to pay it now, so the player simply refuses to play Divx encoded files rather than get hit with a licensing violation issue.
I normally would NEVER say resolution was irrelevant. In this case, certainly the expectation of quality based on resolution is different because of the inherent reduced resolution of the source VHS. Maybe I'm not understanding what you're getting at. In the overall quality equation (a superset of the filesize/bitrate equation), resolution is very much an important factor.
Many thanks for the reply
Sorry my players are LG BD560 and Pioneer DV-610 AV they both have USB ports which when i connect a pen drive or portable hd can play most of my PC video files (xxxxx.avi, xxxxxx.mp4, xxxxxxxx.mkv) (Mp4,mkv bd560 only)
Can i create a DVD9 PC DATA DISC with a pc file system (1990wedding.avi, 1988birthday.mp4) which will show the files when i put the DVD9 data disc into the DVD Player, bluray player, or is this something which is reserved for the usb port only
Sorry for any confusion
file size = bitrate * running time
Even though your BD560 plays MP4, MKV, AVI, etc. files those are not part of the DVD spec. The next player you buy may not support any of them.
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A prominent high-tech entrepreneur and his wife were killed yesterday when their private plane crashed on the Greek island of Zakinthos.
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The Greek authorities located the crashed aircraft by triangulating the location of the couple's cellular phones. Their bodies were discovered nearby. The Israeli consul in Athens, Eli Sena, left for the crash site to assist in transferring the couple's remains to Israel, and the Sharfmans' son flew to Greece along with the Transportation Ministry's chief aerial accidents investigators, Yitzhak Raz.
Sharfman is one of the best-known figures in Israel's high-tech industry. After earning his Ph.D. in nuclear physics at Carnegie Mellon University, he spent 11 years at National Semiconductor in a variety of roles before leaving to establish the Internet security company CommTouch. He then went on to establish the price comparison service Dealtime.com, which later developed into Shopping.com. Shopping.com was bought by eBay for $634 million in 2005. Sharfman was also founding chairman of e-snips.com, an Internet-driven social networking site.
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