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Comment Number: | 522418-12462 |
Received: | 7/17/2006 10:00:29 PM |
Organization: | Quixtar |
Commenter: | David O'Herron |
State: | NY |
Subject: | Business Opportunity Rule |
Title: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
CFR Citation: | 16 CFR Part 437 |
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It is best to bundle up warmly again the chill of mid-November night and to lie down on a lawn chair wrapped inside a blanket or observe from the comfort of a sleeping bag. A thermos of a hot beverage such as coffee, tea or soup makes a good companion.
Because Leo does not start coming fully into view until the after midnight hours, that will be the best time to concentrate on looking for the Leonid meteors. The hours after midnight are generally best for watching for "shooting stars" anyway, because before midnight we are riding on the back side of the Earth in its orbit around the sun, whereas after midnight we are on the front or advancing side.
After midnight the only meteoroids escaping collision are those ahead of the Earth and moving in the same direction with velocities exceeding 18.5 miles per second. All others we will either overtake or meet head-on. But before midnight, when we are on the backside, the only meteoroids we encounter are those with velocities high enough to overtake the Earth. Therefore, on the average, morning meteors appear brighter and faster than those we see in the evening.
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Belgian radio station, Classic 21, will be broadcasting tracks recorded live at David's Mermaid Theatre concert tomorrow at about this time.
So, if you're mourning the end of the tour, this could be just the fix you need.
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I hope you've seen the latest photos from Gdańsk over in the Galleries. There are some great ones, including the one above, so do have a butcher's.
Many thanks to everyone who has popped into the chatroom over the last two days. Do continue to let me know what you think of it, and if you'll ever consider going back for more.
The next chat will be tomorrow at 5PM UK time.
Please keep checking the calendar for details of the latest scheduled chat sessions.
That's all for the weekend. Have a good one.
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Geoff Duffy [Bitterness, sorrow, regret, disappointment... I'll be feeling better on Tuesday night, I hope. - Features Editor]
I say lets go dutch 1 all should suffice
Rgds Geoff Duffy( Dublin )
John(not from Florida) ["Lemme know how you guys feel after bleed out for a week every month for some 30 odd years..~Erin"]
Dear God No… let's not get into this..It's a no win situation for either side…but how about dragging a blade of steel across your face every day for the last forty years!(pits and legs don't count as it's only occasional)..Luv YOU still and forever always..Vive La Difference!!!
(heehee…feel free not to post this F.E. Huge can of worms you might want to put the lid on, but just had to comment)
Julie Gunn Davies Good day FEd,
Hope you did not sing yourself too hoarse and hope you had a nice weekend regardless. After all, life is too short to be sad.
Jan says: [Julie, your post made me feel (almost) like I was there.(darn) Thank you again for taking the time to be so thorough in your post.]
I have tried to describe the event as best that I could in order to help people envisage it in their mind's eye. It was so good, I just had to share it with everyone here. I am so glad that it made you feel like you were there. I also had to make a record of the sessions as I am so busy nowadays, I don't get time to reflect on anything so I guess you can liken it to a diary entry.
By the way FEd, I have decided not to submit my report to any other website. It rightfully belongs here only.
If I get a chance I will have a bash at the chatroom sometime this week.
Best regards.
Julie[That's what we like to hear, Julie. The fansites pinch enough from our pages as it is, sometimes not even bothering to disguise the fact. - Features Editor]
Michèle [Fed's correct... and the english language must be female! one minute it means this then it means that! Sorry ladies but you know I'm right ;-) - Rudders]
Surely, you're right, maybe you could even change 'minute' into 'second', no problem, would you like to live with a too constant and boring wife ?
Anyway, ladies will always have the last word, since "l'Homme propose et la Femme dispose" (from Alphonse Allais, écrivain et humouriste français )
hmmm… 'proposer' = to suggest
'disposer' = to decideDon't you agree ?
Melissa [Dear God No... let's not get into this..It's a no win situation for either side...but how about dragging a blade of steel across your face every day for the last forty years!(pits and legs don't count as it's only occasional)..Luv YOU still and forever always..Vive La Difference!!! - Posted by: John(not from Florida) at September 12, 2006 04:13 AM]
I am chomping at the bit on this one Fed, but I will pass in perfect lady like fashion. (NOT)
It is no secret that men love women, so no matter what you say or think about us you love us. That's why we are so difficult and hard to please……because we got the goods.
Boy I really sound like a "b" with an itch. I'm really not.
Just for fun.
Melissa (*_*) -
Thomas O'Connell I went to pick up the new re-releases of David's 1st two solo cd's(which they still haven't received)and they were playing a song from John Martyn cd. While it was playing, I noticed the guitar solo sound like David Gilmour. So I looked at the cd and sure enough it's David playing the solo(It was great) and it turns out he plays almost on the whole cd. I was wondering if you could help me find other cd's where David is playing on most of the album.
Thank you,
Thomas[Paul McCartney's 'Run Devil Run' is one. Dream Academy's 'A Different Kind Of Weather' is another. - Features Editor]
John(not from Florida) [It is no secret that men love women, so no matter what you say or think about us you love us. That's why we are so difficult and hard to please......because we got the goods.Just for fun.Melissa (*_*)]
Touche Melissa…however,the reason why overpopulation exists is that we both have "goods"…Also for fun…By the way my phone # is….Oh men! so impossible!!!
Peter Happy Wednesday,
By the way, for those who have not yet got David's solo re-releases I saw them for £6.99 each in 'Borders'. Not sure how the price compares.
Pete – Coventry
Melissa [Touche Melissa...however,the reason why overpopulation exists is that we both have "goods"...Also for fun...By the way my phone # is....Oh men! so impossible!!! - Posted by: John(not from Florida) at September 13, 2006 12:06 AM]
Happy Wednesday,
I will not argue with you there. I almost believe in some forms of forced birth control. Touchy subject. But just look at some of the people we coexist with.
Melissa (*_*)
Thomas O'Connell Well Fed, I went out and picked up Paul's Run Devil Run and The Dream Academy's A Different Kind of Weather. But while I was talking with the mate who sold the cd's, He was saying that Davids brother was in the group. Maybe so,But I have to say that the music is good.
Thanks FEd,
ThomasPS. I hope things get a little Bit better with the Blog, Because I can really tell that your at wits end and really upset and I really don't blame you. You have rules and if we don't listen to you after you have already warn us again. I wouldn't blame you if you shut down the Chat Room.
Well I better go, But if you can think of any other albums that David had played on. (Even if he only plays the Triangle on it):} Maybe you can let me know on the chat line, If you have time.
[David's brother, Mark, was in a band called The Act with Nick Laird-Clowes before Nick formed Dream Academy. I don't think Mark was ever in Dream Academy, though. Glad you like them. If you can get Liona Boyd's 'Persona' - assuming that you like instrumentals - then that's worth tracking down. David plays guitars on the title track and two others ('L'Enfant' and 'Sorceress'). Although I don't think David plays on it, he produced parts of Kate Bush's debut, 'The Kick Inside', which is another great album... - Features Editor]


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GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks slide, dollar gains after Fed minutes
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* Equities falter, but dollar rises after release of Fed minutes
* Bonds fall as many investors still see tapering in September
* Oil prices fall on reports Libya may resume exports
By Herbert Lash
NEW YORK, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Global equity markets slid and the dollar strengthened on Wednesday after minutes from the latest Federal Reserve policy-setting meeting failed to suggest when its buying of bonds would slow, but also did not alter the eventuality of those plans.
U.S. equities dropped to session lows and the dollar strengthened further soon after the release of minutes from the Fed's policy-setting meeting in late July. But Wall Street later rebounded a bit when the minutes offered no new clues on when it would begin to trim its buying of $85 million a month in bonds.
The minutes showed differences among members of the Federal Open Market Committee as to when the Fed should start winding down its stimulus. However, the minutes did not materially change the market's expectation of a September tapering.
"The July FOMC minutes ... show a Fed that did not wish to alter the message it gave following the June FOMC meeting and the semi-annual statement and did not wish to alter market expectations," said Alan Ruskin, global head of foreign exchange strategy at Deutsche Bank in New York.
"That does not smack of a Fed going out of its way to fight the back-up in bond yields."
Stocks on Wall Street traded near break-even, with the Dow and the S&P 500 slightly lower.
In a thin market there is no reason for equities to sell off, and therefore they bounced back, said Rick Meckler, president of hedge fund LibertyView Capital Management LLC, Jersey City, New Jersey.
"Investors who had quickly pulled the trigger to sell upon seeing no follow-through, just bought back," Meckler said. "We know eventually they will taper, but there's no evidence it's happening any faster than the last time they spoke."
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 84.02 points or 0.56 percent, to 14,918.97, the S&P 500 lost 6.6 points or 0.4 percent, to 1,645.75 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 6.229 points or 0.17 percent, to 3,607.361.
MSCI's all-country stock index was down 0.53 percent at 368.25, while the pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index of top regional shares closed down 0.6 percent at 1,207.71.
The dollar edged higher from a six-month low against the euro and gained versus the yen.
The euro was down 0.37 percent at $1.3367. The dollar index, which measures the greenback versus a basket of six currencies, rose 0.44 percent to 81.261. Against the yen, the dollar rose 0.58 percent to 97.82.
U.S. Treasuries prices fell, as did German bond prices before the release of the Fed minutes.
The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note was down 14/32 in price to yield 2.8695 percent.
German 10-year bond yields rose as high as 1.892 percent, just below levels on Monday that were the highest since March 2012, and last yielded about 1.87 percent.
German Bund futures settled 47 ticks lower at 140.14.
Before the minutes were released, a report showed U.S. home resales rose in July to the highest level in over three years, suggesting sharply rising borrowing costs are having only a limited impact on the housing market's recovery.
The National Association of Realtors said on Wednesday that existing home sales jumped 6.5 percent, well above analysts' expectations, to an annual rate of 5.39 million units.
Analysts said the August nonfarm payrolls data, due on Sept. 6, will be closely watched by investors and policymakers to determine whether improvement in the U.S. labor market is enough to justify scaling back stimulus.
Half the economists polled by Reuters expect the Federal Open Market Committee to begin slowing its asset purchases from September.
Brent crude oil fell below $110 a barrel on reports some Libyan oil exports might soon resume and on news the Seaway crude oil pipeline had shut, halting shipments from the U.S. Midwest to the Gulf Coast.
Brent futures for October settled down 34 cents at $109.81 a barrel. U.S. October oil fell $1.26 to settle at $103.85 a barrel.
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Freetrack works just as well as TrackIr. It's all down to how much time you want to spend to get it right. Sure, time is money but still - can't compare free/cheap to 200-250 USD with the argument that it's not as refined.
Freetrack works just as well as TrackIr. It's all down to how much time you want to spend to get it right. Sure, time is money but still - can't compare free/cheap to 200-250 USD with the argument that it's not as refined.
How can it? 60FPS vs 15FPS on average. 30FPS will drop down the resolution on most web cams to something less than half that of a TrackIR. You need the PS3 cam to make it work well too if you want a decent res.
Examples from people on the web that have both:
He bought a TrackIR 4 which is half the resolution of the 5. I guess Freetrack is better than nothing, but it is not TrackIR. Not to mention the internal sensor of a TrackIR is about 200Hz.Since TrackIR 5 has come out the price of 4Pro has dropped to $100. I bought one and I don't regret it. It worked better than FreeTrack right out the box. Its WAY smoother and I haven't even tweaked it to my liking yet. Awesome.
Also, no battery required.
At the risk of sounding like a commercial, if you can afford TrackIR, buy it!
30 has a lag of 33ms
5 has a lag of 5ms
I stand by my statement.
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What do you mean by "30 has a lag of 33ms" and "5 has a lag of 5ms"?
With a wiimote you get 100hz, not that you need it. I get 30hz and i don't have any problem with jitter or lagging. The resolution means notihng in this case. Have you tried freetrack?
That's all good xman. But my freetrack works great with no noticeable lag or anything. Runs at 30fps with 640x480 resolution. Absolutely no problems at all. TrackIR might have better specs, and might be better (hell yeah, you pay $200 for it), but I have absolutely no complaints about Freetrack and it works as it should. So as long as it works good and does it's job I don't understand why Freetrack cannot be a good alternative. It all comes down to on how much you can (and want) to spend on headtracking. I don't agree that Freetrack is not a good alternative for TrackIR.
Any way, maybe we should get back to the HOTAS discussion from the OP
I was lookin at the saitek 65 pro, what is the whole pressure sensitivity all about?
Response time. 5 ms is what you get for a response time from TrackIR 5 at 200 Hz.
100Hz wiimote - I read about that and it is a pain in the butt not only to set up, but to use.
Resolution means everything for accuracy, but this is a separate subject from response rate. You are mixing up the two.
But I agree with the next comment - back to the thread at hand.
Intel Core i7 980X EXTREME, 24 Gig RAM, 240 Gig Revo x 2 SSD, 2 X EVGA (SC) 680GTX's, Win 7 64 Pro,
Single 27 inch Monitor, Oculus Rift V 1.0, Track IR 5, HOTAS Warthog, SIMPEDS Pedals..Arma3 Ready... not....
What are you using for Rudder pedals on the Warthog? I have a Cougar and an RCS. Not having an input on the warthog is one of the reasons I haven't upgraded.


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All schools and colleges
Is Ofsted asking for more than the legal requirements?
Who should be included on the single central register?
Is there still a need for a three-year rolling programme of CRB checks?
Who can enter the information on the single central register?
Whose name should appear as the person who carried out the check?
Will a school be judged inadequate because its perimeter fence has holes or is too low?
Do sixth form students employed in their own school have to be CRB checked?
Legal requirements
Q. Is Ofsted asking for more than the legal requirements?
A. No, Ofsted is not asking for more than the law requires or statutory guidance strongly recommends. Ofsted inspects to the legislation and government guidance, and is not asking for anything more.
Checks for visitors
Q. Are Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks required for all visitors or volunteers to schools and colleges?
- Visitors Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks are not required for visitors. Visitors do not have unsupervised access to children.
- Volunteers Checks are required for those who have regular and unsupervised access to children and young people.
However, schools and colleges have been advised by CRB and in Safeguarding children and safer recruitment in education that a robust risk assessment should take place first. Schools and colleges should be able to provide such risk assessments and be able to explain the rationale for those who have been checked and those who have not. The key test is 'frequent' or 'intensive' contact with learners. The definition of 'frequent' and 'intensive' was clarified in December 2009 by Sir Roger Singleton and the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families.
Checking visiting staff
Q. Is written confirmation required that all recruitment and vetting checks have been carried out on individuals who come in to a college or school from an outside agency?
A. Yes, but the requirement depends on the type of staff involved.
Visiting staff
Visiting staff who do not have unsupervised access to children and young people – such as initial teacher education mentors and tutors – do not require a CRB check. The normal risk assessment that applies to all visitors should be quite sufficient.
Visiting staff who do have unsupervised access to children and young people – such as educational psychologists, social workers, supply teachers, trainee teachers, nurses, sports coaches, MOD personnel and inspectors – should be CRB checked by their 'providing' organisation: the supply agency, the university, primary care trust, local authority and so on.
It is sufficient, for schools and colleges to seek written confirmation that appropriate checks, including CRB checks have been carried out and by whom – most commonly the relevant human resources department (it is not necessary to specify a named individual) – and to confirm the identify of these visitors. It is not necessary (or practicable) to require a date for such checks unless the providing organisation supplies a list of named individual supply staff.
Contracted staff
Contracted staff that come into regular contact with children and young people – such as cleaning, caretaking and kitchen staff – should be included on the single central register (the next set of FAQs covers the single central register); as in the case of agency supply staff, written assurances from the providing organisation – for example, the local authority – or copies of contracts referring to staff who have access to children are sufficient proof that the relevant checks have been undertaken. There is no need for schools and colleges to repeat these checks.
This requirement is usually included in the contract that schools, colleges and/or local authorities will have set up. Therefore a letter or copy of a contract that states that an agency or contractor has carried out all appropriate checks, including CRB checks, is sufficient.
Some organisations have taken a similar approach to the one Ofsted uses for its own staff; a link to their website where they explain their position regarding CRB and employment checks. This is perfectly adequate. In these circumstances, it is not reasonable or practicable to expect dates or names of those who did the checking. To see an example on the Ofsted website, please visit:
Part-time staff
Part-time staff may use the same CRB check for two or more posts as long as they are at a similar level and the school or college has satisfied itself about their veracity and appropriateness. This might include, for example, a teacher employed part time for planning, preparation and assessment (PPA) or supply cover in one school and as a classroom assistant in another.
Police officers and police staff
Q. There seems to be some confusion over the need for CRB checks when serving police officers or police staff work in schools – some local authorities and schools think they are needed while others do not. What is Ofsted's position on this?
A. Ofsted is not a legislator. Our inspectors are bound by government safeguarding requirements, but Ofsted does not determine what those requirements are. However, in line with the exemption granted by the previous Home Secretary, Ofsted recognises that checks for police officers and police staff are more stringent than those for CRB and that an Enhanced CRB Disclosure is not required in most circumstances.
Police officers and staff who are visiting schools in their professional capacity are only required to produce some form of endorsement of their status and their identity. Their official warrant card or identity card showing the appropriate photographic evidence would be quite sufficient in these circumstances. However, both the police service and Department for Education have previously made it clear that for activities where an individual employed by the police service is acting as an ordinary volunteer (for example going on a residential trip in a personal capacity as a parent or helper) then currently an additional CRB check should be undertaken by the school/individual. This requirement may change as a result of the current more general review of the CRB regime to find a sensible balance in ensuring that children are appropriately safeguarded but that valuable resources are not wasted with unnecessary checks.
Student work placements
Q. I run a childcare course for students aged 16-18 who have regular work placements in schools and nurseries as part of the course. I apply for CRB checks for all the students at the start of the course; some of the work placement providers allow the students to start their placement before the checks are completed, but others do not. Who is right?
A. This depends on how the students are working while on placement.
As long as the placement provider – for example a school or nursery – can ensure that the students are supervised at all times, it is permissible for them to start their placements pending the completion of the CRB check. However, if the school or nursery cannot provide this level of supervision, they are entitled to ask for the completed CRB check before the placement starts.
The single central register
There is key information about the single central register in Safeguarding children and safer recruitment in education.
Q. Who should be included on the single central register?
A. Safeguarding children and safer recruitment in education makes it clear in paragraphs 4.49 and 4.50 which staff schools and colleges should list on the single central register.
Below is a summary of the two paragraphs.
Schools and further education colleges [but no other education or training providers] must keep and maintain a single central register of recruitment and vetting checks on the following people:
- all staff who are employed to work at the school, and those staff in further education colleges providing education
- all staff who are employed as supply staff to the school or as supply staff providing education to the further education college, whether employed directly by the school, further education college or local authority or through an agency [checks required in respect of agency staff are described in the 'Is written confirmation required...' FAQ above]
- all others who have been chosen by the school or further education college to work in regular contact with children; this will cover volunteers, governors who also work as volunteers within the school or further education college
- people brought into the school or further education college to provide additional teaching or instruction for pupils but who are not staff members; for example, a specialist sports coach or artist.
It does not include peripatetic staff supplied by the local authority who are entered as recommended in the local authority's single central register.
For all visitors not included on the single central register, schools and colleges should require them to sign in. Where unsupervised access to children is likely – for example, visiting local authority staff – schools and colleges should check their proof of identity.
Q. Should schools and colleges retain documents that are evidence of identity? Previous advice indicated that schools and colleges should destroy this information.
A. This advice is correct.
Schools and colleges do not have to retain documents that are evidence of identity, once these documents have been verified and the single central register includes the name of the person who did so. However, please see the following FAQ on evidence of the right to work in the UK and the requirements of the UK Border Agency.
Q. Are there different rules about retaining evidence when it is in support of the right to work in the UK?
A. Yes, but they are not Ofsted's rules. The requirements in relation to the right to work in the UK are set by the UK Border Agency.
The UK Border Agency published summary guidance for employers in April 2009 explaining what they have to do to satisfy the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.
The UK Border Agency guidance states that employers should keep a copy of every document that the employee uses to support their right to work in the UK. The copies of the documents should be kept securely for the duration of the individual's employment and for a further two years after their employment has ceased. By doing this, the UK Border Agency will be able to examine an employer's right to the excuse, if the agency detects anyone working illegally for that employer.
Q. Do schools and colleges have to include the unique reference numbers for staff appointed before 2007?
A. This depends on the circumstances.
Schools and colleges are required to have full records on all relevant staff, including those in post on 1 January 2007.
If these have not been recorded previously, it is the school/college's responsibility to ask for unique reference numbers from staff appointed before 1 January 2007, but who were in post on 1 January 2007.
However, not all staff in post on 1 January 2007 required a CRB check. Further details on this are given below.
Q. CRB checks only came into being in March 2002 – is there a need to undertake CRB checks for staff employed before March 2002, if they have not changed jobs and there are no concerns?
A. No, staff recruited before March 2002 and who have continuity of service – that is, no break longer than three months – are not required by current guidance to have CRB checks. However, there is a requirement for all these longer-serving staff who work with children and young people to have been checked against List 99*.
In general, schools and colleges are required to carry out the checks that were relevant at the time the appointment was made.
Q. Is there still a need for a three-year rolling programme of CRB checks?
A. Ofsted's expectations are the legal minimum standard; three-yearly checks are not required by law for staff in schools or in colleges and are therefore unnecessary, but may be a matter for local policy. Further checks are not required for any staff, unless the person has a break in service of more than three months. Although some schools, colleges and local authorities will still operate a policy of repeating checks periodically, this is not required by law.
However, three-yearly checks are required of staff in fostering services and adoption services, and for agency staff.
Q. Who can enter the information on the single central register?
A. This information can be entered by whoever the school/college/organisation identifies as responsible for doing so. In order to verify that they have checked the employee's or volunteer's details, each entry must show the name of the person making the check, the position held and the date when the check was completed.
Q. Does the single central register record the date when the CRB or List 99* check was carried out and who carried out check? Is it necessary to also record the date when the CRB disclosure certificate was evidenced at the school?
A. The single central register should show:
- the date on which each check was completed, or the relevant certificate obtained
- who carried out the check, that is the person in the school/organisation with overall responsibility for this.
Q. Whose name should appear as the person who carried out the check?
A. The name of the individual who was given the responsibility of checking the identity documents and completing Section X on the CRB Disclosure application.
Q. How detailed should the record of qualifications be? Do we now have to record the actual qualification held – Certificate in Education and so on? If so, do we have to go back and enter this information for all existing staff members?
A. It is sufficient for the single central register to record that the teacher holds Qualified Teacher Status and the teacher reference number against staff names where appropriate, with the name and position of the person who checked this.
Q. What physical evidence do teachers need to provide to prove they that they are qualified to teach – for example, do they need to produce their original certificates or diplomas?
A. This is a matter for the employer to determine, but there are a number of 'proofs' that could provide this assurance. Certainly, original certificates or diplomas are acceptable, as is evidence of the teacher's Department for Education number or their membership of the General Teaching Council (GTC).
Q. Will a school be judged inadequate because of minor administrative errors on its single central register?
A. No, although schools have had since April 2007 to complete the the single central register by carrying out the relevant checks and implement the register. Inspectors will give schools the opportunity to correct minor administrative errors, such a missing date, by the end of the inspection. Ofsted has published a definition of minor administrative errors in the Briefing for section 5 inspectors on safeguarding children (this is in the zip file available from the supplementary guidance and resources page) and in the November 2009 edition of Schools and inspection.
Q. Will a school be judged inadequate if there is a footpath running through a playing field used by pupils?
A. No, but it is important that the school has carefully assessed and mitigated the potential risks and taught pupils to be aware of them.
Q. Will a school be judged inadequate because its perimeter fence has holes or is too low?
A. No school has been found to be inadequate solely due to site boundary issues such as holes in the fence. But once again it is important that the school has assessed and mitigated any risks and made sure that pupils are aware of them.
Q. Will a school be judged inadequate because inspectors were offered coffee before their identities were checked?
A. No and there is no record that this has happened, but it is important that inspectors' identities are checked in the same way as those of other visitors to the school.
Q. Will a school be judged inadequate if it allows parents to drop off and collect nursery children from their classrooms?
A. No, provided, of course, that school staff are present and know the parents. This arrangement can help to build relationships between schools and families and make a positive contribution to safeguarding.
Q. Do sixth form students employed in their own school have to be CRB checked?
A. Possibly, but the requirement depends on the nature of the work done.
A CRB check is not required for students who, as part of their studies, or for their own personal development
- volunteer to work in school
- have a work placement in school.
This could include, for example, mentoring younger children or helping with after-school activities such as drama or sports clubs, or supporting a Duke of Edinburgh Award or Combined Cadet Force.
This applies both to their own school and to other schools, such as feeder primary schools.
However, if a school pays some of its students to work – for example, as cleaners or lunch-time supervisors – these students become part of the school workforce; they are, therefore, subject to the same workforce regulations as any other school employee. Unless these students are working in school at a time when there are no other children at all on the premises, they will need to be CRB checked.
Q. Is it true that new staff appointed to supervise children in boarding school accommodation can start working as soon as the school has applied for a CRB disclosure certificate? I thought they could not start work until the actual certificate had been received.
A. The national minimum standards for boarding schools were revised in September 2010. These standards apply in England to all mainstream boarding schools, for all age groups of pupil up to 18, and as appropriate to any pupils over the age of 18 who live alongside those who are under 18. The standard relevant to CRB checks for new staff now states:
38.2 With the exception of CRB disclosures, the checks in standard 38.1 must be completed before a person takes up the position. In the case of CRB disclosures, the certificate must be obtained before, or as soon as practicable after, appointment. Until the check is satisfactorily completed, the individual should be appropriately supervised.
The other checks in standard 38.1 are: check of identity against an official document such as a passport or birth certificate; Where the appointee has lived outside the United Kingdom, further checks as are considered appropriate where obtaining a CRB disclosure is not sufficient to establish suitability to work with children (such as a certificate of good conduct from the country or countries they have been living in); check on proof of relevant qualifications; and check of right to work in the UK.
Q. Do governors in sixth form or further education colleges have to be CRB checked before they can start work?
A. This question has already been covered in an FAQ for learning and skills providers, but is further elaborated here.
There is currently no requirement for governors in a sixth form or further education college to be CRB checked. As Section 4.58 of Safeguarding children and safer recruitment in education makes clear: individuals who are not wholly or mainly engaged in caring for, training, supervising or being solely in charge of under 18-year-olds only require an enhanced CRB check should a risk assessment give cause for concern. All others should be asked to sign a declaration confirming their suitability to fulfil the role.
Colleges should continue to monitor the Department for Education website to ensure they are aware of any changes as a result of the current government review of safeguarding. Ofsted will continue to work with the Department for Education to ensure that our safeguarding FAQs are up to date and reflect government requirements.
*On 12 October 2009, the three current barred lists (List 99, Proceeds of Crime Act and Protection of Vulnerable Adults scheme) were replaced by two new barred lists administered by the Independent Safeguarding Authority: the Children's List and the Vulnerable Adults' List.


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Lawyers for Facebook and its founder Mark Zuckerberg have filed a motion to dismiss a case in which a man is claiming ownership of half of the social networking company on the grounds that he paid Zuckerberg to develop its initial software code.
The filing was made in Buffalo, New York, where Paul Ceglia filed suit in 2010 against the Facebook founder.
Lawyers for Zuckerberg argued on Monday that the claim was based on forged emails and other fraudulent documents, blasting the lawsuit as a "brazen and outrageous fraud".
In their 74-page filing, the Facebook lawyers accused Ceglia of forging contracts, emails and other documents, and destroying evidence that would have undermined his case.
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"Is me you looking for." So said the dreadlocked man on bicycle as the team from The Gleaner stopped to ask him the way to Olympic bronze medal winner, Hansle Parchment's home yesterday. Little did we know we were speaking to Hensle Parchment Sr (the slight difference in the spelling of their names is due to an error at the time of registration).
He instructed us to drive down the road till we saw two containers; he'd await us there. He then took the shortcut through a narrow track and disappeared.
At the end of the journey, flag waving relatives and friends of Jamaica's newest hurdle sensation jumped and pranced in jubilation. And in their midst, the elder Parchment stood.
"We celebrating from last night. Cashew Bush to the world," the small crowd shouted. A group of men playing dominoes nearby also added to the happy shouts. Joy and pride oozed from every fibre of the senior Parchment's being. And rightly so.
He has been an active participant in his son's life to date so he was not merely rejoicing because of the victory, everyone shouted. Everyone present agreed.
"He did everything half and half with Hansle's mother," one woman said.
Parchment agreed. "I have done what I can up to now, I talk to him yesterday (Wednesday) and told him, "make sure you bring something home". The proud father and furniture maker said he had to run to a neighbour's house to catch the historic race as his TV set began to give trouble.
His son had also promised him that he would lower Dwight Thomas' 13.15 record and he did.
He became pensive as he recalled when, about age 12, Hansle told him, "Dad, one day you going to see me on TV". Not to be left out, the Olympian's stepmother, Andene Taylor, said she too had spoken to Parchment and when she told him to bring home a medal, he said, "That is what I am here for."
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As he took one of the many congratulatory phone calls that had interrupted the interview, Parchment Sr told The Gleaner he had been getting them from even well-wishers he did not know as well as Member of Parliament Fenton Ferguson, family and friends from overseas. The proud parents said when their hero returns to the island, there will be a motorcade in the town, non-stop partying and even a carnival to celebrate. The entire community is still on a high, with even women admitting they partied so much on Wednesday night, they were still a tad drunk yesterday.
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Tiffin, Ohio – November 4, 2010 – Seiberling Gymnasium, on the campus of Heidelberg University, will serve as the host site of the 2010 Ohio Athletic Conference Volleyball Tournament Nov. 5-6. It is the second straight year that the tournament champion will be crowned on the Heidelberg campus.
Semifinal action begins at 5:00 p.m. Friday with no. 2 seed Otterbein University taking on third-seeded Ohio Northern University. The night cap will feature host, and top-seeded, Heidelberg against fourth-seed University of Mount Union beginning at approximately 7:00 p.m. The winners will meet in the championship match slated for Saturday at 2:00 p.m.
Admission for the semifinal round is $10 for adults, $5 for senior citizens and $2 for non-OAC students. For championship Saturday, adults are $7, senior citizens $5, while non-OAC students are $2. OAC students are admitted free to all matches with their student identification card and only OAC lifetime passes will be honored.
For the latest information on the OAC Tournament visit the tournament website. Results and box scores will be posted. Links for live statistics and a webcast are found on the website as well.
The tournament officially began on Tuesday with the quarterfinal round played at campus sites of the higher seed. Heidelberg topped no. 8 Muskingum University in three (25-9, 25-14, 25-13) as did Otterbein over no. 7 Capital University (25-11, 25-16, 25-12) and Mount Union over Baldwin-Wallace College (25-15, 25-18, 25-10). Rounding out the quarterfinal round was Ohio Northern with a 3-1 (25-20, 25-15, 20-25, 25-21) win over no. 6 John Carroll University.
Entering the OAC semifinals Heidelberg, and head coach Jason Miller, is ranked 13th in the nation according to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA). The Berg has reached its fourth consecutive semifinal match, after not overcoming the quarters in its previous 16 appearances in the OAC Tournament. The tournament championship trophy has yet to find a home on the Berg campus, but the Berg has claimed three regular season crowns (1986, 2009 and 2010). Heidelberg stands at 30-5 overall, which marks the second most wins in a single season. It is just the second time that the Berg has reached the 30-win plateau, joining its record setting 31-victory season a year ago. The Berg enters the weekend winners of 13 of its last 15 outings. For the year, all five of its setbacks have come to opponents that have spent time in the national rankings.
Otterbein has posted a victory in 15 of its last 16 outings, including five consecutive, to boast an overall record of 26-5. The 26 wins set a new single season record for the second year in a row. It is the second straight season that the Cardinals have eclipsed the 20-win plateau after combining for just 13 wins in 2007 and 2008. Since the 1984 season, the Cardinals have racked up over 20 wins on five occasions. Otterbein is under the guidance of fourth-year head coach Monica McDonald and is in the midst of its 14th appearance in the OAC Tournament, and its second consecutive trip to the semifinals. The Cardinals are in search of its first OAC hardware in the history of the program. Otterbein has never claimed the OAC Regular Season Title or made an appearance in the OAC Tournament championship match.
The veteran of the OAC Tournament is Ohio Northern. The Polar Bears are making their 27th trip to OAC postseason play and 20 appearances have come under the guidance of 20th-year head coach Kate Witte. As a program, ONU has won a league-best 18 tournament titles, including four consecutive and seven of the last nine. Witte has guided the Polar Bears to 12 of those tournament trophies. Ohio Northern enters the tournament with an overall record of 18-11 and has won five of its last six outings, including two consecutive. As a program, the Polar Bears have brought home 21 OAC Regular Season titles.
Rounding out the field is Mount Union, who is under the leadership of fifth-year head coach Leigh Ann Matesich. The Purple Raiders are making their eighth consecutive trip to the OAC semifinals. Overall Mount Union has made 21 appearances in the OAC postseason, including 13 straight. Mount Union is vying for its first tournament title, after finishing runner-up in 1999. Following its quarterfinal win over Baldwin-Wallace, Mount Union boasts an overall record of 21-10. Mount Union has also never won the OAC Regular Season crown.


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Financial Policies
Alexander Hamilton Copley provided his long-time secretary, Amy Wade, with a lifelong residence that reverted to the Village of Morrisville upon her death in 1961. Upon authorization of Village voters the property was sold for $12,000. By 1980, this amount grew to $21,487.25. In 1980 Village voters authorized that the income of the fund be used for the beautification of Village streets and properties.
2002, Village voters authorized the sale of .8 acres off Elmore Street, with
the proceeds earmarked for the Amy Wade Fund.
In 2004 the sale was completed and the net proceeds of the sale,
$77,485, was invested in the Amy Wade Fund.
individuals, or the Village itself can make funding requests for proposed
projects. The Village Trustees are
charged with evaluation of proposals and determining which are funded.
December 31, 2005, the total assets of the Amy Wade Fund was slightly less than
$114,000. The following serve as
guiding principles for use of income earned by the Amy Wade Fund:
i) At the end of each fiscal year, but no later than February 1st
of the succeeding year, the Village Trustees will review how much interest was
generated but not spent on eligible projects.
ii) The Trustees will then decide if unspent interest will remain
classified as interest, or if it is converted to principal. In making this decision, the Trustees will
be guided by their desire to ensure that the current principal increases each
year by at least the rate of inflation.
iii) The Trustees have full authority to spend any interest
generated in a current year, as well as any unspent interest accumulated from
previous years but not converted to principal.
iv) Village voters must approve any expenditure that will require
a reduction in principal of the Fund.
v) MWL staff has no authority to authorize expenditure of Amy
Wade Funds.
vi) Request for funds shall be made to the Village Trustees in
writing by May 1st of each calendar year. Adequate detail must be provided in order for the Trustees to
ascertain the suitability of the proposed project.
vii) The Trustees will review, consider, and respond to all requests
by June 1st of each calendar year.
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Wayan picked us up at 0730 to continue our tour. We took a different route up to the mountains this time, but the scenery along the way was almost identical, with the narrow roads, neighborhoods of stores all selling the same product, and the Balinese style buildings with an occasional plot of land or forest peeking through.
Our first stop was at a wood carving shop called Manis The display area is enormous and the pieces are some of the most beautiful we have ever seen in our lives. We are talking award winning artistry here, the kind of work you pay hundreds of thousands for at home and brag about owning at cocktail parties. No exaggeration. It seriously looked more like an art museum than a shop. They offered goods ranging from small curio cabinet carvings, to statues and wall hangings, to furniture sets with matching couches, chairs, bar stools, tables and coffee tables. In the middle of the first floor display area there was a small team of people working away. You actually watched as a plain piece of wood took on a beautiful shape and marveled that the artist could see such a vision in a plain old piece of wood. There were people sanding and staining in addition to chiseling. The prices are outrageous by Indonesian standards, but a bargain by American standards.
While we looked around, we were followed by one of the staff who talked incessantly about each piece that we glanced at. At one point we passed a wall covered in reliefs. He explained to us what the scene depicted and told us the story the scene came from. All of them were from their culture, except one "The Last Supper". When he got to that one, he simply said "I do not know the story for this one. A leader and his followers, I think". We found it amusing that he didn't know the story behind the one work we knew, and Christi gave him a tutorial on it. He said "Oh, so it is a tragedy story".
When we were done looking at the display area, he took us on a tour of the grounds the building is on. The grounds not only house the shop, but the homes of the family members who own (and we think work in, but are not positive) the shop. We got a tutorial on Hindu beliefs, which shape every aspect of the Balinese culture, including the layout of homes and buildings. Each house has a small temple on the premises. It was actually quite interesting to find out what each of the rooms is used for and what each of the altars represents in the little home temples. He was quite eager to share the beliefs with us and proud of their complex culture and rich traditions. He answered a lot of questions we had about their gods, rituals and customs, such as "why do you go to a main temple when you have a home temple?" and "why do we see offerings absolutely everywhere?" We were surprised he took so much time to talk with us when we made it clear we weren't buying anything, but it seemed to not matter to him whether we bought or not. It was more important to him that we have a richer tourist experience by better comprehending all we see around us.
The next stop was Goa Gajah (Elephant Cave), which is a Hindu temple built in the 11th century that was destroyed by a natural disaster. It was re-discovered in 1923 by a Dutch archeologist, and has since been restored. The Hindus now actively use this temple for worship. From the parking lot you have to walk down a long corridor of vendors in small stalls all pushing their wares on you. Many say over and over that you can't get into the temple without a sarong and you needed to buy one from them. We beat our way to the ticket booth, where they gave us free loaner sarongs with the admission ticket. We walked down the long staircase to the courtyard area. At the landing, we were immediately approached by a local man who attached himself to us, following us around and giving us a recited speech explaining the history, symbolism, and meaning of everything we were seeing. We must stick out as suckers, because there were plenty of other people he could have attached himself to, but he made a beeline straight for us. He was actually quite informative, so we didn't mind having him around.
As with most of the temples we have seen, there is a large pool of water in the courtyard. There were once seven statues of a female character against the back wall of this pool, each with water from a nearby stream coming out of her mouth, but one of the statues was too destroyed to be restored. It is believed that if you put the water on your face, it keeps you from aging, so of course, Christi splashed some on her face.
Off to the side of the pool, there is an altar with ancient stone carvings of the elephant God in it near the main temple entrance. The main temple is what makes this spot so special. Rather than a building, it is a cave. The entrance of the cave is a giant demon face, a spirit often depicted in the local artwork and on the buildings. You walk into the cave through the demon's mouth. Inside the cave is T shaped, with several small alcoves dug out to the side of the main chamber where you can sit and mediate. There are a few bits and pieces left of the statues that once graced the interior, including a very phallic one that our guide talked about quite a bit.
From the level we were on, the temple grounds continued downward. We climbed down another staircase, enjoying the pretty setting of the terraced mountain forest that surrounds the temple grounds. We saw the remains of what was once another rock temple that slid off the hill and lay in pieces in a stream. The tour was done and the guide asked us for a donation, which we expected. We fought our way past the hawkers and jumped back in the car.
Stop three was yet another temple, Tirta Empul. It was built in 962 AD on natural water springs that are believed to have magical powers. We were a little templed out at this point, but much to our surprise, we had arrived in the midst of a big ceremony. After beating off a persistent banana salesman, we headed inside. The men mostly wore white or cream button down shirts or dress jackets with a double sarong skirt. The outer sarong was about calf length, then inner sarong to their ankles, and the fabrics were assorted colors and materials. Many men wore a headdress that looked like the bottom half of a turban, almost like someone just chopped of the top portion with a machete. The women mostly wore white long sleeved blouses with a brightly colored single sarongs to their ankles.
Large groups of people were on their knees bowing at the various altars. The altars were chock full of offerings, stacked up precariously high. The courtyard areas were full of people socializing. The pool was full of people who were purifying themselves in the magical, holy water. As non-Hindus, we couldn't go into the main sanctuary, which also has springs in the center of it that run into the pool. It was actually pretty low key and mellow in a nice kind of way, not loud and obnoxious. The grounds, layout and decor were similar to all the other ones we had seen, but bigger and nicer. We are actually surprised at how well kept it is. It looks like it was built a few years ago, not over a thousand years ago!
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Greenland is a country that is known as Denmark territory, where the weather is cold, but it is colder in winter. In fur farming, it is illegal to use endangered species, but in Greenland the hunt for seals is a popular thing. Seal hunts are popular in Greenland because there is a high demand which allows the prices and profit to be higher. The harp seal and ringed seal are mainly hunted for their fur and both of these seals are known as endangered species. The hunts in Greenland are nothing compared to the seal hunts in Canada . "The Greenland government discovered the inhumane killings of seals in Canada and decided to eliminate the purchases of seals skins from Canada ." People living in Greenland demand seal apparel products to wear for warmth in the extremely cold temperatures.


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Meyers Earns PAC Swimmer Of The Week
Washington, Pa. -- Washington & Jefferson College freshman swimmer Jake Meyers (Richboro, Pa./Council Rock North) was named Presidents' Athletic Conference Swimmer of the Week on Monday.
Meyers was victorious in three events against Baldwin-Wallace on Saturday, helping the Presidents' men's team to a 138-100 victory. He swam to a first-place finish in both the 200 (1:51.28) and 500 (5:08.70) freestyle races. Meyers was also a member of the 200 freestyle relay team that finished on top with a time of 1:31.81.
Meyers earned a trio of second-place finishes in his first career collegiate meet against NCAA Division II West Virginia Wesleyan on November 5. He swam the first leg of the 400 freestyle relay that swam to a time of 3:34.18. He also earned second-place spots for the Presidents (1-1) in the 200 freestyle (1:50.33) and the 200 medley relay (1:48.06).
W&J returns to the pool when it travels to Westminster on Wednesday at 6:00 pm.