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Kamnan Poh: Tip-offs lead to arrest
- Published: 1 Feb 2013 at 10.46
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A question-answer session with the police colonel who headed the operation to arrest Kamnan Poh.
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Chon Buri provincial administration organisation chairman Witthaya Khunploem arrives at the Medical Correctional Institution on Ngam Wong Wan Road to visit his father Somchai Khumploem, who is receiving treatment there.
A matter of many tip-offs
Bangkok Post reporter AMORNRAT MAHITTHIROOK spoke to Pol Col Arthip Taennil, head of the Crime Suppression Division's (CSD) special operations unit, to find out more about the sting operation that led to the arrest of Somchai Khunploem, better known as Kamnan Poh.
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How long did it take authorities to find Somchai before arresting him?
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Two months. We started at Ban Saen Suk, Kamnan Poh's house on Bang Saen Beach [in Chon Buri] where we received many tip-offs that he had been there or was seen near the place.
Why didn't he get wind that police were closing in on him?
We have no idea about that. All we received two months ago were tip-offs about his presence in Chon Buri and we then began working on them. One important piece of information was a video clip of a birthday party held for him at Ban Saen Suk on Sept 30, the same day that police received information that he actually phoned someone at the party.
What piece of information made you feel sure he was in Thailand at that time?
Following the Supreme Court's March 12 verdict, more and more information about sightings were being received via the internet. The Central Investigation Bureau and the CSD were ordered to follow these up. That was when the operation formally began.
Did the family of Prayoon Sitthichoke, the late political rival of Kamnan Poh, provide police with information about his presence in the country?
We couldn't exactly identify who was who on the internet. And we were struck by the fact that the number of postings online about Kamnan Poh had risen dramatically late last year between September and December.
After analysing all these pieces of information, we received a clearer picture of where he actually was.
What about him receiving medical care at Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital?
We have no information on that.
How did you know he went to the hospital and were able to arrest him after that?
We were following a new line of inquiry, but we really didn't know he went to the hospital. We simply followed a car from Ban Saen Suk. At first, we weren't even sure he was in the car.
Everyone knew that he moved back to Chon Buri eight months ago. That's why many people are surprised that he was only arrested now.
We only obtained information about his presence in Thailand two or three months ago. Before that, we had no clue as to where he was.
What made you believe he was in that car?
We monitored movements [at the house] 24 hours a day for two months and we had a team that confirmed he was in the car. But we had to wait to carry out the arrest on the highway to minimise the risk to the public and officers.
But he didn't seem to be resisting arrest then. He seemed unaware that he would be arrested.
No, he didn't resist arrest at all. There were three other people in his car. They were his relatives. And although some bullets were found in the car, we found no guns.
Why didn't police arrest him in Chon Buri then?
Honestly, the investigators couldn't prove he was in Chon Buri as they had not seen him in the flesh.
So why didn't the Chon Buri police make the arrest?
It's been a difficult task over the past two months. We worked around the clock every day. I insist this operation has nothing to do with politics. It's just another police operation.
One more thing: Pol Maj Gen Supisarn Phakdinaruenart, chief of the Crime Suppression Division (CSD), Thursday indicated he might decline to take action against those who sheltered Somchai or doctors who treated him.
He said doctors are duty-bound to treat patients while efforts by relatives or children to shelter their father are considered an act of gratitude in the Thai context. For more on this, click here: http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/333658/police-to-quiz-kamnan-poh-kin
treatment – the process of providing medical care การรักษา
matter – a situation or subject which is being dealt with or considered เรื่อง
tip-off – secret information or a warning given by someone ข่าวเตือน จากวงใน
colonel – an officer of high rank in the armed forces or the police พันเอก
suppression – stopping an activity from happening, in this case, criminal activity การปราบปราม
Crime Suppression Division (CSD) – a national police department responsible for conducting most of the technical investigations of criminal offenses กองบังคับการปราบปราม
operation – a planned activity involving a lot of people, especially soldiers or police officers การปฏิบัติการ
sting operation – an action by police to catch criminals by tricking them, e.g. by pretending to buy illegal drugs
arrest – (of the police) taking someone to a police station because they are believed to have committed a crime การจับกุม
authorities – the police or people in official organisations who have the legal power to make people obey laws or rules เจ้าหน้าที่ (ตำรวจ หรือผู้มีอำนาจ)
minimise – to reduce something harmful or unpleasant to the smallest amount or degree ลดให้เหลือน้อยที่สุด
risk – the possibility that something dangerous or unpleasant might happen ความเสี่ยง
the public – people in general ประชาชน, สาธารณชน, มหาชน
get wind – to hear about something secret or private ได้รับข้อมูลเกี่ยวกับบางเรื่อง (คำไม่เป็นทางการ)
presence – the fact of being in a particular place, thing or situation การเข้าร่วม, การมีอยู่
supreme court – the highest court in a country ศาลฎีกา, ศาลสูงสุด
verdict – a decision by a court of law คำพิพากษา
sighting – an occasion when somebody sees somebody/something, especially something unusual or something that lasts for only a short time โอกาสที่จะได้เห็น
via – through ผ่าน
Central Investigation Bureau – a national police agency coordinating and assisting the work of provincial and city police components. กองบัญชาการตำรวจสอบสวนกลาง
late – dead ที่ล่วงลับไปแล้ว
rival – a person you are competing against or opposing คู่แข่ง
provide – to give someone something that they want or need จัดหาให้, จัดเตรียมไว้ให้
identify – to specify who someone is ระบุชื่อ
strike – to come into somebody's mind suddenly สะดุดใจ, ฉุกใจ, กระทบใจ
dramatically – in a big way อย่างใหญ่หลวง
line of inquiry – a way of finding out information วิธีค้นหาข้อมูล
obtain – to get something that you want or need, especially by going through a process that is difficult ได้มา, ได้รับ
clue – an object or fact that someone discovers that helps them solve a crime or mystery เบาะแส, ร่องรอย
monitor – to regularly check someone/something จับตาดู เฝ้าระมัดระวัง
resist arrest – to refuse to be taken away by the police ขัดขืนการจับกุม
unaware – not understanding or realising something ซึ่งไม่รู้ตัวมาก่อน
relative – a member of your family ญาติพี่น้อง
bullet – a small, metal object that is shot from a gun กระสุนปืน
investigator – someone whose job is to officially find out the facts about something – ผู้สอบสวน, ผู้สำรวจ, ผู้ตรวจสอบ
prove – to use facts, evidence, etc. to show that something is true พิสูจน์
in the flesh – to be in the same place as someone and actually see them rather than just seeing a picture of them เห็นจริงๆ, เห็นด้วยตนเอง
task – something that you have to do หน้าที่; ภารกิจ
insist – to keep saying very firmly that something is true ยืนกราน ยืนยัน
indicate – to express an intention, opinion, or wish in an indirect way ชี้ทาง, บอกทาง, ชี้ให้เห็น
decline – to say that you will not do something ปฏิเสธ
shelter – to give somebody/something a place where they are protected from the weather or from danger; to protect somebody/something ให้ที่พัก,ให้ที่กำบัง,ปกป้อง
duty-bound – required by your job or assignment ขอบข่ายหน้าที่หรืองานที่ได้รับมอบหมาย
gratitude – a feeling of being grateful to someone because they have given you something or have done something for you ความรู้สึกขอบคุณ
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On Tue, 9 Sep 2008, Carsten Aulbert wrote: > We did get a few messages, albeit not from the kernel when an error > happened. I'll have another look today, maybe I did something wrong. If your kernel is out and out crashing, you might not get anything at all. In that case, let me add: "putting a cheap monitor on a suspect or crashed node" Or even after a crash. If the primary graphics card is being used as a console, the frame buffer will probably retain the last kernel oops written to it (if any) even after it locks up the system proper. Just plug a monitor into the framebuffer of a machine that has crashed and see if there is anything there. One last method (from back in the dark ages): "putting a tty-output printer on as a console printer" This was actually standard of practice for servers through the end of the 80s', anyway, because it was COMMON for servers to crash -- or be cracked -- and a hard copy of syslog/console output was often your only clue as to the cause, your only evidence of the intrusion. You still will have the problem of a kernel crash not infrequently being, well, "instant death". Some problems just lock up your system "now", without passing go or collecting $200. Nothing will then help you, although modern kernels have settings and setups that SHOULD die with oops and some sort of message, most of the time. Or some of the time. Or heck, who knows of the time? rgb > > Thanks! > > Carsten > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > -- Robert G. Brown Phone(cell): 1-919-280-8443 Duke University Physics Dept, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Web: http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb Book of Lilith Website: http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/Lilith/Lilith.php Lulu Bookstore: http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=877977
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Posted: Dec 12, 2012 7:40 AM by Associated Press / KPNX
Updated: Dec 12, 2012 7:41 AM
PHOENIX (AP) - An 11-year-old girl whose mother took her from a Phoenix hospital where she was receiving treatment for leukemia appeared to be safe and healthy in an interview broadcast on Wednesday.
Phoenix police have been searching for Emily Bracamontes since her mother took her from Phoenix Children's Hospital on Nov. 28. Authorities said she could die from an infection because she had a catheter inserted into her heart to provide medication.
Emily's mother, Norma Bracamontes, appeared with her daughter Wednesday on ABC's "Good Morning America" and blamed the hospital for an infection that led to her daughter's right arm being amputated. The family and Emily were being intimidated by the hospital over bills, she said.
"Emily, you're not going to go home because your mom and dad, they haven't filled (out) all the forms, so blame them that you're going to remain here stuck in the hospital," Norma Bracamontes said hospital officials told her daughter.
Emily underwent about a month of chemotherapy and had been treated for an infection that forced doctors to amputate her arm, police said. Her mother unhooked the tubing from an IV and left with the girl, leaving her susceptible to infection.
She appeared with her mother in what appeared to be a medical facility. The facility was not identified.
"I am here and it kinda feels good because the doctors really love me so much," said a bright-eyed and smiling Emily, who wore a pink knitted cap.
Emily's father, Luis Bracamontes, said last week in an interview with NBC News that his daughter was safe and being treated by doctors in Mexico.
Phoenix Children's Hospital told ABC that it follows accepted treatment protocols to prevent infection and treats patients with limited ability to pay the same as paying patients.
Phoenix police didn't immediately respond to inquiries about the status of their investigation Wednesday.
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I started a blog in February 2011 to write about participating in the Lent observance of St. Luke's Orthodox Church. Afterwards, I decided to continue it by writing a companion summary to my weekly Bible study at First Baptist Church of Jacksonville. At the present, we're studying the book of Jeremiah. Here's the link....
Rick Bragg wrote that his very first visit to a church coincided with "dinner on the grounds" yet he had never felt drawn to any kind of religious organization. My daughter said that indeed, if dinner on the grounds couldn't do the trick, then this was probably a person who would never be involved in chuch. This same daughter wondered as a child how the church ladies could be talked into bringing potluck dishes for her wedding reception. She also wanted her grandmother to be a bridesmaid, so maybe she wasn't exactly a budding Martha Stewart.
When I was a child, I thought it was called "dinner on the ground" because the kids usually grabbed a plate, literally sat on the ground outside to gulp it down and then ran off to play. I enjoy dinner on the grounds in a more leisurely way now, and I thought I had the event pegged, but I saw two things last Sunday at First Baptist in Jacksonville that I've never seen before. First, there was a tray of sushi nestled among the deviled eggs, sweet potato casseroles, sliced home grown tomatoes, and fried chicken. I have nothing against sushi; I've just never seen it grace one of the long, heavy laden tables of Southern Baptist delicacies that make us forget that gluttony is a deadly sin. Then, as everyone who's been to at least one of these events knows to do, I deposited my plate on the table, picked up my sweet tea, and headed over to get some of the banana pudding before it was all gone. That's when I experienced the real shock of the day --- no banana pudding! How did 177 Baptists show up to eat and not a single one of us thought to whip up some banana pudding? Thank goodness for once-saved-always-saved or I would worry that this was a sign of falling from grace. We all ate too much and left happy, but at least one of us made a mental note to dig out MawMaw's recipe and make sure that such a thing didn't happen again in my lifetime.
One of the perks of being a "grown up" is being able to have ice cream for supper if you want to. That's what happened last night at Jacksonville First Baptist Church when Rev. Andy Bumpus invited the choir to come share ice cream and every imaginable topping before putting the finishing touches on our patriotic worship service for Sunday. I love the hymns of the armed forces even though it's a bit odd to be singing "at 'em boys, give her the gun!" in the sanctuary and it's downright humorous for a bunch of Baptists to be belting out "hail to the foam." Practicing the songs is unnecessary for me though, because when the veterans stand to be honored as the hymn of their branch of the military is played I'll be too choked up to sing. I'll especially miss Mr. James Brown, a veteran of the Army, Navy, and Air Force who passed away earlier this year at age 96. Everyone will be thinking of Ben Tomlinson who is recovering in Tampa, FL from injuries he sustained in Afghanistan. The service men and women, young and old, from World War II and other conflicts right up to the present will stand and remind us of the cost of freedom. America isn't perfect, but it's still the greatest country in the world. This weekend as we enjoy the privileges of prayer and worship, shooting off fireworks, singing, eating BBQ and ice cream, and tossing horseshoes, there are a lot of folks who deserve our thanks. We should definitely have more ice cream suppers with our friends to help us stop and remember just how blessed we are.
The Star's idea to add community bloggers to its online version is a great platform for sharing stories. In my 10 years as a Jacksonville resident, I've met an assemblage of interesting people who hail from everywhere and have lived all over the world. I've met most of them in church; some in my own First Baptist Church of Jacksonville, and others in various congregations around town. I was going to church before I was born, and was a member of the Wylam Baptist Church "Cradle Roll" before my eyes were even open. I've given myself the title, The Church Lady, because I grew up admiring and wanting to be like the women in my church. Since I notched my 50th year of continuous church membership last year, I hope that my credentials will give me at least a nominal membership in their illustrious ranks. Of course there's another image for those of us who remember Dana Carvey's Church Lady on Saturday Night Live in the 80s. Well, while I was growing up in church I knew her too. But that's just church. It brings out our best and worst, our righteousness and our selfishness, and our laughter and tears. It's a thriving element of our community and I'm so thankful for the framework it's provided for my life. I'm looking forward to an online discussion of how faith defines us and shapes our lives.


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"The first conclusive evidence that no-take protected areas can help restock exploited fish populations on neighbouring reefs was presented at the International Coral Reef Symposium.
The findings are expected to help resolve a long-running debate worldwide about whether areas closed to all forms of fishing help replenish fish numbers outside the marine protected areas (MPAs).
"Using DNA fingerprinting technology, we now can clearly show that the benefits of MPAs spread beyond reserve boundaries, providing a baby bonus to fisheries," Geoff Jones, from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (CoECRS) and James Cook University, who led the study."
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Summary: Viral protein VP4 subunit
Pfam includes annotations and additional family information from a range of different sources. These sources can be accessed via the tabs below.
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A domain of unknown function (DUF) is a protein domain that has no characterised function. These families have been collected together in the Pfam database using the prefix DUF followed by a number, with examples being DUF2992 and DUF1220. There are now over 3,000 DUF families within the Pfam database representing over 20% of known families.[1]
The DUF naming scheme was introduced by Chris Ponting, through the addition of DUF1 and DUF2 to the SMART database.[2] These two domains were found to be widely distributed in bacterial signaling proteins. Subsequently, the functions of these domains were identified and they have since been renamed as the GGDEF domain and EAL domain respectively.
Structural genomics programmes have attempted to understand the function of DUFs through structure determination. The structures of over 250 DUF families have been solved.[3] This work showed that about two thirds of DUF families had a structure similar to a previously solved one and therefore likely to be divergent members of existing protein superfamilies, whereas about one third possessed a novel protein fold.
External links[edit]
- ^ Bateman A, Coggill P, Finn RD (October 2010). "DUFs: families in search of function". Acta Crystallogr. Sect. F Struct. Biol. Cryst. Commun. 66 (Pt 10): 1148–52. doi:10.1107/S1744309110001685. PMC 2954198. PMID 20944204.
- ^ Schultz J, Milpetz F, Bork P, Ponting CP (May 1998). "SMART, a simple modular architecture research tool: identification of signaling domains". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 95 (11): 5857–64. doi:10.1073/pnas.95.11.5857. PMC 34487. PMID 9600884.
- ^ Jaroszewski L, Li Z, Krishna SS, et al. (September 2009). "Exploration of uncharted regions of the protein universe". PLoS Biol. 7 (9): e1000205. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000205. PMC 2744874. PMID 19787035.
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This tab holds the annotation information that is stored in the Pfam database. As we move to using Wikipedia as our main source of annotation, the contents of this tab will be gradually replaced by the Wikipedia tab.
Viral protein VP4 subunit Provide feedback
This domain is predominantly found in viral proteins from the family Picornaviridae. It is VP4 of the viral polyprotein which, in poliovirus, is part of the capsid that consists of 60 copies each of four proteins VP1, VP2, VP3, and VP4 arranged on an icosahedral lattice [1]. VP4 is on the inside and differs from the others in being small, myristoylated and having an extended structure. Productive infection involves the externalisation of the VP4, which is cleaved from the rest, along with the N-terminus of VP1. There thus seem to be three stages of the virus, ie a multi-step process for cell entry involving RNA translocation through a membrane channel formed by the externalised N termini of VP1 [2].
Literature references
Curry S, Fry E, Blakemore W, Abu-Ghazaleh R, Jackson T, King A, Lea S, Newman J, Stuart D;, J Virol. 1997;71:9743-9752.: Dissecting the roles of VP0 cleavage and RNA packaging in picornavirus capsid stabilization: the structure of empty capsids of foot-and-mouth disease virus. PUBMED:9371640 EPMC:9371640
Belnap DM, Filman DJ, Trus BL, Cheng N, Booy FP, Conway JF, Curry S, Hiremath CN, Tsang SK, Steven AC, Hogle JM;, J Virol. 2000;74:1342-1354.: Molecular tectonic model of virus structural transitions: the putative cell entry states of poliovirus. PUBMED:10627545 EPMC:10627545
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Pseudofam: | PF08935 |
This tab holds annotation information from the InterPro database.
InterPro entry IPR015031
This entry represents the VP4 coat protein found in Picornaviruses, small RNA-containing mammalian viruses such as Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) [PUBMED:9927414], Mengo encephalomyocarditis virus [PUBMED:2156078] and Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus (strain DA) (TMEV) [PUBMED:1549565].
The viral capsid of Picornaviruses is composed of 60 icosahedral copies of four capsid proteins, VP1, VP2, VP3 and VP4, enclosing the viral positive-strand RNA genome. VP4 lies on the inner surface of the protein shell formed by the major capsid proteins, VP1, VP2 and VP3. The three major capsid proteins have a conserved beta-barrel fold, while VP4 has little regular secondary structure. The organisation of the three major capsid proteins leads to surface depressions, or pits, thought to be involved in receptor binding, while the variable outer rim is involved in antibody recognition. The small VP4 is thought to be involved in the initial disassembly and final assembly stages [PUBMED:2156078].
Gene Ontology
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Cellular component | icosahedral viral capsid (GO:0019030) |
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Seed source: | pdb_2bai |
Previous IDs: | DUF1865; |
Type: | Domain |
Author: | Mistry J, Sammut SJ |
Number in seed: | 12 |
Number in full: | 688 |
Average length of the domain: | 81.60 aa |
Average identity of full alignment: | 66 % |
Average coverage of the sequence by the domain: | 4.62 % |
HMM information
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For those sequences which have a structure in the Protein DataBank, we use the mapping between UniProt, PDB and Pfam coordinate systems from the PDBe group, to allow us to map Pfam domains onto UniProt sequences and three-dimensional protein structures. The table below shows the structures on which the VP4_2 domain has been found. There are 15 instances of this domain found in the PDB. Note that there may be multiple copies of the domain in a single PDB structure, since many structures contain multiple copies of the same protein seqence.
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See attached Miscellaneous Trade (mtbs in separate section) Discussions with Congress and Administration officials, including USTR and Commerce on pending FTAs with Korea, Panama, and Colombia, and on pending Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement. Discussion with ITC, Customs, USTR, and Commerce on implementation of various trade agreements and trade initiatives, such as performance outerwear, footwear, travel goods, Morocco, Andean, Peru, Colombia, Oman, Panama, Haiti, AGOA, CAFTA-DR, Honduras, Thailand, Singapore, NAFTA, Jordan, Bahrain, Dominican Republic, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Doha Round, and Korea. Discussion with USTR, Commerce, Labor, ITC and Congress on Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Free Trade Agreement Discussion with Customs on First Sale, 10 plus 2, 9801, and proposal on Uniform Rules of Origin, and related initiatives. Discussion with USDA and CBP on Lacey Act. Discussions with USTR, Commerce, and USDA on foreign trade practices, including labeling, cotton, market access, and intellectual property rights (IPR). Discussion with Commerce, USTR, and Congressional staff on China, Vietnam, Customs proposal on Uniform Rules of Origin, and trade remedy laws, including proposals for prospective trade remedy systems. Issues related to footwear and clothing freight rates vis-a-vis NMFTA CCSB Discussions relating to China trade practices and currency issues with Commerce, USTR, ITC, US/China Economic and Security Review Commission. Issues relating to ocean shipping capacity and prices. Implementation of conflict minerals reporting requirements with the SEC ON TIME Act (HR 526) To extend the Andean Trade Preference Act, and for other purposes. (HR 622) Andean Trade Preference Extension Act of 2011 (S. 380) Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act (HR 639) Free and Fair Trade Act of 2011 (HR 913/S 433) Trade Extenders Act of 2011 (S. 308) Creating American Jobs through Exports Act of 2011 (S. 98) Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act (S. 328) Trade Enforcement Priorities Act (S. 708) A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should immediately approve the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement, the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement, and the United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement. (S. Res 20) Freight FOCUS Act of 2011 (HR 1122) Focusing Resources, Economic Investment, and Guidance To Help Transportation Act of 2011 (HR 1338/S. 371) Discussions on MTB reform possibilities with Congress. Discussions with Congress on renewal of the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program Discussions with Congress on making travel goods eligible for benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program. Textile Enforcement and Security Act of 2011 (HR 2754) To amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act to extend the third country fabric program, and for other purposes (HR 2493) To extend the Generalized System of Preferences, and for other purposes (HR 2832) Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2011 (S. 1619) Burma sanctions renewal legislation (HJ Res 66/S.J.Res 17/HJ Res 79/HR 2608) Comments to USDA on cotton fee increases. United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act (HR 3078/S. 1641) United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act (HR 3079/S. 1643) United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (HR 3080/S. 1642) Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards Act of 2011 (HR 3312) Comments on potential changes for de minimis and informal with respect to Customs. Comments to Customs on Scanning Comments to Congress on improving access to credit and financing, including ExIm Bank reauthorization and SBA funding Product Safety Discussions with CPSC and various Congressional offices on implementation of Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) Monitoring issues relating to apparel and footwear safety and product labeling. H.R. 272 A bill to amend the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act to exempt ordinary books and paper-based printed material from the lead limit in such Act Kids Just Want to Ride Act (HR 412) Children's Sports Athletic Equipment Safety Act (S. 601/HR 1127) Consumer Recall Protection Act of 2011 (S. 330) A bill to amend Consumer Product Safety laws House Energy and Commerce Discussion draft (HR____) and similar initiatives. Amendment prohibits the use of funds to implement a searchable public consumer safety database which is described in the Consumer Product Safety Act of 2008 (HR Amdt 159 to HR 1) Common Sense in Consumer Product Safety Act of 2011 (S. 69). Consumer Product Safety Flexibility Act of 2011 (S 1448) To provide the Consumer Product Safety Commission with greater authority and discretion in enforcing the consumer product safety laws, and for other purposes. 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How does your school rate? Yvan Guillemette, policy analyst for the C.D. Howe Institute answered your questions on the unique school comparisons it created that take socio-economic data into account.
The Q&A is now over, but please send us your comments.
Q: Is there a similar study on high schools, or will you be conducting one in the future?
A: There is no similar study on high schools for the moment, and we have no current plans for one.
We do, however, have plans for a similar study of primary schools in Alberta and BC (and perhaps Quebec).
Q: Sorry, I don't understand the answer to my earlier question about how student postal codes were determined as a basis for this whole study.
Please clarify "a six-digit postal code" -- is that the student's home address or the school's address? What is a "census dissemination area?" When census data is used, does it actually relate to the individual student's circumstances, or does it relate to the population as a whole in that neighbourhood? (For example, in inner-city schools where the local school families are often poorer on average than the neighbourhood residents who don't have children.)
A: The six-digit postal codes used are the students' postal codes, from which we can tell in what census dissemination areas (DAs) they live. A DA is the smallest geographic unit available in the 2001 census. It includes 400 to 700 people. The school's community profile is then constructed by weighting the socio-economic variables of each DAs by the number of students at a given school that live in those DAs. Some of the socio-economic variables used relate to the entire population in the DA, others relate only to those with children.
Of course, ideally, one would like to be able to measure directly each individual student's socio-economic characteristics and associate them with the student-level assessment results. Such data are not collected, however, because of concerns about privacy. Instead, one is able to measure only the average characteristics of households in the community from which a school draws its students -- and then only indirectly.
So, even though we do not know the socio-economic characteristics of individual students, the characteristics of the small census units in which students live can tell us much about them. And we can determine which small census units students live in because we know their postal codes.
Q: There's no rating for Thomas L. Wells Public School in Scarborough. It opened in 2005. Why didn't C.D. Howe include it?
A: To ensure fair representation, only schools where we have three years of data in all three assessments and 15 students or more per assessment per year are included in the rankings.
Since the school you mention opened less than three years ago, there is no evaluation for that school.
Q: In some schools there is a huge difference in rating between Grade 3 and Grade 6, for example, the Grade 3 percentile would be 20 but the Grade 6 is 80, or vice-versa.
What could be the reasons for such a discrepancy for the same school? In this case, how do you rate the overall performance of the school?
A: Such a large discrepancy between the Grade 3 score and the Grade 6 score is rare. When it happens, the most likely explanation is that the school is small, with perhaps only one or two classes in each grade, and that the teacher(s) in one grade is far better than the teacher(s) in the other grade. It could also be that for some reason the two grade are drawing students from different neighbourhoods, that is, from different socio-economic contexts.
Q: When defining postal code, what exactly is being used? (On page R1: "By linking student postal codes to census data on education, employment..." ). Is it the first three digits of the postal code?
I'm asking because I believe census data use the first three digits only. So where I live, this includes inner-city schools and schools that in the Star's terminology are "carriage trade." In other words, any attempt to define a neighbourhood using only the first three digits would be flawed.
A: A six-digit postal code is linked to either one census "dissemination area" or, in a smaller percentage of cases, to several dissemination areas. The "neighbourhood" is NOT a geographic concept in the sense of a physical area around a school. It is the actual dissemination areas in which the students at a given school live.
Q: What is the definition in the charts for the column "pass rate"? Achieving which levels - 3 and 4, or 2, 3 and 4? I'm not an expert but I believe 2 is considered a pass.
A: The pass rate is the percentage of students at a given school and grade that achieve at levels 3 or 4 according to EQAO Method 1.
Q: Which schools were compared against each other? Specifically, which schools was Bedford Park compared against?
A: Through the statistical methodology used, every school is effectively compared to every other school in the province. The methodology used is hard to fully grasp unless one is familiar with the statistical technique of regression analysis. To put it simply, a mathematical equation based on several socio-economic variables is estimated using the EQAO school results and the census variables for all schools in the province. This equation is then used to "predict" the score of each school given the particular values of the socio-economic variables for that school. If a school does better than this equation predicts, than it scores above the 50th percentile. If it does worse, then it scores below.
In this sense the comparison really uses all the information from all the schools in the province, the comparison is in no way restricted to a specific area or a specific socio-economic context.
Again, this methodology is explained in much more details in Signposts of Success, David Johnson's 2005 book available from the C.D. Howe Institute. It is explained more concisely with the help of Figure 1 in the e-brief available at http://www.cdhowe.org/pdf/ebrief_39.pdf.
Q: I live in Port Sydney and was looking at our local school's results. I noticed that the socio-economic factors was a factor of -21.4. How is this factor determined? Do they consider all residents or only those who have children in the school? Are seasonal residents included?
A: -21.4 is the adjusted pass rate for that school, that is, the pass rate from which we subtract the provincial average pass rate. It means that this school's pass rate is 21.4 percentage points below the provincial average (which is about 60). The adjusted pass rate has nothing to do with the socio-economic variables. The measures adjusted for the socio-economic factors are the percentiles.
Q: Why does David Johnson's formula take percentage of single detached homes as a socio-economic factor? My semi-detached home in Riverdale is worth many times more than many homes in other areas of the province. Does the high amount of semi-detached homes in Riverdale bring down our socio-economic rating? Are high density areas penalized or do they get a boost by his "crunching" formula?
A: The proportion of single detached homes in an area turns out to be a good indicator of wealth, stability and community involvement of the residents in that area. The higher the percentage of single detached homes in an area, the higher the socio-economic status of that area tends to be. Schools in an area with a higher percentage of single detached homes would be expected to do better, all else equal.
Q: Regarding alternative schools, are all students included in this testing? Also, for schools that have less the 16 students participating, why are the results not included and how do you get and accurate result for the past five years comparing with other schools?
A: The rankings use an average of three years of EQAO results over three assessments, but only if there are 15 students or more in all years/assessments. The reason this is done is to insure sufficient results for a fair and representative comparision. All students in public schools are included in the rankings if they meet the filters above. Alternative schools are included if they participate in the EQAO testing process.
Q: Please indicate the census data you have used in the study. What year is it taken from and what formula did the professor use to compensate for the factors considered?
A: The socio-economic data are from the 2001 Census. The detailed methodology included the regression equations used to construct the rankings are explained in Chapter 6 of David Johnson's book, Signposts of Success, available in print from the C.D. Howe Institute.
Q: Were private schools rated as well? If so, where can I find this information?
A: Only public schools that participate in the EQAO testing process were evaluated.
Q: How are the school ratings calculated? I know that EQAO is used as the primary source of data, are there any other assessments used? If EQAO is used, how do you adjust for the fact that the EQAO test has been changed recently, and therefore cannot be used to track students progress effectively? After all, the assessment cannot be used to assess if a school educates students.
For example, if a student moves into a school in Grade 3, and takes the EQAO test, it cannot be determined if the student improves. Of course the test will be taken again in Grade 6, but the test has changed since they last took it. Any comment?
A: Only EQAO test results are used, along with 2001 census data to adjust for the schools' socio-economic contexts. The EQAO data are not used to track a student's or a school's progress, they are used to evaluate what percentage of students in a grade meet EQAO standards as compared to other schools in similar socio-economic environments. To get a more representative evaluation, 3-year averages are used.
Q: Did the C.D. Howe Institute use Method 1 or Method 2 EQAO results? If Method 1 ... are you aware that there are many problems with this reporting? For example, Method 1 includes the results of Mildly Intellectually Disabled students. These students typically do not write EQAO and thus in Method 1 receive zeros. This skews the results of any school with an MID program.
Moreover, as a teacher I can tell you that our results almost always include scores of zero for children no longer even enrolled in our school at the time of EQAO testing. The ministry still has them listed as attending. Students absent, for example on a trip during testing (quite frequently happens nowadays in inner city schools - families travel during the school year) also count as zero and skew the results.
A: David Johnson's methodology uses EQAO "Method 1," because the process of exempting students from writing assessments creates more significant problems with Method 2.
His book explains the reasoning as follows (Chapter 5): "Some Ontario elementary school students are exempted from the Grade 3 and Grade 6 assessments undertaken by the Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO). Students can be exempted when, even with all possible accommodations, 'the student would be unable to participate productively and/or where the student's participation would be harmful.' The overall exemption rate is quite low — falling between 4 and 7 percent — but it varies across years and across assessments. There is also some evidence that exemption rates vary across boards — that is, two schools with the same socio-economic characteristics but located in different boards can have systematically different exemption rates. Exemption rates are important because some users of school assessment results emphasize EQAO's 'Method 2' presentation of results, which are open to manipulation. In this methodology, the key variable is not the percentage of all students at a school that achieves at Level 3 or Level 4 but the percentage that actually wrote the assessment at a school that achieves at those levels. Thus, a school or board that wanted to improve its apparent assessment results using Method 2 could do so simply by exempting more students who would not score at Level 3 or Level 4. In the logical extreme, 'perfect' Method 2 results could be obtained by exempting all students except those who would score at Level 3 or Level 4. Most school boards, EQAO itself, and most users of EQAO data do not make use of Method 2 results."
C.D. Howe is the first organization to calculate the socio-economic level of each grade school in the province, and then compare its test scores with schools of a similar background, rather than lumping them all into the same crude ranking. Their way is a being hailed as a much fairer way of determining if a school is doing a good job educating its students.
Designed by Wilfrid Laurier economics professor David Johnson, the ratings calculate each school's socio-economic profile based on census data for that neighbourhood, then compares test scores among schools with similar demographics, from family income to parents' education. Schools scoring a 50 are about average; those below 80 are doing a tremendous job and those scoring in the 30th percentile or lower should be cause for concern.


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Fifty-four years ago Richard Sampson drove his nearly pristine 1954 Corvette convertible to his grocery store on Bath Road in Brunswick and ordered workmen to wall it up with brick. Its twenty-seven-year entombment — and subsequent ten-year stint in Sampson's daughter's living room — may well have made it the most famous Corvette in existence.
The sporty white roadster with the red leather seats was back in the news this winter when it went on the auction block in Kissimmee, Florida. The hundred thousand dollar high bid did not meet the reserve price set by the seller, says Meghan Gaines of Mecum Auctions, which had expected the car to fetch $175,000 to $225,000.
The car is believed to be the oldest, lowest mileage, unrestored Corvette in the world, but we like to think its eccentric Maine story contributed to its value, too. Whether increasing its allure was what Sampson intended when he entombed the auto is anyone's guess, but clearly he was unusually prescient about its future collectability. The first Corvettes, after all, had rolled off Chevrolet's assembly line in Flint, Michigan, just one year before Sampson's car was built, and the Corvette, which he purchased from a Lewiston dealer, was one of the first delivered in Maine. (The asking price for a Corvette without options was $2,774 in 1954.) It had only 2,331 miles on the odometer when Sampson put it in his doorless basement vault, which was outfitted with two light bulbs and a square plate glass window so he could gaze upon his beloved vehicle whenever he liked.
Sampson, who died in 1969, had intended for the car to remain undisturbed until 2000, but the building changed hands, so in 1986 Sampson's daughter, Cynthia, dismantled the vault and moved the car to her Daytona Beach home, where she displayed it in her living room. By then, the convertible had already acquired a mystique among collectors, thanks to an article titled "Buried Alive" in Special Interest Autos magazine. News stories have since accompanied every milestone, from the car's exhumation to its sale to an Ohio collector to the recent auction. Sorry you missed it? Not to worry. The car is still on the block through Mecum's online Bid Goes On program. Get your vault ready. — Virginia M. Wright
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Two-Alarm Fire Destroys Fairfax Townhouse
A two-alarm fire that destroyed a townhouse Thursday off of Roberts Road in Fairfax has sent one Fairfax County firefighter to the hospital with minor burns.
At around 1:30 p.m., Fairfax County Fire and Rescue were called to the 5400 block of Cheshire Meadows Way in Fairfax, and found the front and back of a townhouse engulfed in flames. Firefighters had the fire under control within 10 minutes.
Teachers Say Fairfax Schools Should Reassess Safety Procedures
A group of Fairfax County educators say while some of the county's school safety procedures are effective, the system needs to reassess its security policies.
In a survey last week on guns and school safety by the Fairfax County Federation of Teachers, one of the county's largest teachers' unions, 60 percent of the nearly 500 teachers who responded said visitor control procedures were among the larger threats to school safety and security.
Survey: Majority of Teachers Don't Want Guns in Fairfax Schools
A group of educators from one of Fairfax County's largest teachers' unions says it doesn't want guns in schools, according to a survey released Thursday morning by the union, which goes on to say security personnel "can help address a portion of the issue (of school security), but they cannot fix the entire problem."
Principal Celebrates Retirement with Washington Mill Community
Washington Mill Elementary parents, students, faculty and alumni crowded the school gym Thursday night to bid farewell to beloved principal Dr. Tish Howard.
Dr. Howard served as principal at Washington Mill Elementary School for 12 years. She has started her own educational consulting firm in conjunction with University of Virginia a little more than a year ago to help educators close the achievement gap and meet the individual needs of students.
Shopping Carts Push Politician to the Brink
After pulling 136 shopping carts out of a creek in the Mount Vernon area during an October cleanup, Del. Scott Surovell (D-44th District) has introduced House Bill 2011 during the 2013 Virginia General Assembly. The bill states it "shall be unlawful for any person to place, leave, or abandon on any real property in the county, or within specified districts within the [Fairfax] county."
Gubernatorial Candidates Near Even in Fundraising
Less than $150,000 separates Virginia's two candidates for governor, according to campaign finance reports filed by Republican candidate Ken Cuccinelli and his Democratic challenger, Terry McAuliffe.
Fairfax County Could Raise Home Day Care Limits
Fairfax County home day-care providers could soon face a choice to lower the number of children they care for or apply for an expensive permit to maintain their current rolls.
The Commonwealth of Virginia allows for up to 12 children in a licensed day-care, but Fairfax County ordinances allow for only seven.
Hess Gas Station Slated for Remodel in February
The Hess gas station located at 7100 Little River Tpke., near the corner of John Marr Drive will soon undergo a renovation. The company has plans to undergo a remodel to increase the size of the station and build a Dunkin Donuts on the new, bigger site.
Workhouse Artists Organize Second Annual 'Have a Heart' Project
Workhouse Arts Center studio artists John Gascot and Mary Gallagher-Stout, also known as The Art Monkeys, are organizing their second annual Have a Heart Project.
The artistic food drive opens to the public Wednesday, Feb. 6 and will display empty lunch bags with original artworks created by a number of Workhouse artists. Each of the pieces in the exhibit will be sold for a $10 donation, and all the proceeds will benefit the Food for Others charity.
Furniture Store Coming to Telegraph Road Shopping Center
Furniture store Joglo House will take the place of the former restaurant and bar Telegraph Station, according to Jackson Prentice of Jackson Prentice Real Estate. Owners Gary Jones and his wife Betty signed the lease for the property last week. The furniture store will specialize in Indonesian furniture and artwork.
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Anytime Fitness has signed a lease for the 4,100-square foot space near Safeway and Dollar Tree at the Rose Hill Plaza. The fitness center recently signed a lease with Combined Properties, Inc.
Northern Virginia Police Officers to Aid With Inauguration Security
With hundreds of thousands of people flooding Washington for the 2013 Presidential Inauguration on Jan. 21, law enforcement agencies from Northern Virginia are chipping in to help with security in the nation's capital.
Gwendolyn Crump, spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Police Department, said her agency is working collaboratively with other agencies to make sure the event will be safe and secure for those that travel to Washington to witness the events.
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Thinking of driving to the inauguration, are you? Access will be limited, but it can be done. Just be ready to sit in a lot of traffic.
"Because Inauguration Day falls on a legal public holiday – the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. — this year, tens of thousands of local residents of the District, Virginia, and Maryland will also be in attendance," at the 2013 presidential inauguration, warns Martha Mitchell Meade, AAA Mid-Atlantic's Manager of Public and Government Affairs, in a news release.
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One Patch local editor attended the 2009 presidential inauguration downtown, and brought a lawn chair with her. She had to leave it outside the security gates.
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Burke residents who were planning to travel by Virginia Railway Express (VRE) on Monday, Jan. 21 might want to make other plans: the VRE is not operating on Inauguration Day.
"VRE does not historically offer service on Inauguration Day," management said during their Jan. 2 online forum "Let's Talk".
Beyoncé to Sing National Anthem at Inauguration
Beyoncé, Kelly Clarkson and James Taylor will perform at the inauguration, on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol Jan. 21, the Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) announced.
Beyoncé will sing the National Anthem, Kelly Clarkson will perform "My Country Tis of Thee," and James Taylor will sing "America the Beautiful."
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Matcha Tsubu'an Macaron Pops & Congratulations!
Tadaa! Did you guess it right? Did you did you did you??? :D
Matcha Tsubu'an Macaron Pops, or Green Tea Powder Sweetened Red Bean Paste Macaron Pops. Goodness! What a mouthful! haha The recipe for this one will be up on the next post. =D I promise that the marriage of these two flavors are sooo wonderful, you'll be dreaming about it. At least I did, and I am now again...
Here's the congratulatory part... I don't have a cake, I couldn't be there, and I don't have a bouquet of flowers, but I have a bouquet of macaron pops for a dear, dear friend who just recently got married.
Pei Pei, I just wanted to say congratulations again, and sorry for the botched surprise, all thanks to a certain Ms. K. ahem ahem... Here's to wishing you a life full of wonderful sweetness, all rolled up into a colorful bouquet of happiness! xoxoxoxoxo p/s: Ms. K, regardless of any botched surprise or not, I still love ya!
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Sonia & Hankerie, I loved the idea too, but unfortunately it's not an Amanda original. ^^ I saw it on Ms. Tartelette's blog and loved it so much I had to try.
Hankerie, it's not hard to get it to stick on tsubu'an, where the filling is rather thick. I tried it on a different filling before where it's more liquidy, and those doesn't work. So I'm gonna venture to say that if your choice of filling is thicker (e.g. ganache or tsubu'an) you should be able to stick it on pretty easily. Cracking, well, I had one or two crack on me because of how dainty macarons are to begin with, definitely not because of the sticks. Hope this helps :)
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Director: | Mikael Håfström |
Actors: | John Cusack, Li Gong, Chow Yun Fat, Ken Watanabe, David Morse, Franka Potente, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Hugh Bonneville, Benedict Wong |
US Secret Agent Paul Soames arrives in Shanghai to investigate the murder of his best friend, only to become immersed in a web of conspiracy and lies that beset the city. Shadowed by Tanaka, a Japanese intelligence officer, Soames' investigation quickly centres on a charismatic local gangster Anthony Lan-Ting. Before long Soames finds himself in an affair with Lan-Ting's beautiful wife Anna, that will put everything they have at stake. As national loyalties are traded fast and loose, Soames must race to solve the mystery and make it out of China with Anna before Shanghai's collapse.
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A man has integrity if he realizes we are not evolving as a society, if he values and follows morality, if he knows that god, wife and family are paramount. If he keeps his promises, and never, NEVER betrays.
By what should we judge a person if not by their actions?How they smell? Their favorite color of underpants?Their parallel parking acumen? A person´s actions arethe ONLY accurate means by which to judge them.I´ll take Tim Tebow over John Elway any day - I saw how he treated Tim when Tim was with the Broncos.
I´ll take Tim Tebow over just about anybody and not just in football.People who hate religion find any excuse to belittle someone of faith. They proclaim that they are atheists and then go out of their way to trash believers. Looks like they would just ignore the church people but they can´t for some reason.
Tebow had the patience of a saint all year being benched. He finally got tired of the humiliation and now he´s being called a crybaby. Jerks
Saw an interesting penalty in the Steelers game Sunday. A guy just made a sack,went to his knee and did some sort of bow and arrow thing and was slapped with a 15 yard penalty. It´s called something like going to the ground celebration.I wonder if this penalty was passed with Tebow´s name on it.
I know nothing of football or Tim Tebow.I heard a great measure of a person´s character a few years back. A person´s character can be judged on what they do when they think they will not get caught.
FTA: ~~The sort of hate they have for Tim Tebow is based in my view for their own hatred of religion in general, christianity in particular and Mr. Tebow specifically. It seems more than obvious to me.~~Quite obvious to many.
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@#3: Same with vegans. They`re not satisfied to pass up a delicious steak. They want everyone else to not have one also.
Folks, this is a football matter. Tebow is not a sinner, but he committed a huge sin in the football world.It doesn´t matter what Tebow was willing to do on gameday. If he told Ryan that he would not go in the game for the Wildcat, that is the same as quitting on your team. Tebow has to live with this now. I suspect Tim Tebow will be just fine.
Acording to the article, #10, Tebow did no such thing. The attacks were all based upon a lie.
Time to trade Tim to a team that might appreciate his skills - and his faith.
#10, etc. Check out "Tebow Fires Back" on Drudge. Apparently the liars even lie about what Tebow didn´t say. Tebow DOES have the right to be frustrated; nothing UN-Christian about that. He may not be a great QB in the purest sense...BUT he IS a great football player.How quickly they forget the run Tebow had with Denver. With a team that knows how to use him, he will have another great "run" and the talking heads will, yet again, eat crow.
How to gauge a man´s character, if he gathers his humility, leaves the stink of the elitist New York press wallowing in the sewage of their self-importance, and lets his actions speak louder than their trivial words.
A good indicator of a person´s character is how they treat and behave towards those who are less powerful than themselves.