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Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities
The Center for Children's Law and Policy has helped many jurisdictions reduce over-representation of youth of color in the justice system, stop the disparate treatment of youth of color at key decision points, prevent youth of color from entering and moving deeper into the juvenile justice system.
The tools and resources here are designed to assist jurisdictions in their efforts to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities. Click on the individual links below to learn more about these tools.
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities Reduction Practice Manual
- Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Juvenile Justice Certificate Program
- CCLP/DMC Action Network Publications
- CCLP/DMC Action Network Presentations
- Other Resources
Racial and Ethnic Disparities Reduction Practice Manual
The Racial and Ethnic Disparities Reduction Practice Manual (RED Practice Manual) is a new web-based tool for public officials, agency administrators, community leaders, parents, and other advocates for children who are working to create more equitable and effective juvenile justice systems. The RED Practice Manual provides practitioners with concrete guidance and strategies, downloadable tools and resources, and examples of successful reform work in jurisdictions throughout the country. Visit the RED Practice Manual page by clicking this link.
Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Juvenile Justice Certificate Program
CCLP is collaborating with the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform at Georgetown University to offer an intensive training designed to support local jurisdictions in their efforts to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in their juvenile justice system. Click here for more information on the program, including application instructions.
CCLP/DMC Action Network Publications
- DMC e-News reports on efforts to reduce Disproportionate Minority Contact, or DMC, in juvenile justice systems in the DMC Action Network. Sign up here to receive DMC eNews by email, or download a previous issue below.
- DMC eNews Issue #37 -- Sherry Lupton Wins the Ruby M. Payne Cook Award and New MacArthur Cross-Network Grants March 2014 [Download]
- DMC eNews Issue #36 -- Outagamie County Closes ItsJuvenile Detention CenterJanuary/February 2014 [Download]
- DMC eNews Issue #35 -- Comprehensive Training on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System and Resources about Trauma-Informed Care October 2013 [Download]
- DMC eNews Issue #34 -- Outagamie Embraces Family Engagement, Drops Arrest Rates 32% and Lancaster's Interfaith Community Network Tackles DMC July/August 2013 [Download]
- DMC eNews Issue #33 -- New Program to Support Local Efforts to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Juvenile Justice Mar 2013 [Download]
- DMC eNews Issue #32 -- Replicating the DMC Action Network Approach and Getting Results in Connecticut Oct/Nov 2012 [Download]
- DMC eNews Issue #31 -- Taking DMC Reduction Strategies Statewide in North Carolina July/Aug 2012 [Download]
- DMC eNews Issue #30 -- MacArthur Foundation, OJJDP Support Data-Driven DMC Reduction in Two New Jurisdictions April/May 2012 [Download]
- DMC eNews Issue #29 -- New Collaboration Extends DMC Action Network's Impact and SAMHSA, MacArthur Collaborate to Better Serve Youth With Behavioral Health Needs March 2012 [Download]
- DMC eNews Issue #28 -- By the Numbers: Signs of Progress from Rapides Parish, Louisiana and CCLP Launches New Project to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Disparities Jan/Feb 2012 [Download]
- DMC eNews Issue #27 -- 2011 DMC Action Network Champion for Change and Models for Change Sixth Annual Working Conference Nov/Dec 2011 [Download]
- DMC eNews Issue #26 -- Connecticut Replicates DMC Action Network Strategies at the State and Local Level Sept/Oct 2011 [Download]
- DMC eNews Issue #25 -- Having Faith: Partnering with Religious Organizations to Help Combat DMC Aug 2011 [Download]
- DMC eNews Issue #24 -- Committing to Change, Getting Results and Berks County, PA Selected as Demonstration Site for Georgetown University Program June/July 2011 [Download]
- DMC eNews Issue #23 -- Changing Cultures to Improve Outcomes for Youth of Color May 2011 [Download]
- DMC eNews Issue #22 -- Getting Results: How Sedgwick County, Kansas, Slashed Arrest Rates for Youth of Color and Federal Government Issues New Guidance for State Courts Serving Limited English Proficient Youth and Family Members Apr 2011 [Download]
- DMC eNews Issue #21 -- Championing DMC at the State Level Feb/Mar 2011 [Download]
- DMC eNews Issue #20 -- Confronting the Challenges of DMC Reduction: Staying Focused on Reform in Rapides Parish, LA Jan 2011 [Download]
- DMC eNews Issue #19 -- Jason Witt of Rock County, WI Wins 2010 Champion for Change Award for Work to Reduce DMC Dec 2010 [Download]
- DMC eNews Issue #18 -- Berks County, Pennsylvania, Wins Community-Based Program of the Year for Evening Reporting Center Nov 2010 [Download]
- DMC eNews Issue #17 -- Hitting the Ground Running: Putting DMC Reduction on the Fast Track in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Oct 2010 [Download]
- DMC eNews Issue #16 -- A Formula That Works: Community Engagement and Data-Driven Strategies for DMC Reduction in Benton-Franklin Counties Sept 2010 [Download]
- DMC eNews Issue #15 -- Thinking Outside the Box: Baltimore City, Maryland's Approach to DMC Reduction Aug 2010 [Download]
- DMC eNews Issue #14 -- How Sedgwick County, Kansas, Leverages Resources to Advance Reforms in Tough Economic Times and Jefferson Parish Children and Youth Planning Board Honored at National Juvenile Justice Network Annual Forum July 2010 [Download]
- DMC eNews Issue #13 -- The MIMIC Model: Turning Around the Lives of North Philadelphia Youth and DMC Employment and Presentation Opportunities June 2010 [Download]
- DMC eNews Issue #12 -- DMC Action Network Fourth Annual Meeting and Local DMC Leadership in Centralized Juvenile Justice Systems May 2010 [Download]
- DMC eNews Issue #11 -- Working together on DMC Reform & TA Tips Apr 2010 [Download]
- DMC eNews Issue #10 -- Taking Strategic Innovations Statewide & Framing the Dialogue on DMC Reform Mar 2010 [Download]
- DMC eNews Issue #9 -- Tackling DMC at the Deep End of the System Feb 2010 [Download]
- DMC eNews Issue #8 -- A New Decade of DMC Reduction Jan 2010 [Download]
- DMC eNews Issue #7 -- Expanding the DMC Action Network Dec 2009 [Download]
- DMC eNews Issue #6 -- 35 Years of the JJDPA Nov 2009 [Download]
- DMC eNews Issue #5 -- DMC Reductions: Signs of Progress Aug 2009 [Download]
- DMC eNews Issue #4 -- Third Annual DMC Action Network Meeting Jul 2009 [Download]
- DMC eNews Issue #3 -- Burns Institute Data Feb 2009 [Download]
- DMC eNews Issue #2 -- What DMC Reduction Is-- and Is Not Dec 2008 [Download]
- DMC eNews Issue #1 -- Intro to the DMC Action Network Nov 2008 [Download]
- Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Pennsylvania [Download]
Across the United States, youth of color are disproportionately represented at every stage of the juvenile justice system, with the greatest disparities at the deepest end of the system. Although every state is required to address racial and ethnic disparities as a condition of receiving federal juvenile justice funds, few places have gotten beyond studying the problem. In Pennsylvania, with support from the Models for Change initiative, several jurisdictions took the next steps and implemented effective, data-driven reforms to reduce disparities. These reforms included improved data gathering and analysis, increased cultural competence, implementation of objective screening instruments, development of alternatives to detention and out-of-home placement, improved probation practices, work with the faith-based community, and training and collaboration with law enforcement.
- Partnering with Schools to Reduce Juvenile Justice Referrals [Download]
In Peoria, Illinois, a large number of African-American youth were entering detention for aggravated battery in one public high school. After learning more about the problem, local juvenile justice and school officials, with support from the Models for Change initiative, launched a pilot project to address fights and other incidents on campus using principles of Balanced and Restorative Justice (BARJ). Once implemented, the low-cost interventions resulted in a 35 percent reduction in school-based referrals to detention for all youth, and a 43 percent reduction for African-American youth. This pilot project served as a springboard for broader implementation of BARJ programming as an alternative to formal processing in schools and in the community.
- Reforming Automatic Transfer Laws: A Success Story [Download]
In the mid-1980s, the Illinois Legislature took a tough stance on drug use among youth. As part of a national trend toward harsher punishments for juveniles, lawmakers decided to prosecute in adult court all 15- and 16-year-olds charged with drug offenses within 1,000 feet of a school or public housing development. Although the law applied to youth throughout the state, its effects were felt most harshly by children of color from Chicago. Armed with data gathered with support from the Models for Change initiative, advocates overcame criticism that proposed reforms were "soft on crime" and mounted a successful campaign to change the law. Within two years, automatic transfers in Cook County, which includes Chicago, fell by two-thirds—without compromising public safety.
- Guidelines for State Courts Serving Limited English Proficient (LEP) Youth and Family Members [Download short fact sheet] [Download long fact sheet]
Good communication and cultural understanding are prerequisites to a fair, efficient, and effective justice system. Navigating the juvenile justice system is often difficult for youth and their families. For those from different linguistic backgrounds, understanding the process can be particularly challenging, and misunderstanding or confusion can contribute to their overrepresentation and harsher treatment in the system. In these two fact sheets, CCLP outlines the obligations of state courts that serve limited English proficient youth and family members, including the Justice Department's new guidance from the fall of 2010.
- BI Level One Data Reporting Tool [Download version 2.2] [Download version 2.1]
DMC Action Network Sites employ the the BI Level One Data Reporting Tool to support their work in reducing DMC through data-driven strategies. The W. Haywood Burns Institute (BI) developed the template and piloted it in Peoria, Illinois, which is a Network site. The template collects data on arrests, secure detention, use of alternatives to detention, and other aspects of the juvenile justice system. Version 2.2 disaggregates these data by race, ethnicity, gender, geography (e.g., zip code), and offense. Version 2.1 also disaggregates these data, but was developed for jurisdictions with data systems that do not yet have the ability to distinguish ethnicity from race.
- Missed Opportunity: Waiver, Race, Data, and Policy Reform [Download]
In this article from the Louisiana Law Review, CCLP Executive Director Mark Soler examines the research on waiver of youth to adult court and racial disparities in the juvenile justice system. The article argues that the failure to gather and analyze waiver data by race and ethnicity to help guide policy reform is a missed opportunity, and it proposes new collection and analysis techniques that would enable jurisdictions to change waiver policies and practices to reduce DMC.
- Strategies for Serving Hispanic Youth [Download]
CCLP Deputy Director Dana Shoenberg co-authored this chapter in the latest edition of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's Disproportionate Minority Contact Technical Assistance Manual. The chapter, written with Maria F. Ramiu of the Youth Law Center, describes lessons learned from a two-year project in Washoe County, Nevada, and Travis County, Texas, that was designed to develop new and accurate data collection methods for Hispanic youth and to reduce DMC for Hispanic and other youth at key decision points.
- Reducing Disproportionate Minority Contact: Preparation at the Local Level [Download]
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention released a bulletin on local DMC reduction strategies, co-authored by CCLP's Mark Soler and Lisa Garry. It is the first in a series by OJJDP to address DMC. It provides valuable information on the context in which local preparation occurs, as well as specific strategies to successfully engage communities in DMC reduction efforts.
- Guidelines for Collecting and Recording the Race and Ethnicity of Juveniles in Conjunction with Juvenile Delinquency Disposition Reporting to the Juvenile Court Judges' Commission [Download]
This booklet provides instruction and guidance to local juvenile courts and probation departments on the accurate racial and ethnic coding of juveniles, particularly with respect to Hispanic and Latino youth (with Patricia Torbet & Hunter Hurst, Jr., National Center for Juvenile Justice).
- Building Blocks for Youth [link]
Building Blocks for Youth was a multi-strategy, multi-site initiative that featured an alliance of children and youth advocates, researchers, community organizers, and law enforcement professionals working to address DMC. The initiative operated from 1998 to 2005. CCLP maintains a page dedicated to Building Blocks for Youth that contains includes electronic copies of all research reports from the initiative.
- No Turning Back: Promising Approaches to Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System [Download]
This is the final report issued by the Building Blocks for Youth initiative, which details the program's site-based work from 1998 to 2005.
CCLP/DMC Action Network Presentations
- DMC Action Network Process Slides [Download]
These powerpoint slides visually outline the DMC Action Network's model for DMC reduction and the stakeholders necessary for a diverse DMC governing body.
- DMC Action Network Meetings
- DMC Action Network Technical Assistance Seminars
- Batting with Two Strikes: Brown and Young in the Juvenile Justice System [Download]
In this presentation from July 2010, CCLP Executive Director Mark Soler discusses DMC and Latino youth in the juvenile justice system at the National Council for La Raza's National Conference in San Antonio, Texas. The presentation highlights the lack of information on Latino youth in the system, as well as promising strategies for improving data collection and reducing DMC.
- Testimony of Mark Soler to the Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law, Senate Judiciary Committee, on U.S. Compliance with International Human Rights Treaties [Download]
In this testimony from December 2009, Executive Director Mark Soler highlights the issue of disparate treatment of youth of color in the juvenile justice system light of the International Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Racial Discrimination. The testimony outlines how America's juvenile justice system falls short of the principles set forth in the Convention, which afford "[t]he right to equal treatment before the tribunals and all other organs administering justice.
- Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System [Download]
In this presentation, Deputy Director Dana Shoenberg outlines current data on disparities, successful strategies to reduce DMC, and mental health needs of youth in the juvenile justice system.
Other Resources
- State-by-State Interactive DMC Map [link]
The W. Haywood Burns Institute (BI) provides an interactive map that captures racial and ethnic disparities in juvenile justice by state and by county. The new resource includes one-day count incarceration data, annual data by decision-making point in the juvenile justice system, and a host of other information.
- America's Invisible Children: Latino Youth and the Failure of Justice [Download]
The Campaign for Youth Justice and the National Council of La Raza detail how Latino youth are treated more harshly than white youth, for similar offenses, at all stages in the justice system. The groups report that 1 out of 4 incarcerated Latino youth are held in adult facilities and make substantive recommendations for reducing disparities throughout the system.
- The Keeper and the Kept: Reflections on Local Obstacles to Disparities Reduction in Juvenile Justice Systems and a Path to Change [Download]
Most nonviolent youth offenders are incarcerated because alternative services including mental health or counseling are no longer available in communities. When it comes to youth of color in particular, decisions to incarcerate are often driven by "zero tolerance" policies, and fear. In The Keeper and the Kept, James Bell, Laura John Ridolfi, Michael Finley and Clinton Lacey challenge this overreliance on detention and offer an introduction to the BI method.
- Adoration of the Question: Reflections on the Failure to Reduce Racial & Ethnic Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System [Download]
This is the first in a series of reports from the W. Haywood Burns Institute (BI). Published in December 2008, the publication introduces the foundation of the BI approach by examining the historical antecedents that continue to influence the juvenile justice system.The publication outlines the early juvenile justice system and its approach toward youth of color, and then examines Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) and its perceived causes. It also discusses the importance of strengthening the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act.
- Speaking Out: Latino Youth on Discrimination in the United States [Download]
This October 2010 report by the National Council of La Raza illustrates how Latino youth in the U.S. experience pervasive stereotyping based on assumptions about their ethnicity. The publication looks at the perceptions and experiences of Latino teenagers in settings as varied as school, the workplace, the streets, and in their interactions with law enforcement. The study also points to protective factors such as resiliency and parental support. The authors analyzed focus groups of children of Hispanic immigrants in four cities across the nation: Langley Park, MD; Nashville, TN; Los Angeles, LA; Providence, Rhode Island.
- Reducing Racial Disparity in the Criminal Justice System [Download]
The Sentencing Project has published a new edition of Reducing Racial Disparity in the Criminal Justice System, a manual for practitioners, policymakers, and community organizations. Although it focuses on the adult system, the manual's workable solutions and "best practices" also apply to juvenile justice systems.
- Native American Youth and the Juvenile Justice System [Download]
This March 2008 study by the National Council on Crime and Delinquency finds that the disproportionate representation of Native American youth in the juvenile justice is at its highest for the two most punitive sanctions: waiver to the adult system and out-of-home placement. Additionally, the report states Native American youth are 30% more likely than White youth to be referred to court, 10% more likely to be detained while awaiting trial, and 50% more likely to receive the most punitive measures.
- Critical Condition: African-American Youth in the Justice System [Download]
The Campaign for Youth Justice and the NAACP examine how African-American youth are disproportionately affected by the adult and juvenile justice system. African-American youth overwhelmingly receive harsher treatment than white youth in the juvenile justice system at most stages of case processing. Disparities start at the beginning, when a decision is made to arrest a child. African-American youth make up 30% of those arrested while they only represent 17% of the overall youth population. At the other extreme end of the system, African-American youth are 62% of the youth prosecuted in the adult criminal system and are nine times more likely than white youth to receive an adult prison sentence. This brief also provides examples of promising solutions and policy recommendations to reduce the disparities.
- A Tangled Web of Justice: American Indian and Alaska Native Youth in Federal, State, and Tribal Justice Systems [Download]
This policy brief from the Campaign for Youth Justice examines the status of Native youth involved in the juvenile and criminal justice systems. Native American youth are regularly prosecuted in three distinct justice systems: federal, state, and tribal. Native youth are more likely to receive to the two most severe punishments in juvenile
justice systems: out-of-home placement (i.e., incarceration in a state correctional facility) and waiver to the adult system. Compared to white youth, Native youth are 1.5 times more likely to receive out-of-home placement and are 1.5 times more likely to be waived to the adult criminal system. Nationwide, the average rate of new commitment
to adult state prison for Native youth is 1.84 times that of white youth.
- Disproportionate Minority Contact, in The Future of Children Volume 18 Number 2 Fall 2008 [Download]
The Fall 2008 issue of The Future of Children featured juvenile justice issues, including DMC. Alex R. Piquero provides an overview of this issue in this article.
- Disproportionate Minority Contact: Technical Assistance Manual (4th Edition) [Download]
Updated in July 2009, this Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention publication provides detailed guidance on DMC identification and monitoring, assessment, intervention, and evaluation. Its intended audience is Juvenile Justice Specialists, members of State Planning Agencies and State Advisory Groups, DMC researchers and consultants, and policymakers and practitioners involved in the juvenile justice system at the state and local levels.
What's New
DMC Action Network eNews reports on successes, challenges, and current resources in DMC reduction.


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BOSTON Democratic U.S. Senate hopefuls Edward Markey and Stephen Lynch clashed Monday night on homeland security in their first debate since the Boston Marathon attacks.
The two congressmen spent most of the first half of the one-hour debate discussing security issues, signaling a noticeable shift in the focus of a campaign which had largely centered on domestic issues prior to the bombings that killed three people and wounded more than 200 last Monday. Both candidates suspended their campaigns after the attack and are only now returning to the trail with a little more than a week remaining until the April 30 primary.
Lynch began the debate by striking an aggressive tone, faulting Markey for voting against a federal law that allowed for the establishment of a national Joint Terrorism Task Force that pools resources of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. Such a task force helped investigate the bombings in Boston.
"I don't know how you are going to spin this," Lynch said to Markey during a sharp exchange. "I voted yes, you voted no. That's the fact."
Markey struggled to remember or explain his vote on the task force, saying that he might have had questions at the time about whether the administration of then-President George W. Bush would support cooperation between the various agencies.
"I support the creation of the Joint Terrorism Task Force," Markey said. "I don't know the specific set of circumstances at that moment." After the debate, he emphasized that he fully backed the actions of the Boston task force that were widely praised for the investigation that led to the killing of one suspect and the capture of another.
Markey's campaign issued a press release later Monday night describing his vote against the creation of the national Joint Terrorism Task Force, which was established in July 2002, as a "principled objection to military involvement In law enforcement."
Lynch also questioned Markey's vote against a port security bill, though Markey explained that he only voted against an earlier version of the bill that did not include screening for nuclear materials. He said he supported the measure once that was added.
Markey also boasted about several measures he supported or authored that he said enhanced security including the screening of air cargo for bombs and the screening of tankers coming into U.S. ports for nuclear materials.
"I had to fight the Bush administration and I had to fight the industries that did not want to put the safeguards around those facilities that we knew were at the top of the al-Qaida terrorist target lists," he said. "And I was successful in putting those laws on the books that protect us today."
The candidates were asked about the installation of more security cameras in urban areas and the possible effect that would have on privacy.
Markey said it was time to consider installing more security cameras, like the ones that helped the FBI in the investigation of the Marathon bombing, in major urban areas like Boston.
"I do believe it is now time for us to consider more surveillance cameras. We see how helpful those surveillance cameras are," Markey said.
But Lynch urged caution, saying cameras should only be used "in places where people would not otherwise expect a high level of privacy."
When the debate at WBZ-TV shifted back to domestic policies, Lynch remained on the attack. At one point Lynch accused Markey of not doing enough to help local fishermen, saying "I'm with the fishermen, you're with the fish."
Another time, Markey responded to a flurry of criticisms from Lynch by saying "Steve is putting so many red herrings out here we're going to have to put out an aquarium."
Lynch challenged Markey's claim of having led the effort to break up the telecommunications monopoly, paving the way for increased competition and technological innovations for consumers.
Lynch, a South Boston Democrat, noted that just two cable companies, Comcast and Verizon, still control the lion's share of business in the eastern U.S. and that parts of the state are still without broadband, sharply limiting their viewing choices.
"The poor people in western Massachusetts, they're watching the (New York) Yankees tonight. They've suffered enough," Lynch said.
But Markey, a Malden Democrat, reiterated that he best reflects the views of Democratic voters likely to vote in next week's primary.
"I'm running to make sure the voices of the people of Massachusetts are going to be heard," he said.
Both candidates agreed after the debate that last week's events have changed the dynamic of the campaign.
"We are trying to be respectful for the victims," said Lynch, adding that campaigning after the tragedy felt "awkward."
"We have to be sensitive to the totality of the environment in which we are now campaigning," said Markey.
The debate came as a poll of 480 likely voters found that both Markey and Lynch hold double-digit leads over each of the three Republican candidates – former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan, Norfolk state Rep. Daniel Winslow and Cohasset businessman Gabriel Gomez.
Markey leads Gomez by 15 points, Sullivan by 18 points, and Winslow by 19 points while Lynch leads Gomez by 32 points, Sullivan by 32 points, and Winslow by 36 points according to the poll.
The poll was conducted by the Western New England University Polling Institute from April 11-18 and had a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percentage points.

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I was cleaning the microwave and a small "thingie" broke:
It seems to be some kind of metalic paper, covered by 2 layers of regular papers.
and it goes here, inside the unit:
With the "thingie" broken, the microwaves react with the pieces of metal and you know... so I took it out and it works just find. But my OCD/Aspie mind cant stop thinking... what is the purpose of that "thingie"? Is it a shield to prevent microwaves from escaping and killing peacemaker users? Is it safe to use the unit without that "thingie"?


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Sally takes 2nd at Sunset!
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Nov 30 2009 / Monday
Sally took second in the weekend's Gidget Pro at Sunset Beach to post her best results of her rookie season!
Sally also scored the event's only 10-point ride in the semi-finals on her way to a heat score of 17.17 - the highest heat total of the contest.
"I was really happy to get that wave," Fitzgibbons said of her perfect ride. "It was tricky. There were not that many waves in that heat."


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MOSCOW — When the European Union said it would bail out Cypriot banks by seizing a percentage of deposits, Cypriots erupted. Russian government officials also raged, on behalf of Cyprus' many Russian depositors.
Meanwhile Gazprom, the giant Russian energy company, quietly acted by offering a private bailout plan. Rather than tax deposits, Cyprus could raise money to right its economy by selling Gazprom exploration rights to offshore-gas deposits in the Mediterranean Sea.
The fate of this proposal is uncertain. Gazprom refused to confirm it even made an offer.
But it illustrates how a sprawling, wealthy company so entwined with President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, that it is often called a state within a state is willing to seize an opportunity and exploit weaknesses and divisions within Europe to cement its position and power.
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Gazprom already has vast gas deposits in Siberia. But the emergence of an independent gas industry in Cyprus could further undercut Gazprom's monopoly pricing power in Europe, already threatened by the global gas glut from the U.S. shale gas boom.
Ownership of Cyprus' promising though undeveloped reserves, lying beside similarly large deposits found recently off the coast of Israel, would prevent potential competitors from obtaining them and ensure a supply of gas — and Gazprom's continued power — for generations to come.
Gazprom, the world's largest natural-gas company, accounts for about a 10th of Russia's gross domestic product as it earns billions of rubles by providing Europe with about 40 percent of its imported gas.
While the Gazprom proposal was widely interpreted as an effort to elbow aside the EU and the International Monetary Fund, it was at the very least audacious: A private company was in effect offering to save a nation's economy.
On Sunday evening, a day after the EU announced its plan, the banking subsidiary of Gazprom, called Gazprombank, owned by the employee-pension fund, had, according to a Russian news agency, delivered its proposal to the office of the president of Cyprus.
Gazprombank's maneuver, while clearly aimed at benefiting the parent company, also highlighted the deep dependence of Russia's business and political elite on Cypriot offshore banking. They have used it to avoid taxes and political risk at home and to access Cyprus' relatively reliable court system to adjudicate disputes.
Russian depositors in Cypriot banks risk losing about $3.1 billion to what the EU is calling a stabilization tax on bank savings, from a total of $31 billion held by Russians in Cypriot banks, according to a report by Moody's.
The Cypriot Parliament on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected the 10 billion euro-bailout package that would have placed a tax on bank deposits. It was unclear, however, whether a Russian alternative might still be considered viable.
The Cyprus government wanted U.S. energy companies to develop its offshore assets as a hedge against possible Turkish meddling, said Dimitry Afanasiev, the chairman of Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners, a law firm that advises Russian companies on Cypriot investments. Afanasiev has been an advocate for a Russian alternative to the EU proposal.


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The goal is to provide health-education resources for local adult English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and family literacy programs so that students in these programs can make informed choices about their health and nutrition.
All adults need an adequate level of health literacy to establish good communication between patient and health care providers. According to the U.S. Department of Education, almost 50 percent of adults who don't finish high school lack basic health literacy. These people are also more likely to suffer from chronic conditions and be unaware of how to manage their disease(s).
Check our calendar for dates.
Health Literacy Course is courtesy of a grant by Florida Blue.


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May 24, 2016
Over on FSU's campus, one of its oldest academic departments is about to come together under one roof for the first time in decades.
Wednesday ground was broken for the university's century-old psychology department.
Take a look at the last of the old Florida High building. Come this summer, the final bricks will come down and FSU's new psychology department will rise up.
At Wednesday's groundbreaking, president T.K. Wetherell says he's counting on the Legislature to help with the $49 million building.
The new facility will be housed next to another future building, the College of Medicine, but what has students psyched is not having their department scattered all over campus and Tallahassee.
President Wetherell says they expect the project to be completed in about a year and a half.
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So we all know by now that all static content for Stack Exchange is kept on sstatic.net.
My question is about the details of the versioning. Let's take a look at the current (as of the time of this question being posted) source to the
master.js file on Stack Overflow (emphasis mine):
The querystring is of particular interest here. The first question is, why is it here?
The assumption is to enable versioning; because all of the content is long-lived (through the use of
Cache-Control: max-age=604800), the assumption is that without such a querystring, the browser would never make a request for the new content if it is updated.
That leads into the second question. Assuming the above assumption is correct, how is the version generated? I'd imagine it would be a PITA to manually create these every time the page is updated, so I assume there is some sort of automated process behind it.
Thinking about it, it would seem to me that you can probably mirror the files on the main SO site (not for serving, mind you) and then generate this timestamp based on the last modified date of the file that is being served up when you write the url.
My guess is that it is not a hash of anything (unless the number of hash values exceeds the number of values being hashed), but rather some sort of encoding.
If so, what is the agorithm that you use to generate these version numbers?
Or am I completely off track here?


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The board of the National Spot Exchange (NSEL) has all but washed its hands of the Rs 5,600-crore payments crisis on the bourse and has sought to pin the blame on former Anjani Sinha and his management team. Soon after the crisis came to light, NSEL vice-chairman Jignesh Shah and director Joseph Massey, appeared before the Forward Markets Commission (FMC) and suggested the possibility of a big shortfall in stocks that then CEO Anjani Sinha had said existed in warehouses as security against transactions on the exchange.
Lotus Refineries refutes NSELs defaulter notice
Last week, the NSEL board went one step further, launching a formal complaint against Sinha and his team before the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Mumbai Police. The board has alleged that the erstwhile management was probably hand in glove with the entities that defaulted on their payment obligations leading to the collapse of the exchange.
According to persons familiar with the matter, the EOW has formed a special investigation team and is collating information from other regulatory agencies, including the Registrar of Companies and the FMC. The Mumbai Police wing, however, has not yet called anyone for interrogation or recording of statement.
The complaint says that whatever was the promise about collateral security, that is not there. The management that was supposed to do all the due diligence and check everything was probably hand in glove with them which led to the entire fiasco, said a person privy to the matter.
It will be a crime if it is proved that the loss was because of inducements coupled with the fact that people who had induced were aware that the system is going to crack, added the person on condition of anonymity. A formal first information report (FIR) has not been registered yet.
NSEL crisis: Bank of India sells MCX stake for over Rs 20 crore
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ok try this run a wire str8 from the negitive terminal on the battery to the ground on your fule pump. are you getting spark from the dizzy? had a simmiler problem after tucking the harness on my teggy also somthin u might wana check out is the whole fuse block under the dash open it up see if theirs any burn marks also did u check the ecu fuse under the hood make sure all plugs are in good sahape no stray wires stick out from the plug
Ive read all comments but im still thinking maybe u should go back to old harness and see if tht resolves ue issuses and if it does find whts the issue with new harness cause car was workong fine untill u changed dash harness ...once u see car running again label all plugs blk sharpie abd start over..and to ask another thing u tryn to put an obd2 dash harness in a obd1 ? And whts u ecu setup ? U might even have to bypass something ?and is there an alarm on this car ?tht could be whts causing the issue too?ijs


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ASSISTANT SECRETARY CAMPBELL: Well let me just say good afternoon everyone, I'm sorry to have people coming out on Sunday afternoon, but it's very good to be back in Tokyo. I am here along with a team from the Department of Defense and my colleague Peter Lavoy, for consultations with Japanese counterparts. We're going to be discussing a number of things, upcoming high-level diplomacy, force posture issues in Asia, developments in Okinawa. We'll also be talking about areas of cooperation [between] the United States and Japan in Afghanistan, the work we are doing in advance of the ASEAN Regional Forum, and a variety of other bilateral engagements. Obviously we'll be discussing recent developments in North Korea, we will be wanting to listen carefully to Japanese views about next steps.
I'll also be travelling to South Korea on this trip to have similar consultations with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Defense officials. I think as you know, discussions are underway at the United Nations. The United States is in the Chair at the Security Council and I think there is a very strong sense among the partners, and you've seen it in the statements from the White House, from the G8, from Ambassador Rice, very strong condemnation of the provocative action that North Korea has taken that is in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions, and very clear and determined effort to send a strong message that further provocations would be most unwelcome. I'll have a couple of other opportunities to give statements during the day tomorrow, but I'm happy to take a couple of very quick questions.
QUESTION: Sir, North Koreans have just revealed what appears to be a new missile in their parade today. Do you have any information on this?
ASSISTANT SECRETARY CAMPBELL: I'm sorry, I just got off the airplane, so I'll have to get briefed but I'll catch up with my colleagues about that.
QUESTION: Any comments on Kim Jong Un, apparently he just spoke for the first time.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY CAMPBELL: Again, I apologize, I just got off a 14 hour flight so I haven't been briefed on that.
QUESTION: According to news, he announced that North Korea would be a strong military nation. How would you respond to that?
ASSISTANT SECRETARY CAMPBELL: Let me just say again, I haven't had the opportunity to get briefed on what he has said, once I have a chance to learn a little bit more I'll be happy to provide some commentary.
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text: Electrical & Computer Engineering Theses and Dissertations http://hdl.handle.net/1903/2765 2016-05-29T06:16:15Z 2016-05-29T06:16:15Z A STUDY OF FEATURE SETS FOR EMOTION RECOGNITION FROM SPEECH SIGNALS Ko, Yi-Chun http://hdl.handle.net/1903/17396 2016-03-29T04:02:15Z 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z A STUDY OF FEATURE SETS FOR EMOTION RECOGNITION FROM SPEECH SIGNALS Ko, Yi-Chun This thesis focuses on finding useful features for emotion recognition from speech signals. In comparison to the popular openSMILE "emobase" feature set, our proposed method reduced the size of feature space to about 28% yet boosted the recognition rate by 3.3%. Given we are at a point technologically where computing is cheap and fast, and lots of data are available, the approach to solving all sorts of problems is based on sophisticated machine learning techniques to implicitly make sense of data. Yet in this work, we study particular features that are felt to correlate with changes in emotion but have not been commonly selected for emotion recognition tasks. Jitter, shimmer, breathiness, and speaking rate are analyzed and are found to systematically change as a function of emotion. We not only explore these additional acoustic features that help improve the classification performance, but also try to understand the importance of the existing features in improving accuracy. Our results show that using our features together with MFCCs and pitch related features lead to a better performance. 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Design and Simulation of Sine-Gordon Lattice System Zhang, Miao http://hdl.handle.net/1903/17388 2016-03-29T03:55:42Z 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Design and Simulation of Sine-Gordon Lattice System Zhang, Miao The sine-Gordon equation is one of the nonlinear and integrable partial differential equations that can be solved exactly and has soliton solution. This equation was first introduced for Josephson junction propagation and has been applied to many other scientific fields. Based on three discretized forms of the sine-Gordon equation, i.e. conventional discrete sine-Gordon equation, Orfanidis's discrete sine-Gordon equation and sine-lattice equation, we create and simulate three sine-Gordon lattice systems. By taking the difference between the adjacent outputs as the transmitting soliton signal, it is shown that all three systems could propagate the bell-shaped signal constantly and the sine-lattice equation system gives the best results. Due to the low-voltage, low-power feature, we choose the MOS translinear circuit that exploits bulk voltages under weak inversion to realize the sine function in the sine-Gordon lattice system and the complete circuit of the sine-Gordon cell is also created utilizing this MOS translinear sin(x) circuit. 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Software Crash Study Zhang, Yantao http://hdl.handle.net/1903/17371 2016-03-29T03:30:44Z 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Software Crash Study Zhang, Yantao With the development of personal computers, the user experience has become a vital part of every day work and life of the majority of people on the planet. Hardware components are usually preconfigured and most people tend not to tune them. However, the software environments change much more often because of the configuration by users, the upgrading by vendors and the attacks by hackers. All of those activities can be a factor in the stability of software. In this work, by analyzing a sample of 600,000 machine weeks and around 16,000 applications used on them, we try to derive the relationship between the software environment and the crashes of software. We mainly used association rule mining and analyzed our data on Spark. We also examined the predictability of crashes using the association rules and the difference of predictability between different versions of a same application. 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Multi-Level Main Memory Systems: Technology Choices, Design Considerations, and Trade-off Analysis Tschirhart, Paul Kenton http://hdl.handle.net/1903/17360 2016-03-29T03:20:08Z 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Multi-Level Main Memory Systems: Technology Choices, Design Considerations, and Trade-off Analysis Tschirhart, Paul Kenton Multi-level main memory systems provide a way to leverage the advantages of different memory technologies to build a main memory that overcomes the limitations of the current flat DRAM-based architecture. The slowdown of DRAM scaling has resulted in the development of new memory technologies that potentially enable the continued improvement of the main memory system in terms of performance, capacity, and energy efficiency. However, all of these novel technologies have weaknesses that necessitate the utilization of a multi-level main memory hierarchy in order to build a main memory system with acceptable characteristics. This dissertation investigates the implications of these new multi-level main memory architectures and provides key insights into the trade-offs associated with the technology and organization choices that are integral to their design. The design space of multi-level main memory systems is much larger than the traditional main memory system's because it also includes additional cache design and technology choices. This dissertation divides the analysis of that space into three more manageable components. First, we begin by exploring the ways in which high level design choices affect this new type of system differently than current state of the art systems. Second, we focus on the details of the DRAM cache and propose a novel design that efficiently enables associativity. Finally, we turn our attention to the backing store and evaluate the performance effects of different organizations and optimizations for that system. From these studies we are able to identify the critical aspects of the system that contribute significantly to its overall performance. In particular, we note that in most potential systems the ratio of hit latency to miss latency is the dominant factor that determines performance. This motivated the development of our novel associative DRAM cache design in order to minimize the miss rate and reduce the impact of the miss latency while maintaining an acceptable hit latency. In addition, we also observe that selecting the page size, organization, and prefetching degree that best suits each particular backing store technology can help to reduce the miss penalty thereby improving the performance of the overall system. 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z


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posted at 7/24/2012 2:34 PM EDTI was grandfathered into Red Sox Nation, 11 years ago. I am 24 years old and live in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada. I now consider myself the biggest Sox fan north of the border. The closest ball park to me is a short 7 hour drive to Minnesota. Over the last 11 some years, I have travelled to see the Sox play 53 games. Wether it be in Minnesota, Toronto, Seattle or Fenway itself. However, this year I just cant get excited to see them live. Sure I still pride myself on catching 140 games on NESN a year. (I bought a Dishnet receiver and got a fake address in Boston) but I just have no urge to see them play this year. Sure I still have a sour taste in my mouth from catching 5 Games in September at Fenway...Only to see them lose them all. But what I want to know, are you other travelling fans looking at all this the same way I am ? Or are you still paying good money to see sub par effort ? I cant justify it right now, and its bothering me because of how much I love the Sox, but i definitely don't feel I owe it to the front office. And i think that is the biggest reason.
Re: The Red Sox, And their travelling fans
posted at 7/24/2012 5:19 PM EDTI hear you on that one. I am from St.Catharines, Ontario, Canada. I am a Bruins, Sox & Pats fan. I just travelled 8 hours to Boston to see that farce of a series against the Blue Jays. I have been to Fenway many times, but this by far was the worst trip ever. Swept by the lowly Jays in convincing style. I can honestly say it was close to the most embarrassed I have ever been as a Sox fan. Last September takes that honour. I had to hear it from the Jays fans in attendence & also the Jays fans back home here. I will continue to make the trip to see the Bruins but as far as the Sox go, I won't waste my money on over priced tickets again.
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