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India Says: 'There Is No Direct Correlation Between IP And Innovation'
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Techdirt has been pointing out for years that more patents is not the same thing as more innovation, even though many around the world would have us believe otherwise. It seems the message is finally getting through: here's a remarkable statement from India on the subject of innovation and small- and medium-sized companies, made at a TRIPS Council meeting:
there is no direct correlation between IP and Innovation even for the Small and Medium Industries. The technological progress even in the developed world had been achieved not through IP protection but through focussed governmental interventions like compulsory licenses, cross licensing, government funding, and competition policy. It is unfortunate that some of the technologically developed countries would like to showcase the positive effect of IP on innovation, when historically these countries including the proponents of this Agenda Item have reached this stage of technological development by focussing solely on the development of their own domestic industry without caring for the intellectuals property rights of the foreigners or the right holders. After achieving a high level of development, they are now attempting to perpetuate their hold on their technologies by making a push towards a TRIPS plus regime.
The last part is a clear dig at the US, which began as a pirate nation, but is now trying to impose the highest level of protection for intellectual monopolies on countries that are still at an early stage of their development, through the many bilateral treaties it has signed with them, as well as things like ACTA and TPP. The statement from India goes on:
Their agenda is not to create an environment where developing countries progress technologically, but to block their progress through the stringent IP regime. It is therefore essential that the flexibilities provided by the TRIPS Agreement need to be secured at any cost, if the people in the developing countries are to enjoy the benefits of innovations.
That is, far from acting as a spur to innovation in countries like India, intellectual monopolies prevent small- and medium-sized companies there from progressing to the point where they are able to compete in global markets with the Western enterprises that are pushing for stricter enforcement of patents and trademarks. This is why emerging countries would do well to think twice before signing up to restrictive FTAs and wide-ranging agreements like TPP that are specifically designed to keep them at a lower level of technological development.
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My friends, there is hope. Law enforcement officers at the local level are making their stand and they want you to be a part of that. While I've written on various sheriffs that have made their own stance to protect their citizens from anyone attempting to confiscate guns, I recently ran across Police Chief Mark Kessler of the Gilberton Borough Police Department in Pennsylvania. He wants citizens to join with his police department in building a "reserve force" that will aid his police force should the need arise to resist Federal authorities when it comes to the Second Amendment.
I spoke with Chief Kessler. The police force is quite small in his town and, much like my own town, criminal activity is not rampant.
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The reserve force will be made up of volunteers, they can be past or current police officers with act 120 training, along with non law enforcement personnel interested in joining the reserve force. All non law enforcement personnel won't have any powers to arrest, but will be required to go through a background check, supply their own duty gear, uniform (military BDU, etc), weapons, ammunition. Everyone will be required to attend a firearms certification course to qualify with both long gun and hand gun at a rate set by the firearm instructor. There will also be hand to hand combat training, knife fighting training, urban combat training, sniper courses, search and rescue etc. The reserve force would only be called upon in the event of a Federal invasion or foreign invasion of the jurisdiction. They would not be called on in ordinary police work nor would they have arrest powers. This reserve force would be distinct from militia, according to Kessler.
From his website:
ALERT! Anyone interested in joining a reserve force with the Gilberton Borough Police Department ,contact Chief Kessler immediately for details! Due to our Country's current situation I'm compelled to form an auxiliary force, DHS ( Department of Home Land Security ) is stock piling ammunition , Stock Piling Machine guns at a alarming rate! I believe we have no choice for what MAY OR MAY NOT happen shortly!, Ask yourself this one question, can you walk into any sporting good store and purchase 22LR, 9mm, 45ACP , 40 caliber,, 5.56/223 , 7.62x51 or 308 ammunition in quantity's more then a box or two ? (OR ANY AT ALL) if you answer No, ask yourself why ???? I'll tell you why because the GOVERNMENT is STOCKPILING BILLIONS of rounds of ammunition! (for what ????) even the police can't get ammo ! DHS has enough weapons and ammo to wage a 30 year GROUND war, ( BUT ON WHO and WHY ) what is wrong with this picture???, Maybe the tyrants want to take as much ammo off the civilian market AS POSSIBLE! either way it's very disturbing!
Chief Kessler doesn't make a lot of money and informed me that even ammunition and weapons he obtains are purchased by him. While the budget of the police force there is enough to provide them a salary, Kessler funnels some of his own money back into the force.
Kessler is a law enforcement officer who is looking to honor his father who honorably served during the Vietnam war. "If not for him, I would not be the man I am today," he said. He's also an Oath Keeper.
The Chief is active in his community, apart from being a Police Chief. On January 3, 2013 he drafted a piece of legislation called The 2nd Amendment Preservation Resolution so he could introduce it to local elected officials in Gilberton Borough, Pennsylvania for consideration. The legislation was to reaffirm the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution which reads:
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
Along with the Pennsylvania Constitution, which states:
The right of the people to keep and bear arms in defense of themselves or that of a free state shall not be questioned.
"I wanted to draw my line in the sand," Kessler writes. "I wanted to ask my elected officials to stand with freedom, stand with the oath they took to defend freedom, to stand with so many great Americans that shed their blood or gave the ultimate sacrifice defending."
His resolution was adopted on January 24, 2013 by the Gilberton Borough Council.
Chief Kessler said, "For those of you who think no one has a right to keep and bear arms I suggest you buy a one-way ticket to the nearest dictatorship country! Cuba is close, the weather is beautiful all year round!"
He rightly identifies the Founders intentions concerning the Second Amendment. "First," he begins, "our founding fathers learned from their experiences! Coming from a tyrannical dictatorship country that looked down on the people as peasants, often killing thousands, taking property, raping wives/daughters and much more."
"Our founding fathers came to America to start a new life free from tyranny, oppression and dictatorship, to live free and express freedom without reprisals from Dictators," he continues. "They drafted the constitution specifically adding the 2nd Amendment to protect themselves from the government, period! The Second Amendment has nothing to do with hunting or sporting purposes whatsoever."
Kessler also has a message for the "bleeding heart liberals."
"If by some chance you didn't buy your tickets to Cuba, let me state 'I will never disarm. I will never give up my high capacity magazines, firearm accessories or ammunition. I will never give up my freedoms. I will never retreat. I'm proud to be an American. I'm proud to serve my country. I'm proud of our military personnel that sides with freedom!' Just because a mentally ill person commits a horrific crime does not mean I lose my rights."
Chief Kessler says that he will stand on the side of freedom, rather than siding with "tyrannical thugs."
He also has a word for those "law enforcement personnel standing on 'Bozo's' stage, who are condemning firearm owners: "You disgust me."
Chief Kessler also has several videos of his on his site.
If you wish to be a part of his "reserve force," or if you are not in the area and wish to donate to the Gilberton Borough Police Department, you can contact Chief Kessler via snail mail, email or phone.
Attn: Chief Of Police
Gilberton Borough Police Department
2710 Main street
Mahanoy Plane, Pa 17949
UPDATE: Kessler will be interviewed on Arising Republic Radio on Friday, February 22, 2013 at 9pm EST. Calls will be taken.Don't forget to Like Freedom Outpost on Facebook, Google Plus, & Twitter. You can also get Freedom Outpost delivered to your Amazon Kindle device here.

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Painting With Water Based Media
Course #2000012
Judy Simonian
Materials fee: $15
This covers the cost of shared materials pre-purchased by your instructor. Please bring cash or check payable to the instructor to your FIRST CLASS SESSION.
*This fee does not cover the cost of materials listed below.
Materials needed for the first two classes:
acrylic paint, brushes, paper, disposable palettes, water containers, rags, plastic cloth or newspaper to cover table
acrylic paints:
2 oz. tubes (Utrect brand is good and inexpensive, Golden brand is better)
Ultramarine Blue
Pthalo Blue (do not get the reddish tint)
Titanium White
Hansa yellow Medium or Cadmium Light
Quinacridone Magenta (Golden brand)
One or more of the following browns: Burnt sienna, Raw sienna, Burnt umber, Raw umber
White Gouache (14ml. tube or larger)
suggested brushes:
Bring whatever you have on hand. Your preference for brushes is personal and your choices will develop as class progresses. Listed below are some options:
acrylic brushes (natural boar bristle or synthetic):
½" flat or filbert, ½" in diameter round, smaller brushes for details
watercolor brushes:
Windsor and Newton's Septer Series, synthetic/natural blend ½" diameter or larger, round ½" or larger flat or filbert
one small round pointed detail brush
gouache brushes:
Silverwhite Series 1500, ½" or larger round and flat or filbert
Princeton Art and Brush Co. 6300 Series, ½" or larger round and flat or filbert
one small round pointed detail brush
several sheets of 100% cotton watercolor paper such as Arches, Fabriano, etc.
20"x30" 140#, hot press or cold press (to be torn into quarters) recommended
pads of acid free, archival watercolor paper OK too, 140#
2 sheets 22"x30" American Masters paper for acrylics #140
other supplies:
masking or drafting tape 3/4" wide
rags and/or paper towels
2 or 3 water containers (deli containers or glass jars are fine)
small plastic atomizer for water
plastic or newspaper to cover table
many types of plastic and metal palettes are available with wells for individual colors and an area for mixing.
also, pads of disposable wax paper palettes are very convenient for clean-up (my preference); even more practical is a roll of freezer wrap.
color wheel (try to get The Color Wheel Company version rather than Grumbacher)
Suggested Art Supply Stores:
Pearl Paint, 308 Canal Street, 212-431-7932
Utrect Art Supply, 111 4th Ave, 212-777-5353
New York Central 62 3rd Ave. 212-473-7705
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If you have a question or problem using the Stereo Headset Adaptor, see the following topics.
If your Stereo Headset Adaptor isn't functioning well, check the following:
If your Xbox One Controller doesn't work or gets disconnected after you plug in your Stereo Headset Adaptor, unplug your adaptor and then update your controller without the adaptor. After the controller is updated, insert your Stereo Headset Adaptor back into the controller. If you're prompted to install another update for the adaptor, install that update as well.
Note This fix was updated in the Xbox One June 2014 system update. If you previously tried to update the controller but were unsuccessful, please try again.
If your controller still disconnects after you update it, you will need to replace the controller. To order a replacement, go to the Xbox Online Service Centre.
If you have both game and chat audio plugged into the adaptor, use the Game balance or Chat balance button to get more of the desired audio type.
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No, when the console detects a headset, Xbox assumes that you want that audio to be private, and it automatically turns off Kinect chat audio.
The Stereo Headset Adaptor doesn't know if you're using your headset just for chat or for all audio, so the Xbox console doesn't automatically mute TV audio when you're using the adaptor. You must manually adjust your TV audio volume.
If your Xbox One Stereo Headset Adaptor is broken, order a replacement from the Xbox Online Service Centre.
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Esophagitis during Lung Cancer Treatment
My father was recently diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. He is undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy. He has started having severe pain in his esophagus and tried "magic mouthwash" unsuccessfully. Is there anything that can help relieve some of the pain for him?
Beth Sandy, MSN, CRNP, OCN, board certified nurse practitioner and nationally certified oncology nurse, responds:
Esophagitis is a term that refers to inflammation of the lining of the esophagus. Symptoms include difficult and painful swallowing, heartburn, feeling of fullness and blockage in the throat, and nausea and vomiting. It can be caused by irritants such as stomach acid reflux and certain medications like NSAIDs. Esophagitis is also common in patients receiving radiation therapy to the chest and mediastinum. The incidence and severity of esophagitis is significantly increased in patients who get chemotherapy at the same time as the radiation (i.e., concurrent chemoradiation). Furthermore, immunosuppressed cancer patients are vulnerable to developing viral and fungal infections (i.e. Herpes, Candida) that also cause esophagitis.
Magic mouthwash, unfortunately, does not always help, as is the case for your father. Usually, in these cases, we will next offer a liquid pain medication such as Roxicodone liquid. The down side to Roxicodone is that it is a narcotic, and thus can cause constipation and drowsiness. However, it generally works very well at helping to relieve the pain from radiation irritation of the esophagus. Another alternative is carafate liquid, which coats the esophagus and provides a protective barrier to permit healing. Unfortunately, carafate usually doesn't help reduce the pain very well, and so pain medication may still be needed. Newer evidence suggests that neuropathic medications like gabapentin may provide some relief for esophagitis caused with cancer therapies.


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Downloaded cars are not immediately added to your garage. You'll still need to add the car to your garage in the game using credits or tokens. To do this from the Forza 6 main menu, select Career, select Car, and then select Buy Cars.
If you don't see the cars appearing at all in the game, ensure you've downloaded them to your Xbox One console. See "See what add-ons you've installed" above for more information.
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» On one hand, it's not surprising that Oregon's new football facility is nicer than that of most NFL teams. On the other, a barbershop!
» Oregon State's already mediocre basketball program suspended forwards Eric Moreland and Devon Collier indefinitely for an undisclosed violation of team rules. The pair averaged a combined 22 points per game last season.
» Juventus' Andrea Pirlo and Leonardo Bonucci "tried out" for the Stanford football team. Continue reading "Pac-12 links: Oregon's new football facility is as shiny as you'd expect" »


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-Retirement Savings Plan -22 vacation days -8 Paid Holidays -Sick Time -Tuition benefits for employee, spouse and dependent children -Free Metro Link/ Bus pass-Free Life Insurance-Health, Dental, Vision -Health Savings Accounts (HSA)-Long Term Disability Insurance -Flex Spending Plan -Other Benefits Med School HR website (medschoolhr.wustl.edu)
This position is in the Department of Internal Medicine - Lung Center/GI Center/Heart and Vascular Center located on the Medical School Campus.
For over a century, Washington University's Department of Medicine has maintained a proud tradition of excellence. Its three-part mission of Research, Teaching, and Patient Care has formed an important core which ultimately brings the latest in medical technology and doctors of the highest standard to the patients in our hospitals and clinics. The Department of Medicine has attracted doctors from all over the world.
This position is grade C06.Please attach a copy of your most current signed performance evaluation (completed within the last 18 months) to your online account. If you have not received a performance evaluation, you may provide two current signed letters of recommendation (written within the last 18 months), preferably to include one letter from either a current or recent former supervisor. To attach these documents, go to: My Career Tools, Add Attachment, Attachment Type – Performance Reviews or Letters of Recommendation.
This position is full-time and works approximately 40 hours per week.� Position hours are generally regular business hours.
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High school diploma or GED; a Registered or Certified Medical Assistant with a minimum of 3 years of related work experience (examples of related fields include military medic, emergency medical technicians, Nurse's Aide, physical therapy and nurse technicians, and certified athletic trainers); substitutions include:
Must be able to show proof of Medical Assistant registration/certification or complete Medical Assistant registration/certification within 6 months of hire date or within a shorter time frame if noted by hiring manager; Basic Life Support certification (Online BLS certifications, those without a skills assessment component are not sufficient to meet the BLS requirements).
The hiring range for this position is $15.54 - $19.05 per hour.
Washington University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, genetic information, disability, or protected veteran status.
Position leads the work of Medical Assistants in the clinical operation of a patient care setting; this position leads the work of Medical Assistants I and II, and/or acts as the primary clinic resource in a large multi-physician clinical practice; functions as a Medical Assistant in the department, prepares and maintains exam rooms, prepares charts, obtains reports and records; directs patient flow and ensures the overall smooth running of the clinical office.
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The second step in spatial encoding consists in applying a phase encoding gradient, which we will choose to apply in the vertical direction. The phase encoding gradient (GPE) intervenes for a limited time period. While it is applied, it modifies the spin resonance frequencies, inducing dephasing, which persists after the gradient is interrupted. This results in all the protons precessing in the same frequency but in different phases. The protons in the same row, perpendicular to the gradient direction, will all have the same phase. This phase difference lasts until the signal is recorded.
On receiving the signal, each row of protons will be slightly out of phase. This translates as their signals being more or less out of phase.
To obtain an image, it is necessary to multiply the different dephased acquisitions, which are regularly incremented. For a spin echo sequence with « n » rows, we make « n » acquisitions each with a different phase encoding gradient.


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Guest Post: Building Your Own Gmail in a Day with Temboo & SendGridSwift
This guest post comes from Marianne Bellotti, Hacker-in-Residence and Developer Evangelist at Temboo. She is a veteran of the hackathon scene, data junkie and completely self-taught programmer, she loves nothing more than mashing up some good APIs. You can find her on twitter at @bellmar.
It used to be if you wanted to break free from the infrastructure rolled out for you by big internet businesses, you had to spend hours maintaining your own servers, selecting and configuring software options, and writing hundreds of lines of uninteresting code to get even the most basic level of functionality. Now with cloud environments and APIs available for nearly every type of feature you can imagine, it is possible to build hacks that allow you to privately manage your data the way you please. Store it where you want, have it displayed where you want, build in the integrations that you think are useful.
Building a custom Gmail, for example, is a simple matter of using Sendgrid's API with Temboo. Temboo has a stable of SDKs that allow developers to build and execute component code in a cloud environment. What does that mean? Rather than having libraries filled with code that needs to be maintained and updated for each application every time there's a change, applications have a directory that maps to where each process lives in the cloud. If the process needs to change for whatever reason, you need only change the code in the cloud. All the applications that rely on that process instantly update themselves. No out-of-date libraries. Things keep working without you doing anything.
All this provides an excellent infrastructure for web development. Because the SDK is just a directory that helps applications connect to our processes (called Choreos), a process designed to run in a Java application can also be run by a Python script. Code becomes truly language agnostic. Developers can share algorithms without having to port them over. What a truly wonderful way to hack.
And Temboo has Sendgrid support out of the box, which gives any app instant email capabilities. I've been a Sendgrid fan from day one because there's nothing really more obnoxious than setting up a mail server just so your website can send little 'validate your email' messages and help people reset their passwords, but when we were reviewing Sendgrid's API for inclusion in our default library, I noticed the Parse API. Holy cow, my apps can receive mail too? This seemed too cool not to play around with.
So I sat down, whipped out my Temboo account and in a day built a simple webmail client that allows me to drag and drop files from Dropbox into my email, without opening Dropbox, without even logging into Dropbox.
Sendgrid + Temboo
With any other company, I might have expected a thousand and one configuration instructions to get my app to receive email. But no, it was just as easy as getting my app to send email in the first place: buy a domain, change the MX Record, tell Sendgrid what URL to direct the data to and voila! My emails come through as POST variables, easy to capture and use.
The rest is all Temboo. Sendgrid is pretty simple, especially if you take advantage of their sample code and libraries. But the advantage that Temboo offers over a single API specific library is that request procedures are streamlined over all services. REST? SOAP? XML-RPC? It does not matter. Every single API request is handled with the same, clean, simple lines of code. To send email with Sendgrid, I need only do this:
To access my Dropbox account, the process is exactly the same.
What's This Set Credential Business?
When you use an API, you usually need some kind of key right? Either a seemingly random string of letters and numbers or– as with Sendgrid– your login information. There's nothing more nerve wrecking than putting passwords and account information in your source code, but in most situations you don't have much of a choice.
Except with Temboo you can store your credentials securely on our servers and instruct the process you're using to fetch them before it runs. What's more, if you need to change your credentials for any reason there's no more editing and updating every single hack that uses them. You just log back into Temboo and edit them there, all your Temboo powered applications will continue working.
This was particularly useful in building the demo because I started off using my own personal Sendgrid account but then I realized that no matter what I do this demo will attract spam. I use my Sendgrid account for lots of other things, better move the demo off to a dummy account so that if it has to be killed for abuse it doesn't affect anything else.
Stored credentials is also how I'm able to access my Dropbox account without logging in. If the service you want to use requires OAuth authentication, you can generate the tokens straight on Temboo.com and store them for your use.
No need to choose between accounts either. You can add multiple credentials for the same service if you like. Give them unique names you're all set to run. Credentials are encrypted using the same security procedures used by banks to protect your data.
The Demo, The APIs, The Spam
So what does our demo Tmailroom.com do? It receives email sent to email@example.com, it allows you to read, reply, and delete that mail. Then below the mail client it displays the contents of a special Dropbox account I set up for it.
Yes, that's a live account. I would have programmed the ability to upload things to it but I wasn't sure people would use that power for good.
Now as I write an email to my friend instead of attaching a file, I can drop a link to it just by dragging and dropping the file into the email body. Easy, but only the tip of the iceberg with what I could have done had I been building something that was not going to be instantly trolled by spammers from all over the world. I could have it actually attach the real file. It could automatically upload any attachments I receive to Google Drive, or just about any other file sharing or document management system. I can have it connect to LinkedIn and automatically look up the profiles of the companies that email me. I can even have it pull in and interact with my Gmail and apply whatever functionality I decide on to my Google account.
Still using Sendgrid, I was able to give this demo the ability to detect abuse. It accesses my Sendgrid statistics and monitors how close to my limit of 200 emails a day I am and tracks the number of spam reports issued against me. When either of those numbers get above a certain point, it turns the email sending features off automatically.
In order to protect people's privacy I had the demo scramble email addresses before displaying them, and I decided not to let replies go through just in case. But if this was a real hack obviously neither of those measures would be necessary.
The Future Will Be Hacked
Everyday at the Temboo offices we review APIs that do fun, interesting, ridiculous things. Once the data is out there, it's free to use if only developers can access it. The harder we work, the easier it gets to build products that in the past whole startup teams have been needed to produce. Want to build your own Dispatch? Your own About.me? Your own RightScale? The APIs are out there, and Temboo gives you the power to use them.


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JACKSONVILLE � Camp Lejeune and New River Marine air station officials announced Monday that nearly all furloughed civilian employees have returned to work on base.
JACKSONVILLE � Camp Lejeune and New River Marine air station officials announced Monday that nearly all furloughed civilian employees have returned to work on base.
The furloughs began Oct. 1 as a result of the government shutdown that occurred due to the federal government not approving a fiscal budget. Official numbers of furloughed employees at local bases have not been released, but more than 800,000 workers have been affected nationwide.
Currently, according to the Department of the Navy Civilian Human Resources website, employees will be paid for their work as of Monday. A determination has not been made as to whether employees will be paid retroactively for the time they were furloughed.
Other local bases such as New River have recalled nearly all of their employees with less than 1 percent still on furlough, according to 1st Lt. Sarah Burns, the air station public affairs officer.
�I don�t live on base, but it is a drive for me to come here,� said Leslie Rosales, 36, of Jacksonville, who spends on average $100 per week at the commissary. �I come for the savings. It was a bit of an inconvenience for this to be closed down, but I know there are other people out there who are worse off without pay and no commissary benefits.�
The commissary is a benefit for the troops, Rosales said adding that �politicians shouldn�t be paid if the government is going to be shut down.�
I hope they can come to an agreement or a compromise so that society won�t be affected like this any longer,� she said.
Store Director of the Camp Lejeune commissary Michael Dunn said he is happy to have his more than 130 employees back at work, although he is unsure how long this will last, he said.
�I think our patrons are really happy that we�re back in here,� Dunn said. �Everybody who was on board is here. We were called back 100 percent. It was a pleasant surprise for us to be told we could open our doors.�
The scene just before the commissary closed was like a hurricane, Dunn said, due to how much people were buying. Monday, however, people were shopping for staple items that they either forgot to buy or didn�t get to buy last week, he said.
�We are a benefit for the military, their dependents and retirees,� Dunn said. �Across the store, you�ll see discounts of approximately 32 percent for a family. It�s one of their benefits that they look forward to much like their medical care.�
The commissary is not the only area of the base welcoming their employees back to work, according to Marine Capt. Joshua Smith, the deputy public affairs officer for Marine Corps Installations East.
�(The base) is in the process of conducting an orderly recall of the vast majority of our affected furloughed civilian employees,� Smith said. �Based on Department of Defense guidance, any personnel related to the morale, well-being or the readiness of service members or their families are able to be recalled. At a training base like Camp Lejeune, that is nearly everyone.�
Approximately 99 percent of personnel have been recalled to include workers at the commissary as well as all Marine Corps Community Services employees, according to Smith, who was unsure what employees made up the 1 percent who were not recalled. Updates, according to Smith, will be provided to media and posted on the base�s website and social media accounts.
�We�ll bring back as many people as we can, but it�s still to be determined,� Smith said �We�re going to continue to keep the public informed ... as our government makes decisions.�
The furloughs, according to Smith, have affected all operations on base and the recalling of employees will help the base get back to normal. The recalls, which according to Smith were made by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel as well as the Department of Defense.
�Obviously our civilians have a very important role � they are in direct support of Marines day in and day out,� Smith said. �We�re certainly glad to have them back.�


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Just want to tell you where my heads at.....
After 13 years I want to take more time with my grandkids, have a few trip plan before the end of the year.
Not doing the promo this year. have to cut a few thing from my life so I can do other things
Still working at docsports .....but will have a little help this year.
daytrading take more time than capping sports.....at this point in my life it's not about the money.....I can't spend
what I got and I live a good life......but......the kids are happy after I kick the bucket haha
I hope I help you put some money in your pocket......some learn how to do with help from what I have done and don't need me any more.....that why I come here 13 years ago to help make YOU A BETTER CAPPER!!!!!!!
those players have made me the happiest.....they took the time......and I took my time with them. Maybe they will use this forum this year to show what they have learn.
next year is next year.....we will see
for now it's family ,grandkids ,friends ,good food and enjoying the next 20 years.
next year...we will see
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By Jami Jones, managing editor
The new hours-of-service regulations unveiled by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration fall short on the flexibility needed for drivers to accommodate the loading and unloading schedules and challenges presented by shippers and receivers.
On the upside, the new hours-of-service regulations unveiled on Dec. 22, 2011, keep the 11 hours of driving time and the 14-hour on-duty time. Team drivers will also be allowed to count time in the jump seat as off duty as long as it's within the two hours before or immediately after an eight-hour stint in the sleeper.
However, starting on June 30, 2013, rest breaks will be mandated for drivers during the workday if the driver has been on duty for eight consecutive hours. The regulation also mandates that the 34-hour restart provision must include two overnight periods of 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. in the restart. The restart is also restricted in the new regulations to only once per seven days.
"Collectively, these changes will have a dramatic effect on the lives and livelihoods of small-business truckers, changes that are unwelcome and unnecessary," said Todd Spencer, executive vice president of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association.
Mandatory breaks
The new regulations have added a mandatory "break" during the 14-hour workday, which requires at least a 30-minute break after eight hours of on-duty time. Drivers may drive only if less than eight hours has passed since the end of the driver's last off-duty period of at least 30 minutes. Simply put, if you've been on duty for eight hours, you'll need to take a 30-minute break before you can drive. However, the break does not stop the 14-hour duty clock.
"There is a tremendous variation in individual needs in the industry," Spencer said.
He pointed to heavy-haul operations that are allowed only to operate during daylight hours.
"The day these rules were announced was one of the shortest days of the year with not even eight and a half hours of daylight time," Spencer said. "These operations are now going to sacrifice 30 minutes of that available workday and then take upwards of 15 hours off duty. Now that just doesn't make a lot of sense."
Spencer said that in other operations, this level of specificity could prevent drivers from taking a needed break, because they were mandated into taking a 30-minute break before it was actually needed.
The agency did take into consideration the duties of drivers under a load that requires constant monitoring – another situation OOIDA highlighted in its comments on the proposed regs.
Those drivers may take the break while in attendance of the load. They will be required to record the break as "on-duty" time and note that the time was spent complying with the mandatory break provision.
34-hour restart
The two overnight provisions and the limitation of using the 34-hour restart provision once every seven days are going to hamper efficiencies and rest cycles of drivers.
"It is counterintuitive to limit the restart provision to once per seven days," Spencer said. "Since a 10-hour break is sufficient for restorative rest, how is taking 34 hours off more than once in a seven-day period going to put tired truckers on the road?"
OOIDA is also critical of the limitation of use and the two overnight periods.
"The agency attempted to validate these overnight restrictions with an invalid sampling. It shows a clear lack of understanding about the varied operations in the trucking industry and the sleeping schedules and needs of individual drivers."
What's missing
Meaningful changes start with accountability, something that OOIDA contends is lacking.
OOIDA has long held that to meaningfully improve highway safety, proposed changes would need to include all aspects of a trucker's workday that affect the ability to drive safely. This includes loading and unloading times, split sleeper berth for team operations, and the ability to interrupt the 14-hour day for needed rest periods.
"Compliance with any regulation is already a challenge because everyone else in the supply chain, other than the driver, is free to waste the driver's time loading or unloading with no accountability," Spencer said.
"The hours-of-service regulations should instead be more flexible to allow drivers sleep when tired and to work when rested and not penalize them for doing so."
OOIDA's position is that shippers and receivers play a critical role in HOS compliance. While FMCSA has acknowledged a desire to gain authority over shippers and receivers, that hasn't happened yet. The agency pointed to that lack of authority as the reason that shippers and receivers were not regulated in this hours-of-service version.
Next steps
The final regulation made public by the agency today is a direct result of a lawsuit filed in March 2009 by four groups who sought to have the current version of the regulation thrown out. Filing suit were the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Public Citizen, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, and the Truck Safety Coalition.
After a fair amount of legal wrangling, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the four groups struck a deal in October 2009 that allowed FMCSA to craft new HOS regs.
On Dec. 23, 2010, the agency unveiled the proposed changes. That seemed to be enough to satisfy the group of plaintiffs for the time being. The case has been held in abeyance – which means the case is essentially "on hold" waiting for the final regulation.
The next round of legal filings was due Jan. 23, 2012. LL


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A photocopy of a picture of Frank in 1944, when he was serving in the Navy
Math tutor Bernard Frank, 89, works with Bexley Middle School eighth-graders Hannah Dolen, 14, left, and Nicole Beckman, 13.
Bernard Frank had plenty of reasons to kick back and relax when he retired almost 14 years ago.
He had been second-in-command of a small fighting boat in the Pacific during World War II; he had earned a degree in industrial engineering from Ohio State University; and he had taken over a jewelry store from his father-in-law, brought it out of bankruptcy and turned it into a successful Downtown business for half a century.
But when he retired in 2000 at age 76, he decided he still had something to give. He applied to be a substitute teacher in the Bexley City Schools.
"They said, 'When do you want to start?' I said, 'Tomorrow,'??" Frank said.
Now, at age 89, he is a math tutor, putting to work his minor in math from Ohio State. He figures he has worked with more than a hundred kids, mostly one-on-one. Sometimes he gets paid, other times not, depending on the parents' situation.
"What Bernie brought to the table was he could do it on an as-needed basis and charged on kind of a floating scale," with the bottom of the scale being free, said Harley Williams, the principal of Bexley secondary schools.
Frank said he always gets paid: "I get paid in the heart. When you're paid in the heart, you don't spend the heart. When you get paid money, you spend it."
Frank will talk your ear off. And he has built up a lot of stories over 89 years.
He was born in 1924 in Youngstown to a dad who "really did very little; he had jobs and made very little money," and a mom "who was one of those first ladies who went out into the world and became a working mother" to help support them, he said.
In 1942, he moved to Columbus to attend Ohio State. Back then, "Anybody who wanted to go could go" because it cost very little, Frank said. "I was a rich kid at Ohio State whose mother and father didn't have any money, but I didn't tell people."
There were no college deferments during World War II, and on his 18th birthday, after only three months of college, "I decided that I wanted to join the Army and not be drafted," Frank said.
But he soon realized that by the time basic training was over, he'd be ripe for the invasion of Europe that everyone knew was coming. So he went back to the enlistment office and said he needed to join the Navy, because his dad and grandfather had been in the Navy (which was true) and "They were having fits" that he had joined the Army (which wasn't true).
The Navy was happy to have him and, because of his college experience, sent him into the officers' program. Eventually, he found himself in the Philippines, second-in-command of a fighting boat, the USS APc-8, which looked like an armed tugboat.
His scariest moment came when the boat hit a reef in the Sulu Sea and looked like it was going down, with no one around to help. Frank put on three life jackets thinking that was better than one. But they got the boat free and limped to safety.
After the war, Frank returned to Ohio State and got his degree. He married and took over Lynn's Jewelers at 171 S. High St. from his father-in-law.
There were a few missteps, such as when Frank accidentally dropped a bag containing $25,000 in diamond rings — more than $49,000 in today's dollars — in 1989 near Town and High streets. A man found the bag and returned it.
After closing the store in 2000, Frank went to Columbus State Community College to brush up his math skills, got a teaching certificate and became a substitute teacher.
Frank goes beyond just being a tutor, said Williams, of Bexley schools. "As much as he's done with the students in math, I've also been as pleased with just the intergenerational experience he's been able to provide our students."
Eighth-grader Nicole Beckman, 13, said she "was in a little bit of a rut these past few months" with her math, "and then, just recently, I started getting better when I started working with Bernie."
"He helped me realize that some answers don't make sense and you have to go over everything and make sure that it's right."
Hannah Dolen, 14, also in the eighth grade, said lots of stories get mixed in with the math work.
What about? "Everything. His whole life," Hannah said.
Frank and his wife, Nancy Ann Frank, had three children. His wife died 1 1/2 years ago after 62 years of marriage.
"I cry for her quite often," he said.
He tutors about two days a week now. He'd like to see more retired people tutor and plans to continue for at least 10 more years.
"Until I'm 99," he said. "If I get there and I want to go longer, I will."
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Last night the trailer for Footloose hit, but you know what? It's not going to be the best movie-related dancing video you see this week. That title belongs to Tom Hanks. The actor-director has been doing the press rounds over the last few weeks ahead of the release of his latest film, Larry Crowne, and his most amusing stop yet has been the Spanish-language TV network Univision, where Hanks delivered one helluva weather report.
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here I will state like my experience like a daily blog.
I never raced before, only few times kitecross. But no course race.
So I will start from zero.
My only knowledge comes from reading and talking to people.
And I kite since 2000, so I have experience with handling kites, going upwind etc.
I'm in Portugal now, where the first out of 3 tour stops will have course racing as discipline.
My goal sounds simple: not be the last!
But if it will be simple, we will see!
Here info about me:
Age: 35
Weight: 94 kg
Size 1.86 m
Kite since: 2000
Style: old school
well, here the discussions are running hot...so much different gear available, that it is hard to select.
Since I'm also on a budget, I stay with my 2006 kites, but have a new 9.0 sqm kite and 2 new boards. I never tested the 9, not the bigger of the new boards. So I have no idea how it will work out.
Here my gear:
Vegas06 16.0
Vegas06 12.0
Rhino07 9.0
Phantom 138
Phantom 149
I chose the Phantom board, since I saw a guy in 2006 winning all races during a competition with this board, so I figured, it must be good.
If it is the best for me, I don't know, I cannot test that much.
It's all North gear for now, I'm not sponsored, but got a good price on it.
I pick my gear mainly for old school and being able to do big air, so the kites are not picked because they are fast. So we will see how this works out.
The questions for me are now:
- what is the fastest setup
- what is the best setup for going upwind
- which size is the best for different conditions, e.g if the wind is gusty
I cannot test any of this, so I need to learn from race to race.
I hope to have 1 hour before the race starts to do a test run, which combinations of board and kites will go better upwind:
- small board with big kite
- big board with small kite
Normally people say, a smaller kite goes better upwind. But if you have to sinus the kite more often, it might be better to have a bigger kite with constant pull to edge all the time and go upwind better...
Well, stay tuned, on Tuesday the races will start!
If you have any questions, please open a new thread, since this thread will be reading only.
It will be exciting!


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We have been porting our existing software running on an embedded Linux system to Inforce6601/Linux. One of the features we need is a system recovery -- which recovers failed system (possibly by miss-configuration, or corrupted filesystem, etc.).
The assumption is that the boot loader is still intact and working,
The recovery mode is kind like the fastboot mode, except that we would like to kick in to the mode by sending a special Ethernet packet to the boot loader. Out system will be embedded in a larger system so reaching to our board is very difficult, and Ethernet is the only communication method from the host.
The boot loader will need to poll the special packet for a certain period of time before loading the kernel.
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May 8, 1925 – June 22, 2013
Helen Davis Zettle, a longtime administrative assistant at the University at Buffalo, died Saturday at the home of her daughter in Williamsville after a short illness. She was 88.
Born in Berlin, Md., Mrs. Zettle grew up in the Philadelphia area after moving there with her family at a young age. After high school, she took a job manufacturing wartime goods at the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Eddystone, Pa. There she met her husband of 41 years, Vernon C. Zettle, who was kept out of World War II on account of an eye condition.
She and her husband eventually settled in Buffalo, where Mrs. Zettle held a variety of administrative positions at the University at Buffalo, first at Norton Union, the former student union, where her role as public address announcer earned her the nickname "The Voice of Norton Union," and later at the School of Dental Medicine.
Mrs. Zettle read voraciously and frequently audited classes at UB. She shared a passion for travel with her husband, and together they traveled throughout Europe and the Middle East.
She was also an active member of the Amherst Senior Center, where she attended a weekly current events group and offered insights culled from her firsthand experience of American history dating back to the Great Depression.
Survivors include a daughter, Connie Z. Davis; and a stepson, Jerry.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 9:30 a.m. Monday in Christ the King Catholic Church, Main Street and Lamarck Drive, Snyder.


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I had some problemes (albums are empty by using android client) so i switched to the beta version.
I'm currently using dsub and the new madsonic app on Android.
Dsub is fine for now but if I'm using the madsonic app it's not possible to open / sync large playlists. (~2000 songs)
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Incumbent faces challengers from former school board member, retired school teacher.
Name: Kenny Lutz
Age: 53
Family: Two children, both graduates of Hunter Huss High School
Current job: Project Manager, Southwood Realty
Contact information: 808 Carson Road, P.O. Box 1272, Gastonia
Ever been convicted of a crime? No.
Q. Should students be able to express their opinions about school on social media such as Facebook or Twitter on their own time?
A. Yes, they should be able to on their own time unless it creates significant disruption within the school.
Q. How should the school system deal with aging facilities and a student population that has not been growing?
A. Over 50 percent of our schools are 30 years old and 30 percent are over 50 years old. The Board of Education has done an assessment of facility needs to make sure our schools are safe and appropriate places to learn. I feel we should continue to work with the County Commissioners to find the most cost effective way to provide a safe and adequate learning environment for all students.
Q. Is the current school board accessible to the community? If not, what would you change?
A. I believe the school board is accessible to the community. There are two committee meetings each month and one school board meeting and all are open to the public. Public expression is a part of every school board meeting.
Q. Should teachers be paid based on their performance? Why or why not?
A. I think the base salary for teachers is well below what it needs to be. Once a reasonable base salary is in place then we can look at a performance based plan. It is important that we involve teachers in the development of this plan.
Q. What would be your top three objectives if you were elected to the school board?
A. 1.) Continue to improve the graduation rate. 2.) Continue to build the CTE program in all schools. 3.) Continue to have the safest schools in North Carolina.


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KIRA, a leading provider of facilities maintenance and construction services, is pleased to announce its recognition as the Department of Public Works Support Contractor of the Year by the U.S. Army Installation Management Command. KIRA was chosen out of thousands of contractors, worldwide, who provide support to the U.S. Army.
The Directorate of Public Works Awards Program affords the opportunity to recognize excellence in the execution and management of the public works, base operations, and real property maintenance.
KIRA's focus on safety, quality workmanship, and continuous improvement processes has created an award-winning environment. KIRA managed over 57,800 Service Orders in the evaluation period, which is a 59% increase in overall workload since the beginning of the contract. Amy Williams, Fort Carson Contracting Officer has stated of this growth, "Implementation of technological innovations that increase the craftsmen's productivity has been successful. KIRA has had an increase in the number of service orders this FY and was able to increase their completion rate without additional personnel. Management has been very successful with keeping their craftsmen in the field longer by using technological advancements, running parts to field personnel when needed and scheduling work at the shop level."
Mark Bartle, KIRA's onsite Project Manager, pursued the accolade for the past two years. His leadership, coupled with the dedicated team and the support of the customer, propelled the opportunity to reality. Mary Hudson, Contracting Officer for KIRA's contract stated, "Although the nomination was written for a 12-month period, the process for the nomination started at Contract Award. The conviction, guidance and vision of the Project Management team supported by the Contractor's Corporation, is the direct link to this Contractor's success and being awarded IMCOM's DPW Support Contractor of the Year."


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When game planning for a potent offense like Lawrence, the conventional wisdom says to establish a running game to keep the ball out of the opposing quarterback's hands.
But sometimes plans are meant to be broken. So after Jason Randall's opening two carries went for negative three yards against the Lawrence Lions Friday, coach Kevin Kopecky decided to open up the playbook.
The result was a fun, nothing-to-lose first half driven by the hope that the Pioneers could upset one of the hottest teams in the Sunflower League.
Leavenworth hung around with the Lions for much of the first 30 minutes, but a late turnover resulted in a Lawrence score right before half time, marking the beginning of the end.
The Pioneers scored twice more in the second half, but couldn't stop the prolific Lion offense and lost 46-26.
"It was time for us to put a good game together and for the most part we played pretty well," Kopecky said. "Our guys played hard. They weren't intimidated by them. Those two interceptions were bad. You can't turn the ball over. It was a big stat."
Before the second turnover bit them, the Pioneers led 12-8 halfway through the second quarter after Isaiah Ross ran up the middle for a 32-yard touchdown.
Then, after a blocked Leavenworth punt became a first down, the visitors had a chance to retake the lead before half. The Pioneers were driving but quarterback Judson Cole tried to force a ball into a tight window and ended up throwing it into the hands of a red jersey.
"Judson was just trying to make something happen. Sometimes people get on him for going down with the football, and he was trying to make a play, but just threw it to the wrong team," said Kopecky.
The turnover set the table for Lawrence's two-minute offense, which ended in a quarterback keeper for a TD with 12 seconds left.
Before that error, Kopecky's aerial attack paid dividends on Leavenworth's third drive. Landry Hodges connected with Jeff George on consecutive jump balls down the left sideline before Randall took the ball five-yards for the game's opening touchdown.
After Lawrence replied with a TD of its own, the Pioneers came back with the first of two Ross rushing touchdowns. At half, the Pioneers trailed 22-12.
In the second half, Lawrence mixed in a rushing attack to their bread-and-butter passing, wearing down the Pioneer defense. Leavenworth was able to get a couple scores of their own, one on a third quarter Randall kickoff return, the other on Ross' second rushing touchdown.
The score made it a 14-point game midway through the fourth quarter. But Lawrence had one final scoring drive left that put the game away for good.
"He [Ross] really stepped up," Kopecky said. "We knew all along he was capable of doing that, and it's good to see that out of him. He had a good game."
Cole finished the game 0-for-4 passing. Hodges was 3-for-6 for 75 yards. The Pioneers, 3-4, host Lawrence Free State at 7 p.m. Friday.
"Some people have them as the No. 1 team in the state," the LV coach said. "It was a fairly competitive game last year. We've got to regroup, and we're going to give it everything the last two games and try to get two in a row."
Pioneers can't keep pace with Lions
When game planning for a potent offense like Lawrence, the conventional wisdom says to establish a running game to keep the ball out of the opposing quarterback's hands.


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Sky Bet 'excitement of uncertainty' by WCRS
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Sky Bet, BSkyB's betting arm, is launching an integrated brand campaign that focuses on the "excitement of uncertainty" intrinsic to betting.
The activity, by WCRS, continues the "nothing's certain, that's why it's exciting" idea introduced in 2011.
It will launch with a 60-second TV ad in which the thoughts of a football bettor are heard. The punter ponders the various possibilities that could unfold over the course of a football season.
A range of ads will air through September and October, including spots on Sky Sports before football matches. The campaign will also run across online and social media channels.
It was created by Jane Briers and Dave Cornmell, and directed by Jim Weedon through Bare Films.


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With the glow of high school graduations still lingering in many American families, and analysts predicting that an"economic recovery" is on the way, this is a time when you'd expect to start hearing more positive news about the state of US public education. You'd be wrong.
In fact, not only is there no financial "recovery" in the offing for most public school systems, school year 2013 will likely be harder on our children and youth enrolled in pre-K-12 education.
Thus far, our country's political leadership is coming up short in addressing the calamity befalling our children and young people. But for progressives, the way forward is becoming clearer, if we choose to lead the way.
What Is Happening?
Last year's "Shock Doctrine Summer," rolled out much in the same way school year 2013 appears to repeat, with a litany of deep education cuts and increased pressure to transfer taxpayer funds for public schools to private interests.
This one-two punch to public schools emulates all too well the "Shock Doctrine" Naomi Klein described, in which catastrophes, in this case man made, are turned into opportunities for business interests to impose economic control on the public well-being.
For an account of the financial strife inflicted on public K-12 schools in 2012, folks at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities have the numbers.
In 2012, state governments, which account for about half of all funds spent on K-12 schools, generally went cut-happy to see how low they could go in slashing the amount of money spent on every child in their schools:
- • At least 27 states cut per student funding by more than 2 percent.
• 19 states cut per student funding by more than 5 percent.
• 4 states — IL, KS, TX, WI — cut spending levels per student by 10 percent or more.
Although state lawmakers blamed these cutbacks on the recent recession, the fact is that the cutting frenzy these legislators engaged in went back in time to pre-recession levels:
- • Almost two-thirds of states provided less per-student funding for K-12 education in 2012 than they did in 2008.
• In over one-third of states, per student funding is 10 percent or more below pre-recession levels.
• Four states — AZ, CA, HI, SC — reduced funding by more than 20 percent from pre-recession levels.
What these severe budget cuts produced on the ground was less access to public pre-K programs for poor children, reduced course offerings to students, fewer opportunities for students to engage in extra curricular activities and vocational pursuits, and larger and larger class sizes.
As evidence of the strife, the American Association of School Administrators found, in its annual mid-year survey of school leaders, that in order to adapt to financial constraints imposed by state governments:
- • More than half of schools increased class size.
• 35 percent reduced nonacademic programs such as after school and Saturday enrichment programs.
• Nearly one third reduced elective courses — such as foreign languages, social sciences, and arts classes — required for graduation. (emphasis mine)
• Over half deferred textbook purchases.
• Nearly one fifth reduced "high cost course offerings" including occupational education (shop, tech, vocational, etc.)
• 40 percent delayed instructional improvement initiatives.
• Nearly half reduced instructional materials.
• Almost 30 percent eliminated field trips.
• 29 percent reduced extra-curricular activities.
• 22 percent eliminated summer school.
These kinds of cuts do direct harm to students. For instance, in New York, according to an article in The New York Times, more high school students aren't able to get into the colleges of their dreams — not because they can't afford them — but because "school districts are being forced to cut electives, remedial tutoring, foreign languages, and other programs and services" students need to gain admission. The same thing is happening in California.
It's Only Going To Get Worse
Unfortunately, the outlook for school year 2013 looks bleaker still. The analysis by CBPP, referenced above, shows that even though states' fiscal conditions are improving, their investment in the public continues to be far short of what's needed. In fact, given current state budgets, "it would take seven years" for states to "get back on a normal track" to funding levels for public services.
The CBPP analysis concludes, "revenues probably won't come close to what states need to restore the programs that they cut during the recession unless states raise taxes, at least temporarily, or receive additional federal aid while the economy slowly recovers."
The survey results from AASA, cited above, flesh out this bleaker picture. School leaders say that in 2013 they anticipate more negative hits to the direct services they offer to students, including class size increases, reduced elective courses and programs, deferred purchases of textbooks and instructional materials, and reductions to field trips and extracurricular experiences.
Another financial head slap to public schools in 2013, according again to the CBPP, is that states have cut formulas that determine funding allocations to schools.
States typically distribute most of funding for public schools through formulas that guide how states fund schools unable to raise adequate revenue locally. Cuts to these formulas have very large consequences for local school districts because these districts have to either scale back the educational services they provide, raise more revenue to cover the gap, or both. The result is particularly deep cuts in aid to districts with high concentrations of low-income students.
So not only will state funds be inadequate across the board in the coming school year, the drop-off will undoubtedly hurt the poorest schools the most.
The Education Shock Doctrine Comes To Philadelphia
If you want to see first-hand results of the Education Shock Doctrine, look at Philadelphia.
In school year 2012, Pennsylvania's conservative governor Tom Corbett and state legislators enacted severe school funding cuts and unfair state funding formulas that have traumatized school districts across the state.
In the meantime, while these state lawmakers curtailed spending on neighborhood schools, they ramped up significantly the amount of funds transferred to private education providers such as cyber and charter schools, which have shown scant evidence of raising achievement.
The result of this one-two punch to public schools has been particularly crushing to Philadelphia where the local school district has been "driven to the brink of insolvency," according to a recent article appearing in AlterNet.
As detailed in another article "Who's Killing Philly Public Schools? Underfunded. Overburdened. About to be sold for scrap, " by Daniel Denvir in the City Paper, an appointed Chief Recovery Officer, a position pressed upon the district by state legislators, has announced a plan to "shutter 40 schools next year, and an additional six every year thereafter until 2017."
The design of the plan is to push the remaining 20 to 30 Philadelphia schools into "achievement networks" that public and private groups would "compete" to manage. But the admitted desired result of the plan is to ensure that "charter schools teach an estimated 40 percent of students by 2017."
"What is being proposed, in effect, is 'charterizing' the whole district," explains former Philadelphia School District superintendent David Hornbeck, "when there is a lot of evidence that at best [charters] have no positive effect on student achievement, and there is a lot of evidence they cost more."
Enter The False Promise Of School Choice
The combination of this enormous disinvestment in public schools with a tidal wave of privately provided "alternatives" — including tax credit and voucher programs, charter schools, online academies, and cyber schools — is increasingly being sold to the American public as "school choice."
The "choice" in this case is that political leaders are choosing to gut traditional public schools financially to the point where they can no longer offer the well-rounded education parents prefer, all the while these same leaders erect and help fund other types of schools that are not completely under the public's purview, so parents have to consider alternatives to their neighborhood schools.
Does that sound like real "choice" to you?
Choice Does Not Equal Equity
So far the political parties vying for our votes address the Education Shock Doctrine with little more than political gamesmanship.
As Kevin Welner, co-director of the National Education Policy Center, recently wrote, the differences between how the two parties address education appears to be whether we proceed slowly along the same destructive course or whether we "step on the accelerator even harder."
Welner explains that with the two parties committed to the new "status quo" of "one-upping each other" in a game of "school choice mania," what we've come down to amounts to "experimenting on the nation's most vulnerable children" based on a rationale that amounts to little more than "why not try this."
Progressives should know better. We know that a market based approach that forces people to compete against each other for essential goods and services invariably breeds inequity. Where has that not ever been the case?
And progressives know that real education reform must be based on increasing our children's opportunities to learn, not constricting them with deeper and more damaging rounds of cuts. That means a renewed campaign at all levels to invest in the well being of children and young people with increased direct services that must include pre-K funding, class size reductions, a well-rounded curriculum, and opportunities for individualized education.
The Very Serious People may claim that investing in our children and young people is just more of the "status quo." But the definition of "status quo" is what we have right now. And what we have right now is a pathway to catastrophe.
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This is one of an on-going series of artworks, all of which feature flowers and/or plants as their main focus. In the foreground are the lacy caps of Hogweed growing in a field of yellow buttercups and pink campions with 2 white horses grazing away. Painting size 30cm x 30cm
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Brochure images of tanning tourists and Mickey Mouse give an inaccurate and incomplete picture of Florida. Although the aptly nicknamed "Sunshine State" is indeed devoted to the tourist trade, it's also among the least-understood parts of the USA. Away from its overexposed resorts lie forests and rivers, deserted strands filled with wildlife, and vibrant cities within reach of primeval swamps. Contrary to the popular retirement-community image, new Floridians tend to be a younger, more energetic breed, while Spanish-speaking enclaves provide close ties to Latin America and the Caribbean.
The essential stop is cosmopolitan, half-Latin Miami. A simple journey south from here brings you to the Florida Keys, a hundred-mile string of islands known for sport fishing, coral-reef diving and the sultry town of Key West, legendary for its sunsets and liberal attitude. Back on the mainland, west from Miami stretch the easily accessible Everglades, a water-logged sawgrass plain filled with alligators, a symbol of the state that can be found on college campuses (well, as a game mascot, anyway) and innumerable billboards. Much of Florida's east coast is heavily built-up – a side effect of the migration of so-called "sunbirds" seeking to escape the cold climes of the northeast USA. The residential stranglehold is loosened further north, where the Kennedy Space Center launches NASA shuttles. Further along, historical St Augustine stands as the longest continuously occupied European settlement in the US.
In central Florida the terrain turns green, though it's no rural idyll, thanks in mainly to Orlando and Walt Disney World, which sprawl out across the countryside. From here it's just a skip west to the towns and beaches of the Gulf Coast, and somewhat further north to the forests of the Panhandle, Florida's link with the Deep South.
Brief history
The first European sighting of Florida, just six years after Christopher Columbus reached the New World, is believed to have been made by John and Sebastian Cabot in 1498. At the time, the area's one hundred thousand inhabitants formed several distinct tribes: the Timucua across northern Florida, the Calusa around the southwest and Lake Okeechobee, the Apalachee in the Panhandle and the Tequesta along the southeast coast.
In 1513, a Spaniard, Juan Ponce de León, sighted land during Pascua Florida, Spain's Easter celebration; he named what he saw La Florida, or "Land of Flowers". Eight years later he returned, the first of several Spanish incursions prompted by rumours of gold hidden in the north of the region. When it became clear that Florida did not hold stunning riches, interest waned, and it wasn't until 1565 that conquistador Pedro Menéndez de Avilés founded St Augustine. In 1586, St Augustine was razed by a British naval bombardment led by Francis Drake, and the ensuing bloody confrontation for control was eventually settled when the British captured the crucial Spanish possession of Havana, Cuba; Spain willingly parted with Florida to get it back. By this point, indigenous Floridians had been largely wiped out by disease. The Native American population that was left largely comprised disparate tribes that had arrived from the north, collectively known as the Seminoles.
Following American Independence, Florida once more reverted to Spain. In 1814, the US general (and future president) Andrew Jackson – with the intention of taking the region – marched south from Tennessee, killing hundreds of Native Americans and triggering the First Seminole War. Following the war, in 1819, Spain ceded Florida to the US, in return for American assumption of $5 million of Spanish debt. Not long after, Jackson was sworn in as Florida's first American governor, and Tallahassee selected as the new administrative centre.
Eleven years later, the Act of Indian Removal decreed that all Native Americans in the eastern US should be transferred to reservations in the Midwest. Most Seminole were determined to stay, which ignited the Second Seminole War; the Native Americans were steadily driven south, away from the fertile lands of central Florida and into the Everglades, where they eventually agreed to remain. Florida became the 27th state on March 3, 1845, around the same time that the nascent railroad system first brought prosperity to the area.
At the beginning of the twentieth century, the country's newspapers extolled the curative virtues of Florida's climate, and northern speculators invested their fortunes. These early efforts to promote Florida as a tourist destination brought in the wintering rich: the likes of Henry Flagler and Henry Plant extended their railroads and opened luxury resorts here. After World War I, everyone wanted a piece of Florida, and chartered trains brought in thousands of eager buyers. But most deals were only as solid as the paper they were written on, and in 1926 the banks began to default. The Wall Street Crash then made paupers of the millionaires whose investments had helped shape the state.
What saved Florida was World War II. During the war, thousands of troops arrived to guard the coastline, providing a taste of Florida that would entice many to return; postwar, the government expanded its facilities in and around Jacksonville, Tampa and Pensacola, bringing in thousands of residents and billions of investment dollars. Furthermore, in the mid-Sixties, the state government bent over backwards to help the Disney Corporation turn a sizeable slice of central Florida into Walt Disney World. Its enormous commercial success helped solidify Florida's place in the international tourist market.
Behind the optimistic facade, however, lie many problems. Gun laws remain notoriously lax, and the multimillion-dollar drug trade shows few signs of abating – at least a quarter of the cocaine entering the US is said to arrive via Florida. Recently, too, the environment along Florida's Gulf Coast was imperilled by 2010's Deepwater Horizon oil spill. While the area has largely recovered from the disaster, the state filed suit against the oil company and its contractor in 2013, hoping to recoup some of the estimated billions of dollars it lost in tax income.
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An inscription is all that identifies an ornately carved water fountain as a war memorial, standing in a traffic island at a five-way intersection in the outback town centre of Cunnamulla.
Paroo Shire decided on a war memorial fountain in 1920. The process of selecting and installing a monument took some time. Despite the submission of memorial designs from AL Petrie and sons in Brisbane, the council and the Diggers Racing Club collaborated on the purchase of a stock item, and had it railed to Cunnamulla - an identical fountain can be found in NSW. It was installed prior to the Armistice Day race carnival in 1926 and unveiled on ANZAC Day 1927.
Fountains were an unusual choice in Queensland. It's thought that the symbology of water, a scarce commodity in outback Queensland, may have been considered a suitable 'sacrifice'.
The centrepiece comprises four basins decreasing in scale as they peak. Gargoyles' heads, winged griffins holding shields bearing emus and kangaroos, leaf-like motifs and scrollwork add to the elaborate classic design. The figure of a little boy stands at the very top.
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TPV Me Baby
Short intro: TPV stands for Third Party Viewer. First started as alternativs to the standard Second Life viewer offered by Linden Lab. Today there is many different TPVs many specialised for specific use and frankly a bit of a jungle to navigate around. Some weeks back I came across a website that offered a list … Continue reading
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Spin off from last post about the addition to the TPV policies. I hear a lot oh "Hurrah" around the online status. Now Linden Lab will by next week effectively break any possibility to circumvent any setting regarding online status. Many people happy – Everything is good …. or … is it? There are some … Continue reading
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… Who is left on Linden Lab`s Who-To-Fuck-Over list… So as many might know by now Linden Lab has come out with additions to the current policy that any Third Party Viewer – TPV – has to follow for them to be on Linden Lab`s official list of allowed viewers in the Second Life virtual … Continue reading
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