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In a recent newsletter article for Macavo.com entitled, "Copyright and the Oral Interview," Michael J. Leclerc made the following statement:
The technology era has made recording and sharing such interviews even easier. Cameras and video recorders in our phones make it very simple and easy to create interviews with our family members.He goes on to give the opinion about the permission form:
The important thing is to ask every subject to sign a form giving you permission to use the recording any way you like. If you do not do that, you are very limited as to what you can do. You can use it for your own purposes, but sharing it, putting it online, or selling it in any way would not be allowed.
The agreement need not be extraordinarily complex. You must give the. Interview subject something in exchange for their agreement. This is called consideration. The consideration can be anything. It can be as simple as $1 or "love and affection." Or it could be a larger financial amount. The exact form of the consideration does not need to be enumerated in the agreement.He concludes by advising his readers:
Get a lawyer's assistance to create a general document that you can use over and over again. If you have already conducted interviews without a signed document, go back and ask the subjects to sign an agreement.Do you really need to do all this just to record your grandmother's childhood memories? I guess my first reaction as an attorney was agreement with Michael's statements. But I thought it would be important to carry this on a little bit further and see what both the law and professional historians have to say about copyright claims and oral interviews.
If the subjects of past interviews are deceased, your safest bet is to have their heirs sign the agreement. All of the the heirs. Because the interview subjects' words are copyrightable, you must get permission to use them.
Established in 1966, the Oral History Association (OHA) has an international membership and serves a broad and diverse audience. Local historians, librarians and archivists, students, journalists, teachers, and academic scholars from many fields have found that the OHA provides both professional guidance and a collegial environment for sharing research. For some years it has produced a guide to the best principles and practices for oral history.
The Principles and Best Practices begins with a definition of oral history:
Oral history refers both to a method of recording and preserving oral testimony and to the product of that process. It begins with an audio or video recording of a first person account made by an interviewer with an interviewee (also referred to as narrator), both of whom have the conscious intention of creating a permanent record to contribute to an understanding of the past. A verbal document, the oral history, results from this process and is preserved and made available in different forms to other users, researchers, and the public. A critical approach to the oral testimony and interpretations are necessary in the use of oral history.
The part of the Principles and Best Practices that applies in this instance states as follows:
Oral historians inform narrators about the nature and purpose of oral history interviewing in general and of their interview specifically. Oral historians insure that narrators voluntarily give their consent to be interviewed and understand that they can withdraw from the interview or refuse to answer a question at any time. Narrators may give this consent by signing a consent form or by recording an oral statement of consent prior to the interview. All interviews are conducted in accord with the stated aims and within the parameters of the consent.Why this necessary and what needs to be done to ensure that the narrator gives proper consent is stated as follows:
Interviewees hold the copyright to their interviews until and unless they transfer those rights to an individual or institution. This is done by the interviewee signing a release form or in exceptional circumstances recording an oral statement to the same effect. Interviewers must insure that narrators understand the extent of their rights to the interview and the request that those rights be yielded to a repository or other party, as well as their right to put restrictions on the use of the material. All use and dissemination of the interview content must follow any restrictions the narrator places upon it.This statement reflects the fact that the originator of a work (i.e. the narrator of an interview) has an ownership interest in the content of the interview created by the copyright law in effect. Currently, in the United States and any other signatory parties of the Berne Convention of 1886, copyright ownership is automatic and does not require any formal notice such as an oral or written claim to copyright. So the simple answer to the question of whether or not your grandmother needs to say or sign something is definitely answered as yes, she does. This permission is not contingent on an understanding that "nothing is going to be done" with the interview. Even republication of the interview to family members would violate the grandmother's copyright claim.
The next question is whether or not you really need to go see an attorney about making an oral interview? If the interview is being conducted by an organization or a repository such as a library or archive, the issue of copyright ownership is even more important. I would certainly suggest that any forms used by such institutions be reviewed by their legal counsel. One problem I see with involving an attorney in a copyright issue is that the average attorney is not going to know anything about copyright. Finding a knowledgeable practitioner who specializes in intellectual property may be difficult depending on where you live.
In a Baylor University document entitled "Introduction to Oral History," the guidelines given parallel those outlined by the OHA. The Introduction to Oral History states:
Narrators must give you written permission to record, reproduce, or distribute their words. With the storyteller's permission, an interview with an eyewitness to history can become a primary document that provides significant historical information for years—and hopefully, generations—to come. Every oral history legal-release form should address at least the following matters.The issues that must be addressed are the donor agreement, copyright assignment and future use of the interview. The narrator can negotiate whatever level of agreement and use he or she chooses to grant to the interviewer. A full explanation of narrator rights, samples of legal-release forms, language for restricting use, suggestions for avoiding potential legal claims, and even more, are available in Neuenschwander, John A., and John A. Neuenschwander. A Guide to Oral History and the Law. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.
There are several sample oral history consent forms available online. For example, see Loyola University, Chicago Illinois Consent Forms. PDF file.
To summarize, yes, oral history is subject to copyright law. Yes, the best practice is to have a release form and copyright assignment. These forms should be carefully explained to the narrator. The only exception that I could think of would be situation where the interview was conducted and recorded and the only copy of the interview was given back to the narrator.
Thanks to Michael J. Leclerc for bringing up this issue and reminding me what I know I should do before my next oral interview.


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First off, after making this post and asking some email questions I have gotten some great feedback from the San Juan PR kite folks I have contacted. If they are as friendly and helpful in person as they are in email, it should be a fun trip. I figured I'd ask this question publically in case anyone has specific travel experience.
Going to San Juan with the wife (non-kiter) for a long weekend. 3 full days on the beach with the outside days for travel. I understand that Shacks is the place to be but i think the 2 hour drive will cut into our attempt to minimize travel and maximize beach time. Basically, the goal was to get away with the wife for a long weekend, and of course, for me to have kiting access...
Isla Verde is where we are looking. Traveling the weekend of February 20th.
Do you have any lodging recommendations?
I would like to be close to a kite launch, the wife would like a clean room (clean sheets, no bed bugs, nice room) and some beach front resort amenities (outside bar & beach chairs). You know how it is when traveling with the wife, vs going with the guys who are content with a bed, shower, and a bottle of rum.
We looked at the Intercontinental and Water&Beach Club. Both more $ than I'd prefer to spend but its a short trip so we'd get by. Getting scared away from W&BC by the tripadvisor reviews. (sounds nice, but lots of similar comments on rooms not being well kept as they once were...)
That said, I'm having trouble finding a lot of good internet information on San Juan. Everything sends me to the same resort websites.
I'm looking for any first hand experience on places to stay near San Juan that would keep a beach bound wife and kiting husband happy!
Any info you could share would be MUCH appreciated!!! THANK YOU.
Also if you have any suggestions on San Juan travel deals to get something lower than the AAA rack rate on lodging.
Heck, even if you can point to some good bars to hit I'd be grateful!!! (less club scene, more bar scene)

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UConn spent a busy day here in New York preparing for Friday night's East Regional semifinal game against Iowa State.
The Huskies practiced at Baruch College this morning before coming over to Madison Square Garden for a light afternoon workout.
Check out the attached video to get a look at what UConn did during its allotted 50 minutes of practice time.
UConn, Iowa State, Michigan State and Virginia all met with the media on Thursday afternoon.
Some news, notes and quotes from today:
-- Senior Shabazz Napier has recovered from a bruised shin suffered late in Saturday's win over Villanova in Buffalo.
Iowa State is determined to slow down Napier, who averaged 24.5 points in the first two NCAA games.
Senior DeAndre Kane, a 6-foot-4 guard, will get the tough defensive assignment. He's an all-around threat, too, averaging 17.1 points, 6.8 rebounds and 5.8 assists.
"I'm not sure I've seen a better guard in college basketball this year with what he does at the toughest time of the game," Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg said of Napier. "He's just a hard-nosed, tough kid that knows how to play.
"DeAndre is the same for us. When we need something to happen, we put the ball in his hands. So, two guys that probably do it a little bit differently, but at the same time have the same winning effect on their teams."
Kane hit a driving layup with 1.6 seconds left to beat North Carolina on Sunday and lift the Cyclones to their first Sweet Sixteen appearance since 2000.
-- Junior DeAndre Daniels said UConn's post-season goal: "We have one goal, and that's to get to Dallas and win a national championship. We're just going to take it game-by-game, and we've got Iowa State tomorrow.
"If we listen to the coaches and follow their game plan, we're going to definitely come out with this win."
-- Near the end of Thursday's workout at MSG, Ollie worked with Daniels on his moves to the basket. Ollie even dug in on defense.
"We work out almost every day after every practice, just to get a couple of shots up and just stuff that's in the flow of our offense," Daniels said. "
-- Junior Ryan Boatright said the Huskies are hungry and focused for Friday's Sweet Sixteen game.
"It's going to be fun. It's going to be up and down and there's going to be a lot of points scored. … We both want to win and we both want to move on. It's definitely going to be fun."
-- The Huskies must keep their defensive focus throughout the game. Iowa State averages 83.2 points per game, ranking fifth in the country in scoring.
"We've got to stay in the game, no matter what, if we get down or up 10," Ollie said. "It's going to be possession by possession. And the team that can compete and have discipline is going to be the team that's going to win."
-- Daniels said playing strong transition defense is important. The Cyclones love to run and fire up 3-pointers. They're shooting 49 percent from beyond the arc in two NCAA tournament games.
"If we get back in transition and limit their threes in transition, I feel we'll be pretty good because we have one of the best set defenses," Daniels said.
-- UConn graduate student Lasan Kromah on the team's mindset: "We feel confident. Our preparation is really good."
-- Boatright on the benefit of playing before a pro-UConn crowd: "Anytime you've got the home crowd and a big fan base behind you, it's always a plus. When you're tired and you feel like you can't run any more, that energy and that intensity and the fans screaming for us, it will drive you to get that 50-50 ball or that rebound."
-- Hoiberg said playing at Madison Square Garden is a real treat for his team.
"I don't know if there's a lot of arenas that would have the same impression that a place like Madison Square Garden would. They understand it. They see it. They go out there and see the banners. They see the jerseys up there. … They watched the Old Big East tournament here, and that was a pretty special event.
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It will be Iowa State's first game at MSG since 2004. UConn won the Big East tournament title here in 2011.
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Female wrestlers on the move toward state title
Katie Kraft is a wrestler.
Excelling in a male-dominated sport gives her confidence.
The same is true for her Lincoln teammate, Jéssica Rodríguez, and Edison's Gabriela Guzmán. Each won a Sac-Joaquín Section title in her weight class last week, and they are preparing together, along with other wrestlers and coaches, inside the east gymnasium at Sierra Middle School for the CIF State Girls Wrestling Invitational Championships on Feb. 22-23 in Lemoore. They hope to duplicate the feat of Edison's Clover Esquivel, who last year became the first girls wrestler from a Stockton-area high school to win a state championship.
"It motivates me to know that if I keep following this then I will be able to say later on that I did something most girls don't do, and I was able to overcome a lot of things," said Kraft, a senior and the section champion in the 189-pound weight class. "The determination I use here, I use outside.
"It feels good. I like to show the guys I'm just as good as they are, and I can put them in their place if I have to."
Kraft, like many wrestlers regardless of gender, has shown dedication and resilience. The demands of wrestling, the twisting of body parts and sometimes being lifted and thrown by an opponent, create the potential for a variety of injuries. Kraft suffered a back injury her freshman season in a dual match against Tracy and broke her collar bone at the section meet her sophomore season. She went through hours of physical therapy and said swimming and playing water polo helped strengthen her arms.
Last season, Kraft came back from her injuries and finished fourth at the section meet to qualify for the state meet, where she finished fifth. Last weekend, she pinned all of her opponents and won her first section title, improving to 16-2 this season.
"Katie's a great wrestler. She's focused, especially this year." Lincoln second-year coach Albert Alonzo said. "Last year, she went all the way to the semis and she was surprised to go that far. She's calm and determined and at the same time, she has that little edge to her. She'll wrestle hard all the way through."
Kraft started wrestling when she was 8 years old. She and Rodriguez, who started when she was 7 years old, met up in the junior ranks and have been friends ever since. Rodríguez, a junior, has 30 wins this season, all by pin. She earned her third section title and third trip to the state meet last weekend.
"I just take what my coaches teach me and if I'm up on points, I always like to go for the pin," said Rodríguez, who wrestles at 146 pounds. "I like to throw. That's basically what I do."
Last year at the state meet, Rodríguez bruised the meniscus and strained the anterior cruciate ligament in her knee during her last match on the first day of competition. She tried to wrestle the second day, but the knee was too damaged for her to win.
"I always knew I was going to come back," she said. "I went to therapy and did my best to come back to wrestling."
Alonzo believes she can go far at the state meet.
"She has a ton of potential," he said. "This year, she just wants to compete. I think she'll do well, as long as she stays focused. She has a great opportunity to take first or go into the finals."
Guzmán had tears in her eyes when she won the section title at 165 pounds last weekend with a 12-1 major decision over Alyssa Cantu of Weston Ranch in the championship match. Guzmán has had two knee surgeries and the meniscus has been removed from her right knee. Earning her first section title as a senior brought out her emotions.
"When I had realized I had won, I started crying when I got off the mat because it sort of hit me, and my coaches were like, 'Why are you crying?' " said Guzmán, who is 35-1 this season. "I said, 'After four years, I finally won this tournament.' This is one of the biggest tournaments I wanted to win."
Guzmán is working hard to finish her high school career with a strong showing at the state meet.
"It's really hard and ... I expect it to be hard, so that's why I'm here getting help from all these coaches, especially Lincoln, Bear Creek, all these different coaches, Tokay," Guzmán said. "They're all here to help me out. They all think that I'm going to do it, and I hope I do it and not let anybody down. But (the) state meet's going to be hard."
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In a bipartisan effort, Louisiana lawmakers say they're pressuring FEMA to reexamine reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program that could significantly raise rates for many coastal residents.
In a bipartisan effort, Louisiana lawmakers say they're pressuring FEMA to reexamine reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program that could significantly raise rates for many coastal residents.
Republican Reps. Steve Scalise and Bill Cassidy and Democratic Rep. Cedric Richman have written letters to FEMA asking them to delay implementation of the reforms and to consider the effects steep cost increases could have on coastal residents. Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu and Republican Sen. David Vitter say they're also speaking with Federal Emergency Management Agency officials about the impact.
"They're not treating local governments and citizens fairly," Scalise said. "The flood-insurance program needs to be solvent and fairly administered but in a way that still allows families to have access to flood insurance."
The flood-insurance reform bill, known as the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2012, was packaged in a larger transportation-projects bill that included the Restore Act, a long fought-for law that dedicates 80 percent of the BP oil-spill fines to the Gulf Coast for restoration.
Because of the Restore Act and other provisions it contained, the entire Louisiana delegation voted for the bill and for flood-insurance reform.
The entire flood-insurance program would have expired without a reform measure passing. The government-sponsored National Flood Insurance Program is the only source of local flood insurance for homes and businesses. In recent years the program has experienced repeated short-term extensions and was even allowed to expire as Congress stalled on reforming it.
"Flood insurance is critical to south Louisiana, which is why I am working to make it both available and affordable. The Biggert-Waters Act was the only way to make it available," Cassidy said. "Unfortunately, it has been implemented in a way by FEMA to make the insurance unaffordable."
The Restore Act meant billions in coastal restoration dollars for Louisiana. But ironically the Biggert-Waters bill that came with it may make living on the coast too costly for many Louisiana residents.
At the time, Landrieu said on the Senate floor that if she had the opportunity she'd vote "no" on the flood insurance reform bill.
Under Biggert-Waters, federal subsidies and premium discounts that make insurance rates more affordable are being cut from the program. About 486,233 Louisiana residents have National Flood Insurance Program policies. Forty-nine percent of those policyholders have subsidized rates, according to FEMA data.
Those who live outside flood protection systems and whose homes are below base flood elevations will see the biggest impacts. Owners of homes and business properties that have flooded multiple times will also face steep increases.
Local leaders have said homeowners in the Terrebonne and Lafourche areas could see a rate increase as steep as 15 percent to 25 percent in the next five years.
Lafourche and Terrebonne officials said they fear the increases will discourage residents from buying flood insurance or cause them to drop their policies.
In a letter to FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, Scalise and Richman specifically asked that FEMA:
n Take into consideration non-federal flood protection systems, such as levees in Terrebonne and Lafourche, when determining flood risk.
n Give residents a realistic timeline for implementation of new flood risk maps and the premium that residents can expect to pay over the next five years.
n Immediately undertake a sustained public awareness campaign to reconcile misinformation FEMA distributed so far.
"As FEMA develops and implements new flood-rate maps, it is critical that they work with state and local officials to ensure that the impact on policy holders is given a high priority," Scalise said. "If these premium adjustments are not administered fairly, it could force thousands of Louisiana families to drop their flood insurance, or in some cases, even lose their homes because of the sheer cost of flood insurance."
Landrieu is calling on FEMA to delay the rate increases until the agency completes a study on premium affordability so Congress can act on the results.
"The average premium in Louisiana is already $2,400 a year, but that figure could go up 20 to 25 percent for certain premiums under these proposals," Landrieu said. "We need to strengthen the National Flood Insurance Program, but FEMA needs to find a balance between a financially sound program and affordable policies for middle-class Louisianians."
Cassidy said he is an original co-sponsor of the Flood Victim Premium Relief Act of 2013, which would extend the premium increase timeline for primary residences in areas that have been declared a federal disaster area after July 6, 2012, from five to eight years. He also sent a letter to FEMA asking it to mitigate any damaging rate increases on Louisiana families.
Vitter spokesman Luke Bolar said Vitter is pushing FEMA to use its existing authority to protect homeowners who have complied with the old rules from big rate increases.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Management of a Mobile County, Ala., non-profit corporation unlawfully retaliated against a male employee because he complained about being sexually harassed by a female supervisor, according to a lawsuit filed on July 30 by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
According to the EEOC's lawsuit (Case No. CV-10-403) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, Mobile Community Action, Inc., fired Donte Bumpers when he resisted sexually harassing behavior by a female supervisor. Bumpers was fired after he reported the sexual harassment and requested a transfer in a letter to Executive Director Jimmy Knight.
The EEOC filed suit after first attempting to reach a voluntary settlement. The agency is seeking back pay, compensatory and punitive damages as well as other relief, including a permanent injunction to prevent Mobile Community Action from retaliating against any employee for reporting harassment or discrimination.
"Unfortunately, we see allegations of retaliation far too often," said EEOC Birmingham District Director Delner Franklin-Thomas. "We will continue our efforts to let employers know that retaliation for complaining about discrimination violates the law."
C. Emanuel Smith, Regional Attorney for the EEOC's Birmingham District Office, said, "The Commission supports employees being able to complain about conduct believed to be discriminatory without fear of reprisal. Retaliation is illegal."
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DENVER – Florida Senator Marco Rubio said Wednesday that in 2013 he will present a bill that will offer a "permanent solution" for undocumented students, now temporarily protected from deportation by the Obama administration's Deferred Action program.
In an interview with Spanish news agency Efe, the Cuban-American Republican said the program announced by Obama in June looked like an electoral ploy and that presidential candidate Mitt Romney "wants to seek a permanent solution" for the young people known as DREAMers.
Rubio participated in a political meeting before some 200 people Wednesday, prior to the first presidential debate in Denver.
When asked about the changing stances Romney has taken on immigration reform, Rubio emphasized that President Obama has no right to criticize anyone on immigration. "His party controlled Congress for two years," he said, "and they did absolutely nothing" to approve the DREAM Act - which would legalize undocumented students - or to move toward immigration reform.
Rubio said that when he discussed an alternative to the DREAM Act with Democratic and Republican leaders in the Senate, the White House "not only did not cooperate with us but tried to prevent" the effort from moving forward.
Rubio said he was committed to presenting a version of the DREAM Act in the next session of Congress in 2013, but he did not specify if it would be the one that is currently in force.
"We're going to present it again in the future and I'm sure that President Romney is going to help us find that type of permanent solution and he's not going to play a political game with such an important and humanitarian issue," Rubio said.
"We've never been a country that punishes children for the mistakes their parents made" by bringing them into the United States without authorization, he said.
On Tuesday, Romney said that, if he wins the presidency, he will not deport the undocumented students who have already received protection under Deferred Action, which went into effect on Aug. 15 and could benefit up to 1.7 million people. But he later said that he would discontinue the program once he becomes president.
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It's that time of year! Basketball fans are gearing up for March Madness — a time when the final four teams in the NCAA fight for the title of national champion. While basketball fans are excited about March Madness, Social Security already has a winning "final four" of online services to cheer about: our new my Social Security service, the Retirement Estimator, online Benefit Application, and online Extra Help application!
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1. My Social Security is an online account that allows you quick access to your personal Social Security information. During your working years, once you create your online account, you can use my Social Security to obtain a copy of your Social Security Statementto check your earnings record and see estimates of the future retirement, disability, and survivor benefits you and your family may receive. If you already receive Social Security benefits, you can now sign into your account to view, save, and print your benefit verification letter, check your benefit payment information, and even change your address and phone number in our records. You also can start or change your direct deposit information. Check it out at www.socialsecurity.gov/myaccount.
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Social Security's online services continue to hold the top spots for customer satisfaction. In the recent American Customer Satisfaction Index quarterly report, Social Security continued to score higher than the best private online services, including Amazon.
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Greeting Craven County residents for a town hall meeting at Bridgepoint Hotel on Wednesday, Lt. Gov. Dan Forest spoke candidly about issues facing North Carolinians from joblessness to the new Common Core school curriculum.
Greeting Craven County residents for a town hall meeting at Bridgepoint Hotel on Wednesday, Lt. Gov. Dan Forest spoke candidly about issues facing North Carolinians from joblessness to the new Common Core school curriculum.
�No rules tonight other than let�s be civil,� he told the group beginning at 6 p.m. with about 40 mostly ideological supporters but growing to a more diverse group of about 60 before spirited talk stopped an hour and a half later.
To those whose positions seemed more liberal than his own, the first Republican lieutenant governor elected in North Carolina for two decades was sympathetic about the plight of the jobless and struggling people.
Forest said unemployment listed at just over 9 percent in the state is really more like 20 percent of eligible workers.
�The average American family�s income has not gone up since 1997,� Forest said. �There�s a lot of people hurting.�
With that, he said, even they have to budget for basics and eliminate things that once were as common as eating out so they can make ends meet.
An area custom framing store closed despite hard work and quality products, one participant agreed, and the downturn continues to snowball.
Forest, who serves on the Economic Development Board and the N.C. Advisory Commission on Military Affairs by virtue of his position, said he was not just elected to serve those who voted for him but all of the 9.6 million people of North Carolina.
Asked what the state was doing to create jobs, Forest said it is �getting out of the way� by reducing corporate income tax and regulation so businesses can prosper and revamping the Department of Commerce to better recruit new and help existing business continue.
He applauded the work of the General Assembly and introduced Rep. Mike Speciale, R-Craven, and Sen. Norm Sanderson, R-Pamlico, who were present with their wives.
Forest said uncertainty about Obamacare is one drawback to employers creating or filling full time jobs.
�The American spirit is a fighting spirit and that has to prevail,� Forest said.
Forest, a UNC Charlotte architectural graduate who, with his wife, home-schooled their four children, and by virtue of his position, serves as a voting member of the N.C. Board of Education, N.C. Board of Community Colleges and chairs the eLearning commission.
Although he has comments still posted on his website, Forest said concerns about the state Department of Non-Public Educations resuming a 1980s-era practice of random inspections of home-schools have been blown out of proportion.
He advised those home schooling children to be conscientious about filing the required reports but concerns about home visits that might infringe on constitutionally protected privacy no longer appear to be a concern.
Forest criticized the Common Core curriculum now in use by the state, he said, because using it was required to get federal �Race to the Top� money and were advised that it was �rigorous and internationally benchmarked, and that is not a true statement.�
He said education curriculum should be developed bottom up, with good teachers deciding and teaching what they know to be significant and being paid well to do it.
Forest has other town hall meetings scheduled, including one at 502 Church St., Swansboro, at 6 p.m. Nov. 4.
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NEW ORLEANS -- I was the only writer to roll with the Baltimore Ravens in Super Bowl XLVII, giving me one final chance at a hero pick. After grinding through a week of interviews here and a lot of Game Rewind last week, here's why I believe the Ravens will beat the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday:
Passes up the seam
My biggest takeaway from reviewing film of last year's Ravens-49ers game: Baltimore's offense had a better day than the 16-6 final score indicated. The Ravens moved the ball fairly well and protected quarterback Joe Flacco. The key was Baltimore's ability to throw passes up the seam to Anquan Boldin, Ed Dickson, even Ray Rice lined up outside.
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Flacco goes for it
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Ngata's revival
It hasn't been a dominant season for Haloti Ngata because of nagging injuries, but he improved down the stretch. The bye week should do him well. He has become a force in stopping the running game once again.
Defense greater than sum of its parts
This version of the Ravens' defense doesn't wow you with individual plays, but they are playing great as a unit. They held the Broncos' offense to 21 points and the Patriots to 13 points. The key: The Ravens are doing a great job preventing big plays.
Baltimore held San Francisco to 170 yards last time. That experience should go a long way.
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Baltimore's pass rush has not been great this season. It certainly didn't stand out against the Patriots, and this week's matchup will be very difficult. Reed can be the equalizer. The veteran safety has done a fantastic job taking away vertical shots by roaming centerfield. Every once in a while, defenses have fooled Colin Kaepernick. Reed is the ultimate calculated risk taker. Kaepernick doesn't go to his secondary read often.
Reed is my underdog pick for Super Bowl MVP.
Hurry-up works against 49ers
The Atlanta Falcons used the no-huddle offense to great effect against the 49ers two weeks ago. It limits the complex sets that San Francisco likes to use. Don't be surprised if Baltimore breaks out a lot of no huddle Sunday to speed up the game.
Because it makes no sense
It's almost as if the regular season doesn't matter at all anymore. The New York Giants have proven it twice. The Green Bay Packers won the Super Bowl as a No. 6 seed. The Arizona Cardinals should have won it after a lackluster regular season.
It's not about the first 16 weeks. It's about the last few weeks. And no team is playing better since the playoffs started than the Ravens.
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The Prosecco Hills of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene. (Le Colline del Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene
Permanent Delegation of Italy to UNESCO
Provincia di Treviso, Regione Veneto.
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The area extends through the band of hills of the Province of Treviso in the Veneto Region in northern Italy and encompasses the area between the towns of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene. The zone includes a series of hill chains - running from east to west - which follow one after the other from the lowlands to the Pre-Alps, lying equidistant between the sheltering Dolomites to the north and the Adriatic, which has a positive effect on the climate and countryside. While Conegliano plays host to famous wine institutes, Valdobbiadene is surely the productive heart of the area for wine. The steep slopes of the hills make it difficult to mechanize the work and consequently managing the vineyards has almost always been left in the hands of small growers.
It is truly thanks to this large peaceful army of men and the love that they have for their land that it has been possible to preserve these beautiful hills and to create a strong bond between man and the rural countryside. The result of this strong bond is an outstanding example of how this ancient culture is closely related to the land.
Viticulture in the hills of Conegliano - Valdobbiadene, dates back to ancient times evidenced by the work of man who has, over the centuries, sculpted the sunniest slopes. The Prosecco vine has been cultivated on these hills for over two hundred years. The exact period of the first human settlements for grape growing and also the exact origins of this variety of wine are somewhat of a mystery; but some would have it that this particular wine was, in fact, already known as Pucino in the time of the Roman Empire.
The many embankments, ramps and terraces have slowly molded the sunny faces of the hills over the centuries, indelibly modifying their profiles and making them a unique example of an intimate interaction of human rural production and nature. The entire landscape of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene wine region, including both vineyards and long established settlements, vividly illustrates the specialized form of traditional land-use that it represents. Combined works of nature and humankind, they express a long and close relationship between peoples and their natural environment.
Moreover, since the beginning of the XIX century, with the foundation of The School of Viticulture and Oenology and The Experimental Centre for Viticulture, both in Conegliano, research into this vine variety has greatly increased and the Prosecco has spread throughout the area
Justification of Outstanding Universal Value
The candidacy of the area is supported by many factors that make this site unique and well recognizable as a cultural landscape.
First of all, the peculiar geology of the area (the Alps formation process), a long lasting erosive progression that has given to the site particular shapes. This unique land shaping development can easily be seen from the satellite pictures or from an aerial view. The area represents an outstanding cultural landscape of great beauty, containing historic towns and villages, and cultivated lands formed by many centuries of interaction between their population and the physical environment.
Also most of human settlements all have a relevant historic value and date back to the XI and XVI centuries. The vernacular buildings, in fact, have characteristics and materials deeply connected to the nature of the site and to the local history.
Moreover, representations of this historic landscape can be found in the iconography of local artists since a distant past, the two most famous artists are from the Renaissance period: Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano and Giovanni Bellini. In the paintings of both artists the representations of this area are precise and recognizable.
In this territory the tradition of wine growing and of sparkling wine have also a scientific and technical foundation. In the last two centuries, there has been a research and development work carried out first by the Accademie Agrarie of the XIX century and then by the first Italian school of grape growing ( Istituto Carletti established in 1876). This school contributed to the formation a big quantity of specialists for the national and international sectors. Another important institution is the Centro Ricerche Agricole - Consiglio per la Ricerca e la Sperimentazione in Agricoltura established in 1923 that with its labs and unique library is constantly giving a relevant contribution to the improvement of grapevines and cultivation techniques.
The grapevine cultivation in the indicated area represents a living tradition that is, at least, 1000 years old. Specially in the last two centuries, this tradition paved the way for specific and unique research project and experimentations carried on by well known researches and trail-blazing institutions including one of the first wine schools of the World: Istituto Cerletti established in 1876 and the Istituto Sperimentale per la Viticultura established in 1923. These institutions still play a very important role in the formative, cultural and scientific field for the national and international wine and grapevine industry and market.
In this area a particular morphological system that also has spectacular landscapes, a peculiar pedological and microclimate characteristics, have helped the cultivation of grapevine, in particular Prosecco.
Grapevine plantations together with human settlements have shaped and transformed the area, and now are indissolubly bonded. A unique and particular environment is the outcome of centuries of interaction between humans settlements and nature. This environment, due its fragile characteristic, constantly needs human intervention.
Two of the most important masters of the Renaissance period, Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano (1459 - 1518) and Giovanni Bellini (1430 - 1516) , have often reproduced in their paintings the candidate area with many detailed descriptions of the architectonical, physic and natural characteristics. Many of these description can still be recognized in today's landscape.
Statements of authenticity and/or integrity
The land in the proposed sites is destined solely to viticulture and is constituted only by small and very small farms, 50% of them are individual firms.
Recent and modern buildings are very few on the upper hill side, absolutely not present in the hill side of Collalto and moderately present in the villages on the lower hill side.
The candidate area is protected by preservation measures of the Piani Regolatori (the formulation and application of such measures as laws, economic plans, urbanism, etc., to ensure a balance between the population's needs and the country's resources) of the interested Comuni and of the Vincolo Paesaggistico (an instrument provided by the Italian legislation to ensure the protection of natural and cultural landscapes of outstanding beauty and/or interest) of the area
Comparison with other similar properties
The first comparison that comes to mind can be the one with the region of Tokaj in Hungary, or the region of Alto Douro in Portugal and even the Wachau region in Austria. All these sites have something in common with the candidate site. All of them have either singular morphology, a complex ecosystem, multiple cultivation techniques, many productions, scientific and technical importance and artistic representation.
However, the Colline of Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene is the only site that has all these characteristics at the same time, and for this reason is a unicum and represent the "combined works of nature and of man" designated in Article 1 of the Convention


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I recently had the opportunity to go back home for about a week. I was in Las Cruces, NM not only to visit my parents, but I was also on program as the main speaker for my childhood church's Centennial celebration.
A lot of people — A big deal!
I was so glad when my 45 minutes speech (which I thought was 15 minutes) was over. I worked on that thing for nearly 9 hours and still wasn't sure how it would be received. As I told the crowd "When you go home, you just have to get it right."
Fortunately it went over well and I'm so humbled to have had that opportunity. Out of the many speaking engagements I do each year, this certainly will make the top three.
I also of course got a chance to indulge a little while I was in the Land of Enchantment. There's nothing like the real deal. People always ask me what is New Mexico like? It's like a lot of places. We have grocery stores and mountains. Yes, it gets quite cold.
The food is phenomenal!
You have to make your own fun at times but, isn't that almost everywhere?


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Despite twin bombings at the Awami National Party offices in Karachi this Saturday—an inauspicious start to polling day—Bindiya Rana, one of Pakistan's first transgender candidates, remained optimistic. Rana's spent the last several weeks canvassing the alleys of district P.S. 114, handing out self-printed promotional material between concrete buildings under tangles of telephone wires. After several tense months—130 civilians have died in pre-election violence—she was deterred by neither the danger or her slim chances of winning. "The important thing is to face this world very boldly," she said.
In Pakistan, gender issues have historically been prone to violence—Malala Yousafzai made international news when she was shot on a school bus by the Taliban last year—but overall women's rights have been slowly improving. The country appointed its first female foreign minister, Hina Rabbani Khar, and data from the Election Commission show a 129 percent increase in the number of female candidates since 2008. At 22.5 percent of its electoral body, Pakistan now has more female officials than the United States does. But improvements haven't trickled down to many of the country's female citizens; in 2008, Pakistan had 564 polling districts where not a single woman voted.
It's even worse for Pakistan's transgender community, estimated to include 50,000 people. Rana became politically active in 2004, when a close transgender friend died from blood cancer. When the grieving Rana attempted to send her friend's body home to her parents, the police officers humiliated her, asking questions about her and her dead friend's sexual proclivities. Rana was appalled by the experience, and frustrated by the general lack of resources available for transgenders.
With the help of only a dozen people, Rana ran for the Sindh provincial assembly solely on funds raised from friends and family members, with a total budget of less than $1,000 U.S. dollars. She took motorcycles and taxis to go hand out her campaign materials because she can't afford a car. Her logo, printed at the top of each pamphlet, is a woodpecker. "I picked a woodpecker as my symbol because it's known as the king of the birds," she explained in a Skype interview. "It works hard with its own beak and makes its own holes."
This resonated growing up, Rana explained, because "there was a sort of emptiness inside me, I was seeking something." She played with her dupatta, tossing the scarf over her head. "I used to wear my sister's clothes," she said. "And use lipstick and powder and nail polish. I wanted to play with dolls and be in the kitchen." Her parents disapproved when they found her in makeup, beating her. "Because of the abuse, I ran away from home twice," she said, finding solace with a community of transgenders in Punjab. Rana was lucky. Eventually her parents came to retrieve her. "We compromised," she said, "because they were afraid of losing me."
Rana was comparatively lucky. Many trangenders who leave home wind up in bonded labor, and have difficulty getting an education or finding jobs. The concept of legal representation wasn't even in the range of possibility until 2011, when a Supreme Court ruling awarded hijiras a third gender option on Pakistani national ID cards, and transgenders became eligible to vote and run for office.
But just because transgenders' legal status has changed doesn't mean their social status has. Some of the people Rana has encountered support her efforts, but she also draws vehement critics. "What, are all the men dead now, that we would elect a transgender?" she mimics.
The criticism isn't idle in Pakistan, where even uncontroversial candidates running for election risk their lives. On May 7, an explosion at a political rally killed at least 25 people, and wounded scores of others, including one of the candidates. "For 45 years of my life I was never afraid," Rana said. "But for the last three months, I'm afraid for my life."
She gets threatening anonymous phone calls late at night from public phones. She's stopped sleeping in one place, staying with a rotating cast of friends and family. Rana approached government officials for security, but they haven't given her more than a van that she can sometimes use while campaigning. "They are just waiting for me to get injured or raped before they will take any kind of precautionary measures," she said, talking with her hands as her worry worked up. "And then all the people who are with me might get injured too."
Of the five other transgender candidates on the ballot this spring, two others dropped out. Mazhar Anjo, a.k.a. "Nick," running in a nearby district, quit because people fired shots at her house. "Here if someone dies or someone is killed it only becomes a headline," Rana said. "The very next day everyone forgets whether the person existed."
In this environment, the people in her district, regardless of their sexual orientation, want very simple things from their elected representative. "The people I talk to, they ask for clean water to drink, better schools, health facilities, to pick up the garbage on the street," Rana said. "But even though I'm representing this oppressed class," referring to everyone in her low-income neighborhood, "fighting for our rights, no one is with me," she said. "Sometimes I feel very alone."
Still, she's trying to stay positive. "Win or lose, it doesn't matter," she said, the sun streaming behind her into her bare room. "The main thing was to draw the attention of people toward the transgender community, to have people believing transgenders can do anything a normal man or woman can do."


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I guess being a 147-time offender in the NFL actually does have its perks. Adam
Pac-Man Jones told the Cincinnati media that Commissioner Roger Goodell has called on him to speak to this year's group of incoming rookies on how they can avoid screwing up whatever promising career they hold in front of them. We're not yet completely sure what Jones' presentation, PowerPoint or otherwise, will entail, but allow us to speculate a bit on what bits of wisdom the Bengals cornerback might offer:
• How to avoid having to plead guilty to charges of drunken disorderly conduct.
• How to not run over pedestrians on the sidewalk.
• How to stay in the NFL and not sign on with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
• How to never get accused of punching women in strip clubs.
• How to avoid fighting people on otherwise friendly reality show competitions.
• How to elude a prestigious nomination into Deadspin's Hall of Fame.
• How to dodge a year-long suspension from the NFL.
• How to stop your $1.5 million home from going into foreclosure.
• How to avoid joining a second-tier wrestling league in order to stay relevant.
• How to not get associated with triple shootings at Vegas strip clubs.
These kids stand to learn a lot from Jones, actually. Let's hope they pay attention.