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Bantam Spectra, Jan 2005, 13.00, 325 pp. ISBN: 0553587412 Humanity has split into two distinct species. The Unevolved retain the same DNA that mankind has had for millenniums while the Forged have been customized by splicing and pasting animal genes with mechanical devices to adapt them to whatever job their creators the Unevolved want them to perform. The Forged thirst for freedom from these "chimp" makers, but their dream seems impossible as ...


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 5th Nov 2012 12:28 UTC
"Google's quest to guess what we want before we want it has produced an unusual side effect: a disparity in the results the company presents about the presidential candidates. A Wall Street Journal examination found that the search engine often customizes the results of people who have recently searched for 'Obama' - but not those who have recently searched for 'Romney'." A confirmation bias' wet dream, this. The confirmation bias is already one of the root psychological causes of much of the problems in the world as it is - we really shouldn't have technology companies make it worse. Technology - and more specifically, the internet - should fight this bias, not affirm it.
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MILWAUKEE – Roy Hibbert struggled and smoldered on the court as the Indiana Pacers dug their hole deeper with nearly every trip downcourt in their blowout loss to the Milwaukee Bucks Wednesday at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.
But the 23 minutes he spent on the Pacers' bench, compared to his 25 in the game, were just as bad. Hibbert rolled his eyes at calls and non-calls, slammed his towel to the floor when Bucks' shooters got friendly bounces and covered his face time and again. At one point, his 7-foot-2 self was folded into the open chair next to him, face down, anguishing through a butt-kicking that got to 32 points at one juncture against Milwaukee.
Then, the Pacers center beat himself up pretty bad in the visitors' dressing room, too.
"It's very frustrating," Hibbert said, cooperative but looking a little tortured. "It's very hard to get into a rhythm … personally. I think I'm doing good defensively, but offensively I need to get going and help the team out. I want to do more than I have been. I have to figure out a way to get that done."
Notorious as his own worst critic, Hibbert isn't overreacting to either his performances or the Pacers' unexpectedly sour 3-6 start. He scored seven points and had eight rebounds against Milwaukee. He took only six shots and made three, took only four free throws and made one. He's shooting 38.6 percent, including nights of 1-of-7 and 3-of-15.
The loss Wednesday was the fifth time in Indiana's past six games that Hibbert scored in single digits, and the fifth in six in which he grabbed fewer than 10 rebounds. His minutes have been down, too; sometimes due to fouls, sometimes due to games like this one, when there was little use in keeping him or any of the Pacers starters around for long.
"I want to play," Hibbert said, shaking his head. "I want to be involved. It's frustrating. Obviously we were getting our tails handed to us. But I want to be out there playing and be able to affect the game. To sit out and have the guys on the bench take the brunt of it … as a leader and as one of the older guys on the team, you want to do more."
There are those around the Pacers who wonder if Hibbert already is trying to do too much to justify the four-year, $58.3 million contract he got as a restricted free agent over the summer. After all, Milwaukee's Ersan Ilyasova – who also cashed in with a five-year, $40 million deal in free agency – has struggled too (6.4 ppg, 27.9 FG percent), possibly nervous about demonstrating his worth.
It's possible that Hibbert consciously is trying to pick up slack from Danny Granger, Indiana's sharpshooting small forward who is out for three months with a knee injury. But Hibbert swats those suggestions away as if they're lazy floaters.
"I'm not forcing anything," he said. "I'm not standing out there putting up a lot of shots. Six shot attempts. I could understand if I was catching it and forcing up bad shots.
"I'm just not getting into a rhythm."
Larry Sanders, the Milwaukee big who has improved significantly this fall, said some of that was by design. "We did a good job tonight just knocking him off his position," Sanders said. "He couldn't really get where he wanted his feet set on the block. I think a lot of guys have targeted in on him, getting him off his position. You push him out a little bit, he struggles, because his go-to's are those turnaround jump hooks. If he can't get down there, his game's kind of limited."
Indiana coach Frank Vogel is trying to plug leaks up and down his rotation, so Hibbert's poor start to 2012-13 – and mental toughness – are just two of the problems. "It's confidence and adjustments to new roles by pretty much everybody on our team except our two big guys," Vogel said. "Roy and David [West] are dealing with everybody else on the team adjusting, and them trying to keep a rhythm while that's happening."
West isn't free and clear, either, scoring a season-low seven points in 23 minutes and shooting 10-for-37 over his last three games. "Everybody's got to own some of this," the power forward said. "It's not totally on [Hibbert]. We have to do a better job of getting him some easy stuff. He shouldn't have to work as hard as he works. If you watch some of the other big guys in the league, they're able to get going early because they get easy stuff. Not have to fight to catch it and fight to make a move. All of that is part of his struggles, but we can't just put it all on him."
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The Challenge of Retirement Savings for Small Employers
On Wednesday, October 2, 2013, the Committee on Small Business held a hearing titled, The Challenge of Retirement Savings for Small Employers. The hearing was held in Room 2360 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
The purpose of the hearing was to examine the state of retirement savings for small employers, the barriers they face in offering plans, and options for expanding coverage.
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For the first time, Firefox 22 pulls off a truly decisive win against Google's browser. Chrome, once known for starting up instantly, has become the slowest browser to launch, allowing Firefox 22's lightning-fast startup times to create a wide spread between these two otherwise equally-matched browsers. Chrome's historically poor ability to properly render many pages at once also became a problem for the world's new favorite web browser, as Firefox 22 sees the return of rock solid reliable page renders. Google's minor edge over Mozilla in other metrics just isn't nearly enough for Chrome to fend off the fox.
As most would expect, Opera Next performs essentially like Diet Chrome, with superior WebGL performance being the only area where the new Opera stands above Chrome.
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New Process Safety Guide Helps Scientists Reduce Runaway Reaction Risk
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A new, free METTLER TOLEDO Process Safety Guide entitled "Understanding the Risks: Safe Chemical Processes at Scale" helps chemists and engineers mitigate a given experiment's runaway reaction risk to promote safer manufacturing.
Even though chemical manufacturing should be intrinsically safe, the Guide shows how appropriate process review is essential to maintaining reaction control, particularly when operating conditions deviate from expected norms.
Predominant variables discussed include reactant accumulation, high impurity sensitivity, induction issues and inaccurate kinetic assumptions.
Modeling for heat, energy accumulation, and induction is covered in depth using a semi-batch nitration reaction as an example.
Because modeling reactions in practice is typically not feasible, the Guide shows how critical process safety analysis can be reduced to a number of basic properties that accurately predict maximum temperature of the synthesis reaction (MTSR) and worst-case scenario maximum attainable temperature (MAT).
This data, in turn, can be depicted as a "Runaway Graph," accounting for both primary and secondary reactions. This graph can then be used to effectively redesign processes to increase reaction safety, even under unexpected, adverse conditions, using techniques such as modifying concentration/feed rates and continuous vs. batch or semi-batch processing. Evaluating process criticality is also covered.
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C1. Aims of OURCs
The aims of the Oxford University Rowing Clubs (OURCs) are to:
- Support rowing within the University;
- Organise inter-college rowing competitions;
- Assist member clubs to develop and maintain a safe approach to rowing;
- Oversee the conduct of college crews; and,
- Represent the interests of the College and University Boat Clubs.
C2. Compliance
- OURCs shall be administered in accordance with the regulations for University clubs which are published from time to time in the Proctors' and Assessor's Memorandum ("the Proctors' Memorandum")
- The activities of OURCs will at all times be conducted in accordance with the following University policies and codes of practice in force from time to time: Integrated Equality Policy, Code of Practice on Harassment and Bullying, and Code of Practice on Freedom of Speech.
- Any event or competition which is approved or advertised by OURCs as an official event of OURCs shall first be approved by the Proctors and relevant local authority. OURCs shall submit to the Proctors an event plan and risk assessment, together with documentary evidence of appropriate insurance cover. OURCs shall observe such conditions as the Proctors may then attach to the running of the event.
- No member of OURCs shall participate in any activity overseas organised by OURCs, whether during term-time or vacation, unless the plans for such activity have been notified at least one calendar month in advance of the date of departure from the United Kingdom to the Director of Sport. Each member participating in such activities overseas shall observe any conditions imposed by the Proctors on the recommendation of the Director of Sport, e.g. relating to the deposit of contact addresses, fulfilment of health, safety and insurance requirements, and stipulation of coaches, trainers or Senior Members to accompany the trip.
C3. Membership of OURCs
- Membership of OURCs shall be open to the University Boat Clubs and College Boat Clubs.
- University Boat Clubs shall refer to the following clubs:
- Oxford University Boat Club (OUBC)
- Oxford University Women's Boat Club (OUWBC)
- Oxford University Lightweight Rowing Club (OULRC)
- Oxford University Women's Lightweight Rowing Club (OUWLRC)
- Boat Clubs representing the Colleges and Permanent Private Halls of Oxford University
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- Boat Clubs may apply for affiliation to OURCs at a Captains' Meeting upon the presentation of a request signed by a 10 members of the Club, one of which shall be the designated Captain, and another the designated Senior Member.
- Any motion to disaffiliate a College Boat Club is treated as a constitutional amendment (C12).
- College Boat Clubs automatically cease to be affiliated on the 1st October if, in the previous year, they have not entered for any OURCs events, paid British Rowing affiliation fees or submitted a British Rowing Safety Audit.
C4. Membership Requirements
- All Member Clubs as defined in C3 are responsible for ensuring that their members abide by the OURCs Constitution and Code of Conduct.
- All Member Clubs are required to provide details of points of contact. For University Boat Clubs, this must include their President and their Senior Member. For College Boat Clubs, this must include their Senior Member, and two captains.
- In the case of St Benet's, "and two captains" shall be read as "and their captain".
- The Senior Member of a College Boat Club must be a member of the College, or be otherwise clearly associated with the Boat Club, with the right to be present at the governing body meetings of that College.
- All Member Clubs are required to maintain their own constitution, risk assessment and safety plan and must send any of these upon request by the Rowing Sabbatical Officer.
- All Member Clubs are required to be affiliated to British Rowing. Should a club become suspended by British Rowing they are automatically suspended by OURCs until reinstated by British Rowing.
- All College Boat Clubs are required to pay an affiliation fee to OURCs, before the Sunday of 5th week of Michaelmas term, which will be used solely to fund the OURCs Sabbatical Officer. College Boat Club affiliations will be based on the number of boats competing in the Eights competition preceding the year of affiliation (excluding boats that fail to row on). The fee per crew must be confirmed in the first Captains' Meeting in Michaelmas Term. Any affiliation fee unpaid by Sunday of 5th Week may be subject to additional levies at the discretion of the OURCs Treasurer and president and College Boat Clubs with any unpaid fees beyond this date may not enter or compete in OURCs events.
C5. OURCs Committee
- The OURCs Committee shall further the aims of OURCs, as defined in C1.
- The OURCs Committee shall consist of:
- The OURCs Chair, who shall be the President of OUBC in academic years commencing in even years and the President of OUWBC in academic years commencing in odd years, and whose duty is to Chair OURCs Captains' Meetings.
- The OURCs President, whose duties are to:
- Manage the affairs of OURCs.
- Act, or appoint a suitable deputy in each case to act, as Race Secretary for OURCs events.
- The OURCs Treasurer, whose duties are to:
- Oversee and keep a proper record of the financial transactions of OURCs.
- Issue invoices, receipts and payments as authorised.
- Issue, collect, and keep a record of fines.
- Notify clubs of any fines or other penalties incurred by breach of OURCs rules.
- Collect and keep a record of entry fees for OURCs events.
- Assess and distribute fine income to the University Boat Clubs.
- The Captain of Coxes, whose duties are to:
- Advise coxswains of the technique of coxing, safety and the rules of the Isis.
- Work with Oxford University Coxswains Society (OUCS) to issue coxing licenses, assess coxswains' status and maintain the register of coxswains.
- Advise on penalties to be imposed on individual coxswains for infringements of OURCs rules.
- The OURCs Webmaster, whose duties are to:
- Update and manage the OURCs website and mailing lists.
- The OURCs Sabbatical Officer, whose duties are detailed in the OURCs Sabbatical Officer's job description, which is available from the OURCs President or the Oxford University Director of Sport.
- The OURCs Senior Member.
- No more than fifteen Ordinary Members, who shall assist the OURCs President, Race Secretaries and Captain of Coxes with their duties.
- Not less than half of the OURCs Committee shall consist of members of the University of Oxford.
- All OURCs Committee Members, with the exception of the Chair, Senior Member and Ordinary Committee Members shall be elected in accord with C10.
- The Chair and Ordinary Committee Members shall be subject to ratification at a Captains' Meeting.
- The OURCs Senior Member will be appointed annually by the OURCs Committee.
C6. Captains' Meetings
- The OURCs Captains' Meeting shall be ultimately responsible for the welfare and administration of the OURCs.
- There shall be at least one Captains' Meeting each Term.
- Any member of the OURCs Committee may call a Captains' Meeting, although normally it is the duty of the OURCs President or the OURCs Sabbatical Officer.
- Notice of a Captains' Meeting must be delivered to all College Captains and OURCs Committee Members at least 48 hours before the meeting. The agenda for every Captains' Meeting must be made available at least 48 hours before the meeting.
- A Captains' Meeting must be called within two weeks of a written request from five Captains of different College Boat Clubs to a member of the OURCs Committee. This request shall state the business to be brought before the Meeting, which must be included on the agenda for the Meeting.
- The quorum for a Captains' Meeting is 5 members of the OURCs Committee plus Captains from 15 different College Boat Clubs.
- The OURCs Chair shall normally chair Captains' Meetings, unless resolved otherwise at the Meeting. The chair may not propose or second motions, and may only vote in the event of a tie.
- Only the following may propose, second or vote on motions:
- Captains or designated representatives of College Boat Clubs, with each college limited to two votes.
- Members of the OURCs Committee.
- Members of the University Boat Clubs who have been awarded rowing Blues or Half-Blues in the preceding 12 months.
- Senior Umpires who have been ratified by a Captains' Meeting in the preceding 12 months.
- Motions:
- Motions may be proposed in advance of the meeting, in which case they shall be included on the agenda. Motions, other than those relating to the Constitution.
- At least one of the proposer and seconder of a motion (preferably the proposer) shall be at the meeting.
- Motions that require the use of OURCs' funds for the University Boat Clubs, or any single College Boat Club may not be proposed without the approval of the OURCs President and OURCs Treasurer.
- Voting:
- Except where otherwise stated, all motions shall be decided by a majority of those present and voting.
- Each person at the meeting shall exercise only one vote, even if they are eligible to vote on two different grounds.
- At least one representative of each College Boat Club shall be required to attend each meeting.
- No motion which requires the spending of OURCs' funds shall be passed without the presence of the Treasurer (or appointed deputy).
C7. Election and Ratification of Committee Members
- All elections must appear as an agenda item for the Meeting.
- All candidates must be nominated and seconded by those entitled to vote.
- If only one candidate stands for a position, they must achieve a majority of votes in favour over votes against.
- If two or more candidates run, then the one who receives an overall majority of votes cast shall be declared the victor. If no candidate receives an overall majority, a second vote shall be taken between the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes in the first ballot.
- With the exception of the OURCs Sabbatical Officer, elections have immediate effect from the end of the Captains' Meeting, unless otherwise resolved at the Meeting.
- Should a post fall vacant, a new election shall be held at the next Captains' Meeting. In the interim period, the OURCs President may appoint a suitable person to act as deputy.
- Committee posts are held for a maximum of 4 terms before requiring re-election, starting with the term in which the post was taken up.
- The OURCs Chair is elected by the members of their squad, and is subsequently ratified at a Captains' Meeting.
- The Senior Member is elected by the OURCs Committee, and holds the office until they retire, resign, or a new member is elected by the OURCs Committee. Such a vote requires a two-thirds majority of voting Committee Members to be passed.
- A list of candidates for the post of OURCs Sabbatical Officer, approved by COUR, shall be voted on by the Captains according to the procedure above (C9.3-4).
- Upon retirement, resignation, or a vote of no confidence all committee members must hand over any OURCs documents or property (including intellectual property rights) in their possession.
C8. Removal of Committee Members
- Any members of the OURCs Committee may be removed by a vote of no confidence at a Captains' Meeting.
- If a motion of no confidence is passed, the subject will be regarded as dismissed with immediate effect.
- If a motion of no confidence in the OURCs Sabbatical Officer is passed, the OURCs President shall request the Director of Sport to take immediate appropriate action in line with University employment policies.
C9. OURCs Committee Meetings
- A formally convened Meeting of the OURCs Committee has the interim power to interpret the Constitution, Code of Conduct and Rules of Racing.
- Any member of the OURCs Committee may call a Committee Meeting, although normally it is the duty of the OURCs President.
- Notice of a Committee Meeting must be given to all OURCs Committee members at least 24 hours before the meeting.
- In the case of the business before the Committee Meeting being a major transgression, the Captains and Senior Member(s) of the club(s) involved should also be given notice before the meeting is convened.
- The Captains or Senior Member(s) may be permitted to make a statement in their defence, either in person or in writing, before any sanctions are decided.
- The quorum for an OURCs Committee Meeting is 5 members of the OURCs Committee.
- Normally the OURCs President shall chair the Meeting, unless otherwise resolved at the Meeting.
C10. Alteration of the Constitution and Code of Conduct
- The Council of Oxford University Rowing (COUR) has the authority to require changes to be made on safety grounds to sections of the Constitution and Code of Conduct. These changes shall be made, and publicised to members of OURCs, within 24 hours of the COUR ruling. At the next Captains' Meeting a representative of COUR will explain the changes and the reasoning behind them, and record the captains' response to be relayed back to COUR.
- Changes to the Constitution, Code of Conduct and the Rules of Racing, other than those required by COUR, may only be made at a Captains' Meeting.
- Proposed alterations to the Constitution must appear as an item on the agenda circulated in advance of the Meeting.
- Motions to alter the Constitution require a 2:1 majority of those in favour to those against, and an overall majority of those present and eligible to vote.
- Alterations to the Code of Conduct and Rules of Racing require a simple majority.
C11. Indemnity
- So far as may be permitted by law, every member of the Committee and every officer of OURCs shall be entitled to be indemnified by OURCs against all costs, charges, losses, expenses and liabilities incurred by him or her in the execution or discharge of his or her duties or the exercise of his or her powers, or otherwise properly in relation to or in connection with his or her duties. This indemnity extends to any liability incurred by him or her in defending any proceedings, civil or criminal, which relate to anything done or omitted or alleged to have been done or omitted by him or her as a member of the Committee or officer of OURCs and in which judgement is given in his or her favour (or the proceedings are otherwise disposed of without any finding or admission of any material breach of duty on his or her part), or in which he or she is acquitted, or in connection with any application under any statute for relief from liability in respect of any such act or omission in which relief is granted to him or her by the Court.
- So far as may be permitted by law, OURCs may purchase and maintain for any member of the Committee or officer of OURCs insurance cover against any liability which by virtue of any rule of law may attach to him or her in respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust of which he or she may be guilty in relation to OURCs and against all costs, charges, losses and expenses and liabilities incurred by him or her and for which he or she is entitled to be indemnified by OURCs by virtue of paragraph 1.
C12. Sponsorship
Sponsorship agreements both signed by the Treasurer and President of OURCs shall be recognised by OURCs and treated as though the agreement is between OURCs and the sponsor. Any liability incurred by the signatories when signing as representative officers of OURCs, shall be indemnified by OURCs.


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I'm packing and hauling - across the newsroom. I'm honored to be taking a position on the Observer's editorial board.
I'll continue to do columns - at least weekly - that tell our stories and talk about issues, so keep sending me your thoughts and ideas. Those columns will appear in this blog, so online readers won't notice much of a difference moving forward. In print, the columns will appear in our Opinion section instead of the Local section.
I'll also be participating in the editorial process, and I'm excited to share my perspective with editorial board members, who are among the most thoughtful people I know. Regular readers of this column know that I land center-right on many issues, especially fiscal. But not all.
As I wrote in my first metro column a year ago:
I'm 45, a husband, a dad. I'm about to become the third smartest person in my house, behind my wife who was ahead of me all along – and my 9-year-old son, who is gaining fast. I attend church each week. I like sports. I write beer reviews. I grill.Regular readers also know I welcome your thoughts and won't hesitate to discuss the topics I write about in the comments that follow. That won't change with the new gig.
....I've been writing news and features and sports for almost 20 years, long enough to understand that you rarely peg folks based on first impressions, or even third impressions.
Here's an example: If I tell you I voted for Barack Obama in 2008, which I did, some of you will get to work taping up that ideological box we like to put people in. But what if I tell you I voted for George Bush in 2000? And that I'm not entirely comfortable with the way either decided to spend my tax dollars?
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How To Make a Ladybug Feeder & Attract Them to Your Garden
Last week, I showed how you can make natural pesticides for your plants. While these sprays pose less risk than the toxic ones, they also rid your plant of beneficial insects like the ladybug. Unlike most pesky bugs that you want to purge from your garden, ladybugs live up to their cute little name. They pose no harm and are actually beneficial to your plants by feasting on a few of your plant's nemeses such as aphids, mealybugs, leaf hoppers, scales and mites.
Along with insects, ladybugs also look for pollen for a food source, so there are numerous plants you can grow to help attract them. Flowers and herbs such as cilantro, dill, fennel, caraway, yarrow, tansy, angelica, scented geraniums, coreopsis and cosmos are good choices for luring the ladybug.
If you're still having trouble attracting the little buggers into your garden, you might want to consider buying ladybugs to release in your garden. Yes, most speciality garden stores carry them, or you can easily order them online. A simple search will turn up a slew of stores. Since they won't all stay put in your garden, it's smart to purchase more than you will need. The best ladybug species for the garden are Hippodamia Convergens. These ladybugs are defined by the two white marks that are on their backs above the wings. This type of native ladybug will eat tons of aphids in no time and are preferred over the Asian ladybug, Harmonia Axyridis. While the Asian ladybug is very effective for keeping down aphids, this non-native species prefers warmer temperatures and is the primary cause of ladybug infestations inside the home.
When it comes time to release them into your garden, make sure you follow the instructions that come with the ladybugs to help boost your chances that they'll want to make your garden their home. And to make your garden even more appealing to these beneficial insects, you can make the easy ladybug feeder shown above.
What You Need
Bamboo, about 10" in length by 1 1/2" - 2" in diameter.
Garden twine or chain
1. Gather your materials and tools.
2. Measure your bamboo. I marked mine at 10".
3. After you've made your mark, use your pencil to draw a line tapering the end at an angle. This will provide a sort of umbrella to keep the rain out of your ladybug feeder.
4. Use your saw to cut the line at the angle, being careful not to spilt your bamboo.
5. Do the same thing on the opposite end and then you're left with the finished bamboo. If your ends are really sharp or jagged, you can gently sand them with a piece of sandpaper.
6. Use your drill to drill holes just slightly bigger than the twine you're using.
7. Insert twine ends through the holes, making a double knot on each end.
8. Hang your ladybug feeder and insert a couple of raisins into the bamboo feeder. The raisins will draw the ladybugs to the feeder and feed them if aphids or other insects are scarce.
9. I chose to hang mine close to a food source, situating my feeder on a hook between my rose bushes, since they are notorious aphid attracters.
Additional Notes: Your twine should last through the season but might need to replaced yearly.
(Images: 1, flickr member Shelley & Dave, licensed for use under Creative Commons; 2-10, Kimberly Watson)


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Emperor Marcus Aurelius tells us, "All things fade into the storied past, and in a little while are shrouded in oblivion." But in Classical Studies, research into ancient Greece and Rome is more alive than ever. From language to democracy, the foundation of Western culture is in the classical world.
At Victoria, you can major in Classical Studies, Greek or Latin. No previous understanding of either Latin or Greek is required. You will get a comprehensive training in rigorous thinking, analysis, and the understanding of complex issues, as well as an invaluable education in the literature, history, myth, and art of the ancient world.
Classical Studies also provides insights into other subjects such as English, Philosophy, Art History, and Religious Studies. "What follows is ever closely linked to what precedes," Marcus Aurelius also said. Go deep into the past and you will understand the future.
For further details of the courses offered, please see the Classical Studies, Greek and Latin courses page.
Students studying Classical Studies at Victoria have the opportunity to apply to go on the biannual field trip to Greece. They also have access to the Classics Museum, which houses a small, but beautiful collection of Greek and Roman artefacts.
'Classical Studies' is the rubric for courses or research that do no involve any substantial amount of ancient languages. At MA and PhD level, the streams previously labelled as Greek and Latin are subsumed under one heading, 'Classics', since often advanced research involves considerable work in both languages.
Victoria offers postgraduate study in Classics, Greek and Latin. See the Classics Postgraduate Research page for recent research topics. The PhD in Classics pamphlet and an In-House Guide to Postgraduate Study in Classics both have a wealth of information.
Programme staff are always researching and providing insightful and cutting-edge conference papers, articles and books. For further details see the Classics Research page.
Members of the public and students have the opportunity to join the Wellington Classical Association, which was formed in the late 1940s as a forum for those interested in the Classical World. Join up and come along to exciting events throughout the year.
To become a member, please email the Programme Administrator
Members of public $20 and students $5 per annum.


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Black Tortoise And The Dynasty Dragon By Eileen Wacker
Description: A popular series throughout the Hawaiian Islands, the award winning Fujimini Adventure series introduces children to Asian culture and important life lessons through an array of endearing stories that all take place on the fictitious Fujimini Island. The series will be introduced on mainland this fall. Written by award winning author Eileen Wacker, the series features a collection of Asian inspired animals, such as the Pink and Green Hamster, Red Penguin, Samurai Tortoise among other adorable animals that all live on the magical Fujimini Island. Each adventure-based story has an educational message and a happy ending. The series currently consists of 5 books that target the 5-8 year old reader. Each book contains a Fujimini Adventure Series Glossary that explains different Asian items found in the stories such as bonsai tree, chopsticks, sushi, moon festival, samurai warriors, etc. and adds to the fun of the stories.
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Using your transformers at less than a third of their capacity? Mike Lowenstein, president of Harmonics Limited, examines whether under-loading can lead to problems.
Q. Does under-loading of a transformer at as low as 25% to 30% of the rated capacity increase harmonics and adversely affect power quality in a local distribution system? The transformer in question is K-13 rated and supplies audio/video (A/V) power supply loads. Does power quality affect performance of A/V equipment so drastically that the transformer should be changed to a smaller one?
Lowenstein's answer: In general the A/V loads served by your transformer will be nonlinear and powered by switch-mode power supplies. These loads draw harmonic currents, particularly the 3rd. The amount of harmonic current drawn by such loads depends on the impedance of the system that serves them and particularly on the impedance of the distribution transformer. Since a large under-loaded transformer has a lower impedance than a correctly sized transformer relative to the size of the load, harmonic currents will be greater. In addition, a k-rated transformer will often have a lower impedance than an equivalent standard transformer, which further increases harmonic currents.
Harmonic currents have very little effect on nonlinear loads because they're caused by load operation. Harmonic voltage distortion, however, will increase as harmonic currents increase. In your situation, a lower system impedance results in lower voltage distortion and thus offsets harmonic current increase.
In any case, harmonic voltage distortion also has little effect on the operation of nonlinear loads. (See "Harmonic Current and Voltage Distortion" in the November 2002 issue of EC&M for more detailed information.) The major effect of your under-loaded transformer is an increase in energy waste and, therefore, operating costs. The energy required to energize a transformer is proportional to the size of the transformer, all other factors (impedance, temperature rise, etc.) being equal. To better understand the costs of under-loading a transformer — in terms of energy and dollars — consider the results of a comparison of the two following fictitious transformers:
75kVA, 150°C temperature rise, 480V-208/120V, 60 Hz
30kVA, 150°C temperature rise, 480V-208/120V, 60 Hz
Using a transformer efficiency calculator developed for the EPA, the transformers were "tested" at the same load to determine which would be more efficient and cost effective. To relate to your system, the 75kVA transformer was loaded to 30% during the business day with a reduction at night and weekends, while the 30kVA transformer was loaded to 75% during the day with proportional loading reduction at night and on weekends. Energy costs were assumed to be $0.10 per kWhr. The Table above lists the data calculated in the comparison.
Another source of energy waste is the flow of harmonic currents throughout your system, which causes heating of the transformer, distribution equipment, and wire. The k-rated transformer is specifically designed to survive this extra heat. However, this heat represents wasted energy and can range from 3% to 5% of the energy consumed by nonlinear loads. For a 24/7 facility that's heavily populated by computers, this energy waste can be several thousand dollars per year, far exceeding the energy wasted by an under-loaded transformer. In facilities that are lightly loaded and don't operate continuously, the energy waste is obviously less.
In the calculated example, though, the annual savings in energy by changing to a smaller, more heavily loaded transformer is only $28.02. So it would appear that you would gain little economic benefit by changing your transformer. Also, changing to a smaller, more heavily loaded transformer without mitigating harmonic currents could overheat it.
Unless you're suffering equipment malfunction, there's little financial or operational reason to change to a smaller transformer.
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no, not for me - josh made it in the nyc marathon via the lottery. when the nyrr said the race would go on, we kept our travel arrangements. friday late afternoon we were at the expo and overheard a girl say "oh my gosh they just cancelled the race". josh returned the $140 jacket he had just purchased (who wants apparel from a race you didn't run) and we hightailed it out of there.
don't get me wrong, i agree with the decision to cancel the race. however, what was up with the numerous people on facebook, twitter, etc calling the runners "selfish" for being disappointed in the handling of the decision-making or later for wanting a refund? and those same people saying that runners should "do something useful with their time" and go volunteer/buy things for sandy victims? i'm curious how much time and money the people making these comments donated to the hurricane relief...
|the french (i assume) new york marathon on saturday
my first time "banditing" a race
on sunday morning we ventured over to central park to get a run in and found ourselves in the midst of the "run anyway marathon". there were tons of runners (mostly foreign and charity runners it seemed) and spectators - it was great to see the community come together and not let their spirits be crushed by all the negative people. some spectators were even handing out bottled water, gatorade and candy. it was a very upbeat atmosphere and josh and i ran an easy 7.5 miles. note: we did not take refreshments from anyone.
my first (and second) box visits
while in nyc i took advantage of visiting other crossfit boxes for workouts. if you are a member at another crossfit affiliate you can drop-in for a class at another box without having to undergo the "elements" (fundamentals) again. i went to crossfit nyc: the black box ($25) and reebok crossfit 5th ave ($40). i was intimidated walking in to each workout but left feeling great (it helped seeing i could hold my own with nyc crossfitters!).
charlotte thunder road marathon
unlike some people (*cough*), josh actually trained for his marathon with the pre-requisite long runs and wanted to cash in on all those saturday morning runs. when we returned from nyc he took advantage of the "displaced runner discount" offered by the charlotte thunder road marathon and we headed up for the race. i was tempted to sign up for the half-marathon at the expo (you know, since i did that one 12-mile run...) but since "i didn't pack running clothes for racing", and the fact registration was $105, i decided not to. i also briefly contemplated banditing the race.
it was chilly and windy race morning and josh forgot a long sleeve shirt. i offered to meet him around mile 10 to get his running jacket from him (due to the course i did not think i would see him before mile 10). i saw him off at the start and walked back to the car while re-consulting the course map. i decided if i hustled i could surprise him at mile 3.5-ish so he could ditch his jacket sooner.
my second time "banditing" a race
i tried to hustle, but arrived at mile 3.5 too late - just before the 4:15 pace group. i assumed he was running ahead of them, so i hopped in the race. i knew he was aiming for a 9:00/mile pace (sub-4:00 marathon) and when i got to the 4-mile split clock i saw i had some serious catching up to do, i was 4 minutes off a 9:00/pace. ouch.
i chased down red shirt after red shirt for the next 6+ miles (while avoiding the water stops of course). i was impressed by the splits my garmin flashed at me (7:30's), and at some point between miles 3.5 and 10 i managed to sprint right past josh. i caught up to the 3:45 pace group and hoped he was not running that fast because i was quite tired from the 7 mile sprint. i pulled over at mile 10 to wait, much to the confusion of the runners i'd just passed. sure enough, he came running up 1-2 minutes later and i hopped back in to run with him for a bit. eventually i peeled off and headed back to the car to try and find food/water. i hadn't fueled before or during my 11-mile run and i was hungry.
my attempts to find food failed but i did see josh at mile 18, still hanging on to the sub-4:00 pace. i anxiously waited for him near the finish as the clock ticked through the 3:50's. i yelled 'inspirationally' to him "only a quarter-mile to go, go get it!". he looked mad at me but later claimed he wasn't. he cruised in at 3:56 and i was relieved i wouldn't have to hear him complain about not running a sub-4:00. later in the afternoon he started to analyze if he would have run faster in nyc because it's less hilly and he wouldn't have had an awkward extended taper; sign of a true runner.


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I've been busy this weekend (right now I'm procrastinating at working on my novel), but I have watched one thing and glanced at some of the comment worthy entertainments my son as been sampling.
My stuff
The Twilight Zone Vol. 2
This disc contained -
"Time Enough at Last" - Of all Zone episodes this one packed the biggest punch for me (being a kid that gobbled down novels at the rate of three to five a week up until I was married, now I'm down to one to three). Mr. Henry Bemis is a bookworm living in a book hating world. All he wants is a little time to read. A nuclear war seems to grant him his wish, or does it?
"The Monsters are due on Maple Street" - Claude Akins and Jack Weston (who contribute brilliant performances) are residents of Maple Street. A simple suburban neighborhood that looses all power after a light in the sky rips the quiet afternoon away from them. Residents begin to suspect that one family may not be who they appear to be. But who? The teleplay for this Serling classic appeared in numerous American Lit textbooks while I was attending elementary and junior high and has one of the most famous zingers (seconded only by "To Serve Man" I think).
"Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" - Zone had the uncanny ability to cast an actor in a role perfectly suited for that individuals acting style. Here we have William Shatner, a man recovering from a nervous breakdown while on a place flight, seeing a man (or gremlin?) messing with an engine on the wing of the plane upon which he is returning home. Shatner is so brilliant in the part that you forget what a self-parodying ham he is today.
Side bar: Most people will know this episode's remake in the uneven, albeit still entertaining, Twilight Zone-The Movie. John Lithgow played the part on comic hyperdrive and the in flight storm reached biblical proportions. The Gremlin looked a lot better than it did on the episode, but was not nearly as frightening. The best things about the movie version was Carol (widow of Rod) Serling's cameo and Jerry Goldsmith's typically wonderful music. But what some people may not know is that Richard Donner, the director of the tv episode, was not the first choice as director. Jacques Tourneur (Cat People, Curse of the Demon) was to direct, but his apprach to the Gremlin was jettisoned and he left. Tourneur wanted only a man in a suit with a little glitter, just enough to blend with the rain and keep him invisible, but the producers felt that the monster needed to be seen more clearly.
"The Odyssey of Flight 33" - A jetliner en route to New York gets caught up in a freakish jet stream and apparently breaks the time barrier. Can they find there way back to their own time? Some of the Zone's creepy episodes were such subtle slow burns that it actually hit you full force at the end. This is one of them. It isn't one of the blood and thunder classics, it's one of those cold wind on a dark and lonely night ones.
As you can see, for those interested in collecting the landmark episodes of TZ Volume 2 is a must have. 5 slimes, each episode is outstanding.
My son's stuff: Half baked ideas about half baked (and half watched) movies.
Jurassic Park (1993) - This hugely popular movie is nothing more than a 50's b-movie on Hollywood money steroids. When the dinosaurs are around it's great, when they're not then it's no better than any of those Bert I. Gordon monster mashes. Director Steven Spielberg manipulates the contrivances with a masterful touch, but its still manipulation and the movie has no real thought behind it. Saturday afternoon fluff. I give it three slimes simply because Stan WInston's dinos are so great.
Godzilla (1998) - Argh! The pain, the suffering. I saw this on the big screen on opening day and boy was I burned! It's a big bloated gas bag of a summer movie that, at a whopping two hours and nineteen minutes, is far too big for its premise. NOT a true blue Godzilla movie it is more of a remake of The Beast from 5,000 Fathoms melded with The Lost World: Jurassic Park. It is sad that we may never see a monster movie on this kind of scale again because the production is gorgeous, especially the cinematography, and the effects are pretty nifty. There are moments I like, mainly the first helicopter chase through the skyscrapers of New York. The deadpan reaction by the pilot that shot down the Chrysler Building makes me laugh each time I see it. Evidently Emmerich liked this as well because they repeated it AGAIN later in the movie (when they did this I clearly remember thinking "They've already done this and don't need to repeat it."), this constant repeating of what was already done is a BIG fault in the movie and sticks it in a time loop of sorts, with chase sequences and such constantly returning again and again. By the ending I was tired of it and just wanting the pain to stop. My son watches this movie every now and then, but rarely finishes it. Not so with the Japanese Godzillas (which he knows by heart and can give detailed plot descriptions of). Deanzilla gets a slime for some of the pre-fatigue spectacle, but I am saddened that this movie pretty much effectively nuked any chance of a "real" American produced Godzilla movie.
The pain, the suffering.
So it Goes.
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February 25, 2001, 09:52:33 PM »
Godzilla 1998 was bad. I remember wishing the original one was back. Well he returned for Godzilla 2000 last summer on the big screen. Burn the 98 version.
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February 25, 2001, 10:48:10 PM »
Destroying any book, movie, or composition simply because upu don't like it is an extremely dangerous and disturbing philosophy to have, even in jest.
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February 27, 2001, 01:50:48 PM »
Dude...i gotta be honest. I read the book version, yet have never gotten around to seeing Deanzilla. I just can't do it,man! Thank God for g-2000! Cnicken soup for my Kaiju lovin' soul. Sure, the g-98 fx might be good...but it ain't HIM,man...nah,i'm too proud to do it.
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February 27, 2001, 02:21:01 PM »
Ironic you should mention that. Yesterday a co-worker gave me a lift home and we got into a discussion about the merits of G-98, a movie she and her kids absolutely loved. I told her I just couldn't. It wasn't a REAL Godzilla movie and it just ripped too much stuff out of other, better movies to be very recommendable. But she was convinced that it was a really good (she said another would that began with the letter g but I can't type it, not in connection with any statements regarding Deanzilla) with an ending that made her cry.
It made her CRY!
As the centipede in James and The Giant Peach said "I think I'm gonna be sick!"
Warren H.
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February 27, 2001, 03:42:00 PM »
Ol' JT never wanted his monsters to be seen, apparently. In Curse of the Demon, he only wanted the demon seen as a cloud of smoke. Now I agree that sometimes, seeing nothing can be scary. But, sometimes you've just got to see something, especially when the actors can't convey how terrified their characters are supposed to be.
Side note: In my humble opinion, both seeing nothing and seeing everything are not very scary in movies. Seeing just -- something -- the barest hint of a shape in a dark room, a fleeting glimpse, just enough to let you know that you don't want to see anything more, that is scary.
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February 28, 2001, 07:26:00 PM »
just realised something...your friend may have been operating along the lines of No Basis Of Comparison. When i first saw G vs King Kong, is realy got to me. I was little, and only dad likes the same kind of stuff i did, so mom sent us to the drive-in with a' i don't know why you like that weird stuff..." Sound familure? As time went by, i came to like the improving FX,but still i like the basic premis...Big monster, Big city, big fight! We..well,i..started at that time and place,and all my experiance is from then on...how old is your friend? I'm 45.(great caliber,not as mush fun to live.) G-98 is new to them,and fits their experiance...does this make any sence? Maby its part nostalgia...okey,a lot!...but, a lot of people,kids included,said they liked something about G-2000...the old guy still has it! Well, lets hop G-fan is right, and the next film gets over here. Go,GoGodzilla!
Re: Deanzilla
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February 28, 2001, 08:59:50 PM »
She's in her forties and loves horror movies, especially Bram Stoker's Dracula (the less I say about my feelings considering that, that thing the better). Deanzilla offered big, mindless fun to her and her kids. It was certainly big and definitely mindless. I just thought it got boring after awhile. I kept waiting for plot to happen, stupid me.
Frankly I can watch segments of G-98 every now and then, the thing is just so long. Even my kid can't finish it. I mean 2 hours and 19 minutes? Drives me up the wall.
Re: Deanzilla
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March 01, 2001, 01:25:55 PM »
Dig it. Hey,Chadzilla...did you ever think about the fact that the G films had an all Japanese cast was part of the reason we watched them? Part of the fun was, we had neven seen these dudes and chicks before! Sure, makes sense when you think about it. But kids don't think as mutch as do. Non-american actors?...cool. just so long as the flick's good! works for me. Hello,nurse! Ah, i was young once....
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paulina needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 173 designs submitted by 33 freelance designers.
company picture
Company Picture is a photography business based in Berlin, Germany. It's a spinoff from the currently existing manuel frauendorf fotografie. You can get an idea of the kind of photography at http://www.manuel-frauendorf.de.
Company picture covers a wide range of still photography needs for mainly small and medium size businesses. The photography services range from product pictures to real estate/ architectural photography, events and hotel photography to modern portraits of CEO's and employees in the workplace.
In addition, a special aerial photography-technique is used for pictures of architecture.
In order to pursue new marketing activities an exclusive and extremely professional logo should be developed. This will be integrated into a website which is in the making. Unlike the current website the new platform will cater entirely to the B2B customer and deliver more detailed information on packages, range of services and usp.
In the future a moving picture segment (e.g. imagetrailers) will be established as well.
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The logo should contain the brand name "company picture".
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During a recent remodel project, we converted a portion of our unfinished attic into a small loft. We'd like to use the space for an informal office, but also have it double as a guest bedroom. At only 200 square feet, a full size bed is out of the question and because the space has a sloped ceiling, we need something low to the ground. Even though a futon would be a great solution (in theory), I keep picturing frumpy floral mattresses, awkwardly folded on a not-so-modern oak frame. Fortunately, after a little research I discovered several modern alternatives that don't scream college dorm room, and had sustainable qualities as well.
The mechanics may vary (some fold down while others flip over or out), but with the exception of the Case Study Day Bed, all of these sofas sleep two people. Unlike the sofa beds we grew up with, these options put the sleeper(s) parallel to the length of the bed, which means less floor space is needed in front of the sofa.
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Letter to Georgia Board of Regents re: Open Records Request
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September 25, 2003
Ms. Corlis P. Cummings
Senior Vice Chancellor for Support Services
Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
270 Washington Street, S.W
Atlanta, Georgia 30334
Dear Ms. Cummings:
This responds to your letter of September 19, 2003, in which you asked for an official opinion whether the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), 20 U.S.C. § 1232g, permits the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia (Board) to release certain information from education records to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. You asked for expedited consideration because the newspaper submitted its request pursuant to Georgia's Open Records Act. This Office administers FERPA and provides technical assistance to educational agencies and institutions to ensure compliance with the statute and regulations codified at 34 CFR Part 99.
Inquiry: The Journal-Constitution asked the Board to provide the following information for every student who completed an application for Federal student aid for the past two academic years: Georgia HOPE scholarship eligibility, Pell Grant eligibility, Pell Grant amount, and Federal expected family contribution. The information must also be categorized by the student's secondary institution, college or university, and county of residence. The newspaper has not asked for the student's name, social security number, or other personally identifiable information and has agreed to allow the Board to follow its policy of not releasing information in cohorts of 10 or fewer students. However, the newspaper insists that the information must be released in student-level rather than aggregated form.
The Board believes that FERPA precludes it from releasing the information in the format requested because a recipient would be able to identify individual students and their families with relative ease by cross-referencing information provided in the listings by secondary school, college, and county. The Board asks whether it may provide the information as requested by the newspaper consistent with its obligations under FERPA.
Discussion: An educational agency or institution subject to FERPA may not have a policy or practice of disclosing education records, or non-directory, personally identifiable information from education records, without the written consent of the parent or eligible student, except as provided by law. 20 U.S.C. § 1232g(b); 34 CFR Subpart D. "Education records" are defined as records that are directly related to a student, and maintained by an educational agency or institution or by a party acting for the agency or institution. 34 CFR § 99.3 ("Education records"). The information requested by the newspaper (each student's Georgia HOPE scholarship eligibility, Pell Grant eligibility, Pell Grant amount, and Federal expected family contribution) clearly falls within the definition of "education records" under FERPA.1
Under the FERPA regulations, "disclosure" means "to permit access to or the release, transfer, or other communication of personally identifiable information contained in education records to any party, by any means, including oral, written, or electronic means." 34 CFR § 99.3 ("Disclosure") (emphasis added). The regulations define "personally identifiable information" so that it includes, but is not limited to:
- The student's name;
- The name of the student's parent or other family member;
- The address of the student or student's family;
- A personal identifier, such as the student's social security number or student number;
- A list of personal characteristics that would make the student's identity easily traceable; or
- Other information that would make the student's identity easily traceable.
34 CFR § 99.3 ("Personally identifiable information") (emphases added). That is, FERPA-protected information may not be released in any form that would make the student's identity easily traceable. E.g., September 27, 2002, letter from this Office to Kennesaw State University at page 2-3. Conversely, student-level information from education records may be disclosed, without consent, if "personally identifiable information," as defined above, has been removed. This has been referred to as de identified or anonymous data.
In the case of standardized tests, this requirement can usually be met by removing the student's name, address, identification numbers, and "other information that would make the student's identity easily traceable," such as the alphabetical or other testing order. Courts have affirmed these procedures in cases such as Bowie v. Evanston Community Consolidated School District #65, 522 N.E.2d 669 (Ill. App. I Dist. 1988), aff'd, 538 N.E.2d 557 (Ill. 1989) and Kryston v. Board of Education, East Ramapo Central School District, 77 A.D.2d 896, 430 N.Y.S.2d 688 (App.Div. 2nd Dept. 1980). Similarly, in a case involving disciplinary records, Miami University redacted not only the student's name and student ID number but also the exact date and time of the alleged incident. The Court of Appeals later observed that these court-imposed redactions rendered the disclosure compliant with FERPA requirements. State ex rel. Miami Student v. Miami University, 680 N.E.2d 956, 959 (Ohio 1997), cited in United States v. Miami University, Ohio State University, 294 F.3d 797, (6th Cir. 2002).
Occasionally a student's identity may be "easily traceable" even after removal of nominally identifying data. This may be the case, for example, with a highly publicized disciplinary action, or one that involved a well-known student, where the student would be identified in the community even after the record has been "scrubbed" of identifying data. In these circumstances, FERPA does not allow disclosure of the record in any form without consent because the irreducible presence of "personal characteristics" or "other information" make the student's identity "easily traceable."
These principles apply equally to the disclosure of aggregated information. That is, the FERPA prohibition on disclosure of "personally identifiable information" allows agencies and institutions to aggregate data and disclose statistical information from education records, without consent, so long as the student's identity is not "easily traceable." Just as the removal of names and identification numbers is not always adequate to protect against personal identification with student level data, there are circumstances, such as those described in your letter, in which the aggregation of anonymous or de-identified data into various categories could render personal identity "easily traceable." In those cases, FERPA prohibits disclosure of the information without consent. This is true whether personal identity is revealed through a single request or through a series or combination of requests that are available to those in possession of the data.
Because of the wide variety of data compilations, configurations, search requests, and other factors related to the disclosure of anonymous data, it is neither possible nor desirable for this Office to take a categorical approach regarding the minimum size of cohorts or other restrictions applicable to the release of aggregated or student-level information necessary to avoid personal identification of an individual. However, any agency or institution that releases aggregated or anonymous student-level information from education records must first review the details of the resulting datasets to ensure that personal identity is not easily traceable. Clearly, agencies and institutions themselves are in the best position to analyze and evaluate these requirements based on their own data, and under FERPA the burden is on the agency or institution not to release aggregated or de-identified student level data if it believes that personal identity is easily traceable based on the specific circumstances under consideration. Indeed, this Office will initiate an investigation of any complaint that provides specific allegations of fact giving reasonable cause to believe that FERPA is violated by the release of aggregated or de identified student level information.
In summary, based on the information you provided, we are unable to conclude that the disclosure in question would not render a student's identity easily traceable and, therefore, would not violate FERPA. Further, under FERPA, the Board should not disclose anonymous or de-identified data in aggregation that it believes could make a student's identity easily traceable.
LeRoy S. Rooker
Family Policy Compliance Office
1. Information submitted by an individual who is applying to an educational agency or institution and who does not become a student at that educational agency or institution is not protected by FERPA. However, other laws, such as § 501 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (Public Law 106-102, November 12, 1999), might apply to the financial information contained in these applications. See 67 Fed. Reg. 36484 (May 23, 2002).