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I don't see where William said when the first COPO was built.
Old thread I know but I am new here. This goes to Williams comment about the first COPO build date of the second week of January and not being a Yenko . I have a 69 Yenko with a 1 B build date verified by Vince. How do add pics, I'd be glad to show you. Rich


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Today, XKCD put up a comic about common misconceptions and provided a link to wikipedia's list of common misconceptions. It includes:
"In South Korea, it is commonly believed that sleeping in a closed room with an electric fan running can be fatal in the summer. According to the Korean government, "In some cases, a fan turned on too long can cause death from suffocation, hypothermia, or fire from overheating." The Korea Consumer Protection Board issued a consumer safety alert recommending that electric fans be set on timers, direction changed and doors left open. Belief in fan death is common even among knowledgeable medical professionals in Korea. According to Dr. Yeon Dong-su, dean of Kwandong University's medical school, "If it is completely sealed, then in the current of an electric fan, the temperature can drop low enough to cause a person to die of hypothermia."[80][81][82][83] Although an airconditioner transfers heat from the air and cools it, a fan moves air to increase the evaporation of sweat. Due to energy losses, a fan will slowly heat a room."

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JACKSONVILLE, NC (AP) - A Jacksonville public safety officer shot and killed an alligator after it ate an 80-pound Husky that was walking with its owner.
City officials said a woman was walking the dog at dusk Tuesday when it ran to the edge of the water near a local shopping center. Alligators usually feed around dusk.
Public safety and N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission officers searched for the alligator Wednesday morning. Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Beth Purcell said after discussions about capturing and relocating the alligator, officials decided that in the interest of public safety, the alligator had to be killed. A public safety officer shot the alligator, which disappeared below the surface of the water.
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Wayne Farris has no intentions of turning in his guitar and putting an end to his shaking, rattling and rolling.
Even if it means he books his own gigs and wrestles in front of dozens of people in nightclubs and community halls in small towns.
"I tell people that when the phone stops ringing and they stop asking for me I guess I'm finished. Or when the hair and sideburns are gone," said Farris, better known as the Honky Tonk Man.
He was a World Wrestling Federation star who regularly wrestled in front of tens of thousands of fans more than a decade ago.
Farris is doing a tour of southern Manitoba this week, with stops in Winnipeg, Beausejour, Gimli and La Broquerie.
Saturday's IWM event at Doubles Fun Club, at 20 Alpine St. in the Travelodge hotel, is an adults-only show that begins at 8 p.m. The Honky Tonk Man is facing "Beautiful" Bobby Jay.
Now in his early 50s, Farris hasn't slowed down since he left the WWF (now World Wrestling Entertainment) and joined the independent circuit. He worked 80 shows in six countries last year.
"Independents are more enjoyable because I can do what I want to do, be as creative as I want to be and mix and mingle with the fans as much as I want to," he said recently from his home in Phoenix, Ariz.
Last year, he turned down a WWE legends contract because it would strip him of that freedom.
"I don't want to give up the rights to the name and character I created just for a paycheque, which could turn out to be just one paycheque," Farris said in his recognizable Southern drawl.
With the WWF, Farris gained notoriety for smashing wooden guitars over his opponents' heads and branding himself "the greatest intercontinental champion of all time."
Carrying the title for a record-setting 15 months in 1987-88 was the highlight of his career, he said.
One of the Honky Tonk Man's last visits to Winnipeg with the World Wrestling Federation was a smashing good time for everybody but his tag team partner.
The guitars came out -- like they did in many of his matches -- when he and Greg (The Hammer) Valentine faced the Bushwhackers during an event at Winnipeg Arena. The good guys usually had the instruments smashed over their heads but on that night one of the villains received a stiff guitar shot.
"Valentine's head was sticking out of the guitar and his eyes were crossed," said WWE representative Bob (Doc) Holliday, a Winnipeg Sun scribe whose job it was to find "cheap" guitars at a local music shop. "When he fell back into the ropes he was out. They didn't score the guitars (to weaken them beforehand)."
Holliday and Wayne Farris, the man behind the Honky Tonk Man persona, erupted in laughter when they recounted the story. "Someone saw stars. I was in charge of the guitars so if Valentine got whacked it was probably because I let it happen," Farris said.
"He needed that to wake him up. When we were a tag team we were called Rhythm & Blues, but the joke in the back was I was Rhythm and he was Snooze," he said.


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1. Re: Export Layers to Files (png) Trim - but doesn't trim? CS5pixels_pixels Apr 19, 2012 6:15 PM (in response to pixels_pixels)
Okay I have found the probelm. The problem with Export Layers to Files is when the layers are within a group and exported, it doesn't actually trim the layers.. even if the png option is ticked. Thye all come out in their respective postitioning in the original image/document size, but with all other blah blah blah yaaaaawn. Of course a layer mask outside of a group is merely an overlay so that is another wall come down which is really fantastic. I just wish it was a little harder to do this simple export because I'm not quite miserable enough yet which is a real shame so I may just start slamming my head down on the table. If anyone has a script for not slamming your head down on a table, blah blah boing blah.
2. Re: Export Layers to Files (png) Trim - but doesn't trim? CS5pixels_pixels Apr 19, 2012 6:28 PM (in response to pixels_pixels)
Bizarrely I finally have this working with this script:
The scipt won't run (or even open) with just the group, its mask and its containing layers. But, if I have a couple of random layers ontop of the group (whatever.. lines/shapes/words), the script will open! Yey. Stranger still (but works so don't care), the random layers ontop of the group aren't exported.. just the layers within the group; all nicely trimmed and with the desired masking exported on each layer too. Nice.
Thank you scriptsrus! Muchos gracias.
3. Re: Export Layers to Files (png) Trim - but doesn't trim? CS5pixels_pixels Apr 19, 2012 7:18 PM (in response to pixels_pixels)
No that hasn't solved it either. I only tested on one shape within a group (with masking effect applied), and a load of shapes outside that group. Exported was the groups singled containing trimmed layer. Try that with a load of layers within a group, and tay all get exported out as one. Trimmed, but only as far as the farthest out (or closest to the edge of the document).
I think this simply can't be done yet in photoshop. Weird, and frustrating. Lovely.
4. Re: Export Layers to Files (png) Trim - but doesn't trim? CS5corndog86 Aug 13, 2013 1:02 PM (in response to pixels_pixels)
Hi, ran into this problem using CS6, what's more frustrating is that it worked the first time I used it on a file with with many different groups of layers and when it took so long, I shrunk the file by taking out a group that was specific to my needs and it started not working.. I never got to figure out why, but I did what this guy says: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKJqLLpusJg to finish the job... maybe useful..


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McGee's Alice: Teaser Site, Trailer, Date
EDIT: Turns out the trailer is fan-made, and not official in any way. Which is kind of a shame, because it's awesome.
The new Alice game, which will be called Return Of American McGee's Alice, is miles off, being set for release in 2011. It is being developed by Shanghai studio, Spicy Horse. There's not much more to go on at present, other than the teaser site, and a brilliantly creepy teaser trailer, posted below.


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The DSSC provides a wide range of information and technology assistance for students and faculty. DSSC brings together people, equipment, and information resources, including a Data Service.
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The Columbia University Libraries currently receives approximately 50 percent of the items available through the United States Federal Depository Library Program. Print materials are processed for off-site storage, but most titles are available online via CLIO.
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Lehman Library was a depository for New York State documents from 1983 to 1996. The documents are on microfiche in the Lehman Reference Room, and not cataloged on CLIO. For more information see the New York State Subject Guide.
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SOX is the Reason to Archive with Microfilm
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
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(a) IN GENERAL- Chapter 73 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:`Sec. 1519. Destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in Federal investigations and bankruptcy. `Whoever knowingly alters, destroys, mutilates, conceals, covers up, falsifies, or makes a false entry in any record, document, or tangible object with the intent to impede, obstruct, or influence the investigation or proper administration of any matter within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the United States or any case filed under title 11, or in relation to or contemplation of any such matter or case, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.`Sec. 1520. Destruction of corporate audit records.
Most IT managers would tell us that the only way to archive your records is to back-up on tape or disk drives. When you consider the implications of lost data how long you (firm, office) are responsible to keep much of your corporate records, you're chosen long term archival media system needs to be thoroughly evaluated.
Destruction, Alteration and Falsification
If you store legacy records on paper in files, how easy is it to miss-place a single page, replace an existing page with a new page or eliminate (destruction of some method – i.e. shredding) a file from a record completely.
Corruptibility and Backwards Compatibility
While the idea of a digital back-up of your records seems safe enough, have you recently tried to open a CD or USB type media device that is 10 years old or older?
CD/DVDs are still vulnerable to data loss due to disease and damage. USB type portable devices can be corrupted during the importing/exporting process.
Technology continues to march forward at an ever quickening pace. Platforms are changing every 2-4 years which makes backwards compatibility very "iffy". It's not good business practice to assume that you can easily and reliably access back-up data on a disk-drive from as recent as 6 years ago.
Reliability of Tape Backups– A survey of IT executives on tape backup solutions reported these findings:
Gartner Group estimated that 10 to 50 percent of all tape restores fail. Storage Magazine and Gartner reported that 34% of surveyed companies never test a restore from tape, and of those that do test, 77% experienced tape backup failures.
- 75% of respondents indicated that their companies suffered unrecoverable loss of corporate data they thought was successfully backed up to tape due to unreadable, lost or stolen media.
- 63% said they encountered unreadable tapes when they tried to retrieve data with 76% of those cases reporting a direct impact to their business from loss of productivity to punishments for regulatory compliance infractions.
Every digital media is vulnerable to some type of corrupting influence. Anyone who has participated in a large conversion process from an older digital format to a more contemporary version knows the pitfalls. It is very likely that some (if not all) of the data will be corrupted and lost during the conversion process. And data conversion is very costly.
Trusted Long Term Archival Platform
Archiving your business critical data to microfilm is still the most dependable and trustworthy solution for long term records storage. Altering a roll of film is difficult and obvious. Anyone can see if a roll of film has been spliced. The cost to archive a single image to film costs about $0.03 each and storing a roll of film costs about $1.50 per year.
A single roll of 16mm, 215' microfilm can store more than 2 full bankers' boxes of records. Properly filmed, processed and stored microfilm has a life expectancy (LE) of 500 years. And ultimately, you need only a flashlight to view the documents.
Explosion of Digital Storage Worldwide
Research company IDC last year forecast that 2010 would see the volume of digital data stored by everyone on the planet reach 1.2 zettabytes (1.2 billion terabytes), representing growth of 62 per cent over 2009. And by 2020, that volume will have grown by a factor of 44 to 35 trillion gigabytes.
Read more: http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/feature/2075349/overload-averted-essential-guide-storage-solutions#ixzz1OD4sE1It
Research from Gartner estimates data capacity in those enterprises is growing by 40-60 per cent per year on average, not enough to cope with demand if IDC's statistics prove accurate. Its survey of 1,004 companies in eight countries conducted in August 2010 identified data growth as the top data-centre challenge, followed by system performance and scalability, and network congestion and connectivity architecture.
This Washington Post article sited further reinforces the predicted coming explosion in on-line data storage;
Exabytes: Documenting the 'digital age' and huge growth in computing capacity
How Redaction works for the Public Record (Recorders, Registers, Clerks, etc…)
At the state and local level, our elected officials are responsible to manage and make available Public Records. While doing this, they must be aware that some of these Public Records contain Private Information. Think about the volume of land related records your local county office deals with. Every transaction where a piece of land or property changes ownership, a voluminous collection of documentation follows. Title information, mortgage/loan information, historical information such as liens, court information and related documents all have some influence as to the disposition of any piece land or property.
Found within these numerous documents can be found varying types and amounts of Personal Identifying Information (PII) such as social security numbers, dates of birth, credit and bank card numbers, driver's license numbers and etc. Now, add the additional complexity that web access to these documents is now de facto. The voting public and private industry simply demand electronic information exchange.
More and more county and state offices are adopting electronic technology to manage their core business operations. Because of this, the inter/intra office, departmental and division communication is becoming more and more electronic based. Document sharing is no longer sending volumes of paper documents, but allowing access via an on-line computer application.
So how does a state/local official comply with current statutes and laws to provide open access to Public Records without exposing individual's Personal Identifying Information (PII), especially via the web? And the question as to why they would not want to expose the PII should be rhetorical. Considering the current environment of identity theft we all exist within each day, information security is of paramount concern.
The answer is called Redaction:
Redaction is the process of covering over or blacking out specific information within a document. For hardcopy documents, this can be overwhelming task. Each time a person comes into a government office to research and gather information and makes copies of Public Information for personal or private use, the office has the risk that someone will walk out with someone else's PII.
Or, when county offices receive record requests via snail mail, many offices today still deliver the information via hardcopy documents.
Example of legacy document hardcopy transaction:
- Original requested documents are located and photocopied;
- PII is redacted from photocopy using a marker of some type;
- The redacted copy is photocopied to eliminate the opportunity of bleed-through of original information;
- Original copy is re-filed, requested copy is mailed, and original photocopy is destroyed.
For day-forward electronic transactions:
Day-Forward Processing: Using an automated redaction software product
Documents can enter a local government office in a variety of ways;
- Public Access software (E-Recording) (Simplifile, Ingeo, etc…)
- Fax
- Title Company
- Gov-to-Gov interchange
- Web Portal
- Other
As each new document is received in an office:
- The document is scanned or received electronically;
- Workflow driven process pushes image through an automated redaction product;
- Image comes up for manual human review and verification;
- Redacted image is electronically copied, creating a "public, redacted" version;
- The image follows normal workflow process until final document is verified and made available for view;
The original, non-redacted image remains in-tact while the redacted version is made available for public access.
If you have legacy/historical documents that need to be redacted, you should check with your automated redaction software vendor to see what they suggest. If your legacy documents are still on paper or film, you will need to go through the exercise of digitizing these documents. See my posts on preparing for conversion projects for assistance.
If your documents are already digitized, then your vendor may be able to facilitate your office doing verification of the images they process through their automated redaction software. Your CAPEX would be minimized by doing the verification work in-house.
I would not suggest trying to process all of your legacy documents through an automated redaction software product in-house. Processing millions of images through redaction software is very processor heavy – your office would probably need to purchase expensive servers if you chose to do the entire project in-house.
Is Document Management Still a Viable Market?
Following the "glass half-empty" analogy, many have said that the document conversion and document management industry is nearing its end. "They" claim all the paper in the world has been scanned and every business has already purchased their fancy new EDMS (Electronic Document Management Software) and ECMS (Enterprise Content Management Software).
Well, not so fast. In a recent survey done by Eclipse Group, an international services firm providing document and content management solutions, they found that an alarming number of businesses and organizations today are still heavily reliant upon paper based business critical processes.
Key findings:
- 75% of companies are still heavily reliant on paper based invoicing processes
- 67% of respondents are currently sending the majority of their sales invoices by paper rather than electronically using a document management solution
- 75% of respondents are currently sending the majority of their purchase invoices by paper rather than using a document management system
- 83% currently have to re-type invoices received into their finance system
The survey, which includes the views of financial professionals from a variety of sectors including insurance, financial services, industrial and automotive, also found that 83% of respondents currently have to re-type invoices into their finance system upon receipt into the accounts departments rather than using a document management system, raising serious concerns over accuracy and efficiency.
Gary Waylett, CEO of Eclipse Group commented, "Given the efficient way most businesses are now able to share information, it is surprising to find so many finance departments are not using a document management solution and continue to re-key data between systems. In addition to duplicating effort, and hence adding cost, re-keying significantly adds the risk of errors which then complicates the reconciliation process."
So take heart all of you software and services companies, business will be good for years to come.
Seven Steps Towards A Successful Document Conversion Project
The service of converting paper or microfilm documents to digital format is a commodity in the document conversion world. It seems that anyone can become a service bureau with an inexpensive scanner and rudimentary capture software. The problem is there is really so much more to scanning than meets the eye – and this doesn't become apparent until you have paid someone to scan a million of your documents just to discover you can only access about 750,000 of them within your document management software. Oh, and this realization happens about a year after you have signed off on the project.
How will you ever know if the bureau actually scanned 100% of your images? How will you know if they delivered 100% of them to you? I was once part of a project where we had partnered with a service bureau to scan land records books from a major US county. During the process, the partner delivered 50,000 medical records images by mistake. Talk about a disaster – this is one of the worst I have ever experienced. Billing throughout the remainder of the project constant struggle. Delivery details such as which images and how many were never accurate. To help ensure a successful backfile project, include some type of pre-project checklist.
The following is a suggested minimum for this check-list:
- Pre-scan inventory
- Pilot process to establish image quality standards
- Indexing nomenclature and detail
- Error rating process (by image, record, index…)
- Batch delivery schedule including durations and volumes
- Reconciliation methodology to original inventory
- Review and error reporting process
10 Questions to Ask Before Starting Your Backfile Scanning Project
Backfile Scanning: Prior to beginning any type of backfile scanning project, you must determine one goal; "Ultimately, how do I need to use these digital images?" If you only need copies of your images on USBs or DVDs, then that is all you need to ask for. But if you actually intend on accessing these documents in their digital format within your document or content management system, then you will need to establish a way to ensure you are receiving what you are expecting.
Good Questions to ask you conversion vendor:
- How are we going to look-up these records digitally?
- The image quality is important to us – must we pay extra for image enhancement.
- Will we be able to do a full-text search within these records?
- How much space will these images take up on our servers?
- What image format do we need?
- Do we need additional software to search for and view the digital records or can we use what we have?
- How will the accuracy be calculated for this project?
- How long with the project take?
- How will we be allowed to review the work?
- 10. What is your guarantee policy?
Government Software Buyer Beware – Avoid Proprietary
This might be better stated as "beware of proprietary image file types".
It was during the 1980's when document management software first impacted the day-to-day business of local government. The ability to convert paper and microfilm images into digital images and then access them on a computer was almost revolutionary. Maybe it was… Initially, document management software vendors created closed architecture applications that relied upon proprietary (non-standard) image file types. Today we would consider standard image file types (not including-Microsoft/Windows types) as, Group IV tif, PDF, JPEG, GIF and etc…
These early developers of document management products competed primarily against themselves for much of this government business. A vendor could produce a reliable product, distribute it heavily and charge just about whatever they wanted for annual support. Vendors locked government offices into long-term support contracts for what seemed like perpetuity.
However, many of these vendors could not or would not keep up with the rapid evolution of technology. The platforms they originally built upon and the development languages they used became obsolete. The document management world began to embrace more standard platforms and languages.
Government offices found themselves locked into early generation document management products that did not deliver as well as new technology. Support costs were high and performance, by comparison, was poor.
So here is where the really big problem came into view. As government offices were deciding to upgrade to new document management technology, they became aware that they could not use their legacy images. Why, because the legacy images were in proprietary formats. These images could only be viewed in the original, now obsolete, software. Converting the proprietary images to standard image formats could only be done by the original vendor, and you guessed it, vendors were charging outrageous fees for these services. The fees required to convert their legacy images many times made the move to new technology cost prohibitive. Eventually, all of these dinosaurs became extinct, right….
Wrong – Proprietary is back and in a big way. There are multiple vendors in the local government market today selling document conversion services bundled with proprietary software. Deals are disguised as exceptionally inexpensive conversion services bundled with the vendor's proprietary document viewing software. We know that price is always the predominant factor in purchasing at the local government level. However, what has happened now, un-suspecting government offices find themselves in the same predicament as their predecessors 20 years ago. The upfront price to provide the document conversion services seems too good to be true – and it is. Just like in days past, when the government office needs to export their images out of this proprietary environment for other uses, the answer from their vendor is "NO, you cannot have your images". These un-suspecting government customers are required to view their scanned images in the vendor's software or not at all. To have use of the images in another document management system, you will need to pay to have the original documents scanned again.
How to avoid this trap?
Prior to signing any contract with a document conversion vendor, demand that you receive your images in a standard format that you can use in any system. This will deter most of the proprietary vagrants from trying to lock you and your department into an embarrassing mess.
Document Scanning and the Three Legged Stool
Have you been to a "Scanning Seminar" recently? You probably walked away believing that the document scanning was the most import part of any "conversion project".
But then you visited with a consultant who greatly undervalued the importance of the scanning with a dismissing statement such as, "anybody can scan paper (or microfilm)"… He or she then explained that the crucial element of a document scanning project is the consulting and professional services to implement your project.
But wait; now you visit with a software salesperson. You are informed that buying the proper software will ensure a successful project no matter what type of scanning and/or professional services you employ.
Referencing the "Three Legged Stool" analogy, we can see that if any of these three elements fail to deliver, you will fall right upon your _ _ _. Experience will tell us that each of these elements is equally important. Each is dependent upon the other to ensure a successful project:
Scanning Service: Proven Quality Control and Project Tracking methodologies along with proper hardware and software are crucial in the success of your project. Determining the document capture configuration is entirely dependent upon the type and volume of your source documents. The software functionality used to do image clean-up is the most important in this selection. If you intend on OCR or automated forms processing, image quality is key to success.
Professional Services: These services should set the table for the project. From elements such as a pre-scan inventory, importing scanned images into your new software, pilot projects, project milestones, determining indexing nomenclature, network requirements, training and other elements involved in the over-all project implementation are the nexus to the software and scanning.
Enterprise Document/Content Management Software: Of course software is always important. Your software selection must meet and exceed your current needs and provide scalability for the future. Very cliché, but truthful; by working with both a good consultant and a good software vendor, you will get more of a 360 degree view of what you will get out of your new software. Initially, you should access the scanned images in your new software system in a way similar to that if you were looking for these records in a standard file cabinet. Moving too many steps passed this may lead to user confusion, a feeling of intimidation and a lack of user buy-in.
Preparing for OCR
Optical Character Recognition – Per Wikipedia, OCR is the mechanical or electronic translation of scanned images of handwritten, typewritten or printed text into machine-encoded text. Applied to the appropriate document type and format, OCR processing is extremely useful and can save both internal resources and CAPEX along with producing a higher quality product than if done by hand-key entry.
Unfortunately, OCR is not for every project. Skewed text, rough text, heavy noise, lines and other foreign data interfering with a clear and uninterrupted view and scan of text will reduce accuracy.
OCR engines are very linear processes – they look horizontally and perpendicularly across digital images. Any skewing from a 90 degree orientation will negatively affect any OCR engine. Additionally, OCR engines are not magic but very pragmatic. Images must contain familiar text resembling existing alphabetical characters. Anything that distorts standard text will reduce accuracy.
The following are industry accepted steps used to increase OCR accuracy:
Deskew – Software process, using various advanced algorithms, will identify the text orientation and attempt to align the image to a perfect 90 degree.
Noise Reduction – Also known as despeckling – software process that will remove small imperfections, spots, scratches, blotches and random marks from within the white area in a digital image. Removing these imperfections will reduce OCR engine interference and reduce "false positive" reads.
Dilation/Erosion – Text quality is the key to OCR accuracy. These filters can smooth the edges of text by removing pixels that represent rough edges or add pixels to fill missing data with a character.
Line Removal – Speciality software can provide the functionality to remove lines from an image. Removing lines reduces OCR interference.
Red/Blue/Green Dropout – Using the proper settings, color scanners will "not capture" red, blue and green data within an image. Many times, pre-printed forms have the boxes and response areas printed in red, blue or green. This is purposefully done, so that during the scanning process, the box lines and response areas are not captured and thus is less interference with the OCR engine.
Microfilm vs. Digital for Archival Storage
The discussion on the viability of using microfilm or digital for long-term archiving rears its ugly head on a regular basis in courtrooms, boardrooms and offices for both government and private institutions alike.
From a legal perspective, microfilm is a supported format. The Best Evidence Rule (Federal Business Records Act, Uniform Photographic Copies of Business and Public Records as Evidence Act) states that these statutes permit the admissibility of any record which has been "kept in the regular course of business and copied or reproduced by … any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, microcard, miniature photographic or other process which accurately reproduces or forms a durable medium for reproducing the original." Accordingly, the reproduction is as admissible as the original. The process of recording information optically clearly falls within the law's language of "other process which accurately reproduces or forms a durable medium for reproducing the original."
All US states have published document retention and library standards and micrographics adhere to just about every state's standards for long-term document archiving. New York State, California, Texas, Indiana, Arizona, Louisiana and Florida Archives, just to name a few, promote microfilm as a viable and practical medium for preserving the state's history.
Now, ask yourself this question; Let's say you have been left a trust in the value of $100,000,000.00. You must wait 20 years to have access to these funds. The money will be accessed via a 1,000 character code found on 200 separate documents (files). You will be provided with these documents on a USB drive, a CD, a DVD or a roll of microfilm. Which media would you choose? Backwards compatibility will always be a serious concern. What platform created the electronic copy? Was it Windows? Will this format be supported in 20 years? Will you need to do some type of conversion to your 20-year-old data to have access to your code? If you lose one single image, you will not be able to access these funds. Now, instead of a code for a trust, look at those documents as proof of purchase/ownership, human resource records, certification documents, medical research history, etc…
Advantages of Microfilm for Long Term Archiving:
- Properly filmed and processed microfilm on a polyester base has an anticipated life expectancy (LE 500) of 500 years.
- All you need to view film is a light source.
- Individual pages cannot be pulled or lost.
- Original rolls cannot be edited.
- A single roll of 16mm microfilm can hold over 8,000 images – that is almost an entire 3 drawer file cabinet of documents.


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. The hydration was too high for this flour and not enough strength was built into the dough. I wish more people would read this and take heed, I think a lot of people get carried away with super high hydration doughs and then wonder why they don't turn out the way they hope.
I made a loaf of bread yesterday and it had a huge bubble on the surface. Inside that bubble? You guessed it...spider webbing. Also it only occurred in the bubble, no where else.
Scott, I don't believe anyone ever said that they thought high hydration was a variable. It may indirectly effect it by speeding up fermentation, but that would be about it.
I see the point you are trying to make here, but the blue area you shaded is a bit misleading. If you look at the original picture Bill posted, that area you highlighted is stringy and mostly air. The white back ground is the inner wall of the inner crust. You are looking through the webbing onto the inner wall of the crust giving the illusion that area is denser than it actually is. If you consider that crust in it's entirety the webbing effect occurs right in or in the vicinity of large air pockets. You can see where he cuts through the BIG bubble as the thin skin of the bubble is pinched and folded.
This webbing is achieved in bread flour as well. It's all I primarily use. Are we in agreement this occurs from big bubbles in the crust? Big bubble causing the top to burn faster and somehow create this web effect?
Can anyone guess where the webbing was in this pizza. What differences can u see?Nate
1. in the nice brown puffy section of the cornice. 2. The olives are new?Mark
I don't disagree you sometimes see it under big bubbles in the crust. The bubble didn't cause the webbing per-se. The question is what caused the bubble and what caused this bubble to have webbing and another not?
Isn't this just as simple as being a larger bubble in the dough? That bubble expands faster and burns easier. When it expands quicker the gluten strands either break or don't get pulled with it in the first place so it has a different structure than the rest of the crumb.


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I don't know how to characterize this piece of news. Calling it "ironic" doesn't fit, so I'll settle for this being some kind of cosmic joke.
Dr. William H. Masters (1915-2001) and Virginia E. Johnson were pioneers in the study of human sexuality, especially sexual arousal and dysfunction. For their research, the couple (whom I'd always thought to be rather creepy) conducted interviews and observed sex acts. They wrote the best-sellers Human Sexual Response and Human Sexual Inadequacy, which have been translated into 30 languages. They founded an independent not-for-profit research institution in 1964, originally called the Reproductive Biology Research Foundation and renamed the Masters & Johnson Institute in 1978.
Two days ago, on Dec. 3, 2012, their 60-year-old married son, William Masters II, pled guilty to public lewdness after he was arrested last May for masturbating in New York's Central Park, just 25 feet away from a public walkway. The Central Park incident is the first of two arrests of Masters for public indecency this year! (The other arrest was in Michigan.)
The Daily Mail reports, Dec. 4, 2012, that a New York police officer reported seeing Masters expose his genitals and masturbate in an area of the park called the Ramble that's known for homosexual liaisons. The police complaint said: 'The defendant intentionally exposed the private parts of his body in a lewd manner and committed a lewd act in a public place… with intent that he be so observed."
Masters also is charged with exposing himself to two female undercover police officers as they passed by his exclusive summer home in Michigan this past September. That case is pending.
A local source described the Michigan locale to the New York Post, as "a very rich, wealthy gated community, with cottages built by families like [tire magnate] Harvey Firestone."
Masters II was nude on the banks of the Pinnebog River at the Port Crescent State Park area in Hume Township when two female kayakers paddled by. The kayakers were undercover cops in a sting operation because of numerous lewd incidents reported from that area over the years.
The two officers said Masters II "yelled for attention" from his perch on a nearby dune and then proceeded to make "obscene gestures" at the women when they looked his way. The officers beached their kayak and chased after Masters, calling for backup from a Michigan conservation officer to help in their pursuit.
Given Masters' previous history, officials in Michigan planned to canvass the area surrounding the posh summer homes in the Pointe aux Barques where he was caught, showing local women photographs of him in an attempt to link him to a previous plague of flashing incidents.
Master's defense lawyer Irwin Rochman tells the New York Post his client is getting counseling.


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Last month, a state House and Senate panel offered its solutions to fix South Carolina's pension system, which is anywhere from $20 billion to $74 billion in debt, depending on whom you ask. What isn't being discussed much now is how the pension system got this bad, likely because a lot of legislative leaders have overseen its decline.
There are a lot of reasons for this fiasco. Two of the biggest are poor investments and an unreasonably high assumed rate of return.
I have been accused of defending Donald Trump, and I suppose I do, because the president is trying to accomplish certain goals with which I agree.
The idea of making this country greater, safer and stronger does appeal to me. His methods of achieving that goal have been largely maligned and misrepresented in the press and by those who hate Trump on a personal level.
Trump has been called xenophobic for his so-called ban on Muslim immigrants. This is not a Muslim or a religious ban.
South Carolina, like most states, has a state flag, a state flower (Yellow Jessamine), a state bird (Carolina Wren) and not one but two state songs ("Carolina" and "South Carolina on My Mind").
Dum Spiro Spero is one of our two state mottoes. Now, if House Bill 3078 should pass, that Latin phrase ("While I breathe, I hope") would also become the official state anthem. An anthem is supposed to have a tune, right? The bill provides no music.
South Carolina is unique. We are not like other states – partly because of our history, our culture and our politics.
One of our historic legacies is what one writer called our debilitating inferiority complex. It is best summed up by the often-heard phrase "if it's a list of good things, we are on the bottom, and if it's a list of bad things, we are on the top." Put another way, "thank God for Mississippi," as they always seem to be worse off than we are.
I am narrow-minded. Some would use different words, such as bigoted, prejudiced, exclusive or hateful.
But please hear me out before you make that judgment.
There is an unquestionable, obvious divide in our country. This divide has been identified in several different ways: racial, political, ideological, philosophical, religious, etc. I would agree that you can certainly identify each of these divides in our contemporary culture.
It's no secret that I'm a sucker for all things South Carolina – our history, politics, people, culture, places, food – everything.
And since we are such a wonderful – and weird – state, there is an awful lot to know and always something new to learn.
OK, so touting that one is tops in road maintenance in South Carolina is akin to bragging that one owns the largest Chihuahua in the state.
However, when it came to road resurfacing in 2016, our county was the lead dog by miles.
In Matthew 12:41, Jesus Christ declared that the men of Nineveh "repented at the preaching of Jonas."
Nineveh was a great but wicked city of the Assyrian Empire. God commanded his prophet Jonah to go and "cry against it."
After disobeying God and nearly drowning for his defiance, Jonah confessed his sin and was given a second chance to fulfill his commission.
Eight years ago, then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stated that we would have to pass the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, in order to figure out what was in it.
Thanks to that irresponsible logic, the American people were forced into a health-care system that is unable to keep the promises on which it was sold.
We all remember President Obama's mantra that if you liked your doctor you would keep them, that premiums and deductibles would go down, that we would have more insurance choices and that Medicare would be protected at all costs.
This is the second in an ongoing series about political corruption and ethics reform in South Carolina.
Directly across the street from the State House, on the corner of Gervais and Main Street in Columbia, is a bar called The Whig. To get there, you descend a dank, dark grimy covered stairway, go through an unmarked black door and into an even more dank, dark and grimy room.
On their website, The Whig proudly displays a seal proclaiming itself "North America's Greatest Dive Bar."
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Before the Kindle debuted in 2007, and even now, with e-readers becoming the norm, there is something about the ability to flip through pages in a book. In used book stores and libraries you'll find a lot of dog eared pages. Quite handy when there's no bookmark available.
I was reading an article earlier today about program that replicates the tactile sensation of turning pages in a book. It works on a tablet, like the iPad, but not really on the Kindle.
Electronic page flips are really cool, but you have to get used to it. It allows for more tangible bookmarks and highlights. You can flip through the book without bending the pages. It gives the look and feel of a book.
The Kindle's page turning methods are kind of blah, but they have their benefits as well. The simplicity doesn't take suck up memory. You also don't have to worry about losing your place. The e-reader takes you back where you left off, even across different devices.
The drawbacks are that it is harder to get to different parts of the book. You have to take a couple of steps to get to the spot. There's no tangible indicator to let you know where in the book you are, except for the percentage point.
How important is the page turn style to you? It is true that once you're immersed in a book, the formatting doesn't really matter so much.
Digital natives are growing up with e-readers, and won't get a chance to really appreciate the nostalgia of print books as much. Sign of the times I suppose.
The good news is, that no matter what our preferences are, we have options. I still read regular books in conjunction with my Kindle. So, if I want the nostalgia, I head over to the used book store. I think these options will be around for awhile yet, at least until print no longer plays much of a role in the world of reading.


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coffee-girl needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 272 designs submitted by 83 freelance designers.
Logo design for business called Rosemont; emphasis is on being a modern design with color pallette of no more than 3 colors, stronger colors preferred.
Who are we:
A logo for a wallpaper importer that sells the market leader children's peel and stick range and medium to high end designer wallpapers.
Present Logo:
While there is nothing wrong with the current logo being in a creative, fashion based industry we need a change to avoid looking dated and tired. The current logo can be viewed at our website.
It is not necessary to build the new logo design on the old design except the that the word Rosemont needs to be integrated into the logo. It is not necessary to keep the the black/orange colours.
Target Audience:
The prime audience is retailers that come from paint stores and decorating stores. Secondary audience is the end users visiting our website and interior decorators who frequently deal direct with the retailers to purchase wallpapers for their clients.
The most common places our logo is used is on invoicing, address labels, business cards and the website.
What should the logo say:
- Show that us and our products are reliable.
- Personal friendly service orientated company
- We're the easy ones to deal with
- Most knowledgeable in market
- We are leader rather than a follower.
- Up to date - wallpaper-wise, totally in fashion.
- Include the word Rosemont.
- 2 to 3 colours.
- Colours to be fresh, clean and modern.
- Work in black & white/greyscale also
- Work in smaller sizes for various requirements, eg business cards.
- Fonts used must be freely available for use and others do not own the font copyright.
- Log design copyright passed to us at the end.
- Require the PMS/RGB colours.
- Preferred format PSD files with layer separations.
- Colours to avoid royal blue & orange.
- Looking too technical
- Looking too traditional or old fashioned.
- Prefer upper and lower case rather than all upper case.
- Be a big blue rose - we have had this before.
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To give a brief background to those less familiar with Flywire, it was invented by Jay Meschter, Director of Innovation at Nike, and debuted at the 2007 Athletics World Championships. Drawing inspiration from the mechanics of a suspension bridge whereby many cables provide the necessary structural support, Flywire allows support to be provided by fibers specifically to the areas that require it the most, namely the forefoot and the heel. Such a targeted support system avoids using layers of material to support the whole foot thus reducing the shoe's net weight by up to 50%.
To best illustrate this fiber based architecture is by placing a light source within a shoe. In this case it was a Nike Hyperdunk. The striped and crisscrossed patterns clearly define the areas that require additional support for the athlete. The distribution of the fibers across the upper though based on the mechanics of a suspension bridge fail to capture the vertical linearity of said bridge. It's visual similarity is far closer to the architecture of a dragonfly's wing a natural design that could benefit the performance of Flywire further.
The various cellular shapes within a dragonfly's wing carry the responsibility of determining the amount of stiffness or flexibility in that area of the wing whilst being as lightweight as possible. The somewhat randomized pattern is in fact optimized to allow rigid and flexible configurations along the span of the wings. For example the quadrilateral areas on the edges determine the more rigid and stiff portions of the wing while the largely compartmentalized hexagonal areas are responsible for the areas more likely to bend and sway. This same set of rules is applicable to the composition of a shoe.
The surface of a dragonfly's wing can be interpreted as the single piece of fabric that would be used to cover the upper of a shoe. Integrating Flywire into this single sheet of fabric could allow for the exact same quadrilateral and hexagonal shapes to be created to reinforce the fabric in the same way it does for the dragonfly's wing. By changing the vertically running lines to compartmentalized hexagonal cells would provided the same amount of support but increase the amount flexibility. The result would be a shoe that allowed the foot to move more naturally but with an increased level of support and protection.
For such performance benefits the only conceivable compromise to be made would be in the aesthetic. The clean, simple and symmetrical lines on the current Hyperdunk would be replaced by a randomized collection of quadrilateral and hexagonal compartments. But by remaining with the dragonfly wings as the source of inspiration, the slightly more complex architectural details can be embellished with colour patterns as good as these:


text: We are currently looking to upgrade storage on a 256 node cluster for both performance and size (around 100 TB). The current thread on distributed file storage talks about a number of issues we are dealing with. We are trying to spec out storage that would give us somewhere in the neighborhood of 5 to 10 MB/sec at each node which translates to around 1.2 to 2.5 GB/sec when it gets to the storage. Of course, this is only if all nodes are trying to access/write data at once but for some models this is a possibility. We are trying to do this with GbE since we can't afford to add FC type cards to each node. Some vendors use NAS gateways to consolidate a number of FC DAS RAID arrays together and then serve out NFS via multiple GbE pipes. Others (Panasas, Isilon) do distributed storage that scales up as you add storage shelves. Then there are distributed file systems like PVFS and Lustre that would allow us to use node disks as scratch space. Since we are on a fairly tight budget I don't think we can afford to do all Panasas/Isilon type storage. We are probably going to need to do a tiered system with faster and slower storage with scratch and permanent space. Although a tape silo is a possibility for part of the storage, for now we want to go with all disk storage. My question is: what are other people doing to be able to provide fast GbE storage to the nodes? Thanks, Steve ______________________________________________________________________ Steve Cousins, Ocean Modeling Group Email: cousins at umit.maine.edu Marine Sciences, 452 Aubert Hall http://rocky.umeoce.maine.edu Univ. of Maine, Orono, ME 04469 Phone: (207) 581-4302


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Just about every single big sell-side analyst has cut their price target on Apple, except for one.
Brian White at Topeka Capital has remained a mega-bull on the company, despite the 30% collapse of the stock since September.
He has a $1,111 price target and he's not backing down.
Most analysts are expressing concern about the long term viability of the iPhone business to grow, shrinking margins, a shift in product mix from high end to low end, and a lack of new product catalysts.
Not White. He says it's full speed ahead. And since we've covered all those analysts cutting Apple, we figure we should give you the perspective of what is now a rare figure — a mega-bull on Apple.
So here it goes:
Our top large-cap stock pick in the IT Hardware & Networking group for 2013 is Apple. The negative sentiment around the stock has reached epic levels that we haven't seen in recent memory and yet we believe the product portfolio has never been stronger. In August 2011, Steve Jobs indicated that "Apple's brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it" and we agree. As such, we believe the risk-reward around Apple remains extremely attractive and the stock is now trading at just 6.8x (ex-cash) our CY13 EPS estimate.
And here are four key points from White:
- The supply chain cuts for the iPhone are not new news. "This is hardly a surprise given the order cuts across the rest of the supply chain in December and the excess orders placed by Apple with the panel makers to insure sufficient capacity."
- Smartphones and tablets are still going to be huge this year. No company is in better shape to take advantage of the growth of mobile than Apple.
- Apple will strike a deal with China Mobile. Here's how big that will be for Apple: "Keep in mind, China Mobile's total wireless subscribers came in at 707.3 million in November and 3G subscribers (TD-SCDMA) reached 82.4 million. If every China Mobile wireless subscriber had an iPhone at the current ASP, this would represent ~$450 billion in sales for Apple. Clearly, it is not possible to sell to every subscriber but this calculation highlights the market opportunity for Apple with the carrier."
- Apple television is coming, it will be amazing. "Over the next year or two, we believe Apple has the opportunity to reinvent the TV experience and Apple's digital grid is tough to match. This will allow Apple to tap into an entirely new $100 billion market opportunity (more like $200 billion to $400 billion for Apple given a higher ASP), while further strengthening the Company's digital grid and providing customers with a new TV experience."
And now, if you want a more bearish take, here's Pacific Crest, which thinks the iPhone business is peaked >


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How to cook fruits on top of the stove ?
Different fruit can be cooked in various ways depending on how you want to use them. Peaches or nectarines make a delicious dessert by grilling them or cooking them in a sauté pan on the stove. Blueberries or raspberries can be cooked in a small amount of water in a saucepan on the stove to make a sauce. Dried fruits can be cooked in water – use approximately equal amounts of water and dried fruit, or see directions on the package. There are many cookbooks on the market that can help you cook the particular fruit you would like to prepare.


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Donnie Baseball returns to Bronx wearing Dodger blue
For Dodgers manager Don Mattingly, New York City feels like home.
Mattingly is a Yankees icon. He played his entire 14-year career with the Bronx Bombers, was a six-time All-Star and won nine Gold Glove Awards at first base.
For Dodgers manager Don Mattingly, New York City feels like home.
Mattingly is a Yankees icon. He played his entire 14-year career with the Bronx Bombers, was a six-time All-Star and won nine Gold Glove Awards at first base.
Mattingly's best season was in 1985, when he hit .324 with 35 home runs and led the American League with 145 RBIs and 48 doubles on his way to winning the AL Most Valuable Player Award. He ended a successful career after the 1995 season, and the Yanks retired Mattingly's No. 23 two years later.
With the Dodgers set to open a two-game series with the Yankees on Tuesday, Mattingly is back in the Bronx for his first visit in uniform since 2007.
"When I fly in to New York, it's like flying back home," he said. "I grew up there. I always like going back."
But like much of the Big Apple, things change.
Mattingly's signature mustache from his days in pinstripes is long gone. So too is the old Yankee Stadium, where Mattingly slugged 131 home runs and hit .313 from 1982-95. He's visited the new Yankee Stadium just once, for the unveiling of George Steinbrenner's plaque in center field in 2010.
Like Steinbrenner and so many other Yanks legends, Mattingly has a plaque of his own in Monument Park that reads in part, "A humble man of grace and dignity, a captain who led by example, proud of the Pinstripe tradition and dedicated to the pursuit of excellence."
Joe Torre accompanied Mattingliy during that visit nearly three years ago, when Torre was managing the Dodgers and Mattingly was the hitting coach. The pair left New York for Los Angeles following the 2007 season, when Joe Girardi took over as the Yankees' manager instead of Mattingly.
But Mattingly says that was "a blessing in disguise." He had been the Yanks' hitting coach from 2004-06 under Torre, and served as the bench coach in 2007. Before that, Mattingly spent seven seasons with the organization as a special instructor during Spring Training from 1997-2003. Still, the timing wasn't ideal for him to take the next step.
"They treated me fairly," said Mattingly, who added Steinbrenner wanted him to manage. "Things work out for a reason. That would have been really bad timing for me. Terrible. I was going through some personal stuff that would have been miserable trying to manage for the first time and have that going on."
It didn't take long for Mattingly to become manager, though, and he replaced Torre with the Dodgers late in 2010. In two-plus seasons at the helm, Mattingly is 197-194.
"Coming to L.A. has been great, and obviously there's been a lot of turmoil this year, but I love what I'm doing, and I like being in L.A.," he said. "So it's been a blessing for me to end up in L.A."
Mattingly's return to New York isn't only about him, though. He wants the Dodgers to win, gain some momentum, and break out of the funk that has lingered around the club for much of the season. A sweep of the Yankees would certainly help.
"It's pretty much business because you're on the other team," Mattingly said.
While he will take his post in the visiting dugout, Mattingly believes he will receive a warm welcome from the crowd. After all, he was loved in New York despite never reaching the World Series as a player or coach.
"It's a good feeling knowing that people respected the way you played," he said. "That's a good feeling for a player to go back and say, 'Hey, these guys liked the way you played.' "
Of course, that positive reception might not last long.
"I know how those fans are," Mattingly said. "They're going to be nice to me, but I know they're going to want to win. It will be fun."
Still, it's been almost 18 seasons since Mattingly wore a Yankees uniform as a player, six years since he sat on the bench as a coach and nearly three more since his last visit to the Bronx.
So won't it be just a little bit strange?
"No, just because I know the guys, I know the people," Mattingly said. "Some of it's a little weird, a little uncomfortable. But for the most part, seeing those guys, players, coaches and stuff, they're guys I know."
They know him, too. He's the one they call Donnie Baseball, and he's back.
Austin Laymance is an associate reporter for MLB.com.


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Stories tell of a legendary solider who once waged war against the world. His name was Naked Snake, a.k.a. Big Boss, and the truth behind this legend will finally be told. The era is the 1970's . Big Boss had stationed his "Soldiers Without Borders" in Colombia, South America, where he was approached by visitors from Costa Rica, a "nation without a military." In the wake of the Cuban Missile Crisis, as Latin America became a key to maintaining the power balance between East and West, Costa Rica had miraculously managed to maintain its peace and neutrality. However, in various regions of the country, a mysterious armed force seemed to be engaging in suspicious activities. Now, to preserve peace in this nation without a military, the "Soldiers Without Borders" move into action. In time, they would be known as the founders of "Outer Heaven." Forge a new path and live the legend with METAL GEAR SOLID PEACE WALKER, the first official Hideo Kojima game on the PSP system.
©2010 Konami Digital Entertainment
If you are a fan of the Metal Gear Solid franchise, check out all the latest Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain games and accessories available for PS4, Xbox One, PS3, and Xbox 360 now.


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Frequently Asked Questions about State Testing
Smarter Balanced Assessments
Scoring & Reporting
Special Populations
Technical FAQs for Districts
Q: Why is state testing required?
A: School districts and communities are different across the state. Families
have the the right to know how their child is progressing toward college and
career readiness. And districts need to know if the curriculum they've chosen
teach their students to the
state learning standards
is working, or if they should make adjustments.
State testing is required by state law (RCW 28A.230.095) and federal law (Elementary and Secondary Education Act).
Q: Are students required to pass state tests to graduate from high school?
A: Students are required to pass state tests, or their approved alternatives, to graduate from high school. They also are required to fulfill other graduation requirements.
Q: What happens if I refuse to have my child participate in state testing?
A: Test refusals affect students, schools, and districts in different
Q: Are private- and home-school students required to take state tests?
A: Private- and home-school students are exempt from state testing, but some private- and home-school students do choose to take the exams and are welcome to do so. Students who want a diploma from a Washington public high school must complete all state and local graduation requirements.
Smarter Balanced Assessments
Q: What are "Smarter Balanced" assessments?
A: With the transition to the Common Core State Standards in math and English
language arts, our assessment system has changed. New, online tests, called "Smarter Balanced assessments,"
will measure students' learning, including the critical-thinking and
problem-solving aspects of the new standards. Results from these tests not only
will allow accountability for schools and districts, but also will allow states
to be compared to each other in a fair system.
See www.WAtesting.com for more information about which tests are administered at which grade levels.
Q: Will the Smarter Balanced assessments cost more money?
A: Compared to our most recent years of testing, switching to the Smarter
Balanced system will save our state about $6M per year. We also get more out of
the system for use at the schools and districts (interim assessments and access
to the Digital Library). Over time, the amount saved should rise as we move away
from some of the current exit exam formats, like the EOC exams.
Q: When did Washington students start taking the Smarter Balanced assessments?
A: Washington is an active participant in the consortium that designed the Smarter Balanced tests. Our students have been taking the tests since 2015.
Q: What subjects are covered on our state tests?
A: State tests are based on the K-12 learning standards. Students are tested in English language arts, math, and science.
Q: Who writes our state testing questions?
A: Washington educators write our science test items, with the support of OSPI and nationally recognized content experts. Washington educators review final items, as well as the data generated from pilot testing. Test items are also reviewed by a state-level bias and sensitivity committee.
Educators from Washington and many other states write our ELA and math tests, with the support of nationally recognized content experts. Educators from Washington and other states review final items, as well as the data generated from pilot testing. Test items are also reviewed by a nationally representative bias and sensitivity committee.
Q: What types of questions appear on state tests?
A: The Smarter Balanced assessment system includes a variety of item types:
Check out the Smarter Balanced practice tests to see these item types in action.
Released items are also available for the
science tests (MSP and EOC) and
math tests (EOC), which include
multiple-choice and short-answer questions.
Q: Are state testing performance standards reset each year?
A: Once the Washington State Board of Education adopts a set of standards, the state carries that expected level of performance from year to year. Each year, a new edition of the test is developed. Most of the questions on the test are new, but some have appeared in previous years. The repeated items are called "anchor" items. They are used to link the performance on one year's edition of a state test to earlier editions. This procedure is called "equating." Equating the current year's state test to state tests given in previous years makes comparing yearly results fairer.
Q: What steps are taken to ensure that state testing questions do not contain cultural bias?
A: Every state testing question goes through extensive analysis by a Bias and Cultural Fairness Committee of specially trained educators and community members before it is included on the test. Each question also is given a trial run, or is "piloted," with students to determine if the question poses special difficulty for students from different backgrounds.
Scoring & Reporting
Q: What is a "good score" on our state tests?
A: A student's performance on state tests is reported using scale scores. These
scores are used to place the student into one of four levels:
MSP, EOC, HSPE(scale scores)
Smarter Balanced(scale scores)
Advanced (exceeding state standard)
Thorough understanding of/ability to apply skills
Proficient (meeting state standard)
Adequate understanding of/ability to apply skills
Basic (not meeting state standard)
Partial understanding of/ability to apply skills
Below Basic (not meeting state standard)
Minimal understanding of/ability to apply skills
Q: What does it take for a student to do well on state testing?
A: Students do well on state tests when they come to class regularly and do their schoolwork. It's also important for educators to use curricula that emphasize the state learning standards and regularly ask students to think, communicate and solve problems. "Drill-and-kill" and fill-in-the-blank "test prep" exercises a few weeks before taking the test are not effective.
Q: Who scores our state tests?
A: Only professional scorers are hired to hand score written responses from our
tests. A professional scorer has a four-year degree, most often in the content
area they are scoring or a related content area. OSPI contracts with
American Institutes for Research and
Measurement Incorporated to hire, train, and monitor the scoring of the tests.
Scorers must continually and consistently meet criteria for accuracy and
Q: How are student responses scored?
A: Multiple choice and completion items are machine scored. Short answer and essay responses are scored by professionally trained scorers.
Q: How are passing scores determined?
A: Achievement-level setting, also known as standard setting, is the process for establishing one or more threshold scores on an assessment, making it possible to create categories of performance. Through a series of online and in-person activities, educators, parents, and community leaders help ensure the assessments are based on fair and rigorous expectations for students. Typically three threshold scores are set, establishing four levels of performance including proficiency (passing).
For more information on the achievement-level setting process used on the Smarter Balanced assessments, see the Smarter Balanced Achievement Levels page. A very similar process has been followed for determining the threshold (cut) scores on the Measurements of Student Progress (MSP) and the End-of-Course (EOC) exams.
The recommendations from the achievement level-setting panels and cross-grade review committee are forwarded to the Washington State Board of Education for review and adoption. Once the Board decides which recommendation to adopt, that is the performance a student must achieve in order to "meet standard" or pass the exams.
Q: What steps are taken to make sure that the scoring of open-ended items is valid and reliable?
A: Open-ended items are scored by professional scorers trained according to strict protocols. Scorers must then pass a qualifying test before being allowed to score an item or set of items. In addition to the training and qualifying processes, the validity and reliability of scoring are monitored throughout the time of scoring. Monitoring methods include double-scoring, read-behinds by scoring supervisors, and the insertion of pre-scored papers called validity papers used to monitor scorers. For more detailed information on item scoring, see the Technical Reports posted each year.
Q: Is a listing of school and/or district state testing scores available?
A: The state has an extensive website for the public to view all elements of state testing at Washington State Report Card.
Q: How — and when — are test results reported?
A: Results are reported for individual students, schools, districts, and the state.
Schools can access student scores, electronically, just a few weeks after their students take the tests.
Every family of a student who takes a state test receives a paper score report. These final reports, with statewide results, are available by September. Each school/district decides how families will receive this report (e.g., mail, parent/teacher conference). Check with your school or district to find out how you will receive your child's results.
Q: How are state test results used?
A: State test results are used to make improvements in teaching and learning. Parents, students, and educators use the results to:
Test results are also used for school, district, and student accountability:
Q: May I view my child's test booklet?
A: Parents/guardians may request to review their child's test booklet. See state guidelines and forms at See Your Child's Test.
Q: May I appeal my child's score?
A: Parents/guardians may only appeal a score on a high school assessment that is required for graduation. A score appeal results in OSPI review of particular scoring errors, such as errors on open-ended items, incorrect score calculations, mistakes affecting erasures, test labeling, and lightly marked bubbles on multiple-choice items. Further information and forms are available at Appealing a High School Testing Score. An appeal form will be provided when the parent/guardian reviews the test.
Special Populations
Q: How do students receiving special education services or students with Section 504 Plans participate in state tests?
A: A student's Individualized Education Program (IEP) team must determine annually how a student with disabilities will participate in state testing in each subject scheduled for assessment. This information must be documented in a student's IEP. The team may determine that a student participate in the regular, on-grade level test with or without accommodations or determine the student participate in the on-grade alternate assessment based on alternate achievement standards, the
Washington – Access to Instruction & Measurement (WA-AIM).
Students with a 504 plan are expected to participate in state and federal testing on-grade level but may use universal tools and designated supports found in the
Guidelines on Tools, Supports & Accommodations to assist with accessing the assessment so they can demonstrate their knowledge and skills. These tools and supports should be documented in a student's 504 Plan.
For high school students looking to meet their assessment graduation requirement,
graduation alternatives are also available. Guidelines to assist IEP and 504 teams in making assessment decisions are available in the
Guidelines for Participation and Testing Accommodations for Special Populations in State Assessment Programs. For more information about the state's Alternate Assessment program, please email email@example.com.
Q: How do students with limited English proficiency participate in state testing?
A: All students who are English Learners (EL) must participate in all state
testing scheduled for their grades regardless of the number of years they have
been in the U.S. The only exception is students who are in their first year of
enrollment in U.S. schools. These students are not required to participate in
reading or writing tests, but must take the mathematics and science exams.
In addition to participating in state testing, ELs must take the ELPA21 annual assessment of English language proficiency. This is an online test assessing language proficiency in reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
Q: How will the Smarter Balanced assessments affect students receiving special education services and English language learners?
A: The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) works with teams of national experts to develop a balanced assessment system accurately measures student progress and growth toward college and career readiness.
The Students with Disabilities Advisory Committee is comprised of national experts in learning disabilities, assistive technology and accessibility and accommodations policy. The English Language Learners (ELL) Advisory Committee is comprised of national experts in ELL assessment, bilingual education and language acquisition. These committees will provide feedback to Smarter Balanced staff, work groups and contractors to ensure that the assessments provide valid, reliable and fair measures of achievement and growth for students with disabilities and ELL.
Technical FAQs for Districts
Q: What are the specifications on the bandwidth requirements to administer the online tests?
A: Please download the
Technical Specifications Manual for Online Testing For Technology Coordinators (Word, 43 pages) for connectivity requirements.
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Liberty sweeps pool play at NC State
November 17, 2012 | Raleigh, N.C.
The Liberty University men's volleyball team swept pool play during a tournament at North Carolina State on Saturday.
The Flames defeated the University of North Carolina in straight sets, 25-19 and 25-18. Derek Abildness had six kills for Liberty in the match.
Liberty continued its pool play against Campbell College, winning again in two sets, 25-23 and 25-15.
With a No. 1 seed in tournament play, Liberty faced the USAVB team from Charlotte, N.C., and lost a closely contested match in straight sets, 23-25 and 20-25.


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Not one to jump the gun on OS evaluations. Always find it humorous when people are posting evaluations 10 minutes after installing a new OS.
I've tried most of the OSs released or leaked for the 9700. When .593 was leaked just a few days after .586, I jumped on it and immediately took installed .593.
I've been using it ever since. A couple of weeks now.
I removed .593 and reverted back to .586 this morning. I was not pleased with .593 and here are some of the main reasons why:
1.) Voicemail Problems: .593 will NOT allow you to use your speaker phone with Visual Voicemail. I get a lot of voicemail and like sitting the phone on my desk and listening to voicemail as I take notes with caller names and numbers and memo info. This was not possible with .593 because that OS does not allow use of the speakerphone in combination with Visual Voicemail. Big negative for me.
2.) UMA Problems: .593 is not as good as .545 and .586 in grabbing and holding onto UMA connections. I was occasionally losing UMA connections with .593 and I'd never had this happen in the past with any previous OS. .593 also did not easily find new UMA connections. I easily make 50% of my calls via UMA so this was starting to be a deal breaker for me.
3.) BackLight Problems: It seemed that .593 always wanted to dim my backlight. And yes I had the settings turned to off for backlight control just as I've done with every BlackBerry and every OS I've ever used. This was really getting annoying.
4.) Battery Life: Not as good as .545 or .586. Very similar to my experience with .442 where I had really poor battery life. This was, again, after weeks of use ... not a few hours or a few days.
I found .593 to be the poorest OS I've seen RIM leak yet. I don't casually roll back to earlier OS versions. I stuck with .442 long after it had started to aggreviate me knowing that there would be a new leaked or official OS to eventually come out. I just couldn't tolerate .593 anymore and felt that it needed to go.
So those are my findings. I cannot recommend .593 and would suggest that you avoid it. I have had successful experience with .586 and will be running that for the foreseeable future.
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On another topic, I have been an senior Genius on that "other" board for quite some time. They have their strengths and the general news content on that "other" board is undeniably excellent. However, as we've seen with many boards that grow past a certain size, the juvenile members start showing up and the quality of the mods starts going down and the value in continuing to participate starts to become questionable. I raised concerns with the management at that "other" board and was consistently insulted. So I've turned off my account there and moved over to this board. I've been a lurker here for a long time. This board needs to grow content but the content it has is excellent and indeed very much "just the news you want to read" without all the other nonsense.
This is a testiment to the management of this site. Good job.
While I had thousands of posts at that "other" site, I'm not impressed with big post counts by members just posting nonsense to increase their membership status. That is a culture that BBOS seems to excel at .... really just the news and not the nonsense.
I hope I can learn a few things here and offer some contributions in the time ahead. Thanks for allowing me to participate.