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After the last quickie meeting (available here on Mootube, the meeting on the 28th took considerably longer – two and a half hours. You can watch it on Mootube here. All COWncil members were present at the meeting except for Debra Gordon.
COWmunications went quickly, with only one Citizen standing to speak . She complained about construction trucks parking near her home and blocking sightlines on the road while advertising their business, and loading and unloading in place. She asked the COWncil to get Caltrans to place 'No Parking' signs in the area, and the COWncil promised to look into it.
After that, Mayor Romines pulled what promised to be an interesting and informative item , the report on the status of the 2008-09 Work Plan , off the agenda until the COWncil's next meeting in late November. Apparently it wasn't quite ready to be discussed . This is an important document and should be an important discussion since we all rely on that doCOWment to track how the COWncil plans on fulfilling their promises over the next year. We look forward to seeing it at the next meeting.
The Consent Calendar included the Town Manager's Report to Town Council, which has some interesting tidbits. There was a report on the long-promised permit tracking and management system, information on the Planning Director recruitment (aka the NEW Hope Sullivan), Residential Design Guidelines, and others. This engendered no discussion at all. Some interesting stuff here that that definitely deserves more scrutiny than the Council gave it.
The first new business item was a request for Caltrans to ban parking twelve feet on either side of a residence on Woodside Road, and a request to post signage there as well. This is a small piece of a much larger concern about parking, sightlines, and safety in that area. There was some concern expressed by COWncilmember Mason over doing addressing the issue piecemeal or as a temporary solution. Susan George explained that the citizen had had a request in for more than a year, and that a larger discussion and fix for the region would be on a future COWncil agenda. The resident thanked the COWncil for approving the measure, and said that it's been very difficult to safely enter and exit his property – and that a neighbor already had a 'No Parking' zone in front of his home.
There followed a very long and wandering discussion over the proposal to finally amend and update the Town's Residential Design Guidelines. The Guidelines are woefully out of date, not having been revised in many many years, and do not comply with the new 7A fire regulations as well as other statutes and Town code. The Town hired a consultant to shepherd the process through the different interest groups – the COWncil, Town Staff, ASRB, the Planning Commission and last, but hopefully not least, the citizens. The consulting firm is Stephen O'Connell and Associates. Mr. O'Connell and two of his employees were present at the meeting to discuss what they had produced so far.
This is a complex and long overdue process. The main idea is to break the design review process into discrete parts – you would have meetings with Town Staff members early on, first discussing site planning (where to place the home and buildings), and then further meetings on the house design itself, and then on landscaping. While sounding quite bureaucratic to us, the idea was promoted as providing more information to buyers and builders earlier in the process. It seems like a case of more hoops, but a perhaps having a clear system in place would make navigating those hoops easier and faster.
The COWncil chewed over this concept for quite a while. The COWncil seemed well aware of the fact that the design and permitting process in Woodside is functionally broken and at the very least is very difficult to use and generates a lot of complaints.
You can check out the Guidelines for yourself here, starting on page 56. While clearly a lot of work by O'Connell's firm has gone into the Guidelines so far, during the meeting itself, their presentation was wandering, choppy and at times incoherent. If you watch the video you can see O'Connell and his associates bouncing from topic to topic without much of an underlying theme. In their defense, however, COWncil didn't make it any easier on them, by asking their questions in no particular order, forcing the presentation to wander all over the map. Susan's plan was that the COWncil would not see the Guidelines again until next spring, after ASRB and the Planning Commission had taken a whack at them. This prompted some concern by the COWncil, so Susan George had to promise to bring this item back sooner.
The meeting finished with a quick look at the Quarterly Budget Review. Not much news came out of it. The one interesting thing, however, was Susan George's assertion (prompted by a COWncil question) that Woodside's budget is fine, since there hasn't (yet!) been wholesale reassessment of Woodside property values. Given all of the articles on falling property values and reassessment requests, one has to wonder.


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Linking and Leading Future Knights
For an incoming freshman, high school can seem like one of the most terrifying things in the world. For this reason, some of San Marcos High School's upperclassmen have joined together in an attempt to advise and support incoming freshmen, so they can create connections and have a lot more fun in the process.
Link Crew is a club of upperclassmen who join to encourage and lead those new to the Knight's realm. They start out every year during freshmen orientation, meeting the newcomers and playing games with them. Each game is meant to have a lesson that teaches the freshmen how they can manage their lives easier. For example, a group juggling game teaches them how to prioritize, be synchronized, and work together. Through these games, freshmen also learn to be comfortable with their Link Crew leader who they are then able to rely on throughout the school year.
Bonnie Bagheri has been overseeing the club for the past few years and has had a front-row seat in seeing its effects on all the students involved. Freshmen, Bagheri says, "gain an instant friend and mentor," while for upperclassmen, there is a "development of personal skills of leadership and avocation… [which] will be valuable to them for the rest of their lives."
Freshman Sofia Nawaz believes she has found something similar to an older sibling in her Link Crew leaders. Nawaz feels that every freshman "goes into high school all on their own… Link Crew shows that [upperclassmen] are there to help."
Link Crew is significant to San Marcos High for this reason – it unifies the school and creates a positive environment where everyone feels welcome. It keeps high school from being the dragon that knights are afraid of.
Ashley Balbo is a junior at San Marcos High School. She is participating in an internship program with 92078 Magazine.

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Territory Generation is on its way to reducing emissions by more than 15% in Alice Springs, as it progresses towards the final stages of construction at Owen Springs Power Station (images taken in November 2017)
The $74.6 million Owen Springs Power Station expansion is due for completion in December 2017.
The expansion involves installing 10 4.1MW GE Jenbacher high-efficiency gas-spark reciprocating engines to replace the capacity of the ageing Ron Goodin Power Station in Alice Springs, which is at the end of its useful life and needs to be retired.
There are social, economic and environmental benefits from the expansion. The Ron Goodin site will be rehabilitated for potential alternative use.
The capital investment will increase operational efficiency, and reduce fuel and maintenance costs. The non-economic benefits are reduced noise and emissions, increased reliability, increased economic activity and employment.
The new works at Owen Springs will reduce emissions by more than 15 per cent. Territory Generation is adopting a renewable energy strategy which aims to increase production of renewables to achieve the NT Government's 50 per cent target by 2030.
Clarke Energy was selected from an original 19 expressions of interest as the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor to deliver the project.


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We've all done it. We have been right on the verge of something great, about to cross the threshold of a brand new opportunity or embarking on a promising relationship and BOOM! We blow it. Some call this personal phenomenon the act of self-sabotage; others simply chalk it up to approach avoidance. But however you label it, it is costing us more and more of our vision. I am a firm believer that it takes a vision for the future in order to get there. In fact, if you lack vision, chances are you won't get much further than where you are now.
Years ago I heard my mentor say, "The one thing that will kill your dream faster than failure is the lack of a plan." I wish I could tell you that I learned this lesson with minimum damage to myself but that would be a flat out lie. I banged my head upon this principle more than a few times. I think the issue was I always thought my sheer talent was enough to get me by. But that state of mind usually left me right around 'average'. Before you get excited about my average existence, I also learned a long time ago that average was just a fancy way of say 'best of the bottom;' slightly better than the worse in your category. Who in their right mind celebrates mediocrity?
We all know that vision is simply the plan or outlook you possess that is governing your current actions and decisions. But once I became a student of successful people, I found a much deeper principle at work in my life. I was literally undermining my progress.
To 'undermine', according to the original Latin is 'Labefactare' and means to subvert by weakening insidiously or unknowingly; to cause decay from within. The key for me was it is done most often unknowingly. How much are we hurting ourselves by doing things we do not even know we are doing? We all have these blind spots that are responsible for where we are in life. The truly successful people hire coaches or have a circle of influence they are accountable to and also help identify where they are missing it. Without these 'spotters' we are left alone to our own devices.
There are (3) unrealistic expectations that can undermine your vision:
1. Unrealistic timeframes: Wherever you are right now did not unfold overnight. In fact, it took many of us years to amass the debt, weight or bad habits that currently rule our lives. It is unrealistic to believe a weekend conference or one coaching session is going to wipe your slate clean. There is no magic pill or special offer! You are going to have to work your butt off and create a new and improved version of yourself through discipline if you want to see change.
2. Unrealistic skillsets: It always amazes me when I am in a session with someone and they yell out in frustration "Early I am doing all I know to do!" I hear them loud and clear. I feel their pain. But that is exactly the problem. They are doing all they KNOW to do. Which means the solution is they need to learn more. Think of it this way, your current skillset was useful in getting you from point A to point B. If you want to go to another point, you must acquire newer and better skills.
3. Unrealistic support teams: You are the sum total of the people you surround yourself with. There are only a few reasons why things aren't working for us. Right at the top of this list is our friends. Our social circles dominate our destiny. The longer you spend with people, the more your behaviors co-mingle and assimilate. It is not an issue of trying to be better than someone else, but rather becoming strategic. We must seek out and surround ourselves with people who possess the skills, relationships and resources that match the areas we want to accomplish.
Dr. John Maxwell says, "People aren't winning simply because they do not know why they are losing." It's really that simple. Your vision is a living breathing part of you. If you are not nourishing it by stimulation and exposure to quality people, it is slowly withering away. Those who we admire for their successes are those who wake up every day totally aware to the endless possibilities their vision will unfold for them.
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The sliding doors with japanese shoji paper make a great visual impact! Elegant and sophisticated, they are generally used as doors to divide a room in two parts or to create walk-in wardrobe. Japanese sliding doors are generally used for:
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In houses with sloping roofs, the japanese sliding doors can still be installed easily. Depending on the type of roof, it's possible to create:
If your roof has wooden beams, we recommend installing plasterboard closures above the doors. The use of different materials will highlight the design of your ceiling.
The most common sliding system for the doors uses metal runners placed on top of the closure and covered with wooden panels. This solution allows to leave the floor free of runners.
The frame of the division can be completed with wooden pillars along the walls where the sliding doors come to a halt. Such elements allow for the doors to be completely closed at the sides because they even out the possible imperfections of the walls.
Special dowels screwed into the floor under the doors (not visible) avoid any swinging movements of the modules. But the division consists of 3 doors that can be closed all on one side (with a triple metal runner), instead of the dowels, it will be necessary to use a wooden runner on the floor that goes from one end of the door system all the way to the other so that the doors will not swing at all during their whole movement from left to right.
A wood on wood sliding system is, as a matter of fact, the most typical type sliding system you will find in japanese homes, but this system is best indicated only for lightweight doors with simple paper or fabric covering.
The runners can be applied on top of the floor as in fig. 1, or they can be built into the floor as in fig. 2.
It's also possible to request the double or triple runners with sloping sides. This feature can reduce the risk of stumbling on the floor runners.
The slope can be applied on only one side as in fig. 3, or on both sides as in fig. 4.
If the runners are fixed to vertical walls, the sliding doors must slide sideways externally along the wall. If the runners are fixed to the ceiling, the doors can slide within the opening. These are called ceiling sliding doors:
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The doors can be made with several widths. Sliding doors for room divisions should generally have a wooden grid on both sides as they are both always visible. Depending on the width, the grid can be made in different ways:
We can also create 42 mm thick sliding doors that slide inside walls. We work well with frames made by Scrigno or Eclisse but we can also evaluate different constructors.
Moreover we create 42 mm thick swinging doors on hinges in japanese style.
For the sliding and swinging doors we create all the necessary profiles and provide an anti-dust kit.
For all these types of doors we can add lock systems.
If you wish to allow light to pass through the door, we can offer the following coatings:
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You can use our Shoji doors to partially close an opening of the house and create a sense of order.


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Meeting mobile computing security challenges
Manufacturers can avoid mobile computing devices running amok by focusing on these three key areas.
The latest and greatest tablets and smartphones may be a boon to end users, but for many IT managers, they're a bust. That's because simply tracking all the devices employees are using can be difficult, and trying to plug yet another entry point for hackers and malware can drain dollars and use up technical resources needed to address mobile computing security issues.
Fortunately, as mobile computing devices become ubiquitous, best practices are emerging to keep these devices manageable and secure. Here are three fundamental problems organizations face and the solutions for fixing them.
1. Anything goes for mobile computing management?
Problem: End users have strong personal preferences about the types of mobile devices they want to use, making it hard for companies to standardize on specific models to ease maintenance and support headaches.
Solution: First answer a basic question. Should the organization force everyone to use one or two approved models of tablets or smartphones, or is it better to yield to a variety of individual preferences? Strict standardization mandates may work with desktop PCs, but they're harder to enforce for handheld devices. For example, a study by IDG Research Services in Framingham, Mass., found that end users are wielding more influence over IT departments when it comes to decisions about new technology acquisitions.
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Adding to the challenge is that end users may simply circumvent corporate standards and bring their personal devices to work, which further lessens a company's control over its infrastructure.
Rather than looking for one-size-fits-all solutions, experts say managers should develop mobile computing policies that address a variety of considerations -- the safety of the organization, user productivity and what's realistic to enforce. To come up with those answers, some organizations appoint steering committees with a cross-section of employees, ranging from the technical staff, business department heads and security experts to the end users themselves.
Key policy decisions include: What's a practical number of hardware and software platforms to support? Who's responsible for support if someone uses an alternative platform? What level of oversight is acceptable so IT can monitor the flow of corporate data to mobile computing devices?
2. Plugging mobile computing security leaks
Problem: As the line between business and personal devices blurs, it becomes difficult for organizations to keep sensitive business information safe on devices that are regularly used outside the confines of the corporation. Making matters worse, hackers are eyeing the potential of mobile devices. Malware, such as Zeus/Zbot, Limbo, Torpig/Mebroot/Sinowal and SilentBanker, poses increasing risks to organizations as workers combine mobile devices for personal and business uses, according to the RSA FraudAction Research Lab in Bedford, Mass.
Solution: New security technologies are making it easier to manage and protect mobile environments. "I recommend looking at some of the centrally managed applications out there that can address security across multiple platforms. It's the only way you're going to gain any semblance of control," said Kevin Beaver, founder and principal information security consultant with Principle Logic LLC, based in Atlanta.
Known as enterprise mobility management (EMM) products, these applications help organizations track mobile devices as well as related applications and security policies. The tradeoff: The new, centralized monitoring tools mean additional costs for IT departments and risk making IT look like Big Brother to users.
Data-encryption technology can act as another important gatekeeper for manufacturers. By scrambling all the information downloaded to tablets and smartphones, encryption ensures that if the devices are lost or stolen, customer contacts and other sensitive information will stay safe from prying eyes. EMM applications can make sure that devices are encrypted according to company policies. In addition, data loss prevention (DLP) software can also monitor when someone connects a mobile device to a PC's USB port. DLP can automatically enforce policies about what data may flow out to the device and whether is should be encrypted or not.
Other safeguards include requiring users to lock down their devices with passwords and change their passwords regularly.
3. Getting control of apps
Problem: In an "app for that" world, manufacturers are hard-pressed to limit what software runs in their organizations and the impact it has on business processes. The problem may only get worse as the number of business apps rises and the programs pull data from internal business systems, such as databases for customer relationship management.
Solution: For now, a corporate policy requiring IT review and approval for each download is the best strategy. Beaver noted that the creators of some app stores evaluate the safety of apps before posting them for distribution. Other stores, however, take a more hands-off approach. "It's like the Wild West [that] we've experienced with freeware and shareware over the years," he said. "Buyer beware."


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The Bentley SUV might be a shanda, but it's coming whether you like it or not. Bentley is well intent on serving the markets in China and Dubai, the Chinese and the Emiratis want an SUV so that's that. A little less likely, though, is the recent rumor that Bentley could be shoving a diesel engine in there.
The latest round of the rumor mill comes from Autoblog:
Chairman and CEO Wolfgang Schreiber told Autoblog in a roundtable interview at the Geneva Auto Show that the automaker is researching whether or not a diesel engine makes sense for the brand. Bentley, owned by the Volkswagen Group, could in theory use a diesel engine from anywhere in the Volkswagen Group family.
Well, yes technically Bentley could, "in theory," shove the flat-six from the Porsche 911 GT3 under the hood of the jacked-up Flying Spur. But how likely is it?
I'm going to go way out on a limb here and say not very, and that's simply because there doesn't seem to be logic behind it.
The ostensible reasoning behind it would be that Bentley's wealthy customers are starting to demand an environmentally friendly face, and the way to do that is to cut fuel consumption. But if you were really intending to get a car that loved Mother Earth, your first choice wouldn't be an SUV, wouldn't be a Bentley, and certainly wouldn't be no goddamned Bentley SUV, no matter what engine is in it.
But let's say Bentley does want to put a green face on its tacky new offering. The VW diesel that stands out in my mind to power a Bentley SUV would be the V10 TDi that powered the Touareg. That had a Bentley-esque 553 pound-feet of torque, but there's only one problem. It was discontinued in 2010, and when it was sold it was officially dubbed the "Meanest Vehicle for the Environment" by an environmental group.
So yeah, not very likely on the environmental front.
Could VW potentially develop an entirely new engine to power the Bentley SUV? I guess, but it would be a huge investment and would probably need to see other applications as well.
And if you're going to be developing a new "green" system that produces oodles of torque, you're probably going to want it to be based on electric motors. Diesels, like all piston engines, are dirty, smelly Victorian contraptions in the eyes of the eco-wealthy. Electric power is silent, pleasant, and clean. Bentley would more likely develop a plug-in hybrid system (also very unlikely) before dropping its first-ever diesel into a car.
So yeah. Could VW put a diesel in the Bentley SUV? Sure, just like they could put rockets on the back and call it a day. Anything's possible.
But that doesn't mean it'll happen.
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It's that time of year again. Teachers are preparing their classrooms for their new students, parents are taking their children shopping for school supplies and back to school clothing (last years jeans have become high waters), and administrators are preparing pre-school meetings for staff and the arrival of their students. There is excitement, anticipation, and for some, a bit of uneasiness.
Yes, going back to school often brings up uneasiness for children. The uneasy feeling about meeting a new teacher. The uneasy feeling about starting in a new school. The uneasy feeling about who will be in my classroom. The uneasy feeling about whether or not the work will be too hard. There are any number of uneasy feelings that surface and not just for the children. Parents, teachers, and administrators all have their own feelings of uneasiness related to going back to school. BUT there are things that can help to dissipate the feelings of uneasiness or at least soften them.
How can one replace uneasiness with at-easeness? I have found that one tool that has proven helpful to many children and adults alike is finger-walking a labyrinth. I use this technique with the children I work with privately and with the adults I meet in my Peaceable Classroom and Peaceable Living workshops. It's a very simple yet effective tool for quieting the body and mind. (A black line master of a Cretan labyrinth may be found in my book Creating the Peaceable Classroom.)
First of all, a labyrinth is a unicursal pathway to the center and out again. It is different form a maze that blocks your way if you take a wrong turn. With a labyrinth, you can never take a wrong turn for the path will always take you to the center and out again even if it looks as though it won't. You just keep moving forward, and eventually, you arrive at the center. It is like your journey through life. The path may have twists and turns, but if you keep on moving forward, you will get to where you are going.
As you circle to the center of the labyrinth, you come to your own center which is a place of peace and stillness. And then, at the center, you leave behind any emotions that may have been interrupting your ability to focus, to concentrate, or to relate to others in a good way. As you circle out, you bring that peace and stillness with you as you move into your day, your work, your life.
Finger-walking a labyrinth can help young and old quiet their uneasiness. Children can learn to use this tool when they feel their personal uneasy sensations inside their bodies, i.e. when they have to take a test. When they have an argument with a friend. When they are sad because their mom or dad is away for a week on a business trip. Parents, teachers, and administrators can use a labyrinth to quiet their uneasiness too, i.e. Parents, when they have to leave work and pick-up their child on time for an after school lesson. Teachers, when they have to complete report cards and prepare for a parent conference all at the same time. Administrators, when they have to do more or the same with less funding. Finger-walking a labyrinth takes only a few minutes and is transforming. I notice that when I finger-walk a labyrinth, I take a deep sigh after the first or second curve of the labyrinth. Tension is released through the breath. One of my young clients sat his mother down to finger-walk his wood labyrinth when he noticed that she was quite upset . "Mom, try this," he said knowingly. Guess what? It did the trick! She felt more at-ease after her finger-walking.
Neal Harris from Relax4Life has created some wonderful wooden labyrinths. I use his Cretan labyrinth myself and offer it to my clients as a calming technique. He also has a double wood labyrinth, the Intuipath®, that I use in my private practice with children. We finger-walk together at the start of our session. It helps to quiet us, open us to better communication, and I believe, helps to get us in sync. When I asked one of my young clients who used the Children's Cretan Intuipath® for the first time how the experience was for him he said, "I think our energies are one." I believe he was right for as we finger-walked our separate labyrinths and circled to the center, we were connecting to our own centers that are formed of the same energy!
In addition, Harris is currently heading up a national, non-medication, in-home study to determine if children and adolescents, ages 7-17, diagnosed with ADHD (and either on medication or not for it) might show a reduction in behavioral symptoms commonly associated with the conditon by using a mirror image, double wood finger labyrinth known as the Children's Cretan Intuipath®. For more information, visit: www.relax4life.com/research.htm.
I suggest that you try using a finger labyrinth or Intuipath® to help your children, students, staff, yourself transform uneasiness into at-easeness. May at-easeness be yours. . . .
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There are times when life sends us more to deal with than we expect, want, or feel we can deal with. I've heard it said that we never get more than what we can handle at any one time. Sometimes I wonder about that…. How about you? When life comes crashing in on you from all directions, how […]
'Tis the season of gift giving, boxes wrapped in colorful papers with bright bows, and cards or tags attached with the receiver's name artfully penned. They are lovely to look at and fun to open. But there are other kinds of gifts, simple gifts, that don't come in gaily wrapped boxes that can be given […]
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Does this sound like you? You have questions and concerns about your financial decision-making. You have a disquieting sense that there's room for improvement – and that you could use some help with that. Further, you may have specialized planning needs, such as financial management for:
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You don't just want to be told what to do. You want to understand how to reconnect your money with your life – to embrace and own your investment activities – without it eating away too much of your valuable free time.
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We are the change catalyst to the insurance industry. With the advancements and conveniences of technology, packaged with our considerable expertise, our "Defined Purpose" is to completely change the insurance and healthcare marketplace for consumers. Our goal is to be recognized as the national leader in the development and administration of innovative, cutting edge insurance programs and services for associations, affinity groups, employers, financial institutions and select special risk clients.


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Everyone is welcome to Pick Your Own fruit at Pine Crest Orchard, Bilpin.
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by Juan Jardinero
"The shorter the chain between raw food and fork, the fresher it is and the more transparent the system is."
– Joel Salatin.
The simple act of planting a garden can shape issues like economics, health, and politics all at the same time because food is an essential focal point of human activity. It is therefore important that we stay connected to the source of our food. However that´s becoming harder these days, our food can now be shipped from across the world and a single meal can contain ingredients from every corner of the planet. We can't deny that having avocados all year round is one of the best parts of globalization, but in return we've lost our connection with our food and farmers. In Xela however we are still able to purchase most of our food from local producers; vegetables from Almolonga, fruit from the coast, both places no more than a few hours by car. However international markets are increasing the presence of imported foods. Xela once a region where apples grew in almost every home have now been replaced by homogenous tasteless imported apples.
Big cities around the world have found a possible solution: Urban Farms. The idea is simple, reclaim abandoned land around the city, and grow food on it. You have the benefit of sourcing your inputs locally and creating an immediate community of consumers. As this movement spreads around the globe, there are five ways in which they can transform the world.
Renewing local economies: the urban farming movement has reinvigorated local commerce. If urban farming continues to grow, it would cause a massive and positive economic disruption by introducing local food production that would compete with the corporate mainstream on price, quality, convenience, and level of service.
Environmental Stewardship: Industrial agriculture is a major source of fossil fuel pollution. Petrochemicals are used to fertilize, spray, and preserve food. Plastics made from oil are used to package the food, and gasoline is used to transport food worldwide, all this at a huge environmental cost. Urban farming unplugs us from oil by minimizing the transport footprint and using organic cultivation methods.
Local Politics: Urban farms allow city people to reconnect with their food and nutrition which will inevitably shift their consumer habits and lead to people taking political action to change the way our food system and its policies work. In the USA and specifically in California, urban farms have pushed for things like the California Cottage Food Act, which will allow people to legally sell certain homemade goods like jams and breads.
A revolution of health and nutrition: Increased awareness about the negative health effects of food from the industrial food chain is itself a big reason why urban farmers grow their own food. When you feed your produce to your family, you're less likely to douse it in poisons. Local food has more freshness, flavor, and nutrient retention because it goes through less transportation and processing.
Growing a community: For urban farms, community is indispensable. Growing food is, after all, a cooperative effort. Urban farms become hubs for the exchange of knowledge, where seeds are swapped, labor is shared and the yield is traded. As urban farming grows, a stronger interdependence within communities is likely to result as local food systems bring more community interaction into people's daily lives.
Juan Jardinero is starting Xela´s first urban organic farm: contact us if you´d like to be part of this community: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Use this Thyme remedy and say bye to Lupus and Fibromyalgia
Modern life has made us unhealthy, We have fast foods all the time,We live in pollution, We have stress and we work too much.
These things damage our health and we have many problems. We can treat things with drugs, but always try natural remedies first.
Thyme can make us healthier a lot and has minerals like iron, calcium, potassium and antioxidants.
Traditional Thyme tea for treating fibromyalgia
In the olden days when there were no proper discovery of medicines or modern medication, there were some traditional methods used to treat conditions like fibromyalgia in the body.
Thyme tea is one such wonderful method to control the problem with your body especially when you suffer with fibromyalgia.
Some of the common properties of Thyme tea are as follows:
- Anti-rheumatic
- Anti-septic
- Anti-fungal
- Anti-parasitic
- Anti-viral
Researches have proved that for patients with fibromyalgia, nutrition is not properly available for their body to prepare enough energy for a day. That is the reason why Thyme tea is suggested by the doctors.
This plant regulates pressure, cough, bronchitis, makes red blood cells, cures fatigue, sore throat, asthma, laryngitis, dizziness, lupus, fibromyalgia, rheum, arthritis, MS, Hashimoto's and more.
It boosts the health and just in a few days.
This drink makes the best of thyme:
You need:
- Handful thyme, dry or fresh
- Cup water
- Honey
Wash thyme and put it in a bowl. Boil the water, pour over the thyme and after some minutes, strain and add honey.
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Fiji Museums and Culture
Fiji is an important centre for Melanesian culture and history and is preserved in living form within the many villages and visitor centres as well as historical museums and sites. Away from the all-inclusive resorts and beach boutiques is the fascinating world of the ancient Fijians, ready for you to explore.
Nakabuta Pottery Village
Many hundreds of years ago, before the modern Fijians, a culture known as Lapita from Asia colonised Fiji, bringing with them the art of pottery. At Nakabuta Pottery Village, you'll learn a little about this mysterious people and how they made their signature pottery.
Nakavu Village & Waterfall
Fiji village visits and tours follow a common pattern in that you will receive a formal greeting and kava ceremony then be welcome to interact with the residents in dance and meals. Nakavu, near Pacific Harbour, want you to cool off and enjoy their iconic waterfall.
Navala Village
Near modern Denarau you might be surprised to find this authentic Fijian-style village complete with thatch roofed huts in a beautiful highland location. Your tour includes the welcome ceremony and a visit to the school with your guide who will help you interpret the customs and protocols.
Flavours of Fiji Cooking School
Learn to cook the Fijian way with fun, interactive half day cooking classes where you'll learn how to prepare a Fijian feast, Indian thali as well as tropical sweets. There's even a kids' kitchen. You have a proper cooking station and you'll get a glimpse of the food culture too.
Fiji Museum, Suva
Set amid the expansive botanic gardens in downtown Suva, is this classic natural history and cultural museum. Recently refreshed, you'll gain insight into the Fijian and colonial history of this country. Ancient artefacts are mixed with modern relics and there is a decent little gift shop.
Momi Gun Battery, Nadi
In the heat of the Second World War, it was clear Fiji was an objective of the Japanese and these two 6in guns were installed as some token defence against the foreseen naval invasion. Fortunately they were never used in anger and now house an interesting museum.
Naihehe Caves
Near Sigatoka are the Naihehe Caves, Fiji's largest cave system with substantial cultural and historical significance. Recommend you take a properly conducted tour with experienced guide for this adventure as you will need torches and gear as well as informed interpretation to get full value.
If modern culture is more your scene, why not see Fijians play a game of rugby? These boys are something to watch. Powerful, fast and agile, you can easily see how even for a small nation, Fiji competes with the world's best. Big games are played in Suva, but locals play everywhere.
Fire walking
This is quite the spectacle and not to be missed. Even though today this ancient and solemn ceremony is mainly only performed for tourists the fire walkers still walk as they always have, barefoot across a pit of red-hot stones. Probably best not try this at home.


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It was revealed today that the UFC are looking into possibly doing an event at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in their home town of Las Vegas, Nevada during this year, with the ability to pack upwards of 132,000 fans into the venue we would likely witness one of the very hard to put together "super fights".
Via The Las Vegas Review Journal:
(Las Vegas Motor) Speedway President Chris Powell said he approached UFC President Dana White and UFC co-owner Lorenzo Fertitta about that possibility Friday at the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame at Orleans Arena.
"I like it," (Dana White) said. "It would be cool as hell, and we have a few fights coming up that could pull it off."
White's main concern with an outdoor event is rain: "We could work with wind. September would be great."
Powell said his initial vision would be to erect a temporary bowl in the infield to offer a more intimate view in the 132,000-seat venue.


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History & The Law
Special Education Key Historical Movements
Civil Rights Movement and Brown v. Board of Education
Civil Rights Movement and Brown v. Board of Education
- Prohibited segregation in public schools on the basis of race.
- Established the state of Pennsylvania to provide children with cognitive disabilities between the ages of 6 and 21 a free and public education (FAPE).
- Court ordered due process safeguards. The procedural safeguards included the right to appeal; the right to have access to records; and the requirement of written notice at all stages of the process. The safeguards became the framework for the due process component of the Education for All handicapped Children Act.
- Prohibited discrimination against otherwise qualified persons with disabilities in programs that receive federal funding.
- Provided federal funding to states that agree to educate eligible students with disabilities.
- Renamed the EAHC the IDEA
- Added Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Autism (ASD) as new disability categories
- Added transition requirements to the IEP for students age 16 or older
- Added language that states were not immune from lawsuits under the 11Th Amendment for violations of the IDEA
- Changed to "people first" language
- Added new IEP contents and changed the IEP team
- Added new disciplinary provisions
- Required states to offer mediation to parents prior to due process hearings
- Reorganized the structure of the IDEA
- Defined "highly qualified" special education teacher
- Removed the short-term objectives requirement from IEPs, except for students with severe disabilities
- Prohibited states from requiring school districts to use a discrepancy formula for determining eligibility of students with learning disabilities
- Encouraged the use of a response-to-intervention model to determine if students were learning disabled.


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See my latest blogspot "Japan and Economics" post on Japan as "normal" in response to the "bond vigilante" claim that high-debt countries are bound to soon see high interest rates [and, typically, high inflation when these same people focus on monetary policy indicators]. Needless to say, anyone who's actually made investments on the basis of these claims has lost their shirt. Somehow that doesn't seem to get anyone to rethink their position.
Japan looks more and more ordinary across many dimensions. High growth is long a thing of the past, and with it went the perception that somehow Japanese management was special (and other monocausal explanations for Japan's once widely touted ascendance). Japanese consumers drive to shopping malls to do their consumption, and their diets and other habits look less and less distinctive (or at least more and more diverse). Theirs is a service economy, where healthcare is the growth sector; if young Japanese have ever set foot on a farm, it was most likely as part of a school outing.
That's an unexciting story, when phrased this way, but important to convey. My blogspot post focuses on debt; equally important is that Japan's experience following its bubble looks less and less unique. That's for later posts.


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A Birthday Wish For Brandon Ghee
Today is Brandon Ghee's 26th birthday. If he has the opportunity to blow out the candles on a birthday cake, his wish should be simple: An injury-free season.
As a rookie in 2010, Ghee suffered a concussion in a preseason game and then spent the last six games of the year on injured reserve due to a groin injury.
In 2011, a hamstring injury caused Brandon to miss much of training camp and he wasn't added to the active roster until the 10th game of the season.
Then last year after earning rave reviews during May and June mini-camps, Ghee broke his wrist in early August, one week into training camp.
"It was a freak accident," said Ghee. "I jumped up for a ball and fell on it wrong and it took me out for an entire season.
"My wrist is 100 percent now. I tape it as a precaution but I'm feeling really good right now and I'm just trying to get better."
His coaches and teammates have noticed. Minor injuries to Leon Hall (thumb) and Adam Jones (calf) meant additional reps for the Bengals younger cornerbacks during the recent OTA period, and Ghee took advantage of the opportunity.
"He always looks good, honestly, when he's able to be out there," said Hall. "He's one of those guys that definitely looks the part. He does well in almost everything that he does – the deal with him is just trying to stay healthy and get in the games."
"He's really instinctive," said Andy Dalton. "He gets good jumps on the routes and he plays the ball well too. I thought he had a good camp."
"I think Brandon has done a good job of picking up where he left off when he got injured last year – knowing what to do and being somebody that hopefully will compete to stay on the football team, compete to play, and give us great snaps if he does," said Marvin Lewis.
"Everybody learns differently, but for me, I get better by playing," Ghee told me. "The more reps I get, the better I'm going to be. I'm glad that I'm getting a lot of reps in this OTA period."
The Bengals drafted Ghee in the third round of the 2010 draft out of Wake Forest after he was clocked at a sizzling 4.39 seconds in the 40-yard dash at the NFL combine. After being sidelined last season, he took advantage of the opportunity to add strength.
"The first thing I had to do was get healthy," said Ghee. "Once I was healthy, I hit the weight room hard and did a lot of upper body and lower body. Now I'm back to being 100 percent and feel better than ever.
"I've gained about six or seven pounds and kept my speed. I just wanted to get a little bigger for playing inside in the nickel and trying to fit on the run (defense). I don't like tight ends grabbing me, so that's why I gained a little weight."
The top three cornerbacks on Cincinnati's depth chart are obvious: Hall, Jones, and Terence Newman. For Ghee, this is a crucial year to prove that he can provide quality depth at the position.
"Every year is important – I don't care who you are," Brandon told me. "But this is my fourth year here and it's my contract year so I'm trying to do well and earn another contract.
"Last year was very disappointing and I had a whole year to think about it. I'm back now and I'm trying to bounce back and show my character. Everybody goes down, but how you come back is all that matters."
"He has all of the physical abilities and tools, he's smart enough, he understands what to do, and he just has to go out and do it, time in and time out," said Coach Lewis.
"The potential is there, but in the league that only gets you so far," said Hall. "Ghee has been in the NFL for a while, he kind of knows the ropes, and he knows that he has what it takes to be a good NFL player. He just has to stay healthy and transfer it to the field."
"If he stays healthy, I think he's going to help this team," said Dalton.
That doesn't seem like too much to wish for.
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A perfect three point landing,
Off side knee, left wrist and nose.
But not everything was broken,
Just two out of three of those.
Four miles... is a ways to walk,
When you got a busted knee.
But if there was a better alternative.
It did not occur to me.
The filly waited patiently,
I would have got back on her if I could,
You know she`s a real fast learner,
`cause she darn sure loaded good.
Through the days ordeal,
A line kept running through my head,
``Hearts and bones were made for breakin```
Just like Zarziski and Russell said.
Mike Puhallo
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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Unable to find a steady No. 3 hitter this season, Chicago White Sox outfielder Carlos Quentin is the latest to get a chance there, and he could be poised to get a long look in the spot.
Quentin slugged three home runs Tuesday night in a victory over the Texas Rangers while batting third, and he now has 12 on the season with 31 RBI. He has already been named American League player of the week this year after his productive opening weekend of the season at Cleveland.
Manager Ozzie Guillen said Wednesday that he still isn't going to give up on using slugger Adam Dunn in the No. 3 hole. But Dunn went into Wednesday's afternoon game against the Rangers with an American League-leading 60 strikeouts.
Ideally, Guillen would like a left-hander batting in front of cleanup hitter Paul Konerko.
"With Dunn hitting in the middle of those two guys [Alexei Ramirez and Konerko], it's easier for baseball strategy, late in the game with lefty-righty coming out of the pen make it tougher for the opposite manager," Guillen said. "But in the meanwhile, you hit, I don't care if you're righty [or] lefty."
As long as you produce, is Guillen's point. Quentin went 1-for-3 with a walk in Wednesday's 2-1 loss.
Essentially, then, the three hole belongs to Quentin as long as he keeps up run production, something that hasn't been a given over his career. Quentin has been known to swing wildly from hot to cold streaks, sometimes having to ride out the bad spells a little longer than is comfortable.
The first two months of this season, though, have shown that while he hasn't been able to completely eliminate his up-and-down tendencies, he has been able to shorten the slides.
"Obviously [Tuesday] night he was awesome and he's had days like that this year where he's been unbelievable," hitting coach Greg Walker said. "To me, the only issue so far this year is Carlos being late with the foot down, and we kind of corrected that a week, 10 days ago. Other than having a sore knee one day, he's really been good ever since."
Essentially, Walker has worked with Quentin to refine the timing of his swing. If Quentin can stride and get his foot down before the ball arrives, he is in a better position to cover the strike zone. His most impressive home run Tuesday came when he reached out across the plate and slugged a 400-foot-plus shot just inside the foul pole in right field.
"Going the other way is always a good sign for any hitter, especially being able to hit the ball in the gap and drive the ball," Quentin said. "My push is to always stay up the middle and to the right side and to accomplish that, that's something good."
Quentin's production will forever be compared to his standout 2008 season, when he clubbed 36 home runs with 100 RBI despite missing the last month with an injury. This season already has shown reminders of that breakout year, especially if the slumps are kept in check.
"When Carlos gets hot, he can carry a club in a hurry," Guillen said. "But we have to be aware, when he gets cold, he's going to need a day off to keep him healthy and have to be aware of a few situations."
Walker has always said that when Quentin is mechanically sound with a good approach at the plate, he will take his guy over others in either league.
"I don't think anybody can be better when he's hot; it doesn't matter who," Walker said. "We went into Detroit this year and [Justin] Verlander was throwing 100 mph and he took him deep twice on fastballs. He's an unbelievable talent and he's fighting the fight this year. He has been more consistent and I like where he is right now because I think he is mechanically correct right now and he feels real good obviously."
That doesn't bode well for anybody who has visions of eventually grabbing that No. 3 spot away from Quentin.
"I don't want to put heat on any player, but if [Alex] Rios and Dunn don't produce or don't hit the way we think they can hit, it's going to be hard," Guillen said, not only of moving up in the lineup, but also for the White Sox to win consistently. "It's going to be hard for the rest of the players. When those guys swing the bat well, or [Konerko] and Carlos, all those guys swing the bat the way we think they should be, I think this club will be very dangerous."
A career .260 hitter out of the No. 3 spot, Quentin actually has the most home runs (43) and RBIs (112) there than at any other spot in the lineup. This season he is batting .294 there in 51 of his 170 at-bats before play Wednesday. He had also hit half of his 12 home runs there and had 11 of his 31 RBIs.
"Obviously that's where you put one of your best hitters, and some people think your best hitter," Walker said of the No. 3 spot. "He's handled it before. I think he relishes the challenge and when he's going well he can definitely handle it."
Doug Padilla covers the White Sox for ESPNChicago.com and ESPN 1000.


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Back To The Grind
For everyone looking for the review post on this past weekends Courage Games, it is coming. I am gathering up and looking though pictures and videos and want to try to get something good up either tonight or tomorrow. So you can expect it soon!
I also have a small list of articles I want to put up inspired by the competition, so you can expect a few of those in the coming weeks. But, in the mean time, want to get back to some regular posts. Yesterday I was back in the gym to get into some serious training for the Sectionals that are approaching quickly! I had been so eager to throw some weights around after a full 4 days of "rest" thanks to planning this event. So, I wanted to get back after it in a big way.
5, 5, 3, 3, 3 front squats
4 rounds for time of (w/ 20# weight vest):
200 meter run
10 GHD sit ups
20 double unders
15 OH squats 95#
10 pull ups
The front squats felt great and I was bale to get a pretty good final round at 295#. I need to work on opening up my lats, shoulders and wrists if i want to get to where I think I should be. My strength feels like I could get up around the 350# range, but my lack of mobility leads to a less stable lift and I struggle at sub-max weight. I was happy with that 3RM though, it is a PR for me after all! The metcon was a blast. It felt like a sprint because you never really spend very much time at any of the exercises, but because it's a lot of them, and the weight vest had be going a tad slower, it ended up taking 12:53. I do think this is a sub-10 minute one though. My double unders were rusty and each piece of equipment was spread out around the gym making my transition a little slower. It was great to just go for an extended amount of time though, really felt good.
Today calls for some skills work and some good conditioning and then back to the weights tomorrow! I am so excited to gt back on a solid routine.
A couple other things to mention: I'll be in the DC area this coming weekend, scouting out neighborhoods with Lindsey for us to move to, looking around at gym locations and such. And, depending on how things pan out I am looking into getting into the DC's Most Primal Competition at Primal Fitness. If I have the ability to do so (allowed to register and can rearrange flights) I'll be looking to best my last years 2nd place finish! The following weekend is a competition out in Elk Grove I am considering. I really feel like I have missed out in terms of getting in some good competitions, so I want to find a couple of them before the Games season starts up in less than a month!
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The Virginia Cardinal Award is VASBO's premier recognition given to one of its members each year for exemplifying professionalism, leadership, and innovation in the field of school business management. The award winner is announced at the Spring VASBO conference. The winner also attends the Southeast Association of School Business Officials (SASBO) the following year and is recognized as the Outstanding School Business Official for the Commonwealth of Virginia. Nominations are accepted year round but close on March 1st for the current award year. If you know a member of VASBO who has made a significant impact in local and state school business finance, please complete the Cardinal Award Nomination Form and email it to Debbie White at [email protected] by March 8, 2019.
As we have every year since 2009, VASBO members nominates some of their outstanding peers. The 10th Cardinal Award winner is Bill Bowen, Chief Financial Officer for York County Public Schools. Mr. Bowen has over 28 years in the accounting field including the last ten in public education. Mr. Bowen has had the privilege of working with three very dynamic school divisions and superintendents: Poquoson City with an average daily membership of about 2,100 students, Henrico County with an average daily membership of about 50,500 students and York County with an average daily membership of about 12,600 students. Mr. Bowen has been a member of VASBO since 2008 and has had the opportunity to serve in various capacities. Specifically, Mr. Bowen served as past president of VASBO (2016), president-elect (2015), treasurer (2014) and director (2011-13). Mr. Bowen has certainly left his footprints on VASBO as he played a key leadership role when it came to VASBO creating its first Strategic Plan. According to his Superintendent, Mr. Bowen is a proven leader across the Commonwealth of Virginia in all areas of governmental finance and extremely worthy of this award. Mr. Bowen is focused, deliberate and results oriented as an alumni of Christopher Newport University where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Accounting. Mr. Bowen is overall an exceptional visionary leader who is a strategic thinker who is committed to serving others. He leads with humility, courage, wisdom and compassion. Mr. Bowen congratulations on being the 2018 Cardinal Award Winner.
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If Eugene is going to have a city auditor, let's do it right.
Vote NO on 20-283
Vote YES on 20-287
Vote NO on Measure 20-283!
The poorly-written Measure 20-283 sticks Eugene with overpriced auditing — and no citizen oversight! We can do better.
- Measure 20-283 pays a new politician a salary of almost $170,000!
This charter amendment would require the elected auditor be paid a salary tied to the salaries of three unrelated officials — which works out to be almost $170,000 as of May 2018. This is more than three times the median household income in Eugene, and they would be one of the highest paid elected officials in the whole state!
- Measure 20-283 would cost taxpayers nearly $700,000 every year.
The auditor's office would cost the city a minimum of $677,000 every year (the equivalent of five police officers) with no guarantee any proposed savings would offset that cost. This means cuts would be required in other city services.
- Measure 20-283 has no citizen oversight.
The auditor would have no real accountability to citizens between elections. Without a citizen oversight committee, this proposed role lacks transparency. Plus, there's no way to remove an auditor who is not performing, other than a recall election.
- Measure 20-283 calls for a rushed election with no run-off.
The first election for an auditor would take place just six months after the May 2018 primary, leaving little time for candidates to prepare to run. Also, without a run-off provision, it's possible Eugene's first auditor could be elected despite being opposed by a majority of Eugene voters.
- Measure 20-283 does not require the auditor be a Eugene resident.
Unlike all other elected officials, the city manager, and department heads, the elected auditor would not be required to live in Eugene — or even in Oregon.
- Measure 20-283 was developed in secret, without public input.
When amending the city charter, we should expect a transparent amendment drafting process. This measure was developed by a small group of activists with no opportunity for public input.
Vote YES on Measure 20-287!
Measure 20-287 gives voters a choice. Our alternative city auditor proposal comes out of a public engagement process and fits within an appropriate budget for our city.
- A citizen oversight committee.
An auditor's work should have oversight and support from a citizen committee composed of a diverse group of Eugenians.
- A reasonable budget.
The office of the auditor should have the resources it needs to do the job, without cutting deeply into other essential city services.
- A clear process for selecting and removing the auditor.
A citizen oversight committee should help identify a strong slate of qualified candidates. But we also need a clear process for dismissing auditors in extreme cases.
- A requirement the auditor lives in Eugene.
The mayor, city councilors, the city manager, and department heads are all required to live in Eugene. The auditor should, too.
- A clear mandate and focus.
A good auditor provides objective feedback about best practices from other cities. Measure 20-283 limits the auditor's role to criticizing Eugene's past decisions, but an alternative should allow the auditor to provide timely, evidence-based advice to help the city move forward.
Letter to Council
Date: January 8, 2018
From: Citizens for Sensible Oversight
To: Eugene Mayor & City Council
Re: A sensible option to establish an independent performance auditor
Dear Eugene Mayor Lucy Vinis and City Councilors,
We write to urge you to give voters on the May 2018 ballot a sensible option to establish an independent performance auditor accountable to the community.
Like many, we want a transparent and accountable city government that uses public resources efficiently to provide city services.
We appreciate that a group of activists developed a proposal for the May 2018 ballot with these stated aims.
However, upon closer look, we cannot vote for Measure 20-283:
- There is no citizen oversight or any accountability.
- The salary and staffing costs are too high.
- With no provision for a runoff, the election in November 2018 could result in the first city auditor being elected despite being opposed by a majority of voters.
- There is no requirement that the city auditor reside in Eugene, or even in Oregon.
- The proposal was developed without public input.
A recent news story raises serious questions about what Measure 20-283 means.[1]
As it stands now, voters have no option other than to vote for a flawed proposal to establish a city auditor—or to vote against any auditor at all. To give voters an attractive choice, we offer the following proposed charter amendment to achieve the stated aims of Measure 20-283 in a clear and sensible manner.
Our proposal for an independent performance auditor relies on guidance from the Association of Local Government Auditors,[2] and addresses all four key issues identified by Mayor Lucy Vinis' study group: independence, access, accountability, and funding.[3]
In developing our proposal, we followed the recommendation of Eugene's citizen charter review committee for a performance auditor appointed by city council and overseen by an audit committee.[4] The city charter already provides for a police auditor following the same model.[5]
Note that the citizen charter review committee recommended not changing Eugene's form of government: the committee did not recommend an elected auditor who would shift policy-making power away from the people's elected representatives, the mayor and city council. Also, the committee recommended a performance auditor, one who would not duplicate or conflict with Eugene's existing financial audit function.[6]
We see merit in some parts of Measure 20-283. Voters seek assurance that an independent performance auditor will do what they expect. Therefore, we flesh out, and in some cases revise, the recommendations of the citizen charter review committee, retaining as many of its detailed provisions as makes sense.
We believe Measure 20-283's lack of a requirement for a citizen oversight committee is a fatal flaw. Our proposal requires city council to establish a citizen performance audit review board, similar to the civilian review board for the police auditor; to require diversity and expertise on the board; and to give the board significant responsibility and authority for the performance audit function.
In developing specific language, we draw not only on the recommendations of the citizen charter review committee and the model of the Eugene's police auditor, but also on the models of Lane County's appointed performance auditor[7] and Portland's elected auditor.[8]
To provide transparency, we present this proposal with commentary and detailed footnotes so you and the public can see how our proposal improves on Measure 20-283.
We ask you to carefully review our proposed charter amendment, to seek public input, and to have the city attorney review the language for legal soundness. Then we urge you to refer this proposed charter amendment, with any revisions you deem warranted, to voters on the May 2018 ballot.
Citizens for Sensible Oversight
[1] "Eugene city auditor's broad oversight might extend to EWEB, LTD and garbage haulers: But the city's lawyers dispute that it would have that power," by Christian Hill, Register-Guard, 12/14/2017, http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/36247842-75/eugene-city-auditors-broad-oversight-might-extend-to-eweb-ltd-and-garbage-haulers.html.csp.
[2] Association of Local Government Auditors, Supplemental Guidance: The Role of Auditing in Public Sector Governance, 2nd ed., https://algaonline.org/DocumentCenter/View/22.
[3] The study group presented its findings to city council at a work session on November 20, 2017. https://eugene.ompnetwork.org/embed/sessions/20467/eugene-city-council-work-session-november-20-2017.
[4] Citizen Charter Review Committee, Final Report, January 2002, Recommendation D, City Performance Auditor.
[5] Eugene City Charter, Section 15-A, "External Review of Police.
[6] Citizen Charter Review Committee, Final Report, January 2002, p. 21.
[7] Lane Code §2.130, County Performance Auditor; Lane Manual §§3.070– 3.079, Office of Performance Auditor; Lane Manual §3.530, Performance Audit Committee.
[8] Portland City Charter ch. 2, art. 5, The Auditor.
Our Alternative
Section 1. Section 15-B is added to Chapter III of the Eugene Charter of 2002 to provide as follows:
15-B. Independent Performance Auditor
(a) It is the policy of the city to maintain a performance and financial audit function to provide the city council, city manager, city staff and the general public with objective, timely and accurate analysis and information. To accomplish this policy, the city council shall appoint an independent performance auditor and citizen performance audit review board as described in this section. The council also shall annually appropriate funding for the office of the independent performance auditor that is sufficient to carry out the functions described in this section, including the hiring of the auditor, support staff and consultants, with a minimum budget of $250,000 per year.
(b) The city council shall hire, supervise and specify the salary of the independent performance auditor ("auditor"), with salary and benefits equal to or greater than the average salary and benefits for government auditors in Oregon. The auditor shall possess adequate professional proficiency as demonstrated by a relevant certification such as a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor or Certified Government Auditing Professional; have at least five years of recent auditing, evaluation, analysis or comparable experience; and remain certified during the term of office. The auditor must reside within the city throughout the term of office. The auditor may be removed from office only for cause by a vote of six or more city councilors, and after receiving advice from the citizen performance audit review board created by subsection (d) of this section.
(c) The auditor shall conduct or cause to be conducted performance and financial audits, and may conduct studies intended to measure or improve the performance, of city departments and programs following generally accepted government auditing standards. All completed audits and studies shall be provided to the city council and city manager, and posted on the city's website. Subject to policies and budget appropriations adopted by the city council, the auditor may hire, supervise and remove employees for the auditor's office, prescribe the duties and compensation for those employees, and retain consultants to assist with an audit. The auditor and other staff in the office of the independent performance auditor are independent of the city manager. The auditor shall have timely access to all city employees, information and records required to conduct a performance audit, including confidential and legally privileged information and records so long as the privilege is not waived and no state or federal law or regulation is violated.
(d) The activities of the independent performance auditor shall be subject to peer review in accordance with Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards and by a professional, nonpartisan objective group utilizing generally recognized guidelines specific to local government auditing. A copy of the written report of this independent review shall be furnished to the city council and be made available to the public.
(e) The city council shall appoint a citizen performance audit review board ("board") to advise the council and the auditor on matters relating to performance auditing and to oversee the work of the auditor. The board shall consist of seven voting members, none of whom may be city elected officials or staff, with at least one resident from ward 2 or 3, one from ward 4 or 5, one from ward 6 or 8 and one from ward 1 or 7. At least one voting member shall have experience auditing or accounting.
(f) The city council shall specify the responsibilities of the board. At a minimum, the board shall provide advice to the city council on the selection, compensation and dismissal of the auditor; the appropriate amount of budget and staffing for the auditor's office; the auditing principles and guidelines that the auditor must use in conducting performance audits; the auditor's proposed annual audit plan; and the auditor's performance. In addition, the board also shall provide advice directly to the auditor on the fieldwork plans for each audit; review the completed audits for quality assurance purposes; and provide other advice to the auditor when requested by the auditor.
(g) To the extent that any of the provisions of this section conflict with section 16 of the Charter, these provisions shall control. If a question arises as to the meaning of any provision of section 15-B, the city council may authorize the auditor to retain outside legal counsel to provide advice on that question.
Section 2. In the event that both this measure and Measure 20-283 receive a majority of "yes" votes, whichever measure receives the most "yes" votes shall become effective and the other measure shall never take effect.
About Us
Citizens for Sensible Oversight is a group of volunteer Eugeneans that have come together to advocate for establishing an independent performance auditor function with strong, meaningful community oversight. Like many, we want a transparent and accountable city government that uses public resources efficiently to provide city services. What we don't want is a bloated auditor's office with an excessive budget and no clear mandate or limitations. We include people from all parts of town and across the political spectrum. We are led by a steering committee and powered by a growing list of supporters.
Our Steering Committee
- John Barofsky
- Julie Daniel
- Tiffany Edwards
- Dave Funk
- Val Hoyle
- Joy Marshall
- Jenny Ulum
- Chris Wig
- Marty Wilde
- Rob Zako
Join Us
Our Supporters
- Casey Barrett
- Jon Belcher
- Janice Bohman
- Catherine Briner
- John H. Brown
- Ann Burgess
- Diane Byers
- Sean Camblin
- Monique Carroll
- Sarah Case
- John Costello
- Barbara W. Cowan
- Kevin Cronin
- Sophia DeLoretto-Chudy
- Sarah Delp
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- Gene Tonry
- Robert Uhler
- John VanLandingham
- Julie Voelker-Morris
- Shareen Vogel
- Pat Walsh
- Robert Warren
- Diane Wiley
- Susan Wolling
- Tenille Woodward
- Janet Yood
- Bob Zagorin
Join Us!
Tell the Eugene City Council to refer our alternative to voters!
Monday, January 22, sign up at 7:00 pm
Harris Hall, 125 East 8th Avenue, Eugene
- Sign up below so we know you plan to participate.
- At Harris Hall, look for people with the yellow "Fix It!" stickers.
- Plan to speak for just 30 seconds. If you like, you can use a suggested talking point we will provide on an index card.
On Wednesday, January 24, at noon, the Eugene City Council will decide whether to refer our alternative to voters.
YES! I am in favor of greater accountability and transparency in Eugene city government and the efficient delivery of needed community services.
NO! I cannot support the Measure 20-283 proposal for an unaccountable, overpaid, un-democratic, and non-resident city auditor that was developed without public input.
YES! I urge the City Council to give voters a choice by placing on the May ballot the Citizens for Sensible Oversight alternative for an independent & accountable performance auditor.


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Of all the books about cricket, Mike Harfield's "Not Dark Yet" brings a rare authenticity to the subject. This is a book by a genuine cricketer and a genuine cricket fan with a talent for capturing the spirit of this special game in his witty prose. David Lloyd, aka Bumble, laughed so much he agreed to write the Foreword. He even showed the book to Christopher Martin-Jenkins who found it 'very entertaining and enjoyable'. Reading the book raises the spirits with its cheerful jollity. The mixture of banter and eclectic cricketing information carries the reader along, making for both easy and captivating reading. Loosely based around Mike Harfield's captaincy of a cricket XI over 30 years, Not Dark Yet is both the humorous story of his team's efforts and his often irreverent take on first-class and international cricket. For 30 years the Mike Harfield XI has withstood atrocious umpiring, dreadful hangovers, bad haircuts and a woeful lack of talent, only to encounter an even greater adversity - middle age.
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"Main Amitabh Bachchan bol raha hoon, Aakashwaani se. Ab, samachaar suniye…"
As unbelievable as this may sound, Amitabh Bachchan had once tried auditioning at the All India Radio (AIR) for the job of a radio announcer and presenter but in vain. With a thundering baritone that makes the world stand up and take notice, an absolute command over language, brilliant poetry recitation skills inherited from his father, and an undying passion for acting – 'Big B', as we know him now, successfully managed to put every skill and ability at his disposal to become a Bollywood megastar that none has surpassed since!
2. Sneha Khanwalkar - EngineerThe 'MTV Sound Trippin' mastermind - Sneha Khanwalkar - was once just another engineer in a country that mass-produces more engineers than Paris produces fashion trends. However, her true interest was always rooted in creating amazing music that was a treat to the ears and a joy to the soul. Having found the elusive meeting ground between engineering skills and creativity - she travelled all over India capturing everyday sounds - to create masterfully engineered music that took the entire nation by storm!
3. The Great Khali - Boulder CutterThe mighty Dalip Singh Rana once cut stones and boulders by the roadside in the sleepy Himachal town of Dhiraina. Dalip always wanted to become a bodybuilder; but lacked the resources to make his dream come true. Eventually, destiny curtsied and found Dalip a job as a police constable in the Punjab Police force. Equipped with the financial backing to do justice to his true passion – Dalip went on to become a renowned bodybuilder. In little time, he was offered a chance to take his passion way further by becoming a professional wrestler at the WWE; where his life's biggest interest became his backbone for earning an astonishing amount of money and fame on the international stage!
4. Navjot Singh Sidhu - CricketerNavjot Singh Sidhu once used to be as good at increasing the run-rate…as he is now at increasing the 'fun-rate.' Known for his rib-tickling puns and witticisms, Sidhu added a whole new dimension to cricket commentary by infusing it with explosive humour and wordplay. No wonder, Navjot Singh Sidhu has found the sweet spot between his career and passion.
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