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Jill has lost her desire to update our blog regularly, probably because she now has an iPhone where she is updating with Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, etc, etc, but she did promise that if I made a post she would get back in the habit of updating more regularly.
We have been having a great time the past few months, spring came early in Idaho and it has been beautiful. We've spent a lot of time exploring the mountains and other fun things out here.
In May the only professional female cycling event in the US came to Idaho, we were able to see 3 out of the 4 days of the race, and it was amazing.
In May the only professional female cycling event in the US came to Idaho, we were able to see 3 out of the 4 days of the race, and it was amazing.
Wyatt and Jude had been asking to sleep in the tent for months, so we finally decided to let them have their first camping trip.
Awesome camping spot that Jill found |
Summer cuts being put to good use. More chips please. |
I HAVE to use this sweet throwing form to avoid dislocating my shoulders |
Kirkham Hot Springs |
Water in the hot springs was around 115 degrees, the water in the adjacent river was about 40 degrees, we mixed them together and had a nice 95 degree hot tub. |
Hot Springs Water Slide |
We also got a little off roading and hiking in on our campout, the boys loved to run and hide around a corner and then sprise us.
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OK, I did what I promised, and now Jill will return to updating this blog more regularly.


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Taiwan picks new cabinet
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Taiwan's new prime minister-designate, Tang Fei, has made his first cabinet announcements. The move comes just a day after his party, the nationalist KMT, formally agreed to allow him to serve as prime minister under president-elect, Chen Shui-bian. The party, although defeated in last month's presidential elections, had tried to press for negotiations with Mr Chen on the new premier's appointment. After the KMT's formal statement, Tang Fei lost little time in making public his first cabinet appointments. He said his deputy at the defence ministry, Wu Shih-wen, would replace him as defence minister. Mr Wu, a former navy commander in chief, has worked closely with Tang Fei in seeking to push through far-reaching reforms of the military. His appointment is regarded as a signal that Mr Tang could continue to play an important role in the military reform process, which aims to put the armed forces increasingly under civilian control. Local military analysts say president-elect Chen Shui-bian also sees a need to reorient the structure of Taiwan's forces from one dominated by the army to one giving the airforce and navy a greater role. As Tang Fei began the process of appointing members of the new cabinet to take office on 20 May, he named the secretary-general of Mr Chen's Democratic Progressive Party, Yu Shyi Kun, as vice premier. Although Chen Shui-bian has pledged to form a government across party lines, he is widely expected to include several DPP figures in his government. Tang Fei also announced that he would soon go to hospital for surgery on a benign lump in his chest. That is likely to put the 68-year-old out of action for several days. |
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United States Patent Application | 20090077544 |
Kind Code | A1 |
Wu; Ji Yan | March 19, 2009 |
A method, system and program product for optimizing emulation of a suspected malware. The method includes identifying, using an emulation optimizer tool, whether an instruction in a suspected malware being emulated by an emulation engine in a virtual environment signifies a long loop and, if so, generating a first hash for the loop. Further, the method includes ascertaining whether the first hash generated matches any long loop entries in a storage and, if so calculating a second hash for the long loop. Furthermore, the method includes inspecting any long loop entries ascertained to find an entry having a respective second hash matching the second hash calculated. If an entry matching the second hash calculated is found, the method further includes updating one or more states of the emulation engine, such that, execution of the long loop of the suspected malware is skipped, which optimizes emulation of the suspected malware.
Inventors: | Wu; Ji Yan; (Athens, GA) |
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION Armonk NY |
Serial No.: | 855392 |
Series Code: | 11 |
Filed: | September 14, 2007 |
Current U.S. Class: | 717/160 |
Class at Publication: | 717/160 |
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Sauted onions, peppers with a touch of Parmesan. No more need be said.
In non-stick skillet, saute onion and pepper with thyme in olive oil over medium-high heat for 4 to 5 minutes or until vegetables are just limp. Set aside.
Unroll pizza dough and cut in half lengthwise. Working with one half of dough at a time, on a lightly floured surface, roll and stretch dough to a 15-by-5-inch rectangle. Place on one half of a greased baking sheet. Crimp edges with fingers and prick bottom of dough lightly with fork. Repeat with second half of dough. Sprinkle each half with 1 tablespoon Parmesan. Bake for 5 to 6 minutes, or until pastry is just starting to brown on edges. Remove from oven.
Divide onion mixture evenly over both halves of pastry, scraping out any oil in skillet and patting or brushing it on edges of pastry. Sprinkle pastry halves with remaining cheese. Return to oven and bake 10 to 13 minutes longer, or until pastry is crispy and lightly brown. Cool slightly on pan. With heavy knife, cut each pastry into 10 slices about 1 1/4-inches wide. Garnish with a fresh thyme sprig, if desired.
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Wilkin, P. (2009) Liliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(2)
Erect herbs. Rootstock a bulb with loose scales. Flowers borne on leafy, usually unbranched, stems. Leaves spiral, arranged along stem, sessile. Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic, 1(-7) in a raceme. Tepals in 2 whorls of 3, white (in ours). Stamens 6. Ovary superior, 3-locular. Fruit a capsule.
Worldwide: 10 genera and 350 species, N hemisphere especially SW Asia to China. (Our single species is an escape from gardens).
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From the desk of Darel Ross II, LINC's Co-Executive Director:
Looking out of my window onto a street that many youth affectionately refer to as "Mad Ave" (short for Madison Avenue) on the SE side of Grand Rapids, where a 14-year-old young man was shot in broad daylight at 2pm on Tuesday April 24, I begin to ponder the stereotypical ideologies which have transformed the "culture" of our community. Merriam-Webster defines culture as "cultivation; the act of developing the intellectual and moral faculties especially by education." So I ask, from one generation to the next, what ideologies have we as parents helped to cultivate and perpetuate within the minds of our youth? Has it become our "culture" to allow our youth to shoot one another and remain silent? Has it become our "culture" to equate acts of violence with becoming a man and revenge as one of its rights of passages? Has our "culture" embraced the cultivation of stereotypical ignorance over intellect and morality?
I'm devastated because school isn't even out. We have yet to see the summer time heat and the youth are already working to kill one another. I no longer look forward to the long hot days of July as I fear that our children will attempt to exterminate one another at the first hint of 80 degrees, personifying and perfecting this "culture" of ignorance and recklessness. Are we so disconnected as a community that we don't care about the violence until it touches our child? We act as though we are unaware of the years of inequitable policies which have yielded racialized outcomes resulting in black youth populating cell blocks faster than any other race.
Before we point fingers at the parents, because that's the easy thing to do, we must recognize this is not simply a parental responsibility – it is a collective responsibility. It is the responsibility of the community as a whole to do their part in helping to raise our children. The young victim should have been in school at the time of the shooting. Why was the child allowed to walk the streets freely at 2pm on a school day and take the city bus without concern or a "heads up" being sent to the school or to the home of the child.
And why should the police care about a community that doesn't care about itself? How can we ask the police to be responsible for solving a crime when we aren't responsible for the children who commit them? Of course the child bears his or her own responsibility and they have to live with the consequences of their actions but so do we! These actions are perpetuated based on our unwillingness and inability to take action and set strong examples for the children within our community.
What kind of examples have we been for our youth, and who are the examples for our children to look up to and model? What has our "culture" become when our youth would rather model the actions of a rapper or character in a movie before modeling the actions of their own parents or community leaders?
I cringe at the thought that this epidemic of youth-inflicted mayhem could possibly get worse. So we have two choices. We can perpetuate the ignorance that our "culture" has grown to embrace or we can become the instruments of cultivation to develop the intellectual and moral faculties within our own children to create a safe and thriving community. I choose the latter. Who is with me?
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United States Patent Application | 20110211696 |
Kind Code | A1 |
Liu; Tie ;   et al. | September 1, 2011 |
A system and method for securing wireless transmissions is provided. A method for transmitting secure messages by a transmitter includes encoding a message with a secrecy code to produce L output codewords, where L is an integer value greater than one. The secrecy code includes a first security code and a second security code. The method also includes transmitting one of the L output codewords to a communications device when a channel quality of a channel between the transmitter and the communications device satisfies a criterion, and repeating the transmitting for any remaining L-1 output codewords.
Inventors: | Liu; Tie; (College Station, TX) ; Blankenship; Yufei; (Kildeer, IL) |
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FutureWei Technologies, Inc. Plano TX |
Serial No.: | 714095 |
Series Code: | 12 |
Filed: | February 26, 2010 |
Current U.S. Class: | 380/255 |
Class at Publication: | 380/255 |
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The determination and distribution of various trace elements in natural waters by x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy
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Title: | The determination and distribution of various trace elements in natural waters by x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy |
Authors: | Armitage, Donald Bruce |
Keywords: | Trace elements Water -- Analysis X-ray spectroscopy |
Issue Date: | 1970 |
Publisher: | [Honolulu] |
Abstract: | A method was developed for the analysis, consecutively, of six trace metals uranium, copper, nickel, cobalt, iron, and manganese in a sample of fresh water and sea water through a combination of solvent extraction with an 8-hydroxy quinoline-chloroform mixture and X-ray fluorescence spectrometry. The primary concentration step which may be carried out on board ship requires only three reagents and minimal equipment, thus reducing the risk of contamination and chemical changes due to storage. In addition, the method is nondestructive and extracted samples evaporated on filter paper may be stored for future reference. A precision of 10% or better was obtained for the six elements with a sample volume of 500 ml. The analysis was applied to sea water and fresh water samples obtained from various sources. Coastal sea water trace element content was found to be lower than that from mid-ocean. What appears to be significant differences in the trace element levels were found in the water masses studied but little variation with latitude was detected. Several of the elements, notably uranium, displayed an increase in concentration with depth. Examination of fresh water samples indicated that biological activity is related to the extractable trace metal content in that increased activity was accompanied by higher content or trace metals. This view has as yet not been substantiated by biological studies. Other samples showed evidence of differences which may be associated with the water source and pollution. |
Description: | Typescript. Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii, 1970. Bibliography: leaves [76]-79. vi, 79 l maps, graphs, tables |
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Up in the north country, our rivers, streams, and creeks are often dotted with anglers trying to perfect their cast. And this got us thinking about creating a gift basket full of all the necessary snacks to get them through brisk mornings and long afternoons in the wilderness. In our gorgeous decorative fishing creel, we've brought together an assortment of tasty snacks, including crisp handcrafted popcorn and golden gourmet pretzels, creating a memorable gift that's perfect for the fishing enthusiast in your life.


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AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Mineral Museum > Minerals from Brazil > Elbaite Tourmaline in Quartz |
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Mineral: | Elbaite Tourmaline in Quartz |
Locality: | Cruzeiro Mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
Description: | Four transparent green elbaite tourmaline crystals up to 30 mm long protruding from a doubly-terminated transparent quartz crystal 21 mm long that resembles (but is not) e Japan-law twin. The largest elbaite crystal is missing the upper termination. |
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You do not have to be an anthropologist to invest in tribal art. Being a Western aesthete will do. Until recently, only carved wooden sculpture - face masks and figures of people and animals - fetched fine art prices in the salerooms. The rest - weapons, domestic utensils, textiles, bead jewellery - were rated not as art but as anthropological specimens.
Now, home makers and interior decorators seeking simple, sensational objects to display in sparsely furnished loft spaces have broadened the market. Install a plinth, apply a spotlight, and a decorated tribal shield becomes art.
Buyers at next month's tribal art auctions and Tribal Art Fair in London would do well to study prices realised at the most recent auctions for examples of the rising value of anthropology. At Bonhams in December, an Australian Aboriginal stone tchuringa a little over 7ins high - a ritual object traditionally hidden out of sight of women - fetched a whopping pounds 2,990, nearly four times its pre-sale estimate. Five years previously it had fetched a mere pounds 150 at a Phillips auction.
The reason for the price jump? It was incised on both sides with a network of parallel lines linked with concentric circular medallions. To an Aborigine, it tells of the mythic "dream time". In Western eyes, that's art. The prices of Aboriginal bark paintings bearing comparable designs are going through the roof at Sotheby's annual June sales of Aboriginal art in Melbourne.
The powerful but seemingly paradoxical allure that tribal art (still sometimes described as "primitive" art) exerts in our advanced post-Renaissance culture is explained by two examples from art history, one recent, the other occurring in 1907.
In that year, Picasso first clapped eyes on African carvings in the Palais du Trocadero's ethnographic museum. He was transfixed, and his art transformed. The immediate result was that his five nude female figures, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, then in progress, convulsed into hard-angled shapes with heads like African masks.
For 30 years, the canny Picasso refused to acknowledge his artistic debt. "African art? Never heard of it!" he would say. But when the secret came out, prices of tribal masks and figures began to rise.
Anthropological specimens in general did not truly enter the Western art market until the Royal Academy's blockbuster exhibition Africa: The Art of a Continent in 1995-96 - curated by an artist, Tom Phillips. The exhibition outraged anthropologists. Here were tribal artefacts from Western private collections that had been torn from their archaeological context and were now being hailed as art by Western aesthetes. Phillips retorted impishly that the Venus de Milo had been torn from context, too. "The test of art," he said, "is whether it can survive independently of context."
The biggest controversy centred on the exhibition's carved five-seated stool from the Ngombe area of Zaire, which was pegged into its stand vertically, instead of horizontally, as if it was an abstract sculpture. One scholar fumed: "Duchamp has gone to Africa." But the die was cast. The exhibition stitched art irrevocably into "tribal art".
That five-seater still stands provocatively upright in the home of its owner, the London tribal art dealer Peter Adler, son of the harmonica player. Customers buy his earth-coloured geometrically patterned Shoowa rafia cloths from Zaire (pounds 250-pounds 600) and big Fante flags from Ghana (pounds 400- pounds 2,200) in order to frame and hang in sitting rooms in Islington and loft spaces in Farringdon. Senufou beds from Upper Volta, long planks of wood with headboards (pounds 1,000-pounds 3,000), serve as coffee tables.
All of Adler's stock is old, that is, pre-1950. It has come from reputable Western collections. He never buys from Africa. Authenticity is all-important in this market, which, with the advent of tourism, is bedevilled by contemporary batch-produced "airport art".
Objects that have actually been used in tribal rituals, such as fertility rites, carry an added cachet. Perhaps Picasso was right when he said that his experience in the Trocadero had taught him that art is "a form of magic".
An unwanted Western look makes Makonde masks from Tanzania and Mozambique hard to sell. They have an eerie realism. Some are of the Virgin Mary - evidence of Catholic Portuguese colonial influence. Fiona McKinnon, tribal art dealer and organiser of the Tribal Art Fair, finds it easier to sell fierce-looking Marka masks from Mali. This one, covered in hammered brass strips, is pounds 1,400. The Makonde Virgin is pounds 700.
Australian aboriginal art is rising fastest in price - estimates for two carved shields, pounds 800-pounds 1,000 each in Bonhams' forthcoming sale, are modest - they are likely to be fought over. South African (notably Zulu) and native American prices are being pushed up by guilt-ridden native whites. Polynesian prices are as strong as ever.
The Eurostar rail link is bringing more Belgian and French day-trip bidders in search of former colonial tribal artefacts - Congolese, for example. Look for bargains among neck rests, stools, shields and weapons with finely carved, unusual designs and a patina from handling. Use your Western eyes. They're the only ones you've got.
Bonhams Tribal and Pre-Columbian Art sale: 3 June, 2pm (inquiries: 0171-393 3900).
Phillips Tribal Art and Antiquities: 25 June, 11am (inquiries: 0171-629 6602).
Tribal Art Fair: Elms Lesters Painting Rooms, Flitcroft Street, Soho, London WC2H 8DH, 7 and 8 June, 11am-6pm (inquiries: 0171-836 6747).
Peter Adler: 0171-262 1775
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Obama is First President to Freeze Locality Pay
President Obama plans to freeze locality pay rates at 2009 levels for civilian federal employees in 2010, a move that has prompted protests from government employee groups. In a letter sent to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Vice President Joe Biden on Monday, Obama said federal employees nationwide would receive a 2 percent increase in their base pay in 2010, ...Published over 7 years ago | -
East Coast, West Coast Pay Spread
When the 2010 pay raise kicks in later this month, white collar feds on the West Coast will continue to be at the top of the government's salary totem pole. But the gap between federal pay rates in San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose-Los Angeles will narrow thanks to bigger locality adjustments for civil servants in Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington-Baltimore. Under President ...Published about 7 years ago | -
OPM's Berry Deals Out First Set of Civil Service Reform Suggestions
John Berry fired the first salvo for how to "reinvigorate" and "unshackle" all aspects of federal human resources. The director of the Office of Personnel Management laid out Monday some initial ideas about changes that he hopes could bring agency hiring, firing, recruiting and retention practices in line with other Fortune 500 companies. Listen to WFED's Federal Drive "Our hiring system ...Published over 7 years ago | -
Pay & Benefit Changes in Sight for Federal Employees
Long-sought changes to the pay and benefits structure for current and former federal employees await President Obama's signature. The defense authorization bill passed by the Senate on Thursday night included alterations to benefits and practices first announced earlier this month. Perhaps the biggest change is that members of the Federal Employees Retirement System will be able to get credit for unused ...Published over 7 years ago | -
Pay and Benefits Watch: For Leave or Money
Between November and January, federal employees tend to think more about how they will use their leave than how they accrue it. But as personnel officials weigh hiring reforms, and existing flexibilities for enticing promising applicants to federal service, one leave policy raises concerns about how managers should be negotiating more strategically with new hires and how accrual rates vary across ...Published over 7 years ago | -
With Jobs Order, Obama Gives Veterans More to Celebrate
Presidential executive orders are lofty, historical documents, generally signed in White House ceremonies with pomp and circumstance. Seldom do we think of them beginning in a small town on the eastern edge of West Virginia. But it was in Shepherdstown, with a population of 803 at last count, where President Obama's latest executive order, designed to facilitate the hiring of veterans ...Published over 7 years ago | -
Officials Pledge to Fix Federal Hiring Process
Applying for a job with the federal government can be a miserable experience. Announcements of vacancies are often written in arcane, incomprehensible jargon; applications can stretch for dozens of pages; one branch of an agency might not have any idea of the hiring needs of a second branch. This is not the opinion of jilted job-seekers. Instead, it was the frank ...Published over 7 years ago | -
Pay and Benefits Watch - Family Matters
President Obama's executive order expanding job opportunities for veterans in federal agencies made headlines last week. He also marked Veterans Day by signing into law a bill that makes it easier for the families of service members to navigate the complicated landscape of rules governing their benefits during reassignments. The 2009 Military Spouses Residency Relief Act (S. 475) allows the husbands ...Published over 7 years ago | -
NSPS Repeal May Lead to New Performance System
The Defense Department's controversial pay-for-performance system is headed for repeal, and there are several ways the dismantling of the National Security Personnel System could proceed, say advocates and employee groups. The fiscal 2010 Defense authorization legislation, which is on its way to President Obama, requires the Pentagon to begin returning the 200,000 employees covered by NSPS to their previous pay systems ...Published over 7 years ago | -
Deadbeat Feds: Employees Owe Uncle Sam $3B In Unpaid Taxes
WASHINGTON - At a time when the White House is projecting the largest deficit in the nation's history, Uncle Sam is trying to recover billions of dollars in unpaid taxes from its own employees. Federal workers owe more than $3 billion in income taxes they failed to pay in 2008. According to Internal Revenue Service documents, 276,300 federal employees and retirees ...Published over 7 years ago | -
Obama Signs 3.4 Percent Raise For Military
President Obama signed into law on Monday a 3.4 percent pay raise for service members in 2010, while federal employee unions said they would push for parity between civilian and military pay in 2011. The military pay raise, included in the fiscal 2010 Defense Appropriations Act (H.R. 3326), was 0.5 percent higher than the 2.9 percent raise Obama requested in his ...Published over 7 years ago | -
On the fence and running out of time
One of the most common complaints among federal employees who enforce Uncle Sam's laws and regulations is that there are too few of them to properly protect the public. But one area where one would expect that not to be the case, given our nation's recent history, is border protection. Yet testimony before a House subcommittee Thursday painted a picture of ...Published over 7 years ago | -
Update: Office politics, the NSPS transition and available tax credits for retirees
There are a lot of questions about pay & benefits that have been cropping up lately, and Senior Correspondent Mike Causey spoke with three experts to get the answers for you. His guests on this week's show were: Carol Bonosaro, president of the Senior Executive Association; Jessica Klement of the Federal Managers Association; and Dan Adcock, legislative director of the National ...Published about 7 years ago | -
Nominees Pledge to Improve Management and Employee Relations
President Obama's nominees to lead the Merit Systems Protection Board on Tuesday told senators that if confirmed they would focus on recruiting talent to replace experienced staffers who are retiring and to meet increasing demands for the agency's services. During a confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, they also pledged to improve ...Published over 7 years ago | -
Pay-for-Performance Program Gets the Boot
Christmas came early for some federal employees and their unions Wednesday as lawmakers delivered one of the biggest items on their wish list, repealing a controversial pay-for-performance program. The repeal of the National Security Personnel System came as part of a compromise House and Senate members announced in their negotiations over the Defense Department authorization bill. The Defense Department will maintain ...Published over 7 years ago | -
Labor Group Opposes Senate Pay-for Performance Language
A coalition of 36 labor unions have rejected a Senate provision to repeal the Pentagon's National Security Personnel System, claiming that it wouldn't do enough to ensure that employees are paid fairly. The language, included in the Senate's 2010 Defense authorization bill (S. 1390), would eliminate the NSPS within a year. But it also would give the Defense Department the opportunity ...Published over 7 years ago | -
Pay & Benefits Watch: Support Network
This Veterans Day is a bittersweet celebration -- a mix of admiration and appreciation on behalf of all of those who serve in the U.S. military and lingering pain and disbelief about the tragic shooting that left 13 dead and 29 wounded at Fort Hood last week. As the nation mourns the military members and civilians killed and injured on Nov. ...Published over 7 years ago | -
Locality Pay For Federal Workers Won't Increase
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal employees whose regional costs of living entitles them to higher compensation will see no increase in their "locality pay" percentages next year, President Barack Obama informed Congress on Monday. Workers who receive pay over and above the base federal rates _ because of higher living costs and greater private-sector pay in their regions _ would have been ...Published over 7 years ago | -
Bill Could Offset Medicare Premium Increases for Federal Retirees
The House last week overwhelmingly passed legislation that supporters say will save money for thousands of federal retirees facing a potential increase in their Medicare Part B premiums. The 2009 Medicare Premium Fairness Act would affect many retirees under the Civil Service Retirement System, who do not receive Social Security payments since CSRS was designed to be equivalent to the Social ...Published over 7 years ago | -
Pay and Benefits: Watch Tax Trap
Most people who have earned a paycheck probably have discovered that the federal income tax withholding formula can be complicated. But changes to withholding stemming from the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act are causing even more head-scratching than usual this year, both inside and outside the federal workforce. "When the tables first came out, there was a flurry of questions," ...Published about 7 years ago |


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Sony's head of hardware development for both the PS3 and the PSP, Izumi Kawanishi, sat down with Famitsu magazine to discuss the details of the plaguing question: what's with the connectivity between the PS3 and the PSP... game-wise? Clearly, just viewing the media wouldn't be enough, so... there's got to be more to it than that. Says IGN: "While Kawanishi didn't get into specifics, we imagine the PSP being used just to display game footage sent to it by the PS3 and send back controller data input by the player." Yeah, well, if that isn't a revelation, here's a bit of foresight: Kawanishi purposely created the PSP with a 16:9 display because he had this idea for the future in mind. Good job, Izumi-chan. Can we say that? Of course, you need the 60GB Wi-Fi model of the PS3 to take advantage of this connectivity. Kawanishi didn't really go into whether a USB Wi-Fi connection with the lower-end model will yield the same result, but really, why wouldn't it?
In a similar but mostly unrelated vein, updating your system software will be done via flash media or game/media software -- similar to the PSP system updates. Kawanishi made mention also that the PS3 games will indeed be region-free, so they can be played as-is (although there will be "exceptions"...). So there you have it -- a few questions answered, a couple left. Any plaguing you in particular? We'll keep an eye out for certain ones that pop up often.


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It's Momo's birthday this week, and this was the after dinner dessert I had with Momo and her parents. For some (undisclosed) reason we decided we would not have dessert at where we ate. We thought we would go somewhere else.
So, we went to Haagen Dazs. It has been ages since I stepped into this branch of Haagen Dazs! Since there was 4 of us, and instead of ordering 4 single or double scoops of ice cream with the 'different additions (toppings, waffles etc)', we thought it would be more fun to have the ice cream fondue and it cost about the same as ordering ice cream for 4 person anyway.
16 mini balls of ice cream, so each person eats 1 of each flavour. LOL
On the sides are also pound cake, chocolate cake and cookies.
There's fruits too. Strawberry, Green Apple and Bananas.
Look how nice I coat the ice cream in the chocolate fondue.
I made a double layer coating. Yummy!
After we placed our order, we were told there was a promotion!
We get two free drinks. Tea or Coffee. So we ordered 2 ice teas.
Ice Camomile Tea with Aloe Vera cubes.
The good old Ice Lemon Tea. (with Aloe Cubes too!)
We also ordered cappucino as extras.
Not a bad deal eh. But we remembered it used to be much much cheaper. Anyway, it was fun.
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Haagen Dazs @ Holland Village
4 comments:
Ah, dining with future in laws again? And over ice cream! What a sweet way to get to know them (everyone is feeling sweet) HAHAHA...
- September 24, 2009
- SistaFood said...
Try out Swiss Culture chocolate fondue next time round! Thick and rich chocolate was heavenly. And it only cost $15.90 with wide spread of fuits and mashmellows! :)
- September 24, 2009
- Keropok Man said...
you are feeling sweet too eh?
ooo. thanks for the recommendation. shall try it one of these days! - September 29, 2009
- Ee Vonn said...
Hi there! Do you mind to let me know the price for the Chocolate Fondue? Thanks! :)
- October 23, 2009
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Just about since we've opened, we've been storing away all kinds of electronic and computer equipment in our receiving room, in our office, and in our storage area. It's hard to believe that this isn't everything--about two years ago, Jocelyn and I bought a carload of stuff to a recycling place in Wauwatosa. But apparently we either didn't take everything or amassed way more. Lots of old terminals. Receipt printers that no longer connect to our new system. Phone modems that were replaced when we converted to internet. A copier/printer that died. All kinds of monitors and about a dozen keyboards.
And wire, so much wire!
I woke up this morning to watch a piece on Fox 6 News about e-cycling, and after some time browsing the web, I found a place in Oak Creek that would take everything. Miller Electonics Recycling is located just off I94, east of Blain's Farm and Fleet and northwest of Woodman's. It turned out to be a much easier process than last time, when we had to park pretty far away and load it up on carts. This time I pulled right in and the fellow working the desk even helped me unload.
While I understand why we wound up with so much electronics
and computer equipment after our inventory system migrated, I'm confused
as to how exactly we wound up with so many cash drawers. We wound up
keeping four and getting rid of three others, including this
particularly rusty model. We still have two huge drawer devices that
wouldn't fit in the car.
There were some fees for some items, but I feel great having avoid at least some landfill with all this stuff, and with the rest, at least I know the risk of contamination is lessened. Between this and our project with Handy Jeff to repurpose our old fixtures into new ones, I'm feeling positively green.
As for those two huge cash drawer things, I'm thinking 2015.
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Just spent an hour and a half on the phone with Azami - our first contact after she departed from Burning Man. She called me from this payphone in Berkeley, Calif., at the corner of Shattuck Avenue and Allston Way. I was in my home.
I read her poetry. Some swooning occurred.
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As creative, hands-on people, there's an incredible amount of pressure to do things ourselves. That mindset may be what got you to where you are: accomplishing goals you set for yourself, turning a passion into a job, or building your dream home bit by bit. As a result, you now feel invincible. You might have even made yourself a needlepoint or woodblock print that says "I can do anything." But can you, reeeeaaaaally?
There are a lot of things that we need. We need websites! We need to give our employees health insurance! We need a 60-second video pitch for Shark Tank! It's not easy, but it's time to learn how to seek and accept help. You're the best at your thing, and you rely on clients and customers to need you. Now it's time to go need someone else. A paintbrush is a tool and so is an accountant. Use both to create beautiful work. –ADAMJK
Adam J. Kurtz (better known as ADAMJK) is an artist and author of 1 Page at a Time: A Daily Creative Companion. His dark (but optimistic) humor comes to life in an offbeat line of gifts and small trinkets. Follow him at @ADAMJK or in real life (he lives in Brooklyn because of course he does).
This is absolutely perfect! Accepting help is something I've been getting better and better at over the years, and the last few steps are things we've been working on communicating better to our own web design clients – this is truly yours, but trust us to do it in a way that's going to be effective for you.
It's so hard for business owners to let go of control, but it's essential to growth. Always hire people who are better at that task than you are, and you'll go far. Thanks for putting this together in such an easy to understand way.
This is very helpful. Thanks for sharing.
This is really great advice! I have to admit I don't often ask for help, but this is a nice reminder. :)
"…who you can afford to hire or compensate fairly"
needs to be on it's own page. In bold.
oh you KNOW that was intentional. I would have shouted it on the paper if I could.
Adam does it again! Thanks for being an ongoing source of inspiration Adam!
Great advice and beautifully done. I'm actually really good at accepting help, and this is pretty much how I do it!
One really great thing about going through these stages is that in the beginning, when you do try it yourself, you develop an appreciation for what the task involves.
There are so many business owners who have no idea how their accounting works, or their website, etc…But, being familiar with what it takes to make those things work in your business is really important- it also is a great way to make sure you hire the people you really need and will benefit with. I like that instead of just handing it off immediately, this starts off with giving it a try, yourself.
Such a timely post for me. I totally need to ask for help more and not be shy to do so!
I always love Adam's pieces. Definitely need to learn to let go sometimes and not try to do everything myself!!
These thoughts are wonderfully put and very helpful to anyone who is beginning or continuing in business.
So relevant to my life right now! I'm applying to jobs on the opposite coast and have found that people are willing to help as long as you ask for it. I reached out to established professionals, openly asking for advice and guidance. I was never turned away from people who wanted to help. It was a breath of fresh air to see people genuinely eager to help. But none of this would have happened if I didn't hind the help and communicate with them.


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To say that I am a big Jonathan Richman fan is like saying that Steve Irwin liked animals, crikey mate, I just love Jojo! Some people like his stuff with The Modern Lovers but don't like his later silly songs, some people like the new stuff but don't like the silly songs, some people like the silly songs but not the rest, some people are complete idiots and claim to like the first 'The Modern Lovers' album but say "his other stuff isn't very good" (if you are one of those bloody 'hip indie' people please reverse out the way you came in). I am of the belief that everything Richman has put out (and I have it all) has been pure gold, the guy is a machine, he just can't make a bad song, I bet when he farts in public people spontaneously dance uncontrollably. I don't need to sell Richman to you, you are already here, bless you my children.
I've seen him live twice in the last few years, the first time at the Jazz Cafe, London (I have a recording of this which I'll upload one day) he was on fire, I almost danced and for me that is unheard of; the second time, in Cambridge, he was great too, that's me with him up the top. We came out of the venue and he was strolling across the car park with his guitar in hand on his way to bed at the Travelodge, you can see how excited I was to meet him and you can't deny that he looks pretty happy to see me too. This tour I had a ticket but lost my job and couldn't afford the train fare to london so I missed out. :-(
Now for the download, it's entitled "Jonathan Goes Funky" and is a demo tape from the early 80's, this is rare, by crikey it's rare! it's so rare that if you search for it in Google you'll get next to nothing, just one mention of it, fair dinkum.
1. Underneath
2. My Name is Jonathan
3. The Neighbors
4. Better
5. Don't Change for Me
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Jonathan Richman - Jonathan Goes Funky demo tape
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Love this, thanks! Like you, I can't stand fair weather JoJo fans--I love it all. Please, please post more Jonathan bootlegs if you have 'em.
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The Potential of Mentoring: An Assessment of the California Early Childhood Mentor Teacher Program.
Whitebook, Marcy; Sakai, Laura
This report discusses a 2-year evaluation of the California Early Childhood Mentor Teacher Program (CECMTP), in which experienced child care teachers serve as mentors, using their classroom as a practicum environment to train student teachers. The evaluation assessed the extent to which CECMTP goals were met by answering the following three questions: (1) is the CECMTP reaching qualified and experienced teachers and positively influencing their efforts to improve quality in the community; (2) what are the strengths and weaknesses of the CECMTP as assessed by program participants; and (3) is mentoring an effective alternative for a field practicum compared to a traditional lab school experience? Seventy-eight mentors and 129 lab students, mentees, and community teachers employed in child care centers who had never participated in a supervised teaching course were surveyed. Observational data on classroom quality and teacher behavior was collected for the lab students, mentees, and community teachers. Findings indicated that mentor classrooms were rated as better than community classrooms, but not as good as lab sites, and as mentors gain experience mentoring, they become more effective teacher trainers. Recommendations included extending the connection between mentors and post-practica students, and increasing the pool of mentors serving low income children. (AJH)
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Child Caregivers, Day Care, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Internship Programs, Laboratory Schools, Longitudinal Studies, Mentors, Practicum Supervision, Practicums, Professional Development, Program Evaluation, Teacher Interns
National Center for the Early Childhood Work Force, 733 Fifteenth Street, N.W., Suite 1037, Washington, DC 20005-2112 ($20, plus $3 shipping and handling; 10% discount for NCECW members).
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: National Center for the Early Childhood Work Force, Washington, DC.
Identifiers - Location: California


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Allahabad, Feb 9 (IANS) Security at the Kumbh Mela, where millions of Hindus and others have congregated, was further tightened Saturday as Afzal Guru, convicted for his central role in the attack on the Indian parliament over 11 years ago, was hanged at the Tihar Jail in New Delhi.
Heavy security was clamped in the 58 sq. km. premises, with police blockades added at vantage points. Central forces were deployed at important places as hundreds and thousands of people are entering the city from various places.
Mela administration officials said that the number are likely to swell by midnight, a day before the main royal bathing day on Mauni Amavasya.
Plying of boats, ferrying devotees from one bank to another has also been stopped across the Sangam confluence as a boat overturned at the VIP ghat Saturday morning.
While no one was hurt as divers immediately rescued people on it, the administration clamped a ban of boats.
Four wheelers have been completely banned in the mela premises and people with valid vehicle passes are also being stopped a few kilometres before the campus.
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Hitachi Puts Global Rail CEO in London for Express Market
Chris JasperHitachi Ltd. appointed a global rail chief based in London, bringing the Japanese high-speed train manufacturer closer to key European markets.
Alistair Dormer, who heads Hitachi Rail Europe, will occupy the new post of global chief executive officer for rail systems from April 1, leading a management team charged with boosting export orders, Tokyo-based Hitachi said today.
Hitachi established a bridgehead in Europe with a deal to supply Javelin trains for the High Speed 1 line into London, and is building a factory in northeast England after winning a 4.5 billion-pound ($7.5 billion) contract to supply express trains for Britain's East Coast and Great Western routes. At the same time, it lost out to Bombardier Inc., operator of the U.K.'s only existing train plant, in the 1 billion-pound tender to produce rolling stock for London's new Crossrail line.
"We will continue to deliver excellent service to our customer base whilst seeking new markets and opportunities," Dormer said in today's statement. "We will work to realize our export potential from the U.K., expanding into Europe and emergent markets."
Japan's trainmakers are seeking orders abroad as demand for new railroads shrinks at home, where the population is falling. Hitachi, described on its website as "the key player" in the Shinkansen bullet train, said in December it was working on new rail orders that could lead it to consider a plant in Germany or expansion of the County Durham facility in the U.K.
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"This move demonstrates a huge vote of confidence in Britain, its workers and its rail industry from one of Japan's biggest businesses," U.K. Business Secretary Vince Cable said in a statement responding to Dormer's appointment.
Hitachi also appointed Kentaro Masai as global chief operating officer with responsibility for relations with Japanese customers and the Japanese government.
"The announcement today will not mean a move of large numbers of employees from one of Hitachi Rail's location to the other, but a move of the overall responsibility for the Hitachi Rail Systems Business," Hitachi Rail Europe said. "Alistair will continue to be based in the U.K. and the decision-making responsibility will therefore rest with him here in the U.K."
Among other global express-train manufacturers, Canada's Bombardier runs its Transportation unit from Berlin, Siemens AG bases its high-speed rail business in Krefeld, Germany, and Alstom SA builds its TGV and AGV sets predominantly in La Rochelle, France.


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Erin Henderson a priority among in-house free agents
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The Vikings don't have the league's most attractive crop of in-house free agents, but linebacker Erin Henderson always seemed like the most viable option to re-sign because of his age (25), production as a first-year starter (70 tackles, 1.5 sacks, two forced fumbles) and his position of leverage for a team that might not be able to afford to lose two starting linebackers to free agency. Middle linebacker E.J. Henderson, at age 31, likely isn't in the plans for a team dipping a toe in the youth fountain. If Jasper Brinkley was healthy last season, maybe the team's linebacker picture had more clarity.
There's optimism that the Vikings will keep Henderson, reports 1500ESPN's Tom Pelissero, possibly under a two- or three-year deal.
Here's what I've gathered on the Henderson front.
*There has been no formal offer made to Henderson.
*Talks have been encouraging enough that it would take a team swooping in with a substantial deal to pry him away from Minnesota.
*Though no deal is expected this week, something easily could get done in the hours before free agency starts.
In other Vikings free agency news…
*There's mutual interest between the Vikings and quarterback Sage Rosenfels to agree to an extension. Rosenfels could fill the third-string/mentor role to Christian Ponder. When I spoke to Rosenfels toward the end of last season, he was encouraged about a return.
*Husain Abdullah's concussion history could be a hang-up in a potential re-sign, but from what I hear, it wouldn't be difficult to get a deal done. He's not demanding big money, and he wants to be a Viking.


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• A school representative who can make decisions about the delivery of services
• One regular education teacher
• One special education teacher
• Someone who can interpret the evaluation results as they apply to your Aspie's educational instruction
• You and your spouse
• Other participants with special expertise or knowledge of your Aspie
Your Aspie may also participate if he/she chooses to be present. Participants with special expertise may include a parent-advocate knowledgeable about the IEP process, a professional consultant who specializes in developing IEPs, or a professional consultant who specializes in Aspergers. Finding a specialist can be a crucial issue, and it can be frustrating to both moms and dads and school officials when one is not accessible.
It may not be realistic to expect that an educator experienced in teaching children with Aspergers will be teaching your Aspie. Because you know your youngster best, you may become fiercely protective and defensive of what you believe your youngster needs. On the other hand, most willing and cooperative school districts may lack such expertise and may be of the position that they are doing all they can.
If you have requested that your school district evaluate your Aspie, the district must comply, and this process should be completed within sixty days after your first written request. After this, the district will ask that you sign a "Permission to Evaluate" form. The evaluation should be completed within sixty days after your original written request, not sixty days after you've signed the permission form. Once the evaluation is completed, a team meeting should be convened to review the evaluation. You should receive your youngster's evaluation well in advance of the team meeting, but no later than ten days prior to such a meeting. This team meeting may also serve as the first IEP meeting if you wish.
If your Aspie has been deemed eligible for services, IEP team members should be identified, and the first meeting should occur within thirty calendar days of the original determination of eligibility. The completed INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM must then be implemented within ten school days. It must also be reviewed yearly and can be revisited in a team meeting upon your request outside of the annual meeting date. The INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM must also be in effect for your youngster at the beginning of each new school year.
The initial IEP meeting is the time and place to develop the document that will be the blueprint for your Aspie's educators. The draft document should be transcribed into the final document immediately after the meeting. It should include:
- acknowledgment of your Aspie's eligibility
- area for you to sign, acknowledging that the school district has provided you with a copy of your rights during the process, known as "procedural safeguards"
- basic information such as your contact numbers and address, your youngster's date of birth, and anticipated year of graduation
- cover sheet with a sign-in page listing all participants
- list of "special considerations," such as visual or hearing impairment, behaviors that impede your Aspie's ability to learn, and communication issues
- summary of your youngster's needs
- summary of your youngster's strengths, passions and interests
A strong IEP team should be able to find a balance between your Aspie's strengths and needs. Too often, such meetings can focus upon issues that others may perceive as "behavioral" or emotional disturbances. When this occurs, teams get sidetracked and lose their focus. Teams may digress and deteriorate. Moms and dads may leave feeling angry or upset, and the self-fulfilling prophecy is perpetuated. For this reason, and particularly in very sensitive situations, it is advisable to have a professional in attendance that fits the bill of "other participants with special expertise or knowledge of your Aspie." In partnership with the team, this person can help keep things focused on your youngster as a youngster first and foremost.
The next step is to set IEP goals that are specific to your Aspie's strengths and needs in order to track your youngster's educational progress and ensure that the team is implementing what it committed to doing. The goals should be realistically achievable for your youngster and written in such a way that they are easy to track or "measure," in order to see your Aspie's growth and keep the team accountable. For example, an appropriate goal for a child with Aspergers of any age might be in the area of developing computer skills. While this may sound rather generic, the spin here is to make it specific to your youngster's Aspergers.
The purpose of the goal should be clearly stated, such as a goal for accessing the Internet: "The child will develop skills to use a computer to communicate, to gain information, and to increase social relationships independently three out of five times." Next, objectives to meet the goal should be identified in sequence. The sequence for the computer goal might look like this:
- The child will create and access a file and store information she wishes to save in the file.
- The child will learn methods to access social interaction through electronic media (email).
- The child will learn the functions of the computer, including turning the computer on, signing on to the Internet, and using the keyboard and other functions while exploring her passions (such as searching for information about insects as they relate to a lesson plan).
This ensures accountability as well as consistent support. A method and schedule of evaluation for each goal objective should also be included. For example, the method for the last objective listed might read, "During computer learning opportunities, the child will be afforded opportunity to increase social interactions by learning to use e-mail and other communication avenues."
A goal for enhancing self-advocacy might address your Aspie's ability to identify and communicate her sensory sensitivities in the school environment. A goal or objective might read, "The child will be able to communicate in a socially acceptable manner the specific change she requires in her educational environment four out of five times." The method should include supporting the youngster to identify environmental stimuli that are irritants and detract from learning.
The INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM should also list "program modifications and specially designed instruction" that may include elements incorporated into goal areas, which team members should bear in mind. Such a useful list may include examples like:
• Allow extended wait time and processing time.
• Be consistent with the expectations established for the child.
• Explain directions clearly, in steps and with visual representations.
• Limit or eliminate visual and auditory stimulation and distractions in the learning setting.
• Provide advance notice of schedule and special situations.
• Provide an individual, weekly schedule to follow.
• Use photo depictions where possible instead of cartoons or drawings.
The IEP document will also indicate the projected date for implementation of services, the anticipated duration of services, and any revision dates. Specifications addressing how the school district intends to report IEP goal progress should be clearly stated. There must also be a statement reflecting why your Aspie's current educational placement represents an inclusive environment as fully as possible as opposed to an alternative placement.
Some moms and dads and school districts are possessed of more experience and greater expertise in educating kids with Aspergers than others. There will always be kinks to iron out in the IEP process, and these can usually be addressed at the annual IEP meeting or at a requested reopening of the IEP. When moms and dads encounter resistance from a school district it is usually because the district:
• Doesn't "see" the Aspergers as a viable diagnosis
• Believes your Aspie's challenges to be exclusively behavioral issues
• Believes it is meeting the goals and objectives of the IEP to its best ability
Where moms and dads resist a school's efforts, it is usually because they are extremely frustrated that the school district doesn't understand Aspergers and, as a result, doesn't "get" how to educate their Aspie. Ignorance can be used as an initial excuse, but it is not an acceptable long-term excuse. School districts have a responsibility to make provisions for the continuing education of educators and to seek outside technical assistance and expertise as necessary.
Moms and dads have a responsibility to serve as a resource concerning their youngster's strengths and needs, as well as to direct the district to viable resources and expertise wherever possible. When the circumstances of educating your youngster through proper implementation of the IEP goals and objectives become less than satisfactory, you have recourse available to you, provided by the IDEA law.
You may request an Impartial Due Process Hearing at any point in which disagreement arises about the delivery of education to your Aspie. This includes your youngster's identification, evaluation, placement, or implementation of the INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM.
The Impartial Due Process Hearing takes place with an "impartial hearing officer." The hearing officer is the "fact finder" who hears all the evidence and makes a ruling on the issues presented during the meeting. Such individuals are employed by your state government's education office of dispute resolution and are of varied background and position, such as former education administrators, attorneys, or psychologists.
A hearing is to be held within thirty days of the request. The school district must forward a mother/father's request to the office of dispute resolution within five days of its receipt by the district office. The hearing officer's decision must be issued within forty-five days of the request for the hearing.
There are often delays in scheduling or a hearing officer may not be timely in making his final determination to settle a dispute. During the dispute, the Aspie in question is to remain in her current educational placement. The hearing officer's decision may be appealed and taken to an appeals panel within thirty days. The appeals panel must render a decision within thirty days after the review request.
Such measures will be entirely avoidable, but if a mother/father remains dissatisfied after exhausting local administrative avenues, action may be brought in any state court of competent jurisdiction or in any district court of the United States, as provided for in IDEA. There is no statute of limitations for commencing such action in federal court, but it is advisable to file as soon as possible. There may be time-frame limitations for filing a case in your state court.
Moving to file a case is stressful, frustrating, and draining for all parties involved. However, court rulings can set precedent for changes in law to the benefit of all. Any time significant change has occurred in how kids with differences are educated, it has been at the instigation of passionate moms and dads simply wanting fair and equal opportunities for their kids.
You may be a persuasive advocate when interacting with your Aspie's school district. You just may be the person to educate and enlighten the professionals in your district if they require a better understanding of Aspergers. In some extreme instances, families have moved to another school district or another state in order to have their Aspie attend a certain school program. Unfortunately, in addition to the stress on the whole family that this type of upheaval can cause, it also allows school districts to remain uneducated about how best to support children with Aspergers.
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Ok, let's say this is a smear campaign, the sexual harassment allegations are out of the bucket, and that Herman Cain's support will not be effected by this story, it might even take him to the lead in early states, at least in terms of empathy for him.
What troubles me the most is not his 9-9-9 plan, his past business experience, or his non politician image, but his lack of foreign policy experience and lack of knowledge on the basics, every American leader should know before he runs for office, ready to be positioned as the Leader of the Free world.
First it was not knowing what the Right of Return is, followed by the uz-beki-beki-stan-stan flak, going further to suggest,( oh no he was misunderstood) he would consider a possible negotiation hostage deal with Al-Qaeda, playing more Hawkish than Danny Danon, questioning the existence of the Palestinian people, not to mention his comparing foreign policy to making Pizza, who even has the courage to bring up his disastrous O'Reilly interview on Iran and China... Ok my head is spinning already, and this is just a brief summary of the past few weeks.
Cain's lack of detailed answers on Foreign policy matters may not hurt him in the GOP primary, as the FIX notes three reason: "1) The Republican electorate is almost exclusively focused on the economy; 2) his candor is part and parcel of his "not politician" appeal; 3) in a crowded Republican field, he's been able to mask what he doesn't know easily and effectively".
In comparison to the economy, foreign policy hardly plays a factor in the general elections, hence we expect to be given a choice of packages, a package that includes solution to fix the economy and bring the situation around, but also a vision for American's role in the World, and American ought to be sure enough they are electing a guy that knows enough about how to keep them safe from harm, and make up for the mess we are experiencing right now nationally and globally.
Herman Cain, with all due respect, does not fit that model, Americans and America's allies cannot afford another 4 years of uncertainty, and the mishandling of dramatic Global events unfolding unprecedentedly on a daily basis.