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Does our school have to use RAISEonline?
How does RAISEonline fit with Ofsted's inspection arrangements?
How can I prepare for using RAISEonline?
What training will be available for RAISEonline?
What kind of information will I be using in RAISEonline?
What opportunities will there be for evaluating pupil progress with RAISEonline?
How can I share the analysis in RAISEonline?
How will RAISEonline integrate with my existing Management Information System?
Will I be able to make amendments to the data in RAISEonline?
If I amend the data in RAISEonline will it immediately be viewable by all users of the system?
What are the 2005 arrangements for the Performance and Assessment (PANDA) report?
Who do I contact about the PAT and PANDA?
How does the School Profile relate to RAISEonline?
I need more help. Where should I go?
What provision is being made for special schools?
A. RAISEonline is a much improved data analysis tool for use by schools, LAs, School Improvement Partners (SIPs) and Ofsted inspectors from summer 2006. RAISEonline will enable you to: - examine context, attainment and value added data - explore hypotheses about pupil performance - analyse question level data for National, Optional and Progress tests - set and moderate pupil targets.
Q. Who can access RAISEonline?
A. RAISEonline will be available to all mainstream maintained Primary and Secondary schools in England. We are currently reviewing the provision for Service Children's Education (SCE) schools. For details on provision for Special schools read the FAQ: 'How does the School Profile relate to RAISEonline?'. LA staff, school improvement partners (SIPs) and inspectors will also be able to access RAISEonline.
Q. How do I access RAISEonline?
A. The new package is an internet-based application accessed via a secure log on system. As it is a web-based, users do not need to download or buy any specific hardware or software to access the system. You can access it here: https://www.raiseonline.org/
Q. Does our school have to use RAISEonline?
A. No, it is not mandatory for schools to use the product and it is acceptable to choose alternative methods to aid self-evaluation and target setting. Inspectors and SIPs will be using the analysis and data in the product to raise their own hypotheses and act as a starting point for discussions with schools.
Q. How does RAISEonline fit with Ofsted's inspection arrangements?
A. The inspection arrangements require schools to make judgments about their strengths and weaknesses and provide evidence to back up what they say. The self-evaluation form (SEF) provides a framework for doing this and the type of analysis that will be available in RAISEonline should help the school undertake this self-evaluation process.
Q. How can I prepare for using RAISEonline?
A. The best way to prepare for the changes is to ensure you develop a good understanding of the PAT and the new style presentations in the PANDA. The presentations in the existing products have acted as the basis for report design in RAISEonline. The range of analysis available in the current PAT should be available in RAISEonline in a user friendly format. You should keep referring to this webpage to find out more about the system over the coming months. You may want to set aside some time to familiarise yourself with the RAISEonline system.
Q. What training will be available for RAISEonline?
A. RAISEonline will be launched with integrated online help and tutorial facililities which will provide accessible and comprehensive training on both how to use the system and also how to interpret the analysis. The National Strategies will be supporting the introduction of RAISEonline with face-to-face training for schools, LAs and SIPs. We will be providing more details about this soon. It is also under consideration whether we should provide guidance for current PAT users to help their transition to RAISEonline.
Q. What kind of information will I be using in RAISEonline?
A. RAISEonline will allow the interactive examination of data at the school, group, pupil and question level for pupils at Key Stages 1 to 4. Grouping and filtering features will allow users to explore their own hypotheses. Where data is not centrally available, schools will be able to import it into the system themselves.
Q. What opportunities will there be for evaluating pupil progress with RAISEonline?
A. RAISEonline will provide the opportunity to look at contextual value added (CVA) progress to Key Stage 2,3 and 4. Alongside this the system will allow analysis of conversion information. It will be possible to import data for Optional and Progress tests, thus giving better tracking of pupil performance and progress over time. There will also be a target-setting section of the system which will enable the setting and moderating of pupil targets.
Q. How can I share the analysis in RAISEonline?
A. All interactive analysis generated in RAISEonline can be exported in a range of formats to suit different purposes e.g. as an excel file to undertake further analysis offline. There will also be the facility to share a link to a particularly piece of analysis within the system. Additionally, a full report similar in style to the current e-PANDA will be available to download by all users.
Q. How will RAISEonline integrate with my existing Management Information System?
A. We are working with Management Information System (MIS) software suppliers to ensure as much compatibility as possible between RAISEonline and existing MIS. RAISEonline will accept data in CTF formats with a CSV file available for data items that fall outside of this. There will also be the facility for manual data input. We are currently investigating how we can make the transfer of data from PAT into RAISEonline as easy as possible. Data can be exported from the system in a variety of formats, including XML or as an Excel file.
Q. Will I be able to make amendments to the data in RAISEonline?
A. All schools will have a centrally-provided dataset that will remain fixed, and the opportunity to make amendments to an amended dataset. It will be possible to analyse the effect of the changes made as part of the school's interactive analysis.
Q. If I amend the data in RAISEonline will it immediately be viewable by all users of the system?
A. No, amended datasets will be owned by the school and it will be up to them to share analysis based on amended data with other users. The full report will only be produced based on centrally-provided data.
Q. What are the 2005 arrangements for the Performance and Assessment (PANDA) report?
A. A new PANDA report was developed in 2005. New-style reports containing 2005 unvalidated data have been made available to all maintained schools. Validated PANDAs are due for release later this year for all maintained primary and secondary schools (including post 16). Training material and further information on release dates can be found on the ePANDA website (www.epanda.rmplc.co.uk).
Q. Who do I contact about the PAT and PANDA?
A. While they are still in use, you can contac the PANDA helpdesk on firstname.lastname@example.com, or the PAT helpdesk on email@example.com.
Q. How does the School Profile relate to RAISEonline?
A. The School Profile will be a public document, specifically designed for parents, and intended to put the school's performance data into context. RAISEonline will not be publicly accessible and is designed to aid schools' self evaluation, inform school improvement and support inspection. Any pre-populated data in the school profile will be the same as that used in RAISEonline.
Q. I need more help. Where should I go?
A. If you have not found the information you are looking for on this page please send an email to email@example.com and we will be pleased to respond to your enquiry.
Q. What provision is being made for special schools?
A. Ofsted has recently embarked on a project to review the previous Special School PANDAs and to assess whether they meet the needs of schools and inspectors. Depending on the outcome of this review, Ofsted hope to be able to provide special schools and inspectors with relevant and up-to-date analysis by the end of the year. One strand of the project is to consider whether and how this information could be incorporated into the RAISEonline system. This work will not be completed in time for the first release of RAISEonline in the summer but our aim is to incorporate future analysis into RAISEonline as soon as possible.


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Rep. Pam Roth stepping down from Illinois House seat
Another political figure is stepping aside. State Representative Pam Roth announced today (Wed) she's resigning from the state legislature.
The Morris Republican is moving to Texas with her family.
Roth said her husband has been offered an employment transfer that's too good to pass up.
The Republican party will choose a successor.
Roth was appointed to her seat in January 2011 after state Sen. Sue Rezin, R-Morris, moved to the Senate shortly after defeating former state Rep. Careen Gordon.
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The lobster is lightweight, with flat-packing portability and quick-smart clamping for ease of use with virtually any table. The lobster claws twist to grip tables from 0.8 - 3.75 " thick for a secure, fuss-free attachment. Weighing just under 4 pounds, the lobster is extremely travel-friendly, making it convenient to take to restaurants, on family vacations or to grandmas house. Once your little one is able to hold their head up, theyre ready to sit in the lobster and join the rest of the family at the table. Dont let the lightweight, aluminum frame deceive you - the phil&teds lobster is very strong and can hold children up to 37 pounds. Keep your tot from wiggling all around with the padded, adjustable 5-point safety harness. The easy clean portable high chair features washable fabric and a removable, dishwasher safe food tray.
Get a taste of this. A smart & stylish portable highchair.The brushed stainless steel frame and robust, easy care fabrics are not only strong and durable, but so good looking you'll be turning heads at every bench and table top you latch your lobster onto!
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If you've ever found yourself wishing that you owned a magical bag from which you could pull out even the most cumbersome baby gear items at a moment's notice, then the phil&teds lobster high chair is the one for you.
This little lifesaver is compact, portable and even comes in a cute, purse-like carrying case that allows you to tap into your inner Mary Poppins.
Having tried out other clip-on high chairs in the past, including the phil&teds metoo high chair, I was already a fan of the genre's convenient portability, but I was skeptical that this one had anything that different to offer from its compact counterparts. And while the lobster didn't stray too far from the original clip-on high chair concept (hey, if it's not broke, don't fix it!), the strength of this little lobster is in the details.
Let's start with size. When folded, the lobster is so small and unimposing that I began to doubt that it would unfold into a seat large enough to even fit a newborn, let alone the three year old it boasts it can support. However, once I pulled the seat out of the carrying case, it practically assembled itself into a roomy, sturdy chair.
Without so much as glancing at the instructions, I intuitively attached the lobster to the table by placing the edge between its "claws" and easily tightened the twistable handles. Before trusting the chair to hold my daughter, I gave the lobster a good shake and tested it with most of my own weight. Those little claws didn't move an inch.
Though the lobster is officially approved for children six months to three years of age, my four month old can sit up and has control of her head, so I carefully placed her in the seat and adjusted the five-point harness to fit her tiny body. I was extremely impressed by this feature, as it makes the seat suitable for smaller children who need a little more security, but it has room to grow as well.
The icing on the cake was the removable tray—a feature that most clip-on high chairs lack. Although the tray doesn't really attach to the seat and instead kind of slides between the table and the top claws, I thought it was a nice option for those times when you need a clean surface for baby instead of just the table top.
Overall, I was extremely impressed with the lobster's size, strength and security. The only real con I noticed was that it is not suitable for certain types of tables—including glass, those with leaves and single pedestal tables. If you owned that type of table, you would have to save the lobster exclusively for outings to restaurants, parks, etc. Ultimately, I highly recommend the lobster and even insisted that my parents use one as their grandparent's high chair.
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Old interesting news:
A 43-year old Manhattan playwright who always dreamed of a life under the bright lights of the stage, was the star of the show yesterday as the sole winner of a $45 million Lotto jackpot.
Struggling performance artist John Falcon was all smiles and laughs as New York State Lottery officials presented him with a replica of a $45 million check
"Where's my money," he joked.
Falcon, a New York native who grew up in The Bronx, is a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology.
Falcon held the only winning ticket for the Oct. 30 drawing - earning him a place in Lotto history as only the second person ever to single-handedly grab a $45 million jackpot.
He bought the winning ticket from Stop & Go News Inc. at Broadway and 92nd Street in Manhattan.
His winning strategy?
He simply played his old addresses - 3, 15, 20, 22, 32 and 39.
"I've been in shock for two weeks," Falcon said. "There is no reality to any of this yet."
Falson said after betting two dollars a week for two years without a win, he was stunned at his sudden good luck.
"I didn't know what to do," he said. "Do I go back to the bodega where I bought it and ask for my $45 million? Finally, I asked my boss and he said, 'Call the lottery office.'
"When I played the $33 million [jackpot] and didn't win, I looked up at heaven and said, 'Grandma, do something.' I think she did!"
Starting next week, Falcon will receive his winnings in the form of annuity payments over 20 years.
The Big Apple's newest millionaire says he's going to use his newfound wealth to bankroll what has been a struggling arts career.
"I'm definitely going to do my show, now I can afford to rent out theaters," said Falcon, who is the author of a one-man show entitled, "The Short Puerto-Rican Guy Sings Songs of Angst."
Falcon, a life-long subway rider, says he does have one other plan for the money.
"Maybe I'll learn how to drive."
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daroldhiga wrote:
Tokyo is filled with crime? Really? What part are you exactly talking about...it is nothing like it is in the US unless this has somehow escaped me over the years...
Sorry worded it wrong :3 i was meaning to say that NYC and Tokyo both have crime i didnt mean to say like both are the same :x if that makes sense lol Tokyo well japan in general has low crime rates. sorry for the misunderstanding ^^
I think of it as you don't realize what you don't have until you see it on another country. I felt the same way about home after being in Japan. Their cities were cleaner, the transit was much better and the people were nicer. I come home to rude people pushing their way onto the E train, that train now feeling much smaller to me than when I left.
It's because they got a lot of spare nooses there, and life sucks there. A clear combination.
Gotta go fast
Change your perspective for a second.
Compressed cities like those are like a huge smoking room. Walking on a somewhat busy street is pretty much the same as having someone blow smoke on your face. The grass next to busy roads tend to be black if it doesn't rain for a while.
I can't say I'm interested in it at all. Europe is the destination for me.
Happencheese wrote:
I can't say I'm interested in it at all. Europe is the destination for me.
Coming by bike?
underlock wrote:
Happencheese wrote:
I can't say I'm interested in it at all. Europe is the destination for me.
Coming by bike?
Totes. I pedal pretty fast. Can ride right over water.
Happencheese wrote:
Totes. I pedal pretty fast. Can ride right over water.
Burt Munro?
underlock wrote:
Happencheese wrote:
Totes. I pedal pretty fast. Can ride right over water.
Burt Munro?
Was thinking more like Jesus with a bike.
Happencheese wrote:
Was thinking more like Jesus with a bike.
I think its mostly new yorkers who are obsessed with nyc, I dislike talking to some new yorkers because they think their city is the best, its important, but its not the best nor is my city. I don't know what the best city is though.
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mimosa_usagi wrote:
I have lived in new york most of my life, I was born here and spent most of my childhood and adult life here. And I just have to say that I hate this place with a passion. I have been other places and the people are so much nicer out side of new york. But then again I live in a not so nice part of the Bronx. People who just think new york is the best thing ever are usually not from here, or are only thinking of Manhattan back in the old days before the artist and creative people started getting pushed out. I guess I am just bitter because it is so hard to find work in this city, and everything cost so much. Also the part about bed bugs and roaches is so true it hurts. I guess i just have to save some money some how. But i am planing on moving the south a lot of people dislike it but i really loved the people there.
Congratulations, you're getting quoted a lot this day.
I lived in NYC 3 different times during my childhood in the Bronx, Manhattan during the 1950's, and Staten Island during the late '60's. I despised NYC the whole time I was there as a child. Compared to reports I hear from ex-patriated midwesterners who live in the Empire State presently people seemed more reserved and clannish back in the '50's but I was a young kid then. Everyone older than 11 seemed mean.
As a youngster I fondly remember the Bronx Zoo, Museum of Natural History, Empire State Building, the ferry boats, friendly cabbies that drove cabs made by Checker (Kalamazoo, MI), double-decker buses, gritty subways with rattan seats (uncomfortable as hell), human subway toll collectors who could pronounce words instead of grunting or sleeping on the job, trash everywhere, spitting on the sidewalk as an art form, great restaurants, Horn & Hardart (1st ever cafeteria I was ever in as a kid), Howard Johnson's (garish decor, excellent ice cream and service.....which mgmt let go to shit in the early '70's), ice cream and milk machine (25 cents/qt down in apartment basement).
I even saw the 1954 movie Godzilla here! Wow, that movie scared the peewads out of me then.
I less fondly recall unfriendly people and their kids, learning early where to hide your money on your person (pickpockets behind every lamp post, or so it seemed), becoming an adult child by the age of 5, social atmosphere that was non-existent (apartments were like jail cells, door thudding, keys locking/unlocking doors, footsteps and murmurring in the hallway but if you appear and they do not know you instant silence).
Staten Island in the late '60's was great compared to NYC. People were a little bit more friendly but then I was college age and read people differently, Parking free was a bitch. Parking a car on a city street and living in a multi-unit apartment building near the ferry terminal was a pain. My mother's apartment complex put in a camera-voice recognition system after the front level furniture got stolen 3 different times. The 4th set was chained to the concrete floor. The only thing stolen from my parked car was a radio antenna. Coat hanger replacement received just as well and wasn't as enticing to steal. The crime rate didn't escalate until the ramps linking Staten Island to the Verrezano-Narrows Bridge were finally opened. No matter, in 1968 home base became Seattle, Wa. and I have not been back since. Once I saw NYC from Union, NJ 22 years ago when I was a trucker but haven't made it back since. Do I miss the Big Apple? Good God! Hell, no.
My most memorable excursion in late '60's Manhattan--Bronx was accompanying my aunt Grace to go to Sunday Mass 1 time. She was a devout Catholic with a Master's in Music retired from teaching at Hunter College who devoted her Sundays playing the massive organ at St. Nicholas Church. Having lived 50% of my life in or near the NEC at the time I was used to urbanscape and it's pressure-cooker environment, or so I thought. I was not shaken being just 1 of 2 Anglos within a 2 mile radius waiting for the subway in Harlem. Everyone kept their own space, no worries. But the bus ride from the subway stop, holy shit!
When standing waiting for any public transit vehicle you hide your money. You also learn early to close open windows while riding a city bus in NYC. I closed mine and the window directly across the aisle. Periodically bricks and rocks would ricochet off the sides or crash with a thud onto the roof. I had to marvel at Grace. She had been a resident since the mid-'20's and always maintained a non-plussed air of dignity no matter what. As we were approaching one stop I could make out a shape hiding within a drugstore alcove and could plainly see 2 punks waiting nearby on the sidewalk. As fine an orchestration of dance I'll ever see in Hell's Kitchen the intended victim raced for the entrance of the slow moving bus while those blinker doors opened on 1 side only. As his second shoe cleared the entry way the driver closed the blinker doors quickly. The bus never, ever stopped. Right behind the first kid were the 2 punks. They were denied entry. Much cursing and gesturing ensued. One punk kept pace with our bus because his arm was caught by the door and I guess he wanted to have it back. The driver accelerated, opened, closed the blinker door rapidly twice. As the 1 punk tripped and fell the other punk threw a knife which bounced off the closed door. Later on I asked the driver if this was typical in Hell's Kitchen. He informed me that low seniority drivers get the crap runs and this just happened to be 1 of them and yes, it's typical but worse at night.
This bus ride happened back in 1966. I've never ridden that route since.
I love hearing other people's stories. I have to say that New York is reverting back to how it was in the 80's and for anyone who knows what that means it is not a good thing. Sure they keep the touristy and rich people parts nice but for the rest of us they could not care less. Also they need to get rid of the stop and frisk crap. I have seen cops willfully ignore real crimes taking place right in front of them, then turn around and harass young guys just walking home and minding there own business.
And so, a new species of heart-broken sea creature has been born.
I recall back in the day having to jaywalk to the other side of the street to avoid the potential of interacting with derelicts 3/4 block away. The characters with the windshield squeegees at street corners didn't appear until the '80's. Dark alleys were negotiable only in numbers, not for the faint of heart individually unless you put on your "chip on your shoulder" face, hands in jacket pocket (handgun?). To park a car one had to resort to bribing the guard for apartment level garage parking (when the doctors or lawyers were over in the Hamptons or Catskills for the weekend and a space was vacant) if there was no slot on the street upwards to 4 blocks away.......don't miss this at all.
If a person has family there or on Jersey side where one can stay for a few days NYC might be enjoyable?? Otherwise, diss this city. Go to Niagara Falls instead.
The arrogance of NYC'ers hasn't changed, I see. They only come down to earth when Con Ed has a blackout.
mimosa_usagi: Good luck on your eventual flight to freedom elsewhere.
MYTH: the universal language. Always question AUTHORITY.
@bemused_Bohemian Thank you so much for the wish of luck \^_^/
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Cyndi Lauper on Her Childhood Home in Queens
The pop singer-songwriter reflects on her childhood home in Ozone Park, N.Y.
Singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper, 60, lives on New York's Upper West Side and recently won a Tony and Grammy for "Kinky Boots." Her 1983 debut album "She's So Unusual" (Sony) will be released April 1 as an expanded edition and she will join Cher's "Dressed to Kill" tour on April 23. She spoke with reporter Marc Myers.
I spent much of my childhood daydreaming. I grew up in a section of Queens, N.Y., called Ozone Park—a spaced-out name, I know. Figures, right? I lived there from age 4 to 17 with...


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JACKSON -- The Mississippi Capitol and other historic buildings are decked out for the Old Jackson Christmas by Candlelight Tour.
The free event is 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday.
The state Department of Archives and History says free transportation is provided among the buildings in and around downtown Jackson -- the Capitol, the Governor's Mansion, the Old Capitol Museum, the Eudora Welty House and the William Winter Archives and History Building.
The Capitol will be decorated with garlands, poinsettias and Mississippi-grown Leyland Cypress Christmas trees.
The Old Capitol Museum is decked with 1840s-style greenery, similar to the decor that local women put in the building when Andrew Jackson visited.
The Welty House has decorations inspired by her short story "Powerhouse," which she wrote after seeing a Fats Waller concert in Jackson.


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State of California Department of Justice
California Tobacco Directory Legislation & Regulations
Legislation Related to the California Tobacco Directory
- California Reserve Fund Statute, pdf
The California Reserve Fund Statute, Health and Safety Code sections 104555-104557, requires tobacco product manufacturers whose Cigarettes are sold in California to either sign onto the Master Settlement Agreement ("MSA") or establish and properly fund a Qualified Escrow Fund to reflect the number of each manufacturer's Cigarettes sold in California. The Reserve Fund Statute also establishes penalties for noncompliance with its terms.
- California Complementary Legislation, pdf
The California Complementary Legislation (or "directory law"), Revenue and Taxation Code section 30165.1, requires the Attorney General to publish a directory of tobacco product manufacturers and brand families of cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco that are lawful for sale in California. Any tobacco product manufacturer who wishes to sell its cigarettes or roll-your-own tobacco products in California must certify that it is in compliance with Health and Safety Code sections 104555-104557, Revenue and Taxation Code section 30165.1, Business and Professions Code section 22979, and the regulations implementing these statutes (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 11, ch. 16, §§ 999.10-999.29).
- California Cigarette and Tobacco Products Licensing Act of 2003, pdf
The California Cigarette and Tobacco Products Licensing Act, Division 8.6 (commencing with section 22970) of the Business and Professions Code, requires cigarette and tobacco product manufacturers, importers, wholesalers, distributors, and retailers to be licensed by the Board of Equalization and provides conditions for obtaining and maintaining such licenses.
- California Fire Safety and Firefighter Protection Act, pdf
The California Fire Safety and Firefighter Protection Act, Health and Safety Code sections 14950-14960, prohibits a person from selling, offering, or possessing for sale in California any cigarettes not in compliance with the testing, performance standard, marking, and certification requirements of this statute.
Regulations Related to the California Tobacco Directory
- California Tobacco Directory Regulations, pdf
These regulations to implement state law establishing the California Tobacco Directory for tobacco product manufacturers.


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QUEBEC CITY, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Contrary to popular opinion, there is no link between the phases of the moon and the incidence of psychological problems, Canadian researchers say.
The study's conclusions run contrary to what many believe, including 80 percent of nurses and 64 percent of doctors who are convinced the lunar cycle affects patients' mental health.
Professor Genevieve Belleville of Universite Laval's School of Psychology and colleagues examined 771 individuals who showed up at the emergency room with chest pains for which no medical cause could be determined.
Psychological evaluations revealed a sizeable number of these patients suffered from panic attacks, anxiety and mood disorders, or suicidal thoughts, Belleville said.
Using lunar calendars, the researchers determined the moon phase in which each of the emergency room visits occurred.
The study, published in the journal General Hospital Psychiatry, said the analyses revealed no link among the incidence of psychological problems and the four lunar phases.
However, there was one exception. Anxiety disorders were 32 percent less frequent during the last lunar quarter.
"This may be coincidental or due to factors we did not take into account," Belleville said in a statement. "But one thing is certain: We observed no full-moon or new-moon effect on psychological problems."


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The Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers is currently testing one of the most advanced, networked virtual firearms training ranges, which officials anticipate should become fully operational later this year.
FLETC, a part of the Department of Homeland Security, provides instruction to state, local, rural, tribal, territorial and international law enforcement agencies, and trained more than 70,000 law enforcement officers in 2013. Its virtual ranges offer both training efficiencies and greater safety.
Besides freeing up time on live-fire ranges and increasing throughput, the virtual ranges also cut ammunition usage, lower maintenance costs, and have a smaller impact on the environment. Officials estimate a potential cost-savings of $379,000 annually.
While the installation was completed last October, officials have been extensively running pilot classes through the system since December, a process that should continue for another few months, said Rodney Burnett, lead firearms instructor at FLETC's Glynco, Ga., headquarters. Burnett said the agency is developing protocols and procedures for how to use the virtual ranges, which are designed to supplement -- not replace -- live-fire training.
The system, which uses commercial-off-the-shelf technology including laser handguns, cameras and projectors, has taken several years to develop. Officials said they have been deliberate at each step to ensure the virtual range provides the proper environment and tools to help federal agents and others become more proficient with handguns. Even with the virtual system, students still train and qualify on live-fire ranges.
Students who don't qualify on the live range can lose their field agent position, said Dan Balash, FLETC's IT program manager for the virtual range. "So we're being careful at each stage ... to make sure we're not putting something in the system that's going [to] negatively impact the students," he said.
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Before committing to the virtual range, FLETC wanted to know if students who trained on a virtual range could get qualifying scores on the semiautomatic pistol course, which all students must pass.
In 2010, the agency conducted a study to see whether a simulation could provide effective, viable and safe training, especially for officers and agents who may never have handled a handgun. The simulation, FLETC thought, could help students better understand stance, grip, sight alignment and trigger control, which are fundamentals taught in the basic marksmanship instruction course, Burnett said.
FLETC tested both untrained volunteers and students from the U.S. Marshals Service and found that differences in qualification scores between those who received virtual training and those who trained on a live firing range were statistically insignificant.
Once the study proved that a virtual range could provide a safer environment where students could learn firearms skills, the agency decided in March 2012 to put it into production. It issued a request for information with specific requirements that sought to replicate the look, feel and functionality of a live range, Balash said.
FLETC wanted a system with a 24-point range –enough capacity for two dozen individuals to shoot targets at the same time—using laser handguns. The system also needed to automatically track and record a student's performance, and be built with COTS software and hardware.
After awarding the contract to Stafford, Texas-based Laser Shot, it took roughly a year to construct and test the range. In the meantime, FLETC remodeled one of its indoor live-fire ranges into three virtual rooms, each with 24 firing points for a total of 72.
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Each room has an identical system consisting of nine rack-mounted PCs running Windows 7, a giant screen, projectors, cameras, speakers and laser weapons kits. The instructor uses one computer to control the other eight. Each of the eight PCs controls three firing points for a total of 24.
According to Balash, the instructor creates settings for the firing range, such as simulating the distance to the target, number of shots fired and even if it's day or night. The system communicates those settings to the client machines, which runs the simulation on the firing lanes.
The laser handguns fire invisible infrared beams at virtual targets, which can be replicas of paper targets with concentric rings that have different point values. Cameras detect the beams on the wall and record the "shots" on the target.
The system tracks a student's performance and reports it to the instructor, who can then display the scores and walk each student through each shot fired. Instructors can even talk with students in a normal tone – a practice that's impossible in a noisy live-fire range where everyone wears hearing protection.
Instructors can also create training games for the students. In one game called shapes and colors, students have to.identify and shoot only red balloons among a bunch of moving balloons, explained Balash. A variant of that game uses playing cards that move into range. Students are asked to find and shoot the ace of spades, which teaches them target discrimination.
Burnett said FLECTC is also developing requirements to use the technology for simulations involving driving, judgment pistol shooting and other scenarios. But that's a couple of years down the line.
FLETC is completing a 24-point virtual firing range in its Artesia, N.M., location and plans to install another virtual system in Charleston, S.C. next year. While officials declined to disclose the project's cost, they said it's substantially cheaper than building a live-fire range.
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The virtual firing range training is an obvious step forward and frankly, shockingly late inthe game coming on board. Hopefully, Ocnceal and Carry courses offered at local levels will be able to take advantage of this same rational technology which is safe, cleaner for the environment (mainly lead exposure/noise pollution, etc), and cheaper for the shooter given the cost of ammunition. In my community, pressure against the noise and dangers of live gunfire have practically closed all ranges within a reasonable distance from the city except the loacl police department's underground range, which is closed to the public. I have to drive 30 minutes to get to a range. So, virtual gun ranges and classes - bring 'em on!
Nice advertisement but systems like Cubic's EST2000 has been out for over ten years and is certified by the Army. One of the important factrs in a virtural trainer is the accuracy of the system. The EST2000 has a verified accuracy of .0038 milli-radians allowing for training out to 300m. Also, they do not mention recoil which is an important part of training. A toy laser gun without simulated recoil is of little use in training.
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Former American League Rookie of the Year Jeremy Hellickson hopes to get off to another strong start on Wednesday when the Tampa Bay Rays continue a three-game set with the Baltimore Orioles at Tropicana Field.
Hellickson, the AL's top rookie in 2011, followed up a terrific first season by going 10-11 a year ago with a 3.10 ERA. However, he was 3-0 with a 2.51 in five April starts.
"I think he's one of those guys that will never give in to a hitter," Tampa manager Joe Maddon said. "For him to get deeper into the game, he's going to have to get more efficient outs, be quicker in the counts, things like that. And of course, strikeouts are good once you get to two strikes. But some guys even try to strike out hitters from the very first pitch, and that can get in the way also."
The 25-year-old righty, who is 14-12 lifetime at home, has faced the Orioles 12 times (11 starts) and is 6-3 against them with a 2.30 ERA.
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"It is possible," George Oppen wrote, in early 1962, "to find a metaphor for anything, an analogue: but the image is encountered, not found; it is an account of the poet's perception, the act of perception; it is a test of sincerity, a test of conviction, the rare poetic quality of truthfulness." "Boy's Room," which is about just such a perceptual encounter, and truthful almost to a fault, appears in Oppen's 1965 collection, This in Which, his second after a silence of more than twenty-five years. Between Discrete Series (1934) and The Materials (1962), Oppen raised a daughter; he worked as a carpenter; he joined, then became disillusioned with, the Communist party; he lived in Mexico; he fought in World War II (not necessarily in that order). What he did not do, for the most part, is write. When he returned to poetry in 1958 it was with a vigor that "Boy's Room" amply demonstrates. The collection that followed, Of Being Numerous (1968), would win him the Pulitzer Prize. He died in 1984, and though the details of his personal life are salacious enough—an affluent childhood, his mother's suicide; a car accident in which his passenger was killed, a first date that led to his future wife's expulsion from college (they stayed out all night and she missed her curfew)—he is largely forgotten. It's a real pity. "No ideas but in things" is a line from a William Carlos Williams poem, but Oppen's work fits the bill as well as Williams's does.
I can remember the first time I read "Boy's Room" because of the physical sensation that accompanied it: I felt like I was falling. The drop occurs in the gulf between the first and second stanza: "A friend saw the rooms / of Keats and Shelley / At the lake, and saw 'they were just / Boy's rooms' and was moved // By that." I, too, was moved by that.
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Davidson County American Legion Post 8 had to wait through two rainouts, another downpour and two location changes to get Game One of its Area III playoff series with Winston-Salem in the books.
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Avery Bowles was nearly unhittable, and the Warriors pounded out 13 hits en route to a convincing 6-2 victory over Winston-Salem at Mount Tabor on Thursday. Post 8 hosts Game Two at 7 p.m. Friday at Holt-Moffitt Field. Game Three is set for Saturday in Winston, but that could change — depending on who wins Game Two and the weather forecast.
Ah, the weather. Originally, the series opener was to be played at Mount Tabor. But, Winston coach Mike Lovelace deemed his field unplayable around noon; Holt-Moffitt was playable, so the teams agreed to play the opener in Lexington. Then, late in the afternoon, a downpour washed out those plans, so Lovelace raced to get his field ready, since that storm missed his ball park.
Despite all of that, Bowles and the Warriors came out ready to play. "He looked like the old Bowles," Post 8 coach Dale Moser said. "He was moving it around, and he had a no-hitter through five innings.
"I think he ran out of gas in the sixth, and we didn't take any chances with him."
They didn't have to. The Warriors scored a run in the first, three more in the second and another in the third. Davidson County tacked on another run in the fourth, and with Bowles on cruise control, that lead looked plenty good. "It was very big," Moser added. "If we would have gotten behind, it might have gotten to us.
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Dirty Harry speaks to a chair and overnight, Eastwooding enters the vocabulary. Eastwooding is an easy one, like Tebowing. Adding a gerund (an ing) to a noun is child's play. More advanced wordhacks — Stephen Colbert elevating truthiness to a word of the year — is an art form.
Making up new words (that's neologisms for the wordanistas out there) isn't a cyberspace invention. Although the Internet does seem to spawn more than its fair share. Literature has given us Scrooges, Polyannas and Snarks. Science and technology have given us lidar, Google and Photoshop.
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ALFRED, Maine—A Zumba instructor accused of prostitution had $1,000 cash, a badge and state identification as an assistant investigator in her possession, according to testimony Friday by a police officer testifying in the trial of an insurance agent connected to the case.
Lawyers for Mark Strong say instructor Alexis Wright studied under Strong to become a private investigator. But a state police spokesman said Friday that licensed private investigators aren't allowed to carry badges.
There were no details on the badge, which was found in Wright's office along with the ID. Other items seized from Wright's office, studio, home and SUV included the cash, computers, hard drives, condoms, baby oil and personal lubricants, said Audra Presby, the lead investigator.
Strong, 57, of Thomaston, is on trial on 13 counts related to promotion of prostitution. Wright will be tried later.
Videos showed for jurors Thursday indicated Strong watched live video feeds from his Thomaston insurance office as Wright engaged in sexual encounters in which money changed hands 100 miles away in Kennebunk.
The defense contends Strong was unfairly targeted because he was investigating alleged unprofessional conduct by Presby, who was reprimanded for having an affair with her boss, and other officers in the Kennebunk Police Department.
The defense contends Presby took a hard drive that allegedly contained Strong's findings to the Kennebunk Police Department, despite an understanding that computer devices seized from his home and business would be under control of state police.
The defense cross-examination of Presby was expected to last throughout the afternoon on Friday.
The prostitution scandal in the seaside community of Kennebunk attracted attention last fall after it was reported that Wright's ledgers indicated she made $150,000 over 18 months.
Strong's attorneys contend he had an affair with 30-year-old Wright and helped finance her Pura Vida dance studio but that no crime was committed because he didn't recruit clients and didn't profit from the operation.
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5 Things to Buy Before Thanksgiving
It is time to get ready for turkey day. There are a few things everyone needs to be completely prepared for Thanksgiving. Here are just five of the things you will need for this coming holiday.
Getting ready for a day like Thanksgiving can seem a little overwhelming. Don't worry, here are the things you will need to make this Thanksgiving very successful for yourself.
1. Comfy Sweaters
Thanksgiving is the perfect time to stock up on some comfy sweaters.
Not only is it getting really chilly outside, these big fluffy sweaters can help hide that belly you will start growing during the turkey day feast. All of the food that you will consume on that day will not show from underneath a well chosen sweater.
Get one for the day, one for after, and one for the heck of it.
2. Good Luggage
There will be a lot of us traveling for Thanksgiving. Whether in an airport, in your car, or on a train; having a good set of luggage is a must.
There is no reason to have that extra stress of, "Will my luggage make it through the rough handling of the airport personnel?" Just get yourself a good sturdy bag or suitcase and have one less thing to worry about.
3. Food Club Membership
If you are lucky enough to have been invited to a Thanksgiving dinner and are getting out of the cost and all day hassle of cooking; you need to bring a gift.
Don't just give compliments to the chef after a large (free) meal like a Thanksgiving dinner, even if it is from family. Give back to those that provided the turkey feast. So them that you are thankful for them this season with a monthly food club membership.
If you visit the iGourmet website, you can choose to send them a gift from plenty of cool choices. Wine, tea, coffee, cheese, and more could be sent to your cook's door to show your appreciation.
4. Camera
Thanksgiving is a time to gather around with friends and family. This means a lot of memories will be made with these people that mean so much to you.
Don't try to capture these moments with your smart phone. Bring a real camera to the holiday events. Have them printed out and shown somewhere other than your Facebook page.
The act of using a real camera and taking the time to go to the drugstore to have them printed means these were memories you cared for. They were not just status updates for the bunch of internet strangers you don't even care about.
5. Headache Medicine
Those memories you will be capturing with that "real" camera will come alongside a lot of family arguments and awkward moments.
The holiday season, starting with Thanksgiving, always brings on the slightest of headaches.
Yes, you love your friends and family, but they still make you need a pill. Make sure to stock up on headache medicine before the traveling, family, and Black Friday madness sets in.
Once you collect these items, you will be closer to preparedness for Thanksgiving. Add your own and get ready, folks. Turkey day is coming.


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By: Dr Lynda Kelly, Category: Museullaneous, Date: 15 Oct 2011
A case study from Finland: Presentation by Leenu Juurola, Museum of Technology (Tekniikan museo) Finland, at the Open and Learning Museum Conference, Tampere, Finland, 12 October 2011. My edited selection of Leena's PowerPoint slides are reproduced here with permission.
How can we use mobile to make the exhibition experience stronger?
Technology supports interactions with visitor and museum as they can:
What did they learn from their mobile development project?
For more on the Tekniikan museo go to their website (it is in Finnish tho!).
Thanks for sharing Leena.
Here's another nice case study in app development from the Indianapolis Museum of Art blog - Raindrop: Can you see behind the scenes.


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This is a public service announcement … with bassoons
If you feel at loose ends waiting for these gray days to lengthen and raise the curtain on the sunny outdoor season, just think about this: For three Saturday nights over the next couple months, New London's main entertainment attraction lights up the weekends.
That would be the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra.
The Garde Arts Center's first and foremost resident, the ECSO energizes not just the theater, but the entire downtown area on concert nights. I see this every time I go out to dinner before a concert.
Last month, we walked into Singapore Grill, pretty far from downtown, on a concert night, and proprietor Sonny Chok said, "Going to the concert? I hear it's going to be a good one."
I'm fairly certain that the affable restaurateur doesn't know that I write about the orchestra for The Day. His was just a reflection of the groundswell that the orchestra sends through this city. They are - or should be - a central point of pride for this small city.
Think about it � 80 virtuosos assembled on one stage. Any one of them has the art and craft to amaze. The music they play gets you in a visceral way, either in its emotion or its propulsive dance meters or its big audio dynamite (an orchestra in full roar is pretty hair-raising). Most concerts feature music or a soloist considerably younger and fresher than the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan or most of the creaking rockers at the casinos - and none of these ECSO musicians need a capo to change keys,
Every ECSO concert is a big event. Each costs about $65,000 to stage, so if you're more of a bean counter than a beat keeper, that should impress you. It costs a lot to put so much talent on stage, and the investment made by its ardent supporters merits respect.
Most of this talent, professionals with many years of education, is pretty local. Most of the woodwinds - the oboes, bassoons and such - and most of the brass - the trumpets, trombones and such - arrived here courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard Band, one of the academy's most enduring gifts to our community.
You might think that you have no knowledge of classical music, but you do. It's everywhere, from the tune you sang to learn your ABCs (from Haydn's Symphony No. 94 in G major) to cartoons and movie soundtracks to cellphone ringtones. To hear it live, so big and robust with the ECSO filling the stage, is a thrill.
Think of the stuff they perform as world music. So far this year, we've had music from China, France, Russia - even a couple pieces from Connecticut. The next concert features the music of a lad from a small Danish island who left home at age 14 to become an army bugler (Carl Nielsen), the son of a German piano teacher who went on to make his name in Vienna (some guy named Beethoven) and a nice Jewish boy from Massachusetts who made it big on Broadway (Leonard Bernstein).
A couple times a season, the orchestra finishes a piece, everyone claps and the composer steps out to take a bow. We've seen that twice so far this season, living proof that so-called "classical music" is not by and of dead people.
The music director, Toshi Shimada, keeps the atmosphere in the hall relaxed and welcoming, and the sheer quality of each concert sets this art organization apart. In scope and in talent, there's nothing in the county to compare.
After the last ECSO concert, a friend said to me, "Pretty darn great for Podunk!" That idea may be upside down: The presence of an orchestra like this means we're not in Podunk anymore.
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To make sure play time is as safe as possible for your little ones, think about the following things when selecting toys and games.
Toy Safety Tips
- Consider your child's age when purchasing a toy or game. It's worth a second to read the instructions and warning labels to make sure it's just right for your child.
- Before you've settled on the perfect toy, check to make sure there aren't any small parts or other potential choking hazards.
- Keep a special eye on small game pieces that may be a choking hazard for young children. While these kinds of games are great for older kids, they can pose a potential danger for younger, curious siblings.
- After play time is over, use a bin or container to store toys for next time. Make sure there are no holes or hinges that could catch little fingers.
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Be My Sorority Sister-Under Pressure
Be My Sorority Sister-Under Pressure is about one woman's quest to join a fictional sorority named Beta Gamma. The main character is named Eva Perkins. Eva's mother, sister, father and brother are all greek so when she goes away to college she basically becomes obsessed with joining Beta Gamma Psi, the sorority her mother and sister belong to. Written in first person, it is easy to become enthralled in Eva's journey. ...
Sparkledoll Always Into Something
Lori Baldwin is a young woman headed nowhere fast, dating the wrong men such as gang bangers and drug dealers when she turns her life around and goes to college. I enjoyed this book because the writer is so raw and detailed about the events that took place, such as the men she dated and just basic crazy things that happened to her growing up....


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So as I've been thinking about this it occurs to me that men may often experience disenfranchised grief more often than women, because it's more socially acceptable for women to express their grief, and because men are often expected not to have the same depth of feeling. I've known several men who really wanted children, and were deeply emotionally invested in having a family. When they (and their partner) encountered infertility or miscarriage, their grief was barely even acknowledged, while their partner received a lot of support. When men do express their grief over infertility or a miscarriage, or don't "get over it" quickly enough, they're viewed with a mixture of confusion and disapproval. So I think this is one example of the damage a patriarchal culture inflicts on men. What do you think of this? Are there other examples of disenfranchised grief I haven't thought of? Are there cases where a woman's grief is more disenfranchised than a man's?Go check out her whole post, and the comments.
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Men and Grief
Great post up over in the feministing community about "disenfranchised grief" and men. Rachel In WY says:
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