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Honorable Valerie A. Woodruff
Secretary of Education
State Department of Education
Townsend Building
401 Federal Street, Suite 2
Dover, Delaware 19903-1402
Dear Madam Secretary:
I am writing in response to your agency's request, on behalf of one Delaware school district, for a flexibility agreement allowing the district to provide supplemental educational services (SES) under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), to students attending Title I schools in the first year of school improvement.
SES is a crucial component of NCLB, giving low-income families real options to obtain free tutoring and other academic enrichment services for their children. This extra help for students who attend schools in need of improvement is a key element of school improvement efforts. We have learned valuable lessons about SES in these first few years of implementation. Creating and implementing a successful SES program takes coordination and cooperation by States, school districts, providers, and parents.
Unfortunately, we know that around the country, not enough eligible students are participating in SES. Therefore, in order to increase both the number of students receiving these services and the quality of services provided to students, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) is expanding the SES pilot begun last year. We are allowing the one Delaware district on whose behalf you applied, as well as several districts in four other States, to provide SES to students attending schools in year one of improvement. The results we have seen in the 2005-06 school year, the first year of the pilot, have been promising. For the 2006-07 school year, the pilot will continue to address two key priorities: (1) ensuring that more students are receiving SES, and (2) ensuring the provision of better information on how SES programs are improving the academic achievement of students receiving services. In addition, as with last year's pilot, we hope to gain valuable information about SES in participating districts – information that can be shared with other States and districts to help them improve the quality of these services.
You have requested that one school district within Delaware, New Castle Vocational and Technical School District, be allowed to offer SES to eligible students in Title I schools in the first year of school improvement under NCLB. This district would then offer SES and public school choice to eligible students enrolled in any school that moves to the second year of school improvement.
The Department has reviewed Delaware's application for the 2006-07 pilot and has found that it meets the three key principles I outlined as requirements for participation in the pilot: (1) timely notification of adequate yearly progress, (2) a State SES evaluation in progress, and (3) a State assessment system that our Department has reviewed and to which the Department has granted Full Approval with Recommendations. Additionally, New Castle Vocational and Technical School District has issued timely public school choice and SES parental notification letters.
Therefore, I am approving Delaware's request for participation in the pilot by approving a flexibility agreement with the State under section 9401 of the ESEA. This agreement permits the district to provide SES to eligible students in Title I schools in the first year of school improvement, thereby reversing the order outlined in sections 1116(b)(1)(E) and 1116(b)(5)(B) of Title I. Approval is conditioned on Delaware's fulfilling the conditions detailed in the enclosure and summarized here:
- More students participate in SES and public school choice;
- The Delaware Department of Education must provide information on the academic achievement of students receiving SES in the participating district;
- The Delaware Department of Education must ensure parent access to SES providers in the participating district;
- The Delaware Department of Education must ensure timely parental notification and multiple or continuous enrollment periods in the participating district;
- The Delaware Department of Education must participate in a data exchange project with the Department; and
- The Delaware Department of Education must submit a report to the Department on the implementation of this pilot by June 30, 2007.
In addition, as required by section 9401(b)(3)(B) of the ESEA, within 30 days of the date of this letter, New Castle Vocational and Technical School District must provide notice and information to the public about its participation in the pilot in the manner in which it customarily provides similar notice to the public. The district must also submit a report under section 9401(e)(1) of the ESEA to the Delaware Department of Education at the end of the 2006-07 school year that describes its provision of SES in Title I schools in the first year of school improvement; describes how those schools continued to provide Title I services to eligible students during that year; and evaluates the progress of the district and schools in increasing the quality of instruction and improving the academic achievement of students. Your agency must then submit a report to the Department based on the district's report.
This flexibility agreement applies to the provision of SES in Title I schools in the one pilot district during the 2006-07 school year.
SES is a vital component of NCLB, and we look forward to working with you to ensure that students are accessing services and succeeding in the classroom.
Margaret Spellings
cc: Honorable Ruth Ann Minner


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The North Shore community is quickly becoming a perfect example, and perhaps the very definition of, Not In My Back Yard.
The North Shore community is quickly becoming a perfect example, and perhaps the very definition of, Not In My Back Yard.
For months, the treatment plant essential to get the voter-approved Rocky Mount sewer system up and running has been delayed by a misunderstanding.
That misunderstanding hinges on just what comes out of a treatment plant. The word effluent is scary.
It indicates things that crawl, glow in the night and frighten small children.
In fact, effluent from a state-monitored treatment plant is drinking water.
In fact, it is more pure than a lot of the water people are drinking from private wells around the lake.
Realistically, when it comes to channeling the effluent into a creek or cove near you, the facts matter not one bit.
One ad-hoc group was so concerned about effluent going into a rivulet in their neighborhood that they brought in a native-American holy man to ward off the evil spirits.
Those spirits, in the form of a logical place to outflow the treatment plant, were indeed driven away and into Lick Branch Cove.
Now the residents of that cove are so frightened by the boogey man that they are using reduced recreational use of their cove to create fear of effluent.
Think about that.
Lick Branch residents would rather have naked boat drifters, water skiers and fishermen intruding on their morning coffee than have drinking water running into the back of their cove.
How far we have come from those days not so long ago when brandishing guns at kids on personal watercraft was a North Shore hobby.
The fact is that the effluent has to go somewhere and unless the plant is located in Omaha, it is eventually going into the lake as does the effluent of dozens of commercial treatment plants and the less perfect effluent of every septic tank around the lake.
In the end, as the endless state testing of the water has proven, the lake is a resilient body of moving water headed inexorably toward the Gulf of Mexico.
There has never been one proven case of illness or ill effect from essentially drinking lake water as each of us does when we swim.
Millions of people have taken pilgramage to dunk in our waters and while they may not have been healed of ills real or imagined, neither have they carried the plague back to their home communities.
The effluent from the Rocky Mount treatment plant is going to be in someone's back yard.
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Record, 1-3.
Week 5: At this point, the above record suggests I should get out of the prediction game. The Eagles, who are 3-1/2-point underdogs to the Steelers, are 1-3 against the spread this season. I'm 1-3 straight up. But press on, I must.
My gut says the Eagles win Sunday. I've gone against my better judgment the last three weeks. Not gonna do it, as Dana Carvey's George Bush would say, this week. The book says you don't bet against the Steelers at home against an NFC opponent. Ben Roethlisberger is 13-1 against the NFC at Heinz Field. Pittsburgh has won nine of their last ten at home.
But this is not a dominating Steelers team – based on the first few weeks of the season and on paper -- and it is aging at some key spots on defense. Safety Troy Polomalu (calf) will play after a two-game absence. He is still a force to be reckoned with, but he doesn't move quite as well at 31. James Harrison is also expected back, but at this point in his career it's difficult to predict how much he can play with a chronically injured knee. LaMarr Woodley, at the other outside linebacker spot, is dangerous. He should give Todd Herremans, who has struggled for parts of this season, all he can handle at right tackle.
The thing that worries the most is how Michael Vick and the Eagles offense will fare against Dick LeBeau's defense after one of his disciples terrorized the quarterback two weeks ago. Cardinals defensive coordinator Ray Horton did an effective job of keeping Vick off kilter with a variety of blitz packages. LeBeau doesn't have the same caliber of horses up front, though. Defensive ends Brett Keisel and Ziggy Hood are not as unrelenting as the Cardinals' Calais Campbell and Darnell Dockett.
So Vick should have more time to operate behind a line that got into a groove in the second half last week.
The Steelers offense, meanwhile, has been lopsided. The running game has been non-existent, but running back Rashard Mendenhall will play for the first time this season. Roethlisberger has been sharp this season playing in a scheme that has him getting rid of the ball much earlier than he is used to. In spite of that, the Steelers quarterback has already been sacked nine times in three games. The Eagles defensive line should be licking its chops against an offensive line that is suspect.
I got the Eagles winning another close one in the fourth quarter, which probably means it won't happen. Eagles 23, Steelers 21.
What goes right: Jeremy Maclin gets back into the swing of things and takes advantage of Steelers cornerback Keenan Lewis.
What goes wrong: The Eagles special teams continue to have their issues.
Record, 2-2.
Week 5: This is a tough matchup for the Eagles. The Steelers are a considerably more different team when they're healthy than when they're injured, and the return of Polamalu, Harrison, and Mendenhall makes them a better squad than what's on film from this season. That is why the 1-2 record is misleading. It's also worth noting that both losses were on the road, and this game is in Pittsburgh, where the Steelers are especially difficult to play.
Look for a disciplined game from the Steelers, who will set the tempo and not allow the Eagles many big plays. Vick will get pressured from the Steelers' zone blitz scheme, and the Steelers prove to be effective on third downs to extend drives. Pittsburgh will win the time of the possession battle, a critical element in this game. The game will come down to the fourth quarter, and Vick will again lead a clutch drive. But the Steelers will win the game on the final possession, and the Eagles will prepare for the Lions with a 3-2 record.
Steelers 27, Eagles 24
What goes right: The Eagles run the ball a healthy amount, and LeSean McCoy tops 100 yards. The kickoff coverage will also improve.
What goes wrong: Polamalu shows why he's one of the best safeties in NFL history. Roethlisberger leads the Steelers on a fourth-quarter drive.


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With increased emphasis on national security, law enforcement is continually looking for ways to improve our capabilities to better serve our communities.
With increased emphasis on national security, law enforcement is continually looking for ways to improve our capabilities to better serve our communities. Such improvements could be training, equipment upgrades, proactive planning, re-assigned manpower distribution and many other possibilities.
One of the top priorities in better security and better law enforcement is cooperation among local agencies and interoperability. The key to interoperability is communication and our ability to communicate with these cooperating agencies.
Here in Rolla, we are very fortunate in that we are home to local, county, state and federal law enforcement and emergency service organizations. While this presence is an advantage, it is not an advantage if we cannot communicate with one another. An example of lack of communication occurred back in May of 2011 when a deranged shooter with an AK47 assault rifle led law enforcement on a 30 mile shooting spree.
This scenario developed when the shooter entered upon Fort Leonard Wood, shot at military law enforcement, then fled through St. Robert, entered onto I-44 and then traveled to Rolla. During this event there were many local, county and state agencies involved in the pursuit and attempted apprehension.
One problem was that pursuing officers had to relay critical information concerning the pursuit, via two-way radio, back to their home agencies who then had to rely on telephone our other means to provide this information to communities in the path of this pursuit.
This was due to the fact that each agency is assigned dedicated radio frequencies that do not allow communication between officers and other agencies. Essentially we had a crazed gunman heading toward our community and our Central Communications people were not able to communicate with pursuing officers.
Recognizing this problem, the State of Missouri has proposed and begun implementation of a state wide emergency radio system that will incorporate the use of 72 radio towers strategically placed across Missouri and will consist of a narrow band digitally trunked radio system that will allow statewide communication among emergency service agencies.
As you may or may not know, 2-way radio systems operate through the use of various radio wave frequencies or channels that allow officers to communicate with their departments. There are only so many frequencies to go around and as you can imagine, these frequencies are valuable to their assigned agencies. The new state wide system will need 10 frequencies for each proposed tower or area and is contacting emergency service organizations across the state in hopes of soliciting these needed frequencies for the system.
One year ago, the City of Rolla was asked to relinquish six of our assigned frequencies and in return we would be provided the necessary equipment needed to convert our system to the digitally trunked narrow band system. In addition the State of Missouri has mandated that all radio systems currently in use must be converted to the narrow band system by Dec. 31, 2012.
To convert this equipment over on our own would cost the City of Rolla several thousand dollars. This proposal will allow us to meet that deadline at no cost to the City of Rolla. We have held several meetings over the past couple months with affected agencies and department heads to determine the best route for the city to take in this proposal. We have decided to offer four of our six frequencies and keep the two main Rolla Police frequencies in the event that the new system is unable to provide the level of communication we require.
We are pleased to announce that effective Dec. 26, 2012, the Rolla Police Department and the Missouri S&T Police Department have transferred over to the Missouri Statewide Wireless Interoperability Network (MOSWIN) as mandated, and so far the system provides better clarification, better coverage and the interoperability of all agencies on board.We anticipate those agencies not yet aboard will be working toward achieving that goal in the near future.
This next entry is from the desk of Sgt. Vince Giacolone who is our Law Enforcement Torch Run liaison for Special Olympics. Vince writes: Recently, Special Olympics – Missouri held their 2013 Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR) Kick-Off where plans are made for the New Year on how to better serve our Special Olympic athletes through several events hosted by law enforcement agencies across Missouri. The Rolla Police Department hosts several events throughout the year to include the Torch Run, T-shirt sales, and other exciting events.
A very important part of the fund raising campaign is t-shirt sales, and right now the Torch Run T-shirts and the new smart-looking caps are available. To order, or to personally see the new 2013 shirts and caps, stop by the Police Department and contact Sgt. Vince Giacolone or SPO Tony Lauth at 308-1213. Short sleeve shirts are $10 each (except XXXL which are $15); and the new caps are at $10 each. Long sleeve shirts are not available this year.
This next entry is from the desk of Det. Derrick Dillon. Derrick writes: I am currently working a fraud where a male subject has been selling advertisement space to local businesses. He has visited several local businesses selling advertisement spaces whereas he promised to place the ads on various restaurant tables, coffee mugs, etc. He would then receive a deposit (sometimes payment in full). He has moved on without fulfilling his orders.
The subject has been identified; however, I believe he has relocated to another state. I believe he was in the area for a short time (around April of 2012). If you believe your business has been a victim of this fraud, please contact Detective Dillon at 573-308-1213. Please have copies of any supporting documents that would aid in this investigation. Thank you. - Det. Dillon.


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Sickle cell anemia may not be as well-known as, say, malaria, tuberculosis or AIDS. But every year, hundreds of thousands of babies around the world are born with this inherited blood disorder. And the numbers are expected to climb.
The number of sickle cell anemia cases is expected to increase about 30 percent globally by 2050, scientists said Tuesday in the journal PLOS Medicine. Countries in sub-Saharan Africa, where the disease is most common, will be the hardest hit.
A child gets sickle cell anemia by inheriting two copies of a defective gene, one from each parent. The mutations cause red blood cells to collapse and form a crescent moon-like shape. These so-called sickle cells clump together and can't carry oxygen throughout the body.
"Because the red blood cells are sickling, they cause blockages of blood vessels all across the body," says Fred Piel, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Oxford, who led the study. The lack of oxygen and blood flow causes chronic pain and makes patients more susceptible to many infections.
In developed countries, like the U.S., babies are routinely screened for the disorder, and with the right care they can live well into adulthood. But the vast majority of kids in developing countries don't get diagnosed or treated for sickle cell anemia. "Up to 90 percent of these children will die in the first five years of their life," Piel says. The World Health Organization has long recognized the importance of sickle cell anemia as a global health issue. In 2006, the World Health Assembly called on countries to tackle the disease.
To get a handle on the global scale of the problem, Piel and his colleagues used population data and information about the frequency of the sickle cell gene within different populations.
"We estimate that it's about 300,000 births affected with sickle cell anemia per year," Piel says. He reported those numbers in a study earlier this year in the journal Lancet.
In the latest study, Piel calculated how that number will change in the future. To do that, he used estimates in population growth from the United Nations. Piel and his colleagues project that there will be about 400,000 babies born each year with sickle cell anemia by 2050.
The two countries hardest hit will be Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo, Piel says. Both countries already have high numbers of sickle cell cases. In Nigeria, an estimated 91,000 babies are born with the disorder each year. In the Congo, it's about 40,000. By 2050, those numbers are expected to rise to nearly about 140,000 and 45,000, respectively.
But other, less populous countries won't be spared either. As more people from poorer countries migrate to developed countries, the cases of the disease will increase globally.
There's no cure for sickle cell anemia. But screening newborn babies, followed by vaccines and antibiotics, can prevent deadly complications, Piel says. Many countries, however, don't have the resources to do such screening or provide the necessary lifelong care needed to keep people with sickle cell anemia healthy.
"In the long term you have to find other ways to reduce the number of children affected before birth," Piel says. For instance, genetic counseling for parents who carry the sickle cell gene could help reduce the number of babies who inherit the disorder, he says.
It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm David Greene.
And I'm Renee Montagne. Every year hundreds of thousands of babies all over the world are born with sickle cell anemia. It's an inherited disorder that, without treatment, is usually fatal early in life. And a study out this week finds the disease will become more common in the coming decades. As NPR's Rhitu Chatterjee reports, global health experts hope that knowledge will raise awareness about sickle cell anemia, especially in developing countries.
RHITU CHATTERJEE, BYLINE: Patients with the disease have red blood cells that are bent, like sickles. It's easy to see them under a microscope. These misshapen blood cells clog up blood vessels and prevent oxygen from reaching different parts of the body. Patricia Kavanagh is a pediatrician at Boston Medical Center and an expert on sickle cell disease.
PATRICIA KAVANAGH: The hallmark of this disease is severe pain, often requiring IV opioids to control it. And this is something that will continue throughout their life.
CHATTERJEE: Here in the United States, the disease is increasingly treated with a drug called hydroxyurea that boosts the body's ability to create normal shaped blood cells. Today about 90,000 to 100,000 people in this country have sickle cell anemia. And newborns have been routinely screened for the disorder since the late 1980s. Babies that test positive are treated with simple, inexpensive measures like penicillin to ward off potential infections.
KAVANAGH: Before we started using penicillin in all these babies, they often would die of overwhelming infection, often before their fifth birthday.
CHATTERJEE: But in tropical regions of the world, the vast majority of babies born with sickle cell anemia still die as infants. That's because most developing countries aren't aware of how widespread the disorder is. A few months ago, Fred Piel, an epidemiologist at the University of Oxford published the first global estimates.
FRED PIEL: We estimate that it's about 300,000 births affected by sickle cell anemia per year.
CHATTERJEE: Now, in this new study in the journal PLOS Medicine, Piel reports that the number of newborns with the disease will grow rapidly.
PIEL: We projected it would be about 400,000 by 2050.
CHATTERJEE: Global health researchers say the study could make a big difference in countries like India, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo where the numbers are among the highest. David Osrin is a pediatrician at the University College of London.
DAVID OSRIN: I think the paper's important because the first thing to do in situations like this is to put the disease on to the radar.
CHATTERJEE: He says that's the first step towards developing programs to identify and treat the disease.
OSRIN: Now to do this, you need some kind of screening program. And the likelihood of being able to implement this in the short term is quite limited. But I think it should be something we try to work towards.
CHATTERJEE: He says screening is worthwhile because it's not hard to immediately save lives. Once you identify affected babies, you can start them on antibiotics. And Patricia Kavanagh, the sickle cell expert at Boston Medical Center says the drug that boosts normal blood cells is a realistic treatment option for developing countries.
KAVANAGH: It's a generic drug, quite cheap.
CHATTERJEE: Kavanagh says all this should help persuade governments that they should add sickle cell anemia to the list of diseases that need resources. She says TB, malaria, HIV are indeed important.
KAVANAGH: But please put sickle cell disease on your radar as well when you design your public health interventions.
CHATTERJEE: Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR News.
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Boys and Girls Club loses out on funding for building expansion project; senior center retains rehab plans
A compromise vote passed through City Council Wednesday, putting to bed discussion over how to best utilize $302,000 in Community Development Block Grant money from the county.
In a 4-1 vote, the council agreed to submit applications to Kern County for $150,000 toward a city-wide plan mapping areas that needed ADA ramps, in addition to ramp construction and $147,280 toward a rehabilitation of the Ridgecrest Senior Center located on Warner Street.
The city's fair share of CDBG money for the next fiscal year is $132,250, on top of $168,066 left over from a previous Norma Street project.
Mayor Pro Tem Jason Patin was the lone no vote, holding out due to concerns that some city infrastructure needs took precedent over rehabilitating or expanding buildings.
The initial decision before council was a recommendation by city staff to allocate $197,000 to the complete overhaul of the senior center — which has not seen a major upgrade since it was built in 1979 — and $95,000 for the building that the Boys and Girls Club operate from.
Both buildings are city property.
The building expansion for the BGC would cost almost $120,000, above the $95,000 the application would be asking for.
Speer did indicate that if the projects went out to bid, the costs could come in low and any unused money would be rolled over into the FY 2014-15 year.
While some members of the council initially entertained the thought of the Boys and Girls Club and the Senior Center, with some modification to the grants, discussion turned away from the Boys and Girls Club.
Councilman Jim Sanders strongly advocated the need to pour money into the city's ailing infrastructure, but was amenable to some overhaul of the senior center, while he was completely opposed to any expansion of the Boys and Girls Club building.
"In summary, I don't feel like expanding the building is the best use of our money at the current time," Sanders said of BGC building.
He said on a walk through with Parks and Recreation Director Jim Ponek, the state of the Boys and Girls Club building in the city's current fiscal situation did not warrant any retrofitting.
The senior center was a different beast entirely, he said, including the repaving of the senior center parking lot.
The way he would split it: some to the senior center, the rest to complying with the city's need for ADA -compliant wheel chair ramps that came with a city-wide plan.
Patin from the beginning said the decision was a tough one, given the city's overall infrastructure needs with the information they had gathered since the matter came up during the Dec. 5 council meeting.
"I feel with out budgetary concerns, that expansion is not a good idea," Patin said. "We're getting money to address whatever needs we have. Either we fix them or don't but don't expand them."
The council entertained the idea to see if they could either modify or alter an amendment, Speer pointed out the city already had had two extensions.
Mayor Dan Clark said that while his heart went out to the BGC, he said it was unlikely the vote would fly with the council. The message was clear, either act now or lose out on a year of spending.
Clark however felt the senior center was a major priority.
"I feel strongly that the seniors need a rehab of that building," he said.
Vice Mayor Chip Holloway expressed his overall concern that with CDBG money being federal money, the city would have to capitulate 40 cents to jump through the hoop to get the remainder 60 cents of the pot.
Holloway, however, pointed out that ADA compliance should remain a number one priority.
Community members were of various mindsets when it came to the issue, with some advocating for ADA and others the senior center.
Business owner Tom Wiknich commented that based on the recent fiscal situation the city was in, it was obvious where the money should go.
"You don't have the money. You're broke. Put the money to ADA compliance," Wiknich said. He said the whole town needs it, especially when he had to open doors at city hall after seeing people in wheel chairs struggling to get in.
"Decisions should be made that would benefit the maximum amount of people in the community," he said.
Margaret Graham, who utilizes the senior center, said an rehabilitation would be in the best interest.
"The senior center is a place where other seniors have a place to go when they don't have anyone else to socialize with," she said. However, she was tired of one stinky situation.
"I'm tired of holding my nose every time I go into the bathroom so I don't gag," she said, citing that the smell when the doors were open sometimes reached to the center's front door.
Jerry Taylor recommended the city utilize the extra space at the Kerr McGee community center to house the Boys and Girls Club, or offer the challenge to Sierra Sands Unified School District Superintendent Joanna Rummer to find a solution to help house the Boys and Girls club in light of a $57 million grant gifted by the Department of Defense.
Rehabilitation should be out of the question, Taylor said, given that the city had other obligations to fill.
Holloway briefly expressed a desire to know whether rumors over whether the county would refuse to take over the senior center were true or not.
Councilwoman Lori Acton pointed out that at the moment, there was some interest expressed by Kern County, but pending a meeting on Friday it would be best to wait.
"Is that a bad thing that if they take the building over in six months that we fix the building?" Clark asked, pointing out it would benefit the seniors in the community no matter who took over the building.
Speer, the interim city manager, suggested an option fronting the full $197,000 for the senior center rehab, try applying for a $50,000 advance against the FY 2014-15 year if the county had the money available in one pot or another and use it with $100,000 already available, and if not move forward on spending $100,000 for ADA.
Sanders said he could not support a vote and suggested flipping the idea.
Clark said he could not support such an idea.
Holloway offered the compromise: Shave a little more than $51,000 from the senior center project by removing line items for replacing senior center kitchen cabinets and counters and the outside painting.
That way, he said, the city could invest $150,000 into ADA projects and a plan, and the senior center could receive the essential overhauls like plumbing, floor tiling and ceiling repairs.
The vote carried, with instruction to staff to amend the senior center project application and submit it along with the ADA wheelchair ramp project.


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Two Dodge City High wrestlers have assured themselves as medalists and chances of being a state champion, while a third Red Demons can move up to third place in his weight division after action Friday night at Hartman Arena.
"It's always good to have some state medalists on the first day, but they have higher goals than just getting sixth place. The same is for the two who are coming from the back side because they can get a medal. We're happy for them, but we know they're not satisfied yet."
The Red Demons talked about doing the most damage with the small number of wrestlers that qualified for this weekend, and things have very well for the squad.
Clay Weil (120) won his first two matches of the day by pin. Weil pinned his first opponent on Friday, getting the shoulders of Matt Penner (Blue Valley West) at 3:54 and then scored another pin at 1:23 over Thomas Burton (Wichita East) in the quarterfinals and scored 11 team points for the Red Demons.
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Weil is now 37-8 on the season and will wrestle Nick Perez (Junction City, 34-5) in this morning's semifinals.
Dane Edwards (138) had a longer time in his division. Edwards opened up his day with a technical fall victory over Seth Ortiz (Shawnee Mission East), then recorded a takedown with eight seconds left in regulation to record a 3-1 victory over Jaquwan Stone (Blue Valley Northwest) to qualify for today's semifinals.
"He's wrestling well and being aggressive and lights out so far," Luedders said. "The kid he wrestled in the quarterfinals was a good quality win."
Edwards (34-3) will battle Dylan Brazell (Wichita Northwest, 35-7) in the semifinals.
The other two wrestlers lost their first round matches and wrestled later Friday night to stay in the meet.
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Doing that Bickenbach post the other day got me to thinking about another classic animator who had all his principles down.
Irv Spence, more than any other 40s animator typified everything that represented the style. More than Scribner, Jones, McKimson, Kimball, Moore, anyone I can think of.
That's not to say he's better or more talented than those other giants. I'm saying that he puts all the 40s principles together in one package more completely and confidently than any other animator I can think of. He is great to study.
Irv has:
Organic Shapes
No parallel lines. Even the hat and clothes are organic.
Design Balance-
Filled Spaces surrounded by empty Spaces -
to avoid cluttered design
This lion has much empty space in his design: his face around his eyes. The mane around his ears, the front of the muzzle versus the back. The jaw. Etc. This careful design makes the face very easy to read. If all the shapes were jammed close together you would get a jumble hard to read image.
Design contrasts
Compare them to this more specific mouse. What makes it a specific rather than generic design? It's built up out of contrasting shapes. It's not just circles piled on top of each other.
Spence not only applies all the scholarly animation drawing principles, he applies them to a very cartoony look and feel. It's not merely "correct", it's fun.
The miracle: He makes them all work together
Many animators have some skills more developed than others. McKimson has perfect construction, clarity, dynamics but is not as flowing or cartoony as Scribner. Scribner is very cartoony, spontaneous, full of contrasts, but is less concerned with perfect construction and absolutely balanced poses. He understands them, but lets his spontaneity dominate his creative statements.
The top Disney animators have all the technical principles down, but lack spontaneity, design and specificity.
Spence manages to bring all this stuff together in perfect harmony.
When you look at his drawings, you can clearly see each principle at work-which is why I recommend to cartoon students to use these model sheets to study, copy and learn your basics from. I will warn beginners to stay away from Scribner, because you get distracted by how wild his drawings are and will pick up the things he rushes through (like sometimes hasty construction or unbalanced awkward poses).
Does Irv ever Cheat? Sure...but when he does it's totally on purpose, in the clear and obvious. It's not an uneducated collection of mistakes that some people call "That's my style, man".
In this drawing, George's eyes do not follow the center line of his head. They are tilted to the left-however, they still flow; they don't look flat and don't exist on their own plane in front of the head.
The few cheats are on purpose, either to make a funny expression, or to make a cleaner design.
I always thought Spence was wasted animating for Tom and Jerry cartoons. The animators basically just had to move Joe's drawings from pose to pose using Bill's timing. Joe's poses are great, butdo limited and repetitive. There wasn't a lot of room to express any of your own acting, posing or cartoony ideas. It was a formula.
A good animator could just do what he was told, make it smooth and finish early to go play golf. Which apparently is what Irv did every week. I heard he would complete his quota by Thursday, then take Friday off to go shoot a few holes.
I also heard from other classic animators that he didn't think much about cartoons in his offtime. It was just a good job to him. He was so natural to it all, that I guess he didn't feel like there was anything to explore.
Whether that's true or not, he was a great animator and his stuff is really fun to watch.
Irv's animation for Iwerks is a lot more inventive, cartoony and looser than his Tom and Jerry work. It's much easier to spot his style. Same with his work for Avery. There is also a story that he didn't like working for Tex as much as Joe, because it was harder. Maybe someone knows more about this and can add some stories in the comments.
I always assumed this was Irv's animation but someone has said he thought it might be someone else.
It sure looks like his stuff. Irv always drew teeth with rounded blunt ends, very balloony but flowing bodies and a certain way of drawing toes.
There are a lot of scenes (like this below) in this cartoon that look nothing like the lion in the model sheet that Irv drew,
but these others look just like it and move like other scenes in other cartoons that I know for sure are him.
Either way, it's a brilliantly animated and hilarious scene!
Of course the animation and gags are still really funny.
Here's a model sheet done by Walter Clinton, a very funny animator.
See, I wouldn't recommend young cartoonists study this, because:
The principles are not as clear or well understood as they are in Irv's drawings.
The line of action is broken up, the silhouettes are not clean, the construction is uncertain.
Of course, they are still funny drawings and much better than anything being done today, but if you trying to learn how old cartoons work, this will confuse you, because so many of the rules are broken.
Irv's drawings are crystal clear, so take advantage of them.
I stole these images from Kevin Langley's great site, so I hope he doesn't mind. Go there and discover lots more great stuff!


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IRB to become World Rugby
The International Rugby Board is to be renamed 'World Rugby' from November 19 in a move described by chairman Bernard Lapasset as a "mission statement".
The rebranding, which will include a new logo, is designed to "reflect the organisation's mission to build a stronger connection with fans, players and new audiences worldwide".
It will be officially launched at the World Rugby Conference and Exhibition in London on November 17-18, but will have no impact on branding for next year's World Cup.
Bernard Lapasset believes the name change will help rugby grow
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The Sheriff, Jail and License Committee of the Livingston County Board met Tuesday evening to discuss the fate of sending evidence from crimes to the Northeastern Illinois Regional Crime Lab.
The cost associated with this is just more than $22,000 a year and it was agreed upon in the October meeting, along with the Finance Committee meeting, to let the Livingston County Sheriff's Department send evidence, including evidence from crimes currently happening in the county all the way to cold case evidence, like from the 1983 Edwards double homicide, to the regional crime lab instead of the state crime lab.
Sheriff Martin Meredith explained that the state crime lab does great work and the county has never had a problem with it, but NIRCL has a faster, timelier turnaround in getting results.
Livingston County State's Attorney Seth Uphoff said he spoke to the lab director at the NIRCL about the intergovernmental agreement, which included a clause about an automatic renewal time, explaining that the county has 90 days from Dec. 1 to decide whether to renew the membership with the lab and the board has to keep that in mind if it decides to enter in the agreement.
A payment has already been made to the lab, as the October agreement stated that Meredith would use some of the drug forfeiture money to make a down payment of $5,000, and send some evidence up to the lab. The only problem that the committee found is that the remainder of the fees weren't included in the Sheriff's budget for the year. The confusion came because the measure was approved, but Meredith wasn't aware that he had to add it to his budget as a line item before the budgets were approved in the December board meeting, so more discussion will take place at the next board meeting, Jan. 17.
No agreement has been made on the Odell town contract concerning placing a deputy in the town. Board member Randy Wittenberg has been in discussion with Odell Village Board members about how to come to a decision on something the county and the village can agree on and those discussions will continue.
Many have been concerned about the status of bringing federal inmates to the Livingston County Jail, and Meredith said that it has already housed one inmate for a short period of time and another one will be coming Jan. 22 for an overnight stay, but the official start date of bringing federal inmates into the jail is pending signatures on final paperwork.
Numbers for Cook County inmates has declined in the past few weeks, from more than 50 to in the 30s. Jail Superintendent Bill Cox explained that it would be a short-lived decrease, as Cook County is reassessing which locations it sends its inmates to, and Livingston and Kankakee counties take the largest amounts of inmates in the state. The reassessment has to do with smaller numbers going to counties further away from Chicago.
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So what is it? It's flocking powder...I have no idea what this is used for in terms of crafting but when you put it on the nail it looks like you have little fuzzy sweaters on your nails. What is better than a nail with a fuzzy sweater on it? Nothing, duh! This is not for everyone but not going to lie, I'm kind of loving it. Is this practical...no, but it's fun! If I ever go to a Katy Perry concert I think I might actually do this again, it would actually be appropriate at that kind of event. Once this is dry it feels weird, I thought it would be soft but it's kind of rough...I think that's my only disappointment with this texture experiment.
My fuzzy sweaters are applied over a blue polish, you can't tell on the blue nails but it peeks out a little under the pink. Also, the blue nails kind of make me think of the cookie monster...they look like his fur in a strange way. I hope I'm not the only one thinking that haha
|Fuzzy Nail Sweater close up....YEAAAAAAAH BUDDY (please read that in a Pauly D voice)
To do this mani it's pretty much exactly the same as my Caviar mani from yesterday. I applied a coat of top coat to the mani I already had on and while it was wet I sprinkled the flocking powder on. If you do this do it over a plate or paper towel, it is messy. I lightly shook the excess off the nail and gently tapped the fuzz onto the nail to make sure it stuck. To get off any excess after the tapping I lightly blew on my nail...warning don't do that near the plate you just used to catch the excess sprinkled fuzz...the fuzz get's everywhere (yes, I learned that the hard way lol).
I tried this with a top coat just to see if that would look cool and it's a giant fail...if you try this avoid top coat over your fuzz. Obviously this is like a 1 night only kind of manicure, water does affect it and it also looks less fluffy as the night goes on. But really, would you wear this for more than a night? No, probably not! Now I haven't tried removing this yet...I'm still wearing it, but I think it will be pretty easy if done the same way as the caviar mani from yesterday.
Here is my flocking powder in case you're wondering what it looks like. These were on sale at my Michaels, I think they were like $1.79 each.


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Activists cheer the prospect of growing industrial hemp in Oregon, pointing out its numerous uses in food, fiber, oils and even building materials. But the state's farmers like to inspect the bandwagon before jumping on, and it's unlikely they'll plant hemp anytime soon.
"I don't think anyone's even considering it at this point," said Russ Karow, chair of the Crop and Soil Science Department at Oregon State University.
There doesn't appear to be any lingering concern that industrial hemp will be confused with its illegal cousin, marijuana. Instead, Oregon farmers will be looking at the balance sheet, not the rap sheet. With wheat prices decent and grass seed on the rebound, large conventional operators aren't interested. Other farmers would need answers to questions about irrigation, harvest equipment and market infrastructure.
At this point, the most likely hemp cultivation will be on small farms, perhaps as a high-value specialty crop, Karow said. Some farmers may try it as an experimental rotation with other crops.
Karow recently provided a hemp briefing paper to U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Portland, who is an outspoken advocate of industrial hemp's legalization and potential uses. Although there is great enthusiasm for hemp among non-farmers, Karow and others point out some potential hurdles.
Karow said there was similar excitement a few years ago about growing flax for fiber or oil, but the market didn't materialize as expected. Farmers are "going to want some assurance there is absolutely a market there" before growing hemp, he said.
Hemp grown for fiber could do well in the Willamette Valley, but it would need summer irrigation to produce a more valuable seed crop, Karow said. In addition, the valley's cool nights and clay soils would hinder production. The best places in Oregon to grow hemp would be in the Hermiston and Treasure Valley areas of eastern Oregon, which have warmer growing days, Karow said.
Philip Hamm, director of OSU's Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Hermiston, said he's not heard of anyone interested in growing hemp.
"Given that nearly anything can grow in this area, it all comes down to likely a few issues," Hamm said in an email. "How much profit is involved — can it be grown instead of what they are currently growing for a larger profit — how does it fit their rotation, and maybe if there has been test plots showing yield results."
A 1998 study by OSU said hemp has never been commercially successful in Oregon. Some was grown in the 1890s, and field trials were done in the 1930s, but the latter did poorly and the program was transfered to Wisconsin in 1937. War Hemp Industries Inc. built fiber mills in the Midwest during World War II, but after the war they faded in favor of cotton.
The Oregon Legislature legalized hemp cultivation in 2009, but the law was never implemented because the U.S. Department of Justice classified hemp the same as marijuana. Industrial hemp is low in THC, the agent that makes pot smokers high.
The current revival of interest in hemp stems from a decision in August by the justice department, which said it will not prosecute cases in states such as Washington and Colorado that have legalized pot. The U.S. attorney for Oregon said that means hemp is legal as well, because it was classified the same as pot.
The Oregon Department of Agriculture is appointing a committee — Karow of OSU is a member — to draw up rules for hemp cultivation. The law passed by the Legislature requires all growers and handlers to get a license from the ag department, and said hemp fields have to be at least 2.5 acres. Ag inspectors would be allowed to take plant samples and test for THC levels. The cropwide average could not exceed .3 percent; pot has THC levels ranging from 5 percent to 20 percent, according to various sources.
On the other hand, hemp has done well in Canada, where growers took advantage of the U.S. drug policy prohibition and supplied makers of foods, lotions, makeup, clothing and other items. Hemp grows well in the prairie provinces of Canada, especially Manitoba. Although farther north than Oregon, the provinces and the upper U.S. Midwest have warmer growing seasons, especially nighttime temperatures.
A Canadian research paper said that nation's hemp seed exports to the U.S. increased 300 percent from 2006 to 2007, and fiber exports increased 65 percent. Canadian growers are clearly concerned about losing business if the U.S. begins producing industrial hemp.
"Production at any scale could lead to significant potential losses of existing U.S. customers," the paper concluded.


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This past year has been filled with many important policy debates, legislative accomplishments, and exciting new developments for Nebraska. I want to take a moment to highlight some of these events and reflect upon the year.
This past year has been filled with many important policy debates, legislative accomplishments, and exciting new developments for Nebraska. I want to take a moment to highlight some of these events and reflect upon the year.
By far the most pressing issue facing our nation is the economy. We must continue to find ways to help businesses grow so they can create jobs. We also cannot address our economic challenges without addressing the nation's runaway debt. Our current $16 trillion debt has ballooned to such a serious situation where each taxpayer would owe $142,000 just to get us back to even. Congress must find a long-term solution to tackle our nation's debt and deficit. I remain committed to dealing with this problem in a bipartisan way during 2013.
Dealing with our nation's debt hasn't been the only challenge this year. Drought has plagued our state. I am pleased USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack responded swiftly to my calls for action on the drought. The dry conditions also sparked wildfires. In all, nearly 400,000 acres burned across Nebraska, displacing many and causing significant damage. I am thankful for all the volunteer firefighters and individuals who worked around the clock to help neighbors in need.
The drought added pressure to update our nation's farm policy and I was proud of the work done in the Senate to pass a fiscally responsible farm bill. As a member of the Senate Ag committee, I sought to ensure the bill strengthened our ag community and preserved important tools such as crop insurance. The House of Representatives has not passed its bill, but work is still being done to enact new farm policy.
This was also a big year for Offutt Air Force Base. The Department of Defense (DoD) announced a contract to begin construction for a new command and control facility for STRATCOM. I encouraged my colleagues to move the contract forward and I will continue to monitor its progress. DoD and STRATCOM also announced a new collaboration with the University of Nebraska to establish a University Affiliated Research Center (UARC), one of only a select-few in the nation. This partnership presents new opportunities in defense-related research.
One of the great honors I have in the Senate is to be a member of the Veterans' Affairs Committee. It's important we ensure our service members receive the support they deserve, which is why I was pleased to introduce, the HIRE at Home Act, included in the defense authorization bill. This measure streamlines job certification for soldiers returning home from war. Too often, it is difficult for our veterans to receive state certifications to do the same job in the private sector that they did while overseas and this legislation helps alleviate this problem. I also championed several measures to better coordinate services for our veterans.
Sometimes what we stop in Washington is as important as what we start with new legislation. I blew the whistle on many misguided EPA regulations, ranging from farm dust to aerial surveillance. I also helped convince the Department of Labor that it's okay for teenagers to work on farms.
We tackled many important issues this year, and I invite you to visit www.johanns.senate.gov for a full report. I also encourage you to stay connected; your insight is greatly valued and appreciated. Thank you again for the honor of allowing me to serve you in the United States Senate. It's a responsibility I take very seriously. Stephanie and I wish you a very happy New Year and hope to see you soon. God Bless.


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I see 11 of those 14 on the field the majority of the game. Are we done? Are we still missing anything?
IMO that is a dream offense. When the Cardinals went to the Superbowl and lost in the final minute to the Steelers, they had Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin (both in their prime) and Kurt Warner (at the end of his career) and not much of a running game. With the offensive weapons we'll be trotting out next season we have playmakers at every position. We have a QB who can run or pass, we have a WR who can line up anywhere and is a homerun threat everytime he touches the ball. We have two WR who can throw beautiful TD passes...


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This is one of the few samples of Baroque architecture in Florence. In 1645, Philippine fathers began construction of a new church in the area between Borgo dei Greci and via dell'Anguillara, where the ancient church of S. Lorenzo used to stand.
In spite of Giuliano de Serragli's heritance, the high cost prevented the construction of the ambitious initial project. In 1668 the construction of a smaller church, dedicated to S. Filippo Neri, began. Its stone façade was completed in 1715, on a project by Ferdinando Ruggieri.
It was only between 1772 and 1775 the complex reached its actual size. Zanobi del Rosso built the new oratory on Borgo de' Greci's side, symmetrically reproducing the Ruggeri's façade. The two buildings were then united by the monastery's prospectus.
The three sections that compose the prospectus, from which a grand staircase departs, are the original church, the monastery and the Philippine fathers' oratory. The monastery and the oratory are now the seat of the Tribunal of Firenze, which hosts the famous staircase by Zanobi del Rosso. The ancient oratory is now used as a judgement hall and is only opened in occasion of an audience.
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Chiesa S. Firenze
Piazza S. Firenze (055 290832).