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Dear Students, Parents and Teachers;
I would like to welcome you to our Naturalist-Led Kayaking Field Trip!
Launching from Pillar Point Harbor, we'll have a leisurely paddle through the protected and scenic harbor. Cormorants, pelicans, terns and harbor seals join us for our naturalist-led field trip. Across the harbor we can beachcomb, explore tidepools and have a shore lunch before paddling back. A very popular activity with students is pulling a large seine net to examine our catch and continue our discussion of animal adaptations. Teachers, please feel free to call us to discuss curriculum ideas in greater detail.
The cost of your field trip is $50 per person with a complimentary trip for one teacher chaperone. $52 per person weekends. Please send one check (either from the school or teacher chaperone) 7 days before your trip dates to: BWV, 127 Mason Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060. If more students sign up after your check has been sent, they may bring cash on the morning of the trip.
Completed waiver is required by all kayakers.
Tandem style closed deck sea kayaks are used which are very stable and easy to paddle. This trip is appropriate for beginners and/or people intrigued by the natural history of our coast.
Plan on meeting at the Pillar Point Public Launch Ramp in El Granada, just a few miles north of Half Moon Bay on ______ at 10:00am. We will be off the water by 2:30pm and driving away by 3:00pm. We can easily adjust departure times to your schedule needs.
Directions to Launch Ramp
From Highway 92 in Half Moon Bay, head north on Highway One and take a left onto Capsitrano Road which is across the street from the Monster Chef Restaurant in El Granada ( address is 10151 Cabrillo Hwy N, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019).
Take your first left into Pillar Point Harbor and continue straight through one stop sign to the public launch area at the very end of the road. You will pass by Half Moon Bay Kayak Company on your right, keep going.
You may check in with us first and then park your car on the bluffs above the harbor in the public parking area for boaters.
As far as things to bring, here are a few suggestions I can offer:
* Dress in layers -- medium-rated fleece, capilene, or wool are good insulators; bring a warm top that can be put on if fog approaches; a thin layer of capilene or silk long sleeve underwear are a nice addition, but any longsleeve undershirt will do.
* Long pants -- quick drying nylon or fleece work well; you will be in a closed deck boats and will stay pretty dry ; sweat pants are ok too.
* Wind breaker or paddling jacket
* Footgear - tennis shoes, Teva type sandals or wet suit booties -- any style is fine; they will get wet or sandy as we launch
* Sun glasses (or prescription glasses) attached with a leash
* Sun hat or ball cap (optional)
* Binoculars and camera in waterproof bag (use at your own risk)
* Water bottle
* Lunch packed in compact lunch bag --take in boat with you
* Change of clothes for ride home
That covers the logistics for our Kayaking field trip!
Very Sincerely,
Kim Powell, MRPA
Owner, Operator & Naturalist
Blue Water Ventures
phone & fax: 831-459-8548
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AFFAIRE MENNITTO c. ITALIE
(Requête no/Application no. 33804/96)
5 octobre/October 2000
In the case of Mennitto v. Italy,
The European Court of Human Rights, sitting as a Grand Chamber composed of the following judges:
Mr L. Wildhaber, President,
Mrs E. Palm,
Mr J.-P. Costa,
Mr A. Pastor Ridruejo,
Mr L. Ferrari Bravo,
Mr G. Bonello,
Mr J. Makarczyk,
Mr R. Türmen,
Mrs V. Strážnická,
Mr P. Lorenzen,
Mr M. Fischbach,
Mr V. Butkevych,
Mr J. Casadevall,
Mrs H.S. Greve,
Mr A.B. Baka,
Mrs S. Botoucharova,
Mr M. Ugrekhelidze,
and also of Mr M. de Salvia, Registrar,
Having deliberated in private on 8 March, 7 June and 6 September 2000,
Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on the last-mentioned date:
1. The case was referred to the Court, in accordance with the provisions applicable prior to the entry into force of Protocol No. 11 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms ("the Convention"), by the European Commission of Human Rights ("the Commission") and by Mr Mario Mennitto ("the applicant"), an Italian national, on 3 June and 12 May 1999 respectively (Article 5 § 4 of Protocol No. 11 and former Articles 47 and 48 of the Convention).
2. The case originated in an application (no. 33804/96) against the Italian Republic lodged with the Commission by the applicant under former Article 25 of the Convention on 2 January 1996. The applicant alleged that his case had not been heard within a reasonable time, as required by Article 6 § 1 of the Convention.
The Commission declared the application admissible on 10 September 1998. In its report of 4 March 1999 (former Article 31 of the Convention) [Note by the Registry. The report is obtainable from the Registry.], it expressed the opinion that Article 6 was not applicable to the proceedings in issue and that there had accordingly been no violation of that provision (thirteen votes to ten).
3. Before the Court, the applicant was represented by his counsel; the Italian Government ("the Government") were represented by their Agent, Mr U. Leanza, and their co-Agent, Mr V. Esposito.
4. On 20 September 1999 a panel of the Grand Chamber determined that the case should be decided by the Grand Chamber (Rule 100 § 1 of the Rules of Court). Mr B. Conforti, the judge elected in respect of Italy, who had taken part in the Commission's examination of the case, withdrew from sitting in the Grand Chamber (Rule 28). The Government accordingly appointed Mr L. Ferrari Bravo, the judge elected in respect of San Marino, to sit in his place (Article 27 § 2 of the Convention and Rule 29 § 1).
5. The applicant and the Government each filed a memorial.
6. A hearing took place in public in the Human Rights Building, Strasbourg, on 8 March 2000.
There appeared before the Court:
(a) for the Government
Mr V. Esposito, Co-Agent;
(b) for the applicant
Mr G. Romano, of the Benevento Bar, Counsel,
Mr D.A. Parrotta, Adviser.
The Court heard addresses by Mr Romano and Mr Esposito, and their replies to the questions of two judges.
7. On 15 March 1984, pursuant to Law no. 833/78, which created the National Health Service and required regional governments, inter alia, to adopt appropriate measures for the prevention, screening and treatment of disabilities, the Campania Regional Council enacted Regional Law no. 11 ("the Regional Law"). Article 26 of the Regional Law authorised local public health services (Unità Sanitarie Locali – "USLs") to grant allowances for the first three years after its entry into force to families caring for disabled members of their household directly in their own homes.
8. On 5 December 1989 the Management Committee (Comitato di gestione) of Benevento USL no. 5, applying Article 26 of the Regional Law, decided that 134 persons, including the applicant's son, satisfied the conditions entitling their families to payment of the allowance. The decision authorised only distribution to qualifying beneficiaries, depending on the date when they had been recognised as 100% disabled, of the sum of 35,328,240 Italian lire (ITL) for the year 1985; the applicant received ITL 84,720 in respect of the months of November and December 1985.
9. By a notice to pay served on 12 June 1993, the applicant asked Benevento USL no. 5 to grant him the allowance. He pointed out that the placing of his son's name on the list of persons who satisfied the conditions required by the Regional Law for entitlement to the allowance had not been followed by the payment provided for in Article 26 of the Regional Law.
10. As the USL did not reply, the applicant brought proceedings against it in the Campania Regional Administrative Court ("the RAC") on 2 August 1993. Relying on Article 26 of the Regional Law, he sought a declaration that the lack of an answer from the USL – amounting to a refusal – had been unlawful and that he was entitled to the allowance in question for the years 1985, 1986 and 1987.
11. On 13 August 1993 the applicant requested that a date be fixed for the hearing. On 27 July 1995 he submitted an urgent request for a hearing date to be fixed, observing, inter alia, that the USLs were to be restructured on 31 December 1995 and that Italian legislation made no provision for financial continuity between the old entities and the new ones. He was therefore asking for his case to be set down because after the end of 1995 he would no longer be able to obtain the allowance he sought.
In a pleading filed on a date which has not been specified, USL no. 5 submitted, among other arguments, that it did not have capacity to defend the action (legittimazione passiva), on the ground that only the Region was required to make available the financial resources needed for payment of the allowance. It maintained that the applicant, who had received the allowance for the year 1985, within the limits of the budgetary appropriations, should have challenged the decision of 5 December 1989, but as he had not done so it had become final and the amount paid could no longer be called into question.
12. The case was heard on 14 January 1997. In a judgment of 14 January and 4 February 1997, the text of which was deposited with the registry on 3 March 1997, the RAC observed in the first place that the applicant was not required to challenge the decision in issue as it did not contain a refusal to pay the full amount of the allowance. On the contrary, there had been two valid alternative ways of interpreting the USL's conduct. For example, the applicant could have thought the USL was making a payment on account, while reserving final determination of the amount to be paid for a later assessment, or that it had decided to pay a larger sum with an initial instalment to be followed by others. On the merits, the RAC held that, once it had been verified that the statutory conditions for entitlement to the allowance had been satisfied, it should be paid in the quantum provided for in Article 26. The administrative authority thus had no discretionary power and its role should have been restricted to making a purely arithmetical calculation. The applicant had duly established that he was the father of a 100% disabled civilian living with his family; moreover, his son's name was the 95th in the list included in the decision of 5 December 1989. The USL should therefore have ruled on his application. However, as the Court of Cassation had stated when determining a dispute over jurisdiction (judgment no. 8297 of 11 October 1994), the applicant could not claim to have a "personal right" (diritto soggettivo perfetto) but only a "legitimate interest" (interesse legittimo), that is to say an individual position indirectly protected as far as was consistent with the public interest, which would remain the case until such time as the administrative authority adopted a decision to award the allowance and specified the total amount to be paid. The RAC therefore dismissed the applicant's action in so far as it concerned recognition of his entitlement to the allowance in question.
13. On 20 June and 5 July 1997 respectively USL no. 5 and the Campania Regional Council appealed to the Consiglio di Stato. By a decision of 30 August 1997 the Consiglio di Stato stayed execution of the first-instance judgment.
14. On 14 November 1997 the Director-General of the ASL (Azienda Sanitaria Locale), the body which had taken the place of the USL, approved the text of a friendly settlement reached on 7 November between the administrative authority and the applicant, among others. Noting that in numerous similar cases the competent courts had nearly always recognised that the plaintiffs were entitled to the allowance for the years 1985-87, further noting that the settlement had been signed after it had been verified that the conditions required by the Regional Law had been satisfied, and having regard to the fact that the settlement was about to put an end to a high-profile case which would in all probability have gone against the administrative authority, given the line the courts had taken on the question, so that the public purse would be saved billions of lire, the Director-General ordered payment of the allowance. By a judgment of 25 November 1997, the text of which was deposited with the registry on 27 December 1997, the Consiglio di Stato took formal note of the friendly settlement the parties had reached and struck the case out of its list.
II. RELEVANT DOMESTIC LAW and practice
15. The allowance for the families of disabled civilians is governed by Article 26 of Regional Law no. 11 of 15 March 1984, the relevant parts of which provide:
"For three years after the entry into force of the present Law, local public health services shall be authorised to grant an allowance to families who undertake to provide direct care for persons suffering from mental or physical disabilities who are incapable of attending to their own primary needs and require constant assistance.
The allowance shall be granted in pursuance of the following objectives:
(a) returning to their families disabled people formerly in full-time institutional care;
(b) encouraging the practice of caring for disabled children within the family ...;
(c) socialising the disabled person and improving his relations with those around him;
(d) improving the lives of the families of disabled persons;
(e) creating a favourable environment for the life of the disabled person;
The amount of the family carers' allowance shall be 25% of the daily charge for attendance on persons hospitalised full-time."
16. The Court of Cassation has given a number of rulings on the carers' allowance in connection with appeals on points of law concerning disputes over jurisdiction.
17. For example, in judgment no. 5386 of 12 May 1993 it held that, where the jurisdiction of the ordinary courts had been recognised in a decision which had become final, disputes concerning Article 26 of the Regional Law fell into the category of disputes over mandatory assistance, which came within the jurisdiction of the magistrate's court, sitting as an employment tribunal.
In judgment no. 8297 of 11 October 1994 it held that the administrative courts had jurisdiction over disputes about entitlement to the allowance, ruling that the beneficiary could not claim to have a personal right but only a legitimate interest, that is to say an individual position indirectly protected as far as was consistent with the public interest, and that this would remain the case until such time as the administrative authority adopted a decision to award the allowance and specified the total amount to be paid.
The appellants in these two cases were in a similar situation to Mr Mennitto, but had applied to the ordinary courts.
18. The Campania RAC has upheld on many occasions the claims of other persons caring for disabled relatives.
In its judgment no. 251, deposited with the registry on 16 May 1995, it ruled:
"[The Court] declares that the claimant is entitled to receive the allowance provided for in Article 26 of [the Regional Law] ...;
Orders the respondent authority to pay the sum in question ..."
In that decision and in others (such as judgment no. 310 of 4 July 1995 and judgments nos. 323 and 324 of 6 February and 11 June 1996) the RAC gave the following reasons for its ruling:
"[Article 26 of the Regional Law] makes adoption of the decision to grant the allowance subject, among other requirements, to verification that beneficiaries satisfy the relevant qualifying conditions. When such verification had been made, determination of the amount to be paid should have required no more than a simple arithmetical calculation ...
In the light of these principles ..., exercise of the discretionary power pleaded by the USL has no bearing on the case, since otherwise it would be possible for an administrative decision to replace an assessment already ineluctably made by the legislature ..."
After finding that G.C. (the relative of the claimant in that case) was 100% disabled and required constant assistance, which was why, following tests carried out by the respondent authority, his name had been placed on the list of qualifying beneficiaries, the RAC ruled that there was an obligation to pay the allowance.
19. The Consiglio di Stato, ruling on the question of determination of the amount of the allowance, held that the Region could not be absolved from the obligation to make available to each USL a sum earmarked for families providing direct care to disabled persons and sufficiently large to ensure that each of these families would be able to receive the amount of allowance prescribed by law (judgment no. 766 of 3 October 1994).
In its judgment no. 172 of 17 February 1999 the Consiglio di Stato ruled that the amount of the allowance for families caring directly for disabled persons, in so far as it was fixed by law, could not suffer any reduction by the administrative authority, which in this matter had no discretion whatever with regard to quantum, and that that conclusion was not in contradiction with the nature of the legitimate interest of the disabled person's family.
I. alleged violation of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention
20. The applicant complained of the length of the proceedings he had brought in the Campania Regional Administrative Court ("the RAC"). He alleged a violation of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention, which provides:
"In the determination of his civil rights and obligations ..., everyone is entitled to a ... hearing within a reasonable time by [a] ... tribunal ..."
A. Applicability
21. The applicant asserted that Article 6 § 1 was applicable in the present case because his application to the RAC concerned a civil right of an economic nature and the proceedings he had brought were decisive for his private rights and obligations, within the meaning of the Court's case-law. This was evidenced, firstly, by judgments on the same issue in which the administrative courts had ordered the administrative authority to pay the allowance in question to the families of other disabled persons, and secondly by the fact that the same allowance had been paid following the friendly settlement of 7 November 1997. Moreover, according to the applicant, once the name of his son had been placed on the list of persons who satisfied the conditions required by law (a serious disability requiring constant assistance, as established by a medical examination) there could be no doubt about the obligation to pay the allowance.
22. The Government argued to the contrary, asserting that the public-law features of the case were predominant. The allowance sought by the applicant was an ex gratia payment made by the State on account of an exceptional situation arising from the serious illness of the applicant's son and was prompted by considerations of social solidarity and public economic policy. No economic right could be recognised before the relevant administrative authority, which had broad discretion in the matter, had adopted a decision to grant the allowance. There had therefore been no dispute over a "civil" right. Moreover, the friendly settlement mentioned by the applicant had merely put an end to the proceedings complained of and did not imply any recognition of the right asserted. Lastly, the Government confined themselves to challenging the statement that the administrative courts had given judgments ordering the authorities to pay the allowance to persons in the same situation as the applicant.
23. The Court reiterates that, according to the principles laid down in its case-law, it must first ascertain whether there was a "dispute" ("contestation") over a "right" which can be said, at least on arguable grounds, to be recognised under domestic law. The dispute must be genuine and serious; it may relate not only to the actual existence of a right but also to its scope and the manner of its exercise. The outcome of the proceedings must be directly decisive for the right in question (see the following judgments: Acquaviva v. France, 21 November 1995, Series A no. 333-A, p. 14, § 46; Balmer-Schafroth and Others v. Switzerland, 26 August 1997, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1997-IV, p. 1357, § 32; Le Calvez v. France, 29 July 1998, Reports 1998-V, pp. 1899-900, § 56; and Athanassoglou and Others v. Switzerland [GC], no. 27644/95, § 43, ECHR 2000-IV). Lastly, the right must be a "civil" right.
24. The Court notes, firstly, that the Government did not deny that, following the administrative authorities' tacit refusal, a dispute had arisen between the applicant and those authorities. The dispute was undoubtedly genuine and serious, since when the Campania RAC settled the applicant's claim it allowed it in part. The outcome of the proceedings was also decisive since it concerned the existence of the applicant's right to obtain the full amount of the allowance.
25. Secondly, the Court notes that Article 26 of Regional Law no. 11 of 15 March 1984 ("the Regional Law") authorised the local public health services to pay the allowance in issue but did not automatically confer on families caring for mentally or physically disabled persons the right to receive it. That is how the RAC explained the situation in its judgment of 14 January and 4 February 1997 when it refused the applicant's application. The applicant could merely claim a legitimate interest in obtaining a reply from the local health authority (Unità Sanitaria Locale – "the USL") to his notice to pay of 12 June 1993 (see paragraph 12 above). His entitlement to the allowance could not be recognised until such time as the USL had adopted a decision to grant the allowance and had specified the total amount. The RAC had followed the case-law of the Court of Cassation to the effect that, where there was a legitimate interest in challenging a decision of the administrative authorities but no personal right, the administrative courts, and not the civil courts, had jurisdiction. However, in the same decision the RAC held that the conduct of the USL, which had paid the applicant two monthly instalments, was open to two alternative interpretations; the applicant could have thought the USL was making a payment on account, while reserving final determination of the amount to be paid for a later assessment, or that it had agreed to pay a larger sum with an initial instalment to be followed by others. Moreover, the administrative authorities had no discretion over the amount of the allowance, which was fixed by law. After verifying that the applicant satisfied the conditions for entitlement to the allowance, the USL should simply have made an arithmetical calculation of the quantum (see paragraph 18 above). The same line was followed in a number of judgments in which the Campania RAC held that persons in the same situation as the applicant were entitled to the allowance, although this was denied by the Government. The Consiglio di Stato has likewise affirmed that the administrative authorities have no discretion and ruled that the Region is under a duty to provide the necessary funds to guarantee payment of the allowance to beneficiaries in the amount laid down by law.
26. The Government's argument that the allowance was an ex gratia payment by the State is contradicted by the case-law of the Court of Cassation, which has ruled that, where the jurisdiction of the ordinary courts has been recognised in a decision which has become final, disputes concerning Article 26 of the Regional Law fall into the category of disputes over mandatory assistance, which are adjudicated by a magistrate's court, sitting as an employment tribunal (see paragraph 17 above).
27. The Court does not deem it necessary to consider whether the autonomous concept of a right for the purposes of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention covers only a "personal right" (diritto soggettivo perfetto) or a "legitimate interest" (interesse legittimo) also. It merely notes that Article 26 of the Regional Law had given rise to a jurisdictional dispute. Relying on those judgments of the RAC and the Consiglio di Stato which did not follow the case-law of the Court of Cassation, and the fact that, in the Italian system, the Court of Cassation does not have authority to impose a solution of the legal question in issue on the administrative courts, the applicant could claim, at least on arguable grounds, the right to receive the full amount of the allowance – especially as he had already received two monthly instalments, so that he could have been led to believe that he did indeed have such a right.
28. Lastly, the Court considers that the right in question, which was of an economic nature, was a "civil" right within the meaning of its case-law (see, among other authorities, the Salesi v. Italy judgment of 26 February 1993, Series A no. 257-E, pp. 59-60, § 19).
Consequently, Article 6 § 1 of the Convention is applicable in the case.
B. Compliance
29. It remains to be determined whether a "reasonable time" was exceeded. The period to be taken into consideration began on 2 August 1993 with the application to the RAC and ended on 27 December 1997, when the Consiglio di Stato's judgment striking the case out of its list was deposited with its registry. It therefore lasted just under four years and five months.
30. The Court observes that it has found on a number of occasions (see, for example, Bottazzi v. Italy [GC], no. 34884/97, § 22, ECHR 1999-V) that in Italy there is a practice incompatible with the Convention resulting from an accumulation of breaches of the "reasonable time" requirement. Where the Court finds such a breach, the accumulation concerned constitutes an aggravating circumstance of the violation of Article 6 § 1.
Having examined the facts of the case in the light of the parties' arguments, and having regard to its case-law on the question, the Court considers that the length of the proceedings complained of did not satisfy the "reasonable time" requirement and that this was one more instance of the above-mentioned practice.
There has accordingly been a violation of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention.
II. application of Article 41 of the Convention
31. Article 41 of the Convention provides:
"If the Court finds that there has been a violation of the Convention or the Protocols thereto, and if the internal law of the High Contracting Party concerned allows only partial reparation to be made, the Court shall, if necessary, afford just satisfaction to the injured party."
A. Damage
32. The applicant asked the Court to order the respondent State to pay him 150,000,000 Italian lire (ITL) solely for the non-pecuniary damage he had sustained.
33. The Government considered the sum claimed excessive and disproportionate. They argued that in view of the nature of the case the finding of a violation of the Convention would in itself constitute sufficient just satisfaction for the purposes of Article 41.
34. The Court considers that the applicant sustained a certain amount of non-pecuniary damage, regard being had to what was at stake in the dispute. However, the amount indicated by the applicant is exorbitant. Ruling on an equitable basis, as required by the Convention, the Court awards him ITL 5,000,000.
B. Costs and expenses
35. The applicant claimed reimbursement of ITL 21,464,628 for his costs and lawyers' fees for the proceedings before the Commission and then the Court, including a lump-sum charge of ITL 6,000,000 for the participation of his representatives at the hearing before the Court on 8 March 2000.
36. The Government left the matter to the Court's discretion, while pointing out that the applicant had received legal aid for the proceedings before the Court.
37. Having regard to the information in its possession and the relevant practice, the Court considers it reasonable to award the sum of ITL 10,000,000, less the amount paid by the Council of Europe in legal aid, namely 8,100 French francs.
C. Default interest
38. According to the information available to the Court, the statutory rate of interest applicable in Italy at the date of the adoption of the present judgment is 2.5% per annum.
1. Holds by fifteen votes to two that Article 6 § 1 of the Convention is applicable in the case and has been breached;
2. Holds by fifteen votes to two
(a) that the respondent State is to pay the applicant, within three months, the following sums: ITL 5,000,000 (five million Italian lire) for non-pecuniary damage and ITL 10,000,000 (ten million Italian lire) for costs and expenses, less the amount paid by the Council of Europe in legal aid;
(b) that simple interest at an annual rate of 2.5% shall be payable on these sums from the expiry of the above-mentioned three months until settlement;
3. Dismisses unanimously the remainder of the claim for just satisfaction.
Done in English and in French, and delivered at a public hearing in the Human Rights Building, Strasbourg, on 5 October 2000.
Luzius Wildhaber
Michele de Salvia
In accordance with Article 45 § 2 of the Convention and Rule 74 § 2 of the Rules of Court, the dissenting opinion of Mr Ferrari Bravo joined by Mr Butkevych is annexed to this judgment
M. de S.
dissenting opinion of judge ferrari bravo
joined by judge butkevych
I regret that I am unable to vote in favour of the Mennitto judgment, but it seems to me that the Court is making light of a fundamental distinction, namely that between a "diritto soggettivo", described by the Court as "perfetto", and an "interesse legittimo", when it states that it "does not deem it necessary to consider whether the autonomous concept of a right for the purposes of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention covers only" the former or also the latter (see paragraph 27 of the judgment). However persuasive some of Mr Mennitto's arguments may be, the fact remains that the distinction exists in Italian law and that the Court of Cassation has affirmed it. And it should be pointed out that, whatever the Court's opinion may be, the Court of Cassation's case-law in the event of jurisdictional disputes takes precedence over the case-law of the Consiglio di Stato.
This approach goes well beyond the scope of the Mennitto case, since it amounts to extending the Court's jurisdiction, and I doubt very much that this is the right way to go about it.
Mennitto v. Italy JUDGMENT
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The Piqua boys golf team finished 13th at the GWOC Preview Friday at Beechwood Golf Course.
The Indians finished with a 372 total, which was third out of the five GWOC North teams.
Derek Jennings led the Indians with an 85.
Kyle Ingle was next with an 89.
Other Piqua scores were Derrick Gullett 99, Brennan Hicks 99, Aaron Davis 107 and Spencer Lavey 142.
Lady Indians
ninth at GWOC
ARCANUM — The Piqua girls golf team finished ninth at the GWOC Preview Friday at Beechwood Golf Course.
They shot a 465 and were second behind Troy in the GWOC North.
Cassidy Karaft led the Lady Indians with 98.
Other Piqua scores were Kelsey Bachman 118, Sarah Ganger 120, Anna Klopfenstein 129, Korren Evans 131, Skyler Sloan 140.
Russia girls
edge Arcanum
ARCANUM — The Russia girls golf team will play in the Lady Trojan Invitational today at Beechwood Golf Course.
The Lady Raiders opened the season with a 207-209 win over Arcanum Friday at Beechwood.
Alica George led Russia with 48.
Also in the top four were Maddie Borchers 51, Lizzie Adams 52 and Kara Barlage 56.
Lady Cavs
fall to Ada
The Lehman girls tennis team lost 5-0 to Ada Saturday to open the season.
In singles, Diana Gibson lost 6-1, 6-0; Sara Gibson lost 6-3, 6-4; and Alex Read lost 6-3, 6-2.
In doubles, Emma Simpson and Melanie Brunner lost 6-0, 6-4. Ada won second doubles by forfeit.


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IE 9 Where did the Search Box go?Thursday, March 31st, 2011
Hi, Kathie here.
Well if you've installed IE9 you may have noticed that your search box has gone. This is because in IE9 the search box has gone! 🙂 Instead you will see a rather small search icon in the address bar.
If, like me, you had searching from the address bar disabled in IE8, this will all seem rather confusing however because no such little search icon appears when you upgrade to IE9.
In this circumstance re-enabling search from the address bar is not straight forward either as that option has also moved. (It used to be under Tools | Internet Options | Advanced.) In IE9 however it has moved to Tools | Internet Options | General | Search. Check the "Search in the address bar" box.
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The service at Care Modern is fantastic. The food is always prepared to perfection. I really recommend the Modern for brunch on the weekend or Dinner on Friday night.
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Volleyball athlete and philosophy major Jess Brennis went on a life changing mission trip to Haiti last summer which opened her eyes to the lives of people in third world countries and the abject poverty that her fellow humans suffer.
Alumna Q&A: Dorothy Ackerman, chemistry
2013 chemistry alumna Dorothy Ackerman shares about the research she's doing and how NNU prepared her to excel in the doctoral program at Vanderbilt University.
More ways to choose NNU
This fall, Idaho students have one more avenue to choose Northwest Nazarene University as their college home. The Idaho State Board of Education voted to add NNU and C of I to the Apply Idaho application.
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Biology majors Abi Haas and Lauren Gould make advancements in research about fertility and sustainability of pregnancy in the first trimester. Learn about what they are doing and how their experience is preparing them for a career in biology.
Dean's List announced for 2018 spring semester
708 students representing 28 states and nine foreign countries have been named to NNU's Dean's List for the 2018 spring semester. Eligibility for this academic honor is based on grade-point average and credit load.
Graduate theology programs granted accreditation
NNU's Graduate School of Theology has been granted initial accreditation by the Association of Theological Schools (ATS). With more than 500 master's-level theological graduates, NNU is the first institution in the history of ATS to offer all of its Master of Divinity and Master of Arts programs exclusively online.
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When social work major Maggie Alcaraz joined NNU's community as a freshman, she started a new tradition by becoming the first person in her family to attend college. This summer she hopes to have a public policy internship in Washington D.C. before returning to NNU to complete her master's degree in social work.
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
How did Pickles the Dog become so well behaved?
She probably would not win a dog obedience contest, but she knows the basic commands. Sit, down, stay, guess which hand & get away from the cat. When we're in walking mode, she walks at my speed, speeding up when I do, stopping when I do and so on. When she's in her groove, I barely have to hold the leash. I didn't do anything special, just lots and lots of walking, every day(over 2 miles this morning), and somehow I managed to let her know my expectations. She stays at my side now, and it's pretty nice. I have no idea when this happened, but it's been going on for a while now.
When we walk past dogs that are going crazy barking at her, she normally does not respond. That is a different story if we are in what she considers her territory, but out in the wilds of Valdese, she pretty much ignores the other dogs.
When she was younger, if you let her off the leash there was no telling where she would end up, and it was not easy to get her to come back - she had a great time. Now, most of the time she'll run around for awhile and then come right up to you.
She changed. She's calmer. She's more socialized to other dogs and people. She's turned into a pretty good dog.
7 comments:
- Heather said...
So glad she turned out to be such a good walker, I hope for that one day. I wish you knew how it happened!
Here for the past two weeks, I have been taking the dogs out for an evening walk. They all walk pretty good but we are having the issue of entanglement. (That would be me jump roping the leashes over and over again.) Any suggestions?
- August 10, 2010 at 11:30 AM
- A Valdese Blogger said...
Heather: I use a six foot leash, but I "shorten" it. I hold he loop in my left hand & my right hand I place pretty close to where the clasp is. If I gave her the whole lease, she'd yank me all over the place, especially at the start of a walk. And then, because she's a medium sized dog, I walk at a fairly good clip. That's about all I do. I prefer Pickles on my right side, altho all the books say the dog should be on the left.
I've walked two dogs at once and I "shorten" both leashes. I pretty much wrap them around my wrists, until they're pretty short, and walk with one dog on each side. It seemed to work.
- August 10, 2010 at 12:46 PM
"get away from the cat" - totally cracked me up! Dogs get older and they mellow - cats NEVER mellow.
- August 10, 2010 at 2:08 PM
- Karen said...
That is terrific. There is nothing that scares me worse than when our Boston Terrier gets out of the fenced in area. She goes and will not stop. Luckily, we have found her. I'd love to have a dog that would come when called.
- August 10, 2010 at 7:36 PM
- A Valdese Blogger said...
Grace: Aint that the truth!
Karen: I'm still a little nervous when Pickles runs loose - we have a large area, but there is nothing to keep her from taking off.
- August 11, 2010 at 9:51 AM
- linlah said...
She's out of her teen years and into adulthood.
- August 14, 2010 at 4:50 PM
- A Valdese Blogger said...
linlah: Yep, that's what I figure. She still has her goofiness, but not like before.
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The power of the sign of the cross
"We have confirmed that the ancient custom of making the sign of the cross over food and drink before a meal has profound mystic meaning, – says physicist Angelina Malakhovskaya. – A practical benefit is hidden behind it: food becomes purified literally in a single moment. This is a great miracle which happens literally every single day." Angelina Malakhovskaya has been conducting research into the power of the sign of the cross for almost 10 years.
A major series of experiments was conducted, and these were checked out numerous times before the results were published. They are phenomenal: unique bactericidal properties were discovered, which appear in water after it is sanctified by prayer and the sign of the cross. A new and hitherto unknown property of the Word of God to transform the structure of water, significantly increasing its optical density in the ultraviolet range of the spectrum, has been discovered.
For Angelina Malakhovskaya and her colleagues in St. Petersburg the very possibility of this research was a miracle – it was not financed, was not a subject pursued by any scientific research institute. But the scientists performed an enormous amount of work gratis – for the sole purpose of giving people the possibility to experience and see the healing power of God.
The scientists tested the effect of the Lord's Prayer and the sign of the cross on pathogenic bacteria. For this research samples of water were taken from diverse water reservoirs – wells, rivers, lakes. All of the samples contained E. coli bacteria and staphylococcus aureus. But it turned out that when the Lord's Prayer was read over the samples and the sign of the cross was made over them, the number of harmful bacteria decreased sevenfold, tenfold, a hundredfold, and even over a thousandfold!
Under the conditions of the experiment, in order to exclude the influence of possible mental suggestion, the prayer was read by both believers and non-believers; however, the number of pathogenic bacteria in various mediums (with diverse arrays of bacteria) still decreased in comparison to the control sample.
The power of prayer and the sign of the cross are beneficial for man as well – in all tested individuals their blood pressure stabilized and blood indicators improved. It is an extraordinary fact that the indicators change in the exact direction needed for healing: for hypotension sufferers the pressure increases, for hypertension sufferers it decreases.
It was noticed that if a person made the sign of the cross carelessly, not folding three fingers together firmly or not touching the requisite points (middle of the forehead, center of the solar plexus, right and left shoulders), then the positive result of the effect was much less or was altogether absent.
The scientists measured the optical density of water before and after the sign of the cross was made over it and it was blessed. "It turns out that the optical density increases in comparison to its initial value before the blessing, – explains Angelina Malakhovskaya. – This means that the water appears to "distinguish" the meaning of the prayers being said over it, remembers this effect, and retains it any amount of time – in the form of an increase in the value of optical density. It appears to become saturated with light. The human eye is naturally unable to perceive these healing changes in the structure of water, but the spectrograph provides an objective assessment of this manifestation."
The sign of the cross changes the optical density of water practically instantaneously. The optical density of tap water, blessed by the making of the sign of the cross over it by a plain believer, increases almost 1.5-fold! And when blessed by a priest – almost 2.5-fold! In other words, it appears that water "distinguishes" the degree of blessing – whether by a layman or by a priest, whose fingers of the right hand are folded for the blessing in such a way that they represent the first letters of Christ's name.
The result of water being blessed by a baptized but unbelieving person, who does not wear a body cross, is interesting. It turned out that water "distinguishes" even the degree of faith – the optical density changed by only 10%! It has been truly said that "according to your faith let it be to you" (Matt. 9:29).
Since the human body consists of over two-thirds water, this means that when we were created God placed within us a system of physical channels, regulating all biochemical processes in the body, which distinctly "recognize" the name of Jesus Christ!
It may be said that the sign of the cross is a generator of light. Under no other folding of the fingers of the hand (with the palm, or with carelessly folded fingers, or a quick and irreverent waving of the hand) were any changes (increase) in the optical density of tap water discovered.


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Oral appliances may be highly effective in treating obstructive sleep apnea
NEW YORK, U.S.: Certain traits may define a type of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) that can be effectively treated with an oral appliance, according to new research. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is considered the gold standard for preventing the obstruction by blowing air through a mask into the nose and throat. However, many patients have trouble sleeping with CPAP. For these patients, an oral appliance that moves the lower jaw forward to prevent the periods of obstructed airflow offers an alternative.
In a recent study, scientists used a clinically applicable method to estimate the traits that cause sleep apnea from routine polysomnography, the test used to diagnose sleep apnea. In the process, they identified five traits that appear to determine the effectiveness of an oral appliance in treating OSA. The researchers analyzed polysomnographic data previously gathered from 93 adults who were diagnosed with moderate to severe OSA.
The authors looked at two traits related to the upper airway: pharyngeal collapsibility and muscle compensation. It was found that patients without severe collapsibility benefited more from the oral appliance than those with this trait. Those with a weaker reflex response of the throat muscles that act to maintain an open airway (lower muscle compensation) also benefited more than those with a stronger reflex response. Patients with very mild collapsibility, indicating deficits in other traits, responded less well.
"Sleep apnea is not all the same, but we only recently developed ways to look at a sleep study and determine what traits cause the condition in different patients," said senior author Dr. Scott Sands, who is an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School and an associate physiologist in the Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders in the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital. "Since oral appliances work by improving the collapsibility of the upper airway, patients without really severe collapsibility are more likely to benefit from an oral appliance, while those with sleep apnea caused by other traits, such as exaggerated reflex responses to drops in oxygen levels, are less likely to benefit."
The researchers also found that three traits unrelated to the upper airway helped predict those patients who would respond less well to an oral appliance: higher loop gain, lower arousal threshold and higher ventilatory response to arousal. Loop gain is a measure of how aggressively the brain and lungs respond to falling oxygen and rising carbon dioxide in the blood. Arousal threshold is a measure of how easily a person wakes up from sleep. Deeper sleep, indicating a higher arousal threshold, promotes better breathing.
Based on these five traits, oral appliances were predicted to be effective in treating sleep apnea in more than half (61%) of the participants. Patients in this group experienced a 73% reduction in the apnea–hypopnea index (AHI), which is the number of breathing pauses per hour lasting 10 seconds or longer. With an oral appliance, they had just eight apneas/hypopneas per hour. The other patient group experienced a smaller reduction in the AHI and had twice the number of breathing pauses with the oral appliance.
The authors said that responses to oral appliances in their study could not be predicted by the severity of sleep apnea or by how overweight the patients were. "Surprisingly, it didn't seem to matter whether sleep apnea was moderate or very severe," Sands said. "Oral appliance therapy was remarkably effective in some quite overweight patients with very severe OSA."
Based on these findings, the authors suggested that, if their results are corroborated in future studies, an oral appliance could be considered, along with CPAP, as a first-line therapy for treating a certain type of OSA.
The study, titled "Polysomnographic endotyping to select obstructive sleep apnea patients for oral appliances," was published online on Aug. 9, 2019, in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society, ahead of inclusion in an issue.


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Some Recent Papers I've Liked
Jeffrey C. Carver, Nachiappan Nagappan, and Alan Page: "The Impact of Educational Background on the Effectiveness of Requirements Inspections: An Empirical Study." IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 34(6), Nov/Dec 2008, DOI 10.1109/TSE.2008.49. "...a large-scale controlled inspection experiment with over 70 professionals was conducted at Microsoft that focused on the relationship between an inspector's background and his effectiveness during a requirements inspection. The results of the study showed that inspectors with university degrees in majors not related to computer science found significantly more defects than those with degrees in computer science majors. We also observed that level of education (Masters, PhD), prior industrial experience, or other job-related experiences did not signficantly impact the effectiveness of an inspector."
Lech Madeyski: "Impact of Pair Programming on Thoroughness and Fault Detection Effectiveness of Unit Test Suites." Software Process Improvement and Practice, 2008, 13:281-295, DOI 10.1002/spip.382. "...we examined pair programming versus solo programming with respect to both thoroughness and fault detection effectiveness of test suites. Branch coverage (BC) and mutation score indicator (MSI) were used as measures of how thoroughly tests exercise programs, and how effective they are, respectively. It turned out that the PP practice did not significant affect GC and MSU."
Victoria Stodden: "The Legal Framework for Reproducible Scientific Research: Licensing and Copyright." Computing in Science & Engineering, Jan/Feb 2009. "The author proposes the Reproducible Research Standard for all components of scientific researchers' scholarship, which should encourage replicable scientific investigation through attribution, the facilitation of greater collaboration, and the promotion of the engagement of the larger community..."
Khaled El Emam, Saida Benlarbi, Nishith Goel, and Shesh N. Rai: "The Confounding Effect of Class Size on the Validity of Object-Oriented Metrics." IEEE Transasctions on Software Engineering, 27(7), July 2001. The abstract doesn't do it justice, so I'll summarize. Previous work to validate software metrics (cyclomatic complexity, coupling, etc.) has looked at correlations between metric values and things like post-release bug count. The authors repeated those experiments using bivariate analysis so that they could allocate a share of the blame to code size (measured by number of lines) and the metric in question. Turns out that code size accounted for all of the variation, i.e., the metrics didn't add have any actual predictive power once you normalized for the number of lines of code.


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Carmel Fountain Square Committee Welcomes You
Our goal is to provide a family concert series at the Carmel Gazebo that encourages community vitality by providing a venue for families to enjoy arts and culture in our local community. Since the concerts are free, it is accessible to everyone in the community.
Please let these fine folks know you appreciate their contributions to our 2019 Summer Concert Series
– Butler Auto Collision Center
– Tom Burek
– Waneta Dunkerly
– Wilkinson Brothers
– AlphaGraphics
– Carmel Auto Contours
– Flanner & Buchanan
– Horton, Inc.
– Jones & Henry Engineers, Ltd
– McComb Window & Door / Pella Windows
– Old Town Design Group
– Paul & Bonnie Oliveira
– Turkle & Associates
– Butler Barbershop
– Foerster Home Inspections
– Keller Family
– Nelson & Frankenberger
– Vine & Branch Inc


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Allied Newspapers Limited & Progress Press
At the service of the community.
When Lord Strickland published his first newspaper in 1921, at the time he set up his political party, he did not even have a printing press yet. In a matter of months, he set up his first printing workshop in Valletta's main street, then called Strada Reale, opening the way for the building of the island's largest newspaper company and the publication of two national newspapers, The Times and The Sunday Times, today regarded as national institutions.
He called his first political newspaper Il Progress, a name he adopted for his printing works, Progress Press. The flagship title, Times of Malta, was born in the following year as the name of a supplement to Il Progress, but in 1929 the supplement was turned into a weekly. In the intervening period, Strickland published other newspapers in Maltese but the most important daily was Il-Berqa.
By far the most important milestone in the history of Strickland House newspapers was the publication of the daily English language Times of Malta in 1935.
By now Progress Press had already moved to St Paul Street, right across the side entrance to the Auberge de Castille, today the prime minister's office. Strickland had no doubt as to the precise mission the new daily had to have, and it was clear that in launching the daily, he and his daughter Mabel had in mind breaking new ground, both in the modern concept of newspaper publishing as such and, even more so, in journalism proper. Apart from being the "friend of the public", the newspaper had to be of service to the community.
That spirit has remained as the major motivating force of Strickland House newspapers and of the company that runs them. The Times of Malta was well received from the start. Giving a strong helping hand at the time was Lord Strickland's second wife, Margaret Hulton, whose father had the largest newspaper empire outside Fleet Street. Her brother owned the Evening Standard in Britain and his son had Picture Post.
Lord Strickland put the publishing side of his organisation on stronger foundations when he set up Allied Malta Newspapers Limited on June 15, 1939.
The company flourished but on October 15, 1979 it received a setback when political arsonists attacked the press and razed the building to the ground. But it was quickly rebuilt, with both the company and its newspapers establishing even stronger foundations.
Today, Allied Newspapers Limited has developed into a news and information platform, breaking into the new information age with a website and other information services that support the group's publishing wing. Progress Press has also kept up with the times, moving to a new state-of-the-art printing house at Mriehel.
There are two other companies in the group, MediaMaker, which specialises in the publication of high-quality magazines, and Allied Retail and Commercial Co. Limited.


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Short Answer
Generally, 30 FPS is roughly the lowest framerate at which a game is still playable. However, most gamers agree that 60 FPS is probably the ideal target since it offers extra fluidity. Meanwhile, higher triple-digit framerates are only truly relevant for competitive gamers, though some may like having the extra responsiveness even in their single-player games.
If there is anything that PC gamers love to argue about, it's either graphics or framerates, and it's the latter that we'll be discussing in this article. Namely, what is the best FPS for gaming – and is there even such a thing?
Of course, FPS will vary based on several factors: the capabilities of the hardware, the optimization of the game, the resolution, the graphics settings, etc. Furthermore, individual opinions also vary in regards to what FPS can be considered as "playable" and just how much use there is in a high framerate.
Without further ado, let's get right into it!
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What is FPS?
FPS is an acronym that stands for frames-per-second. Essentially, it represents how many images the GPU is able to render each second and how many are being displayed on your monitor each second.
For example, if a game was running at 1 frame per second, you would only be seeing one image every second. This is more akin to a slideshow than a real-time experience and a game would be unplayable at 1 FPS.
So, basically, the more frames are rendered and displayed each second, the smoother the experience will be.
FPS Brackets
The human eye is a highly advanced organ, but it can hardly tell the difference between a couple of frames. Because of that and because of hardware-imposed standards, FPS is usually rounded up to the following framerates:
- 30 FPS – The performance targeted by consoles and weaker PCs. Keep in mind, though, that stuttering is only noticeable at under 20 FPS, so anything above 20 FPS can be considered playable.
- 60 FPS – This is the target goal for most gaming PCs. On consoles, only the less demanding or better-optimized games can manage a stable 60 FPS.
- 120 FPS – A framerate that is only possible on monitors with 120-165 Hz refresh rates and is what only the more powerful high-end gaming PCs can achieve in demanding games without any settings drops. It is not achievable by consoles (yet).
- 240 FPS – Manageable only by the fastest 240 Hz monitors, 240 FPS is as high as modern-day displays can go.
Keep in mind that the higher the framerate, the harder it is for the human eye to see a difference. For example, anyone would be able to see just how much smoother 60 FPS is compared to 30 FPS but a difference between 120 FPS and 240 FPS is often difficult to see in real-time even when compared side by side.
What is the Best FPS for Gaming?
Here, we come to the titular question. However, it is one that is impossible to answer.
Well, simply because there is no single best framerate that is ideal for everyone and every type of game. Personal preferences aside, it can be summarized as:
- 30 FPS – Good enough for a single-player and a more cinematic experience.
- 60 FPS – The ideal framerate for most people, as the extra fluidity makes games more responsive and can provide an edge in multiplayer. Also good for games where reacting to animations is important.
- 120 FPS – Much more fluid and responsive than 60 FPS, it can provide a valuable edge to competitive gamers, though some appreciate the extra responsiveness in single-player games, even if it comes at the cost of graphics.
- 240 FPS – Just like 120 FPS, 240 FPS will usually only be deemed worthwhile by a competitive gamer willing to invest in a 240 Hz monitor. Obviously, it offers twice as many frames per second, but the difference between 120 FPS and 240 FPS is more difficult to notice than the difference between 30 and 60 or between 60 and 120 FPS.
Furthermore, when it comes to framerates, it is also worth noting the following factors:
- The type of monitor – As mentioned above, only certain monitors with high refresh rates can actually display framerates beyond the standard 60 Hz. As such, getting one such monitor may mean passing on some other features. For example, 144 Hz and 240 Hz monitors mostly use TN panels, which have poor color accuracy and viewing angles compared to IPS or VA panels. Check out this article if you want to know more about these types of panels. Plus, the resolution is something to consider as well.
- The hardware – If you're getting a monitor with a high refresh rate, then you'll also need a GPU that can actually run games at those high framerates, which may be a considerable investment if you want to maintain both a high framerate and high graphics settings in AAA games.
- The games you play – Running the latest AAA games in 120 FPS is not easy, but the same can't be said for eSports games such as CS: GO, Overwatch, Dota 2, etc. If you mainly play eSports games or otherwise well-optimized games that don't need overly beefy hardware to run at triple-digit framerates, then you don't have to worry about getting a $500+ GPU to go with your 144 Hz/240 Hz monitor.
So, in the end, the framerate that you should target should be based on the capabilities of your PC, the games that you generally play, and whether you prefer performance over visuals or vice versa.
Even 30 FPS is quite playable and can actually make for a more cinematic experience (especially if a game has not-so-stellar animations) but most people will agree that 60 FPS is the ideal middle ground between responsiveness and cost-effectiveness.
Meanwhile, triple-digit framerates are great for competitive multiplayer or just for people who prefer having extra responsiveness in their single-player games, even if it means dropping some graphics settings. However, keep in mind that a 144 Hz monitor or a 240 Hz monitor is a special investment that, while it is not necessarily expensive, will mean that you will have to pass on some other features that a 60 Hz monitor in the same price range would have, which is usually better visuals.
And as a final word, if you're currently shopping for a new monitor, we would advise checking out our thorough guide on the best gaming monitors!