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UC Santa Barbara, Calif. - The UC Santa Barbara women?s tennis team downed the University of San Francisco, 6-1, this afternoon at the Rob Gym tennis courts to push their winning streak to four.
The Gauchos started hot, capturing the doubles point with victories at the No. 2 and No. 3 slots. Michelle Murphy teamed up with Sofia Novak to post an 8-5 win over Mylene Martin and Alan McMahon, 8-5, while Asagi Onaga cruised to an easy 8-2 victory over Julia Wartenberger and Jessy Mekpoh.
With the UCSB women up a point, the Gauchos carried the momentum over to singles play where they secured five out of the six matches. Bryanna Ojeda quickly staked UCSB to a 2-0 advantage by demolishing her opponent at the No. 2 position, 6-1, 6-0. Natalia Lozano followed with a decisive 6-3, 6-3 win at the No. 4 spot. With the Gauchos up big, Murphy and Novak sunk in their teeth to secure the win for UCSB, winning handedly at the No. 2 and No. 3 spots respectively. It took Onaga an extra set to trump her opponent, 6-3, 0-6, 6-0.
The sole victory for the Dons came on court one where Jenny-Lee Heisner defeated Jill Damion, 6-2, 6-1.
The Gauchos improve to 8-3 overall (2-3 in Big West). UCSB will take the courts Tuesday against Alabama Birmingham at the UCSB Rob Gym Courts.
#1 #54 Jenny-Lee Heisner SF def. Jill Damion UCSB 6-2,6-1
#2 Michelle Murphy UCSB def. Mylene Martin SF 6-1,7-5
#3 Sofia Novak UCSB def. Julia Wartenburger SF 6-2,6-4
#4 Natalia Lozano UCSB def. Celia Gratian SF 6-3,6-3
#5 Asagi Onaga UCSB def. Jessy Mekpoh SF 6-3,0-6,6-0
#6 Bryanna Ojeda UCSB def. Alana McMahon SF 6-1,6-0
#1 Heisner/Gratian SF def. Damion/Lozano UCSB 8-2
#2 Murphy/Novak UCSB def. Martin McMahon SF 8-5
#3 Onaga/Ojeda UCSB def. Wartenburger/Mekpoh SF 8-2


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Wow, another two years has passed since I posted an entry. Things have been so busy that I haven't even thought about this blog until a friend of mine mentioned it. Let me update on the happenings in my life.
Since my last post, things have happened. Some good, some bad. Let's get the bad stuff out of the way first.
On October 22, 2015, my best friend lost her 17 year old son in a tragic car accident. This boy was kind and gentle, he was sweet, and he never walked around without a smile on his face. He was a friend to all who knew him. The last time I saw him was four days before he passed away. We had breakfast at a local cafe. At first, he didn't want to come with his mother, but when he found out that I was coming, he told his mom that he loved me and was going to come. I will forever cherish that breakfast with him. I miss him terribly.
Then, a few weeks later on November 10, 2015, my world was shattered when my precious mom was called home to heaven. Although I was told the Sunday before she passed that she was not going to survive the pneumonia that she was inflicted with, one is never truly prepared for the loss of their mother. That was literally the hardest day of my life! I miss her every day, and I can't look at sunflowers without getting a little teary. But, I know that she is no longer confined with the health issues that she had. She is free, she is happy, she is healthy, and she is busy. I love her so much and I miss her so much and I can't wait for the day when I see my Mombo again.
If that isn't enough loss, my dear friend Karen was called home in early June. I had not had the chance to see her for six months. I saw her at a luncheon in December, a few days before she headed to Salt Lake for a surgery. She was supposed to be able to come home within six weeks, but she kept getting infections, and finally, suffered a heart attack. I miss my dear Karen every day, but I know that she is now in heaven befriending my sweet mama. Oh the stories they could tell each other.
The final and most devastating loss came on August 10, 2016 when my sweet daddy was found dead in his house. For this daddy's girl, the grief is still so strong that it is very hard for me to talk about it. He had a massive heart attack and the doctor said that it was quick and he didn't suffer. I miss my daddy every day. He and I were planning to move to Tennessee to start a new life. But, I find comfort in knowing that he has been reunited with his beloved sweetheart of 54 years. He was never the same when she passed and he told me that he was lost without her. I find solace knowing that they are together again and that I have two very special guardian angels watching over me.
I found out a few days ago that my gall bladder needs to come out. The way the doctor put it, "You have so many stones in there that you can make a necklace." Alrighty then! One stone is blocking the duct, so she said that I needed to get in with my PCP right away to discuss surgery. Oh joy!
Now, for the good news.
I graduated with my Bachelors degree in Elementary Education with endorsements in Special Education and Teaching English as a Second Language. I began my second year teaching at one of the local elementary schools. Last year, it was kindergarten, this year it is 1st grade. So, I have 11 of my same kiddos from last year and all 11 were parent requests. I feel so honored to be entrusted with the education of these precious children.
I have been accepted in to UNLV. I have begun my Masters program in Special Education. This is an area that is very near and dear to my heart.
I have reconnected with a very dear soul. This person was a large part of my young adulthood and I always grieved over our drifting apart. I have often wondered about him and have missed him. I just happened to notice that he had a Facebook account, and I sent a friend request to him, and he accepted. We've been chatting a lot and catching up. Facebook when used positively can be a very good thing.
We have also decided to host a foreign exchange student this year. My "son" is 15 years old and he is from Hamburg, Germany. He is the sweetest kid and he totally loves his new sisters, brother, and niece. It gives me the chance to practice my German. We look forward to having him here in our home for the next nine months.
I also decided to make some big changes in my life that I am not quite ready to announce as of yet. But, these are things that have been needing to happen for 20 years.
I have been staying busy with kids, grand kid, fur kids, friends, work, school in no particular order. LOL
Sunday, September 4, 2016
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City Planning staff is hitting the streets over the next few weeks to meet with neighborhood associations about first steps for implementation of the new Comprehensive Plan, Portland's Plan 2030. These "Community Conversations" will be opportunities for staff to provide an overview of the new Comprehensive Plan, and hear from residents about how it should translate into new zoning and land use regulations.
One of the top recommendations of the Comprehensive Plan is developing a new, accessible, Land Use Code. The Land Use Code includes the zoning, subdivision, and related standards that regulate physical development in the city, including uses and elements of physical form such as setbacks and heights. Identified as a priority implementation step of the new plan, this effort will help realize Portland's overall vision for the future.
"These Community Conversations will be a chance for us to hear from residents as we start the first overall rewrite of the City's Land Use Code in over 50 years," said Jeff Levine, Director of Planning & Urban Development. "We hope to explain some of the key recommendations in the new Comprehensive Plan, and hear how neighborhoods want those policies translated into action for their part of the city."
Community Conversations are being hosted by the neighborhood associations as part of their regularly scheduled meetings. The schedule to date is as follows:
Planning staff is happy to meet with other residents about this project or the Comprehensive Plan in general. There will also be additional opportunities for citizen participation in the rewriting of the Land Use Code in the coming year. Find out more here, or to schedule a meeting, please contact Christine Grimando, Senior Planner, at email@example.com or 207-874-8608.


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Carey Price may have torn ligaments in his knee
Montreal coach Michel Therrien on Monday afternoon confirmed an earlier XN Sports report that Canadiens goaltender Carey Price will miss the remainder of the Eastern Conference finals.
A source close to the situation told James Murphy of XN Sports that Price likely hyper-extended his right knee and may have torn ligaments in the knee.
Price suffered the injury when opposing forward Chris Kreider slid into his skates at 3:15 of the second period in the 7-2 loss to the Rangers in Game 1. After staying in the game and allowing two more goals, he was replaced by Peter Budaj before the third.
Price skated with goaltending coach Stephane Waite for about five minutes prior to an optional practice Sunday, mostly side to side in the crease and then left the ice. After practice, Therrien would not confirm if Price would be in the lineup for Game 2 Tuesday.
"Today was an optional practice," Therrien said, according to the report. "It was a therapy day for Carey. We'll see if he's able to play."
Budaj and Dustin Tokarski served as the two goalies for practice and will do the same in Game 2 and for the rest of the best-of-seven series.
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Events for New Members or First-Timers
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Saturday, Jan 20th
ALCTS Volunteer Forum
10:30am-12:00pm, location TBA
Leaders, creative thinkers, team players, problem solvers ... ALCTS volunteers are these and so much more! If you want to grow professionally and network with colleagues focussed on the critical issues facing librarianship, plan to attend the fourth annual ALCTS Volunteer Forum. Sponsored by the ALCTS Leadership Development Committee, the forum will be held on Saturday, January 20, 10:30am-12:00pm, during the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle. This is your chance to hear about the committee appointment process and opportunities for involvement from the division appointing officers. The presenters include the ALCTS President and President-Elect and the Chairs-Elect of the Acquisitions, Cataloging and Classification, Collection Management and Development, Preservation and Reformatting, and Serials Sections and the Council of Regional Groups as well as the ANO Editor. The volunteer application is available online at http://www.ala.org/ala/alcts/alctsmanual/alctsforms/volunteerform.htm.
RUSA Volunteer Forum
4:00-6:00 p.m., location TBA
Want to get involved in the Reference and User Services Association? Stop by the RUSA Volunteer Forum and meet current officers. They'll take the mystery out of the appointment process! Refreshments will be served.
NMRT Social
6:00-8:30p.m., location TBA
Join the New Members Round Table in celebrating the 75th anniversary of NMRT! And hey, there's free food and door prizes!
Sunday, Jan. 21st
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2015 Ford Mustang Revealed!
Ford unleashed an unprecedented social media blitz to show off the next-generation Mustang
Think about it. Just ten years ago when Ford introduced the new S197 '05 Mustang, social media didn't exist. There was no such thing as Instagram, and Mark Zuckerberg was an unknown college student attempting to get his Harvard "Facebook" network up and running. Yes, times have changed.
And so has the '15 Mustang and the way Ford revealed the sixth generation to the world. Instead of relying on traditional media like magazines and TV, Ford took to the Internet, building up to the unveiling date with videos and releasing photos at 12:01 AM EST on December 5. The material went viral, of course, with the much-awaited news spreading quickly via everything from major news outlets to the pajama-clad Mustang fan updating his Facebook page. Within hours, anyone with a computer, tablet, or mobile phone had seen the '15 Mustang.
Of course, with social media, feedback was immediate. Within minutes of posting the Ford-supplied photos of the completely restyled Mustang on our website and Facebook page, we were deluged with comments from our mainly traditional Mustang enthusiasts, many of whom were critical of the new styling with comments that ranged from "ugly" and "not a Mustang" to "I'll keep my '14 GT/CS." Others approved, calling the '15 Mustang "awesome" and "best-looking Mustang yet."
We suppose it's all a matter of opinion, which is easy to express on social media, and the typical response to change. We recall similar backlash, although not as immediate, when Ford sharpened the body lines for the '99 "New Edge" Mustang. In time, the new styling grew on us and we found ourselves owning one and embracing the design. The same is likely true for the '15 Mustang.
Yes, it's a departure from the retro-styling that we traditional (i.e.: older) enthusiasts have enjoyed since the debut of '94's SN-95 Mustang, a model that brought back many of the design cues from the original Mustang after the more European-look Fox-body. And although the '15 Mustang continues to incorporate many of those famous elements, like the honeycomb grille and tri-bar taillights, the retro theme has given way to a more modern design that should attract something the Mustang sorely needs—younger buyers—to boost sales and win back the sales crown over the Camaro.
"The goal is to attract new customers without losing avid enthusiasts," is how design director Joel Piaskowski put it.
Within hours, anyone with a computer, tablet, or mobile phone had seen the '15 Mustang.
Perhaps more importantly than the looks, the '15 Mustang moves forward with an independent rear suspension and the addition of an all-new 2.3-liter EcoBoost four-cylinder to an engine lineup that also brings back the current V-6 and 5.0-liter, which gets a horsepower boost thanks to revised cylinder heads and a new intake manifold. Ford hasn't released power numbers yet, saying only that the 5.0-liter will make "more than 420hp." We're hearing that it will be close to 440.
It will be interesting to see how U.S. consumers react to the EcoBoost four, the first turbocharged four-cylinder for the Mustang since the '84-'86 SVO. However, for the first time, the '15 Mustang is clearly designed for a global market, including Europe and Asia where the four-cylinder's fuel economy will help off-set higher fuel prices. Ford also announced that China and Australia will get the Mustang, including a right-hand drive version for countries that require driving on the other side.
As the sixth generation of Mustang, the '15 model starts a new chapter for the ponycar's now 50-year history. Hopefully, the critics will warm up to the sleek, new appearance—just like we've done for previous generations of Mustang change.
In the Backyard
Held at Ford's Conference and Event Center located across Village Road from Greenfield Village, the reveal in Dearborn was staged primarily for Ford employees, dealers, and suppliers, with retirees getting their own chance to see the new car following the official ceremonies. Ford enhanced the Mustang ambiance by decorating the lobby with a variety of historic Mustangs, including the '62 Mustang I concept roadster, the first production Mustang (100001), Kathy Miller's original-owner '64½ hardtop, and Gail Wise's '64½ convertible, which Ford is promoting as the first Mustang sold to the public.
In the Mustang's hometown, Ford chief operating officer Mark Fields had the honor of pulling the cover off the new Mustang. With Edsel Ford III on the front row, the wraps came off a red '15 GT, followed by words from Group VP of Design J Mays and Executive Director of North America Engineering Frank Davis. Afterwards, everyone was invited on stage for a "look but don't touch" close-up of the new Mustang along with photos ops with Fields. —Donald Farr
Going Hollywood
While the new Mustang was being celebrated elsewhere in the world, Ford rolled out its icon at the front door of TCL Chinese Theatre in the heart of Hollywood amid the rumble and buzz of local enthusiasts and media. On hand for the debut was Raj Nair, Ford Group Vice President for Global Product Development, and Joe Hinrichs, Ford Executive Vice-President and President of the Americas. Their message was, "This isn't your grandpa's classic Mustang."
Hinrichs said, "Going forward, Mustang is going to help even more people see Ford differently around the world and connect with us in more meaningful ways. We're taking Mustang truly global for the first time."
The Los Angeles launch was a no brainer because Mustang has appeared in more than 3,000 movies and television shows over the past 50 years, which has earned the Mustang notoriety in front of the Chinese Theatre. The '15 Mustang rolled over wet concrete, leaving its tire tracks for posterity. Nair and Hinrichs took a galloping Mustang silhouette and pressed it into the concrete pad. Because the concrete had nearly cured, they had to stand on it to get an imprint.
Southern Californians were decidedly impressed with the new Mustang with its trio of engine choices and being the first Mustang with fully independent suspension standard. The older traditionalists were lukewarm to the new appearance, but admitted it was time for Mustang to grow beyond its American roots and become more the world's original Mustang fun car. —Jim Smart
What You Need to Know
* The '15 Mustang is an all-new car: "We didn't originally start out as this being all-new, but it is now an all-new car, meaning there is not a piece of sheetmetal anywhere, or any other part, that hasn't been touched," said Mustang chief engineer Dave Pericak.
* Compared to the '14 Mustang, the '15 model has a 1.5-inch lower roofline and 2.8-inch wider rear fenders. Wheelbase does not change from '14.
* Available colors: Race Red, Competition Orange, Triple Yellow, Deep Impact Blue, Ruby Red, Black, Magnetic Metal, Guard Metal, Ingot Silver, and Oxford White.
* For the first time, the regular production Mustang will come with independent rear suspension, an integral-link design specifically tuned for performance. A new double ball-joint front MacPherson strut system allows the use of larger brakes.
* Three engines are available: a more powerful 5.0-liter V-8 (upwards of 440hp, we're hearing), a 3.7-liter V-6 (over 300hp), and 2.3-liter EcoBoost (expected 305hp).
* All '15 Mustangs will be available with either a six-speed Getrag manual transmission or 6R80 six-speed automatic with standard steering wheel mounted shift paddles.
* The '15 Mustang arrives in showrooms in the fall of 2014 as a fastback, with the convertible arriving later.
* The convertible will have a lower stack height for a cleaner profile and improved rear visibility. Featuring a standard multi-layer cloth material with a single center latch (as opposed to the current pair of latches in the corners), the '15's top will lower twice as fast as the '14 Mustang convertible top.
* The '15 interior is all-new with a cockpit themed dash, round analog gauges for tach and speedometer, more compact steering wheel, and larger glove compartment. The '15s will also come with 50th anniversary badging.
* Shoulder, leg, and knee room are reportedly improved. * Look for four interior color schemes.
* Innovative technology includes standard push-button start, SYNC, MyKey, and Launch Control, plus available TrackApps, MyColor gauges, BlindSpot Information System, and Selectable Drive Modes (steering effort, engine response, and stability control).
* Sequential LED taillights return. Front fenders switch to aluminum.
* The '15 Mustang will be sold globally, including factory-produced right-hand drive models for Great Britain, Australia, etc.
* Vintage cues: honeycomb front grille with chrome running horse, tri-bar taillights, fastback roofline, triple LED parking lights to mimic the '65-'66 Mustang's headlight door "vents," and long hood and short deck with raised, wider haunches over the rear tires.
* The Shelby GT 500 has been discontinued. Will we see another Shelby or Boss 302 in the future? Or both? Ford is not saying.
* Pricing has not been announced.


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Oral contraceptives, abbreviated OCPs, are medications taken by mouth for the purpose of birth control.
Two types of female oral contraceptive pill, taken once per day, are widely available:
- The combined oral contraceptive pill contains estrogen and progestin
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Emergency contraception pills ("morning after pills") are taken at the time of intercourse, or within a few days afterwards.
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Martin County Library System awarded H.W. Wilson Staff Development Grant
For Immediate Release
Tue, 03/04/2014
Cheryl Malden
Program Officer
CHICAGO — The Martin County (Fla.) Library System has been named the H.W. Wilson Library Staff Development Grant recipient for 2014, for its "Connect: Customer Service Excellence at Martin County Library System" program. The focus of this program is to develop and train each staff member to be knowledgeable in every area of library operations. After completion, staff will be capable and confident in answering complex questions and handling difficult situations.
With this grant, the Martin County Library System plans to develop the final team-building module of the program, develop and implement program evaluation tools and fund a speaker for its annual staff training day. Six other modules have already been developed and launched, focusing on communication, technology, event planning, collection development, budget basics, and people in charge. Kaleigh Trendell, the system's staff development specialist, is responsible for implementing the Connect training program and measuring its impacts.
In selecting Martin County Library System for this year's H.W. Wilson Grant, jury members commented on how the well organized module system was designed to fill a documented need, according to Jury Chair Laurel Bliss, of San Diego State University.
Members of the 2014 H.W. Wilson Library Staff Development Grant jury were Laurel Bliss, Chair, San Diego State University; Deana Groves, Western Kentucky University; Tobi Oberman, Skokie (Ill.) Public Library; Jasmine Posey, Greenwich (Conn.) Library; and Teri Switzer, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.
The award will be presented at the ALA Annual Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada in June. More information about the H.W. Wilson Staff Development Award including how to submit a nomination is available on the ALA website.
The deadline for submissions of applications for the 2015 H.W. Wilson Library Staff Development Grant is Dec. 1, 2014.


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Attracting Native Pollinators
Attracting Native Pollinators: Protecting North America's Bees and Butterflies, was published in 2011 by Storey Publishing, North Adams, Massachusetts. Attracting Native Pollinators is coauthored by four Xerces Society staff members Eric Mader, Matthew Shepherd, Mace Vaughan, and Scott Black in collaboration with Gretchen LeBuhn, a San Francisco State University botanist and director of the Great Sunflower Project.
Since Xerces published the groundbreaking Pollinator Conservation Handbook in 2003, conservation practices have evolved, and the handbook has begun to show its age. At 380 pages, Attracting Native Pollinators provides dramatically expanded breadth and detail, reflecting the latest understanding about creating and managing pollinator habitat. Illustrated with hundreds of color photographs and dozens of specially created illustrations, Attracting Native Pollinators is divided into the following four detailed sections:
- Pollinators and Pollination explains the value of pollinators, and includes informative chapters on the natural history and habitat needs of bees, butterflies, flies, beetles, and wasps.
- Taking Action provides comprehensive information on ways to help pollinators and on creating nest sites and safe foraging areas. It includes guidance on conserving pollinators in all kinds of landscapes: gardens, natural areas, farms, recreation land, even ecoroofs.
- Bees of North America provides help with identifying the more abundant and important bee species, and supplies detailed profiles of more than thirty commonly encountered genera.
- Creating a Pollinator-Friendly Landscape shows how various kinds of land, including urban gardens, suburban parks, and farms, can be enhanced to support diverse pollinator populations. Sample planting designs and fifty pages of illustrated plant lists facilitate selection of the best plants for any region.
"Attracting Native Pollinators belongs on the bookshelf of everyone who values the future of the natural world."
– Douglas W. Tallamy, author of Bringing Nature Home.
"Precise, elegant, and thoughtful, the recommendations offered by the Xerces Society will become essential to advancing a healthy and diverse food-production system."
– Gary Paul Nabhan, author of The Forgotten Pollinators and Renewing America's Food Tradition.
Available for a minimum donation of $56. You will also receive Xerces member benefits for one-year from the date of your donation (member benefits are not transferable if you ship this item as a gift). Click to view in our Gift Center.


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- Circuit type Race
- Circuit Length 4.574kms
- Circuit Turns 13
- Circuit Direction Clockwise
- Capacity 130,000
- Established 1932
|First race
|German Grand Prix
|August 2, 1970
|Jochen Rindt (AUT)
|full results
|Last race
|German Grand Prix
|July 28, 2019
|Max Verstappen (NED)
|full results
|Total races
Built by Mercedes-Benz as a test track in the 1930s, Hockenheim first welcomed F1 to the circuit in 1970 when drivers threatened to boycott the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring on safety grounds. Safety measures had already been introduced at Hockenheim following the death of Jim Clark in 1968, where chicanes were added to the track's two main straights.
However, the race returned to the Nürburgring the following year, where it remained until 1977 when Hockenheim became the regular home of the German Grand Prix until 2006.
In 2002 the circuit underwent major alterations for safety reasons, with the new layout significantly reducing the speed of the circuit and increasing the spectator seating available.
Since 1995 there had been two grand prix held in Germany every year; the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim and either the European Grand Prix or the Luxembourg Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, but in 2006 Bernie Ecclestone announced there would only be one race held in Germany from 2007, alternating between the two historic circuits.
While no driver has ever been killed in an F1 race at Hockenheim, two-time F1 world champion Jim Clark died in a Formula 2 race in April 1968 after he crashed into trees at 140mph. A memorial used to mark the spot where he crashed but after the redevelopment of the circuit the memorial was replaced by a more impressive structure at turn one.
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After father is deported, teen makes his own way in U.S.
As Armando Cruz and his friends in Charlotte, N.C., watched U.S. senators vote on a massive immigration overhaul in June, his mind drifted 1,600 miles away to this dusty Mexican town where his little sister was on a 30-minute trek to the closest Internet cafe.
Maria Elena crossed the railroad tracks by her house on a rocky hill. She passed squatters at the abandoned station. Finally she sat down in front of a faded black computer in a converted storefront near the former convent of the Capuchinos.
Armando's phone buzzed:
"How does the vote look?" Maria Elena wrote via Facebook.
"I don't know. They don't have the numbers yet. But it sounds good," he responded.
"Well that's good."
"Yeah," he said. "Let's see if it stays good."
Armando Cruz was just 16 when his family was ripped from his life. It's been three years since he's seen his parents, his little brother and all but two of his sisters, who returned to Mexico once his father was deported after an early morning raid at their East Charlotte duplex.
As a result, Armando has spent some of the most formative years of his adolescence in Charlotte being raised by people his parents have never met.The U.S.-born teenager, who graduated from Charlotte's East Mecklenburg High, is one of an untold number of children born to the millions of migrant families who were lured to the United States during the booming 1990s and then, as the American economy soured, unraveled by years of record-breaking deportations under the Obama administration.
Armando's father, Juan Cruz, 41, is among the more than 200,000 parents of U.S. citizens who were deported from 2010 to 2012. Thousands of U.S.-born children, like Armando, were left behind to fend for themselves, in the hope that they could achieve what their parents could not: the coveted American Dream. Their father's deportation forced all his siblings – sisters Maria Elena, now 16, Valeria, 18, Sandra, 15, Leslie, 13, and Jocelyn, 9, and brother Juan, 4 – to relocate to Mexico. It was their first trip to their parents' homeland. All the children were born in the United States and thus are U.S. citizens.
They have a lot riding on the ambitious U.S. Senate plan, which, in addition to creating a path to citizenship for millions of people who are living in the country illegally, would allow some families who've been separated by deportation to be reunited.
Their fate lies largely in the hands of the Republican-led House of Representatives, whose focus has been on enforcement and is reluctant to allow the previously deported back into the U.S.
"It's a bridge too far for the House," said Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., the chairman of the House subcommittee that oversees immigration.
Armando Cruz, who's now 19, was on his way home from school in Charlotte in March 2010 when he saw his dad's blue pickup in the driveway. Juan Cruz traveled frequently as a roofer for a construction company. It was a treat for Armando to see his dad after classes.
"Papee!" Armando yelled as he raced into the house.
The lights were off, the room silent. His mom was sitting on the couch – in the corner where his dad usually sat. She was crying.
Armando went room to room.
"Where is Papee?" he repeated over and over. "Is he upstairs? Is he in the yard?"
"I kept badgering her," Armando said of his mother. "She told me, 'Shut up. . . . They took him.' "
Immigration agents had arrived that morning after Armando had left for school. They asked for another man, but they had a warrant and decided to look around. They found Armando's father asleep upstairs. They woke him and asked whether he could prove that he lived in the country legally.
Months later, Armando's mother moved back to Mexico, voluntarily, taking the other six kids with her.
In Mexico, the family lives in a converted garage, the kitchen separated from the carport by a blue tarp. It's a big change from the three-bedroom duplex they had rented in Charlotte near Eastland Mall. The girls sleep together on bunk beds. Little Juan sleeps with his father, while his mother works the night shift caring for an older woman.
Eating pizza one recent night, as rain poured in through a large hole in the ceiling, the children spoke nostalgically about Charlotte, especially Concord Mills mall, where they'd often spent weekends going to movies – they haven't seen any since they moved to Mexico – meeting friends in the food court or just looking at the stores.
"I liked Claire's. They have bracelets," Leslie said, looking at the purple bands around her wrist.
Everything is different, Maria Elena said. She missed her friends. She missed the schools.
"I miss hearing the teachers talking English," she said. "I miss people talking English with me. Because here you can barely talk with someone because all of them are Mexican."
"I don't want to be in Mexico," she said. "I want to be in North Carolina. But that's how life is. Harsh."
In North Carolina, Armando lives with an immigration advocate, sheltered and cared for – but alone in many ways.
His mother, Maria Teresa Cruz, remembers how Armando called her a year ago, crying, on the night he graduated from East Mecklenburg High.
"I want you to be here," he said. "I want to be there."
She told her son how proud she was. How she missed him every day.
"Mijo, we can't be there," she recalled. "It's impossible. He was crying. 'Mommy, I miss you.' We miss you. We're so proud of you."
Armando's graduation should have been a special moment for the family. His parents wanted him to get the education they didn't. It was a dream for him to graduate from high school and then go to college. They shouldn't have had to share it over the phone, he said.
"I think about the things that they told me," he said. "And the things I wish I could have told them. It's been three years. I've missed out on a lot of 'I love yous,' hugs and talks with them. I miss them a lot. I miss them so much. There are days when I try to remember their faces, and sometimes I can't."
Queens University in Charlotte gave Armando a Presidential Scholarship, the school's top merit scholarship. He got straight A's this past semester.
His calls home are not typical of an excelling student and his proud parents, however.
They revolve around money, though not for him. It's his mom and dad struggling to make ends meet, who sometimes must choose between putting food on the table or buying shoes for one of the kids.
"I don't want to talk with my mom most of the time because it just makes me feel depressed," Armando said. "It just makes me feel worse."
He'd sometimes refuse to eat, knowing that his parents and sisters were struggling to put food on the table.
Armando walked back to his old house recently after a conversation with his mom. He walked along the same street where he use to ride his green mountain bike for hours. He looked at the front door where his mom used to say goodbye to him when he left for school.
He thought about what she'd said on the phone: "If only it could be like it was."
Armando has grown angrier over the last three years. He said he was mad at himself for not being able to do more for his family. He's mad at his parents for the expectations they put on him. He's mad at the country for creating the system his family is caught up in.
One afternoon last spring, he was walking into Walmart when a little Latino boy came out of the store riding in a buggy pushed by his father.
"It makes me happy because the kid is happy," he recalled to a friend. "But it makes me sad because I don't want the kid to ever have to feel the sadness – one of their parents is probably undocumented – and I don't want them to ever have to go through what I went through."
Juan Cruz lay on his bed in Mexico. He was smiling while throwing his youngest son, Juan, 4, up in the air. The little boy screamed and told his father to stop, yet couldn't stop giggling.
Opposite the bed were photos of all the kids, taken when they were students at Shamrock Gardens Elementary and Windsor Park Elementary in Charlotte. Cruz grabbed Armando's baby photo from a shelf.
"He was a chubby baby," Cruz said, smiling.
"I miss him," he said. "I wish we were together. I know it's probably hard for him to live far from us, but it's the only way."
His mom worries that her son is growing more distant from her the longer they're apart.
Talking to a reporter who'd met her son, she rattled off questions about her oldest child: How big is he now? What's his favorite thing to do? Does he think about us?
She worries she'll never see him again.
"He's changed," his mom said in Spanish. "He's not the same boy anymore."
Proponents of greater immigration enforcement largely support the mass exodus of those who are in the country illegally. They say the parents are responsible for gambling with their children's future by sneaking into the country illegally, knowing that they could be deported.
In a clear indication of the perilous path the immigration bill faces, many House Republicans think that if the government allows such people to stay – or deportees to return, as in the Senate bill's proposal – it would only provide incentives for more illegal immigration.
For Armando and his family, the argument on Capitol Hill is about their life, and the future of a family that had made its way in Charlotte's growing immigrant community.
His mom and dad press him to do more to help them return. They want him to send money. They want him to finish his degree and get a good job. They want him to take the rest of his sisters to the United States. Valeria joined him last spring. She's several years behind in school, and Armando is trying to help her improve her study habits.
Armando and the family he's staying with considered bringing Maria Elena to live with them as well. Early in August they decided to do it, and Maria Elena arrived Aug. 18.
She's starting the 10th grade at Charlotte Secondary School.
"A lot of times I feel like I have all the responsibility," Armando said. "In the back of my head, I've told myself that after I've helped my family get back here and get settled that I'm leaving. I just want to go."
His parents want him to lobby Congress.
And so he does.
On a recent morning, Armando stood in the Capitol Hill office of U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers, a North Carolina Republican, to speak with one of her legislative aides about the Senate immigration plan, which, if it passes, probably would allow him to petition for his father to return even though he'd been deported.
"I still can't deal with my depression," Armando said. "I still can't deal with the fact that my parents are in Mexico suffering every day because they can't find jobs."
Ellmers wants to keep families together, the aide told Armando. But the Senate bill, he added, is a non-starter. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said the House wouldn't take up the Senate bill or a similar comprehensive measure. Instead, leaders have begun to roll out a piecemeal approach, including crafting a bill to deal with children who were brought to the U.S. illegally and others that strengthen enforcement and border security.
Armando knows the uphill battle the immigration bill faces. Sitting outside the U.S. Capitol, peering up at the dome, he said he once saw his country as a place of promises and dreams. If someone worked hard, he thought, he could accomplish whatever he wanted.
"But after what happened to my family, I feel that it's very flawed, very flawed, in how it views who can be here," he said.
In Mexico, on that June visit to the Internet cafe, Maria Elena spent hours on Facebook. She managed three conversations while posting updates to her status page.
Armando wrote again: "Well it looks the immigration bill passed the Senate."
"That's really good. Like," Maria wrote. "Well I have to go now."
"Bye Maria," Armando typed. "I love you."
"I love you," she wrote.
This three-part project was sponsored by an international reporting fellowship administered by the International Center for Journalists and funded by the Brooks and Joan Fortune Family Foundation and the Ford Foundation.


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Enhanced 911, E-911 or E911 is a system used in North America that links emergency callers with the appropriate public resources. Three-digit emergency telephone numbers originated in the United Kingdom in 1937 and have spread to continents and countries around the globe. Other easy dial codes, including the 112 number adopted by the European Union in 1991, have been deployed to provide free-of-charge emergency calls.
In North America, where 9-1-1 was chosen as the easy access code, the system tries to automatically associate a location with the origin of the call. This location may be a physical address or other geographic reference information such as X/Y map coordinates. The caller's telephone number is used in various ways to derive a location that can be used to dispatch police, fire, emergency medical and other response resources. Automatic location of the emergency makes it quicker to locate the required resources during fires, break-ins, kidnappings, and other events where communicating one's location is difficult or impossible.
In North America the incoming 9-1-1 call is typically answered at the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) of the governmental agency that has jurisdiction over the caller's location (see #Location below). When the 9-1-1 call arrives at the appropriate PSAP, it is answered by a specially trained official known as a Telecommunicator. In some jurisdictions the Telecommunicator is also the dispatcher of public safety response resources. When a landline call arrives at the PSAP, special computer software uses the telephone number to retrieve and display the location of the caller in near real-time upon arrival of the call.
The system only works in North America if the emergency telephone number 911 is called. Calls made to other telephone numbers, even though they may be listed as an emergency telephone number, may not enable this feature. Outside Canada and the United States this type of facility is often called caller location, though its implementation is dependent on how the telephone network processes emergency calls.
The first 911 system was installed in Haleyville, Alabama, in February 1968, as a way to quickly connect a subscriber to the local police station. The system was rapidly adapted and improved by other telephone companies, evolving into the E911 system, which provides both caller location and identification. A pioneering system was in place in Chicago by the mid-1970s, providing both police and fire departments access to the source location of emergency calls. Enhanced 911 is currently deployed in most metropolitan areas in the United States and Canada, as well as all of the Cayman Islands.
In the US, the Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999, also known as the 911 Act, mandated the use of E911 and designated 9-1-1 as the universal emergency number, including both wireline and wireless phone devices.
Location is an important concept in the way that the Enhanced 9-1-1 system works. Location determination depends upon the Automatic Location Information (ALI) database which is maintained on behalf of local governments by contracted private third parties generally the Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC). Often, the contracted 3rd party further subcontracts the actual ALI database management to companies such as Intrado, Bandwidth and TCS. The ALI database also feeds the Master Street Address Guide database which is used to route the call to the appropriate PSAP and when the call arrives, the ALI database is queried to determine the location of the caller.
The 9-1-1 call arrives at the appropriate PSAP after it is routed across the Public switched telephone network (PSTN) to a special, often dedicated facility, called a Class 4 telephone switch or Tandem Office. The Tandem Office uses a technology referred to as Selective Routing to query the SRDB (Selective Routing Database) and MSAG (Master Street Address Guide) using the originating telephone number as a search key to match the origination of the call to the network location or Emergency Service Number (ESN) of the appropriate PSAP. When the call is delivered to the PSAP, a second query is made to the Automatic Location Information (ALI), again using the originating telephone number as a search key. The ALI record associated with the query is then returned to the PSAP where the Customer-premises equipment (CPE) correlates that information with the call taker receiving the call and displays the information on their computer screen.
There is a difference between the ways location is determined for different types of calls based upon the type of originating device or network. For each of these categories please see the sections below for the appropriate categories to learn more about location determination for each of the following types of calls. There are hardwired or Wireline enhanced 911 calls which originate from a device connected to a known fixed point of connection to the PSTN. Wireless enhanced 911 are calls that originate for mobile devices such as cellular telephones. VoIP enhanced 911 pertains to communications originating from various commercial services provided by companies that send telephone calls across the commercial internet using specialized devices and software applications. Multi-line Telephone System (MLTS) pertains to the location of callers dialing 9-1-1 from within the private telecommunications networks utilized enterprise style organizations.
For each of these categories different processes are required to obtain the required information to update the ALI database so that it may be used for 9-1-1 call routing and location determination.
The final destination of an E911 call (where the 911 operator sits) is a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP). There may be multiple PSAPs within the same exchange or one PSAP may cover multiple exchanges. The territories (Emergency Service Zone) covered by a single PSAP is based on the dispatch and response arrangements for the fire, police, and medical services for a particular area. All primary PSAPs have a regional Emergency Service Number (ESN), a number identifying the PSAP.
The Caller Location Information (CLI) provided is normally integrated into emergency dispatch center's computer-assisted dispatch (CAD) system. Early CAD systems provided text display of the caller's address, call history and available emergency response resources. In 1994, working in cooperation with the emergency response agencies of Covington, KY, 911 Mapping Systems, Inc.[1] founded in 1992 by Robert Graham Thomas Jr.,[2] implemented the first real-time on-screen E911 street map display to highlight the caller's position, nearest available emergency responders and other relevant information such as fire hydrants, hazardous materials and/or other data maintained by the city. Shortly thereafter, integrated mapping became a standard and integral part of all CAD systems and continues to evolve alongside 911 response technology. For Wireline E911, the location is an address. For Wireless E911, the location is a coordinate. Not all PSAPs have the Wireless and Wireline systems integrated.
Each telephone company (local exchange carrier, or LEC) has at least two redundant DS0-level (that is, 64 kbit/s, or voice quality) trunks connecting each host office telephone switch to each call center. These trunks are either directly connected to the center or they are connected to a telephone company central switch that intelligently distributes calls to the PSAPs. These special switches are often known as 911 Selective Routers. Their use is becoming increasingly more common as it simplifies the interconnection between newer ISUP/SS7-based host office switches and the many older PSAP systems.
If the PSAP receives calls from the telephone company on older analog trunks, they are usually Pulse driven circuits. These circuits are similar to traditional telephone lines, but are formatted to pass the calling party's number (Automatic Number Identification, ANI). (For historical reasons, the PSAP will refer to these as CAMA circuits even though Centralized Automatic Message Accounting (CAMA) is actually a reference to the call log.)
If the PSAP receives calls on older-style digital trunks, they are specially formatted Multi-Frequency (MF) trunks that pass the calling party's number (ANI) only. Some of the upgraded PSAPs can receive calls on ISUP trunks controlled by the SS7 protocol. In that case, the calling party's number (ANI) is already present in the SS7 setup message. The Charge Number Parameter contains the ANI.
When a call is placed to 911, the source of the call is recorded (this is allowed by special privacy legislation). The source number is used to look up the Emergency Service Number (phone number) of the appropriate call center (Public-safety answering point, or PSAP) in a database and connect the call.
Address information is not passed along by the public phone network; only the calling party's phone number is passed. The PSAP uses the calling party number to look up the address in the Automatic Location Identification (ALI) database. The ALI database is secured and separate from the public phone network by design. It is generally maintained by the Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC) under contract by the PSAP. Each ILEC has their own standards for the formatting of the database.
Most ALI databases have a companion database known as the MSAG, Master Street Address Guide. The MSAG describes the exact spelling of streets, street number ranges, and other address elements. When a new account is created, the address is looked up in the Master Street Address Guide to find the appropriate Emergency Service Number (ESN) that 911 calls from that phone number should be routed to. Competitive local exchange carriers (CLEC) and other competing wireline carriers negotiate for access to the ALI database in their respective Interconnect Agreement with the ILEC. They populate the database using the ILEC MSAG as a guide.
If the phone number is not passed or the phone number is not in the ALI database, this is known as ALI Failure; the call is then passed to the trunk group's default ESN, which is a PSAP designated for this function. The PSAP operator must then ask the incoming caller for their location and redirect them to the correct PSAP. The legal penalty in most states for ALI database lookup failure is limited to a requirement that the telephone company fix the database entry.
The billing address associated with a cell phone is not necessarily the location to which emergency responders should be sent, since the device is portable. This means that locating the caller is more complicated, and there is a different set of legal requirements.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has several requirements applicable to wireless or mobile telephones:[3]
Location information is not only transmitted to the call center for the purpose of sending emergency services to the scene of the incident, it is used by the wireless network operator to determine to which PSAP to route the call. In 1996, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued an order requiring wireless carriers to determine and transmit the location of callers who dial 9-1-1. The FCC set up a phased program: Phase I involved sending the location of the receiving antenna for 9-1-1 calls, while Phase II sends the location of the calling telephone. Carriers were allowed to choose to implement 'handset based' location by Global Positioning System (GPS) or similar technology in each phone, or 'network based' location by means of triangulation between cell towers. The order set technical and accuracy requirements: carriers using 'handset based' technology must report handset location within 50 meters for 67% of calls, and within 150 meters for 90% of calls; carriers using 'network based' technology must report location within 100 meters for 67% of calls and 300 meters for 90% of calls.
The order also laid out milestones for implementing wireless location services. Many carriers requested waivers of the milestones, and the FCC granted many of them. By mid-2005, implementation of Phase II was generally underway, limited by the complexity of coordination required from wireless and wireline carriers, PSAPs, and other affected government agencies; and by the limited funding available to local agencies which needed to convert PSAP equipment to display location data (usually on computerized maps).
In July 2011, the FCC announced a proposed rule requiring that after an eight-year implementation period, at some yet-to-be-determined date in 2019, wireless carriers will be required to meet more stringent location accuracy requirements. If enacted, this rule would require both 'handset based' and 'network based' location techniques to meet the same accuracy standard, regardless of the underlying technology used. The rule is likely to have no effect as all major carriers will have already achieved +85% GPS chipset penetration, and are thus able to meet the standard regardless of their 'network based' location capabilities.[7]
A second phase of Enhanced 911 service is to allow a wireless or mobile telephone to be located.
To locate a mobile telephone geographically, there are two general approaches. One is to use some form of radiolocation from the cellular network; the other is to use a Global Positioning System receiver built into the phone itself. Both approaches are described by the Radio resource location services protocol (LCS protocol).
Radiolocation in cellular telephony uses base stations. Most often, this is done through triangulation between radio towers. The location of the caller or handset can be determined several ways:
The first two depend on a line of sight, which can be difficult or impossible in mountainous terrain or around skyscrapers. Location signatures actually work better in these conditions however. TDMA and GSM networks such as T-Mobile 2G use TDOA.[8] AT&T Mobility initially advocated TDOA, but changed to embedded GPS in 2006 for every GSM or UMTS voice-capable device due to improved accuracy.
Code division multiple access (CDMA) networks tend to use handset-based radiolocation technologies, which are technically more similar to radionavigation. GPS is one of those technologies. Alltel, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile 3G, and Sprint PCS use Assisted GPS.[8]
Hybrid solutions, needing both the handset and the network include:
Mobile phone users may also have a selection to permit location information to be sent to non-emergency phone numbers or data networks, so that it can help people who are simply lost or want other location-based services. By default, this selection is usually turned off, to protect privacy. In areas such as tunnels and buildings, or anywhere else that GPS is not available or reliable, wireless carriers can deploy enhanced location determination solutions such as Co-Pilot Beacon for CDMA networks and LMU's for GSM networks.
The 3GPP specified protocol for handset geolocation in GSM networks is called Radio Resource Location Protocol.
In 2009, the CRTC wrote, "All wireless service providers are to complete their respective implementation of wireless Phase II Stage 1 E9-1-1 service by 1 February 2010, wherever wireline E9-1-1 service is available across Canada."[9] Many Canadians now have access to Phase II service; see also the third and fourth paragraphs of [1].
As Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology matured, service providers began to interconnect VoIP with the public telephone network and marketed the VoIP service as a cheap replacement phone service. However, E911 regulations and legal penalties have severely hampered the more widespread adoption of VoIP: VoIP is much more flexible than land line phone service and there is no easy way to verify the physical location of a caller on a nomadic VoIP network at any given time (especially in the case of wireless networks), and so many providers offered services which specifically excluded 911 service so as to avoid the severe E-911 non-compliance penalties. VoIP services tried to improvise, such as routing 911 calls to the administrative phone number of the Public Safety Answering Point, adding on software to track phone locations, etc.
The Location Information Server is a service that is provided by an access network provider to provide location information to users of the network. To do this, it uses knowledge of network topology and a range of location determination techniques to locate devices that are attached to the network. The precise methods that are used to determine location are dependent on the type of access network and the information that can be obtained from the device.
Initially, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) took a hands-off approach to VoIP in order to let the service mature, and also to facilitate competition in the telephony market.[10] In time, this problem reached the headlines of newspapers as individuals were unable to place emergency calls with their VoIP phones. In March 2005, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott filed a lawsuit against Vonage for deceptive marketing practices by not making it clear that VoIP users had to actually sign up for E911 service.[11]
When FCC Chair Kevin Martin replaced FCC Chair Michael Powell, he immediately changed FCC's hand's off policy and moved to impose 911 obligations on VoIP service providers.[12] In 2005, Chair Martin moved FCC to require "interconnected VoIP services" to begin to provide 911 service and provide notice to their consumers concerning the 911 limitations. The FCC announced that customers must respond to the E911 VoIP warning and those who do not have their service cut off on August 30, 2005. The FCC extended the deadline to September 28, 2005.[13] The E911 hookup may be directly with the Wireline E911 Network, indirectly through a third party such as a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC), or by any other technical means. The FCC explained that they felt compelled to issue this mandate because of the public safety concerns.[14] Vonage co-founder Jeff Pulver opined that this was an attempt by FCC Chair Martin to hinder telephony competition to AT&T.[15]
The 911 obligations were imposed only on "interconnected VoIP." The FCC defined "interconnected VoIP" as VoIP over broadband that interconnects with the public switch telephone network.[16] VoIP that is not interconnected, such as two individuals talking to each other over the Internet while playing computer games, does not fall under the obligation.
There are, however, complicated technological problems with implementing E911 with VoIP, which providers are attempting to solve. VoIP phones are on the Internet and nomadic; the geolocation of the individual placing the 911 call can be very difficult to determine. Service providers are attempting to phase in solutions through the I1, I2, and I3 phases. During I1, the 911 call was routed to the 911 administrative telephone lines without location information. During I2, VoIP services would participate in the public telephone networks location database for the location that is identified with that telephone number. During the I3 solution, VoIP service providers would have a true IP interconnection with Public Safety Answering Points and would be able to provide even more valuable information than the legacy 911 system. Where VoIP phones are mobile, geolocation has additional problems; VoIP service providers are seeking access to mobile phone location databases.[17][18][19] These solutions are being developed through the cooperation of the Voice on the Network Coalition and the National Emergency Number Association. Vonage has encouraged its customers to register the locations from which their 911 calls could be dialed with the local public safety answering point.[20] The FCC had continued to add more requirements and mandate a more sophisticated 911 function.[21]
VoIP services have noted an obstacle to full 911 interconnection; in order to interconnect with the Public Safety Answering Point, the VoIP service providers must interconnect with the 911 telephone trunk, which is owned and controlled by their competitors, the traditional fixed-line telephone carriers.[13] This resulted in the New and Emerging Technologies 911 Improvement Act of 2008 which granted interconnection rights to interconnected VoIP services.[22]
In response to the E911 challenges inherent to IP phone systems, specialized technology has been developed to locate callers in the case of emergency. Some of these new technologies allow the caller to be located down to the specific office on a particular floor of a building. These solutions support a wide range of organizations with IP telephony networks. The solutions are available for service providers offering hosted IP-PBX and residential VoIP services. This increasingly important segment in IP phone technology includes E911 call routing services and automated phone tracking appliances. Many of these solutions have been established according to FCC, CRTC, and NENA i2 standards, in order to help enterprises and service providers reduce liability concerns and meet E911 regulations.[23]
In recent years there have been numerous important developments in E911 solutions for IP phone technology. The more noteworthy of these developments include:
VoIP & 911 issues are also relevant to Telecom Relay Services utilized by individuals with disabilities.
The International Telecommunication Union has officially set two standard emergency phone numbers for countries to use in the future. AP reports that member states have agreed that either 911 or 112 should be designated as emergency phone numbers — 911 is currently used in North America, while 112 is standard across the EU and in many other countries worldwide.[24]
A Multi-line Telephone System (MLTS), often referred to as a private branch exchange, is a telecommunications switching system used by enterprise style organizations to process calls between employees within the organization and with parties external to the organization. An MLTS may serve a single building, segments of multi-tenant buildings, a group of buildings on a campus or even a number of buildings separated by geography. New communications technologies are making it possible for single MLTS systems to serve locations at far distant places that may span multiple governmental jurisdictions even distant countries.
The challenge of Enhanced 9-1-1 for the MLTS is that information about the location of callers is only available to the extent that the private organization discloses the information. For the organization the challenges of collecting and reporting the information can be significant. Today's highly mobile work forces and technologies that allow users to relocate without the intervention of an administrator place significant responsibilities on the MLTS owner or operator.
Recent legislation, rules, and regulations in numerous US government jurisdictions have established the burden upon the enterprise style organization to provide accurate location information so that the ALI database may be updated and the processes used by public safety agencies can function properly when an emergency call originates from within a MLTS system.
The member driven volunteer organization that represents the people who staff the PSAPs, the National Emergency Number Association (NENA.org), has done significant work advocating on the subject of MLTS E9-1-1. It is an important contemporary issue of growing concern as enterprise style organizations employ new technologies to create vast private networks that interconnect with the PSTN in ways that do not map to the logic used to locate callers in the Public Enhanced 9-1-1 system. The risks to people who initiate a 9-1-1 call from and MLTS who are not physically located within the jurisdiction of the agency to which the 9-1-1 call is routed and the increasing burdens of misdirected 9-1-1 calls upon those agencies is escalating.
A 911 address contains a uniform number, the street name, direction (if any) and the city. The address number is assigned usually by the grid of the existing community. Each county usually has their own guidelines on how the addressing is done, but for the most part NENA guidelines are followed. These guidelines are expressed by the Master Street Address Guide (MSAG). The actual 911 addresses and associated phone numbers are put into the ALI database.
In addition to upgrading communications systems, many counties and communities in the U.S. have implemented ordinances (e.g. IRC section R319.1) requiring property owners to standardize the display of house numbers on buildings and along streets and roadways, to allow emergency personnel to more easily locate a given address day or night, even in poor weather. These generally consist of reflective characters, at least 3 to 6 inches high, on a contrasting reflective background. It is necessary for the address number to be affixed to the building or to a separate structure such as a post, wall or fence, provided that such separate structure is located in front of the building and on the building's side of the street. Compliant signage systems are often advertised as being "E911 compliant".
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Michael Guidroz has worked for MacDonell United Methodist Children's Services, a Houma-based charity that houses needy children and adolescence, for 32 years.
Michael Guidroz has worked for MacDonell United Methodist Children's Services, a Houma-based charity that houses needy children and adolescence, for 32 years.
"It's an interesting and very rewarding profession," said Guidroz. "But it can be frustrating given the constraints on what we do."
Recent budget cuts to the charity house, which has been serving Houma for 94 years, have led to limited beds.
The MacDonell house is largely dependent on public dollars though the Department of Health and Hospitals to serve children, "which has recently placed us in a very challenging position," Guidroz said.
"We are depending a lot on community support just to survive at this point."
Guidroz said the population of children at the charity center has been drastically reduced because it doesn't have the resources to house them.
"We used to serve a much larger number of children, which is a direct result of the changes in the way (the state) does business and the cutbacks in the number of children they are willing to support," he said.
Like most state operations that provide health care services, MacDonell is compensated through the Louisiana Behavioral Health Partnership operated by the private insurance company Magellan, which offers fewer dollars than in years prior, Guidroz said.
"We are being forced into survival mode just to try and stay in business," he said. "What would help us is if the community can be aware and be supportive of the need for facilities such as ours."
Nonetheless, Guidroz said he feels like he's making a difference working at the Charity House at 8326 Main St., Houma, and would like to reach out to the community for support.
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Despite recent rains, drought a hunter concern
With the saltwater fishing going full blast, there have also been many questions about deer range conditions. Certainly the rains that have been widespread have benefited all of the deer ranges. We all remember that by this time a year ago, we were well into a super drought. Many deer hunters are questioning the outlook for the upcoming hunting season.
Whenever most of our local deer hunters think of trophy antlered bucks, they dream of the Texas brush country. That situation has been well documented over the years. There are many supersize antlered bucks in the brush country. The use of selective breeding has created some record-scoring animals. The rains that have come along will promote the growth of the plants that those dry country deer feed upon. If the brush country has gotten an ample amount of rain, then there should be successful antler production. Keep in mind that most of the so-called trophy ranches supplement feed for the animals all year around.
There is a trophy whitetail deer mecca that has been, in my opinion, under utilized, especially by local trophy hunters. That area near Natchez, Miss., is loaded with some really outstanding bucks. For some reason unknown to me, few of our local trophy hunters choose to head east.
Ross McGehee, who owns The Washes Plantation near Natchez, told me that the ranch has been trophy managed for 20 years. Many of the 2-1/2-year-old animals will have body weights of more than 200 pounds. There will normally be a guide in the stand simply to help Texas hunters to identify management bucks versus trophy animals. McGehee told me his hunters are encouraged to take management bucks and females as part of their hunt.
I've hunted in Mississippi for several years, and the shear size of the animals still amazes me. Local trophy whitetail hunters, either archery or rifle, would do well to contact McGhee. I truly believe that those deer are a so-called diamond in the rough soon to be discovered.
The Texas Hill Country has long been the go-to place when shear numbers of whitetails are concerned. Right in the middle of that area is Llano, Texas. On the opening weekend of the gun season, a couple thousand deer are reported to be taken by hunters. Last season was an exception due to the extreme drought, but there were still a large number of the deer taken. As expected, their antlers were not up to par, but the Hill Country deer were still present in good numbers. There was a noticeable decline in younger animals. Whether they died because of dry weather or whether the does aborted their offspring, it was obvious that there were fewer young animals. Whether that will have an effect on this year's deer herd is yet to be seen, but with the staggering overpopulation of whitetails in the Hill Country, I do not expect any dire consequences this season.
Vernon Stehle of Nederland and I hunted on the Winkel Ranch last season, and we saw many more bucks than we did does. I recently contacted July Brooks, who operates the Winkel Ranch, about the current range conditions. She told me that they had received some welcome rain, but they could use some more. The pastures are in good shape and the deer, including does and fawns, are in good conditions. If we continue to receive ample rainfall and the vegetation continues to grow, we can expect to have some better antlered deer and in good body condition this season.
Realizing that it is a good idea to know what's happening in various deer hunt areas will allow hunters to choose where to head afield.To locate the South Texas brush country hunting ranches, you can contact the chambers of commerce in the towns nearest the hunt area. It is also possible to locate them on the Internet.
For a Mississippi hunt, contact Ross McGehee at (601) 431-6881. The telephone number for the Winkel Ranch is (512) 345-8090, or visit winkelranch.com.


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Last weekend I went to see the new Bond movie, Casino Royale, and thought it was the best Bond in ages. It seems I'm not the only one, as the movie has smashed all box office records for the Bond franchise, with the opening UK weekend take of £13 million up 40% on the previous high for Die Another Day.
The movie is not only a success in business terms, it marks the re-birth of the Bond brand (literally, as Casino Royale is the first of author Ian Flemming' s Bond books). A movie review I read in the Times even picked up on this, with the title "Bond rebranded".
In a previous post I commented on how a number of key equities had been maintained and refreshed over the last 20 years. What is interesting in Casino Royale is the brave decision to dump some of these, whilst radically updating others:
- Harder edge, brutality: this Bond is a rough and tough killing machine. The violence is a lot more real, and we even see Bond being bruised and beaten. The Bond movies had almost become pardody of themselves with Brosnan, and needed to be much tougher to win over today's younger audience.
- the "brand proposition" of Bond beats The Baddie is still there. Though Bond is not directly "saving the world" as in some other films. This time its a battle of wits with a terrorist banker
- Girls: yes. But only two this time! Vesper Lynd continues the trend of being a smart, strong woman, not just a pretty face. And Bond's relationship with her is much deeper than the normal one-night stand
- the catchphrases: some of these are still here, but used in a creative way. After a near-death experience, a barman asks Bond if he wants his Martini shaken, not stirred. Daniel Craig replies "Do I look like I give a shit" (well, not quite, but words to that effect!). "Bond, James Bond" is there, but as the last line in the movie.
- The gadgets: still plenty of these, including a blatantly branded Sony Ericsson wonder-phone
- Clothes: smart DJ's, Saville Rowe suits and stunning dresses all there
- Cars: the latest Aston Martin V8 Vantage...but also an embarrassing scene with a Ford Focus
to save the world. And there loads and loads of "executional equities" including:
- The exotic locations: Madagascar, Venice, Barbados...
- The theme tune
- Q: this character was nowhere to be seen, nor the laboratory full of far-fetched gizzmos
- No more Mr Nice Guy: gone is the suave sophistication. Craig is much nastier.
If you've seen the movie, please add your own comments on Brand Bond!
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ST. AUGUSTINE , Fla., May 5 (UPI) -- A Florida man hasn't been accused of taking cookies from the cookie jar -- he's been charged with stealing the whole thing.
Edmund Allen was arrested by deputies in St. Johns County and charged with grand theft for allegedly stealing a jar containing $400 that belonged to a local Girl Scouts troop.
Allen allegedly swiped the jar from a Publix in St. Augustine while Girl Scouts at the grocery store were selling cookies.
The 22-year-old was identified and arrested two days later while he was smoking marijuana in a shed with another 22-year-old man.
The suspect must have spent the money, because police say that it cannot be recovered.
"The monies in this case cannot be recovered due to the actions of the arrested individual," Sheriff David Shoar told WJXT.
Local businesses and individuals, including Shoar, are donating money to help the Girl Scout troop recoup its losses.
"I am pleased that the collective law enforcement community made a donation through our local lodge, and I am honored to make a personal donation to this group of girls, who are making a difference in our community," Shoar said.


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At the Close: Stocks Gain Ahead of Fed Announcement as Tapering Decision Looms
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Stocks finished higher one day before the Fed will make public its decision on whether to begin tapering.
The Dow Jones Industrials gained 0.2% to 15,529.73, the S&P 500 rose 0.4% to 1,704.76 and the Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.8% to 3,745.70,
Wells Fargo Advisors' Scott Wren sums up the mood ahead of tomorrow's meeting:
The markets have been waiting for this week to arrive for at least the last six months. Can you feel the excitement? Or maybe anxiety is a better word. In any case, the Federal Reserve is expected to announce that it will begin to "taper" (reduce) the pace of its current quantitative easing (QE) program by a modest amount tomorrow afternoon at approximately 2:15 pm ET. We shall see.
Just as important as the tapering decision will be its outlook for 2016. Jefferies' Ward McCarthy tells investors what to expect:
1) The FOMC will revise the 2013 GDP growth forecast lower and the year-end unemployment rate lower.
2) The FOMC will revise both the 2014 GDP and unemployment rate projections lower.
3) The FOMC will release central tendency 2016 economic projections for GDP growth of 2.8% to 3.5%, a year-end unemployment rate of 5.2% to 5.8%, PCE inflation of 1.8% to 2.2% and a core PCE of 1.6% to 2%.
4) There will be an increase in the number of participants who think that policy forming should occur later 2015, or as far out as 2016. In the June 19th FOMC participants' assessments of appropriate monetary policy, three policymakers indicated that the appropriate timing of policy firming was 2014, fourteen indicated 2015 and one indicated 2016. Look for more policymakers to push this guidance into 016.
Ned Davis Research's Tim Hayes and team tell investors not to worry in a report received today. He writes:
In the U.S., Europe, and globally, equities appear headed for a year-end rally. The bond yield advance has not been great enough to threaten consumer- and capex-related industries, the broader cyclical bull market, or the global economic recovery. While the cyclical outlook may worsen in 2014, market and economic developments have continued to support our view that a new era for allocation is underway, with stocks consistently outperforming bonds over the long-term.
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Berry Plastics Group (BERY) fell 12% to $21.87 today after the company lowered its fourth-quarter EBITDA forecast, while Kythera Biopharmaceuticals (c) rose 25% to $41.95 after a trial for its double-chin treatment succeeded. Aeropostale (ARO) gained 18% to $10.17 after a large purchase by an activist investor, and E.W. Scripps Company (SSP) gained 5.8% to $16.26. Gold Resources (GORO) fell 11% to $7.24.


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Anglo-Welsh Cup
Triple injury blow for Saracens
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Saracens lost both Richard Wigglesworth and Jackson Wray to injury during their 43-20 Anglo Welsh-Cup win over Exeter on Sunday, while Matt Stevens was forced to withdraw from the match squad just before kick-off.
Wigglesworth hobbled off midway through the first half of the game at Vicarage Road with a knee problem and he was joined in the treatment room just ten minutes later by England Under-20s back-row Wray.
Saracens defence and forwards coach Paul Gustard said: "We don't know the extent of the injuries just yet but we'll get them scanned and assess them tomorrow [Monday]."
Meanwhile, Gustard explained that Stevens, who had been named on the bench, pulled out because of a back complaint. "Matt wanted to play this game but unfortunately had to withdraw," he said.
As for the game itself, Gustard was full of praise for the way in which Sarries had responded to their hammering at Northampton in round one, picking up a bonus point thanks to tries from Adam Powell, Rodd Penney, Owen Farrell and Hugh Vyvyan.
"Our performance last week wasn't up to the standards we normally set ourselves. We let ourselves down in certain areas," he said. "But today all 23 players, including some in positions they don't normally play, dealt with adversity really well."
Gustard was particularly enthused by the performances of fly-half Farrell, the son of former England international Andy, and replacement scrum-half Ben Spencer. As well as crossing for a try, Farrell also contributed five penalties and four conversions, while Spencer filled in well for the injured Wigglesworth.
"Both half-backs did well," he said. "Spencer will surely be knocking on the door for England 20s this year.
"Owen has got a lot of inner drive. He comes from pretty good stock himself, of course, and he's very competitive. Last year he played 18 or 19 games on the spin, took us to the Premiership final and won us the final so we know what he can do."
Meanwhile, Exeter head coach Rob Baxter was far from downhearted given that he had fielded an experimental line-up in Watford.
"We were pretty pleased with how things were going and we were getting it right until about 20 minutes to go," he said after watching his side rack up two tries, through lock Chris Bentley and fullback Myles Dorrian.
"It's hard to criticise the boys but we did it trying to chase the game and, tactically, started to get it a bit wrong. We put a couple of poor kicks into the air which then almost made us lock down and stopped us kicking at all - but you have got to kick tactically when the opposition are coming at you with a blanket defence.
"You have still got to play territory and try and control the game but in the last 20 minutes we put pressure on ourselves."
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